Can only help us in that cause. Now to the Us Open Tennis where the wimbledon Champion Barbora Krejcikova is out. She was beaten in the second round by the romanian Qualifier Elena Gabriela ruse, beating the czech player 6 4, 7 5 to reach the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time. Krejcikova who was knocked out of the quarterfinals at the olympics chose not to play any hard Court Warm up events going into the tournament, and withdrew from the tournament in toronto with a thigh injury. In the mens draw, fourth Seed Alexander Zverev is in action in the louis armstrong stadium. Hes taking on Alexandre Muller of france, the two have never met before. Zverev has taken the first two sets the second one a closer affair, went to a tie break. Zverev leads the third set 3 1. While the former semi finalist Grigor Dimitrov is through to the third round, the bulgarian ninth Seed Beat australian rinky Hiji Kata in straight sets. Cricket and England And Sri lanka are making their final prepa
Half time. With just two days to go until the new premier League Season starts, wolves have made a managerial change. Gary oneil has been appointed to take over from julen lopetegui, who left after a long running disagreement with the club about transfers. Oneil has signed a three year deal after being sacked by bournemouth, despite helping them avoid relegation last season. Their first match of the new campaign is on monday against Manchester United. West ham have agreed a fee of £30 million, thats around 38 million, for both southampton captainjames ward prowse and Manchester United defender harry maguire. The England International had slipped down the Pecking Order at old trafford under erik ten hag, who took the captaincy off maguire at the start of preseason. Its not thought agreeing personal terms will be a problem. Two of the worlds top golf players, row of two of the worlds top golf players, have secured their place in the team. Rory mcilroy will play in his seventh consecutiv
Good evening, thank you forjoining us tonight. 41 people have died after their small boat capsized as they were trying to make the crossing from tunisia to italy, the latest in a string of tragic incidents in the mediterranean. Joining me on our panel for the next hour is the political Sketch Writer tom peck and victoria coates, former Senior Energy adviser to the trump administration. Also on the programme, joe biden is expected to issue an Executive Order banning Private Equity and Venture Capital investments in some Chinese Technology companies, escalating washingtons efforts to Prevent Beijing from developing Cutting Edge Technology for its military. Well get reaction from two congressmen that sit on the select committee on china. Its been one year Sincejoe Biden launched his plan to boost the Us Semiconductor industry. We will check in with a member of the chips team to see if the promises have been met. And if you are the type of person struggling to get in your 10,000 steps a da
this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. we start in sudan where the united nations is sending its top aid official to help co ordinate relief efforts. it comes as the agency s humanitarian coordinator in sudan says that the situation there is turning into a full blown catastrophe warning that more than 800 thousand people may flee the country as a result of the ongoing violence. meanwhile, fighting continues in the capital khartoum despite a ceasefire agreed by both sides. evacuation flights are still taking off from port sudan on the red sea today. those not able to leave there by plane are taking boats across tojedda in saudi arabia. our correspondent andrew harding reports. on sudan s coast, the scramble to escape goes on. with airlifts ending, foreign nationals register for a boat ride to safety. this morning, some 300 of them arrived here injeddah, saudi arabia, having crossed the red sea from port sudan. all sorts of embassies on hand to claim th
welcome to the programme. we start in sudan where the united nations is sending its top aid official to help co ordinate relief efforts. it comes as the agency s humanitarian coordinator in sudan says that the situation there is turning into a full blown catastrophe warning that more than 800,000 people may flee the country as a result of the ongoing violence. meanwhile, fighting continues in the capital khartoum despite a ceasefire agreed by both sides. evacuation flights are still taking off from port sudan on the red sea those not able to leave there by plane are taking boats across tojeddah in saudi arabia. 0ur correspondent andrew harding reports. 0n sudan s coast, the scramble to escape goes on. with airlifts ending, foreign nationals register for a boat ride to safety. this morning, some 300 of them arrived here injeddah, saudi arabia, having crossed the red sea from port sudan. all sorts of embassies on hand to claim their own. several british families were on