this is bbc news. the headlines at 5pm: the first black united nations secretary—general, kofi annan, dies aged 80. a nobel peace prize winner, he was modest about his achievements. leadership is not about the individual. when you have macho leaders, who believe they have to shine and it all has to be about them, forgetting that what is interest, what is required, is the welfare of society and the people they serve. facing the worst monsoon in a century, hundreds of thousands are made homeless in southern india. right now, where i'm standing here, the water level was not there, but now it has come ‘til my ankles. so, gradually, the water level is rising and this is the cause of concern for the authorities, who want to evacuate all these people as soon as possible. and the number is in thousands, they say. also coming up this hour: thousands mourn for the victims of the motorway bridge collapse in genoa.

ministers plan a new tax on disposable plastics, including takeaway boxes and coffee cups. and in the sport at half past, india's batsmen are on top against england — captain kohli getting runs again. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. the former secretary—general of the united nations, kofi annan, has died at the age of 80. mr annan, the son of a ghanaian chief, spent his career with the un. he led the organisation for ten years. richard galpin‘s looks back at his life in this report, which includes flashing images.

i, kofi annan, solemnly swear... kofi annan was sworn in as the head of the united nations in december 1996. the first black african to become un secretary general and the first to be appointed from within the organisation. during his two terms in office, he used his position as one of the world's top diplomats to try to mediate in many different international crises. for him, the focus was always on the issues. leadership is not about the individual. when you have macho leaders, who believe they have to shine and it all has to be about them, forgetting what is interest, what is required, is welfare of society and the people they serve. within five years of taking

office, he'd been awarded the nobel peace prize for revitalising the un and for putting an emphasis on human rights. in a statement this morning, his family paid tribute to him, saying that... after ten yea rs as secretary—general, mr annan had no thoughts of stepping out of the limelight. instead taking on other global roles, including becoming un and arab league special envoy to syria, trying to end the civil war there. already, there have been many tributes from around the world for a leading diplomat who will be greatly missed. kofi annan‘s nobel peace prize in 2001 recognised his role in helping to revitalise

the united nations, during a period that coincided with the iraq war and the hiv—aids pandemic. speaking at the ceremony, he reaffirmed his belief in the values of the united nations, and spoke of the importance of making even the smallest changes to people's lives. over the past five years, i have often recalled the united nations charter begins with the words, we the peoples. what is not often recognised is that we the peoples are made up of individuals whose claims to the most fundamental rights have too often and sacrificed in the supposing tryst of the state oi’ in the supposing tryst of the state or the nation. a genocide begins with a curtain of one man, not for what he has done but because of who he is. a campaign of ethnic

cleansing begins with one neighbour turning on another. poverty begins when one child is denied his or her fundamental right to education. what begins with the failure to uphold the dignity of one life all too often ends in a calamity for entire nations. in this new century, we must start from the understanding that piece belongs not only to states or peoples, but to each individual and every member of this communities. the sovereignty of states must no longer be used as a shield for gross violations of human rights. peace must be made real and tangible in the daily assistance of

every individual in need. peace must be sought above all because it is a condition for every member of the humanfamily to condition for every member of the human family to live a life of dignity and security. people have been paying tribute to kofi annan. the current secretary—general of the united nations, ant nio guterres, tweeted... tony blair wrote... gordon brown paid tribute, saying... theresa may said she was...

the indian prime minister narendra modi said... our correspondent imogen foulkes is in berne for us now. his death will be felt very deeply in switzerland. geneva come as you know, is the un's humanitarian home. that's for the aid agencies have

their base. and kofi annan after he retired, made his home there. continue tour to devoting his time to piece, to conflict revolution, to tackling climate change. even as secretary—general, he regularly was in geneva. the politics and power of the un is in new york but kofi annan never forgot that a major part of the un's role is to work for the benefit of the world's most vulnerable, the people caught in conflict, the people caught in grinding poverty, and he never forgot to remind the world that that was hisjob forgot to remind the world that that was his job and that is what the un in geneva was devoted to as well. i think in geneva and in switzerland, where he is greatly loved. let's not forget to mess with him and became a member of the un when kofi annan was

