today inquests into the deaths of 79 of those who died, resumed. king felipe of spain has told parliament that he's confident the uk and spain will be able to reach an agreement over the future of gibraltar after brexit. a gay man has won a landmark ruling at the supreme court — giving his husband the same pension rights as a wife would receive. president trump has defended his son over a meeting with a russian lawyer during his presidential campaign, calling him "open, transparent and innocent". critics have accused mrtrumerof intent to collude with the russians. defending wimbledon champion andy murray has been knocked out of the tournament at the quarter—final stage. he was beaten in five sets by american sam querrey. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. controversy continues to surround donald trumer following news of his meeting with a russian lawyer.

president trump has described it as "the greatest witch—hunt in political history" — something denied by the new head of the fbi. much more on this in 100 days plus at 7pm. and it is about a quarter the size of wales and weighs about a trillion tonnes. we'll be joined by one expert who says that although one of the biggest icebergs hasjust broken away from antarctica, it might not be linked to global warming. and our guests tonight in the papers, at10.1i0pm, are the broadcaster charlie wolf and the mirror columnist susie boniface. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for wimbledon sportsday. hello and welcome to wimbledon sportsday — i'm hugh woozencroft. what might have been —

andy murray is out of wimbledon. there was an opportunity there. i am sad that it is over. asjohanna konta prepares for her last—four match tomorrow — we hear from britain's last women's semi—finalist virginia wade. and england reach the semi—finals of the women's cricket world cup. well, they came in their droves expecting to see the confirmation well, they came in their droves, expecting to see the confirmation of a british man and woman into the last four for the first time in 50 years, however it just wasn't to be. good evening, we start with the end of andy murray's second reign as wimbledon champion. the world no 1 was expected to beat

sam querrey in today's quarter—final on centre court but, as tim hague reports, it seems an injured hip may well have led to a shock exit. it has been all about andy for over a decade. ten quarter—final appearances and now for the latest. facing a man with little to lose. sam querrey struggled to start. nerves have got in the way. the current champion had no nerves, though and took the opening set. more of the same in the second, murray marvellous in all departments. a beautiful shot. we love it. on course for the set but querrey broke back twice. the match was all square and against a man who knocked novak djokovic out last year, things were looking far busierfor the briton who looked in pain at times. even more so when history repeated itself, murray losing his serve again,

yet this time, in a tie—break. querrey helped him out. this match now producing the most unexpected of storylines. murray was seriously struggling with a hip injury that has hampered him all tournament. he certainly wasn't himself, completely off—colour and outplayed, 6—1 in the fourth and the problems persisted into the decider. he was broken repeatedly. wow! best point of his life. it was difficult to fathom but it was happening and with the end in sight, the american sealed the deal in a manner you would expect. the 24th seed into his first ever grand slam semifinal. the first seed, the champion, out. it is not all about andy murray this year at wimbledon. the double tournament, i've been a

little bit sore but i tried my best right to the end. i gave everything i had so i'm proud about that but it was obviously disappointing to lose. at wimbledon. there is obviously an opportunity there. so i'm sad that it is over. before the tournament, it is over. before the tournament, it was very short—term, because obviously, you want to play wimbledon, you want to play all of the slams and give your best chance there. we were looking at short—term solutions and now obviously, managed to get through a bunch of matches and did 0k to get through a bunch of matches and did ok now, i will sit down with my team and look at the next step, looked a little bit longer term. the

us open is six or seven weeks away, maybe. i will sit down with my team tomorrow and come up with a plan. that is what we will have to do next. i feel like i that is what we will have to do next. ifeel like i have done all of the right stuff but i will try to do more and try to get myself in better shape and hopefully, comes through the other side of it a better player, a better athlete and that's what i will try to do. a good victory for sam querrey but a disappointing defeat for andy murray. i am joined disappointing defeat for andy murray. iamjoined by disappointing defeat for andy murray. i am joined by a former british davis cup player. andy murray saying he could have won the match in three sets. i think that was a match in three sets. i think that wasafair match in three sets. i think that was a fair point. he was a break up and he lost his serve and out of nowhere, lost three very quick games to lose that second set and then he

managed to bounce back. i think that isafair managed to bounce back. i think that is a fair point and what he is trying to say, if you manage to drive home that lead, the chances of querrey coming back from 2—0 down we re querrey coming back from 2—0 down were a lot slimmer. what do you make of this hip problem. it seems to have cost him his campaign at wimbledon. has he been working himself too hard? there is no doubt the demand of a scheduled to get the world number one at the end of last year, hard work and andy murray go very well together. it is not something he has never shied away from. at the start of this tournament, it is very unusual for him to miss a couple of days practice so there was obviously something there. he said he was doing everything he can to get onto the court. it wasn't a tournament he would pull out of lightly. i think what he needs to do now is figure out what is the problem and how he can get it better. where does he go

