>> lester stokes has just signed up for story time. >> stokes. >> stokes? time request -- or application. so, do you have more than one child? >> i have four. >> are they all at the same house? no? okay. she's got some extras for you. you have to fill out one for each household. >> all right, thank you. >> okay? you're welcome. >> stokes has served two prior prison terms and will soon return to serve six years for false impersonation. he has four daughters by three women. but the first story he records will be for the daughter he's closest to. 7-year-old emilee. and he's just written her a letter to tell her about story time. >> emilee, what's up, baby girl? i love you so much. daddy misses you so much. bunches. how is mommy doing? i heard you were doing great in school and that you're the smartest kid in your class. i'm so proud of you. i feel very happy when i know you're doing so well. i signed up for a class today so i can read stories on tape and send them to you so you can hear me. i hope that you will like it. are you being a good big sister and help

ben stokes tried and his half—ce ntu ry figures?which continued after lunch as toby roland—jones showed us just how comfortable he is with test cricket. things can change quickly at this level as he discovered. three sixes in quick succession, wanting to get to 97 even though he was nearly caught out and another to ta ke was nearly caught out and another to take ben stokes to three figures. 0ne take ben stokes to three figures. one big shot too many and it was all out for 353 so what england needed now was an early wicket.

ben stokes tried as his half—century put the hosts on a front foot.session continued after lunch as toby roland jones showed us just how comfortable he is playing test cricket. things can change quickly at this level as roland jones discovered, no matter. the man at the other end took on south africa. three sixes in quick succession, one to get to 97, even though he was nearly caught out, and another to ta ke nearly caught out, and another to take ben stokes to three figures. at the fund would have to end. one big shot too many and it was all out for 353. so what england really needed now was an early wicket. remember that name roland jones? what a start to his debut and it got far, far, far better! hashim amla and quinton to cock also followed. the captain faf du plessis is was out and three more of his teammates as well. stuart ord getting a brilliant wicket on a brilliant day. this was a pretty special day. coming into it we knew we wanted to push ourselves as high as possible. still pretty testing conditions at times out there. and we were elevate

bardsley‘s been at stoke city since 2014.ourth signing of the summer. there were 15 ties in the scottish league cup this evening and peterhead sealed a 2—1 victory against hearts. celtic manager brendan rodgers has condemned a section of the club's support after they displayed para—military banners at a recent european match. the club have closed a section of the ground occupied by a group of fans known as the green brigade for two matches, as a result of their recent behaviour. here's our reporter, chris mclaughlin. celtic park last week, a champions league qualifier against northern irish side linfield, and the banners that have led to a ban. now the man depictedin one has had his say. celtic is not a political arena for any supporters to come into and display any sort of political element. and it is based around football. and for me, i was obviously saddened by what i'd seen. this was the green brigade at the final game of last season, defiantly ignoring a ban on players. the group is neverfar from controversy... 99.9% of

stokes rode his luck. he went butjoe root has blossomed.eat moment for everyone. he had been praying he would reach those three fingers and since reaching those figures he pushed onto and south africa have looked this is. they have been struggling in the heat in a day which threaten to belong to south africa in the morning and it has belonged very much to england's captain, certainly as first days in a newjob go it will take some beating. so let's take a closer at the day's score — not great for the top order and stokes would have hoped for more than his 56 once nicely settled. moeen ali again underlined his batting quality with a unbeaten 61 he'll want more in the morning. for south africa, bowler vernon philander ended the day on figures of ‘3 for a6' in his 16 overs. but all the plaudits at stumps.. of course went to england captain root you always pride yourself on runs as a player and you want to set the example as captain and it's important that you score runs but it's just the start, only the first game. if i want to push things on i

ben stokes tried and his half—ce ntu ry figures?kes tried and his half—century put the hosts on the front foot after a fine first session which continued after lunch as toby roland—jones showed us just how comfortable he is with test cricket. things can change quickly at this level as he discovered. three sixes in quick succession, wanting to get to 97 even though he was nearly caught out and another to ta ke was nearly caught out and another to take ben stokes to three figures. one big shot too many and it was all out for 353 so what england needed now was an early wicket. what a start to his debut and it got far better as they also followed. perhaps it was time to shoot the wickets around. enterjimmy anderson. the captain faf du plessis out and three modesty mates also. stuart broad getting a brilliant wicket on a brilliant day for england. a pretty special day and coming and we knew we wanted to try to push ourselves as hard as possible. still pretty testing conditions at times and i thought it was outstanding. we always felt it

