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Another round of Brexit talks ends with frustration on both sides.

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The divorce bill is at the heart of the row.

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The EU hits back after Britain's team says it's being asked to pay

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The commission has set out its position,

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and we have a duty to our taxpayers to interrogate it rigorously,

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It is clear the UK does not feel legally obliged to honour

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With the timetable slipping, we'll be asking if there is a way

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Theresa May says she's not a quitter, but some in her own party

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question whether she'll still be leader at the next election.

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The online gambling firm that's been hit with a fine

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It failed to protect vulnerable players.

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Still time to apply for an extra 15 hours of free childcare in England -

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but some nurseries fear they'll be out of business.

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Another record-breaking transfer deadline day -

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Premier League clubs have already spent 1.2 billion.

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And coming up in a special transfer deadline day Sportsday on BBC News:

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Alexis Sanchez is among the big names who still could be

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on the move, as the clock ticks down to the end

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Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

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The latest round of Brexit talks ended in Brussels today with both

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sides suggesting the other was to blame for

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A major sticking point is the so-called divorce bill -

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the amount Britain will have to pay as it leaves the EU.

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So the EU's Michel Barnier summed up the session,

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saying "no decisive progress" had been made on key issues.

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But the Brexit Secretary, David Davis, warned that only

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"flexibility and imagination" would lead to a deal.

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From Brussels, our Europe Editor, Katya Adler, reports.

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Trust building between the two sides. That's what the EU says this

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first phase of Brexit negotiations is about. So, by today, the end of

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round three of the first talks, how much trust is there? It's clear that

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the UK does not feel legally obliged to honour its obligations after

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departure. How can we build trust and start discussing a future

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relationship? For his part, David Davis said the UK couldn't blindly

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trust the divorce Bill presented by the EU. The commission has set out

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its position and we have a duty to our taxpayers to interrogate it

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rigorously. Behind the smart suits, dusted smiles, it was clear that

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both sides were talking at cross purposes today about what Brexit

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subject to tackle in what order, and whether and much progress is

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actually being made. David Davis picked it deliberately painted a

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picture of a rigid, inflexible EU. It's only through flexibility and

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imagination that we will achieve a deal that truly works for both

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sides. Shall Garnier insisted the UK had to be more clear, and realistic

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about of Brexit deal. -- Michel Barnier. He said the EU couldn't be

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flexible if the UK didn't show its hand.

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TRANSLATION: I'm not frustrated but I am impatient. I'm not angry but

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determined. We know that Brexit will have a big impact on our lives, but

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how huge will depend on the nature of a transition deal and a future

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permanent trade deal between the EU and UK. We are nowhere near that

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yet, and all this deal-making could still fall apart, but there is no

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need to panic just yet. The EU refuses to talk about the EU- UK

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future until various substantive progress on the divorce deal. Both

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sides agree reassuring EU citizens in the UK and UK citizens in the EU

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is a top priority, but they still disagree over whether the European

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Court of Justice should have a role in guaranteeing the rights of

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individuals. An Ireland, progress has made, especially around

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protecting in Northern and Republic of Ireland Common Travel Area, but

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the so-called divorce Bill is the biggest sticking point right now.

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The EU wants the UK to pay up to 100 billion due -- 100 billion euros in

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what it sees as financial obligations the UK agreed to while a

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member. The UK says it will pay something, but it refuses to

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specify. These Brexit talks have largely been technical, political

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pressure to push for progress is unlikely to come from the UK or the

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EU until after the Conservative Party conference or the formation of

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a new German government after elections next month. Meanwhile, is

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the EU likes to repeat, the clock to the end of the UK's EU membership is

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ticking. Clearly something of a stand-off, so

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what happens now? I think you'd expect a certain amount of

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Gloucester at this stage. He is one of those politicians standing tall

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and sounding tough. -- a certain amount of bluster. They are doubly

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domestic audiences and they want to show that if their conferences, they

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were hard-fought. What is becoming clear that could be dangerous for

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the talks is that they have very different positions in each

