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this is bbc news. the headlines at 5pm: a fifth person has been arrested in the investigation into the 39 people found dead in a lorry, as police appeal for anyone concerned about a family members to get in touch. if you come into us, we will do everything we can to put our arm around you and take you through this process, identify as quickly as possible to see whether or not we do indeed have one of your loved ones involved in this tragic incident. england reach the final of the rugby world cup with a stunning win against defending champions new zealand in yokohama. celebrations across the country as they beat the all blacks in the tournament for the first time. and the dup leader arlene foster vows to keep opposing
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borisjohnson‘s brexit deal unless changes are made. millions of californians face having their power cut as the state battles a surge in wildfires. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. a man has been arrested who is "of interest" to police investigating the deaths of the 39 people discovered in a refrigerated truck in essex on wednesday. irish police say they have detained a man in his 20s at dublin port. four suspects remain in custody. all 39 bodies have been recovered but police say they cannot confirm
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the identity of the victims or speculate about their nationalities, although it appears several of them may be vietnamese. the vietnamese prime minister has ordered government officials to help establish the identities of the victims and to look into cases of vietnamese citizens sent abroad illegally. dci martin pasmore from essex police says that identifying the victims is their primary concern. what i've done this morning is i've met with the vietnamese ambassador, and we are building a really good and rapid rapport. again, we have agreed and i've made it perfectly clear to the ambassador that at every stage we'll be treating, you know, these individuals, victims with dignity and respect. the ambassador visited the civic centre in grays and has paid tribute there. but underlining all that, of course, we don't know
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exactly the nationality of our individuals. but at the moment, i'm going to focus and engage as much as i possibly can within the vietnamese community. and when we look at those that are abroad, we know we may be able to use fingerprints and that may speed up that process and hopefully it will. but when we look at those at home, that becomes a far more complex scenario, because it may well be that there are people watching this tonight that are thinking, "i'm here in the uk and i'm here illegally. and i want to come forward, i want to obviously try and identify my loved ones and be reunited," but they're frightened to come forward. i have met this morning and i'm aware, i think we're all aware that there are some websites that people are communicating with from abroad, that they're focusing in on from the vietnamese community. and these are websites they may use when they come to the uk normally. i've met with a facilitator of one of those websites, again for him to be able to meet me, hopefully to get some trust in me and put out to the community to take that leap of faith and please make contact with my team through our portal. because if you come into us,
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we will do everything we can to put our arms around you, take you through this process, identify as quickly as possible, to see whether or not we do indeed have one of your loved ones involved in this tragic incident and try and reunite you. the next thing, of course, will be repatriation. we're going to have to take this one step at a time. there are lots of issues that sit around these things, diplomatic issues. but we are all talking and this is the thing, this is the message really to put out, that we are communicating, we are talking and we all want one common thing, as i've said before, that is to identify our victims and reunite them with their families as quick as we possibly can. our correspondent lisa hampele is in grays. bring us up—to—date with all of the developments today. yes, that is exactly what we have been listening to and just listen to that news co nfe re nce to and just listen to that news conference about half an hour ago at
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grays police station. let me take you first to dublin because a man in his 20s was arrested there earlier today as he was getting off a ferry from france to dublin. he is a man in his early 20s and is from northern ireland and was arrested and he has been question on unrelated charges. and he is in fact in core as we speak in dublin. that is not in relation to what has been happening here but we understand that essex police are very interested in they want to talk to that man so we are waiting to find out what happens after that court case. and then taking you back here, earlier this morning, i was at tilbury docks where the container glory was taken. and we saw the last of those private ambulances taking the last bodies to the mortuary at
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the last bodies to the mortuary at the hospital in chelmsford where postmortem examinations are being carried out because they are trying desperately to identify the 39 people who died. now you just played a little bit of the press conference from the police officer. now he is in charge of identifying the victims and he is very clear that his main objective is to get trust from the community here in britain as well as people overseas because he says there are many people who are illegal immigrants in the uk but he wanted to be able to feel free to come forward because he wants to let them know and he wants to help them find out if they are desperate to find out if they are desperate to find out if they are desperate to find out about their relatives. and he says anyone who is an illegal immigrant and comes forward, they will not be prosecuted by essex police. he says as you heard earlier in that clip you played that they don't actually know the nationalities but they are focusing
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i'iow nationalities but they are focusing now on nationalities but they are focusing now on the vietnamese community because we had to be bc have been getting many people contacting us telling us that they cannot contact their loved ones. and also the organisation v at home has had at least 20 photographs given to them of people who are saying that their relatives are also travelling to britain and suddenly have come out of co nta ct. britain and suddenly have come out of contact. so he is saying please come forward directed to us, the police. lisa, thank you for that, oui’ police. lisa, thank you for that, our correspondent in a grays in essex. england's rugby team have produced one of their greatest ever performances to beat defending champions new zealand and reach the rugby world cup final injapan. the all blacks were clear favourites before the game, but england dominated, taking the lead in the second minute, and eventually winning by 19 points to 7. they'll face either wales or south africa, who play tomorrow, in the final. 0ur sports editor
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dan roan was there. not since 2003, when the world cup was won, has english rugby enjoyed a moment as enjoyable, as significant, as the one we've just witnessed here in the yokohama stadium. they came into this match very much as underdogs, they ended it as top dogs. you know, four years ago, england were humiliated on home soil in their own world cup when they crased out at the group stage. in the wake of that failure, the rfu invested heavily, they brought in the australian coach eddiejones, they tasked him with putting the pride back into english rugby and reaching the semifinals of this tournament. well, here this evening, he just went one better, and in doing so, his team have dethroned the superpowers of world rugby, the all blacks. this ends a run of six defeats against them. the last time england beat the all blacks was in 2012. they will have to wait untiltomorrow, of course, england, to discover who they will play in next week's final, either wales or south africa.
