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set novak djokovic eventually triumphs 10—8. he will be back for more tomorrow. also gordon reid and alfie hewett with the winners of the wheelchair doubles for the third yearin wheelchair doubles for the third year ina wheelchair doubles for the third year in a row. age 30 angelique kerber has plenty of time for more of this. england's world cup has come to an end, with more disappointment. they suffered a second defeat to belgium, losing by two goals to nil, in the playoff to decide third and fourth place in the competition. from st petersburg our sports editor dan roan reports. it's the match no team really wants to play in, a reminder ofjust how close you came to the main event. but for england this was at least a chance to end a stiring campaign on a high. they say no one remembers who finishes third at the world cup. but belgian‘s hunger was immediately apparent. less than four minutes gone when thomas meunier stole in. despite still being the tournament's top scorer, harry kane had failed to find the net in his last two matches and here again it was not quite happening.
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eric dier then denied by a desperate goal—line clearance from tottenham team—mate toby alderweireld as england improved. a brilliant belgian counterattack then ended with thomas meunier bringing the best out ofjordan pickford. but there was nothing he could do when eden hazard went past philjones to cap a fine performance. england's great russian adventure finally ending with back—to—back defeats. it was a really difficult challenge, probably a step too far for us. i reflect that the players have given absolutely everything right the way through. i am incredibly proud of what they done. i think we have gone beyond what we thought was probably possible and we also know where we sit. you know, we're a little bit off the top four or five teams in the world and we have never hidden from that, really. this team returns home far from the finished article but the last month shows they are now heading in the right direction. england will look back on the tournament with a mixture of fondness and frustration. a golden
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opportunity to reach the world cup finaljust evaded them but this team has restored the bond with the fans and that arguably is its biggest result of the summer. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. we're back with the late news at ten. now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. goodbye. this is bbc news. the headlines at 7:00. president trump plays a round of golf at his turnberry resort during his ‘private visit‘ to scotland. thousands of people protest on the streets of edinburgh in a second day of rallies against the president's uk visit. i'm ross atkins at turnberry where the president will spend one more night at his golf resort here before flying tomorrow afternoon to
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helsinki for a meeting with vladimir putin. the boys rescued from a cave in thailand will be reunited with their families this week —— one of the boys father has been speaking to the bbc. translation: he said it was an enormous struggle inside the cave. it was of course dark and there was no food. when he comes out of the hospital i want to hug him, and tell him that i love him very much. and england finish fourth in the world cup after losing 2—nil to belgium in st petersburg in the third place play off. and there it is now. defeat for serena williams in the wimbledon ladies final —— losing 2 sets to love to the german angelique kerber. that and a round—up of the days sport in sportsday at 7:30. those organising donald trump's
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visit to the uk has been careful to keep the president away from protesters they knew would be turning out to object to his visit and some of the policies he has pursued from the white house. today as he spent a couple of nights at his turnberry golf resort it's been impossible to avoid the protesters. we knew the president was going to play golf, he has played golf over 50 weekends since arriving in the white house at the beginning of last year, so you turned out today. so did year, so you turned out today. so d id protesters year, so you turned out today. so did protesters who knew he would be out playing 18 holes. so, in this report from one accord and you'll see ina report from one accord and you'll see in a day of protest, part his father president and protesters coming face to face. ——. —— saw the president and protesters coming face to face. this has been described as a private visit to scotland, but president trump is not publicity shy.
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making his way around the turnberry fairways, acknowledging the waiting media and protesters. donald trump the businessman owns two golf courses in scotland. donald trump the president called his resort magical. the president has described his trip to turnberry as two days of meetings, calls and hopefully some golf. he has managed to play a round, but it's not been entirely relaxing. protesters getting close to the course. demonstrations too in scotland's capital, where many thousands took to the streets of edinburgh. we don't agree, that he doesn't have a special relationship with the british people, and wejust need to exercise our right to protest. it's not just trump, it's the billionaire class dominating our world, and we've got to get rid of them. this is now the third day of protest. not impressed, says the minister hoping to cut a deal with the us after brexit.
