the 25th career medal at the world championships for simone biles. thanks to david and beth in stuttgart. 0nto tennis. there's been disappointment for british number two heather watson. she's been beaten in the final of the tianjin 0pen by rebecca peterson — the swede winning in straight sets, 6—4, 6—4. it's the second title of peterson's career — with her other title coming just last month. we will and on another record. coco gauff being the youngest to win a wta tour title. that's all from sportsday. now on bbc news, it's time for click. bye from me. hello, and welcome to a special edition of click. not top gear, although there are shades of that, i have to say, but this week, we're not talking about petrol cars like these. we're talking about electric cars like these. not hybrid, not hydrogen or anything else. this week, it is pure electric. sure, there are other ways to power your car which are good for the environment. go check them out by all means but this is the year that all—electric has really taken off. more people are thinking a

erin mclaughlin is there >> the stage belongs to simone biles. >> reporter: simone biles once again in a league of her own already considered the greatest of all time. today she nabs her fifth all-around world title two more medals here in germany and she'll become the most decorated gymnast at the world championships ever. >> i feel good after today put out good performances. wasn't too crazy didn't do anything crazy. >> does she do it? >> reporter: admitting she held back noticeably absent, double/double dismount off the balance beam known as the biles unprecedented for its difficulty last week the national gymnastics federation opted to assign the skill a lower value than experts believe it's worth. >> you're accredited with really pushing the sport forward with innovative moves do you feel like they're being valued appropriately >> the beam dismount we're disappointed with that a little bit but at the end of the day, we can only control what we do, not what they do. >> the only competition is herself. so it's like how do you compete against yourself you just try to get better that'

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simone biles winning herfifth well, another two to show tonight. simone biles winning her fifth all around individual championship gold medal. it has never been done before bya medal. it has never been done before by a woman and you have one a few metals in your time. was there any doubt it was going to be her knight? to be honest, no, but it was so nice that she looked like she was enjoying that performance. she had a big smile on herface and the enjoying that performance. she had a big smile on her face and the skills that she is doing, they are so difficult. some gymnasts could only ever dream of doing. she seems to get better and better, doesn't she? what can we expect to see over the next year or so? and if this is the last one for simone biles at a world championships it is such a shame, isn't it? who knows, you always think she has hit the top now but then she brings out more new skills so who knows what she can bring out for tokyo. is there any other skills she is actually training behind the scenes at home? we don't know. but i just love t

biles simone biles once again in a league of her own. already considered the greatest of all time, she nabbed her 5th all around world title ♪ ♪ two more medals here in germany and she'll become the most decorated gymnast at the world championships ever >> i feel good after today put out good performances, wasn't too crazy didn't do anything too crazy >> reporter: biles admitting she had a double, double dismount off the balance beam known as the biles. unprecedented for its difficulty, last week the international gymnastics federation assigned it lower value than it's worth. do you feel like they're being valued appropriately >> the dismount a little bit, disappointed with that but at the end of the day we can only control what we do, not what they do >> reporter: the only competition is it herself. how do you compete against yourself you only try to get better so that's what she's doing with these skills, yet they're not awarding them. >> reporter: there was only one way for simone biles to finish her performance. she dropped the m

simone biles is enshrined in history as the gymnast to beat. her 24th gold medal on the beam, her 25th with these moves in the floor exercise. >> it is just incredible. >> she's now distinguished as the most decorated gymnast ever. her record was sealed sunday at the world championships in germany. biles has now broken the long-standing mark of 23 medals held by a gymnast from belarus set back in the 1990s. the 22 year old reigning olympic and five time world champion from texas hasn't confirmed whether she will continue to compete beyond next summer's 2020 tokyo games. she already has four olympic gold medals and now has two new signature moves named after her, the biles double double dismount on beam and the biles two, a triple twisting double somersault in her floor routine. after she won her fifth individual all-around world gold by a record margin on thursday, biles dropped the mic. >> we are cheering for her. up next bombshell allegations in the death investigation of tyler skaggs, the new details emerging about who reportedly gave the an

