this is bbc news. the headlines at 6pm... novak djokovic wins the wimbledon men's final, beating nick kyrgios in four sets — his 20 first grand slam victory and his seventh wimbledon title. every single time, it gets more and more meaningful and special, so i am very blessed and very thankful to be standing here with the trophy. trade minister penny mordaunt becomes the ninth candidate to join the conservative leadership race — with former health secretaries, sajid javid and jeremy hunt, also declaring in the last 2a hours. in eastern ukraine 15 people died when an apartment block was shelled in the donestk region.

sri lanka's deepening economic crisis: the president says he'll step down after huge demonstrations — the us appeals to politicians to act swiftly. and, temperatures rise around the uk, with scotland recording its warmest day of the year so far. in the last hour, serbia's novak djokoic has retained his wimbledon men's singles title — beating the controversial australian nick kyrgios in four sets to claim his 21st grand slam title. i spoke to chetan as victory was declared. ina in a small little mountain resort in

serbia where my parents used to run a restaurant, i was four and a half, five years old, i saw pete sampras win wimbledon and 92 and i asked my dad and mum to buy me a racket and... realising a childhood dream and... realising a childhood dream and winning this trophy. you know, every single time, it gets more and more meaningful and special, so i am very blessed and very thankful to be standing here but the trophy. i think it has ended how most people suspected it would, because novak djokovic�*s record on centre court has been so formidable. that now is 39 consecutive wins on that court. he hasn't lost at the all england club since 2017. the numbers all around are staggering from novak djokovic, but he did drop the first set. naturally he started a little

nervous, a little edgy and nick kyrgios playing with freedom, playing in his first grand slam final took the first set by six games to four. novak djokovic we saw him do it against him and nori in the semifinals, so good at resetting, getting his game back where he wants it. he's been in this position time and time again, and he really then was able to get the better of nick kyrgios across the next three sets. nick kyrgios yet again to me you mentioned there a while ago that chen tearing away was quite frustrated with his own box for not supporting them out he wanted his support. he called that a woman in the crowd who was frustrating and when he told the umpire about your committee impairs that i don't know who you are talking about, he said well, it's the one who looks like she's had 700 drinks. he was letting those things get to make with the time and again. novak djokovic kept his cool, kept calm, kept composed. a seventh wimbledon title that brings in level with pete, a 21st grand slam title that moves him now ahead of roger fetter a's total of 20, and within

one of raphael the doll�*s grand total if you like, the men's gain of 22, which is the record at the moment. chetan speaking with me earlier. it we apologise for the technical issues with our audio. we will have more and novak djokovic expert state, that is at 6:30pm here on bbc news. the international trade minister, penny mordaunt, has become the ninth candidate to enter the conservative leadership contest. most candidates are focusing on their plans for the economy. the former health secretary, sajid javid, wants to bring forward the 1p income tax cut to next year. both mrjavid and the former cabinet minister, jeremy hunt, are also pledging to reduce corporation tax from 19% to 15%. here's our political correspondent,

david wallace lockhart. and then there were nine. trade minister penny mordaunt the latest to throw her hat in the ring to be the next tory leader. many candidates but one key issue — taxes. former health secretary sajid javid will cut them if he is prime minister, including a tax rise introduced to help the health service when he ran it. if we don't have the tax cuts we will not get growth, if we do not get growth we will not be able to sustain the public services. that is a much greater risk. in all my time in government, i have never come across a decision, especially the big decisions, that don't involve risk one way or the other. his rivaljeremy hunt promises a brexiteer deputy if he gets to number ten and is also pledging tax cuts, focusing on lowering the cost of business. treasury figures show you get about half the cost of corporation tax back because of increased economic activity. if we keep the cycle,

keep the fiscal rules we have but increase the length of the cycle to five years, we can afford these tax cuts. transport secretary grant shapps says there will be an emergency budget if party members pick him. i think it is very important in this cost of living squeeze that people get money back into their pockets, and quickly, so i would bring the tax cut slated for next year forward. five new candidates within 2a hours. chancellor nadhim zahawi is also running, and pledging lower taxes, like others. the field is starting to feel a bit crowded in this leadership contest and it is entirely possible that when senior conservative mps meet here at westminster tomorrow to decide on rules for the contest they decide to introduce a threshold for support from fellow mps that any mp would need to get even to get into the first round of voting. many candidates and more to come, with foreign secretary liz truss expected to declare a bid in the next 2a hours. david wallace lockhart,

