that's on bbc two. here on bbc one time for the news where you are. welcome to sportsday, with me sarah mulkerrins. your headlines tonight... what hopes for a first major title in four years? rory mcilroy is in the hunt at the open, just three shots off the lead..... cementing his place as the overall leader of the tour de france — geraint thomas wins a gruelling and thrilling twelfth stage and victory for superleague leaders st helens over the nearest rivals wigan. hello and welcome to sportsday. it's been a gripping first day's play at the open championship, with the dry conditions at carnoustie proving tricky for some players. the americans are out in force with tiger woods and defending champion jordan speith making headlines... but it's little known, kevin kisner, who ended day one on top, after a five under par opening round. joe lynskey reports. these are the scorched fairways not of dubai but of dundee. conditions where the ball can keep rolling and not always way you want it. jordan spieth arrived as defending champion but opening round showe

dojoin me now on bbc two. on bbc one, time for the news where you are. and welcome to sportsday. iam i am chris mitchell. coming up... geraint thomas is peaking at the right time. he extends his lead at the tour de france as froome fades. not sojolly... england's hockey team are held to a surprise draw by the united states. and celtic come from behind to beat rosenborg in their lastest champions league qualifier. good evening. just four days to go in the tour de france and team sky's geraint thomas has extended his lead to almost two minutes. the defending champion, chris froome, lost time on a short but testing 17th stage won by nairo quintana, as drew savage reports. time running out for anybody wanting to ta ke time running out for anybody wanting to take the yellow jersey. state 17 the shortest of the tour but one of the shortest of the tour but one of the hardest. vrabel to clients in the hardest. vrabel to clients in the pyrenees. —— three hard times in the pyrenees. —— three hard times in the pyrenees. colombia's nairo quintana rescued what's been

newsnight is coming up on bbc two, here's emily.bour's latest anti—semitism row a turnaround for the party? we will be discussing it across the spectrum of the left. join me now on bbc two. here on bbc one time for the news where you are.. hello, and welcome to sportsday. england are through to the quarter finals of the women's hockey world cup, thanks to a 2—0 win over south korea in the play—offs. the father of british snowboarder ellie soutter says the pressure of elite performance could have been a factor in her death. we all thought that ellie had come out of the other side of a particularly dark time in her life, and that was a lot to do with the fa ct and that was a lot to do with the fact that she was unable to compete. and england turn to rashid to turn their test fortunes around. he's the only specialist spinner in the team to face india tomorrow. hello, and welcome to sportsday. there was a full house at the olympic park this evening, to see england's women take a must—win victory over south korea which means they progres

newsnight is coming up on bbc two, here's emily. tonight, as tommy robinson appeals his jailing for contempt of court, we ask the ukip leader why he is backing his calls. join me now on bbc two. here on bbc one time for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday. our main headlines this evening. play it again, sam... what more there could have been for wales captain sam warbuton, as he retires prematurely, at the age ofjust 29. aiming for the skies — geraint thomas and chris froome lead the way after stage ii of the tour de france. and who needs jamaica when you've got gainsborough? 7 why england's harry maguire has shunned the beach for the terraces at the non—league side. good evening. a surprise in rugby union today, as the former wales captain sam warburton retired from the sport at the age ofjust 29. warburton hasn't played since leading the 2017 lions to a drawn series against new zealand. he won 79 test caps and made 11 world cup appearances. but recent injuries have taken their toll. thomas daffyd reports. this i

well, newsnight is coming up on bbc there are two. well, newsnight is coming up on bbc two.ere on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. hello and welcome. the headlines for you tonight. supreme serena! williams is into another wimbledon final as she goes for a record equalling 24th grand slam title. heads held high. gareth says they can to return from russia proud and. and blown away, england's cricketers are thrashed by india in the first one day international. we'll start with another day to remember at wimbledon for serena williams who has made it through to the singles final for a tenth time after seeing off germany'sjulia gur—gus as alex gulrajani reports. centre court at its finest. the worlds finest tennis players of course. the two—time grand slam champion, but never at wimbledon. and elena stood quite vehemently for the early exchanges in her weight. the 21—year—old latvian won the french open last year and she too had eyes on another top prize. but as the opening set played out, it was kerber who forced the initiative. the young opponent struggled to retur

newsnight is coming up on bbc two. here on bbc one time for the news where you are. goodnight.ello, i'm olly foster. live in moscow, this is sportsday at the world cup. we have our first finalist. france silence the neighbours belgium, and are now heading here on sunday. england have arrived here in moscow, and they have their eyes on that final on sunday if they can beat croatia tomorrow night. and i'm will perry with the rest of the day's sports headline. the hundard million pound man at the age of 33, christino ronaldo leaves real madrid forjuventus. and serena williams survives a scare, dropping herfirst set of the tournament, but winning her wimbledon quarter final. good evening from moscow, just under 2a hours until england will take on croatia in the semi finals of the world cup. we have our first finalist, france just got past belgium. the 98 champions... the belgians looking so strong, but the frenchjust champions... the belgians looking so strong, but the french just pitch champions... the belgians looking so strong, but the frenchjust pitch in the second half. but fi

