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the men �*s triathlon is due to start on tuesday and may be affected. the athletes, i can understand they would like to have a straight plan, but they are updates every day. you need to adapt all the time is a high level athletes. they thing they have to be sure as if they are allowing the competition it is because we have a good quality of water because our preoccupation is the health of the athletes first because we don't want to take any risks. in the last hour, great britain's tom daley and noah williams have won silver in the men's synchronised io—metre platform diving final. it is a first silver for daley, to go with his three bronze and one gold. for williams, it is a first ever olympic medal in his
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second games appearance. china pair hao yang and junjie lian were the clear winners, with canada taking the bronze. great britain's adam peaty was emotional after coming second in the 100 metres breast stroke, just falling short of defending his title for a second time. peaty won silver behind italy's nicolo martinenghi. he had taken gold in the event at both rio and tokyo, but peaty, who holds the world record, missed out by two hundreths of a second. america's nick fink got the same time as peaty and shared silver. if years ago, that was a 12 year investment. to win in real was a very different leg, that was different. this is the one that feels the most. one of the games poster boys leon marchand ended france's 12—year wait for swimming gold with a superb performance
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in the aoom individual medley. the 22—year—old surged to victory with an olympic record, just shy of his own world record, finishing almost six seconds clear of japan's matsushita tomoyuki. the usa's carson foster took bronze. there was an extraordinary comeback in the men's doubles from great britains andy murray and his partner dan evans. murray, the three time grand slam winner, will retire after the olympics and this is the only event he is taking part in. after sharing the first two sets with the japanese pair kei nishikori and taro daniel, the match was decided on a 10 point tie—break. murray and evans saved five match points and won seven points in a row to take the match at the first opportunity. so no retirement yet for murray. in the moment, like, when we finished the match, i mean, both of us were just laughing. i mean, you know, i haven't celebrated a match win like that since, oh, eh, maybe
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the kokkinakis match in australia. but, yeah, i mean, whatan amazing, amazing feeling, like, to get through that. in a few hours, rafael nadal will face his great rival novak djokovic for the 60th time in the second round of the tennis singles after beating the hungarian marton fucsovics. that match went to a decider, where nadaljust had too much for fucsovics. he broke him in the fifth game, sealing the win 6—1, 4—6, 6—4 to set up that show—down against djokovic. it will be an interesting battle — nadal has 14 french open singles titles and djokovich has won a record 2a grand slams. away from the olympics, venezuelan golferjhonattan vegas has won his first tournament in nearly seven years at the 3m open in minnesota. vegas birdied the final hole to take victory. he finished on seventeen under par, one shot clear of american max greyserman. his last pga tour title
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was the canadian open in 2017. in my head it doesn't really seem that it has been that long but it has been seven years. it hasn't been easy, that's for sure. there has been a lot of grinding, a lot of dealing with injuries, a lot of headaches, but these are the moments that you gets up everyday and you do all the right things because nothing feels nothing feels better than this. in women's golf, america's lauren coughlin won the first lpga title of her career. she birdied two of the last four holes to win the canadian open by two shots, finishing on 13—under par overall. it was her first start since failing to hold onto the lead at the evian championship earlier this month, with a first major title within her reach. manchester united hope to make a final decision on a new stadium by the end of the calendar year. united co—owner sirjim ratcliffe wants to build a �*wembley of the north' for the side and has put together a taskforce
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to assess the feasibility of a 100,000 seater stadium. that redevelopment of old trafford is estmated to cost around £2 billion. that's all the sport for now. there is news coming in that the bc government is worried about vote counting in the venezuelan election. the opposition have disputed nicolas maduro having one. we will bring you more on that a little later. the high court has ruled that a ban on puberty blockers was lawful. the
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campaign group transactional, and a young person who can't be named, made a bid to stop a banning order on puberty blockers which stops the natural production of hormones to delay puberty. let's get more on this with their health correspondent.- this with their health corresondent. , , , ., , correspondent. just explain this decision. this _ correspondent. just explain this decision. this ban _ correspondent. just explain this decision. this ban was - correspondent. just explain this decision. this ban was broughtl correspondent. just explain this l decision. this ban was brought on correspondent. just explain this - decision. this ban was brought on by the last government, but the new health secretary has said he backs it and defended it in court. victoria atkins, the then health secretary, introduced the ban following the publication of the cass review. it
