but matt hudson—smith is still in the front. can he get there?many people in the world can say that? i've been the bridesmaid twice now! my time is coming. so i'm just happy, i'm grateful. it'sjust a start. yeah, i saw my family. i didn't even know they were here! it's been a hell of a journey, i'm just grateful. earlier, there had been drama on the track involving britain's george mills taking a tumble with the finish line of his 5000 metre heat in sight. eventually finishing 18th, before confronting the frenchman he believed was to blame. but organisers agreed mills was impeded, and he is through to saturday's final. despite heartbreak for hudson—smith, amber anning gave herself a chance of a second medal of the games. having already won relay bronze, she ran a personal best to make the 400 metre final — propelled, she said, by british support and the pride of trying to add to team gb's growing tally on the track. it wasn't just here at the athletics that there was gripping action all the way to the line, as the same was true in the velodrome.

can hudson smith do the same? let’s 100 years ago here in paris. can hudson smith do the same?hat comprehensive _ hudson smith do the same? let's hope he can. that comprehensive round - hudson smith do the same? let's hope he can. that comprehensive round up. | he can. that comprehensive round up. thank you. world championjosh kerr says the 1500 metre event could be about to enter a golden age, following his silver medal in last night's final. he delivered a british record and a personal best — as his rival, and the tokyo champion jakob ingebrigtsen missed out on a medal entirely. there's no love lost between those two, and in part their battle allowed american cole hocker to pass both on the inside and win a shock gold. kerr's been giving us his thoughts on last night's race — one he believes will be talked about for generations. i thought he was going to try to go into some deep waters and see who is going to sink or swim, really. we practised for that. you know, i was just weathering the storm early and trying to stay as close as possible to keep them under pressure. i was a

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britain's matt hudson—smith was so close to joining them on wednesday, having come into the event withtest time this year. he was pipped to the line, in a thrilling finale which saw american quincy hall take the gold. hudson—smith was bidding to become the first british winner of the race since eric liddell100 years ago, also in paris, and looked to be about to realise that ambition. but the american, hall, somehow found another gear to snatch the gold. soufiane el bakkali retained his 3000m steeplechase crown. the moroccan is the first man since volmari iso—hollo in 1932 to successfully defend a title in the race. kenneth rooks of the united states took silver, with kenya's abraham kibiwot winning the bronze medal. at the velodrome, great britain's men have won team pursut silver, in a pulsating final in paris. coming up — the moment ethan hayter, who was leading the train, came out of his saddle in the closing 200m and almost lost control of his bike, handing the australians victory. hayter and team mates dan bigham, charlie tanfield and ethan vernon were pipped to gold by australia,

britain's matt hudson—smith was so close to joining them on wednesday, having come into the event with to the line, in a thrilling finale which saw american quincy hall take the gold. hudson—smith was bidding to become the first british winner of the race since eric liddell100 years ago,

team gb�*s mathew hudson smith is the favourite to take gold in the final of the 400 metres later.pressive in comfortably winning his semi—final against a field that included former world champion, michael norman. if hudson smith can win he'll become britain's first male 0lympic 400 metres champion since eric liddell — of chariots of fire fame. in the velodrome, the dutch smashed their own world record twice in defending their team sprint title, outclassing great britain in the final. roy van den berg, harrie lavraysen and jeffrey hoogland were the same three that took gold in tokyo, when they ended the olympic stranglehold that team gb had on the event since london 2012. the british trio of ed lowe, hamish turnbull and jack carlin had no complaints about taking silver imane khelif, the algerian boxer whose eligibility has been called into question, will fight for an olympic gold medal on friday having won her welterweight semi—final by a unanimous points decision. khelif is one of two boxers competing in paris, despite being banned from last year's world championships by the inter

pipped on the line by the american quincy hall — hudson—smith was bidding to become the first britishe since eric liddell a hundred years ago. but the american, hall, found another gear to take gold by four hundredths of a second. i can't complain. i ran the perfect race. exactly how i hoped. he said it will come down to the last 50. the whole race was absolutely insane. the most competitive and biggest contributors coming away with a medal, that calibre of athletes is insane. there are a couple of adjustments that will be made and i was saying this is just the start and this championship is not even over, we have the relay so our focus on getting another medal and bring it home for the boys. we saw rafa nadal take part in the olympics but he has pulled out of the the us open that starts later this month. that could be the end of his grand slam career, he says "i will miss those electric and special night sessions in nyc at ashe, but i don't think i would be able to give my 100% this time." he says he'll play at the laver cup in berlin next month. west ham are having a busy summer in

