they had to cancel their dublin show on tuesday as alex turner, the lead singer, had laryngitis.written on it being delivered, so almost certain they will be performing tonight. a couple of bands, we don't know who they are. the churnups are listed at 6.15pm. there's a big strong rumour that is actually going to be foo fighters playing the main stage. and over at woodsies, another venue, there is a belief that rick astley, the english singer, could be teaming up with blossoms to play the greatest hits of the smiths, which is quite a thought! one band we know are definitely playing, we can show them now, these are the master musicians of joujouka. and i can speak to the man, frank rynne, who is their manager. how are you? very well. and we are very excited to have them on because they are opening the pyramid stage today. they are opening the pyramid stage today. it's their third time at glastonbury. they came in 1980 and played at the farm, an old festival. they were here in 2011 opening the pyramid, playing all around the site. this is our third time back with the musicians. they

the arctic monkeys will play at the glastonbury festival tonight, despite front man alex turner contractingaryngitis. we've got that and much more with our music correspondent mark savage. more now on oceangate's titan submersible. search teams found debris from the sub thousands of metres below the surface. five men on board took a trip deep down into the ocean to view the remains of the titanic. fine down into the ocean to view the remains of the titanic.- down into the ocean to view the remains of the titanic. one of the interesting _ remains of the titanic. one of the interesting things _ remains of the titanic. one of the interesting things that _ remains of the titanic. one of the interesting things that has - remains of the titanic. one of the interesting things that has come l remains of the titanic. one of the i interesting things that has come out over the past few days is the fact that apparently the us navy heard some sort of implosion in the area in which the sub was lost, around about the time it lost all types of communication with the ship that was accompanying it. the questi

and glastonbury festival bosses confirm the arctic monkeys will play, despite frontman alex turner contracting laryngitis. we'll have all that and more with our music correspondent mark savage in the next hour. hello, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. we start in the united states and the safety questions surrounding the deaths of five men on the titan subsmersible. the co—founder of oceangate, the firm that built and operated the sub, has rejected claims that it cut corners. guillermo sohnlein, who left the firm ten years ago, told the bbc that the craft was 1a years in development and went through rigorous safety checks. tributes have been paid to those who died. among them were the former french navy diver and renowned explorer paul—henri nargeolet and the ceo of oceangate, stockton rush. the family of the british explorer hamish harding said he was a loving husband, a dedicated father and a legend who lived for his next adventure. relatives of the british businessman shahzada dawood and his 19—year—old son suleman described their unimaginabl

and of course the arctic monkeys, confirmed this morning after a laryngitis scare for front man alex turner is tonight's surprise act? the russian military establishment has condemned is that wagner leader yevgeny prigozhin, and have said that he is playing into enemy hands. he referred to convoys that must be stopped and returned to base before it's too late and another general described yevgeny prigozhin�*s actions amounted to a stab in the back for president putin. we understand security has been stepped up understand security has been stepped up in moscow. we have that so stay with bbc news. hello. after what's been another fairly warm week for many of us, the weekend is set to bring something even warmer. in fact, i think the days at times will feel quite hot and the nights will be very warm and humid as well. but as we head into sunday, we are going to see a bit of a change. some thundery downpours swinging in from the west courtesy of a frontal system which is a long way away to the west of us right now, for the short term, high pressure is just about in charge. and around this area

and of course the arctic monkeys, confirmed this morning after a laryngitis scare for front man alex turner of the festival, because onstage behind me, in front of packed crowds, foo fighters came on and it is the worst kept secret of the festival, because onstage behind me, in front of packed crowds, foo fighters came on about 15 minutes ago to huge roars. it will be emotionalfor this ban, they haven't performed at glastonbury since the death of their powerhouse drummer taylor hawkins. it feels like this festival is really building now, of course, lizzo, rick astley, artic monkeys and sir eltonjohn on sunday. —— arctic monkeys. is no need for monkeys, i take it, this year! ——

have confirmed that the arctic monkeys will go ahead on the main pyramid stage, that's despite alex turner been here... is my first time at glastonbury pot and i've only been here... is my first time at glastonbury pot and how are ou feelin: time at glastonbury pot and how are you feeling about _ time at glastonbury pot and how are you feeling about performing? - time at glastonbury pot and how are you feeling about performing? and | you feeling about performing? and talk us through, you know, is everything planned out? do you have your set, everyone in place, you know everything back to front? will you get up there and deliver? me and m team you get up there and deliver? me and my team have — you get up there and deliver? me and my team have been _ you get up there and deliver? me and my team have been working - you get up there and deliver? me and my team have been working on - you get up there and deliver? me and my team have been working on the i you get up there and deliver? me and. my team have been working on the set and have done a greatjob. i'll do the best i can. and have done a

