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more girls to take up golf. but this isn't a bad way to go about it. the path would appear to start here. david ornstein, bbc news. time for a look at the weather with ben rich. changes on the way. yeah, by the end of this week things will look and feel different. for many, particularly in the south—east, we are starting with what we are used to. someone and sunshine. this is how it looks in east sussex. change afford further north and west. more clout. you can see this ribbon of cloud moving into north—western parts of the uk. it is quite slow—moving, quite weak. not much more than a band of cloud and a few spots of rain over scotland, northern ireland, northern england. isn't scotland seeing a fair amount of sunshine. the real heat is once again further south and east. temperatures in the capital could get up to 32, 30 three. then we go
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through this evening and overnight. remember our weather front? it wriggles around. southern scotland, northern england, wales, the odd spot of cloud to the north—west. cool in the south—east. 0nce spot of cloud to the north—west. cool in the south—east. once again for central and eastern areas during tomorrow there will be some sunshine and there would be some heat. the weather front still waving around southern scotland, northern england, into parts of wales. the odd spot of rain in the south west. northern england and scotland seeing the odd spot of sunshine. then, as we go through tuesday night, across the south—east corner there is the chance we could import some showers and thunderstorms, particularly for parts of kent, london and east anglia. there could be wrote of the heavy rain. they should clear by wednesday. further weather fronts on
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the chart, bringing some more rain. the main thing these fronts will do is introduce cooler, fresh air to all parts of the country. temperatures chopping away significantly in the south—east. cool in the north—west. showers on wednesday. by the end of the week signs of something a little more sinister. the welcome for some. we could do with some rain. this area of low pressure will bring it. it looks like a weather chart from autumn and not summer. tightly squeezed isobars, strong winds. 0utbreaks squeezed isobars, strong winds. outbreaks of rain. some uncertainty about the timing. but for a time as we head into the weekend it looks like we will see wet and windy weather. and a much cooler feel. like we will see wet and windy weather. and a much coolerfeel. big changes. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime a man appears in court charged with the murder of midwife samantha eastwood. her body was discovered on saturday, eight days after she was reported missing. that's all
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good afternoon, here's your latest sports news. england's georgia hall has spoken of herjoy after becoming the fifth british player to win a major golf tournament. she won the british open at royal lytham st ann's at the weekend — her first win at tour level. earlier she told me, it's a dream come true. i can't believe it. it hasn't even been 2a hours yet. it's a dream come true. this is your first major, what a way to do it, on home soil. it's so nice to have so much backing behind me. the crowds were amazing, really getting behind me. it's so nice to have that support. it's incredible to be up there with some amazing players, world number ones.
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i used to hit six sisters on the practice green thinking this is to win the ladies british open. to have that and have a tapping on the last hole was very fortunate. it's incredible to be up there with some amazing players, world number ones. that's the reason i started playing golf, to win tournaments like this. i'm very happy. no rest for georgia just yet — she's heading straight to scotland now for the european championships where she partners laura davies. meanwhile, there's been more success at the event, in the pool for another georgia. after winning the 50m backstroke title yesterday, georgia davies is through to the semi final of the women's 100 metres backstroke. she came third in her heat earlier and will go again tonight along with gb team—mate kathleen dawson. and this morning james guy, who won gold with the relay team last night, was back in the pool to win his heat and go through to the semi—finals
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of the 200m freestyle with the third fastest time overall. and great britain qualified for the 4x100 metres mixed medley relay final by winning their heat. adam peaty was back in the pool on the second leg, after breaking the 100 metres world record and taking gold in the 100 metres breastroke on saturday. coverage continues over on bbc two. celtic will face swedish side malmo or vidi of hungary for a place in the champions league group stages if they win their qualifier against ayke athens. the scottish champions face the greek side in the first leg of their third qualifying round tie on wednesday at celtic park. chris ashton says he never expected to be back in the international set—up so soon. he's not played for england since 2014, but was named in a ali—man training squad on thursday. after he secured an early release from french side toulon to join the premiership side sale.
