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daria kasatkina is at the bottom of the screen. playing angelique kerber. now there were breathless rallies to end this match. kerber triumphed. she has earned over $20 million in her career. well, billiejean king pioneered forjust this kind of thing and the honours board mayjust have a space for kerber. joe wilson, bbc news, wimbledon. lord carrington, the former foreign secretary, has died at the age of 99. he was the last surviving member of the postwar government of sir winston churchill. lord carrington served as a tank commander in the second world war and his long ministerial career ended when he resigned at the time of the argentine invasion of the falkland islands in 1982. our diplomatic correspondent james robbins looks back at his long life. people looking for an example of a british politician resigning as a matter of honour, often point to lord carrington. he was foreign secretary when argentina invaded the falkland islands in 1982. theirforces simply
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walked into port stanley. britain was unprepared and the foreign office was blamed for ignoring intelligence. the judgment was wrong and i am responsible and therefore i thought honourably, i ought to go. a british task force left to liberate the falklands and an official enquiry later cleared lord carrington of any responsibility. the young peter carrington had been a distinguished soldier in the second world war. awarded the military cross as a tank commander. a hereditary peer, highly educated, charming, he was the last survivor of churchill's 19505 government. margret thatcher appointed him foreign secretary in 1979. he played a major role, helping end the gorilla war helping end the guerilla war in rhodesia and negotiating the birth of independent zimbabwe. lord carrington spent four years as the nato secretary—general and then, in his 70s, he took on the role of eu mediator, as yugoslavia collapsed into war.
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after he finally retired from public service, lord carrington was clear it should be a clean break. it is a great mistake when you are quite old, to pretend that you are not and go on boring people with your speeches and i think you have done your bit and should shut up! lord carrington was a natural diplomat. he was the last patrician tory aristocrat to hold such high office. the former foreign secretary lord carrington, who's died aged 99. newsnight is coming up on bbc two. here on bbc one time for the news where you are. goodnight. hello, i'm olly foster.
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live in moscow, this is sportsday at the world cup. we have our first finalist. france silence the neighbours belgium, and are now heading here on sunday. england have arrived here in moscow, and they have their eyes on that final on sunday if they can beat croatia tomorrow night. and i'm will perry with the rest of the day's sports headline. the hundard million pound man at the age of 33, christino ronaldo leaves real madrid forjuventus. and serena williams survives a scare, dropping herfirst set of the tournament, but winning her wimbledon quarter final. good evening from moscow, just under 2a hours until england
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will take on croatia in the semi finals of the world cup. we have our first finalist, france just got past belgium. the 98 champions... the belgians looking so strong, but the frenchjust champions... the belgians looking so strong, but the french just pitch champions... the belgians looking so strong, but the frenchjust pitch in the second half. but first, john bennett has been watching the game in st petersburg. belton gave it a real go, but do you think france deserved that?” belton gave it a real go, but do you think france deserved that? i think they did, it wasn't the thriller we we re they did, it wasn't the thriller we were expecting. but france one, as they have throughout this tournament, with functionality over flair. the image of their head coach, he has been criticised for
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his tactics, but he got been spot on today. let's look at some of the action today. it was belgium who started the game very well. forcing a really good save from hugo lloris in the first half. france look passive in the first half, but they almost took the lead just before half—time. benjamin covered scored one of the goals in the tournament. a sensational world cup full of excellent saves during this tournament. the key moment was after half—time, it was all about attacking the talent on show, but a defender scored the winning goal. he was excellent at the back and that was excellent at the back and that was a really good header to give france the lead, it turned out to be the winner. great celebrations at the winner. great celebrations at the end, all the backroom staff gathering in a huddle, substitute running onto the pitch. france back
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in the world cup finals since 2006, and they're in the world cup finals since 2006, and they‘ re looking in the world cup finals since 2006, and they're looking to win it for the first time since 1998. talking to the fans after the game, they all wa nt to the fans after the game, they all want england in the final. we will see. do you feel sorry for the belgians? we know their players so well from watching the premier league so much. this golden generation... they have to let —— let themselves for a match that nobody wants to play in. the match here in saint petersburg, beaufort —— third—place lay—off, huge disappointment for them. 64% possession, but they actually had ten fewer shots than france. they struggled to break through the excellent france, not other best today. let's hear from excellent france, not other best today. let's hearfrom the belgian boss, roberto martinez after the disappointment of losing in a world cup semifinal. a really sad dressing room because the opportunity of being in the final was the only focus we had.
