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the last such gathering before the brexit deadline. and on saturday there will be a special sitting of parliament to debate the way ahead. our political correspondent, nick eardley, joins us now from westminster. what do we know about how the talks in brussels are going? both sides very tight—lipped, mishal on both sides very tight—lipped, mishal o n exa ctly both sides very tight—lipped, mishal on exactly what compromise might look like, but determined that the intensive discussions to try to find one should continue. borisjohnson‘s message to his cabinet in a conference call that afternoon was that there is still significant work to be done if that compromise is to be found. he does believe that there isa be found. he does believe that there is a path to finding one. that is the message we have heard from him before, but ministers on that call think that mrjohnson is confident that there can be a breakthrough in the next few days. but can and will are very different things, and there
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are very different things, and there are many at westminster pouring cold water into buckets ready to throw it on any suggestion that that breakthrough could come in the next 48 hours or so. i know we've said it before, but the next few days at westminster are going to be crucial, and by this time next week, we should know a lot more about what the next chapter in the brexit story looks like. nick eardley, thank you. a 19th century english theologian — cardinaljohn henry newman — has been declared a saint. it came after cardinal newman had a second miracle attributed to him earlier this year. today he was among five people who were canonised, including four women, during a mass at the vatican attended by the prince of wales. injapan, the death toll from super typhoon hagibis has risen to at least 30 with another 15 people missing. the huge storm ripped across most of central and northern japan, causing record quantities of rain. our correspondent rupert wingfield hayes has travelled north of tokyo —
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where rescue efforts are still under way. this is the town of chikuma in the japanese alps. much of it now enveloped by brown, dirty floodwater. on saturday night, the levees burst. all day, the military has been racing to pluck those stranded from roofs and balconies. it is a story that has been repeated over and over. this afternoon, we made it to kawagoe, an hour north of tokyo. here, too, the rivers have burst their banks. this behind me is an old people's home, where 220 people were stranded last night when the flood waters came in here. you can see they're still taking people out 18 hours later. what's truly remarkable about this typhoon is its scale. there are floods and rescues like this going on in at least eight different prefectures right across the main island ofjapan. people we talked to are shocked and numb. translation: i have lived here 32 years.
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this is the first time i have seen anything like this. i was shaking with fear last night. japan is just starting to count the economic cost of this single storm. outside nagano city, a line of shiny bullet trains swamped by the floodwaters. each one of these trains costs us $29 million. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in kawagoe, eastern japan. amidst all of that, today's rugby world cup action injapan did go ahead. over to karthi for that and the rest of the sports news. good evening. well, it was an emotional game played in the aftermatch of that typhoon and scotland were knocked out of the rugby union world cup by the hosts, japan. the quality of the rugby was outstanding, butjapan‘s pace, precision and power meant they were the ones to progress to the quarter finals for the first time after a 28 points to 21 victory. andy swiss reports from yokohama.
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just a few yards from the stadium, a reminder this was no ordinary rugby match. admit the flood water, it was somehow game on forjapan in scotland, but those affected by typhoon hagibis were soon in eve ryo ne typhoon hagibis were soon in everyone ‘s thoughts. after the silence, though, came the raw, first from scotland supporters as finn russell gave them the perfect start. but cheered on by the cherry and whites, japan seemed utterly inspired. some of the most dazzling by inspired. some of the most dazzling rugby this tournament has seen, including two tries for the clinical fukuoka, and surely they were heading home? or where they? alexander fagerson gave them hope, but japan would not be alexander fagerson gave them hope, butjapan would not be denied. in extraordinary circumstances, an extraordinary circumstances, an extraordinary night. extraordinary circumstances, an extraordinary nightli extraordinary circumstances, an extraordinary night. i am pleased for the japanese, it was a fantastic game and a great atmosphere. but
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yes, a little bit disappointed for scotland. you are very happy? very happy! or japanese very scotland. you are very happy? very happy! orjapanese very happy! well, this was a night of high emotion and drama. disappointment in scotland, but japan are through to their first world cup quarterfinal in thrilling fashion. andy swiss, bbc news, yokohama. wales made sure of their place in the quarter finals of the world cup with a 35 to 13 bonus point victory over uruguay. the result means wales top their pool and will face france in the last eight next weekend. the four—time olympic champion simone biles has become the most decorated gymnast in world championships history. biles won two more golds today on the beam and in the floor final. she now has 25 medals, 19 of those are gold, she's surpassed the overall medal record of 23 previously held by vitaly scherbo. and it's the first time that the great britain team has won more than one gold medal at a single world gymnastics championships.
