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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. 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
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as a devastating typhoon sweeps across japan. it brought over one metre of rain and wind speeds in excess of 110 mph, but now typhoon hagibis is pulling away north and eastwards. we'll look at the forecast in the next half—an—hour. scotland's crucial world cup match against japan is on at the yokohama stadium. we'll be live there with the latest in the next few minutes. commentator: 1: 40. .. commentator: 1: 40... the official... that says wife! elliott 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. good morning.
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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 office revealed that anne sacoolas no longer has diplomatic immunity because she's now back in 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. they've ta ken their fight forjustice 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,
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you desperately want to grieve, the whole family desperately want to grieve, but we can't. every day is a battle and more of a battle than we feel it should be. 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 sacoolas to the uk. 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 in a few hours' time, heading to washington and then
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new york and they are clear this is a journey they would much rather not be making. last week, they had a meeting at the foreign which they felt was just a publicity stunt and they also contacted the us ambassador in london but didn't get anyjoy —— ambassador in london but didn't get any joy —— foreign ambassador in london but didn't get anyjoy —— foreign office. they want to talk to politicians and foreign offices directly and if necessary speak to donald trump himself. they got a letter last night and delivered from the foreign with the information that authorities here 110w information that authorities here now believe anne sacoolas no longer qualifies for diplomatic immunity. harry's mother told us she's elated by this. she says she feels her son's death will no longer be swept under the carpet stop ec also said she was rather confused. this came out of the blue —— carpet. she also said was rather confused. this came out of the blue and didn't know why diplomatic immunity no longer
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applied. we had the statement via her lawyer from applied. we had the statement via her lawyerfrom anne applied. we had the statement via her lawyer from anne sacoolas, saying she's devastated, there's the meeting offer, which the family could take up, but it's unclear when 01’ could take up, but it's unclear when or if that could happen because with the foreign office saying the diplomatic immunity doesn't apply and we could see the police with the cps seeking to have her extradited to face further questioning from the police, and if that's happening it could be her legal team steps in to say it's not a good idea to meet the family after all. anne sacoolas has made it clear she is prepared to co—operate with the police. her solicitor said after the crash she spoke to the police, they came to her house the following day, but there wasn't the explanation as to why the best thing for her was to leave the country and to head back to the us. simonjones at heathrow, thank you. and we'll be speaking to a lawyer representing harry dunn's family ataround 7:10am. that's in about five minutes' time.
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updating you on some news coming into the bbc at the moment. the death toll injapan as a result of the typhoon has risen to 18. that is after the powerful typhoon swept gci’oss after the 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. you will know the typhoon made la ndfall yesterday, you will know the typhoon made landfall yesterday, flooding rivers and leaving nearly 500,000 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 1,000 kilometres — the equivalent of cornwall to edinburgh. in the town of hakone
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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 chikuma 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 the weather story. —— that's the weather story. let's talk a bit more about that japan and scotland game. 0ur sports correspondent andy swiss is in yokohama for us. andy, what's the latest this morning? seeing those devastating pictures of some of the destruction caused by the typhoon, where you are, blue skies and the match is on? that's
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right, in yokohama it is beautiful, blue skies but around the stadium you can see the effects of the typhoon. there's a big area of playing fields outside the venue, which is completely underwater. i've spoken to a lot of scotland fans who arrived here earlier and they said when they were in their hotels last night waiting for the typhoon to pass over, they thought there was no way this match would ever go ahead. it's been some feet by the organisers, but that said, fans are being organised to get here earlier in case of transport problems and they're being told there won't be as much food and inside the stadium available as normal because a lot of the staff can't get here and organisers have been announced there will be a moment's silence before the match to remember those affected by the typhoon. in terms of rugby, this is an important rugby match for both sides. scotland have to win to
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have any chance of going through and they may even need a bonus point by scoring four or more tries during the match. as forjapan, well, any sort of win will do for them and they will be into the quarter—finals for the first time in their history. what a significant achievement that will be for them, and, of course, they will be cheered on by thousands of fa ns they will be cheered on by thousands of fans here inside the stadium. that said, of course, the context of this match has changed dramatically over the course of the last 48 hours, and this will also be a chance to remember all of those that have been affected by this typhoon. absolutely. andy, for now, thank you. andy swiss in yokohama for us. kurds who're 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
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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. 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. it was an emotional night for mike and katya in the strictly ballroom. their quickstep to come on eileen secured them their highest score of the series so far — a respectable 32. at the end of the routine, katya collapsed on the floor in tears.
