like tech. we start with cricket, and the final day of the first ashes test between england and australia at edgbaston, where the start has been delayed due to rain. there'll be no play before lunch, with australia chasing down a target of 281 when play resumes, a target similar to that of the famous test in the 2005 series where england managed a win, and both sets of players are aware of the similarities. it was being played yesterday on the big screen, so we were aware it was around 280 odd. hopefully, it doesn't get as close as that, hopefully we get a few wickets early because that will do much for the heart, with it?— heart, with it? this is the kind of cricket we _ heart, with it? this is the kind of cricket we want _ heart, with it? this is the kind of cricket we want to _ heart, with it? this is the kind of cricket we want to play, - heart, with it? this is the kind of cricket we want to play, we - heart, with it? this is the kind of cricket we want to play, we want| heart, with it? this is the kind of i cricket we want to play, we want to play tight _ cricket we want to play, we want to play tight series. it is exciting to

be a _ play tight series. it is exciting to be a part— play tight series. it is exciting to be a part of. there will be nerves. there _ be a part of. there will be nerves. there are — be a part of. there will be nerves. there are probably a few similar things— there are probably a few similar things in— there are probably a few similar things in that, but hopefully this time _ things in that, but hopefully this time it— things in that, but hopefully this time it doesn't go down to ten or 11 and we _ time it doesn't go down to ten or 11 and we don't need to worry about me putting _ and we don't need to worry about me putting my— and we don't need to worry about me putting my pads on. i give it a crack— putting my pads on. i give it a crack if— putting my pads on. i give it a crack if i — putting my pads on. i give it a crack if i have two.— putting my pads on. i give it a crack if i have two. crack ifi have two. french police are searching — crack ifi have two. french police are searching the _ crack ifi have two. french police are searching the headquarters i crack if i have two. french policel are searching the headquarters of the organisers of the paris 2024 olympic games. a spokesperson has said that paris 2024 is co—operating fully with the investigator to facilitate their investigations. it is not yet clear what prompted the raids. reports suggest that financial police are involved as part of a probe into suspected corruption. more on that story over on the bbc sport website. there was a busy night of football in european championship qualification on monday, where england thumped north macedonia 7—0 at old trafford.

the arsenal forward scored his first international hat—trick, gareth southgate's men made it four wins from four in group c. marcus rashford, harry kane and kalvin phillips were also on the scoresheet on a very comfortable night, but southgate was full of praise for saka's performance. to see the joy on his face. he is such a popular member of the team and so humble. works incredibly hard and so humble. works incredibly hard and of course talented. he has been finishing like that all week. it was an outstanding performance. when he broke into the team at arsenal, what struck us was in a team that were having a difficult time, he was performing at a really high level. then when the team were playing well, he was still a key player and performing at a high level, that says a lot about his mentality, his ability to deal with pressure, and thatis ability to deal with pressure, and that is the environment we are in all the time. he is exceptional to work with.

elsewhere, france continued their perfect start to qualifying with a win over greece in paris. kylian mbappe scored the only goal of the game from the penalty spot. that was his 40th international goal and made it four wins from fourfor the french — who are six points clear at the top of group b. you can find all of monday's results on the bbc sport website. they include a 2—0 defeat for wales away to turkey, which leaves rob page's side in an uphill battle to qualify for next summer's tournament in germany, while northern ireland's hopes are all but over after conceding a late winner to kazakhstan in belfast. chelsea have confirmed the signing of french international christopher nkunku from rb leipzig for a fee of £52 million. the 25—year—old has signed a six—year deal with the blues and becomes new manager mauricio pochettino's first signing since taking charge. nkunku scored 16 goals in the german bundesliga for leipzig last season, also helping his side to back—to—back german cup wins during his four—year spell with the club. the grass court tennis season is here — the second day

of the queen's club championships in london resumes shortly, with world number two carlos alcaraz and five—time queen's winner andy murray due to be in action. cameron norrie is already through. the world number 13 reached the final at queen's in 2021 and he came through in straight sets against miomir ketsmanovic of serbia on monday. norrie won 6—4, 7—6, to seal his place in the last 16. elsewhere, at the halle open in germany, world number three daniil medvedev continued his wimbledon preparations with a straight sets win over american marcos giron. medvedev cruising to a 6—4, 6—3 win and he'll take on serbia's laslo djere in the last 16. one other tennis line to bring you — former world number two anett kontaveit will be retiring after wimbledon due to a back condition. the estonian announced her decision on social media, stating that the problem "does not allow for full—scale

training or continued competition" and said that the third grand slam of the year would be herfinal—ever tournament. if kontaveit is 27, she's has won six wta titles and her best grand slam result came at the australian open in 2020, where she made the quarterfinals. and how about this for 14—year—old brady nelson — a moment to cherish for a lifetime as the chicago white sox signed the teen to a one—day contract. brady has been battling an aggressive form of brain cancer for the last three years, and has been scheduled for surgery in the next few days. he was able to bond with the team take part in training drills in the lead up to the white sox's game with the texas rangers on monday. i remember, there will be no play before lunch at edgbaston today in the first ashes test.