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politician is convinced they will wear down the other one. The EU will

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not indulge in that creative thinking David Davis is asking for

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if it means breaking its own rules and weakening the single market, and

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the government will find it difficult to say to the people of

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the UK, I know we didn't tell you this but it's going to cost you 100

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billion euros to leave the EU and we have to agree to it before we even

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know what we'll get it a future relationships. Both sides insist

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they want a deal that something will have to give, so who is going to

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blink first? Theresa May has said

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she's "not a quitter", and repeated her pledge to lead

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the Conservatives into Speaking in Japan, Mrs May said

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the public wanted her She's supported by some

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senior Conservatives, but others have questioned

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whether she will still be Our correspondent Ben Wright

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has been travelling His report contains flash

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photography. They're two Prime Ministers in tune,

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Shinzo Abe has rolled out a very warm welcome for Theresa May on this

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three day trip. Whether Mrs May's reception will be

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quite so generous when she gets back to Westminster is another matter,

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after the surprised pledge to lead Britain and her party

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into the next general election, I said I wasn't a quitter

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and there's a long-term job to do. There's an important job to be done

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in the United Kingdom. We stand at a really

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critical time in the UK. This fighting talk comes only three

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months after Mrs May called a snap election

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and lost her party's majority. But, with Brexit negotiations

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under way and no obvious rival in sight, most,

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but not all, Tories seem willing We've made a decision, we want

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Theresa May to get on with the job. It's critically important

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for the country that we get I don't see any immediate change,

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but I think it's unrealistic to plan on the assumption that Theresa May's

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going to be fighting the next election as leader

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of the Conservative Party. I don't think Theresa May will stand

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down of her own accord, she would never to have a challenger

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to go forward to her. -- she would need to have a

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challenger. She's very resilient,

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and she will be there for as long as the Conservative Party

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want her to be. Given North Korea's latest missile

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test over this island, defence was a focus of talks here,

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as was Brexit, with Japan anxious to TRANSLATION: On Brexit,

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we would like the impact We want predictability

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and transparency ensured Mrs May says she's listening,

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so that a smooth Brexit It's the long-term issues of trade,

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the consequences of Brexit, defence and security cooperation

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that have dominated Theresa May's talks here, but it's her unplanned,

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strikingly blunt declaration about her own political future

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that her trip to Japan The online gambling company 888.com

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has been fined a record ?7.8 million for allowing vulnerable customers

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to continue betting. The Gambling Commission found that,

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due to a technical failure, customers who had excluded

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themselves from playing were still able to access

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their betting accounts, with one of them running up

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debts of over ?1 million. The familiar numbers of one

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of Britain's best-known gambling brands, handed a record-breaking

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fine of nearly ?8 million for failing to protect thousands

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of addicted customers who'd The most important thing that

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gambling companies have to do They have to identify

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customers who may be at risk, who may be getting themselves

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into trouble and they need to take 888 failed to do that, which is why

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we're imposing the penalty More than 7,000 customers

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specifically asked 888 if they could be blocked

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from using their sites. So the company did stop them

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playing casino games, poker and from betting on sport but,

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critically, they could still play bingo and over the course of a year

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they managed to gamble more One of those customers ended up

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in prison after stealing ?55,000 She gambled three to four hours

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every day, for more than a year, placing well over three quarters

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of a million bets and The Commission is highly

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critical of 888 for not Gambling cost Tony his

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home and his marriage. I was spending ?1,000 a time

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on a roulette number. So losing vast sums of money that

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I couldn't afford to. He's now campaigning

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for tighter controls. If I go into the bank

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and I want to open a current account or take out a mortgage or a credit

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card product, the bank is obliged to do identity checks,

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to do money laundering checks, make sure that you've got

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a legitimate source of income. If they're going to lend you money,

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they're obliged to make sure that you can afford

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to make the repayments. These are the sort of measures

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that I would really like to see implemented

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within the gambling industry. 888 says it accepts the conclusion

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of the review and that it's committed to providing players

