data on saturn after diving through the gap between the planet and its rings. and coming up in the sport on bbc news: maria sharapova is labelled a cheat by fellow player eugenie bouchard, as she returns from her 15 month doping ban with a win in stuttgart. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the foreign secretary has suggested britain could take military action in syria without a vote in the house of commons. borisjohnson said it would be very difficult to say no if president trump asked for british help in punishing the syrian regime for another chemical weapons attack. meanwhile mrjohnson has also waded into the election campaign for the first time, with a highly personal attack on the labour leaderjeremy corbyn. he s called him a mutton headed old mugwump . here s our political correspondent, alex forsyth. smith will strike on a syrian airfield earlier this month, the first direct us action against syrian government forces, he responds to a chemical at
heatwave in june for 20 years. but as the temperature soars a health warning is issued to those struggling to stay cool. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. we ll take a look at the chancellor philip hammond s speech this morning at mansion house alongside the governor of the bank of england mark carney. is an alleged hard brexit now off the table? we ll join christian fraser and katty kay for 100 days plus who are looking at the death of a us student who had been detained by north korea. we ll be looking at how long the heatwave affecting large parts of the uk will last. that s all ahead on bbc news. hello, you re watching sportsday with me, reshmin chowdhury the headlines tonight. a shock at queens as defending champion andy murray crashes out in the first round. the british and irish lions win big in their last warm up up match, ahead of the first test against the all blacks. there was defea
wimbledon sportsday, i m katherine downes. here s a taste of what s coming up tonight. we had four, but could we make it five brits into round three? kyle edmund certainly tried on a hot and humid centre court. no sweat for djokovic. he s through to round three after demolishing adam pavlasek of the czech republic in straight sets. and there was plenty of hot stuff on day four of the championships we ll bring you the best of the rest. and we ll bring you the rest of the day s sports news, including a great day for the new england cricket captainjoe root. it s been a realjacket off day at wimbledon. temperatures pushing upwards of 30 celsius, and over the last few days the british tennis has been pretty hot. yesterday we would talking about four british players through to the third round for the first time in 20 years, today kyle edmund had the chance to become the fifth. but although the british men s number two put up a fight, he eventually succumbed to number 15 seed gael
welcome to bbc news. the head of the bbc has said he will ‘value the contribution‘ of more than a0 senior women who signed a letter demanding the corporation tackle its gender pay gap. lord hall says work is already underway to address the pay disparity. his comments come after some of the bbc‘s most prominent women broadcasters including claire balding and fiona bruce wrote an open letter to their boss demanding ‘immediate action.‘ the labour leaderjeremy corbyn said the pay gap was appalling . 0ur media correspondent david sillito reports. alexjones of the one show, mishal husein, sue barker, three of more than a0 famous names calling on the bbc to act now on its gender pay gap. this open letter to the papers says that this week‘s annual report confirmed what many had long suspected, that women were being paid less than men for the same work. 0n the whole i think it is fantastic that so many wonderful women have been prepared to stick their head above the
in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. and we ll be finding out how cricketing legend, geoffrey boycott, reacted when the bbc test match special team bowled him a googlie hello, i m 0lly foster, welcome to the bbc sport centre, these are our headlines tonight.. as easy as 1 2 3. it s a hatrick for ali as england go ahead in the test series against south africa there s a significant vote by liverpool fans in favour of safe standing.but will it ever be seen at anfield it s a massive week for england s footballers at the women s euros. they are now favourites for the title. imad ascot thinning at frankie dettori feels about his son following in his footsteps. good evening, lots coming up. the latest from madrid and a taxing day for cristiano ronaldo and we ll also look ahead to the world athletics championships that start in the london on friday. england s cricketers have been playiong in the capital for the