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mr milei said that shock treatment is needed to deal with the economic crisis in the country. inflation in argentina is rapidly heading towards 200%. britains�*s former immigration minister, robertjenrick, has said it was clear to anyone involved with the government's new rwanda asylum legislation that it would not work. now on bbc news, it's sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun. manchester city are back, with a comeback victory against luton as pep guardiola stops the winless run. a record crowd at the emirates — to see arsenal convincingly beat
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the women's super league champions chelsea. and a shock for celtic — the champions in scotland beaten in the lunchtime kick off at kilmarnock. also coming up on sportsday... leicester get off to a stormer — as they come back to win their champions cup opener, with sale impressing in their first game as well. hello there and welcome along to the programme. it could so well have been one of the upsets of the season, but manchester city found their way against strugglers luton at kenilworth road, to come from behind for victory. they were without striker erling haaland for today's game, he was missing with a foot injury. but the champions, as so often we've seen, turned the match in the second half — and ending the four game winless run of manager pep guardiola. natalie pirks reports.
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an unfamiliar venue with a familiar name missing. man city haven't played here since �*98 and after four league games without a win, they'd have to do it without erling haaland, missing with a foot injury. but look who was playing. rodri was back and alarm bells were ringing for luton. they were working their socks off but offering little until... goal! luton town win the champions. out of nothing, little old luton lead against the best in europe. this is what the fans dreamt of. plenty for pep to ponder especially how to convert persistence into points. it was three minutes for the full turnaround, a desperate flap of the ball but no match forjack grealish. they rediscovered their winning
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touch but with their relegation rivals winning this weekend, luton have work to do. well, the champions, city, have found the going hard in recent weeks. their last win the league before today coming against bournemouth, at the start of november. guardiola was delighted with how his side came back for the victory, but accepts things will be tougher against all sides this season. this is the challenge. people say city is over already. this is the challenge we have ahead of us. prove them wrong and still be there in the way they run and fight and come in here and behave like we behave. i'm really, really proud. i need to step back to realise, "0h, pep. "come on. i thought we were really brave and the performance was excellent. really aggressive, tried to not allow them to get their rhythm and get their game going. i thought with the ball we took it and were brave. i think the goal was an excellent example of that.
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frustrated to be honest especially when you go one — nil up. but full credit to manchester city. that's what top teams do. tottenham ended their run of five games without a win in emphatic style by beating newcastle 4—1. spurs�* top scorer son heung min turned play maker setting up italy defender destiny udogie to score his first goalfor the club. the south korean then turned provider for brazil forward richarlison who ended a seven game goal drought with strikes in each half at the tottenham hotspur stadium. son got on the scoresheet with his tenth league goal of the season after being brought down by martin dubravka. newcastle got a late consolation with joelinton�*s first goal of the season. the win keeps spurs fifth in the table, three points behind manchester city. newcastle remain seventh. i've probably been too harsh on them. newcastle are the only other club to have had the injuries that we've had. it's unrelenting in this league.
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you miss one or two key players, you're going to slip. we've gone through a tough time. hopefully we're getting out the other side. we had our moments but we gave everything without the resources to give more. it is difficult because we play on wednesday, this is what we wanted. physically looked fatigued today but difficult _ physically looked fatigued today but difficult to do much about it. everton have made it three straight premier league wins with victory over chelsea at goodison park. second half goals from abdoulaye doucoure and substitute lewis dobbin earned sean dyche's side another maximum return — as they look to eat in to the io—point deduction handed to the club last month. we have had to fight against a very good chelsea side with a top manager
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who i have a lot of respect for. we had to fight and do the ugly hard yards and stay resilient, press and defend, recover and stay solid. and we have done that against a very good side. very good individual players. we started the game really well, i think we dominated and of course against everton but football is about scoring goals and we were not clean in front of the goal and we had the chances. and we didn't complete them. yes, i'm really disappointed. what a week it's been for fulham, they've made it back—to—back 5—0 wins. with another thrashing against west ham at craven cottage today. five different scorers were on the scoresheet for marco silva's side who now move in the top half of the table. fulham have now won three consecutive premier league home games for the first time since 2012. the players, they understood the plan and expressed themselves on the pitch. we did really well.
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when they understand and executed. you know you are playing premier league, a full football club. we are enjoying, but it's tough to win a football match with this score. it's something that happened and not often but even for the top leagues in this competition, they fight for titles in this competition so imagine for us. we enjoyed it and always want more. started, such a big part of today. mentally we were finding it tough and physically as well. not many teams with as many games as we have. and then to premier league games back to back. it certainly didn't help us. but we had a good win at tottenham. if you give me two draws, maybe tottenham and fulham would be good results to take three points in the two games so i'm not too disappointed.
