is it yellow jersey calves tour but also in his career so far. in his career so far. is it yellow jersey calves off an impressive honours list for him. he's got those titles on the track. three roach every job he's got those titles on the track. three roach everyjob titles. two olympic titles as well as part of britain's pursuit team but now of course his career will always be remembered for his part in tour de france history. geraint thomas, the man from winter church, is 2018's champion. championship leader lewis hamilton will start the hungarian grand prix on pole position after an enthralling wet qualfying session. mercedes took advantage of the rain to gain as hamilton's team—mate valtteri bottas made it a mercedes one two with sebastian vettel fourth on the grid. jenny gow is at the hungaroring for us. lewis hamilton will start in pole position for the foreign hand carrying grand prix something nobody expected this morning when it was bright sunshine but then the rain came down and hamilton, the rain meister, approved his word winning all t

shown to be negative supposedly they will have to wait and think now they're all talking about the yellow jersey what about the green gerry's the green jersey who seems to be in the ownership of papers saigon from slovakia i mean poor guy i mean he really hurt himself during the during the race and his shoulder everything and easy you can just see the pain in his face when he's trying to complete the race in a in the yellow jersey and this is this is a bit of relief for french fans who are dying to have a french star out there and hasn't happened for an awful long time and that is pierre la tour not quite look to are but la tour and so he's got the white jersey which means he's the best place right or under age twenty six ok well that sounds very exciting and twenty to see and plenty of action arts as the from sports yes thanks very much thank you. here watching daily news coming to you live from britain will be back again at the top of the hour so keep the hair you can't. move. we make up oh but we watch as the cost of the un does the trick we all of the civil service i. mean want to shape the

geraint holding onto the yellow jersey after coming in fourth.inutes and 22 seconds down in second place in the overall standings. chris froome and adam yates are sixth and seventh, one minute behind further. meanwhile, annemiek van vleuten successfully defended her la course title in the women's world tour race on tuesday in a stunning finish. the fifth edition of la course, a 112.5 kilometre race from annecy to le grand—bornand, ran in conjunction with stage 10 of the tour de france. and with 16 kilometres remaining, anna van der breggen of the netherlands made her move and took the lead. but with just 25 meters to go, her compatriot van vleuten passed her to cross the line first. it was super nice, but i think also this was a race. this was unbelievable. with 200 metres to go i still thought i got second. and then i saw her dying. and to win like this, i did know that i am in good shape but anna van der breggen is also a really good cyclist, so it was a really tough ride, but beautiful. golf's oldest major, the open, gets underway on thursday,

with this stage victory saga and also claim the yellow jersey as the tools over old lady. and her mind in our top story the first of four boys have a match tonight from a flooded cave in thailand author he was rushed into hospital after they spent over two weeks on the ground a team of international divers will receive methods to rescue the rest of the current path to halting operations and not meet. you're watching t w news i'm kind of the humphrey in berlin thanks for joining. our took over more than just one reality. where i come from we have a transatlantic way of looking at things that's because my father is from germany my mother is from the united states of america and so i realized fairly early that it made sense to explain different realities. and now here at the heart of the european union in brussels we have twenty eight different realities and.

with this stage victory saga and also claim the yellow jersey as the tools over old lady. and her mind in our top story the first of four boys have emerged tonight from a flooded cave in thailand all for he was rushed into hospital off that they spent over two weeks on the ground a team of international divers will resume methods to rescue the rest of the growing cost to halting operations and number two. you're watching detail with the news on kind of the homefront in berlin thanks for joining. great yourself with w.'s interior design channel on.

with this stage victory sargon also claimed the yellow jersey as the tools overall later. underminded out of the top story we're following for you the first four boys have a much too long from a flooded cave in thailand origins rushed them to hospital after they spent over two weeks on the ground a team of international divers who resume efforts to rescue the rest of the group off the halting operations overnight. this is d w news lawyer from ballet on helena home free more coming up at the top of the hour of course the latest is always available around the clock on our website d.w. dot com you can follow us on twitter as well and on facebook thanks for watching seizing. on the route of a willow succeeded in dividing us about not succeeding taking the people off the streets because we're trying to just to try to show that. taking a stand globally news that matters. made for minds moving awfully fighting for the case to be taken seriously in the world of war.

