sport and for a full round up, let s go to the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre it s only day one of wimbledon, but already play has been disrupted by the weather. the roof came on over centre court, where the reigning men s singles champion novak djokovic has begun the defence of his title against pedro cachin. chethan pathak is watching and chetan it s going to plan so far for the number to seed? we had that sizeable delay in which novak djokovic was walking around centre court not happy with how slippery the surface was. they got the roof on pretty quickly but they delayed play for over an hour. it won t delay the inevitable though, he is looking very comfortable against pedro cachin, the 28 year old argentinian being the biggest match of his life. he had a good start and broke novak djokovic early on but novak djokovic looks cool and calm and it s a decade since he lost on that court. he is trying to win his eighth wimbledon title which would bring them l
not all good news for australia though. spinner nathan lyon is a doubt for the rest of the series after suffering what s been described as a significant calf strain on day two at lord s. he arrived at the ground earlier on crutches and cricket australia say a decision regarding his availability for the remainder of the series will be made at the conclusion of the game . defending wimbledon champion novak djokovic says he salutes and applauds the decision to allow russian and belorussian players to return to the tournament this year. the all england club were fined for banning them in 2022, but djokovic says sport should be above politics. meanwhile the club s chief executive has been explaining the increase in security in response to the protests that have disrupted a number of uk based sporting events this year. we have uplifted security around the grounds this year, we work with the met police and other agencies to look at the threat and risk each year and then put mea
lord goldsmith, resigns and aims his fire at the prime minister rishi sunak. he accuses the government of apathy towards climate issues. and a bbc investigation finds tiktok is not removing some videos that deny climate change despite a promise that it would. more on all that in a moment or two, let s head to the bbc sport centre for the latest on the cricket, and hopefully it s getting better for england because it was a dismal start. that s quite right, hello. just like in the first innings, josh tun has broken the stand in the ashes test at lord s. but a rare moment of success for england today. england s first innings ended with them losing six wickets forjust 46 runs in the morning session. all out for 325, 91 behind. since then despite losing david warnerfor 25 since then despite losing david warner for 25 australia has since then despite losing david warnerfor 25 australia has pushed on. 71 1 latest from lord s. not all good news for australia though. spinner nathan
re-election bid. rich edson live at the white house with the latest for us. good morning. president biden begins second day in california in san francisco meeting with those artificial intelligence experts as the white house says to seize the opportunities and manage the risks of a.i. technology. yesterday was all about climate. president biden touring a march land in palo alto, california. announced $600 million in funding to help mitigate the effects of climate change. the president took the opportunity to rip republicans for trying to reverse climate initiatives like this as biden has started campaigning for re-election. we re investing in the people and places that have been hit the hardest. but who are also on the front lines of leading us forward. unfortunately, some of our maga republican friends in congress are continuing to try undo all the progress we have already made in the first two and a half years. they were holding the country hostage over the debt limit
16 countries take the stage in liverpool later for the second semifinal. sticking with the eurovision theme, we are in liverpool at the shopping centre right in the heart of liverpool, surrounded by these beautiful eggs, i will tell you about them later on. the bank of england is expected to raise interest rates again today to 4.5%, the highest level in 15 years. it will be the 12th consecutive hike since december 2021, meaning mortgage payments could rise further for millions of customers. our business correspondent hannah miller reports. this is the first home gheev has owned, bought with his girlfriend two months ago. but since they agreed their mortgage, the monthly payments have gone up twice in line with the base rate of interest set by the bank of england. when we were coming to find a mortgage, the fixed rates were astronomically high. we figured that if the bank of england base rate goes up by another two or three percentage points, we re actually better off staying