that is ben smith live in paris to the powers games as a what is seen, it says positive doping test. the international testing agency has confirmed a rocky medicine to delta, so i just said tested positive for to anabolic steroids. that means he is also the lympics for 2800 to compete on tuesday, and the 81 kilogram division. and that set for me, elizabeth, put on them for this house of news. you can always keep up to date with all the developments on our website. i'll just say i don't do stay with us counting the cost is coming up next. thank you for watching the the ally there is set to be a scorcher of a we can across europe with temperatures coming up, not just in the south where we bought heat waves, but also in the north where it has been a little bit cooler. and claudia, with rain rolled into weston pots, places like fonts, to seeing that. now it didn't dump in spirits. no, didn't drown out festivities in paris for the opening ceremony of the olympics. we still got a chance of rain here on saturday, but the sun will come up to monday. so we've got golden skies ahead. now that

ben smith. thank you for more on this entire race.ant to bring in 2020 for product presidential candidate andrew yang. andrew so good to see you. i just talking to ben about this. i mean, you got jeffrey katzenberg, who's now warning president biden about donor money drying yeah but at the same time, the campaign, dare and donors not to support the president. i mean this the tale of two campaigns in some ways, right laura, i met with a megadonor yesterday and this isn't just the president and his hold senate candidates in swing states. >> i will not donate to you in till joe biden passes the torch and i'm sure he's getting that feedback from others in the party where if you're a swing senator, i imagine having that phone call being told, you will not get a dime for your campaign unless you get joe biden out. >> i mean, that's a tremendous amount of pressure and i do wonder if that pressure exerted on that particular senator or member of congress could actually influence a decision by the president. what would that take to connect thos

joining us is ben smith, semafor cofounder and editor in chief. good morning to you. thursday. i'm curious what your reaction was to the "new york times" coming out with an editorial within 24 hours, tom friedman and nick kris to have and others coming out with their own views within hours, frankly, and david rem nick over the weekend too from "the new yorker." these are sort of the establishment taking a quick position, at the same time that the donor class -- and it's unclear where the donor class sits -- have seemingly circled the wagon over the past couple of days. >> i think the media is reckoning with this unbelievable failure to do our own jobs. you know, the president of the united states probably the most important subject for media coverage in america, and so the fact that everyone was surprised that we were all surprised by what he was like really represents this huge reporting failure, and i think, you know, outlets, the times and others did stories about his age in the context of other stories saying his age was fine. to have the president of the united s

and i think joe biden as the democratic nominee, has my support so i think it was ben smith from semaphore who said like listening to politicians, he was talking about pelosi, but listening to politicians is like kremlin. >> kremlinology during the 80s where you're really trying to understand what he's saying because i mean that what that is is if i may break out my blumenthal to english dictionary, he is saying, i don't think joe biden can win. i'm worried that he won't be able to and we need to give them the space that's what yes. yeah. it sounds almost like when the tony soprano, his family knew they're being recorded by the fed, how they would talk about crime, like allude to certain things, but i actually say no, that's true. and what the biden team i'll say this. they're smart to creating these moments that are just far enough in the future. they can point to so obviously they had stephanopoulos interview when they thought the dam was breaking little bit, they could point to that. let's say he does. then it was a news conference just this last hour, they announced this new interview

in a week's time, ben at smith's begins are coverage now from paris. francis fall right. lita sense is power is within her parties. grass marine the pen need to support has to turn out why they never have before to win. next week's 2nd round run of the world are listed at the beginning, the strange in government and drive the reforms that the country needs. we need an absolute majority in order for done and birthdate left to be named in 8 days, prime minister by him on when mccall, a 28 year old model, it is a fresh face of the fall, right? national riley, the rebranded once. politically toxic national front is now in the main stream to the communities. i intend to be the prime minister to everyday life on the one who prioritize this defense of purchasing power, the restoration of law and order and security throughout the country. and of course, the resumption of the migration policy hoping to head off the far right is a coalition of policies from the left to fall left. but it's lead is only male, i'm shown is a polarizing figure, who puts off some pot

