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And coming up, was this song from the biggest album of the 21st century . Hello, and welcome. Turkish forces have continued to strike targets in North Eastern syria on the fourth day of their offensive against kurdish militias. Pressure is building in the United States to stop turkey continuing its military operation. Kurdish Authorities Say more than 190,000 people have been displaced as result of the turkish incursion, triggered by president trumps decision to withdraw us troops. Turkey says it wants to create a 20 mile deep buffer zone across the syrian border, what it calls a safe zone, free of kurdish militias. From akcakale on the turkish side of the border, our middle east correspondent martin patience sent this report. Despite the growing international pressure, turkeys not backing down. At the border, the build up continues. As turkey claims its taking control of a key syrian town. This pro turkish fighter says theyve just entered ras al ayn. Almost immediately, theres incoming fire from kurdish fighters. Tens of thousands of civilians from the town have already fled. Some are now sheltering in this school. How do you explain it to a child . There was shelling, says this man. I had to flee my house in the middle of the night. We didnt know where to go. We walked about six miles. And im sick and i dont have any medicine. But turkeys president says his fight is not against the kurdish people. Translation the west and the us all together say to us you are killing the kurds. The kurds are our brothers and sisters, our fight is not against the kurds, it is against terrorist organisations. Driven from their homes by the fighting, thats not how these people feel. Martin there. Martin patience reporting, and i spoke to martin live from akcakale a short while ago. Well, clearly, the Turkish Military are making advances. Weve seen in another town about 18 miles from where im standing, ras al ain, there has been fierce clashes there throughout the day, but Turkish Forces are inside that city. There was a claim by the turkish government that they had in fact taken that town. I saw a video from fighters inside that town and they almost immediately, as we saw in the report, came underfire, so that is disputed by the kurds. But we also know, according to local reports, the pro Turkish Forces have pushed about 20 miles deep into syria. Now, that is the limit of this proposed safe zone that turkey says its going to set up. But, significantly, there is a key highway there and Turkish Forces are now at that highway and, presumably, in the coming days, they will be looking to secure that. So i think today, there has been significant military developments. Martin, what about diplomatic developments . Theres been a meeting of the arab league in cairo, they condemned this as an act of aggression. Whats your sense from where any diplomatic solution, if any, could come to resolve this situation . I think theres only one man that president erdogan, the turkish leader, is listening to, and thats donald trump. He got the green light, effectively, from donald trump to carry out this offensive in a tweet late on sunday night. Now, donald trump, frankly, has been all over the shop on this issue. Hes condemned this turkish offensive, saying that he might place sanctions against the country. We dont know whether or not those sanctions are going to come into force. Thats certainly something the us congress wants. But i think what we will see over the coming days is increased pressure on donald trump from his own side to act and if he is going to enforce sanctions, then i think turkey may well change its tune, but, for now, president erdogan says this offensive will continue. He is determined to meet his objectives. Martin patience there. Jan egeland was a former key adviser to the Un Special Envoy for syria between 2015 and is. He chaired the humanitarian task force responsible for the safety and protection of syrian civilians. He explained the number of people this offensive is already affecting. This is a region with more than two million civilians all together under the control of the Syrian Defence forces, so called. Of those, 1. 3 million already need humanitarian assistance, so for every war day now, this is the fourth war day tens of thousands of new people are displaced, on top of the astronomic needs in this area, all an argument for a ceasefire, mediation from the west, this insanity has to stop. Turkey has very generously received more than three million syrians already. Its the most generous nation on earth, in terms of receiving refugees, european, we europeans can learn from turkey in that respect, but now they are displacing, turkey is the one displacing so people cannot go to where they sought refuge before on the turkish side, they flee from turkey, these people are not comfortable to go into Assad Government controlled areas, so they end up fleeing inside this area from one displacement camp to another, again an argument for us saying it is not a tsunami, it is not a natural disaster, this is man made from a to z and it is the two allies of washington, dc, of london, of brussels, that are now clashing, and engulfing civilians in cross fire. As humanitarians it is our role to be there in the hour of greatest needs of civilians but it very hard to provide real time assistance in a war zone, where you dont know what will happen next, and when there is cross fire and there is bombing, hundreds and hundreds of places have already been hit by air raids, or artillery, you know, fire, even the american soldiers say there have been close to being hit. It needs a ceasefire. Jan engeland there. The kenyan athlete, Eliud Kipchoge has become the first person to run a marathon in under two hours. The 34 year old covered the 26. 2 miles course in one hour 59 minutes and a0 seconds. However his time wont be recognised as an official record, as it wasnt in open competition and he followed a team of pacemakers. Ade adedoyin reports. 