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this is bbc news. the headlines at 5pm... pope francis is in ireland, for the first papal visit in almost a0 years. he's spoken of his shame at the failure of the catholic church to address the abuse of children by priests. translation: the failure of the ecclesiastical authorities, bishops, religious superiors, priests and others, adequately to address these repellant crimes has rightly given rise to outrage and remains a source of pain and shame for the catholic community. i myself share the sentiments. in other news, women in england are to be allowed to take the second of two early abortion pills in their own homes instead of in a clinic. ajewish man, who believes he was one of the british zionists whojeremy corbyn said didn't "understand english irony", demands an apology from the labour leader. holidaymakers arrive home after being flown back early from an egyptian hotel, following the unexplained deaths of a british couple.
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very good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. pope francis has addressed the controversy of abuse within the catholic church at the start of his historic two—day visit to ireland. in a speech at dublin castle, the pope spoke of the pain and shame within the catholic community, over the church failing to protect the young people in its charge. in the last hour, thousands of people have turned out on the street‘s of dublin to witness the first papal visit to ireland in almost a0 years. our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. descending on dublin this morning, shepherd one, the papal plane.
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this is ireland's first visit from the pope in four decades. and welcoming the head of the catholic church has been a much anticipated moment. ireland was once known as the most catholic country in the world. but rocked by scandals, the church has fallen from grace. in dublin, pope francis spoke of the sexual abuse of children by catholic priests and the failure of the church to address it. translation: the failure of ecclesiastical authorities, bishops, religious superiors, priests and others adequately to address these repellent crimes has rightly given rise to outrage and remains a source of pain and shame for the catholic community. i myself share those sentiments. pope francis will meet with survivors of clerical abuse during his visit. some say his condemnation of these crimes is not enough. it has to be zero tolerance and that means every abusive priest, bishop and those who covered it up, be sacked and removed
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from the church immediately. half the population of ireland turned out to see pope john paul in 1979. back then, homosexuality, contraception and divorce were illegal. now ireland is very much changed. an ireland that is very different from 1979 when a pope was last among us. an ireland i suppose a bit more divided in terms of social issues and religious issues and so on. but i think everybody will be touched by the warmth of pope francis, by his sense of proximity particularly to vulnerability. chanting. the famous popemobile will come through the centre of dublin this afternoon and there is certainly a sense of celebration and excitement building here. because despite a decline in the church's authority, this is still predominantly a catholic country where the pope has the power to draw the crowds.
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his visit also draws protests with campaigners voicing frustration on issues such as the church's refusal to ordain female priests. but the feel—good factor of this visit is gaining momentum. for many the pope's presence brings hope that confidence in the church can be renewed. the irish prime minister, leo varadkar, has called on pope francis to listen to survivors of abuse at the hands of the church, at the start of the pontiff's visit to ireland. mr varadkar said the wounds of scandals such as the clerical sexual abuse of children were still open. in place of christian charity, forgiveness and compassion, far too often there was judgment, severity and cruelty. in particular towards women and children and those on the margins. magdalene laundries, mother and baby homes, industrial schools, illegal
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adoptions and clerical child abuse are stains on our state, our society and also the church. people kept in dark corners behind closed doors. cries for help that went unheard. and these wounds are still open. and there's much to be done to bring aboutjustice and truth and healing for the victims and survivors. holy father, we ask that you use your office and influence to ensure that this is done here in ireland and also around the world. colm o'gorman, executive director of amnesty international ireland, who is a survivor of clerical abuse told my colleague annita mcveigh about his campaign stand—li—truth. we heard that he is on the side of victims, please show me how because
