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away for coming up, swatting them away for fun! fedorova looks unstoppable at wimbledon. so too the seven time champion serena williams. she gets to the quarter—finals too. —— federer. the time for training is done. neighbours belgium and france get ready for their semi—final showdown at the world cup. business as usual at wimbledon. federer, djokovic, nadalanne williams all won with very little trouble. the only blip perhaps, discover, knocked out by kiki bertens —— nadal and. that means all top ten women's seeds are out. —— this,. many have tried to stop roger federer on the grass at wimbledon, mannarino will add to that list —— pliskova. roger federer gets to his 16th wimbledon quarter—final. rafa nadal
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is there, he showed no signs of the lack of form and fitness that hampered his run at wimbledon in recent yea rs, hampered his run at wimbledon in recent years, he's into the quarter—finals. as is serena williams, who is looking hugely impressive on her return after giving birth to herfirst impressive on her return after giving birth to her first child, impressive on her return after giving birth to herfirst child, her second grand slam, remember. it wouldn't be manic monday without a shock or two, as austin halewood can tell us. beating roger federer on centre court will only ever be a dream for most players. for adriano narine oh, the first set of his attempt turned into a nightmare. 6—0 injust16 minutes to federer. the centre court crowd were desperate for a contest and they got one in the second set —— mannarino. mannarino, the 20th seed, putting up a fight. four in the second was as close as it got, federer rarely troubled and rarely out of second gearand troubled and rarely out of second gear and with the trophy watching comedy cruised into the quarters for a record extending 16th time.
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it was great to win the first set so quickly. always had that lead in the bag and then it was important for me to stay focused. i knew he was much better than that first set and i was very happy with the match. as you said, a bit up and down, but it was due to his performance and for me i'm pleased to be back in the second week. like federer, rafael nadal was largely untroubled against world number 93 lesser league. the number two seed taking the first two sets. the czech did break nadal in the third but the pressure was only raised for a moment. nadal winning in straight sets. the first wimbledon quarter—final in 2011 —— and since 2011 for the king of clay. with both sides of the draw playing they called it manic monday but no signs of panic in total control. 6-2, 6-2 signs of panic in total control. 6—2, 6—2 she thrashed russia's rodina. i can always find something
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wrong. i thought it was a good scoreline but it was tougher than the scoreline said to be honest, she can really hit the ball well and that's why she got so far. it was interesting to say the least. serena is now the out and out favourite as seeds continue to fall. for the first time ever no player from the top ten is through to the quarter—finals. seventh—seeded karolina pliskova the last of them, beaten in straight sets by kiki bertens from belgium. austin halewood, bbc news. there we go, manic monday, one of the most exciting days in the grandslam tennis calendar and once again we've seen another upset, as we have throughout these wimbledon championships. women's quarter—finals day to come on day eight, arguably the standout game to come, former french open champion jelena 0stapenko up game to come, former french open championjelena 0stapenko up against dominika cibulkova of slovakia. that's your tennis and now the first of the world cup semifinals kicked off in under2li of the world cup semifinals kicked off in under 2a hours. the 1998
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champions france against belgium, the team that knocked brazil out in the team that knocked brazil out in the quarter—finals. france go in as slight favourites, winning all three meetings between the sides at major tournaments. both sides trained on monday and our reporterjohn bennett was watching. this isn't just was watching. this isn'tjust a local geographical derby, this is a game with stars that know each other very well, both stars packed with english premier league talent. 13 premier league players started combined for them in the quarter—finals. interestingly, one of the biggest stars didn't train on the eve of the match, and that they not with the france squad training at the st petersburg stadium. but the france boss, didier deschamps, said that all 23 players are fully fit. as for belgium boss roberto mancini is, he's riding the crest of a wave after beating brazil. he changed the tactics and it worked to perfection, so can he do it again against france? ——
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roberto martinez. pat nevin, former teammate of him at everton, he's working with the bbc. they made changes againstjapan to the style and personnel. then after that, playing against brazil, big pressure and suddenly adapts his whole system. he didn't tend to do that. what have you made france, the common perception is we haven't seen the best of them, they haven't played their a game, what have you made them? they have cruised a bit, before the tournament they were my tip to win it and they have great players —— made of them. they have world —class players —— made of them. they have world—class players all over the tea m world—class players all over the team and there's no real weakness. most teams as we have gone through, you have spotted their weakness. they can turn it on as much as they have to and that's what they've done so have to and that's what they've done so far. the last time these two sides met it finished 4—3. belgium have scored 1a goals in this world cup, france have
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scored nine goals meanwhile. this has the makings of a world cup classic. 0r classic. or it could be a dour and 0—0 draw, i'm sure it won't be. england and croatia will play the winners of that semi—final. —— dour 0—0. 0lly foster is looking ahead to wednesday's came. croatia are already here, they came after that victory against russia in after that victory against russia in a penalty shootout in sochi —— game. they haven't played in a semi—final before, england have. after stra ig htforwa rdly before, england have. after straightforwardly beating sweden in the quarter—final, england went back to their repino training camp outside st petersburg, they are fully fit, a full 23 for gareth southgate to choose from. they arrive on tuesday for the semi—final. both teams on the brink of something very special. but for england, go back for years, they
