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good morning, welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and ben thompson. our headlines today: breaking her silence. the wife of a us diplomat says she's devastated by the death of british teenager harry dunn, as the uk government reveals she's no longer protected by diplomatic immunity. at least 10 people are dead and dozens more are missing as a devastating typhoon sweeps across japan. it brought over a metre of rain and wind speeds in excess of 110 mph, but now typhoon hagibis is pulling north and eastwards. we'll look at the forecast in the next half—an—hour. scotland's crucial world cup match against japan
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is on at the yokohama stadium. we'll be live there with the latest in the next few minutes. and, he made history becoming the first man to run a marathon in under two hours. we'll speak to eliud kipchoge after 8am. eliud kipchoge storms into the history books in vienna. and, he made history becoming the first man to run a marathon in under two hours. we'll speak to eliud kipchoge after 8am. it's sunday the 13th of october. our top story: the wife of a us diplomat, who was involved in a car crash that killed the british teenager harry dunn, says she's been left ‘devastated' by the accident. last night, the foreign 0ffice revealed that anne sacoolas no longer has diplomatic immunity because she's returned to the united states. harry's parents, who've been campaigning for her return to the uk, are due to fly to washington later. simon jones has more.
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they've taken their they've ta ken their fight they've taken their fight for justice to the foreign office in london, and now harry dunn's parents are flying to the us. they say ever since harry's death, they've been trapped in a nightmare. he was killed on this road, hit by a car believed to be driven by anne sacoolas, the wife of a us diplomat. she returned home shortly afterwards, claiming diplomatic immunity. now she's broken her silence. a statement issued through her lawyer says: it's something harry dunn's family have been calling for. you want to grieve, you desperately wa nt to you want to grieve, you desperately want to grieve, the whole family wa nt to want to grieve, the whole family want to desperately grieve, but we can't. so everyday is a battle and more of a battle than we feel it should be.
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and in that battle harry's parents have received a letter from the foreign secretary. dominic raab writes: this could pave the way to extradite miss secure last to the uk's. simonjones is at heathrow airport for us this morning. simon, harry's parents will be flying to the states in the next few hours, what are they hoping to achieve? they will leave heathrow in a few hours and this is a journey they never wanted to take. they say they would rather spend the time grieving. they had a meeting last week at the foreign office, which they thought was just a publicity stu nt. they thought was just a publicity stunt. they tried appealing to the us ambassador in london but didn't get very far, so they want to go to the us to speak to politicians to make their case, and if necessary make their case, and if necessary make a direct appeal to donald trump himself. now, of course, this big
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development overnight, they received a hand—delivered letter from development overnight, they received a hand—delivered letterfrom the foreign office saying the uk believes anne sacoolas no longer has diplomatic immunity. the mother said that she was very pleased by that. harry's family say they are rather confused, though, why this has suddenly come out of the blue but they feel their fight is making some kind of progress. we have the statement on behalf of anne sacoolas, where she says she is devastated by what happened and this offer of a meeting, but it's unclear given the latest development from the foreign when and if that meeting could take place because we could have a situation where northamptonshire police along with the cps could try to get her extradited back to the uk. and if that does happen, this could be a long, drawnout legal process. secure any quick answers for the family heading over to the us could be difficult to come by.
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simonjones at heathrow, thank you. and we'll be speaking to a lawyer representing harry dunn's family ataround 7:10am. at least 10 people have been killed and many more hurt after a powerful typhoon swept across japan. officials said some of those killed were swept away by landslides while others were trapped in their cars as floodwaters rose. after making landfall on saturday, the storm flooded rivers and left almost half a million homes without power. tokyo correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes reports. it is now a bright, sunny day in tokyo, with little evidence of the storm that swept across the city last night. but the vast amounts of rain dropped by typhoon hagibis has breached flood defences right across the country. the area affected stretches for over 1000 kilometres. the equivalent of cornwall to edinburgh. in the town here near
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mount fuji, more than a metre of rain fell on friday and saturday. the highest 48 hour total ever recorded. further north in laggan oh prefecture, levees along the river have given way and water is still rushing through residential areas, inundating houses up to the second floor. the levees around tokyo have held. river levels are now falling. the japanese grand prix is going ahead and for world cup rugby fans, there's good news. the much anticipated match between scotland and hosts japan will now take place tonight. rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. that is something lots of rugby fans will be delighted to hear, the scotla nd will be delighted to hear, the scotland match, we can tell you, is going ahead. sports correspondent andy swiss is in yokohama for us. i was expecting rain clouds, a little bit of storminess, but actually blue skies behind you? as
