this is bbc news. i'm samantha simmonds with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. protesting manchester united fans, angry with the club's american owners, invade the pitch, forcing the game against liverpool to be called off. the club has just been bled dry by the glazers. it's a cash cow. but for us, it is the manchester united football club, and we love it. ..to not communicate with the fans for 16 years and this leads to this kind of anger we've seen on this level. both the us and uk deny iranian tv reports that they've agreed prisoner release deals with tehran. as india records more than 300,000 new coronavirus cases for a 12th successive day, australia's temporary ban on travel from india begins. ahead of a g7 meeting

in london, us secretary of state antony blinken accuses china of acting more aggressively abroad and more repressively at home. and why singer billie eilish has received millions of likes for images posted on social media, with fans loving her new look. hello and welcome to the programme. there's been condemnation of the clashes between around 200 manchester united fans and police as the supporters called for the club's american owners to go. two police officers were injured as fans got into the old trafford ground and stormed the pitch ahead of the match against liverpool. it's the first time an english premier league match has been postponed because of demonstrations by fans. 0ur sports correspondent joe wilson reports from old trafford. all chant: we want glazer out! the concourse outside

old trafford where protesters were expected to congregate... all chant. ..to voice their continued opposition to the ownership of manchester united by the glazer family. some protesters soon decided to go further and, ultimately, onto the pitch itself. this was the scene at one of the most famous football grounds in the world — that revered manchester united pitch, the place of stirring feats of football, occupied. as clashes continued, police reported two injuries to officers, one slashed in the face by a broken bottle. meanwhile, some of those who stayed peacefully outside were leaving. as we are speaking outside the ground, there are lots of fans actually on the pitch. imean, what... is there? they've got through? what do you think about that? it's a frustrating thing because, obviously, as fans, we want the best for our club. it's been from when we were young, watched it, it's been magical, you know, the history we've had.

and people like get so annoyed with it. all chant: we want glazers out! well, they stayed. there was a match due to be played here. a match with direct implications for the outcome of the premier league, supposed to happen here. with protests continuing inside old trafford and also at the manchester united team hotel, there was no way the game itself against liverpool could be played. the direct response from the premier league was a statement: well, for 16 years, supporters have opposed the glazers. for 16 years, they've believed the family is taking money out of the club. fan power has been reignited by recent opposition to the european super league. this anger runs deeper. does it take something extreme for the glazers just to notice? all chant: united! united! the pitch invaders, widely condemned, don't represent all manchester united supporters — farfrom it — but the landscape of english

football has changed, and these are the images viewed across the premier league's global marketplace. joe wilson, bbc news, in manchester. jonathan tannenwald is a football reporter for the philadelphia inquirer and has been giving his reaction to the protests. i think the people we heard from summed it up very well. it's about the perception that this club is a cash cow for the glazers and not a sports team doing everything it can to compete to win trophies. we heard about the lack of communication with fans. the distance across the atlantic obviously plays a role in the perception. it won't surprise you that as american, i wish some of the anti—american sentiment was toned back a bit, but i do think that even over here, the protests today resonated a lot — they were on live television over here. everybody who follows the premier league in the united states saw them on live tv and i think there were a lot of people who are sympathetic to the notion that the glazers aren't really doing enough to make manchester united what we all know what it has

been for so many decades — one of the pre—eminent clubs in english and world football. we know that promotion and relegation is such a major part of european world football, and people over here look at the closed franchise system that they have in the nfl, major league baseball, etc, and they don't like it. and the funny thing is that a lot of people over here in the united states watch european football because they like the promotion and relegation and like the open pyramid system. the same time, i think if you were, for example, to ask fans of the nba in europe, they would say they like the nba how it is, and if you were to ask football fans — sorry, soccerfans, you know what i mean — fans over here about what they think of football in europe, they would say they like european football how it is, we they like american sports how they are, and i think that's the difference. maybe we're not going to get all the way over but would i would say at the conclusion about that is, a whole lot of people in the united states were very much against

the super league — and i'm talking about fans over here — the sorts of people who were going to be the target, they didn't want it and i think that says a lot. jonathan tannenwald. now on to mixed signals from iran. the country's ambassador to the un has denied reports from iranian state tv that deals have been made with the us and uk to free prisoners in iran, including the british—iranian dual national nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe. this comes after the us and british officials issued their own denials. state media had also reported a supposed prisoner exchange, swapping four americans jailed in iran, forfour iranian prisoners in the united states. here's white house chief of staff ron klain. unfortunately, that report is untrue. there is no agreement to release these four americans. we're working very hard to get them released. we raised this with iran and our interlocutors all the time, but so far there's no agreement to bring these four americans home. let's speak to professor seyed mohammad marandi, whojoined the iranian delegation for the original vienna iran nuclear talks back in 2015.

