:00:00. > :00:00.Political pressure mounts in Washington -
:00:00. > :00:08.a grand jury's called to look into claims that Russia interfered
:00:09. > :00:11.in the election that brought Donald Trump to power.
:00:12. > :00:14.Speaking for the first time since the news was announced,
:00:15. > :00:16.the President once again dismissed concerns about his campaign's
:00:17. > :00:25.The Russia story is a total fabrication.
:00:26. > :00:29.It's just an excuse for the greatest loss in the history
:00:30. > :00:39.The Royal Bank of Scotland, still mainly owned by the taxpayer,
:00:40. > :00:45.reports substantial profit for the first half of the year.
:00:46. > :00:47.Ireland's Prime Minister and challenges Britain to come up
:00:48. > :00:55.with an answer to the difficult issue of the Irish border.
:00:56. > :00:57.The Brazilian forward Neymar's unveiled at Paris St-Germain,
:00:58. > :01:01.as the most expensive player in the history of football.
:01:02. > :01:04.As the deadly heatwave in Europe continue, a warning
:01:05. > :01:06.for holiday-makers and those living in countries
:01:07. > :01:15.with temperatures now reaching over 40 degrees.
:01:16. > :01:21.And I am here at the London stadium as Mo Farah goes for gold on the
:01:22. > :01:22.opening day of the World Athletics Championships.
:01:23. > :01:26.And coming up in the sport on BBC News, England won the toss
:01:27. > :01:29.and decided to bat on the first morning of the Fourth and final
:01:30. > :01:49.Test at Old Trafford - they lead the series 2-1.
:01:50. > :01:58.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One.
:01:59. > :02:03.The man leading the investigation into claims of collusion between
:02:04. > :02:07.President Trump's election campaign and Russia, has convened a grand
:02:08. > :02:11.jury to consider whether there are grounds for criminal charges. The
:02:12. > :02:15.panel of ordinary citizens which hears evidence in private has
:02:16. > :02:22.already reportedly demanded more information about a meeting between
:02:23. > :02:26.Mr Trump's eldest son and a lawyer in Russia last year. The White House
:02:27. > :02:30.says it will cooperate with the inquiry. At a rally last night, the
:02:31. > :02:31.president rubbished claims about Russian interference. Tom Baric
:02:32. > :02:32.reports. In West Virginia last night,
:02:33. > :02:35.it felt like the president But he and his very loyal supporters
:02:36. > :02:39.are battling allegations that his campaign in last November's
:02:40. > :02:44.election colluded with Russia. Now, with a grand jury up
:02:45. > :02:47.and running, the investigation is into a new phase,
:02:48. > :02:49.and the president, as always, The Russia story is
:02:50. > :02:57.a total fabrication. It's just an excuse for the greatest
:02:58. > :03:01.loss in the history of American politics,
:03:02. > :03:05.that's all it is. The grand jury is meeting
:03:06. > :03:10.to consider evidence behind closed Their job isn't to determine
:03:11. > :03:18.guilt or innocence. They can call witnesses to testify
:03:19. > :03:23.or demand to see documents, and they must decide if the evidence
:03:24. > :03:26.that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia is strong enough
:03:27. > :03:31.for a criminal trial. The decision to call a grand jury
:03:32. > :03:34.was made by this man, The move is a logical next step
:03:35. > :03:42.in his investigation into the Trump campaign,
:03:43. > :03:45.but it shows the evidence gathered so far merits
:03:46. > :03:49.a thorough investigation. But the whole affair
:03:50. > :03:51.is a rallying cry for His supporters are not
:03:52. > :04:00.put off by all that's happened in Washington,
:04:01. > :04:02.rather they've been The constant drumbeat
:04:03. > :04:07.of opposition from the media and the resistance, as they call it,
:04:08. > :04:16.of the Democrats in Congress. According to the US media,
:04:17. > :04:18.the grand jury already wants information about a meeting
:04:19. > :04:22.between Donald Trump Jr and a Russian lawyer
:04:23. > :04:25.in June of last year. Donald Trump Jr has admitted
:04:26. > :04:27.he was promised damaging material about his dad's opponent,
:04:28. > :04:31.Hillary Clinton, but The White House said it
:04:32. > :04:36.supported any action that would accelerate the conclusion
:04:37. > :04:40.of the investigation fairly. Today, the president is off
:04:41. > :04:43.on holiday to play golf. The US media is unlikely to take
:04:44. > :04:46.time off from talking about what went on before
:04:47. > :04:50.he was elected. Rajini Vaidyanathan
