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this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 5pm. 15 bodies, including those of six children, are found by sri lankan security forces after a gun battle with islamist militants. nearly 100 labour mps and meps, including shadow ministers, are demanding thatjeremy corbyn backs another referendum on any brexit deal. northern ireland politicians are being urged to deliver on power—sharing by the priest who received a standing ovation at lyra mckee‘s funeral. i get the sense that people want our politicians to move, and they want them to move now. and by that, i mean in terms of entering into those talks, and in a way that will actually bring a positive result at the end of them. cosmetics clinics offering "quick fixes" with treatments such as botox are accused of fuelling
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a mental health epidemic. and west ham beat tottenham 1—0, to end their 100% record at their new stadium. we'll have more on this and the rest of the day's sporting action in half an hour here on bbc news. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. sri lanka's security forces have said 15 people were killed in an explosion and gun battle, with suspected islamist militants. six children were among the dead. the search is continuing for the bombers who carried out a series of attacks on easter sunday. from sri lanka, our correspondent, yogita limaye, reports. the search continues for those
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behind sri lanka's horror. police have been carrying out raids across the country. on friday, they followed a tip—off to this house in the eastern city of ampara. armed men were inside, who set off an explosion. a gun battle followed and the house burned down. more than a dozen died. six are believed to have been linked to the bombings. several children were also caught up in the violence. in another house, in the same city, police found a huge stash of bomb—making material — a discovery that shows how grave the threat of more attacks still is. this banner of the islamic state group, which has claimed responsibility for the easter sunday attacks, was also found. not far is the town where this man lived, zahran hashim — the alleged mastermind of the attacks, believed
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to have been one of the suicide bombers himself. several suspects are still at large. these photos were released by the government earlier this week. perhaps the most inhuman of the bombings was at this church in batticaloa, because children were the target. young boys and girls, who were attending sunday school. the bbc‘s tamil service spoke to a pastor, who recalls seeing the bomber. translation: he was wearing a shoulder bag and a camera bag. i wasn't aware of his purpose at that time. many children were drinking water in the entrance of the church after their sunday school class. people and children are entering. that's when the bomb went off. workers have begun to clear the trail of destruction, and most of those who died have been laid to rest, but fear remains. yogita limaye, bbc news, colombo.
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dr rajesh venugopal, assistant professor at the london school of economics, told me that the decision to give security forces extra powers has been causing concern and tension in sri lanka. this was an obscure and tiny extremist organisation that operated in the south—east of the country, and that was largely found to be a menace within the muslim community for some time. and that community had tried to report this organisation to the authorities, but very little action had been taken. yeah, i understand it was the sufis that had reported the leader, the alleged leader of this group. where would they have received the funding? once again, it's speculation. there is a lot of speculation going around and rumours going around that it may have come from the middle east, perhaps from isis. once again, there's very little hard evidence out there, so i would be very careful to add to that very fetid
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atmosphere of rumour. what were they after? because there is some description that they were part of the wahhabi tradition. what did they want? well, this organisation has been trying to campaign against other muslim organisations, other muslim sects in the east of the country for some time now. and it appears that they are one of a clutch of extremist organisations that have been sort of operating within that sort of milieu. in december last year, there were reports they had slightly moved beyond that and started attacking other religious monuments, such as buddhist monuments, which is when they first came to the serious attention of the authorities. what does this now mean, do you think, for everyday life in sri lanka? because many people are very hesitant. they do not want to return to the days of civil war, with a high military presence on their streets. is this inevitable? well, i think there is a huge
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tension now between security and protecting the rights of people. and this is something which is a grave tension because, in the past, when there was a state of emergency and when there was a much more intense scale of militarisation, there were also serious abuses that were committed and serious problems with that sort of greater degree of power and flexibility that was allowed to the security forces. so, there is a real tension and there are very serious concerns that giving those extra powers is to be, you know, is a cause for concern. around 100 labour mps and meps, including a number of shadow ministers, have now signed a letter demanding the party commits to holding another referendum on any brexit deal. labour's ruling national executive will meet on tuesday to finalise the pa rty‘s manifesto for the european elections,
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which are due to take place in less than four weeks‘ time. our political correspondent susana mendonca has been giving me more details. we've got a number of mps, around 100 mps and meps on the labour side saying that they want the party to offer a clear commitment that it is committed to having a vote on a brexit deal, and that they want that to be part of the manifesto, ahead of the european elections, which are due to be held on 23 may, provided that we do have european elections, because we know the prime minster hopes that if she can get a deal done before then, it might not happen. but presuming that election goes ahead, we are expecting labour to come out with their manifesto next week, finalising it. so these mps are trying to push for that and it comes off the back of a week when we have had a bit of concern raised by some of those within labour, because there was a draft leaflet that was revealed in the week which had no mention of a referendum on the brexit deal. now, we have since discovered