another incredible performance from simone biles. she really showed what she is wet to the team and it was a tea m she is wet to the team and it was a team effort. she is now the 15 times world champion and the most successful ever female gymnast at world championship level here is what she had to say after the event. it was really exciting, not our best meat but it just it was really exciting, not our best meat but itjust shows the strength we have that we still came out on top even after having a couple of falls. personally for you 15 times world champion now and 2112 medals, the most successful woman at world level ever. it means the world to me, i worked so hard to get where i am in to see that i'm still improving over all these years it is an honour to even represent the country. and what more can we say about simone biles? you can only talk so much about how incredible she is. many people talk about the motivation and if you are 15 times world champion and the most successful female gymnast ever, what motivates her? i think the

another show tonight with simone biles when herfaith another show tonight with simone biles when her faith all around for a champ or chip gold metal. it has never been done before by a woman and beth you have won a few gold medals in your time. was there a bet that it was her —— i doubt that it was tonight? to be honest now. but it was great to see that she was enjoying that performance threat that for routine she had a big smile oi'i that for routine she had a big smile on her face and the skills that she is doing, they are so difficult. some gymnasts can only ever dream of doing it. and she seems to get better and better, doesn't she? what can we expect to see over the next year or can we expect to see over the next year 01’ so can we expect to see over the next yearorso and is can we expect to see over the next year or so and is this the last one for her world championship? who knows. you always think she has hit the top but then she brings out more skills. who knows what she can bring out, orany skills. who knows what she can bring out, or any other skill she skills. who kn

today simone biles dazzled yet again with her new signature move. it is jaw—dropping in its complexity, launching into the airataround in its complexity, launching into the air at around 30 miles an hour, and she's up there for little more than a second. it means buyers has to move quickly to perform her two somersaults while twisting three times simultaneously. even other elite gymnasts are dumbfounded by the ease with which she performed such a tough move. you talk about legends in sport, and she is definitely one of them. to put it into context, when simon does the triple double, everyone in the gym, from coaches to gymnasts, stops to watch her because it is that hard. the records keep tumbling. when the usa took their fifth straight team title on tuesday, biles became the all—time leading female gymnast, with 21 world medals. today she was at it again, winning her 16th world championship gold. pint —sized perfection. not content with merely winning, she wants to create a legacy. just two more medals here this week will ensure she is the mo

and the records tumble as fast as a simone biles floor routine as the american become the most decorated gymanst at the world championships. welcome to the programme. 2a hours ago, japan was being battered by one of the worst typhoons in a generation and we didn't even know if their final rugby world cup game aganst scotland would go ahead. well go ahead it did and they produced a memorable victory that their coach said was motivated by all those affected by the storm. it finished 28—21 in yokohama and its where our correspondent andy swiss sent us this report. what a match and what to win but thousands of japan fans, their what a match and what to win but thousands ofjapan fans, their side through to the world cup water finals for the very first time. remember, scotland had to win to have any chance of qualifying and they got up to the perfect start when finn russell scored an early try the japan hit back. three superb tries before halftime, some stunning running rugby and they led by 21 points. after halftime, second try of the match, japan led 28—7, the match seemed as good as ove

haven't mentioned simone biles. she became the most decorated gymnast in world championships history with two more golds this afternoon. the american surpassed the overall medal record held by vitaly scherbo by winning on the balance beam. success as well for britain'sjoe fraser as he claimed great britain's first ever gold medal on the parallel bars. david mcdaid is in stuttgart. the final day at these world gymnastics championships certainly didn't disappoint. it was history for simone biles, 25 career medals meaning she is the most successful gymnast in world gymnastics history. but it is not often simone biles is overshadowed. certainly from a great britain point of view. we got another gold medal, in the form ofjoe fraser in the parallel bars. that was one we weren't expecting. yeah, we knew he had the potential. we were hoping he could sneak a medal, but as you watched the final going through and he just kept staying in that first position, and the last two gymnasts, we were nervously watching and they both ma

