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london spirit kept a lid on it. it needed to win, but the fire... next, the england captain. she has got her. what you know? gone for 24. danni gibson was only in for 22. a big impact, but still work to do. three balls left, for runs needed. deepti sharma's shot, now it will rested on where the ball landed. just beyond her reach. six in victory. london spirit when their first hundred title at lord's. fourth year of the hundred and they had been waiting. london spirit are now the champions. the winning captain, heather knight, said she was delighted with how their game plan came together, on a packed day at lord's — the biggest crowd at the venue for a women's game. knight, who's used to captaining england, said it was a special moment to come away with a first trophy in the competition, and was speaking to alex hartley after the victory. ifound it quite hard, it was a tricky wicket, a bit slow, so i thought our bowlers did a really good job, and hopefully mend the chase would not be too hard, really pleased with how

trent rockets' men beat london spirit by 22 runs in a hundred double header at trent bridge.the table. spirit remain one off the bottom. earlier, trent rockets women beat london spirit by 31 runs. grace scrivens top scored with 55 runs. rockets move up to sixth place. and that's all the sport for now. we'll have more later on, we'll see you then. hello there. the next 24 hours look fairly unsettled. we've got another weather system working in off the atlantic that's going to bring a stronger breeze, cloud, outbreaks of rain, so an unsettled day tomorrow. after we start off with some sunshine the cloud will tend to build in. and we've had a breezy day today, thanks to this area of low pressure that's brought windy weather to scotland and plenty of showers, but it's moving away. the showers fade away in this brief ridge of high pressure through the overnight period, so a drier, clearer night to come for northern, central and eastern areas, but the signs of this weather front starting to approach wales south—west england with increasing breeze. outbreaks of rain temperatures lif

requiring 116 to win, london spirit needed four runs from the final three balls against welsh fire and a six to secure a four—wicket victory for heather knight's side as they win the trophy for the first time. i found it hard to time. it was a tricky wicket, a little slow, so i thought our bowlers did a good job to keep them to a low score hopefully it will not be too hard but pleased with how it went. i wasjust trying to keep things going. danny gibson, a beauty. the exact henning she can play. change the game, shifted the momentum and broke the back of the run chase. kasia niewiadoma has won the tour de france femmes by just four seconds, taking the title on the final iconic climb of l�*alpe d'huez. the defending champion, deymi vollering, who was a minute and a quarter down in the standings after crashing earlier in the race, won the stage, leaving niewiadoma having to finish within 65 seconds of the dutchwoman to keep the yellowjersey. and she made it withjust four seconds to spare for the biggest win of her career. the australian sprinter kaden groves won stage 2 at the vuelta a e

earlier, the invincibles women's team also beat london spirit to go second.remony is just about to get under way over on bbc one. in contrast to the opening ceremony that took place along the river seine in pouring rain, it's blissfully dry at the stade de france, where we'll see a more di rigeur denouement. our sports editor dan roan joined me earlier and told me what we can expect. hi, ben. as you say, this reverts to the traditional closing ceremony, unlike that opening one 2.5 weeks ago on the river but we are told other than that, it will be as you would expect, there will be a parade of the athletes and british gold medal winning olympians alex yee and bryony page of triathlon and trampolining respectively, they will be given the honour of being the flag bearers for the british team when they emerge here into the stade de france behind me and they will obviously be a handover element to the ceremony, looking ahead to la 2028, the next olympic games in four years' time, and we are told there may be appearances by tom cruise and performers such as snoop d

requiring 116 to win, london spirit needed four runs from the final three balls against welsh fire ande first time kasia new—via—doma has won the tour de france femmes by just four seconds — taking the title on the final iconic climb of l�*alpe d'hue, the defending champion deymi vollering, who was a minute and a quarter down in the standings, after crashing earlier in the race — won the stage — leaving newviadoma having to finish within 65 seconds of the dutchwoman to keep the yellow jersey, and she made it withjust four seconds to spare for the biggest win of her career. the australian sprinter kaden groves won stage 2 at the vuelta a espana — groves made the most of the uphill finish into ourem to take the victory. wout van art was second across the line and takes the race leader's red jersey. the first three stages are in portugal this year before crossing into spain. finally, alex yee's dramatic final run to win triathlon gold was one of the great team gb moments at the paris olympics. well, watch this because he's gone and repeated the trick, against his great rival hayden wilde.

