In front by some distance. He is just the world record. Goodness me, this is very exciting indeed by halfway the destination of the gold medal was decided, but how long would it take to get there . Not long. Adam peaty was in a class of one. He said i want to do it, do and do it again. And he has done it my goodness me, adam peaty is the World Champion for the third time in a row. The time absolutely brilliant. That time 57. 14 was the fourth fastest in history, more than a second faster than anybody has ever swam. My biggest Statement Today was going faster than yesterday. I had to be ihad to bea i had to be a better person than myself. I made a tiny mistake on the first length trying to force the speed a bit too much. Im still learning. If there is still room for improvement, his world record in the 50 metres could be injeopardy tomorrow. The question is, how low can adam peaty go . Meanwhile, australian swimmer mack horton has been warned by the sports governing body, fina, after he
Also tonight. Up to a million Public Sector workers look set for an above inflation pay rise, but there are questions about who foots the bill. Five people crammed into a one bedroom flat we speak to two single mothers about the uks housing crisis. Despite a brave late fight, rory mcilroy is out of the open at royal portrush. And america lights up the Washington Monument to mark the 50th anniversary of the apollo moon landings. You want to go to the moon . Yes. Do you think you will ever get there . I dont know. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news Julian Alaphilippe extends his lead over Geraint Thomas after a stunning time trial win on stage 13 of the tour de france. Good evening. In a dramatic escalation of ongoing tensions, iran has tonight seized two vessels in the gulf a british flagged oil tanker and a liberian flagged ship. Its operated by a british company. The former, the stena impero, was bound for saudi arabia, but was tracked moving dramatically off course this afternoon
Career. Getting to the quarter finals is amazing butjust the way ive been fighting, for me, thats what is most exciting for me. I must say, being in the last eight at wimbledon isnt too bad. Next up for her is fellow american serena williams, who beat Carla Suarez Navarro in straight sets, wrapping upa Suarez Navarro in straight sets, wrapping up a match injust 64 minutes. Things took a little bit longer on court number two, where number three seed Karolina Pliskova lost out to an unseeded player in a match lasting over three hours. The sixth seed Petra Kvitova is also out, losing to british number one joanna konta while seventh seed simona halep is into the quarter finals at the expense of 15 year old coco gauff. Her dream run here is over at wimbledon after she was beaten by the former world number one in straight sets. You dont really use expect this kind of support when youre not in your home country but i felt like i was playing in new york somewhere. Im really ha p py playing in
And englands dreams of netball world cup gold are over after defeat to new zealand. One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. And 50 years on, the world remembers as events are held to mark the anniversary of the apollo 11 moon landing. Are fine, warm sunday on the way for most of us. But expected to turn wetter through the day. I have the forecast for that and the heat, that is what its all about in the week ahead. Join me later on. Its sunday, the 21st ofjuly, our top story British Airways has cancelled all flights to and from the egyptian capital, cairo, for seven days. The airline has described the move as a safety precaution. The german carrier, lufthansa, also announced it was suspending flights, but later confirmed its scheduled services will resume today. Andy moore is at heathrow for us with the latest. What more do we know about the reasons for these cancellations . Well, we dont know anymore, and since the are probably based on that intelligence assessment, we are
New figures from the mayor of london show what he says is a clear link between poverty in the capital and rising youth crime. And 50 years after the moon landings, we ask Neil Armstrongs sons and granddaughter how he felt, seeing the earth rise from the lunar surface. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im a joanna gosling. Englands Mens Cricket Team will this morning celebrate winning the mens cricket world cup for the first time, after an extraordinary finish to a tense final at lords. The main match ended in a tie which meant the game went to a super over to decide the winner, and it went down to the very last ball, a run out, another tie and england winning on the number of boundaries theyd scored. The queen sent her warmest congratulations to the team after a thrilling victory. She also sent commiserations to the runners up new zealand who she said competed so admirably throughout the tournament. Meanwhile, the new zealand prime Ministerjacinda Ardern posted on instagram t