. >>> and the incredible simone biles does it again and again. she nails two moves in competition that have never be en before. "early today" starts right now >> good monday morning i'm phillip mena. >> and i'm frances rivera. the impeachment inquiry is gathering steam this morning with a second whistle-blower coming forward with information about president trump's phone call with ukraine's leader the difference this person claims to have firsthand knowledge, which could punch a hole in a key defense for mr. trump. the white house responding in part it doesn't change the facts that the president had done nothing wrong. meanwhile, president trump is targeting top democrats on twitter, claiming that house speaker nancy pelosi and intelligence committee chairman adam schiff are guilty of treason and calling for them to be impeached we should point out the constitution does not allow for a member of congress to be impeached. nbc's tracie potts has the latest from d.c. tracy, good morning. >> hi there, frances good morning, everyone of focusing on the

today, simone biles dazzled yet again with her new signature move. to put it into context, when simone does the triple—double, everyone in the gym, from coaches to gymnasts, stops to watch her because it is just that hard. it is jaw—dropping in its complexity. launching into the air at around 13 mph, she's up there for a little more than a second. it means biles has to move quickly to perform her two somersaults while twisting three times simultaneously. the records just keep tumbling. when the usa took their fifth straight team title on tuesday, biles became the all—time leading female gymnast, with 21 world medals. today, she was at it again, winning her 16th world championship gold. pint—sized perfection. but not content with merely winning, the texan wants to create a legacy, and just two more medals here this week would ensure she's the most decorated gymnast overall in world championship history. she's actually got four more chances. whilst making history, though, biles is also healing. she's a survivor of prolific sex offender larry na

simone biles. >> stuck the landing, oh yes. simone biles, it's all about her this morning. "the washington post" says that she could have taken a nap after her first two tumbling passes and still clinched the team gold. aysa she's the grte gymnast of her or a just how great was sim means biles in germany this week? well, take a look. only one word can possibly describe simone biles. >> perfection. >> reporter: leading the u.s. women's gymnastics team to their fifth consecutive title in germany on tuesday. despite sunisa lee's fall on the balance beam -- >> oh, my goodness. >> reporter: -- said to be team usa's first since 2010, biles and her teammates flipping their way to first place, finishing more than 5 points ahead of runner-up russia. from the beam to the bars and everything in between, biles receiving a high score after high score. the 22-year-old phenom landing two ground-breaking moves that no one has ever done in a major competition. this double dismount will forever be known as the biles. it's now one of four moves named after her. the superstar going on to colle

simone biles soaring to the top of her sport sunday. becoming the most decorated gymnast, male or female, ever at the world championships with 25 medals >> very impressed with what i have been able to do, especially after all of these days of competition, keep the dice rolling, basically, and it's just, it's insane. >> simone's vaulting is just next level. >> coming off her gold on the vault saturday. >> simone biles on beam. >> the 22-year-old phenom broke a 23-year-old record on the beam sunday redemption for biles who has stumbled during the event before >> one of my nerve-racking events that i go out and compete for so i was really happy to put up a routine, just like how i train it, and to get the result back, world champion on beam, it feels very good. >> biles wasn't done yet flying high with two of her signature moves, bearing her name, during her floor routine there we go. >> the biles 2, a triple twisting double back flip. and the biles, a double lay out with a half turn >> simone biles. >> the 4'8" gymnastics superstar finish

simone biles has become the most succesful female gymnast in world championship history. that's after the usa won the women's team event in stuttgart. biles posted the best individual scores on the vault, beam and on the floor to see the us win their 5th consecutive team crown at the championships. the gold brings biles‘ individual medal tally up to 21. it was not our best to meet the dishes the strength that we have david that we came out on top despite a couple of falls. i've worked hard to get where and so to see that i am still improving all these years is just an honour to even represent the country. the tension is beginning to mount once again, ahead of tomorrow morning's crucial rugby world cup ties, with two of the home nations in action. wales could have their place in the quarter finals tied up with a bonus point win over fiji. but for scotland, they need maximum points against russia to set up a potential winner—takes—all finale with japan on sunday. paul barnes has the details. when some of these scotland players step out of the tunnel tomorrow, it could

