lam very i am very intrigued to hear about that chocolate news! we will review the support first, though. —— give you the sport first. let's start with the us open tennis, where the world number one iga swiatek had to battle hard to beat kamilla rakhimova in the first round. it was an unconvincing display from the 2022 champion. she committed 41 unforced errors and had to fight off three set points before taking a 6—4, 7—6 win to progress to the second round. and in the last few minutes naomi osaka has won her match against 10th seed jelena 0stapenko, dropping just five games on the way to victory — her first over a top—10 opponent in overfour years. not so good, though, in the men's draw for the 2021semifinalist. felix auger—aliassime was knocked out in the first round. he lost in straight—sets to the 18—year—old czech jakub mensik — 6—2, 6—4, 6—2. the number 1! seed

stefanos tsitsipas has also been knocked out in four sets by autralian world number 86 in four sets by australian world number 86 tha nasi kokkinakis. on court right now, world number one jannik sinner is playing his first match since it emerged he had twice tested positive for a banned substance but escaped a lengthy ban. not going so well for him so far. his american opponent mackenzie macdonald has raced to take the first set 6—2. and he's one up in the second. away from the tennis... olly stone will replace mark wood in the only change to england's 11 for the second test against sri lanka at lord's. england have begun their preparation after a five—wicket win at old trafford last week. stone was in the squad for that one, but comes in to start forjust his fourth test cap, following wood's withdrawal due to an injury. and he's hopeful he can make an impact. ijust i just love, you, the ijust love, you, the slog, should i

say, of that hard graft and going out there and providing your team with something different to try and help you win the game, and i've always said, which is one of the reasons why i've been down certain surgical routes, like to have my back sorted, so i can go out there and play test cricket again. so it's never been in my eyes to give that up, and if my body then gave up on me, that i may have to step away. but thankfully so far i found a way and i can be back out there in an england shirt. the paralympics are nearly upon us, as athletes continue to arrive in the village ahead of the opening ceremony in paris on wednesday. paralympics gb have named their flag bearers as seven—time para wheelchair basketballer terry bywater and wheelchair tennis athlete lucy shuker, who herself will be competing at her fifth games. it's mind—blowing. to be a paralympian is one thing,

to be a five—time paralympian and then be a flag bearer isjust insane. it's a career that i have to look back and be very proud of. everyone�*s arriving at different times, but every time you arrive, you are welcomed with heartfelt emotions. people are proud. we have all qualified and we exist in our team sports so much that when we all come together, it is a huge team and we are so proud to represent our country. manchester united have agreed a 50 million euro fee with paris st—germain for midfielder manuel ugarte. this includes a further 10 million euros in add—ons, with the uruguayan expected in manchesterfor a medical, as the deal looks to move at the same time as scott mctominay�*s potential transfer to napoli. ugarte is reported to have already agreed personal terms. to golf now. us solheim cup captain stacey lewis

has named lexi thompson as one of her three wild card picks ahead of next month's event, along withjennifer kupcho and sarah schmelzel. thompson is retiring from playing full—time at the end of the year, so will be making her seventh and final appearance in the competition. she is such a pretty competitor and loves the solheim cup more than a bubbly anybody on this team, and was very a very easy pick to make —— probably anybody. truthfully, she is tenfold better in her game then where we were going to last year's so i'm couple. everything one of them, when i told them it was the pick, it was like, ok, good. they all wanted to be there as well. that is all from me, so let's get back to christian for all that healthy chocolate news! that's exciting. you're going to have to watch. it's a few minutes away. sarah, thanks so much for that. we are going to talk about france first. france is at an impasse over the appointment

of their next prime minister, after the socialists boycotted a planned meeting at the elysee today. and that is because president macron has rejected lucie castets, the candidate put forward by the new popular front. the leftist coalition — which includes the socialists — won the most seats at the snap election but not an absolute majority. the president had scheduled fresh meetings with the parties today. but he is suggesting he will pick his own technocrat prime minister above the calls of the largest bloc. the new popular front have called for protests and have talked of impeachment. let's speak to claire lejeune, a french mp from that left—wing alliance. her party is la france insoumise, which in english means "france unbowed". you are very welcome to the programme. thank you for coming on. an unprecedented situation, this, and i understand there's a lot of angen and i understand there's a lot of anger. what, though, can you do about it? ~ . ., ., about it? what we have now in france, about it? what we have now in france. and — about it? what we have now in france. and i _ about it? what we have now in france, and i think— about it? what we have now in france, and i think it's - about it? what we have now in france, and i think it's very - france, and i think it's very important to take the measure of the situation we are in, is a fully fledged democratic institutional

