our players can develop dramatically under unai, if they ta ke dramatically under unai, if they takeessage and are prepared to commit. an impressive first day in thejob for commit. an impressive first day in the job for unai commit. an impressive first day in thejob for unai emery but he has a very big job on his hands. a rebuilding job, as arsenal try and galvanise their players and reunite theirfan base. galvanise their players and reunite their fan base. it galvanise their players and reunite theirfan base. it is a galvanise their players and reunite their fan base. it is a shortened summer their fan base. it is a shortened summer with the world cup and also the transfer window closes earlier for the first time this summer. he needs to get to work immediately, before the premier league get going again on the weekend of the 11th of august. carlo ancelotti is back in football after being named as the new head coach of napoli. the 58—year—old has been out of work, since being sacked by bayern munich — and has signed a three year contract. ancelotti takes over from maurizio sarri — wh

and we should hearfrom unai emery later this week.rfrom we should hearfrom unai emery later this week. let's hear from a former arsenal player, ian wright. unai emery had a load of money to spend at psg. emery had a load of money to spend at p56. he is meant to be coming to arsenal with 50 million and a bunch of players that have been very much playing in second gear. his coaching ability is going to have to really get going. instantly. and he's going to have to find some gems in the transfer market. ian wright mentioning the budget. £50 million is the figure he bandied around. is he used to working with that kind of money? not at all. at psg, they had one of the richest squads in the world. but at sevilla, there were financial restrictions placed on unai emery and he won three europa league titles. there will be that budget could be supplemented by outgoing players. it could actually be higher than that at the end. he will have to work in a continental model with others making the decisions alongside him. it is a new system for arsen

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an impressive first day in thejob for unai to commit.y in the job for unai emery, to commit. an impressive first day in thejob for unai emery, but he does have a big job on his hands, they will be building job as arsenal tried to galvanise their players and reunite their fan base. tried to galvanise their players and reunite theirfan base. shortened summer reunite theirfan base. shortened summer with the world cup and the tra nsfer summer with the world cup and the transfer window closes earlier than the first time this summer. he needs to get to work immediately, before the premier league gets going on the weekend of the 11th of august. let's get... david ornstein there, let's get the french persepctive now, persepctive now, let's get... i little earlier i spoke to the football journalist loic tanzy who has follwed psg this season. i asked him whether he was surprised by the appointment. not super surprised because he left paris with a very positive attitude. all the fans were really happy to have him as a coach, even if the reasons we

but out of nowhere seemingly, unai emery has crept up. it might not be a surprise to some common he has won the french league title as well as for cup competitions during his two seasons at paris saint—germain. he was at seville and won three consecutive year roper league titles and that is the competition arsenal are competing in. but if you look at some of the odds with bob —— bookmakers, he was 66— want to take over. he was leaving paris saint—germain and was available. he is happy to slot into their consonantal model, is happy to slot into their consona ntal model, working is happy to slot into their consonantal model, working with a de fa cto consonantal model, working with a de facto director of football and head of recruitment. his english is limited and this will divide opinion among fans, but arsenal will feel they have made the right decision. what has the reaction been from the fans, are they happy? they are mixed, they wanted max allegro from juventus, carlo ancelotti and others had got the idea that mikel arteta or patrick vi

we will hear from arsenal's new manager unai emery. the club confirmed this morning that the former paris saint germain manager will take over from arsene wenger, the club praising the spaniards "exciting, progressive style of football that fits arsenal perfectly". let's cross live to the emirates now and speak to our correspondent david ornstein. good afternoon to you, david. emery had a couple of seasons at psg. he won a bet. add a couple of good seasons at seville before that. do you think his cv stands at the op expectations of that club behind you? i think the general feeling that of the available candidates on the market, it blew my end ray —— unai emery was really best they could do. he won the domestic trouble last season, a cup in the previous season, as trouble last season, a cup in the previous season, as well. five trophies in his two seasons in the french capital. he did fail to get past the last 16 of the champions league, going out to barcelona and

