we all knew it was highly likely that george russell will replace valtteri bottas, and that valtteriination. it's nice that they have been able to make it an official announcement today, and that alfa romeo have been able to unveil their new asset. but i think everyone saw it coming. and it's exciting times everyone with this big move that is happening in f1. there's a surprise new leader at the tour of britain, thanks to the best day's work of his career from american rider robin carpenter. carpenter made a solo bid for the stage win on dartmoor, and held off the chasing peloton all the way to the finish in exeter, winning stage two and taking the overall lead by 22 seconds. the race finishes in aberdeen on sunday. and that's all the sport for now. more reaction to your oppose mcquinn at the solheim cup over at the bbc news at the solheim cup over at the bbc new . . �* at the solheim cup over at the bbc new , , �* . �* , . ., news website. but that's all for me. have a good — news website. but that's all for me. have a good night. _ most of us had a fine day on monday, lots of sunsh

for george russell, those dreams of racing alongside his idol are now a reality.news he said he was �*absolutely buzzing�* about. lydia campbell has more. it's it�*s been the worst kept secret in formula i, but now it�*s official— george washable drive for mercedes next season. —— george russell. mercedes have wasted little time and for noting one of formula i�*s hottest process. russell describes today as special, and as quick to thank everyone who supported him in getting him to where he is today. but how wise he gotten to this point? russell was already raising eyebrows in the junior ranks. point? russell was already raising eyebrows in thejunior ranks. he point? russell was already raising eyebrows in the junior ranks. he was the gp three champion in 2017 and the gp three champion in 2017 and the gp to champion in 2018. since he signed for williams as a rookie in 2019, he has never been out—qualified by william�*s team—mates. he even earned a podium off the bank of one of the greatest qualifying laps formula 1 has ever seen. last year, when louis hamilton had

we all knew it was highly likely that george russell will replace valtteri bottas and that valtteri bottasor a seat, but as time went on through this season it became clear that alfa romeo was to become his destination. it is nice to have been able to make it an official announcement today and that alfa romeo have been able to unveil their new asset. it is exciting times everyone with this big move that is happening in f1. there's a surprise new leader at the tour of britain — the best ride of his career from america's robin carpenter saw him win stage two in exeter. he'll wear the leader's red, white and blue jersey tomorrow, and leads overall by 22 seconds. drew savage reports. sometimes cycling to those of the unexpected. most pundits on the start line with tipping the race leaderfor start line with tipping the race leader for second stage win but on the short, punchy climbs a dance now a small group established a six minute lead. it is rare for a breakaway to succeed. usually the main contenders real them in towards the end of the stage but the hope of delighting the crowd to the shop

we all knew it was highly likely that george russell will replace valtteri bottas, and that valtteri it's exciting times everyone with this big move that is happening in f1. there's a surprise new leader at the tour of britain, thanks to the best day's work of his career from american rider robin carpenter. carpenter made a solo bid for the stage win on dartmoor, and held off the chasing peloton all the way to the finish in exeter, winning stage two and taking the overall lead by 22 seconds. the race finishes in aberdeen on sunday. and that's all your sport for now. there's more reaction to your europe's win at the solheim cup over at the bbc news website. but from me and the team, that's all for now. goodnight. well, the warm southerly winds have arrived and a dose of summer heat is on the way. but it's not going to last very long. yes, a very warm and sunny tuesday on the way, but from wednesday onwards, late on wednesday, we could have thunderstorms in the southwest of the uk brought by this area of low pressure. but for the time being, high pressure over us, notjust over the uk b

british driver george russell has been speaking to the media for the first time since it was announcedsurreal, to be honest. i've been part of mercedes for too long —— so long now. still being at williams, they sort of overlooked everything and managed me. so, in a way, almost returning back to where i started myjourney towards f1. equally, it's sad to close this chapter. but it's been a great journey, and i'm so pleased we've had some great results of recent races to show for our efforts. and that's all the sport for now. we'll be back a little later. hello there. we've seen two things happening today, a drop in temperature and also some heavy rain falling, too. now, as expected, the best of the weather was across the south east of england, here in east anglia and also into lincolnshire. temperatures in cambridge were 25 degrees. it was 26 celsius this afternoon in norwich and 24 in hull. further west, temperatures have been lower, and charterhall there on the scottish borders at 29 degrees yesterday. a significant drop in temperature today because of the rain clouds that we've seen,

