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cameron norrie will not be joined cameron norrie will not bejoined in the last 32 as dan evans was hit by a chest infection. he is the only remaining british player in the men or women singles draw and will play the russian for a place in the last 16. cameron norrie is yet to drop a set at roland garros this year. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. the united nations has warned that somalia is suffering its worst drought in a0 years. the crisis, fueled by a lack of seasonal rains, has left more than 6 million people vunerable. many families are being forced to migrate from their homes in search of water and food. our correspondent catherine byaruhanga has more from southern somalia. the mass movement of people across somalia. grandparents, children, neighbours, leaving their homes. carrying all that they have because their land has become hostile. the united nations say drought has forced more than 750,000 people from their homes since october. this man and his family walk 300 kilometres to get to this camp in southern somalia

we mentioned cameron norrie in the french open that starts tomorrow. it will be emma raducanu's first french open — she's seeded 12th in paris. the us open champion had been a doubt after pulling out of the italian open last week with a back problem, but she says she's fit. iam learning i am learning about my body, for sure, but i am very happy to be continuing my preparations for the french open and to be able to play this tournament and fortunately i don't have to miss this grand slam, so yes, that is definitely, you know, a really positive thing, that i can... because i really look forward to these big moments in the big tournaments, so yes, i am looking forward to continuing. our tennis correspondent russell fuller is in position for the start of the tournament and i began by asking him about raducanu. i think she has played well on the field, she has had five wins and a couple of wins in stuttgart at an indoor event and a couple of wins at madrid, where conditions are a bit quicker and certainly suited to her game style, which was a bonus, but s

in the men's draw, cameron norrie is a man informed. he won his second atp tour title of the season last week and now in paris, he was getting the best of the frenchman, after a slow start, he eased through straight sets and is one step closer to reaching week to have a grand slam for the first time. elsewhere, dan evans claimed his first ever win on his 32nd birthday, but it is the end of the road already for harriet dart and heather watson, both knocked out in the first round. that's three out of five britons still standing with bradycardia —— still standing with emma getting a nation excited. lydia campbell, bbc news. world number one iga swiatek is also through to round two, its now 29 victories in a row for the 2020 winner but the former world number one and four time grand slam champion naomi osaka was knocked out. in her post match interview she said she wasn't sure she would play wimbledon this year, after the tournament was stripped of ranking points, because of its ban on russian and belarusian players. it's kind of, like.

and cameron norrie has won his fourth atp title in the space ofjust ten months. the world number 11 beat alex molcan from slovakia in three sets to win the lyon open. norrie will play his first round match at the french open on monday. the second diamond league meeting of the year was a good one for some of the british atheltes in birmingham — dina asher—smith won the women's 100 metres, beating shericka jackson by a hundredth of a second! daryll neeta was third. asher—smith and neeta then joined forces to win the 4 x 100 metre relay for great britain. this is my first 100 of the season, you know? it is a long season, so it is a long way into it, and it was good. it was a very strong field. i could have done a few things differently, if i am being picky, but you know, the best one is with a bit... but i'm very happy with that time, very happy to win in this temperature and with this kind of feel as well, so it is good. britain's laura muir opened her season with victory in the 1,500 metres, holding off australianjessica hull. fellow britjemma reekie finishe

british number one cameron norrie continued his preparations for the french open, with a straight—sets win at the atp event in lyon. top seed norrie, ranked 11th in the world, won 6—4 6—4 against argentina's francisco cerundolo to reach the quarterfinals. worcester clinched the 2022 premiership cup after a nail—biting win against london irish at brentford's community stadium veteran forward, matt kvesic, scored the opening try for the warriors, catching the exiles asleep at the breakdown for a free run to the line. the victory had looked set to go to london irish, but kyle hatherall stole in at the death to force a dramatic extra time. neither side could find the breakthrough in the added ten minutes, meaning worcester sealed the title on tries scored. london irish teenager henry arundell has been named in a 36—man england squad for a training camp next week. the 19—year—old only made his premiership debut in february, but he's been in blistering form. the full—back has scored 11 tries in 15 matches for irish and england under—205 this season. owen farrell, manu tuilagi

british number one cameron norrie has made it three british men in the last 16 after he battled past john isner in three sets 6—a, 6—7, 6—a. he faces the seventh—seed carlos alcaraz next. andy murray makes up the three brits still standing. he faces old rival and world number one novak djokovic next. and that's all the sport for now. hello. a ridge of high pressure for england and wales will keep it mainly dry in the day ahead. scotland and northern ireland closer to weather fronts for a cloudy start. a little patchy rain here and there. the chance of that during the day more especially western and mainly north west scotland. eastern and southern scotland may see a few sunny spells, a few developing in northern ireland. pleasantly warm, sunny spells amongst quite a lot of cloud in england and wales, with a very slight chance of a shower, and a warmer day, with temperatures up to 22 in the warmer spots in south east england. overnight and into friday, rain gathering for scotland and northern ireland as it becomes more widespread and heavier for a time with a stronger breeze. w

