coming up on this programme: roger says game, set, match to roland garros. federer will bypass the french open. conte celebrates at stanford bridge, as champions chelsea fight back to beat watford. and going for glory and green. the england football club which is saving energy and money. hi there, wherever you are around the world. welcome to sport today. his mind is still sharp as a tack, but his body may be getting weary, so roger federer has pulled out of the french open, as he aims to preserve longevity. with less than two weeks to go until the second grand slam of the year, the world number five will avoid the clay, in his quest to conquer again on grass. ben croucher reports. this time last year it was injury that ruled roger federer out of roland garros. this time it is a desire to keep on playing which is behind the decision. now 35, he says he wants to continue competing with the world's best for many years to come. playing on clay, in his words, probably isn't the best physical preparation for the remainder of the season. preparation for the remain

novak djokovic has extended his stay at roland garros.'s victory for the defending champion at the french open. and how long will england last in the champions trophy? captain eoin morgan believes they can beat ‘anybody‘ ahead of the first match of the tournament. good evening, as i say, there's plenty to come but we start with arsenal and what could be a slightly new approach for the premier league club. the news was officially announced today that arsene wenger has signed a new two year deal, to extend his 21 years as their manager... david ornstein is at the emirates stadium for us... david, i guess that today the fans may have got more of an indication on the future of the club and they have received all season? that's right, this news emerged today that arsene wenger signed the contract. this saga has overshadowed arsenal's season. this saga has overshadowed arsenal's season. certainly until they won's saturday's fa cup final. why wasn't it signed? we don't really know. but we do know that from the 31st of january, arsenal lost seven

kuznetsov has had a good clay season and made the geneva open semifinals last week, here at roland garrosng serve, it was broken three times as the russian won the second set 6—4 to level the match. murray changed gears for the third and now it was kuznetsov making the mistakes, murray breezed through the set 6—2 to take a 2—1 lead. a minor bump avoided, murray cruised through the next, 6—0, he moves into the second round when he will play martin cleves and slovakia. i was looking forward to getting going today, i didn't need the extra time on the practice court and by getting the tuesday starts it allowed me to get some good practice and after missing a couple of days with the illness so i was action quite happy to wait until tuesday, obviously ended up planks of his staff. also through to round two is kyle edmund reaching the second round for the third successive year. he beat portugal‘s gastao elias taking the match in straight sets. edmund will play eitherjo—wilfred tsonga or renzo 0livo in round two. in the women‘s draw, british number one johanna konta suffered a shock defeat by wor

coming up on this programme: roger says game, set, match to roland garros.fight back to beat watford. and going for glory and green. the england football club which is saving energy and money. hi there, wherever you are around the world. welcome to sport today. his mind is still sharp as a tack, but his body may be getting weary, so roger federer has pulled out of the french open, as he aims to preserve longevity. with less than two weeks to go until the second grand slam of the year, the world number five will avoid the clay, in his quest to conquer again on grass. ben croucher reports. this

while officials at roland garros decided not to grant her a wildcard at the french open, sharapova hasldcard for the main draw at the all—england club. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are pippa crerar, political correspondent at the london evening standard, and michael booker, deputy editor of the daily express. tomorrow's front pages, starting with. .. the financial times, which leads on what it says is theresa may's break with the tories's thatcherite past to woo labour voters. the telegraph calls it theresa may's "manifesto for the mainstream" as she promises to make britain fairer. tomorrow's express ramps up the fighting talk over the uk's brexit deal with europe. the mirror says may will strip 10 million pensioners of their winter fuel payments and warns of possible tory tax rises for working families. the times is another paper to focus on theresa may's bid to win voters from right and left as she launches her manifesto in the labour seat of halifax. the

but at roland garros, we're looking pretty good over the next few days, 23, 24 degrees, those winds arey the middle of the weekend we should see a bit more in the way of sunshine as well. tuesday evening back on our shores, we see this patchy rain fizzling out as it makes its way to the south—eastern corner. it'll be quite grey around some of these coasts in the south and west, but actually it's going to be a fresh start to the day on wednesday morning, that fresher air has spread its way in across pretty much all parts, so a much better night for sleeping. wednesday itself looks like a pretty decent day. might start offjust a bit windy towards the north—east of the uk, but that eases down and then most places are going to have a decent day with light winds and sunny spells but further weather fronts are waiting out in the atlantic. but wednesday, yes, it's a pretty decent day. there's that wind easing down in the north—east. good spells of sunshine for england and wales, northern ireland too, much of scotland as well and with those light winds and temperatures in the middle to upper te

