tens of thousands of people have been told to leave their homes in sydney following torrential rain and flash flooding in australia s largest city. up to 35cm of rain have hit certain areas. the emergency services minister for new south wales says the situation is life threatening . thejordanian prime minister has announced the dismissal of several officials at aqaba port after an investigation into a gas leak found negligence and deficiencies in safety protocols. 13 people were killed and more than 260 injured following an escape of chlorine at the facility last week. let s turn to sport and to day 7 of wimbledon. top seed novak djokovic put an end to the fairytale run of the dutch wildcard player tim van rijthoven after a four set battle on sunday. chetan pathak from bbc sport
events and it s very hard to do reliable statistics on such rare events, but it certainly makes sense that certainly, warmer temperatures do contribute to more of these type of avalanches, these glacial avalanches, so i think it s certainly reasonable to be expect more of them. most of them happen in remote areas. we don t actually observe them. this one is only on the news because it happened to kill some hikers in the region but typically, they don t impact populated regions, so they don t get reported but, certainly, mountain glaciers are melting, whether it s a slow melt or an avalanche. i d expect that to increase in the coming years. let s turn to sport and to day 7 of wimbledon. top seed novak djokovic put an end to the fairytale run of the dutch wildcard player tim van rijthoven after a four set battle on sunday. chetan pathak from bbc sport has been at the tournament and rounds up the rest of the news from day 7.
competition in the third round. she lost in straight sets to number 22 seed belinda bencic of switzerland. castleford tigers thrashed leeds rhinos by a0 points to 16 in the third round of rugby league s challenge cup. the tigers raced to a 28 nil lead by the break and although leeds fought back the damage was done. greg eden with his side s final try of the afternoon. well elsewhere today in the challenge cup wins for hull fc and st helens, catalans dragons and hull kr who survived a late scare against leigh centurions to reach the last eight. let s have a quick look at some of the other stories making headlines today. kolkata knight riders win the opening match of a new ipl season by 6 wickets over chennai super kings. chasing 132 for the win, ajinkya rahane hit a brilliant 44 before skipper shreyas iyer scored an unbeaten 20 to steer them past the line. and 49 year old richard bland s fairytale run at the wgc matchplay in texas is over. he was beaten by dustinjohnson the two ti
49 year old richard bland s fairytale run at the wgc matchplay in texas is over. he was beaten by dustinjohnson the two time major winner. bland was leading at one point. world number onejohn rahm, and second ranked collin morikawa also went out. richard carapaz timed his attack to perfection as he snatched victory from sergio higuita on the penultimate stage of the tour of catalunya in spain. it moved the ecuadorian who rides for the british ineos grenadiers team up to second overall, just sixteen seconds behind the colombian higuita. josh warrington says he has an opportunity to be the man again and reclaim his ibf featherweight title, when he takes on spain s kiko martinez in leeds later this evening. the 31 year old, who made three defences of the belt between 2018 and 2019, will be fighting in front of a home crowd at the first direct arena. warrington beat martinez in a close points decision at the same venue in 2017,
will be for a judge to decide whether and how this case will proceed and a video conference has been scheduled at a new york court on monday afternoon, which should provide some clarity as to where the case goes from here. prince andrew is at bell moral in scotland.- is at bell moral in scotland. sarah, thank yom tomorrow night britain s emma raducanu will step on court for her first grand slam final at the us open. it has been a fairytale run so far for the 18 year old from london, who only left school this summer. raducanu had to play in the qualifying rounds just to make it through to the main tournament. and last night she became the first qualifier in history to get to a grand slam final. samira hussain is in new york for us this evening. emma raducanu arrived in new york three weeks ago and had already booked herflight home three weeks ago and had already booked her flight home for the end of qualifying. she may have overstayed her ticket, but she certainly has not overstayed h