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you can see, sally, beautiful blue skies in yokohama but it is still pretty windy. when you arrive here, you can see the effects of the typhoon. there's a big area of playing fields the stadium, which is com pletely playing fields the stadium, which is completely underwater. i've been speaking to quite a few scotland fa ns speaking to quite a few scotland fans who arrived here early for the match and they said when they were inside their hotels last night waiting for the typhoon to pass through, they thought there was no chance this match would go ahead. it's been quite a feat of organisation but that said, fans are being advised to get here early because of potential transport issues and they're being told there might not be as much food and available because staffing isn't as high as normal. also the organisers have announced their will be a moment's in silence before the start of the match to remember all of those affected by the typhoon. as for the rugby, a huge game for both teams. scotland know they have to
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win to have any chance of getting to the quarter—finals and they may even need a bonus point by scoring four more tries. as forjapan, any sort of win will do for them and they will be into the quarter—finals for the first time in their history and, of course, they will be cheered on by thousands of fans inside the stadium. clearly the context of this match has changed dramatically in the last 48 hours or so, and this will also be a chance to remember all of those affected by the typhoon. andy, thanks very much indeed. andy swiss in yokohama this morning. let's turn to a dense in westminster this morning: —— events in westminster this morning: the leader of the house of commons, jacob rees—mogg, has warned brexit supporters the government will have to make compromises to get a deal. his comments in the sunday telegraph come as a downing street source suggests the uk is still a long way from agreeing a deal with brussels, and talks remain critical. borisjohnson is due to meet the leaders of france and germany in the coming days to
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try to secure support. kurds under attack from turkey in northern syria say they will no longer prioritise guarding detainees from the islamic state group if the offensive continues. since hostilities began on wednesday, nearly 50 civilians are thought to have died and more than 100,000 people have fled their homes. the uk has called on turkey to end its military operation in the area. rescue teams are trying to reach two workers trapped in the wreckage of a building under construction in new orleans. at least one person died and 18 others were injured when part of the new hard rock hotel collapsed. officials say the building remains unstable and further collapse is possible. victorian priest and poet cardinaljohn henry newman will be declared a saint by the pope today. the prince of wales willjoin thousands of people at the vatican for the ceremony. cardinal newman is the first english person born since the 17th century to be canonised, as john mcmanus reports.
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unlike many previous british saints who were violently martyred for their beliefs, cardinaljohn henry newman died in his bed rather than at the stake but like his saintly predecessors, his life is viewed by many catholics as an inspiration. today at the vatican, pope francis will confirm that newman, victorian who began life in the church of england and ended it as a catholic cardinal, is a saint. thousands of british catholics are expected at the ceremony, alongside members of the ceremony, alongside members of the church of england and the prince of, who has praised new men's work. newman eventually converted to catholicism and became a priest, a move which led to some friends and collea g u es move which led to some friends and colleagues opposing him. also he remained close to the poor of victorian england. the qualities he showed are universal. they are timeless. they are successful and only do good. his integrity, his
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friendship, his capacity for friendship, his capacity for friendship and loyalty and hard work set a very good and hopeful example to everyone. the vatican has confirmed the two miracles needed for a person to be named a saint. 0ne miracles needed for a person to be named a saint. one of them, a chicago woman who says the cardinal healed her of internal bleeding that threatened both her and her unborn child's life. pope francis will also canonise for women today, including an indian sister who was said to have been able to levitate and also a first brazilian born saint. john mcmanus, bbc news. it was an emotional night for mike and katya in the strictly ballroom. 0h, oh, it was, yeah! their quickstep to come on eileen secured them their highest score of the series so far, a respectable 32. at the end... at the end of the routine, katya collapsed on the floor in tears. have a look at that! she was
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genuinely incredibly emotional because we know he has worked so ha rd because we know he has worked so hard this week and he's been a bit under the weather. he has had the flu. under the weather. he has had the flu. nifty under the weather. he has had the flu. nifty footwork! his footwork was amazing he felt like he and those chips. do you think he's getting good? i think he might be a bit ofan getting good? i think he might be a bit of an underdog, our mike. getting good? i think he might be a bit of an underdog, our mikel a lwa ys bit of an underdog, our mikel always thought he was great! we will talk about them later in the programme. we will, stay tuned for that! you're watching breakfast from bbc news, let's look at the front pages. the sunday times leads with news that borisjohnson is to offer eu leaders a historic grand bargain on brexit. the picture is eliud kipchoge, the paper describes his historic achievement yesterday as a marathon miracle. the observer carries claims by pro—remain mps that they are gaining enough support to secure a second referendum on the eu.
