e, bahrain, egypt, and morocco. it's aimed at combating regional security threats and improving ties with israel. oddly, to talk, the agenda will be discussions around iran, re entering the nuclear deal. i mean, she both ukraine's president says he's willing to discuss a neutral status with moscow as part of a peace dale ukrainian and russian negotiators are set to meet in tacky for talks later this monday. gotta keep the party in easterly security guarantees and neutrality. non nuclear status of our stay, we are ready to go for it. this is the most important point. it was the main point for the russian federation as far as i can remember. and if i remember correctly, that is why they started the war. we will not sit down behind the table if we talk about some kind of demilitarization, some kind of d notification. i simply do not get these things. yeah, i understand it's impossible to force russia completely from ukrainian territory. it would lead to a 3rd world war line. i understand it, and that is why i'm talking

the secretary thanked the crown prince for bahrain's long-standing hospitality to the u.s. forces, including, of course, hosting u.s. naval forces central command and the u.s. fifth fleet. he also underscored u.s. gratitude for the crown prince's personal engagement in supporting the 2021 afghanistan evacuation mission, which of course, exemplified bahrain's dependable partnership. now, moving on, i often come out here and tell you what we have done both in terms of exercises and operations. today i want to talk a little bit about something that we are not going to do, and i want to explain why. last weekend, as you saw, president putin directed a special alert of russian nuclear forces. now, in this time of heightened tensions, the united states and other members of the international community rightly saw this as a dangerous and irresponsible, and as i've said before, an unnecessary step. both the united states and russia have long agreed that nuclear employment could have devastating consequences, and we both agreed, most recently this year in the context of the p5 statem

let's say we are in bahrain and there are clearly human rights issues have been raised about the bahrain as well. but in some sense is we have an opportunity to draw attention to those issues and every country feels those criticisms keenly by virtue of the fact formula one has a media interest. you are asking me these questions. you are talking about issues on our channels. it's not being forgotten, brushed under the carpet. >> one of the post-lucrative sports on the planet, what are the drivers? what has formula one to show support for ukraine, to stand in solidarity, if you like? >> reporter: what have they done? a photo shoot at the start of this event where they all today around with the ukrainian flag and i don't doubt the drivers feel they have responsibility to support important issues and show their position where they stand. so they've done that as best as you can. you can't hijack this event for political purposes. so it all has to be done in a measured response and they do what they can and we all do, you know, broadcasters as well. we try as much as we can without making the

it's a good day for italy, welcome back ferrari, charles leclerc takes pole position for tomorrow's bahrainrand prix with lewis hamilton and mercedes off the pace. and another frustrating day for england as west indies continue the chase in barbados. welcome along, thank you forjoining us on the final weekend of the six nations championship. we'll have more on that incredible italy win in a moment but as i speak, ireland are set to move ahead of france at the top of the table, they're taking on scotland in dublin ireland have to win to stand any chance of winning the tournament, they went ahead thanks to tries from forwards dan sheehan and cian healy. scotland finally replied with their own close—range try, scored by pierre schoeman. even so, ireland led 14—5 at the break and they extended that lead just short of the hour mark whenjosh van der flier dashed over. it's currently 21—5 with less than ten minutes left. after 36 defeats in a row, italy have finally won a six nations match today, for the first time since 2015. wales looked liked they'd fought back to avoid a shock in cardiff only

the season starts next weekend in bahrain. won the penultimate stage to maintain his advantage over his british rival. yates' twin brother adam is fourth overall. tour de france champion tadej pogacar is on course to win the tirreno—adriatico race in italy. he comfortably won the penultimate stage and goes into the final day with a lead of almost two minutes. now to antigua where england's cricketers need wickets — and need them quickly — if they're going to win the opening test against west indies. a century from captainjoe root on the final day helped england to declare on 349 for six — setting their opponents 286 to win. joe wilson brings us up to date on the day so far. some tourists are happy to remain stationary— some tourists are happy to remain stationary in antigua, the beach will not — stationary in antigua, the beach will not move but when the cricket pitch. _ will not move but when the cricket pitch. the — will not move but when the cricket pitch, the test match had to. england — pitch, the test match had to. engla

