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hello and welcome. i'm gareth barlow. we start in australia, where the spanish women's football team are celebrating, following their 1—0 victory over england in a gripping world cup final. there wasjubilation among the spanish players as they lifted the trophy — crowned champions for the first time. they were joined by spain's queen letizia, who was in sydney for the match with her teenage daughter. in spain itself, this was the reaction at the fanzone in madrid, as the whistle blew at full time. this was the message from spain's prime minister on x, formerly twitter... the only goal of the game
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came from the spanish captain olga carmona, who got past goalkeeper mary earps in the first half. in london, there were tears, hugs and disappointment for the lionesses, who were looking to become the first england senior side since the men's team in 1966 to win the world cup. in a statement, king charles said... "while i know how sore today's result must be, the tournament has broken attendance and tv records and raised hopes of a surge in interest for the women's game around the world. well, the bbc�*s shaimaa khalil was watching in sydney. i was looking at them as they watched la roja lift that world cup trophy, you could see the motion, some had tears in their eye, a
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little boy said i cannot believe that this has happened, this is a team that that has been through so much turmoil off the pitch, so much disagreement between coach and player, and yet, they have come through, they have got better in that tournament and here they are, world champions, new world champion, their name a new name is now etched on that world cup trophy. this fan zone has been the hub of so many motions throughout the tournament. huge heart breaks, achievements, triumphs and celebrations, nail—biting penalty shoot—outs, that we have lived through, upsets that no—one expected. often the england fans were outnumbered here but today, they had a strong presence, you could hear the cheers and the jeers for the lioness, they leave disappointed. this is not the night they wanted yet they are very proud of their team. this is a tournament that has changed the game for
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women's sport, and for women's football, you can see kids now, with jerseys of the player, they have become household names, and the hope is that this will now gain momentum for more investment in is it's spain's first women's world cup victory — joining only four other nations who've lifted the trophy, since the tournament began in 1991. jenny hill reports now from madrid. they dared to hope. and they got their dream. history made and a moment to savour. "we've won at last", he says. her words, "history, history, finally." well, you can seejust how thrilled they are.
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you know, there are so many young people here. and for many, this is a moment which they'll remember for the rest of their lives. even the queen of spain couldn't contain her excitement, celebrating with the squad. their victory — all the sweeter after months of a very public falling out between coach and players. and back home, this win matters. spain's football—mad, but the men tend to steal the show. translation: the women are as good as the men. i they make the same effort. we should give them more support. they give us the same joy. it's a beginning that we are winning. more people are interested. today's the day the women can finally get the sport that they deserve. reveling in their triumph and hoping the spoils of victory extend far beyond the pitch. jenny hill, bbc news, madrid.
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now to barcelona, where is begona villarrubia, who is a spanishjournalist and a co—founder of associacio wise 7 an organisation promoting presence of women in sport. thank you forjoining us, we will get on to the you do in a moment, but first your reaction the game and that this historic win. yes. but first your reaction the game and that this historic win.— that this historic win. yes, hello, it is historic _ that this historic win. yes, hello, it is historic for _ that this historic win. yes, hello, it is historic for spain _ that this historic win. yes, hello, it is historic for spain to - that this historic win. yes, hello, it is historic for spain to have - it is historic for spain to have this title. i think it is very important for the future of the women in the sport, in the football, because they were, many years ago, they are fighting for many things, they are fighting for many things, they are fighting for many things, they are fighting for more visibility, more important and it is very very important this title for all the women, and of course for that sport in spain. you all the women, and of course for that sport in spain.— that sport in spain. you mention that sport in spain. you mention that fi . ht that sport in spain. you mention that fight for _ that sport in spain. you mention that fight for gamble _ that sport in spain. you mention that fight for gamble here - that sport in spain. you mention that fight for gamble here in - that sport in spain. you mention
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that fight for gamble here in the | that fight for gamble here in the united kingdom women were —— for example women were banned back in 1921, it lasted four 50 year, from your perspective in spain, how can your perspective in spain, how can you leverage the world cup, how can you leverage the world cup, how can you make the most of this to empower women through sport like you are already doing?— women through sport like you are alread doinu? , ., ., already doing? well, some years ago football in spain, _ already doing? well, some years ago football in spain, it _ already doing? well, some years ago football in spain, it was _ already doing? well, some years ago football in spain, it was really, - already doing? well, some years ago football in spain, it was really, it - football in spain, it was really, it was just a bit of information in the journals and in the tvs, we didn't talk about the football of the woman, but now, thanks to team like barca, it tends to success, like this title, and also to famous players, like the best player in the world or other names they are very popular, now the girls want to be
