but i would still pick round four. she will be back tomorrow but today it is the turn of the british men and on centre court, the british number one dan evans will play some and notjust from a sporty family but a sporting dynasty. the young american sebastian korda spent last night in his hotel room watching his sister when golf�*s women's pga championship and then later andy murray plays the tenth seed denis shapovalov. his chances will largely depend on how he has recovered from the epic five set match two nights at that he has been playing best under the roof so far, will it be another friday night under the lights to remember?— another friday night under the lights to remember? could be a long niuht for lights to remember? could be a long night for everyone, _ lights to remember? could be a long night for everyone, thank _ lights to remember? could be a long night for everyone, thank you, - night for everyone, thank you, laura. the latest from wimbledon. time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. it might look like ijust popped over to the caribbean, chance would be a fine thing! this from, or

earlier, looking glorious. it is a day where most of us will see some sunny spells breaking through. we have a very weak weather front, just a lump of cloud across northern ireland stretching across the isle of man. could see the odd bit of rain. showers and thunderstorms have broken out in southern scotland and northern england. that is where they will be most widespread today. the north of scotland, turning much cloudier this afternoon. we may see some patches are rain pushing on here as well but otherwise a day of sunshine and showers. a few showers and thunderstorms in eastern england. temperature is generally a bit higher than we have seen over the last few days, about 18—20 in the last few days, about 18—20 in the north, 23—20 for possible further south. overnight tonight, the showers clear northwards but later in the night, we will see some rain, and it could be thundery, moving into parts of england and wales, where it will be a warm night. the mist and fog patches. freshman scotland and northern ireland, 11—13 you're low. this

weekend, the weather could cause some problems. widespread downpours around. first of all, we get this band of thundery rain pushing northwards and is a close, the showers that they're moving to england could dump 30 millimetres of rain in the space ofjust one hour from a few of the biggest storms. that is enough to cause localised surface water flooding. worse that is enough to cause localised surface waterflooding. worse in that is enough to cause localised surface water flooding. worse in the south—west. this is where the winds come together in this convergence zone, locking a line of thunderstorms to affect the same area for hour after hour. worst case scenario, we could see 40—80 millimetres of rain building up. a months worth of rain are possible in a few hours, that would cause some flooding issues. the showers will be widespread, pushing further northwards into scotland and northern ireland as well. the euros, quarterfinals, england ukraine in rome. temperatures still in the mid 20s when the match gets under way. and for sunday, more rain on the way. rain in southern counties of england, elsewhere a way that it a day of sunshine and heavy showers. you can see how widespread the

downpours are. some of the heaviest in scotland, northern ireland and the north west of england and wales. those storms could bring some localised surface water issues. there will be gaps between the shower so it won't be raining for all of us by the whole of the weekend. there will be drier and brighter weather at times. wet and windy weather pushing into early next week on monday and tuesday and showers slowly thin out later on in the week but the weather stayed unsettled and could have up to your problems this weekend. ok, thank labour narrowly holds on in the batley and spent by election. keir starmer says the party is back. and thatis starmer says the party is back. and that is all from the news at one. enjoy your weekend, whichever spot you are watching.

the squad all trained earlier with no reported injuries. this will be england's first match in the tournament away from wembley so no home crowd. waiting for them is our reporterjohn watson who is already in rome. that won't matterfor gareth southgate, willie? i in rome. that won't matter for gareth southgate, willie? i don't think so. good _ gareth southgate, willie? i don't think so. good afternoon - gareth southgate, willie? i don't think so. good afternoon from i gareth southgate, willie? i don't - think so. good afternoon from rome. southgate has been very clear that they will not worry about external factors, i'll be at the stadium is a different one, the fans as well. there will be reduced numbers here, very different to the atmosphere at wembley in that brilliant victory over germany. all he is worried about is a performance from his team. the temperature here and the climate might be a factor. that will be very different to what they have experienced before. about 30 degrees

here in rome at the moment. it could be between 27 or 28 degrees for kick off tomorrow. so he might be aware off tomorrow. so he might be aware of that and that is something that is coming to the thinking of the squad and the coaches with regards to managing their workload and the training schedules off the back of what has been a long domestic season. this is theirfourth what has been a long domestic season. this is their fourth game what has been a long domestic season. this is theirfourth game in the tournament so far. but i think, as we know, he has a lot of talented players on the bench which he can draw upon. if players will tire in these conditions tomorrow evening, he can make changes and it could be jayden sancho, jack relish is making a name for himself in this tournament with the way he has assisted with some goals already. ukraine will suffer as well. they looked a little leggy when they faced austria in their final group game. they had that top 120 minutes which went to extra time against sweden, with that late goal. the

