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for example , if we compare wroclaw, then 3,200 athletes participated, and in birmingham in the states3,700 . and if there were 100 two countries in rakhiv, then this year e 110 not including taking into account the fact that russia and belarus will not participate and it is very important that i would like to note that the organizer of the international world games association is one of the first international sports institutions that made the most severe decision and already in the first days, a decision was made to suspend russian and belarusian athletes from leading in the global sin and that it is very important that the war was called a war in the decision of the ingri e, moreover, not simply as sometimes we have seen certain circumstances conflict is there any situation and the war and this is very important for ukraine and this feeling and understanding of support on the international sports arena is very good and important that there is such support and that the phenomenon itself is called by its name in ukraine it is really a war now please tell me whether the athlete managed

brazil's beatriz haddad maia claimed her second title in seven days, in birmingham.ictory in stuttgart, matteo berrettini is in fine form. he started well against krajinovic, winning the first set 7—5. berrettini only returns to the tour recently after surgery on his hand, but he closed out the match with an ace to retain his queens trophy. seeing all the champions in the past and the present, knowing it going to be me twice, it gives me goose bumps. really happy for what i have done, and thank you, guys, for your support. done, and thank you, guys, for your su ort. ~ ~ , ., done, and thank you, guys, for your su . ort, . . , ., , done, and thank you, guys, for your su . oft, . . , ., , support. with wimbledon 'ust weeks awa , support. with wimbledon 'ust weeks away. berrettini * support. with wimbledon 'ust weeks away, berrettini willh support. with wimbledon just weeks away, berrettini will certainly - support. with wimbledon just weeks away, berrettini will certainly be - away, berrettini will certainly be among the favourites. one person you won't be seeing there

in london. 0ver birmingham classic and queen's club in london.n, jack trevor will be looking to capitalise on his big win over casper ruud yesterday. he takes an e—mail ruusuvuori. —— he takes on emil ruusuvuori can head to the bbc website or the app to watch those matches. also, queens is on bbc two. katie boulter recorded the biggest win of her career yesterday, beating alison riske. it was the first time she's beaten a top a0 player and today she's up against caroline garcia of france in the second round. harriet dart will take on former world number one simona halep. england'sjoe root is back at the top of the men's batting test rankings, following his fourth century of 2022 in the remarkable second test win over new zealand. root has overtaken australia's marnus labuschagne after hitting 176 in the test, following 115 in the first test and scores of 109 and 153 in the first and second tests of the tour of west indies earlier this year. gareth southgate called england's 4-0 gareth southgate called england's 4—0 thrashing by hungary chastening

let's go on a musical touraround birmingham. hip—hop, rap, grime, whatever it might be, and the idea, really, i suppose, was just to say, actually, birmingham is a city of music, and it is a music city, and we wanted to record these songs, these artists, and capture them on record just to celebrate this brilliant city. and i think we've done that. this double grammy award winner is another artist on the album. born in nigeria, the jazz musician now calls birmingham home along with his wife kate and named his son after the road where they live. it is a privilege and an honour. to be part of history. i am glad i have got my name into it. among all the great musicians and artists. the album also introduces new artists. i am super happy and super excited. i am also happy to kind of be representing disabled artists. i live with an invisible illness and sometimes i need a walking stick, sometimes i don't. and ijust felt happy to be able to express and represent disabled people in birmingham. a musical celebration of the city, this alb

he is a personal trainer and realtor in birmingham, alabama. but type 2 diabetes runs in his family. >> my grandmother had diabetes my mom my sister has it >> reporter: kelaf was so busy, he used to grab fast food, sweet tea, energy drinks. >> people see you and think, oh, you work out. you're healthy there's nothing wrong with you that's not the case. >> not if you're not eating right. >> exactly >> reporter: a few years ago he was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and prescribed medicine. but kelaf wanted alternatives so he volunteered for a study at university of alabama at birmingham, looking at two diets. kelaf was put on a low carb diet for three months every tuesday, a box of food arrived with recipes. >> eggs with vegetables you can put whatever vegetables you want in it >> no carbs? >> no carbs. >> reporter: this nutrition researcher launched the study five years ago. >> americans tend to eat a lot of sugar and carbohydrates and you reach a limit to the ability to store the excess calories. and that essentially is what ultimately leads to

