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Done. What is not clear . Maybe today, the opposition might say that the situation is the present or previous governments fault. What was not clear . Why are we reading the headlines and titles but not sing concrete action . And a question to both of you, from the Health Care Point of view in particular, the Health Care Personnel have discussed theissue Health Care Personnel have discussed the issue of this challenge which need to be dealt with, we have seen an increase of number of pregnant women coming here hoping they can find their children become italian citizens if they are born here. They are misled by this. We have seen another newborn just died a few days ago, i think its very important to do something, so what are your answers and solutions to this . To answers and solutions to this . To answer the part of your question to me, answer the part of your question to me. I answer the part of your question to me, | we answer the part of your question to me, i hope you can hear me. Youre watchin me, i hope you can hear me. Youre watching bbc me, i hope you can hear me. Youre watching bbc news, me, i hope you can hear me. Youre watching bbc news, if me, i hope you can hear me. Youre watching bbc news, if youre me, i hope you can hear me. Youre watching bbc news, if youre just i watching bbc news, if youre just joining us what youre seeing is a live stream of a Press Conference being held where the head of the European Commission Ursula Von Der Leyen and italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to discussing action to take about a huge migrants urges. Lampedusa have found hundreds of migrants arrive, more than the population of lampedusa itself. Ursula von der leyen is discussing Solutions Proposed by the eu, including using the Asylum Agency to provide more support for managing migrants numbers, registering them when they arrive on the island of lampedusa, including fingerprinting them. More support to transfer them out to return migrants to the countries of origin if they are not eligible for asylum, and increasing the speed of the asylum process, as in quickly rejecting those with unfounded asylum applications. In addition, Ursula Von Der Leyen discussed measures to step up to fight smugglers, the legislation needs to be updated, stepping up sea and aerial surveillance is, supplying Tunisian Coastguards with more resources, of course this is where many of the migrants are coming from, from northern african countries. And also discussing alternatives to being moved by people smugglers, setting up humanitarian corridors. Those were some of the steps discussed by Ursula Von Der Leyen, in response to the italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni saying that more needed to be done. As you may well know, she is a right wing Prime Minister of italy, stood on a platform on among other things, Anti Immigration as a says that the work to be done and required the involvement of everyone. Lets have a listen now. Lets have a look at what the italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said about the influx of migrants coming to the island of lampedusa being a problem for europe and notjust italy. And notjust italy. However if someone and notjust italy. However if someone here and notjust italy. However if someone here knew and notjust italy. However if someone here knew the and notjust italy. However if someone here knew the problem here with the someone here knew the problem here with the problem were facing could be solved with the problem were facing could be solved atjust with the problem were facing could be solved at just within the italian borders, be solved at just within the italian borders, then it would be a very big and huge borders, then it would be a very big and huge mistake on their side. This massive and huge mistake on their side. This massive flow of immigrants is something which requires the involvement and responsibility by everybody to tackled, because its going everybody to tackled, because its going to everybody to tackled, because its going to affect everyone on the borders, going to affect everyone on the borders, also all the other countries. We are all involved in this, countries. We are all involved in this, we countries. We are all involved in this, we are countries. We are all involved in this, we are all involved in trying to tackle this, we are all involved in trying to tackle a this, we are all involved in trying to tackle a deal with the situation, therefore to tackle a deal with the situation, therefore the presence of president of underlying is a sign of awareness. Of underlying is a sign of awareness. ,. ,. , awareness. That was the italian Prime Minister awareness. That was the italian Prime Minister giorgia awareness. That was the italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni l Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni discussing the added pressure to the island of lampedusa from a migrant influx. The comedian Russell Brand has been accused of rape, Sexual Assaults and Emotional Abuse over a seven year period at the height of his fame. The details are contained in a joint report by the sunday times, the times and the Channel A Programme dispatches. Mr brand denies all the allegations. Our correspondent lizo mzimba has the latest, and a warning some viewers may find details in his report upsetting. Over the course of the evening, some of my