can hudson—smith add another tonight? opportunity. the country's coin—maker has built a new industrial plant to start extracting gold from technology waste to make jewellery — and maybe more — as our science editor rebecca morelle has been finding out. it looks like a pile of rubbish. and, for most of us, it is. these are from all of the electronic goods we throw away. but here at the royal mint, they're discovering a new use for this rapidly growing e—waste problem. these old circuit boards contain a lot of different materials. there's aluminium, there's plastic, there's steel, there's tin, there's copper. but what they're interested in here is gold. there's a tiny amount of it on every single board. the question is, how do you go from this, to this? first, the circuit boards are pushed through a giant oven to heat them up so their components fall off. then they're sieved, and sorted, sliced and diced. anything containing gold is set aside. the processed e—waste is brought to the on—site chemical plant. so, after we've p

britain's matt hudson smith was pipped at the line in the final of the olympic men's 400 metres. ago, also in paris,and looked to be about to realise that ambition. but the american quincy hall somehow found another gear to snatch the gold medal fom the grasp of hudson—smith. i knew it was going to come down to that 50. i had it, he had another gear. i had to gear a little bit too late and he had one step on me and that's it. it's healthy, since the start really. my time going to come, it's a matter of time. amber anning finished second in her semifinal of the women's 400 metres, coming home in a personal best time. the british athlete made it through to tomorrow's final. the british pair of lavaiai neilsen and victoria ohuruhogo didn't qualify, though. soufiane el bakkali retained his 3000m steeplechase crown. the moroccan is the first man since volmari iso—hollo in 1932 to successfully defend a title in the race. kenneth rooks of the united states took silver, with kenya's abraham kibiwot winning the bronze medal. at the velodrome, great britain's men have won team sprint silve

it needed to come quicker for matt hudson—smith. for matt hudson—smith this silver took courage. through near misses and tough moments. he had almost quit athletics to become an electrician. but hudson—smith hit full power in the 400 metre final, a race no british man had won since paris 1924. hudson—smith is still in the front. can he get to it? it is hall's gold. quincy hall, the american, found something extraordinary, from fourth to the front in a surge for the line. hudson—smith had run the fifth fastest time in history. consolation came from those he hadn't thought he'd see. yeah, i saw my family. i didn't even know they were here. it was a bit of a shock, really. honestly, sometimes the journey is better than the outcome, and it's been a hell of a journey and i'm just grateful. came away with an olympic silver. how many people in the world can say that? and he got me on the line, but it happens, you know, i don't mind. for four brutal track kilometres britain and australia went wheel to wheel. the men's team pursuit gold medal race, the gap at the last lap less than two te

actually. >> matt hudson—smith yesterday.e olympics , we had it these olympics, we had it yesterday or day before in the 1500 metres close, but no cigar . 1500 metres close, but no cigar. exactly. the only cigar. in the seine. that's right. adam peaty was 0.02 seconds away from winning gold. you got matt richards in the swimming was also the same amount. same thing with ben proud 0.05. the women's coxless fours was a 10th of a second. amber rutter who was the shooter? you know she was doing the skeet shooting. she lost her gold medal even though she'd actually hit. so they probably should have been a lot more gold. but very very close. but i think we've had a we've we've we've done very well so far. >> yeah i think so. >> yeah i think so. >> and do you see that video of fred cyriax speaking to his daughter? she just missed out on an olympic medal. yeah. and he i thought it was really good advice. it was the last thing i watched before i went to bed last night. and he said, you know, she was crying. oh, sorry. he was cuddling

in the men's a00 metres, matt hudson—smith had gold in his grasp until the last few strides. flan hades. can he get there? it fell -- it felt like a _ few strides. can he get there? it fell -- it felt like a cruel- few strides. can he get there? it fell -- it felt like a cruel way i few strides. can he get there? it fell -- it felt like a cruel way to i fell —— it felt like a cruel way to lose but there was consolation. t lose but there was consolation. i saw my family and i didn't even know they were _ saw my family and i didn't even know they were here. did saw my family and i didn't even know they were here-— they were here. did you not? it was a bit of a shock. _ they were here. did you not? it was a bit of a shock. honestly, - a bit of a shock. honestly, sometimes _ a bit of a shock. honestly, sometimes the _ a bit of a shock. honestly, sometimes the journey i a bit of a shock. honestly, sometimes the journey is | a bit of a shock. honestly, i sometimes the journey is better a bit of a shock. honestly, _ sometimes the journey is better than the outcome and it's been a hell of a j

