pope francis presides over palm sunday mass at the vatican, just a day after leaving hospital in rome for treatment for bronchitis. we start with the breaking news that russia says a leading pro kremlin military blogger has been killed in a blast in a cafe in st petersburg. police say 16 others have been injured in the incident. the city is the second largest in russia after the capital, moscow. vladlen tatarsky was one of a handful of reporters writing blogs on the telegram platform from the front line and was a vocal supporters of russia s war in ukraine. it is not clear at this time who s responsible for the blast. as you d expect, details of the explosion are still coming in and of course as we get more on this, we ll bring it to you. to the united states now, though. authorities there have been assessing the damage caused by severe storms and tornadoes. at least 26 people are now known to have died as the storms ripped through the south and the midwest, leaving a trail o
to you this week from behind the scenes at our home here at the bbc in london. it is here where we plan the shows and edit the films from all over the world, finding stories, juggling logistics and, just like everybody else, trying to find the biggest bang for our buck when it comes to travelling abroad. over the past decade here at the travel show hq it has been ourjob to create new content for you every week on a fairly modest budget. so no wonder we picked up a tip or two along the way about how to get the most for our money. we get the best value we can by packing in as much as possible on each trip, travelling light and using our network of local fixers and producers as often as we can to help bring down travel costs and our carbon footprint. so how can you save money when you travel abroad in 2023? here is our global guru, simon calder, with some ideas. when so many of us are feeling the squeeze financially it is no wonder that some travellers are considering cutting ba
but there is increasing pressure for more help with military tanks from germany to help fight off the russian invasion. poland says its will make an official request to the german government. the british prime minister has said there are clearly questions that need answering following reports that the chairman of the conservative party and former chancellor nadeem the howie was forced to pay a significant penalty and millions of pounds in unpaid taxes. rishi sunak has ordered an investigation into whether there were breaches of the ministerial code. mr zahawi is facing calls to resign but he said repeatedly that he made a careless but not a deliberate error. are your tax affairs a distraction for the party, mr zahawi? down the stairs and into the car the man who was charged a penalty by the tax authority and settled a huge tax bill while he was chancellor of the exchequer. nadhim zahawi is now the chairman of the conservatives. his boss, the prime minister, left facing ques
someone who was once a stand in doing something similar. eddie nketiah 1 1. the emirates volume turned up. bukayo saka was about to make it fever pitch, a drop of the shoulder and a brilliant strike and the league leaders were leading again. time to keep your focus. but unfortunately for arsenal, aaron ramsdale lost his and that meant united were level. the man with a band was lisandro martinez. but this is a different arsenal and this was their encore, zinchenko, odegaard, nketiah. a remarkable win, a remarkable game, where arsenal were on song again and they continue to march on. craig templeton, bbc news. erling haaland scored his fourth manchester city hat trick to give them a 3 0 win over wolves at the etihad. it s 25 premier league goals for the season now for the norwegian. that s more than the golden boot winner for the past four seasons. he has 31 in total in city colours and was even given a rest for the last half an hour. leeds united have now gone six games withou
called the report rubbish. the bbc chairman said there was not a conflict . turkey has defended the burning of the koran in front of the turkish embassy. now on bbc news, the travel show. coming up on this week s show. during the pandemic many of us realised just how intense was our passion for travel. the ukrainian artwork that has now found a safe home on display at a gallery in madrid. and who discovered the equator? hello and welcome to the travel show, coming to you this week from behind the scenes at our home here at the bbc in london. it is here where we plan the shows and edit the films from all over the world, finding stories, juggling logistics and, just like everybody else, trying to find the biggest bang for our buck when it comes to travelling abroad. over the past decade here at the travel show hq it has been ourjob to create new content for you every week on a fairly modest budget. so no wonder we picked up a tip or two along the way about how to get the most