of high pressure will be nosing its way in from the west. now, some big areas of cloud moving around the highs. so it s not going to be completely sunny, but it will be largely dry. and, actually, across northern areas, particularly parts of scotland, it is going to turn very warm indeed, with temperatures by sunday of 22 or 23 degrees. hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. a full blown freak out at democratic party headquarters according to politico asjoe biden continues to struggle in the polls. welcome back. right now, president zelensky is on a whirlwind european tour, trying to secure crucial military aid for ukraine. and he needs it quickly. russian forces are making considerable progress towards the eastern ukrainian city of kharkiv. and with air defences running low, ukraine s second largest city is all but defenceless against the air attacks. those still there, soldiers and civilians alike, are sitting ducks. on the latest leg
hello and thanks forjoining us on sportsday. we start with football. france s star studded squad have arrived at their euro 2024 headquarters in germany and they ve got straight down to training. fronted by kylian mbappe, france are many people s favourites to win the tournament. they re second in the world rankings, behind only argentina, who they lost to on penalties in the world cup final two years ago. they begin their campaign against austria on monday. borussia dortmund captain emre can has been given a late call up to the germany squad. the former liverpool man replaces bayern munich s aleksander pavlovic who was forced to pull out with tonsilitis. pavlovic is just 20, and he only made his international debut just over a week ago, but he was named injulian nagelsmann s squad for the tournament. the hosts kick off their campaign on friday against scotland, who are now well settled into their base in the bavarian ski resort of garmisch partenkirchen. midfielder billy g
joining us on sportsday. we start with football. france s star studded squad have arrived at their euro 2024 headquarters in germany and they ve got straight down to training. fronted by kylian mbappe, france are many people s favourites to win the tournament. they re second in the world rankings, behind only argentina, who they lost to on penalties in the world cup final two years ago. they begin their campaign against austria on monday. borussia dortmund captain emre can has been given a late call up to the germany squad. the former liverpool man replaces bayern munich s aleksander pavlovic who was forced to pull out with tonsilitis. pavlovic is just 20, and he only made his international debut just over a week ago, but he was named injulian nagelsmann s squad for the tournament. the hosts kick off their campaign on friday against scotland, who are now well settled into their base in the bavarian ski resort of garmisch partenkirchen. midfielder billy gilmour says the exci
i m in rome for the final night of the european athletics championships with keely hodgkinson and the relay teams with keely hodgkinson and the relay teams will hope to deliver our gold. and world number one scottie scheffler makes golf look easy but how will he fare in what s always billed as the toughest major of the year, the us open. hello and welcome along to sportsday. euro 2024 is inching ever closer, the hours ticking away until scotland get the tournament under way on friday against hosts germany we ll hear shortly from midfielder billy gilmour who was talking today about his desire to deliver for scotland fans, while england youngster adam wharton told press today that his call up to the national team was surreal . gareth southgate s side had open training today ahead of their opener on sunday against serbia jon stones was the only one who missed that due to illness. we ll get more from our correspondent andy swiss who is following england shortly, but firs
charged with trying to murder a baby eight years ago in chester. a warning that more mosquitoes in parts of europe mean a rise in cases of dengue fever and other diseases. and the little girl who saved her mother s life, marching to school to get help in her princess dress and wellies. and coming up on bbc news. manchester united are going to stick with manager erik ten hag despite their disappointing league season, that is after a post season review by the club s board. hello and welcome to the bbc news at one. the prime minister says he has absolutely not lost hope of winning the general election. it comes after his defence secretary grant shapps suggested labour could win a landslide victory. he urged voters not to give labour what he caled a supermajority in parliament. mr shapps said no party should have a blank cheque in power. here s our political correspondentjess parker. from a rainsoa ked from a rainsoaked election kick off to handing some dj duties to his foreign s