across the letter sent to states across the country says certain deadlines for requesting and starting mail—in ballots are incongruous with the postal service's mail delivery standards. democrats are furious and have accused the president of deliberately seeking to sabotage the system. the president says he is not putting up any money for absentee voting and he's not putting up any money for the postal service. undermining the health of our democracy. the prospect remains that if the beleaguered us postal service fails to rise to the challenge, millions of american voters could be disenfranchised. and such is the irony here is that two of the most recent florida residents to have registered to vote by mail art donald trump and his wife mullally. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. let's catch up with the weather.

saturday are pretty dull drizzly day. thunderstorms are forecast as well. but not all bad. sunshine around with pleasantly warm weather gci’oss around with pleasantly warm weather across northern wales, north—west of england and south—western scotland and the western isles as well, so it's certainly not cloudy everywhere. the temperatures typically in a low 20s, but a lot cooler on the north sea coast. thunderstorms are possible, broadly speaking, across the southern half of the uk as we go through the rest of the uk as we go through the rest of today and into tonight, the overnight hours and a very muggy night. 18 degrees in london, mid teens expected in scotland. showers are expected tomorrow the possibility of thunderstorms again, probably the heaviest one across southern areas, bitter brightness possible now and then put on the whole, a lot of cloud across the uk.

the exams regulator is set out the criteria for downgraded results in england after nearly 40% or lower than predictions. prince charles has led commemorations to mark the 75th anniversary of vj day. the day world war ii ended with a victory over japan. we salute all those who remain among us. we offer our most heartfelt and undying gratitude for those who are gone before. the prince of wales lay wreaths at the national memorial arboretum is part ofa national memorial arboretum is part of a service of remembrance. also, thousands of holiday—makers arrived backin thousands of holiday—makers arrived back in the uk after a last—minute dash to avoid mandatory two week

quarantine. well the film review is coming up, but before that, it's time for sports day. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm gavin ramjaun. exeter chiefs in charge — the premiership leaders resume the season with a dominant display over leicester tigers. who can stop mercedes? hamilton and bottas lock out the front of the grid, ahead of the spanish grand prix. and anything can happen. pep guardiola prepares his manchester city side for lyon, as they hope to make the final four of the champions league.

hello and welcome to sportsday. rugby union's premiership has returned this weekend after a 5 month coronavirus enforced break. but there was no let up from league leaders exeter this afternoon. the chiefs dominated leicester tigers, who fielded a largely new look side under their new head coach, former england captain steve borthwick. austin halewood reports. the first steps into new normal. new measures, new regulations and even new faces. both exeter and leicester have a different look about them after lockdown. the tigers may have lost players, but they do have other influential players to colon. not more often than not, it is george ford, pinpoint drop—kick from the fly—half. the lockdown lay—off hasn't done his kicking any harm. a slow start for chiefs, but they kicked into gear. dave ewers burrowing over fed their first try,

smash and grab score from the chiefs but the league leaders were keen to show off their running game as well. stuart hogg sliding his side into the lead, difficult start for steve borthwick and it only got worse. a penalty try and a bonus point for exeter. the chiefs back into their stride and extending their lead at the top. there were three other games in the premiership to tell you about. already—relegated saracens were beaten on their return to action. they lost 16—12 to bristol after the bears were awarded a late penalty try. bath moved into fourth with their first win since february. they beat london irish 34—17 at the rec. jonathan joseph with that spectacular dive to seal a bonus point. and gloucester fans will have enjoyed rugby's return. their side running in 6 tries on their way to thrashing 1a—man worcester 411—15 in a bonus point win at sixways.

meanwhile, one other bit of news for you. the former scotland captain john barclay has retired at the age of 33. he said it was the right time to call it a day after a "fairy tale" career. catalan dragons scored 10 tries as they hammered wakefield trinity to go top of the super league tom davies scored a hat trick for the dragons, his final try coming just after the half time break. while the french side were dominant, they were also helped by some sloppy wakefield play, matt whitley pouncing on a poor pass to run over for a hat trick of his own. it's becoming an all—time familiar sight in formula one. mercedes dominating across the race weekend, and there was no change to that, in qualifying for the spanish grand prix today. world champion lewis hamiltonjust edging out team—mate valtteri bottas, to lock out the front of the grid. our f1 reporterjennie gow

brings us up to date. it was always going to be a good chance that mercedes would be in pole position and lock out the front i’ow pole position and lock out the front row and they did it once again. bearing in mind, they have done it for the previous seven years. one or another of their cars in pole position. so that is done. not a lot we can do about that, but i hope it's max verstappen. he will start in third place and much like the last time, they will hope that he can get amongst the fight and maybe even win the race and for the championship, that is what really needs to happen. he is the one pushing at the moment 30 points behind hamilton. can you believe it? hamilton's 92nd pole position. it is quite formidable, the form that he finds himself in at the moment. the racing points will make it a decent 01’ racing points will make it a decent or decent pattern, top three drivers aiming to get in the mix, really just emphasise that they have got last yea r‘s just emphasise that they have got last year's mercedes and that they

