position with a dominant position against the west indies in the first test. hello there and welcome along to the programme. it's the calm before the storm in the football as we prepare for the european championship final, but before all of that, the conclusion of wimbledon and the conclusion of wimbledon and the men's semifinals on friday will have a lot to live up to after the women's final spots with sensational come back victories on centre court. both players on the hundred for a first title. incredibly, six weeks ago, jasmine paolini had never reached the second part of a grand slam. now the 28—year—old who was beaten in the french open semifinal is heading into her second majorfinal open semifinal is heading into her second major final after

one of the greatest women's semifinals we've seen here. it was donna condition vekic who the strongest and won the first set but paolini brought it to a decider. and with vekic to an injury, paolini had the third match break. this was the longest wimbledon�*s semifinal in history. awaiting paolini on saturday will be another first time wimbledon finalist — barora krechoviva. put out the 2022 champion elena rybakina. it looked like she was on her way to a speedy exit by like her former late coach who won the title in 1998, she never gives up. she took it to a deciding set and got it midway through to seal what was a famous win. and so, on friday, our attention turned to the men's

singles semifinals. carlos alcaraz, the defending champion, will be first up against daniil medvedev before lorenzo mussetti takes on novak djokovic trying to equal the roger federer eighth singles title. let's hear from both finalists now. i remember so many memories. when i step on the court, i'm fighting for every single ball and i think that it is what she would want me to do. i and i think that it is what she would want me to do.- would want me to do. i love -la in: would want me to do. i love playing tennis- _ would want me to do. i love playing tennis. it _ would want me to do. i love playing tennis. it is - would want me to do. i love j playing tennis. it is amazing to be — playing tennis. it is amazing to be here playing on this stadium, as i said. it's a dream, _ stadium, as i said. it's a dream, you know. iwas stadium, as i said. it's a dream, you know. i was watching finals _ dream, you know. i was watching finals when — dream, you know. i was watching finals when i was a kid on this

wimbledon, and i'm enjoying it and living — wimbledon, and i'm enjoying it and living in the present. but the last— and living in the present. but the last month has been crazy, i the last month has been crazy, llhink. — the last month has been crazy, llhink. for— the last month has been crazy, i think, for me. 0n— i think, for me. onto— i think, for me. on to the football now. england's football team have been enjoying a much—needed recovery day after the late, late win over the netherlands which sent them into the finals of the european championship for the second time running. they'll take on the favourites spain on sunday thanks to ollie watkins and his injury time winner. let get more thoughts now on what was a very special night indeed. the former england captain gary lineker has been giving his thoughts. i'm thrilled. it's the first time it's ever happened to the men's team to be in a final outside of our own shores. and they have done it in an exciting way in terms of last minute drama and penalty shoot out. i think they've grown throughout the tournament. even when they weren't playing well, we said it is not how you start

tournaments but how you finish them. is tournaments but how you finish them. , ., ., them. is there an element of surrise them. is there an element of surprise that _ them. is there an element of surprise that we _ them. is there an element of surprise that we find - them. is there an element of surprise that we find england in the final? because they made pretty heavy work of it so now? i'm not surprised because there's too much talent to be underperformingment even when they weren't playing great, they weren't playing great, they weren't playing great, they were grinding out results and that's an old football cliche. if you can win when you're playing badly, then things are not that bad. [30 you're playing badly, then things are not that bad. do you have a moment _ things are not that bad. do you have a moment of _ things are not that bad. do you have a moment of the - have a moment of the tournament? 90 minutes in last night? or is it something else? well, england have provided three, really, hadn't they? jude bellingham's over the head kick, which i think was the biggest relief to all of us. the penalty shoot out — the five boys that stood up and hit perfect penalties. especially saka, for example, who had missed obviously in the final.

trent alexander had it enough but stepped up to take the winnerment and then ollie watkins' goal. you look at this. but then i would also add lamine yamal�*s extraordinary goal in the semifinal against france. , , goal in the semifinal against france. , ., ., ., france. just looking ahead to sunday - _ france. just looking ahead to sunday - how— france. just looking ahead to sunday - how significant - france. just looking ahead to sunday - how significant a i sunday — how significant a moment is this for english football?— moment is this for english football? , , ., ., , football? this is going to be tou~h. football? this is going to be tough- it's _ football? this is going to be tough. it's going _ football? this is going to be tough. it's going to - football? this is going to be tough. it's going to be - tough. it's going to be difficult. but they're on the brink of history? no english team in football has ever won a major tournament abroad — ever. obviously, the women have won the euros in england. england have won the world cup in england. but we've never done it outside. and that's... that would be history. and everything would be crossed. is football coming home? i’m is football coming home? i'm bannin: is football coming home? i'm banning that— is football coming home? in banning that statement! it's been bad luck for so long. well, sticking with football. conebal say that they strongly condemn any act of violence

affecting the game at the copa america. darwin nunes went to look at fans following their semifinal defeat to colombia in charlotte. the uruguay captain told his teammate that his teammates were trying to defend their loved ones. they've set a full investigation into the matter will be launched. it was a first day with the heroics with the ball on day two. it was the turn of another new boy with the bat. 70 from jamie smith helped england to a big first innings lead. at the close of play, west indies were 79-6. still 171 close of play, west indies were 79—6. still 171 runs behind. our sports correspondentjoe wilson was there. well, it was red day here at lord's as is traditional raising money for the foundation. at times, we

