say the plastic accumulates here. now, over time, some of it sinks, even into the mariana trench, the deepest part of the ocean. in one shocking discovery, it was found in tiny animals living nearly 11,000 metres down. that is almost seven miles. so, what happens to it? well a plastic bag could remain in one piece for up to 20 years. a styrofoam cup might well last for 50 years. even though it was just used once. while a plastic bottle could last around a50 years. they are designed to be strong. and then? well, plastic does not go away, it just breaks down into ever smaller fragments. and these micro plastics are getting everywhere and they will last for thousands of years. a river in the philippines sending plastic into the oceans. dozens of countries have pledged to try to stop this. in kenya, you can be jailed for selling plastic bags. other governments have tough laws, but do not enforce them. a slum community in delhi.

india says it will ban single use plastics by 2022. a massive commitment to end scenes like this. david shukman, bbc news. hello and welcome to sportsday. coming up on the programme. we hearfrom the england camp ahead of their final world cup warm—up, where raheem sterling says he's been

unfazed by recent negative headlines. novak djokovic praises the unknown marco cecchinato after he's knocked out in the french open quarter—finals. and andy murray delays his return from injury, saying he's not yet at 100%. hello and welcome to sportsday. good evening. momentum is the building. all roads point to russia, but first, england must complete their preparations for the world cup with a friendly against costa rica on thursday night. all of gareth southgate's squad were made available to speak to the media today. it made for an interesting experience for our very ownjo currie. today's press day here was the last chance for the media to speak to all

23 players on the squad. but it was done with a slight twist. it was a bit like speed dating. every player had their own individual desk and thenit had their own individual desk and then it was a bit of a free—for—all. press from around the world, kind of on your marks, get set, go, speak to his many players as you can in 45 minutes. we caught up with a couple of them, including harry kane. he asked —— was asked who he looked up to in his style he is emulating in russia? his to in his style he is emulating in russia ? his answer was to in his style he is emulating in russia? his answer was david beckham. he lead by example. every time he wore that shirt, he gave 120%. he time he wore that shirt, he gave i20%. he was passionate on and off the pitch, a great role model. that is why i would like to be. people are watching around the world. first and foremost, i will do everything on the page and then off the page as well is important that you are a good example. one player who has beenin good example. one player who has been in the news of late is raheem sterling. he has been in the news

for the controversial gun tattoo on his leg. he says despite criticism and a difficult week esa, he does not feel singled out by the press. you see a gun on somebody's look, you will think what are you doing? for ipo, i have had that since august or september. there have been pictures of this before, so i wonder why it is reported at this point in time? but once the season gets under, you kind of forget about that and move on the football. that it is strictly football to you have time to finish. i did not take it personally. people say do you feel like you have been picked on? i do not feel that way at all. i am happy to be there presenting england. we also managed a few words with the jordan pickford. a huge boost for him after being given the number one jersey. everyone's talking about and experiencing all that, but we have been experienced through the groups and the majority of the lads i have

known playing for england anyway, so we have experience in ourselves already. so i feel like we have the quality and the ability and if you look around here, the ability is there. that is it from st george's part. tomorrow, we hearfrom gareth southgate because on thursday, and lip of the final warm—up match against costa rica in leeds. then on tuesday, they had off to the world cup for real. at that point, the real fun and games cup for real. at that point, the realfun and games begin. anchor: they do indeed. so we're just nine days away from the start of the world cup, but some moves are being made by the top premier league clubs before the possibility of inflated transfer fees later this summer. the brazil boss tite said he wanted his players' club futures to be decided before the tournament begins and one of those, fred, has done just that. the midfielder is joining manchester united for £47 million from shakhtar donyetsk. meanwhile, arsenal manager unai emery will make swiss defender stephan lichtsteiner his first major signing. lichtsteiner makes the free transfer move from italian champions juventus

after seven years in turin, in which he won the serie a title seven times in a row. staying with football, doctors in america believe loris karius suffered a concussion in the champions league final ten days ago. the liverpool goalkeeper came in for strong criticism for the two high profile errors during their 3—1 defeat to real madrid. liverpool's own medical staff didn't notice anything untoward at the time. but there are now calls for an urgent review into football's concussion protocols following karius' collision with real madrid captain sergio ramos. peter mccabe is from the brain injury association headway. iamas i am as shocked because in such an important game, something like that to happen without anyone realising

seems very strange to happen without anyone realising seems very strange indeed. and we would expect that if there is any kind of suspicion of a head injury, the big game would be stopped immediately and the player would be properly assessed by a medic. for many years, we have been complaining, a few years ago, we had the hugo lloris incident where he was cruelly knocked unconscious, was asked to leave the field of visio and his manager and came around and overruled both of them and continue to play. that was really shocking. so they produced some changes there. it appears that in europe, they do not seem to have the same regulations and we really do need player safety first and always ensure that they are properly looked after and properly assessed immediately if there is any suspicion of a head injury. manchester city midfielder kevin de bruyne has told the bbc that he's never witnessed any racism at the club. he dismissed claims made by former team—mate yaya toure that manager pep guardiola often has problems with african players. de bruyne says only results on the pitch influence