it's the start of the formula one season this weekend, with practice in bahrain just hours away.1 driver for the last three years. the second race of the season is in saudi arabia at the end of the month. if the german tests negative by then, he will be able to compete. last season ended in drama, with the drivers title going down to the last lap of the last race in abu dhabi. red bull's max verstappen, pipped mercedes�* lewis hamilton to the title under very controversial circumstances. 0ur sports correspondent, natalie pirks, has been speaking to the reigning champion in dubai. well, wendy bahrain may be the scene of the first race, but it's the final race in abu dhabi that people are still talking about when lewis hamilton and max verstappen were locked on point —— windy. during the race, hamilton looked to be sailing serenely towards his eight world title. christian horner, from red bull, said the team needed a miracle, and it arrived in a crash behind the leaders. the decisions made by the race director michael massey ultimately cost him his job. he essentially decided that

formula 1 season, uncontroversial drama with ringback some fans but who knows what would unfold in bahraine car is in a generation when charles leclerc gets away from world champion max verstappen but after the first round it stops, an intense battle commence. max verstappen went too far and charles leclerc came to close until another race came to an end. not long after the restart, max verstappen forster is tyre and his red bull team—mate —— forced to retire and his red bull team—mate as well. the ferraris finished top with charles leclerc taking first base. we knew it would be a big trinity for that even the guy such a big job building this amazing car so for now it is starting on the best way possible. it is starting on the best way ossible. �* , , it is starting on the best way possible-— it is starting on the best way ossible. �* , , u, it is starting on the best way ossible. �* , , _, ., possible. best result we could have not and possible. best result we could have got and it's — possible. best result we could have got and it's unfortunate _ possible. best result we could have got a

charles leclerc won in bahrain for ferrari's first victory since 2019 but max verstappen retired and this season due to issues with the new car. here's formula one journalist inga stracke. there wouldn't be world championships of so many a time world champion if they didn't know what to do if they have a problem. and i trust that they will be in the mix pretty soon and lose some with his driving skills as well. they do have problems with the car, after going up and down, it's all down to the new regulations about ground effect. a couple of technical terms was up and they are working on it, they have already improved from the tests of two weeks before in barcelona and bahrain. i'm pretty sure they will be fighting back. and that's all the sport for now. it's very settled on the weather front right now, and that's how it'll stay generally over the next few days. how about the details? and there are a few to talk about — just the chance of catching a shower on tuesday. some of these fairweather clouds will build into shower clouds, but i think the vast majority of us will miss them. now

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champion max verstappen on the drama and controversy of last season, as the new season starts in bahrain this weekend. russia's president vladimir putin has set out what he wants, in exchange for a peace deal in ukraine. he laid out his demands in a phone call with the president of turkey, who's acting as a go—between in peace talks. mr putin wants guarantees that ukraine neverjoins nato, eastern parts of ukraine can break away and crimea be accepted, as part of russia. more on that in a moment. first an eyewitness report from the frontline. ukraine's second city of kharkiv has been under heavy bombardment but the ukrainian army is continuing to hold off the russian advance. for this special report, our correspondent quentin sommerville and camera journalist darren conway have been following the ukrainian army as they defend kharkiv. russia says it's demilitarising ukraine. instead, it's creating a wasteland. what it can't have, it destroys with vengeance. these were family homes on the edge of kharkiv. civilians are daily targets in vladimir putin's war. by the back door, a dead russian

thank you very much indeed for that with natalie in bahrain there.in with a chance of sneaking it when they take on scotland tomorrow afternoon, but france are on for a grand slam unless england can spoil the party in paris in the evening. joe lynskey reports. by by full time in paris, the rugby landscape could change was of a win would give france a first grand slam in 12 years and for england, defeat could mean the end for their coach. eddiejones took them to a world cup final, but now for two straight years at the six nations, they have faltered. . ., , faltered. ireland with a try. the main advantage _ faltered. ireland with a try. the main advantage and _ faltered. ireland with a try. the main advantage and the - faltered. ireland with a try. the main advantage and the point l main advantage and the point advantage now. ads, main advantage and the point advantage now.— main advantage and the point advantage now. a third loss could mean england _ advantage now. a third loss could mean england finished _ advantage now. a third loss could mean engl

