, from the indian premier league, under way in mumbai, with the mumbai indians startingh a comfortable win. england's nat sciver brunt was sold for over £300,000 in the auction and she made 23 as mumbai smashed 207 from their 20 overs. she then took two wickets with the ball as the gujarat giants were bowled out forjust 64 in reply, with mumbai indians winning by 143 runs. that is all, thank you for watching. more sport on bbc news throughout the evening, but from me, have a very good saturday night. hello there. it's been a rather grey and gloomy saturday for many. a few scattered showers around as well. take a look at this weather watcher picture from thurnby in leicester, fairly indicative of the day. now, if you take a look at the satellite picture, you can see how extensive the cloud has been. there were some breaks across north east england and parts of scotland, but also some showers. and drawing your attention to this speckled cloud in the far northeast, potential for some snow showers waiting in the wings to arrive later on monday. so, through the next few hours

nat sciver—brunt stars in the wpl final as mumbai indians take the inaugural title. up on sportsday... and, it's a cambridge double at the boat race with victories for the men and women... it was a good afternoon for manchester city in the women's super league... they produced an impressive performance to beat defending quite a comfortable victory. that is on this one — quite a comfortable victory. that is on this one finished _ quite a comfortable victory. that is on this one finished against - quite a comfortable victory. that is| on this one finished against ukraine and england had 25 players to pick from from the team and lb italy in the week but more importantly, the momentum continued and he retained was presented with a golden boot and he became one of the all—time male leading goal scorers and no surprises that it was here retained to open the scoring as well. it took a while, lived in the day, close range effort and could work on the right—hand side and it could move across jane and a few minutes later, on the scoresheet himself from that same society cut in

it went down to the last few balls with mumbai indians beating delhi capitals by seven wickets. took three early wickets. hayley matthews also returned with impressive figures ofjust 3 for 5. a final wicket stand of 52 from shika pandey and rahda yadav saw delhi reach 131—9. mumbai only lost 3 wckets but were a long way behind the required run rate before another england star, nat sciver—brunt took hold of the innings and hit the winning runs in the final over. she was unbeaten on 60. mumbai indians the first winners of the women's premier league. in rugby, italy pushed france close in the women's six nations championship before eventually losing 22—12 in parma. the french only led by three points at one satge in the second half before pulling clear with a try in the closing stages. the french face ireland in cork next weekend and the italians travel to england. over 200,000 people lined the river thames in london to watch cambridge and oxford boat races. cambridge men led for most of the race but were frequently warned after getting too close to oxford in the early stages. they

the inaugural women's indian premier league is under way with the mumbai indians starting with a comfortable gujarat giants were bowled out forjust 64 in reply, with mumbai indians winning by 143 runs. daniil medvedev has won the dubai tennis championship after a 6—2, 6—2 victory over defending champion andrey rublev. medvedev dominated throughout in the all—russian final — breaking his rival in the first game. it took him just over an hour to complete the win. he's been in great form lately and didn't drop a set all week in dubai. it's his third title in a row after victories in doha and rotterdam. the united states tennis association and the us open say they're hopeful that novak djokovic will be able to enter the country soon. the world number one — who's not vaccinated against covid—19 — has asked for special permission to enter the us to compete in this month's indian wells and miami masters events. under current vaccine rules, he's unable to travel there which means he'll miss out on competing for a second straight year. in a statement on twitter, the us open say that... indian wells t

in reply, mumbai lost two early wickets but sciver—brunt, who was purchased for £320,000 by the indiansto a strong position before the latter was run out fror 37 off 39. sciver—brunt shrugged off the loss of her partner to pass 50 as mumbai closed in on victory. and the england all—rounder struck the winning runs to finish unbeaten on 60 as mumbai won by seven wickets. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today... records tumbled in south africa... the proteas chased 259 — the highest pursuit in t20 history — to beat the west indies by six wickets... in their second t20 international. a t20 record 517 runs were scored, which included a t20 inernational record 35 sixes. world champion francesco bagnaia began the defence of his moto gp crown with a win in the opening race of the season at the portuguese grand prix. the italian won the sprint race on saturday and dominated sunday's race to claim the maximum 37 points. british number one cameron norrie has been knocked out of the miami open. he was beaten 6—3 6—2 by france's world number 65 gregoire barr

