hello, this is bbc news with me, rebecca jones. the headlines. a man is sentenced to 17 years in prison for an acid attack which resulted in the death of a woman in high wycombe. joanne rand died 11 days after the acid was thrown over her. today xeneral webster was sentenced for manslaughter. it's emerged that the manchester bomber salman abedi was rescued by the royal navy from libya's civil war — three years before he murdered 22 people at an ariana grande concert last year. donald trump tweets to say collusion is not a crime. it coincides with the opening of the first case brought by federal prosecutors investigating alleged links between the trump presidential campaign and russia. the president's former campaign manager — paul manafort — arrives at court to stand trial. aid agencies are acused of being ‘almost complicit‘ in sexual abuse across the sector — a damning mps report describes a culture of denial. their criticism comes after revelations emerged that oxfam staff paid survivors of an earthquake in haiti for sex. labour is urged to suspend

a leading party member, after he was recorded describing some of thejewish community as ‘trump fanatics‘. jewish leaders have called peter willsman‘s remarks disgusting. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. after seven o'clock we'll cross to san fransisco to get the latest from our correspondent at facebook. in the past few minutes it has said it has removed accounts thought to have been set up to influence last year's mid—term us elections. after half past seven we'll focus on the comments by england's education secretary who has said that it is a scandal that some children start school unable to speak in full sentences. and at 10:45 and 11:30 we take a look at tomorrow's papers. our guestsjoining me this evening

are camilla tominey, who's the political editor at the sunday express, and the political commentator, jane merrick. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello, i'm olly foster at the bbc sport centre, here's what's coming up tonight. england turn to rashid to turn their test fortunes around — he's the only specialist spinner in the team to face india tomorrow. england have been the perfect world cup hockey hosts, but they have to win tonight to stay in the tournament. no rest for geraint thomas, the tour champion is already back in the saddle, racing right now in the netherlands. but he has a big decision to make, will he stay at team sky? the way that the team is run and

everything works well for me. but i'm open to hearing other offers obviously, we will see what happens in the coming week. and this is how rare winning is for andy murray — celebrating a first round win in washington as if he'd won wimbledon. hello and welcome to sportsday. good evening, england's cricketers are in birmingham this evening ahead of tomorrow's first test against india. five tests against the number one team in the world across the next six weeks will be a really tough examination for england. they haven't taken a series since last summer and their search for a winning formula has seen them turn to adil rashid. the leg spinner had seemingly become a white—ball specialist, that's what his county yorkshire thought, but england came calling and he will start his first test in over 18 months and his first on home soil.

patrick gearey is at edgbaston for what will be england's1000th test. it is one of the longest running dramas in english sport and now ready for its 1000th episode, full of glories and controversies, meet the latest. adil rashid, and leg—spinner, now picked for the marathon of concentration that is a test match, a decision called a slap in the face for the traditional cou nty in the face for the traditional county game. this being a one-off thing, it will get a lot of attention but i see county cricket ina attention but i see county cricket in a big factor in developing english players. if you look at some of the young lads in the team they had to work hard in the county game

to prove themselves. as england walk—out for their 1000th test several seats will be unoccupied, people will not come to see the show if they do not know when it starts. the key with test cricket is having a regular supply every year, starting on thursday and we keep messing about with wednesday, friday and saturday starts it makes the consumer confused and i think that is what has happened. india are big business at the top ranked test team in the world and the weakest potential tv audience for the game and many think that they have points to prove here in england. india last over the past test it with a four—year, the scrutiny on the players is intense. captain derek culley is mobbed so often back—ups that he recently tweeted his joy at being able to wander around unrecognised in england. when i have

the bat in hand i need to be in the most clear mental state that can be in and that happens when i'm just focused on what i need to focus on for the third test nation 's focused on what i need to focus on for the third test nation '5 number one faces test ranking member one in a crucial stage in the history of the game and they may be more on the line and just the trophy. just two days after he rode down the champs elysees in the yellow jersey, geraint thomas is racing in the netherlands this evening, just one stop on a lucrative post—tour circuit for the champion. he will soon have to make a decision about whether to stay with team sky, they've offered him a new deal worth £3.5 million a year. would chris froome still be team leader, though? he has been keeping the media and sponsors happy with a round of interviews and appearances over the last 2a hours and seems to be enjoying the attention. i think it is stilljust riding the