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but after a performance and a win that will never be forgotten, they now know they'll go into that final as firm favourites. as you would expect, england fans leaving the match were delighted with the team's performance. we caught up with a few of them. the way those boys played today out there for us was absolutely incredible. it was relentless from start to finish. bearing in mind that was the all blacks they were playing against, is that as good as you have ever seen them play? yeah, i would say the defence was amazing. absolutely amazing. theyjust didn't give an inch. and it was superb, fantastic. if you pick the one to 15 now, every single one of them who wears the white shirt was unbelievable. how would you sum up that performance? breathtaking. amazing. if we play like that again in the final, you don't want to count your chickens obviously. but fingers crossed, that it all goes well. if we repeat that performance, then who knows? relentless was the word. right from start to finish, absolutely fantastic. a brilliant performance from the boys. you can see them winning the world cup now?
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who knows? i don't like to count chickens. never count your chickens. if they play like that again, they win it. it is as simple as that. the atmosphere was amazing. we had a whole lot of all blacks supporters next to us at one side, and we totally drowned them out. it was just superb right from the beginning. wonderful. a really positive atmosphere as well. how good were england? really good. incredible. really, really good. her first international rugby match. a good start, yeah! i don't think she will ever be able to match that, will she? the team has been praised on social media for their heroic display. the prime minister borisjohnson said... former england player will carling said...
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and jonny wilkinson, the player who scored the winning points in england's last world cup triumph 16 years ago, he said... the leader of the democratic unionist party, arlene foster, has underlined her party's opposition to boris johnson's proposed brexit deal. in her speech to the dup conference this afternoon, mrs foster accused the prime minister of breaking commitments he gave at the event last year. she warned that her party would not lend its crucial ten votes to passing the withdrawal agreement. 0n brexit, we will not give support to the government when we believe they are fundamentally wrong and acting in a way that is detrimental to northern ireland and taking us in the wrong direction.
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we will oppose them, and we will use our votes to defeat them. and let me say clearly from this platform today that we want to support a deal, a deal that works for the whole of the united kingdom and which does not leave northern ireland behind. but without change, we will not vote for the prime minister's agreement. it would be bad for northern ireland economically and will weaken the foundations of this great united kingdom. now, the brexit secretary says there will not be northern ireland to great britain paperwork, then he says they're will. the prime minister says there will not be checks, but then we are told there will be. now, we are told it can be sorted out by a joint committee with the european union. look, we have been clear, we have been honest with the government throughout this process and we expect the same in return! the customs and consent arrangements must be revisited and a one—nation approach adopted. we worked intensively with the government over recent
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weeks to try to reach a fair and balanced deal. we were not seeking a perfect deal, because no such deal exists. we were seeking a deal which delivered brexit without erecting barriers to trade. some breaking news to bring you now in relation to the deaths of those 39 people in the container lori in essex on wednesday. news just into us essex on wednesday. news just into us that maurice robinson, who is aged 25 and was the driver of that lori, has been charged with 39 cou nts lori, has been charged with 39 counts of manslaughter and conspiracy to traffic people. that is coming into us from essex police. so yet again come up maurice robinson has been charged with 39 cou nts robinson has been charged with 39 counts of manslaughter and conspiracy to traffic people and
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thatis conspiracy to traffic people and that is over the lorry trailer deaths in grays in essex and essex police have confirmed those charges. viewers are bbc one willjoin us shortly with a write up for the news today but before that... there have been more violent clashes in iraq today despite protest leaders agreeing to pause demonstrations to give the government time to find solutions to their demands. the bbc understands two people have been killed and more than two dozen injured across the country today. yesterday, at least 50 people were killed and 2000 others were injured after security forces used live rounds and tear gas against demonstrators. the protests began three weeks ago against corruption, lack ofjobs and economic hardship. the iraqi prime minister has refused to step down but promised to reshuffle his cabinet.