second latest goal in the history of the european championship. they will tire as well, and i think it is fair to say they don't have the same strength on the bench that gareth southgate can choose from with his. that said, he will not underestimate the opposition and he has shown that he hasn't done that so far and he seems to be getting all of those big calls right so far in this years tournament.— calls right so far in this years tournament. , ., ~ ., ,., ., tournament. john watson in rome. thank yom — tournament. john watson in rome. thank you. let's _ tournament. john watson in rome. thank you. let's take _ tournament. john watson in rome. thank you. let's take you - tournament. john watson in rome. thank you. let's take you from - tournament. john watson in rome. l thank you. let's take you from rome to wimbledon outweigh british number one dan evans will be in action this afternoon ahead of andy murray. but with the latest on the women's singles we can go to our reporter. the sun is out, the hottest day we've had so far at wimbledon and plenty for the british wants to look forward to. the british number one dan evans and andy murray in action later. it took her into the third

round. let's dip into what is happening at the moment. this is over on court one. the former us open champion sloane stephens is in action, potential surprise brewing there. she has broken and is 5—2 up in the first set. we have talked about sloane stephens two challenges this year. she lost both her grandparents to coronavirus but she found good form of late and she hopes she can turn this around. over on centre court, meanwhile, before dan evans and eventually andy murray turn up. the first arab to win a title. taking on the 27 wimbledon champion. it is early days in that one. she had a chance to break.

elsewhere, the 2020 french open champion has continued her good run at these championships beating. at these championships there champion has continued her good run at these championships there is a lot of interest around her. she was clear favourite at the french open until she went out earlier than a lot of people were expecting. uncertainty about how she would do on grass, but boy has she adapted really well between that short period of time between the clay and the grass. the eighth seed is through. she. through. if the grass. the eighth seed is through. if it reached a quarter final of a through. if it reached a quarter final ofa grand through. if it reached a quarter final of a grand slam. the number two seed looking well in control at the moment. francis dfo created that big story opening round but he has gone out in straight sets, knocked out. in the doubles, jamie murray.

he is through to the next round after an opening round win for him. if you want to keep up to date with wimbledon, we have coverage across the bbc and updates on the bbc sport website. that's it for now. i am allowed to keep it on in the newsroom, aren't i? i allowed to keep it on in the newsroom, aren't i? ithink it would be mandatory- _ newsroom, aren't i? ithink it would be mandatory. yes. _ newsroom, aren't i? ithink it would be mandatory. yes. thanks - newsroom, aren't i? ithink it would be mandatory. yes. thanks very - newsroom, aren't i? i think it would i be mandatory. yes. thanks very much. good afternoon. _ be mandatory. yes. thanks very much. good afternoon. you _ be mandatory. yes. thanks very much. good afternoon. you are _ be mandatory. yes. thanks very much. good afternoon. you are watching - be mandatory. yes. thanks very much. good afternoon. you are watching bbc| good afternoon. you are watching bbc news. forthe good afternoon. you are watching bbc news. for the next 20 minutes we will turn our attentions to some of the days without main stories. we will start with the in florida. so far, 18 people have been confirmed dead and 140 people are still unaccounted for.

on a visit to the scene yesterday, us presidentjoe biden said he was still hopeful of finding life in the rubble. sophie long has this report. how are you? president biden thanking the rescue workers who've been searching for survivors day and night. he also spent time with the families affected, who he said are going through hell. they had basic, heart—wrenching questions. will i be able to recover the body of my son or daughter, my husband, my cousin, my mom and dad? how can i have closure without being able to bury them if i don't get the body? what do i do? jill and i want them to know that we're with them and the country's with them. when i saw the video, my heart was ripped from my chest because that's the moment i saw my mom and my grandmother die. so it was very difficult. and that's all i see now when i close my eyes.

