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the headlines. rishi sunak says he'll bring back mandatory national service for 18—year—olds if the conservatives win at the general election. meanwhile, labourers been answering questions about his plans for the economy. it promises not to introduce income tax if it wins on polling day. the united nations is estimated that more than 670 people died in a landslide and pop out new guinea. at least 150 houses were buried while people were sleeping inside them. sirens heard across tel aviv as hamas says it's launched a large missile attack on the city. the first in months. no direct hits or injuries have been reported. 12 people have been injured after a
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flight from doha suffered turbulence for the qatar say the fight landed safely, this after a man died on a flight but severe turbulence last week. not on bbc news it is time for sportsday. —— now on bbc news. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm gavin ramjaun. southampton are back in the premier league — they get the better of leeds, to bounce back straight into the top flight at the expense of their rivals. iam here i am here in central manchester, the fa cup final didn't go to plan but there is still plenty for manchester city to celebrate in victory parade. and despite this huge crash at the start of the race, it's no place like home for charles leclerc in monaco. also coming up on sportsday...
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no nonsense from alcaraz — who leaves qualifier wolf feeling sheepish on the opening day of the french open. in hello there and welcome along to sportsday, where it's southampton who are celebrating a return back to the premier league tonight, after tense, and nervy victory over leeds united in the championship playoff final at wembley. leeds themselves were looking to get back to the top flight, following their relegation last season too, but they remain in the championship. joe lynskey reports. come on! a one—off match where the prize is the premier league. for leeds and southampton, it is season—defining. in the long march through the regular campaign, leeds won 90 points, southampton 87.
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huge totals, but not enough for automatic promotion. one will miss out. this was the chance to leave their gloomy days behind. both clubs went through relegation last season. but a way back opened up for southampton. the goal from adam armstrong, the saints had lift off. leeds went to try a more patient approach. sommerville took time and took aim. but leeds�* lack of chances were shown by the faces. it all might have changed with one strike of the ball. but this club now face up to one more year at this level. this tense race for promotion was settled by a single goal. this was 90 minutes to shape southampton�*s future. back to the premier league! the team from the south coast
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are now looking upwards. a huge win for southhampton. similar to leeds — there was disappointment for manchester city at wembley yesterday, as they lost the fa cup final to rivals manchester united. yesterday, as they lost the fa cup however, today, city will parade the premier league trophy around manchester, after pipping arsenal to the title last weekend, and clinching a fourth—successive title in the process. let's cross live to 0lly foster now, who is at the parade�*s end for us, 0lly what's it looking like in manchester so far? a really busy day at manchester. we had the great manchester rotten. 0nly finished about three hours ago on the finish line here one of the main thoroughfares in the city. it just beginning to fill up with manchester city fans. a lot of phil foden flags and scarves and shirts with his name on the back in the last hour manchester city have named him their player of the
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season. he was a premier league layer of the season that is one think they will be celebrated here over the next couple of hours. the parade starts about half a mile away at the other end. finishing down around here, it will take about an hour to calm down these gates. it is the fourth premier league title in a row. that is something that pep guardiola was very keen to impress after the fa cup final defeat against manchester united. it's going to be interesting to gauge the atmosphere. a lot of horns going off atmosphere. a lot of horns going off at the moment. it did fall flat, everybody expected city to win. that euphoric atmosphere that we had at last years parade when they celebrated the trouble, the primary way, the fa cup and of course the champions league for the it'sjust fourth in a row, which was historic. i'm sure we will see at the front of the open top bus, hopefully the rain doesn't return. the club will covet
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the trophy as well because they can claim to be world champions of the plenty for manchester to celebrate. we will see as it is as euphoric as it was last season.— we will see as it is as euphoric as it was last season. always foster in manchester — it was last season. always foster in manchester for _ it was last season. always foster in manchester for as _ it was last season. always foster in manchester for as for _ it was last season. always foster in manchester for as for the _ it was last season. always foster in manchester for as for the despite . manchester for as for the despite the rain it does seem to be buzzing. —— ali foster. after the top two in the scottish premiership went head—to—head yesterday in the scottish cup final, today was all about the bottom end of scotland's top tier. and ross county are the ones celebrating, after avoiding relegation at the final hurdle — once again, in the playoff, for the second year running. it was much more comfortable for them this year though, as they cruised past championship side raith rovers. on loan birmingham city man brandon khela scoring the final goal of the second leg in a 4—0 win. it was a 6—1 on aggregate, securing county's place in the premiership for a sixth—successive season. while the men's side fell short yesterday, rangers women have won the scottish cup, lizzie arnot�*s goal helping them beat hearts 2—0 at hampden park to secure a cup double.
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it's the first time they've won the scottish cup, and may help ease the pain of losing the domestic title on goal difference. it was homecoming to remember for ferrari's charles leclerc who won the monaco grand prix in style earlier. the race was delayed due to a smash just after the start, but the man from monte carlo held his nerve to finish ahead of the chasing pack — including a certain max verstappen. patrick geary reports. 0n marcos exclusive streets the car in front is quite regularly of a robbery. they were hoping local boy on pole charles leclerc could stay there for the first, clean start. behind him chaos for sergio perez it was monte carlo ben bost. spectacularly, remarkably he was unscathed, at his cart might need some patching up though. after the clean—up take two for the monaco might be famed for its casinos but this circuit makes gambling tricky.
