but he broughtjapan and america closer together than ever before. he championed free trade in the pacific, and served his country longer than any other leader. for that, he will be remembered. rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, in nara, western japan. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: it s going to be an eighth wimbledon finalfor novak djokovic as he beats british number one cameron norrie on centre court. central london has been rocked by a series of terrorist attacks. police say there have been many casualties, and there is growing speculation that al-qaeda was responsible. germany will be the hosts of the 2006 football world cup. they ve pipped the favourites, south africa, by a single vote.
week of a grand slam. he showed us that brilliant leftie serve, the topspin forehand, that dead backhand that he s got that is flat and perfect for this surface. it was causing djokovic all kinds of problems he couldn t deal with. but the defending champion, as he so often does, took a breath, reset, reconfigured and won the second, third and fourth set to reach an eighth wimbledon final, trying to win his seventh title here. the numbers are extraordinary. it s a 32nd grand slam final for djokovic. he s hoping to win 21, which would bring him within one of rafael nadal s record of 22. awaiting in sunday s final will be nick kyrgios, who had friday off rafael nadal withdrawing because of that abdominal injury means that the kyrgios didn t have to play on friday. with three days off, he will play djokovic on sunday. before that, we have the women s final ons jabeur chasing history, the third seed here, the world number two,
is beaten, he finds a way to power through. for the first set taken by britain s cameron norrie, 6 2, the fans behind me and the british fans on centre court really believed an upset was on the cards. cam norrie s development has been extraordinary, playing just for the first time in his career in the second week of a grand slam. he showed us that brilliant leftie serve, the topspin forehand, that dead backhand that he s got that is flat and perfect for this service. it was causing djokovic all kinds of problems he couldn t deal with. but the defending champion, as he so often does, took a breath, reset, reconfigured and won the second, third and fourth set to reach an eighth wimbledon final trying to win his seventh title here. the numbers are extraordinary. it s a 32nd grand slam final for djokovic. he s hoping to win 21, which would bring him within one of rafael nadal s record of 22. awaiting in sunday s final will be nick kyrigios who had
took a breath, reset, reconfigured and won the second, third and fourth set to reach an eighth wimbledon final trying to win his seventh title here. the numbers are extraordinary. it s a 32nd grand slam final for djokovic. he s hoping to win 21, which would bring him within one of rafael nadal s record of 22. awaiting in sunday s final will be nick kyrigios who had friday off, rafael nadal withdrawing because of that abdominal injury means that the kyrgios didn t have to play on friday, with three days off, he will play djokovic on sunday. before that we have the women s final, 0ns jabeur chasing history, the third seed here, the world number two, hoping to become the first african and arab player to win a grand slam in the open era. she ll be facing kazakhstan s elena rybakina, also in herfirst grand slam final at the age of 23 whatever happens we will have a first time grand slam winner in the women s final, at the moment it is too tough
he showed us that brilliant leftie serve, the topspin forehand, that dead backhand that he s got that is flat and perfect for this service. it was causing djokovic all kinds of problems he couldn t deal with. but the defending champion, as he so often does, took a breath, reset, reconfigured and won the second, third and fourth set to reach an eighth wimbledon final trying to win his seventh title here. the numbers are extraordinary. it s a 32nd grand slam final for djokovic. he s hoping to win 21, which would bring him within one of rafael nadal s record of 22. awaiting in sunday s final will be nick kyrigios who had friday off, rafael nadal withdrawing because of that abdominal injury means that the kyrgios didn t have to play on friday, with three days off, he will play djokovic on sunday. before that we have the women s final, ons jabeur chasing history, the third seed here,