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most previous russian types, like most previous russian straits, this one isjust types, like most previous russian straits, this one is just as vile. a fire rips through a block of flats in east london — the fire brigade says — everyone has been accounted for. gunmen in pakistan shoot dead at least 39 people — singling them out — for their ethnicity, afterforcing them off vehicles. we have an exclusive report on mpox in the democratic and — definitely maybe — rumours that oasis — could be getting back together. the prince of wales has led tributes for the former england manager sven—goran eriksson, who has died at the age of 76. he'd been receiving treatment for pancreatic cancer. eriksson managed england for five years until 2006 — and led the side, to
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the quarterfinals at three major tournaments. he also managed 12 clubs including manchester city, going on to win 18 trophies. andy swiss looks back at his life and career. he brought a swedish cool to english football. but behind that studious surface, sven—goran eriksson�*s reign was anything but dull. he had made his managerial name first with gothenburg, and then with the italian side lazio, but when england appointed him as kevin keegan�*s replacement in 2000, it sparked a storm of controversy. england had never had a foreign coach before. but if the traditionalists were upset, eriksson was unflappable. if it's the most difficult job, i'm very happy. then it will be my biggest challenge so far in my life. and he soon silenced his critics on a famous night in munich.
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john motson: oh, this is getting better and better and better! - a 5—1 thrashing of germany, and suddenly eriksson seemed england's saviour. they qualified for the 2002 world cup in dramatic fashion. the feelgood factor was back, and eriksson was the architect. but qualification was followed by frustration. england were beaten in the quarterfinals by brazil, and his passive management style was under scrutiny. come the 2004 euros, it was the same story. 0h, he's put it miles over the bar. as england again went out in the quarterfinals, the questions began to mount. by now, eriksson�*s private life was attracting headlines. his relationships with the italian lawyer nancy dallaglio, with the tv star ulrika johnsson, and with faria alam, an fa employee, which prompted turmoil at the organisation. and after he told an undercover reporter he would consider quitting after the 2006 world cup, the fa announced he would leave
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following the tournament. england went into it with high hopes, their team dubbed the "golden generation". but yet again, they crashed out in the quarterfinals, yet again, on penalties. eriksson later said it was the biggest disappointment of his career. i don't think england was ready to win a world cup in 2002. 2006? yes. england should have done better. and if you take all the defeats i had in my life, that was the hardest one. after leaving the england job, eriksson spent a year at manchester city, followed by a string of other clubs, including notts county. his profile meant he was never short of offers. but it is as england's groundbreaking boss that he will be best remembered — the man behind one of english football's most eventful eras. sven goran eriksson who's died at the age of 76.
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prince william who's the fa president writing on x — sad to hear about the passing of sven—goran eriksson.
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let's speak to the sport journalist henry winter. i sad day, i was fortunate to cover all the games they played under him. , the 5-1 all the games they played under him. , the 5—1 in music, 4—2 against croatia at euro 200a. england could have won under him if rooney hadn't got injured in the court for beckham's free kick against greece at old trafford in 2002 to get england to the world cup. david beckham double redemption against argentina and sapporo in 2002. some
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really good games, probably underachieved slightly given the quality of the players, wayne rooney, ashley cole, frank lampard, john terry, players like that, but as a man of my thoughts go out to his family. an incredibly proud father. phlegmatic man. he had his full hack. verse henry imposed her financial adviser who wasn't particularly adept at financial advising. he dealt with it. let’s advising. he dealt with it. let's whizz through _ advising. he dealt with it. let's whizz through a _ advising. he dealt with it. let's whizz through a few— advising. he dealt with it. let's whizz through a few more - advising. he dealt with it. let's whizz through a few more of. advising. he dealt with it. let's whizz through a few more of those areas in detail. a quiet, understated style of management, what were his particular qualities? he protected the players. when he
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left england in 2006 after they got knocked out in the quarterfinal, he was strong with us in the written media. he said look after wayne rooney, do not kill him, he is your future. quite strong words to use, we had been critical of him for the red card. good at protecting players. david beckham, always supporting his players. england went on strike at one point and eriksson came out on the side. provide a window into english society and the fact that when he had relationships, with unmarried women, fleet street went into meltdown. nuts magazine delivering a water bed to the fa's hq in soho square at the time, fa
