new laws are intended to limit asylum seekers coming into the eu. eu member states and the parliament have agreed on this overall law on an approach to asylum seekers. it is intended to speed up and standardise the amount of people coming into the black. it proposes to do that with five new eu laws. the first of which would be the speedier vetting of arrivals using biometrics. that could be facial recognition technology, fingerprinting. which could be done at one of these new border detention centres that are being thirdly, an accelerated consideration of asylum cases, so the eu wants to speed up the time it takes to determine whether a migrant has a valid asylum claim. they want to do that in six months or less, if it s not a valid claim, they say they will accelerate the deportation of that person. finally, and crucially, allows its proposed for solidarity measure. this is a way for countries in the eu to financially support or even to help with an influx of migrants by acc
and a half hours. border force staff at several ports, including calais, are on the second day of a 4 day strike about pay. you re watching bbc news. now, its time for sportsday england s women edge a tough match against india. on theirjourney to securing a spot in the semi finals of the t20 world cup. stuart broad s on fire for england in new zealand, as they look set to clinch the first test match. and arsenal are back on top after a thiller at aston villa with two late goal. also coming up in the programme. the ownership race hots up for manchester united. sirjim ratcliffe s officially in the running, along with a bid from qatar. and a moment to remember for st helens with a famous victory in australia, to claim rugby league s world club challenge. hello there, and welcome along to the programme. a busy day of football on the way. but we start with cricket first and it was billed as a crucial group encounter, between england and india at the women s t20 world cup. an
a deadly restaurant fire in madrid. two people have died and at least ten others are injured. you re watching bbc news. now its time for sportsday with chetan pathak hello and welcome to sportsday i m chetan pathak coming up on tonight s programme: a huge win for leicester in their fight for premier league survival they re out of the bottom three down but not out chelsea are narrowly beaten by barcelona in the first leg of their champions league semi final eight tries for england who thrash ireland to stay on course for a grand slam in the women s six nations also coming up on sportsday tonight. into the quarter the finals of the world snooker championship the rocket ronnie o sullivan blasts his way past hossein vafei welcome along this saturday night, thank you forjoining us. we start with the fight for survival in the premier league more on a huge win for leicester to come but the day started with a missed opportunity for leeds. they could have pulled clear o