a frenchman hasn't won the title at roland—garros for 311 years.ulders of gael monfils. so far, so good. through after beating dustin brown of germany in straight sets. johanna konta from great britain is well—established in the world's top ten but that success has not yet transferred to play. she raced ahead against her taiwan opponent, taking the first set 6—1. after losing the second on the tie—break, errors cost her delay. johanna konta is without a winner in this open. in cricket, india humiliated bangladesh in their final warm in cricket, india humiliated bangladesh in theirfinal warm up match in the champions trophy which begins on thursday with a 240 run win at the oval. bangladesh won the task and india compiled a mammoth 324, with a top score of 94 before they retired for the day. in response, the tigers could only muster 84. the match between new zealand and sri lanka in birmingham was closer... the black caps got a six wicket win. just under four overs remaining. ben ainslie's land rover bar team secured a crucial win over swedish team

we'll have the latest from roland garros, and the latest from roland garros, and the other stories, atrolf harris has been discharged, after it failed to reach verdicts on four indecent assault charges. the crown prosecution service say they will not seek a retrial. his solicitor read out this statement a few minutes ago on behalf of his clients. whilst i am pleased that this is finally over, i feel no sense of victory, just relief. i am 87 years old, my wife is in ill health and we simply want to spend our remaining time together in peace. i would like to thank my legal team for their extraordinary work and dedication and my barrister, my solicitor and my investigation team at merrick international. i want to thank my wonderfulfriends and international. i want to thank my wonderful friends and family who have supported us over this difficult period. thank you 0ur correspondent simonjones is outside southwark crown court. southwark crown court. rolf harris himself left a short time ago amid some chaotic scenes? yes, he was surrounded by camera crews from right around the world, and pho

and no maria sharapova, she did not get into roland garros.ething about the clay does not suit her. she was absolutely gutted, understandably. i feel another sneeze on the way. 0k, shall i start the papers? it could come at any moment. here is a paper to protect you. let's take a look at this morning's papers. a lot of them are talking about the grand gesture for manchester, ariana grande on the way back to hold this benefit concert, lots of her amazing showbiz friends. do you think they looked? we will find out from the man who organised it. and then she rings justin man who organised it. and then she ringsjustin bieber man who organised it. and then she rings justin bieber and he man who organised it. and then she ringsjustin bieber and he says yes, i will come. there she is again, apologies from a slightly crumpled guardian newspaper this morning. i think i may have sat on it earlier. and you have the story about theresa may intensifying the personal attacks onjeremy corbyn as the polls narrow. chris mason talking about that earlier. the zo

so let's bring you up to date with the action on day three at the french open at roland garros — plentywo kyle edmund and women's number one johanna konta all in action. andy murray's opponent here. he is number 73 andy murray's opponent here. he is number73 in the andy murray's opponent here. he is number 73 in the world. he reached the semifinals of the geneva open last week so he comes into this match in good form. andy murray has won both of their previous meetings. back to the main screen. here is the action. it is time to put injury and illness behind him. andy murray arrived as the world number one and attempted to master the red clay for the first time. he seemed to wait foran the first time. he seemed to wait for an unforced errors. the russians seemed happy to oblige. despite losing his serve, andy murray took the first set 6—4. but his opponent had a good clay season. he made semifinals last week. here he was showing what he was capable of. andy murray was not helped by a misfiring third that was broken three times as the russian won the second set 6—4 to level the match. and

pain in rome and no love from paris — sharapova retires hurt and gets rejected by roland garros.ut defending champion andy murray. and paris gets the presidential seal of approval to host the 2024 0lympics. hi there, wherever you are around the world. welcome to sport today. arsenal have given themselves one final chance to sneak into the champions league next season. the gunners beat sunderland 2—0 to keep themselves in a top—four tussle with manchester city and liverpool. arsenal manager arsene wenger told the bbc, "we've got in on the final day many times" before.

