the home hopes definitely with hideki matsuyama, engulf. looking to add gold to his green jacket.. ——in golf. rory mcilroy potentially for ireland. mcilroy potentially for ireland-— mcilroy potentially for ireland. ~ ., ., , ireland. we would have been keein: ireland. we would have been keeping an — ireland. we would have been keeping an eye _ ireland. we would have been keeping an eye on _ ireland. we would have been keeping an eye on simone i ireland. we would have been i keeping an eye on simone biles today but of course she is no longer in the running. who else should we be watching out for on the gymnastics front? it is remarkable. _ on the gymnastics front? it is remarkable. simone - on the gymnastics front? it 3 remarkable. simone biles is essentially head and shoulders above the rest of the competition so i do not know whether anybody was expecting of anybody else for the gold medal. simone biles had the opportunity to win gold in this event and going back to back since 1968. look out for the brazilian qualified second in qualifying. really interesting story. she has had s

all eyes injapan will be on the golf competition, and the masters champion, hideki matsuyama, who'll be representing the host nation. there are also medals up for grabs in rowing and swimming. all week, the giant companies of the tech world have been reporting their staggering level of profits. alphabet, google's parent company, made in the three months tojune what it used to take an entire year to achieve. it's the kind of growth hardly ever seen before for any company, with the effect of the pandemic on work and lifestyle adding to this surging success. here's our media editor amol rajan. the phrase big tech is now common parlance, used to describe the five american companies whose wealth is getting harder to fathom but just how big are they? anything three months ofjune, nearly £12 billion profit for microsoft. in the same period, alphabet, the owners of google and youtube, £303 alphabet, the owners of google and youtube, £30.3 billion and youtube, £303 billion profit. apple reported 15.5 billion pounds — the best first quarter in its 35 year history. i've made a combined total of

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johnson won the event in 2015 and follows south african louis de jager and masters champion hideki matsuyama thursday at royal st george's in kent. if you had told us this time last year that we would still be sitting here socially distanced, wearing masks and doing all of that stuff with not 100% capacity and living in a bubble, you would have kind of laughed at someone. but you just have to mind yourself. i'm not saying zach did not mind himself, because he probably did and he probably got it somewhere stupid, but that's the nature of the world we live in at the minute. meanwhile the rest of the world's top golfers have arrived in kent ahead of the major championship which starts on thursday. it was a blustery day on the course for phil mickelson the current us pga champion who teamed up with bryson dechambeau and in front of plenty of fans ahead of the opening round. we we re we were postponed last year which was a _ we were postponed last year which was a great disappointment, but we fully understand. we have all suffered _ fully understand. we have all suffered in different ways. and we

and the masters champion hideki matsuyama has withdrawn from the open championship at royal st george'ss final major, which begins on thursday, by the american harold varner iii. there will be new cricket county champions this season. current holders essex have been forced to abandon their current match because one of the opposition, derbyshire, tested positive for covid. other squad members have been identified as close contacts and the players are now self—isolating. essex needed a victory in the match in derby to keep alive their hopes of finishing in the top two in their group and progressing in the competition. they had got themselves into a strong position after the first day, only for the positive case to force abandonment before day two. now, he was the tournament favourite from start to finish, and at the weekend novak djokovic won the wimbledon men's title, beating italian matteo berrettini in four sets. djokovic has now won three grand slams, and, with the us open and the olympics fast approaching, he's on track to take the golden slam. joe wilson looks at what the future hol

all eyes injapan will be on the golf competition, and the masters champion, hideki matsuyama, who'lle representing the host nation. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm sarah montague. it's a year since lazarus chakwera became president of malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world. the preacher turned politician won power promising to create a millionjobs and to clear the rubble of corruption. but a year on, the economy is being hit hard by the effects of covid. his government admits it has no idea how many jobs have been created, and he's been criticised for nepotism, including giving jobs to his family. he's about to take on the presidency of the southern african development community, but can malawi's president even honour the promises he made to his own country? lazarus chakwera, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. now, let's start with the situation as regards covid, because there are currently 11,000 active cases reported in your country. there've been 1500 deaths, but that will be underreported. what's your assessment of the situation at the moment