e. bahrain, egypt and morocco. it's aimed at combating regional security threats and improving ties with israel. hours before the summit, israel's prime minister of tale bennett tested positive for coven 19. after meeting u. s. secretary of state antony lincoln as go straight to correspond, hurry force that he's been following the summit in the game for us, so hurried. this is a historic meeting. no doubt. there's a lot of symbolism here, but also substance talk us through why this is this summit is important and what we can expect from it a will indeed. yes, there is a lot of symbolism. it's here at this kibbutz switch in the southern negative desert, where the 1st prime minister of israel david but gurian lived out his retirement after leaving office. we understand that the talks are under way and that's in terms of the public facing element of all this. at least some potentially all of the foreign ministers will go and visit ban durians grade. here before reassembling for a statements are rounding up these talks

this big summits with foreign secretaries from united arab emirates, bahrain morocco, and egypt, along with secretary blinking, that's due to get underway this evening. and through the course of monday in the southern negative does, it will like to see a fair bit of lobbying from those countries on that front as well. israel very much selling this as both an endorsement of the normalization process with those countries. but also as trying to really kind of build up the unified front against iran. ok, thank you for that. hurry force at that 1st in west jerusalem. while ukrainian troops are launching counter attacks against russian forces in some areas around the capital gains have reassured, people living in cave, who as emron colon, reports refuse to live in fear. in a city that was 50 percent evacuated, where russian troops are only 15 kilometers from where i'm walking. this isn't just in the head of spirituality. this is an act of defiance. now normally this church would be absolutely part. but take a look around, people are coming back. this is the busiest this church has been since

but the not remember it's from bahrain, morocco and egypt meeting, muse, railey and u. s. foreign ministers in southern israel. so there are a number of factors all converging here and the prime minister of israel, natalie bennett, on the eve. this important summit is reported to be heading for the scene of this latest attack. thank you very much, harry. force it bring us all the latest on that story. thanks. sorry. well now us, i say as the blanket has been meeting with policy, lead a man with a bass, just aus off t holding talks of prime minister enough tale bennett. the trip to israel in the occupied territories comes as reports emerge, the 2015 nuclear deal with iran is close to being revived. both the us and israel say they are committed to preventing iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. despite differences. only agreements with ron hurry force, it brings us this report. now, if i can a couple of the issues, the 1st point, not to the 1st time the us secretary of state and, and is really prime minister side by side affirming their alliance that the smiles were strai

e. morocco, bahrain in egypt, joining the israelis and americans for a summit. and the southern neg, does it a chance for israel to promote its normalization with some arab states and continue to press the us on iran. hurry for that, i'll just 0 west jerusalem. walter's prime minister robert baylor is claiming victory and the country's general election. this is the 3rd success of win for the labor party and a ballot fuss it took over from joseph moscow 2 years ago, who quit during a political crisis, sparked by the murder of an investigative journalist. low to turn out was the lowest malter seen in decades. anger is grind on the french island of course, the croft the death of a nationalist sleet at last monday, protest is set fire near police barracks that is on cologne. it died after he had been assaulted in a french prison. he was serving a life sentence for the murder of a government official. nicholas hat brings us more now from busty in corsica. so right behind me, just earlier corsican nationalists burnt, a french flag, and in response you can see what's h

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the opening race of the formula one season didn't disappoint with a few shocks in bahrain.not before there was an epic battle between defending champion max verstappen and ferrari's charles leclerc. joining us is inga strachen we knew the ferrari's would be strong — but were you surprised at their dominance? we knew the ferrari's would be strong — but were you surprised at their dominance? i was surprised at how strong they were and i was excited by the fact. ferrari put the facts back up and it's the first victory in 45 races. last victory was in singapore 2019. a big sacrifice last year. redirecting to make it strong and fast and it seems to have worked out well. there was also help from their teams and was very interesting to see that those teams were strong. do you think we got a taste of what's to come this season between leclerc and verstappen? i hope so. it's nice and their relationship as well and they're about it was back to the really early days and at some stage i think charles said he did not really like when they were kids. they have been fighting on and off th

charles leclerc won in bahrain for ferrari's first victory since 2019 but max verstappen retired andny a time world champion if they didn't know what to do if they have a problem. and i trust that they will be in the mix pretty soon and lose some with his driving skills as well. they do have problems with the car, after going up and down, it's all down to the new regulations about ground effect. a couple of technical terms. and they are working on it, they have already improved from the tests of two weeks before in barcelona and bahrain. i'm pretty sure they will be fighting back. and that's all the sport for now. fine weather is going to last all week long. it is because the area of high pressure isjust so week long. it is because the area of high pressure is just so extensive across europe. it is blocking the atmosphere in keeping things sunny for many major cities across the continent. we'rejust for many major cities across the continent. we're just on the edge of this high, so little bit more cloud here and also we have winds coming in from the south, so a warm atmosphere over us