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like her, now the girls they, they know they can play to their professional football, they can play, they can win, a woman world tournament so it is very important for the... the grown up the football, it is very important this kind of titles. the football, it is very important this kind of titles.— kind of titles. the world cup obviously — kind of titles. the world cup obviously attracts _ kind of titles. the world cup obviously attracts new - kind of titles. the world cup . obviously attracts new attention kind of titles. the world cup - obviously attracts new attention but on a day—to—day basis, what is the level of attendance and enthusiasm and support for the women's game in spain? because in the uk we have seen record attendance in recent months, is it similar in spain? itruieiiii months, is it similar in spain? well we have here _ months, is it similar in spain? well we have here bars _ months, is it similar in spain? -ii we have here bars sass who has won the championship and it was 2,000 people to see the match between barca and real madrid, of the quarterfinals of the champions and 15 years later, it was more people
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for watching the match between barca in the semifinals of the champions so here, in the important matches people are supporting the team. in another clubs, less important, like levante or valencia, it is difficult to have many people in the stadiums, but i have to say that in this final, it has been hundreds of tvs in many cities, that supporters has been incredible, the tv has been an audience of 2 million persons, in tv, so, ithink audience of 2 million persons, in tv, so, i think it can be the beginning of a very important thing, in the women's football.— in the women's football. hugely so, thank ou in the women's football. hugely so, thank you so _ in the women's football. hugely so,
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thank you so much _ in the women's football. hugely so, thank you so much very _ in the women's football. hugely so, thank you so much very much - in the women's football. hugely so, | thank you so much very much joining us. you can get all the post tournament analysis on the ecuador is choosing a new president after a campaign marred by the assassination of one of the candidates. the authorities have deployed more than 100,0000 police and soldiers to protect the vote. our south america correspondent, katy watson, has been giving us the latest from the capital, quito. yes, i was talking to a coloneljust now, who said that they had been deployed to voting centres from wednesday. normally it would only be just over the weekend, but they have had to beef up security. when we entered one of the voting centres, they were checking our bags, checking everybody coming in, so certainly there is that increased presence of police and military personnel here in quito and on the coast in places. certainly that is, there is more security there because those are the areas that have been particularly hard hit because of violence,
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and increased organised crime over the past few years, so that is something they are taking very seriously in this vote today. polls close in a few hours' time, katy, and then the real hard work begins for whoever is successful as a result of this election. considering the rise of violence, considering the political assassinations, there has not been just one, there has been several over the course of the campaign, is there the political will to get ecuador beyond the situation that it currently finds itself in? well, there's a long process. first of all, these elections are called early, after the current president dissolved the national assembly because he was trying to avoid an impeachment vote, so the person who is voted in in these elections will actually only be ruling for 18 months so some, have many people feel that what can be done in that time? but this these are the first round of elections, so, it is looking unlikely that any candidate will win enough,
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they have to win either 50% of the vote or 40% of the vote of the vote with a lead of 10%, so it doesn't, speaking to people here, they don't expect this to not go through to a second round, that would take place later in october. there's a lot of doubts over how exactly things can be tackled when it comes to crime, given for example the drugs cartels seem to be strong here in ecuador, people really doubting what politics can achieve, but certainly speaking to people who have been voting today, they feel it is very much part of their duty, and that is something they feel very strongly about, to try and make for a better ecuador. like you say, the president called this snap poll to try and avoid impeachment, is there any indication, and it obviously depends who wins this poll, as to what might happen with regards to that process? well, i mean everybody�*s looking, he is not standing,
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so the impeachment process has been pulled, because, because he dissolved the national assembly, so, moving on, it will be, you know, exactly what happens with the next president who takes, who takes office. i mean, it has been particularly messy politics over the last year or so, it has also been a very difficult few years for ecuador, it was hit very badly by the pandemic, corrupt politics over the last few years, all of these things have added to the woes of ecuador, and speaking to all the candidates on the campaign trail, that is something they want to change, they also want to change, give more opportunities to ecuadorians, because one candidate i spoke to explained, that if you don't give opportunities to ecuadorians that is giving easier jobs to the cartels, who can pay you know, who can pay, you know, a great sum of money to be able to get people on their side. that is something that ecuador is struggling with, trying to give people here opportunities, and a dignified life.
