kokkinakis had previously described djokovic as a brick wall. only really needed to watch half the court. when djokovic plays like this, there is very little anyone can do. in the end, kokkinakis thought it best not to look. on centre, there is no soap to hide behind. in a complicated yearfor novak djokovic, this was superbly simple. straight sets, and straight forward, as it gets. —— no so far. it's been a rain affected day in taunton where england's women are playing their one—off test against south africa. in the women's game, tests last four days so there's just one left now to salvage a result. but in the brief time england did get to bowl at their opponents, they took some wickets. two for issy wong in the evening session have left south africa on 55 for 3 in their second innings at the close, still 78 behind england's first innings total. before i go, one word of transfer news at chelsea. the man they signed for nearly £100 million last august, is on his way out this summer. striker romelu lukaku is going back to former club inter milan o

kokkinakis had previously described djokovic as a brick wall. hide behind. in a complicated year for novak djokovic, this was superbly simple. straight sets, and straight forward, as it gets. —— no so far. it's been a rain affected day in taunton where england's women are playing their one—off test against south africa. in the women's game, tests last four days so there's just one left now to salvage a result. but in the brief time england did get to bowl at their opponents, they took some wickets. two for issy wong in the evening session have left south africa on 55 for 3 in their second innings at the close, still 78 behind england's first innings total. before i go, one word of transfer news at chelsea. the man they signed for nearly £100 million last august, is on his way out this summer. striker romelu lukaku is going back to former club inter milan on a season long loan. the italian serie a side will pay chelsea a loan fee of 8 million euros. lukaku had said in an interview before christmas that he wasn't happy with his role in the chelsea

how is this for an unsettling start for cooking —— kokkinakis? in commanding form. playing all the tricks in the book to give kokkinakis the runaround. and with this, he had the match done and dusted in two hours. it can be easy to get wrapped up in the drama, luxury and prestige of this place. but there are moments that stop you in your tracks. this all ukrainian match, serving as a reminder that there are far more serious events beyond tennis. that match, unsurprisingly, drew quite a crowd, and they stayed on court 12 as harriet dart made it ten brits through to round two, the most since 198a. headlining the home hopefuls, emma raducanu. but it was a shaky start for the british number one, up against the relentless power of caroline garcia, a former world number four. caroline garcia, a former world numberfour. the caroline garcia, a former world number four. the winners just kept flying past her. tao number four. the winners 'ust kept flying past huh number four. the winnersjust kept flying past her._ she - number four. the winnersjust kept fly

of his match over on centre court against kokkinakis.— against kokkinakis.- heather knight called her side in. england 133 runs ahead on 417—8. in rugby union, ireland's tour of new zealand didn't get off to the best start — as they were well beaten by the maori all blacks in hamilton. it was a one—sided first half in which the hosts scored four tries to ireland's one to open up a 22—point advantage. it ended 32—17 to the maoris with ireland also losing james hume and cian healy to second—half injuries. the first test against new zealand is on saturday in auckland. that is all your support for now. more throughout the afternoon. you can watch some of the tennis if you want but please stick with the news. the nhs app in england is to be updated, adding features for patients to access more personalised care. by march next year, all users will be able to receive messages from their gp and to view and manage some hospital appointments. by 2024 the app should offer face to face video consultations. the department of health says it's part of the government's plan

restored with the participation of the honored test pilot twice hero of the soviet union vladimir kokkinakimore precisely, two attack aircraft were found at once. the remains of these aircraft were removed from the swamp by helicopters and a glider was delivered to moscow. the aircraft has been restored. this is vkb. ilyushin, and the motor is at the zenith plant, which produced these motors during the great patriotic war. the first restored aircraft remained, vkb. ilyushin as a monument, and the second plane ended up in our e, the central air force museum. the car was restored to its original state; the missing parts were made according to the surviving drawings, moreover, an attack aircraft. it didn’t just look like new, it was practically brought to flight condition. the motor worked in all modes, the plane was jogging. after the establishment, this plane was filmed in the films a mission of importance and you must live after the filming of the films. it has been transferred to our museum. this took place on air force day, august 15 , 1980, at the transfer of the aircraft the former comm

