an equal playing field in compete on an equal playing field in motorsport? compete on an equal playing field in motorsmrt?— compete on an equal playing field in motorsort? ~ ~, , a, motorsport? well, we do. males and females do compete. _ motorsport? well, we do. males and females do compete. emma - motorsport? well, we do. males and i females do compete. emma mentioned the feeder_ females do compete. emma mentioned the feeder series that leads you into f1, — the feeder series that leads you into f1, which are f2, f3 and f4. women — into f1, which are f2, f3 and f4. women can— into f1, which are f2, f3 and f4. women can enter into them but it is not as_ women can enter into them but it is not as easy— women can enter into them but it is not as easy as just putting an entry form _ not as easy as just putting an entry form in _ not as easy as just putting an entry form in you — not as easy as just putting an entry form in. you have to fight for a seat _ form in. you have to fight for a seat within_ form in. you have to fight for a seat within that, and motorsport is a business — seat within that, and motorsport is a business at the end of the day. it's a _ a business at the end of the day. it's a huge — a business at the end of the day. it's a huge money business. you have to take _ it's a huge money business. you have to take a lot— it's a huge money business. you have to take a lot of money with you. you have _ to take a lot of money with you. you have to _ to take a lot of money with you. you have to have — to take a lot of money with you. you have to have sponsors backing you. so we _ have to have sponsors backing you. so we could — have to have sponsors backing you. so we could look at the sponsors, why are _ so we could look at the sponsors, why are you — so we could look at the sponsors, why are you choosing the man over the woman? — why are you choosing the man over the woman? is it on pure talent or not? _ the woman? is it on pure talent or not? and — the woman? is it on pure talent or not? and it — the woman? is it on pure talent or

not? and it also comes down to, not to degrade _ not? and it also comes down to, not to degrade the female sex, but we are not— to degrade the female sex, but we are not as — to degrade the female sex, but we are not as strong physically. it takes — are not as strong physically. it takes a — are not as strong physically. it takes a lot longer and it's a lot harder— takes a lot longer and it's a lot harder for— takes a lot longer and it's a lot harder for us to build up the muscle that a _ harder for us to build up the muscle that a man — harder for us to build up the muscle that a man does and it is a very strenuous— that a man does and it is a very strenuous sport. some people think it isiust _ strenuous sport. some people think it isjust driving around in circles. _ it isjust driving around in circles, and it's not. if you look at how— circles, and it's not. if you look at how the _ circles, and it's not. if you look at how the top athletes in f1 have to train, — at how the top athletes in f1 have to train, it — at how the top athletes in f1 have to train, it is very strenuous. not to train, it is very strenuous. not to say— to train, it is very strenuous. not to say that — to train, it is very strenuous. not to say that women can't do it, but it's a _ to say that women can't do it, but it's a lot _ to say that women can't do it, but it's a lot easier for men to have that— it's a lot easier for men to have that strength that is required, the stamina — that strength that is required, the stamina. like emma said, maybe we need _ stamina. like emma said, maybe we need to— stamina. like emma said, maybe we need to get— stamina. like emma said, maybe we need to get women in earlier, get them _ need to get women in earlier, get them up _ need to get women in earlier, get them up faster. we can and we do compete _ them up faster. we can and we do compete at — them up faster. we can and we do compete at the same level playing field, _ compete at the same level playing field, but — compete at the same level playing field, but with the likes of the f1 academy, — field, but with the likes of the f1 academy, which is all female, i

think— academy, which is all female, i think it — academy, which is all female, i think it is — academy, which is all female, i think it isjust to raise awareness. so stilt— think it isjust to raise awareness. so still work — think it isjust to raise awareness. so still work to do, but a progressive direction. thank you for joining us, abbie carruthers and emma ridgeway. that's all from us tonight. good night. breaking news from around the world, 24 hours a day. this is bbc news. but there are no guarantees the russians will be contained. the donetsk region is at the coalface of this war. with ukraine only receiving enough help from the west to hold on, its territory is being chipped away, leaving these people in the east with an impossible decision — to stay or leave.

james waterhouse, bbc news, the donetsk region. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news here in the uk. three teenage boys have been found guilty of killing 16—year—old mikey roynon. mikey from kingswood, in bristol, was stabbed with a large zombie knife during a row at a house party in bath last year. jurors found one boy guilty of murder, and the other two guilty of manslaughter. they can't be named for legal reasons. a committee of mps has concluded that the post office is not fit to run the compensation schemes for sub postmasters wrongly convicted because of the horizon it scandal. the business and trade committee said it was a disgrace that 80% of the money for redress payments still hadn't been spent. the nationwide building society has reached

an agreement to buy virgin money in a £2.9 billion deal — which would see the brand eventually disappear. it would create one of the uk's largest mortgage and savings groups. nationwide said it would not make any material two virgin money's 7300 employees. you're live with bbc news. ten years ago today, a malaysian airliner carrying 239 people on a flight from kuala lumpur to beijing vanished, in what has become one of the greatest aviation mysteries. the aircraft has never been found, despite the largest and most expensive search operation ever mounted. a few parts of the plane eventually washed up thousands of kilometres away. i'm joined now by our south east asia correspondent jonathan head in kuala lumpur. jonathan, ten years on and the families of those onboard are still very much determined to find answers.

