Strengthening easterly breeze, and that will start tonight the temperatures down a few degrees around some of these eastern coasts of scotland and england, but away from that, still very warm, temperatures up to 18 degrees. that s warm for this stage of the year. that is your latest weather. hello this is bbc news, i m victoria derbyshire. the headlines. the deadline set by russia for ukrainian troops in mariupol to lay down their weapons has passed with no sign of surrender. western allies promise more military aid for ukraine as fighting intensifies in the east of the country. russian and belarusian players won t be allowed to compete at this summer s wimbledon because of the invasion of ukraine. the prime minister has faced criticism in the house of commons for his lockdown breaking fine in advance of tomorrow s vote on whether there should be an investigation into claims
The international olympic committee has urged sporting federations worldwide to exclude competitors from russia and belarus. in some sports, they have continued to take part as neutrals. the sights and scenes of wimbledon are known the world over. thus its decisions will generate global reactions. russia has already called any ban unacceptable. some tennis authorities are also likely to be unhappy. but even here, there is no roof to exclude the events of the wider world. joe wilson, bbc news. in the past 30 minutes the atp have released a statement criticising the decision. they say.
Based on the atp rankings. we believe that today s unilateral decision and that tennis association to exclude players from russia and belarus from this year s british grass court swing is unfair and has the potential to set an damaging precedent for the games. discrimination based on nationality also constitutes a violation of our agreement with wimbledon. this states that player entries based solely on atp rankings. any course of her action in response to this decision will not be assessed in consultation with our board member councils. they go on to say that russian and belarusian players will be allowed to continue to compete at atp events under a neutral flag. borisjohnson has ignored calls from labour to apologise to the archbishop of canterbury, following reports that mrjohnson had criticised the church of england over its clergy s comments on his asylum policy. which would send some arrivals to
Thatis belarus that is also a situation that is quite difficult. it s not the first time we ve seen sport and politic in tennis mix like this. earlier in the novak djokovic on the australian open, we know what happened there. novak djokovic won the australian open countless time but shows when it comes to these grand slam tournaments the tournaments themselves like the australian open will make difficult decisions. because to them sport is bigger than any individual. when we look at it from wimbledon point of view and also the point of view here it is also something they probably looked at and thought no individual is bigger than the game. therefore we want to ensure that there isn t any controversy. we want to ensure that there isn t any controversy- the news a few moments ago that a report into the killing of cinematographer hayna hutchinson on the side of the movie rust last year
Here s louis pilbeam. good evening. wimbledon bosses say they have banned russian and belarusian tennis players because it s their responsibilty to play a part in government sanctions. russian and belarusian athletes have been allowed to play other high profile tournaments under a neutral flag and no national anthem. 0ur sports correspondent joe wilson has more. wimbledon may bask in tradition but it is part of today s world and all the sporting implications of the invasion of ukraine. and wimbledon is taking a stand. so, while russia s daniil medvedev has been allowed to compete on the tour as an individual, the world number two will be barred from wimbledon. the same applies to aryna sabalenka of belarus, ranked numberfour in the women s game. those are two potential champions. there are many other players who will also now be missing. from one of ukraine s most prominent recent tennis players, this reaction. alex dolgopolov said.