ben, it's smith. how's the latest from the french capital. they'd expected the worst, but frances hastily arranged left wing coalition beat the offs and the tension of the last week evaporated. so so i don't know. so this evening the national riley is far from having the absolute majority. the commentators have predicted scarcely a week ago. in fact, it's totally the opposite. it's an immense relief for an overwhelming majority of people in our country. those who make up the new fronts, as well as those have always loved the country with the republican passions. the far right national valley president had hoped to lead his party to a majority in the national assembly. they felt well short manual was no. unfortunately, the alliance of dis, toner, and of the dangerous select tore arrangements made by the manual that cronies with the far left formations to not depriving the french people of a policy of recovery that none the less over whelming least sided full by putting us in the lead in the european elections, and then last sunday, bought that

her party an absolute majority in the 2nd round of voting can a weeks time after they are with ben and smith begins coverage from a capital past francis fall right. lita sense is power is within her policies. grass marine the pen need to support has to turn out why they never have the full to win. next week's 2nd round run of the world are listed at the beginning. these change in government and drive that are forms that the country needs. we need an absolute majority in order for done and birthdate left to be named in 8 days, prime minister by him on when mccall a 28 year old bardello is a fresh face of the fall, right? national riley. the rebranding once politically talks like the national front is now in the main stream to add to the communities, i intend to be the prime minister, the everyday life one, the one who prioritizes defense of purchasing power, the restoration of law and order and security throughout the country and of course the resumption of that migration policy hoping to head off the phone right, is a coalition of policies from the left to fall left. but it's lead is only me

ben. and that's been a smith live in paris. the still ahead on the news out is that and the in japan spoken our prefecture over the ledge, sexual assault of mine, and by a member of the us. some of the tree we have from some of the 10s of thousands of people losing the jobs in argentina and a force attention to. so the men, semi finals at wimbledon on friday is the number one novak chunk of that slips for his 1st ties for the season. the had a lot of that. we've got a split the picture weatherwise across here of as we end the week and go into the we can, we've got something of a cooler field and west to weather, splashing into weston and most central areas. but down across the south and into eastern areas, it is a story of dry weather, lots of heat, with some exceptionally high temperatures. in places like serbia where we have had read warnings out, people in belgrade have been doing what they tend to cool off as temperature is touch up into the high a. thirty's, they'll remain so on. friday will come up to 40 degrees in belgra

ben. it's smith, he's also in congress. and that you've been following. what's happening with the last this and, and centrist today. take us through the reaction that so these numbers that are coming in well, certainly while you speak to me, it's only shown the leader and friends about speaking to his supporters here. and all of them has the rule of the closing went up here when the came out really exceed with the really, really that you send people felt the i'm so i'm just speaking in a room behind me will come out shortly to speak in front of these people as being broadcast on a big street in the moment these already said it to the uh is already said that it's a little soul of people who the candidates installed for us. he said we have uh, the french people clearly uh, sweat decide. what was one of them? what would one be one of the woods, sorry, funny to interrupt who were going to listen in now to jones? who command on show on the leader of the left is the line. we confirm it now that we say to the president of the republic, we are refused to enter in

we've talked about the, i'll just say rough cars crossover now to ben, it's smith, he's joining us live from paris. so, but in my phone now breaking his silence on the election result was they've been saying of the, somebody finally 10 days after those results. he's finally broken the silence by publishing alexa and regional newspapers. the lots are apparently finalized on the fly to over to washington for the nato summit. i did not like to. he said that the critics, to the critics of the dissolution of parliament, except the elections that have just been held for a sign of the vitality of our republic. he said, and it showed a need for a democratic expression. he says, nobody one, well the new popular from might dispute that because they ended up being the largest policy impala. and he says that he wants the policies to find compromise and to pull together a broad gathering. and for him, that essentially means he wants to exclude the fall, right on the far left spots mental controls from the front some about from any future coalition. there are 3 years to go before the presidential ele

in a moment will speak to ben at smith, who's in paris, the boston that was standing by for us in nice, where she filed this report. opponents of the fall, right, national rather waste is no time after a historic election. 90 got straight back to them. painting the result of the dramatic we've never so um the trim extreme lights having so much votes in the profession. it's like, um, 12000000 of people working for the people. that's really what the racist. almost so big pearson, the to doesn't believe in climate change. put in secure, yes, vote against the national front, but vote for me. if we have a choice between 2 extremes, it's not a choice that motivates people. so what's the other solution? unfortunately, i don't see it. national riley's leader, my name the pen urge to support us to turn out like never before in order to win next week. second round to begin the strange in government and drive the forms of the country needs. we need an absolute majority in order for done and birthdate left to be named in 8 days. prime minister in manuel mccaul, 28 year old, but then it is the fres

