blood in tehran. excitement over a blood test which can detect 50 different types of cancer. rail passengers in the uk are experiencing their second day of major disruption this week as tens of thousands of workers go on strike. more on those stories shortly. sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. this saturday will be the 142nd fa cup final in history but also the first ever manchester derby in an fa cup final as well. ahead of the match, both pep guardiola and erik ten hag if you have been stressing the significance of lifting the trophy for their clubs season's. winning it — would keep city's chances of an historic treble alive

but meanwhile united — who did their own treble in 1999 — have the power to stop them. it is about how you perform as a team and _ it is about how you perform as a team and how _ it is about how you perform as a team and how you _ it is about how you perform as a team and how you perform in this 90 minutes, _ team and how you perform in this 90 minutes, 95— team and how you perform in this 90 minutes, 95 minutes. a great opportunity and we have a good opponent, a great opponent, and we are looking forward to that test. is this a game you have to win? every game you have got to win. if you play football, it is about winning and results, so every game you play, you have to win. rigid the real madrid striker karim benzema is weighing up his options for next year including signing for a club in saudi arabia, and one of his former team—mates, cristiano ronaldo, is urging others to do what he did. although his club was not able to win any silverware in saudi

arabia this year, kris ronaldo says he is happy there. —— cristiano ronaldo. if he is happy there. -- cristiano ronald0-_ he is happy there. -- cristiano ronaldo. , u, ., ., ronaldo. if they continue to do the work that they _ ronaldo. if they continue to do the work that they want _ ronaldo. if they continue to do the work that they want to _ ronaldo. if they continue to do the work that they want to do, - ronaldo. if they continue to do the work that they want to do, for - ronaldo. if they continue to do the work that they want to do, for the | work that they want to do, for the next five years, i think the saudi arabia league can be the fifth in the world. i'm positive and confident that things will change and we will go in a better way. let's believe on that and working on that. jose mourinho has been charged with "insulting and abusive language" against a match official following his club roma's loss to sevilla in the europa league final on wednesday. english referee anthony taylor officiated the match and was also accosted with his family at budapest airport by roma fans a as they travelled back to the uk. a premier league spokesperson says the abuse is "inexcusable". novak djokovic has resumed his bid for a 23rd grand slam singles title, facing

spain's alejandro davidovich fokina. he is a set up. earlier in the day there was a surprise defeat for third seed jessica pegula after she was beaten in straight sets by belgian elise mertens. the american went down 6—1, 6—3. mertens will face anastasia potapova or 2021 finalist anastasia pavlyuchenkova in round four. meanwhile, there was a comfortable win for aryna sabalenka against kamilla rakhimova. sabalenka dropped just four games to reach the 4th round at roland garros for the first time. the denver nuggets will head game two against the miami heat full of confidence that they can deliver a first championship to the city. that came after all—star centre nikola jokic lead them to victory over the heat in game one of the nba finals. the serbian two—time mvp registered yet another triple double — his ninth of the postseason — as he finished with 27 points, ten rebounds and 1a assists.

jokic�*s performance, supported by jamal murray's 26 points, meant that denver extended their perfect home record in this year's playoffs to 9 and 0. game two against the heat takes place in denver on sunday. i reminded our ireminded ourgroup, i reminded our group, miami went into the garden, winning the first game, and they did the same in boston, so we did not want them coming here and taking control of the series on our court. we have a helluva job of protecting our home court and i do not think we have lost a game at home in the play—offs as yet. we know sunday night is going to be a real challenge. and that's all the sport for now. scientists say they're excited by the results of a blood test trial which can detect 50 different types of cancers. a study found the blood test managed to correctly identify two thirds of cancers among 5,000

