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world leaders meeting at the united nations have warned that global attempts to end extreme poverty and tackle climate change are going in reverse. they said goals for sustainable development, agreed by un member states in 2015, were "in peril" and many were unlikely to be met. and as our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports from new york, the war in ukraine will again dominate events. september in new york. rain, security, and diplomats gathering at the united nations — all here for their annual meeting to try to put the world to rights. high on their agenda, of course, russia's invasion of ukraine, where the war is grinding on.
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earlier this year, the un secretary—general, antonio guterres, went to ukraine. today, president zelensky will pay him a return visit. after arriving in new york, he first went to a hospital, to meet wounded ukrainian veterans. today, he will tell the un — in person, for the first time — that the war they've been fighting affects every country, as he told cbs news. translation: we're defending the values of the whole world. i look, if ukraine falls, what will happen in ten years? just think about it — if the russians reach poland, what's next? a third world war? his problem is that many un countries haven't taken sides and just want the war to end because it's hurting their economies. they also, like these protesters, want the un to focus more on the climate crisis,
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and notjust the fighting in europe. so in the words of one diplomat, the task for western powers here is to "walk and chew gum at the same time" — to rally support for ukraine in the assembly, but also address the needs of developing countries. one person who could help them in that task is the prince of wales — here in his waders to help restore oyster beds in new york harbour — just one idea to combat the effects of climate change right on the un's doorstep. james landale, bbc news, in new york. an president biden is due to address the assembly in the next couple of hours. there have been angry protests in libya, after the collapse of two dams triggered disastrous flooding in the country's east. hundreds of people in the city of derna vented their fury at officials, including the head of the eastern—based parliament. libya has two rival administrations — an internationally—recognised
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government in the west, and a self—proclaimed government in the east. there are also reports that the mayor's house was burned down. the extensive recovery process continues in the region. the united nations has revised down its estimate of the number of deaths, to 4,000, with at least 5,000 missing. here's our correspondent anna foster, in eastern libya — with more on the protests. these protests started in the late afternoon and in fact, the previous day, people in that area had told us that they were planning to gather together and make their anger against the eastern libyan authorities known because they blame them for poor maintenance of those two dams which burst when the torrential rain came more than a week ago now. they say that the authorities had
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been lax in maintaining those dams and keeping them safe and looked after — something, of course, which the authorities deny. when i spoke to the eastern prime minister a few days ago, he told me that it was nature and it was god and said that nothing could have withstood the force of the heavy rain that fell. but people here are angry at their leadership. and you could hear the sound of chanting and protest really filling the chasm that has been cut through the centre of derna. that valley of mud and dirt that now exists where it was cities and buildings, people living their lives in this part of eastern libya. later in the evening, we saw pictures on social media which appeared to show the home of the mayor being set on fire. and it really shows you the grief, the anger, the tension, all of those things mixed together in a place that has known more than a decade of conflict. people here, the survivors, are living in an apocalyptic situation. the scenes that you see are just extraordinary. there is little electricity, little running water, the fear of disease and victims continually being washed up. more and more bodies being found all the time. and it shows you how incredibly difficult the situation here still is.
