heather watson though is out, her poor run at flushing meadows coontinues.n a match at the us 0pen, knocked out in the first round by alize cornet. despite winning the junior tournament in 2009, the british number two lost her first round match for the seventh successive year 6—4, 6—4 it finished. johanna konta takes on serbia's aleksandra krunic and could become world number one at the end of the tournament. konta will be hoping for another performance to match her efforts at wimbledon where she made the semi—finals. later the world number two simona halep is up against former champion maria sharapova, playing herfirst grand slam tournament since completing a 15—month doping suspension. with the football transfer window closing in three days' time, clubs are finalising deals. liverpool have agreed a club—record deal to sign leipzig midfielder naby keita, with the player officially joining on 1july 2018. the reds have agreed to pay the £48 million release clause that will allow him to move next summer. the fee will easily surpass the £36 million liverpool sp

watson has never won a match at flushing meadows — this the seventh successive year she's lost in thed is flying the british flag in the men's draw, and he is safely through. after beating the 32nd seed robin haase in straight sets. the second set, by far the toughest for the 22—year—old, who reached the fourth round of the us open last year. he went on to take the match in just under two hours and will play steve johnson of the united states next. and the british youngster cameron norrie, who's ranked outside the world's top 200, made it a good opening day for the british men after beaing beat dmitry tursonov after the russian retired through injury in the third set. norrie, who came through three rounds of qualifying, was leading by two sets to love at the time. england will look to bowl out the west indies tomorrow to secure victory in the second test at headingley. in what's been an intriguing day's play today, england built a lead of over 300 runs, before declaring in the final session. patrick gearey reports. england had not found any offer on wicket. today. straightaway on sund

back to flushing meadows and could another major upset. johanna konta was knocked out last night.ding champion angelique kerber has lost her first set 6—3 in her match against the 45th ranked player in the world. that's all from sportsday. england have lost to west indies by five wickets in the second test at headingley. the result levelled the series at 1—1 with one match to play. there'll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening. the president of the european commission has criticised the government for not doing enough work on brexit over the summer. jean—claude juncker says official papers setting out britain's positions aren't satisfactory and an enormous amount of issues still need to be settled. with me now is our brussels correspondent damian grammaticas. jean—claude juncker being critical and you wonder how representative his view is of the other 27 countries and indeed the chief brexit negotiator for the eu countries and indeed the chief brexit negotiatorfor the eu michel barnier in respect of the uk position papers. it is a good question because of course j

the spaniard has never made it past the second round at flushing meadows.like i am a favourite here. i never really played very good. idid here. i never really played very good. i did play good, but itjust did not go my way. it is based on the results. on paper, people might think that. but coming here with the conditions in the past, there are certain players that, you know, play better. so far, i am just thinking i am happy. i am better. so far, i am just thinking i am happy. iam in the better. so far, i am just thinking i am happy. i am in the second better. so far, i am just thinking i am happy. iam in the second round, and that is what i am going to take. petra kvitova is also through to the second round, but did it a little harder with a 7—5, 7—5, win overformer world number one, jelena jankovic. the czech who's seeded 13 returned to competition in may five months after being stabbed in her hand by an intruder at her home and she'll now play france's alize cornet next. venus williams has been beaten this year in both the australian open and wimbledon

azarenka, who has twice been the runner—up at flushing meadows, said on thursday that she is unwillingal proceedings with his father, following their recent split. azarenka returned to action injune after the birth of leo last december. she hasn't ruled out reaching an agreement that would allow her to play, but said in a statement: staying with tennis: simona halep is through to the quarter—finals of the cincinnati 0pen. the number—two seed from romania beat anastasija sevastova, from latvia, in straight sets, 6—4, 6—3. the win keeps alive her hopes of heading to the us open as the world number one. halep will move to the top of the rankings if she wins the title in cincinnati. and halep will next play the world number seven, johanna konta. the briton, who reached a grand slam semi—final for the first time when she made the last four at wimbledon, was a straight—sets 6—3, 6—4 winner over dominika cibulkova. garbine muguruza is also through to the quarter finals. she had to save three match points against american madison keys, though, in the final set. the spaniard converted herfirst