now, pablo tries to hold on to memories of happier times. in the days that have passed since the building where his mother and grandmother lived crashed to the ground, rescue teams have been working around the clock, painstakingly removing rubble, searching for survivors. it is a dangerous and demanding task, both physically and emotionally. we are human beings and we are dealing with human beings beneath the surface. and we know that we look for them and we do the best to get to them. but still, the thought that under all this concrete, all this steel, there is a person, maybe a little boy that is buried there, it's very difficult to fail to understand. the families of those still unaccounted for have been to visit the site. and some have told me that seeing the homes that they used to visit reduced to rubble with their own eyes, is helping them now to start to prepare for the worst. all of them, though,

have one question — how long? how long can someone possibly survive in there? it's a question no—one can answer, but they were able to see what's being done to reach those trapped in the twisted metal and concrete before the hope they cling to fades completely. sophie long, bbc news, surfside, miami. the parents of teenage motorcyclist harry dunn have given evidence against the woman suspected of causing his death in 2019. charlotte charles and tim dunn flew to washington dc earlier this week ahead of legal proceedings against the suspect, anne sacoolas. david willis has this report. harry dunn died after a car travelling on the wrong side of the road hit his motor bike outside raf croughton in northamptonshire. the driver, anne sacoolas, pictured here on her wedding day, was charged with causing death by dangerous driving but fled the country and claimed diplomatic immunity. officials here have

refused to extradite her. last month, at the g7 summit in cornwall, borisjohnson reiterated to president biden his desire to see justice done, and there are now plans for ms sacoolas to attend a virtual civil trialfrom her home in the state of virginia. with the process gathering pace, harry's parents have come here to give evidence under oath. there has got to be a proper end to this. there's got to be justice of some description. this cannot be just left as it is. we will keep going. we will keep going, even if it takes us forever, we will keep going. are you any more confident after today justice will be served? yes, absolutely. you know, like i said, everything we do is a step in the right direction. so, we are confident that what we are doing will all go towards getting justice for our boy. it is nearly two years since harry dunn's death, and his parents know they may have to wait another six months

before they get their day in court. david willis, bbc news, washington. australia is halving the number of people allowed into the country from overseas, following leaks in its covid quarantine system. the weekly intake will be cut to around 3,000 people — and residents remain banned from leaving the country. nearly half the population — more than 12 million people — are now under stay—at—home orders. from sydney, shaimaa khalil has more. if you are an australian stranded overseas, this is not the news you wanted to wake up to. from the middle ofjuly, the already very complicated journey for thousands trying to get home is about to get more difficult. to temporarily reduce commercial passenger arrivals, to all major ports by 50% from current caps, to reduce the pressure on quarantine facilities due to the increased risks of the delta strain of the virus.

australia already has very tight border restrictions. anyone who comes in has to go into hotel quarantine first. these have been the two lines of defence for the country and what has allowed it to contain the spread of covid—i9, but they have not been without controversy. many, especially those separated from their families, have criticised the border closures. they have also criticised the government making exemptions exemptions for athletes or celebrities at times. others have asked how long this can go on for, how sustainable it is for australia to effectively seal itself off from the world? there have also been virus leaks from hotel quarantine and they have resulted in a number of outbreaks here. and of course there is the delta variant. it is spreading far quicker than anticipated here and is posing a big challenge for health officials around the country. the biggest cluster is here in sydney where i am, we are going into our second

week of lockdown. this is a completely different picture in a country where only a few weeks ago life seemed to be going back to near normal here. things have changed quite quickly. what makes things quite difficult as well is the lower rate of vaccinations. less than 8% of the population have taken the vaccination. and there are a number of reasons for this. yes, there is complacency because australia has done so well. there is hesitancy among some people. but there has also been a lack of a consistent, urgent government message for people to get vaccinated. there has been a number of issues with supplies, especially for the pfizerjab and mixed messaging around the astrazeneca vaccine and which age groups should go for it. all of it makes for a confused, shambolic picture when it comes to the vaccine roll—out. this is what the government

is trying to change right now with this four—phase pathway to zero covid. because as it stands australia the covid—i9 success story is looking rather vulnerable. with the rapid growth of renewable energy and electric vehicles in recent years, it's no surprise the demand for the metals they rely on, is soaring. but could the answer lie deep underground in cornwall? our science correspondent rebecca morelle takes a look. heading underground into cornwall�*s south crofty mine. we are about 120 metres below the surface right now and we are actually beneath the surrounding water table. all you can see here is basically the sheet of mineralisation that was mined. work stopped decades ago, but these