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dr renad mansour, project director of the iraq initiative at chatham house, said the protesters' ultimate aim is to change the entire political system in iraq. for some time, there has been a sort of gap between the people and the rulers in iraq. it was for many seen that the next fault line, the iraq that we once thought was a fault line between sunnis and shias and kurds has actually shifted to a fault line between a majority of the population and the rulers. the rulers who have ruled since 2003 without any accountability and also without any ability to provide basic services. so over the past few years, iraqis have really realised that the only voice they have is not in the ballot boxes or with parliamentarians but through protests. so they have gone to the streets to protest, famously last year and this year in baghdad, but something has changed and violence has entered
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into the equation. but we have seen in baghdad is over 150 people earlier in the month being targeted and killed by the state security forces and their paramilitary allies. so the situation is tense and the sort of post—2003 iraqi state is on the brink at the moment as most of these protesters, they don't call for the end of one leader, one prime minister, one party, even, they are talking about anti—system change, they want to change the whole entire post—2003 structure that they feel was imposed on them in 2003 by both the americans and the foreign iraqi elites who came to iran after 2003. you say something has changed and as we have seen, the situation has tipped over into violence, what has changed and why now? it seems that, you know, these protests have been going on for several years. year after year, they're realising that their government, their very own leaders are just
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unable to deliver reforms. so their demands are becoming louder and louder, and the leadership in baghdad is more sort of, the contestations internally stronger than ever, and they are realising there is an existential threat here. the protesters are anti—system, so to kind of have an option, a response to that, some of them have chosen to use violence, violence to stop protest because theyjust don't know any other way or they can't think of any other way how they can sort of remedy that massive gap that has increased between most of iraq's citizens those very wealthy elite who sit sort of in the green zones and really have nothing, don't have much to do with the normal iraqi. we understand protest leaders and demonstrators have now paused their demonstrations to give the government a chance to find solutions to meet their demands, in reality, what can the government do? it'll be difficult for the government.
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first of all, it's hard to really talk about who represents these protests. it's not one movement, even many protest leaders don't command the entire movement, they are very sporadic, these protests. so it's hard to see how one could control them, they‘ re leaderless. the government will try, and the prime minister a few nights ago came out and gave this reform package, very similar, talking about shuffling the cabinet, bringing about electoral law change, they've heard it before, and i think it's increasingly falling on deaf ears and most iraqis just don't believe that the corrupt can fight corruption and effectively fight themselves out of office.
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police charge the driver of the essex lorry with 39 counts of manslaughter and conspiracy to traffic people. maurice robinson is also charged with conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration and money laundering. england overcome the reigning champions new zealand and storm to their first final in 12 years in the rugby world cup. and the wildfires in california — fears of high winds to come, which could damage power lines.
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good evening. police have charged a man with 39 counts of manslaughter and conspiracy to traffic people after 39 bodies were discovered in a refrigerated lorry container in essex. maurice robinson, the 25—year—old driver, will appear at chelmsford magistrates‘ court on monday. severalfamilies in vietnam have contacted the bbc, fearing relatives are among the dead. a fifth person was arrested today in dublin in connection with the deaths. jon donnison reports. this morning, at tilbury docks, or bodyis this morning, at tilbury docks, or body is driven away by a private inhabitants. all 39 have been removed from the container. they have been taken to broomfield hospital in chelmsford for postmortem examinations. but essex police say identifying those who died will take time. the focus is now on the vietnamese community.
