you're live with bbc news. sport and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's kasa. hello from the bbc sport centre. we'll start with football — and real madrid boss carlo ancelotti insists their champions league tie with chelsea is not over, despite a comanding 2—0 victory in their quarterfinal first leg in the spanish capital. goals from karim benzema and marco asenscio gave the defending champions a big advantage ahead of next week's second leg at stamford bridge. chelsea meanwhile have gone four games without scoring for the first time in 30 years. when i consider the work that we do, we worked a lot on at the last third in terms of finishing and crosses, and the idea of how we want to get

into the box. i think that is pretty clear. i don't think we can go much further than what we do with that. the last bit is sometimes confidence. the world snooker championship gets underway this weekend and ronnie o'sullivan will begin the defence of his title against chinese debutant pang junxu. the world number one is aiming to lift that trophy for a record eight time at the crucible in sheffield and faces one of the rising stars of snooker in pang, who reached his maiden ranking final last month. elsewhere last year's beaten finallistjudd trump takes on former semifinallist anthony mcgill, mark williams will play jimmy robertson, and 2005 champion shaun murphy opens up againat sijiahui. four—time championjohn higgins takes on david grace, who last week was battling just to save his tour card. and another four—time winner, mark selby, faces another englishman in matthew selt. history made for great britain's gymnasts — their first ever women's team gold

at the european championships in turkey. 18—year—old defending floor and world championjessica gadirova topped the standings in both the floor and beam qualifying. there were similarly impressive results for her teammates, 0ndine achampong, alice kinsella, georgia—mae fenton and the returning becky downie back on bars, as they made history, beating italy and netherlands to the gold medal of the four apparatus. oklahoma city thunder had shay gilgeous alexander to thank for helping them past new orleans pelicans 123—118 in nba's play—in tournment, with sga making four free throws in the last 30 seconds to help the setup a meeting with the timberwolves on friday. chicago bulls came from 19 points behind to outlast the toronto raptors 109—105. giannis antetokumpo

and the milwaukee bucks stand between the bulls in the eighth seed spot in the eastern conference. how much credit should go to the bulls forward demar derozan? or more specifically his daughter. she could be heard screaming to try to put raptor�*s shooters off throughtout the game. my my daughter called me the other day when she was getting on at school, and she just when she was getting on at school, and shejust said, daddy when she was getting on at school, and she just said, daddy can when she was getting on at school, and shejust said, daddy can i come to the toronto game? i almost said no because she's in school back home. she kept asking and which is adamant about coming to support, and i said all that you can't miss one day of school to come to a game, and i'm glad i did. i owe herfor traumatic —— some money, for sure.

there's no rest for the world's top golfers as less than a week on from the masters, it's the prestigious rbc heritage at the famous harbour town golf links. with the likes of rory mcilroy and jason day skipping the tournament. masters championjon rahm explained why he's teeing up in south carolina. he made a commitment earlier in the year and i he made a commitment earlier in the yearand i want he made a commitment earlier in the year and i want to honour that commitment. i put myself in the issueis commitment. i put myself in the issue is notjust of the spectators, but of the kids as well. if i was one of the kids, i would want to see at the recent masters champion play, good or bad. and that's all the sport for now. three people have been previously convicted of murder in connection to the case.

he was extradited back to the uk on tuesday and has now been remanded in custody. of a firearm with intent to endanger life. three people had previously been convicted of murder in connection with this case. jon donnison, bbc news in central london. let's

ta ke take northern ireland and also at the island of ireland. the shots you can see on your screen at the moment is the official residence of president michael d higgins. he is also meeting the prime minister, leo varadkar, at his residence later as well. this is all part of the journey that will eventually take him to parliament, where he is set to address the upper and lower house. before that, once he has been welcomed, a couple of formalities that will take place, traditions, including the signing of the guestbook. he is also going to

become, like his predecessors, another us president who will be planting a tree in the presidential grounds. just to remind you, presidentjohn f kennedy planted a tree back in 1963. in 1984 president ronald reagan as well. and of course, president bill clinton, a man who has been described as the president that helped bring together and deliver the good friday agreement. he was there in 1995 in the grounds of the presidential residency to plant his tree. as part of that, also, the peace bell will be rung. if you would like to see some of the images from the history of past us presidents, just head to

