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this is bbc news. the headlines at 6:00. celebrations for australia's labor party as it wins the country's general election. it means this man, anthony albanese, is set to form the next government — though it's not yet clear whether it will be a majority or minority administration. it says a lot about our great country that the son of a single mum who is a disability pensioner, who grew up in public housing down the road in camperdown, can stand before you tonight as australia's prime minister. we'll have the latest on what this means for australia — and for the world. also this hour... two people have been taken to hospital after a stand collapsed, during a trooping the colour rehearsal in central london.
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opposition parties demand an explaination from borisjohnson, after he met with the senior civil servant, sue gray, ahead of the publication of her report into lockdown parties at downing street. pharmacists have been given temporary power to make swaps to women's hrt prescriptions, amid ongoing shortages. welcome to bbc news. australia's labor party is returning to government — with a promise to transform the country into a renewable energy superpower. the party has come first in a general election, but hasn't secured an overall majority. it's not yet clear if it'll form a minority or coalition government.
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the outgoing prime minister, scott morrison, has congratulated his rival and successor anthony albanese. in his victory speech, the labour leader paid tribute to the outgoing prime minister — and said australia was entering a new era. scott morrison called me to congratulate myself and the labor party on our victory at the election. cheering and applause. scott very graciously wished me well. and i thanked him for that, and i wish him well. and i thank him for the service that he has given to our country as prime minister. i also want to acknowledge and thank jenny morrison and their two daughters for their contribution and sacrifice as well. cheering and applause.
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my fellow australians, it says a lot about our great country that the son of a single mum, who is a disability pensioner, who grew up in public housing down the road in camperdown... cheering and applause. ..can stand before you tonight as australia's prime minister. cheering and applause. can we... i know it's been a long night. but if we can dial it down a little bit! laughter. every parent wants more for the next generation than they had. my mother dreamt of a better life for me. and i hope that myjourney in life inspires australians
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to reach for the stars. shaimaa khalil has the latest reaction from sydney. labor could well be in, they are in in some form or another. anthony albanese he is the next prime minister and will be forming a government of some sort. it is still unclear if it will be a majority government, or a minority government, where he has to form a coalition. the likely candidates for this or the likely allies are going to be the teal independents we have been hearing about, mainly women candidates that have defeated and ousted male government candidates in supposedly and traditionally safe government seats. they are really the big story to come out of this election. scott morrison has just conceded the election. he said it was a humbling night, that he has accepted australia's verdict. but, here, this is a jubilant night. it is a hopeful night. many have been telling me they were waiting for this
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day for nine years now. but there is going to be change that needs to happen. many here are saying climate is a big issue for them, and that the government, the previous government we can now call it, just hasn't done enough. labor have been quite silent on climate action during theircampaigning. but i think they are now in a position to form a government they are going to be talking more freely about it. we will actually find out what plans they have, especially if they are going to team up with teal candidates that have put climate action at the heart of their policies. there needs to be a change in climate policies. there also needs to be a change in australian politics itself, especially when it comes to women, it is very symbolic how well the women, the female independent candidates have done. it is quite symbolic that they have defeated male candidates in a country where politics is seen as a toxic environment for women.