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that was katie watson. now it's time for a look at today's sport. it's being described as a win that could supercharge women's football in spain, after they beat england 1—0 to win the world cup in sydney. a result that is all the more remarkable when you consider spanish coachjorge vilda survived a player revolt less than 12 months ago. but spain were outstanding on the pitch on sunday, outclassing england for most of the game, and this proved to be the winning moment from captain olga carmona. and spain could have won by more. awarded a penalty for handball, jeni hermoso's spot kick was saved by mary earps. it meant the final chapter of the game was tense. but england couldn't find a way back, despite 13 minutes of injury time at the end. and spain were eventually able to celebrate a famous win in what is only their third appearance in the tournament. just incredible to be champions of the world, it is something that i
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think anyone could dream of, i think just incredible and ijust wanted to share i it with my family. we just incredible and i just wanted to share i it with my family.— share i it with my family. we any their quality. _ share i it with my family. we any their quality, we _ share i it with my family. we any their quality, we have _ share i it with my family. we any their quality, we have a - share i it with my family. we any their quality, we have a really i share i it with my family. we any i their quality, we have a really good team, _ their quality, we have a really good team, that — their quality, we have a really good team, that is why we have been doing a lot of— team, that is why we have been doing a lot of work. — team, that is why we have been doing a lot of work, but we were confident in ourself, _ a lot of work, but we were confident in ourself, and finally we showed the world — in ourself, and finally we showed the world how we can play and how it to the world athletics championships in budapest, where plenty of medals were up for grabs on the second day of competition, including the blue ribband event — the men's 100 metres, won by noah lyles of the united states for his first victory over the distance. the two—time world champion in the 200 metres pulled away to cross in a personal best of 9.83 seconds. letsile tebogo took the silver while zarnel hughes of great britain won bronze. uganda'sjoshua cheptegei is the fourth man in history to win three successive
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world 10,000 titles. he finished ahead of daniel ebenyo of kenya cheptegei joins haile gebreselassie, kenenisa bekele, and mo farah in winning three successive titles over the distance. britain's katarina johnson—thompson won gold in the heptathlon, marking an impressive come back from injury. dhe finished second in the 800 metres — the gruelling final event of the seven—discipline competition — which was enough to take gold and that crown. everything i have done this year has been with the mind—set of trying to get an olympic medal next year, i have got every other medal, in terms of competition and i really would like to finish my career with an olympic medal so this is a stepping stone is a stepping stone to next year. canada's ethan katzberg won gold in the men's hammer setting a new national record in the process. poland's olympic champion wojciech nowicki took silver. next to the english premier league,
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where big spenders chelsea have been beaten by a west ham side that played the last half an hour with ten men at the london stadium, david moyes condemning mauricio pochettino to defeat injust his second game in charge. lucas paqueta exhausted at the end here, his goal wrapped up a 3—1win. disappointment for moises caceido on his debut. chelsea were level at half time having been in control and missing a penalty. west ham had nayef agair sent off in the second half but ground out the win. chelsea with one point from their opening two games. aston villa recovered from their opening premier league thrashing at newcastle by beating everton 4—0 at villa park. that's two defeats from two for sean dyche. john duran here was among the goal—scorers for the home side. and in scotland, marley watkins scored the only goal of the game, as kilmarnock sent holders celtic out of the scottish league cup at rugby park. the 1—0 defeat an unexpected setback for the treble winners who've won the trophy six times
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in the previous seven seasons. more on the bbc sport website but thatis more on the bbc sport website but that is all from me for now. mexico's northwestern coast has been hit by high winds and heavy rains as storm hilary makes landfall. there's been flooding in santa rosalia in the baja california region. some houses have been submerged. elsewhere, there have been landslides. the tropical storm is expected to cross into the us state of california on sunday. forecasters have warned it could dump 25 centimetres of rain — that's a year's worth — in southern california and southern nevada. there's already been heavy rainfall in las vegas. our north america correspondent peter bowes is in los angeles and explained more. well, the storm in many respects has already arrived in los angeles, we have had torrential rain here for the last few hours, so, that shows that this is a storm that
