hello. i m nicky schiller. welcome to the programme. we start this hour with the latest on the uk general election. in the last hour the scottish national party leader, john swinney has launched his party s campaign for the vote onjuly the 4th. at an election rally mr swinney pushed for independence, celebrated his party s record on fighting the cost of living as well as attacking both the conservatives and labour. he said people in scotland wanted rid of a disastrous tory government, and he accusing labour of giving an awfully good impression of them. let s take a listen to some of what the snp leader said. there are some people telling me to forget about this election, but after looking at sir keir starmer s series of u turns, i think people are crying out for political leadership. for leaders who argue for what they actually believe in. and i passionately believe independence is the best opportunity we have to build a more prosperous and fairer country. snp leaderjohn
now it s time for a look at today s sport with gavin. thank you, nicky. we go straight to the french open. carlos alcatraz came back to win the first set and took the second set 6-3 first set and took the second set 6 3 as well. he will face stefan olsson tsitsipas in the next round. defending champion iga swiatek is through to the quarter finals of the women s singles and she made it look easy in her last 16 clash earlier. the world number one blew away anastasia potapova, ranked [list in the world, in straight sets. a double bagel, 6 0, 6 0 for swiatek, top of your screen, at her ruthless best getting the job done injust a0 minutes. meanwhile, coco gauff breezed past elizabetta cocciaretto to reach the last eight. the number 3 seed won 6 1,