announcements in the conservative leadership race. now on bbc news, it is time for sports day. hello, i m olly foster, here s what s coming up on sportsday: leclerc spins out of the french grand prix handing victory to max verstappen. no winners at headingley, play is abandoned as england draw their series against south africa. and henderson holds her nerve on the final green to win her second golf major. hello there, we ll start with formula 1, where the world champion max verstappen has built up a huge lead in the drivers standings after victory at the french grand prix. he s now 63 points clear of ferarri s charles leclerc who says says he doesn t deserve to be world champion after spinning out of the race. there was a better day for mercedes, with lewis hamilton and george russell both on the podium. adam wild reports. the french grand prix may have an uncertain future but for now, it s here and amidst the anthem it is quite unmistakable. charles leclaire began out in fro
now on bbc news, it is time for sports day. hello and welcome to sportsday i m olly foster. they ve already won their series but there s no let up from england s women as they beat south africa again. danish delight at the tour de france tomorow there ll be champagne on the champs elysees forjonas vingegaard. and, the flying ferrari can leclerc cut verstappen s championship lead before formula 1 s summer break? good evening. england s women had already won their multi format series against south africa, but didn t take their foot off the gas in worcester today, winning their second t20 match by six wickets. they have one more t20 before they turn their attention to the commonwealth games in birmingham where they ll face south africa again. the england skipper heather knight sat out the game with a hip problem, her replacement, the teenager alice capsey had a good debut while katherine brunt made bowling history. lydia campbell reports. the final chance for a pep talk be
Correspondent, nick beake in kalamata in greece. Dramatic news from the court this morning. Yes, absolutely. There were loud cheers when the protesters who were outside the court heard this news, when the verdict of the three judges filtered through to people outside. Basically what has happened here is that the judges have looked at this case and they have thrown it out, and that means that these nine egyptian men, who have been in custody for the best part of a year, we anticipate that they will be freed. They have just been taken back to the prison where they have been detained for 11 months, but the expectation is that they will be free men. How did we get to this point . This trial started early this morning, and the Defence Lawyers were saying that because this boat sank in international waters, the court he had nojurisdiction, so basically no legal basis to try these nine men. The threejudges considered this and the prosecutor, who for the past 11 months has been building a case
The singapore bound boeing plane was diverted to bangkok and landed at 15 45 local time. The aircraft was carrying a total of 211 passengers and 18 crew. The airline said in a statement. Singapore Airlines Offers its deepest condolences to the family of the deceased. Our priority is to provide all possible assistance to all passengers and crew on board the aircraft. Joining us now on the line is our South East Asia correspondent, jonathan head. Katie austin joins us first. This strikes me as incredibly unusual news, to hear of the death apparently during this episode of turbulence. ,. , apparently during this episode of turbulence turbulence. Yes, a very sad incident turbulence. Yes, a very sad incident. Turbulence turbulence. Yes, a very sad incident. Turbulence itself. Turbulence. Yes, a very sad | incident. Turbulence itself is turbulence. Yes, a very sad incident. Turbulence itself is not particular unusual, but yes, we dont often hear of somebody actually dying as a result. So thi