with us further south as well, if you are lucky enough to be heading off to the french open at roland garrosther on monday. tuesday some sunshine. the same area of high pressure will be enveloping the uk, pushing those weather fronts out of the way. tuesday and wednesday they are gone from the north as well and we have some warmth and some sunshine coming through for many. difficult to say exactly how much sunshine but given the strength of the sunshine, most of us will have a dry wit and increasingly warm. humid as well, meaning warm by day at the other sultry by night. —— and rather sultry by night. —— and rather sultry by night. —— and rather sultry by night. this is bbc news. our top stories: donald trump has enjoyed saudi arabia's finest welcome so far but will he be able to strike the right note with sunday's key speech on islam? earlier the president was awarded the kingdom's top civilian honour — before signing deals worth hundreds of billions of dollars. iran's president hassan rouhani says his re—election shows people want reform —— and to continue to engage with the world. transla

at roland garros we are looking pretty good over the next few days.uld see more in the wake of sunshine as well. to stealing back on our shores. we see the patchy rain fizzling out as it makes its way to the south eastern corner. actually it would be a fresh start to the day on wednesday morning. the fresh air has spread its way in. a better night for sleeping. wednesday looks like a decent day. it might start of windy in the north—east of the uk. that eases down. most places will have a decent day with light winds and sunny spells. wednesday, a pretty decent day. there is the wind easing down in the north—east. good spells of sunshine will stop much of scotla nd spells of sunshine will stop much of scotland as well for stuck temperatures into the mid—to upper teens and low 20s. a lot of fine and dry weather to be had. the west of scotla nd dry weather to be had. the west of scotland and northern ireland, they will begin to see the weather front moving in. that is making steady progress is woods. by friday they'll be fair bit of cloud with outbreaks o

pain in rome and no love from paris — sharapova retires hurt and gets rejected by roland garros.wonder he's smiling — fabio fognini knocks out defending champion andy murray. and paris gets the presidential seal of approval to host the 2024 olympics. hi there, wherever you are around the world. welcome to sport today. arsenal have given themselves one final chance to sneak into the champions league next season. the gunners beat sunderland 2—0 to keep themselves in a top—four tussle with manchester city and liverpool. arsenal manager arsene wenger told the bbc, "we've got in on the final day many times" before. alexis sanchez‘s brace means the gunners could yet secure a top—four finish by beating everton at home on sunday, but only if fourth—place liverpool, who are a point above them, fail to beat middlesbrough. arsenal could also mathematically catch third placed manchester city but that is a more complicated equation. 71 last year, we were second, at the moment we have 72 and we want of course to go to 75, to focus on that after. we have to deal with what happens, but we want t

women's number one johanna konta has a dismal record on the french clay — she's never won a match at roland garros for her that record continued today with a first round defeat to the world number 109 as jim lumsden reports. konte‘s improvement does not yet extend to clay. she was looking to get past the first round for the first time. the first set was a formality. the second set was the opposite. the chinese player picked up opposite. the chinese player picked up by opposite. the chinese player picked up by greater resistance opposite. the chinese player picked up by greater resistance and opposite. the chinese player picked up by greater resistance and despite being below third by —— being below konte, she won the set. dernbach was hitting the shots straight at her opponent. the chinese player continue to chip away. she survived another game but her arrival was short lived. better disappointment for konte, who is still to win this kind of match. former us open champion sam stosur has suggested that some players may decide to boycott playing on the arena named after margaret court at next year's

not been given a wild card to play at the french open later this month the two—time champion at roland garros injury while leading her second—round tie against mirjana lucic—baroni. defeat in rome means she misses the chance to qualify for the main draw at wimbledon, which she could have achieved by reaching the finals in the italian capital. the french open organisers say it would send out the wrong message to give her a wild card in paris. i'm very sorry for maria, i'm very sorry for herfans, very sorry for maria, i'm very sorry for her fans, they very sorry for maria, i'm very sorry for herfans, they might be very sorry for maria, i'm very sorry for her fans, they might be very disappointed, she might be very disappointed. but it is my mission to protect the game and to protect the high standards of a game played without any doping in the results. the ioc has finished its inspection of the paris bid ahead of september's vote to decide whether they should host the 2024 summer games. they are up against los angeles, who were inspected last week. the mayor of paris believes france's new presi

