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An extraordinary new claim by President Trump -

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he accuses Barack Obama of ordering the tapping of his phones.

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Mr Trump claims it took place during the US election campaign

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He compares it to Watergate, calling the former president

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Mr Obama said the claim was "simply false".

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He's denied ordering any phone taps during his presidency.

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The election yesterday was a water shed election.

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Sinn Fein celebrate their best ever showing in elections

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And Sir Andy Murray claims another trophy, as he wins

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the Dubai Championships for the first time.

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Donald Trump has accused Barack Obama of having his phones

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at Trump Tower in New York tapped, during last year's

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In a series of messages on social media, President Trump called

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Mr Obama a "sick man" and compared the alleged bugging

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A spokesman for Mr Obama said claims that he had ordered

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surveillance of any US citizen were "simply false".

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Our North America correspondent, Nick Byrant, reports.

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It was warm hand shakes and friendly bonami E.On inauguration day as

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Donald Trump took power from Barack Obama. Two men, fiercely hostile

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during the election campaign, coming together in a show of presidential

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and personal civility. Early this morning, Donald Trump launched the

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kind of public attack on a predecessor that in modern times is

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completely without precedent. Terrible, he wrote in a Twitter

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tirade. Just found out that Obama had my wires tapped in Trump Tower,

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just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarnalingyism. How

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-- McCarthyism. This is Nixon/water gait. Bad or sick guy.

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A pro-Trump rally outside his tower in New York, a skyscraper that

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Donald Trump claims was a crime scene. But he made these explosive

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accusations without offering any proof or saying whether they came

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from intelligence briefings or from reading reports on a right-wing

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website, bright Bart news. It's extraordinary for a President to

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level these kind of accusations against anyone, let alone his

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predecessor, without citing any evidence. A key former aide of

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Barack Obama has shot back at Mr Trump. No President can order a

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wiretap, he says. These restrictions were put in place to protect

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citizens from people like you. During last year's campaign, the FBI

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opened an investigation still ongoing looking at potential links

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between them and the Russians. Jeff Sessions faces calls for his

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resignation for not disclosing meetings he had with the ambassador.

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And Michael Flynn had to resign last month because of conversations about

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US sanctions against the Kremlin with the same ambassador. We will

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have made America greater than ever before. Donald Trump began this week

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with a widely praised speech on Capitol Hill, that was supposed to

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reset his presidency. But this is a speedy return to the kind of angry

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attacks that many think are far from presidential.

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Nick is outside Trump Tower in New York tonight.

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As you said in your report, we are getting used to extraordinary

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statements from this President. But how surprised have people been by

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this one? The President of the United States of the America has

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just called his predecessor sick and bad and worth dwelling on that

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language, because we've never heard anything like it before. Although

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the White House hasn't come up with any evidence to back that claim up,

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nor has it said where the allegations have come from, which

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heightens suspicion that he was reacting act Rhyl to a news report

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an a right-wing website. It raises questions about his temperament.

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We're saying Barack Obama's response was very restrained in comparison.

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It raises questions about his judgment. It shows he's prepared to

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trash one of the unwritten conventions of American politics,

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which is this: American Presidents, past and present, do not launch

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highly personalised attacks on each other. This is an exclusive

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President's club, it's surprisingly chumming. One of the reasons why is

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the people who've occupied the White House have such a high regard, a

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high respect for the office of the presidency. Donald Trump's

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signalling, he isn't bound by those conventions. Nick, thank you.

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Sinn Fein are celebrating their best ever showing in elections

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They've won 27 seats, just one less than the Democratic Unionists.

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Sinn Fein's Ppesident, Gerry Adams, said it was a watershed election

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and the end to a permanent unionist majority in Northern Ireland.

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The two parties now have three weeks to agree

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From Belfast, Chris Buckler reports.

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Sinn Fein believe they have changed the political picture

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If this election was a battle in the long fight between

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unionism and nationalism, they are claiming victory.