the 23—year—old has never made it past the fourth round at flushing meadows.trov is also through to the second round with a 6—1, 6—4, 6—2 win over czech qualifier vatslav safranek. the 26—year—old seventh seed, who won the cincinnati title earlier this month without dropping a set, advanced in an hour and 48 minutes. nick kyrgios struggled with injury and his frustration was apparent as he went down to fellow australian john millman in his opening round match. the 22—year—old kyrgios has failed to get past the second round at any of the four grand slams in 2017. i'm having a shocking year. 0bviously i'm having a shocking year. obviously in the scheme of things, you know, iam not obviously in the scheme of things, you know, i am not having the greatest year, as i should have done. the last three months for me has been a nightmare, really. i said before, i had such a good indie miami, then things have gone downhill since then really. the most powerful man in tennis claims there are concerns over players health and says there needs to be "robust conversations" ab

but there was some action and another major shock at flushing meadows.anna konta was dumped out of the competition — world number 45 naomi 0saka from japan beat defending champion angelique kerber 6—3, 6—1 injust over an hour. it was the first time for 12 years that the champion was knocked out in the opening round. the number one seed nadal is into the next round after a straight sets victory. the spaniard needed a tie—break to take the first set but took the next two ticks— two. —— 6-2. and took the next two ticks— two. —— 6—2. and now onto football. is alexis sanchez about to join manchester city? city have made a £50 million bid to to sign the chile international from arsenal this evening but we understand that bid has been rejected by arsenal. the chilean is out of contract next summer and hasn't agreed a new one at the emirates yet. sanchez scored 2a league goals for the gunners last season. and it's looking increasingly likely that alex 0xlade chamberlain will be leaving arsenal to join chelsea. the england midfielder‘s contract expires next summe

it was her first win in flushing meadows since 2015. a bit of a comeback for many people. not only sharapova, but shania twain opened up the festivities. ♪ that don't impress me much >> nothing but up. >>> when we come back -- are you okay there? >> we'll have more on a grassroots group, answering texans' call for help. >> they are using boats and pickup trucks to bring trapped victims to safety. they're alled the cajun navy. if you've got a life, you gotta swiffer >>> well, as the flooding pounds america's fourth-largest city, the images are just heartbreaking. >> there are some bright spots of neighbors helping neighbors, as the massive rescue effort overwhelms first responders. we've seen victims brought to safety by boat, helicopter, dump trucks, even backhoes. everybody is using every resource they have. and ted oberg of our houston station, stopped to chat with one little girl who just made it to safety. >> what was it like? were you in that big truck? >> i was stuck in there. >> how tight was it? show me. it's okay. >> we were falling. >> what was the ride like to g

champion stan wawrinka, novak djokovic, kay nishikori and victoria azarenka will also be missing at flushing meadowsll on the track in zurich tonight where he'll run the 5,000 metres. his incredible career has seen him win ten world and olympic gold medals. but it's not the last we'll hearfrom him — he's swapping the stadium for roads, to run marathons instead. no matter who you are, you've got to fight for it. and yeah, medals that i've won doesn't take me to the line. i've got go in there fresh, there's going to be new guys and they run a lot faster than me. so it's about starting slowly, how i get to them, what do i need to learn from them, what does it take? saracens fly—half emily scott's been called into the england women's squad ahead of saturday's world cup final with new zealand. well that final takes place on saturday, a week before the start of the men's domestic season. the launch of the premiership campaign has taken place today, from where our rugby reporter chrisjones has sent this report. with the start of the domestic season with the start of the domestic season a week away, this wa