crisis. this has never happened before. we've never gone without a government, fully fledged government, fully fledged government, for so long. it's been 42 days now. and so what normally happens is that the first block of the first political... would now be called to form a government. macron has made it clear he is not prepared to call the left, the new popular front, to form a government as we asked them to do and is all our political version should indicate. so he's put us in a situation where it's a dead—end. because we can't hope to have any political stability if the people's voice is being trampled in the situation. what

trampled in the situation. what stability would _ trampled in the situation. what stability would there _ trampled in the situation. what stability would there be - trampled in the situation. what stability would there be if - trampled in the situation. what stability would there be if lucie castets was named as the prime minister? because the problem, as i set out, as you don't have an absolute majority, you have 188 seats you are well short of the 289 required for a majority. president macron�*s party has 161, not that far behind you, and of course the rally would detail your pick, so we'd be back to square one even if you got your choice, wouldn't we? i back to square one even if you got your choice, wouldn't we?- your choice, wouldn't we? i don't think so. what _ your choice, wouldn't we? i don't think so. what is _ your choice, wouldn't we? i don't think so. what is important - your choice, wouldn't we? i don't think so. what is important to . think so. what is important to stress is that we are very aware that we don't have a and ashley majority. during the summer we wrote a letter to all the member the parliament to say, this kind of method we have used would work with everyone, but this does not take anything away from the fact that the new political basis, the political direction which we have got to go has to be decided by the political

block that arrived first in the elections. this does not mean that we won't be working with the other political forces, we won't be working with the other politicalforces, this means that the government must be formed on the basis of the platform of the first coalition. this is always what's happened, and in 2022... the happened, and in 2022. .. the constitution _ happened, and in 2022. .. the constitution of _ happened, and in 2022. .. the constitution of the _ happened, and in 2022... the constitution of the federal public... sorry to interrupt you. the constitution of the fifth public says the president can emit prime minister that is not from the biggest force in parliament. there's not much you can do about that, save for maybe impeaching him. can you impeach him grazila the —— the constitution of the fifth republic gives much power to the president. it republic gives much power to the resident. , ., , republic gives much power to the resident. , . , , , president. it states the president has to name _ president. it states the president has to name the _ president. it states the president has to name the prime _ president. it states the president has to name the prime minister. | president. it states the president - has to name the prime minister. does not say it has to choose the prime ministerjust according to what he

prefers. normally, he names the prime minister according to the new balance of forcing the national assembly. the prime minister don after the government will be knocked down repeatedly. this is the printable. he is not respecting this. he is choosing not to respect his principal, and he is going to probably name a prime minister and a government who are basically going to carry on his politicos, which is not what the french people said in... g , w' , not what the french people said in... , _ not what the french people said in... just quickly, yes or no, would ou in... just quickly, yes or no, would you impeach _ in... just quickly, yes or no, would you impeach him _ in... just quickly, yes or no, would you impeach him grazila _ in... just quickly, yes or no, would you impeach him grazila yes, - in... just quickly, yes or no, would you impeach him grazila yes, so, i in... just quickly, yes or no, would| you impeach him grazila yes, so, in our constitution it you impeach him grazila yes, so, in our constitution— our constitution it allows us to launch a procedure _ our constitution it allows us to launch a procedure for- our constitution it allows us to - launch a procedure for impeachment. it is something my political party, la france insoumise, has put on the table for two main reasons, because we see very clearly that in this

situation, the problem is the way macron is behaving, the way after the election he said but nobody has won, this doesn't change anything, so he's kind of reinterpreting the election results so it suits him. we'll see where that goes, we will see where that impeachment goes. claire lejeune, gratefulfor your claire lejeune, grateful for your time claire lejeune, gratefulfor your time this evening. claire lejeune there from la france insoumise. more than 3,500 current and former workers at next have won a six—year legal battle for equal pay. an employment tribunal said store staff, who are mainly women, should not be paid less than warehouse employees, who are predominently male. next says it will appeal the decision. emma simpson reports. on the shop floor at next, the workers are overwhelmingly women. now, there's a ruling that they shouldn't have been paid less than colleagues in the company's warehouses — this part of retail is typically male. at next, men make upjust over half the staff here.

