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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 not be recognised as the official marathon world record because it was not in open competition. Anot...

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, w...

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...

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 moment for the sport and the people behind them including new. A wonderful performance, wonderful fee...

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 agreement, the uk would leave at the end of october, no ifs, no buts. Earlier borisjohnson insisted hed ...