hello from the bbc sport centre. the sports for a slimmed down 2026 commonwealth games have been announced, with badminton and hockey being dropped as 19 sports are cut to 10. glasgow stepped in to host the games after the australian state of victoria pulled out because of rising costs. the stripped—back programme of ten sports includes athletics and swimming as mandatory, but will also feature track cycling and boxing. the games were last held in glasgow in 2014 at a cost of over £540 million. this time around, hockey, cricket, rugby, badminton and squash are among the sports that have been dropped. the events will take place across four locations in the city. we have two core sports, athletics and swimming, so that i was a bit of a mixture of

sports, so we have been working very closely with them to make sure that sports not only programme know that this is just for this games. one of our ambitions as a movement is to take the commonwealth games around the commonwealth, that is fantastic that glasgow has put up their hand to help us in that transformational journey. we need to create a game is that as a right size for other members to host the games. we've been highlighting all five of the nominees for the bbc women's footballer of the year, and today it's the turn of usa and portland thorns player sophia smith. she won olympic gold at this years paris games. she also lifted the concacaf gold cup earlier his year and was awarded the nwsl golden boot in 2023.

ijust remember seeing i just remember seeing the ijust remember seeing the ball at the back of the net. i kind of blacked out a little bit. we did it, we are about to play for a gold medal. i was feeling a little bit nervous for that game just because of how important it was, how big a game it was. i do member leading up to the goal feeling like we are going to win this game. i don't now how come i don't know who's going to put the ball in the back of the net, but we are going to win this game, and you could just feel that collective belief. emma hayes lead the usa football team to gold, beating brazih — football team to gold, beating brazih i — football team to gold, beating brazil. ~ _, brazil. i felt like i could c l brazil. i felt like i could cry. all— brazil. i felt like i could cry. all the _ brazil. i felt like i could cry, all the pieces - brazil. i felt like i could| cry, all the pieces came together. winning a gold medal was a dream come true. ijust about all the time my dad would pull up youtube video smart highlights, i would spend hours watching them, and to be able to compete against her in an olympic gold medal match was a full—circle moment and it almost felt like a passing of

the torch, now it is my turn, and it is just really exciting. the last 12 months i felt really rewarding, i have worked my whole life, a lot of it when nobody is watching. in a sport like this, it is very easy to feel like maybe the goals are not coming at the moment, but i'm still going to work hard for my team and create goals in different ways, so i am proud of myself for the level i have been able to maintain, and to kind of get that recognition, it feels really good. my parents sacrificed so much to just allow me to play soccer. my just allow me to play soccer. my mum switched jobs completely to allow me —— to allow her to drive me to practice. when i was growing up, there were very few black players on the us

women's national team, just so important for every young girl, as a young boy, to see players who look like them doing what they maybe want to do, itjust goes a long way. if i get to inspire one person every day, i think all of this is so worth it. visit the bbc sport website to cast your vote. the los angeles lakers host the minnesota timberwolves in their season opener on tuesday. the game will see lebronjames tie vince carter by playing in a 22nd nba season, and potentially mark the first official game where a father and son are teammates, as lebron's son bronnyjames enters his rookie season. this will also be new lakers head coach jj redick�*s first game in charge. yeah, ithink yeah, i think it will be different. no different than the getting ready for any other game, butjust the the getting ready for any other game, but just the feeling the getting ready for any other game, butjust the feeling of being in the nba, it is

special. the fixtures for women's rugby world cup 2025 have been announced today following the pool draw last week. hosts england will play the usa in the opening match of the tournament which will be played at sunderland's stadium of light on the 22nd of august. champions new zealand hosted the last world cup in 2022, beating england in a dramatic final in front of a — then — record—breaking crowd for a women's fixture of 42,500 at eden park. the international tennis federation has announced off—court coaching will be allowed in tennis from january 2025. the decision was made following recent trials on the men's atp and women's wta tours. the new changes mean coaches can advise verbally or using hand signals at any time, except during the playing of a point. coaches msut be "brief and discreet" except during breaks, but it is up to each tournament or event to implement the rule. and that's all the sport for now.

you are life with bbc news. chris kaba was a core member of one of wonder�*s most dangerous gangs and was allegedly linked to two shootings in the 60s before he was shot dead by police. he was said to have shot a rival in the legs at a nightclub six days before he died in september 2022, and would have stood trial for attempted murder had he survived. daniel shaw is a policing and crime commentator, he told me about the significance of these reporting restrictions being lifted. i think the lifting of these restrictions is an important moment, because what it does is provide some background and context around chris kaba and his record, and i think without it what people have is a sort

of partial view of this individual. i don't think it will affect, in any way, the interpretation of what happened on that night, because the officer who killed chris kaba, martyn blake, he did not know who was behind the wheel, he did not know that chris kaba was the driver. so what was going through his mind were simply the facts in front of him, the situation in front of him, the situation in front of him, and that he knew the car had been linked to a firearms incident. he did not know it was chris kaba and he did not know about chris kaba's criminal background. so that should not really affect our understanding of what happened that night. the only thing that is possibly relevant is that it may have affected chris kaba's own mindset, and this is the reason that martyn blake's defence before the trial wanted

