of our best tennis. she brings some of our best tennis. she brings enormous strength and aggression to the court, and huge serve, but both of them will be looking to attack each other‘s second serve. it will be won or lost, i feel, each other‘s second serve. it will be won or lost, ifeel, in each other‘s second serve. it will be won or lost, i feel, in that department. annabel croft, thank you. konta and williams will be on court at around 3pm or lipm. we look forward to it, thank you. what does the weather holds for centre court? here's nick miller to tell us. marvellous weather. there's a fair bit of cloud around but when the sun makes an appearance it will feel quite warm. the temperatures just creeping into the low 20s. that's very much in the comfort zone for the players at wimbledon today. it is looking fine all the way through the weekend as well, getting warmer. this is the picture across the rest of the uk. over the past few hours, climate wise, many have seen some sunshine in northern ireland and he is evidence of that from one of our weather watchers. the cloud has been increasing and looking more threatening, we are going to see some heavier showers moving through.

also finishing later this afternoon into this evening across western parts of scotland as well. elsewhere, it's just the odd shower. some of the heavier downpours moving into northern ireland, western scotland, going into the late afternoon and evening. if you pick up afternoon and evening. if you pick upa afternoon and evening. if you pick up a shower in eastern scotland and the most others won't, you could find a heavy one. the showers are well scattered across england and way, most of us will avoid them and stay dry. there is more cloud building but also some sunny spells, unlike breeze and temperatures, if you don't like heat, very nice high teens to low 20s. this is through this evening, we will take the showers away from northern ireland, run them across western scotland and northern england overnight. wales, midlands, east anglia, staying mainly dry. pictures are higher than last night, there will be some spots away from city centres, in scotland, heading down into single figures. this is friday's picture. there will bea this is friday's picture. there will be a few showers during the morning but from late morning onwards, for the rest of the day, most others

will be dry. there's quite a lot of cloud around, occasionally the sun will make an appearance. the temperatures are very similar, high teens, a few into the low 20s. there isa teens, a few into the low 20s. there is a weather system approaching northern ireland and scotland towards the end of the day. as i run through friday evening you can see some rain moving in here and the breeze will start to pick up as well. that's friday evening. i want to show you the big picture for the weekend. set the scene for the weekend. set the scene for the weekend. quite a flow of moist committee midairfor weekend. quite a flow of moist committee midair for saturday from the atlantic. that means a lot of cloud, particularly towards the west of the uk. some light rain or drizzle particularly coast sandhills. southern and eastern areas are looking mainly dry. it's breezy over the weekend and for part two of the weekend will feel weak band of cloud, a few spots of rain thinking south england and wales. northern england, scotland and ireland will be fried —— bright and fresh on sunday. next week looks warmer. that's it for now. a reminder of our main story. the

prime minister tells the bbc she was tea rful prime minister tells the bbc she was tearful when she learned on the election night that she had lost her majority. that is all from bbc news at one and now we joined the bbc news teams where you are. have a good afternoon. goodbye. hello, good afternoon, i'm leah boleto. welcome to the bbc sport centre. in the next few hoursjohanna konta will try to become the first british woman to reach a wimbledon final for the first time in a0 years. but first she'll have to get past american venus williams. hugh is at wimbledon for us. johanna konta has been on fine form so johanna konta has been on fine form so far in this tournament, hasn't she? yes, she has. fantastic form in her last match, her quarterfinal where she knocked out the number two seed and today is another big

challenge for her when she plays venus williams, the american who is one fight singles titles here. she should be confident going into that match and she was practising on court today as she seemed focused and calm ahead of that match. the weight of the nation will be on her shoulders but those who know her best expect her to be just that calm and collected. the character traits, the dedication, the groundedness that she brings in those competitive situations is something that her competitors are going to have to find a way, or find a way over, because she has learnt how to bring that tenacity and create that competitive spirit and she is not going to give that away easily. if not, she is going tojust get better and better. johanna konta will be second up on centre court today and the first semifinal is currently underway. so

far the 2015 finalist, the runner—up, has been ruthless. she is 5-0 runner—up, has been ruthless. she is 5—0 ahead in the first set. her big match experiences so far the difference is she really has not found a way into the so far. at the moment she was too breaks ahead and leading. all eyes will be onjohanna konta later, but what about the other british hopefuls today? gordon reid is the defending champion in the men's wheelchair singles and he was out earlier on court 17. unfortunately it was not the result that he wanted or what we expected. he was knocked out 6—2, 6-3 expected. he was knocked out 6—2, 6—3 by sweden's stefan olsson so that was a very disappointing result for gordon reid who hoped to go all the way in this tournament. out now on court is alfie hewett. controversy that he is not in all

