and at wimbledon, world number one ash barty has won her first ladies singles title she beat the eighth seed karolina pliskova in three sets. now on bbc news, it s our world, and a storm is brewing in the south china sea. there are currently four chinese vessels patrolling this area on the outskirts of the shoal. there s trouble in the south china sea. the chinese government is amassing ships, taking over reefs and rocks. we sail into occupied maritime territory to take a closer look at beijing s aggressive policy, and the militia it uses to enforce it. five years since a landmark legal victory for the philippines, we ask whether china is adhering to the ruling. what you get is this overwhelming narrative that s now global, of china as a bully, china as a rules breaker in the south china sea. all chant. we head straight into the century s hottest geopolitical dispute, and meet filipino fishermen caught in the middle. bolinao is a fishing community in the north west of the p
at ellesmere port. and at 2.45pm, we ll be going across the uk to find out more about the stories affecting you from ourjournalists up and down the country. stay with us for that. hello and welcome if you have just joined us. the health secretary sajid javid has announced that people, who ve had both doses of a covid vaccine, will no longer have to self isolate if they come into contact with a positive case of the virus. the change which will come into force on 16th august, and will also apply to people under the age of 18 who are currently not eligible for vaccination. and in the last half hour, the education secretary gavin williamson has announced an end to the bubble system in english schools with no more self isolation for pupils who come into contact with positive cases. here s what mr williamson had to say. though keeping children inconsistent groups was essential to control the spread of the virus when our population was less vaccinated, we recognise that the syst
and as japan struggles to host tokyo 2020, we have a special report on the small towns trying to keep the olympics excitement burning. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the sheer scale of the flooding disaster that s hit western germany and parts of belgium and the netherlands is only now becoming clear. at least 70 people are believed to have died and many others have lost their homes. the german chancellor angela merkel called it a catastrophe and linked the events in the region to climate change. our europe correspondentjenny hill reports from one of the worst hit areas in western germany. there was, many here told us, no warning. homes destroyed, lives lost, in a matter of minutes. the water ripped up the roads, tossed cars aside like toys. we met margaretta just as she arrived back in the village of schuld. she and herfamily fled last night. at the very last minute, she says, a fireman got us out. the family are safe, though her son was in
now on bbc news, it s newsy chat and analysis from adam fleming, laura kuenssberg, and chris mason in newscast. laura, i notice a long standing newscast tradition returns this week. which is that there is no adam fleming, because he is on his holidays. i ve got an upgrade to the actual studio. what, do you mean that we let you out of the cupboard? yes, the cupboard is shut. and, there is loads of news about. yes, there always seems to be, just in time for thursday. even if you are thinking at the beginning of the week, oh, it is a bit quiet, what are we going to have to talk about? late on thursday night. what does it feel like right now? exactly. adam s tradition, throughout the brexitcast, when he would go skiing or whatever and then there would be a load of news. gadding around. and here we are on thursday night with talk of, quote unquote, levelling up, big conversation, this whole question about how to go about putting us off unhealthy food and how much should a governme
hello and welcome to sportsday. feeling nervous? we are counting the minutes until england kick off against ukraine. it s their chance to get into a euros semifinal for the first time in 25 years. gareth southgate has been impressive in his planning and tactics so far in the tournament we know he s made two changes for this vital match against ukraine. we can cross live tojohn watson who s pitchside in rome. john, who will start for england? yes, good evening. a warm welcome to rome and the olympic stadium where the atmosphere is electric, definitely more than the 2000 england fans we were expecting for this match worked gareth southgate has gone for quite an attacking line up with two dropping out, jadon sancho comes in for his first start, as does that mason mount is returning to the side after missing out on that match against germany and the final group game after being close contact but to billy gilmour. it is an attacking line up and this is a huge opportunity for eng