it isa it is a dry day for many parts of the country to date with fewer showers than yesterday and also a bit more sunshine around with temperatures a little higher. there is some cloud and we will see more of that developing. this cloud in the west looks a bit ominous but the air of low pressure bringing that cloud and rain will sink to the south of uk heading towards the bay of biscay and that means that by tomorrow they will be a more noticeable and strengthening easterly wind which brings whether all the way from the baltic sea. today we have plenty of sunshine but we are seeing that cloud bubbling up across western scotland and into wales and western parts of england. more in the way of sunshine elsewhere and temperatures as high as 19 degrees in the sunshine. feeling colder on the east coast of scotland. and we lose any showers across the western side of uk overnight, clearskies across the western side of uk overnight, clear skies overnight tonight but easterly breeze starts tonight but easterly breeze starts to pick up tonight. we could have a pinch of ground frost by the end of the night in scotland and northern parts of england. tomorrow we start off sunny across many parts of the country, we will see some low cloud in the north—east coast of england and some cloud developing in the midlands. the wind will blow that towards wales and the south west of england. again with the sunshine and temperatures reaching 17 or 18 degrees. it will feel colder around some north sea coasts because we have a stronger easterly wind picking up during tomorrow. still have some high levels of tree pollen quite widely across the uk tomorrow. on friday and saturday at the levels may come down as the wind continues to strengthen. we end up essentially with lower pressure towards the bear biscay not far away from the south west of england for pressure to the north of the uk keeping those strong winds coming in from the east. friday is going to be a windy day again, and more cloud coming on as well which could be thick enough in england and wales for some drizzly showers. the best of the sunshine in western parts of scotland and northern ireland. it is also colder with temperatures around 12, 1a degrees. forthe with temperatures around 12, 1a degrees. for the weekend staying windy on saturday, again a lot of cloud and some showers around as well. the second half of the week and still windy but all the showers should have moved away and we get more sunshine and feeling a little bit warmer. a reminder of our top story. the deadline set by russia for ukrainian troops in the besieged in the besieged city of mariupol to surrender..has passed. that's all from the bbc news at one — i'm back at five on the news channel. next it's the latest where you are. good afternoon. it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. wimbledon has become the first major tennis tournament to ban russian and belarusian players due to the russian invasion of ukraine. it means men's world number two and us open champion, daniil medvedev and the women's world numberfour aryna sabalenka will be among those to miss the championship. russian and belarusian athletes have been allowed to play in atp, wta and itf events under a neutral flag and with no anthem played. the decision by the all england club is expected to be confirmed this afternoon. they've obviously come to the conclusion that they feel that what is happening in ukraine at the moment is so horrific that they are not willing to consider the possibility of a russian or belarusian player lifting the trophy on centre court. we will need to wait for their decision. but as i say, it is very different to what other people have said. i spoke to steve simon and california last month, and he said players should not pay for the decisions of an authoritarian leadership. he thought it was very unlikely that they would do it in future. manchester united were humiliated, their manager ralf rangnick says, after liverpool thrashed them 4—0 and moved to the top of the premier league. today, chief scoutjim lawlor and head of global scouting marcel bout have left the club. it comes as former players have been scathing of the current team. roy keane said they have no soul, and paul scholes says the club is "unrecognisable". former united goalkeeper peter schmeichel told the bbc that the problem at the club is more than just the players. so, liverpool top of the premier league for today at least. because manchester city can retake top spot if they beat brighton tonight. manager pep guardiola says they'll fight for the title until the last game. we're going to play every game a final to give the opportunity to play another one, another one, until the end. we are going to challenge until the end, we are going to fight, that's for sure, until the end. we'll try to play good and get results. the world snooker championship continues this morning at the crucible theatre in sheffield. the four—times championjohn higgins went into this mornings session trailing thailand — but he managed to turn it around and in the last half an hour or so has won the game by 10 frames to 7. and on the other table there's a battle going on between 2 one—time finalists. kyren wilson is currently trailing to china's ding junhui by 5 frames to 3. and former world number one maria sharapova has annnouced that she is pregnant. the five—time grand slam winner announced the news on instagram on her 35th birthday. she retired from tennis in 2020 and later that year got engaged to british businessman alexander gilkes. that's all the sport for now. western leaders say they'll send more weapons to ukraine, to help its