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the age of 60. music: we are family. one of four sisters who made up the 70s disco group sister sledge passed away at her home in arizona yesterday. leicester city confirms that craig shakespeare will continue to manage the club until the end of the season. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. labour says it will fight for changes to the brexit bill when it comes back to the house of commons tomorrow. the brexit secretary david davis has called on mps to reject lords amendments and to give the prime minister a free hand in negotiations with the european union. if the bill is passed theresa may could trigger the formal process of brexit as early as tuesday. our political correspondent susana mendonca has more details. the latest instalment in the battle to trigger brexit takes centre stage here tomorrow and the government is warning mps, including potential rebels on its own side, not to stand in its way. what we can t have is either house of parliament reversin ....
this is bbc news. the headlines. the brexit secretary tells mps to ditch changes to the bill, which will allow the government to start the formal brexit process. turkey s president erdogan has warned the netherlands it will pay the price for expelling a turkish government minister. dutch riot police used water cannon to break up a large protest outside the turkish consulate in rotterdam. the iraqi military has reportedly cut the last road leading out of the pa rt cut the last road leading out of the part of the city of mosul that it still held that was still held by islamic state militants. a landslide at a rubbish dump in ethiopia has killed at least 48 people and dozens more are missing. and coming up in a moment.. the latest in the king kong franchise. find out about the cinema releases in the film review. now, the sport. hello and welcome to sportsday i m jessica creighton. coming up for you tonight. spurs storm into the semi finals of the fa cup, thrashing ....
a huge statue in a cairo slum which is thought to be of pharaoh ramses ii, one of the country s most famous ancient rulers. the head and torso of the 26 feet high statue were found submerged in mud and ground water in the east of the city. known as ramses the great, the pharaoh lived more than 3,000 years ago and is credited with massively expanding the egyptian empire. tributes have been paid to the singerjoni sledge, of the group sister sledge, who s died at her home in phoenix, arizona. she was 60. music: we are family by sister sledge. the band of four sisters achieved fame in 1979 with their signature tune we are family. 0ther hits included disco classic the greatest dancer. a statement from the family said joni sledge had loved, and embraced life. let s ta ke let s take a look at the weather with sarah. we have dry unsettled weather in the forecast. some variations, with showers across the far east of england which should clear overnight, and we will see more cl ....
Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. shot and killed by police in this country this year which is eight more than at a same time last year which the washington post, i get to write have been keeping tally for several years now. 109 of those have been black men who have been unarmed. that s disproportionate given our population in this country and it is 2.5 kpiemtimes greate us than it is for a white male in this country. that is what the players are protesting and those of us in the media once again we have couched this as an an ththem protest and in fact it is against police brutality. that s what the players are disturbed about and the fact that they can t get their message out. it becomes an issue of the way we and the media characterize this narrative. phillip, let s talk about this and whether it is the nfl or whether it is these charges by omarosa or the immigration fight. if you are a republican in a tight race, what do you ma ....