hello and welcome to bbc news. two british volunteers working to provide humanitarian aid in ukraine are understood to have been captured by the russian military. it s believed the men were working as part of a joint humanitarian operations centre project in the country to help provide food, medical supplies and evacuation support. it comes after the foreign office confirmed a british national was killed while fighting in ukraine. it s thought the man, who s not been formally named but is believed to be scott sibley, was fighting for ukrainian forces when he was killed. a second man is understood to be missing. meanwhile, several russian strikes hit kyiv on thursday and killed at last one person, as the secretary general of the united nations, antonio guterres, met ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky in the capital and visited nearby towns. mr guterres said he was shocked by the attacks, and admitted that the un s security council had failed in its role to prevent or end t
liverpool upped it in the second half. substitutes nunez and gakpo brought the spark and they scored two goals in three minutes. first, curtisjones deflected shot, then gakpo s flashing finish and goalkeeper leno was then central in keeping it to a scoreline. that means fulham aren t out of it, but liverpool are more likely to reach what would be a record 14th final in this competition. a thriller to tell you about in the spanish super cup, as real madrid sealed their spot in sunday s final, after an extra time victory of city rivals atletico in saudi arabia. an action packed first half, saw four goals. 2 2 at half time, thanks to antoine griezeman, who became atletico s all time leading scorer with 174th for the club. they went ahead, but a late dani carvajal goal for real sent the match to extra time where a late stefan savic own goal and brahim diaz strike won the game for real. in italy s coppa italia, three players were sent off, in a fiery rome derby between lazio and
in european football history. speechless, again, that we were able to score, to come back, to show this character and not to lose the game. the boys, they kept having the confidence that we were in the right way, especially after you can have a few doubts, you can try to change the way you are playing but we kept doing the right thing and it was important but it was totally deserved. and at the end, again, we scored an equaliser. leverkusen will play atalanta in the final in dublin later this month. it s the italian club s first in europe. they beat marseille 3 0 in their second leg for a 4 1 overall victory and are trying to win just a second major trophy in their history. translation: i think this will reall be translation: i think this will really be an translation: i think this will really be an historic, - translation: i think this will really be an historic, fantastic| really be an historic, fantastic moment in atalanta s history. and if you will allow me, also for a
the news comes after the boss of the bank of england, andrew bailey, said the economy had turned a corner, but wasn t yet in a strong recovery. for more on this i m joined now byjackie bowie, head of europe at chatham financial. where is this growth coming from? the good news is the surprise upside in gdp was actually very broad based. if you look across the different components of gdp we saw a good recovery in the service sector activity. actually good recovery in consumer spending as well because obviously that s been a big focus with the cost of living issue and of course then with inflation that we have seen over the last year as well. so i pretty broad based recovery and again it took some economists by surprise this morning. are you breaking out the champagne now, are the recession time is completely behind us? it certainly looks like we completely behind us? it certainly looks like we have completely behind us? it certainly looks like we have exited - completely
series that s made a lot of the headlines on day one of the masters at augusta. after a 2.5 hour weather delay, bryson dechambeau was one of the first to get going and three straight birdies to open his round set the foundation for a seven under par 65. scottie scheffler got close to that mark a bogey free 66 took him to six under two years on from his first green jacket. it s a lot longer since danny willett was the champion at augusta but the 2016 winner is four under after a 68 in his first tournament since shoulder surgery in september. rory mcilroy had an up and down round four birdies, three bogies but in contention at one under par. elsewhere, the defending championjon rahm began with a one over 73. for more on that and, indeed, for a full leaderboard from the opening day s play at augusta, head over to our website. that s bbc.com/sport. now, a night of europa league football was marked by an extraordinary result at anfield liverpool were beaten 3 0 by atalanta