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it has a lot more in the hundred, it has been going really well. the other quys been going really well. the other guys have been doing tremendously well, it is exciting for me now to be part of that and to see how much further i could go. you are the fastest man outside of the us, the statistics don't lie, here they are. sixth fastest at the moment. how confident are you getting closer?” definitely think i can do much better. this year has been a learning curve in terms of the 100 metres. i have gotten much sharper now, as the european championships is getting closer, my speed has got up is getting closer, my speed has got up there so i think i can reckon with the great guys from the usa. you could've already won your first major championship at the commonwealth games earlier this year, you crossed the line ahead of richards of trinidad and tobago. you thought you had won it, then you are disqualified for impeding him. this
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is the first time you are seeing this, what happened? it was heartbreaking, to be honest. i remember crossing the finish line in third place but then lose the disqualification. this was one of my ups and downs. i hope nothing like will happen again. i have been trying to stay in my lane as much as possible in training. but it has made me much hungrier, it will only get better. i am sorry to do that to you, but i'm sure there are many more gold medals to come. you can watch zharnel and the host of other big names in action at the anniversary games this weekend, coverage this weekend on bbc one and the bbc sport website. finally, there was a bit of world cup glamour at non—league
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gainsborough trinity's ground last night, where england defender harry maguire was in the crowd to watch his brothers lawrence and joe play against each other as gainsborough took on chesterfield in a preseason friendly. they're the two number sixes. some of the crowd, though, seemed to be more interested in selfies with maguire than the match itself. good on them! a star now. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. borisjohnson has launched an outspoken attack on the prime minister's brexit policy — acccusing her of dithering and urging her to change course. it comes as theresa may faced a grilling in front of mps on the liaison select committee as to how her current proposals for the uk's future relationship with the eu would work in practice.
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0ur political correspondent jonathan blake is at westminster. it has been a pretty gruelling day for the prime minister. that long session in front of the liaison committee, the chairs for the select committees, what have we learned?m was a gruelling day, as you say. but most of them are at the moment. that long session in front of senior mps where she was grilled on her plan for brexit, it was quite technical in nature for the most part, there are one of two new things. the government will issue technical instructions in the autumn, the prime minister said, about what would happen in a no deal scenario. they are aimed as a guide for businesses and individuals living in the uk from other eu countries to
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better inform them, the prime minister said, about what may happen in that scenario and what she will do to prepare for it. she was questioned as to how what was put forward in the white paper would work and how the money would be collected and she seemed to confirm it would be ready by the time the uk leads the eu at the end of the transition agreement after that in 2021. but as one mp put it, good luck, suggesting that was perhaps unlikely. it was a session where the prime minister stuck to the technical detail, if you like, of the plan, and did not give too mature way in terms of new details of exactly how it'll work. plan has come underfire of exactly how it'll work. plan has come under fire from both sides of her party, she had a big meeting this evening. what is the word about how she got on? she was given a rapturous reception at the 1922
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committee of conservative mps in parliament this evening, she was stuck outside for a few minutes beforehand talking to the reporters gathered outside. she said she hadn't seen boris johnson's resignation statement in parliament because she was in the liaison committee at the time. it seems that for the time being conservative mps are written in mood to hold off, taking any decisive action against her. —— are in the mood to hold off taking any decisive action on her. 0ne mp said they had withdrawn their letter of no confidence, most mps said that she should stay in the job and is doing well. survives another day! thank you, jonathan break. —— jonathan blake. sir cliff richard has won his high court privacy battle against the bbc, and has been awarded an initial £210,000 in damages. the court found that the corporation's reporting of a police raid on his home, in connection with an allegation of historical child sexual abuse, infringed the star's privacy in a serious and sensationalist way. sir cliff always denied
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the allegations, and wasn't arrested or charged. he described today's ruling as ‘wonderful news'. the bbc says it's very sorry for the distress caused to sir cliff, but is considering an appeal. the executive director of the society of editors ian murrayjoins me now from our studio in liverpool. thank you very much indeed for talking to us. what do you make of thejudgment? talking to us. what do you make of the judgment? as someone who was editing a newspaper and in the newsroom at the time and watched the drama unfolds, and it was drama, it was like watching a drama show, the helicopters whizzing around the home of sir cliff, then we discovered he was not there, i must admit, i thought it was an important story that he was being investigated, but this is over the top, sensational. i was not surprised when that element was not surprised when that element was underscored in court today. the surprise and the concern from
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the society of editors and others in the society of editors and others in the media is that the judge went further than that and said the mere fa ct further than that and said the mere fact that sir cliff was identified as somebody under investigation, regardless of the over the top and sensational, the mere fact he was identified broke the law with regard to privacy and that is a step that really threatens press freedom and the public‘s great to know. really threatens press freedom and the public's great to know. but what the public's great to know. but what thejudge said was the public's great to know. but what the judge said was that a suspect in a case like this should have a reasonable expectation of privacy, and he also said he was not changing the law or setting any new precedents, just interpreting the rules as they stand. i think you can judge from the reaction of most of the media, nudges the bbc go wider, that we would not agree with that, it isa that we would not agree with that, it is a precedent, it is taking a
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step forward. this is the first time that the law on privacy has been interpreted this way. even if the police have not released details, and in some cases they have, they have stepped forward and said we are releasing details because we think it will help other victims and witnesses to come forward, that has proved positive and we have seen convictions. i would say if it has a lwa ys convictions. i would say if it has always been, shall we say, illegal, it has always been interpreted in this way, why were the police breaking the law themselves? this is the first time it has been judged breaking the law themselves? this is the first time it has beenjudged in this way. it "the questions. if you reverse the trend the it is he was policing the police? it will be very difficult to report on police raids, terrorism suspects etc, newsrooms are already very wary of the deformation problem southern fairing somebody is being investigated for something, they will now have this saying that even if we identify them
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accurately and correctly, it would be considered we are breaking the law. very briefly, would you like to see this ruling challenged in an appeal? i think two thing is, firstly, yes, the bbc should appeal on this one point and get clarification, and hopefully return it back to the way it was. if this isa it back to the way it was. if this is a matter now that society itself decides we wish to someone until they are charged, which is what the court is saying, with some exceptions with the police to decide, but is a big step against the public's right to know and something parliament should decide, and not just something parliament should decide, and notjust one celebrity case, even though there is quite understandable sympathy for sir cliff richard, who went to a terrible ordeal. thanks very much, ian murray. coming up thanks very much, ian murray. coming up shortly it will be beyond 100
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days, with much more on all the day's news. coming up very shortly on bbc news. grazing but that! that came in a box from china! just managing to keep hold of this. you're watching beyond 100 days. the british prime minister insists there is still time to get a deal with the european union. but her brexit proposal is dismissed by borisjohnson as half brexit, a plan that will take the uk to a "miserable permanent limbo". the former foreign secretary slams the government's new blueprint. was this resignation speech a pitch for a newjob — as leader perhaps? it is not too late to save brexit. we have changed tack once and we can change again. donald trump says he's been harder on russia than any other us president. i think president putin knows that better than anybody, certainly a lot better than the media. he understands it and he's not happy about it, and he shouldn't be happy about it because there's never been a president as tough on russia as i have been.
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