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The first full day of the Olympic Games in Brazil and already

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Adam Peaty shows why he's the man to beat

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There were thrills and spills in the cycling, with Team GB's

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Geraint Thomas among the victims on the final descent.

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Not much luck either for Tour de France winner,

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Chris Froome, who missed out in the medal stakes.

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Also tonight - In Belgium, a man attacks two women police

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officers with a machete before he's shot and killed.

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13 young people die in a fire at a birthday party in France.

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And South African's ruling ANC suffers its worst election

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losses since it took power at the end of Apartheid.

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The 2016 Olympic Games are officially under

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The first gold medal of the games was won

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by an American shooter, Virginia Thrasher, for the women's

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And there's been an exciting finish to the men's cycling road race,

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with the Belgian cyclist, Greg Van Avermarter, taking gold.

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In the pool, Britain's Adam Peaty has made a great start,

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setting a new world record in the 100 metre breaststroke.

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Our sperts Editor Dan Roan is in Rio.

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After last night's glittering Opening Ceremony, today attention

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turned to the sport itself. World class competition going on

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throughout the Olympic city, it carries on behind me in the Olympic

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Park. Team GB beginning their bid for the most successful away Games

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in their history. No medals for them just yet. As Andy Swiss reports,

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there was a very special performance in the pool.

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Rio awoke to blue skies and high hopes. From the fans, who flocked in

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their thousands, creating long queues outside the Olympic Park, but

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above all, from the athletes. Among them one of Britain's brightest new

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stars, Adam Peaty is just 21, but he's already atriple world champion

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and in the heats of the 100 metres breaststroke, he didn't just win, he

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made history. COMMENTATOR: This is going to be

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made history. outstanding. 57. 57.5, oh, my

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made history. goodness economy! The first world

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record of the Games greeted with barely a nod. Surely it's time to

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get excited. I heard the crowd screaming more and more as I got

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towards the wall. Something dodgy going on here! Just enjoyed my first

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Olympic Games. Officially an Olympian now. It's great to get out

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here and enjoy the atmosphere. Adam Peaty will go in the semifinals

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later this evening. But what an impact he has already made. On

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course to become the first British man to win an Olympic swimming title

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for 28 years. But others are also in search of history. Cathryn Grainger

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at 40 trying to win a fifth successful Olympic medal. She and

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her partner have work to do. Second in their heat, edging them into the

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semifinals. At least their hopes are still afloat though, unlike Serbia's

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men's pair, who capsized in the choppy conditions. Ever had that

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sinking feeling? Britain's Ashley McKenzie does. His chances in the

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judo ended in tears. Elsewhere, there were tears of joy.

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USA's Virginia Thrasher winning the 10 metre air rifle. An Olympic

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champion at just 19, not a bad way to start. Andy Swiss, BBC News, Rio.

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Adam Peaty's roommate, James Guy has a chance of a medal later in the

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pool in the final of the 400 metres freestyle. What of the men's road

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race in cycling earlier on? Less than two weeks ago, Chris Froome won

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his third Tour De France. Today he was bidding for a first Olympic

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crown as Natalie Perks reports, it was one of the most dramatic road

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races the Olympics has ever seen. It was the calmest of mornings,

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as Rio's Olympic odyssey began. For Team GB, the road race offered

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the first chance for honours. Chris Froome, fresh from making

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Tour De France history, It's been a momentous

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summer for Chris Froome. The question now is: Can he add

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an Olympic road race The start was picture perfect,

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miles of flat, sandy beaches belying the fact Froome had described parts

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of this course as savage. Once they hit the first lap

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of the cobblestones, Olympic dreams dashed before

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they'd even hit the hills. This race is about team work,

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and Team GB were putting Double Olympic Gold Medallist

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Geraint Thomas emerging Whilst the riders grafted

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in the mountains, security forces were doing their job on the ground,

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carrying out a controlled explosion, after a bag was left unattended

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metres from the finish line. Back on the hardest climb,

