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hello this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines: manchester united captain harry maguire pleads not guilty and is released from police custody, following his arrest on the greek island of mykonos. uk tourists who've been on holiday to croatia, austria and trinidad and tobago now have to isolate for m days when they get back. being in croatia, there were only a few options, which were to get to slovenia or to get to italy, and neither were possible. after france and now croatia, no holiday can be guaranteed. hundreds of thousands of people in north west england are told not to socialise with anyone outside their household to stem coronavirus infections. russian opposition leader
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alexei navalny is receiving treatment in berlin after being airlifted out of russia, where he fell seriously ill. thank you for your company throughout the afternoon. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm hugh ferris. our top stories: when rain clouds clear, records appear. zak crawley basks in the southampton sunshine as england pile on the runs against pakistan. saracens hold off a harlequins fightback to win the london derby. and for the first time since the premiership resumption. and dillian whyte‘s big night. can the british heavyweight set up a long—awaited tilt at the world title?
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hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm hugh ferris. thanks forjoining us on sportsday. england batsman zak crawley has delivered on his huge potential on day two of the final test against pakistan. his maiden test century quickly became a maiden double century before he was eventually out for 267 on a day england's batsmen have totally dominated. henry morean is at southampton for us. firstly, henry, what's the latest score? a declaration, what is the latest score. 583 — eight. they have allowed himself about an hour to bowl what will inevitably be at the retired pakistan side. they have been out of the field for two days now with england piling on the run
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and ensuring they have set themselves up in a position where they cannot lose the game now surely. they are one nil up in the series. let's ta ke series. let's take the two centurion batsmen. zak crawley, who had not even scored a test century until today. it is a pretty good first turn for his record. yes, you cannot argue with that performance, 267, the third jogging england batsmen. the tenth highest individual score by an england batsmen in a test match —— the third youngest. we did wonder whether he might reach the 300 mark but eventually he was stabbed in the innings, it had to come to an end. the question for zak crawley today was could he build on the innings yesterday? are to go on from the 171 overnight? he answered that emphatically, he went big. zak emphatically, he went big. za k crawley emphatically, he went big. zak crawley playing some of those
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lovely shots in the sunshine in southampton, really impressive innings today. he would not have got to where he managed to get without the support ofjos buttler, who like himself, had his highest first—class court today. 152 forjos buttler, a nervous moment on 99. he was waiting to get to 100 for quite was given out on 99. he reviewed it immediately. he thinks he has not got anything on it, but the surprise ——jos got anything on it, but the surprise —— jos buttler survived and went on to meet that score. this is a man who has a difficult summer behind the stumps as wicketkeeper and had only scored one test century and not ina losing only scored one test century and not in a losing cause a couple of years ago to score a big century in a game like this with the sort of attack that pakistan has is a huge statement, not only about the batting ability of jos statement, not only about the batting ability ofjos buttler but also about the mentality ofjos buttler and i think is answered a
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few of his critics today. henry, thank you. the pakistan innings about to start. you can follow it on the bbc sport website and on the radio as well. england captain owen farrell helped saracens to a win in the premiership london derby this afternoon in what was his first game since the beginning of march. he scored 16 points but none of the four tries in their 36—24 victory over harlequins, as craig templeton reports. blue skies in what has been the stormiest of saracen seasons. despite relegation, a london derby against harlequin still carries weight. there wasn't much of a wait for the opening try. sean maitland with a pillow what, five points on the board. they added another through maro itoje, before aled got a can davies got a score. tensions can in - fixture but davies got a score. tensions can a in fixture but davies got a score. tensions can a bit in fixture but davies got a score. tensions can a bit of l in - fixture but davies got a score. tensions can a bit of a | in - fixture but davies got a score. tensions can a bit of a grapple ’ixture but davies got a score. tensions can a bit of a grapple and re but davies got a score. tensions can a bit of a grapple and a but davies got a score. tensions can a bit of a grapple and a bitt after a bit of a grapple and a bit ofa after a bit of a grapple and a bit of a push, it was back to the action. a lot of the action came from the
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boot of owen farrell, another pinpoint his 200th pinpoint performance on his 200th game for the club. harlequins had ground to make up, something that paul lasike took as a personal challenge. the camera may have challenge. the camera mavhave, . missed is second try, don't worry opened quins opened quins but opened” ., ,, .. qums but sure 5d~ ~ ~ —— quins g! sure ed?! bonus quins but a = sure ed?! bonus northampton kept their play—off push on track with a bonus point win over london irish. ahsee tuala, their samoan fullback, with the fourth try in the final minutes of the game. and bath are also hunting down a spot in the end of season play—offs. a bonus point win for them too, against leicester tigers, sees them keep in touch with the top four. tom de glanville, son of former england captain phil, scoring their sixth try in the 38—11win. it's been 169 days since there was any rugby in wales
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but the pro14 returned today with scarlets beating the cardiff blues. and it was a convincing win for scarlets. 32—12 the final score. wingerjohnny mcnicholl scoring their fifth try in the bonus point victory, keeping alive their hopes of getting into the play—offs. glasgow are currently 15—13 up against edinburgh. 15 minutes left in that one. catala ns dragons beat wakefield trinity 36 points to 2a to set up a challenge cup quarter—final against sa lfo rd. wakefield hadn't recovered from their superleague thrashing at the hands of the french side last weekend. josh drinkwater was the man of the match for setting up three tries including a couple as part of david mead's hattrick. the lead of the women's british open after three rounds is being held by a player whose world ranking is outside the top 300. germany's sophia popov is three clear of the field. let's head to royal troon and speak
