it was newcastle united that became the first premier league club to do this.d staff here on monday saying the decision to furlough had been taken in order to safeguard the club's future, but across the football world, there are other clubs taking different steps in order to cut costs. barcelona players like lionel messi are taking a 70% pay cut to help nonsporting staff. atjuventus, the players and manager agreed to freeze their pay temporarily, while eddie howe became the first premier league manager to take a voluntary pay cut. and in the championship, leeds united's players and senior staff have volunteered to take a wage deferral. but so far there's been no collective action from premier league footballers. it would go down so much better if the players came out and said, "this is what we want to do, we've had a meeting, this is what we are doing as a group, this is what we're doing as a team, we are going to take a pay cut, we are going to take a reduction in our wages because we want to do it, we want to give it to the nhs, we want to give it to wherever

how many times has mike ashley tried to sell newcastle united and it not occurred? we see and what we read closer than ever. the tour de france that was due to start at the end ofjune has been pushed back until august the 29th. i've spoken to geraint thomas about the two—month postponement. the 2018 champion joined me from his garage in cardiff, where he's embarking on a three—day fundraising effort for the nhs. he found out about the new date for the tour whilst on his turbo trainer. if it can still go ahead, that's fantastic for the sport. you know, for us the riders obviously, but then the teams, the sponsors because that's what we heavily rely on to do ourjobs, really. and also the fans, you know? ithink me, myself, you know, i've really missed watching, like, rugby and football games, so i think if it can return and we can all get back to racing, i think it's great all around. but what we've got now, then, is possibly this fixture pile—up of the three grand tours back to back with the world championships sort of sandwiched in between the tour and the giro as we

one of the premier league's main broadcast partners wants to block the saudi led takeover of newcastle united council's been score says the saudi government allows an illegal channel to steal games and that's threatening the league's financial future. ok let's get going iran's revolutionary guard says the country is now able to quote monitor the world from space after successfully launching its 1st military satellite into orbit the u.s. has accused iran in the past of using its space program as a cover for missile development allegations iran denies president donald trump in washington while not addressing the launch directly did tweet a warning about iran harris saying american ships at sea here's what the head of the revolutionary guard said about the launch. well connected. it is a necessity for such powerful defense forces like the revolutionary guard to have access to advanced capabilities today the powerful armies of the world have no comprehensive defense plan if they don't have a place in space or that today we can monitor the world from space and it means boosting strategic data for

still to come we will look at newcastle united plus make new or owner.th of lenin. the party says its flower—laying at lenin's mausoleum was held in accordance with the strict rules during the covid—19 epidemic. but muscovites have been banned from leaving home for anything other than essential trips since the end of march. big birthday parties are banned here during the lockdown. but not this one. it's150 years since vladimir lenin was born and, pandemic or not, his loyal fans wouldn't let that pass unmarked. the communists were allowed to gather if they stuck to the social distancing. but there was little sign of that. and whilst the over—65s have been specifically ordered to stay at home, the party leader, in his mid—70s, didn't even bother with a facemask. he claimed the soviet health system had defeated plagues and cholera — crediting lenin for laying the foundations for that. for most russians, though, he's not someone to celebrate. the kremlin's not keen at all on revolutionaries. for others, lenin is a historic relic at best. the days of queuing

for one of the premier league's main broadcast partners wants to block the saudi takeover of newcastle united cats as the saudi government and illegal channels are still games and it's threatening the league's financial future. iran says it's launched its 1st military satellite into orbit it is likely to increase tensions with the u.s. in the past washington has blamed iran of using its space program as a cover for missile development iranian leaders deny that iran has spent a decade trying to improve its rocket technology it fired its 1st successful satellite into orbit in 2009 but in recent months it's had several failed launch is the latest came in february when iran failed to put it zaphod a one communications satellite into orbit last year it had 3 failures including a rocket explosion in august the united states called those actions provocative but iran has maintained that its satellite program did not a military component let's get the latest on this al-jazeera. joins us live here on the news out of tehran zain what more do we know about the launch. well we know that this is the 1st ti

premier league is well over $3000000.00 euros per year some clubs in england's top flight like newcastle united have already cut wages of non-playing staff liverpool have furloughed non-playing staff with full pay but they have come under fire for requesting the government to cover 80 percent of the outlay while one premier league manager has already taken a pay cut it's just what we can do but i think it important for. what i'm asking is of a move forward i think with the right the right decision to do what we've done meanwhile premier league clubs continue to pay full wages to their stars but britain's health minister advised the league to make some changes earlier in the week the 1st thing that a premier league football is can do is make a contribution take a pay cut and play their part now the league is asking players to take a 30 percent pay cut top members danny rose agrees players should give up a portion of their wages but he didn't appreciate where the pressure came from saying it was not needed for people who are not involved in football to tell footballers what they should do with th