15 seconds. Eliud kipchoge came to vienna with his sights set on one thing. Running the quickest marathon ever. And from the word go, he was on track and well ahead of pace. The Detailed Planning was paying off. Some 41 pacemakers have been employed to be part of this challenge and every time they go past this point near the finishing line, they rotate. Just one of the many steps that been taken by the organisers to ensure that kipchoge ducks under that two hour mark. Special shoes propelled the kenyan further forward with each pace. They calculated the optimum course and weather, taking into his account, his biorhythms and even projecting a laser onto the road. But all of this means he cant be ratified as a world record by the world athletics governing body. He is pointing. As the finished approach, the pacemakers stepped away and kipchoge strolled into history. Into the final 20 seconds. Eliud kipchoge looks over his shoulder. 1 59 a0 the unofficial time im the happiest man to run under two hours. I want to inspire many people, to tell people, no human is limited, you can do it and expect all other runners around the world to run under two hours. Already a great athlete with world and olympic titles, kipchoge will now be remembered forever. Ade adedoyin, bbc news, vienna. Thousands crowded to watch kipchoges race on big screens in his home town of eldoret in kenya. The biggest cheers, of course, came from his mums house. And she shared herjoy, and relief. Translation my stomach was in knots. But now im feeling better. Im very happy that eliud has broken this record. Back in vienna, kipchoges coach, patrick sang, summed up the athletes achievement. A special moment for the sport, for eliud, for the people behind him, including me, and its we got a wonderful performance, wonderfulfeelings, we are going to go home a very happy lot. With pacemakers or no pacemakers, the distance was for the two kilometres, the full marathon. The legacy of the whole experience is that its telling us the message that we can take home is that no human is limited, that whatever we have been doing and thinking that this is the limit, the limit now is going to change, for everybody, for every human being at their work stations, you know, whatever sector you are in. People are going to think positive, people are going to set their limits a bit higher than what they had before. 0ur correspondent Celestine Karoney is in eldoret where eliud lives. To watch it in his home village, some 300 kilometres from the capital nairobi, iwatched it with the people who had a deep connection with eliud. His mother, his brother, his childhood friends, nieces, nephews, neighbours, and to see the emotions that was going through their faces as eliud went they watched each and every step as he went closer to that record, and for each and every one of them you could see the emotions as they questioned themselves, will he, will he not . You know, and it was really exciting to watch them at the end of their celebrating, in fact as eliud lifted his hands when he noticed yes, he could run under two hours, the celebrations had long begun in his mothers house. It was a really quite, it was quite a moment, it was one of those where were you kind of moments in life, and i think for many of those who were there today, especially in his village, they got that message that eliud has been trying to pass of no human is limited. When we spoke to them afterwards, all of them shared that message of, yes, they adored they were impressed by what he did and they were also inspired by what he did. This is what some of them had to say after the race. Its good, and i think it if really someone wants to go for what she really wants, you can really do that, if you really believe in yourself and trust in yourself. No human is limited to his abilities. This is history to be made. We are happy. He has told us he will do it, and that is why we love him. We come last night waiting for this record to happen and it has happened finally. Everybody in his village says eliud has been the kind of very disciplined person. In fact, i asked his mother what kind of a child was he growing up . She said this was someone who was always listening, disciplined, obedient. Everybody has something good to say about him. I guess it shows even in his athletics, you know, everywhere he goes, everything he does, he seems to touch people in a very positive way, and that is exactly what the message that the people in his village were passing through today, so, i guess its something that they will keep celebrating, they keep celebrating. Many of them, just for the record, did not really understand that this will not be an official world record, but when i asked, many of them said listen, we have made history, that is all we care about. Celestine karoney there. Celestine karoney there. Torrential rain and tornado like winds are lashing large parts of japan, as the country endures what could be its worst storm for 60 years. The eye of typhoon hagibis made landfall several hours ago in izu peninsula, southwest of tokyo. One man was killed when his car overturned. Several more are missing after a landslide destroyed two homes. At least 60 people have been injured. Rivers are overflowing in tokyo, where hundreds of thousands of people are vulnerable because they live below sea level. Millions were told to evacuate, but its thought only 50,000 had sought safety in shelters. 0ur correspondent in tokyo Rupert Wingfield hayes has the latest. Were getting very, very big gusts of wind here now in the middle of tokyo. This is really the peak of the storm now, the winds have not been quite as strong as was feared when this storm was moving towards the japanese coast earlier today. There are very strong gusts, but not so far here in the middle of tokyo the destructive winds that you know, that can come with such an enormous storm, but nevertheless, i can tell you the streets around me here are completely deserted. The odd taxi driving down the streets, but not a person in the streets. Incredibly deserted, eerily quiet in the middle of what is usually a very bustling city on a saturday night. What we have seen is an immense amount of rain falling over the last 12 18 hours, record amounts of rain in some areas, around mount fuji, where they saw around 500 millimetres of rain since friday. That has swollen rivers across the east