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hopefully we will see a change in how politics is run in australia. opposition parties are demanding that the prime minister explains a meeting with the senior civil servant sue gray over her report into parties held in downing street during lockdown. it's emerged the pair met several weeks ago — but there are conflicting accounts of what was discussed. our political correspondent, iain watson, said oppposition parties are concerned about what this means, when it comes to the independence of the report. they are suggesting that the mere fact that the prime minister on the person conducting the inquiry, sue gray, met about a month ago, and well before publication, could suggest perhaps
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this was not being done as transparently as it should. they asked for an explanation of why that meeting took place. what they are also asking for is that all the evidence of gathering she has accumulated, which is more than 500 photographs, that all of that should be published in the name of transparency. but i can certainly say this afternoon that i have been told in no uncertain terms that not all of that evidence will be made public in due course. what sue gray will do is draw on some of that evidence for her report, for the explanation on the report of events that took place, but we will not see all of the evidence being put into the public domain. it has been interesting that both downing street and those close to sue gray disagree over the circumstances of the meeting in the first place. downing street were very keen to emphasise it was not done at the prime minister's behest, but they suggested that sue gray had initiated the meeting. those close to her said, no, this came from a suggestion by number 10 officials. downing street have now modified
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a position to make it very clear that the prime minister himself certainly hadn't called for this, but not denying that someone in number 10 suggested it was a good idea that the meeting took place. nonetheless, both sides do agree that he was not shown the content of the report, and still has not seen it. doctors say they're worried that monkeypox could have a massive impact on access to sexual health services. staff at clinics are having to isolate if they come into contact with anyone who's infected — and there are fears the pressure on the workforce, means some sexually—transmitted infections could be missed. dr hans kluge, the world health organization's regional director for europe, told me experts are still unsure as to why cases are on the rise. we know the monkeypox virus, we know that it transmits slowly and not so
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much from human—to—human transmission. we have to be vigilant now. why is it that we see so many cases surging in europe, without a travel history and with human—to—human transmission? but the spread is through close physical contact, including sexual contact, but not only. there should not be a sole focus on sexual transmission, because as of today there is no evidence that monkeypox is found in semen, nor in vaginalfluids. qm. evidence that monkeypox is found in semen, nor in vaginal fluids.- semen, nor in vaginalfluids. 0k, it is not regarded _ semen, nor in vaginalfluids. 0k, it is not regarded as _ semen, nor in vaginalfluids. 0k, it is not regarded as a _ semen, nor in vaginalfluids. 0k, it is not regarded as a fatal— semen, nor in vaginalfluids. 0k, it is not regarded as a fatal disease, l is not regarded as a fatal disease, is not regarded as a fatal disease, is it? ~ , ,., , , is not regarded as a fatal disease, isit? ~ , , ., ., is it? absolutely, it is rather what we call self-limiting. _ is it? absolutely, it is rather what we call self-limiting. and - is it? absolutely, it is rather what we call self-limiting. and the - is it? absolutely, it is rather what. we call self-limiting. and the issue we call self—limiting. and the issue is to prevent further outbreaks, to educate the population, to strengthen public health measures come with contact tracing, case
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searching, surveillance strengthening in the community, in the health care facilities and, of course, protect health care workers. i understand there is concern as we come into the summer season, because there has been a spreader event. i don't know if it is fair to call it a super spreader event, but there was a hub of cases in belgium. a festival that took place in antwerp. it is not a huge concern for you as we head into the festival season in europe? in the uk there are a number of festivals coming up. i europe? in the uk there are a number of festivals coming up.— of festivals coming up. i would say that everyone _ of festivals coming up. i would say that everyone has _ of festivals coming up. i would say that everyone has to _ of festivals coming up. i would say that everyone has to stick- of festivals coming up. i would say that everyone has to stick to - of festivals coming up. i would say that everyone has to stick to the i that everyone has to stick to the basic hygiene and safety precautions for any infectious diseases. so, in that sense, we shouldn't think at this stage of a pandemic. the key issueis this stage of a pandemic. the key issue is to clarify why do we have those cases surging in europe, with human—to—human transmission, without a travel history? and where did they
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start? two people have been taken to hospital after a stand collapsed during a trooping the colour rehearsal in central london. the incident happened at horse guards road while people were watching rehearsals for a parade ahead of the queen's jubilee celebrations. the london amubulance service says three more people were treated at the scene. earlier i spoke to marcus dell who was at the rehearsal this morning — and i asked him what happened. the first we knew of it, we were invited to stand for the national anthem and there was a commotion behind us and it transpired the floorboards in the temporary arena had cracked and several people had fallen through it. what happened next? the emergency services did a great job, a lot of people were panicking.
