from florida on a mission to produce an enormous 3—d map of the cosmos. the intention is to study the nature of dark matter and dark energy. now on bbc news. time now for sportsday: hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun. england's hopes fading at lord's — the wickets tumbling, as australia smell victory in the second ashes test. �*we can do better�* — those the words of england manager sarina wiegman after a goalless draw against portugal. and no brotherly love lost at the tour de france — britain's adam yates takes the opening stage honours — ahead of twin simon. also coming up on sportsday... dominant on their home track — max verstappen wins the sprint in austria for red bull —

ahead of tomorrow's race... hello there — and welcome along to sportsday... and it's a real mountain to climb for england's cricketers at lord's, in the second ashes test against australia. there were high hopes, with the removal of key wickets in the early session. but australia's bowlers have found their groove, with another victory in the series in their sights. joe wilson reports. often see it at test matches. the craft that makes an expensive cricket bat deserves respect, doesn't it because my cousin khawaja uses his with discretion. he is delivered, he has measured —— he is

deliberate, he is measured. england had to disturb in on and there they go. khawaja on 7a and court staff. but steve smith couldn't go away, could he? the tactic prevails. can you believe it because i don't think you believe it because i don't think you could. james anderson to alex carey. the broader context was australia's lead soon extending beyond 300. england kept boning like this and like that wickets did fall so behind—the—scenes, someone was approaching. ben stokes bowed himself towards exhaustion ok. then nathan lyon, calf muscle tone, decided he would join. he could only aim for the boundary! that helped australia to 279. line was just blocking out the day. but his efforts ensured from lord of the hearers reception. australia clearly felt that every was vital as he set a victory target of 371 in their second innings. through the day, england's bowling tactics have been

obvious. they been repetitive. bang the ball in short and hopeful catches. when australia came out in a bowl, but should start had the ball and look where he was ended. —— richard stark. starter ollie pope and taken is perfect. england's ambition is to try and chase down a target but what of the bowling is this good? too good forjoe root. australia's captain, bruised eye gleaming was right on target. kelly brook bowled by pat cummins. not much left now. joe wilson, the seniors at lord's. this is how is stands at the end of day four, at lord's. england now 71 for 4. mitchell starc and pat cummins accounting for the wickets. crawley, pope and brook with just three. captain ben stokes hopes now resting with him — with australia looking to go 2—0 up in the series. so england with it all to do, and there's a lot at stake for the women's side in the ashes as well. they now enter the shorter form part of the multi—format

series with australia, having lost the one—off test this week at trent bridge. our reporterjo currie, is at edgbaston for us, with the first of the t20's under way in a few moments. a huge one for england, this. they really can't afford to slip up here, given the defeat in the test. nice to see. how much do you think they'll be thinking about the rest of the shortforms i was going into this? ~ , ,., , ., ., ., this? absolutely. england women have a hue 'ob this? absolutely. england women have a huge job ahead _ this? absolutely. england women have a huge job ahead of _ this? absolutely. england women have a huge job ahead of them _ this? absolutely. england women have a huge job ahead of them following - a huge job ahead of them following that defeat in the test match they are now four points down as they head into this white wool part of the series which consists of 3t20 matches starting tonight and three odi matches starting tonight and three cd! is. all matches starting tonight and three odi is. all of the short ball games are worth two points each which means if england's women want to guarantee that they win the ashes, something that they now haven't done since 2014, then they need to win five of these six games and bearing in mind that australia are the reigning world champions in both white bowl formats of the game it gives you the idea of the magnitude of the task ahead of them though not

impossible and of course despite that defeat in the test match, there were plenty of positives and that game they will look to take from that game which ended on monday lunchtime into tonight. large page of that game particularly with the bat we saw them play fearlessly and with flair and we will need plenty of that this evening. they have mixed up the team from the test match all round and daniel gibson makes her england debut and batter alex kaci comes in well served. opening the batting, bowler sarah glen and freya davis also in the line—up. england have lost the toss, been put into bat. so this week despite the mass of it all they will just be focusing on tonight not the best of the white board games but they've lost the toss, into that. rain gets under way at any minute now and live across the bbc. well, following this busy summer of cricket — there's the cricket world cup to come in october — not something to look forward to, if you're a west indies fan,

