preparing for the 2018 world cup but at what cost, as concerns over the exploitation of north korean workers plague russian organisers. we head to paris and trace the background of chelsea and france star n'golo kante. and tom dumoulin tightens his grip on the overall lead after stage 18 of the giro d'italia. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with news about the 2018 world cup in russia. when fans gather to watch the first semifinal at next year's tournament in the newly built stadium in st petersburg, to what extent did those who helped build it suffer? fifa have found evidence north koreans who worked on the site were subjected to appalling conditions. our sports news correspondent richard conway takes up the story. the heads of four nordic football associations wrote to the fifa president because they had been made aware of allegations, norwegian

magazine about the use of north korean workers building the saint petersburg stadium. subsequent to that, the president has written back and said that he is aware of these north korean. a monitoring committee that these are implemented found evidence of north korean is working there in late 2016. they say those workers are no longer there but they did raisea workers are no longer there but they did raise a point about the appalling conditions, quote unquote, that they may have been subjected to. the norwegian magazine reports that the north koreans were subjected to living conditions with no running water, no heat. they got an answer today after putting a list of questions to russia 2018. no response but feature is saying in a statement that they are aware of this and they have protocols in place, they are monitoring and they

courted and they saw it and they we re courted and they saw it and they were aware of it. as far as they are concerned it has not continued and they say they are committed to these big events, this world cup in russia going ahead in an ethical way and with due respect to human rights. wayne rooney says he has "more or less" decided about his manchester united future — but won't say what that is for another two weeks. as for the 31—year—old's international career, well, that looks to be coming to a close. england's record scorer has been been left out again by head coach gareth southgate who's named his squad to face scotland and france next month. rooney has been a bit player in his club sides season, with former club everton or the chinese super league possible destinations if he leaves old trafford. the chinese football authorities have announced a 100% tax on signings of foreign players. the national football association said it wanted to discourage the blind pursuit of short—term results which drove up prices. there's been speculation that chelsea star diego costa could leave stamford bridge for a move to china. but now chinese clubs which are losing money will have to match any spending on new players by donating the same amount to a domestic football development

fund although most chinese teams are not profitable. a host of star foreign players have signed to chinese super league teams for huge sums in recent years. marco silva has resigned as hull city manager after the club's relegation from the premier league the portuguese took the job injanuary on a deal until the end of the season but couldn't save them from the drop to the championship. the club were relegated in the penultimate week of the season. n'golo kante has had a big impact in the english premier league — back—to—back league championships with leicester city and chelsea and now he's hunting the fa cup as well. despite his recent success, it hasn't always been easy for the french midfielder who was rejected by the big clubs in france as a youngster. 0ur football reporterjohn bennett has been to paris where kante's road to stardom began. n'golo kante. n'golo kante. there is

only one hero at this football club and this is where his journey to the top began. n'golo kante has come won back—to—back premier league titles but his journey to the top was a difficult one with some believing he would not be able to play at the top level. he was so small. there were bigger and stronger players, more powerful players. but what he was, what he had was intelligence. how he played. n'golo kante grew up in a paris suburb and it was there where he began playing football. early on he began playing football. early on he made a big impression. translation: well, it was on this pitch where we are now. it was a boy who came with about 100 others to do a trial. i could tell straightaway

that he had something that the rest did not. he ran constantly. he never stopped. he kept winning the ball back off everyone and then passing it. he did not dribble much but what he did do, he did with efficiency. despite success atjunior levels, n'golo kante was always small for his age and that was a big factor in why many top—flight clubs in france passed on the chance to sign him. we would phone other clubs, hey, i have a guy who is interesting. 0k, we will see. they see, but they did nothing. they all said no to n'golo kante?! they said no. not interested. no. n'golo kante's exploits in england inspiring the generation here in france. and they are waiting to see if the next chapter of the story will see him

lift the fa cup at wembley. dutchman tom dumoulin took a massive step towards winning the giro d'italia when he fended off some desperate attacks by colombian nairo quintana on stage 18 to retain the leader's pinkjersey. the dolomites looked tailor—made for movistar‘s quintana but, try as he could, he failed to make any of his attacks stick. with two days of climbing left dumoulin retained his lead of 31 seconds, and now looks favourite to win the first of the year's grand tour races. american tejay van garderen took his first ever grand tour stage win by edging out fellow day—long breakaway member mikel landa at the finish. india captain virat kohli insists he doesn't feel nervous about playing in the icc champions trophy tournament in england following the manchester bomb attack. prince charles was shown the trophy as he attended the official launch of the competition at the oval in london on tuesday. the tournament begins next thursday while india's first match is against pakistan in birmingham three days later. for a few people it can be a nervous

