the club accused the video assistant referee stuart atwell of being a fan of their relegation rivals luton after decisions went against them, and say they asked for him to be taken off duties before the game. but the referees governing body, pgmol, says that's not true. our senior football news reporter simon stone is following the story. the implication was that nottingham forest had asked for stuart atwell to be removed from the game but i had been told that whilst there was a conversation between nottingham forest consultant and a former premier league referee and the head of refereeing and this issue ever stuart atwell at his suitability to be referee for the game as mentioned, and no point was requested that he be removed from

the game, and i don't think given the game, and i don't think given the lateness of the call on friday and given how many officials they have two slot into games, i'm not sure that request even if it had come, could have been accommodated. the football association is investigating nottingham forest's comments, i can tell you that nottingham forest have submitted a formal request to release into the public domain the audio recordings between officials during that match. we will keep you across this developing story. in a salon we have been told... —— in the last hour. barcelona say they could consider legal action and request their la liga match against real madrid to be replayed if it's confirmed their disallowed goal in sunday's defeat should have stood. they've asked the technical refereeing committee at the spanish football federation to investigate. jude bellingham scored a stoppage—time winner as real twice came from behind to win el—classico 3—2 and go 11 points clear at the top of the table with six games to go. but barcelona

manager xavi was furious his side had a goal disallowed because var officals said they couldn't prove that lamine yamal�*s effort had crossed the line. yesterday, you also asked me about the referee, i told you that i wanted them to be unnoticed and make the right decisions, he failed on both. it is a pity. my feeling is that today has been unfair and everybody has seen it, the match has been unfair, that is my feeling and i cannot lie, especially to our fans. today it has been unfair and everybody has seen what happened today. four—time snooker world champion mark selby is in danger of a shock first—round exit at the crucible afterjoe o'connor, making his debut, took a commanding 7—2 lead. he only needs three frames to reach the last 16 this afternoon and he's taken the first of them — he leads eight frames to three. no worries for the 2005 winner shaun murphy, though — he's into the last 16 after a really impressive performance

against china's lyu haotian. murphy was 6—3 ahead after yesterday's first session, and then today won four of the next seven frames — 10—5 it finished. he'll next play scotland's stephen maguire. the world number one scottie scheffler has his fourth win in five pga tour starts after getting the job done on monday at the rbc heritage in south carolina following a weather delayed finish. scheffler, who won the masters a week ago, after going back—to—back at the arnold palmer invitational and the players in march, resumed on 20 under and five clear of the chasing pack. with two pars and a bogey over his closing holes, he completed a three—under 68 to register a tenth pga tour victory in little over two years. and that's all the sport for now.

let's get more now on our top story from new york where a court is hearing opening arguments in donald trump's hush—money trial. the former us president faces 3a counts of business fraud in a scheme to pay off porn star stormy daniels to make sure an account of his alleged extramarital sexual encounter with her did not get published on the eve of the 2016 presidential election. a stills photographer is allowed in the court, these are the pictures. live pictures from new york, these are live positions in the courthouse itself but there are now live cameras in the courtroom itself. this corridor area is when donald trump enters and leaves court each day and usually speaks to the press, we heard from him earlier. that is

likely only have them still photos of donald trump in court. this break ijust want to of donald trump in court. this break i just want to be new one of donald trump in court. this break ijust want to be new one line of donald trump in court. this break i just want to be new one line from our reporter inside this, this is a direct quote of the prosecution, manhattan district attorney's of his addressing the jury, manhattan district attorney's of his addressing thejury, presenting their case right now. this case is about a criminal conspiracy and cover—up. the defendant donald trump orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt the 2016 presidential election then he covered up that criminal conspiracy by lying in his new york business records over and over and over again. that is the nub of the prosecution's case that the jury of the prosecution's case that the jury is hearing for the first time. let's get some more now on some of those we're expecting to see in the courtroom. meghan owen reports. obviously, donald trump himself is at the heart of the trial but there are a number of key

players, described as a bit of a hollywood blockbuster cast. so let's take a look. first of all we have justicejuan merchan. now he is a seasoned new york judge who also proceeded over the trump organisation's tax fraud case. next we have alvin bragg. he is the prosecutor, he inherited the trump investigation when he took office in 2021. and his former colleague, todd blanche, who is trump's top trial lawyer. interestingly, he is a former registered democrat before he became a republican and took on the biggest client of his life. it has not been easy to find a jury. in fact, the court has had to whittle it down from hundreds of people to just 12 jurors. their identities will remain anonymous due to security concerns but we do know there are five women and seven men. now for the witnesses. of course, at the heart of the trial we have stormy daniels, the adult film star, who alleges that she

