to take his first trip into space within the next few months. as new research shows 1 in 25 children in england leave primary school ‘severely obese' — we'll speak to a charity which believes working with families with pre—school children is key to helping reduce the problem. and later tonight — at ten—forty — we'll take a first look at tomorrow's front pages in the papers. that's all ahead on bbc news.

but now it's time for sportsday. serena williams returns to grand slam tennis with a win at roland garros. with two weeks before the world cup begins in russia, we get the latest on morroco‘s bid to host the tournament in 8 years time. and ben teo is out of england's upcoming tour of south africa... also coming up in the programme... scotland prepare to take on peru but these travelling fans aren't very optimistic.. everywhere, everybody is up for it. we have a great feeling, they are going to the world cup. they are

going to the world cup. they are going to the world cup. they are going to give us a bit of a whipping, i think. we start with a plainsailing day at the french open for british number one kyle edmund who eased into the second round at roland garos with a straight sets 6—4, 6—2, 6—3 win over australia's alex de flick through the social media of kyle edmund and you can glimpse the miles and repetitions that have gone into his success. the work that has put him into a position to do this on the first point of the french open. demoralising for alex de manur, his opponent, and teenage aussie wild card, spent the first set being trumped by the british number one. edmund is now in the top 20 in the world, the latest feeling smashed through in his rapid rise

since the australian open. alex de manur is less fully formed, 105th in the world but beyond the numbers there are flickers of the player some feel he will become. not enough to save the second or really threaten in the third, by now in the afternoon heat, alex de manur was chasing but never quite catching kyle edmund who begins the biggest summer of his career with an almost blemish free victory. one that will attract plenty of attention. we can speak to our tennis reporter philip studd who's at roland garros... phil, the perect start for kyle edmund? there was a huge breakthrough. crucially he backed that up, a first tour final crucially he backed that up, a first tourfinal appearance crucially he backed that up, a first tour final appearance in a crucially he backed that up, a first tourfinal appearance in a major tournament, breaking in to the top 20, wins over the like of novak

djokovic and as the report mentioned, this was clinical today against a talented teenager who has made a final himself this year. kyle edman never looked like relinquishing his grip on the march. what about serena williams, first grand slam since australian open in 2017, she had her work cut out against kristina pliskova. williams is clearly not at the level she was when she won that grand slam last year. she has only played four matches since the birth of her daughter and none of those were all play in the build—up. a solid return, it is about easing her way back to the top. it will take time. you would not bet against achieving that. and rafa nadal is over the first hurdle as he goes for an 11th french open title. he was not remotely challenge last

year. he did not look like dropping a set during the event even during the final. it was a different story today against simone bolelli. four set points in the third set tie—break but somehow rafael nadal find a way to save them all and he has now won 2a consecutive sets here in paris. thank you. a decision on which country will win the right to host the 2026 football world cup will be made in russia injust over two weeks‘ time, with a joint proposalfrom the usa, canada and mexico up against morocco. the race is thought politically to be too close to call despite a big financial and infrastructure gap between the bid from north america and its north african rival. our sports news correspondent richard conway has been to morocco to assess their bid. this is the training academy on the outskirts of the moroccan capital

and it is here that youngsters aged between 12 and 19 perceive an academic education and a football education. it is a hothouse of moroccan footballing talent and they are proud of this facility and their world cup bid. they want the world cup here in 2026 and speaking to the players, you can see what a catalyst it is and what a target it is for them to aim at, as they try to become professional players. them to aim at, as they try to become professional playersm them to aim at, as they try to become professional players. it is a great honour to organise the world cup here in morocco. and we have all the facilities to do that. i think. football is live, you know. that vote for the 2026 world cup takes place in a couple of weeks' time in moscow and morocco are up against a north american birds, usa, canada and mexico combining. morocco believes it has the ability to stage

the world cup and i have been speaking to the chief executive to hear what he has to say. we would be so hear what he has to say. we would be so proud to welcome all the footballers of the world and it is a way of celebrating the gathering of people and we want to have the world coming tomorrow —— coming to earth in 2026. the decision on where the 2026 world cup will be played is made the david silva —— like the day before the russian world cup starts and it is a key decision, between morocco and between the usa, mexico and canada, two bids that could not be more different, morocco needing to and from —— to upgrade infrastructure and stadiums. c4‘s voters must now make a big decision -- fifa. staying with football, wales held mexico to a goalless draw in a friendly overnight in pasadena, california. the match took

