and laura players do on centre court and laura scott is there for you. hello. we have some big names in action today but i must bring you the news that the eighth seed in the matteo berrettini, last year's runner—up, had to withdraw after testing positive for covid. having recently won the queens title, he was one of the favourites to win the trophy. he said he was heartbroken to have to pull out. but today, we have two greats of the game who we were not sure we would ever see playing here again, raphael adele and serena williams, both in action. —— rafael nadal. at first the most dominant player in tennis right now, iga swiatek, she is on really long winning state but has not played on grass, choosing to take a break since winning the french open. nadal will follow her, having not played at wimbledon since 2019 but has had an extraordinary year despite a foot

injury, winning the australian and french opens. and last on centre court is serena williams who has not played a singles match since hobbling off centre court in the first round last year. she said she had a lot of motivation to make sure that was not her last memory. elsewhere, 12 brits in action and an early win for ryan peniston on his wimbledon singles debut. thank you very much, laura. time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. we saw a bit of sunshine poking through the clouds at wimbledon and it is across eastern areas that we have got bright and sunny skies. however, it is a day of weather contrasts and it is not nice everywhere by any stretch, across western areas, thicker cloud on the way in and heavy rain around. meanwhile, to the east of the uk, we have got a heatwave, look at the temperatures, well above normal, even into the mid 40s across parts of southern italy. that is because the high temperatures are caused by a big ridge in thejet stream which

sort of blocks the weather from moving in from the atlantic and sadly for us, we underneath the trough, so that encourages an area of low pressure to form and it is this area of low pressure that will be with us for the whole of the rest of the week, bringing rain or showers to many. it will be an unsettled period for the next few days. today, the wettest weather is working across western areas of scotland, rain getting into western areas of england and wales through the afternoon and quite gusty as well, gusts of around 30—110 mph. central and eastern england bright with sunshine and the rain easing for northern ireland to a mixture of sunshine and showers. for many, temperatures a bit below par but in the sunshine across eastern areas, feeling pleasantly warm with temperatures of 22 a may be 23 celsius. overnight tonight, this band of rain moves across from wales into central areas of england and eventually reaches the east towards the end of the night. a few showers out west. temperatures, about 12—15, so it will be quite a mild start to the day tomorrow. we start off with

a band of rain across eastern scotland and eastern england which clears away pretty quickly and then we will be looking at a day of sunshine and showers. some heavy showers and thunderstorms for scotland but there showers tending to line up across parts of south—west england where we will see some thundery downpours and for some, there could be quite a few storms. across eastern england, fewer showers and a better chance of staying dry and again higher temperatures, 22 or 23 degrees the top. wednesday night, another band of rain clips eastern england and it clears away for thursday and again, it is a showery kind of day. all the while over the next few days, the wind will get a bit lighter which is probably good for how the weather feels but it means there showers, where they full, will become quite slow moving and again, some will be heavy with hail and thunder. temperatures, similar, about 18—23. as we get towards the end of the week and into the weekend and into next week, the pressure starts to rise and the weather will settle down with more in the way of dry

conditions with sunshine and generally, it should get a bit warmer. forsome, temperatures generally, it should get a bit warmer. for some, temperatures back into the mid 20s next week. that is the latest. that's all from the bbc news at one. i'll be back on the news channel at five. on bbc one now, it's time for the news where you live. ifa good afternoon, it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. your latest sports news. there's no doubting who the crwods are queuing for at wimbledon this afternoon with serena williams and rafa nadal on crentre court — of it all. plenty to see today — but for matteo berrettini fans who had been due to play on court 1 this afternoon.. wee not going to see him we could see has tested

wee not going to see him we could see has tested positive wee not going to see him we could see has tested positive for wee not going to see him we could see has tested positive for covid and on instagram he posted a short statement saying he is heartbroken to withdraw from the championships. the dream is over for this year but we will see him next year. here is playing well on the grass. he has come from hand surgery but he will not be here. last year's runner—up. it reminds us we are playing the championships during the pandemic. there is not mandatory testing here at wimbledon following the government guidelines. numbers are currently up in the uk. it feels really open. a player had to pull out earlier today because of injury. let's bring you what is happening at the moment. court three. but in�*s player. here is born in york. he says he is heavy for all of the