secretary—general —— let's not forget that switzerland became a member. neutral switzerland decided, yes, we willjoin too. i think across the country but particularly in geneva, this morning notjust of a global diplomat but of a friend a stoplight and when he was invited to reflect on his un career, what did he tend to regard as his greatest achievement? a number of things. he devoted much time to tackling aids. he was instrumental in setting up the globalfund. he was instrumental in setting up the global fund. he also he was instrumental in setting up the globalfund. he also became he was instrumental in setting up the global fund. he also became very aware that climate change was something which was going to affect us something which was going to affect us all and that they are a multilateral body with all countries involved with key roles to play. he also was a man who did admit that

sometimes he had made mistakes but sometimes he had made mistakes but sometimes he had failed. he was head of un peacekeeping missions when the genocide in rwanda took place, when the genocide in bosnia took place. he recognised that this troubled him greatly, that he had not reacting as quickly and is firmly and as decisively as head of un peacekeeping operations perhaps should have and set off to know what had happened to rwanda and bosnia coloured very much is a purse the job when he became un secretary—general —— coloured very much his approach to the job. and when he did that what characterised his approach? delete when you are doing that kind ofjob, it can be frustrating and you are up against some fairly unsavoury characters from time to time. welcome to the world of the un secretary general.

that is what they all have to do. i think with kofi annan, i'm not going to criticise any other un secretary—general because as i said, it's a very difficultjob. but he had a very certain way of emphasising what the important things were, and those were the suffering ordinary men, women and children during war. the catastrophe that a war leaves behind it in damaged infrastructure, industry lives and cities. look at syria for now, for example. he was very good at doing that are minding rogue leaders commit "this is your responsibility." it is not about your career and rise to power. although he was coming across always friendly, very mild—mannered commit very polite, he was for. he did not

hesitate when he thought about the iraq war, the kind of unilateral entry into iraq by the united states and united kingdom without the support of united nations. he was very clear. he said, i think i was an illegal war. and we see today, former prime minister tony blair, who he clashed with on this, now we re who he clashed with on this, now were dreading the iraq war but really paying tribute to kofi annan and to this figure of this humanity the world has lost today. imogen, thank you very much. imogen foulkes live for us in switzerland. a huge rescue and relief operation is being mounted in the southern indian state of kerala, where unusually heavy monsoon rains have caused what officials are describing as the worst flooding in a century. more than 320 people have died in kerala since the rainy season began in june.

more than 300,000 have been made homeless. yogita limaye is in kerala. she sent this report. there are over a0 rivers in kerala and every one of them has breached their banks. when there's no way out, people are being rescued by helicopter. the state has been hit with over a third more rainfall than usual and the effects have been devastating. more rain is forecast for the rest of the day. translation: it has been raining heavily, since yesterday. it's not slowing down and that's why people are scared. they're scared that the water will enter their homes again. torrential rains have also caused other disasters, like here behind me. the mud up there became loose because of continuous rainfall and slipped all the way down onto this, which used to be a two—storey house. nine people were killed here. there was one family, some relatives and some neighbours as well, and that's really how difficult this rescue operation is,

because it's not just about evacuating people who are stranded in flooded areas. a large part of kerala is also hilly, so it's also about taking people who might be at risk in parts like these out of here. from an air force helicopter, india's prime minister sees for himself the extent of the disaster. narendra modi says there will be more helicopters and boats to evacuate tens of thousands of stranded people. hundreds of troops are already engaged in rescue and relief operations. air force transport planes have started bringing supplies to the coastal state. but hundreds of thousands of people are homeless. this is one of 1,500 emergency relief camps. they're overcrowded and some are under threat from rising water. yogita limaye, bbc news, in kerala. those rescue operations

are underway across kerala — with dozens of military helicopters involved in operations much like this one. this is a dramatic rescue of a pregnant woman winched by a helicopter whilst in labour, with her waters already broken. 25—year—old sajita jabeel gave birth to a healthy boy just after her rescue. two people were winched down to help get her into the strap — with a doctor brought along to oversee the rescue. our reporter salman ravi has sent this report from kerala. water levels are rising in kerala, despite there has been no rain for the last two hours, but gradually, the water level is increasing and many homes have been inundated in this area of kerala. people have been rendered homeless because water has entered their homes and many of them are stranded. relief operations have begun.

the rescue workers are going there to just rescue the people. you can see a mob right in front of that vehicle that has gone there, so that the people could be lifted from there and shifted to safer places. right now, where i'm standing here, the water levels was not there but now it has come ‘til my ankles. gradually, the water level is rising and this is the cause of concern for authorities, who want to evacuate all these people as soon as possible. and the number is in thousands, they say. salman ravi, bbc, kerala. time for the latest headlines here on bbc news. former united nations secretary general kofi annan dies aged 80 after a short illness. 300,000 people are made homeless as southern india faces its worst monsoon rains in a century. thousands of mourners attend a state funeral in genoa for the motorway bridge collapse victims. at least 41 are believed to have died. so we stay with that final headline.

