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it is munich and the whole it is manchester city and there at m10 champion real madrid in the first leg and have a look at this, city took a very early lead in the long free kick and catching and out of position but scoring a goal where real madrid her head in a few minutes later, 2—1 to real madrid and arsenal one and byron munich one and arsenal one and byron munich one and putting the gun is a head mouse cancel it out and arsenal have just conceded a penalty and brought down and would you believe it, taught man harry kane is stepping up to take a penalty that would put byron munich ahead at arsenal and only half an hour plate and remember, these are first leg and so a bit of an argument from the arsenal keeper and i would just keep an eye on this and he retained isjust stepping up to
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take this penalty at the emirates stadium and scored over a dozen tottenham goals for arsenalfor tottenham goals for arsenal for tottenham goals for arsenalfor tottenham against arsenal and dragging this out in the short run up dragging this out in the short run up and tucked it into the bottom right and byron munich 2—1 up at arsenal coming up from behind. in fact more qualifiers for next years women's european championship. wells securing a resounding 6—0 victory in continuing their winning start and just for schlock captain on their 150 want the appearance and helped put wells in control in the first half and rachel, kelly with the goals and the second after the break for substitute morgan scored twice late on. the first one of the campaign and serve governor lauren wade and with their goals and
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boosting victory after the goal draw against malta. defending champions england for his republic of ireland in dublin and leading 2—0 and their goals are facing slovakia and glasgow and goalless at half—time in france, they have beaten sweden and world champion spain, they beat the czech republic 3—1. at the tea time out at the masters, five—time winner tiger woods is one of the latest on thursday and paired with max homer and jason day, the 15 time major winner looking to make the cut at the national for record—breaking 24th consecutive times but starting at one tournament this year, the invitation in february and had to withdraw from that because he had the flu and is practising on tuesday and says woods is looking in great
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shape. mi; and says woods is looking in great shae, ~y , ., and says woods is looking in great shae. g . ., shape. my practices and what it used to be needs — shape. my practices and what it used to be needs to _ shape. my practices and what it used to be needs to live _ shape. my practices and what it used to be needs to live on _ shape. my practices and what it used to be needs to live on the _ shape. my practices and what it used to be needs to live on the range - to be needs to live on the range and be there all day. that is no longer the case and so, i decided to be more focused on when i do get the chance to get out there and practice and really grind out and make every shot count and if everything comes together, i can get one more. find shot count and if everything comes together, i can get one more. and to the tennis news, _ together, i can get one more. and to the tennis news, novak _ together, i can get one more. and to the tennis news, novak that - the tennis news, novak that chocolates made very late work on his return and beat roman in straight sets at the monte carlo masters and top—ranked service in the linkup tournaments last year and this will play the frenchman at the feast and in the next round, looking to win an monte carlo for the third time and hasn't won since 2015 and has made it past the quarterfinals since then and convince defending champion andre in the quarters, no
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more goals in the champions league quarterfinals first thing, but we will have an update for you later. thank you very much. records broken. final of the women's college basketball league over the weekend. south carolina against iowa to secure ncaa title. a massive 18.7 million people watched the game — according to espn. that's a new record for a women's college game. and to put in some perspective: espn says it's the most watched of any basketball broadcast in the last five years. people are putting a lot of that attention down to this athlete, caitlin clark. let's speak to cheryl raye stout, she's a sports journalist for chicago public radio. thank you very much for being on the programme. just try and talk to us
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about caitlin clark. people who perhaps don't know her, explain the phenomenon. she perhaps don't know her, explain the phenomenon-— phenomenon. she is a fearless shooter. she _ phenomenon. she is a fearless shooter. she is _ phenomenon. she is a fearless shooter. she is an _ phenomenon. she is a fearless shooter. she is an all-around l phenomenon. she is a fearless - shooter. she is an all-around player shooter. she is an all—around player and when you watch her play, it is almost effortless the way she can hit a shot, notjust at almost effortless the way she can hit a shot, not just at the almost effortless the way she can hit a shot, notjust at the ark but beyond the arc almost a half court and we call her shots, she shoots it in very good passer and one of those players have been doing this for a long time, where on the road, you have people waiting outside the arenas to watch her play and and witness it myself, you would see not just pearls, you would see boys filled the stadium with herjerseys on and she is a phenomenon and it's very special, very important for women sports right now. the numbers are 'ust women sports right now. the numbers are just incredible. _ women sports right now. the numbers are just incredible. are _ women sports right now. the numbers are just incredible. are you _ are just incredible. are you surprised by that few in figure? the viewers have been increasing but