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look at that! really, really emotional. i think she said she was so emotional. i think she said she was so proud of them and couldn't believe how hard they had worked that week and particularly mike had been a bit under the weather. he danced brilliantly. they delivered and we've seen him really improve, great to see! we will talk about that a little bit later. the parents of teenager harry dunn, who was killed in a road crash involving the wife of a us diplomat, will fly to washington later to raise concerns about the case with american politicians. anne sacoolas returned to the united states after the crash, claiming diplomatic immunity. she now wants to meet harry's parents. let's speak now to the lawyer representing harry's family, mark stephens, who joins us from our london newsroom. good morning mark stevens. you've come on board as the family lawyer this week —— good morning mark stephens. bring us up to date, harry's parents are flying to the us
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today. what do they want to achieve from this visit? they are trying to see anne sacoolas to actually understand how their son died. ithink to actually understand how their son died. i think viewers will understand that if you're in that process where you need psychologically to move beyond the insta nt, psychologically to move beyond the instant, the moment, towards a grieving process, you need to know what happened in those last seconds and everything else and you want to hear the explanation from the person who was responsible. that's all they wa nt who was responsible. that's all they want really. they've been asking for that consistently for weeks now, and they've been skated by officials on both sides of the atlantic. it does seem that anne sacoolas has now reached out through her law firm with a view to trying to arrange to meet mrand mrs with a view to trying to arrange to meet mr and mrs d. there's confusion
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about whether diplomatic immunity applies because anne sacoolas left the uk and we are told that no longer applies. there's a lot of confusion. what is the current situation? the current situation hasn't changed from what it always was. i've said from day one that mr sacoolas was not a diplomat, didn't present his credentials to the court of saint james, and you need that before diplomatic immunity applies. he didn't have a diplomaticjob, so doesn't get diplomatic immunity, and he didn't register with the foreign, which is a second prerequisite that he also failed to do. —— the foreign. there's never been diplomatic immunity here and the dissembling we've seen from the pentagon and the lickspittle is at the foreign office who have really
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poured pain on top of everything else by making this false claim to diplomatic immunity have really caused more anguish than needed to occui’. caused more anguish than needed to occur. they didn't need this. they only wanted an explanation. they weren't really interested in the diplomatic immunity, they just wa nted diplomatic immunity, they just wanted to meet mrs sacoolas. it's even more troubling that she was allowed to, or encouraged, to be spirited away on an american transport plane and effectively rendered a fugitive from british justice and now, of course, we find out she's not entitled to diplomatic immunity, and in those circumstances, she is in a foreign land a fugitive from british justice, and we do hope she returns herself voluntarily and this was just a bad piece of advice she received from the american authorities. iwanted to ask you that, because it was at odds with
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what the foreign office was advising so what the foreign office was advising so how do you see this playing out from here and what difference does that make? i think there is urgent explanations needed. i think mr and mrs dunni explanations needed. i think mr and mrs dunn i entitled to know why it was that falsely misses sacoolas had immunity. we've seen everybody from the chief constable of northamptonshire being told she had immunity to the prime minister, borisjohnson, dominic immunity to the prime minister, boris johnson, dominic raab, immunity to the prime minister, borisjohnson, dominic raab, the foreign secretary, and even president donald trump in america. people will have seen the photograph of his notes that said she had immunity. all of that seems to be false. those politicians are clearly being briefed by civil servants and the legal teams at their respective civil services. i think... the legal teams at their respective civil services. ithink... why the legal teams at their respective civil services. i think... why have they got it wrong for two weeks? there should be red faces and some pretty profound apologies offered to