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died will take time. the focus is now on the vietnamese communitylj have now on the vietnamese community.” have met with the vietnamese ambassador and we are building a really good and rapid rapport. again, we have agreed and i have made it clear to the ambassador that at every stage we will treat these individuals with dignity and respect. but underlying that, we don't know exactly the nationality of that individual but i will focus and engage as much as i can within the vietnamese community. in vietnam, that family of one victim was already grieving. he left behind his wife and young son to come to the uk and his father says he feels certain his son was inside the lorry. translation: he was on that truck, and he must be one of them. he has gone now, there is nothing left of him, he died. father anthony isa left of him, he died. father anthony is a vietnamese priest who has been
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speaking to families whose relatives are missing. translation: they were under way to a new life but they lost their lives, he says. district is in sorrow, it is a tragedy for the whole country to bear. at 21—year—old is another feared victim under glasgow we spoke to a friend who was hoping to see her once she arrived in the uk. he didn't want to be identified. translation:” arrived in the uk. he didn't want to be identified. translation: i have spoken to some of the families and they told me their daughters and sons travelled on that day. they know about the news but they don't wa nt to know about the news but they don't want to believe it. they are waiting for the miracle. in central vietnam, another makeshift shrine. set up at home. herfamily another makeshift shrine. set up at home. her family are also fearing the worst. all they can do is wait for confirmation of what they think they already know. and to confirm that news from the
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last few minutes in essex, essex police say they have charged 25—year—old maurice robinson from northern ireland, the lorry driver, with 39 counts of manslaughter and he has also been charged with conspiracy to commit illegal trafficking of people and conspiracy to assist illegal immigration and money laundering. he is due to appear at chelmsford magistrates‘ court on monday. john, thank you. england‘s rugby team produced one of their greatest ever performances to beat defending champions new zealand and reach the rugby world cup final injapan. the all blacks were clear favourites before the game, but england dominated, taking the lead in the second minute and eventually winning by 19 points to 7. they‘ll face either wales or south africa — who play tomorrow — in the final. our sports editor, dan roan reports from yokohama. capturing the moment. 12 long years they have had to wait to say "we were there", to witness their team playing a game of such magnitude.
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opponents more used to such occasions arriving quietly confident. taking on rugby‘s dominant force is always special, but with a place in the world cup final on the line, this was a match of truly epic proportions. from the start, there was an edge to england, encroaching into all black territory before the action had even begun. making a formation of their own during the haka. v for victory. if they were intimidated, it certainly did not look it. the tone had been sent. england starting with such ferocious intensity, able to pick and drive over within two minutes. this the quickest try new zealand and had ever conceded in a world cup. england were in no mood to loosen their grip. george ford‘s penalty giving them a precious ten—point lead at half—time. the only points new zealand could muster came from an england mistake, a poor line—out pounced on. but that was as good as it got for the reigning champions.
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this england team does not buckle like it has in the past, defending like men possessed. their relentless hunger earning crucial points from the boot of ford. new zealand were running out of time. they had not tasted defeat in this competition since 2007. but they had been outplayed and their dream of a third successive world cup triumph over, along with their reign. coach eddiejones masterminding one of the great england performances in any sport. rugby‘s world order had a new power. i‘d like to pay respects to new zealand, who won two world cups in a row and it been a great team so we had to dig really deep to beat them. and having seen their team secure a first—ever world cup win over new zealand, england‘s fans can continue their celebrations for another week. that is how we thought they were going to play and we hoped they would play and they did. the way the boys played today out there for us was incredible. it was relentless from start to finish. not since 2003 when the world cup was one has england rugby enjoyed
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a moment quite like this. four years on from their failure in the last tournament, pride has been restored and the superpower of the sport has been dethroned. tomorrow, england will discover if they will face wales or south africa in next weekend‘s final, but whoever it is, they will start as firm favourites after a win they will never forget. dan roan, bbc news, yokohama. a third man been arrested over the deaths of two teenagers at a house party in milton keynes last weekend. i7—year—olds ben gillham—rice and dom ansah died after being attacked at a birthday party in archford croft. two suspects have now appeared in court. both have been remanded in custody. the family of a british student who disappeared after a party on a cambodian island has flown out to join the search for her. 21—year old amelia bambridge from worthing was last seen in the backpacker resort of koh rong on wednesday. her handbag has been found on a nearby beach.
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the democratic unionist party in northern ireland has vowed to oppose the prime minister‘s brexit deal in the coming weeks. dup leader arlene foster told the party conference today her mps would use their votes in westminster to defeat the prime minister. it was a marked contrast to last year, which saw a star turn from mrjohnson. here‘s our ireland correspondent, emma vardy — and a warning, there‘s some flash photography in her report. what a difference. this time last year it was boris johnson walking onto this stage to rapturous applause. today, he was scolded by the dup leader. rather than have boris with us today, we have had to send him to the naughty step in parliament twice in this last week. twice! the party has refused to support the government on the crucial brexit brexit votes same borisjohnson sacrifice we will not give support
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to the government and we believe they are fundamentally wrong and acting in a way that is detrimental to northern ireland and taking us in the wrong direction. last year, borisjohnson was warmly welcomed when he said no government should put a border down the irish sea. but his revised brexit deal requires new checks at northern ireland‘s ports to keep frictionless trade over the irish land border. it is a concession that for the dup undermines northern ireland‘s place in the united kingdom, which arlene foster had promised to uphold. now more than ever, let us stand strong for the union. thank you very much. arlene foster was quick to remind delegates the dup votes in westminster have made a difference in recent days. and despite what members see as borisjohnson‘s betrayal
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getting the prime minister to change course in the days ahead. you like you just have to go back and think very ha rd you just have to go back and think very hard about how you can get back to votes. it is a simple as that. there is arithmetic to be played.” don't see any future for boris, i have to say. why can't the price for a future with eu has been losing the support of allies here. there have been reports of further violence in iraq... there have been more violent clashes in iraq today despite protest leaders agreeing to pause demonstrations to give the government time to find solutions to their demands. the bbc understands two people have been killed and more than two dozen injured across the country today. yesterday, at least 50 people were killed and 2000 others were injured after security forces used live rounds and tear gas against demonstrators. the protests began three weeks ago against corruption, lack ofjobs and economic hardship. the iraqi prime minister has refused to step down, but promised to reshuffle his cabinet. millions of people in california face having their power cut as emergency services battled to
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rapidly spreading wildfires in the state. 50,000 people have... through smoke and flames, help from the skies. emergency services at either end of the state, tackling wildfires driven by 70 mph gales. wine country north of san francisco under threat. everyone evacuate! the fire's coming up! and fear further south in santa clarita. 50,000 residents forced to evacuate. two days now, two very long, sad, disappointing days. there's nothing to burn in my area. it all burned out. literally around two, three in the morning, it felt like it was a train ripping through my car. even pets had to seek sanctuary. there has been limited damage, no injuries reported and most fires are under control. but rising winds may stoke the flames.