caverns could soon open up again. anything with an electric connection has teen in it so all of these objectives and uses that we are using to get to this carbon—neutral economy required him to some degree. to have that domestic supply on your doorstep, it makes sense to see this mine into production.— doorstep, it makes sense to see this mine into production. above ground, new methods — mine into production. above ground, new methods of _ mine into production. above ground, new methods of mineral— mine into production. above ground, new methods of mineral extraction i new methods of mineral extraction are being trialled. lithium, essential for batteries, is abundant in the south—west. this borehole reaches about a kilometre beneath my feet, where there are lithium—rich rocks. as the water down there washes over them, the mineral seeps out into the brine. that is brought back up and i have got some of the liquid here and it is from this that the lithium is extracted. the project is currently at the pilot stage. the aim is to have it entirely powered by renewable energy to make the process carbon neutral. right now, lithium comes from australia and south america,

but the company thinks it could eventually supply around a third of the uk's future lithium needs. a typical mobile phone has about two or three grams of lithium in it, whereas an electric vehicle can have up to 50 kilos, so it really is a huge step change in lithium demand and that is why there is the need to look for it in places where we haven't looked for it before. two pieces of rock here that are both lithium ore. - the world bank estimates we will need a 500% increase in the global production of lithium by 2050. we should work towards a circular economy where we just _ recycle the metals we use, but at this moment in - time we can't do that. it's just the growth is too fast, it's too rapid, and to hit- the target of net zero, _ we need those technologies now, so i think it's inevitablel we will continue mining. but mining in the future will have to be different to minimise and repair any environmental damage. experts say a green revolution is pointless unless the planet is protected in the process. rebecca morelle, bbc news.

news coming through from the metropolitan police in the last few moments. the police are telling us that a man who. last night in central london has died. this is a 60—year—old man who has died and he was stabbed near oxford circus tube station at around eight o'clock yesterday evening. the met is calling this a random and unprovoked attack. a detective chief inspector quoted says, this is being treated as an unprovoked assault. we are not looking for anybody else. they have already arrested someone. they would like to reassure the public that it is not believed to be linked to terrorism. a25—year—old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and possession of an offensive weapon,

but we are now hearing, sadly, that a 60—year—old man has died in hospital. the met goes on to say at length acted really wants to hear from anyone who witnessed that, in particular anyone who might have mobile phone footage or dash cam footage from a car, for example. they are also saying they would like to speak to two young men who intervened to stop that man who was subsequently arrested. they are described as two young men with skateboards and they would like to trace those two young men who intervened to try and help as well. but that is coming through from the metropolitan police. a60 man dying of mac after that attack near oxford circus in central london yesterday evening. canadian authorities are battling wildfires —

after the extreme heatwave that's hit the west of the country. on tuesday — the town of lytton recorded canada's highest ever temperature of nearly 50 degrees celsius. leading climate scientists say the unprecedented heatwave is almost certainly a consequence of global warming. from edmonton — brandy yanchyk reports. the hotter temperatures across western canada have led to destruction — in the small western canadian town of lytton in british columbia when a wild fire broke out causing an evacuation and then destroyed most of the town and damaging a nearby hydropower station. it set a record of 49.6 celsius on tuesday. the previous high in canada was 45 celsius. in british columbia, at least 486 sudden deaths were reported over five days. according to the bc coroner's service that is nearly three times more than usual over that period. this prolonged, dangerous and historic heatwave has also affected the province of alberta. daytime high temperatures have been above 30 degrees celsius. in edmonton on thursday, which was canada day, residents flocked to spray parks,

trying to cool off. so there have been some deaths in bc and any time you have people that end up passing because of something like a heatwave, which is avoidable with getting inside, with hydration, you know, it really hurts, and of course we don't want to see that sort of thing happened. sort of thing happen. amy has a new baby, and says it has been really hard swaddling her child in the hot weather and getting her to go to sleep. this is unusual for edmonton. i always ask myself in wintertime why i still live here, because when it is —30, ijust want to stay that it is a 70—degree difference from -30 — to plus 40 is crazy. the high temperatures have been hazardous for those who are homeless. earlier this week, the city of edmonton activated its extreme weather response, where police officers give out bottles of water to vulnerable people they come across. volunteers likejulie have also been driving around giving out water and pizza.