bbc news, westminster. well now that penny mordaunt has become the latest mp to throw their hat in the ring, i spoke tojonathan blake about her chances along with how the rest of the race is progressing. she will have to tread a very fine line because she has as you suggests, kept herself at arms length from boris johnson, despite serving in his government as a trade minister and as previous they cabinet experience come as you say, as defence secretary. but that experience will be key. also, with her brexiteer credentials and drawing significant support from across the party, though we have yet to hear what her policies would be... we just got a lunch video, which voices of her, but it's sort of quite a warm image of britain, isn't it? a pledge to serve, but no details. stirring music, beautiful landscapes, you know, a deep voice narrating the video, but very little of her, and i think the point she is trying to make is that this is not

about personality, it's about substance, it's about a serious person putting themselves forward to do the job and her service in the military will of course come into play there as well. she's undoubtedly a key contender. it sort of misleading, isn't it? quite a junior minister, because actually she was before quite senior. yes, and has since sort of slightly faded from view as far as the public may be concerned, but definitely remains a significant voice within the party. it's a very crowded field, they currently seem to be taking chunks out of each other over the question of taxation. we heard from pauljohnson a little earlier, we will not hearfrom him now, butjust from where you sit, how difficult an argument is this, the taxation one? arguably, borisjohnson would quite like to cut taxes but didn't get the opportunity to direct. no. you're absolutely right. taxation is emerging as the key battleground for this contest,

and it is quickly turning into a race of who can cut taxes most and the quickest. there will be arguments and points made about how responsible it is to promise very expensive policy moves from these contenders, but absolutely no doubt that on the conservative back benches, that is, i think, pretty much the number one priority that most mps want to hear from their perspective leader is what they would do to ease the taxation burden, which many conservative backbenchers see as being far too high at the moment. it's most difficult, frankly, for rishi which, is why it is very clear already that the one dividing line between him and pretty much all the other candidates is a promise to cut taxes. he's talked about difficult decisions being honest with people rather than offering fairy tales, which is not too difficult to decipher as code for "i'm not going to rush to cut taxes "particularly quickly," because obviously he has served as chancellor most recently and has, you know, seen fit to keep taxes relatively high

as they are at the moment and not rush to cut them, which he would see as irresponsible. the director of the institute for fiscal studies, pauljohnson, has been taking a look at some of the candidate's pledges on tax. well, of course, tax cuts are always better than tax increases. that is something that we would all generally prefer. but given where we are at the moment, there are two key problems with tax cuts, one is clearly lots of pressure on public spending. huge waiting lists at the nhs and problems with a&e waiting times and so on and so on, as well as, of course, demands for public sector pay increases that at least approach inflation. 0n the other hand, we have got very high levels of inflation, and if you are going to cut taxes and increased borrowing, probably the time you don't really

want to do it is when prices are already rising at 10% or more because that means putting more money into the economy and therefore more pressure onto inflation. i was talking to one conservative mp an hour ago saying, look, tax cuts would be a good thing because it would stimulate the economy and get people spending again, and that will be good for business, but presumably that is good for business unless it adds to the inflationary impact. we want to stimulate the economy but in a particular way. we particularly need the supply chain to get better. what we are not short of at the moment are people spending money, and that is in a sense why part of the reason, at least, why inflation is high is because there is pressure on supply chains around the world and we want to spend our money on those goods, and the prices of those goods is rising. now, i'm not saying that a £10 billion tax cut is going to have any significant effect on inflation, but it is certainly pushing in the risky direction. what we are not looking

