sport and a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. good morning. good morning, we start with some cricket news we understand ben stokes will be announced as the new captain of england s test team later this morning. england s talisman all rounder, was the overwhelming favourite. . . . . most recently vice captain, forjoe root, who resigned a fortnight ago.after the test sides poor run of form. . . england have lost five series on the trot,...now stokes who took time away from the sport last year, hopes to reignite, the test team, in their summer test matches against new zealand, india and south africa. it s widely thought he will bring experienced bowlersjimmy anderson and stuart broad back into the fold after they were dropped for the series defeat in west indies. liverpool are on course for the champions league final, and they will feel, they should have won by more
the fold undoubtedly, but yes, stokes seeing the obvious option an i think he will be a good one. he is a natural leaders, he has respect from those in the dressing room. is the next piece of the puzzle will be getting a head coach in for the test team. they are on a terrible run of result. rob keane says that stokes epitomises the mentality they want to take forward. does that suggest a more adventurous style, more front foot cricket we didn t see under root. , . ., , ., root. it s a winning mentality that ben stokes root. it s a winning mentality that ben stokes has, root. it s a winning mentality that ben stokes has, he root. it s a winning mentality that ben stokes has, he has root. it s a winning mentality that ben stokes has, he has a - root. it s a winning mentality that ben stokes has, he has a belief i root. it s a winning mentality that | ben stokes has, he has a belief you can win from any position, that was epitomised in the way he pulled back that incredible head
of the relegation zone. some good news forjoe root. last week he resigned as england test captain after a woeful series of results, but he s been named the world s leading men s cricketer by wisden. roots departure ended a tumultuous five year tenure, during which the 31 year old scored more runs than any previous england test captain. that move by wimbledon reflecting a stance taken by other sports as well, team sports, it s worth pointing out. we know russia have been excluded from competing in the world cup play offs and we saw the champions league final moved from saint petersburg to france this year and russia will not be competing in the women s euros as well but that is team sports and i guess this raises the question should individual athletes be punished for the actions of their country. what is certain though is that we will not be seeing someone like daniil medvedev winning here this summer and the message that would send out
if you dare, the look down gives that added sense of perspective. these would normally hover overhead. up here, you can look them in the eye. there is something magical about being in amongst the rooftops, seeing the shine of a cleaned up big ben in this platinum jubilee year. it is an opportunity to view this historic building in a different way. daniela relph, bbc news, westminster abbey. it does look absolutely magnificent. beautiful. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i m victoria hollins. extra police are patrolling an area of east ham, after an attack on muslim worshippers on tuesday night outside a mosque.
root s departure ended a difficult five year term during which the 31 year old scored more runs than any previous england test captain. after ten years away from the ring, 43 year old ricky hatton has announced his return to boxing. the former two weight world champion, who now trains his son campbell, will fight mexico s marco antonio barrera over eight rounds on the 2nd ofjuly in manchester in an enhibition bout. hatton retired in 2012, while barrera hasn t fought since 2011. and just some news in the last half an hour, f1 driver carlos sainz has signed a two year contract with ferrari. we will bring you more on that later. that s all the sport for now. across ukraine s kyiv region, efforts have begun to clear the countless pieces of unexploded ammunition left behind after fierce fighting. the main hospital there says it s receiving increasing numbers of patients who ve touched or stepped on mines and shells.