commonwealth games, do you fear? no, i absolutel commonwealth games, do you fear?r, major setback. we are at a stage where we are sitting down right now working out what does it mean as we approach coming to an agreement with victoria, but next week i head off to trinidad and we have 71 countries competing at the commonwealth youth games and a huge contingency in terms of both athletes and presidents who will no doubt have quite a lot actually talk about with regards to where we are going next in 2026. so this was not expected and, you know, it's really, really, really unfortunate but we will be working as quickly as possible to replace victoria as 2026. horse replace victoria as 2026. how realistic is _ replace victoria as 2026. how realistic is it _ replace victoria as 2026. how realistic is it that _ replace victoria as 2026. how realistic is it that you - replace victoria as 2026. how realistic is it that you can i replace victoria as 2026. how realistic is it that you can find a replacement in the time you have available? i replacement in the time you have ava

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what do we do about the commonwealth championships? to different parts of the commonwealth rather than bouncing between the more traditional host? there was a lots of excitement about where we take the games. golf's open championship starts on thursday at hoylake. rory mcilroy will be among the favourites after winning the scottish open last weekend. the northern irishman returns to the course for the first time since lifting the claretjug at royal liverpool nine years ago. he's been speaking to stephen watson. i haven't been here since 2014, and it's like such a long time. it's not like i think about it all that often, so it's nice to come back and some of the memories of that week come back to me. it's nice coming back to major venues you have won before, but it also makes you feel old doing this for a while. it's good to be back. you're feeling old, butjust as passionate and driven for more success? yes, absolutely, i think even more so than back then in 2014. so many close calls since. i've had a great nine years and won lots of to

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but the federation says interest in the games remains strong across the commonwealth. strategic plan within the last month, called commonwealth united, and went through extensive consultation with our members, with the international sports federation, with athletes and stakeholders, talking about what their vision was for the commonwealth. and they were absolutely buoyant in terms of the future, talking about different products outside of hosting the main games, what we do about the commonwealth championships? what are the different ways that we can bring games to different parts of the commonwealth, rather than bouncing back and forth between some of the more traditional hosts? so there was really quite a lot of excitement about where we take the games. now, golf�*s open championships start on thursday at hoylake. rory mcilroy, you can see him there, he will be amongst the favourites after winning the scottish open last weekend. the northern irishmen returns to the first time since lifting the claretjug there nine years ago. he has been speaking to stephen watson. i h

now, though , commonwealth.gh, senior royals are planning a two year blitz of formal visits to protect ties with the former colonial territories. the king, queen william and kate will aim to show, quote, soft diplomacy with nations like australia , with nations like australia, which increasingly suggests they want to go it alone. what do you think ? will new royal tours be think? will new royal tours be enough to reverse this harry and meghan's damage to the commonwealth? debating this now is former aide to margaret thatcher, niall gardiner, the activist and journalist peter tatchell and royal scoop get her at the spectator. kara kennedy so niall gottalook there there is a lot of damage that has to be undone. isn't there? because maybe in the uk and maybe even to a certain extent in the us, folk are waking up to the lies told by harry and meghan. but in certain countries now, for example, throughout the canbbeanit example, throughout the caribbean it did huge damage . caribbean it did huge damage. >> well, dan ,

now, though , commonwealth.gh, senior royals are planning a two year blitz of formal visits to protect ties with the former colonial territories. the king, queen william and kate will aim to show, quote, soft diplomacy with nations like australia , with nations like australia, which increasingly suggests they want to go it alone. what do you think ? will new royal tours be think? will new royal tours be enough to reverse this harry and meghan's damage to the commonwealth? debating this now is former aide to margaret thatcher, niall gardiner, the activist and journalist peter tatchell and royal scoop get her at the spectator. kara kennedy so niall gottalook there there is a lot of damage that has to be undone. isn't there? because maybe in the uk and maybe even to a certain extent in the us, folk are waking up to the lies told by harry and meghan. but in certain countries now, for example, throughout the canbbeanit example, throughout the caribbean it did huge damage . caribbean it did huge damage. >> well, dan ,