simone biles once again dominating the mat. ahead, what the superstar gymnast did today that will go down in history. >> oliver: california is snuffing out smoking at state parks and beaches. a new law taking effect next year bans traditional cigarettes and cigars, as well as vaping. there is an exception for tv and movie productions. the latest medal for gymnast simone biles is extra special. her victory today in the women's vault competition at the world gymnastic's championships is her 23rd. that ties the record for most world medals for any gymnast. the 22-year-old has two chances to break the record tomorrow with balance beam and floor events. good luck. and in vienna, olympic runner eliud kipchoge of kenya blew through one of the most challenging barriers in sports, completing a marathon in under two hours. he ran the course in one hour, 59 minutes, and 40 seconds, in an event specifically set up for the attempt. since it wasn't an open race, kipchoge's accomplishment isn't an official world record. tyler perry has become

simone biles nailing two in competition that have never done before. >>> and the act going from homeless to headliner, in just days. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with kate snow. >>> good evening. impeachment iry launched by democrats may be about to get a boost. a second whistle-blower has spoken to the inspector general of the intelligence community. his attorney saying he has more direct knowledge than the first person did. the white house releasing a statement saying it tonight matter how many people call themselves whistle-blowers, it tonight change the fact that the president did nothing wrong. >> reporter: getting some backup. lawyers for that cia employee say they now represent, quote, multiple whistle-blowers. they tell me that but would not provide a significant number, saying it's at least two. tonight, a second witness is challenging president trump's ukraine call and the foreign help he sought to investigate the bidens. the new whistle-blower is cooperating with the intelligence community inspector general michael at kinson but is not expected to file a separate c

if you're the announcer, simone is going into a biles with a biles and here she comes with a biles and, oh, she struck the biles! oh, my goodness! they should just rename gymnastics simone biles. >> i don't think it's such a big deal. i mean, my p.e. teacher named a gymnastics move after me, okay, it's the michael kosta and it's when you're playing dodge ball and you go for the ball and your pants fall down and everyone sees the penis-shaped birthmark on your butt. >> that happened? >> eleven times, roy. >> moving on, the n.b.a. season tips off in a couple but the pre-season is cook. >> like that time i wore a do-rag, it's not without controversy. >> this morning, the jen manager of houston rockets set off a fire storm with this dleeghtd tweeting, fight for freedom stand with hong kong, referring to the massive protests against beijing and the former british connelly, china where n.b.a. is the number one sports reacted swiftly putting intense pressure on the rockets. the chinese basketball association run by former rocket yao ming announced it would suspend all cooperation with the hou

. >>> the best ever, simone biles leaps into history with two more golds. >> the gold medal once again for simone biles. >> now the most decorated gymnast ever at the world championships. >> this "nbc nightly news" with kate snow. >> the u.s. military the moving off after a full withdrawal from syria. about a thousand troops will leave the area as safely and quickly as possible. it comes as one u.s. official tells nbc news u.s. forces are at increased risk. there are new reports tonight of isis fighters attempting to escape from places where they had been held in syria. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel is on the ground. >> reporter: the u.s. is getting out of syria at the worst time, just as turkey is making rapid advances in its war against u.s. allies the kurds of syria. advancing with the help of arab militias, the same ones we saw last night executing kurds by the roadside were at it again today, u.s. officials tell nbc news. and they say the militias include former members of al qaeda and isis. so it seems turkey, a nato ally, is using alleged terrorists to attack the