arsenal are set to appoint unai emery as their new manager.itle and four domestic cups in his two seasons in charge. our sports correspondent david ornstein, who broke the story, is in salford for us. will this surprise fans? it already is. if you take a look at social media you will see its news that has divided opinions. we broke it at around 7:45pm and it has caused a profound impact. the favourite for this position was mikel arteta, the former arsenal captain and currently assistant manager at manchester city. it was understood at one point this was just a formality for mikel arteta to get the position but it is my understanding that after what has been described as a full and exclusive recruitment process, arsenal and their hierarchy have unanimously decided that unai emery is the right man for them. we should hear from is the right man for them. we should hearfrom him at a news is the right man for them. we should hear from him at a news conference later in the week. why else might it divide opinion? if you look at his record, despite le

david, what do we know about unai emery? forfootball fans david, what do we know about unai emery? about unai emery? forfootball fans he is a big name but for those who may only have a passing interest in the game they might not have hurt that much. he hasn't been appointed just yet, we expect that to come in the following days and we should hear from him and arsenal as well. he is 46 years old, he's a spaniard, most recently managing paris st—germain leading them title and also r1 four domestic cups in his two seasons at the club and prior to that he was the club and prior to that he was the seville manager in his native spain where he won three consecutive europa league titles, that's the competition arsenal are competing in this coming season. he doesn't speak fluent english, so that could be a potential issue, but he does fit in quite nicely to arsenal's new continental structure and he's happy to work within that. people say that he is proven in european competition because he couldn't take paris st—germain number last 16 of the champions league. so it is an appointment which

working with unai and listening to him.ing dramatically individually, if they take on and commit. he has a big job on his hands, rebuilding as arsenal tried to galvanise their players and reignite theirfan base. galvanise their players and reignite their fan base. and galvanise their players and reignite theirfan base. and the galvanise their players and reignite their fan base. and the transfer window closes earlier for the first time this summer. so he needs to get to work immediately before the premier league gets going again on the weekend of the 11th of august. england's cricketers get a chance to start afresh tomorrow, after a miserable winter, ashes humiliation. then a series defeat in new zealand, they start their two—match series against pakistan. and we now know 20—year—old spinner dom bess will make his test debut at lords, where our sports correspondent joe wilson sent us this. here we go, the start of another english summer, put yourself in the position of gel. this position will be number three. he is the capt

that will be the parties for unai emery.y from home, arsenal were all for last season, it is fairto arsenal were all for last season, it is fair to say. his budgets will be limited. we are told around £15 million to spend on new signings which is in sharp contrast to the lavish spending it psg. he will want to get the best out of the likes of ozil, alexandre lacazette and parent rick obama yang. there are suggestions that a conference call was held and staff addressing him in english. his name of the manager's offers and being presented with a book of arsenal's history. by gazebo is -- book of arsenal's history. by gazebo is —— gazidis. the owner. book of arsenal's history. by gazebo is -- gazidis. the owner. we will get reaction to that news conference across the rest of the afternoon on bbc news. wayne rooney will have talks with dc united in washington in the next 24 hours. the mls club have reached a deal in principle with rooney — he's broken away from a family holiday in the caribbean to find out more about the club. e

it is the news and we already knew, unai emery is the new manager at arsenal, the club finally confirming his appointment this morning. i will have all the details in half an hour. thanks, katherine. and helen willets has all the weather. we are heading for another warm bank holiday weekend but i can't promise it will be completely dry. also coming up, give us five: the super cute rare snow tiger cubs making their public debut at a zoo in eastern china. hello, everyone. this is afternoon live. marks and sparks is a little less sparkly today, announcing a big fall in profits as it battles to modernise its business and to adapt to the changing way we shop. marks & spencer's strategy of closing stores

unai emery‘s big break in management came at valencia.ed challenging financial circumstances to ta ke challenging financial circumstances to take them to third. he was less successful at spartak moscow before coming back to spain manager sevilla. he won the europa league three times in a row. that impressed paris st germain. he missed out on the league in his first season, but when they broke the world transfer record to sign neymar. this season, psg won all three domestic trophies in france, but have not impressed in europe. he will now move to his seventh job europe. he will now move to his seventhjob in europe. he will now move to his seventh job in management europe. he will now move to his seventhjob in management in his fourth different country. well, the appointment comes as something of a change in direction from arsenal. they had looked set to appoint their former player mikel arteta, who's now part of pep guardiola's coaching team at manchester city. our sports news correspondent david ornstein explains the change of tack. we do