:04:51. > :05:08.is in Washington. Just how significant has this -- is
:05:09. > :05:12.this being seen? It issues the significant. It is worth reminding
:05:13. > :05:17.that there are five different investigations going on into whether
:05:18. > :05:21.the Trump campaigned -- colluded with the Russians. Four of those are
:05:22. > :05:25.being led by politicians for the fifth is being led by Robert Muller,
:05:26. > :05:30.looking into potential criminal charges. The grand jury is
:05:31. > :05:35.significant because it has huge power to demand that witnesses come
:05:36. > :05:39.forward with statements, to request documents as well, as it decides
:05:40. > :05:43.whether or not to pursue criminal charges. The second reason this
:05:44. > :05:48.matters so much is because the net is also closing in on President
:05:49. > :05:51.Trump's inner circle. We have heard reports the grand jury has already
:05:52. > :05:56.requested documents relating to a meeting that the President's son had
:05:57. > :05:59.with a Russian lawyer during the election campaign meeting in which
:06:00. > :06:04.he was promised dirt on Hillary Clinton. And the other reason why
:06:05. > :06:10.this matters so much is because once again the White House is having to
:06:11. > :06:14.play damage limitation, damage control, on another story about the
:06:15. > :06:19.Russia investigation. Instead of focusing on what it wants to, and
:06:20. > :06:25.policy priorities, like health care reforms, like trying to boost jobs
:06:26. > :06:29.and the economy. President Trump has described this as a witchhunt. There
:06:30. > :06:35.is no evidence at the moment to prove that his campaign colluded
:06:36. > :06:41.with the Russians. But this grand jury does showed that things are
:06:42. > :06:42.ramping up. It is being taken extremely seriously. Thank you.
:06:43. > :06:44.The Irish Prime Minister, Leo Varadkar, has called for "unique
:06:45. > :06:47.solutions" to preserve relations between Britain and the
:06:48. > :06:51.Speaking during his first official visit to Northern Ireland,
:06:52. > :06:53.he raised the possibility of a bilateral customs
:06:54. > :06:55.union between the UK and the EU and an alternative
:06:56. > :06:59.to the European Court of Justice to oversee any deal.
:07:00. > :07:07.Our Ireland Correspondent, Chris Buckler, reports.
:07:08. > :07:15.Leo Varadker crossed the Irish border for the first time as
:07:16. > :07:18.Ireland's PM -- Prime Minister to set out his concerns about what
:07:19. > :07:26.could happen to it after Brexit. He arrived after upsetting unionist
:07:27. > :07:28.about Brexiteers. But in Queens University the new Taoiseach was
:07:29. > :07:33.quick to point out how much relationships have changed in a few
:07:34. > :07:38.decades. The border itself was a very different place. A place of
:07:39. > :07:43.bloodshed, of violence, of checkpoints. He is of a new
:07:44. > :07:47.generation. The first time Leo Varadker voted was in the referendum
:07:48. > :07:51.for the Good Friday Agreement. But there is a new challenge and the
:07:52. > :07:56.potential of a new border. There are people who do want a border, a trade
:07:57. > :08:00.border, between the United Kingdom and the European Union, and
:08:01. > :08:03.therefore between Ireland and Britain, and therefore, across
:08:04. > :08:08.Ireland. These are the advocates of the so-called hard Brexit. At a time
:08:09. > :08:13.when Brexit threatens to drive a wedge between North and South
:08:14. > :08:20.between Britain and Ireland, we need to build more bridges and fewer
:08:21. > :08:24.borders. There are scores of cross-border links. He wants to keep
:08:25. > :08:28.them completely open. Today Mr Varadker post is demand for any reds
:08:29. > :08:33.agreement to protect the free movement of people, goods and
:08:34. > :08:38.services across this island. -- Anni Brexit. When people talk about the
:08:39. > :08:44.border of the past, they refer to the troubles when huge security was
:08:45. > :08:47.needed. That is not the case any more. This is the dividing line
:08:48. > :08:51.between the countries, not so you would notice. The political tensions
:08:52. > :08:57.in Northern Ireland are obvious. Those questions of what will happen
:08:58. > :09:02.to the border after Brexit. The Irish Prime Minister will be on the
:09:03. > :09:05.EU's side of the table during negotiations. On a shared island
:09:06. > :09:11.there is a shared interest in finding solutions. They only have
:09:12. > :09:13.months to discover them. Chris Buckler, BBC News, Northern Ireland.
