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they have a long road ahead of them if they will take over max verstappen and red bull.y. thanks for watching. hey, i'm ben and this is the catch up. tonight: spanish flash floods, stolen bluey coins and drama in the baseball world series. but first, labour have delivered their first budget in 1a years and there's good news for young people who are set to see the largest increase in the minimum wage. 18—to 20—year—olds will see an increase of more than 16% and apprentices almost 18%. the government say they want the minimum wage to be the same for everyone. now, their big announcement was a series of tax rises which will mainly affect business owners but the tories are accusing labour of breaking its election promise to not raise taxes. there will also be a new vape tax of £2.20 per ten mills of liquid. and what do you reckon got this reaction in parliament? cheering. big cheers because alcohol gt on draught beer is getting cut so how much will we actually save? which means a penny off the pint in the pub. some other stories now and flash floods in spain saw a years wort

red bull's drivers�* championship leader max verstappen was twice punished for his driving against titleclaren�*s norris was second, ahead of ferrari's charles leclerc, in third. but it was sainz who finished on top of the podium to make it three ferrari wins in the past five races. the defending motogp champion francesco bagnaia has won the thailand grand prix, to cutjorge martin's championship lead to 17 points, with two races of that season still to go. bagnaia slipped from pole position to third place at the start, but regained the lead when he took martin on lap five. bagnaia then battled for first place with the six—time champion marc marquez, until the spaniard slid off his bike in wet conditions. and from there, bagnaia held off martin to take the chequered flag by nearly three seconds. marquez himself remounted his bike and finished in 12th place. the la dodgers took control of baseball's world series against the new york yankees. they've got a 2—0... they're 2—0 up in the best—of—seven tie to determine the mlb champions. japanese pitcher yoshinobu yamamoto impressed for the dod

mclaren�*s lando norris heads into the final six races of the season 52 points behind red bull's max verstappenotably improved over the season. so norris needs to outscore verstappen on average byjust under nine points per race until the end of the year. so still a big challenge for mclaren, but certainly not impossible. and this weekend will see a change of drivers as red bull's reserve driver liam lawson takes rb�*s daniel ricciardo�*s seat for the rest of 202a. austin is the fourth of six sprint events this season. brazil and qatar hosting the final two. and, if you want to keep cross this weekend's grand prix, you can follow for updates on the bbc sport website and app. you certainly can. a thanks to emily brown for that. an amateur historian has discovered a long—lost short story by the dracula author, bram stoker. gibbet hill was published in the dublin edition of the daily express in 1890, but has remained undocumented since then. brian cleary came across it at the national library of ireland last year. he described how he found the story. archival research to to pass the time in the nat

was an eventful weekend in formula 1 at the mexico city grand prix with another battle between max verstappent on top. after starting in pole position, carlos sainz took the chequered flag with his second win of the f1 season and his team—mate charles leclerc had to settle for third place after leaving the track and conceding second to mclaren driver lando norris, who now has four more rounds to try to overtake verstappen�*s championship lead of a7 points what a year its been for british number one jack draper. the us open semi finalist is up to 15th in the world rankings after winning his first atp 500 title beating karen khachanov in the final of the vienna 0pen. it looked like draper was going to have a comfortable victory after winning the first set and then led a—love at the start of the second. khachanov responded though, taking the next five games in a row before draper came back to take the final set 7—5 and win the biggest trophy of his career so far. and that�*s all the sport for now. amid growing support for far—right political parties

qualifying for sunday's grand prix is coming up later but before that there is the sprint race with max verstappenht world championship. verstappen�*s championhsip rival lando norris could only finish fourth. looking at the lab, if you balance issues still but to be ahead of the others is positive. i think when you look, there was a mistake and 12 and i think he would have been there also. i am happy, but i think there are a lot of fast cars around me but it is positive. spain'sjorge martin has extended his motogp championship lead to 16 points over title rival francesco bagnaia after winning the sprint race in australia the race was marred by a huge crash between aprilia rider maverick vinales and marco bezzecchi on his ducati. both riders were battered and bruised but with no lasting damage. martin led from start to finish. defending world champion bagnaia could only finish fourth. martin also finished top in qualifying earlier with bagnaia back in fifth ahead of sunday's grand prix. in the world rally championship, sebastien ogier has taken the lead in the central european rally after champions

