defending women's champion, simona halep, scraped through, as austin halewood reports.ree times before in paris but simona halep found it tough against australian, tomljanovic. after winning the opening set she lost her rhythm and

betts and had another crack at the title and this time she came out on top against well number 3 simona halep. ready and focused kiki burtons of the netherlands faced a tough challenge in her quest to win the biggest tide love her career beating 2 time madrid open winner simona halep. after a tight opening set britain's took it 6 for. the world number 2 wasn't going to give up easily throw up after dropping her serve in the opening game of the 2nd set the romanian broke back was indeed one of 8 breaks of serve across the march but burton's managed to keep her cool and after a gripping one hour and 27 minutes to the 2nd set 64 to win her 1st madrid open and to become the only woman in the history of the tournament to be crowned champion without dropping a set i now berlin is marking the 70th anniversary of the allied airlift that broke the soviet union's blockade of the city in 1948 moscow closed all roads to west berlin and the response was one of the biggest relief efforts in history around the clock u.s. british and french planes. brought in supplies from the west and returned with products

defending women's champion, simona halep, scraped through, as austin halewood reports. she may have been to the final three times before in paris but simona halep found it tough against australian, tomljanovic. after winning the opening set she lost her rhythm and lost the second. but she wa nted rhythm and lost the second. but she wanted the decider. she set up the next match with lynette. magda linette. i am happy i can win the match and i can play the second round here. the tough day for the big names continue. naomi osaka also avoiding a premature and to her bed for a third consecutive grand slam title. after losing the first set without winning a game, the japanese a 21—year—old won a second set tiebreaker against a 21—year—old won a second set tiebrea ker against slovakian opponent. today was weird because it usually the nerves go away but it kinda stayed the entire match and i felt it was fight of willpower and i managed to win anything in. she will face victoria azarenka after she knocked out the 2017 champion. another player managed to hold serve until the nint

challenge in her quest to win the biggest tide love her career beating 2 time madrid open winner simona halep after a tight opening set britain's took it 64 i polyp the world number 2 wasn't going to give up easily though after dropping her serve in the opening game of the 2nd set the romanian broke back i think it was one of 8 breaks of serve across the march but burton's managed to keep her cool and after a gripping one hour and 27 minutes to the 2nd set 64 to win her 1st madrid open and to become the only woman in the history of the tournament to be crowned champion without dropping a set i in formula one championship leader valtteri bottas will start the spanish from prix in pole position. after setting the fastest time in such a day's qualifying it will be the 3rd race in a row the boss us has started from the front of the grid and the finn will be joined by his mercedes team mate lewis hamilton who starts in 2nd a ferrari sebastian fettle begins in 1st place as the mercedes to continue that early season and it's. a venice ought to be an open to the public on saturday and for the next 6

burtons had another crack at the title and this time she came out on top against world number 3 simona halep ready and focused kiki burthens of the netherlands faced a tough challenge in her quest to win the biggest title of her career beating 2 time madrid open winner simona halep. after a tight opening set britain's took it 6 for. the world number 2 wasn't going to give up easily so after dropping her serve in the opening game of the 2nd set the romanian broke back. with one of 8 breaks of serve across the march but burton's managed to keep her cool and after a gripping one hour and $27.00 minutes to the 2nd set $64.00 to win her 1st madrid open to become the only woman in the history of the tournament to be crowned champion without dropping a set. a grandmother from arizona has taken the plunge and fulfilled a lifelong dream rosie johnson jumped out of an airplane at 3000 meters to celebrate her 86th birthday she. said she had been determined to cross skydiving off her bucket list after landing like a pro she said she felt like a bird up in the sky and she had a message for her late husba

meanwhile in the women's event, simona halep is still no course to re—take the world number one spot.through to the final in madrid after beating belinda bencic. she'll play kiki bertens in the final and if she wins, halep will be the new world number one. well, this weekend is also the culmination of european rugby's elite competition — the champions cup. saracens v leinster — two of the best sides in the history of the european cup will go head to head at stjames park tomorrow, chris slegg looks ahead to the game. saracens again are heading off to fight for europe's greatest shiniest crown. having comfortably beating munster in the semis, saracens are back in the champions cup final. now a tougher hurdle, beating the holders and team that knocked them out in the quarterfinals, leinster. we were very well beaten on the day by a better team. 14 months on going into this game in a betterframe of mind, mostly we are good. physically we are good. we have momentum in the competition. the showpiece european final is being held at newcastle united's saint james park. a venue revered by foot

