india, china and south africa along with at least 50 heads of state and government. president putin attended by video link. he can t attend in person because of an international arrest warrant for alleged war crimes. mr putin told the summit they re on course to meet the aspirations of most of the world s people. we also heard from south africa s leader who reflected on his meeting with china s president xijinping. take a listen. president xijinping and i discussed the ongoing conflict between russia and ukraine and its significant impact on developing economies in africa and elsewhere. we both agreed on the importance of dialogue and negotiation between the two sides. lupin rahman, manages the emerging markets portfolio at investment firm pimco. she told me what investors are looking for from the brics summit. investors are looking at a more medium term outlook rather than having a near term market impacts but it s important for emerging market investors to recognise is th
strongest in their group. however, the rugby world cup draw was done a long time in advance and it means that those polls are extremely lopsided. and that means that the team is ranked one to five in the world are on the opposite side of the draw to where england actually are. so despite this disruption, you would still expect england to get through that pool stage and reach a quarterfinal, by which time, if they don t have any more disciplinary issues, then they could well be going further and deeper into that tournament. next to the world athletics championships where the favourite, kenya s faith kipyegon produced a devastating turn of pace to win the women s 1500 metres in budapest the double olympic champion, who previously won world golds in 2017 and last year in eugene, led from gun to tape. she kicked at the bell for the final lap to outstrip a loaded field and take victory ahead of ethiopian diribe wel tayjee in second with dutch runner sifan hassan in third. britan
for football shirts. in sport. a blow to england s rugby world cup hopes as captain owen farrell sees his ban reimposed meaning he ll miss their first two matches of the tournament. happy birthday to blackpool s big dipper thrilling holidaymakers for the past century and 100 years old today. today we have showers across the north and west of the country. the rain currently across wales, the midlands and northern england will ease. most will have a largely dry day with sunshine. all the details later. it s wednesday, 23rd august. surgeons have successfully carried out the uk s first womb transplant, giving hope to dozens of women who are currently unable to have a baby. this kind of life changing surgery could help women born without a womb and those who lose their organ to cancer or other conditions, as our medical editor fergus walsh reports. a uk first as surgeons transplant a womb into a 34 year old woman, donated by her ao year old sister. the surgery in next door ope
hello and welcome to the programme. kenya s faith kipyegon produced a devastating turn of pace to win the women s 1500 metres at the world athletics championships in budapest. the double olympic champion, who previously won world golds in 2017 and last year in eugene, led from gun to tape. she kicked at the bell for the final lap to outstrip a loaded field to take victory ahead of ethiopian diribe weltayjee in second with dutch runner sifan hassan back in third. team gb s laura muir finished back in sixth. i was expecting to defend my title, and i ve done so and i am really, really grateful and thank god for this. i was well prepared, knowing that the defending champion is me and yeah, i was really working hard for it. morocco s olympic champion soufiane el bakkali left ethiopia s world record holder lamecha gearma trailing as he went on to win the 3000 metres steeplechase. 22 year old gearma had to settle for a third consecutive silver after losing contact at the final water
because of an international arrest warrant for alleged war crimes. mr putin told the summit they re on course to meet the aspirations of most of the world s people. we also heard from south africa s leader who reflected on his meeting with china s president xijinping. take a listen. president xijinping and i discussed the ongoing conflict between russia and ukraine and its significant impact on developing economies in africa and elsewhere. we both agreed on the importance of dialogue and negotiation between the two sides. the block accounts for about 40% of the world s population. a quarter of the global economy. lupin rahman, manages the emerging markets portfolio at investment firm pimco. she told me what investors are looking for from the brics summit. investors are looking at a more medium term outlook rather than having a near term market impacts but it s important for emerging market investors to recognise is the first time brics are taking an international voice for th