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this is bbc news. the headlines at five. the shot deflected from ruben loftus—cheek. harry kane has another go! england score 6 goals for the first time in a world cup in their match against panama. harry kanejoins sir geoff hurst and gary lineker by completing a hat trick in a world cup. fantastic. so proud of the boys. just enjoying it and being here. england fans celebrate as the result means the three lions are through to the knock out stages of the world cup. new measures aimed at halving the number of obese children in england by 2030 are announced by the government. we know this is what people want. our research tells us that parents really wa nt our research tells us that parents really want to see all the things that are driving them to buy more and eat more cut back on.
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votes are being counted in turkey's presidential and parliamentary elections after an unexpectedly challenging contest for president erdogan. president trump has said illegal immigrants to the us should be deported immediately and not allowed in his words to "invade the country". also coming up: women in saudi arabia finally get behind the wheel. after a decades—old ban is lifted women in the gulf state are allowed to drive legally. and prince william arrives injordan at the start of a tour that will see him become the first british royal to pay official visits to both israel and the palestinian territories. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. england are through to the knockout stages of the world cup
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after thrashing panama 6—1 in russia — their biggest win in a major tournament. captain harry kane scored a hat trick — becoming the leading scorer in the competition, ahead of cristiano ronaldo. john stones got two and jesse lingard one. panama pulled one back in the second half — with their oldest player scoring their first ever world cup goal. let's take a look at the goals. england fans across the world are celebrating the lions‘ win. that is a header forjohn stones that has gone on. two golf at the 2018 world cup for harry kane. —— two goals. how emphatic was that? raheem sterling. jesse lingard. jesse lingard! puts the ball in and
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it isa jesse lingard! puts the ball in and it is a cross for raheem sterling and now it is in. same place! same results. ruben loftus—cheek. the shot is deflected, harry kane has got another goal. england fans across the world are celebrating the lions‘ win. here are some in newcastle speaking to our reporter gerry jackson. your instant reaction? did not expect that. i was expecting two or three. absolutely brilliant performance. amazing. six goals, thatis performance. amazing. six goals, that is unreal. so excited. did you ever dream of that? no, i was hoping for a ever dream of that? no, i was hoping fora 3—0, ever dream of that? no, i was hoping fora3—0,i ever dream of that? no, i was hoping for a 3—0, i wanted it to be safe. 6-1, for a 3—0, i wanted it to be safe. 6—1, unbelievable. so good. incredible. it was what we wanted
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and needed. a little bit of a head start for the next round. and needed. a little bit of a head start for the next roundlj and needed. a little bit of a head start for the next round. i still think we are going to beat belgium. it is fully coming home. it harry kane was going to score a hat—trick, his wife is pregnant. harry bruce. that will do our six. let's speak now to jeremy wilson, deputy football correspondent for the daily telegraph. thank you forjoining us. a bit of a goal and but really it was theirs to lose, wasn't it? the caveat is that tunisia and panama are two of the easier teams but i think it is important, because in previous tournaments england have started slowly and never got any momentum or a feel—good factor and now everyone is excited, but also the people who
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are excited and actually seem to be enjoying themselves are the players and the staff and that all goes well for the tougher test but will obviously await. it does a lot for their confidence but what did you make of gareth southgate saying he did not particularly like their performance? i think he is trying to keep a bit of perspective. if england were to reach the final, which is obviously a long way, there are another five games, 6—1 which is obviously a long way, there are anotherfive games, 6—1 is which is obviously a long way, there are another five games, 6—1 is such are another five games, 6—1 is such a striking scoreline, he is just trying to keep it everyone can't, keep everyone worrying about the next game, make them understand they have not really achieved anything too much yet. but i feel that the mood around them is different than it has been a recent tournaments and back gives them a much better chance when they face the bigger test. we will come to panama in a moment. harry kane, man of the match, a real contenderfor
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harry kane, man of the match, a real contender for the harry kane, man of the match, a real contenderfor the golden harry kane, man of the match, a real contender for the golden boot as well? previous golden boots have been won with five goals and he has done it already in two games, it will be more this time, because of romelu lu ka ku will be more this time, because of romelu lukaku and cristiano ronaldo who have already scored goals. his goal—scoring record in the last two 01’ goal—scoring record in the last two or three years is up there with lionel messi and cristiano ronaldo in domestic football. we should not be surprise, he is a goal—scoring phenomenon and the fact that he has got over scoring in a world cup, that was a big thing for wayne rooney, are last big famous world class striker and he went a long time, he did not score at a world cup for several goes and i think the fa ct cup for several goes and i think the fact that harry kane was able to get away so quickly will be really good for his confidence. it is not something new, he has been one of the best goal—scorers in europe for a few years now. i am thinking about belgium and what notes gareth