welcome to you, thank you for being with us live from tehran. what is behind these mixed messages? who is to be believed here, us and uk officials or iranian state tv? it here, us and uk officials or iranian state tv?— iranian state tv? it is my understanding _ iranian state tv? it is my understanding the - iranian state tv? it is my understanding the report| iranian state tv? it is my . understanding the report did not come from iranian television, it came from an arabic news channel and one of the iranian news channels, channel six i think it was, reported them as saying there was an agreement for the prisoner exchange where iranian prisoners being held abroad illegally because they were being held in different countries based on american laws that are not internationally recognised but they are just arrested because they are just arrested because the united states bullied different countries, the understanding was that there was going to be a prisoner exchange and that the united

states would allow the british and the koreans to release iranian money that has been held illegally, again, for years. that was an understanding but that was on arabic media outlet reports, but was reported by an iranian media outlet. i5 but was reported by an iranian media outlet.— media outlet. is a conflict, in our media outlet. is a conflict, in your view. — media outlet. is a conflict, in your view, between - media outlet. is a conflict, in your view, between what - media outlet. is a conflict, in your view, between what the | your view, between what the hardliners want to do with these political prisoners and what the more moderate elements in the government to do? well. in the government to do? well, i think if you — in the government to do? well, i think if you look _ in the government to do? well, i think if you look at _ in the government to do? well, i think if you look at it - in the government to do? well, i think if you look at it that - i think if you look at it that way, i think the hardliners in western countries want to keep iranian political prisoners and they want to keep billions of dollars of iranian assets hostage. that's the real issue. the iranians are fighting coronavirus at a time when the british government will not give back iranian money that it has been holding for decades.

therefore the british government is helping to kill ordinary iranians. at the orders of washington. and the korean government is doing the same thing. iranian assets across the world are being held and iranians are constantly being harassed before arrested across the world, based upon demand a demands from washington to different countries to the embassies. so it is not exactly a one—sided street, it is a 2—way street, but iran does not have much of a voice because iranian media is sanctioned, iranian media cannot be seen throughout the world, you cannot watch it on satellite television, so all we hear is the american voice. 0bviously hear is the american voice. obviously we don't have anyone from the uk or us government to counter your arguments but certainly the british foreign secretary argus argues that nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe is being used as a political pawn. you were in vienna in 2015 for the original talks and based on your experience to believe that

actually prisoner exchanges will be a key part of this and eventually allow sanctions to be taken away from iran and release the money that you talk about and they so desperately need? ~ , ., , need? well, there is a problem here. need? well, there is a problem here- one _ need? well, there is a problem here- one is — need? well, there is a problem here. one is the _ need? well, there is a problem here. one is the only _ need? well, there is a problem here. one is the only name - need? well, there is a problem| here. one is the only name that we hear is anna running a british citizen who, by the way, your current prime minister and former secretary, foreign secretary, boris johnson once in parliament admitted that she broke the law. and then he had to pull back when there was a media outcry. back when there was a media outc . ~ ., , outcry. well, he did apologise for that and _ outcry. well, he did apologise for that and so _ outcry. well, he did apologise for that and so it _ outcry. well, he did apologise for that and so it was - outcry. well, he did apologise for that and so it was a - for that and so it was a mistake, didn't he? yes, he apologised _ mistake, didn't he? yes, he apologised for _ mistake, didn't he? yes, he apologised for saying - mistake, didn't he? yes, he apologised for saying the i apologised for saying the truth. but we don't hear anything about iranians being held abroad, we don't have any iranian names in the western media because they are simply not important. but media because they are simply not important.— not important. but in your view, not important. but in your view. they _ not important. but in your view, they say _ not important. but in your view, they say they - not important. but in your view, they say they are i not important. but in your| view, they say they are not important but clearly it is part of a conversation that is going on. how important in that

