sets — she beat riske at last week's madrid open as well. former us open champion sloane stephens is next up for konta. defeat for kyle edmund in the men's singles in rome — he was beaten in three sets by world number 38, spain's fernando verdasco. defeat also for dan evans by norway's casper ruud. let's take a look at some of the other sports stories making the headlines today. bolton wanderers have confirmed they are officially in administration. the club has unpaid debts of £1.2 million and failed to pay the wages of their staff and players. administration means a 12—point deduction at the start of next season. fernando gaviria has won the third stage of the giro d'italia — despite only crossing the line in second place. you're watching beyond one hundred days. victor orban is hungary's former team sky rider elia viviani was demoted after veering controversial leader — dangerously off his line in the sprint. today, he's at the white house.

britain's simon yates that's causing concern among democrats and republicans — remains second overall. they've written to mr trump to express their reservations. and the dutch grand prix is set victor orban has repeatedly to return to the formula one praised donald trump calendar next season but he was snubbed by both after a 35—year absence. f1 bosses are hoping to benefit barack obama and george w bush. from the surge in interest we'll bring you live in dutch red bull driver max verstappen. coverage from the meeting an announcement is due tomorrow. at the white house. china has escalated the trade war with the us imposing f1 world champion lewis tarrifs on us products — hamilton went to the top global markets slide of this year's drivers standings after that announcement. also on the programme. with victory in spain yesterday — he was inspired by a special good luck message from one of his biggest more shuttle diplomacy — fans, a terminally ill us secretary of state mike pompeo little boy who received makes an unscheduled stop a special thank you today. in brussels to talk iran with the european foreign ministers. geoff a special delivery for a we are very special boy. not everyone gets a formula 1 car delivered to their front door, but this was a thank you to five—year—old harry shaw after his good luck message to his favourite formula 1 driver. hello, lewis hamilton. good luck winning

the race in spain. and thank you for all the gifts. lots of love from harry. edit was a message that inspired limits how to then —— lewis hamilton to move back to the top of the drivers table. i got this great message from harry, and so he became my spirit, that was my inspiration when i woke up this morning, i was initially a bit lost, and then i saw that a message and i was like, i see you, harry, i've got you. iwant that a message and i was like, i see you, harry, i've got you. i want to dedicate this one to harry. if you're watching, buddy, i am sending you're watching, buddy, i am sending you love. harry is terminally ill with a rare form of cancer. today is a thank you, if formula 1 car at the trophy from barcelona were both brought to him. we cannot believe that we have theirs car sitting there, their support we have had from the mercedes team and lewis

hamilton, just overwhelming. it has made a difficult period a little bit better. ghost may carry‘s parents know there isn't anything more they can do to save their son, but they wa nt to can do to save their son, but they want to raise awareness of childhood cancers and funds for research help other little harry is in the future. our lives are about to be shattered, we are about to lose our darling son. we just do not want other families in future to have to go through the same thing. a lot of the research into children's cancer is quite out of date, and find side desperately needed. today was a happy day and a magical memory for lewis hamilton's good luck charm. and finally, mo salah failed to score in liverpool's win over wolves yesterday, meaning he had to share the golden boot with team aubameyang, but one salah

did find the back of the net. this is salah's daughter scoring at the kop end to the delight of thousands of fans. and dad was pretty happy about it too. after the game salah tweeted to say ‘yes, i know we have one at home. this is a new one' have a look at theirs. trent alexander—arnold was still on the pitch, almost two hours after the game finished, putting any crosses for his friends and family. —— putting in crosses. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. you're watching bbc news, let's talk

about the government's infrastructure is our who has warned the chancellor that he must fully commit toa the chancellor that he must fully commit to a major programme of upgrades to the uk's transport, energy and technology networks. in a letter to philip hammond, the national infrastructure commission chairman has demanded action to meet the challenges facing the uk and to help tackle climate change. the letter outlines four test flew back that the commission believes a successful info structure will need to meet including setting out clear plans are to 2050 and a funding commitment to invest 1.2% of gdp a year on infrastructure. so john joins me now. you want a ring fenced financial commitment, looking into the future. i suppose a lot of people would say, that is all very well to say, but had a time of brexit uncertainty, it has hard to make cast—iron promises about anything in the future. it is the

government's figure, they told ours when drawing up our assessment of the future, the needs of the country, to work within a budget of 1.2%. we are saying we have done that, we have made our recommendations as to what is needed. now we would like you to commit to that upper figure of 1.2%. going forward in the long—term, because without those long—term targets and objectives, we cannot plan for the future, we cannot know that the country will have the infrastructure it needs to be fit for the future. what does it need to be fit for the future in terms of railways, roads and so on? just tell hours briefly what you think the uk needs. on the roads, we need a shift to lytic vehicles. we have said that by2030 to lytic vehicles. we have said that by 2030 we need to be in a position where people can reliably buy an electric car knowing that the charging network is going to be in