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right now following off the pennsylvania grand jury for instance, his bishops and others are fighting tooth and nail to change the laws there to allow those victims access to justice. if he was on the side of victims he would not be here right now, he would have gone to pennsylvania fired the bishops and instructed those same lawyers not only not to fight access to justice but to work to secure access to justice for those victims. we have mostly words, no acknowledgement, no response ability. tomorrow will be decided to do and what we wanted to do was not have a protest where we asked for something from the pub, the pope knows what he needs to do and he is not a foolish man. we want to come together and stand on the truth of what we know. the fact we know what is happening in this country, there is happening in this country, there is not a family who has not been touched by the abuse perpetrated by
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the church and the fact that the cover—up is known. we are inviting people to come together at the gardens of remembrance tomorrow and it isa gardens of remembrance tomorrow and it is a rally for truth and justice and love. if the pope won't do it, it is irrelevant. we will do it. this is a changed country, this is a country where no pope or bishop can enforce the dogma on the people of this state and we will enforce truth. when i announced this this was to create a space for people to come together and we have incredible artists and performers who are going to come and invoke the energy we wa nt to come and invoke the energy we want in the space and we are expecting significant numbers there. and pope francis is due to give a speech later this evening at the feast of the families event in dublin. we'll bring you the speech live at 8pm here on the bbc news channel, stay with us for that. and other
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news... women in england will be allowed to take an early abortion pill at home, under a government plan due to take effect by the end of the year. at present, women ending a pregnancy in its first 10 weeks must take two pills at a clinic, 2a to 48 hours apart. the move will bring england into line with scotland and wales. ena miller reports. at the moment in england, women who want to end a pregnancy before ten weeks have to take two pills, up to 48 hours apart and at a clinic. but some people like zoe have experienced bleeding and cramping on their way home. it was so traumatic and so unexpected. the pain and the nausea was so extreme that i had to get off the tube. i lay down on a bench and basically just decided that i wasn't going to move any further. changes to the law will help minimise the distress. the department of health says by the end of the year it will allow women to take the second pill
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in the familiar surroundings of their own home, but abortion has been legal for many years. why has the decision happened now? this tiny change has taken so long because ministers and civil servants, i think, have exaggerated, they have an exaggerated sense of what the opposition to abortion is. most people, even if they don't like the idea of abortion, recognise that it is legal and it should be allowed as safely as possible. 180,000 women have an abortion each year in england and four out of five of those are early medical terminations. the move has been welcomed. this is a way in which girls and women can access the second part or the second pills in their early medical abortion in a safe, effective and compassionate way. england will fall in line with wales and scotland. in northern ireland, abortion is still illegal unless there is a serious risk to a woman's health or life. campaigners say they're ready to make the changes now and the government's end of year deadline couldn't come fast enough.
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ena miller, bbc news. ajewish man, who believes he was one of the british zionists whojeremy corbyn said didn't "understand english irony" has told the bbc his comments were "deeply antisemitic" and the labour leader should apologise. mr corbyn has defended comments he made in 2013 when he was a backbencher. he said he was referring to people who support the creation of a jewish state, corresponding to the historic land of israel and not to alljews. our political correspondent tom barton is here and i know you thisjewish man. who is he? he writes a blog about anti—semitism and in that capacity he regularly attends pro palestinian events where he thinks people might
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use anti—semitic language, in order to observe those offence, to record what people are saying and if he thinks they are saying anything concerning, report that on his blog. it is it not capacity, he was listening to a speech in 2013 by the palestinian representative to the uk, and in a video, germany corbyn was filmed talking about scientists who attended that event, failing to understand english iranian. —— jeremy corbyn was filmed. and he said that it implied that he did not undersigned endless irony and that that statement was anti—semitic. why use the term english? why say i have no sense of english iranian? of english irony?
