the favorite to finish first in qualifying charles the cleric's hopes for pole position in the azerbaijan grand prix had a wall on saturday the monica collision into line up ninth to start the race putting his team ferrari at a disadvantage. to mercedes drivers captive was on the clerk's spill with both three put flying through to clinch pole position. while reigning world champion and current leader lewis hamilton slotted in behind his teammate to finish second the mercedes team certainly had their share of luck with a cleric's accident and they took full advantage with their own performance. has been so close so we can draw it looks incredibly quick and about he did an exceptional job in qualifying. it's just this is a massive message a great result for us no good now hamilton and booked us will need to dylan.

also coming up in the programme, it's another mercedes one—two in azerbaijan. find out what stopped this brave marathon runner from crossing the finish line. hello and welcome to sportsday, lots coming up on the programme but we start with manchester city who have returned to the top of the premier league after a 1—0 win at burnley. much to the disappointment of liverpool fans who were hoping city would slip up. with just one point between the two clubs and only two matches remaining, it looks like the fight for the title might go down to the wire. it was a scrapy match with city having a shout for a penalty turned down after the ball struck ashley barnes on the arm. but they did find the breakthrough when sergio aguero‘s shotjust about crossed the line, confirmed using goal—line technology. manchester city are now a point above liverpool with two games remaining. if they beat leicester and brighton they will retain the title. these kind of games you play with the tension which what is going in the season. you know already we have two points. so it is incredibl

and man—hole madness in baku as the street circuit‘s drains stop first practise for the azerbaijan grandlots for you on tonight, and we're starting with liverpool, where there's bound to be some chewed fingernails across the red half of merseyside because tonight, they begin their final three—match countdown in the hunt for their first title in nearly 30 years. our correspondent andy swiss at outside the ground. apologies, but this is officially squeaky bomb time, and what's the feeling at anfield? as you say, it's a rainy night but it could be a dramatic one for this premier league title race. there is still a huge amount of optimism here at anfield, they know they need one of manchester city's three remaining opponents do them a very big favour indeed, but pressure can do strange things at this point of the season. really all that herbal can do is just keep on winning and that some thing they've been doing very well in recent weeks —— really all that liverpool can do. they won their last nine matches across all competitions. tonight, frankly, is a night they should win rather easily be

valtteri bottas takes pole in azerbaijan as charles leclerc‘s challenge hits the wall.out why it was a day to remember forjockey bryony frost — as she enjoyed the perfect return from injury. hello and welcome to the programme. it certainly feels like the end of the season, but forget the premier league title race because today it's all about the battle at the bottom — with teams scrambling to stay in the top flight next season. some crucial results this afternoon that could prove the difference — including a very important draw for brighton this evening. they've managed to claim a crucial point after coming from behind against newcastle. ayoze perez opened the scoring with this header causing some worried faces among the home fans. but brighton equalised 15 minutes from time. pascal gross with a huge goal, ending the seagulls seven—game goal drought. a win would have all but guaranteed survivalfor brighton after cardiff's 1—0 defeat to already relegated fulham, a game they needed to win today — neil warnocik‘s face says it all. ryan babel with the only goal in that gane

i see this have locked out the front of the grid for sunday's formula one goal play in azerbaijan. is in poll with teammates and reigning world champion lewis hamilton just behind him not such a good. look look. clarke had been facias in all three practice sessions leading up to saturday's qualifying session but after that crash the twenty one year old will start the race and minds on the grid with his ferrari team mate sebastian vettel up in. of course we'll have the latest from the f one but for now i had to back to come out of a thank you son and your son and i back at thirteen hundred hours g.m.t. a couple of hours from now with the next news out right after the break their writer and finnegan with the latest news right here on officer. on counting the call says the u.s. slams the brakes on iran's oil exports will try the spillover effect also have a secret world of high risk lending and it's the poor in a sting operation to catch a spider what's a flight for control of the next generation of my bob counting the cost on al-jazeera. an army of volunteers has come together to hel

and coming up on sportsday on bbc news: there's drama at the azerbaijan grand prix as george russell'sis damaged by a loose manhole cover, causing first practice to be abandoned. good evening. the british and irish governments have announced that talks to break the political deadlock and restore the devolved government in stormont will resume, in the wake of the death ofjournalist lyra mckee. police in northern ireland have released new footage of the man suspected of being responsible for shooting the 29—year—old whilst she was observing a riot in the creggan area of londonderry last week. detectives are calling on the local community to identify this man — who they suspect of being the gunman. a group calling itself the new ira has admitted it was behind the attack. our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. about a minute before the shots were fired that killed lyra mckee, three men are seen walking towards the rioting — one carrying a crate of petrol bombs. with him, a man wearing a camouflage face mask and what police think is the gunman. it's believed they're all in their late

