he won 5 la liga titles and 4 champions league medals during his 16 year stint at real madrid but left when his contract expired at the end ofjune. england's make—shift one day side have beaten pakistan by 9 wickets in their first international in cardiff. an entirely new set of players had to be brought injust two days ago, after a covid outbreak in the original england squad. (gfx)but they got off to the perfect start as they had pakistan 26 for 4 with saqib mahmood the pick of the bowlers with 4 wickets. pakistan were all out for 141. england knocked it off for the loss ofjust1wicket— dawid malan top scoring with 68. they will play the second of their 3—match series at lords on saturday. stage 13 of the tour de france gets underway on friday and heads towards the pyrenees, but the riders won't get to the mountains just yet. instead, a long transitional stage awaits the peloton, 220km in length. on thursday however there was no record—equalling 34th stage win for mark cavendish. stage 12 was won by german nils pollitt after a late solo breakaway. uae team emirates rider tade

kieran trippier, who is back in the side in the absence of buckeye 0saka, who made way for the atletico madrid defender, and the two combined quite brilliantly in the opening stages. it was in the opening stages. it was in the opening stages. it was in the opening stages that trippier picked up opening stages that trippier picked up the ball, searching for words, crossing to hand side where luke shaw appeared on the edge of the italian box to rifle home. and, as you can imagine, that set these spectators, the majority of whom who are supporting england, into raptures. it was a brilliant start, and at that point, they dare to dream after what has been such a brilliant tournament from england and gareth southgate so far. and while gareth southgate seemingly has got every big decision right so far both on and off the pitch, his decisions being justified as those two players combined for the opening goal. what of italy? we know their pedigree, they won this tournament is back in 1968, there is, their third final appearance in zen, england's first. but england shackled and well in that first half,

we have met some dancers in madrid who are now facing an uncertain future. that's it for this week. coming up next time: christa is here with some of our favourite memories of new york city. from historical landmarks to hidden treasures. and the time she was made to face her public speaking demons once and for all. and i was like, oh! don't forget you can catch up with our more recent adventures on the bbc iplayer and we are on social media two. just search bbc travel and you won't be far off. but until next time, keep planning, stay safe and we will see you very soon. goodbye. hello. wednesday brought us another day of some sunny spells, but some really heavy downpours and frequent thunderstorms with lightning and hail, too. this was the picture in telford during wednesday afternoon. now, the outlook is for the unsettled theme to continue, so i think thursday will bring another day of sunshine and showers. it'll be quite cool and breezy. but the showers won't be as heavy or as frequent as they have been over recent days. that's down to the fact that this area of low pressure that's

had taken the decision before the euros and that he wanted to focus on his club football with real madrid. kroos scored 17 goals in 106 appearances for germany, and helped them win the 2014 world cup. norwich city have signed scotland midfielder billy gilmour on a season—long loan from chelsea. the 20—year—old was man of the match on his full debut in the goalless draw against england at euro 2020. gilmour made just 11 appearances for chelsea last season, starting only three league games. derby county will play in the championship next season, after the english football league decided not to appeal against a decision to just fine the club for their accounting policies. derby were told to pay £100,000 but won't now face a points deduction, which would have relegated them. chelsea women's manager, emma hayes, has signed a new contract with the club. following her success with the women's side, wining the league and getting to the champions league final, there was speculation that she might be tempted to go elsewhere. however, hayes has committed to chelsea, saying... "i really look f

we have met some dancers in madrid who are now facing an uncertain future. that's it for this week. coming up next time: christa is here with some of our favourite memories of new york city. from historical landmarks to hidden treasures. and the time she was made to face her public speaking demons once and for all. and i was like, oh! don't forget you can catch up with our more recent adventures on the bbc iplayer and we are on social media two. just search bbc travel and you won't be far off. but until next time, he planning, stay safe and we will see you very soon. goodbye. good evening. the weather story is on the change, and we've seen signs of that today with some contrasting conditions out there. yes, there were early—morning thunderstorms across southern england, and then those eased to a legacy of cloud for much of the day. further north and west, we've had some beautiful sunshine, and yet again, some warmth — not the extreme warmth, but 25 degrees. that's 77 fahrenheit. it looks likely that we see that north—south divide through the night with clearer skies to the nor

