good morning, welcome to breakfast with chris mason and victoria fritz. our headlines today: president trump's white house is branded inept, insecure and dysfunctional in leaked emails from the uk ambassador. a three—million—pound plan to transport medicines and blood into the uk in the event of a no—deal brexit. it's saturday night prime time on centre court as andy murray and serena williams play and win together for the first time at wimbledon. a lot of fine weather around for most of us this weekend. looking a

bit more changeable as we go into next week. all the details in a few moments. it's sunday, the 7th ofjuly. our top story: the white house has been described as "uniquely dysfunctional" and "inept" in leaked memos from the uk's ambassador in washington. sir kim darroch‘s private communications, which were obtained by the mail on sunday, describe president trump's administration as insecure and incompetent. our reporter andy moore is outside the foreign office this morning with the details. good morning, andy. have we had a response from the foreign office on this? yes, we have. i'll get to that ina this? yes, we have. i'll get to that in a little while but let me tell you about the substance of these e—mails first. it is unusual to get such a substantial cage of documents like this, they date from 2017 to the present. most of the comments

are the present. most of the comments a re pretty the present. most of the comments are pretty unflattering about trumpet. sir kim darroch says it is unlikely that administration will ever be competent. it says he radiates insecurity, even though he is the most powerful man on the planet, and in order to get through to him you have to be simple, even blunt. of the future, he says it could crash and burn but on the other that he should not be written off. i'm not denying these reports, he says these are the private, unvarnished assessment of the ambassador. i'm sure the ambassador here is sending similar cables back to the white house. no response from the white house yet but this story is being widely reported in the us and it could test the special relationship between the uk and the usa. it's been revealed that

the department of health is planning to spend three million pounds on a service to transport medication, in the event of a no—deal brexit at the end of october. it wants to hire an express freight service to transport medicines, blood and transplant tissue, but experts have described the timeline for the contract as tight. katy austin reports. when a multi—million pound ferry contract was awarded to seabourn freight, which had never run a ferry service, the way the government was securing deals to deliver contingency plans for a no deal brexit came under intense scrutiny. now there is a new brexit date and new plans are being drawn up in case the flow of goods in and out of the uk is disrupted by leaving the uk without a deal. things are being done more flexibly, more flexible freight contracts are being arranged, and the department of health has been noted as planning to

spend 3 million pounds on an express freight service, making sure there isa freight service, making sure there is a full supply of medication, blood and tissue services. a department of health and social care spokeswoman said the speed of the contract is within the usual guidelines. france and iran have agreed to look at conditions for resuming talks to try to save tehran's nuclear deal with world powers. president emmanuel macron expressed strong concern to president hassan rouhani about the consequences of abandoning the deal signed in 2015, which has been injeopardy since the us pulled out last year. the iranians are demanding that european countries find ways to ease the impact of us economic sanctions. more protests are expected in hong kong today as the row over china's control of the region continues. activists, who caused extensive damage to the parliament building last week, are fighting against a controversial bill allowing extradition from hong kong to mainland china. let's talk to our china

correspondent, robin brant. what are the protesters hope to achieve? what is their next big goal? i think there are two things, one is momentum, they want to keep the cause going. secondly, they have relocated today's protest to the other side of the water, part of hong kong that is actually attached to mainland china, and they say they wa nt to to mainland china, and they say they want to speak to shoppers, tourists that have come down from mainland china, can get an express train all the way here, and explained to them what they are so upset about and try to persuade them to their cause. the focus is not a political target, it is mainland tourists who are here essentially to shop. about 2000 people will gather here, there is a park right by the water, this is the official start. and it will walk

that way towards the train station. police are prepared, there are 2000 of them on standby. there are jitters on both sides, police have been told to be peaceful, but there are expectations that things might get violent again. it is due to start ina get violent again. it is due to start in a couple of hours. an explosion from a suspected gas leak ripped through a shopping mall in florida injuring 21 people. debris was sent flying across the car park of the fountain plaza shopping centre in plantation, which is about 30 miles north of miami. the blast could be heard several miles away. it's not yet known what caused the explosion. organisers say 1.5 million people attended britain's biggest ever pride in london yesterday with an all—singing, all—dancing carnival of colour. this year's parade celebrated 50 years since the first stonewall riots in new york, which were a turning point in the gay rights movement. here's our lgbt

correspondent, ben hunte. politics, protest and one big party. pride came to london, and for many here it was a day like no other. this is believed to be the country's biggest pride event ever, with diversity the central theme. biggest pride event ever, with diversity the central themem biggest pride event ever, with diversity the central theme. it is for everyone to be accepted as they are, isn't it, in the community in the world. we need to keep fighting to make sure we actually achieve acceptance. it is about making people more accepted. organisers estimate that more than 1.5 million people were on the streets of the capital to watch the parade today.