:09:14. > :09:15.The Royal Bank of Scotland, which is still predominantly
:09:16. > :09:17.owned by the taxpayer, has reported a substantial profit
:09:18. > :09:20.after a ?2 billion loss for the same period last year.
:09:21. > :09:22.The bank made almost ?940 million in the six
:09:23. > :09:26.They also announced they were in talks to move
:09:27. > :09:28.their European headquarters to Amsterdam after Brexit.
:09:29. > :09:31.Our Business Correspondent, Joe Lynam, reports.
:09:32. > :09:34.It's been posting annual losses almost a decade but today at least,
:09:35. > :09:39.it can say that things were looking up in the first of the year.
:09:40. > :09:42.RBS made what's called an attributable profit
:09:43. > :09:46.of ?939 million over the past six months.
:09:47. > :09:49.That reversed losses of more than ?2 billion over
:09:50. > :09:54.And unlike Barclays or Lloyds, RBS won't be setting aside
:09:55. > :10:00.Its boss admitted that taxpayers would not be getting their money
:10:01. > :10:06.back in full if the government sold its shares in RBS immediately.
:10:07. > :10:10.If we sold it, they wouldn't get their money back, but it is...
:10:11. > :10:13.What we're trying to do is create a good bank so they get as much
:10:14. > :10:18.And a 70% stake won't be sold overnight.
:10:19. > :10:20.So it will take some time and this bank is getting
:10:21. > :10:25.And the bank's capital buffers have reached a new high.
:10:26. > :10:27.It means it should have more than enough money
:10:28. > :10:31.set aside in the event of another major downturn.
:10:32. > :10:34.But RBS still expects to post a loss for all of 2017,
:10:35. > :10:39.that's because it is still dealing with past misdeeds.
:10:40. > :10:42.It is expected to pay a further multi-billion pound fine to US
:10:43. > :10:45.regulators for mis-selling specialist investments called
:10:46. > :10:48.mortgage-backed assets before the financial crisis.
:10:49. > :10:51.The estimates for the Department of Justice's fine is anything
:10:52. > :10:59.Most of us would estimate it is going to be between five
:11:00. > :11:02.and six but if it is more than that, then actually, it is
:11:03. > :11:06.The difficulty we have is we don't know how big that fine could be.
:11:07. > :11:09.And what we have signalled very clearly, that it could be large
:11:10. > :11:16.We haven't got into those conversations with the
:11:17. > :11:21.It's the last big issue this bank has to face.
:11:22. > :11:24.The bank has also had to take steps to minimise any
:11:25. > :11:29.It has chosen Amsterdam for its European headquarters,
:11:30. > :11:34.Up to 150 staff may have to move to the Dutch city.
:11:35. > :11:49.At terror suspect in Australia tried to smuggle a bomb on a plane by
:11:50. > :11:53.planting it on his unsuspecting brother, according to police, who
:11:54. > :11:58.say they plan to ring down the plane was directed by so-called Islamic
:11:59. > :12:01.State. Investigators believe the bomb was made using military grade
:12:02. > :12:05.explosives and another device had been found to release toxic gas in a
:12:06. > :12:12.public place. Howell Griffith has more. Described as one of the most
:12:13. > :12:16.sophisticated terror plots ever on Australian soil, officers say they
:12:17. > :12:21.have ended a plan which could have caused catastrophic loss of life.
:12:22. > :12:26.They believe that Khaled Khayat and Mahmoud Khayat were sent military
:12:27. > :12:30.grade explosives by so-called Islamic State on a cargo flight.
:12:31. > :12:36.They allege they then put together a bomb packed inside a meat grinder.
:12:37. > :12:42.On July 15, it's alleged the men went to take the improvised
:12:43. > :12:46.explosive device onto an Etihad flight out of Sydney. But officers
:12:47. > :12:51.say it was never checked in. We will be alleging in court that a fully
:12:52. > :12:56.functioning IED was to be brought on that flight on the 15th of July. One
:12:57. > :13:02.thing that is important to state is it did not get through security.
