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the attack has been described as a "determined and sustained , " attempt, to identify weak passwords for the e—mails of nine thousand accounts, used by mps, peers and their staff. royal bank of scotland is cutting 4a3jobs in the uk, dealing with loans for small businesses and moving many of them to india. the bank, which is 73% owned by the taxpayer, says it's part of a drive to reduce costs. earlier this year rbs announced it was cutting 250 itjobs in brtitain, and also relocating dozens of them to india. now it is sport today. hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: sebastian vettel and lewis hamilton collide behind the safety car at the azerbaijan grand prix — but it's daniel ricciardo who claims red bull's first win of the season. world champions germany are through to the confederations cup
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semi—finals after a 3—1 win over cameroon. and jordan spieth wins the travellers championship in connecticut after chipping in for birdie on the first play—off hole, sparking wild celebrations with his caddie. hello and welcome to the programme, and it's formula 1 where we start. the azerbaijan grand prix had everything on sunday. it featured three safety cars and several crashes, the most talked about between lewis hamilton and sebastian vettel. and tom clarkson was in baku. the azerbaijan grand prix turned out to be one of the most chaotic races in recent memory. lewis hamilton started on pole position, but he did not win the race, not by a long shot. please guys in azerbaijan did not point to a storm, but chaos
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reigned from the start. kimi raikkonen‘s hopes were ended early. lewis hamilton did not get escape controversy after he had to restart with a safety car. sebastian vettel got too close. sebastian vettel hit me. there was so much debris that the race was suspended for 20 minutes. lewis hamilton's hopes of victory vanished after the restart. his headrest had to be replaced. he recovered to finish fifth. in front of them, daniel ricciardo claimed red bull's first win this season. bottas wound up in second place. it was a race few will ever forget. we had problems with most of our races, it was crazy. i made an unplanned pitstop at the beginning. we have
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some degree in the breaks, we had to stop and clean it. we dropped back to 17th place. did i think that i would win? absolutely not. daniel ricciardo, delighted, it's still very surprised that he has won this grand prix. his fifth victory in formula i. but the headlines are all about hamilton and sebastian vettel. since the race, lewis hamilton has come out and said that azerbaijan grand prix driving was disgusting. i am sure he will have more to say on that later. the confederations cup semi—final make up has now been confirmed after germany and chile booked their places in the last four on sunday. the world champions defeated cameroon 3—1 in sochi, while in moscow, chile got the 1—1 draw they required australia. craig templeton rounds up the action.
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cameroon needed a victory to qualify. after a stale first half, they sparked into life. this amazing strike helped them move forward. 0nce strike helped them move forward. once more, the video assist and caused controversy after a false red ca rd caused controversy after a false red card was given for this challenge. they eventually dismissed the right man after a second review. the germans took full advantage, the first international goal came. cameroon did not pull back a consolation goal, and now germany will face mexico in the semifinals. they will be joined by chile who survived a scare in moscow against australia. the socceroos took the lead after poor defending. but, to
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leave saved the day, firing in an equaliser —— chile. chile are face portugal in the semi—final. to golf, and on the pga tour, jordan spieth won the travellers championship with a spectacular chip from the bunker on the first play off hole in connecticut. the world number six finished level with daniel berger on 12 under at the end of the fourth round. spieth then holed out from 30 feet for birdie to beat his fellow american, who needed to sink this putt to force a further hole. but he failed, and at 23, spieth becomes the second—youngest player since 1945 to notch ten tour victories — after tiger woods.
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while on the lpga tour, south korea's so yeon ru claimed a two—stroke victory in arkansas for her fifth tour title. the 26—year—old who's world number three was a comfortable winner after taking a five stroke advantage into sunday's final round, having not played for a fortnight after she missed the cut in her last tournament. the win means she's the first two time winner on the tour this year having taken the ana inspiration in april for her second major title. with a week to go until wimbledon, someone who knows a thing or two about winning it, petra kvitova, who claimed her first tournament since returning from a knife attack injury with victory in birmingham. the czech, who's a two time champion at the all england club, defeated 21—year—old australian asheligh barty. having suffered the attack during a robbery and was out of action until last month's french open having been told she may not play again.
