3,000 metres individual pursuit. i m paul scott at the bbc sport centre in salford, with the rest of the day s sports news. less than 2a hours to go now, until the england lionesses take on germany in the euro 22 final. we ll be live to wembley. and for the first time in his career, george russell will start a formula 1 race from pole. details on qualifying for the hungarian grand prix coming up. hello and welcome to birmingham. we re here at victoria square which is right in the heart of the city. there s a big screen and bands and dj sjust below us here where big crowds have been gathering to watch the action at these commonwealth games. and that includes the marathon races which all took place today and came to a finish just behind me you can see the arch of the finish line. and there was plenty of drama, especially for england s david weir as dan 0gunshakin now reports: it soon became obvious as competitors to medway that david weir was the man to beat. his lead cont
hello this is bbc news. the headlines: police investigating the death of 9 year old lillia valutyte have arrested a 22 year old man on suspicion of murder. widespread disruption to train services throughout the uk england s women train ahead of the biggest football match of their careers preparing to take on germany in tomorrow night s euros final. widespread disruption to train services throughout the uk as drivers from seven operators walk out over pay. the race between rishi sunak and liz truss to become prime minister continues as former leadership rival tom tugendhat backs the foreign secretary. pope francis has said he may need to consider stepping down and would do so if his health meant that he could not serve in the way he should. now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday live from the commonwealth games in the heart of birmingham city centre this saturday night, coming up on the programme. heartbreak for england s six time paraly
and liz truss to become prime minister continues as former leadership rival tom tugendhat backs the foreign secretary. pope francis has said he may need to consider stepping down and would do so if his health meant that he could not serve in the way he should. and at the commonwealth games england sjohnboy smith wins the wheelchair marathon after fellow countryman david weir suffers a puncture. the anticipation is growing, the excitement is building by this time tomorrow we should know whether the lionesses have managed to win england s first major international football trophy in more than half a century. the team take on germany in the women s euros 2022 final at a fully sold out wembley stadium tomorrow, kicking off at five o clock. england beat pre tournament favourites spain and europe s top ranked team sweden on their road to the final. but our reporter matt graveling, who was at the stadium earlier watching the lionesses put the finishing touches to their prepara
And the First Lady Melania Trump receives an apology and damages from the daily mail over allegations about her work as a model. A meeting is underway in moscow between russian president Vladimir Putin and us Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson just hours after President Putin claimed relations between the two countries was at its lowest ebb since the end of the cold war. Earlier Rex Tillerson held talks with his russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. Rex tillerson wants russia to withdraw support for president assad following the chemical attack ona assad following the chemical attack on a rebel town which killed more than 80 people. Our correspondence is travelling with Rex Tillerson and sent this report. This is not the kind of meeting that once seemed to be on the card. Long gone talk of a grand resetting of relations with russia, producing is encouraged by donald trump was replaced by tensions over the Chemical Weapons attack in syria and russian anger over the military response from ame
evening, we ll start in cameroon after the tragedy at the africa cup of nations last night. a crush of spectators outside the ground before the hosts win over comoros left eight people dead and dozens injured. an investigation is under way, but the next match due to be played at the olembe stadium has been moved to another venue. in a moment, we ll head live to capital yaounde, but first, here s bbc africa s piers edwards. it was half an hour before kick off at cameron s knockout match against comoros that the tragedy unfolded. for some reason only one gate was open. for some reason only one gate was 0 en. ., , y for some reason only one gate was 0 en. ., , , ., for some reason only one gate was oen. , ., , ., open. people trying to break down the barriers open. people trying to break down the barriers that open. people trying to break down the barriers that the open. people trying to break down the barriers that the security - the barriers that the security personnel had establ