who'll miss out for the first time. they were playing scotland in a super six qualifying match in harare and needed to win to stay in the running, but were 181 all out from just under 44 overs. the scots reached that total with six overs to spare. matthew cross hit the winning runs as his side completed a seven—wicket victory. scotland need to beat zimbabwe on tuesday, and netherlands on thursday if they're to reach the world cup... so let's get more on the significant of that lose for west indian cricket and speak to machel st patrick hewitt is from the caribbean cricket podcast and has been following the tournament. a sense of inevitabability about this, given the headlines around the demise of windies cricket? where has it gone wrong? will not being at the world cup give the board a chance to reset? yes, i think any kind of keen observer of west indies cricket has been paying attention for the best part of the last 10—15 years should really have seen this coming and if

we focus particularly on white ball cricket this has been a long—standing decline in white ball cricket. you can go as far back as the world cup in 2015 when we crashed out in the quarterfinals in a kind of humiliating way barely making it the 2019 world cup, not making it the 2019 world cup, not making it the 2019 world cup, not making it to any of the recent champions trophy is, to now not make it to the 2023 gd! champions trophy is, to now not make it to the 2023 00! world champions trophy is, to now not make it to the 2023 odi world cup so the only surprise about the west indies not make it to this world cup is the fact that we are called the west indies but if this is looked at nationally in the cold light of day, this cannot be seen as any big surprise. studio: where has it gone wrong for them? this team has been so synonymous with success in recent years, particularly on the biggest stage. i! i years, particularly on the biggest staue. . . ., , stage. if i had a genuine answer that question — stage. if i had a genuine answer that question i _ stage. if i had a genuine answer that question i would _ stage. if i had a genuine answer that question i would probably l stage. if i had a genuine answer. that question i would probably be president of cricket west indies right now. the reality is this is a multi—cause problem. coaching issue, play pool issue, development issue,

but when you put all those factors together they'll most like toxic factors and at the same time as all of those swilling around, the rest of those swilling around, the rest of the world, and i mean both the associate nations have caught up with us as well as the four member nations have got further away from us so we effectively... at one point we were standing still and now we are actually in clear decline when it comes to white ball cricket. the fact they are _ it comes to white ball cricket. the fact they are not _ it comes to white ball cricket. the fact they are not going to be at this world cup, is it a chance for a big reset may be, wiping the slate? something to effectively bring a wake—up call to the board? yes. something to effectively bring a wake-up call to the board? yes, i think when _ wake-up call to the board? yes, i think when we _ wake-up call to the board? yes, i think when we lost _ wake-up call to the board? yes, i think when we lost to _ wake-up call to the board? yes, i think when we lost to zimbabwe l wake-up call to the board? yes, i. think when we lost to zimbabwe last week there was kind of this well, if week there was kind of this well, if we win our last four games will publish still make it to the world cup qualifiers but that would still mean the status quo would remain in still remaining at humiliating exit in world cup qualifiers but the hope is to be this will finally be the

kind of klaxon call that reverberates around the caribbean that makes every single territory from guyana to guyana to trinidad to barbados to the windward islands to the leeward islands to finally make august editorial boards in the respective presidents stand up and say enough is enough and that also goes for the governance and the respective caribbean nations as well. there is no way this can be fixed by is continuing to put our heads in the sand and same business as usual and navy will eventually fix itself and it is not going to. concerted effort from all stakeholders in the region to make sure we are now not at rock bottom. thanks for your thoughts. hat sure we are now not at rock bottom. thanks for your thoughts.— thanks for your thoughts. not a roblem. england's lionesses are gearing up for the women's world cup later this month. but they failed to find the net, in today's warm—up match in milton keynes against portugal. sarina wiegman's side, were hoping to bounce back from defeat to australia in april. 0—0 it finished earlier — perhaps some disappointment with three weeks till their opening game.

