In last junes vote. Second, the decision to press ahead with the single currency. At the time, sceptics warned that only five or six nations really met the strict membership criteria but, eventually, 15 were admitted. Too many, too dissimilar, too fast. So when the financial crisis crashed into europe, many in the south Saw Stagnation and despair. Youth unemployment created a generation shut out of europes bright early promise. Its little surprise that theres a rise in desire to go back to the perceived certainties of national sovereignty. The disintegration of europe is already happening. Hey, brexit has occurred. Its very hard to see europe returning to those values it was founded for. You know peace, democracy, social cohesion and prosperity, but you need to find a way for these things to work in practice. If it doesnt, we simply have to reflect whats going on. Many on the continent have said it often and this evening its never been clearer britain is different. Always the reluctant european, britain returns now to its old detachment from a european orbit and turns its face again to an older preference for the wide open seas. Allan little, bbc news. Newsnight is coming up on bbc two. Heres naga munchetty. Tonight, Marine Le Pen tells us that brexit will be difficult. She thinks the eu will make divorce negotiations as painful as possible. Join me now on bbc two. Thats newsnight with naga. Here, on bbc one, its time for the news where you are. Hello and welcome to sportsday with me, will perry, the headlines tonight. Andy murray will miss great britains davis cup quarterfinal against france next month as he recovers from an elbow injury, well hear from gbs captain. Well hear from gbs captain. Liverpool midfielder Adam Lalla Na could be out for up to a month after injuring his thigh on england duty. And, Video Refereeing is trialled in tonights friendly between france and spain at the stade de france. Andy murray wont be fit to play in great britains davis cup quarterfinal against france which starts a week on friday. He has a tear in his elbow and needs to rest. No decision has been made about when hell return to action. Kyle edmund, dan evans, jamie murray and Dom Inglot Will head to rouen without him next week. The winners will play serbia or spain in the semis. When i spoke to him a little earlier gb captain leon smith said he thinks murrays fitness will help him recover quickly. Hes got a positive mindset, hes a robust guide, hes a robust guy, weve seen that before. Hell get back quickly but at the same time, you cant rush leasing. You cant rush these things. So the next thing in the diary will be monte carlo, hopefully thats one thing hell be back for. Thats three weeks away. We talking potentially more serious than that . The french open, even wimbledon at risk . Or is that too far . Its not for me to comment. Certainly the signs are of hope that hell be back sooner rather than later. How much did he want to be involved . Its a tie he was really up for. He loves the davis cup. And the davis cup is a great occasion. Its different from what you get week to week on the tour. Its a shame. Weve shown before that our team can do stuff on occasions without him, its just make it obviously a lot more difficult but i know the rest of the guys will be the. A depleted france team but no andy murray. How confident you can make the semifinals . Its a good challenge. Its not like a few years ago, where if andy wasnt there then its an outside the top 200, but dan evans and kyle edmund are in the top 50 for a reason. Weve got plenty of davis cup experience. With jamie murray and dom inglot as well. Well get there. Well prepare really well, and give ourselves every chance. Liverpool midfielder Adam Lalla Na could be out for up to a month after injuring a thigh on england duty. Lallana set upjamie vardy for englands second goal in their 2 0 world cup qualifying win over lithuania on sunday, having also started against germany in a friendly on wednesday. Theres no official timescale on lallanas recovery, but its thought he could potentially miss five games. Liverpool host everton in the Merseyside Derby on saturday. Lionel messi has been banned for four international matches, just before argentinas World Cup Qualifier against bolivia kicked off this evening. The barcelona forward was punished for directing insulting words at an Assistant Referee in thursdays 1 0 win over chile. Messi, who scored the only goal in the qualifier, was angered when he was flagged for a foul, waving and shouting at the assistant in response. Hes also been fined just over £8,000. Argentina trailing 2 0. That kicked off at 9pm tonight. Video refereeing was trialled once again in tonights friendly between france and spain ahead of the 2018 world cup in russia. Spain were 2 0 winners in paris but it was the Video Technology that ruled out france taking the lead at the stade de france. Antoine griezman was eventually ruled offside before he headed past david de gea. David silva then put spain 1 0 up from the spot before Gerard Delafeaou sealed the win for the visitors. His effort was flagged offside but the referee overruled it after checking the video. A friendly between italy and germany had previously trialled Video Refereeing. It was also used at the Club World Cup injapan. The Republic Of Ireland are playing iceland in a friendly this evening iceland have taken an early 1 0 lead at the aviva stadium. Burnley midfielder Robbie Brady Captaining Ireland In Dublin in the absence of Seamus Coleman whos broken his leg. England womens head coach mark sampson will announce his 23 strong squad for euro 2017 more than three months before the tournament begins injuly. Sampson came in to see us today, he says naming the squad next monday will bring huge benefits. They were knocked out at the group stage four years ago. We wa nt we want to win, thats for sure. We will go into this tournament with the mindset, do our best. We need to win six games, that is what Football Tournaments are about. Some big highs and lows in canada. That experience will be important in the summer. The culture, media and Sport Select Committee investigating doping in sport have heard from the doctor, who received the Mystery Package for sir Bradley Wiggins in 2011. Richard freeman has provided written evidence, maintaining that the parcel contained a legal decongestant. All parties deny any wrongdoing and the allegations that it was a banned steroid. Freeman says he regrets the poor medical Record Keeping at the time. Damian collins, the chair of the committee, wants more answers. Uk anti doping are carrying out their own investigation. Scotland rugby union captain Greig Laidlaw says he hopes to be back playing in three or four weeks, in time for this summers tour of australia. Laidlaw missed most of the Six Nations Campaign after injuring his ankle in the defeat by france. Warren gatland will name his British And Irish Lions squad next month for the new zealand tour and laidlaw believes a number of scots have a great chance of being included. The scottish players are in with as much of a shout as any other players, to be honest. Through the championship we were consistently fairly good, apart from the english game. Individually, there were some strong performances. There are competition for positions right through the squad. They will need a strong squad to go to new zealand. It is the best players in the world to go and play rugby in a very proud nation. It will be tough for the players given the privilege to represent the lions. Ronnie osullivan is through to the second round of the china open in beijing, after a comfortable victory over gareth allen. Its the last tournament before next months World Championship in sheffield, and despite not being on top form, osullivan won without dropping a frame against the welshman. Meanwhile, the home favourite ding junhui is also safely through after beating paul davison five frames to zero. He joins world number one mark selby in round two
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