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welcome to bbc news. i'm monika plaha. our top stories: england's footballers cruise past senegal and secure a place in the world cup quarter—finals after beating them 3—0. cheering millions of fans celebrated across the uk, as the goals rolled in. england will face a tense match against france in the quarter—finals, after the defending champions beat poland 3—1. in other headlines: belgium is set for the trial of 10 men accused of involvement in the deadliest attack on belgian soil in decades. the actress kate winsletjoins calls for the uk government to do more to stop images of self—harm spreading online.
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ceremonies to mark the start of construction of the biggest telescope spread across to continence. hello and welcome. england are through to the quarter—finals of the football world cup in qatar, after a convincing 3—0 win over the african champions, senegal. nesta mcgregor was following the game at the stadium. he gave us this reaction. i think what is interesting in that, in the years to come, you know, when we look back at the tournament and we see just the scoreline at 3—0, it would look like a comfortable win for england but let's not forget that first
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35 minutes was a cagey, nervous affair, and senegal could have taken the lead twice very, very early on and it would have been a much different game, but as you mentioned, jude bellingham pivotal and crucial to that first goal. you know, a free—flowing run and then a cross forjordan henderson — the easiest of tap—ins. phil foden then assisted harry kane, who scored his first goal of the tournament, and as you mentioned, bukayo saka, now his third goal in the world cup. that takes england's goal tally to 12. they have never scored more goals in a world cup either, albeit six of those did came against iran. it is worth mentioning, senegal, their fans were a credit to their team today. i was inside the stadium, ans 1—0, 2—0, 3—0, it did not matter, they sang, they were beating drums, they were blowing trumpets for the entire 90 minutes so i think, if the football team is going to be missed, the fans are going to be an even bigger miss. it was an amazing atmosphere. france beat poland 3—1 earlier, as they hope to win the tournament again. they won the last world cup 4 years ago.
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the star of the show was kylian m'bappe, as olly foster now reports. poland not half as bad as we thought they were going to be. they limped through the group stages to set up this last 16 tie against the french, the strong favourites, of course. and it is the scoreline, the result that we expected. but it was very tight at half—time. olivier giroud had given the french the lead just before the break, his 52nd goal for his country. and that sees him overtake the great thierry henry, so olivier giroud a happy man this evening, he is now france's record goal—scorer. but you know what? kylian mbappe is fast going to catch up and perhaps will one day hold that record himself. it was a far quieter second half for the first sort of 20 minutes or so, but then mbappe, you cannot keep a good man down. we were there, weren't we, in russia four years ago when mbappe really came to the fore, he was a teenager at that
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world cup in 2018, scoring four goals, including in the final as well. 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 up. the poles kept at it and there was one of those handballs that glanced off a shoulder, an 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
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for france — that's a joint record with lilian thuram. so a night of records, but you just know the headlines on monday will be kylian mbappe, another wonderful evening for him here in qatar, he's up to five for the tournament. now, no doubt english expats all over the world were glued to their tv�*s for that match, including paul reaney, the president of green couch entertainment. hejoins me now from los angeles. hello, paul. i have to say, i am loving the face paint. no doubt, very happy? it am loving the face paint. no doubt, very happy?- am loving the face paint. no doubt, very happy? it was an excitin: doubt, very happy? it was an exciting day _ doubt, very happy? it was an exciting day to _ doubt, very happy? it was an exciting day to day, - doubt, very happy? it was an | exciting day to day, yesterday for you guys, but it was today and we woke up to a great game against senegal and england keep marching on, cheering from hollywood here. i keep marching on, cheering from hollywood here.— hollywood here. i have to admit, the _ hollywood here. i have to
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admit, the first _ hollywood here. i have to admit, the first half- hollywood here. i have to admit, the first half was l hollywood here. i have toj admit, the first half was a hollywood here. i have to . admit, the first half was a bit rocky then came henderson then came harry kane. we rocky then came henderson then came harry kane.— came harry kane. we started well against _ came harry kane. we started well against iran. _ came harry kane. we started well against iran. the - came harry kane. we started well against iran. the welsh | well against iran. the welsh game we looked professional. america tempered our excitement a little bit but today, senegal, we were hungry and we really brought it. i senegal, we were hungry and we really brought it.— really brought it. i have to ask, really brought it. i have to ask. how _ really brought it. i have to ask, how did _ really brought it. i have to ask, how did you - really brought it. i have to ask, how did you watch i really brought it. i have to| ask, how did you watch the match? where were you? i was with my son — match? where were you? i was with my son who _ match? where were you? i was with my son who is _ match? where were you? i was with my son who is half - with my son who is half american, half english, so he is now cheering on england now that america is sadly out of the top 16. we are watching england go all the way. the excitement _ england go all the way. the excitement is _ england go all the way. the excitement is brilliant but we cannot get to complacent, we have uruguay, germany, former