the club are set to appoint unai emery as their new manager.e at the emirates. our sports correspondent david ornstein is right across this developing story.. well the interviewed a number of candidates and spoke to even more. i'm told the unanimous choice to be the next manager is the former psg manager unai emry. he led seville to three europa league titles. that is the competition that arsenal have been competing in. it was expected that the new captain would be arteta but it is going to be unai emry and we expect a press conference later in the week to confirm that. so they've gone for experience? just looking at reaction to this. lots of arsenal fans seemingly underwhelmed. they have the choice to go with a lot of experience. someone younger that arteta was spoken to, but they've gone with unai emry, proven in european competition, comes from a huge club in ps6 for the 46 years a huge club in psg for the 46 years old so still has youth on his side for the known for getting the best out of his players and working with restrict the budget in

unai emery will replace arsene wenger. in the sport later in the hour on bbc news: wayne rooney is heading to the us for discussions about a playing career over there. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. marks & spencer has suffered a big fall in profits, as it battles to modernise its business, and to adapt to the changing way we shop. its strategy of closing stores and revamping its online business caused profits to slump by almost two thirds over the last year. sales of food, clothing and homeware all declined. yesterday, m&s said it plans to close 100 shops by 2022, accelerating an overhaul it says is "vital" for its future. the company's chief executive has been talking to our business correspondent, emma simpson. first the store closures. this one in northampton one of a hundred that will go at it is an overhaul which is costing the m&s dear. the expense of closing these stores made a huge dent in its annual pre—tax profits today, down by 62% to just under £67 million. sales are also down in clothing,

first, arsenal are set to appoint unai emery as their new manager.on monday as they prepare to appoint a successor to arsene wenger. former psg boss, emery, was a late contender for the job, as our correspondent david ornstein explained to me earlier. whether or not it is a surprise in turn lead to arsenal, certainly externally to the public, it will come as a surprise. it seemed all they had to do was press the button on mikael arteta, theirformer

so why unai emery? i have followed his career unai emery? closely since his days at valencia and he has always been on my radar screen. he has a fantastic record of success wherever he has gone and, interestingly, one of the noteworthy things about the team is that they improve over time. we also felt, and i felt for some time, that he is a superb fit with the criteria that i laid out. but i think it is very important to move this beyond the paper exercise and thatis this beyond the paper exercise and that is why, having taken third person references from some of the most respected people in the game and people that we trust, it was very important for us to move to personal meetings. and it was in the personal meetings. and it was in the personal meetings. and it was in the personal meeting that he was incredibly impressive. he came in extraordinarily well prepared, with a detailed knowledge of arsenal foot ball a detailed knowledge of arsenal football club. he had an analysis to share with us notjust football club. he had an analysis to sha

so who is unai emery?ad. his playing career was ended by injury in 200a while at lorca in the spanish third tier. he was offered the manager's job there and guided the club to the second division for the first time in their history. he won promotion to spain's top flight with almeria, and then moved to valencia. a brief foray in russia didn't quite go to plan so he went back to spain and it was at sevilla where he really flourished, winning the europa league three seasons in a row. next stop and his most recent appointment was in the french capital with the big—spending paris saint germain, where he won a cup double in his first season and then ended his spell in paris last week with a treble including the league title. an impressive cv, i am sure you will agree. let's get a bit of reaction from an arsenal legend, former striker ian wright who's been speaking to bbc radio 5 live. unai emery had a load of money to be able to spend at psg. he's meant to be coming to arsenal, a club of arsenal's stature, with

