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be givensupply constraints when what is the _ be givensupply constraints when what is the location of them to create the best— is the location of them to create the best perfect health was like thars— the best perfect health was like that's the issue that government is having _ that's the issue that government is having to _ that's the issue that government is having to battle with the document to the _ having to battle with the document to the flu _ having to battle with the document to the flu that's going to press on the nhs — to the flu that's going to press on the nhs as well. we need to get these _ the nhs as well. we need to get these kind of programme sorted also not cheos— these kind of programme sorted also not chaos in— these kind of programme sorted also not chaos in the roll—out in autumn and winter— not chaos in the roll—out in autumn and winter for the confusion and resources — and winter for the confusion and resources in the wrong places of this is— resources in the wrong places of this is a — resources in the wrong places of this is a big issue for this government and we need to see answers— government and we need to see answers pretty fast.— government and we need to see answers pretty fast. let's turn to the front page — answers pretty fast. let's turn to the front page of _ answers pretty fast. let's turn to the front page of the _ answers pretty fast. let's turn to the front page of the ft. - answers pretty fast. let's turn to the front page of the ft. the - the front page of the ft. the picture story at the top, 19 years old in this particular lady, elizabeth holmes duped some very important people. yes. elizabeth holmes duped some very important maple-— elizabeth holmes duped some very important people-— important people. yes. this is a hiuhl important people. yes. this is a highly anticipated _ important people. yes. this is a highly anticipated trial - important people. yes. this is a highly anticipated trial of - important people. yes. this is a highly anticipated trial of this i highly anticipated trial of this particular young woman, elizabeth holmes was the founder of a blood testing company, a startup called the runners. and thejury testing company, a startup called the runners. and the jury selection started in sanjose today. and it's
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been the subject of quite a lot of fascination. there was a book about this cold bad blood that was written essentially this particular woman was behind a company that said that amazing test could be done with a single drop of blood. and it turned out to be several concerns about the testing. an meteoric rise and fall for the company and it turned her into a young billionaire very, very quickly. the interesting thing is that as the jury selection started, because the cases been so famous because the cases been so famous because the cases been so famous because the story of the company has been so famous they are having to work out how influence the jury are. apparently onejuror work out how influence the jury are. apparently one juror already said that they'd read the book. actually it's quite a difficult child to have when it's been such a high profile. i suppose you can also say what is also on trial here is this culture,
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particularly among the tech sector is that you fake it until you make it. i is that you fake it until you make it. ., is that you fake it until you make it. . ., �* , is that you fake it until you make it. . is that you fake it until you make it. i mean that's exactly what's on trial here- — it. i mean that's exactly what's on trial here- in _ it. i mean that's exactly what's on trial here. in the _ it. i mean that's exactly what's on trial here. in the book— it. i mean that's exactly what's on trial here. in the book bad - it. i mean that's exactly what's on trial here. in the book bad blood i trial here. in the book bad blood you see — trial here. in the book bad blood you see how much she was almost modelling — you see how much she was almost modelling herself and trying to become — modelling herself and trying to become the next mark zuckerberg. having _ become the next mark zuckerberg. having this amazing start up idea. and by— having this amazing start up idea. and by building a kind of imagery on the company, got amazing people are bored, _ the company, got amazing people are bored, former secretaries of state, bil bored, former secretaries of state, big political figures that you could create _ big political figures that you could create this perception that you got an amazing company. but it all falls apart— an amazing company. but it all falls apart when— an amazing company. but it all falls apart when the product you have doesn't — apart when the product you have doesn't work and suddenly your mac to not— doesn't work and suddenly your mac to not market valuations collapse. and you _ to not market valuations collapse. and you find yourself on trial. it's an amazing — and you find yourself on trial. it's an amazing story and it is an extremely hotly awaited trial. okay. i must sa extremely hotly awaited trial. okay. i must say of _ extremely hotly awaited trial. okay. i must say of course _ extremely hotly awaited trial. okay. i must say of course the _ extremely hotly awaited trial. okay. i must say of course the book- extremely hotly awaited trial. okay. i must say of course the book at - i must say of course the book at herself is all denied the allegations was of the other story on the front page of the ft, i was astounded by these figures that you can make or rather that certain companies, google and apple make in
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the app store. companies, google and apple make in the app store-— the app store. south korea is basically become _ the app store. south korea is basically become the - the app store. south korea is basically become the first - the app store. south korea is - basically become the first country to effectively take a really big swipe at the commissions charged by google and apple. which basically pass at all would allow small software developers pay directly for their content. this is a big move, this is kind of the start of trying to break the monopoly that these particular companies google and apple in particular have had. and us tech firms have been lobbying heavily to try and deal with this. this bill has been dubbed the anti—google bill. the numbers involved are astonishing which i'm having to read our stream because they are quite big figures. google take commission of about 230% of sales of digital goods through the app stores. and what's interesting is they, essentially the work that the south koreans are trying to do is to effectively start to break
