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all smiles from alex yee, having summoned something quite sensational.ed, a day later than planned. but this race proved to be more than worth the wait. after a tight swim, how is this for selflessness? great britain's sam dickinson set the pace in the cycling, but it was all for yee's gain. he makes his way up the carpet... moving into the run, he bowed out. the 26—year—old from lewisham. running is the south londoner's strong suit, but new zealand's hayden wilde was the one to break clear. they are not as close as they might look. the brit looked to be running out of road. with one lap to go, alex yee is in second. he brought home a silver from tokyo. what has got left here in the tank in paris? this was his answer. what a run from alex yee! a perfectly timed sprint finish, to send his fans into pure pandemonium. what an astonishing finish! i really wanted to give it one last go and cross the finish line with no regrets, and i feel like i did that. it was amazing i was able to achieve that, but never in my wildest dreams did i think i would get back th

was all for alex yee's gain. to achieve that but never in my wildest dreams at 5k did i think i would get that back there. earlier in the rain, there had been drama in the women's event but former physics teacher beth potter took a brave bronze. on a day that showcased britain's force in triathlon. and the power of teamwork. laura scott, bbc news, paris. rewind three years ago, to a disappointing rowing campaign in toky,o failing to win a gold for the first time since 1980. in tokyo, failing to win a gold for the first time since 1980. but matters were put right today, at the vaires—sur—marne. the women's quadruple sculls delivering a much needed win, by the finest of margins, in a thrilling finish. natalie pirks has the story. their lungs still full despite their blockbuster effort, and their smiles as broad as the lake where they made history, britain's quadruple sculls were united in joyous disbelief. britain started as the clear favourites, but in this two kilometre test of endurance and teamwork, it was the

alex yee keeps the faith — a sprint finish at the very end gets britain gold in the men's triathlon.e margins — team gb take gold in the women's rowing with the very last stroke. and here, karen riley has won silver in the thrilling men's bmx freestyle final. welcome to the programme. keep fighting to the end, that has been the theme of the day for team gb's athletes. a dramatic gold for the women's rowers — crossed the line first by the narrowist of margins, a bronze in the women's synchronised diving with the final dive, a stunning silver in the bmx cycling, and an astonishing late burst from alex yee in the triathlon to snatch gold out from under the feet of new zealand's hayden wilde who had been in the lead. our sports news editor dan roan is live from paris. such an exciting day and very welcome, particularly in the triathlon after all the delays and controversey surrounding that event. yes, good evening. there have been days of uncertainty in the build—up to the triathlon as to whether or not it would take place when it was meant to or indeed in its original form. the men's ra

and at the olympics, it's double gold for team gb — alex yee wins the mens triathlon.nd in rowing, the women's quadruple are involved in a dramatic photo finish. hello from the bbc sport centre great britain have surged up the medal table to fourth with five medals so far on wednesday, two of them gold. we had both triathlon races today after the mens was postponed yesterday because of the seine failing water quality tests. alex yee looked like he'd have to settle for silver in the men's race, just as he did in tokyo three years ago. but on the final lap of the 10k run, he overcame a iii—second deficit to pass his great rival, new zealand's hayden wilde and secure gold. great britain have won more triathlon medals than any other nation since becomingt an olympic sport in 2000. the women's race was always scheduled for today, and they raced first. they were the first into the seine. it was close until the final lap of the run, when france's cassandre beaugrand pulled clear of switzerland'sjulie derron, with great britain's beth potter in third. derron says they had no c

