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that can participate because it's allowed to — you know, as a national pavilion, as defunct as that notion may be. it's one of the few venues available. these antiquities from the iraq museum form the core of the exhibition. some have never left the country before. others were looted after the fall of saddam hussein. they represent both traditional craft and contemporary politics, like much of the work at this year's biennale. will gompertz, bbc news, venice. that's it. no one bbc news, it is time for the news where you are. good night. hello and welcome to
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sportsday, i'm hugh ferris. the headlines tonight: it's the goal that gives chelsea the premier league title, michy batshuayi gets the late winner at the hawthorns, as antonio conte celebrates winning the league in his first season. for chelsea, it's a second title in three years and a sixth overall. an incredible response to finishing only 10th last season. and stade francais beat gloucester to claim the european challenge cup at murrayfield. good evening.
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chelsea are the premier league champions. they've won the title for the second time in three years and in manager antonio conte‘s first season in charge. their 1—0 win over west brom tonight means they've done it with two games to spare and it came thanks to a goalfrom a player who hasn't scored in the league since the second game of the season. let's join andy swiss at the hawthorns. andy, chelsea worthy champions. yes. over the course of the season, chelsea's consistency has been remarkable. this wasn't one of their best performances. it looked like they might be frustrated until the closing stages. then, with less than ten minutes to go, they found an unlikely hero. he is 23 years old,
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he isa unlikely hero. he is 23 years old, he is a belgian international, he has barely played all season. he was on as a substitute and it was his goal that proved decisive. another masterstro ke goal that proved decisive. another masterstroke from antonio conte. what celebrations that goal prompted. that was nothing compared to the celebrations at the final whistle as chelsea could finally celebrate the title that had been, coming their way for so long. their second title in the space of three yea rs. second title in the space of three years. antonio conte engulfed by his players on the pitch. what a turnaround it has been for chelsea. last season they were in all sorts of turmoil. the finished tenth. antonio conte kingpin. he stuttered at first but they went on that incredible winning streak in the autumn, winning 13 matches in a row. there was no turning back from there. when you think back to the start of the season. while the clerk
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was ofjose morinho, pep guardiola and yet, at the end of the season, it is antonio conte and chelsea that have grabbed the headlines. they are with the premier league champions. the celebrations, both here and back in west london will be going on for many hours to come. a fantastic night for chelsea fans. it is the win that they sorely wanted and the triumph they have been waiting for so triumph they have been waiting for so long. finau, thank you very much indeed. we have seen celebrate his from antonio conte and the players. let's hear from them. it is like a special moment. visit the opportunities you need to grab with both hands in football. had to do that today. i can't wait to go back into the changing room. we deserved it. over the course of the season, we have worked very hard and we have
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been the better team. it is fantastic. we have a couple of games to go, it is tough in this league, suited it is a great achievement. chelsea's first opportunity to celebrate at stamford bridge will come on monday night against watford, who lost to everton in the other premier league match of the night. ross barkley, having been told by his manager to sign a new contract before the end of the season or be sold, got the only goal in the second half. watford still aren't mathematically safe from relegation, while everton will finish seventh whatever happens. in a rehearsal for the scottish cup final, celtic have beaten aberdeen 3—1 in the premiership at pittodrie. the champions have also reached 100 points in the process. celtic are also aiming for an unbeaten domestic season. dedryck boyata gave them the perfect start, scoring after two minutes. barely five minutes later it was 2—0. aberdeen‘s defence fell apart again, and stuart armstrong took advantage. a rout looked on the cards when the dons allowed lee griffiths in this time,3—0 and with only 12 minutes on the clock, and completely against the run of playjonny hayes pulled one back for aberdeen.
