in tennis, the world number two japan's naomi 0saka has been fined $15,000 and faces expulsion from theweek, 0saka said on social media that she would not give any news conferences during the tournament, writing: "i've often felt that people have no regard for athletes�* mental health and this rings true whenever i see a press conference or partake in one." grand slam tournaments responded in a statement, by saying: "should 0saka continue to ignore her media obligations during the tournament, she would be exposing herself to possible further code of conduct infringement consequences, including default and suspension from future tournaments." in the last few hours, 0saka tweeted: "anger is a lack of understanding. change makes people uncomfortable." craig gabriel is a veteran tennis commentator and is in paris covering the french open. he says the response from tournament organisers has been appropriate to 0saka's behaviour. they're taking the right course of action. this is the only course of action that they can take to tell her that if she continues to behave and act in this matter it

behind the mask here, naomi 0saka, not yet on court but already courting controversy.he says, a stance which has divided opinion. her extraordinary talent, though, quite beyond debate. already a global sporting icon but yet to prove herself on clay. against romania's patricia maria tig, she was forced to fight but ultimately found her feet. through to the second round without serious concern, at least, not on court. good to her word, not a word to the press afterwards, prompting tournament organisers to find her $15,000. they said... i totally respect her decision. everyone has had different experiences with the press and everyone has had press conferences where they have not felt the best coming out of it but i've always taken the opinion it is part of the job. taken the opinion it is part of the 'ob. ., , ., ., job. tonight she had tweeted anger is a lack of understanding, - job. tonight she had tweeted anger is a lack of understanding, change | is a lack of understanding, change makes people uncomfortable. she may not be speaking to the media but naomi 0saka isn't g

and even naomi 0saka one of the faces of the games...t of course my immediate thought is that i want to play the olympics but as a human i would say we are in a pandemic. and if people aren't healthy and if they are not feeling self and it's definitely a really because because can for concern. compared of the world japan's case rates remain relatively low. but there's been a surge in the vaccination campaign has been slow by the standards of a wealthy nation. the extension of tokyo's emergency measures met the head of the international olympic committee had to cancel a visit to the country. now a new survey in japan has found that 60% of those asked want the event canceled. and the japanese parliament the prime minister has been accused of prioritising the virus. he replied that he had never put the olympics ist. he believes that strict control measures placed on athletes and officials will keep the olympics and paralympics say. but those restrictions will be difficult for many taking part. it would mean serena williams spending the olym

in tennis, the world number two —japan�*s naomi 0saka — has been fined $15,000 and faces expulsion fromld not give any news conferences during the tournament, writing: "i've often felt that people have no regard for athletes�* mental health and this rings true whenever i see a press conference or partake in one". grand slam tournaments responded in a statement, by saying: should 0saka "continue to ignore her media obligations during the tournament, she would be exposing herself to possible further code of conduct infringement consequences" — including default and suspension from future tournaments. and in the last few hours 0saka tweeted: "anger is a lack of understanding. change makes people uncomfortable". craig gabriel is a veteran tennis commentator is in paris covering the french open. he says the response from tournament organisers has been appropriate to 0saka's behaviour. they're taking the right course of action. this is the only course of action that they can take to tell her that if she continues to behave and act in this matter it could lead to suspension. because these fine

well as the really persistent in their protesting lake lewis hamilton, the only black driver and naomi 0sakaer and naomi osaka and dear member bearing the names of victims of police —— brutality and of course in the premier league players were still taking a knee until the end of the season and that will happen at the season and that will happen at the heroes as well but you've seen a lot of governing bodies and integrity task force and antiracism campaigns and athletes individually speaking up about the racism they've experienced in their sports. despite so many athletes finding their voice and speaking out on injustice, there has been resistance — from where? i think that something in particular people voicing athletes should not be distracted from sports by protesting on those stages so in formula 1 that reluctance prompted lewis hamilton to say he was going to continue to try and educate people and he spoke about in particular how people say it's not a place of politics but racism is not a political issue if a human rights issue and even now there's a lot of resistance and may have been

