between 19 and 21. thanks, ben. and that s bbc news at six. you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. from the six team, it s goodbye the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues for the news where you are. goodnight. hello and welcome to sportsday. it s friday night. i m chetan pathak. coming up on the programme: refusing to resign the president of the spanish fa says he won t step down despite coming under increasing pressure to go after kissing a player at the women s world cup final. can zharnel hughes become the first british man to win two individual sprint medals at one world championships? we ll be live in budapest. making progress maclaren s lando norris heads max verstappen in second practice at the dutch grand prix as formula one returns from the summer break. also coming up on sportsday before 7pm: we rejoined by manchester originals phil salt, as this season s hundred comes to a climax. and how pulling
odd thunderstorm, the same across northern ireland, wales, south west england. they are starting to develop widely across north west england, the west midlands. they will develop a bit further south. it has been quite a nice start to the day across much of the midlands, eastern england. some of the heavier showers will be a north east scotland. we have got a yellow thunderstorm warning there for the chance of some surface water flooding. temperature is cooler, 17-22 flooding. temperature is cooler, 17 22 from north to south across the country. the reading and leeds festival today, some showers which could turn out to be therapy and sunny and both places, but some good spells of sunshine. through this evening and overnight, it is mostly dry towards central and southern areas, clear spells of through this evening and overnight, it is mostly dry towards central and southern areas, close pals with scattered showers elsewhere. some of the few nights, ranging from 7 11. tomorrow, t
my colleague steve lai is in taipei and joins me now. steve, hello to you again. extraordinarily quick, this, but you are thinking that it shouldn t be too long until we have some sense of the outcome? the outcome? yeah, we can kind of already see the outcome? yeah, we can kind of already see where the outcome? yeah, we can kind of already see where things the outcome? yeah, we can kind of already see where things are - the outcome? yeah, we can kind of| already see where things are headed as long as the percentages remain sort of the same in the difference between the candidates. i would talk a bit more about that with my guest and just amounts but first, he was shaimaa khalil who was at a polling station a little earlier. counting is almost finished in this polling station. so let me just take you through to show you what s been happening. essentially, they ve been they ve opened the ballot boxes, taking the ballot papers out and calling either the candidates or the
later in the programme. but now, let s turn to the middle east. the us military says its helicopters have destroyed three small boats in an attack on a container ship in the southern red sea. it s the second assault by iran backed houthi rebels on the ship within 2a hours. the us says the gunmen who launched the raid from yemen attacked in four boats, coming within 20 metres of the vessel. the fourth craft fled the area. the houthi rebels say their actions are in protest against the gaza war, where there were more air strikes by israel overnight. israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, is insisting that the war in gaza will continue until all hostages have been released and hamas has been dismantled. shaimaa khalil reports from jerusalem. street by street, the battles on the ground in gaza rage on. israel is concentrating its ground offensive on the centre and the south of the strip. with hamas fighters continuing to resist the idf s advances. translation: the war
you re watching bbc news, now it is time for sports day. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m olly foster. this is what is coming up. the start was delayed by protestors, but there was a stunning finish from corach rambler to win the grand national. haaland hits the net again, manchester city narrow arsenal s lead at the top. and manchester united hold off brighton to reach the women s fa cup final. also coming up on sportsday. it s been another golden day for great britain at the european gymnastics championships in turkey. obviously, the goal is always to win so, yeah, that was probably the best routine of my life. welcome along. well, let s start at aintree, where corach rambler the 8 1 favourite has won the grand national. the race was delayed by m minutes. has won the grand national. animal rights activists had threatened to disrupt the world famous steeplechase and a number of protestors managed to get onto the course. so far, 23 arrests have been made. patrick geare