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Clearly, the unionist majority in the Assembly has been ended

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and the notion of a permanent or perpetual unionist majority

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The DUP are still Stormont's biggest party, but they could only

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watch as republicans ate into their sizeable lead

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from the last election, just ten months ago.

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Many voters were motivated by the harsh words of the campaign.

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At one stage, the DUP compared republicans to crocodiles.

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In order to go back into government, Sinn Fein are calling

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for Arlene Foster to step aside as First Minister, while a public

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inquiry takes place into a financial scandal, linked to a botched

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It's a demand that's angered Mrs Foster's party.

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Now we've got to pick up the pieces after having a brutal election,

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and I think that the party which has got most to be concerned about,

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as to how it repairs the damage, is Sinn Fein.

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For so long the big beast of politics here, unionism is facing

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Just months ago, they seemed to be working together,

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but in unionist East Belfast, where the CS Lewis square has been

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built in honour of the author's mythical tales of battle,

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there is concern about what's emerging.

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Our whole government system is not working

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for the people who need it, right, because they're up

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there squabbling over very little, to be honest.

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Republicans are out again in force, so they are.

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We should get off our backsides, get out and vote now.

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Once hailed as the champion of unionism, a statue

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of Edward Carson stands outside Stormont.

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Today his political successors feel on their guard,

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and no-one is sure if a deal to restore power sharing

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The French carmaker, which owns Peugeot and Citroen,

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is reported to have reached an agreement to buy Vauxhall

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An official announcement is due on Monday, but talk of a deal has

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raised concerns about the future of Vauxhall's two UK factories

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More than 4,000 people are employed across the two sites.

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Our business correspondent, Joe Lynam, reports.

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This Vauxhall plant is one of the more efficient car-making

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66% of the vehicles made here are exported, mostly to Europe.

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But the workers here may have new bosses from Monday,

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when it's likely the company that the company which makes Peugeot

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cars, PSA, confirms it's bought Vauxhall and Opel.

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But with too many factories in Europe and not enough demand,

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PSA is likely to have a long, hard look at which plants to keep

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open and that puts Vauxhall under the microscope.

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Vauxhall employs just under 2,000 staff in its Ellesmere Port

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The whole area, the whole plant's really worried.

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Because it's going to affect a lot of jobs

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There's nothing here, is there, if Vauxhall goes.

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Its van-making factory in Luton employs 1,400 people.

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I'm optimistic about the future of this plant, here in Luton,

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but really, the prospects of car manufacturing in the UK will come

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down to the kind of deal we get out of Brexit.

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In all, Vauxhall makes just under 200,000 cars a year.

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PSA has capacity to build more cars in its own plants.

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It doesn't need these plants in Britain, and, of course,

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there are obstacles in the way with currency fluctuations,

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the problems posed by Brexit with freedom of movement,

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freedom of movement of parts as well.

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The Government says it is cautiously optimistic that it will be able

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to limit the job losses as a result of this deal, possibly by providing

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the kind of assurances it gave to Nissan in Sunderland.

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We don't know what those assurances are for sure,

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but there are quite a few British-based car makers that

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Only this week, Nissan said it now needs ?100 million to support car

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BMW said it might make battery-powered Minis

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in Germany instead of Britain, and Ford looks like it

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could be shedding more than 1,000 jobs in Wales.

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So the pressure will mount on Theresa May to support

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the automotive sector at the very time she will be in intensive talks

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The prime minister of Somalia says over 100 people from a drought-hit

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region in the country have died of hunger in the past two days.

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The drought was declared a national disaster on Tuesday,

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and the United Nations estimates that five million people

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Thousands have made their way to the capital in search of food.

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Tens of thousands of people have marched in London to protest

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at what they say are cuts to NHS services. Hospital staff,

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campaigners and union representatives joined

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the demonstration, with the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn,

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Organisers claim Theresa May's demands on austerity in the NHS

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represent a real risk to patients and safety, but the Department

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of Health says extra money is being invested.

