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A landmark moment in tackling climate change.

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China and the US formally approve the world's first

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Ahead of the G20 summit in China, the two biggest producers

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of greenhouse gases commit to reducing harmful emissions.

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Someday we may see this as the moment that we finally decided to

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save our planet. The first Church of England bishop

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to publicly say he is gay appeals for understanding from fellow

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Anglicans. I never sought to make it a secret

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and my priority and focus has been And Andy Murray is in New York

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battling to make it into the second The United States and China -

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the world's two biggest producers of greenhouse gases -

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have formally committed to a global agreement

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on tackling climate change. The landmark announcement,

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which ratifies a deal made in Paris last year,

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comes ahead of the President Obama said it might be

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remembered as "the moment we finally Together China and the US

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are responsible for producing 40% of the world's carbon emissions.

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They have now agreed to cut those emissions in an attempt to keep

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the global average rise in temperatures below

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two degrees Celsius. Our China editor, Carrie Gracie,

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reports now from the city hosting Today was the end of a two-year

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journey for President Xi and President Obama,

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climate change a rare issue where China and the United States

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see their interests align. Both presidents have invested great

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political capital to get here. President Xi said effective dialogue

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between China and the US had helped A commitment by the world's two

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biggest polluters to the world's biggest agreement to hold

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down rising temperatures. We have a saying in America that

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you need to put your money When it comes to combatting climate

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change that's what we're doing, both the United States and China,

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we're leading by example. Together China and the United States

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are responsible for nearly 40% Last year, 180 countries signed

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the Paris Agreement, but it can't come into force until at least 55

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countries ratify it. I urge your leaders to accelerate

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the ratification processes so we can turn the aspirations of Paris

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into the transformative climate In the UK, Theresa May prepared

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to embark on her journey to China, her Prime Ministerial debut

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on the global stage. China's displeased by her decision

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to suspend the Hinckley Point She was keen to echo the positive

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language of her predecessor. This is a golden era for UK-China

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relations and one of the things I'll be doing at the G20 is obviously

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talking to President Xi to see how we can develop the strategic

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partnership we have As the leaders are welcomed,

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Theresa May will be one among many talking partnership

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with China's president. On the eve of the G20 Summit here,

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the main player has been President Xi, with the climate

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change agreement, he's set the agenda, presented himself

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as a bold leader and put pressure on the other big

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nations to follow suit. Tomorrow, there'll be more

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competition for the limelight. In a moment, we'll speak

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to our correspondent But first, the BBC's

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environment analyst, Roger, just put into context how

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significant this is. Oh, it's absolutely huge, cannot be

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overstated. We've had nearly three decades now of wrangling, a

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stand-off between China and the USA both saying, "I won't cut emissions

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if you won't." They've turned that on its head and both showing

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leadership for the first time. Well, the US is going to promise to cut

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its emissions between 26% and 28%, at the top end. China's promised to

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stabilise its emissions, doesn't have to cut because it's a poorer

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country, by 2030. They're already way ahead of target on that. So that

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is the good news. Here is the bad news: Collectively all the nations

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admit that they are way, way behind where they need to be to stabilise

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the climate. At the moment, the promises on the table look like

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they'll give us something around a three degree rise, which everyone

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agrees is far too much. But let's just stick with today, this is a big

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start and it is, at last, a start. Roger, thank you. Let's turn to

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Robin now. Theresa May's first major global summit as Prime Minister.

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What will she be hoping to achieve? I think two significant challenges

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for the Prime Minister. The first is on the main issue here, efforts to

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get the global economy going again. She wants to ensure the UK remains

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prominent in those efforts and remains a beneficiary of them. She

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will be coming here with one message very loud and clear, Britain remains

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open for business. Expect to hear that from her a lot. The second

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challenge, this is more prickly, on the UK's relationship with China,

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those new Nuclear Power Stations, due to be built at Hinckley, there

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are some on the Prime Minister's own side who see this as a dangerous

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time in terms of relationships between London and Beijing. That's

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one word used to describe it to me. One senior figure has said they have

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concerns about idiots, as they describe them, around the Prime

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Minister, who are suggesting that China could now be frozen out of

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part of that agreement to build the new power stations. We're not going

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to get a decision on that. What the Prime Minister comes here in a few

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hours, she's due to meet the president on Monday. She will have

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to reassure him, explain why she's reviewing this process, try to get

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him to look upon it more sympathetically, but ultimately say,

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please wait, the decision will come, just not this weekend. ( Thank you.

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The first Church of England bishop to publicly say he is gay

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and in a celibate relationship has appealed for understanding

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The Bishop of Grantham, Nicholas Chamberlain,

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says his sexuality was known to senior church leaders

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But some conservative Anglicans have said the fact he is in a same-sex

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relationship is a serious cause for concern.

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Many couldn't care less the bishop of Grantham is gay,

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and in his diocese today he was clearly uncomfortable talking

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about it, but he came out publicly, he said, because a Sunday newspaper

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There are gay police officers, gay teachers, for all of us,

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My focus and priority has been on my ministry, on serving God,

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on serving God's people, I do that, as I always

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The Archbishop of Canterbury said he knew the bishop was gay

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and in a relationship when he appointed him,

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but it's completely irrelevant and under Church of England rules

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it is priests and bishops can be gay as long as they're celibate.

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Bishop Nicholas says he and his partner had discussed

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We understand the guidelines by which clergy live that we would,

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nevertheless, allow my name to go forward.

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So it becomes a matter of trust, actually.

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Ever since Gene Robinson was ordained, the first openly

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gay bishop in the US, traditionalists have been angry.

