time for a bit of sport now. sam allardyce has taken charge of a training session at leeds united for the first time — having taken over as managerfrom javi gracia. having taken over as 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. it is probably the biggest challenge because of the shortness of games

that are left, there needs to be points picked up and the difficulty is you are looking at the fixtures, we start with an easy one on saturday, you can't get any easier than manchester city away, but i enjoyed the game so much, to try to be able to keep this in the premier league is a big responsibility and a big challenge, but one i'm prepared to take, because of who leeds united l. 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. three new players have been added to the premier league hall of fame — earlier rio ferdinand

and petr cech were announced. and in the past hour, a third has been named, and it is... —— and a third to a few hours later, and it was... ..tony adams — the former arsenal captain. he wore the armband for the first ten seasons of the premier league, making 225 appearances. he said "i loved being a footballer and i love arsenal football club. every time i put that shirt on, i felt proud, and it forever holds a special place in my heart." it's all eyes on the top four in serie a on wednesday. 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. lionel messi will leave paris saint—germain at the end of his current contract later this summer. the argentine world cup winner had agreed —— had reached an agreement in principle to extend his stay for another year but neither club no

player wish to sign the deal. messi isn't convinced the club can play at the top of the european game due to finance issues at the french champions wish to concentrate on developing young talent. rory mcilroy has said his "mental and emotional wellbeing" was a reason for him withdrawing from the rbc heritage event last month. no reason was given at the time for the world number three�*s withdrawal, which came soon after he missed the cut at the masters. the northern irishman told the golf channel he needed a break. 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. zhang zhizhen became the first chinese player to reach an atp masters 1000 quarterfinal on tuesday, beating american taylor fritz 3—6, 7—6, 7—6. zhang won in a final—set tie—breaker

for the third straight time at the clay—court tournament in the spanish capital. it was the first win against a top—10 opponent for the 26—year—old. congratulations to him. and that's all the sport for now. studio: thank you. there is new evidence russia might be behind the underwater explosions that damaged key gas pipelines in the baltic sea last year. according to an investigation by scandinavian broadcasters, russian naval ships were in the area shortly before the blasts at the nord stream pipelines. 0ne blasts at the nord stream pipelines. one of the vessels was capable of underwater operations. moscow has previously blamed the us, the uk and ukraine. gordon carrabba has more details. the mystery began last september, an underwater explosion on the nord stream pipelines built to carry us between russia and europe, but who was responsible? ——

built to carry gas. now an investigation by nordic broadcaster says it has tracked russian navy vessels as having behaved suspiciously close to where the blast took place. i spoke to a retired british royal navy analyst to track the communications of the ships to locate them. for to track the communications of the ships to locate them.— ships to locate them. for the last two and half _ ships to locate them. for the last two and half years, _ ships to locate them. for the last two and half years, every - ships to locate them. for the last two and half years, every day - ships to locate them. for the last two and half years, every day i i two and half years, every day i had sat here and monitored the baltic fleet and this is the only time i pick these guys up operating in this area. the bite their investigation says one ship, which has underwater surveillance capabilities, took an unusual route injune is to the blast happened and another boat was close by that month. a third vessel was spotted in the area in september just days before the explosions took place. that vessel can be used as a support and rescue vessel. marine operations. denmark's defence force

said last week it had spotted another russian vessel around the same time. the nordic broadcaster is behind this investigation a satellite imagery has backed up their claims about the movement of russian vessels. the nord stream pipelines were designed to carry gas from russia to europe. i have been competing theories as to who might be behind the blasts. russia has blamed the west, including the uk. other reports have suggested that sympathising with ukraine could even have been responsible. the latest claims may not be conclusive and so far investigators have not made any formal statements on who they think was responsible, but the question surrounding what happened here on the sea bed are only growing. gordon corera, bbc news. ben thompson has the business news. the uk's financial regulator is proposing a big overhaul of london's share listing rules. it's a response to a drain

on the sector in recent years, with new listings falling far behind those in the us and the rest of europe. in particular there are measures to make it easier for new companies to join the stock market. the city minister says it would improve london's international competitiveness clare cole is director of market 0versight at the the financial conduct authority. she told me earlier how it would work in practice. the proposals are designed to make it attractive to a diverse range of companies and to make sure london remains competitive, so the changes are about reducing complexity and making the regime more effective. we hope that in doing that we will make london more attractive to some of the high—growth new technology companies we want to attract, so we are proposing some changes which will effectively move to a single segment of listing within london but removing some of but