mumbai indians have been crowned champions of the inaugural women's premier league with a seven—wicketcapitals. in front of a raucous crowd at the brabourne stadium in mumbai, delhi were in early trouble at 35—3 as england bowler issy wong took three wickets. and it was uphill from there delhi unravelling in a collapse of six wickets for just six runs, slipping from 73—3 to 79—9. they recovered to eventually post 131—9 from their 20 overs. then it was time for england's nat sciver—brunt to take centre stage, the second—most expensive buy of the wpl scoring 60 not out as mumbai reached their target of 132 with three balls to spare. britain's charlotte bankes has won the world cup snowboard cross title — the crystal globe for a second year in a row. racing in the red, she could only finish 3rd in her semi—final, failing to reach the final but secured enough points to claim the overall title. and that's all the sport for now. this is bbc news. we'll have all of the headlines and main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. it seems extraordinary. witnes

delhi will face either the up warriorz or the mumbai indians, who face each other in an eliminator ond emotions for veteran snooker playerjimmy white. the 60—year—old rolled back the years to beat former world champion and world number five judd trump 4—2, to reach the last 16 of the world snooker tour classic. but his tournament ended just a few hours later when he was beaten by china's pang junxu, losing 4—1. and that's all the sport for now. we'll have more later on, see you then. this is bbc news. we'll have all of the headlines and main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. this week on the travel show... ..mont saint—michel marks its millennium. that view is pretty amazing. there's the shadow of mont saint—michel on the sand. the parps and toots that make this port one of a kind. horns blaring one, two, three, four, five. and saving these bundles of fluff from extinction. twittering and squawking yeah, he's thinking about it. all right. we'll give him some time. there he comes. i'm beginning this week in northern france on a journey that 2.5

there were a few england stars on show as mumbai indians beat royal challengers bangalore by nine wicketsue match. heather knight was bowled for a duck as the challengers slumped to 155 all out. the indians responded, with nat sciver—brunt hitting a half—century and securing the win with a boundary, with 3a balls to spare. one of the biggest tennis tournaments of the year begins this week, the atp 1000 series at indian wells. but the men's number one — novak djokovic — will not be there. he's withdrawn as he's unable to enter the united states. the us requires international visitors to be vaccinated against covid 19 and proof will be required, at least for another month. 22—time grand slam winner djokovic had applied for special permission to enter the us because he's not vaccinated. he also missed last year's us open and australian open because of his vaccination status. that's all the sport for now. it seems extraordinary. witness gasps whoa! rumbling bo0m did you hear that? unidentified flying objects, talk about aliens, high—tech spying and high—altitude balloons. the united states se

delhi will face either the up warriorz or the mumbai indians, who face each other in an eliminator onthe 60—year—old rolled back the years to beat former world champion and world number five judd trump a—2, to reach the last 16 of the world snooker tour classic. but his tournament ended just a few hours later when he was beaten by china's pang junxu, losing a—i. and that's all the sport for now. we will have more later on, see you then. this is bbc news. we'll have all of the headlines and main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. guide dogs — for thousands of blind and visually—impaired people, they're the difference between independence and isolation. she's my best friend, my constant companion, my means of independence. i couldn't imagine my life without rio. since 1931, around 36,000 guide dogs have been matched with visually impaired people. but during the pandemic, the breeding programme shut down overnight. the charity lost a third of its puppy—raising volunteers, and the guide dog service was paused... people like us are needed, so much,

which includes englands alice capsey and nat sciver—brunts mumbai indians — you can keep up to date with. richard hughes, the chairman of the cpr told bbc that the richard hughes, the chairman of the opr told bbc that the living standards won't recover to pre—pandemic levels for another five or six years. he said brexit meant the country's economic output was about 4% lower than it would have been had the uk remained in the eu. but, speaking on the same programme, the cabinet minister michael gross of the country had become poorer because of the pandemic and the war in ukraine. joining me now, told me through this. we seem to be getting differing opinions here. did mr gove take any response that is that brexit had a part play at all? he: judged that in a way but he did acknowledge whether the government had rows play in the wider economic situation. he said one can away do better but he did insist that the government was doing everything it could to tackle the cost of living crisis including introducing a windfall tax on oil and gas firms which the government is using to help pay for its