the foreign ministers from the united arab emirates, bahrain, morocco, — united arab emirates, bahraine so—called abraham accords in the last year and they have _ accords in the last year and they have also, _ accords in the last year and they have. also, egypt will be here. the egyptian _ have. also, egypt will be here. the egyptian foreign minister is coming. and egypt— egyptian foreign minister is coming. and egypt is actuallyjust marked 43 years since — and egypt is actuallyjust marked 43 years since it signed its peace treaty — years since it signed its peace treaty with israel, but of course that peace treaty was always described as having created a cold peace _ described as having created a cold peace it — described as having created a cold peace it is — described as having created a cold peace. it is a very different situation _ peace. it is a very different situation with his other arab countries. israel is finding lots of common— countries. israel is finding lots of common interest with them, and it will he _ common interest with them, and it will he very— common interest wit

, and morocco, all countries _ emirates, bahrain, and morocco, all countries that israel has had one israel has had one of these us brokered normalisation details. — these us brokered normalisation details, the so—called abraham accords, — details, the so—called abraham accords, in— details, the so—called abraham accords, in the last year and a halt _ accords, in the last year and a halt also, _ accords, in the last year and a half. also, egypt will be here. the egyptian _ half. also, egypt will be here. the egyptian foreign minister is coming, and egypt _ egyptian foreign minister is coming, and egypt is actuallyjust marked 43 years— and egypt is actuallyjust marked 43 years since — and egypt is actuallyjust marked 43 years since it marked its peace treaty — years since it marked its peace treaty with israel. but that peace treaty _ treaty with israel. but that peace treaty was always described as having — treaty was always described as having created a cold peace. it is very much — having created a cold peace. it is very much a _ having created a cold peace. it is very much a diffe

— in bahrain. were you watching yesterday?_ it - in bahrain. were you watching yesterday?is chances. that ferrari one two and world champion max verstappen failing to finish. natalie pirks reports. he was in the unfamiliar position of fifth but you can't keep sir lewis hamilton down for long and he had soon gained a place going into the first corner. but mercedes have been struggling. new car changes were made this season to encourage more overtaking and more sparks flying. race leaders charles leclerc in the ferrari and max verstappen of red bull were taking full advantage. this is absolutely epic. but with leclerc closing in on a win, the race caught fire. the safety car was out — ferrari's time advantage had gone. but yet another dramatic ending brought not one... verstappen is out! ..but two major red bull issues. ferrari's pace was predictably perfect, leclerc and sainz beginning the red renaissance in style. but red bull's pain was mercedes' gain. a surprising podium for hamilton. fireworks, then, in the middle east. where have we seen that before? natalie pirks, bbc

mercedes driver george russell for his new team, finishing a fine fourth in the season opener in bahrainne with james burridge about his journey to f1 and his hopes of beating hamilton. this was george russell in 2009, racing in carts with dad, steeple an 11—year—old kid dreaming big. i ii—year—old kid dreaming big. i would like to get to formula 1, like most people would, in the future. and the ambition this year is to win former cart starts. it's incredible, i recall it like yesterday to be honest. and time isjust i recall it like yesterday to be honest. and time is just flying. when i was that age, i believed i could do anything. i put what i could fly to the moon and back and everything would work out for the best. but it was only when i was a few years older, 15, 16 years old, i recognised the challenge that it would take to get to formula 1 and the dedication and sacrifices that were needed to succeed. home the dedication and sacrifices that were needed to succeed.- the dedication and sacrifices that were needed to succeed. now 13 years later and into — were needed to succeed. now

