oil prices have risen before today s meeting of the cartel of oil producing nations, as ministers prepare to set targets for the summer, a time of what will be rising demand across europe and the us. this is their first meeting since the eu imposed sanctions on russian crude. the group is under pressure to exclude russia, the world s third largest oil producer, from future producton quotas. it would be a move that could pave the way for saudi arabia and the uae to pump more oil. here s our middle east business correspondent, sameer hashmi. opec plus is opec plus is expected opec plus is expected to opec plus is expected to stick opec plus is expected to stick to its current policy of making a modest increase in production which translates to a little over 400,000 barrels of oil per day. this is in line with the opec plus agreement that was signed between the members in 2021. but the question that will be on the table and under the spotlight is what will opec plus do after sep
from buckingham palace, where thejubilee celebrations are continuing in to the evening here in london. the illustrator sir quentin blake, broadcaster clare balding and actor damian lewis are among more than 1,000 people recognised in the queen s birthday honours list. in other news, johnny depp s seen in a newcastle pub last night while in the us his legal team celebrated his defamation win but domestic abuse campaigners worry about the message it sends. 70 aircraft have flown over buckingham palace to celebrate the queen s platinum jubilee. the fly past began with several royal navy helicopters followed by modern and historic planes including a spitfire, hurricane, lancaster and voyager. a special formation of 15 typhoons then formed the number 70 in honour of the queen s reign. but in the past hour buckingham palace has announced that prince andrew the duke of york has tested positive for covid and will no longer attend tomorrow s service of thanksgiving. let s
only played six games for england. in a statement, sale said a summer of rest and a full preseason is the best course of action . golf s us women s open is under way in north carolina. australian minjee lee, who won the first major of the year, the evian championship, has made a good start. she has just finished her round she hasjust finished her round on four under. this long range putt one of her seven birdies today. she sits one off the lead, alongside swede anna nordqvist, winner of last year s women s british open at carnoustie. this was one of her five birdies on the back nine. but it s another swede on top of the leaderboard, amateur ingrid lindblad s six birdies seeing her set the early pace in north carolina. here s the current leaderboard. england s georgia hall tees off soon, as does charley hull. scotland s gemma dryburgh finished on two over for the day. you can follow it all with the leaderboard live on the bbc sport website and the app. that is where you ll fi
Paris Saint Germain including Kylian Mbappe were simply blown away by newcastle who led 2 0 by half time thanks to goals by Miguel Almiron and dan burn. Sean longstaff, born and raised here in north east england, made it three. Psg pulled one back, before fabian schar s screamer rounded off a famous 4 1 win. It was loud, raucous, everything you would expect from a european night in newcastle. And with the likes of ac milan and Borussia Dortmund to travel here to stjames park, you suspect they wont be in a rush to hurry. And this was the scene in the newcastle Dressing Room after that win the club putting the picture out on social media. While the players of course have a game to prepare for at the weekend, i think its fair to say there might be a few sore heads amongst the fans in the morning. Elsewhere, theres was late heartbreak for celtic as they lost 2 1 to lazio, the winner coming in the 95th minute. That makes it two defeats from two and leaves them bottom of group e. The holders