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today, simone biles dazzled, yet again, with her new signature move. it is jaw—dropping in its complexity, launching into the air, at around 13 miles an hour, she's up there for little more than a second. it means biles has to move quickly to perform her two somersaults, while twisting three times, simultaneously. even other elite gymnasts are dumbfounded by the ease, with which she performed such a tough move. you talk about legends in sport, and i think she is definitely one of them. to put it into context, when simone does the triple double, everyone in the gym, from coaches to gymnasts, stops to watch her, because it is that hard. the records just keep tumbling. when the usa took their fifth straight team title on tuesday, biles became the all—time leading female gymnast, with 21 world medals. today, she was at it again, winning her 16th world championship gold. pint—sized perfection. not content with merely winning, the texan wants to create a legacy. just two more medals here this week will ensure she is the most decorated gymnast, overall,

you have got to think that simone biles. she has two chances, we know she has an amazing start score. who knows what can happen? she deserves it. what she has done for our sport, she is a great role model, a huge inspiration to a number of people. she is bringing in a very different audience to our sport, which can only be good. simone biles should break that record tomorrow. but today, gold, silver and bronze for great britain, the best day of every single day at a world championship since 2010 when the lady was on the podium. british number two heather watson is into her first wta tennis finalfor three years. watson beat veronika kudermetova in straight sets in the semis at the tianjin 0pen. she'll face sweden's rebecca peterson, ranked 59th in tomorrow's final. waston is already guaranteed a return to the world top 100. 15—year—old american coco gauff has reached the first wta singles final of her career after beating germany's andrea petkovic in straight sets in linz. the teenage senation has become the youngest play

and she is only 22 so you wonder how many more medals simone biles could go on to win. this she is quite phenomenal. and she has more events to come in stuttgart this weekend. more now on the news that the bbc and the government are being told to find a way of saving free tv licences for people over 75. let's get more on this with damian collins, the conservative mp and chair of the digital, culture, media and sport select committee — hejoins me from our westminster studio. you deliver tough criticism in the report on both sides of the process, the government and bbc, leading to the government and bbc, leading to the position we are in now. the main message coming from it, you would wa nt message coming from it, you would want and like a way to be found for free tv licences to be delivered to all people over 75. how do you think that can be achieved?” all people over 75. how do you think that can be achieved? i think it requires a contribution both from the government and bbc. the bbc past my current position as they think they can fund around a third of three licen

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the 25th career metal at the world championships for simone biles. thanks to david and beth. scotland are currently playing san marino in their latest euro 2020 qualifying match at hampden park. they currently lie fifth in their group after a disappointing campaign. they're approaching half time. they are currently 2—0 up. scotland can still qualify for the tournament via the play—offs, which begin in march, having earned the chance to progress by winning their nations league group last year. also in their group — top placed belgium beat kazahkstan 2—0 and russia are currently leading cyprus 2—0. that's all the sport for now. i will have more in the next hour. back to you. many thanks, holly. the bbc has discovered three british orphans trapped in a camp for islamic state families in syria. they are believed to be from london. their parentsjoined the islamic state group five years ago, and were subsequently killed in the fighting. there are thousands of children in camps across the region whose parents supported is — and most of their countries don't want them hom

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. >>> coming up, simone biles makes history yet again. >>> also ahead, saving you money. the best deals this weekend. what to buy now instead of waiting for the holidays. >>> but first how a computer memory card found on the street helped catch a suspected killer >>> we're back with simone biles once again proving she's the greatest gymnast ever. biles captured her fifth all-around world championship title thursday in germany. in fact, her margin of victory was larger than any of her four previous wins. biles will try to defend her olympic title next year. >>> incredible. >>> well, video of a murder discovered on a memory card has led to an arrest in alaska. police in anchorage made the chance discovery a few weeks ago saying a woman told them she found it lying in the street. investigators say it contained pictures and video of a woman being beaten in a hotel last month. 48-year-old brian smith was arrested wednesday, one week after the victim's remains were found along a highway. >> had the citizen not called us after she found the video card, we would not have been abl

