of six hostages in syria. a british man whojoined the islamic state group s convicted in the us, ending relatives long wait forjustice. i ve not slept since my dad was killed in 2014 so hopefully tonight i will get a good night of sleep. and bye bye barcelona a stoppage time shocker sees frankfurt finish off the favourites in the europa league quarterfinals. russia s defence ministry says the flagship of its black sea fleet, the cruiser moskva, has sunk a day after ukraine said it had been hit by missiles. russia has not confirmed ukraine s claim. the ship went down as it was being towed back to port in stormy weather. it s been described as a big blow to the russian fleet, as the bbc s tim allman reports. the scourge of the black sea now buried at the bottom of it. the moskva or moscow in english was a symbol of russia s military might and crucial to its operations in ukraine. what caused its demise remains disputed. ukraine says it hit the moskva with neptune cruis
for a second year in a row. four goals from the 83rd minute onwards. the first fa cup quarter final has a blistering climax and a win for coventry. and a good first day not great on day two. how do rory mcilroy s chances look during his third round at the players championship? hello again. welcome along to sportsday. ireland are on the verge of back to back six nations titles. of the four teams that entered the final weekend with a chance of winning the tournament, much was in their favour mainly the maths. a win against scotland in dublin would do it, as would a draw. even defeat with two bonus points. but with about ten minutes to go, they lead to 17 6 at the aviva stadium. the story of the game so far. scotland s finn russell who s the leading scorer in the six nations this season was the first to put points on the scoreboard in the eighth minute at the aviva stadium. butjust five minutes later, ireland hooker dan sheehan saw his chance to hit back with the first try o
back to back titles in the six nations as irleand prove their northern hemisphere dominance once more. four goals from the 83rd minute onwards the first fa cup quarter final has a blistering climax and a win for coventry. joining them manchester city, two deflections but smooth progress nonetheless against newcastle. and a good first day not great on day two. how do rory mcilroy s chances look during his third round at the players championship? hello again. ireland have secured back to back six nations titles, beating scotland in dublin by 17 points to 13. a victory that gives them an unassailble lead in the championship with just france against england to come tonight. our correspondent andy swiss was there to see it at the aviva stadium. it was close at the end, but ireland are over the line. as you can probably hear the party is very much in full swing. ireland are once again the sensations for that goodness me, they had to work for it. in the last half hour we had a
accompanied by strong winds, especially in the west. all the details later in the programme. it s friday, the 14th ofjuly. there are calls for clarity over how the government will fund pay rises of up to 7% for more than a million public sector workers. several unions have welcomed the latest offers, but others say they re not enough, as our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. chanting: cuts don t pay the bills. stopping the strikes is the government s hope. but afterjunior doctors in england began another walkout yesterday, they said the 6% rise they d been offered was not enough. appointments and operations cancelled again, adding to a mounting backlog for the nhs. and, as ministers urged unions to say yes to the increases offered, they warned there could be more to come. i think there will be a new wave of strikes in the nhs and what really needs to happen is the government needs to come to the table, pay a proper pay rise to these workers. i think everybody wa
and here is the news, from bethan holmes. a report by a cross party group of mps into nhs dentistry is calling for urgent and fundamental reform , describing the lack of access to dental care as totally unacceptable . last year a bbc survey found the majority of practices were refusing to accept new adult nhs patients. the government says it invests more than £3 billion a year in dentistry. hollywood actors are walking off set in their biggest strike in a0 years after talks with major studios and streaming services broke down. the screen actors guild wants increased fees for repeats and assurances about the use of artificial intelligence. it has been confirmed that lisa marie presley died of a bowel obstruction which was caused as a result of adhesions from weight loss surgery which she underwent several years ago. she died injanuary at the age of 5a. india s space agency is preparing to launch a mission to the moon it should be lifting off in about an hour s time. the m