ben. it's smith. he joins us now. live in paris. so just hours away from the openings set a ceremony. bennett, what are you hearing about the french rail company? yeah, well, this attack, according to the french, nothing. boy, what national railways has pulled the high speed rail weight network across france to a hold. it says that of been a tax on it seems awesome. it sucks on a series of signaling boxes at different locations around the country. and it means that the s and say at the national right away company is telling people not to go to the railway station state. they've got jody's planned today, not to travel. you come and my, you can imagine the how incredibly disruptive this is across the country. not only are people traveling to work, but it's the holiday season, tens, hundreds of thousands of people traveling on the holiday. and now they've been told that that was the right ways of saying that they're not expecting this to get back to normal until monday. so right on the day of the opening, certainly the lympics, a clear

they lost ben stokes and jamie smith just before lunch, but they're currently 348—6 and looking likebled onto the field in a protective boot as his club, inter miami, celebrated his 45th major title — last week's copa america title defence. messi hurt his ankle and was forced off in argentina's1—0 win over colombia in the final. he is out indefinitely with the injury. mls meanwhile is now on a month—long hiatus for the leagues cup. inter miami, which leads the standings at the break, will host fc cincinnati on august the 24th when play resumes. not long until the start of the paris olympics, but australia's chef de mission says the team are trying to replace the missing luggage of the matildas' soccer team ahead of their paris debut in four days' time. anna meares says they are having to find medical equipment like tape, scissors and massage tables that got lost after they took a private jet from spain's marbella to marseille. the australian olympic chief told reporters that football australia decided to hire a chartered flight to try to avoid those issues, but unfortunately, some ba

smith's inclusion means there no place for surrey team—mate ben foakes, while nottinghamshire seamerl—up. he and another fast bowler gus atkinson could make their test debuts as england look to a future without james anderson who'll retire after that first test at lord's. the tour de france is just two days old and already the pre—race favourite tadej pogacar has taken the leader's yellow jersey. the race is actually in italy right now but frenchmen have claimed both stages so far — kevin vauquelin winning into bologna. behind, pogacar pulled ahead of most of his main rivals to top the overall standings ahead of monday's expected sprint finish in turin. pogacar is bidding to win the tour after taking victory in the giro d'italia last month and just before we go, time to point you in the direction of the bbc sport website and app for the very latest on all those stories and lots, lots more. but from all of us at the bbc sport centre, thanks forjoining us. we'll see you again soon. hello. thanks forjoining me. well, july, statistically, is our warmest month of the summer but thisjuly —

are back on top in the third and final test against west indies, after captain ben stokes, joe root and wicketkeeper jamie smithhe all—time test runscorers list, and move into 7th place. reginaldo rosario reports. blue skies over edgbaston, but england were in a grey area heading into day two. already three wickets down and some way behind the curve. their task was not getting easier. only pope and harry brook removed in quick succession. the west indies in full flight. england teetering on 54—5. enter ben stokes, leading from the front and going on the counterpunch. the captain and joe root put together a century partnership, taking england through to lunch 125 behind. root was past 50 and this boundary sent him past the milestone. 12,000 test runs, brief acknowledgement, back to the task at hand. but england's style brings errors. stokes taking one risk too many. a gift for kraigg brathwaite. the skipper gone for 54, frustrations clear to see. root kept ticking over to 87. but he made the long walk back. butjamie smith took centre—stage after tea. racing passed 50 and sending england into a first—innings lead