ben stokes getting the seventh wicket at the end of a magical day.ing no. —— now. the swimming at budapest has ended in a gold medal. james guy winning, britain's fourth gold medal at the championship so far. i knew that i would be a bit tight but tonight was just about getting back, having a good time with the boys, we are world champions. ross murdoch just fell short. the commonwealth games medallist qualified third fastest for the breaststroke final but finished in fourth place, just missing out on a medal. not as much luck though for mollie renshaw. after qualifying fastest from the heats in the 200m breast—stroke, she scraped into the final but finished outside the medals, coming home in sixth. rio olympic silver medallist yuliya yefimova won the race more medal chances for gb tomorrow. james guy is in the butterfly final. finishing second fastest, ben proud is through to the freestyle final. let us move on to formula one. red bull's daniel ricciardo was fastest in both practise sessions ahead of sunday's hungarian grand prix just ahead of champ

but ben stokes was still there. swinging his way to over 2,000 test runs and whipping one away to the boundary, flying over flaying finger tips to bring up his 10th test 50. bairstow was going well too. but with the new ball, his luck turned. edged, caught. out for 36. however, after yesterday's rain the clouds are blowing away for england, prospects perhaps brightening. test tight, series tied. all those that have gone before can do is watch and wait. is the weather brightening, here is nick. not much summer warmth today or for signs of summer in north wales today. but as is typical with our weather at the moment it will be raining before the end of the day. two zones in our weather looking at the satellite picture, northern england, scotland, northern ireland, sunshine and showers. but the rest of england and wales turning cloudier as the system moves in from the south—west with rain and stronger winds. that rain patchy in nature through southern england but more persistent for us and edging northwards in wales. c

after lunch he and ben stokes took the game to south africa.uck and he eventually went. joe root has really blossomed after tea. he reached his century, a great moment for everyone at lord's. he had been praying he would reach those three figures. since reaching the century he pushed on. south africa have looked a little listless. they seemed to have struggled in the heat. and on a day which threatened to belong to south africa in the morning has belonged very much to england's captain, certainly the first days in a new job, it will take some beating. really special day from start to finish, thoroughly enjoyed it. we are ina finish, thoroughly enjoyed it. we are in a nice position now when we can hopefully kick on tomorrow and make a big first—innings lead. can hopefully kick on tomorrow and make a big first—innings leadm can hopefully kick on tomorrow and make a big first-innings lead. it is the highest score from an england captain on debut. well, that is nice, but it means nothing at the minute. it will mean a lot more if we get a result at

and ben stokes removes south african skipper faf du plessis for a first ball duck as england close invictory in the third test at the oval. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the news that england are through to the semi—finals of the women's euro 2017 football championship after a 1—0 win over france. it was jodie taylor with her fifth goal of the tournament that ultimately set up a clash against the netherlands on thursday. tough games are about getting a chance on doing the most with it. fortu nately, chance on doing the most with it. fortunately, it was a great ball, so i was able to take a great touch with me fit and finish it. i am glad that we greeted a chance and put it away. we were just hanging that we greeted a chance and put it away. we werejust hanging on, to be honest. i think the girls were excellent and night, for everything, especially in the dying minutes. we threw everything at it and tried to get the ball, and fortunately, we held on. our sports correspondent katie gornall was at the game and told me it was a truly significant moment for the eng

ben stokes has just fallen, joe root went for just five.ust fallen, out for one. they still have a leader of 246 runs. nottinghamshire bowler luke fletcher is expected to be released from hospital today after suffering a head injury in yesterday t20 match against birmingham. fletcher was hit by a straight drive, and was bleeding, but managed to walk off the pitch with the help of a physio. it was confirmed that he had a concussion, and he was kept in hospital overnight as a precautionary measure. notts said they would "continue to monitor him very closely." striker romelu lukaku says he didn't need to think twice about agreeing to move to manchester united, describing them as the biggest club in the world. lukaku, who's set to have a medical with united after an initial £75 million fee was agreed with everton, is currently on holiday in the us. he's been spending time with united's paul pogba and even been meeting some of his new fans. lukaku said a move to old trafford is the perfect opportunity. meanwhile it's looking increasingly likely

west ham have also agreed a deal with stoke city for the signing of austria forward marko arnautovic. had already seen two bids rejected, but it's understood stoke have now accepted a fee in the region of £24 million. antonio conte has signed a new two—year contract with chelsea. the italian guided the club to the premier league title in his first season at stamford bridge. conte is currently preparing to take his squad to china and singapore on their preseason tour of asia, where they'll face arsenal, bayern munich and inter milan. three—time winner chris froome is still in charge of the leader's yellow jersey at the tour de france. it took a photo finish, but stage 16 was claimed by the australian michael matthews, his second stage win. froome retains his 18—second lead over italy's fabio aru, with just five stages remaining. very exciting. johanna konta says she has massive room for improvement despite reaching the wimbledon semi—final and fourth in the world rankings. the british number one is taking a short break before preparing for the us open in august. konta is the first brit

