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this is bbc news, the headlines the ceasefire is over... and fighting resumes. the gaza health ministry says more than a hundred people have been killed in the hours since the temporary truce ended. king charles tells world leaders at the cop28 climate conference that we're still �*far off track�* in tackling global warming. former health secretary matt hancock tells the covid inquiry: schools could've stayed open if the government had acted more swiftly. a local consulate is partly blamed for the death of a child, his head teacher speaks of the bbc. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, hello hugh ferris. all four home nations are in action
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in the women's nations league this evening. northern ireland went into today's albania game and tuesday's match against the republic of ireland with promotion and relegation both still a possibility. with promotion and relegation both and after a dominant first half the irish took the lead just before the break. marissa callaghan saw her shot blocked by the albianian goalkeeper but aston villa forward simone magill was on hand to give her side thelead. they made it 2—0 just a minute into the second half. mcgill with her second and it is now 3—0. later wales must beat iceland in cardiff to avoid being relegated with one game to spare in their group. scotland need to finish with wins away to belgium tonight. and then at home to england to have a chance of avoiding relegation. while lionesses themselves have a big night at wembley. sarina wiegman�*s side have to beat the netherlands to keep their hopes alive of qualifying for the olympics on behalf of team gb — england currently sit three points
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behind the netherlands who are top of the group and wiegman hopes her side can use the experience of regularly playing key matches at wembley to their advantage tonight i think it is good to have experiences. we had experiences, and is not all new, and i think it helps top athletes perform at the highest level. lots of players been there, have done it, i would say. so, it's not new, and that helps. so, hopefully, then you have been in, and circumstances you have been in before and you know what to do. looking at how we want to play on things like that, so it's all recognisable. two matches in the second round of the fa cup this evening. league two notts county will be hoping to upset shrewsbury from the division above... and there's the prospect of an even bigger shock at york where the conference league side will be hoping to reach the third round at the expense of league one wigan athletic.. let's go alive and joinjoe lynskey,
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york unsure of so many famous memories of cup nights in the past, what would happen this evening? there's an element ofjeopardy in this game, you can see the mist behind me with kick—off coming up at 7:45 p:m., that is a cause of concern right now for the referee. snow is due to come in later as well, but for some of their fans that would bring that memories of one of the famous knights in this club, back in 1985 when as a third tier side they beat arsenal in the fourth round of this competition will stop that match was at their home for nearly 90 years which york city quietly moved away from it during the lockdown seasons of 2020, to this brand new ground on the outskirts of the city. this is a big occasion, the first big occasion at this new stadium, the second round
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clash against wigan athletic, or we can look into avoid the upset tonight, they are the fa cup back in 2013, shocking manchester city. i match their man —— manager plated. we will keep an eye on the weather. ronnie 0'sullivan got himself out of a jam to reach the semi finals of the uk snooker championship... winning his last eight match on a deciding frame in york. the seven time winner was 4—1 up against zhou yuelong of china... needing just two more frames to win... but lost four in a row to trail 5—4. but zhou couldn't get over the line... with 0'sullivan finishing off with a century break. 0n the other table hossein vafai beat zhang anda 6—4. and the two winners will meet in the last four there's more at our websit e and on the app... and 0lly foster will be here with sportsday at 6.30. but that's all the sport for now
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matt hancock — the former uk health secretary — has again appeared before the country's covid inquiry, which was set up to examine the uk's response to — and impact of — the covid—19 pandemic. he said school closures could have been avoided in january 2021 if the government had acted more swiftly on spiralling covid cases. if we don't lock down, there will be more deaths, and we will have to have a tougher lockdown in the future. so on reflection and with hindsight, i think that if we'd taken action sooner — in september of 2020 — then we might, for instance, have avoided the need to close schools which, in the end, we had to because cases were so high byjanuary. 0ur political correspondent peter saull has more. the evidence began this morning, with a focus on autumn 2020, when there was a debate raging in government about whether or not a second covid lockdown was needed. matt hancock was pushing strongly for that at the time. he said today that had it happened sooner, then schools could have stayed open injanuary 2021, which i'm sure will garner
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attention because the impact on children's education is still very much ongoing. we were also shown a text message exchange from the time, in which matt hancock talks about his frustration, really, with rishi sunak, the then chancellor's position. he was arguing strongly against lockdown at the time, and he says that with the then chancellor in the room, the prime minister will be under "enormous pressure to not do enough once again". also, it came up again today the comments that matt hancock made that there was a "protective ring" thrown around care homes. he said, ultimately, that there were no easy options available to the government. the tests just weren't available for those people who were being discharged out of hospital and put back into care homes. that's still very much an open wound for people who lost loved ones to covid, particularly in the care sector. and some of those actually gathered outside the inquiry here to see him off when he left, after giving his evidence. it's been a difficult day and a half for matt hancock. he has, though, been quite robust in the defence of his actions.
