hello, i'm sarah campbell. you're watching the context on bbc news. still to come — in the us, police have charged an 84—year—old man for shooting this 16—year—old boy, ralph yarl, a teenager who mistakenly rang the wrong doorbell. we'll talk about the debate over so—called "stand your ground" laws. before all that, it's time for sport and a full round—up from paul. thanks very much, sarah. good evening. a place in the last four of the uefa champions league is on the line tonight, with two quarterfinal—second leg matches under way.

in london, chelsea are taking on real madrid, trying to overturn a 2—0 deficit against the defending champions. it is currently 0—0. missed a really good opportunity to put chelsea ahead. still advantage real madrid. meanwhile, napoli, the runaway leaders of serie a, are trying to recover from a 1—0 first leg defeat against ac milan. that game is also goalless, but ac milans�* olivier giroud had a penalty saved 20 minutes in. at the moment, it's ac malan and real madrid. meanwhile, manchester city are in germany ahead of their quarter—final second leg against bayern munich on wednesday. they have a healthy 3—0 advantage from the first leg at the etihad last week, and they'll have phil foden available after he returned to training after recovering from having his appendix removed. city boss pep guardiola says they

won't be sitting back in bavaria. i understand the situation, to come herejust to defend i understand the situation, to come here just to defend something. we came to play one football game, 11 men against 11 men that try to do better than the opening in this specific game. if you think about just the result, whether in the past would be... staying with manchester city — the club have submitted a planning application for a $370 million expansion of the etihad stadium. the club want to increase the current capacity by around six—and—a—half—thousand up to 60,000. proposals include a sky bar overlooking the pitch and a stadium roof walk experience, as well as a fan zone and hotel. the club say the project will take three years to complete. the second tennis grand slam of the year is on the horizon, with the french open next month. world number two carlos alcaraz has begun his clay court season

with a straight sets win over nuno borges at the barcelona 0pen. alcaraz won this event last year and looked good again in front of his home crowd. he hadn't played since last month because of injuries to his hand and back, but raced through to the last 16 6-3, 6-1. meanwhile, casper ruud, ranked third in the world, is also through. he faced a battling ben shelton, who threw everything at this one, but ruud was never really threatened. he won a second set tie break to move into the next round. carlos sainz has failed in his appeal to have his five—second penalty from the australian grand prix overturned. the penalty saw sainz drop from fourth to 12th. race stewards decided that "no significant and relevant new element" had been presented by ferrari, so dismissed the appeal.

mumbai indians made it three wins in a row in the indian premier league after they beat sunrisers hyderabad by 14 runs. australian cameron green smashed an unbeaten 64 as mumbai posted an impressive 192 for five from their 20 overs. hyderabad were bowled out on the second to last ball— on the second to last ball — the final wicket taken by arjun tendulkar — his first in the ipl. and that's all the sport for now. sera, back to you. lovely, thanks paul. to afghanistan now, where the un says there are signs of recovery in the economy — but, it adds, they are weak. despite some improvements in economic indicators in 2022, growth remains below the level required to break out of the poverty gap and the poverty trap. it warns that restrictions on women's rights could lead

to a reduction in international assistance, with grave consequences for all afghans. the taliban have told the bbc that the rules imposed on women are internal matters for the country, and that their government is working to pull the country out of economic collapse. from kabul, the bbc�*s south asia correspondent yogita limaye reports. no time for a childhood. ii—year—old saeed ali akbar must work every day so that his family can eat — one of more than a million children out of school in afghanistan. he was in sixth grade till last year. "i really liked school. "i miss it. "this is very hard work, but i've got used "to it now," he says.

next door, his older brother does the same work. nine hours of hammering and welding earns them 150 afghanis a day, less than $2. their father lost his job when afghanistan's economy collapsed and has now gone to iran to find work. their mother begs on the streets. translator: | feel awful that | my young children are working. this is their time to study and be something. but life is hard for us. i am struggling to find work and they have to provide for the family. when the taliban took over, foreign money that was being given to this country's government was frozen, triggering an economic collapse. aid organisations have so far played a crucial role, saving people from going hungry. in recent months, though, the taliban has increased restrictions on women working for them, which threatens