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officials wandering in and out, bemused by this. he added to the fun around england. i bemused by this. he added to the fun around england-— around england. i really dignified in this past— around england. i really dignified in this past year, _ around england. i really dignified in this past year, open _ around england. i really dignified in this past year, open about - around england. i really dignifiedl in this past year, open about what he was facing, interesting, some of the choices of words he shared with people in his final days and weeks. going back to the manager of those players, we heard in the piece him saying there was a chance he thought they should have done better in 2006. why didn't he get the best out of the golden generation? the balance of— of the golden generation? the balance of the _ of the golden generation? the balance of the team of the golden generation? tta: balance of the team wasn't of the golden generation? t“t2 balance of the team wasn't quite right. gareth southgate got the players practising penalties, made it more of a science. a bit on sporting to practice things like
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penalties previously, sven admitted that, why he didn't work on penalties, the psychology of players, he also said he should have taken a psychologist to some of those tournaments.— taken a psychologist to some of those tournaments. thank you for “oininu those tournaments. thank you for joining us- — you can follow everything live on this story on the bbc sport website and app. russia has carried out a massive aerial assault on ukraine. president zelensky said it was one of the largest attacks on the country and involved more than 100 missiles and about 100 drones. he's urging european air forces to help his military shoot down attacking drones. explosions were heard in several cities, including the capital, kyiv where these pictures were shot. hundreds of people in kyiv sheltered in the subway, after alerts were sounded. explosions were also heard from lutsk in the west
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to dnipro in the east. at least four people were killed. russia says energy sites were the focus — and news agencies there are reporting that all targets were hit. russia says energy sites were the focus — ukraine says it shot down about 15 missiles and 15 drones that were aimed at kyiv. here's some of what president zelensky said following the attack. translation: this was one of- the largest strikes, a combined one. more than 100 missiles of various types, and about 100 shahed drones, and, like most previous russian strikes, this one is just as vile, targeting critical civilian infrastructure, in most of our regions, from kharkiv, and kyiv, to 0desa, and more western regions. unfortunately, there are casualties.
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tell us in more detail about the scale of these attacks and where was it. the entire country was under control and missile attacks. the targets was the energy system in ukraine. ukraine unfortunately was being prepared for possible russian attacks on power stations. there were some hits on hydropower generation. to be precise, the station nearby the ukrainian capital. 0ne
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station nearby the ukrainian capital. one of the biggest targets russia might try to breach the damp, one of the biggest fears in order to cause environmental disaster. there was floating around that area. ukraine officials confirmed the damn there is no breach and in fact it is not possible according to ukrainian sources to destroy the dam from outside with drones and with missiles. also what we heard from the ukrainian defence minister, that ukraine is preparing a response with the help of weapons produced in ukraine. ., ~ , ., ., ., ukraine. thank you, zhanna bezpiatchuk. _ let's speak to ukrainian
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mp, kira rudik. your reaction to what we have seen over the last 2a hours. your reaction to what we have seen over the last 24 hours.— over the last 24 hours. after 2.5 ears of over the last 24 hours. after 2.5 years of full— over the last 24 hours. after 2.5 years of full scale _ over the last 24 hours. after 2.5 years of full scale invasion, - over the last 24 hours. after 2.5 years of full scale invasion, you | years of full scale invasion, you might think that you get used to the air raid siren and the explosions, the constant threat. but the truth is, you are not. no normal person can get used to that. today was extremely terrible and terrifying because we know that russians are targeting our energy infrastructure. they are trying to make sure that there will be an outage for winter, using cold and darkness as a weapon, something they tried to do the previous years. unfortunately this year they were more successful and there were outages throughout after there were outages throughout after the beginning of the attack. so the air raid siren was for more than
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seven hours in kyiv. spending more than seven hours sheltering in the bomb shelters. it was terrifying, of course, the results of the attack are also terrible, basically bringing us one step closer to total outage. it is absolutely frustrating that 2.5 years into the full—scale invasion russia is still able to bypass actions, manufacture or buy missile from its allies, it is a radiance. —— it is outrageous. to be able to take the remainders of our energy system and to look into how is it possible that still russia is able to manufacture weapons. {line is it possible that still russia is able to manufacture weapons. one of the thins able to manufacture weapons. one of the things president _ able to manufacture weapons. one of the things president zelensky - able to manufacture weapons. one of the things president zelensky has - the things president zelensky has been saying, the rules have to
