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good afternoon. sir mo farah has been celebrating his victory in last night's 10,000 metres at the world championships — describing it as a "beautiful night" as well as one of the toughest races of his career. the 34—year—old — who's set to retire at the end of the season — suffered a leg injury after almost falling during the race. he says he is determined to defend his 5,000 metres world title on wednesday. here's our sports correspondent andy swiss. his report contains some flash photography. the morning after the unforgettable night before. fans flocked knowing day two of this championships has the toughest act bobble. the site of mo farah on top of a podium has become a gloriously familiar one, but even by his heady standards, last night's was something special. his rivals threw everything at him.
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twice, he was tripped on the final lap, but with the entire stadium, including his family, roaring him home, the result was breathtakingly brilliant. mo farah is going to win it! he is a one—man world superpower! it is a gold medal for mo farah! you lap of honour with his wife and children, and this morning, he said that made it particularly emotional. this morning, ijust wa nted emotional. this morning, ijust wanted to go and celebrate with them. because this is it. i will be able to enjoy time with my family. they were all loving it, it was just beautiful. i really enjoyed it. it's about being yourself. if you believe enoughin about being yourself. if you believe enough in something, you can do it. and one of britain's's greatest female athletes believes last night
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was mo fa rah‘s female athletes believes last night was mo farah‘s crowning achievement. it makes it special and unique that his first double victory came in this stadium in 2012. how much she has grown over the two distances and a championships and to culminate here, ithink a championships and to culminate here, i think he's going to be walking away, thinking, am i doing the right thing, walking away from the right thing, walking away from the track? this evening is all about another start taking his final ballot. usain bolt described his performance last night is very bad, but he still won it. there he goes. a shake of the head said it all, though. usain bolt will be better tonight, but the ultimate sure man will be hoping to sign off in style. usain bolt goes in the 100 metres later on, but he will have to go some to match the extraordinary atmosphere here last night. it was
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such a gruelling race for mo farah. he picked up the few cuts and bruises, but the good news is he said he should be fit to defend his 5000 metres title here later next week. we've had more british people in action here today, including catalina johnson in the heptathlon. she made a good start in the hurdles, her second fastest time ever, and is also being going nicely in the highjump as ever, and is also being going nicely in the high jump as well. 0lympic bronze medallist sophie hitchen is safely through to the final of the hammer, but later on, it's allabout the 100 metres and usain bolt. the semifinals are at seven o'clock, the finals at 945. it could be another night to remember. it could indeed. thanks very much for that. the united nations will vote later today on a proposal to toughen economic sanctions against north korea. a resolution drafted by the us — in response to recent missile tests — aims to cut north korean exports
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of coal, iron, lead and seafood. if approved, this could deprive pyongyang of more than a billion pounds a year. a british computer expert has appeared before a judge in las vegas, charged with creating software to steal bank details. prosecutors said 23—year—old marcus hutchins had admitted writing and selling the malware code, but his lawyer said his client denied all the charges against him. james cook reports from las vegas. marcus hutchins appeared before us federaljudge nancy koppe in a las vegas courtroom. the prosecution said he admitted writing computer code designed to steal banking details and also claimed there was evidence that he discussed how to split the profits with an accomplice. but his lawyer says he denies all the charges against him. how's he doing? he's holding up and in good spirits. the family, i think, support and the friends' support and his co—workers and the community have been tremendously supportive for him. indeed, many fellow cyber security
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experts regard marcus hutchins as a hero for stopping an attack which caused chaos for the nhs and spread to 150 countries around the world. mr hutchins was in las vegas, partying at mansions, driving fast cars and shooting at gun ranges. the fbi moved in at the airport as he was about to fly home to the uk. he is due in court in wisconsin on tuesday. until then, thejudge here ordered his release on bail, subject to conditions which include surrendering his passport and gps monitoring. marcus hutchins appeared in court in las vegas right at the end of the working week. his lawyers had just a few minutes to scramble together his bail money, but by the time they had done so, the court had closed, which means we will have to spend the weekend injail. which means he will have to spend the weekend injail. james cook, bbc news, las vegas. scientists have warned that extreme weather could kill 150,000 people in europe each year by the end
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of this century. their findings come as parts of europe are in the grip of a recording breaking heatwave. of a record—breaking heatwave. temperatures have soared into the high forties in parts of italy, spain and the balkans. some regions are contending with drought and forest fires. from sicily, gavin lee sent this report. sicily, 41 celsius in the shade. uncomfortable, even for the locals. this extreme heat is 10 degrees higher than is usually recorded in summer higher than is usually recorded in summer in the warmest parts of southern europe. it's the fifth consecutive day that sicily is experiencing temperatures of more than 40 celsius. people are generally heeding government advice to stay indoors in the afternoon. the picture is reflected in sardinia and on the italian mainland also,
