prosecutions will start. manchester united and england footballer mason greenwood is charged with attempted rape, engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour and assault. now, on bbc news, it is time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, i m hugh ferris. our headlines. time to revisit pre tournament expectations? england run riot in the opening game of the rugby league world cup. we know what we can do and we can still improve on that performance. no doubt about it in my mind. not quite the rout this time but england are living up to their favourites tag. it s two out of two in the women s rugby union world cup. and boos for brendan rodgers and leicester. but at least they re not bottom of the league any more. also coming up in the programme. a tumble takes away britain s madison medal chances on day four of the track cycling world championships in paris. hello again, welcome to sportsday. england would have hoped to win the opening game of the rugby league world
in northern turkey, at least 41 coal miners have been killed in an underground explosion. president erdogan promises an investigation during a visit of the scene. translation: of course we will find out how this explosion happened, i and if there are any people responsible for it with the prosecutions, which have already started. the husband and wife team behind one of the most successful covid vaccines believe the same technology could help transform cancer treatment. there s been more unrest in iran, including at the evin prison in tehran, which houses hundreds of political prisoners and dozens of dual nationals. iranian state media says a fire broke out in the jail after clashes, but that it s now under control and eight people were reportly injured. it follows another day of anti government protests in several cities. demonstrations began last month in response to the death in custody of a young woman detained for allegedly not wearing her hijab correctly. duncan kennedy
president erdogan promises an investigation. translation: of course we will find out how- this explosion happened, and if there are any people responsible for it with the prosecutions, which have already started. and the husband and wife team behind one of the most successful covid vaccines believe the same technology could help transform cancer treatment. there s been more unrest in iran, including at evin prison in tehran, which houses hundreds of political prisoners and dozens of dual nationals. iranian state media says a fire broke out in the jail after clashes, but that it s now under control. 8 people were reportedly injured. it follows another day of anti government protests in several cities. demonstrations began last month in response to the death in custody of a young woman detained for allegedly not wearing her hijab correctly. the bbc s, duncan kennedy reports. this is ardabil, north west of tehran, where protesters have started using rocks to take on the authorit
newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington, and we begin this hour with a developing situation in russia near the ukrainian border. the russian defense ministry says 11 people are dead and another 15 are injured after two men or two gunmen, i should say, opened fire on russian military recruits during a training session. russia says the two men were from former soviet states that russian state news agency is reporting the incident occurred during a shooting training session with volunteers preparing for a special operation when the unit was attacked with small arms fire. details are still coming in to cnn at this hour. we ll update you as we get more of that information as it s coming in, but we ll bring that to you just as soon as that story develops. in the meantime, the shooting happened as the violence inside ukraine is once against escalating violently. in just the past week, russia launched hundreds of missile strikes, including yesterday and today in zaporizhzhia. they
and i want the fierce battles in ukraine is taking place in a small town which appears to have significant for russian forces decadent at the upper hand right now. as it s happening, it ll countries appear to be sending any weapons to ukraine. the kremlin shuffles the top commanders of the war. cnn s ben wedeman joins us with the latest on the ground in the battle for the town of ben, what is going on? yeah, anderson, this battle instantly dark has been going on for months, but it has intensified in the last few weeks. at this point, it s not at all clear how much longer the ukrainian defenders can resist unrelenting russian onslaught. medics loot a wounded soldier onto an ambulance, another casualty from the embattled town of soledar. one day, 2025 it varies depending on the number of casualties on the frontlines. russian forces mostly troops from the wagner group, a private military company, claimed to have control of the entire soledar territory. the battle