sport, and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. lizzie greenwood—hughes. we're starting with football and arne slot has confirmed he will be the new liverpool manager. it's not a huge surprise as we know the dutchman's current club — feyenoord have already agreed a £91; million compensation deal with liverpool. they haven't commented yet — but slot says he's set to replacejurgen klopp — who annouced injanuary that he's leaving anfield at the end of the season after nearly a decade. translation: i can confirm i would be the trainer— translation: i can confirm i would be the trainer there _ translation: i can confirm i would be the trainer there next _ translation: i can confirm i would be the trainer there next year. - translation: i can confirm i would be the trainer there next year. that | be the trainer there next year. that is the first step. they had a trainer who did excellent and have to say goodbye to him, that is probably the reason the club didn't officially announce. not news, though it is normal news for you, i will be the trainer there next year.

it's championship play—off semifinals tonight as southampton and west brom play the second leg. goalless after the first game — still no goals yet at st mary's. we've had about 30 minutes there. southampton are hoping to bounce straight back to the premier league. the winner will play leeds at wembley. juventus have sacked their manager massimiliano allegri — just two days after he led them to victory in the italian cup final. allegri was sent—off late into their victory in rome after he ranted at match officials and waved away the club's sporting director during the celebrations. the club said his dismissal follows "certain behaviours they deemed incompatible with the values ofjuventus." allegri had been expected to lose his job at the end of the season but now won't be in charge for their final two games. 0nto golf, and the second round of the uspga had to be delayed after a pedestrian was knocked down and killed by a shuttle bus. the ensuing traffic problems then led to the world's number one player — scottie scheffler becoming involved in an incident with police as he drove to the course.

scheffler was arrested and charged with assault. 0ur golf correspondent iain carter has more from kentucky — and just a warning, there are some flashing images coming—up. he was arrested just after 6am this morning and had tee times not been delayed because of the accident that that happened an hour earlier, which brought traffic casted area, he would not have been to start his run today, but he got back to the golf course after being charged on four counts, including second degree assault on a police officer. he was driven back from the kentucky correction centre by the owner of the valhalla club, and arrived here, had an abbreviated form of the month but picked up two birdies in his first three holes, and is in contention here. the backdrop is extraordinary. the fact that he has been charged. the police reports

alleges an officer who stopped him as he tried to turn into the property attached himself as to his car as he driven off, and officer had to go to hospital for treatment for minor injuries and had his $80 trousers damaged as well. that is a detail that is in the police report, so an extraordinary morning today. well scheffler released a statement which says — "it was a very chaotic situation and there was a big misunderstanding of what i thought i was being asked to do. i never intended to disregard any of the instructions." he then goes on to say, "all of us involved in the tournament express our deepest sympathies to the family of the man who passed away". it truly puts everything in perspective." well, scheffler�*s game doesn't appear to be affected. he's playing beautifully at valhalla currently nine under, two shots behind the clubhouse leader colin morikawa at 11 under.

0vernight leader xander schauffele, who hit a major record—equalling 62 in the first round is also nine under. rory mcilroy has onlyjust teed off, and he birdied his first hole for six under. it's just over 2a hours until what's being billed as �*the fight of the century'. and after a unusually restrained pre match press conference between tyson fury and 0legsander usyk, the weigh—in was far more lively and when it came to the face off, the rivals had to be separated by security. fury tipped the scales in saudi arabia — 30 pounds heavier than his opponent at 18 stone, ten pounds compared with a career heavy 169 and a half for the ukrainian former cruiserweight, who's put on more than stone for this fight. it's the first undisputed heavyweight fight for nearly a quarter of a century. alexander zverev is through to his first top level final for nearly two years. the german has been recovering from a major ankle injury

and he very nearly lost his semifinal at the italian 0pen in rome, thrashed in the first set by chile's alejandro tabilo. zverev was going out in the second, butjust scraped the tie break. he recovered to comfortably win the third, but it was an impressive performance from tabilo, who hadn't dropped a set all tournament. and that's all the sport for now. thank you, and will have more about the story on scottie scheffler there, golf world number one. let's go back to one of our top stories we're following this hour. us officials say the first aid shipment to be delivered using a newly—built pier off gaza should provide food for thousands of people. lorries began rolling off the temporary port this morning. we are hearing from the white house, they say it is important that the rafah crossing should open immediately as well.