underway — with all eyes on masters champion hid—ki matsuyama for the hosts japan — there'll also hideki matsuyamand swimming. let's stay with the olympics — the games are usually marked by people from all over the world coming together to celebrate athletes competing at the peak of their ability. but with no fans allowed in the stands, and people watching from their homes in tokyo and around the world instead, social media is more important than ever to help keep people engaged and up to date with all the gold medal drama. well one of the people behind the social media accounts is daum kim, digital media manager for the tokyo games, she's been telling me of her experience so far. well, we are more relaxed than we were in the last weeks. even into the last minutes, we had challenges and concerns but because the cauldron was lit on the 23rd, the operation has been going smoothly and it i can feel will bring excitement to people. how different has it been in comparison to what you might have expected? the games have been plagued with problems — covid cases, an impending tropical storm, lots of anti—

all eyes injapan will be on the golf competition, and the masters champion, hideki matsuyama, who'lle representing the host nation. there are also medals up for grabs in rowing and swimming. now on bbc news, it's time for click. as the world tries to emerge from the pandemic, the way we go about our lives is bound to be different, but exactly how is hard to say. on this week's show, we'll be seeing the buildings that are hoping to get to know us a bit better. and looking at how online shopping could be getting social. but first, we'll be finding out how the world of search is changing right before our eyes. the idea of visual search is nothing new. it's something we looked at a few years ago, where you search for something online by using a picture rather than words. but the idea does seem to be gaining ground now, as omar mehtab has been finding out. omar: toys, animals, food — no need to type, just take a snap instead, and you will get a result, and that's thanks to something called visual search. you must have seen it popping up in your amazon shopping app, perhaps pinterest, even

american xander schauffele reading home favourite hideki hideki matsuyama, the first japanese playerone shot. what a story it could be for him and forjapan if he could win that one. and in tennis, we've got the men's singles final. germany's alexander zverev, who ended novak djokovic's hopes of a grand slam, takes on russian karen khachanov in the men's singles. djokovic earlier lost the bronze medal match in three sets to spain's pablo carreno busta. he pulled out of the mixed doubles bronze match with a shoulder trouble, but it was a really heated display from djokovic, who threw one racket, smashed another. remember, it's not happened for him here. he wanted that golden slam, win all four majors in the same year and the olympic title, and not to be for him. let's see what he can do at the us open, but plenty to look forward to on sunday. chest and back at their —— chetan pathak. this is bbc news. the headlines: heavy fighting is taking place in the centre of the strategically important southern afghan city of lashkar gah. a convoy of more than a dozen aid trucks has managed to rea

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absolutely, and it was interesting looking at that middle table there and seeing japan top because hideki matsuyamassure on him, he is one of the faces of the games here. he won the masters back in april, the first japanese player to win that event so he is looking to add a gold medal to his greenjacket and in to add a gold medal to his green jacket and in the buildup to these games this week he had said he been watching a lot of his compatriots winning those medals and is hoping he can do as well. he has teed off in that event, as we know not many people there. the support staff clapped him as he teed off and he found the fairway on the first, always a nervy opening shot particularly if it's the olympics on home soil, so he will be competing on that but he has a lot of competition, the american team is very strong. a youngster from the american team is very strong. a youngsterfrom san francisco, very promising golfer. justin thomas is also there, rory mcilroy so there's plenty of big names that will be taking the headlines over the coming four days but we are going to have lots more medals as you