with homophobic and transphobic attacks on the increase across the uk, some activists had called for this year's flagship pride event to return to its roots as a protest. however, for many of the attendees we spoke to today, they were just grateful to have the opportunity to be so visible and so proud. ben hunte, bbc news. the duke and duchess of sussex have released two photographs to mark the christening of their baby boy. archie harrison mountbatten—windsor was baptised by the archbishop of canterbury in a private ceremony at windsor castle yesterday. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. sitting on his mother's lap in the green drawing room at windsor castle. archie harrison mountbatten—windsor after a very private christening. seated around him are his immediate family

members, as well as the two sisters of diana, princess of wales. a second photo showed rg just with his pa rents, second photo showed rg just with his parents, and that was it. just the two images, underlining the determination that they will maintain privacy around their son's life. but there are concerns that the principal members of a family that received so much public money should be prepared for some scrutiny. it is a shame, everyone has come for the day and no—one gets to see them. i think they are entitled to their privacy. personally i think they should have beena personally i think they should have been a bit more accessible. personally i think they should have been a bit more accessiblelj personally i think they should have been a bit more accessible. i think it is fine to be private, but they could have come out. the first instinct as a parent is to protect your children, so i understand that. archie harrison mountbatten—windsor, already at the heart of an argument about where the line on privacy should be drawn. a cayman islands sea turtle

who was destined to end up as soup has been rescued and is now living in blackpool. the large creature which weighs in at a hefty 19 stone, was brought to the uk as part of the sea life centre's protection programme. turtle numbers are dwindling around the world due to threats like breeding for the food industry and industrialfishing. 19 stone, who would have thought?‘ bit crunchy, i would have thought. one detail we haven't got, which i think we should endeavour to find out, is the name of the turtle.“ you are watching, and you know! whenever there is an animal story, you have to have a name. the more bizarre, or often the more human. it is more amusing if it is called brian and or something. or boris

01’ brian and or something. or boris orjeremy! the governor of california has asked for financial help from the us government, after the state's biggest earthquake in 20 years. officials are still assessing the damage from friday's tremor which struck about 150 miles north—east of los angeles. power has now restored and damaged roads reopened, but the community remains on high alert, as sophie long reports. it created waves in family swimming pools and in communities across southern california. oh my god! two earthquakes in two days spread panic. this is a very strong earthquake... the earthquake so strong, even earthquake... the earthquake so strong, even some earthquake... the earthquake so strong, even some who didn't feel it, watched it. will be right back! as people assess the damage they brace themselves for more. the

largest earthquake in california for 20 years, a stark reminder that millions here are living along the fault line that could claim many lives at any time. and joining us now on skype from los angeles is scientist robert de groot, from the us earthquake science centre. how common are earthquakes of this nature? earthquakes this size happen about every 20 years. this is the sort of event that we had about 20 yea rs sort of event that we had about 20 years ago that was described in the earlier story. why haven't we got the big one? that is what everyone including us waiting for. you are on top of the san andreas fault, and these things do come around, and they are devastating when they do happen. yes, and so the very big ones on the san andreas fault happen ones on the san andreas fault happen

on average about every 150 years. where i live in southern california, the segment of the san andreas fault near us the segment of the san andreas fault near us hasn't broken in over 300 yea rs. near us hasn't broken in over 300 years. that is a mystery for us and we are trying to figure that out. when that earthquake does happen it will be many times bigger than the earthquake that happened last night. if that were to happen do you think californians are adequately prepared? i think they are getting more and more prepared every year. i think this last earthquake really showed that even though there was a lot of damage, people knew what to do, they had supplies put aside. the state of california, the office of emergency services, is very well prepared to deal with this sort of disaster in the state. and you are working on to you on an early warning system for people? that's correct, yes. iwork warning system for people? that's correct, yes. i work with the shake alert early warning system, which cove rs alert early warning system, which covers all the west coast states. we

are using this as one of the tools in our earthquake toolbox to allow us in our earthquake toolbox to allow us to have more time before shaking arrives to take action, such as drop, cover and hold on. arrives to take action, such as drop, coverand hold on. it can arrives to take action, such as drop, cover and hold on. it can also be used to help stop trains or protect water supplies. how much notice do you need? when are these triggered and how much time will you have to take cover? it depends how far you are away from where the earthquake reaches the centre and how you receive the alert. through whatever mechanism. the basic guidelines we are giving people is somewhere between a few seconds to tens of seconds. that is a lot more time than people think, it is enough time than people think, it is enough time to get under the table and time enough to start automated actions like opening the firehouse door or slowing down the drain. there is a lot you can do, even in a fraction ofa lot you can do, even in a fraction

of a second. here's susan with a look at this morning's weather. there was a barbecue yesterday but i didn't quite risk wearing shorts. i suspect everyone else was quite glad i hadn't worn shorts. is it shorts weather today or not? are weather watcher ‘s were up and about early on. we will see a bit more cloud lingering today. for many, it will be a day for a lot of sunshine. here is the way things are shaping up at the moment. we have a weather front pulling away to the south of the uk, that has brought some rain into the south—east overnight and they will be a bit more around through the next few hours to central, southern england and that front links up to another wea k and that front links up to another weak front that will try and push the thick cloud of the southwest

