amid a second consecutive day of damaging regulations and leaked e—mails by the german newspaper der spiegelial. the summit is a sensible attempt by uefa to limit overspending by clubs and encourage them to live within their means, but the others it's a crude attempt to protect the status quo of european club football. 0ne attempt to protect the status quo of european club football. one thing is certain. city have been found guilty of breaching the rules some years ago and been punished in 2014. der spiegel claim that what it does the first time is truly reveal the extent of what they allege is deceit when it comes to what they told uefa. city have been caught. they have said this is merely organised attempt to smear the club. pep guardiola today says he retains faith in the club's leadership but since the takeover by abu dhabi ten yea rs since the takeover by abu dhabi ten years ago manchester city have been the dominant force in the english game, but the question is does this detract from their achievements on the pitch and could they face a new investigation? the famous world war one poet

german magazine der spiegel today at home state a new series of leaks from what it describes as the rotten world of football shedding light on corruption and criminal activity one of the dashed big old of reporters who broke the story says christophe went to back in hamburg welcome to t.w. so you've reported that munich spent months working on plans to create an elite league along with six of the world's top clubs tell us more. yes thanks for having me but munich played a very vital role in this development in two thousand and sixteen they pressurize to you if into gaining more power and more money by considering to leave the champions league and in fact the bonus new go to they drafted all plans and it took a couple months until they reached with the us on a new reform that made them gain more money now a new document actually surfaced that considers a new super league to be founded as early as two thousand and twenty one by munich says they don't have knowledge of this particular document but obviously they have plans they have considered isn't one of your own coming about his past and c

german magazine der spiegel said that leaked documents revealed clubs' plans to form the breakaway competitionuty to "protect football". floyd mayweather has denied agreeing to a fight with kick boxer tenshin nasukawa in japan on new year's eve. mayweather says he only agreed to an exhibition bout in a non—televised event for wealthy spectators. he's apologised to his fans for what he calls "very misleading information". that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. good night. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the media editor at the guardian, jim waterson, and the victims commissioner and conservative peer, baroness newlove. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. today's midterm results make the front of the ft. the paper leads on trump's call for bipartisanship with the democrats, with the president saying there's scope for collaboration after they captured the house of representatives. the guardian has a slightly different take on trump's reaction to the democrat's grip on the house, saying the us p

earlier we spoke to christophe venter behind investigative journalist a german magazine der spiegel who is part of the team that released this story and he told us what these revelations could mean for european football. this is a very important moment in european football because it changes the policy trucks are fundamentally so far you if i has always organized these kind of competitions now the most powerful and the richest clubs say they don't need to a fight anymore and they were able to pressurised into a reform where they would gain even more paul and more money and we've seen this in the past couple years in national competitions that that they have become more lopsided because of that money so it's very interesting for every football fan to see how this whole a struggle turns out. that was christopher into a box speaking to us an idea you know watching did have been his life from brain games we'll have another update at the top of the hour thank you for watching.

only always folk to kristoffer vent about an investigative journalist a german magazine der spiegel who is fond of the team that released this story and he told us what these revelations could mean for european football. this is a very important moment in european football because it changes the policy structure fundamentally so far you if i has always organized these kind of competitions and now the most powerful and the richest clubs say they don't need you a fight anymore and they were able to pressurize you in you if a into a reform where they would gain even more power and more money and we've seen this in the past couple years in national competitions that have that they have become more lopsided because of that money so it's very interesting for every football fan to see how this polis trickle turns out. that was christopher it's about speaking to us well for now the bundesliga is still alive and kicking and this weekend's play began with a strong display from frankfurt away to stuttgart sebastian and scored to the opener for the visit has only in the first half went on to decide