athletes have boarded the eurostar back to england including medal winners tom daley and matt hudson—smithbut as team gb make their way home, the boa chief executive, andy anson, has reflected on their success while acknowledging some frustration at a lack of gold medals in comparison to previous games. winning a medal on every day of the games is unique — that's never happened before — so it feels like it's just been, you know, success after success after success. i agree it would have been nicer to get some more gold medals. you look at the success of the australian team — they've managed to convert a much higher number of their medals to gold medals this time. and we've got to fight back, and i think we've all got to have that mindset. so celebrate the brilliant success of the 65 medals, but at the same time see how we improve things going forward. we have to assess is that something that needs _ we have to assess is that something that needs to be addressed in a different— that needs to be addressed in a different way going forward. the australian team have managed to convert _ austral

but hall had other ideas, and showed pure determination to make up the distance, and pip hudson—smithne, silverfor him. zambia's mazula samukonga came third, but drama right at the end there on the track. at the velodrome, great britain's men have won team sprint silver, in a pulsating final in paris. ethan hayter, dan bigham, charlie tanfield and ethan vernon were pipped to gold by australia, who triumphed in this event for the first time since the 2004 games. despite a strong start, britain's men trailed by tiny fractions of a second for most of the race and were under two—tenths of a second behind, as they started the final lap. but hayter, who was leading the gb train, came out of his saddle in the closing 200 metres, and almost lost control of his bike, handing the australians victory. moments later, great britain's women picked up bronze in the same discipline. elinor barker, josie knight, anna morris and jess roberts beat italy to continue gb�*s run of reaching the women's team pursuit podium at every 0lympics since it was introduced in 2012. andy macdonald's skateboarding 0lym

britain's matt hudson—smith was so close to joining them on wednesday — having come into the event withng finale which saw american

until he switched gears and left the rest of the field in his dust, beating out britain's matthew hudson smith for the gold by .0400 of a second. the gold rush didn't just stop at the track. team usa took home two more, one in cycling, team pursuit. and the other in women's wrestling. let's go back to the pool. the u.s. ended a nearly two-decade medal drought in artistic swimming. the team was narrowly edged out by china for gold, but their routine still won them the silver, the first since 2004. >>> and the u.s. women's basketball team is one game closer to their eighth straight gold medal. the squad continuing their dominance in the quarter final match. easily cruising to a 14-point win over nigeria. and then get this, there was even a long-delayed coronation right under the eiffel tower. the u.s. figure skating team received their gold medals from 2022's winter games in beijing on wednesday. they were finally confirmed as the winners last month, following russia's disqualification over doping allegations. >>> take a look at the medal count. team usa currently lays claim to 94 total medals.

a whisker away from gold for matthew hudson smith, who is pipped on the line, in the men's a00 metrea bright start in some eastern areas but in the west it is cloudy and damp. later that will be replaced by heavier rain and strengthening winds. all of that is pushing northwards and eastwards.

he came from behind to narrowly beat the british athlete hudson smith, a dramatic moment.rth medal of her career of gold in the dinky event. in skateboarding the oldest competitor in the competition, 51—year—old andy mcdonald of great britain, failed to qualify for the final despite huge cheers from the crowd, he nevertheless described it as the experience of a lifetime. so much more to come today later in paris. that is the low down on the olympics. let's bring you what 0lympics. let's bring you what is happening in bangladesh. the nobel peace prize winner muhammad yunus will return on thursday to become the leader of the nation's interim government. he is a long—time politicalfoe of the ousted prime minister. earlier, he was seen at a paris airport, preparing to catch a flight back to bangladesh. he was announced as leader following talks between the president and student leaders, who played a key role in the weeks of unrest that toppled sheikh hasina. protests began last month when students demanded that quotas in civil service jobs be abolished. but it quickly turned i