through to the third round of these championships with a straight—sets win over australia's tha nasi kokkinakisld self on the grass of centre court. kokkinkakis causing him few problems, compared with the one we saw on monday where he struggled at times. djokovic far more pleased on wednesday after his win, saying that he feels much more like his old self as he moved up the gears. djokovic targeting all sorts of history at this year's wimbledon. looking for his fourth consecutive title and seventh wimbledon crown. it will be 21 grand slams. all the more important to him because if he wins this major, it will be one behind rafael nadal, knowing novak djokovic that he may not get to play at the us open and the australian open because of his covid status. in the women's draw, there was disappointment for the home favourite, emma raducanu, the us 0pen champion who gave us that stratospheric success last year at flushing meadows. since then, she's been plagued by injury problems. she'd gone out the second round at the australian open and french open. the same has now happened at wimbledon. she was b

defending champion, is a very happy man after sailing through to the third round of these tha nasi kokkinakishe graphs of centre court. kokkinkakis causing him few problems, compared with the one we saw on monday. djokovic far more pleased on wednesday after his win, saying that he feels much more like his old self as he moved up the gears. djokovic targeting all sorts of history at this year's wimbledon. looking for his fourth consecutive title and seventh wimbledon crown. it will be 21 grand slams. all the more important to him because if he wins this major, it will be one behind rafael nadal, knowing novak djokovic that he may not get to play at the us open and the australian open because of his covid status. in the women's draw, there was disappointment for the home favourite, emma raducanu, the us open champion who gave us that stratospheric success last year at flashing meadows. since then, she's been plagued by injury problems. she'd gone out the second round at the australian open and french open. the same has now happened at wimbledon. she was beaten in straight sets by carolina garc

making a statement early, novak djokovic playing every trick in the book to give thanasi kokkinakis theould only get harderfrom here. cameron norrie made life hard for himself, going to five sets in his tussle for a third round spot, but after his opponent suffered cramp, his path to victory was clearer. time for all eyes on the british women�*s number one emma raducanu. it was a shaky start, up against the relentless power of caroline garcia, a former world number four. the winners just kept flying past her. commentator: oh! it�*s too good! there were signs the tide was turning on the second set. oh! phenomenal! but despite the will of the crowd, it wasn�*t the result they wanted, as garcia flew into round three. raducanu out, but not down. even when, you know, it was tough at the end there, they wanted to see me and they wanted to see more and, yeah, it was just a really nice feeling to have. standing at six foot ten, john isner is an american ace machine. murray�*s done best with his back against the wall. two sets to love down, into a tie—break, he found that something extra. commen

he beat greece's thanasis kokkinakis 6—1, 6—4, 6—2.ngland did get to bowl at their opponents, they took some wickets. two for issy wong in the evening session have left south africa on 55—3 in their second innings at the close, still 78 behind england's first—innings total. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more for you on the bbc news channel later on. let's return to our main story, the nato summit in madrid. we can speak now to kurt volker, former us ambassador to nato. 60 years of deterrent have obviously failed and this war has created a mortifying and muscular nato but is it fair to say that nato actually has very limited means of shaping this conflict as an organisation? i think we are talking about two different things. first off when you state deterrence and defence as failed, i would disagree with that. there has been no attack on any november. and a member countries are secure and more a more countries are suing tojoin nato in order to be assured of that protection. what nato has not done is prevent russia from attack

novak djokovic gets things under way against thanasi kokkinakis, and then emma raducanu against garciaknow. i mean, obviously, the summer's, we're in the summer now and so, right in the swing of it. like i said coming into this, i'm just planning for right now and see how i feel and just to go from there. away from wimbledon, at taunton, it's day three of englands women one—off test against south africa. england resumed on 328 — six this morning in reply to south africas 284 all out. they've now moved on to 351—6, nat sciver is still at the crease. she is now passed 130 so an excellent start for england. in rugby union, ireland's tour of new zealand didn't get off to the best start — as they were well beaten by the maori all blacks in hamilton. it was a one—sided first half in which the hosts scored four tries to ireland's one, to open up a 22—point advantage. it ended 32—17 to the maoris with ireland also losing james hume and cian healy to second—half injuries. the first test against new zealand is on saturday in auckland. and in football, wsl side manchester city have signed austral