hello and welcome to sportsday. coming up on the programme. elena rybakina is the wimbledon champion after beating ons jabeur in the women s singles final. to bea to be a winner, i mean, isjust amazing. i don t have the words to say how happy i am. i don t have the words to say how happy i am. alfie hewett and gordon reid s run of 10 consecutive grand slam wheelchair doubles titles is over after they were beaten in the final. away from wimbledon with me paul scott. a win to remember: ireland are victorious against the all blacks in new zealand for the very first time. and england lose the t20 series to india, after a 49 run defeat at edgbaston. welcome along. another scorching hot day at wimbledon and here they continue to watch the doubles that is being played at the moment but the story of the day has already happened. that was on centre court a few hours ago where, in her first grand slam final, she got thejob done. chasing history of her own and hoping to become the first
across the uk. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: newly appointed chancellor nadhim zahawi and transport secretary grant shapps announce they ll be standing for the conservative party leadership. the president of sri lanka announces he ll step down on the thirteenth ofjuly after protestors storm his official residence and set the prime minister s home on fire it s over the handling of the country s economic crisis. the body of japan s assassinated former prime minister is brought home. police admit security flaws over his shooting. health warnings are issued as southern and eastern areas of the uk prepare for a heatwave that could bring record breaking temperatures over the next week. now on bbc news it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. coming up in the programme, history maker, elena rybakina. the wimbledon champion, first time grand slam winner. to champion, first time grand slam winner. ., , . . winner. to be a winner, i mean, it is ust winner.
being kidnapped with her boyfriend from the music festival. her boyfriend is thought to still be in captivity in gaza. this was shlomi ziv and his wife speaking for the first time in eight months. in the past hour, this video has been posted on social media of three hostages being escorted by soldiers to a helicopter in gaza, which then takes off, bound for israel. and this was the moment when two of the hostages arrived in a helicopter at a hospital in tel aviv. all four of the released hostages are said to be in good medical condition. the israeli security forces said the operation was long planned and conducted under heavy fire. one special forces officer was killed. benjamin netanyahu has spoken the hostages in hospital. israeljust spoken the hostages in hospital. israel just carried spoken the hostages in hospital. israeljust carried out a remarkable rescue operation of four hostages held by hamas. this operation required ingenuity and courage of the highest degree, and
daniel hagari has said that israeli forcies rescued hostages from hamas whilst under fire. this morning at 11am israeli special forces conducted a complex rescue mission and successfully rescued four of our hostages from hamas captivity in gaza. noa argamani, almog meirjan, shlomi ziv and andri kozlov. they are back home in israel. they are alive, they are well. they will undergo medical examination and will soon be reunited with their families in the hospital. noa, almog, andri and shlomi were rescued after 246 days in hamas captivity after they were brutally kidnapped from the nova music festival on the 7th of october. this was a high risk, complex mission, based on precise intelligence, conducted in daylight, in two separate buildings deep inside gaza. while underfire, underfire inside the buildings, under fire on the way out from gaza, our forces rescued our hostages. israeli forces have been preparing for this rescue mission for weeks. they underwent intensive training.
last known sightings of michael mosley. rescuers are still trying to piece together what happened. greek police say he left his wife on the beach at st nicholas at 1:30pm. from there, it is thought he walked into another time. today s footage put some at a marina on the other side of the village, walking towards rocky hills. a search and rescue operation involving helicopters and drones continues. this mountainous terrain is described is not easy by those involved with the search. the time that michael mosley set off on his walk was also one of the hottest parts of the day. he had been staying in the main town on the island around one mile from the town. one theory that has emerged as it was trying to take a much longer route than first thought, passing over miles of exposed hillside. his four children have arrived on symi to help with the search. the islands mayor says the search will island s mayor says the search will continue until he is found. i’m continue until he is