�* difficult to prove that it is very difficult to prove the ownership. they are registered in different territories. not necessarily directly linked to the person— necessarily directly linked to the person they think it is, so it can take _ person they think it is, so it can take some _ person they think it is, so it can take some time to get to the bottom of it. take some time to get to the bottom of it and _ take some time to get to the bottom of it. and we saw it again with a surleryacht _ of it. and we saw it again with a superyacht on the front pages of the papers _ superyacht on the front pages of the papers this— superyacht on the front pages of the papers this morning, linked to vladimir— papers this morning, linked to vladimir putin himself. this has become — vladimir putin himself. this has become very symbolic. how much difference — become very symbolic. how much difference it actually makes in terms — difference it actually makes in terms of — difference it actually makes in terms of deterring vladimir putin, i don't _ terms of deterring vladimir putin, i don't know. — terms of deterring vladimir putin, i don't know, but clearly a lot of the western _ don't know, but clearly a lot of the western countries are trying to find any way— western countries are trying to find any way they can to try and squeeze and influence the russian president. rachel, _ and influence the russian president. rachel, when you look at the figures you realise that we are notjust talking about a nice boat. these are serious investments for the owners, whoever they may be. i serious investments for the owners, whoever they may be.— serious investments for the owners, whoever they may be. i had the exact same thought — whoever they may be. i had the exact same thought that _ whoever they may be. i had the exact same thought that you _ whoever they may be. i had the exact same thought that you did. _ whoever they may be. i had the exact same thought that you did. i - whoever they may be. i had the exact same thought that you did. i thought | same thought that you did. i thought it is symbolic. it is a nice boat. 500 million is the answer to how much it is worth, $500 million

yachts. i don't even know what that is in houses. the one that they did mention is moored in italy is on the front page of the mail and they are showcasing is gold taps and gold bathrooms. very glitzy and showery. you could see that yes, it is symbolic, it is also worth a huge amount and in terms of why it is so difficult who they are earned by because there are earned through sheu because there are earned through shell companies in multiple jurisdictions and it is difficult to trace that back to the actual owner, the same is true of property in and around london, that we know the property is linked to russian oligarchs and dirty money but it has gone through so many shell companies that actually seizing it is proving very difficult. we that actually seizing it is proving very difficult-— that actually seizing it is proving ve difficult. ~ . ., ., very difficult. we are going to turn now to something _ very difficult. we are going to turn now to something taking - very difficult. we are going to turn now to something taking place - now to something taking place tomorrow. the financial times is leading with the spring statement.

david. big leading with the spring statement. david. �* ., ., ., ., ., david. big moment tomorrow for chancellor _ david. big moment tomorrow for chancellor rishi _ david. big moment tomorrow for chancellor rishi sunak _ david. big moment tomorrow for chancellor rishi sunak to - david. big moment tomorrow for chancellor rishi sunak to deliver| chancellor rishi sunak to deliver his spring — chancellor rishi sunak to deliver his spring statement with his two bil his spring statement with his two big set— his spring statement with his two big set pieces of the year, under enormous — big set pieces of the year, under enormous pressure to try and come up with some _ enormous pressure to try and come up with some more support for families facing _ with some more support for families facing the _ with some more support for families facing the cost of living crisis, and the — facing the cost of living crisis, and the ft_ facing the cost of living crisis, and the ft story is suggesting we probably— and the ft story is suggesting we probably won't get to see the giveaway chancellor in full flow tomorrow. they are reporting that, although— tomorrow. they are reporting that, although he has actually got a lot of fiscal— although he has actually got a lot of fiscal headroom, the public finances — of fiscal headroom, the public finances are in slightly better shape — finances are in slightly better shape than predicted last autumn, and he _ shape than predicted last autumn, and he has — shape than predicted last autumn, and he has a windfall, but he's not going _ and he has a windfall, but he's not going to _ and he has a windfall, but he's not going to spend all of that on providing more support to help with energy— providing more support to help with energy bills, inflation, and he is certainly— energy bills, inflation, and he is certainly not going to consider scrapping the 1.25 percentage point rise in— scrapping the 1.25 percentage point rise in national insurance which is due to _ rise in national insurance which is due to come _ rise in national insurance which is due to come in next month. lots of

