pressure building, first to crack, championship leader charles leclerc. it meant he had it all to do with one flying lap for paul, as rival max. verstappen was hit by power problems, charles leclerc was inch perfect to take his fourth pole inch perfect to take his fourth pole in six races ahead of max verstappen and team—mate carlos. ahead of that revival, muscle fourth, hamilton six. on sunday, you may well have seen them at the front already this season. ben croucher, bbc news. harlequins have secured a place in the rugby union premiership semi—finals. that didn't look likely at half—time at twickenham when they trailed gloucester by 17 points, but they turned it around to win 28—24. jim lumsden reports. it always helps when you can host the occasion or game down the road at english rugby. gloucester cared little and soon repaid the hospitality with a try from ben morgan. a win would boost their semifinal hopes, but victory or a draw would confirm harlequins place. alex tom brown's converted score brought them level. half an hour gone and he tries were

for charles leclerc, this was the chance of his life.ough the streets he grew up on. but one thing could stop him. torrential rain in monaco delayed this grand prix. then brought decisions. leclerc�*s ferrari team changed their mind about his tyres. two pit stops near the start saw leclerc lose his as lead, but down the field were bigger problems. this was a risk that came with the rain. fortunately, mick schumacher could walk off the track. the rest waited for safety. at the restart, lewis hamilton was stuck in eighth, just where he started. while at the front, sergio perez had the lead. but it was so close. through the narrow streets, perezjust held on. he wins the monaco grand prix! leclerc had missed out and this extraordinary race had a winner not from monaco, but mexico. joe lynskey, bbc news. australia's jai hindley has won the giro d'italia, after safely finishing stage 21 in verona. over 2000 miles and three weeks of racing ended with an 11—mile individual time trial. hindley started with a lead of one minute 25 seconds after ta

ferrari's charles leclerc is on pole for tomorrow's formula one spanish grand prix. on the front row in his red bull. lewis hamilton will start from sixth. ben croucher reports. formula i felt familiar this season — ferrari battling red bull. well, enter player three. no, not him, but the greatest one formula i have had for the past few years, but... mercedes have struggled so far this season, but car updates for the spanish grand prix were supposed to boost lewis hamilton and george russell closer to the front. how much closer? that depended on the usual pretenders. mercedes would get a shot at goal, although that final shot at qualifying would miss brit norris. pressure building, first to crack? championship leader charles leclerc. it meant he had it all to do with one flying lap for pole. as rival max verstappen was hit by power problems, charles leclerc was inch perfect to take his fourth pole in six races, ahead of max verstappen and team—mate carlos. as for that mercedes revival? mussel fourth, hamilton six. on sunday, you may well have seen them at the front a

for charles leclerc, this was the chance of his life.n. what one thing could stop him. torrential rain in monaco delayed this grand prix. then brought decisions. leclerc�*s ferrari team changed their mind about his tyres. two pit stops near the start saw leclerc lose his as lead, but down the field were bigger problems. this was a risk that came with the rain. fortunately, mick schumacher could walk off the track. the rest waited for safety. at the restart, lewis hamilton was stuck in eighth, just where he started. while at the front, sergio perez had the lead. but it was so close. through the narrow streets, perry has just held on. he wins the monaco grand prix! leclerc had missed out and this extraordinary race had a winner not from monaco, but mexico. joe lynskey, bbc news. the record—breaking jockey lester piggott, who won the derby nine times, has died at the age of 86. in all, he recorded almost 4,500 winners in a career that started in 1948, when he was 12 years old. he was admitted to hospital in switzerland, where he lived, last

in the lead and now charles leclerc did not finish and now max verstappen is in the lead.nherited by mercedes had been there to take them. you mentioned — had been there to take them. you mentioned that _ had been there to take them. you mentioned that about mercedes as a positive feeling from them yesterday and in terms of what they can do now for recovery from a rather unwilling start, not written them at all, hamilton fifth and remarkable given how far down the grid he dropped towards the start of the race so if there are assigned their look is changing the moment? flat there are assigned their look is changing the moment?- there are assigned their look is changing the moment? not so sure about their luck— changing the moment? not so sure about their luck if— changing the moment? not so sure about their luck if you _ changing the moment? not so sure about their luck if you look - changing the moment? not so sure about their luck if you look at - changing the moment? not so sure about their luck if you look at the l about their luck if you look at the start of the race w

main protagonist aid in one piece, and when it was time to take it right to the wall, ferrari's charles leclercgeorge russell. as everyone tried to catch leclerc, some were left chasing their tails. leclerc, some were left chasing theirtails. sergio leclerc, some were left chasing their tails. sergio perez lost a rare, and remember the danger around every corner? callow assignees didn't see it coming. the world's riches, brightest and fattest may flock here but to go fast a little note local knowledge can go a long way. —— brightest and fastest. next to the french open tennis — where the world number two danil medede is into the last 16. —— medvedev. he's yet to drop a set despite playing on clay which he says he doesn't always enjoy. the russian was in impressive form against 28th seed miomir kecmanoic — he hit 42 winners including this one on match point in a straight sets win, 6-2 6-4 6-2. he reached the quarterfinals last year and will play marin cilic in the fourth round. no problems eitherfor last year's runner—up at rolland garros stefanos tsitsipas — the numberfour seed could meet medve