a state funeral has taken place in the italian city of genoa, for some of the victims of the motorway bridge disaster. the city's archbishop said the tragedy had torn genoa's heart, but it wasn't giving up. this morning, firefighters found the bodies of a couple and their nine—year—old daughter inside their crushed car, taking the number of dead to a1. our correspondent, james reynolds, sent this report. this state funeral is forjust under half the victims of the genoa bridge collapse and it is of course a chance for politicians, family members, relief workers, and also members of the public to come together and to pause. it is worth saying that many families have chosen not to take part in this ceremony. their relatives, their victims, are from other parts of the country and they have simply preferred to carry out private burials —

but we do know of at least two families who say they want nothing to do with any official or state ceremonies. one father in particular has said that his son was murdered, and therefore a state ceremony for that family was not appropriate. this is a chance for people here to stop, but it is not enough for this country to put aside the divisions and the arguments about why the bridge collapsed. once the ceremonies are over, once the politicians have gone, those arguments will re—intensify. an official commission will now look at the causes of the bridge's collapse and the public prosecutor here in genoa will decide whether or not anybody should be held legally responsible for what happened. james reynolds reporting. the sandhurst military academy is investigating claims that two officer cadets used waterboarding on a fellow recruit. according to the sun newspaper, the cadet was allegedly pinned down, and water was poured over a cloth covering his face.

the ministry of defence says it is aware of an incident at sandhurst and an investigation by the royal military police had been ordered. our correspondent keith doyle has more. we do know that the ministry of defence has confirmed that an investigation is under way into the incident that happened at the royal military academy on august 7th. as you say, the sun reported that two officer cadets held down a recruit and poured water on a cloth covering his face to simulate drowning. that is an interrogation method that was used by the us military and banned just under ten years ago. a statement has come from the commander of sandhurst, brigadier bill wright, he said he was aware of the allegations. he said, "i have ordered an investigation by the royal military police. the army and i expect the highest standards of behaviour at sandhurst. anyone found to have fallen short is dealt with robustly, including dismissal." there has been some reaction, i think, from civil liberty groups. indeed, the civil liberty

organisation, liberty, that has supported many victims of bullying in the military. and they say that allegations of serious and physical sexual assaults on army property must be investigated by civilian, not military police. in a statement, they told me: "the royal military police lack the necessary independence and expertise to deal with an alleged crime of this severity." they go on to say, "soldiers need to know they can go to civilian police. " and the extent of bullying in the military? what's known about that? well, there is an annual survey done of military personnal, it's done every year and it looks at their attitudes and experiences. in this year's one, 12% of military personnel have reported that they have been subject to bullying, discrimination or harassment in the last 12 months. of those, only six made formal complaints. those who didn't follow it up said theyjust didn't believe anything would be done. but the army say bullying is not tolerated and tough action is taken against those who fall short of its highest standards.

keith doyle reporting. the former ukip leader nigel farage says he is returning to frontline politics. writing in the daily telegraph, he says he's decided to return because what he calls the "political class in westminster" is determined to frustrate the 2016 referendum vote to leave the european union. he's taking part in a battle bus tour by the leave means leave group, which opposes the prime minister's chequers plan. the number of children and young adults in england and wales with type 2 diabetes has risen by more than 40% injust four years, according to the royal college of paediatrics. council leaders described the increase as "extremely worrying" and called for a boost in public health funding. the department of health says its new childhood obesity plan will get children exercising more in schools and reduce their exposure to sugary and fatty foods. i spoke earlier to marianne overton, vice chairman of the local government association. she explained the dangers of type two diabetes.