we have met some dancers in madrid who are now facing an uncertain future. that's it for this week. coming up next time: christa's here with some of our favourite memories of new york city. from historical landmarks to hidden reasures. and the time she was made to face her public speaking demons once and for all. and i was like, oh! don't forget you can catch up with our more recent adventures on the bbc iplayer and we're on social media too. just search bbc travel and you won't be far off. but until next time, he planning, stay safe and we'll see you very soon. goodbye. good morning. the heatwave is now behind us. and a bit of a change to the theme to the weather in the coming days. more unsettled conditions on the cards. really, through the week ahead we're looking at that gradual change to cooler conditions. still some heavy showers around at times but also some spells of sunshine in between as well. we have had some fairly heavy downpours over recent houi’s. you can see on the satellite image, this area of cloud that has been moving its way up from the south has produced alrea

we have met some dancers in madrid who are now facing an uncertain future. that's it for this week. coming up next time: christa is here with some of our favourite memories of new york city... ..from historical landmarks to hidden treasures... and the time she was made to face her public speaking demons once and for all. and i was like, oh! don't forget, you can catch up with our more recent adventures on the bbc iplayer and we are on social media two. on social media too. just search bbc travel and you won't be far off. but until next time, keep planning, stay safe and we will see you very soon. goodbye. hello. some of us have seen big changes in the weather through the weekend, from the heat to thunderstorms, and we'll all see something different in the week ahead, as the blue skies and sunshine are replaced with something cooler, frequent showers, but still some spells of sunshine, especially later in the week. and whereas last week the focus was on high—pressure, in the week ahead, it's all down to low pressure. and this has been generating plenty of showers and thunderstorms

we have met some dancers in madrid, who are now facing an uncertain future. that's it for this week. coming up next time: christa is here with some of our favourite memories of new york city... ..from historical landmarks to hidden treasures... and the time she was made to face her public speaking demons once and for all. and i was like, oh! don't forget, you can catch up with our more recent adventures on the bbc iplayer and we are on social media too. just search bbc travel and you won't be far off. but until next time, keep planning, stay safe and we will see you very soon. goodbye. hello. the forecast for the next few days is looking quite turbulent and at times very wet indeed, with some torrential, heavy, thundery downpours, albeit with some sunny spells in between. now, let's take a look at the recent satellite picture because you can see all of these areas of cloud just rotating around, circulating on top of the uk, and this pattern continues with low pressure firmly in charge. close to the centre of the low, particularly, we are going to see some rea

we have met some dancers in madrid who are now facing an uncertain future. that's it for this week. coming up next time: christa is here with some of our favourite memories of new york city. from historical landmarks to hidden treasures. and the time she was made to face her public speaking demons once and for all. and i was like, oh! don't forget you can catch up with our more recent adventures on the bbc iplayer and we are on social media two. on social media too. just search bbc travel and you won't be far off. but until next time, keep planning, stay safe and we will see you very soon. goodbye. hello, everyone. i hope you're doing all right. we're turning a corner weather—wise at present. it weather—wise at present. has been very hot, but a and it has been very hot, but also dry and settled for most. we see a change that with some thunderstorms around. many of us have seen these already this morning and overnight. we will see heavy, slow moving downpours as well and where we see these, the risk of travel disruption. the areas of concern, southern england, parts of south wale

we have met some dancers in madrid who are now facing an uncertain future. that's it for this week. coming up next time... christa's here with some of our favourite memories of new york city. from historical landmarks to hidden treasures. and the time she was made to face her public speaking demons once and for all. and i was like, "oh!" don't forget you can catch up with our more recent adventures on the bbc iplayer and we are on social media two. just search bbc travel and you won't be far off. but until next time, keep planning, stay safe and we will see you very soon. goodbye. you're watching bbc news, broadcasting in the uk and around the world, i'm lucy hockings live in tokyo. national and family triumph forjapan injudo as a brother and sister both win gold. africa wins its first gold medal as a tunisian teenager stuns the field to win the men's 400m freestyle. chelsie giles has won team gb�*s first medal with judo bronze. i'm tim willcox in london. in other news... plans to require football fans to be fully vaccinated if they want to go to premier league matches from octobe

