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we start in paris, where novak djokovic has begun his french open title defence with a rather solid straight sets victory over frances pierre becker. having not yet reached a final in 2024, there have been question marks around djokovic�*s form, but he did what he does best on the clay courts of the french capital, powering to a 6—4, 7—6, 6—4 win over his wild card opponents. the 24—time grand slam champion will take sole ownership of the record of most major titles with a fo...

of his third child. hello! welcome to sportsday. we start in paris, where rafa nadal has been knocked out of the french open in the first round for the first time — but hasnt confirmed that itll be his last appearance at roland garros. nadal had previously said he expects to retire at the end of the current season, but following his straight sets defeat to alexander zverev, nadal left the door open for a return in the future. he has, of course, won this tournament a record—breaking...

why have birth rates declined dramatically and how much does it matter? stephen shaw, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. lets start with a basic fact. the worlds population is still rising. at some point later this century, its going to get to about 9.7 billion. and we can see the immense strain that our planet is already under in terms of resources, in terms of fragile ecosystems. and yet you seem to be saying that we as a species need to focus on having more babies. why? w...

hello! welcome to sportsday. we start in paris, where rafa nadal has been knocked out of the french open in the first round for the first time — but hasnt confirmed that itll be his last appearance at roland garros. nadal had previously said he expects to retire at the end of the current season, but following his straight sets defeat to alexander zverev, nadal left the door open for a return in the future. he has, of course, won this tournament a record—breaking 1a times, as ben cr...

good to have you with us. palestinian officials have accused the israeli military of carrying out a deadly air strike on an area for displaced people near rafah in southern gaza. videos show a large explosion and intense fires burning. the hamas—run health ministry in gaza says at least 50 people were killed, including women and children. the israel defence forces confirmed it targeted a hamas compound in the area. in its most recent statement, the idf said it killed two senior hamas...

the hamas—run health ministry in gaza says at least 50 people were killed, including women and children. the israel defence forces confirmed it targeted a hamas compound in the area. in a statement, it said: the incident is under review. earlier on sunday, hamas launched a missile attack on israel, for the first time in months. the israeli military said at least eight rockets were launched from the rafah area towards tel aviv. all the projectiles were either intercepted by air defenc...

for this occasion it was typically tense and settled by a single moment. adam armstrong in the first half given so much space in the penalty area, southampton�*s top scorer scoring the goal that in the end sealed promotion for his team. leeds came with so much expectation. they had 90 points in the regular season and in most campaigns that would have an offer an automatic promotion. they had very few chances and this was a day where they failed to show up really. they hit the crossba...

but now, data scientists and demographers, like my guest today, stephen shaw, say were actually facing a disastrous spiral of de—population. why have birth rates declined dramatically and how much does it matter? stephen shaw, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. lets start with a basic fact. the worlds population is still rising. at some point later this century, its going to get to about 9.7 billion. and we can see the immense strain that our planet is already under in ter...

between israel and the palestinians have any future at all after the gaza war? there was always, at the heart of it, almost a denial of the other perspective. now theres a complete rejection of it wholesale. and, following the attempt on the life of the slovak prime minister, we look at the worrying stresses and strains in european politics. these are times of crisis in europe, and these are times of confrontation. and i think very worrying for many is the fact that robert fico, divisi...

whats been caught on camera in the skies above california. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has said an air strike which killed dozens of people in gaza was a "tragic mishap". the hamas run health ministry said at least 45 people, including children, were killed when a strike hit a camp for displaced people in the tal al—sultan area of rafah. the united states said the killing of innocent palestinians was "heartbreaking", and warned that israel must take every precauti...