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the course looked beautiful, COMMENTATOR: Look at the damage that

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he's done to himself. But poised for glory, the diying

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descent claimed another victim. COMMENTATOR: Oh,

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and there's a crash! The big pre-race favourite,

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Vincenzo Nibali, is on the ground. And then did the same

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for Britain's best hope. COMMENTATOR: Geraint Thomas crashes

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out of the Olympic Games A dramatic sprint finish

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saw Belgium's Greg van Avermarter claim gold,

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a disappointing day Froome will hope for much better

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in the time trial on Wednesday. Attention will turn tomorrow to

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Lizzie Armitsted's in the women's road race, after one of the most

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difficult weeks of her career. She won an appeal against three missed

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drugs test. One of those was scratched out. She won the right to

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compete at these Games. It will be fascinating to see how she fares.

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Later on in the early hours of Monday morning, Adam Peaty is

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expected to be in that final trying to emulate Adrian Moorhouse who won

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Britain's last men's swimming Olympic title back in 1988. Today

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has been a reminder of the challenges that organisers face

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here. There were the teething problems with crowds trying to get

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into the Olympic Park earlier on. There was that controlled explosion

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near the finishing line at the road race. There was the fact that there

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was a stray bullet trot through a media tent at the equestrian venue.

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Even tomorrow there will be more controversy when the international

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Paralympic committee is expected to decide that Russia will not be a

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part of the Paralympic Games which followed this event in a few weeks.

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Russia having escaped a total in these Games. They won their first

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gold earlier on today in the judo competition. A reminder, once again,

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in these Games in Rio, anything can happen. Dan thank you.

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Dan Roan there in Rio for us. A man with a machete has

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attacked two women police officers in Belgium,

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shouting "God is the He was shot by a third officer

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and subsequently died. It happened late this

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afternoon in Charleroi. Officials are treating it

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as a terrorist incident. Let's go live now to our

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Europe correspondent, Damian Grammaticas,

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who's in Brussels. What do we know? This evening, the

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Belgian Prime Minister is flying back here from his holiday in

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France. He has already said that the indications are that this looks like

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being a terrorist-related incident. The scene in the city of Charleroi,

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about an hour or so's drive to the south of here in Brussels was sealed

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off quickly by police this afternoon. This man at 4 o'clock

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approached the central police station in the city. He was stopped

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at a police check outside by two female police officers, produced a

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machete from a bag and started attacking them. He was then shot

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dead. Now those two police officers, one received serious injuries bu,

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none of them are critical. Belgium has been on edge, of course, since

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the Paris attacks, which were carried out by men, many of whom

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came from here and then the Brussels attacks. Tonight, what we've heard

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is that there is no new move to elevate the security levels here at

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all. But the indications are it does seem to be terror related. Thank

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you. A fire in a bar in France,

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which killed 13 people, many of them teenagers,

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is believed to have been started Officials described the blaze,

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which swept through the party venue Police say the fire broke out around

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midnight in the basement of the bar. It had been packed with young

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people who'd come here Someone carrying the cake apparently

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tripped down the stairs and fell. The candles and sparklers set off

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the deadliest fire there's been Neighbours heard the shattering

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of glass and thought at first it was an explosion,

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another terrorist attack. TRANSLATION: There

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was panic in the bar. Unfortunately those

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in the basement didn't I think some of those

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down stairs didn't burn, Police say the ceiling

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of the basement had been sound proofed with material

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which is reported to have caught fire with terrifying speed,

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releasing poisonous fumes. We came here to have

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a good time together. It's impossible to believe

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that this has happened. 13 people in their late teens

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and early 20s are dead and one is fighting for their life,

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in a city still mourning the death of an elderly priest,

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murdered by extremists last month. The investigation will focus

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on whether the bar had The bodies of two British

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climbers have been found on the Matterhorn in the Alps,

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after they went missing The two men sent out an alert

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yesterday when they got caught on the mountain, as storms came

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in and temperatures plummeted. Italian rescue workers said