white, his opponent, but so far he has lost the first set, alfie hewett, 6— for the first set so a little bit of british interest out of the wheelchair singles but not the result gordon reid would have wa nted the result gordon reid would have wanted and alfie hewett is out at the moment but we hope thatjohanna konta will be able to be the first semifinalist in the women's singles since virginia wade in 1977. exciting stuff. thank you. away from wimbledon, the former fifa official chuck blazer has died, aged 72. the american, seen here on the left, had been banned from all football activities for life two—years ago after admitting charges of tax evasion. he'd been suffering from cancer but did turn whistle blower to help investigators uncover corruption in football. rory mcilroy has had a mixed day at the scottish open. he finished his first round a short time ago on two over par, seven shots behind the leader. the world number four, who has missed the cut in two of his last three starts, had been four over at one stage, but three three birdies in five holes helped him recover a little. but there was another

bogey at the last, and so he finished on two over par. he has some work to do tomorrow. england's ian poulter and callum shinkwin share the club house lead, on five under, with rickie fowler of america. that's all the spot for now and i will have more in the next hour. many thanks. as we've been hearing, the case of baby charlie gard returns to the high court today, with his parents hoping evidence that an experimental american treatment could improve their son's condition. our correspondent aleem maqbool has been to baltimore to visit a child receiving a similar treatment to that being offered to charlie gard. he likes to throw things on the floor. oh, no! young arturo estopinan is now six years old. he has a similar syndrome to charlie gard, that effectively shuts down his muscles and organs. when he was one and a

half his parents were told to take their child home to die with dignity. they fought to get approval to get experimental treatment for their son. i did not care if he was the first human to try these medications because they only told us he was going to die. we had already called a priest to give him the last rites because he hadn't opened his eyes in a few days. luckily we were able to get the approval pretty fast and then we were able to get him the medication, so little by little he started to get stronger. doctors and the courts in the uk say that baby charlie gard has suffered too much irreversible brain damage to survive and any further treatment could cause him significant harm. this child is extraordinary for so many reasons. at the forefront of the campaign to keep charlie on life support is an anti—abortion pastor from washington, dc. the group that gathered hundreds

of thousands of signatures to save him is also american, and two us congressmen are trying to pass legislation to give charlie american citizenship so he could get treatment in the us that could help improve his condition. i realise that these are hard issues but we have to stick to these bright lines and make sure that parents are the default decision makers, because if we don't then all the little charlie gards in the world are in trouble. of course president trump weighed in as well. the charlie gard story has become political here, with some on the right saying that it shows that having a nationalised health system is bad. those on the other side of the debates say that donald trump is being hypocritical, on one hand showing compassion to a british family, while his party tries to pass health legislation that could seriously endanger american children. he is presiding over the biggest medicaid cuts that we have ever seen as well as fundamental

and restructuring of the programme that kids rely on. this will shred the safety net that children have been relying on for many years now. this is probably the most important issue for children in decades. this american father's only concern was fighting to keep his son alive. he understands better than anyone what charlie gard's parents are going through, being told he should let his child die when there was a promise, however implausible, that he could be saved. the brexit secretary, david davis, has urged mps to work together to pass the repeal bill which he described as a major milestone in the process of withdrawing from the european union. the government has

just published the bill which converts just published the bill which co nve rts e u just published the bill which converts eu laws into british legislation. labour is calling for significant changes and the liberal democrats warned that they will make help for the government. we will speak to vicky young at westminster. many predictions here of some difficulties ahead and of a very long parliamentary battle. of course, the question is how far the opposition parties prepared to go to make significant alterations?

