news, inter milan have overcome ckty rivals ac milan to progress to the champions league final. lautaro martinez handed them a 3 0 aggregate victory over both legs. john bennettjoins me. how big psychologically was the 2 0 victory in the first leg last week? it was always going to take a monumental effort for ac milan to get back into it but they did have hope with their star man back, leao recovered from a thigh injury. they started really well in the first half an hour. diaz and hernandez as well and just over half time, rafael leao with an effort that went inches wide from the tight angle, second half different story. completely controlled it, inter. one shot on target and then martinez finished the job, he scored with a shot which the goalkeeper should have done better but beat them 1 0 on the night it was always going to be lautaro martinez because no player has scored more goals against ac milan, come back to haunt them again and through to the champions league final, i
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and the weather wreaks havoc on stage five of the giro d ltalia in fact it was raining cats and dogs, with the world champion given a ruff ride. hello and thanks forjoining us. we start in italy where inter milan have taken a huge step towards reaching their first champions league final in 13 years. they beat city rivals ac milan 2 0 at the san siro to grab the advantage heading into next week s second leg. earlier i spoke to our european football reporterjohn bennett for his take on an eventful night. an astonishing start, a brilliant side foot volley onjust eight minutes. then three minutes later, henrikh mkhitaryan. a parting of the ways of the ac milan defense, he runs through, makes it 2 0 and it could easily have been 3 0. the referee gave a penalty. martinez going down in the box, a challenge by simon keogh. it was then overturned. the var told the referee to go to the screen. he changed his mind, and ac milan didn t have a shot on target until the 81st minute inte
hello and welcome to the programme. whether it is stopping the boats in the uk, stemming the surge in germany or lifting the trump era title 42 in the us, immigration dominates political agendas all around the world. the archbishop of canterbury made his thoughts known today. for how these three countries are dealing with migrants and asylum seekers. on the programme also, protests across pakistan after former president imran khan was detained on corruption charges. it has increased the tension between his supporters and the military with elections due later this year. a day after being found guilty of sexual assault and defamation, donald trump is due to take centre stage at a town hall event in new hampshire. and it s a life saving drug which millions of americans can t afford. the ceos of pharmaceutical companies defend the prohibitive cost of insulin to diabetics in the us. first, the archbishop of canterbury has attacked the british government s illegal migration bill is
the uk on saturday as well, the temperature is continuing to rise, reaching 21 celsius. things start to change on sunday, particularly in the north west because the weather front is moving in. it will push aside the area of high pressure and we will see rain coming into scotland and northern ireland. that could eventually push across the irish sea, but of it for england and wales, apart some showers, it could be dry. there will be sunshine across eastern parts of england and it will be a warm day again on sunday, temperatures once again 21 celsius. but with the rain in the north west it will be cooler for scotland and northern ireland. darren, thank you. that is it from the bbc news at six, and i will be back with the latest at not ten o clock but 10.10 blame your for that. now it is time for the news where where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. the headlines this evening. on the verge of safety in the premier league, a season of scrutiny for david m