the news comes as naomi 0saka expressed her reservations. y l often connect without ever actually meeting. 0r gather in tokyo from all over the world. the meeting. or gather in tokyo from all over the world.— over the world. the best laid plans. to 0 20 over the world. the best laid plans. tokvo 20 20s _ over the world. the best laid plans. tokyo 20 20s original— over the world. the best laid plans. tokyo 20 20s original promise - over the world. the best laid plans. tokyo 20 20s original promise to i tokyo 20 20s original promise to connect people seems a long way from a world that is currently trying to do the opposite. in tokyo itself remains in a state of emergency over coronavirus. 0pposition remains in a state of emergency over coronavirus. opposition to the olympics and paralympics is mounting. even naomi 0saka one of the faces of the games... we are united by emotion.... is now speaking in quite a different tone. so be as an athlete, of course my immediate thought is that i want to play in the olympics but as a human i would say we ar

behind the mask here, naomi 0saka, not yet on court but already courting controversy.y talent, though, is quite beyond debate. already a global sporting icon, quite beyond debate. already a globalsporting icon, but quite beyond debate. already a global sporting icon, but yet to prove herself on clay. against her romanian opponent, showers forced to fight but ultimately found her feet. through to the second round, without serious concern, at least not on court. good to her word, not a word to the press afterwards, prompting tournament organisers to find her $15,000. saying the mental health of players is of the utmost importance to the grand slams, but should she continue to ignore her media obligations, she would be exposing herself to default from the tournament, more substantialfines tournament, more substantial fines and tournament, more substantialfines and future grand slam suspensions. i totally respect her decision, everyone has had different experiences with the press, everyone has had press conferences where i am sure they have not felt the best coming out of

elsewhere, naomi 0saka breezed past patricia maria teeg from romania in straight sets. 0saka letting wouldn't give any post—match press conferences in order to protect her mental health. in the last few minutes, eggan bernal has won the giro d'italia, after succesfully negotiating the final time trial in milan. the colombian, who rides for the british—based ineos grenadiers team, adds the pinkjersey to the yellow one he won at the tour de france in 2019. after 21 stages, bernal finished 1 minutes 29 seconds ahead of italy's damiarno caruso. britain's simon yates confirmed his place on the podium — he finished third overall, after challenging for the lead in the final week. there was a sombre mood surrounding the italian motogp. it's after the death of the swiss moto3 riderjason dupasquier. a minute's silence was held ahead of the main race. dupasquier was struck by another bike afterfalling during qualifying at the mugello circuit yesterday and died of his injuries today. he was just 19 years old. pole—sitter fabio quartararo won the race to claim his third win of the year and afterw

the world number 2 tennis player, naomi 0saka, has pulled out of the french open, following the controversybecause of the impact on her mental health. yesterday, the 23—year—old japanese player was fined more than £10,000 and warned she might be disqualified for not fulfilling contractual obligations to speak to the press. let's get more from marc edwards at the bbc sport centre. the player and the organisers could not find common ground? ida. the player and the organisers could not find common ground? no, clive, and we now— not find common ground? no, clive, and we now know _ not find common ground? no, clive, and we now know the _ not find common ground? no, clive, and we now know the four— not find common ground? no, clive, and we now know the four time - not find common ground? no, clive, | and we now know the four time major winner has been suffering long bouts of depression since winning her first grand slam title in 2018. she wrote on social media today that she never wanted to be a distraction to the event but that she gets huge waves of anxiety before speaking to the world's media.

and on a day of upsets in rome, there was a shock defeat for the number two seed, naomi 0saka.u can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. but from me — austin halewood — and the rest of the sport team, bye for now. to austin and the team, we appreciate that. it's great to be up—to—date in sport. new zealand's prime minister jacinda ardern says the government is exploring opportunities for quarantine free travel as she tries to formulate the reopening of the country. recently, a travel bubble reopened with australia. some say it's the perfect moment to rethink how tourism can be made more environmentally responsible. from queenstown, new zealand, the bbc�*s shaimaa khalil reports. yelling it's the kind of high—octane adventure new zealand is famous for: a mix of dramatic scenery, adrenaline rush, and a whole lot of cold water. yeah! it's fairly busy here today because of school holidays — which is a welcome change — but still, nothing like it was before covid—19 hit. pre—pandemic, operators ran eight boat rides an hour. this past year, it was down

