Welcome along, thank you forjoining us. Having lost all four of his previous grand slam quarterfinals taylor fritz has made it made it fifth time lucky. The american is into the semifinals of a major for the first time and that at his home grand slam after knocking out the fourth seed alexander zverev, who s at the bottom of your screen, in four sets. Fritz, who s 26 now, seeded 12th, keeps alive his hopes of becoming the first american men s singles champion at flushing meadows since andy roddick in 2003. I ve had a lot of looks at quarterfinals over the past couple of years and uh, today, just today, just felt different. I really felt like it was my time to take it a step further. And i mean, it s only fitting i m doing it here on this court at the open in front of the crowd. It s not just taylor fritz dreaming big. Another american emma navarro is also into her first grand slam semi final. The home crowd in new york turbo charging her performance navarro top of your screen
Is named after him. And coming up on sportsday later in the hour on Bbc News, from next Year Brendon Mccullum will be Head Coach across all forms of england Mens Cricket taking on the Test And Whiteball sides. Good Evening And Welcome to the Bbc News at six. Five children three of them just 12 years old have been arrested on suspicion of murder after an 80 year Old Man died after being attacked in leicester while he was walking his dog. Bhim kohli was in a Park Close to his home at around 6. 30 on Sunday Evening when he was assaulted by a group of young people. Leicestershire police launched the Murder Investigation Today after he died of his injuries in hospital. Danny savage reports. A small park in a residential area in leicester, now cordoned off and the scene of a murder investigation. An 80 year Old Man was assaulted here on Sunday Evening, and has since died. The victim was bhim kohli, who lived close by and was walking his dog when he was attacked. Neighbours say he was well li
For Western Scotland and Northern Ireland. Southern britain will be wet. Thundery rain could give rise to localised flooding in places. We are picking up a strong easterly wind as well which will be noticeable across North Sea coast. Temperatures around 20 in the south, may be higher for Western Scotland. That theme continues friday and into the weekend. In the north, best of the weekend. In the north, best of the sunshine here, and in Northern Ireland, Heavy Rain across the south and particularly on friday so stay tuned to the weather forecast. Thank you very much. It is time for the news know where you are. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Im 0lly foster. More british medals on the sixth day of paralympic competition in paris, but no golds yet today. Bazball goes multi ball. Brendon mccullum will lead englands cricketers in all forms of the game from next year. And three days before Craig Bellamy s first match in charge, we check in with the wales squad. Also coming up on sportsday fr
August meltdown, ending the session down 2 . This comes after a rally that put the benchmark within a striking distance of its all time highs. Technology stocks, the gauges most influential group, took the brunt of the decline. The Nasdaq Index closed down by 3 , while the Dowjones Index slipped by 1. 5 . One of the biggest losers on the day was nvidia, The High Flying Artificial Intelligence darling, which raised more than 240 Billion in market value. The Chip Maker shares closed down over 9 . 0ther Semiconductor stocks, including micron, intel and advanced micro devices, fell in sympathy. The market also took a leg lower after manufacturing Production Data shrank for a fifth month in august. The institute for Supply Management Manufacturing gauge edged up to 47. 2. A reading below 50 indicates contraction. The data reignited concerns around slowing growth within the us economy, which helped drive a Sell Off early last month. The action comes ahead of us governments augustjobs report,
Officials in rwanda meet to decide how to stop the spread of ebola from neighboring democratic republic of congo. In sport the world of cycling mourns the death of a young writer for the 2 year old dog lambrakis killed in a crash at the top of pollard. But 1st the arguments between the worlds 2 largest economies are causing stock market volatility worldwide the main indices in tokyo and Hong Kong Shanghai and sydney they all suffered losses in early tuesday trading in europe the markets steadied after posting their biggest today drop in over 3 is investors a concern that china is allowing its currency to slide and using the yuan as a weapon in the trade war with the United States and woman. Day in the 1st movie its kind in 25 years the u. S. Treasury accused the chinese of being currency manipulator is Chinas Communist Party newspaper responded by accusing the americans of deliberately destroying International Order the value of the yuan has fallen almost 2 and a half percent in 3 days