earlier we spoke with christoph about these leaks he's a reporter with the german magazine der spiegel and helped to break this story. this is a very important moment in european football because it changes the polis trucks are fundamentally so far you if i has always organized these kind of competitions and know the most powerful in the richest clubs say they don't need you a fight anymore and they were able to pressurize to you if a into a reform where they would gain even more power and more money and we've seen this in the past couple years and national competitions that have that they have become more lopsided because of that money so it's very interesting for every football fan to see how this whole a struggle turns out. that was christoph event about speaking to us well for now and going to sleep they still alive and kicking and this weekend's play began with a strong display for fact with a way to get sebastian scored the opener for the visit has any in the first half who went on to decide the match with two thumping head as a perfect pass found frankfurt striker anti-red bitch

reportedly setting its sights on a league of its own investigative journalists from german magazine der spiegel have uncovered documents showing the fine munich along with other top clubs is interested in forming an elite super league. you're watching news from berlin well coming at the top of the hour don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site at state of money dot com thanks for joining me. in school in the jungle. the first cloning lesson in the doors granted moment arrives to move your ring in turn on her journey back to freedom. in our interactive documentary the road entering returns home from the long t.w. don't come to tanks.

but it should be interesting christophe ventre back investigative journalist with german magazine der spiegel thank you and a reminder of the top stories we're following for you in the u.s. democrats and republicans are making their final pitch to voters and head of next week's midterm elections former president barack obama and current leader donald trump have campaigned in states with tight races. you're watching d.w. news from berlin all coming at the top of the hour and don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site at do you have any dot com thanks for joining me. i'm secure the volume. and in the end this to me you're not allowed to stay here anymore we will send you back. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers with clients and the what's your story.

der spiegel has accused the cloud and and their sponsors of manipulating contracts to get around then is at the etihad stadium. what's the latest? what's the latest on these claims? city of course are trying to prepare for the big league match tomorrow night against them, but they do so against a backdrop of another day of the damaging revelations in week e—mails by the german magazine. now these all are around financial play regulations and that is a controversial set of rules that were introduced years ago, by european football governing body, and some who support the rules believe there area who support the rules believe there are a sensible move to encourage clu bs to are a sensible move to encourage clubs to live within their means and prevent what is known as financial doping, but others disagree thinking they're a crude attempt to protect they're a crude attempt to protect the status quo, when it comes to european cloud football is important to stress that city have been found to stress that city have been found to breach rules in the past in 2014, they were hit with a fine of

the papers are reporting on alleged leaked documents seen by a german newspaper, der spiegel.g the money evenly. but some are fans of bigger clubs who might be in the top five are saying, i don‘t want to have to travel to madrid or munich. yes, at the minute you get quite a lot of trips nearby. imagine if it was every week to the continent, to europe. one fan has said he will go back to supporting his local club if this happens. imagine a premier league without the likes of the manchester clubs, liverpool, arsenal and chelsea. arsene wenger once said a breakway european super league was in—evitable, and the papers claim it could happen within three years. the new competition, it is claimed, would involve 11 of europe‘s biggest clubs, like champions manchester city, those clubs would be known as the "founders", and be joind by five "initial guest clubs. the papers are reporting on alleged leaked documents seen by a german newspaper, der spiegel, which claims the clubs have had secret meetings to explore the idea of a breakaway european superleague. so far we have yet to hear fr

failed a drugs test ahead of the champions league final back in twenty seventeen german magazine der spiegel has claimed that the spain defender tested positive for an anti inflammatory drug which is banned if tester's on not informed of its use the magazine added european football's governing body you wafer had accepted an apology from ramos and the player had blamed the club's doctor for the incident. so your arse has never breached anti doping regulations you ever requested specific information and immediately closed the case as is usual in such cases following tests carried out by experts from the world anti-doping association and u.a.e. for itself. rail or an action against a barn saturday meanwhile the club's two biggest rivals barcelona and i'd like to go madrid will meet in a high profile match to go hoping for a first championship since winning the title in twenty fourteen and could go top of the leader with a win at the wonder metropolitano pastor of the defending spanish champions another current league leaders they have scored more goals than any other club in the composition of

