sentencing will be tomorrow at tpm. you're watching bbc news. an eight—year—old girl dies and 15 people are injured after a car crashes into a primary school building in south london. it is very difficult time for everyone here at the school and across wider community. a 23—year old man has been found guilty of murdering elle edwards who was shot and killed outside a pub on christmas eve last year. yevgeny prigozhin, the founder of the wagner mercenary group, has left belarus and is back in russia, according to the belarusian president. and meta — the company behind instagram — launches �*threads�*, as a rival to twitter. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's ben croucher. hello from the bbc sport centre. hello. a busy day of sport in the uk. news from the ashes shortly but first to wimbledon where the big

match of the day sees andy murray face stefanos tsitsipas. there's a host of grand slam champions elsewhere too and keeping across it all at the all england club is chetan pathak. chetan, bring us up to speed. the rain going on with the death first and second round matches played this in time but the sun is out in tennis is relentless. cheer on centre court behind me when liam brody the british wildcat he was a upset last year is playing casper ruud who is the fourth seed who has reached three of the last four grand slam finals and brodie has levelled things up and is two set since heading to a shoot out on centre court and whoever wins the deciding set will be in for the third round and other casper ruud is not a natural glass course player and his biggest success have come in a different court and he says he is still figuring out at the surface but the whole crowd is getting

behind him. he beat british world champion before. three—time grand slam champion is through to the third round where he will play novak djokovic on friday. he beat the queens finalist as well and got the victory for the matteo berrettini on you mentioned tsitsipas and that of the popcorn match. this is timing and this could be going late into the night where we're used to it with andy murray. tsitsipas reaches grand slam titles but murray is the experience men on grass, a former two—time champion who will fancy his chances against tsitsipas who had a five set epic against dominic thiem only yesterday. and what about the women's draw later? who are we looking out for today? lee says corneille is a tricky customer especially on grass and looked eager swan tech last year. ——

iga swiantek. she beat ellie rogers in the opening round and got the first set and will feel confident about her chances. some other results catching her eye. because of injury had to retire against a 15—year—old russian and i will tell you that elina svitolina is though, having beaten one of the ukrainian player so we have seen wins the svitolina. others all talking very emotionally if you can expect for them as ukrainian aspects to when and the impact it has on ukrainian athletes back home. world athletics president lord coe is in attendance from london to leeds and the first day of the third

ashes test at headingley where australia's mitch marsh has smashed a remarkable counter attacking century in the afternoon session. the touring side lost david warner in the very first over. three more wickets fell before lunch but it could have been better had england not dropped three catches. mitch marsh has punished them too — dropped on 12 and responded with a sublime hundred from just 102 balls. he's scored three test centuries — all against england. he was dismissed on the stroke of tea for 118 — but not before helping wrestle back control... the netherlands have secured a dramatic victory over scotland to seal their place at the 50—over world cup in india later this year. scotland knew a win would be enough and set the dutch 278 to win following brandon mcmullen�*s century. bas de leede took five wickets. the netherlands needed to knock them off in 44 overs to progress and bas de leede�*s 123 from 92 balls saw them win in 42.5 overs and progress at the expense of scotland. heavyweight world champion

oleksandr usyk will defend his wbo, stage five of tour de france, just to tell you the defending champion... net into geneva whether un human rights council has been meeting to discuss me and ma. un human rights chief has warned the country is in deadly freefall into even greater violence more than two years after the military coup ended civilian rule. 2021 crew plunged me into political and social chaos. according to un more than 3000 people have died at the hands of the military are more than 21,000 have been arrested. the former leader aung san suu kyi is injail — facing a 33—year sentence. here's the un high commissionerfor human rights speaking earlier today. this council has heard report after report on the human rights situation in myanmar. with each successive update, it is almost impossible to imagine

that the people of myanmar can endure more suffering. yet the country continues its deadly freefall into even deeper violence and heartbreak. i spoke a little earlier to a member of the women peace network who spent several years as a political prisoner in myanmar and has been a pro—democracy campaigner since her release in 2012. me and my�*s so, myanmar�*s human rights situation is deteriorating by the second. the burmese military has committed even more atrocities amounting to crimes against humanity and war crimes. according to the un's special reporter