he's happy starting tonight's mexico city grand prix from third on the grid despite title rival max verstappen in his career. the spaniard was two tenths of a second quicker than championship leader verstappen. the dutchman has won the last three grand prix in mexico and will be hoping to extend his 57 point lead over norris who was less than a tenth of a second behind his title rival. i'm pretty happy with the, honestly. ifeel like i got to the limits of the car quite quickly which made us look good, but i struggle to get more out of it in the final two laps, so callas has been quick ball weekend, so i'm happy with it. that's all from sportsday. plenty more on the bbc sport website and app where you'll find all the reaction to that huge game between arsenal and liverpool and all the other premier league results... now though on bbc news we can look ahead to tomorrow night's balon d'or in the football news show with ben croucher. hello and welcome to episode 300 of the football news show. not sure what precious metal you get for such a milestone, but when it comes to footballing bling there is

max verstappen edged championship rival lando norris in free practice at the united states grand prixt didn't come out on top in austin. the three—time world champion verstappen finished third—fastest around the circuit of the americas, 13 thousandths of a second ahead of norris�*s mclaren. ferrari's carlos sainz was fastest, just ahead of team—mate charles leclerc. sprint qualifying gets under way in around two hours. champion verstappen leads norris by 52 points in the standings with six races to go. the premier league returns this weekend after the international break with key fixtures at the top and bottom of the table. tottenham kick things off hosting west ham in the early fixture, while arguably the game of the weekend sees liverpool host chelsea at anfield on sunday. at the bottom of the table, ipswich welcome everton and leicester travel to southampton. also at 3pm on saturday, manchester united host brentford with the pressure still on manager erik ten hag, without a win since mid—september. he was hitting back against criticism in his press conference. the noises only comin

news — going down to the wire and with plenty of needle, lando norris cranks up his rivalry with max verstappene race for the formula 1 driver's title. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a vietnamese people smuggler who entered the uk illegally this year in a small boat has told bbc news that he's forging visa documents for other vietnamese who want to come here. he's claiming asylum despite admitting he's been people smuggling for nearly 20 years. so far in 2024, nearly 30,000?people have crossed the channel in small boats — that's more than all of last year. over 50 people have died attempting the crossing this year, making it the deadliest on record. and now at close to 17%, migrants from vietnam have replaced afghanistan, iran and syria as the biggest source of people making illegal crossings. it's a lucrative business. after an investigation lasting many months, andrew harding tracked down one people smuggler who agreed to tell him about the illegal trade and his role in it. beside me on the sofa is a people smuggler, a prolific criminal now living here in britain. a man who'

engine issues for max verstappen meant he couldn't set a lap time in practice two.y strong, really fast. try taking the same line, cutting a corner, and for whatever reason... and that's all the sport for now. let's head to the us. superstar performer beyonce, alongside former bandmate kelly rowland, has endorsed kamala harris, in the us election at a campaign event in texas last night. as the race for the white house enters its final stages, donald trump is also campaigning in the traditionally republican state. our north america correspondent emma vardy has more. # tell me how you feel about this... _ entering the stage as the presidential race nears its final act, beyonce is the latest musical icon to bring her star power to the kamala harris campaign. i'm not here as a celebrity. i'm not here as a politician. i'm here as a mother. a mother who cares deeply about the world. my children and all of our children live in. a world where we have the freedom to control our bodies. kamala harris came to texas to put a spotlight on one issue in particular. abortion has be

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next to formula one and today's sprint race at the us grand prix where max verstappen will start on pole of winning a fourth straight world championship. the red bull driver left it late but pipped mercedes�* george russell to top spot at the circuit of the americas in austin. verstappen�*s championhsip rival lando norris could only finish fourth behind the ferrari of chalres leclerc. looking at the lap, a few little balance issues still, but to be ahead of the others i think is positive. but also you look at lewis and he had a little mistake in 12 otherwise he would have been up there as well. i am he would have been up there as well. iam happy he would have been up there as well. i am happy but i am also aware there are a lot of fast cars around me. but it is definitely a positive return. but it is definitely a positive return. sir ben ainslie and ineos britannia's hopes of winning a first america's cup title for great britain are hanging by a thread. ainslie and his crew must win all five of the remaining races to win the competition after team new zealand won both races on friday to