removing some of the requirements for companies to be mature and have a three year track record. the consequence is it becomes so much more attractive to some new economy companies who want to attract. you say it is about making it more attractive, but isn't it the case that these companies say i want to list elsewhere because there are better places to do business, so it is about how they operate once they have listed? that is a valid point and one of the things we want to encourage on the back of these proposals is a wider discussion around the ecosystem in london and try to get a debate going on what we need to do to make companies want to list and stay in the uk so they grow, and the wider impact that will have on the uk economy, so you are absolutely right, it is notjust regulation, we need to make sure that we start that discussion and we are doing our bit to try to make london

as attractive as possible. i know your role is around legislation and regulation, but what else needs to change to make those companies think "i want to be in the uk where it is good to do business, "i want to list in london?" there is a number of things. 0ther commentators have highlighted things which will be really important, we want to look at things like the remuneration policy for directors, tax implications for security, pension reforms, a huge amount of different things that need to be considered but ultimately london is a global financial services centre and we have all the building blocks for this to continue to be a vibrant market, i hope we can continue that discussion and think about some of those other areas of change, we want to keep london as competitive as possible.

the face let's talk about the big question about whether america's central bank will raise rates one more time or take a break. as the federal reserve wraps up its may meeting later, inflation isn't the only worry — the turbulence at ailing bank first republic has revived fears about credit conditions. there are also worries about a cooling labour market. interest rates are currently at 4.75%, so what will america's central bank do and say? michelle fleury reports from westchester, new york. losing momentum — after nine rate hikes in the past year the federal reserve's efforts to cool the us economy are having an effect. this is a chain you will see on roller shades and vertical blinds. bill runs a family run manufacturing business in westchester new york and he is seeing this first hand.

we are expecting softness in the marketplace for about six months or so. we are seeing lots of softness in the market as far as demand. the commitment in terms of long—term blanket orders with customers, we are not saying that either, so we are having challenges with that. american businesses are pulling back on spending and hiring. the housing market is slowing, both areas sensitive to changes in interest rates, and more pain might be coming. america's central bank was tipped to raise rates again in what is expected to be its last hike for a while, but after this week's collapse of the first republic bank some are speculating it might already be done, with the fed having to manage inflation, growth had no financial stability concerns. slowing the economy too much could lead to a recession and with many unresolved problems america's central bank might feel like after this week it is time to hit pause to see if they have done enough after nine rate hikes.

one thing they will be watching, the cost of food. products like eggs have come down in price but remain historically high. 0ne us economist says the inflation fight has yet to be won. i don't think the inflation battle is over but we are in a situation where we are seeing gradual disinflation, so inflation is slowing, and we are also in an environment where interest rates are high and elevated and therefore constraining business activity, which should lead to further disinflation in the coming months. dare i mention the r word? fear of a recession is very much prominent. and the political risks are growing too. president biden�*s republicans in congress are on a collision course over raising the debt ceiling, the limit on how much the us can burrow. failing to do so would not only inflict economic pain here but also on the rest of the globe. let's stay in the united states.

the chief executives of alphabet and microsoft will meet with american vice president kamala harris to discuss key artificial intelligence issues on thursday. president biden wants to ensure new ai products are fully safe and tested before they are made available to the public. there are growing concerns about the rapid speed of ai technology and how it may be misused. yesterday, over a billion dollars was wiped off the stock market value of the digital learning company pearson after us rival chegg admitted that the rise of artificial intelligence chatbot chatgpt is hurting its business. dr kate devlin is a researcher in artificial intelligence and society at king's college london. i asked her if regulation may stifle competition and innovation. it is difficult to say. interesting there is a move by the white house to have a closer look because until now the us has been quite hands off in terms of regulation, so i think this could be frightening a few people when you consider the implications

of some of the changes. i suppose that is the dilemma, is it exciting and new or something we should be concerned about and trying to regulate? if we try to regulate it, does it stifle competition and innovation? the us has been very content to pretty much self regulate until now. there is no global approach to regulating ai, in the uk they proposed very much a sector regulation where regulators would keep an eye on things, there is the proposed eu ai act which will be one of the very first thing is to attempt to put this into law so there is growing tension between what can and should be done. go face as you said, that meeting will get under way in the us with president biden,—

