tv BBC News Now BBC News June 6, 2023 2:45pm-3:00pm BST
2:45 pm
we can now have a round—up of all the sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. tottenham have confirmed that ange postocoglou is their new manger. he'll become the first australian to manage in the premier league after signing a four year contract with the london club. postecoglou lifted all three domestic trophies with celtic. this is the league cup trophy but he helped them win the scottish cup on saturday. celtic had wanted him to stay, but postecoglou said while he was respectful and understanding of their position, a new opportunity had been presented and it was one which he had wanted to explore. spurs chairman daniel levy said...
2:46 pm
pep guardiola says kyle walker may be a doubt for the champions league final in istanbul. he has a back problem which will be assessed. they fly out to istanbul to attempt to complete the treble this season just one trophy remains the champions league with the premier league and fa cup already secured. they'll take on the three time winners inter milan, who last won the competition back in 2010 as part of an historic treble underjose mourinho. pep guardiola says his team have got to perform to the best of their ability on the night. we to perform to the best of their ability on the night.— to perform to the best of their ability on the night. we know the final is how _ ability on the night. we know the final is how you _ ability on the night. we know the final is how you behave _ ability on the night. we know the final is how you behave in - ability on the night. we know the final is how you behave in that i final is how you behave in that specific 95 minutes, it is not about history, the history that they are better than us, for example. it is about what you have to do in 95
2:47 pm
minutes to beat the opponent and what you did in the group stage, the qualifiers, what you did in the premier league, that does not matter. it is one single game and you have got to focus on this time. it's the first day of quarter finals at the french open. novak djokovic is continuing his attempt to win a 23rd grand slam title — he's playing russia's karen kachanov. but we now know the first two women to reach the semi finals and there was no handshake, as expected, between second seed aryna sabalenka and ukraine's elina svitolina, after the belarusian came out on top 6—4 6—4. after the belarusian and czech player karolina muchova will be sabalenka's next opponent. she beat russia's anastasia pav lyu chenkova 7—5, 6—2. later on tuesday in probably the biggest match up
2:48 pm
in the tournament so far world number one carlos alcaraz will face the number five seed stefanos tsitsipas, who's up for the challenge. carlos is someone who keeps the intensity high at all times, he is someone who is not going to give you gaps where his attention is not there, he is very hyper and can see that on the court and he adds a lot of that into the rallies and into his rituals when he is out there playing the game. it's ten days until australia take on england in the ashes, but they're already in the uk to play india in the world test championship at the oval. their captain pat cummins will make his 50th test appearance on wednesday, and would love to mark it with a victory. it is exciting, high—pressure moment, and it is a worthy winner whoever wins. moment, and it is a worthy winner whoeverwins. it moment, and it is a worthy winner whoever wins. it puts a big stamp on whoever wins. it puts a big stamp on who has been the best team for the last two years, perhaps, but you are
2:49 pm
there to win the tournament and that is what a tournament is therefore. it will be pretty satisfying winning the final and i feel like it will be pretty satisfying winning the final and ifeel like it it will be pretty satisfying winning the final and i feel like it would be richly deserved. the vegas golden knights have seized control of the stanley cup final — they beat the florida panthers 7—2 on monday night. that gives the golden knights a 2—0 series lead, which means the franchise are two wins away from a first stanley cup in their short six year history. head coach bruce cassidy paid tribute to the strength of his squad. more on that story on the bbc news website. and that's all the sport for now. thousands of ukrainians have been forced to evacuate their homes after a major dam and hydropower station was destroyed which now potentially creates a catastrophic flood. the
2:50 pm
dam was damaged in an explosion which has caused water to flood out and residents in nearby towns and villages have been told that they must now leave their homes. there are also concerns about the impact on the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. uses water for cooling. earlier i spoke to a nuclear energy expert at harvard and i asked her about the potential risk to the nuclear power plant. potential risk to the nuclear power lant. , ., ., ., plant. yes indeed, the humanitarian catastmphe — plant. yes indeed, the humanitarian catastrophe downstream _ plant. yes indeed, the humanitarian catastrophe downstream is - plant. yes indeed, the humanitarian catastrophe downstream is a - plant. yes indeed, the humanitarian catastrophe downstream is a focus l catastrophe downstream is a focus thatis catastrophe downstream is a focus that is where we should focus first and foremost. according to the ukrainian government about 80 towns and villages are at risk of flooding and villages are at risk of flooding and 16,000 people are about to be evacuated and that part of ukraine
2:51 pm
is really the flat and there are no natural barriers for the water to stop flooding and so this is going to be a major disruption and major humanitarian catastrophe. that to be a major disruption and ma'or humanitarian catastrophei humanitarian catastrophe. that is the situation _ humanitarian catastrophe. that is the situation downstream - humanitarian catastrophe. that is the situation downstream and - humanitarian catastrophe. that is the situation downstream and we | humanitarian catastrophe. that is . the situation downstream and we are trying to work out the consequences of that, with one warning the water good rise up to around 12 metres in the area around the dam —— could rise. the lower water levels could have influx for the nuclear plant at zaporizhzhia —— could have impact. the power plant relies on a constant supply of water from the reservoir which is created by the dam and now that the dam is breached and the water is rushing out of the reservoir, the water levels are dropping rapidly, there is a piping
