if‘ai‘it itfii'it hm as i said, the fact thatjodrell bank orany as i said, the fact thatjodrell bank or any scientific institution but this one in particular is recognised makes a lot of difference. everybody in the uk who knows what jodrell bank is, the no what the lovell telescope is but now there is possibility to get more insight into what operational research infrastructure is doing. this is not something of the past, this is not something that only looks nice in pictures, it's a beautiful telescope, by the way, but it is especially, a state of the art observatory, prime partner in collaborations around the world and, most importantly, a very nice link between the uk and the rest of europe. it has been going for decades, as you say. what's the most important aspect of what you are hoping to do now and in the years ahead?

one very recent and very nice outcome of this collaboration has been the instrument is six telescopes in the uk are embedded completely in the european infrastructure. this has been tried for some time and it took work to do and now it means the whole infrastructure is much more robust and it can do new kinds of science that was much more challenging in the past. also, and this is very recent, very interesting the infrastructure works in real time and so these 22 telescopes send data to jive and so these 22 telescopes send data tojive in the netherlands in real time by internet. the data is collected altogether and processed in real time collected altogether and processed in realtime and collected altogether and processed in real time and this gives astronomers the ability to study some of the processes happening in the universe. thank you. from the

joint institute of very long baseline infrastructure consortium. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz schaffernaker. it's a pleasant weekend out there for most. it turned a little cloudy in one or two areas but, on the whole, not too bad. this is what it looks like through the evening. lots of clear weather, which means temperatures will tumble away in eastern scotland and north—east england, where it could be chilly outside of the towns. these are the city centre temperatures. clouds tomorrow will increase here from the west. this weather front is approaching northern ireland later in the morning and into the afternoon and there could be some rain around belfast but the vast majority of the uk should be bright. stunning weather along the south coast and did not see counties as well. 2a celsius in cardiff is the best temperature. upper teens across central scotland. tuesday, the northern half

of the uk will be cloudy. some rain around, the south will turn a little bit more cloudy as well. temperatures quite warm in the south. hello — this is bbc news. the headlines... the foreign office orders an inquiry after what it calls a "disgraceful" leak of memos criticising the trump administation. the emails written by the british ambassador to washington call the president's white house "inept, insecure and incompetent." it is obviously very disappointing that this correspondence has come out into the open but it is also important to say it is the job of ambassadors to give frank, personal opinions about what is happening in the countries they serve. exit polls suggest greece has elected a new centre—right government, ousting the leftist

syriza party in a snap election. at the women's world cup, the united states prove too strong for the netherlands, retaining their title in france. skirmishes have broken out between demonstrators and police in hong kong after another large—scale protest against china's increasing control over the territory. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm chetan pathak. champions of the world again — the united states win the women's world cup for a record fourth time. more agony for england's women as they're bowled out for 75 as australia close in on retaining the ashes.

and gaining time on his rivals. geraint thomas finishes second with team ineos in stage 2's team time trial. hello and welcome to sportsday. welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. they were the favourites all along and they managed to deliver. the united states have won the women's world cup for a record—extending fourth time. they secured their first ever back—to—titles after beating the european champions, the netherlands, 2—0. and they could have scored a lot more. our sports correspondent, katie gornall, was watching in lyon. lyon, a city at the confluence of the rhone and the sone, a place where two rivers become one and where from two finalists

will emerge one champion. the odds pointed towards a us celebration — no country has won more than them. while the netherlands fans were enjoying a world cup finalfor the first time. the usa expected to be here. their confidence is almost concrete. but the underdogs were not overwhelmed and achieved something no team has managed yet at this world cup, they stopped the us from scoring in the first 12 minutes. the american tide kept coming but the netherlands kept finding new ways to turn it back. sari van veenendaal again at her best. the european champions had absorbed so much pressure, eventually they would crack. var was called upon to spot this high foot. penalty was the decision and up stepped megan rapinoe. shoots, scores. the us captain, as she has done all tournament, seizing the spotlight. for every established star, the us has another emerging. and scores! rose lavelle has been a walking highlight reel in france

and here was another for the collection. 2—0 and it could have been more. the netherlands have risen rapidly on the world stage but it seems no one can stop the record—breaking march of the usa. they have retained their title and lifted the women's world cup for a fourth time. winners come and go in sport, but true champions always want more. i could barely speak! ijust said to them, they were unbelievable, congratulations, they have made history. enjoy it. unbelievable! i don't know what to say! it is unbelievable. just to note that all of the people in our group that put in so much work, obviously the players, all that our friends and family here, it is surreal, i don't know how to feel right now. family here, it is surreal, i don't know how to feel right nowm family here, it is surreal, i don't know how to feel right now. it is ridiculous. this has been so surreal, i am so proud of the team and feel so inspired every time i

step onto the field with them and i feel so much pride right now. england's women have been thrashed by 194 runs by australia in the third ashes one day international at canterbury. they were bowled out forjust 75 in the 33rd over. it's their third defeat out of three and means they're six points to 0 down in the multi—format ashes series. they'll have to win the next match — a test — if they're to have any chance of winning the series. ben croucher reports. this was not the start that england wanted. after losing the first two matches, the second bowl in canterbury set the depressing tone of what was to follow for the hosts. australian excellence and english ineptitude. half centuries from meg laming and melissa healy and lower order hitting set the world champions a run chase to get back into the ashes. the third ball of the reply? not the start they wanted. amyjones caught for nothing. it got worse. much worse.

