more on that on the bbc sport _ week for women's sport. and - week for women's sport. more on that on the bbc sport website and all- week for women's sport. more on that on the bbc sport website and all of. on the bbc sport website and all of the other stories from the commonwealth games, but that is all of the sport for now. thanks, jane. large rallies have been held in the kenyan capital nairobi where the two main presidential candidates are vying for votes ahead of tuesday's election. it draws to an end months of relentless campaigning. the country's former prime minister raila odinga — is being backed by the president uhuru kenyatta. he's going up against the current deputy president william ruto. in a moment, we'll hear from our correspondent at raila odinga's rally. but first, the bbc�*s akisa wandera sent this report from deputy president ruto's campaign event in nairobi. yeah, yeah. national stadium in kenya's capital. thousands have come here to show their support for william ruto, who says he represents a new nation. the yellow a

you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport.hampshire and the isle of wight, we've got a ban coming in place for friday. then, across southeast england next week and the week after that, parts of southern wales hit by one as well. it's all because we've not seen so much in the way of rain over the course of this year. so far, only two thirds of the amount of rain we'd normally see has fallen across parts of england. not quite as dry as 1976, but not too far behind, and there is no rain in the forecast across those very driest areas — not just for the next five days, but next week looks completely dry as well. now, on thursday, we had some fine spells of sunshine across england and wales, but for scotland and northern ireland, a few passing showers — one of these captured there in the highlands — and there'll be more showers to come overnight across scotland, northern ireland and a few for the northwest of england and wales. one or two heavy one mixed in as well, but further southwards, southern wales, the midlands, east anglia,

you my reaction to that over the bbc sport website-— my reaction to that over the bbc sport website.ou can follow that along with all _ sport website. you can follow that along with all that _ sport website. you can follow that along with all that is _ sport website. you can follow that along with all that is happening i sport website. you can follow that along with all that is happening in| along with all that is happening in the games on iplayer at the moment. that's all the sport for now. in the last few minutes, the chancellor says that he understands people will find these forecasts concerning, but he said addressing the cost of living is the government's priority. the governor of the bank of england has been speaking earlier at the bank of england press conference. cpi inflation is now expected to peak atjust over 13% in q for this year and remain and to remain at very elevated levels throughout much of 2023. the bulk of that further increase reflects higher wholesale prices feeding through to retail energy prices, with a further large rise in the off gem price gap projected in

then at the bbc sports _ done amazing. more in the next hour.ter made the announcement in a televised address to the nation in the past few hours — saying �*it is the right thing to do — and something that most singaporeans will accept. the law dates back to when singapore was a british colony — and has effectively been seen as a ban on homosexuality, though it is not enforced. some students are still waiting for their vocational exam results this morning — three days after they were due to get them. the exam boards pearson and ocr have apologised to pupils who have been affected. its left some unable to confirm their university places. simon jones reports. hundreds of thousands of students received their exam results on thursday, allowing them to sort out their university places. but some btec students are still waiting to see how they did in their vocational courses. the exam board pearson won't reveal how many are affected, but says it's a very small percentage. the association of colleges isn't impressed. pearson won't tell us the numbers, b

you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. of donald trump's home in florida on monday. the search warrant shows that the former president is being investigated for allegedly breaking espionage laws — and removing government records. he denies doing anything wrong. chichi izundu reports. this has been quite the week for the former president of the united states. monday started off with an unprecedented search of donald trump's primary residency in florida, mar—a—lago, by fbi agents. what they were looking for was only made public through the unusual move, during an ongoing investigation, of unsealing the warrant used to enter the property. receipts attached gave little detail, but did indicate the kinds of things removed, including several miscellaneous top secret papers, information regarding the french president, and various classified documents labelled "sci", which stands for "sensitive compartmented information," which could be exceptionally grave for us national security. mr trump, can we have a word? even though donald

more on that and everything else, you can head to the bbc sport website. could see a couple of inches of rain somewhere across kent coast, up into suffolk and norfolk. slowly easing away by lunchtime, brightening up, but behind withjust a few scattered showers into the far northwest. top temperatures here, 15—20 celsius, a little bit fresher in the southeast, and certainly not as humid as in recent days. now, as we move out of thursday into friday, another weatherfront tucks in from the atlantic with this little ridge of high pressure building in behind. it's a weak affair — it'll produce more in the way of cloud, some showery outbreaks of rain for southern scotland, wales and for devon and cornwall. ahead of it, there'll be more sunshine, and so a degree 01’ so warmer. a little bit fresher, but again, still with more sunshine to the northwest of the great glen. so top temperatures from 15—25 celsius. that's it, take care. welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: as ukraine continues to put up a strong resista