what do the people of azerbaijan think of this? but this splendid georgia o'keefe homage is the trump tower baku. or it was. it never opened. i can show you what it looks like on fire. there are two things this trump tower baku is known for. one of it is catching fire last year as it sat unfinished. the other thing it's known for is that gob smacking reporting that the new yorker ran about it in 2017, which everyone filed away never to talk about in polite company again. that new yorker story was the story of the trump organization, the president's business developing this would be orchid shaped trump luxky to youer in a random corner of azerbaijan. they were developing a business relationship that for all intents and purposes was funded by the iran revolutionary guard. the trump organization knew since 2015, the balcking for tht business was likely the iranian national guard, they knew it but kept going any way. they only backed out from trying to build that thing in azerbaijan after trump was elected in 2016. and that piece was j

charles leclerc led a ferrari one—two in an incident—packed second practice at the azerbaijan grand prixecond ahead of team—mate sebastian vettel, with lewis hamilton in third. earlier, there had been a bizarre incident during first practice when george russell's williams hit a loose manhole cover, causing the session to be abandoned. the car was damaged by the drain cover and then doused in hydraulic fluid after the recovery truck hit a bridge on its way back to the pits. we all do our preparations all day yesterday, the guys getting the car ready, preparing for the weekend ahead. for it to run into a drain literally after a lap, a frustrating day for us. newcastle falcons remain bottom of rugby union's premiership after losing 31 points to 17 to northampton. elsewhere, sale jumped to sixth in the league as they beat bath in a try—less game at the a] bell stadium. aj macginty kicking both sale's penalties to keep their faint hopes of a top four finish alive. now, since their purple patch culminating in olympic gold in rio, great britain's women's hockey team have been in a state of flux

valterri bottas is back on top of the formula one drivers championship after winning the azerbaijan grands the finn finished 1.5 seconds ahead of his teammate lewis hamilton. more disappointment for ferrari though, as sebastian vettel finished third asjoe lynskey reports: right now at fi, no team could put mercedes in the shade. their two drivers have been i— mercedes in the shade. their two drivers have been 1— two in every grand prix this season. four races m, grand prix this season. four races in, it feels a two horse race. once again, valtteri bottas and lewis hamilton were racing from the front and in the fight for the first corner, altera bottasjust held onto his lead. the question from their was where challenges would come from —— valtteri bottas. and from ferrari of late, technical progress but no results. charles leclerc fought back to the cusp of the lead but staying out of the pit saw his prospects slip away. is this race reached a climax, it was a familiar finish. this time for valtteri bottas, the first turn would prove the difference. on a track hamilton says he doesn't enjo

one mercedes driver terry both has capitalized on his pole position to clinch first place in the azerbaijan grand prix in baku his teammate lewis hamilton coming in second continuing the team's early season dominance for our drivers fussing federal finishing third to round out the podium the wind pushes both us. to first in the overall stuff it's. up next we have a documentary film a story of south africa focusing on one woman who's making her own way despite facing considerable difficulties i'm dr thomas for the entire news team thanks for being with us. first day in school. or first coming lesson from the doors grand the moment arrives. jointly arranging on her journey back to freedom. in our interactive documentary tour of an orangutan returns home. don't come to tanks.

resave formula one driver valtteri bottas has taken pole position in sunday's azerbaijan grand prix after setting the fastest lap in qualifying in the capital back to fellow mercedes driver lewis hamilton will line up alongside bought us at the front of the grid appleton is reigning world champion and has won the last two races his prime title rivals the best in fettle will start in third place for ferrari. you're watching news up next a former ira fighter working to heal the scars from decades of violence in north there are and will be back with more news at the top of the hour stage you. have. a sex phone operator who worked her masters thesis on the potato. to breed. not to turn on well it's more residuals from their. literature list to live by the street. people here life they love their country but not the current conditions.

formula one season continued this weekend as their drivers again finished first and second at the azerbaijan grand prix this time out valtteri bottas got the better of his teammate lewis hamilton in a race that turned into a stroll for mercedes. the most eighties geo started the race on the front row of the grid reigning world champion lewis hamilton was desperate to take the lead off a valid to rebox us but the finn held off his teammates early attacks. it quickly became clear that sebastian fattal had little hope of overhauling the front to his ferrari team mate charlotte clegg battled his way up the field after his crash in qualifying he even led briefly thanks to the leading trios pit stop but the plan only worked for so long as nick clegg's tires degraded he was easily reeled in by the race favorites eventually dropping back to fifth place that left the white cliff a potus to complete a comfortable victory already his second in four races of the new season. i could not do any mistakes but honestly everything was under control so i'm happy to to see the track if i can get this right this