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he's tried to portray himself as someone who saw the seriousness of the situation earlier than others, but was met with significant resistance internally within government. and that tees things up quite nicely for the next key witness here, borisjohnson, who's been criticised by quite a few of the witnesses for not being able to make decisions quickly enough. let's get more now on the cop 28 climate summit in dubai. it's day two — and more than 130 world leaders have signed up to a major declaration on the future of food. it means their countries will have to consider the impact of growing, transporting and eating food in their national carbon footprint. the king addressed the summit today — warning the world is reaching "alarming tipping points". we also heard from the prime minister, rishi sunak — here's some of what he had to say. the world is just not moving fast enough. climate science shows that we're off track and climate politics is close to breaking point because the gap between pledges and delivery
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is undermining credibility. while we make new commitments here, major emitters must dramatically accelerate delivery of what they've already promised. we all need to do more, and we must address the disconnect between lofty rhetoric on stages like this and the reality of people's lives around the world. and the way to do that is by delivering a trulyjust transition. let me be clear. the united kingdom is totally committed to net zero, the paris agreement, and to keeping 1.5 alive. that's why we've decarbonised faster than any other major economy. our 2030 target means the deepest cuts of any major emitter, and we're determined to deliver. but instead of putting more pressure on working people, we're choosing a pragmatic new approach. we're ramping up renewables and embracing the opportunities of technology and green industry because we've shown that you can cut
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emissions while growing the economy and creating jobs. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, is also at the summit in dubai — and has called for more global leadership on climate action from the uk government. he's been speaking to our deputy political editor, vicki young. every country needs to do more across the globe and that includes the uk. we have done some good things, but we need to lead by the power of example, not use that as a reason for going no further. this is a huge obligation for britain because many people watching this be struggling with their bills. they want their energy bills to go down. quite understandably, the only way they go down for good is if we transition to renewables. so there's a huge amount of public benefit for many millions of people in britain to what's going on here. so instead of retreating from that and seeing it as an unwanted obligation,
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we need to see it as an opportunity to help people with their bills. i mean, the net zero targets are still there, aren't they? now there have been some changes, but lots of people would say, well, actually that does place less of a burden on the taxpayer. the targets are still there, but we're way off meeting them at the moment. and that is why so many people have come here to cop, to have the discussion about what further steps we all need to take. and we do need to take those steps. and what i want to see is much more global leadership from the united kingdom. i'm here as a statement of intent that, should there be an election next year that we win, then we will play our full part on the international stage, obviously towards those net zero targets, but also because of the huge benefit to millions of people back in the uk who desperately need those lower bills. that certainty. i've been talking to investors today who say they want to come on this journey to lower bills. we need to do it for so many people
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who are struggling right now. some people say you are leader of the opposition. why are you here talking to other global leaders? isn't it not actually slightly confusing for them? you're not briefed by the government. you're not part of the government's delegation here. what place is it for you to be here? and actually you are criticising, obviously, the uk government. shouldn't you be spending more time maybe saying that china should do more? i'm here because it's in the british national interest that i'm here because if there is an election next year that we're privileged enough to win, then it's very important that we go all out for clean power 2030, bring those bills down. i've had the opportunity here to talk to world leaders on this. i've talked to global investors this afternoon. they want to plan with us how they might work with us if we come into government in order to reduce people's energy bills, take us through that transition. so i'm here because it's in the national interest. it's also a statement of intent
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so that everybody can see how an incoming labour government would act differently from the current government, which frankly is shrinking from its obligations here. and that's being felt, notjust across the globe but back in britain as well. and if you look at some of those policies, you would like to bring in the promise to at some stage get to £28 billion of investment a year. but you do, of course, have a fiscal role or you want to stick to to get debt down. is it realistic that you will make that £28 billion a year? the mission that that money goes towards is clean power by 2030. so that means a massive surge forward to ensure that we can transition on energy, that will bring people's prices down, that will give us energy security. so putin can't put his boot on our throat and give us the next generation ofjobs. so we will ramp up to that £28 billion during the second half of a parliament. of course, it will be subject to our fiscal rules
