novak djokovic! 12 grand slams, but never before a win at queens.nnis after elbow surgery, he has been feeling, for once, unsure of his game. as andy murray found out this week, coming back from injury is as much about regaining confidence as regaining fitness. the top seed, marin cilic, on the other side of the net, did not do much to bolster djokovic any opening exchanges. but when there is a trophy on the line, djokovic can somehow twist his way into the match. he broke the croat ‘s served to ta ke match. he broke the croat ‘s served to take the first set. marin cilic fought back, saving match point and winning six in a row to take the tie—break. the momentum was with him in the decider. a break up and serving for his second queens title. next, onto sw19, to avenge last yea r‘s next, onto sw19, to avenge last year's defeat. there are signs the old novak is back, too. for all the latest keep across the bbc sport website, but for now that's it from me. we are back with the late news at ten o'clock — now on bbc one its time for the news where you ar

but as he so often is, djokovic was up to the task.o hadn't won a match at the grand slam before the tournament, but the italian had the confidence to see it through. a fourth match point finally sealing the biggest win of his career. he played amazing, and credit to him. congratulations for a great performance. i struggled from the beginning. iam performance. i struggled from the beginning. i am back in the locker room, that is where i am back. i don't know. i don't know if i'm going to play in greece. i don't know if going to play in grass. yes, we share the moment after my victory. novak is a very good person, and it is unbelievable for me. novak changed the court, and he told me congratulations, man, it is unbelievable, and good luck. it is unbelievable, and good luck. it is unbelievable for me. next up is his match against dominick thiem. while the crowd were wowed by the electric starts, the rest did not live up to the hype. the german has won more ranking points than anyone else on the tour this year, but the quarters look to be

we start with tennis, and the news that novak djokovic is through to the quarter—finals of the frenchr a straight—sets victory over spain's fernando verdasco. the 31—year—old serb, seeded 20th, has reached the last eight at roland garros for a 12th time, an open era record, as he continues his comeback following an injury riddled past 12 months. it is important for me, especially considering the circumstances i was in the last 15 months. it is quite an achievement to get to the quarter—finals of a slam. i always try to kind of build my form in order to peak. and djokovic will be joined in the quarter—finals by the world number 72 marco checkinato, after the italian knocked out belgian eighth seed david goffin in four sets. elsewhere, dominic thiem, alexander zverev and madison keys also through to the quarters, while rafael nadal plays his last 16 match on monday butjune the 3rd is always a special day for the spaniard as paul frostick reports. rafael nadal had a day off, and he approved of the birthday recipe. alexander barrow recorded his third straight five set triumph, another ha

and novak djokovic will play at queen's for the first time in eight years, just a week after saying heiss the whole grass court season. hello again. thanks forjoining us. one of england's world cup group opponents have signed off before the tournament with an impressive win over the same team england defeated in theirfinal warm up match, and it was partly thanks to one of their premier league stars. belgium beat costa rica 4—1 in brussels, with two goals from manchester united's romelu lukaku. costa rica actually took the lead in the match through former fulham striker bryan ruiz‘s well struck volley. but then belgium kicked into life. first dries mertens equalised and then lukaku got on the end of the napoli man's cross. then he made it 3—1 with a powerful headerjust after half—time. and lukaku then turned down a hat—trick to let chelsea striker michy batsuayi round off the scoring. england play belgium in their third group game in kaliningrad. well, billions will be watching on television over the course of the next few weeks, butt some of the million that are expected in russia for

at queens club in west london, marin cilic beat novak djokovic. it took a dramatic fightback too. the queens final, after djokovic took the first set and had match point in the second. but cilic came back, winning that one, and the third to claim the wimbledon warm—up tournament for the first time since 2012. england staged an impressive comeback to secure a series whitewash over australia. they took the final one—day international by one wicket in manchester. with moeen ali taking four wickets and being partly responsible for a run—out, the tourists set the target at 206. travis heads 56 the top score. in reply, england's openerjason roy went for just one run, as did joe root. they were 27 for four at one stage. but a century from joss butler secured the historic win. it is right up there. i think to play in a different style as well, we knew we were way off with the bat, we should have chased that total down with ease. probably a more tricky wicket than we thought. it is right up there, fantastic to win the. these games are the ones that are so enjoyable when you win a. england'

to the semifinals checking out those spring a huge surprise by taking the first two sets before djokovic head back to win the third but the momentous upset was completed in the fourth chicken not so winning a tie break to secure his place in the final four he now faces austria's dominique teen. don't forget you can get. in get access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications on your phone for any breaking news and you can also use the. news if you see news happening. followed by the day. we make up about three quarters of a fifth of the two pilots of this episode officer. dean wants to shape the continent's future to be part of it enjoying some stores as they share their stories their dreams and their challenges the seventy seven percent these platforms for africa majority. of.

