sunday. thousands of firefighters are mobilised to tackle dozens of wildfires, as france, like much of europe, struggles with a heatwave. donald trump refuses to answer questions under oath as part of an investigation into his business activities in new york. he calls it a witch hunt . and eurovision fans prepere to discover which uk cities are in the running to host the 2023 song contest on behalf of this year s winners ukraine. satellite images appear to show extensive damage and several destroyed russian warplanes at a crimea airbase following explosions earlier this week. the saky base in the west of russian ruled crimea was rocked by a string of blasts on tuesday, killing one person. ukraine has not claimed responsibility but this new evidence suggests the possibility of a targeted attack. the first image shows what the airbase looked like before the explosions the second shows that, though the base s main runways seem to be intact, at least eight aircraft appear to b
Had been taken hostage during the incident. Derbyshire constabulary said in a statement a Police Officer was taken to hospital earlier this evening for treatment for an injury which is not life threatening. We can confirm that no officers or other members of the public are currently being held hostage. The area remained cordoned off overnight with police dogs on the scene and a large number of officers. Police said they would remain in the area as a precaution for the safety of the public and said they will provide further information as soon as they can. Louisa pilbeam, bbc news. The Energy Security and zero minister has defended the governments target and tackling Climate Change. The Energy Security and net zero secretary, Claire Coutinho, has defended the governments record on tackling Climate Change. She was responding to comments by the outgoing head of the governments Climate Change advisers, chris stark, who said rishi sunak had set back progress towards net zero Carbon Emission
three in a row for iga swiatek as once again she s crowned french open winner. also coming up on sportsday. the very latest from the european athletics championships we ll be live in rome ahead of an action packed evening to come. and we ll find out about a special charity football match between two teams of dads, who each came together as a way to aid their mental health. welcome to the programme. now, today, the challenge cup finals at wembley were especially poignant. less than a week on from his death, rob burrow was remembered by those in attendance. st helens were comfortable winners in the women s final, beating leeds rhinos 22 0, while in the men s final, wigan survived a late warrington comeback to lift their 21st title. adam wild reports. this is the day rugby league came together, the sport s grandest together, the sport s grandest occasion always a moment to remember. this year, even more so. fans of all club colours paying their own tributes to the life, the le
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In a match that lasted nearly three and a half hours. he ll play marin cilic in the 3rd round. in the women s singles of the canadian open in toronto there were second round defeats for anett kontaveit and 0ns jabeur. but world number one, iga swiatek is through. she cruised into the last 16 with a straight sets win over australia s ajla tomljanovic. swiatek is looking to regain the form that s seen her win six tournaments already this year, before her long winning streak came to an end at wimbledon. she ll play beatriz haddad maia from brazil next. serena williams could be a step closer to the retirement she hinted at earlier in the week. she s out of the canadian 0pen after losing to belinda bencic from switzerland. the number 12 seed, who s the reigning 0lympic champion, won 6 2, 6 4, and plays garbine muguruza next. golf s fedex series gets underway on thursday, with the stjude classic in memphis. world number three rory mcilroy will be playing, he welcomed the decision by a court