hello there. welcome along to the programme. let's begin with the conclusion of the women's ashes series. england's impressive victory in the final one—day match means the multiformat series has been drawn — enough for holders of australia to retain the ashes asjoe lynskey reports. this women's ashes series concludes with a really positive result for england. they have won here at taunton on the final day by 69 runs on the duckworth lewis method. the conference of margin was set up by the runs of nat sciver—brunt who came in 12—2 in their innings but for the second game in the row in this ashes

she moved to a century. she loves batting against the australians at the moment. in four of the last five 50—over games she's scored a century. she was helped later by danni wyatt, who came quickly. australia was set a target of 286, the second highest run chase in women's 50 over history had australia got there. they started well — they were 97/3 when a rain break interrupted them. at that point the target was revised down and england took the momentum. when they came back and they took the wickets of beth mooney and ellyse perry, they bowled australia out of the 199, meaning the series as a whole is tied at 8—8. australia is holders retain the trophy. but england will look back at it as a positive result. they have won the mini 50 over series by 2—1. the same score they won the t20 internationals. that will be regarded as two positive results for england as they move forward and look to take the new fans they have

made on this series. the men's ashes series is very much still alive. england trail that one 2—1 with two tests to play, the fourth of which starts on wednesday at old trafford. australia have named their starting 11 for the match. opener david warner keeps his place, despite a poor run of form. cameron green comes back into the side after injury. josh hazelwood is the other change. scott boland and spinner todd murphy drop out. australia naming two all—rounders with cameron green and mitch marsh, who scored a century the last test. here is our correspondent joe wilson. i don't want to seem that i'm always just talking about the weather here at old trafford but look at this. it disrupted the final day of preparation as it will, to some extent, we expect, disrupt the match.

how to deal with that and win without? that is on the mind of england's captain. going into the last game we were 2—0 down and we knew we needed to win that. i think that helped us a little bit. maybe again with the weather that is predicted that it might bring sort of more out of us again knowing that we might have to push the game on even more than we normally do. but we'll just have to wait and see. if the weather is what it is like and what it is predicted to be we might have to. sounds exciting. this is less of a pressing issue for australia. it could rain for five days, the match would be drawn. they would still retain the ashes. interestingly, in terms of their team selection, putting into all—rounders and no spinner — maybe that is a defensive strategy, strengthening their batting. but for the first bowling, hard—working captain ben cummins, he has had a week off and he was seen here today reenergised. i love it. i love playing cricket. still the main reason i do it. still remember me as a kid going out and wanting to play games and win for australia. so the bowling can drain

energy, but really i love it, i don't find it a chore or something hard to do. yeah, i feel really good. those little windows like the last week make sure i completely decompress, get away from it so when i come back i reach us and ready to go. were those imaginary games this sort of scenario, an ashes winning opportunity? for sure. it was was against england in the backyard. england need james anderson to deliver a classic bowling performance. they could do withjonny bairstow holding onto all his opportunities. such things they can to some extent control. the weather they can't. elsewhere, the commonwealth games federation insists the event doesn't face an existential threat after the state of victoria in australia pulled out of hosting 2026 games. the state claims the costs have

tripled to about 4 billion us dollars, and is now too much to bear. but the federation says interest in the games remains strong across the commonwealth. we have just launched a new strategic plan within the last month, called commonwealth united, and went through extensive consultation with our members, with the international sports federation, with athletes and stakeholders, talking about what their vision was for the commonwealth. and they were absolutely buoyant in terms of the future, talking about different products outside of hosting the main games, what we do about the commonwealth championships? what are the different ways that we can bring games to different parts of the commonwealth, rather than bouncing back and forth between some of the more traditional hosts? so there was really quite a lot of excitement about where we take the games. now, golf�*s open championships start on thursday at hoylake. rory mcilroy, you can see him there, he will be amongst the favourites after winning the scottish open last weekend. the northern irishmen returns to the first time since lifting

the claretjug there nine years ago. he has been speaking to stephen watson. i haven't been here since 2014 so, and it's like, you know, it's such a long time, it isn't like i think about it all that often, so it's nice to come back and some of the memories of that week start coming back to me. it is most coming back to an event you've done before but it makes you feel quite old, i've been doing it for a while now. but yeah, it is going to be back. you're feeling old — butjust as passionate and ever and driven for success? yeah, absolutely. i think even more so than back then in 2014. i have had so many close calls since. i have had a great nine years and won a lot of tournaments but the big four have eluded me, and, you know, hopefully this week that is something i can change. you are coming here in great form after that superb win in scotland. yeah, i couldn't ask for better preparation to play a links course in proper links