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joe fraser took gold on the parallel bars today, the first time a british gymnast has ever won a medal in that discipline. paula radcliffe's marathon record, which stood for 16 years, was broken today in chicago by kenya's brigid kosgei. kosgei recorded a time of two hours, 14 minutes and 4 seconds, taking over one minute off radcliffe's record. there was disappointment for mo farah in the men's marathon though, he finished in eighth place, in a race won by kenya's lawrence cherono. there's more on the bbc sport website, including the latest from scotland's euro2020 qualifier and build up to wales's game later. thank you very much. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. we're back with the late news at ten o'clock. now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are.
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hello. this is bbc news. the eu's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier has told eu ambassadors that a ‘lot of work needs to be done' to achieve a brexit deal with the uk. intense negotiations
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have been taking place between british and european union officials in brussels. our correspondent gavin lee says talks will continue tomorrow. we've had roughly 14 hours of talks this weekend between the british civil servants and the eu side as well. michel barnier has been in and out of those talks, they're in several rooms with a dozen on either side on a technical level. we were told it was an intense technical discussion. what has it achieved? a short while ago michel barnier drove into this building. we think he was avoiding the press because usually he walks he walks across to give a soundbite, nothing. we have had a read out from the eu side in the last half—hour. a quick update which says talks will condition that might continue but a lot of work needs to be done according to the eu negotiator to reach that deal. to put this into perspective, we have an eu summit on thursday. there has been pressure from eu leaders, including the french
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president emmanuel macron, to say that if they want to achieve a deal, that has to happen anytime soon. the original deadline given by emmanuel macron, saying that he wanted to know by two days ago, by friday, otherwise operationally there would not be time to translate documents into 25 different languages. you need to bring them to the german parliament for example, angela merkel has to be happy and she returns to the summit with a deal. now, it looks like they have got one or two more days maximum to talk and whilst there are no official deadline is being set, i am told by the eu side at least, any time after the wednesday morning, it is too late to get a deal by then. of course, that leads onto saturday in westminster, if there is no deal by the morning of the 20th, technically, legally, a letter has to come from borisjohnson in the uk asking for an extension to the brexit talks. meanwhile, borisjohnson has told ministers that they must still prepared to walk away from the eu without a deal at the end of october. our political correspondent,
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nick eardley is in downing street. the prime minister, downing street has been a bit more upbeat than the eu commission talking about a possible pathway but are we any need to sensing if we are near ideal? the simple answer, i am afraid is we are not totally sure at the moment because so many of these discussions are taking place behind closed doors, away from journalists with very little being said about the potential concerns either side might have about a compromise which is on orford. some are taking that as a good sign because we have seen a lot in the last two years, when one side has a concern, it makes a public it does not like what is on offer. we are not seeing that here and some
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believe that is a sign that instead ofaiding believe that is a sign that instead of aiding public grievances, both sides are trying to figure them out in private to see if there's a way forward. you mentioned borisjohnson had a cabinet conference call earlier this afternoon, his message was there is still a lot of work to do, a significant amount of work with the phrase number ten used. also the path to a deal is there. yes, it may be littered with debris and had to negotiate but that is clearly a feeling in number ten that it is possible to get from the start of the path to the end. i am told by someone on of the path to the end. i am told by someone on the telephone call that the prime minister sounded confident a breakthrough was possible in the next few days. that does not mean there will be one, there are many people around westminster who will pour cold water on the idea that this process will see a eureka moment which leads to an agreement
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but i think in number ten, there is optimism with a heavy dose of caution. i do not know how many times i have said this in the last few months but another crunch meeting for brexit, talk as to what we can expect this week?|j meeting for brexit, talk as to what we can expect this week? i imagine many people out, that this many times but we really mean it, it is such a big week because in the next seven days, by next sunday we should know what the next chapter in the brexit story looks like. tomorrow we have the queen's speech, when the government will give its legislative agenda for npd the next year or so but in truth this is a very different queen's speech because this government wants an election and there is no guarantee they will get through. it is more like an electoral pitch than a promise of what they are going to deliver on