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breaking news. youtube has blocked russell brand from making money from his videos on the platform. the comedian and actorfaces his videos on the platform. the comedian and actor faces accusations of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse, which he denies. and we'vejust had emotional abuse, which he denies. and we've just had an update from the bbc on this story. so the quote is, the bbc does not ban or remove content when it is a matter of public record unless we have justification for doing so. there is limited content featuring russell brand on iplayer and bbc sounds, we have reviewed that content and made a considered decision to remove some of it, having assessed that it now falls below public expectations. so just to reiterate, we know that youtube have banned the content of russell brand. and just breaking that the bbc has looked back at its
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content which has been created or features russell brand and has made a considered decision, the bbc says, to remove some of it, having assessed that it now falls below public expectations. we will bring you any more updates on that story as we get them. here in the uk, a damning report on the mistreatment of detainees at an immigration removal centre has recommended a time limit on the length of their stay. the public inquiry found a toxic culture among staff at brook house, near gatwick airport. it follows a bbc panorama investigation in 2017. the inquiry chair kate eves recommended that the government change the law to limit detention at immigration removal centres to 28 days. i have identified 19 incidences in which i consider that there is
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credible evidence of acts or emissions capable of amounting to mistreatment which is contrary to article 3. those incidents are discussed in detail in my report, but i will briefly set out the nature of them now. the most serious incident involved the application of pressure to a detained man's neck while he was in extreme distress. 0ther incidents included the repeated use of an inherently dangerous restraint technique which has previously been associated with the death of a detained man in 2010. there were incidences of men being forcibly moved when they were naked or near naked. false was used inappropriately, sometimes on people who are harming themselves. unnecessary pain was inflicted on men during use of force incidents. humiliating remarks were made towards men who are self harming or being treated for a medical emergency. segregation was used inappropriately and there were occasions where threatening or derogatory language was used towards
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men who were extremely vulnerable. in one incident, there was a failure to adequately respond to a detained man who has been found with a ligature around his neck. i also saw evidence of physical violence by staff against detained people. that was kate eves, _ staff against detained people. that was kate eves, the _ staff against detained people. that was kate eves, the chair of the public inquiry into brook house. let's speak now to our reporter callum tulley. callum worked as an officer at the centre and blew the whistle to the bbc on abuse then became an undercover reporter wearing a secret cameras. what you found was fundamental to the inquiry conclusions today. i just wonder on your thoughts here in this public inquiry finish and really talking about making so public what you found yourself as a young 18—year—old who simply went to work at an immigration centre? yes. work at an immigration centre? yes,
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it was a pretty _ work at an immigration centre? 1&1: it was a pretty horrifying place to work, to be quite honest with you. abuse was rife, self—harm was rife. broken men at every turn, it was a really difficult place for staff to work in. taking it back to 2016 when i was 19 years old and i contacted bbc panorama about the abuse, i then spent 13 months as a mole providing information to the bbc about what was happening there before the bbc put secret cameras on me for a further three months. and that kind of set off a chain of events that led us to where we are now. but it is not all thanks to the bbc and panorama, there are lots of other people. there are lots of other organisations and campaign groups, lawyers that have pushed for this public inquiry, which has really been pretty damning, actually. there is no two ways about it. as you heard, the 19 incidences of abuse that amounted to inhumane or
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degrading treatment. we heard a litany of abusive incidents and they are all available in the report. racism, which was common in the workforce. detainees that were driven to attempted suicide and acts of self—harm. so i am really pleased the journalism that we conducted for bbc panorama, an undercover investigation in 2017, which is part of the reason we are here, i'm really pleased that thatjournalism has withstood the scrutiny of a public inquiry. and that it has resulted in where we are today. i resulted in where we are today. i mean, it is a very disturbing watch, the panorama. and at points, you are very upset visibly upset by what you have seen. are there particular instances that stick in your mind or was it ongoing and where incidents day that day that happens that you
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were disturbed by? == day that day that happens that you were disturbed by?— were disturbed by? -- where their incidents. what is _ were disturbed by? -- where their incidents. what is really _ were disturbed by? -- where theirj incidents. what is really important to say is when the chair talks about those 19 incidents of abuse that amounted to inhumane or degrading treatment, that was only during a five—month period which the public inquiry focused on. i was working in brook house for almost three years and actually, it is not the incident in the five months that troubled me most because at least we were able to expose those, at least the public is aware of them, at least they are in the report now. but in the lead—up to me wearing secret cameras in brook house, i witnessed countless incidences of abuse and it was horrifying and reef —— and really difficult for staff and much more difficult for the detainees who were the victims of this abuse. but to be honest before i even started working there, complaints were made about the abusive nature of some staff natures —— of some staff members at brook house and the