to formula one now and mercedes driver about terry bought us will take pole position at sunday's azerbaijan grand prix after setting the fastest lap in qualifying in the capital but who. fell over saidee's driver lewis hamilton will line up alongside talk to us at the front of the grid adults it is the reigning world champion and has won the last two races is time title rivals the best in fettle will start in third place for ferrari. you're watching t w news i'll be back with more news at the top of the hour sic around now because after the break we have the best of the action from saturday's win this league games including the derby between dortmund and shelter local pride was at stake for both teams and dortmund needed to win over their old rivals to keep their title challenge go it. highlights from that game and much more coming up on the bonus league this nick mechanic line. where i come from we have to fly for a free france and was born and raised in the time of the painter she protests one t.v. shadow and if you newspapers with official information as attorneys who have worked on the

valteri bottas edges out lewis hamilton to win the azerbaijan grand prix for a record fourth consecutivevitova warms up for the french open by claiming the stuttgart grand prix. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the footballing news that manchester city are just two wins away from retaining their premier league title after sergio aguero's goal gave his side a scrappy 1—0 win at burnley. aguero's 64th—minute goal was given via goal—line technology and this match was seen as a potential banana skin but since going out of the champions league, city have beaten tottenham at home, as well as manchester united and burnley away leaving pep guardiola's side within touching distance of beating liverpool to the title. for the first bit we didn't create too much. a little bit but not too much. of course, it is what

incident formula one at the azerbaijan grand prix. driver, george russell, checking under his car after pulling over. it hit a loose drain cover causing serious damage, which you can see here. the recovery truck it later took a chunk out of a bridge. race organizers decided to abandon the session after just 10 minutes to check the safety of the rest. the second session did go ahead. is in the barcelona semi finals as he tries to win a 12 title in catalonia. on the spaniard struggled friday. this is the first time these two have ever played together and it proved to be a memorable debut. nadal taking the second by the same score to set up a semifinal .gainst dominic team -- thiem for many american football players, the journey to turning pro starts in high school. one coach in new orleans has his hands full managing talented young athletes, trying to keep them on the field and out of the streets. >> the winningest coach in louisiana says football is not his calling. that's just a job. , he says,cation is to get his players out of new o

mercedes driver valtteri bottas capitalize on his pole position start to clinch first place at the azerbaijan grand prix and back his team mate lewis hamilton came second continuing the team's early season dominants ferrari racer sebastian vettel finished third to round out the podium when push. just bought test just ahead of hamilton to first in the standings the jewel have finished in the top two for every race so far. the superhero film avengers endgame has shattered the record for the biggest opening weekend with one point two billion dollars in global ticket sales the movie surpassed analysts expectations setting records in the u.s. china brazil and france as well as in three dozen other markets the three hour actions spectacle features popular comic book characters such as iron man the hulk and thor in a battle against the super villain phantoms. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you the socialists of prime minister pedro sanchez in spain have won the most votes in the election there but they will need to form a coalition with smaller parties to remain in power the far

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for ses formula one driver of all terry both us has taken pole position at sunday's azerbaijan grand prix after setting the fastest lap in qualifying in the capital a fellow mercedes driver lewis hamilton will line up right along side of the front of the grid and reigning world champion hamilton well he's won the last two races is primary title rival is the boss and that's all of ferrari and he will start in third place. quick reminder now the top story that we're tracking for you at this hour at least fifteen people are dead after sri lankan forces raided a suspected is the most hideout in the east of the country the country's been scrambling to crackdown on extremist militants since the bombings that killed more than two hundred fifty people on easter sunday. you're watching g.w. news live from berlin up next a reporter meets an american fashion designer trying to transform the fur industry and she's doing it with. ok stay tuned for that and we'll be back with more news at the top of the hour i'm carl assman thanks for watching. the five. most of the chain reaction groups. around s

will travel to nuremberg for save his driver valtteri boat has taken pole position at sunday's azerbaijan grand prix after setting the fastest lap in qualifying in the capital baku it was a good day all around from his eighties there are other driver you've heard of him lewis hamilton will line up alongside both toss at the front of the grid the reigning world champion has won the last two races his main title rival sebastian vettel of ferrari will start in third. you're watching news up next a former ira fighter working to heal the scars from decades of violence in northern ireland stay tuned for that i'll be back with more news at the top of the hour right here on the. people here love life. they love their country but not the current conditions. iran a journey through a land full of contradictions the for joy and sadness. confidence.