iamjoined go to make significant alterations? i am joined now by nicky morgan who has recently been elected as the chairman of the treasury select committee. when it comes to brexit, what do you think was that what changes would you like to see made here and what will you consecrate in the common months —— coming months in this parliamentary battle? clearly the option of a transitional phase. getting everything done in 20 months and having a potential cliff edge are something we need to avoid, so everything doesn't change from one day to the next. whether that is in the bill or agreed as part of the negotiations. also, just looking at things like single market access, access to the customs union, the whole issue of how to keep the economy strong while we to grow bridget —— brexit and while we leave the european union. they may not be necessarily issues for the bill but ministers need to talk about them as they take the bill through parliament. there have been parallel processes going on with the negotiation going on in brussels and this bill in parliament. do you get the impression from colleagues in the impression from colleagues in the conservative party that they would even be trying to stop this in its tracks? they will not stop it in its tracks? they will not stop it in its tracks? they will not stop it in its tracks because actually the bill is the next stage in leaving the european union and if you do, as most of us do, access that that is

what people voted for, we obviously passed the bill to allow the prime minister to trigger article 50 give notice about that but clearly this is an opportunity to tease out of the government have the negotiations are going, what the key points are, andi are going, what the key points are, and i should mention the ability and the right eu citizens here in the uk. the prime minister has made the offer but the detail is something that worries eu concerted —— eu citizens in our constituencies. delia get the impression that ministers are in concerted mode and they want to work with other parties and other people as well, are they listening and taking on board some of the detailed talk that there is about certain things such as staying pa rt about certain things such as staying part of european institutions? they are definitely listening. there have been meetings with the prime minister undersecretary of state for exiting the eu and other ministers, obviously the next thing is to take on board what people are saying is

reflected in the negotiations, or in any legislation, and that is what mps like me are going to be watching as we have these debates. in your own party people have a different view and they would say that some people are trying to block brexit altogether. some in your partyjust wa nt to altogether. some in your partyjust want to get on with it and think that you cannot have the ecj, the european court of justice, that you cannot have the ecj, the european court ofjustice, having anyjurisdiction in the uk, is that something you think? that is what we need to pick. i do not think anyone on our side says they want to block brexit or that we do not accept the vote that happened last year, but i think there are many of us who are thinking that if we are going to do this then we must do it in a way that does not make us poorer as a country or cut off vital markets, for example, and other things where we benefit enormously from being pa rt we benefit enormously from being part of it and we have never had an issue in ecj judgments, let us think about these things. i am hoping that we can get past this kind of, ie

blocking it? are you not blocking it? debate. actually have a sensible debate in the house of commons amongst colleagues who actually at the end of the day it has been hugely divisive issue and it continues to be so. it is not healthy for all of us continue falling out over this so we have to make sure that we do this constructively. thank you very much indeed. that is where the focus will be now, on what kind of brexit the uk is heading for, and we know that there will be more negotiations next week in brussels. for now, thank you. the king of spain has arrived at downing street on the second day of his state visit. king felipe vi was welcomed to number 10 by the prime minister. the trip is the first state visit by a spanish king to the uk since his father, juan carlos, came 31 years ago. the natural history museum in london has unveiled the skeleton of a blue whale in its entrance hall. weighing four—and—a—half tonnes, it's been suspended from the ceiling with wires, so that it appears to dive down onto visitors

as they enter the building. i have to say that standing here in front of it you really get a sense of the size of this thing. it is absolutely huge. a 25.2 metre long, four and absolutely huge. a 25.2 metre long, fourand a absolutely huge. a 25.2 metre long, four and a half a blue whale called hope. the name has been unveiled today along with the whale skeleton. putting a whale in here has not been entirely without controversy because, of course, the blue whale replaces the much loved dippy the dinosaur, the depth of focus. to find out why the natural history museum decided to make this change i am ho ——iam museum decided to make this change i am ho —— i amjoined by the director of the museum. wide ditch dippy? we haven't ditched dippy, not at all. to reimagine a space that this was a

fantastic opportunity for us and we thought that dippy was a gift to the people of uk from andrew carnegie, the great industrialist, so we thought we would taken back to the people of the uk so he has a new adventure and he is going on and eight venue tour of the uk, starting early next year at the dorset county museum in dorchester and he will be re—engaging people with nature for the next 2.5 years. having decided to move dippy, which we knew would be controversial, we wondered what would fill the space and make the same kind of impact that dippy has. i think your viewers will agree that something the size and scale of hope, our blue whale, certainly does that. it really does fill up this almost cathedral to science here. the logistics of this have been quite challenging, to say the least. the whale was on display in another pa rt the whale was on display in another part of the museum. how tough has it been to shift it from one part of the museum into the hall here?