and the un high commissioner for human rights, and many other key international entities, these atrocities include the military�*s campaigns and air strikes and indiscriminate killings, sexual and gender—based violence against women, torture, arbitrary arrests and detention. we saw many of these crimes decades before the military�*s attempted coup, when it brutalised ethnic and religious minorities and committed genocide against the rohingya. the pro—democracy movement, though, is still challenging the junta there, aren't they? tell us more about what they are doing. of course, the entire country. this is a historical movement for the country, it has never been like that. people across the country from different ethnic backgrounds, from different religious

backgrounds, coming together, resisting against the military dictatorships in many forms, not only by their armed struggled but also non—violent movements. there are still ongoing protests against the military dictatorships, and its phenomenal that they are able to resist for this long, even when the military is so cruel. this is over two years now that they have been resisting with commitment and determination to basically take down the military dictatorship. so, like i said, it's really unique and it's historic that this is the first time in our history, people across the age coming together and fighting together against the military dictatorship, in many forms. former leader aung san suu kyi is in prison, she is facing a 33—year sentence, there is an appeal against that at the moment, do you hold out any

hope that could be successful? i mean, they might use aung san suu kyi as a bargaining chip. you know, there is... but the thing is this. the burmese pro—democracy movement, the young people today cannot use be fooled by miltary�*s bargaining chips. they know what they're doing and they know what they want, and the people will not step down unless the military go back to the military�*s institutions and get out of the politics and gain justice and accountability for their lives that we lost and the suffering we have suffered by this brutal, criminal military. india's topcoat is set to deliver its verdict on whether same—sex marriage can be allowed. it is a proposal that are sharply divided

opinion the country. the government and religious groups have opposed the idea but lgbt community is hopeful it may get approval five years after the decriminalisation of homosexuality.— years after the decriminalisation of homosexuality. we're 'ust saying we want to net homosexuality. we're 'ust saying we want to get married! _ homosexuality. we're just saying we want to get married! you _ homosexuality. we're just saying we want to get married! you are - homosexuality. we're just saying we want to get married! you are not. homosexuality. we're just saying we want to get married! you are not a l want to get married! you are not a normal human _ want to get married! you are not a normal human being. _ want to get married! you are not a normal human being. however- want to get married! you are not a j normal human being. however lies caettin normal human being. however lies getting affected — normal human being. however lies getting affected by _ normal human being. however lies getting affected by people - normal human being. however lies getting affected by people like - normal human being. however lies getting affected by people like us? -- how— getting affected by people like us? -- howare — getting affected by people like us? —— how are their— getting affected by people like us? —— how are their lives _ getting affected by people like us? —— how are their lives getting - —— how are their lives getting affected _ —— how are their lives getting affected by— —— how are their lives getting affected by people _ —— how are their lives getting affected by people like - —— how are their lives getting affected by people like us. i —— how are their lives getting i affected by people like us. the fiuht affected by people like us. the fi . ht for affected by people like us. the fight for rights _ affected by people like us. fight for rights is louder than ever. forging ahead, demanding change. excited and hopeful that the supreme court will now recognise same—sex marriage. it's what these two have been wanting. a college romance. they have been together for 15 years. romance. they have been together for 15 ears. ~ .. romance. they have been together for 15 ears. ~ ., ~ 15 years. when we will act, working in indian politics... _ 15 years. when we will act, working in indian politics... they— 15 years. when we will act, working in indian politics... they want - 15 years. when we will act, working in indian politics... they want to i in indian politics... they want to net in indian politics... they want to get married _ in indian politics... they want to get married and _ in indian politics... they want to get married and have _ in indian politics... they want to get married and have what - in indian politics... they want to | get married and have what every indian married couple has, equal