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the commonwealth games champions!he most successful and memorable commonwealth games in history, one that many hoped would reinvigorate the event and sustain its relevance. the closing ceremony ended with the official handover to the australian state of victoria. but today came a shock withdrawal, the next hosts saying it was simply too expensive. look, i've made a lot of difficult calls, a lot of very difficult decisions in thisjob — this is not one of them. frankly, $6—7 billion for a 12 day sporting event, we are not doing that. that does not represent value for money. that is all cost and no benefit. it's a clean start, it's a good jump. he's in the lead! with victoria only confirmed last year after officials struggled to find a host for 2026, its surprise pull out throws the multisport event into turmoil. the games' governing body said it had been blindsided and that costs had spiralled because its advice had been ignored by the victorian government. absolutely shocked that the cabinet has made this decision and

the commonwealth games champions!f the most successful and memorable commonwealth games in history, one that many hoped would reinvigorate the event and sustain its relevance. the closing ceremony ended with the official handover to the australian state of victoria. but today came a shock withdrawal, the next hosts saying it was simply too expensive. look, i've made a lot of difficult calls, a lot of very difficult decisions in thisjob — this is not one of them. frankly, $6—7 billion for a 12 day sporting event, we are not doing that. that does not represent value for money. that is all cost and no benefit. it's a clean start, it's a good jump. he's in the lead! with victoria only confirmed last year after officials struggled to find a host for 2026, its surprise pull out throws the multisport event into turmoil. the games�* governing body said it had been blindsided and that costs had spiralled because its advice had been ignored by the victorian government. absolutely shocked that the cabinet has made this decision

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what about contractual issues, people who have relocated here to work on the commonwealth games?get for it to happen elsewhere in australia? there are still so many issues for them to handle. former manchester united footballer and ex—wales manager ryan giggs will not face a retrial on an allegation he assaulted his ex—girlfriend. it comes after charges against him were withdrawn by the crown prosecution service. matthew richards has been at manchester crown court for us. it was quite a dramatic set of developments today. ryan giggs was accused of his head—butting his then girlfriend kate gravel in november 2020, also assaulting her sister. he was accused of using coercive and controlling behaviour over a three—year period. at his trial last year the jury failed to reach a verdict. we are expecting a retrial, but today the prosecution said it would be offering further evidence against him. that is because kate gravel said that due to the toll that had been taken on her since giving evidence she was no longer willing to give evidence this time. thejudge then ordered willing to giv

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australia has played host to the commonwealth games five times, with the last one on the gold coast inn 1.3 million visitors. 0ur guest this morning, andrew zimbalist, is an economist and academic who has consulted for players, companies, teams and leagues. he joins us from boston to discuss the financial pressures of hosting major sporting events. —— earlier, he told me. -- earlier, he told me. tourism is not necessarily _ -- earlier, he told me. tourism is not necessarily driven - -- earlier, he told me. tourism is not necessarily driven up. - -- earlier, he told me. tourism is not necessarily driven up. i l is not necessarily driven up. i know you sometimes hear reports, but if you get1 million people coming during the 14 million people coming during the 1a or 15 days of the games, it doesn't mean that's in that figure. there'll be other tourists who don't want to go tourists who don't want to go to melbourne, or elsewhere in victoria, during the games because they're afraid of congestion, higher prices and perhaps of increased likelihood of security incidents. so the actual net gam

it also became the core of the new polish state of the second polish-lithuanian commonwealth, which wasilosophical plans to recreate poland in the tombs of the golden age led to the soviet-polish war, as a result, the treaty of riga was signed, according to which poland withdrew the former parts of the russian empire of western ukraine and western belarus on september 1, 39. hitler's germany attacked poland , world war ii began, the polish government fled to london and the soviet union annulled all treaties and agreements concluded with it western ukraine and western belarus entered composition of the ussr poland regained its independence only in the forty-fifth, becoming the polish people's republic under the rule of the communists, following the results of the potsdam conference , a significant part of the territory of germany was ceded to it main part of east prussia a. also, all the lands to the east of inessa's strike became polish free, the city of dansang, gdansk and the large port of shteksten, renamed szczecin. let us ask our good friend historian aleksey miller alekseevich, if