through this afternoon. it gets brighterfor the through this afternoon. it gets brighter for the south—east as the hours go by. a bit more overcast over here and elsewhere, some decent to sunny spells and also a little bit more cloud beating down the north sea and into north sea coast ina north sea and into north sea coast in a northerly breeze which will also make things feel a bit fresh if you are heading out to your barbecue, certainly through the afternoon, 12 degrees for aberdeen and 1a in newcastle. a cooler story for southern counties in england behind the weather front today with a temperature of 2223. a lot of heat across france but not the heatwave we have had recently. if you are watching the women's world cup final, they should be plenty of fine weather at the start deleon. —— a dry night on the whole. stade de

lyon. —— stade de lyon was may even see a touch of frost through the glens. a bit more cloud trying to push into the west later on in the day and that is tied in with the one front that will feed the cloud into the south—west. by the end of the day, northern ireland perhaps looking greyer and wetter and we are stuck with the average temperatures as we go into the week ahead. high temperatures desperately trying to cling on but it looks like the front will come into play for tuesday and wednesday. certainly across the northern half of the uk, a more showery scene. hopefully it will brighten as with ——as the day goes on. our highs range from just 12 in stornoway to 22 in cardiff. on into the middle part of the week and ahead, still dealing with rain for wednesday and thursday but high pressure will return. by then, we will look at the mid 20s in the

south—west of england. definitely time to get those shorts. idid hearthe i did hear the word frost. in the scottish glens, i know! frost and twentysomething by the end of the week that i bring you everything, i bring you everything was not marvellous. you need a pair of those trousers with the zip off bottoms. that's a good idea. and then the flip up little sunglasses. suitable for all occasions if not entirely on trend. now later on the programme, we're taking a look at why single people are supposed to be happier, healthier and more successful than the married population — that's according to research — but do people agree? we've been finding out. its 0k its ok to be single and just be happy with yourself. go back a few yea rs happy with yourself. go back a few years and there is a lot of pressure from the media that you need to get coupled up, married and whatever really quickly so it is not like oh,

you are single, you are going to die alone now. its more fun being single and you can do whatever you want to i think that is the best thing from my point of view. if you are on the road — make on your own, you have to ask yourself what you want to do and what you enjoy and it helps to make yourself — make it helps to know yourself — make it helps to know yourself better. let us know what you think about this. are you happily single? or maybe you're part of a very content couple? get in touch with us. we were talking about earlier about the whole business of healthiness. you don't make i am healthy because of the foods that i'm eating. i had never heard of chickpeas. its got to be good for you but you think it is the opposite. i think it is the opposite. this is the problem. you are ina opposite. this is the problem. you are in a couple, they have may be cooked for you which is maybe lovely but they give you their portion so i end up with massive portions and of

course you eat it but i and up, i'm eating for a fully grown massive man every night. and i'm eating chickpeas. there you go. share us your thoughts. i need to meet your wife and you need to meet my husband. send us your thoughts on being single or not and the advantages and disadvantages. we will talk about it a little later. now it's time for film review with jane hill and mark kermode. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema is, as ever, mark kermode. and what have you been watching? ok, so we have midsommar, which i'm going to tell you in advance is not a horrorfilm, it's ok. yeah, yeah, we can discuss that. it has horror elements, but not a horror film.

we have spider—man: far from home. and ibiza: the silent movie, which isn't that silent. i hope not! yeah, yeah, i get it, i get it. last week was my first week back, so you were really nice to me, and now... ok, so here's the thing — midsommar is the new movie by ari aster, who made hereditary, which a lot of people say was the scariest thing they'd ever seen. i have to say, i wasn't crazy about hereditary. i thought the first half of it was terrific and the second half of it got silly. this is rather different, ok? so, florence pugh, who is brilliant in everything she's in, is dani. she is riven with anxiety about a terrible tragedy that has befallen her family that we see at the very beginning of the film. jack reynor is her boyfriend, christian. she needs him for support, but what she doesn't know is that he has agreed with his friends that he is going to go off to sweden to a pagan midsummerfestival, and she isn't thrilled when she finds out. but she thinks she has to go along with it. here's a clip. you said it would be cool to go.

yeah, and then i got the opportunity and i decided... look, i don't mind you going. ijust wish you would've told me, that's all. well, ijust apologised, dani. you didn't apologise, you said sorry, which sounds more like too bad. maybe i should just go home. what? no, no, i'mjust trying to understand. and i'm trying to apologise. and i don't need an apology. i don't, ijust wanted to talk about it, that's all. i really think i should just leave. no, no. please, please. please, i'm not trying to attack you. i'm not. it really feels like you are! well, then, i'm sorry! i'm sorry, ijust got confused. i'm sorry. hey, please come on. can you come and sit with me please? just stop. and we can talk about it? look, itjust felt really weird, 0k? but i'm fine. i think it's great that you're going to sweden, i do. so you can see from that, it's a break—up movie,