in the men's draw, cameron norrie is a man informed. he won his second atp to a title of the season last week and now in paris, he was getting the best the frenchman after a slow start, he eased through straight sets and is one step closer to reaching week to have a grand slam for the first time. elsewhere, dan evans claimed his first ever win at his 32nd birthday, but it is the end of the road already for harriet dodge and heather watson, both knocked out in the first round. that's three out of five britons still standing with bradycardia —— anna getting a nation excited. lydia campbell, bbc news. world number one iga swiatek is also through to round two but the former world number one and four time grand slam champion naomi osaka was knocked out. in her post match interview she said she wasn't sure she would play wimbledon this year, after the tournament was stripped of ranking points, because of its ban on russian and belarusian players. it's kind of, like... i don't want to say pointless, no pun intended, but, like... i'm the ty

meanwhile, british number one cameron norrie is out after he lost to spanish teenage sensation carlos alcaraz, going down 6—3 in the deciding set. the 19—year—old will face his idol countryman rafael nadal in the next round. dan evans was also knocked out. he lost in straight sets to andrey rublev. the british number two had his chances. he broke rublev in the opening game of the match, and then had setpoint in the tie—break, but couldn't capitalise, losing the opening set. rublev took the second set 7—5 to win in just under two hours, 30 minutes. essex have been fined £50,000 by the england and wales cricket board after pleading guilty to two charges relating to a racist comment made at a board meeting in 2017. the club were charged over the comment itself and their failure to conduct an appropriate, orany, investigation. former chairmanjohn faragher has denied making the comment. it's day one of the british masters golf at the famous belfry course near birmingham. but there is a distinct lack of british interest at the top of the leaderboard, with the lead shared by denma

britain's last singles hope at the french open tennis — cameron norrie — has been knocked out in the third round. the tenth seed did put up a bit of a fight against russia's karen khachanov in paris, coming back from two sets to love down to take the match to a fourth and deciding set. but despite saving three match points norrie was beaten 6—2, 7—5, 5-7, 6-4 no problems for the defending champion and top seed novak djokovic though. he's safely through to the fourth round without dropping a set, this time beating slovenia's aljaz bedene. djokovic is on course for a potential quarterfinal meeting with the 13—time french open champion rafael nadal. the spaniard also won in straight sets. beating botic van de zandschulp from the netherlands. and interestingly his next opponent — felix auger—aliasime is coached by nadal�*s ex coach — and his uncle toni nadal. in the women's draw, two seeds have gone today. the olympic champion belinda bencic was knocked—out by the canadian teenager — leylah fernandez and the three time grand slam winner angelique kerber was upset by the

better news for cameron norrie, though — he's through to the second round of the italian open in rome. the british men's number one won in straight sets against italian teenager luca nardi. he will play marin cilic next. and that's all the sport for now. from all of us here, goodnight. hello there. it was very showery on tuesday, particularly across the north and the west of the uk. it remains quite unsettled for the next few days, thanks to low pressure always being nearby. it will stay quite breezy too. now, this tumble of weather fronts brings a renewed area of rain into england and wales through wednesday, and some of this could be quite heavy and persistent, pretty much from the word go for parts of wales and southwest england. as we move through the day, that rain will extend a little bit farther northwards, perhaps towards greater manchester, leeds area, and it will begin to push it's way eastward into eastern england, southern england. as it works int east anglia and the southeast later in the day, it will begin to fragment and turn a little bit lighter. sunshine and showers f

cameron norrie has won his fourth atp title in the space ofjust ten months and his first on clay. the world number 11 beat alex molcan from slovakia in three sets to win the lyon 0pen. norrie will play his first round match at the french open on monday. harlequins staged a remarkable comeback to beat gloucester 28—24 at twickenham, a victory that sealed a place in rugby union's premiership semifinals. the champions were outplayed in the first half and trailed 24—7 at the break, but hit back with three tries, cadan murley clinching victory with the third. here are some of the other results. bath have moved off the bottom of the table after beating london irish 27—24. leicester tigers look like they'll finish the regular season at the top of the table. they beat newcastle 27—5. and saracens beat northampton saints 112—38 to secure them a home semifinal. in superleague, hull kr were beaten 20—8 by catalan dragons. the french side scored three tries to just the one for the robins. their third came from the club's top try scorer fouad yaha. hull kr have lost their last four

