And, coming up at 10 30, the travel show is in the jungles of borneo, exploring malaysias biggest state. 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. The 34 year old covered the 26. 2 miles course in 1 59. 40. 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. Well speak to a sports psychologist in a moment about the scale of his achievement, but first, 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 yea rs bannister, the four minute mile 65 years ago, edward hillary, the first man to climb everest in 1953, we have one minute to go, Eliud Kipchoge is on his way here. This humble farmer who used to run two miles to School Every Day and back, he used to go to the nearest town on his bike to sell milk at the local market, and, now, through hard work and discipline, he is pointing come on, he says Eliud Kipchoge has the hand of history on his shoulder he has less than 200 metres to go Eliud Kipchoge, lets keep an eye on the clock, into the final 20 seconds, Eliud Kipchoge 1 59. A0 the unofficial time. Eliud kipchoge fantastic 1 59. A0 the unofficial time, the first man to run a marathon in under two hours, one final lung busting stride for Eliud Kipchoge, one giant leap for human endeavour. Eliud kipchoge was right no endeavour. Eliud kipchoge was right no human is limited. Well, after the race, kipchoge compared his achievements to the Roger Bannisters sub four minute mile, more than 60 years ago. I am feeling good. It has taken 65 years for a human being to make history in sport. After Roger Bannister made history in 195a. It took another 63 years. I try it and now it is 65 years. Ive tried and 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, and im expecting more after seeing this, all of the world to run under two hours after today. 0ur sport presenterjohn watson has been watching the race all morning and joins us now from the bbc sport centre in salford. What an achievement. Very special moment, he had attempted this two yea rs moment, he had attempted this two years ago and missed out on setting a record by 26 seconds. Him and his tea m a record by 26 seconds. Him and his team have left no stone unturned in their preparation for the attempt this time around. They used a meteorologist to assess conditions out in vienna, it was hand picked for the very flat course, a 4. 4 mile. 4. 4times for the very flat course, a 4. 4 mile. 4. 4 times circuit in vienna, some of the surface was just adjusted to try to shave off those seconds to make it count this time and as we saw him cross the line, he managed to do so this morning, a very special achievement and as we see him alongside those pace setters, an elite team of runners put around him to achieve this, world champions, 0lympic champions, over 40 pacesetters who are essentially switching in and out throughout the sub hour attempt, and it is of course they have helped him get over the line today but a really special moment for Eliud Kipchoge and he has spoken about the legacy he wants to leave in the sport and he wants to leave in the sport and he has done that with this record breaking, this world best time today. Just a word about this issue of it not being a official world record, what are the various issues that arise . There are three which means it isnt classed as an official world record. 0ne which means it isnt classed as an official world record. One of those is that Eliud Kipchoge was only running by himself and running against the clock in this instance. The second is the use of those pa cesetters. The second is the use of those pacesetters. That isnt allowed when you are attempting an official time. It is also the use of drink stations. In a regular marathon, you see the competitors running to those drink stations positioned on the sides of the course. In this instance, he had those drinks and the nutrition he took on board throughout being brought to him by people on a bike so it is essentially because of those three factors which makes this an unofficial record. Itll go down in the guinness book of World Records it will not be an officially sanctioned time. So, not such a bad thing for him, you have to say because he already holds the official world record, at two hours one minute and 39 seconds so he shaved one minute 59 seconds off that record so he now holds both. It is an incredible achievement and a special moment, something that, following that attempt two years ago, he has set his eye on this effort to break this two hour barrier. You talk about those achievements, you talk about those effo rts achievements, you talk about those efforts of sir edmund hillary, his ascent on everest, Roger Bannister breaking the record for the four minute mile, the moon landings and it is being put in that bracket of achievements and it goes to show what is achievable, pushing those attem pts what is achievable, pushing those attempts at human endeavour, and he has done that. John, thanks so much and great scenes in vienna, held aloft by all those celebrating him. Joining me now from salford is faye didymus, a senior lecturer in sport and exercise psychology at Leeds Beckett university. She is in salford. Quite apart from the physical achievement, the psychological element to this is enormous, isnt it . It is, yes. These ultra or endurance athletes are made up of such a unique set of characteristics that the majority of the human population can only strive to achieve but the amount of dedication and passion and commitment and discipline these athletes in particular Eliud Kipchoge has put in is phenomenal. I still cannot believe he has run under two hours over 26. 