hello, there, and welcome along to the programme. england midfielderjude bellingham has been officially presented to real madrid fans, after signing for a reported $111 million. his first club, birmingham city will receive a small share of that. the 19—year—old said he had goosebumps when he was told the spanish giants wanted him. he became dortmund's youngest captain, at 19, and was named the bundesliga's player of the season for the last campaign. john watson has been in madrid for us. applause. jude bellingham, introduced for the first time as a real madrid player. thank you so much for being with us... a move he says he couldn't turn down. gracias. not many players get the opportunity to play at such a brilliant club, such a historic club, so, yeah, i feel really grateful. i don't think about money at all when i make these kind of decisions. i never have, i never will. i play the game

purely out of love. that maturity stems from the guidance of father mark, and mum denise, who have been instrumental in steering their son from his roots in stourbridge, birmingham, to one of the biggest stages in world football. his departure from boyhood club birmingham city, three years ago, to borussia dortmund made in the most expensive 17—year—old in history. having now established himself as a regular starter for his country, it is no surprise there was excitement among the fancy turned out to welcome him. welcome! welcome to madrid! i like the idea of this - being out of my comfort zone, if you like. it would maybe have been an easy option to go backl to england, my native country, and live there and play - there in the premier league, but it'sjust i couldn't turn. down real madrid, really. it again shows the maturity bellingham possesses, and whilst the madrid supporters here will demand success, there is a feeling he will be able to deal with the expectations placed

on such young shoulders, with the footballing world now firmly at his feet. john watson, bbc news, in madrid. bellingham was one of england's top performers at last year's world cup, but will miss their nations league match against malta on friday, due to injury. the midfielder has been vocal in his praise for his national boss, and the england manager gareth southgate spoke about the transfer, ahead of the game. a wonderful day for him and his family, first and foremost, and a brilliant opportunity for him. it's about what happens next, but he should enjoy and will have enjoyed today, i'm sure. it's been great. he's wanted to be with us. we actually were able to have quite a lot of time with him, not this week, but the week before, because he was in at st george's, we have been looking after him, and he was very keen to be in with the squad,

as well as do some of his rehab with us, so it was nice to have him around. he's going into a new world, a completely different environment, but what a fantastic opportunity for him. england manager gareth southgate, there. well, another england midfielder who could be on the move over the coming weeks is declan rice. west ham have rejected an initial bid from arsenal, which had left them unimpressed, as it contains a number of clauses. sources at west ham do expect other offers from their london rivals. spain sealed their place in this year's nations league final, with a 2—1win over italy in their semifinal. joselu got the winner, two minutes from time. ciro immobile struck italy's equaliser from the spot, early in the first, after spain took the lead, through pino. spain, who lost the 2021 nations league final to france, face a croatia side, bidding to win their country's first international trophy. the former scotland, manchester united and leeds defender, gordon mcqueen, has died, at the age of 70, after a battle with vascular dementia.

manchester united said the club was deeply saddened, and that flags were flying at half mast at old trafford. mcqueen�*s most famous international goal came at wembley, when his header helped scotland to a 2—1win over england, sparking a pitch invasion by the tartan army. he was diagnosed with vascular dementia last year, and his family believe his condition was linked to years of heading the ball. chris mclaughlin looks back at his life. he was a scottish football icon of the 1970s and early 80s. commentator: gordon mcqueen! cheering. as well as his 30 caps for scotland, he turned out for st mirren, leeds and manchester united. two years ago, it was confirmed he was suffering with dementia. today, his daughter, the broadcaster hayley mcqueen, said the family were heartbroken, adding...

she has campaigned for changes to the laws around heading the ball, something she is sure led to her father's condition. the fa and scottish fa have introduced limits to heading in training, and more research is ongoing. for now, those who played with him will take time to remember him. he was very, very funny, very sharp—witted. you don't end up playing, at the time, you don't end up playing with leeds united and manchester united and scotland if you're not a good player. he was an exceptionally good player. a much—loved family man, and a scottish sporting great, who fought for everything on the pitch, gordon mcqueen�*s final battle is over. gordon mcqueen, who has died at the age of 70. it's almost time for one of the oldest rivalries

in sport — england versus australia, for the ashes. 140 years after it began, the two sides will meet on friday at edgbaston in the first test. australia hold the urn, but they've not won a series in england for 22 years, as our sports reporter patrick gearey reports, from birmingham. if the ashes is one of sport's greatest stories, then it comes beautifully illustrated. this is a contest that highlights the character, resilience and brilliance, ecstasy, empathy, and the canvas is there to create more of those moments this summer. the picture is not quite how england had planned. there have been injuries in the build—up. moeen ali, retired from test cricket, has had to be coaxed back. some of the personnel have changed. the strategy won't. just by watching england practise, you get a sense of how they want to play the game. this is all about attacking and instinct, and not fearing failure. it's an approach that makes you question everything you thought you knew about test match cricket. captain ben stokes, together with coach brendon mccullum, have brought about this