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but the emergency services did a greatjob of getting to the people quickly and treating them there. it was initially an isolated incident but 25 minutes later in the show a separate area of the arena appeared to have a similar incident across from me, saw a similar thing happen there, again a lot of distress. the stand was evacuated and the people were treated for their injuries. just to clarify, you were saying they were two incidents involving two different stands? that's right. the first one, i was about ten metres away from, behind to my left and the second one was across the opposite side of horse guards parade in a separate stand, so a separate incident. how did the evacuation go? we saw some of the emergency services and some military running in towards one of the sites of the incident. describe to us how long
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it took to evacuate, was everything controlled and calm? yes, the emergency services did a good job. initially there was panic and some people left quickly but the emergency services were on hand quickly to make sure everyone stayed calm and it was a row by row evacuation. was this the first time you attended a rehearsal like this, is it normal that the rehearsals take place here? it is the first time i have attended but it is a tradition that i understand goes back a long way. there will be a trooping the colour for the queensjubilee, which this is a rehearsal for. this is the first time i have been to one. pharmacists are to be given more flexibility to deal with shortages of hormone replacement therapy medicines. they'll be given temporary powers to exchange certain hrt drugs without a new prescription. matt gravelling has the details
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so, i can get tired — i didn't used to get tired, i've always had quite a lot of energy. it can make you feel anxious when you would never normally get anxiety, so you can feel worried about things that are really silly and not understand why. just two symptoms of the menopause experienced by yasmin, who got her life back on track by treating them with hormone replacement therapy — or hrt. but for yasmin — like many others — a recent lack of supply has led to frustration, and the return of symptoms. a lot admin — life admin — goes into trying to work out and organise trying to get medication, and going between different pharmacies, talking to a gp, having to phone a gp all the time, having to try and source them. the government have brought in two big changes to try and tackle the shortage of hrt. the first, to limit supply to three months at the time. the second is to give pharmacists the power to slightly change prescriptions — so if they're out of stock of one item, they can change it for something similar.
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there are risks for women who are either coming off hrt, or changing hrt. and very often, even if you give a woman the same product but it's made by a different manufacturer, they will notice a difference in how their symptoms are being managed. so it's not the ideal solution, but it's certainly helping us get medicine out to women who are currently struggling to get those products. experts say anyone who has questions or concerns about hrt should speak to their pharmacist or doctor. matt gravelling, bbc news. here in the uk, emergency plans are being drawn up to make sure some passenger and freight services can still operate if railway workers go on strike this summer. more than 40,000 members of the rmt union are being balloted in a dispute over pay and jobs. the union claims it could be the biggest rail strike in modern history. the government says a fair deal forstaff, passengers
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and taxpayers is needed. in germany, at least a0 people have been injured after a tornado swept through the western city of paderborn on friday. as you can see from these pictures, the high winds uprooted trees, and tore roofs from houses. officials are advising people to stay at home as the stormy weather is set to continue. meteorologists say it was caused by hot air coming from africa meeting relatively cooler air moving down from northern europe. an astronaut capsule developed by boeing has successfully docked with the international space station. the company hopes that the starliner�*s test flight will prove to nasa that it can safely transport crews to and from the space station after its first demonstration flight failed in 2019 — nearly resulting in the loss of a shuttle. premier league clubs could face a ban on having gambling sponsors on their shirts after the proposal was included in a draft white paper
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according to bbc sport's sources. half of the premier league's 20 teams have betting firms on their shirts, with the government set to update gambling laws next month. earlier i asked kieran maguire, who's a specialist in sports finance at liverpool university, how big the sponsorship deals were. i think you are normally looking at a deal worth £8 million — £9 million in the premier league. in addition, the efl, which covers the second, third and fourth tiers of english football, they are sponsored by sky bet. clubs in the championship, where we tend to see a significant number of gambling companies, they are earning around half a million to £750,000 a year from front of shirt deals. what do you make of this policy?