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champions, they are out. forward, what tactics should england use? we forward, what tactics should engiand use?— forward, what tactics should england use?— forward, what tactics should england use? we are in such a aood england use? we are in such a good position. _ england use? we are in such a good position, 12 _ england use? we are in such a good position, 12 goals - england use? we are in such a good position, 12 goals which i good position, 12 goals which is great for a tournament thus far and from eight different place, southgate has a lessor of great players to choose from and it isn't going to get better because i think we're going to make it all the way to the final. i going to make it all the way to the final. ., going to make it all the way to the final. . ., the final. i am loving the positivity- _ the final. i am loving the positivity. now, - the final. i am loving the positivity. now, england| the final. i am loving the - positivity. now, england will be playing france on saturday and after the match against poland, france, they are on good form. are you a bit nervous for the match against france on saturday? i nervous for the match against france on saturday?— nervous for the match against france on saturday? i am and i am worried _ france on saturday? i am and i am worried it _ france on saturday? i am and i am worried it may _ france on saturday? i am and i am worried it may go _ france on saturday? i am and i am worried it may go to - am worried it may go to penalties and if it goes to penalties, every englishman and woman will be set on the edge of their seat because we know out track records when it comes to penalties in the world cup. i have two and this in a very simple question, the million
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dollar question, do you think it will be coming home for england?— it will be coming home for encland? , ., england? the three lying and are auoin england? the three lying and are going to _ england? the three lying and are going to write _ england? the three lying and are going to write and - england? the three lying and are going to write and it - england? the three lying and are going to write and it is i are going to write and it is going to be england versus brazil and the underdogs england are going to warrant all the way to world cup glory. —— three lion. all the way to world cup glory. -- three lion.— -- three lion. you had it from a oll, -- three lion. you had it from a poll. england _ -- three lion. you had it from a poll, england will— -- three lion. you had it from a poll, england will be - -- three lion. you had it from a poll, england will be roaring| a poll, england will be roaring all the way until the end. let's get some of the day's other news in brief now. iran's attorney general has said that the morality police, which enforces the strict islamic dress code, is being disbanded, after a wave of anti—government protests. the decision has not been confirmed by other government departments in iran, including the interior ministry. south africa's president cyril ramaposa has said it is up to the governing party to decide his future. this comes as allegations of misconduct continue to swirlaround him. he's accused of keeping millions of dollars in cash at his farm and failing to report that it was stolen. his spokesman said
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he will not resign. three chinese astronauts have returned to earth after living for six months on an orbiting space station. their shenzhou 1a spaceship landed as planned in inner mongolia. the astronauts completed the assembly of the space station before handing it over to another crew. all three are said to be in good health. ten men are due to go on trial in brussels this week, in connection with the suicide bombings that killed 32 people. the attacks happened in 2016, at the city's main airport and on the metro. it was the deadliest attack on belgian soil since the second world war. nearly 1,000 survivors and relatives of the victims will be represented in court. our europe correspondent nick beake reports. there has been an attack on the metro, and just as soon i heard that, you know, you can feel the bottom
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fall out of your world. it is six years now since terror shattered cha rlotte's life. she and her partner, david, had made brussels home, and it's where they were bringing up their son henry. three days after the suicide bombings on the city, a belgian police social worker rang her. it was dark, i was walking the dog around the streets, and she told me that david wasn't one of the living, and i had to prepare for the worst. it was a phone call? it was a phone call, yeah, to say, basically, your partner is dead. david was the only british victim. one of 16 people murdered on the metro. an hour earlier, 16 others had been killed at the main airport. charlotte channelled her grief into campaigning for victims of terror and wants to travel from the uk to the brussels trial