conversation is it when they talk about the nuclear deal? is it a part of it?— it a part of it? for iranians, they are — it a part of it? for iranians, they are extremely - it a part of it? for iranians, i they are extremely important. they are just as human as any other human being and is because they are not in the western media, or western, their names are not repeated and they are not defended but the belief in tehran is that since you broke the law, she should be in prison. 0n the other hand, for example, in around they talk aboutjulian assan is being a political prisoner so i don't think we should get into these political games —— assange. the only way forward is the british government to release these assets that have been held for decades and iranians are finding —— fighting the coronavirus and because of their assets being held abroad, their assets being held abroad, the coronavirus is effectively being turned into a weapon, it has been weaponised against iran because iranians are being handicapped from fighting this virus by western governments at the behest of the us government

where there is —— whether it is biden or donald trump and this has to change.— biden or donald trump and this has to change. fik. inaudible. has to change. ok. inaudible. implement _ has to change. 0k. inaudible. implement the deal and allow the iranian government to fight the iranian government to fight the coronavirus.— the coronavirus. professor se ed the coronavirus. professor seyed mohammad - the coronavirus. professor i seyed mohammad marandi, the coronavirus. professor - seyed mohammad marandi, thank you forjoining us from tehran. within the past half hour, india has reported more than 300,000 new coronavirus cases for a 12th straight day. the number of deaths from covid rose byjust over 3,a00. meanwhile, a temporary travel ban between india and australia begins today, with anyone breaching the rule to face up to five years in jail or heavy fines. it is the first time australia has banned and put in place criminal sanctions for its own citizens who return home. 0ur correspondent shaimaa khalil is in sydney. welcome to you. this policy is proving quite controversial? absolutely, and the government today has been defending its position to do so, a mask escalation really in those strict measures, on another

level, you say —— a marked escalation. the first time to —— the first time australia blocks its citizens but the threat of jail threat ofjail time and thousands of dollars in fines that has sparked outrage at —— and critics have called this immoral and some have had this brand as unaustralian and racist and the prime minister has come out and deny the accusations of racism and said there is no politics or ideological, ideology when it comes to the pandemic, this is about the virus, and we heard from their foreign minister marise payne who said 57% of all infections within quarantine have been from arrivals from india, but has put a lot of pressure on medical facilities which also raised questions about why australian indians are being blocked and why not expand on quarantine facilities, that is a big debate here now in australia. we also heard from paul kelly who is the chief medical officer and really his

advice has been the centre and the basis under which the government has put out these harsh measures. he said he did not advise jail time or fines, his advice was essentially to do something about the spread of coronavirus coming from india but was escalating at a worrying rate but he did warn that that pause preventing people from, from india, could result in severe illness, people falling severely ill without access to medical facilities and in the worst case scenarios that could cause death of course but he did say that his advice was that this would be a temporary ban. there were questions about the legality of this, the constitutionality of it, and some had been advised to seek legal help but really, that could take a long time and it could take a long time and it could be quite costly. we heard from members of the indian australian community here who have said these are our people,

they are in a dire situation and if the australian government —— it is the australian's government response ability and care to bring them out of india, out of harm's way and bring them to australia safely. the us secretary of state antony blinken has arrived in london for the g7 foreign ministers�* meeting. earlier in an interview with cbs news, he accused china of acting more aggressively abroad and more repressively at home, but stressed that a military confrontation was profoundly against the interests of both countries. mr blinken said president biden and the chinese leader xi jinping talked about a wide range of topics in their first call that lasted two hours. our purpose is not to contain china, to hold it back, to keep it down. it is to uphold this rules—based order that china is posing a challenge to. anyone who poses a challenge to that order, we are going to stand up and defend it. stay with us on bbc news.