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leader of the house of commons jacob rees—mogg appeals to eurosceptics to back the prime ministers proposals on brexit in the sunday telegraph. he says that compromise will inevitably be needed. and finally, millions of people are waiting a month to see a gp according to the sunday mirror. the paper also has the latest on the public feud between coleen rooney and rebekah vardy. plenty inside the papers stop ihab we got time to have a quick look inside? always. a brilliant story in the express about half a century of service to avon, they've totted up how many times she has knocked on the door, an avon lady, mary, with her colleagues in the picture. 100,000 times, they are suggesting, selling 400,000 beauty products and its briton's longest serving avon
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lady. quite a sales record, isn't it? yellow incredible. mary taylor, 80, afamiliarsight it? yellow incredible. mary taylor, 80, a familiar sight on the doorsteps for 50 years for selling the beauty products. her customers became herfriends, the beauty products. her customers became her friends, she the beauty products. her customers became herfriends, she said, and that's lovely, isn't it? quite a communityjob. that's lovely, isn't it? quite a community job. i love this, one of my favourite tv shows, killing eve. a new recruit for line of duty? no, the best disguise for villanelle, dressed as a traffic officer, and looking quite scary. pretty intimidating! interesting, this series is so big, just filming in a new costu m e series is so big, just filming in a new costume makes a full page in the papers! yeah, more on killing eve. the banksy picture that was at auction recently. the headline suggesting that it might be too good to be his. if you can go down... let
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me lift it up, they've given evidence here that may be some of the detail in the picture is too good and they say it's nothing like anything he has done before. nonetheless, all for £10 million! wow! we've been talking about the weather in japan, wow! we've been talking about the weather injapan, the news you are waking up to is the scotland— japan game in the rugby world cup is on. that will be happening at 11:30am. here's alina with a look at this morning's weather. good morning to you. good morning to you ben, and sally. good morning, everybody. we have been looking at typhoon hagibis. it has weakened substantially and pulled away. i am sure you have seen substantially and pulled away. i am sure you have seen the pictures of blue sky and sunshine in tokyo. tokyo airport had a wind gust of 90 mph. there was just under a metre of rain recorded in a part ofjapan. a
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huge amount of rainfall. you can see the system has cleared away. later today and into tomorrow, you could see heavy showers returning to rain hit areas that certainly much quieter now. today, quiet for some but not for all. some of us saw heavy rain yesterday. more today but slowly clearing away and for most of us, a bit of sunshine through the afternoon but you can see it is a really messy picture. not one but two fronts to deal with. let's look at where it has been falling in the last few hours. it has still been lea p last few hours. it has still been leap —— around and we have the second front moving up through the irish sea. the whole area will combine into one and pushed north and east through the day. it may just fringe the eastern side of northern ireland. for much of northern ireland. for much of northern ireland, it should stay mostly dry. same for northern scotla nd mostly dry. same for northern scotland and slowly the rain pulls away north and east and eventually
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some coming in from the south. gusty winds across south—east england with gusts reaching 45 miles an hour for a time this morning to stop the winds ease a touch and we could see highs between 16 and 12 celsius. maybe a bit higher in the sunshine in southern counties by this afternoon. the rain slowly pulls away from north—east england and eastern scotland and for many it becomes dry with clear skies before cloud starts to spell ahead of the next band of rain through tomorrow morning. temperatures overnight typically between five and 10 celsius. some parts of rural scotla nd celsius. some parts of rural scotland under clear skies and it will get close to freezing the more fronts to deal with tomorrow and it isa fronts to deal with tomorrow and it is a 2—pronged attack again. one coming up through the irish sea and some affecting eastern parts of england was not cloud will soon give way to more persistent rain and that will eventually start to push its way up as the day wears on. the best chance of staying dry with sunshine
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here. where you have the sunshine, temperatures perhaps up to 14 or 15 celsius and where we have the rain, it will be more like 12 or 13. through tuesday, the rain slowly pulls away from eastern scotland and north—east england. behind it, some showers will pull away with a hostelry breezy day on tuesday but with some sunshine around. again, 12- 15 with some sunshine around. again, 12— 15 celsius the top temperature. and as we go into wednesday, a frontal system is pushing its way across so frontal system is pushing its way across so for frontal system is pushing its way across so for most frontal system is pushing its way across so for most of us through wednesday, we will see some wet and windy weather and as that clears, it gives way to sunshine and showers and windy weather and as that clears, it gives way to sunshine and showers and so are really unsettled week ahead. back to you, ben and sally. i like the rainbow. advantages to everything, even a bit of rain. we'll be back with the headlines at 6:30am. now it's time for the film review.
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hello, and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. what have you been watching? we have american woman which is a powerful drama starring sienna miller... animated fun with abominable... and will smith fighting himself in gemini man. let's start with american woman. sienna miller is debra, a 30—something single mum, living in rust belt pennsylvania. she is pin balling endlessly between variously useless and occasionally abusive men and looking for security and love. one night, her teenage daughter goes out and doesn't come home. and she is left holding her grandson with no idea what happened. here's a clip.
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it's been, uh... it's been three days since we last saw bridget. she left home around 7. she was wearing a pink sweatshirt and white sneakers. she had her hair coloured a few days ago, so it's a little lighter now, a little more blonde. but not much. this is a mother's worst nightmare. to know that your daughter is out there somewhere and she's calling for you and you can't get to her... i'm sorry. she cries. i miss my daughter.
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so, on one level the film is about a missing person but it's actually, that's only one part of what it's about. the narrative jumps forward several years and we see the central character played by sienna miller further on in her life, still trying to find a suitable partner, and again, people like aaron paul plays this initially very charming character. what happens is we see the weight of the trauma and the grief that she has carried with her as her own character develops and changes. i think the most remarkable thing about this is firstly, sienna miller is really terrific, that's not a surprise because she was really good in supporting roles in foxcatcher and american sniper. this is the first time she's been really able to command the centre stage and she's terrific. she plays each section of the character's life completely convincingly.