crest of a wave because all this is not normal, you know, all the interviews and stuff and staying in nice hotels and with that i fitjet from paris to london yesterday. it is just like crazy at the moment. i'm a big arsenalfan and i spoke to arsene wenger on the phone, rob brydon, it wasjust arsene wenger on the phone, rob brydon, it was just all these people that really enjoyed watching me and ijust thought, that really enjoyed watching me and i just thought, i'm that really enjoyed watching me and ijust thought, i'm still a fan of them and to receive those texts is really nice. given everything that has happened over the past year with chris froome, bradley wiggins, do you feel that your win is a massive boost for you and also for the team? i think boost for you and also for the team? ithink so, boost for you and also for the team? i think so, it is nice to talk about something good for a change. a bit

of a celebration rather than negativity which seems to follow cycling around quite a lot these days. but yes, it is good for myself obviously but i think the team and i think a different winner is always nice even though it is still team sky. i think it has been great. your relationship with chris broome has been —— has been a big talking point, does that help to have that friendship as well? he was going for his fifth tour de france win, and to have a team—mate then take that jesse and take the limelight, almost, it been tough but he was a true gentleman and sportsmen and we we re true gentleman and sportsmen and we were open and honest with each other from the start. the way that the tea m from the start. the way that the team is run works well for me. but i'm open to hearing other offers obviously but we will see what happens in the coming weeks. i do

not want just to go happens in the coming weeks. i do not wantjust to go to any team because mainly i was the winner because mainly i was the winner because of the strength of the team and if you have got the legs, your percentage of winning improves a lot with a strong team around you. interesting times. geraint thomas has also given his backing to a womens‘ tour de france, that's after dame sarah storey raised the issue. britain's most decorated paralympian joined a group of women who cycled every stage of the tour this year ahead of the men, and she says there is an appetite for a women's grand tour. she hasn't competed internationally since the rio paralympics but 15 months after having her second child she s ready to return at the para cycling road world championships which get underway later this week in italy. kate grey caught up with her as she made herfinal preparations at a timetrial in cheshire. this is how the storey family rolls — balancing babies, bikes and business. britain's most successful female pa ralympian certainly enjoys life in the fast lane. i'm a mum first, i'm an athlete,

and if i can do other things around that, then that's always a bonus. it's about finding the best version of you, whether it's in your personal life, your working life, in your sporting life. at the rio paralympics, her first child louisa was still a toddler — but that didn't stop herfrom winning three golds at those games. last october, charlie was welcomed into the family. but sarah was faced with some unexpected challenges. well, i think this time i got back onto the track a little bit quicker, albeit that was a little bit in vain because then i couldn't go to the track world championships because of the yellow fever outbreak that happened in brazil. i was breast—feeding him, so that's why i couldn't be vaccinated. i had to try to make sure that i'm being cautious with my own diet, so that i didn't try and starve myself, and that affect how i was feeding charlie. so it was just about being open minded and not rushing into it. the road world championships in italy will be the start of sarah's elite competition comeback — with all roads leading to tokyo and her eighth paralympic games. dame sarah storey.

she's already won 1a gold medals, but now she's doing it while raising her own stars of the future. charlie's obviously come along and he's keeping us all entertained. and louisa has now got her own sporting activities to do. so, who knows, one day we might go out training together, louisa and i, and charlie looks like he might be on the sprint side of things. he's a really strong little boy. so we'll wait and see what their activities are. but i always enjoy training and competing, and it seemed like it wasn't quite the right time to stop. at a0 years old, sarah has no plans of retiring any time soon. with her young family in tow as her biggest supporters, she'll continue to push the boundaries of sport. kate grey, bbc news, macclesfield. the father of ellie soutter has spoken publicly for the first time since her death. the british snowboarder died last week on her 18th birthday. the family have set up a foundation in her name which they hope will help young winter sports athletes needing financial support. there is a lot of pressure on

children, and mental awareness needs to be looked at and made more public. as we all know it has been lately but as a family and as her friends we all thought that ellie had come out of the other side of a particularly dark time in her life and that was a lot to do with the fa ct and that was a lot to do with the fact that she was not able to compete last season and do what she would have loved to have done to total lack of funding. that is why this foundation is so important to me and the rest of her family and her mother. uk sport has released a statement regarding ellie soutter‘s death. they say "this is a desperately sad situation and our thoughts are with all of ellie's family and friends. we are working with all of our olympic and paralympic programmes and the mental health charity mind to make sure appropriate support is in place." andy murray has won forjust