katie gornall is at the stadium mk for us. england had plenty of chances butjust convert — something perhaps to worry them, given their lack of build—up matches to the world cup. they kick off against haiti on the 22nd ofjuly.. what's on the schedule between now and then? plenty of chances today for england. there is no showing the effort, really, if you look at the batch but theyjust really, if you look at the batch but they just couldn't convert, really, if you look at the batch but theyjust couldn't convert, could they? no, ithink theyjust couldn't convert, could they? no, i think it was a disappointing afternoon really for england and in fact sarina wiegman england and in fact sarina wiegman england manager has said as much in her post—match press conference just a few moments ago. we spoke a lot in the build—up to this game about key players missing for england. in fact, two of them when the stands watching him at milton keynes and losing key players like that for a world cup means england are going to have to adapt and they went yes at their fluent best here this afternoon. we were looking for clues perhaps as to what her starting xi might be for the world cup and she opted to go from the start with rachel daly and laurenjames in attack and daly had chances but did

look a little lovely. james was pretty lively and has done her chances of the starting place no harm at all the day was replaced at half—time by alessia russo who nearly had an instant impact but she tried 17 different play—offs in this match and a number of different systems and england not really clicking and there is plenty of food for thought now for wiegman after the stalemate in milton keynes. i send off for the european champions. by august, at say these vans could be welcoming in the team as world champions but there are more than a few hurdles to overcome first. with key players out injured, fresh faces have been drafted into world cup squad and that's not all that's change. massimo summer's starting left—back is now playing up front for england. rachel daly finished the season is now playing up finished the season is now playing up front for england. rachel daly finished the season as wsl�*s top scorer. earlier on, she was making herself a nuisance. portugal heading

to the first world cup frustrated england and stanway couldn't match her... goal. have tennis and for those they left out. alessia russo very nearly made an instant impact. portugal very nearly gave everything. but there was no late drama for england and after a frustrating afternoon sarina wiegman had much to ponder. much frustrating afternoon sarina wiegman had much to ponder.— had much to ponder. much to ponder indeed. had much to ponder. much to ponder indeed- when — had much to ponder. much to ponder indeed. when you _ had much to ponder. much to ponder indeed. when you look _ had much to ponder. much to ponder indeed. when you look at _ had much to ponder. much to ponder indeed. when you look at the - indeed. when you look at the tournament on the 22nd ofjuly. tournament, 22nd ofjuly they match they've got to look forward to and what is on the schedule for them? someone get that man a lozenge! they are flying out to australia in just are flying out to australia in just a few days' time on the 5th ofjuly. they will then have a few days to acclimatise and jet lag to deal with before they start up in training again and they've got the final chance ahead of the tournament.

behind closed doors friendly against canada led by ben friesen and he is to be part of the england setup. really the last chance of wiegman will have to tinker and experiment before she decides on her starting line—up. we know for the first game against haiti on the 22nd ofjuly many bright is expected to be fit, england's captain who is still recovering from a knee injury and wasn't fit enough to play a part against portugal as well and they will be very pleased with what they've done against england 0—0 draw against european champions and they head into the first world cup and have a really tough group which includes the netherlands and the usa so they will certainly have a spring in their step but england i think know that they've got a fair bit to work on. i mean, how much you read into these types of friendlies is open to debate and they will still have a lot to work on a theatre click for the opening game the world cup against haiti.— cup against haiti. indeed. thank you ve much cup against haiti. indeed. thank you very much from _ cup against haiti. indeed. thank you very much from milton _ cup against haiti. indeed. thank you very much from milton keynes. -

cup against haiti. indeed. thank you very much from milton keynes. i'm i very much from milton keynes. i'm the one in the studio as well so there are no excuses here for a sore throat. most of his in the football world now. —— lets have a look at most stories in the football world is now. liverpool are set to sign rb leipzig midfielder dominik szoboszlai. the premier league club will trigger the player's £60.1 million release clause and the hungarian international will now travel to the uk for a medical. elsewhere, leicester city have signed tottenham midfielder harry winks on a three—year deal. winks becomes leicester's first signing since relegation to the championship, with the fee reportedly around £10 million. and bbc sport understands patrick vieira is set to become the new manager at ligue 1 club rc strasbourg. the ex—arsenal midfielder is expected to sign a three year contract — having been sacked as manager of crysla palace in march. ——of crystal palace in march. cesc fabregas has retired from professional football at the age of 36... he won two premier league titles with chelsea, a la liga with barcelona — and an fa cup with arsenal. he was also part of the spainish team that lifted the world cup and two european championships.

