Not only 16 points clear, they also have a 1 0 lead. The spanish side are unbeaten. Wednesdays other last 16 tie is level at one all. Borussia dortmund play Psv Eindhoven in a match between two teams with contrasting league seasons. Like inter. Psv have a big lead in the netherlands. Theirs is 10 points. While dortmund are out of the bundesliga title race. But have home advantage if ourfans if our fans allowed it is much easierfor us to perform if our fans allowed it is much easier for us to perform well. If our fans allowed it is much easierfor us to perform well. And it is much easier, much harderfor the opponent to perform well and this is something that we are really looking forward to but we also feel the responsibility to give something back. That is our part of the story. We need to perform well, we need to prepare ourselves, we need to be brave, we need to be ready to show everybody that we are willing to step into the next round and then we are going to get the most incredible
Apologies for problems with the automation and pictures there. We start with Breaking News in gaza, with more details emerging of an explosion at a Un Relief Agency warehouse, in rafah in southern gaza. The Hamas Run Health Ministry says, five people have been killed, with more wounded. These are pictures verified by the bbc, filmed at a nearby hospital, where casualties were taken. Israel has not commented so far on the incident. It comes as the us and others continue to urge israel, not to launch a full scale assault on rafah, where over a million palestinians have taken shelter in recent weeks. Let me show you pictures of the warehouse itself that were talking about. These taken in the immediate aftermath. Those were the pictures from inside. A lot of the images are too graphic to broadcast. Lets speak to unrwas director of communicationsjuliette touma. Welcome to the programme. Tell me what you know. Welcome to the programme. Tell me what you know welcome to the programme. Tell me
If the west wants to stop russian advances in ukraine here is one place they can do that. Asian is not supplying moscow with weapons but the west believes it is supplying russia with components that it can use in its war machine. The us has a raft of new sanctions at the ready to target chinese banks so president xi has a decision to make. Live now to gary locke, former Us Ambassador to china from 2011 to 2014. Putin really wanted to play up the significance of their deepening partnership and said he and xi are as close as brothers. Do you think xi sees it that way . Certainly china wants to form closer relations with russia simply because they want a Strong Partnership in opposition to the United States and the western allies. Especially given the stance of the United States towards china in terms of tariffs and restrictions on exports of high tech goods, semiconductors and machinery to make these things. And of course our resistance and pushback on their activities around the taiwan
Hello, im nicky schiller. Welcome to the programme. We start this hour with reaction to the news that us lawmakers in the senate have approved a 95 billion aid package for ukraine, israel and taiwan. President biden says he will sign the bill later today and that more arms and equipment will be sent to ukraine within a week. The overwhelming vote in favour of the deal marks the end of six months of deadlock amongst us politicians. The measures approve around 61 billion in long awaited aid for ukraine alone. It also designates more than 26 billion in aid for Military Support for israel and humanitarian aid for gaza. And 8 billion for taiwan and Us Indo Pacific allies. President biden said it showed that america stood resolutely against tyranny and oppression. President zelensky said it reinforced americas role as a beacon of democracy and leader of the free world. The Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer said america had shown its allies it would not turn its back on them. A lot of peop