the bbc football commentator john motson, who has died at the age of 77. also coming up in the programme. australia hold their nerve to reach their seventh consecutive women s t20 world cup final with a tense five run win over india. hello and welcome to sportsday. we start today s programme with news that a new independent regulator of men s football in england is to be established for the first time. the announcement follows a recommendation by a fan led review last year. the main purposes of the proposed new regulator will be stopping english clubs from joining european breakaway leagues, preventing financial failings at clubs, introducing more stringent owners and directors tests, giving fans more power and ensuring a fairer distribution of money down the english football pyramid. the significant move aims to protect english football s cultural heritage. here s just some of the reaction to the proposals starting with the premier league chief executive richard masters. w
are expected to run. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. a prince harry reportedly claims he was physically attacked by his brother william during a row over his marriage to meghan. the guardian has obtained a copy of spare, the highly anticipated book from the duke of sussex, days before it s due to hit the shelves. the bbc are yet to see a copy. aru na iyengar reports. there is stringent prelaunch security around this book but the guardian has published extracts of a copy of spare it has viewed. in the book, prince harry describes a meeting in 2019 at his home in london with prince william to discuss their faltering relationship. a furious row broke out, according to the book, during which prince william, now the prince of wales, described meghan, the duchess of sussex, as difficult, rude and abrasive. harry accused his brother of parroting the press narrative about his wife. the row escalated, and then, according to the book, harry claims he
in than the outskirts of gaza city. more foreign passport holders leave gaza through the rafah crossing. in other news rishi sunak s ai warning. he says monitoring the risks of artificial intelligence is too important to be left to big tech companies. an australian woman is charged with murder over the suspected mushroom poisoning deaths of three people. # now and then i miss you. and, the final song from the beatles now and then has just been released. we ll hear it for the first time and talk live to those behind the incredible progject. before we go to sport let me just show you the live pictures because just in the last few minutes we were actually watching israel s prime minister, this is the finance minister, this is the finance minister who has taken his place giving an update on the economy. but those crucial lines that were reported and it s just worth repeating what israel s prime minister has just said about israeli troops having pushed through the gaza