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but she's confirmed that she will be competing at the birmingham commonwealth games, as she told our - dina asher—smith is used to living life in the fast lane, but summers don't come much busier than hers with the potential for the three major championships. winning won't be easy, as she found out last night in rome, finishing third behind two jamaicans. she could face them at the world championships next month and then in birmingham at the commonwealth games where she has just committed to compete. it is very uniquely british challenge for the summer because obviously we are the only nation that falls into the categories of the worlds and the europeans and the commonwealth games but i see it as a fantastic opportunity. you've got three back—to—back and you've just got to go for it and enjoy it and, you know, life is so short and i just think that every race we have and every race you are healthy for you to just grab and really go for it. has she been eliminated? hampered by a hamstring injury, there were tears in tokyo but asher—smith is desperate to bounce back. given those setbac

temperatures — 20 for birmingham, 21 for london, much cooler across northern parts of scotland closermove on into tuesday. at the same time, high pressure builds down to the south. so, for much of england and wales on tuesday, there'll be lots of sunshine, just a little bit of patchy cloud, more cloud for northern ireland and scotland, a bit of rain at times. i think there'll still be a decent amount of dry weather here. temperatures of 17 degrees for aberdeen, for glasgow, for belfast. but by this stage, middle 20s looking likely across the south—east of england. that's nothing compared with the temperatures we'll be seeing across south—west europe. 44 looking likely in southern spain for a time. and as we move through wednesday into thursday and friday, this area of high pressure is set to wobble its way eastwards. as it does, it will allow us to pick up a southerly wind and import some of that hot air into the south—east of the uk. temperatures by the end of the week, 31, maybe 32 degrees, but further north and west, always cooler and cloudier

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games being in birmingham, i thought that was definitely going for some dates in the calendar.ng to the programme. we're going to start with cricket, because the second test of england's 3—match series against new zealand is under way at trent bridge. and after the heroics of lords last weekend, where england won only their second test in their last 17 matches, it was back to reality with a bang today as new zealand batted their way into a commanding position. joe wilson reports. the second test for ben stokes�*s england. the captain invited new zealand to bat, and this happened often. new zealand were missing their captain kane williamson and top ranked batter to covid, but they hit four is frequently and fluently, not quite working out as england had planned. ben stokes brought on ben stokes to bowl, will young gone a7. two wickets before lunch but to follow the plot, what is that coming? anotherfour. a beauty, devon conway in full flow in fact. when a twisting england's direction as stokes came back to dismiss henry nicholls, james anderson got rid of conway for a6. then wit

the sprint star dina asher smith tells us of her plans to compete at the commonwealth games in birminghamp on the bbc news channel, england had a decent start but new zealand had taken the initiative by the end of day one of the second test at trent bridge. good evening. the government has seen off a legal challenge to stop its first flight deporting asylum—seekers to rwanda planned for next tuesday. campaigners and immigration charities went to the high court today to try to convince a judge that the home secretary priti patel�*s policy is unlawful and irrational as rwanda is unsafe. but the home office argued there was a significant public interest in the government being able to deport people deemed to have entered the uk illegally. here's our home editor mark easton. is it lawful to give people seeking asylum in the uk a one—way ticket to rwanda? telling them to pursue refugee status thousands of miles south in east africa? the first migrants are due to make that journey next tuesday, with campaigners today failing in their legal bid to stop the removals. the high court in london hear

and that means that temperatures in london and in birmingham could get over 30 celsius on friday.is area of low pressure giving us swathes of cloud, some outbreaks of rain — most of it quite light and patchy — across much of western scotland, northern ireland. this will help to keep the temperatures mild here overnight tonight, but underneath the clear skies, temperatures will drop back into single figures, mid—single figures locally, perhaps, across england and wales. so a locally chilly start to the day here. but here, of course, we'll see lots of sunshine throughout the day on tuesday, some fair weather cloud building through the afternoon. some outbreaks of rain for western areas of scotland. eastern areas of scotland, though, should see some sunny spells emerge at times. temperatures peaking in the southeast of england at around 25 celsius. the pollen levels, of course, in all of that sunshine will be very high — a lot lower underneath the cloud and the rain towards the northwest. and that's where the cloud and the outbreaks of rain will tend to stay as we head through tuesda