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open championships in flushing meadows new york.ess world of records are published. venice film festival, the 20th anniversary of princess diana's death. county wide film festival, saturday is the national boat festival in washington, d.c. >> rose: that's "charlie rose: the week," for this week. for all of us here, thank you for watching. i'm charlie rose, we'll see you next time. for this and other episodes visit us at >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by: >> rose: welcome to the program. it is the end of summer and as we prepared for the next season we bring you some of our favorite conversations here on charlie rose. tonight a conversation with mohammad javad zarif of foreign affairs. >> i believe everybody should come together and actually fighting these extremists idealogies and fighting them does not mean only military, this is much deeper. it should be a comprehensive strategy to deal with extremism and terrorism. extremism and terrorism emanate from lack of heart. in addition to an ideology based on hatre

let check in briefly at the us open — rain hit the second day at flushing meadows in new york. match against magda linette was briefly delayed while the roof of arthur ashe court was closed. last year's beaten finalist had just taken the first set 6—2 against the pole. and pliskova wasn't put off her stride taking the second set 6—1. she'll face either paraguay‘s veronica cepede royg or america's nicole gibbs next. well after the hype of another type of fight in las vegas over the weekend, the world amateur boxing championships are ongoing in germany. four british boxers have been involved in the quarter—finals in hamburg today, from where jessica creighton sends this report. after a record—breaking european championships for the british team this was a chance for them to test themselves on the world stage. from a squad of ten four of them have made it through to the quarterfinal stage were a win would guarantee them at least a bronze medal. first in the ring was peter browne who has been tipped for good things by performance director peter mccracken. he is the reigning europea

the second day at flushing meadows begins shortly.—chamberlain. he is out of contract at the emirates next summer. i will be back with more on those stories later. a 31—year—old man who was arrested in connection with the murder of a toddler in greater manchester has been released without charge. the 31—year—old was detained after the body of the boy was found at a house in wythenshawe on the weekend. a postmortem examination has concluded he died from multiple stab wounds. a 30—year—old woman, who was taken to hospital with serious injuries, remains under arrest. a police spokesman said it was a truly distressing investigation. the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, has said none of the brexit position papers published by the uk government are satisfactory, and there is still an enormous amount to be settled before talks about a trade deal can begin. his comments come during the latest round of brexit talks in brussels. 0ur correspondent adam fleming sent this. yet more evidence if more was needed that there i

the 22—year—old has never made it past the fourth round at flushing meadows.del potro, is through in straight sets. we have been hearing a lot about petra kvitova, who are after being attacked in her home and suffering tendon and nerve damage in her hand looked like she would not play again. she is up against alleys corneille. —— alize cornet. rugby players here in the uk will take part this season in the development of a new test to diagnose concussion and brain injuries. it could lead to a handheld device to assess if a player is fit to play on. patrick geary reports. this year, players will have their saliva taken this year, players will have their saliva ta ken here this year, players will have their saliva taken here at twickenham if they have a head injury, as part of a big new study into concussion. professor tony barely is here to tell us about it. tell us what happens if a player comes in with a head injury. the player will be removed for assessment, as they are now. they have two minutes for that assessment, so as part of the process , assessment, so

she is no stranger to flushing meadows.ne for the first time act in august 2005, and that gets under way in two weeks' time. we have a number of teams fighting it out for places in the champions league group stage. one of interest to many people around the world is liverpool, who will be playing hockenheim next wednesday. they had all the running in the first few minutes of the game. they could not convert that, a poor penalty. liverpool scored in the 35th minute. their opponents had their chances, could not put the ball in the net. liverpool then scored a second, before the germans got one back. exciting times. the website is the way to go for all those results. thank you. are we entering a new era of arctic voyages? an exhibition to the north pole by a yacht has just set off from alaska. they are travelling 5500 kilometres, trying to get around to the geographic north pole. it is being led by a british explorer. for the first time in human history, possibly for 100,000 years, it is now possible to sail ships into this are