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important and positive users| concerning? ai has incredibly i important and positive users but concerning? ai has incredibly - important and positive users but we tend to look at the negative, possibly dystopian, things that could happen, so we need to navigate this to reap these benefits, but at the same time keep a close eye on what could go wrong. find the same time keep a close eye on what could go wrong.— what could go wrong. and plenty could no what could go wrong. and plenty could go wrong. _ hollywood screenwriters are out on strike. they downed tools in a dispute over pay, rights and — in a sign of the times — the role of artificial intelligence. as we have just discussed. the writer's guild wants assurances that ai will not be used to rewrite, or even create new scripts and programmes. the strike, which is the largest of its kind since 2007, has already had an impact of some of television's most—watched shows. samira hussain is following the story from new york. really interesting, those demands of focus quite clearly on pay and conditions but the role of ai in television writing is a new and something writers are worried about? absolutely, we saw this wave of

automation really impacting manufacturing sectors several decades ago, people are increasingly being replaced by machines, this is continuing, but as machines become smarter there is a concern that perhaps writers and their creativity will be turned over to artificial intelligence. we are seeing these conversations already within universities and now it is happening here, that isjust universities and now it is happening here, that is just one of the issues at stake for the striking writers and the academy themselves. they are also arguing for better pay and more guaranteed to pay. because of these streaming services you have a situation that lots of these writers have been pushed into a kind of gig economy, for example they will write a piece of work and all the rewrites and things that happen afterwards are not counted as work. if you look at that from an aggregate they are

making a lot less money than they used to, and that is part of some of their arguments and that is why they are on strike. their arguments and that is why they are on strike-— are on strike. that issue of work bein: are on strike. that issue of work being classed — are on strike. that issue of work being classed -- _ are on strike. that issue of work being classed -- workers - are on strike. that issue of work| being classed -- workers classed being classed —— workers classed sort of as freelancers, the so—called gig economy, it has affected many industries and now it is coming for hollywood writers? absolutely, the impact we are seeing now is being shown, or not shown, on late—night television programmes that are written during the day to respond to the news of the day and that go on at night. those programmes are dark and running reruns. but it has more to do with streaming services and network programmes but they do those well in advance and they had such a backlog of programmes that they can'tjust roll on through, so we will not probably see an effect until much later. ~ ~ , ., , ., .

later. we will keep an eye on much, as i am later. we will keep an eye on much, as i am sure — later. we will keep an eye on much, as i am sure you _ later. we will keep an eye on much, as i am sure you will, _ later. we will keep an eye on much, as i am sure you will, samira - as i am sure you will, samira hussain, life in new york. indian low—cost carrier go first has filed for bankruptcy due to severe cash flow problems. the airline has blamed its us engine supplier pratt & whitney for not supplying working engines, which resulted in the airline's downfall. it's also cancelled all of its flights for next three days. 0ur india business correspondent archana shukla has more from mumbai. the vice the story of go first has really changed. it was cash strapped for much of last year at around half of its aircraft were granted, 25 out of its aircraft were granted, 25 out of 61 airbus aircraft, due to faulty engines which are powered by engines exclusively supplied by pratt and whitney, most of them have been faulty. with further engine failure expected in the next three to four months, airline operations will be made and viable. it has filed a

complaint in the us court against the engine maker. with almost half of that speech unavailable, it has meant frequent flight cancellations have meant a drop in their share in the indian aviation market which has seen fierce competition. the airline says it has lost over $1.3 billion, some of its planes have been repossessed. it might be facing fuel payment issues since it was moved to cash and carry by oil companies. local reports say the airline has cancelled most of its flights for the next three days starting on the 3rd of may. the airline is owned by a prominent corporate family, the wadia group and they were looking to possible investors, but no luck so far. go first was not the only airline affected by faulty pratt and whitney engines and the supply glitch, indigo is also stuck. between the two of them 60 aircraft are granted for lack of spare parts

and the aviation regulator was forced to take note and secret solutions. all those details from mumbai. much more on the website. you are watching bbc news. welcome back, you are live with bbc news. more on the coronation which is coming up, lots of preparations under way. creative endeavours too, some schoolchildren have helped to write a new song. # if you were king from today. # how would you celebrate? # open the palace gates. # eat pizza and stay up late. children in primary schools up and down the land are belting out this song, fit for a king!

