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moto gp bastianini was trailing bastianini was trailing championship leader jorge martin as the chequeredpearing to nudge him aside. both riders stayed on but bastianini took the win on home soil. despite finishing in second place, martin extended his lead in the world championship to 2a points after francesco bagnaia's earlier crash. the double olympic gold medallist remco evenepoel successfully defended the world time trial title he won in last year's world road championships in glasgow with victory in this year's event in zurich. he was six seconds ahead of italian filippo ganna, who was also second last year, and 5a clear of italian edoardo affini. evenepoel now remains on course for a double—double heading into next sunday's road race, having also won the title at the paris games. he was joined by australia's grace brown — who won the women's elite time trial in herfinal season as a professional with demi vollering of the netherlands second and the defending champion chloe dygart from the united states in third. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom

now, this kind of chequered growth backdrop doesn't help when you're trying to scramble around and findthat mean? short term, we're probably going to have to look at finding more money raising measures. at least the chancellor is going to have to. and where that falls, we'll have to wait and see. but there are bound to be things in there which are going to be controversial, perhaps more tax rises, more tax being taken out of the incomes of the nation as a whole. how do we reverse that kind of pattern? again, we come back to the idea of growth. the more the economy grows, frankly, the more tax take there is available and therefore that releases the burden on us. how do you get that growth? well, that is the tricky one indeed. as i say, it doesn't happen overnight. all politicians agree you need to see much more investment somewhere where the uk has lagged behind. now the real challenge is for the chancellor to figure out how to unlock that and deliver greater prosperity all round. a new statue to the late queen has received a mixed reception. it was unveiled last weekend but has received

i remember as a backbencher, we were high fiving them and she came to that pub in chequers i know hadretend that he liked bitzer, which he obviously don't. you can see one of his children behind a different part. and we changed, you know, we, you know, once the uyghurs, you know, human rights, hong kong, we took a different view. and there was always a balance within the government as to who, you know, how we should we should engage with them. and that's a healthy discussion. but we can't just simply say you're an ally, we love you. you can do whatever you want, but we simply we also can't say, you know, go away. we'll pretend that you don't exist. >> you see, there's another hugely important treaty coming up international treaty. and that's the global plastics convention. you know, this is going to come up now with any luck in galapagos, we absolutely need china to be 100% onside with this one. >> well, stanley, if they're onside and they play by the rules and they tell the truth, i might become a little bit less sceptical. but i want to say thank you for coming on the program. it's

bastianini was trailing championship leaderjorge martinas the chequered flag approached but pulled alongside the win on home soil. despite finishing in second place, martin extended his lead in the world championship to 2a points after francesco bagnaia's earlier crash. and that's all the sport for now. the crown prosecution service says it twice considered bringing charges against the former harrods owner mohammed al fayed, but on both occasions, it concluded there was no realistic prospect of a conviction. all of this has come to light since a bbc documentary this week led to dozens of women coming forward with allegations of being sexually assaulted or raped by the billionaire, who died last year. ben king has the latest. we have learned today that in 2008 the metropolitan police investigated the case of a 15—year—old girl who said she was sexually assaulted by mr al fayed in the boardroom of harrods. that case was passed to the crown prosecution service but they took no further action. they say that was because they had no realistic prospect of a conviction based on the evidence that the

this chequered growth backdrop doesn't help when you're trying to scramble around to find extra moneying more money raising measures, and whether foes we will have to wait and see. they're bad to be things in there that are going to be controversial, perhaps more tax rises, more tax been taken out of incomes of the nation as a whole. had we reversed that kind of pattern again, we come back to the idea of growth. the more the economy grows, frankly, the more tax is available which releases the burden on us. growth doesn't happen overnight. we need to see much more investment in where the uk has lagged behind. the real challenge is for the chance to figure out how to unlock back and deliver greater prosperity all around.— prosperity all around. thank ou prosperity all around. thank you very _ prosperity all around. thank you very much. _ in the minutes after the us presidential debate, pop superstar taylor swift endorsed kamala harris for president. writing in a post to her 283 million instagram followers: "i will be casting my vote for kamala harris "and tim walz in the 2024 presidenti

oscar took the chequered flag ahead of charlotte claire, they saw mclaren take the lead in the constructeds can still win the drivers title. nick parrot, bbc news. he is still in the hunt. let's get some reaction to the race in baku, from the mclaren driver. it's not what we were expecting today. when i see the top point scores as a team, it's not something i think many people would have bet on before the race. so a very strong race. he was amazing today. that gives us a lot of confidence going into the next few races. ireland's women have beaten england for the first time in a t20 international. they won by five wickets in dublin to draw the series 1—all. they restricted england to 169 from their 20 overs with orla prendergast taking two wickets. she starred with the vat as well, making 80 as ireland got home with a ball to spare. an incredible finish with mady villiers missing a run out chance, ireland then making the winning run after the resulting over throw. england drew their t20 series 1—all with australia. today's deciding match at old trafford was abandoned without a ball being bo