were wobbling on 54—5 in theirfirst innings but a sparkling 95 from jamie smith, and half centuries from joe root, captain bend with west indies 33—2 at the close in their second innings england still have a 61 run lead. it is not commiserations at all. slightly gutting when you miss out on a milestone but i feel like the way i played i am very pleased with it. obviously had some good partnerships there between myself and joe and myself and chris woakes that have brought us from 50—5 to a very positive day in the end. and that's all the sport for now. to the united states, where donald trump plans to continue holding outdoor rallies, disregarding safety advice after he survived an assassination attempt two weeks ago. the former president said the us secret service would give him increased protection. but he said nobody could "ever be allowed to stop or impede free speech or gathering". opinion polls suggest his lead in the presidential election campaign has narrowed since kamala harris became the democrats' likely candidate. but the vitriol between the two has escalated, with donald trump calling ms harris th

were wobbling on 54—5 in theirfirst innings but a sparkling 95 from jamie smith, and half centuries from joe root, captain benreach 376, and with west indies 33—2 at the close in their second innings england still have a 61—run lead. smith wasn't too downbeat, falling short of his century. you can get more on that on the bbc sport website. england have already won that series. more 0lympic news on the sport website or your app as well. lots more action still going on in paris. outside the sports venues, there's plenty for olympics spectators, visitors and organisers to take in. paris looking a lot better than it did 2a hours ago when the opening ceremony was doused in water for a long time. plenty more to come but unfortunately there is a bit of disruption still due to that high—speed rail link. there was a series of arson attacks there on friday. maryam moshiri is in paris. the excitement is still continuing here in paris on day one of the olympics. it's not been easy to get here. the weather has been terrible. it's been raining for about 36 hours and that rain has had an impact on some 0lympic events. the s

smith alongside jenny brock. the first test is at lord's on the 10th ofjuly. his inclusion means there is no space for benillon pennington also received a first call—up. they could make their test debuts as england look to a future without james anderson, who will retire after the first test at lord's. tour de france is two days old, but already the prerace favourite tadej pogacar has taken the lead. the race is in italy, right now, but frenchmen have claimed by stages so far. kevin vauquelin took the the win on the ride into bologna. tadej pogacar is bidding to win the tour after taking victory at the giro d'italia last month. and just before we go, there is time to put you in direction of the bbc sport website, and that for the very latest on all of those stories, and lots, lots more, but from all of us at the bbc sport centre and sportsday, thank you forjoining us. we have see you soon. bye bye. hello. thanks forjoining me. july, statistically is our warmest month of the summer, but thisjuly, at least the beginning, is looking very different. mother nature has decided to put a pause on the summer heat.

they were wobbling on 54—5 in reply to windies' 282, but 95 from jamie smith, half centuries from joe root, captain benrari's charles leclerc will start the belgian grand prix on pole for the second year in a row, despite not being the quickest in qualifying. that was championship leader max verstappen, who dominated the wet track at spa. he put his red bull at the top of the timesheets by more than half a second. but because he's used too many engines this season, he's been given a ten—place grid penalty and will start from 11th. leclerc will start at the front for the first time since monaco, with the other red bull of sergio perez alongside him. lots more on the bbc sport website. lots more on the bbc sport website. lots more on the bbc sport website. lots more olympic news. we will have another update in the next hour. indeed. busy times for you in the team. let's return to the conflict in the middle east. an investigation has found that half of gaza's water sites have been damaged or destroyed. the world health organization has warned of a "high risk" of polio spreading in gaza and beyond, after t

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after being reduced to 54—5, it was a sparkling 95 from jamie smith and half centuries from joe root, captain benahead by 61 runs. despite formula 1 world champion max verstappen being quickest in qualifying, it'll be ferrari's charles leclerc who'll start today's belgian grand prix from pole position. that's because for the third year in a row verstappen was demoted for changing too many parts on his red bull over the course of the season. he's won the past two belgian grands prix after receiving a grid penalty. but he says this year will be more difficult because his rivals are quicker this season. it was a very positive day for us. of it was a very positive day for us. of course i know it is not how it is going to be tomorrow. we optimise everything on our side for tomorrow. i hope the tires are going to hold up, and hopefully at least we can fight with ferrari and mercedes. mclaren, i don't know. they might be a little bit out of reach. it's four wins from four for scotland on their summer tour with a 31 points to 19 victory over uruguay in montevideo. not the most convincing performance from