yes, to find answers. they are, steve. it was at this airport yes, they are, steve. it was at this airport that the flight departed exactly ten years ago and would have should have been routine flight. 45 minutes in, after a perfectly normal goodbye, all communication was completely cut. the plane went completely cut. the plane went completely dark and veered massively off course. there's been so little for the families to go on. that's a source of incredible pain for them, but they know so little about what happened to the plane. but there is talk now of a new search this year. there hasn't been a searcher six year —— a search for six year. for ten years, this man and his wife have been waiting for news of their son. they've come back to malaysia from their small village in china to mark the tenth anniversary of his disappearance on board flight mh370.

translation: the airline said they had lost contact. - all these years, i keep asking, "what does that mean?" i've been searching for my child for the past ten years — and i think that if you lose contact with someone, surely you should be able to reconnect with them. the search for mh370 was the largest and most expensive in aviation history. all communications on the plane had been cut, but rudimentary satellite data suggested it had turned back and flown to the remote southern indian ocean, where it's presumed to have crashed. a few pieces from the plane were eventually discovered on beaches in east africa. but six years ago, the search was suspended. now, a retired british aerospace technician thinks he's pinpointed a much smaller search area by analysing signals sent out

by short wave radio enthusiasts. you can imagine a huge fisherman's net across the globe full of radio signals. and every time an aircraft passes through this net, it sort of breaks a hole — and you know exactly where the aircraft was because you know you've now got a hole in the net at a particular point. the families badly need a breakthrough. they hold events like this every year to remind us that their loss is still unexplained. mr lee's message was to his son. "your mum and i have come to take you home," he wrote. these battered fragments are some of the very few pieces ever recovered from mh370. the lack of answers after all this time is a source of enduring pain for the families of those on board —

and there's a lot of frustration, too, over the lack of progress in the search for the missing plane. this year's event was attended by malaysia's transport minister after complaints that his government's been dragging its feet. "we are already negotiating a new search," he promised. there's no reluctance on the part of the malaysian government. no reluctance, as i've - mentioned numerous times — as far as the mission is concerned, we are committed to the search. l as far as the mission is concerned, we are committed to the search, . and the search must go on. mh370 is an unfinished story with aviation safety lessons yet to be learned. and for all the families, it is an unending tragedy. an emotional time there for the families on board. we heard malaysia's transport minister anthony loke saying the search will continue,

did he give any more detail? he didn't, but there is one company that was involved in a search. it's called asian infinity, a state—of—the—art, underwater drones. that is what you need with the plane is believed to of gone down. some of the deepest ocean anywhere on the planet. the sea bed is rated with canyons and mountain. it's an incredible difficult area to search. the malaysian government has to approve the research. the company said they will do a no find it no fee search, meaning they won't charge if they don't find anything. this may allow a much narrower search to be designated for the search to be designated for the search to be more concentrated. that's what the families are hoping. they're being realistic. it can only

be in karma if the —— kuala lumpur later this year. you cannot allow mystery like this to completely unsolved. even if the one that they think they will hold this year doesn't produce a result. how will the ten—year anniversay be marked today? it's being marked with an event a few days ago. they're very well organised, very moving. they bring all these families over from china, because they're the largest number of passengers on board. very difficult. ithink of passengers on board. very difficult. i think they'll keep on doing that. they talk about how their lives have moved on. she was a student and her mother disappeared.

she reminded us that she's going through all the stages of my life and she hasn't on her mother with her. i think they want people to remember how painful it is when you don't have answers to something like this. . , don't have answers to something like this. ., , . a mother who went on the run with her newborn baby and partner has denied doing anything to harm her child and says she did nothing but show her love. constance marten and mark gordon deny manslaughter and other charges over the death of their baby, victoria, while they were living in a tent on the south downs last year. here's daniel sandford. the subjects of a nationwide manhunt. this was constance martin and mark gordon in january last year, trying to evade the authorities following the birth of their baby victoria, seen here in cctv footage

shown at the trial. they were worried she'd be taken into care like their previous four children. seven and a half weeks later, police found victoria's body in a shopping bag in a shed on a brighton allotment. today, constance martin wept as she told the jury that she and mark gordon loved their children more than anything in the world. asked if she'd been cruel to baby victoria, constance martin said, "no. talking quietly and with a very well spoken accent, she described how she became estranged from her wealthy family because of a traumatic event in her childhood, arguments over her grandmother's will and because herfamily disapproved of mark gordon. she said she met him in a shop in london and they married in peru, but their first four children were all removed from them. when their fifth child, victoria, was born, they tried to avoid the authorities, but the plan went wrong when their car caught fire and police realised they'd had another baby. so the couple took to a tent on the south downs, where constance martin said the baby died while she slept sitting up.

