world compliance. that has been world leading as well. so that is why... it is not hancock cosmic half hour, but that is why the previous story was so worrisome —— hancock's. you are right, the german chancellor angela merkel would like to see eu wide quarantining of people coming from the united kingdom, whether they are british or not, and that is not because she is trying to be mean. it is because there is real fear about the delta variant, it's seen as this huge surge, nearly 40% down at 50% in a week in the uk, and although that is not trading at all, thank god come into debts or very much at the moment into hospitalisations, to go from 1000 2002 over 11 thousand is very concerning —— thank god, deaths. that is what angela merkel, president macron are concerned about. certainly the german

chancellor would like to see as much distance as possible and quarantining as possible to avoid what is for the moment in france... france do not want to see the delta variant and more people die from that to stop what esther, angela merkel is coming to this country next weekend — we'll be going through all the tests that benedicte is talking about with the g7. she will be coming to see borisjohnson, will be coming to see borisjohnson, lunch at chequers and all that. do you get any sense that there is an attempt going on at the moment to rebuild relations between the eu and london? we saw a bit of flavour with the british irish council meeting this week, first time in two years, when the irish were saying, look, i think the british and eu need to talk to each other and are talking to each other. there is a sense of an attempt to improve the

atmosphere. i an attempt to improve the atmosphere.— an attempt to improve the atmosphere. an attempt to improve the atmoshere. ~' , ., ,., atmosphere. i think there is to some extent. i think— atmosphere. i think there is to some extent. i think what _ atmosphere. i think there is to some extent. i think what was _ atmosphere. i think there is to some extent. i think what was really - extent. i think what was really interesting was when we had this issue _ interesting was when we had this issue towards the beginning of the year. _ issue towards the beginning of the year, when the vaccine roll—out was really _ year, when the vaccine roll—out was really going — year, when the vaccine roll—out was really going pretty well in the uk and there were lots of problems on the continent. the uk government was relatively— the continent. the uk government was relatively restrained, and he did not lean — relatively restrained, and he did not lean into that situation or try to flame — not lean into that situation or try to flame it. _ not lean into that situation or try to flame it, and, here, with this, we have — to flame it, and, here, with this, we have had _ to flame it, and, here, with this, we have had a few more mixed messages, because we had boris johnson — messages, because we had boris johnson saying today that he thought the holidays strategy that was called — the holidays strategy that was called for by angela merkel was in some _ called for by angela merkel was in some ways some kind of retaliation

or response — some ways some kind of retaliation or response to the vaccine situation at the _ or response to the vaccine situation at the beginning of the year, and when _ at the beginning of the year, and when downing street was asked about that, they— when downing street was asked about that, they very much did not go there — that, they very much did not go there. they were saying that it is down _ there. they were saying that it is down to — there. they were saying that it is down to individual countries to decide, — down to individual countries to decide, so— down to individual countries to decide, so i do think downing street is aiming _ decide, so i do think downing street is aiming for diplomacy on this, and obviously— is aiming for diplomacy on this, and obviously with that visit in mind, because — obviously with that visit in mind, because it — obviously with that visit in mind, because it won't be very convivial if ministers — because it won't be very convivial if ministers are taking issue with the eu _ if ministers are taking issue with the eu overtheir if ministers are taking issue with the eu over their travel policy. a brief the eu over their travel policy. brief last word, benedicte, on that. are you optimistic on that?- are you optimistic on that? about better relations _ are you optimistic on that? about better relations with _ are you optimistic on that? about better relations with continental. better relations with continental europe? yes, because it is in all

our interests to collaborate. we have got so much more in common, although some people like to dwell, notjust politicians, on what we have not gotten common, so let's see what common ground we can find and that's reason prevail, and if holidays can be had, and i do think people, and i am certainly double jab, and many people are in this country now, i think it is time for there to be a different consideration for them, so, yeah, long dated don't act live holidays if we can have them and particularly if we can have them and particularly if some of us who have not seen our families can see families further afield. that is so important for us. i was talking to a german earlier who has two older sisters. he would desperately love to get home and visit them. esther and benedicte, think you very much. i know you will be back with us at 11:30pm. tojoin us for that. we will have more front pages by then, although i suspect

they will be similar in tone. there seems to be one story tonight that the papers are pursuing. but we have an interesting one on children and their covid status. do stay with us for that. good evening, i'm tulsen tollett with your sports news — and we start with athletics, where the tokyo dream is over for mo farah. the four—time olympic champion had one last chance to make the games injapan starting next month when he raced at an invitational meeting in manchester tonight. the 38—year—old had been battling a minor ankle injury as he attempted to qualify and defend his 10,000 metres title, but he missed the mark required by 20 seconds despite winning the race. that's all you can do as a human being. you give it all and that's what you haven't. i have had a wonderful career, i am very lucky to

have had that long career i have had, and i am very grateful, but now that's all i had today. 0nto football, wales are continuing their preparations in amsterdam ahead of tomorrow's euro 2020 last 16 match against denmark. wales reached the semifinals at the last euros, but captain gareth bale says the team isn't thinking about how far they can go this time. we arejust thinking we are just thinking of the next game. we don't need to be dreaming about anything other than playing the game tomorrow, i think. we have had experience in the past when we know to take each game as it comes. that's the most important thing for us. yeah, we'rejust looking for to tomorrow's game. we don't need to look for past that, a very good denmark team, and we will be doing all we can to try to stop them. no fans are allowed to travel to amsterdam from the uk for the match, so wales supporters will be in the minority. we've been speaking to some based in the netherlands who'll be able to attend the game. i feel like i have ifeel like i have to be there