to put their operations and their funding at risk. i met a senior official in the taliban's finance ministry... my name isjogita from the bbc. ..who says they're working to improve the economic situation. basically in the previous government, there were a lot of corruptions and misuses of the power of the government. we have transparency in all our departments, and there is a very good 37% of increase in our revenues. two thirds of your population currently does not know where their next meal is coming from. that is not a self—reliant economy. so, how crucial is the operation of aid organisations at this moment? these are temporary things. thank you for the international community helping our people in all over afghanistan. but this is not the solution we need. we need not only aid, we need trade. we need the aid effectiveness. we need developmental aid. we need the international

communities to come and work with us. but it is the policies of your government, including the restrictions on women and girls, which are making it tougherfor aid organisations to operate in this country. is your government willing to take responsibility for your share of what you should be doing to further expand the aid that is coming to your country? so, the girls' education and girls stopping them from the work, so this is, i think, the internal policy of islamic emirates. but i think all the things, all the humanitarian and the donations and the grants, those should not be related to this issue. this issue only. the gap between afghanistan's rulers and the world is widening at an unexpectedly rapid pace. its people are at risk of being left to fight a crisis on their own. yogita limaye, bbc news, kabul.

let's speak now to shukria barakzai, afghan politician and women's rights advocate. thank you so much for speaking with me and giving us your impression of what's happening at the moment and afghanistan. there were so many guarantees when the taliban came into power about how it would operate differently. is that happening?— operate differently. is that happening? operate differently. is that hauenina? , , , , happening? well, suddenly, us dell maths afghanistan _ happening? well, suddenly, us dell maths afghanistan is _ happening? well, suddenly, us dell maths afghanistan is only _ happening? well, suddenly, us dell maths afghanistan is only country i happening? well, suddenly, us dell| maths afghanistan is only country in the world that's moving back —— only afghanistan. from the brightness to the darkness. the people of afghanistan are really suffering from the rule that every single taliban are putting, particularly the women. theyjust band girls from

school... they banned higher education for the girl, and jointly put out... tell a man to open the school for girls, this country need education, they ban women to work. i think there is an improvement in the economy situation. it is badly shrinking more than 49 million people, living below poverty line every single day. 167 children, just because of lack of good nutrition, lose their lives. i think that's a big loss in a bigger picture. it's not the afghanistan as it was before. people are struggling between life and death. 0n the other side, afghanistan is turning to be a big prison for its own citizens.

citizens are living without hope, withoutjobs, without rights. there is no clear rule to say what is the citizen's duties and rights, and surprisingly, taliban isjust trying to show on the other side, they are claiming they need international resources. they are ready to give a clear picture of the afghanistan income, where all this taxation is increasing on the people, and that is what they are collecting. that's not the truth. if you see the value of dollar is dropping down, and if you see the economy of the afghan people, it's really... the last 22 years. people, it's really... the last 22 ears. �* people, it's really... the last 22 ears. ~ ., people, it's really... the last 22 ears. �* ., ., people, it's really... the last 22 ears. ~ ., ., ., i. people, it's really... the last 22 ears. ~ ., ., ., _ years. and how worried are you by the fact that _ years. and how worried are you by the fact that ngos, _ years. and how worried are you by the fact that ngos, aid _ the fact that ngos, aid organisations are relating the two

issues? women are finding it more difficult to give aid. it's presumably up affecting the population further.- presumably up affecting the population further. first of all, allow me to — population further. first of all, allow me to say _ population further. first of all, allow me to say that _ population further. first of all, allow me to say that it - population further. first of all, allow me to say that it is - population further. first of all, allow me to say that it is not i population further. first of all, | allow me to say that it is not at allow me to say that it is not at all a domestic issue. all the time, taliban are claiming that. it's not any internal issue. poverty is not the internal issue. every single day, if you see the activity of terrorist groups, it's not internal issue. the ngos was the great help for those women, at least working with ngo, having the opportunity to earn bread for their family to work, because the government institutions are closed for women. the only door open for women was nongovernmental organisations, including united nations, which is unfortunately... patella man announced women are not