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it implies that i am not english. it strongly implies that i am not english in that... is obviously a offensive. whether he knew i was jewish, which he does, we mix in the same circles, whether he doesn't know i am jewish, it is still aimed, can only have been aimed at someone who isjewish because he said i have no sense of english irony. he just did not say no irony, to make a comment that i do not get english irony implies that i am not from here. not from the united kingdom. which to highlight that, i find very offensive. it was unnecessary to do it and racist. he was talking to you a little earlier in what has been labour's response? labour points to the statement thatjeremy corbyn published last night which said he does defended the palestinian ambassador in the face of what he thought were deliberate missed representations by people for whom english was a first language and
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english was a first language and english was a first language and english was not the first language of the ambassadors. essentially what they say that means is that those at they say that means is that those at the meeting failed to understand irony, not because they werejewish but in spite the fact. that they say isa but in spite the fact. that they say is a different characterisation, it different understanding of his comments. that has not stopped several labour mps raising concerns about what he has said. including the mp who said the language used there was inexcusable in a poor and. another said the video contained inexcusable comments and those to oui’ inexcusable comments and those to our regular critics ofjeremy corbyn. eight—week received support from other mps, other labour mps, like the newcastle mp, and another who are not well known high—profile critics of germany corbyn. i think
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that underlines the concern within some parts of the labour party on these comments. —— critics ofjeremy corbyn. workers at the train company northern have begun a 24—hour strike in a long—running row over driver—only operated trains. people attending major events today including manchester pride, creamfields and leeds festival, were advised to be aware of a reduced service. northern says it will be operating about 30% of its usual services. the first holidaymakers to be flown home early from the egyptian hotel where a british couple died have arrived back in the uk. john and susan cooper from burnley were staying at the steigen—berger aqua magic hotel in hurghada. thomas cook says the circumstances surrounding their deaths remains unclear. katy austin reports. arriving home, all of thomas cook's 300 customers from the aqua magic hotel have now left. nearly half have flown back to the uk, while others have moved hotels.
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when you find out at ten, 10:30pm at night that two people have died two days ago, and nobody knows why and they obviously came down ill quite suddenly, haven't had a chance to get a doctor first. then yes, i'm wondering what's happening to my kids when they're sleeping. some people were quite irate and upset because they didn't have instant answers. you cannot give instant answers because it's speculation. thomas cook did what they could and everything they did was spot on, if you ask me. john and susan cooper, both in their 60s, died after being found ill on tuesday at the hotel in the hurghada area of egypt. their daughter, kelly ormerod, has told the bbc something doesn't add up about their death at the 5—star resort. egyptian authorities have said initial indications are the couple died of natural causes. the hotel disputes thomas cook's claim that there had been reports of raise levels of illness among guests. the foreign office told us today we continue to support the family
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of a couple who died in hurghada, egypt, and remain in contact with thomas cook. anyone staying at the steigenberger aqua magic hotel should follow the advice of their tour operator and the local authorities. egypt's tourism minister has told the bbc investigators will report within ten days. katy austin, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... at the start of his historic visit to ireland, pope francis has spoken of his shame at the failure of the catholic church to address the abuse of children by priests. women in england are to be allowed to take the second of two early abortion pills in their own homes instead of in a clinic. ajewish man, who believes he was one of the british zionists whojeremy corbyn said didn't "understand english irony", demands an apology from the labour leader. rohingya refugees living
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in bangladesh have been staging angry protests. they come exactly a year after they were forced from their homes in myanmar during a military crackdown. thousands marched in their camps near cox's bazaar. our south asia regional editor anbarasan ethirajan has more. demanding justice, angry rohingya refugees marched through camps in bangladesh and cox's bazaar‘s district. emotions were running high as the anniversary prompted memories of the brutal violence. in a separate valley, hundreds of women and children sought to highlight their own plight. they are well aware there is little sign of them returning to their homes in myanmar