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you really do believe in this character. the second thing is, this is directed by jake scott, who does a very good job of backing off exactly when you think the drama is going to overplay its hand. so what you get is a film that is very, very convincing about a lengthy period in somebody‘s life in which something is hanging over them. and the thing it reminded me of slightly is the films atom egoyan. the sweet hereafter or exotica. atom egoyan is very good at making films that exist in the aftermath of something. i definitely got that feeling from this. is it upsetting? her central character is indomitable and has a vibrant spirit. yes, she is shouldering a huge burden, but the film is about, 0k, this is the situation and life has to move on. you know it will keep returning to this central motif about this absence and what happened and how it happened, but the film is actually about her. when they were shooting
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it it was originally called burning woman. i'm not sure that american woman is the right title for it. but it is a film that is absolutely about the way a character develops over a lengthy period of time, and you believe every single frame of that performance. not least because it's very physical. it's not to do with the character saying, i think this, ifeel this, it's to do with the way they stand, the way she holds herself and the tiny little glances. and it has a very good supporting cast. i was completely immersed in it, i believed in the world. the problem is the trailers aren't necessarily selling it as a missing person thriller, and that is one element but it's not the element. it's about her dealing with this great weight but life moving on at the same time. it sounds far more interesting than the trailer allows, perhaps. in their defence, it's a very hard film to trail because it's a hard film to explain. if you say it's a story of somebody growing over a long period of time,
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that's not going to bring the audience in. an animation for your second choice. abominable is an occasionally thrilling, largely blandly charming story. a young girl befriends a yeti creature who is escaping from the clutches of a wealthy eccentric, voiced by eddie izzard, sounding like eddie izzard brilliantly. her and herfriends agree to take the yeti to the highest point on earth. the creature has magical powers that enables it to turn landscape into something completely different. there are some real visual coups. there is a sequence which we are seeing now in which this boat travels through a flowery field which then turns into a giant wave, there is a lovely sequence in which they climb up on a giant buddha statue. she starts playing the violin and the flowers start blooming. there are individual moments that made me think, that's beautiful and breathtaking.
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i don't think it's massively original. people have compared it to how to train your dragon. i always think about the bigfoot movie missing link, which had a more sturdy feeling to me. i think it will do well with a fairly undemanding audience. there are certain moments in it in which i thought, that's beautiful, they are using the technology really well. it's not a great film but it has some great moments. gemini man, i want it to be really good because it is ang lee, who is so interesting and does such great work. no. will smith goes head—to—head with his digitally conjured younger self. so he is a retiring assassin who finds that he can't retire because he's being pursued by a young hit man, who weirdly seems to know his every move. it's almost as if he is being followed by his younger self! (laughs) here's a clip. stop right there! who are you?
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i don't want to shoot you! fine. don't shoot me. mind if i shoot you? did i show you a picture of me? yeah, you look old. could you take one step closer? you're going to leave me no choice. gunshots. there's some decently executed action sequences. this project began in the late ‘90s when it was first thought up and then they thought, we don't have the technology to do this. turns out now they do, but it's like thejeff goldblum thing, you're so eager to see
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whether you could, you didn't stop to think whether you should. because, fundamentally, one big problem is i saw it in high frame rate 3d, which is this kind of high frame rate format which makes you think you're watching something that looks like behind—the—scenes footage. it's so real it looks like it's not a movie, which is really bizarre. secondly, it's kind of distracting because even when you see what they've done with the cgi, there is a computer—generated character to some extent, it's impossible not to sit there thinking, that's technologically quite interesting. my biggest problem is this. while you've got mary elizabeth winstead injecting a much—needed human note, ang lee for me is a storyteller. tell stories! stop worrying about the technology, stop worrying about whether or not we can push back 60 frames a second, just do the thing you did before, which was be a great storyteller. i have no problem with technology,
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but technology for its own sake feels like the tail wagging the dog. and it is true that most of the ideas i have seen before, it is a sub—blade runner idea about body and soul and most of the time you're sitting there thinking, just tell me a story like you used to. i'm sure he'll listen to you. now you've said that, the next film will be... yes, i've got him on speed dial. the farewell is a lovely story. have you seen it? yes. isn't itjust the most brilliant thing? i did love it. i mean, i really, really loved... is it awkwafina? by the end was she just slightly too much stroppy teenager. she was meant to be 31 in the film and was behaving like a stroppy17—year—old, but overall i really liked it. i just thought it was one of the most honest depictions of family relationships, the way there are secrets and lies, very, very mike leigh. i thought it was really touching
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and really funny and really moving, and i knew nothing about it when i went to see it other than the title, which i have to say is not... i love the thing "based on an actual lie", which is a great tag line. now, a dvd, a musical. hitsville: the making of motown, which is a documentary about the making of motown. we should say it's very, very authorised. it's not warts and all, but it's worth it for the interviews, not least because you get them standing by a piano mis—remembering their own history. at one point he said, so—and—so recorded a song, the other one said, i bet you 100 bucks it was the other guy. they ring someone up. that kind of stuff was really wonderful, and i laughed more watching their interviews than i have watching many of this year's so—called comedies. enjoy your cinema—going. goodbye.
