Over Tomas Mahach winning in an hour and 44 minutes. Draper is guaranteed to face an australia next either the tenth seed Alex De minaur orjordan thompson. Earlier, there was a bit of a surprise in the womens draw when the unseeded Karolina Muchova knocked out the fifth fifth seed jasmine paolini. Muchova, whos back from a long injury lay off, made use of her strong serve to beat the French Open and wimbledon finalist 6 3 6 3. Despite the defeat, paolini was happy with a year where she also won the olympic doubles. This year went really good, but this moment, its both the finals. Of course, happy moments, the Gold Medal as well. I think im really proud of all of this kind of moments. I really enjoyed. Its day five of the paralympics in paris and it started with a flurry of Triathlon Medals a day later than planned after a drop in the Water Quality for the swimming in the seine forced a postponement. But it was better late than never for Home Favourite jules ribstein, who took gold in t
To chicago, hitting severe turbulence. And the fbi, the Big Reveal Tonight involving the suspect who tried to kill former President Trump. First tonight, the severe storms heading to the northeast. Storms already downing trees and power lines. A Falling Tree in the storm, a cyclist had no time to avoid it. Firefighters battling the winds and the flames. The storms fumed by the scorching temperatures from st. Louis to new York City down to washington, d. C. Lee goldberg standing by with the forecast for these storms. And what were just learning tonight about that united flight to chicago hitting extreme turbulence. Tonight, there is also news in the Fbis Investigation into the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. New images tonight of the shooters weapon. And investigators revealing the suspect had looked up both Trump And President biden. And authorities now say when the Suspect Saw Trump was appearing not far from his home, thats when they say he allegedly zeroed in on that butler
The tech giants in the us are dominating the business agenda today. Jeff bezos is stepping down as amazons Chief Executive. The Online Retail giants founder will move to become the compa ny s executive chairman. He will be replaced as ceo by andy jassy, the current boss of amazons Cloud Computing business. And this comes as the firm reported 386 billion in sales in 2020, thats up 38 on the year before. Their profits almost doubled, rising to 21. 3 billion. So whats been the reaction to the news bezos is stepping to the side, and what do we know about the new boss . Duncan howe is e commerce strategist at cheil uk, which is a Digital Marketing and advertising agency. Duncan, welcome to the programme. Executive chair man still means he will have a lot of control and very much involved in and is on, but it is the day to day responsibility. What do you think about this move . I responsibility. What do you think about this move . I think it is a bit of think about this move . I think it is
A minutes silence to commemorate the life of a minutes silence to commemorate the life of sir tom and to respect the life of sir tom and to respect the lives the life of sir tom and to respect the lives lost through covid. Remembering captain sir tom moore a minutes silence is observed in the House Of Commons. And the nation is urged to clap for him at 6pm tonight. Good afternoon. The Health Secretary, matt hancock, says Research Suggesting the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine may reduce the spread of coronavirus is superb and will help us all to get out of the pandemic. A study, which has yet to be Peer Reviewed, has shown the jab could cut the spread by two thirds. Its the first time a vaccine has been shown to reduce transmission. It comes as a new study shows that 88 of people who tested positive for the virus retained antibodies for the full six months of the trial. Awarning, a warning, this report contains some flashing images. Its been the Great Unknown would vaccines stop coronavirus
Massive fines if they dont act. Im Still Standing better than i ever did. Brexit ended visa free travel to the eu for musicians. Now, eltonjohn tells us why it will hit so many young performers. And coming up, a Hollywood Gladiator sends a surprise Birthday Message to a british sailor taking part in a round the world yacht race. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister has thanked all those who have helped the uk to reach a milestone in its Vaccination Programme ten Million People have now received a first dose. But borisjohnson also issued a warning, describing the levels of covid 19 infections as alarmingly high. He said that while there was growing evidence of the effectiveness of the vaccines, the government needed more data before considering any relaxation of covid restrictions. Heres our Political Editor laura kuenssberg. Sleeves up, syringes ready, vaccine in army medics filling this Church Hall In Chingford where there used to be bingo nights and dog training.