coast of japan, and the three rivers around tokyo now are on a level five state of alert. That means that People Living along the rivers have been told to evacuate. That means tens of thousands of people have been told to go to shelters, to leave their homes because it is not clear whether these rivers are going to burst their banks tonight. Earlier i spoke to andrew higgins. Hes an english language teacher in tochigi, north of tokyo and he described what it was like there. Ive been feeling the apartment move mback and forth quite a bit from the strong gusts of wind. I think im kind of in the middle of it right now. You have been living injapan for the past several years, you have been through a few typhoons how bad does this one feel, how worried are you . Im not too worried. There have been evacuation orders for parts of town. I dont live particularly near any type of river or mountain side, so those things arent really concerning to me. Ifeel like this one, people seem to be taking a little bit more seriously than your typical typhoon, so i think it is kind of good japanese people are starting to take things more seriously concerning preparation for the weather. Yeah, this seems to be a little bit more serious than some of the other ones i have been through. What kind of warnings, preparations have you been told to make . We get emergency alerts on our phones that tell us what level we are at so that we can kind of prepare. Personally, i have already filled up some Water Bottles and had some spare things put aside, i have got things ready to go if i need to leave, which is actually the first time i have done that since i have been here so, yeah, i think i am taking it a little bit more seriously as well we know that1 Million People have been told to evacuate, but it seems that not many have actually heeded that warning does that surprise you . Sometimes, ifeel that people kind of look outside and go, oh, its ok, im ok here. So, by first glance, you should heed the warnings, definitely if youre living near the water or mountainsides, stuff like that. Japan has seen its fair share of natural disasters unfortunately, do you feel the country is prepared for any eventuality, do you feel quite safe . I would like to hope so i dont quite, you know, fully understand how things work in japanese government, but they seem to say that they are watching out for us, so you can kind of only hope that they have got the best intent for us. Andrew higgins talking to me a little earlier. The headlines on bbc news. Theres been fierce fighting in North Eastern syria, as Turkish Military continue their offensive against kurdish forces. The kenyan athlete Eliud Kipchoge makes history after becoming the first person to run a marathon in under two hours. Typhoon hagibis makes landfall in Japan Bringing torrential rain and strong winds. Millions of people have been urged to leave their homes. Police say around 3000 people have been taking part in the latest Extinction Rebellion protests in Central London. More than 1000 people have been arrested since the latest round of demonstrations started six days ago. 0ur correspondent Helena Wilkinson sent this report a short time ago. This is day six of the Extinction Rebellion demonstrations here in Central London and what is happening here this afternoon is what theyre calling a funeral procession. They wa nt to calling a funeral procession. They want to highlight what they say is the impact of Climate Change on animals and the climate. You can see skeletons and papier mache skeletons of animals skeletons and papier mache skeletons ofanimals in skeletons and papier mache skeletons of animals in this procession. They are making their way through what is one of the busiest areas in london for a saturday afternoon. They are making their way along 0xford for a saturday afternoon. They are making their way along Oxford Street around across along Regent Street and theyre going to end up not too far away from here. This is as i say day six of these demonstrations. We have seen over the past six days quite a lot of or disruption by the demonstrators. Police say more than 1100 people have been arrested over the course of the last six days. But this procession is going to make its way along to brussels square and thatis way along to brussels square and that is going to end up. These arent the end of these demonstrations. The protesters say they are going to continue to carry out protest over the next eight days 01 so out protest over the next eight days orso and out protest over the next eight days or so and they are wanting to highlight what they say is a Climate Emergency asking for governments to do much more. Helena wilkinson in Central London there. The veteran hollywood actress jane fonda has been arrested at a Climate Change protest in washington. After refusing to leave the steps of the Capitol Building she was led away by police in handcuffs. 16 others were arrested at the fire drill friday event which is held weekly by activists addressing the impact of Climate Change. Riot police have clashed with indigenous demonstrators in ecuadors capital quito for the 10th day in a row police fired tear gas and protestors responded with homemade mortars and fireworks. Demonstrators are demanding the return of fuel subsidies, scrapped by the government last week. The government is planning to change the law to reduce disruption to passengers when an airline goes into administration. The announcement, due in the queens speech on monday, follows the collapse of monarch and thomas cook which triggered huge repatriation operations. Our business correspondent, katie prescott, has more. When thomas cook and monarch went under, the airline regulator, the Civil Aviation authority, had to cobble together aeroplanes from around the world to bring stranded holiday makers home. Even though many passengers were not covered by the industrys atol scheme, a decision was taken to repatriate them to avoid people facing long waits to get back. In effect, they built a shadow airline recreating travel schedules out of other companys transport operations costing more than £100 million. This new legislation will allow the caa to use an airlines