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we're discovering how there's more life in the deep than anyone thought, but also how there's a treasure trove of critically important elements and the more valuable they are, the more likely it is the first mines will open on the ocean floor. david shukman, bbc news. let's return to our breaking news in germany now and the investigation into the three explosions near the borussia dortmund football team's bus this evening. police have been holding a press conference in the last few minutes. let's speak tojenny hill in berlin. what have they been saying? the police say they believe that the dortmund team was deliberately targeted and they told us that the defender who was injured in the attack, marc bartra, is undergoing surgery attack, marc bartra, is undergoing surgery right now on his hands. we have learned a little about one of the leads, investigators said they
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found a letter at the sight of the explosion is although they will not reveal the contents of it. at the same time, and i suppose above all, the police are saying that at this stage tonight the motive behind the attack it very much unclear but they are not prepared to rule anything out. thank you. more on that story tonight on the bbc news channel. newsnight is coming up on bbc two. here's evan. borisjohnson did boris johnson did not borisjohnson did not get his way at the g-7 borisjohnson did not get his way at the 6—7 in italy today. we will ask if this episode said anything about the state of british foreign policy. do we ourselves to be more important than we really are in international affairs? join me on bbc two. here on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. welcome to sportday with me. coming up welcome to sportday with me. coming up on the programme. three explanations on the way to emerge. the borussia dortmund team bus is targeted and one player is injured. their game against monaco has been
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postponed until tomorrow. we've seen this before, but can barca do it again? they're beaten heavily atjuventus in their champions league quarter final first leg. and 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. welcome along. a borussia dortmund player has been injured after three explosions struck the team bus on the way to the home leg of their champions league quarter final against monaco. the match has been postponed until tomorrow, while the german team's ceo says they're in shock. our football reporter, john bennett, is here. john, the latest? first of all, i know the police have been having a press conference, what
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is the latest? the dortmund boss was attacked. three explosions in the vicinity of the team hotel. marc ba rtra vicinity of the team hotel. marc bartra was injured. he is having surgery as we bartra was injured. he is having surgery as we speak on his right hand. the situation developing all the time. there is a press konzen is going on as we speak. they say, the police, that we must assume this is a targeted attack. they are not clear of the background, they are not excluding any motive. they are hunting for a car with a foreigner numberplate in connection with the attack. they found a letter near the scene which they are trying to authenticate and there will be extra security measures for the game in 2a hours. it has been postponed. the announcement was made with only 15 minutes to go before kick—off. the stadium was packed. monaco fans showed solidarity and chanted dortmund, dortmund. the police have praised the fans for filing out calmly. this all happened very close
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to the team hotel. it was marc bartra, the spanish defender, piracy dortmund defender, who suffered injuries to his hand and he is having an operation as we speak. the footballing world has expected as you might expect. what are people and fans from both clubs saying? dortmund fans have offered monaco fa ns dortmund fans have offered monaco fans staying an extra night rooms. hotels are offering free rooms. monaco are re—funding fans who have to stay an extra night up to 80 euros. there is a hashtag as well where fans can find a place to stay. m essa g es where fans can find a place to stay. messages from across the football world. the munich eric kush has said we are giving all our support and wish marc bartra and a speedy recovery. personally used... used to play for barcelona. barcelona will have to pull off another miracle if they're to make the semi—finals of the champions league. after overcoming a 4—0 deficit in the last round,
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their first leg defeat this time, 3—0 atjuventus, whose incredible home form of no defeats in nearly two years was the basis for an impressive performance, watched by patrick gearey. the home of juventus the home ofjuventus in all its monochrome majesty. written in black—and—white, it is time. why wait? not seven minutes past when they were allowed the freedom to do this. the argentinian is linked with barcelona. remember the face. barcelona. remember the face. barcelona have their own man from that neck of the woods. anna massey as good as this are safe. the goalkeeper defies time as impressively as he does attackers. the value of the sea of increased minutes later. to the value of that man. 2—0 to juventus. minutes later. to the value of that man. 2—0 tojuventus. the regulars rejoiced for ever tasted. it was clear moral goals were on offer. that is the first he has managed
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this year, clearly it was time. barcelona desperately sought something to cling to but somehow didn't find it. in the last round they came back from 4—0 down. mission impossible two will be in black and white. leicester's own champions league quarter final first leg at atletico madrid will now be one of three tomorrow. news of the dortmund bus explosion broke while the players were training in the stadium in spain and armed police were seen searching the team's own bus earlier this evening. meanwhile manager craig shakespeare insists his conscience is clear after the club's former boss claudio ranieri claimed someone ‘behind him' may have been responsible for his sacking in february. joe wilson has more from madrid. craig shakespeare was taking lessons at his training session here. he was taking questions from the media of course. the interest in this match was extensive as you'd expect from the champions league quarterfinal. 0ne the champions league quarterfinal. one thing in particular was hanging over the media conference. the comments from claudio ranieri on monday evening, especially when he