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so the top of the table looks like this — liverpool finish the weekend at the summit following their victory over crystal palace, and arsenal's failure to beat aston villa. manchester city close the gap — they're now just four points off the top . spurs stay 5th.... fulham also in the top half, after their huge win this afternoon. and in the bottom half, everton pull further clear of safety — and just six points off chelsea, today's opponents who they beat earlier. luton stay in the relegation after their loss to manchester city. to the women's super league now, where the title race has been blown wide open after arsenal thrashed leaders and defending wsl champions chelsea 4—1 in front of a record—setting crowd at the emirates. that result moves arsenal level on points with emma hayes�* side, as reginaldo rosario reports. if there were any suggestions that chelsea would run away with a wsl title after an unbeaten start, arsenal are looking to silence them at the emirates. and the home fans didn't have to wait long for the opening. fires arsenal into the lead.
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with three goals in the last two games, media looks back to her based after an acl injury that kept out last year. her side hit back straightaway though. johanna reaching with a strike squeezing into the near post. that was against a run of play as arsenal made their dominance pay. heading the side back in front. hayes�*s expression telling the entire story. the frustrations would continue moments later as it glided through to slot home, 3—1 at half—time. that forced hayes�*s hand to spark chelsea into life but the visitors never really found their stride and ann—katrin berger brought down russo to sum up their day. they dusted themselves off and sealed the three points, dominant to in front of another record—breaking cloud. strong first—half. this is the best we have
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played this season. we showed potential and we haven't really played at that level so it was really pleasing to see. now level on points and just behind on goal difference, early festive cheer for arsenal and a warning for chelsea that their title defence may not be so smooth. so a big win for arsenal today and plenty of other games in the wsl today. brighton came back to draw 2—2 with leicester city. two goals from elisabeth terland in the last ten minutes cancelled out the away team's advantage. liverpool were held by struggling bristol city... a win away for everton too — they beat west ham. and one game not long under way. manchester united at tottenham — where it's 0—1 united at half—time. melvine malard with the goal. scottish premiership leaders celtic suffered a surprise 2—1 defeat at kilmarnock. brendan rodgers�* side took
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the lead at rugby park but were pegged back by two late goals. alex fletcher was watching and has this report. starting the day five points clear at the top, celtic and brendan rodgers had every reason to smile. but having a reading beaten the winners in the cup this season, kilmarnock made their presence felt. danny armstrong going close after half an hour. it wasn't long before celtic responded — 59 seconds to be exact. matt o'riley reacting quickest in the box, his ninth goal of the season. alastairjohnston maintained the focus, the full—back doing everything in its power to stop corrie ndaba equalising. that lead wouldn't last though, kilmarnock gifted a level. that is now five games without a clean sheet for celtic but still time for things to get worse. matty kennedy's composed finish was enough to seal a low
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defeat of the season. celebrations and one bench. a changing mood on the other side. in the swpl, jane ross marked her return from injury with a goal and an assist as rangers beat motherwell 5—0. rangers were already 3—0 up when ross came on as a second—half substitute for her first appearance in 16 months, and after she latched on tojodi mcleary�*s through ball, she was able to find the back of net to put the seal on a perfect afternoon for the away side. the result takes them top of the table, a point above celtic... motherwell stay eighth. meanwhile defending champions glasgow city remain in third, they beat hibernian 3—1, irish international abbie larkin scoring twice in the first half. marcus smith was among the tries as harlequins beat racing 92 and sale sharks are off the mark in rugby union's champions cup — and there was revenge for last year's losing finallists leinster today — who got the better of champions la rochelle.
