that an olympic team wasn't in my future because i had never been on a junior team that i don't have the tactical training or skills to ever make a national team or qualify for an olympic team, so a lot of my journey as an athlete is about challenging what the people around me think about me. i feel like society tries to put you in a box. even within the fencing community, there's an idea that people who xel as kids are thought as of olympic hopefuls, and people who don't have a spot on the junior teams they're the ones that won't make it. they don't have the skillset to make it. there's that layer of -- i don't know exactly what to call it. to be different in a sport that is predominantly white is difficult. there's a lot of pushback, and even wanting you to occupy that space. so on the national team there was a lot of comp tare around the team that never included me while i was on the team. i was seen more as a place holder. there was this hopeful rhetoric that somehow i would not qualify the next year so imagine having to carry that baggage every single competition, every single y

been on a cadet or juniorb team i don't have the tactical training or skills to qualify for the olympic team. so i feel my journey as an athlete is about challenging with the people around me think about me and i feel society tries to put you in a box even with the fencing community that those that excel as kids are thought ofou as a one -- olympic hopefuls but those that are on the junior teams won't make it that they have that skill set. there is also that layerer of, i don't know what to call it but to be different in the sport there is a lot of pushback even wanting you to occupy that space. so on the national team there was a lot commentary around the team that never did me even while i was on. more as a placeholder than anything else.hi and to compete. with that pressure to be exceptional to be accepted. and to get the pushback. and with those younger girls who may be our feeling are getting pigeonholed some sort of way? >> there is something to be said to be strong and confident cannot rely on people around you to encourage you or motivate you but i felt like i needed my mom every sin

she is in training for the olympics, and is hoping to make the team from her native senegal. >> juster her arrival, he is impressing not only coaches, but also other surfers at steamer's lane. >> reporter david louie has the story from santa cruz. >> 22-year-old haju is adjusting to the much cooler waters of the pacific. she is believed to be the only woman surfer in her native senegal in west africa, and she is here to train with the goal of making her country's olympic team in 2020. the first time surf willing be an olympic sport. french is her native wudge, but even in english she commutes her love of surfing. >> i like surfing i can catch the wave and i go. >> she connected with a special coach and competition judge rhonda harper, whose mission is to identify and train more black women to enter professional surfing. she arranged for haju to come to santa cruz for intense training. it's a tough training regimen. the coach has her out of bed at 6:00 in the morning, down here surfing all day, and then hitting the gym as well. she has made progress. next week she has her sights on go

more endorsements are sure to come and a spot on the 2020 olympic team is not so much a matter of if. branson school alum stanford graduate. it was fitting our interview was done a few miles from her home, the marin museum of bicycling and home of the mountain bike hall of fame in fairfax with her medal and coveted world championship rainbow jersey still stained with champagne. >> you know, it's a reminder that on that one day when it all comes together anything is possible and so i'm excited to have that reminder literally on me all year. >> boy, you bet mom and dad are proud. courtney, only the fourth american woman to have won a world mountain biking championship and it's the only 1 from the birthplace of mountain biking, marin county. >> bravo! >> gary fisher would be proud of her. >> absolutely, great kid. >> great story. >>have a good weekend! announcer: it's time to play "family feud." give it up for steve harvey! [captioning made possible by fremantle media] [cheers and applause] steve: you look good. thank y'all. i appreciate you, folks. thank you very much. i appreciate y'al

he didn't make the olympic team in 1988. >> he was disappointed, but he knew. it's a point of your career when you know something is done. it's okay. you know you've done -- you've gone as far as you can and that door closes. >> and another door opened. dave became a high school biology teacher, coach, and athletic director. >> he was even better at being a teacher and koechl than he was at throwing. >> he missed his former glory, his family said. he never showed it and remained a legend to his niece and nephews. >> i think the phrase that best describes him is a gentle giant. he had so much patience, so much kindness. >> at home, dave and jane struggled to have children. she wanted to have a family really bad. i felt bad when i would get pregnant. >> then in 1999 they adopted a boy from south korea. named him michael. >> they were happy. i have tons and tons of pictures of them. the three of them together. they were happy. >> moments in time. inspiration on a garage wall, which these days is about all that's left. >> it doesn't make sense. it's not right. >> e

