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this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at 10: shock as usain bolt loses to a two—time drugs cheat. as crowds booed, justin gatlin defended his right to compete. i've done so much for the communities back home. i want them to know mistakes can happen. but you can come back and work hard for them. and you know you can be accepted back to your sport. president trump welcomes china and russia's backing for new un sanctions against north korea. a review into the cost of energy is dismissed as "cold comfort" by consumer groups, who say households are already paying too much. also: an exciting line—up on day 3 of the world athletics championships in london, including — katarina johnson—thompson will continues in the heptathlon. today sees the final three events, starting with the long jump which is about to get underway. england's cricketers are on top after day two of the 4th and final
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test against south africa at old trafford. from london 2012 to london 2017 was olympic gold medallist michael johnson. that is in half an hour here on bbc news. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the world of sport is in shock this morning after usain bolt was beaten in his last solo race at the world athletics championships in london. he lost to justin gatlin, who has been banned from the sport twice for drugs cheating and was booed and jeered by the capacity crowd at the london stadium. gatlin ran in 9.92 seconds, with christian coleman
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coming in second place. bolt finished in 9.95 seconds to take only the bronze. our sports editor dan roan has more. with the night sky crackling with excitement, the fireworks gave a sense of what was to come. commentator: usain bolt! lapping up the adulation for one last time in an individual final, bolt knew this buildup hadn't been perfect, beaten in the semi—final by an american, christian coleman. his starts also have been shaky. bolt gets a pretty good start. so does coleman. coleman leading it. chasing hard. here he comes. and gatlin wins it! with coleman second, bolt was pushed into bronze, the disbelief sweeping round the stadium, the crowd making it more than clear what they thought of the winner. booing. gatlin had shocked the world, but he quickly moved
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from arrogance to humility. and as the american basked in unpopular glory, bolt gave an interview we're not used to seeing. it's just one of those things, you know what i mean? i can't say much. i just didn't execute when it matters. it wasn't meant to be this way. the crowd here expected usain bolt to win his final 100 metres race, not come third, and certainly not get beaten by a two times drug cheat injustin gatlin, who crashes the farewell party. it's the last thing track and field would have wanted. mistakes can happen. i have faced all the penalties and the rules and i have done so much to inspire other athletes in the communities back home. but you can come back hard and work hard for them and be accepted back. the crowd had experienced history, just not the history they expected.
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but bolt still bows out having transcended his sport. dan roan, bbc news, at the london stadium. our sports presenterjessica creighton is at the london stadium and a little earlier she gave us this update on the games. it was a night of drama and i do not think any of the thousands of fans you last night expected the result that played out on the track, but usain bolt is a man that has lit up tracks around the world for over a decade and despite not getting the golden farewell everyone hoped for he still has fans around the world that are willing him to win. this is some of the reaction from his home country in jamaica. i can't believe it, man! gatlin beat him. he crossed the line and he made a jamaica proud. he him. he crossed the line and he made ajamaica proud. he is the best thing to happen to track and field
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ever. we love them and we support them no matter what. we just want to reflect on what played out, the drama that unfolded. with me is you and thomas, we heard the boos forjustin gatlin once the crowd realised he had won. considering he has been banned and two occasions should he have been in the race? his first band was for medication for adhd he took as a youngster, the second he says was a mass irish oil that he did not know what was being used. 0n that he did not know what was being used. on one hand, he has done the time with the laws of the sport and he is rightfully here and he ran well, he is 35 years old and he performed when it matters. but the athletics fan of may thinks that if you have taken a banned substance
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you have taken a banned substance you should be banned for ever. i almost felt for him last night, the world champion on the track and i was luckily the first person to speak to usain bolt and everyone was going crazy for him. he will always be the people's champion. injustin gatlin you have someone with a chequered past and usain bolt you have the saviour of our sport. were the fans' frustrations misdirected? gatlin were the fans' frustrations misdirected ? gatlin has were the fans' frustrations misdirected? gatlin has not done anything wrong in terms of racing and winning the race, it is the iaaf that has allowed him to compete. the iaaf are trying very hard to clea n the iaaf are trying very hard to clean up the sport and in doing that you have two highlights the fact we haveissues you have two highlights the fact we have issues in all sports and people will try to cheat. they think the iaaf are doing well is looking at past medallists as far as 2009, retesti ng past medallists as far as 2009,
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retesting samples, and giving those medals to the rightful owners. clean athletes are getting their moment to shine. perhaps they do need to look at the laws of the sport and if you have been banned more than once it should be a lifetime ban but at the moment gatlin is running as he is allowed to do. it is just a shame usain bolt did not win, as everyone wa nted usain bolt did not win, as everyone wanted to see. it was usain bolt‘s last individual race and this is someone who has lit up race and this is someone who has lit up the track for so many years and wa nt up the track for so many years and want everything that is to win. what contribution has he made to athletics and sport in general‘s you cannot measure it. he actually apologised last night, he said! he actually apologised last night, he said i apologise for not performing. i said, i will stop you right now, you have nothing to apologise for. he was the saviour of track and field, he came into the sport when it was in a bad place. he isa sport when it was in a bad place. he is a sure man, he is so charismatic
