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Transcripts For BBCNEWS BBC News At Five 20240713

The future that we want to build, but at the moment weve got this roadblock, this logjam, and we need to get through it. And as the early election bill receives royal assent well have the latest as the campaign gets the other main stories on bbc news at 5. The us house of representatives passes a resolution to formally proceed with the impeachment inquiry, against President Trump. The body of missing british backpacker, amelia bambridge, is found in cambodia. More than 70 passengers are killed, as their train catches fire in pakistan. Order order. Very rude for members. Order and coming up well take a look atjohn bercows most memorable moments as he stands down as house of commons speaker. Its five oclock our top story. On the day the Prime Minister promised we would leave the eu, the battle lines for the december election are being drawn. The labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn launched his pa rtys campaign in south london, condemning what he called tax dodgers, dodgy landlords, bad bosses and big polluters. Borisjohnson speaking during a visit to addenbrookes hospital in cambridge said there were too many mps opposed to the uk leaving the European Union. And promised hed focus on education, the nhs and crime. And, in the last hour, the queen has given royal assent for the election to take place on the 12th of december. Heres our Political Correspondent iain watson and a warning his report contains flash photography. Jeremy corbyn launched his Election Campaign in the london seat of battersea. Labour doggedly fought here in 2017, winning narrowly. And, despite the upbeat atmosphere now, it is a reminder that the party will have to defend as well as to gain seats if they are to take power. The next Prime Minister, Jeremy Corbyn the labour leader got a warm welcome in the cold weather. Speaking on the stump to supporters is what he likes to do best. He set out clear dividing lines for his opponents. This election is a once in a generation chance to transform our country, to take on the vested interests that are Holding People back, and ensure that no community in any part of this country is ever left behind again. Even if the rivers freeze over, we are going out to bring real change for the many, not the few. He said labour would take on what he called a rigged and corrupt system that worked only for a privileged elite. We are going after the tax dodgers, we are going after the dodgy landlords, we are going after the bad bosses, we are going after the big polluters, because we know whose side we, the labour party, are on. Applause. This wasnt exactly a pitch for the Centre Ground byJeremy Corbyn. His tone was uncompromising. It was designed in part to appeal to young voters and previous non voters who need to be convinced that politics can make a difference, but hes searching for a message that can appeal beyond brexit, to voters in both leave and remain areas. You know what day this is halloween, obviously but it was also the day that we were supposed to be spirited out of the eu. This is what the Prime Minister used to say about a brexit extension. Id rather be dead in a ditch. We are coming out of the eu on october 31st, come what may. Borisjohnson is still very much alive but he chose to make a visit to a hospital in cambridge. He chose today to fight on labours traditional territory of investing in Public Services. He also blamed his opponents for the brexit delay. The only thing we can really do now is go to our people, go to the country and say, lets get this thing done. We have an oven ready deal, put it in the microwave, as soon as we get back after the election on the 12th of december, get it done, and then lets get on with our domestic agenda, and its fantastically exciting to be here at addenbrookes hospital in cambridge, looking at what we are doing to support the nhs. In westminster, the lib dems unveiled a Campaign Slogan then quite literally conveyed this message to borisjohnson and Jeremy Corbyns constituencies. Jo swinsons party are putting brexit at the centre of the campaign. But labour and the conservatives have clashed today on a much wider policy agenda. Iain watson, bbc news. Our chief Political Correspondent vicki young is at westminster. How much have labour stolen a march today on the rest of them with this official launch . Theyjust today on the rest of them with this official launch . They just want to get out as quickly as they could and start getting their message across because so many labour people talk about 2017 when the party went into the election behind in the polls, Jeremy Corbyns rating was low but he improved on that during their campaigning. It was way better than anyone expected. The party are looking at that and seeing we can go further and beat the conservatives. They think they can do that by talking about other than brexit. The offering from Jeremy Corbyn, a radical manifesto, renationalisation of the water industry and of the meal industry and railways as well and a higher living. They cannot ignore brexit completely because it has dominated everything for the last years butJeremy Corbyn is saying our approach, after a lot of confusion, now he says it is very simple. He will renegotiate a deal if he is Prime Minister and put it back to the people in a referendum. He would not answer how he would personally vote in that referendum. That is still an issue for labour. They have not come out as an overwhelmingly remain party despite many in the shadow cabinet wanting to do so. The question as well that harm them on election day . Whether people are voting because of their views on brexit or because people are worried about a lot of other things including health and education. Boris johnson also out and about, talking about a variety of issues of concern to