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These early scenes in hong kong, where protesters are gathering as the territory continues to be engulfed by huge Anti Government demonstrations. Columbian egan bernal is poised to be the youngest Tour De France winner in more than a century as he has the Yellow Jersey going into todays final stage in paris british teenagerjaden ashman from essex, has won nearly a Million Pounds after placing second in the world cup finals of the online game fortnite. Me and my mum clashed quite a lot. She did not understand how it worked. She thaw i was spending eight hours in my day wasting time. Now that i have proved to her i can do stuff, she is happy. Good morning. The government is now working on the assumption of a no deal brexit thats according to minister michael gove. Mr gove, whos now responsible for planning for such a scenario, said his team still aimed to come to an agreement with brussels but writing in the sunday times he added no deal is now a very real prospect. Meanwhile the chancellor sajid javid has confirmed he will soon announce extra funding for no deal preparations. Our political correspondent, tom barton, is here with more. What has michael gove been saying today . This is a change of tone from the previous government, making it very, very clear that no deal brexit is firmly on the table. We heard it from borisjohnson is firmly on the table. We heard it from Boris Johnson in is firmly on the table. We heard it from borisjohnson in the Leadership Campaign, but now at the end of the first week, where the cabinet and government are complete, it is full of filled believers, leaving the eu on the 31st of october. Michael gove saying no ifs, no buts, brexit is happening. He says they are going to go to the eu, they are going to try to renegotiate. He says they are optimistic about those negotiations. But the deal they say it has to change. Michael gove saying you cannot reheat the dish that has been sent back from parliament over and over again to make it more palatable. He says they need real change. He says they have heard of the European Union when they have said the deal is the deal, take it oi said the deal is the deal, take it or leave it. He says no deal is a realistic prospect. Therefore, he says, planning for a zero deal is the governments number one priority. You wonder whether this is a negotiating position. As much as the eu 27 have said, if you want to crash out with no deal, britain, thatis crash out with no deal, britain, that is up to you. It is not quite as simple as that because we have theissue as simple as that because we have the issue of the border with Northern Ireland and the republic of ireland. Michael gove does not make a secret that he is talking about his audience isnt readers of the sunday times, it is other european leaders, negotiators, but there is very little wriggle room for Boris Johnsons government to do anything other than leave on the 31st of october. The Leadership Campaign of borisjohnson has october. The Leadership Campaign of Boris Johnson has been october. The Leadership Campaign of borisjohnson has been so clear that thatis borisjohnson has been so clear that that is a hard deadline. Boris johnson is reiterating that today. Yes, this is clearly a negotiating position. Michael gove talks in his piece of who will blink first. If neither side blinks, they are making clear the government intends to leave. No deal becomes the default. But with the big caveat, of course, there is a sizeable group of conservative mps in parliament, labour and the liberal democrats and other parties, i determined to stop no dealfrom other parties, i determined to stop no deal from happening. What is the mechanism by which they could try and do that . The votes of no confidence, more amendments . The consensus now seems to be that given there is very, very little parliamentary time left during now only 31st of october. 99 calendar days from when Boris Johnson only 31st of october. 99 calendar days from when borisjohnson took office earlier this week, in terms office earlier this week, in terms of parliamentary days you are into the high 20s. Parliament does not sit again until the start of september and when you take into account conference season, there are very few parliamentary days left. Evenif very few parliamentary days left. Even if choose to vote on no confidence, as a way of trying to stop this, eventually forcing a general election, that is drawn out process. There are 14 days between a vote of no confidence and any potential general election being called and then weeks run up to a general election. If it doesnt happen very quickly in september, you could find yourself in a position where no deal happens, potentially even during a general election campaign. That would be interesting, wouldnt it . It would keep you busy, wouldnt it . Interesting, wouldnt it . It would keep you busy, wouldnt mm interesting, wouldnt it . It would keep you busy, wouldnt it . It would be remarkable and hugely controversial. Just to reiterate what you have been saying, we have heard Jeremy Corbyn sing again this morning that we will do everything to prevent a zero deal brexit. Seeing again this morning. In addition, the chancellor saying we have got to make these preparations and put money aside for it. How much money, and work are the preparations look like . The chancellor today promising to make available every penny that is needed for no deal preparation. Government departments have been told that if they ask for the money to prepare for zero deal, that money will be made available. We have not put a figure on it. They do not know what it is going to cost. To some extent, it seems like the chancellor is writing a blank cheque to Government Departments to make these preparations. I think this is partly a negotiating tactic. They need to make it as clear as possible the intent to follow through with this. If, as michael gove says, it is now the most likely outcome, they need to prepare and spend whatever money is necessary. You mentionJeremy Corbyn there, this now poses a difficult question for the labour party, or an interesting question. Until now, their position has, yes, has been against a no deal brexit, but leaning towards the negotiated deal. But faced with the prospect of a government who is determined to leave with a no deal brexit, as Jeremy Corbyn position going to change . There is pressure on him from Party Members and many on the left to change his position to one which is more supportive of remain in another referendum. Will that crystallise in the face of a Boris Johnson government making it clear that a no deal brexit is a real possibility . Tom, for the moment, thank you very much. Senior diplomats from britain, france, germany, russia and china will meet representatives from iran later today to discuss how to save the 2015 nuclear deal. Tensions in the gulf have soared since last year when President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the landmark accord, which curbed tehrans Nuclear Programme in return for an easing of economic sanctions. Bethany bell reports from vienna. The Iran Nuclear Deal is under pressure. Since washington pulled out of the accord, it has reimposed punishing sanctions on iran. In response, iran has breached limits on its sensitive nuclear work. Its now enriching uranium to a higher purity, and has exceeded the amount of enriched uranium its permitted to hold under the deal. Tehran has threatened to take further measures if the remaining parties to the accord, especially the european nations, dont help it to circumvent us sanctions. In recent weeks, tensions have escalated further, with a number of incidents involving tankers and drones. Last week, iran impounded this british flagged vessel in the gulf. The step was apparently in retaliation for britain detaining an iranian tanker in gibraltar. Europes Foreign Policy chief has called on iran to reverse its breaches of the nuclear deal, but iran says the steps are allowed as a response to us noncompliance. Bethany bell, bbc news, vienna. Democrats in the United States have renewed accusations of racism against President Trump after he criticised an African American congressman. The president accused elijah cummings, whos the head of a powerful committee, of trying to hurt innocent people while doing nothing for his baltimore district, which mr trump branded as very dangerous and badly run. Mr cummings recently criticised the Trump Administration over conditions in migrant detention centres. Fresh protests are expected in hong kong today as the territory continues to be engulfed by huge Anti Government demonstrations. In the latest confrontation police fired tear gas into crowds as tens of thousands marched to condemn an attack on pro democracy campaigners by armed mask men last week. Its still unclear how china will react to the increasingly violent demonstrations. Our correspondent nick beake is in hong kong following developments for us. We can see the numbers of people streaming past year. How are these demonstrations growing week by week . Well, we have been here about half an hour today and people are streaming past. It looks like, once again, tens of thousands eye on the streets of hong kong. Today, the theme of the march is they want to stop violence. They have had enough of the confrontation between the police and a group of hard core protesters we have seen. This is now the eighth consecutive week of protests here in the city of hong kong. It is very hard to see how this de escalates. Once again, there we re this de escalates. Once again, there were violent scenes about one hour from here towards the chinese border. People were protesting against the incident last week were against the incident last week were a number of pro democracy campaigners were attacked. They said the police did not do enough to attack them. Yesterday we saw violent scenes as we got towards midnightand violent scenes as we got towards midnight and the police cleared people. It was another episode and what is becoming fast the summer of discontent. Remind us what has caused these protests in the first instance . It seems a long time ago now but about two months ago the people came out onto the streets because they were very angry about a specific new law that was going to come in. It was an extradition bill, under eight suspects here would have been sent to mainland china. Many people were worried about that because they do not see the judiciary as being free, fair and impartial. They thought people would be take from the city, a former british colony, but now part of china, they thought people would be swept away from here to face justice in the chinese courts. What we have seen