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this is bbc news. the headlines at 5pm. donald trump has told the leaders of more than a0 muslim nations, that they must join forces and play their part in defeating religious extremism. if we do not stand in uniform condemnation of this killing, then not only will we be judged by our people, by history... but we will be judged by god. the conservatives defend proposals to change social care, but won't confirm which pensioners will lose their winter fuel allowance. labour says it will keep the allowa nce labour says it will keep the allowance and guarantee annual rises in pensions and other benefits. we are putting £30 billion in over the lifetime of the parliament into welfare, we are reforming universal credits. scottish leaders will go head to head in a live debate this evening ahead of the general election. the snp's nicola sturgeon, conservative ruth davidson, labour's kezia dugdale,
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lib dem willie rennie, the scottish greens' patrick harvie and ukip's david coburn will take part in the debate in edinburgh tonight. and in sport, liverpool and manchester city are almost guaranteed to get into the champions league after their performances this afternoon. arsenal misses out. more on that in sportsday. president donald trump has spoken. his first major policy speech outside the united states in one of the most sensitive issues in this region, at a very sensitive time. an effort by president trump to reset his relations with the saudi kingdom, to recalibrate a strategy involving america and muslim leaders from across the world in the fight
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against extremist forces. also an effort to recast his image. donald trump the candidate, who spoke about how muslims "hated" americans. he vowed to oppose radical islamic terrorism. gone was that language today, enter a new strategy. a strategy he said would have to start here in the sacred land of saudi arabia as he called it, but also with muslim leaders from around the world, invoking them. this is when he was at his most impassioned as he spoke at his most impassioned as he spoke a carefully scripted address, to "drive out extremists and terrorists from their places of worship". "drive out extremists and terrorists from their places of worshipim
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"drive out extremists and terrorists from their places of worship". it is a choice between two futures and is a choice between two futures and is a choice between two futures and is a choice america cannot make for you. a better future a choice america cannot make for you. a betterfuture is only possible if you're nations drive out the terrorists and drive out the extremists. drive them out of your places of worship, drive them out of your communities. drive them out of your holy land, and drive them out of this earth. for our part, america is committed to adjusting our strategies, to meet evolving threats and new facts. we will discard those strategies that haven't worked and will apply new approaches, informed by experience, talent and judgment. we are adopting a principle realism. rooted in common values, shared interests and common values, shared interests and common sense. oui’
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common values, shared interests and common sense. our friends will never question our support, and our enemies will never doubt our determination. 0ur partnerships with advanced security through stability, not through radical disruption. we will make decisions based on real—world outcomes, not inflexible ideology. we will be guided by the lessons of experience, not the confines of rigid thinking. and wherever possible, we will seek gradual reforms, not sudden intervention. we must seek progress not perfection, and to make allies of all who share our goals. above all, america seeks peace not war. muslim nations must be willing to ta ke muslim nations must be willing to take on the burden if we are going to defeat terrorism and send its wicked ideology into oblivion. the
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first task in this joint effort is for your nations to deny all territory to the foot soldiers of evil. every country in the region has an absolute duty to ensure that terrorists find no sanctuary on their soil. reaction is flowing in across social media. there is both support as well as cynicism in reaction to the president's speech. this is a speech that will go down very well in the saudi kingdom. president trump by his presence here is emphasising his important strategic relationship with saudi rulers. he and king salman spoke with almost exactly the same language when it came to the battle against forces of extremism. critically, almost exactly the same words when it came to identifying
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what they both perceived to be the major threat of extremism in this region. that is in france. coincidentally, coming at the moment when iranians voted by a huge majority, 70% turnout in the rainy and elections to re—elect a reformist president. the vote by iranians to try to reopen iran to the world with the mustard and gait moderate president rouhani. and yet the message coming from president trump and king salman is that they wa nt to trump and king salman is that they want to isolate iran and put greater pressure on it. let's look at this speech in greater detail. i am joined by a journalist who has lived in saudi arabia for the last 15 yea rs, in saudi arabia for the last 15 years, he's been an adviser and an a nalyst. years, he's been an adviser and an analyst. president trump was at pains to say, i didn't come to lecture you, and yet it was clear what he expected the leaders to do. absolutely, but it's a big surprise because the tone was very soft.