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conditions some detainees were held in. the former senior manager at nathan ward raised concerns about what's happening at the centre to the chief executive. —— to the boss at the time. so people trying to go through the channels to raise the alarm and nothing was done. and i think before secret cameras were put into the centre, those of us that witnessed abuse and were troubled by it, those are the kind of difficult memories that we have of the detention centre. we memories that we have of the detention centre.— memories that we have of the detention centre. we saw -- thank ou so detention centre. we saw -- thank you so much _ detention centre. we saw -- thank you so much for— detention centre. we saw -- thank you so much for talking _ detention centre. we saw -- thank you so much for talking to - detention centre. we saw -- thank you so much for talking to us, - you so much for talking to us, callum tulley. in the panorama that he was so involved with that led to today's public inquiry is available on bbc iplayer. azerbaijan says it's taking military action after six people were killed by land mines
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in the disputed territory of nagorno—karabakh. four of the dead were staff of the azerbaijan interior ministry, with some reports describing them as police officers. nagorno—karabakh is legally recognised as part of azerbaijan, let's get more on this with the editor of the bbc azeri service, konul khalilova. thank you forjoining us today. can you explain the background to the events that have happened today, please? it’s events that have happened today, lease? �* , ., events that have happened today, lease? �*, ., , . ., events that have happened today, lease? �*, ., ,. ., ., please? it's not unexpected at all. durinu the please? it's not unexpected at all. during the past — please? it's not unexpected at all. during the past three _ please? it's not unexpected at all. during the past three years, - during the past three years, azerbaijan have been calling armenia to withdraw its military from the area known as nagorno—karabakh. and it is internationally recognised as part of azerbaijan, but armenia says it doesn't have any soldiers in azerbaijan territories. today, six more azerbaijanis were killed in
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minor explosions in the area and two are civilians. azerbaijan says more than 300 people have been killed by mines since the end of the war with armenia over the end of the territory in 2020. the government accuses armenia of deliberately planting landmines, but armenia denies it. the two countries have fought two wars, actually, over nagorno—karabakh. i fought two wars, actually, over nagorno-karabakh._ fought two wars, actually, over nagorno-karabakh. i 'ust wonder how the local population — nagorno-karabakh. i just wonder how the local population is _ nagorno-karabakh. i just wonder how the local population is coping, - nagorno-karabakh. i just wonder how the local population is coping, how i the local population is coping, how easyis the local population is coping, how easy is it to get information out of the area and how difficult is it becoming for people living there, seemingly caught between a very difficult issue there? you are talking about 300 people killed by landmines. ., ., ., ., ., ., a landmines. from nagorno-karabakh, we can see some — landmines. from nagorno-karabakh, we can see some videos _ landmines. from nagorno-karabakh, we can see some videos and _ landmines. from nagorno-karabakh, we can see some videos and reports - landmines. from nagorno-karabakh, we can see some videos and reports on - can see some videos and reports on social media. azerbaijan has announced that it has given a path
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to the armenians who want to leave the area. today, as the operations are going on. and as to landmines, in the area where azerbaijan has control, azerbaijan calls it a mines terror. it is trying to move people into the areas which it has recaptured after the war 2020. now it says that it has been difficult to move people in because of the landmines. i to move people in because of the landmines-— landmines. i know you will keep across events _ landmines. i know you will keep across events coming _ landmines. i know you will keep across events coming out - landmines. i know you will keep across events coming out there | landmines. i know you will keep . across events coming out there and coming, keeping us up—to—date, thank you so much. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. - gearing up for what could be a busy autumn. stapeley grange, near nantwich, is one of only a handful of places
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equipped to help orphaned seal pups. here at stapeley, we can average about 45 seals roughly each year. we get them in kind of august, september, which are the seals that you see here. these are the common seals. so these are the first ones that we get in. late—september, 0ctober, we'll start to get the grey seals in. we see a number of orphaned seal pups here and they've often not been with their mum for a period of time and they've been struggling out in the wild. they're often very dehydrated when we collect them, and they've often got wounds or sort of overwhelming infections. essentially, when they come in to us and we triage them, we have to rehydrate them. often warm them up and then treat them for any infections that they might have. for more stories - from across the uk... head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news.
