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this is bbc news. the headlines at 5pm: the british hacker who helped stop usain bolt goes for his final world championships in london tonight, his last individual event before retiring. it's the second day of the championships here at the london stadium. we have already had a morning session with plenty of british success, but massive disappointment as well. italian police say a model was drugged and put up for sale in milan last month. the british hacker who helped stop a cyber—attack on the nhs, spends the weekend in a us prison, after being accused of creating software that steals customers' bank details. his lawyer denies it. also in the next hour: 3 weeks of disruption for millions
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of passengers using the the uk's busiest train station almost half the platforms at london's waterloo station have been closed as part of an £800 million upgrade. from a space blockbuster to a bunch of emergings. find out about this week's film releases in the film review. ina in a couple of hours usain bolt will go for gold again in the 100 metres. it will be his last ever individual event before retiring, and unless there is a major upset, as he looks set to win his 12th world championship gold medal. katarina johnson—thompson was six in the
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hurdles and kaslin, but struggled in the high jump. she hurdles and kaslin, but struggled in the highjump. she managed a best of only 1.08 metres, far off her personal best of 1.98 metres. tonight she competes in the shop but and the 200 metres. joining me now from the london stadium is our sports presenter, 0lly foster. what can we expect the night? what is the highlight? you already mentioned it. it is the main event thatis mentioned it. it is the main event that is usain bolt. you mentioned it would be a major upset if he did not win another gold medal in the 100 metres. the blue ribbon event of world athletics. a lot of people would be upset, but this is not the usain bolt that we've become accustomed to. he has looked rusty and sluggish. there he is in his heat yesterday. turning on the afterburners to win his heat, but watch for that shake of the head. he
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was not happy with how he came out of the blocks. he is a big man had never very quick, and it is the second half of the race when he makes up and eats up the track and devours his opposition. but he was not happy. he said the blocks moves, they are the worst he has ever encountered in all his years winning all his medals. he hasn't been that well—prepared coming all his medals. he hasn't been that well—prepa red coming into all his medals. he hasn't been that well—prepared coming into these championships. just a couple of weeks ago in monaco, that was the first time this season he has dipped below ten seconds, and some of his rivals he will come up against and i'd have dipped under ten seconds on numerous occasions already this season. numerous occasions already this season. we will go through some of those heats in a moment. but let's just hear from those heats in a moment. but let's just hearfrom usain bolt those heats in a moment. but let's just hear from usain bolt after that heat. i'm not really fond of these blocks, having these are the worst blocks, having these are the worst blocks i've ever experienced. i have to get this together, i have to get the start together, i can't keep doing this. what is it about the
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blocks in particular? it is shaky. when i did my warm up i pushed back and it felt back, it is not a sturdy, not as firm as i am used to. i was down on the track a few moments go speaking to british sprinterjason gardner who is doing some vip work here, and he was talking me through the mechanism. he says it is a slightly different block, but it doesn't move at all, it is just block, but it doesn't move at all, it isjust something block, but it doesn't move at all, it is just something in block, but it doesn't move at all, it isjust something in usain bolt‘s mind he is not happy with. he goes on the third heat. as is the young american and british runners. any of those three could get through to the final, that would be fantastic. you and blake, justin gatlin, the pantomime villain here because of his doping bans. we expected to be a heavyweight contest in the semifinals, and remember there is a chance that usain bolt if you run is
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like you did yesterday, might not make the final. that's turned to the heptathlon. a terrible day for kjt. but it is not over. there are five more but it is not over. there are five m o re eve nts but it is not over. there are five more events to go in the head lafo nt. more events to go in the head lafont. katarina johnson—thompson started solidly. the highjump, her personal best is one metre and 98, if she had jumped that she would have won gold in that alone. she cleared one metre 80, past 1.83, here she is at one byte 86. she should clear it, that is her third attempt, and she was absolutely distraught, as you can see, as were her coaching staff. because she dropped a massive out of points to our main rivals for a medal. the belgian was magnificent, clearing 1.9 five. the trouble with kjt is that how weaker events are still to come. but was her strongest. she has
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the 200 metres later. the shop but, she is not particularly strong on that, and the javelin tomorrow. she is pretty good in the long jump, one of her stronger ones, and then in the 1500 metres she will have to be very close to her personal best in her stronger events and sets new personal best in our weaker ones as well. to recap on some other british athletes. in the 800 heats we had three british athletes going through, in the 400 heats two men going through, and all three british women going through in the first heats of the 100 metres as well. you talk about 100 metres, it is all about usain bolt. expect him in the semifinal about 7:15pm across the bbc. quarter past seven, it's a date. a british computer expert has appeared before a judge in las vegas, charged with creating software to steal bank details.
