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i'm samantha simmonds with the latest bbc news. we start with the world cup because it's a place in the quarter finals or a flight home for england. the second half of their game against senegal has just got under way. the two countries have never met in a competitive fixture before. my colleague lucy hockings is watching in doha. hello and welcome to doha where england are 2—0 up against senegal. england dominated possession early in the first half, but senegal found their way into the game and had a good chance to take the lead. but shortly after that jordan henderson put the three lions ahead after some great link up play between harry kane but shortly after that jordan henderson put the three lions ahead after some great link up play between harry kane and jude bellingham. harry kane then took england one step closer to the quarter
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finals on the stroke of half time — scoring with a brilliant move. england have never lost a game of football to african opposition, a record that dates back to 1986. but the senegelese are the champions of the africa cup of nations, and despite being without their star man sadio mane, they were brimming with confidence going into the match. nesta mcgregor has been following the game at the al bayt stadium this evening. your thoughts on the first half. as ou your thoughts on the first half. sis you mentioned, your thoughts on the first half. is you mentioned, definitely a kgo first 30 minutes than many expected, senegal or the african champions but they are ranked 18th in the world by fifa, 13 places below england so all signs were towards an easy, perhaps, england victory but the first half—hour was not so. england's jordan pickford had to pull off a very good save to keep the score at 0-0.
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very good save to keep the score at 0—0. senegalwere very good save to keep the score at 0—0. senegal were caught on the counterattack and going into the second half without needing to score there will be more spaces at the back, and england have the pace and the talent, phil foden, as you mentioned, and saka on the other wing. it senegal are brave england to get a couple more goals, but if senegal score then it will be a very interesting second half.— interesting second half. earlier in the day we _ interesting second half. earlier in the day we were _ interesting second half. earlier in the day we were talking - interesting second half. earlier in the day we were talking about. interesting second half. earlier in| the day we were talking about the mbappe masterclass with pundits from france and those here watching that match. now if you look at social media everyone is talking aboutjude bellingham and how magnificent he has been. watching the match, could you really see his quality and how he influenced play? i you really see his quality and how he influenced play?— you really see his quality and how he influenced play? i think what is incredible about _ he influenced play? i think what is incredible about jude _ he influenced play? i think what is incredible about jude bellingham, | incredible about jude bellingham, and incredible aboutjude bellingham, and he made his debut for birmingham city as a teenager and after he
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signed for borussia dortmund they retired hisjersey signed for borussia dortmund they retired his jersey atjust signed for borussia dortmund they retired his jersey at just 17 signed for borussia dortmund they retired his jersey atjust 17 years of age, many thought that was premature, could he do it later in his career, which we see like so many other wonder kids him drifting off but he seems to be getting better and better. he is a regular starterfor better and better. he is a regular starter for borussia dortmund better and better. he is a regular starterfor borussia dortmund in better and better. he is a regular starter for borussia dortmund in the champions league that has captured their squad and if england had any real positive standout player it has beenjude bellingham. i spoke to one of his coaches before the tournament, he coached him when he was a youth player and says there was a youth player and says there was nothing this boy cannot do, he can defend, he can attack, he is goodin can defend, he can attack, he is good in the air, he is fast, and that speaks for the 22 on his back. midfielders normally had six, eight, ten, 11, he has grouped a few numbers together because he has said jude can do it all, he has been
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marked as a wonder kids. people who know him say they are not surprised by his performances, at 19 years of age the future is very bright for him. ~ ., age the future is very bright for him. ~ . ., h, age the future is very bright for him. ~ . ., ., , age the future is very bright for him. . ., ., , , him. we have heard so many people in doha say he — him. we have heard so many people in doha say he will _ him. we have heard so many people in doha say he will be _ him. we have heard so many people in doha say he will be the _ him. we have heard so many people in doha say he will be the best _ doha say he will be the best midfielder in the world very soon, if not one of them already. thank you very much, nesta mcgregor. the senegal fans are certainly making their mark in the stadium — with constant drumming and dancing. the team has a lot of support at home too. they have the entire country and the entire continent of africa. mayenijones is at a fan park in dakar. there's a lot of drumming here too, drumming, dancing, excitement, singing, burning of things. fans told us earlier that they are counting on magic, black magic, to help them win this game tonight. senegalese fans are some of the most passionate in the world. this is a game that is massively popular here. if you go around dakar you can see people playing football at all times of day.