sibling rivalry was front and centre at today's opening of the tour de france. and what way to win your first ever stage — adam yates pipping his twin brother simon in the final yards — to secure a famous one—two... the pair ride for different teams in the peloton — but earlier helped each other breakaway to open up a gap on the chasing group. ben croucher reports. adam yates triumphant! was waiting at the tour de france in the way. it is a way to get your first tour stage win two but his brother may disagree because whoever seen at the coastal route of an bill bowers, this was no gentle start. —— however scenic. —— around that one was. lumpy start. what goes up can come down. some lost 15 minutes, others post to withdraw. tour de france starting in spain expected to be

contested by slovenian and a dane. as a matched each other in the final climb identicaljudge twins adam and simon yates broke away from the descent of ace on two wheels contested by two brothers and two teams in stage one became a family affair. adam showed little brotherly love double clear in the final lamisil. fix. love double clear in the final lamisil. �* , ., ., ben lamisil. a sensational right! ben kercher, bbc— lamisil. a sensational right! ben kercher, bbc news. _ there was no love lost in today's sprint race between the dominant red bulls, ahead of the formula one's austrian grand prix tomorrow. the honours, as so often this season, going to max verstappen — at their home track. but signs of tension early on with his team—mate — as david brindle reports. the reigning austria helped whet the appetite for saturdays event. sergio p rez put himself forward from the off. max verstappen team—mate pinned ming as the pit wall. the stop and then felt pen is onto the grass in then felt pen is onto the grass in the lead up to turn to until the

dutchman returned the favour, forcing parents off and it seemed it was every driver for themselves at red bull. later when it was decision time. wayne cleared up, track died out so it was either stick or twist. george russell seized the chance. and that higher change the perception, snatching finer points from fellow englishman lando novice and nearly took 72, missing out by the smallest of margins. the step and wins but his concerns about the opening interchanges with his team—mate hadn't gone away once the race was over. this could be nothing of it could be the early signs of a civil war at red bull and for now the staff and remains unstoppable. david brindle, bbc news. there is a six—way fight for the lead at the british masters heading in to the final round tomorrow... three brits are invovled — but it was james morrison who had the chance to hold the overnight advantage on eight under. he could only manage a bogey on his final hole. this opened the door for several others — and this brilliant birdie from andy sullivan, put him in to contention. to take him tied for

the lead on seven under. oliver wilson is the other brit at the top of the leaderboard — the final round gets under way at the belfry tomorrow. a biennial competition featuring all 10 teams from the six nations and rugby championship is set to start in 2026. the tournament will be played in the existing july and november test windows — outside of british and irish lions tours, and the world cup. two more unions will be invited tojoin, with plans to introduce promotion and relegation from 2030 via a second—tier competition run by world rugby. madison keys has won the eastbourne international title for the second time after holding off a fightback from world number 11, daria kasatkina. the american appeared to be cruising towards her third grass court title as she raced through the first set 6—2 kasatkina did find her stride in the second . but keys' came back to eventually to take it, on herfifth match point. for her seventh wta title.

