Their ashes hopes alive hello and welcome to world news today. Irans foreign minister has made an unexpected visit to the g7 summit in france, to discuss how to reduce tensions between iran and the us. He was only there a few hours, but he did meet the french president , emmanuel macron, while he was there. He tweeted these photos of the meeting, writing that the road ahead is difficult, but worth trying. Earlier, mr macron said the leaders of the g7 countries had agreed a common stance on iran. My colleague ros atkins has been following events at the summit in biarritz throughout the day. He spoke earlier to our Diplomatic Correspondent james landale. Weve been expecting some surprises at this g7 summit. That perhaps was inevitable given the strong personalities involved. I dont think many of us predicted that midway through this sunday afternoon, the foreign minister of iran would land on a runway not far from the g7 press centre, where we are, on the outskirts of town. But thats wha
Having won his first green jacket last year. Thejump from no majors to us open was smaller than what it was from the us open to the masters. It is the biggest tournament in the world. No offence to anything else but it is probably the most formative one by people who dont even play golf, that is what makes the difference, where your notoriety goes up quite a bit. You can follow the masters on the bbc sport website and app. South africas erik van rooyen, i can see, is the first to tee off. These are some of the updated tee times for round one. Jon rahm wont Get Out There for a few hours yet. Five time winner tiger woods is scheduled to be among the later starters too. Dustinjohnson, collin morikawa, and Tommy Fleetwood set to be last out. It looks likely that a number of first rounds will have to be finished on friday. The weather is thankfully looking a lot better for the next three days. After two nights of cracking Champions League football, attention now turns to the Europa League w
Brightness for the first half of the weekend it wont last. Things will cloud over for sunday, there weekend it wont last. Things will cloud overfor sunday, there will weekend it wont last. Things will cloud over for sunday, there will be heavy rain and brisk winds, but with those winds coming in from the south it will feel quite mild out there. A wedge of mild air working its way across the british isles, but as you can see some pretty heavy rain around on sunday with brisk winds as well. These are the average wind speeds. With the wind is coming up from the south it will be mild, 8 degrees for aberdeen, may be 13 in plymouth. Sophie, back to you. Thank you very much. Thats all from the bbc news at six so its goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbcs news teams where you are. Hello, and welcome to sportsday. Imjohn watson. Coming up can youth triumph over experience as the womens us open gets under way . Will there be an american first time winner of the mens European Tour . A
David Skinns had six birdies in a seven-hole stretch and shot an 8-under 62 on Thursday at Hamilton Golf and Country Club to take the first-round lead in the RBC Canadian Open. The 41-year-old Englishman was a stroke ahead of morning starters Sam Burns and Sean O’Hair. Ryan Palmer opened with a 65, and two-time Canadian Open champion Rory McIlroy was another shot back with Ryan Fox, Andrew Novak, Erik van Rooyen, Nick Hardy and Trace Crowe.
David Skinns had six birdies in a seven-hole stretch and shot an 8-under 62 on Thursday at Hamilton Golf and Country Club to take the first-round lead in the RBC Canadian Open.