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hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... the uk, france and germany have issued a joint statement condemning the death of the journalist jamal khashoggi inside the saudi consulate in istanbul in the strongest possible terms. the brexit secretary dominic raab says the uk could agree to extend the brexit transition period by about three months, but only if the eu drops its demand for a northern ireland backstop, guaranteeing no hard border in all circumstances. russia criticises president trump's decision to pull out of a landmark nuclear weapons treaty — calling it unacceptable and dangerous. rya nair says it has reported footage to police which shows one of its passengers being racially abusive to a black woman on board a flight to sta nsted airport. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday.
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coming up on the programme. lights out in austin, drama at the start of the us grand prix as lewis hamilton targets a fifth championship title. a late quick—fire double gives everton their third league win in a row. tears ofjoy — kyle edmund battles back in antwerp to claim his first atp singles title. and a grandstand finish seals a thrilling win for newcastle over montpelier. hello and welcome to the programme.
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where else would we start but in austin, by the drummer is unfolding with the us grand prix as lewis hamilton goes for a fifth championship title. our reporter, nick parrotjoins me now. it's not looking good for lewis hamilton. let's look at the start, here we are on board with kimi raikkonen. ferrari had a plan for this start. they had the finishing on faster tiles and he managed to make it into the first corner crucially of hamilton to take control of the race. his boss was absolutely delighted with this. there's the reaction but it turned soui’ soon there's the reaction but it turned sour soon after. this is sebastian vettel trying to take fourth place from daniel ricardo, he spun. that's happened several times to him this season happened several times to him this season and it looked like he'd thrown it all away. he went to last but one and it looked like he was all overfor him, but he's but one and it looked like he was all over for him, but he's fighting back like crazy now. he's managed to
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move up to fifth place and hamilton is now down in third, and that's because danyl is now down in third, and that's because da nyl ricardo is now down in third, and that's because danyl ricardo had an incident which brought out the virtual safety car. if the race finishes as it currently stands, with raikkonen leading, bottas second, hamilton third, it will not be decided today, so at the moment it's all good for ferrari to keep the championship alive to the next race in mexico and hamilton probably will keep second —— take second back from bottas because there will be tea m from bottas because there will be team orders but it's not looking good for hamilton. plenty more action and drama still to come, thank you for the moment. just one game in the premier league this afternoon. everton scored two late goals to beat crystal palace at goodison park. alex gulranjani was watching. the talk on the terraces that goodison park may have revolved around evidence's seemingly good form. looking for a third straight win in the premier league. sigurdsson showed the intent early on. crystal palace were looking for those points, too, after three
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defeats in a row. cheik tiote going closer than anyone else. —— kouyate going closer than anyone else. marco silva had every right to be worried, as after the break wilfried zaha got the breakthrough palace needed. the trip from seamus coleman was a penalty. they turned to two 21—year—olds. dominic culverton lewin finished. everton were not finished there. tosun, another substitute, completed the win. three substitutes, three points, and a third win in a road for everton. rangers are up to fifth after an emphatic four one win over hamilton who came very close to edging a draw. rangers took a first half lead thanks to great run and finish from ryan kent and heading into the final ten minutes that looked like being the winner. but steven boyd let fly with a glorious drive to equalise
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for hamilton in the 80th minute. 1—1, but the hosts then conceded two penalties within four minutes. alfredo morelos rounded off the afternoon. that was rangers‘ first away league win under steven gerrard and puts them five points off leaders hearts. arsenal have maintained their 100% record in the women's super league with a 6—0 thrashing of reading. jordan nobbs netted this goal, that was the second in the first ten minutes of the game. then a neat finish for beth mead just before half time, bringing the score up to 3—0. and then finally, the third of vivianne miedema's hat trick was the final goal of the match. that's now six out of six wins for arsenal, with a goal difference of 24. we said the first ten minutes are
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really important today. we're looking we scored 1—0 really fast, then the game is in our control and i think that's when we are at our best. we said the whole week, the game against chelsea doesn't really matter, if we don't win today and i'm happy we had a good win today, 6-0, i i'm happy we had a good win today, 6—0, i think. i'm happy we had a good win today, 6—0, ithink. yes, it was. i'm happy we had a good win today, 6-0, ithink. yes, it was. as long as someone 6-0, ithink. yes, it was. as long as someone knows! manchester city also won 6—0 at brighton. they are four points behind arsenal in the table. third placed birmingham drew 0—0 against the champions chelsea. yeovil lost at home to bristol city. tennis now and a memorable day for kyle edmund as he claimed his first title on the atp tour. britain's number one had to battle from a set down in the final of the european open to beat frenchman gael monfils in three sets. he'd lost his only previous final appearance in april in marrakech but there was no repeat in antwerp and lifted the trophy. australian open champion caroline wozniacki got the defence of her wta finals title off to the worst possible start.