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staggering increases when she is on. it started last year at the finals when she did lose to lsu and the fact is there were a lot of pop about it, a lot of people were talking about it and when she did it this year, she broke the women's record for this and then she went on and broke the men's record for the in situ eight point square. those numbers were unbelievable as far as what she was able to do in the fact is, she is in the heartland of the united states and so, bringing in people that never cared about women's basketball or women sports in general. women's basketball or women sports in ueneral. ~ . ., ,, , women's basketball or women sports in ueneral. ~ . ., , , , ., ., in general. what happens now for her? the wnba _ in general. what happens now for her? the wnba will _ in general. what happens now for her? the wnba will have - in general. what happens now for her? the wnba will have their i in general. what happens now for i her? the wnba will have their draft on monday and _ her? the wnba will have their draft on monday and the _ her? the wnba will have their draft on monday and the indian _ her? the wnba will have their draft on monday and the indian fever- her? the wnba will have their draft | on monday and the indian fever who, you will definitely hear caitlin clark's name being made that night. it's going to be interesting because
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the wnba, and they don't make the same amount of money but she will make around $70,000 but she will get endorsements and from what i understand, there people here in chicago who will come to chicago sky games when indiana comes to play in chicago there has never happened before. so, it's an unusual situation. before. so, it's an unusual situation-— before. so, it's an unusual situation. ,, h ., ., , ., situation. she's going to be all riaht, situation. she's going to be all right. what _ situation. she's going to be all right, what about _ situation. she's going to be all right, what about college - situation. she's going to be all - right, what about college basketball when she is gone. the viewing figure surely won't hold up? it’s when she is gone. the viewing figure surely won't hold up?— surely won't hold up? it's going to be interesting. _ surely won't hold up? it's going to be interesting. there _ surely won't hold up? it's going to be interesting. there are - surely won't hold up? it's going to be interesting. there are some i be interesting. there are some players watch and they have a player who is somebody special. i think what they're going to try to do is help other players get their club with the money that will be making commercials and you'll probably see more of them out there in the public. thank you so much. my the election will be decided
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by voters in six or seven swing states and both biden and former president donald trump are continuing their campaign stops. in the past week alone, biden is in wisconsin. trump is in pennsylvania and michigan. bbc news chief presenter has been meeting with voters there. ijust i just feel depleted. i just feel there is not a solid choice for the working class and i don't feel like anybody actually represents our best interest and i feel like we are in another situation where we have to go into a ballot box and vote against somebody instead of voting for somebody. the against somebody instead of voting for somebody-— against somebody instead of voting for somebody. the republican party is not the republican _ for somebody. the republican party is not the republican party - for somebody. the republican party is not the republican party any - is not the republican party any more, it's the party of trump. being a mexican—american, i have some criticism towards the democratic party because of their lack of movement on any immigration policy and if you like my demographic has been taken advantage of anything people will automatically vote for them. ., , . people will automatically vote for them. .,, ., my people will automatically vote for them. ., . them. people are living pay cheque to -a them. people are living pay cheque to pay cheque _ them. people are living pay cheque to pay cheque and _ them. people are living pay cheque to pay cheque and having _ them. people are living pay cheque to pay cheque and having a -
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them. people are living pay cheque to pay cheque and having a hard . them. people are living pay cheque l to pay cheque and having a hard time and interest— to pay cheque and having a hard time and interest rates are astronomical and interest rates are astronomical and it's_ and interest rates are astronomical and it's almost impossible for my generation to buy a house and let alone _ generation to buy a house and let alone buy— generation to buy a house and let alone buy a brand—new car and we work_ alone buy a brand—new car and we work in _ alone buy a brand—new car and we work in the — alone buy a brand—new car and we work in the auto industry and we have _ work in the auto industry and we have to — work in the auto industry and we have to be — work in the auto industry and we have to be real with the fact that these _ have to be real with the fact that these cars — have to be real with the fact that these cars are not selling because interest_ these cars are not selling because interest rates are so high. this these cars are not selling because interest rates are so high.