in champions league soccer byron minix quest to win the trouble is over after a four three aggregate defeat to real madrid in the champions league joshua kimmie had given byron the lead in the third minute before to go and start pairing benzema turned the game back madrid's way come as rodriguez did equalise giving biron a glimmer of hope but the hosts held on to reach another champions league final bitterly disappointing for the german champions who fall at the semifinal stage for the fourth successive time the game in madrid was not without controversy he. was there to see it unfold firsthand let's hear what he had to say after the final whistle. what a night of european football here. between real madrid and. the current champions around madrid have made it through their third consecutive final. to win their third consecutive champions league trophy on are also looking to win their thirteenth european cup trophy so you know. they faced a very tough. there was plenty of controversy too of course with handball which many believe that was. marcello's just before the end of the first h

and byron minix quest to win the trouble is over that's after the bundesliga titans failed to overcome real madrid in their champions league clash on tuesday more on that game coming up. but first the swedish institute for peace research or sipri says global military spending has risen to its highest level since the cold war ended expenditures total around two hundred thirty dollars for each person in the world no military spending in asia rose for the twenty ninth consecutive year china is the second largest spender globally behind the u.s. it's leading the increase with a total expenditure of two hundred twenty eight billion dollars it is followed here by india with sixty four billion and higher spending by saudi arabia is driving the increase in the middle east which rose by over six percent saudi arabia had the third highest military expenditure in the world last year and iran and iraq are also playing a big role in the middle east arms race so let's get more on that story with peter visayan he's a senior researcher at sebree with a special focus on the middle east and co-author of