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southgate has made. how do you think they are looking and how would you like to see them grow? the one thing they might have to do is tweak the structure a little bit and that the moment it is very offensive and i think that was planned because the opening games were against tunisia and panama and i thought gareth southgate. that was a good opportunity to play offensively. i think when they play belgium, there might bea think when they play belgium, there might be a few changes in both teams because it is a bit strange how it and has worked out, that they have both qualified and it is not clear whether it is an advantage to go through as group winners or not because germany and brazil could be on the half of group winners. it will be interesting how he approaches that, it could be tempting to rest players but going forward in the knockout phase, he might we it a little bit and have a more defensive minded midfielder in arabic is against the better teams, there is just that worry that we are
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a little bit too offensive at the moment. in defeat, panama have never —— nevertheless achieved a first for the country. can you hear me? i was just saying, despite the defeat, panama have achieved a first for the country. sorry, i did not hear about that. i was at the peru game and they had not been at the world cup since 1982 and you saw the fans today and what it meant to be there. even despite the scoreline and it was the same with the peru supporters who were at the world cup in 1982. it has been a friendly atmosphere, everywhere i have been in russia and the south american fa ns in russia and the south american fans have really travelled in massive numbers and it brings it home, that being at a world cup is the huge thing for many countries
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and it has been fabulous, that side of it. enjoy the rest of the tournament. thank you. you're watching bbc news. the government has announced new measures to tackle obesity in england. ministers want to ban shops displaying unhealthy snacks at checkouts impose tighter restrictions on television adverts and ban the sale of energy drinks to children. the government said the cost of obesity was ‘too great to ignore‘ but labour accused the prime minister of a ‘dossier of failure‘ on children‘s health. here‘s our health correspondent, dominic hughes. the government‘s first obesity strategy for england, unveiled in 2016, was seen by many health campaigners as a missed opportunity. ever since, ministers have been under pressure to go further, and so many of the measures that were ditched two years ago are now back on the agenda. parents are very worried. we have overtaken america in terms of obesity rates for 11—year—olds, we have one of the biggest obesity problems in europe, and this is a big statement.
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we will halve childhood obesity by 2030 as a national ambition, we will take a wide range of measures in the supermarkets, restaurants and sandwich shops that we buy snacks from. the new obesity strategy includes a proposal to ban tv advertising ofjunk food before the 9pm watershed. there will also be curbs on supermarket promotions such as buy one get one free deals on sugary, high—fat foods. and all primary school pupils in england will be encouraged to get active through schemes like walking or running a daily mile. we are really delighted to see this new childhood obesity plan. it‘s brave and it‘s ambitious and it‘s where we should be as a nation. the scottish government also plans to announce tough measures to reduce obesity, an issue that is now firmly established as one of the big public health challenges facing the uk. but after what was widely seen as a false start, the government‘s plans will now face close scrutiny. dominic hughes, bbc news. a 15—year—old boy has been stabbed
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to death in a fight at a community centre in east london. three teenage boys have been arrested on suspicion of murder. police said they were called to the centre in romford just after 9pm last night after fighting broke out as about 100 people were leaving a birthday party. polls have closed in turkey in the snap parliamentary and presidential elections which are being seen as the biggest challenge yet to president recep tayyip erdogan. his ak party has been in powerfor 16 years. turnout for this election is expected to be high with steady streams of voters reported at polling stations all over the country. mr erdogan is looking to win his second five—year term as president which would also grant him extra powers that were approved in a referendum last april. selin giritjoins us now from istanbul.
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we have had indications of turnout. the turnout was expected to be really high and it is really high and we hear the first initial results coming in. polls closed over two hours ago and the first initial results announced by the state—run news agency suggest that 30% of the polls have been counted and president erdogan leads with a figure of 57%, followed by his main challenger who stands at 27%. i have two gu ess challenger who stands at 27%. i have two guess with me, both political science researchers. what do you make of the first initial results?|j do make of the first initial results?” do not make much of them, it is too
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early to comment on them, they should be taken with caution and some grain of salt. these were snap elections, we should remind our viewers. it would be even worse to make snap announcements, because these are notjust normal regular elections, turkey desire historical elections, turkey desire historical elections and the voters will not only choose a president and also the parties in the parliament, but they are also casting a vote over the nature and future of turkish democracy and this election has been different from earlier elections and turkey were free and fair elections we re turkey were free and fair elections were not necessarily question but in re ce nt were not necessarily question but in recent years, the recent elections in turkey have been different. unfortunately, they cannot be considered free and fair and as far as the larger public is concerned, there is a lack of confidence in the neutrality of institutions. we need to be careful. do you agree with this, what do you make of the first
