hearing of judge ketanji brown-jackson resumes tomorrow missiles continue to strike. ukraine rejecting the surrende offer. >> when you kids want things and you can't get it you feel like awful because yo can't get them that. >> ukrainian president bloated near zelenskyy says more tha 100,000 people are still under siege and mariupol without food, or water, or electricity.

>> the duke and duchess of cambridge arrived in jamaica t protest as demonstrators cal to apologize for the the world number one, ash barty, retired from the sport, at the age of 25. we'll have a full run-throug of the morning front and bac page hello, and thanks for bein with us. the chancellor will deliver hi spring statement later on this afternoon. the uk faces its biggest cos of living crisis in generation the price of everything from energy to petrol is going up households around the countr are looking for the chancellor to do more to help our political correspondent ha our top story. >> all the ingredients of

cost of living crisis. this center prepares meals for those in need and welcome. for more and more people wil happen to choose between eatin and heating, even people who work here, struggling. >> - when your kid wants things and you can't get them you feel awful because you can't give him that. you need other things beside what your kids want, like food and bills. >> your kids understand? >> yeah. apart from my youngest who's seven, but she still learning. >> those on the front situatio it's getting worse >> people are frightened people are actually saying tha they're frightened our staff here are saying ther are frightened, the bills ar coming through the door. the struggling to make end meet and provide for children. >> the local mp wants to kno if the chancellor is listening >> people simply cannot keep their heads above water.

there is worse to come we need tax on the oil and gas producers to knock 200 pound off of peoples energy bills, because people need help right now. the governments also got t think again about the national insurance rise and the false council tax rise that's coming in just a few weeks time people simply can't afford it >> the question for many, with rishi sunak's budget, i whether or not it matches th scale of the challenge right now, in places like this one prices are going to continue t rise for months, if not years, and the chancellor has t decide whether or not th government can step in eac time to help >> rosier forecasts means th chancellor needs - to spend or save then at the time of last autumn's budget he had another many budget wit the chancellor is moving money around at the last moment. more giveaways that he didn' want to make a month ago does he think he can afford to stand by people, yet again

sam koch sky news, westminster >> conway has its analysis o what we may expect from th chancellor >> it is spring statement day. it was mostly an update on how the economy is doing, but give what's going on, we're expecting quite a lot from the chancellor a lot when it comes to the change in those forecasts. look at this this is inflation, the forecast, bear in mind,. the forecast we had last tim around we thought it was only gonna b 4% this year, we know that's wrong. we know is going to be way higher than that we look forward to seeing th update of that, and the growth might be a bit weaker. you can see the cost of living crisis is affecting all of u already. when it comes to fuel prices this is petrol pump prices have a look at what's happened in particular, look at this. the spike in that line record high prices at the pump whether it's for diesel, whether it's four -- and around europe, man countries have reduced taxes o

petrol will the chancellor follow suit? we'll have to see. it's not just petrol when you look across the place so many commodities are goin up in price. have a look at this. this is showing you lots o different things, from wheat prices - this is just since the start o the year fertilizer, nicole, a lot come from russia. that goes into electric ou batteries. platinum, maze, all of these things adding up to the fact that prices are likely to go u and that cost of living crisis is only just beginning i'm afraid, the chancellor has made it worse. why is he made it worse? well, because in april, ther are further tax increase coming remember the national insuranc increase, that health an social care levy that is going to push down peoples disposable income. that's the blue slide, and we're just going from th poorest due to the richest the blue slide is there, that' national insurance on top of that, income tax, th change in the tax threshold,

means more people are paying higher rates that means higher levels of tax, which is digging into people's finances all of that leads up to a bi increase in the cost of living the question at this time, wha is the chancellor going to d about it >> political correspondent - good morning to you tomorrow let's pick up on its question, what is the jazz are going t do about it? >> morning come ali. after two years of covid, tw years of big spending, this wa supposed to be the chanc there's opportunity to rein it in and bring some discipline of course, he's got this acute cost of living squeeze tha everybody is experiencing, due to inflation, due to rocketing energy bills he'll need to bring in som relief i don't expect that there will be much news on energy, sinc he's already brought in package of support that he say is worth nine billion pounds whether maybe movement is on the decision made last year to raise the rate of national

