hello from the bbc sport centre. i'mjane i'm jane dougall. there's one english premier league match later on monday with chelsea hosting newcastle in a mid—table battle. both sides have had injury problems, but it was newcastle who were the winners in the reverse fixture in november, beating chelsea 4—1. while chelsea got their revenge in the quarterfinals of the carabao cup, putting them out on penalties. magpie manager eddie howe says they're running out of time to get

something from this season, while mauricio pochettino insists chelsea must concentrate on themselves and not their opponents. the most important for us is to work on us. i'm concentrating on our performance and the way that we are going to deal with now maybe two or three starting 11 players in the last game that we need to find different solutions again. of course we know very well newcastle and we can assess newcastle but now i think the most important is the way in which we are going to find the balance of the team to be consistent and to perform in the way that we want to perform. we know we are running out of games. there _ we know we are running out of games. there are _ we know we are running out of games. there are hot _ we know we are running out of games. there are not many left. the season seems _ there are not many left. the season seems to _ there are not many left. the season seems to have gone so quick. you know, _ seems to have gone so quick. you know. we're — seems to have gone so quick. you know, we're here now and we have minimal_ know, we're here now and we have minimal games left but there is still an— minimal games left but there is still an opportunity to achieve so we are _ still an opportunity to achieve so we are determined to try and maximise _ we are determined to try and maximise in every game. i think the players _ maximise in every game. i think the players know the importance of the we have _ players know the importance of the we have coming up. we have got a bit of form _ we have coming up. we have got a bit of form behind us. we are looking to

recapture _ of form behind us. we are looking to recapture still our very best performance levels. hopefully we can. in italy, lecce have sacked manager roberto d'aversa after he headbutted verona striker thomas henry, following a serie a match between the two sides on sunday. speaking after the game, the lecce boss admitted his actions were "inexcusable". his side lost 1—0 and d'aversa was pictured walking across the pitch at full time, to confront henry. the club annouced their decision early on monday. the defeat means lecce drop to 15th in italy's top flight, two places below verona. in the bundesliga, bayer leverkusen are still ten points clear at the top of the table after beating ten—man wolfsburg 2—0. moritzjenz was sent off after a second yellow. shortly afterwards leverkusen took the lead with this header from nathan tella. then an impressive pass from exequiel palacios found florian wirtz who made it 2—0. manager xabi alonso says it's not

the end of the season yet. to be honest, we prefer to wait a little bit longer. i think that april probably will be the right time. there are still a few games to play. we have the next one in the bundesliga in freiburg and after that we have hoffenheim after the break so we want to go step—by—step. for sure the situation is great but we don't take things for granted. let's take you to the usa. free agency opens in the nfl in a few hours�* time. some names to watch include running back saquon barkley and quarterback kirk cousins. speaking of quarterbacks, russell wilson has a new team, following his expensive release from the denver broncos. he has signed for the pittsburgh steelers. wilson confirmed the news on social media and former buffalo bill coach phoebe shekter believes it's a move that could pay off. this is almost a no—brainer for them. paying that little money for a

starting quarterback, for a veteran in the league, last year there were over 50 quarterbacks that started throughout the nfl season. granted there are only 32 teams so injuries happen, things go wrong, you've got someone like that who could help lead your young man, your next quarterback, you're only going to really win from the situation and russell wilson is a huge community person so he will bring a lot more to the team than just what he's doing on the field. —— phoebe schecter. more details on all those stories on the bbc sport website but that's it for now. bye—bye. the first video of britain's new laser weapon with the ability to shoot down drones has been released by the ministry of defence. the dragon fire laser has been described as cutting—edge technology — with the potential to revolutionise warfare. our defence correspondent jonathan beale has been meeting some of the people behind its development. this is what's been happening in the red sea. british and us warships shooting down cheap houthi drones to protect

commercial shipping, with missiles costing in excess of £1 million each. but this could be the future. the first video of britain's first laser weapon being tested in scotland. a silent, less expensive killer. the beam filmed through a special lens. in reality, it's invisible to the naked eye. this is where the high energy laser comes out of. out of there? out of this window here. a number of tens of kilowatts is coming out of this aperture here. so, that's a number of beamlets that are combined to make sure that we can get that laser onto target. dragonfire has been developed in the uk at a cost dragonfire has been developed in the uk at a cost of more than £100 million, but it will give the military more bang for its buck. what this could bring is not having to use that very expensive missile for these cheap threats coming towards you.

