give it up the prince of persia hossein vafaei! give it up the prince of persia hossein vafaei!ll hear from the first iranian to play at the snooker world championship. good evening, welcome along, we'll start with that huge story that british tennis has banned russian and belarussian players from wimbledon and the other grasscourt tournaments this summer, such as queens, and nottingham and eastbourne becasue of the invasion of ukraine. the all england club say they want to play their part in limiting russias global influence in the circumstances of such unjustified and unprecedented military aggression. the former top 20 player and grand slam quarterfinalist alex dolgopolov spoke to me from kiev earlier about the decision. we are happy with the decision. as i said before, i believe if all the world is united and is trying to stop all of this and push the russian government and nothing is working then the only way this can stop is the russian people push the russian government. and i think is most of them continue living their normal lives, that's not really going to change much

the world number four beat hossein vafaei, the first iranian to reach the world championship, by tenl in the second round. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. hello. it felt warm in the sunshine again despite the easterly breeze. those easterly winds will remain with us into the weekend.- those easterly winds will remain with us into the weekend. could be strongest cuts uk there's _ with us into the weekend. could be strongest cuts uk there's not - strongest cuts uk there's not much rain and forecast either in the next few days and beyond. the wet weather is much further south in europe, this area of cloud brought some heavy rain to the mediterranean earlier on from an area of low pressure. another area of low pressure. another area of low pressure is moving away from the uk, heading its way down towards biscay with high pressure to the north of our shores you've got the run of easterly winds bringing our weather in from the baltic sea and finland. may well start with macleod on friday for england and wales, most likely to be

mcgill goes on to play either hossein vafaei orjudd trump in the next round.tter playertoday, no he came back and he was a better player today, no doubt about it, i probably edged it a bit yesterday. yeah, i got lucky in the end. i probably needed it, to be honest, because he was coming back really strong. my game wasn't really there at all. i was pretty pleased with my safety in that match, that's kind of helped me win a few frames, but if i've any hope of progressing, i need to put more balls and. in the other morning session, northern ireland's mark allen holds a 5—4 lead over scott donaldson. allen took the advantage heading into the evening session, conjuring up a second century. the winner of this one will face the six time champion ronnie o'sullivan. six games taking place in round 9 of the super league this afternoon what a moment for former leeds and england captain kevin sinfield who watched his teenage son make his debut for leeds rhinos at castleford. sinfield was there to watch seventeen year old jack who made quite an impression. unfortunately fo

elsewhere, hossein vafaei will become the first player from iran to compete in the championship — he'se judd trump. the 17—day event gets under way in sheffield on saturday. full details of the draw are on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. more from me in the next hour. many thanks. some asylum seekers who reach the uk after crossing the english channel in small boats are to be sent to rwanda in a controversial new immigration legislation. the home secretary priti patel is in the rwandan capital kigale, for the signing of the deal. a short time ago, she outlined the reasoning behind the scheme. more than 28,000 migrants crossed the channel last year by small boat in very dangerous and perilous conditions. the uk asylum system is collapsing under a combination of real humanitarian crises and evil people smugglers profiteering by exploiting the system for their own gains. criminals are exploiting the hopes and fears of migrants, pushing them to making dangerous journeys to the uk with fictitious and false promises that they can settle in the uk if they make it. this has deva

the world number four beat hossein vafaei, the first iranian to reach the world championship, by ten the morning could be overcast, chilly and windy. especially central and eastern parts of england but out towards the west and north some lovely sunshine first thing. the clouds will break out through the course of the morning into the afternoon but i think it will remain at times cloudy across parts of southern wales and southern england. also one or two showers breaking out. the north sea coast will be chilly in some spots may be no higher than 10 degrees. southwestern parts of scotland could be as high as 19 and it's going to be as high as 19 and it's going to be as high as 19 and it's going to be a very blustery day on the north sea coast and across the pennines, gus up to a0 mph. that win will be with us for the next few days with up the warmest weather in the west. welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm mariko 0i. the headlines... president biden announces another $800 million of military help for ukraine in what he calls a critical phase of the war. to modernrise

going on to play neil robertson. 0n table one, 2019 world snooker championjudd trump is leading hossein vafaeiup with those. before i go, legendary west indies all—rounder kieron pollard has called time on his international career. more in an hour. will get a little more reaction to that wimbledon decision will get a little more reaction to that wimbledon is banning russian and belarussian tennis players from this summer's tournament because of the war in the ukraine. and broadcaster qasa alom will be at the tournament for the bbc this summer, and hejoins me now. what's been the reaction in the tennis world to this decision by wimbledon? this tennis world to this decision by wimbledon?— tennis world to this decision by wimbledon? ~ , , ., ., ., tennis world to this decision by wimbledon? ~ , ., ., ., wimbledon? as you can tell, a lot of anuer wimbledon? as you can tell, a lot of anger from — wimbledon? as you can tell, a lot of anger from the _ wimbledon? as you can tell, a lot of anger from the atp. _ wimbledon? as you can tell, a lot of anger from the atp. in _ wimbledon? as you can tell, a