george russell will partner lewis hamilton at mercedes next season, forming an all—british driver line, including a second placed finish at the belgian grand prix. russell said he was "absolutely buzzing", but was aware of "the scale of the challenge". hamilton said on social media that russell had "rightly earned his spot". there's a new leader at cycling's tour of britain, after the ineos grenadiers won the team time trial — and it's a british rider, ethan hayter. the 22—year—old won a silver medal in the madison at the olympics with matt walls, and now he's showing what he can do on the road. hayter was in the light blue sprinter�*s jersey, and a fine team performance from ineos means he's swapped that for the red, white, and blue of the race leader. head coach chris silverwood has said england will make a late decision on whether ben stokes will feature in the upcoming t20 world cup. all—rounder stokes has missed the test series against india after announcing he would take an "indefinite break" from cricket to look after his mental wellbeing. england will name their world cup squad

the 1st, if is for me, one career will start a head of color science and george russell. while champion do is how much that could only take full place on the grid. mistake saw him hit the wall in pit lane, and then he spun on his final lap. i know what to say, you've got money session. but it was going well enough, you made a decision in the end. but i don't know if you ever think you're gonna get a poll until you get it and i wanted to do it. so yeah, assuming happy. i know big things to the team has already done the made up was right on the class, the time of coming in. so i was really trying to rush to get him in and out quick as possible and trying to pretend my fault research. the team is incredibly disappointed myself. and he's really celebrating a back to back rugby championship titles after a heartful when overwhelmed champion south africa. it was the one hundreds match between the sides and your black so quick to get going. well, jordan scoring the thing, try after just 3 minutes. south africa immediately hit back with a triumph that right just 3 minutes later. b

george russell says he's excited to be joining the cds f one team next year and hope to learn from 7 time world champion. louis hamilton 23 year old russell news from williams to replace cell trip bought us. he cleared his 1st ever podium finishing 2nd at the rain hit belgian grown pre 2 weeks ago. russell also underlined his credentials when he stood in for hamilton at last . the kid chrome pre after world champion contract id code 19 we will know how some lewis's and in my opinion he's probably the greatest driver of all time. you know, he's a 7th humboldt champion for a reason. so i think coming in incredibly fortunate position that i can go in and learn from the best allan pick sprint champion. elaine thompson, her room maintained her domination of the track at the final event of the diamond leak athletic calendar. the 10200 meters tokyo gold medals to victory over dina. asha smith and ala dell ponce in zurich. and a meet record of 10.65 2nd in the mens 100 meters. american. fred, curly beat andre degrass and compatriots running baker to grasp the 2nd in the 200 meters as well be

george russell says he's excited to be joining mercedes f one team next year and is hoping to learn from 7 time world champion. louis hamilton, 23 year old russell moves from williams to replace, fell through both us. he clenched his 1st have a podium finish. second at the rain hit belgian rome, probably 2 weeks ago, russell also underlined his credentials when he stood in for hamilton last year to k chrome pre off of world champion contract. if we know how from lewis's and in my opinion, he's probably the greatest driver of all time. you know, he's a 7th homo champion for a reason. so i think coming an incredibly fortunate position that i can go in and learn from the best when that is a part of that younger group. i think the young talent that's coming through is so great for the sport and is the future of the school. i think new fresh blood enough in our team is going to be great because on the already there and i think that definitely will energize the whole team. ellen big spring champion, elaine thomas hara maintained, had domination of the track. at the final event of the diamond l

