speaker, to talk about labour's record in wales. because that is a torture talk about labour's record in wales because what we're seeing if anybody wants to know, what would happen to the nhs under labour, they can look at wales where they are flushing the nhs budget and they are seeing more people waiting for longer that is what happens when you have a labour party running the nhs. >> the leader of the opposition helped create 300 more jobs earlier this year. but today because of his government's reversal of policy, the renewable energy association say that solar generation and the jobs and growth linked to it are in turmoil. who knows better, him our british business? >> i think anyone looking with his government is doing in terms of renewable energy can see a massive investment in renewable energy. the 3 billion pounds going into the green investment bank, the massive incentives given under the renewable heat and initiative. what we did have to do was to stop the abuse. we had to stop the abuse of solar power when clearly the reg

alexander not of has claimed his second title of the european tour by winning the wales open by two shots is not on the overall at celtic manor was enough to beat dane and his handsome frenchman gregory wardy they finished tied for second norman getting his hands on the treasury out of his two thousand and nine european masters title. really believe my game was good enough and with the last we know. we. would know as well you know a lot of it all and that is it feels. relieving you know. that's which demoted g.b. where australia in k.c. stoner won the catalan grand prix his third victory in five races but when he took pressure on reigning world champion jorge lorenzo who came in second however got the spaniard is still seven points clear in the overall standings and his teammate ben speed was the first podium finish of the season species finished ahead of multiple champion valentino rossi who has yet to win this season after joining but you can see team athens marcus immaturely starting from pole to have to settle for sixth place after you tell him great death threats local fans after cra

golf now and sweet alexander lauren how do you want a shot lead at the halfway stage of the wales open at celtic manor he fired his second successive round of sixty seven but putting on eight hundred one stroke ahead of defending champion graeme mcdowell he found himself it's possible that the tone that we covered to make our welshman janie donald so good we saw a france where six under overnight leader california dropped to five under. par steve stricker hit a hole in one at the memorial tournament in ohio a sweet sixteen from him saw the ball flight one hundred eighty eight yards and right into the cup that's the second time in his career he's faced the hole and into a three shot lead after two rounds at the car pool players were tied for second. and that's over the sports desk by.

in golf there's a surprise leader at the wales open at celtic manor south africa's keith houghton taking a one shot lead into the second day where he hit a seven under par sixty four and turned on the style on the back nine with three birdies in a row he was firing pins really well and is a shot ahead of sweden spread a handsome on the leaderboard who was also consistently hitting the greens here defending champion graeme mcdowell is one of eight players three shots off the lead . and over in the states is radhika to make room mcelroy as a share the lead there the memorial tournament this is the last competition before the u.s. open and he's on six under after firing a sixty six along with chris riley they are shot ahead of crystal marco and josh teeter. you can find rush's rope and plays a separate grueling three and a half months as they begin preparations for this autumn's world cup in new zealand the team as richard and paul think discovered when they go a tough training program in an attempt to be nickel their status as tornado nice

lady warwick was quickly becoming the mistress to the prince of wales. in all these house parties, there were all sorts of signals to let you know who was available once people move today their bedrooms, you know, a shoe placed outside the door pointing down the hall mean i'm ready for this hour or that hour. and all sorts of little things like that went on. and the king always had his mistresses. and it's interesting to note by following the dates within the king' life that -- king's life that while he had dalliances with lady warwick, lord warwick was in georgia being hosted near savannah among his hunting trip he was on by daisy low's father right over here on ogle thorpe avenue. so while they were dining on soup and talking about fishing for tarpin, the lord's wife was being anything but true to her husband across the ocean next door to mr. gordon's daughter. so these type things probably offended the young daisy gordon. she was not of that class, and infidelities were not part of her life or life in savannah. there was another complication with her,