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hello, this is breakfast with ben thompson and sally nugent. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news: the wife of a us diplomat who was involved in a car crash that killed the british teenager harry dunn says she's been left devastated by the accident. last night, the foreign 0ffice revealed that anne sacoolas no longer has diplomatic immunity because she's returned to the united states. harry's parents, who've been campaigning for her return to the uk, are due to fly to washington later. at least 10 people have been killed and many more hurt after a powerful typhoon swept across japan. officials said some of those killed were swept away by landslides while others were trapped in their cars as floodwaters rose. after making landfall on saturday, the storm flooded rivers and left almost half a million homes without power. tokyo correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes reports.
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it is now a bright, sunny day in tokyo, with little evidence of the storm that swept across the city last night. but the vast amounts of rain dropped by typhoon hagibis has breached flood defences right across the country. the area affected stretches for over 1,000 kilometres. the equivalent of cornwall to edinburgh. in the town of hakone near mount fuji, more than a metre of rain fell on friday and saturday. the highest 48—hour total ever recorded. further north in nagano prefecture, levees along the river have given way and water is still rushing through residential areas, inundating houses up to the second floor. the levees around tokyo have held. river levels are now falling. the japanese grand prix is going ahead and for world cup rugby fans, there's good news. the much anticipated match
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between scotland and hosts japan will now take place tonight. rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. kurds under attack from turkey in northern syria say they will no longer prioritise guarding detainees from the islamic state group if the offensive continues. since hostilities began on wednesday, nearly 50 civilians are thought to have died and more than 100,000 people have fled their homes. the uk has called on turkey to end its military operation in the area. the leader of the house of commons, jacob rees—mogg, has warned brexit supporters the government will have to make compromises to get a deal. his comments in the sunday telegraph come as a downing street source suggests the uk is still a long way from agreeing a deal with brussels, and talks remain critical. borisjohnson is due to meet the leaders of france and germany in the coming days to try to secure support. victorian priest and poet cardinaljohn henry newman will be declared a saint
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by the pope today. the prince of wales willjoin thousands of people at the vatican for the ceremony. cardinal newman is the first english person born since the 17th century to be canonised, you're up—to—date with all the news and john is here with the sport, and it's all about the rugby game? surprising given the scale of the devastation in japan. surprising given the scale of the devastation injapan. beautiful skies in yokohama and it is on an huge news for scotland and the organisers. unfortunate if they were pushed into the decision to call off the game. it would have ruined the tournament because it wouldn't have been complete. the integrity of the tournament would have been questioned. namibia against canada is off because of the weather, that is off because of the weather, that is further north, though. it is worth pointing out what the players have had to deal with. this is the japan team trying to train at
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their training base in tokyo yesterday. quite funny watching 20st quys yesterday. quite funny watching 20st guys reluctant to get their feet wet! 0bviously trying to prepare as best they can for this crucial match, and it's a big one for scotland, they have to get four more points than japan. let's hear some of the scotland fans. fantastic, because the last thing we wanted was for it to be about the weather, that's not what people want, we wanted to see the match though good that we can get that now. fantastic for the japanese people, they've been spot on, couldn't ask for more and everyone is looking forward to it. i've spoken to a lot ofjapanese people and they were certain they wanted the game to continue, as well as because we are out if we don't win. asa as because we are out if we don't win. as a nation, they are desperate for this win, no buts about it, and i'm looking forward to a fantastic game. this is going to be a really crucial game for the whole world cup. all the rest of the pools seems to play
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out as we expected but this is the swimming. really looking forward to it. the game is on, as are three others: wales take on uruguay in kumamoto. wins over georgia, australia and fiji has put them into the quarter—finals. there's an injury to fly—half dan biggar. rhys patchell‘s the only recognised replacement, winger hallam amos may be drafted in to cover, the last time he played in that position was when he was 14 at school. the japanese grand prix has also been affected by the weather. qualifying pushed back to today and the main race is under way in suzuka. ferrari the main race is under way in suzu ka. ferrari locked the main race is under way in suzuka. ferrari locked out the front rower in qualifying with vettel on pole ahead of teammate charles leclerc. they are 20 minutes into the race and there's been an incident, max verstappen from red ball having problems on the first corner but he was able to rejoin the race “— corner but he was able to rejoin the race —— red bull. st helens completed a record—breaking season by winning rugby league's grand final, and being crowned super league champions. they beat surprise—finalists salford 23—6 at old trafford.