for the 1st time since they hosted the events back in 2010 and fully one. mercedes announced george russell will partner louis hamilton at next season. the 23 year old. busy has been driving for williams since 2019. he replaced bounce reprocessing. yesterday confirmed he's moving to out for a mayor. russell says he's excited and humbled. susan joining up with miss sadie's and you are perform the sole hon cup on american soil for just the 2nd time matilda catherine of finland hare was playing in the event for the 1st time. holling, this puts on the 18th grade in our highest window singles match and secure the point that they needed to retain the title europe going on speak the united states 1530 were all just such a good team and everyone works well together and our team chemistry team out there is just amazing. i mean, i didn't really know what to expect coming in as a rookie, but it has been so much fun and it's, it's been an amazing week all together. alright, we're going to tell you live now to us secretary state antony, blinking speaking now in dallas, listening to numbers. this is abou

that has won 9 races in 90. 2 starts for mercy, this his departure pays the way for george russell with mercy. this expected to confirm the signing of the englishman soon. and that said, for me, folly. and i thank you very much for that. that's it for this news, are on alex's era from me fully like the whole team enjoy? i thanks for watching oper sarah is from ah ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, the story that need to be told, find a way and demand to be heard. the opening the window into another light and challenging perception from personal endeavors in epic struggle with the colossal sacrifices in individual journey witness showcases, inspiring documentary the change. the word on al jazeera, the taliban has taken control of f gonna song 20 years off. it was the whole from power. the country now faces a new reality. how will that impact the people as events unfold in the world? stay with us, the latest news and analysis from us going on. now, i can look my phone with my face and you can access your bank accounts with your voice. unique algorithmic measurements of us that are revolutionizing the pr

pulled up a shock pole the 1st, but we, for me, one korea, you'll start date of carlo sign, and george russell will number will champion. louis hamilton could only take full slates on the grid, a mistake, so him hit the wall in the plane and then he finally finally left. i don't know what to say manage session, but it was going well enough you made decision in the end. but i don't know if you ever think you're going to get a poll and you get it and managed to do it. so i'm assuming happy i know that the mcgarvey done. amazing job was right on the class, the timing of coming in. so i was really trying to rush to get him in and out quick as possible. and i was trying to pretend my fault research the team knew incredibly disappointed myself. meanwhile, 3 time dec already champ enough lexia and the french co driver. matthew bull, no face being invoked in a crash, and cypress alexia's folks. logan polo ran off the road in the ready on saturday and then caught fire. the rest of the stage was cancelled as the fire brigade put out the flames. the us open of surfing wraps up this week in california. bu

he'll start ahead of college science and george russell while champion lewis. how much today could any take full face on the grid? mistake saw him hit the wall in pit lane, and then he spun on his final lap and know what to say. manning session was going well and then you made a decision in the end. but i don't know if you ever think you're gonna get a poll until you get it and, and i wanted to do it. so i'm assuming happy i know big things. the team has already done the made up was right on the classical time and have come in. so i was really trying to rush to get in the, in and out as quick as possible. and i was trying to present my full research team is incredibly disappointed myself. new zealand, celebrating a back to back rugby championship. title involved a hard fought when over well champions of south africa. it was the $100.00 match between the sides and the black. so quick to get going. well, jordan scoring the opening try off to 3 minute south africa. they immediately hit back with a try. all right, just 3 minutes later. but judy barrett had the fina

british drivable for shock told the face of these former one korea color science was 2nd, and george russell food will champion, louis hamilton could only take full place on the grid. a mistake saw him hit the wall in the plain and then spun on the spinal lap. i don't know what to say. manage session, but it was going well enough. you made a decision in the end. but i don't know you everything. you're going to get a poll until you get it and managed to do it. so. yeah, assuming happy big thanks to team ago. they didn't make it so golf and team usa remained full points ahead of the europeans during the morning session on saturday, the american finished the opening day with the 6 to advantage. and in the full sentence being played at the moment, usa leading to matches play will continue in the afternoon with another 4 encounters and the san francisco giants. so the 1st team to reach $100.00 winds in the major league baseball regular season. this year. mike stream ski hit a 3 run homer, the giant beat the colorado rockies 7. see you on friday. it's the 1st on san francisco have reached $100.00