2 miles, it is just crazy. We were under two hours over 26. 2 miles, it isjust crazy. We were talking about the pacemakers. Psychologically, when you are mid marathon, what difference do they make . when you are mid marathon, what difference do they make . I think it depends on the individual athletes make up because everybody is different. But knowing youre surrounded by a team of the very best athletes in the world, i think thatis best athletes in the world, i think that is probably quite inspirational. And we heard eliud speak about the pacemakers he had, and it seemed to me he felt quite inspired by that and quite supported by the people he had around him. And a word about the preparation for this. Clearly he is the best in the world already, that isnt being contested but would there have been special preparations because of what he was setting out to do today, do you think . Absolutely. This is a day in history. The preparation would have been phenomenal. The team around him as formidable and i would imagine it has been going on for months and months and months, they did a warm up back in august so its been going on quite some time and we know from research, particularly the one weve done at the Carnegie School of sport, preparation for these high endurance and elite events is absolutely key. Fail to prepare, prepare to fail. It would have been going on for months. And you cant control Something Like the weather. We were talking about the course and to an extent it is fat and theyve done something to the corners to help them on the surface is different but you want it to be a calm, reasonably cool day as well. Absolutely. I think there was also a tea m absolutely. I think there was also a team of meteorologists there to support, looking at the weather over the last few weeks, so you want the conditions to be ideal and that is what we got today. 0bviously, working in psychology, we know to control the controllables, theres nothing to do about the weather but they would have put on hold had the weather not been ideal today. They would have put on hold had the weather not been ideal todaym raises the question, he did it at the end there, looking fresh as a daisy, i might add, not looking as if he had run a marathon at all, but this idea that humankind can go faster and faster and further and further. Where do you stand on that . Its an interesting question. I was thinking about it this morning at brea kfast. Thinking about it this morning at breakfast. I like the slogan there are no limits, it is inspiring, it helps people to push boundaries but how quick can we physically get across a marathon distance . I dont know. Im excited to see where running goes in the next five or ten yea rs running goes in the next five or ten years but im excited to see if and when eliud is going to put this time into a proper marathon race. We will see in the coming months, no doubt. Thank you very much, faye. Japan is bracing itself for one of the strongest storms to hit the country in decades. One man is already reported to have died after his car turned over in strong winds. Typhoon hagibis is expected to make landfall near the capital, tokyo in the next couple of hours, lashing areas that are still recovering from another storm last month. 0ur tokyo correspondent, Rupert Wingfield hayes, sent this update. This is the station in tokyo, and on a saturday afternoon this place would be jammed with tourists and shoppers. This year is the famous scramble crossing, one of the most famous sites in tokyo are normally ona famous sites in tokyo are normally on a saturday afternoon there would be thousands of people going across here but now its pretty much com pletely here but now its pretty much completely deserted. That goes for the whole of tokyo, the greater tokyo area, everything has been pretty much shut down ahead of this storm, the metro system, the railways, both of tokyos airports are closed down, as is the famous bullet train. And that is because, although it doesnt look like it yet, ina although it doesnt look like it yet, in a few hours from now, we will have wins coming through here well in excess of 100 kilometres an hour. So, this is the river, one of the main large Rivers Running through tokyo, this is on the southern end of tokyo. You can see just how swollen it is already. There is now a Flood Warning in effect for People Living on the banks of the river because, as you can see, it is already very, very high with more rain falling. This is the real dangerfor a high with more rain falling. This is the real danger for a typhoon of this size. Huge rainfall has fallen over the last few hours up in the mountains to the rest of tokyo. Now that rain is coming down the rivers, swelling them, and in danger of breaking the banks. This isjust one of d oze ns breaking the banks. This isjust one of dozens of rivers along the coast here. It is always the big danger from 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 if it reaches the sea, as the typhoon comes up the coast in the few hours, itll push a storm surge ahead of it, which means the water coming out of these rivers that can cause flooding along the coast of this is the real test, in the next few hours, to see what happens in these rivers, how high