place at the picturesque rose bowl stadium with more than 82,000 there to soak it u in the sunshine. this was ryan giggs' third match in charge of the national side. they lost centre back ashley williams early on to injury and the wales keeper wayne hennessey made some key saves to keep mexico out. mexico are a good team. coming here, 80,000 mexicans make it difficult for you. so, 80,000 mexicans make it difficult foryou. so, yeah, itake it, a clea n foryou. so, yeah, itake it, a clean sheet against a very good team. the next part now is to show oui’ team. the next part now is to show our quality. i think we can do better, obviously in the final third. not rewarding the way we defended and the way it worked and we concentrated, but that is the next step. we have young players who given a chance, they will take it andi given a chance, they will take it and i want that, i want to create that competitiveness between the squad. in the early hours of tomorrow morning northern ireland take on panama in a friendly which will give england

fans a bit of a clue as what to expect when they face them in their world cup group. also kicking off at 2 o'clock in the morning is scotland's game against peru in lima from which is where we find our scotland football reporter chris mclauglin. the peruvian capital is home to a very british fair. but paddington's guests are very much cottage. each one here with a tale to tell about their travels. going to amsterdam and then to panama city and from panama city to hear, peru, lima. will it be worth a? i hope so. just look around the town, everyone is up for it. they have a great feeling. it could be a long 90 minutes.|j think they're going to give us a whipping. hands up if you disagree? it isa whipping. hands up if you disagree? it is a very inexperienced squad, something not lost on their manager. players need a strong mentality,

because a lot of them maybe have not experienced something like this before, to come to south america and play in front of a full stadium. a stadium that will make noise from the first minute of the game to the very last. he is not kidding, this was the crowd for a national team training session. world cup fever has gripped the nation heading for the finals in russia. we are not coming to be part of a party, we are coming to be part of a party, we are coming for our own preparations for trips away and games upcoming. we are not here to be making up the numbers. we want to go with everything and give a good account of ourselves. this is the stadium we re of ourselves. this is the stadium were ina of ourselves. this is the stadium were in a few hours' time, around 45,000 were in a few hours' time, around 115,000 peruvians will pack out this place for a world cup party, scotland's patchwork squad will be doing its best to spoil it but in reality, it is a mammoth task ahead

ofan reality, it is a mammoth task ahead of an even tougher test in mexico. chris maclachlan, reporting scotland, in lima. a quick look at a few other stories today... the fa say they support raheem sterling after he was criticised for getting a tattoo of an assault rifle on his leg. anti—gun campaigners wanted the manchester city forward dropped from the world cup squad... but the statement from the fa says sterling and the rest of the players remain focussed on the tournament which starts injust over two weeks time. sterling posted this on his instagram account saying the tattoo has a deeper significance because his father was shot dead when sterling was a small boy... and that he vowed never to never touch a gun as a result. liverpool's mo salah has arrived in valencia to have treatment on his dislocated shoulder. salah was substituted during the champions league finalafter an incident with sergio ramos, he's still hoping to be fit for egypt who are playing in their first world cup since 1990. and the golden state warriors will meet le bronjames' cleveland cavaliers in the nba finals for the fourth time in a row after the reigning champions beat the houston rockets. the best of 7 finals with the cavs starts in their early

hours of friday morning. rugby union now and the big news coming out of the england camp is that worcester centre ben te'o has been ruled out of this summer's tour of south africa with a quad injury. ler‘s speak to our repoter chris jones, 3 new faces on the plane tojohanasburg. yes, he is one of three injured players along with cameron redpath and jack willis who we knew we'd miss the tour. the three players called up, piers francis, the uncapped ulster fullback jason woodward and nathan hughes. you would imagine he would come back into the 23 after being out with an injury for a few months. ben te'o is the big absentee. he needs surgery ona the big absentee. he needs surgery on a cord injury which happened in the england camp. another player injured during training, but it was

a pre—existing injury and events with jonathan joseph ruled out, a pre—existing injury and events withjonathanjoseph ruled out, and new look england midfield in south africa, an opportunity for the likes of alex lozowski who could start that first test in ten days' time for this. mark mccall has signed a contracty extension at premiiership champions saracens until 2022, does this end any speculation linking him with the ireland job after the world cup? ido i do not think it will end speculation. he has done a fantastic job with saracens and as a former ireland international it would make sense for his name to be in the frame when joe schmidt sense for his name to be in the frame whenjoe schmidt moves on but by committing his future to saracens he is saying he is happy in north london and of ireland really wanted him, they would have to get out their cheque book and pay significant compensation to saracens. never say never, significant compensation to saracens. neversay never, but significant compensation to saracens. never say never, but i think by signing this deal until 2022, he is saying he is very happy at the premiership champions after