- interest rates are so high. this is the most heavily _ interest rates are so high. this is the most heavily populated - interest rates are so high. this is| the most heavily populated arabic state in the country. the administration policy on what is going on in the middle east, it could cost the michigan, for sure. ) katrina joins us chief presenter caitriona perry joins us now from detroit. theissues the issues that we see and let's pick up on the last one. israel, gaza war. how is that pulling into the election? it gaza war. how is that pulling into the election?— the election? it is a ma'or issue here and m h the election? it is a ma'or issue here and i'm talking _ the election? it is a ma'or issue here and i'm talking to_ the election? it is a major issue here and i'm talking to you - the election? it is a major issue | here and i'm talking to you from detroit and nine or ten miles away is dearborn, the largest arab majority city in the us and more than half 55 to 60% or so the
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population there are arab—american in the us and the bite in the ministrations approach to supporting israel to what is happening in gaza is a major issue for them. traditionally muslim americans will be considered part of the democratic base and speaking to them, their people know whose votes are lost forever and they would never vote forever and they would never vote forjoe biden and if you came here, they would not want to sit beside him and shake his hand. their tax dollars are being used to fund the israeli military to bomb and essentially chill their family members, theirfriends in gaza and the people there as well from yemen and lebanon and syria in the entire middle east who are desperately unhappy with what is going on and another woman i spoke to from the campaign who organised that on committed campaign we might remember from the primary contest from 100,000 people did not vote forjoe
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biden, they said they were uncommitted instead. the present to consider this like an early warning system that they're saying no tojoe biden that they cannot vote for him come november but also said they cannot vote for donald trump either in the fields of their being asked to choose between bombs or bands, a reference to donald trump us �*s travel ban after coming into office in 2017 -- travel ban after coming into office in 2017 —— bans. it's very deciding issue here and giving michigan status is one of the key battleground states if it decides who wins in the state, that could ultimately decides who wins the white house.— ultimately decides who wins the white house. �* , , , ., ., white house. brings us up-to-date with the race _ white house. brings us up-to-date with the race between _ white house. brings us up-to-date with the race between joe - white house. brings us up-to-date with the race between joe biden . white house. brings us up-to-date| with the race between joe biden and with the race betweenjoe biden and donald trump. with the race between joe biden and donald trump-— donald trump. there is a poll out today that — donald trump. there is a poll out today that has — donald trump. there is a poll out today that has joe _ donald trump. there is a poll out today that has joe biden - donald trump. there is a poll out today that has joe biden leading l today that hasjoe biden leading nationally by 4% but if you look at another pull from the wall street that has donald trump ahead in six
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of the seven battleground states and are the states that matter and will essentially defied the selection and all but one in which they are tired and here in michigan, donald trump leads and all the poles of been done in the last month except one again which they are tied and given the margin for error in these things, tiny numbers of difference, it is too close to call the race at this point. too close to call the race at this oint. ., ~' ,, too close to call the race at this oint. . ,, i. . ., too close to call the race at this oint. . ,, . ., ., point. thank you so much for that. in the full report _ point. thank you so much for that. in the full report coming _ point. thank you so much for that. in the full report coming up - point. thank you so much for that. in the full report coming up in - point. thank you so much for that. in the full report coming up in the | in the full report coming up in the next few hours here on bbc news. stay with us. in michigan, in the us, a quick update on a dreadful story there there were just talking about. you may remember the parents of the school shooter, they have just been sentenced in a landmark case there. they are the first to be held responsible for a gun attack carried out by their teenage son who killed four classmates and injured
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several others in 2021 at oxford high school and serving life in prison without parole. his parents were both found guilty of four counts of involuntary manslaughter and fees ten to 15 years in prison. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. —— face
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this is bbc news. the former sub—postmaster alan bates, has accused the post office of causing "harm and injustice" as he appeared at the public inquiry into the horizon computer scandal. mr bates — whose story was made famous in an itv drama — spoke of his tireless campaign for justice for the many hundreds of people affected by what is one of the biggest miscarriages ofjustice in uk legal history. zoe conway reports. is it any wonder that alan bates is smiling?