now, let's start the sport on outside source with tennis because the us open is under way at flushing meadowse of the draw rafael nadal is number one seed. in the women's karolina pliskova of the czech republic is the number one player at the tournament and all eyes will be on this player, maria sharapova, who ta kes to this player, maria sharapova, who takes to the court in a few hours' time. what is herfirst grand slam appearance since serving a drugs ban. it is a really big occasion for her, isn't it? it is a big occasion for maria sharapova. back to sunday before we get a maria sharapova. the world number seven johanna konta before we get a maria sharapova. the world number sevenjohanna konta has been knocked out in the first round by aleksandra krunic, beating her in three sets. konta r1 the opening set but lost the next two, krunic ranked 78 in the world, only the second time ever she has beaten a player inside the top ten. after making the wimbledon semifinals last month johanna konta has gone out in the first round in new york at the us open. maria sharapova has form at the us open, i

here's more analysis from russell fuller at flushing meadows.ut the limp from wimbledon was visible and there was a certain intensity and the missing from the practice session the reasons which became apparent. murray has made the right decision, there's little point in him playing here only 80% fit. more important thing to the best possible shape for the start of 2018 and particularly for that australian open because when he said, he still has the ability to win more grand slam titles. a decision on his future could be made in the next couple of days. he has already consulted medical professionals widely. surgery was not discussed but i imagine it has not yet been ruled out and the big question everyone is everyone is asking is will we see money again this season? murray again this season? if rest is the best solution, then it will be better if he disappeared from public view. england women's rugby union captain sarah hunter has insisted defeat to new zealand in the world cup final will not define the success of her side. a penalty try and the

konta has only ever been as far as the fourth round at flushing meadows.at the end of the tournament. he's 15 years old, jumps off cliffs in his school holidays and next year could make history for wales at the commonwealth games. aidan heslop is a young diver with genuine aspirations of getting to the gold coast next year. if he does, he'd be wales's first international diver in two decades. tom brown has been to meet him. it is dangerous, daring and not for the faint—hearted. if you are afraid of heights, look away now. when did you first decide you want to throw yourself off a cliff? it was about five years ago, it was just different to what every other diver was doing, it is the be danger that makes me want to do it. from a 24 metre high platform, he is already making an impression in the sport. this summer, he won the international cliff diving championship in sweaters and —— switzerland. the first time i watched him, i had my hands over my eyes. he is starting to go off 24 now and my heart goes a little bit with the 24 but another year, i'm sure i wi

aljaz bedene flies the flag for britain today at flushing meadows. he takes on andrey rublev. lajovic. while defending champion angelique kerber makes her tournament bow against naomi 0saka. that's all sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport and i'll have more in the next hour. thank you. let's get an update on the story dominating the news today, the story dominating the news today, the missile fired by north korea over northern japan which landed in the pacific prompting a lot of international outrage as you would expect. the un security council is expected to meet later today to discuss the situation. in the last few minutes, the prime minister has strongly condemned north korea forfiring a missile overjapan. this is what theresa may had to say. these actions by north korea is reckless provocation, these are illegal tests and we strongly condemn them. there will be an emergency meeting of the un security council later this afternoon and we will continue to work with our international partners to put pressure on

champion stan wawrinka, novak djokovic, kei nishikori and victoria azarenka will also be missing at flushing meadowsing ready for a final farewell on the track in zurich tonight where he'll run over 5,000 metres. his incredible career has seen him win ten world and olympic gold medals. but it's not the last we'll hearfrom him. he's swapping the stadium for roads, to run marathons instead. no matter who you are, you've got to fight for it. and their medals that i've won, doesn't take me to the line. i got go in there fresh, there's going to be new guys and they run a lot faster than me. so it's about how i get to them, what doi it's about how i get to them, what do i need to learn from them, what does it take? that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. i'll have more in the next hour. more now on the gcse results which have come out today, with the number of students in england gaining the top grades in english and maths falling slightly, following the introduction of new, tougher exams. our reporter chi chi izundu was at a school in sheffield, and