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the dunn family for the additional pain this particular problem has brought. 0f pain this particular problem has brought. of course, one of the reasons they're going to america is actually to make the point that diplomatic immunity doesn't apply and, of course, now, just as there about to take off, they've been told that, yes, finally both the americans and the british agree with them. let's talk about this potential meeting, and you've touched on the fa ct meeting, and you've touched on the fact that we would hope the two families could meet. what would you expect that meeting could look like and what do you hope to achieve from that meeting? i would expect it to bea that meeting? i would expect it to be a closed—door, private meeting between basically three human beings. let's not forget, mrs sacoolas had her ten—year—old son in the front seat of her british registered volvo suv. he experienced the dunn dunn family's son being
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killed and that's a tragedy for the ten—year—old, as well as mrs sacoolas, who i'm sure didn't intend... she may have been reckless but she didn't intend to kill him. asa but she didn't intend to kill him. as a consequence but she didn't intend to kill him. as a consequence of that it's important for part of the healing process on both sides of the atla ntic process on both sides of the atlantic for them to meet privately and to understand what happened and effectively mrs sacoolas is the only person that can give that kind of explanation. but i don't expect it to ta ke explanation. but i don't expect it to take place in the glare of the media or anything else. this is an intensely private. —— private moment stop the absolutely. do you expect the dunn family to take legal action in the us? —— private moment stop absolutely. the question is whether northampton police will press for her return so she can go through the due process
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in the northampton chair courts —— northamptonshire. it is open for the dunn family to sue her in america. she doesn't have immunity and when it was said she had immunity, it didn't apply it was said she had immunity, it didn'tapply in it was said she had immunity, it didn't apply in her home country, it only applies in the host country, uk. so from the dunn's family's point of view, the main point was to try and get an explanation from mrs sacoolas and that was about why we we re sacoolas and that was about why we were looking at civil proceedings in the united states of america, but if everything goes well, and if mrs sacoolas cooperates and there is a meeting that brings a satisfactory closure for that dunn family and they can move onto the grieving process , they can move onto the grieving process, they can let the due process, they can let the due process of law, leave that in the hands of northamptonshire police as would be perfectly normal in any
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other case. 0k, mark stevens, thank you. the lawyer representing harry dunn's family. you are watching make brea kfast dunn's family. you are watching make breakfast from bbc news. —— brea kfast. here's alina with a look at this morning's weather. this is, or was, typhoon hagibis which came across southern parts of japan with winds in excess of a mph. now it isjust japan with winds in excess of a mph. now it is just an area of low pressure. it swept through very quickly, it has now cleared away, so blues goes and sunshine across much of japan now. —— blues goes and sunshine across much ofjapan now. —— blue skies will stop we did see a lot of rain, almost a metre in places. heavy showers in today and into tomorrow but suddenly the typhoon is no longer a typhoon. back home, we are talking about low pressure. very u nsettled talking about low pressure. very unsettled here still. if you saw rain yesterday, there is more to come today on top of an already saturated grounds. we still had
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flood warnings in place but at least some sunshine for many as the rain clears. we have two fronts to deal with. we saw some across england and south wales. still here some down to was south—west england, but some across the south irish sea and these combine as the day wears on a soap rain were continuing to push on north and east and may fringe northern ireland. many a dry day here and elsewhere the rain pushing north and east into some of it will be heavy. as it clears, something brighter with spells of sunshine and just a scattering of showers. quite windy for a time. you could see gusts of up to 45 miles an hour for a time. in the afternoon sunshine, 16 or maybe 17 celsius. where we have the rain, more like 11 or 12 stop it was slowly clear away through this evening and overnight and then things turned drier with
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clear skies before cloud builds out of our next area of rain. temperatures typically 5— 10 celsius but it could get close to freezing under clear skies across parts of scotla nd under clear skies across parts of scotland in the far north of england. we start off the new week, again, with two fronts to deal with. 0ne putting into south—east england and another again running up through the irish sea. we may start with sunshine for many cloud already building across southern england and northern ireland with rain arriving here through the day and the rain across al east england pushing further north and west through the day, looking drier with the best of the sunshine across north—east england and eastern scotland. temperatures tomorrow 12— 15 celsius. by the time we get to tuesday, still unsettled, still areas of rain pulling away from eastern scotland and north—east england with some showers pushing into western areas. for many on tuesday, a drier day. one or two showers with spells of sunshine and