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because they provide the foundation that is so important. investors today talking to me about the stability they need to come alongside an incoming government and make sure that we can go through that transition, see it as an opportunity, and help people with their bills. but you're happy to take on that extra borrowing because it would be borrowing? everything that we do will be subject to our fiscal rules. but the goal here is to reduce the cost. at the moment, people are paying a huge amount of money on their energy bills. now we can bring that down here and there with some windfall taxes. we need to bring it down permanently so people are paying less money. so this is an investment in the lowering of bills in the long term for millions of families who desperately need that help. rishi sunak has just said that he thinks the debate on climate change has been polarised. would you agree with him? i think that the prime minister is one of the people who is trying to polarise the debate. actually, when you come
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to an international conference like this, it's about casting aside differences and showing global leadership. every single country in the world needs to do more. if we don't hit these targets on climate, it will be a disaster which is measured in floods, in fires, in all sorts of catastrophes. across the world. so we have an obligation. and as the king said this morning in his very powerful speech, you know, our grandchildren would judge us not by what we said, but what we did or what we didn't do. and so that's the spirit in which i come to this, rising above those petty politics, if you like, and actually unifying people for the common good, which i think is a huge opportunity for all of us. sir keir starmer their speaking and this get more from our political correspondent in westminster for us, we shared rishi sunak stress in his commitment to net zero, a few weeks ago he was ten how pro literacy was
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and we have keir starmer same that the government are doing enough, we have domestic politics playing out in dubai at cop28, haven't we? iquite in dubai at cop28, haven't we? quite interestin: in dubai at cop28, haven't we? quite interesting how— in dubai at cop28, haven't we? quite interesting how the _ in dubai at cop28, haven't we? qt ta: interesting how the domestic situation over disagreeing politics have followed rishi sunak to the by, and keir starmer avenues on meetings and keir starmer avenues on meetings and press there, i think it's interesting rishi sunak has gone out there having to defend his governments credentials. just a few months ago he tried to use a shift in green policies as an attempt to kind of relaunch his government by sending a different message, saying they would keep on the net zero target by 2050, we would slow down and use a different way of getting there, growing back on delaying the ban on new diesel cars, delaying a ban on new diesel cars, delaying a ban on new gas boilers, this was criticised from across the board, including from some in his own party
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at the time to stop that has not followed them to dubai, where is having to defend those measures. you heard from them their sin, uk is and not anyway one of the biggest imagers in the world, he is trying to defend the uk's record so far mike but interestingly trying to point to other countries having to bear greater responsibility when it comes to reducing emissions. i think it was interesting hearing him talk about the debate on the environment being polarising, his words being distorted, and his words, and obviously sir keir starmer the opposition leader talking about how rishi sunak himself has polarised the debate because there is lots of talk at the time that rishi sunak was trying to differentiate himself from the labour party over green parcel is green policies, but interesting to see how he is trying to fend off those accusations and questions about whether the uk's voice, the uk's authority to speak
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on green issues has been weakened because of domestic decisions back in the uk. . ~ because of domestic decisions back in the uk. ., ~ i. ., ., in the uk. thank you, layla nothing there in westminster. _ ruth clegg has the story. skaters fly. we literally fly. we defy gravity. not only has skateboarding taught rose to fly, she says it's saved her life. the feeling you get when you do... when you go really fast and everything, the adrenaline rush. it certainly helps with mental health. after waiting nearly a year, rose has just recently been diagnosed with autism and adhd. and what do you think of this one? it's all right because i skate vert.
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it literally goes up. yeah. so you can't go very high on it. for many years, she feels she's been misunderstood by her school, by her local mental health services, which could have proved fatal. i know what it's like to be on the verge of suicide. like, it's a horrible feeling. you don't want to die, but you have no other options. just a few weeks ago, our investigation exposed the serious and repeated failings in the care of young autistic people, and that's despite top—level warnings from coroners. of the 51 deaths we identified, nearly half were mental health—related. one of those was stefan. # happy birthday to you.# the 15—year—old died after being unable to access the therapy he so desperately needed. it sparked calls for his local health authority to take action to prevent further deaths. and following our investigation, the minister for mental health said she was acutely aware of the problems facing autism services on a national level and said it was a government priority.
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autistic children are 28 times more likely to think about or attempt suicide than the general population. to protect other young people, stefan�*s dad is working with nhs england and is training the very services that failed his son. if you think people like rose, people like my son stefan, from an early, early age have had this deficit narrative aimed at them. "you can't do this. don't do that. sit still. look at me when i'm talking to you. "you need this help. you need that help. you're not human. you're broken." and years and years of that accumulating results in trauma. it's for the middle of that bit. oh, yeah. that's it there. that is for this section. and then that's for that section. rose is designing her skateboard her way. her outlook of the world is nurtured here at this skateboarding academy in kent, where autistic children still sit exams but in a completely different environment. what colour were you thinking of your base colour for this?