protagonist stayed in one piece, and when it was time to take it right to the wall, ferrari's charles leclercghth behind lando norris and team—mate george russell. as everyone tried to catch leclerc, some were left chasing their tails. sergio perez lost a rear, and remember the danger around every corner? sainz didn't see it coming. the world's richest, brightest and fastest may flock here but to go fast a little note local knowledge can go a long way. so after retiring from the lead last weekend in barcelona, could leclerc�*s fortunes be changing at a track where he's never even finished a race? let's hear from the two title contenders. iamso i am so incredibly happy. it has been a very smooth weekend until now, i knew the pace was in the car, i had to do thejob. it went perfectly, the last lap before the red flag was really good. i was iwas up i was up on my lap, all feeling good, — i was up on my lap, all feeling good, then i saw the roadblock, so it is unlucky, — good, then i saw the roadblock, so it is unlucky, it is monaco, you just— it is unlucky, it is monaco, you just have — it is un

for charles leclerc, this was the chance of his life.rrential rain in monaco delayed this grand prix. then brought decisions. leclerc�*s ferrari team changed their mind about his tyres. two pit stops near the start saw leclerc lose his lead, but down the field were bigger problems. this was the risk that came with the rain. fortunately, mick schumacher could walk off the track. the rest waited for safety. at the restart, lewis hamilton was stuck in eighth, just where he started, while at the front, sergio perez had the lead. but it was so close. through the narrow streets, perezjust held on. he wins the monaco grand prix! leclerc had missed out, and this extraordinary race had a winner not from monaco, but mexico. joe lynskey, bbc news. rafael nadal survived a scare to reach the quarter—finals of the french open tennis. the 13—time champion in paris dropped two sets against the talented young canadian, felix auger aliassime, but came through to set up a blockbuster match against his long—time rival and top seed novak djokovic in the last

staying in miami, charles leclerc will have the honour of starting in pole position for the city's inuaguralounced back from a disappointing result last time out to claim his third pole this year, ahead of ferrari teammate carlos sainz. world champion max verstappen had to settle for third after this mistake. lewis hamilton will start from sixth. i think we may well have a new tennis superstar. carlos alcaraz capped off a fantastic week by winning by winning the madrid 0pen. he beat alexander zverev in straight sets. it comes as he beat rafa nadal in the quarters and world number one novak djokovic in the semi—finals. he'll rise to six in the world. watch out for him at the french open later this month. that's all from sportsday. hello. the weather's been pretty quiet this weekend thanks to the close proximity of a big area of high pressure. through sunday, most of us enjoyed a lot of dry weather and some spells of warm sunshine. beautiful views here in pembrokeshire. the high pressure is now beginning to drift its way eastwards, and we look towards the atlantic, from where our weather will

pressure building, first to crack, championship leader charles leclerc.

and there's a big day ahead in miami — where charles leclerc will have the honour of starting in polee out to claim his third pole this year, ahead of ferrari teammate carlos sainz. world champion max verstappen had to settle for third after this mistake. lewis hamilton will start from sixth. i'm very happy. from 1—3, it wasn't a great _ i'm very happy. from 1—3, it wasn't a great lap — i'm very happy. from 1—3, it wasn't a great lap. but i'm overall very happy — denmark's thorbjorn 0lesen is the 2022 british masters champion, and he secured the win with this stunning eagle—birdie finish at the belfry, finishing on ten under par. remarkable way to win a tournament. scotland's connor syme and richie ramsay finished tied third on eight under. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. hello, and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. i'mjane hill, and taking us through this week's releases is mark kermode. hi, mark. what have you been watching? so, big week — we have dr strange in the multiverse of madness, the title of which i think is pretty self—e

for charles leclerc, this was the chance of his life.d this grand prix. then brought decisions. leclerc�*s ferrari team changed their mind about his tyres. two pit stops near the start sought leclerc lewis as lead, but down the field were bigger problems. this was a risk that came with the rain. fortunately, mick schumacher could walk off the track. the rest waited for safety. at the restart, lewis hamilton was stuck in eighth, just where he started. while at the front, sergio perez had the lead. but it was so close. through the narrow straights, perry has just held on. he wins the monaco grand prix! leclerc had missed out and this extraordinary race had a winner not from monaco, but mexico. joe lynskey, bbc news. the most valuable game in football is going on at wembley. the championship play—off final, as huddersfield take on nottingham forest for a place in the premier league. 0ur reporter adam wild is there. adam, what's the latest? just past half—time at wembley and i can tell you that nottingham forest have taken the lead, just a f

ferrari's charles leclerc was fastest in both practice sessions for his home grand prix in monaco.er than verstappen who was fourth fastest. lewis hamilton was way off the pace, down in 12th calling the monte carlo street circuit, the bumpiest he's ever driven. england'sjos butler hit his fourth century of this year's indian premier league. butler was 106 not out from 60 balls on his way to leading the rajastan royals to a crucial victory against the royal challengers bangalore by seven wickets. they'll now play the gujarat titans in the ipl final on sunday. and that's all the sport for now. hello there. conditions turning cooler because of the keyed northerly wind which will feed arctic air down across the country for the see showers developing covert many into sunday for the high pressure will bring a lot of finer dry weather to start of the weekend but is it drift towards iceland during the weekend it will allow this colder air to move down on the northerly breeze, which will be quite fresh across northern and eastern scotland in eastern england through the day on saturday. this