and, another drop-the-mic moment for simone biles. this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell. >> o'donnell: good evening. this is our western edition.inqs . we start with breaking news in california. fire is raging tonight throu a mobile home park in calimesa, that's about three hours east of los angeles. and as jonathan vigliotti reports, power companies are cutting the power to even more people, to try to prevent more fires. >> reporter: even with an historic effort to prevent them, at least three fires erupted in southern california in the late afternoon, fueled by strong winds and dry heat. >> i was coming down the street, and i saw a lot of smoke coming up. >> reporter: 50 miles east of los angeles, in fontana, homes began burning just as the power company wa reports say this fire was near downed power lines. >> be safe out there. >> reporter: in the hills south of san bernardino, another fire broke out. winds there were gusting up to 30mph, hampering firefighters trying to protect buildings. while 13,000 southern calif

vaporize sore throat pain with vicks vapocool drops. >>> simone biles has made history once again the four-time olympic gold medalist work a world champion record at the 2019 world gymnastics championships in germany with her 24th and 25th gold medal wins, making her the most decorated gymnast in history. the 22-year-old's historic wins shattered the long held record of 23 wins add held by male gymnast vitaly scherbo in the 1990s. >> amazing. >> yes >>> a hand to helping heroes who need a home. to help solve a problem for veterans adjusting to life after military nbc's steve patterson has that story. >> reporter: after years of putting his life on the line, michael reyes is finally being rewarded with something most americans feel our veterans and their families deserve >> it's undescribable. >> reporter: the keys to a rmal le. what was it like to get your set of home keys >> it's amazing. i can't describe it. i can't describe it. it's much better than coming home from deployment, i'll tell you that >> reporter: reyes, his wife beverly and their two daughters are the newest members of

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. >> simone biles on beam. >> reporter: simone biles is now literally incomparable. >> wow. >> it's an honor that i've got to compete for the country so many times. it's insane. >> reporter: it is insane. i mean, look at this, the speeding, spinning, almost envitating routine won her yet another world championship medal, her 25th, more than any woman or man, making biles quite possibly the greatest gymnast of all time at the age of 22. >> coco gauff. >> reporter: speaking of age, consider coco gauff. she picked up her first tennis singles title yesterday in austria, seven months after her 15th birthday. yes, she's 15, and beating the best in the world. >> brigid kosgei. >> reporter: and then there's brigid kosgei of kenya. she's 25 and yesterday at the idicago marathon she set the new women's world record of two hours, 14 minutes and four seconds, beating the previous record by a full minute and 21 leconds. and all three women of color share another important achievement according to northwestern's melissa isakson. >> it's hard for little kids of llor to say, okay, i can believe it and

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simone biles could become the most succesful gymnast in world championship history as she competes in herfinal two events in stuttgart today. the records keep coming for the brilliant american. she won gold in the vault yesterday, her 23rd world championship medal, equalling the record held by vitaly scherbo. that record could become her own today, when she competes on the floor and the balance beam. and these are live pictures from stuttgart. this is the final of the men's vault — britain's dom cunningham is involved he's currently seventh. joe fraser competes on parallel bars later and of course simone biles to look forward to as well — she starts her day in around 15 minutes' time. you can watch it all via the red button and via the bbc sport website. we will keep a close eye on this british interest today. there was a hugely impressive performance from boxer josh warrington as he successfully defended his ibf world featherweight title. the 28—year—old put in a dominant display against sofiane takouch, stopping him in the second round in front of a boisterous crowd in his h

. >>> simone biles has done what no other gymnast has done before. the 22-year-old flipped and twisted her way to two more gold medals at the world championships in germany. the victory makes her the most decorated gymnast in history. >> simone biles! >> she makes the impossible look easy. simone biles is enkleshrined in history at the gymnast to beat. >> it's just incredible. >> reporter: she's now distinguished at the most decorated gymnast ever. her record was seal sunday at the world championships in germany. she's broken the longstanding mark of 23 medals held by a gymnast from belarus held since the 1990s. the five-time world champion from texas hasn't confirmed whether she'll continue to compete beyond next summer's 2020 tokyo games. she already has four olympic gold medals and now has two new signature moves named after her. the biles double-double dismount on beam and the biles 2, a triple twisting double somersault in her floor routine. after she won her fifth individual all-around world gold by a record margin on thursday, biles dropped th