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alluded to somebody who was perhaps influencing his dismissal, his sacking from leicester city. was it? claudio ranieri would not say and we have been left to fill the gap. 0ne name you could infer would—be craig shakespeare himself. he was directly in the background during ranieri's time at the club. that was a point i put to shakespeare. from my first interview, i remember coming to the room then and stating that i spoke to tell denied that he was relieved. he thanked me for my time, i thanked him. he said it was football and are said there has never been any arguments, never any hard feelings and that is my side of it. in terms of the significance of this match to leicester city. it is best summed up by the captain, kasper schmeichel, he spoke to the media today. he said this is the kind of thing you play for, the kind of thing you live for. the famously combative former arsenal captain tony adams has told the players at his new club 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 are going to fight for granada and get three points. that is what it is about. focus on it game by game. iam it is about. focus on it game by game. i am going to try if you things in training. liven up the team, try taoiseach the team. motivate the team. hopefully, obviously, i will do my best to achieve a miracle. just eight days before he could be announced as the lions captain, sam warburton has been ruled out for six weeks with a knee injury. the wales flanker is the favourite to be named as skipper for the tour to new zealand this summer,
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picked up the injury playing for cardiff blues last week. he may be able to play at the end of may if the club is involved in the champions cup play—offs, so should also be okay to face the all blacks. the first match of the tour is onjune 3rd with the first test not untiljune 24th. sam isa sam is a very experienced professional. he knows his body. if he works hard to get it right he will be back relatively quickly and he has been fine today. i think relatively good news considering how it could have been. 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.
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he finishes his career, just one short of winning 100 caps for his country. the tasha jonas is returning to boxing and turning professional. she was the first woman to take part in another big fight at the 2012 games but retired two years ago when she was pregnant. she now has eyes on a world title and perhaps a fight against the irish boxer katie taylor he in london. but i love to have a world championship year, have a word championship and unify something? possibly. if it is earlier than that, grid. for now, iam possibly. if it is earlier than that, grid. for now, i am on my own journey and i want to create my own path and if that means meeting at the end, so be it. britain's heather watson has been knocked out in the first round of the biel 0pen in switzerland, failing to take her final chance of qualifying directly for the french open main draw. watson, now ranked 110 in the world, needed to call on the trainer during the second set and was beaten
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7—6 6—2 by the estonion anett kontaveit. naomi broady is also out, losing in straight sets to germany's julia georges. that's all for now. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster julia hartley brewer and associate editor at the guardian, hugh muir. tomorrow's front pages. the financial times leads on syria, reporting that vladimir putin says the us is being duped into attacks against the syrian regime. the i focuses on the diplomatic moves to attempt to punish
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vladimir putin for his backing for assad and the vetoing of borisjohnson's plans at the g7. the guardian reports that the american attitude to russia has hardened. boris johnson's failed diplomatic moves also feature in the telegraph, which says he has been rebuffed by all sides for failure to secure support for sanctions on russia and described him as being out in the cold . the metro's lead story is today's ruling at the high court that the gravely ill baby charlie gard should have his life support machine turned off as soon as possible, against the wishes of her parents. the daily mail says charlie's pa rents a re the daily mail says charlie's parents are vowing to fight on. the express quotes an oxford university study which says eating
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fresh fruit every day cuts the risk of diabetes despite its sugar content. we are not looking at that front page. the statements of the obvious. the story on the front page of the daily mail, it is on the other papers as well, little charlie, eight months old. a height court judge said it was with the heaviest of heart that he came to this decision that doctors are in the right if they decide to switch off his life—support. right if they decide to switch off his life-support. there but for the grace. we would want to be the pa rents, grace. we would want to be the parents, who would want to be the doctors and he would want to be the judge? a horrific story. none of us isa judge? a horrific story. none of us is a medical expert or a legal ethics expert, but this is a situation no one wants to be in. it is £1.2 millionjust in donations
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situation no one wants to be in. it is £1.2 million just in donations to fund this possible treatment that might work in the states, but the judges ruled it is not fair on the baby. he needs to die with dignity andi baby. he needs to die with dignity and i don't know how, as a parent, or as and i don't know how, as a parent, orasa and i don't know how, as a parent, or as a doctor, you make that decision but there comes a point when it is kinder to let your baby died. i don't think any of us would ever be happy to make that decision ourselves. i think that is actually what has made this decision easier for thejudge and what has made this decision easier for the judge and further doctors, because they firmly believe that more treatment would put little charlie in more pain. i think that is right and i think this is a case where we all have to accept that everyone is acting in good faith and trying to do their best for charlie. i think it deserves its prominence on the front page because there are important societal issues here. who
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