forces fighting aagainst russian troops in the east of ukraine. the russian defence ministry claims it hit more than a thousand ukrainian military facilities overnight. speaking to bbc world, former ukrainian prime minister yulia tymoshenko has been talking about the destruction she's been witnessing in the eastern where she grew up, and appealed for more help from the west. translation: as a ukrainian person, as all ukrainians and all people - of goodwill, i want to stop all this tragedy, all this violence. the free world cannot forget that and cannot withstand that. ukraine cannot forgive that. yulia, what do you say to people in the east when you meet with them, when you talk to them? how do you give them hope? translation: | am - saying to them that we, the ukrainians, are so strong. our army can rebuff the enemy, but at the same time, i am saying again that now the whole world is with us, together with us. all the people of goodwill are with us, all the leaders of the world, all the countries helping ukraine, and the free world cannot lose to evil. we still can win. we can come back to the peace times that calms people down, and i would like to thank the people, all the leaders that are standing with ukraine in this difficult time and together are endeavouring to overcome the enemy. a big thank you from all of the ukrainian people for all this. you want the world to unite to defeat president putin, but more specifically, what do you want and need from the west? | translation: the thing is that, | in ukraine, everyone understands that the war started by putin, by the kremlin, is notjust the war against ukraine — it's the war against the whole democratic world. that's why we expect that in this historic moment, when evil in the territory of ukraine can fall, we can together defeat it. that historic moment cannot be simply missed, and today the result of the war will be decided if ukraine will have enough heavy armaments, enough as needed immediately without losing a single minute of the time available, and also if against the aggressor country, the russian federation, there will be sanctions of the highest level. used together by all of the countries of the free world. and especially, we're talking about the embargo of energy from the russian federation that will deprive russia of billions of euros every day — which are fuelling the war against ukraine and the whole of the democratic world. everyone is needing to understand this is immediately required. johnny depp has been given giving evidence in a court in virginia on the the fifth day of the defamation case he brought against his ex—wife, amber heard. the lawsuit centres on an article ms heard wrote for the washington post in which she described herself as a victim of domestic abuse. david sillitto was in court. good afternoon, mr depp. good afternoon. can you please tell the jury why you're here today? erm, yes, erm... that pause rather captures the moment. his audience, a court, and this, johnny depp's one chance to salvage his reputation. watching was his ex—wife, amber heard, who says she endured months of violence during their brief marriage. all of it, he says, is a lie. never... ..did i myself reach the point of striking miss heard in any way, nor have i ever struck any woman in my life — two completely opposed accounts of a marriage, and so many of the witnesses are either close friends or employees. and the events — most of them took place behind closed doors, so the heart of this for the lawyers is who to believe, which is why today matters. he talked of childhood abuse, his long career and the effect of the allegations. one day, you're... ..cinderella, so to speak, and then, in 0.6 seconds, you're quasimodo. and i... ..i didn't deserve that, nor did my children, nor did the people who have believed in me for all these years. ok, we'll take a recess, thank you. thank you. throughout, he was careful, hesitant, serious. of course, this isjust one side of the story — amber heard's will follow. but as they rose to leave for recess, a little whistle... whistling ..a smile. david sillito, bbc news, fairfax, virginia. china has reported just under 20,000 new covid cases. the major steel city of tung—shun in eastern china — with a population of eight million — has followed shanghai in returning to a full covid lockdown. shanghai itself has reported covid—19 deaths for three days in a row. these are the first officially acknowledged deaths since 2020 — but china has been accused of downplaying the numbers. our china correspondent stephen mcdonell says more than 7 million people are now confined in tungshun. tung—shun is just one the many cities currently locked down. i mean, there are dozens of towns and cities locked down in china at the moment. you can imagine the impact on the economy here, on people's livelihoods, on the morale of the country. tung—shun, apart from having, as you say, nearly 8 million people, is a steel city. they've been in lockdown about a month ago and they've gone back into lockdown. again, you know, that would be very bad news for the people who live there. and in shanghai, the city of 25 million people, the authorities really are struggling to manage it still. i mean, at times, it's been completely chaotic. there are signs now that residents of that city are not going along with what the government says, they're not coming downstairs to have their tests as they're supposed to do. because they're worried, firstly that they will catch covid and secondly, if they do catch covid, they might be forced to go into one of the centralised isolation facilities where they will be sleeping on camp beds, in huge