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now it's time for a look at today's sport. leah williamson has injured her acl and is likely to be out of the world cup. what more do we know? we have confirmation — cup. what more do we know? we have confirmation from _ cup. what more do we know? we have confirmation from her— cup. what more do we know? we have confirmation from her club _ cup. what more do we know? we have confirmation from her club arsenal - confirmation from her club arsenal confirming that she had suffered an acl rupture and that she would be undergoing surgery in due course. everybody at the club would be supporting her but significantly the average recovery time for a ruptured acl is six months at the world cup held in australia and new zealand
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will take place in under three months. i don't think there is any question that leah williamson is out. it looked pretty bad on wednesday when she was substituted. she collapsed after appearing to catch her at studs in the turf and then she limped quite heavily. met by her team—mate there down the tunnel. arsenal have got four players out with long—term injuries now, including beth mead, kim little, so there title prospects look bleak but it is missing out on the world cup that will be hurting leah williamson so much. fix, the world cup that will be hurting leah williamson so much. a bitter blow for sarina _ leah williamson so much. a bitter blow for sarina wiegman - leah williamson so much. a bitter blow for sarina wiegman and - leah williamson so much. a bitter blow for sarina wiegman and the i blow for sarina wiegman and the fans. ,, ., ., , fans. she led england to their first ma'or fans. she led england to their first major tournament _ fans. she led england to their first major tournament when _ fans. she led england to their first major tournament when they - fans. she led england to their first major tournament when they won | fans. she led england to their first i major tournament when they won the euros, she was their talisman and their constant, so do not have that presence in the squad will be a big loss to england. and beth mead is also out, the england striker. she suffered the same injury, acl
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injury, she was the golden boot winner in the euros and out the england captain is missing, so this is for a tournament that until now england had been one of the strong favourites, so difficult news for england fans but worst of all, leah williamson, who was looking forward to being the captain and england for the first time at a world cup, will probably not be there —— the captain of england. probably not be there -- the captain of encland. . ., ., probably not be there -- the captain of england-— in the premier league, arsenal boss mikel arteta says he's looking for perfection from his players to lift the title. the gunners have squandered leads in back—to—back matches and are nowjust four points ahead of manchester city ahead of their clash against southampton later. arteta says his players are in the right frame of mind to overcome their recent run. i see iseea i see a sense of revenge and determination to get even better. but that is not enough, you have got to tweak it. we have to demand more
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and more and we have to be perfectionist but at the same time we have to play with flow. we are really good when we play with our energy and flow and are not thinking about the results will top that is the last thing we have got to do. it is the seventh day of the snooker world championships. one of the biggest games is under way. neil robertson hasjust drawn biggest games is under way. neil robertson has just drawn level at 4-4 with robertson has just drawn level at 4—1; with the debutant jakjones. you can keep up—to—date with that on bbc two. eilish mccolgan is out of sunday's london marathon after picking up a knee problem. mccolgan is the british half—marathon record holder and the commonwealth games' 10,000 metre champion. she was due to be making her debut in the event but has delayed herjourney to london
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to give herself as much time as possible to make a decision. her mother liz mccolgan won the london marathon in 1996. and that's all the sport for now. europe is facing a massive cocaine crisis, according to law enforcement agencies. production of the drug has increased by a third in just one year, after a slowdown over the pandemic. europe and north america are the largest markets for cocaine. in the most recent discovery — british authorities seized more than a tonne of cocaine found floating off the south coast. drug smugglers are even using submarines to bring millions of dollars worth of cocaine into the continent from south america. our europe correspondent nick beake has more. international criminal gangs are sinking to new depths to get their cocaine into europe. so—called narco subs helping to flood the continent with the drug.