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us prosecutors said 23—year—old marcus hutchins had admitted writing and selling the software — but his lawyer said his client denied the charges. this weekend in prison. marcus hutchins appeared before a us federaljudge in a las vegas courtroom. the prosecution said he'd admitted writing computer code designed to steal banking details and also claimed there was evidence that he'd 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. he's 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 experts regard marcus hutchins as a hero for stopping an attack which caused chaos for the nhs and spread to 150
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countries around the world. mr hutchins had been living it up 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's 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 he will have to spend the weekend injail. we can speak now to fred jennings, a us lawyer specialising in computer crime. he has been indicted by the grand
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jury. how serious is this? any criminal indictment is serious. unlike many indictments it does not have many facts attached to it. it recites the criminal statute, says what they are accusing him of, and that's most of what we know. it is quite serious, but we don't know much more than what is in this indictment. it seems as if the cyber community have rallied around him, questioning the evidence or the lack of evidence out there. i understand that the co—defendants, his identity is being kept secret. you defend a lot of people accused of cyber crime. what are his chances? at this stage it is most impossible to say. you're correct that the identity of the co—defendant has not been revealed. the dream that and the lack of any evidence being attached to the indictment it is often
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possible to say how likely the conviction or acquittal is in this type of case. if you do move forward they have serious legal problems with the indictment they have got right now. a lot of people also saying that he is being used as collateral damage. do you know why they would be saying that? you know, i haven't heard that specific phrase. but as far as collateral damage... yes, i am phrase. but as far as collateral damage... yes, iam hard pressed to figure out what the meaning by that. if he is found guilty, what kind of sentence could he faced? potentially he is looking at a potential statutory maximum of 40 years. is that likely? probably not. i would be very surprised. assuming everything they are accusing him of... even assuming he is found
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guilty of everything they have accused, 40 years would be extremely unlikely, but possible. and at this stage because there is so little we know and so little reconsider with certainty, i think it is a reasonable number to start with. the banking trojan malwa re reasonable number to start with. the banking trojan malware he is being accused of being involved in, can you tell us a little about that?|j won't you tell us a little about that?” won't get into the tricky technical details, but it was a piece of malware that was written quite a few yea rs malware that was written quite a few years ago, about three or four, and that's really i don't know much more about it than that at this point. it was not... i have looked at some of the code, it is a conjugated piece of software. i think what i find really puzzling here is that it seems like the prosecution is accusing him of having created the whole thing, and thatjust typically
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is not high malware works these days. it is quite common for multiple pieces the written by multiple pieces the written by multiple people, and these things build off one another, little samples of code here and there are used that are eventually amassed by a number of people are group. it doesn't look to me at first glance like the kind of thing that one person would write. fred, thank you. police in italy have revealed that a young british model was drugged, kidnapped and put up for sale on the internet. the woman, who's 20, was abducted in milan last month. she was released six days later. italian police have arrested a polish man who lives in britain in connection with the crime. 0ur correspondent catriona renton is with me now. this sounds like something out of the film taken. what can you tell us? it's an extraordinary story. the
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model had arrived in milan for a photo shoot that had been arranged by her agent at a photo shoot in the city centre. police said she was attacked by two men, drugged, put into a bag and bundled into the boot ofa into a bag and bundled into the boot of a blue car. the car was driven to an abandoned shop on the outskirts of the city, and then to a cottage in the mountains near children where she was handcuffed, apparently, they wouldn't chest of drawers. meanwhile her kidnappers are alleged to have tried to auction her on the dark web. it has been reported that the kidnappers demanded that her agent pay to secure her safe release. we have heard from prosecutors in milan that the victim was drugged with scatter mean, she was locked in his bag, driven for hours in the car, and they've said, what could have happened if she had had an asthma attack or something like that? one man has been arrested, he is a
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polish man who we believe may be a british resident. no ransom was paid. she was taken to the bridge consuls in milan. the consulate say they have in providing conjurer support to a british woman in italy and they are in touch with local authorities. any ideas as to how she was discovered? authorities. any ideas as to how she was discovered ? wash authorities. any ideas as to how she was discovered? wash your reach released through prior arrangement? there are reports online, but at the moment we are going on what the police have told us and we understand that she was released after six days, and then she was taken to the british consulate where she was given assistance. fascinating. thank you. the headlines on bbc news. paul's fastest man, usain bolt, is going for is final gold at the world athletics championships in london tonight. his last individual event before retiring. italian police say
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a 20—year—old british model was drugged, kidnapped, and then put up for sale on the internet in milan last week. the british hacker who's helped to stop cyber attack on the nhs is penning the weekend in the us prison after being accused of creating software that steals customers' bank details. 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 of coal, iron, lead and seafood. if approved, it could deprive pyongyang of more than a billion pounds a year. there is hope this will finally do
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the trick. how likely is that? that will all depend on the involvement of china in the sanctions. make no mistake, the trumpet ministration is taking this threat from north korea seriously. they are worried he may now be developing a missile that could hit the mainland of the united states, and we have just heard could hit the mainland of the united states, and we havejust heard in the last hour from general mcmaster who is donald trump's national security adviser. in an interview he has said it is impossible to overstate the danger associated with a rogue, brutal regime who murdered his own brother with a nerve agent in an airport. they have been leading the charge at the un. there have been discussions for the last month try to drop sanctions on which every single member of the security council can agree. they have come up with this ban on exports. it will cut the amount of money they can raise using exports by around 1
