danny savage, bbc news, stalybridge.the team here on social media. this is bbc news. now on bbc news, sport today. hello, i'm chetan pathak, and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme: despite the heat and humidity in new york, novak djokivic battles through to the second round of the us open. kashima antlers score a stunner in the asian champions league as their opponents pay the price for a missed flight. and the president of the united states is shown a red card by the fifa president. thanks forjoining us. let's start with the tennis. aiming for his 14th grand slam title, novak djokovic eventually dealth with the extreme heat and humidity in new york to see off hungary's marton fuchovic in four sets. the two—time champion looked needed the trainer to give him tablets for sickness at one stage, but after losing the second set he won the next two 6—4, 6—0 to make it through in four sets. elsewhere, former champion marin cilic also reached the next

danny savage, bbc news, stalybridge.ont equalled the record today for having the world's longest peacetime period without a properly functioning government. there has been no assembly in place for more than 18 months after the power—sharing arrangement between the dup and sinn fein collapsed in january last year. our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. two years ago, northern ireland won the bid to stage the 2021 commonwealth youth games. but the devolved government collapsed before ministers could agree the funding. now northern ireland has been stripped of the chance to host the event. i was annoyed because it would have been a good opportunity for people here. i was quite shocked. how come we're not sticking together, not helping each other? as well as losing the games, £1—2 billion worth of infrastructure projects have now been put on hold. a new transport hub for belfast, a cruise ship terminal for the harbour, just a couple of the developments being left in limbo. the corridors of power remain empty at stormo

danny savage, bbc news, stalybridge. the headlines on bbc news... describes jeremy corbyn as an anti—semite who has given support to "racists, terrorists and dealers of hate". and theresa may announces plans to boost britain's investment in africa post brexit, promising £4 billion to support the continent. an update on the market numbers for you. here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. celebrity chef gordon ramsey has said he'd offer work to a teenager, who has dwarfism, and has been told by his local college that he'd get under the feet of other students. 18—year—old louis makepeace, who is three feet ten inches tall, applied for a place on a catering course at heart of worcestershire college. he says he's being discriminated against, because of his height. the college denies that. ben sidwell has the story. when louis makepeace applied for a cookery course at his local college, he was stunned by the reaction he got when he went for an interview. the first thin

danny savage, bbc news, stalybridge.w. quite a lot of clout around? over the next few days in southern areas that will be warming up but a lot of clout around today. it has not been reducing much rain but we will see some rain over the course of tonight and tomorrow but also a bit more sunshine as well. at the moment we have a cold front moving into the west of scotland and northern ireland and also a strengthening breeze. ahead hope that a few showers in parts of south—east england. quite a warm night towards the south—east. then tomorrow with the summer showers in parts of kent and coastal parts of east anglia. at the same time the weather front moves south—east but not much more than a few showers. and at worst a little more sunshine, a fairly fresh feel for many but something on the human side across the south—east. then across southern areas, warming up as we the south—east. then across southern areas, warming up as we head to the weekend. further north not as warm but for just about everyone staying mostly dry. thi