>> this, of course, chequers there is, of course, chequers and all of these grace and favour homes, thesent do get freebies. it's part of the job, isn't it? i mean, perhaps people, if the rules have been followed, need to just wise up about what politicians get access to. or is there a question here about lord ali and whether or not he has been given preferential treatment? with this access to downing street and many papers reporting this morning that actually he has more influence and more power than many ministers. >> well, no, that is a longtime labour supporter. all governments take advice from, from people that they trust. i i don't know lord ali but but his history is there now and he as far as i'm aware, he doesn't he does not have have a part to in number 10 downing street anymore. apparently he had one because he was giving advice at one stage. now taking advice from people that you know, trust and think can actually give you good advice is hardly new in politics. just just as picking up your point of the grace and favour homes of been there for decades, for decades, whether we l

oscar took the chequered flag ahead of charlotte claire, they saw mclaren take the lead in the constructeds to go, they will be hoping noris can still win the drivers title. nick parrot, bbc news. what a drive from lando norris, to keep him in the hunt for the drivers title. let's get some reaction to the race in baku, i'm happy for him. therefore the whole team because a win is always an amazing thing. better from where he started and not what we are expecting today, so it's what we were hoping to do the car was amazing today that gives us a lot of confidence going into the next few races. ireland have won the final t20 against england in dublin to draw the series 1—all. they restricted england to 169 from their 20 overs with orla prendergast taking two wickets. she starred with the vat as well, making 80 as ireland got home with a ball to spare. an incredible finish with mady villiers missing a run out chance, with ireland making the winning run via the resulting over throw. england drew their t20 series 1—all with australia. today's deciding match at old trafford was abandoned without a

chequers. >> was he the only person who's ianed >> was he the only person who's invited me to chequers> he was. he's incredible. and he went at the peak of his powers. he was incredible. >> he was the people's president. no, he called it the people's princess diana, the people's princess. >> it was brilliant. >> it was brilliant. >> but he was charismatic. i did like him . yeah. like him. yeah. >> did you like boris? >> did you like boris? >> i loved boris. boris was a friend. yeah. i saw boris the other day at a party. he's still very funny. and i liked john major very much. and he. he and i were on the talk show circuit last year and we bumped into each other listening to him . each other listening to him. he's a very, very good speech maker. i'm sure he is. shirley bassey and i were at downing street when he was making off the record speech about something very serious, i can't remember, and shirley and i were saying he's brilliant. he's brilliant, and he was. >> i thought, yeah, yeah, just very tricky. and i had quite a few run ins with john major when he was prime minister, but we

prime minister, here we are again following on from chequers, a lot of warm words about the reset ind second meeting in four weeks, but what substantive action are you in the irish government taking to cement that? ., _ government taking to cement that? ., , government taking to cement that? a, , a, , that? today is really significant _ that? today is really significant because l that? today is really i significant because we that? today is really - significant because we have laid out our ambition to reset the relationship and, today, we take that forward. we have had really significant discussions about the themes, the timetable, issue such as trade, and we have had a roundtable with businesses looking at the ways we can prove trade and grow our economy is respectively. so today is about moving that reset on, cementing it and making it ambitious. we are clear by march, we want to have a summit to show the yield from this and then annual summits after that. so this is a very good day for ireland and the united kingdom. find a very good day for ireland and the united kingdom.— the uni

bastianini was trailing championship leader jorge martin as the chequered flag approached, but pulledace, martin extended his lead in the world championship to 2a points after francesco bagnaia's earlier crash. tennis, and francis tiafoe could seal the laver cup for team world if he beats alexander zverev in their singles clash — that match is currently on court at the moment. earlier, team world's ben shelton beat daniil medvedev two sets to one. medvedev took the opening set but the american battled back to level the match before going on to take it via a 10—point match tie—break. joe mcenroe there is the captain. and that's all the sport for now. many thanks for that. just a quick line to bring you from the united states. donald trump has been speaking about the upcoming election. he said that if he is defeated in november's election, he is ruling himself out of the running again in 2028. so obviously thinking about the next election there. but he is saying apparently that if he is defeated in the upcoming election on the 5th of november, he will rule himself out of running in the

i mean, she has a pretty chequered history on immigration. for example , immigration.s she >> i well, when you say, is she right wing enough, that is not the sole criterion on which reform welcomes people into its midst. if it was, there are some people who wouldn't be there at all. so, you know , trying to all. so, you know, trying to portray us as some sort of right wing nutters party is just not fair and it's not valid. >> i would never dream of making such assertions at all. and now could i ask you about angela rayner because she's preparing to axe the right to buy scheme that , incidentally, allowed her that, incidentally, allowed her to buy her own council house? and by the way, she made, i think , about £48,500 from that think, about £48,500 from that originally brought in. of course , originally brought in. of course, by maggie thatcher, the housing secretary, and she's set to axe the tenants right to buy their own council home. if the property is a new build and cut the discount in place for those already living in. well, i don't think it's a bit ironic, given