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billion. that means they will have less money to put towards their missile programmes, for instance. when it comes to china's part in this, china and north korea, it accou nts this, china and north korea, it a ccou nts to this, china and north korea, it accounts to 90% of north korea's trade. china can obviously put more pressure, impose a lot more pressure on the pyongyang regime to get him to the negotiating table. try to get kimjong unto to the negotiating table. try to get kim jong un to stop his weapons programme. how well they will participate in the sanctions, we'll have to wait and see with regards to the vote. you mentioned general mcmaster referring to the situation in north korea as dangerous, there we re in north korea as dangerous, there were comments earlier this week from south korean government officials who described him as clever, rational, brutal, but it was the cleverness they were emphasising. why exactly does he want these
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nuclear weapons? what's his game? he believes that he should be part of a world power. the idea is that kim jong un wants to sit around the table, wants to be part of global talks. 0nce to be a big world player. he believes washington is also pushing the negative images of north korea and believes that washington is trying to stop him becoming a world power. his aim is to develop nuclear weapons to threaten the united states so that he can get a place on the world stage. but when it comes to it, washington is trying to pressure him to stop his nuclear programme so that they can bring him to the table to the nuclear is, to take down his missile programme. but they will not talk to kim jong un missile programme. but they will not talk to kimjong un until he missile programme. but they will not talk to kim jong un until he stops his programme. so that is the reason we are at this impasse. when it comes to washington's view the situation and the view of pyongyang,
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it is very different. china is in the middle. and donald trump has placed so much hope on president xi jinping the start of this year, describing him as tremendous and saying he would help with the situation in north korea. here are six months later and trade between china and north korea has gone up, not down, and that's why these sanctions are so important, to get everybody on board, according to the us, and try to stop the flow of money to north korea. millions of rail passengers are facing three weeks of disruption, as work to update the uk's busiest railway station gets under way 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. our correspondent simonjones has been at waterloo station all day
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as the partial shutdown of this most busy of stations began. this work is going to last run more than three weeks. that is already the busiest station in the country. the plan in the future is it will get even busier with 30% more capacity. they have already started the work behind me. this is one of the work behind me. this is one of the platforms they are going to lengthen so that they can take longer trains in future, and that means more passengers. work started there, we are told it is going to last 24 seven. so we have a rather strange sight of ten platforms com pletely strange sight of ten platforms completely ta ken out strange sight of ten platforms completely taken out of service. for a saturday, no passengers at all on these, which is rather unusual. we have only seen the side of workmen on those platforms. some people arriving at the station have heard, it has been publicised for the past year, others have not but have been
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greeted by signs right that saying that the platforms are closed and telling them they have to go down there to get on trains. we have people here offering advice to passengers are turning up, some of them having heard about it, some of them having heard about it, some of them in the dark. some passengers we spoke to earlier were not particularly impressed. it's not great considering the amount you pay for your tickets. you expect to get the service you request. i'm trying to get to milford. and i don't know when that is going to happen. the trains at reine—adelaide. it's a mess. it's crazy. it is supposed to be not affected on saturdays, it's a nightmare. i think there are problems. unfortunately coincides with the beginning of the world athletics which i'm involved in, i hope it won't affect many people trying to get to the championships. network rail is being candid with people turning up at the station, they are saying that particularly at
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peak hours during the week you might have to queuejust peak hours during the week you might have to queue just to get into the station. if you get onto a train they are likely to be far busier than normal. that is the warning that has led passenger groups to say there should be some compensation for people are going to have to face three weeks of misery. the rail company that operates out of here says that is not going to happen, it will be normal, you will only qualify for compensation if your train is delayed for a significant time not because the timetable has been changed. south west trains said people had been warned this was going to happen. compensation will continue to be available as always, thatis continue to be available as always, that is based on the journey passengers have compared to the timetable we have an advertising since january. we have been talking to passengers for about 12 months trying to raise awareness of these works and getting people to realise the impact on theirjourneys. it passengers are disrupted there is
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compensation procedures in place and they are on our website and we urge passengers to understand those. some passengers to understand those. some passengers are suing it is all very well for the rail passengers to say ta ke well for the rail passengers to say take a holiday or work from home, but for many that is not feasible. venezuela's chief prosecutor who's a vocal critic of president nicolas maduro says her office is under siege by the military. it comes a day after the embattled government inaugurated a controversial new legislative body. earlier she had asked a local court to halt the installation saying it was fraudulently elected. the regional trade bloc has suspended venezuela indefinitely. the irish prime minister has said it is "only a matter of time" before same—sex marriage is introduced in northern ireland. the taoiseach, leo varadkar — who is gay — made the comments at belfast pride earlier. the dup, which opposes same—sex marriage, effectively vetoed a move to allow gay marriage
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during the last assembly. advocates may matter of time. it is a decision for the northern ireland assembly, but i'm confident that like other western european countries they will make that decision in due course. but my reason for being here is to express solidarity, to express my support and that of my government for individual freedom and that of my government for individualfreedom and and that of my government for individual freedom and equality before the law for all citizens, and we would do this in any part of the world. but also i think a lot of people outside of northern ireland will not realise this, this is the largest single march happening in northern ireland this year, bar none. and the largest margin northern ireland this year is a celebration of diversity and difference, and doesn't that say something great about northern ireland? let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news this afternoon. greater manchester police are investigating reports of an acid attack in salford.