and it will be very hard to make the olympic teame inspired each other and pushed each other on. is that why we are so good at this country and the sport? because we have grown up with trailblazers like yourself? their bradley brothers also have that effect on the women's side, but you see people do it day in, day out and think, that could also be me.” don't think that! and we can see highlights if you are just waking up at home later on on bbc one. and on the red button for the men's final race tomorrow.” bbc one. and on the red button for the men's final race tomorrow. i am really looking forward to that as well. are you getting any sleep at the moment? i have got a one—year—old, so this is a standard day. we could get more british success later today in the cycling. if simon yates can stay out of trouble in the mountains of andorra, he will ride into history today at the vuelta espana. yates increased his lead to beyond one and a half minutes through the brutal final climb of friday into andorra, where he lives and trains, to fini

under his leadership, team gb won 13 medals, six of them gold, at both the london and rio 2016 olympics won bronze at the world equestrian games in north carolina — earning them qualification for the olympics in tokyo 2020. charlotte dujardin was riding her new horse freestayle, who she says reminds her of the famous valegro, the partner who won her two olympic gold medals. germany took gold. there's live coverage from the games later, on the red button and bbc sport website. second practice for the singapore grand prix hasjust started — daniel ricciardo was quickest in p1, with lewis hamilton sixth. there's text commentary on the bbc sport website. there will be more in the next hour. thank you. good afternoon, you are watching bbc news and we will look at stories making the news in the next half—hour but before we do, and update regarding brexit because we had a statement and comments through from the department for exiting the eu and you might know dominic raab the brexit secretary has been having a phone call today, was due to have a phone call today, was due to have a phone call wi

. >> she just married her arrival, the captain of the olympic ice hockey team.hey are three time champions and partners in life, proving life can overcome rivalry. this is not the first canada-u.s. ice hockey romance. former captain julie choo and kerley and wellness have had a baby together. genie: nice to know they find a way to get along. thank you for that with that look at the press. you can get a closer look at the press review on our website at france 24.com. childhood dream for french fashion designer john paul joe ta -- john paul gauthier becomes true. stay tuned. cñcñcñcócócócócócócócócócócócócw - hey, i'm darius rucker. coming up onreel south. miguel is aa dedicated fafamily man. he works hard, goes to church, serves his community. but as an undocumented immigrant, an unexpected traffic stop lands him in deportation proceedings. [indistinct chatter] after over a decade living in the us,, he faces an agonizing decision. gogo back to mexico, or become a fugitive in his adoptive homeland. next on "120 days" onreel south. - [female nanarrator] support for

look right now at calgary which is thinking about the two thousand and twenty six olympics they're talking about teaming up with whistler and western canada and vancouver it also looks like a lot via is now offering support for the stockholm did for those twenty eight twenty six olympics so what we're seeing is the wave of the future for the olympics professor jules boyko for was a pleasure having you on thank you so much for your time great to see of peter thank you. the n.h.l. pre-season has taken games to china this year in a bid to increase the sport's popularity in that country beijing will host the twenty twenty two winter olympics and several role players including former star wayne gretzky have been pushing for the league to make its players available for those games there was no shortage of star players on wednesday though in beijing when the boston bruins played the calgary flames a brace by jake to brusque helped the bruins to a three one win in the chinese capital it gives boston a clean sweep of a pre-season series in china the n.h.l. regular season for macy's on october first. i think all

olympics. they want their hockey team to be represented in a positive manner. we are going over there to do some clings. we'll watch some hockey d there to do some clinics. we'll watch some hockey games and give some pointers. what we are going to do, we'll do some clinics and hockey videos we'll leave behind in china. there are some great north american people coaching over in china right now. so it's not like the hockey system has never been started. they have been up and running so hopefully we can make it better. maria: i was watching video of you the other day. when i'm watching the puck, it's a little dangerous and kind of scary. do you miss the game? >> i miss it immensely. it's the greatest sport. the people are the nicest people. i have my great memories in sports because of hockey. i look back and i was never fearful of getting hit. it's a very, very physical game. i look back and think i was lucky to not get hurt. these men are big, they are physical, and sometimes they can be overlire aggressive. maria: you have also been great investor in other thi