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after 23 years of campaigning, he can now tell the inquiry everything he knows about the post office scandal. he explained why he had kept fighting for so long. as you got to meet people, and realised it wasn'tjust yourself and you saw the harm and injustice that had been descended upon them, it was something that you felt you had to deal with. over the year, alan bates has written to a series over the years, alan bates has written to a series of government minister, in charge of the post office. you in fact sent a reply to mr davie. the inquiry was shown alert sent to the post office minister ed davey injuly 2010, where alan bates called his refusal to intervene notjust disappointing but offensive. he said the post office had been operating as little more than thugs in suits, and ed davey enabled them to carry on with immunity, regardless of the human misery and suffering they inflict. interviewed at a building site
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in kent, mr davey responded. alan bates is a hero, but like him, when i put those concerns to post office executives, i was lied to, just like sub—postmasters were lied to. alan bates was forced to give up being a sub—postmaster and lost his life savings after being falsely accused of stealing £1,000. he called the process of getting compensation cruel. i am trying to fight for everyone's financial redress, but i have to fight for my own as well and i have no doubt that there is a bit of vindictiveness coming in from the department and the post 0ffice. nick reed has been at the inquiry all day. he says he thinks the financial redress scheme has been slow and says he wants to accelerate the process, but said he didn't want to comment on alan bates' case. you could get into a room with him,
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right here, right now, and get his compensation sorted out, couldn't you? it is not for me, we have an independent panel. but you could get it done today? i have spoken to alan bates back in 2019 when we were doing the negotiations, he is an extremely decent man and it is very important we get the right level of compensation for him. as he left, alan bates made clear he thinks there's still so much to fight for. the main thing i want at the moment is for the original victim groups to get their money sooner rather than later. it has gone on far too long. what will you do when it is over? me, i will buy a little post office and put my feet up. the smile on his face said it all. he is a man who feels finally vindicated. zoe conway, bbc news. gale force winds and heavy rain have battered large parts of the uk. more than a hundred people had to be rescued overnight in the south of england, with a major incident declared in west sussex, where the river arun burst its banks. more than 200 homes and businesses
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were left without power across hampshire and dorset, and 64 flood warnings, along with 197 flood alerts, remain in place across england. there are also flood warnings in parts of scotland. new warnings — climate change could fall into �*unchartered territory', if global temperatures don't fall by end of the year. the average temperature worldwide in march set a new record for the tenth month in a row. it was nearly one—point—seven celsius warmer than pre—industrial times. scientists were expecting the march record. but some are struggling to explain high temperatures reported at the end of 2023. for more on this lets speak now to earth system scientist and climate researcher at the university of cardiff, aaron thierry
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temperatures in march, what you make of that? it’s temperatures in march, what you make of that? �* , ,. , , of that? it's with scientism been wor in: of that? it's with scientism been worrying about _ of that? it's with scientism been worrying about for _ of that? it's with scientism been worrying about for a _ of that? it's with scientism been worrying about for a long - of that? it's with scientism been worrying about for a long time, | worrying about for a long time, isn't it? increasing chances of record—breaking temperatures we are already at 1.7, above the industrial this month and we are really close now to exceeding 1.5 degrees target which the world has agreed to stay below. and what we are seeing is this record—breaking temperatures are causing huge devastation and extremes that are having catastrophic effects on peoples lives and for example, spain is in record—breaking drought right now we have barcelona and russian water and in the uk, we have record—breaking rains and the wettest 18 months in a row and what that means is that we have waterlogged fuel surrounding the country and the wheat seed harvest looks significantly reduced