and arsenal confirm unai emery as the club's first new manager in 22 years. it's five o'clock, our main story. donald trump's personal lawyer, michael cohen, received a secret payment of at least $400,000 to arrange talks between the ukrainian president and president trump. that is the claim made by sources with direct knowledge of the matter who have spoken to the bbc. they say the money was sent to michael cohen by intermediaries acting for the ukrainian leader, petro poroshenko. ukraine's anti—corruption agency later stopped its investigation into mr trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort. mr cohen denies taking the payment. there were also denials from the two men named as intermediaries, and from a lawyer for mr cohen's alleged partner, felix sater. the ukrainian president's spokesman declined to comment. this report from our producer in new york suzanne kianpour and correspondent paul wood in kiev. donald trump's run for the us presidency was watched with alarm by ukraine's government, dismayed by his apparently pro—russian rhetoric. then trump

just a reminder of our top story — unai emery outlines his vision for arsenal on the day he is confirmedsene wenger‘s replacement. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. marks and spencer has suffered a big fall in profits, battling to modernise the business, and to adapt to the changing way we shop. its strategy of closing stores, and revamping its online business, caused profits to slump by almost two—thirds over the last year. sales of food, clothing and homeware all declined. yesterday, m&s said it plans to close 100 shops by 2022, accelerating an overhaul it says is "vital" for its future. the company's chief executive has been talking to our business correspondent emma simpson. and we can now speak to maria malone, principal lecturer in fashion business at manchester metropolitan university. shejoins us from our salford newsroom. thank you very much for being with us. thank you very much for being with us. you have a lots of direct experience in this area of retail. i think most recently at littlewoods shop directs. the challenge of online and developing

the german's been out of work since leaving borussia dortmund last summer and succeeds unai emery atampions. tuchel won the german cup with dortmund last season, but left after falling out with club hierarchy. his main challenge will be to try and lead psg to success in the champions league. in the afc champions league, persepolis needed to overhaul a 3—2 first leg deficit against aljazira. the last 16 return was in tehran on monday. a late goal took persepolis through. seyed jalal hosseini scoring in the dying seconds to give his side a 2—1 win and they advance to the quarter—finals on away goals after a 4—1; draw on aggregate. in monday's other match, two baghdad bounedjah goals earned al—sadd a 2—2 draw with al ahli and a 11—3 win on aggregate. the qatari club also into the last eight. it's less than a week until the start of the second tennis grand slam year, the french open. final preparations for many of the contenders are taking place in italy at the rome masters. novak djokovic made it through to the second round as he continues to try and find his best form once again. austi

from the end with the parisians continuing their bid to seal a domestic treble for outgoing coach unairy. a record 12th title in this tournament also means psg have not lost in 42 domestic cup games with just the league required to make it a clean sweep of this years competitions in france with both captains holding the trophy aloft together in a nice touch. southampton have all but sealed their place in the premier league after manolo gabiadini came off the bench to hit the winner at swansea city. the result means west bromwhich albion‘s fate is sealed and they'lljoin stoke city in english football's second tier next season. but it's good news for mark hughes‘s side as they're now as good as safe because of their superior goal difference. while swansea must win at home to stoke on sunday and hope huddersfield pick up nothing from their remaining two games. since day one, since i walked through the door, they have been fantastic in terms of their application and wanting to turn the situation they found themselves in around and they have continued to work out and train correctly and to

from the end with the parisians continuing their bid to seal a domestic treble for outgoing coach unaive not lost in 42 domestic cup games with just the league required to make it a clean sweep of this years competitions in france

as you started talking, we have heard that arsenal have confirmed the news that unai emery is going tonai emery, the former psg manager, would be coming to arsenal to take over from arsene would be coming to arsenal to take overfrom arsene wenger would be coming to arsenal to take over from arsene wenger after his 22 yea rs over from arsene wenger after his 22 years in charge. mikel arteta, a former player, was the frontrunner former player, was the frontrunner for a long time in the weeks after arsene wenger stepped down. arsenal had been having these discussions with mikel arteta but at the final moment they swapped and said it would be unai emery coming in from psg. we were expecting confirmation this morning and we think there will be some sort of formal press conference this afternoon. he will be formally unveiled, is what they say, as the new arsenal manager. that will come through, that he is the new boss at the emirates. thank you very much. let us know if you are an arsenal fan, what you think about that in the last couple of minutes. one in every three children born this year