and manchester united look set to continue their summer spending by completing the signing of real madrid defender raphael varane. an initialfee of around £34 million pounds has been agreed, potentially rising to 42 million with add—ons. varane won four champions league titles with real along with the world cup with france in 2018. united secured the signing of jadon sancho last week. and that's all the sport for now. hello. the forecast for the next few days is looking quite turbulent and at times very wet indeed, with some torrential, heavy, thundery downpours, albeit with some sunny spells in between. now, let's take a look at the recent satellite picture because you can see all of these areas of cloud just rotating around, circulating on top of the uk, and this pattern continues with low pressure firmly in charge. close to the centre of the low, particularly, we are going to see some really intense downpours and thunderstorms popping up during tuesday. so, some cloud and some showery rrain from the word go across western and southern parts, a bit more sunshine further east. but thr

manchester united have continued their summer spending spree by signing real madrid defender raphael varane. an initialfee of around £34 million pounds has been agreed, potentially rising to 42 million with add—ons. varane won four champions league titles with real along with the world cup with france in 2018. united secured the signing of jadon sancho last week. toby alderweireld has completed a transfer from tottenham hotspur to qatar stars league side al—duhail. the belgium international had two years remaining on his contract, but he'll make the move to the middle east after spending six years at spurs, where he made over 200 appearances. in the hundred men's tournament tonight, jonny bairstow hit 72 off just 39 balls as his welsh fire side beat southern brave by 18 runs in cardiff. he and ben duckett put on a partnership of 116 in their winning total of 165—4. southern brave could only reach 147 off their 100 balls. earlier, in the women's competition, the result went the other way, with the southern brave comfortably beating the welsh fire. after being set 111 to win, a

there fans back in madrid were unable to travel to the game, but enjoyed every moment. and it was a similar story in rome a few hours later. italy had beaten belgium in a fiercely contested match, in what was one of euro 2020 five most exciting games. the 2-1 2020 five most exciting games. the 2—1 final score and the italians will now face spain in the semifinals. —— means. roman football fans celebrated long into the night in their football village, while adhering to social listing rules, mostly. —— distancing rules. the famous montreux jazz festival has got underway for the first time in two years. albeit on a much smaller scale. the bbc�*s tim allman has the story. all the greats have played montreaux. for more than 50 years, the artists, the pioneers, the legends. but then came covid, and the music stopped. now, on the shores of lake geneva, final preparations for the festival's return. translation: we've obviously spent 18 particularly _ complicated months, first with the cancellation of the festival last year and for this year, it was extremely importa

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test or of double vaccination in order to enter the country. 0ur correspondent, guy hedgecoe, is in madrid. tell us more. just a few weeks ago, a month ago. _ tell us more. just a few weeks ago, a month ago, the _ tell us more. just a few weeks ago, a month ago, the spanish _ tell us more. just a few weeks ago, i a month ago, the spanish government lifted all restrictions for british travellers into the country because it was desperate for british tourists to start coming over for the summer season. the uk is spain's single biggest tourist market however over the last few days, the situation has changed. the spanish government has expressed concern at the rise in cases of covid in the uk and in particular the spread of the delta variant. as a result, the spanish government as of today has introduced these new measures which mean you have to present either a certificate of vaccination or proof of a negative covid test over the last 48 hours to get into the country. now all this is happening the same week that the british government has added the balearic islands to its so—called green lis

st—germain have signed sergio ramos on a two—year deal following the defender�*s departure from real madrid. ramos is spain's most—capped player, but was left out of their euro 2020 squad. he won five la liga titles and four champions league medals with real. ramos spent 16 years at the club but left when his contract expired at the end ofjune. harlequins' premiership—winning number eight alex dombrandt is one of four players who will make his debut in england's match against canada on saturday. many of eddiejones' first choice players are on tour with the british and irish lions. 12 players made theirfirst international appearance in sunday's win against usa while lock harry wells, centre dan kelly and wing adam radwan are also winning theirfirst caps at twickenham this weekend. tokyo has declared a state of emergency that will be in place for the whole of the olympic games later this month. the japanese government is taking action against the rising coronavirus infections rates and casts doubt on whether even a limited number of fans will be able to attend the events. 0verseas support

