katerina johnson thompson already out quickly, american on the side,... , american on the side, . .. katerina johnson thompson is coming through nicely. music: remember the name she should've had the metal in 15. should've had a metal in 17. what a beautiful jump should've had a metal in 17. what a beautifuljump forjohnson thompson! this is high, this is long, that's an enormous throw. a look at the smile on her face. she knows. the british record! she will become the world champion! she is the gold medallist! she breaks the british record! she is the world champion! katrina johnson thompson in liverpool. is this so much sweeter because of the ups and downs, perhaps before he got into delhi? i feel like i do appreciate it more, it's not sweeter, i probably could've done without the ha rd yea rs, probably could've done without the hard years, but at the same time, they have definitely helped me achieve this. they have helped me become the athlete and person i am today, without that, i wouldn't have moved to france, i wouldn't have you know, changed my life

and after a long wait, katerina johnson—thompson tells us how sweet it was, to win a first world hepthalon. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm gavin ramjaun. bulgarian police have identified the suspects responsible for the racist abuse directed at england's black players, in their win in sofia this week. six have been arrested. several more are under investigation as uefa's call to wage war against the racists begins to take effect. tyrone mings making his england debut was among those to hear the abuse, which he described "clear as day". with bulgaria manager, krasimir balakov now apologising to "english footballers and to all those who felt offended". bbc news correspondent daniel sandford has more from sofia. the bulgarian football union might have been caught out by events on monday night that things have been moving at blistering speed. technical. first of all the —— first for the resignation of the head of the union. they have identified 15 people on cctv pictures who they believe are involved in the racial abuse or the nazi salutes which were witnessed here on monday night. they h

just to recap our top story tonight, britains katerina johnson thompson is the world heptathlon championat's all from sportsday. just to recap our top story tonight, britains katerina johnson thompson is the world heptathlon champion. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are henry zeffman, political correspondent for the times, and daily mirror political correspondent, nicola bartlett. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. let's start with the financial times, and it leads on a warning from eu leaders, that they remain deeply concerned over boris johnson's new brexit proposals. the same story makes the front page of the metro, which says mrjohnson's brexit plan looks doomed, after it failed to convince the eu. the mirror carries an interview with the us businesswoman jennifer arcuri — with whom borisjohnson is allegedly linked — in which she claims men can't help falling for her. a different story in the guardian. it leads on a state of nature report, which reve

katerina johnson thompson talk to olly foster earlier on.sullivan has beaten yuan sijun by four frames to three in the second round of the english open in crawley. the five—time world champion continued his criticism of the venue earlier this week. last year he described the k2 leisure centre as "a hellhole" and feels little has changed since saying "every day in crawley is a day lost in my life." that's at least another day lost then. that's all from sportsday. thanks for watching. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are anna isaac, reporter at the wall street journal and john rentoul, chief political commentator at the independent. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. let's start with the daily express, it says boris johnson is "tantalisingly close" to a brexit deal, after last minute negotiations with the eu. optimism in the daily mail as well, over the prime minister's likelihood of clinching a deal although it warns he could still meet

in the last few moments, katerina johnson thompson has become the world heptathlon champion.t for great britain, and this was the performance of a lifetime. there was a big shock as well in the last hour in the womens 400 metres? yellow makes you produce the best performance really mattered and she w011 performance really mattered and she won herfirst global performance really mattered and she won her first global title and she isa won her first global title and she is a phenomenal title,

in the last few moments, katerina johnson thompson has become the world heptathlon champion. lets get straight across to doha, ade adedoyin is there for us. ade, another golden night for great britain, and this was the performance of a lifetime. there was a big shock as well in the last hour in the womens 400 metres? yellow makes you produce the best performance really mattered and she won herfirst global performance really mattered and she won her first global title and she isa won her first global title and she is a phenomenal title, european champion, a beautiful performance. remember, she was criticised when she led the event and people questioned whether or not she had the mentality to succeed. but she showed that, the best in three events and it has been a brilliant performance. he saw that in the 800 metres, she has been sensational all season, metres, she has been sensational all season, a personal metres, she has been sensational all season, a personal best earlier this season, a personal best earlier this season, she came in here is a real contender and she delivere

very possibly, because katerina johnson thompson had a very good day at the habitat fine.over the olympic and defending world champion of belgium. she shaved off two tenths ofa belgium. she shaved off two tenths of a second of her best time in the spring turtles. and then it made a 71 cm improvement in the shot put, she had a really, really good year. she has set a personal best this season as well. but she is a very fierce competitor, so johnson thompson will have to be out on her best for the second day to make it does my goals for britain in two days. while we await the second day of the habitat the line, with a great deal of hopefully not having tempted fate, thank you very much indeed. after two defeats in their opening game of the champions league. liverpool and chelsea have their first wins of the competition. but, neither had the smoothest ride. adam wild has been watching the games tonight, and is at the touch—screen. adam, we had nine goals in one match involving a premier league team last night. they nearly matched it at anfield this evening. liverpool fans have

