sport and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. let's start with wimbledon then — it's men's semi—finals day, which means novak djokovic is in action on centre court. he hasjust secured his place in the final after_ he hasjust secured his place in the final after beating young italian jannik_ final after beating young italian jannik sinner in straight sets. he's aiming to win the title for a fifth year running. chetan patak is keeping an eye on things from the roof of the broadcast centre. it was a pretty predictable result but jannik it was a pretty predictable result butjannik sinner didn't exactly go down easily at the end? h0. but jannik sinner didn't exactly go down easily at the end? no, more of a battle of that _ down easily at the end? no, more of a battle of that third _ down easily at the end? no, more of a battle of that third set _ down easily at the end? no, more of a battle of that third set and - down easily at the end? no, more of a battle of that third set and it - a battle of that third set and it went to a tie—break. but then we know of djokovic�*s extraordinary record in tie—breaks and as soon as it got to that point, you saw record in tie—breaks and as soon as it got to that point, you sanannik sinner roll his eyes back a little bit because he missed a break point opportunities in that set, as he did

in the second and i think he knew the match had then got away from him and djokovic then took that set on a tie—break so it's a straight sets victory for djokovic. jannik sinner will learn a lot from this, it's his first grand slam semifinal but he will be frustrated that he didn't land a punch on djokovic who was playing his 46th semifinal. he is so experienced. on that court in particular, on centre court, where he hasn't lost three decades. not since andy murray beats him back in 2013. he looks comfortable, at ease, at times there was a bit of needle and frustration, there seemed to be someone in the crowd winding up a little bit. he was putting his ears to them at one point when that fan was frustrated at jannik sinner hadn't broken the djokovic serve but when you make novak djokovic angry, hejust gets when you make novak djokovic angry, he just gets better. when you make novak djokovic angry, hejust gets better. i think when you make novak djokovic angry, he just gets better. i think it was quite happy for the crowds, in the majority, be onjannik sinner�*s side. he knows that as the predictable winner of that much, he is not necessarily going to have all the support for him. he is so used

to being in that position, being like marmite, often it brings the best out of him. hubert hurkacz, who did take a set of him, he has been rarely troubled aside from that. heery is, wanting to equal roger federer�*s eight wimbledon titles. wanting to win his 24th grand slam into the final yet again. next up, its world number one carlos alcaraz facing daniil medvedev. alcaraz aiming for his first wimbledon final. yes, never been this far at these championships. only the fourth tournament he has ever played on grass as a senior player and could he stop djokovic? he has to get past daniil medvedev who has finally figured it out on this surface this year. he had been past the fourth round of these championships before, the russian player. we are much more accustomed to seeing him win titles on hard courts. he seems to have got to grips a little more with clay recently. seems to have enjoyed his tennis for once this year, although

that's five setter against chris eubank. in the last set could have disrupted that. alcaraz is the favourite, he is the one people are talking about, he is the reason people are still sat on the hill on sodden wet grass with their umbrellas up but they are still determined to watch on that big screen as alcaraz is the great exciting talent in this sport. we have already seen in place and thrilling matches so far. straight sets against holger rune but he was more troubled by matteo berrettini. medvedev should be a tough match member alcaraz has a good matchup. we look forward to that, it should be more competitive than the last semifinal we have seen and it will get going underneath that roof on centre court in a short while. thank ou ve centre court in a short while. thank you very much- _ centre court in a short while. thank you very much. you _ centre court in a short while. thank you very much. you can _ centre court in a short while. thank you very much. you can follow - centre court in a short while. thank you very much. you can follow all i centre court in a short while. thank| you very much. you can follow all of the coverage from wimbledon across the coverage from wimbledon across the bbc and online. now to football and arsenal have completed the signing of netherlands internationaljurrien timber. the defender has joined from ajax for 50 and a half million dollars

on a long—term deal. we're still waiting to hear about declan rice's move to arsenal which is expected to be completed later today. the $140 million move would make rice one the most expensive english player of all time. the transfer from west ham was agreed last month. the republic of ireland's behind—closed—doors friendly match agaist colombia — which was being played as preparation for the women's world cup — was abandoned afterjust 20 minutes for becoming �*overly physical�* ireland midfielder denise o'sullivan has been taken to hospital with a shin injury. the tournament gets under way in just six days' time. for more on these and other sports stories, you can go to our up or our website. including coverage of stage 13 of the tour de france which was won by michal kwiatkovski two—time champion tadej pogacarfinished third, from me and the team here at the bbc sport centre, goodbye for now.