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——. those negotiations in brussels will continue tomorrow and potentially into tuesday, all ahead of the big summit on thursday and friday. that is crunch point, the point at which the eu and the uk are prepared to play ball, we could get white smoke from their european council building and a deal is on offer. if that is the case, that deal will go to the house of commons on saturday, a special setting, the first than the falklands war 1980s. if there is a deal, that will be voted on and if that is not, something else will be decided on. the favoured option of most of the opposition parties is an extension to the brexit process but i suspect that deal is not agreed by the eu and the uk, there will be an almighty battle in parliament next saturday. many thanks, we will be
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watching. the family of 19 year old harry dunn — who was killed in a motorbike accident — are on their way to the united states in the hope of meeting the driver involved. ann sacoolas — who had diplomatic immunity as the wife of an american official — left the uk shortly after the crash in northamptonshire in august. the bbc has been speaking to harry's parents on the plane — as andy moore reports. ha rry‘s pa rents left heathrow airport on what has now become a transatlantic search for justice. harry died in august after his motorbike collided with a car in northamptonshire. the car was driven by ann sacoolas, who left britain for the united states shortly after the accident. she has now issued a statement through her lawyer, in which she says no loss compares to the death of a child. anne would like to meet with harry dunn's parent so that she can express her deepest sympathies. but on this flight to new york, harry's parents, charlotte and tim, say that while they do want to meet anne sacoolas, they are not
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convinced she is sincere. we felt like before we had the breakthrough, we finally had confirmed the immunity we didn't think she had has been confirmed, that she doesn't have it, certainly since she absconded back to the usa. the statement from her lawyer is promising that we may be able to hopefully get a meeting put together. harry's father said he was still trying to digest the news. i'm still unsure, if i'm honest. i'm more shocked, but hopeful that something can come of this. on wednesday, donald trump made the death of harry dunn a presidential matter, suggesting he would talk to anne sacoolas. since then nothing much has happened to persuade her to return to the uk, even though the foreign office has said she no longer has diplomatic immunity.
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tim and charlotte say they did not want to come to new york, but they say they will do anything for harry, and would go any distance to honour him. andy moore, bbc news. hundreds of foreigners affiliated with the islamic state group have escaped from a camp in northern syria amid a turkish offensive, kurdish officials say. they say detainees attacked gates at the ain issa displacement camp as fighting raged nearby. the un says 130,000 people have fled their homes, and the figure may rise. us defence secretary mark esper told cbs news on sunday that the us was now preparing to evacuate about 1,000 troops who remained in northern syria. from the syrian side of the border our correspondent aleem maqbool has sent this report. the anguish that only comes from loss.
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this brother and sister mourned their father who was killed in the shelling by turkey of their residential neighbourhood. the kurds here have already suffered so much, and every day of turkey's offensive brings new chaos. these were just a handful of the hundreds of women and children who as turkish attacks got closer today escaped a kurdish camp that held them. they were mainly relatives of islamic state group fighters. the bbc team had access to the camp just last week, where they found amira who was brought to syria five years ago by her british parents. her two sisters, brother and both her parents were killed in the final onslaught against is. my mum died, my littlest brother, my little brother and my sister. her fate also that of scores of female is members is now unknown.
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it's not the first massive security breach brought on by the turkish aggression. five captured is fighters escaped from a prison here too after it was shelled. we found it abandoned, the remaining prisoners moved into other already overwhelmed facilities. the authorities here say they are already struggling with the resources to hold many thousands of what are among the most dangerous prisoners in the world from a so—called islamic state group. what they warn is that with any further destabilisation caused by this assault from turkey, many more could escape, potentially regroup, undoing the massive effort it took to capture them and take their territory back. already, is says it was responsible for this car bomb that killed three people.
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the fear is far worse is to come. and the atrocities against the kurds here are now coming from so many angles. all the while, turkey's offensive goes on. this evening, a convoy travelling close to the border was attacked. and the number of kurdish casualties continues to mount. aleem maqbool, bbc news, in north—eastern syria. earlier i spoke to matthew bryza, a former us state department official specialising in turkey. now a seniorfellow at the atlantic council. i asked for his assesment of donald trump's policy regarding turkey. i think president trump's policy has been ill formed or amorphous. number one, he wants a good relationship with president erdogan. he likes a fellow strongman and that is president erdogan. number two, he does not want to impose sanctions on turkey.