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efforts to find them Their bodies were

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recovered this morning. Here, a teenager charged

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with carrying out a knife attack in London, which left an American

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tourist dead and five people injured, has been

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remanded in custody. Zakaria Bulhan - who's

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a Norwegian of Somali origin - He's accused of murdering

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Darlene Horton, who was 64, at Russell Square on Wednesday

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evening, as well as five counts Police in Devon are appealing

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for information about a missing South Africa's governing party

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the ANC has suffered its worst election defeat since the end

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of Apartheid, in the While the ruling party retains

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the majority, the opposition Democratic Alliance,

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which won the highest number of votes in the capital Pretoria,

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has gained significant Our Africa correspondent

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Alastair Leithead has the story. After days of waiting and watching

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the changing colours of South Africa's political

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landscape, a final result the The ANC, more than just

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the party of liberation and the party of Nelson Mandela,

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losing control of major urban centres, giving ground

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to the opposition in its worst election result since

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the end of apartheid. But it's seen as a referendum

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on this man, President Jacob Zouma. Three years of his term remaining,

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but embroiled in corruption scandals, he's failed to answer

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the calls for change. I'm convinced if we work

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together and harder, we will achieve our dream

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of building a just, fair, While the president spoke live

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on TV, protesters held up signs referring to the woman

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who accused him of Here in Nelson Mandela Bay,

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the home of the great man and an ANC heartland,

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a black majority just I think it's due to the fact that

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there's been this in-fighting and corruption, nepotism,

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all that has cost the ANC. Where I'm from, it's not

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actually getting better. For the ANC, it's a shock rather

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than a catastrophe, It's a party still supported by more

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than half of South Africans. Many of its traditional voters

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simply stayed home or switched to the radical

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Economic Freedom Fighters, who won 8% of the vote,

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speaking to the discontented and the poor in this most

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unequal of societies. Now deals will have to be done,

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coalitions agreed to run cities. The ANC may be weakened,

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but democracy in South Alastair Leithead, BBC News,

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Nairobi. With all the sport away

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from the Olympics, here's Hugh Woozencroft at the BBC Sport

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Centre. England have a lead of 311 runs

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going into the final day of the third Test

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against Pakistan at Edgbaston. A century partnership

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from Jonny Bairstow and Moeen Ali has helped Alistair Cook's side

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to 414-5 in their second innings, Could either side in this Test get

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over the line? Pakistan had allowed England back into the game, but to

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assess the side's true position, cricketing wisdom says you should

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add two wickets to the total. That's what Pakistan did. First Alastair

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Cook and then Alex Hales succumbed. Two men who'd added more than 100,

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gone less than ten deliveries apart. England were only 23 ahead with

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eight wickets remaining. No time and place for wrong turnings on the

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pitch or in front of the screen. Sometimes there's nowhere to hide.

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Mohammed Afiz had a chance to get rid of Joe Root. It slipped from his

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fingers. Runs became a rare luxury. Shots taken on only where there was

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no risk. Root and James Vince were making Pakistan think, but then they

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gave them the answers. All Root's concentration swept away in an

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instant. Gone for 62. Vince had 42 when his judgment failed him. That's

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happened before. After tea, England set about quietly adding to their

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score, building as strong a lead as possible while trying to avoid

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Pakistani traps. Gary balance lured into this one. England could sense

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the bowlers were tired. Jonny Bairstow and Moeen Ali sensed a

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change. The Scottish Premiership

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got under way today. On their return to the top flight,

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Rangers came from behind They were playing Hamilton

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Academicals at Ibrox. Midfielder Ali Crawford struck

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for the visitors after half an hour. But Martyn Waghorn claimed a point

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for the Glasgow side, getting on the end of a great pass

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from substitute Harry Forrester Elsewhere, Motherwell

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started their season And that's all the

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sport from me, Kate. You can see more on all of today's

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stories on the BBC News Channel. That's all from me and

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the team here, goodnight. Good evening. It's been a sparkling

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Saturday

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