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he'll face the second seed daniil medvedev next — after he comfortably beat chile's christian garin iniguel 0liveira claimed his first motogp win of the season at the catalunya grand prix in barcelona. fabio quartararo retained his championship lead despite being demoted to fourth after being penalised for running wide off the track. netherland's maya kingma won gold at the world triathlon series event in leeds. british athletes completed the podium withjessica learmonth second and sophie coldwell claiming herfirst series medal. in the men's race, britain's alex yee claimed his first world triathlon championship series win. very happy with that. britain's elfyn evans missed out on vital bonus points on the final stage of the rally italia sardegna after his toyota's engine briefly cut out. he managed to get it going again to finish second behind team mate sebastien 0gier. the frenchman's championship lead over evans is now eleven points. geraint thomas had to settle for third place on the criterium du dauphine, which is an important warm up race for the tour de france later this month.

before, while all eyes will be on the evening session at rolland garros, as world number two daniil medvedevl croft joins me now. thanks very much for speaking to us. let's start with the women straw first. it's really opened up, hasn't it come over the last week? and tamara zidansek has taken full advantage. tamara zidansek has taken full advantage-— tamara zidansek has taken full advantaae. , ., ., ,, ., ., advantage. oh, my goodness, what a week she has — advantage. oh, my goodness, what a week she has had. _ advantage. oh, my goodness, what a week she has had. as _ advantage. oh, my goodness, what a week she has had. as you _ advantage. oh, my goodness, what a week she has had. as you said - advantage. oh, my goodness, what a week she has had. as you said very i week she has had. as you said very inexperienced, had not been past the second round, butjust has a huge forehand weapon in her game, she's got a lot of creativity, a lot of variety, but she said traditionally held it together. there was such a huge opportunity for both of them to make theirfirst grand huge opportunity for both o

will play stefanos tsitipas after the greek fifth seed accounted for second seeded russian daniil medvedevian tamara zidansek beating paula badosa 8—6 in the final set. she'll play the 31st seed anastasia pavlyuchenkova for a place in the final. the russian came through 9—7 in the third set against elena rybakina in a match that lasted over two and a half hours. it'll be her first grand slam semi final, too, slam semifinal, too, at the 52nd attempt. johanna konta had hoped to still be in paris, but after her first round exit at rolland garros, has entered the nottingham open on the grass and made a good start as well. she's the top seed for the wimbledon warm—up tournament and breezed past the dutch qualifier lesley kerkhove in straight sets 6—1, 6—3. it'sjust a it's just a fun set to play on. they asked _ it's just a fun set to play on. they asked different things of your game. it asked different things of your game. it makes _ asked different things of your game. it makes you think differently a little _ it makes you think differently a little bit. — it makes you think differently a litt

6—16—1winner, and will now face stefanios tsistipas in the semi—finals after he overcame daniil medvedev was putting too much pressure on myself. i was seen as this guy who was all of a sudden going to take over the tennis world and i was putting pressure on myself as well and i was not very patient with myself which i think maybe now i have learned how to deal with the situation a little bit better, maybe i am a little bit calmer at the tournament. in the women's draw, anastasia pavlyuchenkova finally made it through to a grand slam semi—final. the six—time quarter—finalist was too good for her doubles partner, elena rybakina, and she'll now play timara zsidansek for a place in the final after the slovenian saw off spain's paula badosa. on wednesday the remaining quarter—finals take place across both the men's and the women's draws. novak djokovic goes up against matteo berretini, while rafael nadal continues his bid for a record extending 14th roland garros title when he faces 10th seed diego schwarzman. while in the women's draw poland's iga swiatek is on course to retain her title, s

president medvedev and we actually did accomplish some thing goods for the american people. but when putin came back, he had no interest in cooperating with the united states. and then remember, there's been a lot of bad history since that period. he annexed crimea, he intervened military takerly in syria in 2015 to prop up one of the worst dictators in the world today. he violated our sovereignty in 2016 during our elections and then did it again in 2020. and so there is no room for a cooperative relationship given that i think very checkered dramatic and very depressing history of russian belligerent behavior over the last decade and most certainly president biden understand that's. the. >> and i just want to say, it's the biden's top team that requested this meeting. which is notable. do you think there is an aspect of this that is as simple as president biden coming in and telling putin there is a new sheriff in town? >> i think he wants to talk about the disagreements. he's made that very clear. and putin is fully expecting that. i think the biden administration want to