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ididn't i didn't think i would get the chance so soon to i didn't think i would get the chance $0 50011 to come i didn't think i would get the chance so soon to come in and spend time in the group. i'm very grateful for that opportunity, and it's nice, it feels like a new player almost, like i did when i first came in in 2010. i'm happy to be back in the group. i thought when i went to france that that was it for me, it would be done and it was easy, i could spend the next few years in france enjoying rugby. i still felt as though i had a lot to give for england. it's always bothered me not being involved. ireland's women hockey players have returned to dublin ahead of a civic reception, to honour theirfairy tale run to the final of the world cup in london. they touched down at dublin airport earlier where they were greeted by the media and hockey fans — they've amassed a few more since they've been in london. they may have lost the final
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to the netherlands, but they haven't lost their voice — singing their own rendiiton of the lighthouse people's high at the airport. # forever you and me # forever you and me # you will always keep me flying high in the sky #. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc. co. uk?sport. more now on the earthquake that struck the indonesian island of lombok yesterday — it's left more than 90 people dead, and hundreds more injured. officials say 10,000 people have been evacuated on lombok and rescue boats have been sent to evacuate more than 1,000 tourists from the nearby gili islands where the quake was also felt. earlier my colleague ben brown
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spoke to saffron amis — who was staying in a hostel when the earthquake hit. we were in our hostel when it hit, there was a lot of us there, and at first it was just very small shakes, and then the power cut out and someone actually shouted "earthquake" and then the shakes just got really, really big. people were shouting and screaming and hiding under the tables in the courtyard of our hostel until it ended. it was only about ten, 15 seconds, but it was really strong and it was quite hard to stand up throughout it. and then afterwards, our hostel kept us quite calm, but we didn't really realise how bad it was because our hostel was relatively 0k, luckily, until we left the hostel and went into the street, and saw the rubble in the street. the walls had collapsed into the street, and that was when we realised how bad it was. and there was a tsunami warning
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as well, wasn't there, and of course there was the dreadful tsunami in indonesia back in 2004 that killed so many people. what did you do when you heard that tsunami warning? yes, so our hostel first took to us a big field, in case of aftershock, and then as soon as we heard about the tsunami warning, the panic kind of set in a lot more, and they moved us up to a big hill on the middle of the island, and that was definitely when people started to panic, and people were running and screaming, and that was probably the scariest part of the whole night, yes. i think that past experience definitely was on people's minds, so we just went to the highest part of the island and there was thousands and thousands of people there, a lot of locals there that were obviously distraught because their houses were a lot worse than most of the hostels. how frightened were you, how worried were you when you felt
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the aftershock, you heard that tsunami warning? i think the aftershocks were the scariest on the hill, because there was so many people around and people were making a lot of noise, that it made it a lot more dramatic than it first was, and we were still in such shock, that by the time it kind of set in and it was three in the morning and we were on this hill, it was getting very scary, especially with the tsunami warning. luckily, when that was lifted, things got a lot calmer. so saffron, you're on your gap year, you're there, what are you doing now? are you still on the gili islands or are you leaving? we were plannining on leaving this morning, we actually had a boat booked but that didn't become a reality, so in the end, there were just thousands of people trying to leave, and we felt safest staying here, rather than getting a boat to lombok and hoping to get a boat to bali. a lot of people we've spoken to have got stuck on lombok which we didn't really didn't want to do,
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so we've ended up staying here and hopefully we will be able to get evacuated tomorrow morning, back to bali. labour's shadow business secretary has said the party needs to "get to grips" with anti—semitism. rebecca long—bailey said the party was "coming from a very very dark place" and needed to act quickly. it's a very, very difficult issue, and we're coming from a very dark place. we know that we weren't dealing with issues very quickly when this issue first presented itself. now we need to get to grips with the matter, and we know that we've had jeremy speaking quite openly on this issue over the weekend. we've opened dialogue with thejewish community to make sure that we get our anti—semitism code of conduct really, really on the button. it has to be, because we've got to restore faith in the jewish community. us pop star demi lovato has spoken for the first time since she was taken to hospital after suffering a suspected
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overdose last month. in an instagram post, the 25—year—old singer said that she has always been transparent about herjourney with addiction, and that it is something she would continue to try to overcome. north korea has called on the united states to drop its sanctions, saying pyongyang has made a number of goodwill gestures following thejune summit between its leader kim jong—un and president trump. state media says they include handing over of the remains of us troops killed in the korean war, and the dismantling of a nuclear test site. 0ur correspondent laura bicker is in seoul. the state—run newspaper in north korea describes washington's tactics as "dirty and disgraceful". they seem angry the united states wants to continue its sanctions process. this is the maximum pressure policy to try to get north korea to give up its nuclear weapons. they say this pyongyang editorial seems to be saying they are doing all the work in north korea and getting nothing in return. they point to several things.