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pictures from washington, a plane carrying five prisoners has landed in the us after a controversial prisoner swap. the us citizens were released as part of a $6 billion deal mediated by qatar. in the last piece of the deal fell into place on monday, when the iranian money held in south korea was sent to banks in doha. the released prisoners are dual iranian and american citizens and five iranians have been released from us custody, but of the five, three chose not to return to iran. so pictures of the plane carrying five americans jailed for years in iran has now landed in the us after that prisoner swap. a ship carrying grain has left the ukrainian port of chornomorsk for the first time since
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the collapse of a deal with russia. grain from both countries is crucial to food supplies in africa and asia, and the deal helped slow the rising price sold globally. the resumption of shipping is a test of the ability of shipping is a test of the ability of kyiv to keep its supply lanes open while russia tries to blockade the country and target port infrastructure. the us military has found the debris of an f—35 fighter jet that disappeared on sunday, after the pilot ejected over south carolina. it took about 2k hours to find thejet, and the public was even asked to help — prompting concern and ridicule on social media. courtney bembridge has more from our newsroom. this is the rural area where the wreckage was found. you can see a large debris field here, and also nearby, some trees that have been flattened. the public had been asked to help find this jet,
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but are now being told to stay away, and you can see here authorities blocking entry to the area. well, this happened in south carolina. more specifically, the wreckage was found somewhere here in williamsburg county, about two hours north ofjoint base charleston, where the jet had taken off. also nearby, in north charleston, the pilot ejected and parachuted to safety. he was treated in a local hospital. but we're told that the jet had autopilot and it may have remained airborne for some time. well, this is what an f—35 looks like. it's one of the world's most advanced fighterjets and expensive. each of these will set you back about 100 million us dollars. we're also told it's designed as a stealth aircraft, so it's undetectable by enemy radar. well, a lot of questions about this, and not much information so far from officials. the marine corps released
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a statement saying, "the mishap is currently under investigation and we're unable to provide additional details, to preserve the integrity of the investigative process." well, a lot of people having fun with this on social media. actor misha collins posted on instagram threads to say, "that's what they get for leaving the keys in the ignition. in other news, check out my listing on craigslist. no lowball offers." and here, she's included a screenshot of the online marketplace, where she's advertised the jet for $1,000. but there are serious safety concerns about this incident, and the marines released another statement announcing a pause in air operations, saying that they would spend the time "focusing on the fundamentals of safe flight operations, ground safety, maintenance and flight procedures, and maintaining combat readiness". we're also told that this is the third such class—a mishap in the past six weeks, but they weren't forthcoming with details of the previous two incidents. courtney bembridge. a rare 150 million—year—old dinosaur skeleton will be auctioned in paris next month.