:13:03. > :13:06.Having aborted the first attack, it's alleged the mental part of the
:13:07. > :13:10.bomb to try and create a chemical device instead, which would emit
:13:11. > :13:14.poisonous hydrogen sulphide. Officers say the men were arrested
:13:15. > :13:19.before that plot became advanced. Detailed forensic searches are
:13:20. > :13:25.continuing. A third man is still being questioned by police. Airport
:13:26. > :13:30.security routines have secured -- returned to normal. Passengers are
:13:31. > :13:34.being assured the threat has been disrupted. But new questions have
:13:35. > :13:37.been raised over how explosives could be sent into Australia by
:13:38. > :13:41.Islamic State, and how the terror threat is evolving.
:13:42. > :13:44.British holiday-makers and people across Europe are being urged
:13:45. > :13:46.to take great care as the dangerous heatwave continues -
:13:47. > :13:48.in parts of Italy, Spain and the Balkans, temperatures have
:13:49. > :13:53.Several countries have issued red alert health warnings, and some
:13:54. > :13:56.regions are still contending with drought and forest fires.
:13:57. > :14:11.Plane spotting at wildfires in Corsica. Last week, the North of the
:14:12. > :14:18.Mediterranean island burned. Now it is the South. The extreme heat has
:14:19. > :14:24.sparked wildfires across Europe. Swathes of the South of France were
:14:25. > :14:28.scorched. Now hungry, too. Here, hundreds of hectares in grassland --
:14:29. > :14:34.of grassland burn. Firefighters battled to put out flames before
:14:35. > :14:38.they spread to urban areas. Italy is experiencing its worst drought in 60
:14:39. > :14:42.years. Thousands of tourists travel there every year in search of
:14:43. > :14:47.sunshine. But the intense heat means people are desperately searching for
:14:48. > :14:52.shade. We have had some nice weather this year but it is not as hard as
:14:53. > :15:00.Rome. Nowhere near. Drinking lots of water. It is fantastic having the
:15:01. > :15:04.water fountains around Rome. Across the country, 26 major towns and
:15:05. > :15:12.cities are on heat alert. Hospital admissions have increased by 15%.
:15:13. > :15:15.And the prolonged drought is said -- set to cost agriculture billions,
:15:16. > :15:22.with 11 regions facing critical water shortages. Arlit crops are
:15:23. > :15:27.already 50% lower than normal. -- Olive. In Sicily, beaches are
:15:28. > :15:30.quieter than usual as people follow the leader of the local and staying
:15:31. > :15:36.indoors. Others do what they can to protect themselves and keep cool, as
:15:37. > :15:40.forecasters see no respite. Sophie Long, BBC News.
:15:41. > :15:43.Gavin Lee is in the town of Castellammara del Golfo
:15:44. > :15:53.As we heard from Sophie, the beach is very quiet.
:15:54. > :15:58.What is it like where you are now? It is 43.5 degrees here, an all-time
:15:59. > :16:02.high of Sicily this year. You have to go back to 1999 when the
:16:03. > :16:06.temperature was higher, 48.9 degrees, and for some comparison we
:16:07. > :16:10.are talking about average temperatures for August in the
:16:11. > :16:17.south, on the Mediterranean, of about 33 degrees, 10 degrees higher.
:16:18. > :16:21.This is the main square in Castellammara del Golfo, very close
:16:22. > :16:26.to Palermo, Sicily. Usually packed, look at it now. The restaurants in
:16:27. > :16:30.front of us, the tourist information completely empty, goes down. They
:16:31. > :16:33.say mad dogs and Englishmen in the midday sun, there are just a few
:16:34. > :16:38.waiters and me at the moment. Talking about the fires, above this
:16:39. > :16:43.building here, there are three fires going on right now being put out by
:16:44. > :16:48.fire crews, those are the charred remains of there, it started a few
:16:49. > :16:54.days ago and was put out two days ago now, and that is the big risk.
:16:55. > :16:57.We are told, stay indoors, it is a Government emergency, there are
:16:58. > :17:01.seven countries like Italy saying the same advice for the afternoons,
:17:02. > :17:04.if you are going to go out, this is the best place to be right now, by
:17:05. > :17:07.the sea. Gavin, thank you very much indeed.