people, who went to their gp, with suspected symptoms. our medical editor, fergus walsh, has more details. a blood test which could detect cancer and rule it out, with very high accuracy, would be revolutionary. this test has been developed by californian company grail. it can detect tiny fragments of cancerous dna in the bloodstream, which have broken off from a tumour. the trial involved more than 5,000 patients from england and wales who'd gone to their gp with suspected cancer symptoms. a positive blood test result meant the patient was likely to have cancer. tumours were confirmed 75% of the time. a negative test meant cancer was very unlikely, but did not rule it out completely. where cancer was correctly found, the test was able to pinpoint its origin in the body in 85% of cases. the oxford professor who led the trial, and is presenting

the results at a conference in chicago, says the blood test is still a work in progress, but its ability to pinpoint the type of cancer is exciting. 85% of the time — when we found a cancer — it told us where that cancer was. so in future, we could use the test accurately to get the right and basic investigations done first time, and speed up the diagnosis. you only know if you're in the test group if the test detectsl potential signs of cancer. often, cancer patients present with only vague symptoms, like unexpected weight loss or abdominal pain, so the blood test could help spare them unnecessary investigations. a major trial of the grail test is under way across the nhs. 140,000 healthy volunteers are having annual blood tests to see whether it can detect potential signs of cancer. the first results are due next year. fergus walsh, bbc news.

ukraine's president zelensky has threatened potential prosecutions of local officials — if there is any repeat of the failure to open air raid shelters, which contributed to the deaths of three people in kyiv on thursday. a nine year old girl, her mother, and another woman died, after trying to use a shelter during a russian missile strike, only to find it was closed. mr zelensky said the shelters had to be accessible 2a hours a day. this was the scene in a kyiv subway station, as fresh russian air strikes triggered countrywide alerts overnight. the ukrainian government says 36 drones and missiles were shot down in and around the capital. our correspondent james waterhouse has more from kyiv. there seems to be quite an ugly bit of political fallout

from yesterday's strikes, which left three people dead. they were unable to get into an air raid shelter, which was locked. it was a public air raid shelter. and today, president zelensky has hardly held back. he has described vitali klitschko, the city's mayor, as an enemy. he said, "i thought it was russia, but it turns out we have internal enemies as well." now, klitschko has responded, in short saying, "yes, i am partly responsible, but it was the president "who installed the officials who were responsible "for that shelter." it really is ugly. but i think this has been a relentless continuation of russian air strikes. there were two waves of attacks last night, yet another night and morning where people heard sirens and then explosions. they weren't able to get a night's sleep and they had to head and take cover. the skies were filled with air

defence systems where missiles were going up into the air, lighting the area in orange at times. it was almost like a bizarre fireworks display. and this is the daily reality. and there are no signs to suggest that russia is going to let up with its tactic of targeting ukrainian cities, despite the military significance of such a move continuing to be debatable. officials in vienna say two austrian nationals held in iran for years have been released and are returning home. dual citizens kamran ghaderi and massud mossaheb were released after 2,709 and 1,586 days respectively. our correspondent, bethany bell, is in vienna. both of these men are dual citizens and one of them was arrested in 2016

when he arrived in tehran airport on a visit to his family there. amnesty international said he was convicted on spying charges after a forced confession obtained under torture. the second man, we understand, is in his 70s, and he was arrested in tehran in 2019 and again on what amnesty international called vague national security related offences. he is understood to have quite severe medical problems including diabetes and heart problems. the news of their release has been welcomed in austria and we have heard from the austrian leader who said this was a success of diplomacy.

the foreign minister of austria said it was an emotional day for all of us. he said their thoughts were with the families of these men who would now be able to embrace them again in freedom. he also thanked the belgian and oman authorities for the help in securing the releases. rail strikes are taking place across the uk today and tomorrow in long running disputes over pay, jobs and working conditions. train companies are warning that services will be "severely reduced" as members of the rmt and aslef unions are taking industrial action. striking rmt members have walked out today and members of the aslef union at 16 train companies will walk out tomorrow. our correspondent rowan bridge sent this update from manchester piccadilly station. this story of the strike is really written on the departure boards behind me, where there's a number of blank spaces where you would normally expect

