Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also in the programme, the number of gamblers complaining about british betting firms has risen by 5,000 in 5 years last year, punters lost a record £14. 5 billion. What do you think . Is gambling too easy . Should betting companies do more to keep players safe . Get in touch just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Hong kong is cleaning up again after a tenth weekend of unrest as the terrotory witnesses further clashes between pro democracy protesters and riot police, in hong kong. Tear gas was fired after petrol bombs exploded near the main police headquarters. The police are due to give their daily News Conference in about four hours from now but the cheif executive carrie lam has already said the unrest has caused more damage than the 2008 financial crisis. From hong kong, heres jonathan head. This is how it starts every weekend now in hong kong. Theyve turned improvising barricades into an art form. They work wi
This is another morale boost for labour, more woe for the conservatives. Chris mason has our top story. Natalie elphicke, shoulder to shoulder with the Prime Minister when rishi sunak invited reporters to dover last summer to talk about stopping the boats. Less than a year later, she has stopped being a Conservative Mp. Look at the leader shes appearing with now. I must admit, when i got up this morning i didnt expect to hear this today. Natalie elphicke, the labour member of parliament for dover and deal. I think she speaks for very many tory voters in saying that the tory party has changed, it has left the centre ground. But equally the labour party has changed and we are very clearly the party of the national interest. Really good day. It has been a great day. Cue the mildly awkward first date with the cameras in tow vibes ahead of her criticism of their Prime Minister. He is not stopping the boats and he is letting the country down. Meanwhile, under labour, they are clear that it i
In ten days defects. So why some labour long faces . Just as rishi sunak tries to gee up his mps, another one bites the dust, and heads for the Labour Benches citing housing and immigration. Tory mp neil obrien will be here to tell us the big problem is legal migration. Our other guests might not agree. Also tonight. Inside the afd. We investigate if germanys far right alternative for Deutschland Party have a neo nazi problem. You could call me a nazi as well, because i want to defend my own country. I dont know whats wrong with it. But you mean youre comfortable with that . Im comfortable with the programme we are fighting for, yes. As the Home Secretary expels the Russian Defence attache, and the National Crime agency exposes an alleged top russian ransomware boss, just how cold is the new cold war going to get . The nca is here, along with our former Defence Attache to russia. Good evening. Today rishi sunak tried to press the reset button after last weeks local election rout with a
In dealing with the pressure, goal scoring and movements and assisting and dealing with the pressure, he brought everything to the table that we could possibly hope for. Britains Geraint Thomas remains second overall after stage five of the giro diitalia. It ended in a Sprint Finish in luca in tuscany with frenchman Benjamin Tomma claiming the First Grand Tour stage win of his career. It was also the first victory of the year for his cofidis team. Thomas finished in the main group alongside overall leader taday pog archer and remains 46 seconds behind the slovenian. Rafa nadal insists hes excited to be playing in a tournament that hes won 10 times before, even if hes going into the italian open ranked 305 in the world, hes Playing Zizou Bergs in the first round in rome later in another stop of whats expected to be his final year on tour before retiring. My my feelings are better, in terms of tennis, why not . I am here to try my best and tomorrow it is going to start and all the matche
Now, all the latest sport. Hello from the bbc sport centre. Borussia dortmund await either a german rival or a team on a Historical Mission in the Champions League final. Itll be bayern munich, who dortmund lost to the last time they reached the final, or real madrid. With the score 2 2 heading into their second leg later at the bernabeu, whoever wins will no doubt be the favourite at wembley in june, with real attempting to win a record extending 15th european cup, having not been at their best in the first game in munich, according to their manager, carlo ancelotti. They got the draw thanks to two goals from viniciusjunior, who is very much on the bayern bosss mind. You can still hurt any team in the world and i think a big part of it is accepting it. That not everything, it is possible that not everything, it is possible that not everything will be perfect for us tomorrow but its still possible to overcome, its still possible to overcome, its still possible to overcome difficulties,