and a half hours. border force staff at several ports, including calais, are on the second day of a 4 day strike about pay. you re watching bbc news. now, its time for sportsday england s women edge a tough match against india. on theirjourney to securing a spot in the semi finals of the t20 world cup. stuart broad s on fire for england in new zealand, as they look set to clinch the first test match. and arsenal are back on top after a thiller at aston villa with two late goal. also coming up in the programme. the ownership race hots up for manchester united. sirjim ratcliffe s officially in the running, along with a bid from qatar. and a moment to remember for st helens with a famous victory in australia, to claim rugby league s world club challenge. hello there, and welcome along to the programme. a busy day of football on the way. but we start with cricket first and it was billed as a crucial group encounter, between england and india at the women s t20 world cup. an
okay. it s time for sports day. hello welcome to sports day. coming up hello welcome to sports day. coming up on the programme. an fa cup final shootout. liverpool failed to break the deadlock actor extra time. will bring you all the results. champions of scotland once again, celtic celebrate their 52nd league title with a demolition of motherwell. and leinster march onto the final as they aim for a record equalling fifth european cup. welcome to the programme. only one place to start that s at wembley and the fa cup final, and here we go again. chelsea and liverpool s fa cup final has gone to penalties, in a repeat of the league cup final in february between these two sides. ben croucher has been watching the action. it s hard to believe this game ended in a goalless draw. looks ended in a goalless draw. like were here ended in a goalless draw. for the night. yes if it s anything here for the night. yes if it s anything like league cup final we could be here for quite some
and eurovision 2022 is underway, with bookmakers are predicting a rare good result for the uk. but the spirit of this years contest is very much in support of a win but the spirit of this year s contest is very much in support of a win for the favourites ukraine. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. russia s president vladimir putin has warned his finnish counterpart thatjoining nato and abandoning finland s neutral status would be a mistake . finland is expected to formally announce its intention tojoin the western military alliance tomorrow. russia and finland share a 1300 kilometre border and russia says it has no hostile intentions towards finland and sweden, but has warned that their membership of nato would lead to the militarisation of the baltic region. the finnish president is said to have told president putin that russia s invasion of ukraine had altered his country s security environment. speaking ahead of a meeting of nato foreign m
first line of russian defences and part of the south. now mine fields have been blocking the troops for weeks. that means when they are blocked, of course they are vulnerable to russian shelly. it s been dangerous, but careful my clearing operation has been making it where they can advance. ukraine says gains have been made in the south and have expanded their units towards the town of tokmak, logistics centre for russian forces. in the last hour or two we have these pictures into the newsroom of zelensky there visiting with troops on the front line. this is it donetsk. i spoke to drjenny mathers. she is a senior lecturer at the department of international politics of the aberystwyth university in wales. i asked just how significant this is. i think it s potentially very significant both symbolically and in material terms because i think we ve known for the last several months that the russian defences were very formidable. they would be difficult for the ukrainians to get th
need to be investigated . police in both sao paulo and greater manchester are investigating the claims, which anthony has denied. manchester united say they have no comment on the matter at present. elsewhere, further pressure on luis rubiales, the spansih football official, with the national men s team calling his behaviour unacceptable. these were the scenes in barcelona on monday where hundreds of protestors gathered in support of playerjenni hermoso, calling for him to be removed from hisjob. rubiales has recived widespread criticism and calls for his resignation for his behavior during and after spain s recent women s world cup triumph in sydney. now several members of the mens team, including alvaro morata and cesar azpilicueta, have issued a statement on behalf of the mens national side, saying that women s world cup win had been tarnished. translation: we want to express our re . ret and translation: we want to express our regret and solidarity translation: we want