let's get a full round—up of the sport. a group of national boxing federations including great britain and the united states have formed theirforming and the united states have formed their forming a and the united states have formed theirforming a new and the united states have formed their forming a new boxing world governing body to try to keep the sport as part of the olympics. the sports future in the olympics from 2028 onwards has been in doubt after the international olympic committee previously criticised transparency in governance in boxing at the amateur level, saying it needs a drastic change of culture. the new federation will be called world boxing and the body hopes to get recognition from the ioc to try to

bring it back into the games. the women's tennis association will resume tournaments in china this year having accepted a full and transparent investigation into the sexual assault allegations made by shui will not be carried out by the chinese government. they have been boycotted for 16 months after peng shuai said she was forced into a sexual relationship with the former chinese vice premiere in 2021. the chief executive said a different approach is needed hopefully by returning more progress can be made. manchester united host six times europa league champions seville in the pick of thursday night's quarterfinal matches. the reds will be without marcus rashford who is out with a groin strain. although he scored 20 goals for the club this

year, the man likely to replace him, anthony machel, is at play that make the team play better according to his manager. the united boss says he is wary of peng —— wary of sevilla's excellent record. its is wary of peng -- wary of sevilla's excellent record.— excellent record. its a magnifico record so we _ excellent record. its a magnifico record so we have _ excellent record. its a magnifico record so we have to _ excellent record. its a magnifico record so we have to be - excellent record. its a magnifico record so we have to be aware l excellent record. its a magnifico| record so we have to be aware of excellent record. its a magnifico i record so we have to be aware of it because it's their target and we are motivated to go again so if we want to beat them, we have to play our best football.— to beat them, we have to play our best football. premier league clubs have come together _ best football. premier league clubs have come together to _ best football. premier league clubs have come together to agree - best football. premier league clubs have come together to agree on - have come together to agree on taking away gambling sponsorships from the front of their matchday shirts by the end of the 2025, 26 season. they will still be allowed to carry logos on shirtsleeves and on advert boards on the ground. it means the premier league will become the first sports league in the uk to take such a measure voluntarily in order to reduce gambling

advertising. the world snooker championship gets under way this weekend. ronnie o'sullivan will begin the defence of his title against the chinese debutant. the world number one is aiming to lift that trophy for a record eighth time at the crucible in sheffield and faces one of the rising stars of snooker and pang you reach is made in ranking final last month. elsewhere, sean murphy has been drawn against the player who knocked out of the 2021 uk championship as an amateur, prompting murphy to say that they shouldn't take part in professional tournaments, something he later apologised for. i professional tournaments, something he later apologised for.— he later apologised for. i knew i was always _ he later apologised for. i knew i was always going _ he later apologised for. i knew i was always going to _ he later apologised for. i knew i was always going to get - he later apologised for. i knew i was always going to get drawn i was always going to get drawn against him, that was always going to happen. it's not a surprise. as gary wilson was pulled out against one of his best mates, elliot slessor, amazing what types of ties these drawers throw up. we had the run in 18 months ago at the uk

championships. i was going through a few dark things off the table which people know a bit about, and i came off the table straight into an interview and said a couple of things that i wish i could take back. that's what you get with flash interviews are straight after a sporting contest. if i'd had a few minutes to think about things and calm down, i might not have said what i said, i was wrong to say it and i cleared that up. hopefully, although i don't think the media will allow me to forget about it, hopefully we can walk away from it. that's all the sport for now. a man has appeared in court charged with murdering a policewoman in west yorkshire 18 years ago. pc sharon beshonivski had been a police officerforjust nine beshonivski had been a police officer forjust nine months while she died on duty. he was brought back to the uk on tuesday from pakistan. he is also charged with

robbery and firearms offences. it was confirmed that the police officers were relatively inexperienced. teresa milburn was left fighting for her life but sharon beshenivsky died of her injuries, a loss still felt within the police service. it happened during a robbery at a family run travel agent in bradford in november 2005. the police investigation which followed led to the arrest of six men, transported amid high security during questioning and court appearances. in 2007, there were convictions for murder, manslaughter and robbery. but the investigation wasn't over. this is the outstanding suspect, piran ditta khan, now 7a. shortly after his arrest in pakistan in 2020. it was taken —— it has

taken nearly three years to extradite him. finally he appeared in court today to hear the allegations against him, the murder of sharon beshenivsky, the robbery of sharon beshenivsky, the robbery of the travel agents and offences relating to weapons, and automatic firing machine gun and a nine millimetre handgun stop these charges first drawn up in 2006, year after the shooting, now 16 years ago. prosecutors say it has taken careful legal negotiations with pakistan to get to this point. let's go to ghana now, the first country to approve a new malaria vaccine described as a world changer by scientists. the vaccine is called r21 and appears to be hugely effective. here is our health and science correspondent james gallagher.