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today that labour intends to change that leaflet, that it plans to include a general election on there and also what they refer to as a confirmatory ballot — so, effectively, a referendum on a final deal. so, that will be in that leaflet. these mps are saying that as part of that whole manifesto, they want a clear message so that would make them the only viable alternative to the brexit party. labour have a real challenge here because within the party, there is a lot of controversy over whether or not they should be going for that clear message on another referendum, or if that could deter labour voters in some of those key northern heartland from voting for labour, people who perhaps voted for brexit. so there are those who think labour should not be going down that road. just to clarify, it is not a given that we will be taking part in those european elections? no, it is supposed to happen on 23 may,
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but if the prime minister can do a deal before then, presumably, that election would not happen. that's what the tories would like to see. they have their own challenges because they have activists who say that they will not take part in campaigning, they have donors who say they do not want to contribute to the campaign. they have their own issues — many in the conservative party who did not want there to be european elections and they are very unhappy if they do go ahead. in the last few minutes, the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has been given his reaction to the letter saying for him to decide but the whole labour party. the national executive will decide on tuesday what will be in the european election manifesto, and we will reflect on the decisions made in last year's labour party conference, which were for a customs union and rights protection with the european union. and we would prefer to have a general election, but failing that if we get that agreement, we are prepared to
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consider putting it into income from her tory vote. but that is a decision the party will make on tuesday. but will there be a promise ofa tuesday. but will there be a promise of a confirmatory vote? we will let you know on the tuesday after that, because it is important that the party, which is a democratic party structure, makes those decisions. sadly, or maybe it's a good thing, i'm nota sadly, or maybe it's a good thing, i'm not a dictator of the labour party. a formal investigation has begun into a decision by the home office to accuse more than 30,000 international students of cheating in english language tests. there are claims now, that many of the accusations were unfair. many students had their visas revoked, and more than 1,000 were removed from the uk after evidence of cheating was uncovered by the bbc‘s panorama programme. the national audit office will conduct the inquiry. the catholic priest father martin magill, who criticised northern ireland's political leaders at the funeral of thejournalist, lyra mckee, has told the bbc that people want results from new talks, next month, to restore power—sharing at stormont.
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power—sharing broke down more than two years ago. our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. at lyra mckee's funeral, the words of father martin magill received a standing ovation when he shamed politicians for failing to reconcile their differences to restore devolution. why, in god's name, does it take the death of a 29—year—old woman with her whole life in front of her... applause. in his first interview since the address, he urged politicians to listen to the people. i get the sense that people want our politicians to move and they want them to move now, and by that, i mean in terms of entering into those talks and in a way that will actually bring a positive result at the end of them. political adversaries in northern ireland have been brought together by the death of the journalist who was shot during rioting in londonderry. more than two years since power—sharing collapsed in northern ireland,
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yesterday, the british and irish governments announced that in the wake of lyra's death, there would be fresh discussions to try to reach a new power—sharing agreement, beginning after the local elections next week. and we will work with all the parties to help them do that. but repeated rounds of talks have previously failed, and big sticking points between the parties remain. emma vardy, bbc news. clinics offering cosmetic surgery such as botox and fillers have said they will introduce new checks to ensure vulnerable people are not sold unnecessary or damaging treatment. it follows a warning, from the nhs director of mental health services, that the cosmetic industry is doing too little to stop those with body image obsessions undergoing potentially harmful treatments. richard galpin reports. cosmetic procedures like botox injections and fillers are popular and easily available — notjust in clinics, but also in high street outlets.
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the nhs is concerned there's a link between young people's mental health and these kinds of procedures. 25% of youngsters are worried about their appearance, 50% are worried about their weight, and we know that the evidence is if you've got those concerns, if you are feeling pressure or bombarded around idealised body image, that you are more likely to seek procedures, but you are also then more likely to be dissatisfied with the outcome of those procedures. to try to tackle this, the nhs wants all those providing cosmetic procedures to sign up to an online training programme teaching them how to recognise the signs and symptoms of vulnerability and mental ill health, and ensuring they tell customers where to get help if they show signs of being vulnerable. but the course is voluntary and, so far, only 10% of providers have signed up for the training.
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richard galpin, bbc news. health officials in pakistan say they have suspended a nationwide anti—polio campaign, after a series of deadly attacks in the last week. a health worker, and two security officers, were killed in separate incidents. thousands of parents have refused to allow their children to be given the vaccine — officials are blaming mis—information being spread on social media. cyclone kenneth has become the second powerful storm to hit mozambique in two months. rescue teams are attempting to reach remote villages in the north of the country, where thousands of people may be trapped. the storm hit the comoros islands first killing three people. it then made landfall on thursday in the cabo delgado region near the tanzanian border. heavy rain has increased the risk of flooding and landslides. our correspondent pumza fihlani is watching from the capital, maputo. it's the worst storm this part
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of mozambique has seen. the people here were unprepared. days after cyclone kenneth hit, many are still shocked at the force of mother nature. heavy wind of up to 200 kilometres ripped through northern mozambique, destroying homes and uprooting trees. the people of mozambique had barely recovered from another cyclone, which hit the port town of beira just over a month ago, causing death and destruction. the authorities this time around want to move faster. they're desperate to get their hands on resources which will make it possible for them to get help to where it's needed most. the operation is dependent on how nimble they are on the ground. torrential rains are expected here over the next few days. this means there's a high risk of flooding and landslides. there are fears thousands of people could be left trapped in remote villages.