existing infrastructure, current planes and members of staff, aomething that hasnt previously been possible due to the uks insolvency laws. Keeping the fleet flying is one of the recommendations from the review into Airline Insolvency which came out in may this year, following that monarch collapse. It looked into the protections available to air passengers. The hope is this will reduce the need for Government Intervention and spending in any future cases. Katie prescott, bbc news. Cardinaljon henry newman has been named as the first british saint of the modern age. The prince of wales willjoin thousands of catholics from england and wales in the vatican tomorrow, for the canonisation of the victorian priest and poet. Catherine pepinster is the former editor of the catholic weekly and the tablet who expalined a bit more about cardinal newman. Who explained. He had a very long and very interesting life. He began life as an anglican, a member of the church of england, a priest. He was an academic, a fellow at oxford. He decided through many years of thought and troubled thought that he should leave the church of england and become a catholic, which was controversial at the time in the victorian age. He lost friends. He lost the friendship of relatives even over it. But his canonisation tomorrow recognises that he was a very holy person, he was dedicated to god and to his fellow man. He was an author of many, many books but he was also a priest and then eventually became a minister in birmingham. I imagine birmingham will be celebrating this day tomorrow. A cardinal administered to the paul and a cardinal administered to the pauland birmingham. Catherine, thank you very much indeed. To Mark National album day bbc radio two have revealed the list of the biggest albums in the 21st century. Compiled by the official charts company, the chart is based on physical sales, downloads and streams since the beginning over the past 19 years. Earlier, i spoke to radio twos Paul Gambaccini who said the album still had its place in the modern music industry. It used to be that artists liked to present a complete programme, a work of art, like a concert programme, on disc. Thus, you would have them concerned with the running order. Nowadays, thanks to the many conveniences we have, people like to listen on demand to the songs they want to hear, and they dont have the patience to listen to a ito minute programme. Thus, works like abbey road which we have just celebrated in the last fortnight seem like classical music. How could people have done this . Of course, it was the way people used to do it. But, really, the last band that does this, presents their work in the order in which they want you to hear it is coldplay, perhaps radiohead as well. Thats it, isnt it . How musicians want you to hear a piece of work, rather than a short bit of music. Lets listen to the top five in the top ten. Baby your smile is forever in my mind and memory. We we only said goodbye with words. Never mind ifind never mind i find someone like you. I wish nothing but the best for you too dont forget i remember you said dont forget i remember you said sometimes its less to love but it hurts instead. All amazing songs, arent they . I resisted singing along there, i dont want to hurt your ears, paul its an all brit school top three. All brit, isnt that amazing . Does that surprise you . Well, seeing as that the brit school hadnt been invented when the lp was invented, i think they can be very proud of what they have achieved. Amy winehouse was from brit school. Thats right, and adele. So, what do you see for the future of the lp now . If i knew, i would be a billionaire next year. Because there will be some artists who still want to produce statements. And how to get people to listen in long form . You know, just because we have now reached streaming doesnt mean this is now the end. I mentioned before so many different phases we have been through, and there will be another one. It could be dental implants. I mean, who knows how we are going to listen . But, nonetheless, you do need these great albums because you have seen how ed sheeran and adele have just been taken to the hearts of the world. Its a wonderful credit to the artists of this country. Paul gambaccini there. The creator of the popular Australian Television show neighbours, reg watson, has died aged 93. Neighbours, set on the fictional ramsay street, is australias all time longest running drama and is due to celebrate its 35th year in 2020. Executive producer of the show, jason herbison, described mr watson as a pioneer of drama and a lovely person to work with. Now its time for a look at the weather. Hello once again. Southern parts of britain really didnt see the very best of saturdays weather, to say the very least. Little bit further north, kinghorn in fife, well, glorious conditions there, as was the case across much of northern britain, simply because you were that much further away from this weather front, which is in no great urgency to quit the scene, i have to tell you. Its wiggling its way around the southern counties of britain, portions of it wanting to go a little bit further north, other portions wanting to go a little bit further south. You average it all out, it really isnt moving very far, very fast. So what youve got is what you keep. Temperatures, if youre stepping out early part of this evening, somewhere around ten to 13 degrees or so. Not overly cold by any means at all. But damp fare, to say the very least. And if youre staying out for any length of time, that rain will be getting into parts of wales, the midlands, through east anglia into the wee small hours. Further north, skies will be clear, some of the showers will dissipate and you will end up with a touch of frost underneath those clear skies in the north east quarter of scotland. But at least here youve got a bright start to sunday. That will not be the case as we look at this Clapham Junction here of frontal systems dominating the scene across the greater part of england and wales. So it is going to be a dank, miserable start to the day. There may be some dry weather for a time in the south east quarter, but it may not last because we have