the world number one and top seed has never won the title at roland garros...'s ranked 85th in the world. meanwhile british number 0nejohanna konta faces the unseeded su—wei hsieh of chinese taipei. heather watson didn't qualify. scott jamieson is the joint leader on day two of the pga championship at wentworth. the scott finished the first day one—shot behind and today hit four birdies in a row to top the leaderboard along with belgian's thomas pieters on seven—under—par. jamieson finished with a two—under round of 70. england's lee westwood is in also contention, he's two shots back after carding a three—under—par round of 69. there was a big surprise in super league this evening as hull were beaten at home by strugglers leigh centurions. that result means leeds are now up to third in the table after they thrashed warrington a0 points to nil. rob burrow going over for their final try. elsewhere there were wins for leaders castleford as well as salford and wakefield trinity. thousands of people turned—out in the centre of manchester to watch some of britain's

has not been able to gain enough ranking points to get into the main draw or even qualify for roland garrosris organisers have children, chosen not to give her a wild card but she has the chance to qualify through the ranking system. the ioc has finished its inspection of the paris bid ahead of september's vote to decide whether they should host the 2024 summer games. they are up against los angeles who were inspected last week. the mayor of paris believes france's new president, emmanuel macron, can help her city win the bid. 0ur sports editor dan roan is in the french capital.. 0ur sports editor dan roan is in the french capital. he's just three days into the job at france's new president has wasted little time in backing paris's bid to host the 2024 games. emmanuel macron welcoming members of the international olympic committee to the elysee palace on the final day of their inspection visit. paris omitted to spending billions on the event and the city mayor told me why. we will transform paris with the village for the athletes and after the games the village for the athletes will be hous

in fact, it looks like it should be a warm and a dry start at roland garros for the french open startingorthwards, with this area of high pressure. and that's with us then for much of the week. not just southern areas, the north will enjoy some warmer weather as well as temperatures start to get into the high teens for scotland and for northern ireland. so a lot of dry weather on offer through the coming week and probably some very strong may sunshine, too. so it should feel much warmer. this is bbc news. i'm lebo diseko. our top stories: in step in saudi arabia. donald trump and king salman sign multi—billion dollar trade deals in what's described as a turning point in us—arab relations. iran's president, hassan rouhani, says his re—election shows people want reform and greater engagement with the world. president trump says the first day of his visit to saudi arabia was tremendous after billions of dollars of trade deals were signed. the most significant was for arms to boost the saudi military, which the white house has called the largest single arms deal

in fact, it looks like it should be a warm and a dry start at roland garros for the french open, startingwards, with this area of high pressure. and that's with us, then, for much of the week. and notjust southern areas — the north will enjoy some warmer weather, as well, as temperatures start to get into the high teens for scotland and for northern ireland. so a lot of dry weather on offer through the coming week and probably some very strong may sunshine, too. so it should feel much warmer. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is lebo diseko. 0ur the globe. my name is lebo diseko. our top stories: in step in saudi arabia: donald trump and king salman sign multi—billion dollar trade deals, in what's described as a turning point in us—arab relations. iran's president hassan rouhani says his re—election shows people want reform and greater engagement with the world. and the sister of the duchess of cambridge gets married, with the young royals sharing centre stage.

in fact, it looks like it should be a warm and a dry start at roland garros for the french open, startingssure. and that's with us, then, for much of the week. and notjust southern areas — the north will enjoy some warmer weather, as well, as temperatures start to get into the high teens for scotland and for northern ireland. so a lot of dry weather on offer through the coming week and probably some very strong may sunshine, too. so it should feel much warmer. this is bbc news. our top stories — in step in saudi arabia — donald trump and king salman sign multibillion—dollar trade deals in what's described as a turning point in us—arab relations. president trump is also awarded the kingdom's top civilian honour ahead of sunday's major speech on islam. iran's president hassan rouhani says his re—election shows people want reform and greater engagement with the world. an emotional reunion — dozens of schoolgirls kidnapped in nigeria by islamist militants three years ago finally see theirfamilies. and a sister of the duchess of cambridge gets married