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president trump was very welcoming, and also very respectful to saudi arabia, the founder of saudi arabia and then he said that king salman is doing great work and fantastic in terms of trying to bring stability and diversification and continue the work of his father. so that's very important because it came across as being very, very warm towards his hosts who have gone out of their way to have a red carpet all over react and also on the back of the $350 billion deals that they announced yesterday. so, very conciliar tory, very different president trump from what we have envisaged and expected, very different story indeed. the saudis almost more than anyone in this region were ready to put aside whatever president trump said before about muslims, actions like the
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travel ban which was derided in many muslim countries as a muslim ban. they want to give him the benefit of the doubt because they truly want to work with him, they believe he's the man who can deliver. absolutely and we've seen that being delivered yesterday. now they will not try and recover a ll yesterday. now they will not try and recover all the lost and opportunities since president 0bama. 0bama was difficult, he wasn't favouring the sunnis as much as they wanted, disappointment in 2011 with president mubarak. iran was a disappointment now. the saudis have gained everything, it has been a great success. the iranians story is the headline story, president trump said this is the enemy and we need to address it and saudi arabia has been recognised for voicing that concern for many years. do you think the saudis will use this as a way to tackle the forces of extremism which, as you know, is very much
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also a battle they have to wait at home? absolutely. yesterday the tours were provided, the ammunition so tours were provided, the ammunition so to speak, the arms, but also the us isa so to speak, the arms, but also the us is a provider of the political umbrella. it has been said around is the problem, and now we have the political support that was very much needed, the weapons are there, the military is there, the logistics is there but the politics and the backing of washington is 100% behind what saudi arabia has been calling for. iran is a threat and now has to be addressed. but of course this is a message which will resonate differently in other parts of the world. europe played a key role in the nuclear deal, the historic deal. the united states also played a part in that deal. i don't need to tell
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you how complicated the geopolitics of the region is. it won't be so simple going forward but the m essa 9 es simple going forward but the messages it could get more tense. well, nobody is saying tehran shouldn't be on the negotiating table. everybody, including saudi arabia, says iran needs to be entering a new phase of talks. that is something very important. saudi arabia and in us are not saying they will not negotiate. but the proxy wars, the walls of instability in the region have to stop. the yemen situation has to come to some negotiated solution which saudi arabia is favouring. so the iranians need to begin to think sensibly. two new initiatives were announced today, a global centre for combating extremist ideology, another centre to targeting financing. there are many institutions and centres with
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many institutions and centres with many resources which have already been set up here. will these truly make a difference? saudi arabia had a successful record with its own extremists within the country. the centre of change and reform, so to speak, has been doing a fantastic job. that adds to the importance of saudi arabia using its track record. i think they will be able to manage and that will become the centre for the entire world when it comes to reforming and changing that kind of ideology. thank you forjoining us here in riyadh. not long after president trump delivered his historic speech, and it will be judged in history. we'll take some time before leaders —— we will take some time for different leaders who have been listening. how would this be prevented on the ground and how will they tackle it on messy battlefields as syria and iraq, to
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namejust two. battlefields as syria and iraq, to name just two. many of the leaders in the audience today deal with the threat of extremism day in, day out. some of them have seen their countries torn apart, they don't need to be told that something needs to be done and how hard it will be. the question is what will be united states do going forward, is it going to move the region forward or is the region set for even more turbulent times? we'll be watching from riyadh as the summit continues but for now back to london. the conservatives have defended their planned changes to social care and winter fuel payments if they win the the next election. they insisted the new system would be fairer to everyone. the work and pensions secretary damian green also told the bbc that he thought £100,000 was a reasonable inheritance when questioned about the moves to reform social care. 0ur political correspondent, susana mendonca, reports. the conservative plans for social
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ca re the conservative plans for social care haven't been going down well with pensioners, leading labour to step up its campaign to woo the grey vote. the plans would see elderly people who are cared for in their homes having to meet the cost of that care above £100,000. their property may have to be sold after their death to pay for it meaning they might not be able to pass their homes onto their children. the work and pensions secretary said it was a fairer system. and pensions secretary said it was a fairersystem. £100,000... is a reasonable inheritance to have. people who are lucky enough to have great rises in property value will, i think, still decide that £100,000 is the best way of doing it. labour has accused theresa may of stirring up has accused theresa may of stirring upa war has accused theresa may of stirring up a war between the generations. it's promising extra funding for
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social care and said take—up of nabob and £72,000 on how much someone would have to pay for their own care. the liberal democrats have accused the tories of wanting to bring ina accused the tories of wanting to bring in a tax. what we are seeing this weekend with the conservatives under increasing pressure because they've chosen a dementia tax. if you or your loved one has or we'll get dementia, they are coming for you. the conservatives say the system they are proposing will protect elderly people from the fear they would lose all their savings in life. they are accusing their critics of running a scare campaign. shadow chancellorjohn mcdonald said that a labour government would end the freeze on welfare. he said new proposals would make the freeze is irreleva nt proposals would make the freeze is irrelevant but refused to say if it would unfreeze benefits. we are putting £30 billion in over the lifetime of the parliament into welfare.