djokovic found himself two sets down in this quarter final but he got himself back into the match winning the third set six one. the full set went into an epic tie break three times joke of each missed set points and saved match points was but it was the world number seventy two who was to make the last and decisive contribution was ing out the match to become the lowest ranked semifinalist at this event in the most two decades chicken also will face austria's dominic team in the last four years he reaching his third roland garros semifinal with a straight sets win over germany's alexander's farah i was. in the women's draw u.s. open champion slung stephens's closing in on another grand slam title shot in american beats daria because it came to the set up to last for much with her compatriots madison keys the player she beat to win that u.s. title last year i think for both of us that was the biggest moment of both of our careers last year playing in the finals the us open i think here a lot has happened since then. we're both playing well in the semis of a grand slam obviously it's just

elsewhere, novak djokovic is through to the quarter—finals of the queen's club championships in londonion and number two seed, grigor dimitrov, in straight sets. djokovic, who's never won the title at queen's, won 6—4, 6—1, and he'll now face the frenchman, adrian mannarino, in the last eight. on the wta tour, there was an upset in the birmingham classic where the top seed, garbine muguruza, was knocked out. the reigning wimbledon champion was beaten in straight sets by ba rbora strycova. the world number 24 from the czech republic won 6—2, 6—4 to reach the quarter—finals, and she'll now face lesia tsurenko, who beat the number six seed, daria kasatkina. the defending champion, petra kvitova, is also through to the last eight. the number four seed from the czech republic remains on course to retain her title after beating australia's daria gavrilova in straight sets. 6—4, 6—4, the score. kvitova will playjulia gorges in the quarter—finals. england have beaten australia by 6 wickets in durham to make it four wins out of four in their five—match one day international series. australia wo

there's been a huge shock in the french open with italian marco chickie though knocking out novak djokovic sht to progress to the semifinals checking out those from a huge surprise by taking the first two sets before djokovic should back to win the third but the momentous upset was completed in the fourth chicken out to winning a tie break to secure his place in the final four he now faces austria's dominique team in the women's draw all sloane stephens secured her place in the semifinals defeating russia's at sucking in straight sets she'll face compatriot madison for a spot in the. our next to one of those inane and insane competitions that the british they just seem to delight in listening closely now a custard pie throwing contest indeed the custard pie throwing championships world because this has somehow become a big deal for japanese ex-pats and a full fledged even flew from kyoto for the fifty first annual event if you've got extra flier miles points are scored for well placed hits for instance a pint to the face scores six if you're keeping track the winners this year were team fa

marin cilic outlined his credentials as a potential wimbledon champion, beating novac djokovic to win he fought back from a set down against the former world number one to win the longest final in the tournament's history. djokovic, who had been aiming to win his first title in a year, had a match point in the second set but couldn't convert it and was easily beaten in the third. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. next up, it's meet the author. three generations of immigrants from kenya, three lifetimes of struggle, and not only with the attitudes that mukesh meets when he arrives in yorkshire, falls in love and starts a family. nikesh shukla's novel the one who wrote destiny is also about struggles inside themself, the daughter who struggles with cancer, a son who chooses a career as a comedian but unfortunately isn't terribly funny. but the book is, despite its unflinching exploration of racism. welcome. it would be very easy on this subject to write a very angry book, you know, a brittle book, full of fire. and there is anger in this book, but fundam

also at queens, novak djokovic made a start to is wimbledon preparations.vic was rarely tested against the australian qualifier. it took him just over an hour to complete a 6—2, 6—1win and the serb has failed to reach the semi—finals in any of his last five grand slam appearances. it's great to play in front of the crowd that is very knowledgeable about our sport. england has a long tennis traditions so it's great to be on the court and obviously, i've struggled a little bit in the last year and struggled a little bit in the last yearand a struggled a little bit in the last year and a half with an injury that obviously has forced me to compensate my game, my technique and that has taken a little bit of confidence out of me. i'm trying to get it back and today's match was perfect. and roger federer began his last week of wimbledon preparations with a 6—3, 6—4 defeat of slovenia's aljaz bedene to reach the second round of the atp event in halle. the world number one needs a record extending 10th title at the event in order to remain world number one and assur

novak djokovic has reached the last eight at the french open for an open era record 12th time, afterasco in straight sets. it was far from easy for the former world number one though. it took him more than half an hour to break his spanish opponent in the opening set, which lasted almost an hour. verdasco needed treatment for blisters just before losing the second set. and it was downhill for him from there, with the serb taking the third set 6—2. he'll play italy's world number 72 marco cecchinato next. second seed alexander zverev came through a third successive five set match to see off russia's karen khachanov. it's the first time the 21 year—old german has reached the last eight of a grand slam and he'll play austria's dominic thiem. second seed caroline wozniacki is currently in action against daria kasatkina. the dane is hoping to reach the quarter finals for only the third time in her career. but the australian open champion is struggling against the 14th seed with the first set currently in a tie break. venus and serena williams have been knocked out of the women's doubles.