. >> you mentioned you met with officials from bahrain and they expressed concerns regarding iran. what were they concerned about at the current stage? was one of them has a possible alliance with russia in the sense that they have nuclear ambitions and both are viewed as pariahs on the world stage? >> just as in general when we get a chance to meet with our partners in bahrain, there's concern about their destabilizing activities. support for terrorists and proxies. of course, their continued nuclear ambitions. all of those are things that the secretary -- necessarily iranian foreign policy beyond that. just a couple more and i have to go. >> on china, have you since the invasion of ukraine, have you seen any increased air or naval intimidation of china against taiwan? >> i have nothing more operationally to talk to you today in terms of taiwan specifically. >> martha: okay. we heard a question there about what would happen if something were to happen to president zelensky. ukraine has said that any plot to kill zelensky, that they were aware of one plot in general was thwarted an

uae, bahrain all normalized i had relations with israel two years ago under the abraham accord.ow the primary challenge iran's nuclear weapons program. >> we have a sacco sank com sect biden reaffirmed that again recently with the provision of a billion dollars for iron dome. >> blinken is on a reassurance tour promising israel america will keep iran from developing a nuclear weapon. >> whether there is a return to the jcpoa the rawnk nuclear agreement or not that principle will not change nor will our commitment to it. diplomat was in vienna have been hammering out of the deal's terms for a year. now one sticking point remains according to sources familiar with negotiations. >> we are pretty close -- we have been pretty close for some time. i think that tells you all you need to know about the difficulty of the issues that remain. >> iran is demanding the state department remove military from the foreign terrorist list. top iranian officials say without this the new deal is dead in the water. >> national army. and a national army cannot be listed as terrorist group. that is not

it's the start of the new formula one season this weekend in bahrain. we've had two practice sessions today, red bull and ferrari have been pretty much on top. mercedes is still struggling, george russell, the new driver was fourth and second practice today, hamilton down in ninth. there is a strange phenomenon where mercedes is struggling with the bouncing. the sweeping changes that have been brought into the sport this year, red bull looked like they have got on top of that. i spoke to toto earlier and asked him about his emotions around this car and he said he was not happy at all. they know the car has performance in it but they have not yet tapped into it. it will be interesting to see what happens on sunday. when i spoke to chris bull from red bull, he was talking down any talk of being a favourite. we see these mercedes cars struggling with regret but we won't know where we are at until qualifying tomorrow night. that will sort the men from the boys and let us know, really, how it could go on sunday. two games in rugby league's superleague tonigh

the aston martin driver was ruled out of the season opening bahrain grand prix, then failed to produce first women's golf major of the year, the chevron championship, you can head to the revamped bbc sport website. england's georgia hall in action as she tries to add a second major championship after winning the women's british open in 2018. but it's goodbye for now. hello. not as many of you will see snow flurries around on friday, but the day still begins on a very wintry note. a widespread frost across the country, icy conditions too, especially across eastern areas, where those sleet and snow showers continue through the night and into the morning. a few mainly rain showers across the western fringes of wales and cornwall, too, and the showers most frequent towards the southeast corner, where we'll see strong to gale force winds initially. improving here, though, through the day as the showers become fewer in number. a few showers, though, popping up elsewhere, and during the afternoon, mainly rain and sleet. and we'll see a band of cloud bringing rain and hill snow across northern

vettel has already missed the season—opener in bahrain last weekend, he'll be replaced again by the reserveeven time world champion — lewis hamilton says it should be "easy" for the country to make changes adding that it's "mind—blowing" to hear some of the stories about abuses in there. northern ireland have been in friendly football action tonight, scoring 2 late goals to win 3—1 away in luxembourg. the score was level ati all, before captain steven davis and gavin white secured the victory. northern ireland host hungary in another friendly on tuesday. england play switzerland in a friendly at wembley tomorrow. and with their world cup qualification already sorted, questions are being asked again about the human rights record of the host nation - qatar. and while england manager gareth southgate says he doesn't see the benefit of boycotting this year's tournament, he did confirm his team are having their own conversations in the camp about what they might be able to do to bring about change. there is power with us being able to do things together or even with some of the other european na

so the uae bahrain sudan morocco they all normalized with israel in 2020 and that has that continued into 2021. in fact one could argue as i did in the book that the war was actually a stress test for israel and it's new peace partners and in fact, they got through the test and they're stronger for it now that the war is over, but that's not what was being reported. there were also i think a lot of people who are framing this as a palestinian israeli issue, which of course one can certainly make that argument the the fight between the palestinians and israelis persists. however, i think it's important to note that the fighting was in gaza and the of gaza are hamas and hamas is a terrorist group that is funded and backed by iran. so let's just sort of set the table for our viewers who may not know who all the players were during that period so let's start with hamas. what is hamas? how does it operate? where does the money come from? sure. so hamas is a designated terrorist organization designated here by our treasury and state departments. they've been carrying out attacks gruesome a