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there are nearly 20,000 people in displacement centres — schools and churches that survived the impact. but as a clearer picture emerges of the destruction, more may be needed, local authorities have said. the worst—hit areas include pemba. teams have been deployed to the area. officials say this will determine where help is needed most. one death has been confirmed, but there are fears that figure will rise over the next few days. but for some, life now has become a search for the next meal. they are relying on aid efforts. it's a desperate time for survivors. rebuilding their lives will be slow and daunting for many people of this poor country. pumza fihlani, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news. 15 bodies, including those of six children, are found by sri lankan security forces after a gun battle
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with islamist militants. the authorities say the militants set off explosives as troops surrounded a house in the east of the country. the labour leadership says it will decide next week whether to commit to back another referendum on any brexit deal in their european election manifesto. northern ireland politicians are being urged to unite to deliver on power—sharing, by the priest who received an ovation at lyra mckee's funeral. spaniards go the polls tomorrow in a fiercely—contested general election, the third in the past four years. the controversial far—right vox party is threatening to shake up spanish politics, but critics say its divisive message could set the country back decades. andy beatt reports. spain's third general election in just four years. with as many as 40% of voters still
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undecided ahead of sunday's vote, politicians of all colours have been campaigning hard. among them, the far—right populist party vox, enjoying a surge of support and hoping to upstage their rivals. but in madrid, activists from feminist group femen, written across their bodies, "this isn't patriotism, it's fascism." and the anti—franco slogan, "they shall not pass." anti—immigration, anti—separatist, and anti—women's rights, vox is one of five parties with a chance of entering government. if it does, it would become the first far—right group to sit in parliament for nearly a0 years. its leader, though, is keen to brush aside links with spain's fascist past.
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translation: vox is the only party capable of defending national unity and the freedoms for spaniards, that are under attack from socialism, communism, and separatism. the party's rise, dubbed an earthquake in spanish politics, has clearly shaken the country's socialist prime minister. translation: i ask you all to unite around the only party that can guarantee spain looks to the future and doesn't go back 40 years, as the right would have it. political tremors have also unsettled the centre—right. led by the main opposition people's party. they‘ re likely to lose votes to vox, or end up depending on them to hold power. after the convulsions of the campaign, saturday has been set aside as a day of reflection. but with results expected to be
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close and followed by lengthy coalition talks, the calm is not likely to last. andy beatt, bbc news. donald trump has urged americans to get immunised against measles, despite previously casting doubt on the vaccination. health officials believe the recent spike in cases of the virus is partly connected to misinformation about the jab. in the latest outbreak, about 270 students and staff have been in quarantine after cases were confirmed at two universities in california. caroline rigby reports. donald trump's line on measles has not always been consistent. but as the us faces a major resurgence of the disease, he had this message for parents. they have to get the shot, the vaccinations are so important. this is really going around now, they have to get their shots. a marked change in direction from a man who previously promoted now—discredited anti—vax theories,
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and suggested inoculations were linked to what he described as "a big increase in autism". his call to arms in the battle against measles comes amid a new outbreak in california, after two infected students attended two separate universities. one visited a campus at the university of california, los angeles, potentially coming into contact with 500 people. the other went to a library at california state university, attended by up to 2,000 people a day. there's a blanket order and statement that if you were in this area, you would need to be quarantined, notify the health centre, notify your immune status, or you will be quarantined. so far this year, 700 cases have been reported across 22 states. that's the highest number since the us declared the disease to be eradicated at the turn of the century. and the outbreak isn'tjust confined to the us — the un warns the number of cases around the world has nearly tripled compared to last year.
