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‘ front ”fruit wurur ”n “nit b ‘u15 : ‘u15 “plum" ”f5 “nit 55151515 win—um" t5 weather front bringing potential for further wet weather into scotland and northern ireland and certainly more cloud and more of a breeze but that south—westerly still driving and more warm further south. we'll see temperatures peaking at 20 degrees. if that is music to your ears and looks like the wind will change subtle direction and bring some warm but ahead of it, we could at the start of wednesday morning see potential for fog, hopefully this one will look that away and thenit this one will look that away and then it will try that with the front out of scotland. so from wednesday into thursday looks likely to get warmer still even into the far north of scotland. take care. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: ahead of the snp party conference, nicola sturgeon says the party would vote for another eu referendum if it's proposed in the house of commons. 20 people are killed in a car crash involving a stretch limousine in the us state of new york.
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two men have died after running in the cardiff half marathon — both runners were treated after completing today's race. pret a manger confirms a second case where a customer is believed to have died from an allergic reaction, this time to a sandwich which was supposed to be dairy—free. turkish officials say they have concrete evidence that a renowned saudi journalist was killed in his country's consulate building in istanbul. victory for president trump as brett kavanaugh is sworn onto the supreme court after weeks of debate over sexual abuse allegations. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. —— breaking news coming to us from interpol, who say that france has received the resignation of the
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president of interpol with immediate effect. you may recall that he had been missing after boarding a plane from lyon in france, where interpol has its headquarters back to china at the end of september. his family reported him missing. china has since confirmed that they have detained meng hongwei on anti corruption charges, which they are investigating. interpol say that they have received the resignation of khabib —— meng hongwei is the president of interpol with immediate effect. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm hugh ferris. the headlines this evening: a mahrez miss is the most the premier league top two can muster as the blockbuster predicted between liverpool and manchester city turns into more of a bore draw. mo farah wins a marathon for the first time, smashing a couple of records along the way in chicago.
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first the fight, then the fighting. ufc‘s big night ends in a brawl in las vegas. and a double for dettori, who wins back to back arcs with his british horse enable. hello again. thanks forjoining us. in four games last season liverpool and manchester city provided 18 goals. today, the top two in the premier league couldn't manage one. but the leaders came close to ending their horrible run at anfield, asjoe lynskey reports. chanting inside anfield, this is where the energy comes from. it is an atmosphere that has intimidated manchester city. twice last season, they were dismantled here. even their manager admits playing liverpool brings danger.
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it was one of the most anticipated games of the year but the first half was an anti—climax. city slowed the game down and dampened the noise. it almost panicked liverpool into an unforced error. with his back to goal, sergio aguero was brought down but no penalty. city have not won in anfield for 15 years but slowly they were starting to show their quality. mahrez‘s flashing shot was the first sign of progress but his afternoon would get more significant. city went to increase the speed with the pace of leroy from the bench. this time, the trick brought the chance. ——a trip. even in man city's collection of riches, mahrez is the record purchase. the money was spent for moments like this. in penalties, he is not the usual taker. sergio aguero watched him sky it from the bench. fittingly, this is the action this game will be remembered for, this expensive assembly producing
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a damp squib. you cannot, we never dominated city we re we you cannot, we never dominated city were we played them, when we won the games. it was more that we had the balls and were on the attack today. it was a different game than all the others are so far. the start of the game was brilliant. we were absolutely spot—on, we were most difficult to play. unfortunately, we could not keep that level exactly. for more than 14, 15 years, now winning here and all the time lose, lose, so we have to have respect. but we deserve respect for what we have done last season and in this one. so, we tried to avoid... for the spectators it is good, run, run,
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i’ui'i the spectators it is good, run, run, run and they have the best team in the world. '5 chelsea sits between liverpool and manchester city on goal difference after their 3— melbourne at southampton. ross barkley added their second, in the same week he earned a re—call to the england squad. alvaro morata got a late third for maurizio sarri's side, who remain unbeaten so far this season. for a while today, arsenal were the closest team to liverpool and manchester city after recording another victory in a winning run that's their best for three and a half years. got there first and second and then arsenal pulled away with aaron ramsey's clever flick the pick of the goals. he had just come on 38 seconds previously. pierre also made