the second seed daniil medvedev is also through to the last 16 and stefanos tsitsipas has beaten johnjoel glazer broke a near 16—year silence on his family's ownership of the club at a fans forum today. united also say they've initiated a dialogue with the manchester united supporters trust with the aim of identifying a mutually beneficial fan share scheme. the fans that i spoke to after that meeting, they were all almost pleasantly surprised by the engagement thatjoel glazer had, by the time he spent answering the questions and the meeting ran over and they were almost as i say surprised and had a feeling that glaser cared for the club. the weather dictated proceedings at lord's with play abandoned on day three of the first test between england and new zealand. rain throughout the day meant no play was possible — meaning england will resume tomorrow on 111 for two — 267 runs behind new zealand's first innings score of 378. to horse racing where snowfall made the headlines at epsom this afternoon. frankie dettori rode the horse to victory by a record 16 lengths to claim his sixth oaks

will play stefanos tsitipas after the greek fifth seed accounted for second seeded russian daniil medvedevst round exit at rolland garros, has entered the nottingham open on the grass and made a good start as well. she�*s the top seed for the wimbledon warm—up tournament and breezed past the dutch qualifier lesley kerkhove in straight sets 6—1, 6—3. it's just a fun set to play on. they asked different things of your game. it makes you think differently a little bit, so it's a really fun challenge. for me, and every other brit, it's extra special. it's a fun surface and we get to play at home. the england and wales cricket board is investigating reports that further historical tweets are being questioned publicly. it comes just days after the bowler 0llie robinson was suspended, pending an investigation into racist and sexist tweets that he posted in 2012 and 2013. the ecb say each case will be considered on an individual basis, looking at all the facts. joe wilson has more. at edgbaston, a test match begins on thursday. today, there is a new investigation into historical offensive tweets p

deterioration in the relationship between these two countries in the last 10 years, since obama and medvedevted the new start treaty, and things have not improved after that. lots of withdrawals from bilateral agreements, modernization and upgrades of nuclear programs, new missions, and an increase in the role of nuclear weapons. amy: to talk more about the biden-putin summit and other issues, we are joined by the russian-american journalist and writer masha gessen. masha is a staff writer at the "new yorker" and the award-winning author of numerous books, including "the man without a face: the unlikely rise of vladimir putin," "the future is history: how totalitarianm reclaimed russia," and most recently, "surviving autocracy," which has just come out in paperback. masha joins us from tbilisi, the capital of the nation of georgia. welcome back to democracy now! talk about the significance of this summit, vladimir putin and joe biden meeting in geneva, switzerland. we are speaking as they have just sat down. masha: thank you, amy. good to be here. i thinkhis is an event that is more signific

the second seed daniil medvedev is also through to the last 16 and stefanos tsitsipas has beaten johnith the aim of identifying a mutually beneficial fan share scheme. the fans that i spoke to after that meeting, they were all almost pleasantly surprised by the engagement thatjoel glazer had, by the time he spent answering the questions and the meeting ran over and they were almost as i say surprised and had a feeling that glazer cared for the club. the weather dictated proceedings at lord's with play abandoned on day three of the first test between england and new zealand. rain throughout the day meant no play was possible — meaning england will resume tomorrow on 111 for two — 267 runs behind new zealand's first innings score of 378. to horse racing where snowfall made the headlines at epsom this afternoon. frankie dettori rode the horse to victory by a record 16 lengths to claim his sixth 0aks triumph and trainer aidan o'brien's ninth win in this race. mystery angel was second with o'brien also secuing third with divinely. sale will go into the final weekend of the premiership seas

is the next president, just as he did when he stepped down for a believe period and put dimitri medvedevr for a four-year period. he certainly doesn't want navalny president. he's been incredibly brave returning to russia, only to be put in jail. putin wants to choose someone, probably a protege, a younger version of himself from the security forces or somebody else that he's installed, a regional governor, for example, or someone else from the inner circle. he has to show he's in complete control to make that happen. what he's trying to do is stifle the choice, the democratic choice of the russian people to decide for themselves. what comes after him could very well be another putin in some respects, but perhaps somebody from a different background, not somebody from the old kgb, the fsb. we might see something a little different, but he's trying to sense more of the same of him to protect himself. >> sounds like you're describing what we saw in iran, where the leaders are picking who gets to be on the ballot. >> exactly. >> fiona hill, great to have your perspective on here. thank you.

minister so during this period of the reset of us american relations of course he was involved that medvedevooperated on with the united states and what were those things? the new start agreement that was just we knew last month reducing capping the number of strategic nuclear weapons the united states and russia can have and includes very sophisticated regimes. another was the northern distribution network a lot of americans don't think appreciate that russia was allowing us to send military equipment through its territory to bases of central asia we were renting at the time even though they are sovereign states russia has influence over them. and enabling us to stage those into afghanistan and pakistan was not as able but then he abstained with the un security council of those native actions of libya or qaddafi. so here comes putin back into the presidency in 2012 and at that point relationships with the west change radically in russian form policy becomes more aggressive. so the book touches on this as well. there is a new geography of russian power and is much as i agree with barack obam

