it s one of the biggest events on the sporting calendar. the players powerful, light of foot, lightning fast. it requires physical endurance and nerves of steel. and that s the reason that every year, the crowds spill out to watch wimbledon. that is centre court and it s been in that spot now for exactly 100 years. a centre court centenary. indeed! nice line. i know how much you love wimbledon but are you like my aunt, who shouts at the tv for two weeks? i absolutely love it and i absolutely am like your aunt. this is the most stressful two weeks of the year for me. my heart rate goes through the roof and i m just watching the thing on tv. oh, you need one of my activity trackers. i ve got a few to spare to track your heart rate. ah, yes! how did you get on with those? well, i ll tell you and you about that in a bit. right you are. yeah, wimbledon has been at the forefront of trialling new tech, both on and off the court, and we ve been lucky enough to see a fair bit of
continuing chaos in sri lanka, as more crowds occupy the presidential palace they say they ll stay until there are resignations. calls from an energy boss to make bills cheaper for those on the lowest incomes. and victory is sweet for novak djokovic, who wins his seventh wimbledon men s singles title. every single time it gets more and more meaningful and special, so i m very blessed and very thankful to be standing here with a trophy. good evening. ten conservative mps have nowjoined the contest to succeed borisjohnson as the leader of the party, and as prime minister. the foreign secretary, liz truss, is the latest. she has said she would reduce taxes from day one while the former health secretaries sajid javid and jeremy hunt have said they would cancel the planned rise in corporation tax and reduce it further. but the former chancellor, rishi sunak, has suggested any tax cuts may have to wait. this report is from our political correspondent, jonathan blake. the pace i
is sweet for novak djokovic, who wins his seventh wimbledon men s singles title. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in singapore, and 3.30am in colombo, sri lanka where protestors have been celebrating what they believe to be the toppling of the country s 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 his official residence and set fire to the prime minister s house. our south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan reports from inside the presidential palace, which is still overrun by protesters. these scenes would have been unthinkable days ago. sri lanka s seat of presidential power now a sightseeing destination. security nowhere to be seen, as thousands push their way into a palace taken over by protesters. this is a really surreal moment for sri lanka. a building that is normally heavily
who wins his seventh wimbledon men s singles title. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in singapore, and 4.30am in colombo, sri lanka where protestors have been celebrating what they believe to be the toppling of the country s 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 from inside the presidential palace, which is still overrun by protesters. these scenes would have been unthinkable days ago. sri lanka s seat of presidential power now a sightseeing destination. security nowhere to be seen, as thousands push their way into a palace taken over by protesters. this is a really surreal moment for sri lanka. a building that is normally heavily fortified, now a free for all. at president rajapaksa s private pool, we meet carpenter ruan chiminda, who s taking a dip,
with 11 mps, and counting, eyeing up the top job. and in tennis victory is sweet for novak djokovic, who wins his seventh wimbledon men s singles title. voice-over: live voice over: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s eight in the morning in singapore, and 5:30 in the morning in colombo, sri lanka where protestors have been celebrating what they believe to be the toppling of the country s 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 from inside the presidential palace which is still overrun by protesters. these scenes would have been unthinkable days ago. sri lanka s seat of presidential power now a sightseeing destination. security nowhere to be seen, as thousands push their way into a palace taken over by protesters. this is a really surreal moment for sri lanka