let's catch up with all the sports. news from leeds united? yes, lucy, fireman sam back in charge. sam allardyce has taken charge of a training session at leeds united for the first time — having taken over as manager from javi gracia. spaniard gracia, appointed in february, has been dismissed afterjust ten weeks and 12 games in charge at elland road. allardyce is tasked with guiding leeds to safety with four games remaining. they are currently out of the bottom three but only on goal difference. a tough first game for him, though — against leaders manchester city on saturday. at the other end of the table, arsenal's stint at the top could be cut short by manchester city if they beat west ham later on.

arsenal climbed back to the top after beating chelsea 3—1 but pep guardiola's side are only two points behind. they have won ten of their last 11 league games and are unbeaten against the hammers since 2015. the city boss says he expects david moyes�* side to pose a difficult test. the quality is there. the quality is there. scores three goals against crystal palace, attacking challenges, they have an exceptional player. the weapons are there, they are a good team, they haven't done the season they expected, but the team is there, i don't have doubts. anything can happen, we have to be ready. liverpool also face fulham on wednesday, still with an outside chance of a top four finish. managerjurgen klopp has been charged by the fa for his actions and comments after their 4—3 win against spurs, but he doesn't think the noise around his potential ban will impact his players

performance. if there is one good thing, i prefer much that i'm in that situation than any player. we will see that, but i can't see that it will have an influence on the team. three new -la ers influence on the team. three new players have _ influence on the team. three new players have been _ influence on the team. three new players have been added - influence on the team. three new players have been added to - influence on the team. three new players have been added to the l players have been added to the premier league hall of fame, rio ferdinand, petter check and a third has just been named, ferdinand, petter check and a third hasjust been named, tony adams, the former arsenal champion who our they are banned for the first ten seasons of the premier league. —— who wore the armband. —— rio ferdinand, petr cech and tony adams. he said that he felt proud every time he wore the shirt added for other remains a special place in his heart. in serie a, atalanta have the chance go fourth momentarily later if they can beat spezia. lazio can stay above juve

with a win against sassuolo. ac milan, interand roma are all in action — inter are currently fourth ahead of the others but only on goal difference. it is tight. argentina captain lionel messi has been suspended by paris saint—germain for two weeks after travelling to saudi arabia without the club's permission this week. the trip followed the french club's home defeat by lorient on sunday, in which messi played the full 90 minutes. messi will not train or play for ps6 during the period of his suspension. it is understood the 35—year—old asked permission to make the journey to carry out commercial work but was refused. joel embiid earned his first nba mvp trophy tuesday night, topping two—time winner nikola yo—kich of the denver nuggets. embiid has been sidelined with a sprained right knee that caused him to miss the opening game of the eastern conference semifinals against boston, which philly won on monday night. the 76ers watched on tv in boston and erupted in applause. embiid was in tears as team—mates mobbed him in celebration. jokic finished runner—up

in the mvp voting, and giannis antetokounmpo of the milwaukee bucks was third. stefanos tsitsipas advanced to the quarter—finals at madrid open after defeating home—favourite bernabe zapata miralles 6—3, 6—1. the game ended in the early hours of wednesday morning local time. tsitsipas dropped three service breaks to world number 42 zapata miralles but otherwise remained in charge throughout. he will meet germany's jan—lennard struff next for a place in the semis. and that's all the sport for now. back to you, lucy. we have a development from serbia, the country very much still in shock and digesting the news that a 14—year—old boy walked into school this morning and shot dead eight other children and a security guard, two other students are in a critical condition and a history teacher,

which is the class he went into. we can show you the live pictures at the moment, still a very heavy police presence. they were wearing helmets under medicare which has all come off, things are home, children are at home across the country, three days of national mourning have been declared on friday. the development we have to bring you as we have had various statements from the interior minister who said that this boy managed to get hold of two guns and three magazines full of 15 bullets each, we know the gun was a nine calibre rifle, he had four molotov cocktails, and they have now arrested his father, so the father of the 14—year—old suspect in this incident has been arrested and both of the pistols found on the suspect had legal permits. the interior minister said the students got hold of these two guns, three magazines

full of 15 bullets each, and legal measures will be taken against the father of the suspect, who has been arrested. our other developing story is the us presidential office says two drones attacked the kremlin last night. russia blames ukraine and say they believe it was a double an assassination attempt on vladimir putin. this video is circulating widely on russian social media, we cannot 100% verify edge, nobody was hurt and you can see smoke in the air above the kremlin. kyiv hasjust said the attack was staged and is being used to justify further attacks on ukraine. let's take it back to our russia editor at bbc cut monitoring. take us through what we are hearing from both the kremlin and president zelensky�*s office and

officials in kyiv? the kremlin says that one of the key buildings in the presidential compound, right at the heart of moscow, was attacked by two ukrainian drones overnight and there are various videos circulating online showing of the alleged attack. the kremlin also issued a statement saying this was an act of terror and is an attempt to assassinate the russian president ahead of victory day on the 9th of may, which is a hugely important holiday. it is a rapidly escalating situation, in the past ten minutes the speaker of the russian parliament issued a statement saying this was an attack on russia and, i

