Gauff tookjust 66 minutes to get past her opponent at the arthur ashe stadium, winning in straight sets. Shell now face qualifier Tatjana Maria in the second round as she looks to retain her title, and despite a difficult few months that saw her lose in the third round of the paris olympics, gauff is feeling confident. I dont have to prove anything to anyone except myself, so this whole two weeks are about proving all the expectations i have on myself, so i thinkjust learning and realising i have a lot left to give this game. Whether it will happen this year or in the future, i have many more years coming back year and i would win every year. I thinkjust that perspective. Also safely through her opening match is last years runner up, aryna sabalenka. She beat qualifier Priscilla Hon in straight sets and will face italys Lucia Bronzetti in the second round after her opponent, lulu sun, retired. Manchester united have agreed a 50 Million Euro fee with Paris St Germain for midfielder manu
semifinal on tuesday. earlier today, the draw for the champions league last 16 was made. at this stage, teams from the same country or who came through the same group are kept apart. the holders manchester city look to have been given an easy path to the quarters, they will face the lowest ranked team left in the competition the danish side fc copenhagen. these are the other ties as they were drawn at uefa headquarters in nyon. premier league leaders arsenal face porto while italian champions napoli face barcelona. german giants bayern munich also face italian opposition in lazio. the current serie a leaders inter milan play atletico madrid while there is a daunting task for rb leipzig against the iii time champions real madrid. those ties will be played over two legs in february and march. here is the reaction of manchester city director of football txiki begeristain to facing copenhagen. of course we remember the two games we played, and they went well, at least at etihad
meanwhile, an attack on ukraine s zaporizhzhia region leaves at least 23 people dead. a mounting death toll in florida after hurricane ian, president biden says it could be deadliest storm ever to hit the state. and saying good bye to sammy the story of a retiring guide dog good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. let us go back to moscow, where we have been listening to president vladimir putin officially, in his view, agreeing to the annexation and signing in the annexation of four regions of ukraine. this follows so called referendums that have been held in those four regions. in the east were talking about dunne esque in law hunts, donetsk and lou hanscombe dott. luhansk, hanscombe dott. lu ha nsk, zaporizhzhia. hanscombe dott. luhansk, zaporizhzhia. these areas supposedly wanting to rejoin russia. i think we might have some pictures of these signing ceremony, which took place in the kremlin in front of members of president putin s government. as you can see there, a
spotted on a steep slope above a beach. yesterday new cctv footage emerged showing him taking a bath over miles of exposed hillside. earlier i wasjoined by over miles of exposed hillside. earlier i was joined by our correspondent. he had had a long career before he became well known. he had had a long career. he had been diagnosed with type two diabetes. there was a man who is doing diabetes reversal clinical trial who suggested diet could solve your blood sugar problems. he said he went down there and that led to the 5 to diet and the blood sugar diets. what is fascinating is that you look at the tributes today and how many are people just saying, thank you. i lost 6.5 stone. the former deputy leader of the labour party lost about seven stone. he said, it is hard to describe how upset i am about this news. michael mosley has helped thousands of people to get well and healthy, iam helped thousands of people to get well and healthy, i am one of them. he was a hero to me. he w
students at the university of nottingham. the third victim was a 65 year old school caretaker. and you got a real sense from the families ofjust how devastated they were. and just how they are trying to fathom this, trying to come to terms with what has happened. but the message from the families was the message from the families was the community needs to stay united, needs to come together and needs to support each other. and i think the fact so many people are bringing flowers, bringing football shirts because the three who died were very keen sports fans, it gives you a sense of even if the people here didn t know the victims they have been really moved by what has happened. 0k, simon, for now thank you. that is simonjones i live in nottingham. the line breaking news to bring you related to a separate stabbing attack, this time of 48 year old man has been arrested after a police officer was stabbed at an address in maidstone. police saying that happened on thursday evening. so last