mentally, for those five days, you've got to become amber rutter the olympian.ink by having a newborn baby, ijust know the reason why i'm doing it now. it's not just for myself, it's for him. amber is one of six athletes named today as the team gb shooting squad, alongside four shooters flying the flag at the paralympics, all having featured on the podium regularly in recent major compositions. it's pretty crazy. i'm absolutely over the moon. i won my spot back in 2022, so it's been a little - bit of a wait for me, i but i'm just so excited to get going next month. always nice to win medals regardless of what competition or where it's at, so my main goal is i want to go out there and i want to be the best i can be as an athlete. and if that brings me home one, two or three medals, that would be incredible. amber was inspired to take up shooting aged ten by her granddad. she's now focused on leaving an olympic legacy for generations to come. lewis coombes, bbc news. she is one busy lady. well, let's return to tennis because fundamental changes could be on the hor

americans like colonel james rutter from texas.ilitary asked for a battalion for this very mission, he raised his hand and said, my rangers can do the job. he knew their capacity. he knew the strength of their character. a few days after this deal this cliff, he wrote a condolence letter to the mother of one of the soldiers who ve his life here and the letter said, a country must be great to call for the sacrifice of such men. a country must be great to call for the sacre and americans like john wardel john, we love you, man. thank you for all you have done. [applause] you deserve that and a lot more, john. just 18 years old, he deployed to these cliffs to replace the surviving rangers on the d-day invasion. he would go on to fight across france and germany, and early december 1944 during one of those battles shrapnel pierced his skull. by christmas he was back fighting with his unit. here is what he said about the notes he kept at that time. he said, knowing that my buddies and i always looked out for one another, that is why he c

americans like colonel james rutter from texas.ed his hand and said, my rangers can do the job. he knew their capacity. he knew the strength of their character. that letter said, a country must be great to call for the sacrifice of such men. a country must be great to call for the sacrifice of such men. and americans like john wardell from new jersey. john is here. john, we love you, man. thank you for all you have done. [applause] you deserve that and a lot more, john. just 18 years old he deployed to these cliffs, to replace the surviving rangers on the d-day invasion. he would go on to fight across france and germany, and one of those battles shrapnel pierced his skull. by christmas he was back fighting with his unit. here is what he said about the notes he kept at that time. he said, knowing that my buddies and i always looked out for one another, that is why he came back, that is why he fought back. he always looked out, and his buddies looked out for one another. we talk about democracy, american democracy. we often talk abou

cyclist mark cavendish was awarded a knighthood along with the composerjohn rutter.iness correspondence went to speak with alan bates. alan bates, congratulations. thank you. what was your reaction when you found out? it was all a bit of a surprise. it was a bit out of the blue. and, also, the time it was given. i think i received it on the lunchtime of the first day of paula vennells being at the enquiry, had a look being at the inquiry, had a look at my emails and it was there. i thought "this is weird." is this a wind—up? yes. to me the things are just say no. but there are a lot of people who want me to have something and i think the paperwork said they wanted to know by end of that day whether i was prepared to accept it. so it was all a bit of a rush, but a very pleasant surprise all the same. what does this knighthood mean for you? well, i think it's another string to my bow to try and drive the rest of the campaign home for the group. we've got to get the funding for everybody, and that's been my priority now for some time. and if it helps there, then great.

the cyclist, mark cavendish, has been awarded a knighthood, along with the composer, john rutter.s correspondent emma simpson has been to speak with alan bates — a warning this report contains some flashing images. alan bates, congratulations. thank you. what was your reaction when you found out? it was all a bit of a surprise. it was a bit out of the blue. and, also, the time it was given. i think i received it on the lunchtime of the first day of paula vennells being at the enquiry, had a look at my emails and it was there. i thought "this is weird." "is this a wind—up?" yeah! to me these things are just say no. but there are a lot of people who want me to have something and i think the paperwork said they wanted to know by end of that day whether i was prepared to accept it. so it was all a bit of a rush, but a very pleasant surprise all the same. what does this knighthood mean for you? well, i think it's another string to my bow to try and drive the rest of the campaign home for the group. we've got to get the funding for everybody, and that's been my priority now for some tim

