live from london, this is bbc news. the russian opposition activist vladimir karen moser is sentenced to 25 years in prison for treason. fighting between rival armed factions in sudan intensifies with nearly 100 people killed and hundreds more injured. the uk prime minister is being investigated by parliament's standards commission pa rliament�*s standards commission over a parliament's standards commission over a child care for his wife has shares in. and here is a story, why is this humble road bullard becoming a symbol of the simmering anger over traffic control measures in britain's cities? —— vladimir

kara—murza. we will have more on all of those stories here in a moment. let's round up to the sports news. thank you, good afternoon. we start with football and the premier league where liverpool can keep their hopes of playing european football next season alive, with a win at leeds this evening. it won't be easy though forjurgen klopp�*s side against a leeds team fighting for premier league survival — just two points above the drop zone. we have nothing to lose, really, and we are in a position that we don't want to be in the table. that means we have to act a little bit like this, we have to try new things, we have to fight for things, that's how it is. the things we have tried so far this season didn't work out properly, especially not consistently, and that's what we have to do. all the things are on the table, everything is clear, our home record isn't as bad as the away record but we play away.

anyway, i'm looking forward to the game. it is important to be strong in this moment_ it is important to be strong in this moment of— it is important to be strong in this moment of the competition, but not because _ moment of the competition, but not because now we are at the bottom, or one point— because now we are at the bottom, or one point ahead or behind, we are trying _ one point ahead or behind, we are trying to— one point ahead or behind, we are trying to focus on ourselves and try and compete the best way, to compete the way _ and compete the best way, to compete the way we _ and compete the best way, to compete the way we usually do it. it is not a final— the way we usually do it. it is not a final because we have to play eight _ a final because we have to play eight games but we have to live it like a _ eight games but we have to live it like a finat — eight games but we have to live it like a final-— like a final. barcelona president john like a final. barcelona president john laporta — like a final. barcelona president john laporta says _ like a final. barcelona president john laporta says an _ like a final. barcelona president l john laporta says an investigation into claims that the club paid referees for preferential treatment as part of a smear campaign. spanish prosecutors allege barcelona paid the former vice president of spain's referees committee close to $10 million. the club say the money was for consultancy work. european football was my governing body uefa says it is also investigating the matter. —— joan says it is also investigating the matter. ——joan laporta. it's day three of the world

snooker championship and a big shock already as 2016 runner—up ding junhui is out. ding led iran's hossein vafaei by 5 frames to 4 overnight, but the world number 23 was in scintillating form, winning the first four frames of the day on his way to a 10—6 victory. vafaei now faces defending champion and world number one ronnie 0'sullivan in the second round. world number three mark allen has also been in action, he won the first five frames against chinese debutant fan zhengyi before being pegged back to 6—3, that match resumes in the final session of the day. let's ta ke let's take you to live pictures from the crucible in sheffield where mark williams, a three—time world champion, is one frame away from booking his place in the second round againstjimmy robertson from england. the welshman, williams, is “p england. the welshman, williams, is up 9—5, and if he wins the next frame he will book his place in round two. gunning for what would be a fourth world title for the

welshman. you can follow all the action on the bbc sport website. elsewhere, quarterback gill and hertz will become the highest—paid player in nfl history after signing a contract extension with the philadelphia eagles. he had a year remaining on his original rookie contract but will now earn $255 million over the next five years. drafted in the second round in 2020, and has since developed into one of the league's best quarterbacks in leaving the eagles to last year's super bowl where they lost to the kansas city chiefs. sri lanka are in complete control after the second day of their first test against ireland in galle. they started the day on 386—1; and unbeaten centuries from dinesh chandimal and sadeera samarawickrama

helped them reach 591—6 before declaring. in response, ireland have struggled against the sri lankan spin, prabath jayasuriya taking five wickets as they ended on 117—7 at the close of play. and that's all the sport for now. back to you. thanks very much. let's return to the story involving the uk prime minister rishi sunak and the investigation that has been announced. in what our political correspondent talking to a while ago but the pm's spokesman returning to it are saying rishi sunak is happy to co—operate with the parliamentary commissioner for standards who is looking into whether mr sunak gave a full declaration of his interests concerning his wife's shareholding in a childcare company. the spokesman said the commissioner was investigating whether mr sunak was not clear that he had dual obligations to declare the connection as a ministerial interest, and also to declare it when speaking to mps about the issue. clearly this is something the commissioner has indicated they will, without setting out details,