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health officials have linked the increase in the us to misinformation around the safety of the measles vaccine, and discredited theories about possible related side—effects. they will hope the president's call to action will encourage more people to get immunised — in turn, helping to limit the spread of the disease. caroline rigby, bbc news. in the uk, around half a million people have a debilitating form of heart failure that doctors know very little about. the condition stops the heart from relaxing, meaning the muscles become too stiff to function properly. now researchers at four british universities are looking into how to diagnose and treat the condition. here's our science correspondent, richard westcott. around 500,000 people have a type of heart failure we know very little about. it's called hfpef. .. if you are ready, we can stop there. and this is a new study to find
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out what makes it tick. i didn't realise i had a heart condition and i thought, why, i'm so fit? i can't be — i've been a dancer, done so much, gardening, et cetera, i can't believe it. so you are quite good at walking on the flat, but not the inclines? definitely. as well as the physical tests, they will be asking patients about their lives. if i said, could you walk to the shop and back again? no, i couldn't. this is a very interesting patient group that are pretty much left to their own devices, there are not any evidence—based treatment therapies for them, so it's really interesting to try to find out what would help them. it wasn't long ago that some clinicians doubted hfpef even existed. it might be common, but it's hard to recognise. symptoms can be similar to more well—known types of heart failure, or even other conditions, but there is a key difference. a normal heart muscle needs to be able to expand and contract so it can pump the blood.
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around half the people with heart failure have a muscle that's too loose, but they know how to diagnose that and treat it. the other half have a muscle that's gone thick and goes too tight, and that's the one they need to find out a lot more about. this is one of the more obvious signs we sometimes see. this blue jet you see here is blood leaking back because this valve should be closing, but it's not, and that can occur because the heart muscle has become thickened. we know that there are things that we can do for this group of patients and it's just ensuring that there's a systematic way of diagnosing and managing, that people are more aware of it, and that they know, right, if we get the blood pressure controlled, if we control their diabetes, if perhaps we make sure that they're doing more physical activity, that we can actually improve them. researchers will study around 200 patients for a year. well, i hope they find the reason why we go downhill like we are.
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and i'm quite pleased, actually, that i had that call from faye last year, when she asked me would i come and participate in research? because it must help the future. they will then recommend new ways to identify and look after the hundreds of thousands who suffer. richard westcott, bbc news. it's being claimed that some fitness trackers from leading brands are so inaccurate, they can be out by up to 11 miles when logging the distance of a marathon. the consumer group which? has published analysis of some of the most popular devices from big names in the market. the watchdog used a calibrated treadmill to compare different trackers logging the number of steps and distance travelled. it's warning some simply can't be relied upon. months of training will come to fruition this time tomorrow, when thousands of amateur and professional athletes line up for the london marathon. in the men's wheelchair race,
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all eyes will be on david weir, who's looking for a record ninth course victory. his team mate, johnboy smith, is an upcoming wheelchair racer whose life was changed in a split second as a teenager. kate grey has been to meet him at his training base at richmond park. johnboy smith is one of britain's rising stars on the wheelchair racing circuit, but he never set out to be. his life changed at the age of 16, in a tragic case of mistaken identity. i stumbled upon the wrong farm, at the wrong time. mistaken for a poacher, i was accused of poaching and everything like that. the farmer fired a warning shot at me, instead of asking questions — "are you poaching? was you here before?", or whichever. fired a warning shot, me and my friends ran back to our car. the gun that the farmer shot me with was a rifle. he shot through the back of the car, through the seat and into my spine. that's the less gory, short story. and that was it?
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that was it. instantly, total paralysis. before his injury, he was a keen amateur boxer in his traveller community. that was clearly no longer an option, so during his five months of rehab at stoke mandeville hospital, he had to come to terms with his new way of life. my mum was pushing me around the hospital in a wheelchair and i was thinking, one, i'm not going to let her do that, because that's going to get her down. and, two, i'm a 16—year—old boy, i need some dignity. that sort of like inspired me to be better, be stronger, physically and mentally. and, yeah, itjust all snowballed from there, really. over time, johnboy tried out a number of different sports and eventually found his calling as a marathon racer. it's going to be silver and bronze for england! success soon followed, winning silver at last yea r‘s commonwealth games. the best moment in his wheelchair racing career so far. but ultimately, it's not about the medals forjohnboy. he wants to be a role model in his community and prove that anything is possible. you can have the worst news in the world — you've lost the use of your legs, you can't box any more,
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you can't have a normaljob. i just wanted to show that there's life after disability, there's life after tragedy. i'm just a local lad from kent, and itjust so happens i'm very good at wheelchair racing. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz. today's gales continue to ease as the storm blows itself out, it's just starting to push out into the north sea. this is the satellite image as it moved across the uk in the last 12 hours or so, the worst of the weather in parts of south—western ireland, also the coasts of wales experienced gusts in excess of 80 mph. so, here's the storm, you can see the sender moving into the north sea, and tonight it's just going to stay quite breezy, with some showers. some of them heavy around north—western parts of the uk. early evening the gusts in llandow well in excess of a0 mph,
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not quite as strong here around the western areas. temperatures at 7pm around 12 in london, optimistic 9 degrees in newcastle, and tonight it will be quite chilly. a dry night for most of us, apart from north—western areas of wales, the midlands and a couple of showers elsewhere. the majority of the country should have some clear spells. we are talking around 4 degrees in northern towns and cities. sunday's weather map looks like there's hardly anything left of the storm, just exiting, the southern portion of the north sea. this is the forecast forced their marathon on sunday, temperatures around 8—9 degrees, peaking at around 13—111. a bit of a breeze but it should die away. this afternoon not looking bad, a couple of showers in parts of east anglia, on the wholly bright day, sunny day for many of us. winds are a lot lighter.
