sport and for a full round up, let s go to the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre it s only day one of wimbledon, but already play has been disrupted by the weather. the roof came on over centre court, where the reigning men s singles champion novak djokovic has begun the defence of his title against pedro cachin. chethan pathak is watching and chetan it s going to plan so far for the number to seed? we had that sizeable delay in which novak djokovic was walking around centre court not happy with how slippery the surface was. they got the roof on pretty quickly but they delayed play for over an hour. it won t delay the inevitable though, he is looking very comfortable against pedro cachin, the 28 year old argentinian being the biggest match of his life. he had a good start and broke novak djokovic early on but novak djokovic looks cool and calm and it s a decade since he lost on that court. he is trying to win his eighth wimbledon title which would bring them l
good morning. iam good morning. i am out of the very front and to get this prized position you had to be here two days ago, at a 7am on saturday morning. it won t be long before this lot are inside. that is wherejohn and carol r. yes, good morning. the big news on day one of these wimbledon championships is the withdrawal of nick kyrgios. the beaten finalist last year and the amount s singles is out because of a wrist injury after what has been an injury ravaged season. and will it stay dry? well, actually, we are expecting some showers this afternoon at wimbledon. for most, rain in the north of scotland, rain in northern ireland putting eastwards. behind all of that, sunshine and showers. a day for taking the brolly. more later. good morning. it s monday, the 3rd ofjuly. it appears to have been a calmer night across france, after the family of a teenager shot dead by police said they did not want his death to spark riots. police made around 80 arrests overnight, down from mo
the uk had hottestjune since records began, with heat killing fish in rivers and threatening insects. sport and for a full round up, let s go to the bbc sport centre. i want to show you these pictures first because these are the pictures from the israel gaza border and you can see the fires that are burning and young men carrying out their protests as the unrest spreads after that launch of the israeli military operation in the refugee camp at the start of the day. already we have been seeing the pictures from inside the camp and we know from the palestinians, they say they targeted what they described as seven palestinian militants. palestinian officials say eight have been killed and 50 wounded and have been describing it more as an invasion rather than a military operation. that phrase from one palestinian official talking to the bbc in the last couple of hours. but the unrest clearly spreading as of that operation continues. we will have more on that which is our main sto
looking to boost foreign investments as its own economic engine slows down. earlier eyes spoke to mattie of the ink comp word o connor s intelligence unit who described what economists are finding of not being in china for nearly three years. i being in china for nearly three ears. ~ being in china for nearly three ears. ~ ., ., years. i think one of the reasons years. i think one of the reasons this years. i think one of the reasons this meeting i years. i think one of the l reasons this meeting and years. i think one of the - reasons this meeting and kind of the streams of executives and world leaders we have seen returning to china in the last few months since the surprisingly abrupt exit of zero covid and china s opening there has been a perception gap thatis there has been a perception gap that is only widened in the three years china was closed. wattimena is the perception of china from outside, even those who have businesses here and have teams here, for whom c
the princess of wales is recovering following abdominal surgery, the operation a success, remaining in hospitalfor operation a success, remaining in hospital for october fortnight, buckingham palace has announced king charles will visit hospital next week to be treated for an enlarged prostate. iran s foreign minister says houthi attacks on the red sea will only stop when the war ends. translation: if the genocide in gaza stops, then it will lead to the. - the end of other crises and attacks in the region. rishi sunak faces a crucial vote on his plan to deport asylum seekers to rwanda after two resigned. time for a look at the business news now. we start in china where the latest official figures say the economy grew by 5.2% last year. now that s slightly higher than beijing s target of 5% but one of the lowest levels in china outside of the pandemic for decades. the post lockdown bounce back for the world s second largest economy has struggled against a property se