As 21 year old Peyton Stearns took wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova all the way as the czech player won in three sets in a match lasting over two hours. Another american is also out, Asjessica Pegula was beaten in straight sets by madison keys. Pegula left the court in tears, but she does still have a part to play later on in the womens doubles, while shes also a part of the mixed doubles, too. With less than four weeks to go until the ryder cup begins, we now know who will line up for team europe as they aim to win back the trophy from the usa. Captain luke donald has named his six wild card picks, and interestingly, he included swedens ludvig aberg. The 23 year old only turned professional injune, but did win the European Masters On Sunday and will now make his ryder cup debut alongside fellow wild card pickjustin rose, whos been impressed by abergs rise. He tends to have a couple of weapons that everybody does not have at their disposal so he has been fun to follow. Obviously
Well hear from captain harry kane about their desire to go one further than recent tournaments and get their hands on a trophy. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. We are live in southern israel, less than a mile from the gaza strip, behind me about an hours drive from tel aviv. The us President Joe Biden is now in tel aviv for meetings with the israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his war cabinet. Soon after the us president arrived he said he was Deeply Saddened And Outraged by the devastating explosion at a hospital in gaza city yesterday evening. He said responsibility lay with what he called the other team. In other words, israel didnt do it. The Israeli Military blames the attack on a misfired rocket from palestinian islamichhad group. Its the second biggest armed group in the gaza strip. Like hamas its backed by iran. It is usually seen as more extreme than hamas but both groups are designated as Terrorist Organisations by many western governments, includ
In the south and west. For the rest of us it will be fairly cloudy with sunny spells. But the wind will strengthen widely throughout the day. Details later in the programme. Good morning. Its wednesday, 18th october. Theres been International Condemnation after an explosion at a hospital in gaza is reported to have killed at least 500 people. The blast has raised the diplomatic stakes for President Biden, whos currently flying to israel to try to prevent the violence spreading elsewhere in the middle east. Hamas a group designated as a Terror Organisation by many western governments says the Al Ahli Hospital was hit by an israeli air strike. But israel has blamed the palestinian group, islamichhad, but its denied any involvement, describing the accusations as lies. Wyre davies has the latest. Pictures from Gaza Last Night showed scenes of utter chaos. Bloodied, wounded casualties from the partially destroyed al ahli arab hospital. Videos many too graphic to broadcast showed the broken
On bbc london their first ever chance to vote. We speak to young londoners about what issues matter to them ahead of the Mayoral Election on thursday. Good afternoon. And we start with dramatic Political Developments in edinburgh where in the last hour scotlands First Minister humza yousaf has announced that hes resigning. Hes been under growing pressure after he ripped up a Power Sharing Deal with the scottish green party. As a result, he had been facing two separate votes of no confidence this week. Well, in an emotional statement a short time ago, mr yousaf said hes not willing to trade his values and principles simply to hold on to power. Our scotland editor james cook is in edinburgh. This was a pretty emotional statement. Humza yousaf pretty close to tears at the end of that statement . To tears at the end of that statement . ,. , ~ ,. , statement . Yes, he was. As you say, emotional as statement . Yes, he was. As you say, emotional as he statement . Yes, he was. As you say, emot