Time for the sport. Premier league chief executive Richard Masters has admitted var needs to improve for the sake of the fans. Masters was speaking at the european leagues general assembly, held today in london and said they want to improve the situation for supporters but gave his backing to the officials in englands top flight. I would say a few words in support of english referees. They do a good job, we know the va are system mystery improve, parts of getting thatis mystery improve, parts of getting that is the rules being upgraded to communicate with fans. All of that is good, and we want to improve the situation forfans. Liverpool Bossjurgen Klopp says his apparent successor arne slot will inherit the best job in the world if he does take over at anfield. Slot has told dutch media he wants to join liverpool, confirming feyenoord are in talks with liverpool and that hes waiting for them to reach an agreement. Klopp says although he isnt involved in the process, he would be pleased
Hello, im samantha simmonds. Welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. We start in china. Americas top diplomat, antony blinken, has told the bbc that he is prepared to take steps against china if beijing continues to send key supplies to russia which are used to aid its invasion of ukraine. The Secretary Of State has been holding talks with the chinese leader, xijinping, for talks in beijing where he also raised concerns about taiwan, and industrial espionage. Mr xi in return called for greater mutual co operation, so both countries could succeed. After that meeting, mr blinken sat down with the bbc s laura bicker heres a little of what they said. Thank you forjoining us. What were the biggest points of contention for you and your chinese counterparts . Whats really important is i was last here ten months ago and that really kicked off much greater engagement between our countries, diplomatic engagement with a number of my colleagues coming to
Could take 1a years to remove. The Un Mine Action Service says 37 Million Tonnes of debris would need to be cleared away. A spokesman said it wasnt possible to determine how much unexploded ordnance was in the rubble, but that typically at least 10 of Ground Ammunition thats fired fails to function. Also in gaza the bbc has learned that a baby who was rescued from her dying mothers womb following an israeli air strike in gaza has died. Sabreen was delivered by caesearean section in a Rafah Hospital shortly after midnight last sunday. Doctors resuscitated the baby but she passed away on thursday. Our special correspondent fergal keane followed the story of sabreen. And a warning you may find some of his report distressing. Well, we got the news late last night in a phone call from an uncle of baby sabreen, who said that she had died yesterday morning and the family had buried her by 1pm. Now, this story begins last Saturday Night with an israeli air strike on the family home. The Israel