off in there one and only debates like tonight. the pennsylvania senate matchup is in the spotlight. it is a race that could determine which party controls the senate. polls show only single digits separating john fetterman and dr. all is. and federman s campaign is trying to lower expectations about his performance tonight. reminding the media he is recovering from a stroke and was never much of a debater even before that. and that he lacks his republican rivals experience in television. meanwhile, in florida, governor ron desantis faced off against his democratic challenger, charlie crist, last night. chris came out swinging, but desantis gave it back pretty good. watch. why don t you look in the eyes of the people of the state of florida and say to them, if you were are reelected you will serve a full four your term as governor, yes or no? yes or no, ron? will you serve a full four-year term? we did not agree to the candidates asking each other. i know charlie is tal
rally as an unforgiveable act of brutality. his attacker was a former member of the japanese navy. now on bbc news click. this week, we re at wimbledon to find out if ai can predict the winners, although spencer s concentrating on the more important parts of the event. choose my blanket design. got to get the food sorted first. lara gets her trainers on to put some of the latest fitness devices through their paces. they say that i run like an elephant. the question is, is it true? probably! cheering it s men versus machine as omar and paul kick off against the robots. and we check out the tools hoping to make sports more accessible. it s one of the biggest events on the sporting calendar. the players, powerful. ..light of foot. ..lightning fast. it requires physical endurance and nerves of steel. and that s the reason that every year the crowds spill out to watch wimbledon. you see that there? that is centre court and it s been in that spot now for exactly 100 years. a cent
hello and welcome. celebrations have been taking place in sri lanka after gotabaya rajapaksa became the country s first sitting president to quit. he did so after months of angry protests over the rapidly rising cost of living, and shortages of food and fuel. the delay in handing over his letter of resignation was, it seems, to do with his flight from the maldives to singapore. from colombo, rajini vaidyanathan reports. a moment to savour, after months of struggle. now there s joy. these demonstrators had one key demand, that the man they blame for their economic woes resign. tonight, president gotabaya rajapaksa did. protesters say they are celebrating what represents a victory for people power. it s the end of the rule of the rajapaksas, after a week of turmoil on the island. just yesterday, at the prime minister s office, security forces were overrun by protesters. it was one of a number of government buildings taken over by the masses. today, protesters handed it back to
down. good morning from southampton, where northern ireland and england face each other in their final group game at the euros. england look to continue their winning form as they head to the quarterfinals, while northern ireland want to finish their first major women s tournament on a high. sunny in the southern half of the country at the moment but a cloudy and damp start in the north. it will brighten up. news of exceptional heat coming our way into next week. it s friday, 15thjuly. our main story. thousands of rail workers are to go on strike again as the leader of one of britain s biggest union warns of a summer of discontent . the rmt union has announced its members will strike on thursday the 18th and saturday the 20th august in their ongoing row over pay, jobs and conditions. the union had already announced a day of action on the 27thjuly. yesterday, the aslef union also said train drivers at eight rail companies would stage a walk out on saturday 30th july. sharon g
Its crunch time in the nba. We are down to the final four teams, as the Conference Finals will be getting underway in the next few days. On wednesday, the Dallas Mavericks will travel to the Minnesota Timberwolves in game one of the western Conference Finals, but later on tuesday, the Boston Celtics will be hoping to get their Eastern Conference Finals off to a winning start over the indianna pacers. So far, its been reasonably plain sailing for the celtics on route to this point, but head Coachjoe Mazzulla is confident that his side are ready for their biggest challenge of the post season. If youre asking how well our team prepared, weve had a good couple days of practice and our guys focus on what it takes to give ourselves the best chance to win, knowing indiana is a good team, well balanced and dangerous. Weve had good days of preparation and our guys already to take on the challenge of playing indiana. They are a well balanced team, guys who can impact the game and thats the most