cancer campaigner dame deborah james, host of the bbc podcast, you, me and the big c, has died at the age of a0. and, the seven time wimbledon champion serena williams suffers a shock first round defeat. she was playing herfirst singles match in a year. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the program. the inquiry into the riot at the us capitol last year has been hearing dramatic testimony from a former white house aide. cassidy hutchinson said donald trump knew supporters had weapons when he urged them to march to congress. she also said senior officials had warned repeatedly that mr trump s rally on that day to try to overturnjoe biden s victory could spiral out of control. our north america editor sarah smith has more. a surprise witness. her appearance, kept secret until today, delivered explosive testimony. describing how trump had been informed that many in the crowd on the 6th of january were carrying weapons. yet he
former semifinalist here, too, former semifinalist here, hubert hurkacz isn t at these championships any longer after he lost in the opening round, it is potentially looking like a djokovic nadal final but it is a bit too early to talk about that. in the women draw, the world number one iga swiatek showed us exactly why she is the standout player in men s and women s game this year. a 36 consecutive wins for her now. she beatjana fett in straight sets. she had to work for it in that second set, iga swiatek. admitted afterwards that she is still finding her feet on grass as she tries to translate her incredible clay court form which is offer when the french open last month. simona halep, a former champion here, she had arguably the toughest test in the opening round against karolina muchova but she came through that in straight sets. and coco gauff who made her name here at these championships three years ago by beating venus williams continues her incredible development. a runner up at