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people are experiencing a heatwave and trout. dozens of wildfires are broken out across the country. hungary, spain and the balkans are also sweltering in the heatwave nicknamed lucifer. for tourists here in sicily, it's about keeping pool and carrying on. we're keeping our wits about us in terms of any alerts we need to be aware of. local people are very friendly, especially with the kids. with many keeping indoors, there's not much daytime trade for businesses, cafes and restaurants relying on a tourist season. it is quiet, but from eight or nine or ten o'clock, people come out. so they ta ke o'clock, people come out. so they take a drink, eat at a restaurant and stay out every day. for those hoping for a break from europe's heatwaves, temperatures are expected to return to some normality late
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next week. this is something scientists suggest we should get used to,‘ warming will lead to more extreme weather patterns in the future. now — president trump may be heading to the golf course for a break, but the russian president vladimir putin has chosen the great outdoors. as part of a three—day trip to the siberian wilderness, he's been fishing, swimming and hunting. and once again baring his chest for the cameras. with all the sport — here's tim hague at the bbc sport centre. cricket, and jonny bairstow returned to the crease this morning on 33 not out, as england resumed on 260—6 on day two of the final test against south africa at old trafford. play got under way at 11 and toby roland—jones is alongside the yorkshireman. england lead the series 2—1.
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this is the fourth and final match between the sides. local hero jimmy anderson local herojimmy anderson but the tourists back on the front foot. let's look at the scorecard. celtic have started the defence of their scottish premiership title. it's coming up to half time in their match against hearts at celtic park, and the champions have picked up where they left off last season. lee griffiths scored the opening goal. putting celtic ahead just before the
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half hour mark. alistair brownlee has ruled himself out of the rest of the world triathlon season. the double olympic gold medallist is having surgery to sort an ongoing hip problem. brownlee says he hopes the surgery will allow him to prolong his career. the briton had been a favourite for next month's ironman 70.3 world championship in america. english golfer georgia hall will begin her third round at the women's british open at kingsbarns just two shots off the lead. hall led for most of yesterday's second round thanks to four consecutive birdies on the front nine, which put her in a great position for the weekend. out in front is south korea's ik kim. she's11—under par — an eagle putt like this will help with that! the leaders are due out at around 2:45. alfie hewitt has beaten gordon reed in an all british final at the wheelchair tennis championships in
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nottingham. it's the first time there's been an all british match. he will face the world number one from argentina. that is all the sport for now. that's it. the next news on bbc one is at ten past six — bye for now. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel. millions of rail passengers are facing three weeks of disruption, as work to update the uk's busiest railway station gets underway today. the revamp of london's waterloo station is costing £800 million. ten of the station's 19 platforms are being closed, which means a significantly reduced service while it is carried out. this phase of the upgrade is due to be finished by the 28th of august.
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our correspondent simonjones has been at waterloo station since this morning. it is a very busy station, and at the busiest times, you've got 600 passengers arriving here every single minute. so if you take out some of the capacity, that is going to have a big impact. ten platforms being taken out of service, so four of them can be extended. to try and mitigate against that, they've actually reopened five platforms over there, which used to serve the eurostar trains, before they moved to st pancras. they've been mothballed, but now they've been reopened to try to improve the capacity. but people are still being told there will be far fewer trains. the advice is to stay at home if you don't have to come here, perhaps work from home, if you are commuting, or even take your summer holidays. but passengers i've been speaking to here this morning are finding this situation rather frustrating. trying to get to milford.
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i don't know when that's going to happen, because all the trains, the ones that are running, are delayed. so it's a mess. an absolute mess, yeah. my boyfriend lives in earlsfield, and i know he's going to have a complete nightmare for the next three or four weeks getting to work. i'm just trying to get there now, and it's crazy. it's supposed not to be affected on saturdays, and already, within one day, i mean, it's just a nightmare. they're not even telling us how long trains are delayed. well, the situation is going to be monitored very closely by transport focus. let's talk now to linda mccourt from the organisation. what are you making of it? overall, this is very good news for passengers in the long—term, because it will make more capacity on trains and all of that. however, there is short—term pain, and we feel that some recognition of that should be made through enhanced compensation over and above what is being offered by the charter. we in transport focus will be very
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much on the ground over the next three weeks. and today, it's very pleasing to see so many staff out helping passengers. that is what you need during something major like this, plenty of staff out, assisting, helping passengers where the sort of layout has changed. the bottom line with compensation is, if services have been changed in advance, you're not going to get any extra money. and that is the letter of the law. and we understand that. but these are loyal passengers, and they are people who travel each day, pay a lot for season ticket holders. so where is the spirit of the customer service, that tells all these people, we care about you during this disruption? so we are asking for a review of those arrangements. and in the interim, we will be checking how things are running, how well it is being managed, and we will be feeding any issues back. we can see behind you it is pretty busy here for a saturday, but the big test will be monday when you have all the commuters coming into work.