it gets extremely hot - and there are people out here, they don't have food, _ water or shelter, and it is so sad. so we are delivering water and pizza to as many people as we can get - so we are delivering water and pizzaj to as many people as we can get to, and hopefully that helps them a bit. this hot weather has really surprise people here in western canada. it is very unusual and people are not prepared. many do not have air conditioning and they are covering their windows, using fans and moving down to the cooler basements. this weekend it says it is going to be cooler in the forecast and people are looking forward to that break and hope that this hot weather is not a sign for temperatures for the future. a woman from jozi is hoping to become the first person in the world to have swum the english channel six times in six decades. he won first made the crossing back in 1975 and she is already the oldest person to

do the double, trimming to front and back. alison must have been following her training. this is my spiritual home. i have spent most of my life swimming around this bay. for all my channel swims, i've done loads of my training in this bay, and it's just my home. it feels like it's my home. one last time for sally minty—gravett to anchor her in the record books. the only person in the world to swim the channel six times in six decades. herfirst was in 1975. there was a double in 2016. and this could be the last. sally's husband, charlie, died last year. this is in his memory. it heralds the end of an era. this has now turned into a memorial swim for him. i am doing it for him and it will still be iconic and it still will be my retirement swim and i am hoping we will get it done and it willjust be perfect.

in the world of endurance swimming, sally's name is legendary. the messages of look come from far and wide. it is hard for me to comprehend somebody actually undertaking a swim across the english channel every single decade of the past six decades. so i want to wish you the very, very best of british look. go for it, girl! you'll make it. you're amazing. i am so excited for your upcoming six—decade english channel swim. i i know it is going to be absolutelyl amazing and i cannot wait to follow along and track you. just wishing you all the best for your swim coming up. it is absolutely amazing what you have done in the swimming community, inspiring hundreds and hundreds, if not thousands of people to get in the water. so absolutely amazing. good luck in the water again. avoid those jellyfish, and we will see you on the other side. the challenge starts in dover. a support team in a boat by her side in the water for 21 miles as sally

swims to the french coast. a record awaits. i am just going to keep my arms moving until i run out of water. that's what i'm going to do! because that's what you have to do. fantastic. good luck. here is the weather. it may look like i'vejust stepped out into the caribbean, but i haven't. the sun try from earlier today in cornwall. today is a day where most of both will see brighter skies, sunshine pushing on. we have thicker cloud. this diagonal loud is an old weatherfront thicker cloud. this diagonal loud is an old weather front bringing interesting weather and a sticker crowd approaching the north of scotland. that is likely to bring outbreaks of rain to northern scotland over the course of the day today. that diagonal i showed you could bring the spot of rain to north wales, north—west england but otherwise sunshine and showers. most widespread and heaviest in the southern uplands, far north of

england and eastern areas of england and a warmer day. between 20 and 2a degrees. overnight in eye, shower is coming and going but this area of thundery rain moves up from the south—west. quite a muggy night. some mist and fog patches developing across england and wales. fresh in scotland and northern ireland with lows of around 13 degrees. the weekend, a disturbed spell of weather with widespread downpours. thundery rain pushing northwards followed by showers. they could bring 30 millimetres of rain in the space ofjust one hour. enough to bring localised surface water flooding but worse still across the southwest where winds converge and lock this line of showers into the same kind of area and along this line, particularly across parts of south—west england, we could see something like a0 to 80 millimetres of rain in one or two areas. enough to cause a potentially nasty flooding. one month worth of rain in

the space of a few hours. can be just coming down a little bit. highs, highest teens to low 20s. saturday, england are playing ukraine in the quarterfinals of the rows. after a warm day, those temperatures could be down into the mid 20s for the time of kick—off. sunday, not better. another day of widespread heavy showers and thunderstorms. the heaviest working into western areas, western scotland, may be northern ireland, the north west of england and wales think heavy downpours as well. gaps between the showers but overall it is a rather disappointing looking weekend and next week wet and windy for monday and tuesday, showers gradually easing later in the week.

this is bbc news, i'm victoria fritz. the headlines... the labour leader, sir keir starmer, welcomes victory in the batley and spen by—election — the party won by just 323 votes. what a really important victory for batley and spen, of hope over division and decency over hatred. the case is to be dropped against two former soldiers facing murder charges from northern ireland's troubles, including from bloody sunday, in 1972. angela merkel is due to discuss covid travel restrictions with borisjohnson on what's due to be herfinal visit to the uk as german chancellor.