acute than the rest of the uk. it's about building enough housing stock. if you look at london, particularly in the lower tiers of the market, we are not building nearly enough housing stock. along the river, a new development where half the flats are foreign—owned. it is a city of extraordinary wealth, with public sector workers squeezed over places to live. amina works in the nhs as a paediatric nurse. she lives with her four children in a one—bedroomed flat in south london. you do get demotivated sometimes, you get angry, you get frustrated, because obviously having to work 12 hours and then coming home and not to even have your, you know, a space to rest from the shift, even some of my colleagues that do, sort of nurses, midwives, they can't really afford to live and work in london at the same time. london's public sector has many similar stories — around half the met‘s police officers that patrol the capital live outside the city.

there are just so many ways that this city is different from the rest of the uk. two million out of london's five million workforce were born abroad. immigration is part of this city's identity and part of its lifeblood. take this luxury hotel in leicester square. it is totally dependent on workers from abroad. where are you from? i'm from romania. i'm from spain. where are you from? i'm italian. from india. barcelona in spain. london is a melting pot, its flexible labour market a magnet for young workers. across our business, we employ approximately 2,300 people, so it would be fair to say that more than 50% of those employed from the eu. and from the rest of the world altogether? so in total probably around 80% we are looking at. the question that london asks the politicians — if migration

is reduced, where will the capital draw its workforce from? the computers flowing over london bridge support a financial sector employing 750,000 people. the city provides nearly 12% of the uk's tax receipts. the brexit negotiations hang over the city, with some banks making plans to move part of their operations to elsewhere in europe. uncertainty is what's causing city firms to continue to build out their contingency plans. the longer those plans are worked through in the fine detail, the more likely that they will be put into action. london is the indispensable city and at election time it provokes different choices. the city's inequalities boost the labour vote. the prospect of a hard brexit troubles many of those who voted remain. a city that depends on outsiders is less

concerned with immigration. 0thers look to the tories to deliver global britain. london — a capital with its own priorities. gavin hewitt, bbc news, london. in birmingham, a large bomb from the second world war has been safely detonated. images taken by police show how the explosion was controlled using several tonnes of sand. the discovery of the bomb has caused days of traffic problems in the city. scientists from different parts of the middle east, including iranians, israelis and palestinians, have been meeting in jordan for the opening of a new international research centre. the sesame project is a particle accelerator that acts as an extremely powerful microscope. it can study everything from cancer cells to ancient artefacts. the laboratory is designed to encourage collaboration between countries in the region — whether or not they have stable diplomatic relations, as our science editor david shukman reports. in the dusty hills ofjordan a gleaming new research centre many thought would never happen.

the sesame project brings together scientists from countries you'd normally think of as enemies and today they were celebrating the opening of the new laboratory to be shared by the middle east. it's an uneasy happiness, because i know how fragile it is, but i still would like to enjoy the moment. and you think it's going to survive? it's going to survive. inside is a giant machine called a synchrotron. it acts like a powerful microscope. particles are fired at high speed around a circular track, generating intense beams of light that reveal incredible detail with lots of uses. it can is study plants in a totally new way, investigate ancient manuscripts like the dead sea scrolls and help fight cancer. gihan kamel says the new synchrotron will transform the search for tumours. you can see everything you want. you can even see things that were beyond your imagination.

what's remarkable is that this project has been built with the help of countries that sometimes don't have diplomatic relations, or are hostile to each other. yet now it's open, you're going to get iranian, palestinian, israeli scientists, all coming here to do their research together. i'm very proud to see that this is happening and this is the biggest event, scientific event in the region and iran is supporting this project fully. this is not going to bring peace to the middle east, but it's going to show people that they can work together for a common cause. and in that sense, we are like a small flashlight in the region. an israeli scientist close to a group of iranians — somehow they do get along, while beyond these walls the middle east remains as volatile as ever. david shukman, bbc news injordan.

that's it. here on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. good evening, you're watching bbc news. i'm 0lly foster at the bbc sport centre. these are our headlines tonight: the race for the top four will go down to the last day of the season, after wins tonight for manchester city and arsenal. reading are one step closer to a premier league return. they've beaten fulham to reach the championship play—0ff final. and murray struggles on clay again. we'll have the latest from rome. he has lost. hello there. with the title wrapped up and the relegation issues settled, the focus in the premier league is all about which teams

grab the last couple of places in the top four. the prize of course champions league football next season. that will be decided on sunday, the last day of the season. arsenal and manchester city both won tonight. city's 3—1 win at home to west bromwich albion has all but assured a top four finish. arsenal's 2—0 victory at home to sunderland still gives them a chance. adam wild reports. at arsenal, they came more in hope than expectation. failure to qualify for the champions league for the first time in 20 seasons now more probable than possible, particularly if they fail to beat already relegated sunderland. an early goal would have boosted faint hopes. alexis sanchez for a moment thought he had won, only for it to be disallowed for handball. still, they did have plenty more first half chances, but none that were any more than just that. frustration that almost turned to humiliation early