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For many, having gay bishops is heresy, a watering down

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I will say for people for whom this is a struggle,

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I do respect where you are and your convictions.

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I hope that you'll be able to understand and to listen to me

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and indeed to others, because there are so many,

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many different views about this subject.

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In Kent this year, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the head

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of the worldwide Anglican Church, forged an uneasy truce.

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But today the issue was centre stage again with traditionalists calling

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the bishop of Grantham's appointment a major error.

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He compared the whole issue to that of women clergy.

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I think that we are similarly going to need to take time

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as we continue to talk about human sexuality.

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That means different parts of the world will have different

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views and there'll be different views within those parts as well.

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It is, though, a disagreement that could yet split the church.

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NHS officials in North Yorkshire have agreed to rethink plans

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to refuse routine operations for obese patients for up to a year,

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The measures were announced by the Vale of York Commissioning Group

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in an attempt to cut costs, but it was asked to

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The Government is to ban the use of tiny pieces of plastic,

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known as microbeads, by the end of next year.

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The small pieces of plastic - commonly found in some toiletries

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and household products - are thought to harm marine life.

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Environmentalists say they're building up in oceans

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and potentially entering the food chain.

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A body found in the ruins of a collapsed building

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at Didcot Power Station in Oxfordshire has been identified.

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Christopher Huxtable, who was 34 and from Swansea,

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had been missing since the building came down in February.

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Two other men have been missing since the building's collapse.

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The funeral of the former president of Uzbekistan,

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The Uzbek prime minister lead the mourning, prompting speculation

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Our Moscow correspondent Sarah Rainsford's report

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Crowds lined the streets to watch the coffin

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He'd ruled Uzbekistan for over a quarter of a century,

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Yet there were tears today, sobs for a man Uzbek officials

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have been proclaiming was an outstanding statesman.

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"He raised our country to a world level," this woman told me,

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and she wished her president a place in paradise.

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It was 2005, when Government troops fired on protesters in Andijan.

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Hundreds were killed in the massacre.

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Despite his atrocious human rights record, Islam Karimov

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was courted by the West, a useful ally in the War on Terror.

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Russia has always seen central Asia as its own backyard.

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The big question now is who'll take over from President Karimov.

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Russia may be looking to increase its influence

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The fear is that if there's a long struggle for power in the country,

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that could be exploited by Islamic extremists and that would have

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security consequences not just for Russia, but beyond.

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Islam Karimov never named a successor, but clues are beginning

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to point to this man, the prime minister,

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Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who led the funeral speeches.

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If there is a clear handover, some see little risk of unrest.

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Uzbek police and security service is as strong as it has

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I think it's going to do its best to put down anything

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that they would consider threatening the stability or what they consider

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This funeral marked the end of an era.

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Many Uzbeks have only known one president.

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But the signs so far suggest Islam Karimov's repressive

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With all the sport - here's Karthi Gnanasegaram

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Three times Grand Slam champion, Andy Murray, is playing his third

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The New York tournament was where Murray won his first

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The world number two took the first set on a tie-break

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British number two Dan Evans is just starting his match against

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Rugby union's Premiership champions, Saracens,

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are looking to win the title for a third successive year.

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They started their campaign slowly but a dominant second-half

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performance saw them run out 35-3 winners over Worcester,

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while there were also wins today for Bath and Harlequins.

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Twickenham is where last season ended for Saracens

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Champions of England, champions of Europe,

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but even Saracens' steel can get rusty after a summer's rest.

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They only led Worcester Warriors by three at the break.

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It took a blast of hot air to smooth the creases.

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Four minutes into the second half, the band of Worcester gold which had

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held Saracens at bay, flaked in the face of fierce force.

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Saracens persisted with power, knowing that holes would appear.

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There were no Warriors available to keep Alex Lozowski from raiding.

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To make matters worse, Worcester lost a man to the sin bin

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and everybody counts when you have Schalk Burger coming at you.

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The summer signing who specialises in making an impact.

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If that was about the bulldozer, how about this for the ballet.

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In the final minutes, Ben Spencer went Strictly Ballroom

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What happens when Saracens really get started?

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Pro12 champions Connacht made a terrible start

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to the defence of their title, thumped by Glasgow 41-5.

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Glasgow scored six tries, including two from Tommy Seymour,

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in the bonus-point victory, while Stuart Hogg

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And there were opening weekend wins too for Munster and Cardiff Blues.

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England, Scotland and Northern Ireland play their first World Cup

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qualifiers tomorrow while Wales play on Monday, as they all attempt

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to progress to the 2018 tournament in Russia.

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The England manager, Sam Allardyce, confirmed today that Luke Shaw has

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been withdrawn from the squad and he also spoke about his nerves

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ahead of his first game in charge, which is against Slovakia.

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Every new job you get, you're nervous. You're hoping that your

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players go out and do your talking for you. When they walk over the

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white line, that they deliver what we all want and obviously, that's a

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victory. Jenson Button will not race in next

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year's Formula One season but he will remain with the McLaren

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team as an ambassador. Button has signed a two-year

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contract with McLaren Lewis Hamilton will be on pole

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position for tomorrow's It's his fifth pole at Monza,

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equalling the record there. And Britain's Cal Crutchlow

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is on pole position for the British Moto

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GP at Silverstone. Crutchlow claimed his maiden

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MotoGP win last month. And at the Vuelta a Espana,

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Chris Froome remains 54 seconds behind the leader,

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Nairo Quintana, with seven Good evening. Tomorrow should be a

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better day than today. That won't take too much. Here's the radar from

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this afternoon and this evening. Extensive rain, some of it heavy

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across the southern

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