let's the commonwealth let's save the commonwealth games and quite literally bring sport home.atrick christys on . gb news. yes okay. views on two things for me. this hour please. you wonderful lot gbviews@gbnews.com. should we slap a migrant barge right outside the houses of parliament? secondly, should king charles bring the commonwealth games britain? commonwealth games to britain? thus saving sport and reclaiming it for us? gb views or gbnews.com but right now as your headunes gbnews.com but right now as your headlines with . aaron good headlines with. aaron good afternoon to you it's a minute past three i'm aaron armstrong in the gb newsroom. >> the prime minister says no one should their one should have their bank account closed for exercising the to free speech. the the right to free speech. the matter was raised in prime minister's questions by david davis, who described the closure of nigel farage as bank account by cuts vindictive, irresponsible and undemocratic. the former brexit secretary asked rishi sunak if the government would require uk banks to inform the treas

and it is a major problem because commonwealth because the commonwealth is a very , very valuable verys the problem that its secretary—general, the woman , secretary—general, the woman, patricia scotland, is not much respected and it's got the need now to be revitalised. yeah. >> so you are tough. i mean you've obviously written about charles and you have some issues with his work ethic . and so with his work ethic. and so you're presumably saying pull your finger out here because the late queen, of course , travelled late queen, of course, travelled extensively. right into her late 80s. charles has been waiting for this job his entire life. obviously, he is elderly but but still fit , isn't he? still fit, isn't he? >> of course he is fit and he works very hard and lots of other things. it'sjust works very hard and lots of other things. it's just that he's not particularly keen on the commonwealth and is the commonwealth and that is a great me but i think great tragedy. me but i think that of pressure that that the sort of pressure that we've had in our conversations, the criticism tha

and the commonwealth games, the future of commonwealth games. i've of the commonwealth games.you, but with the commonwealth games it's something that i think loses a little but maybe little interest. but maybe because the great britain is split up in it, you don't have a team gb in this. obviously you have.i team gb in this. obviously you have. i mean, we'd be competing for separate teams which, which upsets northern ireland, scotland, , england, scotland, wales, england, exactly. so that against every other country in the commonwealth. but as far as the actual games is concerned, it only seems to be either australia was held in india recently, but only really australia and great britain have hosted it recently because of the money that it costs and it used to be a huge thing, didn't it? the friendly games. it started off as the empire games way back when. well, it can remember it in and it can remember it in canada and it can remember it in canada and it can remember it in scotland. i remember it in scotland. i remember edmonton, it happened in jamaica or anything like that.

and it is a major problem because commonwealth because the commonwealth is a very , very valuable verys the problem that its secretary—general, the woman , secretary—general, the woman, patricia scotland, is not much respected and it's got the need now to be revitalised. yeah. >> so you are tough. i mean you've obviously written about charles and you have some issues with his work ethic . and so with his work ethic. and so you're presumably saying pull your finger out here because the late queen, of course , travelled late queen, of course, travelled extensively. right into her late 80s. charles has been waiting for this job his entire life. obviously, he is elderly but but still fit , isn't he? still fit, isn't he? >> of course he is fit and he works very hard and lots of other things. it'sjust works very hard and lots of other things. it's just that he's not particularly keen on the commonwealth and is the commonwealth and that is a great me but i think great tragedy. me but i think that of pressure that that the sort of pressure that we've had in our conversations, the criticism tha

over to australia, where the state of victoria has pulled the plug on a plan to host the 2026 commonwealth. organises initially estimated the event would cost 2.6 billion australian dollars to host, but the latest figures have escalated to over $6 billion, and that's mainly due to the government's decision to include more sports and change plans for venues. australia has played host to the commonwealth games five that cost 1.5 billion australian dollars, created andrew zimbalist is an academic, who has consulted with players, companies, teams and leagues. earlier, he told me that mass sporting events aren't always as profitable as they seem. the tourism is not necessarily driven up. i know that sometimes you hear reports, you just cited one report, but if you get a million people, or1.3 million coming during the 1a or 15 days of the games, it doesn't mean that that is a net figure, because there will be other tourists who don't want to go to melbourne or don't want to go elsewhere in victoria during the games because they are afraid of congestion, they are afraid of higher prices, they are

of 1793, which, in truth, is the second section of the commonwealth.xpositions are located here. well, in principle, the administration of the museum , a significant part of our funds is also located here. the day starts differently for their deputies, and we discuss pressing issues and then we go to solve them, when there are some new things that seem.

