hello from the bbc sport centre. it was a big night of tennis in new york, with the final four new decided in both the men and women's singles at the us open. and for the first time ever, british number one jack draper has put his name into the hat for a grand slam semi final after a domininat straight sets win over alex de minaur. he was rarely troubled in what was his first quarterfinal at a major tournament and first time playing on arthur ash. draper had lost his three previous matches against the australian but took charge of the match from the start winning 6—3, 7—5, 6—2. draper, who is yet to drop a set in the tournament, becomes the first british man to reach the last four since andy murray in 2012. he will now face world number one jannick sinner on friday. it is tough, when you play those best placed in the world,

you don't know what to expect. you watch those people when those grand slams on tv and you think, they will be way too big for you. think, they will be way too big foryou. if think, they will be way too big for you. if you do the right things, you do get chances. you do get chances here and there, and even the best players in the world, they only win 53, 54% of the points, so it's just about how clinical you are when it really matters. world athletics has paid tribute to ugandan marathon runner rebecca cheptegei who has died at the age of 33, saying, "she was a talented athelete with lots left to give". cheptegei died in hospitaljust days after she was attcked by cheptegei died in hospitaljust days after she was attacked by a former boyfriend on sunday. world athletics president sebastian coe said he has been in touch with council members in africa to assess how safeguarding policies might be enhanced to include abuse outside of the sport.police in the uganda say an investigation into cheptegai's death is under way. let's head to france now, and the medals continue to come the way of paralymics gb in paris. olivia broom is a bronze medallist again in the powerlifting.

having won bronze last time out in tokyo in the under 50 kilograms event, broome did so once more to claim britain's 77th medal of the games and clara fuentes mona—sterio broke the paralympic record to win venezuela's first powerlifting gold. and there was a second bronze medal for britian�*s 14—year—old tennis star bly twomey. the teenager — who is ranked 4th in the world — had already picked up a medal in the doubles alongside team—mate fliss pickard earlier in the week but has now secured another in the women's singles. it's the international break and the nations league returns across europe this week. scotland face poland this evening at hampden park. their captain andy robertson admits that the squad must perform if they want to "feel the love again" from fans after a poor euro 2024 campaign. it's the scots first match since a disappointing group—stage exit in germany, where they earned just one point from three games. we need to get more consistent at doing it.

we've done it, like, previously, but not all the time, and that's what we need to get better at, especially in the tournaments, because we've worked so hard to get in group a in the nations league, it's not been easy. you know, we've played games against albania at hampden in front of 15,000 people, and now, you know, we are in group a with, you know, three really good nations. so, we've came a long way, but it's up to us to now stay there, and it's up to us to compete at that level, and that's what we need to show now. the european masters is under way with the tournament taking place in switzerland. england's matt wallace is currently in the lead at six under but there's a four—way tie in second place with stuart manley, nicolai von dellings—howsen, brandon stone and nicola gerhardsen all on 5 under par. and that's all the sport for now but you can continue to follow all of the action from day 8 of the paralympics in paris on the bbc website.

britain's edition watchdog has opened an investigation into ticketmaster over the sale of oasis concert tickets and how dynamic pricing might have been used. many fans say that the prices change as they tried to buy tickets for the reunion of the legendary 90s britpop band. that news that britain's completion watchdog has opened an investigation into ticketmaster. this is over the sale of oasis concert tickets. swedish auto—maker volvo has abandon a planned to sell only fairly electric vehicles by 2030. the car—maker blamed as lower—than—expected roll—out of charging infrastructure and uncertainty caused by recent tariffs on electric vehicles. under its revised target, volvo say it aimed for 90 to 100% of its global sales to be either pure electric or plug—in hybrid