frustrated newcastle united fans will be pleased to hear that mike ashley is on the brink of sellinghe club. the controversial owner has reportedly agreed a £300 million deal. he set out to raise £1,000 for the nhs, now he's on £4 million — war vet captain tom earns praise from around the world for his fund raising efforts. good morning, patrick mist and fog and a pocket of frost but for most of us try and find. —— patchy. more cloud, windier with some spots of rain. more details later. it's wednesday, the 15th of april. our top story: all care home residents and staff in england who show symptoms of coronavirus are to be offered a test by the government. it comes after outbreaks were confirmed in more than 2,000 care homes. providers say more testing is vital to control the spread of the virus and to enable staff who are self—isolating to return to work. keith doyle reports. reads: "we'll be there with you." with no family allowed to visit their care home, it's care workers that read the last messages from loved ones. reads: "for now, grandma, this is goodbye, but i know that you wi

the government has been urged to "take a role" in the potential £300m saudi—backed takeover of newcastle unitedan of the all—party parliamentary group on football, said saudi arabia's alleged role in pirate network beoth, who've been illegally showing matches in the middle east, "should be an immediate priority for regulatory scrutiny surrounding the ta keover". and the dutch have decided they won't have any champions, promotion or relegation after scrapping their football season. ajax are top on goal difference. if uefa ratify the decision the current standings will see those teams qualify for europe next season. now to the nfl draft, one of the biggest events in the us sporting calendar. normally hundreds of thousands of fans attend the event, but this year there were none, as the 32 american football teams picked college players via video link. nesta mcgregor has the details. the way the draft systems work is the well is performing team gets to pick first. this year and this went to the cincinnati bengals who choose 23—year—old joe borough. he loved his college into the national state champi

one other football line for you, a takeover at newcastle united is getting closer.ies house show that 0wner mike ashley has entered into an agreement for a sale with a consortium led by financier amanda stavely. their offerfor the club has been on the table for some time and is thought to be worth somewhere in the region of £300 million. the team gb sailing team had already been named for the tokyo 0lympics this summer before they were postponed and the squad of 15 will stay the same. that means that the olympic champion hannah mills, will have to delay her plan to leave the sport. i was feeling kind of looking forward in a way to retirement and what that might hold for me in september. it was a big hurdle for me mentally to overcome, thinking i have got another year of putting my life on hold almost and to give everything i've got to put myself in a better mental and physical place. it really is consuming to add another year to it. and then you have got the question of, will my body even hold up? there all these questions going round in your head. to have the date

investments rick i'm not sure i would have advised all of them and you missed one of their buying newcastle united premier league football team in england although it's causing quite a bit of a stir as you can imagine people didn't like the guy the owners of the moment but the idea of the crown prince of saudi arabia with his check will direct quote is is not welcome to everyone but these are brave investments i'm not sure i will ever get on a cruise ship i never have actually but i certainly want in the era of this virus i'm not sure that i'll ever be in a big crowd again and so i'm not sure i'll be buying any of their gets from ticketmaster the bar. i don't want to put too fine a point on it but it has bonded in london because of the bad behavior of the company and many of its workforce you'll get my point these are all risky investments on the other hand the prices are on the floor and what the saudis are trying to do is is diversified sovereign wealth fund $300000000000.00 pound so $400000000000.00 sovereign wealth fund they've got to put it somewhere and they've decided to put it in these cas

amnesty international have reacted strongly to the prospect of newcastle united being taken over by ag a large saudi arabia interest. they say the reputation of the club — and the city — could be brought into question, given saudi arabia's appalling human rights record. they're concerned that the deal may not be given the appropriate level of scrutiny, with attention diverted by the coronavirus crisis. we know that the saudi arabian government has been attempting to use the glamour and prestige of sport for over a year now to distract and detract from their terrible humans write record, and thatis terrible humans write record, and that is what we call a sport washing, so a reflected glow of high profile events shining the light away from the kind of things they get uppity in their country. we would call an app slightly everybody involved in this deal, the premier league, newcastle fans and the current owners to be completely aware of who they're going into business with, and what saudi arabia represent at what this takeover represents, which is a sports washing, and simple. anthonyjos

newcastle united take over and event, some good news, jimmy g reaves and event, some good news, jimmy displayed for now. the health secretary matt hancock has sent out a new series of measures he says will help combat the spread of coronavirus in care homes following growing concern that the official figures homes following growing concern that the officialfigures do homes following growing concern that the official figures do not reflect the official figures do not reflect the number of cases or deaths in residential homes. the daily downing street briefing, mr hancock said he was launching a supply network to help get personal protective equipment to care home staff. the government commitment to the extent testing of staff in care homes and residents showing symptoms. and he announced that a single brand for social care will be introduced to replicate the blue and white logo for the nhs. the health secretary also issued new guidance to allow families where possible to say goodbye to loved ones who are dying from coronavirus. i've been really moved and upset by some of the heartbreak