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if you talk to commercial directors of premier league clubs, they admit the gambling industry is not the only deal in town but it tends to be the one that is paying the best. if only front of shirt sponsorship is ceased, then i don't think the large gambling companies in the uk will be too distressed. if we take a look at william hill, coral, ladbrokes, they do not finance individual clubs. if it is stopped in conjunction with advertising, that is where the major amounts of money paid by the gambling industry itself. in terms of a shirt, and a brand splashed across a football shirt, does it pay? it must pay because otherwise the gambling companies would not do it. the use plenty of algorithms. what they are seeking is normalisation of the gambling
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industry, trying to legitimise the industry in terms of association with football, which is seen as a healthy activity. it has certainly been very successful in the premier league in particular, as far as the gambling industry is concerned. if we go back to 2019 and take one of the largest gambling companies, it total revenues from wages were £65 billion. that compares to £5 billion being generated by their premier league itself. 0ne company is 13 times larger than the premier league. shirts, isn't this the easy or soft option? what about league sponsorship, what about club partnerships, could we see a ban going that far? i think that if it is going to be front of shirt sponsorship that would go hand in hand with an encouragement or a prohibition of league
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sponsorship because what is the point in referring to the efl as the sky bet championship if you cannot have individual names of other gambling companies on the fronts of shirts. i think it would have be part of a comprehensive review and addressing the issues in relation to gambling and its collateral impact as far as football is concerned.
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good evening. australia is poised for major political change after the labor party led by anthony albanese won the most seats in the general election. he will be the country's new prime minister, overseeing the first labor government in nearly a decade. the incumbent scott morrison has conceded defeat, after a campaign in which the rising cost of living, and climate change emerged as key issues for voters. 0ur correspondent shaimaa khalil reports now from sydney.
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if albo! albo! this is the way party does the first election victory of a decade, the other sloop is the longest serving politicians. it has been a long time of the dogmas, we can smile again. anthony albanese has — dogmas, we can smile again. anthony albanese has promised _ dogmas, we can smile again. anthony albanese has promised voters - dogmas, we can smile again. anthony albanese has promised voters save i albanese has promised voters save change as he worked to kick of the conservative liberal national coalition is forward coalition which has been in power since 2013. we can shape her work more effectively if we seek to unite people journey of change. together, we wars. together, we can take advantage of the opportunity for australia to be a renewable energy superpower. it has been a sombre _ renewable energy superpower. it has been a sombre night _ renewable energy superpower. it has been a sombre night for _ renewable energy superpower. it has been a sombre night for the - renewable energy superpower. it has been a sombre night for the ousted prime minister scott morrison. going
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into the election, all signs indicated that the incumbent was in trouble. mr morris and's tenure has been dominated by natural disasters, the covid pandemic, and his government's many scandals. i have alwa s government's many scandals. i have always believed _ government's many scandals. i have always believed in _ government's many scandals. i have always believed in australians - government's many scandals. i have always believed in australians and i always believed in australians and theirjudgment, and i have always been _ theirjudgment, and i have always been prepared to accept their verdicts. _ been prepared to accept their verdicts, and tonight, they have delivered — verdicts, and tonight, they have delivered their verdict. independents have also done well in the election so far, amid public dissatisfaction with the two major parties. mr albane may have to rely on them to form a government. —— mr albanese. throughout the campaign, anthony albanese had one key message for australians. it is now time for change. the people have listened, now he has to deliver. the rising cost of living and climate change have dominated this election has two keyissues have dominated this election has two key issues for voters. this is a country that is anxious and divided.