ferrari's charles leclerc topped the timesheets, with britain's george russell right behind him, giving eighth. you can get the latest from second practice on the bbc sport website. cycling's first grand tour of the year, the giro d'italia, is underway. budapest has had to wait two years to host the start of the race because of the coronavirus pandemic. there was a thrilling end to the opening stage, with australia's caleb ewan crashing in the sprint for the finish. eritrea's biniam girmayjust missed out on becoming the first black african to win a grand tour stage, finishing second to dutch rider mathieu van der poel. and that's all the sport for now. hello there. rain has continued to push southward through the night debiting the ground and water for the gardens. behind it some mist and fog forming and quite a chilly start this morning across the glens of scotland. what a murky grey one that ran around initially, drizzly rain and that cloud breaks to give a few showers through the day. not entirely dry. best of the sunshine will be in western areas. there will be rather more cloud als

charles leclerc will be on pole for tomorrow's spanish grand prix. quickest in every practice session in barcelona. the championship leader was about a quarter of a second quicker than red bull's max verstappen. lewis hamilton will start down in sixth — he was again outpaced by his mercedes teammate george russell who was fourth fastest. that's all the sport for now. two people have been taken to hospital after part of a stand collapsed at a trooping the colour event at horse guards parade in central london. in two weeks' time, the queen is due to attend. here's bbc london's shelly phelps. members of the army rushing to the scene in video footage filmed by a member of the public close to where part of a stand reportedly collapsed. a number of people can be seen climbing over the back wall close to where a section of the structure is understood to have given way. the area was evacuated, one stand at a time. we were invited to stand for the national anthem and there was a commotion behind us and the floor boards in the temporary arena had cracked and s

max verstappen closed the gap to formula one championship leader charles leclerc to 19 points by winningd champion started from third on the grid, but overtook the ferraris of carlos sainz and leclerc to lead the race from the start of the ninth lap. verstappen was heading towards a comfortable victory until britain's lando norris crashed and the safety car took away his advantage. he held off his rival over the remaining laps to take the chequered flag to become the first driver to win back to back races this season. george russell finished fifth a place ahead of his mercedes team mate lewis hamilton. that's all the sport for now. the defence secretary, ben wallace, has delivered a speech on ukraine this morning accusing president putin and his inner circle of "mirroring" the "fascism and tyranny" of nazi germany. this morning, vladimir putin used russia's annual victory day parade to accuse nato of creating threats at russia's borders. mr wallace said "there can be no victory day, only dishonour and surely defeat in ukraine." let's hear more of what mr wallace had to say. if through th

vaulted max verstappen from fourth to third, behind ferrari's carlos sainz but ahead of title rival charles leclercou can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. but from me mimi fawaz and the rest of the sport team, goodbye. i'm going to be back with your business news very soon, join me on twitter in the meantime. see you soon. hello. i'm sure it'll be all eyes on the weather forecast this week with the platinum jubilee celebrations just around the corner. the week certainly begins with some heavy showers in the forecast, some spells of sunshine in between, but those showers, driven by this area of low pressure wobbling its way westwards, and that will take up residence across the uk as we head through the next couple of days. it'll be quite a chilly start to the morning across some southern areas, but that's where we'll see the best of the morning sunshine. quite a lot of cloud to start off for scotland and northern ireland with some patchy rain but by the afternoon, we are, essentially, all in the same boat. we'll see some spells of sunshine developing but there wil

championship leader charles leclerc will start on pole, ahead of world champion max verstappen.he us pga championship just three shots off the lead in oklahoma. a few days ago fitzpatrick said the southern hills course was not really his cup of tea, but he sits joint second overnight on six under. thats behind the surprise leader, chile's mito pereira, who is playing injust his second major championship. it sets up a fascinating final day with none of the current top six having won a major title. that's all the sport for now. you can keep find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan. hello, sunshine on the way for many parts of the uk this afternoon, but for some it will be accompanied by a serving of showers. driest, brightest closest to this area of high pressure, so across southern and eastern most counties of england. low pressure to the northwest feeding in more in the way of cloud. the sun is going to have a pretty good go at breaking that cloud up in many areas, but it is likely to produce some showers i think

championship leader charles leclerc was quickest in his ferrari, ahead of red bull's max verstappen.s — third and fourth fastest — although lewis hamilton was again slower than his teammate george russell. that's all the sport for now. busy afternoon and you can follow it all on the bbc sport website. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at 6:21 — bye for now. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel. this weekend, parts of spain could reach the highest temperatures recorded for 20 years. the country has been experiencing abnormally hot weather for may, as temperatures climbed to betwen ten and 15 degrees celsius above average. the risk of wildfires has now been set at "very high" causing the government to activate an emergency plan for excess temperatures. our correspondent, guy hedgecoe, told us how rare this is. i'm in a park in central madrid. there's a bit of shade here and it's 26 degrees at the moment, which is pretty moderate, but it's going to increase, the temperature is going to increase throughout the day into