accoutrements could make their way onto your body. Laughter. In the late 2000s and early 2010s, Russell Brand was one of britains best known faces. Announcer Russell Brand . Famous as a comedian and presenter on both sides of the atlantic. I am famous in the United Kingdom . Even appearing in hollywood movies. July 2012 was when my rape happened. It was in los angeles that he met a woman the investigation by the sunday times, the times and channel 4s dispatches are calling nadia. She says they had a brief sexual relationship, but that on a later occasion he raped her. The women speaking out have had their identities disguised. He pushed me up against a wall. Im like, what are you doing . And hes like, i have a friend here, and i. I want you to come into the bedroom. Im like, no, thats not happening. Were not doing that. And i tried to get away from him, and at this point, hes grabbing at my my underwear. Im telling him to get off me and he wont get off. And he has that glazed look in his eye again. I was very distraught, trying to get out of the house. The following year, brand met a woman the investigation is calling phoebe. Again, she says that they did have a sexual relationship but that it had ended when she found herself alone with him in his house. And he grabbed me and got me on the bed. I was fully clothed and he was naked |at this point, and he held me down. J and i was screaming, and i was like, what are you doing . Like, stop, youre my friend. I love you, please dont do this. I dont want to do this. A third woman says she met and had a brief relationship with brand when he was in his 30s and she was 16 and still at school. She says he later sexually assaulted her. I was pushing him away and pushing him away, and he wasnt. He wasnt backing off at all. And so i ended up having to punch him really hard in the stomach to get him off. And then he, like. Finally then he, like moved, fell backwards. And i was crying, and he said, oh, i only wanted to see your mascara run anyway. The allegations have been denied by Russell Brand in a video message. These allegations pertain to the time when i was working in the mainstream, when i was in the newspapers all the time, when i was in the movies. And as ive written about extensively in my books, i was very, very promiscuous. Now, during that time of promiscuity, the relationships i had were absolutely always consensual. What i seriously refute are these very, very serious criminal allegations. The comedian, who achieved fame with his risque humour and who was once married to katy perry, is now facing the most serious of accusations. Lizo mzimba, bbc news. Our Correspondent Simonjones is outside the london headquarters of channel 4 which broadcast the allegations last night. Russell brand found fame here in the uk working for channel four on the big brother reality series. But it was of course channel 4 itself that last night broadcast that explosive documentary. Now, bosses here at channel 4 say the allegations are deeply troubling, but they say they have done a review and can find no evidence that those claims were reported to the broadcaster before this documentary. Russell brand also worked for the bbc. He had a show on radio 2. Now the bbc say that he was taken off air after it was discovered hed left a lewd voice mail message for the actor andrew sachs about his granddaughter. The bbc say that shows their processes do work and they do take allegations very seriously. But the chair of the commons culture committee, Dame Caroline dinenage, feels the broadcasters do have further questions to answer, and she fears this could be another case of alleged abuse of power in the tv industry. Russell brand himself is not hiding away. He took to the stage in london last night. He said there were things he wanted to talk about but couldnt. But in a way, he had already addressed the allegations before the documentary ever went on air, because on friday night he released a video on social media to his millions of followers denying the allegations. I think in a way, he was bypassing what he sees as the Mainstream Media to talk directly to his fans. And at the end of his show last night, he did get a standing ovation. But in terms of what happens next, well, the metropolitan police here in london tell us they are aware of the allegations, but they say no specific complaint has been made. They say, though, that anyone who feels they have been the victim of a Sexual Assault should come forward and report it to officers, however long ago that may have happened. 0ur correspondent in Los Angeles David willis has more on the allegations and the reaction from hollywood. According to the reports in the times, sunday times and channel 4, Russell Brand committed two Sexual Assaults here in la. 0ne latte pinned a woman against a wall in his home in la. That woman received treatment at a rate clinic in la, but declined to file a Police Report as she felt she wouldnt be taken seriously. Russell brand is also accused of sexually assaulting a woman whom he worked with here in la, and he is facing separate allegations of Sexual Assault against two other women, one of whom, it is alleged, was just 16 years old at the time. A spokesman for the Los Angeles Police department contacted by the bbc said that the department currently had nothing to add to reports in the uk media. Now, Russell Brand has vigorously denied the allegations against him and continues to insist that all of his relationships were consensual. Were going to start in libya, survivors in the devastated city of derna have accused local leaders of failing them. On a visit to the region, the head of the administration in Eastern Libya blamed nature for the failure of two dams. The un says 11,300 people are now known to have died in the city, but thousands are still missing. 