bencic will next play simona halep, who's set to overtake osaka at the top of the rankings if she winsrnament. danny cipriani says he's "honoured" to have been named player of the year by the rugby players‘ association. cipriani has had an outstanding season, including helping gloucester into the play—offs. he says he's now targeting a place in england's world cup training squad and winning the premiership with gloucester next season. persistent rain forced the one—day international between ireland and bangladesh to be called off. the game at malahide in dublin was a complete wash—out. ireland's next game is against west indies on saturday, by whom they were heavily beaten in their opening match. well, that tri—series is a warm—up for the cricket world cup, which gets under way in just three weeks. the first match is between hosts england and south africa on 30th of may. the host nation have never won the 50—over prize, and joe root knows, as the number one ranked team, the pressure's on this year to make history. we are obvious he desperate to win a world couples that we never won one

the reigning women's champion simona halep starts out against australia's ajla tomljanovic, while theld number one naomi osaka could play a grand slam winner as early as round 2. our tennis correspondent russell fuller has more. osaka has won the last two grand slam titles and shown great improvement on clay this year and if she get past the first round she will play either victoria azarenka or the champion from two years ago. there is still some doubt about the fitness of serena williams. 23 time grand slam champion needs to ove i’co m e grand slam champion needs to overcome a knee injury. rafael nadal will play a qualifier in the second round, assuming he gets that far, while liver djokovic plays against an emerging polish player and then possibly the american who defeated him at wimbledon three years ago. and on his return for the first time infouryears, and on his return for the first time in four years, roger federer drew an italian opponent. iam happy i am happy to be here again. it is good news when you see tournaments that are improving, new things from the player side wejust

the reigning women's champion simona halep starts out against australia's ajla tomljanovic, while the grand slam winner as early as round 2. 0ur tennis correspondent russell fuller has more. 0saka has won the last two grand slam titles and shown great improvement on clay this year and if she get past the

challenge in her quest to win the biggest title of her career beating 2 time madrid open winner simona halep. after a tight opening st britain's took it 6 for. the world number 2 wasn't going to give. up after dropping her serve in the opening game of the 2nd set the romanian broke back. with one of 8 breaks of serve across the match but burton's managed to keep her cool and after a gripping one hour and $27.00 minutes to the 2nd set $64.00 to win her 1st madrid open to become the only woman in the history of the tournament to be crowned champion without dropping a set. of the top stories we're following for you. mothers and children have taken to the streets of central london while paris and brussels have also seen demonstrations to demand action against climate change the u.n. secretary general has warned the political will is fading. stay with us here on after the break we'll bring you the highlights from sun. as good as the action frankfurt crashed out of europe in a heartbreaking fashion during the week now they had to bounce back with their local rivals minds coming to town that and pl

two—time champion simona halep cruised past great britain'sjoanna konta 7—5, 6—1 in one hour and 28 minutes in the spanish capital in 2016 and 2017. fourth seed angelique kerber has withdewjust before her second round match on tuesday against croatia's petra martic. the wimbledon champion twisted her right ankle during practice and is looking at the bigger picture. it was this morning during my practice and i think it is not too serious that i am not able to give everything today and that is why i decided to be safe for the rest of the clay—court season. to cricket and england coach trevor bayliss says batsman alex hales can come back to the team stronger and better than ever. bayliss believes the 30—year—old, who was dropped from the world cup squad after a reported positive recreational drugs test — can still have a future with the side. england continue their preparations for the tournament on home soil — with a one day series against pakistan starting on wednesday. the players that we have in the team have really made strides in their culture that they have tried to stick to over the la

while winner in 2016 and 2017, simona halep also advanced to the quarter—finals following a crushingded a little over 44 minutes to secure the straight—sets victory and next faces australian ashleigh barty. to cricket where the first of five one—day internationals between england and pakistan was abandoned because of persistent rain at the oval on wednesday. the weather saw the game shortened to 47 overs a side, and another delay brought a further cut to 41 before it was called off. pakistan had reached 80—2 in the 19 overs that were possible. the battle for places is fierce as the world cup looms withjofra archer picking up a wicket and liam plunkett collecting the other and he knows that the competition is tough from the likes of archer. with him in your squad, you have obviously done well. i mean, we get asked the questions a lot. i don't know the guy and he's performed well, his perform nicely so whoever is best should be in the squad. if it wasn't us, it would be knocking on the door. whether it be jake ball. there is always someone there oi’ ball. there is always someone there