and at the first miami grand prix, championship leader charles leclerc�*s ferrari is on pole for tomorrow's 6th. there's more on the bbc sport website including leicester tigers' defeat to leinster in the quarterfinals of the european champions cup. but from me, goodnight. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. that's all from me. goodnight. let's get more now on the news that sinn fein have become the biggest party in northern ireland's devolved government for the first time. as the final counting continues, sinn fein have won 27 seats, with the democratic unionists securing 24. the cross—community alliance party has increased its number by nine to 17. joining me now is dr clare rice, politics researcher at the university of liverpool. sinn fein in the victory speech have been talking about a new era. i5 been talking about a new era. is that how you see it? i think it is fair to say something has shifted in northern ireland's politics with this result. the idea of it being a two group political system dom by the unionist and nationalist groups seems to be certa

charles leclerc will be on pole for tomorrow's spanish grand prix.rises in qualifying, the ferrari driver had been quickest in every practice session in barcelona. the championship leader was about a quarter of a second quicker than red bull's max verstappen. lewis hamilton will start down in sixth, he was again outpaced by his mercedes teammate george russell who was fourth fastest. the second diamond league atheltics event of the year is under way at the revamped alexander stadium in birmingham — which will be used at this summer's commonwealth games. and one of britain's brightest hopes at those games, dina asher—smith won the women's 100 metres — beating shericka jackson by a hundreth of a second! daryll neeta was third. no elaine thompson—herah, the olympic champion pulled out as a precaution after feeling some discomfort in training. this is my first hundred of the season, it is a long season. and it was good, it was a strong field. i could have done a few things differently if i was picky but you know the first one is a bit... but i am very ha

title rival charl leclerc was forced to retire with engine failure.lewis hamilton were 3rd and 5th. scottish runner eilish mccolgan set a new british and european 10k record at the great manchester run today. she finished just behind kenya's hellen obiri in 30 minutes 19 seconds — shaving two seconds off paula radcliffe's record that had stood for nearly two decades. that's it. the latest from the final day of the uspga is on the bbc sport website. back to you, mishal. that's it from us. now on bbc one, the news where you are. goodnight hello. this is bbc news. the ukrainian government says it won't agree to any ceasefire or peace deal with moscow that would involve giving up terrority. a senior adviser to president zelensky said any concessions would backfire — because russia would escalate future attacks. but why is ukraine taking a staunch position on its teritorial integrity in these peace negotiations? that's a question i asked andrew d'anieri, from the atlantic council's eurasia center. part of it comes from the fact that the kremlin has shown a

fought back from an early spin to win the spanish grand prix after title rival and race leader charles leclercure. it was verstappen's fourth victory in six races this year, and he was helped by his red bull team imposing orders on teammate sergio perez. it gives verstappen the championship lead for the first time in 2022 and he heads to monaco next weekend with a six—point advantage over ferrari's leclerc. there was a surprise defeat for 6th seed ons jabeur in the first—round of the french open on sunday. the tunisian was beaten in three sets by magda linette.... jabeur had been among the favourites for the title after being in great form on the clay. the first set was good enough for me but the second set i did not have the opportunity to break her during the opportunity to break her during the serve which made it very difficult for me to stay in the match, but the third set obviously there was a loss of momentum and frustration, that is tennis and i will have to accept that i lost and get back into training and get ready for the season. that's all the sport for now. you can find out what is

home favourite charles leclerc secured pole position for the monaco grand prix, as ferrari locked oute's expert around the twisty streets of the principality which is his home town althuiogh he's never actually finished a race there. his rival and championship leader max verstappen will start fourth. qualifying ended early after sergio perez and carlos sainz crashed, which left lewis hamilton unable to impove his time so he'll start down in eighth. i'm so incredibly happy. it has been a very smooth weekend until now. i knew the pace was in the car, ijust had to do the job and it went perfectly. the last lap before the red flag was really, really good. it was all feeling good but then i saw the road _ was all feeling good but then i saw the road at the edge, it is unlucky, it is monaco, — the road at the edge, it is unlucky, it is monaco, we just had to deal with it _ it is monaco, we just had to deal with it and — it is monaco, we just had to deal with it and and move from there. karim _ with it and and move from there. karim benjamin thought he had scored for real madrid but it has b

charles leclerc will be on pole for tomorrow's spanish grand prix.championship leader was about a quarter of a second quicker than red bull's max verstappen, with ferrari team—mate carlos sainz in third. it was a very difficult session, especially in q3, it was a very difficult session, especially in 03, i had mistaken the first run, and only had one lap, but went extremely well, had a bit of moments of my lap but made it stick and i'm very happy with pill position, it was very good, the car was amazing, so very happy —— pole position. athletics' second diamond league meeting of the year took place in birmingham. britain's dina asher—smith won the women's 100 meters, beating shericka jackson by a hundreth of a second. but there was no elaine thompson—herah, the olympic champion pulled out as a precaution. canada's aaron brown won the men's 100 metres ahead of yohan blake with jerome blake third. trayvon bromell and zarnell hughes were both disqualified for false starts. and hansel parchment continued his fine form to win the men's 110 metre hurdles i