antics. he will play the straight man today. such a state game. he says he has got to be in the top five of the favourites and you would not bet against him pulling off a comeback here. continuing with the british players, success story. he came into our consciousness in this grass court season. the wimbledon singles debut for him. he is through. 64—63, 6—2. he reached the fourth round here before but really on a run at the moment. you would not bet against him. continuing to impress us here at wimbledon and just one more update on the british players. disappointment, iam afraid, for one player. she had a tough day. good grass court player

but credit to her. she took the first set 6—4. winning the second and third sex— four, 6—4. still so much to look forward to on court. the world number one is about to get under way against her opponent and then serena williams and nadal is playing as well. we will speak to a little bit later. what a great day they have got four a centre court if have got tickets. looking forward to that. watching the world number one warming up on centre court right now for those with tickets. for now let's move the cricket. england women face south africa in day two of the one—off test at taunton. yesterday the hosts were defied by a superb century from south africa's marizanne kapp. all—rounder kapp made 150, the highest score by a south african woman in test cricket, before being dismissed by england captain tammy beaumont.

formula 1 has condemned three—time world champion nelson piquet for using racially abusive language about lewis hamilton. the 69—year—old brazilian, who won the world title in 1981, 83 and 87 used a racially offensive term in referring to hamilton on a brazilian podcast. the seven time world champion has responeded on social media saying: "it's more than language. these are archaic mindsets need to change and have no place in our sport. i've been surrounded by these attitudes and targeted my whole life. there has been plenty of time to learn. time has come for action." that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport police in india have arrested a journalist who has been a vocal critic of prime minister narendra modi's government.

mohammed zubair is the co—founder of fact—checking site altnews and has a huge social media following. he's been accused of insulting religious beliefs on twitter but many opposition leaders and journalists have condemned the arrest. they say it's a clear attempt by the hindu—nationalist government to clamp down on those who expose hate speech. our south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan has more. as you mentioned just then, mohammed zubair is one of india's most prominent muslim journalists. he co—founded a fact checking website which called out misinformation and fake news cold old news. and he has a huge social media following. he has been in the past a very vocal critic of the prime minister's hindu nationalist government. now, we note he was arrested on monday. now,

reports say this actually dates back to a complaint over a tweet that was posted by mohammed zubair in 2018 when he commented on the renaming of a hotel to the hindu god and somebody complained. a hindu nationalist complaint, we understand, saying that it offended his religious sensibilities and, from what we have heard, that is why he has now been detained. he is accused of offending religious sensibilities here. now, this also comes after he recently retweeted some post relating to the nationalist spokesperson who made offensive comments about the prophet muhammad and when he shared those tweets there was a lot of outrage from hindu nationalists but opposition parties here saying this is an attempt by the government to target anyone who calls out hate

speech. this is a pattern that some people including to one that's supporters have been saying which is that in recent years since this party came to power in 2014, there have been more arrests of journalists and anti—government activists. there have been other journalist who spent months and months injail. they say journalist who spent months and months in jail. they say they have done nothing wrong. in so many people say this is part of a trend now where you have human rights groups questioning the freedom of basic speech here in india which, of course, is the world's largest democracy. huge concern around the arrest and detention because of the context here in recent years, there has been an increase in hate crime and hate speech against muslims and of course the police maintain that there is rs has been done under proper process. we have got some baking is to bring you right now. the president of mexico says that 22 mexicans are among the dead found in that trailer in texas. the abandoned

lorry was discovered close to the border with mexico with the bodies of 46 people believed to be migrants, inside. the fire chief in the city of san antonio described finding stacks of bodies after someone heard a cry for help. 16 survivors, among them four children, are being treated for exhaustion and heat stroke. the united nations secretary—general has said the world's sees are in crisis. he was opening a conference that will discuss the devastating effects of pollution and climate change on the oceans. more than 7000 delegates are attending the conference in portugal. oceans cover 70% of the planet's servers generating over half of the world's oxygen. they also have a vital role in the fight against climate change since they absorb 25% of all carbon dioxide