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and what of the doubt we will miss usain bolt. he isa usain bolt. he is a one off. is there anyone that could replace him at the moment? i think it will fall to the south african runner who is the first man to run under 1040 100... i think he will start doing more to 200 metres as well and perhaps become more like michaeljohnson. but you cannot replace usain bolt and you should not try. he is like a lost pet you once had. the pact may go up it will a lwa ys once had. the pact may go up it will always be in your heart. katarina johnson thompson goes in the heptathlon on the second day. she did not have the best of days yesterday, setting forth at the moment. she is so talented, perhaps we put
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too much pressure on him and the highjump did not go as too much pressure on him and the high jump did not go as well as could have done but she came back in the 200 metres and ran such a fast time to put her back in contention for a medal. she will have to have a strong second date but it is all about being consistent. this is obviously a world—class field but she has the talent to get a medal and if she puts together a fantastic second day she could do it. she has moved her training base from the uk it down to france to really develop as an athlete. what effect might that have? hopefully it will help. mo farah had similar, moved to america and changed his whole lifestyle and look what mo farah has become. ijust hope she can live up to her promise because we all know how talented she is, she needs to do it here and fingers crossed she will.
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lots for the british fans to look forward to. thank you forjoining us. forward to. thank you forjoining us. not the result people might have wa nted us. not the result people might have wanted yesterday but there is still lots of action and lots of excitement for the british athletes on day three of these world championships. an independent review into the cost of energy is being launched by the government — just days after british gas raised standard electricity prices by 12.5%. the business secretary, greg clark, says the report will examine how prices can be kept as low as possible — while ensuring the uk still meets its climate change targets. a short time ago i spoke to our political correspondent leila nathoo. the timing has been prompted by this announcement by british gas at their electricity prices are increasing by so electricity prices are increasing by so much, they were the last big six to put up their prices. it has been a hot political issue for some time but to be went into this election
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promising a cap on energy bills for those on standard pallets. —— tariffs. we have this review looking into something quite different, the energy system as a whole, all stages of the supply chain, where costs can be cut and the hope is those costs are passed onto consumers but of course there is no guarantee of that. british gas, when they spoke of their prices going up, they said transmission and distribution costs we re transmission and distribution costs were one thing behind that. this review is a longer term prospects although it will report in october it is looking at the bigger picture than specifically energy bills in the short term. what has been viewed the action to the commencement of the did you? consumer groups has said this is getting me can into the long grass. they are asking for action now in light of these price rises. the
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energy companies themselves say they welcome greater transparency over the cost of energy and there is this transition, new technology being brought in but we have the regulator also looking into ways to protect consumers and they are expected to recommend later this summer that a cap that already exists for customers on prepaid meters should be further extended. we have various things and reviews going on but this particular review will not affect things in the immediate future. the liberal democrat leader, sir vince has criticised elderly brexit supporters for, as he puts it, "comprehensively shafting" young people in the uk. writing in the mail on sunday, sir vince said that older voters have had the last word on brexit by imposing a world view coloured by a nostalgia for an imperial past. president trump has welcomed the latest un sanctions on north korea—
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saying they will have a big financial impact on the regime in pyongyang. the measures were agreed unanimously by the un security council last night. our new york correspondent nick bryant reports. this was a show of ambition and menace, north korea last month testing an intercontinental ballistic missile that appeared capable of reaching the american mainland, west coast cities such as los angeles, and even beyond. it's this kind of brinkmanship that's intensified diplomacy at the united nations security council, and led to a deal between the united states and china, north korea's ally, to impose tough new sanctions. this is the most stringent set of sanctions on any country in a generation. these sanctions will cut deep, and in doing so, will give the north korean leadership a taste of the depravation they have chosen to inflict on the north korean people. most of north korea's export trade goes across this border, into china,
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and pyongyang could be deprived of roughly a third of its export income, the sanctions hitting its trade in coal, iron, and seafood. but they don't limit oil deliveries, a move that would have a crippling effect on the economy, and potentially a collapsing effect on the pyongyang regime. this week, the pentagon conducted its own test of an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile, proof, it said, that america is ready and able to deter, detect and defend against attacks. so far, sanctions have failed, and most intelligence analysts here believe that north korea won't come to the negotiating table until it has proven beyond any doubt that it not only has a missile that could reach the us mainland, but a missile that could be armed with a nuclear warhead. nick bryant, bbc news, at the united nations. the us secretary of state rex tillerson is in the philippines where he will meet his korean, russian, and chinese counterparts at the summit of the association of southeast asian nations today. the north korean foreign
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minister will also be taking part in the meeting — with the country's nuclear programme expected to be a main topic — but us officials said there were no plans for the two to meet privately. what the americans are looking for is much tougher action to squeeze the north korean economy. they want pressure that makes north korea thinks again about pushing ahead with a missile programme that is not far off threatening the west coast of the usa in some form, and this is real anxiety for america. there is a different perspective in asia, where they recognise north korea is a very difficult customer, but the believe the only option is engagement with quiet pressure. this meeting has 27 asian countries, up to now the trump administration has not defined what it thinks about asia, with lots of megaphone statements.