from them is a broader protest emerge and people are angry with beijing, in particular the growing influence of china as they see it, and also in the past fortnight or so, it has been re anger with the Police Authorities here. The people who are supposed to protect and serve the citizens of caen, they have been accused of being heavy handed in the protest. The citizens of hong kong. The police say they are dealing with protest in the eighth week as a hard job. That is the background that has brought us to this point. As you can see, the keep on coming. A lot of People Holding placards, saying, stop violence. That is the message of the day. The autonomy that hong kong still enjoys is pressure to the people who live there. What is the concern of the openness, the nature, the fairness of the chinese judicial system . The fairness of the chinese judicial system . This is the thing. People think here in hong kong, in the main, the system in china, in mainland china, is one that is not fairand mainland china, is one that is not fair and they believe the communist party there is essentially deciding what happens in the courts, it is not the power of the judge that has the final say, it is the politicians they are. The concern is that here a system they have got, which is acknowledged to be pretty independent judiciary acknowledged to be pretty independentjudiciary here, will be affected by that. It is a unique system here. Back in 1997, the city was handed over from system here. Back in 1997, the city was handed overfrom the british system here. Back in 1997, the city was handed over from the british to the china. The idea was that for 50 yea rs, the china. The idea was that for 50 years, hong kong would enjoy the special status that it would not be the same as the city is on mainland china. People are looking forward to the future, people in their early 20s, they are worried about the future they are looking to and if they have children, grandchildren, what sort of place for this become . We are seeing anger and concern, in a lot of cases boiling over. The police and the authorities here actually try to ban this march. Technically, all of these people are acting illegally. They were allowed to gather but they were not allowed to gather but they were not allowed to march. We can see the are doing that. People are trying to occupy this whole street and they want to send a message today. We are hearing they are making to the times square, they are making to the times square, the times square of hong kong. The reason is they see this time for a revelation. They want a real change, they want the role of beijing to be considerably diminished and people are talking about independence. That is something we have seen mushroom over the last two weeks or so. People are talking about being the masters over their own destiny and a lot of people talking about independence for hong kong and that is not we saw five years ago when they had protest. This is a vivid illustration of how the dynamics, the culture of the city is shifting, and shifting really, really fast. Nick, thank you very much. The headlines on bbc news. No deal brexit planning is now the governments number one priority according to michael gove the minister responsible for preparations to leave the eu. A last ditch effort to save the nuclear deal with iran Senior International diplomats will hold an emergency meeting today. Fresh protests in hong kong as the territory continues to be engulfed by huge Anti Government demonstrations. Romanias chief of police has been fired after the apparent murder of a teenage girl whose repeated emergency calls went unanswered for hours. The 15 year old was abducted on wednesday, but managed to make three calls and give officers details about where she was being held. Her family say officers did not take her calls seriously, while police say they had difficulty tracing her. Jon ironmonger reports. The kidnap 15 year old alexandra has sparked outrage across romania and members of herfamily have joined large protests expressing theirfury with the polices handling of the case. The girl rang 112 three times, her answers, the girl rang 112 three times, her aunt says, but they arrived after 19 hours. Thats how long it took for offices to enter her suspected abductors house, despite alexandras repeated calls to the Emergency Services to report her kidnap and provide details of her location. The authorities said police initially struggled to trace the call but having reached the property, they waited six hours waiting for a warrant that wasnt required. Once inside, officers found fragments of human bones in a barrel as well as pieces of alexandras clothing and jewellery. This man has been arrested on suspicion of child trafficking and the 66 year old was forced to be present during the searches of his home. Translation we focused today on the collection of different types of criminalist examples. Genetic tests are required in order to establish whether they are bone remains belonging to different people. Alexandras abduction bears similarities with the disappearance in april of another local girl, 18 year old louisa, and its now feared her remains could also be found at the property. Translation we dont know anything for now, if shes dead or not. Shes a great child, what can i say . This is outrageous. Responding to the apparent failings in the