they go, and whether the flood defences hold. Lets talk to Alina Jenkins from the bbc weather team. What are we talking about here in meteorological terms . We are what are we talking about here in meteorologicalterms . We are keeping a close eye on this. It was a violent typhoon. You can see how it has developed over the last 24 hours, can you see the defined eye . Asign of hours, can you see the defined eye . A sign of a powerful storm. It has started to weaken as it approaches the south coast of japan, it has reached the main island of the four japanese islands. It has weakened but lets not be fooling ourselves because it is a dangerous storm. In terms of windy speed, it will be making landfall imminently in the next couple of hours, somewhere in the west of tokyo with windy in excess the west of tokyo with windy in excess of 100 miles an hour, hundred 60 kilometres an hour. They will start to diminish. As ever with these storms, some of the dangerous weather isnt from the strength of the wind but from the storm surge and the subsequent rainfall. There has been some thoughts this has been compared to the typhoon of 1959, typhoon vera, but in terms of wind strength, nowhere close because that was packing windy of 300 kilometres an hour but this will be much more ofa rain an hour but this will be much more of a rain event. This is the forecast for the next 24 hours and you can see the amount of rain piling across the island going north and east words. They are talking widely of 600 million metres of rain and the Japanese Meteorological Agency have issued a rare purple warning so the concern initially is for the strength of the wind and the storm surge and then the amount of rain falling. And when it comes to measuring the rain, it is a combination . When we are measuring typhoons and hurricanes we look at wind strength and pressure so the one in 1959, really strong winds and stronger pressure and this doesnt compare in terms of windy and pressure but it is bringing much more rain. Thank you very much. Lets talk now via webcam to mark stevenson. Hes a scotland rugby fan in yokohama, waiting to hear if the teams scheduled match with japan will go ahead on sunday. Welcome, what is the latest you are hearing on that . No official news yet on the game, there is an announcement, an inspection in the morning and an announcement later but at the moment it is sit tight, see how the storm goes and hopefully it wont cause much damage or problems. Over the last few days, what sort of level of information have you received in the build up to sunday . As far as the weather goes, quite a bit. Weve been following various twitter feeds, social media and the news out here, so theyve been providing updates about when the storm is coming, giving us advice on what to do, which is sit tight, stock up with water and food to see us through and tomorrow as well. And basicallyjust to be safe. Give us a sense of where you are in relation to where this is going to hit. We will be in the middle of it, we are in yokohama at the moment, not too far from the harbour in yokohama. At the moment we are expecting it to be about hpm, 9pm in our time. Expecting it to be about hpm, 9pm in ourtime. So, expecting it to be about hpm, 9pm in our time. So, already, expecting it to be about hpm, 9pm in ourtime. So, already, it is starting to get pretty strong winds and heavey rain, definitely in the last hour it has got worse. We are sitting tight and expecting the worse to come in a couple of hours. As you and i talk we are watching pictures of the Japanese Rugby Team having to wade through water at the foot of the steps of their stadium, which is quite extraordinary. It doesnt suggest that game is looking that likely but we dont know yet. Just remind us, in terms of the significance of this game from a scottish point of view, this one matters, doesnt it . It does, yes. If the game doesnt go ahead, and it is cancelled, the game will be declared a draw which doesnt give scotla nd declared a draw which doesnt give scotland enough points to proceed into the knockout stages. An awful lot riding on this one. We are very keen to gain goes ahead in any which way. We have spoken to quite a few fa ns way. We have spoken to quite a few fans and we would be happy if it was played behind closed doors to get the game going ahead and make sure it is paid to give us a chance to battle for the quarter final position on the pitch. On paper it looks a good game. Just a final word on you and going to japan looks a good game. Just a final word on you and going tojapan and, hopefully, whatever happens, this doesnt tarnish for you what must have been a great experience. Not at all, no it has been fantastic. The japanese people have embraced the world cup and theyve definitely made it. It is our third world cup and we are really impressed with everything put in place, and, then, theyve also got games makers as we had at the london olympics who have been amazing, hospitality has been amazing, they have gone out of their way to make special time for People Like Us that have travelled to their country. So really good and, you know, this was expected, to a certain degree, it is typhoon season, so we take it on the chin and wait for it to pass. Im sure tomorrow night mingling with the fans, the locals and we will be having a good time. We hope so and stay safe in the meantime. Hope you get some good news in the next few hours, thank you very much. Sport and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre. Many thanks. Lets pick up on the news of Eliud Kipchoges achievements this morning becoming the first person to run a marathon in under two hours, the kenyan completing the 26. 