let's go to new york — and speak to tess ingram, unicef spokesperson just returned from gaza. who has just returned from gaza. telus first of all, do you think these developments will help in what is a pretty desperate situation in gaza, desperate need for aid, urgent aid and supplies? figs gaza, desperate need for aid, urgent aid and supplies?— aid and supplies? as you said, desnerate _ aid and supplies? as you said, desperate need _ aid and supplies? as you said, desperate need for _ aid and supplies? as you said, desperate need for aid - aid and supplies? as you said, desperate need for aid so - aid and supplies? as you said, desperate need for aid so any| desperate need for aid so any aid that we can get into gaza at the moment is welcome, so it is good news we have trucks running off this floating peer but we need more and the best way to get more in his through the routes that remain closed in the south. we need rafah to open and others to become more operational, it's difficult to use that crossing at the moment. figs operational, it's difficult to use that crossing at the moment. fissi that crossing at the moment. as i said, ou that crossing at the moment. as i said. you are _ that crossing at the moment. as i said, you are back— that crossing at the moment. as i said, you are back from gaza, give an impression of life there and what you saw and witnessed. i was

an impression of life there and what you saw and witnessed.— you saw and witnessed. i was based in rafah, but— you saw and witnessed. i was based in rafah, but i _ you saw and witnessed. i was based in rafah, but i moved _ you saw and witnessed. i was based in rafah, but i moved all— you saw and witnessed. i was based in rafah, but i moved all around - in rafah, but i moved all around the gaza strip, from source the north and everywhere i met, i met people with tragedy in some way or shape or form, injuries, death, lost homes and family members, i met children who had been orphaned and lost limbs. it really is african everybody in some way, i know this ground offensive in rafah is displacing people yet again. i met people who i'd already been displaced six times so now to move again to a place where they don't know what sort of services they would have, if any, and if the fighting will all of them yet another time.— fighting will all of them yet another time. . ., «a another time. unicef works with children and _ another time. unicef works with children and four _ another time. unicef works with children and four children - another time. unicef works with | children and four children around the world and in terms of the children of gaza, there is the immediate impact of losing family, it loved ones, but also the trauma of war, of living through something as traumatic as the last few months.

that is right, and it is something we are really concerned about, because if you think of another conflict each shield —— a child might be exposed to one or two traumatic events, but they generally have the opportunity to flee to safety, but it's is not possible in gaza, because most children can't leave and are stuck in this daily cycle of fear and anxiety and are exposed to traumatic events. we really aren't going to know the long—term impact of that on to the children feel safe and guns fall silent and children can stop and assess what happened to them and we can come in and provide mental health services, but the children i spoke to on the ground told me about how scared they are. some of them didn't even want to speak at all any more, and there parents had to speak on their behalf, so it is having very serious mental health impacts on children. very serious mental health impacts on children-— very serious mental health impacts on children. , , ., ., . on children. tess ingram from unicef in new york. — on children. tess ingram from unicef in new york. just _ on children. tess ingram from unicef in new york, just returned _ on children. tess ingram from unicef in new york, just returned from - in new york, just returned from gaza, thank you. georgia has been embroiled

in a new political crisis this week. the parliament in tbilisi passed a new law that had been the subject of weeks of protests, because critics say its effect is to crush dissent. they say it's similar to a russian law, which the kremlin has used to silence opposition voices. the government in georgia though says the new law is needed to resist what it calls �*foreign domination�*. our analysis editor ros atkins has been looking at how georgia is facing a huge question over its future — does it tilt towards the eu and nato, or stay within the orbit of russia, and vladimir putin? something extraordinary is happening in georgia. for weeks there have been huge protests in the capital, tbilisi. their target is something critics call the russian law. i feel like this law is going to destroy the european future that my country has been fighting for. on wednesday, the georgian parliament voted through the law. 0utside, police and