there'll be continuing coverage on the bbc news channel, and more analysis on newsnight on bbc two. time for the news where you are. area and are a and stop and get the latest spot for in. business as usual is hard to find with nadal, federer all winning. the big names shown no sign of stopping. in pursuit of greatness is the slogan for wimbledon. three players with 60 grand slam titles between them on court today. the trophy itself was watching. take our eyes off roger federer and you could miss is set. the first run took him 16 minutes to win. at times federer seems to toy with his opponents. through in straight sets again and so through in straight sets again and so the next great please. after all her years at wimbledon, for serena williams today there was a novelty, ship based new opponent in her match. evgeny orlov in the up was playing for the first time in a grand slam. 6—2 6—2 for serena today. both women are parents, it is hoping to be a working mum says cellino. here's djokovic with his three—year—old son. i wonder if stefa n three—year—old son. i wonder if stefan stayed

newsnight is coming up on bbc two. now on bbc one, time for all the news where you are.e a very good night. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm katherine downes. on his way back to the top? andy murray starts the scramble back from 832 in the world — he's on court in washington later tonight. tyson fury says a deal is almost done to take on wbc champion deontay wilder later this year. iama man of my i am a man of my word and if i say i will fight i i am a man of my word and if i say i will fight i will i am a man of my word and if i say i will fight i will fight i am a man of my word and if i say i will fight i will fight you. train hard, will fight i will fight you. train ha rd, let will fight i will fight you. train hard, let us get the deal done. and he says the last 2a hours have been a whirlwind since winning the tour de france — geraint thomas reflects on a life changing achievement. andy murray will return — again — from injury later tonight when he faces mackenzie mcdonald in the first round of the washington open. the tournament is murray's third since having hi

newsnight‘s about to begin over on bbc two. here on bbc one it's time for the news where you are.have confirmed, the type that was used on a former spy four months agojust nine miles was used on a former spy four months ago just nine miles away. let's was used on a former spy four months agojust nine miles away. let's hear what they had to say. this evening, i have received test results, that showed the two people have been exposed to the nerve agent. at approximately 10:15am on saturday the 30th of june, approximately 10:15am on saturday the 30th ofjune, the southwest ambulance service was called to a residential address. a 44—year—old woman had collapsed. she was subsequently ta ken to woman had collapsed. she was subsequently taken to hospital. at around 3:30pm that day, the ambulance was called back to the same address what a 45 real men had also fallen ill. the man was taken to hospital. from initial assessment, the two patients had fallen ill. however, on monday the 2nd ofjuly, due to concerns from the man and woman were displaying, sample from both patients were sent for an

highlights on bbc two from 12pm on sunday.eekend for you. bye canal. —— for now. hello there. the current heat wave ended with a bang and what a bank across eastern parts of the country, violent thunderstorms broke out into the afternoon and evening, especially across the eastern side of england where we had some incredible lightning strikes, some torrential downpours of flash flooding and also large hail. if you also erupted across south—western parts of scotland and further westwards as well, as we are starting to see more showery rain and the off the atlantic. these continuing to rumble on across many eastern areas as we head into the next few hours. lots of whether photos coming in of the thunderstorms across the eastern side of england. this spectacular one here in north yorkshire. the storms produce a very large hail, up to golfball size across parts of norfolk and in york. these storms lining up on this first weather front will continue to move their way northwards and eastwards. the big of low pressure is what is going

newsnight‘s starting over on bbc two.ortsday — i'm tim hague, coming up tonight: it's a round two k0 for konta — no semi—final for the briton this year. kyle edmund had his opponent on the ropes in the men's draw though — he's booked his place in round 3. and gareth southgate‘s in fighting mode too — as england get set for their world cup quarter—final. we might not have this opportunity again, so we got to make the most of the opportunity in terms of being as prepared as we can be. good evening to you, thanks forjoining us. lets start at wimbledon where the british number one jo konta has been knocked out of the championships by slovakia's dominika cibulkova. the player who was due to be seeded, but was bumped out in place of serena williams. perhaps she made her point today, by winning in straight sets on centre court against a home favourite, as ben croucher reports. spare a thought for dominika cibulkova, it cannot be easy to lose your seating. spare a thought for johanna konta, can't it cannot be easy facing an oppon

newsnight is coming up on bbc two. here's kirsty.s theresa may in that the parel after the brexit upset in poland tonight. we will have the latest, and donald trump appears to have more faith in president putin than the american secret service, can it be true? here on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm hugh woozencroft. your headlines tonight: france fans paint the town red, white and blue as their victorious world cup heroes arrive back in paris. cristiano ronaldo marks out his plans for the future as the world's best player seals his move tojuventus. it will be tough, i know that, very difficult, the league is very tough but i will be ready. is england's tommy fleetwood ready for an assault on the open? we'll hear his thoughts ahead of this year's edition at carnoustie. hello and welcome to sportsday. good evening. "allez les bleus" is the cry once again in paris, as 20 years on from their first triumph, france get the chance to celebrate world cup success. the players took the trophy