and do something decent. worth bearing in mind that they are at barcelona and it isn't the usual time they raised there. normally, it is in april. this is round six of the world championship and it takes place in a very hot august temperatures reaching around 33 degrees, so it will be a challenge for the drivers. it will be hard work and they will be likely to stop a couple of times and that adds to the drama, adds to the strategy, so you never know. maybe we will get another upset around the circuit in barcelona. ronnie o'sullivan has a 6—2 lead over kyran wilson after the first session of the snooker world championship final. fans are back in the stands at the crucible theatre as part of the governments plans to get crowds back at events.. there are 300 watching on in sheffield. five—time champion o'sullivan is on top with this break of 106 one of the highlights of the afternoon. he then came from behind in a tense final frame of the session to take a four frame lead. the evening session gets under way in just under an hour's time —

you can watch it live on bbc two. england's hopes of victory over pakistan in the 2nd test are fading — with day three wiped out, due to poor weather in southampton. bad light, rain and a wet outfield stopped pakistan from resuming on 223—9 in their first innings. play was abandoned just after 5 o'clock, without a ball being bowled. the conditions aren't likely to improve over the final two days, so we're looking at a draw for this test. england in the three match series 1—0. next to a massive night in the champions league for manchester city. if they beat lyon later, they can seal a place in the semi—finals of the competition, forjust the second time. it could set up a tantalasing encounter with bayern munich, who destroyed barcelona 8 goals to 2 last night. city boss pep guardiola, who four years ago was in charge

of the german champions, isn't getting too ahead of himself. we try to do our best, like all the other teams. we are here. we prepare, we are already prepared to go through, but there are... try to avoid mistakes and that is all. the pressure is always there to try to do our best and, yeah, we will do it. well what can we expect in the last of the champions league quarterfinals? football reporter adriano del monte is in lisbon and gives us his insight into the tournament. what to expect? the unexpected is my answer. these first three games have been anything but what has been expected. thrilling football here in lisbon and of course it is the fourth of the quarterfinals this evening. manchester city are expected to win but i covered the

event is lyon match last week and juventus were expected to progress, that didn't happen. i have covered lyon a couple of times this season, and they drew with paris st germain after 120 minutes, nil nil. they lost on penalties, but from that match, very clear to see that they are strong defence, they have a number of attacking weapons which could... but also can be very strong at the back and they kept the likes of neymar and at the back and they kept the likes of neymarand di at the back and they kept the likes of neymar and di maria out for two hours that night. so i do need to be cautious of lyon and as we have seen in other results, anything can happen. but certainly for manchester city, we are expecting a positive result there for the english side and of course, that would set up one extraordinary semifinal against bayern munich. with celtic‘s match against aberdeen postponed due to players breaking covid rules, there's a chance for hibernian

to move top this evening. they're in action against motherwell. and the game's into the second half... 0—0latest score. if hibs win, they go above rangers, who play tomorrow. bottom side hamilton's losing streak continues, beaten 1—0 by st mirren. an injury time winner for stjohnstone, gave them a 2—1 win away at kilmarnock. and, ross county missed the chance to move temporarily top at least. dundee united coming from behind to beat them. ross county stay third. defending tour de france champion egan bernal has pulled out of the criterium du dauphine, the main warm—up race for the tour, with a back problem. his team mates aren't having a great race. chris froome is down in 65th place as he attempts to prove his fitness, with the tour two weeks away, while geraint thomas is 31st. primoz roglic must be a favourite for cycling's biggest race now — he keeps his 1a—second race lead, despite a crash early in the stage. the race concludes tomorrow — lennard kamna broke away to win today's stage, the biggest victory of the 23—year—old german's career.

the belgian rider remco evenepoel has crashed and fallen several metres off a bridge during the tour of lombardy one—day race. he was attended to by paramedics, and taken to hospital, where he's conscious, and his condition is being assessed. evenepoel was part of a leading group, when the crash happened. the 23—year—old is one of the most promising prospects in road cycling, having already won the tour of poland this year. the race, was won byjakob fuglsang of the astana team, the first danish rider to win the one—day classic. and finally, football agents everywhere are busily negotiating new contracts at the moment— not many will be agreeing to the salary adam nowakowski is getting. he's offered to play for bradford park avenue — forjust one pound a week. wages in their division — the national league north — which is the 6th tier

of english football are often around £400 a week. he says it's to help the club out in the tough financial times non—league football is going through with fans not yet allowed to go to games. but he says his manager was a little surprised? he didn't see it coming. he asked me ifi he didn't see it coming. he asked me if i wasjoking and i said yes, seriously. i want to do this per pound a week. he said right, forms are coming through as soon as we can. i've been really fortunate, so i thought it would be a great gesture to give something back to bradford as a club, but also a good message about how difficult it sometimes can be. i was back at preseason on tuesday night and that whole. .. is like preseason on tuesday night and that whole... is like an extended family, sport and generally is. so i think supporters, fans, the sooner they get back to normality, not financially perhaps, but mentally it will be massive. that's all from sportsday.

hello and welcome to the film review, with me, anna smith. i am filling in for mark kermode's review this week's releases. first up, ba byteeth, an australian comedy—drama starring eliza scanlen, who appeared as beth march in greta gerwig's fabulous little women.