protesters clashed. inside, they were shouting matches between mps and fight, too. and these demonstrations are about georgia's future and its past. they're saying that this is an existential moment for their country. they believe that their government is trying to drag them back to russia, and they won't accept it. georgia shares a long border and a long history with russia. it was first part of the russian empire, and then from the 1920s, part of the soviet union. the soviet leader, joseph stalin, was born in georgia. but many years later, in the early 1990s, as the soviet union collapsed, georgia declared independence. also in the early 90s, there was a civil war in georgia involving two breakaway regions. in 2008, russia would send troops in support of them. their status is still contested. the relationship between russia and georgia was and is incredibly sensitive. which brings us back to this new law.

it focuses on foreign funding for non—governmental organisations and media. those that receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad must register as bearing the interests of a foreign power. georgia's government insists this will increase transparency and resist what it calls foreign domination. but the organisations this affects aren't convinced. it concerns every single non—for—profit organisation in the country, including the media outlets. so even the georgian red cross, if they decide not to agree to the regulation or being declared as a foreign spy, even the georgian red cross will be abolished as a result of this law. and there's a concern this law has echoes of one we've seen elsewhere in russia. in 2012, russia's parliament passed the law that also focused on foreign funding. and according to bbc monitoring, since its adoption, the law has been used extensively to silence dissenting voices in the media and ngos. and the us makes a direct comparison

between that and what's happening in georgia. we're deeply troubled by georgia's kremlin style foreign agents legislation. we have been outspoken about our concerns with the legislation, which runs counter to democratic values. georgia's government denies its law is like russia's, but however the law is seen, we need to look at how georgia sits between russia and the west to understand these protests. this picture is from march. it's the secretary general of the military alliance, nato visiting georgia. nato says georgia will become a member, though there's no detail on when. georgia also wants to join the european union and was given candidate status last year, though there's no date for when georgia mayjoin. and according to one recent poll, 79% of georgians support eu membership. which again brings us back to this new law, because the eu wants georgia to withdraw it.

its foreign policy chief says "this law negatively impacts georgia's progress on the eu path". in which case, what's going on here? the country's ceremonial president is one of many who'd like to know who has decided that these laws were introduced. laws were introduced? is it in georgia or is beyond our borders? is it in moscow that this decision has been taken? to the main opposition party, well, this is what's happening. this is really an attempt by the russian made billionaire who rules georgia, currently bidzina ivanishvili, to derail georgia's euro—atlantic path. this is bidzina ivanishvili. he's a billionaire who founded and funds the ruling party in georgia. he made much of his fortune in russia. and at a recent rally, he made this argument for the new law.

translation: funding from ngos, which we are often reproached for and is seen as assistance from abroad almost entirely goes towards strengthening agent cells and bringing them to power. compare that with the kremlin, which offered support for the law and added, "we see unconcealed meddling into georgian internal affairs from outside". the messages are very similar, which has led critics to draw parallels between mr ivanishvili and vladimir putin. so much so, the protesters show them as one. and as i'm telling you about this new law and the broader issues it raises, you may be thinking of another country, ukraine. like georgia, it's a post—soviet state like georgia. it has turned towards the eu and naito, which is why, and nato, which is why, as putin's invasion of ukraine plays out a few hundred kilometres from georgia. georgia's position on the war is being watched closely. georgia hasn't sanctioned russia,