they went to 74—4—macro and then him, and stokes and moeen ali turned things around was ca ptain‘s stokesd was captain's innings, what a debut and a strong position. sometimes bats men who are captains, being the captain affects them and you end up getting a duck. notjoe, 357-5, a you end up getting a duck. notjoe, 357—5, a strong position indeed. pats off to him. brilliant start. two three other england captains have scored a century in their first test but more the merrier. but still finely poised? i think so. but south africa are a strong side, no doubt about it, weather is good so we look forward to four more days of it. wimbledon, cricket... thank you very much, john i will let you answer your telephone. it was me, guilty as charged! case, thank you to you. that's it from the papers tonight. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. it's all there for you — seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers, and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. goodbye from us. hello. at its best today was gorgeous across the

the series is level at 1—1 after england were thrashed at trent bridge inside four days — and stokeson the fight, desire or anything, to do with us representing our country i think it's wrong. it just representing our country i think it's wrong. itjust wasn't representing our country i think it's wrong. it just wasn't a representing our country i think it's wrong. itjust wasn't a great performance, we understand that. but there's never any question about 11 quys there's never any question about 11 guys out there, there are white and willing to do for our country. well england will have a new addition in the side for that test at the oval. after gary ballance's withdrawal through injury, essex batsman tom westley comes into the side. he'll be making his test debut at the age of 28. it's probably started to sink in now, it's been quite a surreal few days. i suppose it'sjust now, it's been quite a surreal few days. i suppose it's just the build—up. come thursday i am going to be nervous, as expected but i think the challenge for me is to replicate what i have been doing for essex and ho

ben stokes is gone but he and captainjoe sets. ben stokes is gone but he and captain joe root sets.t he and captainjoe root have helped give england a foothold after a poor start to the opening day of the first test against south africa. manchester united have agreed a fee of around £75 million with everton for lukaku. i will be backjust after half past. the chairman of the iraq war inquiry, sirjohn chilcot, has told the bbc that tony blair was "not straight with the nation" in the run—up to the war 1a years ago. speaking a year after the report was published, sirjohn said mr blair was "emotionally truthful" in the evidence he gave the inquiry, but relied on beliefs rather than facts. a spokesperson for tony blair said sirjohn was clear that mr blair had not "departed from the truth". sirjohn chilcot spoke to our political editor, laura kuenssberg. do you feel the politicians you dealt with were as straight with you as they ought to have been? i think i'd need to distinguish. they adopted different approaches. and i have to name names because these were public sessions. tony blair i

it was a rather amusing defrosting with‘s ben stokes and toby rowland jones on the second day of theick full control thanks to 112 from ben stokes and four wickets from tony roland—jones on his england debut. south africa ended 126-8, england debut. south africa ended 126—8, trailing by 227 runs. he may not be the captain any longer but no one can deny alistair cook's innings on di was the kind captains made of. having reached 88, this balding ended the chances of a century. but a different type of century. but a different type of century celebration, could another englishman reached three figures? then stalks tried. his half—century. it continues after lunch as toby roland—jones showed us just how co mforta ble roland—jones showed us just how comfortable he is with test cricket. things can change quickly at this level. but no matter, the man at the other end took on south africa. silly sixes in quick succession and another to take ben stokes to the century. —— chris gard sixes in quick succession. what england needed was an early wickets. a better as. stuart broad getting a brillian

his side score some respectability, still it would've been an innings remembered for its end as ben stokes of the great catches, almost. south africa batted on so they would not have two follow—on. eventuallyjimmy anderson got one. it was a precious one for toby roland jones, a place on the honours board, walk off he will never forget. england led by 178 runs, mind the gap. but overhead, problems loom. alistair cooke did not make it to the rain. these were pivoted moments forjennings, he had already been dropped when he was given out, lbw. once that would've been that, now the batsmen has a last resort, use the gadgets. the decision was wrong, jennings was saved. once the rain arrived, it stuck around. time to head undercover or perhaps underground. if we can get up towards a 400 run lead in reasonable time, we will probably be happy with that. i had hoped we could bowl them out in this ashenin hoped we could bowl them out in this ashen in a day. we have big hitters to come in towards the back end to speed up the run raise so that will be the way we will go about it. lewis hamilton qualifi