i'm 0lly foster with the latest from the bbc sport centre.t by south africa in the first test at lord's. the tourists won by an innings and 12 runs inside three days. a devastating spell by anrich norkyear after lunch put south africa in full control. three wickets, including the key one ofjonny bairstow, left england on 86—3. there was brief resistance from stuart broad before he went for 35 off the bowling of kagiso rabada. and south africa made quick work of the tail, marco jansen taking the final wicket ofjimmy anderson to seal victory and ben stokes' first defeat as england test captain. but he is looking to put things right at old trafford next week. 0ver over the three days, whenever they were batting or bowling, whatever we threw at them, they seemed to counteract that. so obviously got to give them a lot of credit. but, yeah, it was an off game for us, and that's absolutely fine. i am not going to be throwing my toys out the pram over. real madrid's casemiro is on his way to manchester united. an agreement has been reached for the br

you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport.ent hot weather and dry spell in the uk. the body representing water companies says it appears inevitable that a drought will be declared in britain. water uk says firms are working to repair leaks and prevent water wastage. jess langton is a dairy farmer in derbyshire. she's also a student and a young farmer's ambassador. earlier she told my colleague lukwesa burak about the impact the weather is having on herfarm. normally at this time of year they would be outside but due to the dry weather we have had to keep them in. they are also eating so much, as our grass yields are so down. they are eating one tonne a day less than in winter when it is cold and they would be in all the time, just because there is so little grass because of the drought. where are they getting their water from? is there water content in the feed? how are you managing water supplies? it is from a trough on a borehole. they can access those in the shed on both sides. we reutilise the water to cool the milk which

sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, ten from the bbc sport centre, years sincegentina. francisco cerundelo of argentina. murray was broken in the very first game but recovered really well to break back immediately and then win four games in a row. he�*s been affected by cramp in recent weeks and is monitoring his fluid intake in this match in order to try and limit the problem. cerendulo to his credit thought, has fought back and even conceded a point to murray when a double bounce wasn�*t spotted. he has the last couple of minutes just taken that first set 7—5. the array is one set up. rory mcilroy has been one of the staunchest critics of the saudi funded breakaway liv golf seriesm, and following his victory at the season ending tour championship on the pga tour, admits it won�*t be easy playing alongside them. whilst they can�*t play on the pga tour, liv golfers can play in europe�*s dp world tour, meaning the likes of sergio garcia and lee westwood will likely tee it up alongside mcilroy at the bmw championship next week. i hate with the string to the game o

bbc news. with all the sport now, here's karthi at the bbc sport centre. good evening.d of matches in the new premier league season but we've already had some pretty remarkable results. it is time to pop out of the room though if you don't want to know today's scores as match of the day and sportscene follow soon on bbc one. there was a humiliating 4—0 defeat for manchester united at brentford. all four of brentford's goals came in the first half. while two defeats from two matches leave united bottom of the table at this early stage. by contrast, champions manchester city and arsenal have won both of their opening games of the season and both put four goals past their opposition today. aston villa beat everton 2—1. the other day's games ended in draws. there was a third consecutive win at the start of the scottish premiership season for rangers. they had a comfortable 4—0 win over stjohnstone. motherwell beat aberdeen 3—2 and there were also wins for livingston and st mirren. the multi sport european championships might have started straight after the commonwealth game

for more on that and every thing else, head to the bbc sport website. r south and east of that, again, lots of sunshine, but it was hot and it was humid with it. in fact, suffolk saw the highest temperature on tuesday afternoon of 29 celsius. as we move into wednesday, this weather front will produce some rain, but it�*s also the dividing line between fresher air to the north and west and somewhat humid conditions continuing across much of central and eastern england. so, yes, we will see some rain, some of it heavy at times across west wales and then gradually pushing into north west england. a few isolated showers further north and west, but here it will be predominantly dry, breezy as we go through the day, but those temperatures once again sitting in the high teens, maybe low 20s. to the south and east of that weather front, our temperatures again on the high side, 25—30 degrees, and it will be very humid with it as well. now, as we move through wednesday evening, into the early hours of thursday morning, our weather front doesn�*t move very far very

you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. r chance to hear your questions answered, with your inquiries about results day and what happens next here is lewis. we've got catherine and adrian with us this morning to answer your questions on exam results. good morning. we've got a couple of questions to get through but i want to start and this may sound silly but with some really basic definitions so we know exactly what we are talking about. because we've got a—levels which we are used to and i want to get in the process of what happens next, clearing and so forth but on t levels, i want to talk about that and those getting to grips with them. what's a basic definition? who wants to take that away? what exactly are t levels? i can start with that if that would be helpful. t levels are a new qualification. they are an equivalent of three a—levels but they are focused much more on vocational—technical with the opportunity for students to study in—depth a subject and also do a high—quality work placement, so students go out and do

i'm ben croucher with an update from the bbc sport centre. coach who guided jessica ennis—hill to her global heptathlon success, has been banned from coaching for life after being found to have committed gross breaches of trust. our correspondent joe wilson has more. this covers a 15 year period of toni minicello because my career. the findings are of utmost seriousness and it includes uk athletics saying unwanted and inappropriate touching, examples of bullying, emotional abuse, sometimes with severe consequences for the well—being, mental health of the athletes involved. we should stress that no athletes are specifically named but there are anonymous examples and some of the details given are quite graphic. toni minicello came to global prominence in 2012 with his work withjessica ennis—hill, he was coach of the year at bbc sports personality. he has been banned by uk athletics from holding a coaching position. the bbc has approached toni minichiello for comment and understand he is preparing a statement. the news comes less than a day afte