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i don't think that the protesters are an embarrassment to the government, i think they were an embarrassment to themselves. and i think that when you have a president of the us, the leader of the free world, being greeted with signs that say go home, we hate you. i don't think that reflects the genuine good manners and hospitality of the british people. hello, glasgow! the diplomacy seemingly strained at other points too. it's been reported that donald trump has said he hates scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon, addressing a pride march in glasgow, she said it's the policies, not personality that matter. many people in scotland and across the uk, we've seen that in the past couple of days, take strong objection to some of the policies of the trump administration. the treatment of minorities and women or most importantly, the separation of migrant children from their parents, and i think it's important that we
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don't have diplomatic silences around those things, but we all have the ability to speak out. last night's security breach by a greenpeace campaigner who got close to donald trump is being investigated. security here is very visible and tight until the president leaves for helsinki tomorrow. let's talk to some of the issues donald trump's visit to the uk has raised with james cook, one of our correspondents who has been travelling with the trump team. let's start with the uk us trade deal. from the uk's perspective that was a priority. where you'd be think we have moved to from where we were a couple of days ago? as is quite often the case with president trump we have been marched up the hill and back down again. we had the interview with the sun in which he suggested the prospects for a trade deal after brexit had been killed
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because of theresa may's plan for brexit. i think the nub of that is the problem for the american that the problem for the american that the uk under her plan would retain european regulations and standards, and americans don't want that because they want to apply their regulations and thus opening up trade for markets that they consent to the uk. —— more goods. in truth, although the rhetoric has changed from this attack in the sun to warm words at chequers the problem remains. i don't think we have moved far at all. if that is the number one issue from a uk perspective, on a global level on arguably the meeting with vladimir putin monday is the biggest event of this trip. hearing it looks like there'll be a joint press conference which is one to put in our diaries. that is right and we had expected that would happen and it seems now we are moving towards the vladimir putin donald trump show in helsinki when the pair meet there. for the us media, really, frankly although for
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president trump the meeting with the queen and his image of the queen was essential, this has been a warm—up act, really. ahead of the big meeting. partly because of the investigations into alleged collusion between the donald trump tea m collusion between the donald trump team and russia, and partly because of the wider geopolitical issue and seriousness of it, crimea being the big example that some nato allies are very worried about. russell's illegal annexation of crimea —— russia's illegal annexation. will president trump moved towards in some way being soft on that? we will see. he is inconsistent in some ways but consistent in his hostility toward the media. he loves us! he has a strange way of showing if he does. particularly hostile to certain news networks in the us. you have spent a couple of days in the company of these men and women. i wonder whether the hostility feels real, when you see up closed is more of pantomime? i think it swings between both. sometimes it feels
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like a between both. sometimes it feels likea pantomime, between both. sometimes it feels like a pantomime, but then journalists become genuinely frustrated because they feel it's affecting their ability to do their job and to fairly tell the story of this presidency because he will not for example at the news conference ta ke for example at the news conference take a question from cnn and they we re take a question from cnn and they were annoyed about that. they are a major network. that is a problem for them. then there was the to and fro with tommy's —— tom newton dunn of the son who conducted the interview. what was interesting about that was the president saying that an interview for which the tape had been published already was fake news. why does he do that when it is easily proved that is not fake news? he does that because his supporters back home probably will not read the sun and will just back home probably will not read the sun and willjust hear the message. the news is all wise, don't believe what you say and that helps and effect to lead back deflects criticism. thank you very much indeed. the president spending one more night in his hotel behind me and tomorrow abound about the time the world cup final is beginning the
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president will take off and head in the direction of helsinki and vladimir putin. thank you very much, ros atkins at turnberry. the 12 boys and their football coach who were rescued from a cave complex in thailand are to leave hospital on thursday, when they'll be reunited with theirfamilies. the father of one of the boys, who's the team captain, has told the bbc the team had feared for their lives — and he is looking forward to hugging his son. martin patience reports. they are arguably the world's most famous football team. the latest pictures from hospital where the boys are building up their strength. this player wants to eat crispy pork and fried rice. another boy is after some sushi. and a third wants kfc. thank you so much. after the darkness of the cave, they now have the light to draw. 0ne darkness of the cave, they now have the light to draw. one of those recovering is this 13—year—old whose