insurance tax by 10% the prime minister and chancellor have said that it's absolutely necessary t tackling the nhs waiting list. there are some suggestions tha the chancellor might change th rate at which has been brought in it currently, for people earning anything more than nin and a half thousand pounds that's where i may be raised to give people at the lower en of the income spectrum som relief there may also be movements on fuel duty, with speculatio about a 5% cut although, fuel prices have risen by about four times that much in the last few weeks alone. the chancellor has talked abou how he wants to be cutting taxes, there's a little chance that this time, but he may signal it as something he'll d in the future. there can also be othe surprises in the sprin statement today, but i think the question is, the chancello understands the huge pressures of on hardworking families exacerbated by the conflict in ukraine.

will the measures he brings in today be enough to touch the sides? >> we'll find out soon thank you. that is mars take. you can hear the chant warehouses - for our live coverage of a spring statement will begin at 11 am on sky news. a ukrainian president has -- to evacuate civilians from the besieged city of mariupol. volodymyr zelenskyy says tha 100,000 civilians remain trapped in the city with n access to food, water or medicine and are under constant bombardment. ukraine's defense ministry has said that his troops hav retaken mcatee, of a suburb of kyiv -- for the nuclear plant, chernobyl, says the russian -- that's responsible for management of radioactiv waste. president biden is expected to announce new sanctions when he visits brussels. -- from lviv.

>> the bombs over mariupol dro both day and night this is as close as we can get to the hell unfolding there. on the ground, brave civilians are risking their lives to sen pictures to the outside world. 780 evacuees from mariupol arrived in the western city of lviv earlier their stories, now one of th few ways for the world to lear the horrors unfolding there. a lean managed to escape fiv days ago >> there are lots of people in mariupol no. you cannot even imagine ho many children are there. they brought a six-day old, an a three month old children t the shelter. there are so many of them in the neighboring house, two little girls became orphans an watched their father die the neighbors took them in they are still in mariupol because they cannot leave. >> alina only learned he apartment had been bombed afte

seeing this image online the fourth floor from the to was your home until a few days ago. lviv's train stations ar packed with families who fle fighting, each has a story o sadness and suffering. alanna and her little boy ar here from kyiv, clutching hi debated football, they'r trying to reach relatives near dnipro >> there were bombings it was very loud we saw in her shootings in the streets. a bus oh shot. at my son couldn't bear it anymore, emotionally he couldn't sleep at night that's why we left >> so many here are getting on trains with little idea of a plan to be on survival >> 10 million people in ukrain have been made homeless sinc the start of this war, leaving with the precious few things that they can carry. they're also bearing stories o the horrors unfolding in the cities that they're fleeing. >> the satellite images show

that the theater - surrounded by burning buildings. rescue workers still unable to reach 1000 civilians thought t be trapped under its rubble. >> the most frightening thin in the world is forgetting about mariupol, that they will talk about a day or two days and then mariupol citizens wil be dying there in the basements. >> she's escaped with th message from mariupol. don't forget about us. sally locke word, sky news lviv >> to make time today to liste to the sky news daily podcast. -- speaking to our corresponden in ukraine, along with - and producer michael greenfield all about what life is bee life in the ukrainian city second city of kharkiv you can subscribe to the daily podcast by scanning the qr code,

or wherever you find you podcasts normally. more than three and a half million people have fled ukraine from neighboring nations since the beginning of the invasion that is according to the refugee agency the british government say that a total of 12,000 - have under the ukraine famil scheme that allows for them to join relatives who already live i bottom the united states is strongl condemned what it call russia's sham trial against th -- he is found guilty of fraud in contempt on court and sentence to another nine years in prison he's already serving a two and a half year sentence for parol violations -- has again dismissed calls to boycott russian energy he's claimed that the sanction already imposed on russia ar affecting the economy and will get more dramatic every day.

prince williams has been greeted by protesters in jamaica demanding an apology and reparations be paid fo slavery. the duke of cambridge is expected to acknowledge th issue in a speech that he give this evening our correspondents, rihann mills, reports >> for four days, they've been cleaning up touchdowns, read for william and kate to walk into the birthplace of reggae. into a country question with the future relationship with the royal family should be looking in, it's not a debat at the front of everyone's mind. >> >> we all feel great about it. you get me that's it.