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s world series on the bbc, the women's race is after midnight tonight and there are highlights on bbc twortsday. we'll have more sport throughout the weekend. bye for now. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. we are joined tonight i rachel, the comment and features editor at city am and the defense editor at city am and the defense editorfor editor at city am and the defense editor for the editor at city am and the defense editorfor the london editor at city am and the defense editor for the london evening standard. two familiar faces. editor for the london evening standard. two familiarfaces. good evening to you. make you forjoining us. evening to you. make you forjoining us. before we hearfrom evening to you. make you forjoining us. before we hear from them the malaise have a look at tomorrow's headlines and brief. a of papers mentioned. the weather, shock horror. 0n mentioned. the weather, shock horror. on their front pages. mentioned. the weather, shock horror. 0n theirfront pages. the guardian desc

frank gardner, bbc news. twoothers injured, including a young child, after a gunman opened fire on a busy road in the canadian city of toronto. the suspect, who was 29, was found dead in an alley after exchanging fire with police. officers say the motive for the shooting in an area of cafes and restaurants is unclear. three men have been arrested after a three—year—old boy was seriously injured in a suspected acid attack in worcester. the child was in his pushchair at a retail park when the incident happened on saturday afternoon. the paramedic who treated the toddler at the scene has spoken exclusively to the bbc. he said the attack was "horrific". from worcester, seema kotecha sent this report. a busy retail park witnessed a rare attack over the weekend. specialist teams spent hours collating evidence after a three—year—old boy was doused in a corrosive substance while in his pushchair in home bargains. the fluid that i saw was pink in colour. it had quite a strong smell. no bleach or acidy—type smell, but it w

you can watch the full version of that report on tomorrow s victoria derbyshire programme, on bbc twopeople in the indian state of assam, could lose their citizenship after being left off a draft register. most of those affected are bengali—speaking muslims. india says the exercise will root out illegal migrants but fears have been sparked of a witch hunt against assam's ethnic minorities. our correspondentjoe miller has sent this report. they have always called india home. but these villagers now expect to lose their citizenship, their land, their voting rights and, perhaps, even their freedom. schoolteacher hasitun feels her family has been targeted. "it is a witchhunt," she says, "against the bengali muslim community." translation: this is our country. i grew up here, i studied here. i got married here. how come we are not indians? authorities claim settlers from nearby bangladesh are enmeshed in assam's bengali population, hiding in plain sight, often with forged papers. to help pinpoint them, all 32 million inhabitants have been forced to produce documents proving their assamese

wimbledon will be moved to bbc two, the first time it has ever happened. that is not...ay in the final and england in the final of the world cup. andy murray does not support england. i like tennis but it shows a kind of english arrogance to expect the biggest sporting event which happens once every four years to budge for the tennis which is very popular in england in certain countries, but, you know, not as popular as the world cup. families coming home should certainly... lovely picture of gareth southgate. it seems to be raining. yeah, he looks quite relaxed. what are their chances? what are your predictions? no idea. i cannot predict it. they must have so much momentum and so pumped. you would hope they would get out there and do it. after last night's game... hopefully they have the right outcome as opposed to other years. my children say why is she stressed? other years. my children say why is she stressed ? ok, other years. my children say why is she stressed? ok, that is for papers. you can see the papers on line on the bbc website. it is all there for you on th

you can watch that on bbc two. he is one minute and 39 seconds ahead of chris froome. there's full coverage of the tour de frnce on the bbc sport website. now on bbc news, it's time for the weather with stav deneos. thanks, it is hotting up. temperatures rising into the low 30 celsius across parts of the east and south—east of england so it could be uncomfortable combined with humidity. cloudy in western scotland, outbreaks of rain. cloud in north—west england and north wales. eastern scotland, much of england and wales will be warm with sunny spells with temperatures in the upper 20s. overnight, we could see showers across the republic of ireland and moving into northern parts of england. further doubt whether in northern and western scotla nd whether in northern and western scotland but elsewhere dry, warm, misty and very warm across southern britain. tomorrow, we will see the heat building in england and wales with sunny spells. temperatures in the high 20s, low 30s. across the north—west, more cloud and some sh

