across the uk. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: newly appointed chancellor nadhim zahawi and transport secretary grant shapps announce they ll be standing for the conservative party leadership. the president of sri lanka announces he ll step down on the thirteenth ofjuly after protestors storm his official residence and set the prime minister s home on fire it s over the handling of the country s economic crisis. the body of japan s assassinated former prime minister is brought home. police admit security flaws over his shooting. health warnings are issued as southern and eastern areas of the uk prepare for a heatwave that could bring record breaking temperatures over the next week. now on bbc news it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. coming up in the programme, history maker, elena rybakina. the wimbledon champion, first time grand slam winner. to champion, first time grand slam winner. ., , . . winner. to be a winner, i mean, it is ust winner.
bumper day here at the commonwealth games, the penultimate day, with 45 gold medals to be one, easily the busiest games day that we have had so far. the women s road racing, england s anna henderson among the competitors and matt. as for last night. well, we were hoping for a super saturday in the athletics stadium but it failed to materialise. nick miller did win gold for england in the hammer, but other hopefuls were pushed down the medals. here s our sports correspondent natalie pirks. every sinew strained, every effort made, but gold remains elusive. keely hodgkinson won silver at the world championships and hopes were high in the 800 metres, but when kenya s mary moraa turned the burners on, there was no stopping her. bronze for scotland s laura muir and boogie wonderland for moraa. 10 years ago, keely hodgkinson watched super saturday at london 2012 and decided to focus on running. she now has world silver, 0lympic silver and commonwealth silver. i m not quite sure i co
the world s first fully working sand battery is installed in finland, with developers calling it a major breakthrough for green energy. and england chase victory over india at edgbaston to win the fifth test. borisjohnson s decision to appoint chris pincher as deputy chief whip is facing further scrutiny as a former top civil servant at the foreign office, lord mcdonald writes to the parliamentary standards commissioner this morning, saying that borisjohnson was briefed in person about an investigation into chris pincher s conduct as a foreign office minister. downing street had previously claimed that the prime minister wasn t aware of any specific allegations against mr pincher when he was appointed in february. but the bbc learned last night that boris johnson and the foreign secretary at the time, dominic raab, both knew about the issue. mr pincher resigned as deputy chief whip last thursday and was suspended as a conservative party mp after being accused of groping two
the broadcaster nicky campbell alleges he and some of his friends were physically and sexually abused at school in the 1970s. the edinburgh academy has apologised to anyone who was abused there. what i witnessed was horrific. and thinking about it, i realised how much it sjust a part of my psychological furniture, always there. and after travelling all round the commonwealth the queen s baton has arrived in birmingham, for tomorrow s opening ceremony of the 22nd commonwealth games. and coming up on the bbc news channel. germany take on france in the second euros semi final this evening. so who will england face at wembley? good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. england are celebrating a thrilling performance last night as they thrashed sweden to book their place in sunday s women s euros final. a peak audience of more than nine million tv viewers watched the lionesses win their semi final at bramall lane in sheffield 4 0 with goals from beth mead, lucy bronz