his son thank you very much novak djokovic has been knocked out of the french open the twenty sixteen champion who was beaten by the unseated italian michael chicken in an ethical to final and which is and has. this had already been the best few days of marco check you know it's host tennis career prior to this french open the italian had never won a main draw match outs a grand slam now he was taking on and out playing former world number one novak djokovic. djokovic found himself two sets down in this quarter final but he got himself back into the match winning the third set six one. the fourth circuit went into an epic tie break three times joke of each missed set points and saved match points was but it was the world number seventy two who was to make the last and decisive contribution was ing out the match to become the lowest ranked semifinalist at this event in most two decades chicken also will face austria's domenech team in the last four years he reaching his third roland garros semifinal with a straight sets win over germany's alexanders farah i was. in the women's draw u.s

now, at 31, novak djokovic is still a young man. trust me!has been far from satisfied with his form so far and says he needs to rediscover the hunger he had when he first started playing. i feel like i need ifeel like i need to i feel like i need to go ifeel like i need to go back i feel like i need to go back to those days when i started playing tennis and why i started playing tennis, to remind myself and to get inspired and to get motivation from that source, you know. what i‘m getting from my younger self is smile and remember why you started playing it. yeah, let‘s stay with the french open, because while djokovic struggles to find form, rafael nadal has plenty. he‘s cruising on clay. the defending champion put in another near faultless performance on thursday to beat argentina‘s guido pella in straight sets. nadal making it through to the third round injust over two hours. i played a solid match and during the match, i improve my level. beforehand —— the forehander think especially after the first set sta rts especially after the first

last time out, djokovic comfortably beat spain's fernando verdasco in straight sets.d the one set so far, he looks good enough to trouble most opponents. considering all the circumstances that i was in in the last 15 months, imean, that i was in in the last 15 months, i mean, it's quite an achievement to get to the quarters of a slam for me, andi get to the quarters of a slam for me, and i always played well in slams. i always try to kind of build my form, slams. i always try to kind of build myform, in slams. i always try to kind of build my form, in order to peak at the slams. there are just nine days to go until the 2018 world cup gets underway in russia. the hosts face saudia arabia in the first match of the tournament, and they have one final friendly later on tuesday to hone their skills before it all gets underway. russia take on turkey in moscow. in case you missed it, serena williams shocked the french open crowd by withdrawing from her much—anticipated match with maria sharapova just before it was due to start on monday. the 23—time grand slam singles champi

novak djokovic praises the unknown marco cecchinato after he's knocked out in the french open quarter—finalsd andy murray delays his return from injury, saying he's not yet at 100%. hello and welcome to sportsday. good evening. momentum is the building. all roads point to russia, but first, england must complete their preparations for the world cup with a friendly against costa rica on thursday night. all of gareth southgate's squad were made available to speak to the media today. it made for an interesting experience for our very ownjo currie. today's press day here was the last chance for the media to speak to all 23 players on the squad. but it was done with a slight twist. it was a bit like speed dating. every player had their own individual desk and thenit had their own individual desk and then it was a bit of a free—for—all. press from around the world, kind of on your marks, get set, go, speak to his many players as you can in 45 minutes. we caught up with a couple of them, including harry kane. he asked —— was asked who he looked up to in his style he is emulating in russia? his to i

hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the tennis news that novak djokovic is out offul day in paris. the former champion was beaten by the unseeded italian marco cecchinato in their quarter—final. also out is german second seed alexander zverev, who lost in straight sets to dominic thiem. meanwhile, there was joy for a pair of americans in the women's singles. austin halewood rounds up the action. just when you thought the french open would be predictable this year, marco cecchinato had other ideas.

we start with tennis, and the news that novak djokovic is through to the quarter—finals of the frenchasco. the 31—year—old serb, seeded 20th, has reached the last eight at roland garros for a 12th time, an open era record, as he continues his comeback following an injury riddled past 12 months.