type 2 diabetes is the sort that is associated with choice and lifestyle, so it's very much about food choices and also about exercise. so what we're looking at, over 70% of cases is this is a direct factor. it's the obesity of children. and these children are the ones we really need to make sure that we can help improve their lifestyle so we can get them back on an even keel. it's a life—limiting disease, and it's debilitating in the longer run. and it's something that's really important for us to tackle. why isn't that help happening to the extent that you would like at the moment? one of the issues is funding, as i think most people will already know. local government is already £7.8 billion short by 2025. local government is already £7.8 billion short by 2025. so we're already struggling,

which means that having to, you know, with very tight budgets, make very difficult decisions. to make matters worse, we've had £600 million cut from the public health budget that councils are using. so, it's the very budgets that we're using to help these young children that is being reduced. so we need that to be replaced. so your clear message to government is give us that £600 million back? absolutely. and there's more that we do. there are other powers, as well, that we would like, to do with planning. if we think about where the fast food places are positioned and also about advertising. there is quite a host of things, which, if we had extra powers, we could also do. certainly, we do need the money to make sure that we can get those services in place, targeting youngsters who need extra specialised care and also helping the bulk of young people feel... get more exercise and also eat better.

marianne overton. the former cricketer, imran khan, has been sworn in as the new prime minister of pakistan, more than two decades after he entered politics. he was elected prime minister in a vote at the country's national assembly on friday. his pti party won the most seats injuly‘s elections and mr khan has become the prime minister with the help of smaller parties. however, opposition leaders have claimed elements ofjuly‘s ballot were rigged. secunder kermani s report contains flashing images. speaks own language. pledging to serve pakistan, imran khan was formally appointed prime minister of the country. in the audience, alongside senior political and military figures, were members of the 1992 world cup—winning pakistan cricket team that

imran khan led to victory. after the swearing—in came a guard of honour. imran khan has promised to create a corruption free, more equal society. big promises that he now has to deliver. the biggest challenge is to fight corruption, to fight poverty, to fight illiteracy, to fight disease, and to fight terrorism. and he's determined. and to the economic growth, you knoe. and to the economic growth, you know. economic growth is essential. we have to create ten million jobs in the next five years. this is our target and our promised jobs in the next five years, this is our target and our promise to the people of pakistan. we have to build five million houses in pakistan. we have to build five million houses in pakistan and we have to start trading,

at a much bigger level, with our neighbours. you will see. you will see massive changes coming. imran khan's coalition will only have a small majority here in parliament, meaning pushing reforms won't be easy. on top of that, the country is facing a mounting financial crisis, which could make increases in public spending difficult. imran khan has promised to create a new pakistan. in the coming months, we'll find out exactly what that looks like. secunder kermani, bbc news, islamabad. a new tax on plastics is expected to be introduced by the government, in order to curb the use of non—recyclable plastic items such as drinking straws, single use cutlery and black food trays. it follows a record 162,000 responses to a government consultation on how to reduce waste and improve recycling. tom barton reports. how best to reduce the tonnes of plastic that end up in landfill... and the oceans every year? that was the question posed by the treasury in a consultation earlier this year, and it received a record response. among the ideas being considered by ministers are new taxes. some of these could target the demand for disposable coffee cups and takeaway boxes,

while others are likely to encouragement manufacturers to change their products. we want to see if there are smart, intelligent incentives that we can create, to encourage the producers of plastic to take responsibility when they're designing the materials that end up on supermarket shelves and ultimately in our own homes, to use recycled materials whenever possible. not to use those materials that are very difficult to recycle, such as black carbon plastic, and, of course, overall, to reduce the amount of plastic and use other materials such as cardboard, paper and foil wherever possible. ministers also say they want to encourage recycling for waste that is currently incinerated. the final details of any proposals will be revealed as part of the budget later this year. tom barton, bbc news. aretha franklin's funeral is to be held on 31 august

in her home city of detroit. the service will be a private ceremony forfamily, friends and invited guests. the queen of soul died on thursday aged 76. her coffin will go on display for two days before the funeral for the public to pay their respects. time for the weather now. here's lucy martin. hello there. predominantly close and cloudy for most this weekend. we also have an area of low pressure working in from the west that is going to make its way east through tonight and tomorrow. that will bring some outbreaks of, at times, fairly heavy and more persistent rain. turning windy as well with that. that is the remnants of tropical storm ernesto. it is starting to make its way into northern ireland through this evening, pushing into central and southern scotland, parts of northern england and northern parts of wales. to the north of that, it will stay dry with some clear spells, and that will allow the temperatures to fall away. a few patches of mist perhaps.