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$0011. returning to their homes in myanmar soon. more than a million refugees lived in cramped conditions in these camps. the violence in myanmar‘s state began a year ago after rohingya militants attacked militant forces. rights groups say thousands we re forces. rights groups say thousands were killed in the refugees who fled the violence have told horrific stories of sexual violence and torture. myanmar says it wants a... many here believe that the burmese government's words are not matched by its actions. rohingya leaders say that these camps are not the permanent homes and they want to return. with safety and dignity. the first anniversary is a reminder to the international community about their existence. the family of a british—iranian woman are waiting to find out if her temporary release from a prison in tehran
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will be extended. nazanin zagahri radcliffe, a charity workerfrom north london, was granted a three—day release and is due to return to jail tomorrow. i spoke to nazanin‘s husband, richard ratcliffe, and started by asking him if he had recieved any news on the possibility of an extension of his wife's release. not really is the honest answer. so where we are is that nazanin zagahri radcliffe's office and date tell as b decision and he was not there and he was told to come back tomorrow. he will go down tomorrow morning and we stand on tender hooks. if the decision does not come. formally she has to go back to prison at the end of tomorrow. today has been slightly more nervous than the previous days when we were euphoric and happy. it
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is the second last day. when we were euphoric and happy. it is the second last daylj when we were euphoric and happy. it is the second last day. i was wondering how both she and you are dealing with the uncertainty? wondering how both she and you are dealing with the uncertainty7m wondering how both she and you are dealing with the uncertainty? it is hard. ithink... dealing with the uncertainty? it is hard. i think... the first day it was just hard. i think... the first day it wasjust euphoric hard. i think... the first day it was just euphoric and yesterday she had lots of relatives coming to visit and people saying hello so that was lovely. today she was saying that, she says i have a dishwasher in my stomach and sometimes she is happy and sometime she is pretty uneasy. she went out of the house today, went and had a coffee, so it is trying to see normal life. she went to the shops and a just reminded her of being backin and a just reminded her of being back in england. there is a little bit of enjoying life and keeping herself sort of distracted. gabriella is your daughter who is with your wife at the moment, how much contact are you able to have with you, i know she is not allowed to talk to the media which is one of
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the conditions of her temporary release. she cannot do any interviews but she is obviously allowed to speak to me so we had a lot more contact in if you think back of the day i could not call her andi back of the day i could not call her and i would have to wait by the phone, now i can call her on skype andi phone, now i can call her on skype and i can see her and see her smiling face. today, gabriella wins to be nursery, she wanted mummy to go to nursery and show her friends, here is my mummy. so it is nice that little bit of a normal life is going on today. hawaii is bracing itself for more floods and landslides, as storm lane makes its way past the islands. the former hurricane has been downgraded to a tropical storm. but authorities are warning that lives are still at risk. it's the biggest storm to hit the pacific island group in nearly three decades. earlier, our north america correspondent, james cook, who's on the island of maui, gave us an update. it's still pretty windy, not nearly as windy as it was. the interesting thing here has
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been the storm surge, the pacific ocean beside me here has been churned up a brownish colour. it has been on and off pretty heavy rain. but there is some news that has been changing and that is this is now no longer a hurricane, it has been downgraded to a tropical storm. good news of course for hawaii but the may yet be a sting in the tail because the heavy rain which has already caused destruction, landslides and forced rescues on the big island is now expected to cause problems here on maui and on the most populous of the islands. james cook there. president trump has cancelled next week's planned trip to north korea by his secretary of state, mike pompeo. mr trump said not enough progress had been made in dismantling pyongyang's nuclear programme. david willis has the details. reporter: mr president, what about the meeting with north korea, sir?
