she was beaten in straight sets by spain s rebeka masarova, a player ranked 63 places below sakkari, who was 4 1 up in the first set. but her patchy form rolls on, beaten 6 4, 6 4. in the men s draw, the seeds are not safe either. 25th seed alexander bublik lost in straight sets to the 2020 champion dominic thiem. the austrian is unseeded after being dogged by a wrist injury. thiem faces american ben shelton in the second round on wednesday. later on, the three time us open champion novak djokovic is on court as he looks to win a record extending 24th men s grand slam title. he plays the frenchman alexandre muller in the opening round, and djokovic says he s excited to return after a two year absence from flushing meadows. he missed last year s event due to his covid vaccine status. every grand slam i play right now is a goal and opportunity to make more history. of course there is a big significance to that. i wouldn t say, it adds a bit more that i haven t played here for t
on playerjenni hermoso. it all happened after spain won the world cup over a week ago. rubiales said the kiss was consensual. hermoso said it wasn t. and now, after a week of criticism, rubiales has now lost the support of the country s football federation. in a statement, the rfef said. the president s request that mr luis rubiales immediately present his resignation as president. they went on to say. well, that all came at the end of a long day of developments where spanish prosecutors opened a preliminary investigation into whether the conduct of rubiales amounts to sexual assault. the spanish government earlier asked for the country s sports tribunal to suspend him. and lastly, it s been reported the mother of rubiales has locked herself in a church and gone on hunger strike over what she says is an inhuman hunt against her son. before the resignation was requested, hundreds of supporters of hermoso lined the streets of madrid to show their support and to protest agains
the wildfires are the worst to hit a state in america in over a century and there is growing anger on maui over both the lack of warning about the fires, and the response by officials to the thousands left without homes and in some cases adequate food and water. sophie long reports from the island. this is what remains of lahaina. cars abandoned as people ran and jumped into the sea to escape the flames. homes and businesses reduced to charred remains. president biden promised immediate help and said every available asset should be used to provide it, but, days later, people here say it s not yet reaching those most in need and people like felicia are desperately trying to get supplies into lahaina themselves. i m frustrated. people are. we re all together. we re one family, we need to take care of each other. no one s feeding everyone. they re traumatised. they re upset. no one s giving hugs. they need mental help. what do you need for me? to hear people in the same pads s
things like volatile food and energy prices, so called core inflation was 4.7%, the lowest since october 2021. the good news is that inflation has drifted down from last summer s a0 year highs, but it is still well above what the federal reserve thinks of as normal prices and with the overall trend heading in the right direction, policy makers, well, they may feel that they don t need to raise interest rates further. the us central bank, you may recall, raised its benchmark interest rate to more than 5.25% percent, the highest level in 22 years, all in a bid to cool the economy and ease the pressures pushing up prices. so while it s too early to say mission accomplished from the white house to wall street, there is a sense that progress is being made in the world s largest economy. china s e commerce giant alibaba reported its strongest quarterly revenue growth in almost two years, pushing its us listed shares up more than 4%. earlier this week, the latest data showed consume
it s time for sports day. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. imean as i mean as a team wherein a great place, i m feeling very confident, beating australia in a few days time. beating australia in a few days time. , , , . beating australia in a few days time. ,, ~ , ., ., beating australia in a few days time. ., ., bukayo saka helps arsenal to victory in their first game of the season harry kane s new home. the england captain officiallyjoins bayern munich 7 but says it s not a goodbye to tottenham fans. also coming up on sportsday. st helens make history, the first women s side to win the challenge cup at wembley. and in the men s glory to leigh leopards and in a class of his own 7 tom pidcock claims the mountain bike cross country world title. hello there 7 and welcome along to the programme. a first ever women s world cup final is edging closer for england s lionesses, after they got the better of colombia to make the semi7finals of the tournament. an