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its new leader has failed his will be a government of optimism and unity. —— has vowed. president zelensky has said diplomacy is the only way the war with russia will end. ukraine's leader suggested his military had "broken the back" of russia's army, but that a resolution would only emerge from negotiations. as russian forces intensify their attacks in the eastern donbas region, here, the foreign secretary liz truss has said that ukraine's neighbour, moldova, should be armed with nato military equipment to help guard it against the threat of a russian invasion. from kyiv, our correspondent james waterhouse reports. ukraine's resistance is far from waning, but in the luhansk region, it is going backwards. it is an area of moscow claims will soon be in russia's control, and they are throwing everything at it. sir gay, a coal miner, still tries to evacuate people, even with his van
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riddled with bullets. —— sergiy. translation: i riddled with bullets. -- sergiy. translation:— riddled with bullets. -- sergiy. translation: ., ., , , ., , translation: i have to help people. there are mothers _ translation: i have to help people. there are mothers and _ translation: i have to help people. | there are mothers and grandmothers, people with disabilities who remain. i have to get people out. people in the luhansk region i used eight years of war already, since russia backed separatists in 2014. for some, theirfighting has finally reached their doorstep. translation: mr; reached their doorstep. translation: g ., , translation: my daughter is in france and _ translation: my daughter is in france and my — translation: my daughter is in france and my son _ translation: my daughter is in france and my son is _ translation: my daughter is in france and my son is in - translation: my daughter is in france and my son is in poland. | translation: my daughter is in j france and my son is in poland. i told _ france and my son is in poland. i told them — france and my son is in poland. i told them about this and they told me to _ told them about this and they told me to immediately leave. but how can i leave? _ me to immediately leave. but how can iieave? this _ me to immediately leave. but how can i leave? this is our home. the — i leave? this is our home. the invaders are looking to surround this town and resorting to the age—old tactics of bombarding it from the outside. on the third anniversary of his landslide election win, a firm handshake for president zelensky from the prime minister of portugal. he used the occasion to give a message to the country is yet to send his weapons. translation: i country is yet to send his weapons.
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translation:— country is yet to send his weapons. translation: i would like to remind --eole we translation: i would like to remind peeple we are — translation: i would like to remind people we are fighting _ translation: i would like to remind people we are fighting a _ translation: i would like to remind people we are fighting a war - translation: i would like to remind people we are fighting a war on - translation: i would like to remind people we are fighting a war on our i people we are fighting a war on our territory, and even if people in europe or the rest of the world got used to dub bass being occupied territory and got used to the fact people are giving out russian passports there, we are saying it is not a good thing to get used to. these are our territories and we are going step—by—step to liberate them. ukraine's leader, though, believes peace will only come from talks. given the current lack of dialogue between the two sides, it is a long way off. instead, the continued brutality of this war. and james is in kyiv for us now. president zelensky says better diplomacy is the only way forward. is he likely to be right? i think today, as we speak, that is the most likely scenario, because you just have to look at the other is for this war to end. a change of heart possibly from vladimir putin or even a change of leadership in moscow, both are less likely. equally,
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though, ukraine's resistance isn't going anywhere and is unlikely to do with continued support from the west, and i think when we look at this eastern region where the fighting now finds itself, i think we will continue to see reports of new russian assaults and ukrainian counterattacks, and whoever ends up in control of these territories at the end of this war, you have to do start asking the question, what will be left yeah thank you, james waterhouse. here, opposition parties are demanding that the prime minister explain a meeting he had with the senior civil servant sue gray over her report into parties held in and around downing street during lockdown. it's emerged the pair met several weeks ago. our political correspondent iain watson is with me — there are different accounts of who requested this meeting? that's right. downing street emphasised that the prime minister didn't call for this meeting, but they are no longer saying it was all sue gray's idea, which was their initial position, which was then
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robustly challenged by her own spokesman. eitherway, laborare spokesman. either way, labor are asking spokesman. eitherway, laborare asking if this meeting should have been taking place at all if she is meant to be carrying out work independently at number ten, and are calling for all the evidence she has amassed, over 500 photographs, to be published. to tell you and them, that will not happen, but it is likely she may use photographs selectively in her report, which we expect to see in the next few days, if that is relevant. so, we could see pictures of crowded rooms if she wants to make a point about social distancing or the lack of it. there have been no new calls from conservative mps for boris johnson to go. that doesn't mean that when we see the full detail of the downing street events, that won't be damaging for him either. many thanks, ian. pharmacists are to be given more flexibility to deal with shortages of hormone replacement therapy medicines. they'll be given temporary permission to offer alternatives if they can't source the precise drug on the prescription. matt gravelling has the details.