:17:08. > :17:17.Serious situation indeed, thank you. He's now the most expensive player
:17:18. > :17:20.in the history of football. Paris Saint-Germain have completed
:17:21. > :17:22.the record ?200 million transfer deal for Neymar
:17:23. > :17:24.with the Brazilian forward The French club have been
:17:25. > :17:27.unveiling their star player Our correspondent, Jonny Dymond,
:17:28. > :17:36.is outside PSG's stadium in Paris. The anticipation finally over?
:17:37. > :17:40.The anticipation is over and I think the focus of the fans is on the
:17:41. > :17:44.skills of this astonishing player. The focus of the rest of the world
:17:45. > :17:48.is on the staggering amount of money he is being paid. There are already
:17:49. > :17:54.complaints from Barcelona and from La Liga about the way that this deal
:17:55. > :17:58.has been made, and there is focus on the extraordinary position of Paris
:17:59. > :18:02.St Germain, because this is not a normal football club, this is a club
:18:03. > :18:10.that is entirely owned by a country, by oil and gas rich Gulf state
:18:11. > :18:13.Qatar, the accusation is that Qatar is not just buying one of the best
:18:14. > :18:17.footballers in the world but buying global influence and political power
:18:18. > :18:21.with that purchase. Neymar, when asked about the money, said it was
:18:22. > :18:24.not about the money but about the new challenge, and for the fans it
:18:25. > :18:28.is all about the football. One person I spoke to coming in here
:18:29. > :18:30.said, every footballer has their price, so long as he wins.
:18:31. > :18:41.Thank you. Political pressure mounts on Donald
:18:42. > :18:45.Trump as a grand jury is called to look into claims that Russia
:18:46. > :18:48.interfered in the election that brought him to power.
:18:49. > :18:51.Coming up, we will be live at Old Trafford for the first day of the
:18:52. > :18:57.fourth test between England and South Africa.
:18:58. > :19:00.Coming up in sport, Neymar has arrived in Paris ahead of becoming
:19:01. > :19:03.the most expensive player in the history of football. He signed a
:19:04. > :19:15.five-year deal with Paris St Germain.
:19:16. > :19:17.The deadline for submissions on what the Grenfell Tower fire
:19:18. > :19:20.inquiry should cover will expire later today.
:19:21. > :19:22.Hundreds of suggestions have been received, with the total expected
:19:23. > :19:27.Our home affairs correspondent Tom Symonds is at the tower
:19:28. > :19:36.What have people been telling you? There is a big debate in this
:19:37. > :19:40.community about the terms of this inquiry. To give you the context,
:19:41. > :19:44.the judge said, when he was appointed, that he would look
:19:45. > :19:48.primarily at the causes of the fire, and a lot of people took that to
:19:49. > :19:53.mean that would be a very narrow focus. He later clarified and said
:19:54. > :19:57.actually he would look at the whole history of Grenfell Tower and its
:19:58. > :20:00.fire safety record and therefore it would be a much broader examination
:20:01. > :20:17.of the issues, but that still has not been enough.
:20:18. > :20:21.I have been at public meetings at this church in the last week or so
:20:22. > :20:24.where he has faced a lot of angry pressure from people in this area
:20:25. > :20:26.for him to expand the scope of the inquiry, and today one of the
:20:27. > :20:29.residents' groups, justice for parental, has published a document
:20:30. > :20:31.setting out in detail the kind of green that they would like to see
:20:32. > :20:34.for the inquiry. For example, they would like him to look at the way in
:20:35. > :20:36.which councils, this council in particular, Kensington and Chelsea,
:20:37. > :20:38.has effectively outsourced the provision of social housing and the
:20:39. > :20:41.effect not just on the fire safety issues, standards of fire safety at
:20:42. > :20:46.Grenfell Tower, but also the standards of housing in this area,
:20:47. > :20:52.and potentially much more widely. Now, sources at the Justice
:20:53. > :20:56.Moore-Bick inquiries said he will have to take on board that sort of
:20:57. > :21:00.pressure, he may have to find another way of delivering that sort
:21:01. > :21:04.of an inquiry, because he is intent on keeping the inquiry manageable.