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average wind speeds are 12 or15 mph. more sunshine, it's going to feel a lot, lot better with temperatures recovering into the mid—teens for some of us. even 16 there in glasgow and edinburgh. at the start of the week, dry for most of us on monday, temperatures continue to climb, a decent day on the way. a little bit of rain, a couple of showers in some western areas, areas, but on the whole, a dry day for many of us with temperatures peaking at 18 degrees, possibly. goodbye.
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hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... 15 bodies, including those of six children, are found by sri lankan security forces after a gun battle with islamist militants.
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the authorities say the militants set off explosives as troops surrounded a house in the east of the country. the labour leadership says it will decide next week whether to commit to back another referendum on any brexit deal in their european election manifesto. we would prefer to have a general election but failing that if we get that agreement, we are prepared to consider to put it to a confirmatory vote that that is a decision that the party will make on tuesday. northern ireland politicians are being urged to unite to deliver on power—sharing talks, by the priest who received an standing ovation at lyra mckee's funeral. england's top doctor is warning cosmetic clinics that they may be contributing to a mental health epidemic. professor stephen powis says practitioners should have training to help them protect vulnerable clients from "quick fixes", such as botox.
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sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin. hello, we start at the tottenham hotspur stadium, where west ham became the first away side come away to score, and come away with a victory, at tottenham's new ground. they beat their london rivals by a goal to nil. spurs missing out on a chance to cement their place in the top four. craig templeton was watching. d)at d ) at the new d) at the new home has been flawless. for wins, no d) at the new home has been flawless. forwins, no goals conceded. how the rivals from the east would love to capture the first points. west ham started brightly as he fired an early warning, they were not quite blowing bubblesjust he fired an early warning, they were not quite blowing bubbles just yet. expert instead have one eye on tuesday's champions league semifinal they became refocused. he saw his effo rts
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they became refocused. he saw his efforts go wide. the second half started in a similarfashion efforts go wide. the second half started in a similar fashion to the first and he found the touch but not the finish. he did find antonio who will go into history as the first person to score against tottenham and their new stadium. the celebration perhaps should not go into the record books. the research instead eventually, but it was matched with an defence. a house warming has been ruined by the neighbours and sprays will be hoping for much better on tuesday. we need to look forward and we need to move on because he will have a game here on the champions league and we cannot stop and think and what we did not do today and of course it is important and we miss opportunity to get the three point
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but the fresh team and in the second half. big result to tell you about, in the battle to avoid relegation. neil warnock‘s cardiff have been beaten by already relegated fulham, by 1—0, at craven cottage. ryan babel with the crucial goal for the home side with just over ten minutes remaining. it means cardiff, have to rely on newcastle getting a result at brighton — to have hope of staying up. cardiff are 18th — and are still in the drop zone. brighton a place above them, but with a game in hand — and — three points ahead of them. cardiff peppered the fulham goal towards the end, but could not find a way through. plenty of goals at st marys — as bournemouth struck late — to secure a three all draw with southampton — the point for the home side securing their status in the premier league next season. calum wilson with the goal for bournemouth five mins from time — his second of the game. shane long, james ward prowse, and matt targett with the goals for southampton. dan gosling got bournemouth‘s first. so if brighton beat newcastle — cardiff are all but down. it has just kicked off at the amex. it's 0-0.