ferrari's charles leclerc was fastest in both practice sessions ahead of sunday's monaco grand prix —than his ferrari team mate carlos sainz, but nearly half a second quicker than verstappen who was 4th fastest. mclaren's daniel ricciardo escaped injury after a nasty crash. (ani) and lewis hamilton was way off the pace in 12th, more than one and a half seconds slower than leclerc and afterwards he called it "the bumpiest track he's ever driven." that's all the sport for now. thank you very much indeed. now, still waiting for donald trump to take to the stage at the nra at the national rifle association convention in houston, texas, just about 300 miles away from the mass shooting on tuesday and uvalde. the warm—up speaker there, wayne lapierre, the ceo of the nra has given an address. let's just remind you, though what the nra is and what indeed it stands for. it's the national rifle association, founded in 1871 by two civil war veterans. when it was established its aim was to �*promote and encourage rifle shooting on a scientific basis. according to its website, it currently has near

in qualifying for the monaco grand prix, home favourite charles leclerc secured pole position as ferrariin a row around the twisty streets of the principality, which is his home. there was an anticlimactic end as sergio perez and carlos sainz crashed. they'll start third and second respectively, with championship leader max verstappen fourth. lewis hamilton starts down in eighth. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. and plenty of build—up to the champions league final in paris. that's what we will be talking about one sportsday at 6:30pm. russian forces are continuing to make gains in eastern ukraine. troops, together with moscow—backed militia units, are reported to have taken another key city in the donbas region. meanwhile, vladimir putin has spoken to both french president emmanuel macron and german chancellor 0laf scholz, and was urged to hold "serious negotiations" with ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky. the russian leader said he was ready to look for ways to ship grain stuck in ukrainian ports. ukraine's president zel

the charles leclerc look like he was going to win and had to retire after his ferrari developed enginebut his race team tell sergio perez to let max verstappen buy two get the race win. russell finished third with lewis hamilton fifth for mercedes. the french open started today — and there's already been an upset on the first day at roland garros. the women's number six seed ons jabeur has been knocked out by poland's madga linette, the tunisian losing by sets 2—i. she could face harriet dart next if the british girl wins tomorrow. the first set was good for me. the second set i didn't have the opportunity to break the serve, which made it very difficult for me to stay in the match. the third set, obviously there was a lot of momentum and a lot of frustration. but that is tennis and i will have to accept i lost and get back in training and get ready for the grass season. in the men's draw austria's dominic thiem was beaten by bolivian world no 87 hugo dellien. former world number 3 thiem made 42 unforced errors in a starioght sets defeat. he's now lost all seven of the matches he has p

but verstappen's luck changed when his title rival charles leclerc, who looked like he was going to winhead of russell into second and was then handed victory when his red bull team ordered race leader sergio perez to let verstappen by to claim his fourth win of the season. he'll head to monaco next week with a six—point advantage over leclerc. russell finished third, with mercedes team—mate lewis hamilton fifth. matt fitzpatrick is out own course in the us pga. he was six under par overnight, he had dropped to five under on his first hole, but he is still well in contention behind the leader who starts on nine under par. there is much more on the website. a chief medical adviser at the uk health security agency, doctor susan hopkins, says more cases of monkeypox are being detected on a daily basis. the latest number of confirmed cases in the uk is 20 but the disease is usually mild and doesn't spread easily, and the risk to the general public remains low. clearly this is a new infectious disease spreading in our community that we have not seen our communities before. therefore we will

grand prix to be held in miami has been won by max verstappen — who survived a late charge from charles leclerc meant there was a 10—lap shoot—out between the two championship rivals, but leclerc couldn't get past. verstappen dealing with the challenge and getting the win, which cuts leclerc�*s championship lead to 19 points. ferrari's carlos sainz finished third to complete the podium. it'd been a difficult week for manchester city after that dramatic defeat in the champions league to real madrid, but they've responded by taking charge of the english premier league title race with a 5—0 win over newcastle united. raheem sterling scored their first inside 20 minutes and their last in injury time. they are now three points ahead of liverpool at the top of the table and four better off on goal difference. the off on goal difference. margin for liverpool is so tight,. the margin for liverpool is so tiuht,. ~ �* the margin for liverpool is so tiuht,.~ �* , tight,. we didn't play the second half _ tight,. we didn't play the second half but _ tight,. we didn't play the second half but we - tight,. we

verstappen up to third, behind ferrari's carlos sainz but crucially ahead of his title rival charles leclercnts. it's a third grand prix vivctory for perez which win means he's the jar roared back to win two sets and his uncle tony and his former coach made sure the match went to five sets with rafael nadal winning the final set 6—3 and sets up a mouthwatering quarterfinal against novak djokovic who swept aside diego schwartzman in straight sense. hindley started with the lead of one minute 25 seconds after taking the pink jersey yesterday and never looked in any trouble and has become the first australian to win the race. �* , ., the first australian to win the race. �*, . , . race. it's a beautifulfeeling, reall . race. it's a beautifulfeeling, really- yes. _ race. it's a beautifulfeeling, really. yes, a _ race. it's a beautifulfeeling, really. yes, a lot _ race. it's a beautifulfeeling, really. yes, a lot of - race. it's a beautifulfeeling, | really. yes, a lot of emotions race. it's a beautifulfeeling, - really. yes, a lot of emotions out there today and, yeah, i had in the back of my mi

