in the women s draw, the quarter finals are complete. aryna sabalenka continued her sparkling form at roland garros. and it was a comfortable win for second seed she eased past emma navarro in straight sets, 6 2, 6 3 and will play 17 year old mirra andreeva in the quarter finals. on match day, i m really focused. ifeel all the pressure, to be honest, and i m dealing with that, but on a day off, i am able to completely switch off and forget about tennis, but on a day off, i am able and go out, have fun, doing something for my mental health, to be stronger, ready for the next round, so it s all about how you are able to manage the energy. fourth seed elena rybakina is through, matching her best result at roland garros. she beat fifteenth seed and wimbledon semi finalist elina svitolina in straight sets 6 4, 6 3 and will play italianjasmin paolini next, after she beat russian elina avenesyan in three sets. in football news france forward kylian mbappe says it is a dream com
and herzegovina at stjames park, with the tournament just 11 days away. hello and welcome to the bbc news at one, live from salford. the conservative party is promising to tackle what it calls the confusion over the legal definition of a person s sex, if it wins the general election. equalities minister kemi badenoch said her party wants to crack down on what she described as predatory men who claim to identify as female to gain access to women only spaces. with more details, here s our political correspondent ione wells. should only biologically female be able to use women s services? just people who are biologically female, also those who have change their legal sex on a birth certificate? conservatives say that women s services should be able to refuse any one of is biologically male without facing legal challenges. it is quite clear that the intentions in the law are being misinterpreted just because of changes, social changes, and what we are trying to do is reemphasise
Out at sea, and blizzards with all of that cloud and wind driving its way northwards, with the greatest fault of snow north of new york, 12 to 18 inches. I said we were not going to get that cold air for that we have had some snow today over the higher ground, not just in we have had some snow today over the higher ground, notjust in Northern Ireland but also scotland and perhaps the far north of england. Some big waves after the winds eased overnight, and they have started to pick up again across england and wales, and blowing in a lot of broken cloud, so maybe a hint of sunshine in the south, but gusty winds around those Western Hills and coasts. Further north, its going to be quite a bit colder. The winds are light and weve got persistent rain, maybe some sleet and hill snow in there, and its sort of slow moving across scotland. It maybe eases in the far north. Further south, another dose of gales after the winds dropped, and that is where we will see most of the showers towards the
Medias emotional demands as they move from primary to secondary school, englands childrens commissioner says. The leader of the council in windsor calls for police to take action against what he called aggressive begging before the Royal Wedding in may. And Britains Andy Murray pulls out of the Australian Open after failing to recover from an ongoing hip injury. He hasnt played a competitive match since wimbledon. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Lawyers for President Trump have threatened legal action against his former chief strategist. They have threatened mr bannon with legal action for speaking to a book donald trump. Mr bannon was quoted as described donald junior as truce nous for meeting russians during the campaign, mrtrump meeting russians during the campaign, mr trump responded accusing his former strategist of losing his mind after he lost his job at the white house. They were once as thick as thieves. Steve bannon helped to shape the America First campaign that electe
As they move from primary to secondary school, englands childrens commissioner says. The leader of the council in windsor calls for police to take action against what he called aggressive begging before the Royal Wedding in may. And Britains Andy Murray withdraws from the Australian Open after failing to recover from an ongoing hip injury. He hasnt played a competitive match since wimbledon. Donald trumps lawyers have threatened his former chief of staff steve bannon with legal action for speaking about his time on the Election Campaign to the author of an explosive new book about the president. The book by the journalist Michael Wolff makes many bold claims including that donald trump was unprepared for the job and his wife melania cried when he won the race to the white house. Mr bannon was quoted as describing the president s son donald junior as treasonous and unpatriotic for meeting russians during the campaign. Mr trump hit back, accusing his former strategist of losing his mind,