team for the london olympics in 2012.g the qualifying round in london, this video of her parents, lynn and rick raisman, went viral. >> lynn raisman: let's go, let's go, catch it! >> lapook: at the london olympics, you became perhaps the most famous cheering section in history. >> lynn and rick raisman: just the hop! stick it, please! stick it! yeah! >> rick raisman: i just think we got caught up in the moment. the amount of pressure and, you know, that she was under at that time, it's just, not easy for us to watch. >> lapook: in the first key test in london, the team finals, aly's performance on the floor clinched gold for the u.s.-- >> announcer: raisman finishes the job. team u.s.a. has got team gold. >> lapook: --their first gold ever on foreign soil. it was a picture-postcard moment, that only told part of the story. one of the women standing next to raisman, her teammate, mckayla maroney, has said that nassar sexually abused her before the team's victory. in a twitter post, maroney wrote that nassar's abuse, "start

year—old welshman, whose deal was due to expire at the end of 2018, had offers from other teams but the double olympicrider thibaut pinot staged a strong finish and claimed a summit victory on stage 15. miguel angel lopez finished second, with briton simon yates third as he increased his overall lead in the red jersey on nairo quintana which is now 26 seconds while he's 33 seconds ahead of alejandro valverde. andrea dovizioso may have won the moto gp race in san marino but it was the moto 2 race that saw controversy when romano fenati —— italian andrea dovizioso won the san marino grand prix for ducati on sunday while reigning world champion marc marquez finished second to increase his motogp championship lead to 67 points. ducati'sjorge lorenzo, who had started on pole position at the marco simoncelli circuit on italy's adriatic coast, crashed out on the penultimate lap while heading for a ducati one—two finish. that meant that marquez regained second spot and it lifted britain's cal crutchlow to third as dovizioso moved second in the standings. andrea dovizioso may have won the moto gp race in san m

she won olympic gold in the track cycling team sprint at london 2012 and individual sprint gold in rioake the welterweight limit today, ahead of his fight with samuel vargas in birmingham this weekend. this is khan's second fight of 2018, after nearly a two year absence from the ring. the 31—year—old is hoping a win tomorrow night will open the door to gettng back to the top of the sport. i've been lucky in my whole career winning three when pat —— world titres, and becoming the euna bided that unified champion as well, i think it's time to win another title and then hopefully battled and my whole boxing career really well, i met a great career up to now, i've been over ten years a professional boxer, but 2004 is where i started from that seems like forever now, things like such a long time but so much as happened since then, i want to win another title that's my dream. one of the heroes from super saturday at london 2012 will be hanging—up his spikes up for good this weekend. greg rutherford, who won the long jump title at the olympic stadium, will compete for the final time at the gr

bayfield had joint teams at major events before. —— olympics. the opening ceremony in february. india, australia, china and indonesia have also expressed interest in hosting the games are. for more details, go to our website. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that‘s bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. storm ali brought damaging winds across parts of the uk on wednesday. wind gusts of more than 90mph for parts of northern ireland. you can see this hook of cloud on the satellite picture, that‘s the storm pushing off towards scandinavia, but that doesn‘t mean things will be quiet over the next couple of days, far from it. and that means what we have on thursday is this wriggling frontal system bringing pulses of moisture from the atlantic, so through the day ahead we are going to see heavy rain at times and still the potential for some strong winds. a windy start certainly across northern scotland, some heavy showers here, and some rain across wales, the midlands, parts of east

the summer going to try to jointly bid for the summer 2032 olympics as joint hosts between north and south korea and are going to enter a joint teamcs. as you heard there, we are hearing more details that kim jong—un will visit seoul by the end of the year. there isa seoul by the end of the year. there is a lot to unpack and military agreement is signed. they are going to move guide —— guideposts away, and try to least start talking about ways to sweep the mines and turn the area into a peace site rather than an area that since come to dash sits currently divided. a step in the right direction. is this enough for resident moon to take home in terms of what the expectations are in south korea? of what the expectations are in south korea 7 it's of what the expectations are in south korea? it's enough to him to come back and say the visit to pyongyang has been a success. i think the sceptics will still say that the actions north korea is willing to take, first of all, they've not taken it so let's put in at their if they take it. lb sceptics who say, we need a timeline, and that some of this could be reversible, plus it may be that t

