good morning. iam good morning. i am out of the very front and to get this prized position you had to be here two days ago, at a 7am on saturday morning. it won t be long before this lot are inside. that is wherejohn and carol r. yes, good morning. the big news on day one of these wimbledon championships is the withdrawal of nick kyrgios. the beaten finalist last year and the amount s singles is out because of a wrist injury after what has been an injury ravaged season. and will it stay dry? well, actually, we are expecting some showers this afternoon at wimbledon. for most, rain in the north of scotland, rain in northern ireland putting eastwards. behind all of that, sunshine and showers. a day for taking the brolly. more later. good morning. it s monday, the 3rd ofjuly. it appears to have been a calmer night across france, after the family of a teenager shot dead by police said they did not want his death to spark riots. police made around 80 arrests overnight, down from mo
greg: okay. it feels good. yes. [laughing] stop it. stop it. keep going. i m kidding. happy monday, everyone. so last week s sports illustrated announced they were laying off their entire staff. you could see it coming like a plus size model down a fashion runway. still this was a big deal for those of us who grew up when as i was required reading. nobody knows what that means. so it is said that si managed to go to an a mental institution in record time. if anyone wants to learn how not to run a company, s.i. has your game plan. that is because the management tried almost everything they could to they could think of to drive clicks except for one tiny thing, keeping the focus on exports. you know the subject they were supposed to be illustrating instead of showing how to run a brand faster than it takes to chug a bud light? [laughter] what management should have tried is remembering what their loyal customers want, sports, straight up without the woke chaser.
chancellor of the exchequer, backed up chancellor of the exchequer, backed up by chancellor of the exchequer, backed up by jacob chancellor of the exchequer, backed up byjacob rees mogg. john redwood describes liz truss as a breath of fresh air he was running the policy at number ten when margaret thatcher was in her pump. fix, bit policy at number ten when margaret thatcher was in her pump. thatcher was in her pump. a bit of a blast from the thatcher was in her pump. a bit of a blast from the past thatcher was in her pump. a bit of a blast from the past for thatcher was in her pump. a bit of a blast from the past for our - thatcher was in her pump. a bit of a blast from the past for our viewers, | blast from the past for our viewers, hearing john redwood s name. not someone often spoken about in today s politics, but still an mp and one who is well respected in parliament. of course, liz truss has spent a long time trying to avoid these parallels between her and ma
it s all rather depressing. onto the death of james lovelock it s all rather depressing. onto the death of james lovelock on - it s all rather depressing. onto the death of james lovelock on his - it s all rather depressing. onto the l death of james lovelock on his 103rd death of james lovelock on his 103rd birthday, stephen sackur how to talk with him, he was an extraordinary unorthodox scientist who never went along with the orthodoxy of the scientific world which made him so brilliant. did you read that book you did on the gaia theory of the universe, and just how pressing it he was about these things? of course backin he was about these things? of course back in the 19605 and he was about these things? of course back in the 19605 and 705, itju5t didn t seem as relevant as it is today. leie i didn t read the book but i ve been reading about him, such an interesting character. for such an interesting character. far ahead of his time in the 1960s and 705. ahead of his t
strategy, undersecretary state blanket and under the national security adviser but also under president biden has been fairly straight and forth right now. i think this is some free ranging by speaker pelosi. doesn t have a reputational impact in the united states? of course it does. but beneath the surface, as we all know, the administration is desperately trying to stop talk speaker pelosi out of it. as a friend and partner of the united states but now heading a think tank, i would also urge speaker pelosi simply to postpone the visit, send some other congressional representatives at this stage. they are so many tender boxes at the world of the moment. why unnecessarily add an additional tinderbox when we ve got so much else we are wrestling with?- else we are wrestling with? kevin, thank yom the us secretary of state, antony blinken, says the us has offered a substantial deal to russia, aimed at freeing american detainees brittney griner and paul whelan. mr blinken sa