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the dane was beaten in straight sets by former number one karolina pliskova who secured victory here with an ace. she won 6—2, 6—4. they may be bottom of the english premiership but newcastle are now two from two in european rugby's elite tournament after downing another french giant. elsewhere in the champions cup holders leinster were beaten by a point by toulouse and glasgow cruised passed the cardiff blues. craig templeton rounds up the action. it is four years since cardiff hosted a champions cup game, and anticipation was even higher following the opening day win in lyon. but glasgow warriors burst that bubble within two minutes. first adam hastings dived the line. and when glasgow's record try scorer found in space, the second school was inevitable. cardiff have their chances in the first half, and the play was rife with errors.
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a forward pass on this occasion. hastings would not be so complacent. 15—0 at the break. warriors repeated the tricky start with a well worked try. this time ali price with a finish. this finally sparked the blues into life, jonny gray made sure the recovery was a false dawn, though, sealing glasgow's fourth try and bonus point. summerhill did find another way through, but the damage was done, and and glasgow are off the mark in pool 3. newcastle falcons knocked over another french powerhouse but left it until the eighth minute of overtime. finally crossing over after aao phase assault to beat montpellier. but leinster were on the receiving end of the late chance, as toulouse pin shut the points in france.
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—— pinched the points in france. the french side got victory. england's jonny bairstow will miss the last one one day international and a one off t20 against sri lanka after damaging ankle ligaments playing football in training on friday. england have already won the one day series but his involvement in the test series which starts next month , either as a specialist batsman of wicketkeeper will now be in question. he was replaced in yesterday's victory over sri lanka by alex hales. katie taylor successfully defended her two world lightweight titles, with a unanimous points win over cindy serrano. ufc star conor macgregor was ringside in boston to witness taylor, a five time amateur world champion, cruise through the ten round bout, even goading her puerto rican opponent in the seventh round to try and force some action. a comfortable night for taylor then, who extends her unbeaten record to 12. but there was no luck for belfast‘s james tennyson.
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he lost on his first outing at world title level, beaten by ibf super featherweight champion tevin farmer inside five rounds. elsewhere belfast‘s mick conlan's las vegas debut went according to plan. the two time olympian knocking out nicola cipolletta in the seventh round to record his ninth win from nine professional fights. in women's golf, wales' becky morgan has won the indian open, her first professional title. she shot a three under 69 in herfinal round to finish on seven under two strokes clear. it was the 44 year old's 119th tournament on the ladies european tour. a dramatic afternoon at wembley as the los angeles charges edged to their fifth win of the season one the tennessee titans. at one stage the chargers had control of the game at the national stadium — a 75 yard touchdown from tyrell williams
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the first of two for the la. team. the titans though had two touchdowns of their own with a chance to win it at the end but they missed their two point conversion and ended up losing by one. two—time olympic gold medallist jadejones is a step closer to a seventh world grand prix title. she beat canadian skylar park in her semi final in manchester to set up a final against china's lijun chowe or raheleh asemani of belgium. compatriot damon sansum is in the final of the men's event. he had to settle for silver. you can see how they both do live on the red button or bbc sport website. kare adenegan has won the bbc‘s young personality of the year award at this evening's radio i teen awards. adenegan became t34 100m world para athletics european champion this summer, and set a new world record in the event at the london anniversary games. she also became the first female in history to break 17 seconds for the event. wow!
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this is so amazing! you know, i can't believe i've won the award. it's so prestigious. i mean, to be alongside so many amazing names like yourself double it is so prestigious. to be here to celebrate the amazing thing is that young people are doing, it proves that we shouldn't be underestimated. i'm so thankful to be here. thank you so much for this award. congratulations to her! that's all from sportsday, we'll have more throughout the evening. next, click. goodbye for now. woman on radio: all systems are ready. ignition. japan has just done something amazing. it has flown a spaceship to a one—kilometre—wide near—earth asteroid called ryugu to do
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some incredible science. this is hayabusa2. it has just deployed three rovers onto ryugu's surface — the german and french mascot probe on 3 october, and before that, the japanese minerva ii robot. their mission — to measure temperature and magnetic properties, and take photos of the surface. and amazingly, this is how they get about. yep, they bounce. i have come to the japanese aerospace exploration agency, jaxa, to meet the team who designed the mission and get my head around this bonkers mode of transport.
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