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this is bbc news. the headlines at three. cheering. a moment of sporting history — kenyan athlete eliud kipchoge becomes the first person to run a marathon in under two hours. i am the happiest man to run under two hours, to inspire many people, to tell people no man is limited, you can do it. translation: my stomach was in knots, but now i'm feeling better, i am very happy that eliud has broken this record. there's been fierce fighting in north—eastern syria, as turkish military continue their offensive against kurdish forces. typhoon hagibis makes landfall near tokyo, amid severe flooding and landslide warnings — it's the biggest storm to hitjapan for 60 years.
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# never mind # never mind # i'll find someone like you # i'll find someone like you # i'll find someone like you # i wish nothing... coming up — was this song from the biggest album of the 21st century? and at 3.30 - a bbc investigation into the people behind the multi—million pound puppy industry. the kenyan athlete, eliud kipchoge has become the first person to run a marathon in under two hours. the 34—year—old covered the 26.2 miles course in one hour 59 minutes and a0 seconds. however his time won't be recognised as an official record, as it wasn't in open competition and he followed a team of pacemakers. ade adedoyin reports.
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15 seconds... eliud kipchoge came to vienna with his sights set on one thing. running the quickest marathon ever. and from the word go, he was on track and well ahead of pace. the detailed planning was paying off. 41 pacemaker have within employed to be part of this challenge and every time they go past this point, they rotate, just one of the many steps taken by the organisers to ensure that kipchoge ducks under the two hour mark. that kipchoge ducks under the two hour mark. special shoes propelled the kenyan further forward with each pace. they'd calculated the optimum course and westher, taking into his account his biorhythms and even projected a laser onto the road. but all of this means it can't be ratified as a world record by athletics' world governing body. he's pointing. "come on", he says. as the finish approached, the pacemakers stepped away and kipchoge strode into history.
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into the final 20 seconds. eliud kipchoge! looks over his shoulder. 1:59:40 the unofficial time! i'm the happiest man to run under two hours. you know, that to inspire many people, to tell people that no human is limited, you can do it, i'm expect more you can do it, i'm expecting more of that, all of the world to run under two hours. already a great athlete with world and olympic titles, kipchoge will now be remembered forever. ade adedoyin, bbc news, vienna. thousands crowded to watch kipchoge‘s race on big screens in his home town of eldoret in kenya. the biggest cheers, of course, came from his mum's house. and she shared herjoy, and relief. translation: my stomach was in knots. but now i'm feeling better. i'm very happy that eliud has broken this record. back in vienna, kipchoge‘s coach, patrick sang, summed up the athlete's achievement.
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a special moment for the sport, for eliud, for the people behind him, including me, and it's — we got a wonderful performance, wonderfulfeelings, we are going to go home a very happy lot. with pacemakers or not pacemakera, the distance was for the two kilometres, the full marathon. the legacy of the whole experience is that it's telling us the message that we can take home is that no human is limited, that whatever we have been doing and thinking that this is the limit, the limit now is going to change, for everybody, for every human being at their work stations, you know, whatever sector you are in. people are going to think positive, people are going to set their limits a bit higher than what they had before. our correspondent celestine karo—ney is in eldoret where eliud lives.
