the women s semi finals take centre stage at wimbledon today. last year s beaten finalist ons jabeur of tunisia is taking on belarussia s aryna sabalenka for a place in saturday s final. the winner of this one will play mark ta vondrou ov in the final. after she convincingly beat elina svitolina in straight sets on centre court in the last hour. it s a first wimbledon final for the 24 year old czech, who becomes the first unseeded player to reach the women s final at wimbledon in the open era. later, alfie hewett and gordon reid are in men s wheelchair doubles semi finals. you can keep up to date with the tennis on bbc1 and 2 across the afternoon. our next story contains details which some viewers may find distressing. the everton midfielder dele alli says he was sexually abused as a child. in an emotional interview with former england footballer gary neville, he said he was molested at the age of six. he has also talked about how he started smoking at the age of seven and
Reporter one of more exciting competitive super bowls, it was tied first and second quarter, and were tied minutes to the end of the game. A lot of attention to mahomes, entered the game with an injured right ankle. He is now back on the game. Buffalo bills damar hamlin in the house. Garnering prayers and support of nfl after he suffered a Cardiac Arrest in a regular season game on january 2. And before the very exciting game, we talked with rowdy fans about their final thoughts headed to super bowl lvii. Chiefs go home. Reporter how much did you pay for your ticket. I paid i bought 10 tickets. For 160 thousand, i had to do it, who is richer than me. Where you are coming from. Kansas. Your thoughts, chiefs by 10, mahomes all day long. Philly and kansas dise kansas city, great teams, great people. Wholl win. Eagles. Chiefs. You mentioned dangling halftime show, rihanna had a visible bump. A lot of speculation she is, founded pregnancy, we dont have that confirmed right now. Thank you so
reporter: one of more exciting competitive super bowls, it was tied first and second quarter, and we re tied minutes to the end of the game. a lot of attention to mahomes, entered the game with an injured right ankle. he is now back on the game. buffalo bills damar hamlin in the house. garnering prayers and support of nfl after he suffered a cardiac arrest in a regular season game on january 2. and before the very exciting game, we talked with rowdy fans about their final thoughts headed to super bowl lvii. chiefs go home. reporter: how much did you pay for your ticket. i paid i bought 10 tickets. for $160 thousand, i had to do it, who is richer than me. where you are coming from. kansas. your thoughts, chiefs by 10, mahomes all day long. philly and kansas dise kansas city, great teams, great people. who ll win. eagles. chiefs. you mentioned dangling halftime show, rihanna had a visible bump. a lot of speculation she is, founded pregnancy, we don t have
england put out west the cloud will thicken quickly. a few patches of rain across england and wales but not amounting to too much, whereas for northern ireland and scotland it turns wet and windy through the afternoon. all the while the south westerly winds bring mild air, south westerly winds bring mild air, so temperature is about 11 14. it gets very windy tomorrow night with gales and maybe even severe gales across the far north west of the country as a band of rain sweeps through followed by the showers. friday, blustery day in scotland with the showers rattling through on the strong winds. further southwards, a brighter, sunnier kind of day for most of you. and in the sunshine with the wind is coming up from the south west is, mild with temperatures widely into double figures across england and wales, eight and nine in scotland and northern ireland. this band of rain from that area of low pressure that i showed you a moment ago that is currently no canada brings a band o
paid their last respects to the former pope benedict 16th before his funeral at the vatican on thursday. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and one in the morning in ukraine, where a ukrainian battlefield commander in the eastern town of bakhmut has told the bbc that the fighting there is ferocious. a us official has said russian forces have made incremental advances around the town, with mercenaries from the russian paramilitary wagner group heavily involved in the assault. the battle has been described as a meat grinder with high numbers of casualties on both sides. almost all of the city s 70 thousand occupants have fled. russia is working hard to capture bakhmut in the hope it could lead to the fall of sloviansk and krama torsk as well the two most important cities in the donbas still under ukrainian control. but ukrainian forces are holding firm. the bbc s yogita limaye reports from the city. this is what the merciless bombardment of a city looks like. a