kopecky keeps the yellow jersey with a lead of 43 seconds overall.rsy at the world fencing championships after ukrainian fencer 0lga kharlan was disqualified after refusing to shake hands with russian anna smirnova. kharlan was the first fencer to face a russian or belarusian since the invasion of her homeland and went on to win 15 7 in milan. afterwards she rejected a handshake, instead offering her sabre to tap blades something that led to her disqualification from the women's sabre individual event. and we'll finish with some good news from the world of basketball with the news that lebron james' son, bronny, has been discharged from hospital, after suffering a cardiac arrest earlier this week. the 18 —year—old is now resting at home after he collapsed during training at the university of southern california's galen centre. in a post on social media, lebron said his family is "safe and healthy" and thanked everyone for their good wishes, love and prayers. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there. sunshine and

kopecky keeps the yellow jersey with a lead of 43 seconds overall.ionships after ukrainian fencer 0lga kharlan was disqualified after refusing to hands with her russian opponent. she was the first fencer to face a russian or belarussian since the invasion of her homeland and went on to win 15—7 in milan. afterwards, she rejected a handshake, instead to her disqualification from the women's savour to her disqualification from the women's sabre individual event. we will finish with some good news from the world of basketball. with the news that lebron james�*s son, bronny, has been discharged from hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest earlier this week. the 18—year—old is now resting at home after he collapsed during training at university of southern california's game. in a post on social media, his family said he is safe and healthy and thanked everyone for their good wishes. that is all your sport for now. from me, marc edwards, and the rest of the team, bye— bye. hello, there. sunshine and prolonged heat across the uk has been very limited this

kopecky finished in 14th but that's enough to keep her at the top of the overall standings with a 43 one year's time, the paris olympics will get under way and to mark that milestone, organisers say the games will offers a blueprint for those that follow, with sustainability at the forefront of their plans. paris 2024 will be run entirely on renewable energy. and there'll also be a first opening ceremony outside of a stadium. our correspondent alex capstick is in paris for us. this time, and 12 months, this area around the rivers think it's going to be absolutely jam—packed and hundreds of thousands of spectators will be about to witness what should be as spectacular opening ceremony. the first outside of the stadium will be a boat cruising down this historic side with athletes around the country is taking part it's all about wanting to make these games very, very different. unlike any of the games before. another standout issue is ambitious players want to have the carbon footprint of previous games in rio and in london. earliertoday, previous games in rio and in london. earlier tod

kopecky finished third — she keeps the yellowjersey and now leads by 55 seconds.bsite — that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there. here in the uk. it was another quite cool day on tuesday. by contrast, southern europe in sicily temperatures reached 46 degrees. this is the temperature anomaly map. the blues are where it's colder than normal. the reds are where it's hotter than normal. a significant drop in temperature on the way across italy in the next 2a to 48 hours. the heat lasts a bit longer in greece, but even here, it will be cooler by the end of the weekend, not as windy either. some northern parts of europe have been seeing severe storms. here in the uk our weather continues to come in from the atlantic. and that cloud that we saw there is going to bring some rain into western areas on wednesday, further east, maybe a little bit warmer than it was on tuesday. but it will be a chilly start where we have the clearer skies — three degrees in scotland, six or seven across some southern parts of engla

kopecky keeps the yellowjersey with a lead of 43 seconds overall. and that's all the sport for now.palace in the capital niamey and announced a coup on national tv. they said they had dissolved the country s constitution, suspended all institutions and have temporarily closed the nation's borders. niger 5 president mohamed bazoum has is being held by the presidential guard. the man leading the coup is col maj amadou abdramane. translation: this day, - july 23rd 2023, we, the defence and security forces, meeting within the national council for the safeguard of the homeland, have decided to put an end to the regime you know. this follows the continuing deterioration of the security situation, and poor economic and social governance. mr bazoum's whereabouts are yet unclear but in a statement on twitter on thursday morning he said the "hard—won gains will be safeguarded" and that nigeriens who love democracy will see to it. the president continues to be supported by the white house, who have expressed their concerns. we have watched this with deep concern, peter. we certainly condemn an

halfway through the eight—stage—long tour de france femmes and belgium's lotta kopecky is still in thebelgium's lotta kopecky is still in the yellowjersey. finishing 14th. that's enough to keep her in the royal standings with a 43 2nd. the fires in greece are continuing to advance with forecasters warning on the greek islands the weather conditions make it particularly dangerous. high temperatures are combining with fierce winds where the fires are now spreading much further. currently the heatwave shows no sign of a let up so you will see the dark colours on the map year, the areas of the mediterranean most at risk from fire. in portugal the firefighters and local residents battled through the night to save homes on the outskirts of lisbon. this woman in sicily had a terrifying drive as you can see through the flames. this is their palermo with a couple in their 70s were found dead in their burnt out holiday home. a citizen of roads and she has been coordinating volunteers on the island who are helping to put out the fires since they started last week. thank you for being with us. i s

