through three different managers. thomas tuchel left in september, and graham potter came in and signed a five year deal he lasted six months. frank lampard then took temporary charge, but in nine league games, he won just one. chelsea finished 12th. all this for a club who got a new owner last year. todd boehly has now spent half a billion on players and wants a coach to bring results. what will the minimum expectation be for him in this first season at chelsea? the owners have not paid 2.5 billion and promised more to finish fourth. they want the title. i think with his style and the way that can have that man management, it s a perfect fit for the club. since he left tottenham, pochettino has managed at paris saint germain, where he lead their superstars to three trophies. at his new club, he has preseason to prepare, and to make sure chelsea s next year is not like the last one. joe lynskey, bbc news. let s stay with this the former chelsea winger pat nevin thinks poc
our diplomatic correspondent, james landale is in kyiv. today s strikes were unusual for two reasons one, because they came in the daylight, and secondly, because they appeared to be targeted here at the centre of the city. until now, most of the air strikes came at night and they were targeted at the outskirts, at national infrastructure and some of the air defences itself. so the authorities said they managed to shoot down 11 ballistic and cruise missiles. of course, that meant that there was a lot of debris that came from the skies, landing on the ground, damaging some buildings. but miraculously, there were reports ofjust a few injuries. so what we re seeing is an uptick in tempo of this conflict. russia is putting more pressure on the capital here in kyiv, but it s also striking military targets elsewhere. ukraine admitted rarely that one of their military facilities in the west of the country had been targeted, an oil depot set on fire, some aircraft damage. at th
we begin a warning from president biden that sanctions may be imposed on uganda after new anti homosexuality legislation was signed into law by president yoweri musveeni. in a statement, joe biden said. in the uk, the government also condemned the new law, saying. homosexual acts were already illegal in uganda, but now anyone convicted of having gay sex faces life imprisonment. our north america correspondent david willis told me more about what president biden had to say on the new law. the reaction from the white house has been very stern indeed, a five paragraph statement release condemning the passage of this law in uganda and warning of possible sanctions, warning as well of a possible barring of ugandan officials involved in implementing these sort of laws from accessing the united states of america. there is a particular concern here, and that is also been expressed by the us state department in a separate statement, about the impact of this law could have on advances
we meet the south african woman who used her own experiences of period poverty to help empower girls in hundreds of schools by delivering free pads. hello, i m nancy kacungira. turks have gone back to the polls for the second round of the turkish presidential election with voting now under way in a presidential election run off between the long time authoritarian leader, recep tayyip erdogan and his main rival, the secular opposition leader, kemal kilicdaroglu. in the first round earlier this month, president erdogan won 49.5% of the vote just over 4% more than his rival. both candidates are chasing support from nationalist voters these are the live pictures from istanbul turkey s biggest city, where reports say there s been brisk voting. people displaced by february s earthquake have been taken back home by bus to cast ballots. turnout among voters in the diaspora appears to have grown since the first round. earlier we spoke to our middle east correspondent anna foster w
its worst season in 29 years one where they lurched through three different managers. thomas tuchel left in september, and graham potter came in and signed a five year deal he lasted six months. frank lampard then took temporary charge, but in nine league games, he won just one. chelsea finished 12th. all this for a club who got a new owner last year. todd boehly has now spent half a billion on players and wants a coach to bring results. what will the minimum expectation be for him in this first season at chelsea? the owners have not paid 2.5 billion and promised 2 billion more to finish fourth. they want the title. i think with his style and the way that can have that man management, it s a perfect fit for the club. since he left tottenham, pochettino has managed at paris saint germain, where he led their superstars to three trophies. at his new club, he has preseason to prepare, and to make sure chelsea s next year is not like the last one. joe lynskey, bbc news. let s