hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: a massive explosion has severely damaged the strategically important road and rail bridge connecting occupied crimea to russia. the un nuclear watchdog calls for the urgent protection of the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in ukraine after shelling cuts its external power. ten people have been killed and eight injured in an explosion at a petrol station in the republic of ireland police say it appears to have been a tragic accident . protests continue in iran and around the world as three people are killed in the country. now on bbc news it s time for sportsday. , hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. the perfect start england get their rugby union world cup campaign going in record breaking style against fiji. haaland on target again for manchester city, who go top tonight in the premier league. could this be the perfect weekend for max verstappen? he s claimed pole for the japanese grand prix, where he could retain his wo
timeframe look at the sport. let s start with cricket where we re just over an hour away from the start of play on day four of the third and final test against new zealand at headingley and momentum looks to have swung back in england s favour. the hosts finished with a first innings lead thanks to another stunning performance from jonny bairstow who made 162. new zealand started their second innings brightly, opener tom latham reached half century before being caught for 76, and that was the start of their batting collapse as four more fell, henry nicholls the last to go, so new zealand will resume 168 forfive. we didn t have the best of sessions in the middle session, new zealand took that one, we just wanted to come out with positive vibes that we came up with whenjamie started batting, and we decided to go out with positive intent and look to change the game on its head, we got three wickets in that short space of time and hopefully put them under pressure overnight.
we havejurassic world dominion. the dinosaurs are back. we have swan song, starring german legend udo kier. and all my friends hate me. is it a comedy? is it a horror movie? dinosaurs are back. that s it. end of the review. there we go. thank you very much. thank you for watching. so, this picks up four years after fallen kingdom. man and dinosaurs must coexist because the dinosaurs are now out in the world. also co existing are the stars of the originaljurassic park movies and the stars of the jurassic world movies. see what they ve done? brought them all together, kind of big variety stage. the plot this time revolves around a sinister biotech company who are scheming to take over the world s food supplies through genetic engineering. our heroes must unite to save themselves and the world. here s a clip. we got to go. going to have to break a window to get inside that thing. hope nobody s afraid of heights. growling both: don t move. now, did that look at all familiar to yo
the figure which tells us the rate at which prices are rising hit the bank of england s target of 2% in may, coming down from 2.3% in april. our chief economics correspondent dharshini david reports. gary in sussex used to have seven butchers shops. he now has four. forced to make cuts as he s been caught between soaring costs over the last few years and customers with lean budgets looking for value. but things are easing. the price is probably 10 15% more than they were at the beginning of covid, but the actual price of the product is pretty much stationary now. well, we hope it s stationary. it would be nice if it would come down, but i can t see that, not in the foreseeable future anyway. it s global food and energy costs, which triggered the rise in inflation to 11% in 2022, which have also helped it fall to the 2% target, along with the rate rises over the last couple of years. as you may have noticed, the prices of goods are rising more slowly as the impact of the w
First lady melania, and he will also be visiting louisiana, with people saying they hope he will be the comforter in chief. Well have more of that at the top of that are so stay tuned to that but in the meantime we will cross to the bbc Sports Centre now for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday. A record 69th pole for Lewis Hamilton. He overtakes Michael Schumachers record at a rainy monza, ahead of the italian grand prix. Wales in their qualifier with austria. Also coming up in the programme t20 action from the final. And are you crzay for crazy golf you could become a professional, as mike bushell has been finding out. Welcome to the programme. Well start with formula one because in the last hour Lewis Hamilton has set a new pole position record in reaching his 69th career pole, breaking the previous landmark set by michael schumacher. In treacherous conditions that saw qualifying suspended for more than two and a half hours hamilton was more than a second quicker than his neare