not all good news for australia, though. spinner nathan lyon is a doubt for the rest of the series after suffering what's been described as a "significant calf strain" on day two at lord's. he arrived at the ground earlier on crutches and cricket australia say "a decision regarding his availability for the remainder of the series will be made at the conclusion of the game". defending wimbledon champion novak djokovic could face the man he beat to win the title last year in the quarter finals this time around. nick kyrgios is in the number 2 seeds section of the draw, while number one seed carlos alcaraz starts againstjeremy chardy. i've been speaking to our tennis correspondent russell fuller, who started by reflecting on the women's singles draw. i think, given the fact that three players have dominated the women's game this year, the interesting thing is that we have a minor baccanale, the defending champion, and marina is a blank, the australian champion, in the same half of the draw, while the raw number one finds herself on the other half. mind you, she's not

having the best preparations for wimbledon, she's been able to win a couple of matches at the tournament in germany but has pulled out of her semifinal today because she said she had a restless night and may have had a restless night and may have had a restless night and may have had a bout of food poisoning, which is farfrom ideal when had a bout of food poisoning, which is far from ideal when she will have to play for the first time on the monday. to play for the first time on the monda . �* �* , ., ., monday. and in the men's draw we had this sense because _ monday. and in the men's draw we had this sense because of— monday. and in the men's draw we had this sense because of carroll's - this sense because of carroll's graphs regaining the world number one spot that him and novak djokovic would be kept apart, but plenty of otherjuicy first would be kept apart, but plenty of other juicy first round would be kept apart, but plenty of otherjuicy first round matches later down the line as well as my —— carlos alcaraz regaining the world number one. carlos alcaraz regaining the world number one-— number one. yes, he has a fairly tou~h number one. yes, he has a fairly tough sector— number one. yes, he has a fairly tough sector of _ number one. yes, he has a fairly tough sector of the _ number one. yes, he has a fairly tough sector of the draw - number one. yes, he has a fairly tough sector of the draw is - number one. yes, he has a fairly tough sector of the draw is the i tough sector of the draw is the world number one endeavour top seed. he has likes of alex meret, gregor dimitrov, matteo fellini in his section of the draw. and djokovic at the other end has players like nikias, though nikias has been able

to playjust one match so far this year. —— nick kyrgios. there are some matches to look forwards to come including stefanos tsitsipas against dominic thiem, the winner of that could well play andy murray. lots to look forward to there, and a couple of matches i forgot to mention in the women's draw in the first round, how about venus williams against elina svitolina for starters? or maybe even coco gauff against sofia kenin, a grand slam champion but has struggled to get that wood to wood a bit in recent years. team captains at the women's world cup will be allowed by fifa to wear one of eight armbands they provide highlighting social issues. the governing body is attempting to avoid a repeat of the row over the "onelove" rainbow armband at the men's world cup last year, which qatari organisers called divisive. the armbands in australia and new zealand will feature a range of issues including gender equality and tackling domestic violence, with fifa expecting the tournament to have a global tv audience of two billion. the los angeles angels centre fielder mike trout was elected

to his 11th all game by fans for the american league's line—up for next month's game at seattle's t mobile park. trout was voted to start for the 10th time and will be joined in the american league line—up by team—mate shohei ohtani, who last week was chosen as designated hitter. yankees outfielder aaron judge elected to start for the fifth time. he had a spectacular season last year. he hasn't played since the beginning ofjune because of a torn toe ligament. head to our website for all those stories and more, get the latest on the cricket and indeed latest at the austrian grand prix practice sessions which are taking place today. max verstappen, the world champion ship leader and defending titleholder, fastest in the first of those sessions. that's all the support for now. the uk foreign office minister lord goldsmith has resigned over what he says is government "apathy" on environmental issues. in a scathing letter to rishi sunak, he's accused the prime minister of being "simply uninterested" in climate commitments.

but mr sunak says lord goldsmith had been asked to apologise for criticising a commons committee investigating borisjohnson but chose to resign instead. our political correspondent, iain watson, reports. he has long been an environmental campaigner. he was defeated as a conservative mp at the 2019 election, but zac goldsmith was give a seat in the lords by borisjohnson and he continued to be a government minister for the international environment. until today. yesterday, he was criticised by the committee that found borisjohnson had lied to parliament. zac goldsmith had agreed with those who called it a kangaroo court. quickly on lord goldsmith, he was asked to apologise for his comments about the committee, i felt those were incompatible with his position as a minister.

he has chosen to take a different course. i accept that. i'm proud of the record of this government and of zac in government making sure that we tackle climate change. but lord goldsmith doesn't seem to be quite as proud of the government's record on climate change. his coruscating resignation letter focuses on policy and the prime minister himself. he said: what's notable about the resignation letter isn'tjust what he says, but what he doesn't. he makes no mention of the committee that gave his friend borisjohnson a kicking.