and of course the arctic monkeys, confirmed this morning after a laryngitis scare for front man alex turnernd even then, at times, it was a veil of high cloud you can see quite clearly from this weather watcher from weymouth, dorset. we've also seen some rain today, some of it heavy first thing this morning in western scotland. some rain across the lake district, leaden—looking skies from time to time throughout the day as well. and there's more rain to come through the night. so this has been the story, then. we've seen that cloud and rain easing away, becoming light and patch, but there's some more significant rain which will gradually drift its way across scotland during the early hours of saturday morning. with a southwesterly flow driving in quite a lot of low cloud, it's going to be misty and drizzly at times along those west—facing coasts, but it will be warm — temperatures sitting at around 15—16 celsius. so a mild and increasingly humid start to the weekend. that cloud will tend to lingerfor a time, particularly on west coasts, and we could see a few scattered showers. but eventual

alex turner, the front man, had contracted laryngitis, they had cancelled a gig in dublin, but their the organisers and for the band as well. and the music kicks off this morning at 11:30am. ben howard was the first man on stage over on the other stage just behind us and told me why this festival holds such a special place in musicians' how are you doing? two days after the gates opened at glastonbury the stages have burst into life. you can hear maisie peters behind me and the pyramid stage right now. and as you said that's where the arctic monkeys will be playing tonight, their third ever headline set, ten years after they last stepped foot on that stage ever headline set, ten years after they last stej performance hat stage ever headline set, ten years after they last stej performance was ;tage in 2013. that performance was hanging in the bringing a the nigerian star was bringing a touch of lagos here and a special act at 6:15pm, they are only

that the arctic monkeys concert will go ahead at the main pyramid stage tonight, despite frontman alex turnerple of empty slots. but one space which is confirmed if rapperjuice menace, hejoins me now. thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for coming on the programme-— thank you for coming on the rouramme. . ~ i. ., ., programme. thank you for having me. talk us through _ programme. thank you for having me. talk us through what _ programme. thank you for having me. talk us through what it _ programme. thank you for having me. talk us through what it is _ programme. thank you for having me. talk us through what it is like - talk us through what it is like being there just now. i have only been here a couple of hours, first time at glastonbury but everyone is enjoying themselves. happy vibes. quite exciting. haifa enjoying themselves. happy vibes. quite exciting.— quite exciting. how do you feel about performing? _ quite exciting. how do you feel about performing? i _ quite exciting. how do you feel about performing? i am - quite exciting. how do you feel - about performing? i am perf

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they broke a 2-2 tie with four hits including connor wang's the next, alex made a home run that would be followed by a justin turneran bello struck out eight batters. boston won that game, 4-1, completing a doubleheader sweep, completing a series sweep, and they have now beaten the yankees five out of six times so far this year. happy father's day to me. >>> time now for the weather wetlet's go to meteorologist michelle grossman. how's it look out there? >> it's looking stormy 31 million people impacted by the heat weather, whether it's a heat advisory or heat warning. dallas, austin, houston, core bus christy you're going to see the temperatures in triple digits 102 in san antonio and houston we're looking at temperatures tomorrow into the triple digits. 113 in del rio, 102 in victoria. the heat continues that's when it gets dangerous on your bochld we're looking stormy along the gulf coast even early this morning we have a tornado watch through portions of alabama and also mississippi. that's where you see the pink box there. so those storms are happening right now. but we're watching this all day long, the threa

not actually sure if their performance is going to ahead because alex going to go ahead because alex turnerkicking off straight- g so we're kicking off straight away. liz ieeking— kicking off straight away. liz ieeking ei— kicking off straight away. liz looking at the— kicking off straight away. liz looking at the terribly sad news eirewi— looking at the terribly sad news eirewi ine— looking at the terribly sad news about the titan— looking at the terribly sad news about the titan submersed oil. weiw— about the titan submersed oil. weii. inie— about the titan submersed oil. weii. inie eierw— about the titan submersed oil. well, this story just— about the titan submersed oil. well, this story just fills- about the titan submersed oil. well, this story just fills me with horror. i've always had a phobia about the titanic . i phobia about the titanic. i think it's i can't even look at the pictures of the wreck underwater . i the pictures of the wreck underwater. i think it's the pictures of the wreck underwater . i think it's because underwater. i think it's because i watched the film and i re