voters but it is not their official campaign yet . No, that is right. It is interesting talking to conservative mps, they are worried about fighting on labour territory like on the nhs for example. Questions yesterday we re for example. Questions yesterday were quite difficult for Boris Johnson but clearly does not want to talk just about Brexit Johnson but clearly does not want to talkjust about brexit but people will say that is no mean selling point. Given what has happened with brexit, he can go around the country thing i have got ideal and it is ready to go and i can have this dealt with quickly if you give me a majority so i can go back to parliament and do that. But he does wa nt to parliament and do that. But he does want to talk about other things, i am sure they will be mindful that a lot of people are looking and saying, the long time after years of austerity that have been cuts in services and he is trying to offset some of that. Whether people take that seriously or not will be important. If you look back to 2016, the conservative needed to win six extra but labour needed to win 60 extra so it is a big challenge just to get a majority of even one. Thank you very much. Up until a few days ago businesses across the country had been preparing for the uk to leave the European Union at 11 oclock tonight. Now instead theyre having to get ready for yet another brexit deadline. Our Business Editor simon jack is here. How frustrating is this for business . Incredibly frustrating. You will remember they were told to stockpile and get ready for the march. We then had another blitz on getting your business ready for brexit on october the 31st. Business ready for brexit on october the sist. It business ready for brexit on october the 31st. It will happen, new sr bites. In a few hours time another brexit deadline will have come and gone. It will happen, no doubt about it. I have been talking to our business women who explain some of the frustrations and difficulties of running a business. Its been a unique experience in my business life. Normally when you are making Business Decisions within a team youve got maybe five, six, seven variables and youre fairly sure about four or five of those and maybe you dont know about the last two and you weigh up the options and take a view. It feels like with the brexit scenario that we have got 50 variables of which we know very little about. You end up going in an agonising circle around and around in decisions and discussion. So what do businesses make of the prospect of a december election . This is one more bit of uncertainty. The brexit outcome depends heavily on how that general election goes. There are some people who are staying let us clear the air, we need a democratic event to get is down the line but for those businesses who had stockpiled, not just the cash to get the stock in but also the management time and energy, doing all the things they dont want to be doing and none of the things they do want to be doing so the things they do want to be doing so they will hope that the election will break the brexit deadlock. There is no guarantee that it will and so while the political sense means things are moving, businesses feel stuck where they have been for the last three and a half years. As you can see there, that is exhausting, to moralising and a frustrating experience. Thank you very much. The labour mp keith vaz has been suspended from the house of commons for six months after breaking pa rliaments code of conduct. Mps approved recommendations from the Commons Standards Committee after mr vaz was found guilty of being willing to buy cocaine. The mp for leicester east, who is currently being treated in hospital, has faced growing calls from within his own party to stand down as a candidate at the upcoming general election. The headlines on bbc news. Labour launch their Election Campaign promising to take on what they call the establishment elite. on the day borisjohnson pledged the uk would leave the eu the Prime Minister says its Jeremy Corbyns fault that brexit hasnt happened and focusses on Public Services. The us house of representatives passes a resolution to formally proceed with the impeachment inquiry, against President Trump. Eddiejones has eddie jones has kept eddiejones has kept the faith eddie jones has kept the faith with the same team that beat the all blacks in the semifinal, a repeat of the 2007 final. Craig levein has been sacked as manager of hearts, who are currently at the bottom of the scottish premiership table. Kyle edmund is has been knocked out of the paris masters, beaten by Novak Djokovic in the third round. I will be back with one of those stories after her past five. The us house of representatives has passed a vote to formalise the procedures of the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. The vote today signals a move into a more public stage of the investigation, following several weeks of closed door depositions. Lets listen to the moment when house speaker, nancy pelosi, announced the results earlier. On this vote, the yays are 232. The nays are 196. The resolution is adopted without objection. The motion to reconsider its lead upon the table. Our washington correspondent Gary Odonoghue is at capitol hill. Remainder is how we got to where we are now. 30 days ago the democrats decided to look at the process of impeaching this precedents, effectively taking him and examining his actions in relation to that supposed quid pro quo for with ukraine, putting pressure on them and asking them to investigate his political rivals here at home. For the last 30 days the democrats have been gathering evidence behind closed doors with interviews. A lot of that stuff has come out and emerged. Today there was a vote to see how we will carry the investigation forward, some will be in public. Republicans can question the legitimacy of behind