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he wants a good relationship with turkey so i think a week ago today, when president erdogan said we are going in. president trump said ok, i respect that and we are going to get out of the way. i think president trump did not think through what the consequences would be. in other words there is no real policy. he was i think taken aback by the strong reaction against his moves, including by senate republicans. i will also say, my understanding from my visit to washington a week ago, the us and turkey were very close to an agreement on a safe zone in northern syria. the turks wanted it to be deeper than the us wanted. the turks wanted to have full control, the us did not like that. they were very close and i think the agreement might have got turkey back into the f35 fighter programme but at the end of the day, last week, president erdogan said we're going in and president trump said ok. what is so baffling to people watching this is you are saying
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president trump is unwilling to put sanctions on turkey but many think he would not have needed to put sanctions on if he had not withdrawn his own troops. yes, i think that president trump misunderstood the situation perhaps. i think that president erdogan was making a statement as the final point in the negotiation that i mentioned, they were so close to an agreement. i don't know for sure but i think it is likely that if president trump said, no, please do not go in, we will oppose that. then president erdogan give something back looked for something else from the us like a pledge. the other set of sanctions you have been threatening against us will go away. instead president trump did not pick up the queue and cleared a way for them. —— cue. injapan, the death toll
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from super typhoon hagibis has risen to at least 30 with another 15 people missing. the huge storm ripped across most of central and northern japan, causing record quantities of rain. our correspondent rupert wingfield hayes has travelled north of tokyo — where rescue efforts are still underway. this is the town of chikuma in the japanese alps. much of it now enveloped by brown, dirty floodwater. on saturday night, the levies burst, unable to withstand the onslaught from typhoon hagibis. all day, the military has been racing to pluck those stranded from roofs and balconies. it is a story that has been repeated over and over. this afternoon, we made it to kawagoe, an hour north of tokyo. here, too, the rivers have burst their banks. this behind me is an old people's home where 220 people were stranded last night when the flood waters came in here. you can see they are still taking people out 18 hours later. what's truly remarkable about this typhoon is its scale. there are floods and rescues like this going on in at least eight different prefectures right
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across the main island ofjapan. people we talked to are shocked and numb. translation: i have lived here 32 years. it is the first time i've seen anything like this. i was shaking with fear last night. japan is just starting to count the economic cost of this single storm. outside nagano city, a line of shiny bullet trains, swamped by the floodwaters. each one of these trains costs 29 million us dollars. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in kawagoe, eastern japan. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, has said she'll ask the uk government — by the end of the year — for a second independence referendum. and — at the start of a crucial week for the brexit process — the snp‘s leader at westminster said he plans to move ahead with a parliamentary vote of no confidence in boris johnson. our scotland editor sarah smith reports.
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the snp have arrived in aberdeen ready for battle. they want to fight a general election as soon as possible, and are preparing to try and make that happen. daring labour and the lib dems tojoin them in a vote of no confidence against the government. jeremy, jo, the clock is ticking. the snp is ready to act. are you? the snp leadership hope an election will leave them holding the balance of power. if so, they won't consider keeping the tories in office, and will only support a labour government if it allows another referendum on scottish independent. say this tojeremy corbyn or any westminster leader who is looking for the snp for support. if you don't accept scotland's right to choose our own future at a time of our own choosing, don't even bother picking up the phone to me. the snp are hugely buoyed by a new opinion poll that suggests 50% of scots now support scottish independence.
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but that brings a couple of problems with it. it makes it less likely westminster government would ever allow another in the independence referendum, and it increases the impatience of activists who don't want to wait for that vote. so there are demands here for what's being called plan b. either holding an unofficial referendum, or declaring that if the snp again wins over half the parliamentary seats in scotland, they should start independence negotiations. it is unacceptable for us to sit back and accept that this unelected tory government is dragging scotland out of the eu against our will, and it is imposing policies on scotland. if we have a democratic mandate for an independence referendum, you can tell us, we are not having one. we need an independent voice, that is what plan b will do. it would make my life easier in the short term to tell my supporters what they want to hear, but i have watched brexiteer leaders doing that in the last three years and it doesn't end well. i have to deal in reality. i'm determined to lead my country to independence, and that means doing it properly.