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we are reforming the whole process, universal credits. and the implication of that will be, the impact of these proposals will make the freeze irrelevant, because we will reform the whole process. you know what i've said about when the freeze was introduced... i'm interested that when i say, are you going to end the freeze on benefits, you can't simply say yes. in effect we will be doing that, as part of the overall reform package we are putting forward, which includes the introduction of a real living wage as well, which includes the reformed universal credits, and a whole range of other aspects, including scrapping the bedroom tax, sanctions, etc. tonight, the leaders of six parties in scotland are gathering for the bbc scottish leaders debate. nicola sturgeon, ruth davidson, kezia dugdale, willie rennie, patrick harvie and david coburn will take part in the 90 minute debate ahead of the upcoming general election. 0ur reporter andrew black is in edinburgh, where the debate is being held later on. there's a lot to get through in the
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course of a debate of this kind. six leaders and unlike their cou nterpa rts leaders and unlike their counterparts in the uk election, they are all going to be face—to—face. all the people who lead their party is taking questions from the audience and challenging each other, presumably. what sort of territory are they hoping to cover? absolutely, all the party leaders are going to be here tonight. the leaders of the main scottish parties. as you can see, final preparations are taking place on the stage which is literally almostjust set ahead of the debate later on tonight. none of the politicians taking part tonight will be candidates to become prime minister after this election. but what they do say here tonight is still pretty crucial and could have a key influence on the outcome of the election. in terms of issues which might come up, the one issue which has dominated scottish politics in
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recent yea rs has dominated scottish politics in recent years is independence. 0n has dominated scottish politics in recent years is independence. on one side you have the snp trying to build support for another independence referendum which might happen towards the end of next year, and on the other side the conservatives have emerged as the main prounion party, so much so that people have talked about the possibility of a scottish tory revival here after the next election. and of course, at the same time, labourand the election. and of course, at the same time, labour and the liberal democrats have been squeezed out of that debate. at times they have found it difficult to find a voice for themselves in this debate. but it's not all about independence. brexit has been a massive issue in scotla nd brexit has been a massive issue in scotland because most voters in scotla nd scotland because most voters in scotland voted to stay in the eu. and other issues like uk wide welfare and benefits reforms have also played out very large on the electoral stage in scotland. plenty
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of meaty issues to get into tonight. you can watch the debate from 7:30pm right here on the bbc news channel. you can see sarah smith bbc scotland editor preparing to chair that debate which is taking place live tonight and it will be here on the bbc news channel from 7:30pm. ukip's leader paul nuttall has claimed it doesn't matter how many mps his party has after the election. he said ukip was still strong in areas where it had previously received support, despite opinion polls suggesting the party faces the prospect of having no mps.m doesn't really matter how many mps you have. if you think back to 2013, we forced a then british prime minister, david cameron, into offering a referendum. but we didn't have an mp at that time. ukip needs to be electorally viable, it needs
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to be electorally viable, it needs to be electorally viable, it needs to be doing well in local elections. i predict that after this election ukip will go up substantially and we will do very well indeed. that was paul nuttall talking to andrew mark on the andrew marsh show on bbc one. the headlines on bbc news. donald trump has told the leaders of more than a0 muslim nations, that they must join forces and play their part in defeating religious extremism. the conservatives defend proposals to change social care, but won't confirm which pensioners will lose their winter fuel allowance. meanwhile, labour says it will keep the allowance, and guarantee annual rises in pensions and other benefits. at least 18 cia informants were killed or imprisoned in china after a spy network was dismantled according to reports in the new york times. it is not clear whether the cia was hacked or whether a mole helped the chinese to identify the agents over a two year period, officials told the paper.