charles leclerc will be on pole for tomorrow's spanish grand prix.g, the ferrari driver had been quickest in every practice session in barcelona. the championship leader was about a quarter of a second quicker than red bull's max verstappen. lewis hamilton will start down in sixth, he was again outpaced by his mercedes team—mate george russell who was fourth fastest. harlequins staged a remarkable comeback to beat gloucester 28—24 at twickenham, a victory that sealed a place in rugby union's premiership semi—finals. the champions were outplayed in the first half and trailed 24—7 at the break, but hit back with three tries. cadan murley clinching victory with the third. there were also wins for leaders leiceter and bath today. in superleague, hull kr were beaten 20 points to 8 by catalans dragons. the french side scored three tries to just the one for the robins. their third came from the club's top try scorer fouad yaha. hull kr have lost their last four games. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport webs

a big day ahead in miami, where charles leclerc will have the honour of starting in pole position forhis third pole this year, ahead of ferrari teammate carlos sainz. world champion max verstappen had to settle for third after this mistake. lewis hamilton will start from sixth. i am very happy from turn 4 onwards. from turn 1—3 it was not a great lap. it is ok. overall i am very happy, i am starting on pole position. that's all the sport for now. you're watching bbc news. it's 3.21pm. more than 60 people are feared dead after a russian air strike hit a school in the donbas region of eastern ukraine. the authorities said about 30 people who were sheltering in the basement were rescued, but many others are thought to have died. james waterhouse reports. this was a school in a village called bilohorivka. the regional governor reckons 90 people were sheltering inside when it was hit in an airstrike. 60 are thought to be lying dead under this rubble. this eastern luhansk region is now in the centre of the war in ukraine. having failed in taking the capital, neighbouring towns like borodyan

a big day ahead in miami — where charles leclerc will have the honour of starting in pole position for, ahead of ferrari team mate carlos sainz. world champion max verstappen had to settle for third after this mistake. lewis hamilton will start from sixth. iam very i am very happy. it was not a great lap. it is ok. 0verall i am very happy. it was not a great lap. it is ok. overall i am very happy, i lap. it is ok. overall i am very happy, i am starting on pole position. remember the name carlos alcaraz — because the spanish teenager continues to shock the best players in men's tennis. a day after beating rafael nadal, he's now beaten the world number one novak djokovic to reach the final of the madrid 0pen. the spanish teenager winning in three sets and he'll now face the defending champion alexander zverev in today's final. and tunisia's 0ns jabeur has yet another milestone in her impressive career — as she won the wta title in madrid — beating the 12th seed jessica pegula in three sets. it's jabeur�*s first wta 1000 title and she becomes the first african to win a wta1000 event. that

some drama involving charles leclerc, the championship leader has been forced to retire from the racesite. as you heard, several issues will be decided in a premier league, including the final relegation spot. the champions league places on the title. emotions will be running high and already this season the safety of players, managers and coaching staff has been a major talking point following the number of pitch invasions and assaults over the last month. here arejust invasions and assaults over the last month. here are just a few of those incidents. let's take it back to goodison park, the pitch invasion there as everton fans celebrated avoiding relegation from the premier league. this one after the penalty shoot—out following the sky bet league 2 semifinal between swindon town and port vale. another shows huddersfield town found celebrating getting through to the play—off final on the pitch. and following the match between nottingham forest and sheffield united, where a nottingham forest fan was jailed for head—butting billy sharp. what is going on? geoff pearson is a professor of

champion max verstappen starting from third and taking victoriade head of his title rival are charl leclercps. this had been build as formula one's super bowl, a heavyweight battle flitting of the nfl right here at the home of the miami doll phipps. pamela? >> thanks so much. >>> and in ukraine a show of solidarity and song. ♪ ♪ ♪ won't you stand by me, stand by me ♪ >> that's youtube from bopo and his bandmate the edge on guitar and between them a frequent show. they performed a 40-minute suburb and i spoke about reaching out to him. >> they called me the day before yesterday, and he asked me, he propose me to come to kiev and to take a part in this kun sert and it was so incredible for us. so unexpectable, but it was true, and, of course, we said yes and came to identify pm and we were in -- on the way to kyiv during the night, but in the morning, yesterday we came to kyiv and -- and -- and just sing a song with him. like it was prompt. it was like improvisation, and i -- i can't -- i still can't believe that it happened. >> it has been quite a run forror as they try to wrap up the collab

charles leclerc starts from pole after the championship leader bounced back from a disappointing result, ahead of ferrari team mate carlos sainz. world champion max verstappen had to settle for third, with lewis hamilton starting in sixth. that's all the sport for now. now on bbc news, here's joanna gosling with the papers. hello and welcome to our look at what the papers are saying today. with me are business journalist, john crowley and james rampton, features writer at the independent. let's run through the front pages first. the observer features sinn fein s historic election victory in northern ireland, with a nationalist party becoming the largest in the stormont assembly for the first time. that result has reawakened brexit tensions according to the sunday times. it says it raises new issues with the northern ireland protocol — a post—brexit system which requires checks on imports from mainland britain. the sunday telegraph focuses on an interview with michael gove, who blames the housing crisis for a drop in support for the conservative party. the tories lost almost 500 council

formula one returns this weekend with the spanish grand prix, and championship leader charles leclercencouraging for them. the british sprinter dena ashes smith says her form the british sprinter dena ashes smith says herform is light the british sprinter dena ashes smith says her form is light years ahead of where it was what you want to world to metals in 2019. the 26—year—old is in birmingham for tomorrow's league meeting. she had tomorrow's league meeting. she had to pull out of last years olympics with a hamstring injury. she says she'll have plenty more chances on the bigger stage. i love racing and i love performing and i'm so frustrating that sometimes when you are in peak condition but this one bit of your body that's not playing ball, that lots of preparation kinda falls away. that was frustrating. but i've got so many more years and more championships left in may. it was very frustrating but at the same time, ijust have so many more times to run. ifeel like it's about to be a really exciting year for hopefully me. obviously, all the birds, with the world champs, commonwealt