britain's cameron norrie has won the lyon open tennis — his fourth title in a year and his first on clay. he'll now head to paris for the french open, which starts tomorrow. britain's fastest woman, dina asher—smith, looks in good form ahead of a busy summer of international athletics. she beat a high—quality field to win the 100 metres at birmingham's diamond league meeting. she also helped the gb team win the axioo metres relay. and there was plenty of other british success there. it's all on the bbc sport website. back to you, reeta. that's all from me, but you can see jo coburn at nine tomorrow on the sunday morning show, with her guests the education secretary nadhim zahawi, and the chief executive of the energy company eon. goodnight. hello. hello, this is bbc news. a mother has described how her 11—year—old son had to have a finger amputated, after hurting himself while running away from bullies at school. shantal bailey says raheem has received racist abuse since starting at abertillery learning community in south wales last september. the school says it's working closely

is number one, tennis player cameron, norry, he said that this is going to really discourage top players from participating this year and make it look more like an exhibition that was the all his own words that he used there. so clearly this is upsetting a lot of players, this mixing of politics and sports, we're going to see just to what degree it's going to backfire on tennis as a whole. okay, don quarter taken us through that story today. the 3 baltic states, along with slow volunteer, are calling for $300000000000.00 worth of russian assets currently under sanctions . to be hunted, to ukraine. according to media reports, the quartet want the funds to be used to rebuild the country and boost key abs, military capabilities. we must now identify legal ways to maximize the use of these resources is a source of funding for both the costs of ukraine's continued efforts to withstand the russian aggression confiscation of state assets. such as central bank reserves or property of state owned enterprises, has a direct link in effect in this regard or kia village is 600000000000 dollars is nee

is number one, tennis player cameron, norry, he said that this is going to really discourage top players from participating this year and make it look more like an exhibition that was the all his own words that he used there. so clearly this is upsetting a lot of players, this mixing of politics and sports, we're going to see just to what degree it's going to backfire on tennis as a whole. lie spoke to sports column as alan mercer on this story. he believes wimbledon reputation has been damaged by its decision to bon russian on ballad russian players. to fact that then they bond with you real basis. just know based on law of finding these players come better osha and from russia. it really said a huge shock way to attend the community. and as you know, i went to work for monday when use in rational times players. i've had feedback from 30 pros, past and present from different countries, including ukraine and of course course as well on every single one of you see, for people who would probably get a game just like our co park is where you want to be. players are going to follow different

is number one, tennis player cameron, norry, he said that this is going to really discourage top players from participating this year and make it look more like an exhibition that was the all his own words that he used there. so clearly this is upsetting a lot of players, this mixing of politics and sport, we're going to see just to what degree it's going to backfire on tennis as a whole. or for a deeper dive into this, let's welcome onto the program. alan morale in sports columnist on consulting and host of capital sports. 3 point oh good to see you again. to what dance has wimbledon reputation being damaged by the decision to been rushed in belarus and players? we were waiting for this for a while, you know, because you know, women and they were saying initially that people would have 2 players who have to sign a waiver. so we say are that they would, they would be against russia. that's basically what they want to say. the barriers i'm assigned initially people are complaining about that, but i think it was kind of who was accepted as well. look at that's just the worst going out. and

is number one, tennis player cameron, norry, he said that this is going to really discourage top players from participating this year and make it look more like an exhibition that was the all his own words that he used there. so clearly this is upsetting a lot of players, this mixing of politics and sports, we're going to see just to what degree it's going to backfire on tennis as a whole. the summit of the so called quad nations, japan, the u. s. s. trillion india is underway in tokyo member states praise. there are relations with each other and reiterated their goals of establishing a, quote, free and open indo pacific. the leaders of the country agreed to work closely on the indo pacific economic framework, especially aimed out countries growing chinese influence in asia. that paper, if you're buying a new economic plan for the region, and it was the boost time through common standards in different economic sectors. so here i spoke to r t worlds, a part who was stuck on the boy to about the moves. the vital ministration is pretty clear that they, they see this initiative as a sort of

is number one, tennis player cameron, norry, he said that this is going to really discourage top players from participating this year and make it look more like an exhibition that was the all his own words that he used there. so clearly this is upsetting a lot of players, this mixing of politics and sports, we're going to see just to what degree it's going to backfire on tennis as a whole. a summit of the quad nations, japan. the u. s. s trillion and india is underway in tokyo member states praise their relations on reiterated their goals of establishing a, quote, free and open into pacific. several leaders made speeches focusing on issues related to the block, including taking action on climate change on providing economic assistance to pacific region countries. that's welcome into the shooting beside me. ox on the bulk of for a little bit more on what's happening in the pacific union and seem to you there is a lot going on because apart from quad, we've got an indo pacific economic framework that was signed over the past few days between washington and south, east asian countries. it's

