republican political party, sinn fein, is on track to become the largest party in local government that calls for the return of local rule in stormont. now on bbc news it s sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday this saturday night, i m chetan pathak. coming up the programme. all eyes on nottingham can forest beat arsenal to move closer to premier league survival, and send the title to manchester city. spurs are beaten by brentford and they re not the only team who s european hopes are dented on the penultimate weekend. can england s callum tarren keep his momentum? we ll be in new york as the leaders and the chasing pack prepare to tee off on day three of the pga championship also coming up on sportsday before 7. wigan show their warrior spirit coming from behind to knock leeds out of the challenge cup. and katie taylor prepares to make history on her homecoming night as big time boxing returns to ireland: i m just excited to be here, really excited to have a chance
Redistribute migrants across the eu. Mark lowen reports. One of europes Migration Choke Points is gasping. More than 8000 arriving in lampedusa in just three days this week, more than the whole population of the italian island. The Migrant Centre built to hold 400 was at ten times its capacity congested, chaotic, some trying any futile way to get free. Today, two new arrivals rather more planned. The italian Prime Minister, giorgio meloni, and the eu president , Ursula Von Der Leyen to see for themselves the turmoil at europes door. Italys leader is under pressure, elected with promises to curb migration. Numbers are now double the same period last year. Translation what is at stake here is the future, future that europe wants to set for itself. And it is very important to be able to tackle the huge, massive challenge challenges which lie ahead for us, especially in terms of illegal immigration. The eu president offered more help from the bloc s border force to crack the smugglers and
carlos is the new king on clay. alcaraz beats zverev for a first french open title. at the men s t20 world cup, india have it all to do against pakistan, and we ll get more on england s faltering campaign. a super scottish send off. next stop germany and euro 2024 forjohn mcginn and co. and i am at the european athletics championships in rome, where britain already have one gold medal, and there are hopes for more tonight. thanks forjoining us. we have been treated to an epic men s singles final at roland garros this afternoon, where after more than four hours and five sets of tennis, carlos alcaraz is the new french open champion. he beat alexander zverev to win a third grand slam title in a match that swung one way then the other then back again, as craig templeton reports. three names have loomed largest in men s tennis for decades. nadal, djokovic, federer. the first french open in final without any of them since 200a. for carlos alcaraz and alexander zverev, the time is
of the european parliament. to hear more, let s go to christian fraser, whojoins us live from brussels. this is the second biggest election in the after india? it does put it into some perspective. we will all be focusing on america in november, 240 million voters there. we are in the european parliament, above the hemicycle where the politicians normally sit. you can see behind me a huge screen where we will start to get the first exit polls. i told you that has been a shift to the right. we are starting to see that some of the first exit polls. let s concentrate on some that reflect that trend. germany, the cdu gaining six seats in these exit polls. but the hard right, the afd, finishing second with 17 seats. the spd of 0laf scholz finishing third on a record low i4%. the greens at nearly cut in half in germany. tears in the room next door, where the greens are having an election party of sorts. in the netherlands, gate of elders party had no seat in 2019, they gained seven
her saves keeping their 1 0 lead intact. that s all from sportsday. there were some parts of the uk that got to see saturday sunshine, especially in the north of scotland. some stunning scenes, this was a picture from argyll and bute. but this was the typical picture for many of us, in lancashire, clouds and outbreaks of rain. a lot of cloud on the earlier satellite picture and this weather system continues to journey eastwards overnight, some further wet weather for a time across parts of northern ireland, southern scotland, many areas of england and wales. the north of scotland will hold onto some clear skies, one or two showers and a bit chilly here once again overnight but further south, a mild night in prospect. we start sunday with this area of low pressure still very much in charge and along the line of this front here, that is where we will have the heaviest and most persistent rain. either side of that, more sunshine although with a scatter of showers. very wet indeed across p