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to allow doctors to withdraw life—support from their son, against their wishes. 0h, oh, my god, look at what you did to him! oh, my god, look at what you did to him! united airlines has begun an inquiry, after this footage emerged of a passenger being forcibly removed from a flight. the airline says he was "disru ptive and belligerent". the social care system is close to collapse, according to care providers. they say new figures show around 900 workers left the industry, every day last year. in a moment, it will be time for sportsday, but first, a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. a former us statement department adviser, who'll tell us why the g7 can't agree a united response to claims that the syrian government used chemical weapons against its own people. we'll hear about the controversy raging in america following suggestions that president trump could set up a committee to address already disproved claims that vaccines harm children. and have you watched a tv drama recently, but given up because you couldn't hear
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the dialogue, including programmes likejamaica inn and ss—gb? well, our media correspondent, david sillito, has been taking part in an experiment to understand why viewers are having problems. we'll bring you the results. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm hugh ferris. our headlines tonight: warburton worry. the man favourite to be named lions captain is ruled out for six weeks, but should still be fit to face to new zealand. we're down to the last eight in the champions league, and what better way to start than withjuventus and barcelona's meeting in turin tonight? and heather watson's path to paris is a little trickier. she fails to take the final chance to guarantee a place in the french open main draw after defeat in switzerland. hello again.
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lots to come, but we'll start with rugby union. and with just eight days to go until the lions squad for the tour to new zealand is announced, the man favourite to be captain has been ruled out for six weeks. our reporter chrisjones is with me in the studio. chris, what's happened to sam warburton? yes, as you say, he was heavy favourite to retain the lions captaincy he held four years ago when the lions won in australia, but he injured his leg playing for the cardiff blues and he hobbled off concerned, because he is so in the limelight regarding the lions captaincy. but his club today have said it is a new strain and nothing more serious and you should only be
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out around six weeks. his coach at the cardiff blues, danny wilson, has backed sam warburton to make a swift recovery. backed sam warburton to make a swift recovery. sam is very experienced and a pro, he knows his body and he knows if he works hard to get that right, he'll be back very quickly. yes, he's been fine today, and i think relatively good news, considering how he could have been. probably pro ba bly less probably less of an injury scare and more of a worry. you could look at it into microwaves. on the one hand, sam warburton is not potentially going to play until the lions first tour match on june going to play until the lions first tour match onjune three, only a couple of weeks until the test series against new zealand. but warburton has paid a fair bit of by warburton has paid a fair bit of rugby recently and played a lot for wales in the six nations and maybe this six—week period is vital for a fresh in his body and mind before that tour which promises to be one of the most testing in lions
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history. i expect him to be named lions captain a week tomorrow when warren gatland names his squad and his captain, and unless warren gatland has a change of heart over warburton‘s fitness, taking this injury into account, i still expect warburton to be the man to lead the lions out to new zealand. he will have a matter of weeks to get up to sit. you before that first test. thank you, chris jones. so while warburton will be back, two others from the world of rugby have announced they're calling it a day. the former scotland captain kelly brown will retire from playing at the end of the season to become an academy coach at his current club, saracens. brown has won three premiership titles and the champions cup with sarries, and earned 64 caps for his country. and the former wales and british and irish lions scrum half mike phillips will also finish playing at the end of the season. phillips is playing for sale sharks at the moment, and won two grand slams with wales. he finishes his careerjust one short of winning 100 caps for his country. craig shakespeare has denied a
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falling out with claudio ranieri before he was sacked in february. claudio ranieri was hinting someone behind him at the club was responsible for his departure. leicester will face atletico madrid in their historic quarterfinal champions league first side tomorrow without captain wes morgan who has travelled with the squad to madrid but will not play because of a back injury. claudio ranieri was in good humour, he came across as exactly i know him. but i think my stance is from my first interview, i remember coming into the back room and stating that i had spoken to claudio the night that he was relieved. he had thanked me for my time. i thanked him. he said it was football. there has never been any arguments or hard feelings. and that is my side of it. the last eight ties start tonight, with a mouthwatering meeting of juventus and barcelona. juve are once again dominating serie a in italy and face a barcelona team who had a wobble
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in the spanish league, at the weekend losing at malaga. conor mcnamara is in turin. juventus and barcelona, two of the most famous football names in the world and yet this is just the eighth time they have played against each other in a competitive game. barcelona got through to this quarterfinal by the skin of their teeth, first time ever in the cabin sleek that a team came from four goals down at a first leg beating psg in the last 16. barcelona have had difficulties in spain, in pursuit of real madrid at the top of la liga and beaten 2—0 at the weekend by malaga. in italy, at juventus enjoying a comfortable season juventus enjoying a comfortable season in serie a, seven points clear at the top of the table. and they were able to rest their top striker. three defenders who will start tonight were the bench. including dani alves, who will have
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an emotional reunion against his own dashboards team, winning 23 trophies at the nou camp. three of those were champions league titles. this is the first time he will face his old club. this will not be easy for barcelona, they have never beaten juventus here in turin. barcelona, they have never beaten juventus here in turin. and he will be part of the commentary team later. and there's full commentary ofjuventus v barcelona on 5live tonight. kick off is at 7:45. borussia dortmund host manchester city's conquerors monaco in tonight's other quarter final, with the german team's manager believing they're the underdogs to the ligue i leaders. thomas tuchel‘s side are fourth in the bundesliga and, on saturday, lost 4—1 to rivals bayern munich. they face a monaco side who haven't made it past the quarter—finals since losing tojose mourinho's porto in the final in 200a. as the vultures continue to circle around arsene wenger, following another defeat for arsenal, the man who captained the team the first two times wenger won the premier league has told his new players they're
