tv Sportsday BBC News February 15, 2019 10:30pm-10:46pm GMT
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inside the first ten minutes. ran into the corner and put them in the lead, they then drew level in a couple of occasions before been before ben morgan found the try line with five minutes to go to take the victory, eslewhere bristol lost at home to wasps... there were three games in the prom this evening — edinburgh capped off a strong second—half performance with three tries to secure a huge bonus—point win over dragons, while an unconverted try from stuart mccloskey and a long—range penalty from john cooney was enough for an ulster victrory over ospreys. some other headlines tonight. leigh halfpenny is set to miss wales‘s match with england in the six nations next weekend, after suffereing a concussion setback. he's been out since november defending championjohn higgins has been knocked out of the welsh open snooker beaten 5—3 by world number 102 joe o'connor in their quarter—final.
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he'll now face stuart bingham for a place in the final. meanwhile, world number ten neil robertson came from 4—2 down to beat world number 49 kurt maftlin 5—4 in their quarterfinal, and the australian will face hossein vafaei in the semis. the south african governemnet have backed caster semenya in her iaaf challenge — they're trying to reduce the amount of testosterone in her body. they believe the levels in her body give her an unfair advantage against other female competitors and that she must take medication to suppress the amount she naturally produces. the south african governmnet say she's being targetted and her human rights violated ahead of her case which is being heard by the court of arbitration for sport on monday — in what could be landmark case for the sport. speaking to me earlier the bbc‘s south africa correspondent milton nkosi outlined the stance of the south african sports minister and the iaaf the minister of sport held a press
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conference this morning on friday calling on the nation to support her. she said she is being targeted and they are being sexist against their golden girl. they believe that south africa's history of fighting apartheid in human rights is very much in line of what is happening here to support on the basis that here to support on the basis that her human rights are being violated. it is very clear that it is saying that it wants to stop discrimination. the south african government is saying that is exactly what it is doing by trying to change the regulations. the believe here in
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south africa, it is notjust the government, south africans have come out in huge numbers, particularly on social media to support semenya, including opposition parties that have been berating the government on local issues on the general elections. they have also lined up behind the government to support semenya, they believe she is being u nfa i rly semenya, they believe she is being unfairly targeted. ferrari have unveiled the car they hope will win them the formula one title for the first time in 10 years. they say it's not a revolution, but a development of last year's model, which came close to matching the mercedes but fell short after a series of errors by sebastian vettel, and the team. vettel is joined by charles leclerc this year, after his impressive debut season for sauber. i have always been looking at the red car, hoping to one day be in
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this car. so it is a very emotional day for me and i've also been part of the academy that has helped me massively to develop as a driver and with the final goal to obviously one day, is happening. so yeah, i am very proud. just over two years ago british sprinterjames ellington was injured in a road accident alongside fellow sprinter nigel levine. the pair were riding on motorbikes when they were involved in a crash in tenerife. reports at the time suggested that ellington‘s injuries were "career ending", but he's made a remarkable recovery. you can watch a full report on ellington‘s progress on the one o clock news tomorrow, but here's a taster. but i remember is sending up, seeing the headlights in a loud bang. i
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lifted my head and blood was coming from a head, i took the helmet off because i couldn't breathe. i can really feel anything at the time and had to check my legs because i looked down and as such kind of an s. bonds are coming out there, they're s. bonds are coming out there, they‘ re pretty s. bonds are coming out there, they're pretty much ripped off. and yet it was chaos. as long as they do not lose my leg, i will come back. evenif not lose my leg, i will come back. even if i do lose my leg i would come back. that's how my mindset was. might sound crazy or arrogant, but that's what help me get through it. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more sport throughout the weekend. the and of course, the ut
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to join ias, and the telegraph also has that is their lead, the focus on the head of mi six, the said british people have the right to return to the uk even when they have their connections to terrorist groups. meanwhile in the express, has donald trump suggested that trade between the united states in the uk will drastically increase after brexit. the daily mail, says a coalition of that is going to pay into a fund supporting the victims of authorised push payment when they are tricked into sending money into accou nts are tricked into sending money into accounts that are run by criminals and solicitors and police officers. we turn to the financial times what the paper says can be considered by the paper says can be considered by the government would force mobile phone operators to allow rivals to use their network in areas with poor signals. the guardian, which is the