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with the responsible as well as The company will now reimburse

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the ?3.5 million lost by those customers and pay more

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than ?4 million to organisations Aid agencies are struggling to get

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help to millions of people affected by devastating floods

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across South Asia. More than 1,200 people

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are believed to have died. It's thought to be the worst

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monsoon season in decades, with nearly a million homes damaged

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or destroyed in India, Weeks after the worst

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flooding in decades, a third of Bangladesh

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is still under water. Many villages in the northern part

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of the country still cut off. Aid agencies are desperately trying

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to reach those affected. It's a similar situation

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across large parts of South Asia. The eastern Indian state of Bihar

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has been hit the hardest. Heavy rain and overflowing rivers

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have left large areas under water. More than 500 people have been

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killed here in the past few weeks. Tens of thousands of people

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have lost their homes, There's a lot of people

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still out of their homes. People are surviving and getting

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on with things as they can. And India's financial

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capital Mumbai, a city of more than 20 million,

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was brought to a standstill after torrential rain hit

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the city on Wednesday. Transport services ground to a halt,

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forcing many to simply wade home. We're in the middle of the annual

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monsoon season and it's been raining intensely across India,

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but also neighbouring Nepal and Bangladesh

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for the past several weeks. It's caused the worst flooding

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in decades and it's led to a massive humanitarian crisis

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across the entire region. South Asia is not unused to floods,

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especially at this time of the year, but the scale of the disaster this

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time round has meant that the authorities

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have struggled to cope. A chemical plant in Texas

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which was flooded by Hurricane Harvey has caught fire,

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and people living nearby are being told to leave

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their homes immediately. In Houston, some residents have

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returned to see the damage Several small explosions

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have been reported Our North America correspondent,

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James Cook, has been there. It is an unsettling sight,

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a fire smouldering in the water. This plant makes organic peroxides

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which must be kept cool, but when the hurricane hit,

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the power failed and now They planned for this,

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but not well enough. Police have a simple

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message - get out, now. Already 15 officers have been

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to hospital for checks amid fears Max Dellarosa's car was trapped

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by the floods inside the danger zone, but he was told he had

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to walk out. I guess something went on because

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then I just heard the alarms. I was like, "oh, man,

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it's so serious now." Then my mum was trying to get me,

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my dad was trying to get me, I know they've got all kind

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of chemicals and I just don't know which ones is in the water

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and coming down into my house, it means I've got water

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in the house right now. As specialist teams rolls in,

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the messages coming out Reports of explosions

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are now being denied. Federal officials say the smoke

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is incredibly dangerous, This isn't a chemical release,

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what we have is a fire, and when you have a fire

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where hydrocarbons, these chemicals burning,

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sometimes you have incomplete And any smoke is going to be

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an irritant to your eyes or your The company which operates this

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plant says there's only one thing to do now and that is to let this

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fire burn itself out. In the meantime, people

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are being warned to stay back In Houston, with the floods

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receding, Frank Rogers is heading When he escaped, the water

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in here was up to his chest, and this scene is being repeated

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today in thousands Upset, all the work we've got

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to do to get back up. It's going to be

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a long, trying time. And still this storm

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is not stopping. The rain and the rescues

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are continuing to the east, on the border between

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Texas and Louisiana. And she wants to know,

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everyone wants to know, James Cook, BBC News,

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Crosby, in Texas. Another round of Brexit talks ends

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with little sign of progress, with the divorce bill at the heart

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of the row. We're outside Kensington Palace,

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where tributes are being left to mark 20 years since the death

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of Princess Diana. Coming up in a special transfer

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deadline day Sportsday on BBC News: Several big names still could be

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on the move in the final hours We'll bring you all

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the latest news at 6:30pm. Today is the deadline for working

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parents of three and four-year-olds in England to apply for 30 hours

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of free childcare a week. The extra costs will be paid

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for by the taxpayer. Ministers say pilots have shown

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nurseries are willing But a leading educational charity

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is warning that the scheme is underfunded and some nurseries