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going to get a kick up the backside. there is some flash photography coming up. tony adams has taken over at la liga side granada until the end of the season. the team are in relegation trouble in spain, having lost five of their last six games. and in his firstjob since leaving a club in azerbaijan six years ago, adams has been tasked with keeping them up. we're going to fight for granada and get three points. that's what it's about. i'm focusing on it game by game. i'm going to try a few things in training, liven up the team, try and shock the team, motivate the team. and hopefully, obviously, i'll do my best to achieve a miracle. clubs from league one and league two will be given the option of scrapping the efl checkatrade trophy when they vote about its future next month. clubs from league one and league two will be given the option
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of scrapping the efl checkatrade trophy when they vote about its future next month. many fans ma ny fa ns boycotted many fans boycotted games as academies were invited to compete. liverpool ladies have signed a couple of players — the england internationals laura coombs and jess clarke. coombs has made her loan deal from chelsea permanent and clarke joins them from notts county ladies, to bolster their attacking options ahead of the upcoming women's spring series that starts later this month. britain's heather watson has been knocked out in the first round of the biel open, in switzerland. watson, now ranked 110 in the world, needed to call on the trainer during the second set and was beaten 7—6, 6—2 by the estonian anett kontaveit. naomi broady is also out, losing in straight sets to germany's julia georges. britain's first female olympic boxer, natasha jonas,
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is returning to the sport — and turning professional. jonas was the first woman to take part in an olympic fight at the 2012 games, but retired two years ago when she was pregnant. she's got her eyes on a world title and perhaps a fight against the irish boxer katie taylor, who beat her in london. what i love in two years' time, is to have a world championships and maybe unify something, possibly. if it is any earlier than that, great. but now, i am on my ownjourney and willing to create my own pad and if that means is meeting at the end, so be it. now... graham and damon hill. harry and jamie redknapp. chris and stuart broad. there have been plenty of sporting fathers and sons. the next to look out for are the offspring of one of the most famous racehorses of all time, frankel. he was retired to stud four and a half years ago unbeaten and, this season, some of his fillies
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and colts will appear in the classics for the first time, starting with eminent, in the guineas next month. tom williams has been to meet him. the horse with the famous father. and with all the fame, great expectation. all eyes on eminent, centre of attention at sefton lodge in newmarket. the first offspring from the unbeaten wonder horse frankel. now a super stallion. not a trainer around that would not want to work with a mini frankel.m trainer around that would not want to work with a mini frankel. it is a real privilege to be able to do that and knowing that he has got ability, the way he won his maiden was fantastic and everything he has done since has lived up to that. very exciting. how much pressure is on your shoulders with having this in your shoulders with having this in your yard? a lot of pressure. luckily, he does not know about it too much so that is all right, he is yawning and happy with life. for me, it isa yawning and happy with life. for me, it is a different matter altogether, this is a great hope for us to put
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the odds on the map and hopefully he will live up to everything we expect of him. hopes are very high indeed. frankel, his widely regarded as the greatest ever racehorse, unbeaten in 14 outings, a guineas winner and illustrious career with victory on british champions day. eminent has started his career well with a debut win on newmarket‘s rowley mile, suggesting frankel‘s offspring growing into winning thoroughbreds. it is fantastic to see, the first crop by stuart and the question was whether whether they would train on. often horses will be precocious but he has had winners this season already so clearly the way you look at the horse, eminent here, he looks fantastic. i wish i owned something from frankel. eminent will race at the craven meeting next week, a traditional trial for the guineas where he will hope to follow in his father's footsteps. very important race, frankel demolished the field
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that day in the famous race everyone searches for frequently and we will probably be blessed with a really strong renewal again this year. a critic be represented by at least three colts. this is one but there are a lot of others. there are a lot of other good ones so he is proving to bea of other good ones so he is proving to be a very good sire. he is a bright hope, eminent wants to prove he is the favourite son of frankel. finally, happy birthday to tottenham's dele alli. he's 21 today. and if you fancied learning how to do his goal celebration in his honour, well, he's been giving us a few lessons in a taxi, on his way to training. i have seen it, you have to talk me through it again. do this. and like that. slides down. you need to be more fluids. so it is
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like this. 0k. yes. it slides and you do that. ok. there we go! and you can see all that and much more on the bbc sport website. dele alli's trip to training on the taxi. that's all from sportsday. there'll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening. this is bbc news. the headlines: he us secretary of state is in moscow for crunch talks on syria, after g7 foreign ministers failed to reach agreement on targeted sanctions. the parents of a seriously ill baby say they're "devastated," and may appeal, after a judge gave doctors the right to withdraw life support, from their son. united airlines says employees followed "established procedures", as footage of one of its passengers being forcibly dragged off a flight sparks outrage.
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an update on the market numbers for you. foreign ministers from the g7 leading industrialised nations, have failed to reach agreement, on new sanctions against russia and syria. borisjohnson had been pushing for targeted measures against senior russian and syrian figures, after last week's suspected chemical weapons attack. speaking after the g7 summit in italy, borisjohnson denied talks had been a diplomatic failure for the uk and america. he's been speaking to our diplomatic correspondent, james robbins. what we have

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