sadie's driver valtteri bottas capitalize on his pole position start to clinch first place at the azerbaijan grand prix in baquba his teammate lewis hamilton came seconds continuing it seems early season dominance ferrari racer sebastian vettel finished third to round out the podium the wind pushes bought us just ahead of hamilton to first in the standings the duo have finished in the top two for every race so far. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you the socialists of prime minister pager ascensions haven't won the most votes in spain's election but they will need to form a coalition to remain in power the far right vox party will also enter the spanish parliament for the first time. stay with us after the break we'll have the best of sunday's been his legal action featuring league leaders fire in munich they were hoping to capitalize on dortmund's loss on saturday but they had to overcome a nuremberg side desperate to avoid relegation former bonus league a star michelle didn't say will be on hand to give his views on that and the other big going to stay just. on the x. p

drive about harry potter has capitalized on his pole position start to clinch first place in the azerbaijan grand prix in back to his teammate lewis hamilton came second continuing the team's early season dominance ferrari races sebastian vettel finished third to round out the podium the wind pushes bought us just ahead of hamilton to first in the standings and finished in the top two for every race so far. enjoying that champagne you watching the daily news outlets in american fashion designer is trying to transfer industry and she's doing it with road kill state change for that and i'll. back with more news at the top of the hour thanks so much for watching. my first boss was the sewing machine. where i come from women are almost by this social influence even something as simple as learning how to ride a bicycle it isn't. since i was a little good i wanted to have advised i'd lost my home but it took me near as to understand there's. finally they gave up on mental buying young guys like that but returned because sewing machines sewing i suppose was more apt procreates for girls than.

according to the article, trump helped build a hotel in azerbaijan that appears to be a corrupt operation engineered by oligarchs tied to iran's revolutionary guard. davidson reports the trump organization's chief legal officer, alan garten, acknowledged that trump and his daughter ivanka knew their baku azerbaijan partners were likely laundering money for the iran's revolutionary guard. david's a tweeting monday asking reporters to include these details and the reporting on the iranian revolutionary guard a terrorist designation. can you explain this? will, should we really be surprised by now, mindful of everything else we know about how the trump organization has been o operating?? i don't see what we would think at all the trump organization would have any qualms about dealing with the company that likely was laundering money for the irgc. what this really shows, what this comes down to is not because there was a great since this actually would advance america's national interest or this truly would put more pressure on iran economically -- and fact, the irgc is already tremendously s

there was drama in baku — ahead of the azerbaijan grand prix.itt reports... experts build this weekend as the one that ferrari had to strike back in baku. williams managed to strictly wall, qualifying suspended for 30 minutes. when it resumed the proposition favourites did exactly the same. i am stupid. the crash leaving him tenth on the grid and only watching the battle for the front row which was won by mercedes, lewis hamilton pipped by 0.5 of a second. sebastian vettel only third. yet again this season a head scratching day for the italian team and a letter one for the silver arrows. exeter beat harlequins 17—15 in the premiership — to increase their lead at the top of the table. after the chiefs had taken an early lead, quins piled on the pressure in the closing stages but they fell agonisingly short — as they chase a top four finish. paul frostick was watching. it has been another colourful season at exeter chiefs having a book to their premiership semifinal spot in record time. victory over harlequins would help cement opposition the tabl

there's more on the bbc sport website, including the results from qualifying ahead of the azerbaijanl of today's stories on the bbc news channel. that's all from me. goodnight. good evening. the second half of the weekend promises to be rather less turbulent thanks forjoining me. it is time to look at the weather. so far, the weekend has not been right, it has been very blustery. as far as the week ahead is concerned there are signs that the weather will warm up a little bit before it cools off again. this is the storm we had in the last 2a hours, it is barely a storm, to be honest, pretty rough across south—western islands but the low pressure through saturday and into sunday will move out into the north sea and there is hardly anything left of it. to the south, high pressure is building. what we will find in the wake of the storm isa will find in the wake of the storm is a little bit of cool air coming out of the north—west before warm airwinds and out of the north—west before warm air winds and comes out of the south—west. so sunday is looking much better across the uk. the winds

to formula one in a bizarre incident at the azerbaijan grand prix that caused the cancellation of the first practice session this is british driver george russell of the williams team checking under his car after pulling over that's after it hit a loose drain cover causing some serious damage as you can see here to add to the chaos a recovery truck later took a chunk out of a bridge race organizers decided to abandon the session. after just ten minutes to check the safety of the rest of the venue and bako the second session did go ahead with charles look clerk fastest ahead of ferrari team mate sebastian vettel. rafael nadal is into the barcelona open semifinals as he tries to win a twelfth title and catalonia but the spaniard struggled against germany's young leonard straw for the first set seven five on friday this is the first time these two have ever played together and it proved to be a memorable debut the doll taking the second as well by the same score to set up a semi final against dominic t. for many american football players the journey to turning pro starts in high school o