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there is little space to overtake. so it is a good place to get ahead. even so charles leclerc has quite the neck twice qualified first at his home but neverfinished it there. now this was about concentration as much is acceleration. as a child in monaco or to dreamed of victory on his doorstep. his race, his moment. in a principality renowned for incredible wealth, fort charles leclerc this was a victory that was priceless. so victory for the home town hero charles leclerc, who dominated the weekend. after the race he said winning was far from easy. idid not i did not expect the race to be so difficult to manage emotionally. and mentally wise. i had so many thoughts of the people i have mentioned already in the last ten laps. that was very difficult to
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manage because even though i knew the race was extremely good, you have to stay on a track like this which was very difficult. to cricket now and more bad weather has impacted the english summer, forcing england's women's second one day international with pakistan to be abandoned. less than 7 overs were possible, with pakistan 29 without loss, when heavy rain forced the players off the field in taunton. heavy downpours left large puddles over the outfield. heather knight's side are 1—0 up in the three—match 0di series, after a 37—run win in derby on thursday. the series concludes at chelmsford on wednesday. there was play in the final of the indian premier league in chennai as kolkata knight riders trounced sunrisers hyderabad. they won convincingly by 8 wickets after the sunrisers, captained by australian pat cummins, were all out for 113 runs. wigan warriors moved level on points with st helens and warrington at the top of super league with victory at salford. the warriors made it five wins
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from six games with a dominant performance that saw them score four tries — with bevan french's burst for the line, in the rainy conditions sealing victory near the end. adam keighran, junior nsemba and brad 0'neill were wigan�*s other try scorers. wigan�*s win was their 10th consecutive victory over salford. the second major of the tennis calendar is under way, with the french open starting today. britain's jack draper was involved in a thriller, but he was beaten in five sets by dutch qualifierjesper dejong. with the rest of the action from today, here's imran sidat. the start of an iconic sporting summer in paris with all eyes on roland garris for the next two weeks with a one man is carlos alvarez, the spaniard is the favourite to win the spaniard is the favourite to win the title in the men's draw and he was never troubled by jj wolfe with some trade mark brilliance in the first set. the wimbledon champion never really looked back, dropping just four games in the entire match
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to lay down in early marker to the rest of the field. bigger challenges lie ahead but alcaraz will certainly fancy his chances in the french capital in this showing. naomi 0saka is back at the tournament after becoming a motherfor the is back at the tournament after becoming a mother for the four—time grand side winner showed signs and are best form as she cruised in the best set. but the italian wasn't giving up without a fight as she came storming back in the second to take the match to a decider. 0saka looked to be cruising when she went ahead for that but brent said he thought back to level the set. in the end of a japanese superstar showed her inner strength to come through and set up a possible meeting with the defending champion esv ultech next. no problems for the 2017 champion, the latvian beat christian in straight sets as she
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looks to recapture some of her old magic. andy murray is still to culminate this evening when he faces all four breaker in the session hoping for one last big run on the parisian clay. well, you can listen to andy murray's match with stan wawrinka from the french open on radio 5 live and bbc sounds shortly. live coverage on there and the bbc sport website throughout the tournament. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. slovenia's taday pogarcher has been crowned champion of cycling's first grand tour of the year, the giro d'italia which ended in rome. belgium's tim merlier beat jonathan milan to the stage victory. colombia's dani martinez was second overall with britain's geraint thomas completing the podium. dutch rider lorena viebers made it a hat—trick of stage victories at ride london classique to win the race for the third time in her career. lizzie deignan was the highest placed british rider finishing eighteenth overall. after crashing out on the final lap
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of yesterday's sprint race world champion francesco bagnaia bounced back to snatch victory at the catalunya motogp. the italian passed championship leaderjorge marteen with five laps to go and his third victory of the season cut the gap to the spaniard to 39 points. at the great manchester run, kenyan vincent ngetich won the men's 10k elite race, while ethopia's gotytom gebreslase won the women's race, and of course, as you'd imagine, thousands of members of the public took to the streets too. there'll be some tired legs tonight. let's get you up to date with the final day of the aquatics gb diving championships in birmingham now, we'll start with the mens platform and noah williams won gold, this his last dive, but he fell fractionally short of what he needed to assure his place in the event in paris, needing a score of 480 for that, he scored 1173.2. heartbreakingly close. but the selectors could
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still pick him at their discretion for the games. earlier, world championship medallists jack laugher and anthony harding have continued their build—up to the paris 2024 olympic games with victory in the synchronised 3m springboard final. the pair have claimed world silver and bronze medals over the last 12 months and achieved a strong score of 1121.11 points for their six routines. we were firing on all cylinders today for that is the morning but what's great about this competition it's the same time as the wanton pairs will be. a great run through. 0bviously pairs will be. a great run through. obviously a bit difficult for me coming back off individual, tired but we still scored for 20 which is great benchmark. we've just got to keep going, stay injury free and stay positive. in the women's synchronised 3m springboard final, the european games champions amy rollinson and desharne bent—ashmeil took gold. the pair have not been selected for paris 2024, but will be targeting success at the european championships
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in serbia next month. great britain won five golds on a remarkable day at the second regatta of the rowing world cup series in switzerland. emily craig and imogen grant winning one of those here in the lightweight women's double sculls, with britain also winning a silver and a bronze today. this was the last competition before gb rowing decide their 0lympic selection for paris this summer. a reminder of our top story before we go. southampton at beaded lead to the chip playoff at wembley. adam armstrong school proving the difference for the saints make an immediate return back to the premier league at the expense of leads. cabbage football again next season. congratulations to southampton for the alder to that game on the bbc website and the out. that is all the sport for now. we will see you
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bit later on.

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