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they say they have given back the three us prisoners, they say they've given back the remains of us prisoners of war killed during the korean war, and they say they have destroyed a nuclear test site and are in the process of dismantling a site in the north—west of the country. they believe they are doing all the work, and in return the us is giving nothing back. the us is saying: hang on, we want these sanctions kept in place so that denuclearisation can happen. they believe this is the way to push the north koreans into giving up its weapons. that is something the north koreans described in this editorial as an "outrageous claim". police in the us city of chicago say more than 60 people have been shot since friday, in an unusually violent weekend in the city. at least ten people were killed.
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georgina smyth reports. after a weekend of violence, this is what is left. the pain and grief for families almost too much to bear. scenes like this were repeated throughout chicago this weekend, with dozens of people shot since friday night. most of it happened between saturday night and sunday morning. 30 people shot within three hours, according to local media. police say some of the shootings were targeted and linked to gangs. what i promise you is that we won't be defeated. i promise this city we won't be defeated, we won't be overrun by that small group, that small element that's committing these reckless acts. we will not, i promise you that we will not be defeated. we need more help from ourjudicial system, we need more help from ourjudicial partners, and we're getting it, but we won't be defeated in this. just last week, thousands marched against gun violence in this city,
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where the levels of murder have earned it the name chiraq. protesters have called for more to be done to deal with the problem and make their neighbourhoods safe. scenes like this have become all too familiar for many people living here, particularly in poorer areas. and yet speaking on sunday, police said both murders and shootings have dropped by at least a quarter each so far this year, and that they continue to head in the right direction. but for families like these, that will be hard to believe as they struggle to deal with the aftermath of this weekend's carnage. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news. a man appears in court charged with the murder of midwife samantha eastwood — her body was discovered on saturday — eight days after she was reported missing. thousands of residents and tourists are evacuated from the indonesian island of lombok after another powerful earthquake — the second in a week —
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leaves more than 90 people dead. england cricketer ben stokes arrives at court to face trial for affray, along with two other men. i'm jamie robertson in the business news. house of fraser will go ahead with a plan to close 31 out of its 59 stores, after it settled a legal row with a group of landlords. the dispute had threatened a potential rescue deal for the chain. the landlords had argued that slashing rents on remaining stores was unfair to them. but even with a deal now reached, house of fraser says it still urgently needs fresh investment to survive. pepsico chief executive indra nooyi is to step down after 12 years at the helm. she is among the world's most prominent female business leaders and has consistently appeared on forbes‘ list of the 100 most powerful women, ranking 11th in 2017. pepsico shares have risen 78% since she took the job in 2006. hsbc — europe's biggest bank —
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made a pre—tax profit of $10.7 billion in the first half of this year. that's a 4.6% increase compared with the first half of last year. it did particularly well in asia — despite growing trade tensions between china and the us. the bank's share price is down though — we'll find out why in a moment. more now on the sales of new cars — the numbers come from the society of motor manufacturers and traders. the number of new cars on the uk's roads rose 1.2% last months on the same period a year ago. and hybrid and electric cars keep on increasing in number. there are a 21% more than there were a year ago. but since the beginning of this year the number of cars being registered is down 5.5%. joining us now is emma butcher, spokesperson, society of motor manufacturers & traders. these figures were awful at the
