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Good morning, welcome to breakfast with Naga Munchetty and jon kay. Our headlines today thomas cook asks for emergency government funding to stop it going bust and leaving thousands of holidaymakers stranded. Infighting overshadows the start of the Labour Party Conference as activists try to remove the deputy leader tom watson. Are our National Park a National Treasure which too few use . Will be talking about a big, bold plan for the future this morning. In sport. Australia make a winning start...

Injapan as mercedes take the constructors title once again. Hello and welcome to tonights programme. Thanks very much for watching. They say its a marathon, not a sprint. The lines between the two are becoming somewhat blurred. Another time barrier has been broken today following Eliud Kipchoges incredible feat in vienna. The womens marathon world record has now been smashed. Kenyas Brigid Kosgei recorded a time in chicago of two hours, 1a minutes and 4 seconds, eclipsing Paula Radcliffes record...

England suffer their first qualifying defeat in ten years. Theyre beaten 2 1 by the Czech Republic, and will have to wait a little longer to qualify for euro 2020. Plus, are we about to see sporting history over the next few hours . Well be live in vienna following the progress of kenyan runner Eliud Kipchoge as he tries to become the first person to run a marathon in under two hours. Its saturday the 12th of october. Our top story there are warnings that the school gates have become a breeding ...

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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 ...

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 competi...

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 a...

Because of his use of pacemakers it also wasnt an open race. Our reporter ade adedoyin was watching in vienna. I phenomenalfeat, he tried this in 2017 and finished 20 seconds outside it, no mistakes today as it becomes the first man in history to run the marathon under two hours was not i have his coach with me has worked with him for 18 years, tell me how momentous this is for you and him. Todayis momentous this is for you and him. Today is a special day to go and the history books, a special m...

Was ousted from power. Hong kong sees further clashes between police and pro democracy protesters ahead of the 70th anniversary of communist rule in china. Lewis hamilton wins after Sebastian Vettel ignores team orders in the russian grand prix. Good afternoon. The foreign secretary, dominic raab, has told the conservative Party Conference in manchester that the government will strive in faith for a good brexit deal. But he said if the eu spurned the opportunity for what he called a win win agre...