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young live with bbc news. let's catch up with the sport. thank you very much. we are starting with football and the premier league because liverpool managerjurgen because liverpool manager jurgen klopp because liverpool managerjurgen klopp says his side have nothing to lose as they fight for a european spotin lose as they fight for a european spot in the final few weeks of the season. this time last year the reds were pursuing an unprecedented quadruple, but by comparison this season has been a major disappointment and klopp�*s men are 12 points from a champions league place as they play leeds united later. ~ ., ., ., .,, later. we have nothing to lose, reall , later. we have nothing to lose, really. and _ later. we have nothing to lose, really. and we _ later. we have nothing to lose, really, and we are _ later. we have nothing to lose, really, and we are in _ later. we have nothing to lose, really, and we are in a - later. we have nothing to lose, really, and we are in a position | really, and we are in a position that we don't want to be in the table. that means we have to act a little bit like this, we have to try new things, we have to fight for things, that's how it is the things we have tried so far this season didn't work out properly, especially not consistently, and that's what we
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have to do. all the things are on the table, everything is clear, our own record isn't as bad as the away record but we play away. anyway, i'm looking forward to the game. elsewhere it is day three of the world snooker champion ship in sheffield and a big shock already has the 2016 runner—up ding junhui is out. he led hossein vafaei light 5-4 is out. he led hossein vafaei light 5—4 overnight but the world number 23 was in scintillating form winning the first four frames of the day on his way to a 10—6 victory. hossein vafaei faces defending champion and world number one ronnie o'sullivan now in the second round. meanwhile, world number three mark alan has also been in action. he won the first five frames against a chinese debutant before being pegged back to 6—3. that match resumes in the final session of the day. elsewhere, england's mark fitzpatrick says winning the rbc heritage title is something very
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special, he beat defending champion jordan spieth in a dramatic play—off. both men finished on the 17 under par after their four rounds. it took three play—off holds to decide the winner, fitzpatrick coming up with the superb shot on the third play—off hole to set up the third play—off hole to set up the birdie putt that would win it. it was a special win for the former us open champion who used to holiday with his family on the south carolina island where the tournament is held —— three play—off holes. i think i can retire is held —— three play—off holes. i think i can retire now! this is the one i've always wanted to win. any golf tournament, other than the majors, of course, there isn't a higher one on the list than to win this one and that's the truth. my family can tell you that, my friends can tell you the same thing, this place is a special place for me and means the world to have won it. in the nba play—offs the los angeles lakers upset the second—seeded
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memphis grizzlies 128—112 in the opening game of their western conference first round series. lakers star lebronjames and anthony davis combined for 43 points but it was their team—mate who was the star of the show in memphis who scored 29 points for the seventh—seeded visitors who only made the play—offs after winning a play in in game two of the series which is also in memphis on wednesday. meanwhile the milwaukee bucks are sweating on the fitness of their star after he was forced off injured after a 130—117 defeat to miami heat in game one of the eastern conference first—round series. the greek forward landed hard on his back in the first quarter will stop you will be assessed ahead of game two on wednesday. faith thomas, the first aboriginal woman to play cricket for australia, has died at the age of 90. thomas, renowned as one of the fastest bowlers in the women's game
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played her one and only test for australia against england in a melbourne in 1958. thomas, who was a survivor of australia was �*s stolen generation, remainsjust one survivor of australia was �*s stolen generation, remains just one of four indigenous players to have played test cricket for her country, along with jason gillespie, ash gardner and scott boland. that is all from the world of sport for now. back to you. thank you. we are going to take you to wales because the brecon beacons national park is to rebrand be rebranded and under its welsh language name. i'm taking the plunge. jumping into a river in the brecon beacons national park, but emerging into what is now are named after the king who ruled the land in the fifth century, and no one says it better than michael sheen in this promotional programme. fix, than michael sheen in this promotional programme. than michael sheen in this romotional rouramme. �* ~ ., promotional programme. a new kind of
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national park. — promotional programme. a new kind of national park, not _ promotional programme. a new kind of national park, not the _ promotional programme. a new kind of national park, not the brecon - national park, not the brecon beacons national park, no, this place has a new name now, or rather an old one bannau brycheiniog, a name from our past, to take us into ourfuture. beautiful. isn't it? yes, michael, it really is, even in this gorge walking between the jumping of the swimming the instructors believe it is important to remind you what this area means, notjust to remind you what this area means, not just today, to remind you what this area means, notjust today, but to remind you what this area means, not just today, but also to remind you what this area means, notjust today, but also in the past. the miners who used to work at the silicon mile used to traverse the silicon mile used to traverse the rocks all the way along —— silicon mind. the rocks all the way along -- silicon mind.— the rocks all the way along -- silicon mind. , ., silicon mind. they came all the way alon: and silicon mind. they came all the way along and walked _ silicon mind. they came all the way along and walked off— silicon mind. they came all the way along and walked off towards - silicon mind. they came all the way along and walked off towards the i along and walked off towards the mine every morning. you can talk about flora and fauna, the site itself, we have to protect it to ensure that children can see it in years and years to come. along with the name changed to promote the welsh language, the national park
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has produced an ambitious action plan, planting 1 million trees, restoring people and back can capture carbon, and re—establishing threatened animal species. the keyword you keep hearing is balance. we're a park where communities live and visitors come and, in a way, - we've got kind of out of balance between people and nature - and the climate and so on. so at the heart of our plan . is a wish to pull all that back into balance, to get to a situation where we can have thriving - communities, thriving places, - but where we live within the natural resources that are available. the park sees four million visitors a year, but is also the home and workplace for rural communities. come on, girls. this landscape is shaped notjust by geology, but also by farming and the food it produces. i think we do need to be careful that the national park is on a pedestal but, at the same time, we have to have the ability to run businesses, to be profitable and to continue in these wonderful,