world health experts have classified the artificial sweeter aspartame aspartame, as being possibly carcinogenic, or cancer—causing. but they say the current advice on how much to have in a day does not need to be changed. aspartame is found in diet and sugar—free versions of foods. our medical editor fergus walsh has more details. aspartame is found in thousands of products, most commonly in sugar—free drinks, but also some toothpastes, yoghurts and cough sweets. it is 200 times sweeter than sugar, so you get the sweet taste for a fraction of the calories. a who committee has listed aspartame as possibly carcinogenic on the basis of limited evidence that it may increase the risk of liver cancer. and it wants more research. this shouldn't really be taken as a direct statement that indicates that there is a known cancer hazard from consuming aspartame. this is really more a call

to the research community to try to better clarify and understand the carcinogenic hazard that may or may not be posed by aspartame consumption. aspartame has been placed in a group of products deemed possibly carcinogenic to humans, along with things like aloe vera and asian pickled vegetables. this is below things deemed probably carcinogenic, like night shift work and eating red meat. the highest group, where there is clear evidence they can cause cancer, include smoking, alcohol and processed meat. given the weakness of the evidence on cancer and aspartame, the official advice on how much we can consume is unchanged. the who safety limits for aspartame are based on a person's weight. i'm 70 kilos, or 11 stone, so i'd need to drink, for example, more than 14 cans of diet coke a day to exceed safe levels.

that's a lot of cola! i think people can be very reassured by this report, which essentially says, although there is some limited evidence for this possibly having a role in cancer, aspartame is safe at the levels that we currently recommend. when asked which was better for you — a can of diet, or regular sugary cola, a who scientist recommended a third option — water. fergus walsh, bbc news. let's get more on this now — from two expert voices. elio riboli is an expert in cancer at imperial college london — and franceso branca is a food safety expert at the world health organization. they both joined me a little earlier and i began by asking francesco how worried he is about the risks associated with aspartame. we have started to be worried when we saw that some of the epidemiological studies,

particularly in france, were showing some signs of prevalence increased of type two diabetes. but also some cancers in high—level consumers. these are studies that have limited value because of the risk of confounding. therefore, we have reassessed the risk of exposure, consuming the aspartame, so that has indicated that still the data we have do not recommend a change in acceptable daily intake. at the same time, we have also looked at the benefits of consuming sweeteners for preventing increased weight gain and we didn't find any benefit. interesting, ok. but no change in the overall amount,

what is it, that so no benefit? equivalent 01:14 cans of diet cola roughly. can ijust get now, would you just tell me your thoughts on the risk as far as you can see it? to separate two processes. one is the scientific process of evaluating whether a compound, a particular environmental factor, may be carcinogenic or not. and this is what the international agency for research on cancer based in lyon does. the other one is, once this is done, and that can end up at four levels, level one, definitely carcinogenic like tobacco or alcohol, but also pollution. possibly carcinogenic, probably carcinogenic, quite a long list and possibly an even longer list. finally, no evidence for carcinogenicity. once this is done, then there

are national bodies, for example the food standards agency in the uk, that decides what is what is the recommendeded level. it's exactly what happens for air pollution for example for alcohol or for tobacco. it happens this time that the joint expert committee. of the food and agricultural organisation and of who met shortly after we met in lyon at the international agency and decided to do what is called a risk assessment. risk assessment basically says what is the maximum level at which people can be exposed? for some substances it is zero, asbestos is zero. but for example, pollution is not zero. so this is why there are two different things. the science supporting the characteristic of a compound and we canjudge that the science is limited for the moment. and then what you do as a public health organisation of that conclusion. i see. that's really clear,

thank you for that. francesco, ijust want to come back to you, your final thought is there on what the studies show about any benefits of taking it? or consuming it in food. because many people do but they know that they need to decrease the amount of sugar that they eat. so they switch out full sugar products for these diet ones. especially cola. are you saying that that's not a good idea? well, we would basically like to suggest, particularly in young ages, the sweetness of food is decreased altogether. that we do not use sweetened drinks as a main source of fluids. that we just use water. this would somehow adapt our taste to consuming foods and drinks that are lower, either in sugar or in sweeteners. we are concerned about the excess level of consumption that some people might have of sweeteners.