norrie has dropped the first set in his match in the third round, no problems for the defending champion and top seed novak djokovic, he is safely through to the fourth round, he hasn't dropped a set all week he looked in strong form winning 6—3, 6—3, 6—2. he is on course for a potential quarterfinal with the 13 time french open winner rafael nadal. so nadal won in straight set, interestingly, the spaniards next opponent has nadal�*s koevention and his uncle as one of his coaching team. in the women's draw two seeds have gone today. bencic was knocked out by fernandez, the three time grand slam winner kerr perwas upset by emma raducanu ease conqueror. conqueror. there is another iconic sporting event this weekend. the monaco grand prix. leclerc who lost his championship lead to verstappen was quicker than his ferrari team—mate sainz but half a second quicker than verstappen. mercedes are a long way off the pace with george russell and hamilton eighth and tenth. now it is time for the weather. help low, for most of us today, was a lovely day, in the sunshine. over the weekend, t

cameron norrie has won the tournament in lyon, the early groups are going out in the us pga championship as well, in the second then�*s major of the year. i'll be back with sportsday just after 6.30. doctors say they're worried that monkeypox could have a massive impact on access to sexual health services. staff at clinics are having to isolate if they come into contact with anyone who's infected — and there are fears the pressure on the workforce means some sexually—transmitted infections could be missed. i'm joined now by dr hans kluge, the world health organization's regional director for europe. thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news. i wonder if you could first clarify one thing, monkeypox is not traditionally associated with, or characterised as, a sexually transmitted disease. what is going on?— sexually transmitted disease. what is oiiin on? . ~' ., ., 4' , is going on? well, we know monkeypox virus, we is going on? well, we know monkeypox virus. we know — is going on? well, we know monkeypox virus, we know that _ is going on? well, we know monkeypox virus, we kn

coming up in sport, can britain's last remaining singles hope in the french open tennis, cameron norrie, reach the last 16? good evening. police in texas say it was the wrong decision to delay entering the classroom in a school in the city of uvalde, where 21 people were killed by a gunman on tuesday. salvador ramos, who was 18, barricaded himself inside the room, shooting 19 children and two teachers. it took 53 minutes for armed police to eventually go in. as local people come to terms with the tragedy, grief is turning into anger. here's our north america editor, sarah smith. terrified students were rescued from the school whilst the gunman was still in one of the classrooms. the children trapped inside were desperately calling 911 for help. one young girl called back five times telling the operator, some of the student are still alive, and pleading, please send the police now. authorities now have to explain why there was not a much faster response. we why there was not a much faster resonse. ~ . why there was not a much faster resnonse-_ why there was not a much faster resonse. ~ .

british men's number one cameron norrie is through to the second round. he won in straight sets 6—4, 6—4 against italian teenager luca nardi. he'll play maran chilic next. as economic pressures continue to impact sport, £360 million of lottery and government money has been distributed by sport england to dozens of projects. the funding will target some of the poorest communities here's our sport correspondentjoe wilson. classic techniques of cricket being coached just outside of manchester. listed among england's most deprived. listed among england's most derived. , , listed among england's most derived. ,, ., ., ., ., , deprived. tips on how to do it, is stand and — deprived. tips on how to do it, is stand and fielding,. _ deprived. tips on how to do it, is stand and fielding,. if _ deprived. tips on how to do it, is stand and fielding,. if we - deprived. tips on how to do it, is stand and fielding,. if we can i stand and fielding,. if we can come here for free _ stand and fielding,. if we can come here for free it's _ stand and fielding,. if we c

british number one cameron norrie continued his preparations for the french open, with a straight—sets win at the atp event in lyon. top seed norrie, ranked 11th in the world, won 6—4 6—4 against argentina's francisco cerundolo to reach the quarterfinals. worcester clinched the 2022 premiership cup after a nail—biting win against london irish at brentford's community stadium. veteran forward matt kvesic scored the opening try for the warriors, catching the exiles asleep at the breakdown for a free run to the line. the victory had looked set to go to london irish, but kyle hatherall stole in at the death to force a dramatic extra time. and neither side could find the breakthrough in the added ten minutes, meaning worcester sealed the title on tries scored. well, london irish teenager henry arundell has been named in a 36—man england squad for a training camp next week. the 19—year—old only made his premiership debut in february, but he's been in blistering form. the full—back has scored 11 tries in 15 matches for irish and england under—20s this season. 0wen farrell, man

and in tennis, cameron norrie takes on unseeded holger rune of denmark in the semi—finals of the lyon 0pen later on friday. top seed norrie, from britain, beat argentina's sebastian baez in three sets. in the other semi—final, alex de minaur will play alex molchan of slovakia in one of the final warm—up events ahead of the french open, which starts on sunday. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, and the rest of the sport team, goodbye. many people agree we are now at a point where the world's population of bees are at a crisis point, where human intervention to protect this valuable asset to our global ecosystem is required. with me is our reporter, mark lobel. and i am slightly nervous about this, because you know that i keep bees. so what you have planned?— planned? okay, because it is world itee — planned? okay, because it is world bee day _ planned? okay, because it is world bee day 2022, - planned? okay, because it is world bee day 2022, to - planned? okay, because it is world bee day 2022, to do i planned? okay, bec