a woman has died and a man has serious injuries after a gas explosion destroyed a house in birminghamthe former conservative prime minister sirjohn major tells the infected blood inquiry that what happened to thousands of patients in the 19705 and �*80s was "incredibly bad luck." and the crowds are back at swi9 — some tennis fans have been queueing since friday to get into the opening day of wimbledon. and coming up on the bbc news channel, england's women make early breakthroughs in their one—off test match against south africa in taunton. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the leaders of the g7 group of nations have promised they will stand with ukraine "for as long as it takes" — as they announced they would step up sanctions on russia. president zelenskyjoined the summit remotely and told the leaders he needed more weapons and air defence systems and wanted the war to be over by the end of the year. in a bbc interview, borisjohnson said western democracies had to resist tyranny today, just as they had defeated nazi germany in the last century. from the g7, here's o

mark easton, bbc news, birmingham. let's speak to chris is blackpool now.self? ~ , , himself? the prime minister is confronted _ himself? the prime minister is confronted by _ himself? the prime minister is confronted by political- himself? the prime minister is confronted by political and - himself? the prime minister is- confronted by political and economic gales that appear to quicken by the week. yes, the whole situation around the cost of living is far from unique to the uk but the forecasts are particularly bleak for us. the prime minister emphasises that he can't click his fingers and solve the problem, there isn't a one size fits all solution that immunise us all from the pain, but instead, he says, let's focus on helping the most vulnerable in the short term and then these long—term structural changes, like the announcement in england related to housing today, to try to improve people's economic prospects in the years and decades ahead but alongside all of that, is this repeated reference to a desire to cut taxes, yet at the same time, taxes have b

britain's katie boulter is having an excellent week at the birmingham classic.i saw off caroline garcia of france in the second round in another straight sets victory. and boulter will face former world number one simona halep for a place in the semi—finals, after the romanian beat britain's harriet dart in straight sets. valteri bottas has warned that the issues of car bouncing in formula i is getting serious and could injure drivers. it's known as porpoising, and it's been affecting a number of drivers this season. after sunday's azerbaijan grand prix, lewis hamilton complained of back problems that, at one stage, he worried may have caused him to miss this weekend's canadian grand prix. new design specifications mean cars bounce as they travel at speed down straights. if we start to actually see injuries of drivers while driving the cars and without incident, that's not how it should be. so, we spoke with the fia in the last race and we made the point pretty clear — that we would like to see for any options for the future, how can we improve it, so it is defi

ithink leeds and the next one is near birmingham.ese days of working from home which would not have happened two or three years ago and if this had happened then there would have been more chaos on the roads. there is a danger of people watching and they think it is not so bad, they will get in their cars and go out and if everybody did that we would see problems on the roads, another reason people might not have taken to the cars today is the cost of petrol might have put them off and encouraged them to work from home. things not as bad as they could have been but they are concerned about how bad they will get, particularly towards the edge of the week. thank ou, phil towards the edge of the week. thank you, phil mackie. _ thousands of people have gathered at stonehenge to celebrate the summer solstice. sunrise at the ancient stones was just before ten to five this morning. this year was the first time members of the public have been allowed to attend the solstice in person since 2019 because of the pandemic. time for a look at the

and in birmingham donna vekic is against sorana cirstea at the moment. this one on the bbc sport website and app. the scottish premiership fixtures for the new season have been published it all starts on the 30th july with livingston v rangers launching the season. and celtic will begin their title defence at home to aberdeen on the 31st. promoted kilmarnock return to the top flight by hosting dundee united. hibs entertain hearts on the second weekend of the season. a day after adam yates withdrew from the tour of switzerland, his ineos grenadiers teammate tom pidcock has also pulled out after testing positive for coronavirus. 29 riders didn't start today's sixth stage after 16 riders quit yesterday. three teams pulled out entirely following positive cases, while another withdrew four riders including britain's hugh carthy. the race is an important warm—up event for the tour de france which gets underway in copenhagen two weeks today. golden state warriors are nba champions once again, beating boston celtics 103—90 last night for their fourth title in ei