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The Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, has announced

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that he will visit Moscow in the coming weeks,

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in an attempt to improve relations with Russia.

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It will be the first such trip by a British Minister for five years.

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Our diplomatic correspondent, James Landale, is here.

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What do we know about what the Foreign Secretary hopes to achieve.

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It's very simple, he wants to improve Britain's relationship with

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Russia. At the moment it's poor. The fact that he'll be first Foreign

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Secretary in five years going to Russia illustrates that fact. In the

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last few months, we had this astonishing war of words. Boris

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Johnson has accused the Russians of war crimes in Syria, calling for a

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demonstration outside the Russian embassy in London. He's insisted

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there should be no relaxation of sanctions against Ukraine and so on.

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In response the Russian embassy has mocked Mr Johnson and said he's

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trying to start a new Cold War. They want to get things back on a more

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level playing field. I think, the Foreign Office are making it clear,

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this is not a reset. This is not the UK changing policy or cosying up to

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Moscow. They say he will be robust about those areas where the UK

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disagrees with Russia, whether it's Ukraine or Syria. What's changed is

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this: President Trump has started talking about engaging with Russia.

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And the Russian-backed leader in Syria is still in place. I think in

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that context the UK has to have a more, a less dysfunctional

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relationship with Russia. Thank you. With all the sport, here's

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Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes Sir Andy Murray has won his first

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tournament of 2017. He beat Fernando Verdasco

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in straight sets to win the Dubai Championship

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and extend his lead at the top The Dubai Tennis Championship's

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trophy is certainly one for a collector of Andy Murray's

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distinction. Competed for under the gaze

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of the Sheikh and started with a haze of breaks,

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one blurring into another. First Fernando Verdasco

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forced things his way, then Murray steadied himself,

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adjusted and heaved the set more It soon became clear

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Verdasco had lost something. First set Murray's in

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just over half an hour. And yet the world number one had

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rarely been at his best. Just as the Spaniard

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thought he had the point, Get back soon, or

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you'll miss the end. The Persian Gulf between

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the players clear to see. But for Murray's coaches,

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victory comes at a cost. The team puts in a lot of hard work

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as well to help me perform and in these competitions,

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so I appreciate all of their help. We actually had an agreement

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that if I won this week On court it's still about

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lifting, not falling. Another trophy,

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the 45th of his career. It's been an eventful day

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in the Premier League. Match of the Day follows the news -

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except in Scotland where it's Sportscene first -

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so if you don't want to hear the results now,

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you know what to do. Liverpool are up to third

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in the table, after beating But the headlines will focus

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on Arsenal's manager, Arsene Wenger, who's admitted his decision to drop

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top scorer Alexis Sanchez backfired. Elsewhere, Leicester continued

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their post-Ranieri comeback. While at Old Trafford,

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a ten-man Bournemouth held There were also wins for Stoke,

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Swansea, Southampton and Crystal Palace -

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who are now out of In the day's only

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Scottish Premiership match, In the quarterfinals

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of the Scottish Cup, Rangers thrashed Hamilton and Hibs

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beat Ayr United. Wasps stung Bath 24-3,

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to extend their lead at the top Australian star Kurtley Beale

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was man of the match, scoring two tries in one of Bath's

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worst home defeats in Great Britain's Laura Muir

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is the new European indoor She dominated in Belgrade,

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breaking the Championship record Muir is also hoping to take gold

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in the 3000 metres tomorrow. Oh, fantastic. I mean, I'm just so

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happy. It feels like a long time coming to win a medal. I'm so happy.

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And there were more celebrations for Britain's runners in Belgrade,

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when Richard Kilty successfully defended his 60 metres title,

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British para-cyclist Jody Cundy has won his 13th world track title.

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He took gold in the one kilometre time trial in Los Angeles,

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It stretches his unbeaten run in the event to 11 years.

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

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