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we‘re potentially going to see a historical wind event. and it has us highly concerned that the vulnerable areas of california could see some explosive fires. for now, then, firefighters must watch and wait. angus crawford, bbc news. with all the sport now, here‘s lizzie greenwood—hughes at the bbc sport centre. hello. thanks very much. good evening. well, away from the rugby world cup, manchester city have closed the gap on leaders liverpool to just 3 points in the premier league. the defending champions comfortably beat a determined aston villa side, as patrick gearey reports. you will forgive man city for being a little fidgety, they began saturday third, six points behind liverpool but then they have weathered such storms before. they we re weathered such storms before. they were gritting teeth in the first half, aston villa asked awkward questions of the goalkeeper then the referee and the video referees. no
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penalty here. at times the city over elaborated, seconds after the break they made the equation simpler. one pass, one touch and one man in the form of his life dash i—0. raheem sterling. the second was more complicated, they go credited to kevin de bruyne but was there another touch? offside? technology does not bring certainty. they stuck with the goal. no gray areas with the result, only swarming blue shorts and eventually a third for going to ground. if there are problems for city they are at the other end, this foul earned fernandinho a suspension. they could do with that another day, cityjust three points behind liverpool in the rain had passed. patrick gearey, bbc news. elsewhere, brighton beat everton with more var controversy. the other games were draws and chelsea have just kicked—off against burnley. today‘s results in the scottish premiership. joint leaders — celtic and rangers are both in action tomorrow. today, hibs drew with
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ross county, kilmarnock beat st mirren, livingston v hearts was goalless and hamilton lost at bottom side stjohnstone. great britain‘s return to international rugby league for the first time in 12 years has ended in defeat. they were beaten iii—6 by a tonga invitational team, part of a four—match tour of new zealand and papua new guinea. the home nations will continue to compete seperately at world cups. lewis hamilton could seal his 6th formula one world title this weekend. but the reigning champion was lith fastest in final practise for tomorrow‘s mexican grand prix, behind the pace setting ferrari‘s and his mercedes team—mate, valterri bottas. hamilton needs to outscore bottas by iii points or more to claim the title with three races to go. that‘s it from me, the bbc sport website has more on england‘s mammouth win over the all blacks and all the build—up to wales‘ semi—final against south africa. but for now, back to you.
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there‘s more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. we‘re back with the late news at 10pm. now on bbc one, it‘s time for the news where you are. goodbye. mainly wet in places thanks to this weather front. going through the first part of tonight, eventually clearing. we clearer, much colder night. blustery showers. when tunis over the hills. a chilly end to the night as temperatures out of town touching close to freezing. don‘t forget the clocks go back one hour tonight. that means you get an extra hourin tonight. that means you get an extra hour in bed. what a difference a day makes. lovely, bright, cold, bright and sunny day for england and wales, big difference here. the country
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will be quite blustery across scotla nd will be quite blustery across scotland and the showers may be wintry of the higher ground. lower temperatures across the board. 11-13dc. into temperatures across the board. 11—13dc. into next week, high pressure dominates, things are to dry with some sunshine.