case, the interior minister said he would not tolerate Police Workers who didnt do theirjob properly and has fired the chief of police. He was made to appear alongside him in a press conference. I accept my dismissal, he said, since we had some inadequate interventions that i hold myself responsible for. The investigation, meanwhile, is rapidly developing, as searches of a lake near the suspects property revealed a suitcase full of clothes and the remains of a partly burned human body. The failure to rescue a teenage girl has shone a spotlight on romanias police and prosecutors who are now under intense pressure to get a grip on this case. Jon ironmonger, bbc news. Its emerged that a uk soldier who died in syria fighting the Islamic State group was killed by friendly fire. It was previously reported by us officials that Sergeant Matt tonroe was killed by a roadside bomb in 2018. However, the ministry of defence said the 33 year old died as a result of explosives carried by allied american forces. More than 1,000 people have been arrested at a protest in moscow, after some opposition candidates were prevented from standing in local elections. The opposition say they were barred for political reasons. Demonstrators were dragged away from the city hall as Security Forces used batons against the crowd. The Eu Foreign Affairs spokesperson condemned the detentions. A british teenager has won nearly £1 million after coming second in the world cup finals of the online game fortnite. Jaden ashman, from essex, was competing in new york, in what was billed as the biggest ever e sports event. Joe tidy reports. Fortnite world champions, aqua and nyhrox theyre as shocked as you are. Playing the game they love has just earned them a shared 3 million, or £2. 11 million. 16 year old Emil Bergquist pedersen from norway, known online as nyhrox, and 17 year old david w from austria, known as aqua. It all ended in a hail of bullets after a day of action watched by a packed new york stadium crowd. The prize purse for this, the first fortnite world cup, is the largest ever in e sports. Even the Second Place Team became millionaires. 15 year old jaden ashman, known as wolfiez, is from essex. Hell share 2. 25 million with his 22 year old dutch team mate, dave young, known online as rojo. It hasnt really hit me yet, what is going on. When i get home itll be insane. 2. 25 million between you, over a million each, what are you going to do with it . Im probably going to try to save most of it, i know that sounds a bit cliche, but save maybe half of it and put quite a lot of it into a house and my family. I have been quite against him gaming, pushing him to school work, and i have thrown out an xbox, snapped a headset. We have had a nightmare. Bringing the fortnite world to the real world has been a Big Development for this game which some say has peaked in popularity. Its also undeniably a big moment in e sports in general. Later today once again the arena will fill for the final event, the solos. And that wasjoe tidy reporting. A group of young people in coventry have set up a youth club, in the hope it might stop children in the city getting involved in knife crime. According to the latest figures from the home office, there were more than 150 thousand Violent Crimes across the West Midlands in the 12 months to march. Knife crime rose to almost five thousand offences double what it was in 2013. Joanne writtle reports. Are you going to ride for me . Are you going to slide for me . 18 year old ebony rehearses for the Opening Night of a youth club formed by young People United against violence in their home city. There have been at least five fatal stabbings in coventry in 12 months. Among them, ebonys friend, emmanuel lukenga, killed last month. He always told me to sing for him. And at that point i was so shy, because i didnt really take singing so seriously then. And i never did get the chance to sing to him and then when i look back now, all the conversations that we had just makes me think, i got to do this for him. Fridays is the brainchild of 18 year old tyler campbell, helped by volunteers like his college pal, michael. I think its time for young people to start helping other young people out there. Me being young as well will help other young people be inspired to maybe stop doing what theyre doing and have a better future, and have better opportunities in their life. Just last weekend, a 15 year old was wounded in a drive by shooting outside a restaurant here. Another stark reminder of why teenagers are uniting against violence. Colin bell runs the Caribbean Community association, one of the regions oldest west indian groups, and a venue for the new youth club. When they wanted to do a fridays night, and it was about keeping young people safe because they were tired of seeing their friends and people they knew being stabbed and hurt and getting into negative things, we were like, you know, with open arms, we said, we will support you. And the specials founder member Neville Staple is backing it too. He released a single called put away your knives in tribute to his grandson, Fidel Glasgow died after being stabbed in coventry last september. And neville wants the youth club to bring harmony. Joanne writtle, bbc midlands today, coventry. A network described as the linkedin for black professionals has attracted more than 30,000 members. Kite