and i am at the cheltenham festival, looking ahead to the highlight of the week here, the gold cup. and coming up on the bbc news channel, crystal palace are looking for a new manager after sacking patrick vieira. he leaves after a run of 12 games without a win. good afternoon. a major review of the metropolitan police is expected to heavily criticise the force for racist, sexist and homophobic behaviour. baroness casey was appointed to examine the met s standards and internal culture after the murder of sarah everard by wayne couzens, a serving policeman. the bbc has been told the review published next week will be extremely bad for britain s biggest police force. our special correspondent, lucy manning, has been talking to former partners of police officers who say the met fails to deal with abusive officers in its ranks. sirens. they used to be in uniform, until they were convicted. since wayne couzens was arrested, more met police officers have been sentenced, many
flying over 1000 hours since the earthquake struck. they say they will continue to keep going as long as aid is needed. china fails to condemn russia s invasion of ukraine, causing tensions at a meeting of the 620 major economies. and over 2,000 people take part in copenhagen s annual light run as the city celebrates being designated this year s unesco world capital of architecture. hello and welcome to bbc news. votes are being counted in nigeria s most competitive presidential election in decades. the process has been largely peaceful, but there were some reports of violence in lagos earlier. the contest is a tight race between three frontrunners, as mayenijones reports. frustration and anger. many nigerians want to take part in this election but have been disappointed by the lack of organisation. gang violence and threats by militant islamists have made voting difficult in some regions. and in this polling station on the mainland of lagos, electoral officials never even
against rivals manchester united. good morning. as we go through this week it good morning. as we go through this week it will good morning. as we go through this week it will turn much colder with some week it will turn much colder with some of week it will turn much colder with some of us week it will turn much colder with some of us seeing snow. today we had snow across some of us seeing snow. today we had snow across parts of the north and north-east snow across parts of the north and north east of scotland. as we can further north east of scotland. as we can further sound cloudy with limited sunshine further sound cloudy with limited sunshine and still relatively mild. the cold sunshine and still relatively mild. the cold air will feed into night and through the rest of the week. all the and through the rest of the week. all the details later on in the programme. it s monday, the 6th of march. our main story. asylum seekers who cross the channel in small