:21:05. > :21:09.The timescale is quite punishing for him, he has to deliver his recommit
:21:10. > :21:14.to the Prime Minister next week, she will respond the week after because
:21:15. > :21:18.it is her decision in the end as the sponsoring minister what the inquiry
:21:19. > :21:22.examines, he will then work throughout the rest of the summer
:21:23. > :21:27.until September, when the inquiry is due to start, and then he has to
:21:28. > :21:31.produce some form of an interim report within probably a year. He
:21:32. > :21:35.has said it will take some months to do that but that could be quite
:21:36. > :21:51.detailed, it could go to some detail about the causes of the fire.
:21:52. > :21:55.So there is a lot of pressure on this judge.
:21:56. > :21:58.I get the sense that in the area generally people have accepted him
:21:59. > :22:01.as the chair, but their raw a lot of people who feel he is not right for
:22:02. > :22:02.the job and this inquiry will run into difficulties. OK, Tom, thank
:22:03. > :22:02.you. Amid the controversy over air
:22:03. > :22:04.pollution and debate about the merits of electric cars vs
:22:05. > :22:07.diesel and petrol, today sees Our business correspondent
:22:08. > :22:15.Jonty Bloom is here to go They basically show there has been
:22:16. > :22:18.another fall in new car sales, down 9% in July alone. That is the fourth
:22:19. > :22:21.month in a row that car sales have gone down. Previously the Society
:22:22. > :22:25.for motor manufacturing and trading said it was due to changes in
:22:26. > :22:29.vehicle excise duty, now they say they are noticing lack of consumer
:22:30. > :22:33.and business confidence caused by uncertainty around Brexit, a popular
:22:34. > :22:37.whipping boy at the moment but not the full story, because we have seen
:22:38. > :23:01.a collapse in diesel sales in particular. Petrol
:23:02. > :23:05.cars not so bad but diesel cars down 20% in just one month, that is bound
:23:06. > :23:07.to be about the controversy about pollution and fears the Government
:23:08. > :23:10.may step in and do something about that, so making diesel less
:23:11. > :23:12.attractive. The other side of that, a large increase in electric and
:23:13. > :23:15.hybrid cars, up 65% in just one month, so sales taking off there but
:23:16. > :23:17.it still accounts for only one in 20 of new car sales.
:23:18. > :23:18.What about predictions going forward?
:23:19. > :23:20.As predicted by the Society for motor manufacturing and traders, it
:23:21. > :23:23.predicted a slowdown but putting the best possible spin on it it says
:23:24. > :23:26.there will be bargains out there because all of those companies have
:23:27. > :23:26.a lot of cars on their hands they are trying to sell.
:23:27. > :23:28.OK, thank you. It's the first day of the fourth
:23:29. > :23:31.Test between England England lead the four match series
:23:32. > :23:34.2-1 and won the toss Our sports correspondent
:23:35. > :23:42.Patrick Gearey is at Old Trafford. England haven't actually won a test
:23:43. > :23:46.series in more than a year, they have lost the final test in eight of
:23:47. > :23:49.the last nine series. Their form is as changeable as the local weather
:23:50. > :23:53.here in Manchester so just as well they have a man in their side who
:23:54. > :23:56.knows this ground so well he is officially now part of it.
:23:57. > :24:02.The first morning of the test, a good time to get a new bit of kit.
:24:03. > :24:06.James Anderson took this frame, part of Old Trafford took his name. The
:24:07. > :24:11.Pavilion End now the James Anderson end, a title chosen by Lancastrians
:24:12. > :24:17.for a Lancastrian. England's record wicket taker had to watch the first
:24:18. > :24:20.over bowled from it, Kagiso Rabada of South Africa nearly channelled
:24:21. > :24:24.Jimmy, Keaton Jennings escaped this time. The outfield here has suffered
:24:25. > :24:28.since a Radiohead concert was held on it a few weeks ago, still no
:24:29. > :24:33.alarms and no surprises for anyone in the first half an hour. Nothing
:24:34. > :24:38.is truly calm when you are still finding your way in this game,
:24:39. > :24:42.though. Young Jennings edgy, caught behind the 17. After that nervous
:24:43. > :24:46.energy departed, all was becalmed, the occasional Alastair Cook push
:24:47. > :24:59.all that moved the match from a standstill. No matter,
:25:00. > :25:03.England lead the series, they have time. The plan was to keep South
:25:04. > :25:05.Africa waiting, and, wherever possible, chasing. It is, after all,
:25:06. > :25:07.a good idea in Manchester to stay out there as long as you can while
:25:08. > :25:11.it is dry. And dry is by no means a given in
:25:12. > :25:13.this part of the world, Monday and Tuesday look like a chance of rain
:25:14. > :25:16.and that is bad news for South Africa. The onus is on them to win
:25:17. > :25:21.this match, remember, in order to win the series, they must make the
:25:22. > :25:25.running. England will be pleased with their morning work, 67-1. They
:25:26. > :25:26.know in this case slow and steady might well win the race.
