They really need public funding . However, uk sport will still support the athlete until tokyo 2020 through individual performance awards. But some people are still concerned about the effect it will have. We should be building on it and creating more opportunities, inspiring more people, getting ready for 2024 that is the long term plan. This will sway a lot of people. On court, the sport continues to grow and get more and more exposure on the world stage with players like Novak Djokovic being big supporters of the game. And the trophies, medals and silverware keep multiplying at least for this generation of british players. Thats all from sportsday. Coming up in a moment, the papers. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are the the deputy political editorfor the guardian, rowena mason, and christopher hope, the assistant editor and chief Political Correspondent at the daily telegraph. Good to see you both. Tomorrows front pa
Has told this programme that eu Member Countires have so far been discplined and prevented from making any meaningful Pre Negotiations with the uk. He also confirmed it would not be possible to agree all of the issues during the two year negotiation period, and he foresaw the distinc possibility of political and economic turbulence. Well hear his interview with our diplomatic editor mark urban in full in a moment, but first, to our Political Editor nick watt. What are you hearing tonight . Snp sources said that theresa may told Nicola Sturgeon that the uk government is confident they can do an overall deal within 18 months. So it means the future trading relationship. Number ten doesnt believe the future trading relationship can be done and dusted them, it will need what it described as an implementation phase. But it shows that the uk is accepting the timetable by the eu, which is a greek it by the autumn of 2018 so it can be fully ratified. But the eu Chief Negotiator is saying, if y
Youre watching bbc world news. Its newsday. Glad you could join us. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 9am in north east australia, where whats being described as a Monster Cyclone is due to make landfall over the next few hours. Tens of thousands of people, including tourists, have been evacuated from coastal areas amid warnings of Winds Gusting up to 250km h and dangerous tidal surges. Trees are already being blown down by the wins. Cyclone debbie has been upgraded to a category four storm, one below the most violent, and is forecast to be the most powerful storm to hit the state of queensland for six years winds. Lets go to Hywel Griffith, who is joining us from townsville. By the looks at it its the Calm Before The Storm and everyone is saying Cyclone Debbie could be as devastating as cyclone yasi in 2011 . Yes. They are having to prepare for the worst here, the wind is picking up a bit as we get closer to the impact time, you do to be around Lunchtime Australian thai in
A host of countries around the world still impose the ultimate punishment on the most serious criminals, death. Whats it like to be in command of the machinery of state sanctioned execution . Navalny. Today as part of the bbcs special freedom season, im going to get a rare insight from allen ault, who spent years running the Correction Facility in the southern us State Of Georgia. He organised the killing of criminals until he could stand it no more. Now hes an opponent of the Death Penalty. Why . Allen ault, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Its back in the 1990s that you were the commissioner of corrections in the us State Of Georgia, and you were responsible for running the machinery of capital punishment. Is that experience still with you today . It is still here. I still have nightmares, not every night, but on occasion i still have nightmares about it. Its a very hard pill to swallow. It stays in your psyche forever. Its the most Premeditated Murder possible. The manual is about th
The ice for the World Championship next week in michigan. Remember, you can get in touch at bbc 05. Talks to bring about a Global Nuclear arms ban are under way at the United Nations in new york, but most of the worlds Nuclear Powers are refusing to take part. The Us Ambassador to the un explained why the United States wont be signing this treaty. Is there anyone that believes that north korea would agree to a ban on Nuclear Weapons . So what you would see is the General Assembly would go through, in good faith, trying to do something, but north korea would be the one cheering, and all of us and the one cheering, and all of us and the people that we represent would be the ones at risk. And so weve a lwa ys be the ones at risk. And so weve always said that the United States thinks its important to defend the citizens of our country, butjust as important to defend our friends, citizens of our country, butjust as important to defend ourfriends, our allies and the rest of the countries tha