been to shift it from one part of the museum into the hall here7m has been a 3.5 year project. 18 months in the planning and two years in the execution. hope was in a different gallery and displayed in a rather traditional way, different gallery and displayed in a rathertraditionalway, but different gallery and displayed in a rather traditional way, but very close to the scene where people did not really appreciate her and her size so we thought we would put her in the main hall. we thought we would do something challenging and put her in a diving pose to bring movement to the skeleton so she is in this lunchtime pose with herjaws open so in this lunchtime pose with herjaws open so as in this lunchtime pose with herjaws open so as you in this lunchtime pose with herjaws open so as you come in this lunchtime pose with herjaws open so as you come in the front door you are effectively a all waiting to be eaten. she weighs 4.5 times with the armature and suspending that from the ceiling of the grade one listed building is no small feat, but we had a fantastic team, 130 people here in the museum we re team, 130 people here in the museum were involved in this project and tremendous support from contractors and suppliers and we think the result is spectacular. thank you

very much for that. the real proof of the pudding will be tomorrow when the museum opens to the public and visitors will be coming in here to see one giant of nature, dippy, the dinosaur, replaced with an even bigger giant of nature because the blue whale is the biggest animal on the planet and possibly the biggest animal ever to have existed on the planet. really it will be up to them to decide whether swapping dippy for hope the blue whale was a worthwhile decision but i have to say it looks fantastic year and it is absolutely huge, it fills up the hall beautifully. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour, but first the headlines on bbc news: ministers have published their long—awaited repeal bill to convert eu legislation into uk law. the prime minister tells the bbc she became tearful when she learned on election night that she'd lost her majority. targets on how quickly ambulances in england should reach patients are being overhauled. i'm susannah streeter.

in the business news: the uk housing market is in a state of lethargy, according to property surveyors, with estate agents reporting the lowest stock of properties for nearly a0 years. new instructions fell for the 16th month in a row injune and members of the royal institution of chartered surveyors said the market might continue flatlining for a while. irish business leaders have called for a the european union to provide a state aid programme worth more than £890 million to protect their companies from a hard brexit. the irish business and employers confederation said that if britain left the customs union, it would massively disrupt trade, leaving irish firms exposed. britain is ireland's largest trading partner, supporting 400,000 jobs. southern rail has been fined over £13 million for train delays. the department for transport said the amount would have been higher, but most of the delays had not been southern's fault saying strikes and unprecedented levels of sick

leave were also to blame. the rmt said the government had let southern and its parent. company off the hook. the uk's fiscal watchdog has released its first ever assessment of the biggest challenges to the country's finances. the office for budget responsibility says the greatest risk to spending is the cost of the health service. it says by far the biggest pressures are from the ageing population and the high cost of technological advances. but on brexit, the report says a large divorce bill for leaving the eu would not be a big threat to the uk's finances. i'm joined by robert chote, chairman at the office for budget responsibility hello. thank you for talking to us. a lot of people watching this might be quite surprised that given all the talk about the implications of brexit for the uk economy, your assessment is that it is health that

could be the biggest risk. why is that? well, we are assessing the risks, the threats to the sustainability of the public finances over the long term. i think if you look at the evidence from this country and from other countries the idea that you have to spend over time a progressively larger share of your national income on health is reasonably well—established. a lot of people are familiar with the idea that it is partly because the population is getting older and older people need more health care, but it actually seems to be technological advantages which may save money in some cases by lead to greater amounts of spending and that pressure could build up over the yea rs pressure could build up over the years and be the largest single threat to fiscal sustainability. let us threat to fiscal sustainability. let us talk about brexit, a brexit divorce bill, you say, should not be

a big threat because the uk economy should be able to sustain those one of hits. what about the future trading relationship with the european union? how important will that be to the economy going forward ? that be to the economy going forward? there are whole sets of policy decisions that would affect the long—term growth of the economy. as you rightly say, the sort of amounts of money that people been talking about for the divorce bill, some of them are very big and if that happens it would be politically very contentious and a highly visible number but it is a one—off payment and once you have paid it that it. i think greater importance to the health of the public finances over the longer term would be whether whatever deal we end up doing with the european union and with other trading partners is something that is going to be good for the long—term growth of the economy or bad for it. a relatively small change in the amount of economic growth you get in every year, you run through a number of yea rs year, you run through a number of years and a number of decades that it mounts up into a much larger sum than you would be talking at in terms of the divorce bill. in terms of public sector pay you say that lifting current limits would impose fiscal challenge. i use saying the

