14—time european champions real madrid against the defending champions manchester city is the stand out tie in the quarter finals — with the winner of that tie facing either arsenal or bayern munich in the finalfour. the other two ties sees paris saint—germain take on barcelona, with the winner taking on either atletico madrid or borussia dortmund. more reaction to that over on the bbc sport website, you can keep across there as well. well, the side favourite to lift the europa league trophy, liverpool, will find out theirfate shortly, with the draw for the last eight coming up. jurgen klopp�*s side eased into the quarterfinals — with an emphatic win against sparta prague. they won their second leg 6—2 — with their first four goals coming inside the opening 1a minutes. that gave them an 11—2 win on aggregate and keeps them on track

for the quadruple. it is quite different. if it is always like this, the team up with a higher quality shows good attitude, what we did, it will be tricky. where is the chance? the long time in my life, i've worked for smaller clubs, so you can win games but you need a little bit of help from the apartment, we didn't give any help. we showed at the top, top, top attitude, so it was difficult. elsewhere, bayer leverkusen remarkable unbeaten season goes on — but only after a dramatic finish in their second leg against qarabag. the german side were trailing 2—1 — but then scored twice in stoppage time to win 3—2 on the night — and 5—4 on aggregate. the win extends leverkusen�*s unbeaten run to 37 matches in all competitions this season. not such a good night for fellow german side freiburg — as they lost 5—0 at west ham in their second leg whilst ac milan

comfortably beat slavia prague. fellow italian side atalanta beat sporting lisbon whilst roma lost at brighton but still progress — winning 4—1 on aggregate. in the europa conference league — olympiakos booked their place in the quarterfinals after a stunning win against maccabi tel—aviv. trialing 4—1 from the first leg, they won the second leg 6—1, to win 7—5 on aggregate. a big win too for aston villa — as they thrashed ajax 4—0 in their second leg — to book their place in the last eight of a major european competition for the first time since 1998. elsewhere, there was a straight forward win for clubbe brugge — as they moved past molde whilst lille are also through. fenerbahce, fiorentina, paok salonika and viktoria plzen also all booked their place in the last eight after winning their ties. to tennis where carlos alcaraz

remains on track to defend his indian wells title — but his place in the semi finals came at a painful — and somewhat unique — price. the two time grand slam champion was stung on the forehead — after a swarm of bees invaded his match against alexander zverev. play was suspended for an hour and a0 minutes — as the swarm was cleared — before alcaraz returned to win in straight sets as he looks to defend his title. i tried to stay away from them, but it was impossible. as i said, they stung my head. i was running out. i'm a little bit afraid of them, so i'm a little bit afraid of them, so i had to stay safe and, yes, i was running everywhere.

rory mcilroy insists he played by the rules — after hitting a 7 under par round of 65 in the opening round of golf�*s players championship. mcilroy hit ten birdies on thursday — but twice went into the water to drop three shots in an otherwise excellent round. his wayward effort at the 7th — led to a io—minute discussion with playing partnersjordan spieth and viktor hovland about the penalty drop location — but mcilroy insists he followed the correct protocol. i feel like ifeel like i'm one of the most conscientious authors out here. if i feel like i've done something wrong, it will play on my conscience. for the rest of the tenements. i'm a big believer in karma, so if you are done something wrong, it will come round and bite you at some point. i try, obviously don't try to do anything wrong, and plagued by the rules and do the right thing. i feel like i obviously did that. there was two drops. from florida to portland — where the new york knicks�* excellent recent form continued —

as they made it four wins from their last six — beating the trail blazers to maintain their play off push in the eastern conference. meanwhile the boston celtics have become the first team to secure their place in the playoffs. they beat the phoenix suns 127—112 — with jaylen brown top scoring with 37 points. don't forget — the full draw for the champions league quarterfinal is on the bbc sport website — with the europa league and europa conference league draw to follow shortly — but for now, that's all the sport. welcome back. some breaking news to bring you — 21 migrants including five children have drowned after a boat capsized off the coast of turkey. this incident happened

off turkey's largest island, called imbros, which is in the aegean sea. the victims�* nationalities are not yet known. local officials say two people were rescued by the turkish coastguard and another two managed to make it out of the water on their own. a search and rescue operation has been taking place — involving planes, helicopters and more than a dozen boats. we'll bring you more on this story as we get it. this line, again, came to us. 21 migrants including five children have drowned after their boat capsized off the coast of turkey. sir lenny henry will present his final comic relief tonight after almost a0 years. the comedian, who co—founded the charity, fronted the first programme back in 1988 which built on the success of band aid. it's gone on to raise millions of pounds for good causes. let's see what they've got in store

for us tonight with our culture reporter noor nanji. what are you doing? you need to be... you're so unprofessional, man. i can't believe it. the big comic relief night of tv is back. time to once again do something funny for money. richard madeley, tell us, what do you think you could bring to red nose day? oh, well, that's easy. i mean, obviously, you've got to be funny. and there will be a lot to laugh about, including when the cast of the tv series w1a reunite to find sir lenny henry's replacement. yeah, hi, yeah. will? _ yeah, so, like, romesh ranganathan's here. i right, great. romesh? yeah, i know, yeah, i but i couldn't stop him. well, you know, i might as well get out of here. i mean, what's the point? i mean, romesh gets everything, doesn't he? everything. jeez! ladies and gentlemen, welcome to a night of comic relief. there will also be a special show dedicated to sir lenny�*s 39 years of comic relief, including a vote that will see the public choosing their favourite lenny sketch. what you've got there, fam, is a