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to watch it in his home village, some 300 kilometres from the capital nairobi, iwatched it with the people who had a deep connection with eliud. his mother, his brother, his childhood friends, nieces, nephews, neighbours, and to see the emotions that was going through their faces as eliud went — they watched each and every step as he went closer to that record, and for each and every one of them you could see the emotions as they questioned themselves, will he, will he not? you know, and it was really exciting to watch them at the end of their celebrating, in fact as eliud lifted his hands when he noticed yes, he could run under two hours, the celebrations had long begun in his mother's house. it was a really quite, it was quite a moment, it was one of those "where were you" kind of moments in life, and i think for many of those who were there today, especially in his village, they got that message that eliud has been trying to pass of no human is limited. when we spoke to them
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afterwards, all of them shared that message of, yes, they adored — they were impressed by what he did and they were also inspired by what he did. this is what some of them had to say after the race. it's good, and i think it if really someone wants to go for what she really wants, you can really do that, if you really believe in yourself and trust in yourself. no human is limited to his abilities. this is history to be made. we are happy. he has told us he will do it, and that is why we love him. we come last night waiting for this record to happen and it has happened finally. everybody in his village says eliud has been the kind of very disciplined person. in fact i asked his mother what kind of a child was he growing up? she said this was someone who was always listening, disciplined, obedient. everybody has something
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good to say about him. i guess it shows even in his athletics, you know, everywhere he goes, everything he does, he seems to touch people in a very positive way, and that is exactly what the message that the people in his village were passing through today, so, i guess it's something that they will keep celebrating, they keep celebrating. many of them, just for the record, did not really understand that this will not be an official world record, but when i asked, many of them said "listen, we have made history, that is all we care about." torrential rain and tornado—like winds are lashing large parts of japan, as the country endures what could be its worst storm for 60 years. the eye of typhoon hagibis made landfall several hours ago in izu peninsula, southwest of tokyo. one man was killed when his car overturned. several more were missing after a landslide destroyed two homes. at least 60 people have been injured. rivers are overflowing in tokyo, where hundreds of thousands of people are vulnerable because they live below sea level. millions were told to evacuate,
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but it's thought only 50,000 had sought safety in shelters. 0ur correspondent in tokyo rupert wingfield—hayes has the latest. we're getting very, very big gusts of wind here now in the middle of tokyo. this is really the peak of the storm now, the winds have not been quite as strong as was feared when this storm was moving towards the japanese coast earlier today. there are very strong gusts, but not so far here in the middle of tokyo the destructive winds that you know, that can come with such an enormous storm, but nevertheless, i can tell you the streets around me here are completely deserted. the odd taxi driving down the streets, but not a person in the streets. incredibly deserted, eerily quiet in the middle of what is usually a very bustling city on a saturday night. what we have seen is an immense amount of rain falling over
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the last 12—18 hours, record amounts of rain in some areas, around mount fuji, where they saw around 500 millimetres of rain since friday. that has swollen rivers across the east coast of japan, and the three rivers around tokyo now are on a level five state of alert. that means that people living along the rivers have been told to evacuate. that means tens of thousands of people have been told to go to shelters, to leave their homes because it is not clear whether these rivers are going to burst their banks tonight. i'm joined now via webcam by andrew higgins. he's an english language teacher in tochigi, north of tokyo, and on the edge of the storm. welcome to you, thank you for being with us, i don't know if you ventured out, but how had because it has it been where you are inm ventured out, but how had because it has it been where you are in it has picked up in the past half hour i would say, it was oddly a lot less rain and a lot less wind than i thought we would be getting but in the past half hour, it has picked up
