this is bbc news. the headlines. multiple explosions have been heard in ukraine with smoke rising over lviv as russian rocket attacks continue. president biden visits poland where he has been missing the kenyan refugees and addressed crowds in warsaw. he had this message about vladimir putin. for in warsaw. he had this message about vladimir putin-— vladimir putin. for god sake this man cannot _ vladimir putin. for god sake this man cannot remain _ vladimir putin. for god sake this man cannot remain in _ vladimir putin. for god sake this man cannot remain in power. - vladimir putin. for god sake this| man cannot remain in power. god bless you all and may god defend our freedom. in bless you all and may god defend our freedom. ., , , ., , ., freedom. in other news very operated b p and 0 freedom. in other news very operated by p and 0 has _ freedom. in other news very operated by p and 0 has been _ freedom. in other news very operated by p and 0 has been detained - freedom. in other news very operated by p and 0 has been detained in - by p and 0 has been detained in northern ireland because of fears about staff training. and tributes from across the music industry for

taylor hawkins the drummer with the rock band two fighters who has died at the age of 50. coming up later we have click but first it is sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun. .. england run riot in edinburgh... the six nations champions get off to a flier against scotland. frustration with the ball, more fragility with the bat. england's cricketers collapse again and face defeat against the west indies. and a shock for lewis hamilton — he was on pole four months back in saudi arabia. today — he fails to make the mark in qualifying.

hello and welcome to sportsday. and we start with the women's six nations. they're the heavy favourites for this year's title again — and england really were in cruise control against scotland this lunchtime in edinburgh. they scored nine tries, on the way to a 57—5 victory. jo currie reports. ina in a world cup year and seven months out from the tournament the perfect chance to see who is in form. molly parker builders to weigh across the line. england went over again before scotland sprang into life with clinical passing. the home crowd had something to cheer the visitors responded once again before this piece of magic from abbie tao.

full—time professional england just to good against their amateur opponents as they went into half—time six tries to do good foot after the break scotland pounced on after the break scotland pounced on a loose ball only for review to rule it out. no such problems at the other end, underthe it out. no such problems at the other end, under the post to increase the england lead. packer another veteran of the squad wrapping up the afternoon with her third try of the game. england beginning the defence of the title with a comfortable victory. mice beginning the defence of the title with a comfortable victory. nice to net on the with a comfortable victory. nice to get on the scoreline _ with a comfortable victory. nice to get on the scoreline but _ with a comfortable victory. nice to get on the scoreline but i - with a comfortable victory. nice to get on the scoreline but i could . with a comfortable victory. nice to| get on the scoreline but i could not do it without the rest of the team behind me. fantastic performance today and i'm super proud. quite fitting for my 80th cap and mother's day tomorrow. fitting for my 80th cap and mother's day tomorrow— day tomorrow. england were devastating _ day tomorrow. england were devastating and _ day tomorrow. england were devastating and dominating l day tomorrow. england were i devastating and dominating and day tomorrow. england were - devastating and dominating and they will look to continue when they travel to italy next weekend. for scotland they will know that there is plenty to build on when they face wales next.

meanwhile in dublin ireland are up against wales in their women's six nations match. ireland held the lead for the majority of the match, but wales came back with six minutes left to take the lead with donna rose crashing over. ireland held the lead for the majority of the match but wales came back with six minutes left to take the lead through a converted try by donna rose. so the match is reaching it's conclusion — these are live pictures from dublin. the closing stages of the match, 19-27 to the closing stages of the match, 19—27 to wales. on to premiership rugby and saracens have closed the gap on premiership leaders leicester to 8 points, after narrowly beating bristol 27—23 at the tottenham hotspur stadium. max malins gave the home side a slender lead at the start of the second—half but the visitors thought the match was won with jack bates' last minute—try, however the effort was ruled out for a forward pass by the tmo. bristol are now winless in their last three

