not checked the way they are or are not checked the way they are or an identity, this is where it is easier to track people down. it's a major problem, it needs to be dealt with in a humane way. the collaboration, mrjohnson was talking about a deal with the french authorities, because the british regularly say they don't feel the french are doing enough. the french have spent a lot of money as well. you don't have untold gendarme police, with drones and helicopters, trying. but police, with drones and helicopters, t inc. �* ., , ., , police, with drones and helicopters, t in. ., , ., trying. but more needs to be done, because too — trying. but more needs to be done, because too many _ trying. but more needs to be done, because too many people _ trying. but more needs to be done, i because too many people are throwing themselves on unseaworthy boats across the channel and risking their lives. every time they do that...

also on the guardian, the plight of the russian warship that has sunk in the russian warship that has sunk in the black_ the russian warship that has sunk in the black sea. a flagship warship, by the _ the black sea. a flagship warship, by the sound of things. the ukrainians said something very rude to the _ ukrainians said something very rude to the crew— ukrainians said something very rude to the crew of the ship, i believe. this is_ to the crew of the ship, i believe. this is the — to the crew of the ship, i believe. this is the latest, seeing the russian _ this is the latest, seeing the russian war is not going the way it wanted~ _ russian war is not going the way it wanted. russia said it sunk whilst it was— wanted. russia said it sunk whilst it was being towed. ukraine says they sunk— it was being towed. ukraine says they sunk it. the military capability behind it is very interesting. it shows this is not going _ interesting. it shows this is not going the — interesting. it shows this is not going the way putin thought it was going _ going the way putin thought it was going t0~ _ going the way putin thought it was auoin to. , ., , going the way putin thought it was auoin to. , .,~ going to. president putin has taken his troo -s going to. president putin has taken his troops back _ going to. president putin has taken his troops back to _ going to. president putin has taken his troops back to the _ going to. president putin has taken his troops back to the eastern - his troops back to the eastern donbas region. do you think this will damage his campaign? he is very good at twisting the narrative, isn't he? ., ,

good at twisting the narrative, isn't he? . , , isn't he? the fear is this will embolden — isn't he? the fear is this will embolden him _ isn't he? the fear is this will embolden him more. - isn't he? the fear is this will embolden him more. that i isn't he? the fear is this will. embolden him more. that these isn't he? the fear is this will- embolden him more. that these kind of things— embolden him more. that these kind of things make it more indiscriminate and vicious. but what do you _ indiscriminate and vicious. but what do you do? — indiscriminate and vicious. but what do you do? ukrainians can't not defend — do you do? ukrainians can't not defend themselves, so it's a bit of a iose _ defend themselves, so it's a bit of a iose iose — defend themselves, so it's a bit of a lose lose situation. you talk about — a lose lose situation. you talk about withdrawing troops from kyiv, i about withdrawing troops from kyiv, i know _ about withdrawing troops from kyiv, i know that — about withdrawing troops from kyiv, i know that uber has said they have restarted _ i know that uber has said they have restarted their service in kyiv, so interesting — restarted their service in kyiv, so interesting to see what will happen. we hope _ interesting to see what will happen. we hope the next offensive is not as brutal as the last. benedicte, the latest development in russia's invasion of ukraine, i would like to get the french take on what is happening in ukraine. how are they

regarding president macron�*s handling of the situation? we regarding president macron's handling of the situation? we are into the second _ handling of the situation? we are into the second round _ handling of the situation? we are into the second round of - handling of the situation? we are into the second round of the - into the second round of the presidential elections, the french president macron hoping to have a second term. and marine le pen, who wishes to get the top job. i was looking at some tweets from the french president an hour ago, saying he had spoken, as he does on an almost daily basis to president zelensky, saying that france's supporting in every possible way... reminding people of the millions of euros of military equipment france

has provided ukraine. france has taken far more refugees from ukraine than the uk. nobody cannot be moved by what is happening in ukraine. it is one of the campaign themes. emmanuel macron criticised by some people, saying he has been posturing, and what was the point of talking to president putin? but he has been very clear that he thinks it was important to go and see president putin, and it's important to try and find solutions. the president putin, and it's important to try and find solutions.— to try and find solutions. the hope is it will end _ to try and find solutions. the hope is it will end as _ to try and find solutions. the hope is it will end as quickly _ to try and find solutions. the hope is it will end as quickly as - is it will end as quickly as possible. because there is too much suffering. that's it for the papers this hour. benedicte and geri will be back again at 11.30pm. good evening, i'm chetan pathak

with your sports news. it's been a good night for the british teams in europe, with west ham and rangers both into the semi—finals of the europa league. west ham put in an impressive performance in lyon, beating the french side 3—0 on the night, 4—1 on aggregate. dan glyde was watching. having waited over a0 years to make a european semifinal, west ham hope theirfortunes a european semifinal, west ham hope their fortunes would not be a european semifinal, west ham hope theirfortunes would not be hiding. facing the top scorers in the competition it is difficult. they were thwarted by the woodwork. david moyes' team had their chances, top scorerjarrod bowen often does better. another opportunity came and craig dawson did do better. advantage west ham. they doubled the advantage soon after. captain declan rice giving them more than a grain of hope. after the break, that