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an attempt to force a conference debate on plan b was defeated in the hall. the additional business falls overwhelmingly. for now it seems the party are prepared to bide their time, believing independence is in sight. but they won't wait forever. sarah smith, bbc news, aberdeen. an anglican priest who converted to roman catholicism in the nineteenth century has been declared a saint at a ceremony in the vatican today. cardinaljohn henry newman is the first english person in almost 50 years to be declared a saint. he's been credited with two miracles by the vatican — curing a man's spinal disease and healing a woman's unstoppable bleeding. prince charles joined the mass in st peter's square, in which four women were also canonised. the actor stephen moore — known as the voice of marvin the paranoid android in hitchhiker‘s guide to the galaxy — has died aged 81. mr moore also played the dad to harry enfield's grumpy teenager kevin and adrian mole's father on tv, and as well as a string of other roles on stage and screen.
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dirk maggs, who directed mr moore in hitchhiker‘s guide to the galaxy has paid tribute to him as "most sweet, charming and affable of men", who brought the character of marvin to life. now it's time for a look at the weather with phil avery hello, it has been a suitably u nsettled hello, it has been a suitably unsettled yet seasonable weekend with a mixture of some sunshine for some, especially across the north of scotla nd some, especially across the north of scotland but elsewhere, i am sure at some point you have had some rain uncertainly through the evening and overnight, it will be the central and southern parts of scotland, parts of northern ireland and northern england will see the rain before it quits the scene. more rain for the south—east and for the far west of wales and south—west england, elsewhere the skies were clear and it will be a chilly start on monday. this rain, not quite sure how far north it will get. this one
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more certain, certainly affecting cornwall, wales and then into northern ireland, really heavy rain here. the eastern side of scotland in the north of england, north west midlands, you might end up with a half decent day with high temperatures of 10 degrees. now on bbc one it's time for the news where you are.
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hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the family of harry dunn — who died in a road collision with an american woman who then fled to the us — fly to the country, hoping for a meeting. we may be able to, hopefully, get a meeting put together. whether it's face—to—face or lawyer—to—lawyer, not really sure on that basis yet, but fingers crossed we're stepping in the right direction. borisjohnson tells his cabinet
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a brexit deal is on the horizon, but a statement from european commission says a lot of work remains to be done. hundreds are reported to have escaped from a camp in northern syria, holding family members of islamic state fighters — as an offensive by turkey against the kurds continues. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm holly hamilton. coming up on tonight's programme... kenya's brigid kosgei shatters paula radcliffe's16—year marathon world record. we'll be live in chicago with more reaction. heartbreak for scotland, joy forjapan. the hosts' victory in yokohama ends scotland's rugby world cup, as they go top of the group. simone biles becomes the most
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decorated gymnast in world championship history. two more golds in stuttgart takes her career tally to 25. also coming up in the programme: valterri bottas storms to victory injapan as mercedes take the constructors title once again. hello and welcome to tonight's programme. thanks forjoining us. they say it's a marathon, not a sprint. the lines between the two are becoming somewhat blurred. another time barrier has been broken today following eliud kipchoge's incredible feat in vienna. the women's marathon world record has now been smashed. kenya's brigid kosgei recorded a time in chicago of two hours, 14 minutes and 4 seconds, eclipsing paula radcliffe's
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record set in 2003. we can go live to chicago now and join our sports editor dan roan. good day to you, dan. what incredible bit of history we have witnessed once again, any conditions we re witnessed once again, any conditions were perfect. yeah, as you can see, it's a beautiful day here in chicago. a slight breeze but the conditions were good for this attempt, and there had been whispers all week that brigid kosgei was in the mood to try and finally break that 16 year long record that polly radcliffe has held since the 2003 london marathon, and as you have said, she managed to do it. —— paula radcliffe. it was on from quite early on. and there was a concern she may have got off too fast, may blow up, but she didn't. she maintained and managed to get that effort every time, knocking it if ordinary 81 seconds off of
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radcliffe's world record. would you believe only 22 of the many men's rested better than that? consider her nearest rival came in almost seven minutes slower than brigid kosgei, so an absolutely staggering performance, as we know, eliud kipchoge yesterday, a fellow kenyan, in vienna became the first human to runa in vienna became the first human to run a marathon distance in less than two hours. it was not an open competition. this most certainly was, and! competition. this most certainly was, and i have heard people saying here in the last couple of hours that this achievement by brigid kosgei is perhaps more impressive than eliud kipchoge yesterday. funny enough, afterwards, she did a press conference and believed a woman could do... she said she should be the women to do that.” could do... she said she should be the women to do that. i think i believe her as well. we should talk