she tearfully told the jury, "i held on to herfor a few hours. where's the child, madam? where is the child? when constance martin and mark gordon were arrested last february, they didn't tell police where victoria was. they both deny manslaughter by gross negligence. daniel sanford, bbc news, at the old bailey. the red bull racing boss christian horner says it's "time to draw a line" under claims he acted inappropriately towards a female member of staff. he was speaking after it emerged that the woman who made the claims has been suspended from the team on full pay. mr horner said the intrusion on his family had been "very trying" since he was accused of inappropriate and controlling behaviour — which he denies.

if you think you are cool, calm and collected, the take a look at this. a 12—year—old boy in india was the picture of cool after a leopard wandered into the room he was in. mohit ahire was scrolling through his phone when the animal walked in — he simply left the room and closed the door behind him. officials from the forest department later tranquillised and relocated the leopard into a forest. mohit has been praised for his quick thinking and for keeping calm. a good job that he looked up from his device, i suppose. a reminder that our coverage of the state of the union address by presidentjoe biden will be live an ongoing in about an hour and a half. thanks forjoining me here on bbc

news. hello there. generally speaking, there'll be little change to the weather as we head into friday. however, what you will notice will be the strength of the wind — it'll be a cold, strong easterly wind blowing across all areas, but we should see more sunshine around than what we've had over the last few days. now, there's some cold air wrapped around that area of high pressure moving out of scandinavia, and that will be blown in. and that strong easterly wind across all areas, pushing some cloud again into eastern, particularly northeastern england and eastern scotland. the best of the sunshine, western scotland, parts of northern ireland, and a good deal of sunshine, i think, for england and wales, so that will compensate. however, the winds really will take the edge off the temperatures — strong and gusty at times, 30—40mph in exposure, particularly strong along north sea and channel coasts. temperatures 6—7 celsius — you factor in the wind,

it won't feel like that, it'll feel colder than these temperatures suggest, despite the sunshine. as we head through friday night, it stays windy. we'll see plenty of cloud again, eastern scotland, northeast england, and we could see this weather front bring some rain to parts of england and wales as we head through the night. that'll also lift temperatures up a little bit in the south, but another chilly night to come further north. now, for the weekend — for saturday, it looks like this area of low pressure will start to push its way eastwards into the near continent, but i think saturday's not looking too bad at this stage. we should see a little bit of cloud here and there, 1—2 showers, but actually quite a bit of sunshine for parts of england and wales, and also western scotland. elsewhere, quite a bit of cloud, especially eastern scotland, northeast england. here, it will be quite chilly, but we'll tap in some milder air across the south, from france — could be up to 13 celsius there, given some sunshine. but it's change, i think, as we head into sunday, this weather front pushes northwards — it could bring a rather damp,

dull, wet day for england and wales in particular, with some persistent and, at times, heavy rainfall. a lot of cloud around generally, probably the best of the sunshine again for western scotland, but grey and drizzly across eastern scotland, northeast england. and it'll feel cooler for all, including the south — that's because we'll have more cloud and rain there. eventually, we'll see the back of that area of low pressure as we move into the new week, it'll push off into the near continent. the winds will become lighter — but i think it will leave quite a legacy of cloud. so, even as we head into next week, i think there'll be further cloud and some spots of drizzle, particularly northern and eastern areas. the best of any brightness towards the south and the west. take care.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines at the top of the hour as newsday continues, straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. russia's anti—putin opposition has lost its inspirational leader. thousands of russians ignored repressive police tactics to publicly mourn the loss of alexei navalny. but was that the last gasp of a fatally wounded opposition, or a sign of collective determination to find new means of resistance? well, my guest, leonid volkov, was navalny�*s chief of staff. his boss is dead.

putin is almost certainly about to be resoundingly re—elected. is it game over for the anti—putin movement? leonid volkov, currently in washington, dc, a very warm welcome to hardtalk. thanks for the invitation. you've had, what, roughly three weeks to process the death of your political boss, alexei navalny. tell me, what are your overriding feelings right now? well, i still can't

believe it, frankly. there is a deep, bleeding hole in my heart.