>> many indifferent just her to enjoy the spectacle and see other jamaican stars lik england footballer, raheem sterling, -- for you growing up, how wa important jamaica' relationship with the roya family do you have much to say abou the debates going on >> i don't really delve to much into that with everything, you have some people that might be a bit frustrated with things tha happened the past, but as whole, there's a lot of love for the royal family >> - [inaudible >> the fact that they've got involved - issues that we understand, prince william is going to address in the coming days >> before that even landed protesters gathered outside of the british high commission, demanding that prince willia

apologized for the role played by the royal family in slavery >> mr. williams, i see you lov to dance with the black people and you love to frolic, bu speak some truth on this trip. speak truth for what it' worth. >> on his first trip william i expected to acknowledge this painful past, but stopped shor and one of apology we wait to see if that in an way can satisfy his ne audience sky news, trench tone >> a reminder now of our to stories. the spring statement today, as the uk faces the greatest cost of living crisis in generation ukraine's president says 100,000 people in the besieged city of mariupol are still without food and water, an medicine and are under constant bombardment. the duke and justice o cambridge have been greeted by protests in jamaica, accusin the royal family fro benefiting from slavery.

front page of the mornin newspapers we'll start off with the guardian, headline ashes of deadline on -- and there at the bottom of the page, to stand by families spring statement later daily telegraph, ukrainian regain key territory in a figh back they said there is a counterattack in some parts of ukraine by ukrainian forces. interesting story, at th bottom of the page, likely t have a name change in review t slavery. replaced by the local council. there one of the yachts, sailing into - met by protesters of course. the owner of ben - for his links to vladimi putin.

the times report ukrainian troops are running out o weapons. also said that germany has failed to send military ed there's that nato meeting later, that thing will be discussed they're focusing on this sprin statement, that there is a windfall of 20 billion pounds. rather than -- the mail is focusing on th expected tax rises due to come on the 1st of april. saying you can still spike the hike they think he has 50 billion pounds to play with. so 30 million more than th financial times say. the mirror, they feature a family from leads, rachel an her four boys. saying that they need help, sh has two jobs, and she's callin for the chancellor to ease the cost of living the daily express says it will

ease economic pain, ahead of the spring statement if you want to see those front front pages again, scan the qr code that's going to take you to ou website, where you will find the press review the current australian ope champion has announced her retirement from time in. tennis the world number one says she' physically spent, and wants to chase other dreams stepping back wall way out front, she has dominated women's tennis in recent years she was a world number one for 114 weeks. one of the longest in history. the australian open in january she became the first champio in 44 years. but now the 25-year-old says time to step down. >> i will be retiring from tennis and it's the first time i've actually said it out loud it's hard to say but i am so happy, and i am so ready and i know at the moment and my heart, for me as

person this is right >> barty has left the spor before, saying she was burnt out and overwhelmed by the pressure that was back in 2014. she took a professiona cricket. she returns two years later an has won three grand slam titles her decision looks more fina this time. >> i know i have done this before, but in a very differen feeling. i am so grateful to everything tennis has given me. it's given me all of my dreams but i know that the time i right now for me to step away. and chase other dreams and yeah, to put the rocke down >> reaction has been coming in from the world of tennis and he tweeted, happy for bart gutted for tennis, what player the two-time grand sla champion simona, my friend i will miss you on tour, you wer different at special

and we shared some amazing moments. what's next for you? grand slam champion in golf? barty had long said that winning wimbledon was her won true dream she leaves the game reigning champion well done to barty, and good luck let's have a look at what' coming up later on sky news. at just after eight, nei patterson will be speaking t the director of the cbi, focusing on the chancellor statement. we will speak to the ukrainian ambassador to the uk and at around 12:30, we will expect the chancellor to deliver the statement in the house. later on in the afternoon, jan stoltenberg will be holding news conference, as there's meeting of nato member state in brussels today. all right well, still to come. we'll be looking ahead to that spring statement, with our business presenter

