and reigning champions the netherlands join unfancied ireland in making the semi—finals of the women's hockey world cup in london. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with cricket news and england will take a slender 22—run advantage into the third day of the opening test against india at edgbaston on friday. it could have been a much larger lead had the home side been able to dismiss indian captain virat kohli who scored more than half his side's total, and watching was patrick gearey. what a day of test cricket that was, the momentum went one way and then the momentum went one way and then the other and then back again. india started on top, they managed to take the final wicket of england's first—innings within the first five minutes. 287 all out, sam curran the last man to go and we will see more of him. egot murali vijay lbw, the wicket was given on review. —— he

got. shikhar dhawan all before lunch, all to current, whose 20. after lunch england were re—energised, ben stokes, he got dinesh karthik, his 100th test wicket. in all the chaos, there was the chance for england to get the indian captain, virat kohli. he was dropped in the slips by dour mallan onjust 21, a costly dropped in the slips by dour mallan on just 21, a costly ms. dropped in the slips by dour mallan onjust 21, a costly ms. —— davit mallan. currently kept it together and he ended on mallan. currently kept it together and he ended 0111119 —— mallan. currently kept it together and he ended on 149 —— down with mallan. they were 30 runs behind england and virat kohli had 149. more than half of his ipod's pootle. better news afterwards, they got alastair cook bowled by ravi ashwin —— more than half of england's total —— india's total. they prick it is all set up for the final three days of this day. nice breeze, the clouds came in,

which helped a bit. recently we've noticed the ball doesn't spin when it's a bit new, when the latter comes of it... it's a case of hitting your links and being patient. we dragged it back nicely, 110-5. -- patient. we dragged it back nicely, 110—5. —— lengths. we bowled them out before our total, which was positive. so, the hosts hold a slim lead heading into day three, but day two was all about indian skipper virat kohli and what was a career first for him in england. this was his first 100 in england in test matches. he had to wait for a long time to get to this. but he made sure he continued even after that, because passing an unusual landmark doesn't mean much to him, but more than that, if it's a great day, if it's a good day for him, he makes sure it's a good day for him as well as the team and that's why

he got 249. again, as i said, it has balanced the gap between the two sides beautifully. golf, and the world number one ariya jutanugarn has made a solid, if unspectacular, start to her bid to win a second successive major. the women's us open champion shot a 1—under—par 71 in the first round of the british open at royal lytham & st annes. she's six shots behind the leader minjee lee from australia, as shabnam younusjewell reports. minjee lee had to settle for second place behind arita can guard in last week's scottish 0pen, but it's the australian who set the pace on the opening day of the live links in lancashire lancashire. her newest challenger is japan's monique oligarch, who fired in seven birdies on her way to a 66. on a congested leaderboard, there's a clutch of players a further shot back on five under parand players a further shot back on five under par and they include local favourite george hall, who will be keen to improve on her third—place

finish at last year's british open. former world number one lybia ko hasn't won a major for 2.5 years, when she was still a teenager, but the new zealander is well placed after opening up with a four under par 69. the reigning champion, ik kim, had a mixed start to her title defence with four birdies and two bogeys. she's signed for a 70 and the south korean is five shots off the south korean is five shots off the lead overnight. shabnam younus jewell, bbc news. staying with golf, ian poulter leads after the first round of the wgc bridgestone invitational in ohio. the englishman, whose best ever finish there is 13th, shot an 8—under par 62. the reigning champion hideki matsuyama began the defence of his title with a round of 67. he's five off the lead. the world number one dustinjohnson, who's bidding for back—to—back wins after his victory at the canadian 0pen last week, is seven shots off the lead at 1—under par. while francesco molinari, playing his first round of golf since winning the open championship two weeks ago, is at level par after carding a 70. colm harrison reports. firestone country club is hosting

this event for the 19th and final time this year before it moves to memphis in 2019. so far there's only been one multiple winner of the tournament in its various guises, tiger woods with a record eight victories to his name. the last of those was back in 2013. his last tournament win anywhere in fact. woods was among the early starters on thursday and opened up with a four under par round of 66 that included this 50 foot putt for birdie on the 18th. but his efforts we re birdie on the 18th. but his efforts were surpassed by a superb round from ian poulter. being bridgeman, who won the houston 0pen back in april, and has a european ryder cup place in his sights, has never finished in the top ten at firestone but fired an eight under par 62. he hit 12 out of 14 fairways and 14 out

of 18 greens in regulation. poulter leads by one shot from two americans, kyle stanley and this man, rickie fowler, whose round of 63 was bogey free. the 2014 champion, rory mcilroy, is also well placed overnight after a 65. while thejohnsons, placed overnight after a 65. while the johnsons, dustin placed overnight after a 65. while thejohnsons, dustin anzac, are both seven of the lead with some ground to make up, zach could claim one of the shots of the date on his way to a one under par 69 —— and sack. colm harrison, bbc news. —— shot of the day. at the women's hockey world cup in london, defending champions the netherlands are through to the semi—finals as are surprise packet ireland. the dutch were 2—0 winners over hosts england, and they'll play australia on saturday followed by the team ranked 16th in the world, ireland, who are through to their first ever semi—final after a penalty shoot—out win over india, a team they'd already beaten in the group stages, and they'll now play spain. you know, we've put so much hard