condition, especially with how windy it was on that last day. and to get the job done. i think the way i played the last two holes, it's obviously going to stand to me this week, but going into, you know, going into the next few months, and if few seasons, i can always draw on that memory of being able to get it done under the toughest of conditions and, yeah, it was a — yeah, it was an amazing finish. a perfect way to come into this week. finally, what kind of test you think this will be here this week? obviously, changes since the last open. it is essentially the same golf course. there are a few different elements, but, you know, one less parfive, i guess, so i think the scoring won't be as low as it has been in the last couple of editions here. but it will provide a certain test. a lot of mid—irons on the front lines, not

so many wedges, quite a lot of scoring opportunities, but like all major champion tests, you need to the ball in play. jonas vingegaard has tightened his grip on the yellowjersey in the tour de france after outclassing tadej pogacar in the individual time trial on stage 16. jonas vingegaard won the 22 kilometre route on what could be a decisive day of the tour. jonas vingegaard increases his lead over tadej pogacar from ten seconds to one minute and 48 seconds. two—time winner pogacar faces a huge task to claw back ground on the defending champion before the tourfinishes in paris on sunday. lionel messi took part in his first full training session with inter miami on tuesday. one of the men responsible for bringing him to major league soccer is franchise co—owner david beckham, who says they won't necessarily expecting an immediate impact from the world cup winner. leo will need time to adjust.

it is a different league, different team, different teammates, different coach. he knows tata very well. at the end of the day, we need to be patient. we have always been patient. and yes, we want results on the field, but leo will decide, if he starts, and when he comes on on friday, with the coach, that is the important part of this. he has to be ready. but this is a dream. it is a dream that has become a reality. finally, bjorn borg — undoubtedly one of tennis�*s greatest players — but could his son beyond the path to follow in his footsteps? 20—year—old leo his first match on the atp tour on tuesday. he beat fellow swede beat ymer.

he has read a37th in the world and will have some way to go to matches father's legacy. his father retired at the age ofjust 26. watch this space. from us in the sportsday team, thank you for watching. hello. for many of us, tuesday was decidedly cool for a july day thanks to a lot of clouds and some outbreaks of rain. that was the scene for a weather watcher in belfast. there were plenty of places that didn't get above 14—15 degrees. was a little bit warmer in the southeast of england, but a world away from the heat that continues to affect southern parts of europe, that extreme heat set to go on. this is the dividing line, the jet stream, the winds high up in the atmosphere, keeping that heat away from our shores, keeping us in some relatively cool air with areas of low pressure and frontal systems moving through. that frontal system there, that was tuesday's rain—maker. it is moving away eastwards. high pressure trying to build from the west, but there'll still be some showers on wednesday. early cloud and patchy rain in eastern england, that tending to clear, then some spells of sunshine

but a scattering of showers. wales and the south west of england, not seeing too many showers. northern scotland likely to stay quite cloudy and breezy throughout the day. and temperatures for lerwick only up to 12 degrees, further south, 2a the high in london. through wednesday night, the showers will tend to fade, we'll see clear skies overhead, one or two mist or fog patches. and with those clear skies, it is going to be actually quite a cool night for the time of year, widely in the towns and cities, 8—12 degrees. but there will be places in the countryside that gets a little chillier than that. so a cool start to thursday morning, but a bright start with spells of sunshine. again, some showers will develop. the odd heavy one is possible. still some quite large areas of cloud across northern parts of scotland and temperatures north to south between 15—23 degrees. that covers it for most of us. now for friday, a lot of dry weather around to start off,

but we will tend to see more clouds spilling in from the west. and some outbreaks of rain are likely to move into parts of northern ireland and northwest scotland, drierfurther south and east, albeit with the chance for the odd shower and temperatures of 14—21 degrees. but as we head into the weekend, we see another frontal system attached to this area of low pressure. that will be working in from the west, bringing outbreaks of rain for many of us. and on the southern flank of that system, some quite strong winds. so, into the weekend some rain at times, albeit with some drier interludes. turning windy down towards the south and remaining fairly cool.

border without authorization. live from washington, live from washington, this is bbc news. this is bbc news. a us soldier, a border crossing and, now, the latest flash—point between the us and north korea. a ukrainian general tells the bbc the counter—offensive against russia is not yielding fast results. we'll have a special report from the front lines. and parts of europe are on fire as temperatures hit new records. we have the latest on the world's extreme weather. hello. we begin with a developing story out of north korea, where we're learning more about a us soldier who's been detained after crossing the