And we will be talking about oil as the oil cartel opec is almost certain to extend production. A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business, and sport. As the glastonbury Music Festival ends for another year organisers said that 42 of performers this year were women. But why is it so hard for festivals to get a 50 50 split . Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Authorities in sudan say seven people have been killed and nearly 200 injured during renewed protests in several cities. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets to keep up the pressure on the countrys interim military rulers to hand power over to a civilian administration. The protests on sunday were the largest since a deadly raid by Security Forces on a protest camp outside the defence ministry, three weeks ago. Gareth barlow has more. The rallies across several cities were the largest since dozens were killed in a crackdown at the start ofjune. D
In the semis today. Talking of rain, edgbaston may see a shower today as good wimbledon although it is an outside chance. There are showers in the forecast, the heaviest from lincolnshire northwards. Its thursday the 11th ofjuly. Our top story. Iranian boats have tried to intercept a British Oil Tanker in iranian waters but reportedly withdrew after a british warship trained its guns on them. The incident happened in the strait of hormuz a strategically important stretch of water between the persian gulf and the gulf of oman, bordered by iran and the united arab emirates. Lets get more details now from simonjones who is outside the ministry of defence for us this morning. Peter bowes. Growing tensions in the gulf of. A British Oil Tanker should be seized, steady run, if the iranians ship is not released. It was expected of carrying oilfrom not released. It was expected of carrying oil from iran not released. It was expected of carrying oilfrom iran to not released. It was expected of c
A controversial if slightly soggy fourth ofjuly celebration. Theres been double delight for andy murray on his return to wimbledon winning his opening doubles match. Hell take to the court again later with Serena Williams. Hotter than yesterday at wimbledon, 27, 28 in a lot of sunshine. The forecast for the uk as a whole, the northern half of the country, cloudier with spots of rain, heaviest in the north west and for the south, sunny, dry and warm. Well be back with more later. We will. Its friday, the 5thjuly. Our top story, five former heads of Scotland Yard have warned that the public has lost confidence in the police and there is a feeling that britain has descended into lawlessness, due to the amount of knife and drug crime. In a letter to the times newspaper, the former Police Chiefs condemn what they call the emasculation of british policing under theresa may. Our news correspondent ben ando is outside new Scotland Yard. Ben, whats behind this letter . Good morning charlie. Whe
everton had put hope in a new coach a new approach that goes for goals from set pieces. from that one they came close but within a few seconds they d be backed into a corner. liverpool got the ball, the blues defence had gone forward for the upper left in the space was mo salah. who s not scored a league goal since boxing day. now like his team, there was a sense of this years lift off. in january liverpool signed the dutch world cup star who was still yet to score. now the near £40 million signing had his first moments in a match that means so much for the defeat for everton keep some in the drop zone. for them this was a night of the few chances and fiery tempers. mo salah almost scored a third at the end buffer liverpool this was comfortable enough. victory in the derby and they hoped a february fresh start. joe lynsky, bbc news. an 8 month investigation into the chaotic scenes at last year s champions league final between real madrid and liverpool in paris has found that