to swing a portion of these weather fronts ever further to the south and east as the body of rain works its way into the north of england, eventually perhaps into the south east quarter of scotland, on a day where the winds will not be much of a feature. So it is fairly slow changes about proceedings, but there will be some sunshine in northern and western scotland, Northern Ireland and eventually wales and the southern parts of england too. Top temperature on the day nothing special, only 16 degrees. Fairly complex picture as we move on into monday. Again we have that same wiggling weather front, still wanting to push some cloud and rain back into the south east quarter, and it isjoined by another feature, which mayjust thicken up the cloud and bring rain to the very far west of cornwall, maybe to pembrokeshire, but certainly it will work its way into the heart of Northern Ireland, maybe south west scotland later on. Generally speaking, the further north and east you are, the drier and finer your day will be. Take care. Bye bye. Good evening. There have been fierce clashes between turkish troops and kurdish militias in North Eastern syria. Much of the fighting has been in the border area near ras al ayn. Turkey claims its military has entered the town, but the kurdish Led Syrian Democratic forces dispute this. Since fighting broke out on wednesday, nearly 50 civilians in total are believed to have been killed on both sides of the border. More than 100,000 people have fled their homes. Ankara says it wants to establish a 20 mile deep buffer zone across the frontier with syria to keep out kurdish militias and resettle syrian refugees. From ak chakale on the turkish side of the border, our middle east correspondent, martin patience, has sent us this report. At the border, the build up continues. As turkey claims its taking control of a key syrian town. This pro turkish fighter says theyve just entered ras al ayn. Almost immediately, theres incoming fire from kurdish fighters. Tens of thousands of civilians from the town have already fled. Some are now sheltering in this school. How do you explain it to a child . This boy says he was at school when he heard an air strike nearby. He says the whole class dived under their desks. There was shelling, says this man. I had to flee my house in the middle of the night. We didnt know where to go. We walked about six miles. And im sick and i dont have any medicine. But turkeys president says his fight is not against the kurdish people. Translation the west and the us all together say to us, you are killing the kurds. The kurds are our brothers and sisters, our fight is not against the kurds it is against terrorist organisations. Driven from their homes by the fighting, thats not how these people feel. And martinjoins me now. Is there any sense the turks are getting the upper hand in all of this . They have far superior numbers to the kurds . Absolutely. In the past we have seen bus loads of fighters heading towards the border. As you said, they have the manpower and the weapons and they are, after all, and nato power and people think it is only a matter of time until these key target tines fall under turkish control. They have already taken a string of villages from kurdish fighters and we also wear hearing news that pro Turkish Forces have reached a key highway 20 miles from the turkish border. Today was a day of significant military development. And despite all the international criticism, president erdogan says this offensive will continue. Martin, thank you. Martin patience on the border. Lets take a look at some of the days other top stories. Police are continuing to investigate the events at Manchesters Arndale Shopping Centre yesterday after three people were stabbed and two others injured. The man believed to be the attacker has now been detained under the Mental Health act. A former army chief lord dannatt has expressed his disappointment that a proposed law designed to increase Legal Protection for military veterans who served in Northern Ireland has not been included in mondays queens speech. The Prime Minister had previously pledged to introduce the law before the next general election. New Research Suggests people in their 40s who are fast walkers are aging more slowly. Using a simple test scientists found that the bodies of slower walkers were ageing more quickly, their brains were smaller and their faces looked older. The biggest storm to hitjapan for 60 years has made landfall, bringing powerful winds and torrential rain to the west coast. Two people have been killed. Millions of people have been urged to leave their homes ahead of the arrival of typhoon hagibis. From tokyo, Rupert Wingfield hayes reports. This is the hii river near mount fuji. Usually it is a Clear Mountain stream. Today, it was turned into a raging, boiling torrent. Across central japan, typhoon hagibis has dumped record amounts of rain. 0n the Southern Side of tokyo, the tama river is now close to bursting point. Tens of thousands of people who live along its banks have been ordered to leave their homes. The big dangerfrom these sorts of events is water. Water is the thing that can do real damage, both if this river burst its banks, if it causes landslides in the mountains or, of course, when it reaches the sea. As night fell over tokyo, the eye of the storm approached, bringing winds gusting to over 140 kilometres per hour. This is the centre of shibuya, one of the busiest places normally in tokyo on a saturday night. Only i have never seen it as deserted as it is tonight. In fact, the whole of tokyo is incredibly deserted. The centre of the storm has now passed to the north of the city and it does not appear to have brought the really destructive winds that were first feared. That is good news for everybody including, of course, rugby fans. Today, japans rugby team had to wade their way onto a sodden field for some last minute practice. Saturdays big match between england and france had to be cancelled. But there is hope that japan will be able to take on scotland on sunday in a match that will decide which team goes through to the knockout stage of the Rugby World Cup. Rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. 