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looked at it was said that the decision taken by the government was complex and it needed when of different risks and is that the core should be slow to intervene. what different risks and is that the core should be slow to intervene. what is the reaction — should be slow to intervene. what is the reaction been? _ should be slow to intervene. what is the reaction been? where _ should be slow to intervene. what is the reaction been? where is - should be slow to intervene. what is| the reaction been? where is greeting has welcomed _ the reaction been? where is greeting has welcomed the _ the reaction been? where is greeting has welcomed the decision, - the reaction been? where is greeting has welcomed the decision, saying i has welcomed the decision, saying children's health care must be evidence led and the cass review found there was insufficient evidence that puberty blockers were safe and effective for children with
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gender dysphoria, therefore it was right the government acted cautiously. the campaign group said they condemned the decision and they would be appealing. thank they condemned the decision and they would be appealing.— would be appealing. thank you very much. we are being told by the press association that tony robinson has fled the country after committing contempt of court —— tommy robinson. he was due to appear at the royal courts ofjustice today for a hearing in his latest contempt of court case but was not in attendance. the solicitor general launched legal action against him in june over an alleged breach of a court order after he lost a libel battle in 2021. we will bring you more on that as soon as we have it. the chancellor is set to announce
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the immediate cuts worth billions of pounds into plugging a £20 billion black hole in the finances when she addresses mps later today. she is said to be genuinely shocked by some of the findings, which he blames the previous tory government for, but she will not suggest at this stage that tax rises will be required. gps have threatened to bring the nhs to our standstill if they carry out industrial action for the first time industrial action for the first time in 60 years. they have been balloted over the new contracts for gp services. the union said strikes could start as early as thursday and last for months. to the olympics — in the last few minutes britain's tom daley and noah williams have won a silver medal.
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china took gold. it is a first silver medal for daley to go with his three bronze and one gold. for williams, it is a first ever olympic medal in his second games appearance. hello there! we start this new week with very warm or even hot weather. it could have 30 degrees in the south of england. mid week we start to see a thundery breakdown about the end of the week there will be sunshine and showers. today high pressure very much in charge of our weather. we have these weather fronts weakening. there will be a band of cloud and sunlight —— some light rain. ahead of that sun showers getting into western scotland and northern ireland but a lot of dry weather for the rest of the uk. just and fair weather cloud bubbling up through the day. 28 or 29 degrees in london,
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22 in aberdeen. these are to see temperatures around our shores, so 14 to 18 degrees. still a bit chilly for me! over this evening and overnight, the weather front continues to drift from the north—west, heading south eastwards, but weakening all the time. it will tend to fizzle by the end of the night and we are looking at clear skies with some patchy fog in south—west england. it will not be a cold night. the remnants of that weather front producing the cloud will be with us but it will break up further during the day with a lot of dry weather and sunshine. 20 across the far north of the country, especially shetland. here too we could catch the odd shower. we are looking at 21 degrees in aberdeen, 26 in birmingham and potentially 31 or 32 celsius and the south—eastern quarter. forwednesday
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or 32 celsius and the south—eastern quarter. for wednesday we are seeing a thundery breakdown in southern areas, through the english channel is —— southern counties. time to will be a lot of cloud in north—east england, making ita will be a lot of cloud in north—east england, making it a great day here. dry, but not as warm your hearts. as we head on thursday into friday we still will have some thunderstorms around, pop at the end of the weekly pressure starts to take over from high pressure. on thursday itself humoured, low clouds and showery rain and some of that turning thundery, then beyond that it is a mixture of and showers.
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live from london. this is bbc news. heightened tension in the middle east following saturday's rocket attack on the golan heights which killed 12 children playing football, israel blames the lebanese group hezbollah. israel's security cabinet has authorised the prime minister and defence minister to decide on the manner and defence minister to decide on the mannerand timing of defence minister to decide on the manner and timing of a response. here in lebanon expectation of an israeli attack against hezbollah and fears of an escalation of fighting along the border. nicolas maduro
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claims victory and a third term in office in the venezuelan presidential election. the opposition alleges widespread fraud. the uk chancellor rachel reeves will announce billions of pounds of spending cuts blaming a black hole in the uk's accounts left by the conservatives. i am live in paris and it is day three of the olympic games. the competing continues. i will bring you all the latest sports and news from today's events including tom daley has got silver medal in the synchronised diving with his partner. hello, i'm annita mcveigh, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. concerns are growing about an all—out war
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in the middle east after 12 children were killed at the weekend

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