chicken — well, like, bruv, it's dead. to see a new generation of people taking it forwards... remember, we've got maya jama, we've got david tennant, romesh ranganathan. there's such a huge amount of people coming up that it will be fantastic to leave knowing that there's... i'm getting emotional now. a new group of people taking over and treating it the way we did. the traitors: the movie. other highlights from the fundraising bonanza include an all—star line up in the traitors: the movie. prepare to die. but in, like, a super nice way. it's the first time i felt real terror. this year's challenge took place in the arctic circle in norway. it was comic relief�*s coldest ever challenge where stars laura whitmore, vicky pattison, alex scott and sara davies all pushed themselves to the limit.

one of the mornings we actually woke up in a hut and that was in a sheltered area and i looked at the thermostat and it said —13, and that was inside. and it's a different type of cold. and this is why it all matters. the money raised on red nose day goes towards funding projects like this food redistribution charity in north west london. so how important are comic felief funds to a project like this? you know, this year we'll rescue about 15,000 tonnes of food. so that funding supports all of the infrastructure and distribution apparatus that gets that out into the community, which is incredibly important. comic relief also supported the felix project with the cost of providing this massive walk—in freezer. having the increased storage capacity allow them to give out more than 30 million meals last year. # you give me something i need... behind all the fun and games, a serious goal. raising funds to help people

in the uk and around the world. noor nanji, bbc news. # come on, baby, do what you do # i can't get enough of your love. red nose day is on tonight at 7pm on bbc one and bbc iplayer. now it's time for a look at the weather here are some pictures of a vessel carrying aid for gaza, travelling through a new maritime corridor, bringing about 210 is of much aid for gaza. this is of course in response to the fact that land routes have been a viable option for palestinians to receive aid, and this is coming after much international pressure on israel to allow more aid in. we will keep you updated as that vessel approaches

the coast, bringing that aid to the palestinians who are needing it. now it's time for a look at the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello there. well, it's still unsettled today in through the weekend, so there will be further outbreaks of rain to come at times. but today, something a little cooler and a bit brighter emerging from the north and the west as we head through the afternoon, as low pressure starts to drag these weather fronts further southwards and eastwards. so some sunny spells emerging across northern ireland through the afternoon and also across parts of western scotland. but there'll also be some showers here just moving through on that now, northerly to north westerly wind. further south across much of england and wales for the second half of the day, it's a mixture of cloud, some brighter spells and possibly some heavy, even thundery downpours. the thunder most likely across central southern england and east anglia for the second half of the day. temperatures are lower across the board than they were yesterday, with that colder air sinking further southwards and eastwards. and that process continues overnight tonight. still a hang back of cloud across many parts of eastern england, this will help to keep

the temperatures probably in mid single figures here. but there will be a touch of frost developing across northern england and scotland and a bit of frost probably for at least part of the night across northern ireland as well. with lighter winds, there'll also be some mist and some fog forming perhaps, too. and then into tomorrow when we look out towards the south and the west again to find another set of weather fronts, gradually sweeping eastwards, introducing more cloud and some outbreaks of rain, but probably dry for much of the day across eastern scotland and down through eastern england with some sunshine hazy at times. but turning wet through the afternoon for western spots — again, it's mild with now that south—westerly wind blowing all of these fronts further northwards and eastwards as we head through the night. now there will be some heavy rain through the night across southern areas of england, probably lingering on into sunday morning as well. we've still got that south—westerly flow so the air is going to be really quite mild again. but a lot of cloud around on sunday, some brighter spells developing

perhaps particularly towards the east as we head towards the end of the day. some showers moving across northern ireland and western scotland and it will be turning quite windy across the northern isles again. it's mild highs of around 13 to 16 degrees celsius for the vast majority. and we are set to keep the same sort of conditions as we head into the start of next week. monday could be mostly dry with a few showers. we'll be keeping that mild air again on tuesday. bye— bye.

live from london, this is bbc news. hope on the horizon — an aid ship, towing food, approaches gaza. israel says that hamas�*s latest proposal for a ceasefire and gas

contains unrealistic demands. —— ceasefire in gaza. voting is under way in russia in an election which vladimir putin is bound to win, securing another six years of power. in ukraine there has been a russian message2 on a dsl with two rescue workers killed and at least 20 people injured. —— rushing missile strike. a missile strike in 0desa — two people dead and at least 20 injured. rishi sunak is underfresh pressure over his ties to frank hester — the party donor at the centre of the racism row. hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan — welcome to bbc news now. we're watching developments on a range of stories, as you've heard in the headlines. this hour we're live in kiev, westminster, and jerusalem. let's start with developments

in the middle east, as that first ship carrying aid to gaza has arrived off the coast