with the level the top of the leaderboard after three level on eight under. recording the lowest first rounds at the us open with eight under scores of 62 on the first day. they are back out a little bit later on. dustinjohnson. quadruple bogey on par four second hole. defending champions matt fitzpatrick xxx hole in one on murray mcelroy just dropped murray mcelroyjust dropped a shot at the 13th and dropped to seven. a hole from defending champion mats for accurate but is struggling to gain ground. england declared on 193 for eight on the first day of the ashes series for more than lived up to the hype. joe root unbeaten 118 holding them back for a position on the hundred and 76 5. captain ben stokes made the surprise decision with the close approaching the earliest christenings declaration in ashes history for the up there a half centuries from jonny bairstow and opener zak crawley for them in reply to her border to australia to for the their half centuries from jonny bai
nottinghamshire police have announced 31 year old valdo calocane has been charged with three counts of murder over the deaths of students barnaby webber and grace o malley kumar, both aged 19, and ian coates, 65, who were all fatally stabbed on tuesday. that man has been named as first, 31 years old. he has been charged with three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder. valdo calocane. the first relates to two students who were stabbed as they walked home in the early hours of tuesday morning and the third murder charge relates to ian coates, a school caretaker. it is alleged that the took him out of his vehicle and stabbed him further valdo calocane then use that van to plough into three people and those are the attempted murder charges. in terms of the suspect, we know that he was a student here at the university of nottingham. he graduated last year. he had been studying mechanical engineering. he was a dual national, he had portuguese nationality and als
the bbc finds evidence of major success in clamping down on opium growing in afghanistan. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. thank you for being with us. we start in ukraine, and the attack on a crucial dam in the south of the country. thousands of people have been forced to evacuate, because of rising flood waters. the dam sits between russian held territory to the south and ukrainian territory to the north. kyiv says that moscow is to blame, and so do nato and the eu, which has called the destruction a war crime . at a un meeting, russia has accused ukraine of sabotage. the uk prime minister, rishi sunak has said to kherson now, and this report from our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse. i think it is still if you go by what us officials are saying just today it is still in its early phases. it has started nevertheless where ukrainian forces, small new units are probing different parts of this vast front line. they re trying to fin
jay monahan saying it was an historic moment. the agreement will combine the pga tour and liv s commercial operations and rights into a new, yet to be named company which will also include the dp world tour. the likes of dustinjohnson, brooks koepka and cameron smith defected to the saudi backed breakaway league with huge prize funds on offer, and new team formats. our golf correspondent iain carter says it s an total game changer. isa is a been sworn enemies, the establishment corner and in the rebel breakaway corner, we ve had greg norman s operation funded by saudi arabia existing towards some of liv is an existential threat. and now we have this cordiality, this agreement and the calling of expensive and lengthy legal action as well. it really is an extraordinary turnaround. news also in regarding karim benzema who has agreed terms with saudi arabian champions al ittihad, after leaving real madrid. 35 year old benzema is the latest big name recruit to the saudi pro
live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hi there, thank you for being with us. we start in ukraine and the attack on a crucial dam in the south of the country. thousands of people have been forced to evacuate because of rising flood waters. the dam sits between russian held territory to the south, and ukrainian territory to the north. kyiv says that moscow is to blame and so do nato and the eu, which has called the destruction a war crime. at a un meeting, russia has accused ukraine of sabotage. the uk prime minister, rishi sunak has said it s too soon to make a definitive judgment, but if russia is found responsible, it would demonstrate the new lows that we will have seen from russian aggression . to kherson now and this report from our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse. i think it is still if you go by what you officials are saying just today it is still in its early phases. -by by what us officials are saying- it has starte