championship leader charles leclerc will start on pole, ahead of world champion max verstappen. now, time for the papers withjoanna gosling. hello and welcome to our look at what the papers are saying today. with me, author and journalist rachel shabi, and also joined by the political commentator and former head of press at number 10 downing street under prime minister david cameron, giles kenningham. good morning. that's run through the front pages first. the observer leads with partygate and the imminent sue gray report — claiming that the prime minister is expected to �*sacrifice�* the head of the civil service, simon case, when it is released. the conservatives are threatening an attack on transport and education unions — that's according the sunday telegraph, which says the government is poised to draw up laws requiring minimum numbers to work during a strike. the sunday times' front page says an nhs ambulance trust has been caught covering up evidence about deaths linked to mistakes made by paramedics. one to one help for all pupils — that's the education secretary's pledg

. —— charles leclerc. he took pole position for his home race in the monaco grand prix.d the race and ended fractionally clear of team—mate carlos sainz. championship leader max verstappen will start in fourth position and lewis hamilton is in eighth. wigan warriors have won their 20th challenge cup with a dramatic victory over huddersfield giants at the tottenham hotspur stadium. they did it at the hard way, huddersfield giants are on the brink of winning since 1953 —— for the first time since 1953, only to be denied at the end. adam wild was watching. wigan, wigan! a new location, the same historic occasion. for 125 years, the challenge cup final has been rugby league's grandest moment. in tottenham for the very first time, a chance for either wigan or huddersfield to make history. pressure? well, plenty. but the giants brought their own for good measure. leutele bursting through for the game's opening try. i had until half—time, but from the restart, space weather hadn't been space before. as quickly as the space before. as quickly as the space appeared, so it disappe

. >> reporter: the ferrari teammates carlos sainz and charles leclerc swept the top two positions. leclerc taking the pole position, and that's the third time this year he has won the pole, and he's having a championship-caliber year so far. he's won two of the first four race, while for sainz it's been a bit of a feast or famine season. he has had two podiums and two failures to finish. leclerc noted while they're very good on these very technical turns here in miami, the red bull team are extremely fast down these very long straightaways. it's going to be quite a battle today. >> let's talk about that red bull team, coming into this race, they're finishing 1-2 two weeks ago in italy, do you think they're the team that's the favorite to win here in miami? >> it certainly helps ferrari that they're in the top two ppositions. if you qualify on the pole, you have a great opportunity to win in this type of racing, no doubt that there are a lot of passing zones here on this racetrack, it was designed that way. and max verstappen is an extremely aggressive driver. i spoke with red bull

and how do you see the current title battle between max verstappen and charles leclerc?miss the t20 world cup in australia, that starts in october. it's a blow to england, who are also without six other pace bowlers because of injury. also, don't forget, the latest from the pga championship — on the bbc sport website. but that's all the sport from us for now, we'll see you soon. hello there. thursday saw lots of sunshine developing across the uk and, after a quiet night, we will see the weather changing again on friday. it'll be cooler and breezy, and there'll be some rain around it as well. if we look towards the south east of england, we'll find it turning wetter quickly in the morning, and that steadier rain pushes into east anglia, some thunderstorms just across the channel. as it gets wet in the southeast, we see some sharp showers breaking out elsewhere. some wet weather clears northern ireland, pushes into western scotland and the northwest of england in the afternoon. as it turns a bit drier towards the south east here — temperatures 19 celsius only 1a in the cen

in qualifying for the monaco grand prix, home favourite charles leclerc secured pole position as ferrariis second in a row around the twisty streets of the principality. there was an anti—climactic end though as sergio perez and carlos sainz crashed. they'll start third and second respectively with championship leader max verstappen 4th. lewis hamilton starts down in eighth. the challenge cup final between wigan warriors and huddersfield giants is currently into the second half at the tottenham hotspur stadium. we will show you some of the live pictures you are seen at the moment and wigan are 12—10 up. 51 minutes played, they were behind at half—time. have an outstanding record in this competition, 19 time winner edging it against huddersfield who have to go back to 1953 to 1953 to the last time they won it. it is currently live on bbc one. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. let's speak to olly now who's outside the stade de france in saint—denis. .. it is going to be an interesting night tonight, for the fans who get there and if they are disappointe

after taking the lead early, max verse stop and finished quite a ways ahead of charles leclerc for thewin the third win of the year. her first happened in five formula one races. look, work is the overall points leader. and nascar at its oldest race in this series in darlington, south carolina, 33 laps to go. joey logano was in the lead. martin truex gets sideways behind the leader and starts to pile up that involved nine drivers bush and bubba wallace, among them. what he said. it wasn't going to be the last. you see it now, from the perspective of bush's cars, he gets rear ended by eric jones and then goes spinning with two laps to go. lagana was trying to chase down will byron. here's one way to take the lead, bumped the guy out of the way and then go take the checkered flag. lagana wins for the first time this season, the 10th different winner in 12 races. byron or ended up 13th. today is still the points later. case now, but mom and i will see you at 11 20 on sports wrap. thank you coming up next at 11 breaking news in san francisco, where firefighters are battling a fire burning