turned to despair for the french side, jarrod bowen on target this time, happy hammers. lyon needed a quick response. frustration for moussa dembele. gusto did better, but he was denied. west ham were not to be denied. fortune favoured them, and their european tour continues. west ham were potentially looking at a semi final against barcelona — but their opponents in the last four will be eintracht frankfurt after the german side got a stunning win in spain tonight. rafael borre scored a screamer as frankfurt went 2—0 up filip kostic then scored his second of the night to make it 3—0. barcelona scored two goals in stoppage time but it was too little too late as they went out a—3 on aggregate. west ham could meet rangers in the europa league final — after the scottish champions overturned a 1—0 first leg deficit

to reach the last four by beating portuguese side braga 3—1 after extra time at ibrox tonight. rb leipzig await next. if rangers were a little flat in portugal last week, there was no chance of a repeat at a fervent ibrox. they were so determined it tookjust ibrox. they were so determined it took just 69 seconds ibrox. they were so determined it tookjust 69 seconds for the captain james tavernier to level the tie against braga. it was just before half—time before they could add another. a red card for bringing down kemar roofe, and tavernier doubled the tally. the portuguese had never won in scotland and never looked like changing that, until eight minutes from time. their first corner, and they pulled one back to take the tie to extra time. it was

to be a long night but rangers had a goal disallowed, then hit the bar, then kemar roofe restored the advantage. braga went down to nine men and rangers set up a semifinal against leipzig. leicester city have reached a european semi—final for the first time in their history — after coming from behind to beat psv in the europa conference league tonight. leicester got off to a bad start in eindhoven when youri tielemans mistake lead to eran zahavi putting the dutch side ahead. but leicester fought back in the second half with james maddison drawing them level. and then ricardo pereira scoring the winner withjust a few minutes remaining. they'll playjose mourinho's roma for a place in the final. scotland's delayed world cup play—off semi—final with ukraine has been rescheduled for the 1st ofjune. the fixtures were postponed due to russia s invasion of ukraine. if steve clarke s side progress, they'll take on wales in the play—off final in cardiff on the fifth ofjune.

the winner of that match will play in qatar in group b alongside england, usa and iran. following some controversial comments from their manager this week, the northenr ireland women's team says they're standing by him. insisting he's a man of integrity who has changed the game in northern ireland. kenny shiels apologised for saying "women are more emotional than men" following the side's 5—0 defeat by england in their world cup qualifier on tuesday. captain marissa callaghan has taken to twitter to share a statement in which she appears to speak for the whole team.

the brains behind the new tottenham hotpur stadium and the bernabeu in madrid have been given the task of leading the redesign of old trafford. manchester united has appointed global architectural design firm populous and legends international to help transform the new stadium. it's understood three options will be explored — including building a brand new stadium but a redevelopment is thought to be more likely. catalans dragons have won the first top—level super league match played between two french sides. the dragons, last year's grand final runners—up, entertained super league newcomers toulouse, and ran away winners by 18—10. fouad yaha with a couple of tries for the home side as they move up to fourth in the table. toulouse stay bottom. world heavyweight champion tyson fury says retirement is not on his mind before his bout with dillian whyte. at the news conference to announce the fight last month fury said he would "100%" retire after,

however speaking at a press conference earlier tonight, fury admitted he is not "thinking about retirement. " to be honest, i'm only thinking about dillian whyte, not retirement. that will all come after the fight. think about what the future holds for me. at the minute, i have a massive task, a lot of people underestimate dillian whyte but not me. and finally — a 12—year old ukrainian boy who escaped from the war in his country to poland, has scored the winning goal in a friendly match between ukrainian side shaktar donetsk and polish club lechia. dima keda, was brought on as a substitute by donetsk in the last minute of the game in gdansk. and what a moment for him

he was allowed to put the ball in the net... to his delight... both sides enjoyed that... as did the fans watching. keda's been living with his family in poland since they fled the besieged city of mariupol last month and that's all your sport for now. from all of us here goodnight. overall, a lot of dry weather this easter weekend. there is an east—west split across the uk, though. for many, the skies will be like this, not clear blue, but there will be some warm, sunny skies coming through. but the further west you are, you will be closer to atlantic weather fronts trying to come in — so the cloudier skies here and the chance of seeing a little rain at times, whereas further to the east, you're closer to high pressure, for now, keeping these atlantic weather fronts from sweeping right across the uk, and giving the driest, most settled weather, the warmest sunny spells and eastern areas. for much of the weekend, airfrom the south,

temperatures above average, though turning cooler on easter monday. most settled weather, the warmest sunny spells and eastern areas. and it's a warmer day, 17 celsius in glasgow, near 20 celsius in northern england, up to 22 celsius in southeast england. and saturday — again, there's a lot of dry weather, a mixture of clouds, some sunny spells where the cloud

welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... 50 days into the war in ukraine, president zelensky tells the bbc his heart is now filled with hate for russia and says each alleged russian atrocity reduces any hope of peace. putin is, in this process, closing the possibilities. bucha, mariupol. so, i don't have... you know, it is not about me, it is more about russia. russia says the flagship of its black sea fleet, the moskva, has sunk after an explosion. ukraine claims it hit the moskva with missiles.

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