i matt hudson—smith, can he get there? i really love my mummy.e for great britain! lois toulson and andrea spendolini—sirieix, olympic medallists! what a moment in paris! gold for great britain! how long ago did you write on a piece of paper that you wanted this moment to come? 13 years ago?! great britain, they are the olympic champions! a couple of years ago my dad reminded me and i know that he would be so, so proud and ijust thinking a lot about him right now. gold goes to alex yee, from lewisham! - silver to matt richards, what a great swim from him! a hat—trick of olympic medals for emma finucane! who is going to get it? noah lyles, unbelievable! leon marchand, superhero! it is a gold medal for toby roberts! great britain take the olympic gold! keely hodgkinson gets the gold! gold for great britain! well done, keely, good girl! hello. a stormy night for some of us. and on top of that, it feels very warm and humid out there — almost tropical — with temperatures hovering around 20 degrees there on the south coast of england through the early

britain's matt hudson—smith looked as though he was heading home in first place — pulling clear ofjereem

we wonder if they will make a film out of matt hudson—smith. miles for the teams, which have a man and a woman alternating two legs each. no british interest. it looks like it will be between spain and ecuador. they say it ruins a good walk. another sport. the women's golf competition is under way, british interest with charley hull and georgia hall, best of friends off the course. hull is just about to tee off at le golf national. she finished seventh at the 2016 games. so who willjoin nelly korda, margaret abbott and inbee park as women's olympic golf champion come saturday? i feel i have played pretty well this year. i got injured a few weeks ago but i am fit and ready to go. i am nervous because i have had 3—4 weeks off but i can't wait. obviously, i've been watching some of the olympics. and i did not realise how much of a big thing it is until i'm here. i'm used to watching it on tv and i think to have a chance to compete for a medal is just absolutely awesome. just to compete for something more. yes, i am just really excited to get going

we can name a few of them. josh kerr and matt hudson smith on the athletics track came incredibly closeard to be too critical about the dropping golds. it's why uk sport baseit dropping golds. it's why uk sport base it on of all colours rather than just gold because there is a lot to chance on the day and you can't legislate for losing a race for 100th of a second or whatever. there were some huge success but heartbreaking if you are a couple of seconds or less which means you get silver. worth reiterating the total 65 medals has beaten tokyo byjust one. let's go back to st pancras. if you're just one. let's go back to st pancras. if you'rejustjoining us one. let's go back to st pancras. if you're justjoining us you will have been watching team gb arriving home on that special gold eurostar from paris. megan, you are there and most of the athletes have gone through now, the feeling there amongst them, they are meeting their families, maybe they have had to put their family lives on hold for weeks, maybe months. so this is a really special moment for the families and the athletes. specia

in the top left corner — they also show team gb's matthew hudson smith — who narrowly missed out on ar—old travelled to syria as a teenager, tojoin the islamic state group. more than a thousand uk military personnel have been put on standby, in case british nationals need to be evacuated from lebanon. hundreds of troops have been sent to cyprus, where the uk has a military presence, and others are ready to be deployed. the foreign office has warned that the situation in the middle east could rapidly deteriorate, after israel killed a hezbollah commander, in the lebanese capital, beirut. russia has declared a state of emergency in the kursk region bordering ukraine, in response to what the kremlin says is a continuing incursion by the ukrainian military.moscow says troops, supported by 11 tanks and over 20 armoured combat vehicles, crossed the border near the town of sudzha. the authorities in kyiv, have yet to comment. former production staff on strictly come dancing have told bbc news about a "toxic" workplace culture where they faced bad behaviour — including verbal abuse and bullyi

well, tonight, matthew hudson—smith at the 400. britain have not won this.s an absolute lung buster. the 400. you've got to sprint basically for a whole lap . and, he's really good. he's lap. and, he's really good. he's the european champion. he got a silver in the worlds last year, but the last time a brit won it was 100 years ago. and that was. would have been in paris, wouldn't it, as well, and he's he's got the fastest time in the world this year. so all things being equal, and you saw you know, how great it was for keely hodgkinson the other night and that incredible race with josh kerr yesterday , the track is kerr yesterday, the track is really is really where the glamour is isn't it. really is really where the glamour is isn't it . we i think glamour is isn't it. we i think everyone accepts that. and if matthew can do it about 8:20 i think and he is the favourite, then all right. >> well because we're running out of time but yeah 8:20 people. make sure you're tuned in.thank people. make sure you're tuned in. thank you very much chris. good to talk to