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it's being described as one of the worst intelligence breaches in decades. the cia has declined to comment. north korea has launched another missile, according to security officials in south korea. it's the latest in a series of tests and launches, amid concerns about the country's nuclear capability. earlier this month, north korea successfully launched a long range missile, prompting protests from japan. the latest launch is being analysed by washington and south korea. the uk coastguard says it is concerned about a family of minky whales of the suffered coats. 0ne wash up yesterday and the calf is also believed to have died —— on the suffolk coast. 0ur reporter sent us this report from the scene. it's a pretty sad sight on the shoreline
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across suffolk today. there have been three whale fatalities. this is one of them in felixstowe, it's believed to be a minky whale. we don't know how it got here or if it died and has been washed up on the shore. there is a patrol team trying to help another pod of whales, there is believed to be at least two others, quite close to the shoreline. earlier we spoke tojohn creswell of the coastal patrol. we aren't trying to do anything at this particular time because we aren't aware of where they are. we know there have been three fatalities so far unfortunately. it is possibly going to be the ones in the next few days but we are having reports from vessels who have been briefed to look out for whales. as soon as we know well they they we will try to ta ke know well they they we will try to take them further out from the coast. that is very, very difficult to do. they are already stressed out
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which is why they are so close to the shore. the east coast isn't a good place for whales because the phone system works better off hard objects like rocks. 0n the east coast you've got sand and mud flats so their sonar systems aren't as efficient. i'm told this by experts. we are not hopeful we can be successful but we will try our utmost to stop this happening, as you can see her today, this scene is pretty gruesome, and pretty sad. a bad end for a mammal this size to come to an ending like this, we now understand the local authority will have to dispose of them on the beach which isn't going to be very good for anybody. there is real concern that there could be another two whales that could adopt on the shoreline across east anglia. there is research going on right now by local scientists as to why we are getting whales coming to the shoreline. it is sandy all along the
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east coast. whales need rocks which is better for their east coast. whales need rocks which is betterfor their sonar east coast. whales need rocks which is better for their sonar system, the way they actually communicate and move around. there's also some research looking into wind farms, because we have a large number of those and could that be having some effect? we do know that a decision has been made, it has been suggested it will be removed from the shoreline tomorrow. it's one of the world's most popular flower shows, and as the blooms go on display at the royal chelsea flower show one garden will be a place of tranquillity and reflection. david domoney‘s design for the commonwealth war graves commission, celebrates the 850 gardeners who maintain 1.7 million war graves for visitors. daniela relph has been to see the garden being built. it is not an obvious place to start. the war cemeteries of france and belgium. this will be a chelsea garden inspired by remembrance. designer david domoney is creating the garden for the commonwealth
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war graves commission. for david, this is both a working trip and a personaljourney. his great—grandfather henry domoney fought in the first world war for the somerset light infantry. he aims to create a garden that honours him and the sacrifice of millions. 500 people in a day. just gone. much of this garden will be made by those who work with the commonwealth war graves commission. so, it's the measurement from the back of the railings to the moment it starts to descend, ineed... many of the bricks used will come from belgium, the same bricks used in the cemeteries. local metalworkers have created these leaves to be placed in the garden. french stonemasons have made a centrepiece, which will sit at the heart of the chelsea design. and the grand wreath that will form the entrance to the garden, made in belgium, bringing visitors into a place for
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quiet contemplation. but back home, the actual construction of the chelsea garden is a noisy and surprisingly ruthless business. at this nursery in hampshire, this is the chelsea dress rehearsal. i think the trees need to be reversed, but am wondering whether we half move the back one ina bit? each of the trees surrounding the garden are carefully moved into place. the layout is checked and tweaked. this is where the design becomes a reality. what it is doing is just coming around us, and almost like giving the garden a cuddle. the construction of a chelsea garden is a nerve—racking business. however much you plan a new design, there are some elements that are quite simply out of your control. we have to grow about four times the plants that we need just to get them to flower at the right time for the chelsea flower show. it is quite a brutal
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selection process, then. it is, it is a brutal selection process to get into chelsea as a designer, but the plants go through the same process as well. we have to get them looking good, no insect bites, no leaf damage. and of course, with a changing of the weather we are totally at the mercy of the climate. the colours of plants and flowers for the garden will reflect the mood of tranquillity. purples, pinks and whites, there will be aliums, roses. over the last few days, the commonwealth war graves commission has moved into its chelsea home. the final work is being done. by tomorrow it will be ready to show. in so many ways, a garden to remember. iimagine the i imagine the smell will be sensational which is more than you could say for what we are about to
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show you. these stunning pictures ca ptu re a show you. these stunning pictures capture a volcano in hawaii. it looks more like burnt camomile. the volcano is located on the southern tip of the island, there's been an almost continual eruption since 1983. that's an awful lot of molten rock! i promise you these pictures are genuine! let's take a look at the weather now. while there will be a bit of rain through this coming week, generally the week ahead will be much drier and considerably warmer as well particularly through the second half of the week. we've seen a bit of warmth build today because high pressured to the east and wordpress to the west bringing it into the south. through this evening it becomes confined to the highlands and islands, still one or two showers in northern ireland. clear skies around, most having a dry night. winds are gentle and stop