this sceptre, we pledge our loyalty, entrusting you to seek the prosperity of this nation, the commonwealthand the whole earth. in receiving this sceptre, i so promise by god's help. "the earth is the lords and all that is in it, the world and those who live in it." may god give us grace to seek the welfare of all. # we with the bounty of thy house # shall be well satisfied # from rivers of thy pleasures # thou wilt drink to us provide.# the duke of hamilton and brandon, hereditary bearer of the crown of scotland, presented to the king. by the symbol of this crown, we pledge our loyalty, entrusting you to reign as our king in the service of all your people. in receiving this crown, i so promise by god's help. "what does the lord require of you but to do justice, "and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your god?" may god give us grace to follow in this way. # because of life the fountain pure # remains alone with thee # and in that purest light of thine # we clearly light shall see. # with the honours returned to the table, there follows a prayer for the king attributed to st columba.

the only time the commonwealth games were cancelled before it was during the second world war.ed it for costing reasons. the state premier came out to say that the budget has been building up, it trebled, and it no the care experience is for life. the government says they don't believe making care a protected characteristic would be positive. instead, they're extending corporate parenting responsibilities to all government departments, but the campaign will continue at a local level. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. hello, welcome to the bbc sports centre. i'm tanya arnold. our top story today: will the commonwealth games in 2026 go ahead after the australian state of victoria pulled out

we protect our lgbtq+ citizens in this commonwealth. we stand up for our children. we stand up for real freedom. we protect democracy. we're going to do everything in our power to make sure that we have a nondiscrimination law on the books that is constitutional, fair, let's every lgbtq+ individual know that they are valued, and welcome here in this commonwealth. we is a moment with folks across this nation need to focus on the state lawmakers, their governors, and work to create a real freedoms in their respective states and commonwealth's. >> as you just said, governor, elections have consequences. we do have the supreme court we have, and as you look at the boulevard over the last year, from overturning roe v. wade, to the decisions this week, given the trajectory, either at their rights you think are at risk. there are clearly unprecedented. do you think do marriages that risk? is interracial marriage at risk? >> what should we be preparing for? >> look, i hate to sound like a doomsday are here, jen, but i think that they're all at risk. for so many, they couldn

having been introduced to an audience of millions at the commonwealth games last year, it seems only now be seen by the millions who pass through here. 0ne unexpected but now very welcome legacy of birmingham 2022. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith—lucas. hello. july 2023 is shaping up to be a pretty wet month across parts of the country, particularly parts of northern ireland, northern england, we already had more than twice the expected july rainfall and, you've guessed it, a bit more rain on the way for the final a few days of the month. a days of the month. bit of sunshine here and there�* the a bit of sunshine here and there for the rest of the afternoon. pretty 5°99y the rest of the afternoon. pretty soggy for northern ireland, wales, generally western parts of britain. we temperatures out there between 16-24 , still we temperatures out there between 16—24 , still is to buckle it up towards the northern isles. into this evening and tonight, that area of rain tracks eastwards. so a spell of wet and blustery weather, i think for many of us through this even

the federation says interest in the games remains strong across the commonwealth.ey were absolutely bouyant in terms of the future. starting to talk about different products outside of hosting the main games, what do we do about the commonwealth championships. what are the different ways we can bring games to different parts of the commonwealth rather than bouncing back and forth between some of the more traditional hubs. so there was some really quite a lot of excitement about where we think the games. well the uncertainty over the games is bad news for athletes who rely on the competition to raise their profiles. it has paid such a good for me. —— paved _ it's put me on the right trajectory. it's put me in a place where i was able to show myself and show what i was good at the sport i was good at. the coverage, the media it was perfect for me. i was going to say when i heard the news, it was so important that we get our message heard and we try to push and make it happen. jonas vingegaard has tightened his grip on the yellow jersey in the tour de france, after ou

and as the australian state of victoria pulls out of hosting the commonwealth games, we look at what the future holds for costly international sporting events. the i'm gonna have both as well come to the program. the united nations says the world must prepare for more intense heat when it says north america, europe and asia experience record temperatures. the welcome into a logical organization is warning that the heat wave in the northern hemisphere is about to intensify. heat alerts are also enforced in japan un agencies as heat waves among the most dangerous natural hazards grease is being hit, especially hot by wide fire success. if heat that pushing through the 40 degree barrier is making normal, some of the time has its was 5 fonts is attacking the flames while trying to keep residents enters at a safe distance. flames hop scotch from 13, top to another gallery by fast moving bins. firefighters are trying to do what they can, but they can't be everywhere. some houses in federal need, a boating wind, there's no, there's no firefighters. there's no, there's no blame summer summer