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about mo farah. recording in chicago his worst marathon time. that's right. his worst since switching to the marathon from the truck. he trailed in in eighth place in the men's marathon instead, and i think he will have to now consider whether or not he goes all the way through to tokyo olympics, trying to keep going, keep persevering at that distance or perhaps returned back to the five, 10,000 metres, where he would be very much regarding among the favourites for gold in tokyo. disappointing day for him. a lot of attention on him, a lot of pressure, since last week, when his former coach alberto salazar was banned for doping violations, suggestions of any wrongdoing. he was not implicated in that report following the investigation. he was asked about it either a press conference on friday evening and he will
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perhaps say that played a role. we have not heard anything from him yet but a disappointing performance from him. dan roan in chicago, thank you. heartbreak for scotland at the rugby world cup — after they were knocked out by japan in theirfinalgroup game in yokohama. gregor townsend's side needed four more points than the hosts but, despite mounting a comeback in the second hand, they simply fell short. our coorespondent andy swiss was there. just a few yards from the stadium, a reminder this was no ordinary rugby match. amid the flood water, it was somehow game on forjapan in scotland, but those affected by typhoon hagibis were soon in everyone's thoughts. after the silence, though, came the roar — first from scotland supporters as finn russell gave them the perfect start. but cheered on by the cherry and whites, japan seemed utterly inspired. some of the most dazzling rugby this tournament has seen, including two tries for the clinical
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fukuoka, and surely scotland were heading home? or were they? two tries, including one from, alexander fagerson gave them hope, butjapan would not be denied. in extraordinary circumstances, an extraordinary night. i am pleased for the japanese, it was a fantastic game and a great atmosphere. but yeah, a little bit disappointed for scotland. you are very happy? very happy! all japanese very happy! well, this was a night of high emotion and drama. disappointment for scotland, butjapan are through to their first world cup quarterfinal in thrilling fashion. andy swiss, bbc news, yokohama. we knew it was always going to be a challenge, given the way that japan were playing, given our turnaround,
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but we had the team and we had the ability and the start of that game to go on and win it by the necessary amount of points. that we didn't, it's hugely disappointing and we will have to learn from that and... you don't get another shot at the world cup for four years, but we've got to improve as we hit the next tournament, which is going to be six nations. the world cup continues for wales. they beat uruguay this morning. the win sees them top their group and avoid england in the quarterfinals. they'll take on france next sunday in oita. 35—13, it finished. katie gornall was there. the parties never stopped for wales. they arrived here with their place in the quarterfinals already secured. this was for something extra to celebrate. wales are heavy favourites for this game. victory would make it the first time since 1987 that they would have won all of their pool games at a world cup — and there's a double incentive, because topping
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the group would mean avoiding england and new zealand's side of the draw. this was an unfamiliar wales line—up, 13 changes made from their bruising win over fiji. perhaps no surprise, then, it took them time to find the line. nikki smith the one who saw their patience rewarded. the odds suggested this will be a walkover, but uruguay refused to play along and wales were wasteful, struggling to find their rhythm. at half—time, there was one point in it, and the heat was on. wales needed a release, so they set free josh adams, this his fifth try of the tournament. how they needed that. uruguay have already caused one shock in this group and were aiming for another. but any hopes of a remarkable upset disappeared when thomas williams
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found space to secure wales a bonus point before gareth davies sprinted clear with their fifth try. wales leave with what they came for but they had to dig deep, and it only gets tougher from here. katie gornall, bbc news, kumamoto. staying injapan — and mercedes set a new standard in formula 1 at the japanese grand prix as they secured a record—breaking sixth world championship double. valterri bottas' victory in suzuka sealed the constructors' title with four races to go — and with third place for lewis hamilton, he's not quite world champion yet, but only his team—mate bottas can catch him. michael redford was watching. bright sunshine at suzuka after a disruptive race weekend — typhoon hagibis now a distant memory, just a bit of a breeze to deal with. qualifying was made to look a breeze by ferrari early in the morning, sebastian vettel on pole position — his first since june. team—mate charles leclerc just behind him. their advantage was soon blown away, a stuttering start and valtteri bottas took his chance. max verstappen tried to follow him — not as successfully. a crash with leclerc, an incident
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that would end verstappen's race. leclerc dealt with the loss of a damaged front wing and a lost wing mirror. from 16th to sixth, not close enough to impact on the front of the race. team—mate sebastian vettel was frustrating lewis hamilton, the world champion unable to pass and would finish third. it was the fastest lap for lewis hamilton, giving him the extra point. combining that with a victory for valtteri bottas meaning mercedes sealed the constructors championship for the sixth time in a row. the world champion will also come from mercedes for a sixth successive year. the first time that has happened in formula 1. michael redford, bbc news. we've been talking about record records. haven't mentioned simone biles. she became the most decorated gymnast in world championships history with two more golds this afternoon. the american surpassed the overall medal record held by vitaly scherbo by winning on the balance beam. success as well for britain'sjoe