margaret thatcher had him at chequers for christmas lunch.iana, so. but he was interesting to talk to because he had a great story. but you don't know what the truth was now, do you? but that jimmy savile mask never slipped, you know the phrases he did and you could never get to the real man. >> 0h, could never get to the real man. >> oh, god. he makes me feel sick just thinking about him, lisa, i think. >> 0h , i think that there is a, >> oh, i think that there is a, i don't know, an epidemic in this country of tabloid newspapers , trying to, i don't newspapers, trying to, i don't know , obsessively sort of go know, obsessively sort of go after vulnerable women. i think we've seen it with katie price. i think we've i'm not sure the daily star put in danniella westbrook on the front page. and you know no matter what the reason is i think she's a vulnerable woman. and i do sort of fear that that you know tabloids sometimes abuse. >> well i'm a i'm a former tabloid man. i mean daniel has sat down and spoken to the star. i mean, they've not done

he took the chequered flag.behind at the break but took full advantage of their one—man advantage of the interval as they scored 12 unanswered points. finally six—time motogp champion marc marquez is celebrating winning his first race for 1043 days. he was last on top of the podium in october 2021 but he was back in what used to be familiar territory after victory at the aragon grand prix in his home country of spain. the win comes after numerous injuries — including four operations on his right arm. iam sure i am sure he enjoyed that one. we are into the second week at the us open where defending champion coco gauff is out. she struggled with her serve as the match went on. 90 double faults including three in the final game. she was beaten by fellow american in the fourth round in new york. grigor dimitrov into the quarterfinals of the first time in five years after his win. he will play frances tiafoe up next and want to look out for today, jack draper, the big remaining british player. he plays later. in the

a long history of what's called monetarism in, in the, in the study of economics and it's got a chequeredk in 2013, but in fact, they'd done other things to keep they'd done other things to keep the money supply down back then, which they didn't do this time. so the people who said there'll be inflation back in 2013 were sort of a bit quiet. i was a bit quiet. is this all a ponzi scheme? >> is it all just going to collapse at some point this? >> oh yeah. it just gets worse and worse. you can't you're on a, you're on a hiding to nothing. if you're growing the state, growing the state, shrinking the part of the state that actually creates wealth, creates jobs , creates the money creates jobs, creates the money for taxes to pay for all these services. if you're doing that, it ends. and that's what this is about. it says we've got to return to a smaller state. you've got to cut taxes because, like it or not, you may hate all these billionaires, of which i'm not one by any means , you may not one by any means, you may hate them all, but they're all leaving. yeah. i mean, my hairdresser, just a

and if you go to chequers for dinner and lunch, you have to pay.they have, the prime minister has to pay for it. extraordinary. >> yeah. and that's what i mean. i think we, i think we do need to have a it might not look good to have a it might not look good to the public, but we need to have a serious conversation about actually are we giving our leaders the resources that they need to actually do their job properly? does the labour prime minister really need to get a donor to give him 2500 pounds for designer spectacles? >> can't just. can't you just go to specsavers? >> i wish he would. >> i wish he would. >> oh yes. i think you're not alone. there's a lot of people i would, i would rather that he did because again, even though i don't think there is any £6 absolute bargain, i don't think there's any undue influence here. >> but it opens him up to a flank of criticism, particularly when he's been so strong on cracking down on, you know, unethical ways of doing things in politics, like double standards. and it does. >> right. andy williams, politi

. >> have you as my first guest at chequers on the eve of the blenheim summit, that we had the summitre to be here, to have this opportunity which we will to take renew the friendship between our countries that reset, i think, can be meaningful. it can be deep, of course, it covers the relationship between our two countries, obviously it has to cover the good friday agreement, and i take very seriously our joint role in relation to that. and i've been very clear about that for many, many years and renew that commitment here today. and the wider eu reset, but of course, at the same time there are international issues which are pressing the situation in ukraine. you've just come back from your visit, i went there last year , and the next there last year, and the next few weeks and months are going to be crucial as they are in the middle east and we have to be clear in the face of russian aggression, we have to stand together to coordinate, stand with our allies and give ukraine all of the support that it needs for as long as it needs in relation to the middle east, we need a ceasefire,

that's exactly why they just sell chequers and donate the money to the coffers.a billionaire, all of these grace and favour houses, you've got a housing crisis. >> if i was left wing, i'd be doing. >> meanwhile, be careful where you stick your earbuds down. >> yeah , there's a clue in the >> yeah, there's a clue in the title, isn't there ? earbuds? title, isn't there? earbuds? yeah, yeah. earbuds aren't for good you. basically, they can cause you to go deaf. >> so we're talking about the sort of things you get with these little tiny. yeah. >> the little tiny ones that go in your ears rather than the, the big cotton buds. exactly and the big cotton buds. exactly and the reason they're bad for your ears because they let outside soundin ears because they let outside sound in as well. so the ear has trouble adjusting and it gets a lot of excessive noise in there with the earphone thing and with the outside noise. whereas if you were the big, headphones, they cancel the other noise and your ears cope better. there's not so much pressure on your ears, but basically you