nor has it backed ukraine. but despite what the protesters say, the government denies being under russian influence. and while it defends this law, it knows it's not the end of the story. not least because there's an election in georgia later this year. depending on who wins, the law could be overturned. this debate is going to continue. and as we've been seeing, this law on foreign funding is about much more than that. for a lot of people that i'm speaking to, this isn'tjust about the technicalities of a bill that affects ngos. this is about the entire future of the country, whether it chooses a path of european integration or whether it remains in moscow's self—declared sphere of influence. more than 30 years on from the collapse of the soviet union. this choice remains with moscow and washington and brussels all paying close attention to the answer. russ atkins there. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

world number one golfer scottie scheffler has been charged by police in kentucky with four offences, including assault on a police officer. he was arrested after allegedly avoiding traffic caused by an accident officers were dealing with near the valhalla golf club. it happened just hours before his second round of the us pga championship. we can speak now to heather dewar, a sports news writer from scotland. thanks for being with us. an extraordinary story, tell us what we know about the details. extraordinary is a world, quite incredibly who would think we would see the world number one golf taken away by police before the second roundabout championship, and then two hours later playing that round as if nothing happened to stop it has to be one of the most bizarre sports stories of the year. earlier this morning, before the two of the pga championship was to get under

way, and individual it was hit and sadly killed outside the ground, which led to traffic issues in the area and scottie scheffler, none the wiser, turned up easy early, early doors, golfers like to do that and put themselves before they played their round, so he turned up to get ready early, and what happens next meets the headlines. he tried to get into the club with his car and was stopped by police, who obviously increase their police presence in the area. stories differ a bit at this point. there were reports that scottie scheffler tried to pull his vehicle around, thinking they were security staff, and when he did not stop, and officer try to attach himself to the car before the golfer drove on for another ten yards. the police risk —— report said the officer was dragged to the ground and suffered severe enough injuries that required hospitalisation. scottie scheffler�*s attorney has conquered all of that and said in a statement that scheffler stopped

immediately of being being directed and never at any point assaulted an officer with his vehicle, but what we know that scheffler was then taken out, placed in handcuffs, and booked into jail. that happened around 7:28am this morning, and he was released over one hour later, and incredibly, he made it back onto the course intemperate tee off at ten a: m.. the course intemperate tee off at ten a:m.. regarding the charges, is facing charges including second—degree assault of a police officer, and the offer and other charges include third—degree, criminal mischief, and reckless driving, and the second degree assault is a class c felony in kentucky, punishable, apparently, by between 5—10 years in prison will stop his lawyer mentions that several eyewitnesses confirm he did nothing wrong and simply proceeded as directed, and he added we would

mitigate on this matter as needed, so interesting to see what would happen here. some defence attorneys, i have heard speaking today from the us, think it is really unlikely that anything will happen, but key to this, i suppose, anything will happen, but key to this, isuppose, to anything will happen, but key to this, i suppose, to a degree, is a fact that police officers, the ones there, certainly the one concern, should have been wearing body cam, so we should be able to see what did happen and scottie scheffler is due to be arraigned on tuesday morning in louisville.— in louisville. thank you, heather dewar. it's one of the world's great mysteries and it's remained unsolved for thousands of years. just how were the the pyramids built so deep in the egyptian desert? now, scientists say they think they've got the answer. they've found evidence of a branch of the nile, long since dried up, which they say was used to float the giant blocks needed

to build the pyramids. let's speak to suzanne 0nstine, an associate professor at the university of memphis in the department of history and the co—author of the study. this really is a remarkable study, and it kind of make sense when you think about it, but tell us more about what you found.- think about it, but tell us more about what you found. what we are lookin: for about what you found. what we are looking for was _ about what you found. what we are looking for was traces _ about what you found. what we are looking for was traces of _ about what you found. what we are looking for was traces of the - looking for was traces of the ancient river bed, and in doing so from remote—sensing and geophysical surveys amount what we discovered was that there is an extremely wide ancient channel that happens to run by all of the pyramids between lich and giza, so we weren't really looking to answer any questions regarding the pyramids, we were looking for the history of the river as a way of thinking about the history of the ancient egyptian people. and, of course, this kind of discovery, any time you mentioned