allowed to work in the united nations. —— the taliban and. on the other side, nations. —— the taliban and. on the otherside, it's nations. —— the taliban and. on the other side, it's the lack of humanitarian aid and support delivered by the international organisation. international organisation. international organisation cannot provide... without male and female employees. that's another challenge. international communities, the only one it's enjoying is the taliban, and they're trying to whitewash themselves and give a different picture from afghanistan. i’m themselves and give a different picture from afghanistan. i'm going to have to leave _ picture from afghanistan. i'm going to have to leave it _ picture from afghanistan. i'm going to have to leave it there. _ picture from afghanistan. i'm going to have to leave it there. i - picture from afghanistan. i'm going to have to leave it there. i can - to have to leave it there. i can hear the passion in your voice. it's clearly a very difficult issue. thank you for enlightening us and thank you for your time. fighting is continuing

in areas of sudan's capital, khartoum, despite a ceasefire which had been due to start about two hours ago. this explosion took place near a military building in khartoum in an area which has seen heavy fighting. two rival generals at the heart of the conflict had agreed to a 24—hour humanitarian pause to allow civilians to get medical help and supplies. residents are low on food and water. the fighting is between army units loyal to the de facto leader, gen abdel fattah al—burhan, and the rsf, a notorious paramilitary force commanded by sudan's deputy leader, mohamed hamdan dagalo, better known as hemedti. in the us state of missouri, an 84—year—old white man accused of shooting and injuring a black teenager who mistakenly rang the wrong door bell has surrendered to police. andrew lester has been charged

with first degree assault and armed criminal action after shooting a 16—year—old. this is ralph yarl — he had been sent by his mother to pick us his younger brothers, but got the address wrong. ralph yarl�*s lawyer said he was standing on the doorstep when the suspect shot through the door, hitting yarl in the head and arm. prosecutors acknowledge the, quote, racial element in this case — and it's also reignited the debate over so—called "stand your ground" laws. those are laws that allow homeowners to use physical force to defend themselves against suspected intruders. let's get more on this issue now with our newsroom reporter naomi choy smith. well, it's still unclear at this point whether the stand your ground defence can or will be used in the case of ralph yarl, although missouri does have a stand your ground law in place which allows homeowners to use lethal force if they feel that they are under serious threat. so where else in the us are these laws in place? let's take a look. roughly 30 states and puerto rico currently have some kind of stand your ground legislation in place. and what does that mean in practice? well, it essentially builds

on the idea of self—defence, where you can use lethal force to defend yourself if you are under threat. however, in many of these cases, in many of these states, you do not need to actually retreat to remove yourself from the threat before you use that force. and one of the first states to in fact use this in practice was florida. you may remember the case back in 2012 of trayvon martin, an unarmed 17—year—old who was shot in sanford. now, george zimmerman employed the stand your ground defence, and he was actually acquitted. now, that did lead to mass protests and it ignited a debate across the us about the value and the use of the stand your ground laws. now, coming back to missouri for a moment, and people are already talking about the stand your ground defence in this case, including the missouri state rep marlene terry, who said the incident underscores why "shoot first,

ask questions later" policies like stand your ground laws do far more harm than good. however, the national rifle association, which did help to put these laws on the books, defends them. they have said in the past that they always will advocate the passage and preservation of self—defence laws. the nra believes it empowers lawful people to defend themselves. now, the debate certainly isn't over yet and is bound to create more issues as we go ahead in the case of ralph yarl. meanwhile, the political debate continues over how to solve america's mass shooting epidemic. senior republican party members and presidential hopefuls are in agreement on what should be done. anthony zurcher takes a look at their proposals. we begin tonight with... another mass shooting... the country's latest mass shooting. there's been a string of mass shootings in the us. the response from many republicans is that new gun

laws are not the answer. but we don't need gun control. we need crime control. at the annual gathering of the national rifle association, a handful of prominent republicans stressed their support for gun rights. so, i was proud to be the most pro—gun, pro—second amendment president. i will be your loyal friend and fearless champion once again. the string of high—profile mass shootings in 2023 was a difficult topic to avoid. there is not a person in this room that wants to see another school shooting in this country. for most of these republicans, the root causes of these shootings are the same... this is not a gun problem. this is a mental health problem. 0ur nation's mental health issues... we have a mental health epidemic. ..and so are the solutions. you need to have armed personnel to protect the children... ..to institute a federal death penalty statute. i will also create a new tax credit to reimburse any teacher for the full cost of a concealed