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behind me there over 1000 people cheering their team on excitedly, waiting and hoping that for the second time in their history, they can make it to the quarterfinals. does it feel like it's notjust fans in senegal watching this match this evening but the entire african continent that is rooting them on? i mean, this is the last sub—saharan african team left in the tournament, so certainly the region will be watching, a number of fans in lagos are telling me that they want this year to be the year an african team wins the fifa world cup so, yeah, lots of people around the region are rooting for senegal tonight. do people, fans, there feel the team's chances are dented at all without having sadio mane
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in the team? you know what, they admit things are going to be tough without sadio mane but at the end of the day he scored the winning penalty against egypt that allowed them to become african champions, but they are confident that they have enough players playing in teams, including in the uk, to give them that little edge that they might need to help them defeat england tonight. here is sean gerry on the atmosphere in london. electric does not even come close as we hear these 2000 england fans. we will bring you in close, look at the creases on the faces, watching with anticipation. so many of them said they were hoping this game would not go to penalties because this is the
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first knockout game, it is important england need to win this as at 3—1 france are looking at who might perform well in france. i'm very well camouflaged, you will be shocked to find out these are not real trees. clinton, why are you dressed like a tree? we real trees. clinton, why are you dressed like a tree?— real trees. clinton, why are you dressed like a tree? we are giving out natural _ dressed like a tree? we are giving out natural energy, _ dressed like a tree? we are giving out natural energy, we _ dressed like a tree? we are giving out natural energy, we would - dressed like a tree? we are giving out natural energy, we would like| dressed like a tree? we are givingl out natural energy, we would like a positive _ out natural energy, we would like a positive result and we are campaigning about this. so positive result and we are campaigning about this. positive result and we are camaiaunin about this. ~' campaigning about this. so you think that the result _ campaigning about this. so you think that the result will _ campaigning about this. so you think that the result will be _ campaigning about this. so you think that the result will be rooted - campaigning about this. so you think that the result will be rooted in - that the result will be rooted in the support that is received? yes, i do. let's branch off and speak to noel do. let's branch off and speak to noel. you are dressed like a tree that you're getting some interesting reactions, what has been said to you? reactions, what has been said to ou? , , . reactions, what has been said to ou? , you? this is about grassroots, we are on grassroots. _ you? this is about grassroots, we are on grassroots. have - you? this is about grassroots, we are on grassroots. have we - you? this is about grassroots, we are on grassroots. have we got i you? this is about grassroots, we. are on grassroots. have we got the grassroots? — are on grassroots. have we got the grassroots? but _
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are on grassroots. have we got the grassroots? but it _ are on grassroots. have we got the grassroots? but it is _ are on grassroots. have we got the grassroots? but it is pretty - are on grassroots. have we got the grassroots? but it is pretty brave i grassroots? but it is pretty brave to walk into _ grassroots? but it is pretty brave to walk into a _ grassroots? but it is pretty brave to walk into a room _ grassroots? but it is pretty brave to walk into a room of— grassroots? but it is pretty brave to walk into a room of 2000 - grassroots? but it is pretty brave - to walk into a room of 2000 england fans dressed like, i don't know... lets look at your material, this is a material and a leaf effect, you are wearing england capes, a bit like wonder woman. what would your message be to the england team? there is lots of support you, what would you say to the team? ii i there is lots of support you, what would you say to the team? if i can resemble a — would you say to the team? if i can resemble a tree, _ would you say to the team? if i can resemble a tree, england - would you say to the team? if i can resemble a tree, england have - would you say to the team? if i can resemble a tree, england have to l would you say to the team? if i can i resemble a tree, england have to win this! shown with the fans in north london, you are watching bbc news. —— sean with the fans. whoever wins out of england and senegal will face france in the next round after their win against poland earlier. my colleague 0lly foster from bbc sport was outside the al thumana stadium to tell us how the game played out.
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: not half as bad as we thought they would be. it was the result that we expected. it was very tight at half—time, 0livier giroud gave the french the lead just before the break, his 52nd goalfor his country. and that sees him overtake the great thierry henry, so 0livier giroud a happy man this evening, he is now france's record goal—scorer. but you know what? mbappe is fast going to catch up and perhaps will one day hold that record and sell. it was a far quieter second half for the first sort of 20 minutes also, but then mbappe, you cannot keep a good man down. we were there, weren't we, in russia four years ago in moscow when mbappe really came to the fore, he was a teenager at that world cup in 2018, scoring four goals including in the final as well.
