hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. a late morning commute with a twist rail passengers in newjersey are delayed due to a bull on the tracks. just a couple of lines of breaking news. we have just heard from the la department of medical examiner that the friends star matthew perry s death has been ruled an accident from the effects of kata mean. you will remember his body was recovered from the jacuzzi in his la home. the examiners are saying that he was suffering acute effects of ketamine. he long talked about his drug problems and addiction, very open about that. we heard from some of his co actors on friends, they said they d spoken to him in the morning he died and he was in fairly good spirits. so something obviously went wrong between that moment and when he was found the next day. and he seemed to have ketamine in his system. and from the bbc, question of sport which has been running for 53 years has been axed due to funding challenge
barry humphries. hello from the bbc sport centre. erling haaland could miss manchester city s first ever appearance at the club world cup because of a foot injury that manager pep guardiola says is being assessed day by day . the striker has missed city s last two games and won t be back for the premier league match tomorrow against crystal palace. after which the team flies out to saudi arabia for a semi final at the club world cup againstjapanese side urawa reds on tuesday. i think he is going to travel with us and we will see if he is able to play in the first or second game and when we come back. no fracture, just to stress and sometimes his play recover is quicker, some by longer so, like i said, day by day, week by week we will have to see how he feels. the moment he does not have symptoms and does not feel pain he will be ready to play again. the premier league weekend begins tonight with two teams who managed to end a run of poor form last time out. nottingham forest
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and the weather wreaks havoc on stage five of the giro d ltalia in fact it was raining cats and dogs, with the world champion given a ruff ride. hello and thanks forjoining us. we start in italy where inter milan have taken a huge step towards reaching their first champions league final in 13 years. they beat city rivals ac milan 2 0 at the san siro to grab the advantage heading into next week s second leg. earlier i spoke to our european football reporterjohn bennett for his take on an eventful night. an astonishing start, a brilliant side foot volley onjust eight minutes. then three minutes later, henrikh mkhitaryan. a parting of the ways of the ac milan defense, he runs through, makes it 2 0 and it could easily have been 3 0. the referee gave a penalty. martinez going down in the box, a challenge by simon keogh. it was then overturned. the var told the referee to go to the screen. he changed his mind, and ac milan didn t have a shot on target until the 81st minute inte