there's live coverage on bbc radio 5 live sports extra right now and later you can see highlights on ell as bbc iplayer from 7 o'clock. newcastle are set to sign real sociedad striker alexander isak for a club record fee of around £60 million. the sweden international would boost the magpies attacking options given the injury record of callum wilson, who is awaiting results of a hamstring scan. isak has scored a total of 44 goals over the last four seasons for sociedad and the signing of the 22—year—old would double newcastle's spending this summer to just short of £120 million. they have already recruited matt targett, sven botman and nick pope. rangers are eagerly awaiting this afternoon's champions league draw after sealing their return to european football's top table for the first time in more than a decade. following their 1—0 defeat of psv eindhoven last night, they'll nowjoin rivals celtic in pot four. manchester city, liverpool, chelsea and tottenham are the four english sides to look out for. there'll be live text commentary on the bbc sport website from 5pm. rangersjoin riv

you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport.germany say the cause remains a mystery. scientists are still trying to identify what they say was probably a pollutant added to the water that triggered a catastrophic chemical chain reaction. people living upstream have told the bbc they first reported fish dying as early as march. jenny hill reports from poland. a river that should teem with life instead gives up its dead. fish are dying in the oder in their thousands. in a single day, they told us here, they pulled 16 tonnes of corpses from the water. "after eight days of this," lucas says, hejust feels numb. and it's not over yet. we joined these scientists as they test the water to try to establish what happened. check a lot of parameters of water chemistry. they suspect an as—yet—unidentified substance polluted the river. that caused a type of algae to flourish. its toxins then killed the fish. you can really sense the frustration, the concern here, and that's because they still don't know what's caused this. and while they can'

there's more on the bbc sport website. thank you very much. evening. hello, this is bbc news. last week, pollution warnings were in place on nearly 50 beaches in england, after heavy rainfall meant untreated sewage was being pumped into the sea. the government has now published a plan to clean up england's sewage system, promising the "strictest targets ever" on water companies — as our environment and rural affairs correspondent, claire marshall, explains. over the past week, people have been warned to stay away from dozens of beaches across england and wales because of untreated sewage pouring into rivers and the sea. hazardous for beach—goers, and deadly for animals. these pictures are from a river near swindon. pollution from a thames water pumping station killed at least 1,000 fish and countless smaller creatures — almost all life on this stretch of riverjust wiped out. against this backdrop, the government has published its plan to clean up the sewage system. it claims that the water companies will now face the strictest ever pollution ta

you can keep on top of that on the bbc sport head site —— website.ave. forrester down to ten men, no, they are not. he stayed on. they have given away a penalty to west ham for a handball. declan rice is stepping up a handball. declan rice is stepping up to take it. if you want to stay with you you can weep and follow it on the bbc sport website. live commentary. declan wright is about to take a penalty against nottingham forest and it has been saved. nottingham forest maintained their 1-0 nottingham forest maintained their 1—0 lead, the first match in the premier league for 20 years. dean henderson has saved a penalty. you could be a commentator! no, i couldn't. i could be a very bad one. you could be a bad commentator. any predictions for the chelsea — spurs game? yes. spurs don't do very well there. you have got to be confident. thank you very much indeed. a new timetable has come into force on the west coast mainline today. the operator, avanti, has been forced to reduce services because of what it called "severe staff shortages". trains between

with all the sport now, here's olly foster at the bbc sport centre. good evening. n championships in germany. there were more medals for great britain today, on the track and in the gymnastics. from munich, here's our sports correspondent nesta macgregor. qualifying for the final in first place, great britain were the team to beat. thanks to that floor routine from jake jarman and this performance from lord of the rings courtney tulloch, at the halfway stage britain had a narrow lead. however the germans, gg by the home crowd, where a close second. but in the sport you can decide your own fate with as few errors as possible, and throughout gb were near a second gold forjoe fraser, 18 all—around title, gb�*s first for more than ten years and perhaps most impressive was the margin of victory —— a team all—around title. was the margin of victory -- a team all-around title.— all-around title. watching the guys in 2012 do it, — all-around title. watching the guys in 2012 do it, they _ all-around title. watching the guys in 2012 do it, they were _ all-around title. watchi

sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. here-s — from the bbc sport centre.2022 winner to do so in two days. scott leaves the game at the age of 35 following a distinguished career, having won the second most lionesses caps in history with 161. she played her club football mainly for manchester city and everton, while in 16 years with england, played in ten major tournaments. it's just 24 hours since record goal—scorer ellen white also retired from football. her announcement came in a piece for the players tribune, which included this quote reflecting on the european championship final with 90 thousand watching at wembley and her part in it, calling it impossible. chelsea and germany goalkeeper ann—katrin berger will take a break from football after announcing she's had a recurrence of thyroid cancer. she was originally diagnosed with the disease in 2017 when she was playing for birmingham.. but made a full recover before joining chelsea just over a yaer later. berger has revealed tests have shown she needs more treatment. erik ten hag insists cristiano ronal