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capping a tumultuous week at home, donald trump is now facing a major setback involving a key area of foreign policy. following what he described as a historically successful summit with the north korean leader, kim jong—un, in singapore earlier this year, plans were announced for the secretary of state to revisit north korea this weekend only for those plans to be scrapped 2a hours later. finally it's dawned on donald trump that perhaps the nuclear problem with north korea is not over. and so i think what he has done in his mind is say we've done our part but somehow china's not doing its part, why is china not doing its part? because they're in a trade war with us, so we'll get the trade war over and then we'll get going with this. in singapore, mrtrump said the nuclear threat from north korea was now over,
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but the agreement reached between the two men was vague and mr kim has shown little willingness since to dismantle his nuclear arsenal. previous administrations have fallen victim to foot—dragging on the part of the north koreans. for all the bonding that took place in singapore, the path to denuclearisation on the korean peninsula may be longer and bumpier than president trump predicted. david willis, bbc news, washington. the dry weather over the summer has attracted tourists to british seaside towns. one place that has been benefiting is whitley bay, in the north east of england, which has undergone major redevelopment in recent years. but what happens when the sun sets and the holiday—makers have packed up their buckets and spades. ricky boleto has been to find out. music. i used to come here, it
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must‘ve been some a0 years ago. music. i used to come here, it must've been some 40 years ago. we we nt must've been some 40 years ago. we went today to see the new site of the city and see how much this has improved. the weather is not the best but i mean, for a day out it is great. and kids like the sand no matter where they are. this summer we have been spoilt for choice with millions of brits heading to the seaside to soak up the sun. coastal communities have been reaping the rewards. it has been amazing, the sunshine has been fantastic and has brought a lot more people down to the beach. we have been working around the clock and has been a lot of late hours, have been here sometimes 2am, making ice cream. but how long will they be flavour of the month? today, we are back in whitley bay, 12 months ago this seaside town was undergoing a face—lift, a plan to regenerate the area. people were
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sad about where they lived and there was no pride because it was so awful, you walked along the area there was a demolition and it was just sad. but now there is a new feeling in whitley bay that we are all pulling together to make this a great place to live, to work and be proud of. £2 million of investment from the government's coastal communities fund as well as council and lottery support has transformed one of the town's most iconic landmarks. just look at the difference a year makes. we are inside spanish city here in businesses around here say they have seen record taking so far this year and visitor numbers are up as well. that is not all down to the weather. the next challenge for coastal towns is to persuade visitors to keep coming back all year round. is to persuade visitors to keep coming back all year roundm is to persuade visitors to keep coming back all year round. it is really easy to get eight cheap flight really easy to get eight cheap flight to the mad so for resorts
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like this to fight back there has to be investment and imagination otherwise i am afraid we will see the continuing decline of the british seaside resort. michael owns a nearby hotel and knows how important it is for businesses to adapt. in the 60s and 70s we had the rare where it would be full of scottish visitors and only for a fortnight for a year, and then i disappeared and we had be parties of the 80s and 90s in that market went in because the businesses that not evolve and change the product to the market, a lot of businesses closed. capturing the corporate and leisure market has kept michael busy. in the last two years, 50 new businesses have started up in the surrounding area. the government says by 2020, the they will have invested a court of £1 billion in seaside towns but there are still some coastal communities that feel left out.
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whitley bay may never return to the glory days of the 60s but it is starting to see real change and a bit of that old seaside logic. guests at a colorado hotel would have been in for a surprise if they went down to the lobby in the early hours as a special visitor was getting his bearings. this bear had a snoop around the stanley hotel, which overlooks the rocky mountain national park. hotel staff said on facebook they'd ‘make an exception to the rule' aboutjumping on the furniture. now it's time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. it actually looks to be a reasonable day away from scotland, and for many week got off to a reasonable start. good spells of sunshine around this morning, and this was few hours ago, equally we had a few showers, north