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to make a statement. i think having david appear in that court and being able to draw a picture of david by someone who really loved him, it will give me some peace because in this process he is basically a victim, person, a list of injuries, fatal injuries, a place where he was found. she was like an angel, she was beautiful, and when we talk about love, loubna talk. loubna was mohamed's wife. he said he wanted to create a jihad of love, after she was murdered in the attacks. his home is still in the molenbeek area, where some of the accused lived and were sheltered. translation: i sincerely hope the terrorists will take - the path of redemption because for me to condemn them as they are, with the same ideas in their head, that would be a failure
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for all of us. i am terrified about what the trial will bring. it could do us so much damage because it would throw us back into the biggest crisis of our lives. so i will stay away. charlotte will be there, though, with a message. they destroyed some of us but we come together and we're stronger and that's why they won't win. nick beake, bbc news, brussels. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the giant tortoise called jonathan is about to turn 190 years old, and will celebrate with a three—day party. john lennon was shot at the entrance to the dakota building in the centre of new york. there's been a crowd here standing in more or less silent vigil and the flowers have been piling up.
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the 14th ceasefire of this war ended at the walls of the old city of dubrovnik. this morning witnesses said shells were landing every 20 seconds. people are celebrating the passing of a man they hold responsible for hundreds of deaths and oppression. elsewhere, people have been gathering to mourn his passing. imelda marcos, the widow of the former president of the philippines, has gone on trial in manila. she is facing seven charges of tax evasion, estimated at £120 million. she pleaded not guilty. the prince and princess are to separate. a statement from buckingham palace said the decision had been reached amicably. this is bbc news. the latest headlines — england's footballers have secured a place in the world
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cup quarterfinals after beating senegal 3—0. england will face a mouthwatering tie against france in the quarterfinals, after the defending champions beat poland. let's stay with the world cup. this is the first one where six teams from the asian federations have reached the finals. qatar, as hosts, and saudi arabia, iran,japan and south korea, who came through qualifying, while australia won a play—off to reach doha. each of the teams has made an impact on the competition. shaimaa khalil has been looking at the efforts of the three teams from the asia pacific region. it's been a tournament of high emotion and high drama. so far, the asia—pacific teams have delivered some of the most extraordinary moments. melbourne's federation square erupted in celebration last week with australian fans in raptures as their side beat
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denmark to secure a place in the knockout stages. for those who have travelled all the way from down under, it was all worth it. even though australia's dreams have been dashed by argentina, they go home a proud squad. probably better than expected, domestically. but for those of us who are here, we always viewed the round of 16 as the goal, so, yeah, pretty happy. i feel incredibly proud. these boys have come from, you know, not a strong football nation and they have worked their guts out. we don't have the history that| some of these south american and european teams have but, you know, maybe it's the startj of a new legacy. that's what the world cup is about, right? it's bringing teams that wouldn't ordinarily be on the big stage, bringing them to the big stage. it was tears of delight and disbelief for the south korean fans and players as the team seized their place in
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the knockout stages, beating cristiano ronaldo's portugal 2—1. but before they could celebrate, the players then huddled around a phone to see uruguay fall short and exit the world cup. japan has been an astounding presence in this tournament. they beat the 2010 world cup winners spain, making it to the last 16, and kicking the four—time world champions germany out as they landed on top of their group. the samurai blue are taking nothing for granted as they get ready to face croatia. the performances of these teams may have taken their opponents by surprise but their success so far was not by chance. the reasons for they are doing well is that the background of their own players, they have now the experience with the european football and they are learning quite a lot of things — and not only techniques and tactics but also the mental side as well — so that has added some kind
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of changes to their football and which is kind of put everything together. these asia—pacific teams have given their fans so much to cheer for and have left some of the biggest squads in the world scratching their heads at times. they've been fearless on the pitch and many are now asking whether this could be the start of a new era of football. with the socceroos out, japan and south korea both brace for their next fight as they face croatia and brazil — two games that could potentially deliver more jaw—dropping upsets. win or lose, those teams have proven themselves worthy opponents against the giants of the game. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, doha. two other news now. —— to other news now. a leading british politician has said he would like to see images of self harm made illegal on the internet. the comments, from the conservative party chairman nadhim zahawim comes as british lawmakers prepare to debate new legislation on monday.