sordell — who played for the england under—21s and team gb at the olympics — is now with the league one sordell had depression, he attempted to take his life ? and kept it a secret from the clubs he played for. he told the bbc‘s victoria derbyshire about the effect its had on his career, and how writing poetry helped. the birds are singing. the flowers are blooming. it is all so beautiful. sky clouds over, but the car is still in my control. swimming anxiously from lane to lane while the glorious sunshine turned string. many people know football is an industry where it is not something thatis industry where it is not something that is talked about, people don't talk about feelings and emotions. i think that is rife amongst men in general anyway. but i was not really sure how that would affect me playing and the opportunities i would have. should professional football clu bs would have. should professional football clubs employ counsellors?” think so. and i think it is something that the pfa and the fa need to address. and i think even if it is not, even if someone is not directly employ

she won olympic gold in the team sprint at london 2012 at individual sprint gold at rio de janeiro four the most famous war correspondents of her generation, marie colvin, was killed in a rocket strike in homs in syria. by her side was the war photographer, and friend, paul conroy, who was badly injured in the attack. homs was being besieged by the syrian army, and the pair had remained in the city, in appalling conditions, to tell the story of the men, women and children who were trapped. tomorrow, a documentary is released about marie colvin and paul conroy‘s time in syria; it‘s called under the wire and is based on paul‘s book. in a moment i will be talking to paul but first let‘s see a clip from the documentary. we both were of the view that it was the very small people on the ground who suffered the most. the women and children. we became soulmates in that sense because we have such a singular, unique vision of what we needed to do to get those stories out. the war correspondent me has never been, is that 8052 tank or 8072 tanks? it is about people. it is about what people are goin

team. the third—place finish means they have qualified for the 2020 olympics in tokyo, which was the main aimeam here. but the job isn't done because the result yesterday mean that all four of the british riders went into the individual competition which is just getting under way. the only british rider to have gone so far. he wasn't too pleased with his performance but we have three others to build it this afternoon. the medals will be handed out after the priest i want sunday. also today be eventing dressage is reaching its conclusion. 0rganisers tell us they are confident the event will not be affected by the hurricane which hits land about 350 miles from here. the winds are picking up. it is probably the only sports competition in the world were seeing a tractor is not unusual. enjoy that. england's netball team are playing their first match since winning gold at the commonwealth games tomorrow morning. they're taking on new zealand in the quad series— which also involves south africa and gold coast silver medallists australia. the roses are looking to maintain theirform going into next y

year—old welshman, whose deal was due to expire at the end of 2018, had offers from other teams but the double olympic, french rider thibaut pinot staged a strong finish and claimed a summit victory on stage 15. miguel angel lopez finished second, with briton simon yates third as he increased his overall lead in the red jersey on nairo quintana which is now 26 seconds while he's 33 seconds ahead of alejandro valverde. that's all the sport for now. let's get more on the women's controversial final at the us open which has led to a 17,000 dollar fine for serena williams. patrick gearey has this report. this was not the story tennis wanted or expected. serena williams furious at being warned for receiving coaching and then penalised again for verbal abuse towards the umpire. all this in a match that she hoped would take her to grand slam 24. it overshadowed a sensational victory for naomi osaka, playing in a final she had only dreamed of and outclassing a player she had idolised. serena williams‘ journey back from childbirth and life—threatening blood clots is remarkable. her fury grew through the second