further south though, a fairly close, humid night with temperatures between 13 and 17 celsius. tomorrow then, some bright or sunny spells in the far north of scotland, one or two showers possible. an improving picture though as that rain works its way towards the east. but having cleared northern ireland by dawn, there will be some brighter intervals developing. a good deal of cloud, though, across much of england and wales. that cloud could be thick enough for the odd spot of rain or drizzle. there will be the odd bright interval, temperatures at a maximum of around 23 celsius. hello this is bbc news. the headlines. kofi annan, the first black african to become un secretary—general — has died at the age of 80. the highlight of his two terms in office came in 2001 when he was awarded the nobel peace prize. a huge rescue mission is under way to save thousands of people stranded by floods in the indian state of kerala. more than 320 people have died — in the worst monsoon season for a century. as thousands of mourners attend a state funeral in genoa for victims of the motorway bridge collapse, the private operator of the bridge

says it will set up a fund to help those affected. former cricketer imran khan has been sworn—in as the new prime minister of pakistan, more than two decades after he entered politics. his opponents continue to claim last months voting was rigged. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here'sjohn watson. tottenham's harry kane finally ended his run of having never scored in august as his side beat fulham at wembley. lucas moura scored his first premier league goal, before fulham equalised. kieron trippier produced the moment of the match with a superb free kick in the second half before kane finally broke his august duck. some positrive news for tottenham in a week in which the club's stadium delays have made headlines.

for before printing you touch turns to gold and sometimes they don't. it a lwa ys to gold and sometimes they don't. it always seems to be that they don't for me. nice to have scored today and to have a hat trick. always room for improvement and that's what i try to do. west ham spent £90 million on new players this summer, they had little impact as they lost their first home game of the season. callum wilson and steve cook cancelling out marko arnaoutivch's opening goalfrom the penalty sport. it's back to back defeats for new manager manuel pellegrini. i think every team is reliant on their creative players. their wide players and i thought all those players and i thought all those players on our team punch and well in the second half, and how we have not scored more we will look back at

the chances they did not take and that's a really good sign of the future. i think we deserve to win. it was not an easy first half. with a bit of pressure and it was a great response. after his double last weekend everton‘s record signing richarlison scored again as they beat southampton 2—1. danny ings scored his first goal for the visitors since his move from liverpool.. good first half. did well, really well. after when he scored early in the game everything looks different for us but we keep going in the same way that very good first half, second half different. even these other goals. but we are working hard to improve the defence style even in defence of set pieces for our players. but we deserve these points. jamie vardy was sent off for leicester who beat wolves 2—0

on what was a good day for manager claude puel. the england striker lunging in on wolves defender matt doherty. it was doherty‘s own goal which gave the former champions the lead before that man summer signing james maddison, scored on his home debut. we started controlling the game and creating chances. we have to be clinical. we will look that last touch of quality in the way we played today is proud of. but i'm not happy with the results at all. luck, some moments we need to be more accurate in the final moment. there was another red card as newcastle missed an injury time penalty to draw 0—0 at cardiff. brazilian kenedy had his ninety—fifth minute spotkick saved by neil etheridge. it was a bad afternoon for kenedy who could face retrospective action

for kicking out at an opponent in the first half and was lucky to stay on the pitch it was his team—mate isaac hayden was sent off for a dangerous challenge. i have a lot of things about that but i will not talk but the referee. what about the penalty? was there any debate about kennedy taking it? the first one was in the pitch and the second one was killed kennedy. it was a poor penalty. we know that was a poor penalty. so he is distraught, understand the kind of thing? he is unhappy because he missed the chance but the wind has a team and drive the team and lose as a team. i don't think they deserve

to get beat with a penalty like that. always a below the amount of effort you put in as well. in a way i thought it was poetic. he was not watching the aftermath of that and spotted a foul and i don't think he even thought it was as bad as it was. and the last game of the day has just kicked off — chelsea at home to arsenal. goldust in the early stages of that one. arsenal having to bounce back. and in scotland celtic put a difficult week behind them as they reach the quarterfinals of the scottish league cup with 3—1 at partick thistle. brendan rodgers' side took an early lead through striker leigh griffiths. andrea mbuyi—mutombo levelled for the championship hosts with 17 minutes left. but two goals in two

minutes from moussa dembele and this effort fromtom rogic ensured celtic‘s safe passage through to the next round. ben stokes had an unremarkable return to the england test team. the all—rounder, who was cleared of affray earlier this week, toiled with his fellow bowlers against india at trent bridge. the tourists have been on top for large parts of the first day's play in the third test. they were put into bat byjoe root and with their captain virat kohli leading the way, they're building a decent first innings. patrick gearey has been following the action. few cricketers will have a week like ben stokes has had. in the trial to test in four days this was the welcome back. if that was mixed then so was welcome back. if that was mixed then so was his first bowling spell. the occasional accidental barge was