written by teacher turned author, banji alexander, he hopes it will connect younger people to the coronation. i think once you can get children excited about something, once it becomes fun and relevant to them, they will certainly engage with it. and new king makes the song and the idea of being a leader and having power very relevant to children. it is written from a child's perspective, so they are very excited about the coronation. they have never experienced a coronation. i have never experienced a coronation, so i am equally as excited as they are. # i'm the new king. # sipping applejuice from my chalice. # i do new things. # new trampoline park in the palace. # i'm the new king. # i'm living large and living lavish. # i do new things. # baby giraffes up in the palace. # oh, oh, oh, oh, oh! this song is all about what you would do if you were suddenly king for the day, and it's got lyrics in it like maybe you would have a trampoline at buckingham palace. or perhaps you would have a marshmallow milkshake.

and it is certainly a song that has got lots of these children noticed. so with a nod to the song's lyrics, what would these children do if they were king for the day? we don't have a throne, but we do have the next best thing. it's the head teacher's chair. i would probably call buckingham palace cat castle. because i am in love with cats. i would probably make every castle and palace, on the very top of it, have a giant open—air roof garden. if i were king i would eat pizza basically every day. _ rehearsals have kept the children at this school in south london busy. they even shot a music video. and the song is set to be released on the day of the king's coronation. ricky boleto, bbc news. # oh, oh, oh, oh, oh! more now on the other big events

coming up, eurovision song contest in liverpool. bbc radio merseyside launched a talent search to find the voice of eurovision for goes alternative, tree, and on monday the winner was caught off guard when his name was announced on the one show. i have a bit of a surprise for you. exclusively live on the one show, you have been selected for the voice of merseyside! that you have been selected for the voice of merseyside!— you have been selected for the voice of merseyside! that was paul quinn, here he is, live _ of merseyside! that was paul quinn, here he is, live from _ of merseyside! that was paul quinn, here he is, live from liverpool. - here he is, live from liverpool. congratulations. thank you very much, i can't believe it, i'm absolutely buzzing.- much, i can't believe it, i'm absolutely buzzing. that was a nice moment, where _ absolutely buzzing. that was a nice moment, where you _ absolutely buzzing. that was a nice moment, where you genuinely - absolutely buzzing. that was a nice - moment, where you genuinely shocked? afterwards lots of people said, you did know?! i had no clue, i bought everything hook, line and sinker. for people who don't know what you have won, what was it about? the

idea is to have won, what was it about? tue: idea is to provide have won, what was it about? tte: idea is to provide a have won, what was it about? tt2 idea is to provide a scouse alternative commentary alongside national treasure graham norton on the grand final night, so i had to submit an audition where i watched one of last year's acts and basically gave an introduction as though i was commentating on the grand final. i uploaded that very last minute, on the last day of the competition, i ended up doing it from a hotel room in london because i did not know when i would next have wi—fi. i did not know when i would next have wi-fi-_ i did not know when i would next have wi-fi. . , ~ , have wi-fi. that helped me keep it fresh. have wi-fi. that helped me keep it fresh- and — have wi-fi. that helped me keep it fresh. and nice _ have wi-fi. that helped me keep it fresh. and nice and _ have wi-fi. that helped me keep it fresh. and nice and relaxed. - have wi-fi. that helped me keep it fresh. and nice and relaxed. you i have wi-fi. that helped me keep it. fresh. and nice and relaxed. you are up fresh. and nice and relaxed. you are up against a national treasure, that is pressure. we up against a national treasure, that is pressure-— up against a national treasure, that is ressure. ~ . ., ., is pressure. we have had a good few ears of is pressure. we have had a good few years of graham. — is pressure. we have had a good few years of graham, he _ is pressure. we have had a good few years of graham, he might - is pressure. we have had a good few years of graham, he might like i is pressure. we have had a good few years of graham, he might like the l years of graham, he might like the break, he might like the lack of pressure thinking not everyone is listening to me, some people are listening to me, some people are listening to me, some people are listening to paul and claire sweeney, we can help each other out. you mentioned claire sweeney, who will be alongside you. what are your