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leicester had their world cup winner, handre pollard to thank — as they came back to edge a thriller against south african side stormers. ben croucher reports. it is the european competition with an international flavour where in the east midlands, leicester tigers met cape town's stormers and lead. the south african side had plenty of ingenuity to lead on the even without their world cup winners. leicester have theirs though. andrew pollard with the tigers�* third try and thenjosh bassett secured what could be a crucial bonus point in this star—studded group that includes two teams that played in the final for this trophy in the last two years. la rochelle got the better of leinster both times and they were determined to write that. in these conditions it would never be a classic but against a team who haven�*t lost in europe for over two years, it was enough. finally! leinster have a win
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over la rochelle. and in this gruelling group, they had a reason to be jolly. three second—half tries in a 28—5 win was the perfect present. they had already lost the series, but india�*s women finally had something to cheer about on sunday when they beat england by five wickets in the third and final t20. chasing 127, smriti mandhana scored 48 to help the hosts avoid a clean—sweep in mumbai. england, 2—1 the winners. the teams will meet again for the only test starting tuesday. when i put the guys in the team, i wasn�*t expecting them to get the first ball. and for us to still come reasonably close in a tight game against the best of them, i�*m really pleased with the learning we will take from this game. let�*s have a quick look at some of the other stories making
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the headlines today. in australia, the men�*s big bash league game between melbourne renegades and perth scorchers was abandoned afterjust 41 deliveries because of an unsafe pitch. the players were taken off after the umpires stopped play to inspect the pitch. the decision was greeted by boos from the fans. england have won the netball international series after beating south africa 53—50 in a thrilling deciding test on sunday. with the series tied 1—1, the hosts rode on eleanor cardwell and sasha glasgow�*s brilliance in nottingham, ending the year on a high. they now look forward ot the nations cup injanuary. yann schrub won the men�*s european cross country title. the frenchman who won bronze in the 10,000 metres at last year�*s world athletics championships stormed clear to win comfortably in brussels. great britain�*s hugo milnerfinished fourth. norway�*s karoline bjerkeli grovdal won the women�*s event for the third successive time. finally, what does a footballer do while recovering from a long—term injury?
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well, you may have seen that the england captain leah williamson has just set the bar high... not only is she a published author — she�*s now taken on a musical challenge, during her recovery from an acl injury, learning to play the piano injust six weeks, and performing her chosen song with the bbc concert orchestra. she�*s been speaking to liam macdevitt. why have i agreed to do is? i couldn�*t do anything. i hope it pushes me and makes me feel something that i haven�*t in a while. you roped me into doing this mad, mad thing. i�*m nervous. very, very nervous. come on. good to see you. hello. all good? we will see after this. the recovery is nearly there. are many good players. i took you to the famous place, the wembley of music. i�*ve heard that, i�*m excited.
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i really wanted to do something with my time that go back to me, a skilful life. i was doing something else with liam, speaking about my injury and he said maybe something was in the works. i didn�*t know that would be with the bbc concert orchestra but ijust said yes. nice to meet you. how are you doing? how are you? have you been getting on the last few weeks? i�*m really nervous. charles knows, i couldn�*t do anything. this is way more nerve—racking than playing football. i�*m not saying this to be dramatic, i could not play the piano for that i could play a couple of songs, so effectively i couldn�*t play the piano. you were a few months - on from a beginner and now we are going to be playing - with the bbc concert orchestra.
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what is the song going to be? you�*re still the one by shania twain. to go from playing footie to this, how much of a distraction has it been over the last few months where you have been able to go on the pitch? i don�*t have anything in my life that provokes pressure at the minute. i wanted to do something but didn�*t know this is what i wanted to do. i can get lost in the piano when i�*m practising. i got injured in april by snapping my acl. she will miss the women's world cup. i�*m six and a bit months down the line of the many—month process. my life has changed from having the bestjob in the world and something i love to having to do something every single day that i don�*t want to do. i actively don�*t want to be in this situation. it isn�*t the easiest... easiest journey. can you play the intro?
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that�*s about the only thing i can play. charles has become the most important person in my life in the last month. he is an optimist, i tend to be a bit of a half—glass—empty kind of person so it�*s nice to be around him. bassoon, trumpet, french horn. you, you, you, you. not my favourite bit. he was harsh but fair. expletive. you can't say that on the bbc! he�*s a friend for life. i wish i�*d agreed to sing now over playing the piano. deep breaths. we can do this. growing up, she was or is determined in everything she does. _
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she would always give 100%. | during her injury, she has been| focused on rehab and it's maybe consumed her a little bit. and this has made her smile a bit- more and we have had many late—night calls where she's just said, "i'm going to play- this one more time." this girl has put in a tonne of work. i�*m so obsessed and have told you every single time. they asked me to go out and make social plans but i say, "sorry, you will have to come to my house like in practice whilst you�*re here or i have piano lessons and can�*t go." i have seen charles every 36 hours for the last week of my life. i could only play about 25
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seconds of the thing. i�*m excited to do something that i�*ve never assumed i would do. and don�*t plan to be professional musicians so i assume it will be the last. the people stood in the tunnel, paul mccartney stomps in. the rest of the beatles. is that meant to help me? it wasn't meant to be easy. the challenge is meant to be hard. it�*s not easy, i couldn�*t play the piano and i�*m here. in one of the most iconic studios in london. we enjoy playing iconic football stadiums because there�*s so much history and standing where legends stood. being in the same room of some of those geniuses was pretty cool. i want to punch you. i want to do that right now. i�*m very, very nervous. this is the orchestra. good luck. this is emotional.