his career at watford, played in the top flight for burnley and bolton and represented team gb at the london olympicsepression for years and at his lowest point attempted suicided. from the age of six years old when you start playing football you are told what to do. and if you are playing for an academy side as a young player you get told what to drink, when to drink it, what to eat, how to recover, jim programmes, conditioning. even when you are away you get all these things. i think when it comes to the serious issue like depression and mental health, players are expected to then of their own back speak to someone. wearers, like i said, in the moment you feel like you are a burden on people so you don't want to speak to people about it. it is difficult when you are already not used to doing things off your own back to then do something like that as well. the professional football association says more and more footballers are using its welfare services but adding that they should make members aware that if they have suffered mental health issues then support is in place. you can find details of or

olympics, correct? >> i was part of the team. it was a big team that got wrestling back into the olympics.d to be on tv when that story broke, so i was the first person to say don't mess with a bunch of wrestlers. john: thank you so much for joining us. good luck with beat the streets. love what you're doing. >>> usually liberal college students admitting president trump is responsible for our good economy. we will debate it in just a minute with our top money guys. >> in terms of confidence, in changing people's attitudes, that's mostly trump. >> economy is probably one of the things i think he's doing. >> economically i feel like he's really helping us. it's easy to think that all money managers are pretty much the same. but while some push high commission investment products, fisher investments avoids them. some advisers have hidden and layered fees. fisher investments never does. and while some advisers are happy to earn commissions from you whether you do well or not, fisher investments fees are structured so we do better when you do better. maybe that's why most of our clients come f

it's the 29th consecutive 800m race that the double olympic champion has won. 0lympic triple jump champion christian taylor ran against teame mixed 400m relay at the continental cup, but it was the brit who passed the baton over first. however, a dropped the baton in the second changeover cost them dearly and they couldn't come back to beat the americas, who ended on a stunning last leg from 0lympic 400m champion shaunae miller—uibo. in the 100m, america's noah lyles ended his dominant season with a win, just one—hundredth of a second outside of ten seconds. former world champion yohan blake pulled up before the line. 21—year—old lyles was the fastest man in the world over the 100m this year. ducati's andrea dovizioso secured a third win of the season with victory in sunday's san marino moto gp as britain's cal crutchlow came third. italian dovizioso finished ahead of world champion and current championship leader marc marquez. crutchlow completed the podium after pole—setterjorge lorenzo crashed from second place with two laps remaining. the win was ducati's first victory at misano for 11 years. britain's simon yates has

unfolding, we are going into the olympics that year. i said every team is in, give them this opportunity to do this before we go into the olympic break. we can talk about this off-line later. that usaic break meant basketball teams would be going overseas and playing. the wnba season would be suspended. that didn't happen. it seems fair, and i rarely use that word. it seems reasonable. the teams were the shirts, the league find them. i get a copy by email of every fine letter. imagine what your phone feels like vibrating that many times. i laugh at that now, but it really wasn't funny, because my players don't make a lot. -- violated the uniform policy in another way during that season would have been a $200 fine. i was getting fine letters that said it was $500. that felt really restrictive. that felt like there was a statement being made, and that they were not being supported. theot to the point where league rescinded that fine. there was a lot of pressure, a lot of public pressure. when i got the notice that league rescinded that fines, it was my 90t

olympic athletes career. a medal is of course the recognition of so many years of hard work. but maybe it's better late than never. at the teamhird olympic medal. from the hepathlon at the 2008 games in beijing — upgraded from fifth to third after two of her rivals failed retrospective drugs tests. it's actually the second of her 0lympic medals that was given retrospectively after the 4x400 metres relay bronze was given to gb as well. but rather than harbour ill—feeling sotherton says a "cloud has lifted". i left beijing really disappointed, i went to beijing on the front of the plane, came back in the back, andi the plane, came back in the back, and i remember having an interview, i was so mortified, so upset, i looked awful, i was moody and so disappointed. so now, to ten years later to get two medals from that game, it would have been a different experience and thought prosetsdss leaving that games with two medals. it could be angry and bitter but i am really like emotional and happy and looking forward to the that's all the sport for now. that is amazing for her. in a few hours time hurricane florence is expected to make

