There is some mist and fog and a few showers around this morning. They will give way to a dry and decent with sunny spells. Later, some rain in Northern Ireland. Details coming up. Good morning. Its monday, 18th march. Vladimir putin has claimed victory in russias president ial election. Without any serious opposition, a fifth term was seen as inevitable. At least 80 protestors have been arrested across the country for vandalising Polling Stations. Foreign secretary David Cameron hasjoined other western governments in shunning the result. He said, this is not what free and Fair Elections look like. Our russia editor Steve Rosenberg reports. Foeradimir putin, six more years in the kremlin. Russias president is sounding more confident than ever. Translation whoever might | want to intimidate us, whoever might want to suppress us, our will and our conscience, they have never been able to do it, and never will. Then, mr putins first Public Comments on the death ofjailed Opposition Leader A
The fa cup semi finals. Chelsea come alive in injury time to knock out leicester and make the last four. Is it now a two way race in the wsl . Manchester city and chelsea are level pegging once more. Also coming up on sportsday. Matt fitzpatrick leads the british hopes in the final round of the players championship in sawgrass. And can Carlos Alcaraz claim back to back titles in indian wells . Hello again. Sometimes we can be a little prone to hyperbole with the fa cup. But this weekends quarter finals. Well, three of them, have matched every cliche and more, with none beating the drama at old trafford. Amad diallo s 120th minute winner ended a game that captivated and confounded. Manchester united 4, liverpool 3 was the score. Patrick gearey has the story. A rivalry that began with a canal is now channelled through football. Manchester united versus liverpool, a local grudge gone global. Both sides arrived in very different places, uniteds position the weaker, perhaps their need was g
To help priced out renters find somewhere to live . In sport, theres no stopping liverpool as they hit five in europe against Sparta Prague including a stunner from in form darwin nunez. Including a stunner good morning. A good deal of dry weather on the cards today, some will say sunshine but they will be a cold easterly wind blowing. I will have all the details for today and for the weekend throughout the programme. Its friday the 8th of march. President joe biden has used his state of the Union Address to criticise donald trump his likely opponent in the election and to claim that freedom and democracy are under assault around the world. President biden also announced that the us military will construct a port in gaza to allow the delivery of more humanitarian aid to the territory. Tonight, im directing the us military to lead an Emergency Mission to establish a temporary pier in the mediterranean on the coast of gaza that can receive large shipments carrying food, water, medicine a
antonyjoshua beatsjermaine frankin in his comeback fight, but fails to land a knockout punch. our ancient woodlands standard stead fast and tall, it is with this past that we build a future for all. the unmistakable voice of damejudi dench, as the king says thank you for the three million trees planted in honour of the late queen. good morning, a fairamount good morning, a fair amount of cloud around this morning but things will brighten up through the day. it will be less windy with more sunshine than we saw yesterday. more details, shortly. it s sunday 2nd of april, out main story. three british men are being held in custody by the taliban in afghanistan. a humanitarian organisation said two of the men were arrested injanuary, while a third was detained on a different date. the foreign office says it s working hard to make contact with them, as helena wilkinson reports. back under taliban control since the summer of 2021, now it has emerged that three british men are being
of the united states. there ve been powerful tornadoes in the southern state of arkansas, killing three people and injuring twenty others. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. city s best ever performance under pep according to guardiola after a 4 1win against rivals liverpool. whatever city do arsenal seem equal to, with striker gabrieljesus back among the scorers. it s heartbreak for harlequins as they leave their comeback too late against stormers in rugby union s champions cup. also coming up on sportsday. after a difficult start to the formula one season, british drivers george russell and lewis hamilton are on the up down under. and it s all on the line for anthonyjoshua win or bust for him againstjermaine franklin at the 02 tonight. welcome to sportsday. it s been packed day back in the premier league today with plenty of goals to savour as the action resumed after the international break. manch