received a hush money payment from michael cohen, a lawyer for the trump organisation, just before the 2016 election to keep silent about her claimed affair with donald trump. and this is michael cohen. he is the fixer, he pleaded guilty to making the hush money payment to stormy daniels in 2018 but says that trump directed him to send that money. next we have karen mcdougal, who is also expected to be a witness. she claims to have had a previous illicit affair with mr trump and also says she was paid hush money by american media incorporated, which is the parent company of the national enquirer, for his story, forcing her to keep quiet. which brings me finally to david pecker. he was the then chairman and ceo of that tabloid and part of a catch and kill scheme to support donald trump's 2016 presidential run. so essentially what he would do is buy the rights to stories

that made donald trump look bad, he would then refuse to publish them to suppress damaging information. and he is expected to be the first witness called after the opening arguments. let's speak to nikki beaver, national political director of the national federation of republican women. she's in alexandria, virginia. what impact do you think this trial is having on the upcoming election? it is having a huge impact and it is having the opposite impact the democrats intended for it to have. the american people are not full by this witchhunt, this is a trial that should have happened years ago. we see through his political opponents. president trump us political opponents are persecuting him in a trial while he is trying to run for president, they know they cannot win at the ballot box they are doing what they can to stop him. do you

think there _ what they can to stop him. do you think there is _ what they can to stop him. do you think there isjust _ what they can to stop him. do you think there is just no _ what they can to stop him. do you think there isjust no case - what they can to stop him. do you think there isjust no case to - think there is just no case to answer with the prosecution putting their evidence forward? i answer with the prosecution putting their evidence forward?— their evidence forward? i think eve one their evidence forward? i think everyone is — their evidence forward? i think everyone is innocent _ their evidence forward? i think everyone is innocent until - their evidence forward? i think. everyone is innocent until proven guilty and i would like to believe analogy data system but as we have seen over the last three years, it is a kangaroo court and it is hard to believe anything that goes on any more and i believe that champ will be exhilarated after all of theirs and everything will be overturned if any charges are to be had after this. ~ ., ., ,, any charges are to be had after this. ~ ., ., .,, any charges are to be had after this. ., ., this. what do you say to people who sa there this. what do you say to people who say there is — this. what do you say to people who say there is a _ this. what do you say to people who say there is a case _ this. what do you say to people who say there is a case to _ this. what do you say to people who say there is a case to be _ this. what do you say to people who say there is a case to be answered l say there is a case to be answered and it should be heard in court and it is forjurors to decide? i and it should be heard in court and it is forjurors to decide?— it is for “urors to decide? i would have it is forjurors to decide? i would have them _ it is forjurors to decide? i would have them look— it is forjurors to decide? i would have them look at _ it is forjurors to decide? i would have them look at the _ it is forjurors to decide? i would have them look at the time - it is forjurors to decide? i would have them look at the time this | have them look at the time this happened prior to the 2016 election, if they thought they were real criminal charges, they would have brought them a lot sooner than now when he's about to run for the 2024 election. 50 when he's about to run for the 2024 election. , ., when he's about to run for the 2024 election. ,, .,, . ., , election. so your ob'ection is the timin: , election. so your ob'ection is the timing, not h election. so your ob'ection is the timing, not the _ election. so your objection is the timing, not the case _ election. so your objection is the timing, not the case itself? - election. so your objection is the timing, not the case itself? i - election. so your objection is the timing, not the case itself? i am|

timing, not the case itself? i am not leral timing, not the case itself? i am not legal expert, _ timing, not the case itself? i am not legal expert, like _ timing, not the case itself? i am not legal expert, like i— timing, not the case itself? i am not legal expert, like i said, - timing, not the case itself? i am not legal expert, like i said, i i not legal expert, like i said, i think if there were criminal charges to be had, we wouldn't be calling it a hush money trial and the crime would be a lot more obvious. what is the crime here?— the crime here? let's talk about the im act on the crime here? let's talk about the impact on the _ the crime here? let's talk about the impact on the election, _ the crime here? let's talk about the impact on the election, you - the crime here? let's talk about the impact on the election, you said - impact on the election, you said straight out the gates that you think this is helping him. they receive wisdom is that it is certainly helping him with his base, those core people who will have voted for him anyway. will damage him possibly with people who are not his base and he needs those voters to win the presidential election, what you make of that? this to win the presidential election, what you make of that? as people show, his numbers _ what you make of that? as people show, his numbers cooperate - what you make of that? as people show, his numbers cooperate and| what you make of that? as people - show, his numbers cooperate and they do this. it is even getting people who are not going to book for him in the beginning because they see that this is just all politics, all the beginning because they see that this isjust all politics, all smoke and mirrors, a witchhunt. most of the charges they are bringing against him are well outside of the statute of limitations. they happened years ago, long before he