he booked his place in round two after beating hossein vafaei — the first iranian to reach the worldack cycling team will be hoping to pick up where they left off on day two of the track nations cup in glasgow. both the men's and women's team pursuit teams won silver on the opening day. gb�*s women finishing second to germany — as they did at last year's olympics. gb�*s men were beaten by france. that's all the sport for now. thank you very much, thank you. britain and india have signed a new defence cooperation agreement today. the uk prime minister borisjohnson is there, he has been meeting the indian prime minister. they are signing a new defence cooperation agreement on friday, not quite sure how russia and ukraine have affected that but anyway... they will look to complete a free trade deal by the end of the year. that is really quick timing! but that is what boris johnson saying after a meeting in new delhi. portuguese prosecutors say they have formally identified a suspect in the case of madeleine mccann — the little girl who went missing during a family holiday in the algarve

mcgill goes on to play either hossein vafaei orjudd trump in the next round.it to be honest because he was coming back really strong. might safety come was pretty pleased with my safety game in that match, and that helped me win a few famous but if i have got any —— help me win a few frames, but if i have got any chance of progressing, i need to pot a few balls. in the other morning session, northern ireland�*s mark allen holds a 5—4 lead over scott donaldson. allen took the advantage heading into the evening session, conjuring up a second century to make it 5—4. the winner of this one will face the six—time champion ronnie 0�*sullivan. australia�*s neil robertson is in action against ashley hugill in the afternoon session. ashley huddle is leading 3—1 at the moment. —— ashley hugill. that�*s all the sport for now. more now on the flash floods which have devastated kwazulu—natal in south africa. hundreds of people have died, and dozens are still missing. our correspondent pumza fihlani has travelled to the worst affected region, and just sent this report. we h

hossein vafaei came through two rounds of qualifying to make his debut...o it as well so hopefully i can go so far in the tournament and be totally respected by my opponents. hopefully, i'll play well and show a good performance and make history again. and former world number one maria sharapova has annnouced that she is pregnant.... the 5 time grand slam winner announced the news on instagram on her 35th birthday. she retired from tennis in 2020 and later that year got engaged to british businessman alexander gilkes. that's all the sport for now. the palestinian red crescent says more than seventy palestinians have been injured in clashes with police at a settler outpost near the occupied west bank village of burqa. the incident follows a march by as many as twenty thousand israeli nationalists to the evacuated outpost of homesh. the red crescent said police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at palestinians demonstrating against the march. despite the evacuation of the illegal outpost, israeli settlers have established a religious school there. the israeli

elsewhere, hossein vafaei will become the first player from iran to compete in the championship.e just three weeks to go until voters across the uk go to the polls. voters in england, wales, and scotland will pick who they want to run services that affect everyday life in their local area. those in northern ireland will choose its government. ahead of the vote, we will be profiling some of the key contests in the uk's four nations. today, my colleague martine croxall joins us from the seaside town of rhyl on the north wales coast. lucky you with that view! it is very ileasant, lucky you with that view! it is very pleasant. i — lucky you with that view! it is very pleasant. i can _ lucky you with that view! it is very pleasant, i can tell— lucky you with that view! it is very pleasant, i can tell you. _ lucky you with that view! it is very pleasant, i can tell you. the - lucky you with that view! it is very pleasant, i can tell you. the sun i lucky you with that view! it is very j pleasant, i can tell you. the sun is trying its best to come through, but it is dry, that is the main

going on to play neil robertson. 0n table one, 2019 world snooker championjudd trump is leading hossein vafaei just two weeks before the war started. since then, they've been trying to help their surrogate family to safety. now, after weeks of wrangling, they've finally arrived. zoe conway has been to meet them. vita lysenko and heather easton have a very special friendship, born of adversity. vita is the surrogate who saved heather from the grief of infertility. heather rescued vita from the war in ukraine. she means a lot to us. and we just couldn't imagine anything bad happening to her. and she has a three—year—old, so we didn't want him to see the war or experience anything negative. the two families became close during the pregnancy, and so by the time sophie arrived injanuary, they were expecting to meet again, someday. but then the war broke out, and vita was messaging them from a bomb shelter. the war is a terrible thing, so if we can just help one family, you know, it's good. at first, vita and 0ndrej didn't want to leave. it was heather who persuaded them. translation: we were fright