pole vault, we're expecting a great battle between the usa's quincy hall and team gb as matthew hudson-smithommate actually have no for lyles, that's the men's 400 meters and the women's golf fit is underway at le golf national, not a familiar course for many of the women's players, but it's nelly korda who is the defending champion. francis cillian buthidaung carrying the hopes of the host, choose to top rank european looking forward to that spectacular course, actually golf national, a few times. >> so i have amanda so much to look out for. thank you so much. >> still to come. >> it's the fragrance for man's best friend. luxury brand unveils, a designer perfume for your dog. chris is going to lie. >> i'm going milk story. >> bring it on every weekday morning. >> here are the five things you need to know to start your day. cnn since five things with kate bolduan, streaming weekdays on max ocd is more than what you see on tv. >> and in the movies, it comes with unrelenting intrusive images, thoughts and urges. if you have ocd and need help, you can get better with specialized treatment. go t

pole vault, we're expecting a great battle between the usa's quincy hall and team gb's at matthew hudson-smith, a former roommate, actually have no allies in the men's 400 meters and the women's golf is underway at le golf national. nelly korda, the defending olympic champion, but france is still in booty carrying the house so of the host, rosemary all right. >> thanks to amanda davies joining us live from paris thank you for joining us. i'm rosemary church for our international viewers marketplace, middle east is coming up next. and for those of you here on the united states and in canada, i'll be back with more cnn newsroom in just a moment. do stay with us assignment with audie cornish. listen wherever you get your podcasts with generative ai on aws, companies are already transforming how they work to generate new ideas and turn experiments into reality aws is the easiest way to get up and running so you can quickly build and scale generative ai would security built-in with generative ai on aws, businesses can push the boundaries of innovation. i want bro, i can't wait to see how you make o

and we're expecting facing a great battle between the usa, quincy hall and team gb's matthew hudson-smith, a former roommate of noah lyles in the men's 400 meters, women's golf is underway as well. nelly korda, the defending champion in that one amanda i could listen to simone biles talk about about her game all day. >> i would i would just listen to that forever. >> thank you so much see you tomorrow. i hope coming up next here on cnn this morning, a new democratic duo. what a harris-walz to animal looked like out on the campaign trail, plus congresswoman angie craig ed joins us live. she's going to talk to us about her home state governor being added to the top of the democratic ticket lactate is 100% real melt just without the lactose delicious to just ask my old friend kevin. now than like enjoying a cold one while watching the game who's winning no idea. real milk, real delicious. >> and don't forget to try some delicious creamy lactate ice cream what is? that? able wow smart dow psoriasis. >> all over. >> i couldn't get my hair done. >> then story article right? sensex works on peop

same boat when both events, demands 400 meters funnel produced a dramatic finish, britons matthew hudson. smith was denied gold, as he was overtaken apolline by american quincy hall. the pair around the 4th and 5th fast. this time in the history of the events found this village. i'm raven saunders has qualified for the women shot, put the final, but it's the americans had where that caught people's attention. saunders was wearing a full face of black mass as a silver metal, as from tokyo, made the final 12 to china to gold in the artistic team swimming and event that has been dominated by russia who had one, every single gold medal in the categories. since the 2000 sydney games, china, while the judges with an impressive routine finishing ahead of the united states, he took silver. it was the 1st ever gold medal for china in the event olympic organizers are considering adding a mix to what team for the 2028 games creating space for men to compete in the system. and then you should have secured their 1st gold metal in the games after venturing leanne drove on demand speed coming event taking pla

time ever run over the distance he came from four to first to beat the pre-race favorite, matthew hudson-smith of team gb. the fight and the grit he showed clear for everybody to see. and when he was asked afterwards, just how he did it, he said, well you can't outrun a dog the race was anyone's at that point? >> i just wanted to keep doing with my co-star me to do and just keep driving and keep grinding gill, we do a lot of hard practices and then we focused on coming home at the end each practice. so that was nothing more than just me trying to go hard, just hard but i'm used to do we had a rematch of the world championship battle in budapest in the final of the women's pole vault, two athletes who actually shared gold in that one, this time it was australia's nina kennedy taking the victory ahead of her us rival and the defending olympic champion, katie moon, who finished with silver kennedy had missed out on the final in tow three years ago through injury. >> she's openly talked about his struggles with depression, how she fought back from that this time though she saw to the heights of ol