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the camptosaurus was discovered in the 1990s in wyoming in the united states and was named �*barry�* after barry james, the palaeontologist who discovered it. experts say the skeleton is "extremely well preserved" and is almost complete. it's expected to fetch up to $1.2 million, which is close to a million pounds stirling. for more on this, i'm joined by alexandre quuello from the quuello auction house in paris. thank you forjoining us. can you tell us about barry? you thank you forjoining us. can you tell us about barry?— tell us about barry? you told us, bar is tell us about barry? you told us, barry is as _ tell us about barry? you told us, barry is as extraordinary - tell us about barry? you told us, barry is as extraordinary as - barry is as extraordinary as specimen, extremely well preserved. and we have come a dinosaur is very rare on the auction market, as you
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know, maybe one or two pieces per year. and this one is more than 80%. and the school is more than 90%. so it is very, very outstanding and absolutely outstanding. can it is very, very outstanding and absolutely outstanding. can you tell us how barry _ absolutely outstanding. can you tell us how barry was — absolutely outstanding. can you tell us how barry was found, _ absolutely outstanding. can you tell us how barry was found, the - us how barry was found, the circumstances? figs us how barry was found, the circumstances?— us how barry was found, the circumstances? a , ., . circumstances? as usual in wyoming, it is a very dry — circumstances? as usual in wyoming, it is a very dry area. _ circumstances? as usual in wyoming, it is a very dry area. there _ circumstances? as usual in wyoming, it is a very dry area. there is - circumstances? as usual in wyoming, it is a very dry area. there is a - it is a very dry area. there is a lot of fossils there. so he has been found. and then there is a very, very important work of preservation, the reservation —— the restoration of the fossil is very important work. ~ ., ., , ., of the fossil is very important work. ~ ., ., ., work. when a dinosaur, a skeleton was found like _ work. when a dinosaur, a skeleton was found like that, _ work. when a dinosaur, a skeleton was found like that, is _ work. when a dinosaur, a skeleton was found like that, is it _ work. when a dinosaur, a skeleton was found like that, is it broken i was found like that, is it broken up, is it a very difficult process to try and put it back together? yes, because we are talking about a fossil that has 150 million years ago. so it is like the debris and
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everything. and you have to recreate the dinosaur, and it is a very, very long and fastidious work. you the dinosaur, and it is a very, very long and fastidious work.- long and fastidious work. you are sa in: it long and fastidious work. you are saying it is _ long and fastidious work. you are saying it is obvious _ long and fastidious work. you are saying it is obvious he _ long and fastidious work. you are saying it is obvious he rare - long and fastidious work. you are saying it is obvious he rare four. saying it is obvious he rare four dinosaur skeletons certainly have this quality to,. i am looking at my briefing notes, big sorrow was sold in 2024 over $3 million. big john and 2021 for over $6 million —— big sara. who buys a huge skeleton of a dinosaur, do these end up in museums, are they in private collections, who is likely to buy barry? collections, who is likely to buy bar ? , ., . , collections, who is likely to buy bar ? , ., ., , , , collections, who is likely to buy barry? first of all, every buyer has seen jurassic _ barry? first of all, every buyer has seen jurassic park, _ barry? first of all, every buyer has seen jurassic park, that's - barry? first of all, every buyer has seen jurassic park, that's for - barry? first of all, every buyer has seen jurassic park, that's for sure. | seenjurassic park, that's for sure. and then they are mostly young. rich, obviously. so we are never very far from the new technologies. and they are passions. because she mentioned big sara and big john and
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they have been given to public institutions. afterwards. so they don't keep the dinosaurs at home. well, you would have to have quite a large home to keep a dinosaur of that size. , ., large home to keep a dinosaur of that size. , . ., , that size. they have large rooms, but they are _ that size. they have large rooms, but they are passions _ that size. they have large rooms, but they are passions more - that size. they have large rooms, but they are passions more than i but they are passions more than collectors. but they are passions more than collectors-— but they are passions more than collectors. �* ., . collectors. and remind me how much mone ou collectors. and remind me how much money you think _ collectors. and remind me how much money you think barry _ collectors. and remind me how much money you think barry is _ collectors. and remind me how much money you think barry is likely - collectors. and remind me how much money you think barry is likely to - money you think barry is likely to go for. i money you think barry is likely to no for. ., money you think barry is likely to no for. . ., money you think barry is likely to .o for. . ., . money you think barry is likely to uofor. . ., ., ., . ., go for. i am not a magician, i will rive the go for. i am not a magician, i will give the best _ go for. i am not a magician, i will give the best option. _ go for. i am not a magician, i will give the best option. but - go for. i am not a magician, i will give the best option. but i - go for. i am not a magician, i will give the best option. but i will. give the best option. but i will cross fingers, may be more than 1 million, who knows?