to formula one in a bizarre incident at the azerbaijan grand prix that caused the cancellation of the first practice session this is british driver george russell of the williams team checking under his car after pulling over that's after it hit a louche drain cover causing some serious damage as you can see here to add to the chaos a recovery truck later took a chunk out of a bridge race organizers decided to abandon the session after just ten minutes to check the safety of the rest of the venue and bako the second session did go ahead with chas look clerk fastest ahead of ferrari teammate sebastian vettel. rafael nadal is into the barcelona open semifinals as he tries to win the twelfth title and catalonia but the spaniard struggled against germany's young leonard straw for the first set seven five on friday this is the first time these two have ever played together and it proved to be a memorable debut the doll taking the second as well by the same score to set up a semi final against dominic. for many american football players the journey to turning pro starts in high school one c

putting ferrari on the pole position ended on the barriers as he crashes out in qualifying only as azerbaijanered a shock defeat by gary wilson in the second round of snookehs wilson in the second round of snooker‘s world championship in sheffield. more and although stories from the bbc sport centre throughout the day. —— more on all those. clinics offering cosmetic surgery such as botox and fillers have said they will introduce new checks to ensure vulnerable people are not sold unnecessary or damaging treatment. it follows a warning from the nhs director of mental health services that the cosmetic industry is doing too little to stop those with body image obsessions undergoing potentially harmful treatments. richard galpin reports. cosmetic procedures like botox injections and fillers are popular and easily available — notjust in clinics, but also in high street outlets. the nhs is concerned there is a link between young people's mental health and these kinds of procedures. 25% of youngsters are worried about their appearance, 50% are worried about their weight, and we know that the evidenc

they locked out the front row for sunday's azerbaijan grand prix.m in tenth place. valtteri bottas then pipped teammate lewis hamilton to pole position. sebastian vettel, in the other ferrari, will start third. the team has zero blame on that. the car felt quite the team has zero blame on that. the carfelt quite ok, it is a bit trickier. you are expected as a driver. first lap ok, second lap i thought all the potential was gone. only myself, my mistake, and nobody else to blame. so, yes, i will learn from it, come back stronger and hopefully tomorrow, especially tomorrow, i will try to recover from my stupid mistake today. rafa nadal‘s hopes of becoming the first player to win the same atp event 12 times are over, he's been knocked out of the semi finals of the barcelona open by dominic thiem in straight sets. nadal beat thiem in last year's french open final but he had few answers today, as he went down 6—4 6—4. dominic thiem will play daniil medvedev in the final after he beat kei nishikori in three sets. world number one naomi osaka says she had

also coming up in the programme, it's another mercedes one—two in azerbaijan.

putting his ferrari on pole position ended in the barriers, as he crashes out of qualifying at the azerbaijand a shock defeat by gary wilson in the second round of snooker‘s world championship in sheffield. more from bbc sport throughout the day. spaniards go the polls tomorrow in a fiercely—contested general election — the third in the past four years. the controversial far—right vox party is threatening to shake up spanish politics, but critics say its divisive message could set the country back decades. andy beatt reports. spain's third general election in just four years. with as many as 40% of voters still undecided ahead of sunday's vote, politicians of all colours have been campaigning hard. among them, the far—right populist party vox, enjoying a surge of support and hoping to upstage their rivals. but in madrid, activists from feminist group femen, written across their bodies, "this isn't patriotism, it's fascism." and the anti—franco slogan, "they shall not pass." anti—immigration, anti—separatist, and anti—women's rights, vox is one of five parties with a chance of entering governm

the first practice session for the formula 1 grand prix in azerbaijan was abandoned within minutes after but his car was wrecked in the crash. to add insult to injury the crane carrying the car to the pits then collided with a pedestrian bridge. the williams team is now seeking compensation from the race organisers for damage of more than half a million dollars. iamon i am on social media. it would be good to hear from you, bye for now. it will be a stormy start for the weekend in many parts of the weekend. storm hannah has brought power outages in parts. severe gales expected quite widely along the coast. so late into the season when the trees are now in full leaf in many areas that we do expect some damage to trees, buildings, power lines and disruption to transport. there are warnings on the website, mostly for the wind but not entirely because it looks pretty wet as well. one band of rain through the night and the next one coming in. it will not be a cold start but a windy one. particularly for england and wales with severe gales around the coast and hills but inland, gales of up to

mercedes capitalised on more mistakes from ferrari to lock out the front row for today's azerbaijan grandtest driver until this crash in qualifying left him in tenth place. valtteri bottas then pipped teammate lewis hamilton to pole position. sebastian vettel, in the other ferrari, will start third. exeter edged past harlequins to increase their lead at the top of rugby union's premiership. the 17—15 victory means exeter need one more win to ensure they end the season on top of the premiership while quins are still in the hunt for the top four with a losing bonus point. the shocks continue at the world snooker championship with three—time champion mark selby out in the second round. gary wilson, who is a former taxi driver, won by 13 frames to 10 in sheffield. this break of 92 sealing the win in style. it's the second time the qualifier has knocked out a seed in this tournament. he'll meet either ali carter or china's zhou yuelong in the quarter—snookerfinal. that's all the sport for now. now on bbc news, here's the papers. hello, and welcome to our sunday morning paper review. with me ar

