claire marshall, bbc news, brixham. in 50 minutes time. —— 15. now on bbc news, sport today. hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: naomi 0saka becomes the first japanese woman to make a grand slam semi—final in 22 years, as she beats lesia tsurenko at the us open. and it is japan's day, as kei nishikori beats marin cilic in five sets, to gain revenge for his loss against the croatian in the final four years ago. and the world surf league take the lead and announce they will be paying equally across both men's and women's events from next year. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the tennis news that naomi 0saka is through to the semi—finals of the us open at flushing meadows in new york. the number 20 seed from japan, who was playing in the quarter—finals of a grand slam for the first time in her career, came through in straight sets against the ukrainian lesia tsurenko. 0saka won 6—1, 6—1, injust 58 minutes, to become the first japanese woman to rea

claire marshall, bbc news, brixham.icers are named as suspects in the poisoning of former spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia in salisbury. top members of donald trump‘s administration are so alarmed by the president‘s behaviour that they are actively working to undermine him, an anonymous senior official writes in the new york times. labour‘s parliamentary party agrees to adopt the international definition and examples of anti—semitism without any caveats. the personal views of a senior white house aide have been published in the new york times, which reveal in detail the apparent inner workings of the oval office. the author of the opinion piece, who wishes to remain anonymous, said, president trump is facing a test to his presidency unlike any faced by a modern american leader. here is a little more of what was written. the author added: and then this from the writer: well, the president himself was meeting a group of his sheriffs tonight, and he spoke out in response with this reaction. wii has the dash we hav

claire marshall, bbc news, brixham. this is the briefing from bbc news.nt trump has hit back at accusations of "amorality" and reckless decision—making. he says the attack, by an unnamed senior aide, is "gutless" and "phony". south korea has confirmed president moonjae—in will meet north korean leader, kimjong—un, for a summit in pyongyang in two weeks time. and russia's in the spotlight over the novichok nerve agent attack as britain takes its case to the un security council. now it's time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the media across the world. we start with the story making the front page of most of today's uk papers — including the front of the times. —— the times. prime minister theresa may vows revenge on russia, after britain identifies key suspects in the poisoning of russian spy sergei skirpal and his daughter yulia. so, one of the big stories in the financial times now and the emerging market sell—off sparked by turkey and argentina's currency crisis. and over to the japan times and the latest on their website shows th

this is brixham harbour tonight. there is scepticism about the plan.is down to a summit in paris on friday. do they think the french will pay a lot of money? nope! all british scallop boats have been asked to voluntarily stay away from the affected area until a formal deal is signed. it is up to the skippers were they wa nt to it is up to the skippers were they want to comply. thousands of people have had to be moved from one of japan's largest airports, in the wake of typhoonjebi. around 5,000 people were stranded at the airport near 0saka after a large tanker damaged the bridge connecting it to the mainland and the runway was submerged in water. the storm is the strongest to hitjapan in 25 years. thousands of members of the religious minority the yazidis are still missing four years after so—called islamic state attacked them in their ancestral home in iraq. over 10,000 people were killed or kidnapped as people from the minority community were attacked on the slopes of mount sinjar. men and boys were killed, and girls and women enslaved. the un has c

claire marshall, bbc news, brixham.use official has claimed that members of the trump administration deliberately hinder some of the president's actions in an effort to curtail his impulsive behaviour. writing anonymously in the new york times, the source portrays a sense of chaos in the white house. the president has dismissed the opinion piece as gutless, calling the newspaper phony, as chris buckler reports. each day seems to bring new claims about what is happening behind the doors of this white house, and the unconventional president in charge here. the new york times says it was a senior official in donald trump's own administration who wrote its damning opinion piece, although the author insisted on remaining anonymous. they claim the president's leadership style is impetuous, adversarial, petty and ineffective, that many are working diligently from within to frustrate parts of his own agenda and his worst inclinations, and that the root of the problem is the president's amorality. and god bless you, and thank yo

our environment correspondent claire marshall is at brixham harbour in devon for us.in london the french negotiating team has started talking, but we still don't know the details of that. fishermen here are keen to learn what is being decided, because it will decide tomorrow whether they go to work. heading out from brixham today, a very different boat from the huge dredgers that left from this same harbour last week and clashed with french fishermen. we were taken to the secret location with divers that gather scallops by hand. they showed us their techniques. there's no large machinery involved, they select the right ones and leave the rest. there is another way to get scallops that leaves the sea bed intact and the growing success of businesses like this shows that more and more people are caring about how their scallops are picked. if you take too much there's going to be nothing left. if you don't leave enough breeding stocks to breed, then you can't keep fishing. that's part of what sparked the so—called "scallop wars". dredgers haul up everything. the british w