time for a sports update. hello there. we know that the premier league title will be decided on the final day, but there's a significant match coming up for aston villa on monday night. the former european cup winners can secure qualification for the champion league. a win against liverpool at villa park will be enough to ensure a top four finish, that would see them return to europe's top club competition for the first time since 1983. they were european champions in 1982 unai emery�*s side need to overcome the disappointment of their exit in the europa conference league semi—finals last week but the liverpool manager is a big fan of the villa boss.

unai emery is one of the best we have in our business, 100%. where ever he was he was a success. sometimes clubs were not ready to wait. he always organises the team extremely well. thejob he is doing is exceptional and we all know how important it is for a club to qualify for the champions league, how difficult it is to do that and he probably very what likely will do that. he is absolutely exceptional. the women's super league all time top scorer vivianne miedema will leave arsenal at the end of the season. the dutch strikerjoined from bayern munich in 2017 and has scored 125 goals in her 172 appearances for arsenal. she won the 2019 wsl title but was out for ten months last year with a serious knee injury and has only played 13 times this season. she's only 27, but the club have not offered her a conract extension.

the england manager gareth southgate has distanced himself from the manchester united job that might possibly come up in the summer. southgate�*s contract takes him through to the end of the european championship, that starts next month. it will be his fourth major tournament in charge of the team that has seen them reach a world cup semi—final and quarterfinal, and also the final of the last euro's. southgate says he can't afford to be distracted by links to otherjobs. i have to deliver a successful tournament for england and there is enough work involved in that. there will always be speculation about managers because you lose a couple of games, you are in trouble and he when a couple of games, it is a different agenda. my focus is how do we go a step further than we did in the last euros? i'd be very happy

that was a problem we worried about. naomi osaka is out of the italian open. the four—time grand slam champion was beaten in straight sets by china's qinwen zheng (kin—when jun in the last—16. the australian open runner—up won in staright sets it was osaka's first appreance in rome since 2021. she's yet to get beyond the quarterfinals at any wta event since her return to the court this year after having her first child . the nba playoffs continue — it's all—square at two games all between the indiana pacers and the new york knicks. the pacers ran away with game four in the eastern conference semi—final. they opened up a huge lead in the first half. tyrese haliburton top—scored for the pacers — this three at the end of the first half part of his 20 points on the night. and they were having fun by the end — as the injury—hit knicks were beaten 121—89. game five is in new york on tuesday.

meanwhile, anthony edwards scored 44 points for the minnesota timberwolves, but that couldn't stop the denver nuggets levelling their western conference play—off semifinal at 2—2. the reigning nba champions won it 115—107. i think the three days hurt us. i think after those two wins, they gave us three days off or three days before you play again and i don't really like that at all. i think thatis really like that at all. i think that is why we came out sluggish game three but i don't think they got any momentum. we want to games, at this point it is whoever wins a game so i don't know how people look at it but i look at it like i am happy. we are competing at the highest level and i'm smiling about it because i am happy, i am ready to go play. it is going to be fun. finally in rugby union, new zealand captain, sam cane will retire from internationals at the end of the year.

the 32—year—old is currently on a sabbatical with suntory sungoliath but has signed a three year deal with the japanese side from 2025, the all blacks had released the 2015 world cup winner from his contract but the flanker will be eligible to play in the autumn and he should add to his 95 test caps. and that's all the sport for now. the environment agency is in charge of testing england's bathing water. from may to september, take samples of more than 400 locations. the water is then tested and given a rating from excellent to poor. we

are rating from excellent to poor. - are looking for two different types of bacteria. they are used to indicate the levels of faecal pollution in the water. last year, 9696 of the _ pollution in the water. last year, 9696 of the site _ pollution in the water. last year, 9696 of the site met _ pollution in the water. last year, 9696 of the site met the - pollution in the water. last year, | 9696 of the site met the minimum 96% of the site met the minimum standards. there was an increase in the number rated poor and a fall in those rated excellent. 27 new bathing sites have been announced today and most of them are along rivers. before you reach for also in costume, bearthis rivers. before you reach for also in costume, bear this in mind. designation is based on whether a site is popular with swimmers and whether it has facilities like toilets nearby. it does not mean that the water is clean. irate toilets nearby. it does not mean that the water is clean.- that the water is clean. we are absolutely _ that the water is clean. we are absolutely determined - that the water is clean. we are absolutely determined to - that the water is clean. we are i absolutely determined to improve that the water is clean. we are - absolutely determined to improve the water, i am absolutely determined to improve the water, iam pleased absolutely determined to improve the water, i am pleased to announce 12 new sites that have been designated as they view multisite and that enables the environment agency to carry out much more monitoring