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in the last hour, britain's alex yee has won the gold medal in the men's triathlon at the paris olympicsh moments to go in the race. the men's and women's olympic triathlons were finally allowed to take place in paris after tests showed the river seine to be clean enough for competition. france's cassandre beaugrand has won gold in an eventful women's triathlon. she broke the field at the end of the ten— kilometre run, to the roar of thousands of spectators in her home city. julie derron clinched the second place for switzerland, while britain's beth potter got bronze. the race in the centre of paris took place after the water quality in the river seine was eventually declared safe. athletes swum a 1,500 metre course in the river, having to deal with strong currents, before taking to damp streets for the cycle stage. some competitors crashed in the tricky conditions. the men's event followed and is currently under way, having been postponed on monday, as bacteria levels in the river seine were deemed too high due to sewage pollution following heavy rains. the world triathlon authority di

alex yee wins the mens triathlon and in rowing, the women's quadruple were involved in a dramatic photoroliwala. we begin in the middle east, where two separate attacks in the space of 12 hours — on two senior iran—backed militant leaders — have raised fears of a wider regional conflict. hamas says its political leader ismail haniyeh was killed during a visit to tehran. early indications suggest that he and his bodyguard died when a rocket hit the house where he was staying. hamas has accused israel of being responsible and described the killing as a "grave escalation". hours earlier, israel said it had killed a senior hezbollah figure in a strike in beirut.

britain's alex yee looked as though he'd have to settle for silver in the men's race, just as he didthe final lap of the 10k run, he overcame a ill—second deficit. he overcame a14—second deficit to pass his great rival, new zealand's hayden wilde, and secure gold. great britain have won more triathlon medals than any other nation since becoming an olympic sport in 2000. the women were first to dive into the seine, and their race was close until the final lap of the run, when france's cassandre beaugrand pulled clear of switzerland'sjulie derron with great britain's beth potter in third. derron says they had no concerns over the water quality. swimming was fine, and if we win the race, we know they took some this morning. but we had a great race today. great britain's rowers failed to win a single gold in tokyo three years ago, bringing homejust two medals, but they have a gold on the board with an incredible finish in the women's quadruple sculls. with 200 metres to go, they trailed the netherlands, but pulled it back to take victory with the final stroke. lauren henry, lola anderson

and in paris, as the water in the river seine is deemed safe, britain's alex yee wins gold in the delayederviews and reaction. we begin in the middle east, where two separate attacks in the space of 12 hours, on two senior iran—backed militant leaders have raised fears of a wider regional conflict. hamas says its political leader ismail haniyeh was killed during a visit to tehran. early indications suggest that he and his bodyguard died when a rocket hit the house where he was staying. hamas has accused israel of being responsible and described the killing as a grave escalation. hours earlier, israel said it had killed a senior hezbollah figure in a strike in beirut. the movement has confirmed that fuad shukr, one of its top military commanders was in a building targeted by israel, but hasn't confirmed his fate. israel said shukr was responsible for an attack that killed twelve youngsters in the israeli—occupied golan heights.

and great britain's alex yee won gold with a sensational sprint finish in the men's triathlon.. we heard from the police that a 17—year—old boy has been charged with murder along with ten counts of attempted murder. that's all for now, thanks for watching. hello there. humidity levels are beginning to increase now, and we're starting to see a thundery breakdown take place across england and wales, certainly after this recent hot spell. so, a thundery day on thursday, some good sunny spells around. yes, it will continue to feel very warm and humid. if you catch some of these torrential downpours, you really will know about it. we'll start thursday morning with torrential downpours through central, northern and eastern parts of england. then, into the afternoon as a sunshine comes out, we'll see further thunderstorms developing — east wales, the midlands, southern and eastern england. scotland and northern ireland not doing too badly — variable clouds, some sunshine and comfortable conditions there, ranging from 17—23 celsius, but another very warm one across england and wales, 2

alex yee says he had no as well. alex yee says he had no concerns about swimming in the river seine as he picked up gold in the men's triathlon, while the women's quadruple sculls rowers pipped the netherlands right on the finish line to secure gold. their sensational comeback putting britain fourth in the medal table. well done, team gb. those are the latest news headlines. time now for headliners for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> hello and welcome to headliners, your first look at tomorrow's newspapers with three top comedians. i'm one of them and i hate the blow my own trumpet. i didn't write that like myself i'm leo kearse and tonight i'm joined by comedians. josh howie i'm a talk comedian, and louis schaefer, also a top comedian. >> i wouldn't go that far ehhen >> i wouldn't go that far either. which what about one of us about being a top comedian? i would say josh is a is a top comedi