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absolutely. on monday, it's going to be really important that there is even more staff out there to help passengers. we in transport focus will be here too, monitoring and seeing how it's going, but yes, i think on monday, it's going to be the afternoon peak that will be the real test, that's between half four and six. not everybody is able to take the advice of work from home and take holidays, so yes, let's see what monday brings. thank you very much forjoining us. we have seen a lot of staff here at the station offering advice to passengers, and that is certainly going to be needed going into next week. the irish prime minister leo varadkar is continuing his first official visit to northern ireland. the taoiseach, who is gay, is attending belfast pride today. yesterday he focused on brexit, with a strongly worded speech suggesting that a bilateral customs union could be the best way for the uk to deal with the issue of northern ireland's border with the republic.
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0ur ireland correspondent chris buckler explains. the irish border has become a divisive issue in the debate about brexit. the scores of completely open roads that connect northern ireland and the republic carry huge amounts of traffic and trade, and on his first official visit north of the border as ireland's prime minister, leo varadkar insisted that the free movement of people, goods and services should continue here after the uk leaves the eu. perhaps the biggest challenge for our generation is brexit. every single aspect of life in northern ireland could be affected by the outcome. we will do all that we can in brussels, london and dublin to achieve the best outcome for everybody on this island, to protect our peace, our freedoms, our rights and our prosperity. leo varadkar has also been meeting northern ireland's main political parties, including the dup, who supported brexit.
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they have taken exception to some of his recent comments that were critical of those he called the "hard brexiteers". some of his party members have also questioned his decision to attend an event this morning as part of belfast pride. the organisation is campaigning for the introduction of same—sex marriage in northern ireland, which in the past the dup has blocked. leo varadkar is openly gay and campaigned during the republic's marriage equality referendum two years ago. but the democratic unionists have suggested he should not interfere with social issues within northern ireland. brexit is, however, expected to have an impact on both sides of the border, and as a result the irish government are likely to remain very vocal as the uk continues to negotiate its departure from the eu. chris buckler, bbc news, belfast. greater manchester police are investigating reports of an acid attack in salford. it's thought the victim was attacked in woodland in pendlebury
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yesterday afternoon. the man — who is in his 20s — has eye and face injuries, but it's not yet known how badly injured he is. a man has died after being shot in the chest outside a petrol station in chelmsford. essex police were called to the scene at two o'clock this morning. detectives say the victim and another man, both in their twenties were outside the petrol station when a blue ford fiesta pulled up. one of the men was shot before the car was driven off. a murder investigation is now underway. an oxford university employee, who's been on the run on suspicion of murder, has been arrested with his alleged accomplice. andrew warren and professor wyndham lathem of northwestern university, are accused of stabbing a 26—year—old man to death in chicago last week. both men were detained in oakland in california. theresa may's former chief of staff, nick timothy, has been speaking
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to the daily telegraph to explain where he thinks the general election campaign went wrong for the conservatives. he says that when she became prime minister, theresa may understood that the country wanted fundamental change, but he says "it was a reassurance and continuity campaign rather than a change campaign... i think that was wrong." after the election, the chancellor philip hammond criticised the campaign, saying the conservatives should have focused more on their economic record. mr timothy seems to accept this, saying "it probably is true that there should have been more on the economy during the campaign". however, although he accepts some criticism of the campaign he helped run, he warns the tories not to go to their comfort zone, saying "if the party retreats to a much more orthodox conservative proposition, we risk the election of a dangerous left—wing alternative." earlier i spoke to our political correspondent leila nathoo
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and asked her about the significance of the interview. it is quite a lengthy interview with nick timothy, who was at the heart of government. he was one of theresa may's inner circle, along with fiona hill, one of the two key advisors, and he played a role in the election, one of the authors of that manifesto that seemed to not go so well for the conservative party. but i have to say, in this lengthy interview, there are no huge revelations, as you might expect from someone who had that kind of insight and access and into theresa may. we didn't learn anything new as such about theresa may, what she was like to work with. as you say, he is talking about the fact that the tories should not have pushed this continuity message, should have