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meanwhile — at the french open — twelve time grand slam winner novak djokovic has been beaten by thehinato , who only won his first atp title at the hungarian open this year tore into the former world number one and took the first two sets 6—3, 7—6. cecchinato then seemed to run out of steam losing the next set 6—1 but as djokovic looked to level the match the italian won an incredible 4th set tie—break 11—9 on his fourth match point. the battle between two of tennis‘s newest stars was set to be the tie of the day — but 3 five setters last week had clearly taken their toll on world number three alexander zverev — and he dropped away in straight sets — so dominic thiem goes through to face checkinato. and it'll be a repeat of last year's us open final in the womens draw as american sloane stephens beat daria kasatkina — so she's through to the semi finals, where she'll play her compatriot madison keys whom she beat to win the title at flushing meadows. let's quickly round up the rest of today's sports news for you: ellie simmonds is back on the british para—swimming team after her spe

and i'm tatiana sanchez in doha with all of the day's news as novak djokovic loses his poor french open but recovers to win in the bad round more on the story later in the park from. the u. a u.s. house vetoed a u.n. security council resolution calling for the protection of palestinians in gaza on the west bank the resolution was put forward by kuwait's and called for the consideration of measures to guarantee palestinian safety it comes after a recent flare up of violence along the gaza israel border which is left more than one hundred palestinians dead and thousands injured the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. told the council the resolution took a grossly one sided view that fell to blame hamas for the recent violence. this resolution perpetuates the bias toward israel that has long been the hallmark of the united nations it is resolutions like this one that undermine the un's credibility in dealing with the israeli palestinian conflict. because this resolution is wildly inaccurate in its characterization of recent events in gaza and because it would harm any efforts towards peace the uni

its the first time in 8 years djokovic has been at the tournament — and it means 17 of the world's topin's most successful female paralympian will make her return to competition — (00v) dame sarah storey had her son charlie in october last year, and will be looking to add to her 23 pa ra cycli ng world titles in italy in august. she's part of a 20—strong team. earlier this year we met invictus games racing, a team in the british gt championship. two thirds of the driver line—up is made up of wounded or injured ex—servicemen, using motorsport to aid their rehabilitation. the season reached its halfway point this weekend and before the racing got underway, ben croucher went to silverstone to see the effect its having teamwork, logistics, battling fierce opposition, it could describe any battalion in the world but this is invictus games racing, one of the most different teams in the championship. they are made up of one professional driver and one amateur, of former military servicemen whose identity and in some cases body has been torn apart by war. i was in the royal marines for16 by wa

another man who might not be at wimbledon i5 novak djokovic.ow if he'll play on grass this season, after being knocked out of the french open by the world number 72 marco cecchinato yesterday. a tale of two tattoos. england's raheem sterling says he's not bothered about attention over the gun on his leg, and has his new squad number — ten — tattoed on his arm. and the apltly nicknamed boxer floyd ‘money‘ mayweather earned more than any athlete in the world last year. but there were no women in the top 100 of the forbes rankings. in the top 100 sports women and men. interestingly, the highest earning woman is serena williams but at the next one down will be maria sharapova. interesting, isn't it. not a single woman in that whole list. yes. 0n the day that we have staph at dagenham talking about the suffragettes. i was confused as to what we are going to do but we are going to talk to carol. we will do the papers in a moment. many of us will see the cloud burn away and see some 5un5hine many of us will see the cloud burn away and see some sunshin

the italian ran out of steam as djokovic took the next set 6-1 steam as djokovic took the next set 6—on an incredible forsett tie—break, 13—11 on what was his fourth match point. the battle between two of tennis's newest stars set to be the tie of the day but 35 set to be the tie of the day but 35 set have taken their toll on the world number three, he jumped set have taken their toll on the world number three, hejumped away in straight sets, dominic thiem instead goes through to face him next. there will be a repeat of last year plus but us open final in the woman's semis as the tenth seed beat the area to set up a meeting with fellow american madison keys whom she beat to win the title at flushing meadows. the french open is the third grand slam at which andy murray has been notable by its absence, he has not played competitive tennis since wimbledon last year but is hoping to return from hip surgery in time for this yea rs from hip surgery in time for this years tournament. he's due to release a statement about his plans for the grass court season in the next few hours. here is mor

i djokovic found himself two sets down in this quarter final but he got himself back into the match winning the third set six one was on. the fourth circuit went into an epic tie break three times joke of each missed set points and saved match points was but it was the world number seventy two who was to make the last and decisive contribution was closing out the match to become the lowest ranked seventh finalist at this event in the most two decades chicken also will face austria's dominic team in the last four as he reaching his third roland garros semifinal with a straight sets win over germany's alexanders farah was. in the women's draw us open champion sloane stephens is closing in on another grand slam title. american beat daria comes with katie to set up the last four much with her compatriots madison kiddies to play it she beat to win that u.s. title last year i think for both of us that was the biggest moment of both of our careers last year playing in the finals the u.s. open i think here a lot has happened since then. we're both playing well in the semis of a grand slam o

