hello, from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: drama at the crucible with play suspended as a protestor interupts the world snooker championship. another heavy defeat for leeds who remain two points above the relegation zone as liverpool put six past them at elland road. and royal challengers bangalore fall short of the highest run—chase in indian premier league history as they're beaten by chennai super kings. play at the world snooker championship was suspended after a protester climbed onto one of the tables and covered it in orange powder. another protester tried

to glue herself to a table. a man and a woman were later arrested by police. jamie broughton was at ahe crucible in sheffield. the evening session was just getting under way when a man and woman from the protest group stop oiljumped over the barriers here from the seats into the auditorium and the man climbed onto the table where robert and joe perry were playing their first round match. he then opened a packet of orange power and emptied it onto the table before security intervened and the woman trid to get on the other side, on the other side of the barrier, but the match referee stopped her before they could do any damage to the table. play resumed between allen but the other match was not able to continue as the cloth on the table needed to be replaced. i can tell there was a lot of anger from those behind the scenes the fans there about what it happened.

have we seen anything like this before and how is this likely we have seen protests before and we saw one protester getting onto the room for fathers forjustice many times ago. but in terms of the protest, i don't think it's going to have too much of an impact on the on the tournament. the second session of the match was due to be play tomorrow night but up in the first session and there is a rest morning on thursday with a be able to play that match to a finish and so it should not have an impacted on this tournament. there was a big shock earlier in the day when the 2016 runner—up was knocked out. he runner-up was knocked out. he let his runner—up was knocked out. he let his opponent by five frames to for overnight. he was in scintillating form winning the first four frames of the date on his way to victory. he will now face the defending champion in the world number one ronnie 0'sullivan in the second round. leeds suffered another heavy

defeat as they battle to stay in the premier league. 6—1 they were defeated at home by liverpool. mohammed seller and a teammate both scored twice as liverpool picked up their first league win in five games. leeds have seven defeats in 11 games. i'm not bothered about scoring six or whatever. that is not important. it is about the performance of the performance was not a winning performance. it is clear we have to win the game. i can hear a few discussions with the referee about the first goal, i'm not sure. but it is not a game that leads should win. it was clear we should win and that was what i wanted to see. we, we lost composure during the game, we tried in the beginning and i think maybe the first goal, the goal that opened the game,

maybe that came from a handball but after that, there is nothing to say, only to improve the next game before win —— because we needed. the next game before win -- because we needed. liverpool now within — because we needed. liverpool now within two _ because we needed. liverpool now within two points - because we needed. liverpool now within two points of- because we needed. liverpool now within two points of the l now within two points of the seventh place team and three away from the final europa league spot. at the bottom things are looking increasingly perilous for leads in order 16. it makes extent. they meet fulham on saturday before a huge match against leicester on tuesday. a couple of other football results from monday night across europe. majorca have moved up to 11 in the league after a one you'll win in their travels. and over in italy, atalanta remained in final european spot in sixth after they drew with fiorentino. 0n after they drew with fiorentino. on tuesday attention returns to the premier league. . —— europa

league. chelsea will take on real madrid but their interim manager says that anything is possible in football. his situs without a in six games and have lost their last three that he says they will need a special stamp —— stanford atmosphere to pull off a shock. we stamp -- stanford atmosphere to pull off a shock.— pull off a shock. we focus on the here _ pull off a shock. we focus on the here and _ pull off a shock. we focus on the here and now _ pull off a shock. we focus on the here and now with - the here and now with understanding that if we get things right and work hard and do the right things in the game then anything is possible. i have no doubt it will be positive. when i talk about it i talk about the start of the game, the rest is down to us, down to us as a team to play with a desire and know—how to turn the game around. the trainer of— turn the game around. the trainer of the _ turn the game around. the trainer of the horse - turn the game around. the trainer of the horse that died during the grand national on saturday has blamed what he called ignorant protesters for his animal's death. he said the

delay to the start of the race after animal rights activists and the track unsettled everyone. the protest group said its actions were aimed to prevent the death of horses. he was down rowan. they were the scenes that racing had been dreading. animal rights protesters at aintree delaying said they's grand national with 118 arrested. horses were kept in the paddock until the race could start on the trainer of hill 16 who was put down after being injured falling of the first fence today blamed the activists for its death.- activists for its death. since the courses _ activists for its death. since the courses been _ activists for its death. since the courses been modified l activists for its death. since - the courses been modified there has been an habit of horses pulling at the first two and this is everyone got uptight and unsettled and it was called by these so—called animal lovers who are actually ignorant and have absolutely no idea about the welfare of horses. �* . ., , .

