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grand slams slams to his collection — after equalling margaret court's all—time record of 24. the serb beat daniil medvedev in the final of the us 0pen...djokovic, back up to world number one in the rankings, made the most of his experience in a gruelling encounter — outlasting medvedev in a second set that lasted an hour and three quarters before completing a straight sets victory to win a fourth us open, his third grand slam of the year... and equalling court's 50—year record in the process. what probably made a difference in the key of the match was the second set. almost two hours. i don't think i've ever played a longer set in my life, particularly not on this occasion against a top player, like daniil. i think he was probably a better player in the second set — he deserved to win that set more than i did. somehow i managed to turn things
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around in the tie—break and, when it mattered, i put one ball in play more than he did and that was enough. luis rubiales resigned from his role as the president of the spanish football federation — saying he hoped his departure would boost spain's joint bid with morocco and portugal to host the 2030 world cup.|t comes after weeks of criticism and possible criminal charges against rubiales following the kiss on world cup winnerjenni hermoso on the lips after her side had won the womens world cup final against england. rubiales said he submitted his resignation to federation acting president pedro rocha. he also resigned from his position as vice—president of uefa's executive committee. it is not the fact he believes he has done something wrong, he said he has done something wrong, he said he has talked to his family and the pressure was huge, not only from the state prosecutor from the moment the player that had the nantes
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consensual kiss went to the prosecutor and said i feel it has been an abuse of power, there was that investigation, fifa has suspended him, the government was trying to find any possible way to get rid of him and even the federation by thinking it was not great, let's see if we can get rid of him. it wasjust great, let's see if we can get rid of him. it was just one possible way out of this which is resigning. meanwhile, mexican club pachuca paid tribute to hermoso on sunday in herfirst game since the world cup final. she unveiled a mural in the hallways of the 30,000—seat hidalgo stadium .. and the spain forward was given a guard of honourfrom her pachuca team—mates and opponents pumas before received a framed jersey with her number 10 on it. more european qualifiers take place later — but the hosts for next year's championships germany — while not needing to come through any groups have the pressure of finding a new manager. the german football association is stepping up its search after hansi flick�*s sacking on sunday. flick was sacked after winning just one of his last five games in charge and with nine months to the euros,
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who could the right candidate be?.. they will approach the former bayern coach out of a job and someone who has not had a full—time coaching position in 15 years but was a sporting director. whether they are interested be not know, coaching a team at the euros and leaving again because he wants to pursue a career at club level. that is up and the air. and that's all the sport for now. let's take you live to shanksville in pennsylvania where a 9/11 remembrance ceremony is taking place.
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families reading out the names of those who died and this service of remembrance follows others that have been happening across america to mark the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and shortly there will be a moment of silence and that will be a moment of silence and that will be at two or 3pm marking the time that flight 93 crashed into a field in pennsylvania killing everyone on board and we have seen services of remembrance at the pentagon which was another site of the attacks and rewrite your live pictures from the world trade center in new york and for the families every year is difficult and every year they come
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together so let's have a listen to a bit of this. bruce gary.— bit of this. bruce gary. donald richard. peter— bit of this. bruce gary. donald richard. peter hour. _ bit of this. bruce gary. donald richard. peter hour. paul- bit of this. bruce gary. donald - richard. peter hour. paul hamilton. julie gu . richard. peter hour. paul hamilton. julie guy. stephen _ richard. peter hour. paul hamilton. julie guy. stephen geldof. - richard. peter hour. paul hamilton. julie guy. stephen geldof. we - julie guy. stephen geldof. we believe those _ julie guy. stephen geldof. we believe those pictures - julie guy. stephen geldof. we believe those pictures they i julie guy. stephen geldof. we| believe those pictures they are julie guy. stephen geldof. we - believe those pictures they are and the moving tribute to those who died nearly 3000 people were killed in those terror attacks 22 years ago to the day. britain's home secretary, suella braverman, is seeking advice on whether a breed of dog — the american xl bully — should be banned. an eleven—year—old girl and two men were injured in an attack in birmingham on saturday.
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ms braverman said the attack showed the breed posed a "lethal danger", particularly to children. live now to dr laurence newport who's a legal academic and has researched the xl bully extensively. what do you think of the comments from the home secretary about wanting to buy these dogs? it is encouraging _ wanting to buy these dogs? it 3 encouraging the government wanting to buy these dogs? it 1 encouraging the government is taking this seriously, these dogs are responsible for the greatest number of people who have died two dogs since records began and the breed has been responsible for over 70% of deaths to dogs since 2021, it is a uniquely dangerous bleed and it is good the government is finally taking notice. we good the government is finally taking notice.— good the government is finally takin: notice. 1 ., t, taking notice. we spoke to someone from the uk — taking notice. we spoke to someone from the uk kennel _ taking notice. we spoke to someone from the uk kennel association - taking notice. we spoke to someone from the uk kennel association who| from the uk kennel association who said banning this breed was not the answer and it is about encouraging owners to get better behavioural training. what do you make of that.