marin cilic has beaten novac djokovic to win his second title at the queen's club.ament's history. djokovic, who had been aiming to win his first title in a year, had a match point in the second set but couldn't convert it and was easily beaten in the third. that's all the sport for now. a british couple, gayle and charlie anderson, have been found dead in their home in mount pleasant jamaica. it's believed mr anderson was a builder who had built his own home in jamaica and the couple had recently retired there. police are treating the deaths as homicide. our correspondent, nick davis, spoke to us from kingston. the bodies were found on friday by a neighbour's affair is in the area of hope bay. they lived in mount pleasant, it is a small distance, a part of hope bay in portland, one of the quietest and i have to say one of the safest parishes in jamaica. very, very much more lower murder rate than what is seen in other parts of the island. but, nonetheless, it has come as a shock to people, not only within their local community over on the north—east coast, but also

well, novak djokovic was the big scalp on tuesday in paris.o. the world number 72, who'd never won a match at a grand slam before this tournament, took the first two sets from the serbian. djokovic then hit back with the third before checkinato came from 4—1 down in the fourth to win the match after an epic tie—break, and he'll now face austria's dominic thiem in the last four. american madison keys is through to the semifinals in the women's draw. she beat kazha kstan's yulia putinseva in straight sets to set up a meeting with fellow american sloane stephens. incidentally, the woman who beat her in the final of the us open last year. brazil midfielder fred will join manchester united. the club have reached a deal with shahktar donesk to sign the 25—year—old for a reported $70 million. neymar was just one of a number of his brazil team—mates that congratulated him at training after news had got out. now, we are familiar with seeing a—time motogp champion marc marquez fly round a track on two wheels, but would he bejust as good on four? well, o

novak djokovic is down to the semifinals. he will face france's'sjeremy chardy. nick kyrgios...o beat svitolina, she will face petra kvitova to in the semifinals. written by: 0'donoghue, w011 semifinals. written by: 0'donoghue, won the big race at ascot today. the coronation stretched states.

in tennis, novak djokovic had returned to form and fitness and continues at queens as he booked his place to wina 11 times and his opponent has yet to win a single set against djokovic. he will play marin cilic in tomorrow's why not. it's been a while, that i have played for a title. so this is definitely a very special moment for me. considering what i've been through in the last year or so. so it's just a great occasion. that is all the sport for now. still 1-1 that is all the sport for now. still 1—1 between germany and sweden. there is live commentary on the bbc sports website. new evidence of the devastating effect of plastic pollution on wildlife has been recorded by the bbc. a team filming on a remote island for the bbc one documentary — ‘drowning in plastic‘ — revealed seabirds there starving to death because there stomachs were so full of plastic — that there was no room for food. victoria gill reports. flying through the ocean in search of food, but these sea birds are all too often finding and eating pieces of plastic. tens of thousands of flesh—footed shearwaters nest on this

the pair have met now 11 times, and chardy is yet to win a single set against djokovic. tomorrow's final. it's been a while, that i have played for a title. so this is definitely a very special moment for me. considering what i've been through in the last year or so. so it's just a great occasion. in germany, roger federer is one match away from winning a tenth halle 0pen final. he beat denis kudla in straight sets but the american, who is 11 years hisjunior, did push federer hard, 7—6, 7—5 it finished in straight sets. and finally at royal ascot, the big race of the day, the diamond jubliee stakes, was won by the aidan 0'brien trained 4—1 shot merchant navy. jockey ryan moore held off the challenge of french horse city light. bound for nowhere was third. favourite harry angel only finished seventh after getting a leg stuck in the stalls at the start of the race. now let's head back to 0lly foster in moscow, and a look ahead to tomorrow, when england play their second match of the world cup. many thanks indeed. at the moment in sochi, the germany head coach is going to b

marin cilic has beaten novac djokovic to win his second title at the queen's club. longest final in the tournament's history. djokovic, who had been aiming to win his first title in a year, had a match point in the second set but couldn't convert it and was easily beaten in the third. that's all the sport for now. the german chancellor, angela merkel, says an eu mini—summit on migration has agreed that countries on the front line of migration routes cannot be left alone to carry the burden. she said an existing deal to pay turkey to stop migrants entering europe could serve as a model for other transit countries. italy and malta have recently banned charity rescue boats from their ports, leaving vessels loaded with migrants stranded in international waters. prince william has arrived injordan at the start of a middle eastern tour that will see him become the first british royal to pay official visits to both israel and palestinian territories. the duke of cambridge's royal air force plane touched down at amman's marka military airport, where he was given a red—carpe