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things dropping as far as the temperatures are concerned. double—figure temperatures for towns and city centres tomorrow. high pressured to the east and low pressured to the east and low pressure to the west. a complication comes courtesy of the cold front which in the morning rush—hour will bring more cloud across northern ireland and occasional rain. by the end of the morning that will push into the islands of western scotland. for most of you a fine start on monday. patchy cloud in the west. we'll see a bit of cloud built and in the sunshine will be a touch hazy. sun bursts of rain turning heavy at times in western scotland. but will limit temperatures in northern scotland into the low teens but come further south, increased sunshine and it will feel even warmer than this afternoon. temperatures could reach the 20s for england and wales, may be mid—20s in the south—eastern corner. there will be some rain across scotland with a few heavy bursts. back players into
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the north sea overnight and into tuesday. through tuesday high—pressure to build in the bay of biscay. we've got westerly winds so we could see low cloud across western areas particularly in the hills and coasts. towards eastern areas longer spells of sunshine. temperatures taking a step back compared with monday but still feeling warm in the sun. of high pressure continues to build into wednesday, temperatures will rise once again. on wednesday there will still be some low cloud particularly in western scotland and northern ireland. elsewhere nifty low cloud brea ks ireland. elsewhere nifty low cloud breaks up, good sunny spells and temperatures widely into the 20s once again. they rise even further into thursday and friday as we see more sunshine develop. this is bbc news, it's 5.30pm. the headlines: donald trump has told the leaders of more than a0 muslim nations that they must join forces and play their part in defeating religious extremism. if we do not stand in uniform condemnation of this killing,
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then not only will we be judged by our people, by history... but we will be judged by god. the conservatives defend proposals to change social care, but won't confirm which pensioners will lose their winter fuel allowance. labour says it will keep the allowance, and guarantee annual rises in pensions and other benefits. we are putting £30 billion in over the lifetime of the parliament into welfare, we are reforming universal credits. six scottish political party leaders are preparing for a live televised election debate in edinburgh — the issue of independence is expected to dominate discussions. now time for the sports bulletin. a particularly lively evening for
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football. the final day of the premier league. the final day of the premier league. the top and at the table finished how it started. chelsea have their trophies, spurs could not be caught in second, and man city and liverpool made sure arsenal had no chance of overtaking them. let's start with liverpool ‘s game at home to relegated middlesbrough. bob marley gave the team talk at anfield: don't worry. easy assignment than done. liverpool still needed to win to have a chance of champions league football. a situation that leaded pressure onto every attack and anguished every mess. tension rose, the airwaves crackled. down in north london, liverpool have scored. firmament, time berries. they needed to harvest
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the nervous energy. delivery. the dam had broken. it liberated liveable. five minutes after the break, coutinho was a relaxed enough to do this. and another five minutes and another goal, this time adam lalla na. and another goal, this time adam lallana. from and another goal, this time adam lalla na. from dentist ‘s and another goal, this time adam lallana. from dentist ‘s waiting room to thanksgiving service. there is still a play—off to get through, but liverpool have taken clop's philosophy too hard. 0ne but liverpool have taken clop's philosophy too hard. one thing at a time. don't worry. only three teams could collect more points than we have. that means obviously we are not perfect, but we're in a good way. and for the moment. i'm really looking forward already to next season. because i really think we can create a wonderful base. arsenal are facing a season out of the champions league for the first time
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in 20 years. for the first time in 20 seasons, as manchester city and liverpool finished third and fourth in the english premier league to secure spots in europe's top club competition. all three sides were vying for the final two places arsene wenger refused to comment on his future as manager after the match, though he did admit the situation has affected the team's performance, and said they had been playing in a hostile environment for the second half of the season. manchester city seal their place in next season ‘s champions league by thrashing watford 5—0 to finish third in pep guardiola ‘s debut season. there were no real nerves amongst manchester city ‘s fans. although in walter max 0rrin ‘s final game in charge of vicarage road, they might have expected a final farewell performance from watford. city ahead in five minutes thanks to captain vincent company. a second wasn't too far behind. sergio aguero doing what he does best. city look to make sure the top three finished. not content with two,
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aguero did not stop there. three all but guaranteed the points, but they we re but guaranteed the points, but they were on a roll. why stop there? fernandinho making it four before half—time. not the sendoff he had wanted, while his boss could only smile. it did not improve watford after the break. cheese is continuing his promising start to his career. a season that started with so much promise ends trophy less but with a place among europe's elites sealed for next season. the goal fest continued at stamford bridge as champions chelsea added to relegation someone's misery by beating them 5—1. captainjohn terry received chelsea ‘s trophy on his final game for the club. they are now the first english side to win dirty topside games in 38 game season. chelsea are champions, at seven points ahead of spurs, but totte n ha m seven points ahead of spurs, but tottenham have finished the season in great form. they thrashed relegated hull 7—1 this afternoon. for more goals are harry kane,
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putting his season tally at 29 and securing in great form. they thrashed relegated hull 7—1 this afternoon. for more goals are harry kane, putting his season tally at 29 and securing him the golden boot for the second season in a row. it's something a proud of, obviously. 0nce something a proud of, obviously. once you win it once, you want to retain it and be the one to win two, three. to get the second in a row is very special. it's been a crazy week really. 0bviously very special. it's been a crazy week really. obviously i was behind for quite a while during the season. been out and injured for 11 weeks. timei been out and injured for 11 weeks. time i run perfectly, really. to score seven goals in the last two games, ididn't score seven goals in the last two games, i didn't imagine i could do that. to finish on 29 in 30 games, i'm pleased with that. here's confirmation of those results and the other matches today. all 20 teams were in action. confirmation of that huge win for spurs, also wins for man united, stoke, swansea and west ham. here is how the top of the table looks on the final day of the table looks on the final day of the season. does appointment for arsenal who will be playing in the europa league next season. along
