hello from the bbc sport centre. fifa say that the women's world cup exceeded all expectations with record breaking crowds across the 64 games. attendances reached almost two million, up 600,000 on the previous record. the champions, spain, will parade the trophy in madrid on tuesday. england are also heading home after their 1—0 defeat in the sydney final. head coach sarina wiegman, who was also a runner up with the netherlands four years ago. has been linked with the vacant usa job. she has committed her immediate

future to the lionesses, but her contract is up in 2025, and she says that years is a long time, when asked about taking england to the next world cup. sir geoff hurst says there should have been a member of the royal family supporting the lionesses in the final. prince william, who is president of the football assocaition, sent a video message of support yesterday, as did the prime minister. i think it would have been nice for a member of the royalfamily i think it would have been nice for a member of the royal family to i think it would have been nice for a member of the royalfamily to be out there. no doubt they support the man's team as the do. i thought it was disappointing that it was such a big occasion for the women's game and where they have come from not to have the royals out there. i feel bad. well, spanish royalty was very much in atendance in sydney, queen letizia and princess sofia presented the trophy and celebrated with the spanish team. among them the captain and match winner 0lga

carmona. carmona was told after the final that her father had died two days earlier after a long illness. the player's family and friends had made the decision not to tell her so she could focus on the match. 0vernight she posted this on social media �*i know you have been watching me tonight and that you are proud of me. rest in peace dad. and without knowing it, i had my star before the game started. i know that you have given me the strength to achieve something unique. 0ur sports editor dan roan was at the final and spoke to us about the potential impact this tournament will have on the women's game. it has been a ground—breaking tournament here in australia and new zealand. the most watched ever. there have been record tv figures and record figures. it has made more money than ever before. some of the traditional giants like the united

states and germany, they left the party early. he did not have these one—sided results as you have seen in the past. the final exemplified that. that was a fantastic spain side, where the champions, they have really taken the technical side of women's for about a new level. they got the finale it really deserved and the legacy could be profound. there is talk of equal pay coming in in time for the next women's world cup. i did feel like this tournament, and england were a crucial part of that, changed perceptions and there is a hope there will be a change nationally and domestically in terms of grassroots participation and viewing figures and audiences at games. novak djokovic gained some degree of revenge for his wimbledon final defeat to carlos alcaraz by beating the spaniard in three sets in the cincinnati 0pen final. it was another epic match, lasting almost four hours, djokovic rallied from a set and a break down against the world numberi and saved a championship

point in the second—set tie—break before earning a record—extending 39th masters title. the two will be on collision course again at the us open next week, where alcaraz is the reigning champion will be the top seed. djokovic has been hugely impressed by the spaniard. it surprised me may be, i don't know, end of last year or beginning of this year what he was doing, the way he won big matches, big tournaments. seeing him coming out in important moments, brave, you have to put you hacked down to a guy like that who plays so materially and handles the pressure so well for and handles the pressure so well for a 20—year—old. you cannot forget how young he is. that is something that is so impressive about him. the american teenager coco gauff won the womens event in cincinnati. the bigest title of her career.

the 19—year—old beat french open finalist karlolina muchova in straight sets, 6—3, 6—4. it's gauff�*s fifth career title and her third this year after victories in washington dc and auckland. the world athletics championships continue — british heptathlete katarina johnson—thompson was one of the big winners on the opening weekend. it was a thrilling conclusion to the event, defending a narrow lead overfavourite anna hall, she did just enough in the 800m, finishing second to the american in the race but staying 20 points clear in the final standings. it's her second, world title, four years after her first, it's been a long injury strewn journey to get back to the top, at last year's worlds she finished 8th. it seems like it is notjust one setback, it has been year after year and it started with coronavirus. i was gaining momentum in 2019 and that got cut short and it was problem after problem. i am so happy i am able to slowly built myself back into the same position for years on.