better news for cameron norrie, though — he's through to the second round of the italian open in rome. the british men's number one won in straight sets against italian teenager luca nardi. he will play marin cilic next. and that's all the sport for now. from all of us here, goodnight. hello there. tuesday was a day of sunshine and showers — most of those showers were across scotland and northern ireland. and there was quite a lot of rainfall across parts of western scotland at times — some of these showers quite heavy, even some rumbles of thunder, too. for the next few days, it's going to remain breezy, rather unsettled, low pressure nearby, and we'll see showers or even longer spells of rain. now for wednesday, this feature could bring some significant rainfall to parts of england and wales throughout the day. now some of that rain really will be quite heavy across parts of wales, southwest england through wednesday morning. and then, that rain will push in towards the midlands, parts of eastern england into the afternoon — i think the northern extent of it being around the g

coming up in sportsday on the bbc news channel...(00v)cameron norrie is the first british player into the second round of the french open. norrie won in straight sets to beat manual guinard on a day of several upsets at roland garros. uk public health advice is that people should take vitamin d supplements during the winter, but now researchers have created gene—edited tomatoes that can boost levels of that vitamin. the move coincides the introduction of a bill in parliament in two days' time, which would allow the commercial selling and growing of gene—edited crops in england, which doesn't take place now because of rules set by the eu. here's our science correspondent, pallab ghosh. these tomatoes could have great health benefits. they've been developed in a lab to be rich in the sunshine vitamin, d, which ordinary tomatoes don't have. it's vital for the development of strong bones and muscles, and one in six people in the uk don't get enough of it. with humans, half an hour in the sunshine every day is enough to make enough vitamin d3 for you, but a lot of people don't have tha

cameron norrie and emma raducanu are both in action tomorrow in rome. naomi osaka has withdrawn from the tournament — with an achilles problem. osaka suffered the injury in last week's second round loss at the madrid open, and said she wants to get better in time for the french open next week. and mo farah has pulled out of the great manchester run later this month. he's made the decision after a disappointing second placed finish at the vitality london 10k last weekend. farah says he needs another month of training to reach a competitive level. from non—league to league one, the remarkable rise of forest green rovers has the club see a promotion after a draw at mansfield which sees them into the third tier of english the first time in history. pleased to say we arejoined say we are joined the clubs owner also behind the clubs transformation in what's widely regarded as the worlds greatest club. thanks for coming on sports day. how does it feel to be promoted, how does it feel to be promoted, how does it feel to be promoted, how does it feel to be i

british number one cameron norrie has made it three british men in the last 16 after he battled past john isner in three sets 6—4, 6—7, 6—4. he faces the seventh—seed carlos alcaraz next. andy murray makes up the three brits still standing. he faces old rival and world number one novak djokovic next. and that's all the sport for now. hello. a ridge of high pressure for england and wales will keep it mainly dry in the day ahead. scotland and northern ireland closer to weather fronts for a cloudy start. a little patchy rain here and there. the chance of that during the day more especially western and mainly north west scotland. eastern and southern scotland may see a few sunny spells, a few developing in northern ireland. pleasantly warm, sunny spells amongst quite a lot of cloud in england and wales, with a very slight chance of a shower, and a warmer day, with temperatures up to 22 in the warmer spots in south east england. overnight and into friday, rain gathering for scotland and northern ireland as it becomes more widespread and heavier for a time with a stronger breeze. w

cameron norrie through to the third round _ cameron norrie through to the third round and _ cameron norrie through to the third round and dan evans plays his second round _ round and dan evans plays his second round nratch— round and dan evans plays his second round match later but it's all over for the _ round match later but it's all over for the british women in the singles in the _ for the british women in the singles in the french open after that disappointment for emma raducanu, beaten _ disappointment for emma raducanu, beaten in _ disappointment for emma raducanu, beaten in three sets. the 19—year—old is staying positive and says being — 19—year—old is staying positive and says being injury free now has been her biggest victory after last nine months _ her biggest victory after last nine months and was happy overall with her clay—court season this year but is now— her clay—court season this year but is now excited about coming home to the grass— is now excited about coming home to the grass of— is now excited about coming home to the grass of wimbledon. i'm re

better news for cameron norrie, though. he's through to the second round of the italian open in rome. the british men's number one won in straight sets against italian teenager luca nardi. norrie took both sets 6—4 and will play maran cilic next. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more for you on the bbc news channel later on. next, ea sports says it will stop releasing beef up brandon football games. the game is so more than 325 million copies in his life to was first released back in 93 and has since been developed to be played on various different consoles and the reports say it made $1.62 billion in profit last yearfrom reports say it made $1.62 billion in profit last year from its ultimate team mode. with me is our gaming reporter stephan. what is going on here? b. reporter stephan. what is going on here? �* , ., reporter stephan. what is going on here? ~ , ., , reporter stephan. what is going on here? a couple of reasons, mainly one of the — here? a couple of reasons, mainly one of the reasons _ here? a co