day between warrington wolves and leeds rhinos is under way with the score 2—0 warrington the london spiritd only make 113 from their 100 balls, charlie dean doing most of the damage with the ball as she took 3 wickets. and they reached their target with 9 balls to spare with georgia redmayne scoring an unbeaten half century. they'll face welsh fire in the final at lord's tomorrow. the men's eliminator, between birmingham phoenix and southern brave has not long started. stage 7 of the tour de france femme was won byjustine shekiere. the belgian rider wearing the polka dots of the best climber took the longest stage of the race — ending with a summit finish in the alps on la grand bornand. shekiere finished ahead of maeva squiban and deymi vollering. kasia newviadoma of poland retains the yellowjersey and lead the race by 27 seconds. it all finishes tomorrow at the top of l'alpe d'huez. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. brandon mcnulty has taken the leader's red jersey at the vuelta a espana. the american was fastest on stage one, a time trial i

london spirit women have boosted their chances of reaching the eliminator stage in the hundred with aneason start tonight with a handful of matches. keep an eye out for tomorrow's result at harrogate in league 2. bromley are the visitors for what will be their first game in the football league. nicknamed the ravens, they were once so bad that their struggles were highlighted in a book and a film. mike bushell went to the club to find out more. chanting: we are going up, i said we are going up! i the celebrations at bromley this summer were simply unthinkable for generations. especially in the late 1960s, when one fan inadvertently fell in love with the club often regarded as the worst in non—league football. that fan, dave roberts, went on to write a book about supporting the ultimate underdog, and in 2018, the bromley boys was turned into a film released to much acclaim. dave roberts volunteered in the tea shop at the club through thick and thin before eventually moving away. dave passed away in 2021, so never got to see the rise of recent times, culminating in this historic promotion

so they will play london spirit in the eliminator on saturday for a place in the final.their game with welsh fire. in their game with welsh fire who had set them 182 to win. but with southern brave on 21 for 2 in reply, the match was abandoned. so brave will play in the eliminator on saturday. oval invicibles have just started their match against trent rockets, they will go straight through to the final if they win. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines. katie boulter has been knocked out in the first round of the cincinnati open. the british number one went a set up but lost nine games in a row, as she was beaten in three sets by magda linette, who is 13 places below boulter in the world rankings. british number three harriet dart argued with the umpire after she refused her request to change her shoes as yulia putinseva was about to serve in the second set. and her frustrations didn't end there as she lost in three sets. defending champion deymi vollering has extended her lead at the tour de france femmes with four stages to go. puck

trent rockets are playing london spirit in a double header in the hundred at trent bridge.t won the toss and put the hosts into bat with 55 runs for grace scrivens as they finished on a hefty 158 for 5 in reply england captain heather knight reached 29 before departing. spirit need 51 runs to win from 13 balls with four wickets remaining. the men play at half past six. white back we will keep you updated with the rest of the sports news for the afternoon. at that is all for now. , ., ., " the afternoon. at that is all for now. ., ~ , ., the afternoon. at that is all for now. . ~' , ., , the afternoon. at that is all for now. ., ~ , . let's return to our top story and the first people charged after more than a week of riots across the country have been sentenced. prosecutors say it's the �*tip of the iceberg'. derek drummond received a sentence of three years for violent disorder and assaulting a police officer in southport. he was one of three men to be jailed at liverpool crown court. declan geiran, seen here, was sentenced to 30 months for violent disorder in liverpool. a

elsewhere, london spirit's men were bowled out by home side and local rivals oval invincibles for onlyt game would see them go straight into the final. and invincibles women made it two wins for the oval teams today, as they chased down 121 to beat spirit by eight wickets. captain lauren winfield—hill hit the winning runs with nine balls to spare, top—scoring and matching cox's 61 not out, which included ten boundaries. it means the invincibles stay second in the table and in with a chance of qualifying directly for next sunday's final at lord's. one game still going and you can give a cross that on the bbc sport website. —— you can keep across that. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. on the final day of the first test in port of spain, south africa set west indies a lofty total of 298 to win. they've just resumed after lunch from a rain delay with the hosts on 12—1. and former wales rugby player louis rees zammit made his debut for the kansas city chiefs, playing in three different positions as they were beaten by the jacksonville jaguars