from here? he said he will sit down with his team tomorrow and decide where to go with the us open on the horizon. could it be an extended break? until we horizon. could it be an extended break? untilwe know horizon. could it be an extended break? until we know exactly what the injury is, he will have to determine how long he needs to rest. he does look like you need some genuine time. then he will do the training he feels he is absolutely ready to compete at the highest level. you know how physical game he has, if he is 10% off at this level, given how quick ears and how much he has to move around the court, it is very disadvantageous to his game. sam querrey ruthless in the last couple sets. he will go on to face marin cilic who won over gilles muller. what you expect from those two in the semifinal? an expected. yes, i thought querrey would always bea yes, i thought querrey would always be a difficult match for an

day—to—day. —— andy today. it is a surprise but querrey had the r surprise but querrey had the weaponry to trouble murray. cilic is someone weaponry to trouble murray. cilic is someone who will go into the semifinal as the clear favourite. he was talked about as a dark horse for the final from the start and coming through the day was an absolutely tremendous effort. he had chances to close it out in the fourth set. he bounced back and you can see from the reaction when he won to see how much it meant to him. a rather surprising event on centre court. novak djokovic retiring. it seems he has a shoulder problem so that is the right decision? something may be andy murray should have done? i'm not sure about that. you never know what nerves could come into play. i think andy did directing to stay on the court and give it a chance. the

shoulder injury from djokovic any really ca m e shoulder injury from djokovic any really came into play, i think, during the last match against mannarino. it was clear today, i think he was serving at 100 miles an hour at the start of the match so there was obviously a problem. he obviously felt he couldn't continue. roger federer going for his eighth title here. his 100th match here, only the greatjimmy connors has done that previously. do you make federer favourite now? absolutely, playing unbelievable tennis. with the men and women's draw right from the men and women's draw right from the start, equally on both of them, come the last 16, you could pick the matches and everyone can really come through any match. now, what has happened today, seeing nadal go out, andy murray and djokovic also. federer is a massive favourite. also

the way he is playing, it is incredible to see. i would be surprised if he didn't win the title. back to his best, one of the old est title. back to his best, one of the oldest semifinalist here at wimbledon. hundred matches, it is a lot but very happy my body kept me going over these years. a perfect setting, beautiful weather, the crowd was into it, mexican wave on wimbledon centre court, you don't see that every day. i am so happy to be in the semi. federer through, who do you think will reach the final?|j think you think will reach the final?” think federer will come through. tomas berdych does have some r . tomas berdych does have some weaponry. i watched a lot of marin cilic over the last two weeks so i fa ncy cilic over the last two weeks so i fancy him as favourites i think federer and cilic in the final. tomorrow sees the start of the wheelchair events which last year provided british players with three of the four titles — gemma louise stevenson has been

taking a look at their prospects 12 months on. passion, power, agility and skill. welcome to the wimbledon wheelchair draw which in 2016, saw the crowning of british champions in three out of four events. we have set the bar quite high and our competition now are doing some of the things we started to do and so they are chasing us hard. 0ur priorities are to make sure we remain ahead of competition. british number one lucy shuker is already beaten one of the top seeds 2017. everyone is beating eve ryo ne top seeds 2017. everyone is beating everyone else but i have been working hard and ifeel confident andi working hard and ifeel confident and i have to bring it on the day. the defending men's doubles champion is firmly focused on one thing ahead of his challenge for the singles title at year. i feel i am playing good tennis, when i am in the zone, striking the ball well. it is all

about the first match. if i can do that, i am confident. jordanne whiley, it is about more than claiming herfourth whiley, it is about more than claiming her fourth successive title. a victory here this year could see it equal fellow brit's grand slam achievement.” could see it equal fellow brit's grand slam achievement. i would love to go into double figures. pete is a character and he likes to remind you that he is the best and he is the best. but the equal him would be the cherry on the top. world number one gordon reid has one advantage over the other men in the top ten. it could help him on his way to successfully defending his title. his leftie serve. i can put different spins on the ball that they cannot. maybe less so than it used to be because players have played against me more and they know my game better. with the surface, it ta kes my game better. with the surface, it takes the spins a little differently. i will be looking to try to make it happen again. who will come out on top this year? let