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ican get i can get tired. i didn't used to get tired, always had quite a lot of energy. it can make you anxious when you never normally get anxiety, so you never normally get anxiety, so you can worry about things that are really silly not understand why. just two micro symptoms of the menopause experienced byjazzmen, who got her life back on track by treating them with hormone replacement therapy, or hrt. but for jasmine, like many others, a recent lack of supply has led to frustration and the of symptoms. aha, frustration and the of symptoms. lot of life admin goes into trying to organise and get medication, and going between different pharmacies, talking to a gp, having to phone a gp all the time, having to try and source them. to gp all the time, having to try and source them-— gp all the time, having to try and source them. ., ., . ,, , ., ., source them. to tackle the shortage, the government _ source them. to tackle the shortage, the government have _ source them. to tackle the shortage, the government have made - source them. to tackle the shortage, the government have made two - the government have made two changes. they given the pharmacist the power to limit a patient has micro—supply of hrt to three months, to substitute an out of stock brand with an equivalent product. mil with an equivalent product. all these medications are made to a supremely high standard and tested and tested and tested again, so the
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.oal and tested and tested again, so the goal should be offering the same dosage. — goal should be offering the same dosage, the same concentration of medicine — dosage, the same concentration of medicine "— dosage, the same concentration of medicine. —— they all should be offering — medicine. —— they all should be offering. on that basis, we would say, _ offering. on that basis, we would say, trust — offering. on that basis, we would say, trust the product, and if your primary— say, trust the product, and if your primary choice is not available, do try to _ primary choice is not available, do try to substitute. the _ try to substitute. the shortage of products has been attributed to a rise in the awareness of hrt alongside supply chain issues due to covid. the government say the changes have already helped stabilise stock. titer? already helped stabilise stock. very often, already helped stabilise stock. very often. even — already helped stabilise stock. very often. even if— already helped stabilise stock. very often, even if you _ already helped stabilise stock. - often, even if you give a woman the same product that is made by a different manufacturer, they will notice a difference in how their symptoms are being managed. it is not the ideal solution, but it is certainly helping us get medicine out to women who are currently struggling to get those products. experts say anyone who has questions or concerns about hrt should speak to their pharmacist or doctor. football, and in the scottish cup final, rangers have beaten hearts 2—0 in extra time at hampden park. rangers last won the trophy in 2009. our sports correspondent
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jane dougall was watching. hats, flags and scarves! a last chance for— hats, flags and scarves! a last chance for rangers _ hats, flags and scarves! a last chance for rangers to - hats, flags and scarves! a last chance for rangers to win - hats, flags and scarves! a last chance for rangers to win a i hats, flags and scarves! a last - chance for rangers to win a trophy after missing out on the league and losing out on penalties in the europa league final three days ago. where you guys in seville?- where you guys in seville? indeed, es. are where you guys in seville? indeed, ves- are you _ where you guys in seville? indeed, yes. are you over _ where you guys in seville? indeed, yes. are you over the _ where you guys in seville? indeed, i yes. are you over the disappointment no, iwill yes. are you over the disappointment no. i will never _ yes. are you over the disappointment no, i will never get _ yes. are you over the disappointment no, i will never get over— yes. are you over the disappointment no, i will never get over it. _ no, i will never get over it. rangers are going to win the cup. what _ rangers are going to win the cup. what bothers gorby?_ rangers are going to win the cup. what bothers gorby?12-o. for what bothers gorby? 12-0. for hearts, winning _ what bothers gorby? 12-0. for hearts, winning the _ what bothers gorby? 12-0. for hearts, winning the scottish i what bothers gorby? 12—0. for hearts, winning the scottish cup would be in an impressive end to the first season back in the top flight. i hope and pray theyjust take the match. ! i hope and pray they 'ust take the match. ~ , �* , match. i think they will. as the smoke cleared, _ match. i think they will. as the smoke cleared, the _ match. i think they will. as the smoke cleared, the teams - match. i think they will. as the - smoke cleared, the teams emerged. would rangers be heavy legged? would hearts take advantage? they came closest first, attempting ball across the face of goal. but ellis simms couldn't connect, with the ball at least. at 90 minutes, joe aribo, thought he was
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the hero, but craig gordon's outstretched leg sent it to extra time. forthe outstretched leg sent it to extra time. for the second time in a week, rangers will play 120 minutes, but it galvanised them. ryan jack's sensational strike. it galvanised them. ryanjack�*s sensational strike. the fans daring to hope the trophy was theirs. now hearts were in disarray. suddenly it was two. no way back for the edinburgh side, with not even a shot on target. and the whistle confirmed it. rangers, the scottish cup champions. after the heartbreak of seville, a trophy left to give their supporters a celebration. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. we're back with the late news at a minute past 10. now on bbc one,it�*s time for the news where you are. goodbye.