the unite union has announced that almost a thousand workers at gatwick airport, including baggage handlers and check in staff, will go on strike for eight days this summer. the industrial action is over pay and it starts later this month onjuly 28th, potentially disrupting what could be the busiest summer holiday period since the pandemic. our transport correspondent katy austin has the details. the prospect of strike action during a busy summer period at one of the uk's busiest airports will be worrying news for thousands of holiday—makers hoping for a smoother time this year after the issues last year which was largely down to staff shortages. and the dates announced for this action are in two chunks of four days. friday the 28th ofjuly to tuesday the 1st of august and on friday the 11th of august to tuesday the 8th of august. now, airlines bring in specialist companies to dojobs like ground handling, baggage handling, check—in, and it's those jobs that the hundreds of workers involved in this dispute do.

so, if the strikes go ahead, i do think some delays and disruption are likely. it's happening, if it goes ahead, it's happening on top of challenges the industry is already facing around air space and air traffic control challenges which have been causing some cancellations already. now, easyjet is the biggest airline at gatwick. they told us today they were extremely disappointed to hear of this proposed industrial action and gatwick itself said it would support airlines with contingency plans to make sure as many flights as possible, they said, operate as scheduled. now, it looks like more talks are planned early next week between the union and some of the companies involved to see if they can head off this action and stop those strikes go ahead. thanks to katie for that. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. greater

manchester police are searching for cosmetic medicines and treatments including facial fillers. they suspect they may also be links to money laundering.— suspect they may also be links to money laundering. today isn't around cons - ira money laundering. today isn't around consniracy to — money laundering. today isn't around consniracy to suwly _ money laundering. today isn't around conspiracy to supply illegal _ conspiracy to supply illegal medicines. we suspect these have been imported from korea and china and those individuals are distributing them to members of the community. to distributing them to members of the communi . ., . ~ distributing them to members of the communi . ., .,~ , distributing them to members of the communi . ., ., , community. to make people at this --roe community. to make people at this preperty were _ community. to make people at this property were arrested _ community. to make people at this property were arrested while - community. to make people at this property were arrested while a - community. to make people at this| property were arrested while a third person was arrested in another raid. police found a bag of cash containing £30,000 and a number of other assets were taken away including an expensive car. these roducts including an expensive car. these products are _ including an expensive car. these products are sold _ including an expensive car. these products are sold online - including an expensive car. these products are sold online via - including an expensive car. these products are sold online via an i products are sold online via an illegal website. members of the public unwittingly can go and buy them without realising that the products that they are being supplied with is unlicensed. so they've not gone through the rigorous checks of safety, quality and effectiveness.

you're live with bbc news. at least 289 children are estimated to have died or disappeared this year attempting to cross the perilous central mediterranean sea migration route from north africa to europe, according to unicef. that figure equates to nearly 11 children dying or disappearing every week. ?a new report by the un children's agency has warned, however, that many shipwrecks leave no survivors or go unrecorded, making the true number impossible to verify. zari kargar has been taking a closer look at the latest numbers. according to the united nations, there are currently millions of children on the move from different parts of the world. most of these children are driven from their homes because of poverty, conflict, climate change and some just simply leave their homes to find a better future. the data we have on children refugees from unicef which was published in the year 2020. this data shows that

