welcome to the programme. iraq s president has said an early election could resolve the political unrest gripping the country. to those who have taken their eye off iraq, the violence that broke out in baghdad yesterday, might have looked like a sudden eruption of rage. in fact, the sectarian anger has been simmering for years. the country is riddled with corruption, it has not had a functioning government since the october elections and the spiralling cost of living is pushing iraq towards an existential crisis. the spark that ignited these protests yesterday was the sudden announcement by the shia cleric, muqtadr al sadr, that he was withdrawing from political life. sadr has been a major player in iraq since 2003, when his supporters known then as the mehdi army, began attacks on coalition troops. in october, the sadrists won the most seats in parliament but refused to form a coalition with the mostly shi ite iran backed parties. injune, sadr asked all of his mps to resign
and we ve been lucky enough to see a fair bit of it over the years. so, there is no better place to anchor our sports tech themed show. and we re going to start with something for the fans. tech giant ibm has partnered with wimbledon for more than 30 years and this year, it s upgraded the official wimbledon app to tell the future. so, for each singles match here, match insight is going to try and predict the outcome of that match, who s going to win, yeah? it is, indeed. it s using, of course, the players performance but it s also looking at what the media buzz is. we combine that with other stats, other data, like the player tracking and ball tracking that hawk eye are doing, players form, momentum, performance in the lead up to and now during the championships. the brains behind this app belong to watson, ibm s artificial intelligence. and after absorbing all the data and the chatter, it ll make a prediction that s totally separate from the official seedings. these predic
It comes to not do this. In sport, Jordan Spieth leads the open championship. Hes two shots clear of the field, after mastering all the british summer had to throw at him, at Royal Birkdale. Prince george at four a new official portrait is released to mark his birthday. And stav has the weekend weather. Its looking like a sunshine and showers weekend for most of us. Sunday is probably looking like the better of the two. All the details in about 15 minutes. Good morning. First our main story. Almost 1,000 children are being forced into temporary accommodation every month because more families are becoming homeless, according to councils in england. The local Government Association says the number has increased by a third in three years. It wants more powers to build what are described as genuinely Affordable Homes. 0ur social Affairs Correspondent Michael Buchanan reports. Councils say more than 900 children, what they describe as the equivalent of a secondary school, become homeless ea
It comes to not do this. In sport, Jordan Spieth leads the open championship. Hes two shots clear of the field, after mastering all the british summer had to throw at him, at Royal Birkdale. Prince george at four a new official portrait is released to mark his birthday. And stav has the weekend weather. Its looking like a sunshine and showers weekend for most of us. Sunday is probably looking like the better of the two. All the details in about 15 minutes. Good morning. First our main story. Almost 1,000 children are being forced into temporary accommodation every month because more families are becoming homeless, according to councils in england. The local Government Association says the number has increased by a third in three years. It wants more powers to build what are described as genuinely Affordable Homes. 0ur social Affairs Correspondent Michael Buchanan reports. Councils say more than 900 children, what they describe as the equivalent of a secondary school, become homeless ea