that's according to a report by the german publication der spiegel. the newspaper claims leaked documents show the breakaway league, could be created as soon as 2021, and see clubs involved leave their national leagues and football associations. talks of a european super league in football have come and gone in the past. they always been fended off in the end. this time the german newspaper is claiming there is more substance to it. a number of leading clubs have discussed the matter over a period of time and they have documents purporting to show that it is at an advanced stage of development. the talk is 11 of the big clubs, including five from within england, joining in a midweek european super league joined by five other invited clubs from throughout europe. it's a big afternoon in rugby union, as preparations for next year's world cup step up, with start of the autumn internationals. england are under a bit of pressure as they take on south africa at twickenham. eddiejones‘ side have only won one match in seven, and are suffering from a string of

that's according to a report by the german publication der spiegel.reakaway league, could be created as soon as 2021, and see clubs involved leave their national leagues and football associations. talks of a european super league in football have come and gone in the past. they always been fended off in the end. this time the german newspaper is claiming there is more substance to it.

the german news magazine der spiegel says the spain international tested positive for the anti—inflammatory banned if testers are not informed of its use. uefa accepted an apology from ramos, who blamed the club's doctor for the mix—up. hundreds of people have attended the funeral of the well—known syrian radio host and activist raed fares, who was killed by gunmen in the rebel—held province of idlib. raed fares founded an independent radio station broadcasting from opposition—held areas. he was known for defying demands to stop playing music and to remove female broadcasters. he died along with a fellow activist, hammoud juneid. china says the militant attack on its consulate in karachi will not deter it from investing in infrastructure projects in pakistan. no consular staff were hurt in the attack, but two pakistani police officers, two locals, and the three gunmen were killed. a separatist group, the balochistan liberation army, which opposes chinese influence in pakistan, said it carried out the assault. secunder kermani reports. gunfire outside the chinese consulate in the heart of pa

that‘s according to a report by the german publication der spiegel.ted as soon as 2021, and see clubs involved, leave their national leagues and football associations. talks of a european super league and football have come and gone, always fended off by more money in the end. this time the german magazine is claiming that there is more substance than a number of leading clu bs substance than a number of leading clubs have discussed the matter over a period of time and they even have documents purporting to show that it is atan documents purporting to show that it is at an advanced stage of development. talk perhaps about starting in 2021. the talk is of a living big clubs, including five from within england, joining a midweek european super league. joined by five other invited clubs throughout europe. in the championship, aston villa eased some of their recent worries with victory over strugglers bolton. goals from jack grealisih and james chester gave them a 2—0 win, lifting them up the table to 13th. the preparations for next year‘s rugby union wor

the german news magazine, der spiegel, says the spain international tested positive for the anti—inflammatoryif testers are not informed of its use. uefa accepted an apology from ramos, who blamed the club's doctor for the mix—up. hundreds of people have attended the funeral of the well—known syrian radio host and activist, raed fares — who was killed by gunmen in the rebel—held province of idlib. raed fares founded an independent radio station broadcasting from opposition—held areas. he was known for defying demands to stop playing music and to remove female broadcasters. he died along with a fellow activist, hammoud juneid. the un envoy to yemen, martin griffiths, has delivered an impassioned plea for peace in the embattled city of hodeidah — which is held by the houthi rebels. a government offensive has jeopardised the operation of the port — a vital lifeline for aid. on a visit to the area, mr griffiths pressed for the un to be given a leading role in running it. caroline rigby reports. from bombs and bullets to malnutrition and disease, described by the un as the world's worst man—made h

the german news magazine der spiegel says the spain international tested positive for the anti—inflammatoryanned if testers are not informed of its use. uefa accepted an apology from ramos, who blamed the club's doctor for the mix—up. hundreds of people have attended the funeral of the well—known syrian radio host and activist, raed fares, who was killed by gunmen in the rebel—held province of idlib. raed fares founded an independent radio station broadcasting from opposition—held areas. he was known for defying demands to stop playing music and to remove female broadcasters. he died along with a fellow activist, hammoud juneid. the trump administration has asked the us supreme court to review its policy of preventing some transgender people from serving in the military. the appeals court is already reviewing the decision of lower courts, which have blocked the policy, but the administration wants the supreme court to fast—track a definitive ruling. between 4,000 and 10,000 us active—duty and reserve service members are believed to be transgender, from a total personnel of almost 2 million.