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fraser as he claimed great britain's first ever gold medal on the parallel bars. david mcdaid is in stuttgart. the final day at these world gymnastics championships certainly didn't disappoint. it was history for simone biles, 25 career medals meaning she is the most successful gymnast in world gymnastics history. but it is not often simone biles is overshadowed. certainly from a great britain point of view. we got another gold medal, in the form ofjoe fraser in the parallel bars. that was one we weren't expecting. yeah, we knew he had the potential. we were hoping he could sneak a medal, but as you watched the final going through and he just kept staying in that first position, and the last two gymnasts, we were nervously watching and they both made mistakes. you know what? you can only beat who is out there and absolute credit tojoe to go out in this final and perform like he did and get that world title. and you can see what a popular metal it was with estimates as well. it is the end of the championships. how would you sum up of the championships from a great britain point of view?
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amazing. they came here to qualify for tokyo, both men and women that is completed. got back a world title, the individual medals and today, joe taking that world title. i don't think we could have asked for any more. you mentioned tokyo there. what did we learn going forward? it is only ten months away now? for a lot of the gymnasts, it is good to be about consistency now. they have probably got the difficulty in there. they're going to go back to the gym and work hard, and we know for next year, there's only going to be four gymnasts in each team, so they are fighting for those spots. i mentioned simone biles earlier, now the most successful gymnast in world championships history. is there much more we can say about her? give it a go. it's difficult. every day, she has been breaking history. you run out of words. she is incredible. she is amazing. she seemed so relaxed at these championships. yeah, hats off to her. what an amazing girl and i cannot
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wait to see what she can do. that is the end of these world championships. the 25th career medal at the world championships for simone biles. from great britain, they end on two gold, silver a bronze. scotland are currently playing san marino in their latest euro 2020 qualifying match at hampden park. both sides have had to deal with torrential rain in glasgow this afternoon. it is quite remarkable. no bother tojohn mcginn though — he's scored four for the hosts so far — plus another one from lawrence shankland. and another from louis armstrong. 6-0 and another from louis armstrong. 6—0 scotland. regardless, scotland currently lie fifth in their group after a disappointing campaign but can still qualify for the tournament via the play—offs, which begin in march, having earned the chance to progress by winning their nations league group last year. belgium top their qualifying group
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and continued their flawless record and they beat kazakhstan 2—0 earlier. and russia are currently leading cyprus 3—0. wales play croatia at 7.45pm in the cardiff city stadium. wales wil be without aaron ramsey. thejuventus midfielder missed thursday's1—1 draw in slovakia. wales have played croatia 4 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 on sunday? arsenal's perfect start to the wsl season has been ended by chelsea after a thrilling late comeback this afternoon. it was 1—1 going into the last 5 minutes — until substitute maria thorisdottir curled in a stunning winner
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to take unbeaten chelsea above arsenal and into second. and manchester united recorded back to back wins after a 3—0 victory over tottenham hotspur in london. goals from kirsty hanson and jane ross came either side of an ashleigh neville own goal to seal the win. reading beat everton 3—2 in a thrilling match at adams park. it was 2—2 at the break, but lisa—marie utland popped up with the winner for the royals 20 minutes from time. elsewhere, liverpool were held at home to a 1—1 draw by bristol city and west ham beat brighton 3—1. o nto onto tennis. there's been disappointment for british number two heather watson. she's been beaten in the final of the tianjin open by rebecca peterson — the swede winning in straight sets, 6—4, 6—4. it's the second title of peterson's career — with her other title coming just last month. at the age of 15, coco gauff has become the youngest champion
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on the wta tour in 42 years. the american beat jelena ostapenko of latvia over three sets in the final of the linz open in austria. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. now on bbc news, it's time for the film review. buy from me. 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 starring sienna miller... animated fun with abominable... and will smith fighting
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himself in gemini man. let's start with american woman. sienna miller is debra, 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. she is left holding her grandson with no idea what happened. here is a clip. it's been... it's been three days since we last saw bridget. she left home around 7:00. 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,
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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. 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 people like aaron paul plays an initially charming character.
