andy murray will be on court in a couple of hours, and novakjokovic starts his bid for the championship later on tuesday. we speak to the woman who s run 150 consecutive marathons and just completed an epic run across australia. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello, and welcome to the programme. we begin in the uk where the government has decided to block a controversial scottish bill designed to make it easierfor people to change their legal gender. it is the first use of a section 35 order, which can block scottish laws. scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon called the move a full frontal attack on the scottish parliament and vowed to oppose it. here s our political editor chris mason. this is the ceremonial mace. it represents the scottish parliament s authority. we re seeing it here at the opening of its sixth session the year before last. and next, the crown of scotland, a symbol of royal authority. but power is shared in the
it the hard way. they beat lille on penalties after drawing 3 3 on aggregate. lille thought they were going through when they led 2 0 on the night and 3 2 on aggregate but villa equalised three minutes from time to take it to spot kicks. villa will now play olympiacos in the final four after they beat fenerbahce on penalties. the match was level on aggregate after extra time. the other semifinal sees fiorentina taking on club brugge. to texas, where golf s first women s major of the season is very much up and running at the chevron championship, but there s been a surprise early contender setting the pace. world number 94 lauren coughlin has hit the ground running on the opening day, going round in six under par after her first round. that leaves her two shots clear of fellow american and world number 147 marina alex. post round, coughlin admitted home comforts had really helped her play her best golf. you had two changes at four championship, if i remember your husband on the bag and
the second seed plays magdalena freck later. the 43 year old american fought tenaciously, but lost 6 3 5 7 6 3 in the last 16 at the wimbledon warm up event. williams was handed a wimbledon wildcard earlier this week, so it isn t the last we ve seen of her. 0stapenko said it was very special to beat someone she called an idol for a lot of people. lee anne pace of south africa made a two putt birdie on the final hole in fading daylight for a 5 under 66 and the first round lead in the women s pga championship, the second women s major of 2023. leona maguire of ireland, the winner last week in michigan, is in a group on two under. world number one, jin young ko, and lilia vu, the only two time winner on the lpga tour this year, shot 72. defending champion gee chun was two under at the front nine, but had five bogeys on the back nine and finished at 7a. two time major winner brooke henderson of canada and ruoning yin and xiyi lin of china are a shot back from pace.
the way in group f, after beating sweden 2 nil. while second placed belgium won 3 nil in estonia, where romelu lukaku scored twice. hungary beat lithuania 2 nil to go top of group g. and in group], slovakia won in liechtenstein to stay two points behind the leaders, portugal. the best women golfers in the world are in newjersey this week for the second of the year s five majors the women s pga championship, which was won last year by south korea s in gee chun. baltusrol, in springfield, is the venue for this year s championship. the course has hosted nine men s majors in the past, but it s 38 years since it last staged a women s major. that was the us open, back in 1985. world number two nelly korda is among the pre tournament favourites, after recovering from a back injury, and the 2021 champion says playing at historic venues like baltusrol is a step