stephen's episcopal church, outside of birmingham, and just opened fire.live this morning in vestavia hills this morning. it is tragic. what more do we know this morning? >> reporter: good morning, poppy. it is. it is shocking for people in this community. they talked about what they normally see, and people walking their dogs by the church, we were out this morning and said we have car burglaries and maybe a home break-in every once in a while, but never a shooting and never at a church. we spoke with a u.s. senator from alabama, doug jones, trying to push for gun control in 2018 after the parkland shooting there. 17 students and staff members were killed at a high school, and he says that now this is happening in his community. he lives about a mile and a half from the church where this happened. it is where his kids went to school, it is where he says his wife goes to the grocery store. and now he's concerned because it is a church. a place of worship, where this attack happened. take a listen. >> birmingham community area is known as the city of church

exclude religious schools from -- pediatric infectious diseases care at university of alabama, birminghamwash -- watch washington journal live, or on our c-span app. we will explore landmark legislation that shaped today's america, including the highway act of 1976. the social security amendment of 1955. the immigration control act of 1956. and the americans with disabilities act of 1990. and the no child left behind act of 2001. >> here's a look at what is coming up on the c-span network. live at 10:00 e

phil mackie is in birmingham this evening.omparisons with the 2012 olympics? find people will make comparisons with the 2012 olympics?— people will make comparisons with the 2012 olympics? and numero memo, georre, the 2012 olympics? and numero memo, george. that _ the 2012 olympics? and numero memo, george, that there _ the 2012 olympics? and numero memo, george, that there were _ the 2012 olympics? and numero memo, george, that there were some _ the 2012 olympics? and numero memo, george, that there were some issues . george, that there were some issues about security staff, not enough security numbers, and then the army had to step in. so, the organisers of the commonwealth games are saying they are taking a precaution, they have learned lessons from london 2012, but 5000 jobs, as you say, out of a potential workforce of 45,000, is slightly above 10%. they do think that students will fill a lot of those jobs and there are a lot of people out there who are not working at the moment who they think will be attracted by the prosp

in the birmingham open classic, britain's katie boulter upset the seventh seed alison riske to reachworld's top—rated horse, baaeed, was one of the winners on the opening day of a huge event in the horse racing calendar, royal ascot. the four—year—old, withjim crowley riding for trainer william haggas, beat real world by almost two lengths in the queen anne stakes. and the king's stand stakes saw the first australian trained winner in ten years, as nature strip finished well clear of twilight calls with 200—1 shot acklam express close up in third. for more on that and everything else, head to the bbc sports website. but that's all your sport for now. hello. humidity�*s set to build across the uk, but sunshine amounts will vary over the days ahead. certainly lots of cloud at times in the northwest of scotland, and increasingly so in northern ireland — as we go through wednesday, outbreaks of rain just leaving moderate bursts developing. there could be elsewhere in scotland and maybe 1—2 over the hills in northern england and north wales. cloud amounts increasing here after a sunny sta

now, today marks just 50 days to go until the commonwealth games get underway in birmingham and teamtes to be taking part. well, cyclist elinor barker is one of the familiar names included — she's in the team just three months after giving birth to her son, nico. barker won commonwealth gold in the points race back in 2018. when i got myself up for selection, nico had been born yet so i didn't know how recovery was going to go and it was very much my plan a that if everything goes to plan, shoot for the moon, come back, dream if everything goes to plan, shoot forthe moon, come back, dream i guess to be able to race at the commonwealth games so i am just thrilled that everything has gone well enough that i have managed to get myself selected and i will be racing in a couple of months�* time. and the former yorkshire head coach andrew gale has won a claim for unfair dismissal against the club. gale was one of 16 members of staff, sacked in the fallout from the azeem rafiq racism scandal. he was suspended as part of an investigation into a tweet he sent in 2010, and then sacked in decem