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results and do you think they could change? they might change but not drastically, i would expect. all the public polling agencies gave us an order of president erdogan coming first. there is no surprise. in the numbers, we might see some changes, but i suspect no change in the order. his comments on the free and fairness of the elections, i am not very concerned about that. all the parties have their observers on every ballot box and all the results are being sent to the party headquarters and there are international observers and i am less concerned about that part of that. my concern is, this is a very tense electoral process and my concern is that some people, for any party, might perhaps get out of line and perhaps might in issue eight some ugly events that would be my
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concern. some ugly events that would be my concern. you're talking about possible provocation is coming from the opposition side. what would you say to that? i would like to comment on the fact that opposition —— the opposition challenger call for his supporters to gather in front of the electoral supreme board to make sure of the furnace of the elections. there is a reason for that. we were able to trust the state institutions in the past to make sure they were free and fair but now, this is no longer possible and that is why the opposition leader, as far as the freeness and fairness of the elections are concerned, i will listen to the institutions and if there is agreement that the turkish elections are no longer free and fairand elections are no longer free and fair and civil society, independence, that do not have unnecessary political interest here, but they have an overwhelming interest in the freeness and reliability of the elections. just
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very briefly, there are half a million people monitoring the fairness of the elections, civilians and theira fairness of the elections, civilians and their a lot of foreign observers, why is that happening? her people lost trust in the electoral system in turkey? some people have lost their trust and for this new stage, i think people are quite alarmed. whatever the result, i think people, i find this impressive, we saw a colourful process from all the parties, hundreds of people, thousands of people gathered in the squares for the rallies and i believe not everyone is keeping an eye on the elections and we are having elections and we are having elections for about respect. thank you very much forjoining us here. so, there is a lot at stake in the elections in turkey, presidential elections in turkey, presidential elections and party elections held at the same time today. the voters are watching everything closely because there is a lot at stake. if president erdogan wins again in
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these elections, in the first round, then he will become this ever powerful figure, then he will become this ever powerfulfigure, appointing then he will become this ever powerful figure, appointing his cabinet and appointing even senior judges and the opposition says if that happens to be the case, the turkish democracy will be eroded. what will happen? we will see that when the exact definite results come m, when the exact definite results come in, the initial results suggest that president erdogan is leading with the majority. thank you. the headlines on bbc news. england fans celebrate after the lions make it through to the knock out stages of the world cup in russia thanks to a record—breaking win over panama. new measures aimed at halving the number of obese children in england by 2030 have been announced by the government. polls have closed in turkey‘s presidential and parliamentary elections, the biggest challenge to president erdogan‘s fifteen years in government. president trump has called for illegal immigrants to be
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deported from the united states "with nojudges or court cases" immediately. the president took to twitter and called the current system "a mockery to good immigration policy and law and order". his latest comments come after the trump administration received widespread condemnation, following revelations that more than 2,000 children had been separated from their parents at detention centres near the us—mexico border. 0ur correspondent, chris buckler is washington. chris. this week has seen donald trump having to back down on that policy of family separation, something he did not want to do, but there was a public outcry over seeing those children being separated from their families as they tried to cross the border. as a result, he has tried to show himself
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to be looking at those concerns, but developing over the last couple of days, we have seen his language hardened further. yesterday in las vegas he talked about the laws here being a laughing stock when it came to immigration. they have been laughed at by the rest of the world and in the tweets that he has published today, it is very clear that he wa nts to wants to go even further. i will reduce the tweet that he has put out that has caused already a lot of controversy. he said we cannot allow all of these people to invade our country. when someone comes in, we must immediately without judges country. when someone comes in, we must immediately withoutjudges or court cases bring them back from where they came. that idea of getting rid of a judicial process and simply deporting people will appal political opponents and to —— they will say in response that donald trump does not understand what a lot of these people are trying to escape from which is poverty, violence, many are coming from central america and he does not
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understand the whole policy of asylum. but this is an indication of, whether it is policy or a tweet from donald trump, it certainly indicates that he is going to become harder on this issue of immigration, he is going to adopt a hardline sta nce he is going to adopt a hardline stance and he believes, as far as his supporters are concerned, that they will back him. meanwhile, of course, the us navy is looking at plans for new facilities, potentially involving intent to hold thousands, if not tens of thousands of migrants and that gives you an idea of the scale of the problem and the concerns about immigration here in america and it is one that donald trump intends to continue talking about. thank you. prince william has landed in jordan for the start of his middle east tour. the duke of cambridge was flying while england played panama in the world cup — he asked reporters not to tell him the score because thejordanian crown prince had recorded it for him to watch later. he will get a lovely surprise!
