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
a mutual security pact with sweden, pledging support should the military come under attack. more could be done to help you with long term chronic pain, specialists say, is a bbc survey suggests a quarter of uk adults live with the condition. doesn t matter how hard i tried, or how much i wait or how much i pray, it most likely isn t going to change. downing street says its target of building 300,000 new homes in england per year still stands after the housing secretary michael gove has said the government was no longer trying to meet it. mr gove said ministers were now focusing on building homes people can be proud of and said that people in england would be given the right to vote on proposed property extensions in their neighbourhood as part of its new levelling up and regeneration bill which has been introduced in parliament today after yesterday s queens speech. labour has said the queen s speech didn t contain enough measures to help people with the rising cost of living
In the german cup, Bayer Leverkusen are looking to keep their unbeaten season on track as they face Fortuna Dusseldorf for a place in the final. It is going for the well for them so far. Just approaching half time, leverkusen r 3 0 up. And the winner will play second tier kaiserslauten in next months decider. Its the opening leg of the coppa italia semifinal between fiorentina and atalanta. And that one shows no goals. Goalless in that one, heading towards the break. And in the coupe de france, Paris Saint Germain and rennes are up against each other with the winner to face lyon in the final. That one also, no goals yet. Chelsea have condemned abuse received by their captain Conor Gallagher as completely unacceptable and say a video clip with a Young Black Mascot has been taken considerably out of context. The clip emerged after chelseas 2 2 draw with burnley on saturday, it showed gallagher not acknowledging a high five from the child in the tunnel. The captain and the mascot then wal
Our coverage here continues. Our breaking News Coverage with my partner anderson cooper. Let me hand it off to you, anderson. Viewers who are just tuning in, these are live pictures from bowdoin, maine, the home of a man Authorities Say murdered 18 people in two locations in the nearby City Of Lewiston yesterday evening, the countrys Deadliest Mass Shooting this year. Police and fbi agents went to this home earlier today, returned there in force a short time ago. In the last 45 minutes or so, if youve been watching, they have been heard asking at least one person to, quote, come out with your hands up. Cnns brian todd is on the scene for us, as is shimon prokupecz. Lets go to brian. Lets start off with you. Explain what you have been seeing for those who are just joining us and what assets that you can say are on the ground. Well, anderson, for the more than past hour, we have been here while kind of this influx of Law Enforcement just kind of poured into this area right in front of th
This is cnn Breaking News. We are following Breaking News at this hour, israels military says its Ground Operation in gaza is expanding. Im Anderson Cooper in tel aviv. We are seeing live pictures out of gaza right now. Large explosions over the gaza strip, the idf says it is, quote, operating forcefully. Those are their words on all fronts and will continue striking gaza city and keep calling upon civilians to evacuate south. This comes as were learning more about Hostage Negotiations with hamas. U. S. Officials insisting Hostage Talks will continue even as the Israeli Military ramps up its air strikes and expanding its operation on the ground. Jeremy diamond is in ashelon for us. We have been hearing the ste steady thud of these intensified Bombardment Thes and Artillery Fire on the gaza strip. This has been the loudest and most intense, perhaps even the most sustained bombardment of the gaza strip that we have heard in three weeks of covering this war. All of this as the idf says it