had taken the decision before the euros and that he wanted to focus on his club football with real madrid. kroos scored 17 goals in 106 appearances for germany, and helped them win the 201a world cup. norwich city have signed scotland midfielder billy gilmour on a season—long loan from chelsea. the 20—year—old was man of the match on his full debut in the goalless draw against england at euro 2020. gilmour made just 11 appearances for chelsea last season, starting only three league games. derby county will play in the championship next season, after the english football league decided not to appeal against a decision to just fine the club for their accounting policies. derby were told to pay £100,000 but won't now face a points deduction, which would have relegated them. chelsea women's manager, emma hayes, has signed a new contract with the club. following her success with the women's side, wining the league and getting to the champions league final, there was speculation that she might be tempted to go elsewhere. however, hayes has committed to chelsea, saying, "i really look for

manchester united look likely to continue their summer spending by completing the signing of real madrid defender raphael varane. an initialfee of around £34 million has been agreed, potentially rising to £42 million with add—ons. varane won four champions league titles with real along with the world cup with france in 2018. belgium international toby alderweireld has completed a transfer from tottenham hotspur to qatar stars league side al—duhail. to the 100s and the southern breeze punk comfortably beat them, they coasted to victory with 16 balls to spare. —— the breeze. the turn of the men right now and a short while ago, the welsh buyer were 45—1, you can listen to commentary on 55 sports extra. —— five live sports extra. she has won the a great year for hollie doyle is getting even better. she's just won the goodwood cup on the alan king—trained horse trueshan. doyle becomes the first woman to ride the winner of the group one race, which was first run more than 200 years ago. right, let's take you back to the olympics and a reminder of how well team gb are doing. l

that is not that i had to go in madrid. let's move on. a woman from jersey is hoping to become the first person in the world to have swum the english channel six times — in six decades. sally minty—gravett first made the crossing back in 1975 and she's already the oldest person to do the double — swimming to france and back. alison moss has been following her training. this is my spiritual home. i have spent most of my life swimming around this bay. for all my channel swims, i've done loads of my training in this bay, and it's just my home. it feels like it's my home. one last time for sally minty—gravett to anchor her in the record books. the only person in the world to swim the channel six times in six decades. herfirst was in 1975. there was a double in 2016. and this could be the last. sally's husband, charlie, died last year. this is in his memory. it heralds the end of an era. this has now turned into a memorial swim for him. i am doing it for him and it will still be iconic and it still will be my retirement swim and i am h

manchester united have continued their summer spending spree by signing real madrid defender raphael varane. an initialfee of around £34 million pounds has been agreed, potentially rising to 42 million with add—ons. varane won four champions league titles with real along with the world cup with france in 2018. united secured the signing of jadon sancho last week. toby alderweireld has completed a transfer from tottenham hotspur to qatar stars league side al—duhail. the belgium international had two years remaining on his contract, but he'll make the move to the middle east after spending six years at spurs, where he made over 200 appearances. in the hundred men's tournament tonight, jonny bairstow hit 72 off just 39 balls as his welsh fire side beat southern brave by 18 runs in cardiff. he and ben duckett put on a partnership of 116 in their winning total of 165—4. southern brave could only reach 147 off their 100 balls. earlier, in the women's competition, the result went the other way, with the southern brave comfortably beating the welsh fire. after being set 111 to win, a

and manchester united look set to continue their summer spending by completing the signing of real madrid defender raphael varane. an initialfee of around £34 million pounds has been agreed, potentially rising to 42 million with add—ons. varane won four champions league titles with real along with the world cup with france in 2018. united secured the signing of jadon sancho last week. and that's all the sport for now. bye— bye. hello. the forecast for the next few days is looking quite turbulent and at times very wet indeed, with some torrential, heavy, thundery downpours, albeit with some sunny spells in between. now, let's take a look at the recent satellite picture because you can see all of these areas of cloud just rotating around, circulating on top of the uk, and this pattern continues with low pressure firmly in charge. close to the centre of the low, particularly, we are going to see some really intense downpours and thunderstorms popping up during tuesday. so, some cloud and some showery rain from the word go across western and southern parts, a bit more sunshine further ea