in the driver's championship, britain's lando norris is nowjust 52 points behind max verstappen with eason remaining and looking to cut the deficit further this weekend. it can go my way, it can go max's way, so keep focused on doing what i have been doing. i have been doing a good job. have been doing. i have been doing a goodjob. i have been doing. i have been doing a good job. i am have been doing. i have been doing a goodjob. iam happy have been doing. i have been doing a good job. i am happy with how things have gone. like i said, have not always been happy with the final result for different reasons, but i'm happy with what we're doing as a team and working together, and i'm confident if wejust team and working together, and i'm confident if we just our heads down, we can close the gap. to be honest with you, ijust want to have _ to be honest with you, ijust want to have fun— to be honest with you, ijust want to have fun and do the best we can. every— to have fun and do the best we can. every race _ to have fun and do the best we can. every race is— to have fun and do the best w

his team mate lando norris who's fighting max verstappen for the drivers�* championship was second.d series history as the los angeles dodgers beat the new york yankees in game one. it was hit by freddie freeman to give the six to three victory to the dodgers in extra innings. a walk—off grand slam is hitting a home—run with all the bases loaded to end the game. the best—of—seven series continues on saturday at the same venue, before switching to new york on monday. those are the kind of things when you're five years old with your older brothers playing ball in the back yard, those of the scenarios you dream about, bases loaded, two outs in a world series game. for it to actually happen and hit a home run and walk it off to give us a leader, that's as good as it gets right there. the first night of boxing is under way this evening at manchester's co—op live arena. the main event to come is super—lightweight jack catterall fighting the american, regis progrey. the winner will get a shot at a world title. and as you'd expect, catterall�*s feeling confident. ian haslam reports. in mayj

eight laps gone and it is max verstappen who is leading at the moment.nine days away from the us presidential election and the campaigning began early on sunday for kamala harris. she made a morning stop at a philadelphia church. addressing the congregation at the church of christian compassion she said "joy cometh in the morning," and "morning is on its way," seemingly alluding to a potential victory on november the 5th. philadelphia is a largely democratic city, but turnout from these voters will be essential to harris's success in winning the state and potentially winning the white house. she gave a wide ranging interview to our us partner network cbs on sunday morning. speaking to norah o'donnell, the vice president repeated her pledge to restore abortion rights nationwide. here's a little clip from the interview. we would not be debating this if donald trump had not hand—selected three members of the united states supreme court with the intention they would undo the protections of roe v wade. and what we have seen, as demonstrated last night and eve

qualifying for tomorrow's grand prix is coming up later but before that there is the sprint race with max verstappene, boosting his hopes of winning a fourth straight world championship. the red bull driver left it late but pipped mercedes�* george russell to top spot in texas verstappen�*s championhsip rival lando norris could only finish fourth behind the ferrari of chalres leclerc. looking at the lab a few little balance issue still, but to be ahead of the others is positive. i think when you look lewis had a little mistake in 12 otherwise he would have been up 12 otherwise he would have been up there as well. i am happy but i am aware there are a lot of fast cars behind me, but it is definitely a positive return. spain'sjorge martin has extended his motogp championship lead to 16 points over title rival francesco bagnaia after winning the sprint race in australia the race was marred by a huge crash between aprilia rider maverick vinales and marco bezzecchi on his ducati. both riders were battered and bruised but with no lasting damage. martin led from start to finish. defending world champion ba

fÓrmula unoen austin texas, ferrari consiguiÓ el uno/dos, mientras que la tercera posiciÓn fue para max verstappenrecipitaciones sino que va a dejar el ambiente mÁs nuboso. en cuanto el valle central, valle de san joaquÍn no esperamos esas nubes. cielo prÁcticamente despejado para este principio de la semana. con temperaturas mÁximas que hoy baja en toda la mitad norte o de nuestra Área, 80° e sacramento, tendremos 86° en bakersfield, 85 en fresno. vemos dos patrones distinto, uno un poco mÁs fresco hacia la bahÍa de san francisco, y otro mÁs cÁlido al sur. esto por lo tanto estÁ marcado por ese frente que va a afectar todo lo que es el norte y el ocÉano pacÍfico dejando precipitaciones, pero en todo caso de carÁcter dÉbil. maribel: son cambios que se van a esta temporada? antonio: totalmente, tenemos la visita de estas masas de aire frÍo con los frentes frÍos asociados y nos dejaran algunos dÍas con un poquito mÁs de nubes temperaturas mÁs bajas, luego tendremos el aumento en las temperaturas, volverÁ a bajar las temperaturas, y asÍ. maribel: gracias antonio te veo maÑana, y a uste [mÚsica] [mÚsi