norwich, bournemouth and newcastle united, owned by billionaire mike ashley, will also furlough non—playingwill be paid in full. newcastle became the first premier league club to do this. they e—mailed staff on monday saying the decision to furlough them had been taken in order to safeguard the club's future, but across the football world, there are other clubs taking different steps in order to cut costs. it would go down so much better if the players came out and said "this is what we want to do, we had a meeting, this is what we are doing as a group, this is what we're doing as a team, we are going to take a pay cut, are going to take a reduction in our wages because we want to do it. we want to give it to the nhs. we want to give it to wherever the money is going to go." barcelona players like lionel messi are taking a 70% pay cut to help nonsporting staff. atjuventus, the players and manager agreed to freeze their pay temporarily, while eddie howe became the first premier league manager to take a voluntary pay cut. and in the championship, leeds united's players and senior staff have v

in the sport, mike ashley is on the brink of selling newcastle united for £300 million to a consortiumtish businesswoman amanda staveley. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. after weeks of asking, care providers are being promised testing for all care home residents and staff in england with covid—i9 symptoms. the government pldege comes after charities said the virus was "running wild" amid outbreaks at more than 2,000 homes. providers also complain that deaths among residents are being "airbrushed" out of official figures and they're demanding much greater support for the industry. our health correspondent lauren moss reports. we will be there with you. heartbreak in goodbye from a family unable to visit their grandmother. their final words unable to visit their grandmother. theirfinal words to her unable to visit their grandmother. their final words to her read unable to visit their grandmother. theirfinal words to her read by unable to visit their grandmother. their final words to her read by a ca re their final words to her read by a care worker. for now, grandma, t

norwich and newcastle united are the only premier league clubs currently using the uk government's jobherlands they've decided to end the season. with major events in the country banned until the start of september the decision has been taken to declare the season null and void — so no champions, promotion or relegation. that means there will be no repeat of last season's champions party for ajax and they were top on goal difference again however if uefa ratify the decision, they would still qualify for next season's champions league there's no suggestion this could happen in england yet, but the head of the dutch fa thinks it'll be difficult to conclude the premier league season to be honest, seeing what is happening and seeing things get postponed every week, how realistic is it that within the next three or four weeks, we will come to a different conclusion? not so much, i believe. also, the premier league will need a number of weeks to preclude its competition. will there be enough time for that? doubtful, very doubtful. more than 40,000 runners should have been making their final

norwich, bournemouth and newcastle united, owned by billionaire mike ashley, will also furlough non—playing staff saying that the e—mail —— decision had been taken to safeguard their future. but across the world other football clu bs a re across the world other football clubs are taking different steps to cut costs. it would go down so much better if the players came out and said "this is what we want to do, we had a meeting, this is what we are doing as a group, this is what we're doing as a team, we are going to take a pay cut, are going to take a reduction in our wages because we want to do it. we want to give it to the nhs. we want to give it to wherever the money is going to go." barcelona players like lionel messi are taking a 70% pay cut to help nonsporting staff. atjuventus, the players and manager agreed to freeze their pay temporarily, while eddie howe became the first premier league manager to take a voluntary pay cut. and in the championship, leeds united's players and senior staff have volunteered to take a wage deferral. the rest could soon follow, with the subject set to be d

install one of the premier league main broadcast partners wants to block the saudi takeover of newcastle united qatar's been sports says the saudi government and the legal channels are still game rights and that's threatening the league's financial future. it's $1500.00 g.m.t. and we start in iran where it's revolutionary guard says the country is now able to monitor the world from space after successfully launching its 1st military satellite into orbit. the u.s. has accused iran in the past of using its space program as a cover for missile development and president donald trump without addressing the launch directly is threatening to destroy all the rain and gun boats which he says have been harassing us ships at sea. ports. on wednesday morning the will to news of a secret operation carried out by the islamic revolutionary guards from a launch site in iran central doesn't it successfully used a 2 stage rocket to put its 1st military satellite in space. the nur or light is now 425 kilometers above us orbiting earth the head of the revolutionary guards says it gives iran's military new strategi

premier league in a number of different territories at the same time obviously the the takeover of newcastle united seems to be becoming increasingly tangible and real. but the important thing in all of this is the fit and proper person test which is essentially what is now taking place within the premier league doesn't assess the day the or the legality or otherwise of prospective buyers essentially the fit and proper person test looks at the finances of the individuals all of the groups looking to take over clubs and doesn't make judgments beyond that so the premier league is in a really interesting position in the sense that if it acquires its rules as they normally applied it takes no account of being and what's happening there but if it chooses to do that then it will either need to change some of its rules and it may potentially begin to have ramifications in terms of the overall governance of the organization or the man in charge of african football faces a decisive few weeks in his bid to sustain charge of football on the consonance ahmed ahmed is hoping to be reelected as cast president ne

