In only their third ever test match. And coming up two arsenal stars are targetted in a carjacking attempt, by an armed gang in a london street. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9am. More disruption is expected on parts of the rail network today, after yesterdays high temperatures caused extensive damage. Network rail feared rail lines would buckle in yesterdays extreme heat. But with speed restrictions in place, that didnt happen. What did cause pandemonium yesterday, however, was damage caused by trains to overhead cables when the cables sagged in the heat, causing some fires. This left some commuters stuck in london late into the night. Repair work has been ongoing throughout the night but only half of the tracks north out of london st pancras have been fixed, meaning a significantly reduced service. East Midlands Trains has urged passengers not to travel to london st pancras from nottingham and sheffield. Its put an emergency timetable in place. Thameslink services which
Bring some localised damage and disruption, gusts up to 75mph for a time. We start off with some sunshine across scotland and much of england, you will be wondering what the pot is about, but further west we have got the Heavy Rain Piling in. The winds really start to pick up in the afternoon with those damaging, disruptive gusts and there will be large, battering waves pummelling the coastline, of around four or five metres pummelling the coastline, of around four orfive metres high. Four or five metres high. Temperatures four orfive metres high. Temperatures about 15 22, breezy with just the occasional shower across east anglia and South East England. Going through wednesday night, the heavy rain and the strong winds for scotland and northern england, the last dregs of that system pulling out of the way. What follows on thursday, Another Band Of Rain Coming off the atlantic, this one has the remains of storm ophelia, which was affecting the us over recent days. It will be bringing so
Sniper fired shots at police, killing five officers and wounding nine others. President obama played his nowfamiliar role of mourner in chief this week, calling on americans of all races to come together, as the people of dallas have done. How deep are americas divisions, and how can they be repaired . That is what we want to talk about this week, on quadriga, with three guests who are following the events there very closely. It is a pleasure to welcome erik kirschbaum. He is a new york native and longtime germany correspondent, currently working with the l. A. Times. He says, the United States feels like a powder keg, with deep political, economic, social, and racial divisions, threatening to erupt into a bigger explosion. And it is a pleasure to welcome Rieke Havertz. She is a Senior Editor at zeitonline, and she has also reported from the u. S. For a daily newspaper. She says, American Society has failed to address the issue of racism for years. President obama has to ask himself if
At the beginning of last century it was a relatively poor country dominated by agriculture. And here is where one of the darkest chapters of its s histoy started. Authorities routinely took orphans and children f from socially deprived families and forced them into physical labor in the countryside. Now, swiss politicians have passed a law to compensate the victims. But for some like walter steck, no amount of money could ease the suffering he continues to endure. Reporter walter steck values good food. He loves cooking for himself, and for others. But when he was a child, he was never sure if there would be enough food. I wouldnt get breakfast if i had wet the e bed. I wet my bed for a long, long time. So i was hungry for a long time. Reporter the swiss authorities deemed walter stecks parents social outcasts. They took him, a p placed hihimn a fofoster family. There, he had no other choice than work on the fields to earn his living. At the tender age of 5, he had become one of thousa
About the twohour drive or so down i20 at augusta. Not able to secure the major championship. The only one he hasnt won. Right here in atlanta. The fedex cup title, the tour championship. You can sweep both of those and take care of it. Chappell. Got a flag over there to market. Out. Its around there. And the lie is sitting down. Its very difficult to try to draw. To chappells ball perhaps. You saw the lie. It didnt look good from our vantage point. No. It depends. You said the ball was picked up. Correct . Yes. And dropped. Th go i dont know if its close to where it was or not close to where it was. It will be dropped in the area where it was. Thats what we were trying to determine if somebody knows where it was. They have to get it as close to the spot where the original tee shot is. Correct. Where it is now. He doesnt have much of an angle. He has to play up across the tree. Depending where it was originally hell have a lot to do with how much he has left in going to find that spot,