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are being denied.— are being denied. india's constitution _ are being denied. india's constitution is _ are being denied. india's constitution is free - are being denied. india's constitution is free to . are being denied. india's| constitution is free to this are being denied. india's - constitution is free to this issue. —— cheat this issue. it promises a quality to all. opposing side fought it out in the country's highest court. —— equality. it out in the country's highest court. -- equality.— it out in the country's highest court. -- equality. the right to get a particular— court. -- equality. the right to get a particular social _ court. -- equality. the right to get a particular social relationship - a particular social relationship recognised as a manager is not a fundamental one. the recognised as a manager is not a fundamental one.— recognised as a manager is not a fundamental one. the former 'udge at the delhi fundamental one. the former 'udge at the new nigh — fundamental one. the former 'udge at the delhi high court * fundamental one. the former 'udge at the delhi high court agreed. _ fundamental one. the formerjudge at the delhi high court agreed. he - the delhi high court agreed. he claims it is against india's culture. he and 28 other former judges vote in the supreme court against the proposal. what judges vote in the supreme court against the proposal.— against the proposal. what is same-sex — against the proposal. what is same-sex marriage? - against the proposal. what is same-sex marriage? it - against the proposal. what is same-sex marriage? it is - against the proposal. what is same-sex marriage? it is an| against the proposal. what is - same-sex marriage? it is an anomaly. same—sex marriage? it is an anomaly. and i should be between a man and woman. how can same—sex couples adopt? woman. how can same-sex couples ado t? �* , woman. how can same-sex couples adot? �* , , ., woman. how can same-sex couples adot? ,, ., , adopt? but why should society interfere? _ adopt? but why should society interfere? life _ adopt? but why should society interfere? life been _ adopt? but why should society interfere? life been not - adopt? but why should society interfere? life been not part. adopt? but why should society| interfere? life been not part of adopt? but why should society - interfere? life been not part of the same society? _ interfere? life been not part of the same society? so _ interfere? life been not part of the same society? so they _ interfere? life been not part of the same society? so they are - interfere? life been not part of the same society? so they are part - interfere? life been not part of the same society? so they are part of. same society? so they are part of the same society shouldn't we have the same society shouldn't we have the same society shouldn't we have the same rights? but that is only to

comply with the existing societal norms. it comply with the existing societal norms. ., ., ~ ' comply with the existing societal norms. , ., , comply with the existing societal norms. ' , . , ., norms. it took 17 years for the sunreme _ norms. it took 17 years for the supreme court _ norms. it took 17 years for the supreme court to _ norms. it took 17 years for the supreme court to legalise - norms. it took 17 years for the supreme court to legalise gayj norms. it took 17 years for the - supreme court to legalise gay sex in 2018 and the verdict triggered hope that the right to marry might not be far behind. it is rare to see members of the lgbt community claim public spaces like these. in a country like india where social stigma and to are still very much associated with sexual identity, people hearsay gatherings like these on a show of strength.— on a show of strength. global estimates _ on a show of strength. global estimates say _ on a show of strength. global estimates say the _ on a show of strength. global estimates say the community on a show of strength. global. estimates say the community is on a show of strength. global- estimates say the community is now 10% of india's population. this decision is notjust about same—sex marriage but also about the path of the country takes for equal rights. bbc news, delhi.— the country takes for equal rights. bbc news, delhi. around the world and across the _ bbc news, delhi. around the world and across the uk, _ bbc news, delhi. around the world and across the uk, this _ bbc news, delhi. around the world and across the uk, this is - bbc news, delhi. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc - bbc news, delhi. around the world i