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beginning of the year but it seems to be getting a bit better, why is that? absolutely. we've had quite a bit of fluctuation in the first six months of the year. we had some tax changes which caused people to either bring forward or delay purchases. what we are seeing now is the markets start to correct itself. we've got some growth injuly, bear in mind this is typically a small month for the new car market. any variations standout. what about this rise of the hybrids and the electrics? it's another huge rise in this category. is it going to stop at some point, is it going to plateau? the at some point, is it going to plateau ? the infrastructure at some point, is it going to plateau? the infrastructure has got to support all of these things. absolutely. we've seen phenomenal growth in the sale of plug in and
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hybrid cars in recent years and that continues. we don't expect it to slow. manufacturers are investing to bring a greater amount of choice. you've got something like 50 different plug in vehicles on the market. there is choice and we are seeing market. there is choice and we are seeing consumers market. there is choice and we are seeing consumers respond. while we are seeing this huge growth month on month, it is still a very small percentage of the market. it's about 6% overall including hybrids and plug in cars. if you look at plug in hybrids it's around 2.5%. there is a lot still to be done and what we need to see is consumer confidence addressed, so the infrastructure you mentioned, we need to see much more of that right across the country and to be very visible. we also need incentives to continue so we can address concerns about affordability. what about poor old diesel that continues to disappear through a floor? it's a 24% drop in
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the number of new diesel cars registered. yes, and sadly that isn't a surprise. we are now looking at the 16th month of decline for diesel. that is concerning for a range of reasons. we've already seen c02 rise because diesels are on average around 15—20% more efficient than equivalent petrol cars. that also means consumers are missing out on savings as well in terms of fuel costs. what we really need to see is more confidence brought to the market. the latest diesels on sale are the cleanest ever and in fact we've now had acknowledgement from the government about that. it has recognised the vital role that clean diesel will play in the transition to zero emission transport. thank you very much. more on those hsbc
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numbers. it saw a small increase in pre—tax profits. investors and com pletely pre—tax profits. investors and completely convinced the bank is growing as fast as they want. it's put aside three quarters of $1 billion to settle lawsuits about mis—selling securities. it's also spending more on investments in areas such as technology and also in china as it switches attention from the us towards asia. house of fraser has done this deal with landlords which means it can go ahead with restructuring. that means the closure of 31 of its 59 stores. it will also mean 6000 job losses. that was the plan under the company volu nta ry was the plan under the company voluntary arrangement. but the landlords said they were being asked to cut rents and take all the pain of the restructuring, but they have come to a settlement. the boss of british airways has criticised the long queues at heathrow and says arrivals faced waits to get through
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control. alex cruz wrote a letter to the times saying the queues are significantly worse than any other major hub across the world. the letter is in response to proposals for uk only lines after brexit. join us for uk only lines after brexit. join us in the next hour when we will be speaking more about pepsico whose chief executive is stepping down. you can read all about it on the website. in the markets... that's all the business news. a new bollywood film called gold explores india's first win at the olympics after gaining independence. it was at the london olympics of 19118 where they beat great britain in the hockey final.