stage two of the tour de france is complete and peter wins and takes the leader's yellow jersey.ttempt to win their t20 series against india fails. poorest take the decider in bristol by seven wickets. and as the dust settles on suite and the countdown begins for england's world cup semifinal with croatia. welcome to the programme. plenty to come but let's start with f1 because ferrari's sebastian vettel extended his lead at the top of the formula 1 drivers championship to a dramatic priddis grand prix at silverstone. lewis hamilton fought to finish second after suffering a collision on the first lap. andy swiss rounds up on the first lap. andy swiss rounds up the race from silverstone. at a sweltering silverstinem lewis hamilton and 140,000 fans hoping for history. -- silverstone. from poll position his chances of a record sixth win here were soon sent spinning. a sluggish start, a collision and in the blink of an eye hamilton was down to 18th, his race seemingly over. but boldly, brilliantly he surged through the field and back into contention before more twists, two crashes in

hugh woozencroft‘s over at the touchscreen to find out more about the new man in the yellow jersey.ho puts himself further into the history books as one of wales's best sportsman. he only expected to pace chris froome. now he is set to go back on the card for the yellowjersey in hand. __ go —— go back cardiff. but how did the 32—year—old get to this point? thomas a first started cycling competitively at the maindy flyers club in the welsh capital. his coaches there said he only stumbled into the sport having seen his track on the way home from a swimming lesson when he was just nine years old. the club has become a breeding ground for welsh cycling talent. with two other notable riders also starting their journey there. for coach's still there today crafting the winner of the yellow jersey will be their greatest achievement. he just turned up one day on his track bike or on one of our track bikes and that is where it all started. like so many of these kids once they get on the bikes, it's a passion. it never leaves you. this year with the tour, the hits to the website, the intereste

you may have a yellow jersey but his job famous clients.to still support the leader chris froome. thirsty work, the battle for the race lead went all the way. thomas's role was to close down chris froome's rivals and he did so brilliantly. roman barclay and then tom dumoulin tried but they could not escape the pair from team sky. all favours together on the final corner and the welshman showed his class. if chris froome is still plan a, then this was a brilliant destruction. extending his lead to one minute 39 seconds, team orders may come into play later in the race but for now, thomas is enjoying the ride! drew savage, bbc news. la galaxy striker zlatan ibramhimovic has spoken to bbc sport, his former team manchester united team—mate paul pogba could become one of the world's greatest players but he's not there yet, he says. last season, the french midfielder endured a mixed performance at old trafford — however he was in fine form during the world cup — scoring in the final against croatia. zlatan insists he's shown what he's capable of

they did again a very good job of team sky rider and aaron thomas held on to the overall leader's yellow jersey put sack on extends his lead in the green jersey points classification. on the german football federation known as the d f b s facing allegations of mismanagement germany were unceremoniously eleven a set and the well called group stage defending champion and finger pointing continues here at time from a former national team grace who is also the chairman of. it all looks so hopeful for team germany when they were at their training camp in preparation for the world cup they were on top of the world and had no idea they would quickly come crashing down former german international striker and byron unique chairman karl hinds who many get had this to say about the d.f.t. . right now it seems to me that they don't have a clear cut professional way of dealing with crises and i'm not at all surprised because the d.f.t. is full of amateurs and i'm not at all convinced that at the end of the day the right solutions will be found with these people who are running things just like. the ball is

they did again very good job teams guy ryder and aaron thomas held on to the overall leader's yellow jersey but saigon extends his lead in the green jersey points classification. that the for me for now you are watching detail than any is coming to life from right and my name is anna and we in the back again at the top of the hour don't forget you can get all the latest news and information on our website that on days of any topic stay with us. iran. wants an isolated shocker seems now a major power in the middle east. dear ones influence continues to grow politically economically and above all millet.