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that makes me proud, we could easily come to this stage and froze them, and not been able to cope with what france have done in the past. france have almost used —— been used to being in these games, and i thought we cope with that pretty well. i don't want any of my players to be frustrated or disappointed. bells and staying in st petersburg. —— belgium staying in st petersburg. thanks, john. the england team arrived in moscow from their base in reppino this afternoon. willa will a beat willa beat croatia or england? both are in position now, we heard from ca ra are in position now, we heard from cara southgate at the stadium today. history has been thrown at this young england team. —— cara southgate. we know it is their first
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world cup semifinal in 28 years, can they reach their first final since 1966 when they want it in black and white? it's been a long time coming, england doing this well. they actually reached the semifinals in euro 96, their last major semifinal championship. gareth southgate missed the penalty shoot out, but there are similarities between the squad morale from 96 to this young tea m squad morale from 96 to this young team he has here in 2018. the feel of this group of players is very similar to the players we had then. but that team was a lot more experience in terms of its age and experience in terms of its age and experience in terms of its age and experience in big matches. but we approached this tournament in the same way. we were a group of guys having a lot of fun learning and improving all the time. and that's what these lads have done. we were never quite sure how far this team
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could go. we've made several pieces of history, biggest win in a tournament for england, first knockout win for ten years, first quarterfinal win for longer. we're just looking to keep the barriers down, and were going into the semifinal, but it seems to us like is the next step on a journey. he'sa he's a world—class player, probably the best i've ever played against. so hopefully he has a quiet night tomorrow, but we will do all the best we can to... they gotten a lot of fla k best we can to... they gotten a lot of flak from different areas. but we've been working over the last few days on what we need to do, and hopefully we just go out there and implemented in the game. the croatian captain will be the key to their hopes of reaching their first
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world cup final, but will fatigue be a factor? they have had to come third two penalty shoot out in the knockout stages. we will see with oui’ knockout stages. we will see with our coverage across bbc news in the build up to see what will happen in that semifinal, france waiting for the winter. heading back to the bbc sports centre with will parry. thanks, olly. away from the world cup, the big story today is that cristiano ronaldo has joined juventus from real madrid becoming one of the four most expensive players of all time. a deal worth £99.2 million has been reached between the two clubs and ronaldo has signed a four—year deal with the italian champions. the 33—year—old won four champions league titles in his nine years at real. he says "the time has come to open a new stage in my life, that's why i asked the club to accept transferring me". ronaldo joined from manchester united in 2009 and scored a club—record a51 goals, winning the ballon d'orfive times. another big deal which has gone through today, manchester city have broken their transfer record to sign winger riyad mahrez from leicesterfor £60 million. he's signed a five—year deal
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to become their first recruit of the summer. he says city's style of play is "perfect" for him and he wanted to be part of a club which is "redefining the english game". elsewehere, arsenal have agreed a deal to sign uruguay international midfielder lucas torreira from sampdoria for £26 million. the 22—year—old, who played in all five of his country's world cup matches before the quarterfinal defeat against france. he'lljoin on a five—year deal. lorient midfielder matteo guendouzi, is also having a medical with the club. celtic have beaten alash—kert of armenia 3—0 in the first of four champions league qualifying rounds, thanks to goals from odsonne edouard, james forrest and callum mcgregor. onto tennis, and serena williams survived a scare to reach the wimbeldon semi finals. the 23—times grand slam champion lost her first set of the tournament but came through 3—6, 6—3, 6—4 against the italian camila giorgi.
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williams will face 13th seed yulia gur—gus on thursday. eleventh seed angelique kerber also reached the semi—finals with a 6—3, 7—5 win over russia's daria kasat—kina. kerber, the highest—ranked seed left in the women's competition, will face jelena ostapenko on thursday. jamie murray and bruno soares are out of the men's doubles. they lost their quarterfinal against raven klaasen and michael venus three sets to two. elsewhere though, britain's dom inglot and joe salisbury are through to the semi—finals after winning their quarterfinals. that's all from sportsday with me will perry and olly foster in moscow. goodnight. hello, and welcome to our look ahead
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to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the former trade minister, lord digbyjones, and the broadcaster, henry bonsu. tomorrow's front pages are already in. the financial times leads with facebook‘s fine by the information commissioner's office, after the watchdog accused the social network of breaking the law over how it safeguarded user information in the cambridge analytica data leak. that's also the front page story in the guardian, which also shows the faces of the 12 young footballers successfully rescued from a cave in thailand.
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the telegraph focuses on us president donald trump's comments that theresa may's government is "in turmoil" after cabinet ministers and party figures resign. meanwhile, the i divides its front page between those continuing resignations within theresa may's party, and also looks ahead to england's world cup match against croatia tomorrow. the times also leads on the state of mrs may's leadership, saying that tory mp andrew bridgen will submit a letter of no confidence in the prime minister to the 1922 committee of conservative banckbenchers. the daily express describes the prime minister's plans to prepare for a "no deal" brexit scenario as a "clear warning that her patience with brussels is running out". and the mirror features a plea from former england player paul gascgoine to the world cup team, as he tells them to "bring the trophy home". good to have you with us. let's plunge straight and with the daily telegraph front page. yes, trumpet
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saying britain is a country in turmoil. what could given that idea? he's been talking to borisjohnson. what you would expect a regular us president to do ahead of a visit to nato in brussels, and here is he saying that he is looking forward to reestablishing acquaintances with the closest ally, rekindling the special relationship. britain is on the verge of becoming a great free global mission again, and i can't wait to talk to theresa may and see what's going on and have tea with the queen. he was a populist self before leaving for europe, saying he doesn't know what is happening with britain, who knows if theresa may will survive? but i like boris johnson! i'm looking forward to looking up with him. and the reason

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