hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining us this sunday. happening right now, more anti-immigration rhetoric from former president donald trump causing reverberation, the white house calling the comments fascist after the former president said this in new hampshire saturday. they re poisoning the blood of our country. that s what they ve done. they ve poisoned mem institutions and not just? south america or three or four countries, but all over the world they re coming in from africa, from asia, all over the world pouring into our country. cnn s priscilla alvarez is in washington. this is a strong rebuke from the white house. what will is it appeared the president saying? reporter: that s right, fred. the white house saying it s similar to other authoritarian regimes, but the white house slamming the former president for his comments on immigration yesterday. in a statement this morning, a white house spokesperson saying echoing the grotesque rhetoric, and t
republican political party, sinn fein, is on track to become the largest party in local government that calls for the return of local rule in stormont. now on bbc news it s sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday this saturday night, i m chetan pathak. coming up the programme. all eyes on nottingham can forest beat arsenal to move closer to premier league survival, and send the title to manchester city. spurs are beaten by brentford and they re not the only team who s european hopes are dented on the penultimate weekend. can england s callum tarren keep his momentum? we ll be in new york as the leaders and the chasing pack prepare to tee off on day three of the pga championship also coming up on sportsday before 7. wigan show their warrior spirit coming from behind to knock leeds out of the challenge cup. and katie taylor prepares to make history on her homecoming night as big time boxing returns to ireland: i m just excited to be here, really excited to have a chance
hello and welcome to sportsday this saturday night i m chetan pathak, coming up on tonight s programme: luton town captain tom lockyer suffers a cardiac arrest on the pitch at bournmouth the match abandoned his condition is now stable a 2 0 lead thrown away by manchester city as crystal palace fightback for a share of the points and england s one off women s test match in india ends with a heavy defeat also coming up on sportsday. the three time winners, saracens are off the mark mark in the champions cup. and we ll look ahead to tonight s ufc as leon edwards and colby covington face off. welcome along, thank you forjoining us. tonight we start at bournmouth, where luton town captain tom lockyer collapsed midway through the second half of their premier league game after suffering a cardiac arrest. both sets of players were taken off the pitch whilst lockyer received medical treatment, the game later abandoned with the score one all. lockyer is now in a stable condition
the eurovision song contest final. hello. i m nancy kacungira. ukrainian president volodimir zelensky has arrived in the italian capital rome, where he ll meet italian political leaders and have an audience with the pope. we are showing you live shots at the president s residence in rome. italy s prime minister, giorgia meloni, has been one of ukraine s more vocal backers, although polls suggest that italian people overall are opposed to sending ukraine more weapons. mr zelensky tweeted that it was an important visit for what he said was the approaching victory for ukraine. those live pictures there, in rhyme. live now to the bbc s sofia bettiza in rome. well, zelensky has said this is an important visit for his approaching victory. what message will he be trying to send? victory. what message will he be trying to send? president zelensky has landed in trying to send? president zelensky has landed in rome trying to send? president zelensky has landed in rome about - tr