carry firearm and training. these republican leaders make clear that they believe the way to stop the violence is more guns in america, not fewer. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. everyone loves the spitfire, and here at heritage hangar at biggin hill, they've just returned their 15th spitfire to the air. recovered from an israeli kibbutz, most of the fuselage was still intact. it's a challenge, we all like a challenge. being fortunate to be able to fly in the these aeroplanes, ifind it's a greater challenge getting them back in the air than it is flying them. the spitfire, of course, was built with a purpose in mind. after the war, many were scrapped, melted down, so to think that 82 years after the battle

of britain, that some are still here and flying is extraordinary. during the second world war, the pilots who flew these aeroplanes were typically straight from school. so, in this, hangar, in a corner of kent, another slice of history has been restored — a piece of magic that's been brought back to life. you're live with bbc news. on monday night, hundreds of military personnel were seen parading through the streets of central london in a midnight rehearsal for king charles' coronation. as you can see, they travelled in rows on horseback through the quiet streets. roads were closed along the 1.3—mile route to allow the practice procession to take place. and here are more pictures from last night's trial run, but next month's event will feature more than 6,000 men and women from the uk's armed forces. among them will be 400 armed forces

personnel from at least 35 commonwealth countries — joining the sailors, soldiers, and aviators from across the uk. they willjourney with king charles and camilla from buckingham palace to westminster abbey and back. joining us now is robert lacey, a british historian and writer. thank you so much for spending time with us, robert. we got midnight rehearsals, we've got recipes for quiche being public, the build—up, 18 days to go? quiche being public, the build-up, 18 days to go?— 18 days to go? yes, and there are still mysteries. _ 18 days to go? yes, and there are still mysteries. we _ 18 days to go? yes, and there are still mysteries. we don't - 18 days to go? yes, and there are still mysteries. we don't know . still mysteries. we don't know exactly who's going, i believe sarah ferguson has, of her own account, said she's been told she's not invited. i don't think everybody who has been invited knows that yet. it's awful to say, i was talking to

somebody in the royal family last night who said the actual invitations haven't gone out. the royal family get invited by special documents, called summonses, which are rather impressive historic documents and apparently, they haven't gone out. the documents and apparently, they haven't gone out.— documents and apparently, they haven't gone out. the save the dates haven't gone out. the save the dates have one haven't gone out. the save the dates have gone out _ haven't gone out. the save the dates have gone out and _ haven't gone out. the save the dates have gone out and they _ haven't gone out. the save the dates have gone out and they tweeted - haven't gone out. the save the dates have gone out and they tweeted a . have gone out and they tweeted a picture of the calligrapher writing the individual nations. but there's about 2000 of them and they take a few minutes to write, so i guess it's quite a labourious process. that's keeping with king charles�*s style. nothing mass—produced, handle agree —— hand calligraphy is suiting. 0ne agree —— hand calligraphy is suiting. one of the things about this, it will be the first coronation designed for television. the last one was televised, but it

was an enormous affair based on the idea that the monarch must be crowned inside of all the people. until television, that meant assembling vast crowds in the abbey, building stands for extra thousands of people, and an enormous tour through the city. as many people as possible could cheer and see them new monarch. we do know the procession will really be quite short. the other thing of course is that this year will have this new phenomenon of the royal party on the day after. i don't think that happened back in 53, but with the jubilees, the tradition of pop concert party and popular culture festivals developed, and there was this huge party being planned for the day after of the coronation at

windsor castle.— the day after of the coronation at windsor castle. we've bought the coronation on _ windsor castle. we've bought the coronation on the _ windsor castle. we've bought the coronation on the saturday, - windsor castle. we've bought the coronation on the saturday, the l windsor castle. we've bought the i coronation on the saturday, the big lunches and the windsor party, as you say on the sunday. a big volunteering drive on the monday as well, so quite a packed weekend over those three days.— those three days. rather cleverly lanned, those three days. rather cleverly planned. and _ those three days. rather cleverly planned. and i— those three days. rather cleverly planned, and i think _ those three days. rather cleverly planned, and i think this - planned, and i think this volunteering day speaks well to the priorities of the new king. service and duty have always been an important part of the monarchy stands for. prince charles give it the new dimension. those who don't want to go to the beach in brighton or blackpool will take advantage. i wonder what you make of a yougov poll, 3000 british adults, 64% said they cared not very much or not at all about the coronation. what do you make of that? it’s