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good evening. it was a thoroughly semi final good evening. it was a thoroughly semifinal in good evening. it was a thoroughly semi final in yokohama think that getting through to the rugby world cup semifinal after beating new zealand by 19.27. they dominated the number one team and defending champions. england head coach eddie jones said he knew what they had to do to beat the all blacks. great coach, good, great captain. we had to battle ha rd coach, good, great captain. we had to battle hard today. you‘re always going on with an idea of how you wa nt going on with an idea of how you want the game to be. it never goes exactly like that and you‘ve just got to give so much credit. they
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we re got to give so much credit. they were fighting right to the end. we had to dig deep to wind that game. the england captain said the teen‘s success the england captain said the teen‘s su ccess was the england captain said the teen‘s success was down to the preparation before the game and also having the right mindset. feeling calm going into the game, feeling in control of what you are doing. that comes from our preparation we put in a new week to make sure you can feel like that because you cannot fake that when you‘re out there. especially in a big test match. if you see when they scored points today, we were on the post after that and it showed in our next actions. for the reigning champions — new zealand — it is the first time they‘ve lost a game at the world cup for 12 years. the third place play off next friday will be head coach steve hansen‘s final game in charge of the all blacks.
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and in his press conference following the defeat he was upset with a question from one of the members of the media aimed at his captain kieran reid. the all blacks were accused of not being hungry. iasked the all blacks were accused of not being hungry. i asked them at half—time to get hungrier. it doesn‘t mean to say they didn‘t show up doesn‘t mean to say they didn‘t show up to be hungry. there is a big difference and if you want to spend some time, i will give you a rugby indication on that one. to turn up and say an all blacks team comes to and say an all blacks team comes to a semifinal of the rugby world cup with the amount of ability and history that a tad behind it, to say that‘s not hungry, that‘s a pretty average. . . so who will england play next? it could be wales, they take on south africa in the second semi—final tomorrow and earlier they held their captain‘s run training session at their tokyo base, before heading to yokohama. this is wales‘s second semi—final appearance in three tournaments. wing george north is one of four players starting against south africa, who were in the team that narrowly lost to france the last time they reached the semis —
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eight years ago. and north admits that his form injapan has been "mixed" — but he believes wales are in a stronger position than ever to reach a first final. we fared very well this week. as i said, obviously the france game is ideal to bounce off us. i think from one to the whole squad, 31, 32, the preparation has been brilliant. i think the most annoying thing now is just waiting for the game and you‘re chomping at the bit to get involved and get in the mix. onto football and there are 5 matches in the premier league today, with leaders liverpool playing tomorrow — so manchester city capitalized by closing the gap to 3 points with a 3—nil win over aston villa. all the goals were in the second half — raheem sterling giving city the lead just 28 seconds in. city then had to wait until the sixty fifth minute
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to double that lead, david silva just getting on the end of kevin de bruyne‘s cross. minutes later ilkay gundogan confirmed city‘s return to second place in the table — liverpool play tottenham tomorrow. i don‘t know if we played good the second half but we scored a goal early because the second half was different. anyway, so, we won. brighton snatched a late winner to come from behind to beat struggling everton. pressure ilucas digne scored an own goal in injury time. the ar is to be the same for both
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sides. —— var, i don‘t know if they a lwa ys sides. —— var, i don‘t know if they always do the same, we will see 20 panel —— make 20 penalties each weekend in the premier league. it‘s easy to look for this match. if you so easy to look for this match. if you so that penalty, you have to do it 15 minutes before because it is a clear penalty. the referee cannot see that, making mistakes. you referees make mistakes as well because it‘s a tough game always. the ar is there and if you see the penalty, you have to see it 15 minutes before. his side and a point at west ham. the home side took the lead just before the break through robert snodgrass. both sides now have 13 points from ten games. he was confirmation of those results...