johnson won the event in 2015 and follows south african louis de jager and masters champion hideki matsuyamach did not mind himself, because he probably did and he probably got it somewhere stupid, but that�*s the nature of the world we live in at the minute. meanwhile the rest of the world�*s top golfers have arrived in kent ahead of the major championship which starts on thursday. it was a blustery day on the course for phil mickelson the current us pga champion who teamed up with bryson dechambeau and in front of plenty of fans ahead of the opening round. we were postponed last year which was a great disappointment, but we fully understand. we have all suffered in different ways. and we had 170 days of no golf last year. but the set up that they produced this year has been fantastic. and i think the spectators that will come on the championship days willjust think it is sensational. four wins in this year�*s tour de france have seen mark cavendish equal eddy merckx�*s long standing record of 34. today is a rest day, but the next few stages sees multiple climbs in the pyrenees. cavendish h

the virus is still spreading across this country and the world including hideki matsuyama who tested positive and was forced to withdraw from the pga tournament. he's the first masters champ from japan and was planning to participate at the tokyo olympics later this month. now his participation there is uncertain. >>> joining us is dr. john brownstein, epidemiologist at boston children's hospital and an abc news contributor. thanks so much for being with us this morning. let's get right to some of these latest numbers. arkansas has seen a 200% rise in infections over the last two weeks with only about a third of their total population vaccinated. local officials there and in louisiana, missouri, mississippi and nevada all reporting an increase in cases of covid-19 ahead of this holiday weekend. so, okay, memorial day didn't seem to have a major effect on the numbers. is there any reason to be concerned about the july 4th festivities? >> yeah, good morning, eva. i am concerned. at a national level we don't expect to see a major increase in hospitalizations and deaths but you can't loo

masters champion hideki matsuyama and louis dejager also miss out after testing positive.today. there will be three tough mountain stages in the pyrenees for mark cavendish to get through if he's to get the chance to break the record for stage wins at the race. every opportunity there is for a sprint, i'd like to win, and every opportunity there is for a stage win elsewhere. this is still probably the hardest tour de france i've ever done. don't know whether i'm looking forward to the next three days, but, hopefully, we should be ok. he s won seven world titles and is the most successful driver formula one has ever seen. now lewis hamilton has a new mission — to make the sport more diverse.he wants to get more young black people to take up science and engineering subjects. it's a very nerve—racking moment but challenging as well because it is the beginning of a journey part pushing for change in my industry. it stemmed from i thought that me being in the sport and we thought as a family, it would break the mould, open up doors and pathways to other young black talent. when

johnson won the event in 2015 and follows south african louis de jager and masters champion hideki matsuyamang out after a close contact tested positive. the open begins this thursday at royal st george's in kent. if you had told us this time last year, we would still be sitting here socially distance, with masks, doing all that stuff with not 100% capacity and living at a bubble, you kind of would have laughed at someone, so, but, like, youjust have to mind yourself. you know, i'm not saying he didn't mind himself, because he probably did, and he probably got it some stupid, but that's the nature of the world we live in at the minute.— live in at the minute. let's finish on a positive. — live in at the minute. let's finish on a positive, shall— live in at the minute. let's finish on a positive, shall we? - live in at the minute. let's finish on a positive, shall we? the i live in at the minute. let's finish | on a positive, shall we? the open championship golf is back, as we have a major tournament to look forward to. lots of good stuff happening in the sporting world, and thanks for ending

the masters champion hideki matsuyama has withdrawn from the open championship at royal st george's afterrocket mortgage classic on the 2nd ofjuly and has been self—isolating ever since. the 29—year—old has been replaced in the year's final major — which begins on thursday — by the american harold varner iii. that's all the sport for now. we will see you soon. thanks very much. passengers at heathrow�*s terminal 5 have been facing long queues due to more than 100 security staff being told to self—isolate by the nhs test and trace app. let's speak to our transport correspondent caroline davies. caroline, we keep hearing that many people have been pinged by the app and now security staff are a casualty. and now security staff are a casualty-— and now security staff are a casualty. yes, some people speculated _ casualty. yes, some people speculated that _ casualty. yes, some people speculated that the - casualty. yes, some people speculated that the security casualty. yes, some people - speculated that the security guards had not turned up due to the match last night but that is not correct