you can follow all of that on the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. song contest. the shortlist, whittled down from 20 places that expressed an interest, is — birmingham, glasgow, leeds, liverpool, manchester, newcastle and sheffield. unbiased, alphabetical order. the uk will host next may after coming second in this year's contest — organisers decided it wouldn't be possible to stage it in the winning country, ukraine. inafew in a few minutes i'm going to be talking to someone who is flying the flag for leeds to win this particular covered titles up i'll be talking to gabby logan who will tell me why she thinks leeds should be hosting. leeds should be hosting. our arts correspondent david sillito has more. eurovision 1960, presented by katie boyle. good evening, ladies and gentlemen. on behalf of the bbc, i welcome you all to the fifth annual eurovision song contest. the uk has a long history of hosting the contest. edinburgh, harrogate, birmingham, all over. the question is where next? there are seven cities on the shortlist. the shortlist was annou

there's more on the bbc sport website, including the latest from the hundred. manchester originals womens chasing 120 for victory against trent rockets. both welsh fire teams are playing birmingham phoenix later this afternoon. i'll have updates for you throughout the afternoon as well. see you then. back to you in london. at least one person has died and dozens more are injured when high winds caused part of a stage to collapse at a dance music festival in spain. other infrastructure was also damaged when gusts battered the medusa festivale in cullera, a beachside town south of valencia. the electronic music event which is held over six days has now been suspended. us democrats have celebrated a major legislative victory for president biden, after congress passed a landmark bill to battle climate change and institute health care reforms — despite complete republican opposition. mr biden said people would now see lower drug and energy costs, and big corporations would finally start to pay their fair share. the $430 billion package — officially known as the infl

sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's olly. first result. former england teamates and midfield rivals steven gerrard and frank lampard were meeting as managers for the first time and it was gerrard's aston villa that came out on top. they beat everton 2—1. villa lost their opening match of the season, but danny ings lifted their fans with this strike after half an hour at villa park. when emiliano buendia doubled their lead with five minutes left of normal time the game looked done and dusted. but a minute later former everton defender lucas digne scored an own goal and that set up a frantic finale, but villa held on for their first points of the season. everton have lost their first two matches iam i am really pleased with the level of performance. i believed every found that level we would improve from last week. last week was not good enough and the outcome we deserve that but this week, what we have put into the game the quality and goals we scored, maybe we could have scored more, no one can challenge the outcome of the ga

follow that via the bbc sport website or social media channels. is underwater �*right now�*, calling the flooding a �*crisis of unimaginable proportions'. the disaster has killed more than a thousand people and affected 33 million. international help has begun to arrive, but water is still surging down the indus river and will flood the low—lying sind province even more over the next few days. azadeh moshiri reports. a young boy stranded on a rock as raging waters surround him. you can see a rescue worker edging out of the helicopter, lifting him up to safety. it's but one of the countless rescue efforts that are happening as pakistan faces one of the worst floods in years, with more than 1,000 people dead and millions affected. i find it very difficult to put into words. "flooding" doesn't quite seem to encapsulate the ongoing devastation and disaster that we're still witnessing. this is what rajanpur, in pakistan's punjab province, looked like before the flooding. its homes and fields were clearly visible. this is the situation now, overrun and

you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website.n detected crossing the english channel in small boats so far this year, uk government figures show. that compares to a figure of around 28,000 throughout the whole of 2021. despite the growing numbers, the uk arrivals in small boats are a fraction of the number of people going to europe. a short time ago, liz truss's campaign spokesperson said... "these numbers show the need to ensure the rwanda policy begins and works to speed up enactment of measures in the nationality and borders act. to help take back control of our borders and stop the people smugglers." prosecutions for breaching covid restrictions have been dropped against six people who attended a vigil in london for sarah everard in march 2021. they had been due to stand trial in november this year and if convicted faced being fined hundreds of pounds. 0ur correspondent, angus crawford, has been following this story. 3rd of march last year, sarah everard was kidnapped and murdered by a serving met police firearms officer. ten

you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. bbc.co.uk/sport.d. the weather fronts that have been crossing the country in the last few days mostly fizzle away by the time they reach southern parts of the country, so here, he remains bone dry. this high pressure which will be building will be responsible for bringing some very warm weather, some hot weather towards the end of next week. so, the short term, then. a few showers around western scotland, around the irish sea, but elsewhere, it's a place of clear spells and skies. rural spots of scotland, 5 degrees possible on friday morning. let's have a look at friday, and scattered showers for scotland, the lake district, maybe the pennines. south of that, it is predominantly right or sunny. for the commonwealth games in birmingham on friday, we're expecting highs of around 20 degrees with bright or sunny skies. very pleasant weather over well. saturday, the weather fronts... fresher here. elsewhere it's generally dry, very warm, up to around 26. those temperatures will continue to climb into sunda