it seems so unfair that we were earning less than the men who worked in the warehouses. helen has worked there for more than 20 years and took part in the long battle for equal pay. now, they've won. i'm a pensioner now, and it's unbelievable that we've had to work till now for someone to actually recognise —— to wait till now for someone to actually recognise that our role is as valuable as a similar role for a man. lawyers for the store staff claim warehouse workers were able to earn between a0 pence and £3.13 an hour more. they think the average salary loss was more than £6,000 each over the period of the claim. next dispute the size of the pay gap. it's estimated the compensation could cost it more than £30 million. it's taken six years. first, they had to prove the jobs were comparable. then, they had to prove they were of equal value. this final stage was all about whether there was any justification

for the difference in pay. next argued it had to pay the going market rate to recruit and keep hold of the warehouse operators, to ensure the viability of its business, but the tribunal ruled that wasn't a good enough reason, although it didn't accept the discrepancy was down to direct discrimination. next is planning an appeal, saying there are important legal principles at stake. for now, though, it's a big win for the shop workers. this is genuinely a landmark. it hasn't been done in this way, on this scale and in the private sector before. it's brilliant. she's representing more than 100,000 workers in similar equal pay claims against tesco, asda, sainsbury�*s, morrisons and the co—op. they'll be watching closely what happens next.

emma simpson, bbc news. yeah, a tribunal decision that has big implications for other stores in the uk. we will discuss that with our panel later in the programme. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

welcome back. the planned launch of an all—civilian crew, which will mark a new chapter in space exploration, has been put back a day after a helium leak was detected at the kennedy space center. spacex says all systems are looking good for tomorrow's falcon 9 launch of the polaris dawn. it has been built by the billionaire enterpreneurjared isaacman. the team aboard will become the first privately—trained astronauts to take part in a space walk, 700 kilometres above the earth. the capsule is without an airlock which means it will completely depressurise for that spacewalk. all four crew members will rely on their suits for survival. here's jared isaacman talking about the trip. you know, we're the four lucky ones that get to go on this ride,

but i can't tell you how many teams have been working nonstop for the last two and a half years, building a new eva suit to do a space walk, and the operations associated with it, and the vehicle changes, the starlink lasers. a bunch of things we're going to talk to you about in order to make this possible, all supporting that bigger dream so that, you know, maybe in the not—too—distant future humans are going to finally reach another planet other than our own. if you've got the money, it will take you to the moon, or somewhere near it! let's speak to leroy chiao, former nasa astronaut and commander of the international space station. thank you for coming on. it used to be space travel was for government space agencies, but we are in very different times. are you a supporter of this? ., ~ different times. are you a supporter of this? . ~ , ., of this? yeah, i think it is a natural evolution _ of this? yeah, i think it is a natural evolution of- of this? yeah, i think it is a natural evolution of how i of this? yeah, i think it is a - natural evolution of how things go or should go. herman's take on big projects to develop the technology,

develop infrastructure, and then the commercial sector comes in and makes businesses out of them, and this is how aviation started, similar, and the organised aviation, and so this is great. mr isaac men and his teams, they are pushing forward, working with spacex to develop a completely new space walking suits, eva suit, i don't know any details about it, but i do know the spacex people pretty well and they are very much dedicated to safety and the technical excellence, so i have every confidence this will go as planned, and not without risk. at}! planned, and not without risk. of course. going 870 miles above the earth's service which is about three times the orbital altitude of your former home, the international space station. why are they going so high? what is different about that altitude? bi; what is different about that altitude? �* , ., ., altitude? by going that high, the 're altitude? by going that high, they're going _ altitude? by going that high, they're going to _ altitude? by going that high, they're going to basically - altitude? by going that high, i they're going to basically scrape