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rex tillerson has an opportunity to build consensus and bring his asian partners, particularly china and russia, on board and demonstrate to the world that north korea is completely isolated and try and persuade pyongyang this is the beginning of more serious solution. this is the first real constructive diplomacy in asia we have seen the trump administration carry—out. the headlines on bbc news: american sprinter, justin gatlin, has defended his right to compete — despite two drugs bans — after being booed when he defeated usain bolt at the world athletics championships. president trump welcomes china and russia's backing for new un sanctions against north korea. the us ambassador said it was "the most stringent set of sanctions on any country in a generation". a review into the cost of energy is dismissed as "cold comfort" by consumer groups, who say households are already paying too much.
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let's get more on the athletics, cricket, lots of sport. thank you. they study of the world athletics championships in london and katarina johnson thompson is backin and katarina johnson thompson is back in heptathlon action with the long jump being the first event this morning. the big talking point is still last night's 100 metres final. usain bolt beaten into third place as justin gatlin usain bolt beaten into third place asjustin gatlin claimed the world title. usain bolt had not been at his best coming into this championships and justin gatlin and fellow american christian coleman finishing ahead of the jamaican. might style is killing me, —— might
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start is killing me. i normally get better through the rounds but it didn'tandi better through the rounds but it didn't and i knew if it didn't come together, but i felt it was their but the fact i did not get it was the fact i lost. how were you able to handle the emotions of the whole day? your last individual race in a major championships? it was rough. up and down, a little bit stressful but i come out here and take it as any other championship and at is what i did and! other championship and at is what i did and i did my best. i thought about the things i would do ifi i thought about the things i would do if i did win and i did none of that. it was almost like 2000 all overagain, iwon that. it was almost like 2000 all over again, i won by such a little margin, to come across the line and the excitement, it's still an amazing night because it is usain bolt's last race. i have had so many victories and so many losses and to
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having been able to run against them throughout the years, it's just amazing. not the golden goodbye usain bolt wa nted not the golden goodbye usain bolt wanted but the issue of whether justin gatlin should have been on the starting line at all has dominated the headlines. two bands for doping over the years although former olympic champion gavin campbell, who missed out at medals at the hands of drugs cheats, said it is not way for fans to make their feelings known. i think the way we need to voice how we feel is just be silent and dignified about it. there are two other guys on the podium, usain bolt himself, last memories of boos going on while the medal ceremony is on. 0ur athletes have to go and compete in america and you do not want it to be like, we hit the americans. it is not backing of situation and that is what it could get built into. it is
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not an american thing, it is drugs cheats. we are tired of it. laura muir was ended semifinal of the wooden‘s 1500 laura muir was ended semifinal of the wooden‘s1500 metres where she co mforta bly the wooden‘s1500 metres where she comfortably qualified. —— woman's1500 metres. comfortably qualified. —— woman's1500 metreslj comfortably qualified. -- woman's1500 metres. i was very surprised with how i felt. i felt really good. a girl went down at one point. the 1500 is scrappy and i just wanted to get to that final and i have done that now. there are six gold medals to be won today including the woman's heptathlon watch has begun with the long jump. katarina johnson thompson currently fourth in the standings. 0ne currently fourth in the standings. one of the best events being first this morning. the woman's pole—vault letter on at the semifinal of the 400 metres also.
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england are on top heading into day three of the fourth and final test against south africa. jonny bairstow mid—19 for england as they posted 362 -- mid—19 for england as they posted 362 —— made 99. james anderson to four wickets on his home ground to reduce the visitors to 220 49. 220 49. it was unfortunate for johnny he did not get to three figures but to get us up to 360, we knew it would be a very competitive score, but myjob is to take wickets and it is always nice to get a cluster and lost three wickets after she work key for the team. she has a comfortable lead going into the final day. she is six shots clear.