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growing calls to hel households facing a cost o living crisis. when he delivers a sprin statement this afternoon ian king has more. >> facing a balancing act, the chancellor is facing that with today's spring statement he wants to continue instillin fiscal discipline as the government tries to restore th public finance system to balance following the pandemic on the other hand he's under severe pressure to try t mitigate the cost of livin crisis one way he is likely to do tha is with a modest cut there are a lot of things he could do one would be to lif more families after -- cancel his 12 billion poun increase international insurance altogether or to increase benefits. he is not likely to do all three of them, businesses in particular would like to see a consolation of the nationa insurance increase that doesn't seem likely t happen businesses will also be lookin for more encouragement in term

of business investment the so-called super deductio on corporation tax is and plac for one more year. after which corporation taxe are expected to rise for business organizations like to see that being mad more permanent and view of the uncertainty of the economy right now. due to the ukrainian war right here on sky news we will be looking into some and all o these issues and hoping to find out whether this really is a tax cutting chancellor as he promises that he wants to be >> let's look to the morning business pages we will start off with the financial times the headline a we told you earlier. 20 billion pounds worth -- of on the side of the briefing that the conversations be -- report that we brought you earlier in the morning let's look at the telegraph. chancellor's tax rate cost 100 pounds it's not expected to sa

that those tax rises will be hiked in april and the front page of th business times there are fears of gas pump trading. there were reporting that th uk government might take ove that part. we have a picture of a lon mosque and olaf scholz let's have a look through th morning markets. in asia, all in positive territory this morning good news for them and the currency exchanges, yo can see the pound up against the dollar, $1.33. and against the euro, 20 cents and the price of crude is stil on the up, down slightly fro last hour. $116 and ten cents per barrel. well what's the weather go install? the next few days are going to

be mainly settled. they'll be plenty of war sunshine there will be air pollutio levels that will be pretty hig locally. there will be an early patch o ground frost in th countryside. there will be some fog, mostly in the northeast that fog will burn back early, almost unbroken sunshine ove uk and ireland with a high of 21 degree celsius possible in th southeast. it is march. along short breeze will keep i cooler to the coast. a little cold will bubble up perhaps giving the odd shower. still to come on the early run down mps reveal how russian sanctions could add to the cos of living crisis in the uk

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the early run down chancellor will deliver hi spring statements as uk face its greatest cost of livin crisis in a generation ukraine's president says tha 100,000 people have received - are still without food, wate and medicine president biden is expected to announce new sanctions against russia when he visits russia the duke and duchess o cambridge have been deep - and jamaica accusing the famil of benefiting from the blood sweat and tears of slaves. the world number one tenni player, ash barty, has

announced her retirement in th sport, age 25. the chancellor will give his spring statement today it's intended to be no mor than a economic update alongside the new forecast fro the -- he is under pressure to help families struggling with increased prices household energy bills, petrol at the pump and the cost o goods in the shop are all on the way up deputy political editor, sam koch's reports >> all the ingredients for cos of living crisis this center prepares meals for those i need and welcome for more and more people wil happen to choose between eatin and heating, even people who work here, struggling. >> - when your kid wants things and you can't get them you feel awful because you

can't give him that. you need other things beside what your kids want, like food and bills. >> your kids understand? >> yeah. apart from my youngest who's seven, but she still learning. >> those on the front situatio it's getting worse >> people are frightened people are actually saying tha they're frightened our staff here are saying ther are frightened, the bills ar coming through the door. mr. going to make ends meet an provide for children >> the local mp wants to kno >> if the chancellor i listening. >> people simply cannot keep their heads above water. there is worse to come we need tax on the oil and gas producers to knock 200 pound off of peoples energy bills, because people need help right now. the governments also got t think again about the national insurance rise and the false council tax rise that's coming in just a few weeks time people simply can't afford it >> the question for many, with rishi sunak's budget, i whether or not it matches th scale of the challenge right now, in places like this one prices are going to continue t

rise for months, if not years, and the chancellor has t decide whether or not th government can step in eac time to help >> rosier forecasts means th chancellor needs - to spend or save then at the time of last autumn's budget yet another mini budget with chances moving when a round of the last moment. more giveaways that he didn' want to make a month ago does he think he can afford to stand by people, yet again sam koch sky news, westminster >> ukraine's president has accused russia of sabotaging efforts to a caveat -- of mary opal volodymyr zelenskyy says tha 100,000 civilians remain in th city with no access to food, water or medicine. they're also under constan bombardment. ukraine's defense ministry say