catch that on bbc two. djokovic and nadal up next. e by novichok believe they have found the source. dawn sturgess died in hospital on sunday after being exposed. her partner charlie rowley remains ina exposed. her partner charlie rowley remains in a serious condition in hospital. duncan kennedy has the latest. the news they found this bottle ca m e latest. the news they found this bottle came through late this afternoon. all they are saying is they found a small bottle at the house of charlie rowley in amesbury and the bottle was found on wednesday. they say it was then taken to porton down quite nearby and tests have come back positive for novichok. what police are not saying is what sort of bottle it is other than a small bottle, and they are not saying where it came from. did either dawn sturgess or charlie pick it up in salisbury perhaps that dawn's hostel, or did they pick it up dawn's hostel, or did they pick it up in amesbury restaurant they aren't giving up any further details. they are also saying they cannot guarantee there

let's look at some live pictures from bbc two.yed epic semifinals. anderson lasted over six hours. djokovic serving to stay in this third set, anderson leading 6-5. both this third set, anderson leading 6—5. both players look pretty weary, especially anderson at the start of this final. but he is showing some fight now, just like he did against roger federer. we will keep you up—to—date with that. a bright future at wimbledon, but great britain's jack draper has lost the boys' singles final. chinese taipei's chun hsin tseng, the world junior number one, beat 16—year—old draper 6-1, 6-7, 6-4. greg van avamart has extended his lead over geraint thomas at the tour de france to 43 seconds. after a chaotic stage nine, australia's richie porte is out after this crash. many of the contenders for the overall win had a punishing day on the cobbles in northern france. chris froome was brought down by one of his own team—mates, but the defending champion managed to rejoin the race, and is up to eighth overall. van avamart, in the yellowjerse

you can watch all the hightlights of the canadian leg of triathlon‘s world series on bbc two from 12:verall victory in this year's clipper race, which ended with the sprint finish up the river mersey to the royal albert docks in liverpool. and second place also went to a woman — that was british sailor skipper nikki henderson. the 25—year—old from guildford is the youngest ever skipper in this race. maybe a future winner of that race. before we go, a reminder of our top story, another great performance. geraint thomas will become the first welshman to win the tour de france in paris tomorrow after he maintained his overall lead following today's time trial. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. good evening, the torrential rain that brought fun northern ireland eases off the cd. but we see wet weather push across the western half of scotla nd weather push across the western half of scotland that becomes combined —— confined. it will strengthen into severe gale force. elsewhere we see outbreaks of rain ease off and then turn wetter again. western england an

you can see it all across bbc two. at chelsea. he replaces.e describes it as a exciting period in his career. it is not the match they wanted but england will end its world cup with a play—off against belgium. the two teams met in the group stage. that match as many fringe players involved. sometimes it is not always a good decision for people to play. we're back to think who can give us the best performance so it won't be exactly the same starting 11 but we would like to make as few changes as possible. crickets. both fell victory to the spin... that is the sport for now. up next is clicked. -- click. fed up of the football? your team has gone out? well let's talk cars instead. this week we are at the grand prix. we are in a do—it—yourself driverless car in india and someone getjen a new umbrella. the seconds wound down before the start. 24 drivers step hard on the throttle. formula 1 has been at the cutting edge of technology and design since its creation in 19116. welcome to the pits. every year teams compete fiercely to outdo each other in

s world series on the bbc, the women‘s race is after midnight tonight and there are highlights on bbc twoompson ran for 68 days , covering over 2000 miles, up and down some of the biggest mountains in europe — all for charity... and he was even ahead of schedule... well i spoke to pete earlier and first of all asked him why he wanted to do it? last year i ran a marathon in every country in europe on consecutive days and i finished that and i wa nted days and i finished that and i wanted to do something else. i have been really into the tour de france and watching it on the television last year, i had the idea and it did not leave. that was the spark. just how tough was it for you? it is hard to explain. now i have finished, it can be easy to look back and forget the extremely difficult times when i was sat on the roadside just ready to throw in the towel. you have huge highs and lows, when you might get to the top of the mountain and have an extraordinary view and you have the support of other people when you get there, you‘re on a massive high, but there were days when i was running on s

and there will be highlights on bbc two from eight o'clock this evening.re against yorkshire at old trafford. you can follow that on the website an app. that's all from sportsday. thanks forjoining us. it has become something of a rare event recently — some rain. but many parts of the uk have seen a little bit of rain today. this was manchester earlier on, with thick cloud overhead. this atlantic weather system has been pushing south and east. and this area of cloud has been coming up from the continent bringing a little bit of rain to the far south—east. and then in between, yes, there has been some sunshine but a few heavy showers as well and the odd thunderstorm. that will continue for a time over the next few hours. and then as we go through the night, most of the showers in the south will fade, just one or two continuing into the early hours. a little bit misty for parts of scotla nd hours. a little bit misty for parts of scotland and northern ireland. notan of scotland and northern ireland. not an especially cold night by any means. moving into tomor