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that is all the sport for now. you can keep up—to—date with all those stories on the bbc sport website. usain bolt and justin gatlin, not surprisingly, the top headline. i will be back in the next hour. i can see katarina johnson thompson just preparing for her long jump in the heptathlon. schools must stop trying "to wrap children in cotton wool" because it leaves them ill—prepared for the challenges of later life — that's the view of the chief inspector of schools. 0fsted's amanda spielman says over—the—top health and safety rules stop children developing resilience — and she wants new guidance for schools in england. andy moore reports. it's clear the chief inspector of schools is no fan of children in high—vis jackets. she says they look like troops
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of mini construction workers minus the hard hats. pupils, she claims, are being shortchanged by teachers trying to insulate them from every bump, germ, or bruise. take conkers for example. she says every minute spent trying to ban it takes away from the multitude of real dangers children face. she says this is her message. she wants children to be allowed to take full advantage of the freedom of childhood to explore the world around them. and so, to that end, the 1,800 school inspectors in england will be taking part in sessions next month called "when is safe, what really matters?" the aim is to get away from the tickbox culture of the past. there is also a warning today that children are spending too much of their free time on line. it comes from the children's commissioner in england saying youngsters are bingeing on social
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media in the same way they like to tuck into junk food. let's go back to the world athletics because you is katarina johnson thompson. it is a big effort. is it the white flag? it is a huge jump. yes, it is. she may havejustjump right back into contention for the medals. we know she is a great long jumper. look at this, great acceleration. it is beyond 6.5. that isa acceleration. it is beyond 6.5. that is a really good jump, exactly what she needed. the crowd responds. they know the importance of that jump she needed. the crowd responds. they know the importance of thatjump in this first event of seven. it was never going to go right in every event but it has here. 6.56, the
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best we have seen so far. that im proves best we have seen so far. that improves the chances. take a breath, compose yourself, you have got yourself the chance to let loose. two more efforts to really claw back well needed points. a roar around the stadium. a smile from katarina johnson thompson. there we are. good news for katarina johnson thompson in the heptathlon. we will keep an eye on that throughout the day. italian police have arrested a polish man accused of kidnapping and drugging a british model as she arrived for a photo shoot. the 20—year—old woman was attacked by two men and held captive for 6 days. it's alleged they threatened to hold an online auction for her unless a ransom was paid. 30 year old, lukasz pawel herba,
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who lives in britain, has been arrested on suspicion of kidnap and extortion. venezuela's opposition groups say the country's institutions have been "taken hostage" after the top prosecutor — a vocal critic of president maduro — was sacked. politicians removed luisa ortega from office following a vote in the new controversial assembly. meanwhile, an opposition leader leopoldo lopez has been transferred from a military prison to his home where he is under house arrest. will grant reports: it did not take long for venezuelan‘s chief prosecutor to feel the consequences of her opposition to the constituent assembly. just hours after the controversial new legislative body was sworn in, ms 0rtega's office was surrounded by security forces. she posted pictures onto her twitter account of national guard
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in riot gear and said she denounced the siege. a prominent member of the new assembly, the former foreign minister, indicated such high—profile opponents could expect swift action when she spoke at the swearing in ceremony. the chief prosecutor had become a serious obstacle for mr maduro since she abandoned her support for his government. she led national heoutcry after the supreme court briefly took over the powers of the opposition—led national assembly. since the constituent assembly was proposed, she has consistently denounced it and brought legal action to halt its advance. it's perhaps a little known contest, but the country's most skilled
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shepards have been competing this weekend at the macclesfield sheep dog trials. the event is almost 70 years old, but it's now beginning to attract some of the younger budding farmers. mairead smyth reports. they are called man's best friend for a reason, and these border collies and their owners have something special. it is a bond between the shepherd and the dog. he has loads of different commands. the national finals were hosted here two years ago, and that has helped to make this event even more popular. we have got some shepherds from wales competing today and we have got an excellent local committee of farmers who put the event on, and we also have other things happening as well. it has helped bring everything together and it has grown over the years. being a shepherd takes great skill and years of practice, but all of the competitors had to start somewhere. this weekend's youngest winner is just eight years old. ifeel quite happy because i won.
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i like looking after my dogs and training them up for trials and stuff. sheepdog trials like this happen most weekends around the country, but this one in macclesfield is the most popular, with a record number of entrants this year. the shepherds scoring the highest points can look forward to a place in next year's national championship. that was mairead smyth reporting from cheshire. let's check on the weather. a mixed bag for the rest of today, dry and bright weather in the south east but the opposite in the north and west where it will be cloudy and breezy. the main area of brain working away from northern ireland.
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turning increasingly wet across central and western scotland. the south—east keeping some sunshine. the main area of brain moves further south this evening and overnight, quite wet for the north west of england and wales. staying dry in the south and east. the main area of rain does not move too far too quickly during monday during the day, quite wet in the south west of england and wales. to be not of that sunny spells and some sharp showers. essentially dry in the southeastern corner.
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