throughout the bathing water period which enables us to allocate resource, put pressures on, find out whether pressures are. we can ensure that those who pollute are held to account. , , ., , account. this bathing site was designated — account. this bathing site was designated two _ account. this bathing site was designated two years - account. this bathing site was designated two years ago - account. this bathing site was designated two years ago and | account. this bathing site was - designated two years ago and ever since has been rated poor. but the campaigners like claire, the environment agency tests are vital. if a designated water site fails, then_ if a designated water site fails, then the — if a designated water site fails, then the water company and local authority— then the water company and local authority and environment agency have to _ authority and environment agency have to work together to prove that water _ have to work together to prove that water quality and we would not have had the _ water quality and we would not have had the investigation, we won't have the promises of upgrades we had if we didnt— the promises of upgrades we had if we didn't have this designation. won the best way — we didn't have this designation. won the best way to _ we didn't have this designation. hm the best way to get something done about a polluted weather or beach is to now get it designated for swimming. two professional skydivers from austria have successfully completed the world's first wing

suit flight through tower bridge. they are part of the red bull skydiver team and leapt from a helicopter. they dive down and flew through the gap in the centre of the suspension bridge. reaching speeds of nearly 250, it is in our before they rose up to 80 metres. they describe the whole thing is a dream come true. let me leave you with pictures from india, from the very sacred city of varanasi. it is a very spiritual place for hindus and it is a city where the prime minister at noranda mod is on a huge valley. you can see these alive pictures coming to us. india is in the middle of an election. nearly a

billion people are eligible to vote. he can see the prime minister expected widely to secure a third term as prime minister, going on this parade through varanasi. he is possibly expected to take a dip in the river, which is the holy river of india, possibly go to the very famous temple there and of course, this is also a divisive election for some. congress has accused the prime minister of being a divisive figure and in the various states around india, other parties also are represented. a number of seats are being voted for in this fourth phase at the election. the elections are being held at different stages because of the size of the india and the sheer amount of votes being cast

here. after big political change there, designed by the government to keep them within the indian political space. this is varanasi, which is where the prime minister will lodge his nomination for parliament in india and you can see there, huge crowds. he is being accompanied by a fairly controversial figure, accompanied by a fairly controversialfigure, but accompanied by a fairly controversial figure, but you accompanied by a fairly controversialfigure, but you can see the crowds there who have gathered, bjp supporters there. some of them dressed in the saffron colour of that party. this is bbc news. we will leave you with those pictures from india and we are back soon.

hello there. the weather this afternoon is looking, well, a bit half and half, really. warm sunshine for east scotland and parts of eastern england. the day's top temperatures could reach 25 into parts of east anglia. different story further west with cloud and rain. and for some, temperatures, really struggle — might only see highs of 13 degrees underneath this curl of cloud associated with low pressure to the south west. and it's notjust cloud. we're looking at some persistent rain getting in across parts of south—west england, wales and northern ireland. 20 to 30 millimetres. could see double that over the high ground. so we may well see one or two areas of localised flooding and it's a particularly slow moving band of rain. so chances are if you have the rain already it's going to be with you through the rest of today. whereas if you've got the sunshine, east scotland, eastern areas of england, likely you'll keep that as well. temperatures well into the 20s, 23 there for newcastle and hull. well into the 20s for the north and east of scotland. the day's top temperature, probably east anglia,

could see highs up to 25. overnight tonight, we get that band of rain pushing its way northwards and eastwards with showers following into the south west. temperatures on the mild side, 11 to 14 degrees for most. tomorrow, we pick up on this band of rain, this time across eastern areas of england running in across scotland and still showers following to northern ireland, wales and western areas of england. but at least you'll see some sunny spells. so in that respect, the weather a little bit brighter here, but some of the showers will be quite heavy at times. temperatures coming down back into the teens for most of us. then for wednesday, we've still got the dregs of that area of low pressure with us. and wednesday looks to be a kind of showery day, although there could be some lengthier spells of rain lurking across parts of eastern england. at this stage, the highest temperatures will be working into northern areas of scotland, where we could see the warmest spots reach around 22 or 23 degrees celsius. but otherwise, generally, temperatures running into the teens.

again for thursday it looks like the warmest weather will be across northern scotland. again, temperatures into the low 20s here, but low pressure looks set to bring another pulse of fairly heavy rain in across parts of england and wales. temperatures for many of us staying into the upper teens. this pattern of rather unsettled weather conditions for england and wales continues, then, through the rest of the week and into the weekend. the brightest weather further north.

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