pretty innocuous. not stokes, but chris works who coaxed the first wicket. then he removed the other opener. the man of the match their last test had worked so hard for those two he deserved a bonus, it came when india got greedy and ruined his lunch. three for england, three for chris. after the interval, look in the changing colour on screen. brighter and that means better for batting. he wants to 50 and importantly for india at this time rouhani can with them. there'll are so time rouhani can with them. there'll are so settled for the game had a lull, attention can drift to the next page, not alastair cook. that catch was that more than 80 mph. it looks tough enough in slow—motion. the most significant obstacle remains. while he is there and scoring england still have problems. and england have just

scoring england still have problems. and england havejust made a key breakthrough. and what a wicket as well to go. after 97 late in the day. rashid getting caught by ben stokes of all people. currently. she is the new golden girl of british athletics, britains triple european champion dina asher smith was back competeing in today's diamond league meeting in birmingham where she finished second in what was a really strong field champion over 400 metres. containing the 1—2—3 from last years world championships. after a strong start she came through to finish second behind shaunne miller—uibo, who is the olympic a00m champion, who hasn't been beaten this year. dina dlighted though with her performance against a tough field. obviously i want to, but on a good racerfor the home obviously i want to, but on a good racer for the home crowd obviously i want to, but on a good racerfor the home crowd because i love competing in front of home and

a better. i'm so tired, i'm so tired. it was such high calibre, it was like being in the elliptic finals, so i'm really happy i finished the race. i was like, good to go back and sleep. obviously as going to turn up and do my best in the moment today. european 1500 metre champion laura muir won the women's 1000m in birmingham — as she was attempting to beat dame kelly holmes' 21—year british record — which she missed by around one and a half seconds. in the 100 metres final it took a photo finish to separate the winner — america christain coleman — and britain's reece prescod who finished second. both clocked the same time of 9.94 seconds. the world champions the all blacks made it 13 wins in a row in the rugby championship this morning. they beataustralia 38—13 in sydney. waisake naholo got a couple of second half tries for the world champions. the wallabies making a fist of it in the first half and were leading

at half time in the first bledisloe cup test in sydney. the two play again next week at eden park. mark johnston has equalled the all—time record number of british winners for a racehorse trainer. the horse dr richard kimble won at ripon to give johnston his 4,193rd victory, reaching the mark set by richard hannon senior. johnston trained his first winner way back in 1987 and his victories have earned 53 million pounds in prize money. and staying with para sport, paralympic canoeing champion emma wiggs will bid for her sixth successive world title paralympic champion ellie robinson is through to tonight‘ s finals at the european para—swimming championships in dublin. she was quickest in the heats for the s6 50—metres butterfly — this is her best event, the one that gave her gold in rio. and staying with para sport, paralympic canoeing champion

emma wiggs will bid for her sixth successive world title in portugal next week — but she's expected to face the biggest challenge of her career to date from a new face on the water. as nick hope can tell us.. two women piling for one gold. emma, the former volleyball her turned paralympic champion canoeist and charlotte henshaw, a two—time paralympic medal winning swimmer who is now targeting success on the water rather than in it. we are in rio with team and i don't want this to be it. i need to find a way of trying to get myself another one of these things and i got in the boat and something clicked. they gave me that new lease of life that i needed. as soon as i got in the bow tie. he was right. i looked moving quickly out of the wheelchair and for me was a chance to really see what i could do with the bits of me that worked to make that boat go as fa st that worked to make that boat go as fast as possibly could. they have only been team—mates and rivals for the last 12 months are feeling the

benefits. i knew of her and she had cut of won everything there is to win and she was a brilliant athlete. to have someone like charlotte is an incredible motivator but also a real support. she drank urging. she's an incredible competitor and we want to dominate the world together. we are very good friends off the water but any athlete wants to line up and win. if she beats me she has put in network to beat me. certainly friends off the water but practically photos on it. with emma holding the advantage on the head—to—head battles and charlotte having won the most recent encounter which means we could see something pretty special at the world championships. in the last few races we have had its very tight race income but the times we are doing ourfar in advance of income but the times we are doing our far in advance of the rest of the world. if we are on the starlight in a good shape we can put ona starlight in a good shape we can put on a show the world. very tight as