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temperatures between 12 and 16 celsius. now for the middle part of the week we have another frontal system pushing its way eastwards across the country. notice the isobars are quite close together so it will be wet and windy for many of us it will be wet and windy for many of us and as the rain clears away eastwards, behind it on thursday, a mixture of sunny spells and showers. 0ne mixture of sunny spells and showers. one way or another, most of us will one way or another, most of us will see some rain on most days in the week ahead. ben and sally, back to you. alina, thank you very much. 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. leader of the house of commons jacob rees—mogg appeals to eurosceptics to back the prime ministers proposals
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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. baroness newlove, who's the former victims commissioner for england and wales is here to tell us what's caught her eye. good morning to you. how are you? nice to see if stop let us start with the amazing achievement yesterday. i watched it late last night was up i can't pronounce his surname but elliott kipchoge, amazing. —— eliud. he had 41 pacemakers around him but the scientific approach, but the human approach, and to come through, one hour, under two hours, approach, and to come through, one hour, undertwo hours, i approach, and to come through, one hour, under two hours, i should say, absolutely... in case you haven't
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seen it, it is really emotional. here is what happened yesterday. commentator: he has less than 200 metres to go. eliud kipchoge, let's keep an eye on it, eliud kipchoge, wow! actually, his wife had never seen him race before. incredible! the running shoes, technology, you can buy them apparently. i it is amazing. the human story, better than brexit at the moment. and the story you picked out, today we went to the moon, is the description. story you picked out, today we went to the moon, is the descriptionm has got to be one of those moments you will always remember and something we should, and somebody else will come along and try and do it. that is what happens. i have my fitbit, that is enough for me, my
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10,000 steps. the next story you picked is in the sunday express. justice —— it saysjustice in the docs what is this about? former victims commissioner, with all the judges and everybody within the criminal justice system, judges and everybody within the criminaljustice system, so it doesn't shock me, actually, what thisjudges saying doesn't shock me, actually, what this judges saying because at the end of the day, it is in crisis. great nick dinham is awaiting two yea rs great nick dinham is awaiting two years —— great victims are looking to years. a journalist looked years —— great victims are looking to years. ajournalist looked in years —— great victims are looking to years. a journalist looked in and said, this is what needs to be done. we have a lot of technology and the courtroom, the evidence, you know, the cps are trying to do the best they can but unfortunately it does feel like a car crash waiting to happen. and you know more than anyone. you have been right in the middle of it, how difficult this process is. what is wrong at the moment? there is a lot wrong, we are moving to technology so it looks as
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though we are moving faster but we are actually not because the defendant still has a right to have a trial and so is that trial goes ahead, you have to wait through the system and the victim has no right to say anything that they just get told when to turn up. actually, i do think, you know, we have issues in our court rooms and our criminal justice system is —— system. we have court closures so i have is travelling 2.5 miles to a court room and back. and if it has been adjourned, that is not right, is it? yes, lots of problems as you identified. let us talk about something different and this is in the sunday mirror. a lovely story. this is the oldest transplant operation patient. former policeman, he was told he would get an extra ten years with his heart and he now has an extra 35 with a new heart. that is great, isn't it? after all the doom and gloom, i think this is
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a great positive. 0rgan donation is very sensitive but he is 90 and got these transplant in 1984 from sadly a young 14—year—old who died and he went back to work. he went back to being a police officer. i think it isa being a police officer. i think it is a really good celebration from him, a positive story. for me, i think we need to celebrate that because he never expected and he didn't know, it was colleagues who told him to go and when he found out, it was his heart. there are a lot of other things before you go to major transplant organ donations. we haven't got long laughed but the last story you picked is this one. what do you make of this, then? everything is in the media, everything. whatever the back story is in all of this, it is not good to see this because social media, you know, a lot of people are damaged by it and these are high—profile women and rebekah vardy is having a baby.