one of the lower radiation belts, right? and i'm not sure exactly what experiment they are doing, they are him and to go that high, but they will be exposed to higher levels of radiation, there's no question about that, but it's a relatively short mission so it should not be a big deal. . , ., , deal. that will be the ultimate test for this new _ deal. that will be the ultimate test for this new spacesuit, _ deal. that will be the ultimate test for this new spacesuit, is - deal. that will be the ultimate test for this new spacesuit, is that - for this new spacesuit, is that what you're saying, the radiation? i’m you're saying, the radiation? i'm not so sure _ you're saying, the radiation? i'm not so sure it's _ you're saying, the radiation? i“n not so sure it's for the test of the spacesuit or the space capsule, for that matter. i am guessing, and i'm guessing a little bit they have some kind of a radiation experiment on board, they want to actually go and make some measurements near that radiation belt, but i'm not sure. we've just been looking at some of the pictures of the conventional spacewalk. how is this one different?— spacewalk. how is this one different? , ., , ' different? this one is different in that it's the _ different? this one is different in that it's the first _ different? this one is different in that it's the first time _ different? this one is different in that it's the first time we - different? this one is different in that it's the first time we have i different? this one is different in that it's the first time we have a | that it's the first time we have a nonprofessional crew, a crew not trained by nasa or another government space agency, to go up

and actually do spacewalks, and they're doing it on to complete the new suit, as you also pointed out, they're going to fully depressurized they're going to fully depressurized the cabin of the spacecraft. that's something that has not been done since basically apollo days, when there was no external airlock, and so the crew is going to be, all of them, in their spacesuits, so the crew is going to be, all of them, in theirspacesuits, relying on those them, in their spacesuits, relying on those spacesuits to keep them alive, so it's a pretty big deal. all well and good, this. i couldn't help but think of this portrait that are on the international space station at the moment who lost their ride will —— this poor true. why are we doing this and not refurbishing the falcon to go and pick them up? i'm sure there are many reasons, as you heard jared isaacman say, they've been working on this for two and a half years, subassembly contracts are in place and this is their spacecraft for their mission.

they are doing in partnership with spacex because spacex is flying two other engineers on board this flight. there some kind of a sharing going on. i guess in theory, in principle, maybe if nasa wanted to buy this spacecraft, maybe they could have worked, but frankly the timeframe is way too short. i don't think this was really a practical option. so in forcefully for butch and sunny on the station, it seems the most expedient thing for logistics and the traffic model and going up and down to the station is for them to take over for two crew members on the next crew that's going to launch in a few weeks, and they have to stay up there until february of 2025 —— unfortunately. even in space travel, if you are next on the rink, you get the priority! leroy chiao, thank you for coming on. imagine picking up a nicejuicy apple, but instead of biting into it, you keep the seeds and throw the rest away. that's how they make chocolate.

only the cocoa beans are used in chocolate production. the rest of the fruit — roughly the size of a pumpkin, extremely rich in nutrients — is discarded. but now scientists in switzerland say they've come up with a more sustainable method of production, using the whole husk of the cocoa pod which means there'd be no need to add sugar. and of course that would make it healthier. it means we could eat more of it and that's why it's in the programme tonight! let's speak to dr kim mishra, the food scientist who is behind this research. this is wonderful, wonderful news. less sugar more chocolate — i think that will get everyone's support, but why has it taken so long was “ so —— so long was yellow first of all, thank you for inviting me. it -- so long was yellow first of all, thank you for inviting me.- thank you for inviting me. it has taken so long — thank you for inviting me. it has taken so long because - thank you for inviting me. it has taken so long because the - thank you for inviting me. it has i taken so long because the process for using his introducing moisture into the chocolate and that is a no go in chocolate manufacturing. that is why most people just did not consider it. is why most people 'ust did not consider it* consider it. the pulp is the moisture _ consider it. the pulp is the