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with man united finished six, and what a season for bournemouth, finishing ninth. at the bottom, it makes grim reading. we knew hull, borough and sunderland were down but they were all fresh today. apart from swansea and stoke it was not a great day for those lower sides. video technology looks set to be introduced in the premier league next season, or the season after next. the executive chairman has told the bbc he is aiming to have it in place for the start of the 2018, 2019 season. there's a view that they were going to text that next yearin they were going to text that next year in the efl and also in the fa cup. clearly these are decisions you do not take lightly in terms of how it interrupts the game, however might stop the flow of the game. there is an absolute desire to introduce it. all the premier league be first? no. but we will try and be a close second, having learned the lessons elsewhere in other competitions, so i think if the clu bs a pprove competitions, so i think if the clubs approve it, and i think they
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probably well, it will be 18—19 before we introduce it. the scottish permission this on up long ago but celtic are now officially call themselves the invincible is. they have gone the entire season unbeaten domestic league, the first team to achieve that feat in well over a century. celtic park can seem like its own world. rotating around the scottish premier league, untouchable, invincible. with traditional respect, celtic were uploaded onto the pitch by hearts, but many opponents have just been observed as the season. that's not celtic ‘s problem. they had to wait until the second part for their first goal there. history, that surrounded the players. remember 1967, when celtic were the best team in europe, never mind scotland. here now an opportunity for stewart armstrong. for celtic 106th goal of the season, a record in itself. to
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nail the final score. manager brendan rodgers first premier league season in scotland, unbeaten. ambitions must lie in the european champions league. but with a cup final to come, in scotland, all they could do for top celtic have done. for this team to have gone through a whole season, to have won 3a games and drawn four, it's absolutely remarkable. i'm delighted. it may never happen in our lifetime again for many people. the players, the work they have put in to achieve thatis work they have put in to achieve that is absolutely phenomenal. they deserve all the credit they get. elsewhere in the scottish premiership, aberdeen thrashed patrick 6— nell and rangers won 2—1 at saintjohnstone. here's how the final table looks, celtic unbeaten throughout the campaign. finishing
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top with a remarkable 106 points. no fewer than 30 clear of second placed aberdeen. inverness caledonian this relegated. it happens an offer to retain a scottish permission place all have to win a two legged play—off again championship side dundee united. manchester city women beat yeovil town of 5—1 to keep up the pressure on women's super league 1's big series leaders liverpool. city are to thurber there was a downside with world player of the year ca rli lloyd downside with world player of the year carli lloyd sold off for elbowing late in the game. she could receive a three match ban for violent conduct. city are behind second placed chelsea on goal difference. chelsea thrashed sunderland 7—0. tennis is old guard is continuing to struggle at the moment. novak djokovic was beaten in the italian open final by alexander zverev. the german got an early break in rome and held on as he went to ta ke break in rome and held on as he went to take the first set 6—4 against an under par djokovic. severe birth
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continued —— zverev continued his impressive display in the second set, winning its exciting three. the youngest player to win a masters title since djokovic herself. there are reports, and i must add just reports, only from one agency so far, but andre agassi has taken over as novak djokovic's new coach. andre agassi, multiple grand slam winner and will be super coach, we are hearing, for novak djokovic. super league magic weekend is on, with all 12 teams playing a newcastle united saintjames 12 teams playing a newcastle united saint james ‘s park 12 teams playing a newcastle united saintjames ‘s park ground. scuppered city reds started with a third in the table, two tries and greg johnson helped them beat leigh centurions 36—22. salford gob of hull fc into second place. in the first match this afternoon, huddersfield giants came from behind to wina huddersfield giants came from behind to win a gritty, hard—fought encounter against catalan dragons, 18 points to 12 the score. but the game of the day could well be called salford versus leeds.
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that's first versus fourth. kicked off at half five. currently 6— 02 castleford as live commentary on the five live sports extra. the moto gp circuit is in le mans this weekend for the french grand prix. but it hasn't gone well for valentino rossi who threw away victory and his championship lead after crashing on the final lap... the seven time world champion was battling with maverick vinales before an error handed the win to his yamaha team—mate just a few corners from the chequered flag. vinales now lea pfrogs rossi at the top of the standings. britain's cal crutchlow finished 5th. meanwhile in the junior category — moto3 — there was an extraordinary pile—up on the second lap of their race this morning. an earlier crash had led to one of the bikes dropping fluid on the track. and when the riders approached the tricky downhill corner, they fell like dominos. miraculously, it appears nobody sustained any serious injuries and the race restarted 30 minutes later. fernando alonso will compete for pole position at the indianapolis 500 later. the mclaren formula 1 driver made it
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through the first qualifying day seventh fastest and goes into sunday's ‘fast nine' to fight it out for pole position for next sunday's race. the dangers of racing on high—speed american oval tracks were emphasised as former f1 driver sebastien bourdais crashed into the wall. he was conscious as he was rescued from the car but has suffered multiple fractures. the frenchman is in hospital following surgery to his pelvis and hip. all our good wishes to him. that's it from me. as always you can check out all the stories on the bbc sport website. we'll have more on sports day at 6:30pm. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news.