there are a few british players in action at the french open today, british number1 cameron norrie is on court right now, but harriet dart is out beaten in straight sets by italy's martina trevisan in the first round. naomi 0saka was also beaten, the former world number one and two time grand slam champion lost in straight sets to the 2019 semi—finallist amanda anisimova, the american who also beat her at the australian open. afterwards 0saka said she might skip the grass court season, now that wimbledon has been stripped of ranking points, because of its ban on russian and belarussian players. no problems for the world number one though. iga swiatek eased past the ukrainian lesia tsurenko in straight sets in under an hour. swiatek has won her past five tournaments and that was her 29th win in a row that's all the sport for now. we will be back in the next hour with another update. see you then. now on bbc news, your questions answered. welcome to your questions answered. as we are hearing monkeypox is been detected in three more countries. scientists say they are still unsure what'

in the men's draw, cameron norrie is a man informed. he won his second atp tour title of the season last week and now in paris, he was getting the best of the frenchman, after a slow start, he eased through straight sets and is one step closer to reaching week to have a grand slam for the first time. lydia campbell, bbc news. defending champion novak djokovic is also through after beating japan's yoshihito nishioka. the world number one won in straight sets. afterwards he said he supports the decision to strip wimbledon — the next grand slam this summer — of ranking points. it follows the banning of russian and belarusian players. i'm glad that players got together with atp, the governing body of men's tennis, and showed it to the grand slam that when there is a mistake happening, and there was, from the wimbledon side, then we have to show that there is going to be some consequences. the everton striker dominic calvert—lewe says talking about mental health saved his life. the england player missed much of the season with injuries

british number one cameron norrie has made it three british men in the last 16, after he battled pastjohn isner in three sets 6—a, 6—7, 6—a. he faces the seventh seed carlos alcaraz next. andy murray makes up the three brits still standing — he faces old rival and world number one novak djokovic next. cannot wait for that encounter, to see those two back on the court again. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more for you on the bbc news channel later on. thanks very much, gavin. it's the final full day of campaigning ahead of elections across the uk tomorrow. even as we speak, there still people knocking on doors stuffing through leaflets through letterboxes. voters in england, wales, and scotland will choose who they want to run services that affect their everyday lives. people in northern ireland will choose their representatives at stormont. in england, ballots are being held for 1a6 councils, mainly in towns and cities. there are also some mayoral elections. in scotland, every local authority, that's 32 in total, is being contested. all of the seats in 22 local councils

cameron norrie and emma raducanu are both in action tomorrow in rome. meanwhile, naomi 0saka has pulled out of the tournament with injury. the 2a—year—old, who is now ranked 38th in the world, said she needed �*to be careful especially in advance of roland garros. " the french open starts on 22 may. history was made in tennis in madrid over the weekend. 0ns jabeur became the first african player to win a top tier women's tour masters event — in the madrid 0pen after beating jessica pegula. she now has her sights set on a grand slam and told us how she hopes to inspire more tennis players across africa. i received a lot of message from home really impressive. that was my goal from the home really impressive. that was my goalfrom the beginning to really try to inspire more more players just to set up the goal really high. it's amazing to see how people are following titus right now. it's like football division when people are going with their cars celebrating, screaming, dancing and it was a great feeling and hopefully we can see more and more of

britain's men's number one, cameron norrie, breezed into the third round, beating jason kubler. rafael nadal is playing at the moment with carlos alcaraz and alexander zverev also already though. and this afternoon, defending champion novak djokovicjoined them too, this time in straight sets against slovakia's alex molcan. djokovic is searching for his 21st grand slam victory and his third in roland garros. a 12—week saga is almost over after the government approved the the £4.25 billion takeover of chelsea football club by la dodgers co owner todd boehly. the deal has been one of the most complex in the history, as our senior sports news correspondent laura scott explains. this is the moment fans have been waiting for after dashed roman abramovich that he was selling the club. there have been unprecedented complexities because of the sanctions placed on abramovich, the freezing of his assets, including of course chelsea, due to his links with vladimir putin, but finally late last night, the government got the legal assurances they needed to put forward a special licence to e

british number one cameron norrie is in french open third round action later today, but he won't be joined in the last 32 by dan evans. evans was hindered by a chest infection in his defeat to world number 95 mikael ymer. last year's runner—up stefanos tsitsipas is into the next round. after needing five sets to get through his first match, he needed four to win here. but he eventually made it past czech qualifier zdenek kolar. in the women's draw, world number one iga swiatek is safely through. she's remarkably now won 30 matches in a row. she's the heavy favourite to take the title in paris and made light work of american alison riske, winning in straight sets. the polish player has only dropped one set in her 30 consecutive victories. former champion simona halep suffered a panic attack during her second round defeat to china's zheng qinwen. the two—time grand slam champion had led by a set and a break, but said afterwards she "didn't know how to handle" the situation when a rare panic attack took hold. halep's exit was the latest high—profile defeat in the women's draw. gymnast r