was president and he was a civilian. it would be nice to say that the other side is clean and they haven't broken any laws, but this is the same group that spied on trump illegally during his 2016 campaign and they arejust illegally during his 2016 campaign and they are just grasping at straws. they are trying to do everything they can because they know that the bag and administration has run our country into the ground and there is no winning on the ballot box in november 2024 unless they think they can try to get trump on criminal charges, but i don't believe any of those will stick and i don't think that'll hit him on the ballot box. ., ~ i don't think that'll hit him on the ballot box— the close relationship to politics and the judicial, the close relationship to politics and thejudicial, there the close relationship to politics and the judicial, there are lines started to come out as the prosecution is laying out its case in front of the jury and donald trump right now. when we get more, we will be back in new york. the metropolitan police are facing pressure over their handling of pro—palestinian demonstrations in london. the met has twice had to apologise after an officer described

the head of the campaign against anti—semitism as "openly jewish" when he was at a pro—palestinian protest, saying his presence was "antagonising" demonstrators. jewish groups have been meeting the metropolitian police commissioner today. our correspondent lucy manning explains the background to this incident. this was a video that surfaced over the last few days from one of the pro—palestinian demonstrations that have been held fairly frequently in the centre of london, and the chief executive of a campaign group, the campaign against anti—semitism, a man called gideon falter was seen with a kippah, ajewish head covering, being stopped by the police crossing the road. and in some of that video, he's told by the police, "you can't cross because you are overtlyjewish." and there is some more footage where the officer does offer to escort him to a safer place, but then also does say to him,

"you know, you're under threat of arrest if you don't do that." and lots of people saw that footage, were shocked by it. the campaign against anti—semitism and the former home secretary, suella braverman, said that the met police commissioner, sir mark rowley, should resign over this. and today we have had members of groups representing thejewish community going to meet with the police commissioner, not the campaign against anti—semitism, but other groups from the jewish community. they got out of that meeting this morning. they said it was a positive meeting, that the met had reiterated its apology. the met had to apologise twice over the weekend, once for its first apology and then again for its... apologise for its apologies. so today we've had some more apologies from the met to thejewish community groups. they said that the met promised that it would pay more attention to the concerns of thejewish community, to be more culturally sensitive, to take on the advice of senior jewish officers. and thosejewish communal groups have asked the police and the government to consider reducing the number

of demonstrations and to move them to other locations because they feel sometimes thatjewish people are intimidated and have to stay out of the city centre because of those demonstrations. we can now speak to dal babu, former metropolitan police chief superintendent. i want to talk about two separate but interrelated issues. this specific incident that lucy walked us through and the wider handling of demonstrations, we will come to those in a moment. 0n demonstrations, we will come to those in a moment. on this specific incident, what is your assessment? the language the police officer used was wrong and not acceptable, and the police have apologised for that, it was about somebody looking to jewish. there is a wider issue, that

if you look at the full tip of 13 minutes that has been released by sky tv, you have a different understanding of what happened as opposed to the clip that has been referred to. the clip that has been used by them. in the wider clip you have police officers offering to work with him to go to any place, he is not there alone, he is with a large group, they are filming the encounter and they want to walk across the march at a particular point. they are being guided to a crossing point which he refuses to go to. he pushes past a police officer, i think he was very fortunate not to be arrested. so there is a different context to the small clip that has been released, and this is beholden on media organisations not to just follow social media clips back to scrutinise and go behind the story. and so there is an understanding

