That the gap between the rest of the world and the usa has narrowed ahead of these 0lympics. You keep hearing that the world is catching up, the world is catching up catching up, the world is catching up and they are. Its no secret that the world, the gap between the United States and other countries has shrunk, there are more competitive games, we have mvp is in our league they come from different countries. That year after year lately, so that is no secret but we still want to establish that we are usa basketball. To football, where defending champions chelsea get their womens super League Title Defence under way at home against Aston Villa on the Opening Weekend. The blues will be looking to win a sixth consecutive wsl title, although they will have a new Head Coach at the helm in Sonia Bompastor after Emma Hayes departed to take the united States Job at The End of last season. The other Standout Fixture of the Opening Weekend sees Arsenal Host Manchester city at the emirates. Engla
Yeah, totally happy, which i havent been for a long, long time. Americas Xander Schauffele is The Open champion, holding off englandsjustin rose to lift the Claret Jug at Royal Troon His Second Major title in three months. Temperatures this week will be closer to the july average, feeling pleasantly warm. Will be mostly dry but there is some rain in the Forecast Today and on thursday. I will have all the details shortly. Its monday the 22nd ofjuly. Our main story. Joe biden has dropped out of the us president ial Race saying it was in the best interests of his party and the country not to run. Hed faced weeks of pressure to step aside after a faltering performance in a Tv Debate with Donald Trump. Mr biden and dozens of other democrats have now thrown their support behind Vice President , Kamala Harris, who has vowed to earn and win her partys nomination. Our State Department Correspondent Tom Bateman has the story. Breaking news, President Biden dropping out of the 2024 Race. Despite
Good Afternoon And Welcome to the Bbc News at one. Senior members of the Democratic Party in the United States have backed the current Vice President , Kamala Harris, to stand against Donald Trump in this novembers election, after the current president , Joe Biden, withdrew from the race. Its emerged that some of Mr Biden s closest aides were only told of his decision to step aside one minute Before he made the announcement on Social Media. There had been weeks of speculation about his health. Ms harris says she now intends to earn and win her Partys Nomination for the White House. From washington, this report from tom bateman. Us Vice President Kamala Harris is seeing a surge of support as she moves to secure the democratic president ial nomination. Despite the weeks of Mounting Pressure on him to step aside, Joe Biden had been holding firm. But he abruptly abandoned his campaign on a sunday afternoon. With reaction toJoe Biden dropping out of the race. As News Channels went into over
Lebronjames has been chosen to be the united states male flagbearer at that Opening Ceremony on the seine on friday. He becomes the third Basketball Player and the first Mens Player to carry the us flag at the start of an olympics. Lebron is set to participate in his fourth games having won bronze in his first appearance in 2004 back in athens, and back to back gold medals in 2008 and 2012. Paralympics gb announced the Cycling Squad for the games in paris earlier today. 17 riders have been selected for the event at The End of august including six debutants all given the task of following on from gb s most successful games in tokyo. Every member of the team won a medal with 2a medals won in total. A time paralympic Champion Kadeena Cox is included along with dame sarah storey, who will compete in a ninth games. The idea of being in Paralympics Gb again, so thrilled. Its a pinch me moment. Its a dream i didnt know i had as a kid. Its been such a huge motivation sends lockdown to get to p
Mobile phones, Tv And Broadband companies have been banned from increasing prices during a contract. So from january, those companies will have to tell you about any rises before you sign up. And i know we say this one every time but today it really is the uks hottest day of the year so far as temperatures hit highs of nearly 32 degrees in parts. That is hotter than ibiza. Get the fans out though if you want any decent sleep tonight. And time now for 10 seconds of counting swans. Yep, it is happening on the river thames, where experts to see how many have recovered from last years avian flu. It is called Swan Marking and ijust also love the outfits that they are doing it in. You are all caught up now. See you later. Voice over this is bbc news. Well have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. In tecthlore, we go in search of the most exciting innovations around the world. In this series, im on a special mission to uncover the technology po