0ur correspondent anna foster is in derna. A landscape changed beyond recognition. A bustling city, now a wasteland. The destructive power of water has ripped the heart from derna. Its survivors left rapt with grief and anger. Translation we were told to stay inside our homes. Why . They should have told us there was a storm, told us the dam was old and crumbling. Some of these destroyed buildings were 100 years old. This man lost five members of his family in the raging current. One was his ten month old daughter. He shows me their pictures. First, alive, and then their bodies. This was what brought him here, a convoy of ministers from the eastern government, one of libyas two opposing authorities. Translation fighting has decimated the countrys infrastructure. He says it has proved fatal. I spoke to the eastern Prime Minister, osama hammad. How could this happen when the dams were supposed to keep people safe . It was a very strong cyclone, he told me. Too strong for the dams. Here in the centre of derna, the destruction is total, and when you look down this valley, at an area that used to be filled with apartment buildings, homes, cars, thousands of people, with lives that have all been picked up and swept out to sea, you wonder how a city like this can ever recover. Down at the port, dernas dead are still returning to the city. Recovery teams watch the waves and wait for them. This morning, three more bodies were pulled from the debris but thousands of others, swept far from here, will never come home. Anna foster, bbc news, derna. The family of a 14 year old boy killed in a stabbing in manchester say he was very kind and caring. Two boys, aged 13 and 1a, have been arrested on suspicion of murder and they remain in custody. Nathaniel shani died in hospital after he was found with stab wounds friday evening. Manchester and harpurhey have to Start Talking about smartphones that arrange altercations and young people carrying knives, and theyre getting younger and younger carrying knives. And we have to put our Heads Together in manchester and the uk to get on top of this. Otherwise there will be more anguished families in this country. Now its time for a look at todays sport. Hi, ireland fly Halfjonny Sexton called it a lovely personal milestone as he became the countrys Record Scorer after kicking nine points against tonga. 1090 points the 38 year old fly half, making his 115th international appearance. He made his debut in 2009, he is going to retire from rugby at the end of this world cup. Mi; to retire from rugby at the end of this world cup. This world cup. My little boy will be over the this world cup. My little boy will be over the moon, this world cup. 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They do pose challenges in the way they play very expensive, very fast in the way they play very expensive, very fast and furious. England are going very fast and furious. England are going to very fast and furious. England are going to have to be wary of that. There going to have to be wary of that. There is going to have to be wary of that. There is no going to have to be wary of that. There is no question englands attack there is no question englands attack will click at some stage. It may he attack will click at some stage. It may be tonight, but i am hopeful england may be tonight, but i am hopeful england will win the game rather than concentrating on scoring a bunch than concentrating on scoring a bunch of than concentrating on scoring a bunch of tries. I think england are good bunch of tries. I think england are good enough to get to the semifinal, there is good enough to get to the semifinal, there is no good enough to get to the semifinal, there is no question about that. The draw there is no question about that. The draw has there is no question about that. The draw has helped them. The run of games draw has helped them. The run of games will draw has helped them. The run of games will help them. After this game, games will help them. After this game, they have got chile, samoa, they should game, they have got chile, samoa, they should be winning that and building they should be winning that and Building Momentum into the semifinal. The players are going to have to semifinal. The players are going to have to step up. They have got a potentially world class players, they have players that are world level they have players that are world level. Now we need to see it. We need level. Now we need to see it. We need to level. Now we need to see it. We need to see sinclair, george, those players need to see sinclair, george, those players who need to see sinclair, george, those players who have been world class, lets get players who have been world class, lets get back there as soon as possible lets get back there as soon as possible. They have names that have been pitched before as world class, and now been pitched before as world class, and now on been pitched before as world class, and now on the world stage, thats where and now on the world stage, thats where they and now on the world stage, thats where they need to be. If