It happened near the disputed scarborough shoal, an area that has been a flashpoint between the two countries in recent years. Take a look at these pictures. The filipino authorities said its boats had been involved in a mission to deliver fuel and food to fishermen in the area. It Accused Beijing of once again installing a floating barrier across the entrance to ther shoal. Chinese state media reports its coastguard as saying it had expelled a Philippine Coast guard ship and other vessels from the area. Lets get more from our South East Asia correspondentjonathan head, who was on the filipino vessel. Im on board the philippines coastguard ship the Chinese Media are saying be expelled. We are being shadowed, you can see over there one chinese coastguard ship on that side, three orfour binders, so many chinese ships in this area. They dominate it, they kick to the Philippines Out of here 12 years ago. This is part of a mission to re establish the philippines presents. I would not say th
To Lord Of The Dance. Michael flatley on 30 years since that life changing eurovision moment. Good morning. Today in the west it will be fairly cloudy, wet and windy. Further east we are looking at drier and brighter conditions with some sunshine but sao is coming to the south east later. All of the detail throughout the programme. Its tuesday the 30th of april. The Scottish National party has officially started the process to find a new leader, after humza yousaf announced his resignation as scotlands First Minister. He quit ahead of two no confidence votes at holyrood which were due to be held in the wake of his decision to eject to Scottish Greens from his power sharing government. Nominations to replace him opened just before midnight. Our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. Politically, there was nowhere left for humza yousaf to go. His leadership fatally wounded, not by his party or by the voters, but by himself. And so this admission that his time as First Minister had
I was charged with resisting the law and, following an express trial, i have paid a fine of 240 euros. Having paid that fine, we know the Spanish Police investigation has closed and Billy Vunipola is now free to fly back to the uk, and he is due back later today. What will now follow is an internal process at saracens and he will cooperate with that and he unreservedly apologises for any inconvenience he has caused during this incident. A meeting to discuss the introduction of a possible salary cap in the English Premier League has been taking place today with the aim of making the competition fairer. Its part of plans to reform the profit and sustainability regulations, which resulted in both Nottingham Forest and everton being deducted points this season. Top clubs would only be allowed to spend a sum linked to the Television Revenues of the bottom clubs in the league. There is expected to be some opposition to the proposal. Luis rubiales, the former president of the spanish football
Hello, im anita mcveigh, welcome to verified live. There have been dramatic Political Developments in edinburgh, where scotlands First Minister, humza yousaf, has announced that hes resigning. Hes been under growing pressure after he ripped up a Power Sharing Deal with the scottish green party. As a result, he was facing two separate votes of no confidence. In an emotional statement earlier today, mr yousaf said he was not willing to trade his values and principles, simply to hold on to power. Lets take a listen to the moment he announced his resignation. I am not willing to trade my values and principles or do deals with whomever simply for retaining power. Therefore, after spending the weekend reflecting on what is best for my party, for the government, and for the country i lead, i have concluded that repairing our relationship across the political divide can only be done with someone else at the helm. I have therefore informed the snps National Secretary of my intention to stand do
Wages. Its part of plans to reform the profit and sustainability regulations, which resulted in both Nottingham Forest and everton being deducted points this season. Top clubs would only be allowed to spend a sum linked to the Television Revenues of the bottom clubs in the league. The next stage is the drafting of rules, which will potentially be put to clubs at agm injune. England Rugby Union International Billy Vunipola has apologised and paid a fine after being charged in spain, following an alleged incident. Vunipola called it a misunderstanding and said there was no violence. The bbc understands he was tasered by police on the island of majorca after they were called to a bar in the islands capital. Our sports news correspondent, laura scott, has more. We know that this incident involving Billy Vunipola happened at a club on majorca in the early hours of sunday morning. The number eight, who has played for england on 75 occasions, described what happened as an unfortunate misunder