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to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. mark, what do we have this week? it's the definition of a mixed bag. we have king arthur, guy ritchie's take on the legend. we have a drama set in tehran, called inversion. and colossal, anne hathaway meets godzilla. well, we start with king arthur. we saw in the brief clip there one david beckham. we better start and just say is he an eric cantona? he isn't. this is guy ritchie taking on the legend, if you are old enough to remember 1980s novelty records, king arthur is not all right. charlie is the young hero whose wicked uncle jude law has seized power, leaving him to grow up ducking and diving and he is keeping a low
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profile until david beckham no less tells him to and i quote, he says, "put ten fingers around the blunt end of that sword and give ita tug." he does, blimey, wouldn't you know it, it comes out. next thing he is having to be answerable because it turns out he might be the rightful heir, here is a clip. you've got the wrong man, sire. i was born in a brothel on a bridge in londinium. the sword can only be drawn by uther pendragon or his direct heir. you felt it, didn't you? the power. it's what pulled you out. you just don't know how to control it. so what happens now? you know what happens now.
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you're quickly becoming a legend. there's a surprise from guy ritchie that the baddy is well—spoken and posh and jude law. here is the weird thing. arthurian legend is rich and magical, i have rarely seen a film lacking in magic. a film so lacking in magic. stuff happens, big snakes, swords, huge cgi and you think this is dull. there are times it looks like outtakes from a ramstein video. it's just reminding me of other franchises i would be rather be watching. iquite like... i think he did a terrificjob with sherlock holmes, he took a small element of the text about fighting and turned it into something that made the movie action—packed. the problem with this is itjust looks like a bunch of cg! effects thrown together around the ropiest of scripts with the broadest of performances, the whole film, nudging and winking at the audience all the way through.
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i really ended up thinking, where isjohn boorman when you need him? it's so heavy on its feet. it's the fault of the script and the execution of the story. it's a thudding sword and sorcery film which i spent large portions thinking, why am i not excited by this, and not laughing at the jokes? why am i not thrilled by the set pieces and why are there so many mythical beasts that look like someone knocked them up on a home computer? it's really not good. there is nothing more to say. there isn't! we will move along. actually a change of gear. total change. inversion, a story about everyday life in tehran about the issues facing a young woman. absolutely. this has a fantastic performance, a young woman in polluted tehran. her mother is suffering respiratory failure. you have to move with her out of the city, what have you to lose? however, she has a full life.
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she works in a shop she runs. and employs a number of women. she has ambitions of a life for herself. the film is about the way in which a character is caught between what society decides and family demands of them and what they want for themselves. it's a very, very low—key film. to the point that i read reviews that said it's a film that never catches fire, it never takes off. i disagree. i was really moved by it. the reason i was is because i believed in these characters. it's a sort of neo—realist, handheld style, long lens so we see her through traffic and the constant hubbub of society. there is no music other than the sound of phones ringing. you really believe in her life and you come to absolutely side with her and her dreams of independence and i found it very, very moving. some people have said too low—key for them. i just found it convincing. i thought it was a film about people i believed in and cared about with a fantastic central
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performance and very well moderated. a country we still know relatively little about, did we learn more? it's producing extraordinary cinema. and more and more we are seeing that this demonstration that films made with some limited resources to some extent can be much greater canvases than a film like king arthur, in which there is endless cgi and nothing going on. we have done that! in that case, shall we move to... colossal. it's anne hathaway, a lot of people love her, and a monster, godzilla—like creature and they‘ re linked. this has been described as rachel getting married versus godzilla. anne hathaway has fallen into alcoholism and her life has fallen apart. her boyfriend kicks her out, she goes back to her home town and takes up in her parents' empty house and meets up with jason
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sudeikis who runs the local bar. that means more drinking. one morning she turns on the television and realises a monster has attacked seoul. she thinks there is a connection between that and her. meanwhile, her life continues normally. here is a clip. when they started downsizing i was the first to go. oh, you jerk, you already knew. yes, i'm sorry. ah, what? why didn't you tell me? why are you letting me like... my past. i didn't want you to think i was creepy, like i'm some sort of stalker. well, it's too late for that. yeah. so have you been following me all these years? of course i have. somebody actually made it out of here and did something special for once.