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didn't get out of their group at the last world cup in brazil, finishing bottom of it. —— four years. two yea rs bottom of it. —— four years. two years ago at the european championships they were stunned by iceland. we knew we could only make amends for that moment here at this world cup, nothing else would fix what happened then. it's been a long process since then and we've learned from our mistakes, which is the most important thing, and we've made things right and we've seen the way the country has got behind us and the country has got behind us and the happiness that we're giving out at the same time. it's fantastic to bea at the same time. it's fantastic to be a part of. a lot of optimism around the england camp. what of croatia? they've been training here for the last couple of days, they've got an extra half an hour of football in their legs more than england but they say they feel energised to be in the capital. they say it will be their first semi—final in 20 years since the great side they had at france 28. translation: everybody is ready --
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france 98. if we had to play today we would be ready to do it. it's the world cup semifinals. nobody will complain about tiredness. after all, you will see in the match that we're ready to play. so, croatia imposition, england on their way in the next 2a hours for that wednesdays semi—final at the luzhniki stadium. for the winner, of course, that would simply be a dress rehearsal for the world cup final four days later. following spain's poor performance at the world cup, they've already started to rebuild, that's one way to put it! they've named former barcelona head coach luis enrique as the national team manager. it's been quite a chaotic few weeks. enrico letta replaces hero, who led the tea m letta replaces hero, who led the team in russia after stepping in at the last minute. belgium's greg van avermaet has taken the lead at the tour de france after day three, dmc got the best time on the 35.5
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kilometre team time trial in the west of the country —— bmc. he took the yellow jersey from peter west of the country —— bmc. he took the yellowjersey from peter sagan. chris froome's team sky got second, four seconds behind bmc. that left the reigning champion a minute behind the leader. before we go, let me show you... what does the premier league start m, what does the premier league start in, around a month? perhaps these arejose mourinho's new in, around a month? perhaps these are jose mourinho's new tactics. parking the bus a bit at the back! how about this, parking the tractor at the back! it is tractor football! how wonderful is that? this is at a very old show that's been going on since 1876. hay bales for goalposts.
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it beats jumpers! 0k! thanks for joining it beats jumpers! 0k! thanks forjoining us, get the latest at the bbc website. i'll see you again soon. hello there. it's been a remarkable run of hot weather really. temperatures over the last five days somewhere in the uk have pushed over the 30 degrees celsius mark, and yesterday it was the turn of kew in west london to push above the 30—degree mark. 31 degrees celsius the top temperature yesterday. many areas did see some decent spells of sunshine. this was the scene in norfolk during monday, but further north—eastwards, in whitby, in that area, we had some thicker cloud and gary spotted a few spots of rain falling from the cloud. this, a cold front pushing through, and later in the day, the same weather watcher, gary, spotted some brighter weather
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following the cold front through. now, the satellite picture shows extensive cloud over northern and eastern parts of the country. that cold front continues to work its way southwards and significantly, it's going to be bringing fresher air. so the humidity will be dropping and as that happens, the temperatures will drop further as well. so it's going to be fresher, more comfortable night's sleep ahead. temperatures between around about 10 and 15 celsius for the early risers tuesday morning. a lot of dry weather out and about as well. this is the pressure chart for tuesday, high pressure still with us but we do have that weak cold front moving into the heart of southern england. further north in scotland, a weak warm front will bring some thickening cloud and the prospect of seeing a few spots of rain. nothing to help the gardens mind you. for most areas, it's just going to be a dry day. a lot of cloud to start off with but that cloud will thin and break up with time, some spells of sunshine breaking through as we go through the afternoon. now, temperature—wise, 0k, it's not going to be not as hot, we probably won't see
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temperatures into the low 30s, but it's still going to be pleasant out and about when the sun comes through. 2a celsius in london. close to normal for the time of year. 21 in edinburgh. if we see some decent sunshine across the south—west, we could see temperatures in the mid—to—high 20s in the warmest spots here. now, there could be some changes afoot on wednesday. a weather front threatens the north—west of the uk, bringing the prospect of some rain. uncertain how much and where that rain will be falling but something the gardeners will be looking out for. away from the north—west corner, though, it's the same old story, a lot of dry weather with some bright or sunny spells, and again, temperatures widely in the low—to—mid—20s, so pleasant weather really weather for many of us. towards the end of the week, we're going to keep the dry theme going with further sunshine and what you'll notice is the temperatures tending to build. we should see highs in london pushing back into the upper 20s as we head through saturday and sunday. that's your latest weather, bye for now. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe.
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my name is ben bland. our top stories: a crucial newjudge for the us supreme court, president trump expected to reveal his choice within minutes. hopes are high that four remaining boys and their coach will be rescued from caves in northern thailand within hours. hello and welcome to bbc world news. president trump is due to announce his nomination for the supreme court shortly. thejudge will replace justice anthony kennedy, a moderate conservative, who is standing down. let's speak to our north america correspondent david willis in washington.
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