now, here's 0lly foster at the bbc sport centre. good evening. stay right there. after liverpool's 9—0 win yesterday, celtic won by the same margin at dundee united — that's also a record for an away win in the scottish premiership. nesta macgregor reports. two players and six of the reasons celtic and theirfans are on cloud nine. yet to record a win this season, dundee united went behind when kyogo furuhashi made this tight finish look simple. his second, on 40 minutes, was anything but routine. and in first—half stoppage time, the japanese international secured his hat—trick. the celebration for anyone not keeping count. 4—0 up, going into the second half, it didn't take long before it was five. liel abada getting in on the action. the chance of seeing one hat—trick is rare. so, when abada scored a second nine minutes later, those inside tannadice were on the brink of an even rarer sight, a double hat—trick. and on 77 minutes, with this dink, the israeli international delivered. celtic made it nine, nine minutes from time — their biggest ever a

you can follow this one right now on the bbc sport website.ere. england are gunning for a first ever gold in the women's hockey. they're taking on the australia's hockeyroos at the university of birmingham. england needed a penalty shootout to beat new zealand in the semifinals but australia did too to get past india. currently in the first quarter. just coming towards the end of the first quarter. still no goals in that one. 16 boxing finals today. 15 involving home nations fighters. wales' rosie eccles became only the second welsh woman to win commonwealth boxing gold after she won the light middlewight title. the 26—year—old beat australia's kaye scott, forcing two standing counts with the referee calling it a day in the second round. i can't believe it, if i'm honest. i thought i deserved it and i delivered that 3— to split. ijust thought, i don't want it to be the judges. the best advice from my team. ijust went judges. the best advice from my team. i just went and judges. the best advice from my team. ijust went and did a proper job. it

with all the sport now, here's ben croucher at the bbc sport centre. good afternoon.ight rematch between anthonyjoshua and oleksandr usyk. joshua says he's mentally ready after being heavily beaten last year by the ukrainian. for usyk — who was helping with the war less the six months ago — he's fighting for more than just his titles. ade adedoyin is injeddah. once champion, now challenger. anthonyjoshua is a man on a mission. what gives you the confidence that, this time around, it will be different? because i have been in there with him before. i know his tricks, i know what he's doing, and i know what i want to do. go on, aj! standing in his way is this man, the fearsome and formidable oleksandr usyk. eccentric, entertaining and an exceptional boxer, he hasn't lost in 13 years. a new heavyweight champion of the world. in the last few months, though, he's been fighting on a different front. usyk, there, back in ukraine, where he was part of the war effort before being given special dispensation to resume his boxing career. the priority for now is retaining the title

the athletics is live on bbc two and the bbc sport website this evening.g world record holder mondo duplantis — and women's javelin are going on right now. there's also the women's ioo—metre hurdle heats. and the finals of the women's steeplechase and the men's and women's four—by—aoo metres relays are taking place later. what a summer it's been for britain's gymnasts. after a medal laden commonwealth games, jake jarman, joe fraser, courtney tulloch, giarnni regini moran and james hall took a stunning team gold at the european championships. our correspondent nesta mcgregor is in munich. qualifying for the final and first place, great britain with the team to beat. thanks to that floor routine and this performance, at the halfway stage, britain had a narrow lead. , , . halfway stage, britain had a narrow lead, , . , �* , lead. just what gb needed! , however. _ lead. just what gb needed! , however, the _ lead. just what gb needed! , however, the germans - lead. just what gb needed! , however, the germans were | lead. just what gb needed! , | however, the ge

you can follow live text updates on the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. ou later. all children in london between the ages of one and nine years old will be offered a polio booster vaccine, after the virus was detected in sewage. no actual cases have been reported yet, but traces of polio which can cause paralysis have been found more than 100 times in the city's waste water. 0ur medical editor, fergus walsh, has more. polio is a viral disease which can cause paralysis. there hasn't been a case acquired in the uk for nearly 40 years, but now the virus can be found in sewage in these eight london boroughs. they also have some of the lowest immunisation rates which may be helping the virus spread in the community. it's thought the virus was brought to england by someone vaccinated overseas with the live oral vaccine, which can, in rare cases, mutate in the gut and infect others through contaminated water or food. it's important to stress that here in the uk, the polio vaccine is quite different — it's an injection that does not contain live virus and cannot c

sport. you can watch tom daley: illegal to be me. on bbc one tonight, at 9pm. t20 and final 50—over world cups. her last series will be against india in september. meanwhile, ireland are taking on afghanistan in the first of their five t20 internationals, in belfast. the visitors batted first and made 168 for 7, from their 20 overs, barry mccarthey taking three wickets for ireland. andy boll bernie and tucker then scored a half centuries for the irish, who finished on 171 for three. serena williams has appeared to suggest she will retire from tennis after the us open. writing in vogue magazine, she said she'll relish the next few weeks as she begins to evolve away from tennis. she won her first match for 1h months at the canadian 0pen yesterday and she prepares for the us open in new york at the end of the month. emma raducanu is actually playing in the canadian 0pen. she's just about to go on court. you can follow that on the bbc sport website, but for me and the team, thank you very much for watching. have a very good night. hello. the heatwave is upon us but