in the women's singles, there was a shock defeat for the number 3 seed, simona halep.sova of the czech republic in her second round match, and that defeat for halep ends her hopes of regaining the world number one spot next week. halep‘s defeat means naomi 0saka is certain to remain world number one when the new rankings are published on monday. she's through to the quarter—finals in rome for the first time after back—to—back straight sets wins on thursday. after beating dominika cibulkova 6—3, 6—3 in the morning, she beat romania's mihaela buzarnescu by the same score later in the day, to seal her place in the last eight where she faces the number 6 seed kiki bertens. if 0saka reaches the final she won't be playing petra kvitova. the number two seed was forced to retire with a calf injury during her 3rd round match with maria sakkari. kvitova looked to be struggling as she won the 2nd set to level the match, and was trailing 4—0 in the decider when she finally called it a day. and great britain'sjohanna konta is also through to the last eight. after an impressive vict

career title of the winning the madrid open the dutch player was up against simona halep in the final on saturday the romanian knew she would go top of the rankings and she won this match and started strongly but burton's kept her cool and when times are collected $6464.00 victory she goes one better after losing in the final of the seabed last year the reasons were looted moved to a career home in the rankings with this title in the cañon good shape at the french open just a food. it feels really unbelievable i would say it's my best ranking after winning this tournament the biggest title of my career it's the. highest ranking ever that's why a man has achieved so i'm just really proud of that. men's world number one novak djokovic she will get the chance to play for a 3rd title in madrid he came through a grueling semifinal against germany team on saturday the top seed having to work hard to see off the man who knocked out roger federer of the day before winning in straight sets both of which were settled on tie breaks to reach his 1st final since the australian open in january i pl

career title after winning the madrid open the dutch player was up against simona halep in the final on saturday the romanian knew she could go top of the rankings if she won this match and started strongly but burton's kept her cool and went on for collector $6464.00 victory she goes one better after losing in the final of this event last year. moved to a career high in the rankings with this title when looking in good shape at the french open just food. it feels really unbelievable i would say. my best ranking after winning this tournament the biggest title of my career it's the. highest ranking ever that's why a man has achieved so i'm just really proud of that. men's world number one never will get the chance to play for a 3rd title in madrid he came through a grueling semifinal against germany team on saturday the top seed having to work hard to see off the man who knocked out roger federer the day before winning in straight sets both of which were settled on tie breaks to reach his 1st final since the australian open in january i play the best match of the clay court season so

meanwhile world number three simona halep will play belinda bencic in the semi—finals.for ashleigh barty to make the last four and will be looking to claim her third madrid title while bencic knocked out current world number one naomi 0saka. reigning nba champions golden state warriors will be without their star man kevin durant for game six against the houston rockets on friday. the top scorer strained his right calf late in the third quarter. the two—time reigning nba finals mvp limped to the locker room after landing awkwardly following a baseline jumper. the warriors will take a 3—2 lead into the western conference semi—finals but will have to dig deep to complete the victory. the spanish grand prix which is the fifth race of the formula 1 season heads out on sunday. sebastian vettel has stressed that his ferrari team need to start beating mercedes, after the world champions' dominant start to the season. mercedes have taken one—twos in all four races and vettel is 35 points off championship leader valtteri bottas, who is one ahead of lewis hamilton. and what about

makes up for bench which it's the world number three simona halep who is looking for her third madrid title she was made to work in a quarter final against ashley barty of australia trading some fairly epic corelli's the romanian would go on to win in straight sets. i. brazil's president says that rio will host a formula one race in twenty twenty when the city's new racetrack is ready the circuit will be named after former driver and center the brazilian grand prix has been held in sao paolo for the last thirty years but the into largo circuit has run into financial problems. sell paolo had public investment and a big hit with that it became impractical to keep formula one of their they are coming to rio de janeiro the race track will be built in six seven months formula one next year will be held in brazil and in rio de janeiro. ferrari driver sebastian vettel is hoping car improvements will help ease team catch up to miss avies at sunday's spanish graeme premier sadie's have taken one two finishers in all four races so far this season and vettel says it's time for ferrari to step up

tennis and simona halep is still on course to re—take the world number one spot.he'll play either kiki bertens or sloane stephens in the final and if she wins, halep will take top spot. that's all the sport for now. lizzie, thank you. let's return to new plans to tackle climate change. we can speak now to tim kruger, senior fellow at the geo—engineering programme at the university of oxford. welcome back. we talked briefly about boats reflecting likes to keep temperatures down, what about artificial forest? how temperatures down, what about artificialforest? how do temperatures down, what about artificial forest? how do they work? these are machines that scrub c02 out of the atmosphere, trees from the c02 as they grow but only so much land you can use, trees can be pa rt much land you can use, trees can be part of the solution but not the whole solution. their ideas for industrial machines that can do the same thing at a larger scale. very briefly, just how effective can any of these measures be in stopping reversing climate change? of these measures be in stoppin