will, without setting out details, will be looking into. some of the latest lines coming from the prime minister's spokesman in the last little while. let's return to the violence in sudan. two rival generals have provoked three days of intense fighting in the capital and right across the country in a struggle for power in the east african country. nearly 100 civilians have been reported dead with many more believed to have been injured. 0ur reporter mohamed osman is injured. our reporter mohamed osman is taking shelter in the capital khartoum. is taking shelter in the capital khartoum-— is taking shelter in the capital khartoum. , khartoum. the fighting between the sudan army and _ khartoum. the fighting between the sudan army and opposition - khartoum. the fighting between the sudan army and opposition forces i khartoum. the fighting between the sudan army and opposition forces isj sudan army and opposition forces is continuing. they are trying to recapture the main airport near khartoum. the two sides are using heavy weapons. they are claiming

their controlling many sites. a statement from the army spokesperson said they re—done and try to recapture the airport. the opposition forces are controlling one of the main airports in sudan. people cannot go out because of the fighting in the streets and have to stay where they live. it is very difficult for people who are suffering, searching for basic needs like food and water. that suffering, searching for basic needs like food and water.— like food and water. that is 'ust a sna shot like food and water. that is 'ust a snapshot of i like food and water. that is 'ust a snapshot of what it is *

like food and water. that is 'ust a snapshot of what it is like h like food and water. that isjust a snapshot of what it is like on - like food and water. that isjust a snapshot of what it is like on the | snapshot of what it is like on the ground. the un secretary—general has been talking about in the last hour orso been talking about in the last hour or so strongly condemning the outbreak of fighting, calling for all forces to immediately cease hostilities, restore calm, and begin dialogue to resolve the crisis. he said the situation has already led to horrendous loss of life, including many civilians and he said civilians were bearing the brunt of the violence. those are the latest words from the un secretary—general, as he is indicating, it is terrifying for civilians trapped in the middle. james coppinger is presenter of newsday on bbc world service radio, a former bbc sudan correspondent, and has been talking to people on the ground and finding out more. stories i'm hearing out of khartoum and other areas, people sheltering in their houses, desperate for food and water and electricity, sometimes venturing out under a hail of bullets to try and get something to eat. air strikes, rocket strikes,

artillery, bullets going back and forth, that's the daily reality for so many in the sudan right now. i know people are following this story closely around the world. one of the things people are searching for most, there is sudan? that's relatively easy to deal with. north—east of africa, seen as a sort of gateway between the arab and the african world's. it is very strategically important country, neighbours watching very closely to see what happens here. how did we get to this point? i think you have to start with this man, omar al—bashir, who ruled sudan for three decades until 2019, a very brutal rule, civilwars, continuously into different parts of the country, and all the time he was in power. he was overthrown by popular protests in 2019, people power. the people who removed omar al—bashir in the end whether generals, general burhan with the sudanese armed forces and general hemeti of the rapid support forces, a very powerful paramilitary

group and they carried out a further coup in 2021 against the joint civilian military administration, so for more than a year now sudan has been ruled exclusively by the generals, general burhan, apparently in command, general hemeti of the paramilitary rapid support forces his deputy, and a rivalry between the two grew, tensions about how the rapid support forces could be integrated into the armed forces too. and so three days ago clashes between the two broke out. we have some pictures here from the capital khartoum. you can see the planes, that the international airport, smoke everywhere. that's the sort of daily reality for sudanese civilians right now, particularly in the capital but also elsewhere in the country. i want to show you one last image, this is really astonishing. this is the capital, millions of people living here. that's the blue nile coming from ethiopia, the white nile coming from ethiopia, the white nile from south sudan. this is khartoum, and this is black smoke.

that is the visual of the conflict. that's the international airport, the main sudanese armed forces' base just here. this fighting is very bitter, it is very intense, loss of civilians are dying, lots of military people are dying, and despite the diplomatic efforts going on to stop this war, my guess is we are going to see fighting for at least a few days to come. pretty bleak analysis there. we will keep an eye on the story and return to it. stay with us here, we will have the business news in a moment, with the business news in a moment, with the latest on the defamation case between dominion and fox news. that is absolutely fascinating and want to really watch as it ticks down to the start of a trial potentially tomorrow. one more story to squeeze in, next ordinary story with some amazing pictures, which i want to put onto the screen because these pictures have had over 1.5 million views on bbc news on the website today, because they are of a traffic bollard in the english city of

