start with fooball on another big night of european action, with the semi finals of both the europa league and the europa conference league underway. in turin, juventus left it very, very late to snatch a draw at home to four time europa league champions sevilla. the spanish side had led through youssef en nesyri in the first half, but they couldn t hang on for victory federico gatti withjuve s equaliser in the 7th minute of stoppage time. in the night s other semifinal, roma have the advantage, after beating bayer leverkusen 1 0. edoardo bove with the only goal midway through the second half forjose mourinho s side. the second leg for both ties, are next thursday. in the europa conference league, it was a night of fightbacks. fc basel scored a stoppage time winner to come from behind to beat fiorentina 2 1 in italy. whilst west ham scored two second half goals to see off az alkmaar meaning they can head to the netherlands next week in confident style. our reporterjoe wil
aimed at improving relations. and another colourful night at the eurovision song contest as the last ten acts head into the grand final. hello. i m victoria valentine. let s start with breaking news, and a controversial immigration policy in the us has just expired, and officials are warning about a potential surge in migrants at the border. this is the us mexico border. officials have said that when title 42 is no longer in effect, tens of thousands of people could try to cross over. let s remind ourselves what the policy is. the temporary law introduced by donald trump, known as title 42, meant illegal migrants could be removed quickly, and it expired at midnight washington time. the policy made it easier for the us to send people back to mexico using the coronavirus pandemic as justification. the winding down of covid measures means the policy no longer has any public health justification, and it prompted officials to announce it would end on may 11, the same day as the of
the economy is coping with the cost of living crisis when we get first quarter gdp figures in just over an hour s time. it s expected to have continued growing by 0.2% in the first three months of the year. hardly booming, but a far cry from the record breaking recession that the bank of england was predicting six months ago. on thursday, the bank announced a major rethink of its forecasts, saying the uk will now avoid going into recession. but it warned that the battle to get soaring prices under control is taking much longer than expected. the bank also raised its main interest rate again by 0.25%, to 4.5%. that s the 12th rate rise in a row, and it puts the cost of borrowing here in the uk at a 15 year high. the bank is trying to take spending power out of the economy to stop prices rising so fast. inflation is currently running at over 10% a year. that s the highest rate in a0 years, and five times the bank s target of 2%. our economics editor faisal islam reports. red gr
the us mexico border. officials have said that when title 42 is no longer in effect, tens of thousands of people could try to cross over. let s look at what the policy is. the temporary law title 42 was introduced by donald trump and meant illegal migrants could be removed quickly and it expires overnight tonight. the policy made it easier for the us to send people back to mexico using the coronavirus pandemic as justification. the winding down of covid measures means the policy no longer has any public health justification, prompting officials to announce it would end on may 11th, the same day as the official us public health emergency. and when it ends in a few hours from now, the us will return to a policy where migrants are screened to determine if they are eligible for asylum and quickly deported if they do not qualify. earlier, us homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas had this warning for those who are not eligible to seek asylum. our borders are not open. pe