belgium's lotte kopecky finished narrowly behind in third and maintained the vice like grip she's had quickest driver in qualifying at spa. runaway championship leader max verstappen was almost a second quicker... but a penalty means he'll start from sixth. lewis hamilton. who took pole last weekend in hungary. he is provisionally third while he waits to see whether he will get a penalty too. nick parrott reports. things are often unpredictable here, especially the weather. driving in the wet can be hair—raising, and after a saturated practice, qualifying was delayed to allow the track to drain, even then, conditions were difficult as britain's lando noris and then frenchman estevan found out. the drivers may not have been enjoying it, but charla claire's fans wear. each of them bananas as he set the time to beat in the final session. on his second run, he went even quicker, but there was no catching max for stopping, the dutchman was flying, but the joy of being quickest is tarnished by a five place penalty for using too many gearbox parts. red bull will be on the front row with serg

while belgium's lotte kopecky retained the overall race lead by 49 seconds with six stages remaining. sport app, orfrom our website — bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello. some parts of the uk, particularly parts of northern england and northern ireland, have already seen the wettestjuly on record. and you probably won't be too surprised to hear that we have got more rain in the forecast at times through the remainder of this week. now, tuesday brings a mix of sunny spells and scattered showers. we won't all be seeing the rain during the day on tuesday, but let's look at the rest of the week. this is the jet stream. these winds you can see here continuing to drive areas of low pressure in towards our shores with showers or longer spells of rain moving their way through from the atlantic and pushing gradually eastwards. now, tuesday morning, a few spells of showery rain across parts of central scotland. also the odd shower for wales, south west england, east anglia too. heading through the day, this area of cloud and rain nudges furt

belgian lotte kopecky broke away to win the first stage.iek van vleuten and demi vollering finished in the leading group 43 seconds behind. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there. the full uk forecast in a moment — but first of all, the extreme heat continues to affect parts of the mediterranean. and later on monday, we might actually see one of europe's highest ever temperatures — 48 celsius possible to the southwest of catania. now, the significance of that is the all—time european record currently stands at 118.8, so we'll be very, very close to that. on sunday, though, here in the uk, it was a very wet day across central portions of the uk. we have 91 millimetres of rainfall in preston, three—and—a—half inches — that's about a month's worth. these figures only go up to saturday, but even at that stage, there were a number of places that were getting close to double the july average rainfall

kopecky finished third — she keeps the yellowjersey and now leads by 55 seconds.ou for that. the long—running conflict in yemen has been forgotten, amid the new crises in sudan, and the ever worsening situation in ukraine. but it is a war that grinds on, without end, and with children stuck in the firing—line. the un says at least 11,300 children have been killed or maimed since this conflict began nine years ago. the rebel houthi army, backed by iran seized control of the capital, sanaa, forcing out the government. saudi arabia backed the internationally—recognised government, supported by a coalition that includes the uk and the united states. by the start of last year an estimated 370 thousand people had died as a result of the fighting and the effects of malnutrition. the un estimates at least 11.5 million people have been displaced, and 24.1 million people — that'saround 80% of the population — are in need of humanitarian aid and protection. our senior international correspondent orla guerin has sent this special report from the city of tiaz. yemen's young kn

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she's now 43 seconds behind her teammate, kopecky.freya anderson at the world aquatics championships injapan, as she could only finish seventh in the 200m freestyle. but it was a race to remember for australian teenager mollie 0'callaghan. she set a new world record finishing just inside one minute 53 seconds beating the previous record by .i3th of a second. that's all your support for now, back to matthew. now back to our top story — yemen, where, according to the united nations more than 500,000 yemeni children are struggling to survive, but international aid is shrinking. let's go back to caroline — we had problems with your line and the sound, i'm glad that we've re—established it. just tell us what you are facing hour by hour on the ground? you are facing hour by hour on the round? ., ., , you are facing hour by hour on the round? . ., , ., ., ground? that i was mentioning, what we are facing — ground? that i was mentioning, what we are facing today _ ground? that i was mentioning, what we are facing today is _ ground? that i was