mumbai indians... beating the warriors.ting in the female category at elite events. it's raised more questions about fairness and inclusion across sport. the former british shot—put champion amelia strickler has welcomed the rule change. women are not a testosterone level. we are women. where biological women. and a biological male is going to still have so many more advantages, no matter what they reduced at level two. so this is the result. women wanted. and so many of us are happy that they have done this. ., _ us are happy that they have done this. ., ,. , , ., this. you say the scientists out there. this. you say the scientists out there- lou _ this. you say the scientists out there. lou cohen _ this. you say the scientists out there. lou cohen himself- this. you say the scientists out there. lou cohen himself said| this. you say the scientists out - there. lou cohen himself said that it's not fully conclusive yet. he setting up a working group over the next 12 months. they will continue to be led by the science, he sa

haslinda: mumbai, mumbai. indian stocks trading and 15 seconds. risk off sentiment.down by the banking crisis, not just silicon valley bank, but credit suisse. the swiss national bank ensuring liquidity is injected, borrowing as much as $54 billion, providing some support in the markets in terms of sentiment. india has started trading. it is in the negative. the sensex down. the nifty 100 lower. negative territory. the indian rupee. that is the level. we are tracking indian banks on the back of the fallout from credit suisse, silicon valley bank, state bank of india in positive territory. it is a mixed picture. some losses. as always, we are checking adani group stocks. next picture. adani enterprises negative, along with adani ports, but gains for adani power. rishaad: our next guest is a startup lawyer, angel investor, and mentor to early investors in silicon valley. his company has over 100 startup clients commit many of whom referred to silicon valley bank plus about a dozen funds, all silicon valley bank customers. he is the managing partner and founder entrance

if england bowlerjofra archer reaches the final of the ipl with his team the mumbai indians, it's unlikelyw is hoping to return from a broken leg in the game against ireland at lord's. he was injured after a freak accident on the golf course, and is expected to be out for another two months. and it's being reported that decisions following the cricket discipline commission hearings into the yorkshire racism affair will be announced tomorrow. the pa news agency says the six individuals with former connections to the county will learn of those decisions when they're published on the ecb website. ryan day has made a maximum 1a7 break at the tour championship in hull, albeit in a match he's trailing 5—2 against mark selby. the welshman was out of position several times, but pulled off some incredible recovery shots to stay on the black. this brilliant long red edged him closer as he cleared the table to make the third 1a7 of his career. only the top eight players on the one year ranking list qualify for this event ahead of next month's world championship in sheffield. there's just a week to go

mumbai indians won their second game in a row — in cricket's inaugural women's indian premier league.heir chase, with an unbeaten 77.... after rcb were 155 all out from their 20 overs. england's nat sciver—brunt also helped them to their target with more than five overs to spare, with 55 not out. some more from that huge win for liverpool yesterday. the club say "there is no excuse for unacceptable and dangerous behaviour" . after a supporter ran onto the pitch at anfield... to celebrate the seventh goal in their 7—0 victory over manchester united. the club has begun an immediate investigation to identify and ban the fan. if found guilty of the offence of entering the pitch without permission — the offender could get a lifetime ban from anfield and all premier league stadiums. merseyside police says a 16—year—old has been arrested following the incident. attention turns to the champions league this week — and pivotal game for chelsea on tuesday against dortmund. the blues are 1—0 down from the first leg, and struggling domestically — despite being europe's highest spenders in the janu

two england stars helped mumbai indians win the inaugral women's premier league.it of history being made at the world figure skating championships? 18—year old illia malinin landed a quadruple axel for the first time on the world stage. the american is the only skater to successfully execute the move. it's so good, let's look at it again. brilliantly executed it would help him secure a bronze medal injapan. arguably, a move that god should have earned him a gold medal. —— that a move that ground. more now on leadeship election in scotland, as the scottish national party will reveal nicola sturgeon's successor later on monday. three candidate hopefuls are vying to become scotland's next first minister — they are health secretary humza yousaf; finance secretary kate forbes and former minister ash regan. 0ur scotland correspondent james shawjoins me now. remind us why nicola sturgeon stepped down. it remind us why nicola sturgeon stepped down-— remind us why nicola sturgeon ste--ed down. , stepped down. it was complicated, and it was a _ stepped down. it was complica