leave mercedes at the end of the year and move to alfa romeo — which should pave the way for george russellgside hamilton, bottas will replace kimi raikkonen at alfa romeo who's retiring from formula one at the end of the season. bottas has won nine races in five years since he joined mercedes in 2017. iraq continue their world cup qualification against iran in doha on tuesday. iraq held korea to a goalless draw in their group a opener, while the group leaders iran won theirfirst game with a narrow 1—0 victory over syria. the last time the two sides met was in 2019 when iraq won 2—1. plenty more on the bbc sport website including the latest from the us open tennis but from the us open tennis but from now, that is it for sport. let's have more on our main story — the situation in panjchir province in afghanistan. fahim fetrat is a journalist, political activist and former advisor to the afghan parliament. he is at an undisclosed location. thanks so much for being on the programme. as you well have been hearing, the taliban have said they have control of the panjshir valley. can you tell us t

will leave mercedes at the end of the year and move to alfa romeo — that should pave the way for george russelln's new partner from 2022. after five years at mercedes alongside hamilton, bottas will replace kimi raikkonen, at alfa romeo, who is retiring from formula one at the end of the season. bottas has won nine races in five years since he joined mercedes in 2017. paralympics gb are reflecting on a brilliant games injapan, finishing second in the medal table again with 124 medals, including 41 golds. two of those golds were won by swimmer maisie summers newton. she told sally nugent what it was like racing alongside her hero. when i first started racing against ellie simmonds after she came back from rio, that was surreal for me because she has always been such an idol for me and someone i have always looked up to, so to race against her is really strange but i have definitely got used to it over the past few years. she is such an inspiration, a good friend and lovely person. to have her in the cool room and having that person who has the knowledge and experience to know that i can trust he

but there was double disappointment for the williams team — george russell qualified second last weekout during the second session. neither were hurt, thankfully. verstappen claimed his sixth pole in seven races, beating his title rival hamilton byjust under four—hundredths of a second. valtteri bottas in the other mercedes will start tomorrow from third. the wsl is back and last season's runners up manchester city have thrashed everton 4—0 in their opening match. vicky losada and janine beckie put city 2—0 ahead before khadija shaw made it three with a debut goal. all before half time and captain steph houghton made an immediate impact after coming off the bench to give the visitors their fourth goal. the game at goodison park was the first in the wsl to be shown free—to—air on uk television on bbc one. two more games today. earlier aston villa beat leicester 2—1. totenham lead birmingham 1—0 in the 3pm kick off. hannah cockcroft has won her second gold medal of these paralympics in tokyo and seventh overall. she set a new paralympic record in the t34 800 metres, in what was a britis

had no such troubles, claiming the top spot ahead of ferrari's carlos sainz and fellow briton george russell legal standoff between the united states, china and canada has come to an abrupt conclusion. the huawei executive meng wanzhou is flying back to china after being released from home detention in canada, following the temporary resolution of a us legal case against her. apparently, in return, china has released two canadians it had imprisoned on espionage charges. david willis reports. leaving her home in vancouver for the last time after nearly three years of house arrest, meng wanzhou, a key figure in one of china's biggest companies, was facing extradition on charges of helping to evade us economic sanctions on iran. she was freed suddenly after striking a deal with us prosecutors, which saw her admit in a virtual appearance before a new york courtroom to lying to banks on huawei's behalf. in return, the usjustice department dropped its extradition request. over the past three years, my life has been turned upside down. it was a disruptive time for me as a mother, a wife, and as a c