and across the uk, this is bbc news. 207 shipping containers with goods on drugs were covered for more than half. the sheer size, 580 tonnes, is described as monumental quantities and police say the seizure is the largest in uk history. over two weeks, 100 officers were involved, backed up by brand experts on counterfeit specialists. i backed up by brand experts on counterfeit specialists.- backed up by brand experts on counterfeit specialists. i think it will ut a counterfeit specialists. i think it will put a nail _ counterfeit specialists. i think it will put a nail in _ counterfeit specialists. i think it will put a nail in the _ counterfeit specialists. i think it will put a nail in the coffin - counterfeit specialists. i think it will put a nail in the coffin of. counterfeit specialists. i think it| will put a nail in the coffin of the counterfeit good traders we knew it at the time so the shops are virtually gone.— virtually gone. this area of manchester _ virtually gone. this area of manchester has _ virtually gone. this area of| manchester has historically virtually gone. this area of- manchester has historically been known as the uk capital of counterfeit trade. operation vulcan is the largest in response. 33 criminal gangs are said to have targeted this area. single premises can house up to 18 shops. themselves have also act as a trading point and online businesses. for most obvious from across the uk, head the bbc news website. your life and bbc

news. try to catch up now with all the latest business news. it was then. ——here is ben. the us treasury secretary janet yellen has arrived in china as part of high—stakes attempts to rebuild bridges between the world's two biggest economies. it is the second visit to beijing by a senior washington official in as many months and comes after the countries' relationship nose—dived this year. the list of points of contention between the us and china ranges from taiwan and ukraine to national security and an ongoing trade dispute. this debate has been going on for a while about how these two countries don't see eye to eye but fundamentally both of these economies need each other, don't they? economies need each other, don't the ? ~ ., ., ~ economies need each other, don't the ?~ . ., ,, they? we are talking about the world's largest _ they? we are talking about the world's largest and _ they? we are talking about the world's largest and second - they? we are talking about the i world's largest and second largest

economy is and i think there has been an attempt on the part of the biden administration to try and differentiate between whatjoe biden has said are points of differences but also points when i can find common ground and that is why you seen this trip he mentioned on from secretary of state mr blink on and now janet yellen trying to emphasise where they can find things in common whether this is climate change of other issues and trying to de—risk the relationship and the problem you haveis the relationship and the problem you have is even before she landed the chinese government introduced restrictions on exports of tea minerals key to the semiconductor industry gallium engine demeaning and there's go into effect on august one. that was seen to stick to tactful restriction placed to china's key technology notjust by the us and japanese. as long as you have this tech was going on makes of

any kind of noisy backdrop. janet yellen says _ any kind of noisy backdrop. janet yellen says it _ any kind of noisy backdrop. janet yellen says it is _ any kind of noisy backdrop. janet yellen says it is about _ any kind of noisy backdrop. janet yellen says it is about the - any kind of noisy backdrop. janet yellen says it is about the risking not decoupling and once again it adds to the fact these economies are intrinsically linked. —— de—risking. whether it is american customers buying chinese made goods are china relying on other countries are parts including mineral she touched on. usa the acting is of national security concerns but the chinese deceit is trying to contain the growing economic power trying to decouple supply chains and when you have the biden administration for example threatening to withhold access to certain cloud to chinese customers in the wall street journals to reduce the mistrust existing between the two sides. we

got someone like general welwyn travelling to beijing to meet face—to—face and delay some of those fears. the backdrop also makes it very difficult with each side holding all sorts of cards trying to play because these things get a bit tricky. excuse me if i can speak. michelle flew to new york and i am so sorry. michelle fleury with the latest meal. cutting oil and gas production would be "dangerous and irresponsible" — according to the boss of energy giant shell. wael sawan has told the bbc the world's current energy system still "desperately needs oil and gas" and warns against dismantling it before a greener alternative system is ready to take its place. speaking to our business editor, simonjack, he said increased demand from china and a cold winter in europe could see a repeat of energy price rises that have made the cost of living crisis worse. the reality is, the energy system of today continues to desperately need oil and gas. and before we are able to let go

of that, we need to make sure that we have developed the new energy systems of the future, and we are not yet, collectively, moving at the pace that requires that to happen. antonio gutierrez, the chief of the un, said that it is economic and moral madness to continue to look for new oil and gas. what would you say to him? i disagree with him, respectfully. i think what would be dangerous and irresponsible is actually cutting out the oil and gas production so that the cost of living, as we sawjust last year, starts to shoot up again. not to mention the fact that many countries, last year, countries like bangladesh, countries like pakistan, because europe could afford to import lng, they took away that lng from those countries and children had to work or to study on the light of candles. i think if we're going