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did you have an idea? red, blue and yellow. coot _ school was just so much more difficult. like, when i went to school, because i don't really go any more, i would always want to go to my skate lessons because i'd know that the community and everything, it would make me feel better after a hard day at school. this was his skateboard. tristan said stefan also found solace in skateboarding — one of the few times he could be himself. tristan is now trying to change a system, so all young autistic people can be themselves, wherever they are, whatever they need. and that gives me a bit of a warm glow, knowing that i'm doing something and perhaps leaving a bit of a legacy for stefan. he'd be very proud of his dad. phew! need a minute. yeah, i hope so. i hope he's sitting up there, looking down on us and saying, "go on, dad, make a difference to those other children,
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so they don't have to go through what i went through." the headteacher of an autistic teenager, who died after being hit by a car outside his house, says the local authority failed to support him after deeming his care was "too expensive". isaac uzoegbu, who was 16, is now the third autistic teenager lets now speak to frances akinde — former headteacher of rivermead school. can you tell us about the sort of care that isaac needed that you were given him at his school? it’s given him at his school? it's especially — given him at his school? it's especially school _ given him at his school? it�*s especially school for children with learning associated difficulties, so
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every child there as issues attending school. ultimately, we know they need a higher level of care with some of our pupils we need more than they can get in the school, so the local authorities are ultimately responsible for their help, and we needs to go for further support with isaac. so help, and we needs to go for further support with isaac.— support with isaac. so what did you need specifically, _ support with isaac. so what did you need specifically, are _ support with isaac. so what did you need specifically, are you _ support with isaac. so what did you need specifically, are you able - support with isaac. so what did you need specifically, are you able to l need specifically, are you able to say? need specifically, are you able to sa ? ., f , need specifically, are you able to sa ? , ., ., need specifically, are you able to sa? ., ., .., say? isaac's behaviour change, he was always _ say? isaac's behaviour change, he was always an _ say? isaac's behaviour change, he was always an outgoing _ say? isaac's behaviour change, he was always an outgoing and - say? isaac's behaviour change, he was always an outgoing and happy child, always smiling and laughing, and then in the summertime, the term before he died, he started to get a bit more aggressive, it seemed to struggle with adolescents, and we needed some support with behaviour, his parents were really struggling at home to keep them safe. and they ask us for more support. so, we
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commented —— contacted the local authorities and said his parents were struggling and needed help, and that help just came too late. that help 'ust came too late. the local that helpjust came too late. the local authority _ that help just came too late. the local authority concerns at its children's social work team did act promptly to provide help to the family and they said they arranged for an emergency review to take place regarding his education. thea;a place regarding his education. they haven't mentioned _ place regarding his education. tia: haven't mentioned that the place regarding his education. ti2 haven't mentioned that the emergency review took place during the christmas holidays after he had already been hit, and was already admitted to hospital, that was far too late. what we were asking for and keep asking for it to be sent was more of a proactive approach rather than reactive. how can you wait until a child is admitted to hospital before you start thinking about what he needs for the future? in terms of generally, the government has said that 4.2 million
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would be invested to improve services for people with autism, are you hopeful that will improve things? you hopeful that will improve thins? �* , , ., things? i'm hopeful if they start listenin: things? i'm hopeful if they start listening to _ things? i'm hopeful if they start listening to parents. _ things? i'm hopeful if they start listening to parents. i— things? i'm hopeful if they start listening to parents. i don't - things? i'm hopeful if they start l listening to parents. i don't know what is going on with education at the moment, where there seems to be a massive divide between parents or carers and schools and education. we are not listening to parents to find out what they actually need for their children, and ijust don't understand why this is going on, why we are not listening to the pupils parents and schools to find what we need on the ground. in parents and schools to find what we need on the ground.— parents and schools to find what we need on the ground. in terms of your workin: need on the ground. in terms of your working with — need on the ground. in terms of your working with the _ need on the ground. in terms of your working with the councils, _ need on the ground. in terms of your working with the councils, does - need on the ground. in terms of your working with the councils, does that l working with the councils, does that generally work well between school and consuls? do you know about things widely or aboutjust in your area? it things widely or about 'ust in your area? , , ., , , ., area? it depends on the consuls, and that is what — area? it depends on the consuls, and that is what the _ area? it depends on the consuls, and that is what the area _ area? it depends on the consuls, and that is what the area reviews - area? it depends on the consuls, and that is what the area reviews were i that is what the area reviews were meant to look at the stop the problem with area reviews, it can