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considerably, been feeling the apartment move back—and—forth a bit, from the strong gusts of wind, so, kind of, i think, from the strong gusts of wind, so, kind of, ithink, kind from the strong gusts of wind, so, kind of, i think, kind of in the middle of it right now. you have been living in japan middle of it right now. you have been living injapan for the past seven oi’ so years so you been living injapan for the past seven oi’ so years so you have been living injapan for the past seven or so years so you have been through a few typhoon, how bad does this feel, how worried you?” through a few typhoon, how bad does this feel, how worried you? i a. not worried too much. there have been evacuated for parts of town. i don't live particularly near any type of river or mountain side, so those, those things aren't really concerns to me, ifeel like this one, people seem to me, ifeel like this one, people seem to be taking it a bit more seriously than your typical typhoon, so seriously than your typical typhoon, soi seriously than your typical typhoon, so i think it is kind of good, japanese people are starting to take things more seriously, concerning preparations for the weather, but yeah, this seems to be a bit more serious than some of the other ones i have been through. what kind of warnings preparations have been you been told to make? we get emergency
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alerts on our phones that tell us what level we're at so we can kind of prepare, personally i have already filled up some water bottles and had some you know spare things put aside i have things ready to go ifi put aside i have things ready to go if i need to leave, which is the first time i have done that since i have been here, so, yeah, think i am kind of taking it a bit more seriously as well. a million people have been told to evacuate but not many have heeded that warning, does that surprise you? , sometimes i feel people kind of look outside and 90, feel people kind of look outside and go, 0k, feel people kind of look outside and go, ok, it's ok, iam 0k feel people kind of look outside and go, ok, it's ok, i am ok here and so, yeah, by first glance maybe you should heed the warnings, especially definitely if you are living you know near the water or mountain side, stuff like that, so... japan has seen its fair share of natural disasters unfortunately, do you feel the country is prepared for any
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eventuality, do you feel quite safe? i would like to hope so! i don't quite, you know fully understand how things work, and you know, japanese government, but you know, they seem to say that they're watching out for us, you to say that they're watching out for us, you can to say that they're watching out for us, you can kind of only hope they have the best intents for us. andrew, good to get your thoughts, stay safe, thank you for talking to us. stay safe, thank you for talking to us. thank you very much. turkish forces have continued to strike targets in north—eastern syria on the fourth day of their offensive against kurdish militias. pressure is building in the united states, to stop turkey continuing its military operation. kurdish authorities say more than 190,000 people have been displaced as result of the turkish incursion, triggered by president trump's decision to withdraw us troops. turkey says it wants to create a 20 mile deep buffer zone across the syrian border — what it calls a ‘safe zone' — free of kurdish militias. from akcakale on the turkish side of the border, our middle east correspondent martin patience
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sent this report. despite the growing international pressure, turkey's not backing down. at the border, the build up continues. as turkey claims it's taking control of a key syrian town. this pro turkish fighter says they've just entered ras al—ayn. almost immediately, there's incoming fire from kurdish fighters. tens of thousands of civilians from the town have already fled. some are now sheltering in this school. how do you explain it to a child? "there was shelling", says this man. "i had to flee my house in the middle of the night. we didn't know where to go.
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we walked about six miles. and i'm sick and i don't have any medicine." but turkey's president says his fight is not against the kurdish people. translation: the west and the us all together say to us "you are killing the kurds." the kurds are our brothers and sisters, our fight is not against the kurds, it is against terrorist organisations. driven from their homes by the fighting, that's not how these people feel. there are also reports that pro turkish forces have martin patience reporting and martin canjoin us live from akca kale now. four days into this military incursion, what is the latest you are hearing from the situation on
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the ground there? well, clearly the turkish military are making advances, we have seen in another town, about 80 miles from where i am standing, ras al—ayn there has been fierce clashes but turkish forces are inside that city, there was a claim by the turkish government they had in fact taken that town. i saw a video from fighters signed they town and they almost immediately as we saw came under fire, and they almost immediately as we saw came underfire, so and they almost immediately as we saw came under fire, so that disputed by the kurds, but we also know according to local reports, that pro turkish forces have pushed about 20 miles deep into syria. now thatis about 20 miles deep into syria. now that is the limit of this proposed safe zone that turkey says it is going to set up. significantly there isa going to set up. significantly there is a key high way there and turkish forces are is a key high way there and turkish forces a re now is a key high way there and turkish forces are now at that high way and presumably, in the coming days, they will be looking to secure that so i think today, there has been significant military developments.