experience yourself thank you very much and peter without with woman one and the bizarre incident at the azerbaijan accompli calls the first practice to be cancelled a new strain cover was struck by george russell williams is what to call it a significant damage to the call. a recovery truck hits a brit race organizers decided to abandon the session off with just ten minutes to check the safety of the rest of the venue and buckle the second practice will not go ahead as scheduled. first time be a chant as a fan tanya have managed to stay alive in the playoffs they made home court advantage account on thursday beating the denver nuggets to take their first round series to a decisive game seven so they're not half the action that led to the scout when you have a forty three point game you can usually expect to be on the winning side nicklaus jock itch was on fire in game six with the denver needing just one more win to progress by despite his impressive form he's been finding out there's no quit in five time n.b.a. championship winning coach gregg popovich and his son into a new spurs. and while pop

ferrari's charles leclerc is fastest after practice for this weekend's azerbaijan grand prix.anhole covers caused havoc and meant first practice to be cancelled after george russell's williams was damaged. around 300 manhole covers have since been checked and russell has been back on the track today in his repaired car. mercedes drivers lewis hamilton and valtteri bottas are first and second in the championship after three consecutive one—twos at the start of the season. mark williams and mark selby are in 2nd round action at the world snooker championship in sheffield. selby, started the day trailing gary wilson 9 frames to 7 but won the first two frames of the morning session to level the match. wilson did edge out ahead in the next but selby, a three time champion here, potted a long red just before the interval to go 10—10 in the best—of—13 match. totte n ha m tottenham have just kicked off against west ham, west ham chasing a top four champions league place for next season. that's all the sport for now. coming up next it's click. this week: setting the record straight...

the first practice session for the formula 1 grand prix in azerbaijan was abandoned within minutes afterl was unhurt but his car was wrecked in the crash. to add insult to injury the crane carrying the car to the pits then collided with a pedestrian bridge. the williams team is now seeking compensation from the race organisers for damage of more than $500,000. it's 20 years since the american—born, british—based, oscar—winning director stanley kubrick died. for the first time in the uk, a major retrospective exploring his film—making is being held in london. when they came out, many of his films like a clockwork orange, 2001: a space odyssey and dr. strangelove were seen as ahead of their time and they still resonate today. our arts editor will gompertz reports. you are entering a stanley kubrick experience, a world of single—point perspective and almost obsessive attention to detail. if film—making was the art form of the 20th century, then stanley kubrick was its da vinci. a fine artist with a mechanical eye who produced celluloid masterpieces, from barry lyndon to a clockwork orange.

mercedes capitalised on more mistakes from ferrari to lock out the front row for sunday's azerbaijan in qualifying left him in tenth place. valtteri bottas then pipped teammate lewis hamilton to pole position. sebastian vettel, in the other ferrari, will start third. the team has zero blame on that. the car felt quite 0k, it is a bit trickier. you are expected as a driver. first lap 0k, second lap i thought all the potential was gone. 0nly myself, my mistake, and nobody else to blame. so, yes, i will learn from it, come back stronger and hopefully tomorrow, especially tomorrow, i will try to recover from my stupid mistake today. rafael nadal‘s hopes of winning the barcelona 0pen for a fourth successive year are over. he's been beaten in the semi finals by the world number five, dominic thiem — with the austrian winning in straight sets. thiem will play daniil medvedev in tomorrow's final. there's been another huge shock at the snooker world championship. defending champion mark williams is out. he lost 13 frames to 9 to david gilbert in the second round. three time champion mark selb

and finally for me a small town in azerbaijan is proposing a uniqique spot experience. in the city of nafta line you can take a bath in crude oil a practice that some in the area believe provides health benefit. visitors take ten minute bats in the oil which is heated just above body temperature before attendance come and scrape it off. the specialist a warren of negative health effects pointing out that the oil contains a carcinogenic substance grew very shell there's that's not bothering many of her continuing to flock to these. cities bass noted about yeah might give it a miss and discomfort normal l a normal sm. all right cool thank you very much for a round up of the business. we're gonna take a short break him back on the other side with more musically watching from 04/12/19 04/12/19 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from boston this is , democracy now! arrest, thege scandal, it is not just u.s. government. the british are cooperating, ecuador is now cooperating, sweden before had cooperated. the efforts to silence the journalist who was producing