outings whilst saracens have claimed victory in their last three. and in the rest of the day's games... a thriller at the rec, as a late danny cipriani penalty saw bath draw 2a all with sale. wasps left it late, to beat newcastle 27-24. and northampton made light work of play off rivals london irish, 42-22. leaders leinster play later in the united rugby championship — they're against connacht. earlier, scarlets beat the italian side zebre. a bit of revenge for welsh rugby there perhaps. ulster failed to pull clear at the top, with defeat to stormers. and cardiff currently in action against glasgow. glasgow wedding 28—15. england's cricketers are facing defeat in their third and deciding test against the west indies in grenada. the west indies built a first innings lead of 93 thanks largely to a century from joshua da silva. england then collapsed to 27 for three in their second innings.

patrick gearey reports. drum roll for the day that could decide the test in the series. england missed the was to take the last two west indies wickets quickly but instead it took them all morning and cost them 65 runs. in the process just desilva made and cost them 65 runs. in the processjust desilva made his and cost them 65 runs. in the process just desilva made his first test 100 and england lost control of the match. joe root in the end brought himself on to get the job done but by then england were 93 runs behind, a number that brings pressure. when england are biting we know what pressure brings. zak crawley out. now west indies brought on kyle mayers, the stalker ofjoe root in his nightmares. twice in the match he got it by international standards he is no express train but he has become a stopping service. dan lawrence terminated, the looks of it all. one of those days,

another one of those days for the ben stokes the next to go. england for down and still behind and the promise to reset but so far have only found the off button. the score currently 41—1; at the moment. well destiny is at stake for england's women, at the cricket world cup in new zealand. a win against bangladesh later tonight — and the defending champions are through to the semi—finals. it looked out of the question, as the side lost their opening three matches. 0pener tammy beaumont feels they're peaking at the right time. it is not how you start but how you finish and we are going in with some key performances. catherine brunt coming into form last game and heather knight. danni wyatt some runs and nat sciver has been brilliant. so the key performance and everyone is picking up the right time going into this game and hopefully the semifinals.

there are plenty of international football friendlies this saturday — england are currently in action against switzerland at wembley. currently 1—1, breel embolo, gave swiss the lead. luke shaw levelled for england. both sides have already qualified for the world cup in qatar. so are keen to give newer players a run out. marc guehi and kyle walker—peters making their england debuts. in the day's other friendlies — croatia were held to a 1—all draw with slovenia. the republic of ireland are currently a goal behind against the world's no 1 ranked side belgium. hans vanaken restoring the visitors' lead in dublin. later on, there's a top tie between the netherlands and denmark. christian eriksen could feature for the danes, for the first time since his cardiac arrest at the euros last summer. it's a busy weekend in the womens super league. chelsea can go top tomorrow, with a win over leicester. and earlier today, aston villa drew 1—all with reading. and in the scottish womens premier league, third placed celtic hammered hibernian 4—0, to keep the pressure on at the top. the match was played at celtic park.

clarissa larisey, and olivia chance with the opening two goals. to a rather eventful saudi arabia grand prix weekend now. qualifying went ahead after drivers and teams were reassured of their safety following yesterday's missile strike at a nearby oil facility. lewis hamilton's difficult start to the season continued as he could only qualify sixteenth. just four months ago he was on pole at this track. it's his worst qualifying performance that's not involved a penalty or crash since 2009. the second session was delayed for almost an hour after mick schumacher crashed. his haas team say he appeared physically fine after getting out of the wreckage, but he's been taken to hospital for further assessment. qualifying is about to resume after that crash. andy murray has been beaten by number one seed daniil medvedev in the second round of the miami 0pen. the 3a year old lost in straight sets. the three—time grand slam winner has not won back—to—back matches since the sydney classic injanuary. and heather watson has been knocked out of the women's