his troops have retaken mcatee of a suburb of kyiv. the prosecutor's office says that 121 children have bee killed since the invasio began. president biden is expected to announce new sanctions against russia when he meets with othe nato leaders in brussels today >> the bombs over mariupol dra both day and night this is as close as we can get to the hell unfolding there. on the ground brave civilian are risking their lives to sen pictures to the outside world. 780 evacuees from mariupol arrived in the western city of lviv earlier their stories now one of the few ways for the world to lear the horrors unfolding there. alina managed to escape five days ago >> >> there are lots of people in mariupol no. you cannot even imagine ho many children are there. they brought a six-day old, an a three month old children t

the shelter. there are so many of them in the neighboring house, two little girls became orphans an watched their father die the neighbors took them in they are still in mariupol because they cannot leave. >> alina only learned he apartment had been bombed afte seeing this image online the fourth floor from the to was your home until a few days ago. lviv's train stations ar packed with families who fle fighting, each has a story o sadness and suffering. alanna and her little boy ar here from kyiv, clutching hi deflated football, they're trying to reach relatives near dnipro >> there were bombings it was very loud we saw and heard shootings i the streets. a bus was shot at. my son couldn't bear it anymore, emotionally. he couldn't sleep at night that's why we left >> so many here are getting on trains with little idea of a plan to be on survival

>> 10 million people in ukrain have been made homeless sinc the start of this war, leaving with the precious few things that they can carry. they're also bearing stories o the horrors unfolding in the cities that they're fleeing. >> the satellite images show show the theater in mariupol surrounded by burnin buildings. rescue workers still unable to reach 1000 civilians thought t be trapped under its rubble. >> the most frightening thin in the world is forgetting about mariupol, that they will talk about a day or two days and then mariupol citizens wil be dying there in th basements. >> she's escaped with th message from mariupol. don't forget about us. sally lockwood, sky news, lviv in western ukraine >> as a result of russia's invasion of ukraine, sanctions have been leveled agains

russia those sanctions are affectin that country, but they may wel affect people living here to mps are warning. let's bring in the chair of th treasury committee, mel stride application report about that. -- good to have you with us on sk news tell us how those russia sanctions, in your opinion, ar affecting brits here >> the first point to make i that it's been extraordinarily united front put on by countries to resist russia wit sanctions. they are going to have a ver powerful effect on the putin regime, as we see inflation in unemployment going up, trading going down, shrinkage of the russian economy by up to 10% here at home, there ar negative consequences as well, particularly for lower incom households they have not been able to sav during the pandemic, compare to those who are better off. also, for those who energy and food costs make a higher

proportion of thei expenditures, and for othe groups that's why it's really important, this afternoon, tha when the chancellor comes of the spring statement, he has measures to really try and lighten the burden for those lower income households. >> what measures would you lik to see >> i think a couple of thing are really important one, fuel. petrol and diesel, i'd like to see reduced prices prices have been going up very rapidly. that means more money goin into the - that will help with consumer but also businesses who rely o vehicles and have to use fue in order to conduct thei businesses the second thing, national insurance. now, i personally would like t see the national insurance hikes that of penciled in fo next month scratched altogether this is a tax on jobs. it's going to bear down -- and businesses as well i think it's likely that he' probably going to put up the threshold for which national insurance kicks in if he does that, he would also

be some way to lightning the load of those lower income households >> you're absolutely right as you know, the nationa insurance hike is a -- and social care. you take money from that, ho do you find the health service >> well, because, the way to look at it, it's not an either or you can actually scrap the national insurance increased temporarily for a year without having to cut back on the money. the reason for that, he's in a better financial position than was expected back in autumn. the economy has gone faste than was expected. the tax take has increased mor rapidly than expected. it's wedding condom's call mor wiggle room. as a question of how he uses it as i say, now is the time for him to scrap that tax an lighten the load for those who are really feeling the squeeze >> wiggle room or head room, some 20 billion pounds perhaps the transfer has t