committee back when the president was vice president meeting putin and then prime minister when dmitri medvedev president in name only because putin was still pulling the strings of the russian republic. in any case, blinken knows him so well and lavrov, the very charismatic, longtime foreign minister and so interesting that in the expanded pool you will also see general verasimov and nobody from the military side of the u.s. and antonov who negotiated the start agreement. an arms control means not just nuclear arms, but cyber. >> andrea, thank you. you'll be sticking with us now for the next couple of hours for sure, and let me bring a few other folks who will provide insight on the ground. monica alba, and ben rhodes under president obama. jeremy bash served under president obama at the dod. andrea set the scene. the wild scenario that we saw as it related to the way the summit started to the room. tell us if you're hearing anything from white house officials and sources. i know there's been some clarification about a question that president biden was asked by a member of the u.s. press and t

the second seed daniil medvedev is also through to the last 16 — following a number of protests, manchesterporters trust with the aim of identifying a mutually beneficial fan share scheme. lewis hamilton was left frustrated this afternoon — as he could only set the 11th quickest time in second practice ahead of this sunday's azerbaijan grand prix. red bull's sergio perez was quickest. meanwhile, the singapore grand prix has been called off this year — because of travel restrictions in the city state amid the coronavirus pandemic. the race was set to take place in october, but it's now understood turkey, china and austin are all under the weather dictated proceedings, with play abandoned on day three of the first test between england and new zealand at lord's. rain throughout the day meant no play was possible — meaning england will resume tomorrow in their first innings on 111—2 with captainjoe root and rory burns at the crease — 267 runs behind new zealand's first innings score of 378. to horse racing where snowfall made the headlines at epsom this afternoon. frankie dettori rode the horse

to turn to part because he has done an effective job at exposing the financial holdings putin and medvedev and others wedo have capacities to do that as well [-left-square-bracket is a perpetually underfunded agency a treasury with the right resourcess can do a good job to expose the way in which the dictators abroad hide their money. the media can do that as well the testimony on the next panel radio free europe and then tod do that work themselves for the belarusian people that lukashenko and his friends have stolen from people of that country. what do you think of the tools we have at our disposal and how corrupt the regime is. >> what the committee will hear is incredibly important and what is reference what is so compelling and that reflects how little investigative journalism exist in this part of the world and the importance of it. it is not a coincidence the independent media has lukashenko primary target since last summer. but in the lead up to the diversion so this target is very clear. i think there is more for us in support of the independent media the global engagement centers

in part because he has done a very effective job of exposing the financial holdings of putin and medvedev and others. we have the ability to do that with our partners. ofac is a underfunded treasury agency with the right resources can do a good job in exposing the way that these dictators hide their money. the media can do that as well. we will hear testimony on the next panel from jammy fly who is going to talk about how radio for europe and radio liberty need additional funding and official resources to be able to do that work themselves and expose for the belarusian people the extent to which lukashenko and his friends have stolen from the people of that country. what do you think about the tools that we have at our disposal, to just tell the story of how corrupt this regime is? >> i think that what the committee is going to hear from the next panel i think is going to be incredibly important. rferl and their work is essentially essential to telling that public story that you reference. i think what is so compelling about the information that has been put out by navalny is, it reflects

missing out is daniil medvedev, whose underarm serve on match point didn't fool stafanos tsitsipas, whoher preparations for wimbledon. her grass—court campaign started with a comfortable win in nottingham — her first match in this country since her wimbledon quarter—final defeat two years ago. it's just a fun surface to play on, it's different, it asks different things of your game. it makes you think differently a little bit. and so it's a really fun challenge and for me, and every other brit, it's extra special. for us, it's a fun surface and we also get to play at home. and 12—year—old sky brown has made the gb team for the tokyo 0lympics. it was only a year ago that she suffered life—threatening injuries in a training fall but she said that made her even more determined. 15—year—old bombette martin will also represent team gb, as the sport makes it's 0lympic debut. that's all the sport for now. new figures just out give us an indication of how many people in the uk have either had covid or their covid jab, which the government will be really interested in ahead of its decision about

missing out is danil medvedev, whose underarm serve on match point didn't fool stafanos tsitsipas, whoohanna konta has begun her preparations for wimbledon. her grass—court campaign started with a comfortable win in nottingham, herfirst match in this country since her wimbledon quarterfinal defeat two years ago. it's just a fun surface to play on, it's different, it asks different things of your game. it makes you think differently a little bit. and so it's a really fun challenge and for me, and every other brit, it's extra special. for us, it's a fun surface and we also get to play at home. let's return to the euros, because there won't be many england and scotland fans who could forget this moment from 1996. and 25 years on from paul gascoigne's wonder goal, there is a ratherfamiliar look about england's potential new midfield star. this is phil foden on the right here. he's unveiled a new bleached blond haircut, that's got everyone making comparisons with gazza's do back at euro �*96. i remember watching highlights on the tv of gazza, unbelievable player. you know, the full nation k