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and after dropping the first set, came back to triumph, 4-6 6-3 6-2. i could not imagine a better comeback. for my second, i won a trophy. that was why i was fighting to play the game. that is why i was still able to have great motivation to win the title. roger federer created history of his own by winning his ninth title at halle on sunday. the 18 time grand slam champion was a straight sets winner over germany's alexander zverev in less than an hour. the 35—year—old top seed lost his first match of the grass—court season last week in stuttgart to tommy haas, but was back on track at halle — culminating in this 6—1, 6—3 victory over the home favourite zverev. i was doubting myself a little bit, i must admit, because losing first round for the first time in 15 years on grass was always going to shake
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mea on grass was always going to shake me a little bit. to be able to move on and remind myself that i actually can play well on grass, it is good. it gives me confidence. my nights win here, it is a wonderful feeling to win again. i am not sure if i will ever get a chance to win this again. it's important enjoy this one. now to cricket, where south africa beat pakistan by three wickets in their first match of the women's world cup in leicester. pakistan posted their highest ever world cup score with opener nahida khan, making 79 as they finished on 206—8. in response, south africa slumped from 113 without loss to 177 for seven. number nine shabnim ismail needing to strike consecutive boundaries in the 49th over to secure a win. not so good for south africa's men though. they lost 2—1 to england in their best of three t20 series. chasing 182 to win, the proteas came up 19 runs short. the two sides next contest a four—match test series which starts
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on the sixth ofjuly at lords. and india have thrashed west indies by 105 runs in their rain—affected second one day international in port of spain. ajinkya rahane top scoring for india with 103. in response, the windies could only manage 205 for six, while kuldeep yadav took figures of three for 50. the result means india lead the five match series 1—0 after the first game was washed out. yamaha's valentino rossi made gp history, returning to the top of the motogp podium for the first time in more than a year after winning at the dutch tt at assen on sunday. the 38—year—old beat compatriot danilo petrucci into second place by a mere 0.063 of a second. the triple world champion marc marquez was third for honda. rossi has now been a winner across all classes for longer than any other rider in the history of motorcycling. sunday's victory coming 20 years and 313 days since his first. this place is always special.
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especially today, you have a lot of people around and the track is fantastic. i am excited for me and for my team, i am back on to first place after one year or less. it was a great race, i am so happy. emirates team new zealand are on the verge of claiming the america's cup needing just one more win on monday to claim the world's oldest sporting contest. they lead holders 0racle team usa 6—1 in the race to seven after winning both races on sunday in bermuda. one more victory for the kiwis will put to rest their collapse in san francisco four years ago when after leading 8—1 they were beaten 9—8. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there, good morning.
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the week that lies ahead will be very different from the weekjust gone, because the next few days are looking very unsettled which means we will see spells of rain which could be quite heavy. quite windy and you will notice things cooler, on a downward trend. it's a reasonable start to the day. lighter winds than we are seeing through the weekend, but we are looking out west for this low pressure to bring rain in from the west. a pretty reasonable start, much lighter winds and good spells of sunshine early on but a fresh start to the day, but in more rural spots, dipping into single figures. a bright start for many. some good spells of sunshine. but out west, that low pressure system pushing its way into the west of ireland. that is making progress northwards and eastwards and will continue to do so. a lovely start in many places with a good deal of sunshine. that will turn a bit cloudier across wales and the south—west of england. as this area of low pressure shows its hand, there will be some cloud and rain working its way into northern
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ireland. they'll bring a shower but the eastern side of england, lengthy spells of sunshine. 2a in london but only 1a degrees in aberdeenshire. this evening, that rain making slow progress northwards and eastwards. quite wet by the end of the night, quite windy as well in scotland and dribs and drabs of rain into northern england and possibly north wales. tuesday, the south, another area of low pressure drifting in from the near continent. this may bring some thundery downpours to southern counties. we start off quite wet and windy in northern ireland which eases away to the east, improving here maybe with a few showers in the afternoon, quite wet and windy for much of scotland. further south, potentially some thundery showers and a messy picture on tuesday afternoon. 21 degrees on monday for london but only 12 degrees in aberdeen. tuesday night and wednesday, some thundery rain moving northward in a broad area of rain across england and wales, up into southern scotland. by the middle of the week, this huge area of low pressure
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affecting much of central and western europe. things will be cooling down here. a pretty tricky forecast trying to get the detail right but at the moment, it looks as if we are going to see some wetter, windy weather across much of northern england and with the breeze coming in, the north sea coastal areas will be on the cool side, that is for sure. hello, i'm tom donkin, welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. these are our top stories: a boat packed with tourists sinks at a busy colombian resort. at least nine people have died — dozens of others are missing. fierce resistance in the last push for mosul: islamic state militants
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make a final stand against iraqi troops' advancing into the city. a roadside inferno in central pakistan claims at least 150 lives: many of the victims were collecting fuel from a crashed oil tanker. and in britain — there are calls for a national response to the grenfell tower tragedy after 60 high—rise buildings fail safety tests.
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