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sybrand engelbrecht run out for 58 off 86 balls. afghanistan have been the surprise package of this year's tournament with wins against england, pakistan and sri lanka so far. it's different story for england — the holders are bottom of the table courtesy of their net run rate. they're effectively out, after five defeats in six matches and face australia on saturday — the champions demise a position few would have predicted, coming into the tournament. a little bit surprised. they have performed pretty well in these kind of treatments over the last few years. a bit surprised. in terms of what has got wrong, i don't know, it is probably not for me to say. these tournaments are pretty fickle. you say iot20 tournaments around the world, sometimes the best —looking
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teams don't start off well and then find it hard gain ground. and a further blow for the england camp, ben stokes, the man so often to rely on, will have knee surgery after the world cup. it's been a long—term problem for the 32—year—old — the all—rounder only able to play as a batter in the tournament. stokes chose to make a comeback to the one—day team just before the tournament began india, a choice he made with no remorse. i'v e i've no regrets whatsoever of coming back here. lying in a world cup for your country, if we were in a better position. i wouldn't be getting asked this question if things are going better. it was the right decision and i have no regrets whatsoever. there's another injury blow for new zealand at the tournament too — matt henry has been ruled out, with a torn hamstring. henry was injured the defeat to south africa and could be out for a month. kyle jamieson will replace him in the squad ahead of their crucial match match against pakiston on saturday, with top four hopes for both at stake.
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the black caps have suffered injuries throughout the tournament, including captain kane williamson, recovering from a fractured thumb. all eyes will turn to west london at the weekend for saturday's early premier league kick off where manchester united travel to fulham. united boss erik ten hag is under pressure after their 3—0 defeats to rivals manchester city, and in the league cup to newcastle. club officials have attempted to play down speculation about his future. but there is optimism their fortunes could change. it needs a change in mentality and approach to everything and that, of course, is something the manager has to help the players with. i don't know. is he a very strict manager? is he running are really disciplines dressing room? i don't know about that. but if he is, then loosen the grip a little bit. make the players feel a bit better. direct manager? this is a time when we stand united in support the manager.
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liverpool bossjurgen klopp has said he'll allow luis diaz to choose whether or not to play, in their match against luton on sunday. diaz returned to training this week following his father's kidnapping in colombia. reports from the country suggest the guerrilla group eln are holding him and will release him soon. the exact details of the rescue not clear at the moment. klopp says the decision rests with diaz over his availability. the news from colombia, i didn't get that, personally. everything that gives us a little bit of hope is good. we are waiting for a really good. we are waiting for a really good news. but that is set, pretty much. i cannot really say what people do because we willjust wait where we can pick up the boy from and just go from there. it is all about him, whether he makes himself available or not and i will force
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him. the women's tennis association says it accepts responsibility for the challenging conditions its players have faced at the wta finals in cancun. the venue's centre court was only opened for practice the day before the championship began. world number one aryna sabalenka says she felt disrespected by the wta. on the court, jessica pegula stretched her winning streak to eight matches and clinched a spot in the semifinals with a 6—3 6—2 victory over maria sakkari on thursday night. pegula, the fifth seed in the tournament, is yet to lose a set. at the paris masters, the defending champion holger rune has the chance to again get the better of novak djokovic later today. the dane secured his spot in the quarterfinals after beating daniel altmeier. rune won in straight sets, 6—3, 6—3 against the german to set up another meeting with world number one djokovic, who he beat in last year's final. he's also yet to drop a set and extends his winning streak to eight matches at the tournament. teenage basketball star victor wembanyama scored 38 points to help his san antonio spurs side beat the phoenix suns by 132 points to 121. wembanyama is just 19 years
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old and the game saw him score his highest points tally to date in the nba. the french player was the league's top draft pick this year and stands at 7�* 4" tall. overall, wembanyama has now scored 103 points in his five nba outings. and that's all the sport for now. the bbc has learned the sick suspect in the racist murder of stephen laurent in london in 1993 try to stab a black security guard eight years ago. the victim said matthew white, who was named as a suspect
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with the bbc injune, told him during the attack there had been no consequences for killing stephen. it's britain's most notorious racist murder. 30 years ago, stephen lawrence was stabbed to death while waiting for a bus by a gang of young white men in eltham, south london. five prime suspects became infamous. two were finallyjailed in 2012. a lead attacker with fair hair was never identified. but, this year, a bbc investigation named matthew white, who died two years ago, as a sixth suspect and exposed the met�*s repeated failure to properly investigate him. i've now found new evidence which poses serious questions for the force. i told him to stop, then he used — i don't want to say — the n word. this man was racially abused and almost stabbed with a dirty syringe by matthew white. the security officer prevented white from stealing from an eltham supermarket.
