and that s bbc news at six. huw edwards will be here at ten o clock but now it is time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday i m lizzie greenwood hughes here s a sneaky peak of some of today s line up for you. we re live at the home for golf st andrews where the 150th open championship is undeway. out but not down northern ireland want to end their euros with a good the first briton to win a stage at this year s tour de france. out but not down northern ireland want to end their euros with a good show against england. 0n the eve of the world athletics championships, we will hear from the new dish team captain from their training pant that can t the neck camp in oregon. the training pant that can t the neck camp in oregon- training pant that can t the neck camp in oregon. training pant that can t the neck cam in oreuon. , .,, ., camp in oregon. the people who look like me and camp in oregon
and would set women back decades. and she s right. i mean, here s what the data tells us. in 2020, there was a landmark report called, the terminally study, turn away study. it was the first study to rigorously examine the lasting effects of an unwanted pregnancy on women s lives, giving us perhaps a first look at the reality of an america without abortion rights. those researchers found that women who were denied abortions or four times more likely to live in poverty. there were also three times more likely to be unemployed then women who were able to obtain an abortion. a follow-up study also found those same woman had lower credit scores. they had higher debt. they had an increased number of negative financial records, like bankruptcies, or even evictions. see, for one women s in america, pregnancy and motherhood comes at a grave economic price. and we tend to forget that. one thing tank found that it women s income could drop by 4%, every time she gives birth to or even
wins the women s singles title, representing kazakhastan. in the last hour, the united states has urged the sri lankan government to work quickly to address discontent in the country. discontent is putting it mildly protesters have stormed government buildings, and the president and prime minister have pledged to step down. it s all due to to months of economic mismanagement. sri lanka is suffering rampant inflation and is struggling to import food, fuel and medicine. our correspondent anbarasan ethirajan reports from the capital, colombo. the barricades were meant to keep the protesters back, but they were no barrier for the furious and desperate crowds, all suffering the effects of living in economic collapse. police used water cannon and fired shots in the air, but the crowds were more determined. and they kept surging forward until eventually they converged on the presidential palace and took over the home and office of the man they want to force from power. he had alre
an impending humanitarian emergency. at least 15 people have been shot dead in a bar in the south african township of soweto. voters injapan are choosing members of the country s upper house of parliament in elections overshadowed by the assassination of former prime minister, shinzo abe. and in the tennis defending champion novak djokovic faces nick kyrgios in the men s final at wimbledon later today. hello and welcome to bbc news. the battle to become britain s next prime minister is intensifying. nine candidates have now announced they will stand in the contest to replace borisjohnson as leader of the conservative party. the ukjunior trade minister penny mordaunt is the latest to come forward. she follows the former health secretaries, sajid javid and jeremy hunt with both pledging to cut taxes. the foreign secretary, liz truss, is expected to declare in the coming days. our political correspondent, jonathan blake reports. the two newest entrants to the race are the