he doesn't say his criticisms of that committee had anything to do with his resignation. by keeping the focus on his own government's policy, it has proved to be a gift to the opposition. when you read his resignation letter, it rings true, it rings true when you see the catalogue of failures of the government on climate. every single day brings more conservative chaos and soap opera resignations. rishi sunak should have done the right thing and sacked zac goldsmith yesterday, but it is clear he is too weak to manage his own party. as a close ally of borisjohnson's it perhaps unsurprising that lord goldsmith has criticised the current prime minister, but that doesn't make his comments any less politically wounding. up up until the year 2000, people in the uk's armed forces could be sacked or even jailed the uk's armed forces could be sacked or evenjailed because of their sexuality. sacked or evenjailed because of theirsexuality. now sacked or evenjailed because of their sexuality. now a serving flight lieutenant wants to show people that his experience as a gay man in the raf has been positive,

though many of those who came before him say an apology is still needed. i'm just sam, and i don't go around introducing myself saying, "hi, i'm sam, i'm gay." before ijoined the raf, i was in the nhs in liverpool. i wanted to travel a bit more and see more of the world. i don't feel that my sexuality impacts upon my work, and i don't feel like it's a factor that really needs to be considered in my workplace at all. for many years — and for thousands of veterans — it was an issue. up until the year 2000, veterans in the armed forces were sacked or even jailed because of their sexuality. but what is life like now for members of the lgbtq+ community serving in the raf? this is where i now work, and love myjob, which is great. flight lieutenant sam pullen's 27, and he's been serving at raf

waddington forjust over a year. it's fantastic, it's the best decision i've made. he gave up working in a&e to be a nurse for the raf. through the whole application process, ijust wanted to be authentically me and i felt like i was able to just be me and not have to hide anything. you can't underestimate just how significant this is. for members of the lgbtq+ community to openly serve like sam, when so many others before them were not given that opportunity. lifelong careers were ended because of their sexuality. this is life in the raf now. a hard—fought path has been walked by gay officers before them, but steps to achieve inclusivity are clearly being made. london pride — i marched in that last year. the new chief of the air staff, sir richard knighton, marched alongside us, which was absolutely lovely to see that at all levels. you know, somebody who's very

senior within the raf marching alongside us, showing that publicly is such a lovely feeling. we are at london pride. it's a great sadness, what people have gone through — particularly pre—2000, and i'm hoping that my positive experience will show through to those people who've had negative experiences that things have changed. they all served with pride for their country. the difference now is that officers can be their true selves. but if inclusivity is to have meaning, those who came before them say an apology is needed. caroline bilton, bbc news. the annual islamic pilgrimage to mecca in saudi arabia has come to a close. overi.8 mecca in saudi arabia has come to a close. over 1.8 million muslims perform the days long hajj are mostly held outdoors at the height

of the desert summer. temperatures this year reached up to 48 celsius this year reached up to 48 celsius this year. that is it for a news now, for today. there's plenty more news to come, do stay with us. hello again. provisionally, thisjune was the hottest on record, but one of the features about the month is it's been very dry across the south of both england and wales. st athan is near cardiff and that's been one of the driest areas we've seen, not even a quarter of the averagejune rainfall here. mind you, there is a little bit of rain to come through today, but for the most part it's light and patchy. these rather grey skies typical of the skies you'll have working into western areas. and if i look at the rainfall totals through the whole of the day today, you see most of the rain is across western areas, but it's really light and patchy, just not millimetre of rain here and there. something a bit wetter for western scotland for a time.

now, over the last few hours we have seen the cloud increasingly move in and we've got a couple of warm fronts set to move in. the first, bringing a little bit of patchy rain. the second, well, that's where we've got the really humid air that is starting to edge its way in. and so through this afternoon across wales, western england, northern ireland too, we are looking at damp weather, fairly persistent and thick drizzle coming down with the low cloud on the tops of the hills that we saw. there'll be some mist and fog patches high up as well. eastern areas holding on to a few brighter spells, some heavier rain pushing across scotland for a time. but the wettest weather likely to be in the west of scotland. overnight tonight, we're going to see that humid air push right the way across the country. with that, there'll be extensive cloud around. could see a few spots of drizzle falling just about anywhere. but i suspect most of it will be across the south and the west. heading into the weekend, low pressure is going to stay to the north of the uk. we'll have fairly brisk west north westerly winds and ultimately

they will bring fresher weather conditions in. a bit of rain crossing scotland early in the morning and across eastern england you probably start off with extensive cloud, even with a few spots of rain. the afternoon brighter, more in the way of sunshine around. but there'll be a few showers for northern ireland and northern england, fairly frequent showers for the north west of scotland where it will be quite cool. temperatures just into the teens. the warmest weather, east anglia in the southeast, 23, maybe 2a in the best of the sunshine. we'll keep those fairly windy conditions going into sunday. the showers across the northwest will be heavier, risk of some thunderstorms with some more prolonged outbreaks of rain working in across orkney, shetland, the hebrides and parts of highland as well. so quite a breezy weekend on the way, but there will be some warm sunshine as well.

do. ,, ., , , live from london, this is bbc news. a third night of rioting in france, with no letup in the anger sparked by the fatal police shooting of a teenager of north african descent. president macron says that nothing can justify the violence that swept across the country to stop almost 900 people have been arrested. translation:— 900 people have been arrested. translation: ., ., , ., , ., translation: there are lots of young eo - le translation: there are lots of young peeple involved _ translation: there are lots of young people involved in _ translation: there are lots of young people involved in these _ people involved in these demonstrations, sometimes very young people, so it is the responsibility of parents to keep them at home. that is something we all ought to

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