that that wider, longer clip gives you the impression that there are slightly, normal circumstances when people can go where they want, but when there is something going on then the police are right to not allow people to just walk wherever they want? allow people to 'ust walk wherever the want? ~ ,,., , allow people to 'ust walk wherever the want? ~ , , .,, ., they want? absolutely, as with all demonstrations, _ they want? absolutely, as with all demonstrations, this _ they want? absolutely, as with all demonstrations, this is _ they want? absolutely, as with all demonstrations, this is not - they want? absolutely, as with all demonstrations, this is not an - demonstrations, this is not an exception, if you have a demonstration then required to abide by the rules and regulations of the time. if by the rules and regulations of the time. , ., . by the rules and regulations of the time. ,, ., ., ., ,, ., by the rules and regulations of the time. ., ., ., ,, ., ., time. if you have a glass of water, feel free to _ time. if you have a glass of water, feel free to take _ time. if you have a glass of water, feel free to take one, _ time. if you have a glass of water, feel free to take one, if— time. if you have a glass of water, feel free to take one, if you - time. if you have a glass of water, feel free to take one, if you don't, i hope you can get through. let's look at the wider issue as i mentioned, the criticism that the met police is facing about its handling of large demonstrations more broadly of the last six months. well, in britain we are not china, we are not russia, people are allowed to demonstrate, some people will not be happy with the

demonstrations, mrfault is on record as being unhappy with them, i think the issue here is that the police have a difficult role in balancing the right to demonstrate alongside the rights of people to counter demonstrate. it is an incredible difficult role but largely these demonstrations have been peaceful, where there have been breaches of the law people have been arrested and i think we need to condemn, commend the police and condemn, commend the police and condemn anyone who makes any racist or anti—semitic comments. we condemn anyone who makes any racist or anti-semitic comments.— or anti-semitic comments. we are out of time, or anti-semitic comments. we are out of time. thank — or anti-semitic comments. we are out of time, thank you. _ around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

the meteropolitan police has apologised to the mother of murdered southern china has been hit by heavy rains,

with flooding and landslides. four people have died, 11 others are missing, and thousands have left their homes. there's a warning that river levels could hit a once—in—a—century peak. 0ur china correspondent laura bicker reports. some almost managed to sleep through their rescue, cradled from the worst of the rising floodwaters. but others cried for help as their streets were submerged. rescuers had to navigate their boats through a flooded urban landscape. tens of thousands of people were evacuated across the province. delivery drivers found themselves stranded. their chosen route disappearing in the deluge. roads became dangerous, fast—flowing rivers. and bridges couldn't withstand the force of the water. huang filmed as the floods crept closer to his home.

"it was scary," he said. "this is how high the water came," he told the bbc in a video call. several provinces stayed on alert as water levels rose over the weekend, drowning dozens of rice paddies. "it was scary," he said. guangdong is used to summer floods, but unusually powerful storms also brought hail and heavy rain, turning rivers into raging torrents. "the rainfall�*s started getting heavier in the last two years," he said. "in the past, the floods rarely rose beyond this point." weather events in china have become more intense and unpredictable due to global warming. in guangdong, the clean—up can begin. officials will continue to monitor water levels in the hope that for now, the worst has passed. laura bicker, bbc news, beijing.

the meteropolitan police has apologised to the mother of murdered teenager stephen lawrence for breaking its promise to answer questions raised by a bbc investigation into his killing. stephen was 18 when he was stabbed to death in a racist attack in south london 31 years ago today. last year the bbc named matthew white as the sixth suspect in the case. daniel de simone reports. the racist murder of stephen lawrence took place 31 years ago today at a south london bus stop. two of the original five prime suspects were convicted almost 20 years after the murder. but the met�*s disastrous handling of the case means no—one else has been brought tojustice. last year, the bbc publicly identified a sixth suspect, matthew white, who died in 2021 and revealed multiple failures by the met to properly investigate him. now, stephen's mother, baroness doreen lawrence, gives her first interview

about the new evidence and the met�*s response. we knew there was five, possibly six, and now we know that there was six and the one that's just passed away, he's probably the key one who probably caused stephen's murder. and they did nothing about it. we showed not everything possible was done before the murder investigation was closed four years ago. baroness lawrence now has a personal message for the met commissioner, sir mark rowley. there's still lines of inquiries for them to follow up on. there's still three suspects out there, and i'm sure there's witnesses that probably could help them, if they're interested. so i think that's what i'd like to see him do, is to instruct his team to follow up on the information, whatever is out there. because if you don't go and look, you're never going to find anything. the officer now responsible for the case, deputy assistant commissioner matt ward, promised baroness lawrence answers last year about the met�*s handling of the sixth suspect, but failed