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the film was shot largely across yorkshire and features the bollywood superstar akshay kumar. haroon rashid has been speaking to him. india beat great britain, the country who ruled over them for nearly 200 years, at the olympics in 19118 to claim a gold medal in hockey. it was just a year after they gained independence and became a free nation. not many people knew the story, including bollywood superstar akshay kumar who stars in a film based on the real events. this was a very inspirational story which i heard. how we all got together, and because of the unity of all the sports, it got the whole nation united. and it became a dream in 19118 as a free india to win something, or win a gold, and that was a big thing when we played against england. many parts of gold were actually
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shot here in the uk, particularly in yorkshire. what was it about that area in particular that enhanced your film? well, we wanted it to look like 19118, and we got this stadium also which looked like that. and obviously there are effects and cg and things. plus, a lot of areas were still untouched and it was looking like that era. what is it that draws you to these scripts? it's not fun to just read in a book. it is so much fun to watch it visually, to bring the whole thing alive. in gold i'm playing this bengali drunk guy. so, they enjoy the visual of it, they enjoy if there's a song, they enjoy to watch it. so that is what inspires me to do these kind of films. gold explores the relationship between britain and india during colonial rule. there have been other films about the freedom struggle, the fight for independence. what makes gold unique? well, it's not about india—british
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only, it is about india—german also. it is about india—netherlands also, india—pakistan also. there are many, many aspects which are not known to people, not known what was the true fact, what was happening at that time. akshay, what are your personal views on that time in history and when britain ruled over india? i would say... they... they gave us a lot and they took a lot, so that's all i can say. gold is the latest in a string of films starring akshay kumar aimed at evoking patriotism amongst indians living globally. haroon rashid, bbc news. a 10—metre—long creature that was found dead on a beach near tokyo has been identified as a baby blue whale an expert from the national museum of nature and science who examined the whale on monday said it showed signs of being a male. the blue whale —
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the largest animal on earth — was spotted yesterday afternoon having apparently died at sea. now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good afternoon, for many of us by the end of this week the weather will have changed quite significantly. but we're starting off on the sort of note we've become used to recently. lots of warmth, lots of sunshine, particularly for southern and eastern areas, the further north and west you look across the uk there's more in the way of cloud. you can see on the earlier satellite picture this stripe of cloud. quite a weak weather front staggering its way a bit further south and east, bringing cloudy skies, a little bit of rain and a cooler feel across these north—west parts of the uk. further south and east, there is still a lot of heat to be had. 30, 31, 32 degrees across parts of south—east england through the rest of the afternoon. then we go through this evening and overnight, and it's going to be another fairly warm night down towards the south, the odd mist
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patch, but some clear spells as well, but our weather front still wriggling round parts of wales, northern england, southern scotland, the odd spot of rain. behind that, some clear spells and a few showers, but a cooler, fresher feel. so we get into tomorrow and this stripe of cloud is what remains of our weather front — only really dragging its heels across parts of northern england, parts of wales, into the south—west. not much rain left on it by this stage. to the south—east of it, another sunny day, another hot day, temperatures again into the low 30s celsius, but further north and west something cooler and fresher, into northern ireland and western scotland with a few showers. talking of showers, as we go through tuesday evening there is a chance we will see some showers and thunderstorms clipping into south—east england and east anglia. so don't by surprised if you see a flash of lightning or hear a rumble of thunder. further west, a little bit of rain in the forecast as well, because we begin to bring some weather fronts in from the atlantic, but the key thing that these weather fronts will be done by the time we get to wednesday, to introduce much cooler fresher air, so temperatures well down to 2a degrees in london on wednesday.
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a few showers around, some sunshine as well, similar story on thursday, and then by friday there is a chance that we bring some wet and windy weather towards the west, because have a look at this. we haven't seen this for quite some time. an area of low pressure, drifting in from the atlantic, bringing some outbreaks of rain, potentially some pretty strong wind gusts as well. this is going to feel very different. it will feel like autumn. so it looks as like as we head towards the weekend some wet and windy weather for a time, not all the time, and a much cooler feel. hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm carole walker. today at 2. thousands of residents and tourists are evacuated after another earthquake on the indonesian holiday island of lombok — which has killed more than 90 people. well we didn't get any tsunami
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warning at all. and then literally everybody started running to the hills. everyone followed each other and then we slept on the mountain until morning. a man's appeared in court charged with the murder of the midwife, samantha eastwood. england cricketer ben stokes arrives at court to face trial for affray — along with 2 other men. potential jurors are asked if they are cricket fans — supporting either england or india. police discover 11 starving children living at a compound
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