adil rashid took three for 16 from 20 balls — as london spirit were restricted to 111—8 in their inningsngland. and the opportunity may well be there again for the next few hours this side of midnight, and even in the south. but there's a fly in the ointment. there's a lot more cloud and rain straddling the uk at the moment. either side, perhaps some clearer skies. scotland, northern ireland, eventually northern england and early in the evening further east. but our band of cloud and rain, even some rumbles of thunder initially are tracking their way eastwards through the night, so it will be a warmer, cloudier end to the night across central and eastern areas, but a chilly one further north — down to 4—5 under the clearing skies. and that bodes well fora drier, brighter, sunnier day across scotland, for northern ireland and for northern england and wales. eventually that cloud, although dragging its heels initially, will clear towards the east. some early rain, some mist and murk over the hills. that's something that we'll see through the night as well, underneath that cloud band, and e

the london spirit are into the women's hundred final after a comfortable win against oval invincibleseir target with nine balls to spare with georgia redmayne scoring an unbeaten half century. they'll face welsh fire in the final at lord's tomorrow. the men's eliminator, between birmingham phoenix and southern brave has not long started. stage seven of the tour de france femme was won byjustine shekiere. the belgian rider wearing the polka dots of the best climber took the longest stage of the race — ending with a summit finish in the alps on la grand bornand. shekiere finished ahead of maeva squiban and deymi vollering. kasia newvidoma of poland retains the yellowjersey and lead the race by 27 seconds. it all finishes tomorrow at the top of l'alpe d'huez. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today.. america's lauren coughlin made six birdies in a round of 66, to lead the women's scottish open on day three, by one shot from compatriot megan khang on 12 under par. charley hull is the leading briton on nine under. japan's hideki matsuyama has the ear

trent rockets women beat london spirit by 31 runs in the first game of a double header in the hundredgling in reply and with ash gardner claiming three wickets for 23 runs, they eventually finished well short of their target. the england under—21s manager lee carsley is likely to take interim charge of england�*s senior team when they play their nations league matches against the republic of ireland and finland next month. that�*s as the fa continues it�*s search for a long term replacement for gareth southgate who left his role last month. our football reporter alex howell is following the story for us: it's it�*s just over three weeks since gareth southgate resigns from being the england�*s team manager after defeat to spain in the euro final. and there�*s just the amount of time just over three weeks until england need to name their next squad for the nation�*s league games against there isn�*t actually much time logistically to get a new manager in place. and if we look at what the faa has done historically, they have actually looked internally before. you have stuart peers and ev

they top the table on net run—rate and will face either the oval invincibles or london spirit who playall standings by 22 seconds, ahead of pieterse. the race heads into france tomorrow. lots more of course on the bbc sport website, oryour lots more of course on the bbc sport website, or your bbc sport up. they are into injury time at allen road, middlesbrough still beating leads, you can follow that on the bbc sport website but that's all for now. hello there! wednesday was a cloudier and fresher feel for most of us, but east anglia still clung on to some sunshine and some heat. 26 celsius was the high on wednesday afternoon in parts of suffolk. but the story will continue to change for thursday. under this influence of low pressure, some wet and windy weather will move its way into scotland and northern ireland. that will gradually sink its way south and east. as it bumps into high pressure, the rain will weaken somewhat. so first thing on thursday morning, we'll have a slightly brighter story north—west of the great glen. the rain turning showery from aberdeen down to glasgow and in

london spirit men beat the welsh fire in the hundred.la 1 is into its summer break. it's three weeks before the next race in a season that is proving to be highly competitive. max verstappen has seven victories so far, but there have been seven different race—winners. lando norris is second in the championship, and he's been speaking to the bbc�*s matt warwick about the sport's sustainability, with a commitment to becoming net—zero carbon by 2030. to me, motorsport means sound, the smell and thenjust the to me, motorsport means sound, the smell and then just the pure competition. the best of the best are behind it all.— are behind it all. what about sustainability _ are behind it all. what about sustainability charisma - are behind it all. what about sustainability charisma is - are behind it all. what about sustainability charisma is a l are behind it all. what about i sustainability charisma is a very important engage people? i sustainability charisma is a very important engage people? i think so. we are going — important engage people

