now the sport with chetan pathak. the premier league title will be decided today. if manchester city beat aston villa they are guaranteed to be champions. if they slip up and liverpool beat wolves, the title would be heading to anfield. at the bottom and the table either burnley or leeds will be relegated. patrick gearey reports. it has come to this. up and down the country at the top and bottom it is all stacked on the final match. don t blink now. manchester city and liverpool have been racing above the clouds. for weeks city have sat nearest the sun. they will win the title if they beat aston villa and their manager will want to keep it that simple. just don t give up and do exactly what you have done the last month, with all the games we have played at home and away and go for it. after if we are going to win, it isjust a game. but the season finale reintroduces an old character. steven gerrard forever a liverpool legend, now villa manager. as a player he couldn t win the
the russian armed forces are now intensifying attacks in the eastern dom bess region of ukraine. they ve made advances after heavy bombardment of ukrainian positions at donbas region. there are now concerns they could turn their attentions to another country, moldova, which used to be part of the soviet union. it is not a member of nato so it is not protected from russian aggression. it lies between romania and ukraine and within it is the russian backed separatist region of transnistria. one month ago there was a series of explosions in the area raising concerns the war could widen. today the british foreign secretary liz truss made clear there is a serious threat which she says russia trying to restore what is described as greater russia. in another move indicating how far russia will go in destabilising countries, it has now been revealed that moscow has cut gas supplies to finland, the country at one of several now hoping to join nato. meanwhile president biden current
it was applying to join nato. meanwhile, in ukraine, russia intensifies its attacks in the donbas region as its forces capture more territory in the south and east. pharmacists have been given temporary power to make swaps to women s hormone replacement therapy prescriptions, amid ongoing shortages. and rangers face heart of midlothian in the scottish cup final this afternoon, looking to put behind them the disappointment of their europa league heartbreak on wednesday. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. opposition parties are demanding that the prime minister explains a meeting with the senior civil servant sue gray over her report into parties held in downing street during lockdown. it s emerged the pair met several weeks ago but there are conflicting accounts of what was discussed. our political correspondent jonathan blake is here what can you tell us about this meeting? we know the prime minister and sue gray met and i am tempted to say thatis gray met and i am t
minister. i have always believed in australians and their minister. i have always believed in australians and theirjudgment - minister. i have always believed in | australians and theirjudgment and i ve always been prepared to accept their verdicts. we ll have the latest on what this means for australia and for the world. also this hour. here, opposition parties demand an explaination from borisjohnson, after he met with the senior civil servant, sue gray, ahead of the publication of her report into lockdown parties at downing street. pharmacists have been given temporary power to make swaps to women s hormone replacement therapy prescriptions, amid ongoing shortages. and could this be the first of record breaking heatwaves across europe? hello and welcome to bbc news. australia s general election has been won by the labor party. votes are stil being counted but labor does appear to have fallen short of an overall majority so it s unclear whether the party s leader, anth
Show. We will speak to israels and palestinians and spokesperson for its monday, the 9th of october. Yes, good morning kay. Fighting between hamas and Israeli Forces continues outside gaza this morning. Israel says they thought they would be in a better place. Lighting up the night sky, israel launches fresh airstrikes on gaza overnight, in an exchange of fire, than 400 palestinians have been killed so far. Sky news reports from the heart of the israeli destruction, with up to 700 killed in hamas attacked, and 260 bodies recovered from a Music Festival. The sound of the iron dome, the Israeli Defense system. Hostage fear, as we report on the fate of those missing in israel, and feared captured by hamas fighters. Thanks, mark. Also coming up on the program for you all smiles and liverpool, as the Shadow Chancellor prepares to reveal her plans for the uk economy at the Labour Party Conference. We will speak to her live. Whitehall walk out. Cleaners, Security Guards and support staff at t