the second time this year and will face his compatriot kyle edmund in the second round of the washington open. murray needed over two and half hours to get past the american mackenzie macdonald. he looked understandably rusty after so long out after hip surgery butjust look out for the victory celebration, this meant a lot. paul garrity reports. starting from scratch again is how andy murray described his comeback from injury and shaking those hips is not easy after surgery. the early stages of the contest proved that against mckenzie mcdonald. he found it hard to get his rhythm, first set to the american. but once in his groove the former number one was dancing to his old tune, taking control and winning the second set. andy murray is in a hurry to get back to top form. he failed to take five match points and

cue the frustration. once harmony was restored he ended his torment and will face kyle edmund in round two but for now the world will wait and see how quickly he can climb back up. still to come on sportsday this evening. rocky 137, england's record breaking prop retires from the international game. and another step on the comeback trail. fury fights in belfast next, but then it could be another crack at the world title. 1000%,1,000,000%, it is guaranteed. england's rochelle ‘rocky‘ clark is bringing her playing career to a close after 137 games for her country. she's the most capped woman in rugby union.

the 37—year—old won world cup in 2014 in a 15 year international career and became england's most capped player, man or women, when she surpassed jason leonard's record of 114 in 2016, the loosehead prop will continue playing for wasps. it isa it is a massive achievement and something i never thought i would get to, getting my first cap was just out of this world and to achieve a few more than that. but to get the record and surpass jason has been a dream come true and i played such a fairy tale life for the past 15 years. i've loved every minute. you've played since 2003, how dramatically has the game changed in that time? it has been massive, we used to have to pay to train for weekends and paid for the kit and things like that and now you have

such good backing from the rfu and the premiership as well, and the game has evolved so much. the professionalism from the girls has been huge and itjust has been so good to be a part of it and help make history. what you think needs be done to move the women came forward , be done to move the women came forward, you obviously have the new premiership in the women's game but what at test level needs to be done to push the game forward? other nations are now going professional andi nations are now going professional and i think we have to go professional, we need the time to recover and get the time, get the hours in training and i think that is simply what we have to do, to go professional. i think that will be the big stepping stone hopefully in the big stepping stone hopefully in the near future. what has been the best at about being an england

player, winning 137 best at about being an england player, winning137 caps for your country? lifting the world cup, that has been amazing, the best day of my life but making friends along the way, at pulling on that white shirt is just such an honour so i way, at pulling on that white shirt isjust such an honour so i have just had the best time. i'm excited to watch from the stands now to see how they do but certainly i'm still going to be involved, chatting to a lot of the girls and hopefully do whatever i can for rugby and to promote the game. and she's still going to be playing with wasps. just getting back to the cricket, lancashire thunder have beaten surray stars in by five wickets in the women's superleague. the win keeps thunder in second place behind western storm — who also won this afternoon. henry moeran was at the oval. fans fa ns were fans were treated to a thriller in the first match of this double—header, the first match between the surrey stars and lancashire thundered going to

lancashire thundered going to lancashire thundered. the surrey stars captain hit 95 not out. 149 the target for thunder. it ended 34 not out to win the game. impressive start and impressive run of form for thunder. they have now won three on the bounce and they are the inform tea m the bounce and they are the inform team in the competition. the england hockey team play their next match at the women's world cup in just over an hour. they failed to qualify directly for the quarterfinals after only winning one of their three group games. so they have a play—off match against korea, with the winners going on to face the favourites the netherlands in the last 8. jo currie sent us this from queen elizabeth olympic park in east london. sta kes

stakes could not be much higherfor england tonight, a win would see them progress to the quarterfinals to play netherlands on thursday. if they lose there will be sent home before even reaching the knockout stages. the fact that they're having to play is a good indication of how much england have struggled so far in the tournament. a fairly underwhelming starts meant they only picked up a draw against their opponents but ahead of the match tonight they had coach said that he expects courier to cause some headaches. korea are an awkward side, they probably will sit deep and counterattack and they are a corner threat and very different to what we're used to. so it is going to be an interesting challenge for some less experienced players but without very good at just setting the team up and facing what is coming. so i'm also joined by the

former england and great wigan midfielder sally walton. england have not hit top gear yet, how much ofa have not hit top gear yet, how much of a challenge today face? courier have great core skills and they're one of the best in the world, we will need a strong performance to get past them tonight. how will england prepare for it? the student —— the same as they do for any other team, they do their homework,