let's go to live pictures now on bbc two. that other matches still going. time they've met at wimbledon. djokovic beat nadal previously. they can play up until 11 o'clock tonight. just another half an hour to go. third set. good news for britain's jamie murray earlier, he's through to the final of the mixed doubles with partner victoria azarenka. they beat british hopefuls harriet dart and jay clarke in straight sets. murray won the mixed doubles title last year with martina hingis. 16—year—old jack draper is a step away from becoming the first british wimbledon boys' champion since 1962 after beating colombia's nicolas me—hia in an incredible semifinal that lasted more than four hours. draper is the son of former lta chief roger draper. he'll now face taiwan's chun hsin tseng, the world number one junior, in sunday's final. england's dream in russia may be over but their world cup's not. it's the game nobody wants to play in as they battle it out with belgium for third place tomorrow afternoon. victory for gareth southgate's side would make it their most s

you can watch all the hightlights of the canadian leg of triathlon's world series on bbc two from 12:the—world international yacht race. tuck, from sydney, took the overrall victory in this year's clipper race, which ended with the sprint finish up the river mersey to the royal albert docks in liverpool. and second place also went to a woman — that was british sailor skipper nikki henderson. the 25—year—old from guildford is the youngest ever clipper race skipper. a reminder of our top story — geraint thomas will become the first welshman to win the tour de france in paris tomorrow after maintaining his overall lead in today's time trail. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more for you at 7:30. good evening. part of the uk have had almost a month rainfall and just a few hours. thunderstorms replace the long summer heat wave. lightning strikes have added to the misery for thousands of travellers with cancelled flights and trains. among the worst affected have been passengers at stansted airport and those using your tunnel. simonjones reports. the holiday getaway from hell, seemingly

you can watch highlights on bbc two at eight o'clock. hour's time on the first day of the women's hockey world cup. jo currie is at the queen elizabeth olympic park in london for us. jo, the action already under way? yes, the first match of the world cup got under way about one hour ago. this is the lee valley hockey stadium london, sweltering heat today. 0ver stadium london, sweltering heat today. over 100,000 stadium london, sweltering heat today. 0ver100,000 tickets have been sold for the biggest women's sporting event in the world this year. then there are germany are leading south africa 2—1. in one hour, all eyes will be on england, one of the big favourites to lift the new world cup trophy. they are ranked second in the world and if you think back to 2016, as part of great britain, they are the reigning 0lympic champions. they are not having a bad 2018 having already claimed the bronze medal at the commonwealth games on the gold coast of australia just a few months ago. england are one of 16 teams aiming to lift the world cup trop

the headlines on bbc news... twoe eu agree to it? and the national health service turns 70 — with events across the uk to mark its anniversary. time for some more sport now, here's sarah. let's start at wimbledon, straight to court number two where britain's katy balls is in action. the 21—year—old playing —— katie boulter. it is live on bbc two. osako with set point the first set. katie boulter has recovered from a tough start. she was three live down that has got herself back into it. —— she was 3—0 down. you can follow that live on bbc two right now. later this afternoon both the british men's and women's normal ones are in action, and looking ahead for us is alex. son, strawberries and is home success , son, strawberries and is home success, that is what dez for —— day for is hoping to serve up, not from him but from head. after a smooth passage through the opening round, he faces another unheralded opponent, qualifier radley klavan stands in a way of the third round. identity much about him, i played in a challe

the wider church, the nhs, the bbc is guilty of precisely the same in different circumstances. twoe of faith who make faith accessible, and bishop ball was one of those figures. he was described as an interesting person and he was really ta ke n as an interesting person and he was really ta ken by as an interesting person and he was really taken by him. back in the 90s, charles will have felt that he, charles, was under persistent and unfair attacks by the media. and i think that may have made him unduly sympathetic to this charismatic figure who is a telling him that he was also the victim of media persecution. and that is just a combination of circumstances that may well have appealed to charles and help bishop ball deceive him so totally. but there is no doubt now, asi totally. but there is no doubt now, as i think the prince of wales says in his statement, he feels extremely betrayed, and feels great regret that this presumption of good faith was betrayed. thank you very much, nic. north korea has returned what is believed to be the remains of about 50 american soldiers who die

that is live on bbc two right now. thai officials have released a new video — of the 12 boys and their football coach trapped in a flooded cave system. the group — found on monday — nine days after they went missing are reportedly in good health and have been given enough food to prepare them for a rescue attempt. as pumps continue to lower the water level in the caves — rescuers have been staging a rehearsal. our correspondent richard galpin reports. the boys and their football coach remain trapped here on this mound above the floodwater, deep inside the cave. but at least they're now getting some basic supplies, including these emergency blankets and some food, brought in by thai navy divers who are staying with them and treating them for minor injuries. it seems the boys are in reasonably good health. but today officials said they would not rush into trying to get the group out of the cave because the operation, however it is done, will be complex and dangerous. translation: we need to be 100% confident in order to