it was her first win in flushing meadows since 2015. a bit of a comeback for many people. i was actually there for the opening night. not only sharapova, but shania twain opened up the festivities. ♪ that don't impress me much >> it impressed all of us. nothing but up. >>> when we come back -- are you okay there? >> i'll work on it. >> we'll have more on that. we'll also have more on a grassroots group, answering texans' call for help. >> they are using boats and pickup trucks to bring trapped victims to safety. they're called the cajun navy. if you've got a life, you gotta swiffer you're in a group most likely to develop skin cancer, including melanoma. that's why your best shot is to check for a spot. follow through and check your skin. go to spotskincancer.org to find out how. when i have an asthma attack... i feel scared. sometimes my parents have to take me to the hospital. i feel like a fish with no water. you know how to react to their asthma attacks. here's how to prevent them. call... visit... or call your doctor. because... >>> well, as the flooding pounds americ

watson lost the first set against france‘s alize cornet — watson has never won a singles match at flushing meadowsown ippon to japan‘s under—21 world champion nagayama ryuju in the under 60kg category. britishjudo has sent a team of 12 athletes to the event in hungary including rio 0lympic bronze medallist sally conway who fights on friday in the under 70kg class. that is the thing with judo. when you make one mistake it is over. i made that mistake. it was all over. he pinned me. i did my hardest to get up but unfortunately i did not. england are 477—8. that is all the sport for now. more at half past six. let‘s return now to texas where rising floodwater has forced thousands from their home. a little earlier we spoke to phillip truitt, public information officer for the texas a&m forest service that has been helping with rescue and relief efforts. he said it was the worst flooding he‘d ever seen. some of the biggest things right now have been focusing on life safety. getting in and supporting the responders. trying to get people out the flooded zones and impact zones. right now that is number on

heather watson though is out, her poor run at flushing meadows coontinues.t. despite winning the junior tournament in 2009, the british number two lost her first round match for the seventh successive year 6—4, 6—4 it finished. in the absence of andy murray, kyle edmund is the highest ranked british man in the tournament, and he's safely through to the second round. he beat the 32nd seed robin haase in straight sets. the second set was by far the toughest for the 22 —year—old, who reached the fourth round last year.. he went on to take the match in just under two hours and will play stevejohnson of the united states next. british youngster cameron norrie, who's ranked outside the world's top 200, beat dmitry tursonov after the russian retired through injury in the third set. norrie, from fort william, who came through three rounds of qualifying, was leading by two sets to love at the time. with the football transfer window closing in three days' time — clubs are finalising deals. liverpool have agreed a club—record fee to sign leipzig midfielder naby keita,

champion stan wawrinka, novak djokovic, kei nishikori and victoria azarenka will also be missing at flushing meadowsfett visited the ark academy to get more on this i'm joined from our westminster studio by the minister for school standards nick gibb. i know you will want to congratulate stu d e nts i know you will want to congratulate students receiving their results this morning, and now we have a better understanding, in england and there was a slight fall in the past rate, and rails, slightly bigger, and in northern ireland, a rise in the pass rate. —— there was a slight fall in the past rate in england and wales. education is a devolved matter so i'm responsible for england's schools. we should congratulate all the students throughout the united kingdom and throughout the united kingdom and throughout england and wales, northern ireland, in collecting gcse results today, to achieve a standard pass or better in those gcses is a huge achievement and thanks to all the teachers in preparing our youngsters for these more demanding gcse is that we're seeing this year. let's talk about the new numeric

