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Two-Hour Marathon Record Broken

Sabastian Sawe becomes the first athlete to run a competitive marathon in under two hours.

History's been made at the London Marathon, as the Kenyan runner Sabastian Sawe becomes the first athlete to run a competetive marathon in under two hours.The 30-year-old won the event ahead of Yomif Kejelcha, who also broke the two-hour barrier. In other news, the Trump administration has called for an end to political violence after a gunman stormed the White House Correspondents' Dinner last night at the Hilton Hotel, in Washington; and the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister, Darren Jones, has told the BBC that the US-Israeli war in Iran could lead to higher prices for energy and food in the UK for at least eight months after the conflict ends.

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