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it's thought the victim was attacked in woodland in pendlebury yesterday afternoon. the man who is in his 20s has eye and face injuries, an oxford university employee, who's been on the run on suspicion of murder has been arrested in california. andrew warren and professor wyndham lathem of northwestern university, who also handed himself in, are accused of stabbing a 26—year—old man to death in chicago last week. detectives investigating a shooting say they believe it was a targeted incident and there was no risk to the public. the victim, a 34 yield man, was shot in the chest as he stood with another man outside a petrol station. the iranian president, hassan rouhani, has been sworn in for a second term of office at a ceremony in tehran attended by 100 foreign dignitaries.
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mr rouhani said iran would continue to abide by the deal as long as others do the same. translation: ice takes massively that the islamic republic of iran will not infringe the nuclear deal will not infringe the nuclear deal will stop but will not remain silent if there is violation is from the us. the nation of iran have proved that by proportionate attitude and resilience, it will respond mutually if needed. a new study claims that extreme weather could kill one
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hundred—and—fifty thousand people in europe each year by the end of this century. scientists at the european commission are calling for urgent action to curb greenhouse gas emissions and to prepare better for extreme events such as wildfires and flooding. their study comes as the united states officially informed the un that it will pull out of the paris climate agreement. sarah—jane bungay reports. it makes for the grimmest of weather warnings. deaths from weather disasters could increase 50 fold across europe by the start of the next century. from flooding to wired fires, heat waves, wind storms, droughts and cold snaps. scientists at the european commission joint research centre looked at the effects of seven of the most dangerous weather—related events. across europe those events led to
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3000 deaths a year between 1981 and 2010. look to the future and that figure could increase, thickly. the report says global warming needs to be curbed as a matter of urgency, adding population change will play only a marginal role in the number of people affected when compared to climate change. what we want? climate justice! it comes as the first written confirmation was given to the un that america still intends to the un that america still intends to withdraw from the paris climate change agreement, an agreement that president trump says would punish his country, costing millions of americanjobs. his country, costing millions of american jobs. this president has been putting america first leg when he announced that the right of states of america officially today notified the united nations that we are withdrawing from the paris climate accord. cheering and washington added would remain in the talks process over climate change ina the talks process over climate change in a bid to seek a better dealfor the american change in a bid to seek a better deal for the american people. now let's get the weather. some
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lucky place is avoided the showers altogether and saw sunshine, others saw some torrential downpours with thunder and lightning. the showers will generally die away this evening in most places will be dry with clear skies and light winds with a few showers affecting western coastal parts it will be a chilly night. 10—12intones, and low coastal parts it will be a chilly night. 10—12 intones, and low single figures across the north of the country. it will be a chilly start to sunday but dry and bright with plenty of sunshine around. low pressure will bring in wet and windy area to northern ireland and then into words scotland, north—west england and north and west and wales. skies brightened for northern ireland and it stays dry. variable amounts of clouds. the low pressure will be with us into the start of next week bringing further rain, more showers, and some sunshine. it
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looks like things will settle down a little. hello. this is bbc news. jamaica's sprinting superstar usain bolt attempts to win his 12th world title when he competes in the 100m final in london tonight, his last individual event before retiring. italian police say a 20—year—old british model was drugged, kidnapped and put up for sale on the internet in milan last month. a polish man, who lives in britain, has been arrested in connection with the crime. us prosecutors say a british hacker, who helped stop a cyber—attack on the nhs, has admitted to creating software that steals bank details. he is spending the weekend in an american prison. train companies have warned of significant delays at waterloo station in london. ten of the 19 platforms will be closed for construction work for more than three weeks. we are going to find out what's
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going on in the sport. we will be updating you on the test match at old trafford, the new football season and the women's in championship golf. another huge night of athletics at the london stadium, usain bolt attempting to win his final 100 metre world championship title. here is 0llie foster. me and 60,000 others, the dates have just opened at the london stadium for the third session of these athletics championships, it is going to be a large bank ofjamaican fa ns going to be a large bank ofjamaican fans over there for the main event. we had ourfirst morning session. a lot of attention on the heptathlon, the opening rounds in that, the 100 metres hurdles, that was the first