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goal found sweden's alexander noren has won the wales open by two shots the claim is second european tour title frenchman gregory board he finished as joint runner up at celtic manor his card was unblemished as he registered yet another sixty seven for birdies for him including this one at the eleventh and he finished on seven under par for the tournament and tied for second with anders hansen of denmark we got a double bogey at the second the dane did improve on the back nine sinking for birdies but his playing partner noren was more consistent and ended our nine and a par to add wales opens his green at the two thousand and nine and european marsters. really you believe my game was good enough for the last we. would notice and you know it's not as good as the one and this is phil's. relieving you know. well let's switch the bikes and motor g.p. where casey stoner has won the castle and graham victory in five races second straight victory also pressure on reigning world champion york came in second however this is still seven points in the overall standings and he teammate ben spies

and in wales wages are massively up and health spending is up. that's what labour would do to the nhs. >> dave miliband. >> i'll tell him why he made promises and they are broke, because he's completely shameless and will say anything. and the second reason -- and the second reason -- and the second reason he made a mess of the health service is because he didn't think the policy through. last june he ordered the nhs to stop enforcing labour's 18-wk waiting time target. and as a result of that, the number of patients waiting more than 18 weeks has gone up by 69%. why did he scrap that instruction to enforce the waiting time target? >> well, i think the best that can be said about this performance is he -- quite rightly, he wasn't -- he wasn't thinking about politics on his honeymoon. but, look, the point i would make is waiting times. what actually matters is the time people waiting and median waiting times are down and that is what is happens in the nhs and what is -- >> order, order. i know the prime minister will be a follow of apartmentry pro

go off now and sweden's alexander noren who led since the second round has won the wales open by two shots to claim the second european tour title frenchman gregory bawdy finished as joint runner up at celtic manor his card was. yet another sixty seven for birdies including this one of the eleven stops working finish on sutton and after the tournament along with and this comes on the turn dark after a double bogey at the second quote on the back nine something of all this but his playing partner norman was more consistent and hit on one under par at the wales i think his win at the two thousand and nine european masters. really you believe my game was good enough for the last. week it was tough you would notice when you know another side of the wall and this is it feels so relieving you know. and finally to athletics where the americans dominated the latest diamond league meeting in the united states at the david although first in the performance of the night he beat two thousand and four and even pick champion visioning one hundred ten meters twelve point nine four seconds to set th

go off now and sweden's alexander noren who led since the second round has won the wales open by two shots to claim the second european tour title frenchman gregory bawdy finished as joint runner up at celtic. now his car is under emissions he registered yet another sixty seven for birdies including this one at the eleventh school him finish uncertain and after the tournament along with understands the stand on after a double bogey the second they recruit on the back nine something for birdies but his playing partner lauren was more consistent and ended on a nine under our out of wales open to his win at the two thousand and nine european masters. i. really believe my game was good enough in the last week. with it as you know it's not as good as the wall and this it is it feels so good in relieving you know. and finally to athletics where the americans dominated the latest diamond league meeting in the united states however as i did all of their part in the performance of the night he beat two thousand and four olympic champion one hundred ten it is twelve point nine four seconds to

go off now and sweden's alexander noren who led since the second round has won the wales open by two shots to the second european tour title frenchman gregory board he finished as joint runner up at celtic manor his card was unblemished yet another sixty seven poor bird is thinking this one that we are going to work in finished uncertain and after the tournament along with this handsome have turned on after a double bogey at the second quote on the back nine simply for birdies but his playing partner and was not consistent and are not under par at the wales until his win at the two thousand and nine european asterisks. i didn't really believe my game was good enough for him with the last win but then he. would get out as well you know and that is because i want to know this is it feels so relieving you know. and finally to athletics where the americans dominated the latest diamond league meeting in the united states after david although put in the performance of the night he beat two thousand and four and even think champion illusion of one hundred ten meters twelve point nine four s

cough now as we didn't alexander noren who led since the second round has won the wales open by two shots to claim the second european tour title frenchman gregory board he finished as joint runner up at celtic manor his congress and lay mission as he read yet another sixty seven for birdies including this one at the eleventh finish uncertain and after the tournament along with and as a stand off after a double bogey at the second day proved on the back nine something for birdies but his playing partner and was not consistent and is not under our out of wales i think is when it's the two thousand and nine european masters. you know in the room three you believe my game was good enough. but as you know and i was going to want to do this it is it feels so relieving you know. and finally to athletics where the americans dominated the latest diamond league meeting in the united states that i did all of the part in the performance of the night he preached two thousand and four and you think champion visioning over one hundred ten meters twelve point nine four seconds to set the fastest time in