play with. so, you're not happy with th idea for the chance to raising taxes? you know, he's probably saving the moment for when he cut taxes just before the election >> there may be some of that i his thinking that's quite possible. no government wants to go into an election putting taxes up there will be something else going on that's ofte overlooked that's the great uncertainty i the future what's going to happen with th course of this war where are oil and gas prices going to go? what's inflation going to do over the next few years? was england going to have to d in terms of raising interest rates, rates as a response t that all of those unknowns mean tha he has to be cautious. there is an element of balancing being prudent, because the future is an unknown place, but at the same time, doing as much as he ca to help the less well off. >> you mentioned the increas in price of oil and gas. there were discussions t

increase the use of nuclea energy in the uk, where are yo on that? do you think that's a good ide and something that should be followed through by th government, to build mor nuclear power stations >> absolutely. the problem is, it will take time there are two approaches t this large scale reactions of muc -- that we brought out much mor quickly. we're not the only country beginning to think more abou nuclear, even germany -- with the greens involved hav come around to the fact that i this balance between trying to get the energy and protectin ourselves from overdependenc on russia, a very aggressive state. we need to now start pressin these buttons. there are shorter term thing that you can do, speeding up renewables, demand management. thanks to get our dependency down, but that - and other countries around the world. >> emily stride, chair of th -- do appreciate your time.

thank you for being with us. to bring you some other news, man suspected of being involve in the riots of the u.s. capitol has been granted asylu in belarus evan newman fled the u.s. afte being charged in connectio with the event on january th 6th. after first going to ukraine he's now moved to belaru claiming that he needs asylu because he's facing politica prosecution back home. one person has reportedly died in new orleans after a tornado tore through the city. tens of thousands are stil without power and a number o homes have been severely damaged. the founder of wikileaks is to marry his fiancée at - he's being held as he fights extradition to the u.s.. he's wanted there for leakin classified documents to th american militaries doc -- supporters are expected to gather around the president to celebrate the marriage prince william and kate have been greeted by protesters i

jamaica, demanding an apolog and reparations. the duke of cambridge is expected to acknowledge that issue in a speech this evening our royal causes bond it reports from jamaica who -- a >> 44 days, they've been cleaning up the trench tow waiting for william and kate t walk into the birthplace o reggae into a country questioning wit their future relationship with the royal family should be looking in, it's not a debat in the front of everyone's mind. >> we all feel great about it. you get me that's it. >> many indifferent just her to enjoy the spectacle and see

other jamaican stars lik england footballer, raheem sterling, -- for you growing up, how wa important jamaica' relationship with the roya family do you have much to say abou the debates going on >> i don't really delve to much into that with everything, you have some people that might be a bit frustrated with things tha happened the past, but as whole, there's a lot of love for the royal family >> - >> - [inaudible >> the fact that they've got involved isn't downplay th debates going on issues that we understand, prince william is going to address in the coming days >> before that even landed protesters gathered outside of the british high commission, demanding that prince willia apologized for the role played by the royal family in slavery >> mr. williams, i see you lov

to dance with the black people and you love to frolic, bu speak some truth on this trip. speak truth for what it' worth. >> on his first trip here. william is expected to acknowledge the painful past but stopped short of a apology. we wait to see if that in an way can satisfy his ne audience sky news >> a reminder now of our top stories. the chancellor rishi sunak wil deliver his spring statement with the uk facing the greates cost of living crisis and decade ukraine's president says 100,000 people are now i mariupol without food, water and medicine and are under constant bombardment. the duke and duchess o cambridge have been greeted by protesters and jamaica accusing the royal family of

benefiting from the blood, sweat, and tears of slaves let's have another look now at the mornings front pages wil start off with the guardian, ashes of a deadline of reporting on the russian bombardment of ukrainian cit of mariupol. that's a young girl on the front page there on her way ou of the country from lviv the telegraph reports that ukrainians have launched a counter attack in a number o areas. ukraine is regaining key territories. the metro, sling your hook they have a picture of the man himself. on its way in -- was met with protests. he's sanction for his links to vladimir putin the times report that ukrainia troops are running out o weapons, and germany has faile to send promised military aid. the financial times focusing o the chancellor sprin statement. saying that rishi sunak ha

decided to lay aside some 20 billion pounds, rather tha help households struggling wit the cost of living if you want to see those front pages, you can scan the qr cod that you see right now it will take you to ou website. let's have a look at hea what's coming up later just after eight, neil patterson will be speaking t this ebi about the chancellors spring statement at 9:30, ukraine's ambassado to uk will be speaking to -- to ask at 12:30, we'll have the chancellor statement to th comments, full coverage an analysis of course later on in the afternoon, nat holds a special session th nato secretary general b giving a media conference. you're watching the earl rundown. we'll take a look at the morning sports news. and we'll tell you why som chelsea fans are not happy wit the club's potential - life insurance