in fact, it looks like it should be a warm and a dry start at roland garros for the french open, startingo spreading northwards, with this area of high pressure. and that's with us, then, for much of the week. and notjust southern areas — the north will enjoy some warmer weather, as well, as temperatures start to get into the high teens for scotland and for northern ireland. so a lot of dry weather on offer through the coming week and probably some very strong may sunshine, too. so it should feel much warmer. hello, this is breakfast, with rogerjohnson and rachel burden. donald trump prepares to address the leaders of more than a0 muslim nations. in his first foreign trip as president, he will call for a united front against religious extremism. good morning, it is sunday 21 may. also ahead: labour renews its push to attract older voters, as the conservatives defend their plans to overhaul social care funding. dozens of schoolgirls kidnapped in nigeria by islamist militants finally see their families, after three years in captivity. in sport: it is the final day of the premier league seas

it looks like a warm and dry start at roland garros for the french open starting on monday, of courseh of the week. not just dropped that is with us for much of the week. notjust southern areas that other areas will enjoy the warmer temperatures. it should feel much warmer. this is bbc news. the headlines: the us president donald trump has received a royal, red carpet welcome in saudi arabia. donald trump is now expected to make a key speech on islam, sunday. on his first foreign trip as us president, he was awarded the top civilian honour in the kingdom before signing a deal worth hundreds of billions of dollars — including arms sales. hassan rouhani has been re—elected president of iran. the moderate easily beat his more conservative challenger. he said iranians had chosen a path of greater engagement with the world. and pippa middleton, the sister of the duchess of cambridge, has married in a traditional english country wedding. she married the financier james matthews. the ceremony was attended by several members of the royal family. now on bbc news, nick robinson sits down for di

this year's tournament at roland garros starts on sunday.of transfers in the premier league. zabaleta has been snapped right up. he becomes village's first signing at west ham. he signed a two—year deal that sta rts he signed a two—year deal that starts on the 1st ofjuly after his nine years with manchester city. he said it has been a pleasure to move to london. valencia will be staying put in manchester. he signed a contract extension with manchester united for another two years. he arrived as a winger but has been utilised by the manager as an attacking right back who said he had long admired valencia long before he joined the club as manager. wayne rooney says he has "more or less" decided about his manchester united future but won't say what that is for another two weeks. as for the 31—year—old's international career, well that looks to be coming to a close. england's record scorer has been been left out again by head coach gareth southgate who's named his squad to face scotland and france next month. rooney has been a bit player in his

french open — it's the first time the women's top seed has been knocked out in the first round at roland garrosare playing the second leg of their scottish premiershi playoff final, it is 0—0 after 15 minutes. the home secretary amber rudd says the conservatives would set up a commission to tackle terrorism and hate crime and promote british values if they win the general election. labour say they would put 10,000 police on the streets and match a conservative pledge of an extra 1,000 security experts. new cctv pictures of the manchester bomber salman abedi have been released. salman abedi, the man who massacred children in manchester, pictured on the night of the attack. but where had he been, who knew his plans and what happened when his friends alerted the security services about his extremism? questions for the home secretary. was salman abedi on a surveillance list? i don't know those details because the intelligence services are still collecting information about him and about the people around him. i wouldn't rush to conclusions, but you seem to be, that they missed something. people had

humidity dropping awake but there is still some rain to be had in the north of scotland, but at roland garross are increasingly light, a bit more in the way of sunshine. tuesday evening, patchy rain, fizzling out as it makes its way to the south—east corner, grey around the coast south and west but it will be a fresh start to the day on wednesday morning, the fresher air spread its way into pretty much all parts, and much better day for sleeping. wednesday looks at a decent day, it may start off windy towards the north—east of the uk but that eases down and most places will have a decent day with light winds, but further weather fronts are waiting in the atlantic, but when the a decent day. the wind eases down, good spells of sunshine for england, wales and northern ireland, much of scotland and light winds, low 20s, a very pleasant day indeed. bonnin to thursday and a lot of fine and dry weather to be had for england and wales, the west of scotla nd england and wales, the west of scotland and northern ireland will see this weather front moving on, that make steady progress into the east and

but at roland garros, we're looking pretty good over the next few days, 23, 20 four degrees, those windsuld see a bit more in the way of sunshine as well. tuesday evening back on our shores, we see this patchy rain fizzling out as it makes its way to the south—eastern corner. it will be quite grey around some of these coasts in the south and west, but actually it's going to be a fresh start to the day on wednesday morning, that fresher air has spread its way in across pretty much all parts, so a much better night for sleeping. wednesday itself looks like a pretty decent day. might start offjust a bit windy towards the north—east of the uk, but that eases down and then most places are going to have a decent day with light winds and sunny spells but further weather fronts are waiting out in the atlantic. but wednesday, yes, it's a pretty decent day. there's that wind easing down in the north—east. good spells of sunshine for england and wales, northern ireland too, much of scotland as well and with those like winds and temperatures in the middle to upper teens, low 20s, i think it will be