hugh woozencroft has been at the touch—screen to find out more about the new man in the yellow jerseytic moment for geraint thomas who puts himself further into the history books as one of wales's best sportsman. he only expected to place a border to chris froome. now

byjohn degenkolb — he does though retain the race leader's yellow jersey. 0ur our top story: the frenchafter france beat croatia 4—2 in the world cup final. griezmann, pogba, kylian mbappe among the goalscorers. it comes 20 yea rs among the goalscorers. it comes 20 years after france won the world cup on home soil. the fans and joined themselves. didier deschamps was the first frenchman to lift the world cup asa first frenchman to lift the world cup as a player and now lives it as a coach. just two others have done that before. all is left to say is felicitations to france! hello. with temperatures as high as 31 celsius, sunday was another hot day across eastern areas of england throughout the weekend, with scenes like this, it was england and wales that had the lion's share of the sunshine and warmth. sunday brought some useful rain to of parts of northern ireland scotland and eastern scotland held on to some sunny spells. this is the weather system that brought some rain to northern ireland and parts of scotland, it's moving southwards in the next 2a hours and behind it, it's introduc

the stage wasn't without controversy though team sky rider garron thomas who held on to the yellow jersey for another day brushed off suggestions of renewed protest from firearms over alleged doping in his team b.t.w. . in london the latest edition of the item diamond league saw a blistering performances because u.s. athletes ronnie bake a setting the pace in the men's one hundred meters and that was local success to cherry in the women's long plastic a nuke. in the men's one hundred meters at london stadium ronnie baker of the u.s. took top spot. he finished the race in one point nine zero seconds ahead of second placed zano hughes of great britain. and in the men's four hundred meters qatar's tore up the track in the final stretch with an impressive win over powering polled the deal of the u.s. look at terry's time of forty four point zero seven seconds was a national record. and in pole vaulting american some kendricks got the best mark defeating closest rival renewal of year new all fronts and you can see the american truly is in the mood for a victory lap was in the women's long jump

yeah success whatever happens now thomas takes over the leaders yellow jersey he's now the man to beat. raining formula one world champion lewis hamilton will remain a mercedes driver for another two years british media has reported that the new deal is worth at least thirty three million euro a year and will regain its title as the sport's top earner while the brit has won the formula one world championship a four times in his career but is currently second in this year's championship he can regain the lead in the standings at this weekend's german comps a wish marks the mint point in the twenty eight season and that does it for us thank you so much for spending this part of your day with us the news continues at the top of the hour see them. cheap. waste. pollution. and good time for good. to go into africa and people into projects that are changing the climate for the better so just to make. good. on d w.

overall standings the course gave sprinters the chance to shine on stage eighteen meaning the yellow jersey holder was able to take a back seat. a largely flood stage provided a good platform for the tools breakaway specialists and five riders julie took advantage of a hundred seventy kilometer cool trip tree surveys to. but says is often the case the peloton soon caught up with twenty kilometers to go the sprinters were ready to take over. a mass sprint ensued with arnaud de marte producing a perfectly timed dash to the finish line it was the first stage win for a french team at this year's top meanwhile garonne thomas tightened his grip on the lead is yellow jersey but he's expecting a tougher run in the pyrenees mountains on friday they're expecting the worst really just the guys try to go in the early break attacks movie and song and obviously the final climb and. so we're just going to be cultured vigilant thomas goes into the final two competitive stages with a lead of just under two minutes. now when the moon rises tonight it will treat us to the longest total lunar eclipse of the tw

thomas retained the yellow jersey as overall leader of the team sky rider could just get questions on the controversy created by doping allegations surrounding teammate chris froome. stage fourteen a one hundred and eighty eight kilometer route culminated in a difficult final climb in the town of mond and it was along that ascent that belgium's just for story even who had led for over thirty kilometers was finally caught by spain's. france's phillipe jumped ahead of story going into second but the spanish rider powered to victory with a late burst in the last climb price was overjoyed with his first ever toward a front stage when. they live i mean this is own real for me we dreamed of this victory worked very hard and finally we made it an incredible day of victory in the tour i can't describe the feeling. the stage wasn't without controversy though team sky rider garron thomas who held on to the yellow jersey for another day brushed off suggestions of renewed protest from france over alleged doping in his team. and in london the latest edition of the i don't believe a dime when he sa