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thousands of children who walked out of classrooms to demand more action from the government on climate change. that is a quick look at those front pages, let's start off with the lead story, donald trump he said he would do it and he has. ill make i watched the entire speech. said he would do it and he has. ill make i watched the entire speechm was all over the place, typical trump. he started off by saying how wonderful it's been taking by great deals of china and north korea etc. more trading with the british which isa more trading with the british which is a headline she saw there. in these emergency measures. which despite, because he says there's this invasion in his words, coming across the border from the south,
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causing all sorts of problems and illegal immigrants bring drugs, despite considerable evidence to the contrary, saying that is been decreasing dramatically and there really is no case. there is no emergency in the whole thing fell apart when he said and by the way, i don't need to do this, will if you don't need to do this, will if you don't need to do this the how is this a national emergency? i rest my case. it is one for him because this isa very case. it is one for him because this is a very big political pledge because he is bypassing congress that has not given him what he wants. and so when we hear about checks and balances in america, it's quite interesting because this president, rather than previous ones in the white house calling a national emergency for what i think would be a valid reason of a threat to national security, is doing it
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for political expediency, however it's not going to be expedient, the people who will profit greatly in washington, they note also that it's going to be challenged. it is not going to be challenged. it is not going to be built overnight. she is after him. he may or may not, but it would take months or if not years to get through. it was an election promise. just to say about the numbers, it was clearly in 2000 for the peak and i was 1.6 million. but thenit the peak and i was 1.6 million. but then it went way down and i think it's down to like 400,000. which some people would say, there is no doubt that there is a humanitarian crisis in south america, all types
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of people notjust in venezuela crisis in south america, all types of people not just in venezuela who are fleeing the light of corruption. it quite moving to see a mother, and to see the edge of the wall, that was really interesting because i think he gave a very balanced view of what was actually happening and that mother pleading for her child that mother pleading for her child that she needs to eat and that she has no money. and what is more threatening? the mother with her two children coming through or the drugs. he uses the drugs first but there appears to be a lot of evidence that they're coming through legal ports. he denied that, saying that that is fake news. but then he also said that el paso was one of the biggest at one time, but crime figures have been declined and they have not just gone figures have been declined and they have notjust gone down because the walls been built they've just gone
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down.. say pyxis facts to suit his argument and then to says once again, his treatment of the press and one guy in particular. the guy wristed perfect legitimate question and was shouted down told that he can only, it was extraordinarily... let's turn to the times and this really got people talking. the front page of the time saying that we referred to as, hats off to the journalist involved here who found this and is doing great stuff. remarkable. hats off to him for breaking the story. during an interview with hertz saying that she wa nts to interview with hertz saying that she wants to be able to come back to the
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uk andi wants to be able to come back to the uk and i do not want the baby taken away from me and be... with the home secretary this morning indicating that he would do everything this power to stop her from that he would do everything this power to stop herfrom coming to this country and the former dp came out but saying that there's nothing that they can do to stop her from coming back because she is a british citizen and can take the passport offa citizen and can take the passport off a reddish citizen unless they have dual nationality which he does not have. we cannot make and the child will be taken into care. in terms of prosecution and what happened when she gets back, we learned in the next few hours that if she enters the country, in a statement from her family this
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evening, they themselves said in a few words, we welcome an investigation into what she did while she was there under the principles of british justice. bowser and her family. -- that was from her family. thanks to them fighting and that refugee camp, this girl, one of three radicalised clearly, got married almost immediately to a dutchman and there are portraits. let's turn to the telegraph, we have others... there are different treatments, let me just quote a few lines off the times where it says that the family lawyer confirmed that he had been instructed to take legal steps to secure instructed to take legal steps to secure her return. this is been against the home secretary and of
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course you have a very carefully worded statement that has been crafted to the family's wishes, very legal. i think we need to, the debate of seeing, she was not fazed by several heads they were decapitated and bends, i think that lack of remorse as worried and in a sense not help the image of her, they are shocked. they had no idea that she was still alive. one can begin to imagine what that is like. said today, people, they are not referring to are particularly but they're saying today that people like this who come away from that,
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