wondered if it would be the last day of this test match, when a touring team arrives here, so inexperienced, so ill—prepared, i'm afraid a one—sided contest is the consequence. bright sparks for the west indies here. a couple of memorable wickets and an excellent runnout. but apart from that, england were so dominant. injamie smith, they found a wicket keeper batter who can execute their aggressive style. smith's 70 included a six — literally out of the ground. so england took a lead of 250. west indies batted again, offered very little resistance. they will resume still 171 runs behind. england need just four more wickets. the only real question is how many of them will be taken byjames anderson as he begins his final lap of honour. joe wilson there. england women have beaten new zealand by six wickets in their

t20 match. alice kapsley scored to guide england home with four balls to spare. sophie ecclestone was the pick for england as new zealand set a target of 142. the victory means england now have an unasailable 3—2 lead in the 5—match series. rory mcilroy made a good start to the scottish open the first he's played. the northern irishman's final round fell apart a month ago, but he recorded a five under par 65 at the renaissance club and is three shots off the pace. two—time major winjustin thomas leads on 88—under. the american recorded the day with a superb bogey free round of 662 to top the pile on day one. a 3—way tie in evian championship. scotland's gemma driver is 7—under par after the

first round. there were not one but two hole—in—ones. england had a four over par 75 but ailed the 16th here. woo from chinese—taipei did the same and finished even for the day. biniam girmay has strengthened his grip on the sprinters�* greenjersey the at his grip on the sprinters�* green jersey the at the tour de france after claiming his third victory of the race on stage 12. but roglic�*s hopes of victory appear to be over after crashing with seven and a half miles to go. he got back on the bike but finished two minutes behind biniam girmay and the group and dropped to sixth. britain�*s mark cavendish was relegated from sixth to 58th for illegal moves in the sprint. he hasjust two more chances to add to his record 35 stage wins. there we go. that is just about it from us. you can, of course, get more on all of the stories

including updates from the or ahead of the final of the european championships which is on sunday. england against spain over on the bbc sport app. and from our website — bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the team here at the rest of the team here at the bbc sport centre — thank you for watching and we�*ll see you for watching and we�*ll see you soon. hello there! the best way to sum upjuly so far this month has been rather wet at times and disappointingly cool. average temperatures at this time of year generally between 18 and 23 degrees. just take a look at the next few days — temperatures below par for the time of year, all due to the direction of the wind and the amount of cloud we�*re going to see. now, let�*s take a look at the pressure chart a little more detail, explain further. we�*ve got this high pressure

out to the west but circulating around that high. the wind direction comes in a clockwise fashion and so, that means a northerly wind. it will continue to drive in plenty of cloud across exposed east coasts, maybe thinking of a spot or two of drizzle as we go through the day, and perhaps a few sharp and thundery downpours breaking out across south wales and south west england. best of the sunshine, perhaps, on friday will be across parts of southern scotland and northern ireland. brisk northerly wind, particularly out on those exposed east coasts. temperatures will struggle mid—teens but we could see highest values of 20 degrees in western scotland but generally, those temperatures a little bit subdued. the high pressure tries to hang on in there as we go into the start of the weekend, staying out to the northwest, and this area of low pressure could just influence eastern areas, spilling in, once again, a little more in the way of cloud and some drizzle. so, double figures to start the day on saturday. still some showery outbreaks of rain around for some and as we go through the day on saturday,

sheltered western areas will see the best of the sunshine. a feed of cloud and some showery rain just drifting in across east yorkshire. so here, temperatures once again mid—teens at very best. we might see highest values of 20 degrees. now, as we move into sunday, there is a potential for that low pressure to just pull away a little bit further and allow for more sunshine to come through, particularly across england and wales, and as a result, the sunshine is strong at this time of year. we�*ll start to see those temperatures recover just a touch. and that�*s going to be the trend as we move into next week. we�*ve got low pressure pushing across the country which could bring some showery outbreaks of rain at times. but then, the weather story looks set, fingers crossed, to quieten down. so, a few scattered showers around monday, possibly tuesday, but by wednesday onwards, drier and warmer.

live from washington, this is bbc news. us president biden holds his first news conference at nato as the democratic party remains divided on his future. nato reaffirms its support for ukraine pledging additional military aid and a path to membership. and kenya�*s president is under pressure: he fires his cabinet ministers over anti—tax protests.

iam sumi i am sumi somaskanda. thank you forjoining us. us presidentjoe biden capped off this year�*s nato summit in washington with a speech and news conference running nearly an hour. he touched on a number of world issues, including china. mr biden says he and chinese president xijinping have had an open line of communication since the chinese balloon incident over the us last year. speaking about vladimir putin, president biden said he had no good reason to speak to putin until the russian president changes his behaviour. he also spoke about his own prospects for re—election, saying he was prepared to deal with world leaders for years to come. now, a future american policy is up to the american people. this is much more than a political question. it�*s more than that. it�*s a national security issue. don�*t reduce this to the usual testament that people talk about — issues of being a political campaign, it�*s far too important. it�*s about the world we live in for decades to come. every american must ask herself

or himself, "is the world "safer with nato?" are you safer?