moisture you're _ consider it. the pulp is the moisture you're talking - consider it. the pulp is the - moisture you're talking about. does it taste different?— it taste different? yes, indeed it taste different _ it taste different? yes, indeed it taste different and _ it taste different? yes, indeed it taste different and it _ it taste different? yes, indeed it taste different and it is - it taste different? yes, indeed it taste different and it is the - it taste different? yes, indeed it taste different and it is the pulp| taste different and it is the pulp that introduces the moisture. the pulp juice can that introduces the moisture. the pulpjuice can be that introduces the moisture. the pulp juice can be seen as a pineapple likejuice, and if you combine it with parts of the husk, you make a jelly, a cocoa jelly. and thatis you make a jelly, a cocoa jelly. and that is what you can actually use as the substitute for crystalline sugar. the substitute for crystalline surar. ., . ., ., . sugar. how much lower? how much lower is the — sugar. how much lower? how much lower is the sugar _ sugar. how much lower? how much lower is the sugar content - sugar. how much lower? how much lower is the sugar content than - sugar. how much lower? how much lower is the sugar content than an l lower is the sugar content than an ordinary bar of chocolate? to lower is the sugar content than an ordinary bar of chocolate?- ordinary bar of chocolate? to be recise, ordinary bar of chocolate? to be precise. you _ ordinary bar of chocolate? to be precise. you do _ ordinary bar of chocolate? to be precise, you do not _ ordinary bar of chocolate? to be precise, you do not lower- precise, you do not lower the absolute sugar content, we increase the fibre content and decrease the fatty acid problem, which makes the front chocolate, for meat nutritional point of view, more beneficial. nutritional point of view, more beneficial-— nutritional point of view, more beneficial. . , , ., beneficial. that is the big win for the consumer. _ beneficial. that is the big win for the consumer. on _ beneficial. that is the big win for the consumer. on a _ beneficial. that is the big win for the consumer. on a more - beneficial. that is the big win for| the consumer. on a more serious note, it has a pretty chequered history, the cocoa industry. there

is the deforestation, the soaring price of beans, the endemic poverty among cocoa farmers. how do you think this, if we manufacture chocolate in this way, how do you think you would change the industry? i think there are two important aspects. most important one is probably the income diversification for small farmers. they will be able to sell three products, instead of just one. and secondly, it is a great chance for cocoa producing countries to also take part in the industrialisation. having a share of processing the cocoa fruit into added value products, such as this concert or the powder we are talking about. , ., , ., , ., about. they would be able to manufacture _ about. they would be able to manufacture the _ about. they would be able to manufacture the constituent | about. they would be able to - manufacture the constituent parts of the cocoa plant. is it true, furtive my endurance on this, they did not

have the skill in the past to produce chocolate from the beans and so a lot of the beans were exported —— forgive my ignorance? is that beginning to change? yet. -- forgive my ignorance? is that beginning to change?— -- forgive my ignorance? is that beginning to change? yet, you have to see, beginning to change? yet, you have to see. where _ beginning to change? yet, you have to see, where is _ beginning to change? yet, you have to see, where is chocolate - to see, where is chocolate consumed? chocolate is mostly consumed in europe and the us. cocoa is producing countries that never industrialised it at home because the market isn't there. maybe with this new method, there is a rising demand for that chocolate in the home markets, right? and that could change how chocolate is manufactured worldwide. bud change how chocolate is manufactured worldwide. �* ,., change how chocolate is manufactured worldwide. . , , , worldwide. and so, presumably there would be a financial— worldwide. and so, presumably there would be a financial incentive - worldwide. and so, presumably there would be a financial incentive for - would be a financial incentive for the growers to do this, the companies would get behind it? yes. companies would get behind it? yes, i mean, at companies would get behind it? yes, i mean. at first— companies would get behind it? yes, i mean, at first it _ companies would get behind it? yes, i mean, at first it was _ companies would get behind it? re: i mean, at first it was the important part, to create, satisfy

consumer needs and create the first in the market. one company need to take the risk and launch such a in the market. one company need to take the risk and launch such a product. once that is done, maybe product. once that is done, maybe there is a chain reaction and lots there is a chain reaction and lots of companies will change to this of companies will change to this chocolate, thereby increasing the chocolate, thereby increasing the demand for the other by—products of demand for the other by—products of the cocoa. demand for the other by-products of the cocoa. ., , the cocoa. demand for the other by-products of the cocoa. ., , demand for the other by-products of the cocoa. ., a , ., i. ~' demand for the other by-products of the cocoa. ., a , ., i. ~' the cocoa. how quickly do you think this new chocolate _ the cocoa. how quickly do you think this new chocolate _ the cocoa. how quickly do you think this new chocolate you _ the cocoa. how quickly do you think this new chocolate you are - this new chocolate you are manufacturing will hit the market? the cocoa. how quickly do you think this new chocolate you _ the cocoa. how quickly do you think this new chocolate you are - this new chocolate you are manufacturing will hit the market? it's hard to say. but we did was a it's hard to say. but we did was a pilot scale, tens of kilograms of pilot scale, tens of kilograms of scale, and to the tonnes, ten scale, and to the tonnes, ten tonnes, there's still processing tonnes, there's still processing questions to be solved and of course questions to be solved and of course supply of the raw materials. so, we supply of the raw materials. so, we manufacture all of this in our lab. manufacture all of this in our lab. if you want to go into mass if you want to go into mass production, you have to scale this production, you have to scale this