two england stars helped mumbai indians win the inaugral women's premier league.high scores if you nail a difficult... but do you weigh it up against the more perfective routine —— perfected. he had the world was my longest legs. you and i are quite tall, but to be able to do that. are you eyeing up a quadruple axle? being so tall and the centre of gravity is so high. incredibly hard. you kind of thing how long people have been skating and that is the first time it has been done. it looks really, really hard. ha rd. really hard. really tough. that is our technical assessment. thank you. here's carol. good morning. thankfully nowhere nearas good morning. thankfully nowhere near as hard as that. this morning has a cold start with frost around. where we had damp surfaces there is a risk of ice. high pressure is in charge today. it will be settled through the day. from tomorrow, turning wet and windy and then milder, especially wednesday onwards. high pressure firmly in charge. just light breezes today. but the breezes are coming from a cold direction, the arctic, and

or in the western world, is something that that has never been achieved by any other indian film, ever. rrr isn't mumbaiin telugu, from tollywood, in south india. and the oscars endorsement, on top of the film's box office success, is giving hollywood a bit of a wake—up call, showing there are other ways of bringing audiences film fantasy. there's something about rrr that's appealing to people that goes beyond the parameters of south asian cinema and allows it to just feel like universal escapism. and also, i think a lot of audiences are starved of good escapism. we have so many marvel movies, we have so many star wars movies, and that sort of storytelling has started to feel kind of redundant. this is an original, big spectacle, and it's just really exciting to see that in a movie theatre setting. india's other oscar night victory was for the elephant whisperers, a story set in a rescue camp for orphaned elephants, which won for best documentary short. and india was also nominated for its feature—length documentary all that breathes, the story of two brothers who care for black kite birds, which drop e

petersburg to indian mumbai will be twice as short as through the suez canal and cheaper than our interestcreation of the corridor along it, as planned, the deliveries of goods to the iranian side will be required today, and the construction of about 180 km of the iranian railway. actively embarked on this work to complete the railway e, corridor north, south in the direction. e, portarabas, respectively, this is also important for us, because, among other things, when we we are talking about the transportation of veran. we are also talking from transit through a number of distant countries, so at the moment - this is a very important corridor. we agreed to develop together it is no secret that in iran, rich hydrocarbon reserves, in addition to oil and gas production in the country, develop programming, military technology, pharmaceuticals, space research and nuclear energy ; iran's complex relationship with the outside world is obliged to rely on its own strength. looked at some samples to create you amaze me you create very high-tech equipment that the turbine needs then information and

petersburg to indian mumbai will be twice as short as through the suez canal and cheaper than our interestcreating a corridor along it, as it is planned to go deliveries of goods to the iranian country . the iranian side has actively begun this work to complete the railway corridor north-south direction. e, the port has grown, respectively. this is also important for us, because, among other things, when we talk about transportation to iran, we also talk about transit through a series. countries therefore, at the moment these are very important corridors. we agreed to develop together it is no secret that the rich in iran hydrocarbon reserves, in addition to oil and gas production in the country, develop programming , the military-technical sphere, pharmaceuticals, space research and nuclear energy ; iran's complex relations with the outside world oblige to rely on its own forces. i looked at some samples of what you do , you amaze me. you create very high-tech equipment that the whole world needs. take the turbines, then information and communication various things that showed the most mo