all about the coronation. what do you make of that?— you make of that? it's a great british tradition _ you make of that? it's a great british tradition of _ you make of that? it's a great british tradition of saying - you make of that? it's a great| british tradition of saying stuff you, isn't it? good luck to them because as part of the british attitude toward pomp and circumstance, but when the day comes, they will celebrate and people who don't want to celebrate and who think they've got no time for the monarchy, they're entitled to have their point of use as well. we're a democracy.— to have their point of use as well. we're a democracy. over the next coule of we're a democracy. over the next couple of weeks, _ we're a democracy. over the next couple of weeks, there _ we're a democracy. over the next couple of weeks, there will- we're a democracy. over the next couple of weeks, there willjust i we're a democracy. over the next| couple of weeks, there willjust be more and more detail being published so people have a a clearer idea. it's difficult to know, i mean, the real news to get a corner. it is a great national celebration and festivity. the monarchy�*s not elected. the closest that any monarch gets to an election is a coronation. monarch gets to an election is a coronation-— monarch gets to an election is a

coronation. ., , ,, ,, �* coronation. robert... crosstalk thank ou coronation. robert... crosstalk thank you very — coronation. robert... crosstalk thank you very much. _ coronation. robert... crosstalk thank you very much. do - coronation. robert... crosstalk thank you very much. do stay - coronation. robert... crosstalkl thank you very much. do stay with us. hello. so far this month, the weather's been drier, sunny and warmer than average in scotland. and certainly for tuesday, there was loads more sunshine. look at this stunning weather watcher picture from the argyll and bute area. for the second day on the run, highland scotland had the day's highest temperature, up to 21 degrees. why is it so warm here at the moment? well, it's down to the scottish mountains. you see, it's quite windy for most parts of the uk, but those mountains high enough to block the winds. and so, with lighter winds here, more of the sun's energy is used to boost temperatures, whereas in those places where it's quite windy, some of that sun's heat get mixed through a larger depth of the atmosphere, so it never gets quite so warm. 0vernight tonight, we do have cloudy skies for england and wales, developing with an odd shower in the southwest, the clearer skies in scotland, that's where we'll see

the lowest temperatures heading into wednesday. now, on the face of it, high pressure stays in charge for at least the next couple of days. still, with the winds coming in from an easterly direction, however, there will be more in the way of cloud for england and wales on wednesday, an odd shower for the southwest. the best of the sunshine in the morning in scotland and northern ireland, but increasingly we should see sunshine developing elsewhere as we go through the afternoon. it will continue to feel quite chilly with the onshore winds across the east coast of scotland and northern ireland, the highest temperature in the west and again in the highlands, now, we have some slightly cooler air working in on thursday. again, it's going to be a largely dry day, be a largely dry day, but in the sunshine, i suppose it will still feel ok if you're out of the wind. it is across the north sea coast where you'll continue to feel a certain chill due to those brisk and gusty onshore winds. beyond that, we start to see a change in the weather patterns through friday and the weekend

as pressure starts to fall. this area of low pressure will then develop, bringing outbreaks of rain increasingly, that rain travels northwards into the weekend. so, on friday, still sunny skies for scotland and for northern ireland — little overall change in the weather pattern here. but for england, wales, a much cloudier day with outbreaks of rain developing, and with less sunshine, still those brisk winds and the rain, it looks like it's going to be quite a chilly day. just 9 degrees in birmingham at 10 for cardiff, but similar kind of weather and temperatures for northern ireland and scotland. 0n into the weekend, rain does move northwards into scotland and northern ireland, and then into next week, quite cold for april. average temperatures, 15 in london, willjust be 10 early next week.

hello, i'm sarah campbell. you're watching the context on bbc news. it's going to be a huge spectacle, in part because, by midweek, you could see rupert murdoch, the chair of fox news, potentially on the witness stand being questioned by dominion�*s lawyers. this case is very much about the tension between, on the one hand, broad protections for freedom of the press and, on the other hand, consequences for the telling of a known lie. hello, welcome back. joining us on the panel tonight, we have the deputy political editor of the guardian, jessica elgot,

and professor steve h hanke from johns hopkins university.