one place to the start, with the build up to the champions league final in istanbul between manchester city and inter milan. much of the talk is whether city and pep guardiola can go on to complete a famous treble, emulating their neighbour manchester united. but its final hurdle, against experience opponents to navigate before those dreams can become a reality. our sports editor dan roan has more. this of course is the trophy that the abu dhabi owners of manchester city have coveted more than any other since they bought the club some 15 years ago and pumped over £1 billion into making it one of the richest teams in the world. two years ago they had the opportunity against chelsea, but lost. since then they were beaten in the semifinal last season, but they managed this time to get past their spanish rivals, real madrid, in stunning fashion this year. that

means i think they are red—hot favourites against inter milan, who can't be taken lightly. after all they have a better pedigree in this competition, three times winners underjose mourinho. they are strong defensively. they have struggled for consistency in the italian league, but they came through our strong group, beating ac milan in the semifinal. city will be favourites. so plenty at stake for both sides, then. city are the favourites — but what of inter? a side who've perhaps flown a little under the radar in the competition. italian football journalist nicky bandini joins me. we'll enter milan face left pressure in this match?— in this match? they have said, for us, this is — in this match? they have said, for us. this is a _ in this match? they have said, for us, this is a dream, _ in this match? they have said, for us, this is a dream, for— in this match? they have said, for. us, this is a dream, for manchester

city it is an obsession and that is a fair reflection of where things are. enter milan did not expect to be in this final, although a couple of players have said they did think i could make it all the way. i do think they are capable of beating any team. there was a real emphasis this week that they are not afraid and they believe they can win this game, even though they accept and reminded us a few times that they are the underdog.— reminded us a few times that they are the underdog. simone inzaghi has that winnin: are the underdog. simone inzaghi has that winning mentality _ are the underdog. simone inzaghi has that winning mentality and _ are the underdog. simone inzaghi has that winning mentality and the - are the underdog. simone inzaghi has that winning mentality and the big - that winning mentality and the big games. it that winning mentality and the big names. , ., ., _, . games. it is led to extra confidence in his team — games. it is led to extra confidence in his team since _ games. it is led to extra confidence in his team since he _ games. it is led to extra confidence in his team since he took _ games. it is led to extra confidence in his team since he took charge. . games. it is led to extra confidence in his team since he took charge. i | in his team since he took charge. i have won every single domestic competition available. he has this reputation in italy as the king of the caps and he has shown his ability to get the big games right. in the champions league tie last season against liverpool, inter

milan lost out, but they won the away leg at anfield. since then he has talked about building a sense of knowledge over winning games like that, the learning process that they have been on. as you already mentioned, beating barcelona to get this far in this tournament, they have a sense of again anyone one game there is no team that they should feel inferior to.— game there is no team that they should feel inferior to. where did the no should feel inferior to. where did they go about — should feel inferior to. where did they go about winning _ should feel inferior to. where did they go about winning this - should feel inferior to. where did they go about winning this one? | should feel inferior to. where did - they go about winning this one? they acknowledge — they go about winning this one? they acknowledge they _ they go about winning this one? tie: acknowledge they will not they go about winning this one? ti21 acknowledge they will not have most of the ball, they expect to let manchester city have most of the ball, and the comment from simone inzaghi is we need to take away their certainties. they will have to look for opportunities. they do have goal—scorers. they have players in the team you can take that opportunity and they probably know they will be looking for the rare opportunities in a game and they probably won't have most of the

ball. to paris now and the french open where we've a huge match in store later — as top seed carlos alcaraz and novak djokovic meet in the semi—finals at roland garros. there was a big shock in the women's semis — as aryna sabalenka was stunned by world number 43 karolina muchova 7—6, 6—7, 7—5. muchova keeping her composure to win an epic in three hours and 13 minutes. she'll face world number one iga swiatek in saturday's final. nuggets coach michael malone says nikola jokic is "built for these moments" as he helped the denver nuggets take a 2—1 lead in the nba finals. jokic scored 32 points against the miami heat in game three, becoming the first player to record 30 points, 20 rebounds and ten assists in the finals. the best—of—seven series resumes on friday. it is maybe now or never so i think it is really important to be

focused, to give us the chance to win, you know? australia are looking to channel some more superb bowling on day three of the world test championship final against india at the oval. they got the perfect start — scott boland with wicket of srikar bharat early in the first session. they're now on 200 for six after australia's pace attack did most of the damage on thursday. all the build—up to the champions league final on the bbc sport website. can inter milan cause an upset perhaps against manchester city, who are very much on for the chapel at the moment. that's all the sport for now.

well, this week one of russia's most prominent human rights campaigners has gone on trial for his stance on the war. oleg orlov, who is 70, faces up to three years in jail for allegedly discrediting the russian army. the bbc�*s russia editor, steve rosenberg, attended the trial in moscow. arriving for his trial, one of russia's most respected human rights campaigners. oleg orlov stands accused of repeatedly discrediting the russian army through his public criticism of the war in ukraine. he faces up to three years in prison. ahead of the trial, he told me how concerned he is by the wave of repression sweeping russia. translation: by the level - of cruelty, by the length of prison terms being handed out, this is reminiscent of stalin's time.

