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this is bbc news, the headlines. rishi sunak says he'll bring back mandatory national service for 18—year olds if the conservatives win the general election. meanwhile, labour's been answering questions on its plan for the economy — it promises not to increase income tax — if it wins on polling day. sirens heard across tel aviv for that no direct hits or injuries have been reported. rescue teams search for survivors in the aftermath of a huge landslide in papua new guinea — where almost 700 people are feared dead.
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twelve people have been injured — 8 of whom taken to the hospital — after a flight from doha to dublin suffered turbulence. remembering the songwriter behind disney's most iconic tunes. richard m sherman dies at the age of 95. now on bbc news — it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm gavin ramjaun. southampton are back in the premier league — they get the better of leeds, to return to the top flight at the expense of their rivals. 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.
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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... no nonsense from alcaraz — who leaves qualifier wolf feeling sheepish on the opening day of the french open. 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.
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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. 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
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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 are now looking upwards. brilliant day for southampton fans. but not for leeds. similar to leeds — there was disappointment for manchester city at wembley yesterday, as they lost the fa cup final to rivals manchester united. today though — city are parading their 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 olly foster now, who is at the parade�*s end for us. olly what can we expect? thus bands braving the weather. -- sto thus bands braving the weather. » stop start not the other and. inaudible. the strength of volume
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out here. the city players united for the day is going to be a mile of fans, going down the main thoroughfare they will be there. inaudible. they are that disappointed too but wobbly behind them. pep guardiola, manchester, it was a big celebration of that historic achievement. winning four ma'or historic achievement. winning four major titles- _ historic achievement. winning four major titles. apologies _ historic achievement. winning four major titles. apologies for - historic achievement. winning four major titles. apologies for the - major titles. apologies for the olly�*s mike being drowned out by the background sound. we will try and get that sorted out and get back to charles leclerc you. manchester city parading the trophy in the rain around the dean's gate area —— olly.
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after the top two in the scottish premiership went head—to—head yesterday in the scottish cup fina, 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. 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.
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bayer leverkusen have celebrated their historic double of bundesliga and german cup with their fans at their bayarena stadium. warning, these pictures contain flashing lights. after securing the dfb pokal yesterday with a 1—0 win against bundesliga two side kaiserlautern, xabi alonso's side were given a heroes welcome at their home ground as they paraded both trophies they won in season that saw them go 51 games unbeaten. of course they did come unstuck in the europa league finalfor the not a trouble for them, not a fully unbeaten season for bayer leverkusen. fantastic achievement in many respects and the cup in his bayer leverkusen side they picked bayer leverkusen side they picked bayer munich to be a title this year. it was homecoming to remember for ferrari's charles leclerc...
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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. on monaco's exclusive streets, the car in front it is quite regularly a ferrari. 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 then bust. spectacularly, remarkably he was unscathed, his car might need some patching up though. after the clean—up, take two. monaco might be famed for its casinos but this circuit makes gambling tricky. there is little space to overtake so it is a good place to get ahead.
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even so, leclerc has twice qualified first at his home but never finished it there. now this was about concentration as much is acceleration. as a child in monaco he dreamed of victory on his doorstep. his race, his moment. in a principality renowned for incredible wealth, for charles leclerc this was a victory that was priceless. fantastic win for charles leclerc. so victory for the home town hero charles leclerc, who dominated the weekend. after the race he said winning was far from easy. i did not expect the race to be so difficult to manage emotionally. 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 manage because even though i knew
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the race was extremely good, you have to stay on it 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 odi 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,
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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 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. elsewhere, hull kr hammered london broncos 64—14. the second major of the tennis calendar is underway, 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
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roland garris for the next two weeks with a one—man hoping to go is alcaraz. the spaniard is favourite to land a title in the men's draw and he was never troubled by lucky loserjj both with some trademark brilliance to the first set. the wimbledon champion never really looked back, dropping just four games in the entire match 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 osaka is back at the tournament after becoming a mother. the four time winner showed signs of the best form as she cruised to the first set against bronze eddie. 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. osaka looked to be cruising when she went ahead but she fought
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back to level the set. in the end the japanese superstar showed her inner strength to come through and set up a possible meeting with the defending champion next. andy murray is on court now taking on his old course breaker in the night session, hoping for one last big run on the parisian clay. well here's the latest on that match. just taking place now and it is i— love up. murray is off serve at the moment. 40—30 in the second game. could deal with winning this if he wants to stay in the first could deal with winning this if he wants to stay listen to that one on bbc sounds or follow on the website. well, novak djokovic is the number
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one seed in the french open, his first match is on tuesday against frenchman pierre hughes herbert. incredibly, the 24—time grand slam winner has yet to reach a final in 202a. despite that surprising run, the three—time winner on the clay in paris still has high expectations of himself coming into roland garros. i almost feel a bit embarrassed to say what my expectations are for the anything but a title for me is not satisfactory. it always has been like that. i know it might sound arrogant to a lot of people but, i think i have the career that backs it up. in overweight me playing still at this highest level, one of the major reasons is to try to write more history with the sport and when the biggest titles. paris is definitely one of them. we the biggest titles. paris is definitely one of them. we will see how he gets _
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definitely one of them. we will see how he gets on _ definitely one of them. we will see how he gets on at _ definitely one of them. we will see how he gets on at the _ definitely one of them. we will see | how he gets on at the french open. 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 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,
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kenyan vincent ngetich won the men's iok elite race, while ethopia's gotytom gebreslase

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