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adam wild was there. never has a grand final brought such a contrast. st helens, the most dominant side super league has ever seen. dominant side super league has ever seen. salford, the most remarkable story super league has ever seen. but the romance of the underdog cou nts but the romance of the underdog counts little when faced with the brilliance of saints. peerless this season, now piercing precision. when zeb taya added another moments later, saints, it seemed, were on the march. it's been nearly half a century since salford won the title. reawakened here since salford won the title. reawa kened here momentarily since salford won the title. reawakened here momentarily byjake bailey. but it was only temporary. mark percival chasing his own kick over the line, touching down and now st helens within touching distance. tommy makinson's drop goal in the game's closing moments the final fabulous flourish on a fantastic st helens season. just by reaching the final, salford have upset the game's established order. that order has now been at
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least partially restored. st helens have been the best team all year round, and they've now proved that on the game's biggest stage. they are super league champions once more. adam wild, bbc news, at old trafford. what a day it was at the world gymnastics championships in stuttgart, and front and centre of the action, as she always is, was simon biles. the records keep coming for the brilliant american. she won gold in the vault that's her 23rd world championship medal, equalling the record held by vitaly scherbo. she's got two chances to make that record her own today, when she competes on the floor and the balance beam. it was a brilliant day too for britain, as the team secured a gold, silver and bronze medals. olympic champion max whitlock led the way, retaining his pommel horse title with an impressive routine in stuttgart. that's his third world title, and it makes him the first british gymnast to win three world titles on the same apparatus. it was, as you can see, an emotional moment. this time, for some reason, i was
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speechless. i can't believe it. i the also emotional. i've got pins and needles in my fingers. i'm so happy. i'm so happy with that, it's unbelievable. well, there was some history in that pommel horse final as rhys mcclenaghan finished third to claim ireland's first ever medal at the world championships. that bronze medal also means that the 20—year—old is off to tokyo for next year's 0lympics. success too for becky downie who won silver on the uneven bars. she had led for the majority of the day butjust missed out on gold when the final competitior belgium's nina derwael just nicked the top spot. a breakthrough performance though for downie, who'd never won an individual medal at world or 0lympic level before this. it just itjust means so much. it's taken so many years and i just can't itjust means so much. it's taken so many years and ijust can't believe i've done it! it's not always gone your way in finals but today, boy, did it? i'm so happy, like, that's the routine i've been working on for so long and i kind of had a medium
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routine through the competition so i'm super happy, even though i might not like it! and to round off a very good day for the downie family, becky's younger sister ellie took bronze in the vault. that's also her first individual medal at this level. there was a hugely impressive performance from boxer josh warrington as he successfully defended his ibf world featherweight title. the 28—year—old put in a dominant display against sofiane takoucht, stopping him in the second round in front of a boisterous crowd in his hometown of leeds. his stats are now piling up — a third defence of his title, he's won all 30 of his fights with seven knockouts. he'll now aim for a unification fight in 2020. to euro 2020 qualifying next, and the republic of ireland kept up their unbeaten record as they brew 0—0 with georgia. wales play croatia later today, and they're hoping that aaron ramsey will be fit enough to play some part in cardiff. thejuventus midfielder missed thursday's one all draw in slovakia. wales have played croatia four times
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and lost every time. whenever we have played we've always lost by one goal, so it's always been quite a tight game. we obviously know what a great team they are, they had a great world cup and they've shown year after year how great they are. but we know it's going to be very tough, but i think being at home gives us a little bit more of an advantage and we know the welsh crowd is going to be behind us, like always, cheering us on, being the 12th man, and yeah, we've got to beat them at some point, so why not sunday? manchester city moved top of the fa women's super league with a 3—0 win over struggling birmingham city. hannah hampton, tessa wullaert scored before substitute lee geum—min wrapped up the win with ten minutes to go. defeat for birmingham leaves them bottom of the table. this is tyson fury face—to—face with
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wwe wrestler braun strauman. they will fight on the 30 forced of 0ctober will fight on the 30 forced of october in saudi arabia. spectators will hope for a bit more than this! do you think they have rehearsed this? i want that suit! i want to you in that suit! i think i have got that suit! dipping his toe into the world of wwe. didn't he recently do something with wwe? he was ringside and got drawn into a big argument. that has resulted in him taking part in this. is that where his career is going? you wonder! big money in the states. and the personalities, the gift of the gab, which we know tyson fury has in abundance, so well—suited! fury has in abundance, so well-suited! talking of gift of the gab... smoothly done! and big personalities! time now to catch up and see how mike and katya got on in last night's strictly.
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their quickstep to come on eileen secured them their highest score of the series so far, a respectable 32. let's take a look. thursday afternoon, i never thought we'd get around like that. you come into your own, i've got to admit stop you really, really have. eyesore dancing, ice or entertainment, i saw everything i want. you're going to get some good scores today! i think you improved, i thought you we re i think you improved, i thought you were absolutely outstanding. now i can see magic mike! you were aiming very, very high and you
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succeeded. well done, you should be so succeeded. well done, you should be so proud of yourself. ladies and gentlemen, thejudges have their score: is this a dream? is it real? hang on, is that the face! i nearly cried. he was so good. his feet... and craig was nice. cat here was so emotional. he got a nine. -- katya. so light on his feet! we have seen him be light on his feet on more than one occasion. adding on-air when he's late for the headlines! that's how he runs onto the studio! —— getting on—air. that's how he runs onto the studio! -- getting on-air. thanks! that wasn't the only big glamorous show on last night.