simona halep is looking to defend her 2018 title at roland garros the world number 3 says she feels relaxed ahead of the tournament but it mitts that coming in as the champion has added pressure. i know it's it's a little bit of pressure there because the defending champion but it's 1st time when it happens so i just want to take the positive and to be in this position i think is the best thing so i wouldn't complain about it i just try to play every may cheer and i try to get ready as much as possible until i have to start its own is even after the 1st leg of the calf champions league final without casablanca and esperance to tunis drew 11 shake his head of what dad cancelled out for said he couldn't bally's opening strike the draw leaves the final wide open going his next week 2nd leg to mishear as parents are hoping to become the 4th club to retain the title. domestic doubles are up for grabs in germany and spain on saturday by munich go in search of that feat for a record 12th time the team trained at berlin's olympic stadium where they'll take on light sic in the german cup final front

french open in 4 years taking a world number 73 son to go for the women defending champion so simona halep will face australian aila tomjanovich so i say when i said last year and never played well at the run masters and that's new for me today was my 1st practice in paris felt good but there are still 4 days until it starts. i played the 3 finals here and in 2017 year was really tough to lose it but last year i had the best memory on record of lifting this beautiful trophy finally i could touch it then it was an amazing amazing moment in those memories for me go for tony fi now will take a one shot lead into the 2nd round of the p.g.a. tour's latest stop at the colonial country club in fort worth texas he's a stark head of local favorite jordan space then watch as sloan speed has won 3 majors is trying to end a victory drought that's coming up to 2 years now the 2016 colonial colonial champion has slipped to 30th in the world having been the world number 14 years ago . after years of struggling german football club union berlin are on the verge of promotion to the country's top league fun

we start with the news that defending champion simona halep needed three sets to move through to thehe overcame australia's aijla tomlanovic to progress and there were similar issues for top seed and world number one naomi osaka, who lost the first set without winning a game before responding against slovakia's anna karolina schmiedlova to set up a second round game against victoria azarenka. for me, today was weird, because usually the nerves go away, but it kind of stayed the entire match and then ijust kind of stayed the entire match and then i just felt like kind of stayed the entire match and then ijust felt like it kind of stayed the entire match and then i just felt like it was a fight of willpower, and i managed to wind in the end. scotland's women beat jamaica 3—2 at hampden park in their last warm—up game before next month's world cup in france. substitute defender sophie howard scored the winner in the 67th minute. the friendly in glasgow was watched by a record home crowd of 18,500 fans. one other football line is that neymar limped out of training with a knee injury as h

five time champion in madrid beat stan wawrinka in straight sets meanwhile in the women's event, simona halepelinda bencic. she'll play kiki bertens in the final and if she wins, halep will be the new world number one. that's all the sport for now. it is an improving picture through this weekend with high—pressure building killing a lot of the showers and produce more sunshine. gradually the temperatures will rise but we're not expecting a heat wave. but it will feel better than it has done of late. rain clearing from southern parts of england and high—pressure begin to building from the west. a few early showers across the west. a few early showers across the south—east, fizzling out as temperatures rise through the afternoon, more showers developing and mainly across the eastern side of the uk. some showers could be heavy. i called north—westerly wind across the north of scotland. dry as well in southern scotland. plenty of showers with the best of the conditions of further ways. highs of around 15—16, maybe 17 degrees. through saturday night, it turns dry asa through saturday night, it tur

now to tennis, and romania's simona halep missed out on regaining the world number one ranking, as she would have seen halep overtake world number one naomi osaka, but she lost 6—4, 6—4. that's all the sport for now. migrants who survived when their boat capsized off the coast of tunisia have given their account of the disaster in which at least sixty people drowned. initial reports said those on board were from sub—saharan africa. but the survivors say most of the passengers were from bangladesh. these are the faces of men who had seen death at close quarters. some too shocked to say anything. others are devastated by what they saw. they all set off to start a new life in italy. a dream interrupted by the harsh reality of death at sea. this man from bangladesh is one ofjust i6 man from bangladesh is one ofjust 16 who survived. fighting for life, we fighting, swimming eight, eight hours. eight hours swimming. then people dying, one by one, every minute people going under, down, every minute, one is going. i have lost my two brothers. one is cousin brother, one is brother—in—law. in fro