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martin, what about diplomatic developments? there has been a meeting of the arab league in cairo, they have said it is an act of aggression, what is your sense from where any diplomatic help could come to resolve this situation?” where any diplomatic help could come to resolve this situation? i think there is only one man that president erdogan the turkish leader is listening to and that is donald trump. he got the green lighter effectively from donald trump to carry out this offensive, in a tweet late on sunday night. now donald trump frankly has been all over the shop on this issue, he has condemned this turkish offensive saying that he might place sanctions against the country, we don't know whether or not those sanctions are going to come into force, that is certainly something that us congress wants, i think what we will see is increased pressure on donald trump, from his own side, to act. and if he is going to enforce sanction, then i think turkey may well change its tune, but
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for now, president erdogan said this offensive will continue, he is determined to meet his objectives. the headlines on bbc news. the kenyan athlete eliud kipchoge makes history after becoming the first person to run a marathon in under two hours. there's been fierce fighting in north—eastern syria, as turkish military continue their offensive against kurdish forces. typhoon hagibis makes landfall in japan bringing torrential rain and strong winds — millions of people have been urged to leave their homes. and in sport at the rugby union world cup ireland have booked their place in the quarterfinal, their scored seven tries in a convincing 47-5 scored seven tries in a convincing 47—5 bonus point win against samoa. republic of ireland are playing georgia in a euro 2020 qualifying game but it is still 0—0 with half an hourto game but it is still 0—0 with half an hour to play. if ireland win this
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they would need just two points to qualify next year. and heather watson is in herfirst final in two yea rs. details on to as around there's a warning that parents' chatter at the school gates has become a "breeding ground" for harmful myths about the safety of vaccinations against conditions like measles. nhs england chief executive simon stevens has spoken out after the latest figures showed a rise in the number of measles cases — and fall in the take—up of all routine jabs for under—fives in the last year. simon jones has more. the jab against measles, mumps and rubella is, in the words of nhs england's chief executive, "simple and free and it can save lives." but simon stevens is worried. what are the points you think people need to learn from your experience?
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the percentage of children receiving the first dose of the vaccine is down for the fifth year in a row in england. he says parents looking for information online are often being confronted by fake news. writing in the daily mail, he warns... the prime minister recently echoed his concern. i'm afraid people have just been listening to that superstitious mumbojumbo on the internet, that anti—vax stuff, and thinking that the mmr vaccine is a bad idea. that's wrong. here at the department of health, there has been much discussion about what should be done to increase vaccination rates. the health secretary, matt hancock, recently said he was seriously considering making vaccinations compulsory for schoolchildren in england but some in the medical
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profession warned that could make parents suspicious. simon stevens acknowledges there has been a lively debate on the issue, though he stopped short of saying whether he believes vaccinations should be mandatory. he does, though, pledge that the nhs will make it easier for parents to get their children vaccinated and he has welcomed a commitment by social media firms to counter misinformation online. simon jones, bbc news. to mark national album day — bbc radio 2 have revealed the list of the 21st century's biggest chart of the biggest albums of the 21st century. complied by the official charts company, the chart is based on physical sales, downloads and streams since the beginning of the century. i'll speak to radio 2's paul gambaccini in a moment and reveal what made the top five. but first, here's there rest of the top ten. # let go of your head. # and feel it now. # babylon.
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# i won't go. # i won't sleep. # and i can't breathe. # until you're resting here with me. # she give me love, love, love, love. # crazy love. # she's gives me love, love, love. # crazy love. # keep bleeding. # i keep, keep bleeding. # keep bleeding. # keep, keep bleeding love. # i know yourface. # and you know mine. # we've had our doubts. # but now we're fine. # and i love you. # i swear that's true. # i cannot live without you. # goodbye my lover. # goodbye my friend. # you have been the one. # you have been the one for me. # goodbye my lover.