sarah taylor, the first ball for 0 and nay ehmer, lbw. danny wyatt? just the one. five wickets in five overs for elyse perry. england 21—6. if you could take the tiniest crumb from this crumbling batting display, they did stumble past their lowest one—day total of just 50. the inevitable was not far behind. beaten by 194 runs. if the start to the women's ashes is anything to go by, the end for england could well be nigh. that six—point lead will take some hauling back. australia post 269—7 off 50 overs at canterbury. alyssa healey and meg lanning sharing a 109 run partnership. ellyse perry takes 7—22 from 10 overs. only three players reaching double figures with laura marsh last out and top scoring for 21. it's england's second biggest defeat to australia in one day cricket. the men's ashes starts on the 1st of august and england's record wicket—ta ker james anderson

is in a race to be fit for the first test. a scan's revealed he tore his calf muscle whilst bowling for lancashire last week. he'll miss their next two county championship matches. england play ireland in a one—off test at lords on july the 24th before facing australia for the start of the ashes at edgbaston a week later. before that, there's the small matter of england facing australia at edgbaston in the semi—finals of the cricket world cup! that match is on thursday. australia won the group game against england, of course, but were beaten by south africa yesterday, whilst england qualified for the semis with back—to—back wins over india and new zealand. i think we were playing well against england at lord's a couple of weeks ago. that will give us confidence going into that game. there has been a lot of build—up to the world cup, and especially getting towards the pointy end england have been in good form

so we will have to be at our best to win that. it willjust be exciting. any time australia plays england is exciting but any time at birmingham as well. it is a fun crowd to play in front of, they are always very supportive of both sides. it will be a great atmosphere, a great spectacle. geraint thomas has gained time on his rivals for the overall tour de france victory by finishing second on stage two's team time trial. but mike teunissen retains the yellow jersey as his yumbo—visma team won the stage. nick parrott has more. team ineos' forebears, team sky, have dominated the tour de france, winning in six of the last seven years. but they have never won the team time trial and they were keen to change that. and presumably to avoid any mistakes, the numbers corresponded to the order in the line. the names have changed, the approach to marginal gains has not

as they set the time to beat. the team leader might have challenged had he not crashed on the opening stage. they ended up 21 seconds off the pace. britain's adam yates is another favourite for overall victory but his scott team—mate scott taymor came 11th on what he described as a stressful day. the nerves were jangling as the ineos challengers closed. the quickstep missing out by less than one second and victory hinged on what yumbo—visma could do. and having tony martin in the squad helped them beat ineos by 20 seconds to increase the overall lead on the dutchman, mike teunissen. britain's cal crutchlow finished third at the german grand prix, just four days after breaking his leg. the honda riderfractured his tibia and damaged knee ligaments in an incident on wednesday but still managed to make the podium, crossing the line just seven seconds behind leader, marc marquez. in the first race of a new series

called moto e took place, 18 electric racing bikes running for seven laps at the sachsenring did not go to plan. the race came to an early end when lorenzo salvador crashed, and safely removing the bike would have taken too long to restart the race. great britain's women have missed out on a medal at eurobasket after losing to serbia in belgrade. britain stayed in touch until the second half but their shooting touch deserted them, eventually losing by 81 points to 55. fourth is the best placing by a british team at a european championship and they can still qualify for the tokyo olympics via a tournament in february. it's a rest day at wimbledon but tomorrow everything springs back into life on manic monday when all the singles matches in the round of 16 will be played. that includes 15—year—old coco gauff, who's arguably been the story of the tournament so far. she knocked out one of her idols, venus williams, in the first round, and with two more wins under her belt will now play seventh

seed simona halep for a place in the quarterfinals. craig templeton's been looking at her story so far. what a week it has been for coco gauff. an unknown before the tournament, the 15—year—old is now the talk of sw19. after shocking one of her idols — seven—time grand slam champion venus williams — on the opening day... this is a dream debut! ..she has seen off magdalena rybarikova and survived two match points before beating polona hercog on friday night. it is crazy. i remember before i played venus... when you walk to lead the practice courts there are people waiting and one little kid asked me for a picture and after the next day, after i played venus, everybody was screaming my name. it was pretty surreal how life changes in a matter of seconds.

the maturity of her play can make you forget she only turned 15 in march and has already earned hundreds of thousands of pounds. but like most teenagers, what coco wants is pop. my mother posted me on instagram and i was screaming. i hope beyonce saw that! and told her daughter about me! i would love to take her to a concert! she's caught the eye of the woman who has dominated women's tennis for the past two decades. i think she's doing everything great. i'm a big fan, actually. i am so excited for her. i love her family. gosh... ijust could not feel more pride. she'll follow serena on court1 tomorrow and this time it's the former world number one, simona halep, in herway.