one of europe's most famous streets, the tree—lined paseo del prado in madrid, has been added to unesco's's world heritage list. the un's cultural organisation said it was a landscape of arts and sciences, adding that together with its prominent buildings, among them the prado museum, the boulevard had played a key role in the city's history. the spanish government highlighted the fact that the paseo had been the first street of its kind to be open to all citizens — previously park—like boulevards were only open to the upper classes. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @ sally bundock bbc. stay with us. so much more to come. sunday was a day and extreme. the highest temperature was in northern ireland with 28 degrees. northern ireland, northern england and north—west wales. by contrast, quite a lot of cloud. this was a weather watcher picture sent in from kent, where there was a severe cluster of thunderstorms that developed and it brought some localised flooding as well. you can see the volume of lightning strikes, too, stretching all the way down from east anglia over to the isle of wi

tense times in rome and madrid. we will bring you the end result on bbc news. thank you and we'll see you tomorrow. hello. thank you for tuning into our weatherfor hello. thank you for tuning into our weather for the week ahead. it leaves a lot to be as desired. it's not particularly spectacular at the moment due to the strong jet stream which is been generating low pressure giving us bouts of heavy rain and some strong winds earlier on as well. and here's the picture from the last 24 hours or so, a big the picture from the last 24 hours orso, a big dip in thejet the picture from the last 24 hours or so, a big dip in thejet stream developed with low pressure across the country giving some strong winds, heavy rain and i we were in some big dip year in the cooler area stretching from the north, giving us the showery weather and here is a schematic of the jet stream circling the north year. it has a rich and it is with in these areas to receive low pressures forming for as long as thatis low pressures forming for as long as that is over us, the weather is not goin

and manchester united look set to continue their summer spending by completing the signing of real madrid defender raphael varane. an initialfee of around £3a million has been agreed — potentially rising to a2 million with add ons. varane won four champions league titles with real along with the world cup with france in 2018. united looking strong and doing the most big business after securing the signing of jadon sancho last week. that's all the sport for now. health leaders are warning that the nhs is as stretched now as it was at the peak of the pandemic injanuary, as hospitals in england deal with the backlog in non—urgent surgery, record demand for emergency care and increasing numbers of covid patients. in a letter to boris johnson and other senior ministers, nhs providers — which represents trusts — says they now need the "right funding" to ensure they can continue to provide the quality of care people expect. chris hopson is the chief executive of nhs providers. good morning to you. thank you very much for your time today. tell us more about what you're saying in this let

one of europe's most famous streets, the tree—lined paseo del prado in madrid, has been added to unesco's world heritage list. three of britain's biggest conservation charities are calling the un's cultural organisation said it was a landscape of arts and sciences, adding that together with its prominent buildings, among them the prado museum, the boulevard had played a key role in the city's history. you're watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello, again. the met office has a yellow weather warning out for some heavy thundery downpours across parts of kent, sussex, as far west as brighton. not all of us will catch one, but low pressure is in charge of our weather so as we go through this week we are looking at cooler conditions with some heavy thundery showers and also some sunny spells. not all of us will catch those heavy downpours, but if you do, you will know all about it. for the rest of the uk we are looking at a fair bit of dry weather, some sunshine, but there will still be some showers knocking around. you could catch one almost anywh

and manchester united look set to continue their summer spending by completing the signing of real madrid defender raphael varane. an initialfee of around £34 million pounds has been agreed — potentially rising to 42 million with add ons. varane won four champions league titles with real, along with the world cup with france in 2018. united looking strong and doing the most big business after securing the signing of jadon sancho last week. that's all the sport for now. do head over to the website. the best place to go to follow everything at the olympics. charlotte dujardin is currently going for a fourth gold medal in the dressage team event and the women's gymnastics team final gets underway shortly — a young gb team in action a young gb team in action there as well as simone biles and the us. as the delta variant begins to take hold in the united states, some states are beginning to worry about the impact it will have on the unvaccinated. in california, one of the most vaccinated states, masks are now once again required to be worn in all indoor public places. our north america co