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eu leaders are meeting in brussels to discuss europe‘s strategy on migration. 16 of the bloc‘s 28 member states have gathered to try to mend the rifts that have emerged over the arrival of african and middle—eastern migrants. the talks are taking place ahead of a european council summit of all 28 leaders later this week. italy is again voicing strong concern over the number of migrants it‘s being expected to manage. 0ur europe correspondent kevin connolly gave me this update. the whole issue of migration is an enormous problem for the eu. i suppose it is one of the great historical phenomenon of our age and it is left of this generation of day—to—day politicians to try and find an answer. angela merkel is under particular immediate pressure because, of course, some of her coalition partners want to do a lot more at the european level to stop
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secondary migrants moving to germany, people who have already registered in one eu member state but to then want to move on to germany. the coalition partners are not happy. an original draft of the possible conclusions to the meeting today show that her concerns if you like, were being addressed, but that angered a lot of other european leaders who have problems of their own endless and that particularly means italy. it is very often the country first arrival and it says it is not interested in hearing the eu talk about germany‘s problems with second area rivals, it once more to be done to close external borders and to deal with this country of their first arrival because that country is often italy and the italian leader has come to shake things up. he says he has come with big new ideas, new ways of looking at this problem from the european perspective. he has not told us what they are but he is determined to change the conversation in brussels
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on migration. police in zimbabwe say 49 people were injured in an explosion yesterday at a political rally held by president emmerson mnangagwa. police say they‘re expecting more casualties to come forward. an investigation is under way at bulawayo white city stadium where the blast took place. ina president mnangagwa says next week‘s elections will still take place. saudi arabia has become the last country in the world to permit women to drive. the move is part of a programme of modernisation under crown prince mohamed bin salman. but leading women‘s rights activists, who challenged the ban, are still in prison. from riyadh, 0rla guerin reports. 0n the stroke of midnight, seizing their moment, and driving into the history books with a smile that says, it is our turn now. and plenty of support along the way. come morning, more women were taking to the road.
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teacher kareema seen off by her daughters. in six months it will be your turn. the only hazard she faced, male drivers. there is a stop sign, we have to stop. he did not want to stop. oh, my god. kareema has been taking us for a spin around the neighbourhood. today, she and other saudi women are finally behind the wheel. it has been a long time coming, and many women here are hoping there will be more changes ahead. watch us. in a few years you will see that saudi society is different, and the community, mainly. people will be more open, they will be more tolerant. really, a couple of years, five years maximum, saudi arabia will change a lot, for the better. but some saudi women are not free to drive today.
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this is lujain al—hathloul, who has challenged the ban for years. instead of celebrating, she is now behind bars, along with other leading activists rounded up last month. when i met lujain three years ago, she was expecting a hard road ahead. how long do you think it will take for women here to achieve equal rights? do you think it can be achieved? equal rights, the entire package, my god, it would take forever. i will not be alive to actually witness it. few here would dare to speak out now. sergio romero may have been given freedom to drive but not freedom to challenge the authorities. the jailing of a leading activist is a reminder of that. —— saudi women.
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0rla guerin, bbc news, riyadh. one of britain‘s main railway lines came back under state control this morning. the east coast line was returned to public ownership — after the government ended the stagecoach and virgin franchise. it will now be known as the ‘london north eastern railway‘ —— a name last used in the 1940s. the department for transport will run the service until at least 2020. the leader of the democratic union party, arlene foster has attended a gaelic games match for the first time. mrs fosterjoined the crowds to watch the ulster football final in county monaghan, and stood for the irish national anthem. it‘s the first time a senior unionist politician has attended a gaelic games match since 2012. the former wimbledon tennis champion, boris becker, insists his appointment as a cultural attache for the central african republic was legitimate. senior officials from the republic claim a diplomatic passport he‘s been given is a fake, and say they want him to be extradited to face a fraud allegation. speaking on the andrew marr show this morning, mr becker explained how he became a diplomat, working for the central
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african republic. well, i was approached by the president, his excellency, mr touadera, in february, to help him improve the image and reputation of this very difficult and poor country, and so, in a ceremony in april, he made me the attache of sport, culture and humanitarian affairs, and that has nothing to do with my bankruptcy proceedings. it was just informing the trustees, and therefore the courts, that if they want to send me to another hearing, my official address is the embassy in brussels, and not in britain or germany. unfortunately the other side, they did not respond to that, and therefore we have these misunderstandings. and this all came about through the belgian side of the central african republic? correct. it has been suggested that german politicians were the go—betweens in that.
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is that true? the connection was made from german politicians. the reason for it is i am a son of a refugee. my family is all mixed—race, so i have a strong feeling towards the african continent, and therefore i have a lot of respect and seriousness within. this was the story behind it, something i continue to do for many years. have you ever been to the central african republic? i have not been yet. i‘ve been very busy with my tennis engagements in the last few weeks but the invitation stands and whenever i have a week free, i would love to visit the country. how many meetings have you had in this job so far? i have met the president on three or four occasions, i have met the ambassador on many occasions. i have spoken to the people on many occasions, and now we are about to go ahead. the reason i‘m asking this and you referred to it already, many people think you‘re using this, perhaps cynically, as a way to get out of bankruptcy proceedings, claiming diplomatic immunity as you now you can. that is correct, but one has nothing to do with the other.
