For the weekend, temperatures for Northern Ireland and scotland reaching into the low 20s in the warmest spot and perhaps the Mid 20s in the warmest areas of eastern england. So fine weather for the weekend. Thats it. Now, lets join our colleagues for the news where you are. Have a very good evening. Hello and welcome to sportsday im Olly Foster Paris prepares for part two, after the success of the olympics, the paralympics starts tonight and british atheltes are ready i will be ready to fight, and there will be a battle. The Transfer Window closes on friday, italian forward Federico Chiesa has agreed to join liverpool and leading from the front, Ollie Pope says he cant let the England Captaincy affect his batting also coming up on sportsday. Is this the end of The American Dream . Louis Ree Zammit is left out of the chiefs Playing Squad ahead of the Nfl Season two and half weeks after the olympics came to a close, we are just half an hour away from the paralympics Opening Ceremony. 11
Gauff tookjust 66 minutes to get past her opponent at the arthur ashe stadium, winning in straight sets. Shell now face qualifier Tatjana Maria in the second round as she looks to retain her title, and despite a difficult few months that saw her lose in the third round of the paris olympics, gauff is feeling confident. I dont have to prove anything to anyone except myself, so this whole two weeks are about proving all the expectations i have on myself, so i thinkjust learning and realising i have a lot left to give this game. Whether it will happen this year or in the future, i have many more years coming back year and i would win every year. I thinkjust that perspective. Also safely through her opening match is last years runner up, aryna sabalenka. She beat qualifier Priscilla Hon in straight sets and will face italys Lucia Bronzetti in the second round after her opponent, lulu sun, retired. Manchester united have agreed a 50 Million Euro fee with Paris St Germain for midfielder manu
Hello. A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business, and sport. Also in the programme the British Council says brexit is causing poorer children to fall behind in learning foreign languages. So wed like to hear from you on this. How important is it to learn another language . Are brits lazier because we can get by . Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Members of the European Parliament are due to select a president for the Assembly Later today. Theyll also consider whether to approve the appointment of the German Defence minister, ursula von der leyen, as president of the blocs powerful executive arm. Eu heads of government selected her to succeed jean claude juncker, ignoring the parliaments own candidate. Adam fleming reports from strasbourg. The Brexit Party Meps dont want to be here, and they didnt want to hear this. Music ode to joy. Its unlikely theyll get into trouble, and it sounds like theres more to come
Policies after a bbc investigation finds young people feeling pressurised over the purchase of digital gifts. Englands lionesses miss out on a place in the final of the womens world cup a missed penalty meant the usa won 2 1. 53,000 fans packed into the stadium here last night but england must now travel to nice and play for the third place play off. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9 00. The baby son of a woman, who was murdered when she was eight months pregnant, has died. Kelly mary fauvrelle, who was 26, was stabbed to death at her home in south london in the early hours of saturday. Detectives have released new cctv footage of a man they want to interview in connection with her murder. More on this with our correspondent jane frances kelly. First of all, the very sad news coming this morning this baby boy, only four days old has died and are the police of the hospital saying anything more . They said baby riley, as the family called him died at 3 10am this morning in ho