they are, england where they need to be. If they are, england are where they need to be. If they are, england are going to be a very dangerous side, and other teams will be hoping dangerous side, and other teams will be hoping that england and those players be hoping that england and those players dont get to that level, because players dont get to that level, because they will be tough to beat. In because they will be tough to beat. In cricket, because they will be tough to beat. In cricket, it because they will be tough to beat. In cricket, it one day series decider between south africa and australia injohannesburg. They put south africa into back, captain into second run. My crank there, and beaten though. An important half century for them. Colour science will start the singapore grand prix. What champion max was tapping struggling in practice, he managed to claim 11th place. For the first time in his career, he will start ahead of mercedes, with Xiao Leclaire in third. That is all for me. The sea ice surrounding antarctica is well below any previous recorded winter level, satellite data shows, a worrying new benchmark for a region that once seemed resistant to global warming. The map image shows the typical extent of sea ice at this time of year, specifically on the 14th of september. Thats the yellow dotted line, but the actual extent of ice is much less than the median. And as we head into the antarctic summer, much of he existing ice will continue to melt. Live now to mike childs, whos head of policy, science and research at friends of the earth. Thank you forjoining us, mike. What does that regression of sea ice tells about Global Climate shifts . It tells us that Climate Change is happening faster than we thought. We are seeing these kind of alarm bells going off Around The World, we have got to the sea ice in antarctica, weve got canadian wildfires, extreme reins, perhaps connected to the dreadful situation in libya. We saw much of europe and the record heating heat waves this summer, this is just another wake up call to governments to say we really need to start taking this issue seriously. We need to stop putting all in on the fire of Climate Change by giving the fire of Climate Change by giving the go ahead to new oil and gas licences, Orfailed To The Go Ahead to new oil and gas licences, or failed to coal emissions. As the sea ice goes, we are seeing these extremes round the world, we are going to get more dangerous Weather Events Around The World. ~ � ,. , dangerous Weather Events Around The World. ,. , world. Whites Climate Change happening world. Whites Climate Change happening faster world. Whites Climate Change happening faster than world. Whites Climate Change happening faster than we world. Whites Climate Change happening faster than we thought . Climate change modelling is incredibly complex. You can imagine how complex the Weather System is Around The World. It is also inherently conservative. When scientists have been saying over the last decade, Climate Change is happening, we are moving to dangerous territory, we need to take action. In reality, things are happening fast on the ground. What that means, politicians need to take action a lot faster than they are, but he in the uk, we are not. The uk government is giving the go ahead to oil and gas licences, we are not insulating our homes, we are pouring out excess pollution as well as people freezing in their homes during this energy crisis. Theres so much more we could be doing to Carbon Emissions and make quality of life better, while also stopping Climate Change from getting worse. If you go back to the shrinking of sea ice, the people at home will have seen the image of the map indicating the median levels, you can see it again now if you are watching it on, what does that mean for the wide ecosystems there . The re. Ion in for the wide ecosystems there . Tue region in the for the wide ecosystems there . He region in the north for the wide ecosystems there . Tts region in the north and for the wide ecosystems there . Tts region in the North And South for the wide ecosystems there . Tts region in the North And South of antarctica are giant refrigerators for the planets, they help keep the planet colour. Levels of ice being reduced to ones of the planet. Everything depends on the sea ice and the level of that environment. Penguins in antarctica, thats going to be more worrying for them. Thats going to be a much more challenging environments for them to thrive, we could lose some species of those. In the north and the article, we could see the challenges facing the wildlife there. Wildlife will be suffering because of its Climate Change both in those locations. Around the world, because of extreme weather battering the planet, a timing of a human, economy, weather battering the planet, a timing ofa human, economy, and weather battering the planet, a timing of a human, economy, and also wildlife. Politicians Around The World and the uk need to take it more seriously, International Climate talks will be coming out of this year. The uk government is way off track of their promise, they have got to step up and deliver on so do other countries. Have got to step up and deliver on so do other countries. Thats what i want kaman so do other countries. Thats what i want kaman to so do other countries. Thats what i want kaman to now, so do other countries. Thats what i want kaman to now, that so do other countries. Thats what i want