As a devastating typhoon sweeps across japan. It brought over one metre of rain and wind speeds in excess of 110 mph, but now typhoon hagibis is pulling away north and eastwards. Well look at the forecast in the next half an hour. Scotlands crucial world cup match against japan is on at the yokohama stadium. Well be live there with the latest in the next few minutes. Commentator 1 40. Commentator 1 40. The official. That says wife elliott kipchoge storms into the history books in vienna. And he made history becoming the first man to run a marathon in under two hours. Well speak to Eliud Kipchoge after 8am. Its sunday the 13th of october. Good morning. Our top story the wife of a us diplomat who was involved in a car crash that killed the british teenager harry dunn says shes been left devastated by the accident. Last night, the Foreign Office revealed that Anne Sacoolas no longer has diplomatic immunity because shes now back in the United States. Harrys parents, whove been campaigning
Involved in a fatal car crash no longer has diplomatic immunity because shes returned to the united states. Typhoon hagibis sweeps across japan killing at least 18 rivers have burst their banks in over a dozen different places, and almost half a million homes are without power in tokyo. More than 130,000 people have been displaced from rural areas in North Eastern syria, as a result of fightingbetween turkish led forces and kurdish militia. Borisjohnson is planning to scrap the system of rail franchises the Prime Minister will use tomorrows queens speech to announce proposals for a fundamental overhaul of the railways. Before the papers a look at the sport. John watson is at the bbc sport centre with news about the Rugby World Cup and other sport as well . News on scotlands match which is on injust a moment but we start with the action already under way. Wales up against uruguay, a win will see them top the group and avoid england in the quarterfinals. Warren gatland makes 13 changes a
They need to beat the hosts and at least match the number of bonus points both teams receive, if theyre to make it through to the quarter finals. And coming up in half an hour, David Sillito reports on the shortlisted buildings, including the winner, for the 2019 Riba Stirling prize, one of the most prestigious awards in architecture. Hello, good morning. The family of harry dunn, the 19 year old who died in a fatal collision in northamptonshire with an American Woman who then fled to the us, are due to fly there this morning to raise concerns about the case. Lawyers for Anne Sacoolas say shes prepared to meet them. Ministers say mrs scoolas no longer has diplomatic immunity, because shes returned to the United States. Simon jones has more. Theyve ta ken their fight forjustice to the Foreign Office in london, and now harry dunns parents are flying to the us. They say ever since harrys death, theyve been trapped in a nightmare. He was killed on this road, hit by a car believed to be dri
Yesterday. And coming up in half an hour, David Sillito reports on the shortlisted buildings including the winner for the 2019 Riba Stirling prize, one of the most prestigious awards in architecture. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Thereve been fierce clashes between turkish troops and kurdish militias in northeastern syria. Much of the fighting has been in the border area near ras al ain. 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 are believed to have been killed and 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 akchakale on the turkish side of the border our middle east correspondent, martin patience, has sent us this report. Despite the growing international pressure, turkeys not backing down. At t
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 40 the unofficial time. Im 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. 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 no