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who was appointed at the start of last year, against a combine all stars team, but it ended in a 26—24 defeat for them. england's women, though, are also preparing for the world cup. they ran in 11 tries — including this one by hollie dodd — in a 60—0 victory over wales, who were competing in their first international test. and there was one game in super league tonight, with fifth—placed hull fc coming from 10—0 down at half—time to beat huddersfield 17—10. wimbledon begins on monday, but simona halep will not be there to defend her 2019 title due to a calf injury. the 29—year—old had been at the all england club this week, raising hopes she'd be fit. but she was unable to recover from the injury she sustained earlier this year, which also forced her to miss the french open. the draw for wimbledon took place earlier, and there are some exciting matches to look forward to, including the return of andy murray. he'll face the 24th seed nikoloz basilashvili in the first round. murray, who was beaten by italy's matteo berretinni in

the second round at the queen's club last week, will play his first singles match at wimbledon since 2017. he had to rely on a wild card after his ranking dropped outside the top 100 due to injury. 0nto cricket. jos buttler will miss the rest of england's white—ball series against sri lanka. he led them to a comfortable win in the first t20 game on wednesday but picked up a calf injury during that match and missed yesterday's second win. there's one more t20 tomorrow, followed by three one—day internationals. dawid malan has been added to the 0di squad. max verstappen was quickest in both practice sessions ahead of this weekend's styrian grand prix in austria. the championship leader was a third of a second quicker than anyone else at the red bull ring. tomorrow's qualifying will be tough session for valtteri bottas, who's been given a three—place grid penalty for spinning his mercedes in the pit lane. his team—mate and world champion lewis hamilton was fourth.

idid not i did not really have too many big problems today. happier with where we got the car to. i've been working flat out all week trying to understand where i want to put the car, and i'm hopeful that the hard work starts paying off soon. the tour de france starts tomorrow in brittany — 2,121 miles of racing over 21 stages. slovenia's tadey pogacar is the defending champion, but there's been a british winner six times in the last nine years. geraint thomas is part of a strong ineos grenadiers line—up and he's looking to regain the yellowjersey he won in 2018. the second round of the women's pga championship in atlanta continues, with england's charley hull in the clubhouse on five under par. she was one under for the day. you can get full coverage on the third women's major of the year by heading to the golf page on the bbc sport website. and there's loads more on the

website as well. but that is all your sport for now. good evening. friday brought us a real mix of weather types. for some areas, some sunshine broke through, in other places we kept the cloud and the outbreaks of rain. this was the picture in whitby on friday, where it was a much cooler day, about 12 degrees cooler than we had during on thursday. looking ahead towards the weekend, spells of sunshine on offer, also a few showers around on saturday. more persistent rain in the south is likely to arrive on sunday, but things will turn drierfurther north. at the moment, we've got this slow—moving frontal system, not particularly active, still bringing in quite a bit of cloud around for the rest of this evening and overnight too, and a few spots of rain for northern england. one or two heavy downpours, could be the odd rumble of thunder, particularly across parts of wales and also into the west midlands.

further south, you should stay mostly dry. most places staying in double figures as we head to the early hours of saturday. the weekend's weather then is going to be dominated by the fact that we still got this slow—moving area of low pressure close to the south. it's not going to be a particularly active weather front on saturday but it is going to bring us a fair amount of cloud certainly. less breezy than it was on friday, still some drizzly rain here and there. particularly through parts of northeast england, southeast scotland. a few showers also breaking out through wales, midlands later in the day. elsewhere, some spells of sunshine especially towards parts of england and wales, northern ireland also seeing some sunshine, as is the northwest of scotland, but still quite cool — 13 or 1a for scotland, up to about 22 degrees in the warmer spots down towards the southeast on saturday. as we head towards the second half of the weekend, still a little bit of uncertainty about the detail into sunday because we've got this frontal system, this area just pepping up the rain across parts of southern and southwest england on sunday. looks like initially the rain could be affecting the isles

of scilly, cornwall as well and then spreading further east, anywhere south of the m4 corridor, but there could be a bit of rain to the north of that too. most other parts of the uk avoiding the wet weather for much of the day, some sunnier spells, and it will feel warmer on sunday compared to saturday for scotland and northern ireland. temperatures up to about 21 or 22 degrees. it remains unsettled particularly in the south as we head through the first half of the new working week. most places looking a little bit drier and a touch warmer as we head towards the end of this coming week. bye for now.

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