this is the game changing malaria vaccine called r21. the world health organization is assessing at too. it tackles the first stage after you are bitten by a mosquito. malaria is spread by the bite of infected mosquitoes and it's right here at the first moment when the parasite is injected into your bloodstream that the vaccine starts working and protects it and protects your body in order to prevent a full on bloodstream infection. that's what causes the deadly symptoms of malaria. despite the huge progress and there has generally been huge progress in tackling malaria around the world, we still live on a planet where nearly 250 million people and infected with malaria each year and 620,000 people die from it. nearly all of those are young children under the age of five living in africa so there is a need for a new tools for tackling this deadly disease. that's where the vaccine

comes in. early trials have suggested it gives up to 77% protection against the disease but they are small trials, just 409 children. the world has been waiting for the bigger data. so, really, the world has been waiting for the big data. that was due to be published at the end of last year and is now some point this year. that takes these trials up from 409 up to nearly 5000 children. that will be the definitive piece of information that decides whether other countries follow in ghana's footsteps. but i can give you a big clue as to whether we are anticipating this vaccine to go around the world. the serum institute of india, the world's biggest vaccine manufacturing company has already put it in place plans for 200 million doses a year of this vaccine. clearly there is the potential here for this to become a significant new tool in the global efforts to tackle malaria. and maybe, a lot more countries will be using a vaccine like this. the fashion designer mary quant,

widely credited with popularising the miniskirt, has died at 93. her family said she was one of the most internationally recognised fashion designers of the 20th century and an outstanding innovator. from her first store in the kings road in chelsea in london in 1955, she quickly established herself as a unique contributor to british fashion. the designer died peacefully at her home in surrey on thursday morning according to a statement from herfamily thursday morning according to a statement from her family to the pa news agency. in paris, we've been following the ongoing protests, the 12th day of protests. unions are calling for hundreds of thousands of people to take to the streets once more to object to proposed changes to the pension age in france. president macron proposing to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64, but

unions and workers, those protesting in the streets say it is simply unacceptable. that's at odds with what is happening in many other european countries where the pension age is slowly rising, given the associated costs with an ageing population. earlierwe associated costs with an ageing population. earlier we showed you pictures of protesters breaking into the headquarters of a luxury goods maker, calling for the rich to pay more into the system rather than asking workers to work longer to make the system more affordable. president macron has said the system is unsustainable and will collapse. it has been seen today by the —— as a last—ditch attempt by protesters because the case will be heard at the constitutional court tomorrow who have the power to throw this out or permit the government to go ahead with the proposed changes. protesters are hoping that this day of action could at least present

some new opportunities for concessions. that's the seen live from paris. hello. after the stormy weather that some of us had to endure yesterday, today things are a little calmer. storm noa, you can see here on our earlier satellite picture, tending to break apart. but still some shower clouds left behind, there are some heavy showers out there, some of which will contain some hail and some thunder. some spells of sunshine in between. still quite breezy for some, particularly in parts of northern ireland, northern england, into the midlands and east anglia, but not as windy as yesterday. still feeling chilly, though, nine to 13 degrees. and as we head through this evening and tonight, we will continue to see some showers, bands of showers typically drifting a across scotland and northern ireland, the odd shower into wales. ahead of this rain band into the south—west of england, holding temperatures up to around 7 degrees there in plymouth.

further north, ones, twos and threes, there will be a touch of frost. tomorrow, low pressure still in charge. this frontal system is running across the south of the uk and will bring in some outbreaks of rain, particularly through southern counties of england, clipping into south wales and south midlands, some rain for a time in the channel islands and some brisk winds. further north, sunny spells and showers once again. during the afternoon, we may well see some more persistent rain developing across parts of the midlands and up into parts of yorkshire and lincolnshire as well. temperature—wise, 10, 11, 12 degrees, no great shakes for this point in april. as we head through the weekend, things begin to change. high pressure is going to tend to build and that will give more in the way of dry weather, it will give spells of sunshine and temperatures will start to pick up a little bit. a slightly warmer feel to the weather. this saturday, there could be some early mist and fog patches around, some patchy cloud, as well. but spells of sunshine, more cloud generally rolling

into northern ireland, maybe some rain here late in the day. but those temperatures will start to lift a little bit, 11 to 15 degrees. as we head into sunday, we will see split fortunes, a lot of cloud for northern ireland, parts of scotland, maybe the odd shower. but some sunny spells across england and wales and also sunny spells in north—east scotland, which could lift temperatures to 17 degrees and elsewhere, highs of 14 to 17. a much warmer feeling day than we've been used to of late. that continues into the start of the new week, temperatures are likely to be in the mid—to—high teens, perhaps the low 20s for some, with spells of sunshine.

live from london, this is bbc news. another day, another protest — demonstrations continue in france over controversial plans to raise the country's pension age. thousands are taking to the streets here in paris — one of hundreds of protests taking place across the country. handshakes and history — joe biden meets the irish prime minister, after earlier spending time with the country's president. and a potential �*world—changer�* in the fight against malaria — ghana becomes the first country to approve a promising new vaccine.