welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america americans bryson dechambeau and brooks koepka lead the way at augusta. and around the globe. american prosecutors announce the drama from the first day charges againstjulian assange, of wikileaks, arrested in london after seven years in hiding. of the masters to come. his lawyer says they'll fight aaron ramsey and lucas torreira star in arsenal's victory against napoli. news of that, and the other extradition to the us. europa league quarterfinals. "unacceptable". rugby australia say they'll sack israel folau over his homophobic social media post. this sets a dangerous precedent for all media organisations and hello. welcome. let's get started with golf‘s major journalists in europe and elsewhere around the world. of the year — the masters — and two americans lead the way, defying a curfew, huge crowds take to the streets after the first round at augusta. of sudan's capital as the military seizes power after 30 brooks koepka and bryson dechambeau years of dictatorship. are in a two—way tie for the lead. as europe and the uk agree a 6—month delay to brexit, six birdies, including this theresa may voices her at the 12th for koepka. frustration with the political helped the us open and us pga deadlock in parliament. champion to 6—under for the day. the first privately—funded mission to the moon koepka posted a bogey ends in failure. free round, as he hunts for a first masters title. well, we didn't make it, but we dechambeau's late surge, definitely including this birdie at the 17th. gave him a share of the lead. the 25—year—old became the first

player in six years, to birdie each of the final four holes. america's phil mickelson is right up there too. with seven birdies, in a 5—under 67 for the day. he's a shot ahead of compatriot dustin johnson and england's ian poulter. tiger woods, who hasn't won a majorfor 11 years, was the joint—leader for a while. but a bogey at the 17th, took him back to 2—under for the day. open champion francesco molinari is in the mix too, on the same score. not such a good day for current champion patrick reed and the tournament favourite rory mcilroy. they're on one over par. world number one, justin rose, and 2015 masters champion jordan spieth are battling to stay in contention on 3—over. on to football, and arsenal beat napoli in the first leg of their europa league quarterfinal in london. aaron ramsey got them on their way with lucas torreira's deflected shot giving the gunners a 2—0 lead, ahead of next week's second leg in italy. john southall reports. it's at pantic arsenal, they take a

goal lead to italy next week with their supporters in them know this is farfrom their supporters in them know this is far from over. their supporters in them know this is farfrom over. arsenal their supporters in them know this is far from over. arsenal have a different beast away from home, the damage was done in the first half with goals from aaron ramsey and lucas. they could up the tyre beyond them in the second half but both squander good chances. the italian showed us what to expect in naples next week with an improved second—half performance what the peter missed a glorious chance to lead london within a waco. arsenal, the favourite to progress, but plenty left in this tie yet. we know the first leg today was really important for us. to take a good result in a good feeling also with oui’ result in a good feeling also with our football team in this competition. and i think we die make it as competition. and i think we die make itasa competition. and i think we die make it as a good result, but we know it will be very difficult because their performance at home was usually very

strong in the season. the performance of arsenal was really good. in the beginning. but i think that we help them to play so well. i think the second half was completely different. the fact that we pushed a lot at the end, we were doing physically better at the of the game because some players had a lot of cramps. benfica look well—placed to reach the semi—finals. joao felix scored a hat—trick. as they beat eintracht frankfurt 11—2 in lisbon, but the german side do have two away goals, goncalo guedes scored twice, as valencia won 3—1 at villarreal. in the all—spanish tie, and marcos alonso scored the only goal of the game, four minutes from time, as chelsea won at slavia prague.

now i think that we need to think that the second leg will be difficult. because the opponents are really dangerous also. like in the round, so we need to be careful. it is very difficult to face them. really, very difficult. i am really happy with the result. the australian rugby union international israel folau faces a battle to save his career. he's set to be sacked by club and country. after posting homophobic messages on social media. folau's contract with rugby australia and the new south wales waratahas, will be terminated after he said amongst other things that "hell awaits" gay people. our sports correspondent joe wilson has more. in australian sport, no—one has displayed ability quite like this man...

israel folau. he's represented his country in rugby union and rugby league, he's played professional australian rules football. he also thinks that gay people will go to hell. folau's recent instagram post urges repentance for various behaviour that he deems sinful or else "hell awaits". australia's rugby authorities have said they have tried in vain to contact him, but folau has been warned before about social media posts. now his career seems to be over. today, australia and new south wales rugby released a statement. it reads... gareth thomas played 100 rugby union matches for wales. he's gay.