we all knew it was highly likely that george russell will replace val to rebut us and that vow to rebutmma raducanu says she's relishing the prospect of playing in front of 20 thousand fans against the home favourite shelby rogers in the us open last 16 later. the british teenager is playing at the tournament for the first time and has reached the fourth round without dropping a set. she also reached this stage at wimbledon. rogers is the only american left in the women's draw and stunned top seed ash barty over the weekend. raducanu says she's "motivated for any situation" she's thrown into. there's a surprise new leader at the tour of britain — thanks to the best day's work of his career, from american rider robin carpenter. carpenter made a solo bid for the stage win on dartmoor, and held off the chasing peloton all the way to the finish in exeter, winning stage two, and taking the overall lead by 22 seconds. the race finishes in aberdeen on sunday. we'll have more for you in sportsday at half past six. great stuff. thank you very much. let's return now to education as today millions

george russell will partner lewis hamilton at mercedes next season, forming an all—british driver linebritain, after the ineos grenadiers won the team time trial — and it's a british rider, ethan hayter. the 22—year—old won a silver medal in the madison at the olympics with matt walls, and now he's showing what he can do on the road. hayter was in the light blue sprinter�*s jersey, and a fine team performance from ineos means he's swapped that for the red, white, and blue of the race leader. head coach chris silverwood has said england will make a late decision on whether ben stokes will feature in the upcoming t20 world cup. all—rounder stokes has missed the test series against india after announcing he would take an "indefinite break" from cricket to look after his mental wellbeing. england will name their world cup squad on thursday. the tournament in the uae and 0man starts next month. and that's all the sport for now. see you later. fairly balmy weather out there after a hot tuesday, and for many of us, wednesday will be every bit as hot with tonnes of sunshine on the way. having

british driver george russell has been speaking to the media for the first time since it was announceding back to where i started myjourney towards f1. equally, it's sad to close this chapter. but it's been a greatjourney, and i'm so pleased we've had some great results of recent races to show for our efforts. and that's all the sport for now. we'll be back a little later. hello there. we've seen two things happening today, a drop in temperature and also some heavy rain falling, too. now, as expected, the best of the weather was across the south east of england, here in east anglia and also into lincolnshire. temperatures in cambridge were 25 degrees. it was 26 celsius this afternoon in norwich and 24 in hull. further west, temperatures have been lower, and charterhall there on the scottish borders at 29 degrees yesterday. a significant drop in temperature today because of the rain clouds that we've seen, some storms that have been affecting the uk. most of those have been across northern and western areas. now, there'll still be some heavy showers around as we head further into the ni

qualifying was marred by two accidents from both williams drivers, george russell firstly and then teammaterashing heavily. hamilton's team—mate valterri bottas starts from third on the grid. and europe made a brilliant start on the opening day of the solheim cup where they lead the united states in ohio, more on that on the bbc sport website. but for now, that's all from me. that's all from us — goodnight. sunnier, warmer weather is on the way and that means a big change for those parts, especially of england, which have been under the cloud for the best part of a week and have been again today. we'll eventually break out into brighter skies which some have already enjoyed, especially parts of wales and south—west england. as the area of high pressure moves away, clearer, warmer weather moving in not quite there yet, but england and wales turning warm on sunday. scotland and northern ireland, the atlantic weather front coming in and there's some rain on the horizon. clear spells overnight across western scotland, wales and southern parts of england. there may be some foggy patches. cloud r

george russell will partner lewis hamilton at mercedes next season, forming an all—british driver line—up grand prix. russell said he was "absolutely buzzing", but was aware of �*the scale of the challenge.�* hamilton said on social media that russell had �*rightly earned his spot.�* scotland's footballers resume their world cup qualifying campaign tonight with a tough trip to austria. at the halfway stage in the group, scotland sit third, and a win tonight would put them right in contention to qualify for qatar next year — but manager steve clarke says his squad must take it one game at a time. every game's important. i think when you represent your country, especially in qualifiers, every game's important, because every point can be important towards the end. i don't know what the points total will be now. you look at it and you have so many combinations and so many thoughts in your head, and so many results that can go one way or the other that it's better just to concentrate on the game. look for a good performance and get the result that we can get. england might have won all five of

