Welcome along, thank you forjoining us. Having lost all four of his previous grand slam quarterfinals taylor fritz has made it made it fifth time lucky. The american is into the semifinals of a major for the first time and that at his home grand slam after knocking out the fourth seed alexander zverev, who s at the bottom of your screen, in four sets. Fritz, who s 26 now, seeded 12th, keeps alive his hopes of becoming the first american men s singles champion at flushing meadows since andy roddick in 2003. I ve had a lot of looks at quarterfinals over the past couple of years and uh, today, just today, just felt different. I really felt like it was my time to take it a step further. And i mean, it s only fitting i m doing it here on this court at the open in front of the crowd. It s not just taylor fritz dreaming big. Another american emma navarro is also into her first grand slam semi final. The home crowd in new york turbo charging her performance navarro top of your screen
For Western Scotland and Northern Ireland. Southern britain will be wet. Thundery rain could give rise to localised flooding in places. We are picking up a strong easterly wind as well which will be noticeable across North Sea coast. Temperatures around 20 in the south, may be higher for Western Scotland. That theme continues friday and into the weekend. In the north, best of the weekend. In the north, best of the sunshine here, and in Northern Ireland, Heavy Rain across the south and particularly on friday so stay tuned to the weather forecast. Thank you very much. It is time for the news know where you are. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Im 0lly foster. More british medals on the sixth day of paralympic competition in paris, but no golds yet today. Bazball goes multi ball. Brendon mccullum will lead englands cricketers in all forms of the game from next year. And three days before Craig Bellamy s first match in charge, we check in with the wales squad. Also coming up on sportsday fr
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Strict coronavirus lockdown measures. Claims of contaminated communities in nigeria a dutch court is expected to deliver its verdict against Oil Giant Shell. And the u. S. Names robots mali who helped negotiate the 2015 nuclear deal as special envoy to iraq. So we begin with news of another covert 1000 vaccine that could soon and. Late stage trials of the u. S. Produce never backs job so its been nearly 90 percent effective and it sent have some effect of us against both u. K. And to a slightly lesser extent South African variance u. K. May approve its used by june. That scene already in demand is made by astra zeneca however the company has angered e. U. Officials for causing a supply European Commission chief says astra zeneca hasnt given a plausible explanation and is warning it may stop any vaccines money factored in the belt from being exported ice on fighting europes Medicine Agency is expected to recommend approval of the astra zeneca vaccine for legend. But it does go up to as
On Peaceful Protesters in october, killing 12. This comes after cnn aired of military using live ammunition. We will speak to cnns Award Winning Foreign Correspondent nima elbagir about the killings in nigeria, as well as the crisis in ethiopia. Then we go to india where an estimated 250 million workers, farmers, and their allies recently participated in what is believed to be the largest organized strike in history. India is my country and delhi is the capital. Im not even allowed to enter. Our Home Movement has been peaceful. Theyre shooting this with Water Cannons. We were also beaten. But no farmers retaliated violently. Amy this comes as Indian Farmers continue to protest Prime Minister Narendra Modis move to deregulate agricultural markets. We will speak to indian journalist p sainath, founder of peoples archive of rural india. We will speak about Narendra Modi and covid in india. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. I