he hasn't really wanted to travel enough across the commonwealth. but of course the commonwealth.sation that the royal family was racist, which of course struck deep, deep core in the black african countries and in the caribbean , but also gave the caribbean, but also gave grist to the republicans in australia that somehow now the royal family was not as liberal and as accommodating thing as everyone believed . but in the everyone believed. but in the end, i do think this comes down to king charles's leadership, that he has not been able to assert himself as a great commonwealth leader and the great misfortune is that the leadership of the commonwealth under patricia scotland is deeply contaminated. the secretariat is always very controversial and somehow under the queen, who is passionate about the commonwealth, the late queen, the late queen, there was always, always a great loyalty and that has disappeared. well i've been thinking about this, tom, this week. >> it feels like there >> it really feels like there has a shift, because the has been a shift, because the remarkable ab

the federation says interest in the games remains strong across the commonwealth. we just launched a new strategic plan just within the last month called commonwealth united and we went through extensive consultation with our members, international sports federation, athletes and stakeholders talking about what their vision was for the commonwealth. they were absolutely point in terms of the future. starting to talk about different products outside of hosting the main games, what do we do about the commonwealth championships. what are the different ways we can bring games to different parts of the commonwealth rather than bouncing back and forth between some of the more traditional hubs. so there was some really quite a lot of excitements about where we think the games. it's put me on the right trajectory. it's put me on the right trajectory. it's put _ it's put me on the right trajectory. it's put me — it's put me on the right trajectory. it's put me in a place where i was able _ it's put me in a place where i was able to— it's put me in a place where i was able t

with belarus, feeding its inhabitants with fairy tales about the possibility of restoring the commonwealthis an attempt. at least somehow restore the collapsed trust rating of the ruling party. the poles seem to have lost faith in democracy and democracy itself. almost 40% of respondents believe that the upcoming elections in poland can be rigged 31% of respondents they expect incidents, when voting in the honesty of elections in poland, only every fifth believes. hmm well, nothing, in vain, perhaps, the fugitives sit there and receive grants ; there is a platform for the voice of dishonest people whom the polish people trusted so much, supposedly the media let them count the votes in poland, go by storm to the polling stations, challenge the protocols in a free european one. poland - that's for sure. encouraged polish authorities encourage protests only in belarus it's called a witch hunt, and for good reason. after all, it is with the help of this fictitious hand of the kremlin that the ruling party of law and justice plans to merge its competitors, of which there were many in the last e

i think that's an important message for our commonwealth.or our country. >> pennsylvania governor, josh shapiro, thank you for your time. , next time -- the impact of the supreme court unraveling decades of progress. with the decisions they handed down this. we, plaza last education secretary, miguel cardona about the next steps from the biden administration. and -- key initiatives. and later, virginia delegate dana cabral who made history as one of the first trans public officials brings me to her favorable could garner and our latest weekend routine. eekend routine ♪ tourists tourists that turn into scientists. tourists taking photos that are analyzed by ai. so researchers can help life underwater flourish. ♪ how are folks 60 and older having fun these days? family cookouts! [blowing] [dice roll] ♪ playing games! [party chatter] dancin in the par—! from big cities, to small towns, and on main streets across the us, you'll find pnc bank. helping businesses both large and small, communities and the people who live and work there grow and thr

it happened after the first division of the commonwealth when the border of the city.pse passed along the river, the eastern part moved away. russian empire, western poland customs became very opened in 1783 according to rumors. on it , for traveling abroad, the russian writer of the catherine era himself drew up documents denis fonvizin border checkpoints, in the city existed for 10 years before the second section of the commonwealth. for your information, the name of the city according to some dictionaries , they are pronounced as tolochin, but over time , local residents. increasingly, they began to speak tolochen. so it got accustomed and we won't