ben stokes ona captain without scoring. ben stokes on a hat—trick. one win each. we have done very well to get the four wickets. hopefully we can get these two at the moment and finish it off quickly. sebastian vettel has won the hungarian grand prix to increase his lead in the f1 championship to 14 points. lewis hamilton had to settle for fourth but the team is taking a four—week break. as the sun sets on this first half of the 2017 formula 1 season it is ferrari who enter the formula 1 summer holidays with the biggest smile because they dominated here in hungary. sebastian vettel is understandably delighted with his days work but is weekend's work. mercedes have been less to lick their wounds because it was not their wounds because it was not their weekend at hamilton has cost himself three extra points because he gave the third—place back to va ltteri he gave the third—place back to valtteri bottas. his head may have been more ruthless. it is a three—week break in the f1 calendar and the season resumes at the belgian grand prix in three weeks' tim

it's been a rather amazing day for england's ben stokes and toby roland—jones on on the second day ofrful 112 in england's total of 353, before roland jones took a wickets on his england debut. tim hague has the story of his special day. he may not be the captain any longer but no one can deny alistair cook's innings was the stuff that captains are made of. on a different kind of sensuous celebration, another englishman reached three figures. ben stokes tried for his half century and a fine first session for england would continue after work —— after lunch as debutant tony rowland jones showed us just how comfortable yea rs. jones showed us just how comfortable years. things have changed quickly as rowland jones discovered but no matter, the man at the other end to: south africa. three sixes in quick succession even though he was nearly caught out and another to take stalks to three figures. but the thing —— the fine would have to end. it was all out for 353. england needed an early wicket. remember that name, toby roland—jones. what a start to his debut. it got far better. three name

much of that is stoking the anger. protesters keep building the blockades.ns here are so deep in venezuela, neither side is backing down. katie watson, bbc news, in caracas. the headlines on bbc news: the duke and duchess of cambridge join commemorations marking the centenary of the battle of passchendaele in belgium. president trump has criticised china on twitter, saying it's doing nothing to halt north korea's weapons programme, after pyongyang test—fired its second intercontinental ballistic missile in a month. security has been tightened at airports across australia after the authorities said they'd disrupted a plot to blow up a plane. 4 people have been arrested following raids across sydney. the paper review coming up shortly. sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. england are through to the semi finals of the women's euros after beating france 1—0. it's the first time england have beaten the french since 1974 and sets up a finalfour encounter against the hosts, netherlands on thursday. the other semi final sees denmark take on austr

much of that is stoking the anger. protesters keep building the blockades. them. divisions here are so deep in venezuela, neither side is backing down. katie watson, bbc news, in caracas. with all the sport, here's karthi gna nasegaram at the bbc sport centre. clive, good evening. england are through to the semi final of the women's euros, after beating france, 1—0. it's the first time england had beaten them since 1974, and sets up a finalfour encounter against the hosts, the netherlands, on thursday. the other semi—final sees denmark take on austria. 0ur correspondent katie gornall reports from deventer. deventer is a place with a long history. one of the oldest cities in the netherlands, here, the past and present are side—by—side. but england have their sights set firmly on the future and are aiming to defy history here. england haven't beaten france since 1974. but these players have every reason to feel confident, having won all three of their group games. in this latest chapter of an old feud, england bristled with belief. but in the early stages, the

quinton de kock was also caught by ben stokes after bowling ofjames caught by ben stokes after bowlingruns. roger federer, novak djokovic and angelique kerber are among the big names in action at wimbledon today. they will be hoping to follow andy murray into the fourth round. 20 of action already today. some very special guests in the royal box. yes, play on centre courtjust slightly delayed because team 6b's superstars from the rio 0lympics slightly delayed because team 6b's superstars from the rio olympics are all invited to the royal box. they are being introduced to the crowd on centre court just before are being introduced to the crowd on centre courtjust before action gets under way. after andy murray put us through the ringer yesterday, and in that breathless lions test this morning, it does feel slightly more relaxed today but never —— had still big names to look out for. let's see who is opening the show. it is the 2012 beaten finalist. she lost that time to serena williams. they're just getting ready to get under way. taking on the 19th seed from switzerland. they wimbledon

you are outside the police station in stoke newington.ks calm 7 police station in stoke newington. everything looks calm? yes. you have people taking part individual macro —— individual —— people taking part individual macro -- individual -- i people taking part individual macro —— individual —— i vigil. they are talking to police liaison officers. the organisers want it to be peaceful but there are a lot of angry people in this community who say they need answers. they want to know how a 20 year run went into his local convenience store, follwed by a police officer, early in the morning and then ended up dead in hospital. his family and friends have spoken about the situation. believe me, young people it's you i want to talk to, not the media, we understand you're frustrated, your anger, don't think the family don't feel that too. what the family knows is that taking to the streets doesn't give you justice, burning down your own homes and your neighbourhood will not give you justice. the government don't care if you burn down where you l