the pyramids, people get excited, and we can only hope that this piece of evidence helps people understand how the egyptians organised their labour in building the pyramids emma and what kinds of technologies they used, such as float in the blocks down the river, which we long hypothesised and theorised about, but no we have the data to demonstrate what waterway they were actually using, and how much easier it could have been than waiting for flood season or waiting for canalis to be built to bring those blocks closer to the pyramids, which are in the desert, quite far away from the river now. ~ ., ., river now. where would that waterway. — river now. where would that waterway. if _ river now. where would that waterway, if it _ river now. where would that waterway, if it did _ river now. where would that waterway, if it did exist - river now. where would that l waterway, if it did exist then, river now. where would that. waterway, if it did exist then, it would have dried up, is that right was to mark there would have been in a drought? hat was to mark there would have been in a drou~ht? ., . , ,~ ., a drought? not necessarily a drought er se, but a drought? not necessarily a drought per se, but it— a drought? not necessarily a drought per se, but it seems _ a drought? not necessarily a drought per se, but it seems clear _ a drought? not necessarily a drought per se, but it seems clear that - a drought? not necessarily a drought per se, but it seems clear that at - per se, but it seems clear that at the end of the old kingdom, there is some climate change, so during this

period a month the river probably move to the east, and this might actually have been a tributary. before damming it was common, the nile river used to have many side branches, and so this would have been either a very large site branch or perhaps more of the ancient main branch of the nile, and we are not quite sure about that because we have not been able to sample in a wide area. we have only been doing this work for a few years, so these are our initial that site findings. very interesting initial findings, it really fascinated, and good luck with your research on that. thank you very much indeed suzanne 0nstine, associate officer at the university of memphis. highlands, history and the loch ness monster, scotland has long been a popular destination for tourists and travellers — and now, it seems, it's breaking records. almost four million people

from overseas visited scotland last year. that's up 15% compared 2019 — the last year before the covid pandemic. it's thought a surge in visitors from north america helped drive those record numbers. let's speak to rob dickson visitscotland's director of industry & destination development. thank you for being with us. what is the attraction? sell it to us.- the attraction? sell it to us. where do i start, the attraction? sell it to us. where do i start. we _ the attraction? sell it to us. where do i start, we have _ the attraction? sell it to us. where do i start, we have landscapes - the attraction? sell it to us. where do i start, we have landscapes and| do i start, we have landscapes and everything you could wish for, in terms of the attractions that are here, and of course we have an outstanding ground and heritage that is recognised across the world, and the results to date prove we are in a doubt that the pandemic is behind us, international visitors want to come to scotland and coming in larger numbers than they have before, and it is pleasing for the industry and scotland's economy. what are the principal attractions that people are wanted to see? it

that people are wanted to see? it varies, importantly, we have a range of outdoor activities, lots of arts and culture festivals that take place, the huge amount of history and heritage, people coming from north america would have family connections to scotland, and they will be interested in those, but we also natural attractions, landscapes, and food and drink. islands as well. so there is such a wide offer, and so many reasons why people want to come to scotland. we continue to be seen globally for things like golf championships, cycling world championships last year, so we have a huge range of things to attract visitors to scotland, and a huge range of things to be proud of. i scotland, and a huge range of things to be proud of-_ to be proud of. i am mentioned in the introduction, _ to be proud of. i am mentioned in the introduction, the _ to be proud of. i am mentioned in the introduction, the loch ness i the introduction, the loch ness monster, the endless ministry, is that a big attraction? it is monster, the endless ministry, is that a big attraction?— that a big attraction? it is one of the attractions _ that a big attraction? it is one of the attractions that _ that a big attraction? it is one of the attractions that never - that a big attraction? it is one of the attractions that never go - that a big attraction? it is one of i the attractions that never go away. if you have grown up, as i have done, in scotland, the loch ness