at the moment is an economy where there is too little consumer demand. if you push up consumer demand when the supply side has constraints, then you do risk that pushing their into inflation. many of these tax cuts were based on forecasts drawn up when inflation was running at 4%. so now it is 11% or so, certainly heading towards 11%, the question i suppose is can they stand? and what impact does this increase in inflation have on public spending? at the moment, part of the problem is the figures on the public finances are based, as you say, on the spending review that was done last september. that spending review was done when the expectation was that inflation would peak at no more than 11%. so the perception that was that public sector pay, for example, would rise only by 3%—4% this year. now, i think that is pretty impossible now. can we really increase teacher

and nurse pay by three or 11% this year when inflation is at ten or 11%? particularly that they've actually had pay cuts over the last decade. the pressure is on the public finances, and public spending, are much higher than was expected back in september. one of the things i think the candidates ought to be focusing on is, "so what is my view "on public spending? "will i be giving inflation pay raises to teachers, "nurses and so on?" and if i'm going to come how am i going to pay for that? and what do i want to do with the public services? with the health service, with education in to the median turn rather than this very partial focus just on tax, where it is terribly easy to say that we want to cut taxes, but it is much harder to say how we went to reform public services or make public services work in a world in which they may have less money. officials in eastern ukraine say at least 15 people have been killed

and about 20 more are feared buried under rubble after russian rockets struck a block of flats. one side of the five—storey building, in chasiv yar in the donetsk region, was ripped apart.ukrainian officials say russian missile and rocket strikes have caused more widespread damage in towns and cities across the country's eastern and southern regions. 0ur correspondentjoe inwood has the latest. now, at the moment, the russians say they are taking what's known as an operational pause, essentially slowing down their attempted advances, to regroup their forces after punishing assaults of the last few weeks, but that doesn't mean there's been an end to missile strikes and shelling right across ukraine, places like kryvyi rih, zaporizhzhia and mykolaiv have seen strikes over the last 2a hours, and in the town of chasiv yar in the donetsk region there was a strike late yesterday evening, just after nine o'clock. according to the regional governor, a 5—storey building was brought down by a multiple launch rocket system. a number of people have been killed,

some pulled out of the wreckage, and it thought around 30 people are still trapped under the rubble. emergency services are said to be on the scene trying to look for survivors, but it seems, whatever the operational pause the russians are taking on the ground, the difficulties and the trauma for the people of the donbas continues. documents leaked to the guardian newspaper show president emmanuel macron and former eu competition commissioner neelie kroes held a series of private meetings with uber. at the time, the ride—sharing app had been banned in france and sparked protests across europe from taxi drivers who felt their livelihoods were being threatened. as part of an investigation by the international consortium of investigativejournalists, bbc panorama has discovered how uber used political contacts to get what it wanted. richard bilton has the story. when uberfirst arrived in france,

it started a taxi war. but while many cab—drivers were on the streets, the leak shows uber had a friend in government. the documents show that despite uber offering an illegal service, emanuel macron, then minister for economic and digital affairs, agreed to help them change the law. the leak shows uber offered to draft new legislation and thanked mr macron for his cooperation. president macron's spokesperson said it was his job to work with tech companies and to remove barriers. the leak shows how uber went about changing laws and rules around the world. in 2016, the documents show their lobbying and pr budget was $90 million.

90 million is an enormous amount of money. the bottom line is that companies spend that amount of money because they want to influence decision—making. it gives them access. the documents seem to show the company's former chief executives saying violence could be good for uber. when told that uber drivers in france could be attacked, he messaged, "if we have 50,000 riders, they won't and can't do anything." "i think it's worth it, violence guarantee success." a spokesperson for travis denied that he'd ever denied that he'd ever suggested uber should take advantage of violence. across europe, including france, uber muscled into the big cities. but the mp appointed by france's president to deal with uber was not impressed.