guardiola's team selections. i never saw something, so it would be weird that the trainer is a racist with all the black guys we have on the team. i feel it is wrongly written that somebody exaggerated it. so i do not know, this year, probably the trainer thought he was not doing enough, not fit enough and there was nothing racially in the club ever. i2—time grand slam champion novak djokovic is out of the french open after another eventful day in paris. the former winner was beaten by the unseeded italian marco cecchinato in their quarterfinal. it was a dramatic match, watched byjim lumsden. marco cecchinato had never won a main draw match at a grandson, but

he went at the world number one, taking the first two sets. he —— with stunning tennis on show at almost every point, it looked to be taking its toll finally on marco cecchinato and he will do to lose third set. the tempo lifted once more, with to be more assured and he leveled a quarterfinal before allawi marco cecchinato backend. this contest erased a compelling climax in the fourth set tie—breaker. novak djokovich refusing to buckle and marco cecchinato was to spur three match points. 0n the board, he tried, taking a marathon tie—break 13-11. he tried, taking a marathon tie—break 13—11. he is the first italian man into a 13—11. he is the first italian man intoa grand 13—11. he is the first italian man into a grand slam semifinal at over four years. whether he will have enough strength left to live a trophy is another matter. checkinato will face dominic thiem next as he won the battle between two of tennis's newest stars. three five—set matches last week clearly took their toll on world number three alexander zverev, and he went out in straight sets, while thiem reaches his third straight semi at roland garros. and there will be a repeat of last

year's us open final in the women's semis, as tenth seed sloane stephens beat daria kasatkina to set up a meeting with fellow american madison keys, whom she beat to win the title at flushing meadows. well, the french open is the third grand slam which andy murray has missed in a row due to injury, and in the past hour, the three—time grand slam champion has announced he won't now make a comeback at next week's grass court tournament in rosmalen in the netherlands. he hasn't played competitive tennis since wimbledon last year, but is hoping to return from hip surgery in time for this year's tournament. 0ur tennis correspondent russell fuller has more. murray says he is not quite ready to return but does say he is still having to play in the coming weeks, which does not give too much away. the next event that he could feature in is at queen's club in under two

weeks' time. the question is does he have a long enough to get himself in the sort of shape required with map he has not played now on the tour for nearly a year. he had hip surgery on for nearly a year. he had hip surgery onjanuary for nearly a year. he had hip surgery on january the for nearly a year. he had hip surgery onjanuary the 8th. he did return to practise course in three march but the hip problem flared up again and only in the last few days as he been able to get back on the practise courts after five weeks on the sideline. it doesn't difficult but a case for him to be truly competitive during this grass court season. but perhaps greater significance for murray is how that hip response when he started up his intensity, when he starts to play at practise sets against other professional players. that might give us a better indication of what his prospects are in the long term. ake we hope he gets a full recovery. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead

to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are kate andrews, who's director of news at the institute of economic affairs, and john rentoul, chief political commentator at the independent. the ft leads with allegations that the former chief executive of cambridge analytica, withdrew more than $8 million from the scandal—hit data firm, shortly before it collapsed. the guardian carries a picture of the fashion designer kate spade, who's been found dead in her apartment in new york. the paper says she became

a household name in the 1990s for her handbags, worn by fashion editors and celebrities. "brace, brace, brace," says the metro, reporting that theresa may faces severe turbulence in her own backyard as fellow conservatives voice their concern at her approval of a third runway at heathrow. the i also leads on the government's approval of the expansion, with details of the £2.6 billion compensation package for local residents whose homes will be demolished. the express asks "are police losing control of our streets" after what it calls "a spate of savage crimes" across the uk. and the daily telegraph reports that the universities minister sam gyimah, has attacked 0xbridge for its failure to attract more black students so no real consensus on a lead across the papers this evening, except the heathrow expansion and images of planes over houses in south west london the last two are not linked by the way. let's get into this now. heathrow is clear for ta ke—off.

way. let's get into this now. heathrow is clear for take—off. what about position for this. you know what? this might not happen if the courts get involved. it is not quite clear for take—off. this courts get involved. it is not quite clear for ta ke—off. this debate courts get involved. it is not quite clearfor take—off. this debate has been happening for two decades and there is still not a third runway at heathrow. it is very good supporting. this is been a problem for the uk for a long time. heathrow now handles more passengers today than all uk airports in the 1980s. this is... we have a huge influx of people wanting to get flights and if you limit this number of lives, cost rises for consumers and you get more cancellations. and especially in this, brexit, when the uk claims to be open and global, you need that third runway. the uk is falling behind china and others. this must behind china and others. this must be done. i do not think there are many who would argue we do not need another runway. the question is aware? john is one. aviation is a

huge problem. we do not need any more airport runways. whether we do to deal with britain in a post brexit world? do not need runways. you need fibre optic broadband and all the rest of it. aeroplanes are dirty, polluting ways of travelling. and we need fewer of them, not more. so, it is not going to happen at heathrow anyway because it is the only major hub airport in europe thatis only major hub airport in europe that is in the middle of a city. there are just to be people who are going to be affected. the court will say he does not make sense? the pollution and the noise are too much. the solution really is to bring in real environmental taxes that do the trick, not limit where people travel and where they can go. this is 2018 and we want to make flights cheaper for people on