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elsewhere — crystal palace and everton played out a nil nil draw. wolves beat watford 2—1 at vicarage road to get some ravage for the fa cup semi final. bolton have now been told that they must complete their two outstanding championship fixtures by the english football league. by the english football league. today's match with brentford was called off last night after bolton's players said they would not play again until they received outstanding wages. bolton, who have been relegated to league one have been told to rearrange that game "at the earliest opportunity". on the pitch — norwichjust need to draw in order to get promoted back to the premier league. they play blackburn later this evening. sheffield united are also chasing automatic promotion — they are in the early stages against already relegated ipswich. it is currently 0—0 in that match there. derby beat bristol city in the chase for a play off race. at the bottom of the table rotherham are relegated after conceding two
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in the last 15 minutes to lose 2—1 against west brom. yeovil town will be playing non—league next season after drawing two all with northampton today. notts county survive another week — after beating grimsby. yeovil will be replaced by leyton orient who are back in the english football league after a two year absence. their goalless draw against already—relegated braintree town confirmed them as champions of the national league. more than 8,000 home fans flooded the pitch at the end to celebrate the news. celtic are just point a point away from retaining the scottish premiership. after a 1—0 win over kilmarnock — on an emotional day at celtic park. in the week of billy mcneill‘s passing, members of the famous lisbon lions team, who won the european cup in 1967 were present for a special tribute to theirformer captain before the game. and, rather poignantly, it was their current number five — jozo simunovic — who scored the winner, with ironically, 67 minutes on the clock. elsewhere — aaron mcgowan's
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last minute penalty secured a three all draw for hamilton against livingston. they go tenth, above st mirren who drew one all with stjohnstone. motherwell edged out the league's bottom side dundee 11—3 — thanks to a stoppage time winner from david turnbull. another dramatic day in baku — for qualifying for the azerbaijan grand prix. valtteri bottas led lewis hamilton to a mercedes one—two, after ferrari's charlies leclerc crashing in second qualfying. stuart pollitt reports. experience build this weekend as the one where ferrari had to strike back. he managed to strike the wall on the tightest part of the track in the first session. qualifying suspended for half an hour. when it resumed, ferrari, the pole position favourite did the exact same. resumed, ferrari, the pole position favourite did the exact samelj resumed, ferrari, the pole position favourite did the exact same. i am stupid. iam favourite did the exact same. i am stupid. i am stupid. the clash leaving him tenth on the great and
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only able to watch the battle from the front row. a battle won by mercedes. lewis hamilton by half a te na nt of mercedes. lewis hamilton by half a tenant of the second. and the other that there ferrari clearly manage third. yet again this season a head scratching day for the italian team and a red letter one for the silver arrows. rugby now... exeter beat harlequins 17—15 in the premiershipto increase their lead at the top of the table. after the chiefs had taken an early lead, quins piled on the pressure in the closing stages. but they fell agonisingly short, as they chase a top four finish. paul frostick was watching. it has been another colourful season for the chiefs, having but their prey may ship semifinal spot and record time and victory over ha rlequins record time and victory over harlequins will help cement top position in the table. after a surprise defeat in their last match they came out of the blocks to vote clap, crossing for the first try
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after two minutes. that domination of teams on home turf was clear for quinn's going over a try number two, 27 phases before nic white got the ball down. the game was more than an hour old when the london side finally made their mark. sam hill lago climbed against the post. not long after charlie walker went over to get his side within two points. the chiefs suddenly under pressure. but despite a frantic final ten minutes, they could build onto their lead at the top. the struggles continue for leicester — they were beaten 23—20 by bristol. it means the tigers will have to wait to secure their premiership status. daniel thomas and harry thacker both crossed for the visitors after the break to seal their win. saracens — who are second — lead wasps 28—7.
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it's the final weekend — before the playoffs in the pro 1a — all the teams are in action today. all the games — are derbies — scarlet‘s dragons is the only game finished so far, scarlets aiming to secure at play off place. but they failed, losing out to the dragons in an incredible game at the principality stadium stadium. this try from matthew screech levelled the scores at 32 points all in the 79th minute. then all the pressure was on fly half jason tovey to kick the conversion, which he did to seal victory by two points. the other two teams chasing that final playoff place — are benetton who are currently leading agaist zebre seven points to 6, they started at five. and edinburgh who play glasgow later. there was success for great britain's women — in their first home game in hockey‘s new pro league. they beat the usa 2—1 in a shoot out in london to earn a bonus point after the match had finished 1—1. there's been another big shock at the world snooker championship,
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where the three—time champion mark selby has been beaten by qualifier gary wilson in the second round. wilson, who is a former taxi driver, won by 13 frames to ten in sheffield. this break of 92 sealing the win in style. it's the second time the qualifier has knocked out a seed in this tournament, after victory over belgium's luca brey—cell in the first round. i felt a little ifelt a little bit i felt a little bit edgy out there andi i felt a little bit edgy out there and i think probably because of the season i have had and i have not been getting the results, lacked confidence so it could be down to that. but i do not know, if you get the first round out of the way you mightfind a the first round out of the way you might find a little bit and who knows. but gary played well and deserve to win. these are live pictures from the crucible, ronnie o'sullivan's conquerer — the amateur, james cahill is in a real battle against scotland's stephen maguire. it's currently 11 frames all. first to 13 will book their place in the quarter—finals. you can watch the conclusion of that
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match live on the red button and bbc sport website. promises to be an exciting and there. most people would take it easy after breaking their collarbone. but jockey bryony frost isn't most people and she proved it today, winning the oaksey chase at sandown on 2—1 favourite black corton. it was her first race since suffering the inury at the cheltenham festival last month. that's all the sport for now. now on bbc news it is time for the film review. hello there, welcome to the film review here on bbc news. taking us through this week's releases, mark kermode. mark, you got something for everyone this week, haven't you? we have. we have eighth grade, the debut feature from bo burnham.
