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The United Nations calls for a ceasefire between Israel and

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Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Palestinian officials say at least

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140 people have been killed in Israeli air strikes over the last

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five days. Changing his mind on right to die,

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the former Archbishop of Canterbury says terminally ill people should be

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allowed to end their lives. England fight back against India at

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Trent Bridge, with a record-breaking partnership.

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Good evening. The United Nations Security Council has called for a

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ceasefire between Israel and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. It

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comes as Palestinian officials say the number of people killed in

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Israeli air strikes, over the last five days, has risen to more than

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140. Israel says it's targeting militants, who fired hundreds of

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rockets into their territory. Tonight, Israel's military has

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warned Palestinians living in northern Gaza to evacuate the area

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for their own safety. In a moment, we'll speak to James Reynolds in Tel

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Aviv. First our Middle East editor, Jermey Bowen, reports from Gaza.

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There is no such thing as a surgical strike, even with Israel's modern

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Arsenal, especially in Gaza's densely packed towns and refugee

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camps. This morning neighbours were digging in the rubble for Suha Abu

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Sada. She was killed along with one other woman, just after dawn, in an

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Israeli air strike. The missile cut through reinforced concrete. Her

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sister identified her. She had multiple hand caps, this was a home

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for the disabled. Then someone said the Israelis had warned another

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attack was coming. We heard a rocket and took cover. But it was Hamas,

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firing into Israel. At the mortuary, they're busy and they work fast.

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Suha's brother waited for her to be prepared for her funeral. He took us

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to see her body. He rejected Israel's claim that it

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tries hard not to kill civilians. TRANSLATION: How many of the people

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killed so far are civilians? Even those they call terrorists, they are

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not terrorists. They are resistance and we are proud of them. Suha's

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funeral was quiet, like her life. The United Nations says that 77% of

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the Palestinians, killed in this campaign, were civilians. Bling

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rants are -- beligerants are obliged to protect the innocents. After the

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attack on the centre for the disabled, it is clear that the

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Israelis have some serious questions to answer.

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So do Hamas about their attacks. Both sides say they're protecting

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their people. It's hard to enforce the laws of war, but they're the

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most impartial measure of actions and their consequences.

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Well our Middle East correspondent, James Reynolds is in Tel Aviv.

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James, we've seen lots of casualties in Gaza, what does Israel say about

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that? First of all, it says it's looking into the strike described

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there in Jermey Bowen's report. Overall sources stress they take

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tremendous care in selecting which targets to hit in Gaza. They issue

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warnings, firing smoke or phoning up the people in the building giving

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them ten minutes to believe. People in Gaza do not believe the warnings

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are sufficient time. Israel wants to stop all rocket fire from Gaza.

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Tonight, here in Tel Aviv, we've seen pretty clear evidence that

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rocket fire continues. We've watched Israeli interceptor missiles streak

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through the air and intercept, we believe, three Palestinian rockets.

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There were sirens, explosions for about ten to 12 minutes here. Israel

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believe there may be several thousand Palestinian rockets still

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in Gaza and it clearly wants to get rid of them. We know that in the

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last hour, the IDF has asked or instructed the residents of the

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northern part of the Gaza Strip to leave their homes for their own

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safety. It may be that is the prelude to an intense, increased

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activity in Gaza. Thank you.

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The Church of England has called for a new inquiry into assisted dying,

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after the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey, said he had

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changed his mind about the issue. Lord Carey says he now believes

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terminally ill people should be given the right to end their lives

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and he intends to support a bill, which will be debated in the House

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of Lords next week. Paul Lamb was paralysed after a road

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accident and left with only limited movement in one hand. He's

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campaigned for the right to take his life. Tonight, he challenged

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opponents of assisted dying to heed Lord Carey's words. They have no

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idea what pain is. They talk about people like me having to endure for

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the rest of, you know, my life, pain and suffering, because they think

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it's right for me. But they're not going through it.

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Lord Carey says the suffering of people facing painful deaths led to

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his dra mat Iing change of -- dramatic change of heart. Lord Carey

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questioned whether the law should force terminally ill patients to an

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unbearable point. He said that in opposing assisted dying, the church

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could now actually be promoting anguish and pain. Lord Joffey, whose

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assisted dying bill was opposed by Lord Carey, said the former's

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Archbishop's willingness to think again would have significant impact

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in the House of Lords. When they see the analysis which Lord Carey has

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brought to bring about a change in his views, it is certain that it

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will have some impact on them. But the church, meeting at the York

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synod this weekend, remains strongly opposed to assisted dying. The

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current Archbishop of Canterbury described the bill as both mistaken

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and dangerous. He warned that were it passed, many elderly and disabled

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people would be placed under pressure to end their lives

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prematurely. The synod decisively rejected

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assistant dying in 2012. Today, senior Anglicans insisted that all

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human life was sacrosanct. Everybody is of value and is a value to

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society. Part of our cohesion as a society is caring for them, looking

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after them right up to the point of their death. A survey carried out in

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England and Wales for the group Dignity in Dying last April

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suggested 76% of people supported an assisted dying law, with 12%

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opposing it. The assisted dying bill comes before the House of Lords on

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Friday. If passed, it would apply to terminally ill people in England and

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Wales, with less than six months to live.

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Tens of thousands of people in Northern Ireland have been taking

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part in parades organised by the Protestant Orange Order. Today is

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the most significant one in the Protestant marching ical encar,

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almost 700 parades took place. There were protests after restrictions

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were placed on a march in north Belfast, butt demonstrations passed

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off peacefully. The restaurant chain Pizza Express

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has been sold to a Chinese company for ?900 million. The private equity

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firm Hony has bought the chain which is currently owned by the Gondola

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Group and has more than 400 branchs in the UK.