alex yee looked like he'd have to settle for silver in the men's race, just as he did in tokyo three lap of the 10k run, he overcame a ill—second deficit to pass his great rival, new zealand's hayden wilde, and secure gold. great britain have won more triathlon medals than any other nation since becoming an olympic sport in 2000. the women's race was always scheduled for today, and they raced first, to were the first into the seine , it was close until the final lap of the run when france's cassandre beaugrand pulled clear of switzerland'sjulie derron with great britain's beth potter in third. derron says they had no concerns over the water quality this woman was fine during the race. we know that they took samples this morning, they take some time to analyse, so we don't know the results obviously, and, yes, we all trust the authorities and organisers that they keep us safe, so we had a safe race today. great britain's rowers failed to win a single gold in tokyo, bringing homejust two medals, but they have a gold on the board with an incredible finish in the women's quadruple sculls

alex yee wins the mens triathlon and in rowing, the women's quadruple were involved in a dramatic photo finish. hello, i'm matthew amroliwala. we begin in the middle east, where two separate attacks in the space of 12 hours — on two senior iran—backed militant leaders — have raised fears of a wider regional conflict. hamas says its political leader ismail haniyeh was killed during a visit to tehran. early indications suggest that he and his bodyguard died when a rocket hit the house where he was staying. hamas has accused israel of being responsible and described the killing as a "grave escalation". hours earlier, israel said it had killed a senior hezbollah figure in a strike in beirut. the movement has confirmed that fuad shukr, one of its top military commanders was in a building targeted by israel, but hasn't confirmed his fate. israel said he was responsible for an attack that killed 12 youngsters in the israeli—occupied golan heights. our correspondent injerusalem, yolande knell, sent this report. state media in iran reporting the assassination in its capital of this top hamas lea

alex yee keeps the faith — a sprint finish at the very end gets britain gold in the men's triathlon.

and in paris, as the water in the river seine is deemed safe, britain's alex yee wins gold in the delayedolitical leader, ismail haniyeh, has been killed in an israeli strike in the iranian capital, tehran. iran's supreme leader, ali khamenei, has said it will be teheran's duty to avenge the killing. we do know that he was killed in an air strike at about 2pm local time. to remind you, he is the most senior hamas leader to be killed since october the 7th tax. —— attacks. let's speak to yonahjeremy bob, senior military correspondent at the jerusalem post and author of target tehran.

alex yee secured gold after a sensational sprint finish in the men's triathlon.tic photo—finish to secure rowing gold. time for a look at the weather now with stav danaos. hello there. temperatures reached 29—30 celsius across southern parts of the uk again today, but we're starting to see a few changes. there has already been the odd shower around, but things are going to get more active overnight and into tomorrow with the risk of some thundery downpours, mainly across england and wales. but if we look towards the west, across northern ireland, there are some showers here and those will develop and push their way across southern scotland and then really generate some heavy, thundery downpours across england and wales later on in the night. a lot of cloud around overnight. it's going to be pretty warm out there, 17 celsius minimum in the south—east of england. and for scotland, it's going to be a lot warmer than it was last night. but we've got the downpours to begin with across the midlands, northern england — it could be thundery — move out of the way and then

alex yee snatching victory in the closing stages of the men's triathlon, while the women's quadruplends right on the finish line to secure their gold. their sensational comeback putting britain fourth on the medal table. now those are the latest gb news headlines. i'm polly middlehurst i'm back in half an hour. see you then. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone. sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> thank you paulie. now merseyside police are making security plans for the week ahead as southport locals are showing their concern after yesterday night's violent riots and now four men have been arrested and taken into custody. more than 50 police officers were injured after bricks, stones and bottles were thrown and cars were set alight outside and cars were set alight outside a mosque following the vigil for the three girls tragically killed in the southport knife attack on monday. and gb news nonh attack on monday. and gb news north west reporter sophie reaperis north west reporter sophie