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will struggle to stay in business. Our Midlands Correspondent,

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Sima Kotecha, reports. 30 hours of free childcare a week

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for three and four-year-olds. It makes you feel more empowered

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to actually go and work full time because you've got the help from

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the Government for the 30 hours. It will just be beneficial

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for parents that are trying We just want the minimal support

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just so that we can work and it not More than 300,000 working families

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are entitled to this childcare, which is double the number

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of hours they used to get. However, some parents have told us

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that ever since they've been able to sign up to the scheme,

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there have been problems. At one point the Government's

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website was not working properly and that stopped parents

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from getting a code which is needed There have also been serious

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concerns about how nurseries Here they are currently

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getting ?3.97 per child Here they are currently

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getting ?3.77 per child per hour from the state,

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but say they need at least ?5.22 We cannot afford to

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offer any totally free What we can do is offer

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the subsidised element and round that up with charging

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for meals and the extras that we provide here

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like French and drama, I love playing with Lego,

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building robots and animals. The Government says there

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is a variation on what local authorities pay nurseries

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in the area, but they are adamant the policy is having a positive

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impact in places where it's There's ?1 billion per year

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going into this by 2020 and we have put additional funding in,

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in response to some of the nurseries Indeed, the fact we have piloted it

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and delivered already 15,000 places I think bodes well for the 200,000

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parents who have signed up already But a survey out today

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by an education charity suggests 40% of nurseries are worried

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they will have to close down because they say the cash

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they are given is not enough A man has appeared in court

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after an incident near Buckingham Palace where three police

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officers were injured. Mohiussunath Chowdhury,

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who is 26 and from Luton, has been charged with planning

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a terror attack. It's alleged he drove his car

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at police officers before reaching He was remanded in custody

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until later this month. The UK's record on protecting

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the rights of disabled people has been criticised by a committee

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of the United Nations. It's raised serious concerns

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about the number of disabled people living in poverty and also

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the effects of cuts The Government has responded

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by saying the UK is "still a world leader" when it

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comes to disability rights. Our Disability Affairs

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Correspondent, Nikki Fox, reports. This day centre in Stockport as a

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place where people with all kinds of disabilities can come to socialise

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but many face barriers when it comes to living the life. Our biggest

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problem is getting to work when I want to where I want to. If I want

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to go somewhere I should be able to get there without thinking. I need

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support to enable me to be independent. These barriers, which

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are among the many others disabled people face, have been highlighted

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by today's report from the United Nations. It warns the UK is going

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backwards. It's the result of a widescale investigation looking at

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the UK 's progress in implementing the UN convention on disabled

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people's rights which the Government signed up to in 2009. In what was

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the longest list of recommendations ever given to a member state, the

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committee said the UK must improve on accessibility to public

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buildings, transport and housing. Provide free or affordable legal aid

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to improve access to the justice system. And to better support

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disabled people to live independently. Half a million people

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had reduced the benefits, the social protection entitlements in a way

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that they were becoming desperate. There were people who committed

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suicide because of that. What we had was evidence in front of us saying

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people were pushed into work who were not fit for work. This is

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April, she cannot live independently in her own home. Even if I could get

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in because of the foot plates, you cannot get near. She needs support.

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It is hard. To have to wee into a bottle in this day and age. April

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used to be the chair of a charity and still would be now. Changes to

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her care package have made it impossible for her to do anything

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other than the very basics. I didn't ask to be like this, I don't want to

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be a burden on society. All right, I'm not able to work but I still

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want to be part of that society and do what I always used to do, and I

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have been stopped doing that. Such a critical report does not paint a

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good picture of disability rights in the UK, however the Government says

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it doesn't accurately reflect the evidence it gave to the UN and says

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it is disappointed the committee failed to realise the progress it

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has made. But the UK Government will have to be back in Geneva in 12

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months to report on how the recommendations from the UN have

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been implemented. Nikki Fox, BBC News.

