this is bbc news, the latest headlines. commemorations and vigils have been held in west london to remember the 72 people who died after the grenfell tower fire a year ago today. a government compromise amendment on brexit, aimed at avoiding a defeat in the commons, has been described as ‘acceptable‘ by pro—eu conservatives. by pro—eu conservatives. more than 4,500 jobs to be cut at rolls—royce in a major reorganisation — to save hundreds of millions of pounds. immigration rules are to be relaxed — it's expected more foreign doctors and nurses will be allowed in to the country, to help fill nhs jobs. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. we'll be in west london for special coverage of the one—year anniversary of the grenfell tragedy, including the silent walk from the wall of truth, just before 7pm. later on, jim naughtie talks with the writer

paula mclain about her new novel love & ruin, that's in meet the author at 8:45pm. and at10:1i0pm, katy balls, political correspondent at the spectator and joe watts, political editor at the independent willjoin me for a look at tomorrow's front pages in the papers. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello, i'm olly foster. this is sportsday live from moscow on the opening day of the world cup. and what an opening it's been, as the hosts have hit five against saudi arabia. russia on target. what about england 7 we'll have the latest from the team camp, still four days away from their opening match. and i'm azi farni, and away from the world cup —

champions city are at arsenal on the opening weekend of the new premier league season. and it's robshaw out and brad shields in as england look to avoid a series defeat against south africa. hello and welcome to sportsday. hello there, the 21st fifa world cup is under way, with one match down, 63 to go. and what a start for hosts russia. the lowest—ranked team in the tournament rose to the occasion against saudi arabia. first, we had an opening ceremony. robbie williams took centre stage. vladimir putin gave a speech welcoming the world and promising a feast of football. his team delivered on that promise.

they beat saudi arabia, their opponents in group a, at the start of this world cup 5—0. 5—0! adam wild reports. after a ll after all the waiting, all the anticipating, this was finally russia's moment to welcome the world but before the real entertainment there was the real entertainer, robbie williams providing a little english swagger. but make no mistake, this was russia's show, vladimir putin centrestage with greetings. and then again saudi arabia this was his nation's time to perform, pride can take a long way, gazinsky with the opening moment of the game, the one that all of russia had been waiting for. with much talk of politics this was now international diplomacy, the world cup away. spare a thought for a striker alan dzagoev, barely a quarter of the game gone, injured, his race was run. with despair is

often his race was run. with despair is ofte n co m es his race was run. with despair is often comes opportunity. this was his replacement, denis cheryshev, his replacement, denis cheryshev, his 2—0 before half—time. in truth, saudi arabia offered little suggesting they would interrupt this russian party. chances scarce and never taken. the russian party. chances scarce and never ta ken. the hosts, russian party. chances scarce and never taken. the hosts, meanwhile, they were beginning to enjoy themselves. artem dzyu ba they were beginning to enjoy themselves. artem dzyuba finding space to score a third harnessing the passion of a nation. and when it seemed things could barely get much better there came the goal they could barely be bettered, cheryshev again, a goal worthy of russian football's biggest day. sitting there in the final belonged to them. aleksandr golovin, well, what can you say? russia's world cup has begun and in some style. adam wild, bbc news. sports editor dan roan. you spent some time with the russians earlier this week and their manager. so much pressure on a host nation, especially because so little was expected of them. they are

ranked 17th in the world, officially the worst team in their own tournament, they are not the footballing force they used to be. going back to 2008, the european championships, they reached the semifinals, when russia won the right to stage this tournament in 2010 they had genuine hopes of being contenders and maybe even winning it so contenders and maybe even winning it so they have fallen quite drastically since then. there has been a number of reasons for that, many people believed they had not exported and enough players, but the players are in too much money, they are too comfortable, they haven't invested enough in the youth development system, andrey arshavin at arsenal was the last time they produced a good premier league player and he didn't last too long at the emirates, he was sent away. for them to have started this tournament amid so much pressure and expectation with a 5—0 thrashing, such an emphatic victory, albeit only over saudi arabia, will be the source of some pride. egypt and uruguay to come. the tournament is all as a happier place when the hosts are going well, so it's

important for them to get out of the group. absolutely and we spent some time with stanislas checked out of, the coach, earlier at their training base on the outskirts of moscow and they cut a relaxed squad —— stanislav cherchesov. he told me he wasn't feeling the pressure. he says that all teams are under pressure. i'm not sure i believe him. he was in relaxed spirits. they may prevail and get through the group. of course, uruguay is the really tough opponent with the likes of luis suarez. but egypt, maybe they can pull off a surprise win, they have mo salah, but if i can get through they may spring a surprise. and for they may spring a surprise. and for the organisers on this big occasion, lots of pressure on them in terms of logistics, transport and security but so far so good. we will see how the other host cities fare now. many thanks, dan roan. the hosts russia getting under way with a 5—0 win against saudi arabia. we are up and running and all the other 32