live pictures from bbc two right now, rafael nadal is onset. for a third time. this one has gone to a fifth set as you can see. he has the crucial break in that fed said. that would going right to the wire of record number one we lost the level and he's not little now he's leading. john isner by two sets to one. is in or up five games to three. a good match, you can keep up with those. 16 stages to go to the tour de france, but we have not seen a lot of major contenders yet. the world champion sprinted to victory on stage five and chris froome survived the minor problem with his bike, he's up from 18th overall to 15. 57 seconds off the lead, they'll up 15. 57 seconds off the lead, they'll up like greg keeps the lead. he finished seventh today and they held off the field for his second stage win of the year. the reason why was posted there, sean, croatia have just equalised against england in the world cup semi final. came across the six yard box so 1—1 with across the six yard box so 1—1 with a round 70 minutes played. we will have more for you

it is on bbc two right now.rn ahead of the semifinal against croatia on wednesday. many of the same england players were knocked out of euro 2016 byte iceland. we knew we could only make amends for that moment here at this world cup and nothing else would fix what happened. it's been a long process since then and we've learned from our mistakes, which is the most important thing, and we've made things right. we'd seen the way the country has got behind us and the happiness that we're giving out at the same time of it's fantastic to bea the same time of it's fantastic to be a part of. britain's geraint thomas is up to third overall in the tour de france after the team time trial. chris froome just under a chris froomejust under a minute backin chris froomejust under a minute back in 18th place. that is all board for now. a bit of respite for you for a few moments at least. we are very grateful for it. but as you say, it is only for a few moments. we back with more of the politics. borisjohnson, the foreign secret

coverage starts on bbc two at 11:30.es to the court later. clear, divided loyalties in that camp ahead of england's world cup quarter final against sweden. let's focus on england then, and there's an injury concern over jamie vardy ahead of saturday's quarter final. he didn't train yesterday and had an injection after injuring his groin in the win over colombia. the leicester striker was due to take the fifth penalty in the shootout but eric dier stepped in to take, and score it. meanwhile, fabian delph has flown back to russia following the birth of his third daughter. he went home last friday and his wife natalie gave birth on wednesday morning. he also found time to watch his teammates beat colombia, describing it as "the most amazing 24 hours of his life." one other line of football news to bring you and cristiano ronaldo could be on the move. real madrid are considering an offer of about £88 million from italian champions, juventus. the 33—year—old portugal forward is real‘s all—time top scorer, and won his fifth ch

lebo diseko, bbc news. the twoates in zimba bwe‘s presidential election have addressed huge crowds of supporters on the last day of campaigning. the vote on monday will be the first in almost four decades without robert mugabe on the ballot. he was forced to step down last november, after nearly a0 years in power. 0ur africa editor, fergal keane, reports now from the zimbabwean capital, harare. this is freedom square in harare, and today, in their massed tens of thousands, it belonged to the opposition. out of the dust their leader arrived, greeted by raw, unchoreographed enthusiasm. from early mistakes, he has gained stature. bye bye, zanu—pf, bye—bye. all: bye-bye! bye—bye, mnangagwa, bye—bye. all: bye-bye! nelson chamisa is 35 years the president'sjunior, and promising a decisive break with the past. after nearly a0 years of often brutal and corrupt ruling party government, this should be the time that the opposition wins. there is a surge of hope here. this is our year, we are winning this election. it's been t

austin halewood, bbc news. two more knockout matches to look forward to today. english football, —— english football's finest hour. but that was as good as it cuts, since then england have had to use deal with setbacks, disappointments and years. but england always expect. the venue for their latest date with destiny, a match against colombia, takes place in moscow. both teams have a similar ranking, so this could go either way. but it could be an inspiration, not just the challenge way. but it could be an inspiration, notjust the challenge of. it is ten yea rs notjust the challenge of. it is ten years since we won a knockout fixture, so for this, it is a brilliant opportunity to go beyond where more experienced teams have gone before. i think they are relishing the chance. waiting to play the minute winners of that match will be switzerland and sweden, who go head—to—head in saint petersburg. the swiss are looking to qualify for the court finals for the first time in more than 60 years, but this is a team that is confident its whole is bigger than the sum of it

sophia tran—thompson, bbc news. twowas seized from a yacht off south west cornwall. the men, who are both dutch, were remanded in custody. janine jansen reports. the dutch flags yacht was intercepted 120 miles off the cornish coast on wednesday. the marcia was escorted into newlyn harbour by the border force cutter hmc vigilant. officers found bails of cocaine wrapped in plastic bags in a compartment underneath the decking. we have recovered a significant amount of controlled drugs, literally hundreds of millions of pounds worth, potentially even the second largest seizure in the uk, on a sailing vessel. an estimated two tonnes has been recovered from the vessel. the national crime agency, border force and devon and cornwall police officers remain on the scene. the two crew members — 59—year—old maarten peter pieterse and 44—year—old emile adriaanjeroen schoemaker — appeared at bristol magistrates' court this morning via video link, charged with drug importation offences. pieterse didn't enter a plea. schoemaker pleaded