. >>> and solid gold, simone biles leads the u.s. to its fifth team title in the world championships and makes more history for herself in the process, today, wednesday, october 9th, 2019 >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hi, everybody, good morning, nice to have you with us on a wednesday morning. we want to get right to our breaking news from overseas, that buildup of turkish troops at the border with syria poised for a major offensive against a key u.s. ally, and it comes in the wake of the president's decision to pull troops out of that area. that decision drawing fierce criticism here and abroad from republicans and democrats. nbc chief correspondent richard engel is in istanbul with the latest. what's the situation there. >> reporter: good morning. turkish officials say that all of their military preparations are now complete. all they need is the order to go. with turkish troops and hardware massed on turkey's southern border, this morning, a s

biles. she did a twisting backflip before throwing the ceremonial first pitch. it was of course the nationals doing cartwheels at the end of the game. that's all we've got time for on sportsday. next on bbc news, it's the papers. goodnight. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are rachel cunliffe, who's the comment and features editor at cityam, and the assistant editor for the new statesman, george eaton. no surprise what's dominiating the front pages tomorrow. the metro leading with the prime minister's — brexmas — that's his call for an election on 12 december, announced today. the telegraph calls it boris johnson's plea to "end this nightmare", as he "challenges" labour to let the people have their say. in the financial times, "end the deadlock" — the prime minister says tojeremy corbyn, as he calls for a vote. the independent leads with the same story, saying opposition parties plan to block the borisjohnson‘s attempt

america's simone biles makes history — the first woman to win five all—round world gymnastics titles. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are former trade minister, lord digbyjones and talkradio presenter, daisy mcandrew. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the telegraph leading with this picture of prime minister borisjohnson and irish taoiseach leo varadkar walking around the grounds of thornton manor hotel near birkenhead earlier today. as reported in the times, hopes of a brexit deal have been revived after a meeting between the two leaders. in a press conference after their meeting, mr varadkar said a brexit deal can be done by the end of october. the financial times using that same photograph, reporting on what the leaders have described as a ‘pathway‘ to a deal. the paper says there are ‘hints' that the pm may have been the one ‘irish eyes are smiling' reads the front of the metro, with a photo of the two prime ministers beaming after that meeting earlier. meanwhile the independent is leading with a

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simone biles led the way, earning a record 21st medal. be remeered ar:e bidiits us e orr:- and again -- >> backflip. double-double! >> reporter: -- nailg signature moves no one has ever done in a major competition. >> that! is biles! >> reporter: slow motion shows the skill needed to pull them off: d it will now be known as the "biles ii." [ cheers and applause ] to top that, biles dazzled the crowd on the balance beam, landing a double-double dismount, now dubbed quite simply "the biles." that's four moves now named in her honor. >> it finally felt good to go out there and hit a beam routine like i trained, because i feel like every time i go up to compete beam, i just, like, bomb it. so, it felt really good to nail it. >> she wears "goat" on the back of her leotard. she is the greatest of all time. >> reporter: olympic gold medalist and world champion kurt thomas has three moves to his name. >> when you and you keep raising the difficulty level the way simone does, that's where you're just changing the sport. >> reporter: biles is now n

i was very happy and to compete against simone biles and to come upon the podium just below them is pretty amazing. what is that like, competing against her because she has such a dominant world championships, setting the bar at the moment as far as gymnastics goes s0 the moment as far as gymnastics goes so how is that when you know you have to go up against someone at that quality? she is so dominant and actually can't talented, and can do any skill she wants. why is she able to perform so well? she is so strong and she is small obviously and that is probably an advantage in gymnastics that she is naturally gifted and she works really hard. there is a huge amount of talent. gifted and she works really hard. there is a huge amount of talentm really is and for it to come together at this point is not that fa st together at this point is not that fast and it will have spirit the whole team on and the other guys who are key members of these teams and helping us get the olympic qualification and that was the priority for us going in, we had to qualify as a team so the qualification for us is b