it's a relationship movie. it's a movie about a couple having problems. now, it begins in dark winter. they then go to sweden to the midsommar festival in which everything is bright and happy and everyone is wearing white dresses and headdresses. all very beautiful. all very beautiful, and you know because we've all seen the wicker man, that things are not going to go very well. but what's interesting about it is this — it wears its wicker man influences on its sleeve. but it also is absolutely about her and about her state of mind and about, weirdly, what happens at the midsommar festival is somehow that becomes externalised. so, on the one hand, we know that this is something which is dressed in the garb of a folk horror movie, of which wicker man is kind of a high watermark. but there isn't in it anything like that terrible moment in wicker man in which edward woodward goes over the brough of the hill and suddenly realises what this is. it's a much more gradual, slow—burn movie about a group of people, and about one person in the middle of it whose central

relationship is falling apart, who is bearing with her a great grief about her family, who is brought into this festival in which everyone talks about families, everyone talks about the sisterhood, everyone talks about this is a great wonderful cycle of life and, indeed, death. and what i liked was whereas hereditary was very, very uneven, first half really, really traumatising, second half silly, this is much more of a character progression. it is about a character that we invest in, not least because florence pugh is brilliant, jack reynor is a really good actor, will poulter has a terrific supporting role. in fact, the entire ensemble cast are so good, that you completely you buy into their characters, and, therefore, you buy into the movie itself. and believe me — there was no—one who was more reserved about ari aster than i was because his short films, i thought, were great and his short films are very much about families and family conspiracies and family secrets, and i thought hereditaryjust kind of went off the boil.

but this is much more a sustained character piece. and i promise you it's not a horror movie. although that said... ijust don't believe you! i love will poulter, but i'm still too scared to go and see it! it's a will poulter film that happens to have some things in it that you might find in a horror movie, but it's not a horror movie. it is just a bit horrifying in places. i can watch spider—man, though, ‘cause that's not scary. after the events of the avengers movies, where do we go from here? answer. . . europe. so, peter parker — he wants to be a normal school kid. he wants to be able to tell mj that he loves her. but nick fury keeps ringing up, saying, "look, we've got problems, there are big monsters roaming around and we need you to team up with this guy" — jake gyllenhaal is very sort of slippery — "we need you to put on the spider—man costume and come and do the stuff because the world needs you." so, what's interesting about the film is it's quite playful. it's very funny, but it also has a kind of dark heart, because it exists in a world in which the question is — what do we all do now? where does it go from here? at the centre of it is — and i think this is one of the lovely things about it — is somebody who doesn't want to be

spider—man. they just want to be a normal school kid... i want to be normal! ..who wants to be able to tell mj that he's got a crush on her and wants to be able to just lead a normal life. so, it is fun? i thought it was fun, but i think it also has some darkness underneath it, which i think is important and also, i know that everybody who goes to see these movies will know this — stay till the very end because in this case, at the very end, there is notjust something that throws ahead to the future, but also something which refers back to what you've seen that you do need to stick around for. 0k. now, a new film from julian temple. yes, i'm a huge fan ofjulian temple. we think right back to the days of great rock—and—roll swindle, and then absolute beginners, which i think everyone went to see. yes, everyone of our age went to see that! he has made some brilliant documentaries. made a great documentary about doctor feelgood and about wilko johnson. so now, ibiza: the silent movie, which is obviously ironically titled. so it is a film about ibiza and about dance culture

and about the history of ibiza and the history of dance culture. the music is curated by fatboy slim, because, asjulian temple himself said, he's not a dance culture fan. but what he's done is he's used the format of silent movies. so, silent movies were never silent, they always had music. but what they didn't have was dialogue. so, ibiza: the silent movie has music all the way through, but it uses intertitles. so we see stuff on screen that serves the same purpose as it would've done in a silent movie, and it basically traces back the history of the island, the history of the culture and tells us at the beginning — don't believe everything you see in this documentary, but also does a very good job of saying this is where we are and there is both good and bad involved in that. let's look have a look at the clip. funk music plays.

so you see from that, it's witty. laughs. he's doing it with humour, yes. but what's really interesting is he tells you a load of stuff about ibiza. i've never been to ibiza and i don't know anything about dance culture. but, firstly, for example, the island is named after bez, the god of dance, at which point we see bez from the happy mondays as bez the god of dance, which you think that must be made up. no, that's actually true. it goes through the history, the rises and falls, the transformations, the invasions, the armies, the farmers. it tells us of the point ibiza became the biggest tourist destination in the world. there were farmers living in the centre of ibiza who have never been to the coast of ibiza. it talks about the dadaists, the nazis, the bohemians,

the various people that have been there during its history. it uses archive film clips and cameo performances. and it centres, in the end, on this strange contradiction, which is that tourism and dance culture has given life to ibiza, but it's also stripping ibiza of its identity and, indeed, its watersupply. and i think what the film manages to do is it makes — and i keep saying a great documentary should make you know more about and more you interested in something about which you know nothing and you weren't interested in. and it does all of that. the thing withjulian temple, you know, you're never going to be bored. he makes films that are thrilling and funny and cheeky and smart. i think ibiza: the silent movie is all of those things. i' m really, really looking forward to that. i'm not sure i'm looking forward to this week's re—release, sorry. but anyway... i know it makes me a philistine. best film out — don't look now, which is the nic roeg film, which, incidentally, when it was first released in the cinemas in the early 19705, went out on a double bill in which the supporting feature was the wicker man. oh, how much i would have loved that! i think don't look now is just