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i am not running away from my debt. i am just informing the trustees, the courts about my position, as i legally have to do. but you yourself have said, the decision to commence bankruptcy proceedings against me was both unjustified and unjust. i have now asserted diplomatic immunity as i am bound to do in order to bring this farce to an end, so i can start to rebuild my life. so you yourself have connected the two things. i have to inform about my official position. when i receive court documents, they have to get to the right address. i have informed the other side already, weeks ago, about this position. it is just a fact. it is very convenient, isn‘t it? being a diplomat has its ups and it stands. i just want to be correct
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and inform who i am today. do you have a central african republic passport? yes, i have. the foreign minister has told the bbc that this is a forgery. i do not know what is happening internally within the politics of the republic of central africa but i received this passport from the ambassador, i have spoken to the president on many occasions. it was an official inauguration. i believe the documents they have given me must be right. well, the foreign minister, whose signature is supposed to be on it, does not recognise his own signature. this could be cleared up because they want you to go back to the central african republic and be extradited there. would you go if you were asked to go? i am very happy, any time soon, to visit bangui, the capital, and to speak to the people personally about how we can move forward and how we can resolve this misunderstanding and this confusion. but as far as you‘re concerned, you have got a real passport? i have a real passport. it is at the embassy in brussels the last time i checked. helen has the weather. hello. temperatures have been 2
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degrees above yesterday and there has been more sunshine for scotland and northern ireland and that will continue as they go through this evening as well. some fine weather to end the day. it does mean that temperatures as they dip away are quite low across parts of scotland, it turns chilly here, but for most of us, given that temperatures have been higher than recent days, they will not drop solo but we are starting to get warmer nights as well. perhaps a bit more cloud will come into east anglia heading into monday morning and a bit more cloud returns to the western isles, which may just give the returns to the western isles, which mayjust give the odd spot ofjazz. here, you will not be quite as sunny as today but for most, temperatures will soar again, as today but for most, temperatures will soaragain, a as today but for most, temperatures will soar again, a couple of degrees up will soar again, a couple of degrees up again, we are pushing 29 or possibly more in the far south and east and that heat and fine and dry weather is set to continue for the rest of the week. goodbye.
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this is bbc news, our latest headlines. england fans celebrate after harry kane‘s men make it through to the knock out stages of the world cup in russia, thanks to a record—breaking win over panama. new measures aimed at halving the number of obese children in england by 2030 have been announced by the government. polls have closed in the turkish presidential election, and state media is reporting president erdogan has taken an early lead after 30% of the votes have been counted. women in saudi arabia are officially allowed to get behind the wheel of a car, after the authorities lifted a ban on them driving. president trump has said illegal immigrants to the us should be deported immediately and not allowed in his words to "invade the country". 0n meet the author this week, might
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justis 0n meet the author this week, might just is the author of the one who wrote destiny, a fierce and funny journey into the lives of three generations of kenyan immigrants in yorkshire. let‘s get the world cup update and all the sport from 0llie foster in moscow. all i will say is, come on. indeed, i‘m sure there will be echoed by millions of england fans, some fantastic scenes as harry kane scored his hat trick, jesse lingard scored his hat trick, jesse lingard scored a screamer as scored his hat trick, jesse lingard scored a screamer as well. a double celebration for england. their biggest world cup win, 6—1 against panama, and perhaps more importantly, a qualification for the knockout stages of the world cup here in russia with a game to spare.
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with all the goals and details, here‘s joe linsky. every world cup match says more about this england team, neither they have faced panama‘s passion. for them, just being here is the climax of a journey. england are just getting started. that scott and! as easy as you like. john stones and! as easy as you like. john sto nes gets and! as easy as you like. john stones gets a goal. soon after a file onjesse lingard brother chance for more. penalty one man to trust with it. how emphatic was that? harry kane‘s conversion set the foundations for flamboyance. lingard spent the first half getting roughed up. it was time for a silky touch. jesse lingard! the fires in a quite beautiful third for england! at that third strike was special england, therefore it was special. stones
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back to finish it. a second goal which gives the centre half more world cup strikes than wayne rooney. panama‘s naivety was now increasingly exposed, just like tunisia, they wrestled came to the floor. after that second penalty, he went out in front in the charts with fortune and a flick on. a hat trick completed with a clip off the heels. 6-0 completed with a clip off the heels. 6—0 in the heat, england can start to look forward, but they lost track of the pack to let panama in for their first world cup goal. of the pack to let panama in for theirfirst world cup goal. for theirfirst world cup goal. for theirfans in theirfirst world cup goal. for their fans in the stadium and theirfirst world cup goal. for theirfans in the stadium and 4 million back home, a strike of deep significance. for england, it barely change the mood. after harry kane, history goals to take home. for fans on the journey and the coaches the this is the day they start to believe. . joe this is the day they start to believe. .joe linsky, bbc news. fantastic, i was so proud of them. i
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was just enjoying being fantastic, i was so proud of them. i wasjust enjoying being here. it started pretty well, but we‘ve been working on set pieces and the way we wa nt to working on set pieces and the way we want to play. it‘s all coming together, so a brilliant result, and obviously fantastic to be through and to do it this way is fantastic. confidence wise, it was important that we score goals at big moments. it is great for the captain to get his hat trick. i think you would like to have stayed on until longer? i'm sure, but we also have to keep the whole of the squad involved. there were some challenges flying around in the game. lots to please gareth southgate, as well as the look of the group g table now. england top the group ahead of sweden by way of one less yellow card than thursday‘s opponents.