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with the scottish premiership‘s top 4 playing each other tomorrow — results today were all about the lower end of the table.... i , manicjump ,manicjump into , manicjump into the top three for now after winning. both edinburgh clu bs now after winning. both edinburgh clubs struggle. it was drawing with ross county and livingston holding heart to a 0—0 draw. after a twelve year absence, great britain‘s rugby league lions returned to play an international match in new zealand, but lost 1li—6 to a tonga invitational fifteen. the match in hamilton was given official test status by the international rugby league, despite a dispute with tonga‘s governing body. our rugby league correspondent dave woods was watching. 2007 since great britain last played under that banner but it was not to be their night. fantastic performance by tonga and a huge
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result for international rugby league. what the great britain learn from that defeat? you cannot get a tea m from that defeat? you cannot get a team like tonga, and established top four team, such superstars in the game, a starand four team, such superstars in the game, a star and they did. football allowed to continue and draw the line theme down the field. couldn‘t call that deficit back in the second half, that is the facet of international football and what you need to recognise for that if you give 80 may start, it‘s difficult to quarterback. great britain not too far away. what lessons do they take to next week now? from a kick, ricocheted kick that we saw the resulting scores and justly tabled a bit rusty in the second half. we will be more ready next week. great result from the international rugby league, not from britain but the tottenham fans behind us cannot believe how much their site has come on any few years. a brilliant result
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for international rugby league. not a disaster for the alliance because they've got three more games on the strip to prove their worth. great britain playing here tonight, going up britain playing here tonight, going up against the best and the best. a real tough challenge next week at eden park. they will have to be better than they were tonight. rugby union‘s domestic season battles on despite several players at the world cup. gloucester have made it two wins out of two in the premiership so far. they beat wasps 25—9 to move up to second — withjoe simpson scoring two of their three tries — against his former club. northampton are top after beating worcester, while there were also wins for harlequins and sale. in the pro 1a, the dragons have eased to their second win of the new season. they beat glasgow 18—5, taine basham with the first of their two tries. elsewhere, benetton beat
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the southern kings 36—30. lewis hamilon could wrap up this year‘s formula one drivers‘ championship if results go his way in tomorrow‘s mexican grand prix. but if practice is anything to go by, the briton will struggle to get the points this week. he could only manage fourth fastest behind the ferraris of sharl leclair and sebastian vettel and the other mercedes of valtteri bottas. hamilton needs to out score his team mate by 1a points to secure a 6th world title tomorrow. there‘s a huge night of boxing ahead with scotland‘sjosh taylor headlining at london‘s o2 arena. he‘s fighting american regis prograis with both boxers putting their world super—lightweight belts on the line, as well as their unbeaten records. prograis is the bookmakers‘ favourite to win — but has never fought outside of the united states. before taylor and prograis enter the ring, dereck chisora will be hoping to move a step closer to a world heavyweight title shot. to do that he‘ll need
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to beat david price in an all british showdown — with price looking for a fourth successive victory. that‘s all the sport for now. now on bbc news it is time for the film review. hello, and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news to take us the film review on bbc news to take us through this week‘s summer releases is mark kermode. as ever, hello. a very interesting week. a sundance film festival hit... we have an extraordinary feature film by andrew landis. and cut black and chemic blue, a thriller. a lot of
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talk about all of these. there has. young san francisco. might this was a film that was funded initially by crowdfunding. an idea that did really well. it is co—written by. a man who is desperate to retweet his family home in the film industry, the upmarket one. he‘s a very good friend with whom he tours around the city but they have been pushed to the outskirts and they visit this house regularly which is now lived in bya house regularly which is now lived in by a white couple who he believes do not look after the house properly. he turns up and start painting the windowsill. he says, go away, it‘s our house. you‘re not looking after it. there i‘ve to say that one day they have been thrown out of the house, they have an inheritance problem and it is empty. he decides we will move back in and coast to see his aunt and get all the furniture that used to be in the house before they moved out is included. —— before they moved out. usa clip.”
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they moved out. usa clip. i swear to god. this is for us. 0k. i missed that city. it has a surreal comic element to it. there‘s also a lot of pathos and an elephant of tragedy about it. on the one hand, it‘s about how place changes through gentrification. the whole thing is his grandfather made the house and they want to get back to
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it. on the other hand, it‘s about how any place changes depending on how any place changes depending on how you look at it. there is a lovely thing about the two main characters skateboarding through the city and you see the city passing by them but you also see the bond between them because one has to put their hand on the other one‘s shoulders. and it‘s about people and places being intertwined. the director said it was a love story between a man and a house. it‘s partly about history, partly personal relationships and it has the most wonderful score that i had not come across the person‘s work before and the score lends a fairy tale aspect to the story goes on the one hand it‘s a story about a prince being exiled from his castle. it absolutely isn‘t all that is a thread of anger in the narrative, but what is lovely about it is it is strangely gentle.
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strangely gentle, strangely serene, almost dreamy. i spent a long time watching it thinking the real genius of this — on the one hand, the music is fabulous, and it has this look about it which is you get into the rhythm of the piece, you learn to slightly slow yourself down and attune to the frequency of the film. it is very rich, often very funny but also it has a real tragic comic dark heart to it. it is about a very real thing, something changing, about memory, about history and about gentrification, but also it is kind of a fairy tale. it was made from the ground up for very little money and it was backed by brad pitt‘s plan b. it‘s really remarkable. interesting. i don‘t even know how to begin to describe the second film, thankfully you‘re here! i haven‘t seen it yet. i am bemused trying to read about it. monos almost defies description by words because it is
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a audio visual experience. it is directed by alejandro landes who is a colombian ecuadorian film—maker. it is a story about teenage guerrilla soldiers in an unnamed location on the top of a mountain above the cloud line where they are being trained and looking after american prisoners. we don‘t have geopolitical details of where they are, even when this is and how this got there. at the beginning they are being trained by somebody called the messenger who leaves them to their own devices. there is a motive in the film of a pig‘s head on a stick which immediately makes you think lord of the flies. there is a lot of lord of the flies. there is a lot of heart of darkness and by extension, coppola‘s apocalypse now. also, this reminded me of a strange movie about child soldiers called johnny mad dog which is very hallucinogenic, very moving, very upsetting and horrifying. i also saw echoes of other films. it is a film which is so kaleidoscopic that despite the fact it is about, on the one hand, child soldiers, it is about so much more. it is a coming of age story.