how would you, in one word, describe the way uber goes its business? translation: cowboys. they put one foot in the door and then break the door wide open. and once they are in, you are forced to deal with them for better orfor worse. the company says no one at uber has ever been happy about violence and safety is a top priority. uber denies its lobbying secret and adds that engagements with government are now both in line with the law and also transparent. but more revelations are set to be released, showing how uber took over the world. richard bilton, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... novak djokovic wins the wimbledon men's final, beating nick kyrgios in four sets —

his 20 first grand slam victory and his seventh wimbledon title. trade minister penny mordaunt becomes the ninth candidate to join the conservative leadership race — with former health secretaries, sajid javid and jeremy hunt, also declaring in the last 2a hours. in eastern ukraine 15 people died when an apartment block was shelled in the donestk region protestors in sri lanka are still occupying the ransacked presidential mansion after seizing it yesterday. they say they won't leave until president goto—baya raja—paksa keeps a promise to resign. he announced he would step down on wednesday, after protesters stormed his residence and set the prime minister's home on fire. the united states has appealed to sri lanka's politicians to act promptly to resolve their country's economic crisis. washington has urged its politicians to act probably to try to resolve the economic crisis it taken crisis.

they will continue to work with authorities in colombo to try to assist. 0ur south asia editor —— anbarasan ethirajan, is in colombo outside the presidential office. a day after some dramatic developments here in the sri lankan capital colombo, hundreds of people, men, women and families are coming here to have a look at the president's office which was stormed by hundreds of protesters. and these protests have been going on for months. it started as protests against the escalating cost of living. and then, people blamed the government of president gotabaya rajapaksa and the ministers for mishandling the economy. now, president rajapaksa has entered through the speaker of parliament that he's willing to step down, but we haven't heard anything directly from him. the next step for sri lanka is to choose a new prime minister and then president, and that's why politicians are holding meetings throughout the day and tomorrow to see how this political turmoil

can be solved, because the country is facing a crisis, huge crisis. it is bankrupt. they have no money, no foreign currency reserves, which means they are struggling to import fuel, food and medicine. and whoever is going to come to power next, they are going to face the challenge because the loan from imf, the emergency bailout package, it will take months before the money can be transferred to sri lanka. so they have to work out a plan, how they are going to get foreign currency reserves so that they can address the immediate needs of the people here. the south african president cyril ramaphosa has expressed his condolences after 15 people were shot dead in a bar in soweto in johannesburg. a number of other people are in a critical condition in hospital. four people have also been murdered in a second south african city, in the country's east. 0ur africa correspondent, andrew harding, reports.

south african police and forensic experts at the scene of what many here are calling a massacre. gunmen with automatic weapons charged into a busy bar in this poor neighbourhood last night and opened fire, seemingly at random. two women were injured, the rest of the victims were all young men. was it a robbery gone wrong? for now, the police are simply calling it a cold—blooded attack. there is shock here, but only at the high death toll. i think this really does reflect the dire state in which our country's failures is at. we don't have visible policing in this area and there is no electricity in this area, which fuels the crime rate in the country. another four men died last night in a similar attack in a different town, and last month 21 teenagers died, possibly from gas or poison, in a bar in the port city of east london. this is a violent country

at the best of times, but these murders have contributed to a sense of south africa losing its way, wrestling with sky—high unemployment and deepening inequality. andrew harding, bbc news, in soweto. japan has gone to the polls, just two days after the assassination of the former prime minister, shinzo abe. the governing coalition appears to be on track to increase their majority in the upper house of parliament. current prime minister fumio kishida thanked his supporters and said a bill would be presented to parliament to debate constitutional reform. something his late predecessor was in favour of doing. heathrow airport has apologised to people for disruption caused by more flights running late at night. punctuality has fallen in recent months as airlines deal with staffing shortages.

the situation has caused carriers including british airways and easyjet to cancel 40,000 flights over the summer. willie walsh, is the director general of of the international air transport association. he says it should still be possible to accomodate everyone who wants to travel abroad. many airports around europe are functioning perfectly well. there have been some challenges in the uk as well. documented manchester had problems in the early stages. heathrow certainly has difficulties at the moment. they're not meeting their basic standards and it's clear that they can't as they go forward. i think it is right, though, that these cancellations are made early because at least that will allow airlines and their customers to adapt to the revised schedules. so i actually expect people to be able to get away. i think there will be some disruption, but i don't think it's on the scale that we've seen to date. and i believe that there are solutions being put in place. much of the country is currently enjoying a heatwave.