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there were no more goals, 3—1 celtic it remained. well dundee united have taken a step towards returning to the premiership tonight, they beat greenock morton 3—0 to complete a 5—1 aggregate win in their playoff. they'll now face falkirk over two legs, with the winners of that tie facing the team second from bottom in the premiership over two matches for a place in the top flight. birmingham city ladies say they will not fear manchester city in tomorrow's women's fa cup final. birmingham knocked out holders arsenal and 2015 winners chelsea to make the final, but manchester city are looking to seal a domestic treble and a first fa cup win as well. they are hatched a plan. birmingham city ladies have created two cup u psets city ladies have created two cup upsets and now they are hoping for a third against the best team in the land, manchester city. they played
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arsenal and chelsea, two good teams, and a real pleasure to play against them and put ourselves against them. now we have another fantastic challenge at manchester city. we know it will be tough, but we are really looking forward to it because there is no other way to do it. we are not going to take part, we are going to win and come back to birmingham. they drew 1-1 win they met in the league last week. tomorrow will be on another scale. birmingham city ladies won the fa cup in 2012 but that was before the finals played at wembley. a record crowd is expected. that makes it extra special for the blues's german goalkeeper. everyone who plays football clu bs goalkeeper. everyone who plays football clubs to play at wembley. for me, a little dream came true, because i think not every international player can say they played in wembley. i cannot wait to
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see the stadium and i can't wait for the game. there is another potential matchwinner in ellen white. she was a losing finalist with notts county last season. should it come to penalties, does your uncle? of course it does. as a striker you have got to put your hand up. i want to do anything to help the team. we don't want it go to penalties, but of course i'd put my hand up. they are after wembley, but they wanted to return as winners. the premiership side were aiming to win this trophy for a third time and made the better start. jonny may making the most of an interception early on to give his side the lead. the french side, who have lost in all four european finals they have
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played, finally came good, scoring three tries of their own to run out co mforta ble three tries of their own to run out comfortable winners in the end. this is the second tier competition. saracens will defend their champions cup title at the same venue tomorrow. salford red devils are through to the quarter—finals of the challenge cup, but they were given a scare by hull kingston rovers. indeed hull led their super league opponents 111—6 at half—time however after the break, salford upped their game and found their form when they needed it, scoring 18 unanswered points to eventually win by ten. this try from ben murdoch maila secured the victory and ensured salford advance to the last eight. well, we're still in the early stages of what looks sets to be a fight to the finish in the formula one world title. this weekend it's the fifth race of the season, the spanish grand prix and ferrari's sebastian vettel already looks like the driver to beat this year. however, mercedes lewis hamilton will have something to say about it. the briton was fastest in both of today's opening practice sessions in barcelona as tom clarkson reports. formula 1's european season kicks
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off with the spanish grand prix in barcelona. the team's trip to the track with the first time on friday with 21 and a half or practice sessions. all of the teams bringing lots of aerodynamic upgrades to this race and you'd have to say on the evidence so far, it is first blood to mercedes. lewis hamilton fastest in both practice sessions, closely followed by his team—mate valkyrie bother us. this is an important race for hamilton. he needs to reassert himself in the team after he lost the first grand prix in russia two weeks ago and so far so good for hamilton. behind him came the two ferraris, then the two red bulls and the two renaults. palmer, its fastest today, a good day for him. the only person who did not have a good day was the local hero, double world champion, fernando alonso. he was last in both practice sessions. he managed just two corners in first
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practice before his honda engine let go. he you are more laps in the second session was still slowest the body. a slightly depressing time for the crowd and their driver. there was a dramatic finish to the day's racing at the giro d'italia. a three—way sprint for the finish line unfolded after five and half hours along the southern italian coastline. australian sprinter caleb ewan just claiming a first ever stage victory in this race and just his second in a grand tour, in alberobello, finishing just clear of fernando gaviria and the irish rider sam bennett. britons geraint thomas and adam yates both lost no time on the overall leader — they remain second and third in the tour standings. barcelona defender gerard pique's plans for a new world cup of tennis event have been backed by leading players including andy murray, novak djokovic and rafael nadal. such a tournament would rival the davis cup, which great britain won in 2015 and currently has three—day matches spread over february, april, september and november. pique's plan would see a single tournament take place in one location over a maximum of 10 days.
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that's all from sportsday. let's leave you with pictures of a celebrating chelsea on the denied they won a fourth premier league title, masterminded by antonio co nte. title, masterminded by antonio conte. they are champions again. frank ross, it is good night. welcome to the papers. we are joined by steven blush, special correspondent for the new statesman, and ian martin, columnist for the
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times. welcome to you both. the front pages are dominated by the cyber attack. hospitals paralysed after cyber hackers held the nhs to ransom in an unprecedented global attack. the daily mirror highlights a&e units vehicles and operations cancelled as they say hackers who is nhs to ransom. ambience is diverted and staff turning to pen and paper after computers and phone lines were in lockdown. according to the times, patients weekend of chaos as security services hold an international criminal gang. the sun reports the statement by theresa may the patient records have not been compromised. the daily telegraph as doctors when lives are at risk. the cyber attackers have been linked to russia. it carries an interview with borisjohnson who says russia might be attempting to sabotage the general election. the guardian suggests up to a0 hospitals in the
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uk and gp surgeries have been affected. it reports a political story, quoting from an interview it has with the deputy leader of labour, tom watson, whose as the party is determined to turn its poll numbers around. i am sure to put this spelling mistakes injust numbers around. i am sure to put this spelling mistakes in just the fox me. let's start with the cyber attack. the financial times, nhs hackers used stolen cyber weapons from us spy agency. supposedly this has come from the national security agency in america. it seems to be something called eternal blue, which was developed by kers spies and stolen and has been used to supercharge the hand of this mysterious kind of hackers. it is a massive story. it cuts right through the uk general election and is one of those stories which raises a lot
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of those stories which raises a lot of questions about how prepared the nhs was, about basic questions about fundamental cyber security, which the government will be quite nervous about. a lot of experts we have been speaking to sink the nhs was not the target here. itjust got caught up in this ransomware which was sent out and, unfortunately, in this ransomware which was sent outand, unfortunately, it in this ransomware which was sent out and, unfortunately, it had an effect on the health service. the big questions which will be raised is this weapon, built by the us security service and sold online and then used by hackers. questions will be raised here, we have known about this problem for a while. microsoft has a free patch available to fix that problem. if it hasn't been installed at the nhs than people have been lax
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