next month's world championships is the first chance for countries to secure team places at the tokyo 2020 olympics hour. good afternoon, you are watching bbc news. let's take a look at a few other stories this lunchtime. a russian activist who invaded the pitch during this summer's world cup final and subsequently fell ill has accused vladimir putin's government of poisoning him. pyotr verzilov, who's a member of the anti—kremlin group pussy riot, is recovering in germany. he's been speaking exclusively to the bbc‘sjenny hill, in berlin. pussy riot knows how to steal the limelight. protests, stunts, aimed at exposing what they say is the reality of russia under putin. now they are back in the headlines. one of the activists who invaded the pitch at this year's world cup says he has been poisoned. i remember being sick and losing my eyesight in a weird way and, after that, it is like a black hole and i don't remember what is happening. the day before, we were drinking coffee in cafes, so there were many options for somebody at some point to insert something if they wanted to. and who do you believe

the podium ferrari's kimmie raikkonen in second and his mercedes team mate of thirty bought us in third. in athletics germany's former olympic discus champion robert harting ended his illustrious career on sunday at a competition here in berlin nearly fifty thousand fans on hand in the cities in the big stadium to say goodbye to the popular thirty three year old it's a venue that holds many happy memories for him. a final farewell in a stadium in spain might carry robert harting won his first world title here in berlin in two thousand and nine he got two more tonight tammie as well as two european titles and are now limping gold in two thousand and twelve he is the most successful german athlete of the last decade. we don't know if it makes me him believably proud that i've moved so many people never a full stops of my career i've always tried to show that people no matter where they come from how much money they have whatever else can achieve big things. sam has never shied away from an opinion and that doesn't look like it will change in retirement gentlemen i'll try to apply all my mental and physical energy into tackling

olympics... but success on the grand tours still eluded british cycling. teamur de france, with a british rider within five years. they only had to wait two years as bradley wiggins won the tour de france. chris froome was a winner a year later and and then won back to back tours in 2015 and 2016. but it wasn‘t all good news. there were some significant downs for british cycling too news of a jiffy bag delivered to wiggins at a race in 2011 became the subject of a long investigation by uk anti—doping. wiggins was cleared chris froome was investigated — and cleared — after a drug was found in his urine during his succesful 2017 tour of spain... froome‘s fourth triumph on the champs—elysees and then in spain kick started another incredible run. he went on to win the tour in italy earlier this year — his third grand tour in a row geraint thomas reigned in paris as he won the sport‘s biggest prize and this weekend simon yates made it a british clean sweep in the grand tours. michael hutchinson — sports writer and a former british cyclist — joins us on sportsday. si

brazil also grabbed a win in their opener they beat egypt three nil brazil won the olympic gold in rio and all the top ranked team at this tournament. eight time a limpet gold medalist the same bolt defied sporting logic cheering his record breaking sprint cribbage don't even the jamaican can defy gravity but spin in france where he's been rendered weightless in a microgravity plame during the two hour flight the thirty two year old attempted a short dash but as you can see here he struggled to really get going. there are there were just four. words right right. right right. the words right it's so different. our first words your birth order in. the morning go. right. all right that is useful for now one hundred s. peter. ugandan pop star turned politician now charged with treason but released on bail empowering people is the only way for fun that never again in a president be king but robert tug line e a k a bobby wiener talks to al-jazeera. with bureaus spawning six continents across the globe. to. al-jazeera has correspondents live in green the stories they tell. us about it. fluent in world news al-jazeera re

also grabbed the win in their opener they beat egypt three nil brazil won the olympic gold in rio and all the top ranked team at this tournament. now we finish with an incredible pace of extreme cycling these pictures just into us from germany polish trickster daveed godsick pulling off the world's first get this quadruple tailor went on a mountain bike we can tell he had several attempts before finally doing it well worth another all in slow mo. impressive stuff that. that's always been out more lighter peter no i wouldn't either no absolutely not ok more news on the web site out there dot com when we come back at the top of the i will have more for you on that developing story coming to us kyra specifically to do with the war in algeria we will see you very soon but bye for now. al-jazeera recounts the shocking story of the assassination of count folk abene dot . the first u.n. envoy trying to bring peace to the middle east how his negotiations with him helped save thousands of jews from nazi concentration camps and how these mediation skills put him at the vanguard in the quest for peace in the middle eas