but she beat two players in birmingham, and beat karolina pliskova a week ago. so why not now? three this time is we have got roughly nadal to come, he will be playing berankis. and iga swiatek is an action as well. we will keep you updated across the day. thanks, chetan. away from wimbledon, rain is frustrating england's women as they try to win their one and only test against south africa in taunton. the final day resumed on 55—3, still 78 runs behind england's first innings total a17. at lunch they were on 140—5, so just ahead of england. the weather has been affecting play, with the rain expected throughout the afternoon at the venue. and the men's team are back in action tomorrow in the delayed fifth test against india. england have recalled james anderson ahead of the match at edgbaston — he replaces jamie 0verton, who played in the final test against new zealand. sam billings stays as wicketkeeper, as ben foakes has failed to recover from coronavirus. and there's a familar face returning too for because all the sport for now. reminders of all those golden matches are on

it happened last night at an episcopal church near birmingham.olice say a lone gunman entered the church as a small group of people were meeting and began firing. authorities say officers rushed to the scene, and the suspect was taken into custody. there's no word on a motive. >>> the state department is looking into whether a third american has gone missing in ukraine. the families of two other u.s. veterans possibly captured by russia are desperate for information on their whereabouts. chris livesay reports from ukraine. >> reporter: they had just gotten engaged -- >> we decided to get engaged so we can get married when he comes back. >> reporter: now joy black doesn't know when or if that will happen. the whereabouts of her fiance, 27-year-old andy hunyh, along with 39-year-old alex drueke are still unknown. their families say hunyh did humanitarian work with church o fit, buth drueke ai ended up on the front line. >> i hope we can get answers and find out where they are and get them home. that's all i want is andy back. >> reporter: both men

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daniel sandford, bbc news, birmingham. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett.day and a very pleasant 22 degrees across parts of england and wales and lady across eastern areas of scotland as well but high or very high pollen levels today. we end with some sunshine this evening but overnight the cloud coming in from the north—west will head into scotland and northern ireland and for a while it will bring some rain. we keep clearer skies for england and wales and light winds so temperatures will dip away to about seven or 8 degrees and it will be milder underneath the cloud for scotland and northern ireland and perhaps not too much rain here during tomorrow, just a few showers but equally some glimpses of sunshine and there will be more cloud in the far north of england but we will keep the light winds and sunny skies across the rest of england and wales and temperatures will continue to climb on tuesday, making 25 degrees across the midlands and the south—east and nearer 17 or 18 for scotland and northern ireland. it's 2pm. this is bbc news. i'm ben brown and th

we wish you all the best in front of the home crowd in - front of the home crowd in birmingham.y school teacher? that is all for me and the sport state team. good night. hello we've seen lots of sunshine around to start the week and across england and wales that he is can be building in the next few days. scotland and northern ireland, the weather changing a night because a clot is beckoning from the northwest bringing with it outbreak survey that rained tending to break up later in that i we keep clearest skies for england and wales and here temperatures will slip away to perhaps seven or 8 degrees. will be milder under the cloud for scotland and northern ireland put up a much cloudy day tomorrow for scotland and northern ireland, some of the club will push its way into the far north of england, won't be much rain at all left by the afternoon and maybe all left by the afternoon and maybe a glimpse of sunshine here and there. the sunnier further cell covering most of england and wales with a light wind, strong sunshine, the temperature is continuing to lift, getting up to 25 deg

stephen's episcopal church outside birmingham. >> an occasional attendee of the church, that i will onlyify as a white male, was at the dinner. at some point, he produced a handgun and began shooting, striking three victims. >> reporter: local news reports say a visitor calling himself "mr. smith" sat alone. longtime church member walter "bart" rainey invited him to join the group. smith declined and later suddenly started firing a handgun. among those killed, the 84-year- old rainey, 75-year-old sarah yeager, and 84-year-old jane pounds, who died from her wounds today. suspect robert findlay smith was stopped when another church member hit him with a chair. >> the person that subdued him is a hero. >> reporter: coincidentally, today is the seventh anniversary of the mother emmanuel church shooting in charleston, south carolina. in a racist rampage, dylann roof killed nine prisoners meeting in fellowship. the f.b.i. reports active shooter incidents jumped more than 50% last year from 2020, and almost 100% since 2017. public records list the suspect as a master gunsmith. not only is he in