teams... 30 teams around russia, will have been watching that and wetting their lips unthinkingly want to get onto the pitch now. nonpolice it will be england who i'm sure will be gathered around their televisions just outside st petersburg, as i'm sure our sports correspondent natalie pirks was as well. natalie. with the england camp or the chat yesterday was about marcus rashford's knee. is it any better? -- all rashford's knee. is it any better? —— all the chat yesterday. we have lost natalie for now. that was the chat yesterday, marcus rashford missed training. we understand he should be ok but certainly a big worry with one of england's star players, marcus rashford. another star player is harry kane, of course, the captain. how has he been leading the troops? what has he been doing behind—the—scenes to relax his team to get them in the right frame of mind? remember this will be harry

kane's first world cup as well so a massive responsibility for him. speaking today was his club team—mate at spurs kieran trippier who obviously had a few nice things to say about his country captain as well. he's a great leader and you can see that on and off the field. a top professional. even off the field, just one—to—ones, speaking to him one—to—one, he is a great person if you ever need help. he is there to help you individually and as a group and there is no better person to lead us out into the world cup. five seconds! kieran trippier speaking from the england team camp at repina, we couldn't get hold of natalie pirks, apology, maybe we will try and get back to natalie pirks late in the programme to catch up pirks late in the programme to catch up with her. all of this week on sports take we have been previewing

the other teams, we looked at egypt and mo salah yesterday and what they might be able to bring. joe lynskey wasjoined by our world might be able to bring. joe lynskey was joined by our world football reporterjohn bennett as they looked at the other african nations. much of the african focus ahead of the world cup focuses on mo salah's egypt side. with the liverpool striker not fully fit could another of this continent's the limelight in russia? tunisia, senegal and morocco will be looking to better the likes of ghana. to assess each of those sides isjohn of ghana. to assess each of those sides is john bennett. of ghana. to assess each of those sides isjohn bennett. we will start with tunisia because they are england's group opponents and the first team england playjust like they did at the stade velodrome in france 98. the players england will look out for in the first match? wahbi khazri is their star player, sunderland fans will remember him. he didn't really show his best form in the premier league when he puts his newjersey on he is a good player and the good news is full england is the tunisia star will not

be playing as he is injured. do not ta ke be playing as he is injured. do not take tunisia likely, they are in a good place at the moment and had excellent results in friendlies, i saw them beat costa rica recently so it will be a tough start. senegal playing in the first world cup since 2002 and you will remember back in that tournament they opened against the world cup holders france and beat them 1—0. after the game and number of senegal players made a move to the premier league including that player habiba ghribi diop. this time they have a player who is already a superstar in the premier league and will give them a big chance at this world cup. sadio mane has been a bit in the shadow of mohamed salah at liverpool. he is not a national hero in senegal yet, would you believe? they think he saves his best performances for when he is playing club football whether it was at southampton or liverpool. he missed a penalty in the africa cup of nations in a shoot out when there were knocked out so he feels he has something to prove for

senegal. he's desperate to emigrate the class of 2002, those guys are his hero. we heard all about the 60 ordinary kit. they have played in four fast five world cups but in terms of players they are pretty inexperienced. the youngest squad at this world cup, they have some star names, john 0bi mikel, formerly of chelsea, kelechi ihea nacho names, john 0bi mikel, formerly of chelsea, kelechi iheanacho who is at leicester city, some big names like victor moses. there is a strong bond in this group. in previous tournaments there have been fallouts over bonuses. i spent a bit of time in this squad and they are very united. i saw them play against poland in a friendly recently and couple of games they gathered around the piano, one of the players was playing the piano, they were singing songs, i never had seen anything like it and it is a strong bond in the group. if things click for them they could be strong. nigeria could be strong to watch. we are going to look at morocco next because they have one of the toughest groups of these african teams. you think they have a secret weapon that could help

them get through this group. the head coach has a magical touch when head coach has a magical touch when he is taking charge of african teams. he took zambia to the africa cup of nations in 2012 to the title and guided ivory coast to the africa cup of nations in 2015 and now he is at morocco and got into the world cup in the first time since 1998. i think there could be an upset in this group. obviously spain and portugal are the big favourites but that portugal game will be one to watch because this guy knows how to cause an upset. quick prediction of those four teams you would expect to do best? i would have said morocco but they are in a tough group so let's site because the group is very open. thank you for chatting to us. one of those teams looking to go beyond the quarterfinal stage, the best any african team has managed to world cup. john bennett and joe lyns key. world cup. john bennett and joe lynskey. looking at some of the african nations who might spring a surprise or two. obviously we are