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as the ve celebrations reach their climax. this night is dedicated i to everyone who believes in a future of peace and freedom. - this is bbc news. the latest headlines: protesting manchester united fans, angry with the club's american owners, invade the pitch, forcing the game against liverpool to be called off. both the us and uk deny iranian tv reports that they've agreed prisoner release deals with tehran. today marks a significant date in the history of northern ireland. exactly 100 years ago, a law came into force which set up a parliament in belfast and divided the island of ireland. the anniversary is viewed very differently by unionists and nationalists, as our ireland correspondent chris page reports.

these are the pictures northern ireland wants to be best known for. a place of friendly cities and stunning seaside scenery. but it has a history which hurts. it is still recovering from a conflict which lasted for 30 years until the late 19905. for 30 years until the late 1990s. there was violence, too, at the time of northern ireland's birth. sectarian murder across the rl and —— the island of ireland. several counties went to war with britain to achieve independence. but a majority in the north—eastern counties wanted to stay in the uk and that's what happened. today is one of a series of anniversaries. it one of a series of anniversaries. , ., , anniversaries. it is not “ust the start i anniversaries. it is not “ust the start of i anniversaries. it is not “ust the start of northern h anniversaries. it is notjust i the start of northern ireland as we know it, it is the start of the united kingdom as we know it, and the united kingdom is stronger and better because of the could —— constituent parts and island plays a part in it now. parts and island plays a part in it nova— parts and island plays a part in it now. ., , , ., , in it now. unionist seat is the centenary — in it now. unionist seat is the centenary of _ centenary of a state they strongly value but for people who identify as the irish, it

is the anniversary of the addition of ireland, a source of great injustice. trade border with the rest of the uk has again sharpened political divisions. i has again sharpened political divisions. ~ , divisions. i think it is possible _ divisions. i think it is possible for - divisions. i think it is possible for us - divisions. i think it is possible for us to - divisions. i think it is. possible for us to deal divisions. i think it is - possible for us to deal with the past. i think it is possible for us to deal with the present given even up present difficulties. i think they should be ironed out, they can be. , ., ., ~ can be. events to mark the centenary _ can be. events to mark the centenary have _ can be. events to mark the centenary have been - can be. events to mark the - centenary have been restricted so far because of the pandemic. but that doesn't make 2021 any less significant here. time to check on the latest sports news. hello, i'm tulson tollett and this is your sports news where we start with football and inter milan's long wait for the serie a title is over. antonio conte's side were confirmed as champions on sunday, ending juventus's run of nine scudettos in a row. there were joyous scenes among the fans as conte's side won the title after atalanta

failed to win at sassuolo. next year we will win the champions league and be the best in the world! if champions league and be the best in the world!— best in the world! if you wait for a window _ best in the world! if you wait for a window for _ best in the world! if you wait for a window for so - best in the world! if you wait for a window for so many - best in the world! if you wait. for a window for so many years, it feels— for a window for so many years, it feels better after all. —— for— it feels better after all. —— fora — it feels better after all. —— fora win _ ajax wrapped up a record 35th dutch eredivisie title on sunday after strolling to a 4—0 win over fc emmen at the johan cruyff arena. erik ten hag's side were far from theirfluent best but three goals in 13 minutes midway through the second half settled the outcome and ajax cantered to victory and another double after winning the dutch cup in mid—april. gareth bale notched a hat trick for tottenham in the premier league as they thrashed sheffield united 4—0. the result leaves tottenham sitting five points off fourth place and the champions league qualification spot with four games remaining.

0bviously obviously it is nice to get three goals but like i always say, the team comes first. we need all the points we can get now and working fine till the end. chelsea will play barcelona in the women's champion's league final after both sides won their respective semi—finals. lieke martens scored twice for the catalans in their 2—1 second leg win over paris saint germain for a 3—2 aggregate result, while emma hayes�*s side won 4—1 at home to bayern munich for a 5—3 aggregate score, and the manager hopes to inspire those who watched on. i never had female role models and i always wanted, more than anything else, is that little girls would have their own and i hope today by making the final, we will gain a few more fans. world number two naomi 0saka is out of the madrid 0pen after losing her second round match on sunday to czech karolina muchova. the four—time grand slam winner lost the first set but fought back to level it before muchova, who was an australian open semi—finalist earlier this year went on to win the decider

taking a 6—4, 3—6, 6—1victory and setting up a third round match against greek 16th seed maria sakkari. in the men's draw, top seed rafael nadal has a bye into the second round where he'll face the winner of adrian mannarino and carlos alcaraz. the spaniard is coming off the back of yet another win in barcelona while he last won this four years ago, and it means a great deal to him this year. yes, it is the most difficult event for me. everybody knows. but at the same time it is one of the most emotional events for me, playing at home. we don't have the chance to play with a crowd again so that means a lot to me and also super happy to be back here. mark selby will take a three frame lead over shaun murphy into monday's third session of the world snooker championship final. the match was level at 7—7 before selby, a three—time winner took the lead for the first time, and then won the remaining two

