further strike action. good morning from wimbledon on day three of the championships. after rain disrupted much of the play, 87 matches are scheduled for today as they try to clear the backlog. a rest day for andy murray though, as he eases into round two on a day where only eight matches were completed. the forecast today is sunshine and showers the forecast today is sunshine and showers. showers fairly hit and miss for most showers. showers fairly hit and miss for most of showers. showers fairly hit and miss for most of us. many of us staying dry all for most of us. many of us staying dry all day for most of us. many of us staying dry all day. we will be back with more dry all day. we will be back with more details later on in the programme. it s wednesday, the 5th ofjuly. today marks the 75th anniversary of the nhs a milestone that s brought warnings the service won t be around for its 100th year without investment and change. today s landmark is being celebrat
near the capital kyiv. concern over the whereabouts of an iranian climber who disappeared after not wearing a headscarf. france prepares for widespread disruption as oil industry workers and transport staff go on strike in a dispute over pay. the uk government are seeking to change the law to prevent their military pilots from training the chinese armed force. up to 30 former uk military pilots are thought to have gone to train members of china s people s liberation army in exchange for large sums of money. and. a happy birthday to the bbc! it s 100 years old today making it the world s longest running national broadcasting organization. hello and welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world. liz truss says she will not be stepping down as prime minister, despite her premiership hanging by a thread after her new finance minister ditched most of her economic policies. in an interview with the bbc, ms truss apologised for what she called mistakes over the past six we
says its navy fired shots to repel a north korean ship that had passed into the sea boundary between the north and south. north korea s military said it responded by firing ten artillery shot. now here on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson and just a note that this programme was recorded before the news broke about boris johnson s announcement broke about borisjohnson s announcement that he would not stand in the conservative party leadership contest. the turmoil in the conservative party, the psychodrama, the soap opera with ever more unlikely plot developments, has its roots in brexit, the unresolved question of how this country should reshape itself, having decided to leave the eu. that is one reason my guest on political thinking this week matters. david frost is seen by his admirers as the guardian of the brexiteer flame, the man who borisjohnson put into the house of lords and made his chief brexit negotiator, who s now considering a bid to become a member
leadership race. borisjohnson rivals dismissed claims that he has reached 100 backers, speculation is rife that he could enter the contest. the leader of the commons is the only person to me as she is running but has fewer supporters. ukrainian officials say one million households are without power after a new wave russian attack. judy melania is the nation is the first far right leader in italy since the second world war. you are watching bbc news. time for political thinking. the turmoil in the conservative party, the psychodrama, the soap opera with ever more unlikely plot developments has its roots in brexit. the unresolved question of how this country should reshape itself, having decided the eu, that is one reason my guest on political thinking this week matters. david frost is seen by his admirers as the guardian of the brexiteer flame, the man who borisjohnson put into the house of lords and made his chief brexit negotiator, who is now considering a bid to become a
Business leaders are gathering just down the road from here to talk about how to create the Business Leaders of tomorrow. Im amongst teams who have been taking part in a competition to set up and run their own business from scratch. In sport, on a great day for the home crowds here at wimbledon. Johanna konta reaches the third round for the first time, as watson, bedene and murray make it four british players through. We step back to 1967 to look at a slice of Wimbledon History 50 years ago, the first Colour Tv Transmission was broadcast. We speak exclusively to the man who made it happen. The skies were throbbing ultramarine. The green was very saturated, and rolled, it was awful. But that was what we wanted. We want colour a lot of it and carol has the weather. We do not expect too many disruptions at wimbledon here today. Some early showers that should pull away. It can completely rule out the risk of a thunderstorm but there will be a lot of dry weather. For the uk as a whole, rein