"for all these reasons: the blatant violation of the olympic "charter, the infringement of the respective un "resolutions and the disrespect for the athletes and "for the integrity of sports competitions, the olympic "movement strongly condemns any initiative to fully politicise "sport, in particular the establishment of fully "politicised sports events by the russian government. "the ioc strongly urges all stakeholders "of the olympic movement and all governments to reject any "participation in, and support of, any initiative that intends to "fully politicise international sport." more detail on that story on the bbc sport website. britain's emma raducanu has withdrawn from the miami open with a lower back injury — but her management company say the issue is "nothing serious". the 21—year—old was was due to face china's wang xiyu in the first round on tuesday. however, she does not want to risk

aggravating the injury by playing in the tournament in the united states. it is a blow to raducanu's comeback following an injury—disrupted 2023 season. the 2021 us open champion was beaten in straight sets by world number two aryna sabalenka in the third round at indian wells last week. cobain new has received his first call—up to the england senior squad. —— kobe mainoo. all other 25 players arrived at the squad ahead of the friendlies against brazil and belgium. fans of lionel messi who bought tickets to a friendly in hong kong that he didn't play in will be given a 50% refund. some 38,000 spectators at the sold—out hong kong stadium booed and demanded their money back at the end of the game after messi stayed on the bench throughout

the match due to an inury. fans had paid up to £530 each to watch the 36—year—old. match organisers have confirmed they will pay out, which is expected to cost them £5.6 million. messi will also miss argentina's upcoming friendlies against el salvador and costa rica because of a hamstring injury. real madrid have filed a complaint against the referee who took charge of saturday's game at osasuna for not including alleged racist abuse towards vinicius jr in his match report. the club say the "insults and vexatious shouts" were "deliberately" omitted byjuan martinez munuera. vinicius has suffered racist abuse on multiple occasions in spain over the past three years. real have demanded "necessary measures be taken" to "eradicate" the abuse. the spanish football federation's technical committee of referees has been contacted for comment. the uefa women's champions league

quarter—finals get underway later with seven different nations represented in the last eight. on wednesday, defending champions barcelona face brann of norway, while france's paris saint germain travel to sweden to meet hacken. tuesday's matches see eight—time winners lyon away at benfica, while chelsea take on ajax in amsterdam. for manager emma hayes, this represents her last chance to win the trophy with chelsea. every game means a lot to me. you can see thatjust in the league and having a record crowd at the weekend at stamford bridge. i really don't apportion any more emotional response to one competition over another. i would like to be part of a team that wins as much as possible. i'm excited to be in this arena. i saw pitch side the quality out there and i'm looking forward to the atmosphere. i know our players will be really excited about that and i'm happy to be at this stage

of the competition. and that's all the sport for now. the legislation to impose the first independent regulator on men's football in england is being introduced in parliament today. it follows a number of controversies at the top level of the sport, including the failure by premier league clubs to agree an improved financial package for the rest of the game. our reporter rachel mcadam has more. the football governance bill will be introduced to parliament today after a fan—led review into the men's game. now, the review came after a number of high—profile crises in the sport, like the failed european super league and a number of cases of financial mismanagement. but what will the bill actually do? well, the government says that an independent regulator will be established, and that will give fans a bigger voice and a bigger say

as to how their clubs are run. and that regulator will also promote financial sustainability, and it will have the power to fine clubs up to 10% of their turnover if they're not compliant. breakaway closed—shop competitions like the european super league could be blocked under the new legislation, and there'll be stronger tests for new owners and directors of clubs to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands. now, rishi sunak, the prime minister, has described it as a historic moment for fans and he said that he'll put their voices front and centre. but the premier league has previously argued against a regulator, saying that it wasn't necessary. and today the premier league says they remain concerned about any unintended consequences of the legislation that could affect the competitiveness and appeal of english football. donald trump has reacted angrily to the failure to secure a bond worth

$464 the failure to secure a bond worth m64 million. this is a case in which he is accused of inflating what he was worth, the which he is accused of inflating what he was worth,— which he is accused of inflating what he was worth, the value of his ro erties what he was worth, the value of his preperties to _ what he was worth, the value of his preperties to get — what he was worth, the value of his properties to get preferential- properties to get preferential interest rates for them, and he lost the case and now he is in position where his lawyers say he does not have the cash, the available cash, to pay the m64 million judgment against him, and clearly he is still wealthy and has property around the world to the tune of billions but he requires cash to pay this judgment. he has less than a week to do that and if he can't, that is why he needs financial company, bonding company, to come up with that money, and should he eventually lose the appeal and be unable to pay, at least have the cash to pay the judgment, that is what the bond is for but his lawyers say they have spoken to some 30 different companies, none of which are