to see departures listed. and the platform concourse is noticeably quieter here than it would normally be. now, that disruption that we're seeing today is going to continue into tomorrow, when aslef — the train drivers�* union — stage their own strike, in their dispute over pay, and that is going to have a significant impact as well. that will vary around the country depending where you are. but it will be significant here in manchester where ava nti west coast won't be running any services between london and manchester. and that is significant because it's the fa cup final between manchester city and manchester united, with thousands of football fans trying to make their way to london. you have other sporting events taking place. 100,000 people will go to epsom in surrey for the derby. a beyonce concert in london and eltonjohn is playing on sunday

night and also test cricket which are being forced off the rails and onto the roads, for people to find another way of getting there. this means the roads are expected to be extremely busy. the aa is advising drivers to avoid service stations if they can and go to local towns and cities for a break instead. as for the strike itself, the train drivers union and the rmt, they have both said they would be open to more talks, but there are none planned at the moment and that means this strike which has overly rumbled on for months, may rumble on for more months. ina in a nature reserve in say they want visitors to fall in love with the nature on their doorstep with the

help of a new installation but thankfully for visitors it is very small and only emerges in warm weather. ., ., ., , ., weather. scaled to our size it would make any horror _ weather. scaled to our size it would make any horror film _ weather. scaled to our size it would make any horror film you _ weather. scaled to our size it would make any horror film you would - weather. scaled to our size it would i make any horror film you would want, it is a huge predator, and people love it. notjust the children about mums and dads. as the summer gets warmer, people are running around on this wonderful site. the warmer, people are running around on this wonderful site.— this wonderful site. the fascination for the dragonfly _ this wonderful site. the fascination for the dragonfly has _ this wonderful site. the fascination for the dragonfly has already - for the dragonfly has already encouraged people to emerge into the great outdoors, whatever the weather. ~ u, great outdoors, whatever the weather. ~ _, ., weather. we come here all the time. we love the — weather. we come here all the time. we love the dragonfly _ weather. we come here all the time. we love the dragonfly garden. - you're live with bbc news. the us senate has approved a bill to lift a limit on government borrowing. it comes days before a potential,

unprecedented default on the country's debt, which could have caused widespread disruption to the world's financial markets. the senate vote was passed with 63 votes in favour, 36 voted against. most republicans voted against the deal. it had already been approved in the house of representatives — and will now be signed into law by president biden. he described it as a big win for the economy and the american people. here's what the leading democrat in the senate, chuck schumer, made of the vote. now, democrats are feeling very good tonight. we have saved the country from the scorch of default. even though there were some on the other side who wanted to fault, wanted to lead us to default. we may be a little tired but we did it. so we are very, very happy. default was the giant sword hanging over america's head. a welcoming

senate majority leader, chuck schumer, there, welcoming the outcome of the vote. but what exactly is in this deal? well, it suspends the debt ceiling until 2025. that means the government can borrow more money to pay its bills for the next two years. there will also be a 10—year freeze on spending except for defence. that budget will increase to $886 billion, up 3%. unspent covid funds will be returned with one estimate suggesting the government will recover about $30 billion. welfare benefits will be slightly tinkered with, but there will be no major overhaul. there will be funds to help the internal revenue service enforce the tax code on america's richest. and new rules will make it easier for both fossil fuel and renewable energy projects to get licences. they had been

arguing about that for many weeks in the senate but _ arguing about that for many weeks in the senate but finally _ arguing about that for many weeks in the senate but finally it _ arguing about that for many weeks in the senate but finally it is _ arguing about that for many weeks in the senate but finally it is going - the senate but finally it is going to be written into law. now — if you were watching yesterday — you'll have seen the story about some of india's top female wrestlers threatening to throw their medals into the river ganges — to highlight their allegations of sexual harrassment, by the former chief of india's wrestling federation. images have gone viral — but our bbc verified team has been investigating the way some of the images have been manipulated with al software. with more on this, courtney bembridge is in the newsroom. for more than a month indian wrestlers have been protesting about the sexual harassment allegations against the head of the indian federation of wrestling. this man is also a member of parliament with the governing bjp and he denies the allegations against him but there have been protests calling for his arrest including this one on the 28th of may.