tory mps _ due to come in next month. lots of tory mps want him to scrap it or at least _ tory mps want him to scrap it or at least to— tory mps want him to scrap it or at least to defer it because that will really _ least to defer it because that will really start, people will start to feel really start, people will start to feet the — really start, people will start to feel the pinch when that kicks in in their— feel the pinch when that kicks in in their payslips next month.- their payslips next month. rachel, how much wriggle _ their payslips next month. rachel, how much wriggle room _ their payslips next month. rachel, how much wriggle room does - their payslips next month. rachel, how much wriggle room does he . their payslips next month. rachel, - how much wriggle room does he have, there will be winners and losers, he cannot please everyone. he has a tough job tomorrow. the cannot please everyone. he has a tough job tomorrow.— cannot please everyone. he has a tough job tomorrow. tough “ob tomorrow. the losers seem tough “ob tomorrow. the losers seem to be tough job tomorrow. the losers seem to be the entire _ tough job tomorrow. the losers seem to be the entire country _ tough job tomorrow. the losers seem to be the entire country as _ tough job tomorrow. the losers seem to be the entire country as a - tough job tomorrow. the losers seem to be the entire country as a result i to be the entire country as a result of the national insurance rise and i'm pleased that david said 1.25 percentage points, rather than %, because it is equivalent to a 10% rise in national insurance that it is going to cost every adult on average £1000 a year across the board. the very poorest will pay that alone, this may or may not be mitigated by a slight cut in fuel duty which will obviously only benefit drivers and obviously lots of people drive and i drive and i certainly noticed that the cost of petrol is skyrocketing recently but

if you have the opportunity for a measure to help address the cost of living crisis and you can help everyone or you can help specifically the poorest and those who are struggling the most, to not do either of those things and to focus instead on drivers who are comparably at least well off enough to have a car, just seems bizarre, and doubly bizarre, when you have this extra £20 billion headroom because tax receipts were better than expected. it is rishi sunak literally increasing our taxes so that he can possibly make life slightly easier for one group of people in the midst of a cost of living crisis.— people in the midst of a cost of livin: crisis. .. , ., ~' living crisis. rachel, you were keen to take a look— living crisis. rachel, you were keen to take a look at _ living crisis. rachel, you were keen to take a look at the _ living crisis. rachel, you were keen to take a look at the story - living crisis. rachel, you were keen to take a look at the story on - living crisis. rachel, you were keen to take a look at the story on the i to take a look at the story on the front page of the daily telegraph, talking about being on the road, civil servants wanting the right to do the school run.— civil servants wanting the right to do the school run. indeed. we are meant to feel _ do the school run. indeed. we are meant to feel outrage _ do the school run. indeed. we are meant to feel outrage about - do the school run. indeed. we are meant to feel outrage about this | meant to feel outrage about this because it is on the front page of

the telegraph. negotiations with the civil servants was not a union about going or not going back to their desks, keeping some of the benefits of remote working, and i think we are meant to feel outrage that they have asked for measures such as some flexibility among, around things like the school run, to which i say, yes, that should apply to everyone. one thing we have learned from the last two years is that flexible working can work incredibly well and that people actually work better and more efficiently when they are able to do things like drop their children off at school without panicking so, yes.— children off at school without panicking so, yes. children off at school without anickin: so, es. ., ., panicking so, yes. david, one of the most stressful _ panicking so, yes. david, one of the most stressful part _ panicking so, yes. david, one of the most stressful part of _ panicking so, yes. david, one of the most stressful part of my _ panicking so, yes. david, one of the most stressful part of my day - panicking so, yes. david, one of the most stressful part of my day is - panicking so, yes. david, one of the most stressful part of my day is the | most stressful part of my day is the school run, i hate it with a passion. i school run, i hate it with a passion-— school run, i hate it with a assion. . .. passion. i agree with rachel. there was that moment, _ passion. i agree with rachel. there was that moment, that _ passion. i agree with rachel. there was that moment, that period - passion. i agree with rachel. there i was that moment, that period during the pandemic, which was awful for so many— the pandemic, which was awful for so many reasons but one of a good thing is that— many reasons but one of a good thing is that they'd come out of it was this sense — is that they'd come out of it was this sense that you can work from home _ this sense that you can work from home it — this sense that you can work from home. it should not be stigmatised. and it _ home. it should not be stigmatised. and it feels — home. it should not be stigmatised.