time but i did not sink as a squad you have time to focus on those factors because you understand that you are here for a sporting tournament and that, for us, remains paramount in our thoughts and i personally do not feel any nervousness, as such. i saw life resume normally and that is a healthy sign. it was not anything disturbing to see on the streets, nothing different from what i have seenin nothing different from what i have seen in the past. that is really very reassuring. i am sure the squad does not fill no visit all about being in england at the moment and we are excited to play the tournament. during the first round of the bmw pga championship at wentworth on thursday a minute's silence was held to remember those who lost their lives in the manchester arena terror

attack on monday. players and caddies wore black ribbons as a mark of respect to the victims 0n the course when ernie els managed this chip in on the parfive 12th it went down as an eagle on the scoreboard — only for the south african to admit afterwards that he dropped the ball in the wrong place after it had become plugged in a greenside bunker, and handed himself a two shot penalty which means he remains five shots off the leader who is sweden'sjohan carlsson. the 30—year—old's only professional win came in 2013 in kazakhstan on the challenge tour but he heads into friday's second round one stroke clear on 6 under. it felt quite good going into the tournament and mostly mentally i felt like i was well prepared. it got off to a good start and managed to keep going. just one of those days when you train your parts and things go your way. it is fun. —— drain your putts. stacy lewis and wei—ling hsu share the lead after the first

round of the lpga volvik championship in michigan. lewis eagled the 14th as the pair both carded seven under par rounds of 65. australian open venue margaret court arena will not be renamed despite the 24—time grand slam champion's opposition to same—sex marriage. the 74—year—old australian, now a christian pastor, says she will not fly on the country's national airline qantas, "where possible", in protest of its support of same—sex marriage. tennis australia stated that her personal views "are her own". several former players have criticised court over her stance. world series champions the chicago cubs hit three home runs in a 5—1victory over the san francisco giants on thursday. despite going behind early at wrigley field, this kris bryant solo homer in the fifth inning brought the scores level and handing them their third straight win. joe maddon's cubs now head to los angeles for a weekend series beginning on friday before moving on to san diego. what a man. he was happy. and

another quick one, 0ttawa what a man. he was happy. and another quick one, ottawa and pittsburgh in game seven of the nhl eastern conference finals is currently goalless. the hot may weather is going to continue for a few more days yet, in fact, it's going to turn increasingly humid, particularly across southern areas of the uk and the sunshine is very powerful — we'll talk about that injust a second. in the short—term, very quiet on the weather front, out there, lots of clear skies and a very warm night, in fact, first thing in the morning, across scotland temperatures are round 15—17 celsius. here's the morning, around 8 o'clock, you can see there's hardly a cloud in the sky. honestly, clear blue skies tight across the uk. temperatures already nudging up into the high teens, not far off 20 degrees, in some areas. already 20 in the lowlands of scotland. and even in inverness around 18 celsius. 18 for stornoway as well.

so a sunny and very warm start to the day. through the course of the morning, we'll see many a few fluffy clouds building up but for most of us it's going to stay clear, ands those south—easterly winds will keep on wafting in that hot air out of the near continent. these values, quite conservative. in some areas, it could even get up to around 28—29, including in parts of scotland, also. a very hot day on the way there. 0n those uv levels — high throughout the country, unusually high across southern areas of the uk. we often forget, whether it is 21 degrees or 29 degrees, you will burn just as easily if you are not protected from the sun with sunscreen, and out for any lengthy period of time. then there'sa change on the way. friday night into saturday we could cease storms rumbling through western parts of the uk. quite often when we get storms, things do turn a bit fresher, not necessarily on saturday. in fact, the air will keep on wafting in from the south, so humid air increasing and we will see the threat of thunderstorms. temperatures perhaps rising to 28—30 degrees, just that little bit less hot there, across scotland. into sunday, it does look as though fresher air gets into the northern half of the uk, but in the south,

we'll see certainly increasing amount of cloud but also increasing humidity. it'll turn more sticky across the south during sunday. and yes, that is rain and these could be storms as well, so sunday into monday not only does the humidity increase but also the threat of thunderstorms and downpours. very difficult to predict what the temperature will be across southern areas on monday, if it stays cloudy and rainy, maybe in the low 20s. if the clouds break, it could even get up to 25 degrees. but you can see a lot fresher across northern areas, so bank holiday monday summary — sunshine and showers and fresher in the north, still warm and humid and stormy in the south. hello, i'm tom donkin. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. here's our top stories: britain is once again sharing intelligence with the united states after it was suspended following leaked details about the manchester bombing. eight people are now in custody after monday night's attack, as police hunt the suicide bomber‘s network of associates. reports that donald trump's son—in—law, jared kushner,

is now part the fbi inquiry into russian involvement in the us election. while in brussels, the president makes sure he's centre stage as he tells nato members to pay theirfull share. also in the programme: indigenous leaders gather in central australia to try and reconcile the past and define their place in the country's future.