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round with katarina johnson—thompson who finished sixth at the rio 0lympics, who finished sixth at the rio olympics, is looking to fill the hole left by jessica olympics, is looking to fill the hole left byjessica ennis—hill. she started solidly enough in the 100 hurdles, sixth quickest overall. it was the second quickest time of her career in that discipline, just down on her personal best. a solid start for katarina johnson—thompson. with her strongest event to come this morning, that was the high jump. her strongest event to come this morning, that was the highjump. the she was at the end of the hurdles, she was at the end of the hurdles, she thought, 0k, not bad, but then she thought, 0k, not bad, but then she did this, 186, third attempt, absolute despair. she had cleared 180, at least she got points on the board. but that is 18 centimetres below her personal best, 198 as her personal best, that would have won gold in the individual highjump at rio last year, she knew that she had blown it basically. coming up in the evening session, she has got the shot but, one of her weakest events.
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she might be able to make up some points in the 200 metres, but she is a long way down on her belgian opponent to lead the way, she is about 160 points behind that. a big disappointment for ggt, she knows she is going to have to up her game in the five remaining events that she has a mayhap tough lawn, three tomorrow as well including the dublin. we had our eyes on the hammer as well, sylvie hitchens, she got a bronze at the olympics, a surprise bronze. —— sophie. she had to qualify in the hammer, the former ballerina, and she did with a single throw, the third longest of the day. she has cruised straight into monday's final, a fantastic morning's work for sophie hitchin. she is through to monday's final with every chance of a medal in
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that, unlike katarina johnson—thompson after the morning she had. lots of other british interest, we saw some real superstars. with usain bolt bowing out of global athletics, any athletics, for that matter, wayde van niekerk, the olympic champion over 400 metres and the world record—holder, we saw him for the first time in london in the heats, he cruised through his heat, looking very comfortable indeed. a pretty good day for the british men in the 400 seats as well, matthew hudson also made it through. wayde van niekerk is also going in the 200 metres as well. we've got three british men threw in the 800 metres heats as well, talking about the 100 men's any minute. we saw the speedy women comes up as men's any minute. we saw the speedy women comes up as well, elaine thompson, a real superstar, and otherjamaican, she did the double in rio, she isjust going in the
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100th year in london. she eased up on the line, she won in the time of 11.05, the american won her heat in exactly the same time, the silver medallist from rio. three british sprinters made it through to semifinals, very encouraging from a british sprinters. the word torchbearers here in 2012 london 0lympics. they saw all those great athletes up close and personal. she was inspired by what she saw there. iam sure was inspired by what she saw there. i am sure she sought usain bolt up close and personal, that's what we're going to do in the next hour and a half or so, something like that. the men's semifinals, there are three of them coming up. i will go through the details in a moment, let's recap of how bolt came to his opening heat yesterday but am not very well in his own words. he didn't like his start, it was awful, wasn't it? he had to make up all
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that time. we knew he would, but he wasn't happy with the blocks. i spoke to a former british sprinter jason gardner who said there is nothing wrong with the blocks but there is perhaps something not right in bolt‘s mind. we will see how he goesin in bolt‘s mind. we will see how he goes in the semifinal. it is worth listening to bolt again to see just how dissatisfied he was in his opening race here yesterday.” how dissatisfied he was in his opening race here yesterday. i am not very fond of these blocks. that is the worst i have experienced. i have to get this together. i can't keep doing this. what is wrong with the box? it is shaky, when i did my warm up and i pushed back, it fell back. it is not what i am used to. everybody expects them to come out firing. also in his heat, the british sprinter, look out for justin gatlin as well, kristian
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coleman who could challenge usain bolt, they go in the same heat. laura mueller goes later in the semifinals of the 1500 metres, she was just one of the former british girls to get through to the semifinals, one of britain's's best medal hopes outside mo farah in the 5000 metres, we will hearfrom him any moment. she is the double european indoor champion, she kept plenty in reserve we hope. they are bidding to get into monday's final. what of mo farah? that was all the talk of the opening session last night. an exhilarating 10,000 metres as he defended his world title, but he was tripped, he almost went over, he was tripped, he almost went over, he was tripped, he almost went over, he was spiked and needed three stitches in his left leg, he needed a heavy ice pack. it was an amazing race. he was overwhelmed after words. he said to me he is going to have to think about whether he can come back with the 5000 metres after