london spirit won the women's 100 brave. london spirit won the women's100 as well. and brave.cg. this is something that's going to happen. i know i'm getting a bit early with this. 2027is getting a bit early with this. 2027 is the 150th anniversary of the first test between england and australia, and how are they going to mark it? well, they're going to mark it? well, they're going to mark it? well, they're going to play a game. that's it. >> that's probably going to be a win is what we want to know as well. >> the first game australia won by 45 runs. the 100th anniversary in 1977. australia won by 45 runs. same thing happened twice. so who knows what's going to happen in 2027. >> it's been a pleasure. kjt glad to hear you. >> i'd like to give my fixtures maybe two years, three years early. >> get that in the diary. yes. >> get that in the diary. yes. >> thank you very much. thank you. quiet. right. still to come. dawn neesom and kriss akabusi are running us through what's making the news. that's next. this is gb news breakfast. >> we've got dawn neesom and kriss akabusi takin

london spirit needed 116 to win. shabnim ismail, welsh fire. her team, her approach., big impact. there was still work to do. three balls left, four runs needed. dipti sharma's shot. now it all rested on where that ball landed. 0h! spirit have won in extraordinary fashion. just beyond the reach of shabnim for six. catch was on tenterhooks but the six just went over. yeah, so delighted, obviously, in front of a massive crowd, a record crowd as well. yeah, an awesome day. i'm a bit worried about the trophy lift, actually, it's quite heavy! the trophy, like the tournament, is designed to be noticed. onto the men's final, that's jofra archer for southern brave, whacked by willjacks for oval invincibles. 147 was the oval�*s total. then they bowled and the brave faltered. he's got him, he's got him, down the slope. saqib mahmood was too fast. straight in, the angle change works. adam zampa too crafty, same stumps. southern brave finishing 17 short. the invincibles retain the men's title. there are many forms of cricket, all with their own merit, but they do this very well.

in the women's event, the invincible couldn't make the final, beaten in the eliminator by the london spiritalf—century in their innings. they will face welsh fire innings. they will face welsh fire in the final at lourdes this afternoon. simply�*s magic weekend in the continues later, hull kr aiming to take the opportunity to go avalon points with league leaders weekend, playing catalan dragons in one of the three matches at allen road. yesterday warriors thrashed saint helen �*s 20—0 to move two points clear at the top of the table. jack ferryman named mount of the match after scoring one of wigan�*s three tries. no advantage for lead rhinos, they lost 24—62 warrington. they run in three tries, fullback matthew dufty getting a hat—trick to help keep the gap to leaders wigan to those two points. bottom of the table, battling to avoid the wooden spoon, london broncos came out on top, thrashing hull fc 29—4 stop josh walker claims two tries to claim player of the match. charlie hale is three shots off the lead going into the final round of golf on the women stood before the open next week. sh

england's adil rashid starring with the ball in a rain affected match against london spirit taking someto a superior scoring rate. there was no catching that one. london spirit's women though are on the brink of reaching the knockout stage in the women's competition. heather knight hit the winning runs as they turned the tables on the superchargers here to win by seven wickets with balls to spare. and we're two days and three stages into the women's tour de france, but we haven't actually reached france yet, believe it or not. the race starting outside france for the first time, with three stages in the netherlands, two yesterday. charlotte kool won stage two yesterday morning before defending champion demi vollering took stage three, she leads going into stage four later as the race heads to belgium, before finally reaching france tomorrow. more a sort of tour of europe at the moment thanjust france. moment than just france. we moment thanjust france. we are going to have some great guests later talking to us about how the cycling in paris has inspired them to get involved. see you lat

