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England v South Africa: Women’s Cricket World Cup semi-final – live

Over-by-over updates with play from 9.30am GMT
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4th over: South Africa 21-0 (Wolvaardt 13, Brits 6) Neat and tidy from Smith. That Bell semi-drop not withstanding, the BBC report that – stats wise - England are the best fielding team in the competition.

3rd over: South Africa 19-0 (Wolvaardt 12, Brits 5) A half-chance not held. Brits flays Bell back back with fire, through the left hand of her follow through and down to the rope.

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Trump says he will cut fentanyl tariff on Chinese goods and expects ‘great deal’ with Xi – business live

Most Asian stock markets rally on trade deal optimism, ahead of expected US interest rate cut

As ministers are drawing up proposals to increase the amount the NHS spends on new medicines, potentially by up to 25%, with an announcement expected as soon as the end of this week, GSK boss Emma Walmsley said she was “hopeful and ambitious” that the standoff with the pharma industry can be resolved.

Without pricing reform, the UK will struggle to be a life sciences superpower, she warned. She told reporters:

We are great supporters of the life sciences industrial strategy in the UK. And I’ve been very consistent on our view that it’s key to execute against that in terms of the opportunity for clinical trials and the opportunity for having translational facilities, all of the work that can be done with the data, but it is absolutely key that we have a competitive, commercial environment that recognises the value of innovation.

Obviously we’re engaging, watching, contributing as we can. And, I would say: hopeful and ambitious.

What everyone is putting the energy into, hopefully resolving, is how we make sure this country creates the right commercial environment. And without that, I think it’s going to be very difficult to be able to be a leading life sciences superpower… and without that, we are not going to secure something else we all want, which is patient access to innovation. You have to remember that the cost of drugs as a share of the total cost of health care is less than 10% in this country.

We absolutely agree we should be working towards constructive reform in the US system that we want to have affordable, accessible drugs in a sustainable way.

We remain very cautious about the environment in the US, although we did reassert today, we expect to be at the top end of our current vaccines guidance, and that’s really because we’re seeing great momentum ex US, particularly in Europe this quarter.

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Australia v India: first men’s Twenty20 international – live

  • Updates from the T20I at Manuka Oval in Canberra

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Abhishek Sharma has lit up the T20 in Canberra but all good things must come to an end. After throwing his bat at anything and everything it is a tame dismissal as the 25-year-old chips to Tim David at mid-off. Abhishek mis-read a slower ball from Nathan Ellis but that was some clever bowling.

3rd over: India 26-0 (Abhishek 19, Gill 7) Shubman Gill is batting in his partner’s shadow but gets the runs flowing with a top edge over the keeper to the rope. Hazlewood did everything right by bowling back of a length but is unfortunate not to pick up a wicket. Abhishek ruins what was otherwise a tidy over with a glance off his hip over short fine leg for another boundary.

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