to provide them. he wrote to her injanuary to say he's ashamed and regretful, and then went silent. last week her lawyer wrote to the met commissioner himself to complain. now, in a statement to the bbc, sir mark says: "on top of the failures over the decades, this is totally u na cce pta ble. restoring trust in the met is one of my top priorities, and that includes how we work with those affected by the failures of the past. i apologise to baroness lawrence, who must have answers to all her questions. i have written to her and offered to meet." she says she won't settle for the met�*s failures. i don't think any mother would want to do that. and i'm no different. i think all mothers would want to make sure that they're there to support their child if something happened. it's to hold those accountable for what happened to that person. reporter: from the bbc. bleep

three prime suspects, including brothers neil and jamie acourt, remain free. they've always denied murder. were you there when stephen lawrence was attacked? so would you like to see the investigation reopened? definitely so. she says the outstanding suspects are cheating justice. they're living their lives. they don't have to worry because the police have no intention of following up and seeking to investigate them. and they continue to get away with murder. daniel de simone, bbc news. the prosecution is laying out its case for donald trump in front of the jury. case for donald trump in front of thejury. this case for donald trump in front of the jury. this was trump if you hours ago inside court. we have heard some court administration for the first bet of the morning, but

prosecution is now outlining its case saying that trump made payments to his then lawyer michael cohen to reimburse him for hush money payments that he made two adult film star stormy daniels. all the details coming up. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. many of us enjoyed some drier, sunnier weather this weekend, but it was on the chilly side and it's set to remain chilly for the time of year for the rest of this week. with most of the cloud across northern and eastern parts of the uk, best of the sunshine will be across more sheltered western areas. it's because high pressure is sitting out to the west of the uk and that's bringing northerly winds across the country feeding in thicker cloud off the north sea. and you can see that cooler air, how it continues to move southwards across the country with the milder air kept at bay towards the south of the uk. we've also got a couple of weather fronts around that's brought thicker we've also got a couple

of weather fronts around, that's brought thicker cloud with outbreaks of rain across large parts of england, east and wales. best of any brightness i think towards the southeast and western scotland. northern ireland doing pretty well. top temperatures, 16 degrees in glasgow. otherwise, it's a chilly feeling day for most, particularly when you're under that cloud and close to the north sea coast through tonight it stays rather cloudy with the rain pushing its way southwards. clearer spells towards the north and the west. it's here where we'll see actually the lowest temperatures, such a frost in places, generally 3 to 6 degrees where we have thicker cloud, but it stays quite breezy, close to north sea coasts. for tuesday, then high pressure still sticking out towards the west. this weather front bringing thicker cloud with some spots of rain to eastern and southern parts of england. 0therwise, elsewhere, further north west, we could see more sunshine around, what we've had today. pretty pleasant, certainly for the central belt of scotland. glasgow, again, probably seeing the highest of the temperatures, around 16 or 17 degrees, 6 to 9 degrees along north sea coasts,

an onshore breeze feeling cold around 11 degrees in the capital there with thicker cloud and a few spots of rain. wednesday promises to be a largely dry day again, maybe more cloud in the mix, the thickest of it towards northern and eastern areas where there could be the odd shower at times. drier with the best of the brightness further west. temperatures in glasgow around 13 or 14 degrees, but still chilly elsewhere for this time in april. little change as we push towards the end of the week. we're in between weather systems, could see increasing chance of showers. this area of low pressure which skirts past the west and the southwest could bring some rain or showers to the far southwest. these could change, but it does look like it's going to stay a little bit more unsettled as we head into the weekend, perhaps a bit warmer in the south.

live from london, this is bbc news. 0pening statements get under way at donald trump's historic criminal trial in new york. the former president denies falsifying accounts to hide hush money paid to a porn actress. this is a joe biden trial. this is done as election interference. everybody knows it. i am here instead of being able to be in pennsylvania and georgia and lots of other places campaigning. prime minister rishi sunak says the first flight carrying asylum seekers to rwanda will leave within the next three months. and the news presenter huw edwards announces he's left the bbc on medical advice.

welcome to verified live. we will start in new york, the latest on the donald trump trial. this is the live feed of the courthouse, clearly not inside the courtroom. no cameras allowed in the courtroom. no cameras allowed in the courtroom itself. sometimes that is in the us, not in this trial. we have pictures because there is a stills photographer, so this was earlier on, donald trump in court and he is hearing from the prosecution you are outlining the basis of their case. this hush money payment to the porn star stormy daniels and the alleged falsifying of records after. we will get more detail from of records after. we will get more detailfrom our of records after. we will get more detail from our correspondent outside the court about what has

happened in a moment, but