he hasn't really wanted to travel enough across the commonwealth. but of course the commonwealth.ion that the royal family was racist, which of course struck deep, deep core in the black african countries and in the caribbean , but also gave the caribbean, but also gave grist to the republicans in australia that somehow now the royal family was not as liberal and as accommodating thing as everyone believed . but in the everyone believed. but in the end, i do think this comes down to king charles's leadership, that he has not been able to assert himself as a great commonwealth leader and the great misfortune is that the leadership of the commonwealth under patricia scotland is deeply contaminated. the secretariat is always very controversial and somehow under the queen, who is passionate about the commonwealth, the late queen, the late queen, there was always, always a great loyalty and that has disappeared. well i've been thinking about this, tom, this week. >> it really feels like there has a shift, because has been a shift, because the remarkable queen remarkable thing about the

we have informed commonwealth games authorities of our decision to seek to terminate the contract and it, hugely disappointing for the commonwealth games, going ahead. the federation will somehow have to come up with a new solution?— will somehow have to come up with a new solution? yes, they have only _ with a new solution? yes, they have only three _ with a new solution? yes, they have only three years - with a new solution? yes, they have only three years to - with a new solution? yes, they have only three years to find i with a new solution? yes, they have only three years to find a | have only three years to find a plan b, according to the victorian state premier, daniel andrews the event in 2026 would have been for the southern australian state, or cost and benefit, does come down to calculations the victoria state has made, last year very few countries, if any showed interest in hosting the event. victoria stepped in but now we have the situation now it is walking away because of financial constraints. the authorities in victoria believe their original bus —— budget estimates h

of ukraine were protectors of ukraine, the turkish sultan , the king of the polish-lithuanian commonwealthede russian king and tsar of moscow for seven years in cossack the troops had almost no resources and ammunition left to continue the independent struggle. the tsar of moscow promised his new vassal the preservation of the autonomy of the hetmanship of the freedom of zaporizhzhia sich and military assistance in the fight against the polish-lithuanian commonwealth. bohdan khmelnytsky signed this treaty only in order to legitimize the restoration of the ukrainian state in the form of a hetmanship, using modern terminology in order to achieve international recognition of the ukrainian state under the march articles, not to have diplomatic relations with turkey, poland and let in kyiv moscow military garrison you know what is the most interesting thing about the document that for 350 years was made the main element of the reunification of brotherly peoples in nature, it mysteriously does not exist immediately after the signing in the 17th century in the archives of moscow with berigae late

the belarusian women's team trains at belarusian bases and will also start in the commonwealth cup in september under the guidance of a young coach roman malukh. the gymnastics palace is preparing to host the second games of the cis countries in parallel with the crystal rose tournament, which is already especially loved by gymnasts from all over the world. let us remind you that the competition will be held from august 4 to 6 and more than 200 gymnasts are expected to participate. we always spend beautifully trying sincerely so that everyone likes it. there are not only competitions here, the results are gifts of medals, but also the city and the country , so we are seriously preparing for many surprises. the competition is very serious, because for the first time in our lives we took the risk of holding two competitions in one, we are expected to have 16 countries at these two competitions, so the rivalry between russia and belarus has not gone away, everyone is training everyone knows about each other. uh, nobody's going. no matter what you win, the strongest will win, he will figh

as long for us is full of the 2026 commonwealth carries by don't go ahead be a strategy and stifled victoria has full balance of hosting the event site costs a spiral out of control. the temperatures have reached new highs. a several countries around the world experience heat waves june was the hottest ever recorded. july is now close to assessing a new record in the united states, reco, breaking temperatures have been registered from california on the west coast of florida and the east, arizona state capital phoenix. we quoted, it's 18th, straight day above 43 degrees celsius, homeless people across the city, both the bronze of that he's across the atlantic and europe. if he explained in greece all sweltering in his directly high temperatures, hot weather, read aloud had been issued in 16, natalia, and cities and how school services for the elderly had been increased. japan meanwhile, has issued heat stroke lots for tens of millions of people in nearly hoff it's provinces. and in china, temperatures, and the remote town of sun ball and the northwest seems young region. so to a record high o