:25:27. > :25:30.Patrick, thank you. The World Athletics Championships
:25:31. > :25:32.get under way in London tonight, with Sir Mo Farah and Usain Bolt
:25:33. > :25:35.both competing in the event Farah, who'll switch
:25:36. > :25:40.to road racing next season, is hoping to win an unprecedented
:25:41. > :25:42.fifth double in the 5000 and 10,000 metres races,
:25:43. > :25:45.while Bolt is set to compete in the 100 metres
:25:46. > :25:49.and the 4x100m relay. A record 650,000 tickets have been
:25:50. > :25:53.sold for the ten-day event. Our sports correspondent Andy Swiss
:25:54. > :26:06.is at the London Stadium. Huge excitement of course for the
:26:07. > :26:11.next ten days. Yes, it was here exactly five years
:26:12. > :26:17.ago that British athletics enjoyed one of its greatest days, so-called
:26:18. > :26:20.Super Saturday at London 2012. Once again this stadium will be packed
:26:21. > :26:21.out for the start of the world Championships and all eyes will be
:26:22. > :26:23.on a home hero. Back on British turf,
:26:24. > :26:25.five years on from the Olympics the stage is set once again
:26:26. > :26:29.for the world's greatest athletes. And if this morning's for mowing,
:26:30. > :26:32.tonight's for Mo, back in the stadium where,
:26:33. > :26:35.on this very date in COMMENTATOR: Mo Farah
:26:36. > :26:44.for Great Britain, it's gold! Farah goes for gold in the 10,000
:26:45. > :26:47.metres tonight in what will be his It's once-in-a-lifetime
:26:48. > :26:50.to have the Olympics right on your doorstep,
:26:51. > :26:53.and to do what I did. And then you come back years later
:26:54. > :26:56.and it's the world champs. I'm like, "You know what,
:26:57. > :26:59.I'm going to end it at that track." But while Mo Farah's
:27:00. > :27:01.back competing here, Britain's other stars
:27:02. > :27:04.of 2012 aren't. Greg Rutherford's injured,
:27:05. > :27:07.Jessica Ennis-Hill now retired. The hosts will have
:27:08. > :27:10.to find some new heroes. One potential candidate
:27:11. > :27:12.is Laura Muir, who goes The British team's target
:27:13. > :27:19.here of six medals will be tough, I look at Sophie Hitchon
:27:20. > :27:23.in the hammer, I look at Katarina Johnson-Thompson
:27:24. > :27:26.in the high jump and the heptathlon, Many of them are young,
:27:27. > :27:30.their futures are ahead of them, and this is a fantastic stage
:27:31. > :27:33.for them to step up in front of a home crowd,
:27:34. > :27:35.excite us and win medals, But, as ever, there's no
:27:36. > :27:39.doubting the style of show, as athletics says goodbye
:27:40. > :27:42.to the greatest. Tonight, Usain Bolt begins his quest
:27:43. > :27:45.for a final 100 metres Some believe it's
:27:46. > :27:53.far from guaranteed. The emotion of it being his very
:27:54. > :27:58.last race will certainly get to him. He's an entertainer,
:27:59. > :28:01.he's a performer, and when the crowd literally are going to give him
:28:02. > :28:04.a standing ovation when he lines up, and how much does that take out
:28:05. > :28:07.of him before he lines up Who knows, it's going to be
:28:08. > :28:11.a tough one for him. It will be the very
:28:12. > :28:13.fondest of farewells. How on earth will athletics replace
:28:14. > :28:17.the utterly irreplaceable? So, catch him while you can,
:28:18. > :28:34.as sport's ultimate showman looks So, Andy, Tal is a little bit more
:28:35. > :28:39.about what we can expect tonight. It should be some opening evening,
:28:40. > :28:44.Katy B stop we have Laura Muir going in the heats of the 1500 metres
:28:45. > :28:48.around 7:35pm. In with a chance of a medal, she has been in exceptional
:28:49. > :28:54.form over the last year or so. At 8:20pm, Usain Bolt goes in the heats
:28:55. > :28:58.of the 100 metres, the final of the 100 metres takes place tomorrow
:28:59. > :29:03.evening, a game that should be some atmosphere, one of the highlights of
:29:04. > :29:31.these championships. At 9:20pm, Mo Farah going for gold in
:29:32. > :29:35.the 10,000 metres, it is the first final of these championships, a
:29:36. > :29:37.chanter Briton to win the first gold here in the London stadium at these
:29:38. > :29:40.championships, and certainly the vast majority of the fans here will
:29:41. > :29:41.be willing Mo Farah onto what would be the perfect conclusion to his
:29:42. > :29:44.extraordinary career. Thank you very much, and if you
:29:45. > :29:47.would like to follow the coverage, which I'm sure many of you will, it
:29:48. > :29:47.is 6:30pm on BBC Two, 7pm on BBC One.