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both england and belgium go through before they face each other next thursday. what‘s interesting is that they aren‘t level pegging on goal difference plus six, goals scored, eight, england only ahead by the virtue of the fact they have one less yellow card, that‘s what it all goes down too, fair play. they play each other on thursday. what we don‘t know is what will be best for either team to finish first or second. before we get onto that and who they might face, let‘s look at another important table that i‘m sure harry kane will be very interested in. afterjust two games, harry kane leads the race for the golden boot. kane with five goals ahead of cristiano ronaldo and romelu lukaku on four goals each. denis cheryshev and diego costa have three. that is such an important accolade,
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to say you got a world cup and won the golden boot. we stock gary lineker when it back in 1986, but here‘s alan shearer about that race that harry kane is in now. for some players, the starc to be life—changing. you come in as harry kane, if he goes away as harry kane world cup golden boot winner, that‘s life—changing for someone. and as i said, when goals are going off the back of your heel, you know you have a chance. the important thing to remember is that if you're going to progress in a world cup, you need someone progress in a world cup, you need someone to bang the goals. no matter what you do or how you set up, he is the man we really need in crucial
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moments, and we haven't had these crucial moments yet, but harry kane will be the man you put your money on. it certainly made the difference for england. they're heading home from that group with ten is you. belgium and england will be going through to the last 16, they will be playing a team from group h. and we will see all the teams play each other the second match of the day is under way in ekaterinburg, two hours ahead of us east of here in russia, is between japan ahead of us east of here in russia, is betweenjapan and senegal, both these teams won their opening matches. it is a fantastic match under way. senegal took the lead with a clinker, the japanese keeper punching into sadio mane. 1—0 set a goal, but eat —— japan equalised by
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half—time. still a very neat finish into the bottom corner. senegal retook the lead in the second half. they were heading for the top of the group, but in the last couple of minutes, japan have equalised again. the honda has come off the bench, so they are really wrapped up now and looking for the winter. there are into the last time ten minutes, it is 2—2. these are live pictures of over on bbc one at the moment, you can see you have 6—7 minutes left, a bit of injury time. we‘ve had some injuries, but i wouldn‘t bet against there being a winner. this is really opening up now. and after this one, we will see the other teams in group h, poland against colombia, a lot of pressure against those teams to get a win, because they loft —— lost
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their opening matches against the two tea ms their opening matches against the two teams we are watching that, check the micah japan two teams we are watching that, check the micahjapan and senegal. a record—breaking world cup win for england, 6—1 against panama, there into the knockout stage, but we watch with interest these two games in group h, we will get an idea of which team england could face whether they come first or second in their group. still ought to be sorted out. london moskal with us, ali foster. —— live in moscow. we‘ll start with the cricket where england was not cricketers have staged an impressive comeback to win the fifth one—day international at old trafford today. set a target of 206 they were 27 forfour at one stage, but a century from joss butler secured the historic win. as drew savage reports.
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they came to old trafford in hopes of seeing history made. after a bright start by the tourists, moeen ali put england in charge. jos buttler sharp on the stumps. and cricket history shows us, never underestimate the australian fighting spirit. they were all out for 205, but it looked beatable. but he tore into the england batsman, bowling over 90 mph. johnnie ba i rstow, bowling over 90 mph. johnnie bairstow, joe root, and captain 0wen morgan. moeen ali might be the man to rescue england. no. 86—6 at this point. but while jos
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to rescue england. no. 86—6 at this point. but whilejos buttler stayed at the crease, the home crowd had hope. he showed why he is one of the best one—day batsman in the world. writing a new page in english history books. drew savage, bbc news. the start time of the french grand prix was moved to avoid a clash with the england game, which meant lewis hamilton, who started on pole could watch the match and it would appear it helped as he won for the third time this season, to regain the lead in the drivers championship. as nick parrott reports. with the world cup in full flow, the french grand prix needed to pull out all the stops to get after a 10—year absence. it wasn‘t as the prerace entertainers with their heads in clouds. sebastian vettel starting from third and desperate not to lose his championship lead scored an own goaljust moments after it all kicked off. hitting second plates, he damages for ra, and forced the mercedes to the pits for new tires. with both dropping to the back of the field, lewis hamilton must have
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felt like the england team he watched before starting from pole. just like being 5—0 up at half—time, the wind was in the bag. remarkably, that‘ll fought back to finish fifth, while bottles ended up seventh. this was hamilton‘s third win of the season, but he won‘t have many as easy as this. so happy for england as well. it‘s a beautiful sunday, happy sunday! the current king of formula 1 returns to the top standings, ribbing he will go on to conquer all. novac djokovic is attempting to win his first title in a year against marin cilic at the queen‘s club, but the former world number one isn‘t having it all his own way. having won the first set, he was beaten in a tie break in the second. a big win for marin cilic, he made
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the wimbledon wimbledon final last year, losing to roger federer, but this pushes his chances forward for winning wimbledon. novak djokovic continues his own comeback from injury and a drop in form. marin cilic winning equities are in the last few moments. but there was disappointment for roger federer and a surprise defeat on grass in the final of the halle open in germany. the 20—time grand slam champion was beaten by croatia‘s borna coric ending his bid for a tenth title at the tournament. the defeat means rafael nadal replaces him as world number one when the new rankings come out on monday. and another former wimbledon champion petra kvitova, has retained her birmingham classic title with a win over slovakia‘s magedela na rybarikova. that‘s her fifth wta tour title this year and makes her the only player to have won titles on every surface in 2018. that‘s all the sport for now.