horses. but animal rising which oruanised horses. but animal rising which organised the _ horses. but animal rising which organised the protest - horses. but animal rising which organised the protest says - organised the protest says their actions aim to prevent their actions aim to prevent the death of horses of which there were three at the three—day meeting. there were three at the three-day meeting. there were three at the three-da meetinu. ., , three-day meeting. people were bettin: on three-day meeting. people were betting on the — three-day meeting. people were betting on the horse _ three-day meeting. people were betting on the horse jockeys - betting on the horse jockeys could make money and people could make money and people could have a fun day out and that does not seem like a good enough reason that an animal should be in harm's way. supporters ofjohn's racing point to a reduction in hospitality is here at aintree in an recent other ways thanks to recent reforms. they say the entire industry dispense on the sport continuing. but critics say it is an outdated and cruel spectacle and what is certain is that the chaotic scenes here on saturday were a bad advertisement for the sport and there is now the threat of further protests this summer. we will review the incident that took place but we are flexible in terms of looking at how the race continues in the future. but we know that part of the grand national �*s appeal is how challenging it is for the horse and the rider stop

many reformers believe there is a limit to just how safe the grand national can truly be with 40 grand national can truly be with a0 horses and 30 fences involved. i think one of the things that we have asked for for a while is to see the field size of the grand national, it is unacceptable that we come out of a festival of racing with three dead horses. the country's — with three dead horses. the country's second _ with three dead horses. the country's second most popular spectator sport continued today but racing finds itself under pressure to become safer for those involved. to cricket and that chennai super kings are up to third in the ipl with victory over bangalore after they fell short of the highest run chase in ipl history. devon conway got things going for the super kings with a rapid 83 off just a5 balls as they reached 226 a6. in reply an excellent partnership got bangalore very

close but they just fell short by eight runs in the end. happy with how things _ by eight runs in the end. happy with how things went _ by eight runs in the end. happy with how things went tonight. l with how things went tonight. it was a good surface out there and i managed to get some good momentum throughout with the partnerships that i had so very chuffed at how things went tonight. it chuffed at how things went toniaht. , , tonight. it is disappointing but i tonight. it is disappointing but i think— tonight. it is disappointing but i think we _ tonight. it is disappointing but i think we did - tonight. it is disappointing but i think we did so - tonight. it is disappointing but i think we did so well. tonight. it is disappointing l but i think we did so well to -et but i think we did so well to get so — but i think we did so well to get so close and we got to a position— get so close and we got to a position where we probably should _ position where we probably should have won the game. we were _ should have won the game. we were trying as hard as we could to get— were trying as hard as we could to get the — were trying as hard as we could to get the run rate under ten and — to get the run rate under ten and make _ to get the run rate under ten and make it easier for the backend _ and make it easier for the backend but it was an exciting game — backend but it was an exciting game of— backend but it was an exciting game of cricket regardless of how — game of cricket regardless of how you _ game of cricket regardless of how you look at it stop in lahore _ how you look at it stop in lahore new zealand defeated pakistan in the latest t20 match _ pakistan in the latest t20 match. , ., pakistan in the latest t20 match. , . . pakistan in the latest t20 match. , ., ., ., match. the captain leading from the front with _ match. the captain leading from the front with a _ match. the captain leading from the front with a half-century - the front with a half—century as the black caps won by four runs. elsewhere sri lanka in complete control after the second day of the first test

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and the rest of the team that's it for sport. hello there. we've started this week off on a pretty warm note. in fact, many parts of the uk saw the warmest day of the year so far on monday. however, over the next few days, those temperatures will be coming down as we pick up a chilly easterly breeze. and there could even be a bit of rain in places by the end of the week. now, high pressure dominates the scene over the next few days, sitting across scandinavia, bringing this easterly breeze. but more icy bars on the chart mean that easterly wind picks up and we'll start to see these weather fronts rolling in off the near continent, bringing outbreaks of rain, particularly for england and wales, whereas further north it should tend to stay largely dry. now for tuesday morning, we'll start off with a bit of low cloud mist, but that should tend to burn away. many places will see a sunny day, but we'll see thicker cloud for southern and southeastern areas. and the breeze will be stronger, noticeably cooler, i think, across the board, but certainly down north sea coast.

that's because the sea temperatures are pretty low at this time of year, seven or eight degrees. so it will feel cool immediately on the north sea coast, head further inland and again, we're close to the mid—teens, some of the highest temperatures for western scotland, up to the high teens there. so as we move out of tuesday day through the night, we'll start to see further low clouds and mist the rolling in off the north sea once again, especially for england and wales, eastern scotland, clearer skies further west. so it's here where we could see temperatures dip close to freezing two, three degrees. generally for most, we're between four and seven celsius. a little change as we head into wednesday. again, we've got high pressure dominating the scene. it's going to be another windy day, strong easterly winds, so feeling cool again along the north sea coast and we'll see thicker cloud at times rolling in across england and wales. clusters of showers affecting the south of england, certainly the south west, perhaps in towards south wales. but most places will be dry, get a chilly feel to things towards the east, further west where around the low to mid—teens celsius. and then as we move throughout thursday into friday, we start to see more

weather fronts pushing in some of these weather fronts, bringing more prolonged rain at times to england and wales on friday. and again, it's going to be quite cool with a strong east the breeze so temperatures dipping away as we head towards the end of the week into the weekend. and there's a greater chance of many of us, certainly england and wales, seeing some wetter weather.

live from washington, this is bbc news. welcome to viewers on pbs in america. two men are arrested in new york for allegedly operating a chinese secret police station. fighting in sudan continuesdespite the un's call for a ceasefire. and one of president putin's most vocal critics is sentenced to 25 years injail. hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. here in the us, prosecutors have arrested two men in new york for allegedly operating a chinese "secret police station" in manhattan's chinatown neighbourhood. 61—year—old

lu jianwang, pictured on the right and 59—year—old chenjinping, pictured on the left are both new york city residents