george russell will partner lewis hamilton at mercedes next season, forming an all—british driver line they needed to secure the trophy. rookie matilda castren with the winning moment, beating lizette salas on the 18th. it has been a nightmare start to the rugby season for england's emily scarratt, who has undergone surgery on a broken leg. scarratt was injured just two minutes into loughborough lightning's premier 155 defeat by harlequins on sunday. the 31—year—old will miss the red roses' four autumn internationals, but will be hoping to be fit for the delayed world cup next year. head coach chris silverwood has said england will make a late decision on whether ben stokes will feature in the upcoming t20 world cup. all—rounder stokes has missed the test series against india after announcing he would take an "indefinite break" from cricket to look after his mental wellbeing. england will name their world cup squad on thrusday. the tournament in the uae and oman starts next month. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. wea k stay weak stay with british t

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to leave mercedes at the end of the year and move to alfa romeo, which should pave the way for george russellant games injapan, finishing second in the medal table once again, with 124 medals, 41 of them gold, two of them one by swimmer maisie sommers newton. she told my colleague sally nugent, what it was like racing alongside her hero. when i first started racing against ellie simmonds, especially when she came back from rio, i think it was really surrealfor me, came back from rio, i think it was really surreal for me, because she is or has been such an idol for me, and someone i have a was looked up to. so to race against her was pretty strange! but i have definitely got used to it over the past few years. she is such an inspiration, such a good friend in such a lovely person. because we have done the same races when we were out there, so to have her in the room, and it wasjust having that person who has the knowledge and experience to know that i can trust her and rely on her, and it is going to be a great race, and it will be really fun. finally, just to mark your card for some exciting

the move should see george russell move from williams to fill the empty seat, and mean mercedes willge two and taking the overall lead by 22 seconds. the race finishes in aberdeen on sunday. are you ready for this? what is it, sall ? i are you ready for this? what is it, sally? i saw _ are you ready for this? what is it, sally? i saw it _ are you ready for this? what is it, sally? i saw it in _ are you ready for this? what is it, sally? i saw it in the _ are you ready for this? what is it, sally? i saw it in the running - sally? i saw it in the running order. what is it? finally, to a goal which perhaps has pet—tential to be goal of the season. well, if you take into consideration that it was scored by a dog on the football pitch. this is from a league in chile, posted on san miguel�*s social media. keep your eye on the goal—hungry hound here, who sniffs a chance, and has an eye for the goal, creeping in behind the defence i love the way we have highlighted the dog, in case you were confused about which player was the dog! if anybody didn't know where the dog was on the football pitc

he would say, frank, george, mary, gina, janice, russell, come on. will you guys do something?all his brothers and sisters and all those that gave their life. lawrence: you took a tragedy and turned it into something good. you are going every single day helping those that we have lost in the line of duty. police officers, firefighters, as well as our soldiers as well making sure they don't have to pay for the mortgage. that their family doesn't have to worry about how they are going to get their next meal. talk about that. >> that is why we are successful. >> we have simple mission. first, never forget this was a never forget walk. then it's to honor. and we honor by doing this, by coming together. and then it's to do good. saint francis said brothers and sisters while we have time let us do good. that is what we live by. that's what my family lives by. that is why from the very beginning we decided that we are not going to stay in a bad place that we are going to crush that evil and do good. and not just stephen's name but the name of all these great heroes that day. and to bu

the irs commissioner redding he actually immediately referred this matter to russell george who is the tax inspector general, tax administration, when he first became aware of this and it was right before he was heading up to a hearing on tuesday morning with the senate finance committee, the ig immediately confirmed receipt of the referral. we are required, irs employees are required to report to tigda immediately any instances of possible unauthorized access of taxpayer information or a disclosure of taxpayer information. so it's both, whether somebody accessed it or disclosed it, tigda is the authorized federal agency to investigate these potential violations and the commissioner requested that an investigation be initiated immediately. treasury announced yesterday that they made investigative referrals to their office of inspector general as well as to the fbi and the united states attorney's office for the district of columbia. we fully support any investigation undertaken and will urge the investigative authorities to keep congress appropriately informed of their findings. i'm un