oxford that has been repeatedly run over, beaten, bent, burntand finally stolen. some are calling it the most abused ballard in the uk. you are probably wondering why. let me explain, because it's due to a scheme designed to restrict through traffic to cut congestion and pollution. around the world authorities have worked on so many different schemes to try and do that wherever they are, in delhi in india they have an odd and even ski meaning private vehicles with odd registration numbers are only around on the roads on odd days, even on even days. so why have the low traffic neighbourhoods gone down so badly with some people here in the uk? our climate editorjustin rowlatt has been investigating. he is there in our newsroom. it is not cone wars, it is cones in the wars. it certainly is cones in the wars, incredible passion these things have sparked. first of all, what are these low traffic neighbourhoods? they use things like this, planters, the bollard you saw being hideously abused just now, and sometimes

automatic number plate recognition cameras to restrict traffic through neighbourhoods. the idea is to cut congestion, but also as you suggested to reduce pollution, and also cut greenhouse gases, tackle climate change, so a whole raft of things they are trying to achieve. they are an initiative from the british government. as you say, they are echoed around the world, similar projects all over the world to try and tackle this worldwide problem of congestion. but the british government has what it calls an active travel policy. it has got £32 active travel policy. it has got £3.2 billion, huge amount of money available to encourage us all to be more active as we move around our cities. that means more walking, more cycling, more willing if you are in a wheelchair, taking public transport which makes you move around more as well, i'd leave your car at home. that is the message. about £400 million of this is on low traffic neighbourhoods. the problem is, as you have suggested, they generate a huge passions, and of course a lot of conflict. people

say, for example, they divide communities that they slow traffic. they certainly are. across the country people have been kind of having huge debates, i've been on the radio virtually all day talking about this and whenever you talk about this and whenever you talk about this and whenever you talk about this the phones light up, people feel incredibly passionate about these issues which affect their immediate vicinity. so here is their immediate vicinity. so here is the question. do they work? there have been studies, the most complaints of study in the uk is on 46 ltm schemes in london, undertaken by university of westminster. —— low traffic neighbourhood schemes. unsurprisingly, if you put those kind of restrictions in local areas traffic does go down by about 30% in those low traffic neighbourhoods, but the big question is, is itjust pushing the traffic out of the local area and on boundary roads come on roads? that is the claim made by a lot of people who are opposed to

these. they say it is unclear. about half of it the traffic went up, about half of them the traffic went down, average increase about 1%, so itjust isn't clear. although there was a systematic forcing of traffic onto boundary roads, the researchers say they think they would have found it but at the moment it is not clear what the impact on boundary roads is. lots to get through and i will let you get back to the phones to take some more of those calls. thank you for taking us through that. around the world and across the uk, you are watching bbc news. whether it is an advert for the cinema, cigarettes or even sugar coated pills, these mysterious signs are all over our towns and cities. we have all had situations where we have driving around really noticing our surroundings, have driving around really noticing oursurroundings, but have driving around really noticing our surroundings, but you will have seen signs like these painted onto the sides of buildings advertising products from may be 100 years ago.

did you know these are called ghost signs. jenna produces a photographic magazine which documents some of the best ghost signs around west yorkshire. so in my life span, we've gone from paste up billboards to electric advertising spaces that rotate every five seconds. we are so desensitised advertising now. whereas 100 years ago, these were sort of made to last. how does it make you feel, seeing them look so faded now? the old charm is what floats my boat, really! you're live with bbc news. time for a look at the business news now with ben thompson. you are looking at that dominion, fox news defamation case. if it goes to trial that will be some trial, won't it? a big if because it was supposed to start today but we believe it may start tomorrow. but yes, that's right.

we start in the us — where one of the most closely watched media trials in decades — has been delayed. ajudge in delaware has confirmed that the $1.6 billion defamation trial by dominion voting systems against fox news and its parent company will start on tuesday. the lawsuit alleges the broadcaster damaged the reputation of dominion by repeatedly airing lies about its vote counting machines and election fraud in the 2020 us presidential election. michelle fleury is in wilmington — delaware — where the trial was due to start. i say it was, but we think tomorrow could be the day. but this could be really, really closely watched, couldn't it? just explain why. yes. this is a case _ couldn't it? just explain why. yes. this is a case in _ couldn't it? just explain why. yes. this is a case in which _ couldn't it? just explain why. yes this is a case in which people are watching for several reasons. on the one legal experts are calling this potentially the most important media trial in decades because of its implications for media rights, press freedom, freedom of speech, first