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and east wells, and showers feeding through the cheshire gap. now extending down into parts of the midlands and also the home counties. here is tomorrow's weather, a satellite picture with this bank of cloud, bringing something wetter and windier through tomorrow. through the rest of the afternoon into this evening, most of the showers will slowly start to fade and that leaves a big part of the night dry, and cloud starts to build across western scotla nd cloud starts to build across western scotland and northern ireland and southwest england, and as we head towards don, a cool night and as chilly, between seven and 11 celsius. a fairly unsettled day yesterday, and it will be working its way eastward, increasing clout in strengthening the wins as well. also bringing simmering too many through the day. get off to a dry in perhaps a bright start for some eastern counties, as the cloud sta rts eastern counties, as the cloud starts to build. rain already in the west but then slowly extend its way
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eastward to the day and it will likely be heavy over the dry ground. the western islands of scotland and southwest england, this is the average speeds, and it will be higher perhaps 30—a0 mph. is so it isa damp, higher perhaps 30—a0 mph. is so it is a damp, blustery day, temperatures getting up between duty and 19 celsius. it will be fairly cool given the strength of the wind and rain which will still be with us through tomorrow evening. perhaps they hang back of showery rain, through parts of scotland overnight and the winds start to lose some of their strength as we head into what is for many a bank holiday monday. it looks like monday will be a similar day it looks like monday will be a similarday and it looks like monday will be a similar day and sunny spells, scattering of showers and been the sunshine feeling a little bit warmer with ties between 17 and 22 celsius. for those on tuesday, it should be a mainly dry day, and there will be spells of sunshine around. as we
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going to wednesday we could see outbreaks of rain affecting the southern counties of england. that is all for me to buy. —— goodbye. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines... pope francis is in ireland for the first papal visit in almost a0 years. in a speech, he spoke of his shame at the failure of the catholic church to address the abuse of children by priests. translation: the failure of the ecclesiastical authorities, bishops, religious superiors, priests and others, adequately to address these repellant crimes has rightly given rise to outrage and remains a source of pain and shame for the catholic community. i myself share the sentiments. the government has announced plans for women in england to be allowed to take the second of an early abortion pill at home. currently they have to take both at a clinic. ajewish man, who believes he was one of the people whojeremy corbyn said didn't "understand english irony", demands an apology from the labour leader. after a british couple died
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at an egyptian hotel, holidaymakers have started to arrive back in the uk. tour operator thomas cook says the cause ofjohn and susan cooper's deaths remains unexplained. sport now. plenty to come. let's start with the premier league. defending champions manchester city have dropped their first points of the new season. they we re first points of the new season. they were held 1—1 at the promoted wolverhampton wanderers. when city put on display standing back is not safe. things can get quickly out of
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control. barely a minute separated sergio aguero's is fortunate the ball bouncing lose to raheem sterling. it took a replay to show that the save was equally as good. this cross and bolly‘s is. the referee did not have the benefit of a replay and did not see his hand. 1-1. a replay and did not see his hand. 1—1. everyone expected a city siege. wolves managed until the final minutes. this free kick the final chance manchester city. the premier league, like pyrotechnics, behave unpredictably. a good game for the spectators and a very good point. i think we created chances. in
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general, we gained three points. the last pass showed. a good point. general, we gained three points. the last pass showed. a good pointlj think we did a good game. in the moments of the game we were 0k. creating chances, playing, defending. it was a really good game. this is the way we must all of us game. this is the way we must all of us believe in the way we train, try to do it in competition and improve. we improved from last week against a fantastic team, a fantastic coach let's do it again next week. the arsenal manager has his first premier league win after the gunners beat west ham at the emirates. the away side took the lead through arnautovic. an own goal and arsenal
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art of the mark but still win —— without a win in the first three games. i am very happy with the way we played. the current way we created a lot of chances and played well with good pace and movement. i am sure that soon a victory will come. let's check on the rest of the premier league schools. —— scores. harry maguire grabbed an injury time winnerfor leicester. harry maguire grabbed an injury time winner for leicester. the game between liverpool and brighton has just kicked off. hibernian drew 1—1
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against aberdeen. livingstone being st mirren 2—0. —— beat. manchester united women were beaten by reading women in theirfirst united women were beaten by reading women in their first competitive match following a 13 year absence from the game. this was enough to give the visitors victory in the fa group cup —— fa cup group stages. cata la n group cup —— fa cup group stages. catalan dragons have created history by winning theirfirst catalan dragons have created history by winning their first challenge cup ona by winning their first challenge cup on a pole sating vinyl this afternoon by beating warrington wa ltz. afternoon by beating warrington waltz. —— pole sating victory. in the second half, but dragons extended their lead to 1a points. warrington reduced the deficit. cata la ns warrington reduced the deficit. catala ns became the warrington reduced the deficit. catalans became the first non—english team to win the challenge cup. nearly blew it. it is