really looking forward to the first match of the day on bbc tomorrow, egypt against uruguay. will mo salah be fit or not? the egypt manager said today he is fine and will definitely play against uruguay. we will have to wait and see midday tomorrow, the team news out of ekaterinburg along way east from moscow. i have been looking at the thousands and thousands of fans pouring out of the luzhniki stadium after the opening match here. russia beating saudi arabia 5—0 in the last couple of hours. i bet you many of you have put your pounds in the office sweepsta ke, you have put your pounds in the office sweepstake, i know my name certainly went into the bbc news one. the team out here in moscow. who did! one. the team out here in moscow. who did i get? would you believe it? england. was that a waste of a pound? england. was that a waste of a pound ? we will wait england. was that a waste of a pound? we will wait and see. a few

other people may feel pounds where waste. but it lightens up. whether pounds a waste after all? patrick gea rey pounds a waste after all? patrick gearey has been looking at the teams you pulled out that you might not have wa nted you pulled out that you might not have wanted and you might feel to cash in that pound in for a half weeks' time. lovely silky turn and now he has made a chance! the world cup is predictably unpredictable. part of its story are the unlikely heroes, those who smashed expectations. so, where to look for dark horses? what about deepest, darkest peru? we have not seen the matter world cup since 1982 and the retro— chic of those shirts. the new outfit look, though don't sound good. they are unbeaten run. the world cup frenzy is causing fights over football stickers back in lima and leading them out will be the captain paolo guerrero back after battling a drugs ban. he is

the reference, he is the leader, he is the guy, our best striker, the main guy when we made this team to play we go to him because he is very important to us and the tactics of how we play. uruguay were once not outsiders at all, they have won world cup twice. the faded film has given way to new striking images, nightmarish to england fans. luis suarez has thumped it in! uruguay we re suarez has thumped it in! uruguay were second only to brazil in qualifying because there is not an awful lot wrong with them. but their all—important experience awful lot wrong with them. but their all—importa nt experience could awful lot wrong with them. but their all—important experience could soon turn to decline. this may be their last shot at a surprise. maybe we will get a bolt from the balkans, ta ke will get a bolt from the balkans, take serbia, they sacked the manager who got them through qualifying but then so did spain. if the 5—1 friendly win over bolivia is anything to go buy it hasn't done them too much harm. but they have a potential star in their midfield. just as well because third game in

they face brazil. in this competition if you make one mistake it's going to be very difficult to recover from it. result it's going to be very difficult to recoverfrom it. result is it's going to be very difficult to recover from it. result is the favourite in the group. as i say everything is open and it could be that two the teams go through. what about the neighbours croatia? the metronomic yet magical passing of real madrid's luka modric and barcelona's ivan rakitic will set the rhythm. the question is who will play lead? 5? it fzzzsffim finilemrl third. the , fl . finidmdthirdjhe world , ireland finished third, the world has been warned. patrick gearey, bbc news. that has whetted the appetite for the next couple of weeks at least because all those nations will be on show with their three group matches. the matches come thick and fast now, at least three a day for the next couple of weeks as we get the next couple of weeks as we get the groups out of the way before we get to the last 16 and then the business end of this 21st fifa world cup. when we come back we will look

at some of the matches coming up tomorrow on the second day of the world cup but for now we can get back to the rest of the sports news at bbc‘s centre. thank you. staying with football and next season's premier league fixtures were released today and there's one standout match on the opening weekend, with champions manchester city taking on arsenal at the emirates stadium. unai emery with a tough first game as arsenal manager. of the other top six sides from last season, chelsea travel to huddersfield town, liverpool are at home first against west ham, now managed by manuel pellegrini, manchester united's opening match is against leicester city at old trafford, while tottenham are at newcastle — as they were for the opening game of last season. onto rugby union, and england coach eddiejones has reacted to last saturday's first test defeat by south africa by dropping forward chris robshaw. england play their second match against the springboks at bloemfontein on saturday, with new zealand—born brad shields replacing robshaw for his first test.

there's also a place for fly—half danny cipriani, who's on the bench for for the first time injones' reign — as chrisjones reports. the contrast between the selection of brad shields who has been fast tracked into this squad from new zealand and the dropping of chris robshaw, such a loyal servant to british rugby, that contrast is a striking one but the england boss eddiejones feels striking one but the england boss eddie jones feels this striking one but the england boss eddiejones feels this is a team to beat south africa, work england back into the test series and halt this alarming run of form. joe launchbury comes back into the pack as expected, mark wilson on the bench where interestingly so is danny cipriani ina where interestingly so is danny cipriani in a move that will delight many england supporters. the focus from the start will be on brad shields, a couple of weeks ago he was playing for the hurricanes new zealand and now he is starting this must win test match. i grew up in new zealand and every kid's dream was to play in the all blacks but that didn't work out for me and i've a lwa ys that didn't work out for me and i've always known since day. that i