stokes, again, rode his luck. he eventually went bad joe root has really blossomed after tea. present an. south africa have liked a little listless, struggling in the heat. a day which threatened to belong to south africa in the morning has blogged very much to england‘s captain, certainly his first day in a newjob, it will take some beating. in the women‘s cricket world cup, west indies were thrashed by new zealand at taunton. batting first west indies were bowled out forjust 150. and new zealand made short work of their run chase, knocking off the runs they needed injust over 18 overs. it means west indies cannot now reach the semi finals of the competition. there‘s been a couple of big football transfer stories today. news of a manchester city player going to barcelona in a moment, but first to old trafford because the bbc understands that manchester united are set to sign everton‘s romelu lukaku for £75 million. 0ur sports news correspondent richard conway is there for us. will romelu lu ka ku will romelu lukaku be playing his football here at old trafford? in this coming

then at 23:18, police received reports of a robbery in cazenove road, stoke newington, where a corrosiven thrown. officers attended and found a man suffering from facial injuries that have been described as life—changing. and later at 23:37, a man on a moped was in traffic on chatsworth road, clapton, when two men on a moped pulled up alongside him and sprayed liquid in his face, before stealing his vehicle. the victim was taken to an east london hospital. this report from our correspondent dan johnson contains some flashing images. late last night on the streets of east london. police treat the latest man to become a victim of a wave of acid attacks. liquid was sprayed into his face by crewe men only moped. i heard a scream that was not normal, it was a petrified screen, two ties. there were five attacks in just over one hour in the same part of east london. police have said they are linked and a teenager is being questioned. the metropolitan police commissioner said she recognises the growing concern. police commissioner said she recognises the growing concernlj police commissioner sai

it all started with glow badminton and squash, then football a few years ago in stoke.riend, the as well it is three factors, playing with yourfriend, the music is playing. it is great. no one cares about how you look, everyone looks the same. it is great for teenage girls. there is now a weekly uv league run by the stoke city community trust, backed by the fa. it is like ping—pong at times. sometimes you arejust it is like ping—pong at times. sometimes you are just looking for an orange shirt. it is part of a wider push, looking to start leagues at many clubs to reach girls who would otherwise not get into it, like this girl. you are in the dark so like this girl. you are in the dark so you like this girl. you are in the dark so you can see like this girl. you are in the dark so you can see anyone. if you are embarrassed or anything, it doesn't matter. no one can really see you. is that what helps you get into it? yeah. girls can show themselves. the game is finely poised, level. the opposition are making a substitution. and what a substitution. and what a substitution

the more he stokes the fires, the more he gets people to be apoplectic. even if they are telling the truth, they seem so hysterical it will turn people away from their cause and towards his. >> you know you have lost the argument when they go after his mental instability. it's unbelievable that he's able to just stoke the bears. >> it's a very soviet way of approaching politics. that's old the school communism. dagen: the "wall street journal" writes about the putin meeting and said mr. trump should be angry at mr. putin on america's behalf and he has played into democratic hands. i never get to say the word insouciance on television. they have been pushing the russia hacking narrative since the democratic convention in philly because they wanted to deflect from the fact that debbie wasserman-schultz was stacking it against bernie sanders. >> absolutely. but the democrats -- the members of the party are not on board with this. they finally decided they were not going to go forward with this russian message. now the message just breaking yesterday, they sa

a brilliant century from ben stokes has put england on top on day two of the third test against southmade 112. stokes hit three sixes in succession as he passed three figures and his innings helped england to 353 all out. earlier alastair cook fell for 88 while debutant toby roland—jones made a handy 25. so a good day for england so far, dean elgar gone for eight and heino kuhn for 15 in reply, south africa are ‘27 for 2‘ just after tea. carl frampton has failed to make the weight for his fight with mexico's andres gutierrez... which will no longer serve as a wbc featherweight eliminator for the northern irish boxer. the former two weight world champion came in one pound overweight at nine stone one pound... so he won't face wbc champion gary russelljr. as a mandatory title challenger should he win in belfast. it's six months since frampton's first professional defeat to leo santa cruz in las vegas. usain bolt‘s career in athletics could go on and on according to his long time rivaljustin gatlin. the american won 100 metres gold at the athens olympics in 2004 and is still going at the