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114 weeks. one of the longest sense i history. at the australian open she became the first home women' champion in 44 years but now the 25-year-old says time to step down. >> i will be retiring from tennis and it's the first time i have said it out loud. and yeah it is hard to say but i am so happy and i'm so

ready. i just know at the moment in m heart for me as a person thi is right >> barty has left the spor before saying she was burnt ou and overwhelmed by the pressure that was back in 2014. she took a professional cricket, she returns to years later and has won three grand slam titles. her decision this time looks more final >> i know i've done this befor but in a very different feelin and i am so grateful t everything that tennis has given me it's given me all of my dreams plus more. but i know that the time i right now for me to step away, and chase other dreams and yeah to put the racket down. >> reactions have been comin in from the world of tennis. andy tweeted happy for vardy gutted for tennis what a player the two-time grand sla

champion added my friend i wil miss you on tour you wer different and special and we shared some amazing moments. what's next for you? grand slam champion in golf. barty had long said that winning wimbledon was her won true dream she leaves the game reigning champion well done to barty, and good luck today is the deadline for th european football championship and 2028 it is expected to pass with joint bid from the uk an ireland as the only candidate. the games of that tournament i 2028 will be spread across all the nation and ireland you can expect games at london and glasgow. the owners of the american and baseball chicago cubs ar heading to london, as part o their bid to buy chelsea the head of the sports group i against the family who owns th cubs due to their political links and islamophobia an email sent

from someone in the group, but not involved in the bid to buy chelsea. manchester city, and liverpool have been given the backing of their city's mayors as the called for the fa cup semifina between the cups to be moved from wembley stadium a more suitable venue needs to be found on the day the game is scheduled, there are no trains from liverpool or manchester t london let's have a look at some of the back pages this morning. we'll start with the daily mirror their headline, the holy bail, as they look at wales's bi game coming up against austria as they try and qualify for th world cup. getting to the world cup has become an obsession for the -- mirror tells us they've been there about -- saying he can have more of an impact on th pitch if he wants to god be -- let's take a look at the daily express. the same story about garet

bale wanting desperately to ge to the world cup with wales. as his whales teammate reveals that the team are obsessed perhaps understandably and getting to the big tournament. -- we'll have a role i england's upcoming game. let's look at the back page of the times now. for the past couple of day since it was revealed how badl england did at the six nations been looking at the future o england rugby. and saying now that -- diluted and absurd who have backed the curren england head coach -- despite the fact that england had a terrible performance in the six nations this year. they say -- is the man to take england into the world cup stars, fans, and maybe som players don't agree. and they have a picture ther

of -- in training ahead of england's game at wemble coming up. all right, let's have a look a what today's weather has i store, i have my sunglasse ready. it's going to be mainly settled, with plenty of warm sunshine do watch, out air pollutio levels will be locally ver high most places have a fine start, if it's going to be a little chilly there's the patch of groun frost in the countryside there's some fog in th northeast that fog is going to burn back to leave almos unbroken sunshine across the u and ireland. it will be warm again with a high of 21 degrees possible in the southeast. the breeze will keep it cooler near the coast the afternoon will be similar, but a little cloud could arriv bringing the odd shower. coming up next on sky news at breakfast, we will have the

very latest on the chancello rishi sunak and his spring statement. we are speaking to -

it is 7:00 good to see you this morning all eyes will be on th chancellor today to see whethe he will put a spring i everybody step by helping families with his budget for the government the - who will be with us shortly. we'll be asking the shadow t secretary to the treasury -- how they'd fix the crisis. plus, fresh reports th president putin's forces could