one mercedes driver valtteri bottas capitalized on his pole position to clinch first place at the azerbaijan grown prix in baku his teammate lewis hamilton came in second continuing the team's early season dominance ferrari races to boston fattal's finish third to round out the podium but haas is now first in the overall standings. and some tragic news from the world of football the czech republic international yossef sorrell has died after a bus crash sorrell and six other players from turkish top tier side four were returning home from an away match now the players went at a minibus while the rest of the squad returned with the team bus the driver is under investigation for allegedly falling asleep at the wheel died in the hospital he was twenty eight hears all. coming up on d w our show eco india we're looking at water as the basis of life we'll meet an environmentalist for storing india's lakes and ask if shellfish can surefire our seas that's in just a few minutes here on. the basis of why many bodies are polluted and groundwater reserves are endangered but now there's an innovative wat

miss avies of a lot out the front of the grid for sunday's for long grand prix in azerbaijan vulture. in pole with c. mason reigning world champion lewis hamilton just behind him not such a good day though for ferrari charlotte clare. probably up stupid. to fit the class had been fastest in all three practice sessions leading up to subsidize qualifying but after the fact crash the twenty one year old will start the rice nine on the grid is for. vettel is up in. his deadly game in major league baseball for the toronto blue jays one just the way he drops it would the son of one of the game's old time greats had a lead of double helping the blue jays to a full two win over the oakland a's one of the new law has been taking a closer look at the most sports about young player in baseball. like father like son or so toronto fans are hoping known as the pride of the dominican republic lattimer guerrero sr was exciting canadian baseball fans between one nine hundred ninety three and two thousand and three playing for the now defunct montreal expos vlad jr as he's known is also a heavy hitter

valtteri bottas is back on top of the formula one drivers championship after winning the azerbaijan grand, finished 1.5 seconds ahead of his teammate lewis hamilton. that is a record four consecutive one—twos for hamilton and bottas now, while ferrari's sebastian vettel finished third. world number three petra kvitova beat anett kontaveit in straight sets, 6—3, 7—6, to win the stuttgart grand prix on sunday. it was the czech‘s second title in 2019, following victory at the sydney international injanuary, and comesjust a month before the start of the french open. while dominic thiem defeated daniil medvedev 6—4, 6—0 to win the barcelona open. the austrian third seed cruised to victory for his second title of the year, adding to his triumph in indian wells last month, and celebrated in a unique way. the toronto raptors will again look to kawhi leonard as they take on the philadelphia 76ers in game two of their nba eastern conference semi—finals series later. leonard scored a career playoff—high 45 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in the game one 108—95 victory, receiving a standing ovation wh

the two mercedes drivers started the azerbaijan grand prix at the front of the grid.eri position at the lights out. —— valtteri bottas. lewis hamilton remained in second. hamilton going for a third straight win. mo farah failed in his attemnpt to win the london marathon for the first time as eliud kipchoge took the men's title again. the kenyan pulled away with farah unable to stay with him as he finished in fifth. kipchoge setting a new course record and the second fastest time ever. he is the world record holder over this distance. mo farah‘s preparations somewhat overshadowed this week by a row with former long distance great haile gebrselassie. the women's race has been won by kenya's richard —— brigid kosgei. barry hawkins is in control of his second round match against kyren wilson at the world snooker championship — leading six frames to two after the first session. and the youngest player left in the tournament, zhou yuelong, has also made a good start in his match against ali carter. the 21 year old leads 5—i. the winner will play gary wilson in the quarter f

ferrari's charles leclerc is fastest after practice for this weekend's azerbaijan grand prix.st practice had to be cancelled after george russell's williams car was damaged. around 300 manhole covers have since been checked and russell has been back on the track today in his repaired car. mercedes drivers lewis hamilton and valtteri bottas are first and second in the championship, after three consecutive one—twos at the start of the season. it's the london marathon tomorrow and, in the men's wheelchair race, he's looking for a record ninth course victory, but keep an eye on team matejohnboy smith. he's an upcoming wheelchair racer, whose life was changed in a split second as a teenager. kate grey has been to meet him at his training base in richmond. johnboy smith is one of britain's rising stars on the wheelchair racing circuit, but he never set out to be. his life changed at the age of 16, in a tragic case of mistaken identity. i stumbled upon the wrong farm, at the wrong time, mistaken for a poacher, i was accused of poaching and everything like that. the farmer fired a war

