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moved from yesterday because of was moved from yesterday because of the water quality in assembler both races were given the go—ahead. the women's race was close until the final lap before pulling theatre that gold had the swiss. great britain's was 3rd. great britain's rovers failed to win a single gold in tokyo to spring into medals there but they got a gold on already, watchable goals with 200 metre to 90, watchable goals with 200 metre to go, the british boat from the netherlands but they pulled it back to take the win with the final stroke, the gb quartet won at 5.1 of a 2nd and the 1st time gb have won that event either1 squad. china have continued their perfect record making 3 golds in diving, they blew
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away the competition in the 10 metre platform. the bronze went to great britain's competitor and the competitors from panda, north korea on the left there. a 2nd silver of the game. we have had both finals from the freestyle bmx, the men's gold has gone to argentina, britain netted taking the silver and a high policy final setting the stand with a run of 94.82, that is great really good. more than enough for gold. a world champion. guarantees of gold going into the final, moved up to silver and that left francis bronze. the women's event, an 18 year old impress the judges with a series of really high frying tricks and edge out the usa's competitor
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taking the podium after finishing 4th in tokyo. lots of falls in that final as they were in the men's. australia's competitor claimed bronze and her country's 1st in freestyle bmx. more news, the canadian football team and rejected by the sport. remember though, they were punished after using a drone to spy were punished after using a drone to spy on their 1st opponents training session in the olympics, new zealand, their placement in their assistance from any football —related activity for 12 months from any football—related activity for 12 months. that leaves canada, who are 0lympic champions, on zero points in their group, needing to beat colombia later to have any chance of reaching the quarters. kylian mbappe completed a dream move to real madrid last month, but now he's bought a football team of his own. the striker has completed the takeover over french second—division club caen
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through the company he founded. caen reportedly tried to sign mbappe on schoolboy terms when he was a teenager but couldn't do so after they were relegated in 2012. instead, the world cup winner went on to join monaco. and that's all the sport for now. on the bbc sport website, i will be back with another update in the next 45 minutes or so. the former bbc news presenter hugh edwards has been pleaded guilty to 3 counts of making indecent images of children. 1 as young as 7 to 9 years old. he was arrested last november and charged last month before making and charged last month before making a plea for this morning at westminster magistrates' court. until last year, he was 1 of the main presenters on bbc news a time and often the front of coverage including the death of queen elizabeth ii.
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huw edwards. for decades, the calm, trusted face of bbc news. walking into court charged with making indecent images of children. minutes later, he would plead guilty to all three charges. 41 images, seven class a, the most serious classification. to the crowds outside, there was no visible emotion, just the familiar demeanour of one of television's best known faces. for 20 years, he fronted the news at ten. tonight at ten, thousands of police officers... he has also been the face of the bbc for elections. so, as big ben reaches ten o'clock... political crises... we are live in downing street... and royal and state occasions. welcome to windsor. but a newspaper headline changed everything. the media frenzy of lastjuly followed a series of articles published in the sun alleging that an unnamed bbc presenter was paying a young person to send photographs described
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by the sun as "sordid images." police eventually concluded there was no evidence of illegality and a statement from huw edwards' wife finally revealed his name to the public. a decision she said was out of concern for his mental wellbeing. he remained off airfor another nine months until in april it was announced he had resigned from the corporation on medical advice. it was the end of a career that had taken him from reporting on politics for bbc wales... speaks welsh. to being made a lead presenter of bbc tv news and become one of the most familiar faces on british television. there are 650 mps... when he was given the job of presenting the bbc�*s tv election coverage of 2019, it was the first change of host in 40 years. he occupied a role that demanded reliability, trustworthiness, dignity for those era defining moments. here, the minutesjust
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before the announcement of the death of the queen. contrast that with today, a man who we have learnt this week was arrested in november, charged injune and today pleaded guilty to those charges. he had already resigned but he was to the public still one of the faces of the bbc. this is more thanjust the end of a career and a reputation destroyed. clamouring. david sillito, bbc news. our special correspondent lucy manning has more on what happened inside westminster magistrates' court today. mr edwards arrived within a strong of reporters and cameras and he was jostled to get the courtroom, he did not say anything outside of court but 3 extremely significant words
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when he was inside court, he stood on the dock. he looked, he did not have much expression, he looked, i thought, relatively calm and the 3 charges that were put to him, category a, category b and category c images, after each1 he replied quietly but calmly, guilty, and the court heard further details of the accusations that he has now pleaded guilty to, that he was in a whatsapp chat with another man and they, the man was sending him as images, some were illegal, pornographic images but 41 of them were indecent images and the agents involved in those images, there were 2 videos as well, raged largely between 12 to 15 years of age 50 that's 2 of them included 7 to 9 years of age. in a couple of occasions, hugh edwards asked the man to stop sending illegal, and
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aged pictures but that didn't always stop. they carried on in contact with each other, sending illegal images even after the indecent images even after the indecent images had stopped. mr edwards's lawyer told the court that, he had an exemplary character, that he did not keep any of the images, he did not keep any of the images, he did not send them to anyone, and has not sought similar images from elsewhere. thejudge can potentially give him a prison sentence, but he said that he wanted to see some probation reports about his mental health and about the potential for reoffend so he will have to come back later on in the year but obviously, very significant for him. more information on the story on our website, you are watching bbc news.