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only expose what they're told to stop midway counsel had their 0fsted review two weeks before —— after he died. and i wonder if anyone told them about the death of isaac and they had three or four deaths in that christmas spirit, how come his case was not a priority to be investigated? the reason was because we were told that as far as anyone concerned, isaac's death was an accident. there is no mention of the care and support we were trying to make sure was in place before his death, and to me that speaks ofjust and outrage, really. his parents should have been supported, their horses should have been heard, i know that isaac has passed away, it takes professionals like me to speak out and say we need to be the voice of children who can't speak for themselves and families that can't speak for themselves.— themselves and families that can't speak for themselves. thank you for talkinu speak for themselves. thank you for talkin: to speak for themselves. thank you for talking to us — speak for themselves. thank you for talking to us francis _
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speak for themselves. thank you for talking to us francis akinde, - speak for themselves. thank you for talking to us francis akinde, and as| talking to us francis akinde, and as i said the consul says their children and social work team did act promptly to provide support to the family and they said they were as soon as they became aware of the concerns around future educational prospects the emerge for an emergency review to take place. that is their statement. some hard—working —— heart—warming pictures from a quality or state, a deer stranded on a lake in minnesota, the fire departments called in and they set out on this rescue mission, crawling across the ice to the struggling animal and they did eventually get there and sort of swept it off the ice and back onto dry land, they got the deer there eventually. still going but they did, i can tell you, they
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got it back safe, that is all for me for now, thanks for watching, stay with us. hello there. the big freeze is set to continue throughout the weekend ahead and well into next week as well. hello there. 0ur freezing cold winter weather is set to continue for a while yet and certainly through the weekend, probably well into next week, too. now, earlier today, it was a case of white cars in redcar. yes, some early snow here. we also had some snowfall across parts of northern eastern scotland, eastern areas of england. however, this afternoon, now that temperatures are above freezing, many of the showers draped around coastal areas, are coming in more as a mix of rain and a bit of sleet. across inland areas, dry with plenty of sunshine around, but the sunshine not doing much for the temperatures. it's going to stay very, very cold. now, during this evening and overnight, the showers around coastal areas will switch back over to snow. and these heavier showers work across dumfries and galloway,
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probably reach cumbria towards the end of the night. could see up to three centimetres of snow from those, but there will also be some snow showers for northern and eastern scotland and eastern areas of england. that again could bring an odd centimetre or two of snow. otherwise a sharp frost. temperatures getting down to about —10 degrees celsius. icy conditions then take us into saturday morning. a bit of early morning mist clearing out of the way. a lot of dry weather with sunshine once again, but this time we'll have some showers across western areas. these again coming in mostly as rain or sleet during the day. those temperatures struggling to get much, if anything, above freezing, particularly in the north and the east. now, through saturday evening and overnight, some heavier showers working from the west. now, these could start to turn to snow, but i think mixed in with this, there might well be some freezing rain, really dangerous stuff. it's liquid rain that's got a temperature below zero, it freezes on impact, turns to ice. so i think the weather could turn very icy across parts of england and wales through saturday night. away from that feature, we've got the clearer skies again, a widespread and sharp frost. and again, we could see temperatures dipping down perhaps to as low as —10 in rural areas. sunday's weather forecast — morning mist clearing, many of us having dry day with sunshine, a few wintry showers
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draped around coastal areas. but we'll have this potential area of rain, maybe with a bit of wintriness mixed in on its northern edge coming through on sunday. still a bit of uncertainty about that. the air may get a little bit less cold across the far south, but otherwise, it's another freezing cold day with temperatures about 1, 4—5 degrees celsius for many of us. into monday, low pressure moves to our south, uncertainty about the position. but again, we could have a bit of snow to watch out for on the northern flank.
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today at six: there's fighting in gaza again, after a ceasefire between israel and hamas comes to an end. people in the south of gaza are told to flee for their own safety. the war�*s in ra new phase, israel, hamas and palestinian civilians face big now challenges. buckingham palace says "all options are open" after king charles and the princess of wales are named as part of a race row in a new royal book. why is the east coast of england seeing an influx of these rare owls this winter? and, there's been snow and freezing temperatures for many — could it get even colder tonight? coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news — it's a must win for the england lionesses so that we'll be live at wembley ahead of their nations league match
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