hello and welcome to the bbc s newsroom here in new broadcasting house in london. this week on unspun, the ferocious riots right across france seems to have died down after the shooting of a 17 year old boy at a police check. in cities and towns, the housing estates and the grim outer suburbs kept far away from the attractive centres have seen people of mostly arab, north african or african backgrounds out on the streets. being a young north african black or arab male in the estates boys suffer abusive controlled racial profiling. now they are killing them. this is far from the first time this happens. i ve lived in france and i ve covered plenty of riots there. they re rarely as violent as these latest ones, and i ve seen for myself the way the french police deal with them with a ferocity that often shocks a mere anglo saxon. after the major riots of 2005, the police were given the kind of anti riot weapons which are banned in most european countries, and they use them. on
to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let s go and take a look at what s on the show. the saudis are splashing out on sport. golf, football and boxing are all being punched with cash. but what does this middle eastern money mean for the business of sport? qatar, bahrain and the uae are also upending the sporting establishment. but is it all about prestige, profit, or trying to take the focus away from human rights concerns? i m going to be discussing all of that with these two. there they are. a leading expert on the links between sport and politics, and a top us sports investor who thinks there s millions to be made from playing for profit. also on the show, i m going to catch up with the man who puts the big deals together for boxers such as anthonyjoshua and jesse rodriguez. i m going to ask him how saudi arabia s vast oil wealth is reshaping the prizes on offer in his big money sport. wherever you rejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello
with the level the top of the leaderboard after three level on eight under. recording the lowest first rounds at the us open with eight under scores of 62 on the first day. they are back out a little bit later on. dustinjohnson. quadruple bogey on par four second hole. defending champions matt fitzpatrick xxx hole in one on murray mcelroy just dropped murray mcelroyjust dropped a shot at the 13th and dropped to seven. a hole from defending champion mats for accurate but is struggling to gain ground. england declared on 193 for eight on the first day of the ashes series for more than lived up to the hype. joe root unbeaten 118 holding them back for a position on the hundred and 76 5. captain ben stokes made the surprise decision with the close approaching the earliest christenings declaration in ashes history for the up there a half centuries from jonny bairstow and opener zak crawley for them in reply to her border to australia to for the their half centuries from jonny bai
this is bbc news, the headlines messages from boris johnson s old phone are recovered the former prime minister says he ll hand them over the uk covid inquiry. and tributes are paid to the legendary singer tony bennet who s died at the age of 96. after all the hype the blockbusters barbie and oppenheimer are finally in the cinemas, we are in leicester square getting reaction. before go any further, lets catch up on some of today s sport and its been a possibly cricual days in the ashes cricket.
it is really on a nice edge that series. that s get an update. let s get an update on the ashes now with betty glover. what sort of day has it been for england was a mark a brilliant day. a brilliant couple of days. england on top with two days in his fourth ashes test. at the moment australia 78-2, ashes test. at the moment australia 78 2, trailing england. the story of the day so far without a doubt has been atjonny bairstow and his brilliant performance with the bat. he finished on 99 not out. jimmy anderson was out lbw which means beer still was stranded. so close of this century, which she deserves, he has been written. some big hit in from england and it has been exciting to watch. it meant that they took the lead to 275, australia s bowling attack wasn t great, pat cummins and josh