in the group stages. what i saw what they have done this group stage against these opponents, i say, wow. i said to the players this morning, you have to prepare mentally. the game plan will be as it has always been, but mentally we have to be ready. meanwhile, iii time european cup winners real madrid travel to germany to face rb leipzig. carlo ancelotti s side will be without england starjude bellingham, who s out with an ankle injury after picking up a knock in their 4 0 win over girona in la liga on saturday. the premier league has officially approved sirjim ratcliffe s purchase of 25% of manchester united. the deal, worth around a billion pounds, is still subject to football association approval. the owners, the glazer family, will retain a majority stake in the club, but ratcliffe s ineos group will take control of football operations. the football transfer record s been broken again in the women s game, with zambia international rachel kundananji signing for the newly
talk. do you think right now ukraine is facing the toughest times it has seen since those early weeks after the full scale russian invasion? it s yes and no. yes because we have entered a new stage where the effects are very different and we have to find a new modus operandi both inside and outside the country. but, the very first hours and days were exceptionally difficult and i m proud that both my people and my leadership have done their best. ., . , my leadership have done their best. ., , ., my leadership have done their best. ., . , ., my leadership have done their best. ., , ., ., best. how closely do you follow the front line best. how closely do you follow the front line fighting? - the front line fighting? because i guess if you do you must have deep concerns about what is happening in the east, particularly around one of the major cities where it seems after months of hugely costly fighting, ukrainianforces after months of hugely costly fighting, ukrainian forces
what do you think is happening to jobs and wages in the uk? i m excited to see the numbers today. on the surface, it looks like a tie market and a healthy market but underneath is really what the question is and i think there s a couple of things going on. the waters are pretty murky right now for employers. you ve got political and economic uncertainty and that will be in the job numbers as well. you are getting a lot of cross currents. we are definitely seeing a pull back in hiring, pretty broad based across the economy but at the same time you see hiring numbers increasing. there is a lot of hiring going on in skill short areas and people are continuing to go after the skills they need. and after this there s a couple of areas where we are seeing wages come down, there s always a couple of months lag in wages from the inflation rates so we ve been seeing that as we would expect. say you are suggesting there is no wages headache the bank of england? i no wages headache the
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after it emerged he made anti semitic comments apparently in a local meeting. the conservatives say it shows labour is unfit for government . labour say that sir keir starmer took a swift decision in withdrawing backing for mr ali. our political correspondent peter saull has the story. this is azhar ali, he was until recently expected to become the next labour mp for rochdale. the election was expected to be a slam dunk for labour but what happened here in april caused fury, he said israel allowing the hamas attacks that killed 1200 people and killed spot the following conflict. labour said it was standing by its man until a recording apparently from the same meeting emerged and in it he discusses the treatment of the mp andy mcdonald who was suspended by the labour party for an alleged anti semitic remark. that was the final straw in the labour party has withdrawn its support. labour party has withdrawn its su ort. ~ ,, . labour party has withdrawn its su ort. ~ ,, ., ,