sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s kasa. bayern munich have suspended sadio mane from the club s match this saturday against hoffenheim for his misconduct after the 3 0 defeat to manchester city in the quarterfinals of the champions league on tuesday night. the 31 year old former liverpool winger has also been given a fine by the bavarian side after reports of a changing room bust up with team mate leroy sane. the two players were seen arguing towards the end of the match and german papers allege mane punched his teammate in the face. manchester united goalkeeper david de gea says the club is aiming for more trophies, as the reds get ready to take on six time champions sevilla in the pick of the europa league quarterfinal first legs tonight. united won the europa league, and other favourites. other favourites. they still have a semifinal to other favourites. they still have a semifinal to come. de gea says manager erik ten hag has brought in
let s turn to ireland where us presidentjoe biden has been meeting with leading politicians and is now on his way to address a joint sitting of the irish parliament it s been an extremely busy day for the president. he set off to parliament from farmleigh house in dublin after meeting with the irish prime minister leo varadkar. while in the grounds of farmleigh, he watched a gaelic sport demonstration by local children. inside, the taoiseach praised american leadership since the russian invasion of ukraine last year. mr biden praised irish values and set out plans for a closer relationship between the us and ireland. there really is an opportunity to make serious progress. notjust because of the accords we have signed, 25 years ago, but in terms of the way you lead ireland and ireland is moving in a way that is taking its place in the world and i think it feels so good to be able to have this merging and stronger relation between the united states and ireland. this mornin
Brokered by russia and turkey is just about folding. Moscows dominant role in the diplomatic endgame is now undisputed, with ankara playing a pivotal role as well. My guest is Bassma Kodmani of the Negotiating Team of the syrian opposition. Is it time for the moderate rebels to accept their de facto defeat . Bassma kodmani, in paris, welcome to hardtalk. Hello, stephen. Thank you. Its a pleasure to have you on the programme. Let me start with a question that comes directly from the new year. Do you see 2017 bringing with it better prospects for an end to the conflict in syria than we have seen at any time in the previous, almost, six years . I do, carefully optimistic, but i do. I do hope, and we are working towards making 2017 the end of the disaster of the tragedy and the beginning of a political transition. That is what we are hoping for and the coming weeks will tell us whether we are moving in that direction but there is certainly a Turning Point and certainly something to build o
live from london this is bbc news. president biden meets ireland s prime minister in dublin he s expected to address the irish parliament shortly. this is the scene live in dublin as lawmakers await the president s arrival. more protests more clashes with police as opposition continues to plans to raise france s pension age. thousands of ta ken thousands of taken to the streets in paris one of thousands of protests taking place in the country.
tapie has died today in his early 705. the 1st mini5ter5 tapie has died today in his early 705. the 1st ministers of northern ireland, scotland and wales have called on bori5 ireland, scotland and wales have called on borisjohnson to reverse plans to end the top up to universal credit. people have been getting an extra £20 but it is due to come to an end this week. the 1st mini5ter5 5ay an end this week. the 1st mini5ter5 say there is no rationale for stopping payments when millions of people are facing what they called an unprecedented squeeze on household accounts. tens of thousands of people in the united states have ta ken thousands of people in the united states have taken part in rallies the pro choice supporters across the country feel constitutional rights could now be rolled back. activists are sounding the alarm. this is a moment when abortion rights faced