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paul is with me now. i know all of those songs so i feel up—to—date. that was ten to six of the top ten, only one survivor from the top ten, only one survivor from the last sent, that is right. david gray and white ladder is the only one in the a0 released before the year 2000. does that surprise you? no because he became more popular and found an unlikely audience in the dance clubs of ibiza. tell me, before we came to you, you were telling me about the evolution of the album and why it is called an album. most people don't know. it is because when they started they were a collection of 78rpm disks in individual sleeves, bound at the spine of a hard cover book like a photo album, and you would turn the pages like the pages of a photo album this it was called a record album. then in i9a8 an inventor tired of having to turn the 78 overs
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to hear a beethoven similar anyest —— symphony invented the lp. in the 8o0swe —— symphony invented the lp. in the 8o0s we had —— symphony invented the lp. in the 8 o 0s we had the cd designed to a. co—location beethovens ninth, the longest symphony n the late 90s we had piracy, and then stevejobs saved the record industry with downloads, now we have streams courtesy of spotify and others.|j was 0 courtesy of spotify and others.|j was o going to ask you about that and the evolution of the album since it was created in i9a8. and the evolution of the album since it was created in 1948. the first lp, the long playing record. and it has evolved, is it still as important to musicians as it used to be to have an album in the days of downloads and streaming?” be to have an album in the days of downloads and streaming? i have to say it isn't. that is also because people have shorter attention span, it used to be that artists like to present a complete programme on disk and thus you would have them
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concerned with the running order, nowadays, thanks to the many conveniences we have people like to listen on demand to the songs they wa nt to listen on demand to the songs they want to hear, they don't have the patience to listen to a a0 minute programme, thus, works like abbey road seem like classical music, how could people have done this? of course it was the way it used to be done. the last band that does this, presenting their work in the order in which they wanted you to hear it is coldplay, perhaps radiohead as well. it is how musicians want you to hear a piece of work. let us listen to the top five. # i'm in love with your body # i'm in love with your body # it's something brand—new # it's something brand—new # i'm in love with the shape of you # i'm in love with the shape of you # baby your smile # baby your smile # for ever is in my mind # for ever is in my mind
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#in # for ever is in my mind # in memory # in memory # girl let go # girl let go # all about those # all about those #we # all about those # we both know we ain't kids no more # we both know we ain't kids no more #we # we both know we ain't kids no more # we only said goodbye with words # we only said goodbye with words # i died # we only said goodbye with words #idieda # we only said goodbye with words # i died a hundred times # i died a hundred times # you go back to her # you go back to her # and # you go back to her #andl # you go back to her #and i go # you go back to her # and i go back to... # and i go back to... # never mind i'll find someone like you # i wish nothing but the best for you too # don't forget me i beg # don't forget me i beg # i remember you saying # i remember you saying # sometimes it lasts in love # sometimes it lasts in love # but sometimes it hurts # ididn't # but sometimes it hurts # i didn't singalong. in an all brit school top three. does that surprise
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you? seeing that the brit school hadn't been invented when the lp was they can be proud. amy winehouse and adele. so what do you see the future for the lp now? if i knew i would adele. so what do you see the future for the lp now? if! knew i would be a billionaire, there will be artists who still want to produce statements, and how to get people to listen, in long form, you know, just because we have reached streaming it doesn't mean this is the end. i mentioned so many different phases, it could be dental implants! who knows how we will listen, but nonetheless you do need these great albums because you have seen howed sheer lance and adele have just been taken to the hearts of the world. —— ed sheeran. that is a wonderful credit to them. good to have you with us. thanks for coming. now the weather picture.
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the weather has failed to sparkle to say the least in stern half through saturday, but just inch say the least in stern half through saturday, butjust inch away a bit further north, northern wales, the north of england much of scotland and northern ireland, a lot of bright weather around, yes there have been showers in northern and western scotland, the odd one into northern ireland, and that is how we will continue on through the first pa rt will continue on through the first part of the night. later in the night the skies may clear suchly across the north east of scotland, for there to be a tough of —— touch of frost, under the cloud and rain it is going to be a relatively mild night, but a dank old start to sunday. it may be dry for a time in the south—east and parts of east anglia but don't bank on that lasting because part of that rain will orbing work east as another portion of the weather works up into the north of england, to the south—east of scotland. further north and west in scotland through northern ireland and eventually across the south—west quarter, there will be some sunshine to finish the day, and high on the day of about 15 oi’ day, and high on the day of about 15 or 16.
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school gates have become a breeding ground for myths about the safety of vaccinations. now on bbc news, bbc wales investigates the people behind the multimillion—pound puppy industry. new owners can spend thousands of pounds on dogs, but what's really going on inside licenced premises? wyre davies confronts the breeders, inspectors and vets who should be policing the trade.
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i'm travelling through carmarthenshire and ceredigion. pups born here are sold to owners all over the country. 0wners like danielle foley. she found winston — a beagle — advertised online. he said that he was like a reputable breeder and he had his own website and it was kind of like all like the perfect picture, if you get me? she agreed to buy winston for £650 from the breeder — who was licenced by the council. she didn't realise she'd bought from a puppy farm. and he had like a summer house kind of thing just at the bottom of his property where only two of the puppies were. i didn't see any of the other puppies or the puppy's mum.
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