bitter disappointment for konta, who is still to win a match at roland garros.ow court, andy murray starts his campaign against russia's andrey kuznetsov with murray hoping to improve his run on clay this season — he's lost as many matches as he's w011. that's all sport for now. just a reminder, arsene wenger will stay at arsenal for two more years at least. it will officially be announced tomorrow. find out more reaction to that on our website. i'll have more in the next hour. labour leaderjeremy corbyn is campaigning today on the party's promise of free childcare for two to four year olds. however, mr corbyn was left red—faced during an interview on radio 4's woman's hour when he appeared not know how much the policy would cost to put in place. he was pressed on the issue by presenter emma barnett. we know from appalling the economy topsissues we know from appalling the economy tops issues for men and women. how much will it cost to provide on means much will it cost to provide on m ea ns tested much will it cost to provide on means tested childcare for 1.3 mi

time of year from piracy can always see venus, this the older venous system's11th opponent at roland garrosr 25 seasons with roma football club, francesco totti has played his final game which they won 3—2. the 40—year—old scored 307 goals in nearly 800 games for his hometown club. it's now likely he'll become a director at the club, although some reports have suggested he could look for another playing option, possibly in america. japan has a history—maker in motorsport. takuma sato has become the first person from his country to win the indianapolis 500 race. he took the lead with just five laps to go to deny the brazilian, helio castroneves, a record equalling fourth win. sato, who spent seven seasons as a formula 1 driver before switching, called the win "unbelievable. " and the netherlands is celebrating a first — cyclist tom dumoulin won the 100th edition of the giro d'italia. fourth in the standing before the final day time trial, the 26—year—old produced a blistering ride to overhaul his rivals and claim a maiden victory in one of cycling's biggest events. it's really crazy! this is

roland garros, looking good for the next few days, 23, 24. the winds will be increasingly light.atchy rain fizzling out towards the south—eastern corner. grey around the south and west. actually, a fresh start to the day on wednesday morning. that fresher air moving through all parts. a much better night for sleeping. wednesday itself, a more decent day. starting off windy towards the east of the uk. most places will have a decent day with light winds and sunny spells. further weather fronts are waiting out in the atlantic. a decent day. wind is easing down in the north—east. a good spell of sunshine for england and wales and parts of scotland. light winds and temperatures in the middle to upper teens, low 20s, a pleasant day indeed. on into thursday, and a lot of fine and dry weather to be had for england and wales and eastern scotland. western scotland and northern ireland later on will see this weather front moving in. it is making steady progress east. friday, cloud and outbreaks of rain around. ahead of all that rain in the south—eastern corner, it looks like it will be quit

in fact, it looks like it should be a warm and a dry start at roland garros for the french open, startingorthwards, with this area of high pressure. and that's with us, then, for much of the week. and notjust southern areas — the north will enjoy some warmer weather, as well, as temperatures start to get into the high teens for scotland and for northern ireland. so a lot of dry weather on offer through the coming week and probably some very strong may sunshine, too. so it should feel much warmer. this is bbc news. the headlines — the us president donald trump has received a red carpet welcome in saudi arabia. donald trump is now expected to make a key speech on islam in a few hours time. hassan rouhani has been re—elected president of iran. the moderate easily beat his more conservative challenger. he said iranians had chosen a path of greater engagement with the world and had rejected extremism. china is reported to have killed or imprisoned at least 18 cia spies in what's been described as one of the worst breaches of us security in decades. the new york times says the deaths happened d

