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the president of the spanish fa luis rubiales says he will not resign. he's been addressing an extraordinary assembly of the nationalfederation in madrid following his conduct at the women's world cup final last sunday. he has apologised for grabbing his crotch in celebration at full time, while standing yards away from the queen of spain and her daughter. he was criticised for kissing one of the players jenny hermoso on the lips during the trophy presentation, he says that was consensual. fifa opened disciplinary proceedings against him yesterday. others say that something that's clearly unacceptable. it's sad that it ruined what was supposed to be the most special moment in her career and in spain's career. it was ruined by that. not only is it
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ruined by that. not only is it ruined but also entirely unacceptable. i'm glad that people are looking further into it. the new fifa women's rankings are out and off the back of the world cup, sweden are up to number one in the world for the first time, and after six years at the top, the usa are down to third. they were knocked out by the swedes in the last 16. spain are up to second after becoming world champions. beaten finallists england stay fourth. with just a week left before the summer transfer window closes, jurgen klopp says mohamed salah is going nowhere. there's speculation that he could join the saudi pro league although he only signed a three—year contract extension at anfield last season. it is difficult for us to talk about media stories. there is nothing to talk about from our point of view. he is a liverpool player, of the
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things we do is essential. there is nothing there, if they would be something the answer would be no. it was a good night forjamaica on the sixth day of the world athletics championships. five medals incuding gold for 21—year—old antonio watson who was a surprise winner in the 400 metres. it was a really strong field that included the world record holder wayde van niekerk. great britain's matthew hudson—smith went out very strongly but didn't have the legs and watson reeled him in over the last few metres. i'm feeling great, very excited. my families, friends and coaches are here. i had a flashback to 2017. i'm here. i had a flashback to 2017. i'm here right now and will champion. there was also a surprise in the 100 hurdles. eight years after becoming world champion, jamaica's danielle williams reclaimed her title, pipping the olympic champion
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jasmine camacho-quinn by one hundredth of a second on a photo—finish. femke bol has herfirst world championship gold. she pulled away on the home straight to win the 400 hurdles. she finished over a second clear of the american shamier little. the race was missing the defending champion and olympic champion sydney mclaughlin—levrone because of injury, but bol had won 28 of 30 races coming into the championships. and remember on the opening night in budapest, she cost the netherlands gold, when falling just yards from the line in the mixed relay it's amazing, it's a m a . zing , |' m it's amazing, i'm world champion and i'm super happy. i knew i was super strong for gold and it's tough to be in this position sometimes. i knew i could handle it, and to finish it off like this is amazing. there was a fantastic climax in the men's long jump. the olympic champion miltiades tentoglu was lying second behind the jamaican wayne pinnock,
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so had to nail his finaljump, which he did. the greeks 8.52 metres clinching gold by just two centimetres. collin morikawa shot a career—best 61 to move into a three—way tie for the lead with keegan bradley and viktor hovland at the tour championship in atlanta. as one of the lowest ranked qualifiers in the field of 30, morikawa began the day trailing fedex cup leader scottie scheffler by nine shots. scheffler�*s fedex ranking saw him begin the tour championship on 10—under but a remarkable round of an eagle, seven birdies and no bogeys saw morikawa rocket up the leaderboard as his compatriot faltered. no better time to championship to start playing some golf. the next three days it's just control the golf ball, keeping an eye and giving myself chances. i wish i could play another 18 and continue that. i know what i did today and i'm going to
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keep those baselines and checkpoints for when we start out tomorrow. the final tennis grand slam of the year, the us open, starts on monday. carlos alcaraz is the defending champion and world number one, and since his first major title in new york last year, he has also won wimbledon. he's still only 20. to be there, i always try to think about the people talking about me. i tried to be myself all the time, but obviously i'm working on being in the table, and history, in future i will be there.— will be there. more on deep sea sort on will be there. more on deep sea sport on the _ will be there. more on deep sea sport on the app _ will be there. more on deep sea sport on the app and _ will be there. more on deep sea sport on the app and website. l and that's all the sport for now. in the uk, more than 30 families
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are starting legal action against the government, care homes and a number of hospitals following the deaths of their relatives in the early days of the covid pandemic. the families argue their human rights were breached because not enough was done to protect them from the virus. the government says it tried to safeguard care home residents using the best evidence available at the time. here's our social affairs editor, alison holt. very happy days. my mother and father are on a cruise. for liz, these photos provide precious memories of her mother margaret. when her mum found it hard to get around, she moved to a care home, but she was still sharp. and this is also, i think, a lovely photograph. this is my mother in her care home. margaret died there during the first wave of the pandemic, aged 95. she had always kept a diary, so documented the details of her last days, big and small. this one is a particularly special diary for me because it's the last one that she wrote.