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incredible. they made such a huge effort to get the cross in. i am pleased for him. we had plenty of chancesin pleased for him. we had plenty of chances in the second half. detailed throughout the game is not where it needed to be. it was frustrating but a credit to catalans full stop they defended really well. a credit to catalans. lewis hamilton beat sebastian vettel to a sensational pole position in a chaotic and wet belgian grand prix qualifying with hamilton saying it is one of the toughest qualifying sessions he could remember. at spa the weather can be unpredictable making the action on miscible. the green knight came before heavy rain in the final session. too soon for the drivers who had to come back in and swap
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slick tyres for something more appropriate. lewis hamilton normally excels in the wet but even the world champion was finding it hard to get to grips with the conditions. sebastian vettel set the time to beat. as rain eased off, hamilton pushed harder to take the top spot. the german had a last chance to topple him but could not. well done! that is excuse you eating. there we re that is excuse you eating. there were two force indias on the second row days after the team was rescued from going out of business. one of the toughest qualifying sessions i can remember. it seems to get harder and harder up all year long. i do not know if they definitely had it that we are very close. i was hopeful that i could
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make a slight difference but i knew it was going to be very close. then the rain came and none of us have been driving this weekend in the rain. i cannot express to you how difficult it was. in these conditions it could be anything. you might as well take second from where we are. 03 was a bit different. the gap was quite big and deserve full lewis hamilton to get pole position. the weather caused havoc in qualifying for the british moto gp with several riders crashing the session delayed for over an hour at silverstone. george lorenzo powered his ducati to pole position. cal crutchlow will start in force as he tries to improve on the second place he secured in 2015. the forecast tomorrow's even wetter. britain won three gold medals at the european
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para athletics championships in berlin. it was wheel to wheel in the t3a race. sophie hahn got gold. she was the paralympic champion. now has a sprint double after winning the 200 metres on thursday. earlier in the day, thomas young produced a personal best to take gold in the t38 200 metres. worcester rapids in gloucestershire are going head to head for a place in the key 20 blast. his team—mates and tougher at
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the crease. —— t20 blast. now to by the crease. —— t20 blast. now to rugby union and bowed and barrett scored four tries as the all blacks beat australia a0—12. in a mirror image from last week it was a close first half. he crossed the line to get a 1a—7 lead at the break. they sliced the wallabies apart in the second half. and all blacks record. finally, we will leave you with the shortest boxing match you will ever see. curtis harper there that even threw a punch in anger because he left the ring after the opening bell of his heavyweight bout against the nigerian. the american is today walked out of the arena over a pay
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dispute for the his trainer was not best pleased and said he was embarrassed by the fighter‘s actions. that is all from the sport. now it is time for click. florida, america's sunshine state, and home to the us's first sustainable town. this is babcock ranch. powered, befittingly, almost entirely by that big burning ball in the sky. it's 33 degrees. the humidity is, i believe, about 1,000,000%. and i've come to a solar field,
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so you don't have to. 3a3,000 solar panels span some aao acres, providing 75 megawatts of electricity. and that's enough to power 15,000 homes. one of the big problems with solar energy has always been when the clouds come over or especially when it gets dark, the whole thing effectively goes dead. and we haven't really had a way of storing solar energy until very recently. but, over there, ten buildings full of batteries. so, it's a start. a pretty good one, too. babcock has the largest combined solar and storage facility in the us. the batteries can store a0 megawatt hours of electricity, which is enough to keep around 2,000 average us homes alight for four hours. of course, lithium batteries are just one way of storing energy to use later, and we've seen other methods before.
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there's electric mountain in wales, which holds water at a top reservoir until power is needed. it then releases it back down to a lake below. switzerland's air cave fills itself with compressed air and then blows it out to turn turbines. well, now, over in california, kate russell is on track to see a new solution. since the oil crisis of the 1970s, california has invested heavily
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