joe salisbury hello — good evening — how are you feeling? nervous? excited?t st georges park, wales basking in baku and scotland are settling in in darlington, preparing to take on the czech republic on monday. we'll be checking in with all the home nations — but lets start with the scottish camp —jane dougall is there for us.. positive feelings i can imagine from scotland because they are the championships, finally. d0 scotland because they are the championships, finally. do not foruet, a championships, finally. do not forget. a lot— championships, finally. do not forget, a lot of— championships, finally. do not forget, a lot of the _ championships, finally. do not forget, a lot of the scotland i championships, finally. do not- forget, a lot of the scotland squad were not even born the last time scotland took part in a major tournament, that was france in 1998. they have lived through the hurt and the pain of not qualifying. 0n the other hand, head coach steve clark has lived through all of that and he is in his 50s, do not forget. he has also been credited

she'd lost her previous six grand slam quarterfinals, and now she's in the final. joe salisbury saidr success in the wimbledon warm—up event in nottingham. she's into the last eight after a three—set win over kateryna kozlova. katie boulter is also through after beating heather watson. it was an incredibly tough match. i mean, _ it was an incredibly tough match. i mean. she's— it was an incredibly tough match. i mean, she's obviously— it was an incredibly tough match. i mean, she's obviously playing - it was an incredibly tough match. i i mean, she's obviously playing well, and she's— mean, she's obviously playing well, and she's beaten— mean, she's obviously playing well, and she's beaten so— mean, she's obviously playing well, and she's beaten so many— mean, she's obviously playing well, and she's beaten so many great- and she's beaten so many great players — and she's beaten so many great players it — and she's beaten so many great players. it was— and she's beaten so many great players. it was not _ and she's beaten so many great players. it was not could - and she's beaten so ma

joe salisbury said he didn't expect to win his second major title as he won the mixed doubles alongsideand i knew it was not going _ she's playing well and i knew it was not going to — she's playing well and i knew it was not going to be _ she's playing well and i knew it was not going to be a _ she's playing well and i knew it was not going to be a straightforward i not going to be a straightforward match _ not going to be a straightforward match and — not going to be a straightforward match and it _ not going to be a straightforward match and it definitely _ not going to be a straightforward match and it definitely proved i not going to be a straightforward match and it definitely proved to| match and it definitely proved to be, match and it definitely proved to be. so _ match and it definitely proved to be. so i'm — match and it definitely proved to be, so i'm really— match and it definitely proved to be, so i'm really happy- match and it definitely proved to be, so i'm really happy to - match and it definitely proved to be, so i'm really happy to have i be, so i'm really happy to ha

——joe —— joe salisbury. it's been 39 years since britain last had a winner in the main draw there.attinama kerkhove in straight sets — 6—1, 6—3. it is just it isjust a it is just a fun surface to play on. it's different, it asks different things of your game, it makes you think differently little bit, and so it's a really fun challenge. and for me and every other brit commits extra special. it's a fun surface and we also get to play at home. all—rounder sophia dunkley has been given her first england women's central contract for this season. she made her international debut at the twenty20 world cup three years ago, and she's already scored a century this season for surrey and south east stars. dunkley is one of 17 players to receive a deal, ahead of a busy summer which begins with their first test against india in more than seven years, starting a week tomorrow. for the second week running, gloucester have had to cancel a premiership rugby match after a covid outbreak. their match at worcester this weekend has been called off with last saturday's fixture with bath also affected. g

as well as defending his singles title injapan, he'll play doubles with joe salisbury and as expectedrmot bailey, jordanne whiley and lucy shuker. joss buttler helped england to a comfortable win over sri lanka, in the the first of their three twenty20 matches. the tourists struggled to just 129—7, with adil rashid and sam curran taking two wickets apiece. and england never looked in any trouble, as buttler anchored the innings, hitting an unbeaten 68, to give them victory by 8 wickets, with 17 balls to spare. and you can watch the second t20 live on bbc two tonight from 6pm. the women cosmic domestic t20 competition has been named, the charlotte edwards cup after the former england captain. eight regional teams are involved in the action, and it begins this weekend. edwards began in the t20, the first—ever one, in new zealand in 2004, at home, she she still england's eating —— leading run scorer in the format. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. i'm just going for a long shot now for any diplomatic types who may have been on the end of a harsh demar

salisbury in 2018. navalny survived, recuperated in germany, flew back to moscow in an incredibly brave act and of course then he was swiftly arrested. my fear is that the more joe biden presses this the less productive it will be because if the international community is invested in navalny's release for putin that is a kind of -- that's an affront. i'm pretty certain that navalny will stay behind bars regardless of what joe biden says today. >> thank you very much for that. luke harding there for us in london. thank you for at that taking the time this morning to speak us. >>> rosemary, as you can see there's so many difficult topics on the agenda. there may be some where there might be mutual or shared interest where the two leaders believe they could not necessarily find a compromise but at least talk to each other about these issues and find a common ground on these issues, but there are some where it really seems that there are hardened positions on both sides. of course, alexei navalny's fate being one of them, ukraine being another big one as well. we will keep an eye on all of them as the day unfold. >> fred, we will come back soon. >>> still to come on