by the end of the decade. sebastien steyn is a professor of electronics and glitter science at the university of southampton and he explained why there has been a throw back in production of electric vehicles by volvo.- in production of electric vehicles by volvo. first of all, i vehicles by volvo. first of all. i think— vehicles by volvo. first of all, | think it _ vehicles by volvo. first of all, i think it is _ vehicles by volvo. first of all, i think it is very - all, i think it is very disappointing because it does show a lack of confidence in the transition to electric cars. but overall, it is not that surprising. there are other auto manufacturers who have made similar rollbacks in the past, including ford. and the past, including ford. and the uptake of electric cars has slowed down recently including in the uk and especially in the eu. it is actually the market share that has gone down. so what is the problem? i - share that has gone down. so what is the problem? i think. what is the problem? i think several reasons. _ what is the problem? i think several reasons. first - what is the problem? i think several reasons. first of - what is the problem? i think several reasons. first of all, electric cars are more expensive than their combustion engine equivalent, so it is around 20% to 30% marks the end buy an electric car. then the cost of manufacturing, then subsidies have gone down

recently, making them more expensive. you also mention the introduction of tariffs on chinese cars. a lot of because a lot of cars are unaffected in china so that means that the man such to pay more to import the cars to the eu. maybe also, to add, the other issue is that people are really worried about charging the electric cars and they fear that the infrastructure is not developed enough at the moment. is infrastructure is not developed enough at the moment. is that the range _ enough at the moment. is that the range anxiety _ enough at the moment. is that the range anxiety that - enough at the moment. is that the range anxiety that you - enough at the moment. is that| the range anxiety that you have planned a long journey and you're not sure that their child stations be there when you need them?— child stations be there when you need them? yes, exactly -- charuain you need them? yes, exactly -- charging stations. _ you need them? yes, exactly -- charging stations. we _ you need them? yes, exactly -- charging stations. we surveyed l charging stations. we surveyed over a thousand electric car drivers and asked them about their experience and a third of them were not happy with their experience of charging in long journeys. and recent similar surveys have found similar figures so that is quite worrying. figures so that is quite worrying-— figures so that is quite wor inc. ., ~' figures so that is quite wor inc. ., ~ , worrying. what you think this means long _ worrying. what you think this means long time _ worrying. what you think this means long time for - worrying. what you think this means long time for the - worrying. what you think this i means long time for the future of electric vehicles?— of electric vehicles? overall,

i am optimistic. _ of electric vehicles? overall, i am optimistic. i— of electric vehicles? overall, i am optimistic. i think - i am optimistic. i think electric vehicles are the solution to decarbonising our transportation system. i think there is a slowdown at the moment but lots of elements are taking place so cars are getting cheaper... taking place so cars are getting cheaper. . .- taking place so cars are getting cheaper... that was sebastien — getting cheaper... that was sebastien steyn _ getting cheaper... that was sebastien steyn from - getting cheaper... that was sebastien steyn from the i sebastien steyn from the university of southampton. just over 50 years ago, a journalist called nancy friday wrote a book, my secret garden, all about women �*s sexual fantasies. it was a best—seller. and a revelation. now actor gillian anderson — known for playing a sex therapist in netflix series sex education — fantasies, called want. our culture editor katie razzall has been talking to her. i found it so difficult to understand what truly my own fantasies are. so much of what is played out in pawn is geared towards men,

and so many expectations set on us as women. gillian anderson, reading from her new book, want. a collection of women's sexual fantasies sent to her from across the world. why don't you start by telling me how you feel? viewers of sex education will be used to gillian anderson talking about sex in her role as a sex therapist. the new book is a modern take on a cult classic that put women's sexual fantasies centre stage back in 1973. i wonder whether you came to any conclusions about how our attitudes to sex and women and sex have changed in the 50 years, 50—odd years since nancy friday? i think one of the things that surprised me was that there is still so much shame. women still struggle to talk about it, struggle to share even, you know, in the western world where we have access to it all the time. i wonder how you view it. has pawn changed our sex lives and perception of sex, particularly amongst younger people? i think the book would probably be quite a good