wa nted always known since day. that i wanted to have this opportunity and i'm really grateful that it has come around so quickly. ijust need to make the most of which and it feels right being here playing for the stea m. right being here playing for the steam. they have been very helpful for me getting into this, and, look, no one is holding anything against me which is really nice and everyone has been really helpful and i'm grateful. england travel to bloemfontein on the highveld, it is at altitude. whether they should have been preparing at sea level in durban is open for debate. the mood in the can appears buoyant despite the run of five defeats but make no mistake the pressure is on. this saturday may tell us a huge amount about where this team is going and eddiejones. the return ofjohnny sexton at fly—half is one of eight changes to the ireland side for their second test against australia in melbourne on saturday. defeat last week ended ireland's 12—game unbeaten run, but a far stronger side may well help level the three—test series. ellis jenkins will start at blindside flanker for wales as one of five changes for the second test with argentina on saturday.

there are first—tour starts for scrum—half aled davies, hooker ryan elias, and tight head tomas francis. owen watkin replaces the injured hadleigh parkes. wales lead the series 1—0. on to rugby league and joel tomkins has been speaking today about his controversial move from wigan to hull kingston rovers. tomkins left wigan after a video of him being drunk and abusive to bar staff appeared on social media. he says he made a huge mistake. i've got a point to prove to the hull kr fans and my fellow players to earn their respect on the field. i haven't got a point to prove anything to do with the incident happened. that was a one—off incident which i commented about in my statement. it was a huge mistake which i made. i'm not proud of it but i've held up my hands and said

sorry and i'm going to move on from it now. british number one johanna konta says she feels fortunate to have beaten compatriot heather watson in straight sets at the nottingham open. konta was taken to a tie break in the second set and it took an hour and 39 minutes to get past watson, who's currently ranked 69 places lower. the fourth seed will face slovenia's dalila jakupovic in the quarter—final. let's have a quick look at some of the day's other sports headlines. coryn rivera edged out three—time world champion marianne vos in a thrilling sprint finish to win stage two and move into the overall lead of the women's tour. the american is now 15 seconds clear of britain's dani rowe who came fourth to retain the best british rider blue jersey. and afghanistan fought back on the first day of their first ever test match. having taken their first wicket for 168 runs, the afghans then took 5—54 in the final session of the day. india finished on 347—6, with murali vijay and shikar dhawan.

rory mcilroy is one of many players to have fallen victim to the windy conditions at the us open. the northern irishman is ten over par after his first round at shinnecock hills. the 2011 champion said he was confident before the start of the championship, but along with his playing partners phil mickleson and jordan speith, he really struggled today. britain's justin rose is faring a bit better, he finished one over with two birdies and three bogeys, butjust look at some the bad luck he's had. and ian poulter‘s shot here at the 13th really gives you a sense of how bad the conditions are. he bogeyed this hole, but finished one under par and shares the clubhouse lead. that's it from me, back to olly foster in moscow. many thanks indeed. you can probably hear a many thanks indeed. you can probably heara samba and many thanks indeed. you can probably hear a samba and behind me at street level entertaining the crowd, still leaving the luzhniki stadium after

being royally entertained by the hosts. russia 5—0 winners against saudi arabia. we really didn't see that coming at all. what will tomorrow's games bring as they come thick and fast in this 21st fifa world cup. on the second day we have three matches, the first one is fascinating, on bbc, 1pm kick off in the central stadium at ekaterinburg, egypt against uruguay. will it be mo salah who we hear is fit, against luis suarez? that will be followed by morocco against iran. and then portugal spain, in disarray, who only yesterday sacked their head coachjulen lopetegui. only yesterday sacked their head coach julen lopetegui. how only yesterday sacked their head coachjulen lopetegui. how will one of the favourites react to the news? that is all to come tomorrow, sportsday at 6:30pm will come from red square, we return to our home for the rest of this world cup. but from moscow that is all from now and i hand you back to my colleague ben brown in london.

thank you very much, olly foster. that was all the very latest from russia. you're watching the bbc news channel and just to tell you there isa channel and just to tell you there is a change to our programming this evening. you can watch beyond 100 days on bbc four shortly but we will follow events in london tonight as residents remember those who died in the grand for tragedy a year ago today and my colleague reeta chakrabarti today and my colleague reeta chakra barti is there today and my colleague reeta chakrabarti is there for us this evening. i've been in west london all day and it has been a day that has been heavy and sombre with emotion. the focus has of course been on the victims who died one year ago today. but there has also been palpable anger and really raw grief at what

happened. partly because so many questions remain unanswered as to why people were housed in an unsafe building and how this could happen. we know, of course, that those questions are being aired in the public inquiry that has paused this week in order to allow people to remember the victims. we also know, of course, that the police are conducting a