and it feels that as we have come out of— and it feels that as we have come out of the — and it feels that as we have come out of the other side, with the focus — out of the other side, with the focus on — out of the other side, with the focus on the civil service, who have had a lot _ focus on the civil service, who have had a lot of— focus on the civil service, who have had a lot of pressure on them to get back to _ had a lot of pressure on them to get back to their— had a lot of pressure on them to get back to their desks. we had a lot of pressure on them to get back to their desks.— back to their desks. we will come back to their desks. we will come back to their desks. we will come back to this- _ back to their desks. we will come back to this. a _ back to their desks. we will come back to this. a lot _ back to their desks. we will come back to this. a lot of _ back to their desks. we will come back to this. a lot of people - back to their desks. we will come back to this. a lot of people can l back to this. a lot of people can relate to this at 1130, sorry to interrupt, david bond and rachel cunliffe and i thank you for this edition. i will see you at 11:30pm. plenty more coming up at the top of the hour. good evening. good evening this is your sports news, where we start with the footballing news that the uk and ireland are set to be named asjoint hosts of euro 2028 — with no rival bid coming forward before tomorrow's deadline. unless there is a surprise last—minute entry, uefa are expected to make a formal decision on april 7th, with a deadline at the end

of the year to receive all the necessary government guarantees. our sports reporter alex howell has more. i have been told that the reports are likely to be correct. there is only one bid in and that is from the uk and ireland. and the announcement for the successful nations' bid is in two weeks' time. it was mentioned that england might have to go through special hoops or it would be unlikely for them to host the tournament because of what happened at the euro 2020 final but uefa president said when there were rumours about them being involved in a bid for the world cup that that wouldn't be an issue and he thought it was expected to be the same and it was expected to be the same and it shouldn't be a problem. the chelsea supporters' trust has urged the government to disregard any bid for the club that does not include more of a say for supporters in the decision—making at stamford bridge. a series of bids have been

submitted for chelsea. here's our sports reporter alastair magowan. the chelsea supporters trust have asked basically the government to veto any bid that doesn't include a golden share within it. what that means is basically giving the fans more of a say in how the club is run, and they can stop the sale of a club that might move location, for example or change its club colours or its crest as well. debates have all gone in over the course of last weekend. the next step is a short list —— the bids have gone in. then the shortlist will go forward. and thenit the shortlist will go forward. and then it will be the case is whether then it will be the case is whether the final bidder is chosen from chelsea but also the involvement of the group handling the sale, as well. the other important thing is the government. they have to grant a licence for the sale to go through, ensuring that none of the funds go to roman abramovich. that is part of the deal when it comes to sanctions. they must grant a licence for the

sale to go through but the interesting thing will be who makes the final decision from chelsea. bruce buck, the chairman is involved but a chance roman abramovich could decide as well. the sanctions don't mean that he cannot decide who is the next earner at chelsea. —— the next owner. the mayors of greater manchester and merseyside have joined calls to move the fa cup semi final between liverpool and manchester city from wembley next month. fans had already called for the fa to shift the game because there will be no direct trains from liverpool or manchester on the weekend of april 16th and 17th due to engineering works. now mayors steve rotheram and andy burnham have written to the chair of the fa calling for the game to shifted to a more suitable venue. defending champions barcelona came from behind to beat rivals real madrid 3—1 in the opening leg of the women's champions league quarter—finals. barca, unbeaten all season, went a goal down in the spanish capital when olga gave real madrid an early lead.