you know, this thing, ultimately firing it costs you maybe £10 per shot as opposed to a lot of pounds per missile. this is what the laser can do, using energy rather than firing a projectile. we've got some steel plates here of different thicknesses that we've been blasting. it's not only taken out static targets, but also drones in mid—flight. it can hit an object the size of a pound coin from more than a kilometre away. the most important thing, lots of people talk about the power of lasers, but to take out an asset like this, you don't really need a great deal of power. what you need to do is actually have the precise pinpoint accuracy of the laser beam on the target itself. in reality, it's yet to be fitted to a warship. this is a simulation, but this moment could be just several years away. and unlike a conventional weapon, the laser's power can be turned up or down, from destroying a target to simply dazzling it. but it has its limitations, too.

the downsides are there. it's a relatively short range system, because you need to be able to see the target and you are fighting against the atmosphere that is trying to distort the beam. and then the big advantages of it? big advantage, you canjust keep firing it every day and don't need to replenish that stockpile. directed—energy weapons are the next evolution of warfare. not yet star wars, but another step from science fiction becoming fact. jonathan beale, bbc news, porton down. let's bring you some live pictures from israel. we are seeing the al—aqsa mosque in the distance. there was a bit of smoke coming from there and it has been an area of tension as hamas has reiterated its call for palestinians to step up their visits to the al—aqsa mosque. this is the third holiest shrine in islam, a place of worship for local muslims but also the holiest place

in judaism muslims but also the holiest place injudaism known as temple mount. and it is often a flashpoint during flare—ups in the israeli—palestinian conflict. ramadan started on monday for palestinians so at this time more palestinians want to try and go to the al—aqsa mosque. we are monitoring those pictures and trying to find out what the source of that smoke is there injerusalem. we will keep an eye on that and bring you any developments as they happen. we are also keeping an eye on events at westminster abbey where it is the commonwealth service that has started. we have had the arrivals of some senior royals. the queen is there, prince william is there. the king was to address the commonwealth day service in a pre—recorded message. he, as we remember, is recovering from treatment for cancer and he is appearing on camera but not in person at westminster abbey and that service which is for the 75th anniversary of the commonwealth

which is the same age as the king. in his pre—recorded address, king charles has thanked his well—wishers and talked also about the family of free and independent nations of the commonwealth. let's listen in to the sea and if we can for a moment. choir sings. # sing praises # sing praises

# sing praises... # sing praises...... # studio: you're watching a ceremony at westminster abbey commemorating the annual commonwealth day. that is the annual commonwealth day. that is the 75th anniversary of the association. forthe the 75th anniversary of the association. for the first time in a long time the senior royal is not present but the king this time has sent a pre—recorded message which will be played during the service. he has talked of the family of free and independent nations that are part of the commonwealth. this all somewhat overshadowed by a row over a photograph released by the princess of wales. we are covering both of those stories throughout the

afternoon. bye for now. good afternoon, it's turned into a pretty grey day across many parts of the uk, the cloud producing spots of rain and for some it is on the chilly side. through this week i can't promise we will lose all the cloud, in fact there will still be some rain at times but it is going to start to feel milder. 0n the earlier satellite picture you can see the extent of the cloud, the cloud producing some rain and drizzle in places. if you brighter glimpses particularly across parts of south—west england and wales, one or two brighter spells elsewhere, conversely some slightly more consistent rain pushing across the west of scotland. exposed to the breeze in north—east scotland, temperatures only 5—7 c, the highest values in the south around 12. this evening and tonight we keep a lot of cloud, some mist an in lots of places, few clear spells but some outbreaks of rain swinging in from the west across northern ireland, wales, the south—west of england,

perhaps getting into south—west scotland and north—west england by the end of the night. if you see clear skies for any time it may turn a bit chilly to start tuesday morning. but you can see the frontal system working in from the west. in fact, various pulses of moisture, pulses of rain running along this frontal system. pulses of rain running along this frontalsystem. here pulses of rain running along this frontal system. here is the first one pushing its way eastwards as we go through the day on tuesday. pretty wet across a good part of england and wales, some of the rain getting in scotland as well. perhaps a bit drier and brighterfor a time in northern ireland and the north of scotland will also see some sunshine at times. generally quite a cloudy day but starting to feel milder, i3 day but starting to feel milder, 13 in cardiff, 14 degrees in belfast. through tuesday night and into wednesday these various frontal systems continue to wriggle through. this frontal system here, this cold front, pushing a bit further southwards on wednesday, outbreaks of rain with that. to the north of it, some sunshine, it will be quite windy in the far north with some scattered showers. to the south of our weather front,

scattered showers. to the south of our weatherfront, a lot of scattered showers. to the south of our weather front, a lot of cloud and here it will feel very mild indeed, may be 16 degrees, if you get a bit of brightness. towards the end of the week we will see mild air surging northwards. temperatures may peak around thursday with values up to 16, possibly i7 peak around thursday with values up to 16, possibly 17 degrees in parts of eastern england. it stays pretty mild as we head towards the weekend. but there will be a fair amount of cloud and rain at times.

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