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i don't even know how this is coming home with me. i taylor lawrence has doubled the logistical challenge, after also hall on saturday. that gap down. and ultimately we'll definitely come away and they'll be looking to find that momentum ahead of the world

you can up—to—date on the bbc sports website and but also justessses: e’ffi’ ' just our top story we go. thomas is a two—time olympic gold medalist; three time hello.

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but across england and wales we are anticipating hazy still chilly, five, six degrees. here's a look at wednesday weather fronts starting to approach out in the atlantic. so winds in some coastal areas around gale force, outbreaks of rain. there might be some glimmers of sunshine, the wind and the rain. 13, iii celsius is certainly possible, and then by

look at that. so here's the outlook then. so this is this week. as we head towards friday. bye— bye.

it's 7pm in london. european leaders meet in paris to discuss on the ground in ukraine. am rajini vaidyanathan, live

in paris. we'll bring you all the latest. meanwhile, the us secretary of state, marco rubio, with russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov. the vatican says pope francis is in a stable condition, with a respiratory infection. welcome to the world today — an hour of international news from the bbc. european leaders have been meeting in paris german chancellor olaf scholz says it is clear that europe

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