injury, winning the australian and french opens. and last on centre court is serena williams who has not played a singles match since hobbling off centre court in the first round last year. she said she had a lot of motivation to make sure that was not her last memory. elsewhere, 12 brits in action and an early win for ryan peniston on his wimbledon singles debut. thank you very much, laura. time for a look at the weather. here s chris fawkes. we saw a bit of sunshine poking through the clouds at wimbledon and it is across eastern areas that we have got bright and sunny skies. however, it is a day of weather contrasts and it is not nice everywhere by any stretch, across western areas, thicker cloud on the way in and heavy rain around. meanwhile, to the east of the uk, we have got a heatwave, look at the temperatures, well above normal, even into the mid 40s across parts of southern italy. that is because the high temperatures are caused by a big ridge in thejet stream which s
marketplace fairness act. it s just an internet sales tax which big companies like amazon support. why? because it helps amazon priced out smaller competitors and according to congress, that s marketplace fairness. so we should all be very, very, very concerned that congress just passed something called the inflation reduction act. it mandates hundreds of billions of new dollars in spending that will increase the money supply in thisal country and that will in turnue devalue the currency and that in turn cause more inflation. that s basic supply and demand.a butti before we get to the specifics of the legislation, keep in mindhi life is already so expensive ins this country that we literally have bread lines in major cities foxes. jeff flock to spoke toke volunteers at one food bank in camden, new jersey, who say that many people cannot afford rice and beans. nd look at all these people. this is a line that runs almosta around the block herelm. y yeah, thingsou cost more . an
polarizing us institution. great. frankly, it s not really surprising. last year, for example, trusttea the media hit an all time low and it just can t rebound. it seems low this last week wass clarified why with why it s a lie, especially whend. comes o the supreme court. you want to give an example? here we go . new york times call holsey writes this about that big political roe v. wade ruling. senate republicans did not havep to take the politically risky step of banning abortions. the courts took care of that for them. really,rt you would think someoe who s been reporting for more than 30 years couldrm. easy have got this right. but he didn t with the supreme courtut actually did, as you knw ,was kicked the decision back to the states. they did not ban abortion atrd all yesterday after the court rejected a case from health care workers challenging new york s vaccine mandate. who else went after but clarence thomas is found, as a fact checking now. do you mind fact check
and bowel cancer campaigner dame deborah james host of the bbc podcast you, me and the big c has died at the age of a0. three near williams suffers a shock first round defeat. she was playing herfirst singles match in more than a year. and serena williams. the inquiry into the riot at the us capitol last year has been hearing dramtic testomony from a former white house aide. cassidy hutchinson said donald trump knew supporters had weapons when he urged them to march to congress. she also said senior officials had warned repeatedly that mr trump s rally on that day to try to overturnjoe biden s victory could spiral out of control. our north america editor sarah smith has more. do you swear on. a surprise witness. her appearance, kept secret until today, delivered explosive testimony. describing how trump had been informed that many in the crowd on 6 january were carrying weapons. yet he was furious about security measures. metal detectors were used to find guns and knives.
after by election losses. and at least 21 people are reported to have been found dead at a nightclub in the south african city of east london. a russian missile strike on ukraine s capital, kyiv, at dawn, has killed at least one person and injured four others. it happened as world g7 leaders meet in bavaria, where the ukraine war will no doubt dominate the agenda. let sjoin my colleague shaun ley in garmisch in the bavarian alps. the buzz of helicopters overhead and behind me tells you about the impact that all of this is having and the preparations for the evening session which will be discussing and security policy and further sanctions on russia within the last hour. the g7 nations band on the exports in truth, it won t hit rush as hard as some permanent band sanctions against others which europe still depends. but all eyes and thoughts on the issues of official agendas on ukraine. president zelensky warned that the war was entering more difficult phase in difficult phase