punjabi singer, just a day after his security cover was reduced, sparks anger in india. and as stonehenge is lit with pictures of queen elizabeth for her jubilee, we look at the image of britishness the queen projects around the world. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. we start with some breaking news and more sanctions against russia. in the last hour, the european union has agreed to ban more than two thirds of russian oil imports. eu council president charles michel said this would cut a huge source of financing for moscow s war machine. in a tweet. the decisions came after a summit in brussels, where hungary heavily dependent on russian oil resisted a full oil embargo. for more on this story, i mjoined now by our reporter mark lobel. just talk us through this at this point. it s not a full band, how significant is it? that s right, this is the news in the last hour from brussels. as you had sedate heads of states are putting over a
the country remains divided in terms of its willingness to stay the course on mask wearing and social distancing for the final month before the vaccine has been distributed. president biden is expected to preview what a return to normal will look like here. he ll also address the grief of a nation consumed for one whole year. the anniversary marks the day for many americans, the grim reality, from the washington post, quote for most people march 11th was when the crisis first became real. it was the day of a high-profile diagnosis, and official decidingation of pandemic. schools closed, streets emptied and commuters stayed home. we didn t know it then, but the virus had already infected thousands. over the next 12 months, leaders bungled opportunities to quell its spread. case levels rose, fell, rose again. hope endured and more than 525,000 people lost their lives. dr. anthony fauci, who has become a household name, first for his beleaguered attempts, acknowledged today
Consumer and actually say, to cricket fans, we have the ability to make that proportion of cricket fans that care about our sport much, much bigger than what it is now. We need to be more open, we need to be more representative, and we need to connect more with more people. This is how the new tournament may look. From 2020, there will be eight teams, as yet unnamed, based around regions instead of counties. Each will field a squad of 15 players, including three from overseas, and in a crowded schedule the competition will consist of 36 games over the 38 days, building towards a final. The counties, meanwhile, are preparing for the new season yorkshire taking on lancashire in a friendly this week in the warmth of dubai. These two clubs know theyll at least host matches of the new tournament at their grounds. Others, however, will miss out. I think they might be quite disappointed that theyve not got a franchise, say it is one of the smaller grounds, but on the other hand, i think ill b
Consumer and actually say, to cricket fans, we have the ability to make that proportion of cricket fans that care about our sport much, much bigger than what it is now. We need to be more open, we need to be more representative, and we need to connect more with more people. This is how the new tournament may look. From 2020, there will be eight teams, as yet unnamed, based around regions instead of counties. Each will field a squad of 15 players, including three from overseas, and in a crowded schedule the competition will consist of 36 games over the 38 days, building towards a final. The counties, meanwhile, are preparing for the new season yorkshire taking on lancashire in a friendly this week in the warmth of dubai. These two clubs know theyll at least host matches of the new tournament at their grounds. Others, however, will miss out. I think they might be quite disappointed that theyve not got a franchise, say it is one of the smaller grounds, but on the other hand, i think ill b
They really need public funding . However, uk sport will still support the athlete until tokyo 2020 through individual performance awards. But some people are still concerned about the effect it will have. We should be building on it and creating more opportunities, inspiring more people, getting ready for 2024 that is the long term plan. This will sway a lot of people. On court, the sport continues to grow and get more and more exposure on the world stage with players like Novak Djokovic being big supporters of the game. And the trophies, medals and silverware keep multiplying at least for this generation of british players. Thats all from sportsday. Coming up in a moment, the papers. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are the the deputy political editorfor the guardian, rowena mason, and christopher hope, the assistant editor and chief Political Correspondent at the daily telegraph. Good to see you both. Tomorrows front pa