stubble you'd see a career title after winning the madrid open the dutch player was up against simona halep in the final on saturday the romanian knew she would go top of the world rankings of she won the smashing started strongly but burton's kept her cool and went on to collect a $6464.00 victory she goes one better after losing in the final of this event last year which ones will also move to a career high on the world rankings with this title when looking in good shape at the french open just a food. it feels really unbelievable i would say. my best ranking after winning this tournament biggest title of my career it's the. highest ranking ever that's why a man has achieved so i'm just really proud of that men's world number one novak djokovic will get the chance to play for a 3rd title in madrid he came through a gruelling semifinal against germany team on saturday the top seed having to work hard to see off the man who knocked out roger federer of the day before winning in straight sets both of which were settled on tie breaks to reach his 1st final since the australian open in january

simona halep is looking to defend her 2800 title at roland garros the world number 3 says she feels relaxed ahead of the tournament but admits that coming in as the champion has added stress. i know it's a little bit of pressure there because the defending champion but it's 1st time when it happens so i just want to take the positive and to be in this position i think is the best thing so i wouldn't complain about it i just try to play every match here and i try to get ready as much as possible until i have to start. rolling girls full of confidence after winning the lead on opening the frenchman be teenager felix seam in straight sets in saturday's final it's his 2nd title of this it's. it's been a sobering day for the wolves top 2 ranked nations in the cricket world cup warm up games india were comfortably beaten by new zealand at the oval 4 wickets from trent bowled so india dismissed for just 179 captain kane williamson and ross taylor shared a 114 run partnership as new zealand reached their target with 13 overs to spare. and tournament hosts england the world's top ranked side were be

while in the women's draw, 2018 champion simona halep will go up against australia's ajla tomljanovic was tough to lose it last year i had the best memory on court lifting this beautiful trophy. finally i could touch it and it was an amazing moment and also memories for me. to golf and on the pga tour, tony finau leads by a stroke after the first round of the charles scwab challenge at fort worth in texas. he carded a 6 under 64 to put him one shot ahead of canada's roger sloan and this man, 2016 championjordan spieth, while defending championjustin rose is struggling 10 shots off the pace on 4 over par. now to cycling where slovenian jan polanc will wear the pink leadersjersey heading into stage 13 of the giro d'italia later. italy's cesare benedetti won stage 12 on thursday which was the first day in the alps, and also his first pro victory of his career, while polanc took the lead from team—mate valerio conti, fellow slovenian primoz roglic is now second. we speak with the team about me going in the breakaway because then we can better control the race and having also chains —— cha

makes up the bench which it's the world number three simona halep who is looking for her third madrid title she was made to work in a quarter final against ashley barty of australia trading some fairly epic corelli's the romanian would go on to win in straight sets. i. brazil's president says that rio will host a formula one race in twenty twenty when the city's new racetrack is ready the circuit will be named after a former driver. the brazilian grand prix has been held in sao paolo for the last thirty years but the into largo circuit has run into financial problems. sell paolo had public investment and a big hit with that it became impractical to keep formula one of their they are coming to rio de janeiro the race track will be built in six seven months formula one next year will be held in brazil and in rio de janeiro. ferrari driver sebastian vettel is hoping car improvements will help ease team catch up to miss avies at sunday's spanish graeme premier sadie's have taken one two finishers in all four races for the season and vettel says it's time for ferrari to step up their chall

osaka is also guaranteed to remain at the top of the rankings with simona halep losing in the secondore later in the day to seal her place in the last eight milwaukee bucks play game 2 of their nba eastern conference finals series against the toronto raptors later on friday. the bucks fought back from being behind for a vast majority of game one to record a 108—100 victory, which included 13 points in the final quarter from brook lopez handing them the initiative. feels good, you know, feels good to be able to come every night and try to put my body on the line and give everything i've got for us to win a game. you know, had a great game but at the end of the day my team had a great game and we were able to get this win. while in the nhl, the sanjose sharks take a 2—1 lead into game four of the western conference final against the st louis blues later. after logan couture levelled it at the end of normal time, swedish defenseman erik karlsson then scored the winner in overtime, his second on the night. doing well across social media has been ajax celebrating a 34th dutch eredivisie t