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seeing his doctors. he spoke to brendan foster and thankfully he thinks he should be ok.” brendan foster and thankfully he thinks he should be ok. i was never going to lose that remains no matter what they did. it was a matter of just focusing in the race. i could not have lost that rate. if there was a big gap, that would have been harder to close, that's where was conscious of how much of a gap i had. we are ideally? never know this? yesterday was a bit different for me in terms of how have been all the championship. knowing it is going to be the last ten kate. i don't know, i was just quiet all yesterday. people were asking what was wrong. when you cross the line,
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go one, tell us. it was beautiful, i enjoyed it. it is that moment when you cross the line first, it can't be forgotten. incredible from mo farah and it is the heats of the 5000 metres on wednesday, and all being well he gets due to the final of the 5000 metres and completes another fantastic double. mark your ca rd another fantastic double. mark your card for the third session this evening, the semifinals, the men's 100 metres, they start at five past seven. usain bolt goals in the third of the semifinals, the top to go through to the finals which is the last event on the track and then the two fastest losers as well. three more gold medals could be one tonight, the final of the women's 10,000 metres, expect that to be an east african affair. the discus final and the men's long jump final, greg rutherford pulled out injured with an ankle problem about a week ago. it should be another fantastic
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night and ago. it should be another fantastic nightand can ago. it should be another fantastic night and can he do it, the bolt? tonight is the night if you want your athletics, you will be there to see it all unfold. it is day two of the final test between england and africa at old trafford and the hosts leading the series 2—1 are on top in manchester. johnny bairstow fell one short of a century but helped his side to 362 all out and be home favourite james anderson has taken four wickets to lead england in pole position. you can't visit this old trafford without being reminded of the... the sporting season has a ready begun to change, come next weekend the traffic will be heading to the other end. while this old trafford has the attention, at least it has a game to hold it, england ahead in the series but not yet secure in the test. what happens next could be crucial. it all set up at premier league pays, jonny
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ba i rstow held at premier league pays, jonny bairstow held england together, mixing the skills with the physical and at times be radical. 90 minutes played he was on 99, focus, one word. johnny was sorry. more importantly, he got england to 362, now james anderson bowling from the james anderson and, named yesterday, christened with his third bolt today. a roar that remains of united at home, england made further progress, as they had three by tea including hashim amla, always a symbolic wicket. england brought back anderson who blew his house down. thiem over, same result, no faf du plessis out. this was one of those anderson spells, brilliant and nonchalant. south africa keep meeting their anderson end. 0ne other cricket line to bring you up to date with, alex howells hit an
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incredible 95 of only 30 in nottinghamshire's match against durham. the season is well and truly back under way in the uk this weekend with the opening match of the scottish premiership season, lee griffiths scored twice as celtic began nearly title defence with an impressive win at home to hearts. celtic didn't need to show off a trophy to remind everyone that they are untouchable in scotland. six titles in a row is hard to forget as is visiting celtic park. the last game of last season ended in defeat for hearts and the first game of the season started heading the same direction thanks to lee griffiths after less than half an hour. if that was a tricky finish, things we re that was a tricky finish, things were far simplerfor that was a tricky finish, things were far simpler for scott sinclair. griffiths made it a day to remember with the 200th club goal of his career and although hungry for a
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hat—trick he was substituted soon after. for calum macgregor, it was third time lucky, shooting from range. a creamy sheet would have completed a perfect start to the season. “— completed a perfect start to the season. —— a clean sheet. after exiting the league cup and sacking their manager, the fans were finally giving something to cheer. celtic winning 4—1 and here are all of today's scorers. ebony and marked the return to the premiership. ross cou nty the return to the premiership. ross county and saintjohnstone winning 2-1. a county and saintjohnstone winning 2—1. a full schedule of games today in the championship, bristol city and qpr at the top two after winning 3-1 and qpr at the top two after winning 3—1 and 2—0 respectively. middlesbrough are beating on to the championship. john terry is making his aston villa debut as i speak. they are at home hull city. so his
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career‘s kim has taken a comfortable for mac shot lead in the british 0pen for mac shot lead in the british open at kingsbarns. she equalled the course record. after shooting a round of 64 to finish on ten under par. after round of 64 to finish on ten under pa r. after two round of 64 to finish on ten under par. after two birdies, an eagle got her to 11 under, she isn't tied second place, midway through her third round. and that is all the sports for now. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is james king. hello again. hi. what a funny old week! it certainly is a funny week.
