trump h: mm m“ president trump actually believes? for the first seven months of the presidency it was the job of sean spicer and he gives his first uk interview to newsnight tonight. here on bbc one, time hello and welcome to sports day, i'm holly hamilton. coming up on the programme. the german football association responds to mesut ozil's allegations of racism as he dramatically announces his retirement from international football. why has this photo of 12—time olympic medalist ryan lochte led to a m month suspension? and follow the leader , but which one is it?...we hear from chris froome and geraint thomas heading into the final week of the tour. hello and welcome to the programme. it's been a contentious 2a hours

for the german football association after arsenal's mesut ozil announced he would no longer play for the national team — citing racism and disrespect within german football. after germany failed to get beyond the group stages of the world cup in russia, the arsenalforward said he received abuse — which stemmed back to a photograph taken with turkey's president erdogan in may. today — the dfb has emphatically denied the allegation but admits it could have done more to protect him from abuse. the last thing you want to hear as a german fa president is that you not only haven't dealt with this big controversy properly but also perhaps have even fanned the flames of the raises that mesut ozil has excused. he is certainly putting the finger of blame is certainly very much under him, saying in his eyes i

was a german when we were winning andi was a german when we were winning and i was an immigrant when we last, and i was an immigrant when we last, and this really goes to the heart of the matter. if mesut ozil had felt more backing from the german fa rather than seeing them as partly to blame for the ordeal that he has faced, in his words, he might still bea faced, in his words, he might still be a germany player. they released a statement today praising themselves all the work they have done it comes to integration and social responsibility, but he is such a high profile case and the poster boy for integration that i believe the damage has been done and it will ta ke damage has been done and it will take a long time to rectify. so this is quite a mess for the german national team. however arsenal — ozil's club side, and bidding to improve after a couple of seasons out of the champions league — might benefit. well, obviously he does benefit, because when there are international duties, and players go away for long periods of time, you can do a little bit more work with him back in england on the international breaks.

but he is a quality player, so i am sure the more rest he has the better hopefully you will play for arsenal foot ball hopefully you will play for arsenal football club. well, arsenal are a side looking to improve after finishing sixth in the league last season. and chelsea, who finished a place above them will also be looking to break into the top four. maurizio sarri has made a winning start to his time as manager. the club managed a 1—0 win over perth glory on their australian tour. pedro's early goal was enough to secure victory. sarri, who replaced fellow italian antonio conte earlier this month, said chelsea still had plenty of work to do before the start of the season. brazilian forward richarlison is on the verge of sealing a £40 million move to everton after completing a medical earlier today. the remaining paperwork needs to be finalised before the blues can confirm his switch from watford. new boss marco silva signed the 21—year—old from fluminese last summer when he was in charge at vicarage road. it makes him the club's first signing of the summer with a record breaking price tag to boot. england midfielder izzy christiansen has completed her move to european

champions lyon from manchester city in what is a british record transfer fee for a female player. the 26—year—old will be reunited with her former city team—mate lucy bronze who moved to france last year. defending champions england have been knocked out of the european under—i9 championship at the group stage. they lost their final match 5—0 to france. the young lions were without a number of star players because the tournament clashes with clubs' preseason tours. myziane maolida and amine gouiri each scored twice for france who will play italy in the semi finals on thursday. twelve—time olympic medallist ryan lochte has been given a iii—month ban for a doping violation after a photo he posted online prompted an investigation. he has since deleted this image from his instagram account which shows him receiving an intravenous injection — the iv did not contain a banned substance but exceeded the amount of vitamins permitted by anti—dopng rules. the 12 time olympic

medallist has been banned from compeition untiljuly 2019 — which means he can't compete in the national championships this week. today, tour de france riders took a well—earned rest before the race hits the pyrenees tomorrow. however many questions still linger about team sky and who they'll support for the victory. geraint thomas leads by nearly two minutes overfour time champion chris froome. earlier in the race thomas previously said he was riding for froome but with the final in paris awaiting on saturday, the two wouldn't be drawn on their leadership or their inter—team battle. it is quite funny because everyone is so keen to try and talk up this rivalry between us but itjust doesn't exist. we are not looking at each other as rivals, we are looking

at the other guys, the guys in third and fourth and fifth, they are the ones who could put us under pressure. but between us are just doesn't exist like that. we have been team—mates the years, mates the yea rs, been team—mates the years, mates the years, all we been team—mates the years, mates the yea rs, all we started been team—mates the years, mates the years, all we started our professional cycling together back in 2008, ijoined the team. and our careers have followed each other ever since then, so this is absolute dream scenario for us. but right now he has ridden an absolutely faultless race, i mean from the very first week, no issues, didn't get stuck behind any gaps or anything. so as it stands right now, he is stronger, he is in the yellow jersey. having won two stages already, it isjust insane. everything else is a bonus and the longer i can stay up there with the main guys, great, it isjust about keeping those guys behind us really