he has used twitter to urge people not to be influenced by folau. ..thomas writes. israel folau is a sportsman with religion central to his identity in a diverse society. views folau shares as an expression of faith, his employers and sponsors call discrimination, and rugby, itappears, no longer has a place for him. joe wilson, bbc news. i don't think it is the end for him because he is such a talented footballer and some code somewhere in the world will suddenly sign him up in the world will suddenly sign him up although the obvious club he may go to his rugby league has already shut off that avenue. israel is such a big name in australian swear, and such dismay and disappointment that he has done this again and use social media and his influence on

how high profile to push forward his views that are at odds with a lot of commercial interests with australian by, commercial interests with australian rugby, the chief sponsor suddenly does not like it, and after what he did last year, he was warned about using social media in this way, he sought a new contract, a $4 million contract, expressively, forbidding him to do this and eat when he did if rugby our struggle is not ripping up if rugby our struggle is not ripping up that contract and saying enough is enough. that's rugby australia is ripping up that contract. bernie ecclestone, the man who used to run formula 1 has told the bbc that the sport's becoming boring because of the dominance of mercedes. ecclestone was at the top of f1 for nearly 40 years until a takeover in 2017. on the eve of this weekend's chinese grand prix which is number 1,000 in f1 history, ecclestone says it's now too predictable. i would like to lay the blame a little bit at mercedes, because if they had given engines to red bull when they wanted them,

then we would have had three teams all capable of winning races and being competitive. because that's what it's all about and i think it has been a bit boring for everyone, with the fantasticjob that mercedes did with lewis winning, it's incredible what he has done and what mercedes has done, but it would have been much better if you could go to a race and say, i don't know who is going to win this. in major league baseball, the cincinnati reds thrashed the miami marlins on thursday to complete a three—game sweep. the reds went into the series on the back of eight straight losses, and the worst record in the national league. yasiel puig marked his return from a two—game suspension with a two—run double at the bottom of the fifth inning. eugenio suarez had three hits, including a solo home run, in the eighth inning, as cincinatti won 5—0. not bad for a team with the worst batting average in the league.

meanwhile, in the american league, baltimore's chris davis has extended his luckless streak even further. davis came to the plate four times in thursday's game against oakland and he flew out, ground out, walked once and finally struck out. davis' hitless streak now stands at 53, stretching back to the 14th of september. oakland won the game, 8—5. finally, there's no easy way to tell someone their services are no longer required. but the former france international florent malouda found out he'd lost his job with fc zurich, in the most unusual manner. the swiss side went on twitter to say he was leaving his role as their forwards coach less than two months after joining the club. they say it was by "mutual agreement". malouda's reply was, "really? i didn't know that", which suggests that it wasn't very mutual. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, gavin ramjaun,

and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello. the calendar is taking us forward into mid—april but the weather seems to want to go backwards. more of a hint of winter, rather than spring in the weekend to come as we will see. for the day ahead, plenty of dry weather, there will be a bit more cloud in the sky then we have had recently, we are going to see some sunny spells. it is high pressure in control, blocking atlantic weather systems, keeping things settled, the flow of air is rather cool coming around that area of high pressure on an increasingly chilly and stronger wind this weekend. there will be a bit of frost around as friday starts, plenty of sunshine for early risers. the chance of catching one or two showers towards the eastern parts

of scotland, and for the cloud building into east anglia in the south—east, it could be the odd shower around here during the morning and afternoon before drier air returns to eastern counties of england to give some sunshine to end the day. elsewhere, we start with sunshine, we could see some cloud building but it will stay mainly dry. this easterly breeze is a bit stronger than it has been on recent days, keeping temperatures in the east around seven to ten degrees. ten to 12 in the west, may be 14 degrees again in north—west scotland. that is what we have had here for the past few days. the wind direction is favourable for a bit of warmth, and a bit of shelter here. let's take a look at the picture through the night and into saturday morning. some areas of cloud around, maybe still the odd shower feeding down towards the far south—east, on the whole, a lot of clear weather and yet again, gardeners and growers need to be aware, there will be a frost for many of us as the weekend begins. i love this view. high pressure, low pressure, at loggerheads for control of the weekend weather. high pressure though maintaining its control, winning the battle, and it stays with us through the weekend.

but with a stronger wind coming in from the east, that will be more noticeable. there will be some sunshine around, some cloud building as saturday begins, while most places will stay dry, still again for east anglia and south—east england, maybe the odd passing shower, could include a bit of hail and maybe some sleet for the higher ground. and it will feel a bit colder. the wind in the west is picking up over the weekend, noticeably so, maybe some gusts around northern ireland to 40mph or so. more cloud on sunday, maybe a bit of rain in the far west, into the isles of scilly, as well. cloud building after a sunny start elsewhere but still sunny spells, still most places staying dry and still coldest in the east, nowhere is particularly warm for the time of the year. temperatures are well below average now. so this is what we are expecting this weekend. dry, occasionalsunshine, a stronger wind, it will feel colder, frosty nights, it is next week temperatures are on the up again.