and when you're not playing in the french open tennis at roland—garros, you don't have to prepare asoing. he's been stepping out at the wedding of the year in england. he's there with his wife mirka, at the wedding of pippa middeton, the sister of the duchess of cornwall, kate, and james matthews. smashing three piece! that is all the sport for you, back to you, alpa. there has been an emotional reunion in nigeria for the 82 chibok girls freed from boko haram. it's the first time they and their parents have seen each other since the girls were released last month. afghanistan's vice—president, general abdul rashid dostum, has left the country for turkey. it's alleged he ordered the assault of a former provincial governor and political rival. he denies wrongdoing, and his spokesman says he's left for medical treatment. the italian and libyan coastguard services say about 5000 migrants attempting to reach europe have been rescued over the past three days. most of those attempting the mediterranean crossing were taken to italy. some were returned to libya. norway is taking measures to p

roland garros, looking good for the next few days, 23, 24. the winds will be increasingly light.esday evening, back on our shores. patchy rain fizzling out towards the south—east. grey around the south and west. actually, a fresh start to the day on wednesday morning. that fresher air moving through all parts. a much better night for sleeping. wednesday itself, a more decent day. starting off windy towards the east of the uk. most places will have a decent day with light winds and sunny spells. further weather fronts are moving through the atlantic. a decent day. wind is easing down in the north—east. a good spell of sunshine for england and wales and parts of scotland. light winds and temperatures in the middle to upper teens, low 20s, a pleasant day indeed. on into thursday, and a lot of fine and dry whether to be had for england and wales and eastern scotland. western scotland and northern ireland later on will see this weather front moving in. it is making steady progress east. friday, cloud and outbreaks of rain around. ahead of all that rain in the south—eastern corner, it

humidity chopping away, but there are still some rain to be had in the north of scotland but into roland garrosesday evening, patchy rain, this lean out as it makes its way towards the south—east corner, grey on the coast, but a fresh start to the day on wednesday morning, that fresher air is spreading across all parts, and much better and actress. wednesday, a pretty decent day, might start of windy, but that eases down and most places will have a decent day with light winds and sunny spells, but further weather fa ns sunny spells, but further weather fans are waiting in the atlantic. wednesday, a decent day. good spells of sunshine for england and wales. with the light winds and temperatures, it will be a pleasant day indeed. thursday and a lot of fine and dry weather from much of england and wales and the east of scotland. west of scotland and northern ireland will see the weather front movie—going. that will make steady progress east and by friday, outbreaks of rain around, head of the rain, warm and humid once again. our top story. government forces in the philippines say they've retaken c

in fact, it looks like it should be a warm and a dry start at roland garros for the french open startingut also spreading northwards, with this area of high pressure. and that's with us then for much of the week. not just southern areas, the north will enjoy some warmer weather as well as temperatures start to get into the high teens for scotland and for northern ireland. so a lot of dry weather on offer through the coming week and probably some very strong may sunshine, too. so it should feel much warmer. this is bbc news. my name is lebo diseko. 0ur this is bbc news. my name is lebo diseko. our top stories: in step in saudi arabia: donald trump and king salman sign multi—billion dollar trade deals, in what's described as a turning point in us—arab relations. hundreds of billions of dollars of investment into united states, and jobs, jobs, jobs. president trump is also awarded the kingdom's top civilian honour, ahead of sunday's major speech on islam. iran's president hassan rouhani says his re—election shows people want reform and greater engagement with the world. and the sister of th

but at roland garros, we're looking pretty good over the next few days, 23, 24 degrees, those winds areddle of the weekend we should see a bit more in the way of sunshine as well. tuesday evening back on our shores, we see this patchy rain fizzling out as it makes its way to the south—eastern corner. it'll be quite grey around some of these coasts in the south and west, but actually it's going to be a fresh start to the day on wednesday morning, that fresher air has spread its way in across pretty much all parts, so a much better night for sleeping. wednesday itself looks like a pretty decent day. might start offjust a bit windy towards the north—east of the uk, but that eases down and then most places are going to have a decent day with light winds and sunny spells but further weather fronts are waiting out in the atlantic. but wednesday, yes, it's a pretty decent day. there's that wind easing down in the north—east. good spells of sunshine for england and wales, northern ireland too, much of scotland as well and with those light winds and temperatures in the middle to upper teens, low