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change about the western weapon supply to ukraine and where they are i like to use them, he wants to use long—range weapons inside russia. any sense of a change on that from the west? irate any sense of a change on that from the west? ~ , ., ., ., the west? we started from the moment when we were — the west? we started from the moment when we were not _ the west? we started from the moment when we were not allowed _ the west? we started from the moment when we were not allowed to _ the west? we started from the moment when we were not allowed to do - when we were not allowed to do anything 2.5 years ago, we know how to work with the answer no. but we really terrible in this decision to happen right now and to allow us to use wide range missiles on russian territory because this is the only chance to take them planes before they watch their weapons, take down they watch their weapons, take down the systems of the drones before they are on our territory and that is harder to do that. it is a matter for us of survival and we are calling to say we can't maybe get all the range of weapons that we
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need but allow us to defend ourselves at this terrifying time. thank you forjoining us, kira rudik. stay with us, the latest coming on the overnight fire at a tower block in east london. you are watching bbc news.
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this is bbc news. everyone has been accounted for after a major fire at an east london block of flats. two people were taken to hospital and more than 100 people evacuated. the cause of the fire is not yet known but the london fire commissioner said the building had several known fire safety issues. helena wilkinson reports. this is the block of flats in east london, engulfed by flames at the peak of the devastating fire. more than 100 residents live here, most will have been
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asleep when it broke out. it must have been terrifying. the london fire brigade was called at 02.44 this morning. a major incident was declared, with a huge emergency response. 45 fire engines were sent, with 225 firefighters. the first of them were at the scene within five minutes of the call. residents have been describing the terrifying moment of what happened in the block of flats in the early hours of this morning. one woman, who is six months pregnant, has told us that as they were making their way down the stairs, the smoke became heavier, and everyone was coughing. she also said there was no warning and no fire alarm. other residents spoke of the terrifying situation. there was a lot of smoke, we couldn't breathe, and we managed to reach downstairs and then we went in the hall, there was a firefighter and they said, just run across the other side of the building, basically.
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there was no alarm, - we didn't hear any alarm. there is no sprinklersj in that building at all. there was nobody to warn us and say, there was a fire. - the cause of the fire is not yet known. work had been under way to remove non—compliant cladding on the flats, and there were already issues known to authorities. not far from the flats, a rest centre has been set up for residents unable to return to their homes. an extensive search and rescue operation took place following a simultaneous evacuation of the building, and i am pleased to announce that everyone has been accounted for. this was a very dynamic and challenging incident, and we all know undoubtedly there will be concerns around the fire safety issues present within the building, which will form part of our report. back at the scene, firefighters
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are still trying to contain the smoke billowing out. long ladders are being used to pour water on top of the building. locals have been told to keep their windows closed. the investigation into how the fire started will be the next step. what is extraordinary is that there weren't more people injured. let's speak to our news correspondent chi chi izundu, who joins us from east london. what are the authority saying? we had an update a few hours ago from the same assistant chief commissioners who said it is no longer a major incident but they are still tackling far even though it is under control. we have noticed just over my shoulder that we can still see flames coming from the building. they say they will be here for potentially a number of days trying to put this far out. we have spoken
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to put this far out. we have spoken to a number of residents who said they were working buy in particular one man who did not want to appear one man who did not want to appear on camera who was taken to hospital for smoke inhalation. he was the one going around, banging on people double doors telling them to get out of the building because of the fire. a number of residents say he helped them down the stairs when the fire became thick. helena said in her package, there was no one coming to tell them to leave, no alarm, it was either seeing the smoke out of the window or smelling the smoke. the chief constable thanked his fire staff because they were in the most dangerous conditions, described putting out this fire is incredibly complex. he went on to say that his staff but rescued people and they were trying to bring the incident
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under control being faced by a significant building failure, reiterating that point the number of times because this block of flats and commercial building had a number of building fire safety failures which he said now will form part of the investigation to find out exactly how this fire started and how it took over the whole building. thank you, chi chi izundu. apologies, those pictures that came up apologies, those pictures that came up from the notting hill carnival, we will show you those pictures soon. here in the uk, the conservatives are demanding to know who authorised a downing street pass for labour's biggest donor, despite him having no formaljob at the premises.
