there is mo farah! did sir mo farah do enough to make it to next month's tokyo olympics?g up in the sport on the bbc news channel: the build—up is over. the last 16 of the euros are less than 2a hours away, as wales prepare to play denmark in amsterdam. good evening. downing street says the prime minister has accepted his health secretary matt hancock s apology for breaching social—distancing guidelines, after the sun newspaper published images of him and an aide, gina coladangelo, kissing and embracing in the department of health. in a statement, mr hancock said he'd "let people down" and is "very sorry". borisjohnson now considers the matter closed. but labour is calling on mr hancock to resign. and there are more questions tonight about how mrs coladangelo — initially hired by mr hancock himself — was then appointed last september to her current position, on the board of the department of health. with the latest, here's our deputy political editor, vicki young. he's been telling all of us to stick to covid rules. keep doing your bit, remember the rules, space and fresh

mo farah has one last chance to make the tokyo olympics, at an invitational race in manchester tonightime olympic champion, wants to defend his 10,000 metres title injapan, but he missed the qualification mark by 22 seconds at the trials two weeks ago. our senior sports news reporter laura scott is there for us. this is it, laura — he has to do it this evening or the olympic dream is over — what are mo farah's chances? that race in birmingham a few weeks ago where he missed qualifying time was disappointing. but this has been hastily arranged in this invitational race and it will go off just after 9:35 p:m.. he knows what he has to do. he has to get inside that olympic qualifying standard of 27 minutes and 28 seconds otherwise he will not be on the start line in tokyo for the 10,000 metres to defend its title from rio. in the last five years, he gave up track athletics and took up the marathon with limited success and came back to the track and he has got to prove that he can rediscover that form that he can rediscover that form that we are so used to do and have been so used to the la

mo farah admits he is not sure what _ is crucial.fend his 10,000 metres title at the tokyo 0lympics. he was given the what comes next after missing out on the chance to defend his 10,000 metres title at the tokyo 0lympics. he was given the chance to make the qualifying time at the british championships last night in manchester. he finished 19 seconds slower than needed and returning from an ankle injury, he offered no excuses. we could be set for a tight qualifying session at the styrian grand prix in the next hour. lewis hamilton had been off the pace on friday but topped the tables in the last practice session. qualifying starts at two o'clock. hopes of a british winner at the third women's golf nature of the year diminished after charley hull slipped to six shots off the pace at the halfway mark of the woman's pga championship in atlanta. there were bright moments, with four birdies, but three bogeys means she sits behind the leader. it is one of the busiest saturdays whisper for some it is one of the busiest saturdays whisperfor

commentator: there is mo farah!ss the track. farah will be 41 by the next olympics and while he would not give a definitive answer on his future, he knows this could be the end of his distinguished athletics career. those close to him admitted they were devastated as they watched him wave an emotional and potentially final farewell to his fans. laura scott, bbc news, manchester. once again its looking like a difficult road ahead for mercedes in formula i, in contrast to the outlook for red bull. championship leader max verstappen was quickest in friday practice for the stirian grand prix in austria. lewis hamilton was only fourth. his mercedes team—mate, valtteri bottas, has been given a three place grid penalty, for this spin in the pitlane. the tour de france gets underway today in brittany, with the riders facing a journey of more than 2,000 miles over 21 stages. slovenia's tadey pogacar is the defending champion, while geraint thomas is part of a strong line—up for the ineos grenadiers, team and he's looking to

who's bought now in any athletics for time. lim, pick champion mo farah has failed to qualify for the upcoming tokyo olympics. the 38 year old middle distance runner says he was shocked and will consider his future in the sport. he missed the 10000 meters selection time by 900 seconds at the british championship. in manchester. fara previously missed out on the 5000 made the selection due to an ankle injury. he had won gold in both disciplines. at the london 2012 and the 2016 and tennis angela cather bait the czech republic, patrick for tova to reach the final of the but bad humble w t. a graph event in her native germany as she warms up for wimbledon. going a set down curve, a scene at the bottom of your screen there rally and to win the match in a 3rd set tiebreaker. she plays another check catarina senior cova in the final wimbledon in the final wimbledon gets underway on monday. we've looking to emulate her 2018 when at the all england, comp and now goals and the u. s. a. p g, a to or where bob watson has food and his reputation for conjuring the impossible the to time us mouth is