she completed the feat, against, her england team mate, sophie ecclestone as mumbai indians beat, u.peventually, the prospect of warmer weather into next week. for the here and now it really is changeable out there. may bright and breezy morning. sunshine. we've also got some cloud so they will be producing a few showers through the day so another day of sunny spells, scattered showers. they will not be quite as frequent or heavy as they were. torrential downpours, hail, plus we went with us in the south and then gradually easing through the day so for some of us in improving picture. low pressure drifting off towards the north sea. these weather fronts rotating and it will be down for much of day. the next area of low pressure not far away. forthe next area of low pressure not far away. for the here and now this is the past few hours where it has been raining. you can see the rain rotating its way across parts of southern scotland, northern england in particular. to the north and the south of that area it is going to be brightening up so some sunshine, peppering of showers across par

nykaa, the e—commerce platform, has seen huge growth by bringing millions of indian women to one common marketplace. in mumbaifalguni nayar. nykaa, in hindi the word means "the one in the spotlight." and thatis "the one in the spotlight." and that is what the company has tried to do. with the focus on indian women and change the way they buy cosmetics. before nykaa women shop for beauty products at small neighbourhood stores which had limited options. now shoppers all over the country, from big urban cities to smaller towns, can find more than 3000 brands in the e—commerce platform, from make to skincare, perfume to grooming kits. the woman behind nykaa, falguni nayar, at the age of 50 she gave up a successful banking career to start the company, which is now worth more than $5 billion. figs worth more than $5 billion. as the worth more than $5 billion. is they say, 50 is the new 40 and they say, 50 is the new a0 and 60 is the new 50, so i think the feeling was i have some more productive life lest —— left, where i have been a professional for a left, where i have been a professionalfor a long left, where i ha

mumbai, calcutto. and you know, russian-indian relations have always been characterized by a high level, and intergovernmental move forward and meet, let's say, today's requirements of today. you need to develop connections between businesses and connections between people, and here is such a decision on the development of air transport links. this is the most important decision and, without a doubt, hmm , this ropeness between the regions of our countries. it will definitely lead to an exchange between people and students to the highest business opportunities. by the way, i would like to note that according to the results of the twenty-second year, and by december, our goods turnover. russian indian has exceeded 35 billion dollars, which means that we have reached the a-a figure that hmm was indicated as a goal 30 billion dollars ahead of schedule and uh, now the task is between the two countries to balance this trade, because due to the large-scale energy supplies, which, along with anti-tech cooperation, is becoming perhaps another such pillar of our bilateral cooperation. uh, hmm, there is such an imbalan

this is a post-colonial syndrome , for example, the indians there are very worried about being called bombay. and this is the english colonial name mumbairess, but again, in principle . the less we have in common with russia , the less we are. it will be interesting, and on the other hand, it is not for the russians to point out to us, for example , in them with the same in and on earlier they called that they had an embassy in ukraine, then when putin came to power it began to be called the embassy in ukraine, and now it is actually it just doesn’t work and it doesn’t matter at all. and of course, not sugar and not medvedeva , another supporter of powerful substances, who also started inventing some kind of alternative name for ukraine. with regard to ukraine , therefore, again, we do not need to pay attention to it . if you respect, what name would be better for ukraine to apply to russia now, muscovy, perhaps there is another such name, analogous to the story of which we do not know, but you, as a professional historian, it is possible. well, actually, russia has always had one name or another. in fact, it was not the russians themse

from mumbai, the bbc�*s south asia correspondent yogita limaye says rahul gandhi's jail term for defamation is unusual indianindia. his party has called the verdict erroneous and bizarre. saying it was a politically motivated move by the political party. they are saying that this is the congress's decision and it goes against the backdrop of a number of cases being registered in raids being conducted against leaders of opposition parties. that is perhaps why we have seen so many of them today rally in support of mr gandhi. 0ne leader saying that this is a new low for indian democracy. mr gandhi has said that he is fighting for the voice of india and will pay any price required for it. he is not expected to be jail. he can appeal against the verdict but he cannot contest elections. do next year. unless this and it is suspended or he is acquitted. it is a rare moment in indian politics, whether or not it is a seminal moment in terms of uniting the opposition against bjb we will see move days and weeks to come. eight pallbearers who carried queen elizabeth ii's coffin at her funeral are among those to be recogn