displaying in just as a snake country upside smith, i'm as in elephant and, and so the buyers are people to buy them up in the high position. absolutely. so ben came along mr. toby had a bunch, but i do my them a great respect. i had the privilege of knowing it for a long time, and we couldn't get it out. the nuclear tests, which gave you a sudden edge in terms of once you have a new cleared attendance before they just like me. mostly and, but then the last 10 years have been remarkable in terms of the kind of economic product. the forces which have been unleashed is a government can only provide a small capitalist. they can provide some ideas. i don't, no matter which way you would. and what used to happen is there is to say that that i said what i'm in the as out there, that is the flow and india, which is um, you know, very way to do. and then that is a very poor and i, it would be more deep than yours have succeeded in doing. and this realization is we have not been able to get that negative across me. is that he has said that good governance is also good politics. and so sort of all day until day and he's taken the develop the folks of d

smith. when a group of athletic champions visits the whiteout it is not usually broadcast live on tv. but kamala harris who is welcoming benw the centre of attention. she is expected to soon take over as the democrat's presidential candidate, now thatjob biden has stepped aside and endorsed her. i has stepped aside and endorsed her. . , ., , , ., her. i am first-hand witness at every day _ her. i am first-hand witness at every day our _ her. i am first-hand witness at every day our president - her. i am first-hand witness at every day our president joe - every day our presidentjoe biden fights for the american people and we are deeply, deeply grateful for his service to our nation. ice deeply grateful for his service to our nation.— to our nation. joe biden had never looked _ to our nation. joe biden had never looked more - to our nation. joe biden had never looked more frail - to our nation. joe biden had never looked more frail nor| never looked more frail nor elderly than the last time we saw him, going home to recover from covid and to make the biggest decision of his life. hold—up at his beach house in delaware, with

smith, he's joining us from power as well. the un high commissioner for refugees, felipe o brandy and ben and sleeper gladly took part in the torch relay to represent the wolf system. the displaced the we did? yes. elizabeth, representing a 120000000 impulsively displaced people in the world at the moment. the jeep lodge lea, a lot of it due to conflicts and belief. grande's with me here empower is now a sleep of festival. 36 athletes and the i is the refugee team this year. why? why so many? in fact, 37 and i think there are 2 reasons. one is a positive, we have the, the international olympic committee that leads this project with the support you're going to try has expanded from the 10 that were present in the vision and, but also, you know, more summer way. this reflects the reality of the 120000000 display spend, right to reduce the largest cigarette. we've have seen sweets started seriously comforting these people, and the book calls for an olympic truce before the stuff of the games, but little heat was paid. so that was that, unfortunately, but i think it's important to see it's important to, you know, the symbols are impo

a hot idea to sell. bernard smith out is there a cadillac friends of what our phones corresponded. natasha butler is joining us live from the capital powers and natasha. ben and support talked about what fuel the search and support for the fall rise. what about the concerns of people who are anxious if not for iceland by the prospects of a 5 right government? the marine dependent has done with the far right policy and reason is, is really change and say made. so i make a look soft more mainstream than what people are really scared about. and what opponents of the fall, i'd say is that it's just, you know, window dressing the show facility effectively selling the same. oh, good says the far right policy is still a policy founded on these, on the survey. could i do some basic principles that it is a dangerous policy, dangerous for french values? and we've been speaking to a number of people about this and we spoke to one mine whose father in 1995 was pushed into the river 70 drowns in an attack by some fall, rise the photos. and he said, look what was happening now. and it scares me, i'm scared for the country and i'm scared for my children because more the

yes, there will be people be thrilled, will delight and sir ben wallace to blooming right. yes. lord booth—smith sir oliver dowden will to explain that liam booth—smith is rishi sunak the prime minister. so i suppose the sort of team that will have been most closely around the prime minister in deciding to go to the polls when they did , will the polls when they did, will have been his deputy, oliver dowden , his chief of staff, liam dowden, his chief of staff, liam booth—smith, and his political secretary, james forsyth. and i don't want to make any comment on their wider contribution because actually they, they've done more than enough by comparison to many in the lords and who have knighthoods, they've, they, they , they've they've, they, they, they've earned their honour just tonight, the connection between a catastrophic result and what appears to be a reward, sucks a bit, doesn't it. >> yeah. it doesn't look great. >> yeah. it doesn't look great. >> and i was just going to say in terms of that, i don't know, there's different bits of information looking at the government website and they'r