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coming up next on bbc news, it‘s meet the author. three generations of immigrants from kenya, three lifetimes of struggle — and not only with the attitudes that mukesh meets when he arrives in yorkshire, falls in love and starts a family. nikesh shukla‘s novel the one who wrote destiny is also about struggles inside themself, the daughter who struggles with cancer, a son who chooses a career as a comedian but unfortunately isn‘t terribly funny. but the book is, despite its unflinching exploration of racism. welcome. it would be very easy on this subject to write a very angry book, you know, a brittle book, full of fire. and there is anger in this book, but fundamentally it‘s very funny.
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do you think that‘s a better way of doing it? yes, i‘ve read a lot of very heavy books about immigration and race in the last three years. i edited a collection of essays called the good immigrant, and i am by nature a writer, so i wanted to get to something that got to the heart of these people and these wonderful characters. and there is this old steve allen quote about how comedy is time plus tragedy, and what better way to talk about tragedy than through the prism of comedy? well, then it is a human comedy. and it features a comedian, raqs, who is not very good, who, i mean, his career is not going anywhere, and he wonders why. and everyone else knows, and i think the reader knows. it‘s because he‘s really not terribly funny. i have a real soft spot for raqs. i think he‘s one of those people who, when he finds his voice, he will start to do better.
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he‘s kind of still messing about with who he is. we are talking about raqs, but he is only one of the characters. and really the engine of the story is the arrival of a kenyan immigrant, mukesh, in the 1950s, who settles not in london, which would be the normal for the era, but goes to yorkshire and discovers that it isn‘t rock ‘n‘ roll and girls and all the things he expected. it‘s slightly different. so you are immediately taking the story off its axis. and it‘s based on the true story of my uncle who came to the uk in the 1960s, and i think, because we had relatives in huddersfield, bradford, just wasn‘t... he didn‘t have a network in london, to be able to find lodgings that were happy with having coloured folk back, so he ended up in keighley. and, even though my entire family now live in london, where they were meant to end up,
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i think that‘s really, and i don‘t really have much of a connection with keighley. and the story stretches over three generations. there is one particularly poignant strand in the story, which is the daughter who has inherited the cancer that killed, the gene that produced the cancer that killed her mother, and knows that she is going to die. i mean, you are taking it head—on there. yes, it‘s — i wanted, with this book, to write some british south asian characters that you just don‘t see. and, you know, too often the books that get published by british authors from a south asian background often tend to be about identity or radicalisation, or arranged marriages. and myjoke has always been that true diversity will come when we get a brown writer writing that literary fiction where a middle—aged, middle—class creative writing professor has sex with one
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of his students and is a bit sad for 300 pages. so my version of that was to try and write about a stand—up comedian, and the immigrant who didn‘t end up in london, and, you know, the internal life of someone wrestling with mortality. and also, there isn‘t — i don‘t think there‘s much fiction written from the perspective of kenyan indians whose families ended up in the uk. we talk about three generations, and they‘re all told in a very immediate way. and we see the kind of things, whether it‘s a question of health or love life or professional achievement, the things that all families go through, worrying about. but it‘s fascinating to hear you talking about the way you want these people to appear to be shedding, you know, the usual accoutrements of immigrant families being written about. well, yes, and more to be an honest representation of immigrant
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families that are out there. and so, you know, they go through all the very universal things that you describe, but sometimes those things are seen through the prism of race, because sometimes, being a person of colour in this country, that element of your life is inescapable. my dad was attacked by nf members in the ‘60s, and he nearly died. and to him, that is racism, that visceral violence on his body. sharp end. yes, and so when i come home and complain about kids calling me curry boy, and saying i look dirty, my complexion... "you ain‘t seen nothing." yes, and actually, it was things in the lead—up to brexit, where you kind of saw all the narrative around immigration turn quite toxic, and you saw the breaking point poster, that my dad and i started to meet in the middle a little bit more, and we were able to kind of — he was able to kind of appreciate the scale of these things.
