of rain, breezy but for central southern and eastern england a drier date especially across the south east, still a few showers in the afternoon but not as intense as today. temperatures around the seasonal norm, 23 25 in england and wales, 19 20 further north and we will have lost the humidity. friday sunshine and showers, most in the north and west, the best brighter weather will be in the south and east and temperatures close to 20 across the north. in the weekend turning more unsettled and windy. thanks, stav. that s it. i ll be back at ten, but you can keep up with all the latest developments of course on the bbc website, and the news hello, and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. the headlines this evening. the opening of the heavens and a pope are england s only salvation, as south africa control a rain shortened first day at lord s. those in the water, even briefly, bring britain s golden day at the european championships, with andrea spendolini sirieix taking a
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the only survivor behind the gun and bomb attacks that killed 130 people in the biggest trial in modern french history following the country s worst peacetime attack. it shook paris to its core in november 2015. as well as those killed, hundreds were injured during horrendous attacks on bars, restaurants, the national football stadium and the bataclan music venue. arrested in brussels four months after the attacks, salah abdeslam said he was a soldier of the so called islamic state group, but later apologised to victims and claimed he decided not to detonate his suicide vest on the night of the attack. but the court accepted evidence that the suicide vest was, infact, defective and there was no last minute change of heart. their full life sentence now leaves him only a small chance of parole after 30 years. the court convicted all 20 men put on trial, 19 of them on terrorism charges. the rulings can be appealed. translation: i m satisfied with the sentence and i think that
a industry are outrageous. fourth hearing into the ja| attack a fourth hearing into the january 6 attack on the us capitol is under way in washington as we speak. prince william, the duke of cambridge, is celebrating his 40th birthday. good evening. millions of passengers have faced disruption today after the biggest strike on britain s railways for 30 years got under way. the rmt union and rail bosses say they will resume talks tomorrow but even if there s any progress, it will come too late to avoid disruption on thursday, the next planned day of the walk out. what s the dispute about? as ever, it depends on who you ask. for the union, pay and job security are key. rail bosses says it s also about modernisation. they intend to start the process next month. borisjohnson had his say this morning, urging commuters to stay the course because as he said modernisation would be in their interest. our first report is from bournemouth and our transport correspondent, katy austin.
my guest today is marjorie dannenfelser, president of the susan b anthony pro life america group, an activist organisation supporting anti abortion politicians. groups like hers are savouring a big victory. could it yet turn sour? marjorie dannenfelser in washington, dc, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much, stephen. let me start first with the human and health care aspects of the supreme court ruling. is there any reason to believe that there will be fewer abortions in the united states because of the decision the supreme court came up with? well, i m glad you begin therapy because it s a fully human issue. so far we know that there will be fewer abortions because many states have already passed either a complete or partial limit on abortion. even just yesterday in the state of georgia the heartbeat ban, which means there is a limit at the point in which there is a heard heartbeat of the baby, the courtjust lifted its injunction of that law and it went into effect. so that