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is sweet for novak djokovic, who wins his seventh wimbledon mens singles title. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. its newsday. its 6am in singapore, and 3.30am in colombo, sri lanka — where protestors have been celebrating what they believe to be the toppling of the countrys leadership. president rajapaksa — whose family has dominated sri lankan politics for the best part of two decades — has announced he will step down on wednesday after demonstrators stormed ...

who wins his seventh wimbledon mens singles title. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. its newsday. its 7am in singapore, and 4.30am in colombo, sri lanka — where protestors have been celebrating what they believe to be the toppling of the countrys leadership. president rajapaksa — whose family has dominated sri lankan politics for the best part of two decades — has announced he will step down on wednesday. our south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan reports...

supercharged this summers weather extremes. theyll show me a0 degrees in the uk is virtually impossible without climate change and why hotter heatwaves matter. we have 40 degrees. many more people die than if we just have 36 degrees. and that is... that is a huge difference. also on weather world — devastating drought for east africa, facing an unprecedented fifth consecutive failed rainy season. and how the same weather pattern could bring yet more flooding rain to eastern australia...

in sport, england take control of the second test against south africa. captain ben stokes leads by example with his first century as captain. ato a to the weekend, warm spells of sunshine — a to the weekend, warm spells of sunshine to look forward to. for the afternoon. — sunshine to look forward to. for the afternoon. one _ sunshine to look forward to. for the afternoon, one or _ sunshine to look forward to. for the afternoon, one or two _ sunshine to look forward to. for the aft...

of the commonwealth games where englands alex yee got the competitions first gold. hello and welcome to bbc news. dozens of people have lost their lives this week in unprecedented flash floods. in iran officials have reported more than 50 people have died in landslides. at least seven people are now known to have died in the united arab emirates. and in kentucky in the united states, at least 16 people have died as president biden declares the situation there as a major disaster. leana...

is willing to unseal some portions of the document. >> also this morning, ukrainian president zelenskyy warns the world could be on the verge of a nuclear disaster as a volatile situation unfolds at a power plant. meanwhile, be in los angeles, 50,000 students did not show up for the first day of school. well talk about challenges facing the l.a. unified school district with a new superintendent. and with the federal pause set this month, the president faces uncertainty in his own p...

showers and breezy, cooler towards north sea facing coasts. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the government says middle—income earners will need more help to pay their energy bills, notjust the poorest — with families facing tough choices. it is going to be a choice of, you know, the kids need to eat, obviously. i dont. and that is the stark reality that we are facing at the moment. two men arrested on suspicion of murdering nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel, who was s...

that this olympic stadium was alive with the roars of the crowds, cheering on the athletes. time flies. and when you plan a site like this, indeed, when you spend all of that money, its important to plan a legacy — how the place can be put to good use once the games have finished. and the park is still thriving with football, swimming, cycling and generallyjust being a nice place to come. and in a weird way the same is true for olympic athletes, who only usually get to compete at tha...

huh? get in the car now! i was just about to say, do we actually see the lion? and then, yeah, you do. you do. obviously, theres some superb visual effects involved here, but it feels very convincing. it is a bit of a nail biter, i would say. probably not as much action as i was expecting. theres a lot of sort of pauses while they build the characters and talk to each other. and theres the whole storyline about the family having lots of tension. but i think in the action scenes it is q...

will smith takes to social media to apologise to chris rock for that oscar slap. hello and welcome to bbc news. dozens of deaths have been reported as unprecedented flash floods hit many parts of the world. in iran, officials say that more than 50 people have died in landslides, while seven people have lost their lives in the united arab emirates. meanwhile, president biden has declared a major disaster in the united states, after 16 people died in kentucky. lea na hosea reports. flood...