In a moment, it will be time for sportsday, but first, a quick look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. At 7pm as donald trump arrives in florida to meet people affected by hurricane irma, the programme examines how close years to reaching an agreement about american citizens who have arrived in the country illegally. At 8pm, more on the Grenfell Tower public enquiry. We will be talking to the Housing Charity shelter about what their actions might be. And one of the worlds most elusive creatures, the beautiful snow leopard, is no longer considered endangered. I will speak to a big cat specialist about how successful conservation efforts have been. Do stay with us. Now, its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Im hugh ferris. Our headlines this evening. Essex set up a first county championship title in 25 years, but will have to wait until tomorrow at least to seal the trophy. Everton are in action in the Europa League theyre at italian side atalanta, late
Searching for migrants who are trying to reach europe. And commemorating armenia arrest armenia. And the dna that is altered in the embryo. We have more on sports news. Its back to barcelona. Bayern munich has had so much success. Dozens have aride in the sicilian bored of catania just in friday. Theyre diverting resources to stop people smugglers. This man prosecutors say he was at the helm of a boat that collided with a containership around sank off the libyan coast. 700 people died then. Now those numbers contributed to an april record for migrant deaths. More than 1300 are thought to have lost their lives while making the crossing. Barnaby phillips has more from catania. Is this the face of a trader in human misery . Thats what a court in catania must decide. He said he was only a passenger on the overcrowded boat that capsized with the loss of hundreds of lives. Other survivors say he was the boats captain. But even if guilty he would surely be only a small cog in the big business
The rhetoric that the clock is ticking and the reality of a strike is becoming a bigger concern as the time goes by. We are at day five before the contract expires. Okay . With the weekend coming up, you have a negotiator who goes on vacation at a critical moment in time. We have foregone vacation because they understand the seriousness of this situation. We are invested in bart. Unhappy Union Members throwing stone at bart management saying it is all their fault. Both sides are clearly far apart regarding the main issue. One thing the clear, there is bad blood and very little time to find Common Ground which is something bart riders hope happens soon. The good news is seiu says they have come to an agreement with management about smaller issues regarding work rules, however, the money issues remain unresolved. Until we make progress on the safety proposals the union has adds advanced, the district which has no response. And the economic proposal, we dont have good news to wort. Everyo
Pakistan stun the former champions the west indies, while england beat thailand to secure their first win of womens t20 world cup hello and welcome along to sport today. Right, its been a big night in european football, with two matches taking place in the last 16 Champions League. Lyon stunned the italian champions juventus, but well start with the two favourites for the trophy as Manchester City fought back from a goal down to beat ten man real madrid 2 1. Heres our football reporter Rob Schofield to run through all the details. A huge night for Manchester City. On the day that their appeal for this two year european ban from uefa was lodged. They have arguably the most famous night in europe. And it all
started terribly for them. Junior was in and scored his third of the season. Was in and scored his third of the season. Jesus peeled off the head in the back post and then the key part of the game, kevin scoring a crucial penalty and then it went from bad to worse for real madrid. Se
A new leader but is the likely winner interested in ending the feud with spains central government. And football hamburg has been relegated to the Second Division for the first time in their history after yet another season of drawing defeats fance fears have finally been realized. Gear in the bundesliga has talked here comes to a bitter end. And welcome to the program in iraq at least three people have reportedly been killed in a bomb attack the explosion happened just south of the oil rich city of kirkuk this comes just hours after polls closed in iraqs first parliamentary elections since the government declared victory over Islamic State militants Security Forces in the area say the blast is linked to the election. Iraqi voters cast their ballots amid tight security but turnout was lower than expected partly because Islamic State militants had threatened attacks at polling places because if you want cars in areas surrounding polling stations had kept some voters away but the only re