emissions. yet, all that is in jeopardy if global temperatures continue to increase as expected. and cause sea levels to rise with them. at the opening of the united nations ocean convince the head of the un issued a stark warning urging the un issued a stark warning urging the world to stop treating its waters like a rubbish dump. you might be facing what i would call an ocean emergency. 0ur oceans are issuing an sos. they are struggling, heating and acidifying. corals are dying. coastal ecosystems such as mangroves, sea grasses and wetlands are being degraded. fisheries are being depleted and the ocean is choking in plastic waste. that message was echoed by thousands of

gas to travel to portugal along with environmental leaders like the us climate envoyjohn kerry as well as heads of state from 20 countries. they came from places like sao paulo, napa, california. canada. oslo. the star of the blockbuster film aqua man also made an appearance. he was named the un environment programme's advocate for life below water. you make the time now is to act. our ocean is in trouble. we combine ambition, dedication, we can change these outcomes. leaders plan to adopt a political decoration at the end of the conference. current pages says the conference. current pages says the un chief i still not enough to turn the tide. a murder victim's mother who campaigned to bring in helen's law has described the death of her daughter's killer is a great

relief. ian simms served 31 years for the murder in saint helens on merseyside. he maintained his innocence. marie mccourt said she now hopes that someone connected to ian sims will come forward and reveal where he had the body following his death. it has been 34 years since 22—year—old helen mccourt was killed as she walked home from work in billinge in merseyside. she was murdered by former pub landlord ian simmons. he has always refused to say what he did with her body. the has always refused to say what he did with her body.— did with her body. the part that u sets did with her body. the part that upsets me _ did with her body. the part that upsets me is... _ did with her body. the part that upsets me is... i— did with her body. the part that upsets me is... i can't. -

it is my daughters and i want them back. the conviction of helen mccourt�*s murderer made history. simms was one of the first people in the uk convicted on dna evidence without the discovery of a body. helen's mum marie petitioned for many years for helen's law to deny parole to killers who refused to reveal where their victims' remains are, but delays caused by brexit and the general election meant the law was enacted after simms was released. he will now take the secret of where helen is to his grave. but marie still hopes that new information could lead her to her daughter. greg mckenzie, bbc news. if you years ago holograms with the stuff of science fiction and now

they have been used to help teach medical students in cambridge. the new technology means trainee doctors can make decisions without the fear of risking someone's life. our science correspondent was given exclusive access to see the holograms in action.- exclusive access to see the holograms in action. from the outside it _ holograms in action. from the outside it looks _ holograms in action. from the outside it looks like _ holograms in action. from the outside it looks like some - holograms in action. from the | outside it looks like some kind holograms in action. from the i outside it looks like some kind of bizarre drama class until you can see what these doctors are seeing. i'm just going to look at the patient�*s pupils and they seem to be equal and reactive to light. a holographic patient with severe asthma. treating her is a new doctor. maybe give her some salbutamol? under the watchful eye of trainers connie and ruby. and if you're struggling, just say, i need a hand. this world first mixed reality technology is the future of medical training. hi, guys, i've been a doctorfor two years, and in future i want to be a surgeon. throughout medical school we had situations where patients would come in as actors, and obviously with the pandemic hitting, a lot of that pivoted to tablet—based interactions

because obviously there was a risk to patients. but if we had something like this, this would really take training to a bit more interactive and realistic level. it's being developed by an american technology company, cambridge university, and doctors at addenbrooke's hospital, who made sure it was as realistic as possible. it feels very much more that you are connected to the scenario, and when you feel this patient, and when you see the visuals, when you see their neck muscles straining, you see the way that they are breathing, the trained eye of the doctor will tell a lot from how a patient's chest rises and falls. and we spent a lot of time trying to get that exactly right. if you step back one step and come around this way? her head is here. ok, yeah. so, johnny, this is kind of mixed reality, isn't it? so you can see the patient, for example, sitting next to me, but you can also see me in real life and you can see steve the cameraman as well. does this allow students, do you think, to fail more dramatically?