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father has spoken exclusively to the bbc. he said it was an honest struggle inside the cave. it was of course dark and there was no food. they drink the water dripping from the roof of the cave. the coach got them to meditate every day. he created a tight group, and they all stayed together. —— it created a tight group. they must have feared they would die in the cave. yes, because children are not like adults. they cannot control their emotions in the same way. with all the darkness, some of them must have been crying. i think many of them we re been crying. i think many of them were afraid of the dark. what is the first thing you want to do when he gets out of hospital? when he comes out of the hospital i want to hug him and tell him that i love him very much. and we need to celebrate his birthday and had hot pot for him, because that is what he will wa nt to him, because that is what he will want to eat, and to have a cake. a big cake so that he is happy. dom
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will not have to wait long for his belated birthday. 0fficials will not have to wait long for his belated birthday. officials say the boys will be out of hospital in a few days. england have ended their world cup campaign with a 2—nil defeat to belgium in the third place play—off. gareth southgate's side conceded the first goal inside four minutes, but put up a spirited showing in the second half. ashley john—ba ptiste has been talking to fans in st petersberg, at the end of england's world cup journey. fans are making their way home, a mixture of fans. belgian fans. not as many england fans, but also many russians here supporting either side. to hear what some of the england fans make of the result i have only a man from yorkshire. what expectations did you have for today's match? not as much as what we have done. we have done ourselves proud. we have done good. no disappointment at the result today? not for me. iagree.
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it would have been nice to see them win but at the end of the day we have got as far as we could go and it's nice to see that they've gotten to the third—place playoffs. how good is that from last year? we have definitely made an improvement. we have done good. of course a young squad. what expectations did you have of the squad before the start of the world cup? i would probably say the quarterfinals. the usual for england, isn't it? but i think those yorkshire lads in defence, they have sorted it out for us and four years' time we will come good. for years, qatar, what do you think? how can the squad improve over the next four years? for me, they will have time to learn about themselves and how they are playing together. they've got now four years now to grow as a team. and hopefully it'll show off. we have the euros to deal with together, hopefully that
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will be a nice build up to what qatar has to offer. of course, not as many england fans here, what do you make of the fans turnout? it has been absolutely brilliant. the russian people have excelled, nothing like i thought they would be. really friendly. really nice place to be. absolutely fantastic place to be. did you have any concerns before coming out? lots. like what? trouble, violence, all the usual things. basically what the media had portrayed russia to be. it is nothing like that. absolutely beautiful place. fantastic place and people. there you have it, liam and craig, leaving with their heads held high proud of how this england squad have performed during this world cup. the headlines on bbc news: president trump's visit to the uk continues, as he plays a round of golf at turnberry — as thousands take to the streets to protest against his visit. the boys rescued from a cave in thailand will be allowed to leave hospital later this week.
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police in wiltshire recover more than 400 items and samples in connection with the poisoning of dawn sturgess and charlie rowley, who were exposed to the nerve agent novichok. the former sinn fein president, gerry adams, has appealed for people who carried out an attack on his home in west belfast last night to meet him. an explosive device was thrown at the house. it follows several nights of rioting in londonderry —— which police have blamed on dissident republicans. 0ur ireland correspondent john campbell reports. for six nights this week, young people from a republican area of derry have attacked the police. the chief constable said they were being directed by a group of violent dissident republicans who oppose sinn fein and the peace process. yesterday, a rally was held in the city, where sinn fein condemned the dissidents, saying they were using young
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people as cannon fodder. and this may have been the dissidents' response, a crude explosive device thrown at the west belfast home of gerry adams. it caused damage to a car parked on his driveway. today, mr adams called on his attackers to explain themselves. i would like them or their representatives to come and meet me. i would like them to sit down and explain to me what this is about. i would like those who are involved in exploiting children in derry to do the same thing. there was a second attack, not far away, at the home of another senior sinn fein member, though no damage was caused. dissident republicans are small in number. they have been heavily penetrated by the security services and have little capacity to mount attacks, but events here and in derry show they remain dangerous. john campbell, bbc news, belfast. the israeli military has launched a wave of air strikes
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against dozens of militant targets in the gaza strip in retaliation for mortar and rocket fire into israel from the palestinian territory. palestinian health officials say that two people have been killed and 12 more wounded by an air strike in gaza city. footage show a series of loud explosions in gaza city and plumes of smoke rising into the air. the israeli ambulance service says three israelis have been wounded by shrapnel from a rocket. over 400 items, samples and exhibits have been recovered by police as part of the ongoing investigation into the poisoning of a couple with novichok. detectives say the substance which killed dawn sturgess, and left charlie rowley in hospital, had been in a small bottle found at his house in amesbury. scotland yard says it doesn't know where the bottle came from, and says it can't guarantee that there isn't any more of the substance left.