amendment which is being tested here in this particular case. then there is the implications it has full political coverage going forward for the 2024 us presidential election, because a victory or a loss here could sort of embolden or make media companies more cautious moving forward. the other thing to bear in mind is this is about disinformation as it relates to the 2020 us election. and so far very few people have been held accountable for that. so this is an attempt to do that. so across all of these areas it is significant, and then of course there is the reputational and financial damage that potentially fox news faces here. that financial damage that potentially fox news faces here.— financial damage that potentially fox news faces here. that is what is interesting- — fox news faces here. that is what is interesting- we _ fox news faces here. that is what is interesting. we are _ fox news faces here. that is what is interesting. we are led _ fox news faces here. that is what is interesting. we are led to _ fox news faces here. that is what is interesting. we are led to believe i interesting. we are led to believe this delay, perhaps it could suggest that a deal is imminent, a deal before it gets to court, and that could be to spare some of the embarrassment of fox news of these really embarrassing revelations coming out. but at the same time on

the other hand, it is really hard to prove defamation in the us, isn't it? the bar is pretty high. yes. we haven't even _ it? the bar is pretty high. yes. we haven't even started _ it? the bar is pretty high. yes. we haven't even started this - it? the bar is pretty high. yes. we haven't even started this trial, - it? the bar is pretty high. yes. wej haven't even started this trial, and already there is plenty of evidence to suggest that fox news did make false statements and that its hosts knew it was making statements that were untrue. but the legal bar here is to show whether or not fox acted with malice. and if a jury decides ultimately that it did, then they have to come up with a figure, a financialfigure that have to come up with a figure, a financial figure that will compensate dominion for that. —— fox. it is that idea of malice that is such a high bar. but yet many experts think that in this particular case dominion mightjust particular case dominion might just be particular case dominion mightjust be able to clear it, and that is why they are calling this such a test of they are calling this such a test of the first amendment and kind of the fact that it may sort of change how this is viewed in legal circles

going forward.— this is viewed in legal circles going forward. and michelle, briefl , going forward. and michelle, briefly, although _ going forward. and michelle, briefly, although this - going forward. and michelle, briefly, although this relates| going forward. and michelle, l briefly, although this relates to the 2020 election, there are so many implications for what happens next in the 2024 election, aren't there? yes. we are talking about this shaping political coverage going forward. if fox wins then it is a message to say go forward, you can repeat misinformation about elections with impunity. but if they lose, will they become more cautious? will they try and rein in some of their top talent? what implication does that have for the media landscape generally? that is why people are watching this, for the political implications, as well as what it does for media companies going forward. as what it does for media companies going forward-— going forward. really good to talk to ou, i going forward. really good to talk to you. i know— going forward. really good to talk to you, i know you _ going forward. really good to talk to you, i know you will _ going forward. really good to talk to you, i know you will follow - going forward. really good to talk to you, i know you will follow thatj to you, i know you will follow that trial, if indeed it does get under way tomorrow. we will be there with you live in delaware. michelle

fleury covering that. much more on those stories on the website bbc.com/ business. you are watching bbc.com/ business. you are watching bbc news. those are your top business stories. matthew, back to you. thank you very much. the good friday agreement is a triumph of diplomacy and testimony to democracy, according to the former us secretary of state hillary clinton. she was speaking at a conference at queen's university in belfast to mark 25 years of the peace deal. she has been hosting the ceremony to honour women who have been involved in the northern ireland peace process. our ireland correspondent chris page has been hearing from some of them. as chancellor of queen's university

belfast, hillary clinton is hosting world leaders and shifting historical perceptions. and of course, there wouldn't be a good friday agreement to celebrate today if it were not for the women of northern ireland. applause. mrs clinton began a series of visits to northern ireland as first lady of the us in the 1990s. women in politics faced prejudice. we heard comments like "you women are in love with murderers", or "you're too close to the pups", the progressive unionist party, or "you're sinn fein in skirts". so we knew we had a piece of work to do to make ourselves relevant and be taken seriously, because that's what women always have to do. some of the abuse that was directed towards women assembly members was horrendous. that's not so visible now, and i think it's because it was challenged. # we shall overcome.# women who were politically active during the early years of the conflict say the narrative should be rebalanced. when women started in civil rights, it was the beginning of people recognising that the way forward was political and peaceful and not

through violence. i suppose the role of women in that was underplayed over the years, which is nothing new in irish history, of course. what do you think of the women on the ground? hillary clinton says she wants to give proper recognition to women who helped to end the violence. she's giving medals to 25, including all former party leaders and government ministers. there's also a posthumous award for mo mowlam, the northern ireland secretary who had a big role in the good friday agreement. negotiators said tackling misogyny is integral to peace—building. when you transform a society from conflict, that's part of it. you need to change those attitudes as well, that women are not subordinate and they're not objects to make derogatory comments about and that they are citizens and have a very important role to play. dozens of international delegates