and simone biles has equal the gymnastics record by claiming her 23rd world championships medal the american gymnast is just 22 years old and drew level with a record holder vitaly share boy by winning the vault at the tournaments in stuttgart 17 of her 23 podium finishes have been gold medals. english and french troops clashed on saturday but this time it was a reenactment of the battle of hastings nearly a 1000 years after the original event the famous battle of $1066.00 pitted william of normandy against the anglo-saxon king harold and marks the beginning of the norman conquest in england. an ancient battlefield comes alive with a sound of steel against steel. hundreds just. to reenact about so defined english history. it was view original game of thrones facing off king harold and his saxon army against william and his normans. the swords was. arrows flew. and counts grew. a lot of the exhilaration of kind of fighting in the balkans is very exciting very intense you don't think about anything else because although. only pretending to be in the battle there are still people where you can

. >> reporter: simone biles on beam. >> reporter: simone biles is now literally incomparable. >> it's an honor that i've gotten to compete for the country so many times. just keep the dice rolling, basically. it's insane. >> reporter: it is insane. i mean, look at this. the speeding, spinning, almost levitating routine won her yet another world championship medal, her 25th, more than any woman or man, making biles quite possibly the greatest gymnast of all time at the age of 22. speaking of age, consider coco gauff. she picked up her first tennis singles title yesterday in austria, seven months after her 15th birthday. yes, she is 15 and beating the best in the world. then there ii of kenya. yesterday at the chicago marathon she set the new women's world record of two hours and 14 seconds, beating the previous record by a full 21 seconds. and all three women of color share another important achievement according to northwestern's melissa isaacson. >> it's hard for little kids of color sometimes to see it and believe they can do it. and say i can actually envision it. it's so powerful.

simone biles has equalled age of nasty x. record by claiming her 23rd world championships medal the american gymnast is only 22 years old she drew level with record holder vitali shareable by winning the vault at the tournaments and 2 got 17 over 23 podium finishes get this have all been gold medals. well 2 sports bodies are looking into military style salutes made by turkish athletes over the past few days the reason well the country is currently waging an offensive against syrian kurdish fighters gymnast ebrahim chola gave that salutes after winning a gold medal at the world championships in stuttgart on saturday sport's international federation says it will consider adopting rules to prevent such behavior in the podium on the podium in the future. meanwhile turkey's goal celebration and their euro 2020 qualifier with albania on friday has prompted a separate investigation by you eva that's the european football's governing body u.a. for rules for bid references to politics and religion. but don't forget you can always get

and it is getting hard to keep up with american gymnast simone biles as she continues to make history competing in the world championships in stuttgart biles tied the all time record on saturday collecting her 23rd medal and she went on on sunday collecting medals number 24 and 25 with golds in the beam and floor events biles has surpassed a tally share boat to become the most decorated gymnast male or female in world championships residents of new mexico's albuquerque have been treated to a colorful aerial spectacle as scores of hot air balloons took to the skies for the farewell event of the international balloon fiesta the final flight is called the mass ascension it's the 48th time the annual festival has graced the skies brings together balloon enthusiasm hundreds of thousands of spectators from around the world this year more than $600.00 balloonists piloted over $500.00 balloons. and. a reminder of the top story we're following for you. turkey is pushing on with its offensive in northern syria but as towns fall to turkish troops a new alliance is forming to oppose them kurdish

she's the biggest name in gymnastics and now simone biles has gone into a league of her own by becoming the most successful female in world championship history. biles won her 21st world medal, as the usa took gold in the women's team event at the world gymnastics championships in stuttgart. they finished nearly a full 6 marks ahead of second—placed russia. the bronze medal went to italy, who won their first team medal since 1950. there's a diplomatic rift growing between china and one of the pillars of american sport — the nba. basketball is hugely popular in china. but a tweet by houston rockets executive daryl morey, which supported the political protests in hong kong, has led to chinese state tv saying they won't air two exhibition games in the country this week. morey has since apologised but the chinese government, the fans, and the team's partners aren't happy, after a loss of money and publicity. here's what nba commissioner adam silver had to say. we are not apologising for exercising freedom of expression. i regret again having communicated directly again with many friends