cameron norrie and emma raducanu were both playing tomorrow. and mo farah has played out of the great manchester run later on this month, he has made the decision after a disappointing second place finish at the vitality london 10k last weekend when he was beaten by an amateur club runner. mo farah says he needs another month of training to reach a competitive level. and that is all the sport for now, more for you later, but for now back to you. talks are taking place in belfast between the northern ireland secretary brandon lewis and the stormont assembly's five main parties to try to break the current political deadlock. last week's elections saw sinn fein winning the most seats for the first time in northern ireland's history. it means the nationalist party is entitled to the role of first minister — but that depends on the second largest party, the democratic unionists — or dup — nominating a deputy. and the dup is refusing to do so unless the government removes all trade barriers with the rest of the uk that have arisen out of brexit

britain's harriett dart, heather watson, dan evans and cameron norrie are all also on court throughout the day. that's all the sport for now. manchester city fans can relive what happened yesterday, an open top bus tour on the streets of manchester where they will parade the trophy. no trophy celebrations yet for liverpool when you consider despite the two trophies they have in the bag, there is the small matter of the champions league final to come in paris this weekend. an inquiry by the charity birthrights says black and asian women in the uk are being harmed by racial discrimination in maternity care. the year—long study found that some women felt unsafe, were denied pain relief and faced racial stereotyping. divya talwar reports. i kept thinking, is there something wrong with me? what if i actually don't make it out of here? hiral had leila almost a year ago. she says it was a traumatic labour. i felt shivery, my whole body was achey, every time i told the midwives that i don't feel good, they were like, "oh, well, you look fine." it was 24 hours before doctors realised hiral wa

and british men�*s number one cameron norrie is the first of the nation�*s players to reach the third round at roland garros this year. he beat australia�*s jason kubler in straight sets 6—3, 6—4, 6—3... a twelve week saga is almost over after the government approved the the 4.25 billion pound takeover of chelsea football club by la dodgers co owner todd boehly. the deal has been one of the most complex in the history of as our senior sports news correspondent laura scott explains. this is the moment that parents of been waiting for since he announced he would be selling the club after nearly 20 years of ownership and there have been unprecedented complexities to this whole process of trying to sell the club due to the sanctions that were put on him in the freezing of his assets in chelsea due to his links with vladimir putin but finally late last night, the government of the legal assurances they needed to put forward a special licence to enable the sale of the club and they were sure to make sure that the proceeds would not benefit any sanctioned individuals and now they wil

cameron norrie hasjust made it through to the second round. the british number one beat manuel guinard in straight sets, 7—5, 6—2, 6—0. he won his first title on clay in lyon coming into roland garros and is ranked 11th in the world at the moment. dan evans is also going well. evans into the second round although the british number three harriet dart was knocked out. the big upset in the women's draw on day two was naomi osaka's defeat. the former world number one and two—time grand slam champion lost in straight sets to the 2019 semifinallist amanda anisimova, the american who also beat her at the australian open. afterwards, osaka said she might skip the grass court season now that wimbledon has been stripped of ranking points because of its ban on russian and belarusian players. it's kind of, like... i don't want to say pointless, no pun intended, but, like... i'm the type of player that gets motivated by, seeing my ranking going up and stuff like that. i'm going to kind of see how like the decisions turn up because i think there's

but in the men's draw, cameron norrie is through to the third round and dan evans is in action this afternoon, while defending champion novak djokovic is through to the third round. he needed a tie break to beat slovakia's alex molcan in straight sets. djokovic is searching for his 21st grand slam victory and his third in paris. and on course to meet djokovic in the quarterfinals is rafael nadal. the spaniard's quest to reclaim the title continued in style with a straight sets victory over corentin mouet. the 13—time champion breezing past the frenchman without any signs of recent injuries bothering him at all. that was his 300th grand slam victory. that's all the sport for now. the governor of luhansk province in ukraine has described the situation in the eastern donbas region as exceptionally bad, with no let up in russian shelling. russia has intensified its assault in the east as it tries to seize the region. the bbc�*s azadeh moshiri reports. explosion. it's the region now at the heart of president putin's war, the donbas. this is the area he wants to control, and that is why it is u