so much to watch today, djokovic. lots of sport. operation mannerfought. djokovic. lots of sport.nerfought. this is president trump's visit to the uk. the mail is pointing out there is a huge security operation and it points out they could leave the rest of the country without adequate protection —— manafort. country without adequate protection -- manafort. they are getting in a fla p -- manafort. they are getting in a flap about the because so many police officers will be called upon because it is a controversial visit and it must be said either when noncontroversial leaders come to the country, lots of security steps up but it will lead visible policing reduced, it may be unsafe for other parts of the country but personally lam parts of the country but personally i am interested in the parts of the country but personally lam interested in the itinerary they have, flying into stansted. who flies in the stands that from the us? melania trump will be going to a hospital or charity, hopefully not wearing that coke. what did you think about that. —— coat. wearing that coke. what did

i'm just looking forward to the next challenge djokovic will play while number thirty five finance of a disco next but beating great go democrat for the ball gary and lost in straight sets to the spaniard an overall from the umpire on match point confirming the win for the thirty four year old the death guys and all three of the fourth round in paris for the seventh time in his coverage. barely a second seed alexander the vera of within a tough five set battle against bosnia and demi it is a moot third one the first set before losing the next two eventually the german came back to win six two three six four six seven six one seven five saving a match point in the process. but that was more bad luck for the mode in this match she ran to try and catch a stray ball but ended up colliding with the ball kid who'd also run onto the court accidentally knocking him to the ground the mood helped the young says of the five lines and thankfully he was ok. in the women's draw twenty eighteen australian open champion caroline both an iraqi is moved three to the last sixteen at the french open the

novak djokovic is down to the semifinals. he will face france's‘sjeremy chardy. nick kyrgios...in cilic in the other semi. michaela put ernesto beat svitolina, she will face petra kvitova to in the semifinals. written by: o'donoghue, won the big race at ascot today. the coronation stretched states. they also broke the track record. that's it for sportsday on day nine here at the world cup. first wins for nigeria, switzerland, and brazil. they are the winners of day nine, rolling on daytime estate ten. that's it for now, coming up next on bbc news, it's time for the papers. goodbye. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are jason beattie, who's head of politics at the daily mirror, and benedicte paviot, france 24's uk correspondent and president of foreign press association. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the i starts with a story about bmw and the airbus, warning about taking their business out of the uk. the interesting thing is why has it taken businesses so long? the concern taken businesses so long? t

twenty one year old lost in straight sets dominic pm of austria ten will now face i don't know about djokovic or marco czech enough to throw in the semifinals in the women's draw at madison keys of the united states has progressed to the seventies after defeating ukraine's junia put since a ba in straight sets that sets you up to date you at the top. of the day. make your small team even smaller than. what you what you want it. up to date. extraordinary. you decide what's on. sunday at the w.

djokovic is winning the match in straight sets. considering all the. all the circumstances that i was in in the last fifteen months so i mean. it's it's quite. quite achievement to get two quarters of. the slam for me and i always played well in slams i always try to. kind of build my form in order to peak at the slams well number two i'll xander is that it was made to sweat for his place in the last eight for the third straight match the german endured a five set battle this time it was against the question of russia to the three and a half hours to close out the match and reach his first ever grants them quarter final i'm very happy about being in the quarterfinals you know with you know going the hard way going to the long distance every single time and. you know showing showing myself enjoying everybody that i can play for as long as i need to. the. world faces a dominant team in the last eight after the austrian initiatory in force says. all the title hopefuls will be fearing a match up with this man defending champion walk till nadal it was the k

at the french open, novak djokovic came through a gruelling near four—hour match against spanish 13thrto bautista agut to reach the last 16. he lost his first set of the tournament so far, and broke his first racket of the week too after what was at times a frustrating match for him. but he's through to face fernando verdasco in the fourth round. verdasco is through after beating fourth seed grigor dimitrov, who's still mever reached the second week at the french open. alexander zverev came through a second five set match in a row. again coming from two sets to one down to beat damir dzumhur. the women's second seed is also through. in much easierfashion. caroline wozniacki winning her third round match in straight sets, and elina svitolina was knocked out, which means both fourth seeds lost on friday, the ukrainian lost 6—3 7—5 to romania's mihaela buzarnescu. who had never won a grand slam match before this week. the challenge cup quarter finals continued tonight, with super league champions leeds rhinos thrashing leigh centurions. the championship side took the lead but the game ch