work, not just this you know, we've put so much hard work, notjust this week, notjust the last two months but the last few yea rs the last two months but the last few years and it's just so satisfying to get the rewards here and show the world what we can do and how we can play. final question, the journey's not over yet, spain in the semifinals and that's the game you're semifinals and that's the game you' re really semifinals and that's the game you're really look forward to? absolutely, spain are a really good side, they've had a really good tournament but we'll have to do our homework but we've done so well, we'll have to go away and see what we'll have to go away and see what we can do. juventus striker gonzalo higuain has undergone his medical ahead of a surprise loan move to milan. the argentine international has scored 40 league goals in two seasons for the italian champions. the loan move will cost milan nearly $21 million and twice that if they want to sign him permanently in 12 months‘ time. someone doing the opposite is defender leonardo bonucci, who is set to rejoin the serie a champions. the 31—year—old spentjust one season at the san siro having joined from juve for around $45 million in 2017. ignore the tennis behind me.

you can get all the latest sports news at our website. moving to tennis and on the wta tour greece's maria sakkari dropped just one game in a 6—0, 6—1 straight sets demolition of eighth seed hungarian timea babos in the second round of the silicon valley classic in san jose. after sakkari inflicted a first set bagel, a whitewash looked increasingly likely but babos managed to save several match points and break her opponent's serve in game six of the set much to her delight. but a double fault gifted sakkari the win in the next game and the 23 year—old will next face either third seed and seven—time grand slam singles champion venus williams or great britain's heather watson in the quarter—finals. 0n the atp tour, 22 year—old wild card noah rubin overcame

the number two seed and an unusual equipment failure in the second round of the citi 0pen in washington dc on thursday. he beat his american compatriot isner 6—4 7—6, but had to change his shoes in the second set after his right boot disintegrated during a point. at the changeover, rubin showed off the ruined shoe to loud cheers from the crowd and one lucky fan got to take it home after rubin threw it into the stands. he wandered off for a new pair of shoes. nice one! that's all we've got time for. for everything else you can go to the website. from me, tulsen tollett, from the sport today team, i'm off to look for a new sport today team, i'm off to look fora new pairof sport today team, i'm off to look for a new pair of shoes, these ones are getting a bit old. for now, goodbye. hello there.

0ver recent days, we've seen real contrasts developing in the weather north—west to the south—east across the country and that contrast will continue. this is the scene as the sun set in braintree in essex on thursday evening. we have seen more cloud and more wet weather across some northern and western parts of the country. as we head through the next few days, most of us are looking dry. the heat again will build in the south, but there will be a little bit of showery rain through the day on friday, particularly across parts of northern england. now, we've got a fairly cool flow of air coming in from the north—west, across parts of northern ireland and scotland. meanwhile, this warm flow of air from the south is affecting the southern parts of england and wales too. the dividing line between those two air masses, this zone of cloud, and on friday that will bring some sharp outbreaks of rain to parts of north wales, the isle of man, northern england and perhaps into southern scotland as well. also the chance of a few sharp showers breaking out across the east of scotland. should be drier in the west, but it's further south with all that sunshine that we're going to be

seeing the hottest of the weather. the red colours returning to the map, and i think top temperatures friday afternoon likely to reach 31 or 32 degrees down towards the south—east of england, could hit 33 celsius in one or two places. further north, though, it is a different feel to the weather with temperatures in the mid—20s. then as we head through friday evening and overnight into saturday, most places again looking dry and that showery rain clears off to the east. quite warm and humid really wherever you are i think moving through into the early hours of saturday morning. for most of us, temperatures between around 12 and 19 degrees. it's high pressure that will take hold of our weather heading through the weekend, building its way in from the west now. so it is looking dry for much of the country, not everywhere, i think there is the chance of seeing just a few showers and a bit more cloud across northern and north—western parts of the uk. further south, clearer skies. light winds too, and it is going to feel quite warm and muggy i think.

saturday afternoon, we're likely to see those temperatures across southern parts of england reaching around 29 or 30 degrees. further north for scotland and northern ireland, typically around about 19 to perhaps 21 celsius. a similar picture through the day on sunday. again, lots of dry weather. if you're a fan of the sunshine, more of that on offer. chance of a bit more rain working into the western isles, perhaps the highlands of scotland later in the day, but most other places looking dry. top temperatures ranging between around about 18 degrees in aberdeen to around 29 in london. then looking ahead through monday and tuesday, still mostly dry for most parts of the country. it's in the the south that we'll see tempertaures staying at around 30 degrees right through into monday and tuesday. bye— bye. welcome to bbc news. broadcasting to viewers in north america on pbs and around the globe. my name is duncan golestani. our top stories: the big announcement zimbabwe's been waiting for — emmerson mnangagwa is declared the new president, but can he heal a divided nation? russia remains a threat to american democracy —

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