the pairgo on a show the world. very tight as the pair go head—to—head in portugal for next week. quick update from the premier league. chelsea are 1—0 up at home to arsenal through a pedro goal. that's all the sport for now. now it's time for click. this week, it's a look back at click‘s summer of sport and we will start with our trip to f1 from july which has been at the cutting edge of technology and design to this creation in 19116. of technology and design to this creation in 1946. welcome to the pit. every year, teams compete

fiercely to outdo each other in aerodynamics, data communications and materials. all with one aim. to make their cars go really, really fast. and they do a really good job of making them that because we are finding out that here at the australian grand prix. lewis hamilton's ride. what's even more impressive is this whole show is permanently on the road with cars, teams, engineers and scientists moving from country to country and track to track. these are the most extensive motorhomes have ever seen. each one of these is a lorry and they just drive them each one of these is a lorry and theyjust drive them to the next formula 1, stick it together, and that's the ferrari office for the length of the race. mercedes of the current world champions and like every other team here, they spend millions on their car and is developing the technology that will

hopefully win them the race. what you see at any grand prix is just the tip of the iceberg. it takes hundreds of people to develop that technology. we says lara to mercedes hq to find out what really goes into winning the race. aware for attractive people: preparation, the planning and precision of pivotal. hi, i'm laura from the bbc. hello, cani hi, i'm laura from the bbc. hello, can ijust hi, i'm laura from the bbc. hello, can i just put hi, i'm laura from the bbc. hello, can ijust put security codes on your phone. so we are allowed to film here but i cannot take any pictures of my phone. there's clearly a lot at stake here, so it's no surprise that formula 1 is notoriously secretive. but today we have got some behind—the—scenes access. this business is big bucks,

and two mm and milliseconds matter. this is last year's winning car. in fa ct, this is last year's winning car. in fact, haven't even been cleaned since its last in abu dhabi. the thing that is most striking standing next to it is the amount of detail there is everywhere throughout the carand there is everywhere throughout the car and after each race if there's a something they are not happy with it can be perfected. this was a winning car last year so clearly it's been very successful but you're not happy with it because you are working on a new one. what do you think needs to be improved? this is lewis's are from last year and is the first one we made on the back of a really big regulation change. we worked really ha rd regulation change. we worked really hard on the small bit to see around the car which of the aerodynamic bits and pieces. every little bit has a job and would put it into the wind tunnel and it was about optimising the airflow around the car. we are not happy with it because the focus of much on that we

have to do more on the packaging to make things tighter. the tighter you get it the better you can get the aerodynamics around the car. the operation here goes way beyond the ca rd operation here goes way beyond the card itself. this lots of busy practicing at speed over 250 of these trials take place at of the season. they make it look easy, but inevitably it's not. as i can tell you first—hand. oh no! so loud, and it's meant to be so quick, but i clearly wasn't. meanwhile they're already living life in the fast lane. thank you, laura, and by the way this is how you really do it. this year, mercedes has got the pit

stop down to an incredible 125 seconds. now that's quicker than it ta kes to seconds. now that's quicker than it takes to say 125 seconds. it's a finely tuned operation that the engineers practice over and over in the days before each race. the ergonomics are quite important because its 20 odd people around the car. he started banging into people and then you lose have a second or second and the strategist connected the numbers right and you cannot get the numbers right and you cannot get the position you need. the human element to the ultrafast maneuver is the company accompanied by technology. even the hydraulically powered wheel guns are a closely guarded secret. i hear they're quite expensive. they are, and we are

changing the internals a great deal. about £30,000 each?|j changing the internals a great deal. about £30,000 each? i would not know the cost of that sounds quite low to me. we're going into the mercedes garage now. keeping the pit crew saveis garage now. keeping the pit crew save is of utmost importance. these lights, for example, that the crew know if the car had become electrified stopping them from getting more than a nasty shock. and then there's what goes into the cars or more specifically what comes out of the cars which is monitored by track—side labs and high—end scientific equipment. between every session, the cars are given equivalent of blood tests. the oil and fuel is taken to see that contaminated and that will give you a clue to the state of the engine. that is done in the fuel lab. the oil is put into a spectrometer which tests for the different metals in the fluid. the mount of specific

metals present says it's part of the engine degrading quickly. at this yea r‘s world cup engine degrading quickly. at this year's world cup finals in russia data plays a bigger role than ever. before the tournament we went to see fat to find out how. —— you cannot watch the televised game without being bombarded by all kinds of statistics. for the first time, fifa of writing an all—in—1 technical package the coaching staff and analyst to communicate throughout messages in real—time. the snappily titled ep ts will provide data on player metrics such as distances run, speed and positional information. crucially,