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well, he has now scored five in qatar, the first man to score that many goals before the age of 2a since the great pele. and, of course, everybody in the world of football, their thoughts are with pele who is very ill at the moment back home in brazil. but it was mbappe's night, two wonderful strikes to put the french 3—0. the poles kept at it and it was one of those ham. balls which glanced off a shoulder, and arm, from upamecano, the french defender. they looked at var, they gave it to poland. hugo lloris, the french captain, actually saved the first effort but he was way off his line and robert lewandowski stepped up to make it, well, a bit of a consolation, that's all it was for poland. they never deserved to go through. so it's the french who go through 3—1. incidentally, hugo lloris, his 142nd appearance for france, that's a joint record with lilian
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thuram. so a night of records, but you just know the headlines on monday will be killian mbappe, another wonderful evening for him here in qatar, he's up to five for the tournament. the headlines for the french, kelly and mbappe so far, for england it is reallyjude bellingham who is having a fantastic match. it is still 2—0 to england —— kelly and mbappe so far. so, here's a reminder of the rest of those last 16 matches. we already know our first quarterfinal — netherlands v argentina. and we now know france is also through. they'll play either england or senegal in the next round. plenty more to come over the coming days, too, before we reach that stage, though. thank you, lucy, see you later. now the rest of the day's news. the rmt union has rejected an offer from the rail delivery group — which represents train companies — aimed at preventing strikes
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in the run up to christmas. 0ur transport correspondent katy austin explained what the company had offered the union. there have been lots of negotiations happening over the past few days and the weekend to see if anything can be agreed to prevent these latest strikes going ahead, the next national strikes involving the rmt, about rail workers, are due to begin in 90 days. for the first time the group representing the train companies signed the dispute and they have made an offer to the rmt, they have made an offer to the rmt, they described it as a framework where essentially there would be a 4% pay rise for this year backed eight to and 4% for next year, however that would depend on changes to working practices being agreed to be able to fund that pay rise, including things like ways to ——
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changes to the ways staff work at stations, they would move to watch our described as multi—skilled rows and some ticket offices would change. it also includes changes to the roles of some on board the train and a move to more driver only operated trains whether drivers operated trains whether drivers operate the doors in more areas, thatis operate the doors in more areas, that is already in place in some areas, and also changes to the way rostering is done so sunday working with the part of the contract and not voluntary. —— would be part of the contract. there are quite a few conditions, it is notjust the tape, they say the pay conditions, it is notjust the tape, they say the pay offer conditions, it is notjust the tape, they say the pay offer comes conditions, it is notjust the tape, they say the pay offer comes with these conditions.— these conditions. earlier my colleague — these conditions. earlier my colleague ben _ these conditions. earlier my colleague ben brown - these conditions. earlier my colleague ben brown asked| these conditions. earlier my i colleague ben brown asked the secretary of the royal college of nursing
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—— of the royal college of nursing, pat cullen for her reaction to comments by the conservative party chairman, nadhim zahawi, who said the strikes were unfair at christmas. well, i think the tory chairman is playing what he considers a clever game. 0ur nurses know exactly what has caused the cost of living crisis and it's decade of underpayment to our nurses, their pay falling by 20% that has placed them in this position. it's not the the issues with putin at this point in time that has caused the crisis in the nhs. so for the tory chairman to come out and say that is certainly not lost on my nursing colleagues, but i don't think it will be lost on the people of this country either. i mean, he said it's unfair for the unions to damage and disrupt people's lives and livelihoods at christmas. he was questioning the timing of public sector strike action and also that they should, the unions, people like yourself should reflect and rethink, as i mentioned, because that's what putin wants.
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i mean, what do you think of his intervention today? i think it is it's shameful, actually, and ludicrous for him to come up with such suggestions and and the other suggestions that we've heard over the past number of days, instead of getting into a room and negotiating with myself on behalf of those nursing staff that are being forced to stand on picket lines outside the hospitals when they want to be inside looking after their patients, that's very clear, given its 106 years since they've taken action like this. so he'd be best placed spending his time on a table with me, talking seriously on behalf of those nurses instead of game playing, as we've seen this morning. because on your 19% pay rise, he says that would cost the nhs £10 billion and that's the wrong thing again, it's the wrong time, he says. this is the wrong thing to do right now. he says that you can't have that sort of pay rise. what's your reaction to that?
