two. let s round up the sport, first. let head to the bbc sport centre and over to govan. yes, thanks indeed. china s sijiahui is through to the quarterfinals of the world snooker championship in sheffield. the 20 year old from china is the lowest ranked player left in the tournament, ranked 80th in the world. he started the day 11 5 frames up against robert milkins. the englishman tried to claw his way back, but has lost in the last few minutes, with the chinese player clinching the game. mark selby s he clinched the match by a 13 7. mark selby s match with gary wilson will also resume this evening. he saidi he said i am sabrosso surprised to get into the quarterfinals and even surprised by myself making it into the crucible stage. ten chinese snooker players face match fixing charges, as an independent panel considers the evidence against them at a hearing that begins on monday. the allegations include manipulating games, approaching players to cheat, betting on snooker and
but a huge breakthrough on the president s agenda with news that democrat senatorjoe manchin will finally support a bill that injects billion into key climate policy. and in ukraine the counter offensive is on with progress to report around the city of kherson but will the supply of weapons from the west come quickly enough to sustain the momentum? tonight with the context, the republican strategist rina shah and chief political commentator for the i paul waugh. hello, welcome to the programme. it has been a while. four months in fact, sincejoe biden and xi xinping spoke, on the phone. today the two leaders talked for two hours 17 minutes. a long time. but let s be honest, there s plenty to talk about. the war in ukraine, china s behaviour in the south china sea, trade embargoes, nuclear proliferation, taiwan. and specifically the planned visit of the house speaker nancy pelosi, who is heading there next month. that has infuriated beijing. ms pelosi would be the highest
Israel is warning that it will retaliate after iran fired a huge barrage of drones and missiles at israel. The israelis say that 99 of the projectiles were shot down with Military Support from the United States, the uk and other countries. Its believed nobody was killed. But a seven Year Old Girl is said to have been critically wounded in one attack. In total, more than 300 missiles and drones were launched its the first time that iran has directly targeted israel from its own soil. Iran says its actions were in response to a Missile Strike earlier this month in syria, that killed several of its military commanders. Irans Foreign Minister has said it has no intention of prolonging what it described as defensive operations, but that it wouldnt hesitate to safeguard its own interests. It has warned against an israeli retaliation. But benny gantz, a member of the israeli war cabinet, promised to build a Regional Coalition and exact a price from iran at a time right for israel. The g7 ha
held back to the spring budget, but there just wasn t a lot today, in my opinion. there just wasn t a lot today, in my oinion. , , there just wasn t a lot today, in my oinion. ,, opinion. even the issue you mentioned opinion. even the issue you mentioned about opinion. even the issue you mentioned about pensions, opinion. even the issue you - mentioned about pensions, the idea that we would have one pot that travels with us wherever we go and work, and new employers would pay into it, at this stage, it is a consultation, a promise to talk about it, no commitment on it? it’s about it, no commitment on it? it s about it, no commitment on it? it s a aood about it, no commitment on it? it s a good idea in principle. for people who don t know, even if you work for an employer and you move house, and you don t tell your previous pension provider what your new address is, the money is designated as lost, so it is something that could help. it is like an initial conversation no
is going to be on the bbc sport website and it is on at 6:30pm. see you later. thank you very much. let s turn straightaway to the crisis in sudan. there is growing frustration among civilians trapped in the country. the diplomats have of course been evacuated, but civilians have spoken about feeling abandoned by the british government. that is what they have said. it is fought upwards of 4000 civilians are in sudan, given the strong historic links between the two countries. this was one couple talking to bbc radio a little earlier. it one couple talking to bbc radio a little earlier. little earlier. it is frustrating, it is. little earlier. it is frustrating, it is- we little earlier. it is frustrating, it is. .. we feel little earlier. it is frustrating, it is. we feel abandoned. . little earlier. it is frustrating, i it is. we feel abandoned. yes. that s my it is. we feel abandoned. yes. that s my wife. it is. we feel abandoned. yes. that s my wife. it it is. we feel aba