we ll look ahead to what could be a defining week at the top of the table. after protesters disrupted the world snooker championship, we ll tell you how security s being stepped up at the crucible. i ll be very surprised if the protocols that were in place at the crucible yesterday are in place today. also coming up on sportsday before 7. how a special piece of kit s transforming how one woman s competing at this year s london marathon. we start tonight with the mountain chelsea have to climb if they re to salvage anything from this season. 2 0 down from the first leg, they need at least three goals against real madrid to remain in the champions league. a change of owner, half a billion pounds spent, yet another manager. nothing s transformed chelsea s fortunes so far as patrick geary reports. and so to chelsea s at last remaining bridge, the final road forward in a season of missed earnings runs through real madrid at stamford bridge but they have made things hard for themse
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 hell underscore the readiness of the United States to preserve those gains and support Northern Irela
Bank spring meetings, which could lead that kicked off on monday in washington. Our North America correspondent is there and has a preview of those meetings. High inflation continues to plague countries around the world. Central bankers are raising Interest Rates to try and slow down those price increases. As a result however, we have some of the weakest Growth Projections by the International Monetary fund since the 1990s. With the Worlds Finance Ministers and central bankers all meeting in washington this week the increasingly fragile Global Economy will certainly be the focus along with ways for countries to try and mitigate some of the negative impacts of those Interest Rate rises. The high inflation however is already having an impact on poorer countries, pushing them further into financial distress, given the uncertain Global Economic outlook the imf believes many more countries will be looking to the imf for help. Reporting outside the world bank and imf building. For more we ca
hello. welcome to the programme. at least 56 people are dead and almost 600 injured in sudan because of a power struggle between the sudanese army and a notorious paramilitary force. among the dead were three un workers, who were shot after the two sides exchanged gunfire at a military base. the united nations secretary general has condemned the fighting amid fears it will derail the transition to civilian rule. both the army and its opponents, the rapid support forces, claimed they had control of the airport and other key sites in khartoum, where fighting continued overnight. the foreign ministers of saudi arabia, the uae and the united states who ve been backing the civilian transition process have issued a joint statement calling for a halt to military escalation and a return to the framework agreement. the sudanese telecom provider mtn says it s blocked internet services following orders from the authorities. violence was reported around the country, with eyewitness a
motorways in england, is being cancelled over safety concerns and costs. hello and welcome to bbc news. our breaking news this hour, four people have been killed in a shooting at a 16th birthday party in the us state of alabama. it happened in the town of dadeville, at around 10:30pm local time on saturday evening. at least 20 people were shot and wounded most of them teenagers. these are pictures of the scene. at this stage, there is no official confirmation about what led to the shooting, but there seems to have been some sort of altercation that then escalated. we don t know if any suspects have been arrested. we are keeping a close eye on developments, as is our correspondent in washington, jessica parker. what more can you add to the story? as you say, we have not had many official details through yet, but what we do know looking at local media reports is that there appears to have been a shooting at around 10:30pm local time last night in dadeville, a small town, cen