mo farah swapped track running for the marathon in 2017 — but switched back two years later.lep has pulled out of the championship this year. the 29—year—old romanian, who defeated serena williams in the final two years ago, tore her left calf muscle during a match in rome in may. now, we all like to be beside the seaside. and for many families a break away includes a few fairground rides on the pier. but hundreds of holiday makers in brighton found they had been charged more than £2,000 to go on the rides — because of a card payment error. 0ur reporter chrissy reidy is in brighton. goodness what happened ? goodness what happened? it is extraordinary _ goodness what happened? it 3 extraordinaryjane, you think you extraordinaryjane, you think you are popping out for an spin on the waltzers, a bit of candy floss and doughnuts and next account your bank account is debted £2,000. it has affected a significant number of people, and in some cases completely wiped out their bank account. now the brighton pier group have apologised, and say it happened because the payment processing

tollett with your sports news — and we start with athletics, where the tokyo dream is over for mo farahmake the games injapan starting next month when he raced at an invitational meeting in manchester tonight. the 38—year—old had been battling a minor ankle injury as he attempted to qualify and defend his 10,000 metres title, but he missed the mark required by 20 seconds despite winning the race. that's all you can do as a human being. you give it all and that's what you haven't. i have had a wonderful career, i am very lucky to have had that long career i have had, and i am very grateful, but now that's all i had today. 0nto football, wales are continuing their preparations in amsterdam ahead of tomorrow's euro 2020 last 16 match against denmark. wales reached the semifinals at the last euros, but captain gareth bale says the team isn't thinking about how far they can go this time. we arejust thinking we are just thinking of the next game. we don't need to be dreaming about anything other than playing the game tomorrow, i think. we have had experience in the past when we know to take e

representation of the world we report on, and that's a key strength of answer 0 o, a hello and barbara farah, london. these are the top stories on al jazeera nato is toughening its stance. on china, in their 1st summer, attended by the us president joe biden. leaders presented a united front against what they call bay james assertive behavior. they said china represent systemic challenges to the rules based international order, and ally insecurity. the leaders also agree to respond to russia's growing arsenal in the wake of a build up of troops during military exercise on the ukrainian border. russia in china, both seeking to drive a wedge in our transatlantic solidarity.

tourists and a few weeks later the very end started to spread in the country. philip shots and i will farah portugal. thank you very much. thank you. that's have a quick look now at some other developments in the corona, virus pandemic. the developers of russia's sputnik v vaccine say it is slightly less effective against the delta variant of the current of ours compared to the original strain. brisbin has become the latest, the strain and city to issue, stay at home orders and case is continued to rise across the country. more than 10000000 people across the street. and i locked down, and germany is foreign minister, high colma has defended the listing of germany's blanket travel warning for all corona virus. risk areas from thursday travel warnings for tourists will only apply to areas with an incidence rate of above $200.00 per 100000. and in areas where fresh variance are prevalent, the it's one of the great rivalries in football and it enters, enters its next chapter tonight. when england host germany at wembley. in the last 16 of the european championships, germany have mostly come ou

why tonight is mo farah�*s last chance to qualify for the tokyo olympics. this years tour de france, what are the chances of british success in the worlds biggest bike race? welcome along, thanks forjoining us. this time tomorrow wales will be approaching the end of their last 16 tie against denmark at euro 2020. their last run at the european championship took them all the way to the semi—finals — but how far can they go this time? our wales correspodent hywel griffith is in amsterdam for us. where wales have been continuing their preparations today. yes. they are from rome last night and were welcomed with pretty welsh weather, very familiar to the players although they probably prefer the conditions in rome. they've been into the stadium and have the opportunity to take it in, getting selfies and getting the feel for the pitch, for a lot of the squad, tournament football is still fairly new territory. of course wales only qualify for a major tournament three times with the last time that you mentioned 2016 was a huge success story for wales, making it al

and we start with athletics, where the tokyo dream is over for mo farah.nd his 10,000 metres title, but he missed the mark required by 20 seconds despite winning the race. that's all you can do as a human being. you give it your all and that's what you have. i've had a wonderful career, i'm very lucky enough to have that long career i've had and i'm very grateful, but now that's all i had today. onto football, where wales are continuing their preparations in amsterdam ahead of tomorrow's euro 2020 last 16 match against denmark. wales reached the semifinals at the last euros, but captain gareth bale says the team isn't thinking about how far they can go this time. we're just thinking of the next game. we don't need to be dreaming about anything other than playing the game tomorrow, i think. we've had experience in the past where we know, "take each game as it comes." that's the most important thing for us. yeah, we'rejust looking forward to tomorrow's game. we don't need to look any further past that, than a very good denmark team, and we'll be doing all we