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the actress kate winslet has also entered the debate about online harm ahead of a tv drama inspired by the death of molly russell, a teenagerfrom britain. angus crawford reports. perhaps more than any other, it's molly russell's story that influenced the online 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. you're not perfect! please stop! _ you are driving me to do this! starring kate winslet and her daughter, mia. i really do struggle with social media. i struggle with the impact it's clearly having on teenage on teenage mental health. i do wish that our government would crack down on it,
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i do wish there would be certain platforms that were banned before a certain age. and she wants accountability. parents are left flailing and well, "thank you so much, "government, look whatjust happened to my child." and how can you possibly tell me that, "oops, "it's not my fault?" there are people shirking responsibility all the time. ..0nline safety bill does... the answer might be the online 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. although today, the conservative party chairman seemed to want a further tightening of the rules. what we've got to do for both children and adults,
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i think, is make sure things like self—harm images should be illegal — and that's how you deal with them. but the right balance to strike is between that, you know, 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, it's russian disinformation, it's misogynistic organising online — the sort of so—called incel culture. there's a lot out there in the online space that i think goes beyond the impact on children and young people. who on earth is possibly 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. ceremonies are getting under way in australia and south africa later to mark the start of construction on the world's biggest telescope. the square kilometre array
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is a network of radio antennae spread across two continents. it will aim to address some of the major outstanding questions in astrophysics. this is an artist's impression of what the telescope will look like, once it's completed in six years. let's speak now to professor cathryn trott, astronomer and chief operations scientist on this project in australia. professor, thank you so much forjoining me on bbc news. first of all, the world's biggest telescope. just sent us a picture of how exactly it will work.— a picture of how exactly it will work. , , ., ~ will work. -- 'ust print. thank ou for will work. -- just print. thank you for having _ will work. -- just print. thank you for having me. _ will work. -- just print. thank you for having me. this - will work. -- just print. thank you for having me. this is - will work. -- just print. thank you for having me. this is a i you for having me. this is a global observatory, as you said, two telescopes in australia and south africa. in australia, we are building a low—frequency telescope that will operate from 350 megahertz and in south africa but telescope operating from 350
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megahertz to 15 gigahertz and across those two telescopes we are able to look at the full evolution of the universe from infancy until the present day --50 to 350 infancy until the present day ——50 to 350 mergahertz. so in australia we are building a telescope that will span nearly 75 kilometres across the western australian outback. it will be nearly ten times in automatic telescope we have now. what it delivers for us is very sensitive observations to look deep into the universe, to look deep into the universe, to look at a wide frame of the universe at any one time but also to have very fine details in orderfor us to be also to have very fine details in order for us to be able to undertake our science. that's a telescope _ undertake our science. that's a telescope on — undertake our science. that's a telescope on a _ undertake our science. that's a telescope on a really _ undertake our science. that's a telescope on a really big - undertake our science. that's a telescope on a really big scalel telescope on a really big scale and you mentioned some of the points there, but what are you hoping to see from this and what are you hoping to learn exactly from this telescope? the science undertaken by the observatory is very, very broad. here in australia, below telescope will have a couple of very large science goals. michael fought the loan. the
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first is to look for the cosmic dawn, period 200 million years after the big bang, 13.6 billion years in the past, when the universe was dark and filled with neutral hydrogen gas from the big bang. the very first stars and galaxies turn on in this period, eliminating the cosmos for the first time and completely transforming the whole universe to look like the one we have today. so this is a key period inaudible haven't quite observed it. the other big science programme we are hoping to do is to look at pulsars, they are in automatic clocks in the universe, stars that rotate rapidly in a very constant rate and we can look at the changes in the ticking of these clocks to be able to look for gravitational waves as they travel through the universe into and this is something that sk a high and low will be able to do precisely. low will be able to do precisely-— low will be able to do recisel . ., , ., ~ low will be able to do