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stuck with the message of change. with hindsight, he says it perhaps should not have been such a presidential campaign, and he does say they probably underestimated jeremy corbyn. but i think, you know, it is a broad brush look, what you get is that he remains extremely loyal to theresa may, he is not going to spill the beans, still very much in support of her as the right person to lead the country, saying she has done well to turn things around after the election. so much of that is interesting, because you talk about no particular sign of contrition. people listening to this, nick timothy and fiona hill were not household names, they were inner circle people, but we cannot overstate the role they played with theresa may and in the election campaign. so people reading the telegraph might think, well, you had an awful lot to do with this! absolutely, and they did fall on their swords, resigning in the immediate aftermath of the election because of their role. there had been accusations that they had run a closed circle, and he admits in the article that there was perhaps
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better communication that could have been had with others in government and in whitehall, but there had been accusations that they had run things, the three of them, but you are right, i do not think there is much of an apology here, not really any hint of, i hold my hands up, this is where we went wrong. he does have a bit of advice, you saw there that he is advising the tory party not to retreat into traditional conservatism, advising theresa may to stick with the social care reform, which, you will remember, was a real stumbling block in the campaign. he was the architect of that policy, and he's defending quite a lot, actually. he is advising theresa may to stick with promising to intervene in markets. so various hints of what we can expect in his regular column that will be coming in the telegraph, he will also be writing for the sun in the coming months, too, but i do not think it is going to be a tell all,
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but we might get a few insights down the line. the un will vote on tough new economic sanctions today that seeks to deprive north korea of 1billion dollars in revenues as the united states attempts to stitch together an international coalition to convince the regime to halt its nuclear programme. the us—drafted resolution proposes a drastic export ban on key products in retaliation for two intercontinental ballistic missile tests last month well, a short time ago i spoke missile tests last month. well, a short time ago i spoke to sir emerones parry — he's the uk's former ambassador to the united nations. he told me there are few options available to deal with the threat from north korea. the sanctions haven't worked before, so the sanctions haven't worked before, so is the idea they will become increasingly more punitive? there is a degree of implementation in those sanctions, so exports into north
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correia, which are prohibited, and i think most of the exports from north korea will also be prohibited. the challenge is what influenced us that have on the regime, and for the moment, not much, because as we have seen from the missile tests. the a nswer seen from the missile tests. the answer is a lot depends on china, whether china is prepared to use its influence, all that influence is often overstated. and whether or not the united states, perhaps the united nations itself, through the good offices of the secretary—general, would be prepared to get into some meaningful negotiations with the regime to see they can find a way through. but aside from that, the path is more punitive restrictions on the regime. the donald trump administration talks a lot about china, and it seems to outsiders puts a lot of
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pressure on china, as if it does have a huge influence. perhaps you're suggesting, are you suggesting that the trump administration perhaps thinks china has even more influence than it possibly does? i'm not commenting on the trump administration, but in terms of perceptions of china, yes, it has a certain influence, it is a neighbour, but it also has real interest. if there were a total breakdown in north korea, there would be an influx of people from living vintage china and that would bea living vintage china and that would be a major problem. it's also that it is very difficult regime even for china. getting a response from the leadership is very difficult. but what we need is for china to engage with russia and for the six party talks, involving both south and north korea. we need them to engage. i think that's part of the resolution were calling for tonight. at 93, reg buttress from south wales
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is thought to be britain's oldest supermarket worker. now, after more than 30 years in his currentjob he's decided it's finally time to retire. but it isn't the first time he's hung up his apron — he originally stopped working at the age of 65, but lasted only six weeks before asking for his job back! 0ur correspondent tomos morgan went to meet him before his final shift. this is reg buttress. not your average 93—year—old. but his customers and colleagues love him. he retired once at 65, just a few years into his time at sainsbury‘s. his retirement only lasted a few weeks. i look forward to coming here to meet people. i look forward to it. after working at the supermarket for over 35 years, next month, when he turns 94, why will he finally pack it all in? i need to do some
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jobs in the summer. itjust isn't fair to the family. he has had five different careers during his life, starting like many others in the mines. after working for 80 years, his work ethic and commitment to the job is still as strong as ever. he loves it, he loves being here. he loves hisjob. i don't know what he'll do when he's not doing it. believed to be the oldest shop worker in britain, reg is 75 years older than the youngest worker in this store. it is clear his enthusiasm rubs off on shoppers and colleagues alike. he's a lovely man. beautiful. a beautiful soul. yes, everyone likes to meet and greet him, always stop for a chat. i will miss them,
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