prepared to provide a bond of this colossal amount. prepared to provide a bond of this colossalamount. it prepared to provide a bond of this colossal amount. it is an unusually high amount of money for one of these financial institutions to provide a bond so it leaves the former president in the position where some of his properties in new york might be sold off and potentially sold off pretty quickly to come up with the cash to pay this judgment. that is likely to happen within the next couple of weeks and clearly this is not something that will sit well with a man who has built his image on his wealth and his ownership of property. naturalist chris packham has revealed how �*broken�* he felt growing up undiagnosed as autistic. the tv presenter, who british viewers will know best as the face of nature programme springwatch, has spoken to the bbc�*s nick ransom about how he believes people who are neurodivergent — those who are autistic, dyslexic or living with adhd — are being let down by a society that was not

built with them in mind. for most of my teenage and 20s, i thought that i was broken. i'm not a great fan of chris packham. that's a legacy of loathing myself because i was different. there seemed to be more people who were different than me and i didn't know anyone who was like me. so it was clearly me that was wrong. and somewhere upstairs amongst my, you know, sort of library of and catalogue of my life, there is a piece of a4 paper that says repeatedly, as if i was given lines at school, "everything i am is wrong." and i wrote that out. you know, i was obviously in a very dark place. i had mental health issues at that point, but that's where i was at. and yet even at that time, you know, i have good sensory capabilities, visually, i have a really good memory, i'm good at putting things into patterns, but i couldn't identify

that i had attributes. all i could see were my deficiencies and, you know, and there was no one there at that point to say, "listen, chris, actually, "you are quite good at this because you're very, "very focused, you're obsessionaly interested in things, "you remember everything, and then you put all of that "into somewhere where you can actually communicate it." that would have... that would have helped. so i think it's incredibly important that we focus on the abling aspects of that. i'm not one for advice, i'm not a health care professional, but people do ask me for my advice. and if it's parents with autistic youngsters or children, i do say something which might strike you as a little odd. i say, "look, frankly, just put them under a microscope, "watch them with all the detail that you possibly can, and try "and develop an understanding of the triggers that makes "things go wrong. "but equally, the triggers that make things go right." because once you've identified those, then you can transform their environment to a place

where they're less anxious, more capable, more able to explore the things that they are good at. that is chris packham talking to the bbc. stay with us here on bbc news. plenty more on the stories we are covering on the bbc news website. hello again. for most of you, the weather is cheering up quite nicely and the afternoon promises some decent spells of sunshine. so far, some of the best breaks in the cloud have been across wales with these sunny skies spotted earlier in north—west wales. but it's not the only place that's seeing sunshine today. northern ireland, scotland, northern england also seeing increasingly sunny skies. it's across east anglia and south—east england

where we'll probably keep a lot of cloud. it's a mild day, 13 degrees for belfast and aberdeen, 15 or 16 in the mildest spots in england and wales. one or two isolated showers knocking around, yes, but for many of you, it stays dry. that's not the case, though, overnight, because low pressure's set to move in. and with that, we're going to see some fairly persistent outbreaks of rain pushing in, particularly to northern ireland, wales and northern england. a mild night, though, with temperatures 9 or 10c for england and wales. on into tomorrow, the wettest weather, starting off the day in northern ireland will swing eastwards. so wales and northern england, probably having rain for most of the day. might well start off dry across south—east england. but i wouldn't rule out a bit of rain arriving here through the afternoon. mild across the south—east, brightening up for scotland and northern ireland. but here it will be a cooler kind of day with temperatures around 8—iic. and that cool slice of weather won't last long. heading into thursday, we'll get some milder air pushing in off the atlantic behind this warm front, and so temperatures will be climbing. however, it is going to work out

being quite a wet and windy day, particularly in scotland, where across northern areas we'll get gusts of wind running into the 50s of miles an hour. rain likely to be quite persistent for western scotland for much of the day, sinking southwards to give some wet weather into northern ireland through the afternoon. relatively mild, though. 14 in belfast, highs reaching 16 degrees towards the south—east of england. all change again through friday. a cold front sweeps its way southwards, introducing much cooler air. with that, there'll be a band of rain pushing southwards across england and wales. the skies then brighten up with sunshine, but there'll be lots of showers across the north—west of the uk. some of those are likely to be heavy with some hail and thunder mixed in and temperatures are coming down. we're looking at highs typically between 9 and 12c, so close to average for the time of year. it stays showery into the weekend with some quite chilly winds around and it will be cold enough for a little bit of snow over the tops of the scottish mountains.

live from london, this is bbc news. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, warns the entire population of gaza is suffering "severe levels of acute food insecurity", and demands israel prioritise the people most in need. 100% of the population of gaza is that severe levels of acute food insecurity. that's the first time an entire population has been so

classified. and the princess of wales is seen for the first time since her surgery, out shopping with prince william. the president of the european council calls for economies to be put on a war footing against russia. and the local community fighting the pollution of one of britain's most beautiful rivers. hello. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. the entire population of gaza is in need of humanitarian assistance and is suffering "severe levels of acute food insecurity" — those are the words of the us secretary of state antony blinken today. it's a stark assessment of the ongoing crisis in the territory as american pressure on israel grows. mr blinken has urged israel to prioritise the delivery of supplies into gaza. it comes as the un human rights office has said israel's continued