europe has accepted over 218,000 new asylum seekers. out of that number, over 69,000 of them have been children, which is one third of that number. most of these children have travelled from syria which tops the number at 22%. after that, it's afghanistan, then iraq, eritrea, venezuela, and colombia at 4%. the most popular destination for children asylum seekers or refugees is germany, which has accepted most of the children or refugee children. and after that, countries like united kingdom, france, spain and greece. anyone under the age of 18 is considered to be a child. 45% of the children refugees have been girls. the rest are all boys, because boys are usually the ones who travel unaccompanied. according to unicef, children refugees face discrimination, danger and detention

on theirjourneys. and it also adds that the suffering and exclusion of these children is unacceptable, but also preventable. next, japan's plan to release treated radioactive water from the fukushima nuclear power plant into the pacific ocean could begin any day now. it was backed by the un's nuclear watchdog last week but it's sparked concern and anger in both the country and region. our tokyo correspondent, shaimaa khalil, has been given access to the daichii nuclear power plant and sent this report. a triple disaster that crippled the country and shocked the world. japan's most powerful earthquake triggered a tsunami that swept through the east coast, killing more than 18,000 people. and causing this — a nuclear meltdown. this is the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant now, surrounded by tanks filled with radioactive waste water. this is what more than a million

tonnes of water looks like. think 500 olympic—sized pools and that's what you get in over 1,000 tanks. this is water that's been used to cool the destroyed reactors from the fukushima nuclear meltdown in 2011. the water is treated and then stored here, but now these tanks are running out of space. japan has just been given the go ahead to release the treated contaminated water into the sea. but it's causing a huge amount of anger and anxiety, notjust here, but around the region. tepco, the company running the plant, says the water will be treated, diluted and tested for safety before it's discharged. here at the advanced liquid processing system, all radioactive compounds will be removed except one tritium, so the water won't be completely radiation free. tritium, tepco says, will be well below international safety standards of concentration. as part of the testing process, this fish is swimming in water at the same radiation level as that which will be released.

translation: | am a radiation l expert, so i know that tritium has very little effect on the human body and living organisms. we are all concerned about the same thing, radiation. and that is why we are so anxious. i hope that these data and images will help to reassure people a little. but fukushima fishermen are not reassured. they're furious. for years, they've struggled to fight the stigma and convince people to buy their fish. now they say the reputational damage from the water release plan will be another huge blow. fishing has been in toru takahashi's family for generations. his son and his grandson now run his boat. he worries about the uncertainty discharging the waste water would bring long. translation: before we were able to fish i across four other prefectures. now we're not allowed to do that. theyjust don't want to be associated with us.

the prices were recovering little by little, but now they could drop drastically. i've had so many conversations with the japanese government and tepco. nobody wants to release this dangerous water. if it's so safe, i told them, just take it to tokyo. the government may have all the technical approvals it needs, but it doesn't have the support of those who'll be most affected by this plan. the people of fukushima will once again have to navigate their way through its troubled waters. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, fukushima. a scathing report from mps says some people are being forced to pull out their own teeth at home, because they can't get access to an nhs dentist in england. the health and social care committee says the pain and distress of people who can't see a dentist is �*totally unacceptable in the 21st century'. many dentists are refusing

to accept new adult patients and some people are travelling hundreds of miles to get treatment. celestina olulode reports. excruciating pain caused by gum disease and no access to an nhs dentist led danielle to desperate measures. i've extracted 13 of my own teeth. last year, she told the bbc about her struggle. there are no dentists. i'd love to be able to ring a dentist up and say, "my teeth are falling out. i need help." but every time i do, it's, like... "sorry, we're not taking on nhs patients any more." and i, like a lot of other people, cannot afford to go and get this treatment done privately. in the end, she relied on the kindness of strangers to pay for private medical treatment. i'll show you the noise, this is the little noise, like that. and then there's a little vacuum cleaner that sucks up

all the water like that. is that 0k? the dentists blame an nhs contract system that they say does not pay them properly for their work. the government pay dentists by how many units of dental activity they do every year, and that means that we as dentists, as clinicians, have to see so many patients and do so much treatment in order to fulfil our contract. if i don't hit my uds, units of dental activity, by the end of the year, the nhs will fine me massively. now a group of mps are calling for change. in a report published today, they recommend making sure everyone in need of an nhs dentist can access one within a reasonable time frame and distance... ..financial incentives for dentists to see new patients and those with greater needs and more