with all the sport now, here's karthi gnanasegaram at the bbc sport centre. thanks, mishal. l table at the multi sport european championships, with eight gold medals now, including one for 17—year—old jessica gadirova, who retained her artistic gymnastics floor title. plus there were emotional gold medals in rowing, too. nesta mcgregor reports from munich. erin kennedy, one part of a crew of five, the centre of attention. herjob, guiding the para—mixed coxed four, a boat unbeaten in over a decade, and again, another convincing victory. one of two golds on the water. remarkable considering after being diagnosed in may, the 30—year—old is receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer. i'm just really proud. i think it's a lot for me to take and it's also a lot for them. they've just picked me up every time. another courageous effort, this time from jack carlin. in the men's sprint final, despite an earlier crash, he picked himself up and was this close to securing gold. in towards the finish, vigier, just. instead, a ninth silver medal. a doubly painful defeat. back at munich�*s oly

for more on that and everything else, head to the bbc sport website. y afternoon of 29 celsius. as we move into wednesday, this weather front will produce some rain, but it's also the dividing line between fresher air to the north and west and somewhat humid conditions continuing across much of central and eastern england. so, yes, we will see some rain, some of it heavy at times across west wales and then gradually pushing into north west england. a few isolated showers further north and west, but here it will be predominantly dry, breezy as we go through the day, but those temperatures once again sitting in the high teens, maybe low 20s. to the south and east of that weather front, our temperatures again on the high side, 25—30 degrees, and it will be very humid with it as well. now, as we move through wednesday evening, into the early hours of thursday morning, our weather front doesn't move very far very fast, and when it does so, it will weaken off considerably. so a band of cloud and a few patchy showers moving across the pennines, but to the sout

sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon.road also took wickets before lunch but since then south africa has found some stability. (00v) and this is how it stands. south africa on 132—3. they trail by 132. england chasing win in this test, to level the series — after that comprehensive thrashing in the first test at lord's. to the premier league then — where manchester ended their poor away form.... with a narrow victory at southampton. following their huge win over rivals liverpool earlier in the week.. united now have back to back victories, thanks to a bruno fernandes goal 10 minutes after the break. theyjumped to 6th in the table with all the points, before the 3 o'clock matches. the win against liverpool gave us a lot of belief because they know they can compete with the best team in the world. —— they can't compete. you have to fight, we did much better than the last game. but, now we know that, but still, and at the start of the season, as a result it is really tough, it's hard work and everyone has to be cautious abou

you watch that match now on the bbc sport website 01’ on or on iplayer. later on. thank you mark. political leaders from around the world have been paying tribute to mikhail gorbachev, the last leader of the soviet union who died yesterday at the age of 91. his reforms helped to end the cold war, but they also triggered the collapse of the communist soviet system of government. but as our russia editor steve rosenberg now reports, not all russians held mr gorbachev in such high regard. for a man who has made such a huge impact, a tiny memorial. mikhail gorbachev may have helped to end the cold war, but in russia, there is no major outpouring of grief at his passing. instead, this on russian state tv. the presenter claims it's the enemies of russia — in other words, the west — that have been praising mr gorbachev. and veiled criticism from the kremlin — a spokesperson says that gorbachev had been badly wrong about the prospect of better relations with the bloodthirsty west. many russians blame mikhail gorbachev for the collapse of the soviet empire — somet

all the details on the bbc sport website. 's time the uk will have a new prime minister. as well as the cost of living crisis — the new resident of number 10 faces a number of foreign policy challenges. from the ongoing war in ukraine — to the growing threat from states like china. meanwhile — britain's biggest warship, the hms prince of wales, could miss important tests involving the latest fighterjets and drones after a propeller shaft malfunctioned a few miles after it set sail. i'm joined now by former uk permanent representative to nato, the uk@s first national security adviser, and vice—chair of the royal united services institute, lord peter ricketts. good to see you. thank you for joining us. what do you make of the problems with this warship? it means we've only got one carrier, as it were, a large carrier in operation at the moment, isn't it? it were, a large carrier in operation at the moment, isn't it?- at the moment, isn't it? it does. these things _ at the moment, isn't it? it does. these things happen _ at the m

australia have set india a target of 162 to win the gold medal and you can watch it live on the bbc sportnetball team will also leave the commonwealth games without a medal after missing out on bronze against new zealand. the defending champions were beaten 55—48 by the silver ferns, despite beating them by ten goals when the two met in the group stage. the roses fought back in the final quarter but couldn't overcome earlier errors which saw them lose their grip on the game. australia and jamaica play for the gold medal later. england coachjess thirlby was optimistic about the future. there is a lot of positives to come from theirs. with exposed people to their first commonwealth games, we have an exciting group of players in our programme who haven't even made this 12 who i'm sure you will see at the world cup next year so there is a lot to be proud but we want to confirm that with results on the court and we did some good stuff leading into the tournament, we did some brilliant stuff but when it mattered most we have fallen short. plenty more action from the commonwealth games including