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as the authorities have been warning everyone in this city, a storm that is packing a punch, the centre of the storm is still several hours away, working up the pacific coast, but the fact we have had this rain already, and i am in the northern part of los angeles, it shows that there is a lot of rain to come when it heads north through the city, and perhaps even affecting neighbouring states as well. and i think people are bracing for that but probably not for several hours to come, people making a lot of preparations here, those people living near hill sides, that might have been burned in wild fires over recent months, doing everything they can, to shore up those hills, so that when this vast quantity of rain comes in a relatively short space of time, that those hill sides are not vulnerable. it is a testament to our changing climate peter, because we have climate, peter, because we have talked on many occasions about wild fires, droughts in the region, decades long, reductions in rainfall and now this year,
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we have talked about record levels of snow and now potentially a year's worth of rain in a short period of time. how is the region responding, being able to cope with this changing climate now? well, it is perplexing to a lot of people. here we are in august, i have lived here for more than 25 year, i can't remember a year when there has been any rain in august, been any rain in august. this is a freak event though, and you can't necessarily correlate what is happening with the course of this hurricane with climate change. yes, there are tangible changes, the ocean is warmer than usual, a bit further south, of mexico, the ocean temperatures off california, are about the same, and they affect how a hurricane moves through a region, normally something like this, a hurricane would in effect be blown out to the ocean, and we wouldn't feel the effects here on land. so things are clearly very different and people are just having to adapt
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to these very different situations, to these very different situations. it is still the wild fire threat, if you want to talk about climate change, that probably is the biggest problem still facing this state, these very intense, look at what is happening in canada, the very intense wild fires that we get here this is an event, this storm that is passing through, it is something that will last for about 2k hours. a 10—year—old girl who was found dead in surrey in the south east of england was known to the authorities, the county council has confirmed. sara sharif�*s body was found at herfamily home in woking, in the early hours of tenth august. bbc news has been told two police teams in north punjab in pakistan, are looking for sara's father who left the uk on 9th august. surrey county council said it would "work tirelessly" to gain a "full understanding" of the situation. ukraine's president has thanked the leaders of denmark and the netherlands for agreeing to supply f—16fighterjets and to train ukrainian pilots.
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president zelensky climbed into an f—16 at this air force base in denmark — alongside the country's prime minister. it comes after the us gave the green light to send us—made f—16s to kyiv. the danish prime minister, mette frederiksen, gave a timetable for the delivery of f—165. well, the screening is going on now. the training will soon be starting, and hopefully, around new year, the first group of planes will be leaving denmark, going to ukraine, around six. and then, hopefully, next year, eight more planes are leaving denmark for ukraine. and then, the year after, five planes. russia's luna—25 space craft has crashed into the moon after spinning into uncontrolled orbit. that's according to russia's space agency roscosmos. earlier it reported an "abnormal situation" as the spacecraft prepared for a pre—landing orbit. luna—25 was scheduled to land on the south pole of the moon on monday. the bbc�*s will vernon has been following the story from moscow
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all we know is what roscosmos, the russian space agency, said in that statement earlier today. they said that yesterday communication was lost with luna—25, and there were attempts to made attempts were made to reestablish communication, but those attempts were unsuccessful. and the best line in the statement was, the craft ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the surface of the moon. now, when russia launched luna—25, nine days ago, it had hoped to become the first nation to land a craft on the south pole of the moon. and it planned to do that two days before india, because india also has a moon lander heading for the lunar south pole. now, russia, especially in the form of the soviet union, used to be one of the world leaders in space exploration battling with the united states. but is it fair to say