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that monopoly was up there trying to look at those big numbers that are going through the books of those companies and to see if they can actually effectively wrestle back some control.— actually effectively wrestle back some control. hopefully will come back to story _ some control. hopefully will come back to story in — some control. hopefully will come back to story in the _ some control. hopefully will come back to story in the next _ some control. hopefully will come back to story in the next addition. | back to story in the next addition. can you take us to our last story and that's the front of the yorkshire post. were getting into storm season and we are talking about storm names. find storm season and we are talking about storm names.— storm season and we are talking about storm names. and how the ublic about storm names. and how the public have _ about storm names. and how the public have going _ about storm names. and how the public have going to _ about storm names. and how the public have going to write - about storm names. and how the public have going to write and - about storm names. and how the i public have going to write and storm names— public have going to write and storm names suggesting family members, grandsons, grandparents. some of tteen— grandsons, grandparents. some of been selected and adopted. we've got some guite _ been selected and adopted. we've got some quite funky names coming up. got storm _ some quite funky names coming up. got storm are when. which is a load of the _ got storm are when. which is a load of the rings — got storm are when. which is a load of the rings character. kim, logan, dudley. _ of the rings character. kim, logan, dudley, various characteristics similar— dudley, various characteristics similar to _ dudley, various characteristics similar to storms like running around — similar to storms like running around like a tornado for example. it's around like a tornado for example. it's fun— around like a tornado for example. it's fun and — around like a tornado for example. it's fun and innovative way of naming — it's fun and innovative way of naming these natural phenomena. | naming these natural phenomena. i think naming these natural phenomena. think the naming these natural phenomena. i think the storms can wait a bit because i'm still waiting for summer to return. we gotta stop
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there for now. we will be back again at 1130. we will be back again at 1130. that's it for the papers. jo tanner and joe mayes will be back in just over half an hour to look at more of the stories being covered by newspapers and websites here. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news to look at those front pages. plenty more coming up. for now, cheerio. good evening. some big transfers have been completed today, on the final day of this summer's transfer window — with cristiano ronaldo finally confirmed as manchester united's new blockbuster signing, in a deal worth nearly 13 million pounds. the portuguese striker will be heading back to manchester united, from juventus. he's signed a two—year contract with the option to extend for a further year. so, ronaldo on the way to old trafford. danieljames is leaving. the winger has joined leeds united
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on a five year deal. the wales international joined manchester united in the summer of 2019, and was the club's player of the month in his first month with the team. and with the ins and outs at old trafford, the big question now is will cristiano ronaldo get to wear his famous number seven shirt this season? danieljames at daniel james at manchester danieljames at manchester united wore the number 21 shirt. bonnie wears the number 21 shirt for uruguay. if can bonnie takes the number 21 shirt united, that would leave out the number seven shirt for rinaldo. renaldo wore the number seven shirt all this time at manchester united. cr seven is his moniker, maxim marketing tool. i'm short manchester united are going to be knocking on the door of the primary league and saying can we do the shirt swap to get renaldo in the number seven shirt? elsewhere, tottenham have signed
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the barcelona full back emerson royale on a five year deal. the brazilian has spent the past two seasons on loan at real betis. the fee is worth just over £25 million. here are some of the other deals completed today by premier league sides. a late confirmation of odsonne edouard's move from celtic to crystal palace. he joins on a four year deal and is patrick vierra's seventh signing of the window. plenty more happening and you can find more on the bbc sport website. arsenal are 90 minutes away from returning to the women's champions league group stages, after a 3—0 win against slavia prague in the play—off first leg this evening. nikita parris scored afterjust 92 seconds before goals from captain kim little and vivianne miedema sealed the home win. manchester city meanwhile conceded in the second minute of injury time to draw 1—1 with real madrid. britain's emma raducanu has eased
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through to the second round of the us open with a comfortable straight—sets victory over switzerland's stefanie vogele. this was raducanu's debut at flushing meadows and she showed her talent and maturity throughout, just as she did at wimbledon earlier in the summer. the 18 year old won 6—2, 6—3 against her experienced opponent and will face china's zhang shuai in the next round. also making her us open debut today is katie boulter — the brit facing ludmilla samson—ova in the first round, while the men's world number one novak djokovic is in action later against denmark's holger roon. find out the latest on all those matches by going to the bbc sport website. three more gold medals for great britain on day seven at the paralympics in tokyo — with more success in cycling and swimming. dame sarah storey has won the 16th gold of her career in the c5 time trial. that achievement also saw her equal
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the record held by swimmer mike kenny as britain's most successful paralympian of all—time. our reporter rachael laytham has more. yeah, she definitely got the day started well for great britain, picking up that gold medal this morning, and she said it was a smooth race. she really enjoyed it and she actually cycled faster than she expected to go. when she was on the podium, she even looked a little emotional, which is very unusual for the athlete that's been going since 1992 and winning the whole way, but now she's going to shift her focus to thursday, where she'll be hoping to pick up another gold medal in the road race. and, if she wins a gold, then she will become the most—decorated paralympic athlete of all time with gold medals. what a title for sarah storey, there. also at the cycling it was ben watson. he got a surprise gold in the road cycling this morning. it was his paralympic debut and in rio 2016 he was actually watching at home.