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recisel . ., ., ~ precisely. professor, thank you so much for — precisely. professor, thank you so much for your _ precisely. professor, thank you so much for your time. - precisely. professor, thank you so much for your time. it - so much for your time. it sounds very fascinating and no doubt, we will be in touch again once it is officially all constructed in six years' time so good luck with it. now, we have a very special giant tortoise we need to talk about. his name isjonathan and he is about to be 190 years old. he was hatched back in 1832. he's from the seychelles and is the oldest known living land animal. jonathan is blind and lacks a sense of smell but he still enjoys eating and sleeping. gail maclellan reports. what these little eyes could have seen over the years. the rise and fall of empires, kings and queens, world wars. jonathan lives on santolino. and at approximately 190, hejust missed meeting napoleon by a few years. he was here when there
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were boer prisoners of war here. he was five when queen victoria ascended to the throne. so... chuckles. he is believed to be the oldest living land mammal and the oldest tortoise ever. he's a seychelles giant tortoise and is enjoying a comfortable retirement in the official residence of the governor of the island. his birthday�*s being marked with parties and the issue of a special stamp. he might be slowing down a little — though, how can you tell? — and a lot of the food he eats seems somehow to miss his mouth. i think his favourite is probably banana and gouyave. that's guava but we call them gouyave here. he tends to makes a big mess when he eats those, but he really likes them. chuckles. unlike most 190—year—olds, he has a girlfriend, her name is emma, who is and she's young enough to be his great, great, great great granddaughter. island authorities have already made plans for his eventual demise — his shell will be preserved for posterity.
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gail maclellan, bbc news. hgppy happy birthday, jonathan, and no doubt he will be celebrating with his girlfriend emma. you can find me on twitter. thank you for watching bbc news. hello there. last week, the weather story was dominated with low cloud, mist and fog. this week, however, there's quite a significant gear change to something a little bit more wintry. certainly turning colder. yes, there's going to be a chance of snow — more on that in just a moment. widespread frost as well for all of us. so, last week, we were under the influence of this area of high pressure but over the next few days, we can track the isobars back to the north, the wind direction changing and that will introduce this colder air. not quite there during monday — more of a north—easterly flow. monday will be a lot of low grey cloud, a cold day, some showers spilling off the east coast and filtering a little bit further west. not that much sunshine around.
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favoured spots — western scotland and northern ireland, with highs of five to eight celsius. so, the wind direction starting to drag down that colder arctic air as we move through tuesday, particularly tuesday night to wednesday. so, for tuesday, the emphasis to the showers changes a little along those exposed north coasts, still running along the east coast, and some pushing down through the irish sea as well. in between, there will be some sunshine around on tuesday. still another cold day. now, those clear skies by day will lead to a very cold night. widespread temperatures down to minus two degrees, so a hard frost to greet pretty much all of us first thing on wednesday morning. and that's when we're going to start to see the risk of some snow showers, particularly into the far north of scotland. a veil of cloud sinking its way steadily south. central and southern areas, the best of the sunshine. but the met office has issued an early warning for snow on wednesday. we could see as much as 2—10cm settling even at lower levels
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as we go through the day. and it's turning noticeably colder on wednesday. temperatures struggling just a few degrees above freezing. factor in the wind, probably feeling more like minus 2 to minus 3 along those exposed north—eastern areas. then, as we move into wednesday, we need to keep a close eye on the area of low pressure. the position of that low is going to influence where we're likely to see some wintry showers, but we could have some wintry showers through the south—west and potentially along that east coast. if the low tracks a little bit further west, there would be more showers coming in further england. but again staying cold.
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this is bbc news. the headlines: england will face the reigning champions, france, in the last eight of the football world cup in qatar. the three lions captain, harry kane, scored his first goal of the tournament, as gareth southgate's side beat senegal 3—0. their quarter—final kicks off next saturday. ten men are due to go on trial in brussels this week in connection with attacks that killed 32 people in 2016. the bombings at the airport and on the metro were the deadliest attack on belgian soil since the second world war. ceremonies will be held in australia and south africa later to mark the start of construction on the world's biggest telescope. the square kilometre array
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