hello and thanks for joining us, here s your latest sports news. so often the tennis clay court season is associated with rafa nadal dominating the headlines, but the spaniard was a notable absentee on monday as the monte carlo masters got underway. he s been ruled out with a hip injury and he s not the only one missing. world number two carlos alcaraz is also out because of injury, whilst world number 1a cameron norrie may have wished he hadn t bothered after a surprise first round defeat. jim lumsden rounds up the best of the action on day one. an upset a possibility when his surface broken by the number 33 for the first time of this and it looked like when francisco strolled through the first set, number 11 was always up against the momentum stayed against it as the momentum stayed with the argentinian who took the second set to wrap up victory in an hour and 12 minutes. next up is a meeting with belletini who made light work of the american, 22nd of the world, the italian
here s your latest sports news. so often the tennis clay court season is associated with rafa nadal dominating the headlines, but the spaniard was a notable absentee on monday as the monte carlo masters got underway. he s been ruled out with a hip injury and he s not the only one missing. world number two carlos alcaraz is also out because of injury; is also out because of injury, whilst world number 1a cameron norrie may have wished he hadn t bothered after a surprise first round defeat. jim lumsden rounds up the best of the action on day one. an upset impossibility when his surface broken by the number 33 for the first time of this and it looked like when francisco strolled through the first set, number 11 was always up against the momentum stayed with the argentinian who took the second set to wrap up victory in an hour and 12 minutes. next up is a meeting with martello who made light work of the american, 22nd of the world, the italian galloped throughthe first set and th
which is marking 25 years since the signing of the good friday agreement. the historic peace deal largely ended decades of violence in northern ireland. but prime minister rishi sunak says efforts must be intensified to restore the power sharing government that was central to the deal. it collapsed in the fallout from brexit and now the political dysfunction and security concerns are threatening to overshadow the historic milestone. rishi sunak willjoin the us president, joe biden, on a visit to northern ireland on tuesday to commemorate the good friday agreement. a few minutes ago, the us national security council spokesperson, john kirby, told the white house press corps how much this trip means to president biden. president biden will head to ulster university to deliver remarks marking the tremendous progress since the signing of the belfast good friday agreement 25 years ago. and he ll underscore the readiness of the united states to preserve those gains and support no
a new conservative government. the international edition of the financial times focuses on the uk leader reshuffling his cabinet. jeremy hunt and james cleverly remain, respectively, as chancellor of the exchequer and foreign secretary. the guardian calls the prime minister s reshuffle a gamble, referencing suella braverman s return as home secretary after being sacked from the role due to a security breach less than a week ago. the express reports on mr sunak s solemn tone in his first speech as british premier, vowing to earn the nation s trust. refusing to smile when they were shouting out for him to do so. mistakes were made, i ll fix them is the headline in the telegraph, referencing the last tory government s mini budget which spooked global markets. let s start. welcome to you both. a lot to get through, and so many elements, in terms of who is out, who is in, is this continuity, is this unity? claire delest to start with the ft. sunak confronts prolonged crisis. if