preparations like? what is the homework, the research, the prep? t homework, the research, the prep? i would be to bring all this research evenif would be to bring all this research even if i had not won, i genuinely love it, i would watch it every year, i do my homework and make sure i know whose song is good and who might struggle, there is not much difference for me, i will be at the studio with a microphone and claire sweeney but we will be watching all the sunnis and the dress rehearsals to prepare. the sunnis and the dress rehearsals to --reare. , , , ,., to prepare. very briefly, it is an extravaganza. _ to prepare. very briefly, it is an extravaganza. -- _ to prepare. very briefly, it is an extravaganza. -- we _ to prepare. very briefly, it is an extravaganza. -- we will- to prepare. very briefly, it is an extravaganza. -- we will be i to prepare. very briefly, it is an i extravaganza. -- we will be watching all the semis — extravaganza. -- we will be watching all the semis and _ extravaganza. -- we will be watching all the semis and the _ extravaganza. -- we will be watching all the semis and the dress _ all the semis and the dress rehearsals.— all the semis and the dress rehearsals. ~ ., , ., , ., all the semis and the dress rehearsals. ~ ., , ., ., rehearsals. what you will stand out for ou, rehearsals. what you will stand out foryou. what— rehearsals. what you will stand out for you, what will _ rehearsals. what you will stand out for you, what will be _ rehearsals. what you will stand out for you, what will be the _ rehearsals. what you will stand out for you, what will be the big - for you, what will be the big moment you have to get right? it is happening _ you have to get right? it is happening already, - you have to get right? it 3 happening already, the vibe in the city, the city is hopping and it is a real pinch me moments because i don't think anybody would have expected liverpool would be the host city, so to be walking around, it

feels like the party has already started, that is my answer, it has already started.— already started. best of luck, you will not need _ already started. best of luck, you will not need it, _ already started. best of luck, you will not need it, you _ already started. best of luck, you will not need it, you will - already started. best of luck, you will not need it, you will be i will not need it, you will be fantastic. i will be tuning in and listening to how you get on. full—grain, fantastic. now the weather. today was a fine, late spring day with sunshine more widely for many parts of the country. temperatures reach 19 in the sunshine in west wales. much more cloud in scotland, temperatures lower with some rain heading into the north west of scotland, a weakening weather front takes the rain towards the northern isles overnight. the rest of the uk likely to be dry, and east or south easterly breeze picking up, breaks in the cloud but not so chilly as last night in eastern parts of england. these are the numbers into dawn on thursday. for many parts of the country thursday looks dry with

sunshine at times, a few changes, but stronger went off the north sea brings more cloud into eastern scotland and north—east england, a weather front approaching the south—west brings patchy rain and increases the climate in northern ireland. it may be cooler than today, cooler in the north—east but with sunshine elsewhere and lighter winds for the midlands and the south—east, here it will be warmer with temperatures reaching 19. contrast that with temperatures barely getting into double figures in eastern scotland and the north—east of england. rain has come from the south—west, not huge amounts, the weather front continues northwards overnight into friday morning, probably getting stuck across scotland through the day and to the south we will see sunshine, showers developing readily, they can be heavy and thundery, southernmost england should see an improvement later in the afternoon. we still have a stronger went off the north

sea in scotland, hence temperatures a bit lower on friday, although they should be higher in the north—east of scotland. temperatures will be around 15 to 17 for many parts of the uk. the colder air in the north—east will be pushed away, the wind changes more but the weather will be turning more unsettled in time for the coronation weekend with weather fronts moving from the south or west. things are looking more changeable, some rain in the forecast. it looks like rain will push from the south on saturday, sunday likes the driest day before we see heavy showers returning on monday. —— sunday looks like the driest day.

live from london. this is bbc news. in the next 60 minutes all the main uk stories together with the latest breaking developments internationally. russia accuses ukraine of a drone attack on the kremlin. kyiv denies having anything to do with it. footage had emerged of a drone strike on the kremlin. and we will have a closer look at the security measures put in place around king charles' coronation.

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