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vibrant communities, delivering on welsh language, the culture and the social aspect of what we have. its beauty is beyond doubt, but for bannau brycheiniog to thrive, that beauty needs to be more than skin deep. notjust a chocolate—box landscape, but a place where people and the natural world can work, rest and play in harmony, side by side, am byth — for evermore. john maguire, bbc news, brecon. from the beautiful landscapes of the bannau brycheiniog national park, i will practice that for quite some time, i'm sure, to the musical extravaganza that is the eurovision song contest. we arejust extravaganza that is the eurovision song contest. we are just one extravaganza that is the eurovision song contest. we arejust one month away until it all kicks off here in the uk in liverpool. over the past few weeks some of the artists have been touring europe performing to their fans been touring europe performing to theirfans and been touring europe performing to their fans and last night was the final pre—party before they travel up final pre—party before they travel up to liverpool. the bbc�*s
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eurovision reporter went along to meet them. his report, because of the amount of people there with their cameras and phones, does contain flashing images. it's a crazy experience that in slovenia we have arena concerts and here we could probably have a very hard time filling upa pub. and it feels great. all of these people would come to a pub. of course. if it was a small pub, it would be filled up. pretty nicely actually, so, yeah. the biggest selling band in slovenia is one of the acts the uk's mae muller will compete against. # i wrote a song about how you did me wrong # i could have cried at home... # the swedish entry won in 2012 and she is one of the front runners this year. i she is one of the front runners this ear. ., , . ., , ., , year. i love this community. i hope that peeple — year. i love this community. i hope that peeple feel— year. i love this community. i hope that people feel how _ year. i love this community. i hope that people feel how much - year. i love this community. i hope that people feel how much i - year. i love this community. i hope that people feel how much i love . that people feel how much i love them and how much i care. it goes
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around like this. with less than a month to go, this is the final time the acts get to perform in front of eurovision fans before the song contest begins in liverpool. it will be the biggest stage in the world with 160 million watching at home. oh, i don't want to think about it. that is... yeah, it's a massive number. i mean, you can't imagine how many people. yeah. if you try to imagine what does 160 million people look like, you just cannot do it. no, no, it's not possible. # poe, poe, poe, poe, poe # edgar allan, edgar allan # poe, poe, poe, poe, poe # edgarallan, edgarallan ...# so many, like, react to our video. see! that wasn't planned — i swear to god. yes, yes!
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we have been having such a great time. it feels like a school trip. it does. you know, it's amazing because when we all met, you know, first we were kind of feeling each other. yeah. hey, how are you? you did great. and now it'sjust like, "go on, give me some love." can i do the same thing? cheering sixth member of the band. i made it to eurovision. see you in liverpool. daniel rosney, bbc news. after a record—breaking 35 year run the curtain has come down at the broadway production of the phantom of the opera. the show opened in january 1988 and has been watched on broadway alone by 20 million people. it has grossed around $1.11 billion. andrew lloyd webber�*s musical is
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based on the classic novel about a 19th—century aspiring opera singer. among the stars who appeared, were michael crawford. hello. after what seemed like ceaseless rain at times last week, this week is by comparison looking a lot quieter. in fact, for many of us, nothing really significant in the way of rain to come until at least the end of the week, could get quite lively into the weekend ahead but sunshine will not always guarantee warmth this week. high pressure sitting across scandinavia is what will bring the dry weather and also mean easterly winds across the uk meaning quite a chilly direction at this time of year. by the end of the week you start to see things becoming a little livelier towards the south—east. for the here and now, though, the easterly breeze bringing in a line of low cloud, mist and murk from the north sea, through the night, some quite grey
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starts initially across the eastern half of the uk. brightest first thing in the west. overnight lows somewhere between 4—8 c and on tuesday the highs are still across scandinavia, the easterly wind is still affecting the southern half of the uk, a little weather system out in the north sea ushering in some thicker cloud later in the day, but much of the early mist and murk will burn off and through the middle of the day i think almost wall—to—wall sunshine. come the afternoon the thick cloud into the south—east and it could produce one or two scattered showers. why is that easterly wind so cold in particular at this time of year? down to the temperature in the north sea. you are basically feeding in their from the top of the north sea which is pretty cold this time of year with temperatures in the water around eight or 9 degrees and those are the figures we see along some of the spots on the north sea coast. towards the west in the sunshine with some shelter from the easterly breeze 15 or 16, 17 celsius possible and that will feel quite warm will
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stop high pressure still across scandinavia as we look across a wednesday and thursday, still some bits and pieces of cloud being picked up from the north sea, chance of some showers further south across southern counties of england on wednesday and favouring the south—west later on in the afternoon. but a lot of sunshine as we look further north, again on the cooler side along the length of the north sea coast but towards the west and with the shelter at the top temperatures sitting in the mid—teens. and for the rest of the week, it is kind of all downhill from thursday onwards, becoming unsettled in the south through friday and then rain spreading through most parts of the uk in time for the weekend.
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live from london, this is bbc news. the russian opposition activist vladimir kara—murza is sentenced to 25 years in prison. i'll be speaking to marina litvinenko, the wife of alexander litvinenko, murdered with radioactive pollonium in london in 2006. fighting between rival armed factions in sudan intensifies with nearly a hundred people killed and hundreds more injured. a billion dollar defamation trial between voting systems firm dominion and the media giant fox news has been delayed by a day. and no—go — elon musk�*s spacex has just cancelled the launch of its mammoth rocket starship.
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