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stay with us on bbc news, still to come: wimbledon champion simona halep and elina svitolina in actiond more, in our sport briefing. indira gandhi, ruler of the world's largest democracy, died today. 0nly yesterday she'd spoken of dying in the service of her country and said, "i would be proud of it. every drop of my blood would contribute to the growth of this nation". after 46 years of unhappiness, these two countries have concluded a chapter of history. no more suspicion, no more fear, no more uncertainty of what each day might bring. booster ignition and lift—off of discovery, with a crew of six astronaut heroes and one american legend. well, enjoying the show is right. this is beautiful. a milestone in human history. born today, this girl in india is the 7 billionth person on the planet. you're watching the briefing. 0ur headlines: britain's prime ministerfails to get mps to agree to hold a general election. he'll try again later today. that's with a different method. wildfires in california move closer to los angeles. thousands of homes and businesses are evacuated. precautionary

she beat simona halep in straight sets.e canadian withdrew after a set through injury. lisa keightley has been appointed as the new head coach of the england women's cricket team. she replaces mark robinson — who stepped down after england's torrid ashes defeat in the summer. clare connor is the ecb's director of women's cricket like any head coach coming and you wa nt to like any head coach coming and you want to make an immediate impact and i think that lisa will start with us in the new year it will only have a month before that tournament really gets under way in australia. i think one of the huge advantages to lisa and the two main advantages for pre—existing relationships with the real in—depth knowledge of many of oui’ real in—depth knowledge of many of our players and over and western australia. to mr cricket australia. amyjones, natalie and katherine brunt all played over and perth. she's got a really good relationships so really good current knowledge about some of our players and the women's game in general. when

to tennis, wimbledon champion simona halep got her wta finals campaign off to their best possible startrand slam champions, the romanian beat us open champion bianca andreescu, fighting back from a set down against the young canadian to win 3—6, 7—6, 6—3 in shenzhen.

to tennis, wimbledon champion simona halep got her wta finals campaign off to their best possible startin a battle of two previous grand slam champions, the romanian beat us open champion bianca andreescu, fighting back from a set down against the young canadian to win 3—6, 7—6, 6—3 in shenzhen. in the other purple group match, elina svitolina. beat karolina pliskova in straight sets. 7—6, 6—4—it finished in favour of the ukrainian, who won the tournament last year. roger federer has withdrawn from this week's paris masters in order to "pace himself", with next month's atp finals in london on the horizon. the 38—year—old is playing in his 22nd season on the atp tour and won a record—extending 10th swiss indoors title on sunday. but, a home favourite is through to the second round. jo—wilfried tsonga, who won the title in 2008, took advantage of his wildcard entry. he came from a set down and saved a match point in the second to beat russia's andrey rublev and thrill the french support. spain's fernando verdasco is also through to the second round after fighting back from a set down to b

the w.c. a finals in change in china the ukrainian beat one of the favorites wimbledon champion simona halep to seal her spot with alina winning the match in straight sets 7563 if she does manage to retain her crown it will be her 1st title in $29.00 . meanwhile u.s. open champion bianca rare screw has crashed out of the finals at one sit down the canadian had to retire from her match against catalina pushed over because of a knee injury before the means she's no longer in contention to progress. the controversy over the decision to move the marathon away from tokyo at next year's olympic games just will not go away the international olympic committee decided to move its a poor because of heat concerns the i.o.c. says it wants to understand the reasons why but they continued to be resistance from the tokyo organizes. this came as a tremendous shock to say the truth to the tokyo government and our citizens as well this proposal was made with no explanation at all to they talk your government or the tokyo metropolitan assembly. and to the last moment we are even receiving angry opinions as to

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wimbledon champion simona halep begins her tournament in the blue group against us open winner bianca winning starts in the red group. barty beat belinda bencic in three sets on sunday, securing her status as world number one for the rest of the year. the paris masters kicks off on monday with a rare opportunity to see all of the world's best at the same tournament. world number 2 rafa nadal — who has a bye in the first round — skipped the asian leg of the atp tour recently to manage his workload.... the paris masters kicks off on monday with a rare opportunity to see all of the world's best at the same tournament. world number 2 rafa nadal — who has a bye in the first round — skipped the asian leg of the atp tour recently to manage his workload. i'd didn't go to china. it is sad for me but i need to find my priorities. and as i said over the last few years, it is not my goal to be number one. it is about a need to organise my calendar to play as long as possible. and finally spare a thought for poor old michael eberwein. he was involved in what can only be described as one of footbal

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finals with a shoulder injury on monday simona halep came through a tough test in her opening match instance an able to tap in for that from a set down and save the match point before beating us open winner and risk. their all continues over the where the next year's olympic masson and walking races should be held with less than a year to go international in picking miti has decided to move the event to support because of the extreme heat in tokyo but now one of the largest parties in tokyo metropolitan government protests the decision. our city hall you get the sense that no considerations have been made for the athletes the spectators who had already bought their tickets and who were looking forward to these events the potential spectators who will be cheering on the streets and also to the people involved in the operation no consideration has been made for these people and although they talk about so-called athletes 1st it can only be perceived as i.o.c. 1st. now story about a different kind of holds power a world cup showjumping event in finland is using manure from the. competing horses

of the 'd final thing shins in china the ukrainian beat one of the favorites wimbledon champion simona halep to seal her spot so it's really no winning the match in straight sets 7563 if she does manage to retain her crown it will be the 1st time for her in 2019. men's world number 5 the money team came through a tough test a bookies place in the last $16.00 of the paris masters the austrian or was taken to 3 sets by canada's minutes around each who himself was once a world number 3 team eventually took 876-576-4462 win in a row he's looking for a 2nd masters try to begin and 6 overall. n.b.a. basketball star le bron james has sent a taco truck to feed 1st responders who were tackling wildfires in california james himself was one of thousands of people forced to flee their homes in los angeles. but 1st a long one off around 1 30 in the morning and then a 2nd one for the emergency evacuation was like 145 we found the house after 2 o'clock and finally got some word to say they're offering in the morning. and get to sleep we find really got to sit around like 6 am 6 but. you know it's just it w

she beat wimbledon champion simona halep in straight sets for her second win in the round robin phasekarolina pliskova — the winnerjoining svitolina in the last four. the czech beat us open champion bianca andreescu — after the canadian retired through injury after the first set. the tournament has already seen naomi osaka withdraw. meanwhile, at the paris masters, fabio fognini wasn't in the best of moods. he lost to canada's denis shapovalov and his racquet bore the brunt of his angst. handle and head snapped clean apart. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. somebody who can always keep his cool somebody who can always keep his cool, it is simon back at westminster. very funny. back to you later on. more on what is going on here at westminster, mps gearing up to fight a general election this winter, voters will head to the polls on december 12, a vote borisjohnson says will give the public a choice over the future brexit and the country. let's discuss this more, i'm joined by dawn foster, guardian columnist — and dan hodges, from the mail on sunday.