djokovic will face france's jeremy chardy in the last four.ls. last year's wimbledon runner—up beat sam querrey in straight sets. cilic will face nick kyrgios in the last four. finally racing and the favourite alpha centauri has won the day's big race at royal ascot, the coronation stakes — and in brilliant fashion. the big fillies race of the meeting was never in doubt once alpha centauri started her run for home. she was ridden by colm o'donoghue and trained byjessie harrington, more known for her success injump racing. alpha centauri eventually came home six lengths in front of the field to follow her victory in the irish 1,000 guineas. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. also the latest from the world cup. i'll have more you in sportsday at 10:40pm. the church of england should carry out a fresh review of alleged child sexual abuse cases in seven dioceses. that's according to sir roger singleton, the author of a highly critical report into the way the church handled a review of abu

djokovic will face either france's jeremy chardy or american frances tiafoe in the last four.centauri at the coronotion stakes on the bbc sport website. our top story, the government's facing growing demands from business leaders, to ensure that it doesn't putjobs at risk if there's no brexit deal with the eu. the aircraft maker, airbus, has warned that it will reconsider its future here, if the uk leaves the single market and the customs union without a transition agreement. downing street said it was confident it would get a good deal. mark hooper comments by airbus main? andrew mair is the chief executive of midlands aerospace alliance — a regional aerospace body. good evening. where airbus to follow through, where it seriously to reconsider the investment and plans it has in this country, what would be the impact? airbus has used the word catastrophe today which is quite a word to use and the effect on the uk manufacturing base would be enormous. aerospace is our second largest industry in the midlands, responsible for 45,000 jobs and a number of those would be under threa

and novak djokovic survives a four hour marathon against roberto bautista agut to get to do the nexthere are commemorations this sunday to remember those who lost their lives in the terror attack on london bridge, one year ago. eight people were killed, and dozens more injured, when three men drove a van into pedestrians on the bridge, before getting out of the vehicle and then stabbing people enjoying a summer night out in borough market. i've been speaking to one of our bbc colleagues, producer hollyjones, who was caught up in the attack that night. i was just walking by myself and i was looking at my phone, and i was alerted to what sounded like an engine really over—revving. so i looked up and that was the first time i saw this van, a white van, and it was heading south and it kind of came onto the bridge and it completely went straight into a group of people. and i know that one of the people, well, one of the persons went into the river. and it was like skittles going off. i've never felt fear like it. it was kind of like when you hear the phrase that your life flashes before y

his old rival novak djokovic isn't having much fun either.chinato. sergio ramos continues to upset liverpool fans. the real madrid and spain captain claims he didn't injure mo salah in the champions league final and that the egyptian should have just had an injection if he wanted to play on! and while floyd mayweather tops the list of sport's highest earners, there is not a single woman in the top 100 names. see you after 10:00. argentina has cancelled a world cup warm—up match with israel, apparently under political pressure over israel's treatment of palestinians in gaza. news of the cancellation was met with cheers in gaza, where at least 120 palestinians were killed by israeli forces during recent protests. it's expected gaza will be one of the subjects benjamin neta nyahu, later today when they meet for talks in downing street. it's the last stop on his three—day tour of europe, meeting leaders to discuss iran and the best way to curb iran's nuclear aspirations. last month, president trump decided to withdraw us backing for the deal reac

novak djokovic is taking on fernando verdasco for a place in the french open quarterfinals.ry point. the serbian former world number one finally made the breakthrough to go three one up, before eventually taking the set in just under an hour. verdasco seems to be suffering with an ankle problem, but he's holding on in the second set with the score currently 5—4 to djokovic. already through is second seed alexander zverev, who had to negotiate a third successive five set match to beat russia's karen khachanov. it's the first time the 21 year—old german has reached a grand slam quarter—final. he'll face austrian dominic thiem next. earlier, in the women's draw, sloane stephens booked a place in the quarter—finals at roland garros for the first time. the 10th seeded american had a comfortable straight sets win over estonia's anett kontaveit. england are preparing to take on costa rica on thursday in what is their final warm—up game ahead of the world cup in russia. manager gareth southgate told numerous positives from yesterday's win over nigeria. goals from gary cahill and har