students from birmingham, alabama, traveling to the bay area with a nonprofit organization became the latest victims now of a smash and grab at a local in and out last week, founders of the nonprofit known as cultivating hope foundation says that the thieves made off with about $18,000 worth of equipment and electronics from 2 of their vehicles. kron four's taylor's sacking has their story. >> we were all in and said there was immediate kind of wrestling around to figure out, you know, who who got, you know, what taken? steve douglas and alan ronna wicks are co-founders of nonprofit cultivating hope foundation >> which creates experiences for teens from birmingham, alabama, to inspire students to dream bigger. they brought a group of 8 students to the bay area last week and on the first day of their trip, they became victims of a smash-and-grab while they were inside a san leandro and restaurant we went in. we ordered our food. and while while we are waiting for it. >> security guard came in not with a lot of herd and say we must say that kind of came in and said, are those your suvs

people came from sheffield, nottingham, birmingham, you name itand we nottingham, birmingham, you namewe did predominantly most of our sessions were done by zoom, some people met in the park weekly and for the first time weekly and for the first time we met on may 28 altogether as a group of 70. the dance is one of many events for mela, reflecting multiculturalism and the commonwealth. my community has alwa s the commonwealth. my community has always held _ the commonwealth. my community has always held the _ the commonwealth. my community has always held the queen - the commonwealth. my community has always held the queen in - has always held the queen in high esteem, they love her to bits. it was an opportunity for people to gather and celebrate. we also wanted to celebrate multiculturalism and the margaret community, the contribution of the migrant community. the state migrant community. the state migrant community. iii} community. the state migrant community-— community. 70 years of royal tradition and _ community. 70 years of royal tradition and change - tradition and change celeb

daniel sandford, bbc news, birmingham.imate editor, justin rowlatt, has been to uganda to visit them. the morning mist rises from bwindi impenetrable forest in uganda. one of the last two places on earth where mountain gorillas still survive. so we're just hacking our way through the forest because obviously the gorillas go wherever they want. there are no paths up here. have you seen something, luke? oh, there's one down there! there's a gorilla! gentle groaning. there are baby gorillas in the trees and also juvenile gorillas on the ground. it's incredible to be so close to one of our closest relatives on earth. the population is healthy and growing steadily. it is a dramatic turnaround. when sir david attenborough made his famous visit to a mountain gorilla family back in the 1970s, it was, in his words, tinged with sadness because he feared he might be seeing the last of their kind. poachers preyed on the mountain gorilla population and the civil wars in rwanda and the democratic republic of congo made conservation in t

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in oxford, nando said, gonna professor of international migration at the university of birmingham and director of the institute for research into super diversity. and in, in re cargill, new zealand bedroom, which connie is an author and former refugee a warm welcome to you all, and thank you so much for joining us today on inside story batteries. let me start with you today. when we talk about the displacement crisis in the world today, we must talk about something that's been in the news a lot, especially this week it's, it's very controversial plan in the u. k. there's this agreement between the british government and wanda, in which some refugees and asylum seekers would be center a want to have their asylum claims process. there. now many who oppose this plan say that the plan mirrors australia's use of offshore detention centers. that was a plan that saw people being sent to detention centers on the pacific islands of now. ruined montrose. you yourself were held that an offshore detention center on matters highland for 6 years. so how concerned are you about the kind of precedent

mark easton, bbc news, birmingham.n after a boat capsized. 0fficers said a large—scale search missing specialist equipment had taken place after the boat capsized near 0kehampton yesterday afternoon. maritime accident investigators say two people who were missing were disabled. 0ne two people who were missing were disabled. one of few people rescued from the boat is in a critical condition in hospital. children in care have reported being groomed and sexually assaulted in homes run by a company making large profits from public money. a bbc news investigation found calcot services for children made double the profits of other big care providers last year. but the company has been accused of providing inadequate staffing at some of its homes. the children's commissioner for england said she was appalled by the findings. our special correspondent ed thomas reports. for six months we have investigated the true scale of profits being made in the care and education of vulnerable children. where is the money going? not the pl

