should be really proud of what you ve done, and i m very proud of you as your friend, it s awesome i m proud and happy to do it with you yes, that s the best part thank you to all of you at home for joining us this hour if you re a superstitious person as i am, maybe you re familiar with the notion bad things happen in threes for example, you might get a flat tire and spill coffee all over yourself or sprain your ankle on the same day. or if you re donald trump you may grapple with a major setback in a federal investigation and be faced to face the specter of a state investigation in the same week. we learned late this afternoon trump s vice president mike pence will in fact testify before the special counsel s grand jury investigating january 6th. trump and even pence himself they had tried and failed to block that testimony, but in a statement today an aide for pence said pence will comply with the subpoena. will comply with the subpoena. a federal judge in d.c. ruled p
flying over the black sea. this is video of the type of reaper drone that went down. white house officials say that the russian move over international waters is the kind of thing that could spark a dangerous escalation between super powers. it could lead to m miscalculations between, you know, two militaries that are operating not obviously in ukraine together but certainly in proximity in the region. and we don t want to see the war escalate beyond what it has already done to the ukrainian people and so this is clearly this was inappropriate, unsafe, unprofessional conduct by the russian pilots. and salma abdelaziz is live in london for us. salma, russia and the u.s. have very different stories here about what happened. reporter: two very different narratives about what took place in the early hours of yesterday morning on the black sea. the united states says that russian fighter jets essentially reading between the lines harassed the united states drone. they say
good to be with you, i m katy tur. first it was the leaked memo from an air force general, warning his officers to prepare for a hot war with china in 2025. then it was news the u.s. is expanding its military presence in southeast asia, adding four more bases in the philippines on the doorstep of china. and now, the pentagon is faced with a chinese spy balloon first spotted over montana, which, by the way is home to one of the united states three nuclear silo fields. just a moment ago in a series of questions from reporters, brigadier general patrick ryder confirmed the balloon is not just drifting, that china is in control of it. the balloon is maneuverable. clearly it s violated u.s. airspace, and again, we ve communicated that fact to the prc. the fact is we know that it s a surveillance balloon. and i m not going to be able to be more specific than that. and we do know that the balloon has violated international airspace and international law which is unacceptable. we
the soaring cost of petrol and diesel and the competition watchdog launches an investigation into the way prices at the pump are regulated. way prices at the pump are regulated- way prices at the pump are reaulated. , ., ., . and in the wimbledon men s semi final, britain s cameron norrie loses in four sets to novak djokovic. and coming up in half an hour, foreign correspondents based in london give an outsider s view of events in the uk in dateline. they share their impressions of the reasons for boris johnson s departure and the reasons for who and what come next. welcome to bbc news and apologies for my sneezing fit. really caught me unawares that time. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, and his deputy, angela rayner, have been cleared by durham police of breaking lockdown rules. the force was looking into an event last april during election campaigning, when sir keir was pictured drinking from a bottle of beer in the office of another labour mp. he d promised to resign
champion novak djokovic. an incredible comeback for alfie hewett he s in the wheelchair singles final and chasing a first title at wimbledon. and we look ahead to a history making final in the women s single it s rybakina against jabeur tomorrow on centre court. who will come out on top? also coming up in the programme away from wimbledon: ex fifa boss blatter and former uefa president platini are found not guilty following their fraud trial in switzerland. and perfect pogacar does it again at the tour de france, as the defending champion enjoy his second stage win in as many days. hello there and welcome to sportsday. all the latest from wimbledon on the way, where s it s been a day of mixed emotions for the british players in action. we ll have more reaction to cam norrie s defeat to top seed novak djokovic coming up. but first, they used to be at the pinnacle of world football. today, sepp blatter and michel platini have been found not guilty following a fraud trial in