great britain's alex yee winning a gold medal for the men and cassard beaugrand brought home a gold for france. all right, getting back in the pool, stanford's torri huske for the 100 meter freestyle final. she is fresh off a gold medal for the 100 meter butterfly, so we'll watch that. and they are calling themselves the golden girls. and boy, do they deserve that. team usa bringing in that team gold medal. simone biles and her teammates really proving why they are the best. and i got to tell you, bercy arena was roaring for those young women. they were just on fire. the women showed their dominance in every single rotation, u.s. winning by more than five points. the women then draped in the american flag, they ran around, they hugged, celebrating with their medals as the crowd chanted usa, usa! it was just so wonderful to hear and it really was an emotional moment for suni lee, who helped propel the team forward. she was competing in spite of having an incurable kidney disease. she really proves why she is an olympian and once again, simone biles proving that she is the goat. the great

so great britain's alex yee winning a gold medal for the men and quesada street bogran bringing home gold for france. no testing of the water necessary at la defense arena, where today, defending her dominance day for katie ledecky, stanford grad an olympic medal record holder, will swim. what is her specialty? the 1500 meter freestyle. now get this wrap your head around this last time she lost this race, she was in junior high. yes junior high. and if she gets any medal in this event, she would tie the record for the most medals won by an american woman in olympic history. okay, also hitting the water. cal swimmer jack alexy in the men's 100 meter freestyle final. and cal alum and olympic medalist ryan murphy in the men's 200 meter backstroke preliminary race. all right, let's talk basketball. we're team usa with steph kd and lebron are going to take on south sudan. the u.s. has won four straight gold medals. it wants a fifth. but it needs to win this game to advance to the knockout rounds here in paris. south sudan could prove problematic. turns out team usa lost to them in an exhi

alex yee snatching victory in the very closing stages of the men's triathlon. congratulations to him! while the women's quadruple sculls rowers pipped the netherlands right at the post to secure their gold, and their sensational comeback puts britain fourth in the medal table. those are the latest headunes table. those are the latest headlines from gb news. for now, i'm polly middlehurst. i'm back in an hour. see you then for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> good evening. as i was on air last night and we were debating just how we should respond to the just truly horrific attack and murder of those three young girls up in southport. i raised a couple of questions. i said, why is it these days, whenever something happens, we're told almost immediately it's a non terror attack. and i was very struck the week before in kent that the lieutenant colonel in full uniform is stabbed and nearly killed in the street. it's a non terror attack. i als

team gb have landed two more golds at the games, both coming as well in dramatic fashion, alex yee snatchingctory in the closing stages of the men's triathlon , whilst the women's triathlon, whilst the women's quadruple sculls rowers pipped the netherlands right to the post to secure their gold at the last second. and that sensational comeback puts britain fourth in the medal table . that's it. i'm back in an table. that's it. i'm back in an hour. houn >> conundrum facing society, crime figures excluding online fraud show crime is falling . yet fraud show crime is falling. yet television's, as you've just seen, show that britain is quite literally a flame even outside downing street, the crimes of individual criminals seem to be less frequent, but the disorder of groups more common, and this has taken us back to an older, more dangerous world where gangs control the streets and armed bands possess certain parts of the country. it would be familiar to a time traveller from the middle of the ages, or even from the 18th century england, but it has not been true in modern times in this country.

