catholic worshippers have gathered in saint peter s square in rome as pope francis presided over easter sunday mass. the pontiff called for an end to conflicts in ukraine and syria, you re watching bbc news. now, it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. brooks koepka leads the way at the masters as the delayed final round gets under way at augusta. a thriller at anfield between liverpool and arsenal in the premier league, as the title race takes a twist. and a five star performance for crystal palace and roy hodgson they come from behind to hammer leeds at elland road. also coming up on sportsday: trailblazers in the face of calls for change, we meet the young riders making improving diversity in equestrianism their thing. there are writers that have fallen out of love with the sport, so by creating a community like this and having support systems, it will ensure that they continue progressing and inspiring the next generation. hello t
but there s one section that didn t receive as much attention as the rest . media luded detailess about how media organizations and big tech, including formerg employees of the department of justice, agreed to working iof n concert to protect joe biden against damaging storiesn again this all happened at the aspen institute in august of 2020, labeled a tabletop exercise on combating disinformation, it quickly morphed into smothering a perfectly legitimate story. now, due to new emails given to us by shellenberger, we know the effort was organized by vivian schiller, former npr president and former twitter global chair of news. and once we started pullingwc the thread of which journalists and social media employees were involved, we found other past association that should raise eyebrows. first is nathaniel leiker,ad o current head of cybersecurity policy at facebookcybers, formef the department of justice. and these two, andrew grado and janine zakharia, both fromfh sta
ten people have been killed and eight injured in an explosion at a petrol station in the republic of ireland police say it appears to have been a tragic accident . protests continue in iran and around the world as three people are killed in the country. now on bbc news it s political thinking with nick robinson. welcome to political thinking. one question haunts the chancellor, any chancellor of any political party. it is what will the iss say because the verdict of the institute for fiscal studies on whether the numbers add up, any budget and what these days we have to call fiscal events, can be devastating for a politician. it is what will the ifs say. that word is treated like the word of god, not least broadcasters like the bbc who have experts from the ifs on our programmes all the time. my guest this week is the director of the ifs, pauljohnson. welcome to the programme. if the ifs is the word of god that makes you god. how does that feel? , , ., that feel? very
the raid comes as a simmering conflict between israel and the lebanese armed group hezbollah risks turning into a wider regional war. the two sides have exchanged fire across the lebanon israel border in recent weeks. hezbollah says it is fighting israel to support hamas in gaza. un secretary general antonio guterres said there is real risk that the crisis on the israel lebanon border could escalate. one rash move, one miscalculation could trigger a catastrophe that goes far beyond the borders and, frankly, beyond imagination. let s be clear the people of the region and the people of the world cannot afford lebanon to become another gaza. on x, the head of the world health organization said more than 10,000 palestinians are in gaza need urgent medical attention. he added that since the closure of the rafah crossing on may 7, no patients have been evacuated from the gaza strip. the us military said on thursday that a temporary pier off the coast of gaza has been re anchored,