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hello from the bbc sport centre. i'm hugh ferris. it appears kylian mbappe�*s destination is the one we all expected. the psg forward has agreed to join real madrid in the summer when his contract with the french club expires. no deal has yet been signed with real. but it's thought it'll be for five years and could be announced once it is no longer possible for the clubs to meet in this season's champions league. mainly it is the glory, when they come here they know that his image and reputation is going to be broadcast all around the world. i know kylian mbappe is already well known in this case but when they
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come to real madrid the image is strengthened much more. andreas brehme, who scored the goal that gave west germany the world cup in 1990, has died at the age of 63. his winning penalty in the final against argentina was one of eight international goals the full back scored. and made him an instant german hero. brehme won 86 caps for his country. and also won bundesliga titles with both bayern munich and kaiserslauten, as well as winning serie a in italy while at inter milan. well, inter have said their players will wear black armbands in honour of brehme during their champions league match against atletico madrid on tuesday. they go into the last 16 first leg game unbeaten in the competition's group stage. and with an improved nine point lead in serie a after their nearest rivals dropped points at the weekend. while atletico finished top of their group and won 5—0 in the league at the weekend. like inter, psv go into the champions league knockout stage with a dominant lead in their domestic competition. theirs is ten points in the eredivisie.
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but for their opponents it's very different. borussia dortmund are completely out of the title race in germany. 17 points behind leaders bayer leverkusen. and they've also been knocked out of the cup. the champions league provides the only route to silverware this season. manchester city play the game on tuesday that they've had in hand over the two teams above them in the premier league since december. had they not dropped points against chelsea at the weekend, a win over brentford would have taken them top, but instead second and a one point gap to leaders liverpool is the best they can hope for. we have achieved what we have achieved and we have got to live with that. we know that. it is you with that. we know that. it is you with your comments who have been wrong so we know how difficult it is, we know it. it is you that believes it is easy, not us. world number two aryna sabalenka
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has lost her first match since winning the australian open for a second time. she was knocked out of the dubai championships by unseeded croatian donna vekic. sabalenka took a tight first set. but her form slipped as the match continued with vekic winning12 of the last 13 games to take the decider 6—0. more on our website, of course. and that's all the sport for now. the former strictly come dancing star, robin windsor, has died at the age of 1m. the professional dancer appeared on the show between 2010 and 2013, and was paired with celebrities including the actress anita dobson and model patsy kensit. lizo mzimba has the story. the former dance champion joined the strictly family in 2010. robin windsor! and together with his first dance partner, patsy kensit, he salsa'd and samba'd his way into the hearts
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of millions of viewers. # her name was lola... taking part in strictly to me is the bestjob in the world. there are two things that i love to do and they are perform and to teach. and i think this is the onlyjob in the world where i actually get to do both of the things i love at the same time. over the next three years, he was partnered with former eastenders star anita dobson... # bring me sunshine...# ..emmerdale actress lisa riley, who he reached the semifinal with... # make me happy # all the while #. # money, money, money #. ..and dragons' den star deborah meaden. good morning britain presenter susanna reid, who danced with him on a children in need strictly special, paid tribute on this morning's show. he was an extraordinary person,
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and i'm sorry if you're waking up to that this morning and are as devastated about that as we are. and we send all of our love to robin's family. just one of the many paying tribute to a remarkable performer. let's speak to erin boag former strictly star — she worked with robin on the show from 2010 until he left in 2013. we saw some of his performances, the energy and smile, and we had a sense of what he was like on the dance floor, so what was he like off? the same as on — floor, so what was he like off? the same as on it. _ floor, so what was he like off? tue: same as on it, really, floor, so what was he like off? tte: same as on it, really, he was a huge talent and he was so kind and friendly to everybody. everybody loved being around him. he was like a big sparkle, really. as he said, he loved to perform and dance and be
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on stage and he loved to be with his celebrity partners and the professionals and he was a hugely talented man.— professionals and he was a hugely talented man. what did he bring to the essence _ talented man. what did he bring to the essence of _ talented man. what did he bring to the essence of the _ talented man. what did he bring to the essence of the show? - talented man. what did he bring to the essence of the show? so - talented man. what did he bring to the essence of the show? so many| talented man. what did he bring to i the essence of the show? so many of his qualities are exactly what make the show so magical. he his qualities are exactly what make the show so magical.— the show so magical. he brought eve hinu the show so magical. he brought everything to _ the show so magical. he brought everything to the _ the show so magical. he brought everything to the show, - the show so magical. he brought l everything to the show, everything that the show was about, joy and entertainment and the sparkle and glamour. he always showed his celebrity partners after their absolute best. he never took centre stage. he always roped in as a professional, you have to work really hard, and he was always there, he always had so much energy, and you saw that in his performances.- and you saw that in his performances. and you saw that in his erformances. ~ ., ., performances. what about the feelin . s performances. what about the feelings that _ performances. what about the feelings that you _ performances. what about the feelings that you woke - performances. what about the feelings that you woke up - performances. what about the
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feelings that you woke up with performances. what about the - feelings that you woke up with and so many people who knew him? tt was so many people who knew him? it was unbelievable. — so many people who knew him? it was unbelievable, really. _ so many people who knew him? it was unbelievable, really. when _ so many people who knew him? it was unbelievable, really. when i _ so many people who knew him? tit "tn—.s unbelievable, really. when i read that this morning, i woke up this morning and i had a look at the news, and i thought, i could not believe what i was reading. i phoned a few of my friends. strictly professional, i said to them, tell me this is not true, but sadly it was. i'm taken back by it as i'm sure a lot of people are because he will be so missed. t sure a lot of people are because he will be so missed.— will be so missed. i appreciate you comin: will be so missed. i appreciate you coming on — will be so missed. i appreciate you coming on the _ will be so missed. i appreciate you coming on the programme - will be so missed. i appreciate you coming on the programme and - will be so missed. i appreciate you - coming on the programme and sharing your memories with us. astronomers have discovered what could be the brightest object in the universe. (tx 00v)the quasar shines about 500—trillion times brighter the quasar shines about 500—trillion times brighter than our sun and has the fastest—growing black hole ever recorded at its centre.