a man charged with the murders of three people who died in attacks in nottingham has appeared in court. he is accused of killing 19—year—old student barnaby weller and... phil mackie is live in nottingham forest. phil. , , phil. this was the first appearance of crank or — phil. this was the first appearance of crank or at. _ phil. this was the first appearance of crank or at. he _ phil. this was the first appearance of crank or at. he did _ phil. this was the first appearance of crank or at. he did appear - phil. this was the first appearance of crank or at. he did appear at. of crank or at. he did appear at nottingham court at the weekend. the next hearing will be until september, there will be the next chance for any pleased to be entered in this case. he is accused of the murders of three people, two first—year students at nottingham

university, and 65—year—old school caretaker ian coates. he is also accused of three attempted murders. he gave his name in court as adam mendes, something he said on friday when he was at magistrate court for the first time. we heard some comments from thejudge the first time. we heard some comments from the judge presiding the first time. we heard some comments from thejudge presiding in the case today. he thanked the families of the victims for their utmost restraint following what happened last week. member of mr coates was my family were in and he said there are a number of people in today profoundly affected by this case. can i say, you have shown the utmost strength and dignity? the

next hearing here at the crown court will be in september. a provisional trial date was set for next january. i want to show you some of the pictures from the covid inquiry taking place in london at the moment. the former chancellor george osborne will give evidence to the covid—19 inquiry today. he was the chancellor under david cameron, who gave evidence yesterday — and denied that his government's austerity policies damaged the uk's ability to cope with the virus. the treasury had done some work on what the impact of the influenza plan would be. there is a hit to gdp, and expected period where much of the workforce might be absence from work for a week or two. tragically in that case there would be a high mortality rate. the treasury basically have the structures to deal with that because

there are already sickness benefits, already structures available for companies to pay people who are not working. in the exercise that had been done before i came to office there was a very specific supply chain issues which have been established if there was an influenza pandemic around things like the impact on the travel industry and the like. given what subsequently happens, it was a very small scale. this you can continue watching this on the live page on our website. watching this on the live page on our website-— our website. you have all the details there. _ our website. you have all the details there. the _ our website. you have all the details there. the former - our website. you have all the - details there. the former chancellor george osborne giving evidence to the inquiry. prosecutors in romania have filed formal charges against the controversial influencer andrew trade, his brother, triston, and two romanian associates. the charges include rape, human trafficking and forming an over organised crime

group as well as illegally accessing a computer system, and violence against one of the alleged victims. the indictment says that at the beginning of 2021 to four defendants formed an organised criminal group to commit human trafficking in romania and in other countries such as the united states and great britain. it name seven alleged victims who said they were recruited through false promises of love and marriage. let's cross live to our correspondent who is outside the court in bucharest. it has taken several months to get at this point. tell us more. it several months to get at this point. tell us more-— tell us more. it is taken about six months to — tell us more. it is taken about six months to get _ tell us more. it is taken about six months to get at _ tell us more. it is taken about six months to get at this _ tell us more. it is taken about six months to get at this point. - tell us more. it is taken about six months to get at this point. as i tell us more. it is taken about six. months to get at this point. as you outlined in the introduction, what we know from the indictment as it is quite a wide—ranging set of charges. it spans notjust crimes allegedly committed here in romania but also in the uk and the us. we understand that the human trafficking charges a

continuous charge of trafficking, meaning there are several different incidents under that umbrella charge. you mentioned seven alleged victims. we are told to information coming out from the organised crime unit here that they are believed to have been recruited by the brothers with false promises of love and marriage and then forced to produce pornographic material. we are also getting a bit of information about the sort of assets that were confiscated from the tate brothers. 15 properties, luxury cars, luxury watches and a large amount of money, including 300 million us dollars in crypto currency. including 300 million us dollars in crypto currency-— including 300 million us dollars in crypto currency. thank you. you can see the pictures _ crypto currency. thank you. you can see the pictures on _ crypto currency. thank you. you can see the pictures on the _ crypto currency. thank you. you can see the pictures on the side - crypto currency. thank you. you can see the pictures on the side of - crypto currency. thank you. you can see the pictures on the side of your| see the pictures on the side of your screen there, where you can continue to follow that's on the abc news website. now time for a look at the

weather. hello, again. the weather today has been pretty unsettled this morning. we've had heavy rain pushing up from the south. it's continuing to journey northwards and eastwards through the rest of the day. it's courtesy of this weather front here, which eventually will push away into the north sea. behind it, we're looking at a mixture of sunshine and showers, but still some heavy bursts of rain before it does move away and around the showers we'll have gusty winds, some large hail, but, of course, we won't all catch a shower — many of us having a dry day with some sunshine. temperatures fresher in the north — 16 degrees in lerwick, but up to 24 or 25 as we sweep down towards the south—east. through this evening and overnight, eventually a lot of the showers will fade. we'll hang onto some in the west and under clear skies there will be some patchy mist and fog forming. it's going to be another humid night, as well, with temperatures falling between 11 and about 14 degrees. into tomorrow, we start off with a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine, but showers really will get going across northern ireland, scotland and northern england,

where once again they could be heavy and thundery, interspersed with some sunshine. come south and we're looking at sunshine and showers, as well, but perhaps just not as many. sea breezes developing in the south—west, with temperatures up to about 25. if you're off to glastonbury, it might be a little bit wet underfoot on wednesday, but there will be a lot of dry weather in the forecast, even up to sunday. it is going to increasingly turn warmer and also more humid. for thursday, we do have this ridge of high pressure building across us settling things down, but you can see weather fronts waiting in the wings that are going to be coming our way a bit later. so a lot of dry weather. any mist and fog that's formed overnight quickly dispersing and then we'll see a few showers develop, mostly in the west, but we will have a weak weather front in the south—east, so here we could catch one or two showers. temperatures 15 to about 26 degrees, so you can see, just slowly, these temperatures creeping up. thursday into friday, eventually we do see the clutch of weather fronts coming into the west, introducing some rain

across some western areas. same on saturday too, its the west that's more likely to see the rain. for the rest of us it will be a bit more settled. so we've got the rain on friday, but as we move through the weekend, although there'll be some showers in the forecast, it is going to turn warmer. live from london, this is bbc news.

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