the world championship semifinals continue in sheffield. mark allen was maintaining his two frame lead over the four time champion mark selby. he was 5 3 overnight. let s go to the crucible for live pictures. they are just re racking because mark selby has pinched the frame back. mark allen now leads 6-5. the frame back. mark allen now leads 6 5. the scheme is quite a difficult watch and pretty cagey. mark selby has got the better of the second session. two years ago he won the last of his four titles. it s the first to 17. in the other semifinal sijiahui is well under first to 17. in the other semifinal si jiahui is well under way against luca brecel. the chinese debutant is 11-5 luca brecel. the chinese debutant is 11 5 up after two sessions. the belgian really lost his composure at the end of one of the frames after failing to get out of the snooker. he got a warning. he hasn t come close to the form that saw him stunned defending champion ronnie o sullivan in the quarters
in small boats would be banned from ever returning, under new plans by the british government. refugee charities say the proposals are unfair and unworkable. and we meet the team behind, the elephant whisperers the indian documentary hoping to win at sunday s oscars. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky says the country s military commanders want to continue defending the embattled eastern city of bakhmut. it follows reports from a us based think tank suggesting ukraine was probably withdrawing some of its forces from the city. russia is continuing it s all out assault to capture the eastern ukrainian city, while the city s deputy mayor has told the bbc that not a single building had remained untouched, and that the city is almost destroyed. our correspondent, james landale, sent this report from kyiv. after more than six months of fighting, much of bakhmut now lies in ruins, yet the fighting remains hard. street by street, house by house. for those few civilians who r
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cooler. showers across the northern part of the country this evening. to the south, cloud will increase with outbreaks of rain through the english channel, possibly reaching south wales by the morning. it will keep temperatures in double figures but elsewhere a fresher night. a dry and bright day for many on sunday. southern counties of england and wales, the chance of some cloud and outbreaks of rain. not sure how quickly that will clear, but it will be crucial for the london marathon. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. ukraine s president responds to russia s annexation of four of its regions by making a fast track bid to join nato and says his country will continue to defend all of its territory. millions of people in the uk begin paying more for gas and electricity as the new energy price cap comes into force. large parts of britain s train network grind to a complete halt with only around one in ten services running, as 50,000 workers stage a walkout in the biggest