yeah be a success whatever happens now thomas takes over the leaders yellow jersey he's now the man to be. a sport has been used as a. vehicle of peace between north and south korea despite the two sides technically still being at war table tennis is the latest attempt to warm the relationship on the peninsula korean athletes from both sides of the thirty eighth parallel will compete as team mates korea open for the first time in nearly thirty s. banners of the korean peninsula reading we are one feel to stand showing solidarity ahead of the korea open this is the first time in twenty seven years that the two countries formed a joint table tennis team side by side in mixed doubles koreans warmed up to each other and for the churn of. honesty i was moved and so happy when i had my north korean team mate even if it's not the price it felt like the best price from then on the cutting simply it was. the first time table tennis players joined forces they shot china by defeating them to win women's gold at the world championships in one nine hundred ninety one coming together again has its r

and magnus cort nielsen wins stage 15 of the tour de france as geraint thomas retains the yellow jersey. hello. francesco molinari is the 2018 open champion, shooting a faultless final round at carnoustie to become the first italian to win the famous claretjug. tim hague was watching the action unfold on the east coast of scotland. the winds of change were in the air at the championship sunday. francesco molinari began the day three off the lead but by the time he hold this, he was one of the men to beat. at the 18th, he went from sharing the lead to posting a clubhouse score that was too good for everyone. that included tiger woods. the american had briefly lead after a flawless front nine. 0h the american had briefly lead after a flawless front nine. oh my god! but this still isn't the same old tiger. this wayward approach at the 11th was the beginning of the end of his challenge. others struggled as well, jordan speith began the day with a successful defence of his title very possible but slipped away atan title very possible but slipped away at an early stage. a round of 70 from ror

the stage wasn't would have controversy though team sky rider gerund thomas who held on to the yellow jersey for another day brushed off suggestions of renewed protest from france over alleged doping in his team b.t.w. . this weekend for a drivers the boss of battle is on home turf and he's looking to stretch it lays out the top of the driver standings and he delighted the locals at saturday's qualifying after securing pole position general stars alongside finnish driver about terry tough it came second or third country men can be right conant will begin in paris battles closest rival for the championship is hamilton of mercedes when he pulls to the fourteenth fastest time outright trial explain your still have a bounce in the session. and the golf world awaits in anticipation today as tiger woods attempts to pull off victory in the british open it would be an incredible career comeback with the former world without a major championship since his u.s. open went back in two thousand and eight but heading into the final round would say it's just four strokes off leisure and defending champion

sagan is wearing the yellow jersey after the second stage of the tour de france. and the irish open. —— open. he was hoping for a record sixth title at silverstone, but instead lewis hamilton had to make do with second place at the british grand prix. after starting on pole, the current world champion was soon battling from the back. it was sebastian vettel who won, taking his fourth race win of the season, to pull further ahead in the drivers' championship. andy swiss was watching. at a sweltering silverstone, lewis hamilton and 140,000 fans hoping for history. but from pole position, his chances of a record sixth win here were soon sent spinning. a sluggish start, a collision, and in the blink of an eye hamilton was down to 18th, his race seemingly over. but boldly, brilliantly, he surged through the field and back into contention, before more twists — two crashes interrupting the race, thankfully all drivers unhurt. the resulting shake—up, though, produced some finish, sebastian vettel taking the lead from bottas, before hamilton also went past up to second. bu

