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there are plenty of things we disagree on, but let's not in the fog of all the things we disagree with forget that on 95% of issues we are on exactly the same page as the united states. we share their values, they are our friends, they are our allies. so, the post—boris foreign secretary is using a whole series of meetings, this one with the senate foreign relations committee, to try to ensure britain doesn't lose any ground on this side of the atlantic. james robinson, bbc news, washington. the british director danny boyle will no longer direct the newjames bond film. its producers say he's stepping aside due to — what they've described as — "creative differences". filming is due to begin on the 25th bond later this year. it's expected to be the last time daniel craig will play 007. cricket — and despite a first test century byjos buttler, england are facing defeat against india. they ended the fourth day of the third test at trent bridge with nine wickets down and needing 210 runs for victory. our sports correspondent patrick gearey watched today's play.
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to last 6,000 years. england's batsmen only had to survive two days. this morning, keaton jennings lasted three minutes, before ishant sharma got him. brace yourself, we have been here before. alastair cook next. bowl, edge, catch — repeat. what now for england's record run scorer? joe root followed, symmetrically. this had a familiar look. england four down by lunch. it needed a different approach. ben stokes, just a week after being cleared of affray made 50, slowly. jos buttler took the lead, having been dropped on one, this was 100. his first test century. india now needed a change. it came from the new ball. the buttler finally dismissed on 106. jasprit bumrah ripped through england. it seemed when stokes went india would be celebrating tonight. they'll have to wait awhile. adil rashid, batting with the last man, saw england into day five.
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only one wicket remaining, not even robin hood can save them now. patrick gearey, bbc news at trent bridge. here on bbc one time for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'mjohn watson. these are the headlines tonight. india need one more wicket for victory in the third test as england survive — for now. it's another golden day for great britain on day two of the european para—athletics championships. and where once he dazzled, bolt now looks to prove the doubters wrong. hello and welcome to sportsday.
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england's cricketers stand on the brink of defeat in the third test against india, despite managing to take the match into a fifth and final day. a maiden test century from jos buttler had given the home fans some hope, before the wickets began to fall at trent bridge. patrick gearey reports. this test match will go into a fifth day but india will inevitably win it with needing just one wicket to do so. with needing just one wicket to do so. england suffered batting colla pses. so. england suffered batting collapses. jennings caught behind. alastair cook caught in the slips sparking doubts about how much longer he will go on in this england side. 0llie pope, another caught in the slips. ben stokes and jos
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buttler showed resistance, stokes to his slowest test 50 just after tea. the real starjos buttler going for his maiden test century. an innings that shows his maturity as a test batsman. he was trapped lbw by the bowler who took the new ball. 0ver twojimmy bowler who took the new ball. 0ver two jimmy anderson and bowler who took the new ball. 0ver twojimmy anderson and adil rashid to see out the final overs to take this into a fifth day. it might only last one ball. it is inevitable india will make the series 2—1.m was important to turn up and show character and fight and not give it to india easily and make them work ha rd to india easily and make them work hard and we did that really well throughout the day. making sure we come back tomorrow and showed that no matter what it is, we will not roll over. the second new ball,
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because of the new scene, it was seaming more. we were trying to get one wicket, not looking too far ahead. and everything will follow. great britain won more medals on day two of the european para—athletics championships in berlin, three of them gold. it has been another golden evening for the british team with three athletes reaching the top of the podium. the first went to sabrina fortune in the ef 20 shop put, followed by maria lyle. after the race she talked about her difficulties overcoming mental health in recent years.|j difficulties overcoming mental health in recent years. i have had difficult years and when you do not perform it eats at you as a person and you feel it reflects, like you are not training hard when you are.