2 mile course in vienna in a time of 1 59. 40. Vienna picked for its perfect conditions, a flat course, temperatures around 10 degrees in vienna, around that course in the park. Eliud kipchoge reflecting on those achievements this morning, problems with the pictures we were trying to bring you but great achievement for Eliud Kipchoge as weve been hearing on bbc news, being the first person to runa bbc news, being the first person to run a marathon under two hours. Lets turn our attention to matters at the rugby world cup. Injapan as you are referring to, concerns for scotla nd you are referring to, concerns for scotland as we know hoping their match will be on againstjapan, the hosts, tomorrow if they are to stand any chance of reaching the quarterfinals. They are needing a win and they were here overnight whether or not that match will go ahead. With the typhoon, that super typhoon hitting japan. Two matches have already been cancelled. England against france, that one was cancelled today, along with using ans match against italy. Ireland are in action, they play later on. And we should be able to cross no to katie gunnell, who is there for us. We know that super typhoon is causing issues with those matches cancelled but conditions much better where you are and this man can go ahead. Exactly. We are about 700 miles south west of tokyo and yokohama where the typhoon is currently about to make landfall. So we are clear of the storm. As you can see, it is business as usual here. We have a rugby match about to be played, fans streaming in, eve ryo ne be played, fans streaming in, everyone looking forward to seeing the game between ireland and samoa. It feels surreal when you consider what is going on elsewhere in the country. In fact, the biggest concern for ireland ahead of this game has been the state of the pitch. They trained here at the stadium yesterday and we saw a number of ireland players actually reach down and lift up sections of the pitch, the centre chris powell hit the ball under the turf. It has recently been relayed and there are concerns it might deteriorate when this game is played later. World by this game is played later. World rugby have assured ireland it is safe to play on and playable and they feel relatively happy with it but we will see. It probably means even more so they want to get off to a quick start against samoa to get tries on the board early in case that pitch deteriorates. Theyve made a very strong side for this game, 11 changes from the win over russia, jonny sexton coming back, conor murray at scrum half and Robbie Henshaw making his first appearance at this world cup. It is appearance at this world cup. It is a crucial game for ireland. They need to win with a bonus point which involves scoring four tries to make sure they guarantee themselves a place in the quarterfinals. Anything less and they will be reliant on what happens in the scotland and japan game if it goes ahead. They will not want to play that nervous waiting game, they will want to wrap things up here so it is a big game for them. For scotland, they have to prepare as best they can and wait for the decision to come overnight tonight to see whether or not the game is going to go ahead against japan. Exactly. The scotland players are holed up in the hotel, theyve mentally got to prepare for this game, dont know what drills theyll be able to carry out in the hotel but that game is on the line. We dont know what is going to happen and world rugby have said there will bea and world rugby have said there will be a stadium inspection at 6am tomorrow, japanese time, and a decision shortly after that. If it is cancelled, that potentially could mean scotland heading home. If ireland win this game, as they are expected to do, then a cancellation would see scotland return home, and a cancellation would mean theyd get two points not enough to see them through so theyre desperate for this game to go ahead and they have been quite critical of world rugby for, in their eyes, not having more ofa for, in their eyes, not having more of a contingency plan, not being prepared to play the game on a different day all move it to a different day all move it to a different part of the country outside of the path of the typhoon. World rug by outside of the path of the typhoon. World rugby say, look, they need to treat all teams fairly, they didnt move englands game with france and they didnt do the same with the new zealand and italy game and there was something writing on that game so they have tried to be fair to all teams and they prioritise the safety of the fans as well, something theyve reiterated today in a statement about scotland playing a waiting game. It is a tense 24 hour is for this tournament. It is indeed. And we will be keeping across this game. Katie gunnell, many thanks for that. We wait to see what happens overnight with regards to scotland but as you are saying the scotland fan you are speaking to there committee frustrations over that game at that weight as to whether or not that game will go ahead not detracting from what has been a great tournament, in their opinion. You are still having a good time john watson, thank you very much. The United States has warned turkey that its prepared to impose crippling sanctions if it continues to take military action against Kurdish Forces in northern syria. Last night it was revealed that us troops had come underfire from turkish positions, but turkey has denied deliberately targeting american soldiers. 