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and the potato crop looks like it's going to be a total failure and this is devastating and it's driving up food prices, creating shocks to the feud system role having to pay the cost of that —— food system. feud system role having to pay the cost of that -- food system. month after month — cost of that -- food system. month after month of— cost of that -- food system. month after month of record-breaking - after month of record—breaking temperatures, how much of this is responsible for how much of it is explained by things like el nino and natural weather patterns and how much from human activity? the fact that we are — much from human activity? the fact that we are breaking _ much from human activity? the fact that we are breaking these - much from human activity? the fact that we are breaking these records. that we are breaking these records as to the climate change, el nino is kicking us over the top but it's because we keep having this background warming year after year that every time he didn't el nino, will start smashing new records again. and it's because of burning fossil fuels and science is really clear that if to stabilise the climate and meet the climate agreements that all world governments signed up to, we have to stop burning fossil fuels and what
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our worlds governments doing. increasing the production supply fossil fuels and increasing the expansion of north sea oil and gas right now the united states is just hit record highs for gas production. we are going in exactly the opposite direction that they're telling us we have to do. and if you don't do this, were going to have catastrophic impacts and as people are so worried about in the governments are ignoring what were saying and i'm straight feel perpetrated by our governments because it's so clear that we have to stop this and the promise that they will get to keep doubling down and reversing course. at this point, we all need to really think about who are our leaders and what are they doing and what you have to do to try to create a situation with which actually take serious action that we need to take.— which actually take serious action that we need to take. thank you very much for coming _ that we need to take. thank you very much for coming on _ that we need to take. thank you very much for coming on the _ that we need to take. thank you very much for coming on the programme. | scientist peter higgs — who's behind the concept of the subatomic particle the higgs boson — which helps connect the universe together — has died at home in edinburgh at the
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age of 94. 0ur science editor pallab ghosh looks back on his life. applause professor peter higgs wipes away a tear as the scientists who discovered the higgs boson applaud the man who predicted its existence nearly 50 years earlier. peter. to me, it's really an incredible thing that happened in my lifetime. i've never been in a scientific meeting like that before because people got up and cheered and stamped. i regarded it as cheers for the home team and that was what it was really about. maybe they... maybe they were cheering, cheering me. me, too. but this was a minor issue. it was an achievement that won him the nobel prize. professor peter higgs at university of edinburgh. professor peter higgs -
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at university of edinburgh. on behalf of... a modest man, he avoided the fuss by going to a nearby restaurant when the award was announced. the former neighbour congratulated me on the news and i said, "oh, what news? " and so she told me that her daughter had phoned from london to alert her to the fact that i had got this prize. as a young theoretical physicist, he was fascinated by the behaviour of the subatomic particles that lay at the heart of atoms. he went on to develop a theory of how these particles gain substance 01’ mass. summed up in this equation, professor higgs predicted a field which permeates the entire universe. five other scientists also came up with similar ideas at around the same time. but in this historic paper from 1964, peter higgs was the only one to have predicted the existence of the particle through which it operated. the only thing i, i think
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might deserve, you know, might deserve my name is the higgs boson because i draw attention to it, not because it wasn't there before, but because i pointed out that this was a rather special feature of this kind of theory. with the discovery of the higgs boson in 2012. researchers at the large hadron collider were able to complete the current theory of subatomic physics called the standard model. it also marked a moment where they could begin to search for new particles that would help them develop a more complete theory of how the universe works. professor stephen hawking described professor higgs work as an immense achievement. i would like to congratulate peter higgs for winning the nobel prize for predicting the existence of a particle now known as the higgs boson. the discovery of a particle with the correct properties confirms this prediction. this is a triumph for theory.