competition in the third round. she lost in straight sets to number 22 seed belinda bencic of switzerland. castleford tigers thrashed leeds rhinos by a0 points to 16 in the third round of rugby league's challenge cup. the tigers raced to a 28 nil lead by the break and although leeds fought back the damage was done. greg eden with his side's final try of the afternoon. well elsewhere today in the challenge cup — wins for hull fc and st helens, catalans dragons and hull kr — who survived a late scare against leigh centurions to reach the last eight. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making headlines today. kolkata knight riders win the opening match of a new ipl season by 6 wickets over chennai super kings. chasing 132 for the win, ajinkya rahane hit a brilliant 44 before skipper shreyas iyer scored an unbeaten 20 to steer them past the line. and 49—year—old richard bland's fairytale run at the wgc matchplay in texas is over. he was beaten by dustinjohnson — the two time major winner. bland was leading at one point.

world number onejohn rahm, and second ranked collin morikawa also went out. richard carapaz timed his attack to perfection as he snatched victory from sergio higuita on the penultimate stage of the tour of catalunya in spain. it moved the ecuadorian who rides for the british ineos grenadiers team up to second overall, just sixteen seconds behind the colombian higuita. josh warrington says he has an opportunity "to be the man again" and reclaim his ibf featherweight title, when he takes on spain's kiko martinez in leeds later this evening. the 31—year—old, who made three defences of the belt between 2018 and 2019, will be fighting in front of a home crowd at the first direct arena. warrington beat martinez in a close points decision at the same venue in 2017, but is coming off a loss and a draw in his two previous fights. it has not been a case of this is

the big ibf world title. i know for some people that is the motivation but i know he will bring a tough fight but instead of me getting worked up mentally ijust train hard and train hard and when the night comes be ready and go to the business and win the fight. finally, six time 0lympic medallist max whitlock has spoken of his support of the sanctions gymnastics has imposed on russia. as the war continues, whitlock says sport has to play it's part in supporting ukrainians. my my heart is breaking, i think everyone watching when you see snippets on social media and everything and those small videos that are hard to watch. the news articles on the news on tv every evening is so sad to watch. you know, tensions are still going ahead not long ago and the atmosphere has not long ago and the atmosphere has not been the same which is a real shame so i think the sanctions put in place and the restrictions had to be done. the organisations have to be done. the organisations have to be doing the right thing right now

to make sure the sport is moving forward in the right way and hopefully this can all come to an end as i'm sure everyone agrees as soon as possible. end as i'm sure everyone agrees as soon as possible-— soon as possible. england in the cricket currently _ soon as possible. england in the cricket currently 43-4 _ soon as possible. england in the cricket currently 43-4 trailing i soon as possible. england in the cricket currently 43-4 trailing by cricket currently 43—4 trailing by 50 runs at the moment in the west indies and granada so not looking good for england right now. that's all from sportsday. next up it is click. solar power is the earth's most

abundant energy source. and today that goes far beyond simply plonking panels on rooftops. we keep seeing scientists develop new ways to make the technology more flexible, more powerful, and more useful. this factory in stockholm is making ultra—thin solar cells that don't even need sunlight to harvest energy. the idea is they can be used outside or inside your home to power products. i will be showing you later on what that means for various devices. but first, here's dan simmons has been looking at how solar could help the energy price crisis. although most of us like the idea of clean energy, so far we've not been persuaded. maybe it's because we don't own our own roof. 0r it's the upfront costs. maybe we are thinking of moving and feel we can't take solar panels with us.

or just those glaring large slabs isn't quite the look we're after. so i've been to the homes of two british start—ups. who want you to look again. this is the solivas arc. it's curves are wrapped in an organic solar film which doesn't contain any toxic substances nor rare earth materials that could require mining. and so it has a much smaller carbon footprint than traditional panels. and that's not all. now the arc is designed to capture sunlight throughout more of the day. and that is partly because it's got five surfaces on which to harvest energy. and this curved design means that usually it which is very useful at the start and end of the day in particular. i think it looks quite futuristic. and if solar sculptures like this were to catch

on, i can see them being seen as a sort of carbon neutral status