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[EX Q]: The Justice Select Committee said without support from a lawyer, victims found it difficult to leave abusive partners and were open to intimidation. Its report criticised the government's legal aid changes and said they had "harmed access to justice" for some. The Ministry of Justice said legal aid is available where it is needed and the reforms were kept "under close review". The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Laspo) removed legal aid from private family law, but those who can provide evidence of domestic violence are still eligible. This evidence must be from no more than two years ago. The committee heard that this requirement "presented problems for victims", as a court case could happen long after a relationship breakdown. Clare Laxton, public policy officer at charity Women's Aid, told the committee that some of the most common forms of domestic abuse, including emotional and psychological abuse, are difficult to evidence. 'Barriers to justice' The committee said the Ministry of Justice had failed in three of its four objectives for Laspo. There had been a "significant rise" in litigants in person, the Ministry of Justice had "failed to target legal aid" to those who need it most, and it had failed to prove that it was better overall value for money, the report said - although savings had been made. Recommendations from the committee included better information from the government on eligibility for legal aid. Committee chairman Sir Alan Beith said while the Ministry of Justice had successfully made savings, this had "limited access to justice for some of those who need legal aid the most". He said it was "vitally important" the Ministry of Justice remedied this. Jenny Beck, co-chairwoman of the Legal Aid Practitioners Group, said that it was difficult for people in crisis to obtain legal advice because of "unnecessary bureaucratic hurdles". "The cuts to the legal aid system have resulted in barriers to justice for ordinary people," she said. Gillian Guy, chief executive of Citizens Advice, said abuse victims face "overwhelming challenges" because of restrictions on legal aid. "It is unacceptable that victims are left to shoulder the burden of obtaining evidence in order to protect their children or separate from their abuser," she said. "Paying legal aid contributions or meeting evidence requirements that mainly focus on physical abuse create extra barriers to justice for victims of financial abuse." A Ministry of Justice spokesman said legal aid was a "vital part" of the justice system. "We protected civil legal aid so it remains available where legal help and advice is most needed," he said. "It is entirely untrue to allege people who are eligible for legal aid under Laspo did not get it. "We are keeping these reforms under close review and have already made changes to address issues raised. "We are also undertaking a comprehensive research programme to better understand why people choose to go court and how they deal with legal problems."
[EX A]: More than a third of domestic violence victims cannot provide evidence to get legal aid, MPs have warned.

[EX Q]: Southside With You recreates the summer afternoon in 1989 when the future US president wooed his future First Lady, then Michelle Robinson, in Chicago. Other films in the line-up include Swiss Army Man, a road movie in which Daniel Radcliffe plays a corpse. Sundance's 2016 edition runs from 21 to 31 January in Park City, Utah. The annual cinema showcase was founded by actor Robert Redford to promote independent movie-making. Ellen Page, Mad Men's Elisabeth Moss and pop singer Nick Jonas are among the established names who appear in other films featured in the programme. The event will open on 21 January with Other People, a film about a struggling comedy writer who returns to his childhood home to care for his sick mother. This year's festival will see US actors Nate Parker and Clea DuVall unveil their feature directorial debuts, respectively entitled The Birth of a Nation and The Intervention. The former is a biopic of Nat Turner, the leader of an 1831 slave revolt in Virginia, while the latter tells of friends who join forces to "save" a couple's marriage. Documentaries included in the line-up include films about James Foley, the US journalist killed by the so-called Islamic State in 2014, and another about the Sandy Hook shootings of December 2012. The world documentary strand, meanwhile, will host the premiere of The Lovers and the Despot, a British film about a South Korean director and actress who claimed to have been kidnapped by North Korean dictator and cinephile Kim Jong-il. "From diverse backgrounds, places and perspectives, these independent artists are united by the power of their stories and vision," said Redford in a statement. "Their films will soon launch onto the global stage, beginning their journeys through our culture. A new year in independent film will start right here - on the mountain - in January." Recent success stories to have made their debuts at Sundance include Beasts of the Southern Wild, Fruitvale Station and 2015 Oscar-winner Whiplash.
[EX A]: A romantic drama about Barack Obama's first date with future wife Michelle is among the titles set to be screened at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.

[EX Q]: By Dominic CascianiHome affairs correspondent, BBC News Abdul Waheed Majeed, of Crawley, died last month when he drove a truck bomb at the gates of Aleppo Prison. His brother Hafeez said that his family wanted to challenge the idea that the attack represented a threat to the UK. More than 30 people have been arrested this year as police step up operations to stop people fighting in Syria. The government fears that some people going to fight in Syria against President Bashar al-Assad's regime will become radicalised and battle-hardened by joining al-Qaeda linked groups. Security chiefs believe that hundreds of people have gone to fight in Syria and their return poses the greatest national security challenge since to the UK since 9/11. But speaking exclusively to Newsnight, Hafeez Majeed said the government would be wrong to draw comparisons between his brother's death and threats to the UK. He said he believed the 41-year-old father-of-three died trying to save Syrian people who were being tortured in the Assad regime's prisons. "If my brother had been a British soldier and there were British people in that prison and the act of heroism or bravery that he did, I know he would have been awarded the posthumous Victoria Cross," said Mr Majeed. "My brother was not a terrorist. My brother was a hero. My brother paid the full price with his life for what he did. He was not a threat to the British public and never has been a threat to the British public." The father-of-three from Crawley travelled to Syria last July as a driver for a nationwide aid convoy, taking supplies to refugee camps along the border with Turkey. He spent six months in the region, sending his family regular reports of construction work he was undertaking to improve camp sanitation. In January, he declined an opportunity to come home on a returning convoy. Mr Majeed said that his brother's wife and parents had urged him to leave Syria because he had done his humanitarian and religious duty in aiding victims of the war. A few weeks later, he sent a last message home to friends and family saying that he would be out of contact for a while. On 6 February he died in the attack on Aleppo prison - which was led by Chechen fighters with the al-Nusra Front, a jihadist group affiliated with al-Qaeda. After the death, the former leaders of al-Muhajiroun, a group long banned in the UK under terrorism laws, claimed that more than a decade ago Abdul Waheed Majeed had been a member of its prayer circle in Crawley. But Hafeez Majeed insisted the link had been exaggerated, saying his brother had attended the group's talks like other young men from his generation. "He'd been in contact with al-Muhajiroun," said Mr Majeed. "The views that they espoused did not marry with what his beliefs were. He stayed with them for a short time and then he moved on." The full story of Abdul Waheed Majeed's life and death is on Newsnight, BBC Two at 2230 GMT.
[EX A]:
The brother of a British man who blew himself up in Syria has told Newsnight he should be regarded as a hero who combated the regime, not a terrorist.