kopecky keeps hold of the yellow jersey with a lead of 43 seconds.y at the world fencing championships after ukrainian fencer olga kharlan was disqualified after refusing to shake hands with russian anna smirnova. kharlan was the first fencer to face a russian or belarusian since the invasion of her homeland, and went on to win15—7 in milan. afterwards she rejected a handshake, instead offering her sabre to tap blades, something that led to her disqualification from the women's sabre individual event. expect to hear much more on that. the bumper summer of sport continues with the netball world cup starting today in south africa. 16 teams will take to the court in cape town, with scotland, wales and england all in the mix. england's roses are ranked third in the world, and will be hoping to emulate that winning moment at the commonwealth games in 2018 on the gold coast. matt graveling looks ahead for us. helen housby to take... yes! it was a golden moment. england have done it! england v australia and the most thrilling of finales at the commonwealth

and that was enough to secure victory, finishing more than 3 minutes clear of her teammate lotte kopecky much. in china, until recently, it was extremely difficult for single women to have children. last year the government said health insurance should cover the cost of giving birth for single mothers and that they should also get paid maternity leave. despite widespread conservative cultural attitudes, a shift is under way, especially in the big cities, where more unmarried women are choosing to continue their pregnancies. stephen mcdonell reports from south—east china. two—month—old hung—hung is being raised by his mother and grandmother. it's a lifestyle still frowned on by many, especially in rural areas or smaller towns where beliefs are more conservative. attitudes are definitely changing towards single mothers in china, but mainly only in the big cities. this mother said she was lucky to have moved to shanghai to run a business. translation: i'm grateful l for the tolerance of shanghai. i'm from rural hunan, an area which will have a lot of discrimination against me as a single mu

that was enough to secure victory — finishing more than three minutes clear of her teammate lotte kopeckyuch. staying with the world cup earlier i spoke to sports writer and broadcaster nicky bandini about today's huge results in the tournament. we started off by speaking about columbia beating germany. huge, huge result for colombia. such a sort of impressive group and put together so many young players, making a huge difference for that team. and have been for a while, of course. they did reach the final of the copa america just last year. but seeing linda caicedo, 18 years old, only two years removed, by the way, from an ovarian cancer diagnosis, scoring such a brilliant, brilliant opening goal in this game. and then even after germany, thisjuggernaut, who haven't lost a world cup group game since 1995, they get that penalty at the end of the game and you think, ok, this is sort of reverting to the story everyone expected. and manuela vanegas comes up with that 96th minute winning header in injury time. i think it was probably the most dramatic game of the tournament so far. and there

in a rainswept finale 25 year old lippert came through to take the win while belgium's lotte kopeckyby 49 seconds with six stages remaining. and that's all the sport for now. we ta ke we take you straight to israel. live pictures are extraordinary scenes after tel aviv protesters out on the streets. we have been seeing some firefighters there to help small fires with up we've seen confrontations with security. 0fficials by the look of it have areas, plenty of anger from these protesters. the reason, the government has passed into law its first planet change to the court system, basically changing the so—called reasonable bill which removes the supreme court's power to cancel government decisions it deems unreasonable. these protesters that we see now view this as government overreach. they say this is a step too far, it's eroding the checks and balances system in israel. and the conflict here between those protesters and the government is plunging israel some say into one of the most serious domestic crisis in its history effectively. these protests have a just been taking place toda

in a rainswept finale 25 year old lippert came through to take the win while belgium's lotte kopecky have got more rain in the forecast at times through the remainder of this week. tuesday brings a mix of sunny spells and scattered showers. we won't all be seeing the rain during the day on tuesday for the let's look at the rest of the week. this is the jet stream, these wins continuing to dry areas of low pressure interests are shores with showers or longer spells of rain moving their way through from the atlantic and pushing gradually eastwards. tuesday morning a few spells of shower irain across parts of central scotland. the atch out of southwest england and anglia for wales, southwest england and anglia. heading to the date is there a cloud of rain notches further south ends showers bubble up for eastern scotland in eastern england which could be quite heavy, potentially thundery with hail mixed in. a bit more cloud and a few showers later on for northern ireland. sense by new spells, southwest of england is 15 to 21 degrees at best for the a little below for this time of year. h

the dutch rider takes the overall leader's yellow jersey from lotte kopecky of belgium the race finishesom two matches at the netball world cup after beating malawai 61—39. elsewhere scotland picked up their first victory, beating barbados 53 mi. barbados 53—44. it's back to back defeats though for wales who were thrashed 75—40 by jamaica. ama agbeze was captain when england won gold at the 2018 commonwealth games and said: they are being a bit tentative. today also our good scoreline, but they made some errors. i think that they made some errors. i think that the coach or woman to clean it up. when they come to meet the top ranked nations, they are going to struggle if they play how they did. they got all the players on court, they were building in the combinations. not a bad performance, not a bad start. lets combinations. not a bad performance, not a bad start-— not a bad start. lets go to the home nations. scotland _ not a bad start. lets go to the home nations. scotland lost, _ not a bad start. lets go to the home nations. scotland lost, now- not a bad start. lets go to the home nat

