austin covering a lot of ground in his first press conference since his secret hospital admission, addressing the elephant in the room saying he did not handle his diagnosis and hospitalization correctly, and reiterated the u.s. plans to respond to a deadly attack on u.s. service members in jordan. i m john roberts in new york city, and look who is here today. just like magic. gillian: we managed to shake free of it. great to be with you, john. i m in for sandra smith, she s out on assignment. america reports . general austin s briefing comes as u.s. officials confirm iran manufactured the drone used to kill the three american service members and injure dozens more during sunday s strike. calling the attack on sleeping soldiers egregious and looking for a multi-tiered strike in retaliation. john: tensions ratcheting up near the red sea, united states taking out an anti-aircraft missile in yemen, raising concerns the group could be expanding its target zone. gillian:
wind affecting parts of southern england reaching up to 80 miles an hour which is strong enough to bring down some trees. but in north west france they could have winds of up to over 100 miles an hour, that could rip roofs off buildings leading to structural damage. but not so far away the wind will be more typical for not so far away the wind will be more typicalfor some of not so far away the wind will be more typical for some of you, the kind of when we get quite often in the autumn and winter season. so the storm bringing a big variation in wind speed. today sunshine and showers, some rain for northern ireland again which could cause further issues and some rain for the north of scotland. 0vernight tonight storm ciaran arrives, a swathe of incredibly damaging wind working across north west france and the channel islands behind this cold front. we could get gusts of up to 100 miles an hour ripping some roofs of buildings and widespread trees being blown down so expect some
sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre we ll start with the cricket world cup, where south africa have cruised to a 190 run win over new zealand in pune. to put them on the brink of clinching a semi final spot, new zealand won the toss and must soon have regretted putting south africa into bat. opener quinton de kock tore into the black caps bowlers, racing to a century. he shared a partnership of 200 with rassie van der dussen who also quickly reached three figures as south africa piled up 357 for four. new zealand were never in the hunt and slumped to 167 all out, four wickets for spinner keshav maharaj. it means they drop to fourth after a third straight defeat, with crucial matches against pakistan and sri lanka to come. england s david willey has announed he ll retire from international cricket following the world cup. the bowler is the only player in the squad for the tournament not to be offered a central contract. with the team s director of cricket
covid inquiry she would find it hard to pick a day when regulations were followed and, as a summit begins about the safety of artificial intelligence, we hear about al s success in grading a rare form of cancer doctors say it could benefit thousands. and coming up on bbc news. another century for quinton de kock. he gets his fourth of the world cup as south africa hope to take a further step towards a semifinals against new zealand. good afternoon from jerusalem. the rafah crossing from gaza to egypt has opened, and there are reports that ambulances carrying a small number of seriously injured palestinians have entered egypt. it s the first time people have been able to leave the besieged territory since the current conflict between israel and hamas began. the foreign office says the rafah crossing is expected to open for limited time periods to also allow specific groups of foreign nationals through. it says british nationals will start to be taken out in stages over the c