arsenal are set to appoint unai emery as their new manager.petition in europe, the by second competition in europe, the rugby league, three times in a row. that impressed paris st germain. they broke the wealth transfer record to sign neymar and this season psg took all three domestic trophies in france but have not impressed in europe. he will now move to his seventh job in management in his fourth different country. arsenal aren't the only club doing business in the managerial market... west ham have hired the former manchester city boss manuel pellegrini. here's how the club announced it on social media... an arty and moody looking video. pellegrini won the premier league with city in 201a, and takes over from david moyes who left the club last week. the chilean says he's excited, and is aiming to bring in ‘four or five' players to have a ‘strong team'. golf, and europe's captain thomas bjorn has picked lee westwood, graeme mcdowell, padraig harrington and luke donald as vice—captains for this year's ryder cup against the united states. wes

and arsenal are expected to formally announce unai emery as their new manager later on wednesday, withe ligue 1 title, and four domestic cups in two seasons in charge. tottenham hotspur‘s harry kane will captain england at the world cup next month. its not the first time the striker‘s worn the armband. he led the side during last year's world cup qualifier against scotland, and then a further three times after that. manager gareth southgate says kane has the "belief and high standards" that will set an example to the rest of the team. previous captains include steven gerrard and david beckham. argentina and manchester united goalkeeper sergio romero, has been ruled out of the world cup due to a knee injury. the 31—year—old has 94 caps for his country, and played every match during their world cup qualifying campaign, as argentina finished third behind brazil and uruguay. romero was named in argentina's 23—man squad on monday, along with fellow keepers willy caballero and franco armani. thank you. we asked you to tell us about our talking point. we asked you to tell us if it is a good i

arsenal are set to appoint unai emery as their new manager.able after leaving paris st—germain — where he won one league title and four domestic cups during his two seasons in charge. alvaro morata has missed out on a place in spain's world cup squad for russia with cesc fabregas, marcos alonso, ander herrera and hector bellerin also not included. spain head coachjulen lopetegui named his 23—man squad for the tournament on monday, with four premier league players included: david de gea, cesar azpilicueta, nacho monreal and david silva. however, there was no place for chelsea striker morata, with isco, marco asensio, lucas vazquez, rodrigo and diego costa preferred in attack. roberto martinez also announced his provisional 28—man belgium squad in preparation for the tournament. roma midfielder radja nainggolan was left out. he then announced his international retirement. and finally what happens when you give two formula one drivers an aston martin each and a caravan? red bull's daniel ricciardo and max verstappen enjoyed the expeience so much

unai emery spells out his post—wenger vision at the club. good evening.pal, who was one of two victims to be poisoned by a nerve agent in salisbury in march, has released her first televised statement since being discharged from hospital. she and her father, the former russian spy sergei skripal, were found slumped unconscious on a bench after the attack. ms skripal was discharged from hospital last month, and has been in an unknown location ever since. in the short statement to reuters, she spoke of how her life had been turned upside down by the attack. the government has pointed the finger of blame at russia, but moscow has always denied involvement. here's our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford. for more than 11 weeks, she's been at the centre of an international scandal that saw dozens of russian diplomats expelled from britain, the united states and europe. this afternoon, she stepped out of the shadows in this, herfirst public appearance since being attacked with appearance since being attacked with a nerve agent. translation: we are so luc

and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, we hearfrom arsenal's new man — unai emery spells out his post—wengerat the club. good evening. yulia skripal — one of the two russians targeted in the salisbury chemical attack — has said she is "lucky to be alive". she and her father, sergei, were exposed to a nerve agent in early march, and spent several weeks in hospital. in her first filmed public statement since the attack, ms skripal said she wanted to return to russia in the longer term, but rejected an offer of help from the russian embassy. tonight, the embassy demanded direct access to ms skripal, to make sure she was not being held against her will. daniel sandford has more details. after weeks of being at the centre ofa after weeks of being at the centre of a huge diplomatic crisis, suddenly there she was. julia skripal was poisoned with a nerve agent in salisbury on marked the fourth. but today, she was well enough to beat a prepared statement. —— march four. translation: i still find it difficult to come to terms with this attack. the fact a nerve agent was used to do this is shocking. we

