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at the age of 80, mr biden is already the oldest holder of the office in history. we will have more reaction to that announcement. and described as the king of calypso the legendary singer and campaigner harry belafonte has died aged 96. sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. we start with snooker and ronnie 0 sullivan made his 100th appearance at the crucible this morning as he continues his bid for a record eighth title he s playing belgian luca brecel in the quarterfinals. it was brecel who took the first frame but 0 sullivan responded in style, taking six of the next seven frames to lead at the end of the first session. 0n the other table, mark allen has fought back from 3 1 down againstjakjones to pull the scores level it s four frames each at the interval. so let s cross live to the crucible now. a battle between two four time champions. they ve met at the crucible five times before this is a repeat of the
the coronation of king charles. stay with us for a sneak preview of how it looks. time now for a round up of all the latest sport. the world snooker championships semifinal continue in sheffield. mark selby has resumed his match against mark allen. let s take you live to the crucible. that is mark allen at the table. mark selby got himself in a pickle with the last shot. mark allen was 5 3 up after thursday s first session. the first frame of this session took an absolute age. mark allen pinching that in the end to go 6 3 up. it s the first to 17 at this stage. a lot of snooker still to be played in that semifinal. on the other semifinal, siege are we is well under way against luca brazil. he is 11-5 under way against luca brazil. he is 11 5 up in that one. the belgian lost his composure at the end of the ninth frame after failing to get out of the snooker. have a look at this. he was warned for that. he hasn t come close to the form that s done ronnie o sullivan. if that
the world championship semifinals continue in sheffield. mark allen was maintaining his two frame lead over the four time champion mark selby. he was 5 3 overnight. let s go to the crucible for live pictures. they are just re racking because mark selby has pinched the frame back. mark allen now leads 6-5. the frame back. mark allen now leads 6 5. the scheme is quite a difficult watch and pretty cagey. mark selby has got the better of the second session. two years ago he won the last of his four titles. it s the first to 17. in the other semifinal sijiahui is well under first to 17. in the other semifinal si jiahui is well under way against luca brecel. the chinese debutant is 11-5 luca brecel. the chinese debutant is 11 5 up after two sessions. the belgian really lost his composure at the end of one of the frames after failing to get out of the snooker. he got a warning. he hasn t come close to the form that saw him stunned defending champion ronnie o sullivan in the quarters
hello, and welcome to the programme. a major meeting of ukraine s allies has ended without agreement on whether to send more tanks to kyiv. representatives of around 50 countries gathered at the us airbase in ramstein, in germany, to discuss co ordinating military support. germany s new defence minister denied blocking the export of its leopard tanks, which kyiv has been pushing for, saying such a decision had to be carefully considered. ukraine says the tanks are needed to break the deadlock in the war. germany is under pressure to allow its leopard ii tanks, to be exported to ukraine, which isn t a member of nato. germany s new defence minister has said no decision has been made, adding that berlin would not stand in the way of exports if its allies acted together. the uk has commited to sending 1a challenger ii tanks to the front line. russia has warned that providing tanks would mark an extremely dangerous escalation. here s our europe correspondentjessica parker. this