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| | | Hello. Spain have triumphed over Argentina to win their second men's World Cup title. We bring you analysis of the action. Andy Burnham becomes the UK's prime minister today - read on for what to expect. And finally, see what it takes to run a marathon in the North Pole. | | | | | | |
| TOP OF THE AGENDA | | What Spain's win means for football | | | | | US President Donald Trump and Fifa boss Gianni Infantino handed the golden trophy to the Spanish team. Credit: PA | | It took going into extra time for Spain to finally score a valid goal and seal their World Cup victory against Argentina in a battle of endurance. "There is no doubt that the right team won," said former England striker Alan Shearer - find more reactions to the game here. Argentina's dream of a second consecutive World Cup title left many - including captain Lionel Messi and coach Lionel Scaloni - in tears. "They appeared... to be more interested in stopping any semblance of football occurring than playing the game themselves," BBC Sport journalist Emma Smith writes. Scenes that followed the final whistle led to criticism of the Argentine side, with commentators and spectators alike describing the result as a "victory for football". | | | | | | | |
- Good and bad: This World Cup introduced several changes to the tournament - how will they be remembered, and are they here to stay?
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| Burnham to become UK prime minister | | | | Andy Burnham will take the reins from Sir Keir Starmer after the latter formally resigns at Buckingham Palace this morning. Burnham will become the country's fifth prime minister in four years - political editor Chris Mason writes about how he will try to avoid the fate of his recent predecessors. Burnham's schedule for his first day in the job features a meeting with the King, his first speech as PM and cabinet appointments. | | | | | | | | |
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| | | BEYOND THE HEADLINES | | My life inside Jeffrey Epstein's 'cult' | | | | | | | Epstein, who died in 2019 while awaiting sex-trafficking charges, used to say that his operation was "like a cult", Anya says. | | Anya (not her real name) lived for years in one of several flats in Manhattan used by Jeffrey Epstein to house women he abused. "I'm still struggling to reconcile with the fact that I was abused for years," she says. "The chains were less obvious, but they were there." She has given the BBC a rare account of the disgraced financier's tactics to maintain a hold over his victims, including deception, coercive control and disfiguring surgery. | | | | | | |
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