the german news magazine der spiegel claims the spain international tested positive for the anti—inflammatory is only banned if testers are not informed of its use. uefa accepted an apology from ramos, who blamed the club's doctor for the mix—up. the national crime agency has issued a strongly worded warning to the organised gangs which it says are behind the recent surge in attempts to cross the channel to britain. so far this month, close to 100 would—be migrants have been stopped trying to enter the uk along the south coast. jon hunt has this report. eight men claiming to be iranian we re eight men claiming to be iranian were brought ashore at dover by border force officials. a border force coastal patrol boat intercepted them across the six miles south—east of dover in a dinky. the home office said the men we re dinky. the home office said the men were medically well and will now be interviewed by immigration staff. immigration from official sources is scarce, and they don't actively release information about these operations. —— information from. but we are told that searches continued t

that's according to a report by the german publication der spiegel.ue, could be created as soon as 2021, and see clubs involved leave their national leagues and football associations. talks of a european super league in football have come and gone in the past. they always been fended off in the end. this time the german newspaper is claiming there is more substance to it. a number of leading clu bs substance to it. a number of leading clubs have discussed the matter over a period of time and they have documents purporting to show that it is atan documents purporting to show that it is at an advanced stage of development. the talk is 11 of the big clubs, including five from within england, joining in a midweek european super league joined by five other invited clubs from throughout europe. it's a big afternoon in rugby union, as preparations for next year's world cup step up, with start of the autumn internationals. england are under a bit of pressure as they take on south africa at twickenham. eddiejones' side have only won one match in seven, and are

voted for article 50 in order to give respect to the referendum, and i was asked this question by der spiegelt i said was, we couldn't stop it because we don't have the votes in parliament to do so. what i want to do is say to the government, you've had all this time to negotiate, you're not going to get this thing through parliament. don't waste another two weeks on this. go back now, because you must have read the runes in parliament. you can't get it through. two things there, jeremy corbyn first of all talking about the parliamentary arithmetic. i mean, he isn't ruling out potentially that this thing could be stopped. you heard him, if there is a majority in parliament to do so, it could be stopped, but he doesn't believe that is a question at the moment. and the second thing is the negotiations. he believes there is still time to go back to brussels and, in his words, get a better deal. he talked about the fact that a lot of these deals tend to be done at the 11th hour in brussels, and he believes there is still a potential to change course. so lots of arithmetic to think about. there is

sucked her donetsk gladiola distanced himself from the allegations made in the german magazine der spiegel the ad that the club success wasn't just down to money. completely honestly i don't know what happened because i'm. in manager in focus what happened to be in the locker room one of the people they want to beat is about day one that this kind of situation i'm completely. but i am part of the club reported to me the club and we want to do what really we have to do in terms of the roof. and the arts and culture to say we're going to be looking at artistic freedom here in germany recently of punk band was stopped from performing on a television show here and robin merrill from our culture desk has more so what exactly went down what happened well first of all i should say it wasn't the t.v. station that stopped the performing it's about a band called fine azzam a fish filet which would be creamy phillis fish fish sounds harmless well no i should mention in the past they have been accused of writing antiestablishment lyrics and indeed even investigated by the security officers here they h

