hello you are watching bbc news. we are going to catch up with all the support now. hello from the bbc sport centre. erling haaland says he felt �*proud', as he scored his 35th goal in the premier league... breaking the record for the most goals scored in a season. it moves him past alan shearer and andy coles previous best of 34. all in his debut season in english football too. shearer says he "couldnt have wanted it to go to a nicer guy... he's the best". although, haaland says he doesnt think about records..and last night said he was just going home to "play video games and sleep". well his goal helped manchester city beat west ham 3—0 to return back to the top of the table. a very happy boss pep guardiola then.

22 years old, still five games left. how many times i make a substitution, hat—trick at 60 minutes? otherwise may be he will score more, on the other hand he may get injured, his body has to be all the time it like a watch. but, congratulations to him and all the team who helped him to achieve it. very good to have him. manchester united manager erik ten hag says he's expecting brighton to be out for revenge when his side host them in the premier league tonight... united beat brighton on penalties in their fa cup semi—final last month. roberto de zerbi's side are having a very impressive season... and are eighth in the table... still pushing for european qualification for the first time. if you get beaten, you want to have revenge and it is normal. they have a huge motivation to beat us, but we have to match that.

not only match that, we have to do more. we have to show more, that we are more hungry than them to win the game. a 33 year wait for the serie a title could be over for napoli later. they'll crowned champions of italy if they manage to get at least a point against udinese. they've been on the verge of winning the league for several days now... and could have done it on wednesday night, but lazio spoiled the party by winning their game against sass—uolo 2—0 . needing a win to keep their ultra—slim hopes alive, lazio led early through felipe anderson, before toma basic sealed the points in stoppage time. it's likely though, they've only postponed the inevitable as napoli just need one point from their final six matches to secure the title elsewhere in serie a, inter milan boosted their hopes of champions league qualification with a 6—0 thrashing at struggling verona. while tonight, the other fixture

see's empoli hosting bologna. and... there's four games in spain's la liga this evening. athletic bilbao and real betis are seperated byjust two points in the table. sitting in 7th and 6th — withjust six games remaining — both sides are aiming to secure european football before the end of the season. laura wienroither is the latest women's super league player to have ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament. she is the fourth arsenal player to sustain the injury, following others, the lastjust one week ago. laura was substituted in the 82nd minute of arsenals womens champions league semi—final match against wolfsburg. arsenal have said that laura will undergo surgery in due course and will be sidelined for an extended period. rory mcilroy will celebrate his birthday by returning to the golf

course at the wells fargo championship. it gets started at quail hollow and will be mcilroys first event since his exit at the masters, which was followed by his withdrawl from the rbc heritage event last month for his mental and emotional wellbeing. he tees off alongside matt fitzpatrick and jason day at 7:31am local time. it's nice to come back to a place where you have a lot of great memories. the last memories of being here, winning a tournament. this is where i launched my career, one of the first events. a lot has happened since then, i always, the community here will always have a special place in my heart. there was a big win for the boston celtics on wednesday night — they thrashed the philadelphia 76ers 121—87 to level the eastern conference semi—final

at one game apiece. jaylen brown scored 25 points and malcolm brogdon 23 from the bench, including six three—pointers, for the celtics. spoiling the sixers centre joel embiid's big return — the nba's most valuable player — was back from injury after two weeks out. so, all eyes turn to the third game of the seven—game series, which takes place in philadelphia on friday. tough environment in philadelphia, a hostile environment, but it should be fine, we should be excited to embrace that challenge. you have to be worthy of what you say you are going to do. these are the moments that you have to persevere through. all these challenges, you can't run and hide, you have to accept it head on. come out and play basketball. in major league baseball.

shohei ohtani tied a career—high 13 strike—outs, as los angeles angels beat the st. louis cardinals 6—4 on wednesday night. 0htani also became the second player in history to record 500 career strike—outs and hit at least 100 home runs. and that's all the sport for now. sir richard branson is known for his promotional stunts and generally positive outlook, but he's revealed he feared he would lose his whole business empire during the pandemic. speaking to the bbc�*s amol rajan, the boss of the virgin group says the problems left him depressed for the first time in his life. let's take a look. he has one of the most colourful careers in business, from record company to a transatlantic airline. and her new venture in cruise line

and space travel. sir richard branson has been a survivor but the pandemic left infighting from his caribbean island. mac did you lose a lot of money personally in trying to save company? it lot of money personally in trying to save company?— save company? it cost us a big percentage _ save company? it cost us a big percentage of _ save company? it cost us a big percentage of our _ save company? it cost us a big percentage of our net - save company? it cost us a big percentage of our net worth, l save company? it cost us a big - percentage of our net worth, maybe one and a half billion. there was a time when it looked like we would lose everything. we had 50 or 60 planes on the ground. they clubs and hotels all closed. the worst would have seen 60,000 people out on the streets. personally, iwas have seen 60,000 people out on the streets. personally, i was fortunate in that our kids managed to get the island and our grandkids got the island. although i experienced may be a couple of months of what people must feel when they are... pretty low. i have never experienced that before in my life. do low. i have never experienced that before in my life.— low. i have never experienced that before in my life. do you mean that