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The Pakistani schoolgirl and campaigner, Malala Yousufzai, who

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was shot in the head by the Taliban, has travelled to Nigeria to meet the

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families of more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls. They were abducted by

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the militant Islamist group Boko Haram in April. Malala is

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campaigning for better education for all girls.

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John Simpson reports. Malala has come to a country with a

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dreadful record of girls education and it's three months after nearly

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300 schoolgirls were kidnapped in north-eastern Nigeria. Today is her

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17th birthday. Happy birthday, Malala, from the BBC. Hello. Very

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nice to see you. Thank you. Of these girls, and dozens of others who've

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been kidnapped since, the only ones who are free are those who've

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escaped. The Nigerian government may be getting help and advice from

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Britain, the US, France, China and so on, but there's been no serious

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progress in getting the girls back. The extreme Islamic Boko Haram

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movement, remains a strong security threat in the north-east and other

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parts of Nigeria. In today's newspapers, the government claims

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some success in its campaign against Boko Haram, though the situation is

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certainly not improving. But Malala's not here to campaign

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against terrorism. She's here to press the demand for better

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education for girls and women. Nevertheless, she told me the two

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are linked. At 17, just, she's become a diplomat as well as a

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campaigner. Malala finds herself at the heart of an immensely difficult

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and complicated crisis here, which has engulfed Nigeria.

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Now with the day's big sports news, we go to the BBC Sport Centre. Good

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evening. Good evening. Thank you. James

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Anderson and Joe Root added their names to cricket's history books by

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setting a world record tenth wicket stand in the first Test against

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India. Their impressive performance has given England an outside chance

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of victory with one day remaining. Joe Wilson reports.

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James Anderson's face screams at you when you enter Trent Bridge. He's

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the worst batsman in the England team. Well the batting order was

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rendered out of order. Batting is a question of partnerships. At the

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other end, Joe Root was looking every inch the senior player. This

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four took him to a vengery. He knew -- century. He knew how much he owed

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to Anderson staying with him. The whole team knew it. The shot to sum

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up the whole thing, unprecedented. James Anderson's first ever 50. By

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the time he was out, he and Root had put on an inconceivable 198, highest

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ever tenth-wicket partnership in history and from nowhere, England

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were ahead. James Anderson, 81 runs scored, astonishing, thanks very

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much. Now it's India's second innings, would you mind trying to

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get us some wickets? He did his best. Prior couldn't complete the

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job. Ali did his own catching. India 49-1, surprised? Any wicket is

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relatively a rarity in this test. Tell me when the next is coming.

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Hang on, here came two. Was he caught or stumed. Almost

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instantly another one. Grabbed by Stokes. Day to play in the Test but

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taking wickets is such an effort, it will take a lot for one team to win

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it. Now after the humiliation of their

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7-1 defeat to Germany in the World Cup semifinal, Brazil are in action

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in a play-off match for third place against the Netherlands. Dan Roan is

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in Rio de Janeiro. I'm guessing it's a rather strange atmosphere already

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there. Very muted atmosphere, as you'd

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expect. This third-fourth play-off is a game that nobody want to play

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and certainly not the match that Brazil's fans here expected to be

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watching their team in in the final weekend. If they expected them to

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restore a modicum of pride tonight, they're going about it the wrong

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way. Brazil found themselves 2-0 down in the first 17 minutes. First

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Robin Van Persie with a penalty. After that, Blind putting the

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Netherlands 2-0 up. The reason Brazil are playing a meaningless

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match in this cup is because of Germany. They are preparing for the

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final, seen by many as the favourites, the team of the

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tournament. But they are up against a man who many see as the most

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talented player of his generation in Messi. It will be fascinating to see

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whether he can dominate the final tomorrow. Argentina won't lack

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support. As many as 100,000 fans are expected here tomorrow for what

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could be a classic as the sun sets on this year's World Cup. English

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teenager, Charlie hull shot the best round -- charley Hull shot the best

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round of the day at the Women's Open. She's just three shots behind

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the leader Park, of south Korea. England's Justin Rose is the joint

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leader at the Scottish Open ah, longside Scotland's Marc Warren. The

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pair are on ten under par with a one-shot lead ahead of tomorrow's

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final round. With less than two weeks to go to the Commonwealth

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Games in Glasgow, the athletics venue at Hampden Park has been

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staging the latest round of the Diamond League. As well as athletes

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fine tuning their performances, it gave the Commonwealth Games'

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organise ea chance to test out their procedures -- organisers'.

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Track stars at home and abroad, but on show for the crowd. Those who

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didn't make it into Hampden Park early were left in long queues

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outside. The tight security measures in place dictating the very slow

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pace. Inside, on the new track, things were moving faster.

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Paralympic Gold Medallist Johnny peacock was pipped in the men's T

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44. COMMENTATOR: So close! World Olympic

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champion David Rhodesia took the 800 metres. And what a battle in the

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women's 100, the Trinidadian just ahead of Shelley Ann Fraser Price.

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Inside, the crowd has been noisy and the new track has been given the

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thumbs up by the athletes. But outside w, just two weeks to go,

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there may be some Commonwealth concern over security.

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That's all from the BBC Sport Centre for now.

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That's it. You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News

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channel. From me, for now, on BBC One, goodbye.

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Hello. I suspect this will be quite a frustrating night for gardeners.

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If your garden is looking dry, there is rain around. But rain of varying

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amounts and intensities. Some of us will see quite a bit. It's wet in

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western Scotland at the moment. Thunder storms in eastern England.

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But parts of south-west England will see hardly any rain. There's coast

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and hill fog around and it's a muggy night as well,

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