ramos failed a drugs test ahead of the champions league final in twenty seventeen german magazine der spiegel has claimed that this same defendant tested positive for an anti-inflammatory drug which is banned if test is a not informed of its use the magazine added that the european football governing body wafer had accepted an apology from ramos and the player blamed the club's doctor for the incidents the statement read said here imus has never breached anti doping regulations u.a. for requested specific information and immediately close the case as is usual in such cases following tests carried out by experts from the world anti-doping agency and you a for itself. injured golden state warriors star steph curry has been worrying the team again the n.b.a. champion was in a car crash on his way to training in oakland on friday curry emerged unhurt and stood in the rain waiting for the police after his porsche was in a collision with two other cars neither of those drivers were hurt either curry has been out since november the eighth as he continues his recovery from injury he did make it to tr

the papers are reporting on alleged leaked documents seen by a german newspaper, der spiegel, which claimsar from most of the clubs, although a bayern munich statement said they were "unaware of recent plans for a so—called super league" and had not "taken part in negotiations relating to such plans". hibernian manager, neil lennon says he may walk away from his job after suffering what he calls, anti—catholic racism. lennon was struck by a coin after celebrating a disallowed hearts goal at the end of the edinburgh derby on wednesday. he says there was an effigy of him, being hanged outside the ground and believes he's singled out for sectarian insults. you call it sectarianism in scotland, i call it racism. if a black man is abused, you are notjust abusing the colour of his skin, you abuse his culture, his heritage, his background. it's the exact same thing. if you've just drafted, kevin de bruyne back into your fantasy football league, best take him out again. he'd onlyjust come back from one injury, and now another will keep him out for five to six weeks. de bruyne, who was one of manch

and that trailer we just saw comes from the german magazine der spiegel which today announced a new series of revelations from what it described as their rotten was a footboard shedding light on corruption and criminal activity the latest wave of revelations of part of the footballer leaks project joining me now from their spiegel sports desk in hamburg is christoph venter but one of the reporters who broke the stories welcome to stuff and you reported that bind munich spend months working on plans to create an elite league along with six of the world's top clubs what more can you tell us about that yes first of all thanks for having me by munich was a very vital part of these negotiations taken two thousand and sixteen together with a couple of the biggest richest and most powerful clubs and european football and they considered breaking away from the champions league and thought of breaking away from the owners it was there it was centered on making more revenues and it's pretty much the most globalized and most capitalistic approach we've seen in european football that could shape the f

income to get around your wife is financial fair play rules the claims come from german magazine der spiegel they say they have documents showing the abu dhabi own city football group topped up sponsorship deals with its own money it follows reports that they struck a deal with you effect to avoid a ban over breaching the rules city have said there is an organized and clear attempt to damage their reputation manager pep guardiola says he has faith in the club's owners of course it tries a lot with the club with they have done enough of course we want to follow the rules of the way for the future all the theme is in the premier league. they do what they wanted to do so a part of that believe me i am completely honest whether norwood happened because of a manager in focus what happened on the page in the locker room or not to be where they want to be there is about they handle this kind of situation i am completely. but they are part of the club and support of the club. and we want to do what really we have to do in terms of the rules well the big shock of choose the night came in serbia where

failed a drugs test ahead of the champions league final back in twenty seventeen german magazine der spiegel has claimed that the spain defender tested positive for an empty inflammatory drug which is banned if tests or not in four testers are not informed of its use the magazine added to european football's governing body you a fan accepted an apology from ramos and the player a blamed the club's doctor for the incident their statement. breached anti doping regulations were requested specific information and immediately closed the case as is usual in such cases following tests carried out by experts from the world anti-doping agency and u.a.e. for itself. ramos was in rails line up for the spanish league clash with abel that matches in the closing stages now three know the score to a ball meanwhile rails to biggest rivals barcelona and that lead to come the dreaded meet later a better go hoping for a first championship since winning the title in two thousand and fourteen and could go top of the league with a win loss of the defending spanish champions and league leaders they have scored mor