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well, it's the same rhetoric, isn't it? day after day. it's about what it costs. those are figures that we don't recognise. but i'll tell you what we do recognise that there's been recognise, that there's been a 20% cut to nurses pay over the past decade when there's been a 20% increase to ministers�* pay over the same period of time. so we know who's looking after who here. and if the health service is worth looking after and worth saving, then they ought to get to a table and start to talk to us realistically and without being disrespectful to the profession that i represent. well, what about preparing the military for this wave of strikes that we're seeing? hundreds of troops, we're being told, are being prepared, particularly to drive ambulances and so on. well, that's for the government and the nhs to decide on a day of action, how they intend to run the nhs. but frankly, what my nursing staff
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have said to me today, isn't it incredulous that, year on year, the lowest paid of our nursing profession has been working in these conditions, coming in every single day to a&e and other parts of the hospital, having to try and firefight with a completely depleted workforce. and when that responsibility is pushed upwards towards ministers and others, they can't survive one single day without having to bring in support, so i would have suggested, if it was such a crisis, why didn't they bring in the military and pharmacists and others to help and support our nursing staff for this past number of years when they have been really struggling to provide the best safe care for our patients. what are the practical steps involved in calling in emergency support during strike action? paul netherton is former national police lead for civil contingencies, and represented the police and home office in cobra meetings on major incidents. he told us what kind of contingency plans might be involved. so, the key organisations will have
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very advanced contingency plans, particularly the fire service and the ambulance service. they'll be thinking about how they bring in staff who are essential to drive ambulances, perhaps nonunion staff, but also looking at things like the military, seeing how they could use them to assist them to continue to deliver services. they'll also be looking about what they can offer, so some of the less important activities that these organisations do will have to stop, and they'll focus on saving lives and the priority calls. so those are quite advanced. they have other plans for things like fuel strikes and anything that might disrupt essential services, but as the number of strikes gets more and more, it will become increasingly difficult to cover all the bases. the iranian attorney general has said the authorities are moving to dismantle the country's so called
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morality police which enforce a strict islamic dress—code. it follows months of protest over the death of mahsa amini, a young woman who died in police custody, after being detained for allegedly wearing her headscarf improperly. there's been no confirmation yet from the interior ministry, which is in charge of the morality police. siavash ardalan from the bbc persian service explains the significance of this announcement. it is significant if it is true, but the protesters were initially celebrating it when the news came out as a sign they had made an impact on the government was under retreat, but as it settled it became more apparent this is not exactly what it seems, the opposition is now a little more disappointed but nevertheless emboldened that they still need to press on. theories about this news should be taken with about this news should be taken with a grain of salt, there was an
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offhand remark, if it was a huge retreat on the part of the government they would have held to a press conference, the government would have issued a communique, but it was an offhand remark to a common tissue by a reporter, where are the morality piece? the morality piece is nowhere to be seen after the death of mahsa amini, who died in their custody —— the morality police is. the law that the morality police was tasked with enforcing, the mandatory hijab, is still in place. evenif mandatory hijab, is still in place. even if that law changed, the protesters have been demanding regime change all along, that is not enough, let alone the story about the disbanding of the morality police which is not yet confirmed. how widespread do the protests continue to be at the moment? thea;r continue to be at the moment? they no throu~h continue to be at the moment? they go through absent _ continue to be at the moment? tia: go through absent close —— continue to be at the moment? tie:1: go through absent close —— ebbs continue to be at the moment? tia1 go through absent close —— ebbs and flows but they continue especially in balochistan and kurdistan where there are ethnic minorities, but
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evenin there are ethnic minorities, but even in big cosmopolitan centres there are clashes between police and demonstrators who are dispersed and then gather somewhere else. at the opposition has called for a three—day strike starting tomorrow and they were initially emboldened by the story at first thinking that the government house retreated, they smelled some weakness so they feel good about what will happen tomorrow. good about what will happen tomorrow-— good about what will happen tomorrow. ., ., , ., tomorrow. you feel the opposition, as ou tomorrow. you feel the opposition, as you call — tomorrow. you feel the opposition, as you call them. — tomorrow. you feel the opposition, as you call them, are _ tomorrow. you feel the opposition, as you call them, are more - as you call them, are more coordinated than they were at the beginning of these protests? trio. beginning of these protests? no, when we are _ beginning of these protests? tic, when we are talking about opposition we are loosely referring to decentralised groups of protesters and young people without any central headquarters. the reference to the opposition is either the reformists who have been jailed opposition is either the reformists who have beenjailed or discredited by the public or the diaspora opposition groups, the exiles, who don't seem to have that much of a
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commanding impactand don't seem to have that much of a commanding impact and they are representing a leadership for the iranians at this stage. a leading british politician has said he'd like to see images of self harm made illegal on the internet. the comments from the conservative party chairman nadhim zahawi come as british lawmakers prepare to debate new legislation. the actress kate winslet has also entered the debate about online harms ahead of a hard hitting tv drama as angus crawford reports. perhaps more than any other, it's molly russell's story that has influenced the 0nline safety bill and alerted parents to the potential power of social media to do harm. molly took her own life after being exposed to a stream of negative content. what's the matter? nothing. now a powerful new drama about the damage of online addiction, destroying family relationships. stop. you are driving me to do this! starring kate winslet and her daughter, mia. i really do struggle with social
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media, i struggle with the impact it is clearly having on teenage mental health, i do wish that our government would crack down on it. i do wish there would be certain platforms which were banned before a certain age. and she wants accountability. parents are left flailing. "well, thank you so much, government, look whatjust happened to my child." and how can you possibly tell me that, "0ops, it's not my fault?" there are people shirking responsibility all the time. 0nline safety bill does... the answer might be the 0nline safety bill. delayed... ..and amended. it's taken years but will be back before the commons tomorrow. it contains new clauses, criminal offences around pornography and self—harm content, but dropped are plans for ministers to decide what legal material should be classified as harmful for adults and be taken down by the platforms.