interesting it went to japan is in the team triathlon and it's very interesting because this is an event in asian games but it's not hasn't been an official events in the olympics it and it will be twenty twenty in tokyo very appropriate that the japan team won the gold for that now when you look at the gold tables in the overall medal tables that last gold that japan got didn't put them up over the top to be china china as expected came on the top of the medal charts with gold and overall it with gold they had one hundred thirty two japan had seventy five korea had forty nine and surprisingly indonesia had thirty one now overall china almost had three hundred medals but what's interesting to look is that for spot indonesia thirty one gold medals they went into the game saying they hope to get at least sixteen they nearly double that that's for a couple of reasons obviously a lot of enthusiasm a lot of focus by the athletes but we also know going into these games when they got the games assigned to indonesia three and a half years ago they fast tracked the money to help their athletes get more funding so they could do better training and travel and it seems tha

clear of second—placed valverde and 25 seconds ahead of the spaniards movistar team leader quintana in third. four—time olympiche 200 and 400 metres olympic titles and held the world records for both tweeted that he had suffered the stroke last week. that's all the sport for now. is sweden's prime minister has used the final day of campaigning in his country's general election to warn of what he called the "dark forces" of extremism. the latest opinion polls suggest stefan lofven's centre—left social democrats are unlikely to win a majority and the far right anti—immigrant sweden democrats will make big gains. earlier i spoke to the professor of journalism, christian christensen, from the university of stockholm, who explained the rise in popularity of the sweden democrats. internationally, our lot of the discussion has been about immigration and crime. the sweden democrats began their rise and entered the parliament eight years ago. it is not simply about that because the crime levels, what we have been discussing in the last few yea rs, have been discussing in the last few years, went necessarily the case ei

clear of second—placed valverde and 25 seconds ahead of the spaniards movistar team leader quintana in third. four—time olympic both the 200 and 400 metres olympic titles — and held the world records for both — tweeted that he had suffered the stroke last week. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are benedicte paviot, france 24's uk correspondent and president of the foreign press many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. including the observer which says a poll has revealed members of britain's three biggest trade unions now support a new referendum on brexit by a margin of more than two to one. the mail on sunday says borisjohnson has triggered a fresh political storm by accusing theresa may of wrapping a suicide vest around britain and handing the detonator to brussels. according to the sunday times, the tory party is diving into a bitter civil war over dirty tricks after it was revealed war over dirty tricks a dossier on boris johnson's sex life in

them to get that bid and what they're aiming for are the olympics in two thousand and thirty two observers feel that they're not just ready the team internees is doing very well based on the benchmarks that they set for their athletes going into these two weeks of games they said they wanted to get at least sixteen goals they have more than thirty and they said they wanted to at least get into the top ten of overall medals on that chart they are now at number four so doing very well possibly part of the reason is we know that special funds were fast track to just about eighteen months ago to help pay for the athletes pay for their training and pay for travel so that could have contributed to it actually required a special order from the president to get those funds through the bureaucracy as quickly as they could and obviously those funds really help things out for the athletes here in these during the asian games scores mentioning the hosts of easily surpass their sporting targets at these games in the knees is the latest gold medal coming in sepak takraw beating japan to the one in the men's quadrant final the last games dinies

worlds we have been very successful ready to host the olympics as a nation we are becoming more advanced encouraged by the record breaking performance of team indonesia on the pitch the mood of the people here has been growing steadily more enthusiastic throughout the sixteen days of the games culminating here at the closing ceremony despite the rainfall the man who led the team to put on the games says streamlining was the key we really got a lot of. being that we work very well we need. to have a bigger games because all the news that will be a lot of. people has been bill at the we cannot stop an hour. and a day before the asian games came to a close he showed that they were not stopping officially announcing their bid for the twenty thirty two olympics a journalist who covers multi-sport events sees this year's games proof. indonesia can be an international host country but the olympics are a long shot i think specifically with with indonesia there is a couple problems that wall seriously hamper any potential bid indonesians don't come to anything that's not badminton that war that is a serious issue the traffic is a serious issue the v