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so my uncle — in 1968, he tried to buy a house in huddersfield, and he was refused. they wouldn‘t sell the house to him, because he was brown, and they didn‘t want to devalue the area. and the race relations act had just come in, that very year. and he said, you know, that is now illegal. and my uncle is the first person to ever bring a case of race discrimination under the race relations act. and all of this stuff kind of crops up in the book. and the judgement was reserved, because it was a test case, and so there was a technicality that meant that the judge had to reservejudgement. but he did say in his summation that discrimination had occurred, and that the company did change their policy after that. but my uncle and i are talking about this in 2017, when i was kind of working on edits of the book, and we see this news story of this landlord in kent who has been taken to court because he won‘t rent out properties to asians, because they stink
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the place out with curry. and my unclejust said to me, "sometimes i see these things and remember how far we haven‘t come". what about your generation, and a generation younger than you? do you think that in london, for example, kids of ten, 12, 15, are much less prone to the old attitudes than their parents‘ generation? well, that‘s interesting. so i live in bristol, and i‘ve been a youth worker for the last four years. ijust finished up on a project earlier this year. and the thing that i saw with all the young people i worked with is that they‘re so much more politically progressive than my generation is. and, you know, when we talk about identity politics, which is sort of the stick that the alt—right beats the left with, and so on and so forth, for young people, the sense of identity is so much more fluid and ingrained in the way that they converse that i don‘t — it‘s not so much removed from them that they necessarily
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need to talk about it. so i have real hope for the next generation. and in a way the book traces that journey, not in a sort of crude polemical way, but through the experience of one family, with all its ups and downs. in that sense, quite apart from the fun and laughter in the book, it‘s a story of hope, isn‘t it? yes, i would like to think so. i think, without giving too much away, i think it ends on an interesting note of hope. yes. but i think what that is about is about freeing yourself from the shackles of fate and destiny, and trying to forge your own path. and so much of each of our characters? journeys is about, like, the precarious balance between forging your own path and giving yourself to what was written. and this act that happens towards the end of the book, i hope, is a moment of hope. my book is an attempt to kind
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of reconcile what i think is a version of a multicultural britishness that i always wanted to try and find peace with, growing up. and the title is an interesting one, given what you were talking about vis—a—vis the end of the book, and it sets people on the path, i think. nikesh shukla, author of the one who wrote destiny, thanks very much. hello there. temperatures have headed towards the mid 20s today, and they‘ve been higherfor scotland and they‘ve been higherfor scotland and northern ireland because we‘ve had more sunshine here. even further south we haven‘t had as much high cloud as we did yesterday. we should see similar whether, more of the
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same as we head through the coming week. and with anything, it will get worse. so we will have 4—5 days of temperatures being well above average that either classify as a heat wave. high pressure is holding relatively dry air, so the humidity is not too high or uncomfortable over the night, but because we see temperatures getting higher, they will drop so low overnight. —— won‘t drop so low overnight. but glenn‘s of scotla nd drop so low overnight. but glenn‘s of scotland will still be a tad cool through the coming night, and we pick upa through the coming night, and we pick up a bit more clout as we go into monday morning across the northwest, but most weather fronts have been pushed to the north of the uk in thejet stream, so have been pushed to the north of the uk in the jet stream, so this heat continues to build day by day, and increasing the lease so by night, so it will be a tad more uncomfortable as the week goes on. by monday the differences a little bit more clout coming in east southeast, drifting and a northerly breeze, more clout
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for northwest of the northern isles. but for most it‘s another lovely day, abundance of sunshine, temperatures a degree or two higher, very little wind, quite a stifling day. a very similar story tuesday, picking up more of a breeze for the south coast. but we lose a little bit of the cloud further north across the highlands of scotland, but particularly to the islands, so that will allow the temperatures to lift higher. again we see —— we may see the temperature move a little further west as we pick up a bit of an easterly breeze later tuesday and into wednesday. but as you can see, we‘re chasing cloud, and the highest temperature for the vast majority, it isa temperature for the vast majority, it is a dry and sunny week ahead. u nfortu nately, it is a dry and sunny week ahead. unfortunately, grass pollen levels are at their peak at the moment, very high for many areas, and the sun is about as strong as it gets. so those are the snags in what is
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otherwise a dry and hot week ahead. this is bbc news. i‘m lukwesa barak. the headlines at six. this shot is deflected and harry kane has another goal. england score six goals for the first time in a world cup in their match against panama. harry kane joins sir geoff hurst and gary lineker by completing a hat—trick in a world cup. we have been working on the way we wa nt to we have been working on the way we want to play and it is all coming together. brilliant result. obviously, it is fantastic and to do it in this way is brilliant. england fans celebrate as the result means the ‘3 lions‘ are through to the knock—out stages new measures aimed at halving the number of obese children in england by 2030 are announced by the government. we know this is what people want.
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