it again very good job teams guy ryder and baron thomas held on to the overall leader's yellow jersey but saigon extends his lead in the green jersey points classification. with the football well done and dusted top clubs are racing to sign the tournament stand a player is how well that usually means it's most buoyant attackers this year it's a goalkeeper who has gone into the record books after joining their side liverpool for an eye watering. alison becker is now the world's most expensive goalkeeper liverpool paid roma almost seventy five million euros for the twenty five year old the brazilian international didn't concede any goals in seventeen of his thirty seven serious appearances for roma last season the transfer fee breaks a record held by the italian ledgett. in two thousand and one he was bought by you vent is from parma for the record price tag of almost fifty three million euros but the prices paid for boo fall in alice and it pales in comparison with the most expensive gold scores p.s.g. teammates kilian in bombay cost one hundred thirty five million euros while neymar t

with this stage victory saga and also claimed the yellow jersey as the tools overall leader. or turkish president wretch of type two one is preparing to be sworn in today and investors are wondering what to expect as he takes on expanded powers monica jones has that and all the other names so much more sara thank you so much well turkey's economy certainly has struggled finn's the attempted coup two years ago which raised questions about the country's stability the lira has tumbled and growth has been propped up by government spending and on sunday another eight hundred thousand public servants were fired accused of threatening state security they could be the last casualties of the state of emergency in post after the coup at a one has pledged to lift it he's also expected to give a speech after the inauguration in which he will outline his vision for the economy . what china's biggest tech company says it plans to spin off its news extreme ng service on a stock exchange in the united states ten cent says it hasn't decided on how it plans to sell ten cent music in a filing t

with this stage victory sargon also claimed the yellow jersey as the tools overall leader. and just a reminder of the top story we're following for you the first four boys had emerged along from a flooded cave in thailand authorities rushed them to hospital after they spent over two weeks on the ground a team of international divers voters you met this to rescue the rest of the grief the whole sting operations of another. new spending all coming up at the top of the hour of course you can always get the latest on our web site d.w. dot com i'm one i'm free about it thanks as have a few company that's easy. for us in your seatbelts. to go. look at the place.

yeah be a success whatever happens now thomas takes over the leader's yellow jersey he's now the man to beat. american football now and in the wake of last season's taken a new protests the n.f.l. is set to kick off this september with a new policy stand and respect the national anthem or pay the price tennessee titans general casey says i'm going to take a fine this year why not casey made it clear to the press that chill neal and silently protest despite the new n.f.l. rule those protests started in twenty sixteen with collin kaplan a we took a need you in in the. what he said was a stand against racial injustice. a quick reminder the top story for you turkey has lifted its state of emergency which was introduced to years ago after a five year old's crude turkish president richard tell you another one using that measure to rule by decree and crackdown on the opposition the government is proposing a stringent antiterrorism bill to replace emergency rule. my colleague edith come on and taking over at this desk at the top of the hour in the meantime don't forget you can get all the la

he surprised many by hanging onto the yellow jersey yesterday, it would be a stage too far in the alpsng, this was team sky's chance to take control, but everyone else was as determined to stop them, including tom dumoulin, second to froome at the giro d'italia. forcing sky to reveal their hand. thomas rode away from some of the best riders in the world, chris froome followed. the defending champion held his own, gaining halfa minute on most of his main rivals, moving to second overall. the man of the day was his team—mate. no stopping geraint thomas, overhauling dumoulin on his way to his first mountaintop stage win. a lead of one minute and 25 seconds. we are building up to the third golf major of the year — tomorrow's first round at the open. so far, the americans have dominated this year's majors, but what odds of a return to grand slam success for a briton? maybe for the 2014 winner rory mcilroy. it's so much depth, if it's not jordan, it'sjustin, if it's not him, it's brooks, patrick, there are so many great players and it seems like at this point, they are all playing really goo

it was give you the its first ever stage of the tour until now where as for famous leaders yellow jersey. and just a reminder of the top story we're following for you officials in thailand say conditions are improving for evacuating the children trapped in a flooded cave they're aiming to get the group out before the monsoon rains cools water levels to rise in messages to their families the boys say they're doing fine . they're watching the news on how to hunt free in the end stay with us plenty more coming up at the top of the hour thanks as a company. to. make your small changes even smaller which would be totally. what you get when you want to. update. extraordinary. jobs. you decide what's all the. fun don't get the w. more.