the picture is ben stokes, success in the cricket.successive sixes in a test match since wally hammond in... ben, you'll remember this, 1933. remember it really well! a quick look in the business world, this story in the middle is interesting, regulators yesterday saying they could consider new rules to limit the limit the amount of nicotine in cigarettes to nonaddictive levels but shares in the big tobacco firms falling sharply as a result. america says it wa nts to cla m p sharply as a result. america says it wants to clamp down on some of the world's largest tobacco groups. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: donald trump continues to change his white house team, confirming on twitter he's replaced his chief of staff with a former army general. fireworks and bottles have been thrown during a protest in hackney in east london after the death of a man who had been restrained by police last week. time to talk to sarah to find out what's happening with the weather. cani what's happening with the weat

and in sport, ben stokes brings up his century with the second of 36s in a row at the 0val, but thenter helping england to 350 all out in the first innings against south africa. lewis hamilton finishes third and then fifth in practice ahead of the hungary grand prix, with red bull's daniel ricciardo quickest in both sessions. and james guy breaks the british record for the 100 metres butterfly. ——james guy. in a major blow to president trump, the us senate has failed, for a third time, to repeal president 0bama's healthcare reforms. in a dramatic late—night sitting, three republicans voted against the proposed legislation. among the three was veteran senatorjohn mccain. he broke off brain cancer treatment to attend the session, and his "no" vote proved decisive, as richard lister reports. breaking news — a massive blow to the republican plan to repeal the affordable care act... americans are waking up to the news that 0bamacare lives on and seems, for now, unassailable. president 0bama's affordable care act required nearly all americans to buy health insurance and required insurance

ben stokes was more unlucky, vernon philander at his best all day with another piece of brilliance.. all out by 3pm for 133. we weren't good enough. we prepared well for this game, to good practice days, i think we didn't assess the situation quickly enough and it something we will have to learn. this is an embarrassing first loss orjoe root, whose colleagues will quickly have to get practising ahead of the next test. britain's tom daley and daniel goodfellow missed out on a medal in the ten metre synchro platform final at the world diving championships in budapest. they qualified from the preliminaries in second place, but could only finish fourth in the final. the competition was won by china, with russia second and germany completing the podium. although we did finish fourth, this morning's performance was solid and to have only missed one dive of the 12th was solid and we were consistent, and to finish twice, there is lots to take from it especially with the preparation we had, we hadn't done any syncrude training since the world series due to injuries and niggles, so we can't b

and ben stokes removes south african skipper faf du plessis for a first ball duck as england close in oval. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the news that england are through to the semi—finals of the women's euro 2017 football championship after a 1—0 win over france. it was jodie taylor with her fifth goal of the tournament that ultimately set up a clash against the netherlands on thursday. tough games are about getting a chance on doing the most with it. fortu nately, chance on doing the most with it. fortunately, it was a great ball, so i was able to take

stoke sensed a crack opening, this straight into the gap quinton de kock left. on the next. and this gentle someday maybe a defining one in the series. patrick geary, bbc news. let's turn our attention to football now england's women go for a place in the semi—finals of euro 2017 in around 15 minutes or so. they take on france in the last eight a side they've not beaten in 43 years. earlier on today i caught up with katie gornall whose in the netherlands following the team she told me about england's chances tonight. england do have a terrible record against france. haven't beaten them since 197a. they beat them recently and she believes cup stopped tra nsfer and she believes cup stopped transfer one of the big favourites coming into this. they ranked third in the world but haven't been able to replicate the former a lot of the players have shown for their clubs in the group stages. they struggled in the group stages. they struggled in the group, just squeezed through. i think there is a feeling that they're for the taking. we got a sense of that yesterday when

in a moment: strong trade figures from china are good news for the world economy — but likely to stokewith the us. but first: we start in paris, where, as you've been hearing, us president donald trump is arriving in the next couple of hours. he'll be celebrating france's bastille day tomorrow as president macron‘s guest of honour. despite tensions between the two, the white house says he'll be reaffirming the strong ties of friendship between the countries and building on their economic partnership. let's take a look at what's at stake here. the eu's trading relationship with the us is the biggest in the world. last year they sold each other this: $686 billion worth of goods. the problem for president trump is it's tilted in europe's favour. it runs a surplus with the us — in other words it sells more goods to the us than the other — by this much — $147 billion. which brings us to this: the transatlantic trade and investment partnership or ttip. talks on the massive free trade deal between the eu and us have been suspended since mr trump came to power. but he's hinted he might reconsi