both came in a dramatic fashion as well, alex yee snatching victory in the closing stages of the men's triathlon, while the women's quadruple sculls rowers pipped the netherlands right on the finish line to secure their gold. and that sensational comeback puts britain fourth in the paris olympics medal table. well done, team gb. those are the latest news headlines. i'm back in an hour. see you then for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> thank you very much for that, polly. my name is michelle dewberry and i'm keeping you company until 7:00 tonight alongside me. i've got my panels here. yousef, who's the chairman of reform uk and andy williams, the political commentator. you know the drill as well. it's not just about us. it is about you guys at home as well. you're very welcome tonight . what is on very welcome tonight. what is on your mind tonight? goodness gracious me. look, i'm going to i'm going to make this almost a single topic show. we've seen the h

and in news just in, alex yee has just won team gb's fifth gold medal in the men's triathlon. i'm sophia wenzler more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> cheers! britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report , and here's financial report, and here's a quick snapshot of today's markets. >> the pound will buy you $1.2838 and >> the pound will buy you 151.2838 and ,1.1851. the >> the pound will buy you $1.2838 and ,1.1851. the price of gold is £1,888.30 per ounce, and the ftse 100 at 8389 points. >> cheers ! >> cheers! >> cheers! >> britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report . report. >> breaking news as you've just heard, great britain's alex yee has won a gold medal in the men's triathlon at the paris olympics. no offence, but i wish i'd been watching the triathlon. i'd been watching the triathlon. i sat here with you. i love the olympics. i love the track. >> but also he deserves more t

and it comes after alex yee scooped up gold in the men's triathlon , while beth men's triathlon, while beth potter took bronze in the women's event. potter took bronze in the women's event . and while the women's event. and while the skies are a little gloomy in london today, heat warnings remain in place across the uk. parts of england are facing forecasts of 28 degrees today, which is expected to continue into friday. but if you fancy a last minute trip to the beach, you better be quick because thunderstorms are expected later in the week . those are the in the week. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm sophia wenzler more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> good afternoon britain. it is seven minutes past midday now. former bbc presenter huw edwards has pleaded guilty to making indecent images of children. >> the 62 year old arrived at westminster magistrates court this morning for his first court appearance since being charged

alex yee says he had no concerns about the swimming in the river scene as he picked up gold in the men's triathlon, while the women's quadruple sculls rowers pipped women's quadruple sculls rowers pipped the netherlands to the post just on the finish line to secure the gold , their secure the gold, their sensational comeback putting britain fourth in the medal table . that's the news from the table. that's the news from the gb newsroom tonight . i'm polly gb newsroom tonight. i'm polly middlehurst. i'm back in an houn middlehurst. i'm back in an hour. see you then . hour. see you then. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> good evening. remember the good old days when the slogan britain isn't working just related to unemployment? it's now 2024 and it seems a wider breakdown in our society is playing out before our eyes. social services try to remove children from an address in leeds, presumably because they faced danger. but what ensued was a riot involv

. >> let's just give a shout out to our gb news medal hopefuls alex yee, beth potter, georgia taylor—brownn in this country, so good luck . this country, so good luck. >> team gb also to team gb, which is doing very, very well and whatever you tom daley, god don't you love him? >> i love him another medal honestly. >> i mean i've said before, i love the olympics. my poor other half couldn't care less about sport . so every evening at the sport. so every evening at the moment i'm watching an hour of swimming while he sits there with his ipad and some headphones on, watching some car program or something, i, i think widower. >> what's the guy who won the mountain biking gold medal? tom don't know. well, he it was he was seconds behind. yes. overhauled the french guy beat the french guy right on the last. and today is his 25th birthday. >> yeah, right on the last corner. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> tom pidcock, that's his name. there he is. what a hero. >> yeah, what a hero. >> yeah, what a hero. >> even though his team weren't ready for him when his bike punctured. >> isn't that nothing works? >> i

athletes like alex yee, georgia taylor—brown, beth potter, they have all been performing incredibly welltrack and event synonymous with the olympics, usually the athletics track is where the opening ceremony is held. we've got the likes of keely hodgkinson . at likes of keely hodgkinson. at the diamond league event last week, she smashed the british record to take gold there. people have got very high hopes for her, but also athletes like matthew hudson—smith, josh kerr in the distance . these are in the distance. these are events that we could do very, very well and so i've got high hopes for team gb and i think a lot of our viewers will as well, of course there are the issues of course there are the issues of travelling over to paris that they will have to contend with. but of course this will all be covered. we're going to be in paris for the next few days, bringing you all the latest. we'll be live tomorrow morning outside the aquatic centre ahead of those that gold medal match in on the diving. so make sure you tune in to that to hear all the latest about team gb and the paris olymp