fourth-fastest time ever run over the distance he came from fourth to first to be pre-race favorite matthew hudson-smith. the fight and grit as you can see so clear for everybody to see when he was asked how he did it, he said, well, you can't outrun a dog race was anyone's at that point? >> i just wanted to keep doing with my coast on be to do just keep driving, keep grabbed and get hill, and we do a lot of hard practices and we focused on coming home at the end of each practice. so that was nothing more than just me trying to go hard, just harder and harder. but i'm used to do we got a rematch of the world championship battle in budapest in the final of the women's pole vault two athletes who shared gold in that won this time with australia's nina kennedy, taking the victory ahead of her us rival and the defending champion, katie moon, who's finished with but kennedy had missed out on the final in tokyo three years ago through injury. >> she's openly talked about his struggles with depression, but this time soared to the heights of olympic gold, giving australia their first ever goals in the events. l

so, matt hudson—smith is mine. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and what about those people who've missed out onr? you know, talking about katarina johnson—thompson, talking about adam peaty? we've seen it a lot in these games. people missing out. you know, 0.02 seconds and things like that. is that something that is really gutting or are you just does that make it better in a sense that it was just so close? >> no, it's the worst. it's >> oh, no. in the world. >> oh, no. in the world. >> yeah. no, i've been there. i've been there with my myself. where you may have just missed out on a final. you may miss out on a medal , out on a final. you may miss out on a medal, you know, gold to silver, it's heart wrenching. i mean, those people who got silvers would have, like, gold. those people who've got bronzes with, like, you know, as a sports person, you want to be number one. you want to be that gold medal winner. you know, there's some people who have come to the games. you know, who didn't expect to get medals, which have got medals . so from which have got medals. so from that standpoint, it's be

sport, with the olympics, of course, another british record and another silver medallist, matthew hudson—smithnd bronze in the men's and women's team pursuit, and 51 year old andy mcdonald performed admirably,

but anyway, matt hudson—smith in the 400m, our best were one of our best runners.ntomime because we're shouting, he's behind you , he's behind you. and behind you, he's behind you. and it was quincy hall from the usa. and pretty much like it was with cole hocker and josh kerr in the 1500 metres, who just he just came through in the last 30m, took the gold. so matt hudson—smith, who's had just a really difficult time through personal problems , injuries the personal problems, injuries the last two years have been better. a terrific run. he looked really upset. there he is, there he looked really upset, once he'd come through and he'd been beaten. but his demeanour seemed to change as he walked through the stadium. everybody greeting him. and then i think he realised actually what he's done andifs realised actually what he's done and it's won a silver medal and he's he's talking about the fact, paul, that he even had made a suicide attempt a couple of years ago just after lockdowns, he was so down and just thought he'd need to quit athletics and never go back to it.

it needed to come quicker for matt hudson—smith.unned, shocked! the olympic champion is from the usa. it's reflected in a table that shows 1a golds — gb�*s lowest haul since the athens games. but overall the picture is still on the recent trend. 65 medals is one more than they won in tokyo, and the same as london 2012. in a statement, king charles addressed the british athletes, saying... "your achievements were forged from that invaluable combination of raw talent, true grit, and hard toil over many years, burnished these past weeks by sportsmanship and team spirit." from all of us watching at home, congratulations to team gb. the prince and princess of wales gave their congratulations in an instagram video where they were joined by the stars. thank you, great britain, on behalf of big snoop dogg. for team gb, these games have seen new ones emerge — british medals for the first time in climbing, kiteboarding, and artistic swimming. they've done it — they've got a medal. they've got a medal. it's less than 30 years since britain wen

matt hudson—smith see two two double barrel smiths matt hudson—smith in the 400.he 400. he won silver in the in the 400. he won silver in the in the olympics. third fastest time ever yesterday , although time ever yesterday, although there was no quincy hall who beat him in the olympics. but he won. he won that. and jakob ingebrigtsen, our old friend, the norwegian jakob ingebrigtsen, who came fourth in the olympic 1500. he beat cole hocker, who's the american who won the gold medal. if you remember that, beat josh kerr. so i'd just like to keep the fire burning. yeah, yeah. >> quite right you know. >> quite right you know. >> quite right too, sasha anderson is very upset with me. not with you. >> oh thank goodness, sasha, i'd be worried for a moment. >> she says i'm throwing this out there because i think there might be something wrong with your telly. sasha or maybe not. she says that ellie looks lovely. >> she does. you look really lovely. thank you. katie. she says. >> stephen is showing his lack of sartorial elegance by wearing a glittering, flashing jacket.