sets, jodie burrage plays beatriz haddad maia, the brazilian has won titles in both nottingham and birminghamharriet dart will resume her match with switzerland's jill teichmann at one—set all. england are without captain eoin morgan for their third one—day international against the netherlands. the captain has a groin problem. jos buttler is leading the side as they look to wrap up a 3—0 series win. england won the toss and chose to field. there was an early breakthrough as david willey took vikram singh�*s wicket for the third match in a row. scott edwards scored 6a, england still to bat. jamie 0verton will make his england test debut in the third and final test against new zealand at headingley, where he'll play alongside his twin brother craig. the surrey paceman replaces james anderson, who misses out due to an ankle problem. england have already won the series but will be hoping for a 3—0 whitewash of the reigning world test champions. 0verton has taken 21 wickets for surrey in the county championship this season. sadio mane has completed his move from liverpool to bayern munich. the 30

meanwhile they're playing catch up at the birmingham 0pen after rain forced a delay in play yesterdaytaking on brazil's haddad maia in the semi finals. maia took the first set 6—3, but halep took the second to level the match let's get the latest from birmingham. these are live pictures. it is for— four in the third set. halep is serving at the moment. you can follow that on the bbc sport website and the app. the winner will play either china's shuai zhang or romania's sorana cirstea who resume their semi final at 1—1. some football news for you now and liverpool have completed the signing of 18—year—old scottish right—back calvin ramsay from aberdeen. ramsay has joined on a five—year dealfor an initial £42 million. he'll serve as trent alexander—arnold's understudy at right—back and willjoin up withjurgen klopp's first team for pre—season. red bull's max verstappen will start on pole for the canadian grand prix which gets underway around 7 o'clock in montreal. championship leader, verstappen was quickest after the rain affected qualifying sessions and will start on the front row alon

are about to sexual agenda about violence for some sort of search because out the university of birmingham sho, beverage. we only have a couple of minutes left. i want to give you the last word here. i've heard you speak in the past very, very powerfully about the kind of trauma that refugees and displaced deal with, especially when it comes to those who have escaped violence. they've made it to a new country, but then they just have to wait. have to wait to find out if they can get asylum or when they'll be able to set up a new life. could you, could you tell our audience a little bit about that kind of trauma? you know, i already wrote about these some article, particularly australia. oh, they mean a portion of that you would use that all kind, you know, just keeping refugees in meaningful so just keep refugees, wait. or many school gets sub told mom in the country that really huge. fortunate because it's leaving mean bo leaving situation like on this side, the situation is really packed on refugees and they cannot a maintenance future. they cannot really think about the future or some b

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kathryn stanczyszyn is at birmingham new street station for us. things are looking. not a strike day to day, but still not normal, kathryn? yes. but still not normal, kathryn? yes, normally bustling _ but still not normal, kathryn? yes, normally bustling station _ but still not normal, kathryn? 1a: normally bustling station concourses like this one were virtually deserted yesterday but there is still going to be disruption today. this station, one of the main rail interchanges in the country does not open until 7am and there have already been people coming here today saying they have got tickets for a train at 6:35am. this is a bridging day between two days of strike action but it will be nowhere near normal. that's partly because of the latest out that many services are going to have —— later start that huge numbers of services have got to have. signal and control room staff have been overnight and i do not start until this morning so it takes a long time to get the trains from the depot to the start point. that's not quite as much of an issue in

for dave in birmingham: one specific moment over the long weekend attracted a lot of attention from theience and it came as guests arrived at st paul's cathedral on friday morning for the queen's thanksgiving service. the prime ministerjust arriving with his wife. quite a bit of booing in the crowd. i know. you can hear it, there is quite of lot of booing, actually. a substantial amount. didn't see that coming. quite a moment. we definitely haven't heard that for any other vip guests, that's fair to say. that was broadcast live. but as jane hill continued to talk to her guests, the footage of mr and mrs johnson was replayed a few minutes later on the news channel. this time it sounded like this. hopefully, that isn't the big story that's going to come out today, hopefully, it's a family gathering together to recognise the contribution and the service of their boss. she's the boss of the firm as well as being the kind of matriarch figure of the royal family. certainly, i hope that queen in the midst of the celebration, she's also going to get to meet her one—year—old granddaughter. she t