hangers, next to people who may well be much more sick than they are. and this includes very old people, frail, elderly, people who are weak, people who have other sicknesses are being made to go to the squalid isolation facilities and it all seems to be part of this unwielding commitment to zero covid that the government here is sort of rolling out in a mantra—type fashion and it's unable to shift policy. it's had this great policy that worked for so long with no vaccines, but itjust doesn't seem to fit with the omicron variant and with people who are increasingly vaccinated. the headlines on bbc news... western allies promise more military aid for ukraine — as fighting intensifies along a 300—mile frontline in the east of the country. the prime minister faces criticism in the house of commons for his lockdown—breaking fine — he says he's getting on with hisjob. prince harry talks about catching up with the queen for the first time in two years, in an interview with us television. france's president macron and his rival on the far—right of the political spectrum marine le pen will hold a televised debate later today, ahead of sunday's final presidential vote. the election has focused on the rising cost of living. a number of voters say they feel marginalised by anti—immigration rhetoric in french politics. nora fakim has been talking to french muslims in london and paris. meet nadia, born and raised in paris to tunisian parents. she left france and moved to the uk two years ago as she had serious concerns about the impact that france's 2004 secular laws were having on the private sector. every morning, every single morning, i was obliged to take off my headscarf before entering the office. which is very crazy. when i say this to my british colleagues, they are just amazed. they say, "oh, my god." how could it be possible? for us, it's very normal. we don't do any difference. i love my country because i was born there, i have all my friends there, my family there, so i would love to go back, but i can't find a job with my scarf and i can't come back to a country that does not accept me in my full identity. with such strong views, it's perhaps surprising that islam isn't a major campaign issue ahead of the second round of the presidential elections. and with election fever under way, i make my way to france. while the two final candidates, marine le pen and the present incumbent, president emmanuel macron, have in the past courted controversy over issues such as immigration and the place for islam in french society, this time round, the cost of living is dominating discussion. but for some french muslims, it means that they are not voting. i didn't vote this year even though i've done it in 2017. as a french moroccan, i didn't recognise myself in any of the candidates this time. despite the overriding focus on the economy and the cost of living, marine le pen has insisted that should she win power, she would introduce measures such as fining women for wearing the hijab in public. meanwhile, in the past, emmanuel macron has said islam was a religion in crisis. but he has not announced any plans as part of his election manifesto specific to the muslim community. even though the politicians may not be talking about islam this time round, some experts believe it remains a public issue in a country as divided as france. post—war immigration and france's colonial past. that's why now immigration, islam, muslims have featured in news and public debates for the past lto years. islam is the second largest religion in france, and with a population of around six million muslims, the challenge for the new president will be to gather and unite french society. the question is, how will the outcome effect muslims and other religious community in the future? nora fakim, bbc news, paris. a new natural supplement — developed in cambridge and bedford — could speed up the recovery of some long covid patients. nutritional scientists at addenbrooke's hospital have shown that treating the gut with a blend of friendly bacteria helped with symptoms. now they've published a second study showing plant—based supplements can futher reduce coughs and fatigue. this report is from our health correspondant, nikki fox. good girl. matt is a paramedic with the east of england ambulance service. fortwo the east of england ambulance service. for two years, the east of england ambulance service. fortwo years, he the east of england ambulance service. for two years, he has lived with covid symptoms. in december 2020, the delta variant swept 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alongside this capsule made from healthy bacteria. in this capsule made from healthy bacteria. , , bacteria. in the capsule, we concentrated _ bacteria. in the capsule, we concentrated natural - bacteria. in the capsule, we - concentrated natural substances which were available in common foods we see in front of us. within the grape and the pomegranate. it helps to reduce fatigue, reduce cough, and some of them, even particularly chamomile, have anti—viral properties. it did reduce symptoms of long covid micro by at least threefold. of long covid micro by at least threefold-— of long covid micro by at least threefold. ., ., ., threefold. matt found out about the suwlements _ threefold. matt found out about the supplements after _ threefold. matt found out about the supplements after one _ threefold. matt found out about the supplements after one of _ threefold. matt found out about the supplements after one of his - threefold. matt found out about the supplements after one of his group 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