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i�*m properly scared and kept thinking i want to be finished with this so i could enjoy this properly. i don�*t think i�*ve ever been this nervous in my life, even the euros final did not touch how i felt in that room. why have i agreed to do this? make sure the stool- is the right height for you. as soon as i sat down, my hands were shaking.
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it�*s something that you miss when you�*re a professional athlete and have that stimulus and pressure all the time and all of a sudden, no one cares what i�*m doing and there is no pressure on me to do anything. hopefully it will trigger those feelings again because i don�*t want that to be the first time i feel it when i step out onto the pitch. wow! applause.
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i could havejumped up. i could have celebrated but i didn�*t think that was proper etiquette with the orchestra. i am so proud of you. this is exactly the feeling i told you i was chasing. genuinely, i suppose quite vulnerably, this has been the hardest time of my rehab. it�*s given me a distraction, something to do thatjust push me in another area and made me appreciate going back to football. hopefully that has put me in a better state going forward. that's the original... and, yes, it�*s iconic. playing at wembley stadium and i�*m here now. 0k, great. williamson part of the bbc�*s �*out of office�* series — following footballers pursuing their passions on a bigger scale.
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a reminder of our top story before we go — manchester city stopped their winless run, with a comeback victory against luton, in the premier league today. pep guardiola�*s side were a goal down at half time, but goals from bernardo silva and jack grealish put them back on track — as the champions keep pace with the top of the table... but still lie 4th. also a big win again for fulham today. spurs hammered newcastle, and everton�*s resurgence continues as they beat chelsea. that�*s all from sportsday. have a good weekend. see you next time. hello. another wet day for many of us. and further rain and wind to come for a time at least this evening, particularly across western parts of the uk, around the irish sea. but then later tonight and towards the early hours, the skies will clear and the winds
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will fall light. now, if we look at the satellite picture, this swirl of cloud that is actually storm franklin moving across the island, bringing severe gales there. reports of even the odd tornado being spawned by this weather front associated with franklin. let�*s have a look at the radar picture. and you can see from earlier on where the rain has been moving from, a really rugged area of weather. that�*s an indication of some vicious conditions in places, gusty winds as well. but the weather front is clearing, although the centre of the low is still going to go across the irish sea and bring some rain to parts of central britain. but then towards the early hours, notice that the skies are starting to clear. it�*s not going to be a cold warning by any means. around five in aberdeen, five in belfast. 0n the south coast, it�*ll be around eight degrees celsius. now on monday, we�*re actually in between the systems, literally sandwiched between the two — one towards the east, another one approaching out towards the west. and actually, for many of us, bright, if not sunny weather to come right from the word "go". so, this is the morning and then
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in the afternoon it could actually be cloudy across eastern scotland and the borders, but the vast majority of us should have at least bright weather. temperatures typically between eight and ten degrees celsius on monday. and then on tuesday, another low pressure affects us. this one actually is going to be quite slow moving. so, slow moving showers with some drier gaps in between. could be quite windy around the far south—west of the country and also particularly wet in eastern and northern scotland. a persistent easterly wind dragging in that rain bearing cloud. so, that was tuesday. wednesday, the low pressure moves away. thursday, we�*re brushed by weather systems in the north and then towards the end of the week and into the weekend, the thinking is pretty sure high pressure is going to build in from the south. but the weather fronts never too far away from scotland this weekend. so, yes, for many of us, it�*s a case of turning things turning drier and brighter from around friday onwards. you can see there belfast, swansea and london, but glasgow could still catch some rain over the weekend.
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live from london. this is bbc news. fighting is intensifying in gaza s second city, khan younis ? with residents ordered by israeli forces to leave central areas. the world health organization says the war in gaza is having a catastrophic impact on health care there. he warned that health workers are having to work in unimaginable conditions in a desperate effort to help civilians. the who has verified more than 4119
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attacks on health care in gaza and the west bank. find attacks on health care in gaza and the west bank.— attacks on health care in gaza and the west bank. and 60 attacks on health care _ the west bank. and 60 attacks on health care in _ the west bank. and 60 attacks on health care in israel. _ the west bank. and 60 attacks on health care in israel. health - the west bank. and 60 attacks on health care in israel. health care i health care in israel. health care should never be a target. britain�*s former immigration minister robertjenrick redoubles his attack on the government�*s rwanda plan — in argentina, right—wing libertarian economistjavier milei is sworn in as president. hello, and welcome to bbc news. i�*m lukwesa burak. israel has ordered residents to leave the centre of gaza�*s main southern city, khan younis, as fighting there intensifies. there was heavy bombardment of the territory on saturday night — as the head of the israeli army called for the military campaign in gaza to be stepped up.

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