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hello, i'm olly foster. you're watching bbc news, i am at the bbc sport centre. here's what's coming up on sportsday this evening: rangers finish their season on a high, scottish cup winners for a 34th time. dina shines at the diamond league meeting in birmingham, but she was just one of the british winners today. and leclerc has put himself in the best possible place to win the spanish grand prix — he's on pole in barcelona. hello and welcome to sportsday. three days after rangers were beaten on penalties in the europa league final, they were taken to extra time again in the scottish cup final, but it was there that they came good, beating hearts 2—0 to lift the trophy for the 34th
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time in their history. let's cross live to hampden park and speak to our reporter, jane dougall. jane? rangers showed huge character to come back from that mid—week defeat. yes, they did it the hard way, didn't they? throughout the 90 minutes, there were not many chances for either side, actually, the closest game it right on 90 minutes when joe closest game it right on 90 minutes whenjoe remo thought he was a hero, but the hearts keeper craig gordon out his leg and saved it, taking it to extra time and as you said, probably the last thing rangers wandered after the 120 minutes they played in seville and then penalties as well. but on this occasion it just seemed to galvanise them, they thrived upon it becausejust just seemed to galvanise them, they thrived upon it because just three minutes into extra time, wow, what a sensational goal from brianjack. minutes into extra time, wow, what a sensational goalfrom brianjack. it was the result of a corner and he
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fractured in, didn't he? it was such a good goal and the fans went crazy watching that. just daring to hope that maybe the trophy was theirs. and really, from that moment on hearts seem to be on the back foot because it was only three minutes later that scott wright managed to get through after a pass from ryan kent and scott wright scored the second and that is how it finished, 2-0 to second and that is how it finished, 2—0 to rangers and rangers the scottish cup champions. you 2-0 to rangers and rangers the scottish cup champions. you really have to feel— scottish cup champions. you really have to feel for— scottish cup champions. you really have to feel for hearts _ scottish cup champions. you really have to feel for hearts because - scottish cup champions. you really| have to feel for hearts because this was their third final in four seasons and runners yet again? yes. seasons and runners yet again? yes, but to be fair— seasons and runners yet again? yes, but to be fair hearts _ seasons and runners yet again? ya: but to be fair hearts didn't really turn up today at all, they didn't have a shot on target all game. they had a chance in the opening ten minutes, when theyjust couldn't connect with the ball, but really after that it was fairly poor from hearts. they only played rangers
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last weekend in the league, rangers beat them 3—1 and i think they were hoping rangers legs were going to be tired after that very long night in seville on wednesday, but that wasn't the case. as you say, it is a shame because hearts had a great season, they finished third in the league behind the old firm had managed to get here in the final and thatis managed to get here in the final and that is all in their third season as a promotion from the championship and their manager really has to take and their manager really has to take a great deal of credit for their success so far. it would have been nice for him to finish their season with a trophy, but itjust wasn't to be, rangers certainly the better team on the day.— be, rangers certainly the better team on the day. yes, european football for _ team on the day. yes, european football for both _ team on the day. yes, european football for both those _ team on the day. yes, european football for both those sides - team on the day. yes, european | football for both those sides next season. i was surprised by this, i didn't realise it had been so long since rangers had lifted the cup. how do you think fans will look back on the season? because obviously wednesday would have been historic, wouldn't it? 50 years after the last time they had won a major european trophy? but does this final cup win today... to theyjust look back at