read for youth of today, because there are so many different versions of how sex can be that is outside what one might see, handed to them by the pawn industry. there's a lot of tenderness and women really wanting to be seen for themselves and who they are. actually, i'm looking forward to working with you. it's 30 years since anderson shot to fame as dana scully in the x—files. she's played powerful and interesting women ever since — miss havisham in great expectations, real—life journalist emily maitlis in scoop. many of the fantasies are from older women. they have insight, they have appreciate their emotional maturity. so the ageing process, i'm glad to hear it as i'm very much ageing, does have its benefits. but as an actor in the public eye, i wonder how you deal with it and how you approach ageing. i've certainly gone through periods where it's struck me quite harshly that

i too am ageing, and one needs to go through a mourning of, you know, mourning youth at various stages. but being on camera, there are certainly times where i see the final product and thinking, oh my god, is that really... is that really what i look like? and going through some feelings around that, but then also realising that that's, you know, going to be the youngest that i look like from here on out. so i'd better, you know, embrace it. i just want to go back to your book, want. yes, please. the fantasies are anonymous. yes. and as you said, one of the fantasies is yours, and i have to ask any clues, which one? yeah, well, i thought actually, today i might, um, let you know which one it was. no! shut up. what's great is that they're anonymous. i don't think we would have gotten the honesty and breadth of what we got had it not been anonymous. and so mine will stay anonymous. thank you so much for talking to us, gillian anderson. thank you for having me.

katie razzall there speaking to gillian anderson. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. a real mix of weather around this afternoon. we could have a few flooding problems to come across southern parts of england, but for northern ireland and west scotland, the skies look like this. no chance of flooding here. it's a beautiful, warm and sunny day. it's across the south of england that we've already seen some rain, and the rain is set to get a lot heavier over the next few hours because this area of rain that's been across northern france, that's brought 24mm of rain in just the space of one hour. and that intense zone of rain is rotating in now across southern england. so coastal parts of sussex, isle of wight, hampshire, into parts of wiltshire, somerset and perhaps gloucestershire as well these areas are most concerned about, with that torrential rain potentially bringing some localised flash flooding, where we see that very intense rain over the space of a few hours. so there could be some

problems this afternoon. now there will be some rain across southern parts of wales too, further northwest for west scotland and northern ireland, it stays beautiful, fine, settled and sunny, probably seeing the weather brighten up across east anglia for a few as we go through the afternoon. but underneath that rain in the south for some temperatures just around 1a or 15 this afternoon. overnight tonight more rain is forecast across these southern areas. elsewhere it will turn quite humid. that humidity will build in some areas of low cloud. bit of drizzle, some mist and fog patches. so for some for east scotland and eastern areas of england could be quite a murky start to the day tomorrow. slow improvements as well. eventually most of us will see some warm spells of sunshine, but not in the south. here we've got further outbreaks of rain and again, that rain is set to be heavy and potentially thundery away from the far south, though overall it's a much warmer day tomorrow. temperatures quite widely between around 22 and 27 c. the weekend same area of low pressure still on our weather charts. the system is weakening somewhat, so rather than the persistent rain, we are looking at showers.

the showers could be heavy and thundery and won'tjust be affecting southern portions of the uk. the risk extends across the midlands, north wales and into northern england, to the north west of scotland and northern ireland, probably having the driest and the brightest of the weather both through saturday and sunday. but that said, most of us, i think, will see at least some sunshine at times, but still hefty downpours around for england and wales into sunday. the main risk, though, over the next few hours. watch out for that very heavy rain in the south.

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live from london. this is bbc news. tributes and angeras this is bbc news. tributes and anger as the ugandan olympian rebecca cheptegei dies after being set alight by a former olympian. we will talk late on the programme to one of her closest friends. a member of britain's royal navy dies after a crash in the channel during a training exercise. pressure for a ceasefire agreement continues to grow on israel's prime minister, who insists troops must remain in a key part of gaza. white we must remain in a key part of gaza. white— gaza. white we have been analysing _ gaza. white we have been analysing israeli _ gaza. white we have been analysing israeli activity. i analysing israeli activity. michel barnier is appointed at the next prime minister of france. and the actress gillian anderson talks about her book,

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