i love coming and playing in eastbourne. being able to win the title here twice and definitely makes me have very fond memories of eastbourne. applause even being able to hold this trophy is absolutely amazing, so thank you everyone. what big trophy, isn't it? so all that, as part of the build up to wimbledon — which starts on monday... it'll be big day for ryan peniston... who says he wants to inspire others suffering from cancer, when he takes on centre court favourite andy murray in the first round. peniston was diagnosed with soft tissue cancer when he was just a one—year—old and went through chemotherapy and surgery — the treatment stunting his growth as a child. before the draw was made, the world number 267, told our sports reporter, james burridge, the battle's given him a different perspective on the sport. i look back and i think how lucky i

am and how grateful i am to be given almost a second chance and i do think i have a different perspective on life to a lot of the tennis players just because of what i've gone through. playersjust because of what i've gone through-— playersjust because of what i've one throu~h. .,, _, gone through. please welcome hunter centre court. — gone through. please welcome hunter centre court, ryan _ gone through. please welcome hunter centre court, ryan penistone. - gone through. please welcome hunter centre court, ryan penistone. my - centre court, ryan penistone. my sto centre court, ryan penistone. story started centre court, ryan penistone. ij�*i story started with centre court, ryan penistone. m: story started with one centre court, ryan penistone. m; story started with one of the worst things in life there is which is cancer. i was diagnosed with soft tissue cancer at the age of one and i had surgery and chemotherapy and then more chemotherapy. my parents must�*ve gone through absolute hell. at times it was touch and go. i think with cancer you never really know what's going to happen and that's one of the worst things about it but thanks to a lot of great people, nurses and doctors, i'm able sit here. the older i got the more i appreciated everything they did for me and everything i have been able to do gave me a very good perspective on life.- to do gave me a very good perspective on life. you will currently — perspective on life. you will currently ranked _ perspective on life. you will currently ranked outside - perspective on life. you will|

currently ranked outside the perspective on life. you will - currently ranked outside the world's top 250. i imagine that is fairly tough so tell me about life away from the limelight and the struggles you go through on the tour. hfiiiiia you go through on the tour. villa definitely took _ you go through on the tour. villa definitely took ings _ you go through on the tour. i)” ii? definitely took ings you go through as a tennis player. i had a bad injury last year and i didn't really know if i was going to be able to play tennis the way i wanted to ever again so that was a very tough moment and definitely when i am going through tough times and the court, if i have had a bad loss, i just look back and think things could be a lot worse than they are. tell me what it is like walking through the gates of wimbledon, going on to court, fulfilling a lifetime's ambition but actually that with a passion wanting to do yourselfjustice.— yourselfjustice. walking out at wimbledon _ yourselfjustice. walking out at wimbledon on _ yourselfjustice. walking out at wimbledon on to _ yourselfjustice. walking out at wimbledon on to court, - yourselfjustice. walking out at | wimbledon on to court, fulfilling yourselfjustice. walking out at. wimbledon on to court, fulfilling a life time dream feel special. it doesn't really feel veal at the time. i'm always waiting for someone

to pinch me and wake me up.- to pinch me and wake me up. british summerjust — to pinch me and wake me up. british summerjust gets — to pinch me and wake me up. british summerjust gets better _ to pinch me and wake me up. british summerjust gets better and - to pinch me and wake me up. british summerjust gets better and better. summerjust gets better and better for ryan— summerjust gets better and better for ryan peniston.— summerjust gets better and better for ryan peniston. when i'm playing at wimbledon _ for ryan peniston. when i'm playing at wimbledon i _ for ryan peniston. when i'm playing at wimbledon i feel _ for ryan peniston. when i'm playing at wimbledon i feel like _ for ryan peniston. when i'm playing at wimbledon i feel like i'm - for ryan peniston. when i'm playing at wimbledon i feel like i'm not - at wimbledon i feel like i'm not just playing for myself. sometimes used as a strength and feel like i am playing for people going to see a damn similarthings and am playing for people going to see a damn similar things and trying to give them a bit of hope to see what is possible. anyone going to troubles like that if i can give them any sort of hope or inspiration for one second that means a lot to me. , ., , ., , me. ryan peniston the, tennis -la er. prime minister rishi sunak says he has spoken to leaders at the england and wales cricket board . after a report highlighted discrimination in the sport earlier this week. the independent commission for equity in cricket said racism, sexism, classism and elitism are "widespread" in the game. he was speaking tojonthan agnew on test match special... i think they've approached in exactly the right way. you have to remember it was the ecb who commissioned this report. no—one asked them to. they did it of their