the bbc website. there is also a picture there of michelle 0bama watching over her husband, president 0bama planting his tree back in 2012. the connections between the united states and ireland are very strong. 13 million americans claim to have irish history. —— 30 million. as soon as president biden arise, we will bring you that, as president michael d higgins welcomes him. in the meantime, let us cross over to france. the 12th day of strikes has been held right across the country. this is part of president macron�*s pension reforms. to remind you,

president macron, as part of his reforms, has pushed the retirement age from 60 to up to 64. french people are in disagreement with that. whilst mr micron that use emergency powers to push that through, this decision has now reached the constitutional court and we are expecting a ruling on legality of what macron did. these were the drafts pension laws which would raise the pension age from 62 to 64. this is paris. these scenes have been repeated across the country. then at the capital itself we have seen seen along major roads and major international travel hubs. there have been proteas also in the

coastal city of marseille and into loose and wren. so for these protests have been fairly calm. some scenes of violence have broken out, particularly in the evening hours. that is the scene in paris and repeated across much of france as the french go back on the streets in protest against those pension reforms. back to dublin. some of the military have been standing by for president biden to arrive. he will be a by michael d higgins, the president. later he will also be hosted by the prime minister, the taoiseach, leo varadkar. he will be signing the guestbook, he will be planting a tree and bringing the peace bell. it is later in the day, around four o'clock london time, he

will be addressing the irish parliament, both houses of the irish parliament, both houses of the irish parliament, the fourth us president to do that. full coverage right here on bbc news. a beautiful day in dublin. let's find out how the weather is looking you with carol kirkwood. hello again. as we go through the next few days, the weather is settling down. we still are looking at sunshine and showers and that certainly is the scenario that we have today. hello again. as we go through the next few days, the weather is settling down. we still are looking at sunshine and showers and that certainly is the scenario that we have today. the northern half of the country seeing the most frequent showers, some of them merging to give some heavier downpours. there'll be wintry in the tops of the grampians and we'll see some thunder and lightning across eastern parts of england, maybe some hail as well. further south, the showers are fewer and farther between. temperatures today 9 to 13 degrees. with this morning's gusty winds

with exposure in the west and the south continuing to ease. through this evening and overnight, there will still be some showers across northern areas. but we've got this next area of low pressure coming in across the south, bringing in some rain. some clear skies in between mean that we will see some pockets of frost, particularly northeast scotland, northern ireland, northern england and the northeast midlands. so a cold start to the day tomorrow. we've got the low pressure bringing the rain into the southwest, pushing eastwards. but look at the lack of isobars on the chart. so just light breezes during the course of friday, the rain continuing to push from the west towards the east. and then it really is a day of sunshine and showers. not all of us catching a shower, of course, but some of them will be heavy and thundery with some hail. temperatures about 9 to 12 degrees. so cool for this stage in april. normally, we would expect roughly 10 to 14, north to south. as we head on into saturday, we do have this line of cloud here which is going to be drifting westwards. but as you can see, a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine. a weather front coming in later in the day will bring some cloud into northern ireland and later again, that will produce some drizzle. temperatures climbing, though we're looking at about nine to about 15 degrees.

and then as we head on into sunday, well, that weather front that's in the west makes a bit more progress eastwards, taking its cloud a bit of dampness to start with. but it will continue to break up. and again, there will be a lot of dry weather around and, if anything, the temperatures will be that little bit higher. so we're looking at a range from about 12 to say 16 degrees. but as we head into next week, high pressure really does establish itself across our shores. the weather remains fairly settled. might see the odd shower at times, but the temperature will rise, it will be warmer. and we're likely to see our first 20 of this year so far. is the scenario that we have today. the northern half of the country seeing the most frequent showers, some of them merging to give some heavier downpours. there'll be wintry in the tops of the grampians and we'll see some thunder and lightning across eastern parts of england, maybe some hail as well. further south, the showers are fewer and farther between.

hello, you are watching bbc news. we are following events ofjoe biden pass visit to ireland. let's take you to live pictures. the us president isjust due you to live pictures. the us president is just due to arrive there to meet the irish president. they will talk about the continued ties between the republic of ireland and the united states. you will know this is part of a four day official visit from the us president. later today, expected to talk about the shared vision for the future us— ireland relationship. he will then address the irish parliament, just the fourth us president to do so. as you can see, the world's media gathered there, but also that

motorcade that is making its way