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i would have liked it to be private but it shows you how unsocial media, her life is in turmoil, she has had death threats. there is a nasty side of this and we could have done is a lot more professionally and a lot nicer to the human beings. lot more professionally and a lot nicer to the human beingsm lot more professionally and a lot nicer to the human beings. it is sad this broken world mental health day. it is just the irony. who this broken world mental health day. it isjust the irony. who does it serve? i'm sure it doesn't make either of them very happy. not really. nice to see you. an interesting take on that story was up interesting take on that story was up you will be back a little later but for now, thank you. the andrew marr show is live from aberdeen this morning. what have you got for us today, andrew? above all, i had nicola sturgeon, the first minister of scotland, the leader of the snp, they are here for the conference was up they are here for the conference was up polls are showing greater enthusiasm for scottish independence inside europe rather than staying with the rest of britain after brexit was up i am joined with home secretary priti patel. a lot to talk
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about with her. and rebecca long brady yeah rebecca long bailey, many regarded in the labour party as their next leader afterjeremy corbyn. it sounds like a busy one. andrew, thank you very much indeed. stay with us, headlines coming up. kindling sake hello, this is breakfast with ben thompson and sally nugent. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news:
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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 office 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. she was allowed to encouraged to be spirited away on an american transport plane and effectively rendered a fugitive from british justice, and now of course we find out she's not entitled to diplomatic immunity and in those circumstances, she is in a foreign land, a fugitive from british justice and we do hope she returns herself voluntarily and this was just a bad piece of advice she received from the american authorities. mark stephens speaking to us a little bit earlier.
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since we've been on air this morning the death toll in that devastating japanese has been rising. it's now thought at least 18 people have now been killed and many more hurt after a powerful typhoon swept across japan. after making landfall on saturday, the storm flooded rivers and left almost half a million homes without power. typhoon hagibis is now moving north and is expected to head out to sea later today. 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
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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. 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, its just after 7:30am and john is here for the sport. there's one big thing we need to tell everybody, which is... ? it is on, scotland againstjapan! which is... ? it is on, scotland against japan! we've heard which is... ? it is on, scotland againstjapan! we've heard from some scotla nd fa ns againstjapan! we've heard from some scotland fans this morning and they are delighted. they just
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scotland fans this morning and they are delighted. theyjust wanted the chance to play japan because as we know, it is a must win to get to the quarter—finals and good news for the organisers, because the integrity of the tournament was at threat if they we re the tournament was at threat if they were full stint to making that decision to cancel the match. —— forced into. this was the japan team at their training ground. it's the piggyback! grown men worried about getting their feet wet! look at how he shimmies along the side in a minute. these are the best ones, he's not getting his feet wet! you don't want wet feet when you're going out to training but you would think they would be ploughing through that water! let's hear from would be ploughing through that water! let's hearfrom some would be ploughing through that water! let's hear from some of the scotla nd fa ns water! let's hear from some of the scotland fans after that announcement overnight that the game is going ahead. it's absolutely 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
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good that we can get that now. it's fantastic for the japanese people, they've been absolutely 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. 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 out as we expected but this is the pool. really looking forward to it. crucial indeed! now all scotland need to do is go out and win. 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.