the cyclist mark cavendish has been awarded a knighthood, along with the composerjohn rutter.alan bates, and a warning, this report contains some flashing images. alan bates, congratulations. thank you. what was your reaction when you found out? it was all a bit of a surprise. it was a bit out of the blue. and, also, the time it was given. i think i received it on the lunchtime of the first day of paula vennells being at the enquiry, had a look at my emails and it was there. i thought "this is weird." is this a wind—up? yeah. to me the things are just say no. but there are a lot of people who want me to have something and i think the paperwork said they wanted to know by end of that day whether i was prepared to accept it. so it was all a bit of a rush, but a very pleasant surprise all the same. what does this knighthood mean for you? well, i think it's another string to my bow to try and drive the rest of the campaign home for the group. we've got to get the funding for everybody, and that's been my priority now for some time. and if it helps there, then great. that's wonderf

the cyclist mark cavendish has been awarded a knighthood, along with the composer john rutter.any in the opening match of the tournament. over the next month, 24 nations will battle for the title, with tens of thousands of fans cheering their teams on. despite struggling in recent tournaments, germany are among the favourites. footballjournalist tim vickeryjoins us live from rio de janeiro. thanks for being with us. a disappointing night for scotland and germany couldn't have hoped for a better start, could they?— have hoped for a better start, could they? no, they certainly couldn't. your _ could they? no, they certainly couldn't. your colleague - could they? no, they certainly couldn't. your colleague this | couldn't. your colleague this time yesterday morning asked me for a prediction. time yesterday morning asked me fora prediction. i time yesterday morning asked me for a prediction. iwent time yesterday morning asked me for a prediction. i went for 3-1 for a prediction. i went for 3—1 for germany. for a prediction. iwent for 3—1 for germany. i for a prediction. i went for

the cyclist, mark cavendish has been awarded a knighthood, along with the composer, john rutter. the bbc news website. we're at the halfway point in the general election campaign here in the uk. the politicial parties will be out campaigning again this weekend. it's now three weeks until the next government is formed. our political correspondent, hannah miller told us how the parties are going. three weeks to go, it does feel like a long time. it is worth saying, though, that some people will start voting this week when the postal votes start coming in. if we take a look and run through where the parties are at, labour broadly are pretty happy with how their campaign is going. they are miles ahead in the polls. i think over the coming days we can start to see their leader, keir starmer, campaigning in some more ambitious seats, which is an indication, really, of their confidence and their sense that they can afford to be a little bit more ambitious than they may have been going into the campaign. but he has faced some challenging questions about what he stands for, about the plan

im placement led by a man who later went on to a storied career at texas a & m university colonel rutter. it is just amazing that people somehow find this fortitude and courage to go into a fight like this and to begin to turn the tide. the moment that we secured the beaches at normandy was the moment that adolph hitler and the regime he led were set on the road to extinction. >> bill: you talk about the strength at the age of 20. imagine the strength you have at the age of 100, right? most people that age don't leave the house if they are even still with us. the average age went to normandy this time was 100 years old. sheer strength to get up and go back. karl, thank you so much. >> dana: much more to come as well. thank you. >> bill: you give great voice to it. thank you. >> dana: as we've been telling you it is a solemn day in normandy and 80 years since d-day. >> four guys on the ground deserve all the credit they can get. paratroopers, armed forces, the ground troops. not flossing well? then add the whoa! of listerine to your routine. new science shows listerine is 5x more effectiv

post-flight inspection revealed damage to the standby power control unit that provides power to the rutters of similar problems involving 737 maxes. >> i don't think we have a fleet problem. there's something unique to this airplane and that's what the investigators are going to concentrate on. >> reporter: another concern, the faa looking at whether potentially counterfeit titanium from china made its way into the supply chains with forged documents. boeing flagged the concern to the faa. both boeing and airbus say there's no sign that any aircraft was made with suspect titanium. >> does the faa have enough inspectors to truly keep an eye on boeing. >> we feel like we have enough but we continue to hire. >> reporter: this comes as the tsa predicts they could scan a record number of passengers, 3 million, in a single day. >> thank you for that. >>> let's get another check of the forecast, and specifically we want to focus on south florida because we have been watching all week, these guys were just getting slammed with rain, angie. >> it was incredible amounts of rain. over 20 inches, and