a stone—cold masterpiece. it's directed by nic roeg, it's adapted from a story by daphne du maurier, but the film is absolutely a whole in and of itself. it's terrifying, yes, it has a brilliant score by pino donaggio, superb performances by donald sutherland and julie christie, and it is a film about grief and loss. and it is impossible to ever look at a picture and walk around the streets of venice without hearing that pino donaggio score. and, yes, it's terrifying, but it's terrifying because it's about something. you've seen don't look now. you need to see... no, i am too scared! we've been through this! but it's ok! again, it's not — it is a horror movie, but it's about so much more than horror. it's about love and passion and venice and death. and scary things. a quick final thought about dvds, streaming... hole in the ground. this is a horror movie. genuine horror movie. and what's really interesting about this was it's a strangely creepy horror movie about a mother and son flee off to a sort of woodland retreat where there is a hole in the ground,

and this is a film which kind of relates to things like dark water, the hideo nakata film, or body snatchers. and what i really liked about it was i went into this thinking i've probably seen all these riffs before, and about ten minutes in, i was thinking, actually, this is creepy. and it had that real kind of, you know, cold hand on the back of the neck feel. there are certain little glimpses of horror through it, so this, you should avoid, because this is a horrorfilm, ok. midsommar isn't. 0k! i hearyou, i hearyou! thank you, mark...i think. you can see spider—man. thank god for spider—man. that's it. see you next time. bye— bye! this is breakfast. good morning. a summary this is breakfast. good morning. a summary of the main stories. the white house has been described as "uniquely dysfunctional" and "inept" in leaked

memos from the uk's ambassador in washington. sir kim darroch‘s private communications, which were obtained by the mail on sunday, describe president trump's administration as insecure and incompetent. the foreign office says strong relations with the white house will not be damaged by this league, but did not deny the e—mails exist. it's been revealed that the department of health is planning to spend three million pounds on a service to transport medication, in the event of a no—deal brexit at the end of october. it wants to hire an express freight service to transport medicines, blood and transplant tissue, but experts have described the timeline for the contract as tight. france and iran have agreed to look at conditions for resuming talks to try to save tehran's nuclear deal with world powers. president emmanuel macron expressed strong concern to president hassan rouhani about the consequences of abandoning the deal signed in 2015, which has been injeopardy since the us pulled out last year. the iranians are demanding that european countries find ways to ease the impact of us economic sanctions.

home secretary sajid javid has thrown his weight behind boris johnson to be the next leader of the conservative party and pm. he is the latest cabinet minister to endorse mrjohnson, saying he is better placed than jeremy hunt mrjohnson, saying he is better placed thanjeremy hunt to deliver what we need to do at this critical time. more protests are expected in hong kong today as the row over china's control of the region continues. activists, who caused extensive damage to the parliament building last week, are fighting against a controversial bill allowing extradition from hong kong to mainland china. china has already issued a sharp rebuke to the uk over its support for pro—democracy campaigners, warning britain not to interfere in its domestic affairs. an explosion from a suspected gas lea k an explosion from a suspected gas leak ripped through a shopping centre in florida, injuring 21 people. debris was sent flying

across the car park of the shopping centre in plantation, about 30 miles north of miami. it is not yet known what caused the explosion. 41 migrants on board a rescue ship that locked without permission in an italian court have now disembarked. italy's pyrite interior minister had warned the ship to stay away, but the charity that charted the vessel said conditions on board were unbearable —— far right. organisers say 1.5 million people attended britain's biggest ever pride in london yesterday with an all—singing, all—dancing carnival of colour. this year's parade celebrated 50 years since the first stonewall riots in new york, which were a turning point in the gay rights movement. the duke and duchess of sussex have

released two photographs to mark the christening of their baby boy. archie harrison mountbatten—windsor was baptised by the archbishop of canterbury in a private ceremony at windsor castle yesterday. the royal couple opted to exclude the press and the public from the day and chose not to reveal the names of his godparents. you wonder how many other pictures have not been published that show the little one screaming his head off! another story to bring you, stevie wonder is to have a kidney transplant later this year. made the announcement at a gig in hyde park. he said he has found a donor and will perform three more before the operation in september, said he was all good and he wanted to prevent rumours are spreading about his health. i think it is about time to check in with sport. good morning, i don't know what you tend to do on a saturday night, but

iimagine it tend to do on a saturday night, but i imagine it doesn't involve watching mixed doubles! all of a sudden, because of andy murray and serena williams‘s involvement, eve ryo ne serena williams‘s involvement, everyone was tuned in just after seven o'clock, not to their normal programming on bbc one but a spot of mixed doubles! asa pairing, mixed doubles! as a pairing, in terms of the pr for tennis, you couldn't get a better parent, could you ? tennis, you couldn't get a better parent, could you? in terms of recognised names from the game. yes, sometimes because of the nature of doubles and how it works, having that kind of fantasy pairing doesn't necessarily always work. but it might do this time, because tennis went prime—time on saturday night, as andy murray and serena williams played together for the very first time. they have a hashtag, it is #serandy.

