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hello from the bbc sport centre, i'm delyth lloyd. let's start at the australian open, where there's been plenty of drama on day nine in melbourne. not so much though for the number two seed carlos alcaraz, who eased through to the quarter finals with a commanding display on the rod laver arena. the wimbledon champion lostjust eight games on his way to beating miomir kecmanovic of serbia in straight sets. it is great to find this level, to play this level in the matches, on the court, i am feeling better and better every day, i'm feeling better every match that i am playing, coming i...

the president son was all smile last night he got to attend the white house state dinner. his appearance coming just days after he agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanor trespass charges. >> slimming down as a sweethear deal the irs whistleblowers apparently greasing investigators recommended nearl a dozen tarts at some of those felonies it but doj officials poured cold water on all of that . >> one of those whistleblowers telling congress i am alleging with evidence the doj provided preferential treatment, did nothing to avoid obvious conflicts of interest and this investigation....

tonight on whether to demand a humanitarian pause in fighting between israel and hamas, but with representatives trying to come to an agreement on the exact wording of the resolution, it's been postponed at the very last minute to tomorrow. we'll talk to a spokesperson from the israeli government. could that pause in voting have something to do with the us defense secretary's visit to israel today? also tonight, the british oil giant bp and a number of key shipping companies have halted all shipments through the red sea after a rise in attacks on cargo ships by houthi militants in ye...

he is pushing for more powerful weapons in his fight against russia. now, here's video of the ukrainian president. he's already meeting with the italian prime minister. that's the video you're seeing here. he's been asking for about eight months for f-16 fighter jets. finally the u.s. changing its stance and starting to train ukrainian pilots. that training, though, could take more than a year. overshadowing this trip, the impasse over the debt ceiling. >> it is definitely a subject of interest -- [laughter] here at the g7. you know, countries want to have a sense of how these negoti...

the government of switzerland says that the country's biggest bank, ubs, has taken over its troubled rival — credit suisse — in an emergency measure designed to protect the swiss economy. credit suisse has seen its value plummet over the last week due to fears about the company's financial health. regulators in switzerland had spent the day trying to pave the way for a deal to be struck before the financial markets open tomorrow. here's the swiss president alain berset speaking at a press conference earlier. on friday, the liquidity outflows and market volatility showed that it w...