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professor higgs remained modest to the end about an achievement that has given researchers a new insight into how the universe works. i'll be back with all of the headlines and at the top of the hour and our panel. hello. tuesday was another wet, windy and fairly wild day of weather for many of us. we've had some really big waves around the coast, some coastal flooding, too, across parts of southern england and wales. this was the picture in new brighton, in wirral earlier on in the day. but the strongest of the winds, the heaviest of rain will be easing fairly quickly. so turning much quieter tonight and colder, especially in the east.
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as low pressure clears away into the north sea we've got this ridge of high pressure with us, at least temporarily, before the next weather system arrives. but under the clearing skies through this evening and tonight, those temperatures are going to drop quite quickly. so by the time we get to the early hours of wednesday morning, especially for central and eastern parts of scotland, central and eastern england, too — those temperatures 2—3 degrees in some of our urban areas, but a touch cool in that in the countryside. so i think a touch of frost around in the east. so the cold air mass with us. but it's not going to be long until this next area of milder air works in from the west behind this weather front, it's a warm front. it's going to track its way eastwards through wednesday, bringing rain, i think at times to all areas. best of any sunshine will be through the morning for eastern scotland and eastern england. there's the cloud and the rain, then tracking eastwards, the wind picking up from the southwest. so it's going to be a breezy day on wednesday. gusts up to around 30 miles an hour orso inland, perhaps a bit stronger than that around some coastal areas.
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but it won't be quite as windy as it has been during monday and tuesday. the heaviest of the rain will be across the north west of scotland here. but temperatures on the rise from the west so belfast up to around 16 degrees or so, probably one of the warmest spots on wednesday. moving through into thursday then, we have got that milder air with us because the winds are going to be coming in from more of a westerly direction. not much on this weather front. you can see here it will be easing away, but it could well bring some low cloud and drizzliness in the south to start the day. probably the best of the brightness on thursday will be for parts of north east england and eastern scotland. but i think most places should brighten up through the day. again, a bit of a breeze coming in from the west or the southwest and lifting temperatures to 18 or 19 degrees for some of us. so it's looking a bit milder on thursday and that milder trend continues into friday as well. but look at the blue colours that then return as we head through sunday and into next week. so temporarily some slightly warmer weather on the cards, particularly towards the south, 19, 20 degrees in london. more unsettled, though, further north. and then we're all going to see those temperatures dropping down as we head through the course
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of next week. bye— bye.
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hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. you're watching the context on bbc news. ina time in a time of danger like this in international affairs, close alliances really matter, and there is no closer alliance for us in our partnership with the united states. we also talked about the imperative of getting assistance to ukraine now, in terms of additional munitions, air defences, artillery. the message i got more clearly out of today is that it is now _ the united kingdom and europe that are going to take the lead _ on the so—called ukraine file. joining me to discuss the foreign secretary's visit
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and a range of other topics on the panel tonight, lord kim darroch, former uk ambassador to the us — and mona charen, policy editor and columnist at the bulwark, an anti—trump conservative website. first — the latest headlines. a group of older swiss women have won the first ever climate case victory in the european court of human rights. the women, mostly in their 70s, said that their age and gender made them particularly vulnerable to the effects of heatwaves linked to climate change. the court said switzerland's efforts to meet its emission reduction targets had been woefully inadequate. james and jennifer crumbley have been sentenced to 10—15 years each over a deadly gun attack by their son in 2021 at oxford high school, in michigan. the parents are the first to be held
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