and they put on quite a show as well. time flies when you're having fun, and when the partnership dubbed #serandy finally got on centre court, it was guaranteed box office. the smiles kept coming as the partnership began to flourish, although it wasn't always faultless. with the first set in the bag, they turned on the style to make murray's first returned to centre court in two years a successful one. after he lost his men's doubles match earlier, this pair were feeling the love. it was the boss in this pairing? we are a team. there is no iin team! pairing? we are a team. there is no i in team! we are both a younger sibling so we are used to being bossed around by our older brother and sister, so i suppose we are taking it in terms of. johanna konta came through in three sets against sloane stephens, but in an epic five

sentence, britain's dan evans was so close tojoining her, but sentence, britain's dan evans was so close to joining her, but sousa was victorious. coco gauff and her partner had no answers to their competitors, but she has biggerfish to fry next week. and roger federer now first in singles history to record 350 grand slam match wins, no sweat. a couple of other things to mention from yesterday, disappointment for britain's harriet dart, beaten by world number one ash barty on centre court. and one player said he wanted to hear a court. and one player said he wanted to heara bomb court. and one player said he wanted to hear a bomb exploded in wimbledon during his match and we will wait to

see if he is to be punished. after their 2—1 loss to sweden, england have had to accept fourth place in the women's world cup. they didn't want to end here, but nice is where england's world cup tournament came to an end. they have tournament came to an end. they have to say goodbye to the chance of a medal. blue and gold of sweden were on the attack from the start. a cross blocked by alex greenwood to set up sweden's first goal. england looked exposed at the back. the swedish striker unmarked and free to shoot. the lioness is looked as if they had wilted in the heat, but thenjill they had wilted in the heat, but then jill scott fought through midfield and found the corner. on fire now, top goalscorer ellen white chested the ball down and thought

she had put them level, but it was the referee who looked again. handball, and just as in the semi—final, video assisted referee denied an equaliser. the ball fell to lucy bronze for a last chance, but a superb clearance by the sweden defender and the lioness is‘ hopes we re defender and the lioness is‘ hopes were gone. heartbreak for england again ina were gone. heartbreak for england again in a tournament that we had ambitions of winning, they have fallen short of even a consolation third—place medal. while the squad will travel home with nothing around their necks, they will arrive to a greater audience and appreciation of women's football. interest in the lioness is has risen around the country, with children and particularly young girls being inspired to watch and play themselves. that may help control themselves. that may help control the squad in time, but for now, england will be nursing their bruises after a disappointing end to their world cup journey. england failing to win a bronze

medal in france, but today the usa and the netherlands go for the trophy. the usa head into the match as defending champions, the netherlands are trying to win for the first time. they are european champions. england are going to play australia in the semifinals of the cricket world cup after position is changed after the final round in the group stage. australia lost to south africa by ten runs at old trafford, meaning they finished second in the final standings, and there for play third—place england at edgbaston on thursday. the england captain thinks it will be a blot cluster. meanwhile, india play new zealand after they thrashed sri lanka. mohit sharma became the first man to score five centuries in a world cup as india won by seven wickets. it was an eventful start to geraint thomas's — france, as he collided on the right side of the road just at

the right side of the road just at the end of the opening stage. he was able to get to the end where he said he was fine. —— —. li na massey has been sent off for the first time, after this incident. lionel messi. it looked like one was pushing more than the other, you have to say, but they checked it via the video assisted referee, and still given that, he was sent off. afterwards he claimed argentina were victims of corruption. 14 victims of corruption. 1a years after his first red card as an 18—year—old, he gets his second. wow! there are situations when slow motion would be a good thing, but maybe that is not one of them.

it is the world's biggest gymnastics event and the most inclusive, with 800 british entrants travelling to austria to take part. it isa austria to take part. it is a non—competitive competition, so it is a non—competitive competition, so open to gymnasts of all abilities, and 211,000 people are expected to be there this year. mike busheu expected to be there this year. mike bushell has been there to visit one british club that can't wait to show what they can do. getting ready to wow the world with the performance of their lives. these club gymnasts from lancashire are joining these club gymnasts from lancashire arejoining hundreds these club gymnasts from lancashire are joining hundreds of others from the uk and lancashire this weekend for the biggest event of its kind in the world. standing so tall with pride, and of the 800 gymnasts from the uk going to represent their country around the world at the competition only held every four

yea rs, competition only held every four years, one club stands out and is famous across the globe. the club he has developed a reputation. its coaching techniques means everybody is accepted regardless of ability, and they have a high proportion of gymnasts with down's syndrome, because their flexibility is ideal for the sport. it is unbelievable. i think it will be awesome. it makes me very special, i think, very special. it is life changing, and it is the way we teach, the way we break down the skills. it gives them independence ina break down the skills. it gives them independence in a safe environment, as well as the performance, they are absolutely lovely performances. with some gymnastics i know some of these kids havejobs, some gymnastics i know some of these kids have jobs, they some gymnastics i know some of these kids havejobs, they go into mainstream schools because they used to that culture, that environment. the club are now blazing a trail in