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this is the first submarine known to have brought cocaine all the way from south america. the three men on board were arrested after reaching the spanish coast. and this is where they lived for nearly a month. it's so cramped and claustrophobic in here. forfood, they had energy bars, cans of sardines. the toilet was a bag in the corner and that was it — they had nothing else. oh, apart from three tonnes of cocaine in the front worth more than £100 million. last month, spanish police said they had detected a second cocaine submarine, again in galicia, but any cargo had disappeared. translation: they are very hard to detect. - in fact, in more than 20 years of traffickers using submarines to reach africa and europe, these two are the first we've seized. law enforcement agencies across europe are fighting a surge
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in cocaine production, although they say they've just dismantled the biggest known coke factory the continent's ever seen. the spanish police have recreated the drugs factory and the assembly line, starting with this — raw coca paste. it's got a really strong vinegar smell. it would then be cooked up using lots of chemicals. it would then be pressed. over here, they'd weigh the products that they have. and take a look at this. this is 150 kilos worth of cocaine — a purity of 95%. what you see here on this table has a street value of around 9 million euros — that's about £8 million. but it's in belgium where the biggest amounts of cocaine are being seized. here at the port of antwerp, more than 110 tonnes were intercepted in 2022. huge quantities are getting through, though, and this top judge fears
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it's out of control. translation: it makes - an absolute fortune for those we call narco traffickers, with money laundering and corruption, which is now limitless in terms of the sums that can be offered to dockers, police officers and other people. how do you want us to have any control on criminal organisations? it's over. just this week, italian police found 400 million euros worth of cocaine bobbing off the sicilian coast. and the united nations is warning that international gangs are now looking to expand into africa and asia. europe's cocaine crisis is getting wider and deeper. nick beake, bbc news. nick is in brussels where he has been putting together his documentary. we spoke to nick in the bbc brussels
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newsroom where he's based and asked him to tell us more about his investigation. we are in the edit suite in brussels and i want to give you an insight into how we put this together. what we did over a number of months, we met about half a dozen key characters and they have formed the basis of the film that you mentioned and people like this man who was a convicted drug smuggler. he brought a lot of his cocaine through the port of antwerp in belgium and my colleague bruno who deserves a lot of credit for the investigation, tracked him down. this guy is repentant and he said what he did was wrong but he gave an insight into how easy he thought it was to get cocaine into this country. after that we thought we had to talk to the customers in belgium and to be honest i was pretty impressed by what they said, this is the head of customs and he said they are facing a tsunami of the drug coming in and wheni a tsunami of the drug coming in and when i asked him if i thought —— if he thought he would win the battle, he thought he would win the battle, he said we are never going to win the battle which i thought was quite
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an admission from someone in a senior position. after that we talked to a man who has his identity disguised but he has used cocaine for about eight years and we asked... he certainly asked us if we could protect his identity and he said he has used cocaine at work and when he goes to see his family sometimes, such is his addiction, and the problem is he is getting a lot of adverts and messages on his phone. one dealer has got his number and so he gets bombarded with things and so he gets bombarded with things and he says he does not want to buy it sometimes but he gives in. these are some of the people we met over the course of a few months and this is how it took shape, the documentary.— is how it took shape, the documenta . ., , , documentary. the documentary is floodinu documentary. the documentary is flooding this _ documentary. the documentary is flooding this weekend _ documentary. the documentary is flooding this weekend on - documentary. the documentary is flooding this weekend on the - documentary. the documentary is flooding this weekend on the bbc| flooding this weekend on the bbc news. rishi sunak is reshuffling his cabinet after the resignation of dominic raab. alex chalk replaces him as the
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justice secretary and oliver dowden is the newjeopardy prime minister and chloe smith has been appointed as the new sign secretary. we have seen pictures of the newly appointed justice minister alex chalk and here he is arriving at the ministry of justice which happened about one hour ago. justice which happened about one hourago. he had been justice which happened about one hour ago. he had been the minister of state for defence procurement. and before that he was the prisons minister. before becoming an mp he worked as a barrister specialising in counterterrorism, homicide and serious fraud cases. this is him arriving for the newjob at the justice ministry. this is number 10 downing street. rishi sunak has been reshuffling his cabinet as we know. he accepted the resignation of raab with great sadness. dominic raab
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criticised the inquiry and he said they set the threshold for bullying too low. there is more information on the bbc website. some big contrasts in the weather today and a tale of two halves, and this is the overall message for the next few days. it would turn quite a bit colder over the uk especially northern and eastern areas and today we have an easterly wind which has dragged in a fair amount of cloud and this weatherfront dragged in a fair amount of cloud and this weather front circling over england and wales, this is the radar for the last couple of hours, it has been over the midlands and wales and the south—west. the best of the weather in scotland and northern ireland today and also the warmest weather. in between it is very blustery especially over northern england and especially the pennines and towards the north—west. gusts of
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wind 40—50 mph, up to gale force. a tale of two halves so in western parts of scotland the high teens maybe pushing 20 degrees and by sunday maybe a 10 degrees drop, it really will be very cold, even with the wintry showers heading towards the wintry showers heading towards the scottish eels. 19 in western scotland today —— scottish hills. down to ten and 13 in england and wales. scotland and northern ireland with some clear weather tonight but the weather front will continue to affect parts of england and wales, and to the south, pretty chilly, maybe touch of frost, and a touch of frost early on saturday morning. nupe start for many. this is the forecast for tomorrow. cloudy and rainy weather in central and northern areas of england and into southern scotland, northern ireland, and elsewhere a mixture of sunshine and elsewhere a mixture of sunshine and showers and i think especially
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showery in northern england. also persistent showers in western and south—western parts of england but the midlands will have predominantly sunshine. on sunday low pressure vacates and we have colder wind coming in from the north and the blue colour is the cold air and also the wintry showers across scotland, significant wind chill, as well. sunshine and showers elsewhere. temperatures struggling below the average for the time of year and it is notjust the temperatures but the wind that will make it feel chilly, for the north and also the south.
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live from london, this is bbc news. the uk's deputy prime minister dominic raab resigns following an inquiry into bullying allegations. we're live in downing street. we'll have the key details in the report and all the ongoing political reaction. over 400 now killed in fighting between rival military factions in sudan, as the international community pushes again for a ceasefire. western allies meet in germany to discuss further backing for ukraine. and going, going, gone. twitter removes the blue tick from accounts not paying a subscription fee.
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