frames to have the better of the opening day at the crucible theatre. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, tulson tollett, and the rest of the team, that is your sports news for now. the 19—year—old american singer and songwriter, billie eilish, has appeared on the cover of fashion magazine vogue. it's a massive change in style for the singer, who had been known for wearing loose—fitting clothes in what she has said was an attempt to stop people criticising her body. mark lobel takes a look, with some flash photography from the start. until now, dressed to prevent body shaming. the baggily cloaked girl, now a blonde bombshell. it is far from,... body positivity resting squarely on this empowered 19—year—old's shoulders. telling british vogue...

that is coming from someone well aware of the haters on social media. i well aware of the haters on social media.— well aware of the haters on social media. , ., , , ., social media. i stopped reading comments. _ social media. i stopped reading comments, fully. _ social media. i stopped reading comments, fully. because - social media. i stopped reading comments, fully. because it. social media. i stopped reading. comments, fully. because it was ruining my life. it is weird, the call of things you get to do, the more people hate you, it is crazy. do, the more people hate you, it is crazy-— it is crazy. there has been a tear it is crazy. there has been a gear change _ it is crazy. there has been a gear change in _ it is crazy. there has been a gear change in her - it is crazy. there has been a gear change in her music. it is crazy. there has been a i gear change in her music too. her new song is a warning to abuses not to exploit underage girls. vulnerability she she and her peers know all too well. her new look is part of a message about change from someone who launched her career at 19. —— at -- at 13.

but some fans fear people will now question her looks and accuse her of having sold out. we are in an age of reaction but i think it is important to take a step back and think about the intention stop she planned the idea of the shoot, she is expressing herself, and to discuss exploitation would be taking away her autonomy. tens of aliens over 83 million instagram followers have liked the new look. no doubt she was inspired by classic pinups such as marilyn monroe. billie eilish said she is not a hypocrite in showing her skin, but empowerment is. adding that confidence is her greatest asset. dies —— a giant piece of artwork by david hockney has been emblazoned across the iconic will board of piccadilly

circus in central london. the work is cold remember you cannot look at the sun or death for very long. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @samanthatvnews. back shortly. good morning. weather across the uk is on the change. yes, it's turning increasingly wet and windy this bank holiday monday, and then that's going to be replaced by a case of sunny spells and blustery showers. and all the time, the temperatures disappointing — cold for early may. so the culprit arrives through the night. it's going to bring wet and windy weather in from the west, and that rain is going to continue to track its way steadily eastwards. now, ahead of it, quite a lot of cloud around so it will be a frost—free start to monday — something we've not seen for quite some time — but the cloud, the wind and the rain's on its way, moving out of northern ireland into southern scotland, northern england and parts of wales during the morning, probably not arriving into london and east anglia until the end of the afternoon and maybe not arriving at all in the far north of scotland. it's going to be windy for all — gusts widely

in excess of aomph, maybe in excess of 60mph on exposed south—west coasts, and that's going to make it feel pretty cool. it may well be one of the coldest early may bank holidays on record. now, that low pressure will drift its way steadily eastwards, still plenty of isobars tucking in behind. the wind direction's still coming from a north—easterly. gales on exposed east coasts driving in some showers and the showers turning increasingly wintry to higher ground in scotland, northern england and north wales. top temperatures by the middle of tuesday afternoon between 6 and 13 celsius. move out of tuesday into wednesday, we've still got that cold air in place. the isobars are likely to open up, so that could mean we could start off early wednesday with a light frost around — something very unusual for the first week of may. so potentially a frosty start, a dry one with some sunshine around for many.

won't be long before we see further showers, particularly across north—east scotland and north—east england. west is best for sunshine but not necessarily for warmth — we should be seeing temperatures across southern england of around 16 degrees, at least, at this time of year. thursday, we keep the risk of some showers going, but friday will be a quieter day, drier and perhaps a little warmer. however, as we head into next weekend, there is another significant low pressure that's likely to push its way in from the south—west, bringing yet more wet and windy weather, but it may well turn things a touch milder by the end of the weekend.

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