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coach. is a very young talented coach. he has— is a very young talented coach. he has done _ is a very young talented coach. he has done well— is a very young talented coach. he has done well for— is a very young talented coach. he has done well for a - is a very young talented coach. he has done well for a long - he has done well for a long time — he has done well for a long time over_ he has done well for a long time over a _ he has done well for a long time over a long _ he has done well for a long time over a long spell- he has done well for a long time over a long spell in. time over a long spell in portugat _ time over a long spell in portugal. as _ time over a long spell in portugal. as i _ time over a long spell in portugal. as i said, - time over a long spell in portugal. as i said, i- time over a long spell ini portugal. as i said, i am looking _ portugal. as i said, i am looking forward - portugal. as i said, i am looking forward to - portugal. as i said, i am looking forward to keepi portugal. as i said, i am - looking forward to keep helping the club — looking forward to keep helping the club forward. _ looking forward to keep helping the club forward. that - looking forward to keep helping the club forward. that is - looking forward to keep helping the club forward. that is my- the club forward. that is my main — the club forward. that is my main goat _ valencia have requested to postpone their match on wednesday in light of the terrible flooding in the region. the game against cp parla escuela is part of the first round of the 2024 copa del rey. valencia's game against real madrid in la liga was postponed at the weekend. a statement on the valencia's website said... "the club believes that, during this difficult time, all focus, support, and efforts should be directed toward helping those affected by the tragic dana storm. football takes a back seat in such circumstances. we would like to express our deepest condolences and heartfelt sympathy to the families, friends, and loved ones of those who have lost their lives and those affected by this catastrophe that has left us devastated." jose mourinho has criticised
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the quality of refereeing in turkish football as he watched fenerbache defeat trabzonspor 3—2 in their super lig match. the manager was unhappy with the two penalties awarded in a matter of minutes to their opponents. he also thought his side should've been awarded a spot—kick of their own before sofyan amrabat�*s late winner. mourinho had some choice words for referee atilla karaoglan's performance. we were in control. we were winning 1—0 when the referee woke up. in the first half he was having turkish tea. there was having turkish tea. there was a clear red card. if it is a fenerbahce she player the referee would wake up and even
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the referee on the pitch wouldn't be afraid to give the card. referees are afraid to give decisions to us. at the wta finals in saudi arabia, former wimbledon champion elena rybakina is playing the olympic champion qinwen zheng in a round robin match. it's one set all. zheng took the opening set with rybakina taking the second 6—3. both players realistically need a win after losing their opening group games at the weekend. the action in riyadh conitnues later on monday as the world number one aryna sabalenka plays jasmine paolini. australia have won the first one day international against pakistan by 2 wickets in melbourne. australia reached their target of 204 with 99 balls remaining. mitchell starc with 3 for 33 as pakistan were reduced to 2023 all out. josh inglis top scoring with 49 for the aussies in reply. the three match series moves on to adelaide on friday.
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and as part of the new future tours programme england will play a women s test in west indies for the first time. west indies have not played a test since 200a. they are scheduled to host england for one test, three one—day internationals and three t20s in april and may 2027. it will be the first meeting between the sides in the longest format since 1979. and that's all the sport for now. welcome back to the studio in welcome back to the studio in london. the uk education london. the uk education secretary is expected to make a secretary is expected to statement to mps this afternoon and she is going to be london. the uk education secretary is expected 'afternoon statement to mps this afternoon and she is going to be outlining the understand outlining the understand expected tuition fee increases expected tuition fee increases for universities in england. for universities in england. let's take you to our education let's take you to our education reporter. what more do we know? reporter. what more do we know?