women's world number three simona halep is looking for her third madrid title she was made to work in her quarter final against australia as ashley barty trading some fairly epic rallies including this one the remaining would go on to win in straight sets seven five seven five world the want by me of soccer all three in the bench next to her in the semi. all right that's all the sport for now peter will be back with more later on sounds great thanks very much but if you watch the al-jazeera news are with me and paul will be back with more news on the other side of the break until and for me and all of the news our team thanks for your time and your company. becoming a living legend to the young was simply not enough. he transformed his influence on the pitch into political clout the piece to the ivory coast. begins with a look at the life of. the four of them succeeded with politicians of no. one else does it. we know the culture we know the problems that affect this part of the world very very well that is something that we're trying to take to the rest of the world we have gone to p

simona halep is looking to defend her 2800 title at roland garros the world number 3 says she feels relaxed ahead of the tournament but admits that coming in as the champion has added stress. i know it's a little bit of pressure there because the defending champion but it's 1st time when it happens so i just want to take the positive and to be in this position i think is the best thing so i wouldn't complain about it i just try to play every match here and i try to get ready as much as possible until i have to start. rolling girls full of confidence after winning the league on opening the frenchman be teenager felix seem in straight sets in saturday's final it's his 2nd title of the 6. it's been a sobering day for the world's top 2 ranked nations in the cricket world cup warm up games india were comfortably beaten by new zealand at the oval for wickets from trent bolt so india dismissed for just 179 captain kane williamson and ross taylor shared a 1141 partnership as new zealand reached their target with 13 overs to spare. and to intimate hosts england the world's top ranked side were beate

defending champion simona halep begins the defence of her title later against the australian ajla tomljanovicafter losing three finals she finally won her first grand slam title at roland garros last year. the cricket world cup starts on thursday as hosts england kick off the tournament against south africa at the oval in london. while india take on bangladesh in their final warm—up match later in cardiff. two—time—champions india haven't had the best preparation after a six—wicket defeat to new zealand on saturday while the team that beat them, new zealand, will play west indies in bristol. the giro d'italia resumes in a few hours following monday's rest day. richard carapaz leads primoz roglic in the overall standings. sunday's stage 15 was a day to forget for roglic. he lost a0 seconds having had to change to a team—mate's bike before crashing on the final descent. italy's dario cataldo went on to claim his first stage win, but it's carapaz who holds the pink leadersjersey heading into tuesday's mountainous 16th stage over 194km before we go, just time to give you a behind the scenes peek

simona halep is looking to defend her 2800 title at roland garros the world number 3 says she feels relaxed ahead of the tournament but admits that coming in as the champion has added the stress. i know it's a little bit of pressure there because the defending champion but it's 1st time when it happens so i just want to take the positive and to be in these position i think is the best thing so i wouldn't complain about it i just try to play every may cheer and i try to get ready as much as possible until i have to start its own is even after the 1st leg of the calf champions league final would that casablanca esperance to tunis drew 11 shake his head or forward that cancelled out for. opening strike the draw leaves the final wide open going into next week's 2nd leg in tunisia a sponsor hoping to become the 4th club to retain the title. domestic doubles are up for grabs in germany and spain on saturday by munich go in search of that feat for a record 12th time the team trained at berlin's olympic stadium well and take on light 2nd the german cup final frank i and robin refer all leaving the

makes that the bench itch it's the world number three simona halep who is looking for her third madrid title she was made to work in a quarter final against ashley barty of australia trading some fairly epic corelli's the romanian would go on to win in straight sets. i. brazil's president says that rio will host a formula one racing twenty twenty when the city's new racetrack is ready the circuit will be named after former driver and center the brazilian grand prix has been held in sao paolo for the last thirty years but the into largo circuit has run into financial problems. sell paolo had public investment and a big hit with that it became impractical to keep formula one of their they are coming to rio de janiero the race track will be built in six seven months formula one next year will be held in brazil and in rio de janeiro. ferrari driver sebastian vettel is hoping car improvements will help ease team catch up to miss avies at sunday's spanish graham premier sadie's have taken one two finishers in all four races so far this season and vettel says it's time for ferrari to step up

she will face reigning french open champion simona halep in the second round on tuesday.ring you an update to a story we brought to you earlier this evening. it concernsjoseph mccann, who is wanted for the abduction and rapes of three women in and around london, and also believed to be connected to the attempted abduction of two other women in cheshire this evening. we are now hearing from cheshire police that they have located a man incompetent who is currently being spoken to by trained negotiators —— in congleton. that is coming to us from cheshire police, more on that as and when we get it. a 13—year—old boy has died after getting into difficulties in the sea off llandudno, in north wales. the coastguard pulled the child from the water at pigeon's cove just after 9:00pm last night. he was airlifted to hospital in bangor, but died there. police are not treating the death as suspicious. three teenagers have been badly injured after falling from a cliff in cornwall. they fell around 70 feet at parc trammel cove near porthleven late last night, and were airlifted to derri