revolution in little more than a year. it's won them plenty of matches, and having pressed the accelerator, there's no sign of them engaging reverse. we have now found a way for us, as a team, to get the best out of ourselves, as a collective, but also as individuals, and i think the message, around "are we still going to be "playing like this against the australian attack or any other attack?" just sort of needs to be knocked on the head, because we've found a way that works for us. but here comes the problem — australia are on the charge. their fast bowlers are fearsome, their batters often awesome, and they're newly crowned world test champions. yeah, we feel like we've played really well over the last 18 months, and not only do we have series wins to show for it, now we've got the world test championship, so i think it's a moment in time where you look back and show that our best is as good as anyone else's in the world. the really great ashes moments come when both teams are strong. that mightjust be

the case now. the story goes on, a new page awaits. patrick gearey, bbc news at edgbaston. plenty to look forward to there, for sure. there was a moment to remember at the us open in los angeles, for frenchman, matthieu pavon. he became the first player from france to card a hole—in—one, with a 124—yard effort on the 15th. pavon finished the day at 1—over. rickie fowler shot an 8—under 62, the lowest round in us open history, with ten birdies and two bogeys. but, just moments later, his round was matched by fellow american, xander shauffele, who also finished his opening round on 8—under. full details of the first round on the bbc sport website, at the ususal address. at the usual address. now onto tennis, and andy murray reached the nottingham 0pen quarterfinals with a 6—3,

7—5 victory over france's hugo grenier, to cap a record—breaking day for british tennis. murray claimed his first title on home soil since wimbledon in 2016, with his win at surbiton last week. he is ranked 44th in the world, and trying to secure a top—32 seeding for wimbledon. the victory came after katie boulter, harriet dart and jodie burragejoined heather watson in the women's last eight, the first time four british women have reached the quarterfinals of the same wta tour event. that's just about it from us, for now. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye.

hello, there. the last day of the working week promises to be another largely fine, dry and settled one for most of us, but we are looking at some changes taking place to our weather, all because of this area of low pressure, sitting out in the atlantic, very slowly edging towards our shores. it's going to continue to destabilise the atmosphere across western areas, so, through the morning, we'll see a bit of cloud here, certainly across the southwest, cornwall and devon, into wales, northern ireland. some western parts of england could start to see some showers developing. some of these could be heavy and thundery, but the vast majority of scotland, central and eastern england, another dry, sunny one. warmer along the east coast, along north sea coasts, and we could be up to around 27 or 28 degrees. as we head through friday night, it looks like those showers, thunderstorms, trundle their way northwards into southern and western scotland. further showers pushing into wales and the southwest, but central and eastern areas, once again, staying dry, and a mild night to come, certainly across the west. some chillier spots under clear skies in the east.

the weekend, then, looks a bit more unsettled. we'll see increasing chance of showers, even longer spells of rain on sunday, and for most of us, it's still going to feel quite warm, but not as warm as it has done. so, for saturday, then, a bit more cloud around, generally, but again, lots of sunshine, central and eastern scotland, central and eastern england. most of the showers will tend to be across the south and the west, and again, some of them could be heavy and thundery. temperatures reaching highs around 25 degrees, a little bit lower out west, because of more breeze, and certainly more cloud and showers, and as we move into sunday, it looks like this weather front will push across the country, bringing areas of thundery rain and further showers. so, initially, it'll start dry, with some sunshine in central and northern areas. but these showers and longer spells of thundery rain across england and wales, northern ireland, will start to migrate their way northwards into central and southern scotland, later in the day on sunday. so, because of this, temperatures won't be quite as high — still above the seasonal norm, but we're generally into the low—to—mid 20s. and then, beyond sunday, into next week, it looks like low pressure will stick close by to the west of the uk, constantly bringing a feed

of showers, but there will be some sunny spells in between. best of that sunshine will tend to be across southern and eastern areas, where, once again, it'll turn quite warm. but further north and west, temperatures will be a bit closer to the seasonal norm. take care.

live from washington, live from washington, this is bbc news. this is bbc news. a shipwreck off the southern a shipwreck off the southern coast of greece leaves 79 dead coast of greece leaves 79 dead and hundreds more unaccounted and hundreds more unaccounted for, including scores for, including scores of children. of children. nato's defence chiefs vow nato's defence chiefs vow more support for ukraine more support for ukraine as the country makes as the country makes slow progress in its slow progress in its counteroffensive counteroffensive against russia. against russia. and the uk privileges committee and the uk privileges committee releases their long—awaited releases their long—awaited report into former prime up to 100 children may have report into former prime minister borisjohnson. minister borisjohnson. hello, i'm carl nasman. thanks forjoining us. we begin in greece, where up to 600 people could still be missing after a fishing boat carrying migrants sank off the southern coast on tuesday.

doctors treating survivors say