last year, the one the first stage and was wearing the yellow jersey for a while first stage and waswjersey for a while but first stage and was wearing the yellow jersey for a while but then crashed, breaking his collarbone, a huge loss ending his ride, but this year he has put it right and as we can see the whole of the city, in this cafe right now, are watching him cross the finish line. as i mentioned earlier, it is not often that you see this type of crowd for any kind of sport in wales other than rugby or football, any kind of sport in wales other than rugby orfootball, really. and to see someone than rugby orfootball, really. and to see someone cross than rugby orfootball, really. and to see someone cross it with such an emphatic style is incredible. and hey years, crossing the finish line now! —— here he is. one of wales' living legends, crossing the finish line, and cardiff going absolutely wild! this will go down in history as one of the greatest sporting achievements of welsh sport, no doubt at all will stop the first welshman to win the tour de france, only the third brito

the team player was on his way to becoming tour champion, the first welshman to wear that yellow jerseye champs elysees. as a proud northway lane, i think it is absolutely wonderful. i have always supported g and i'm really proud of him. ithink supported g and i'm really proud of him. i think there will be a few tea rs him. i think there will be a few tears at the end. it is brilliant. last year, as the geraint thomas should win it one year, and this year he has. being half welsh, i'm here with the english and welsh flag, supporting two people on the podium. thomas' team are not as popular as he is. domination breeds jealousy but, coupled with doping investigations, that has made the hostile atmosphere at times. they say it has made them stronger. the tour is about the survival of the fittest. and only one rider stands apart. geraint thomas system just around the corner on the champs elysees. he has been absolutely swamped by thousands and thousands of congratulations messages, a lot of congratulations messages, a lot of them from back home in wales. and sian lloyd joined the party at o

the yellow jersey under threat, but the welshman held firm. his rivals couldn't break him.ldn't threaten the overall lead — although he did win the stage to take third place overall from froome. but the four—times champion had done his bit for thomas, setting up the man in yellow to sprint home for six bonus seconds — notjust defended his lead, but extending it. congratulations well earned. drew savage, bbc news. hold onto your saddles, your seats, this afternoon because as they say, geraint thomas goes out last around 3:28. now, priorities have changed for the a—time olympic champion laura kenny. she is, however, ready to compete on the track again at the european championships in glasgow. since laura and her now husband jason kenny won golds in rio two years ago, they've welcomed baby albert into the world. he's now one years old, and laura's back in the gb team in the velodrome. i still really, really care about cycling and i always will, like, it's been my life to such a long time but all of a sudden i don't think about, you know, everything being perfect. i'm thinking

and that yellow jersey. the race. this is happening, this is live. what are we saying to our riders? so, come on, you have got 250 more metres. round the next corner here, it's a hairpin. you can't see but it flattens off. you will have drinks in 400 metres, so you will get to cool down. have drinks and go to the finish. good luck. i can see instantly that the psychological impact of that is huge, but how do the cyclists themselves feel about having data in their sport? having everything measured and tracked can have its downside. a lot of teams are trying to keep it secret because when you are racing to win the tour de france you don't really wa nt to win the tour de france you don't really want to give your competitors that advantage. people are saying it is turning into f1, robot talking to robots. what you say? it is more than that. from datacentre to progress, there is 20 kilometres to 90, progress, there is 20 kilometres to go, 20, to wind speed, the riders are coming up. —— and a kilometre. that is it