to have a transition, it needs to be a just transition that doesn't work for one part of the world, but needs to be a globally responsible transition and therefore the voices of all countries need to count, not the voices of the few. everyone feels very relieved we got through the winter with the lights staying on. are we being complacent about this winter and beyond? i think there is a danger. important to recognise last winter, a lot of the reprieve came from what was a warm winter and china's demand wasn't as high as it traditionally had been, which allowed a lot of the liquefied natural gas to actually be shipped over to europe. one cannot depend on that as an energy policy going into the coming winters. and therefore, there is a concern that if we have a cold winter and energy demand in many other locations, including china, goes back up, then there will be a strain on resources coming here. and what do you mean by that? is that seeing prices double, triple? are we going to get back to the spikes that we saw in the summer of last year? i really hope not but the tightness in the broader market, both for oil and gas,

means that small shifts can have magnified effects. if i can just bring that to life, last year, the overall energy production that was taken out because of the russian invasion was 1% of global energy supply. 196. that is what created the massive volatility of last year. and so if you get a similar 1%, 2%, 3% taken out of that production, then who knows how massive that volatility can be? it sounds like you're saying we need to be realistic about how dependent we still on oil and gas. you're going to keep investing to keep that supply coming. that sounds to some people like a counsel of despair when it comes to the climate. iwould... i would really hope not. mime message would actually be we have made a lot of progress. the world has made a lot of progress over recent years. but we still have a mountain to climb to be able to get to where we need to get to. we are committed to the energy transition, but we are going to do responsibly and we have a fiduciary duty of care to shareholders to steward their capital in the best way possible.

that today continues to mean that a portion of it is going to go to oil and gas, a significant portion as you rightly say, and at the same time we incrementally increase our renewable spend as and when those value pools emerge. wael sawan, ceo of shell. four retired detectives who ran the first investigation into the killing of stephen lawrence — the uk's most notorious racist murder — will not face criminal prosecution for their actions in the case, the bbc has been told. the crown prosecution service made its decision today after considering a file of evidence for nearly three years. an official public announcement is due later today. our correspondent daniel de simone broke today's story — and gave us more detail about the background of the case: this case is 30 years old now, 30 years this year. stephen lawrence was an 18—year—old student who was travelling home with his friend waiting for a bus in eltham, south london, and was set upon by a gang of young white men and stabbed to death. and the case became so notorious because of the way the police handled the early investigation. it meant that it was widely accepted and understood to have been a disastrous first police investigation. it meant that no—one was brought to justice and it ultimately led to a big public inquiry here in the uk in the late '90s, which said that the met police was institutionally racist

and had failed the lawrence family. the decision today by the crown prosecution service followed an investigation by the police watchdog that ultimately referred these four senior detectives, who are all now retired, to the crown prosecution service to decide whether they should be charged with something called misconduct in public office, and basically the allegation was that their failings in the case were so, sort of, grave and severe that it could have amounted to a criminal offence. and prosecutors have been considering this file of evidence for nearly three years and just today it's been announced by the crown prosecution service — they have announced it now, after we broke the story — that these officers will not be charged. now — not content with owning facebook, whatsapp, and instagram — tech giant meta has another new app. it's called threads — and is proving to be a huge hit on social media. the app is being seen as a rival to twitter, and some ten million people have signed up within the first seven hours of it launching. meta describes as a test based conversation act. —— text based. not

available in the european union because of regulatory concerns. north america correspondentjames north america correspondent james clayton. north america correspondentjames clayton. last month, these two titans of tech climbing up, challenged each other to a physical fight. it wasn't clear if they were joking but meta's new app called threads is deadly serious twitter. it's been branded the twitter killer. these were my thoughts just after the app went well life. when i first thought is, this is just very similar to twitter. very similar. only looks like there is one feed here. in terms of optics though, identical. when use post not retweets. this is an article by this i want to repost this two story. you can directly add to a story. to your instagram. this isjust so