busy day for the hammers — they have also agreed a deal with stoke city for the signing of austria forward rejected. the head of spain's football federation, angel maria villar, has been arrested as part of an anti—corruption investigation. spanish media have been reporting that the allegations centre on the falsification of documents and skimming profits from international football matches. he is one of the top men notjust in spanish football, but in the world, having been head of the spanish fa as well as sitting on the fifa council for close to 30 years. he is also a fifa vice president. chris froome fought off tricky windy conditions to protect the yellow jersey on stage 16 of the tour de france, which was won by australian michael matthews. simon brotherton was watching. and easier day, with the alps looming tomorrow, and thursday no chance. hot, healy earlier on, and the racing was hard all day. at the end of it, chris froome retained his race lead, while michael matthews w011 race lead, while michael matthews won the intermediate sprint and the stage, to close that gap in the race f

try to give him a break here. >> stokes! we accept your plea of guilty. we're going to take 180 days from you. but we're going to suspend it. pending no "a" or "b" in six months. which means if you get an "a" or "b," you're not going to go home when you're supposed to, all right? >> tye has gotten off light this time. but he might lose another privilege. prison administrators can still suspend his visitation rights or only allow for non-contact visits. a consequence that could impact his upcoming prison wedding. >> this is my girlfriend jodie. weigh was getting ready to get married before i got caught with the phone. if they take my contact visits i don't know if we can still get married. hopefully we can. i love her. she's a great girl. she's sweet. >> you won't be getting married right away. >> nah, i probably won't be getting married right away. >>> coming up, tye and his fiancee enjoy a contact visit. but it could be their last. >> i love you. >> i love you. >> and calvin holmes check out his hooch. re not taking those. whoa, whoa! you're not taking t

it was in '67 that carl stokes, the late carl stokes and dick hatcher, who remains with us, were electedered in an era where african-american men have served with distinction in big cities and small communities all across the nation. >> now, let me ask you, mark, the urban league has always been n n nonpartisan and had the embrace of all administrations. i remember when you first came in as president of the urban league over a decade ago, even president george bush, who many of us were protesting, came and spoke at the urban league. i remember he came down on the rope line and he and i kind of got into a back and forward. we noticed that president trump has not scheduled himself to be there. i know you have done a few sites with ivanka trump. you and i and other leaders of civil rights organizations have met with attorney general jeff sessions, challenging him, and you very firmly in those meetings around issues of our concern. do you have any indication, i mean you know my position when i talk to the president by phone, but have you gotten any indication that this administration will me

after lunch he am ben stokes really took the game to south africa. after tea. he reached his century, a great moment for everybody here at lord's, was praying he would reach those three figures and since then he pushed on. south africa have looked a little listless. they seem to have been struggling in the heat. a day which threatened to belong to south africa in the morning, has belonged very much to england's captain, certainly his first day in a newjob, it will ta ke his first day in a newjob, it will take some beating. indeed, let's ta ke take some beating. indeed, let's take a closer look at the scorecard. joe root would have hoped for more from the top order. moeen ali again underlying his batting quality, unbeaten on 61. he will hope for more in the morning. the south africa, bowler vernon philander ended the day with figures of 3—116. all the plaudits at stumps went to england captain root. you always pride yourself on runs as a player. if you want to set an example as captain, it's important you do score runs. it's just the start, captain, i

thehis cartoon his rejoined brush stokes -- redrawing the constitution with the brushstrokes of militarism. outburst fromular the eu commission chief. widely reported in a lot of the papers. he called the eu parliament ridiculous yesterday after 30 andturned up to hear him the maltese prime minister speak. said if it would've been angela merkel or emmanuel macron there would have been many more people. it prompted indignation from the european parliament chief who told him he had no right to call the parliament ridiculous. him the eu parliament controls the eu commission not the other way around. certainly not going to help the situation. politico has put together a list of some of the most major eu bust ups. -- compared silvio berlusconi to a guard at a nazi concentration camp. said women should earn less than men because they are weaker.and >> justin trudeau's meeting with the new irish leader. >> it's all about their socks. thoreau or star wars themes on may 4. she is also warned ramadan themed socks and nato themed socks. leader were socks covered in many mounties and maple leafs. enou

i'm just really stoked. it means a lot to me. it means a lot to me. >> many celebrating to change me >> great to see people wearing the shirts i designed, standing up for our cause. >> it represent as lost cause. a confederacy that was about slavery, about keeping people as slaves. that's not what we want to represent. >> reporter: deciding after a two-year debate that this very diverse high school should not be named after a confederate general. >> i don't want my children going to supposed educational institutions that are lionizing people who fought to enslave black people. >> but the people who want to keep the nameaccuse the board of not following their own procedures. a lawyer for the group is threatening a lawsuit. >> this is a national momentum by the naacp. it's in virginia history. >> reporter: the keepers say robert e. lee high school could be next. spectators at the meeting liked that idea. >> it has to be a target. not go after robert e. lee. >> the fairfax county chapter of the naacp supported and helped organize th