he surprised many by hanging onto the yellow jersey yesterday, it would surprised many by hanging ontohis was team sky‘s chance to take control, but everyone else was as determined to stop them, including tom dumoulin, second to froome at the giro d‘italia. forcing sky to reveal their hand. thomas rode away from some of the best riders in the world, chris froome followed. the defending champion held his own, gaining half a defending champion held his own, gaining halfa minute defending champion held his own, gaining half a minute most of his main rivals are moving to second. the man of the day was his team—mate. no stopping the run thomas, overhauling tom dumoulin on his way to his first mountaintop stage win. a lead of one minute and 25 seconds. anthony joshua says he‘s still hopeful of a fight against american deontay wilder. joshua will defend his ibf, wba and wbo world heavyweight titles against alexander povetkin at wembley stadium on the 22nd of september. but does he feel let down that this fight is not against wilder? what can i do? i have been waiting for the since 2017, and a

reporter: thomas takes over the leader's yellow jersey. he is now the man to be.hil: in football, germany's national team coach and team manager have met for the first time since the team's humiliating world cup group stage exit. low, seen here arriving for the meeting, is due to analyze what went wrong. they have also come under fire - - he was singled out for criticism after the pair posed for photos with turkish president recep tayyip erdogan for the tournament. -- before the tournament. it is a dream humans have had since the don't of time. -- the dawn of time. jetpacks. maybe we are getting closer. repoporter: no, it i is not jusa man in a fancy jumpsuit armed with leaf blowers. it is the latest version of a long-awaited dreream for many -- the human jetpack. the stuff of childhood daydreams and science fiction novels. but this is not a film set in hollywood. it is the city streets in central london. and this flying system is up for sale. for about 380,000 euros. so how does it work? >> essentially it is made up of five micro jet engines. gas turbines. two on

meanwhile, thomas tightened his grip on the leader's yellow jersey, but he is expecting a tougher run in the. >> expecting the worst, really. just guys trying to go into the early break. obviously, the fininal climb and dissent, so we're just going to be ultra-vigilant. >> thomas goes into the final competitive stages with a lead of just under two minutes. >> a quick reminder of the top stories we've been following for you -- imran khan has claimed victory in pakistan's election. the former international cricketer has taken to television promising into pakistan, but votes are still being counted and rival parties claimed the election was rigged. the death toll in greece's worst forest fires for a decade stands at more than 80 people. relatives and rescue crews are searching for bodies and survivors among the ruins. with that, you are up to date on dw news. thank you so much for watching. don't forget, you can follow us on social media. we will get the latest news and information on our website on dw.com. have a great day. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, whi

that's what they said because they could lose not only thomas' yellow jersey, but there is also a battle for the podium for the defending champion, the man who was the leader of team sky at the start of this tour de franc, and he could still slip off that podium. he's currently third in the overall standings. e is fighting to reach the chanselycee. >> he's obviously in for a very busy weekend ahead. thanks for that. a reminder what's making news this hour. results shows international cricket star kahn has won in pakistan's poll. he'll have to move quickly to seek out allies to form a lowell case government. the greek government i is investstigating thatarson was responsible for a fire that killed at least 83 people near athens earlier this week. this as residents blame the government, accusing official of poor town planning. as we just heard there, we head into the final stages of the tour de franc, britain's thomas retaining his lead in the pelley on -- pelleyton and looking to dethrone team sky teammate. time now for the latest business news. for that i'm joined in the studio by julia.

we will see him ride into paris later today and as jo was explaining, no one attacks the yellow jersey -- convention. they would be struck off, social pariah! you have time to get there! on my bmx down the champs—elysee. get there! on my bmx down the champs-elysee. i would pay money for that! while the men were racing around the south of france, the best female riders were whizzing around london for the ride london classique. it's the richest one day race in women's cycling and it was won by dutchwoman kirtsten vild, who has now been successful twice on the mall, after her triumph back in 2016. lewis hamilton may well be hoping for rain today for the hungarian grand prix as he hopes to extend his formula one championship lead before the sport's summer break. the world champion put on a masterclass in the wet to claim pole position ahead of his mercedes team mate valtteri bottas and the ferraris of kimi raikkonen and main rival sebastian vettel. hamilton currently leads the championship by 17 points. we couldn't have expected this. honestly, the ferraris have been quickest all weekend,

