East coming up at ten oclock. Now on bbc one, lets get the news wherever you are this evening from our colleagues. Hello, and welcome to sportsday. Im olly foster. Its another european night at stjames park. Can Newcastle United stay top of their Champions League group . Two centurions for england and wales say they are retiring from International Rugby union. Its just fitting. It feels right. Itsjust fitting. It feels right. I feel so privileged to be able to play and walk away my terms. And records tumble at the Cricket World Cup as australia keep themselves in the chase for the semifinals. Hello there, welcome along. Its another busy night in the Champions League. There were wins for Manchester United and arsenal last night. Well see how Newcastle United, Manchester City and celtic get on later this evening. All of them are 8pm kick offs. Lets start at St James Park. Earlier this month, it was one of the great european nights there as they swept aside Paris Saint Germain to move to
The wikileaks founder has been held in Belmarsh Prison In London for five years. Our washington correspondent Gary Odonoghue had this update following joe biden s comment. Well, this was pretty much an off the cuff comment that he made as he was sort of walking through the colonnade at the white house and a reporter shouted to him, you know, will you consider australias request . Because of course australia, Julian Assange is australian and the Australian Parliament has passed a motion asking him to be returned to australia, saying would you consider ending the prosecution . He didnt seem to hear the question at first, but it was repeated and he said were considering it now. That would be a huge change, given that the us has been pursuing the extradition ofJulian Assange from the uk for years and the thing is still winding its way through the courts. The Home Secretary signed the extradition back in 2022, but theres been Court Challenges to that and the high court is still waiting for