she upset the dynamic of the hierarchy in the royal family just by existing . good afternoon. the united nations has launched an emergency appeal for almost £140 million, to help pakistan deal with devastating floods that have killed hundreds of people. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, says the country was facing a monsoon on steroids that s left millions homeless. provinces like sindh and balochistan in the south are the worst affected, but mountainous regions in the north west have also been badly hit. our correspondent danjohnson has the very latest. so much of sindh province now lies under water after weeks of torrential monsoon rain. a third of the country has been affected, and so many people here have lost absolutely everything. translation: our houses - were destroyed by rain and floods. everything sank in water. we couldn t save our household, except for a few things. now we are sitting here in the open. translation: the rainwater came, our houses go
island of hokkaido. downing street confirms the prime minister has not received any further fines for breaking lockdown rules. supermarkets across the uk are limiting how much cooking oil customers are able to buy. supplies have been hit by the war in ukraine. and tyson fury will take on dillian whyte later in what s expected to be one of the biggest all british heavyweight fights in boxing history. now on bbc news, it s sportsday. hello, i m olly foster, here s what s coming up on sportsday this evening. four goals forjesus and manchester city are four points clear in the premier league. we re getting closer to huge all british world title fight as tyson fury defends his heavyweight crown against dillian whyte. verstappen wins the sprint to start on pole for tomorrow s grand prix at imola. good evening. we ll get to wembley later in sportsday and that huge heavyweight title fight, but let s start with the football and the premier league title race. with liverpool playing in
this year s 0pen champion cameron smith hasjoined the rebel saudi funded liv golf series. the world number two, who won his first major at st andrews last month, is the highest ranked player to defect to the lucrative new series that has caused a huge rift in golf. he will be in the field for fourth liv event of the year that starts in boston this friday. here s our golf correspondent iain carter. this is undoubtedly liv s biggest coup to be able to attract cameron smith who won in such sensational fashion at st andrews injuly but is also the reigning champion on the players championship, which is the biggest event on the pga tour, so a big blow for the pga tour to lose the winner of their flagship event but also a massive coup for liv golf because this player is at the height of his powers, the world number 2, reigning open champion.
able to defend his title at the all england club this summer, as covid 19 vaccines won t be required to play. djokovic was barred from the australian open injanuary because he hadn t been vaccinated. a record breaking 290,000 fans are expected to attend the 150th open championship at st andrews injuly. there were more than 1.3 million ticket applications, which has led to the highest ever number of general admission tickets. the previous highest attendance was 239,000 when tiger woods triumphed at st andrews in 2000. the 15 time major winner has said he intends to return there this summer. i think it was sold out before tiger announced that the masters that that would be his next majorfor sure. but now it will be the hottest ticket in world sport, never mind
the previous highest attendance was 239 thousand when tiger woods triumphed at st andrews in 2000. the is time major winner has said he intends to return there this summer. i think it was sold out before tiger announced at the masters that that would be his next majorfor sure. but now it s going to be the hottest ticket in world sport, never mind golf. tiger woods, ticket in world sport, never mind golf. tigerwoods, i ticket in world sport, never mind golf. tiger woods, isay ticket in world sport, never mind golf. tiger woods, i say all the time, he doesn t move the needle he is the needle. he s everything that we want and call. i for one will be there at st. andrews like the tens of thousands of others. britain s ethan hayter has won the prologue of the tour de romandie, as the cycling season gears up for this summer s grand tours. it s a six day race held in the french speaking part of switzerland, starting with a time trial and hayter, the british time trial champion, was fastest