they have done incredibly incredible things for the triathlon and now we're seeing the likes of alex yeeey're coming through, taylor , georgia through, taylor, georgia taylor—brown, all incredible athletes taking medals in the past few years, as well as at tokyo. so i think the triathlon is one to watch. so i think that's plenty for our viewers to be sinking their teeth into. i could go on. there are so many people and this is why i have been saying, i think this could been saying, i think this could be a particularly good year for team gb. our best ever result came rio 20 1667 medals. we didn't do quite as well in tokyo 20 2064 medals, 22 gold, 20 silver, 22 bronze. but i think we could be looking at a bit of a gold medal haul this year. we've got lots of athletes coming in at peak performance, so i think this this very well could be a good year for team gb. so let's keep our fingers crossed and let's throw all of our support behind our athletes. >> so we've been treebeard god you really you've had a gold medal there. you know your indian superb stuff. don't get washed in the river and

in the men's event, alex yee, part of that reached correct or mixed team relay gold, also individuald team relay gold, also individualsilverwinner, is favourite for gold. after the last few days these athletes have had, this is a huge relief this morning that we are able to have these events this morning. it could be a memorable day for great britain at the triathlon. 0k, lara. try to stay dry. sorry about the weather. carol will give us our weather in a moment. now that we know for sure the triathlon is happening at 6:45am, that will come here on bbc one. we will move on to bbc two. come with us or stick with the sport. great news that it is going ahead. it would have been such a shame if it was dropped to a duathlon. great for you that you can still catch us on bbc two. and carol will be with us throughout the morning with a look ahead at the weather. 0h, she has joined the apprentice, you said earlier! if only. good morning. yesterday we actually had the warmest day of the year so far. london reached 32 celsius. today is going to be another warm day. it is going to be largely dry

now for team gb, that's going to affect the likes of alex yee and georgia taylor—brown, both of whomold and a silver medal . so for gold and a silver medal. so for our sakes at least, let's hope that this issue can be resolved quickly. but plenty of action before the triathlon is set to take place. we're here at roland—garros this morning where andy murray is set to go in the tennis doubles . now, lots of tennis doubles. now, lots of brits will be watching that today, hoping and praying that andy murray can get through with his partner dan evans. because otherwise that is the end of andy murray's career. he has said he will retire after the olympics this year , so if he's olympics this year, so if he's knocked out today, that is it. unfortunately so fingers crossed andy murray can keep it going for as long as possible , maybe for as long as possible, maybe even clinching a medal, the women team gb's women are currently going in the women's gymnastics qualifications. they've had a bit of a ropey showing in the uneven bars, so it's now being said it's unlikely that they'll make the tea

british athletes, including alex yee, a favourite for the men's event, will be waiting to see when thert is, not giving up. it's a shame the french were, er, booing me. but, you know. earlier, the british three—day eventing team had come to the final showjumping routine on the brink of gold. laura collett had room for error, but didn't need much of it. a clipped final fence was barely a footnote on an impressive defence of their olympic title. collett later won an individual bronze, too. sometimes, though, small margins matter. in the froth and fury of the final stages of the men's 200m freestyle, great britain's matt richards, on the top of your screen, had the edge, but one of the sport's new sensations, romania's david popovici, was with him. commentary: there's the touch. oh, i think has gone to popovici. oh, i think it has gone to popovici. nothing between gold and silver but two 100ths of a second and an athlete's respect. those fractions can be powerful. adam burgess was denied a medal by a sliver of a second in tokyo, a frustration that helped drive him along the turbulent wate