about hungary wanting to serve as a bridge between china and the european union. whereas, of course, some european leaders and the united states were warning yesterday, suggesting that europe should be wary of a chinese agenda, that china is actually trying to drive a wedge between different eu members in between different eu members in between the eu and the united states. ~ , states. one thing i think is quite siunificant states. one thing i think is quite significant is states. one thing i think is quite significant is that states. one thing i think is quite significant is that we states. one thing i think is quite significant is that we are - states. one thing i think is quite significant is that we are hearing i significant is that we are hearing that there could be an infrastructure project announced after this trip. as we have seen in places like south asia, china resting in countries like sri lanka, nepal, countries that surround some of its biggest rivals, in t
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. there s 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. england s women are preparing for their opening matches of the international summer. england take on pakistan on saturda
parker, richard, labouring cooperative party, two to. was a result that will send a shadow to conservatives. the conservative shadow to conservatives. the conservative party shadow to conservatives. lie: conservative party candidate, due to four, 08 labour victorious in the west midland mayoral race, 1508 votes, a tiny margin in a region of 2 million people, one of the conservative high profile metro mayors andy street, toppled. the labour leader there to celebrate. the labour leader there to celebrate. , ,., celebrate. the message here, the last elections celebrate. the message here, the last elections now, - celebrate. the message here, the last elections now, the . the last elections now, the last the last elections now, the last stop before the general election, is the country wants change election, is the country wants change i election, is the country wants change. i hope the prime ministers listening and gives the opportunity to the country to vote the opp
let s speak to our scotland political correspondent, jenni davidson. jennl jenni, for those of us that don t follow the politics of scotland that much, who is this activist?- follow the politics of scotland that much, who is this activist? well, he has a bit of much, who is this activist? well, he has a bit of a much, who is this activist? well, he has a bit of a track much, who is this activist? well, he has a bit of a track record much, who is this activist? well, he has a bit of a track record of- has a bit of a track record of challenges to the snp leadership. he is a former lawyer. last year he stood against former snp msp and former government minister mike russell for the snp presidency. and quite memorably, he also described the snp s independence policy as flatulence in a trance, whatever that might mean i m not quite sure. so we have been hearing reports in the last couple of days that graeme mccormick is planning to challenge john swinney for the snp leader
it is once again going to feel pretty warm. i will have all of the details very shortly. it s sunday the fifth of may. good morning to you. our main story: the conservatives have suffered a significant defeat in the west midlands after losing the region s mayoral election to labour. in the closely fought race, andy street, who was seeking a third term in office, lost out to richard parker, by a margin ofjust over 1500 votes. the result had been seen as pivotal for rishi sunakfollowing one of his party s worst ever performances in this week s local elections. our political correspondent damian grammaticas reports. parker, richard labour and co operative party, 225590. it was a result that will send a shudder through conservatives. street, andrew, the conservative party candidate, 224082. labour victorious in the west midland mayoral race by 1508 votes a tiny margin in a region of 2 million people. one of the conservatives high profile metro mayors andy street toppled. the