But before that, this. The final chance for liz truss and rishi sunak to persuade conservative Party Members to vote for them the last hustings gets under way here at wembley in under an hour. Thejury in the ryan giggs Domestic Violence trial fails to reach a verdict. He could face another trial. Andy murray is in action at the us open. Well have the latest after Emma Raducanu falls at the first hurdle in her defence of the title. And on sportsday on the bbc news channel, one month on from winning the womens euros, well find out how englands lionnesses are turning their attention to qualification for next years world cup. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. In what is his last week as Prime Minister, borisjohnson has been defending his governments record on crime, but it comes on the day a new report commisioned by the centre right policy Exchange Think Tank says Police Forces ability to solve crimes is woefully low. It follows the bbc s own Research Showing Police Forces
that shamima begum who left london aged 15 to join the islamic state group was smuggled into syria by an intelligence agent working for canada. thousands of royal mail workers stage a second day of strike action in a row over pay disrupting deliveries of packages and letters. full speed ahead for the world s largest operating offshore wind farm. hornsea two, off the yorkshire coast, will power more than one million homes. than one million homes. defending champion emma raducanu is out of the us open losing in the first round to france s alize cornet. the last leader of the soviet union, mikhail gorbachev, has died, aged 91, following a long illness. mr gorbachev was crucial to ending the cold war. he was one of the most influential political figures of the 20th century. world leaders have been paying tribute. president biden described him as a man of remarkable vision. the un chief antonio guterres said he changed the course of history . our moscow editor, steve ro
royal mail apologises to customers as a one day strike by postal workers halts deliveries. powering over a million homes. the world s largest offshore wind farm goes into operation near the yorkshire coast. and big disappointment for emma raducanu as the defending champion is beaten in the first round of the us open. and coming up on the bbc news channel. with one day to go until the transfer window deadline, five teams are playing in the premier league tonight, with liverpool and manchester city both in action. good afternoon. mikhail gorbachev was one of the most consequential leaders of the 20th century, and now preparations are being made for his funeral. the last leader of the soviet union died yesterday at the age of 91. but thoughts on his death vary wildly. many russians including vladimir putin blame him for what they believe was russia s loss of prestige and respect after the fall of the iron curtain. yet in the west, he s lauded for ending the repression of communi