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injury, winning the australian and french opens. and last on centre court is serena williams who has not played a singles match since hobbling off centre court in the first round last year. she said she had a lot of motivation to make sure that was not her last memory. elsewhere, 12 brits in action and an early win for ryan peniston on his wimbledon singles debut. thank you very much, laura. time for a look at the weather. heres chris fawkes. we saw a bit of sunshine poking through the...

on suspicion of murdering 35—year—old zara aleena in england. police say she was the victim of an "opportunist stranger attack". scotlands first minister nicola sturgeon will set out her plans to hold a second referendum on scottish independence. and the dogs not playing ball — how these pooches were tipped to be wimbledon�*s ball boys and girls, but failed to get moving... ..without a treat. hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. at least 46 people ...

for the murder and attempted rape of zara aleena in east london — her family say she was fearless and independent. and a bit of tennis history for britains heather watson at wimbledon, as she makes it through to the fourth round of a grand slam for the first time. it means everything, playing here at home, in front all of you guys. the atmosphere is, is everything and coming up on the bbc news channel. it was cancelled because of covid last september, but finally the test series deci...

march across africa, the threat is growing and is a global and multi—domain. it is now time to signal that peace dividend is over and investment needs to continue to grow. before it becomes too late to address the resurgence threat, it is time to mobilise, to be raised, to be relevant. thank you. that was ben wallace, the secretary of defence giving that speech in central london, —— central london, facing the challenges of how the uk armed forces, against, this extraordinary back...

he reacts differently when they are people who are loyal to him and that they help him stay in power. also on the programme... another sharp rise in covid across the uk. hospital admissions are up too. the number of new cases has jumped by half a million in a week — well be looking at the latest figures. in ukraine, at least 19 people have been killed by russian missile strikes near the black sea port of odesa. the end of an era for radio twos steve wright in the afternoon as the dj ...

sophisticated weaponry is helping ukraine challenge for key cities, in the south and the east. us presidentjoe biden and chinas president xijinping held a phone call today, and there were warnings and assurances about the us position on taiwan. taiwan is an island off chinas south east coast. it behaves like an independent state — but beijing considers it part of china, and says it will re—take it, by force if necessary. there have been tensions between the us and china over that p...

one of the revelations in this wide-ranging report on the uvalde massacre. it describes widespread failures, egregious poor decision-making that resulted in more than an hour of chaos in the, quote, lackadaisical approach by those sent to help. the report states law enforcement failed to prioritize saving innocent lives over their own safety and failed to adhere to active shooter training. the police chief failed to assume his responsibility of incident command, the report says. the re...

and the return of the tiger — why nepal kept its promise to double numbers in the last decade. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. its newsday. its 7am in singapore, and 7 in the evening in washington where president joe biden spent more than 2 hours on the phone with his chinese counterpart, xijinping. the two leaders warned each other over taiwan — which again emerged as a key point of tension. this time the tensions started because of a possible visit there by t...

over the next 11 days. and the return of the tiger — how nepal has kept its promise to double its population of the wild animals in the last decade. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. its newsday. its 6am in singapore, ”pm in london and six in the evening in washington where presidentjoe biden spent more than two hours on the phone with his chinese counterpart, xijinping. the two leaders warned each other over taiwan — which again emerged as a key point of tensi...

director brian deese with this. >> of course whats important is looking forward and the administration and all of us are focused on where else can we reduce costs for families even as we try to bring down the deficit and help to reduce inflation on the fiscal policy side? the united states is in a better position than any other country in the world right now. if we make these right policy choices it will matter and make a difference and bring prices down more quickly and give us a bett...