it applies when you get back to wales?ot married in vegas, honeymooned in hawaii, and we're just stopping off here on the way back home. >> jimmy: where in vegas did you get married? >> in the red rock canyon. >> jimmy: oh, really? in the canyon or in the hotel? >> no, no, the red rock mountains. >> jimmy: the red rock mountains. who did you get married by, a got? >> be honest. >> no, no, it was a company just arranged it for us. >> jimmy: a company arranged it for you. yeah, we pull this prank on people that to the united states all the time. you're not married. in fact, not that she's on the roof, good time to get out of here. if you're having any second thoughts. there's guillermo. he's up on the roof. how did he get up there so fast? guillermo, what are you doing up there? >> i'm putting the milk shake in the cup. >> jimmy: you are? okay. what flavor milk shake is it? >> chocolate. >> jimmy: okay, it's a chocolate milk shake. you're putting some whipped cream. is that how you like it, with whipped cream on top? >> yeah

as a one day public sector strike twelve thousand schools in england and wales. the teachers civil servants and border control officers are staying at the plant want to turn to the reduced pensions as the first industrial protest against the government's austerity measures is taking over london lead and even diplomatic approach russia calls on the un to carefully consider its handling of syria. foreign minister sergei lavrov says the u.n. security council shouldn't be contemplating taking action against syria during what he calls a civil war taking place in yemen a bit later on. broadcasting around the world of the top news and headlines this is r.t. direct from the heart of moscow glad to have you with us let's take a look at your top story greece has voted on a second bill in the final step towards implementing the next wave of austerity measures it is the last heard. all that athens has to jump to qualify for a new stack of european bailout funds the plans met heavy public resistance with two days of rioting that has left more than three hundred people injured

at night the wales of ghosts kept us awake. 32 steps to my father's house, 4 windows facing north. 24 steps to my uncle's house, 2 doors facing south. i have 3 sisters, 2 brothers, 4 cousins on my father's side. now i store the memory in a drawer. along with bitter herbs and rhineos ris horns. we dine at restaurants on the better side of town with pink table cloths and real flowers in the vases. we hardly go to china town. >> in a casual way, they had fun with his body. they chained him to the back of the car and did fish tails. forensic evidence suggests his body came loose and they rechained him after rolling back over him to get him. now most of us heard about this. something we don't hear, dragged to death we assume it was -- >> like this. chained to the bumper of a truck. that's not true. it's like this. chained the back of the truck. watching the road behind him as he goes. this poem is called big thicket. jasper, texas. >> to big thicket a crack is a buck shot, a stick broke, cracked headlights. crack, the big thicket we go 2 sticks. drink, drink, light, light. stagger in the r

she was quickly becoming the mistress to the prince of wales. in these house parties there were all sorts of signals to mention to let you know who was available once people moved to the bedrooms. she placed outside of the door pointing to all means and ready for this or that hour and all sorts of little things like that went on and the king always had his mistress's and it's interesting to note by following the dates within the king's life that will he at the dances she was in georgia being hosted here in savannah among his hunting trip he was on by d.c. load's father so while they were dining on the soup and talking about fishing, the lord's wife was anything but true to her husband across the ocean next door to the daughter. so these type of things probably offended the young d.c. gordon. she wasn't of that class and infidelities were not a part of her life or her life in savannah. there was another complication with her and it was her hearing going from bad to worse. she had an air of drama problem in the past and upon the marriage had a gra

comments have been made by the new south wales association about the distress many of them have felt in seeing their own stock treated in away that we saw at a number of establishments last night. the footage was only available through the minister of agriculture shortly before that program went to air. a number of actions have been taken and before we went to question time, just provided a detailed media conference where he went through gravity of what was cited and also the specific actions which he had already undertaken and the further actions. suffice it to say, the establishment's australians accept their stock will be treated better than that and animals originating from australia will be treated better than that and the actions taken by the minister have been on those specific establishments. >> the member from north sydney. >> my question is to the treasurer. i refer to the fact the economy went backwards the first three months of this year. treasurer, why is the government hitting australian households and businesses with a carbon tax, a mining tax, when we now know that a

