wimbledon champion. she became the first player representing kazakhstan to win a grand slam title, beating tunisian third seed onsjabeur in a gripping final yesterday. but britons alfie hewett and gordon reid s run of ten consecutive grand slam wheelchair doubles titles came to an end. joe wilson was there. in this famous corner of london, it was kazakhstan versus tunisia, a brand new combination for a wimbledon final and a clash seemingly of styles. ons jabeur is a conjurer of shots. who, from there, could do this? well, only her. elena rybakina has power and stature but her touch initially was unreliable. jabeur took the first set 6 3. but even in a three set match, there s time to get better, to speed up. into the deciding set, rybakina retains her power but now she had the movement, the finesse. how could jabeur deal with that? well, she needed an answer early, she could not find one. third set, the victory seemed almost routine. of course, it was years in the making. ryb
final at wimbledon later today. hello and welcome to bbc news. the battle to become britain s next prime minister is intensifying. eight candidates have now announced they will stand in the contest to replace borisjohnson as leader of the conservative party. the former health secretaries, sajid javid and jeremy hunt, are the latest to come forward 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 first to set out detailed plans and both focus on economic policy. jeremy hunt, who lost to borisjohnson in the final two last time round promises to cancel a planned rise in corporation tax and reduce it further. he also would cut business rates to zero in the most deprived areas. sajid javid his resignation triggered the prime minister s final downfall, said he would scrap the recent rise in national insurance, cut income tax
this week, we re at wimbledon to find out if ai can predict the winners, although spencer s concentrating on the more important parts of the event. choose my blanket design. got to get the food sorted first. lara gets her trainers on to put some of the latest fitness devices through their paces. they say that i run like an elephant. the question is, is it true? probably! cheering. it s men versus machine as omarand paul kick off against the robots. and we check out the tools hoping to make sports more accessible. 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. you see that there? 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 tw
hello, and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. and taking us through this week s releases, as you see, is mark kermode. hi again, mark. and what do you have for us this week? well, hopefully something for everyone. we have thor: love and thunder another superhero movie. we have a new version of persuasion coming to netflix. and brian and charles, a robot movie with a difference. i m intrigued about number three. good. but, anyway, we will start with thor. love and thunder, which is the sequel to thor: ragnarok, which i know that you did go and see. i did see that, although. you see, there we are. i had to be reminded that we d seen it, in a kind of why are we married? sort of way, because i didn t remember every detail of the film. which one is this? ok, so this is once again directed by taika waititi. so, the plot is driven by christian bale s gorr the god butcher, who is on a mission to butcher gods as his name would suggest. he must be stopped. mean
community will need to come in and help and that is why the un was warning there is an impending humanitarian emergency. at least 15 people have been shot dead in a bar in the south african township of soweto. and in the tennis defending champion novak djokovic faces nick kyrgios in the men s final at wimbledon later today. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. nine candidates have now entered the race to become the next leader of the conservative party and prime minister. the trade minister, penny mordaunt, and the former health secretaries, sajid javid and jeremy hunt, are the latest to declare their candidacies. tax is high on the agenda, with sajid javid and jeremy hunt both saying they will cancel the planned rise in corporation tax and reduce it further. mr hunt set out some of his plans on the sunday morning programme. no conservative should offer unfunded tax cuts and i think no conservative should raise taxes either. what you need are