all five british players have been in action, cameron norrie made it through to the second round, the british number one beat his french competitor in straight sets. he won his first title on clay on saturday. he is currently ranked 11th. dan evansis he is currently ranked 11th. dan evans is into the second round although harriet dart and heather watson both lost. naomi 0saka has been knocked out in the first round in paris. meanwhile in her post match interview she said she was not sure she will play wimbledon this year after the tournament was stripped of ranking points because of its ban on russian and belarusian players. 1 of its ban on russian and belarusian -ia ers. ., �* . of its ban on russian and belarusian -ia ers. j . ., of its ban on russian and belarusian -ia ers. .,�* ., ., , players. i don't want to say it is pointless. _ players. i don't want to say it is pointless. no — players. i don't want to say it is pointless, no pun _ players. i don't want to say it is pointless, no pun intended, - players. i don't want to say it is| pointless, no pun intended, but players

britain's heather watson, dan evans and cameron norrie are all also on court throughout the day. and finally, scottish runner eilish mccolgan had a day to remember at the great manchester run. a really impressive performance from her. she finished second to kenya's hellen 0biri in 30 minutes 19 seconds, a new british and european 10k record at the race. that shaved two seconds off paula radcliffe's record that had stood for almost two decades. what a run from her. and it's going to be an exciting day once again for those manchester city fans who will be able to relive all that drama once again and there will be a bus parade, we will see pep guardiola, the players on the streets of central manchester parading the trophy. that will get under way at around 6pm this evening and then of course worth mentioning liverpool in all of this were pushed manchester city is so close once again. the two standard teams in the premier league this season. no celebrations just yet for them with the two trophy they already have in the bag but they already have in the bag but they have the small matt

cameron norrie and emma raducanu are back in action tomorrow in rome. that is all the sport for now. after russia's failure to capture kiev, the kremlin diverted its forces to what it called "the liberation of the donbas", the former industrial heartland in the east of the country. but efforts to seize the region have stalled, with reports of heavy russian losses. the bbc�*s andrew harding reports from eastern ukraine. a quiet village in the donbas is saying farewell to ivan naduti — killed by a scrap of russian shrapnel. the 30—year—old builder volunteered to fight the day after putin's invasion. his wife begged him not to go. now his father is lost in grief. but something else is stirring in this village and across this region. a burning sense of defiance. "he was defending freedom for every one of us," says a village elder, his lip trembling. "glory to our heroes." a lonely ukrainian warplane thunders overhead. the front lines are just a town away to the north. and a defiant blitz spirit is growing here too, as the bombs fall at random, in pl

british number one cameron norrie is in french open third—round action later today, however he won't be joined in the last 32 by dan evans. norrie, the only remaining brit in the men's or women's singles, will play russian karen khacharnov for a place in the last 16. norrie is yet to drop a set at roland garros this year. the winner could face spanish teenage sensation carlos alcatraz in the next round. that's all the sport for now. for weeks there's been outrage over the killing of the much—admired palestinian journalist shireen abu akleh during an israeli raid in the west bank. she was shot in the head despite wearing a helmet and a flak jacket marked press. now the aljazeera news network that she worked for has said it will refer her killing to the international criminal court. this comes after an investigation by the palestinian authority concluded that shireen abu akleh was deliberately killed by an israeli soldier. israel has repeatedly denied targetting journalists and called the findings a blatant lie. a short time ago i spoke to our correspondent in the middle east, yoland

british number one cameron norrie is also out — he lost in three sets in the last sixteen to spanish teenage sensation carlos alcaraz. the 19—year—old will face compatriot — and his idol — rafael nadal in the next round. it was a bad day for the british number two dan evans, who was beaten in straight sets by andrey rublev. evans had his opportunites but failed to capitalise and world number eight rublev will face stefanos tsitsipas in the quarter—final. we wish andy murray a speedy recovery, the good news is that it is illness rather than injury so it should not affect him competing in the french open and wimbledon. he had tweeted, little hips against the world number one so he was up for it. ., ~ world number one so he was up for it. . ~ , ., , world number one so he was up for it. thank you, we will see you later. they're crucial to the environment — pollinating most of the world's crops, performing natural pest control and returning nutrients into the soil. but the number of flying insects in the uk is falling sharply — a trend conservationists have described as "te

also in action is cameron norrie. he plays carlos alcaraz garfia. norrie knocked out john isner yesterday. dan evansjoins him, in the last 16, when he'll play number six seed andrey rublev. a bit ofa a bit of a warm up for the french open later this month. thank you, mike. after that excitement, can we have a look at a calm scene? look at that. ., , , have a look at a calm scene? look at that. ., ,, , h, have a look at a calm scene? look at that. ., ,, , ,., ., ., that. calmness personified, carol. this is the lake _ that. calmness personified, carol. this is the lake district _ that. calmness personified, carol. this is the lake district and - that. calmness personified, carol. this is the lake district and if- that. calmness personified, carol. this is the lake district and if you | this is the lake district and if you needed a moment. it this is the lake district and if you needed a moment.— this is the lake district and if you needed a moment. it looks serene. let's not speak— needed a moment. it looks serene. let's not speak for _ needed a