the flagship event of the commonwealth, the once every four years, commonwealth games and now they'llhost it or another city to host it. well he's he's obviously cooked the books, hasn't he , to come up the books, hasn't he, to come up with those wildly exaggerate the huge change in those figures. >> alexander is he is he anti commonwealth do you think he's the premier of that state? >> i think we're talking about the awful dan andrews here, aren't we? >> dan andrews exactly . so he's >> dan andrews exactly. so he's the premier like the state prime minister of the state. victoria very left wing, very exactly . very left wing, very exactly. yes. he would not be he would have no sympathy for the commonwealth. of course, he'd be a strong republican . not that a strong republican. not that that's particularly relevant to this issue, but he would associate the two, no doubt, in his own mind. so my guess is that they decided the labour party in victoria, his political party decided in the lead up to the last state election to agree to host these commonwealth games in a whole lot of regional

thus, the second polish-lithuanian commonwealth appeared.rug addict of strange affairs of the ussr vyacheslav molotov will later call this state an ugly brainchild of the treaty of versailles. it was a strange state a state created on the ruins of three empires, parts of germany, austria-hungary and russia entered new poland and as a result only 60% of the population of poland were poles 40% of the population were germans, belarusians, ukrainians or turkey and they believed that they were great , poland from the sea to the sea from the black to the baltic do not solve all issues, and i'm scared, not the ottoman empire , not the russian tsar, all this is in the past, but they lived in the past and they had a cult of the past. poland from powerfully from the sea. before the sea the result is not just a fairly large country. but in principle, the largest country in eastern europe, and initially everyone considered poland as a kind of outpost and the germans. so it was considered initially, and the austrians also examined this and the french plu

the commonwealth games federation struggle to find a host before victoria volunteered in april 2022. the multi support event featuring commonwealth nations has only ever been cancelled during world war 2 and with just a few days until the women's world cup kicks off in australia and new zealand teams have been training and taking in the sights ahead of their games. germany or based around a 100 kilometers north of sydney, but travel down to do some sightseeing and well watching ahead of their natural gas morocco on monday. and they've got lucky spotting several wales off the coast of australia's biggest city. take listen to their reactions, the page, and we will end it their stay with us up. next kick off goes to morocco in china, where football is growing among women whose world cup begins thursday. unlike look of in berlin for me and the rest of the room and team. thanks for watching this more news around the corner at the top of the next hour. bye for now the the, the . a pulse, the beginning of a story. that takes us along for the ride. it's about the perspectives culture. inform

and also it was the key moment in the coronation where we were able to acknowledge the commonwealth.on the tree has hand embroidered upon it the name of a commonwealth country. and then there's the carriage which protected the king and queen from the inclement weather on their way to the abbey. now on display in the palace quadrangle. not surprisingly, visitors won't be able to actually sit in the diamond jubilee state coach. but i can tell you, the windows are electric, it has air conditioning, and i'm reliably informed it is a very comfortable carriage. a gilded mix of history and modernity for a 21st century coronation. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello there. a heatwave in the mediterranean dominating the european weather headlines at the moment, but back closer to home it's all about low pressure and unseasonably wet and windy weather for this time of year. that low pressure will gradually drift its way north and east and dominate the story throughout the weekend. so gusty winds across parts of west wales and south—west england this morning — 45mph to 50mph. on top

this decision shocked many, including the commonwealth games federation. said they were given about eight hours notice. commonwealth games australia said it was hugely embarrassing, humiliation for australia. an opposition politician said. the state government here in victoria may well have legitimate reasons for this, the budget is building up in the face of the cost of living crisis. the premier said they're going to redirect the money into regional housing and sporting infrastructure, but there are still many questions. people have travelled here and relocated here to work on the games. there are still so many issues for them to handle here. it's just two days until the women's world cup kicks off in australia and new zealand and the defending champions, the usa, are favourites once again. the legendary forward megan rapinoe confirmed a few days ago that this will be her last world cup and she'll retire at the end of the year. her team—mates want to send her off on a high, as the us bids to win a third tournament in a row. it's sad to think about this b

to the eighteenth stage had elements of perverse architecture and skin knowledge that speech, commonwealtho its end and foundation. i didn’t like classicism at the same time as the all -round political misha, after the case of the doctors of the commonwealth, a new style of classicism yak show was advancing at once with a political twist, and chechen belarus in 1772 was out of stock. russian empire. behavioral in style there is a villian vice. no one has been swimming here for a while. the general chernyshow himself was in charge of the castonch of the people's tallints and here the whole architecture of the jojora town hall was engaged, and the adoration of the generals departed from the tradition of naha style at the end of the eighteenth century. chernyshov, alas. sonnyash. we can admire our snotty reminder of belarusian classicism , about which porridge the severity of formulas, the centric composition and the symmetry of usya pobudova, however , their classicism, diluted with elements the lancet arches are bitterly close to privacy, and the niches of the town hall are elements of defe

