Exposed the illegal trade in rare eels from britains rivers to the far east. Tyson fury delivers a knockout performance in las vegas. The heavyweight fighter has convincingly beaten the previously undefeated tom schwarz in the second round. And were with the next generation of cricketers ahead of todays world cup match between pakistan and india. A beautiful sunrise out there earlier, but beware, showers and thunderstorms may be heading your way. Its sunday the 16th ofjune. Our top story iran has complained to britains ambassador in the country after the uk government accused it of involvement in the attacks on two oil tankers in the gulf of oman. The iranian authorities deny being involved. Amid the growing tensions, the british iranian woman jailed in tehran for spying, Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe, has begun a new Hunger Strike. She denies any wrongdoing. Simonjones reports. Outside the Iranian Embassy in london, a lone tent symbolising the growing tensions between the uk and tehran. T
Where hundreds of thousands of people are watching a solar eclipse. And well bring you all the latest from lyon as england take on the usa in the first womens world cup semi final. Current score is us two and england one. At last we have the nominations for the top jobs at the eu. The more importantjob of all president of the European Commission the body which creates and enforces the eus laws and rules. The nominee is ursula von der leyen. Shes the German Defence minister, and a member of Angela Merkels cdu party. No, youre not the only one who wasnt expecting that. Also, Christine Lagarde will become head of the European Central bank the bank in charge of the euro, which oversees the economies that use it. She is currently the head of the International Monetary fund. Also a formerly french finance minister. Next president of the European Council the council represents the leaders of the eus member states. Charles michel, the belgian Prime Minister, is picked to replace donald tusk. A
More of their essentials at walmart, according to the companys results for the three months to the end ofjuly. The worlds biggest retailer is using its reputation for lower prices to attract consumers looking to buy anything from food to school shoes. Walmart s net income for the quarter jumped by about 33 to nearly 8 billion. Lets get more now with Michelle Fleury in new york. Great results then for walmart others rivals havent fared so well. Whats the secret . Imean, i mean, they are known as a low cost grocer, the worlds biggest retailer proving once again their ability to attract shoppers at a time when they are facing a great deal of pressure financially in terms of higher prices, but in terms of higher Interest Rates which have made Lending Conditions tougher. I think that really has helped walmart through this. They are not onlyjust appealing to their traditional customer base, but they are also appealing to those more affluent customers who are being more cautious and turning t
Welcome back. Thank you very much. How was the holiday . Very sunny. I think i timed it quite well. Ive missed this wet patch that everybodys been experiencing ive come experiencing and now ive come back are you . Back to sunshine. Where are you . Of france. Yeah. South of france. Yeah. South of france. Yeah. Its lovely. Yeah. Really nice. Can you imagine . And you were just saying that you were busy boozing the flight last night. Well, i had glass of well, i had had a glass of wine, of course, on a wine, but, of course, on a flight, you have to have a little mini bottle. Oh, and it was about 6 00 in the evening. I thought would having thought everyone would be having a drink, but maybe everyone had had on their holidays. Had too much on their holidays. And was drinking and it seemed i was drinking alone flight home. Alone on the flight home. Yeah. How many bottles did you have . No, just the one. Just the one i was working on. Getting the cider. Might getting the cider. I might not dr
Progress since he met his us counterpart, joe biden, in november. Mr xi said the earth was big enough for both countries to achieve development and prosperity. However, differences between the two countries still remain, including chinas claims over taiwan and the south china sea, and chinas support for russia in its war on ukraine. Mr blinken sat down for an interview with the bbc. He said that Washington Will Act If Beijing does not stop supplying russia with items used in its assault on ukraine. Our china correspondent laura bicker has more from beijing. Hello. Im laura bicker. How are you . Antony blinken s visit comes as us ties with china are at a turning point. Hows your trip been . Oh, its been. Ive covered a lot of ground. The dialogue and diplomacy for the cameras hides real discord and distrust. This is what chinese viewers are shown. A cinematic soundtrack accompanies president xi, urging the us to be partners, not rivals. Yet, hours earlier, mr blinken was warned the two