own back because they really wanted to be proactive in addressing the concerns people raised and i think they deserve credit for that and are going about it in exactly the right way, offering an unreserved apology and the conversations i have had with them and the team mean they are absolutely committed to fixing all the problems, for this to be reset moment for cricket and all of us who love this game wanted to be inclusive, open, accessible to absolutely everybody, to welcome people from all backgrounds and to be a place where everyone can feel respected and that is what we all want and i'm confident in the leadership of the cricketing family more broadly notjust the ecb will share that ambition. rishi more broadly notjust the ecb will share that ambition.— share that ambition. rishi sunak with jonathan — share that ambition. rishi sunak with jonathan agnew _ share that ambition. rishi sunak with jonathan agnew there. - a reminder of our top story — australia are in the driving seat against england ahead of the fifth and final day — as they chase a second victory in the ashes... this is how it looks at lord's . england losing four wickets in the late session — joe root, zak crawley and ollie pope falling cheaply. as australia look to win at lord's... can england rescue something from this match, to stop themselves going two down...

that's all from sportsday. hello. we start off the first day ofjuly on a fairly fresh, unsettled sort of note with sunshine and showers. certainly it's a little bit cooler than much ofjune. in fact, it looks likejune is going to turn out to be the warmestjune on record in the uk. so we've got some blue skies and sunshine already starting to break through. really, through the rest of the weekend, that mix of sunny spells and scattered, blustery showers, but most of the showers will be across the northern half of the uk. yesterday's cloud is exiting towards the east, and we've got clearer skies now rolling in from the atlantic, still bearing a few showers with them. most of the showers for the rest

of the day will be across scotland and northern ireland. more persistent rain, in fact, across the far north of scotland, but easing away gradually through this evening and overnight. so a dry end to the day. then, as we head through to the early hours of sunday morning, it will be a little bit cooler and fresher than it was first thing saturday morning. so temperatures in the countryside just about getting down into single figures. so through the day tomorrow, then, we've still got low pressure sitting out towards the north—east of the uk. the winds are rotating around that low pressure, bringing us a few showers. a bit like today, most of the showers tomorrow will be across parts of scotland and northern ireland. there will be more persistent rain for the likes of caithness and sutherland up towards the northern isles at times. lots of sunshine further south. still a bit of a breeze blowing, probably not quite as strong as it is out there today. temperatures just down a notch, so between about 14 to 22 north to south on sunday. no great change in the weather as we roll through to the new working week as well. if you have got tickets to the ashes, of course, at lord's, that continues — it looks like a dry day tomorrow, temperatures about 21 degrees, and a noticeable breeze coming in from the west.

now, moving through sunday night and on into monday, there is that low pressure not moving in a hurry, sitting across parts of scandinavia, so more showers rotating in on that west or north—westerly breeze, pushing into parts of northern ireland, western scotland through the morning. later in the day, some of those showers arrive across england and wales. but it is eastern areas that will keep driest for the longest on monday. temperatures between about 13 to 21 degrees. all in all, much of the week ahead is looking fairly unsettled, so there will be some showers at times. some sunshine in between those showers as well, so not a complete write—off. but it looks like it will be a bit drier and warmer at least in the south, later in the week. some of those showers could affect the championships, which, of course, begin at wimbledon. goodbye.

live from london. live from london. this is bbc news. this is bbc news. more than a thousand arrests more than a thousand arrests in france following a fourth night in france following a fourth night of violence, officals say a state of violence, officals say a state of emergency cannot be ruled out. of emergency cannot be ruled out. the dutch king makes and looting in several the dutch king makes a personal apology for his a personal apology for his country's role in slavery. country's role in slavery. and the final frontier — and the final frontier — the european space agency the european space agency launch its euclid telescope hoping launch its euclid telescope hoping to shed light on the dark to shed light on the dark side of the universe. side of the universe. hello and welcome, i'm samantha simmonds. france has remained gripped by violent protests over the shooting of a teenager by a police officer on tuesday. last night, another 1300 people

were arrested in the fourth consecutive evening of rioting