to be bad character, the details about chris kaba's background, to be aired in court for thejury to background, to be aired in court for the jury to know about, because they felt that it explained why he was so desperate to get away when he was stopped by police. patrick gives casey, who was martyn blake's barrister, said in court that the background should be put to the jury because it explained why he wanted to escape from police, who was intent on getting away at any cost, but the judge obviously decided that to put that information before the jury that information before the jury would be prejudicial to the case, and wasn't really relevant because it was all about what was going through martyn blake's mind in those moments. martyn blake's mind in those moments-— martyn blake's mind in those moments. �* ., ., , ., ~ moments. and what do you think this means _ moments. and what do you think this means for _ moments. and what do you think this means for the _ moments. and what do you think this means for the relationship i this means for the relationship that the police have with certain communities, perhaps communities that feel marginalised by the institution?- marginalised by the institution? ~ institution? well, look, it certainly _ institution? well, look, it certainly paints _ institution? well, look, it certainly paints a - institution? well, look, it| certainly paints a different picture of chris kaba, but i think it is very important that

the full picture is revealed. this is not an individual who had one minor conviction for shoplifting at the age of ia awful smoking cannabis, this was a man with an extensive criminal record, with previous convictions weapons possession, who is linked to at least two firearms incidents, one of which he would have gone on trialfor which he would have gone on trial for attempted murder, which he would have gone on trialfor attempted murder, so trial for attempted murder, so ifigured trialfor attempted murder, so ifigured is very trialfor attempted murder, so i figured is very important people understand that. but in terms of people's understanding of what happened that night, in an ideal scenario for the police, they would not have shot chris kaba, his vehicle would have been stopped, he would have been stopped, he would have been stopped, he would have got out of the car with his hands up, and he would have been arrested, and in the investigation would have taken its course. so i think the metropolitan police wanted that information in the public domain because it was concerned that, without it, there might be disquiet and there might be undue concern amongst particularly black communities, and i think that putting

information out there provides a bit more context and background, and it is right that we should do so. also, in the interests of open justice and open reporting, reporting restrictions should only be applied in the most extreme circumstances and for very good reason, and it is not good for the courts to impose reporting restrictions of any degree unless it is absolutely necessary to do so. so i personally would welcome that these restrictions have been lifted today.— lifted today. these pictures cominu lifted today. these pictures coming in _ lifted today. these pictures coming in from _ lifted today. these pictures coming in from beirut, - lifted today. these pictures coming in from beirut, this| lifted today. these pictures l coming in from beirut, this is the live scene of the capital of lebanon, and there you can see the aftermath of yet another night of heavy israeli air strikes in the city. we are focusing on the situation near the university hospital where

authorities in beirut say 13 people were killed and 5a injured following israeli air strikes near the hospital. the rural government of course say that they did not intend to strike the hospital itself —— the israeli government. and then this story coming in from our senior international correspondent, she hasjust been on a trip to another hospital in beirut, the site where israel says that hezbollah is hiding millions of dollars of cash and gold in a bunker there. the report says there has been no evidence of that, and authorities at the hospital deny that they are keeping any of those hezbollah money or gold. now the weather forecast. hello again. we've got a band of cloud

and showery rain pushing south eastwards across england and wales this morning. this is the weather front responsible for it. as it bumps into the high pressure, it will continue to fizzle. you can see two still quite gusty winds across the far north of scotland. so this afternoon, as the weather front arrives in the south—east, it won't be bringing much more than a band of cloud and the odd shower. the showers easing across the north, and then it's a largely dry day for the bulk of the country, with some sunny intervals, and temperatures ranging from 10 to about 17 degrees. now, as we head through the evening and overnight, eventually the weather front pulls away, we'll see some thick fog develop across england and wales, particularly the southern half of the country. and then we're looking at more cloud coming in across northern ireland and scotland with some rain and that is pushing northwards. temperatures falling away between 6 and 11. so we start with the dense fog in the morning. it will be slow to clear the south—east, could linger right the way through the course of the morning, then a lot of dry weather, but still more cloud coming in across scotland and northern ireland, tending to break up

as we go through the course of the afternoon. temperatures 13 to 17 degrees north to south. as we head through the week, wednesday into thursday, you can see a weather front trying to come in. it's coming up against the area of high pressure. but look at those isobars once again. so we start off on thursday with a fair bit of dry weather. the cloud building in from the west could produce a few showers. the winds are going to strengthen ahead of the weather front coming in, in the west, and then we will see some rain. temperatures 12 to about 17 degrees. that rain will continue to journey eastwards as we go through thursday night. here's the weather front bearing it, this cold front, but look how it all curls around, back in through parts of scotland, northern ireland, northern england and wales. so here's our first weather front pushing into the north sea. here's that curl i was talking about, bringing in some rain. but in between, there'll be some brighter skies, even some glimpses of sunshine. temperatures, 11 to about 15 or 16 degrees. and then as we head

on into the weekend, well, it is looking like it's going to be unsettled with some wintry showers in the hills of scotland.

live from london. this is bbc news. chris kaba, the man who was shot dead at the wheel of his car by a armed police officer, was a member of one of london's most dangerous gangs. world leaders arrive in russia for the brics summit of emerging economies which moscow says highlights the failure of the west to isolate the kremlin. israel intensifies its aerial assault on lebanon — at least 13 people are killed in a strike next to the country's biggest hospital. the us secretary of state arrives in israel as anthony blinken tries once again to revive hopes of a ceasefire. this is beirut and you can see thick smoke dominating the skyline. and, scientists reveal how a huge meteorite that collided with earth three billion years ago helped early life to thrive.

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