the championships decide. the british and irish lions have arrived back in the uk after their dramatic drawn series in new zealand. after six gruelling weeks on the other side of the world, the squad touched down at heathrow airport this afternoon following a 24—hour flight. they were led off the plane by captain sam warburton, with the trophy that he lifted along with all blacks skipper kieran read. 0bviously obviously we would much rather the victory but the response back home has been pretty positive so i think not many people thought we had much ofa not many people thought we had much of a chance. the comeback with a draw surprised a few people. it did not surprise our players, we believed we could win. not too bad. england's women are into the semi—finals of the cricket world cup after beating new zealand. 0pener tammy beaumont got england off to a good start against new zealand in derby — she made 93. and when she was joined by natalie sciver, who made 129 — her second century of the world cup — they pushed on to 284—9

off their 50 overs. new zealand began well — but then collapsed, losing four wickets to england's spin bowlers and being bowled out for 209, giving england victory by 75 runs. it was england's fifth win in succession following defeat by india in their opening game. german marcel kittel has won his fifth stage at this year's tour de france whilst chris froome holds onto the leader's yellow jersey. in one of the flattest stages of this year's race — kittel — in the green — had too much powerfor his rivals at the line in pau. froome continues to lead as the race heads into the pyrenees tomorrow. 0rganisers of the world pa ra—athletics championships have said that they will hold a moment of silence when they begin on friday to remember abdullah hayayei, the para—athlete from the united arab emirates who was killed while training at newham leisure centre yesterday. the 36—year—old died when a discus

cage collapsed on him. the incident was witnessed by some of his team—mates, coaches and athletes from other competing nations. for the next ten days the uk's biggest women's sporting event this year is taking place in guildford. england, wales and scotland's women will be aiming to record their best ever results when the lacrosse world cup begins today. 0ur reporter lizzie greenwood—hughes has been to find out more about the tournament. if you like tough sport, this might be the tournament for you. this is the biggest women's lacrosse world cup ever, with 25 nations competing from across the globe, battling it out for the sport's biggest prize here at the surrey sports park. friday is already a

sellout but don't worry fedo know anything about the sport, here are the england players with a few tips. it is played by two teams of 12 and you can score on and off really. you score a point per goal and the most goals win. it is a noncontact sport but all the players wear mouth guards. england are ranked fourth in the world and the tournament begins against home nations rivals wales who are ranked one place below them. we have to stick to our game plan, we have an exciting new coaching setup and we have worked so hard over the last four years so it is really going out there and showing what we have been working on. wales are our closest uk competition, scotland a bit behind that. we play in a national tournament and we beat wales 9—8 in april and scotland 12—8. so it is close but we are confident we can do better. the americans are the

favourites but they could go on to win. every team knows that how they finished this world cup will determine the world ranking for the next four years, leading to the next world cup. the match between england and wales has just got under way and we will have live coverage of the tournament from the quarter—finals onwards on the bbc sport website. now, the namejohn griffiths might not mean too much but last night he became the talk of centre court when he persuaded johanna konta to pose for a selfie with her as she left the court following that epic win over simona halep. john has been talking us through his request — it turns out konta wasn't the only subject of his lens yesterday. well, i was fortunate enough to be sitting in a place where the players had to pass us very closely to get to their changing room and novak djokovic walked past and i called to him, would he mind having a selfie, which he obliged, which i

was quite happy with. and he actually took the photograph, took the selfie. then again, i tried with venus williams and she declined in barry is only because she wanted to get into the changing room. and then again, i tried withjohanna konta and i was successful and again, she was obliging and managed to get a selfie with her so all in all, it was an amazing experience. johanna konta was paid a visit by two members of the royal box audience after her centre court win last night konta tweeted this picture of strictly come dancing judge darcey bussell on the left and pop singer ellie goulding on the right. understandably, konta has been keeping a lower profile today but her coach has been speaking about his player's amazing wimbledon run. she played the best tennis i have seen her play so far. the game plan

was very clear. i saw her doing it from the first ball until the last one. she was very clear and she owned the whole match. against the venus, we will have to try again to find the right game plan and johanna konta really has a lot of trust in her team and everything, the way we prepare for matches like that. i have a really good feeling about that. venus williams, 20 years ago, she first played the main draw at wimbledon. it is one of the great stories of this sport at here she is again in another semifinal. yes, and it is fantastic to play against venus now. she has had a very successful year this year. she has been much better with the health and she is able to practice more. she is very consistent this year. she has had very good results. this will be