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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 is 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 able to command the centre stage and she's terrific. she plays each section of the character's life completely convincingly. 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. 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. the thing it reminded me of slightly is things like atom egoyan's the sweet hereafter or exotica. atom egoyan is very good
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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, ok, 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 it, it was originally called burning woman. i'm not sure american woman is the right title. 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 glances.
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a very, very good supporting cast. i was immersed in it, i believed in the world. the problem is the trailers are 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 but life moving on at the same time. it sounds more interesting than the trailer allows. 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, that wouldn't 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 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.
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the creature has magical powers that enables it to turn landscape into something completely different. 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. there are individual moments that made me think, that's beautiful and breathtaking. i don't think it's massively original. people have compared it to how to train your dragon. i was thinking 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 which i thought, that's beautiful, they are using the technology really well. 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.
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will smith goes head—to—head with his digitally conjured younger self. he is a retiring assassin who finds he can't retire because he is being pursued by a young hitman, who weirdly seems to know his every move. it's almost as if he is being followed by his younger self. here is a clip. stop right there! who are you? 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. you take one step closer,
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you're going to leave me no choice. gunshots 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. it turns out now they do, but it's like thejeff goldblum thing, you're so eager to see whether you could, you didn't stop to think whether you should. 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 which looks like behind—the—scenes footage. it's so real, it looks like it's not a movie,
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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, 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 and 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, but technology for its own sake feels like the tail wagging the dog. 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. yes, i've got him on speed dial. the farewell is a lovely story. have you seen it? yes.
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isn't it just 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 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 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 loved the thing — "based on an actual lie", which is a great tag line. a dvd, a musical. hitsville: the making of motown, which is a documentary about the making of motown. it's very, very authorised. it's not warts and all, but
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it's worth it for the interviews, not least because you get barry gordy and smokey robinson 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. mark, thank you very much. see you next time. and that's it. enjoy your cinema—going. goodbye. good evening. sunday brought a fair amount of clean that lasted for much of the day but it did gradually clear way for most places during the afternoon. late brightness. this was the picture on barton on see in hampshire. some clear skies as we had to the rest of this evening and overnight. rain slowly clearing from
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northern scotland. more rain arriving in... temperatures between 4-10d, but arriving in... temperatures between 4—10d, but there will be some mist and some fog patches that should clear away fairly quickly. the driest weather will be for eastern scotland, northern england. elsewhere, some heavy rain moving and swing northwards across saturn parts of it went into wales. —— central parts of england into wales. rain quite heavy and persisted for northern ireland in southwest scotland. must‘ve that ring should clear away during tuesday morning, soa clear away during tuesday morning, so a drier winter weather on tuesday. fairly light winds with some sunshine. temperatures between about 11 to 16 degrees by for —— 16 degrees. bye for now.
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this is bbc news. the headlines at 7 o'clock. the family of harry dunn — who died in a road collision with an american woman who then fled to the us — fly to the country, hoping for a meeting. we may be able to hopefully get a meeting put together. whether it is face to face or through a lawyer, not really sure on that basis yet but fingers crossed, we are stepping in the right direction. hundreds are reported to have escaped from a camp in northern syria, holding family members of islamic state fighters — as an offensive by turkey against the kurds continues. boris johnson tells his cabinet a brexit deal is on the horizon, but a statement from european commission says a lot of work remains to be done. thousands turn out to watch four of the remaining cooling towers

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