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that as they build towards next season? i that as they build towards next season? ., �* ~ ., ., that as they build towards next season? ~ ., ., , season? i don't know that it makes u . season? i don't know that it makes u- for it, season? i don't know that it makes up for it. but _ season? i don't know that it makes up for it. but it _ season? i don't know that it makes up for it, but it certainly _ season? i don't know that it makes up for it, but it certainly softens i up for it, but it certainly softens the blow of seville. yes, 2009 was the blow of seville. yes, 2009 was the last time rangers won this trophy, they missed out on winning the league as well with their rivals, celtic, always winning the league, with a bitter pill to swallow, plusjust league, with a bitter pill to swallow, plus just missing league, with a bitter pill to swallow, plusjust missing out league, with a bitter pill to swallow, plus just missing out in seville because penalties is a dreadful way to lose a trophy, as i am sure most fans know, so a horrible thing to happen, but this was their last chance to win a trophy, so if they hadn't won this trophy, so if they hadn't won this trophy it would look like a disappointing season, despite them actually performing very well, so it wasn't a repeat of wednesday because although it went to extra time, it did not go to penalties and they did score, so i think the fans were pleased with that. i think the fans were pleased to see that the performance they turned on in extra time as well. the history books would have said that they haven't won anything if they hadn't won this
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trophy. that wasn't the case, though, of course, they have one and the fans were able to see rangers lifted a trophy this season. yes. lifted a trophy this season. yes, that will be _ lifted a trophy this season. yes, that will be all _ lifted a trophy this season. yes, that will be all the _ lifted a trophy this season. yes, that will be all the sweeter - lifted a trophy this season. yes, that will be all the sweeter for those rangers fans, thanks, joan dougal, thanks so much indeed. afterfour seasons in league one, sunderland are on the way up again. they've been promoted to the championship after beating wycombe wanderers 2—0 in their play—off final at wembley. elliot embleton gave them a half—time lead with a swerving shot that completely fooled the wycombe keeper, david stockdale. what was he doing? wycombe were relegated from the championship last season, but their hopes of an instant return were dashed when ross stewart added a second with about ten minutes to go. sunderland were a premier league side only five years ago, before back—to—back relegations saw them drop into the third tier, but there was delirium among their 40,000 fans at wembley, as they are finally moving in the right direction. the league two and championship play—off finals are next weekend. in case you're wondering, i was. southampton have secured promotion to the women's championship next season. a first half goal from sophia pharoah was enough to beat wolves,
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who had to finish the match with ten players. it's the first time southampton have reached the second tier of women's football. it's half—time in the women's champions league final in turin. the holders, barcelona, are facing the seven—time champions, lyon. almost the seven—time champions, lyon. half time, i thini and it's the french side who have the lead. a stunning strike from amandine henry early on and ada hegerberg has added another. catarina maracrio on the scoresheet as well, 3—0 27. we're still waiting for the last few groups to go out in the third round of the us pga championship in oklahoma. rory mcilroy tees off in the next 40 minutes. he had led after the first round, but is five shots behind the leader, will zalatoris, who is on 9 under. amongst the early starters, it's been a very disappointing day for tiger woods so far.
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he went into the water here on the sixth, as he triple bogeyed the hole. there's been seven other bogeys in his round so far, as he currently sits on 13 over par through 14. but he wished he hadn't made the cut. ferrari's charles leclerc is on pole for tomorrow's formula one spanish grand prix. the world champion, max verstappen, will be alongside him on the front row in his red bull. lewis hamilton will start from sixth. ben croucher reports. formula 1 felt familiar this season, there are a battling red bull? well, into player three. no, there are a battling red bull? well, into playerthree. no, not there are a battling red bull? well, into player three. no, not him, there are a battling red bull? well, into playerthree. no, not him, but the greatest one formula 1 have had for the past few years, but... was supposed to push lewis hamilton goes to the front. how much closer? well, that he depend on the usual pretenders. mercedes would get a shot at goal, although that final part of qualifying would miss mr norris. pressure building, first to crack, championship leader charles leclerc. it meant he had it all to
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