sport, and a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. well, over to you. well, overto you. hello well, over to you. hello again, matthew. there are 100 days to go until the 2023 fifa women s world cup gets under way in australia and new zealand, and organisers say they re on course to sell a record 1.5 million tickets. co hosts australia are in action in a friendly against the european champions, england. kick off in brentford is just a few hours away. our reporterjo currie is there. jo, the countdown to the tournament is on. absolutely, it is now three and a half they will be a host of stars on display tonight notjust they will be a host of stars on display tonight not just with the but a large number of those players also playing the football here in england also playing the football here in enaulan . also playing the football here in en [an a ., ., also playing the football here in en. ian. ., ., , , also playing the football here in eni [ani ., ., , , ., england and th
Hello, im matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. We start this hour in ukraine because president zelensky says, a fierce battle is under way in the kharkiv region, after russia launched a surprise attack. Small groups of troops with armoured vehicles pushed through the front line military sources say they advanced a kilometre, before being pushed back there are reports of sustained russian shelling. Ukraines Defence Ministry says, reinforcements have been sent to the region. Heres president zelensky. Russia started a new wave of Offensive Actions in the kharkiv region. Ukrainianforces Offensive Actions in the kharkiv region. Ukrainian forces met them there with brigades and artillery fire. It is important to understand that they can increase and bring more forces in this direction. It is a fact. Lets get the latest from our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse. This appears to have taken ukraine by surpri
Trophies this season but theyve decided to mark the one theyve already claimed in a unique way. The german club have offered its fans free tattoos to celebrate their first bundesliga title, as well as the new european Football Record of 49 matches unbeaten in all competitions. That was sealed on thursday as leverkusen reached the final of the Europa League with an Aggregate Win over roma. Their achievements this season under manager xabi alonso have gone some distance beyond expectations, and they could win whats being called the invicible treble if they pick up the Europa League in the final against atalanta, and then the german cup without losing again this season. I think it alonso has a clear idea of the football he wants his team to play in terms of possession and how to structure a build up plays, all these things. They are of course may be drawn on a tactics board, but they have also been talk to these players quite well. I think shabby alonso is kind of the leading hand in this
i mean, vaping is a very good way for smokers to quit, we know that if you give pregnant smokers shopping vouchers that will encourage them to quit and increase their success rate too, but we are talking about a pittance, you know, tens of millions compared to the hundreds of millions that are needed to end smoking. whilst giving out vapes to adults, the government is also cracking down on vape sales to under 18s, earmarking £3 million to tackle this. the new vaping policy is expected to be rolled out over a two year period. aruna iyengar, bbc news. we are back in belfast a moment, first let s catch up with the weather. hello there. we ve got some very windy weather on the way tonight and into wednesday. an area of low pressure is developing along the atlantic jet stream. this is causing the pressure to drop explosively. drops of pressure by over 30 millibars in the space of 2a hours, well, these areas of low pressure are sometimes referred to as weather bombs . it will certainly be