are marking a quarter—century since the peace deal. stories are being revised and retold to give women rightful respect. chris page, bbc news, belfast. a quick pointer because on that story in about 40 minutes' time i will speak to the first female police ombudsman in northern ireland, so more on those events hosted by hillary clinton a little earlier in the day. one more story before we break, because protesters who are ignorant are to blame for the death of hill 16 at aintree according to the horse's trainer. the start was delayed by 14 minutes after animal rights activists into the track. the group animal rising who demonstrated outside aintree claimed their actions aimed to prevent the death of horses. on saturday the start of the grand national was delayed by protesters. when the race began hill 16 fell at

the first fence. it was injured and put down. the horse's trainer defines a clear link between the delayed start and the full. if we delayed start and the full. if we look at the _ delayed start and the full. if we look at the last _ delayed start and the full. if we look at the last nine _ delayed start and the full. if we look at the last nine years, - delayed start and the full. if we look at the last nine years, the | look at the last nine years, the course has been modified, there has been an average of under two fall as at the first fences and this year everybody got very uptight about it, horses, jockeys, starter, and there were eight fall is at the first two fences and this was all caused by these so—called animal lovers, who actually are ignorant and have absolutely no idea.— actually are ignorant and have absolutely no idea. animal rising to or: anise absolutely no idea. animal rising to organise the — absolutely no idea. animal rising to organise the protest _ absolutely no idea. animal rising to organise the protest said _ absolutely no idea. animal rising to organise the protest said there - absolutely no idea. animal rising to organise the protest said there is i absolutely no idea. animal rising to organise the protest said there is a l organise the protest said there is a far broader point to address. the horses ran _ far broader point to address. the horses ran the _ far broader point to address. tt9: horses ran the race because far broader point to address. tt9 horses ran the race because their previous owners wanted them to the real reason the horses run the race of people can bet on horse and jockeys can make money and so people can have a fun day out and that doesn't seem like a good enough reason to put an animal in harm's away. to me, anyway. the grand national has or lisping britain's most famous horse race and its most

extreme. , ., , most famous horse race and its most extreme. , . , . , ., extreme. over the years fences have been altered — extreme. over the years fences have been altered structurally _ extreme. over the years fences have been altered structurally and - been altered structurally and fatality rates have still fallen but still exceed the average in the sport. 40 horses normally start the race and reformers long argued that is too many will stop those who believe that raising should be abolished will then have to address the question of what happens to the horses. the british horseracing authority says there are 14,000 of them currently in training. joe wilson, bbc news. the headlines are next after the weather with susan powell. after what seemed like ceaseless rain at times this week, rain at times last week, this week is by comparison looking a lot quieter. for many of us, nothing significant in the way of rain to come until the end of the week. it could get quite lively into the weekend ahead. but sunshine won't always guarantee you warmth this week. high pressure across scandinavia will bring dry weather but also mean easterly winds across the uk, and that's quite a chilly direction at this time of year. by the end of the week, you start to see things becoming a little livelier towards the south—east.

for the here and now, though, the easterly breeze, bringing in a line of low cloud, mist and murk off the north sea, through the night, some quite grey starts initially across the eastern half of the uk. brightest first thing in the west. overnight lows somewhere between four and eight. here we are on tuesday, the high still across scandinavia, easterly winds still affecting the southern half of the uk, a little weather system out there in the north sea ushering in some thicker cloud later in the day but much of the early mist and murk will burn off and through the middle of the day, i think almost wall—to—wall sunshine. come the afternoon, the thicker cloud into the south—east could produce one or two scattered showers. why is that easterly wind so cold in particular at this time of year? down to the temperature in the north sea. you're basically feeding in air on shore from the top of the north sea and at this time of year that's pretty cold, temperatures in the water 8 or 9 degrees and that's or 9 degrees and those

are the figures will see along some of the spots in the north sea coast. towards the west in the sunshine, with some shelter from the easterly breeze, 16, 17 possible, and that will feel quite warm. high pressure still across scandinavia as we look at wednesday and thursday. still some bits and pieces of thicker cloud being picked up from the north sea. chance of showers perhaps further south for southern counties of england on wednesday, and favouring the south west later in the afternoon. but a lot of sunshine as we look further north. again on the cooler side along the length of the north sea coast but towards the west and with the shelter, top temperatures sitting in the mid—teens. then for the rest of the week, it's kind of all downhill from thursday onwards. becoming unsettled in the south through friday and then rain i think spreading to most parts of the uk in time for the weekend.

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