americans like colonel james rutter of texas, military asked for a battalion for this mission he raisedrangers can do the job. he knew their capacity, he knew the strength of their character. a few days after they scaled this cliff he wrote a condolence letter to a mother of one of the rangers who gave his life here and the letter said a country must be great to call for the sacrifice of such men. a country must be great to call for the sacrifice of such men. americans like john from new jersey. he is here. john, we love you, man, thank you for all you have done. [applause] you deserve that and a lot more, john. just 18 years old he deployed to this cliff to replace the surviving rangers on that d-day invasion. he would go on the fight across france and germany and in early december of 1944, during one of those battles, shrapnel pierced his skull. by christmas he was back fighting with his unit. here is what he said about the notes he kept at that time. he said knowing that my buddies and i always looked out for one another, that's why he came back. that's why he fought so hard to come

knowing that my company commander had been sunk, i found colonel rutter to inform me about this event was starting his climb onto one of the rope letters and had his hands full -- one of the rope ladders and had his hands full and did not seem particularly interested that i was assuming command of company d. he told me to get the hell out of there and get up and climb my row. i could not understand why the germans were not doing more than they were, but i found out that the destroyer had seen what was going on and were very close to shore and they had realized that we were without fire support. they came in close and open fire with t[applause] >> corporal william dabney, 320 of barrage balloon battalion. all my lower ranking officers were black. my whole outfit was black. the only time i saw a white officer was when he came in a friend's section or something like that. no one told us it was d-day or that we were going into battle. artillery was heavy. as we approached the beach, my balloon caught fire. it happened just as i hit the beach, so i could not move. the only thing i could do

nato allies have today selected the outgoing dutch prime minister, mark rutter as the next boss of natoagreed that he will succeed jens stoltenberg. he will take over the job he will succeed jens stoltenberg. he will take over thejob on he will succeed jens stoltenberg. he will take over the job on october the 2nd. that is not long before the us elections, it is a critical time for the military alliance. particularly in light of the war in ukraine. there is a lot of uncertainty surrounding the united states future attitude to nato. his appointment has been confirmed today by the 32 member military alliance. that is mark rutter, the former dutch leader, the former dutch prime minister is now going to take over in october as nato's boss. now, let's talk a little bit about the football and let's start with the football and let's start with the positives, shall we? england are unbeaten, they have topped the group at the euros but there wasn't much else to cheer about last night as gareth southgate and his team were booed by some fans after their uninspiring goalless draw against slovenia. l

mark rutter in to lead the alliance as the new secretary—general.r of the netherlands okay robert, good to see you. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> we just had a nice email in about about you. so i thought i'd share this with you. this is from philip sparrowhawk who said robert fox should have a 30 minute slot on tv giving a daily update. this is a man who knows his stuff. so there you go, charles beau biden. >> thank you. shop now while stocks last. >> thank you robert fox. >> thank you robert fox. >> always good to see you. >> always good to see you. >> thank you. all right. >> thank you. all right. >> it's 6:24. let's get the check on the weather for you with annie. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar for sponsors of weather on gb news. >> good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather update. another dry and fine day for many of us. plenty of warm sunshine, but it is a little bit cloudier in the north and west. further wet weather is going to arrive here later for the time being. just a risk of some drizzly rain for th

jill rutter from the institute of government, thank you. hello there. extent of the morning sunshine here, the early—morning mist and fog patches all clearing out of the way. this thicker cloud out to the west is a weather front and that will be bringing more general outbreaks of rain. now, we've already seen a few patches of rain for northern ireland and west scotland, but it's late morning, into the early afternoon, that we start to see more persistent rain arriving. there could be one or two heavy bursts as well. and towards the end of the day, some of that rain will start to fringe into western wales and south—west england. given the cloud and rain in the west, temperatures high teens to low twenties, feeling 0k. but it's warmer further east in the sunshine, 20 to 24 the top temperatures. it is another day, however, with high or very high levels of grass pollen, and 95% of hay fever sufferers are sensitive to grass pollen, so it could be one of those sneezy kind of days as well. you might find your eyes a bit sore and itchy, too. 0vernight tonight,