emma simpson, bbc news, birmingham.is from our business correspondent noor nanji. we already knew that people were struggling, but this is more confirmation.— struggling, but this is more confirmation. ., �*, ., ~ confirmation. that's right, we talk a lot about — confirmation. that's right, we talk a lot about the _ confirmation. that's right, we talk a lot about the cost _ confirmation. that's right, we talk a lot about the cost of _ confirmation. that's right, we talk a lot about the cost of living - a lot about the cost of living crisis, but the survey indicates how it is affecting people on a day—to—day basis. it was a survey of more than 4000 people carried out in earlyjune, and it suggested people are cutting back on lots of different ways to deal with rising costs, so that includes cutting back on food and carjourneys, and the survey also suggest that people are spending less on socialising and on clothing. and it also suggested that people's concerns are rising. so where do we go from here? for now, inflation co

britain's katie boulter is having an excellent week at the birmingham classic.straight sets. valteri bottas has warned that the issues of car bouncing in formula i is getting serious and could injure drivers. it's known as porpoising, and it's been affecting a number of drivers this season. after sunday's azerbaijan grand prix, lewis hamilton complained of back problems that, at one stage, he worried may have caused him to miss this weekend's canadian grand prix. new design specifications mean cars bounce as they travel at speed down straights. if we start to actually see injuries of drivers while driving the cars and without incident, that's not how it should be. so, we spoke with the fia in the last race and we made the point pretty clear — that we would like to see for any options for the future, how can we improve it, so it is definitely a topic and i think it's getting quite serious. five—time olympic gold medallist laura kenny has been named as part of a 35—strong england cycling squad for this summer's commonwealth games in birmingham. the competition wil

then there is the civil rights movements direct action campaign at birmingham. during the course of that campaign, when martin luther king is taken to jail and writes the famous letter from the birmingham jail, the weight of the civil rights cause is coming down on kennedy and his presidency. and it looks like he has to act, he's very reluctant to act and do anything other than to protect civil rights marchers. i've always wondered why he did it at that moment. it turns out that bobby kennedy, who was his brother's chief aide, most trusted and close adviser, it was down south to alabama and meets with george wallace. meets with horrific resistance down there. people are hurling epithets that him and treating him certainly not like he's the attorney general of the united states. interestingly enough, a more poignant for episode for bobby kennedy comes when he meets with james baldwin, the novelist. and a group of african american entertainers and artists at bobby kennedy's father's penthouse in manhattan. it is a very uncomfortable situation, where they are confr

it national traffic operations centre in birmingham.— in birmingham.orning. there was _ in birmingham. it was busy this morning. there was traffic - in birmingham. it was busy this morning. there was traffic in i in birmingham. it was busy this i morning. there was traffic in some of the pinch point areas. there�*s been surprise at how much better things have lived on the roads unexpected. you get a snapshot of how things are at the moment on the screen behind me, we see 20 different key roads across the country. the m25 the left. next to the m4. on the right spaghetti junction, you see traffic is flowing, pretty freely across the country. there have been extra staff brought in today, just in case, they were expecting this morning that there would be something between what you see in a typical tuesday but not quite as busy as what you see on a bank holiday but so far it�*s looking pretty good and people appear to have heeded the warnings. this place is the national centre, the hub into which all the regional team speed information in an these guys are

the british players step up their preparations for wimbledon... we'll have the latest from the birminghams. also coming up on the programme before 7: golden state warriors are crowned nba champions as steph curry shines again. i believed we could get back to the stage and rain even when it didn't make sense when recited, none of that stuff matters now. we've got four championships. welcome along, thank you forjoining us. england have broken their own world record for the highest score in one day cricket after smashing 498 against netherlands in the first one dayer in amstelveen which they've won by x. three players hit a century — and whilst theyjust missed one dayer in amstelveen which they've won by 232 runs. three players hit a century — and whilst theyjust missed the chance to become the first one team in history to make 500 — england did top their previous record of 481. our cricket reporter henry morean was watching: how do you sum that up? it was unbelievable. this would lend a hand being was a busy place at times. supporters were trying to find the ball that was being sent over th