championship leader max verstappen was third, just ahead of his championship rival lando norris.in the final, with with consecutive victories. the crew of britannia were powerless to stop emirates team new zealand from moving to within a race of defending their title. they won both sprint races, the second race by more than 1,000 metres to leave the british crew needing to win every remaining race, in the best—of—13 series in barcelona. we have seen in the history of the cup, it's an amazing comeback in the rest of the team know that we just have to keep fighting and we have a great boat integrate team and so yeah, keep pushing hard and why not go all the way? england's test series against pakistan is finely poised heading into the third test in rawalpindi, after the hosts bounced to beat ben stokes' side by 152 runs. resuming 261 shorts of their target, england lost ollie pope from just the eighth delivery of the day with joe root following just three overs later as the tourists were floundering at 55 for 4. when captain stokes was dismissed in bizarre fashion after some brief r

with a surprise victory for our is carlos sainz won on sunday, it came after red bull's leader max verstappen penalized twice. but aggressive driving, dutch driver force driver lando norris off the track marisa drives for mclaren came in second. >> it was ferrari's first win in mexico since 1990. and the fourth time science has won their three-time world champ the stuff unfinished sick because of the 210 second penalties now, who saw this actor timothy shammalah crushed his own lookalike contest in new york city on sunday finds went absolutely nuts when chavan i surprised is doppelgangers such a great idea, according to variety, more than 2,500 people, rsvp to the event and where's he? >> you can see them in amongst the crowd there. the winner was ordered 50 $50. >> yeah. just just reward the form of a giant check made out to him. best tim it's not clear how the real tim felt about it, but it looks pretty i mean, it's genius i what must they have thought isn't it? >> but when you thought you looked nothing like me. >> it's like that isn't it protested, went down there. >> now there was a spec

but lando norris caused max verstappen dangerous. >> well it's a dull start to the new working week with a lot of cloud and outbreaks of rain and drizzle on and off. i'll have all the details coming up . all the details coming up. >> at the time, coming up to 6:02 o'clock. i'm eamonn holmes. >> good morning i'm nana akua and this is gb news breakfast. >> so hello good morning to you. hello, good morning to nana. who's with me for the next two days. lovely to see you. >> lovely to see you too. thank you. raymond. good morning. >> how do you cope with the early starts? >> oh, how do you. you do it all the time. must be tough. >> yeah, but the thing is, i'm only 32 years of age. and look what it's done to me. it's just not good. it's not good. paul coyte . 18. 18. 18. coyte. 18. 18. 18. >> god! he's 18 years old. yeah, it's very tough. that's what happens when you do five days a week of this. 18 years old, my friend. >> there's a lot of controversy in sport today. that penalty at west ham for them against man united. just what was going on there. yeah. and gareth southgate has he done enoug

turning up the heat in the race for the formula one title, lando norris accuses max verstappen of dangerousl also hearfrom billy monger, who has smashed an ironman record by two hours manchester united have finally pushed the button. erik ten hag was sacked this morning. there have been fair few mondays here on sportsday, when we've speculated about the dutchman's future, the heavy defeats to liverpool and spurs at old trafford last month, results contributing to their worst start to a season in 35 years; with only three wins, they are 14th in the table, 12 points off the top, ten off the bottom. coupled with their underwhelming run in the europa league, there have been plenty of moments that felt like he'd get the tap on the shoulder, but it came with defeat at west ham yesterday. there were highlights during his tenure that would keep most managers in a job, the league cup in his first season, the fa cup this year, but that only bought him more time, and a contract extension that will surely go down as an error ofjudgment on the club's part. joe lynskey is at old trafford. good evening jo