0ne match in the Rugby World Cup did go ahead today, with ireland beating samoa by 47 points to five to go through to the quarter finals. Ireland did have a man sent off in the first half but still scored seven tries earning a bonus point to take them through, withJohnny Sexton scoring two of the tries. The kenyan athlete Eliud Kipchoge has become the first person to run a marathon in under two hours. The 34 year old covered the 26. 2 mile course in one hour, 59 minutes and a0 seconds. However, the time set in austria wont be recognised as an official record, partly because the run wasnt in open competition. From vienna, ade adedoyin has us sent this report. 15 seconds. Eliud kipchoge came to vienna with his sights set on one thing. Running the quickest marathon ever. And from the word go, he was on track and well ahead of place. The Detailed Planning was paying off. Some 41 pacemakers have been employed by the organisers to be part of this challenge and every time they go past this point near the finishing line, they rotate. Just one of the many steps that have been taken by the organisers to ensure that kipchoge ducks under that two hour mark. Special shoes propelled the kenyan further forward with each pace. They calculated the optimum course and weather, taking into account his biorhythms and even projected a laser onto the road. But all this means it cant be ratified as a world record by athletics world governing body. Hes pointing. Come on, he says. As the finish line approached, the pacemakers stepped away and kipchoge strode into history. Into the final 20 seconds, Eliud Kipchoge. Looks over his shoulder. 1 59 a0 the unofficial time. Im the happiest man to run under two hours. In order to inspire any people. To inspire people, that no humman is limited. You can do it. I expect more of that, for all of the world to run under two hours. Already a great athlete with world, and olympic titles, kipchoge will not be remembered forever. Will now be. Ade adedoyin, bbc news, vienna. Thats it. Theres more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel and ill be back with the late news at 10. 15pm. Now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. Bye for now. Now, time for all the sports news. Good afternoon. We have euro qualifiers and world gymnastic jumping ship to we have euro qualifiers and world gymnasticjumping ship to come, but we will start with the Rugby World Cup. Ireland are through to the quarter finals of the Rugby Union World cup after a 47 5 win over samoa. Bundee aki was shown a red card in the 29th minute, becoming the first ireland player to be sent off during a world cup. It was still a relatively comfortable seven try win for ireland. Katie gornall reports from fukuoka. En fukuoka, it was business as usual. Tucked safely away from the typhoon path, robbie was centre stage here, the only game to have survived the weather. Ireland are in japan for one thing only, for then the equation was simple, a bonus point win would guarantee them a place in the quarterfinals. How about this for a start . Barely three minutes and, and rory best had bulldozed his way through. Momentum can bea bulldozed his way through. Momentum can be a powerfulforce, five samoans can be a powerfulforce, five samoa ns fell by can be a powerfulforce, five samoans fell by the wayside. Samoa we re samoans fell by the wayside. Samoa were holding up about as well as it up, giving up on a try soon after, this time, Johnny Sexton scampering over. I dont already looked out of sight. This may be samoa . Last game of the world cup but they were determined to leave their mark. The only real downside for ireland was this. A dangerous tackle and a red ca rd this. A dangerous tackle and a red card for bundee aki. Even with only 14 card for bundee aki. Even with only 1a men, ireland were too much for samoa, that bonus point was wrapped up samoa, that bonus point was wrapped up before half time, Johnny Sexton again, relief all round. After that, ireland accrues clear, and economy put the finishing touches on a comprehensive win. Ireland is for you, but whether or not they topple ais you, but whether or not they topple a is outside their control. It is job done for ireland who will now face either new zealand or south africa in the quarterfinals, which depends on what does or doesnt happen tomorrow. I think this a bit more uncertainty at this time. The last time we play france, we knew it would be playing argentina, there was some certainty that we could do to prepare for that. It is a bit awkward because we have to wait until the final game in the pool and find out then exactly who we may be playing. Unfortunately, the performance againstjapan, we kind unfortunately, the performance against japan, we kind of lost control of that. But we also knew the ten points from the next two games would guarantee us quarterfinals. We have done that and willjust quarterfinals. We have done that and will just have to quarterfinals. We have done that and willjust have to see what happens tomorrow. Scotland will find out tonight if their must win match with japan tomorrow can go ahead after a pitch inspection which is planned for 10pm uk time. The arrival of typhoon hagibis means the match is in doubt and the adverse weather conditions are already clear. This is the Japanese Team trying to navigate their way out to training in tokyo. If the game is cancelled scotland will be eliminated from the tournament. Its frustrating, both as a playing group and as an individual, your book so hard to come to competitions like bus and plane these types of games. You like bus and plane these types of games. You work so like bus and plane these types of games. You work so hard. 0bviously, games. You work so hard. Obviously, we cant control what the weather will do but i think to have a back up plan is something that needs to be looked at. There was no qualifying at the japanese grand prix today that was called off yesterday when it was known typhoon hagibis would hit. Qualifying is now due to take place before the race tomorrow 2am uk time. You can follow it weather permitting on the bbc sport website. Eliud kipchoge has become the first athlete to run a marathon in