thank you daryl we'll start with formula one in a bizarre incident at the azerbaijan grand prix that caused the cancellation of the first practice session this is british driver george russell of the williams team checking under a scar after pulling over that's after it hit a loose drain cover causing some serious damage as you can see here to add to the chaos a recovery truck leader took a chunk out of a bridge resort denies it was decided to abandon the session after just ten minutes to check the safety of the rest of the venue in baku the second session did go ahead with charles leclerc fastest ahead of ferrari teammate sebastian vettel. revel in the dollars into the barcelona open semifinals as he tries to win a twelfth title in catalonia but the spaniard struggled against germany as a young leonard struck that all edge the first set seven five on friday is the first time these two have ever played together and it proved to be a memorable debut and a doll taking the second as well by the same score to go one match away from the final. history has been made at the n.f.l. draft tyl

valtteri bottas has won formula 0ne's for the grand prix of the season in azerbaijan, finishing clearor the team, and he now leads the championship from hamilton by a single point. more from bbc sport in the next hour. spain is holding its third general election in four years. the election was called by the socialist prime minister, pedro sanchez, in february after catalan separatists joined right—wing parties in rejecting his government's budget. for the first time since the end of the franco era in 1975, a far—right party, vox, is among the main contenders. tim wilcox has been in madrid for us and has sent us this update. it has for the last few years, you're right, beautiful spring, summer day here, but a deeply divided country. you were mentioning francisco franco, a lot of commentators saying this is the most divisive election since the death of the dictator back in 1975. what seems clear, according to the polls, is that no individual party will win an outright majority, that will mean coalitions will have to be formed. now, in the past, spain used to be governed, really, by two

to formula one in a bizarre incident at the azerbaijan grand prix that caused the cancellation of the first practice session this is british driver george russell of the williams team checking under his car after pulling over that's after it hit a lucia drain cover causing some serious damage as you can see here to add to the chaos a recovery truck later took a chunk out of a bridge race organizers decided to abandon the session after just ten minutes to check the safety of the rest of the venue in baku the second session did go ahead with chas look clerk fastest ahead of ferrari teammate sebastian vettel. rafael nadal is into the barcelona open semifinals as he tries to win a twelfth title and catalonia but the spaniard struggled against germany's young leonard straw for the first set seven five on friday. this is the first time these two have ever played together and it proved to be a memorable debut the doll taking the second as well by the same score to set up a semi final against dominic t. for many american football players the journey to turning pro starts in high school one co

mercedes capitalised on more mistakes from ferrari to lock out the front row for today's azerbaijan grandtime. ferrari's charles leclerc was the fastest driver until this crash in qualifying left him in tenth place. valtteri bottas then pipped teammate lewis hamilton to pole position. sebastian vettel, in the other ferrari, will start third. in the london marathon, where as you've just been seeing the men's race has been won by eliud kipchoge, mo farah missing out in his attempt for the first time. eliud kipchoge pulled away in a group of four runners. farah unable to stay with them. kipchoge, the world record holder. farah finishing in fifth. his best time, but some four minutes short of kipchoge's best. always a tough ask for mo farah in his attempt to win the race for the first time. the women's elite race has been won by kenya's brigid kosgei, improving on her second placed finish last year. she put in a blistering run running the fastest time ever over the second half of the race, beating the likes of mary keitany a three time winner, and vivian cheryuiot, last year's winner who fini

valterri bottas is back on top of the formula one drivers championship after winning the azerbaijan grand1.5 seconds ahead of his team—mate lewis hamilton. that's four consecutive one—twos for hamilton and bottas now. ferrari's sebastian vettel finished third, charles leclerc fifth. ding junhui has fought back to lead judd trump 9—7 in the second round of the world snooker championship in sheffield. ding had been 5—3 down against trump overnight, but he made breaks of 81, 55 and 60 to establish a two—frame lead going into monday evening's final session. that's all the sport for now. let's end with the success at the box office of the latest — and final — movie in the avengers franchise. avengers: endgame has become the fastest film ever to break the $1 billion barrier. it was only released on thursday night but since then, tickets sales to fans, like these, around the world have already topped $1.2 billion. the previous global debut record of $640 million was set last year by, you guessed it, the previous avengers film, infinity war. a reminder of our top story... with more than half of v

valtteri bottas is back on top of the formula one drivers championship after winning the azerbaijan grandfour consecutive one—twos for hamilton and bottas now. ferrari's sebastian vettel finished third, and his team mate charles leclerc fifth. andy murray says he is pain—free, and suggested he could return to action sooner rather than later. the 31—year—old hasn't played since the australian open and has since undergone a second hip operation. but speaking at the london marathon, where he was an official starter, murray was optimistic about his future. it's really good, actually. no pain anymore, and just a bit weak from where i got cut, kind of on the side of my leg, from the operation. i'm doing well, and i'm happy, pain free and enjoying my life.” doing well, and i'm happy, pain free and enjoying my life. i think your mum let out last week that you have been hitting a ball against the wall. yes, i have been hitting a few balls from a stationary position. i am still quite a long ways from sort of testing it properly, running around the court, but i willjust have to see what happens. i d