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victims are sitting in the court. in a statement read to the court, the mother of child a, said he thought it was irate to play god with our children's lives. another mother said, at least now there is no debate that in your own words you kill them on purpose. you are evil. you did this. the prosecutor told the court that the offending was a very, very clear case for a whole life tariff to be imposed. this is what the prime minister had to see a short time ago. i what the prime minister had to see a short time age-— what the prime minister had to see a short time ago-— short time ago. i think the first thin is short time ago. i think the first thing is to _ short time ago. i think the first thing is to extend _ short time ago. i think the first thing is to extend my - short time ago. i think the first | thing is to extend my sympathy short time ago. i think the first i thing is to extend my sympathy to everyone affected by this. like

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to learn the lessons of what happened, and for it to happen as quickly as possible. those are the objectives and we will make sure it is set up to deliver on those aims. the prime minister there on the sentencing of lucy letby. that sentencing of lucy letby. that sentencing is continuing. we are going to expect the formal decision from thejudge to going to expect the formal decision from the judge to be going to expect the formal decision from thejudge to be handed down in a couple of hours' time. but more on whole life orders, which is what lucy letby will get. they were introduced back in 1983. they were initially imposed by home secretaries. in 2002, the power to pass such a tariff was handed to judges. these crimes are certainly in the remit of a whole life order, but it will be up to the judge to pass a sentence. should the 33—year—old be given such a sentence, lucy letby would become the fourth women in english legal

history to receive a whole life order. we are going to have continuing coverage from manchester crown court with our correspondent anna foster. she will have more updates at the top of the hour. if you would like to get further updates before then, you can head to our website. you can do that by going and clicking, scanning the qr code on the right—hand side of the screen where you will find live updates from our correspondence inside the court as they listen to a number of impact statements by the families who were affected by lucy letby. that is by heading to our live pages on bbc news. well, now it is time to take a look at the weather. a bit more of a taste of late sunshine for parts of eastern

parts of the uk, more unsettled for the west. warm sunshine and largely dry, cloudy year for scotland and northern ireland. blustery showers around later on in the day. low pressure is moving in from the north—west. further south, pressure is moving in from the north—west. furthersouth, high north—west. further south, high pressure north—west. furthersouth, high pressure holds up from continental europe. that is affecting weather across england and wales. warm and dry conditions. low cloud around the english channel. the cloud will bubble up in northern england, for instance. some showers for scotland and northern ireland. in the south, up and northern ireland. in the south, up to 26 celsius on monday afternoon. into the evening hours, late sunshine. 0ne afternoon. into the evening hours, late sunshine. one or two showers for parts of wales and northern england. scotland and northern ireland, showery rain and easing away through the early hours. temperatures overnight falling to 14, 15 celsius. a warm and

temperatures overnight falling to 14,15 celsius. a warm and muggy feel to the weather. tuesday, warm and sunny for much of central, southern and eastern england. parts of wales, too. northern ireland and scotland seeing blustery showers. the showers and the winds will ease later in the day. typically the high teens for temperatures. 26 down to east anglia, central and southern england. into the middle of the week, another area of low pressure for the north—west year. blustery spells of weather. for western parts of scotland, more cloud for central parts of england and wales. cooler conditions to the north of that. still warm down towards the south—east. wednesday, the warmest day of the week. 26 of 27 celsius possible. things change towards the end of the working week and weekend. we see a higher pressure moving in from the atlantic. that combination

means the wind will come from a northerly direction. pushing warmer air in. more showers into thursday and friday, and temperatures return to more typical ones for the time of year. goodbye.

live from london. this is bbc news. child killer lucy letby — guilty of murdering seven babies — refuses to face the families of her victims at her sentencing at manchester crown court. a state of emergency is declared as southern california is hit by torrential rain — in the first tropical storm there for 80 years. saudi arabian border guards are accused of killing hundreds of ethiopian migrants trying to cross from war—torn yemen. hello, i'm lucy hockings, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. we start with the sentencing of nurse lucy letby — the most prolific killer of children in modern british history.

letby has refused to appear in the dock at manchester crown court — where bereaved families have been making harrowing statements describing the impact of the murders on their lives. letby has been convicted of the murder of seven babies — and attempting to murder six others — at the countess of chester hospital. a short while ago — the prime minister — rishi sunak said it was "cowardly" for the perpetrators of horrendous crimes not to face their victims. we can go straight to manchester crown court. anna foster is there for us now. as you say, lucy letby has not appeared in the dock this morning. she is here at manchester crown court. she was brought here from prison as she has been every day throughout this long—running trial, almost ten months, believed to be the longest—running murder trial in uk history, but once again she will

remain in the holding cells and she has not been