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ferrari locked out the front row in qualifying. sebastian vettel on pole just ahead of charles le clerc. there's just about four laps left, and it looks like valteri bottas is going to win it for mercedes. he's got a healthy lead over vettel, who himself is being chased down by lewis hamilton. 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. adam wild was there. never has a grand final brought such a contrast. st helens, the most dominant side super league has ever seen. salford, the most remarkable story super league has ever seen. but the romance of the underdog counts little when faced with the brilliance of saints. peerless this season, now piercing precision. morgan knowles with the opening try. 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
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momentarily by jake bibby. 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 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. great pictures there. 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
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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'm 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.
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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. 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 routine in team finals, so each competition i kind of upped my game, 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 ta koucht, 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,
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he's won all 30 of his fights with seven knockouts. he'll now aim for a unification fight in 2020. and he's ready for it, isn't he? 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's1—1 draw in slovakia. wales have played croatia four times and lost every time. whenever we've 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?
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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. mercedes have won the constructors‘ championship after valtteri bottas won the japanese grand prix. sebastian vettel was second and lewis hamilton, also of mercedes, was third. have a look at this. this is tyson fury face—to—face with the wwe wrestler braun strowman. a very sharp suit, a garish suit? do you think i could get away with it? definitely, ben! i think! you think i could get away with it? definitely, ben! ithinki have a pairof definitely, ben! ithinki have a pair of pyjamas like that! i like it! he's dipping his toe into the world of wwe. this was their launching the big bout to come. they will be fighting in saudi arabia on the 31st of october, a crownjewel
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fight. looks like battle of the beards! battle of the giants! it will be interesting! do you think he will be interesting! do you think he will take a step that way? possibly, he‘s an entertainer in the entertainment business. it is massive in the states! it could be a natural shift for him. definitely. don't go anywhere because one of our very own was on the tv last night. he is an entertainer! he is the entertainer! he was on strictly last night, mike bushell, with cassia. look at him go! their quickstep to come on eileen secured them their highest score of the series so far — a respectable 32. let‘s take a look. watch these feet, he does so well!
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thursday afternoon, i never thought we‘d get around like that. you come into your own, i've got to admit. you really, really have. i saw the dancing, i saw the entertainment, i saw everything i want. you're going to get some good scores today! and i thought it was light, i thought you had a good frame. i think you improved, i thought you were absolutely outstanding. now i can see magic mike! you were aiming very, very high and you succeeded. well done, you should be so proud of yourself. announcer: ladies and gentlemen, the judges have their score: is this a dream? is it real? look at that face! look at that little face! isn‘t he great? talking about dapper gents, looked very sharp! sharp feet and a sharp
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outfit! quite an improvement on the one before, the yellow and orange one! he played to his strengths last night, he is very bouncy, like say bouncy dance on the dancefloor, and that was a bouncy dance. looked great! good on him and fingers crossed! mike wasn't the only bbc journalist getting lost in showbiz last night ‘s. word editor martin bashir got involved in this... —— religion editor martin bashir got involved in this. 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.
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go on, martin, take it up a gear! not quite sure what to make of that. certainly a crowdpleaser and eve ryo ne certainly a crowdpleaser and everyone was singing along with it. he can hold a tune. he can, he‘s there, isn‘t he? he can hold a tune. he can, he‘s there, isn't he? to be fair, he's much better than me. and me too to be fair! it is bonkers. looks like they are on a cruise or a posh holiday altogether! all these kinds of patio heaters and things like that. anyway! good luck to them! good luck to all bbc staff taking pa rt good luck to all bbc staff taking part in reality television right now! here‘s alina with a look at this morning‘s weather.