each of the countries competed in the cabinet will be provided with two ta blets. the cabinet will be provided with two tablets. one friday on analyst of the stands communicating with the second device user on bench. possibly a coach or assistant manager. we're using an optical chuckle system and we have cameras in the stadium. we note with the players involved are at a time of the match. we have different metrics available and it's up to them to decide how they want to use it. with resources available for different countries he hopes it will be available for the divide. bringing the digital halves closer to the have—nots. we are expecting the teams to teams to come to russia to bring their own set up. we want to use at least offer the same to the all of the teams. in our system, the a nalyst all of the teams. in our system, the analyst will have access to a technical app allowing them to have

drawings over live video feed. stills can be sent to the dugout. with goal line technology, video assistant referees and ep ts looks like it's going to be the most technologically advanced world cup ever. with all the technology how big is the risk that we lose the real spirit of the game? the role of the analyst is just too again to support those decisions that i think there are some key insights that can be found in the data, but football will always be those 22 players on the pitch and the coach will be the person that makes the decisions. the pitch and the coach will be the person that makes the decisionsm the end what technology is a poor is to support. but you are a big foot ball to support. but you are a big football fan and i am, and then there's the 22 players and the referee. that's the excitement. i think technology can only add

additional optimise processes or providing additional information. in the run—up to wimbledon, i found myself in boston with a little robot ball collector. the tennis but autonomously patrols the court and collects a ny autonomously patrols the court and collects any balls you've lobbed or smashed. for any ball girls out there that are worried about their jobs this is not to replace determined. at harborview who want to practice and were not very good end up with a lot of balls in the net. you can carrom practicing and it will just turned around picking up it will just turned around picking up while you are busy being rubbish. its onboard camera spots the balls

and its partner at the net helps to keep track of things to. else is a detachable basket as he can return your balls if you have to. and you can retire to your air—conditioned car, ball collecting bucket on wheels in tow and no one ever will suspect that you are the laziest tennis player alive. and that is it for this week. next week we have got another chance to see at work sustainability for special from earlier in the year we will be talking gravity trains, hurricanes and coral reef. in the meantime you can and coral reef. in the meantime you ca n follow and coral reef. in the meantime you can follow us on facebook and twitter. from the box and me see you soon. hello there, overall unbalanced at

the better of the two days this weekend but it does come with fairly mixed fortunes. as gray seemed sent in by the watcher in cumbria earlier. the best as breaks from the eastern parts of scotland and england. so fairly cloudy sent and. that's a good busy being overnight it for tomorrow we do have an area of low pressure working in from the wet. you get the under pressure chart here pushing its way east as a move through tonight and tomorrow. will bring a spell of more persistent and at times heavy rain. very breezy as well. through this evening alberts rain pushing it to northern ireland working into central and southern scotland and parts of northern england and parts of north and wales as well for the night. clear spells perhaps a few

patches of missed developing and clearer skies allow the temperatures to fall away into the single figures. further south though and will be a fairly humid and muggy night. two bridges between 13 and 17 celsius. tomorrow sony sells the far north of scotland and one or two showers possible without reworking its way used as a move to the day and improving a picture gradually getting better through the afternoon. much of england wells will allow those sunny spells, just could be that old spot of rain. temperatures around 23 celsius. for the cricket tomorrow and improving picture in there the chance is patchy upwards of rain and drizzle and a good deal of clout around. as ago sunday into monday we will see that low pressure working its way out towards the east and the weather front gracing the far north of scotla nd front gracing the far north of scotland although would bring patchy upwards of rain. for monday it does look like there will be a fair amount of clout around and a chance of seeing outbreaks of rain

particularly for the north and west of scotla nd particularly for the north and west of scotland and to the southwest of england as well will be some brighter intervals. the warmer in the southeast and a maximum from 26 celsius. a good deal of dry weather at to move into tuesday and later in the date you will see rain pushing into the north and west. temperatures reaching around 35 celsius and turning pressure for the northeast as a move through wednesday. that's her forecast. northeast as a move through wednesday. that's herforecast. —— your forecast. this is bbc news. the headlines at 6pm: the first black united nations secretary—general, kofi annan, dies aged 80. a nobel peace prize winner, he was modest about his achievements. leadership is not about the individual. when you have macho leaders, who believe they have to shine and it all has to be about them, forgetting that what is interest, what is required, is the welfare of society and the people they serve. facing the worst monsoon

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