straight sets clear of austria here will now face i don't know about djokovic or marco a check enough though in the semifinals in the women's drop madison keys of the united states has progressed to the sadness after defeating ukraine's yulia put since saber in straight sets that sets you up to date you at the top. of the day. and. make your smart t.v. even smarter than the your smart. watch when you want it. up to date. extraordinary. you decide what's on. sunday at the w. . summit twenty seventeen germinal for it is announced that they've broken up a major child pornography platform which was coordinated in germany in. the platform allowed users to exchange child pornography worldwide and to arrange meetings that involved actual sexual abuse of children aged between two and eight months and taken them either france five is our. prosecutors confirmed that the platform had eighty seven thousand members some parents are said to have used the site to offer their own children for abuse. there's been a sharp rise in child pornography investigations in recent years we wanted to find out wh

novak djokovic has reached his first final in a year at queens in london.me grand slam champion plays marin cilic in the final later after beating jeremy chardy in the semifinals yesterday. that is live on bbc two and the bbc sports website at 2:30pm. let's ta ke website at 2:30pm. let's take a look at the england score before we go. still 2—0. harry maguire hasjust sent score before we go. still 2—0. harry maguire has just sent a header over the bar just maguire has just sent a header over the barjust a short while ago. england very much in control of this match. 2—0 up at the moment, thanks toa match. 2—0 up at the moment, thanks to a first england goal forjohn stones and a penalty for captain harry kane. his third goal of the tournament now. this is live on bbc 0ne. just around 12 minutes left to go in the first half. and that all of the sport for now. now, the travel show. this week we're in cairo, where i get to check out a new style of music that has become a youtube sensation. we head to italy for a cut—price guide to florence. there are many, many p

thank you very much former wild number one and twenty sixteen french open champion novak djokovic has made his way into this year's french open fourth round after winning the first that he lost the second which he wasn't too happy about on friday gauss's serbian twentieth seed was up against spain said about about these that are going on the thirty one year old would recover to eventually win the match six four six seven seven six and six two his world ranking has dropped to twenty two after a lengthy spell on the sidelines through injury but djokovic said this four hour match will do wonders as he continues to increase his much fitness. course. i don't want to play for five hours every match but. i think it was a great test and i had to earn my victory and last set was actually the best set that i've played so far in the tournament and i don't feel too exhausted so it's a good news as well and. i'm just looking forward to next challenge joke of it will play well number thirty five fernando verdasco next but beating great go democrat for the ball gary and lost in straight sets to this

it's the first time in eight years djokovic has been at the tournament, and it means 17 of the world'sall those stories on the bbc sport website. there's a warning tonight from the heads of local council care services in england, who fear they'll have to cut the number of older and disabled people they support even though there's a warning tonight from the heads of local council care the need for care is going up. a survey of directors of adult social care, to be published tomorrow, says the financial pressure on councils will mean increasingly difficult decisions. 0ur social affairs correspondent, alison holt, has been to a residential care home in dorset. right. top floor, then. if we don't address this now, we are absolutely at critical point. mary, i've got your tablet. well a lot of people are struggling. struggling. pulse is also spot on. just because you refuse to pay it, it doesn't mean that we can't charge you. how should we use the money we've got? should it be on social care, up untilyou're 90—odd, or 100 and something? good morning! at harbour house in bridgeport, the signs

novak djokovic continues his own comeback from injury and a drop in form. title at the tournament. the defeat means rafael nadal replaces him as world number one when the new rankings come out on monday. and another former wimbledon champion petra kvitova, has retained her birmingham classic title with a win over slovakia‘s magedela na rybarikova. that‘s her fifth wta tour title this year and makes her the only player to have won titles on every surface in 2018. that‘s all the sport for now. coming up next on bbc news, it‘s meet the author. three generations of immigrants from kenya, three lifetimes of struggle — and not only with the attitudes that mukesh meets when he arrives in yorkshire, falls in love and starts a family. nikesh shukla‘s novel the one who wrote destiny is also about struggles inside themself, the daughter who struggles with cancer, a son who chooses a career as a comedian but unfortunately isn‘t terribly funny. but the book is, despite its unflinching exploration of racism. welcome. it would be very easy on this subject to write a very

novak djokovic looks in good shape.. he'll play grigor dimitrov next. a bit ofa a bit of a tough test for djokovic there. at the wta event in birmingham, british number one johanna konta is out in the first round. she was beaten by the defending champion petra kvitova. 6-3, 6-4. a 6—3, 6—4. a former wimbledon champion, she's pretty good on the grass court herself. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. england breaking the world record in cricket. doing really well. thank you very much. it is now 5:36pm. more now on the news that the home secretary, sajid javid, has announced a review of cannabis for medicinal use, which could lead to prescribed drugs derived from the plant. the decision was prompted by recent high—profile cases of children with severe epilepsy being denied access to cannabis oil to control seizures. but the ban on recreational use of cannabis will continue. we can speak now to lord robert winston, professor of science & soc