swung around with konta eventually on the losing side and is still yet to win in the main draw at roland garrose a further retrial on indecent assault allegations — after a jury failed to reach a verdict. rolf harris left court today without comment but said through his solicitor he felt no sense of victory — just relief. he'd been accused of groping three teenage girls in the 1970s and 80s. investigations are continuing into the death of a zookeeper in cambridge yesterday after she was attacked by a tiger. rosa king had worked at hamerton zoo for 1h years. in a tribute, her mother said she loved herjob and wouldn't have done anything else. ben ando reports. we do a lot of work for conservation, a lot of breeding to try and save... conservation and compassion, words rosa king lived by. today, flowers were laid at hamerton zoo by friends and visitors who were struggling to come to terms with her death. she was the most caring, compassionate woman you could ever meet and she's going to be sorely missed by everyone who knew her. ijust can't believe she's gone. in a statement her mother andrea said

preparation for the french open, and his next competitive match will be in the first round at roland garrosle of weeks, but, you know, i do thinki can, it is certainly not going to be easy. i‘m going to have to work hard the next ten days and, you know, really, you know, prepared very well, make the most of every single day and... and then really work my way into the tournament. it is going to be tough but i think i can still do well there. sounding understandably glum. british number one joanna konta is into the third round of the italian open after knocking out yulia putinseva from kazakhstan. konta is seeded fifth and won in straight sets. maria sharapova has won the french open twice but will not take part in this year‘s tournament after organisers chose not to offer her a wildcard. it wasn‘t the greatest of days for sharapova, who was forced to retire from the italian open in the final set of her second round match through injury. the russian can still play at wimbledon through the qualifiers or a wildcard but after her ban for doping, she‘ll not play at roland garros next week. iam ve

have shed further light on their decision not to allow romanian davis cup captain ilie nastase to roland garroshly controversial april, the 70—year—old made racist comments about serena williams' pregnancy, allegedly inappropriate advances towards his british counterpart anne keothavong, and he's believed to have verbally abused both the davis cup captain, as well as playerjohanna konta during a match. organisers of the madrid open were criticised for inviting nastase to last saturday's award ceremony. and speaking ahead of the next grand slam in paris, french open tournament director guy forget says the romanian has let himself down. good publicity for the game. it's not good for himself, he was such a great champion and he is a nice generous sky but it is hard to see those pictures now. we have a committee, the idf gave its position and the french federation will follow that position so i doubt we will see him this year. ioc experts have just completed their inspection of the paris bid ahead of september's vote to decide whether the french capital or los angeles should host the 2024 summer ga

earlier this week officials at roland garros decided against offering her a wild card to the french openpondent russell fuller. it was exceptionally unlikely the all—england club or going to give her a wild card into the main draw. i always felt they were unlikely to do so, particularly after the french federation decided this week they would not be offering her a wild ca rd into would not be offering her a wild card into the main draw for qualifying. i think she realised it was a battle she had tried to win. i think she accepted it was a battle she was not going to be able to win. i think it is logical, a smart move on her behalf to withdraw and say i will play the wta wild card one week, then i will go to the qualifying competition at roehampton and try to get into the main draw. now, it's notjust football where the hunt for silverware is reaching ‘crunch time.‘ rugby union's aviva premiership semi—finals take place this weekend with two simply mouth—watering semi—finals as table toppers wasps host leicester and exeter take on the champions cup winners saracens. both matches are live a

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play is under way at roland garros and on the men's side two greats already on course, with the kings march for an unrivaled tenth round. at last year's champion successfully beginning his title

play is under way at roland garros and on the men's side two greats already on course, with the kingay tarting his march for an unrivaled tenth round. at last year's champion

play is under way at roland garros and on the men's side two greats already on course, with the kingplay tarting his march for an unrivaled tenth round. at last year's

the tournament at roland garros sta rts the tournament at roland garros starts on sunday.ce scotland in france. rooney has been a bit part player in his club side this season. his former club so everton or a chinese super league team have expressed interest. chelsea will ta ke expressed interest. chelsea will take on the london rivals arsenal in the fa cup final tomorrow. there have been contrasted fortunes for this season. arsenal fan of this, missing out on the champions league for the proscribed in 20 years. mustn't anger has not confirmed whether he will be at the club next season. axar —— at alex 0xlade—chamberlain thinks it will be a morale boost. we have given ourselves a boost, winning trophy is what it is about. it will be positive to finish on a positive note. there will be —— we wanted to finish higher in the league, there is no doubting about that. but it's a big trophy and one we want to win. it will definitely boost morale going into next season. lewis horner has received a suspended ban for betting on football matches including his at his own club inverness.