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although today the conservative party chairman seemed to want a further tightening of the rules. what we have to do for both children and adults, i think, is make sure things like self—harm images should be illegal, and that is how you deal with them. but the right balance to strike is between free speech and freedom of expression as well as dealing with this. labour, though, wants to bring back the legal but harmful clause. if you look at what that is around, its russian disinformation, misogynistic organising online, the sort of so—called incel culture. there is a lot out there in the online space that i think goes beyond the impact on children and young people. who is messaging you at that time of night anyway? drama which reflects real—world concerns about social media. and in front of mps, a complex bill years in the making, dividing opinion, trying to right that balance between family and big tech. angus crawford, bbc news.
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jewellers have begun re—sizing the crown which will be used for the coronation of king charles next may. the st edwards crown weighs nearly four and a half pounds and is normally on display with the rest of the crown jewels at the tower of london. here's our royal correspondent, daniela relph. the st edward's crown marks the actual moment of coronation, used here by queen elizabeth in 1953. the crown dates back to 1661, made for king charles ii. now, it is being altered to fit king charles iii, ready for his coronation next year. the operation to move the crown from the tower of london happened at night and under tight security. it is now being altered at a secret location by the crown jeweller. the st edward's crown has a solid gold frame and is set with rubies,
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amethysts and sapphires. it is the centrepiece of the crown jewels. plans for the king's coronation on the 6th of may next year at westminster abbey, are well underway. buckingham palace says the ceremony will reflect the monarch's role today, and look to the future. but some things will remain unchanged and rooted in long standing traditions and pageantry. the st edward's crown is one of them. daniela relph, bbc news. that is it from me, now the weather. hello there. as we move into the new week, it looks like things are set to turn a lot colder. we could see the most significant snow of the season so far, particularly across northern scotland, around the middle part of the new week. and it's going to be very cold towards the end of the week. widespread hard frost likely for many of us, with the risk of ice, too. in the short term, we've still got easterly winds which fed showers into eastern scotland and eastern england during both
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saturday and sunday. for the latter part of sunday, we hold on to showers across eastern england. eastern scotland too. a little bit of wintriness over the higher ground. a lot of cloud generally, but clear skies for northern and western scotland, parts of northern ireland, may western fringes of wales and western england. so it's here where we'll see the lowest temperatures, a touch of frost around, maybe the risk of ice. further south and east, where we have the breeze, the cloud and the showers, then not as cold. as we head into monday, then, a similar picture, i think, on monday to what we've had over the weekend. a lot of cloud around generally for england and wales. the north—easterly wind not as strong as it has been, but still feeding in some showers to eastern england, or eastern scotland down towards kent. again, a wintry flavour to some of them. the best of the sunshine for the north and west of scotland into northern ireland. temperatures, 4—8 degrees. but as we move out of monday into tuesday, we start to see a northerly developing. that will start to drag arctic air southwards across the country. that cold air will start to turn these showers wintry across scotland. but because we've changed the wind
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direction, we've got some shelter, you notice a lot more sunshine around across the country on tuesday. that may make it feel a little bit better, but the air will be getting colder and the northerly wins stronger across the north. moving into wednesday we are into that arctic air, the wins quite a feature across northern scotland, driving infrequent and heavy snow showers. we could see wintry showers draped across some areas, much of the spine across some areas, much of the spine across the country will be dry with sunshine but a cold day to come, maximum heights here, generally two to five celsius and feeling colder than that with the wind. an early yellow warning full snow across the northern half of scotland, up to ten centimetres over higher ground and we could see drifting from the strong northerly winds. cold for the end of the week and into the weekend, sleet and snow showers
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this is bbc world news with the headlines. england or up in the last 16 of the world cup. the winners will play france in the quarterfinals next saturday after the french beat poland. the attorney general says the morality police has
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