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the australian—led team said the discovery had been "staring them in the face". let's talk about this with our science correspondentjonathan amos. staring us in the face all along? somebody had seen this quite a few years back they thought it was a nearby bright star but they had another look and thought, that is not quite so close, that is a long way away. when they examined the light they realised the light had taken 12 billion years to reach us thatis taken 12 billion years to reach us that is how far away the object is and to be that bright in the sky, clearly, intrinsically, it is very bright indeed. it is shining 500 trillion times brighter than the sun and so this is a quasar, active nuclear galaxy, so if you can imagine a massive black hole, we have one at the centre of our
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galaxy, but this thing is 17 billion times the mass of our sun and it heats the material up and that is what shines very brightly indeed. you can't actually see a black hole directly. you can't actually see a black hole directl . , , ., directly. even when it is staring ou in directly. even when it is staring you in the _ directly. even when it is staring you in the face! _ directly. even when it is staring you in the face! what _ directly. even when it is staring you in the face! what is - directly. even when it is staring you in the face! what is the - you in the face! what is the significance of continually finding these things? asine significance of continually finding these things?— significance of continually finding these thins? ., , these things? one of the interesting thin is we these things? one of the interesting thing is we have _ these things? one of the interesting thing is we have discovered - these things? one of the interesting thing is we have discovered in - these things? one of the interesting thing is we have discovered in the i thing is we have discovered in the last couple of years is that the massive, supermassive black holes exist really early in the universe and that is a puzzle because they seem to be too early to be like that and that has us thinking that may be holes are forming even perhaps the first stars so is there a mechanism after the big bang that allows black holes to essentially just after the big bang that allows black holes to essentiallyjust become a
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black hole, the in fall of gas does not stop at a star, it carries on to make a black hole and that then gets bigger and bigger and start to consume stuff around it and that is when you get these big black holes at the centre of all galaxies and they do seem to be at the centres of all galaxies. they do seem to be at the centres of all galaxies-— all galaxies. absently fascinating. thanks forjoining _ all galaxies. absently fascinating. thanks forjoining us. _ all galaxies. absently fascinating. thanks forjoining us. -- - thanks forjoining us. —— absolutely. the body shop is set to shout half of its stores. it has nearly 200 of them. it will close nearly half of them. it will close nearly half of them and reduce the size of its head office and that will mean hundreds office and that will mean hundreds ofjob losses. closures will begin immediately on tuesday. news reaching us from the firm overseeing the restructuring of the body shop. several thousand people employed by
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the company in the uk but this will lead to hundreds ofjob losses. hello there. after a quiet start to this week, things are set to turn more unsettled over the next few days as low pressure systems bring wet and windy weather to our shores but it will be mild for the next couple of days before things turn colder from thursday onwards. this weather front sinking southwards across the country bringing some splashes of rain here and there. ahead of it, cloudy, breezy and mild, behind it brightens up for scotland and northern ireland with sunshine, some blustery showers for western scotland and feeling a bit cooler here behind the front but ahead of it very mild for the time of year, 13—14 or 15 degrees. through tonight, things turn a bit drier for northern, central and eastern areas, temperatures plummeting but it won't last across southern and western areas. wet, windy, milder weather spreads northwards, up to 10 degrees
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in plymouth by the end of the night, touch of frost likely across central and north—eastern scotland. wednesday looks decidedly unsettled, a deeper area of low pressure moving across the country, more isobars on the chart so it will be windy with gales around the coast and the rain will be quite heavy as well, falling on saturated ground, causing some issues with localised flooding in places. gales are likely around irish sea coasts and across northern and eastern scotland but a blustery day for all. the rain takes its time to clear through the morning. into the afternoon it will brighten up with a few showers, northern and western areas, taking its time to clear east and south—east of england. the last of the mild days for now as it has been mild for more than a week now, 12 or 13 degrees, 8—11 across the north. and then into thursday, another area of low pressure crossing the country, bringing another spell of wet and windy weather. you will notice, as it pulls away into the north sea late on thursday we open the floodgates to a colder, west, north westerly wind and the cold air
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will be with us for the end of the week into the weekend as well. a rather messy picture for thursday, wet, windy, certainly windy across southern britain, spell of heavy rain spreading from west to east, and again could cause issues of localised flooding, gradually turning more to sleet and snow over the hills in the north as the cold air begins to move southwards but it will be a bright end to the day across northern areas but chilly, as you will see, 5—9c. the cooler theme lasts friday into the weekend, sunshine and showers, the showers will have a wintry element in the north and nights will be cold with a touch of frost in places.
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live from london, this is bbc news. as international pressure mounts on israel to pause its offensive, the world health organization stages a second rescue mission from gaza's nasser hospital. the prince of wales says he wants to see an end to the fighting in gaza "as soon as possible," in a major intervention on the conflict. and labour changes its position on the war, with its shadow foreign secretary calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. the situation now in gaza is intolerable, with a dramatic loss of life, with so many people facing starvation. police recover a body from the river thames, believed to be abdul shakoor ezedi, wanted over a south london chemical attack.

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