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we have valerian and the city of a thousand planets, a mega budget sci—fi from luc besson starring dane dehaan and cara delevingne. england is mine takes a look at the early years of manchester's answer to oscar wilde, smiths front man morrissey. and to quote the man himself, panic on the streets of london, panic on the streets of birmingham. yes, the emoji movie has been let loose onto an unsuspecting british public. be afraid! 0h, lord! let's start with sci—fi. that is an odd week! it is august, people! i read that valerian is possibly the most expensive french film ever? most expensive european film of all time. actually, 20 years ago, there was a film called the fifth element which luc besson, the same director, had made which did well. at that point, that was the most expensive european film of all time.
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now it is valerian, with a budget of $200 million, which could not buy neymar, but it is still a lot of money. it is set in the 28th century. it is about a couple of intergalactic secret agents who are investigating strange goings—on at the alpha space station. cara delevingne and dane dehaan star. let's see. ok. what's the shortest way there? north—north—east, 113 degrees. 60, 70, 80, 90. that leads me straight into a wall. you said you wanted the shortest way. wow.
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would i be right in saying you can see the money? well, yeah! you can see the money. but watching it, ijust thought how much has changed in the 20 years since the fifth element. the sci—fi and space movies we have had from people like christopher nolan and jj abrahams with his star trek and star wars movies, and alfonso cuaron and actually, valerian looks expensive, but it looks like an expensive 90s movie. i don't think it looks as elegant and as chic and certainly not as cerebral as the more recent science fiction films we have seen. it actually looks a bit gaudy. we saw it towards the end of that clip. it looks quite gaudy and camp and dare i say it, quite silly at times. you are allowed to say that! 20 years ago, there was a silliness about the fifth element, but perhaps we were more forgiving. but a lot has changed in that 20 years, so now i am not so sure that luc besson's
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style, and he does have a very distinctive style, feels so of the moment as it did then. and what do you make of cara delevingne? the big question. everyone wants to know that. well, she's clearly very comfortable in front of a screen. she is arguably the world's most famous model, so she looks completely at home. is she, on the evidence of this movie, the new meryl streep? i don't think so. however, she's very young and there is plenty of time for her to improve. i think the leads are not the most charismatic. if you see the trailer, you will see rihanna in the trailer a lot. rihanna is not in the movie that much. that is a bit of a cheat on the part of the marketing. i would have liked to have seen her in it more and ethan hawke in it more. they are very much supporting characters. if itjust looked really good, cool, i would have forgiven it these problems. all right. we couldn't have anything more different for our second film, england is mine.
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this is a biopic of morrissey‘s early years in the run up to him meeting johnny marr and forming the smiths. the title is from a smiths song, still ill. it stars jack lowden, who is in dunkirk as well. you might have seen him in dunkirk. he plays an raf pilot. he is tom hardy's colleague in that movie. very good in dunkirk and very good in this as a young morrissey. the downside is that the first half of the film, morrissey is so painfully shy as a teenager that he is virtually mute. so you have a film where you really don't know what is going on in his head because he is such an insular character. and the film really is about him coming out of his shell. most interestingly, the women in his life encouraging him to come out of his shell, his family and female friends. do you need to be a fan of the smiths to enjoy it or could this be a coming—of—age film?
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that is certainly what it's trying to be. there are adrian mole—esque elements of it with the nerdy, shy teenager, but also about if you follow your dreams, then they will come true, which perhaps isn't immediately what you think of when thinking of morrissey, but it is there in the movie. the second half is better. that is when he does come out of his shell and becomes more flamboyant. that's when he becomes more interesting. ok. it's august, children are not at school. you take them to the cinema a lot. even watching the trailerfor the emoji movie made my eyes hurt. do you think morrissey has ever used an emo" signed off a text with a smiley face? i doubt it, somehow. yeah. in terms of plot, the emoji movie is very convoluted. is there a plot? you can sum it up very simply. it is trying to be the lego movie, desperately, which was a couple of years ago and a huge success critically and commercially. it is about this emoji living in a phone in this emoji city which
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is very uniform and regimented, but he is different. he wants to prove he is different to everyone else and special and doesn't follow the herd. there is actually a ‘meh‘ face. do you know what a ‘meh‘ face is? indifferent, the feeling i had when coming out of valerian. so he is a meh face, but he wants to be more than that. in this clip, we have, i can't believe i am saying this, sir patrick stewart voicing a poop emoji... i can't believe it either! and james corden voicing a high five emoji. let's hear that... you are smooth. just doing my duty. ha ha! what? what did i say? rocket, look at the party! woohoo! come on, tell me you aren'tjust a little bit tempted. steven, for the last time, i don't want to buy a time share. come on, man, it's high five! you know me, i'm a favourite. it's got to be some sort of mistake. i mean, look at me, i'm an attractive hand giving a high five.