helping to advise other clubs around the world to set up more clubs like this to make gymnastics so inclusive. they are treated like celebrities when they travel the planet. i feel like i'm already famous. you are, round-the-world! for any gymnast, you can tell that these participants are the truest form of participation. it is not just about the gymnastics. will you show me some routines? why not? i would like to see you in your le ota rd. would like to see you in your leotard. this can go on for seven, eight or nine minutes, these routines, and they are so involved. i have been told to follow and try and do it. a little bit too early on

the forward role! timing isn't my thing! a big round of applause! i went to early with the forward role. i'm not worthy of that! you can see the camaraderie and friendship, the bond that there are. team spirit was even more essential in the finale preparations. this is one of these moments they will be showing to the whole world at the competition later this month. you can see why this tea m this month. you can see why this team is revered right around the world. isn't that absolutely wonderful? so

true that being the true essence of gymnastics. taking part. it is guaranteed in one of those pieces that make going in with a leotard... and a roly—poly. well done, mike. let's check in with susan. how are things looking? i swear mike where is that underneath his normal clothes anyway, just like superman. the weather today, not such a super start for many of us. this is the scene from bucks. there is a legacy of cloud. —— buckinghamshire. there is pressure all the way south to the uk today. sitting in quite average temperatures as the day platt ——as the day pans out. no heatwave but a pleasa nt the day pans out. no heatwave but a pleasant day for most of us as we

will see the sun. it will brighten up will see the sun. it will brighten up quite nicely in the next few hours and a bit more cloud will drift into wales and the south—west of england. a few showers possible for northern and eastern scotland and across to northern england, particularly north sea coast, quite cool as well with the northerly breeze. temperature is just 1a cool as well with the northerly breeze. temperature isjust14 in newcastle. could be the odd heavy shower as well across the pennines through the afternoon but the rain is the exception and not the rule. a lot of fine weather to come. the final of the women's world cup the stade de lyon this afternoon. we have lost the intense heat from france but temperatures are still close to 30 degrees. some sunshine around. the picture is reflected back closer to home. on into the evening, it remains fine with a few showers just grazing lincolnshire and east anglia overnight. a quiet night. in some of the glens in the north, temperatures could get down to two degrees. potentially a bit of frost around for monday. you are not wrong, don't check your calendar, it isjuly. quite cool the area coming down from the north. a lot of

sunshine to come. we will later on in the day start to try and introduce a warm weather front towards the west that means more cloud for northern ireland and outbreaks of rain. temperatures high—teens to the low 20s. here is the high. it is desperately clinging onto the south. here is the front toppling into the north for tuesday. more cloud for northern ireland and outbreaks of rain pushing in as far south as lancashire as the day pans out. the south, the high keep things dry but there will be more cloud around. ourtop dry but there will be more cloud around. our top temperatures for tuesday, again, high—teens, lieutenant —— low 20s. showery outbreaks of rain across the northern half of the uk but next weekend, high pressure is building once again and the temperatures start to build a little bit as well back up into the mid 20s. perhaps feeling a little bit more summary after a fresh take on the weather in the next few days. thank you so

much, susan, see you soon. we are back soon. now let's go to the travel show. hello, and welcome to the travel show with me, christa larwood, coming to you this week from dublin, capital city of ireland, home to guinness, u2, and for one weekend only, costumes like this. it's comic con, ireland. and a big feature is cosplay. this year marks 35 years since the term was first coined in this article by japanese journalist, nobuyuki takahashi. but really, fan costuming began 70 years ago at the first world science fiction convention in new york city, when this couple attended wearing a futuristic

costume they designed and made. the cosplay industry is now a multibillion dollar business, with some reports saying it is worth over $20 billion, of £15 billion, worldwide. everyone is here injust incredible costumes, of all shapes and sizes and frankly, it would be a bit rude not tojoin in. the cosplay experts have got me a costume. oh, this one's for me? thank you very much! so, i'm not sure what this is, the grand reveal... hopefully it's one i recognise. oh, it's totoro, from my neighbour totoro, the studio ghibli film! this one i know and am very happy to wear. very happy cosplayer today.