2:52 pm
and pumping systems that deliver the water to the reactors, to supply the cooling system, and also to enable de—risking of the heat from the reactor cores. 0utside into the reservoir. there isn't an immediate danger to the safety of the plant. there is a special cooling pond where the water is pumped into it and it is kept as a back—up option for the supply of water to the reactors but of course this is not something that could be dealt with very easily, in weeks and months of the water will become an issue, the water supply, and at that point the cooling system will be in danger. so
2:53 pm
what exactly do we know about what went on at the dam? verify has been looking at satellite images of the dam and they have been taken over the last week or so and it reveals a bit about what has gone on. the dam has alwa s bit about what has gone on. the dam has always been _ bit about what has gone on. the dam has always been extremely _ bit about what has gone on. the dam| has always been extremely important in this part of the front line in southern ukraine are and mostly because ukraine is on the northern part of the river and rush it is mostly on the south. —— ukraine is focusing. there is a major leak and we know that this has happened already around january but we are still unclear how this has affected and impacted what has happened today. the structure of the dam was still intact and we could see the road crossing, the two sides of the river. going next we see a key
2:54 pm
change and part of the road connecting the two sides of the river has collapsed. we see how this has happened, with ukraine in the north and the russians in the south, there has been shelling from both sides. of the last image, this is from a couple of hours ago, at 9am british summer time, and we can see the extent of the damage. at the moment we can clearly see there is a big part here, around 250 metres, where the dam has completely collapsed, this is the ukrainian side of the bridge. and we can also see right in this area, it is where the hydropower plant and where the control room of the dam is located.
2:55 pm
a line of breaking news regarding a scheme that was set to launch in scotland for recycling. this scheme that was set to launch in scotland for recycling.— scheme that was set to launch in scotland for recycling. this was if ou scotland for recycling. this was if you bought _ scotland for recycling. this was if you bought a _ scotland for recycling. this was if you bought a single _ scotland for recycling. this was if you bought a single use - scotland for recycling. this was if you bought a single use item, . scotland for recycling. this was if. you bought a single use item, that you bought a single use item, that you would pay a surcharge and then get the money back when you return it for recycling. scotland planned to launch the scheme, the first of its kind in the uk, including plastic glass and other materials, but westminster ruled it should not include glass because they wanted it to be in line with a similar scheme going to launch in 2025 in england and wales as well. scotland said there scheme will not go ahead if it cannot include glass. the scottish government's circular economy minister says they want urgent talks with westminster to see if the scheme can be saved. if it does not include glass, it will not go ahead. we have more details about the phone
2:56 pm
hacking inquiry and prince harry after the weather. hello. the pause button is held firmly down on our weather across the uk at the moment. many of us have seen no significant rain so far this month and before the end of the week there's none to come. why is it so dry? the area of high pressure being held down across the uk currently. you can see it wobbles about a little bit in the next few days. that affects the wind direction somewhat and potentially where we'll see some of the thickest cloud, but it's not until we start to see this low, that's close to portugal at the moment, coming up from the south—west that we're likely to see any rain, and that is late on on friday. some big differences in the temperature, though, across the uk, despite us all being under that big area of high pressure. that's because of where we have the sun towards the west and where we have the thicker cloud in the east and the breeze off the north sea. through the evening, very little changes in that picture, but once the sun sets we'll tend
2:57 pm
to see our temperatures coming down and then the cloud builds back westwards as any moisture condenses back out. clearer skies towards the west closest to the centre of the high. quite a chilly night to come — lows of five or six degrees. through wednesday daytime, we see the sun getting to work as it comes up, burning that cloud back again towards the east coast and it'll look a very similar picture for wednesday afternoon to this afternoon. temperatures 15 or 16 adjacent to the north sea, warmest spots in the west where we could see highs of 23, maybe 2a or even 25. thursday, very little difference to speak of. we start off with a bit more cloud spread out across the uk and it burns back to the east coast as we go. wind direction perhaps just a shade different, a little bit more northerly than easterly could mean we see the odd degree added to our temperatures thanks to a bit more sunshine along the north sea coast. it's friday into saturday, though, that things start to get moving. friday night and particularly into saturday, the remnants of storm 0scar, this band of rain pushing up towards the uk and ahead of it
2:58 pm
hooking in some much warmer, more humid air. so, for the weekend ahead, temperatures are going to come up, potentially even into the high 20s, but when we inject that moisture and that instability, thanks to the remnants of oscar moving in, it looks like we could see it as a pay—off for us getting that warmer weather certainly much higher humidity, but also the threat of some really meaty thunderstorms. for some areas, there's the potential of those storms bringing up to a month's worth of rain in a matter of hours.
38 Views
IN COLLECTIONS
BBC NewsUploaded by TV Archive on
![](http://athena.archive.org/0.gif?kind=track_js&track_js_case=control&cache_bust=827760927)