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an impact from the bench, getting goals for mac and five, who went for a maintain in all competitions. —— in ninth game. rangers have ended hearts‘ unbeaten start to the scottish premiership season. steven gerrard's side beat the league leaders 3—1 at ibrox. celtic, meanwhile, were 6—0 winners at stjohnstone. despite their worst start to a season in 20 years, they took a 5—0 lead by half time. four of their goals coming from winger james forrest in just 30 first half minutes. 0dsonne edouard and callum mcgregor with the other two. celtic are now up to third place in the table. mo farah has won the chicago marathon and broken the european record, as well as his own british record in the process. farah crossed the line after two hours, five minutes and 11 seconds despite far from perfect conditions. it's his first victory in only his third marathon. the four—time olympic champion was 37 seconds quicker than the european record and improved his personal best british record by one minute and 11 seconds. lewis hamilton is on the verge of a fifth
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formula one drivers championship. he could wrap it up as soon as the next race in the united states. it's after a peerless performance to win this morning's japanese grand prix — a race that saw rival sebastian vettel once again as the maker of his own downfall. ben croucher has the story. in a title fight that seems to have been defined as much by sebastian vettel‘s errors as it has by lewis hamilton's excellence, it would be hard to spin this one any differently. all season, the ferrari man has battled with hamilton for a better world title. the briton made a clean start he really never relinquished. vettel was on the charge, up to that of the first lap. —— up to fifth. he went down to fourth as kimi raikkonen and verstappen tangled at the chicane. but sebastian vettel‘s impatience got the better of him. with an overambitious lunge on verstappen sending his title ambitions spiralling out of control. although he recovered from the back to finish sixth, hamilton was untouchable. i love you guys. i love driving the car,
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i love this track, i am so happy. his lead over sebastian vettel is up to 67 points, on the verge of a title that would be no less than he deserves however you spin it. enable, ridden by frankie dettori, won the prix de l'arc triomphe for the second year in a row. the odds—on favourite held off the charge of sea of class to become the first british—trained horse to win europe's richest race twice. enable had missed most of the current season but managed to give dettori his sixth arc victory. in one of the most high profile fights in the history of ufc, it is scenes of brawling that will be remembered and not the victory of khabib nurmagomedov over ireland's conor mcgregor. the fight was set to break the organisation's pay—per—view record but after the russian attacked his opponent's camp, the sport has been left with difficult questions. patrick gearey reports. this was supposed to be the climax of the ultimate fighting championship‘s biggest night. millions watching as the defending champion khabib nurmagomedov
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beat conor mcgregor. except it did not finish there. with mcgregor beaten, the russian‘s fury spilled out of the octagon. both fighters were then involved in brawls. three members of khabib nurmagomedov‘s team were arrested and then released. i do not understand. i do not understand how people can talk about ijump on the cage. he talk about my religion, my country, my father. in the build—up to the fight, mcgregor had been punished for attacking a bus containing his opponent. the hysteria continued in the press conferences. at one stage, mcgregor threatened to put a hole in his opponent's skull. though some find it too violent to be classed as a sport, mma is increasingly popular around the world and its supporters say it is safe and skilled. now, even the man who has overseen its growth admits that what happened in las vegas is damaging. it is bad for everybody — the sport, the brand. it is bad for the guys
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from both camps. by the time nurmagomedov‘s victory was announced, he had been escorted from the arena. it was judged too unsafe to present him with his belt. in rugby league, the toronto wolfpack are currently hosting the london broncos in today's million pound game. the winners will take the 12th and final super league spot for the 2019 season. london haven't played in the top flight since their relegation in 2014. they are now 2—0 up after this gig. plenty of time to go. european ryder cup star tyrrell hatton has lost golf‘s alfred dunhill links championship in dramatic fashion after conceding a four—shot lead on the back nine. looking for a third successive win in the event, hatton was one ahead
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going into the final round, but bogeyed four of the last nine holes for a level par 72 and a 14—under total alongside tommy fleetwood. denmark's lucas bjerregarrd won by a single shot to seal his second european tour title. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. if we want to take a quick snap these days, we tend to use one of these. but if you're serious about those photos, then this is still the camera of choice - the dslr. of course, it's notjust the camera itself that's bigger. the sensor used to capture the image is also larger, providing the professional standard known as full frame, which is the equivalent in size to the old 35mm film. the mobile phone had clearly ta ken its toll on the compact camera, but the dslr had remained largely untouched until the last couple of years, when a new system, called mirrorless, started to gain traction and respect. digital single lens reflex cameras
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use a mirror system to bounce the light coming through the lens up to the viewfinder, so you can see what you're shooting. but that has a few drawbacks. when you do take the shot, the whole mirror system has to flip away to reveal the sensor — that's noisy and can cause vibration. so, enter mirrorless. now the light hits the sensor directly, which also handles autofocus and exposure. and, in doing so, it's also able to offer other features, like face or eye detection. the newer full frame mirrorless cameras house larger sensors, capturing more light for a better picture. to do all of this, the viewfinder is no longer optical. it's a tiny electronic screen with a live feed from the sensor, which initially put
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