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what do the american chat show host ricki lake, wes from love island and the bbc journalist martin bashir have in common? they've all been taking part in the new celebrity version of the x factor. i don't quite know what to make of any of this. what is going on? i don't get where it is. are they on holiday? they are in a like, really posh resort somewhere warm. it is basicallyjudges' houses, they have gone straight to the glamour part of the competition. interesting to think martin bashir, one of the biggest most exclusive interview scoops of the century with incest diana... singing. strange! i'm
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really at a loss for words, which is very rare. we will talk more about that later. the quality of it is quite variable, but good luck to them all! they are very brave. that's one way of putting it! here's alina with a look at this morning's weather. good morning, ben, good morning, sally, good morning, everyone. typhoon hagibis, we have been talking about it and it has now exited japan but not before it wrought torrential rain, just under a metre across parts of southern japan. —— brought. we had 95 mph gusts at tokyo airport yesterday but you can see it has pulled away north and east and there are blue skies and east and there are blue skies and sunshine across a large part of japan today. keeping an eye, we could see further heavy showers developing later today and into
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tomorrow. let us come closer to home. more rain to come in the forecast today was opposite clears away north and east, they will be sunshine put up if you have seen a lot of rain in the last 24 hours, they will be a bit something a bit more drier towards the end of the day. not one but two fronts to deal with and they will be moving —— merging together, bringing heavy and persistent rain across a large swathe of england and wales. this is where it has been falling in the last few hours. this is yesterday's rain, pushing north and east, and then another part of rain developing in the irish sea. more rain to come across much of england and wales and eventually into southern scotland. it may infringe the east of northern ireland with a scattering of showers here but generally dry with no showers. quite windy for a time across parts of south—east england and east anglia with gusts of 45 mph. the rain slowly pulling away
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with sunshine developing behind so it could help temperatures up to 16 or 17 celsius in places. more like the low—teens where we have the rain. that will be lingering and that pulls away, too. and then things are looking drier with clear skies, lighter winds, could things are looking drier with clear skies, lighterwinds, could see temperatures close to freezing again in rural parts of scotland but otherwise, generally in the range of five to ten celsius. again, it is a 2—pronged attack coming with one area of rain coming in through the roc and another returning to south—east england. it could be quite a wet morning across parts of south—east england and southern counties of england. more rain piling in four parts of northern england, wales and south—west england. looking drier the further north and east you go but here, some spells of sunshine with temperatures typically 12—15 for tuesday, we still have rain to pull away and
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showers returning into western areas is the day wears on but for many, a dry day with spells of showers but it could well turn quite windy and temperatures typically 13— 15 celsius. back to you, ben and sally. alina, thank you very much but good news is, the scotland and wales by news is, the scotland and wales rugby matches are on. we'll be back with the headlines at 7am. now it's time for click. we'll be back with the headlines at 7am. —— hello, and welcome to a special edition of click.
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not top gear, although there are shades of that, i have to say, but this week, we're not talking about petrol cars like these. we're talking about electric cars like these. not hybrid, not hydrogen or anything else. this week, it is pure electric. sure, there are other ways to power your car which are good for the environment. go check them out by all means but this is the year that all—electric has really taken off. more people are thinking about evs than ever before so in this show, we're asking, is now the right time to switch? we'll look at the cost of buying and running them, how far they can go and ask if they're as clean and green as they might seem. 0k, dan has been to see europe's all—electric fight—back at this year's frankfurt motor show. there was really only one big question for the big execs at the huge german car companies at the world's biggest motor show. why are they 10 years behind tesla in offering us an all—electric car? we are not each time the fastest or the earliest but if we come,
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we come, we come very strong. tesla, a company that has been solely focused on electric vehicle production, you have to give them credit for blazing the trail, but if you look at other entries on the marketplace, from other companies that also do normal cars, so to say, this is really the first time you're getting long—range, fully usable, everyday usable electric vehicles coming from mainstream manufacturers. right, so they wanted to ace it. well, the stakes are high. electric may only represent less than 3% of all new car sales last year but vw have taken a close look at them and reckon it's the future. well it's obviously not real. these cool designs are actually for the future, maybe. each car manufacturer brings out some concept ideas. interestingly on the volkswagen stand, they were all electric. the real car they were launching was the id.3, a sort of electric golf, with a 205— to 340—mile range depending on the exact model, with prices starting from a competitive 30,000 euros. and a first from vw.
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they will guarantee the battery for eight years, meaning that if it loses more than a quarter of its full charge when new, they will replace it. but will car buyers trust a firm that swindled the world when it lied about the illegal level of harmful emissions its own diesel car spat out? we invested a lot, really to fulfil our commitment to the c02 targets and it's notjust only the c02 targets during driving. for example, the battery cells after a normal life cycle of a car, which is mainly eight years, nine years, the battery cells
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are still healthy and you can use them, for example, for a second life. we will offer the customer in, not all, but most of the european countries, we are able to offer contract to use green energy also during the driving. audi hasn't done much in the way of electric for the past 10 years either, although now they have this. sorry, that's another concept car. now they have this. they've started with the popular style family suv but at more than £70,000, can many families afford it? yeah, i think there is this perception in the market that i have to pay more of the electric version of the same size vehicle than i would for gas or diesel. i think what you are going to see is, at least at audi, we're going into a lot lower segments in order to make electrification much more affordable. there aren't many families that could afford 90,000 euros for a car. sure there are.
