hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. the perfect start england get their rugby union world cup campaign going in record breaking style against fiji. hardened on target again for manchester city, who cook top tonight in the premier league. could this be the perfect weekend for max verstappen? he s claimed pole for the japanese grand prix, where he could retain his world title. hello there and welcome along to sportsday. as far as opening games to a world cup campaign go, they really don t come much better than england s. earlier today, they blew away fiji, scoring 1a tries in a record breaking victory in new zealand. they won 84 19, extending their record winning streak in test matches. jo currie reports. the year long covid delay means these players have had a long wait for this moment. england s red roses are expected to bloom at this world cup. fitting, then, that they get their campaign under way in eden. for emerging fiji, a first ever appearance at the to
coolio, an influential figure in coolio, an influentialfigure in the west coast rap scene of the 90s, has died at the age of 59. hurricane ian is battering the us state of florida with powerful winds and a severe storm surge, that has flooded communities along the southwest coast. there s also been flooding inland as the category four storm advances. more than a million people have been left without electricity. azadeh moshiri reports from tampa. a life threatening hurricane is now barrelling towards america s sunshine state. and put millions under evacuation orders across the west coast. ian is unpredictable. it s already caused widespread damage in cuba, wiping out power to the country s entire grid, with some residents killed. but now its hurricane force winds are leaving the gulf of mexico and taking aim at florida s coast. this satellite image shows the eye of the hurricane packed with lightning. clearly, this is a very powerful, major hurricane, that will have major imp
a greenpeace banner. elsewhere. ukraine says it has recaptured new territory in the south as russian forces retreat. police in england and wales have pledged to send an officer to attend all home burglaries. rail services across the uk will be severely disrupted again with around 9000 train drivers in the aslef union on strike. billionaire elon musk has apparently changed his mind about buying twitter, again. he s told the social media firm he wants to proceed with his takeover of the platform, at the price he offered months ago before trying to quit the deal. good afternoon and welcome. liz truss has used herfirst good afternoon and welcome. liz truss has used her first speech as prime minister to defend her plans on economic growth, saying, i get it, regarding the 45p income tax. she told delegates that her tax cuts would help britain break out of what she called a high tech slow growth cycle. signalling people said whenever there is trick change, there is disruption an
to triumph and to despair, keep abortion safe and legal! and to despair, polarising an already divided nation. the court literally taking america back 150 years. it s a sad day for the country in my view. but it doesn t mean the fight s over. the right to life has been vindicated. the voiceless will finally have a voice. with nearly half of america s states expected to use the ruling to ban or restrict abortion, we ll be asking what happens now. and our other main story tonight. two severe by election blows for boris johnson. the tories lose tiverton and honiton in devon, and wakefield in west yorkshire. his reply. yes, it s absolutely true that we ve had some tough by election results. and they ve been, i think, a reflection of a lot of things, but we ve got to recognise that voters are going through a tough time at the moment. a second earthquake in afghanistan in a region where at least a thousand people are known to have died. and glastonbury festival kicks off at worthy
of tipping off indian authorities about a british national, who claims he s been tortured while in prison police in liverpool have named the nine year old who was shot dead in her home last night. olivia pratt korbel s death has sent shock waves through her community and beyond after she was shot in the chest by a gunman who was targeting a man who d run into the house. our correspondent danny savage is at the scene. it was shocking and offer many people this morning to wake up to the news the nine year old girl had been shot dead in her own home, but then came the details from the police at lunchtime today, and in three decades of reporting, i think this is the most tragic and upsetting series of events surrounding the death of a child that i ve ever heard. a mum and daughter at home at night, minding their own business, the your commotion on the street outside, mum opens the door, and what happened is the most terrible set of events thereafter which ended up with the ni