under two hours. The kenyan covered the course in vienna in one hour 59 minutes and a0 seconds in vienna, although it wont be recognised as the official marathon world record as ade adedoyin explain. He tried is back in 2017 butjust finish 26 seconds out of eight. No m ista kes finish 26 seconds out of eight. No mistakes today is becomes the first man in history to run the marathon two hour stop i have his coach with me. First of all, just tell me how momentous and cogent this is for you and him . Yes, today is a special day to go in the history books, a special moment for the sport, for Eliud Kipchoge, the people behind him, including me. A wonderful performance, wonderfulfinish. Him, including me. A wonderful performance, wonderful finish. We are going to go home very happy. He came so are going to go home very happy. He came so close in a 2017, what made you so confident this time that he would do it . End of 2017, it was a new territory, there was a lot of people talking about impossibilities and all of that. Not knowing everything. 0ut and all of that. Not knowing everything. Out of that, we also learn some lessons. The fact that he was 26 seconds shy was a big lesson in itself, that it was very possible. What you think the legacy of all this will be . He has broken the mythical two hour marathon mark, it wont be a world record because of the rotating but what do you think the impact this will have on marathon running . All the same, with pacemakers or no pacemakers, the distance was the full marathon. The legacy of the whole experience is that it legacy of the whole experience is thatitis legacy of the whole experience is that it is telling us that no human is limited, whatever we have been doing and thinking it is the limit the limit is now going to change for everybody, for every human being at their workstations whatever sector you are in, people are going to think positive, people are going to set their limits a bit higher than what they were before. Good to talk to you. Eliud kipchoge said today it wasnt about world records, it was an opportunity to show that you should put any limits on your cell. He said it was a particular special moment to celebrate with his wife and children being here, he said they have been the driving force of what he has achieved here today. Eliud kipchoges feat has been held by fellow athletes, including those who had as peacemakers in vienna. By fellow athletes, including those who had as peacemakers in viennam doesnt matter at the setup, it doesnt matter at the setup, it doesnt matter at the setup, it doesnt matter anything else, he cove red doesnt matter anything else, he covered that distance, pushing his own body to do that even though we we re own body to do that even though we were helping him, it is not like we gave him extra power to do what he did he was running a2 kilometres all on his own, even though we were helping. This is something on par with all the achievements that have been done, breaking the four minute mile, and this one. This one goes down in history as the most amazing performance we have seen in our lifetime. Just a couple of user go, it was impossible to break the world record on two and three, before that, to five. We are always getting better. And marathon, it is mostly about the mindset and what you think of. Im pretty sure that people wont see the two hour barrier is that big of a challenge in future. As well as those running alongside him, Eliud Kipchoge had a backroom staff. It is something that captures humanity, everybody will watch this, everybody will get excited about it. Youd like to think it is a legacy on participation, getting more people involved, young people thinking that they might take up running. I also think that the key thing here is that somebody has got the courage to try, and it doesnt matter what you do, really, in order to do something monumental, you need the courage to try. He has an aura around him, he has a presence, he really does. The guys around him at all champions in their own right, but the respect of them tells you everything that you need to know. He just has that little step above everybody else. Some people massively respected him already, even more so now. The republic of ireland have maintained their unbeaten record in euro 2020 qualifying, drawing 0 0 with georgia in tbilisi. The result means ireland stay top of group d for now, on 12 points from six games. Denmark can move above them on goal difference if they beat switzerland. Lydia campbell reports. With qualification to next years European Championship still in irish hands, the knew five points from the last three games would seal it. They we re last three games would seal it. They were nearly off to a flyer, hitting the post within a0 minutes. They might rank 63 places below ireland, but georgia were carrying the greatest threat, just lacking that killer touch. With no spark from the men in green, it was time to hand the reins over to over to some new blood. The teenager help brighton be touch and hotspot last weekend, he came close here. Totte n ha m weekend, he came close here. Tottenham hotspur. Before having a glorious chance right at the death. No fairy tale finish for connolly or ireland, and with games against switzerland and denmark to come, their task has just become so much harder. Manchester city moved top of the Fa Womens Super League with a 3 0 win over struggling Birmingham City this afternoon. The hosts went ahead when kiera walshs long range effort took a deflection to edge past Hannah Hampton on 27 minutes. Shortly after half time Tessa Wullaert doubled the lead with a close range finish, before substitute lee geum min wrapped up the win with ten minutes to go. Defeat for birmingham leaves them bottom of the table. Its an International Weekend in the mens game but there are fixtures in the lower leagues in england and scotland all the results can we found on the bbc sport website. There has been plenty of british success at the world gymnastics championships today with olympic champion max whitlock regaining his World Champion title in the pommel horse event after an impressive routine in stuggart. Thats whitlocks third gold medal on the pommel horse. Irelands