— cross fingers, may be more than 1 million, who knows? well, thank you. alexandre quuello, _ million, who knows? well, thank you. alexandre quuello, good _ million, who knows? well, thank you. alexandre quuello, good luck - million, who knows? well, thank you. alexandre quuello, good luck with . alexandre quuello, good luck with the auction, i hope barry goes for a significant amount of money and we get to see him in some public place soon. it has been fascinating talking to you, thank you. thank you. if you have a spare couple of million, then why not buy barry the skeleton? finally, japanese pro wrestlers traded
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the ring for the shinkansen, as they battled on—board one of japan's super—fast bullet trains on monday. 0h, oh, my goodness! tokyo—based ddt pro—wrestling organised the bout with the group renting out an entire car on the train. there were charcoals and flipped bodies, i'm sure you know what that means, i'm sure it is interesting. join us again soon. hello. 0ur weather is going to stay pretty wet and windy often this week and certainly the next couple of days dominated by this area of low pressure, which actually contains the remnants of an old hurricane, hurricane lee. although the weather is going to be wet today, the majority of the rain will actually be falling across the high ground, so the hills across the west, that's where it's going to be really wet, but across central and eastern areas of the country, although you could see a few spots of rain this afternoon, it really won't amount to very much.
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we could see, occasionally, some brighter spells getting through across parts of eastern england, maybe parts of the south—west and maybe also for northern scotland. otherwise, it stays pretty cloudy and we will continue to see some strong gusts of wind, particularly around some of the welsh and english coasts. 0vernight, the winds will pick up in northern ireland, a band of rain working through here. it becomes quite wet and windy, actually, for most of us. this time, the heavy rain notjust confined to the high ground, it will become pretty extensive. but we are looking at a very mild night with temperatures staying up to what, 15 or 16 degrees for some of us. tomorrow, strong winds, particularly across western areas of wales, where through the irish sea, gusts could reach around 60 to 70mph. as this squally band
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of rain extends eastwards, inland gusts reaching a good 40 or 50 miles an hour, strong enough to bring down some tree branches, so we could see some localised disruption. and it's a similar story too for scotland and northern ireland. windy across inland areas, but the strongest winds affecting the western coast and hills, where 60 to 70—mile—an—hour gusts are possible again and could bring some localised disruption. 0ur temperatures still on the mild side for the time of year and as the rain stops, the winds will drop very, very quickly. so you will notice when that weather front pushes through. now, by thursday, the same area of low pressure is to the north of scotland. we've still got some strong winds affecting the north west of the country, with some heavy outbreaks of rain here, but some heavy showers quite widely affecting england and wales. some of those are likely to be thundery at times. there's little overall difference in the weather picture into friday. again, it's still very windy across the north west with gales here, plenty of showers around, especially across north western areas. some of those showers could have some hail and thunder mixed in. temperatures just edging down a few degrees.
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now, what about the weekend's weather prospects? well, saturday is probably a drier and brighter day for many of us, but it looks like it could turn quite wet and windy again for sunday.
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today at one... the toxic culture at an immigration removal centre which led to the mistreatment of people housed there. a public inquiry into conditions at brook house followed undercover filming by the bbc�*s panorama. that inquiry finds that brook house is entirely unsuitable for detaining people for long periods of time and recommends a time limit. we'll have the latest
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on the findings of the inquiry. also on the programme... hello, i'm doing these videos more frequently now... youtube blocks russell brand from making money out of videos on its platform in the wake of allegations of rape and sexual assault. hospital consultants are on strike in england in their long—running pay dispute and will be joined byjunior doctors tomorrow. more than 1,000 metropolitan police officers are now suspended or on restricted duties as the force tries to remove corrupt staff. and the beautiful lough in northern ireland which locals say is being destroyed by pollution. and coming up on bbc news... after 20 yea rs after 20 years away, newcastle united are back in the champions league. they start their top group campaign tonight in milan.

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