these two women are top indian wrestlers and they are at the centre of what we are talking about today. these women were detained as part of the protest on the 28th of may by the police and they published this photograph showing them in the police bus. you can see them here. shortly after this image was published, another version circulated online and these show you the two images. you can see the original where the women are unsmiling and then a very different picture in this version here where they seem to be smiling. this image started circulating online alongside posts that suggested the protest was not as bad as they seemed and that they had been staged or exaggerated but we know this image was manipulated.

members of the bjp were among those sharing the image at the time, although once it was revealed that the image had been manipulated, many deleted those tweets. fascinating story and it is so obvious when you see the pictures but the verified team have been looking at how this might have been done. yes, so the bbc researchers tried to repeat this process. they took this image here, the original, and put it into freely available software and asked it to give the people in the photograph smiles and this is his what it spat out, the same image. that suggests it was manipulated but to give you an idea of how this software works, i put my face into it and this photograph was taken in the newsroom earlier and this is what the app did

when it was asked to make me smile. i do not think that is an accurate image of my smile but the concern is that these images are becoming harder and harder to differentiate and work out whether something has been manipulated and that could lead to the spread of misinformation and disinformation online. people watching these ai developments closely because of this concern. you are watching bbc news. there's a continued police presence around a moored sightseeing boat in dorset, southern england, following the deaths of two young people off bournemouth beach on wednesday. the dorset belle, which offers regular cruises around bournemouth, was in the area when calls to the emergency services were first made. a 12—year—old girl and a 17—year—old boy died after being pulled from the sea. eight other people were treated at the scene. our correspondent duncan kennedy is following the story. police released what details they need to release. that is pretty standard in these kind of investigations. and what they have been addressing

are the rumours and speculation, so they put some things to bed as it were, whilst not really revealing too much more about their actual investigation. so what they have ruled out, for instance, is that these swimmers caught up in this incident were hit by a jet ski. that did not happen. they say they were not hit by a boat, and they did notjump off this pier behind me and get injured that way. behind that, they are not saying very much. what appears to be happening is that investigation seems to be centred on a boat called the dorset belle, a pleasure craft that runs on small cruises from bournemouth pier. it is reported that the boat has been impounded by police and is in a separate marina down the coast from here. they are not confirming it has been impounded or white might be of special interest to them but it appears at the moment to be one of their main lines of inquiry.

to football now — and manchester city are on the verge of an historic treble and their star striker erling haaland has been talking to the bbc about what it would mean to him. he's scored a record 36 goals this season in the premier league — an astonishing 52 goals in all competitions. erling haaland has been talking to our sports editor dan roan. never, ever misses! this man is a sensation. another haaland hat—trick! he's the norwegian super scorer who's taken the premier league by storm. in a remarkable debut season in england, manchester city's erling haaland has established himself as world football's most feared striker. and here at the club's training ground, he told me how he was handling sporting superstardom aged just 22. it's nice. that means i've done something right. my life has changed, of course. i can't live normal, so normal, any more. and that's something ijust have to admit. and that's how my life is. i can't complain.

i like to do a bit crazy kind of stuff, both on and off the pitch. like the silk pyjamas, which seem to be becoming something of a trademark of yours? no, i like to be comfortable wherever i go, and i think i look really good. so that's why i use it, basically. i'm 196 tall and i've got long blonde hair, so wherever i go, people are going to see me. so that's how my life is. but what can i do? there's nothing i can do. that's my life. i just have to try to enjoy it as much as i can. when i was young, i wanted to become a professional footballer and the best in the world. so, a price comes with that. if you're going to be that, there's certain things you have to do different. you have to live different. you have to do this and that. and that's just how it is. yeah, i'm not complaining. your dream, you say, was to be the best in the world. have you achieved that dream? do you believe you are the best goal—scorer in the world right now?