indian the payment sector. this is bloomberg. ♪ yvonne: life pictures of mumbai -- live pictures of mumbai. nifty.losses. we'll see how things play out. let's talk about india's leading digital payments plan paytm. it is planning to grow, the company is looking to invest -- convinced investors after a third-quarter loss with us urgently revenue. joining us is paytm president and group ceo. great to have you in hong kong. it's interesting to see how your strategy has changed when it comes to paytm. it has been scale to know growth and profitability. that is helped your stock. what about when it comes to sustaining the momentum in lending? >> thanks for having me. it's a pleasure to be back. over the last couple of years we have seen a seat change in our business. our payments business continues to grow currently about 90 million users in over the last two years the teams executed well on our lending strategy. now, we have about 4 million customers who take a loan from us every month. we disperse about $6 billion on our platform for our lenders. that is contributing to the growth and margins and pro

from mumbai, the bbc�*s south asia correspondent yogita limaye says rahul gandhi�*s jail term for defamation is unusual in indian term for defamation in india. rahul gandhi�*s party, the congress, has called the court�*s verdict erroneous and bizarre. they have said it is a politically motivated move by the ruling party, the bjp. the case was registered by a member of the bjp, the court that rendered thejudgement is in prime minister modi�*s home state. bjp says this is the court�*s decision and the congress should not criticise the judiciary. it comes against the backdrop of a number of raids being conducted and cases being registered against a number of opposition party leaders. that is perhaps why we have seen so many of them today rally in support of mr gundy. one leader saying this was a new low for indian democracy. mr gandhi has said he is fighting for the voice of india and would pay any price that is required for it. he is not expected to be jailed, he cannot appeal against the verdict, but he cannot contest elections, national elections are due next year unless that sentence is suspended or he is acqui

post-colonial syndrome for example there are a lot of indians they are worried that they should not be called bombay. and this is the english colonial name mumbai not the chennai mattress. well, again, in principle, the less we have in common with russia , the less it will interest us, and on the other hand, we should not point out to the russians, for example , that they have the same in and on before they called that they had an embassy in ukraine, then when putin came to power it started to be called an embassy in ukraine, but now in fact it simply does not function and it does not have any significance and of course, neither sugar nor medvedeva, another supporter of the powerful substances who also began to invent some kind of alternative name for ukraine. let him invent again. they were the first to start these manipulations with russian names, but at least with these morphemes in relation to ukraine, so again we don't need to pay attention to it . let you think what name would be better now ukraine should apply to russia muscovy, maybe there is another name similar to the history of which we do not know, but you, as a professional histori

indian natural gas supplier think. this is bloomberg. ♪ yvonne: live pictures out of mumbai as we come down to the india open.n particular think gas distribution, a relatively new player in india's gas market. joining us to discuss the firm's business strategy is hardip singh rai. thank you so much for joining us. everybody was dealing with the volatility in gas prices last year. how did that impact you in particular? >> thank you very much for inviting me to join you. we are a relatively new company. we started about 4.5 years ago. the first few years our strategy has been focused on laying down our gas infrastructure. by laying down the pipelines and connectivity so that we can reach out to our customers and deliver gas to our customers in various areas in which we operate. last year was an important year for us. we have been through two years of covid and the lockdowns and the restrictions that were placed in terms of laying down the infrastructure. last year we were able to lay down the backbone of the infrastructure that we have spent the last few years trying to get established. now we are in a position

the forecast for the indian account short, and that could be a boon for the rupee, which is leg wishing is one of the worst performers in emerging asia. that is mumbaithe prospect to start in 15 minutes. let's get to su keenan in new york with the first word news. su: thank you. we start with what bloomberg has learned, and that is that the regional bank first citizens bancshares is in talks to acquire silicon valley bank. our sources say a deal is imminent, although no final dish vision has yet been made. meanwhile u.s. authorities are said to be considering expanding their emergency lending facility. the move would help first republic bank shore up its finances and avoid total collapse. credit suisse meanwhile is facing a possible probe and disciplinary action over how top managers ran the bank in the lead up towards its collapse. the swiss banking regulator telling a local newspaper that the bank had a cultural problem that translated into a lack of accountability. the finma president says the regulator is exploring options for proceedings. ukraine is calling on the u.n. to counter what it calls a provocative plan by russia to store nuclear weapo