lots more on the bbc sport website.helsea and spurs. coming up next, it's click. in a months time, the traditional european harvest will be complete. currently, farmers are working around the clock to cut corn, with strawberries and raspberries already picked in june and july. farming has always embraced the latest technology, from the plough through to tractors and beyond. but it is under pressure. fuel and fertiliser costs are rising, labour is hard to get, and still consumers and supermarkets are demanding cheaper and cheaper prices. added to that, climate change is affecting how our crops grow, when they need to be harvested and how much water there is available for them. the global population is expected to hit ten billion by 2050. that's a lot more mouths to feed. it's a perfect storm, and things are going to have to change. we've seen in the past how verticalfarming could play an important role in that, but it is still a pretty new technology. but laura goodwin has been to see a new piece of tech that could take

you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport.rseyside police are hunting for a gunman who shot dead a nine—year—old girl in liverpool, now named as 0livia pratt—korbel. the girl was shot in the chest in her own house in the dovecot area last night and died in hospital. police say it happened after a man being chased by a gunman forced his way into the house. two other people were injured, inlcuding 0livia's mum, who was shot in the hand. police have called the gunman "cowardly", and they've described the incident as "truly shocking" and urged people to come forward to tell them who is responsible. they gave more details at a news conference in the last hour. a nine—year old girl, who we can name today as 0livia pratt korbel, has died following a shooting in dovecot last night, monday, 22nd august. her family are absolutely devastated, inconsolable and heartbroken. i know that the murder of olivia has rocked our communities, who are quite rightly upset and outraged at such an abhorant crime that has occurred here on the streets of

there's much more on the bbc sport website.th increasing chances of showers across scotland and northern ireland. the met office amber extreme heat warning remains in force across large parts of england and wales into the end of sunday. a plenty of sunshine on saturday with a low cloud across scotland and may be an isolated shower for scottish showers, and temperatures in the high 20s in the north, low to mid 30s in england and wales. similar story but northern ireland and scotland in the end of the day, we could see shows developing across central and western england and wales too. a very hot day in the 35 and 36 degrees, but fresher, scotland and northern ireland. it turns cooler and fresh with increasing chances of thundering showers. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the author salman rushdie is undergoing surgery in the us, after being stabbed on stage ahead of a lecture in new york state. here is an individual who has spent decades speaking truth to power, someone who's

there is more on that and the third grand tour of the year on the bbc sport website. usly admitted using racist language towards him. rafiq�*s explosive evidence, about racism at yorkshire county cricket club, to the sports select committee last winter led to seven people, including ballance, and the club being charged by the england and wales cricket board. they were charged with a breach of its code of conduct, and anti—discrimination code. yorkshire is now under the new leadership of its chairman, lord patel. well we can speak now to azeem rafiq, who joins us from barnsley. were you surprised by gary ballance�*s apology? from the offset, all i have really wanted is apologies, some acceptance and make sure no one ever goes through what i went through. it was a surprising thing for me, but it has been a long time coming. i was fully confident that once we got in the room and talked about the situation that it would start to bring some closure to both of us and it would be a significant step forward. ~ . , ., forward. what exactly did he say to ou? was forward. what ex

more on that and everything else, you can head to the bbc sport website. hwest, and the humid air into that southeastern corner. it is producing some rain — some of it fairly intense, as it moves its way across the pennines and up into northeast england. and at the same time, it's this batch of thunderstorms developing which will become more of a feature over the next few hours across southeast england. so here, it will stay pretty humid, and we are likely to see a couple of inches of rainfall before that system eases through. just how far west of london these showers go is still subject to question, but they will certainly be clearing away from norfolk, suffolk, and across the kent coast first thing on thursday morning. quite a lot of cloud behind, that should start to thin and break into the afternoon. fresher conditions with some sunshine elsewhere, a few scattered showers across the far northwest of scotland. in terms of the feel of the weather here, we're looking at around 15—21 celsius — no small difference to the feel of the weather further south, 23

more reaction on bbc sport website, but that is all your sport for now. more on or stay on 6.30.ts. let's get more from our depury africa editor anne soy, who's in nairobi. just explain the controversy. well, su orters just explain the controversy. well, supporters of _ just explain the controversy. well, supporters of the _ just explain the controversy. well, supporters of the former _ just explain the controversy. well, supporters of the former prime i supporters of the former prime minister, who is running for a fifth time, earliersaid minister, who is running for a fifth time, earlier said they dispute the outcome, and we understand they declined to sign the form that has the results, and the chairman of the commission... they went and confronted him physically in the chairman was whisked away. there is a bit of drama. members of the diplomatic was also investigated. there was a former president of sero lay on, members of mr ruto's family were evacuated —— sierra leone. the chairman returned and made the announcement.— chairman returned and made the announcement. what is the

live commentary on that one at the bbc sport website, but from the bbc sport centre, thanks for watching into the weekend. now, through this evening and overnight, any light showers die away. still, a breeze continues across parts of england and wales. that'll stop temperatures from falling much below 11—15 degrees, but a few chilly spots across the rural parts of scotland, because skies will be clear, winds will be light. so, tomorrow, anotherfine day for many, plenty of sunshine across northern areas, one or two showers. increasing showers developing across south wales, southern england, the odd heavier one into the afternoon. but again it's going to feel quite warm — 24, maybe 25 degrees, 21 degrees there through the central belt of scotland. and then low pressure starts to set in through friday. and certainly into the weekend, we'll see heavy rain, some thunderstorms, strong winds, even a chance of some gales across western areas as we move into sunday. hello, i'm maryam moshiri, this is outside source. russia shuts off gas supplies to europe through a major pipeline for three days.