0ur north america correspondent Chris Buckler has the latest from washington. Turkeys invasion has been criticised and condemned but so far, the world is merely watching as conflict consumes northern syria. Tens of thousands of kurds have already fled their homes. Their soldiers fought alongside the us against the Islamic State group and they believe america could have prevented this. Many feel betrayed. Translation these countries dont see whats going on. America, russia, iran they dont see this. America is here on the basis that its with us. America also sold us out, like russia did. They sold us out. We know they did. In the United States, there is growing concern about all of this instability, and that the Islamic State group will try to take advantage. Is says it was responsible for this car bomb attack in the town of qamishli. The Trump Administration has told turkeys president erdogan that captured extremists cant be allowed to escape or regroup amid the chaos, and the us is threatening severe sanctions against turkey if it crosses a line in its actions. But some civilians have already been killed. We have a very Good Relationship with turkey. Theyre a nato partner. We do a lot of trade with turkey. But we dont want them killing a lot of people. Its clear turkey is not deterred. Its committing more and more to this fight, leaving syria further scarred. Chris buckler, bbc news, washington. Martin patience is following all the developments and joins us live from the turkey syria border. What is the latest on the ground . The latest we are getting is from the Turkish Defence ministry, and they say they have retaken a town from kurdish control. That town is one of the key targets of this offensive. Weve seen fierce fighting inside that town between kurdish fighters, the turkish military, as well as Turkish Backed syrian forces. That gives you an indication of how complex the battle field is. From turkeys point of view, this offensive is continuing and it is achieving its objectives. We are also hearing reports that turkey has pushed up to a main highway which is about 20 miles from where i am standing and that highway is key because that would mark the border of what turkey is calling this safe zone. From turkeys point of view, this operation is going as planned. From the kurdish point of view, as we were hearing, a real sense of betrayal. They are on the run and according to aid agencies, 100,000 kurds have fled from the border areas and they are pushing into southern syria. From the people ive spoken to on the ground, a real sense of chaos and fear as well. And for those fleeing the area, what sort of help as theyre available . They are pushing out of the area of operations into towns and villages, still controlled by the kurds. Some of them i was speaking to have been moving in with their families. There is some Aid Assistance in those parts of syria but the reality is for many theyve simply left their homes, if they are lucky, with what they can carry. I spoke to one woman and she said the shelling just started, we ran out onto the street, families were split up, chaos, fear, these people have lost everything and most think they will never return to their homes again. What are the concerns that have been aired about so called Islamic State prisoners in the area . What is the latest on that aspect of this . That is the big fear because we know the one thing Islamic State thrives on his case and that was what we are seeing in North Eastern syria, chaos as the turkish offensive continues. It is the kurds who have been looking at leading the fight against the Islamic State but also theyve beenin the Islamic State but also theyve been in charge of the detention of thousands of is prisoners and we saw yesterday that five of those prisoners escaped, the kurds have been very clear if we are fighting the turkish military, we wont have the turkish military, we wont have the manpower to look after all these prisoners. What many fear is a prisoners. What many fear is a prison break from is. Prisoners. What many fear is a prison breakfrom is. Theyve done it in the past and they could do it again. I suppose everything you say illustrates the vast gulf there is between the political talk around the world and the reality on the ground. People have heard words in syria before. There is so much noise they probably havent heard anything. There is nobody in syria from the kurdish point of view expects the International Community to come to the rescue. They feel theyve been betrayed by america, although, ironically, it could be america that stops this offensive. What we are seeing is growing political pressure from washington on the american president. He himself has said he may carry out sanctions on turkey, which would hurt the economy, but, for now, the turkish president says this offensive will continue and i think what we will see in the next couple of days is a big push because turkey might acknowledge there is a ticking clock on this, and the longer this offensive goes on, we will see more and more international criticism. Martin, thank you