the nasa news conference. sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. bryson dechambeau s the man to catch at the us pga championship as several big names have work ahead of them on the second round at oak hill. world number onejon rahm is in a battle to stay in contention. rahm s back on 6 over and not out again till later today. adam scott, dustinjohnson are pushing for the lead along with england sjustin rose. they re on 3 under. rory mcilroy s begins his second round on 1 over. dutch police have said they ll investigate footage of the incidents and try to identify supporters following ugly scenes after west ham s victory over az alkmaar, in last night s europa confernece league semi final. players from david moyes side confronted a group of the dutch team s fans who attacked an area where friends and family of the west ham players were sitting. the premier league side are into the europa conference final after beating their opponents 3 1 on a
welcome to the programme. ukraine has been a common theme at two major leaders summits. we will cover it all here tonight on the context. on the first day of their annual meeting injapan, g7 leaders agreed new sanctions against russia. meanwhile in saudi arabia, president zelensky made a surprise visit to the arab league gathering, urging those attending, to support ukraine. also making the headlines at that summit president assad of syria it s the first time he s been invited to the arab league since the devastating civil war, that s blighted the country. and later in the programme we have a special report from the new york times which has uncovered shocking evidence of the greek coastguard abandoning asylum seekers in the sea. but first let s focus in on the g7 summit injapan. the leaders have agreed new sanctions against russia. they said the measures would starve moscow of their technology, industrial equipment, and services that supported its war against ukraine.
goodbye to the no pressure, the rain clearing and some lengthy clear spells and with lighter winds it will be a chilly night especially for central and eastern areas. two or three degrees in towns and cities, call them up in the country for some first and a cold air mass to start the day on wednesday but the orange colours lingering to the west and behind this one from that will spell east through the day bringing more cloud and rain and wind. to start the day have some early sunshine in the east, cloudy in the west and that rain will track eastwards throughout the day, heavier and most persistent in the north west of scotland, there could be flooding, falling on saturated ground. temperatures up a notch on today, belfast is more at 16 degrees so the milder air today, belfast is more at 16 degrees so the milderairare today, belfast is more at 16 degrees so the milder air are starting to move in and heading through into thursday we have the westerly influence to the weather. t
with spain s sergio garcia going into the final day in augusta. who is the bossy one? also this morning, we meet the sisters with a combined age of 300 and a century of stories to share. ben has the weather. after yesterday s sunshine and warmth, today will be even warmer. but not for all of us. scotland and northern ireland turning cloudier and cooler. all the details in 15 minutes. thanks very much. first, our main story. there s been more tough rhetoric from the british government on russia, over its continued support for syrian president, bashar al assad. the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, has sharply criticised the kremlin, saying it was responsible for every civilian death in syria last week. meanwhile, foreign secretary boris johnson has pulled out of a planned visit to moscow and is seeking support for a new move to end the conflict. we can speak now to our political correspondent susana mendonca. good morning to you. the rhetoric is toughening, whether or not