i would say tina asher smith, katerina johnson thompson, the crowds were a little bit rubbish plan obviouslyddle of it, we have the doping scandal with alberto salazar. and that‘s going to ramble on. it seems to have a lot of repercussions for the sport, a lot of salazar athletes that were competing as well. how do you feel about that? one of the most high—profile coaches getting banned forfour years? obviously it‘s sad we are still talking about that in the midst of such a great championship, so i feel like it was a little bit of a downer that it happened when it did. it shouldn‘t take away from some of the performances like myself and dena, we should just be talking about positive things. and they were very positive things. and they were very positive things. and they were very positive things. fantastic performances there in delhi. finally, if manchester united fans are feeling a little bit sorry for themselves at the moment, down in themselves at the moment, down in the dumps, spare a thought for fc united of manchester, last night, at home to the northern primarily, the seventh year, st

and an emotional moment, as britain's katerina johnson—thompson finally becomes the world champion heptathlete. getting this gold medaljust means the absolute world to me. itjust means that, you know, i wasn't deluded in thinking that i was able to do these things! and coming up on sportsday, on bbc news: both great britain's axioom relay teams ease through to the final at the world athletics championships in doha. good evening. buckingham palace has said that prince harry has begun legal action against the owners of the sun, the now defunct news of the world, and the daily mirror, in relation to alleged phone—hacking. it's not yet clear when the prince's allegations date from, but in a phone hacking criminal trial in 2011, he was named — along with prince william — as a victim. his move follows the announcement earlier this week that his wife, meghan, was taking a separate legal action against the mail on sunday. our royal correspondent, johnny dymond, reports. all smiles at the end of a high—profile tour, but in the works, a legal bombshell. harry is suing two of the biggest newspaper groups

and after a long wait, katerina johnson—thompson tells us how sweet it was, to win a first world hepthalon

but we have the british indoor champion heptathlete katerina johnson—thompson starting her quest forposted personal best through the season. kay jt says she has had personal best through the season. kayjt says she has had her personal best through the season. kay jt says she has had her best run—up in terms of preparation ever but she will have stiff competition and that could be a fascinating battle in the last few days —— the next few days. britain has never had a global sprint gold medallist in history and dina asher—smith is the red—hot favourite for this one. now in the semifinals, she was serene and she was the fastest of all four of the top ten world athletes that will be in the final. all her major rivals by the pulled out through injury and it looks like britain could be getting their first gold medal of the championships tonight. natalie, thank you. time for a look at the weather. hhere's stav da naos. what a difference a day makes. clear skies out there and lots of sunshine around. it is a short lived settled speu around. it is a short lived settled spell as it turns more

katerina johnson—thompson's the new world heptathlon champion.sterday, she jumped brilliantly in the long jump, set a new personal best in the javelin, before winning the 800 metres. wednesday's winner, dina asher—smith, already has her gold safely in her suitcase and says she can run faster still. that is a scary prospect. from number ones to a hundred. a new hundred—ball cricket competition is launched with the aim of bringing a whole new audience to the sport. and the night the wolves pounced. a late, late winner gives wolverhampton wanderers their first major european win in 39 years. a sticky note for manchester united. but it is going to be great to speak to katarina johnson—thompson later. cannot wait. the highs and that preceded it. and you will look through the back pages with us in just a moment. let's take a look at today's papers. the times reports that victims of the met police's botched investigation into claims of a vip paedophile ring have called on labour's deputy leader, tom watson, to resign over his involvement in the investig

katerina johnson—thompson leads the way in the heptathlon. now extended her lead over nearest rival nafi thiam to 216 points with a personal best of 6.77 metres in the long jump. the javelin and 800 metres still to come. she is putting in the performance of her life. a huge chance to become britain's second gold medallist of these games. dina asher smith, of course, was the first last night, world champion in the 200 metres. she's been given her gold medal. that goes with her silver she won in the 100 metres. there are five british sides in action in the europa league this evening — three of those games have already finished. wolves left it very late in istanbul where they scored a 93rd minute winner against besiktas. willy boly with the only goal of the game to secure his sides first points in the competition this season. there was late drama in switzerland too where young boys also scored in the final minute to beat rangers 2—1. steven gerrard's side had taken the lead in that match. it finished 3—0 in the netherlands where manchester united

bring you up to date with the rest of the day's action from the world championships, and katerina johnson thompsonace going into the fourth and final event of the day, the 200m. but her time ofjust over 23 seconds gave her a 96 point lead over defending champion nafi thiam. it'sjust really it's just really important to end the day on top, obviously there are three runs tomorrow, but i've got to negotiate, including another throw, but during the day on top after, you know, not the best 200, my 200 hasn't been great this year, so i still have something to work on for next year. i'm happy that i'm on top after that. in the women's shot put britain's sophie mckinna threw a life time best of more than 18 and a half metres to automatically qualify for the final. isa is a thrower, you generally know that when you let go of it, it's going to be a good throw, i let go of it and turned around to my coach and was shocked. training has been going really well, but to go 61, yeah, ididn't going really well, but to go 61, yeah, i didn't expect that. to come into a final yeah, i didn't expect that. to come intoaf

