Few showers to dodge but many will have some pleasant and warm spells of sunshine. Thanks, chris. And thats bbc news at six. I will be back at the latest at ten oclock. Now its time to join our colleagues for the news where you are. Im asad ahmad. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Im olly foster. The parkhead party its now three in a row for celtic, but has the manager done enough to get the fans back on side . Well get the latest from valhalla, where rory mcilroy is looking to roll back the years at the us pga championship. Two days out from their bid to become undisputed heavyweight champion, lennox lewis gives us his tip for the tyson fury and Oleksandr Usyk superfight. Both have great movement, both want to win, so its going to be a great fight. Also coming up on sportsday after one of the wettest winters since records began, Sport England is counting the cost of climate change. And we meet the british champion, who can finally hear the roar of the crowd when she competes. Good eveni
Hello, im christian fraser. Youre watching the context on bbc news. Besieged by tourists, venice starts charging day trippers to visit. Is this the way forward for overwhelmed cities . In fact, we are going to start in europe. The french president , emmanuel macron, has painted a rather bleak picture of the European Union today. Despite the big strides he believes the eu made towards closer integration post covid and in response to the war in ukraine, it needs to be much more aggressive, he said, in defending its own interests. The wake up, he said, has been too slow and there is mortal danger, as he put it, if the union becomes a vassal of the United States and fails to stand up for itself on trade. Translation we must be lucid to the fact that our europe today is mortal. She can die. Echoing his past calls for europe to plot a third way between the us and china, the french president called for a scaling up stronger, more integrated European Defences, a more sustainable economic model
Phil foden just a lucky deflection from a free kick for their second goal, so 2 0 at the moment to manchester city. More now on liverpools new Manager Situation and who will replace jurgen klopp because arne slot has confirmed to dutch media that he wants to join liverpool. Slot is currently in currently in charge of the rotterdam side feyenoord, who are Playing Tonight and are second in the eredivisie. He reportedly told espn tonight that the two clubs are negotiating and that he is awaiting the outcome. The man behind red bulls formula 1 success, adrian newey, is leaving following the controversy around the Team Principal christian horner. Newey is regarded as the greatest f1 designer in history, and as red bulls Chief Technical Officer for nearly 20 years, hes credited with both red bulls hugely successful eras, including sebastian vettel s four world titles and max verstappen s current domination. Before that, the british designer worked at williams and maclaren for drivers like ni
About their campaign. The kind table, and pupils across the country are competing to be crowned a rocky roads. Crowned rock heroes. Good morning. Its thursday the 6th july. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live the chairman of the iraq inquiry, Sirjohn Chilcot, has told the bbc that the former Prime Minister, tony blair, was not straight with the nation, or his inquiry, about the decisions made in the run up to the iraq war. Speaking for the First Time Since the publication of his report a year ago today, sirjohn told the bbc why he thinks mr blair made the decisions he did, and about mr blairs State Of Mind at the time of the inquiry. The iraq inquiry by Sirjohn Chilcot took 7 years and ran into two million words. The Main Findings were that policy on iraq was made on flawed intelligence and assessments. And the planning and preparation for the country after Saddam Hussein was wholly inadequate. in response to sirjohns interview with the bbc a spokesman for mr blair highlighted that the report
And coming up in Sportsday On Bbc News. The worlds greatest sprinter prepares for his final bow. Well hearfrom usain bolts pre World Championships Press Conference at half past six. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Over Three Million british gas customers face a hefty rise in their electricity bills. The company argues that its own costs have risen and from september it will charge 12. 5 more for electricity. So what does that mean . Well, a typical household on a dualfuel tariff will see its annual bill go up by £76. Its the first increase from british gas for nearly four years but that hasnt stopped Consumer Groups and the government condemning the move. Our business editor, simonjack, reports. Electricity, a basic need, a simple product. The same wherever all whoever you buy it from. If you buy from british gas it will be 12. 5 more expensive from september as the u k. s largest more expensive from september as the u k. s largest supplier, more expensive from septem