kaman to now, that all so do other countries. Thats what i | want kaman to now, that all sounds very bleak and might make people think its too late, but what can be done to reverse this trend . Tts think its too late, but what can be done to reverse this trend . Its not too late, done to reverse this trend . Its not too late. Every done to reverse this trend . Its not too late, every degree done to reverse this trend . Its not too late, every degree of done to reverse this trend . Its not too late, every degree of warming, every fraction of a degree of warming that we prevent, then we are going to prevent a significant time. We are going to do our very best. We have already won the planet more than we should have done, but what we can do is stop making it worse. That means investing in home insulation, that is good for Peoples Health and energy bills, it will also help stop Carbon Pollution is burning. Here in the uk, we saw an unsuccessful round of auction for offshore wind because the government didnt put enough money on the table, and we can see more action to help people drive electric cars or bikes. All these things could improve our quality of life. The government is not giving enough priority that it needs. Government is not giving enough priority that it needs. Thank you, its aood priority that it needs. Thank you, its good to priority that it needs. Thank you, its good to end priority that it needs. Thank you, its good to end in priority that it needs. Thank you, its good to end in something priority that it needs. Thank you, | its good to end in something that we can do to help. Stay with us here on bbc news. Hello. Today marks a change in weather type. The heat and humidity that weve had recently, particularly in the south, will get cleared away and well see a bit of a Thundery Breakdown in the weather as well. So a chance of thundery downpours today, particularly towards the south and the west. Some sunshine around further north and east across the uk at times, but weve got on the Satellite Image low pressure, this clumpy cloud to the south, drifting its way slowly northwards. Weve also got a Weather Front thats moving in from the west, too. So some rain through the rest of the day for parts of Northern Ireland, western scotland. Some heavy showers, though, for wales and southern england. Theyve already been producing thunderstorms and they will continue to do so as we head into the afternoon. So thunderstorms possible through parts of central wales, all the way down towards the likes of essex, for instance, for the middle of the afternoon and a rash of more heavy showers and thunderstorms return from the south later on. So temperatures still up to about 23 degrees for the Channel Islands today, not the 28 that we had yesterday in the south east, but itll still feel quite muggy, whereas further north, were typically looking at the mid to high teens. Through into the evening hours, then this area of heavy showers and thunderstorms continues to drift north across Northern Ireland, Northern England into scotland as well. And then further heavy showers return to parts of southern and Eastern England as well. And more rain works in from the west. So i think wherever you are, expect some outbreaks of rain and some fairly blustery winds developing at times too, as we move through into monday morning. So mondays weather dominated by a couple of Weather Fronts, shifting their way from west to east, introducing that cooler, fresher but brighter air for Northern Ireland during the morning with a rash of showers. But we start the day with rain for scotland, through Central Parts of england, Clearing Eastwards as that fresher and brighter air moves across the uk during the afternoon. But still some heavy showers to be seen. It will feel different, though, it wont feel as hot and humid in the south as it has done recently. Temperatures 13 to 20 Degrees North to south. Into tuesday, and the next area of low pressure lines up here in the atlantic. Quite a lot of isobars on that, particularly towards the south, showing us its going to be a windy sort of day with some outbreaks of rain, most likely for Northern Ireland, wales, Northern England as well. Shifting into scotland later in the day. Something a little bit brighter, perhaps developing further south, but temperatures much more typical of the time of year, 1a to 19 for most of us. And things stay fairly unsettled over the next few days. Sunny spells blustery showers. All in all, a fairly autumnal outlook. Bye bye. Now on bbc news panorama The Dark Side of Ballet Schools. As children, they dreamt of becoming professional ballet dancers. What it felt like was just being bullied on a daily basis. Training at two of most prestigious Ballet Schools in the uk. The ballet world is a brutal place but telling people that youre too fat, i dont think thats preparing you for anything. Now speaking out about what, for years, has been left unsaid. It is a culture of silence, a culture of not breaking ranks. There is something cultish about it, i cannot avoid that word. A world where eating disorders are common. I hadntjoined the school looking like that. It had been a change that had happened quite quickly. Ijust kind of stood there whilst my peers gave me a round of applause for losing weight. Producing wonderful dancers but also leaving a legacy of emotional problems. The school were not equipped to deal with Mental Health problems at the extent mine was at