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just continue, what is the possibility of what could happen. 0n the 16th of september, what will be be considering? the the 16th of september, what will be be considering?— be considering? the “udge wants to see various reports — be considering? the judge wants to see various reports about _ be considering? the judge wants to see various reports about him - be considering? the judge wants to see various reports about him and i see various reports about him and his mental health. about whether there is a possibility he could reoffend, and it's the magistrates courts, thejudge may decide reoffend, and it's the magistrates courts, the judge may decide that if he does prison sentence then he needs to send it to the crown court where he could get a more severe sentence. so, we are obviously awaiting to see what happens while that happens, hugh edwards on bail. let's update you on what is happening on1 let's update you on what is happening on 1 of the events in paris at the olympics, 1 of the competitors has won gold. she broke the kilt at the end of the 10k run to the all of thousands of spectators. paris is her home city. switzerland placed 2nd while russia got bronze and remember this is a race taking place after the water quality in the senate was eventually
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declared safe and sitting a 50 metre course in the river. stay with us on bbc news. the heatwave continues today over some part of the country, overnight tonight and into tomorrow the weather looks like it will start a breakdown some heavy rain and some thunder and lightning, mainly across england and wales. still difficult to pin the details down because those storms are yet to develop. we've had some threatening cloud here in the facts are south—east of england with some share was close by, these are the temperatures we've got this afternoon. not really changing very much for the normal half of the uk, it is much hotter further south but because we've got an easterly breeze this time, the highest temperature is will get pushed out a little bit further. 1 or 2 showers coming to wales, into northern ireland as well. things
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really get going overnight, these changes in northern ireland and scotland and then we get some thunder examples are developing across parts of england and wales. a lot more clout around tonight, scotland will be a lot warmer tonight than last night. 5 in glasgow. 17 in the south east of england. we got this wet weather through england and possibly sundry 2, that then moves away, get a bit of sunshine coming through and that will trigger a few more thundery showers across england and it is wales. more sunshine coming through in scotland and northern ireland the afternoon, highertoday in scotland and northern ireland the afternoon, higher today but not quite so high. still very warm though. hot in some places. depending on the heavy showers thematic mark some heavy showers to start with, this is where we go to find some outbreaks of rain in the end. that
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will keep the temperature is a bit lower, perhaps only 19 or 20 . but still, still very warm across eastern part of england. 27 or 28 c. is that weather front brings the rain and wet, it pushes each of nights and following on from that vehicle to have cooler and fresher air. more of a west or south—westerly winds and low pressure bringing rain into the north—west of uk later on. in the south—east though, we got rain to begin with on saturday, then the rest of the weekend will be dry and temperatures are going to be lower and normalfor the time temperatures are going to be lower and normal for the time of year.
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live from london, this is bbc news. hamas says its leader, ismail haniyeh, has been killed in the iranian capital tehran, accusing israel of being responsible. iran promises the harshest response. the supreme leader says avenging the killing is iran's duty. hezbollah says one of its most senior military commanders, fuad shukr, was in a building in beirut targeted by israel yesterday evening, but has yet to confirm his fate. former bbc presenter huw edwards pleads guilty to three charges of making indecent images of children. rioting in southport — following a vigil to pay tribute to the three girls killed in a knife attack. residents clear up the damage
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as detectives are granted more time to question the 17—year—old suspect. at the olympics, it's double gold for team gb. alex yee wins the mens triathlon and in rowing, the women's quadruple were involved in a dramatic photo finish. hello, i'm matthew amroliwala. we begin in the middle east, where two separate attacks in the space of 12 hours — on two senior iran—backed militant leaders — have raised fears of a wider regional conflict. hamas says its political leader ismail haniyeh was killed during a visit to tehran. early indications suggest that he and his bodyguard died when a rocket hit the house where he was staying. hamas has accused israel of being responsible and described the killing as a "grave escalation". hours earlier, israel said it had killed a senior hezbollah figure in a strike in beirut.

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