And coming up the new cardinals appointed by pope francis and the military action in syria are two of the topics of dicussion on dateline london. Thats in half an hour here on bbc news. Hello. Good morning. The kenyan Long Distance runner, Eliud Kipchoge has made history in vienna this morning, becoming the first athlete to run a marathon in under two hours. Becoming the first athlete to run the 34 year old covered the 26. 2 miles course in one hour 59 minutes and a0 seconds. But that time will not be recognised as the official marathon world record because it was not in open competition. Another reason for it not being recgonised, is the team of rotating pacemakers that he used, who were guided by a laser in the road, which kept them within the two hour time limit. Heres the closing moments of the run. 300 metres to go, he can see the finish line here Neil Armstrong we had on the moon in 1969. Roger bannister, the four minute mile 65 years ago. Edward hillary, the first man to climb e
Coming up click looks at whether electric cars are a credible replacement for petrol vehicles. Thats in half an hour on bbc news. Hello, good afternoon. The kenyan Long Distance runner, Eliud Kipchoge has made history in vienna this morning, becoming the first athlete to run a marathon in under two hours. The 34 year old covered the 26. 2 miles course in1 hour, 59 minutes and a0 seconds. But that time will not be recognised as the official marathon world record because it was not in open competition. Another reason for it not being recgonised, is the team of rotating pacemakers that he used, who were guided by a laser in the road, which kept them within the two hour time limit. Heres the closing moments of the run. 300 metres to go, he can see the finish line here neil armstrong, we had on the moon in 1969. Roger bannister, the four minute mile 65 years ago. Edmund hillary, the first man to climb everest in 1953. We have one minute to go. Eliud kipchoge is on his way here. This humble
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 taken control of a key syrian town. This pro turkish fighter says theyve just entered ras al ain. Almost immediately, there is incoming fighterfrom kurdish fighters. Allahu akbar. Tens of thousands of civilians from the town have already fled. Some are now sheltering in the school. But 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, ourfight is not against the kur
Ready for storm brexit . I am on good morning from bbc london. Im sonja jessop. Detectives have launched a murder board one support vessel in the investigation after a 17 year old thames this morning to find out. Boy was stabbed to death in broad in sport, an 8 goal thriller daylight in westminster. On the south coast a double from jadon sancho police were called to edgware road just before two helps secure victory over kosovo in the afternoon yesterday. As englands march to euro 2020 so far no arrests have been made. Continues. From lust for life to the death of his friend david bowie, we hear from the godfather of punk, iggy pop. And after a bit of a cloudy and damp shopkeepers across london are to be start to the day in the uk things visited by police to try to persuade them to sign up to a new deal aimed are set to turn that bit brighter at tackling knife crime. Later but for some it will be gusty. Called the responsible retailer agreement, it would see them i will have the full fo
At this moment, as we come face to face with death, let us draw close in love, travel together in these difficult hours and days and open our hearts to comfort one another. May love and peace rest with you and those whom you love and with those who love you, today and always. Thank you, helen. That now is the conclusion to this short remembrance ceremony. Please take the time, if you can, to look at the wonderful tributes and flowers to andrew. This is just tributes and flowers to andrew. This isjust a small tributes and flowers to andrew. This is just a small part of the many tributes that have been laid at the scene of andrews death and also received by the force from both police colleagues, fire, ambulance, military and members of the public as well, and a true reflection of how andrews passing has been felt by us locally, but also by the rest of the country. Thank you for coming andi of the country. Thank you for coming and i wish you well for the rest of the day. Thank you. The sc