Over Tomas Mahach winning in an hour and 44 minutes. Draper is guaranteed to face an australia next either the tenth seed Alex De minaur orjordan thompson. Earlier, there was a bit of a surprise in the womens draw when the unseeded Karolina Muchova knocked out the fifth fifth seed jasmine paolini. Muchova, whos back from a long injury lay off, made use of her strong serve to beat the French Open and wimbledon finalist 6 3 6 3. Despite the defeat, paolini was happy with a year where she also won the olympic doubles. This year went really good, but this moment, its both the finals. Of course, happy moments, the Gold Medal as well. I think im really proud of all of this kind of moments. I really enjoyed. Its day five of the paralympics in paris and it started with a flurry of Triathlon Medals a day later than planned after a drop in the Water Quality for the swimming in the seine forced a postponement. But it was better late than never for Home Favourite jules ribstein, who took gold in t
we are learning at this hour that houthi fighters say they will continue attacking vessels in the region of the red sea. this announcement comes after they launched a drone attack in yemen on a us commercial vessel off aden. the escalating tensions in the red sea have many analysts concerned that the impact of these attacks will drive up the cost of living. some companies had to take a detour around southern africa, driving up costs or have decided to suspend shipment indefinitely. mukesh sandav, head of oil trading, rystad energy, describes what is at stake in the markets. what is at stake is that a lot of crude oil, up to four million barrels a day, moving from east to west, and that is bought by russia, by india, by china, that s at stake and that also stake is a lot of vessels which move towards europe. i would say all this, as we re talking about a sizeable number of barrels of crude and products and the question comes, will all of this get impacted or only a part of thi
which found he lied to mps about downing street parties during the pandemic. hello, i m matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. we start in ukraine lots to update you on because the capital kyiv, has come under missile attack, at the same time as a delegation of african leaders arrived in the country, to discuss ways to end the war with russia. ukraine s foreign minister said, the message to africa was clear russia wants more war, not peace. we ll have more on that visit, in a moment, but first let me show you some of the damage caused by that attack. ukraine s air force says it shot down a dozen rockets, including hypersonic missiles. at least two explosions were heard in the capital. live now to yalda hakim who s in a village on the outskirts of kyiv where they re dealing with the aftermath of those attacks. welcome to the programme. just take us for it. i think i m right in saying a litt
ukrainian military sources have told the bbc their forces are carrying out a series of small scale armoured attacks against russian occupiers and shifting to offensive actions in some areas along the front line. we ll take a look at claims from moscow that a full ukrainian counter offensive has begun. joining me on my panel tonight for the next hour, is the writer and broaddcaster chris morris and stephanie bolzen, washington correspondent for the german newspaper die welt. we will say hello to both in just a moment. also tonight, prime minister rishi sunak announces that two new barges have been bought to house up to 1,000 migrants. he says his plan to stop small boats crossing the channel is working. we ll ask a migration expert if she agrees. and more peoplejoin the race to be the next us president. former vice president mike pence files his papers to run, putting him in direct competition with his former boss, donald trump. but first the war in ukraine. looks like
i have, in my brain, thought, well, if the next scan says nothing s working, i might buzz off to zurich. but, you know, it puts my family and friends in a difficult position because they would want to go with me and that means that the police might prosecute them. so we ve got to do something. at the moment, it s not really working, is it? the scottish government s tax and spending plans will be announced later today. economists are warning that ministers are grappling with a black hole in the budget amounting to £1.5 billion. 0ur scotland editorjames cook has the report. in nearly a quarter of a century of devolution, the scottish state has expanded. university tuition, prescriptions, personal care for the elderly and much more are all free here at the point of use. but every year comes the question, how to pay the bills and balance the books. the scottish government has a limited ability to borrow money. it can cut spending and has already warned of public sectorjob los