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to bring us more details is our correspondent andy moore. has this been a significant breakthrough. no, it is not a significant breakthrough. what we got today was a long and detailed description of just how got today was a long and detailed description ofjust how difficult or time—consuming, dangerous this operation is, especially in this hot weather. we saw some of the pictures of the infrastructure around charlie rowley‘s house and what police have to do is plan their operation in advance, put on those hazmat suit in the forensic tents with temperatures up the forensic tents with temperatures up to a0 celsius. because it is so hot they can only work in the house for 15 or 20 minutes. they come out, ta ke for 15 or 20 minutes. they come out, take off their seats again, another a0 minutes being very careful not to have contaminated any other areas. ambulance crews, fire crews standing by just ambulance crews, fire crews standing byjust in case. the police officers 01’ byjust in case. the police officers or volunteers had to undergo regular testing to make sure they're not exposed to the poison will stop because it is so complicated they
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can only do these investigations twice a day. despite that they have recovered these a00 items, most importantly that bottle of poison thatis importantly that bottle of poison that is being investigated to see if it is the same batch that please and yulia and sergei skripal. we had a brief statement from the national league for counterterrorism saying it is not an exaggeration to say the search process linked with both of these has been one of the most complex and difficult the uk policing has ever faced. what about people living locally? what does all this mean for them? will we see police in the area for some time to come? yes. police say they will be there for weeks if not months. they say it'll be a very long operation. this to say the reason they are carrying out this investigation, not only do they want to find out who carried out this crime, but they wa nt to carried out this crime, but they want to be sure there is no risk of other contamination, no risk to the general public. so it'll be a very detailed, thorough, meticulous investigation and it will take a
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long time. you very much. the london fire service says nearly 100 firefighters are dealing with a large grass fire near heathrow airport on twitter, the fire service says grass land in feltham the size of four football pitches is alight. heathrow airport says flights are not affected. the former pakistani prime minister has begun a 10—yearjail sentence. he arrived back in the country last night from the uk. nawaz sharif was convicted in absentia by an anti corruption court last week. but he says he s the victim of a political conspiracy that aims to ensure his party loses in the country s upcoming elections. secunder kermani was on the plane back to pakistan with him and has this report. he was met by a crowd ofjournalists as he boarded a play. he knew that when he landed he would be arrested. i know that be going straight to
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jail. of course this is a struggle for the restoration of democracy in pakistan were for the restoration of... i'm prepared to pay any price for that. his supporters claimed the real reason he was convicted is because the pakistani army want him out of power ahead of the elections. defying roadblocks, cuts to mobile phone service and preemptive arrests, thousands turned out in the hall hoping to welcome him. the decision that came but is not right, is not correct. in the end his arrival was overshadowed by huge suicide bombing on an unconnected political rally in the western province. the build—up to the
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elections increasingly fraught. landing, he and his daughter were surrounded by security officials waiting to fly them to a jail. for some, nawaz sharif is a corrupt politician, finally being punished. for others, he's a political martyr. how the majority of the country view him will play a large part in determining the elections. it's estimated that 19 million children worldwide have vision problems, but that around 12 million of those could have their sight easily corrected with glasses. research published in the lancet global health today has shown that a pilot school—screening programme in kenya, which trained school teachers to identify children's eye problems using the first clinically—tested vision smart phone app —— saw a substantial increase in children's treatment. 0ur global health correspondent, smitha mundasad reports: in this class, all eyes are on the teacher, and of course
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the blackboard behind him. but for this 13—year—old who struggles with his sight, this is what it looks like. another lesson missed, but getting help isn't easy. i'm an ophthalmologist, i'm one of the hundred ophthalmologist in kenya. i'm in charge of a region which is 2 million people. i cannot reach everybody in that area. but first the team tried to take masses of specialist eye equipment to rural kenya. but the work was difficult, reliable roads and electricity were scarce. there was consistently cues of two or 300 people waiting to see us when we turned up. the majority of whom were blind or visually impaired and did not need to be. we realised the need was so great, and a different approach would be required and it was realising in those same places that have no infrastructure that there was a perfect mobile signal. close your right eye. that sparked the idea of creating an app that turns teachers into opticians.