place, when it comes to railways and roads in the north we have said that the government that they have to support the north in its objectives and a separate report we produced on collectivity between those northern cities, to give that support that the north needs in order to boost its economy. alongside the benefits its economy. alongside the benefits it will get from hs two. energy, we believe we can have a renewables future, if future where by 2050 the vast bulk of our electricity can come from renewable sources and we have said to government that by 2030 they need to be encouraged industry to invest in renewables at only commit yourself before 2025 to one more nuclear power station. we believe we can have a future which is far more dependent on renewables, clea n is far more dependent on renewables, clean energy rather than relying on all the uncertainties which surround nuclear. on water we have said that we wa nt nuclear. on water we have said that we want to reduce the risk of drought and we have said that we should press the government, the

water companies to half the leakage which get from our current network by 50%. and that we should also be prepared to help them invest in new capacity for our water and then for example on fibre, we should have a full roll—out of fibre by 2033, including the government supporting those hard to reach parts of the country when the private sector were not necessarily want to install full fibre, so that everyone gets the benefit of the collectivity for fibre. do you feel that there's country is falling behind its competitors and terms of rail links, transport links, things like charging points, broadband infrastructure? yes, we know we are behind the curve when it comes to full fibre, behind spain and korea, we are behind japan. we know that we are behind hind our investment in rail particularly compared with

other, if you look at our high—speed network, france has got several thousand kilometres of high—speed rail. real conductivity is going to become increasingly important. public transport itself is going to become increasingly important. we have got, we need to do more to keep up have got, we need to do more to keep up with our competitors. historically is that because of underinvestment down the years? yes, and uncertainty, costly chopping and changing of government decisions, either from changing of government decisions, eitherfrom one changing of government decisions, either from one gamut or another, one minister to another, orfind on. it is democracy, but on the other hand you need to have a consensus between pluto parties. everyone agrees we need more infrastructure. that is something you need to plan for several years, it takes several yea rs for several years, it takes several years to build. this is long—term star. you cannot do it on short—term decision—making. star. you cannot do it on short—term decision-making. infrastructure is

often controversial, hs2 is controversial. in a small part of the country, not in the midlands and the country, not in the midlands and the north where they would welcome it. it is controversial in the south of the country. some people do argue that that money could be better spent elsewhere. you can always find different places to spend money. a lot of analysis went into hs2, we have a real infrastructure which fundamentally is sitting on the foundations of brunel‘s victorian ra i lwa ys foundations of brunel‘s victorian railways across the country. you cannot keep mending with sellotape and string forever. you have occasionally to put down a new railway which will be much more reliable and increase the capacity. it is not about speed but capacity. we need to meet the challenges of the future. you have talked about how concerned you are about the environment as some of your proposals being environmentally friendly, but some people might say that building more roads, we do not need them. we have not made any

great recommendations about building roads. we have recommended a new expressway between oxford and milton keynes and cambridge, which is seen asa keynes and cambridge, which is seen as a golden arc of weather is a need for better transport between those cities. broadly speaking it will be smart on motorways, motorways with a lot more data and information to enable us to navigate our way on the existing road network. the highways england is investing in improvements to the road network now, primarily in making them smarter. we support that because we recognise the importance of data and the need for investment in making data easier and a fibre network is what we need to deliver 5g ad in the future you will need that for autonomous vehicles. as we move gradually to autonomy and our vehicle networks, we have to have the fibre and that is one of our other key recommendations. ghost briefly, you have asked for certainty and long—term decision—making, certainty and long—term decision-making, do you think you will get it? i believe there is a willingness in this government and

indeed when you listen to what the labour party says about the importance of infrastructure. politicians do get it, this is an opportunity, we have given them a plan, now is the opportunity for them to say, yes, we accept the plan, we will rise to the challenge because this is going to be aged in the important. whatever deal we do as far as brexit is concerned, this country has got to really step up and be competitive, to hold its quality of life for the future, to deal with climate change for the future. we can only do that by the government recognising these recommendations and giving a long—term commitment. recommendations and giving a long-term commitment. thank you for coming in. you're watching bbc news. let's get the weather. the blue skies that many had overhead today will be repeated tomorrow. more sunshine across parts of scotla nd tomorrow. more sunshine across parts of scotland and northern ireland. by night the air mass is dry, low into

temperatures dropping away under clear skies. a fresh night to come with a few spots across england and wales only a degree above freezing into tomorrow morning. the sun is up before six in the morning, a strong sunshine overhead, strengthening it day by day, that is adding to the heatin day by day, that is adding to the heat in the atmosphere at the ground gradually warms up under the blue sky. barely a cloud in this kite tomorrow, high cloud, temperatures be widely into the high teens, low 20s, maybe 23 across parts of scotland. tempered by the bees across southern coastal of england. wednesday, temperatures notching up, especially across scotland and northern ireland, before things and an easterly breeze turn cooler and 00:13:47,334 --> 2147483051:43:38,984 cloudier later this week. see you 2147483051:43:38,984 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 soon.