a good question. i don't want to answer that. i think someone else should answer that. but i scored most goals this season, ithink, so, erm, that's a good start. in an astonishing campaign, the prolific haaland has scored 52 goals for his club, including 36 in the premier league, a new record. and haaland does what haaland does. is there something which you can identify as the secret to being such a great goal—scorer? for me, it's about keeping the confidence and i try to never overthink. that's the most difficult thing in this world in 2023. when i score a goal, it's like, oh, this feeling is so nice, i would love to do it again, kind of a feeling. so, it's easy, really. i'm a simple guy. when i do something and i like it, i want to do it more. do you think you can improve? yeah. from my right foot to my left foot. from the heading. everything.

having helped city retain the premier league title, haaland's now preparing for the fa cup final against arch rivals manchester united, and then the champions league final. at stake, a first treble since united managed it 2a years ago. because of the history, they will be motivated. it's at wembley. it's a final. there's so many things. it will not be an easy game. so that's what i'm saying. we have to play our game. we have to not to think too much. champions league, i must ask you, is there something about that competition here in manchester, because it's the one that they've so far struggled to achieve? and what would it mean, do you think, to land it? it would mean everything. this is why they brought me, of course, to the club, to get this. we don't have to to hide that. so i will do everything i can, i possibly can, to try to make it happen. and yeah, it's my biggest dream. and hopefully dreams do come true.

fantastic fa ntastic stuff. fantastic stuff. we have a lot to get through in the next hour including a longer version of the interview with phillip schofield. and on the covid inquiry we will talk to the former attorney general dominic grieve. we also have uefa bringing charges againstjose mourinho. all of that coming up in the next 60 minutes. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there. the wind flow hasn't changed, but we're seeing more sunshine across the uk today and that's because whilst the winds are still coming in off the north sea, it's drier air that's heading our way from norway and the cloud has been much thinner and has been breaking up more widely. so plenty of sunshine around, feels warm in the sunshine as well. it's still a little cooler right on those north sea coasts because we've got that north—easterly breeze. it's still quite breezy in the south east of england as well. overnight, some of that cloud will come back in across some

eastern areas of england, and we'll see some patchy cloud in the north of scotland. otherwise, skies will be clear. it's going to be pretty chilly out there as well. colder than it was last night in england and wales, 11—5 celsius, perhaps even lower than that in north—east england and south—east scotland. there'll be some cloud around from overnight first thing, it'll burn off again and we'll see lengthy spells of sunshine, bit of fairweather cloud bubbling up over the high ground in scotland and across some southern parts of england as well. but a fine day, temperatures may be a little bit higher, widely up to 20 to 22 degrees. again, cooler around some of those north sea coasts, but a pleasant day nonetheless. and sunshine far and wide, and it's high uv levels as well. we've still got high pressure in charge right the way through the weekend. there it is — centred to the north—west of the uk. there's a lot of cloud in that, and that cloud is going to run across northern scotland and then push back down across the north sea into some eastern areas of england overnight into sunday morning. so a bit more cloud around. it will retreat back to those north sea coasts, but it could stay cloudy

in a few more places. otherwise, a lot of sunshine around. dry day as well. warmest out towards the west. temperatures reaching 23 or 2a degrees, but a lovely weekend for many parts of the country, and high pressure isn't going anywhere really at all next week. still got some blustery winds through the english channel and the south—east of england. otherwise, the winds will be light. this cloud that we start with across the midlands and eastern england, burning back to some of those north sea coasts. sunshine developing across more of the country, and those temperatures climbing up to 23 or 2a degrees or so. so this weather pattern is still with us and it's not changing at all through next week. high pressure will be dominant, staying dry. there will be some areas of cloud around. west is going to be best in terms of sunshine and also the highest temperatures.

live from london. this is bbc news. the former british tv star, phillip schofield tells the bbc — his career is over — after admitting to lying about an affair with a younger colleague. what was unwise was the fact that it happened, and that was a very, very grave error. now it was consensual, but it was my fault borisjohnson says he will give his unredacted whatsapp messages directly to the covid inquiry. the former conservative attorney general dominic grieve is on the programme.

uefa have opened a case against mourinho for abusing