belgian champion lotte kopecky broke away to win stage 1 of 8. to take the yellow jersey by 41 seconds metres record, at the diamond league meeting at the london stadium. noah lyles of the usa won the race in a new meeting record of 19.47 seconds, ahead of botswana's letsile tebogo. but hughes finished third to break a record that's stood since 1993, set byjohn regis at the world championships. hughes clocked 19.73 seconds — almost a quarter of a second quicker than the previous mark. got it done on the home side. the most important. and today was like an experimental day for me, i'm still running the 200 because i've stopped running the 200 since 2015 probably, 2018i started running the 1005. probably, 2018i started running the 100s. i'mjust probably, 2018i started running the 100s. i'm just running and following the instruction my coach gave me. some bits i can work on but very good result against these guys. defending world champion dina asher—smith continues to make progress ahead of the world championships in august. she finished second to marie—josee ta lou, of the ivory coast, b

lotte kopecky finished fourth, and remains in the yellowjersey with an overall lead of 49 seconds finallyorters have been in getting on the build up. and appropriately, dion dublin took a trip to dublin, to get to know the sport better. here he is with bbc sport's thomas niblock. 0k, ok, dion, we are in the big spot, dublin and dublin. i’ge ok, dion, we are in the big spot, dublin and dublin.— 0k, dion, we are in the big spot, dublin and dublin. i've heard that before, you know. _ dublin and dublin. i've heard that before, you know. i'm _ dublin and dublin. i've heard that before, you know. i'm very i dublin and dublin. i've heard that. before, you know. i'm very excited about this one. i've played a few big derby games, manchester united, manchester city, celtic, huge. is it the same in gaelic football or no? big rivalries. kerry are the most successful team of all time and up north, down with the first team to bring the sam maguire cup across the border way back in the 60s and we had there he went it in 1993 and in the 90s, yet a massive rivalry between these two. invasions on the pitch

belgian lotte kopecky finished third and leads the race byjust under a minute ahead of tomorrow's crucialty more at bbc.com /sport but that's the latest from the bbc sport centre. if you are a football fan and you been following the european transfers like me you'll know only two way there's a new major new buyer in the market. it is saudi arabia, they are the new china, spending billions attracting some of europe's biggest talent to the saudi pro league. and as you look at that list of players who have taken the money, you will notice a pattern, most of them have been transferred on a fee, most are in their 30s looking for a last big move, most of them, if not all, have played champions league football. the saudi spending is part of wider national strategy. the crown prince aims to establish his country as a global sporting hub. but what does it mean for world football, for television rights, for the new talent emerging in europe and in africa? two expert people to discuss it with me tonight. two expert people to discuss it with me tonight. with me to discuss tonight is martin lipton, th

she beat belgium's lotte kopecky by more than three minutes. and the world para—swimming championships get underway in manchester tomorrow. the 28—strong british team is a mix of experience and youth, and among those looking to build on the success of last summer, when gb finished fourth in the medals table, is grace harvey. our reporter rachael latham has been to meet her. grace harvey, don't let her smile for liu~ _ grace harvey, don't let her smile for liu~ she — grace harvey, don't let her smile for liu. she is as fierce as they come — for liu. she is as fierce as they come i— for liu. she is as fierce as they come. ., for liu. she is as fierce as they come, ., ., ., , for liu. she is as fierce as they come. ., , ,, ., ,~ come. i got goose bumps on my arm as i saw come. i got goose bumps on my arm as i saw grace — come. i got goose bumps on my arm as i saw grace harvey. _ come. i got goose bumps on my arm as i saw grace harvey. head _ come. i got goose bumps on my arm as i saw grace harvey. head of _ come. i got goose bumps on my arm as i s

demi vollering finished second on the stage, but 43 seconds behind her team—mate lotte kopecky.re on the left alongside club chairman daniel levy, bought a controlling stake in the premier league club from alan sugar in 2001, and is accused by a us attorney of using inside information to "shower gifts on his friends and lovers". his lawyer says the charges are ill—conceived and he will defend his client vigorously. tottenham say it is a "legal matter" and aren�*t commenting. patrick gearey reports. wrexham but not going on this challenge. united�*s young goalkeeper, nathan bishop, was booked for this. but for paul mullen, the match was over. he went off to hospital where they found his lung had been punctured. though he�*s posted to say he�*s fine, he will likely miss the start of the season, and his manager was less cheery. season, and his manager was less chee . �* ., , �* , season, and his manager was less chee. cheery. i'm furious, i'll be honest with you- — cheery. i'm furious, i'll be honest with you- i— cheery. i'm furious, i'll be honest with you. i thought _ cheery. i'm