unai emery has taken over after wenger‘s near—22 year reign and pires claims the spaniard likes to playhe's also happy to help him do that as one of his coaching staff if asked. ican i can propose my help because i know the guys, i know the group and squad andi the guys, i know the group and squad and i think i can help the new manager and i can help arsenal because i had a very good feeling with the players carla so he wants to work together, i will say yes, no problem, i am to work together, i will say yes, no problem, iam ready. cameron norrie has reached the first atp tour semi final claiming the biggest win of his career so far to do it. the british player is ranked number 102 in the world and beat americanjohn isner to make the last four of the lyon open, where he'll play kazakhstan's mikhail kukushkin or frenchman gilles simon. norrie only played his first professional match on red clay in february this year. and daniel ricciardo led max verstappen to a red bull one—two in first practice at the monaco grand prix. red bull have secured only one pole position in the past five years

one man dominated the back pages, unai emery, the newcastle manager. to launch him, similar to one from 1996, the exact same thoughts photograph. they are hoping that he might have the same career in the early days —— venue arsenal manager. it'll be interesting to see how it goes next season. it is the start of the pga championships. rory mcilroy does not like being famous, he will not like the fact that he's in all the papers talking about not wanting to be famous! he was named an apollo as the most famous uk sportsperson, above the likes of gareth bale and lewis hamilton, and he says he doesn't want to be famous, he just wa nts to doesn't want to be famous, he just wants to be a brilliant golfer. he must have known, you're going to be world number one at some point... it isa shame, world number one at some point... it is a shame, if you're good at something, you have to be splashed all over the papers every day. i guess. in the world of business, if you're one of the best in the world at that, talking about inflation prices, windows results came out

and arsenal confirms unai emery as the club's new manager, the first for 22 years, as life after arsene wenger begins. good evening and welcome to bbc news. yulia skripal, who was one of two victims poisoned by a nerve agent in salisbury in march, has released herfirst televised statement since being discharged from hospital. yulia and herfather, the former russian spy sergei skripal, were found unconscious on a bench after the attack. ms skripal was discharged from hospital last month, and has been in an unknown location ever since. in a statement to reuters, she spoke of how her life had been turned upside down by the attack. the government has pointed the finger of blame at russia, but moscow has always denied involvement. here's our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford. for more than 11 weeks, she's been at the centre of an international scandal that saw dozens of russian diplomats expelled from britain, the united states and europe. this afternoon, she stepped out of the shadows in this, her first public appearance since being attacked with a nerve agent. translation: we are

the arsenal has come out saying they had a new manager and he is called tonight emery -- unai emery. sure exactly how soon we will find out if there are any changes to the team, but he left the french side i believe this month after a two-year spell after he won a league title and for domestic competitions. we'll keep an eye on anything to do with arsenal and their manager. let's get straight to the bloomberg review, here is taylor. italy, the search for the next prime minister has been thrown into disarray after doubts were cast over the suitability for the post of law professor just second --. no longer certain of andrsements by luigi demaio the anti-immigrant league. they say luigi demaio himself made back in the running. barclays has not held discussions with standard chartered and is not pursuing a deal, according to a person familiar with the company. earlier, the financial times reported barclays has been exploring a potential merger with rival banks. at the same time, standard are focusedys they on their strategy and is not responding to speculation. the u.s. has approved a s

unai emery has taken over after wenger‘s near—22—year reign.hat as one of his coaching staff, if asked. ican i can propose may help because i know the guys, i know the group, i know the guys, i know the group, i know the guys, i know the group, i know the squad. i think i can help the new manager and i can help arsenal because i have a very good feeling with the players, so of course if you want to work together i will say yes, i am ready, of course. cameron norrie has reached his first atp tour semifinal, claiming the biggest win of his career so far to do it. the british player is ranked number 102 in the world and beat americanjohn isner to make the last four of the lyon 0pen, where he'll play kazakhstan's mikhail kukushkin or frenchman gilles simon. norrie only played his first professional match on red clay in february this year. that is all the sport for now. thank you. taxes will have to rise to pay for the nhs — if the uk is to avoid ‘a decade of misery‘ in which older and more vulnerable people are let down. that‘s the conclusion of a