what could the war do to an already volatile job market here? arsenal s champions league qualification hopes are in tatters. they were beaten 2 0 at newcastle, with tottenham now in pole position to clinch fourth spot. and a pretty humid day to come with some eastern areas under hazy sunshine seeing some of the highest temperatures of the year. but if you re in the west today, early sunshine will give way to cloud and eventually some outbreaks of rain. i ll have all the details of your forecast here on breakfast. it s tuesday the 17th of may. leading figures in sport, politics and entertainment have praised the blackpool striker jake daniels after he announced he is gay. it s the first time in more than 30 years that a male footballer has come out while still playing for a professional uk club. the 17 year old said it s a relief to be honest about his sexuality. our lgbt and identity correspondent lauren moss reports on a turning point for british football. he s one of the ch
Have won the bundesliga and reached the final of the german cup and are in a healthy position to do the same in this competition. Leverkusen, who knocked out west ham in the last round, have a 2 0 lead in their semifinal, heading into the second leg against roma after a victory in italy last week. Finishing the job with a draw or better later will not only deliver a trip to dublin, but also extend their unbeaten run from the beginning of the season in all competitions to 49 games, breaking a european football record. Theres only a handful of games left then for leverkusen to go the whole season without defeat. But roma have made a european final in each of the last two seasons while in the other semi final, atalanta and marseille are level at 1 1. Atalanta and marseille their second match is in bergamo, atalanta beating liverpool in the previous round. Englands women are preparing for their opening matches of the international summer. England take on pakistan on saturday in the first o
Good evening. Donald trump has become the first us president , former or current, to stand trial in a criminal case after appearing in court in new york. Hes accused of falsifying his Business Records to disguise a Hush Money Payment made to the former adult film star, Stormy Daniels, shortly before the 2016 election. Mr trump has pleaded not guilty and was his usual defiant self outside court, claiming the attack was an assault on america, and repeating unsubstantiated claims that the trial is a witch hunt against him. Our north america editor sarah smith reports. Its become a well rehearsed ritual Donald Trumps performance on his way to court. But this time its very different. The first criminal trial of a former president , and it comes with a possible prison sentence. Just look at his face. He seems drained of all his usual bombast, while insisting he is the victim of a conspiracy to derail his president ial campaign. This is political persecution. This is a persecution like never
the programme. hamas, regarded as a terrorist organisation by the uk, says more than 30 people have been killed in an israeli airstrike on a refugee camp in gaza. israel says it s investigating whether its forces were operating in the area at the time. heavy fighting is continuing in the north of the territory, with the united nations warning nearly 1.5 million gazans have now been displaced. our middle east correspondent mark lowen reports. night brings no peace to the purgatory of gaza. inferno is light the skies as israel pounds from the air. a listing that an israeli strike hit a refugee camp in central gaza late on saturday, killing at least 30. israel says it is looking into the reports. but night brings out anguish on the other side as well. in tel aviv, loved ones of the more than 240 hostages seized by hamas on the seventh of october demand there return. 0ne missing chairfor demand there return. 0ne missing chair for each demand there return. 0ne missing chairfor eac
out of lockdown will take time, and will depend on the data. all the modelling suggests there is going to be a further surge, and will find the people who either have not been vaccinated or where the vaccine has not worked, and some of them will end up in hospital and, sadly, some of them will go on to die. you ll be breaking the law the warning to sports coaches and faith leaders who have sexual relationships with 16 and i7 year olds in their care. needing more research the debilitating effects of long covid leaving patients suffering for months with no sign of a cure. i , the city, itjust hits you from nowhere, it is so unpredictable. such long term disabilities, and the effect such long term disabilities, and the effect of such long term disabilities, and the effect of that is awful, harrowing. after a journey through space of 4.6 billion years, the meteorite that fell to earth. ..in cheltenham. and coming up on bbc news, more than 100 coaches in gymnastics have b