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the e—tron started selling this year and has a range of 320 miles and will be joined by a sportier, more expensive electric gt model next year with a mid—range suv, think sort of q3, slated for 2021. even the good old—fashioned black cab, here seen in white, has made the jump to electric, with 20,000 expected to sell across europe next year, costing drivers less to run. i wonder if taxi fares will fall too. and then there were the sports cars. lamborghini told me they have no intention of releasing an all—electric model any time soon. ferrari, who weren't showing, have a hybrid plan for 2022 but not all—electric. so it fell to porsche to take everyone's away, and they did. the taycan is porsche's first all—electric car and it shifts. 0—62 in 3.2 seconds with a range of up to 279 miles and a guarantee on the battery. ok, it's £115,000 but that's a 12k
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saving on its petrol performance equivalent, the 911 actual turbo. good value, maybe, but i have a feeling that it's that vw that'll turn out to be super competitive as an entry model for most. talking of competition, we saw porsche's entry into the electric car market in dan's report there but we wanted to test for ourselves just how quick an electric car could be. so we've set up a race. this is a lamborghini hurricane super trofeo. its v10 petrol engine delivers over 600 horsepower. it's up against a saloon car from tesla, the model s. it sports all—wheel drive but it's twice as heavy as the lambo and it sells for about a third of the price.
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0ur short drag is just enough for both cars to reach 62mph, the industry standard for measuring acceleration. both cars are in their fastest set—ups and whatever happens today, we recommend you don't try this at home. we have several safety measures in operation. most of all, johnny is a professional racing instructor here at drift limits. he does this day in and day are to scare the living daylights out of members of the public. in the passenger seat will be mark, ensuring fair play and probably screaming his head off. and who can we get to give one of the finest sports cars a run for its money in a tesla? it's only top gear's the stig! i'm sorry, the stig wasn't available so i'm standing in. is that 0k? it's only...click‘s lara lewington.
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drivers, start your engines. epic, dramatic music. elevator muzak. ready! i'm a passenger here. myjob is really simple. ijust have to observe... whoa! i did brake a bit early but i so clearly won. thank you, i was not expecting to beat you. oh, my word! what?! i know! i can't believe it, absolutely smashed me. that was so much fun.
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that was brilliant. congratulations. johnny, commiserations. listen, you're a professional racing driver. in your opinion, why did that beat this? i know, it's absolutely mad, isn't it? i couldn't believe it. it all boils down to the fact that that is electric so the power band is completely linear, it's always there, it's instantaneous. to be fair, in the lamborghini, i've got three gears to travel through but that, straight—line, boom, all the way. excuses, excuses. thanks, johnny, for doing the test. right, this is vicky parrott, hello, vicky parrott is a long time motoring journalist and now you specialise in electric cars, and you are here to answer some of your questions, so let'sjump in the jag. so vicky, earlier we heard that battery warranties are eight years, which i guess is good news, but do you think it should be the worry of the owner that these batteries might not last much longer than that? do you think in the future we might start leasing cars instead of owning them?
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uh, no more so than we do already, a lot of people lease cars, whether they are electric or not these days, and i would add, most electric cars have battery warranties of eight years or 100,000 miles, but that does not mean you have to throw the car away after that. battery life is proving to be very good in electric cars, and the warranty is there for peace of mind, it does not mean that after eight years your car won't work any more. we received quite a few questions from reviewers saying they live in apartments or blocks of flats, they don't have private parking, they park on the street, how do they charge an electric vehicle? if you can't charge at home, if you don't have offstreet parking, or some apartments do have hubs these days being built in, then i'm afraid you just have to check. zap—map.com is great for telling you where chargers are, and you just have to decide whether you can rely on those public chargers are not. here is a popular question, i want to know the answer as well, how much does it cost to "fill up" an electric car compared to a petrol tank? on average a 50 kw/h battery,
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it will cost about £7 to fill up, at a normal domestic charger at your house. how many miles would you get for that? it depends, the new renault zoe will do about 200 miles in real—world driving, and that has a 52kw/h battery, so that works out at about 3—4p per mile, and an equivalent diesel or petrol car will look more like 11—15p per mile. so it is usefully cheaper, it is half, if not a third cheaper. have we got enough charging stations in the uk? we have a lot of charging stations in the uk, i think it stands at about 10,000 station and 26,000 actual charging plugs. i think probably we need more, certainly in rural parts, especially, but it isn't that bad an infrastructure these days. vicky, thanks for your time, thanks for the ride, thanks for the info. pleasure. and i'm afraid that's all the time we have to talk electric in the short version of the show. the full—length version is waiting for you right now on iplayer. maybe it will help convince
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you it's time to switch. maybe you will have doubts afterwards, in which case you can continue the conversation with us on social media. we live on facebook, youtube, instagram and twitter at @bbcclick. thanks, for watching and we'll see you soon. good morning. welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and ben thompson. 0ur headlines today: breaking her silence. the wife of a us diplomat says she's devastated by the death of british teenager harry dunn, as the uk government reveals she's no longer protected by diplomatic immunity. at least 10 people are dead and dozens more are missing

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