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lord waheed alli — who has donated hundreds of thousands of pounds to the party — was given a pass to number 10, but downing street say it was "temporary" and "given back several weeks ago". well, notting hill carnival is the largest street party music plays. tannoy hype. we are treating this as well, click
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the qr code that was on the screen if you're watching here in the uk, you can see continuous coverage from the carnival and go to bbc iplayer to get to these pictures, these scenes, and commentary from our team is there on the ground. head to bbc iplayer if you are watching here in the uk, plenty more from the notting hill carnival. when we come back after a short break, the very latest, but me take you through it. the latest from the middle east. we saw from israel and
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hezbollah, warnings from the americans to de—escalate in the hope of avoiding a wider regional war. we saw the pre—emptive attacks from the israelis and hundreds of hezbollah rockets being fired, the writers from lebanon on that story. also an exclusive report from drc from our corresponded their own mpox. and the run—up to the start of the paralympics, all of that coming up in a or two. for most of us a better day today,. all that rain that we had yesterday across the northern half of the uk has moved away. there is more cloud tending to come in from the atlantic and, eventually, that will bring some more rain. we may see the cloud increasing across some western areas, but ahead of that it has been a very
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pleasant bank holiday monday here in warwickshire with some sunshine. these are the temperatures that we're seeing late on in the afternoon, so a little bit warmer than it has been through the weekend. nothing startling, but somewhat of an improvement. as we head overnight the winds are going to start to pick up and we start to see some rain coming into northern ireland, heading further into scotland, and perhaps over the irish sea, as well. for large parts of england and wales it will be dry with some clearer skies. quite a warm night, particularly so where we've got that wetter, windier weather in northern ireland. that should move away, though, fairly quickly on tuesday and we'll follow that with some sunshine. some heavier rain over dumfries and galloway for a while, but the rain does tend to ease away for most of scotland because it stumbles slowly into northern england, into wales and the south—west. the midlands and a good part of eastern england are likely to be dry and there will be some sunshine here. it's starting to get a bit warmer, as well. those temperatures reaching 24 or 25 degrees ahead of the rain, which is coming in on that weather front there and because that weather front is so slow
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as we move into wednesday, temperatures ahead of it will continue to rise. following on from that weather front, we've got lower pressure in the north—west. that will bring some showers on wednesday into northern ireland and particularly scotland, with some heavier, thundery ones in the west. there's the weather front. you can see there's not much rain on it, but it's not really moved very far at all. so the east midlands, lincolnshire, east anglia and the south—east continuing to warm up. temperatures reaching 27, maybe 28 degrees. that's going to be the peak of the heat, mind you, because eventually the weather front is going to move its way eastwards. in the south, there's little or no rain and not much rain further north, as well. once that clears through, we're all going to have a run of westerly winds and that's going to bring with it some cooler and fresher air. temperatures are going to be lower later on in the week. we are going to find on thursday some showers for northernmost parts of the uk, but even these move away on friday and in the sunshine further south it will still feel quite pleasant.
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this is bbc news, the headlines: tributes to the former england football manager, sven—goran eriksson, who's died at the age of 76. taking shelter in ukraine, as russia launches one of the largest attacks in the war. a fire rips through a block of flats in east london,
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the fire brigade says everyone has been accounted for. we have an exclusive report on mpox in the democratic republic of congo where 70% of cases, are in children under 10. and definitely maybe, rumours that 0asis could be getting back together. now, with the sport, here's mark edwards. we begin with the sad news that former england manager sven—goran eriksson has died at the age of 76. eriksson was the first non—british manager of the england team, he led the three lions to the quarter—finals at three major tournaments during his five—year spell in charge between 2001 and 2006. the swede managed 12 clubs winning 18 trophies with spells at manchester city, leicester, roma and lazio —
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where he delivered the serie a title in 2000, the last time the capital

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