belgian lotte kopecky finished third and leads the race byjust under a minute ahead of tomorrow's crucialink it is going to be as bad as last weekend. last weekend, at least saturday for some of us was an absolute write—off without persistent rain and the strong winds. but on the satellite picture, low pressure is close by — and a fair amount of cloud and low pressures are heading our way. in fact, over the next few days, we will see a succession of lows sweeping across the country. here is the picture early in the morning, not particularly cold, 13—15 degrees celsius. sunny spells, already a few scattered showers, some of them on the heavy side. and actually, as we go through the course of the morning, into the afternoon, the showers may become more frequent, particularly in northern ireland, scotland and northern england. least frequent showers i think the further south and south—east you are. so frequent sunny spells here. and temperatures up to about 22 celsius in norwich, high teens expected in belfast and through the lowlands of scotland. how does that bode for the cricket? well, ce

and the tour de france femmes is under way — belgian champion lotte kopecky broke away to win the firsts, you might imagine a battle in the swimming pool, or a photo—finish on the track — but there's a new sport on the scene, just in time for paris 2024. a high—energy form of street dance — known as breaking — will feature at the games for the first time next year. john maguire is at a dance school in manchester this morning, finding out more. who else do you send? he will throw some shapes foreigners live on breakfast. —— throw some shapes for us. look at these guys from dance studios in manchester. they are going through the moves. eddie runs this group. the kids are phenomenal. you should see some of the moves. it has its own language. one of the great things about the olympics as we become instant armchair experts, we become instant armchair experts, we will be learning all the different phrases and comparing their tactics and techniques. breaking is something you will become obsessed with because it is high energy, extremely impressive and sometimes terrifying. i went to meet one o

she finished more than 3 minutes clear of her teammate lotte kopecky in the general classification.red i could do my own pace and yeah, again it's really enjoyable. all looking very good for max verstappen at the moment. following their victory over scotland, england have won all three of their opening matches at the netball world cup in south africa and are hoping to continue their streak when they play tonga later today. scotland go head to head against australia at 8 this morning, and wales face reigning champions new zealand later. all three of the home nations have progresed into the next qualifying round and from now on you can all the matches across the bbc, television, iplayer, radio, online. part of the team leading the coverage is former england captain ama agbeze, who led the roses to gold at the commonwealth games in 2018. thank you for being with us this morning. can wejump in with england? you were watching yesterday and covering it. england against scotland, a lot tighter than people were expecting. what have you made of england and scotland so far at the tournament?—

halfway through the eight—stage—long tour de france femmes, and belgium's lotte kopecky is still in theeconds ahead of her team—mate, demi vollering, who moved up to second place. that stages are hundred and ten miles long, the longest stage on the tour. . , . tour. ouch is all i will say. thanks, — tour. ouch is all i will say. thanks, chetan, - tour. ouch is all i will say. thanks, chetan, we - tour. ouch is all i will say. thanks, chetan, we will. tour. ouch is all i will say. i thanks, chetan, we will see tour. ouch is all i will say. - thanks, chetan, we will see you later. a man who spent 17 years in jail for a rape that he did not commit is waking up this morning as a free man. andy malkinson was cleared by the court of appeal yesterday after being convicted in 2004 of raping a 33—year—old woman in salford. he has accused greater manchester police of covering up his wrongful conviction. he spoke to newsnight�*s kirsty wark about his battle forjustice. andy, now you've cleared your name, i suppose that for the first time in more than 20 years, you must feel safe. i'm starting to f

lotte kopecky has retained the yellow jersey after the second stage of the tour de france femmes, despitejust await the riders later on today in stage three. i have talked enough about the weather so i will hand to someone more qualified. we are all talking about the weather too much. ifeel guilty. a lot of the news at the moment is about the weather. but the expert is in the room. here's carol. i was thinking i could have had a lion! 0nce i was thinking i could have had a lion! once again sunshine and showers. beautiful start to the day in wales. many looking at blue skies first thing but showers are in the forecast. a mixture of sunshine and showers and the heaviest in south—east scotland and north—east england. to start, a lot of dry weather with a keen north—westerly breeze accent are you waiting the cool field. this weather front syncing across scotland. through the day, high pressure building in wales and south—west england. it means many showers will fade here. temperatures 13—21 north to south. a little bit below average. 0vernight, the showers are likely to pep up particularly in sou

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