tourists and a few weeks later the very end started to spread and the country live shows and i will farah portugal. thank you very much. thank you. many southeast asian nations have been slow to inoculate their populations against go with 19, especially when compared to europe as well or north america. some suggest this is because of the initial success at containing the virus. however, and other reason is vaccine skepticism. hong kong is one territory now offering incentives to try to convince people to get vaccinated. this lottery has a prize. few in hong kong can pass up real estate. nearly half a 1000000 people signed up on the 1st day. the grand prize, a one bedroom condo, the catch, you can only when, if you're vaccinated. the apartment lottery can motivate more people to get vaccinated. it might not be too helpful, but it can provide hope. still, not everyone is swayed by the sky high jackpot. via that's not really for me. if i'm fit to be vaccinated, i would do so. but i suffer from high blood pressure like glucose level and blood limpid level. my doctor advised me not to be vacci

coming up on sportsday on the bbc news channel: tonight is his last chance to make it to tokyo — mo farah, that could be our closest evolutionary relative. if confirmed, dragon man, as he�*s been nicknamed, would displace the neanderthals as our sister species. 0ur science correspondent, pallab ghosh, has the full details. meet the dragon man, a perfectly—preserved skull found in the black dragon river province in northeastern china. he�*s thought to be a new species human that lived 146,000 years ago. a 3d scan shows a huge head and a brain that was about the same size as ours, but other features, such as a prominent brow ridge, suggest something more primitive. i said, my gosh, you cannot believe that. it is so well preserved you can see all the details. this is what researchers think he looked like, stocky and powerfully built. where does dragon man fit into the new human family tree? seven million years ago the first humanlike creatures emerged. they became progressively more developed until two million years ago our ancient ancestor homo erectus emerged. that led to our close cousins

joseph farah meo has seen a lot of his nine decades he won the purple heart fighting in the korean warirborne division as a young man, but he was too skinny at just £128. but on saturday his lifelong wish was fulfilled. he celebrated his birthday with a parachute jump in utah. i want to try and do it at 95. oh my gosh. i won't do it all over again. well he had a blast doing that. yeah, he looks great. yeah, he sure does. skydive utah says it's not uncommon for seniors to take the leap. they say about one person per week. age 80 or older. go skydiving. look at that, and such a clear pictures. awesome. congressional lawmakers heard from federal reserve chair jerome powell today who testified on the state of the u. s economy. i'm mother of era in washington with more on what he had to say about the nation's covid recovery coming up and coming up new at six santa clara county officials take new action in the effort to prevent domestic violence and a vigil at lake merritt for the victims of a shooting there over the weekend is set to begin in just a few minutes. we will show you what's happ

mo farah will attempt to book his place in the 10,000 metres at the tokyo olympics later.e side of the court and alistair has stopped to help him along. the brothers are coming and arm to finish in second and third but johnny can hardly stand and alistair is having to drag him across the line and pushing him home, pushing him home for second. jonathan comes home for bronze. he had to stand and take a 15 second penalty, and still the bronze medal forjonathan. bronze medallist representing - great britain, jonathan brownlee. johnny finishesjust a handful of seconds behind to take the silver. it is a one, two, a gold and silver for the brownlee brothers. he took bronze four years ago. a silver in rio in 2016. well, johnny is waiting to talk to us now. can ijust say, lovely to see by the way. i don't know how comfortable you are when we play those. i think everyone here, all of those. i think everyone here, all of those people who are maybe not as close to it as you are, are all going, wow! i had forgotten the emotion of that moment. is it something that you have kind of set i

there's a big night ahead for m0 farah.y. as you say, then being — it is there, absolutely. as you say, then being there, _ it is there, absolutely. as you say, then being there, seeing _ it is there, absolutely. as you say, then being there, seeing that i it is there, absolutely. as you say, then being there, seeing that will| then being there, seeing that will make _ then being there, seeing that will make all— then being there, seeing that will make all the difference. more build-up tomorrow, _ make all the difference. more build-up tomorrow, of i make all the difference. more| build-up tomorrow, of course. make all the difference. more i build-up tomorrow, of course. of build—up tomorrow, of course. of course, see you then. lets look at the weather across _ see you then. lets look at the weather across the _ see you then. lets look at the weather across the weekend. | see you then. lets look at the i weather across the weekend. very aood weather across the weekend. very good morning. _ weather across the weekend. very g