let's go! thousands of people have come for the comic con, ireland edition. many are taking part in the cosplay competitions, hoping to be picked to represent ireland in the euro cosplay championships. others are here to play their favourite characters. running the cosplay side of things, is guild of nerds. i think years ago, cosplay was seen as sort of an oddity, but now it has become very mainstream, where like 50% of the convention will be in cosplay and i think in the last ten years, there's actually people who have made a living out of it. so, why has it become so big? i mean, how did it turn from a couple of people going to a convention in costume to all this? the internet. and there's some people who may be isolated, and when they come to conventions, that's when they can meet like—minded people and some people

when they're actually in costume, they get a bit more confident and their acting in the character, it makes them act like the way they normally wouldn't. pretty much most people i know are introverts, but you see them and they will be extremely hyper. we are going to start things off, anyone who would like to come up in costume and show us something! are you ready to start? if i rub this lamp, will i get three wishes? only if you say, "i wish." how about questions instead? but you still have to start them with, "i wish." oh, ok, well, iwish for you to tell me... tell me a little bit about the costumes and the competition here because it seems fierce to me. well honestly we are all... we're all big nerds. we all love what we love. we all love anime, we all love videogames, we all love movies. like myself with aladdin, i have non—stop. .. non—stop been listing

to the aladdin songs. on repeat, 24/7. oh, dear! so now you get to, kind of, come and show your passion for this? yes, a lot of people here, we have our day jobs which go into our hobby, a lot of people can spend a lot of money. but some people — some people who start out especially, they could use their own clothes at home, your costume could be just a tank top and shorts, something very basic. and, boom! you are cosplaying! so have you heard, just anecdotally, like, oh such and such spent like 2 grand on a dress? or... yeah! no, that's happened. that has happened a lot of times. back to the competition, and there has been a development. they've allowed me to come up on the judge's panel, and i even get to give my own specialjudge's award.

a very wide array of costumes so far, including some pretty gory ones. contestants are judged on effort and performance for portraying the character, with those making their outfits from scratch gaining extra points. we all get to pick one place. oh, god! you've chosen all my picks! but it means i'm like, on point with myjudging. so that's good! despite all the fun, there has been controversy over recent years about some cosplayers getting the wrong kind of attention, with accusations of sexual harassment, inappropriate behaviour and body shaming and offence. that's why this slogan, "cosplay is not consent", has started to appear at many conventions along with a set of rules that mean that nobody should be touched or photographed without their permission. hello, everybody! first of all, may i say, everybody‘s costumes were just incredible! thejudge's choice award to go to rachel smith,

with her character, yennefer from witcher iii, looking incredibly awesome in black! for the winners, it is national cosplay glory. for the other entrants, there's always next year. i knew only very little about cosplay before i came here, but i feel like it had a crash course and i found it to be such an interesting community of creative people but the most important thing that seems to have come across today, is the passion, and the dedication that people have towards embodying these characters they love so much. well, to finish off, the sun beats down in dubai pretty much all year round,

so you wouldn't think it is the best place to grow flowers. but that hasn't stopped them creating one of the world's biggest outdoor gardens. we sent ade to go check it out. heading for the entrance here at the miracle garden, three things immediately strike you. first, the smell, then it's the colour, and then, there's the scale. this place is enormous! since it opened on valentine's day back in 2013, almost 8 million people have come to take a look around the miracle garden. and i'm off to meet the man whose idea it all was. dubai's full of surprises. where did you get your inspiration from? actually, my inspiration, first of all, i am a landscaping engineer. and since i was a child, always reading about heaven, paradise, and it is filled with flowers, so always this idea in my brain, and always when i see my kids

playing, you know, games on screens, on tv, i always... it comes to my mind, really, i need something for people to go out. so this has inspired me to create something to take people outside, to take people to nature. and it's on such a grand scale! so many flowers here! how many flowers do you have in this park? we are always sustaining above 50 million flowers. 50 million flowers?! yes. this place must take a lot of water. where do you get it from and how do you keep it sustainable? actually, we are using the recycled water from dubai municipality, so all the grey water over the city, the municipality recycle it and pump it to us, and from our side we refilter this water and convert it to very high—quality water. and what about your challenges? what is the biggest challenge for you? actually, the biggest challenge is just the wind. we can control pests, we can control irrigation, temperature, everything can be controlled but not the wind. this place is like the chelsea flower show on steroids. but you know what i'm looking forward to? it's when all these people leave and i get to hang out with the gardeners and find out how they keep

everything looking so immaculate. owl hoots. this place takes on a completely different aura at night. it's actually quite scary. i mean, those giant animals staring down at you, they feel more lifelike. it'sjust gone 10:00, and it's only myself here and 200 gardeners that work all night to keep this place looking pristine. i'm going to find one of them now. hello, ade! how are you? nice to meet you. lovely to meet you. this place is so different at night. of course it is! what is going on here? it seems like it's raining! should i have brought my umbrella? no need for that, just we are doing our irrigation work.

we wait till the people leave the garden, then we start our irrigation. is there anything i can do to help? of course, you can do! as you can see here, we are approaching the sunflower. we need to get rid of the dried ones. to trim it, prune it from time to time. 0k. so if you like, you can try by yourself. so, i'm looking for these dried sunflowers where the leaves are... of course, the wilted ones, the dried ones. actually, i was speaking to one of the gardeners earlier and he says, you know, you almost develop this relationship and a connection with the plants. i'm not even messing about. i feel like they are speaking to me. you know, these ones are saying, "stay away from me with those scissors! it is almost time for bed for me, but the team of gardeners will be working here throughout the night until the gardens reopen up to the public at 10:00 tomorrow morning, making sure that all of those millions of