hello and welcome along to the programme. defending champions manchester city have cruised in to the quarterfinals of the champions league after a 6—2 win on aggregate over fc copenhagen. they beat the danish side 3—1 in the second leg at the etihad, watched by the bbc�*s football correspondentjohn murray. it was, as widely expected, a formality for the holders as they confirmed their place in the last eight. they knocked out the danish champions with a scoreline that matched the first leg in copenhagen. the contest, such as it was, was certainly over inside the first ten minutes as they volleyed in from a corner and then another shot slipped through the gloves of the goalkeeper. the danes rallied with a well—taken goal but manchester city restored the two—goal lead. shooting at his 29th just before half time.

he joined two other strikers as the leading goal—scorers in the champions league this season. surprisingly, no further addition to the scoreline after the break as city cruised to an eighth win out of eight in the defence of their title this season. remarkably scoring exactly three goals in each match. manchester city have reached the quarterfinals of the champions league for seven seasons in a row now. they may make it look easy, but manager pep guardiola says it's anything but. it looks like aggregate 6—2, ok, it's not. so, at the end today, madrid suffered to go through and we have played them in the past, oh, it is easy. it is not, it is difficult, everything is difficult. premier league difficult, fa cup, difficult, go to luton and win, difficult. people take it for granted now, that's good, our standards are there but we know

internally, me as a manager, the players, everything is difficult. 14—time european champions real madrid were given a scare as they booked their place in the last 8, seeing off rb leipzig 2—1 on aggregate. real�*s 1—0 win in the first leg was the difference in the end. they went ahead in the spanish capital through vinicius junior before willi orban levelled on the night. the visitors then hit the cross bar, but were unable to level the tie. jude bellingham did start that match for real madrid, but the england international will miss the league games against celta vigo and osasuna. he's been given a two—match ban for his protests at the weekend after being denied a goal at the end of real�*s 2—2 draw with valencia. one tie in the europa league on wednesday. it's all square after the first leg of the last 16 clash between sporting lisbon and atalanta — that finished 1—1. they meet again on m march. in england, holders

arsenal have breezed through to the final of the women's league cup, with a dominant display against aston villa. a first—half hat—trick from stina blackstenius set them up for a 4—0 victory. arsenal will face the winners of thursday's tie between manchester city and chelsea at the end of the month. and ahead of chelsea's match, boss emma hayes has been speaking to the media for the first time since sam kerr pleaded not guilty to racially aggravated harassment of a police officer. hayes says the club is standing by the australian forward. she has our full support, and she knows that and it's really important i get that across, its something i really, really value. there is difficult moments, tough times and that is what my role is in this football club is, to make sure i look after our people, and ijust want to be clear that sam will be fully supported by me and everybody else at chelsea. england's cricketers have already lost the series

against india, but the final test gives them a chance to end the tour on a high. they've made one change for the match — mark wood coming in for ollie robinson. here's our sports correspondentjoe wilson. seven weeks on tour, and england find themselves at the summit of the cricketing world. topographically. almost one mile above sea level, the territory of daramsala offers all sorts of different perspectives. some met the spiritual leader of buddhism. we expect the dalai lama remains neutral. india have won the series, whatever happens. england's captain has perspective on that. i think that has not been successful, 3—1. i look at it differently with completely different angles. i think we've definitely progressed as a team. although we've not got the results we wanted. but you know, 3—2, sounds

better than 3—1 or 4—1. we look to win a game we go about and play. it's not worked out that way in terms of results, but we've got one last push here. india always is when you play five games. we got one last big push here. a great ground to do with that. yeah, they're excited for this week. for india, it's been the series of the 655 runner already. ashwin approaches 100 test matches — just a number, he says. thousands may look at the mountains, but the players, it's always the ball. joe wilson, bbc news. anthonyjoshua returns to the ring this week for the first time since december as he takes on former ufc star francis ngannou on friday night in riyadh. ngannou went the distance

with tyson fury last year, knocking down the world champion but controversially lost on points. our reporter ade adedoyin is following the build—up. the difference in body language of both men this week at times has been really fascinating. anthonyjoshua away from the cameras as looked like a man on a mission, he has had his fight face on, little on edge. compared to francis ngannou, looking like a man without a care in the world. the odds—makers havejoshua as a heavy favourite, simply because of his longer career and he has won everything, olympic champion and a two—time world champion, boxing for ten years in contrast to francis ngannou having just his second bout as a professional. but it is the way that the man from cameroon performed in his first bout against tyson fury that has given all this a bit ofjeopardy. anthonyjoshua knows he mustn't underestimate his man. his first dream was to be a boxer which people forget and he was part of the cameroonian team, he started mma at 24, 26, not the first time he had hit a heavy pad or bags,

from a young age was his dream is to be not boxer, i know what i'm up against. i look at the small details but i spar, do my film study, do the professional work. on the night is on the night, that's different, or the textbook stuff goes out the window and you just have to be relentless, give it your best. it is already written in the stars what's going to happen, i would just follow my destiny. what a story it has been for francis ngannou, in two fights he will have faced two of the biggest names in heavyweight boxing. last time out, he put tyson fury down and had him hurt, almost beaten him, many felt he should have got the decision. what would it mean to him to pull this off on friday? we are two days out of a fight, we had a good training. everything was perfect so there is no reason not to believe. i know that if i go out there and do my best, there is a big chance that i will go out there with the victory and i'm going out there for that victory and i am going to let everything in that ring on friday night to come out with a victory.