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the next thing i saw was he sat up with a needle. he wasjust coming. and if he had hit you, what do you think the result would have been? he came in. put him down. iasked him, "do you want to kill me?" he said, "yes, i will kill you." he says white then made an alarming admission. he said, ok, rememberthat they've done it at the bus stop there — to a fellow like me, in the past — but nothing happened, he's still here. i said, ok, if you have done it before, i don't know who you did it to. that was when the word — i can remember now — the word stephen. when the police turned up here, he says he told them everything, including that matthew white had said about killing before and mentioned the name stephen. he says he never heard from the met again. white pleaded guilty
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to using threatening words and having a syringe in public. he wasn't charged with trying to stab his victim or with racial abuse. the crown prosecution service says the police's evidence contained no mention of racial abuse. the met says it apologises if the case wasn't investigated as it should have been. matthew white was jailed for four months. he shared a cell with this man, who says he spoke of his link to the stephen lawrence case. what he said was that if i could see the papers about the whole case — if i ever did — that he's referred to quite a lot in the paperwork, that he was the blond—haired figure that's referred to throughout the paperwork and that he was involved in the incident. we previously revealed matthew white looked like the unidentified suspect sometimes known as the blond attacker. he said that, yeah, that they completely mishandled it and failed, really, to properly investigate him. the met says it's satisfied all relevant inquiries related
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to white were considered prior to his death. the other remaining suspects for stephen's murder remain free. his parents want fulljustice, but have no confidence in the met. daniel de simone, bbc news, eltham. clear up operations are taking place across much of southern england and the channel islands after up to 100 miles an article stop hundreds of schools were closed. storm ciaran crashed into southern and south west england and the channel islands, with winds gusting to 100 miles per hour, creating huge waves, and damaging homes and businesses. trees were brought down. this one narrowly missing a home. it fell in a straight line. and there was major travel disruption.
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thousands saw their power cut and hundreds of schools were closed. injersey, damage to property saw some residents seeking refuge in a hotel. we spent the night moving people and evacuating people from their homes, and moving them into hotels, and giving people some shelter at the parish hall. we're still doing that because fire brigade and various agencies are going into houses and giving professional opinions as to the availability of people moving back in. it's not happening. more of them are being evacuated, even now. in falmouth in cornwall, katie marsh was woken when her roof blew off. i screamed quite loudly. i tried to grab my laptop and my electronics in panic, really. i have a lot of work saved and i was worried about that. and the fire alarm was blazing. that ripped off the wall. and it was just darkness and wind
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and rain and screaming. while this was the destruction at a holiday park in the village of burton bradstock on the dorset coast. my wellies are still wet. i had to empty my wellies, that's how bad it was. it got up to my thighs, easy. and that was the surge that didn't move the caravans. and there's more to come, with the met office warning of heavy rain across the uk. we would urge people to remain vigilant. - the weather remains unsettled as we move into the weekend. | so therefore, the risk of flooding does remain, and we're still- very much keeping a close eye on the situation. - a warning that comes as some river levels are already high and the ground saturated. sharon barbour, bbc news. now, the weather. hello there. well, further bouts of rain will continue to be a concern for those areas affected by flooding
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in the days ahead. we also will have some drier and clearer slots, as well. take today, this is the swirl of what was left of storm ciaran, clearing away, easing off. this will bring some heavy rain to england and wales tomorrow, but in between you will notice a clearer window, which is with most of us. it won't be completely dry. there's going to be scattering of showers, some of those heavy and thundery, around, especially western parts of england, wales and to the north of northern ireland, but there will be some that stay dry throughout the day. the big exception will be in the north and north—east of scotland. a band of rainjust pushing its way westwards on what will still be fairly strong winds. it's still a fairly blustery day, but the winds certainly down on those destructive ones some saw yesterday. afternoon temperatures close to where we should be for this stage in november. as we go into tonight, that cloud and rain across scotland will continue to fizzle, out does storm ciaran, continuing to move away from us. but, at the same time, that bank of cloud i showed you will bring persistent rain to south wales and south—west england by the end of the night, with strengthening winds towards the south. mild enough in the south, a chillier night further north.
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a bit of a north—south split tomorrow. this area of low pressure, which will bring some pretty strong winds to france and across spain, still close enough to the south coast and the channel islands. so those impacted by the recent storms, gales, it couldjust hamperthe clean up, but again, the winds not as strong as they were. a band of more persistent rain sweeps its way northwards across england and wales during the day and into northern england for the afternoon, followed by sunshine and some very lively showers. those could cause some minorflooding issues. sussex and kent particularly prone. but for scotland and northern ireland, quieter day on saturday. sunny spells and clear skies to go into saturday night if you have any plans. but lots of cloud for england and wales. still some rain around, the heaviest in the far south—east of england. but as our area of low pressure from saturday eases away into the north sea for sunday, things back to that quieter window again. some drier conditions, especially across central and eastern areas. a few showers possible. showers most likely, though, across the western half of the country through the day, some of those on the heavy and thundery side. around the coast there could be some locally rather large rainfall totals. that leads us into sunday night, of course bonfire night.
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if you do have any plans for the evening, it does look like there will be some clearer spells around, certainly compared with saturday for central eastern areas. showers most frequent in the west. take care. live from jerusalem, this is bbc news. the us secretary of state antony blinken meets israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his war cabinet to push for a "humanitarian pause" in the fighting. israel's military says it has surrounded gaza city and has been
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attacking hamas infrastructure. more dual citizens and foreign passport—holders are expected to leave gaza today via the rafah crossing into egypt. i'm crossing into egypt. ben thomson in london. also this hour... crossing into egypt. the so—called �*crypto king' sam bankman—fried is found guilty of fraud and money laundering. and authorities in delhi shut all primary schools for the first time this season — as the air quality level drops to severe. hello, this is bbc news live now from jerusalem. i'm anna foster. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has been meeting the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu at the start of another
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round of diplomacy in israel and the rest of the region.

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