scotland has recorded its warmest day so far , with aboyne in aberdeenshire recording a temperature of 26.7 celsius. the met office has issued a level three heatwave alert for parts of england. from nine o'clock tomorrow morning until friday, temperatures could get as high as 32 degrees celsius. 0ur correspondent helena wilkinson, has this report from southend—on—sea. southend—on—sea, basking in the hotjuly sun. crowds began arriving here from early this morning, hoping to secure the best spot for a day at the seaside. we came from london, an hour away, and we came because it is really hot, so we came to enjoy the beach and go in the water. lovely to come down on a lovely hot day, lovely to relax and chill with the grandchildren. you start getting a bit hot, - so when you go to the beach you can swim in the sea and you cool off. by mid—morning the temperature here had reached 21 celsius. it will get hotter

as the day goes on. the high temperatures will continue next week across most of the country. parents and carers have been reminded to make sure children are well protected. just being a bit careful, making sure there is plenty of shade if they are feeling a bit overheated. short bursts in the sunshine, covering them top to toe in suncream, regular re—applications of that and also having light clothing on top as well. as temperatures rise, heat health alerts have been issued by the uk health security agency. they will remain in place until friday. we are all being reminded to check on vulnerable family, friends and neighbours, and particularly people with dementia. somebody who might have memory loss problems, they often forget to drink, may have difficulties getting up and getting themselves a drink, it means they are more likely to become dehydrated so we really want people to do is check on people they know with dementia,

if you are a carer, a family member or friend, pop in and make sure they can access fluids. for those who enjoy the heat, the advice is to drink plenty of water, don't stay in the sun for too long and apply lots of sun cream. helena wilkinson, bbc news, southend—on—sea. two talented young ballet dancers from ukraine who have escaped the war have been given the chance to pursue their dreams of performing a solo after receiving a scholarship. the girls came to the uk under the homes for ukraine scheme as rachel royce reports. practising her ballet steps — today, a sissonne releve attitude — soffia is just ten years old and comes from lviv. rehearsing the same steps is 16—year—old margarita, from kyiv. both girls will make solo performances as part of the show at the macready theatre, in rugby, later this month. they are doing incredibly well.

after all they've been through, they've integrated, they're learning, they appear happy to be here. they are an absolute pleasure to work with and they seem to be an absolute inspiration to our students. kings ballet academy offered the girls scholarship places after watching the dance on video. they came here under the homes for ukraine scheme and are staying in hinkley. soffia, along with her mother, brother and grandma. margarita is alone with a foster family. i really like the uk. i am safe, i have ballet lessons every day. because of the war in ukraine, i had to come to england to continue doing ballet. but you are missing your family. i am very worried about my family. who you have you left behind, who's in ukraine? my mum and my brothers and dad. the school has high hopes both girls will go far. they've not only got the talent,

they've also shown such grit, resilience and determination, which are key factors in becoming a professional dancer. two talented young girls with a future in ballet, now made possible. rachel rice reporting. at this time of the day on a weekday, for many years can it would've been nationwide, we learn of the death of the long presenting cash long—standing presenter michael barrett who is 94 years old. 0ur barrett who is 94 years old. our best wishes to his family at this time. have a look at the weather now, here is darren. hello again. it's been a hotter day today in strong sunshine. and this evening we have clear skies, sunny skies to end the day and very warm as well. 0vernight, not much changes, clear skies around, hardly any breeze too, temperatures dipping to 11 to 13 degrees. a bit warmer than last night, perhaps, across some

southeastern parts of england. heading into monday, sunny skies for many areas, we'll see the breeze picking up in the far northwest, bringing some cloud into scotland and northern ireland. lots of sunshine again for england and wales. temperatures continuing to climb all the way from southern england through the midlands into yorkshire, could be over 30 degrees on monday afternoon. not quite as warm as that across scotland and northern ireland, nor indeed around some of these coastal areas as well, with some sea breezes. as we move into tuesday, we're going to find the high pressure, bringing the sunshine and the warmth, pushing away by this weather front that's moving down from the northwest. little or no rain on it, but it does introduce cooler, fresher air and push all that heat more towards east anglia and southeast england.