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this was violent hard typhoon hagibis. very quickly it weakened as it made landfall yesterday and now it made landfall yesterday and now it is an area of low pressure to the north—east of japan. i it is an area of low pressure to the north—east ofjapan. i am sure you have seen the pictures from today. the winds are easing down. before it moved away, we saw winds in excess of 110 mph. to the west of tokyo, we had around a metre of rain, just under a metre of rain. coming back to the uk, more rain in the forecast. yesterday, the ground is already saturated in many areas. more rain on top of that brings an increased reign of flooding —— correct an increased risk of flooding. it is bringing one — two fronts and they will eventually
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merge together, one running up through the irish sea. this is what we saw yesterday draped across southern england and it has moved further northwards. it will continue on that journey as further northwards. it will continue on thatjourney as we go through the day. merging together, this is one big area of rain across england and wales was up but some of the rain across wales and scotland could be quite persistent. gusty winds as well across anglia and south—east england. the sunshine could help temperatures, up to 16 or 17 and more like 11 or 12 when we have the rain. the rain was slowly clear away from eastern scotland and north—east england overnight and lead many places dry with less guys before cloud builds with more rain across parts of northern ireland and southern england. 5—10. it could get closer to freezing under clear skies. we start the new week with
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two fronts. a 2—pronged attack tomorrow. another area of rain pushing up through the irish sea and more rain moving up through southern and eastern england was a white start across parts of south—east england and east anglia. the rain pushing across northern ireland was not the rain in southern england will push its way a little bit further northwards through the day but generally the further north and east you are tomorrow, dry out with some spells of sunshine and temperatures tomorrow 12— 16 celsius. still unsettled on tuesday. still a messy picture. rain will clear away from eastern scotland and north—east england. some showers across western coasts with rain later in the day into northern ireland was up elsewhere, a slightly
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drier day with spells of sunshine was a bit will be quite a windy day, particularly across england and wales and we will seek damages between 12 and 16 celsius. as we go through the middle part of the week, no sign of anything settled, in fa ct, no sign of anything settled, in fact, we have anotherfrontal no sign of anything settled, in fact, we have another frontal system pushing its way it was so more rain coupled with some strong winds and as all of that clears away, behind it on thursday, we will see a mixture of sunny spells and blustery showers was not so one way or another, there is more rain to come for most of us in the week ahead. ben and sally, back to you. alina, thank you, good for the garden. that is what we are meant to say. we‘ll be back with the headlines at 8am. now it‘s time for the travel show. this week on the travel show, i am in the jungles of borneo sarawak. in the western corner of malaysia and borneo, sarawak has some of the most spectacular and diverse ecosystems. but it can be overlooked by tourists drawn to the bright lights of kl and the resorts of its neighbour state sabah. so i am going to discover for myself the sights and inhabitants of this remarkable state.
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yes, i love sarawak so much. everything very unique in sarawak. we have 26 ethnic groups in sarawak. sarawak mean "surrender to you" in malay. my trip starts here in sarawak‘s biggest city, kuching. and does the word kuching mean, it means something special, right? yes, kuching is mean cat, in english, called cat. like the city of cats? yes, cat city. 0k, we‘re starting here in the state capital kuching, and we are travelling all the way up here to the kelabit highlands. it‘s going to be a journey. on my first stop, i am going to meet one of the state‘s most iconic residents. and here he is. the orangutan. so much soul in their eyes.
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97% of their dna is shared with humans. that where they get the name — orangutan means "man of the forest." 0rangutans are native to only two islands in southeast asia. some live on sumatra, but the vast majority live here in borneo. i have come to the semenggoh nature reserve where the rangers are preparing for the morning feed. it looks like they eat quite well because there is a whole buffet here, and it seems like every day there is a different meal plan. so today is saturday, so they will have 21 kg bananas, and then sweet potatoes, chicken eggs and pineapples. oh, it‘s heavy. maybe 15 kilos. ooh, 0k. where are we at? almost 20. we are ready, 21 kg.
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so emel, tell me what is special about semenggoh nature reserve? ok, so semenggoh wildlife centre actually started off as a rehab centre, so we were established back in 1975, so it is more than 40 years ago. the reserve took orangutans that had been rescued from captivity or suffered from habitat loss, and taught them to live wild in the surrounding forest. since then, the rehabilitation programme has been moved elsewhere, but the forest is still home to 33 orangutans, and tourists have a chance to glimpse those tempted back by a free meal. it is very different to a zoo, there no orangutans in cages here. yeah, totally different to a zoo. two in the basket. yes. 0ur ranger, he will... thank you very much. yeah. enjoy.