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to our correspondent iain carter. iain, the field has had slightly easier conditions today. has the filtered improvement, we have been speaking about the weather? a little bit of respite has been available to the players today, they went is not as strong as they we re they went is not as strong as they were in the first two days and that was very strong. tell a testing breeze, sweeping across the course, a lot of crosswinds for the place to negotiate. we saw some several improvement in the schools today. sophia popov is the leader, ranked 304 in sophia popov is the leader, ranked 30a in the world, round in 67, the first round of the championship with no bogeys on it at all and at four under par she leads. you mention sophia popov, what kind of achievement would it be, women outside of the rankings but also to never win a professional tournament before, was the one it would be to win. she has not won on the tour but she
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is on the lesser toes. she has enjoyed a victory. i wonder if it is an omen. she has played a fair amount of links golf growing up into the game. she was perhaps coming into this was something of a dark horse. let's make no mistake, it would be a huge shock where she to go on and win a major run 30a in the world, playing on the feeder tour into the lg pa, not even the main circuit. an externally performed so far for this american born german, we wait to see whether she can turn that into victory tomorrow. ian, thank you very much indeed. a fascinating day and prospect tomorrow in the final day of the tisch women's open. —— british women's. later champions celtic will play their first league match since the restrictions placed on them for breaking coronavirus
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protocol. it is currently goalless. while there are three 3pm kick offs, so these are all into the second half. while hamilton's winner at motherwell came four minutes from time. reigning moto gp world champion marc marquez will not win a fifth title in a row. the spaniard has been ruled out for up to a further three months because of the broken arm he suffered in the first race of the truncated season, which will end on november the 22nd. marquez has won six of the last seven world titles. meanwhile, pol espargaro has claimed pole position for sunday's styrian moto gp race in austria. it's the first time the 29—year—old spaniard has secured the top spot on the grid in seven seasons in motogp. valentino rossi will start 14th after crashing in the opening session. britain's cal crutchlow and bradley smith will start from 17th and 18th. tonight, heavyweight contenders dillian whyte and alexander povetkin meet for the chance to get a shot at the wbc world title and possibly tyson fury.
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for whyte, that opportunity has been a long time coming. alex gulrajani has the story. the lights, the glamour, the hype. even in a global pandemic, boxing has still got the stardust. from empty casinos and tv studios, to a back garden in essex. that is where you will find heavyweight contender dillian whyte this weekend, who faces former world champion alexander povetkin. he's only come up short twice in 42 fights. he's still got punch power, he's still got good timing and he has the ability to come back. what makes him dangerous is he will look at me thinking, this guy is an inexperienced guy. my experience, my championship level compared to this guy, i can beat this guy, that's what makes him really dangerous. he believes that he can beat me. well, victory for either man will guarantee them a shot at the world title. something that dillian whyte has been waiting
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for since 2017 when he became the wbc‘s number one contender. a fight against the then champion deontay wilder never materialised. wilder fought different opponents, including tyson fury who he lost to in february of this year. whyte though remained active throughout, waited for his chance until an issue with uk anti—doping meant he was charged injuly 2019. those charges were dropped in december last year and now whyte stands as close as he's ever been to a chance of winning a heavyweight fight title. —— the heavyweight world title. dillian was involved in a situation in which he was, by merit, ranked number one, but there was another matter to contend. we have had so much confusion and disappointments with that situation of dillian and today, he is the wbc interim champion, he is fighting povetkin saturday, if he wins, he fights against the winner of wilder versus fury — period. so this time next year, will we be
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sitting in having this discussion with dillian whyte having had a chance to fight for your title? it is a clear picture. everyone can see i am looking into your eyes. fury fights wilder, and that the winner fights dillian whyte. there is no exceptions. unless there is a step aside agreement, which is a practice that has been successful in the history of the sport. so it's almost guaranteed, then. if and when whyte gets his world title chance, he can't say he hasn't earned it. you can listen to that fight on bbc radio live five tonight. that's all from sportsday. up next it's the film review. good night.
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hello and welcome to the film review with me, anna smith. i'm filling in for mark kermode to review this week's releases. first up, the one we have all been waiting for — tenet, christopher nolan's action epic which was delayed due to the pandemic. and it's finally, hopefully, coming to cinemas this wednesday, the 26th. we all believe we'd run into the burning building. but until we feel that
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heat, we can never know. you do. many multiplex opening dates have been decided by this release. it's the first major blockbuster to debut on the big screen since lockdown, and it's coming out in the uk before the united states. i've been lucky enough to see it in 70 mm imax, and after months of small screen viewing, it felt really special — and a little bit eerie — to be watching this on a huge screen wearing a mask. welcome to the afterlife. tenet stars john david washington, son of denzel, as a spy who is recruited to a top—secret mission to prevent a disastrous world event.

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