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avengers: endgame — the saga comes to a conclusion. and bel canto, a trouble drama starring julianne moore. so, eighth grade. just to be clear — because there's a different system in the united states — this is 14—year—olds? exactly. it's the end of middle school, and it stars elsie fisher is kayla, a 13—year—old coming to the end of her eighth grade. and she is socially anxious in person. we see these shots of her moving through the corridors of school. everybody else is moving this way, she's moving that way. she finds it quite difficult to communicate with her peers in person. she's crushingly voted "most quiet" in class at the end of the year. but she has a second life online. there is a version of herself that she puts out online in which she posts cute, happy selfies. she does video blogs, vlogs, of self—help videos of how to put yourself out there and how to be more confident, how to be yourself.
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and the fact that no—one appears to be watching these videos — we see the video count as one, two, five, zero — doesn't matter, because in a way, she's kind of using that to talk to herself. she's also using her phone and her headphones to avoid conversation with her father, because she has brilliantly observed, slightly sort of scrapie relation with her father, who she finds painfully embarrassing. here's a clip. can you not look like that, please? what? like what? just, like, the way you're looking. looking at the road? you can look at the road, dad! i obviously didn't mean that! just, like, don't be weird and quiet while you do it. sorry. hey, how was the...? no! you were being quiet, which is fine. just, like, don't be weird and quiet. cos, like, i look over at you and i think you're about to drive us into a tree or something. and then i get really freaked out and then i can't text my friends, sojust, like, be quiet and drive and don't look weird and sad.
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please. 0k. he sighs. that's worse. now don't be weird, mark! the trailer says you're going to fall in love with elsie fisher. do we fall in love with her? i fell in love with the whole film. it's directed by bo burnham, who started out his career as an internet comedian doing songs, comedy sketches, and many which are very, very brilliant. and what this manages to show you the life of this 13—year—old, who is painfully anxious, who was absolutely beset by anxiety about her peer group. it depicts a life in a completely sympathetic way which understands, for a start, the specifics of her life. bo burnham said that this is a film about a generation who have grown up in a culture they did not create which demands that they put a version of themselves out there online, and he said very specifically when he was receiving one of many awards that it was a generation referred to as somehow
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self—obsessed, but in fact what they are it's self—conscious. and the brilliant thing about this film is it looks like he's listened to those people. it look like he's actually understood their experience. he gets the specifics of growing up in this generation z, the post—millenial generation. but as with all great coming—of—age movies, if you get the specifics right, the universality will take care of itself. the real genius of its film is not only that it's funny, and dark, and moving, and heartbreaking, and uplifting, and there is kindness, and there is cruelty all mixed together. but no matter who you are, you can watch this film and see, in that central character, a version of yourself, or someone you understand. i mean, i have nothing in common with that lead character, but the pain and the anguish that she goes through is really, really universal. i think this is one of the best films of the year. it came out in america last year. it was one of the films that barack obama listed as one of his favourite films of 2018. it's really wonderful. and in a week in which we have bigger blockbusters coming out,
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for me, this is the one to seek out. i think anyone with a beating heart will love this film. this is one of those films like mary poppins which is going to if you don't love this, we don't have anything further to say to each other. a real film for today. speaking of blockbusters, we have avengers: endgame, which is only three hours and one minute long. yes, and a little bit of that is the credit, but it is pretty much three hours long. this is the end part of infinity war, and it is concluding the saga which is played out over a series of films. it picks up at the and of infinity war, which has ended in disaster, and the beginning of the film is sombre in tone. actually differently sombre, i think. reminded me of things like logan. film is a very much a three—act structure, each act with a very different flavour. i don't want to say anything at all about the plot, because if people want to go and see it at the weekend, don't want to spoil anything. it is very impressive that in the film of this kind of size,
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of this kind of visual spectacle, with this number of characters that they have to deal with, that actually, what it manages to do is it manages to make you care about the characters when they're on—screen. i laughed more times than i have done in many alleged comedies. there were two moments in the film in which i teared up. bear in mind, i'm not that much emotionally vested in the story, but there were two moments which worked, which struck me as being universal. i do think that you do have to have seen the previous films. there's always a lot of discussion about, "can i see it?" you can do, but the more of the other ones you have seen, the more invested you are, the more you're going to get out of it. although there are moments because of the sheer elements it is dealing with, it feels perhaps slightly baggy or kind of... it is impressive that through all that, amidst all the visual spectacle, amidst everything else, it is the characters that are actually at the centre of it, and it does have an emotional heart. it has an emotional core and i don't think any fans will feel let down. even i, who is quite emotionally removed from this, was touched by enough to be moved to tears in places. ok, bel canto, which is a hostage siege south
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america based on a novel. yes, a very popular novel, which apparently is very good. i haven't read the novel. i have seen the film. julianne moore is an opera singer who agrees to give a highly—paid concert. ken watanabe is the industrialist who is in this country, who is there because he is theoretically going to be involved in building a factory. actually, he's there to julianna moore sing. when guerrillas take over the building, they do so because they think the president is there. when they realise the president isn't there, they realise that the best asset they have is julianne moore. they wantjulianne moore to sing for them. she won't play ball. here's a clip. the government has turned off the water to this house to make things more uncomfortable for us. i gathered that. we need water. my comrade wants to shoot someone just to show the government who is in charge, but i have another thought. what's that? i want you to sing.
