Im going to let my massage people do their thing, im going to come aggregate is a new race. I had nice warm welcome, and that is always nice and exciting, because, when the crowd is excited, im excited. His compatriot crowd is excited, im excited. His compatriot also won his heat. Lyles compatriot Christian Coleman who is world record holder in this event, also won his heat, eight tenths of a second faster than lyles. Britainsjemma reekie ran the 800 metres in under two minutes for the first time indoors as she won her heat to qualify for the semi finals. However fellow Briton Izzy Boffey failed to advance, after coming fourth in her heat. The european indoorfour hundred metres champion Karsten Warholm will be looking to add the world title to his Medal Collection after qualifying for the semi finals. The norwegian is also the olympic and World Champion in the four hundred metres hurdles. And canadas sarah mitton won the first gold, with victory in the shot put by a margin ofjust 3 cen
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around 700,000 children are being taught in buildings that need repairs. the government said it has been investing in transforming schools. nine people are known to have died after a russian missile attack in ukraine. rescuers have spent the night looking for survivors in kramatorsk. the chancellor will meet with water and energy regulators to find out what they will do to lower prices. there are concerns that firms are exploiting inflation. and kevin spacey has arrived at his trial in london where he is accused of sexual assaulting men. he denies the charges against him. the the national audit office found a third of school buildings has develop beyond their initial design life. a lot were put up quickly after the war. so we are talking of 24,000 after the war. so we are talking of 2a,000 buildings. the risk of injury or death from a school building or collapse has been assessed as very likely or critical. what the hell s going on. jessica hill is with us and racheljones, a
first, the g7, where seven of the world s most advanced economies are meeting injapan with america signalling it s willingness to back the supply of f 16 fighterjets, and the training of ukrainian pilots, in the war with russia. meanwhile moscow s closest ally in the middle east, syria s bashar al assad, received a warm welcome at a summit of arab leaders in saudi arabia, after years of international isolation. during syria s bloody civil war, it was only massive russian military support, that allowed assad, condemned by many as a war criminal, to cling onto power. the summit was also attented by the ukrainian president, volodymr zelensky, who is due tojoin the g7 group in hiroshima on sunday, where it s expected he ll address leaders and hold a meeting with us presidentjoe biden. details on that later in the programme, but first, the news of more military support for ukraine just a few hours ago, us national security advisor jake sullivan spoke about the us f16jets plan. jus
on suspicion of murder. and philippine president ferdinand marcosjunior embarks on his first overseas trip since taking office at the end ofjune. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s 6:00am in the morning in singapore, and 11:00pm in the evening in the uk where in less than 2a hours the conservative party will announce who will replace borisjohnson and become the new british prime minister. whoever wins will face a number of challenges chief amongst them soaring energy prices. the frontrunner, liz truss, has promised she ll set out immediate action on energy bills if she s elected. meanwhile contender rishi sunak says he s got a clear plan to help people struggling with bills, including support to insulate their homes. 0ur political editor chris mason has this report. behind millions of doors right now, anxiety about spiraling bills. and behind this door by tuesday afternoon, a new prime minister. is it in the bag now? liz truss