the four time grand slam champion naomi 0saka says she's not sure whether the tokyo 0lympics should beeople injapan want the games to be cancelled. tokyo is under a state of emergency amid a surge in covid cases, 10 weeks from the start of the rescheduled games on 23july. i think for me, i'm an athlete, but of course my immediate thought is i would love to play at the olympics but as a human i would say, we are in a pandemic and... if people aren't healthy and if they're not feeling safe then it is definitely a real cause for concern. the giro d'italia continues on tuesday — a 186 kilometre rolling stage from piacenza to sestola which could well be another day for the breakaway. taco van der hoorn of the netherlands claimed a solo victory on stage three on monday. filippo ganna finished safely in the bunch to keep hold of his leader's pinkjersey. and finally, from politics to puck antics — president putin, the pro puckmaster extraordinaire, showing off his ice hockey skills on monday. the russian leader was on the rink in sochi for a gala match of the night hockey league. and he got on

in the last half hour or so naomi 0saka has brought this on social media.ere on a busy opening day to tim team has been surprisingly knocked out. the reigning us open champion was beaten in a five set epic by pablo and a heart who had never previously beaten a player ranked in the world top five. meanwhile british number one dan evansis meanwhile british number one dan evans is also out. colombian edinburgh and burn out his second title after wrapping up the victory. writers say navigated the final trial stage in milan to add though euro title to the tour de france 131 backin euro title to the tour de france 131 back in 2019. team—mate 0gata won the final stage bob written simon yates secured a podium spot finishing third in the overall standings. chelsea manager thomas oogle has challenges to measure remainder hunger. chelsea are heading back to london from porto after their one — zero victory and former defender of bears says to joel deserves all the credits of the owner abramovich appointed him to ta ke to take over from frank lampard four months ago. yo

and the women's tennis association has released a statement following naomi 0saka's declaration that wta said mental health is of the utmost importance to them and that they welcome futher discussions with players. they went on to say... simon yates has won stage 19 of the giro d'italia, but remains third overall with just two days of racing left. the british rider attacked around four miles from the finish on the final climb and held on to take his first stage win at this year's race. egan bernal battled to take third to retain the leader's pinkjersey. yates is almost three minutes behind the colombian. the race finishes in milan on sunday. great britain were unable to follow up wednesday's win over belarus at the ice hockey world championship, losing 4—1 to sweden. liam kirk opened the scoring for britain in latvia with his fifth goal of the tournament. it was given after a review showed brendan connolly was pushed in the build up. that was as good as it got though as the swedes came back to win, the defeat leaves britain seventh in group a. that's all the sport for now. you can st

after all the controversy ahead of the tournament, naomi 0saka has won her first round match.from romania in straight sets, even though it went to a tie—break in the second. remember, we won't be hearing from her, of course, after she decided not to take part in any post—match media conferences to protect her mental health. there was a sombre mood ahead of the italian motogp this afternoon, following the death of the swiss moto3 riderjason dupasquier. a minute's silence was held ahead of the main race. dupasquier was struck by another bike after falling during qualifying at the mugello circuit yesterday, and he died of his injuries today in hopsital. he was just 19 years old. jordan spieth has a one—shot lead going into the final round of the charles schwab challenge in texas. after a brilliant opening round of 63, he fired in two 66s in a row to stay just ahead of the field. england's ian poulter gave himself an outside chance of victory by carding a 64, which was the round of the day, leaving him seven shots off the pace. that's all the sport for now. the vaccines minister,

meanwhile, no such concerns for naomi 0saka in the women's draw., but didn't appear for her press conference, as she stated she wouldn't before the start of the tournament, a decision she says has been taken to protect her mental health. now, after leading overnight great britain have slipped to second in the standings with just one event to go at the european team championships in poland. lawrence 0koye added maximum points to the tally by winning the discus. it's the first time he's represented great britain since the 2012 olympics. he's returned to athletics after a spell in american football. he threw 64 metres and 22 centremetres, well short of the olympic qualifying standard of 66 metres. thats all the sport for now, but you can find lots more on the bbc sport website, including the latest from the french open and this afternoon's rugby union. i don't know whether i can quite face the end of that nailbiter match but we will see later on! a new nationalflagship is to be commissioned by the government to try to boost british trade and industry