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he will bring the food to the main feeding area. when the tourists arrive, a ranger heads to the feeding platform to call the apes. calling. welcome to our centre. coming here is no guarantee you must see the orangutan. if you happen to see one, consider yourself very lucky already. in the rainy season between november and march there is an abundance of fruit in the forest, so the orangutans often don‘t need this extra food. but lucky for us, we don‘t have to wait long for a sighting. this is edwin, one of the biggest males in the park. and like the ranger said, this is not a zoo. the orangutans can come from any direction at any time, so you have to be careful, especially around the big males
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like edwin here. while these orangutans are used to people, they are still unpredictable, so tourists are kept at a safe distance. edwin is 23 years old, born in 1996, and he was the first male offspring born in semenggoh. sadly, despite conservation efforts, orangutans face an uncertain future. over a 16 year period, the numbers in borneo fell by more than 100,000. a decline blamed on hunting and deforestation. it‘s now estimated that there are just over 100,000 orangutans left on the island. and so the facility here, how does it help? by having a centre like semenggoh, people get a sense of seeing the wild orangutan, and not
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disturb the orangutan in their natural habitat. and i guess the more people come here, the more they learn, and that also helps as well? definitely, the feeling, the excitement of seeing wild orangutan, bring you closer to conservation efforts, and to be able to share it with people out there, it really means something. the final stop in myjourney across sarawak is bario, in the kelapit highlands, home to one of the world‘s most remote food festivals.
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it is not exactly a smooth road, it‘s like being a greased up piece of popcorn in the back seat, but it‘s a lot of fun. i‘m quite an adventurous eater, i will try everything. at least once, it is not good, only once. but often when you come to these places will find some pretty far out food and i‘m hoping we‘ll find some very interesting stuff. bumped around and a little bruised from the journey, i get there to find the festival in full swing. we‘re catching the eye of a lot of locals, because there‘s not that many foreigners, surprise surprise, in this part of the world. i don‘t know half of the foods
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here today and that‘s quite exciting for me. a local farmer called dayang offers to show me around. would you like to try our dure? i don‘t know what dure is... one of the local exotic vegetable found here in bario. it is a plant that lives in the jungle? yes. i can eat that all day. that is delicious. but it‘s got, like, i was thinking it would taste like spinach, but it doesn‘t taste like spinach at all. it has like a heartier than spinach would. would you like to try the akep? yeah, we can try akep. this looks to be boiled snails. yeah, found in the paddy field here. it smells like boiled snails too. this is how we do it. this lives in the jungle, you suck it out? sucking. just like that.
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you bit it first? it‘s stuck on my teeth. and you suck it? sucking. there we go. how do you find... the taste must be fantastic? i wouldn‘t use that word, but it‘s not bad, it‘s very chewy. this is classic traditional kelabit food, sourced from the surrounding area. welcome to bario. since it started in 2006
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the festival has celebrated both the cuisine and the culture of the highlands. up top there are some bags with soda pop, cookies, the point is to climb up to the top, grab your prize and climb down. it‘s my turn. so... slowly from th bottom. freestyle ? (laughter) as the games continue, my form doesn‘t really improve. it was by a feather that we lost. applause. a game that i‘m not bad at, i think it‘s my height advantage.
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let‘s watch. that‘s way farther than mine. i guess you might think that coming so far away you wouldn‘t be able to make friends, or that it might be a strange tourist experience. but i always find it‘s some of the best ones, when you come to these places, there‘s not many foreign tourists, so people are so accepting and grateful that you are here, and will share everything with you.
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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 ten people are dead and dozens more are missing as a devastating typhoon sweeps across japan. it brought over one metre of rain and wind speeds of 110 miles

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