winning his fourth title at the weekend with them. alex sanderson has signed a new deal, he was in the frame to be the new england defence coach and this news may have put paid to that. thank you. skateboarding will make its olympic debut at tokyo 2020 with organisers hoping it will bring greater ‘youth appeal‘ to the games. and preparations are certainly stepping up with a record number of elite competitions taking place around the world in 2018. one of those — the prestigious street league pro open — arrived in the uk for the first time over the bank holiday weekend and bbc olympic reporter nick hope was there for us? skateboarding is not a sport, it is a lifestyle. it is based on your creativity, your talent, your personality. it is the best feeling. it can be brutal. we are tackling

concrete, nine times out of ten. whether you get the trick or not, you're learning something about yourself. it is 10096 a sport, we are athletic and so many different ways. it isa athletic and so many different ways. it is a culture, a lifestyle, not a sport, it is more than that, more important than that. they may be divided about how to define skateboarding but all skaters agree it is growing faster than ever before, particularly for women. it is growing faster than ever before, particularly for womenm is insane. when i was younger, i will go to the park and be the only girl, i thought i was the only girl ever and now when you go to the park to see some girls there and it is normal, it is amazing. we are getting more opportunities,. we have sponsors. i

think the olympics is going to be great for us. skateboarding has been fast tracked over squash for a place in the olympics. listen to the reaction of the crowd. it has been massive over the competition. many of the spectators proving the sport has exactly what the olympics is after, youth appeal. i feel like it will give the world of skateboarding a platform to show we are notjust skate rats outside, wreaking havoc, we do, but we are also like brute superhumans and we do not even realise it. it will help it grow and you will see skateboarding get bigger, a lot of the kids coming out from countries you have not seen yet, a lot of skate parks popping up and that is cool. i could not be any more stoked to support the olympics of skateboarding been involved. it isa dream of skateboarding been involved. it is a dream come true. and finally... hannah moore claimed gold at her first para—triathlon cycling world cup yesterday at eton dorney, just two years after paying five thousand pounds to have her leg amputated after an ingrown toenail operation left her with a condition called complex regional pain syndrome.

before the race, gemma collis—mccann went to meet her... i think it was a big dealfor me to choose to have my leg amputated but when you have tried all the options and nothing is working, then you have to look may be for things that are not so have to look may be for things that are not so common and have to look may be for things that are not so common and for me, that is why it was a risk worth taking. over 18 months, i had 53 operations, it was very painful and it meant i could not wear shoes, go out, do so many things that i wanted to do. on my worst days, i would struggle to function, like getting out of bed. i was told that the first thing i asked was was it gone? that sums up how i felt.

i was so relieved. i started walking about seven days after my amputation. it was such a great feeling to be stood upright and learning how to walk again. it took mea learning how to walk again. it took me a long time to walk unaided and from that, i started running. me a long time to walk unaided and from that, istarted running. it took several months to run 100 metres. before i had my amputation, idid metres. before i had my amputation, i did wheelchair racing and i met people who had done para triathlon andi people who had done para triathlon and i like the sound of it. it appealed to me, doing multiple sports, starting swimming again was the easiest, because i did not need to wear my prosthetic and i could do that before i could even walk. the cycling was harder because learning to control the prosthetic on the bike pedal was really hard. once i found what i really wanted to do, i was keen to get on with it and i was trying it out all the time, trying out different ideas and things i had learned from other people. one of the hardest things about para triathlon is the transition between the sports, because it counts towards the final time and it is

very important that you get it right. when i look back before the amputation, i cannot believe that i waited so long before having it. in the future, i hope to raise in the world series and the world championships and hopefully the tokyo 2020 paralympics. a reminder of our top story that kyle edmonds is through to the second round of the french open tennis following a victory over alex de manurfrom tennis following a victory over alex de manur from australia and what a return from serena williams, her first grand slam event since the australian open in 2017 and she has cruised through as well at roland gallas beating katrina poll on her comeback week. that‘s all from sportsday with me will perry. we‘ll have more throughout the evening. let‘s get more now on the investigation

into the shooting in the belgian city of liege. three people were killed, including two female police officers. the gunman was shot dead. it‘s being treated as a terrorist attack. our europe correspondent damian grammaticas is in liege. hejoins us live. he joins us live. what is the latest? there have been reports in the past couple of hours that have been coming out. police investigators looking at the perpetrator of this attack. reports coming out that he may have been on some sort of a police watchlist for suspected contacts with radical figures. that has not been confirmed publicly. there have been reports quoting police sources. we cannot say that definitively, but