this is what we want to do, we want people to understand they are in a safe space, to be able to feel psychologically that they can make an error and no one is going to criticise them for it. our session wasjoined from the us and malaysia, but the system lets doctors anywhere train remotely. what excites me is using it for something like a c—section, when in developing countries that procedure can literally be a life or death procedure because doctors aren't sufficiently trained. so basically, they don't have to have the visors, they can train with a mobile phone? they can train with nothing more than their mobile device. now the plan is to sell the system around the world, with some of the profits ploughed back into the nhs. richard wescott, bbc news. we will hear from ben wallace next.

there is nothing wrong with hearing your criticism and your critique. indeed, the commander is foolish to ignore the old scotsman at the back of his tab at the back of the country to tell you you are going in the wrong place. for many years this conference has been pondering land power in the 21st—century. russia's invasion of ukraine in 2014 is a harbingerfor the future invasion of ukraine in 2014 is a harbinger for the future of so many previous events with such similar titles have obviously passed through these walls. we can no longer afford to just ponder. together we these walls. we can no longer afford tojust ponder. together we must these walls. we can no longer afford to just ponder. together we must act and act fast. and general patrick sanders is the right man to mobilise the army in order to do so. it was a much younger lieutenant colonel patrick sanders lecturing in 2008

after a particularly demanding tour in iraq commanding a group who emphasised the importance of combat cohesion, the realities of attrition, implication of the media environment and the remark on moral of the british soldier which only grows higher the closer they get to danger. in 2014, as a lowly major general he was back to stress the army's our purpose is protecting the national interest on that for all conflicts are ultimately resolved and as a need and expect sovereign political choice and options with the division one of the cornerstones of hard power without which soft power is simply... in one of those politicians, i agree. power is simply... in one of those politicians, iagree. and it power is simply... in one of those politicians, i agree. and it is what we need from today. my mission and your role in it, if you will, our job is to protect people and that will always require presence on mine so long as that is where people

live. just as you always have to go to war with the army you have, not the army you would like because even today, we can't predict where off when it might be. so we must mobilise to deter, contain, with the forces that we have now. the odds of it being a war in europe have shortened almost as much as the timeline act. we cannot protect the british people or our allies with transformation strategies and glossy equipment brochures. while it is true that the army must not become blinkered, fixated on a single priority, countering russian aggression is neither unique to european challenge nor solely for armoured formations. the army must contribute to the defence of our values and interests, manifested as the international rules —based system that has kept us safe and prosperous for three quarters of a century and do so wherever it is threatened. the threat is global,

above and below the open conflict. so i take the mobilisation to be the ruthless prioritisation of readiness and relevance. and to be relevant you must be modern, forward—looking and prepared to challenge the often deeply held doctrines too often bordering on nostalgic. too many times in the army in recent years we have seen form before function and kneejerk reactions to change. we have also forgotten the premium of being forward and present in the world. my determination to shift from emphasis on war fighting contingency to persistent presence for containment, positional strategy of deterrence by denial for both geographic and infant spaces must

not become anotherfalse geographic and infant spaces must not become another false choice of one approach of another but a deliberate rebalancing. we must always be ready to fight wherever position and whichever domain, and in doing so, contain the kremlin�*s aggression because it is increasingly clear that president putin cannot be deterred by threat of punishment or the costs imposed upon his people. as ministers told me himself and i was in moscow earlier this year, no one can suffer like the russians. it was almost a paribas pride in that suffering. and i believe that is what establishes us and our allies from picton�*s regime. we serve our people to prevent suffering while they exploit innocent people suffering in the service of imperialist ambitions. putin must be contained. sealed off from their sources of influence, funds and technological capability. he and his government must also be made to be utterly transparent, they shone through them and every one of their lies and corrupt practice, every moral deed exposed to the world and the russian people. as they too suffer from such tyranny. we will not be able to deliver this unless we are honest about our own historical failures