this month's bought house pulled out of hosting the 2026 commonwealth games. the state of victoria cancelled its its plans due to budget concerns as predicted, costs tripled according to the state farm. yet the commonwealth games federation struggled to find a host before victoria volunteered in april last year. the multiple events they're mazda is spelled event between couple of nations, was only canceled once during the 2nd world. i finally found, said a baseball game got a little entertainment during a rain delay based insignificant brands in san francisco. giants game was suspended 32 bach with bach. tremendous rush to pull it up across the baseball diamond. one stuff i didn't quite make it through the chest the most followed by the massive plastic sheet rest. continue to run along with the how to really quote as well. say safely. just a little somebody can leave a man behind me. there was no mercy. you're watching the w z as a reminder of the top story we are following for you this out. it's extreme heat across greece is driving thousands of walls. us tha

he won a medal at the commonwealth _ tomorrow. he won a medal at the commonwealth games _ tomorrow. can do these world championships and then thomas young went in the t 38100 metres. he lost the gold medal at the last world championships find 0.01 of the second so he is going to want to pick up that gold here at these world championships. he is holding onto an injury at the moment so he is going to see what he can do believing it is championships he said all he wants is going is going to do everything it can to get that. rachel latham in paris for us. former scotland rugby union captain stuart hogg is retiring from the game with immediate effect. the exeter chiefs full—back had intended to finish after this years world cup but said "this time my body has not been able to do the things i wanted and needed it to do,". hogg won the premiership and european champions cup double with exeter in 2020, featured at the past two world cups and went on the last three lions tours. hull fc came from behind to win their super league derby against hull kingston rovers to help maintain their hopes

she's without the male guardian as the straight in the state of victoria pulls out of hosting the commonwealth games. we look at what the future holds for costly, international sporting events. the, i've been physical and welcome. the united nation says the world needs to prepare for more intense heat waves as countries across north america, europe, and asia as the rank one high temp just the way as well as meeting or a logical organization as one that the northern hemisphere he played. it said to intensify. the math book comes against the backdrop of heat stroke alerts in japan, and you high temperatures across southern europe. the u. n. agency called heat waves amongst the deadliest natural hazards. let's listen in to one thing when extreme 8 advise that these are not your normal where the systems of the past have arrived as a consequence of climate change. and it will continue for some time. you, you have to reverse it, you have to do climate repair to change. it's the, the growth. and so i'm with tiny as heat waves around the northern hemisphere has increased 6 folds. since the 19 ninety's

, which, in truth, is the second section of the commonwealth. today our expositions are located here. well, in principle, the administration of the museum, a significant part of our funds is also located here. the work day starts differently every day. well, in principle, or rather, it starts the same way, when i gather my deputies, and we we are discussing the pressing issues and then we are going to solve them, the museum is constantly being updated, when some new things appear that seem to definitely need to be shown to people in this exposition. then naturally comes. here is the desire to change only from a position. well, we are constantly working on the next expositions in the new castle. here are a few expositions already something of mine, i can tell you that when you build an exposition. here it is from start to finish. this is a very large creative work that requires a huge intellectual peaceful voltage. when i built an exposition of weapons, i had one like that. the fact that i wrote about the dissertation. now we are in the socio-pol

, it remains a new wrapper that is present, and in the commonwealth it must be recognized.given, the british know how to beautifully package their product to be a financial center or some kind of cultural cooperation, because within the commonwealth there are even commonwealth sports games, which , in my opinion, do not exist, but have recently ended. he says as if they are playing a very subtle game, because look at what i had a bed in this help professional diplomacy high-class intelligence, if we are talking about the 21st century, and the long game is part of the big game. this is not an instant result. this is a game of strategy. this is a game for the ages. and the ability to build controlled elites in controlled states. after all. we are talking about 53 million and what i wanted to emphasize. uh, what a large-scale gap of 53 million, the british against two, almost two and a half billion of the rest of the population, and this somehow needs to be controlled. how due to the creation of loyal kings, britain must be given her due. very successfully she came out of her