up, so i think it will still take up, so i think it will still take one to two years before this chocolate hits the shelf. that's the de - ressini chocolate hits the shelf. that's the depressing bit! _ chocolate hits the shelf. that's the depressing bit! dr— chocolate hits the shelf. that's the depressing bit! dr kim _ chocolate hits the shelf. that's the depressing bit! dr kim mishra, - chocolate hits the shelf. that's the i depressing bit! dr kim mishra, thank you very much. we will have to wait patiently. thank you very much indeed. good news on the chocolate. a lower sugar content coming soon.

and perth and kinross. at least the weather brighten up through the afternoon. now looking at the weather picture overnight tonight, here is our weak weather front, stretched across northern england, wales and into the south west of england. with that there will be some areas of low cloud, bit of mist and fog around some of the hills and the coasts, and further patches of mostly light rain. there will be some rain returning to northern ireland towards the end of the night as well. we've got these three zones of weather then for the forecast tomorrow too. first of all, our old weather front, well, it could pep up to bring one or two heavier bursts of rain, but i think more likely the heaviest rain on wednesday will be affecting northern ireland and into parts of scotland through the course of the day, but that still leaves east anglia and south east england, where it's going to be dry, sunny and warm. if anything, it could be even hotter. temperatures might reach 27 degrees in the very warmest spots. now, by the time we get to thursday, a cold front will have swept away that heat from easternmost areas of england, so temperatures will be returning back closer to average. a lot of dry weather around.

a few blustery showers, though for the north—west of scotland and a few isolated showers, possibly building through the day in northern ireland and the north—west of both england and wales. but overall, thursday's not a bad kind of day. and for friday, well, there is a risk of seeing a few showers affect the northern isles for a time, thanks to this area of low pressure. but otherwise high pressure starts to build across the uk and that's going to be with us through friday and into the weekend beyond. what that means is for most of you, it's looking dry to the end of the week. could be a few early morning mist and fog patches to clear, but otherwise some fine spells of sunshine are forecast to develop widely. temperatures again climbing into the 20s widely across england and wales. high teens for scotland and northern ireland. in that late august sunshine it should feel pleasantly warm and the sunny skies stay with us into the weekend as well. however, there isjust a small chance of a few showers coming up from france to affect southernmost areas of england on sunday.

hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. translation: israeli commandos rescued qaid farhan alkadi - from an underground tunnel, following accurate intelligence. translation: i congratulate the idf and the idsa for another _ successful rescue operation. we are working tirelessly to bring back all our hostages. _ he's a bedouin arab who is an israeli citizen. the doctors who were looking

after him at a hospital in southern israel say he's in pretty good health. translation: we think god and we think everyone- _ translation: we think god and we think everyone. we _ translation: we think god and we think everyone. we hope _ translation: we think god and we think everyone. we hope to - translation: we think god and we think everyone. we hope to see - translation: we think god and we | think everyone. we hope to see them healthy _ think everyone. we hope to see them healthy we _ think everyone. we hope to see them healthy. we are very happy, very happy _ joining me tonight are annabel denham, comment editor at the telegraph — and robert creamer, democratic strategist, and partner at democracy partners political consultancy. first, the latest headlines. the israeli military says it's rescued a hostage in the southern gaza strip. qaid farhan alkadi, a bedouin arab citizen of israel, is reported to in a stable medical condition after more than ten months in captivity. he had been working as a guard at a warehouse when he was abducted by hamas. the british prime minister, keir starmer, has warned that his government's first budget, due this autumn, will be "painful"