katerina johnson—thompson leads the way in the heptathlon.k — our main story is the reaction to borisjohnson‘s revised brexit plans after he outlined the proposals to mps in the house of commons. the plans include a suggestion to replace the so—called irish backstop, which would involve new customs checks between northern ireland and the irish republic. the northern ireland assembly would have a say over border arrangements. the european commission says it welcomes progress, but it still has concerns. donald tusk, president of the european council, said the eu was standing fully behind ireland and remain open to talks with the uk, but was still unconvinced about the latest plans. first, the day's events at westminster from our political correspondent nick eardley. what was the mood in here this morning? perhaps relief, the brexit plan hasn't been dismissed outright. likely some optimism, but cautious backing from rebel mps. i think it's gathering support. this brexiteer minister arriving for cabinet says it's all looking good, and from the ma

katerina johnson—thompson has put herself in a great position to win the heptathlon at the world athleticsrst four events. plenty of goals in the champions league last night, liverpool needed four of them to beat red bull saltzburg after throwing away a three—goal lead. elsewhere, chelsea beat lille 2—1. more on those stories in 20 minutes. see you then. around four million women will hear this morning whether changes made to their state pensions amounted to discrimination. campaigners say the government didn't give enough notice to women born in the 1950s that their state pension age was going up from 60 to 65, in line with men. they claim some have lost out on tens of thousands of pounds, but ministers say it was a long—overdue move towards gender equality. you cite a lack of empathy about understanding with members about why this code in the first place. that's my understanding. we had the first lot of changes in 1995 which were due to start in 2010. and before we got through those changes, the government in 2011 in coalition they decided with male members they would push up same pensio

katerina johnson—thompson leads the way in the heptathlon after four events.re in the shot put. she leads by 96 points. liverpool's champions league tie against red bull salzburg was more eventful than most expected. liverpool won 4—3 but only after blowing a three goal lead. the austrian side recovered from being 3—0 down to equalise just before the hour mark. but as, so often, mo salah popped up just when he was needed. his second goal of the night proved to be the winner. it was a very important lesson for us it was a very important lesson for us tonight but i prefer massively to learn it in the game than to london after the game. so three point and a lot to learn from and so i am fine andi lot to learn from and so i am fine and i knew before we had to improve and i knew before we had to improve a lot but now everybody knows but probably that is ok. chelsea were also pegged back against lille but willian's deflected strike gave them a two—one victory in france. there's a big game for ireland at the rugby world cup this morning. ireland have made eleven chan

after dina asher smith's victory in the 200m last night, katerina johnson—thompson leads the way in theset a personal best time in the hurdles and then went on to throw further than ever before in the shot put. she leads by 96 points. longjump, long jump, javelin and 800 metres to come. the javelin, that will be crucial. you can follow that on bbc two, coverage about now. more in the next hour. the high court in belfast has ruled that northern ireland's abortion laws breach human rights. the case was brought by a woman who was told by doctors that her unborn child would not survive outside the womb, but was denied a legal termination. there's a near total ban on abortion in northern ireland, but the law is set to change later this month, after parliament voted to intervene. emma vardy reports. ( sarah ewart became the public face of a debate about a deeply personal issue. six years ago, she went to london to have an abortion. her unborn baby had a condition that meant she wouldn't survive outside the womb. it's not something i ever would have even dreamt of going through. northern irela

meanwhile, british athlete katerina thompson johnson produced her third and fourth personal best of theseames in the javelin and then the 800 meters to defend her spot at the top of the field and claim her place on top of the podium. yet another maiden title to round off a day of insurgent success in doha. brent: you are watching "dw news." after a short break, i will be back to take you through "the day." we will be right back. ♪ . the bloody day at two am et. hello and welcome funds when he formed the london to suzanne will live from paris the headlines this hour. france's anti terror prosecutors take control of an investigation a day off a man stabbed his a full colleagues to death. at the police headquarters in paris. the white house says it's repairing a laxative formally object to house speaker nancy pelosi conducting an impeachment inquiry donald trump warning democrats that any effort to impeach him we'll have them paint at the polls. and several protesters shot dead by security forces in baghdadad thirty or today the sporadic demonstrations are the most a serious challenge facing

katerina johnson—thompson has been reflecting on a magnificent gold in the world athletics heptathlonmp than her main rival. then a personal best in the javelin, which is traditionally one of her weaker events — that was one of four pbs in doha. and she rounded off a fantastic couple of days, by winning the 800 metres to take gold. and after only about an hour's sleep, kjt told us what she plans to do next. one thing i'm desperate to do is go home! go home to liverpool, see my dog, see all my family, getting this gold medaljust dog, see all my family, getting this gold medal just means dog, see all my family, getting this gold medaljust means the absolute world to me. itjust means that i wasn't deluded in thinking that i wasn't deluded in thinking that i was able to do these things. just having believe in yourself. after six women's world champions in 32 years, we've had two in 2a hours — and there's been praise from a couple of those former champions on social media sally gunnell said: she's been receiving congratulations from every corner — including her old school teacher, who spok