stage of this year's tour de france and for good measure it's also imposition of the leaders a yellow jersey sunday stage took the riders on a one hundred eighty two point five kilometer journey with one categorized climb only stage one winner from colombia ferdinand the video was held up in a crash in the final kilometer sagan avoided the pileup and would overtake local rider are no them are on the slight incline near the finish he would also hold of the challenge from italy sunny cold but only in a sprint finish to take the day's honors and that yellow jersey that's all the sport for now i'll have another update for you again in the twenty one hundred g.m.t. hour but for now i'm going to hand you back to nic in london. peter i phone we shall look forward to seeing you later that is it for this news only the model i will be with you in just a couple of minutes with more of the new word from rick log on the worst news our team it's. getting to the heart of the matter if moscow for congi the turkish cypriot people calls you today and says that's how would you expect facing realities what do y

be a success whatever happens now thomas takes over the leader's yellow jersey he's now the man to beat. meanwhile in golf the british open gets underway today with jordan speight looking to defend the title he won so brilliantly a year ago but retaining a major goal title is no easy task or man has been talking about that is for time major champion rory mcilroy it's had its fair share of ups and downs of course and had this to say ahead of the tournament. you know my performances in the majors at that point but that wasn't the norm i was in my normal level that was above my normal level and then you sort of you you go back on and then you build yourself back up again but you know every everything finds its balance and it's you know and you jordan's had a nice little run these one three and three years am i had a nice when i won four and four and if you continue to do stuff like value are going to be one of the greatest of all time but you know there's only really being one guy that's done it for like a ten year period where he's well not many and that was tiger i mean what he did and y

right monica is here with her yellow jersey on of course monica there's some trouble in the air for europeans who want to go and pick a show certainly if you want to fly with a ryan air because right now stuff we're going on strike for two days in a row the walkout will affect more than six hundred o'brian as almost two and a half thousand daily flights today and tomorrow staff in spain portugal italy and belgium will participate in the walkout the airlines pilots are demanding more transparent systems for promotions and transfers while cabin crew hope to push through better working conditions such as high salaries and there is a more trouble for ryanair staff the carrier just want to offer around three hundred potential job cuts for pilots and cabin crew on the plans to reduce its dublin based aircraft fleets. european commission president is meeting today with u.s. president donald trump at the white house it's a bid to head off a looming transatlantic trade war but ahead of those talks trump renew his call for completely free trade the u.s. president fired off this tweet calling on both pa

stage of this year's tour de france and for good measure he's also in possession of the leaders yellow jersey sunday stage took the riders on a one hundred eighty two point five kilometer journey with one categorized climb stage one winner from colombia finance was held up in a crash in the final kilometer say going to voided the pileup and would overtake a local rider on all of them are on the slight incline near the finish he will to hold of the challenge from italy so let me go but early in a sprint finish to take that day's honors and back to yellow jersey. three zero am champion jonathan ray continued his dominance of the world superbike series at the maisano on sunday the british cover sucky rider was made to work hard for it's forcing his way to the front and overtaking dutchman michael funded mark who had been leading for most of the race crossing the line first just zero point three three four seconds ahead of fun the mark thirty one year old man leads chaz davies by mighty two points at the top of the stampede. and that's all the sport for now will have another update again later bu

be a success whatever happens now thomas takes over the leaders yellow jersey he's now the man to beat. a fan of the chinese here with business and it looks like the never ending trade dispute us star it's on the way new ones we're talking auto industry thank you very much it could cost hundreds of thousands of jobs and eighty three billion u.s. dollars annually a group representing major automakers wants to tell the u.s. commerce department that imposing tariffs of twenty five percent an important cost and parts will have to exacerbate the facts on the economy based public hearing is set to begin today. this plant in the mexican city of sea level is run by american multinational general motors each year it produces four hundred times and pick up trucks destined for the u.s. market. it's just the kind of operation u.s. president donald trump has tried to clamp down on he wants american carmakers to. at home. but such protectionist rhetoric often overlooks the importance of america's own export markets staying with the example of general motors some five thousand of the company's employ