barcelona equalised with a second— half penalty from alexia putellas, then claudia pina put them in front before putellas wrapped up a 3—1win with her second goal in injury time. the second leg is in barcelona next wednesday. paris st germain have taken the advantage in their quarterfinal against bayern munich. they won 2—1 in germany with both goals coming from marie—antoinette katoto to put psg 2—0 in front. bayern gave themselves hope for the second leg in paris with a late free kick from klara buehl. rafael nadal faces a race against time to be fit for the french open. the spaniard will be out of action for between four and six weeks with a stress fracture of his rib. australian open champion nadal suffered the injury in weekend's indian wells semi—final against carlos alcaraz. nadal went on to lose in the final to taylor fritz, but had difficulty breathing, and complained of dizziness. the 21—time grand slam champion

is set to miss next month's clay court tournaments in monte carlo and barcelona — with the french open at roland garros beginning in two months' time. now on to cricket and jason roy has been given a suspended two—match international ban and fined £2,500 following an ecb disciplinary hearing. details about the exact nature of roy's breach were not disclosed. the ecb said roy admitted to a charge of "conducting himself in a manner which may be prejudicial to the interests of cricket or which may bring the game of cricket, the ecb and himself into disrepute." roy's colleagues in the england test team are preparing for the third and final match in the series against the west indies in grenada. spinnerjack leach has had a heavy workload in the first two drawn test matches but he says england are in good shape to force a victory this time. hopefully we can put in another good performance. that's where. , try to

break it down session by session. five days is a long time, so one session at a time. and see where that takes us, and stick to our processes, and we will be in a good place. and that's all the sport for now. hello there, it has been a fine, dry, sunny day for most of us. the warmest day of the year so far. top temperatures of 21 celsius in wales and in england. forthe temperatures of 21 celsius in wales and in england. for the next few days it'll stay warm, dry and sunny thanks to high pressure. there will still be that outside chance of an isolated shower, but most places will stay dry. weather will be enclosed by high pressure setting to the east while we have low pressure out of the rest are drawing up this warm air from the south or south—east. any showers this evening will tend to fade through central

and northern areas, most places dry overnight. patchy cloud with mist and fog patches developing in most places, we will see clear skies. chilly out of town but towns and cities are seen temperatures between 3-5 cities are seen temperatures between 3—5 celsius. a fine start to wednesday with mist and fog patches melting away quite quickly then a dry, sunny afternoon for most. a little bit of local outlets mist hugging the coast of scotland and north—east england, with the odd shower for north—east scotland and down into eastern england but most places will be dry with another warm day, into the high teens for most with the low 20s in the warmest spots in the midlands and the south—east. as we to wednesday night, largely dry again. widespread clear skies. night, largely dry again. widespread clearskies. more night, largely dry again. widespread clear skies. more cloud pushing into the north—west of scotland and northern ireland, here, temperatures not falling as low as further south because here we will have clear skies, but it should be a largely first restart for thursday for most.

plenty of sunshine once again. more cloud from northern and western scotland and northern ireland thanks to a week weather front. one or two showers. more cloud generally for the north of the uk. that will impact temperatures slightly so, the low teens, but elsewhere, another dry, sunny, warm day with temperatures around 19, maybe 20 degrees. subtle changes moving through friday into the weekend. this area of high pressure drifting westwards. that will allow some pressure air to move across northern and eastern parts of the country, particularly as we head through sunday but with high pressure in charge it'll stay largely dry with sunny spells. there will be increasing amounts of cloud in charge it will stay largely dry with sunny spells. there will be increasing amounts of cloud into northern and eastern areas for the weekend but into next week it starts to turn much colder for the start of april.

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm mariko oi. the headlines: as the un calls for an end to the war in ukraine, we report on the battle for a key town in the south of the country where ukrainians have pushed back russian forces. this war is only a few weeks old, and erections will certainly be back with more soldiers and a lot more firepower. —— the russians will certainly be back. fleeing the besieged city of mariupol, survivors tell of children dying

there because of a lack of food and water.