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dogs are bred for specific traits, we know retrievers retrieve and pointers point, the american bully is from fighting pet. in the 80s and 90s and were an braid for larger sizes and greater strength, it should not surprise us that a fighting dog wants to fight. what you would see as lots of different dog breeds responsible for debts, you do not, great danes which can weigh up to 80 kilos and not responsible for a single death in the uk, it is not about size, strength, it is about breed and you would see much more variety rather than one single breed overrepresented in both attacks and deaths. responsible for about 50% of attacks. deaths. responsible for about 5096 of attacks. ., ., ., , ., , attacks. how dangerous are these xl bull do . s attacks. how dangerous are these xl bully dogs in — attacks. how dangerous are these xl bully dogs in the _ attacks. how dangerous are these xl bully dogs in the wrong _
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attacks. how dangerous are these xl bully dogs in the wrong hands? - attacks. how dangerous are these xl bully dogs in the wrong hands? if. bully dogs in the wrong hands? if you estimate the population numbers compare to the amount of people they have killed it sounds amazing but we should not be to surprised, they are about 270 times more deadly than the average dog population. even a theme of the fourth most popular dog breed and had more opportunities they would still be over a0 times more dangerous and deadly than the average dog population. this is a uniquely dangerous dog. tell average dog population. this is a uniquely dangerous dog.- average dog population. this is a uniquely dangerous dog. tell us more about the origins _ uniquely dangerous dog. tell us more about the origins of— uniquely dangerous dog. tell us more about the origins of the _ uniquely dangerous dog. tell us more about the origins of the breed. - uniquely dangerous dog. tell us more about the origins of the breed. they l about the origins of the breed. they were bred from _ about the origins of the breed. tue: were bred from american about the origins of the breed. tte: were bred from american pit about the origins of the breed. tt21: were bred from american pit bull terriers that run fighting champions in the 80s and 90s, bread they were the survivors of brutal dogfights lasting up to three hours, they were then the suggestion as they were
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bred with large hotdog sizes are breeds but we also know the pedigrees are highly inbred, that are not many american bullies and the bread from larger size and strength. they were marketed as a figure bred for temperament, we have found to our cost of lives that this is simply not true. 11 found to our cost of lives that this is simply not true.— found to our cost of lives that this is simply not true. if they ban was ut in is simply not true. if they ban was put in place _ is simply not true. if they ban was put in place which _ is simply not true. if they ban was put in place which is _ is simply not true. if they ban was put in place which is what - is simply not true. if they ban was put in place which is what you - is simply not true. if they ban was i put in place which is what you seem to be advocating, what would that work like. tt to be advocating, what would that work like. , . , to be advocating, what would that work like. , ., , ., work like. it is potentially a ban on the sale _ work like. it is potentially a ban on the sale and _ work like. it is potentially a ban on the sale and breeding - work like. it is potentially a ban on the sale and breeding so - work like. it is potentially a ban on the sale and breeding so the work like. it is potentially a ban - on the sale and breeding so the dogs we need to be neutered and you would not be able to sell or trade your dog if you own an american bully. this can also sometimes involve muzzling and leads in public spaces but this has not been announced what that might look like by the government and there are a wide—ranging powers available but we
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do not know what they might do. thank you. finally this half an hour, we wanted to show you some dramatic pictures out of hawaii.they are of the kilaueua volcano — one of the world's most active — erupting again. it spewed fountains of lava more than 2a metres, or 80 feet, into the air. the hawaii emergency management agency said there wasn't a lava threat to local communities but did warn that the volcanic particles and gases that have been generated by the eruption could cause breathing problems for people exposed to them. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. temperatures are going to continue to drift a bit low over
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the next couple of days, following our heatwave. it was a record—breaking heatwave, in terms of seven consecutive days over the 30 degrees mark. that had never happened before. but, as we look at the forecast of the next few days, this forecast is very slowly going to push its way southwards and eastwards, across the uk, bringing a bit of rain at times, and then we get to fresher and cooler air. i say cooler, but actually, those territories i say cooler, but actually, those temps are set to drift down a bit closer to average the time of year by the middle of the week. today, weather—wise, we do have quite a mixture of weather across parts of eastern england, hazy sunshine, still warm if not hot, the north—west of the uk, seeing that cool air arrive, along with cloudier skies and a bit of rain as well. the rain has been quite patchy so far today, across northern england and wales, but i think it's going to get a bit more widespread, as we head into the afternoon. one or two showers, possible across parts of the midlands, east anglia and south—east, still pretty hot and humid — scotland and northern ireland into fresh air.
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there should be some sunshine this afternoon, but there will be some showers working into the hebrides and the highlands, in particular. 0vernight tonight, our weather front grinds to a halt across england and wales, there will be some areas that stay quite wet. quite muggy and warm still over the south—east, much fresher, more pleasant airfor sleeping in, heading into scotland and northern ireland, and the far north of england. tuesday, england and wales has the rain, could be quite slow to clear off, and probably heavy even into the afternoon across the eastern areas — scotland, northern ireland, the far north of england, has the best chance of some sunshine. temperatures will range about 15 in aberdeen, and 22 in london. those temperatures are set to drop a little bit for some of us into tomorrow. wednesday, we get an area of high pressure moving in for a time, some sunshine to start the day, some fair weather cloud bubbling up for a time, but then we'll see some rain heading into west scotland, probably western counties of northern ireland, areas of low pressure that is just offshore.
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that low pressure is then set to move in as we go through wednesday night into thursday, could bring some strong winds across the far north—west of the uk, and rain extends southwards and eastwards. rain at times on thursday, cheryl's for the rest of the week and into the weekend.
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live from london. this is bbc news.
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morocco's worst earthquake for more than half a century is now known to have killed nearly two and a half thousand people. china says claims a uk parliamentary researcher spied on its behalf are "completely fabricated". the man is charged under the official secrets act — but he says he is innocent. terror suspect daniel khalife is remanded in custody — he's charged with escaping from a london prison. president biden leaves hanoi, after signing a historic deal with vietnam's leader — strengthening ties between the former enemies. remembering the thousands of people who died in the september 11th terror attacks 22 years ago today.

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