she will face the reigning french open champion and two time winner in madrid, simona halep, the firstts of leeds yesterday with a british winner, the final stage from halifax to city centre might have been won by someone centre might have been won by someone else but chris lola is held on to the need for the biggest win of his career. that also gives the new team ineos outfit, formerly team sky, a victory in their first outing under their new name. will also also host the road championships next to —— yorkshire will also host. british winner at the badminton horse trials. riding her horse, french beat overnight leader the last british winner of badminton back in 2009. she won in a dramatic final showjumping phase. a very good week for british riders all round with six finishing in the top ten. you get so used to congratulating people that when... you know, i will be happy with just two down and say well done to everyone and you go home and you keep going. she's such an amazing little mare. if i build this track at home, she would annihilate it every time. very happy. with £100,000 as

in the women's draw, joanna konta has been beaten in straight sets by simona halep.st week, began strongly again the world number three, before fading to lost the first set 7—5. halep picked up where she left off in the second set, and the british number one lost it 6—1. the romanian will face victoria kuzmova in the third round. five—time winner andy murray has been given a wildcard for queen's next month as he continues to work on a return to action. the former world number one will decide nearer the time if he's fit enough to compete. murray had hip surgery injanuary and has not played since. this year as 50—50. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. west midlands police are investigating whether a video made by a ukip candidate in which he says he might rape labour mp jess phillips, breaks the law. carl benjamin, who is standing in the upcoming eu elections, sent her a tweet in 2016 saying: "i would't even rape you" — then last week shared a video on youtube saying "with enough pressure" he "might cave". jes

simona halep missed the chance to go back to the top of the world rankings when he she lost to kiki bertenskes sets. it is her biggest win and it takes her up to fourth in the world, making her the highest ranking —— women in history. three major football clubs have moved to distance themselves from the use of their club crest by supporters who belong to a street protest organisation called the democratic football lads alliance. earlier, adrian goldberg from 5 live investigates explained why. the dfla started life originally as being the football lads' alliance and they emerged after the terrorist attacks in manchester and london in 2017. there was then a split in the organisation. the fla still exists, but the larger group is the dfla, the democratic football lads alliance. what is interesting is that they are made up primarily of people who used to be involved in football hooliganism. so if they have a street protest, and they have attracted thousands of people, they can present a pretty intimidating sight. they say they are not racist, they are not far right, but there is evidence on som

and simona halep remains on course to reclaim the world number one spot, after beating belinda bencicka in the rankings. great britain face 0lympic silver medalists germany in their opening game of the ice hockey world championship in slovakia this afternoon — there's commentary from 315pm on radio 5 live sports extra, as well as the bbc sport website and app. it is the first time in 25 years that britain have competed at the top level of the sport — and they'll also face powerhouse nations the usa and canada later in the tournament. i don't think we have any worry or any pressure, i think we just have to keep together, keep getting better each game, using each game to be that little bit faster, that little bit quicker in decisions, and learning as we go. that is the most important thing because we have never been at this level. that's all the sport for now but there's coverage of third practice ahead of the spanish grand prix on the bbc sport website. now it's time for the weather. it has been a very turbulent weight, lots of heavy showers and much—needed rain for many because it has

and simona halep missed the chance to go back to the top of the world rankings, when she lost the finalt'll take her up to fourth in the world, making her the highest—ranking dutchwoman in history. wasps are through to the netball superleague final after a 20—point victory over loughborough lightning. the defending champions won 7a points to sa keeping them on course to win a third successive title. they'll face manchester thunder in the final after they beat five—time champions team bath. that's all the sport for now. 110w now it's time for a look at the papers. hello and welcome to our sunday morning paper review. with me are sian griffiths, education editor at the sunday times, and political commentator james millar. welcome to you both. let's take a look at today's front pages... sacked minister gavin williamson criticises the cross—party brexit talks in the mail on sunday — the former defence secretary says the prime minister has ‘betrayed' the conservative party by negotiating with labour and that talks will "end in tears". senior conservative and labour mps have called on voters