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that the russian space agency has dwindled somewhat amid a lack of funding with some of that money being diverted? primarily, let's be honest, to the military for that that war in ukraine. yes, absolutely. you know, i think that russia was hoping that this mission, luna—25, would re—establish russia's position as one of the world leaders in space travel, because, after all, space for space exploration is what superpowers do. and vladimir putin very much sees himself sees russia as a global superpower. but i think you're right. the russian space industry has been in decline for many years now. now, why is that? partly it's because of western sanctions, right? western sanctions make it more difficult for the russian space programme to get spare parts like electronics, semiconductors, and also make it more difficult to work with international partners. but it's also because more and more resources now are being diverted away from the civilian space programme and towards the military and towards the war in ukraine. i'm interested, considering how much
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of a political event this is, as well as a scientific one. how is this being reported in russia? what is the kremlin saying about this incident and what kind of spin, if any, are they trying to put on it? well, nothing from the kremlin yet, but i was watching russian state tv a little bit earlier and there was almost no mention of what happened today in space. the presenter on the rossiya one channel did mention the fact it was quite low in the bulletin. it certainly wasn't a top story. they did mention that this failure had happened, but they were very quick to emphasise kind of the scientific achievements of luna—25, before it crashed into the moon. there was mention of kind of photographs it had taken and information it sent back to earth. but i don't think this will be
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a major news event in russia if the kremlin comments at all. we'll have to see in the coming days. more in the coming hour. please a with we had some lovely spells of sunshine on sunday, a bit more cloud at times through scotland and northern ireland, with a few showers. and as we head through the course of sunday evening and night, some clear skies with light winds through england, we will see some low cloud, mist and fog developing through curran err southern county, the wind round west wales into the west of scotland, northern ireland and actual will that means temperatures here holding in the mid teen, coolerest where, with light winds and clear skies. skies. for the week ahead we have low pressure to the north—west, high pressure to the south—east and that set up sticking with us for a few day, what it means is that actually through parts of scotland and northern ireland, cloudierskies parts of scotland and northern ireland, cloudier skies with showers or rain at times, the driest warmest
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weather like,ly through central and south—east england and a cooling trend for all by thursday and certainly friday. first thing on monday we have that mist and low cloud lifting fairly smartly, plenty of sunshine for england and wales, a few showers at times, across parts of england and wales —— wales and the north of england. sun yell spells and a few shower, more of a breeze from the south or south—west, heavier rain pushing in, in the best of the sunshine through part of central, southern and eastern england temperatures reaching the mid 20s, cooler elsewhere. this is tuesday now, and some ever i have downpours across parts of the west and north—west of scotland with low pressure once again towards the far north and north—west. elsewhere, some sunshine, and in the best of the sunshine, through parts of central and south—east england, reaching 25 degrees once again. but cooler elsewhere. and certainly looking ahead towards midweek now, we still have low pressure to the north, high pressure to the south—east but this feature here bringing showery outbreaks of rain
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through parts of wales and into the midlands. if you are south of that line, still largely dry and fine, perhaps a few showers into east anglia, knot of here sunny spells and shower, heaviest in parts of the west and north—west of scotland. temperatures again, in the sunshine, reaching the mid 20, cooler and fresher elsewhere, more like mid to high teens probably at best and for the end of week, low pressure becoming the dominant feature across the uk, so staying unsettled across the uk, so staying unsettled across the north, dry in the south but that warmer weather we have had being pushed back to the near continent. that
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machines are getting smarter... ..much smarter. there's no reason an artificial brain couldn't be as capable as a biological brain. where will the artificial intelligence revolution take us? now we're thinking about building tools that could be very, very powerful and very dangerous on their own. the first thing that we thought when we got this working was, like, "this is fantastic. it's working!" and then, like, "oh, my god. this is working." so, should we fear what that future might bring? i think the biggest danger is not what machines will do to people, but what people will do with machines to other people. machines have always needed humans to tell them what to do — but the artificial intelligence revolution is changing that. you have warned me
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not to get too close. it does look a little bit hazardous.

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