Rhys Mcclenaghan finished third, becoming the first irish gymnast to win a world medal. There was disappointment for britains becky downie. She led for much of the uneven bars event only to be pushed down to second by belgiums nina derwael who was the final competitor. It just itjust means so much, it has taken so many years. Ijust cannot believe that i have done it. It has not a lwa ys that i have done it. It has not always gone your way, but you did it today. I am so happy. It is a routine i have been working on for so long. I have up my game, im super happy. Even though i might not look at. And its proven to be a day to rememberfor the downie family as beckys younger sister ellie took bronze in the vault. That event that was won by by simone biles. It was her 23rd World Championship medal equalling the record held by vitaly scherbo. To tennis and the british number two, heather watson, is into her first wta final for three years. Watson beat Veronika Kudermetova in straight sets in the semi finals at the tianjin 0pen. Shell face swedens rebecca peterson, ranked 59th in the world in tomorrows final. Waston is already guaranteed a return to the world top 100. Stratum won the the big race of the day the cesarewitch at newmarket. The 25 1 shot ridden by jason watson who wore the blue and white colours of brighton and hove albion owner, tony bloom came injust ahead of Party Playboy at 50 1. Summer moon was third, also at 50 1. Expensive race for the bookies that one. Former england head coach andy flower is leaving the england and Wales Cricket board after 12 years. The zimbabwean was head coach of england for five years between 2009 and 201a and in that time england won three ashes series, a world twenty20 and became the number one test side in the world. For the last five years, flower has coached the england lions. We are just a few minutes away from the Super League Grand final at old trafford. Salford red devils were 150 1 outsiders to reach the final at the start of the season, but they will line up against st helens who have won the trophy five times since it was introduced in 1998. Kind of trying not to think about it, i think other people look at it and think how big it is, how big the occasion will be. But for me, im just focused on doing myjob at the moment, making sure that we prep. Stuff like that might hurt afterwards, at the moment, the magnitude of it has not hit, although we know it is going to be a special occasion and a special day. Finishing the season like this is a credit to the players, it is the best result in the history of the game, so credit to the players. Now we are going to do it where it counts, we were good enough to do it at the semifinal. Now to go out and do it again. Its going to be a great day, it is more than any game, we know that. We are going to continue playing the way that we have been playing. Thats all the sport for now. Hello once again. Southern parts of britain really didnt see the very best of saturdays weather, to say the very least. Little bit further north, kinghorn in fife, well, glorious conditions there, as was the case across much of northern britain, simply because you were that much further away from this weather front, which is in no great urgency to quit the scene, i have to tell you. Its wiggling its way around the southern counties of britain, portions of it wanting to go a little bit further north, other portions wanting to go a little bit further south. You average it all out, it really isnt moving very far, very fast. So what youve got is what you keep. Temperatures, if youre stepping out early part of this evening, somewhere around ten to 13 degrees or so. Not overly cold by any means at all. But damp fare, to say the very least. And if youre staying out for any length of time, that rain will be getting into parts of wales, the midlands, through east anglia into the wee small hours. Further north, skies will be clear, some of the showers will dissipate and you will end up with a touch of frost underneath those clear skies in the north east quarter of scotland. But at least here youve got a bright start to sunday. That will not be the case as we look at this Clapham Junction here of frontal systems dominating the scene across the greater part of england and wales. So it is going to be a dank, miserable start to the day. There may be some dry weather for a time in the south east quarter, but it may not last because we have to swing a portion of these weather fronts ever further to the south and east as the body of rain works its way into the north of england, eventually perhaps into the south east quarter of scotland, on a day where the winds will not be much of a feature. So it is fairly slow changes about proceedings, but there will be some sunshine in northern and western scotland, Northern Ireland and eventually wales and the southern parts of england too. Top temperature on the day nothing special, only 16 degrees. Fairly complex picture as we move on into monday. Again we have that same wiggling weather front, still wanting to push some cloud and rain back into the south east quarter, and it isjoined by another feature, which mayjust thicken up the cloud and bring rain to the very far west of cornwall, maybe to pembrokeshire, but certainly it will work its way into the heart of Northern Ireland, maybe south west scotland later on. Generally speaking, the further north and east you are, the drier and finer your day will be. Take care. Bye bye. This is bbc news. Im samantha simmonds. The headlines at 6pm. Turkish forces continue to strike targets in North Eastern syria, on the fourth day of their offensive against kurdish forces. Cheering. A moment of sporting history as kenyan athlete Eliud Kipchoge becomes the first person to run a marathon in under two hours. I am the happiest man to run under two hours in order to inspire many people, to tell people that no human is limited, you can do it. Two people are killed as typhoon hagibis, the biggest storm to hitjapan in 60 years, makes landfall near tokyo tens of thousands of people are being told to go to shelters, to leave their homes, because it is not clear whether these rivers are going to burst their banks tonight