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liz is one of the relatives taking legal action against the government and others over what she sees as a failure to properly protect care home residents like her mum from covid. she believes the diary tells that story. this one is dated march the 3rd, tuesday. she felt pretty good. but the staff situation was bad. in march 2020, the virus took hold in the uk. care providers said they needed more government guidance and that they were struggling to get protective equipment and testing. on march the 17th, the government allowed hard—pressed hospitals to discharge patientss into care homes without testing or the need to isolate people. margaret's family claim that included into her home. on march the 23rd, the country went into lockdown. nearly a month later, as covid deaths in care homes were reaching their peak, margaret writes that her care staff had just started wearing masks.
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the 20th of april. it's the first day for masks. and then, 21st of april — all wearing masks. on may the 4th, after a few days of feeling breathless, margaret again writes in her diary. oh, dear — the 11th of may. matron came — 10.30 to 10.45 — and shejust writes, "i have the virus." and that's her last entry. kind of hits you quite hard, really. margaret died in hospital on may the 14th. the following day, the health and social care secretary made this now well—known statement. right from the start, we've tried to throw a protective ring around our care homes. i felt that her care was completely lacking and, when i thought about it hard, i had to take it back to the government because, ultimately, we all put our trust and ourfaith in these
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public servants. and it seemed to me that there was a lot of headless chicken action going around. where was this planning? the uk covid inquiry will examine what happened in care homes, but the lawyer representing the families says it won't look at individual cases. we can ask the courts to look at whether or not the decisions taken, were they reasonable? and, if not, did the decisions cause or contribute to individuals losing their lives? and i would say that without the legal claims, the families won't get answers to their questions. the government says throughout the pandemic, it tried to safeguard care home residents based on the best evidence available and that it provided billions of pounds of support. alison holt, bbc news. let's remind you of a story we're following and that's the head
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of spain's football association luis rubiales who has said he will not resign. he's has faced sharp criticism over his unsolicited kiss on the mouth ofjennifer hermoso, a player with the women's national team. it happened in the moments following spain's victory in the women's world cup. mr rubiales has apologised, but today said very clearly, "i will not resign". the last few minutes the acting deputy prime minister insists that he has to go. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. as we go through the next few days, the forecast is sunshine and also some scattered showers, some of which will be heavy and thundery. and that certainly is the case today. the other thing about today's forecast is we are losing the humidity levels that we have had in the far south—east of england. so variable amounts of cloud, some sunny spells and some showers. more showers developing as we go through the course of the afternoon. the driest conditions will be in the south—eastern quarter of the country.
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we can't totally rule out a shower here, but the heaviest ones with potentially a rumble of thunder will be across the north of scotland. temperatures, 14 to 21 degrees, feeling fresher in the south—east than it has done in the last few days. if you are off to the reading or leeds festival, there is the chance of a shower today. if you catch one, it could be thundery more particularly in reading, but we can't rule out showers even through the next few days in both festivals. so into this evening and overnight, we hang on to the showers in the north and the west where they could be heavy and thundery, we'll see some sharp showers moving along the south coast of england. in between, some clear skies and a cool night, in fact, in sheltered glens, temperatures fall away to about 7 degrees. so, into tomorrow, we lose the showers quite quickly from the south—east. we'll hang on to the showers across scotland and northern ireland. more showers will develop more widely across england and wales and some of those will prove to be heavy and thundery. in between, again, we are looking bright spells and sunny skies. highs, 15 to 21, north to south.
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that leads us into sunday. we start with some showers across central and eastern areas, and lot of dry weather, some sunshine, a weak weather front will bring more cloud with some spots of rain into northern ireland through the day. potentially getting as far east as western scotland. these are the temperatures, 14 to 20 degrees. and for monday, if you have the day off, our weak weather front continues to drift steadily eastwards, not much more on it than a band of cloud and the odd spot of rain. on the other side of it, we are looking at some brighter skies and highs between 14 and 21 degrees. and, of course, the notting hill carnival is on this weekend as well. the forecast for that, well, during the course of sunday, we are not immune to a shower, but it is looking much drier as we head on into monday
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with highs of 21 degrees.
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