mo farah has one last chance to make tokyo at an invitational race in manchester tonight.le injapan, but he missed the qualification mark by 22 seconds at the trials two weeks ago. england have won the t20 series against sri lanka with a match to spare, thanks to victory in game two in cardiff. after a rain delay, they were chasing 103 for victory, and they recovered from 36—4 to win by five wickets — sam curran steering them home with 11 balls to spare. the formula one world champion lewis hamilton says he "worries for people", after it was announced that there'll be a capacity crowd at silverstone for the british grand prix next month. the event has been included in the governments event research programme. that means 140,000 spectators will be at the circuit for the race on the 18th ofjuly. hamilton gave the news a cautious welcome. i'm kind of split. one, i can't tell you how excited i am to see people, and firstly to see the british crowd, cos it is the best crowd of the whole year, so... 0bviously, last year we didn't have them. so to be able to see them and feel the

mo farah has one last chance to make the tokyo 0lympics, as he races an invitational race in manchesterk by 22 seconds at the trials two weeks ago. he swapped track running for the marathon in 2017, but switched back two years later. tonight, pace—makers will try to help him make the qualifying time. middle—distance runner guy learmonth has been forced to pull out of the olympic trials due to the after—effects of covid—19. he caught the virus during the european indoor championships in march and says he should have taken time out earlier to recover. and england's charley hull is one shot off the pace after the opening round of the women's pga championship in atlanta, georgia — the third major of the season. she shot a four—under—par 68, to finishjust behind the american lizette salas, on a very congested leaderboard — there's a seven—way tie for third place. that's all the sport for now but there's more on the bbc sport website where you can also follow second practice at the styrian grand prix. max verstappen fastest at the moment i can see. and that is built up on the website for wale

mo farah's hopes of making the olympics are not overjust yet.amos vi olas later this afternoon. there are a lot of things i can improve on. things i can do better on and off the court. and obviously with the grass, i'm not too comfortable with the service but i've had a couple of years now to use as experience and hopefully, i can hit the grass running and keep the form that i have over clay. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. the last time scotland's men qualified for a major international football tournament, there was no scottish parliament and google didn't exist. later today they'll face the czech republic in their first euro 2020 match. 12,000 spectators will be allowed into hampden park — with a further 6,000 in the glasgow fan park. jane dougall has been following the scotland team and is inside hampden park. as you can hear, the atmosphere is building up quite nicely. only 12,000 fans will be allowed in here and that's just 25% capacity but as i am sure you can imagine, after waiting 23 years, they we

mo farah has one last chance to make the tokyo games at an invitational race in manchester tonight.of covid—19. he caught the virus during the european indoor championships in march and says he should have taken time out earlier to recover. england's charley hull is one shot off the pace after the opening round of the women's pga championship in atlanta, georgia — the third major of the season. she shot a four—under par 68 to finishjust behind the american lizette salas on a very congested leaderboard — there's a seven—way tie for third place. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. andrew lloyd webber has joined forces with other producers and the live music industry to start legal action to force the government to publish research into the safety of holding indoor events. various pilot schemes have been conducted in recent months testing audiences in events from football matches to the brit awards in order to see if they can be held with full crowds. one of the venues supporting the legal action is the royal albert hall in london, and i can speak to

super saturday, august the 4th, 2012, mo farah, jessica nacl and greg rutherford picking up gold, and how are you today? the olympics must bring back special memories. , , . , , memories. definitely. just being around the _ memories. definitely. just being around the olympic _ memories. definitely. just being around the olympic park - memories. definitely. just being around the olympic park and - memories. definitely. just being . around the olympic park and seeing all the _ around the olympic park and seeing all the venues and the swimming pool will stop— all the venues and the swimming pool will stop i've not been back for a while, _ will stop i've not been back for a while, so — will stop i've not been back for a while, so it— will stop i've not been back for a while, so it brings back memories. olympics— while, so it brings back memories. olympics on— while, so it brings back memories. olympics on the way but today we are looking at possibly future olympians. how old were you when you started swimming? i was olympians. how old were you when you started swimming?— started swimming?

and mo farah insists he can still make tokyo, despite missing the qualifying time for the 10,000 metresqualified for tokyo and race winner alex yee looks likely to take the other place in tokyo games. i've really struggled over the last three or four months with an injury, and i needed a bit of a miracle today. i've done everything i can in the last three months. i've trained as hard as i can, i've, you know, i've done all the medical treatment i can, i've had the best support team i possibly could have. i've done everything i could, and, eh, i needed a bit of luck today and i didn't get it. i know you were there. hugely disappointing. it i know you were there. hugely disappointing-— disappointing. it was hugely disappointing. _ disappointing. it was hugely disappointing. you - disappointing. it was hugely disappointing. you get - disappointing. it was hugely disappointing. you get a - disappointing. it was hugely i disappointing. you get a sense of how much the brownlee brothers have done for the sport. also, alex yi won that race absolutely fantastic. so there are other people coming