runner up tumbling out of the us open. tsisipas not blaming anyone else though. everything on court is under my control and under my talent and the way i can play this sport, i have shown that on the court. if i m not able to deliver then i am not supposed to be doing well, and that is what happened this summer. i was not good enough to deliver and score good results. world numberi novak djokovic has cruised into the thirs round of the us open with a straight sets win over spain s berna bay zapata miralles. djokovic efficient as always. the 23 time major winner only needed the one break in the first set, before cranking up the gears to take the second and third sets, 6 4, 6 1, 6 1. carlos alcaraz had a short start to the defence of his us open men s title, after german opponent dominik koepfer retired injured midway through their first round match. the 20 year old spaniard led 6 2 3 2 when koepfer, who rolled his ankle minutes into the match, had to stop. koepfer, ranked 75th
it s thursday, 31st august. our main story. police chiefs in england and wales are to be given new powers to sack officers found guilty of gross misconduct. the overhaul of the disciplinary processes was prompted by the convictions of former metropolitan police officers wayne couzens, who murdered sarah everard, and the serial rapist, david carrick. our home editor mark easton reports. what is your relationship with malhotra? he s my cousin. i never knew it was so bad what he was doing. otherwise, i d never have gone along with it. frustration of pursuing bent coppers has seen sunday night tv drama echo the real world of policing. the head of scotland yard, sir mark rowley, is among a number of police chiefs, who ve been pushing the government to give them more powers to identify and sack rogue officers. the further people are away from it, the more forgiving they are of the behaviour is what i ve seen. so i want. i want the powers to be able to deal with this. the appalling
we start in india where figures out in a few hours time are expected to confirm the economy grew around 8% in the three months tojune. it s a growth rate to be envied by many countries here in europe. in fact, india s economy is predicted to double in size in the next eight years and become the second biggest in the world later this century. but what happens there has an increasing impact on the rest of the globe. food prices in india are soaring, threatening hardship for millions, and there are implications for everyone. as our india business correspondent nikhil inamdar reports. feeding herfamily feeding her family of four, this humble vegetarian meal costs are third more than it did a few months ago. with prices of most april soaring the money she brings home as a domestic helper is not enough. she has now taken part time work as a seamstress to earn additional income. i work as a seamstress to earn additional income. additional income. i am a sinale additional income. i
we are tracking hurricane idalia. let s take a look at the map, just to show the scale of what has been happening. there it is moving up towards florida. this morning florida time it hit and now it it has moved on to georgia. we canjust take a look at its path on the graphic here. it started bottom left, the red dot this morning, right now it is closer to the pink dot towards southern georgia and thenit dot towards southern georgia and then it will move on upwards, up towards those yellow dots and out to see in the days ahead. that confirmation we just heard, the worst storm to hit parts of florida in 100 years. take a look at some of the damage, some of the pictures have come in as the winds blow. the rain comes down, of course the risk from the storm surges. so huge amounts of sea water heading inland. lots of destruction, lots of people without power. a quarter of a million people in florida lost power and had it reconnected. another, without power right now. lots of fligh
the tide level in charleston harbour was reported as the fifth largest ever recorded. idalia made landfall in florida as a category three storm, before charging across georgia. at least two people have died due to driving accidents in wet conditions, and nearly half a million people are without power across florida, georgia and south carolina. now that the rain has mostly cleared in florida, the impact of idalia can be seen. this is footage from cedar key, filmed by our team on the ground there. as you can see, although the skies were blue and the sun was shining, the destruction is clear to see. live now to our correspondent helena humphrey, who is in ha rd hit cedar key. what are conditions like where you are now? you like where you are now? have to keep in mind, her on you have to keep in mind, here on the big bend of florida, this is the worst storm they have seen in over a century, want to show you some of the destruction we have seen on the ground, if i move out of shot