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The Government has defended its proposal to make voters

The Government has defended mayor of Tower Hamlets was elected

two mayor of Tower Hamlets was elected

on my record. He was accused mayor of Tower Hamlets was elected

voter fraud and intimidation. Now the

voter fraud and intimidation. Now or proof of address in local

elections or proof of address in local

right to vote we or proof of address in local

this is is to or proof of address in local

election to or proof of address in local

correctness. He said there was evidence put on vulnerable people to

allegations of electoral fraud in 2015. A year in which

allegations of electoral fraud in handful of people were actually

convicted. Critics say the Government's

convicted. Critics say the Labour MPs believe the Government

has a Labour MPs believe the Government

accept that more people who do not have a passport,

communities and people from those communities are more likely to

communities and people from those evidence shows most elections in

communities and people from those believe they do need to do more to

ensure people have from London to Los Angeles. She was

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somebody get this walking carpet out of

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Sharing details of her volatile relationship with her mother, screen

legend Debbie Reynolds relationship with her mother, screen

asked right after I got sober initially, so are you happy

asked right after I got sober is one of the many things, the many

emotions I go through spouting hall mark cards, but you

know, yeah, I'm in a much spouting hall mark cards, but you

blame for your drug taking on me. I do not mother. The

blame for your drug taking on me. I novel of the same name. The

teenager when she made her cinema debut, opposite warren Beattie in

teenager when she made her cinema Throughout her career, she continued

working behind Throughout her career, she continued

camera, in movies like When Harry Met

camera, in movies like When Harry to people in the 60s. She revised

her for an historic visit,

which will see him pay his respects at the site of the Japanese attack

on Pearl Harbor in 1941. In just a few hours,

Shinzo Abe will be accompanied by the US president, Barack Obama,

the first visit by the leaders by the US president, Barack Obama,

bulletin. The Japanese have attacked Pearl Harbor by air.

Pearl turning point in world war, two as

the battle ships spurned and the turning point in world war, two as

declared war on Japan. It has taken 75 years

declared war on Japan. It has taken first Japanese leader to show such

declared war on Japan. It has taken sailors and Marines who were killed.

There Japan's neighbour China feels those

signs of contrition TRANSLATION: Japan cannot turn over

a new page of TRANSLATION: Japan cannot turn over

leader should not keep beating about the first sitting US president to

see diplomatic friendship has become. We

force ourselves diplomatic friendship has become. We

We listen to a silent cry. He has diplomatic friendship has become. We

come to an end. diplomatic friendship has become. We

questioned aspects of the alliance. diplomatic friendship has become. We

Trump suggested Japan should diplomatic friendship has become. We

election. Perhaps a sign of just how nervous he is, how

election. Perhaps a sign of just how Pearl Harbor comes at yet another

turning point Pearl Harbor comes at yet another

the actions of the past, Tokyo's hope is that its western

Rescue teams have found the main flight recorder from a Russian

military plane that crashed into the Black Sea on Sunday.

The recorder could help investigators identify

by the end of next year, according to a high-profile

Tay Yong-ho, who was North Korea's deputy ambassador to the UK,

told the BBC that trillions of dollars of economic incentives

would not be enough to persuade the North Korean leader

From Seoul, Steven Evans sent this report.

and it is the world's renegade state, defying the United Nations by

exploding five nuclear devices. Diplomats Tay Yong-ho vanished from

the North Korean Embassy in August. Today I greeted him when he appeared

again, now in the South Korean capital. I would like to save to the

people in England I am very happy and now my family is here settling

down and everyone in my family thinks it is the right decision to

come to South Korea for a new life? No regrets as? No regrets. Do you

fear fuel safety? Not at all. Before defecting he lived in the suburban

North Korean Embassy in London and played tennis at the local club. He

accompanied Kim Jong-un's brother to an Eric Clapton concert. He was the

public face of despotic North Korea. If you read our papers and magazines

and photos you can see how socialism is carried on and put into practice.

Now he has turned utterly. Today he performed a ritual. Signifying the

desire for the two halves of career to unite. North Korean leader Kim

Jong-un wants to rule a fully fledged nuclear power. But experts

doubt his test warheads are yet ready. But the defector thinks it

might only be a year before the posts are borne out and North Korea

has reliable bombs, small enough to go on missiles. North Korea is 50

miles away from this city. Tay Yong-ho's new home. But it is a

world away. He has made an immensely, from one of the most

repressive places, an immensely, to one of the most vibrant. But

defectors fear retribution from the north. Surrounded by guards, he goes

now to help South Korea bring down Kim Jong-un. North Korea has called

him human scum. Russia says the Syrian

government is holding talks with the opposition,

ahead of possible negotiations It's not clear where they are taking

place or who is involved, though the main opposition group

says it is not taking part. Meanwhile, government forces in

Syria have intensified their attack on a rebel-held valley near

Damascus. Wadi Barada is a significant

stronghold because it's the location of a key water supply for nearly

five million people in the capital. The author of the novel

Watership Down, Richard Adams, has

died at the age of 96. His tale of an evicted family of

rabbits was rejected by 13 publishers before eventually

becoming a best seller. It was also turned

into an animated film. A former civil servant

and World War II veteran, he was a prominent environmentalist

and campaigner for animal welfare. And tributes have been paid

to the actress Liz Smith, She was best known for playing

Nana in the TV comedy The Royle Family and also

played the eccentric Daniella Relph looks

back at her life. What is she? She is a vegetarian.

Could you have wafer thin ham? The unforgettable Nanna. Liz Smith was

the eccentric lovable centre. I've put in some

tarmasalata success came late for Liz Smith, a single mother of two

children and in a series of part-time jobs, she did not start

acting properly until she was 50. It was a wonderful realisation that, at

last, I was given a chance. It had come. It had come at last. What was

it? That cheese. It was cheese. I know it was flaming cheese. She owed

the first acting role to director Mike Leigh. She loved being batty

old ladies because she was but under the eccentricity she was a focused

person. But she loved it, the more eccentric, the better. Does this

play cassette? Do not do it so curly this time, Barbara. Last time it was

just like Jeremy Clarkson. In this series with her on-screen

granddaughter and in real life, they were close friends. I took her out

in the wheelchair and walked along the prom and people were ecstatic,

because Nanna and Barbara were walking along the prom. She screamed

with delight that everybody was recognising her and coming up and

being loving towards her. The actress Liz Smith who died at the

age of 95. There's more throughout the evening

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