ferrari's charles leclerc dominated practise for sunday's spanish grand prix.oerge russell. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc. c0. uk/sport tesco has joined sainsbury tesco hasjoined sainsbury and saying it will be sticking to the original government deadline to ban deals forjunk food. original government deadline to ban deals for junk food. it original government deadline to ban deals forjunk food. it happened as well as outlawing healthy food adverts before the 9pm watershed will come into force in october. legislation has been pushed back by a year as officials assess the impact of the policies on the rising cost of living. celebrity chefs and healthy eating campaignerjamie oliver organise a protest outside downing street following the decision. he explained to her health editor why he was using a putting to symbolise fight. it’s editor why he was using a putting to symbolise fight.— symbolise fight. it's symbolic of the mess that _ symbolise fight. it's symbolic of the mess that we've _

but verstappen�*s luck changed when his title rival, charles leclerc, who looked like he was going tolems. a change of strategy saw verstappen move ahead of russell into second and was then handed victory when his red bull team ordered race leader sergio perez to let verstappen by to claim his fourth win of the season. he'll head to monaco next week with a six—point advantage over leclerc. russell finished third, with mercedes team—mate lewis hamilton fifth. the french open started today — and there's been a couple of upsets on the first day at roland garros. the women's number six seed ons jabeur has been knocked out by poland's madga linette, the tunisian losing by two sets to one. she could face harriet dart next, if the brit wins tomorrow, where the rest of british interest lies in the singles. the first set was good enough for me, the second set i didn't have the opportunity to break her during the serve, which made it very difficult for me to stay in the match, but the third set, obviously, there was a lot of momentum, a lot of frustration, but that tennis and i will have to acc

"too many mistakes" — according to ferrari's charles leclerc, after a series of errors from his teamfour laps in a rain affected grand prix. red bull capitilised on ferrari's poor strategy, with perez, moving into the lead. crucially, championship leader max verstappen finished third, ahead of leclerc, which means the red bull driver extends his lead to nine points. lewis hamilton started and finished eighth. rafa nadal took five sets to get past felix auger aliassime at the french open. nadal lost the opening set but roared back to win the next two. the canadian who is coached by nadal�*s uncle toni made sure the match went to five sets with nadal winning the final set 6—3. it sets up a mouthwatering quarter final against novak djokovic who swept aside argentina's diego schwartzmann in straight sets. that's all the sport for now. the action continuing at roland garros, you can catch up with all of that with us this afternoon. let's return now to our top story this hour, and the rise in delays to police reponse times. our special correspondent, ed thomas can tell us more. good to see

max verstappen closed the gap to formula one championship leader charles leclerc to 19 points by winningerc to lead the race from the start of the ninth lap. verstappen was heading towards a comfortable victory until britain's lando norris crashed and the safety car took away his advantage. he held off his rival over the remaining laps to take the chequered flag to become the first driver to win back to back races this season. george russell finished fifth — a place ahead of his mercedes team mate lewis hamilton. that's all the sport for now. cheers, thank you. president putin has sought to justify the invasion of ukraine in a speech at the victory day parade in moscow. mr putin said the attack had been the right decision, saying ukraine and the west had been preparing "an invasion of our historical lands". he told soldiers they were fighting for what their predecessors had fought for during the second world war. translation: they were preparing i a punishing operation in donbas, i to intrude on our historic land. in kyiv, they were saying that they might get nuclear weapons, and nato st

championship leader charles leclerc will start on pole, ahead of world champion max verstappen.loucester 28—24 at twickenham, a victory that sealed a place in rugby union's premiership playoff semi—finals. the champions were outplayed in the first half and trailed 24—7 at the break, but hit back with three tries, murley clinching victory with the third. there was disappointment for scarlets in their last match of the inaugral united rugby championship season. they were beaten 26—21 at home by south african side stormers. with the score 21—21 ruhan nell ran through to win the game for stormers. the defeat hands the welsh shield to scarlets' rivals 0spreys who qualify for the european champions cup. scarlets will have to make do with playing in the challenge cup. with just 67 days until the commonwealth games in birmingham, the revamped alexander stadium brought plenty of success for the brits in the diamond league. dina asher—smith won the women's 100 meters, beating shericka jackson by 0.01 seconds. daryll neeta was third. asher—smith and neeta then joined forces to win the 4 by

charles leclerc took pole position for his home race in the monaco grand prix. former mansfield player, mal benning wrapped it up late in the second half, scoring vale�*s third goal of the match. mansfield were down to ten men by that stage. wrexham are co—owned by film stars ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney but it was luke waterfall who provided the hollywood ending for grimsby in their national league play—off semi—final. he scored a late winner in extra time to beat wrexham 5—4. grimsby is nowjust one game away from a return to the football league. we heard about disappointment for the rugby league team at huddersfield, but what�*s being called the richest game in football takes place today — when huddersfield town and nottingham forest meet at wembley for the championship play—off. the prize is a place in the premier league said to be worth at least £170 million to the winner. yesterday, we featured forest and this morning, we�*re hearing form some of huddersfield town�*s key players. come on! jonathan hogg, huddersfield town midfielder. _ come on! jonathan