champion stan wawrinka, novak djokovic, kay nishikori and victoria azarenka in missing out at flushing meadowsworld championship and olympic gold medals. but this won‘t be the last we see of him — as he‘s switches his focus to marathon running instead. no matter who you are, you‘ve got to fight for it. the medals, they don‘t ta ke fight for it. the medals, they don‘t take me to the line. i‘ve got to go in with a new mind, there will be new guys that are already running faster than me. how do i get to them, what do i need to learn from them? what does it take? and remember you can listen to our test match special 60th anniversary match right now over on 5live sports extra or watch the celebrity teams go head to head over on the red button or online. that is all the sport for now. let‘s return to the exam results and the news that the number of teenagers gaining the highest gcse grades has fallen slightly, after exam boards moved to a tougher system. with me is debroah streatfield, chief executive of my big career — a guidance service which helps some of the most disadvantaged children in the uk

johanna konta was knocked out of the us open last night there has been another major shock at flushing meadowsding champion and sixth seed angelique kerber 6—3, 6—1 injust over an hour. the first time in 13 years the champion has been knocked out in the opening round. britain's chris froome has maintained his 36 second lead after stage ten of the vuelta a espana. after 102 miles in the saddle italy's matteo trentin held off spain's jose joaquin rojas to claim victory. froome crossed the line four and a half minutes later alongside his main rival esteban chaves. although the colombian is nowjoint second with ireland's nicolas roach who made up time on the final descent. that's all the sport for now. the prime minister of japan says his country is facing an unprecedented threat, after north korea fired a missile over its territory. the launch happened at six in the morning local time, with the missile potentially having the power to carry a nuclear warhead. it fell into the north pacific ocean 700 miles off the japanese coast. rupert wingfield—hayes reports from tokyo. siren this is how people i

and heather watson's poor run at flushing meadows continues. seventh successive year the british number two has gone out in the first round. she's yet to win a match at the us open as a senior. it was a better day for britain's men though. kyle edmund won his first round match against robin hasse in straight sets. he's joined in the second round by youngster cameron norrie after his opponent, dmitry tursonov retired through injury in the third set. norrie, who is ranked outside the world's top 200, was leading by two sets to love at the time. england have a lead of 321 over the west indies in the second test going into the final days play at headingley. england had the better of day four, with six batsmen scoring at least half centuries in the second innings. ben stokes, getting himself 58. but the innings of the day went to moeen ali, who scored 8a off just 93 balls. a win for england will seal the series. the last day pitch, as a spinner, you always look how it will go. nice for the seamers. it is heart when it is overcast. hopefully i can ge

seven, johanna konta, were knocked out of the us open, there has been another major shock at flushing meadowst time in 13 years that the champion was knocked out in the opening round. she played good, especially also at the end of the match, and i'm always trying to go for it when i have the chance. and today, i mean, she just went for it. i think she took her chances, and yeah, she played a very good match. but for me, for sure, it wasn't the best day and not the best match. britain's chris froome has maintained his 36—second lead after stage ten of the vuelta a espana. after 102 miles in the saddle, italy's matteo trentin held off spain'sjosejoaquin rojas to claim victory. froome crossed the line 4.5 minutes later alongside his main rival, esteban chaves, although the colombian is nowjoint—second with ireland's nicolas roche, who made up time on the final descent. two of england's women's sports teams have met the prime minister at downing street. the rugby union team narrowly lost the world cup final to new zealand last saturday. but the cricketers, led by heather knight, went one better a

heather watson's poor run at flushing meadows continues. better day for britain's men though. kyle edmund won his first round match against robin hasse in straight sets. he's joined in the second round by youngster cameron norrie after his opponent, dmitry tursonov retired through injury in the third set. norrie, who's ranked outside the world's top 200, was leading by two sets to love at the time. we're just an hour away from the start of the final day's play in the second test between england and the west indies at headingley. the west indies require an unlikely 317 runs to win the match but they do have all ten second innings wickets in hand. england's batsmen dominated day four, with six of them scoring half centuries in the second innings — ben stokes getting himself 58. but it was moeen ali who who put the match in england's favour, scoring 84 offjust 93 balls. a win for england will seal the series. and the problems continue to mount for arsene wenger, beaten 4—0 by liverpool on sunday, now midfielder alex 0xlade—chamberlain looks se

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