e. morocco, bahrain in egypt, joining the israelis and americans for a summit in the southern negative desert. a chance for israel to promote its normalization with some arab states, and continue to press the u. s. on iran, harry force at al jazeera west jerusalem are china's most popular city shanghai, as announced plans for a staggered lockdown. it's a reversal for officials food earlier argued that a shot down would be to damaging to the economy. a starting now, the eastern half of the city will be put on the lock down for 5 days. and people in shanghai in western half will say similar measures early next month. infections have surged in recent weeks in me and mar the head of the army has promised to wipe out opposition to military rule. he made the comments in speech on armed forces day an event meant to mark the foundation of man mars military. florence lou reports o a grand parade in the capital navy door armed forces. day is a day of pomp and circumstance for the myanmar military. but for many others, the celebrations mask a brutal reality. these are images from the northern. so

and a sport. ferrari come out and talking, qualifying for the former one season, opening race in bahrain. ah, as we've reported to russia, says it's been destroying ukrainian military targets with high precision weapons. it says it's used to hypersonic missiles in western ukraine for the 1st time, this conflict. that's not been independently verified. dr. jabari has more from moscow. i think it's significant where it was used. it was used in the western region of ukraine in ivana rankoff ski, which shares a 50 kilometer long border with romania. that is a needle member country. a lot of it wouldn't have sat in the past. that's a country, an advanced, ma'am missile and hypersonic missiles and that russia is really proud. prides itself on having the advanced weaponry in its arsenal. and the use of this is significant because it really is another reminder to nato countries in, at the region that russia is at willing to use whatever it has in its arsenal to achieve its mission in ukraine. vladimir putin on friday at, during that rally that they held in moscow said that we know what we have t

arab foreign ministers that are going to join the foreign ministers from the united arab emirates, bahrainad one of these us brokered normalisation deals, the so—called abraham accords, in the past year also, egypt will be here, the egyptian foreign minister is coming and egypt has actuallyjust marked 43 years since it signed its peace treaty with israel, but of course that peace treaty was described as producing a cold peace. it is very much a different situation with those other arab countries. israel is finding lots of common interest with them and it will be very much about iran, the priority for them, talking to the americans. because the us and world powers are moving so close to a new nuclear deal with iran, to really air their misgivings about that. and we heard from antony blinken talking and he said that really the 2015 nuclear deal he felt was the best way to put iran's nuclear programme back into the box it was in, so he is saying that washington is going to continue to counter any iranian threat that it still remains very much engaged in this region, that is something its alli

he said to me, his counterparts from morocco, egypt, bahrain, and the u. e. if the rebels in yemen say they are suspending, miss allen drone strikes on saudi arabia for 3 days. it comes a day to their drones and missiles hit the kingdom. in myanmar, the military chief has bound to crack down even harder on anti co opponents. ming online has said this in his speech to mark armed force day a day. that commemorates the founding of the man. more military investigators in china say the found the 2nd black box from the passenger plane crash last week 132 people. one board, the china, eastern airplane, when it went down in a mountainous area in the south. no one survived. okay, those are you headlines to tell you they're coming up next? are china in the u. s. sleep walking their way to war? in the struggle over ukraine, here is the test for president joe biden. what program is really trying to do is rewrite the security architecture in europe. if your person united states, if you're, if you've got a warrant to gum at the same time, you're weakly take on us politics

and at f1 preseason testing in bahrain today williams' nicholas latifi's turn was brought to an abruptd for more than half an hour while the car was recovered, latifi escaped unhurt. nowjust a couple of days after pledging his annual prize money to unicef in support of the ukraine crisis, andy murray will begin his opening match at the indian wells tournament in a few minute's time. our correspondent russell fuller is in california and i spoke to him earlier and started by asking — what sort of shape is andy murray in? he doesn't think he is playing very well at the moment and he thinks maybe that has something to do with not having a consistent message from a coach because he has not been with a coach because he has not been with a regular coach in the last few months. someone will be joining the team in april and months. someone will be joining the team in apriland he months. someone will be joining the team in april and he feels he needs to play a lot better. he feels the need to be mentally stronger. he is up need to be mentally stronger. he is up against a japanese qualifier who r

