how a genetic test could reduce the chances of people having a recurring stroke. west ham have done it they beat az alkmaar, to celebrate reaching their first major european final since 1976. and whilst it s a fine friday for many, in parts of england and wales they could be some thundery showers later. your full forecast coming up. good morning. it s friday, the 19th of may. our main story. it s friday, the 19th of may. the uk has announced a new raft of sanctions against russia, which will include a ban on importing diamonds, copper, aluminium and nickel. prime minister rishi sunak, who is injapan for the g7 summit of world leaders, said vladimir putin must be shown that his violence and coercion towards ukraine do not reap rewards. our political editor chris mason sent this report from the japanese city of hiroshima. a tranquil if rather damp setting for our interview with the prime minister, a traditional japanese tea house, carp in the pond outside. world leaders have
a legal demand to share all the material taken over several hours in new york city on tuesday night. 0ur north america correspondent nomia iqbal s report contains flashing images. there are reports being published by a very popular celebrity gossip site called tmz, which claims there is a legal battle brewing between the duke and duchess of sussex and backgrid agency. so, this is a photo agency based in la. some of their photographers were at the event on tuesday night, taking pictures of the couple. some of them are being investigated for their conduct, but the agency has dismissed the allegations made by the sussexes that there was some sort of dangerous chase. now, according to tmz, harry and megan s lawyers are demanding that backgrid agency hands over all the footage of the so called chase. and the lawyers for the agency have reportedly responded in a very robust way, refusing to meet those demands.
of sussex during what the couple said was a dangerous car chase has refused to hand over the images to them. the agency called backgrid said it had rejected a legal demand to share all the material taken over several hours in new york city on tuesday night. 0ur north america correspondent nomia iqbal s report contains flashing images. there are reports being published by a very popular celebrity gossip site called tmz, which claims there is a legal battle brewing between the duke and duchess of sussex and backgrid agency. so, this is a photo agency based in la. some of their photographers were at the event on tuesday night, taking pictures of the couple. some of them are being investigated for their conduct, but the agency has dismissed the allegations made by the sussexes that there was some sort of dangerous chase. now, according to tmz, harry and megan s lawyers are demanding that backgrid agency hands over all the footage
ijust want to read to you some of the portions of the letter they have apparently sent to the royal couple. it reads, in america, as you know, property belongs to the owner of it. third parties cannotjust demand it be given to them, as perhaps kings can do. it is a pretty tough statement that s been released by them. we did contact backgrid agency to find out if any of this reporting from tmz was true. backgrid agency has confirmed to us that they did exchange letters with the royal couple, and that reports of the letter are factually true. the rmt union has announced another strike for rail workers on friday, the 2nd ofjune the third walkout to affect trains over the half term break. the government accused union bosses of going out of their way to disrupt travel to major events, including the fa cup final and epsom derby. 0ur transport correspondent katy austin has this report. it s coming up to a year since the first of what has