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i want you to sing loud enough that these animals outside can hear it. what good would that do? it might remind them what is at stake. 0h. no. i won't sing. not for you. he says to do what you're told. 0h. or what, he'll shoot me? you kept one woman, one american, una americana. if you shoot me, what do you think will happen to you and your people? i don't think i need to do what you say. i have to say with such a huge amount of international talent on screen, and julianne moore, who i think is generally wonderful, and it was based on a well—respected book, it's a shame that the film itself is so misjudged. it seemed to be, on the one hand torn between being a serious trauma and on the other hand, being a soap opera. there's a subplot about the president not being there because he is staying at home to watch a soap opera on television. i have to say on some
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points, you think that is what you're watching. i did go into it, thinking, this is good quality actors and good quality stuff, and then just sitting there thinking, "at what point is this going to stop looking like a creaky television drama?" the answer is, never. it's a real shame because, as i said, i'm a big fan of many of the people involved, but it is a real disappointment. oh, dear. all right. thank you. best out? from me, mid—90s. a film you'll really struggle to find in theatres. a coming—of—age drama byjonah hill. a companion piece to eighth grade. also very empathetic. some have compared it to kids, but it's clearly different because it's made by somebody who actually understands the kids. i know you're a big fan also of... wild rose! jessie buckley! it's a such a great story about someone using country music to speak those inner truths — three chords and the truth, which country music is meant to be. i think it gets right to the heart of that and it's uplifting. i've seen it with a crowd.
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people really do end up punching the air, and a lovely cameo by whispering bob harris! one of the very few people who has earned the right to play himself in utterly glowing terms, because he really is that nice. she's a great actress, and a belting voice. have you seen beast? she is so brilliant. she is really, really terrific in that. and lastly, best dvd. being frank, the chris sievey story. i know if you ever saw frank sidebottom play live... i had the great honour of sharing stage with frank sidebottom. this is chris sievey, who was a sort of brilliant sort of pop song composer who was in a great pop band that never got the recognition they deserve, and suddenly achieved unexpected fame as frank sidebottom, a character wearing a papier—mache head and talking as if he had a nose clip on his nose. and it's a really brilliantly made movie, because it has absolutely brilliant archive footage. it is made out of absolute love and affection for chris sievey, and the way this alter ego sort of became something he never expected it to be. i thought it was really moving and really touching. love it when you talk through your nose, mark.
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thank you very much! thank you very much. that is it for this week. thank you so much for watching. from both of us, goodbye. today's gales continue to ease as the storm hannah blows itself out, it's just starting to push out into the north sea. this is the satellite image as it moved across the uk in the last 12 hours or so, the worst of the weather in parts of south—western ireland, also the coasts of wales experienced gusts in excess of 80 mph. so, here's the storm, you can see the center moving into the north sea, and tonight it's just going to stay quite breezy, with some showers. some of them heavy around north—western parts of the uk. early evening the gusts inland well in excess of a0 mph, not quite as strong here around the western areas.
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temperatures at 7pm around 12 in london, optimistic 9 degrees in newcastle, and tonight it will be quite chilly. a dry night for most of us, apart from north—western areas of wales, the midlands and a couple of showers elsewhere. the majority of the country should have some clear spells. we are talking around four degrees in northern towns and cities. sunday's weather map looks like there's hardly anything left of the storm, just exiting, the southern portion of the north sea. this is the forecast forced their marathon on sunday, temperatures around 8—9 degrees, peaking at around 13—1a. a bit of a breeze but it should die away. this afternoon not looking bad, a couple of showers in parts of east anglia, on the whole a bright day, sunny day for many of us. winds are a lot lighter. average wind speeds are 12—15 mph.
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more sunshine, it's going to feel a lot, lot better with temperatures recovering into the mid—teens for some of us. even 16 there in glasgow and edinburgh. at the start of the week, dry for most of us on monday, temperatures continue to climb, a decent day on the way. a little bit of rain, a couple of showers in some western areas, but on the whole, a dry day for many of us with temperatures peaking at 18 degrees, possibly. goodbye.
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this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 6pm. 15 bodies, including those of six children, are found by sri lankan security forces after a gun battle with islamist militants. the labour leadership says it will decide next week whether to commit to back another referendum on any brexit deal in their european election manifesto. we would prefer to have a general election, but failing that, if we get that agreement, we're prepared to consider to put it to a confirmatory vote. but that is a decision the national executives of the party will make on tuesday. northern ireland politicians are being urged to deliver on power—sharing by the priest who received a standing ovation at lyra mckee's funeral. cosmetics clinics offering "quick fixes" with treatments such as botox

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