wale get a live shot of the procession. they will head to daly city with sierramonte. one way out of the san francisco remains closed. there was an earlier accident in 101 . we have a giant's game at at&t park. traffic coming in to san francisco take mass transit if you are headed to san francisco. muni has a few closures. pernacious line and balboa and 48 and all of those are closed as the procession goes through san francisco. bart is on time. remember the last car for the firefighters. >>> and abc7 don sanchez is covering it is road closures from the ground. how does it look at 101? >> this is i snap is usually busy and backed up for blocks. but right now, on-ramp . two lanes and merge and hit south on 101 . 280 intersection is two and half miles from there. but this is friday night. people are taking the advice. maybe the west side of the town has a problem but not here f. you are encountering delays on the west side of the town. come to 10th street and get on the freeway. i see two cars coming right now. it is amazing on a friday. >> be careful out there. >> we ha

among the established system in england and wales, that means that the people can be held for a total of 96 hours and thbe bailed in between. they far tighter time frame when it comes to gathering evidence and deciding whether charges should follow. on top of this, suspects can only be re-arrested under the new evidence. this reverses 25 years of police practice. >> it is not desirable to put these people back on the streets. >> while all those involved couple with the ruling, some lawyers claim that the police have complained fast and loose with the bail system. >> that have been extremely concerned over the period of the past few years that bell has an extended an extended period -- extended. they are calling for a swift ruling. >> our main headlines this hour, the spice of violent protests on the streets of athens, the european union has welcomed votes in the streets apartment. sudan's president comes after a day that must be a successful visit. that is about to become independent. the visit remains controversial. he is wanted for genocide in the international public court. china i

and i think the prince of wales is an extraordinary father to his sons.does such a great job, which more people should look at and he's an exemplary father. and i just -- i always, no matter what anyone says, i have a great huge love for the family and i will continue to do that. and that's fine with me. but i'm not around, because i shouldn't be. >> you didn't get invited to the royal wedding. i wasn't massively surprised. it was a bit too soon after the money scandal. how did you feel that day watching it all? >> well, piers, i was in thailand, and i was embraced by the jungle. and it didn't have a television and a radio deliberately, because i was so sad, you know. i was so happy for william and katherine. they looked beautiful and it was such -- i love the love story. i'm taken in it. i love watching telly seeing them. i remember the love story andrew and i had, had or have, you know, so i know how it is. so i was very sad on the day because it brought back all those memories of me walking up the aisle. but, fohowever, as someone said when i was sitti

photograph of the queen as you were rounded by flowers laid in memory of the late diana princess of wales. the latest photographic portrait of the queen and the duke of edinburgh taken at winsor castle just a few weeks ago. >> it will move from belfast. and next week to the queen's diamond museum. >> we have some breaking news for you from the reuters news agency. we're being told there has been an earthquake a magnitude 7.3 in the pacific ocean off of the skeanian coast. it's around 172 kilometers alaska in the pacific ocean. concern there because japan recently has a cake with -- a tsunami warning. 7.3 magnitude off the coast of alaska. >> much more on our website, all of our stories including that breaking news. but from us, bye-bye for now. 

parts of south wales have been declared natural disasters ounce. pandora has made its debut on the new york stock exchange. they pressed their shares at $16 apiece. the value is at $2.5 billion. not bad for a company that is yet to make a profit. you are watching "newsday," on the bbc. as part of our power of agencies and, we talked to the leader of the taiwan opposition about talks with china. >> people across four continents will enjoy a total lunar eclipse. the british bank whose collapse marked the start of the credit crisis more than three years ago is to be private eyes. the chancellor was like to find a buyer before the end of the year. >> nationalize northern rock. they put a for sale sign up. they hope to raise about 1 billion pounds. this is not a great deal for taxpayers. >> i can announce tonight that on behalf of you, the british taxpayer, i have decided to put northern rock up for sale. images of the lines outside of northern iraq branches or a symbol of all that went wrong. -- northern rock branches are a symbol of all that went wron

the garden apartments our beloved wales life. when not replicate a low line environment. the danger of putting these buildings here is not good planning policy. the safety of the residence is severely compromised. the irony is that many of the projects featured are harmful to the environment. ignoring earthquakes safety is not green, and i also deplored demolishing 1500 units of supportable housing. the entire area is on the way to gentrification. there is space on this basis and that is another factor. this is a nightmare with the surrounding communities. a little dose of reality is necessary. people will drive their cars the matter what is in place. >> i am mary anne. >> please pull the microphone closer. >> thank you. i have been arrested at for over one year. i have been in san francisco for over 30 years. i ask the board of supervisors to protect and serve the community. now, i am s. gilmore from the people who took money from these developers. there is no moral value in selling your soul. and how you can look at your children as you take people of their houses, dest