and not riding against each other and not riding against each other and then letting someone else win. that would just be the biggest sort of ta ke that would just be the biggest sort of take up, i don't know about tour history, but it would be pretty bad. we are in the stream position, first and second on the general classification, if nothing changes between here and paris, fantastic, we have nailed the tour de france. this man is probably still celebrating right now. europe captain thomas bjorn says francesco molinari's open golf triumph, and the performance of several other europeans at carnoustie should give his team hope of regaining the ryder cup from the united states when the competition gets under way at the end of september. american players had won five majors in a row but molinari stopped that run. we had francesco finishing first and rory finishing tied second, we are ina rory finishing tied second, we are in a pretty good state. i am quite happy with where we are, i don't really look at the americans, they have 25 years of experience of being

around ryder cups, and i can't remember them showing up with a bad team. we know what they will come with, they come at full strength, but that is what we are up against. it is not actually a problem for us. it is not actually a problem for us. it will motivate us but we know we have to play our best, they are truly strong, they are always in that situation, and it tends to be a tight match and it comes down to holing putts and doing the right thing when it matters. the last time carnoustie staged the open was 2007 and rory mcilroy was the leading amateur. yesterday, the silver medal went to scottish teenager sam locke. he has been mentored by the 99' open champion at carnoustie paul lawrie, and now the 19—year—old is heading for the professional tour cani can i ask you to get the name on the back, all your scores as well. the middle that says he is at the top of the amateur game but not from ajer longer. , coady sam nock london,

final hole, get in there, there we are. after holding his own on the carnoustie links, he has decided it is time to turn professional. carnoustie links, he has decided it is time to turn professionallj carnoustie links, he has decided it is time to turn professional. i just pick me personally it is the right decision, i have always wanted to turn pro and compete with the best players in the world, on the biggest stage. i have always loved playing the game and competing, ijust love the game and competing, ijust love the feeling of winning, but i can't wait to get going, it will be good fun. the open was a bit of a family affair, dad andrew a professional golfer himself took on the role of caddy. yes, very emotional, very nervous. i think i was more nervous than sam going on to that first tee on thursday, and just going round that golf course trying to help him along the way was just an amazing experience. commentator: a day, a

championship and certainly a walk here to remember for sam championship and certainly a walk here to rememberfor sam nock. championship and certainly a walk here to remember for sam nock. for me there were too many highlights to pick out one. i suppose the walk down 18 is something very special, the best walk in the and you never forget it. leading a matter and winner of the silver medal, sam locke. in winning the silver medal, loch is in good company, tiger woods, rory mcilroy and justin rose among those who have always already won whitcomb and dad believes his son has what it takes to continue to follow. it shows me he is ready. ready for the professional game. hopefully more silverware. jane lewis, bbc news. that is all from sports day. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello, and welcome to our look ahead

to what the papers will be bringing us to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster and journalist, aasmah mir and the editor of politicshome, kevin schofield. what a scorcher. not in here, fortu nately! what a scorcher. not in here, fortunately! i don't see any sweat patches! chuckling many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the ft leads with american banks calling on the government to cut taxes and red tape they say could lead to financial assets and jobs leaving the uk after brexit. "stay out of the sun until friday" says the express after brits were warned to stay indoors after the hottest day of the year the metro focuses on the row over whether two alleged members of islamic state,

accused of beheading fellow britons on camera, deserve protection from the death penalty. also on that story, the telegraph leads with borisjohnson‘s warning that helping america prosecute the two alleged killers would stop britain demanding others are spared in the future. and the guardian's headline is the kings college london report warning of a growing threat from women and minors linked to islamic state. right, this isn't quite our west end final, this is the first edition tonight, so we are going to have a look first of all at the story that has been running throughout the day concerning sajid javid's decision to allow if necessary two alleged members of islamic state to go to the united states to face trial and potentially execution if necessary. this is something critics say goes against what the united kingdom are supposed to be trying to do, promoting the end of the death

penalty across the world. this is not the done thing, really, is it? normally what happens is britain in this extreme and unique situation will seek what they call a death penalty assurance, in other words they will make some kind of representations that that should not happen. that has not happened in this case. it has caused a huge uproar, many conservatives saying the government will be haunted by this decision. you have to ask why has this happened ? this decision. you have to ask why has this happened? some of the papers have mentioned the fact that the uk government have looked at the evidence laws and they do not think they will be able to get a conviction in this country, so they are kind of washing their hands of it, and a lot of people are saying this is not the right way to go about it, but it is perhaps motivating the fact they tried to it over the atlantic. lots of speculation about the reasoning for this. it was backed by sajid javid,

presumably backed by theresa may by extension, i am assuming, and also the foreign office under boris johnson. so a concerted political effort on the part of the authorities here to get this moving. we we re authorities here to get this moving. we were told by number ten this morning that it was sajid javid in concert with boris johnson, morning that it was sajid javid in concert with borisjohnson, so morning that it was sajid javid in concert with boris johnson, so a joint effort, though it was sajid javid who sent the letter. downing street would not go so far as to say the prime minister agreed initially, when asked if she agreed with it they would not say that. but she changed her chin so by the end of the afternoon she agreed, so they got themselves into a bit of a frankel, because it is a central tenet of a political and legal syste m tenet of a political and legal system here that we don't support the death penalty. and this is essentially britain if you want to

say turning a blind eye almost what happens to these guys right up until execution, as long as they go to the united states, it gets them off our hands. what is also interesting is that sajid javid clearly