information so the public are better informed about the treatment they're entitled to. machine hums nhs england and wales has announced some changes to dentists' contracts. the government says it has invested more than £3 billion a year into nhs dentistry, but there's concerns rapid action could prove too little, too late. celestina olulode, bbc news. the funeral has been held for barnaby webber, one of the people who died in the incident in nottingham last month. photographs of barnaby, who was 19, along with grace o'malley kumar, and ian coates, who both also died in the incident, were on display at the service, which was held in taunton minster. barnaby�*s father david, and his brother charlie, addressed the congregation. how do you start a speech like this? the one as a parent you thought you would never have to make. in line with today, this is a celebration of my beautiful boy's life.

ever since he lit up our world and then charlie a few short years later, i have been besotted by them both. or as emma will tell you, wrapped around their little fingers. as a father, that's myjob! i would like everyone to maybe think about how we act in our day—to—day lives. and be a little bit more patient, caring with others. maybe be a little bit more barney. thank you. what i want to talk about is the role you played in my life. and the fact that you're the only reason i have the confidence to stand here today. when we were younger, you were always the person i went to if i was scared of something or had a tough decision to make and you always saw me through. you were like the final piece in what seems like an unsolvable puzzle. and you always find a way to make it right. you being gone is like trying to finish that puzzle without the most important piece...

it just doesn't seem to work and i don't know if it ever will. i remember the very first day you went off to uni. i acted like i didn't care, like i'd be fine on my own and put on a tough exterior. but in reality, that was far from the truth. i was scared, really scared. so scared at times i couldn't sleep because i didn't want to face my life without you around. it felt like i'd lost my armour but i still had to fight. that all seems so stupid now, grieving someone who was still alive. but at that time, i was pulled through knowing you are going to come back from uni and i was going to see you again. but now, it's the same grief. but instead, i know i'm not going to see you again, at least not here. a 31—year—old man has been charged with the murders of barnaby, grace and ian. valdo calocane has also been charged with attempted murder, after three people suffered injuries when they were in collision with a van, during that series of incidents in nottingham, in the early hours of

tuesday, the 13th ofjune. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello there. a heatwave in the mediterranean dominating the european weather headlines at the moment, but back closer to home it's all about low pressure and unseasonably wet and windy weather for this time of year. that low pressure will gradually drift its way north and east and dominate the story throughout the weekend. so, gusty winds across parts of west wales and south—west england this morning — 45mph to 50mph. on top of that, we've also seen some pretty persistent rain so far. that is gradually drifting its way north and east as we go through the rest of the day. showers for scotland on the whole, but not that much in the way of sunshine generally across the country. the heaviest of the rain into the afternoon looks likely to be pushing towards northern ireland, across central wales, down into the midlands and along that south coast, gradually pushing towards the scottish borders by the end of the day.

in the cloud and the rain, it's not going to be very warm out there i'm afraid — 15 to 21 degrees at the very best. temperatures just a little below par for the time of year. overnight tonight, that wind and rain continues to push its way steadily north, where it will tend to linger in the far north of scotland. it stays quite breezy down to the south, we keep quite a lot of cloud around, so temperatures will hold up. generally around 13 to 16 celsius to begin with first thing on saturday morning, but the low remains with us and the winds will remain a feature. as that low pressure continues to drift its way north, wrapping around the low will be several fronts bringing in showery outbreaks of rain and plenty of isobars, so it stays windy. we've still got strong gusts of wind at 50mph, 55mph. obviously, in autumn or winter that's nothing, but at this time of year it's very unusual. not perhaps what you want if you've got outdoor plans at all. with that center of the low here, wrapping around the low will be plenty of frequent, sharp, possibly even

thundery downpours from time to time. there will be some sunny spells, but again, it's perhaps not what you want now for the middle ofjuly. top temperatures of 16 to 22 at the very best, that's 72 fahrenheit. perhaps fewer showers on sunday across england and wales, but there could still be some persistent rain, particularly into the far north—west of scotland. again, similar values really of around 14 to 21 celsius. take care.

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