oniwinde set up the business in 2017 to help black professionals advance their careers. Dougal shaw reports. This is a networking event aimed at young black professionals. There is a lot of negative stereotypes in terms of black people and crime, we arejust musicians terms of black people and crime, we are just musicians or rappers and we are just musicians or rappers and we are not doing well in the educational system. There is a lot of black talent and a lot of people doing well across the board that are not represented. This is about bringing this on one platform, so others can see as i know we exist. The black professional network has attracted more than 30,000 members. Targeted at young black people, anyone can take part. The idea is to create a space that if you are black, you do not feel you are in a minority. Members can join through an app. It is good when you go into an app. It is good when you go into a room and there are people who look like you and come from similar backgrounds. It is nice to have that atmosphere of being relaxed and feeling authentic. It makes me think lam in feeling authentic. It makes me think lamina feeling authentic. It makes me think i am in a safe space, being able to share my story. Being in an environment today where i am able to network and liaise with people who are predominantly black, it makes it more comfortable and it is also easy to network and just have a conversation without thinking about the pre judgements that may come against me. The business has raised almost £200,000 through investment and prize money. Although events like this are concentrated in london right now, with the application being downloaded around the world, the idea is to develop it to a bigger scale. Whether youre jetting off with the grandparents or sunbathing with the in laws, it seems that more of us are going on holiday with our wider family members. For some, its about cost, for others, childcare. But most say that family trips are a great way to spend quality time with one another, as more families live further apart. Heres our Consumer Affairs correspondent, colletta smith. James and jessica are having a ball this summer. But its notjust mike and his partner claire who are busy keeping them occupied. Grandma stella and grandad robert are on hand to help out. Oh, no its not their first holiday as three generations. In fact, its becoming something of a Family Tradition for all kinds of reasons. Ohh weve both got credit cards, so thats always a bonus. Grandma is always treating them they know who to come to if they want anything. To be honest, it is about spending time together as a family, youre making memories for yourselves, for the kids, everybody. Now, businesses are adapting to meet the new demand. We need to make sure that the accommodation thats available for holiday makers to choose from is right for them. If you are a large family, you need extra space. Plenty of open plan living for everyone to come together. They are holidaying together, they want to spend time together. It is important that they can have space together. Its not just happening in uk holidays. We spoke to eight of the biggest names in the business. They all told us they had seen a rise in bookings for multi generational groups, and in some cases, well over half of customers surveyed had already taken or wanted to take a break with their grandparents. This is grandad and nanna. Then we have mum and dad. Some nights eat out, other nights, one of us will cook, so itsjust helpful, isnt it . As family life evolves, our holidays are taking a different shape. If travel Companies Want us to keep spending our cash, it will be down to them to keep up with this latest holiday trend. Colletta smith, bbc news. The voice of minnie mouse for more than 30 years, roosi taylor, has died in california at the age of seventy five. The Walt Disney Company said roosi taylors passing meant minnie mouse had lost her voice. Taylor married wayne allwine, the voice of mickey mouse until his death in 2009. Prone to gigglesjust like the character she played, taylor captured the sound of minnie in films, on tv and at theme parks. What an amazing job to have. And well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewersjosie cos and john crowley from first draft news thats coming up after the latest headlines and a full sport update. Now its time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. There is no heatwave on the way. The heatwave seems like a distant memory for some of us. Thoroughly wet through this weekend and it will remain wet through today. It is this where the front that will continue to generate rain through Northern Ireland, west wales, down into the south east. Standing water and localised flooding. For scotland, sunny spells, lovely conditions. Very warm across the northern isles. The best will be across south west england. This where the front moves north word, murky conditions, some showery bursts of rain. Still quite humid here. A clear night further south. A guy just humid here. A clear night further south. A guyjust out through southern areas on monday. In much better day throughout the board. A dry story here. Some spells across scotland. 2a to 26 celsius. Low pressure moving into the south west. Windier conditions here. That sets the scene for the rest of the week

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