Good afternoon. The cyclist laura kenny has become britain s most decorated female olympic athlete, after she and team mate katie archibald won the women s madison event in the velodrome. The pair dominated the 120 lap race, winning 10 of the 12 sprints. It means kenny has won gold in three consecutive olympic games, and archibald in two. Elsewhere after their gold in rio, britain s hockey women have taken bronze in tokyo, with a narrow victory over india. And team gb s 18th gold medal of the games came from kate french in the women s moden pentathlon. And in the last few minutes, team gb s laura muir has won silver in the 1500m final. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. Two more golds on day 1a of tokyo 2020 have taken team gb up to fourth in the overall medals table. The first of the two was a historic one for laura kenny. She has become the most decorated female olympian in british history. She and katie archibald were crowned the inaugral women s madison cha
For millions of people after the regulator raised the energy price cap by a record amount. Medical schools in england will received funding for hundreds of extra places after more students than expected get the required grades. Thousands sign a petition to save an alpaca who faces being put down after being tested positive for bovine tb. And coming up at quarter to six, we ll have the best and worst of this week s film and dvd releases in the film review. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. It s been a successful day for team gb in tokyo as the 14th day of the olympics draws to a close. The cyclist laura kenny has become britain s most decorated female olympic athlete after she and teammate katie archibald won the women s madison event in the velodrome. The pair dominated the 120 lap race, winning 10 of the 12 sprints. It means kenny has won gold in three consecutive olympic games, and archibald in two. And team gb s 18th gold medal of the games came from kate french in the women s
but the two senate seats in georgia both went so here s a quick reminder why this race in georgia is so important. the senate currently stands at 50 republicans and 48 democrats. there are two vacant seats. if ossoff and raphael warnock win their races, democrats would have a tie. then vice president elect kamala harris would have the deciding vote and that would give democrats control of both chambers of congress and the white house, meaning mr biden could get more of his agenda passed by the house and senate. he d have more power. in atlanta georgia for us is the bbc‘s larry madowo. you have spent a lot of time in georgia. how is it looking?m is looking too close to call at this stage even though the polls have closed. it is too early to tell who will be the winner because it has essentially been a joint ticket for the republicans, david perdue and kelly left now running together against the what they have been calling radical left, the democratic candidatesjon radical le
our panel this evening in london. l on our panel this evening in london, lord kim darroch, former uk ambassador to the us & eu and former national security adviser. and in miami kelly hyman, democratic strategist and lawyer first, the latest headlines. the us supreme court has been hearing oral arguments today on abortion medication, specifically the nationwide availability of mifepristone. the case was brought by a group called the alliance for hippocratic medicine, which is challenging the fda s 24 year old decision to approve the drug. the high court in london says it will allow wikileaks founderjulian assange to appeal his extradition, if washington does not provide certain assurances about his human rights. the court has given the us until april the 16th to assure him that he would not face the death penalty. israel recalls its negotiators from mediation talks in doha after concluding that discussions with hamas are at a dead end . it comes as the us repeated its co
on key issues at home the economy, immigration, and reproductive rights the type of issues you d expect to hear in an election year. biden set out his achievements and what s next for his presidency. he also took aim at his likely republican opponent in november, former president donald trump, without mentioning him by name. and it was clear that the president saw his speech notjust as a state of the union address but also an address about the state of the world and america s role at the centre of it. history is watching. united states walks away, it will put ukraine at risk. europe is at risk. the free world will be at risk, and modern others to do what they wish, to do us harm. my what they wish, to do us harm. my message to president putin, who have known for a long time, is simple. we will not walk away.. cheering. i have had many of my republican and democratic friends say that china is on the rise. and america is falling behind. they ve got it backwards. the leaders