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this is never an easy political this is never an easy political decision to make but we expect decision to make but we expect bridget phillips in the bridget phillips in the education secretary to stand up education secretary to stand up in the house of commons later in the house of commons later and say that there will be an and say that there will be an increase in tuition fees in increase in tuition fees in line with inflation. i have line with inflation. i have just spoken to some students just spoken to some students about the prospects of a about the prospects of a tuition fee rise and obviously tuition fee rise and obviously they were concerned but they were concerned but actually they are hoping to see actually they are hoping to see actually they are hoping to see actually they are hoping to see a maintenance loan rise as a maintenance loan rise as well. rent is extremely high well. rent is extremely high here and it costs around here and it costs around £18,000 for the student to live £18,000 for the student to live so the prospect of university so the prospect of university is becoming more expensive. is becoming more expensive. they are hoping to see an they are hoping to see an announcement on that rise as announcement on that rise as well. if you look at well. if you look at universities at the moment 40% universities at the moment 40% of them were predicting a of them were predicting a deficit coming into this year. deficit coming into this year. they are financially struggling they are financially struggling because the last time tuition because the last time they fees were increased was 2017. so it will be eight years if it does happen next september. they feel they cannot afford to continue to deal with that
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coming in they are saying they now need to see more home students paying more but international fees, students paying more but internationalfees, it doesn't look like they will rise at the moment. they are already extremely high. but they are looking to see what those —— well those visa rules stay in place or will they be changed but it sounds like today's announcement is just about tuition fees for home students. the prince of wales has described africa as holding a special place in his heart ahead of his arrival in cape town for this year the earth shock prize ceremony. five separate there was a one winning pounds will be given to the best environmental innovations at next week's event. it will feel personal for the prince of wales this week as he brings his earth shock prize to africa. back in 2018 on a visit to libya prince william's earth shot idea was born. but it was also in africa he says he found solace after the death of his mother and
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where he proposed to his wife 14 where he proposed to his wife 1a years ago. where he proposed to his wife 14 years age-— 14 years ago. the 2024 earth shot five finalists _ 14 years ago. the 2024 earth shot five finalists are. - 14 years ago. the 2024 earth shot five finalists are. cape l shot five finalists are. cape town will — shot five finalists are. cape town will hold _ shot five finalists are. cape town will hold the - shot five finalists are. cape | town will hold the ceremony this year with a focus on young people an african led ideas. these solutions are some of the most _ these solutions are some of the most exciting and innovative we have _ most exciting and innovative we have seem _ most exciting and innovative we have seen-— have seen. the earth shot ceremony _ have seen. the earth shot ceremony will _ have seen. the earth shot ceremony will be - have seen. the earth shot ceremony will be held - have seen. the earth shot ceremony will be held in l have seen. the earth shotj ceremony will be held in a specially constructed and re—usable equal dome. organisers say bringing earth shot to cape town has created 650 jobs locally. some things move slowly around here but there is a sense of urgency amongst this years finalists and they have held a cab to network and share ideas. for all of them, the big prize is within reach. i all of them, the big prize is within reach.— all of them, the big prize is within reach. i come from very humble beginnings _ within reach. i come from very humble beginnings and - within reach. i come from very humble beginnings and this i within reach. i come from very humble beginnings and this is| humble beginnings and this is so amazing in terms of my personal— so amazing in terms of my personaljourney and it's so important for me. my family alex — important for me. my family alex -- _ important for me. my family alex —— excited about me winning _ alex —— excited about me winning because i come from a remote — winning because i come from a remote part of africa. i am
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very— remote part of africa. i am very excited about being this close — very excited about being this close to _ very excited about being this close to winning it. the point of earth shot _ close to winning it. the point of earth shot is _ close to winning it. the point of earth shot is to _ of earth shot is to turbo—charge environmental ideas with the million pound prizes and expert guidance and the contacts and influence of prince william. fitting an electric car, prince william visited a factory in london a few school. last year they were earth shot finalists. 12 months on they have a deal with oba and plan for global expansion. earth shot has been taken from obscurity in the coming climate royalty in a heartbeat. and of course everything we do is about moving forward so this is an acceleration of the technology that we deliver to make electric cars more successful while combating pollution. successful while combating pollution-— successful while combating ollution. . , , ., pollution. finding answers to the biggest _ pollution. finding answers to the biggest climber- pollution. finding answers to i the biggest climber challenges, this years winners will be announced later this week. at