the formula 1 season gets under way this weekend, with the opening grand prix in bahrain on sunday.mes after a dramatic end to last season, when max verstappen controversially pipped lewis hamilton to the title. our sports correspondent, natalie pirks, has been speaking to the reigning champion in dubai. he'd always eyed the world title, but for max verstappen, finally seeing his name in lights was far from straightforward. with mercedes�* sir lewis hamilton closing in on his eighth world title, a crash brought a hugely contentious end to the abu dhabi grand prix that ultimately saw verstappen crowned champion. the title was deserved, but the fallout is still fresh. when you were a kid, you must have, obviously, dreamt of that moment, of winning the world championship. how does the reality match the fantasy? of course i said to myself, "one day i want to become a world champion,", but i never really thought about how i need to celebrate or whatever it's going to be like. so nobody could have predicted how the whole season would go. the way it happened, did that take any of the shine

kibbutz once home to israel's 1st prime minister, david ben curry and the foreign ministers of egypt, bahrain morocco, and the you eat along with the us secretary of state espoused friendship and shed goals 43 years ago when each hipped and israel made peace. unfortunately, we lost those 43 years. this new architecture, the shirt capabilities, we are building, intimidates, and deters. i'll common enemies 1st and foremost, iran and its proxies. oh, there was shared condemnation of an attack on sunday by suspected idols opposition to a revived iran nuclear deal. or he did though, raised the palestinian aspiration for statehood. these regional disagreements are not a substitute for progress between palestinians and israelis. one of the issues we discussed today was how countries involved in the abraham accords and normalization, as well as those that have a long standing depending the credibility of the viability of the 2 state solution that of for israel add up at the city and state to live side by side in peace with the recognized borders for the city and state are in accordance with the 67 li

the delegation from the united arab emirates, morocco, egypt and bahrain reiterated their demands fore reported to have abducted an unknown number of passengers from a train in kaduna state. the gang put explosives on the track between the capital abuja and kaduna city. one man reportedly killed. new cases of coronavirus, a new record, just as half the chinese city of shanghai has reported close to 11,500 new cases of coronavirus, a new record, just as half of the country's financial hub enters a second day of lockdown. the city is being closed in two halves, east and west, as authorities carry out covid—19 testing. our china correspondent stephen mcdonell reports. panic buying led to fights, as shanghai's 25 million residents prepared to go into lockdown. from today, the east side of the financial capital is a ghost town. the west side will follow on friday. across china, the daily covid tests are mostly orderly, but at times chaotic. in the third year of this crisis, the government's complete elimination strategy is under huge strain, with signs of pandemic exhaustion. those who bre

e, bahrain, egypt, and morocco, the famed, combating regional security threats and improving ties with israel. oddly, to talk the agenda will be discussions around iran re entering the nuclear deal.

he was right, he starts from fifth in bahrain.rge russell ninth, so mercedes with some catching up to do if they're going to challenge this season. tension, pressure, a nerve shredding finish. england survived all that to and incredibly are on course to qualify for the semifinals at the women's world cup after a one wicket win in aukland. they'd lost their first three matches, their defence of the title looked over. they had to win this, nat sciver with 61 as they chased their target of 203. but no room for error, when with just one wicket in hand, anya shrubsole hit the winning runs. they still need to beat the bottom two teams but should now go through. there is a slim chance england could still wind the second test against the west indies. kraigg brathwaite was the source of much of frustration, though. he made 160 before being bowled by jack leach. england then struggled to get the remaining batters as west indies made 411. england finished with a lead of 136 runs with openers alex lees and zak crawley still at the crease. the

once home to israel's 1st prime minister, that had been green and the foreign ministers of egypt, bahrain, morocco, and the you eat along with the us. secretary of state, espoused friendship, and shed goals. 43 years ago when each hipped and israel made peace. unfortunately, we lost those 43 years of knowing each other, better of walking together and of changing the narrative that many generations of his, rabies and arabs had been living curie. israel's foreign minister said this 1st meeting would become a permanent for him. but he also advanced goals for the here and now this new architecture, the shirt capabilities we are building, intimidates, and the 3rd i'll common enemies 1st and foremost, iran and it's proxies. oh, there was shed condemnation of an attack on sunday by suspected i soon linked gunman that killed 2 is ready security forces personnel on the widest security picture. the u. s. secretary of state stuck to his script. not bending to israel's opposition to a revived iran nuclear deal, or he did though, raised the palestinian aspiration for statehood to real. these regional