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from my safe place in london, but i believe palestinians have shown all of us the path to resistance, not only to the rest of west asian people or muslim people, but to any free spirited person who wants to fight." against injustice from a worker in uh in london who's fighting for better wages to someone else fighting against a multi national company that are looking up to palestinians that this the resilience of this nation after 70 five years with all the attempts of the biggest powers in the world to destroy them to uh quash them to silence them and this people are still doing so i mean yes mr hania is a leader muhammad zaf that uh over hour ago idf uh claims that uh his death has been his his martyrism has been confirmed uh is commander is a uh important military figure but also those kids on streets who are continuing with hunger who are continuing with all this hardship those mothers that the are they have the the body of one dead child and still shout resistance the resistance is not one person, is not one group, is not hamas, is not jihad islami, is not pflp, is not hizbullah, resistance is the people who have not been made silent for 75 years and it's like un

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do, i think is sit round this table and talk to one another as as kindrid spirits, you you as a gars and you know us as londoners or whatever we are, and look at each other in disbelief, and rather than just howl and scratch our eyes out in our anguish, say oh my god, it happened, big brother has won the battle so far, we are living in 1984, there is a ministry of to truth. it's called the mainstream media that does nothing but tell lies about what's actually happening in the world, so so and we, the people are persuaded by this propaganda to accept genocide and to accept perpetual warfare, simply because we allowed it to creep up on us slowly enough, that we thought, oh, well, there was the red menes, you know, reds under the bed and all that, and so, and although we've all agreed that... to mccarthy was a bit of luny bit lunatic and attacked people in hollywood and blah blah blah and the blacklists and all that was a bit ify we nevertheless accepted it and we didn't go hang on this is and then when dwight disenh sat down in 1961 at the end of his reign as president of united states and made his military indust

london, but not compared to tokyo , sorry for tokyo. let's count the federations and the technical staff whose hard work has made our children come back today with that spirit god bless all our dear people . the times when, for example, fencing reached the medal level people appreciate reza alipour's rock climbing , sympathize with him and love him. seeing his efforts means that everyone who tries for the people can see and definitely see the appreciation of the people. they are really tall and i say that these children are right that they did not get a medal, but they really have a place in the hearts of the people because seeing how hard people are trying and sometimes these injustices. and i am sorry to be in the presence of a series of events that children lose their hands from the circuit, but people appreciate the efforts of these loved ones and we are happy that such athletes with this belief, with this thinking and with this determination, all for their country. they are working hard for this beautiful and sacred flag of the islamic republic of iran, and the passionate love they pour, the prostration they perform, and the circle of honor they circle

be back in atlanta are in rio our london and got the bug and since then come to every olympics and love it, the atmosphere and sense of camaraderie and the olympic spiritey people which is great on the streets of paris. and we have the closing ceremony. let�*s see if tom cruise appears later tonight. let�*s get back to the events ihn russia, where the governor of kursk region has ordered the evacuation of civilians to be sped up, from vulnerable areas on the sixth day of a surprise incursion by ukraine. he said 13 people were injured when a ukrainian missile hit a residential building. a senior ukrainian security official is quoted as saying the cross—border operation has greatly raised national morale; but he said it had not markedly weakened russia�*s long—running offensive in eastern ukraine. the emergency services in kyiv, meanwhile, say a man and his young child have been killed in an overnight russian missile attack. ukrainian forces say they destroyed over 50 attack drones and several north korean—made missiles launched by russia during an overnight air strike. i spoke earlier to oleksii goncharenko, ukrainian mp from odesa and the member of the

spirit. they really can't. >> reporter: officials continue to investigate this alleged plot. but they say the suspects were targeting any large concert venue, including taylor swift. here in londonials say that they are continually assessing all relevant intelligence but see no threat to taylor swift's concert set to kick off next thursday. five sold-out concerts here in wembley stadium. >> thank you. >>> a lot to get to, including craig with some drama and excitement at the olympics. good morning. >> reporter: bonjour! listen, throughout these games we have seen so many memorable moments. yesterday no exception, filled with more of the same. there was an epic comeback in basketball, led by steph curry, lebron james and, of course, plenty of drama on the track, including the signature race for team usa star noah lyles that did not go as expected. a shocking turn of events for american sprinting star noah lyles. a covid diagnosis hidden from his teammates upending plans for more gold. lyles announcing overnight, this will be the end of his 2024 olympic journey after he snagged bronze in a dramatic 200, despite being sick. >> he is on the floor because he is just empty. >> the pos