world number two naomi 0saka is out of the madrid 0pen after losing her second round match on sunday open semi—finalist earlier this year went on to win the decider taking a 6—4, 3—6, 6—1victory and setting up a third round match against greek 16th seed maria sakkari. in the men's draw, top seed rafael nadal has a bye into the second round where he'll face the winner of adrian mannarino and carlos alcaraz. the spaniard is coming off the back of yet another win in barcelona while he last won this four years ago, and it means a great deal to him this year. yes, it is the most difficult event for me. everybody knows. but at the same time it is one of the most emotional events for me, playing at home. we don't have the chance to play with a crowd again so that means a lot to me and also super happy to be back here. mark selby will take a three frame lead over shaun murphy into monday's third session of the world snooker championship final. the match was level at 7—7 before selby, a three—time winner took the lead for the first time, and then won the remaining two frames to have the bette

in tennis, the world number two, japan's naomi 0saka, has been fined $15,000 and faces expulsion fromweek that press conferences could be damaging to the mental health of athletes. sophia tran—thomson has more. naomi 0saka, the japanese 23—year—old is the number two women's tennis player in the well, four times, women's tennis player in the well, fourtimes, grand slam women's tennis player in the well, four times, grand slam singles champion and the reigning champion at the us and australian open. she is notjust an athlete, she is earning a reputation her activism. 0saka, showed support for the black lives matter movement. now she is speaking up about mental health. last week, 0saka said on social media, she would not give any news conferences during the french open, writing... ifeel people have no regard for athletes' mental health. grand slam tournaments responded by saying, should 0saka continue to ignore her media obligations during the tournament, she would be exposing herself to further code of conduct infringement consequences. 0n conduct infringement consequences. on sunday, s

meanwhile, the world number two, naomi 0saka, risks being thrown out of the event.in poland. lawrence 0koye came back from a nine—year break from the sport, after trying his hand at american football, to win the men's discuss, while the victory for beth dobbin in the 200m was inside the olympic qualifying time. motor racing has been mourning the death of swiss moto3 riderjason dupasquier. a minute's silence was observed ahead of the italian motogp this afternoon. dupasquier died after being struck by another bike after falling during qualifying at the mugello circuit yesterday. he was just 19 years old. and finally, you can head to the bbc sport website to read about colombia's egan bernal winning cycling's giro d'italia. britain's simon yates finished in third. that's it from me. that's it. i'll be back with the late news at ten. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. bye for now. hello. if you're watching bbc news. i'm jane hill. let's talk about coronavirus. the vaccines minister nadhim zahawi says that ministers will be cautious about ending coronaviru

tennis star naomi 0saka says she won't be taking questions from the media at the french open, becauseion says expecting them to talk after a defeat amounted to "kicking a person while they're down" and added, "we're asked questions that bring doubt into our minds and i'm just not going to subject myself to people who doubt me." she said she expected to receive a considerable fine, which she hopes will go to a mental health charity. that's all the sport for now. back to you, shaun. marc, thank you very much, marc edwards there at the bbc sport centre. two metropolitan police officers accused of taking photographs by the bodies of two women at a crime scene in london have said they are "sorry beyond measure" for the pain they have caused. pc deniz jaffer, who's a7, and 32—year—old pcjamie lewis have been charged with misconduct in public office. from westminster magistrates�* court, helena wilkinson reports. bibaa henry was celebrating her birthday with her sister nicole smallman last year when they went missing. two days later, their bodies were found next to each other. pc deninaffer

the four—time grand slam champion naomi 0saka says she's not sure whether the tokyo 0lympics should beking after a new poll in the country showed nearly 60 percent of people injapan want the games to be cancelled, following a surge of reported cases of covid—19 there. i think for me, i'm an athlete and of course my immediate thought is that i would want to play the olympics, but as a human eye would 0lympics, but as a human eye would say we are in a pandemic. and if people are not healthy and if they are not feeling safe, then it is definitely a really good cause for concern. hundreds of people have been injured between days of fighting. hundreds of people have been in'ured between days of fighting.�* between days of fighting. violence broke out in and _ between days of fighting. violence broke out in and around _ between days of fighting. violence broke out in and around one - between days of fighting. violence broke out in and around one of - between days of fighting. violence j broke out in and around one of the city's most sensitive holy sites. the travels have been sparked by the