james burford, bbc news. two big fixtures today, brazil playing mexico and belgium playing the pan.ld cup of shocks. could brazil be the next high—profile team to go? we will soon find out. the knockout match against texaco takes place in samara. brazil are the favourites. they are not taking anything for granted. it will be a difficult game. what we have seen in the group stage, mexico deserved to be here. it isa stage, mexico deserved to be here. it is a great match and i hope we will perform our best and are now way into the quarter—finals. will perform our best and are now way into the quarter-finals. the day's other game between belgium and japan will play out in rostov. the japanese are 61st in the world, belgium, third. the underdogs are looking to the example of others. translation: they are a strong team. big names who play add big clubs. it will not be be easy for us. we have a chance. russia proved itself against spain. we also want to perform this way, and perhaps we will succeed. as for belgium, they say it is their time to shine. and why not? this is a world cup wear a

coverage starts on bbc two at 12:30pm. missed me, he had a really big shot, luckily missing my suit. taken away before it got messy. you fell out with kalisto already. a blue peter moment. the blue peter elephant moment, just missed, literally by that much!|j think that's enough. go and get some kitchen roll and we'll see you later. thank you, mike. we've been talking about donald trump's visit and we've been talking about the politics. is talk about the policing. we have a quote for you. —— let's talk about the policing. "an absolute disgrace", that's the description of sleeping conditions for police officers drafted in to cover president's trump visit. a police chief has apologised and alternative accommodation has been found after images of rows of camp beds in a gym were posted on social media. let's talk about this with che donald, vice—chair of the police federation of england and wales. thank you very much for talking to us thank you very much for talking to us this morning, good to see you again on bbc breakfast. d

nikki fox, bbc news. twoals of the world cup — and the pressure is really on the young team. as they get ready in their base at repina, manager gareth southgate says his squad might not have this good an opportunity to reach a world cup final again. he's been speaking to our sports editor, dan roan. he's the man who's put some pride back into english football. ever since arriving here in russia, gareth southgate's mantra has been the same — take one game at a time. but having masterminded his side's progress to the last eight of the tournament, the manager today told me such a chance to go all the way may never come again. you're two wins away from the biggest stage that football can offer. is now the time to change your message to them, and say, "it's on"? now would be a dangerous time to change what we've been doing, and what's been working. equally, it's a great opportunity for us, and, although our team will be individually better in two years, and with more life experiences, maybe the cards on injuries a

highlights on bbc two at 8:00pm tonight.st sweeping majestically across the plains, of course. in strange, stripy golfing trousers. four years after his home was searched by police, in a raid broadcast by the bbc, sir cliff richard has won his privacy case against the corporation. the search was conducted in relation to an allegation of historical sexual abuse, an allegation sir cliff has always denied, and for which he was neither arrested nor charged. the judge said the bbc report had infringed sir cliff's rights to privacy in a serious and sensationalist way. sir cliff said the judgement was wonderful news, and has called for the bbc‘s senior managers to carry the can. but the case has sparked a wider debate over the right to anonymity when allegations have been made. this is what the bbc had to say. thejudge has also made clear that, evenif thejudge has also made clear that, even if there had been no footage of the search and the story had less prominence, the very meaning of sir cliff would have been unlawful. this crea

the headlines on bbc news: police confirm that two people who fell criticially ill in wiltshire havescious on saturday. police confirm the man arrested on suspicion of murdering six—year—old alesha macphail is under the age of 18. alesha went missing on the isle of bute on saturday. police are continuing to question a nurse, after arresting her on suspicion of murdering eight babies and attempting to murder another six. a nurse is being held on suspicion of the murder of eight babies and the attempted murder of another six at a hospital in chester. 28—year—old lucy letby was arrested yesterday by police investigating infant deaths at the countess of chester hospital. police have also extended their investigation to a second hospital, liverpool women's nhs foundation trust. our correspondent, judith moritz, reports. lucy letby once said she enjoyed nursing babies, as she could see them progress and support their families. now she's suspected of murdering eight infants and trying to kill another six. today, police searches have continued at the nurse's home. forensic officers searching

we are not carrying newsnight on the news channel but you can catch it on bbc two.coming through, but further north across scotla nd through, but further north across scotland and northern ireland, we have had some rain this morning. western scotland and the north—east ireland has had some rain, so for some of us, seems like this, which we may not have seen for three weeks and so in parts of northern ireland, and so in parts of northern ireland, a rather grey and damp one there. it might be quite welcome to the gardens. that rain continuing in eastern parts of northern ireland and the west of scotland during this afternoon. the sun gradually burning that cloud to the coast around the east and west and temperatures getting up to 21 to 26 celsius, further north about 18 or 19 degrees. now, of course, there's something small happening this evening in russia. if we go underneath the cloud in moscow and the liz muskie stadium. —— luzhniki stadium. typical english weather, one or two showers around but they should clear away the kick—off, with temperatures about 18 or 19