matt hudson—smith ran under 44 seconds in the 400m, hanging on in front in the home straight to win.earts and kilmarnock last night in european qualification victory for chelsea. we will speak to united for a bit more on the sport. we are sticking with sport now. let's talk the paralympics. paralympic champion richard whitehead says nhs prosthetics need to improve to help produce great britain's "next generation" of gold medallists. speaking ahead of the paralympic games, which start on wednesday, the marathon runner says the prosthetics prescribed by the health service are "not fit for purpose". our disability correspondent, nikki fox, reports. he's a double gold medal—winning paralympian — a four—time world champion, a marathon world record holder. richard whitehead might not be heading to paris this year, but he's got another focus. i'm fit and healthy, and i'm never saying never. i've not retired officially. but can you take on the fox? away from the track, richard is passionate about removing the barriers that stop disabled people enjoying sport. we still have some real access i

the meat of final produced a dramatic finish at britons of matthew hudson. the smith denied gold as he was overtaken at the lineup by american quincy holes. e pet. run the fools and fits your costs as times in the history of the kansas city. move one of the female boxes at the center, open ended disability role and is a through to the her limbic final tie ones and then you tang bases. so kids is stuff in this go home on things to you. none of us at points decision you thing and alters in mind. i need to have a face controversy officer reportedly failing during the test ahead of last year's will championships. your things took, his opponent appear to make an exit. jessica with her hands and post test often who defeats? it's a reference to the symbols for female chromosomes. the police will be fighting, so her goal is metal and the 66 kilograms a category. on friday, the 25 year old it says. busy she has been the victim of onset bullying in paris, but she has no shortage of support in her home country, as david stokes reports, to family and friends of a man who leif cel

but tonight by the way matt hudson—smith 400m. great chance to win a medal. a gold okay i'm very hopeful i'm not going to say it but i think there's going to be a medal there. >> well you'll be back to tell us all about it. >> thank you paul. right up next, a former labour mp will give his thoughts on the growing unrest in britain and the shocking scenes in birmingham. don't miss it. here's alex with your very important weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news . news. >> good morning. welcome to your latest weather update from the met office here on gb news. it's a day of sunshine and showers. some places won't see too many showers . others, particularly showers. others, particularly western scotland, will see lots of them. that's where the low pressure is. you can see the swirl here. very wet day basically across the highlands. the closer you are to the low, the more showers you'll see. so they'll be on and off through they'll be on and off through the day. for northern ireland, northwest england, further south, the showe

matt hudson—smith in the 400. he lost that by nought point nought four of a second. on the whole i think it was a very entertaining olympic games. >> so what about you in terms of sport that you've done over the years? what what was your strengths? what were you gymnastics? >> gymnastics? i used to love the gymnastics. i'm a gymnast myself and i used to watch nelli kim, nadia comaneci i loved simone biles. i love her watching her do that. my record was 15 backflips and a double back somersault at the end. >> hold on, what, 15? >> hold on, what, 15? >> i used to be able to do that. i can still do them. but, you know, obviously, because i have a bit of a gammy knee, i sort of don't do them because it's not really. >> so what will we have to pay you to do at least three for us? oh, could we not 2 million. >> could we do the christmas party or something? >> 2 million. on party or something? >> 2 million. oh yeah. you did do at the christmas party. i forgot about that. yeah, yeah, that was that was magnificent. but yeah, well well done. brilliant. but simone biles incredi

hudson has more. >>special counsel jack smith is putting former president donald trump's classified documents case backght, smith filed an appeal to have the case reopened in july. u.s. district judge aileen cannon ruled attorney general merrick garland's appointment of the special counsel was unconstitutional. zack smith with the heritage foundation says the ruling is about the special counsels power terms of the arguments presented to judge can she made a very compelling case. but special counsel smith argued that judge cannon made a series of errors when she dismissed the case in july. judge cameras so watching this case, very conspicuously. >>and that has made a number of very strange and um press rulings, including the one at issue here, david super a georgetown law professor says he believes the decision will be overturned. this will bring the case back up to the appeals court despite a history of special counsel's in the country. zack smith with the heritage foundation says jack smith's appointment is any of those other special counsel's have been president reappointed and senate confirmed u.s.