tennis star, naomi 0saka, says she won't be taking questions from the media, at the upcoming french openlf, to people that doubt me." she said she expected to receive a considerable fine, which she hopes will go to a mental health charity. that's all the sport for now. doing a press conference after a match is part of the guidelines the sign up to. that's all the sport for now. time for comments about dominic cummings. this message says that the cummings. this message says that the cummings man is a disc disgruntled employee and he was annoyed at their professional civil service and their role to deliver an effective public service. this message says everybody makes mistakes, someone has to take responsibility and not pass it on and that is how we learn about trust. another message said how do we ever get to the position to decide which person from the government is more trustworthy? another message said brits and east asia have seen closed borders to keep the virus out and there was no excuse for britain to do the same and they are making the same mistakes again. this message says 100%

and the women's tennis association has released a statement following naomi 0saka's declaration thatir perspective and tell their story." that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. more from pep guardiola and others in the afternoon. people who renew their home or car insurance with the same company each year should no longer be penalised for their loyalty. the financial conduct authority has announced that from january, existing customers must be offered a price that is no higher than that paid by customers who are new to the insurer. but the new rules could see the cheapest deals disappear. kevin peachey has more. whether it's insurance for your house or for your car, loyalty doesn't pay, as mike discovered. it was only when he retired that he realised how bad a deal he was getting. the crunch came when i got the renewal notice for the car in february of this year and it had gone up 20%. and one of our daughters said, dad, you've really got to get on the internet and find yourself a better quote than that. so i did. mike had been a victim of the loyalty

the four—time grand slam champion naomi 0saka says she's not sure whether the tokyo 0lympics should ben it is definitely... rugby union fans will be admitted to twickenham for the first time since december, with at least 10,000 able to attend each of england's summer test matches. eddiejones�* side will play tests against the usa on sunday the 4th ofjuly and canada on saturday the 10th ofjuly. an england a side will face scotland a in leicester on sunday the 27th ofjune. meanwhile, the ex—wales coach rob howley, who is now assistant coach at canada, will face wales on saturday the 3rd ofjuly in cardiff, before wales have two further tests against argentina. and ireland are set to host japan and the usa at the aviva stadium injuly as part of their reshuffled summer schedule. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. there is more about that on the bbc sport website. now, let's return to one of our main stories this hour. last night, sir keir starmer sacked his shadow chancellor annaliese dodds and party chair angela rayner, moving both to other positions. th

tennis star, naomi 0saka, says she won't be taking questions from the media, at the upcoming french open by the met office, scientists from ten other countries, including the us and china involved. it has a real global basis to this work. what they have done is try to come up with an assessment of what's going to happen in the next five years but there's a reasonable possibility that one of the next five years will have an average global temperature that is at 1.5 celsius above the preindustrial level. they do add that they don't expected to be anything other than temporary, but it would one year alone reaching that level, because there are not —— there are natural forces, that level, because there are not —— there are naturalforces, when it is a la nina year that pulls temperatures down so they would expect that to happen in the years after this single year has reached that threshold. but obviously this is a step towards the inevitable day when the global average temperature will be at or above 1.5 more or less permanently and that's something that everybody in that field is working to

tennis star, naomi 0saka, says she won't be taking questions from the media at the upcoming french openwhile they're down" and added "we're asked questions, that bring doubt into our minds and i'm just not going to subject myself, to people that doubt me." she said she expected to receive a considerable fine, which she hopes will go to a mental health charity. that's all the sport for now. police say they've rescued more than 570 children during a week of operations against county lines drugs gangs across england, wales and scotland. more than a thousand arrests were made. county lines gangs are urban drug dealers, who sell to customers in more rural areas, often using children as couriers. angus crawford reports. holly, the sniffer dog, is busy looking for drugs... how much have you got there? is that a couple of grams? ..and the young people used to move them around the uk. police forces across the country, even here on the railways, are targeting county lines. they're looking for drugs, weapons, money. but what they really want to find are the children being exploited by these crimin