civil society is being pushed underground. partially what i fear is that it may now be completely destroyed. more examples — theatre director yevgenia berkovich wrote anti—war poems. she has been charged with justifying terrorism in one of her plays. that could mean seven years in prison. for anti—war online posts, olga smirnova is accused of spreading fake news about the russian army. she faces a decade in jail. on paper, the russian constitution guarantees freedom of conscience and freedom of speech. in reality, russians who publicly criticise those in power are taking a considerable risk. the authorities here have built up quite a hefty tool box of repressive laws, which are used to punish those who criticise the government

and the war in ukraine. but they are not forgotten. once a month muscovites come here to write letters and postcards to political prisoners. the event is organised by one of russia's last remaining liberal parties. in a country where collective protest is restricted, there's still pen and paper to show solidarity and support. just a few words, but they can mean so much to those behind bars. your mind starts thinking you are alone, you might fall into depression and when they read our cards, our letters, i hope it makes them feel better. the music matches the mood, the anxiety as repression grows, but writing these is one way of showing they won't be silenced. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.

it's a stomach—churning sight we've seen far too many times over the past year — raw sewage being discharged into waters around england. it's an issue many campaigners have taken into their own hands. we joined citizen scientists taking samples around two harbours on england's south coast. their results are now in, and have revealed a �*cocktail of drugs' in the water. our environment correspondent jonah fisher reports. the natural harbours of langstone and chichester on england's south coast. their sheltered waters an important breeding ground for birds and a popular haul—out spot for relaxing seals. but this is also where raw sewage from portsmouth is regularly dumped, and locals say they think the water quality has been getting worse. we'd had a lot more cases of people saying they'd gone into the water and they'd had stomach upsets

and ear issues. we just thought something's not quite right here. we're out on langstone harbour with bianca and rob. they were so worried about the state of the water that they formed a group of residents to take samples and then send them off to be tested at a university laboratory. each of the 22 sites they sampled at had, on average, traces of 19 different chemicals. we found metformin, which is a diabetic drug. we have also found trimethoprim, which is an antibiotic, some nicotine, some cocaine, tramadol and naproxen — and tramadol and naproxen are actually painkillers, as well. so these are all things that are coming out of people. so the way that they're getting into the water must be through the people, through the water system, through the sewage. much of it is likely to have come out of this pipe.

at the mouth of langstone harbour, professor alex ford shows us how the geography of the natural harbours keeps the discharged sewage and chemicals close to shore. it ejects from there and it comes right the way down here, and then the tide turns and it washes straight back up. so these organisms that are permanently there are just living in a cocktail of different chemical wastes. how worried should we be? very. yeah, we've got to take this seriously because there are chemicals harming our wildlife now which we banned 30 years ago, and they're still having effects now. this pipe has already this year pumps sewage for more than 800 hours into the water.

the pressure is now on the water companies to show they can clean up their act. jonah fisher, bbc news, in langstone harbour. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello there. the weather this weekend you'll either love or loathe. big changes, really, compared to what we've seen over the last few days. we're going to see temperatures rise and humidity rise right across the country by day and by night. with that, though, will come the chance of maybe a little bit of welcome rain, but for some a bit too much with some severe thunderstorms possible. thunderstorms today mainly limited to this cloud which has been gathering towards the south—west, channel islands, south—west england. away from that, a day of blue skies for the vast majority. the low cloud we saw earlier willjust linger around some eastern coasts of northern england and eastern scotland, so temperatures here again in the mid—teens at the highest. away from that, a warm afternoon, especially so towards the south. temperatures here already in hampshire up to around 27 degrees later. that could set off a few isolated showers, maybe thunderstorms here drifting towards wales overnight. still continue with some

in the south—west. the cloud returns across the same sort of area as it did last night and it will still be a bit on the cool side for some of you, but those humidity levels already creeping up in the south. temperatures not dropping much lower than around 13 or 1a degrees. into tomorrow the low cloud we've got to begin with will fade away quite quickly. some will linger around coasts of eastern scotland. later we should see some isolated, but pretty intense thunderstorms break out across the midlands, southern england and wales. many, though, will stay dry and a much warmer day, if not hot day. london, up towards the north—west of england, 28 to 30 celsius possible. 26 or 27 in western scotland. with humidity levels rising, temperatures don't drop away quickly by evening either. compared to what we've seen of late, this is quite a warm evening expected on saturday. temperatures staying above 20 degrees for some. overnight saturday into sunday, we'll see some storms around the west pushing into scotland and northern ireland. still there first thing. across western areas, always a bit more cloud on sunday with a few more showers and thunderstorms breaking out. pretty intense where you see them with hail mixed in too.

compared to recently, eastern areas probably sunniest. all will see temperatures drop a little bit, but still another humid day for the vast majority. actually, around some eastern coasts, it could feel a touch warmer. then as we go through into the start of next week, this area of high pressure, which before was out in the west, moved to scandinavia, starts to nudge its way back towards the north of us once again. there will be more showers and thunderstorms here and there, but most of you will stay dry, sunny and pretty warm, as well. that's how it's looking. take care. live from london this is bbc news.

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