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it has this universal feel because you never know where the story is taking place or when. it is about the group dynamics between this cast fracture and splinter. the cast is made up of, on the one hand, people who have never done any on—screen work before and on the other hand, at least one cast member was a regular on hannah montana and is the comic lead in kings of summer, which is my favourite coming—of—age movie, and who i did not recognise until halfway through the film. it has a score by mica levi, that is quite the most astonishing thing i have heard in years. it is brilliant, it is absolutely brilliant and indescribable. i was about to say defies description. yes. the third choice, naomie harris, i love her. she is great. tell me it‘s great, please. she‘s the best thing in it. it is a very nuts and bolts thriller with a nice set—up. she is a rookie policeman, there is racism in the force. but the film is called black and blue, and she is told
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she has to decide between being black or blue. now she is blue, she is a policewoman. very early on she sees her colleagues committing an appalling act which she accidentally films on her body cam. then they are after her and she is in an area in which the criminals are after her as well. she is on the run from everyone. here‘s a clip. hello? it's me, it's me. the hell is going on? is that blood? i need sugar. look, i don't know what's going on but you can't be in here. i've been shot. what? what do you mean? can i use your phone? who shot you? can i use your phone? you got to go. i don't want no part to this. the police is riding around here all the time, they'll help you. it was the cops that shot me.
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that‘s a great set up and she is really terrific and she elevates it from being essentially a nuts and bolts b—movie thriller into being something more than that. narratively there‘s a weird echo of — do you remember that film set in belfast called 71, about a british squaddie who is suddenly separated and finds himself trapped in this area where he doesn‘t understand the situation, doesn‘t understand the landscape. it takes place over one night. this has a similar sort of claustrophobia to it. it is very efficiently put together, there are some very tense set pieces. as the narrative goes on, it becomes slightly more and more unbelievable and in the end it becomes rather ridiculous but all the way through it, you believe in her. because you believe in her, you believe in the story. i am a real suckerfor a well executed picture. a well executed stripped down picture which is what this is. it may well be more at home on dvd or in streaming. i don‘t think it will be a huge cinema hit but i think she is really great and it is done efficiently
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by someone who understands. the director comes from a horror thriller background, and that is a great thing, that‘s a really good training ground, and i think she really elevates it to the next level. ok, best out is probably something we all need to cheer us up in these dark times. 90 minutes of pure goodness, the shaun the sheep movie, farmageddon. i am a huge aardman fan anyway. me too. ijust smiled and laughed and giggled all the way through. it is a shaun the sheep movie with a kind of et twist. it doesn‘t matter what age you are, it is just so charming and funny and moving and made with real care and love, and i am a huge silent movie fan. there is no dialogue in it. so much is to do with silent movie humour. incidentally, the combine harvester is a setup for a gag which i laughed about for about three minutes. honestly, it will make everyone feel the world is a better place, it is so lovely. i think we should have that on prescription then, the whole nation.
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really should, don‘t feel very well, see farmageddon you will feel better. quick talk about dvds. very quickly, brightburn did not take a huge amount of money in cinemas. it is a dark take on the superman origins myth. i do not know much about it and consequently i really enjoyed it. i like the idea of taking a story that people know quite well and flipping it. it is not the most original thing in the world, it takes a lot of influences from predecessor writing and also films, but i liked the strength of its convictions and it seemed to take itself seriously enough to work. it is a dark take on the superman origins myth. i know you have a certain fondness for superhero movies. i‘m certainly married to someone who loves all of that. that will be on our shelf. exactly. but farmageddon, farmageddon, farmageddon. double bill, farmageddon and monos, your mind will be blown.
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that‘s my weekend sorted, thank you very much. enjoy your cinema going, whatever you see. really, really interesting week. thanks for being with us, see you next time. bye— bye. hello, much of scotland and northern ireland have plenty of sunshine. a few showers around but for england and wales, thoroughly wet in places like this where the front solely pushing its way southwards and eastward this evening into the first pa rt eastward this evening into the first part of the night, eventually clearing away into the near continent, taking the strong winds with it. then a dry and clearer, much colder night to come. so if you blustery showers across the northern half of scotland with some wintering over the hills of the chili into the night, temperatures out of town touching close to freezing. don‘t forget the clocks go back one hour tonight. that means you get an extra hourin tonight. that means you get an extra hour in bed on sunday morning and what a difference a day makes. a
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