unless we are honest about our own historicalfailures in unless we are honest about our own historical failures in army leadership, the ministry of defence, and yes, and political leadership. and i have seen it from all perspectives. it was a summer morning injuly 1991 perspectives. it was a summer morning injuly1991 when me and my fellow young officers on platoon commanders but of course were summoned onto the drill square to be told details of options for change. the government of the day's response to the end of the cold war. i was lucky. my regiment was losing just a single battalion, it was not disappearing altogether. some of those around me, fresh out of sandhurst with new regimental berries, were not so lucky. in 1991 the world had reason to be optimistic put of the soviet union

had collapsed, al-qaeda wasjust optimistic put of the soviet union had collapsed, al-qaeda was just a glimmer in the eye of the small villages cohort in china had not yet appeared in the world stage. it was right for the government of the day to review the defence spending and the defence posture is. and, yes, that meant treasury seeking a peace dividend and exchange the decades of investment in large static formations in germany. the problem was and is that successive governments, both labour and conservatives, have kept coming back for that dividend. they had gone from being investors to corporate raiders. which is why i was pleased when this prime minister reverse that trend by investing £24 billion on a record settlement. i am now the ministerfor on a record settlement. i am now the minister for over six years what about have been briefed and informed of our adversaries intentions and plots and capabilities in almost a daily basis but above 8007000 of secret or top secret documents over the last few years. i'm intimately aware of the threat we face in the direction of that threat. security obviously prevents me from showing the details of many of these documents and intelligence reports. but i can say, however, that the mainstream of consistently underestimating russia's appetite for aggression almost forgotten al-qaeda, wrongly, missed the rise of china and comforted ourselves that cyber is at least out of sight and therefore out of mind of the average voter. outside the world of

defence, that could be true. apply to many people not in the circle of the reading. we have done our best to meet some of that, the national cyber security centre, investments in new defence capabilities. but not in new defence capabilities. but not in resilience across government as we have seen an covid has exposed. valley meet our commitments we have also made some good decisions in order to maximise our outputs. we are, like many in europe, treading a fine man, however. defence has become a constant competition between capabilities and mass, between capabilities and mass, between one domain or another. and commitments have been made without a

real honesty as to the cost of 20 years down the line. take, for example, the aircraft carriers. announced by funfair by gordon brown in 1998 and completed 20 years later. the early stages, there is no honesty as to their financial cost, opportunity cost of required enablers and what that would mean for the rest of defence for a long time. and like so many projects, and else will pay further down the line. that lack of realism has impacted right across our armed forces. in mind, too many army leaders and politicians focused on platform numbers while meeting the rising costs by hollowing out elements. the sacrificial dry docks and maintenance facilities. how many tanks or ships you have if you have no space or ammunition? what is the point of demanding more brigades if the ones you have do not possess sufficient defence? how long to be thinkable last? there are many lessons and there will be many more to come. some of the lessons, in fact, prove many of the defence command papers. for example, helping countries with invisible gains by not only training but assistant are equipping. it was a new was sent to

train ukrainiansjust a week equipping. it was a new was sent to train ukrainians just a week or two before the russian invasion. and future soldiers, while reducing inventory units did it invest more. when the premise took the decision to invest in 2020 he broke with convention and recognise the need to reverse the decline. it was a strong start and now we are investing more than £43 billion in the army's new equipment plan over the next decade. the next challenge is to ensure that we spend such an investment in the right place and use the resulting equipment in the way. there are too many examples where war gaining has exposed our inability is only to be ignored because the result was inconvenient. i am delighted patriotism at this critical time. i know he is the at the right time for the british army and i have always said that as a threat change so must

the funding. if government responded every time the nhs had a winter crisis so must they when a threat to the security that underpinned a way of life increases. sometimes it is not about what dividends you can take out but what investment in people can put in. too long france efficiency savings you the list. starting to increase. right now, russia is the most direct and pressing threat to europe martyr to our allies, and to these shores. i am serious when i say there is a very real danger that russia will lash out against wider europe, but in these days, of long—range missiles and its telco distance is no protection. as the chief of general staff so quickly pointed out this morning, the threat has changed. as the prime minister and its leaders are addressing today in madrid, so must our response. russia is not our only problem. and china with ready to challenge its rules and democracy, terrorism on the

march across africa,