:29:48. > :29:51.Time to look at the weather. I thought I would start with the heat
:29:52. > :29:56.in the Mediterranean. Very high humidity, temperatures in the low 40
:29:57. > :30:00.Celsius again today. This dangerous heatwave. The ebb away this weekend
:30:01. > :30:03.and into the start of next week. Meanwhile, drifting northwards, an
:30:04. > :30:08.area of low pressure gradually clearing away from our shores. In
:30:09. > :30:11.its wake, good spells of sunshine, there have been plenty of that this
:30:12. > :30:16.morning across England and Wales, a lovely start of the day, a few
:30:17. > :30:19.showers around in south Wales, south-west England, probably most of
:30:20. > :30:22.them throughout the day will be across Scotland, but largely fine
:30:23. > :30:33.and dry for many to England and Wales.
:30:34. > :30:37.The wind will remain a feature across southern areas as this area
:30:38. > :30:39.of low pressure pulls away and the wind will continue to become lighter
:30:40. > :30:42.but quite fresh across Scotland and the North East of England, most of
:30:43. > :30:44.the showers here, Northern Ireland and Scotland with that wind around
:30:45. > :30:47.18 Celsius. On the flip side for England and Wales the wind is much
:30:48. > :30:49.lighter than yesterday, more in the way of sunshine, warmer air as well,
:30:50. > :30:54.tempered is already around 23 degrees in the south-east, we could
:30:55. > :30:57.make 2425 Celsius. The showers continue for a while this evening
:30:58. > :31:03.and continued to fizzle out during the night away from Scotland, a
:31:04. > :31:07.cluster of showers pushing in across Ireland and a rising across Wales by
:31:08. > :31:10.the end of the night. That takes us into Saturday and for the start of
:31:11. > :31:14.the weekend, sunshine and showers feature, some of those showers
:31:15. > :31:17.across Wales pushing into the Midlands, eastern England, East
:31:18. > :31:22.Anglia, could be happy through the David Hale and Thunder mixed in but
:31:23. > :31:31.will gradually clear away, we should see sunshine behind, elsewhere
:31:32. > :31:34.sunshine and showers. As we head towards Saturday evening, those
:31:35. > :31:41.showers fizzling out so it looks like a fine, dry end of the day for
:31:42. > :31:45.many. On into Sunday, ridge of high pressure builds in, that will keep
:31:46. > :31:51.things fine and dry before this feature booths in late in the day
:31:52. > :31:52.but it will bring a wet, windy day towards Northern Ireland, western
:31:53. > :31:56.Scotland, eventually reaching north-western parts of Britain as
:31:57. > :32:09.well, but it looks like for the bulk of the country are flying day, dry,
:32:10. > :32:12.light wind with some sunshine. Into next weekend, we start the regard
:32:13. > :32:14.shall we note, mid week on with the high pressure becomes established,
:32:15. > :32:16.turning drier with more in the way of sunshine. A bit of good news!
:32:17. > :32:18.A reminder of our main story this lunchtime...
:32:19. > :32:23.Political pressure mounts on Donald Trump as a grand jury is called to
:32:24. > :32:24.look into claims that Russia interfered in the election that
:32:25. > :32:25.brought him to power. That's all from the BBC News at One,
:32:26. > :32:29.so it's goodbye from me, and on BBC One we now join the BBC's
:32:30. > :32:33.news teams where you are.