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jeremy bowen, bbc news, damascus. two years ago an explosion at a market to more than a0 in mexico. industry. the explosion was visible for miles when once again, sparking a fireworks factory set up a chain reaction and left behind a trail of devastation and loss of life. 0nce trail of devastation and loss of life. once the blaze was under control, the extent of the damage became clear. among those killed was a child and some of the emergency service workers who were first on the scene to attend to the injured. translation: when the emergency services arrived, firefighters and police, there was a second explosion and that is why they lost their lives, were now providing first aid for the initial blast, the second one happened. for many mexicans, this tragic episode could have been avoided. as recently asjune, seven people died in similar circumstances and in late 2016, more than a0 were killed when the san pablito fireworks market packed with christmas shoppers and revellers caught fire. at the time, the president promised to improve the site and proved by regulations but said on th

two weeks. andrew plant, bbc news.weden is threatening to prosecute anyone lighting a barbecue in the open. norway has had its hottest may on record and the uk is seeing its driest summer for more than half a century, with some areas recording zero rainfall for several weeks. emergency services in greece say they're working around the clock to fight the fires. sweden is threatening to prosecute anyone lighting a barbecue in the open. meteorologists, meanwhile, are warning most places altering in the heat will see no significant rainfall for the next two weeks. andrew plant, bbc news. north korea has begun dismantling a rocket—engine testing facility seen as instrumental in the development of the country's ballistic missile programme. satellite images of the sohae station in the north west of the country seen by the monitoring group 38 north suggest kimjong—un may be fulfilling a promise made to president trump injune. north korea has always said the site was used to launch satellites for its space programme but the us

in a moment, we'll say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. this is bbc news.e aid sector, it has been complacency verging on complicity with what has happened. that is because organisations all too often have appeared more concerned to protect their own reputation in the sector rather than protecting victims and survivors. it's emerged that salman abedi — who killed 22 people at manchester arena — was rescued from libya by a royal navy ship three years earlier. a warning from us intelligence — reports of increased activity at a nulear site — despite the trump—kim summit. british gas loses more than three hundred thousand customer accounts in the first half of this year. also coming up — what will the uk leaving the eu mean for your holidays? we go on our travels to see what brexit could mean for your holiday to europe — how things like flights, visas and mobile roaming be affected? sailor tony bullimore has died of cancer at the age of 79. he became a global star after surviving for a days in the upturned hull of his boat during a round the world race in 1997

in a moment, we'll say goodbye to viewers on bbc two.ecast today. it is quite a narrow band of rain moving from west to east at the moment, there's still lots of dry weather and sunshine out there. this is in wakefield, you can see some cloud, but there are sunny spells through that club. we are keeping sunny spells across eastern areas of england into the afternoon, turning pretty hot once again. you can see that narrow band of showery rain through the afternoon. some of that could be on behalf of your side. much fresher conditions here, as well as across the north of the uk and scotland and northern ireland. here there are sunny bowl is developing through the afternoon. charl is rumbling on for a time. showers in norfolk and suffolk later on. further showers moving their way into western scotland. temperatures overnight, in 11—15. that's it from me. bye—bye. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: president trump and president putin are beginning theirfirst summit. ahead of their meeting in helsinki, in finland, mr trump tweeted that r

it is time now to say goodbye to viewers on bbc two.atures. this is the weather system that is responsible. a lot of cloud coming in through ireland there. ahead of his weather system, the winds are coming in off of the continent. you can see in france where we are getting the high 30s. we could still hit the mid—30s in anglia today. such will be the heat, we will see thunderstorms breaking out. we have seen thunderstorms breaking out. we have seen thunderstorms and there could be violent ones which on today. through parts of eastern england. flash flooding, hail and winds. we have got the lunar eclipse, of course. the best time to view it will be from 9pm until around quarter past ten. as i say, these showers are hard to predict. some areas will be overcast this evening with rain, other places will have clear skies. saturday morning, the weather front moves through and that means the gate to the fresher air will be open. it will still be relatively warm on saturday morning. temperatures in the high teens in the south. the temperatures

the match kicks off at three o'clock. with coverage on bbc one starting at two, or you can listen on e other quarter—final, russia versus croatia kicks off at 7pm, with highlights on bbc one tonight. theresa may appears to have faced down hardline critics of the european union in her cabinet to secure an agreement that will keep the uk closely aligned to brussels after brexit. the deal was struck at the end of 12 hours of talks at the prime minister's country residence — chequers. some leave supporters regard the plans as a sell out. with more details, here's our political correspondent, chris mason. you know you've had a long day when it's midsummer and when you set off home from work, it's dark. this was chequers, the prime minister's retreat in buckinghamshire late last night. cabinet ministers met for 12 hours to discuss brexit and they agreed on a plan. a few hours before, at dusk, theresa may set out her proposals. we have agreed the collective position. the proposal will create a uk—eu free trade area which establishes a common rule book on industrial goods and agricultural pro