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fist bump! come on in. hey, ladies. fist bump? he's a knucklehead, literally! look at him. i can look like that! 0w, cramp, huge mistake! ok, i get it. i get it! what age group do you think this is aimed at? young! i would say young and indiscriminating. maybe a first film when you haven't seen anything else. imean... if it were funny... we would forgive it a lot more and of course, the lego movie, mentioned earlier, was very funny. pixar make funny animations. the level of comedy in animations is very high. but i have read a lot about the cynical nature of it and the product placement. because it is not funny, because you are not laughing, you are looking at the downside, which is that it feels very corporate. even though it is supposedly about an emoji who wants to be an individual, a bit different, actually, what it is selling you are very corporate and mainstream apps and games. so it does feel a bit like an advert as they run around this phone and run to
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different apps and games. trying to get them young! better children's films are available this summer... i would say so. best out at the moment, the big sick? yes. mentioned this last week. doing very well at the box office, so that is good to see. a romantic comedy about an interracial relationship. also... talking about the smiths... it is also literally about a girlfriend in a coma. the lead female character gets very ill, and it is written by kumail nanjiani and emily gordon. it is their story, the story of how they got together. so even though it is dealing with big topics, it feels very personal and charming. they are happy to tip their hat to richard curtis and judd apatow, who produced the film. i like romantic comedies when they are done well. we are often a bit down on them as a genre, but when done well, they are incredibly charming. i am pleased that they are celebrating how good romantic comedies can be. perhaps why it's doing well! if you want to sit on the sofa
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instead, what is your recommendation? free fire, from ben wheatley, co—written with his regular partner. he works across different genres, comedy and crime and dystopian sci—fi, but actually in all of his movies, there is this great feeling that things are about to go pear shaped. things are about to kick off, literally in this film, because it is about a meeting in the 70s in this disused warehouse in boston that goes wrong. it is a meeting between gangsters and arms dealers, and it is very tense and nerve—wracking and then the free fire of the title kicks it is notjust a shoot ‘em up, though. there are great actors in this. brie larson, cillian murphy. it harks back to gutsy 70s action films. martin scorsese actually is the executive producer of this film and it does have that gutsy, dirty feel about it that we had
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the 70s. james, thanks very much. see you next week! thank you very much indeed. that's it for this week. enjoy your cinema going if you can. as we said, quite a varied bunch. see you next time. bye bye. hello there, there's been plenty of showers this afternoon up and down the country, some heavy and some hail and thunder, strong, gusty winds mixed in. there has been some good spells of sunshine, hence the rainbow picture. the showers will tend to clear away this evening, increasing amounts of sunshine to end the day for many places. i think showers through the course of the night may continue to affect western parts of wales, north—west england and western scotland. but away from there, further inland, it's going to be a dry night, light winds, clear skies. the perfect recipe for quite a cool night to come. just about making double figures in towns and cities, low single figures across many central and northern areas. mist and fog as well.
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the reason for that, the ridge of high pressure, which will actually bring quite a good looking day for many central, southern and eastern parts through sunday. but this area of low pressure will move into western areas to spoil things here. it looks like a chilly start for sunday, lots of sunshine though, bar the odd shower across western areas. wind and rain pushing in towards northern ireland first and then into scotland, north—west england, northern and western wales into the afternoon. but skies brighten up behind the rain band for northern ireland into the afternoon. some sunshine here. for scotland, rather drab afternoon, outbreaks of rain, the odd heavier burst mixed in and feeling cool because of the breeze. turning wetter for the north—west of england, northern and western wales and some thicker cloud just getting in towards the south—west. maybe cloud building up into the midlands, eastwards. here a dry afternoon with sunshine continuing, feeling warm as the winds remain light. a good—looking
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day across london for the world athletics championships, temperatures around 21 degrees, sunshine coming and going as they will be cloud around. highs of 20 degrees for the football match between arsenal and chelsea. a good look afternoon for all the events going on in the south—east. a fine end to the g8 year, the rain continuing to think south—eastwards into central parts of the uk. we will have this area of low pressure on into monday with the rain through central areas petering out, largely dry across the south—east, sunshine and showers across northern and western areas. it stays unsettled through tuesday and into wednesday, further rain at times, but from thursday on red it will settle down thanks to a ridge of high pressure. this is bbc news. the headlines at 6pm. the world's fastest man, usain bolt, goes for his final gold at the world athletics championships in london tonight — his last individual
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event before retiring. italian police say a 20—year—old british model was drugged and kidnapped in milan last month, to be sold in an online auction. us prosecutors say a british hacker, who helped stop a cyber—attack on the nhs, has admitted to creating software that steals bank details. his lawyer says he denies it. also in the next hour: three weeks of disruption for millions of passengers using the the uk's busiest train station half the platforms at london's waterloo have been closed as part of an £800 million upgrade. and in half an hour we'll have all the latest on the second day of
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