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i have all the right people around me,| i have all the right people around me, i have british athletics who are helping me out and my family and parenting coach, i am on the mend. paralympic champion richard white —— richard whitehead, who sees the importance of the championships. you have to understand it is a title and it needs to be competed for. it was not the competition i would be wanting with the build—up with the world championships and paralympics but you could only race. looking ahead to tomorrow there will be an exciting head—to—head between the british athletes in the t34100 metres. we will have more throughout
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the championships. johanna konta pulled out of her second—round match at the coneticut 0pen, just a week before the us 0pen gets under way. she was due to play carla suarez navarro but withdrew due to a viral illness. british men's number one kyle edmund is due on court shortly — the number three seed is up against argentina's leonardo mayer in the second round of the winston—salem 0pen as he continues his preparations ahead of the last tennis major of the year. leeds united twice came from behind to draw 2—2 at swansea to maintain their unbeaten start to the championship season. former swansea midfielder pablo hernandez struck late on to cancel out two goals from man of the match 0li mcburnie. the point was enough to move leeds to the top of the table on goal difference. there were plenty of goals elsewhere this evening. queen's park rangers remain bottom of the table after losing to bristol city, they've lost their four opening matches to pile more pressure on steve mclaren. two second half goals gave frank lampard his second
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league win of the season. while hull city recorded their first league win beating rotherham. the england women's manager phil neville has recalled captain steph houghton and alex greenwood as his side look to qualify for the world cup. centre—back houghton is fit again after a knee injury, while left—back greenwood returns from suspension for the final qualifiers against wales and kazakhstan. wales top the group, having played one game more — the winners of that match on the 31st august will qualify automatically for the tournament. danny cipriani faces an rfu hearing tomorrow to determine what action he'll face after being charged with conduct prejudicial to the interests of the game. the rugby players‘ association had called on the rfu to drop its case against the gloucester fly half after being disciplined by his club side and fined byjersey magistrates‘ court having pleaded guilty to assault and resisting arrest following an incident outside a jersey nightclub. 0ver100 and 200 metres he was unbeatable for most
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of his career. a year after retiring from the track, usain bolt‘s quest to swap spikes for studs continues. the ambition to become a professional footballer has taken him to australia where he is training with the a league side central coast mariners. here's our australia correspondent hywell griffiths . he may be the fastest man in the world, but usain bolt has a lot of catching up to do if he really is to become a professional footballer. today is his 32nd birthday, an age when some players start to think about retirement. but bolt says playing professionally has been a lifelong dream which he is determined to achieve. football has always been a passion of mine. even when my coach at a professional level said, don't play football in the middle of the season, i would still play because i enjoy it. now i have retired and i had the opportunity to play with a top
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team and show what i can do, something i want to do, i want to challenge myself. nobody can doubt his athletic ability, still the world record holder at 100 and 200 metres, he retired last year as the finest sportsman of his generation. since then he has trained with football teams in germany, norway and south africa, but so far nobody has offered him a professional contract. if this is a big pr stunt, then it has already worked, but if it is to have a more lasting impact, usain bolt needs to prove his worth, notjust in sponsorship and advertising, but as part of a team. his star power could help lift the mariners, who finished bottom of the league last year and it will definitely help bring new fans to their games. i think it is great, he will be fantastic. will it make you watch the football? i have a daughter who is into
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football so she will be keen to watch him. i will get my daughter a usain boltjersey. you will buy the merchandise? absolutely, i haven't bought a marinersjersey yet, so looking forward to it. when it came to the practice match, bolt stuck to the sidelines. no one knows yet when he will actually play. united's former assistant manager mike phelan is the sporting director here. he's coming into the game late but a dream is a dream at the end of the day and he is ambitious. he is charismatic and he has brought attention to the coast. whether this is the start of a new career orjust a diversion, usain bolt has already left his mark on australia. he has. a keen manchester united
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supporter and whether it is a publicity stunt or not it is good to see him. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the head of news at huffpost ukjess brammar. and political strategist jo tanner. good evening. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the government took in two billion pounds more than it spent last month, the healthiestjuly surplus for 18 years — that's the report in the ft.
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the guardian leads on the home office's admission that 164 people from the windrush generation may have been wrongly removed or detained. the metro leads with a new report showing more people are in work, but wages have dropped by more than £50 a month, compared with a decade ago. the chair of the magistrates association says that hiring more magistrates with criminal records would help boost diversity. that's in the daily telegraph. the daily express hails what it calls a new "wonder drug" for cancer patients, which it says can shrink tumours by a third. the independent carries a warning that scrapping free movement after brexit could create a crisis in social care. and the mirror reports on a new law banning third—party pet sales, following a campaign by the newspaper. so, a varied set of front pages. we have this news from the united
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states, paul manafort, a former key adviser of donald trump being found guilty. tell us more because this is all over your publication. the benefit of not having a print deadline means we are leading on this and an amazing double whammy of breaking news in the states. paul manafort, donald trump ‘s campaign manager in the 2016 election, has been found guilty of eight of the 15 charges. they are to do with tax charges. they are to do with tax charges but the interesting thing is they relate to him hiding money he earned as a consultant in the ukraine, on the pro—russian side. it is part of the bob muller investigation into donald trump and it is starting to feel like the
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walsall getting closer to donald trump ‘s door and the other big development is his personalfixer michael cohen, we knew he would do a deal with the fbi, he has done a deal with the fbi, he has done a deal and suggested that he was mixed up deal and suggested that he was mixed up in election fraud and he has implicated the president. an incredible double whammy. double trouble for trump would be my headline. we have known this has been bubbling away and trump would talk about it on twitter and i'm sure his twitter feed is going crazy. is this the tip of the iceberg, it is everything going to come out? michael cohen, when the investigators went in, they got into his official papers to do with his work and he has been a controversial character involved in the suggestion
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