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hell, look what had to happen for things to get interesting around here. giants attacking south korea. no, i mean you. and that relationship is important. yeah, that's a lovely indication of the way in which the movie is juggling two different things. this us indie picture rom—com that's shaping up. 0n the other hand this monster movie playing out far away. yet, she comes to believe somehow she is controlling the monster or there is a link between them. the film becomes a metaphor for the way in which addiction and self—destruction causes harm that we are totally oblivious to. it's a really, really strange concept that works surprisingly well. i came out and somebody said that fell apart, didn't it? i said, yes, but isn't it fascinating how long it didn't fall apart? for how long it managed to keep this idea that a story about somebody‘s small scale personal problems may be playing out in some horrible
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grand style somewhere far, and it becomes a film about addiction and about alcoholism and about abusive relationships, about spectatorship and the way in which we watch things on rolling news. this is a great bit. this is where they realise something is up. she's dancing in the park and there is the monster doing exactly the same. except all the way through the film is holding this idea that maybe this isjust a paranoid delusion. what a strange idea. i think what the writer and director manages to do is, he wrote this originally as a low budget spanish language film to which anne hathaway became attached and it opened it up to a wider audience. the problem — people got baffled and walked out. however, if you want something that's strange and adventurous and isn't not scared to fail this is really interesting. it's far from perfect, there are places it starts to fall apart, but for a good two thirds
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it is smart, intelligent, funny, and somehow that thing about massive monsters and tiny small scale problems, there is a connection and the metaphor works surprisingly well. 0n the positive side anne hathaway fans may like monster fans and monster fans may fall in love with anne hathaway. to be honest, i am not sure it's going to change attitudes. it's an adventurous and hard to market film but i liked it. 0k. let's move on. yeah. the levelling. this is... wonderful. somerset levels after the floods and an emotional story. it is, it's about family secrets, fantastic performances. brilliantly directed by hope dickson leach. it's her first feature film. it is weirdly something like ten years ago she was named as a rising star by screen international, like a decade ago. i think she's really made good on the promise of short films. it's a rich emotionally powerful
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film, superb sound design. great score. and again very, very low—key but very powerful. i really liked it. david troughton to plays her father. he does and between them they investigate family secrets that have been buried but refuse to stay buried. best dvd. mulholland drive. yeah, it's coming to blu—ray overseen by david lynch. i flagged this up as you probably know, twin peaks is coming back. i always found david lynch a fascinating director. this was voted, there was a bbc poll of something like best films of the 20th century. of the 21st century. this came out on top. it started life as a tv pilot and didn't start as a film. it is a david lynch classic. it's lovely to have it in a beautiful transfer and to revisit it. i don't think it's lynch's best film
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but all of lynch's back catalogue is best having in the best possible format. we have had a mixed bag. we have, yes. the only thing i take away is see whatever you want, but king arthur... we are there. we got the message. did i make that clear? always good to see you. and you. thanks, mark. a quick reminder before we go that you'll find more film news and reviews from across the bbc online at bbc.co.uk/markkermode. and you can find all our previous programmes on the bbc iplayer. that's it for this week, though. thanks for watching, goodbye. while there will be a bit of rain through this coming week, generally the week ahead will be much drier and considerably warmer as well particularly through the second half of the week. we've seen a bit of warmth build today because high pressured to the east and low pressure to the west
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bringing it into the south. through this evening it becomes confined to the highlands and islands, still one or two showers in northern ireland. clear skies around, most having a dry night. winds are gentle and stop things dropping as far as the temperatures are concerned. double—figure temperatures for towns and city centres tomorrow. high pressured to the east and low pressure to the west. a complication comes courtesy of the cold front which in the morning rush—hour will bring more cloud across northern ireland and occasional rain. by the end of the morning that will push into the islands of western scotland. for most of you a fine start on monday. patchy cloud in the west. we'll see a bit of cloud built and in the sunshine will be a touch hazy. sun bursts of rain turning heavy at times in western scotland. but will limit temperatures in northern scotland into the low teens but come further south, increased sunshine and it will feel even warmer than this afternoon.
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temperatures could reach the 20s for england and wales, may be mid—20s in the south—eastern corner. there will be some rain across scotland with a few heavy bursts. that clears into the north sea overnight and into tuesday. through tuesday high—pressure to build in the bay of biscay. we've got westerly winds so we could see low cloud across western areas particularly in the hills and coasts. towards eastern areas longer spells of sunshine. temperatures taking a step back compared with monday but still feeling warm in the sun. as high pressure continues to build into wednesday, temperatures will rise once again. on wednesday there will still be some low cloud particularly in western scotland and northern ireland. elsewhere misty low cloud breaks up, good sunny spells and temperatures widely into the 20s once again. they rise even further into thursday and friday as we see more sunshine develop.
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