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back then, he was a chartered accountant. he didn't get involved until 2017, and here he is today winning a gold medalfor great britain. and, in the swimming pool, rhys dunn went in the 200m individual medley 5—14 class and he won his third gold medal of these games. he was also making a paralympic debut here in tokyo, so all these new athletes coming in really racking up the medals for great britain. and, at the end of the day today, there is three gold medals for great britain, three silver medals and six bronze. the 2022 tour de yorkshire cycle race has been cancelled. millions have watched the event from the roadside since it was first run in 2014, but it was called off last year and this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. the organisers say next year's event wouldn't be viable because of "escalating financial challenges and uncertainties" england captainjoe root says his side need to build
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on their peformance from the third test with india at headingley. england won the test to draw the series level heading into the fourth test at the oval on thursday but they will be without their wicketkeeper jos buttler who will miss the game to be at the birth of his second child. i think we got to use it as a bit of a template moving forward. everything we speak about as a team, how we want to paly test cricket, we pretty much delivered. good partnerships, 100 partnerships in there, and we were clinical in the wicket. we built pressure for a long time and controlled the game and felt very much in command of things from the end of the first hour of the test match. and that's all the sport for now. hello there.
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the last day of august was a rather cloudy cooling with spots of drizzle best of any sunshine towards the west. indeed the next few days of september are looking pretty similar for an cloudy occasional drizzle a little bit of sunshine in time for the particular he across the more sheltered western parts. for wednesday is a rather cloudy picture again. the thickets of the cloud against eastern coast where we will see light rain or drizzle. to the afternoon we could see quite a bit of sunshine for scotland maybe northern ireland for the western virginia and into the southwest will be breezy because the channel. certainly around the north sea coast. that will take at the edge of the temperature highs here around the temperature highs here around the mid to upper teens. further inland a little bit warmer where you have the sunshine in central western scotland in particular we could see temperatures reaching around 21—22 . as we head through wednesday night it stays mostly cloudy suffer england and wales with a bit of car continued for eastern scotland then
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it will trundle its way eastward although some western parts of scotland, northern ireland could stay clear. it will be fairly cool under clear skies weary of the cloud in the breeze 11—14 with a very little change for thursday and friday. an area of high pressure still sitting on top of us and bringing this north, north easterly airflow. it'll bring a lot of garlic into northern and eastern areas in particularfor into northern and eastern areas in particular for was that you are a better chance of seeing some sunny breaks in the course temperatures and such sergeant reaching the low 20s. otherwise it's mid to high teens in the cardio spots. for the weekends, signs of change was an air of high pressure begins to break down movies with which allows this area of low pressure to slowly push in from the atlantic. that could bring in increasing breeze and also the chance of showers or even longer spells of rain for the weekends, signs of change was an air of high pressure begins to break down movies with which allows this area of low pressure to slowly push in from the atlantic. that could bring in increasing breeze and also the chance of showers or even longer spells of rain. particularly saturday doesn't look too bad. it looks like it will state mostly dry, variable cloud, light winds with some sunshine. the winds will start
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to pick up across southern and western areas is that area of low pressure arrives was up by the end of the day he could start to see shari burst of raisins arriving here. temperatures, low 205 in the brighter spots. here. temperatures, low 205 in the brighterspots. mid here. temperatures, low 205 in the brighter spots. mid to high teens across the far northeast. into sunday it looks like we will see a band of rain start spreading across the country that could be quite heavy. followed by sunshine and heavy. followed by sunshine and heavy showers.
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�*welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. president biden lays out a forceful defense of his nation's withdrawal from afghanistan, ending america's longest war. it will likely succeed and will be set out to do in afghanistan over a decade ago and we stayed for another decade. it was time to end this war. american uniforms, american weapons — but taliban fighters. these are the spoils of a war — that was america's longest military mission.
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