german magazine der spiegel claimed earlier this week that top european clubs had met to discuss theill fight any such competition. infantino told a group of journalists today: five—weight world boxing champion floyd mayweather has denied agreeing to a fight with a japanese kick boxer and claims he'd never heard of him until this week. mayweather was reported to have made a deal to face tenshin nasukawa injapan on new year's eve. but he now says he only ever agreed to an exhibition bout in a non televised event for wealthy spectators and that he "was completely blindsided" by the arrangements that were being made without his approval. he's apologised to his fans for what he calls "very misleading information". england took control of the first test against sri lanka after a dominant display on the second day. debutant ben foakes reached his first test century, and moeen ali took four wickets for 66 as england bowled out the hosts for just 203. joe wilson reports. for the cricket tourist, sri lanka in november is an attractive destination, especially when it stops raining. 0n holiday

wednesday's champions league match against shakhtar donetsk a claims come from german magazine der spiegel they say they have documents showing the city football group topped up sponsorship deals with its own money it follows earlier reports that they struck a deal with us for to avoid a ban over breaching rules so he have said they is an organized and clear attempt to damage their reputation. of course it tries a lot with the club with they have done in of course wonderful the rules are the way for the future all this team is in the premier league. they do what we have to do so a part of that believe me completely honest nor would happen because of a manager and focus what happened on the page in the locker room one of the bit about the business about they handle this kind of situation completely. but they are part of the support of the club and we want to do what really we have to do in terms of the rules. earlier this year the denver nuggets fell short of the n.b.a. playoffs on the final day of the regular season now they've really turned things around in fact they've actually made the

the claims have been made in the german magazine der spiegel.o what really we have to do in terms of the rules. laughter moving on. i think dan was aggressively sneezing. laughter moving on. i think dan was aggre55ively sneezinglj laughter moving on. i think dan was aggressively sneezing. i was trying to do it while pep guardiola was talking. no need to draw attention to it. you sound like harriet the donkey. all right, that's unnecessary! sorry. wayne rooney won't start when he makes his farewell appearance for england against the united states later this month. rooney will win his 120th cap in the match that will be called the wayne rooney foundation international. he'll be a second half substitute and won't captain the side or wear his old number ten shirt. olympic champion adam peaty could risk missing next year's world championships if he decides to take part in a new competition. peaty says the international swimming league is "exactly what the sport needs". but governing body, fina, say new events must seek approval from them six months b

the claims have been made in the german magazine der spiegel.putation. that is all the sport for now. you will hear from that is all the sport for now. you will hearfrom me again in the next hour. the environment secretary michael gove has called for the cabinet to be given the full legal advice on the plan to avoid a hard border in ireland after brexit. proposals for the mechanism, known as the back—stop, remain a sticking point in attempts to secure a deal with the european union. downing street says it doesn't comment on legal advice. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth reports. parliament isn't officially open for business today, but make no mistake — behind the scenes, there is plenty going on, even talk that we could be inching towards a brexit deal. senior ministers were fairly supportive after getting an update from the prime minister yesterday. but there are still sticking points and plenty of concern. he wants to see the government's legal advice before giving any deal his backing. do you think you can support the deal? and the du

alex, put up this der spiegel. >> a good day for america.st share power in washington with the democrats after the midterm elections. luckily. >> that's the bottom line. joining us, a democratic representative from california and now president and ceo of the woodrow wilson international center for scholars, jay harmon. also cnn correspondent keir simmons. i don't think we've talked enough about how this looks around the world and what people are thinking as they look at this presidency and the routing of the midterms. >> it really does matter. we as americans, sometimes we'll hear what the head of the labor party in britain is saying. oh, my god, what's wrong with the labor party? of course, in britain and across europe, people are looking at us and going, my god, what's been wrong with america? certainly, again, this is more the idea of what america is, a divided government, madsisomadi dm democracy with checks and balances. >> i go to a lot of conferences around the world. i was just in asia and tokyo and seoul. where is congress? we need