for 13 days straight. and we will checkin for 13 days straight. and we will check in on the race for the republican nomination. the main contenders are in iowa today at an evangelical conference but the clear front runner donald trump is nowhere to be seen. first though let s start in france, where it is bastille day, marking the french revolution and as is often the case of the french president is joined is often the case of the french president isjoined by is often the case of the french president is joined by significant guest of honour. this year emmanuel macron rolled out that carpet for the indian prime minister as the two countries sealed high profile defence deals and deepen their ties. it is the latest trip from the indian leader who last month was in washington to meetjoe biden. what is behind this latest diplomatic push from new delhi. i spoke to someone from the king s college london to find out what is behind the diplomatic push. he london to find out what is beh
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hello from the bbc sport centre, i m delyth lloyd. let s start at the australian open, where there s been plenty of drama on day nine in melbourne. not so much though for the number two seed carlos alcaraz, who eased through to the quarter finals with a commanding display on the rod laver arena. the wimbledon champion lostjust eight games on his way to beating miomir kecmanovic of serbia in straight sets. it is great to find this level, to play this level in the matches, on the court, i am feeling better and better every day, i m feeling better every match that i am playing, coming into the quarterfinal with a lot of confidence. and in that quarter final, alcaraz will face the sixth seed alexander zverev, who was taken to a fifth set tie break by the 19th seed cameron norrie. the british number one twice came from behind to force a decider but it was zverev who booked his place in the last eight, sealing the tie break10 3. despite the loss, though, norrie remains optimistic.
more on all of those stories coming up more on all of those stories coming up in a moment or two but let s headfirst to the bbc sport centre. thank you, matthew. we start this hour with the second round of the us open. rory mcilroy has just teed off, he is a three shots off the lead. world number one is five off the lead on three under. masters winnerjohn rama is a further two strokes behind. the lead currently shared between two players who shot the lowest score in us open history in round one stop it was a great day. in round one stop it was a great da . ,., in round one stop it was a great da . , ., ., ., in round one stop it was a great da. ., ., . in round one stop it was a great da. . ,., in round one stop it was a great da. . ., day. got off to a nice start and then just. day. got off to a nice start and then just. i day. got off to a nice start and thenjust, i mean, day. got off to a nice start and thenjust, i mean, never- day. got off to a nice start and| the
that a total of nine people have been arrested over the serious disorder in parts of cardiff, including five who were detained early this morning yesterday you watch the police conference condemning the levels of violence, explaining the timeline of the disturbances, of those two teenagers who died. that news, nine people have been arrested over that disorder including five who had detained a little earlier on that day. that is the latest. we will obviously return to this if there is more. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s ollie foster. over to you. arne slot has ruled out a move to tottenham hotspur. the dutchman led feyenoord to their first eredivise title in 6 years and it had been reported that spurs had identified him as their number one choice as a fulltime managerial replacement for antonio conte who was sacked in march. slot says my wish is to stay at feyenoord and continue working on what we created last year. there is not and there