james landale, reports from kyiv. munitions explode. this is bakhmut, or at least what s left of it, after some of the fiercest fighting since russia invaded ukraine. for more than six months, as the bbc has reported, ukrainian forces have held off a ferocious onslaught. but now russian commanders are growing increasingly confident, including the leader of the mercenaries known as the wagner group, which have been at the heart of the assault. translation: we have - almost surrounded bakhmut. there s only one road that remains in and out of the city, the pincers are closing. before, we were fighting against the professional ukrainian army, but now we fight against old men and boys. ukrainian forces are still defending the city street by street and reports suggest reinforcements are being sent in. but these russian troops, say the ukrainian army, is destroying bridges like these, potentially to prepare for what western analysts call a controlled fighting withdrawal from parts
who can stop the lionesses, they are back in action in the next hour, we ll head live to bristol and we ll also get the latest from germany, it s another champions league night with manchester city playing leipzig crisis meetings have been taking place all day between the professional rugby board, the welsh rugby union and the international squad and players from the four regions, cardiff, dragons, ospreys and scarlets. and resolution has been reached. the six nations match against england this weekend , that was in doubt, with the players close to taking strike action, will take place. in the last hour, the wales captain, ken owens, and the wru s acting chief executive, nigel walker, addressed the media together. iam i am pleased to announce that after extensive conversations and discussions over the last week, the wales versus england game will go ahead as scheduled. it s important that going forward we continue the dialogue which we have had over the last week or so, but n
damar hamlin has been cleared to return to play in the nfl, four months after suffering a cardiac arrest on the field. welcome to the programme. fourteen time european champions real madrid are on the march once again. they re through to the semi finals of the champions league after finishing the job against chelsea in london. 2 0 up from the first leg, a brace from rodrygo completed a 4 0 aggregate win. joe wilson was there for another frustrating night for chelsea. based on recent experience how would you imagine this game had panned out for chelsea? a lot of decent early possession, plenty of chances that they could not take? definitely. ultimately undone a team with a more coherent gameplan? absolutely. that was real madrid. today chelsea had a great scorch chance to score in the 10th minute. the wing backs were working. reese james all over, a great save still goalless at halftime and you could sense there lingering belief among chelsea supporters that they knew that one
in the nfl, four months after suffering a cardiac arrest on the field. welcome to the programme. fourteen time european champions real madrid are on the march once again. they re through to the semi finals of the champions league after finishing the job against chelsea in london. 2 0 up from the first leg, a brace from rodrygo completed a 4 0 aggregate win. joe wilson was there for another frustrating night for chelsea. based on recent experience how would you have imagined this game had panned out for chelsea 7 a lot of decent early possession, plenty of chances that they could not take? definitely. ultimately undone by a team with a more coherent gameplan? and quality where it counted? absolutely. that was real madrid. today chelsea had a great scorch chance to score in the 10th minute. the wing backs were working. reese james ball over, a great save. still goalless at halftime and you could sense there lingering belief among chelsea supporters but they knew that one goal f