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least ten people have been killed after a volcano erupted in eastern indonesia. reports say lava, ash and incandescent rocks spewed six kilometres from the crater of mount lewotobi laki—laki on the tourist island of flores. this video received by the bbc�*s indonesian service show burned and damaged houses. residents fled in terror from the eruption, which took place in the middle of the night. and we have the latest pictures from barcelona from terminal one of the main airport in barcelona. the latest city in spain to experience extremely heavy rain. water on the floor of the airport. dozens of flights affected as well. motorways are underwater in barcelona and train services have been cancelled. the rain coming from a similar weather systems to the one that we saw last week with the deadly flash flooding in valencia and we have just been monitoring a
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press conference with the head of spain is military emergency unit sitting almost 8000 troops have now been deployed in valencia. hello there. there's very little change to the weather for most of this week, and indeed, even as we head into next weekend, a subtle wind change direction from the south and a stronger wind could introduce a little bit more sunshine to northern and western areas. but generally it's going to be dry and cloudy this week for most. could see a little bit of patchy fog and drizzle in the thickest of the clouds, and generally it's going to be mild, all thanks to this blocking area of high pressure which is bringing this dry and settled weather, but also all the cloud. ourair coming infrom the southeast means we could see just a few bright spells towards some sheltered northern and western areas. but i think through this afternoon it's going to stay generally cloudy and rather gloomy. a bit of mist and fog in places. temperatures into the low to mid—teens, but they will be coming up towards the mid to latter part of the week. tonight it's mostly
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dry blankets of cloud, keeping those temperatures much from falling between six and ten celsius. one or two clearer spells towards, say, the north and west of scotland. we could see low single digits with some mist and fog. so tuesday then another cloudy, gloomy day for most, but we will see some sunshine breaking through, particularly across the northern half of scotland, perhaps even northern and western wales. but for most it's going to be cloudy again. top temperatures around 14 or 15 degrees takes into bonfire night, then it will be mostly dry, mild chance of fog across the southeast. and also we could see just one or two showers just pushing into the far northwest of the country. and it will be breezy too because of these weather systems just grazing the northwest of the country. but high pressure continues to dominate the scene. for the middle latter part of the week, we start to draw up winds from the south a long way south from the azores. so it will be a moisture laden and warmer air. and you will notice that on wednesday and beyond, with some shelter spots again
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across northern areas, we could see the sunshine where we see the sunshine. with this warm air mass, we could be up to 17, 18, maybe even 19 degrees. so temperatures well above what we expect this time of year. similar story on thursday, more northern and western parts of the country could see some shelter from the breeze and the sunny spells, which could push temperatures up into the high teens. but where we hold on to the cloudy skies for much of england and wales generally the mid—teens little change as we head into friday and the weekend. the greatest chance of seeing some brightness across the north of the uk.
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live from london. this is bbc news. donald trump and kamala harris make a last dash pitch to voters in a presidential race that's too close to call. we will bring you the latest from our correspondence in washington, north carolina, and georgia. our other headlines... a new red alert is issued for torrential rain in barcelona. dozens of flights from the city's main airport have been affected due to flood waters. and music legend quinchones, one of the pivotal figures behind popular music, has died at the age of 91.
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hello. welcome to verified life. as campaigning for the us presidential election enters its final day, donald trump and kamala harris have been attempting to drive home their messages in the swing states which will decide the result. the election on tuesday is expected to be the closest in us history. more than 77 million americans have already cast their votes in early ballots. all day today we're hearing from our correspondents across these seven battleground or swing states... ina in a moment i will be speaking to our teams in a moment i will be speaking to ourteams in in a moment i will be speaking to our teams in north carolina, wisconsin and georgia. but first... but first... let's speak to our correspondent anna foster, who's in washington for us. if you look at where the cabinets are going, that is where it is critically important.— where it is critically imortant. , important. you're absolutely riuht. if important. you're absolutely right- if you _ important. you're absolutely right. if you do _ important. you're absolutely right. if you do not - important. you're absolutely right. if you do not know- important. you're absolutely right. if you do not know us| right. if you do not know us politics well, it might seem strange to see how much of that energy and time that they their
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