more reaction over on the bbc sport website is well as celtics incredible win at the date united fornham while west ham got their first win at aston villa. will have more later but for me and the team that is all for now. good night. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is anna smith. so, anna, what's in store this week? well, first up, idris elba takes on an angry lion in the survival thriller called beast. then we're off to france for a drama called her way, which is starring call my agent's laure calamy. and then finally, penelope cruz and antonio banderas send up the film industry in a comedy called official competition. so, first then, beast in which idris elba fights a lion. is there much more to it than that? that is basically it. but i'll set up the story for you. there is a bit of an attempt to sort of set up the characters in this thriller. he plays a widower who goes off to south africa with his two daughters for a holiday to see their friend who's working on a reserve there, trying to protect the lions, but some

that interview is on the bbc sport website. that is a sport for now. strike which saw about eighty percent of services cancelled across the country. in london today, there's a separate walkout that's hitting the underground and 0verground. and some london bus drivers are also on strike. our business correspondent, caroline davies, reports. welcome to stratford station. locked up and locked out. commuters this morning trying to find a way to work, with nearly no tubes running, and some bus services also on strike. well, i need to go to work on oxford street and i have no way to go there. thank you very much the rmt, it is very kind of them, they have screwed up my day completely. fed up. for the past two years there has been strike, strike, _ strike, after strike. struggling to get to work, it isjust annoying. - but i understand why they are doing it. - but what can we do? today's industrial action on the london underground is not about pay, but the fear that transport for london might agree to a funding deal with the government that leads to job cuts a

jean mackenzie, bbc news, seoul. sporting us. it's been an absorbing day in the english premier league — shocks, drama and goals — six of them coming at newcastle's st james's park, where manchester city were looking to move to the top of the table but it finished 3—3 in perhaps the game of the season so far. pep guardiola's side took the early lead through ilkay gundogan, only to see the home side come to life. goals from miguel almiron and callum wilson saw them lead by the break and and then a stunning free—kick from kieran trippier put eddie howe's team 3—1 up with about 35 minutes left on the clock. but the champions responded instantly — erling haaland and bernardo silva got them level. they pushed for a winner but newcastle deserved their point, city lie second in the table, two points behind arsenal. we made a properfootball game. i think everybody in the stadium enjoyed it, and to be watching the game, at the end of this is what football is all about. both teams try to win, they gave everything. leeds united are l

there'll be live text commentary on the bbc sport website from 5pm. l on tuesday. reflecting on her career and her euros win last month, she told bbc breakfast that the game is unrecognisable now from when she made her england debut in 2006. she's also backing the team to handle the pressure that comes with being european champions. 0lympic mountain biking champion tom pidcock will look to add the world title to his incredible list of successes this weekend. over the last 12 months, the british cyclist has emerged as one of the sport's biggest stars with success across multiple disciplines. in addition to his tokyo 2020 gold, pidcock has also won the cyclo—cross world championship, and the famous alpe d'huez stage in his first tour de france. last week, he warmed up for the world mountain biking championships with victory in the europeans. these, he's told the bbc, are all steps towards his ultimate legacy goal. when people think of the best cyclists in the world, i want them to say my name. and it does not mean that i need to win the tour de france fi

you can watch the full - football news show on the bbc sport website with olly foster.rlfriend kate greville and assaulting kate and her younger sister, emma. he denies all of the charges. matt graveling is at manchester's crown square crown court. the first thing the former manchester united player dead when he got into the witness box was to admit to a jury that he had been called alexi and that this was justified. had been called alexi and that this wasjustified. he also had been called alexi and that this was justified. he also went on to say that he was a flirt and unable to resist women, he had been unfaithful many times that he never physically assaulted a woman. he is giving evidence after his former partner accused him of coercive behaviour and also the assault of her and her younger sister, anna, at his house in manchester on the 1st of november 2020. giggs was arrested on that day and they gave a statement to police admitting the pair were statement to police admitting the pairwere arguing statement to police admitting the pair were arguing over his phone. he

good evening, this is your update from the bbc sport centre.rch into how periods affect athletes performances. britain's fastest woman qualified for the final of the 200 metres at the european athletics championships in germany. afterwards, she explained why she suffered cramp in both calves during the 100 metres final. it's just frustrating, it's one of those things. it's a shame because i'm in really good shape. but you know, sometimes that's just the way everything is planned out. more people need to research in the science sector because it's actually huge. we don't always talk about either because sometimes you see girls being so consistent, then a dip. and behind—the—scenes, they are really struggling. with everybody else, they're like, what's that? so we could just do with more funding, because yeah, ifeel like it we could just do with more funding, because yeah, i feel like it was we could just do with more funding, because yeah, ifeel like it was —— if it was a men's issue, we have a million different ways to combat things. but with wo