he went to real madrid. he welcome _ clubs. he went to real madrid. he welcome there very much. fans wanted a bigger— welcome there very much. fans wanted a bigger name. it is a hard job. welcome there very much. fans wanted a bigger name. it is a hardjob. it is hard _ a bigger name. it is a hardjob. it is hard for— a bigger name. it is a hardjob. it is hard for everyone. in the end you have _ is hard for everyone. in the end you have good _ is hard for everyone. in the end you have good times and bad times. he is a good _ have good times and bad times. he is a good manager. look at the managers everton— a good manager. look at the managers everton have _ a good manager. look at the managers everton have lost over the years. david _ everton have lost over the years. david moyes is not a bad manager 'ust david moyes is not a bad manager just now — david moyes is not a bad manager just now. roberto martinez is not doing _ just now. roberto martinez is not doing too— just now. roberto martinez is not doing too badly. it is all about the success _ doing too badly. it is al

and manchester united look set to continue their summer spending by completing the signing of real madrid defender raphael varane. an initialfee of around £3a million has been agreed — potentially rising to £a2 million with add ons. varane won four champions league titles with real along with the world cup with france in 2018. and in rugby union... ..head coach warren gatland has made three changes to the british and irish lions line up as they look to wrap up the series against south africa in the second test on saturday. scotland scrum half ali price makes way for ireland's conor murray to come into the side. prop mako vunipola replaces rory sutherland and centre chris harris will start in place of elliot daly. no 8 taulupe faletau is on the bench after missing out on the first test. that's all the sport for now. let's cross live now to washington dc where the congressional committee investigating the january 6th attack on the us capitol is holding its first meeting. this is the chair, bernie thompson, we are expecting to hear from police officers who were amongst those attacked by

but on the streets of madrid, it's all anyone was talking about. spain is going to win, obviously. 0f spain is going to win, obviously. of course, we are in spain, we have to win. at least that is what i think. italy, i like them. but i am from spain. i like spain, i would love spain. i like spain, i would love spain to win. spain. i like spain, iwould love spain to win-— spain. i like spain, iwould love saintowin. ., spain to win. italy is a good team, the have spain to win. italy is a good team, they have players. _ spain to win. italy is a good team, they have players, the _ spain to win. italy is a good team, they have players, the league - spain to win. italy is a good team, they have players, the league in i they have players, the league in italy they have players, the league in italy is— they have players, the league in italy is very important. i think it's a — italy is very important. i think it's a complicated team and a complicated match, especially when it's the _ complicated match, especially when it's the semifinal, everyone want

court has ordered that european soccer governing body to cancel all legal sanctions imposed on real madrid, barcelona and juventus for playing or planning the creation of the breakaway european super league. the court also ordered uefa not to take any steps to try and exclude the three clubs, who are the last one standing from the 12 teams that were originally behind the breakaway league, from its different competitions including the champions league. one wonders if this might have ramifications for the premier league and the possible sanctions that were being talked about at the time. manchester city, manchester united, liverpool, arsenal, tottenham and chelsea were all involved in this proposed league. the spanish court has said uefa cannot take action against the three clubs still nominally involved in the creation of this league. so that news coming in on the last few minutes. polls are open in the yorkshire constituency of batley and spen, where voters are electing a new mp. it comes after the former labour mp, tracy brabin, became west yorkshire's first directly—elected mayor. and

euros for spain last night after defeat in a 4—2 penalty shootout. 0ur reporter guy hedgecoe is in madrid. ican i can pretty much guess the atmosphere, how was it last night for everyone? it atmosphere, how was it last night for everyone?— atmosphere, how was it last night for everyone? it was pretty sombre. peo - le for everyone? it was pretty sombre. peeple were — for everyone? it was pretty sombre. people were upset, _ for everyone? it was pretty sombre. people were upset, disappointed. . for everyone? it was pretty sombre. people were upset, disappointed. i | people were upset, disappointed. i think that is normal, when you lose on penalties. spain had come so near. i think a lot of people felt here justifiably perhaps that spain had played a better game than italy. there was talk after the game about the possession spain had and number of chances they created. many people seemed to feel they deserved to go through. so people are pretty glum this morning waking up to find they will not be going to wembley for the final. i think people felt it was a good performance nonetheless. in