can directly add to a story. to your instagram. this is just so clearly directed as a direct competitor on twitter. it doesn't take a genius to work that out. however, although this is essentially a copy of twitter experts it is a pretty good copy and the could be a problem for elon musk. i copy and the could be a problem for elon musk. ~ , ., , ., copy and the could be a problem for elon musk. ~' ,, , ., , elon musk. i think you should be worried. elon musk. i think you should be worried- i _ elon musk. i think you should be worried. ithink— elon musk. i think you should be worried. i think you _ elon musk. i think you should be worried. i think you should - elon musk. i think you should be worried. i think you should be i elon musk. i think you should be l worried. i think you should be very concerned — worried. i think you should be very concerned. this is a real challenge. there _ concerned. this is a real challenge. there hasn't— concerned. this is a real challenge. there hasn't been a real challenge until today— there hasn't been a real challenge until today and it is only going to be better— until today and it is only going to be better and can send how many people _ be better and can send how many people talking about it. max be better and can send how many people talking about it.— be better and can send how many people talking about it. max of the bird said he _ people talking about it. max of the bird said he wanted _ people talking about it. max of the bird said he wanted it _ people talking about it. max of the bird said he wanted it to _ people talking about it. max of the bird said he wanted it to be - people talking about it. max of the bird said he wanted it to be a - people talking about it. max of the | bird said he wanted it to be a spare billion people on twitter had had the opportunity to expand but hadn't nailed it —— mark zuckerberg said it does. forsome nailed it —— mark zuckerberg said it does. for some it is live a little odd people frustrated by how twitter is on dominant run would be going to a mess and platform. they are no stranger to controversy and last year someone said they had put profits over controversy. elon musk

tweeted that the doubt if this was of does look like mark zuckerberg has had a good first round. james clayton, bbc news, san francisco. at tv news. hello there. the first week ofjuly, temperatures have been a little bit below average for most of us. however, that's about to change. it is set to get a lot hotter. before we get there, though, today is a day of sunny spells for many of us. a fair amount of cloud at times. satellite picture shows the thickest cloud to the north—west of the uk, and these weather fronts will be bringing some heavy outbreaks of rain. the low pressure associated with that rain starts to spin westwards as we go through into friday, and that allows southerly winds to drag up some much hotter airfrom france. and so temperatures in the hottest areas by tomorrow will surge upwards, reaching highs of 29 degrees in the hottest parts. now, this afternoon, it's fairly quiet weather—wise. temperatures near average, some sunny spells for most of england,

wales, eastern scotland, showers few and far between. but we've got heavier rain in northern ireland and for western counties of northern ireland. could see some localised surface water flooding building in with some heavier bursts here and that heavier rain will edge into western scotland late afternoon or early evening time. now, that heavy burst of rain will then push its way northwards across scotland. the rain then becomes a little bit lighter and patchier for scotland and northern ireland later in the night. maybe with some mist patches developing around coast and hills, should be dry for most of england and wales. for tomorrow, well, we start off with that chance of rain for northern ireland and scotland, although probably turning drier and brighter as the day goes by. it's across england and wales that we'll have the best of the day's sunshine and these southerly winds will be dragging in some much hotter air. temperatures could hit 29 degrees celsius. so getting into the mid 80s in fahrenheit towards south—east england, probably about 26 for eastern wales and into the low 20s for the central belt of scotland. for saturday, it stays on the warm side, but this area of low pressure will bring the threat of showers and thunderstorms. initially, we'll see a band of rain working into the west, but then a plume of moisture gets pulled in from europe, and that will probably take over as been the driving force of seeing

heavy thundery showers. the showers are always going to be a bit hit and miss in nature, but some of them could be quite torrential. we're looking at highs into the upper 20s, the hottest weather across eastern areas. now, for sunday, it's still quite warm, but it's another day of sunny spells and heavy showers. potentially some of those showers could merge together to give some really long spells of rain. could be really torrential as well. but there's some uncertainty about exactly where those heavier downpours are likely to be on sunday. bye for now.

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