both men have been very respectful, none of the pushing or shoving shenanigans you may see in the lead up to a major event but make no mistakes, when that bell rings on friday night, all the respect go out the window with so much riding on this bout for both men. formula one is also in saudi arabia this weekend, with the second race of the season injeddah on saturday. world champion max verstappen says his father, jos, is "not a liar", after he claimed red bull could be torn apart if the team principal christian horner stays in the role. on the eve of the season, horner was cleared of innapropriate behaviour with a female colleague, but the scrutiny over him remains — that's led to speculation about verstappen�*s future. could he be the man to replace lewis hamilton at mercedes next season, and drive alongside britain's george russell? whoever were to line up alongside me next year or the years to come, i welcome anybody, i welcome a challenge. you always want to go against the best but ultimately

for me, just focusing on myself, i believe in myself, i believe i can beat anybody on the grid and, you know, you just have to have that mentality. as i said, having lewis as my benchmark for the last couple of years has been a pretty good benchmark for sure. masters champion rahm says golf�*s world rankings are "not "a good system", after the liv tour withdrew its application for its players to be awarded points. the spaniard joined the saudi—backed series last december — he's currently world number three but he'll almost certainly fall down the rankings, and he could miss out on invitations to play in major championships. a quick reminder of our top story. defending champions manchester city are through to the of of the champions league after seeing off fc copenhagen 6—2 on aggregate. real madrid are also through but it was much harder work as they came through 2—i aganst rb leipzing. that's all for now. see you next time.

hello there. over the next few days, the winds going to be picking up from the east or southeast. it's going to be particularly windy on friday. we'll have more of the cloud affecting eastern parts of the country. i think western areas will see most of the sunshine. that's because high pressure over scandinavia will be pushing westwards against this low pressure system, so we'll start to see the isobars squeezing together. so for thursday, it's a bright start across northern and western areas. quite a chilly start, mind you — early mist and fog will clear as the wind begins to pick up. eastern areas seeing thicker cloud at times. it will stay rather grey here, maybe some spots of drizzle. a few showers into the afternoon across the midlands, into east wales. otherwise, many places should stay dry and we should see sunny spells. top temperatures 11 degrees but cooler along north sea coasts with that increasing onshore breeze. the winds continue to pick up through thursday night, pushing more cloud into the midlands, northern england, large parts of scotland. but there will still be some clearer skies, particularly through

southern and central areas. so where the skies are clear, it's going to be cold. where we have the cloud, the breeze, then less cold — generally, i think two to five degrees. now, more isobars on the charts for friday. a strong east, south—easterly wind picking up as this low pressure system starts to push back against the area of high pressure, so a blustery day for all. there will be quite a bit of sunshine around, we think for england and wales. more clouds for northern england, certainly central and eastern scotland, and some good spells of sunshine for western scotland, northern ireland. but the winds a feature for all areas, particularly so along north sea coast. so that will peg the temperatures back. although we're looking at single digits on the north sea, it could feel even colder than that. further west in the sunshine, ten or ii celsius. into saturday, this area of low pressure sideswipes the south and southwest of the country. again, it stays quite blustery, quite a few isobars on the charts for saturday. and we'll see showers or longer spells of rain affecting parts of the west and the southwest. some sunshine around too. it's not going to be a wash—out. a lot of cloud, though,

for northern england and large parts of central and eastern scotland. a bit of drizzle on the hills there. feeling quite chilly in the north, but 11 to 13 in the south, some milder air being pulled into this area of low pressure which will — by sunday into monday — pull out into the near continent. you'll see the isobars opening out. so we should start to see some drier weather, lighter winds as we head through sunday, certainly into monday and tuesday. but east—facing coasts will always see more in the way of cloud, perhaps still with a little bit of drizzle over the higher ground.

live from washington. this is bbc news. haiti's gang leader warns of civil war if the prime minister doesn't step down, as the biden administration pushes for an expedited handover of power. us officials say three crew members have been killed in a houthi missile strike on a cargo ship off yemen. plus, what nikki haley's departure from the us presidential campaign means for the race, and the two men left standing — joe biden and donald trump. hello, i'm helena humphrey. us officials are calling for haiti's prime minister to expedite the transfer

of power to pave the way for free and fair elections in the country. that comes as the us state department is urging citizens to leave as soon as possible, with the country bracing for more violence. tensions remain high in haiti, after one of the country's most powerful gang leaders warned that there will be a civil war if prime minister ariel henry does not resign. jimmy cherizier, who is also known as barbecue, has been opposed to the prime minister since he took power following the assassination of presidentjovenel moise in 2021. mr henry was not yet elected to his current position. on tuesday, the prime minister landed in puerto rico after his plane was denied permission to land in haiti due to security concerns. the us ambassador to the united nations addressed the situation on wednesday, saying that while the us is not pushing for mr henry to resign, it does wants to see a political transition. what we've asked the haitian prime minister to do is move forward on a political process that will lead to the establishment of a presidential transitional council that