James anderson getting gill. Hes nowjust one away from a landmark 700th test wicket. There was also a half century from debutant devdutt padikkal. There are always going to be thoughts in your head and noises around so that was still there. I got igota i got a message saying that there was a possibility that the next night. I was nervous about that game. It was a tough night of sleep, but that is how it is, and that is something you also enjoy at the same time, you look for those days, so i was really happy. Well, england captain ben stokes bowled for the first time in eight months and took the wicket of rohit sharma with his first ball. He isa he is a freak, isnt he it was almost written in the star that he was going to bowl it, when he bowled out sharma. We all know how he can round out our takeout, especially in conditions like these where youve got usually two spinners, two seamers and you want your third as stokes. A nice to see him back at the crease, which is to be careful that
side sheffield united. it s 0 0 after 30 minutes. if villa win they will leapfrog both arsenal and liverpool to the top of the table. you have to go back 25 years to the last time they led the way at this stage of the season. a win for sheffield united would see them move off the foot of the table, but they would still be three points from safety. all six of the premier league sides that originally backed the breakaway european super league have now re affirmed their committment to playing in uefa s european competitions. it follows yesterday s ruling by the european court ofjustice that the ban by uefa and fifa on clubs from joining the european superleague was unlawful . arsenal and liverpool have followed tottenham, manchester city, manchester united, and chelsea who issued statements yesterday. all six were founder members of the breakaway league in 2021 before quickly withdrawing their support after a backlash from fans. liverpool say their involvement has discontinued,
into a wider regional war. the two sides have exchanged fire across the lebanon israel border in recent weeks. hezbollah says it is fighting israel to support hamas in gaza. israel s military said that operational plans for an offensive in lebanon had been approved and validated . the un secretary general antonio guterres has warned there is a real risk that the crisis on the israel lebanon border could escalate. one rash move, one miscalculation could trigger a catastrophe that goes far beyond the borders and, frankly, beyond imagination. let s be clear the people of the region and the people of the world cannot afford lebanon to become another gaza. with me now said shehata from bbc arabic a from bbc arabic strike near the icrc compound, a strike near the icrc compound, what more can you tell us about it. tell us about it. the international - tell us about it. the - international committee of tell us about it. tue: international committee of the red cross on the x platf
our political correspondent jack fenwick reports. he d previously said he disliked the russian president but admired him as a political operator, and that the invasion of ukraine was a consequence of western expansion. the reform uk leader said he had predicted the war ten years ago. i stood up in the european parliament in 2014 and i said, and i quote, there will be a war in ukraine. why did i say that? it was obvious to me that the ever eastward expansion of nato and the european union was giving this man a reason, to his russian people, to say they re coming for us again, and to go to war. home secretary james cleverly accused him of echoing putin s vile justification for the invasion, and there was criticism too from labour. the only aggressor in ukraine is vladimir putin, and it is shocking that nigel farage chooses to align himself with putin. he s become a putin apologist. mr farage said last night that putin was wrong to invade, the eu was wrong to expand eastward
panorama that he d previously said he admired vladimir putin as a political operator but disliked him as a person. the prime minister, rishi sunak has joined other politicians critcising mr farage. he said the leader of reform uk s comments were dangerous. what he said was completely wrong and only plays into putin s hands. this is a man who deployed nerve agents on the streets of britain who s doing deals with countries like north korea. and this kind of appeasement is dangerous for britain s security, the security of our allies that rely on us and only emboldens putin further. ukrainian officials say mr farage s comments mirror the claims of the kremlin. our security correspondent, gordon corera, is in kyiv. one source in the presidential office did tell the bbc that, in their words, the virus of putinism unfortunately affects people and can be even worse in its consequences than covid, and that that virus needs to be nipped in the bud. and i think you can hear from the t