it is already affecting outlying towns in new south wales, like new castle. this is having a big impact on travel in australia. coach companies are laying on extra services. obviously, in a country this big, there are distances. for some country, they are impracticable. >> how damaging is this for the airline industry? >> it is a nightmare for the industry. obviously, they have had the destruction last week. 700 flights were cancelled them. airlines like a virgin australia were trying to fly around and below the ash cloud. this time, they have decided it is too dangerous. qantas has had a cautious policy throughout. it says safety is more important than schedule. this comes at the end of the year or qantas has already had problems with its super jumbos. it grounded those. also, the ash cloud in europe. a nightmare for australian airlines. >> thank you so much for updating us. you are watching "newsday" on the bbc, live from singapore and london. still to come, our series on asian mega-cities continues. what is the secret of singapore's success? >> and even wo

the 1990's, a news photograph of the queen surrounded by flowers laid in memory of the princess of wales. >> the images of nearly 60 years are brought up to date with this. the latest photographic portrait of the queen and the duke of edinburgh taken at windsor castle a few weeks ago. >> from edinburgh, that exhibition will move to belfast and cardiff and next may for the diamond jubilee to the national portrait gallery in london. >> you are watching "newsday". >> we have time for a reminder of the news. the top u.s. military officer at michael mullen has admitted that president obama's decision to accelerate the american withdrawal from afghanistan is riskier than he originally wanted. he told members of congress that afghanistan was working. much more on our stories on our website. for months in london and singapore, goodbye for now. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> union bank has put its global financial strength for -- to work. what can we do for you? >> "bbc

his official title as lieutenant wales of the army air core. he served before in helmand province. he says it's a huge honor to fly the apache in combat. his father and brother are both pilots. >>> up next the extraordinary thing that happened when our colleague, colonel jack jacobs, decorated vietnam veteran came face to face with the enemy. >>> last night here we took you on a journey with one of our nbc news family. our military analyst, retired army colonel jack jacobs happens to be one of the 84 living recipients of the medal of honor, awarded by president nixon after jack sustained grievous wounds on a battlefield in vietnam. he recently returned back to that battlefield and last night we watched as he found the exact spot where everything briefly went blank one day in combat 40 years ago. tonight we see him meet the enemy, the former north vietnamese commander who was responsible for that incoming withering fire that day. with him on this journey, nbc's chris downtown. >> reporter: retired colonel jack jacobs is looking for answers to 43 years of questions. not far from the

he was reportedly on duty at a base on an island off the coast of wales. there's at least one public acknowledgment of his birthday -- and of the -- just turned 29 today. a tweet on westminster abbey's official twitter feed, it read "the abby bells are ringing to mark the birthday of the duke of cambridge." yes, it was done in 140 characters or less. happy birthday, and i believe they're on their way to california in just a couple of weeks as part of their honeymoon festivities. >>> they'll number southern california july 8, and did you see that dress she was wearing? >> i didn't notice the dress. >> that was hot. like the weather. >> thanks for joining us. now brian williams is next for "nightly

parts of new south wales have been declared national disaster zones. the u.s. geological survey said a 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the island of new britain at a depth of 22 kilometers. there are no reports of major damage or injury. the quake was felt 250 miles away. the united nations now says about 60,000 sudanese people have been displaced by the fighting near the border between the north and south. president says the violence amounts to ethnic cleansing. the fighting was a total violation of a peace deal between north and the south. he says the u.n. should send in peacekeepers. >> the troops should leave. u.n. forces should be deployed in their place. forces should be deployed in the area. that is dependent on the u.n. similarly, in southern cordoba on, we want to see a cease-fire. the presence of the u.n. forces is also felt by the people. this is the beginning of a genocide. it is a cleansing. >> you are watching "newsday." still to come, breaking into a fortress europe. we track afghan migrants desperate for a better life. >> up for

