to take it 6 1. the third set was an absolute nailbiter. swiatek 4 1 down and seemingly out somehow survived breakpoints and even a matchpoint to take the set 7 5. she s now won 16 consecutive singles matches at roland garros. the dream of achieving three in a row at the french open is alive and well. over on the men s side, carlos alcaraz needed to dig deep to beat inspired qualifierjesper de jong and reach the french open third round. spain s alcaraz looked subdued at times in a 6 3, 6 4, 2 6, 6 2 victory over a player ranked 173 places below him. a rusty performance from the two time grand slam winner, who twice had to come from a break down in the fourth set. in the end, though, doing what he had to do. he dominated most of the points in the first set, and i was struggling to get to my good tennis, or the tennis and i was playing in the first and second set. then in the fourth set, i had to fight. i had to overcome the problems that i had much of the time with myself, but
hello, i m rajini vaidyanathan. you re watching the context on bbc news. london s free newspaper, the evening standard, is to scrap its daily print edition and move to a weekly publication instead. let s return to that breaking news from new york and donald trump s hush money trial. we heard earlier that thejury we heard earlier that the jury had returned to ask further questions. they wanted to hear some of the evidence again as they continue their deliberations. our north america correspondent nada tawfikjoins us now. just bring us up to date on what s been happening where you are. yeah. been happening where you are. yeah, well, the jury been happening where you are. yeah, well. the jury has been happening where you are. yeah, well, the jury has been been happening where you are. yeah, well, the jury has been sent been happening where you are. ir u well, the jury has been sent home now. they have not reached a verdict yet. they are still about nearly five hours int
is going to begin difference to. and in particular is going to begin difference to. and in particular keir starmer today targeting undecided voters, but in going for the middle ground to try and appeal to them, does he risk upsetting labour s base, those who may have backsjeremy corbyn in the last election? it s always tricky in british politics. westminster elections are first past the post and that means both main parties have to be pretty broad churches. the only way to win an election is to attract swing voters, so labour, their task is to win back voters who voted conservative in 2019. actually looking at the local elections, that s exactly what they are doing. they are building up seats. they are making the most gains in terms of number of votes, not seats, sorry, and areas in italy to where they are competitive with conservatives. now it is true that in local elections, they also lost votes in some areas, particularly in areas with a high percentage of muslim voters w
the attacker was injured in the leg and has been receiving medical care putters intend to discuss my condition is not considered life threatening. the police use peppe life threatening. the police use pepper spray and then fired several shots. this video doesn t capture all of those shots fired, there were more. we ve paused them at the moment when some of those gun shots were fired. german authorities have put police on high alert during the euros tournament. here s a spokesperson for the hamburg police, speaking shortly after the incident. translation: according to what we know now, i a man came out of a restaurant. he obviously had a molotov cocktail in his hand and also pickaxe. he also apparently tried to set fire to this molotov cocktail and then walked towards several people with it, including police officers who were on duty here at the time. and the police officers then made use of their firearms. we re assuming that this is an isolated case, which means that it s n
and then fire several shots. this video doesn t capture all of those shots fired, there were more. we ve paused them at the moment when some of those gun shots were fired. german authorities have put police on high alert during the euros tournament. here s a spokesperson for the hamburg police, speaking shortly after the incident. translation: according to what we know now, a man came out of a restaurant. he obviously had a molotov cocktail in his hand and also pickaxe. he also apparently tried to set fire to this molotov cocktail and then walked towards several people with it, including police officers who were on duty here at the time. and the police officers then made use of their firearms. we re assuming that this is an isolated case, which means that it s not football related. there s obviously no football connection, but we re dealing with an individual offender. and in this respect, i don t see any danger at all or any impact on the game today. i v e i ve just been i v