a very big test forjohanna konta. semifinal wimbledon playing venus williams. can't get much better. very important forjohanna konta to focus on her own strengths. in general, i think that is what she does, when on record. when she's playing her best, she is a difficult player to beat. i remember trying to analyse her when i had to play her with victoria azarenka and she was a tough player to analyse because she doesn't have many weaknesses. a lot of strengths. she can make winners on both sides, forehand and backhand. i think focus on patterns from venus, focus on the strength of your hammock onto —— johanna konta and try to give it her best. so you have to go back 39 years, to 1978 to find the last time a british woman reached the semi—finals of wimbledon, when virginia wade, then defending champion reached the last four against chris evert — sadly wade couldn't quite manage

to make it two finals in a row. but wade has been sharing her thoughts about konta's attempt to emulate her. i thought the match betweenjohanna konta and halep was so compelling. the crowd was behind every point. every point was a little battle on its own and the whole thing was fantastic. she held her nerve unbelievably well. it was halep who couldn't in the end take the onslaught, not only from jo but from crowd support and all the rest of it. what would your advice be to johanna konta to deal with all this attention? block it out completely? you can't say it is going to be like any other match because it is not. but i have a feeling she does her preparations so well that she is very well prepared for anything to

happen. i am very well prepared for anything to happen. iam not very well prepared for anything to happen. i am not concerned about that. how about venus williams' history here and her brilliance on grass? konta has won more of the matches they have played but do those factors tip the balance in williams' favour? i am leaning slightly towards jo but you can't discount venus. she is playing unbelievably well. i think she is playing as well as she ever has. i actually think the thought process is better than it used to be. she was always good butjust hitting ha rd was always good butjust hitting hard and with amazing reach. i think she's going to have to come up with some tactics and let's see who can be more consistent. do you think her success , be more consistent. do you think her success, konta, will do wonders for female sport in the uk and participation levels amongst girls?

no reason why girls can't be inspired by andy murray, of course, but does it make a difference to have a female role model? absolutely and she will be a role model. my personal feeling is that the fact that she was a late bloomer, that she worked and worked and worked and she worked and worked and worked and she was always doing well but she suddenly, from being a very good player, she became a great player, i think that gives people the realisation that if you work hard and do the right things, it is never too late and you can start off early and go through ups and downs but if you want it, it is out there. the great virginia wade. let's return to today's action now and unfortunately andy murray hasn't been only british player to exit the tournament. liverpool brothers ken and neal skupski have also gone out at the quarter—final stage of the doubles.

they lost in straight sets to lukasz kubot and marcelo melo. ken skupski now in mixed doubles action along withjocelyn rae. we can have a look at our live pictures as heather watson and henri kontinen defend the mixed doubles title against ivan dodig and sania mirza. they have won the first set on a tie—break. they are a break up as well. the top seeds are jamie murray and martina hingis, already into the quarterfinals as well. they lead 2—0 now in the second set, just broken serve in that one. looking good for a victory for heather watson and henri kontinen. so it's been a dramatic day here at wimbledon — more in store of course tomorrow withjohanna konta and venus williams but we leave you with the image of the day the

as an injured andy murray found his quarterfinal a match too far. goodnight from wimbledon sportsday. for most of us, a beautiful day today. lots of sunshine. take a look at this picture from yesterday. different story. this is in london. today, sunny skies, notjust in the north but the south as well. very different day. the rain pushing out into the continent. an area of high

pressure. started off a bit cloudy across the south and then you can see a bit of fair weather cloud, pretty much it. on the way this evening, not an awful lot with this high pressure over us. light winds. it will turn quite nippy. right in the middle of city centres, it will not be particularly cold but in rural spots, take a look at the difference. there might be some ground frost in some areas. another fine day tomorrow, high pressure dominating much of western europe. we have a weather front approaching the north—west which means thickening cloud and a couple of spots of rain. also just the chance of some showers across the midlands and into the south—west. drive for most of us. little blobs of blue but no more than that. for most of us, another fine day. temperatures, no more than that. for most of us, anotherfine day. temperatures, low 20s in the south. maybe a greater chance of catching

spots of rain across the north west of the country. the fine day and thursday evening. from friday, we start to see the wind picking up a little bit. pushing in some cloud off the atlantic. skies turning cloudy across some of these western areas and overall, what will be happening through the course of friday into friday night, weather systems coming in, bringing some rain. wimbledon looking cloudy, warm and really muggy. hello and welcome to one hundred days plus. the president says his son is innocent and transparent — but donald trumer‘s incriminating email chain leads straight to moscow. and now even republican lawmakers normally loyal to the white house are pressing for answers on why these russia disclosures keep on coming. the president's son says he should

have done things differently but he denies there's any big deal about meeting a russian operative to get dirt on hillary clinton. farfrom washington — those who voted for donald trump are riding out this latest controversy and still like what they see from the president. he's a good businessman and that's what the country needs — get people working and i think that is what he is doing.