for the first — before in my life. do you mean that for the first time _ before in my life. do you mean that for the first time you were - for the first time you were depressed?— for the first time you were depressed?- your - for the first time you were depressed? yes. your repetition took a hit in the depressed? is; your repetition took a hit in the first part depressed? jez3 your repetition took a hit in the first part of the pandemic, because senior members of your team said that they needed her loans to save the company and save the airline. but then there were people saying that branson is a billionaire, surely he can find the money. i billionaire, surely he can find the mone . . billionaire, surely he can find the mone . v v , v billionaire, surely he can find the mone. v v , v money. i never had any coverage as ainful as money. i never had any coverage as painful as that. _ money. i never had any coverage as painful as that. really? _ money. i never had any coverage as painful as that. really? is _ painful as that. really? is difficult to _ painful as that. really? is difficult to explain - painful as that. really? is difficult to explain to - painful as that. really? is i difficult to explain to people painful as that. really? is - difficult to explain to people when everybody is hurting. what we were concerned to do was to try and get government support. not gifts from government, but underwriting loans. in the early days, sir richard used glamour and publicity stunts as part of the marketing. when you look back at those campaigns, do some of the things make you wince? i

at those campaigns, do some of the things make you wince?— things make you wince? i think it would make _ things make you wince? i think it would make me _ things make you wince? i think it would make me wince _ things make you wince? i think it would make me wince if - things make you wince? i think it would make me wince if i - things make you wince? i think it would make me wince if i felt - things make you wince? i think it| would make me wince if i felt that the women were uncomfortable at all. i don't think i made anyone feel uncomfortable. in those days, it made them smile, like kate moss for instance, she laughed, she knew what was coming. today, i think people would feel uncomfortable with something like that. so it has changed. fist something like that. so it has chanced. �* something like that. so it has chanced.�* ,. ,, , changed. at 72, he says he discusses succession planning _ changed. at 72, he says he discusses succession planning with _ changed. at 72, he says he discusses succession planning with his - changed. at 72, he says he discusses succession planning with his family . succession planning with his family but he is still in control of the virgin group. and he is as competitive as ever. it’s virgin group. and he is as competitive as ever. it's not checkmate _ competitive as ever. it's not checkmate yet. _ you can see the full interview with sir richard branson tonight at seven on bbc two — and it's available and it's available now on bbc iplayer. kabuki is one of japan's most famous cultural exports — a form of theatre that dates back hundreds of years.

it involves precise choreography and formidable dedication. and when it comes to kabuki performers — you have to start young — as tim allman explains. a new star makes his debut on the boards of tokyo's kabuki—za theatre. it is the usual colourful display of swordplay and dance. but the new kid on the block is exactly that — a kid. maholo terajima is ten years old and has been fascinated by kabuki for as long as he can remember. but there is a big difference between watching and doing. "i need to make sure not to get the choreography or the lines wrong," he says, "and don't forget movements for a fight scene".

this is maholo when he's not performing. like most of the kids his age he likes baseball and video games, but the stage is in his blood and has been since he was little. translation: i took him to the kabuki-za theatre l when he was around two. he spent the day and night in the theatre. i was surprised. that fascination has only grown and maholo could make quite a name for himself. his family say they'll support him whatever he chooses to do, it's his life. but for now he appears content to be the kabuki kid. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. a dry day for many, a little bit on the breezy side but there will be a few exceptions to the dry story. the north of scotland see

some light rain, that will fizzle out but in the south—west channel islands, and parts of southern wales where we will start to see showers and the odd rumble of thunder become more extensive. away from that, a fair bit of hazy sunshine, eastern scotland and will be rather gloomy and stiff onshore breeze from the east. around eight or 9 degrees along the coast. mild us towards parts the midlands and we can see highs of around 19 or 20 celsius. be prepared, there will be some high pollen levels. into this evening and overnight, showers in the south—west and wales, develop more widely, pushing northwards may be as far as southern scotland by the morning. another cool night in scotland, vertically further north, south is milder, temperatures in double fee did boot—mack figures. some hit and miss showers to begin friday, driest

and brightest will be the far north of scotland, but a windy day. slow and thundery showers through the afternoon. some of you will see more than others, some will stay with sunny spells and staying pleasant in the sunshine with temperatures in the sunshine with temperatures in the high teens. as we go through the weekend, low pressure becomes more dominant. this one developing to the south of the parent low pressure system may give us a few problems on saturday. increasing cloud across the country and rain spreading from the country and rain spreading from the south and south—west through the morning and afternoon. across england and wales, even scotland and northern ireland will see some thunderstorms break out in the second half of the day. you will notice that it is still milder, feeling warmer in northern scotland compared to what we have seen. for those heading off to the events in london, expect rain at times, on and off, they could be the odd heavy burst. the winds are generally

light, the mile story will continue through the weekend. saturday is the wetter of the days, sunday like to showers and more heavy thunderstorms on monday.

live from london, this is bbc news. russia blames the us for the drone attack on the kremlin — after launching a new wave of air strikes on ukraine. president zelensky stresses the importance of bringing the russian leader tojustice — during a speech at the international criminal court in the hague. most of the world is not afraid. the aggressor must fear the full power ofjustice, only him, yet this is our historic responsibility. i'm maryam moshiri, live here at westminister abbey, kicking off our special coverage of the king's coronation. we will bring you all the latest on all the preperation and plans for the day.