the highjump is one of her strongest disciplines and she cleared 1.92 metres, as did herfierce rival nafi thiam, the two—time olympic champion. that put kjt top of the standings, 2a points ahead of the belgian. we've had the heats for the 4x100 metres relay, and both great britain's men and women have made it into their finals. great britain's men's team ofjeremiah azu, louie hinchliffe, richard kilty and nethaneel mitchell—blake were third behind favourites the usa in a very fast heat. the big shock is that jamaica have missed out, finishing fourth in their heat in a slow time after messing up their baton changes. team gb rested dina asher—smith and daryll neitta after their individual programmes so it was down to bianca williams, imani lansiquot, amy hunt and desiree henry and they won their heat — gold medalfavourites

the usa also won theirs. jadejones�* bid for history is over after an early defeat in the taekwondo. jones was looking to become the first three—time olympic champion in the sport, but lost her 57 kilogram bout to macedonia's miljana reljikj. she was beaten at the same stage in tokyo three years ago. jones could still compete for bronze later in the repechage but needs reljkik to reach the finals, she is fighting in her quarterfinal right now. matt hudson—smith has been reflecting on his silver medal in one of the fastest 400 metre races in history. pipped on the line by the american quincy hall — hudson—smith was bidding to become the first british winner of the race since eric liddell a hundred years ago. but the american, hall, found another gear to take gold by four hundredths of a second. i can't complain. i ran the perfect

race. exactly how i hoped. he said it will come down to the last 50. the whole race was absolutely insane. the most competitive and biggest contributors coming away with a medal, that calibre of athletes is insane. there are a couple of adjustments that will be made and i was saying this is just the start and this championship is not even over, we have the relay so our focus on getting another medal and bring it home for the boys. we saw rafa nadal take part in the olympics but he has pulled out of the the us open that starts later this month. that could be the end of his grand slam career, he says "i will miss those electric and special night sessions in nyc at ashe, but i don't think i would be able to give my 100% this time." he says he'll play at the laver cup in berlin next month. west ham are having a busy summer in the transfer market, spending over £100 million so far, they could recoup some of that

by letting kurt zouma leave. their club captain is closing on a move to the united arab emirates. he's been in talks with dubai—based shabab al—ahli, with a deal expected to be reached over the coming days. — he's one of the highest earners at the hammers since his arrival dfrom cheslea three years ago and his current contract contract expires next year. and that's all the sport for now. thank you. here in the uk, the first therapy that uses gene—editing is to be offered on the nhs, in what a patients�* charity has hailed as a revolutionary breakthrough. it will be used as a potential cure for the blood disorder, beta thalassaemia. it costs £1.6 million or $2 million per patient, but a deal has been struck with the manufacturer, to pay less. with me is health and science

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describing things that way but it seems this is. what is the big potential of gene editing in the future? . potential of gene editing in the future? , ., , ., , future? gene editing only one they never prize — future? gene editing only one they never prize in _ future? gene editing only one they never prize in 2020, _ future? gene editing only one they never prize in 2020, this _ future? gene editing only one they never prize in 2020, this is - future? gene editing only one they never prize in 2020, this is the - never prize in 2020, this is the first time it has emerged as an approved drug. but there will be more sickle cell anaemia, another condition with the same approach, and anywhere you can manipulate dna to improve somebody�*s health and those are the kinds of conditions you are thinking about when you use this technology. its potentialfor the future is absolutely huge. two months after blasting off on a test mission to the international space station, two american astronauts are still unable to return home after problems with a boeing starliner spacecraft means they can't be brought back to earth. barry wilmore and sunita williams may now end up spending more than eight months — rather than eight days — on board the iss. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports.

three, two, one, ignition. and lift—off of- starliner and atlas 5. it was expected to be a short stay at the international space station for butch wilmore and sunita williams. but the test pilots for boeing's new starliner are in for a longer trip than they bargained for. eight days could turn into eight months, because their capsule has been deemed unsafe to return to earth. problems with its propulsion system emerged during starliner�*s initial approach to the space station injune, and it still hasn't been fixed. no decision has been made yet, but it looks like the capsule will eventually return to earth, but, to be on the safe side, without the astronauts. they may have to hitch a lift with rival company spacex. the capsule crew dragon is due to head to the space station later this year, and talks are under way with nasa to leave two empty seats so the stranded astronauts can get home on the return trip. they've already been stuck