in the second—half. nacho monreal‘s wayward backpass nearly catching out his keeper. the breakthrough did eventually come from a familiar and trusted source. were it not for the goals of alexis sanchez this season, arsenal would not have what little hope they still do. their second followed soon after. they win they desperately needed, but it still may not be quite enough. there was rather more cause for optimism at manchester city. a win against west brom would all but assure their future in the champions league, a future in the champions league, a future which may well be built around gabriellejesus. it was him who sent them on their way. indeed that was doubled just a couple of minutes later, kevin de bruyne seizing his opportunity. 2— 0/2 an hour —— inside half an hour, the result never in doubt, particularly when you are not already added a third. perhaps not the success pep guardiola had hoped forfrom his first season in charge, but still

wa nt to first season in charge, but still want to savour. west brom pulled one back through hal robson—kanu. but this was city's night. so this is the top of the premier league tonight. cheslea champions, spurs guaranteed second with two to play. manchester city are up to third, and all but assured a top fourfinish — but if they slip up at watford on sunday they can be caught by liverpool and arsenal. liverpool face middlesbrough, and arsenal have to hope boro or watford do them a favour and then get something off everton. a draw may be enough, but it's a long shot. we made 71 last year and second, at the moment we have 72. and we want to go to 75, to focus on that. and after to deal with what happens. but we wa nt after to deal with what happens. but we want to give everything we've got to get to 75. reading are one step closer to premier league football next season, after they beat fulham to make it to the championship play—0ff final at wembley. it was 1—1 on aggregate heading into the second leg at the madjeski when a handball from tomas kalas meant yann kermorgant was able to score for reading to make

it 2—1 on aggregate. they'll play the winner of huddersfield town and sheffield wednesday, which is goalless ahead of tomorrow's second leg at hillsborough. motherwell have secured their status in the top divison for another season they beat kilmarnock 3—1. hamilton lost against ross county, which means that they will probably finish 11th and be involved in the relegation play—off against a team from the championship. that's going to be dundee united or falkirk, who are facing each other over two legs. the first leg finished 2—2 tonight. andy murray's struggles on clay continues, he had been defending his title but it didn't last long. he was up against fabio fognini in the second round, he never got into it. broken twice as he lost the first set 6—2. murray from fognini in

inspired form. although he broke when the italians served for the match, the first time fognini didn't mess up his second chance, ending murray's rain in rome. johanna konta won her second match in rome. meanwhile, maria sharapova has not been given a wild card to play at the french open later this month the two—time champion at roland garros is playing in rome, but she pulled out with a thigh injury while leading her second—round tie against mirjana lucic—baroni. defeat in rome means she misses the chance to qualify for the main draw at wimbledon, which she could have achieved by reaching the finals in the italian capital. the french open organisers say it would send out the wrong message to give her a wild card in paris. i'm very sorry for maria, i'm very sorry for herfans, very sorry for maria, i'm very sorry for her fans, they very sorry for maria, i'm very sorry for herfans, they might be very sorry for maria, i'm very sorry for her fans, they might be very disappointed, she might be very disappointed. but it is my mission

to protect the game and to protect the high standards of a game played without any doping in the results. the ioc has finished its inspection of the paris bid ahead of september's vote to decide whether they should host the 2024 summer games. they are up against los angeles, who were inspected last week. the mayor of paris believes france's new president, emmanuel macron, can help her city win the bid. here's our sports editor, dan roan. he isjust three he is just three days into the job, but france's new president has wasted little time in backing paris's bid to host the 2024 gaines. emmanuel macron welcoming members of the international olympic committee to the filise palace on the final day of their expections visit. —— the elysee paris. we will transform the elysee paris. we will transform the north of paris, with the village

for the athletes, and after the games, the village for the athletes will be housing for people, and we need to build housing for people in the north of paris. so, we are very, very committed. sport's showpiece event always provides magical moments. but the site of rio 2016's abandoned 0lympic moments. but the site of rio 2016's abandoned olympic park has once again raised questions over legacy, and the vast cost of playing host means the games have an image problem. i will be right here in the city of angels watching the 0lympics. city of angels watching the olympics. despite all of this, los angeles wants to host the games. its bid is privately financed, with the venue bid is privately financed, with the venue is already built. like paris, it received praise from the ioc. these quite elephants, buildings, cost overruns, budget issues, engaging the youth, those things literally go away and become certain

deliverables as part of our bed. yes, there are challenges facing the 0lympic movement, and we can, the waters for seven years —— calm the waters. the ioc has become accustomed to being courted by heads of state. but unlike in the past, the evaluation commission will only decide between two cities, after a host of others pulled out due to a lack of public or political support. it could force the ioc into uncharted territory. whichever city loses looks set to be offered by 2028 games as they can relation price, as the ioc considers an unprecedented two games deal in september to avoid the of having no bidders. it is something we all have to look at and we all have to figure out why, you know, our events are not maybe as attractive as they were 20 or 30 years ago. we should always be challenging ourselves as to how would commit these events more appropriate for local community —— how we can make. we need to communicate some of those values,

and i'm not sure any of us are really done that. this two horse race seems to close to call. paris and la have hosted the olympics before, and insist theirfocus is solely on the 2024 games. adequate equal time for the future of its event, the ioc knows the race is on to provide a solution that works for everyone. after crashing on the previous stage of the giro d'italia,