for me last week as i was on the warren was playing seconds i thought the europe into my winning the wales i had two shots he's not on the par overall it was enough to beat they understand so. they finished tied for second now and getting his hands on the trophy due to his two thousand mile last time. i really believe in my game was good enough. would. get it all in this series it feels so relieving you know. arguably the best mixed martial artist of all time. has reassured his fans he doesn't have any immediate plans to retire regardless of the outcome of this next fight. so the four year old russian is preparing to square off against american down ten percent that is to take place in chicago on july the surface nicknamed the last emperor the yellow cat i think i'm going for most a decade lost in his last two outings i was to speculation he might want to bow out conversely a forty year old henderson is going into the fight on the team that's going straight the american play can take telegrams lighter and more weight it's just the right fight and someone going into that it will make a diff

talking last week alexander warren has found his second i thought the european tour by winning the wales open by two shots is not under par overall it celtic manor was enough to beat they understand some great reward they finished tied for second getting his hands on the trophy to add to the two thousand and i'm going to last this title. really believe my game was good enough and with the last we know. it would go to sleep you know and that is that all of this is just feels so relieving you know. now arguably the best mixed martial artist of all time thought oh yeah has reassured his fans it doesn't have any immediate plans to retire regardless of the outcome of this next fight the thirty four year old russian is preparing to square off against american dan henderson batter's due to take place in chicago on july the first he is nicknamed the last emperor. i think my subject case with the last two outings was to speculation he might want to bow out conversely a forty year old henderson is going into the fight on the two match winning streak in american making ten kilograms lighter. weight

rush and who knows without a bit was forced to settle for eleventh on the grades oh man the town of wales at the answer can be a temper i'm a temperamental track. it's a tricky circuit there's so many corners we go twenty five before we you know cross the line again and especially in qualifying to get every single corner right this is very very difficult so to get the perfect up in this is quite tough but i think you know my first run was quite good i was very happy to be in the second round. to the big two and now i'm fredricka as saddle down the top of the leaderboard heading into the final round of the travel as championship this was securing a one stroke lead as he took advantage of some fine weather off the days of rain some got off to a great start box really picked up the pace on the back nine starting with his birdie on the town. the approach game also working for the thirty six year old an excellent second our fourth on the fourth there nineteen year old patrick can play center now and cools record by scoring sixty in the previous round the up and coming couldn't maintain his lea

as a one day public sector strike twelve thousand schools in england and wales workers walked out over pay and pensions hitting job centers and passport offices and border control. and even diplomatic approach russia calls on the un to carefully consider its handling of syria foreign minister sergey lavrov. points out yemen is in a state of civil war while the un has so far failed to take action but has taken a hard line position against damascus. and up next the latest in our series of reports on life in the former soviet republics twenty years after the collapse of the u.s.s.r. . nine hundred ninety one georgia or achieved independence from the u.s.s.r. . the standoff with the rapidly disintegrating soviet empire. we did get independence but it resulted in much blood and destruction. a similar broke out in georgia d'souza came sovereignty to this day the nation has been unable to overcome its aftermath the country's infrastructure is in ruins tens of thousands of people who fled the country in the time of the soviet union was one of the wealthiest republics today one third of the pop

and on to wales american cyclist levi leipheimer has hit full ahead of next month's tour de france i winning the tour of switzerland by just four seconds from italy's damiani can a go the ninth and final stages the thirty two kilometer time trial and can i go look like a she win for the overall title the twenty nine year old had been leading the race from the third stage and into the finale and it's seeing me come to believe one minute thirty six seconds but you came in i would say minutes behind probably in country lara who celebrated the second stage when various life time i clocked the fastest time just thirty seconds behind hunter lara tippett can i go to the title by an agonizingly slim margin even christ by eighty five in switzerland. so that's the more. question is that so much of the taxpayers' money coming to you and i says yes in a real mysterious africa in the new great game outside interest in this continent is the man's rich in natural resources in a growing middle class china at the us. more than a month. in one of the most extreme environments on the planet this is ant

and on to wales american cyclist levi leipheimer house his good form of next month's tour de france winning the tour switzerland by just four seconds for mr lee's dummy on a can a go the night and final stage was a thirty two kilometer time trial and canadian looked like a human for the overall title the twenty nine year old had been leading the race from the third staging and the finale in a seemingly comfortable lead of one minute and thirty six seconds but he played in over two minutes behind five in culture lara who celebrated the second stage we were leipheimer top of the third fastest time just thirteen seconds behind country lara to pick on a go to the title by an agonizingly slim margin dutchman stephen christ by completing the podium in switzerland. and finally russia's rugby team is gearing up for a first ever world cup appearance this autumn in new zealand and we caught up with the secretary general of the international rugby board on a recent trip to moscow and he took the time to answer a few questions. about the upcoming finals. we've actually done very well despite the econom