the doors investigations but there was never any doubt about these arrangements, two democrats voted against it but what you will see now is a broadening of this process, and more public process potentially ending up with the real vote, which is the house vote on whether or not to endorse those articles of impeachment and that will come by christmas. After that you head into a trial in the senate. What has the white house reaction been . This the what the democrats are involved in is an unhinged obsession. They say. They have trashed the process and called it a scam. They have not engaged in the detail of the allegations that the president is facing, they are trying to undermine the process itself. That has been a unified strategy from the white house and republicans on capitol hill. He won the American People to hear the facts that this president is being pursued, yet again by a bunch of democrats who should be doing theirjobs and passing laws and talking about things that matter to the American People. They want the American People. This is the biggest rupture for this american president since the miller investigation linked his campaign to the russian government. Police in cambodia say the body of british backpacker who went missing a week ago has been found in the sea. Twenty one year old amelia bambridge, from worthing in west sussex, disappeared on the island of koh rong. Our correspondent nick beake spoke to us earlier from the island. Spoke to us earlier clearly, this was the news amelias family were dreading. It was the head of the Cambodian Navy who said that amelias body was discovered many dozens of miles out to sea. Formal identification will take place tomorrow but we have seen in the past half an hour that amelias brother harry who had been out on the island involved in the search, he has written on facebook saying that he has now seen the body and, yes, it is his little sister. Devastating for him, his mum and dad, and other relatives. All of whom had come out of the island after hearing that amelia had disappeared a week ago. She was 21 years old. We know she had been working for two years back in the uk to save up to come to asia. But she apparently disappeared in the early hours of last thursday. She was last seen at a beach party. When she didnt come back to her hostel she was reported missing the next day. Her possessions were found on rocks very near the shore inside her bag. Her mobile phone, her bank cards, her purse, but simply no sign of amelia. Her body has now been found, ben, but at this point, we do not know how she died. And for the family, there is the dreadful realisation that they may never know. We have had a statement from the Foreign Office regarding the discovery of amelias boise seeing oui discovery of amelias boise seeing our thoughts are with her family at this extremely distressing time. Our staff are providing brief support and bereavement advice and remaining in close contact in cambodia. A fire has swept through a train in pakistan, killing more than seventy people and injuring dozens of other passengers. The train was travelling from karachi to rawalpindi its thought the blaze began when passengers used a gas cylinder to cook their breakfast and it exploded. Our correspondent in islamabad is Secunder Kermani a warning you may find his report distressing. Desperate bystanders watch as the flames burn. They engulfed at least three of the busy carriages. Many of the passengers were heading for a religious gathering. Translation it was very difficult for us to get out of the train and save our lives. Some members of the group managed to pull the emergency chain. It was very chaotic. Everyone thought they were going to die. The injured were rushed to hospital, some by helicopter, whilst helpless crowds watched firefighters extinguish the blaze. Amongst the wreckage, these gas cylinders Railway Officials believe the fire was caused when one exploded whilst passengers used it to cook food. Translation we could smell something burning in the night, i kept on saying that i can smell something burning, but no one paid attention. So in the morning we saw there was a fire in carriage 12, and from carriage 12 it spread to carriage 13. Translation it was an oversight that they managed to take the cylinders on board, which caused the explosion. At small stations, there are no scanners, only at larger ones. We regret this terrible event has happened. May god grant to the victims a place in paradise. In a tweet, Prime Minister imran khan expressed his condolences and ordered an inquiry. There is anger about the lack of security checks that could have detected the cylinders and also claims that the cause of the fire was actually an electrical fault. For the moment, though, the authorities are still trying to identify all the dead. Secunder kermani, bbc news, islamabad. His quirky phrases and distinctive shouts have made john bercow a well known figure not only at westminster but around the world. Well in just the last hour, after ten years in the chair, hes finished his last day as commons speaker. His sucessor will be elected on monday. Heres mark lowen. Order bellowing. Behave yourself colourful. I couldnt give a flying flamingo what your view is unforgettable. Leave the chamber, get out, well manage without you asjohn bercow leaves the speakers chair after a decade, the tributes are piling up. You have been a remarkable speaker of this house. You have been a champion of the parliament and have been a reformer. As other honourable members and right honourable members said, you thought about opening up this place so that young people already country can see it is their parliament, it is therefore them. It has been an incredibly challenging time in parliament and ijust was not feeling like i was here, that i really valued what it is we are do

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