have been very successful we are ready to host the olympics as a nation we are becoming more advanced encouraged by the record breaking performance of team indonesia on the pitch the mood of the people here has been growing steadily more enthusiastic throughout the sixteen days of the games culminating here at the closing ceremony despite the rainfall the man who led the team to put on the games says streamlining was the key we really got a lot of. help. being that we were very we need. to have a bigger games because all the news that we be a lot of. people has been at they we cannot stop now. and a day before the asian games came to a close he showed that they were not stopping officially announcing their bid for the twenty thirty two olympics a journalist who covers multi-sport events sees this year's games proof. indonesia can be an international host country but the olympics are a long shot i think specifically with with indonesia there is a couple problems that wall seriously hamper any potential bid indonesians don't come to anything that's not badminton that war that is a serious issue the traffic is a serious issue the venues whi

. >> the big deal was the winter olympics, the south actually paid for the north korean team to come they had kim jong un's sister sitting behind the vice president, there were north korean teams. that was a major move. i think the us, we are there to ensure if there is another war we will be involved as a deterrent. the united states i don't think is in any position or never wanted to continue. the talks they are making now and the progress by the president are important steps but the next ones are the biggest. heather: you mentioned russia and this did not get the coverage it did deserve, russia pointing the finger at israel after a military plane was shot down by syrian forces. what will be the fallout on that? how does it impact the us? what happens next in the situation? >> reporter: unbelievable statement by russia, the russians have been manning the syrians for 30 years, training and supplying missiles, the missile that shot down the russian intelligence plane was a russian missile. it was not israeli. the implications, it was a tough war, turkey, russia, terrorists, the us ha

olympics — 10 years on. the presentation was at a team gb ball last night.ays a "cloud has lifted". i left beijing really disappointed. i went to beijing on the front of the plane, came back in the back, and i remember having an interview with natasha kaplinsky. i was so mortified, so upset. i looked awful, i was moody and so disappointed. so now, ten years later, to get two medals from that games, it would have been a different experience and thought process, leaving that games with two medals. i could be angry and bitter, but i am really like emotional and happy and looking forward to the future now. that's all the sport for now. hugh woozencroft will have more for you in the next hour. thank you very much. the kremlin has said that it will consider a british request to interview the two suspects in the salisbury poisoning. speaking this morning the russian government's spokesman said they consider it unacceptable to "associate the leadership of russia with what happened in salisbury in any way". alexander petrov and rooshlan boshirov told russia's state—r

them to get that bid and what they're aiming for are the olympics in two thousand and thirty two observers feel that they're not just ready the team indonesia is doing very well based on the benchmarks that they set for their athletes going into these two weeks of games they said they wanted to get at least sixteen goals they have more than thirty and they said they wanted to at least get into the top ten of overall medals on that chart they are now at number four so doing very well possibly part of the reason is we know that special funds were fast track to just about eighteen months ago to help pay for the athletes pay for their training and pay for travel so that could have contributed to it actually required a special order from the president to get those funds through the bureaucracy as quickly as they could and obviously those funds really help things out for the athletes here in these during the asian games well scott was mentioning the hosts of easily surpass the sporting targets at these games in the knees is the latest gold medal coming in sepak takraw one hundred team beating japan to one in the men's quadrant final the

ireland took the silver team medal — their first team world medal since 1966, and the olympic championsis out there doing equestrian sports, it is a good question. the gb team — piggy french, gemma tattersall, tom mcewan and canter — had to compete in three disciplines with their horses. there are three disciplines: dressage — ballet for horses if you like, cross—country — jumping over various obstacles over a wide—ranging course and then show jumping, which most of us are familiar with — jumping over fences in a tight arena. basically, it's a measure of skill and speed. how fast can you go without knocking down too many hurdles. gb are good at this and this was a sixth world title. they last won it in 2010. but canter is britain's first individual world gold medallist since zara phillips, who was voted bbc sports personality of the year after her 2006 win. of course, all this made all the more dramatic as it was set against the backdrop of storm florence. offering the united states's eastern seaboard. the day's competition was scheduled to take place on sunday. but it was put off and t