richard masters says said rigorous checks will be carried out before the saudi led efforts of our newcastle united has given the green lights on wednesday katz has been sports channel said the deal should be blocked it claims the saudi government allows league games to be broadcast on an illegal channel and human rights group is also asking the premier league to stop the takeover we are clear that they are using us all as a way to improve their reputation and actually to grow different narrative about what saudi arabia is all about move away from elaine's human rights violation about all the reflected glory that the uk bring and cats are in saudi arabia going head to head as well in the race to host the 2030 asian games the capital cities of doha and riyadh all the only 2 bidders for what is the 2nd largest multi-sport event after the olympics this is doha hosting the event back in 2006 that is the closing ceremony. saudi arabia has never staged events in its history. ok that is high sports is looking for now it's andy thanks very much when we come back in about 3 minutes a live update from kimber

journalist jamal khashoggi has urged the premier league to block saudi arabia's potential takeover of newcastle unitedl worth £300 million. however, kashoggi's fiancee says the deal shouldn't go ahead. western intelligence agencies believe the prince ordered the journalists death inside saudi arabia's consulate in turkey two years ago. he denies this. now, you might remember on breakfast yesterday we were talking about how to get the right haircut in this lockdown. all the home haircuts we have been watching. well, perhaps the world's number one tennis player novak djokovic was listening! so here he is with his wifejelena — and the dreaded clippers! a decent amount of hair there. well, there was certainly a lot of hair on the floor. and here's the end result. a good job! i think she did really a very good job. iam i think she did really a very good job. i am loving seeing all the lockdown haircuts. that one is pretty good, you must save. matt taylor's good lady did a spectacular job on his bonnet. have you cut your own hair? we had nicky clarke on yesterday. he said you have to cut a fringe dry, not w

the proposed sale of newcastle united has hit another bump, with the premier league being urged to fullyish matches in the region but they say the government in saudi arabia has allowed another broadcaster to stream games illegally. it's a saudi—backed consortium that's planning to buy newcastle. uefa are set to confirm the dates for the women's european championship in 2022. the tournament has been pushed back a year, because of the coronavirus. it's being held in england and it's set to start on 6th of thejuly, with the final at wembley on 31st. the intention is to use the same venues as originally planned. barcelona are planning to sell the naming rights to their stadium for one year, to raise money for the fight against the coronavirus. it's been known as camp nou — or the nou camp — since opening in 1957. proceeds from the auction will be used to fund research projects. a paralympian from sheffield has put his table tennis career on hold to go back to work as a doctor. kim daybell, who was hoping to compete for great britain at tokyo 2020, is now back on a covid—19 ward, as sally hu

affected and won't use the government's job retention scheme yet, unlike tottenham, newcastle, bournemouth and norwich. unitedin similar initatives. —— volunteer. i will be interested to see the reaction to that announcement from people who have criticised other premier league clubs over the course of this pandemic as well. to a huge row in scotland where rangers are calling for the suspension of the football leagues' chief executive. the club claim they have evidence that raises serious concerns over a lack of "fair play". the spfl have responded by asking rangers to back up their claims or withdraw them. well the argument‘s come about because dundee have delayed their vote, which would decide if football below the premiership is ended now or resumes when conditions allow. sports news correspondent in scotland, chris mclaughlin, explains. there is real uncertainty as to why they have suddenly switched from being a note to potentially being yes. that appears to be the crux of theissue yes. that appears to be the crux of the issue with this rangers statement. they think that something had happened towards behi

united are not seeking help from the u.k. government to help protect jobs tottenham newcastle norrish and bournemouth have been criticised for continuing to pay players in full while asking for taxpayer money to fund non-playing staff wages talks are under way with the players' union but no deal of wages has been reached yet england's health minister matt hancock urged players to play their part i think that everybody needs to play their part in this national effort and that means premier league football is too given the sacrifices that many people are making including some of my colleagues in the n.h.s. who've made the ultimate sacrifice of going into work and of caught the disease and have sadly died i think the last thing that the 1st thing that premier league football is can do is make a contribution take a pay cut and play that part. european football leagues could restart in july and august the sport's governing body has sent a later to its 55 members saying they're working on a plan to extend the current season beyond the official june 30th finish with football games canceled across the continent they have been reques

newcastle and even for cardiff and plymouth, the top temperatures of just 13 degrees. welcome to bbc news. where focusing on the very latest coronavirus developments nationally and globally. new figures showed the uniteds compiled byjohn hopkins university, 2,108 people died in the past 2a hours. united states has the highest number of cases in the world at nearly half a million. it's also suffered the highest number of deaths. —— almost, just behind