quote, will demand the use of weapons which can stop and destroy the terrorist regime in kyiv, that is according to the russian parliament speaker. officials in kyiv deny any involvement in what happens in moscow. the spokesman for president zelensky, the presidential adviser and one other, basically said the same thing, everything ukraine has at its disposal it is using to defend its own territory rather than attack russian territory. they also said they fear that this incident could be used as a pretext for further escalation. studio: you mentioned the same few moments ago but can you put the context into timing, given we are just few days away from the national

holiday on may the 9th in russia? reporter: it holiday on may the 9th in russia? reporter: , ., ., ., reporter: it is one of the more im ortant reporter: it is one of the more important state _ reporter: it is one of the more important state holidays - reporter: it is one of the more important state holidays in - reporter: it is one of the more l important state holidays in russia, various military parades are being held across russia, the most important of them is held outside the kremlin in red square. it is a time when russian officials celebrate russia's mites, military prowess, and over the past few years this was also a time when officials like president putin demanded that russians finish thejob like president putin demanded that russians finish the job started by the ancestors who defeated nazi germany —— it is a time when russian officials celebrate richer�*s might. it is no time for president putin to defeat what he calls a neo—nazi regime in ukraine, they say. —— it is now time. while the presidential spokesperson in russia insists plans

are in place for the main military parade to go ahead in moscow on may the 9th, a number of russian regions, particularly those bordering ukraine, have cancelled these parades, citing micro—security concerns. these parades, citing micro-security concerns. . ~' these parades, citing micro-security concerns. ., ~ , ., these parades, citing micro-security concerns. . ~ , ., y these parades, citing micro-security concerns. ., ~ , ., , . concerns. thank you very much, vitaly shevchenko. _ concerns. thank you very much, vitaly shevchenko. and - concerns. thank you very much, vitaly shevchenko. and now - concerns. thank you very much, vitaly shevchenko. and now live pictures from buckingham palace and it coronation preparations, a beautiful day in london. the british operating police for their quick response after a man was arrested after what appeared to be shotgun cartridges were thrown into the grounds of buckingham palace last night. ministers say a very complex security operation is in place for the kings coronation this weekend, which will be attended by leaders and royalty around the world. we have also heard today the security presence will be huge, lots of police will be involved, 11,000 police will be involved, 11,000 police officers on duty on saturday.

rehearsals for the coronation were held overnight in london and by all accounts everything went swimmingly. good to have you with us on bbc news, lewis is here next. hello, turning into a very pleasant day for many parts of the country with more sunshine around. we have a weak weather fronts bringing with more sunshine around. we have a weak weatherfronts bringing more cloud and little rain, a south easterly breeze will be developing as the high pressure tends to move away, that has been keeping a try but chilly recently and we see a south—westerly wind in the next few days, so things will get warmer but also more unsettled, temperatures peaking at 16 or 17 in the sunshine, chilly airfor eastern peaking at 16 or 17 in the sunshine, chilly air for eastern scotland and some north sea coasts as that race begins to develop, it will be more noticeable overnight. we will push away the rain for mainland scotland,

moving towards the northern isles, not quite as chilly across eastern parts of england, typical temperatures five to 7 degrees heading into tomorrow. many places starting dry with sunshine, lots of clouds coming into eastern scotland and north—east england as the breeze picks up, breeze bringing collagen training to the south—west, pushing the cloud into northern ireland. cooler than today, cooler across the east of scotland, north—east england, warmer with lighter winds across parts of the midlands and the south—east, temperatures probably reaching 19, compare that with the struggle to get into double figures in eastern scotland and the north—east of england in that chilly breeze off the north sea. this breeze off the north sea. this breeze pushes north through the evening and overnight, right not amounting to too much towards scotland on friday but it will be followed by sunshine and also increasing numbers of showers which could turn heavy, potentially thundery, southern coastal areas

might turn drier in the afternoon. when changing more to the south—west and decreasing, the wind still off the north sea, hence those lower temperatures here, but otherwise typically 15 to 17 degrees. there will be quite of few showers, those will be quite of few showers, those will tend to move away overnight, with the weather coming from the south—west things are looking unsettled into the coronation weekend. i will be rain events, it might be warm enough in the sunshine but turning wet on saturday, sunday probably the driest of the few days before sunshine returns on monday —— there will be rain events.

live from london, this is bbc news. russia accuses ukraine of a drone attack on the kremlin, kyiv denies having anything to do with it. a teenage suspect is detained after eight children and a security guard shot dead at a school in belgrade. one of the biggest ever police operations against one of italy's biggest mafia syndicate says dozens of arrests across europe. welcome to the programme. we start with the news out of russia, moscow specifically and russia's claims

that two drones attacked the