in space for two months, but the pair could be in for quite a wait, since the crew dragon won't be heading back to earth until next february. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. i've been speaking to helen sharman — who became the first british astronaut back in 1991, spending eight days in orbit. she told me how the team might be feeling. one paces oneself, right? so even if you go away on something lovely, like your luxury holiday that you've been looking forward to for, years, and then suddenly you're there for eight months rather than for eight days. how is that going to make you feel? and in many respects it's similar, although space flight, you know, and this is a test flight as well, so it's riskier than most. they will have known that. that was certainly a possibility. they've certainly trained for it. the big thing as well is that they've got a different crew dynamics going on. so they will have sort of met with the crew that they would have expected to be in space with those that they're in space with now, but it's looking like there's going to be a crew

changeover so that more than one, there'll be a crew dragon, and there'll also be a soyuz going up as well. um, so there'll be different crew members. so that whole crew dynamic changes. but yes, it's that i think it's that pacing, isn't it? when you do anything, whether it's a race, whatever it is, it's the first third that's the exciting bit. it's new, you're learning new stuff. you're all looking forward to it. the final third or so, you're starting to wind down making sure everything's completed, looking forward to what's going to happen afterwards. and it's that middle section that i think psychologically is the toughest. but it's nothing. it's not like a sudden drama for them. butch and stoney have been very much integrated in the decision making process that nasa's been having that have been completely, um, sort of transparent. nasa would have been transparent with all the different tests that's been happening. in fact, butch and sonny have been participating in those, and they were on a live call with the people in nasa on tuesday, i understand, and actually sort of so they could hear live what was being discussed. so it will have been for them a gradual dawning and they might still come back on starliner. it's looking less likely,

but it's more a sort of instead of it being a sudden, oh my goodness, we're not coming back. it's a gradual disappointment in some respects. but also, of course, you know, they're in this amazing place. they're in space, they're floating around feeling weightless and able to help some of their crewmates looking out of the window at those gorgeous views. so it's not all bad for them, i don't think. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. there's some hot weather on the way during this weekend, mainly across england and wales, further north it is going to remain unsettled and cooler at times. today, certainly one of those days, it's going to be unsettled thanks to low pressure and its weather fronts crossing the country, bringing more of a breeze, a lot of cloud outbreaks of rain. heaviest of the rain across central and northern areas,

which will tend to clear away this evening and overnight in towards the north sea. we hold on to a lot of cloud, it stays quite breezy, further showers, particularly across western areas, but it will be a warm, muggy night to come for england and wales. low teens further north. behind this cold front, though, slightly fresher air moves in, blustery westerly winds on friday, so it will be a bright and breezy day for many, much better, actually, than what we'll have today, plenty of sunshine for england and wales, some areas staying dry altogether, most of the showers affecting scotland, northern ireland, maybe north—west england. and like i mentioned, it will be a blustery day wherever you are, but especially around some western coasts. those temperatures range from around 15 to 25 degrees in the south, given more sunshine. and through friday night, it'll be dry, further showers across the north and west of scotland, and then this weather front pushes across england and wales to bring thicker cloud and some rain, particularly by around dawn, to wales and south—west england. temperatures again 10 to 15 degrees. now, as we head into the weekend, it will be hotting up for some of us, particularly across england

and wales, whereas further north it stays on the cooler side, blustery with further showers. this is the picture for saturday. blustery showers continue north and west of scotland. we'll have quite a bit of cloud to begin with across england and wales, and then the sunshine emerges into the afternoon. temperatures creeping up somewhat, low 20s across scotland, northern ireland, up to around 25 or 26 degrees across the south east. it's not until sunday—monday we're really import this hot air, hot and humid airfrom spain and france, and it will be affecting mainly the midlands, southern and eastern england. so on sunday we should have quite a bit of sunshine around, some heavy rain skirting past northern ireland and western scotland, but elsewhere it will be dry, those temperatures soaring into the afternoon across england and wales, mid to high 20s widely, we could be up to the 30 celsius mark in the south—east. and i think monday's the peak of the heat, but it'll be very short lived. temperatures return back to normal as we move through the new week, but it does stay more unsettled further north and west. take care.

live from london. this is bbc news. nobel laureate mohammed yunus arrives home — to lead the new caretaker government in bangladesh — following weeks of deadly turmoil. thousands of anti—racism protestors peacefully take to the streets across england after a week of anti—immigration disorder

on verify today we have been looking at the situation in the russian border region of kursk where thousands have been evacuated following a rare raid by ukraine. and the eight—day trip to space that could now last until next year — we'll talk to an astronaut. hello and welcome to verified live. the man who will lead bangladesh's new caretaker government has returned to dhaka and is expected to be sworn in as chief adviser to the interim government any minute. nobel laureate muhammad yunus flew into the capital from paris, where he'd had a minor medical procedure. he was greeted by members of the military and executives from grameen bank — the micro—financing lender mr yunus founded, which helped lift millions from poverty. he answered a couple of questions from our south asia correspondent, samira hussain.