arnautovic has 62 caps for austria and scored 26 goals in his four years at stoke.on signing romelu lukaku them. £75 million signing romelu lu ka ku got the them. £75 million signing romelu lukaku got the first goal and the second came two minutes later from england striker marcus rashford. that is all the sports an hour but i will have more in the next hour. the environmentally secretary michael gove says the uk has two on the referendum result and reform migration in what he calls a pragmatic way. a suggested transition period between britain leaving the eu and new laws coming into force could last two years but it is unclear whether it would continue to have freedom of movement for eu nationals. we have to make sure we honour the referendum result and reform the roles of migration and reform the roles of migration and take back control of policy, but we need to do that in a pragmatic and sensible way. the cabinet agreed, we are leaving the european union and honouring that referendum mandate but doing it in a way that is honourable and pragmatic. air traffic cont

michelle who tore the family apart by stoking her own daughter's allegations of abuse, to drive a permanentnd get marc and his money all to herself. they could easily see her goading her father into planning a murder. >> michelle is a sociopath. she is absolutely -- cares nothing about anyone or anything but michelle. >> reporter: quite an allegation, if true. and, as it happened, detective brooks was pretty sure he saw an effort by the grieving widow to manipulate him. he'd interviewed her, of course, right after the murder. >> i nudged his leg, and i screamed his name again, and he didn't move at all. >> reporter: all that emotion in her voice, it seemed like an act to him. >> there was no tears. no tears. >> reporter: but her voice of desperation captured on the 911 call, surely that was real? >> she's not answering the door, okay? >> reporter: maybe not. one of michelle's neighbors said they saw her standing calmly in the middle of the lawn. >> they see a woman standing out there talking on her phone. didn't appear to be in a grievous situation for sure. >> reporter: wasn't like she was

the president pretty stoked tweeting later that week, do you think putin will be going to the miss universe pageant in november in moscow? if so, will he become my new best friend. david rhoad is here, dana bash and malik henderson. good evening to all of you. you can't make this stiff uff u. what do you think of the algaravs who the trumps say they don't know that well but they obviously hang out with some, maybe a lot. >> i feel all of this is to distract to make accusation to see sort of change the story. but i don't understand it. they dig deeper and deeper today at the white house press briefing, sarah huckabee sanders saying this white house has done it be its best to be completely transparent. maybe it's a distraction and we'll see what the american public thinks and voters think, but they keep doubling down on the strategy and i'm not sure it's working. >> maybe if they want to be completely transparent, they would have the white house briefings as they traditionally are on camera at least a couple times a week. all of the ones they have are on camera. i want to play something for y

. >> i mean, she was stoked too.to get in the water with them too. >> reporter: do you want him to be a competitive swimmer, boomer? >> if he wants. you know, i'm definitely never going to pressure him to do it. >> reporter: but it would be cool to see, wouldn't it? >> it would be awesome. he does like the water. he enjoys being in there. he's very comfortable in it. he knows how to blow bubbles, knows how to flip on his back. but if he's truly passionate about it, then great. i'll help him along the way but definitely not something i would pressure him on. >> reporter: even though he says he's retired from competitive swimming phelps insists that practicing for this shark race is not practice for the tokyo olympics. >> you've repeatedly said that 2020 is out. do you think you would be physically healthy enough to compete in the three years if you wanted to? >> i think if i wanted to i could. i don't think -- i'm not going to say can't. even though i'm out of the water and retired from the competitive side of it, i l

according to amnesty international, he has stoked prejudice in the traditionalist society to enlist peoplepersecution. >> families are expected to kill their own relatives if they have been publicly named gay. it seems the authorities behind this campaign have staged night way that they didn't to have deal with anyone directly. >> since the story broke, there has been international condemnation. >> the united states and other nations should do more to make sure all people are protected. >> it does everything they can to end this appalling persecution. >> he was summoned to moscow and denied there was any purge during the meeting with vladimir putin who ordered an investigation which has since been halted. despite all of this, they both say they were torn between protecting themselves and leaving their families behind. dmitri, who is married and has two children, has not even told his wife where he is. >> she thinks i'm in russia working. just left for work. that i took a job on a construction site somewhere. no one knows where i will. >> both men now in hiding are being protected by the ru

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