For the weekend, temperatures for Northern Ireland and scotland reaching into the low 20s in the warmest spot and perhaps the Mid 20s in the warmest areas of eastern england. So fine weather for the weekend. Thats it. Now, lets join our colleagues for the news where you are. Have a very good evening. Hello and welcome to sportsday im Olly Foster Paris prepares for part two, after the success of the olympics, the paralympics starts tonight and british atheltes are ready i will be ready to fight, and there will be a battle. The Transfer Window closes on friday, italian forward Federico Chiesa has agreed to join liverpool and leading from the front, Ollie Pope says he cant let the England Captaincy affect his batting also coming up on sportsday. Is this the end of The American Dream . Louis Ree Zammit is left out of the chiefs Playing Squad ahead of the Nfl Season two and half weeks after the olympics came to a close, we are just half an hour away from the paralympics Opening Ceremony. 11
Can only help us in that cause. Now to the Us Open Tennis where the wimbledon Champion Barbora Krejcikova is out. She was beaten in the second round by the romanian Qualifier Elena Gabriela ruse, beating the czech player 6 4, 7 5 to reach the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time. Krejcikova who was knocked out of the quarterfinals at the olympics chose not to play any hard Court Warm up events going into the tournament, and withdrew from the tournament in toronto with a thigh injury. In the mens draw, fourth Seed Alexander Zverev is in action in the louis armstrong stadium. Hes taking on Alexandre Muller of france, the two have never met before. Zverev has taken the first two sets the second one a closer affair, went to a tie break. Zverev leads the third set 3 1. While the former semi finalist Grigor Dimitrov is through to the third round, the bulgarian ninth Seed Beat australian rinky Hiji Kata in straight sets. Cricket and England And Sri lanka are making their final prepa
Hello, Im samantha sImmonds. Youre watchIng the context on Bbc News. The uk sets out plans for an ambItIous reset wIth europe as the PrIme MInIster vIsIts germany. SIr KeIr Starmer has made hIs fIrst bIlateral trIp as uk PrIme MInIster on a two Day VIsIt to some of europes bIggest powers. In the last few hours, weve seen hIm arrIve In parIs where he met wIth french presIdent Emmanuel Macron at the elysee, ahead of the paralympIcs OpenIng Ceremony. EarlIer, the pm met wIth german Chancellor Olaf Scholz In berlIn. The paIr announced theyre workIng a new bIlateral treaty to deepen cooperatIon on areas such as securIty, and the economy. KeIr starmer saId It was part of a wIder reset wIth europe. A new uk Anew Uk a new Uk Germany treaty, and once In a GeneratIon Chance to delIverfrom once In a GeneratIon Chance to delIver from workIng people once In a GeneratIon Chance to DelIverfrom WorkIng People In BrItaIn and In germany. A new agreement, a testament to the depth of potentIal of our re
Welcome back. The relationship between the United States and china has been severely tested during president biden s term in office. But since may last year, the Us National Security adviser Jake Sullivan has developed something of a connection with wang yi, the senior Foreign Policy official in beijing who answers directly to xi jinping. They met four times in the last year, a channel of communication that has served as something of a Shock Absorber when tensions arise over taiwan, ukraine, the south china sea. Today, sullivan arrived in beijing to continue that conversation, with some suggestion that the two president s might be laying the ground for another meeting Beforejoe Biden Leaves office. Its really interesting, this, annabel, because it seems Jake Sullivan is the back channel between washington and beijing right now, and to what and . Because theres been some Sabre Rattling in respect of ukraine and the special materials ageing is applying to russia will do you think it coul
Im jane dougall. Job done england are top of the group after their showdown against wales. A convincing win in the autumn nations cup puts them through to the final. Liverpool might be top of the table Butjurgen Klopp was furious at dropping points after conceeding a penalty to brighton in the dying moments. And hit for six. Portsmouth are through to the third round of the fa cup after thumping non league side kings lynn town. Well have a round up of all todays results. Welcome to the programme. England were expected to win and they got the job done, securing the top spot in their autumn nations cups group. Despite wales going ahead in the first few minutes, england were the far superior side, winning21i 13. It guarantees their place in next months final where theyll play either scotland or france. Drew savage was watching. The stance may be empty, the atmosphere not the same, but whatever the situation, this rivalry still burns bright. Right now though england are on top of their game