cap should stay in place? is there room for manoeuvre? it is not our job to recommend the policy decisions of the government but the key point to bear in mind here is whether the lessening —— loosening ofa cap whether the lessening —— loosening of a cap on public sector pay was to pose a fiscal risk or not depends crucially on whether you give departments additional money in order to pay for that or whether you simply say that the department has greater flexibility to use the money in that it might want to pay fewer people more money. if you actually allocate departments a greater amount of money overall then it increases your fiscal challenge because it would push up borrowing u nless because it would push up borrowing unless you made of the spending cuts somewhere else or increased taxes. thank you. the maker of havaianas, perhaps the world's most famous brand of flip—flops, has been sold for £850 million. the company is looking to raise cash after being caught up in brazil's corruption scandal. havaianas are one of brazil's best—known international brands with over 200 million pairs

of flip—flops sold per year. sports direct has bought a 26% stake in struggling computer games retailer game digital. game said sports direct had bought 1111 million shares and that it looked forward to working collaboratively with the company. last month, game issued a profit warning, blaming poor supplies of the nintendo switch console. and wills could be texts or emails in future. the law commission for england and wales has said that wills should be updated and brought into the modern world, and that the current rules were unclear and could be putting people off from making one. the commission has launched a consultation on the proposals. let us have a look at the financial markets. it has been dipping in and out of negative territory today. astrazeneca is weighing on the health sector and royal dutch shell is tracking fuel prices lower. burberry continues to do well

despite a very explosive january —— annual general meeting taking place today with concerns over the level of executive pay. better than expected sales numbers, boosted by strong sales in china, has lifted the share price. thank you. take a look at this. dashcam footage has captured the heart—stopping moment a mudslide suddenly struck a busy road in southern china. this dramatic footage shows the moment the mudslide hit yesterday. it shows several vehicles, including a truck, being violently swept away by the force. it's thought to have been triggered by continuous rainfall in the region. eight vehicles were left buried in mud. no—one died but three people were injured. now let us catch up with the weather forecast. so much rain in that part of china but here we have had most of our wet weather this week and there are just a few showers around right now. no

showers expected at wimbledon this afternoon. there was cloud around at first but then we should see sunny brea ks first but then we should see sunny breaks and it looks like we are in the comfort zone for players with temperatures around 21. this is the cloud view of the rest of the uk in the last 2a hours. the cloud is thickening in northern ireland and we had early sunshine but now the showers are moving into the west and they will spread further east during they will spread further east during the afternoon across northern ireland and some will arrive in western scotland as well. elsewhere there is sunshine and the odd shower. a few heavy showers into eastern scotland and the vast majority will avoid those and stay dry. across england and were very small cloud building after a sunny start but just the small cloud building after a sunny start butjust the odd shower again. most start butjust the odd shower again. m ost pla ces start butjust the odd shower again. most places will stay dry and maybe just see a dark cloud in the distance and temperatures in the high teens to the low 20s. if you are not a fan of heat it is a pleasa nt are not a fan of heat it is a pleasant afternoon. this evening at

his umbrellas at the ready in northern ireland for scotland and the showers move on through eventually into northern england. a few afew in a few in wales and east anglia but southern england stays mainly dry. more cloud overnight and more breeze in places. the temperatures are not going down as far but cooler than this away from the town and city centres. it takes us on to friday morning and more showers dotted about on friday. the showers will fade in the afternoon. despite a fairamount of fade in the afternoon. despite a fair amount of cloud most will be dry on friday afternoon and the sun makes an appearance from time to time. it is very pleasant temperatures. there will be some rain heading into northern ireland and scotland on friday evening of friday night as the weather system moves in and the breeze picks up. the big picture for the weekend is that we are seeing a flow of quite moist and humid air coming in from the atlantic which brings a good deal of cloud on saturday. that is especially in the west. light rain and drizzle in the coasts and hills

but the south and east stay mainly dry with brighter breaks around. a breezy picture on saturday and sunday as well. on sunday week band of cloud and a few spots of rain pushed out for england down. other parts will have a brighter day compared to saturday and it will be very warm and south—east england and next week looks warmer still. forecasters online. this is bbc news. the headlines at two: the government publishes the repeal bill, a key part of its brexit strategy, to sever ties with the eu. in a frank and personal interview, the prime minister tells the bbc she became tearful when she learned the election result. devastated enough to shed a tear? yes, a little tear at that moment. the parents of terminally ill baby charlie gard walk out of a high court hearing that's been asked to review his treatment. and in the next hour:

president trump begins a two—day trip to france. donald trump arrives in france for talks with president macron, and to attend bastille day celebrations. and konta's big test — she faces venus williams this