monster has been legendary, but you've never seen or heard about it, it's attractive, and it's part of what scotland has to offer, a bit quirky, you go —— you don't get them anywhere else and is a unique attraction for scotland.- anywhere else and is a unique attraction for scotland. thank you, rob dixon. — attraction for scotland. thank you, rob dixon, visit _ attraction for scotland. thank you, rob dixon, visit scotland - attraction for scotland. thank you, rob dixon, visit scotland director. rob dixon, visit scotland director of industry and destination development, on how scotland is doing as a tourist destination. you are watching bbc news. hello. friday started off fairly misty and murky, but through the day things brightened up. we've had a bit of high cloud, meaning the sunshine has been hazy in places, but plenty of blue sky, some shower cloud, too. this was the picture in staffordshire a little bit earlier on and actually through the weekend the weather isn't going to be

changing very much. so we've still got spells of warm sunshine, a few showers, but we won't all see them and some mist and some fog patches, too. through this evening and tonight we'll see some of that mist and low cloud and fog around some of these north sea coasts, eastern england, eastern scotland, also quite cloudy for the western isles, perhaps parts of northern ireland, too. and further south across england, some patchy rain moving in through the night as well. but we start saturday on that mild theme, but we have got quite a bit of mist, and murk around. so we've got low pressure that's sitting across the near continent. a couple of areas of low pressure here, in fact, but it's high pressure across the atlantic that's going to be really dominating the weather, i think, for the next few days. so this is how saturday starts. then we've got that sea fog around some of these coastal areas that should burn back through the day, one or two showers. and actually across wales, perhaps south—west of england, north—west england, south—west scotland, they could be heavy and thundery at times, but then will be hit and miss so we won't all see them. and top temperatures similar to recent days, 20—23 degrees for many of us, perhaps a touch cooler if you do keep hold of that low cloud a little

bit longer for north—east england and eastern scotland as well. now heading through saturday night. now, when we see the mist and fog reforming again, sea fog once again piling in for the likes of the murray firth north—east england as well. and temperatures remaining on the mild side, frost free, certainly heading on into sunday morning. so sunday, a very similar sort of day really again, predominantly dry and morning mist and fog which will slowly break up and burn back towards the coast. we'll perhaps hold on to a little bit more in the way of cloud across northern parts of scotland with one or two showers and the chance of the odd shower cropping up further south across england and wales, perhaps one or two into northern ireland. but the vast majority actually looking dry, 21—22 degrees in the warmest spots, a little bit cooler around some of those east coasts, again. and moving through into monday, we've got low pressure trying to move in from the atlantic, but also from the near continent as well. and there's more of a chance that that's going to bring some rain from tuesday into wednesday. so i think a little bit more unsettled through the middle of next week. and then a hint that things turn a little drier and warmer again

towards the end of the week. bye— bye. you're watching the context on bbc news. the floating dock is intended to supplement existing land crossings of gaza including rafah,

kerem shalom and erez. it is not meant to replace any crossing. even if this new route reaches full capacity, we are still only talking about roughly 150 lorries a day. that is a small propation of what is required. what we are seeing here is not a moment— what we are seeing here is not a moment of— what we are seeing here is not a moment of celebration _ what we are seeing here is not a moment of celebration but - what we are seeing here is not a moment of celebration but a - what we are seeing here is not a - moment of celebration but a moment of failure _ moment of celebration but a moment of failure to _ moment of celebration but a moment of failure to provide _ moment of celebration but a moment of failure to provide the _ moment of celebration but a moment of failure to provide the military - of failure to provide the military assistance — of failure to provide the military assistance needed _ of failure to provide the military assistance needed in _ of failure to provide the military assistance needed in gaza. - joining me tonight are claire ainsley, director of the project of centre left renewal at the progressive policy institute, and bill scher, politics editor at washington monthly first, the latest headlines. russia's president, vladimir putin, says there are no plans for his troops to capture ukraine's second city kharkhiv, at least for now. he also told a news conference

that his forces were creating a "buffer zone" to protect russian border regions.