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Surrey's County Championship cricket match at the Oval against Middlesex

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had to be abandoned this afternoon after someone fired a cross bow

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The discovery prompted play to be suspended and sparked a security

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alert which led to the match eventually being declared a draw

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People have again been gathering at Kensington Palace

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to pay their tributes to Diana, Princess of Wales, who died 20 years

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Let's join our Royal Correspondent, Nicholas Witchell, who is there.

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20 years on and it's clear Diana still matters to a good number of

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people. It's a tiny fraction of course in terms of scale and

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intensity compared to how it was 20 years ago but throughout the day a

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stream of people have been coming here to put the flowers by the

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gates. William and Harry were here yesterday, they spent the day in

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privacy and the anniversary, this attention again poses the question

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how much impact did Diana have on the monarchy. In truth I don't think

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the reign of this particular monarch has been changed significantly. In

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the immediate aftermath of Diana 's death, senior members were prepared

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to be more open in the ways of doing things but the Queen is a product of

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her background and generation, and we shouldn't forget that her

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stoical, understated way of doing things, which was deemed to be

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insufficient by many people immediately after Diana's death, has

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been widely approved on many occasions since then. Where we do

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see change is in William and Harry, they are Diana's legacy and the

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style of doing things, which is accessible with emotional

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engagement, which is dignified mostly, would appear to be the style

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of monarchy that many people want for the future and that is down to

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Diana in so many ways. Nick, thank you very much.

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Now, it's the final day of the football transfer window.

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13 Premier League clubs have already broken their transfer records.

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Almost ?1.2 billion has been spent so far.

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So why are clubs prepared to spend so much,

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Our Sports Correspondent, Andy Swiss, reports.

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This report contains some flash photography.

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It has been a summer spending spree like no other.

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Big names with even bigger price tags.

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From Manchester to Chelsea, from Arsenal to Everton,

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across the Premier League clubs have been splashing the cash

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Among the early movers, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

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swapping his Arsenal shirt for a Liverpool one

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It has been a window of such mind-boggling numbers,

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fans of the summer's biggest spenders say it's worth it.

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That's why we pay the money, basically.

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We want to see success, we want to win trophies.

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Five summers ago, Premier League clubs spent just under half

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Last summer the figure had more than doubled, but that record has

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By this morning, clubs had spent more than 1.2 billion,

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and by tonight's deadline it will be far more.

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Well, a 50% increase in TV money, which brought last year's title

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winners Chelsea some ?150 million, and some say the club's buying power

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I think we have talked for the last 20 years

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about the bubble potentially bursting, and it hasn't burst yet.

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What will happen to football rights if an Amazon

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a Netflix or a Google wish to acquire the rights?

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You can't really predict that at the moment, but you would expect

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that the value will go up even further.

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The summer's most jaw-dropping transfer was in France -

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Neymar's ?200 million move to Paris Saint-Germain,

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but collectively it's the Premier League that

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leads the pricing or, as some see it, the overpricing.

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If ever there's a time to be a professional footballer, it's now.

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Average pay is over 35 million, my goodness.

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And tonight there could be more hefty numbers.

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Manchester City offering 60 million for Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez.

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Meteorologists say autumn starts tomorrow so for some it has been the

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last day of summer and a bit more rain out there with big storms

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around but also a splash of colour in the skies with rainbows. There

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are still some thunderstorms across eastern parts of England but after

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dark the storms and showers fade away quickly, and going into

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September we have a chilly start because temperatures will dip away

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under clear skies. Lower than this away from towns and city centres,

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even low single figures in some and places. After the sunshine, showers

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will break out but many places will avoid them and stay dry, that will

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be the case across Scotland and much of Northern Ireland. Across northern

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England there could still be some slow-moving thundery downpours but

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even here there will be some places that stay dry. Looking into the west

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and Wales, lots of dry weather to be found here and it is still

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pleasantly warm when the sun makes an appearance. That's Friday for

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you. Saturday is fine, but Sunday has rain coming in.

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That's all from the BBC News at Six so it's goodbye from me,

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and on BBC One we now join the BBC's news teams where you are.

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