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the child points in the direction the symbol is facing. the teacher then swipes the screen in the same direction and the app determines how good the child's sight is. this is how he saw the world for many years, and it is notjust him — this type of problem affects 12 million people around the globe. spotting the problem early can help children do so much better at school, and help them set their sights on so much more in later life. but the team knew that finding the children with poor sight was not enough. they needed to show parents just how blurred their child's vision was, and they used these split screen photos. children were then given an appointment at their nearest eye clinic and text messages were used to encourage them to go. i'm examining him now to find out what the problems
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are with his eyes and then i will tell you the feedback. with the right help, many school children like him can finally read the board. the team are now testing other ways that smartphones can help change how people their world. it's taken two years to build at a cost of more than £200 million, now britain's new polar research ship has finally made it in to the water. the rrs sir david attenborough, which was nearly named boaty mcboatface, was launched into the river mersey this afternoon by the man himself. 0ur science correspondent victoria gill has more. 3, 2, 1. launch. years of work leading to this momentous splash. britain's ten—tonne polar research ship afloat for the very first time in the river mersey. it was famed for the public‘s decision to name it boaty mcboatface, but the vessel now bears a far more celebrated name. building the 129—metre rrs sir david attenborough has taken
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1 million individual pieces of steel and a50 km of wire. and while she's not the biggest vessel to be built here on the mersey, this ship is unique. as well as onboard laboratories for the 60 scientists who will work aboard, the ship has giant, hugely insulated freezers to contain and keep safe frozen sa m ples from the planet's polar regions. the sir david attenborough is the most technologically advanced research vessel ever built in this country, and because of her size they've had to wait for the highest tide to get her into the river mersey, but she's destined for much more extreme environments. this is how the ship will look when the real exploration begins, and the captain himself has had a hand in preparing his vessel for some genuinely uncharted territory. one of the things i was very keen on putting on the vessel was a forward facing sonar, so that gives us an image, a kilometre ahead of the vessel, 3—d representation of the sea bed. so it means we'll be
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able to go into these places knowing absolutely what is there. now ready for its first trip into the water, the ship will spend 25 years as a base for polar discoveries that are yet be made. an iceberg the size of a hill has drifted close to a small village on the western coast of greenland prompting fears that waves could overwhelm homes there. the village, which has around 170 residents, has been partially evacuated —— it's feared the iceberg could break apart, with waves flooding the coastline. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello. plenty of sunshine to start the weekend across much of the uk. temperatures into the mid to upper 20s and one spots we had the mid—20s
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and spot but —— parts of scotland and spot but —— parts of scotland and northern ireland. a good work—out only for part two of the week and tomorrow and overnight tonight i'll break rain across northern ireland. the rain and north of toledo western scotland will go up of toledo western scotland will go upa bit of toledo western scotland will go up a bit as well so turning heavier later in the night. clearfor england and wales so higher temperatures overnight are in scotla nd temperatures overnight are in scotland and northern ireland, summoned to the high teens but tomorrow where you have sunshine expect more cloud. some rain around slowly moving east. much into
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