you can well spark for just spoiling his debut as the red in wales hadn't beaten their rivals in seven straight matches over the last few years the half year it's how it was the moment who controlled the early possession with a wasted several great scoring opportunities but the danger was mounting for spotlight and they did some show finally broke the deadlock after thirty four minutes with this daring head at spartak well again five key players do you change it and fail to create anything worth your for you all well you know macdonald there telly as formally we will follow up on that he went on and sent the ball into the net with a powerful shot with twenty five minutes to go and that sealed the final score. and . as we expected it turned out to be a tight game we started good from the kickoff and as a result schooled in the second half we doubled the lead and relaxed but great confidence in defense and didn't give spot a chance to school. because. these are the best clothes for the moment i can't claim anything more. passion on the pitch they did everything they can but what have you

he is at work right now flying a helicopter over the coast of wales. >> not a bad way to celebrate yourirthday. good way to crews around the bay area today i think in a helicopter. >> i think you're right. >> head out to the coast. that's one of the cool place out there. we are going to see lots of sunshine everywhere you go but it could be uncomfortably hot for some folks and out on the bay right now, looking good as we have clear skies but the heat is on. the temperatures really warming up in a hurry right now. some of those numbers already soaring well into the 90s inland. even inside the bay we are seeing some of those temperatures warming up, as well. 94 degrees right now in livermore, 91 in fremont, 90 in san jose. interestingly, though, we are seeing 77 degrees in san francisco and starting to catch a bit of a sea breeze. i think a sign of some changes are in the works. still, this afternoon, expecting some triple digits in some of the interior valleys. 80s and 90s continuing inside the bay. beautiful at the coast into the 70s. but tonight, some patchy fog begins to return to the

both teams managed to earn their own arse in the end with france beating wales for the plate and russia rushing italy twenty four and claimed seventh place meanwhile the events strongest favorites england who are just on the way to their second cup of the season following this is an opening round in france last week the. first had to beat spain in the semifinal and did so with a related twenty four fourteen. that's how it came to final where the englishman face portugal the team that managed to upset them in the group stage was however the decider turned out to be a different story early in the first tough croyle when there were four too nice tries to successfully converted fourteen neal huge advantage for the final with england never letting their emotional opponents get close twenty four twelve the final score and a good win you're going to be tough but the horse. was a comprehend your pants up and when you win you got the a call to beat them and luckily we got a good cushion for them. up and we were going to support we used to use the whole. place is able to bring in some fresh playe

elsewhere sweden's alexander noren has claimed his second title on the european tour he's won the wales open by two shots his nine hundred raver all at celtic manor another big game and this handsome frenchman gregory would be they finished tied in second durant getting his hands on the trophy to add to his two thousand and nine europe a masters title. you're never really believed my game was good enough for with the less we know. here with but as you know it's not as good as all of this it is it feels. relieving. now let's switch the bikes and motor g.p. where casey stoner has won the cattle and brown previous strange third victory in five races any each pressure on reigning world champion you're gay lorenzo and came home the second however it's about it is still seven points clear in the overall standings and. by. the finish of the season to finish the head of multiple champion valentino rossi who is yet to win this season after joining to take r.t.t. and embattled marco simoncelli started from pole but had to settle for six days after the italian braved death threats from local fans

off now and sweden's alexander noren has won the wales open by two shots to claim its second european tour title frenchman gregory balding finished as joint runner up at celtic manor his card was a blemish to see registered yet another sixty seven full going to include one here at the eleventh he finished on seven under par for the tournament and tied for second with anders hansen of game market a credit for a good second with improved on the back nine sinking for birdies although his playing partner not seen here was more consistent and ended on a nine on the part of the whales open to his win at the two thousand and nine european masters. i. never really believed my game was good enough with the less we did but. i would. not as good as i want to this is it feels so relieving you know meanwhile steve stricker is the new world number four after victory at the memorial tournament in ohio he was four shots ahead after this explosive bunker shot at the twelve even though he cooled off from a lot of holes he still won by a shot sixteen under overall better americans back joe b. tied for s