joanna konta has been beaten in straight sets by simona halep. ll decide nearer the time if he's fit enough to compete. murray had hip surgery injanuary and has not played since. in march, he rated his chances of playing in the wimbledon singles this year as 50—50. that's all the sport for now. we will have more for you in the next hour. the duke and duchess of cambridge have been talking about the arrival of baby sussex. they were at the cutty sark in london. let's hear what they had to say. obviously thrilled. looking forward to seeing them in the next few days. i am very pleased and glad to welcome my brother to the sleep deprivation society that is parenting. do you have any advice for harry at all? plenty advice. i wish him all the best and i hope the next few days it will settle down and they will enjoy having a newborn in the family. it is such a special time. it is such a great time of year to have a baby. as william said, we look forward to meeting him and finding out what his name will be. it's really exciting. especially these next few

meanwhile in the women's event — simona halep is still no course to re—take the world number one spotkiki bertens or sloane stephens in the final and if she wins, halep will be the new world number one. olympic sailing champion giles scott says the decision to remove the finn class after next year's games will effectively end his olympic career. it's part of a major shake—up by world sailing who are seeking to improve gender equality and boost the sport's youth appeal. it's a great shame for the class. it is something i hold quite close. in terms of other boats i would be able to sail, it is pretty limited. the most difficult thing is really not for someone like myself but for the younger guys coming through. it is fair to say that potentially the way it is unfolding has been a bit of a bitter pill to swallow for some. wales' coach warren gatland has agreed a deal to take charge of the british & irish lions on their tour of south africa in 2021. it'll be gatland's third lions job after their winning tour of australia in 2013 and a drawn series against the all blacks two years ago. the

or number 47 i tell me i know of it chagaev defending champion simona halep a bit of a scare as well this rally one of the highlights of their matches but lost at the 2nd set to the australian came through in the end though 623661. men's 5th seed alexander's fear of overcame australia's john millman and a battle lasting 4 hours and 8 minutes the germans acrobatic helped him close out the match in 5 sets to reach the 2nd round. several plays in spain's top 2 football leagues have been arrested over suspected match fixing it is alleged that players and officials of from some clubs formed a criminal organization to profit from fixed games spanish police released this video of what they said it was the search of former real madrid player raul bravo's house they said that he was one of those arrested on tuesday after league fired 8 complaints about matches in lower nonprofessional divisions and international friendlies legace says none of its complaints relate to games in spain's top league . ac milan's failure to qualify for next season's champions league led them to part ways with the c

and simona halep, remains on course, to reclaim the world number one spot, after beating belinda bencicased by a vigilante group in nigeria. the civilianjoint task force has been working with the country‘s military to fight the terrorist organisation boko haram. more than 20,000 people have been killed and millions of others have lost their homes during the decade long conflict in the country. around 3,500 children were recruited by vigilante groups between 2013 and 2017. in 2017 they signed a commitment with unicef to stop recruiting children in any role. since then, more than 1,700 children have been released. unicef say the 894 children released yesterday — including more than one hundred girls — will now undergo reintegration programmes to help them return to civilian life. hannah started joins us now from all child charity. where do you even begin when it comes to rehabilitating children who have been on the front line of war? the important thing to be aware of is that, really, these children have in through such rental experiences and have been subject to all kinds of violence tha

joanna konta has been beaten in straight sets by simona halep.rent french open champion, picked up where she left off in the second set, and the british number one lost it 6—1. england coach trevor bayliss feels batsman alex hales can come back to the team stronger and better than ever. hales was dropped from the world cup squad, after a reported second failed test for recreational drugs — but bayliss feels hales can still have a future with the side. definitely and that's certainly been relayed to do and it's not the end of the road, he is an important part of the road, he is an important part of this set up for the last number of this set up for the last number of years. there no reason why he can't be going forward. leeds rhinos have sacked head coach david furner after just 14 league games. furner took over during the winter, but leeds have struggled since his arrival. they are third —from—bottom of super league afterjust four league wins this season. richard agar will act as interim head coach until a permanent replacement is found. james ha

she'll play reigning french open champion simona halep tomorrow. we will have more detail when we look through the papers. what more could you possibly want on a bank holiday morning other than carol in a beautiful location with lots of exciting things coming up. bless you, good morning, both of you. good morning to you if you are watching at home. what a gorgeous start to the day it is in blenheim palace. it is pretty chilly as it is across many areas this morning, especially if you are hanging around outside. you can see this stunning view behind me stop as we go through the morning we will have newborn lambs. i have already seen them, they are so cute. later we will be looking at some jousting, so lots happening this morning at blenheim palace. talking of being a chilly start, it certainly is, and the weather forecast for today is a chilly start for most of us, and for many of us it will be dry. variable amounts of cloud, there will also be some showers, and later in the day there could be quite heavy, especially across nottinghamshire and east