might say it is naive, england would say it is brave. they scored quickly again and have given themselves a chance to reclaim the initiative on the third day here at lord s. manchester united have agreed a deal to buy england international mason mount from chelsea. talks to try to resolve the impasse over a fee for the midfielder have been successful, with an initial £55 million agreed that could rise to 60. mount will sign a five year deal at old trafford. ex chelsea midfielder n golo kante has bought a football club. the france international will become the chairman of the belgian third tier side royal excelsior virton on the same day he joins the saudi arabia pro league side al ittihad. the greatest cycle race in the world gets under way this weekend. the 110th tour de france will start in bilbao that s spain, of course on saturday. but the traditional grand depart always begins on the thursday night. tadej pogacar is one of two overwhelming favourites for the yellow
down outside the city, and blamed ukraine for the attack. an adviser to president volodymyr zelensky has denied any ukrainian responsibility. mykhailo podolyak was asked about the strikes while appearing on a breakfast television show. we have nothing to do with this, he said, but added that kyiv is watching with pleasure and forecast an increasing number of attacks . moscow is more than a70 km from ukraine. in moscow, our russia editor steve rosenberg heard the explosions. well, at 6:21; this morning ijotted down the time i heard an explosion in the distance and the windows of my home shook. than half an hour later, i heard another explosion. and i checked on social media and there was a lot of chat, a lot of discussion from muscovites and people living just outside the capital, who d heard blasts, too. very quickly, it became apparent there had been some kind of drone attack. and that was confirmed pretty quickly by the moscow mayor, sergey sobyanin, who said there h
than half an hour later, i heard another explosion. and i checked on social media and there was a lot of chat, a lot of discussion from muscovites and people living just outside the capital, who d heard blasts, too. very quickly, it became apparent there had been some kind of drone attack. and that was confirmed pretty quickly by the moscow mayor, sergey sobyanin, who said there had been a drone attack. he said that several buildings in the capital had received minor damage. he said there were no serious injuries. and then the governor of moscow region so the area just outside the city he also confirmed there had been a drone attack and said that russian air defences had shot down several drones. how many drones are we talking about here? well, the russian defence ministry a short while ago issued a statement, saying there had been what it called a terrorist drone attack , organised by the ukrainian authorities on moscow. it said that eight drones were used in this attac
20 years ago tonight, baghdad was under attack, as the american led invasion got under way. we ll be looking at the tragic legacy. iraq sank into a nightmare. no one knows exactly how many iraqis were killed, it s in the hundreds of thousands. and workers have agreed a deal with network rail, but pay disputes with the train companies are still not resolved. and coming up on the bbc news channel. fulham s aleksandar mitrovic is charged with violent and improper conduct following his red card in the fa cup quarterfinal defeat at manchester united. good evening. the catastrophic impact of climate change and fears for the future of the planet have been laid out in a major new report which the united nations has described as a survival guide for humanity . climate experts say there is a closing window of opportunity to build a sustainable future, but they say that will involve rapid cuts to the use of fossil fuels, and maximising the use of clean energy and technology. the repo
live from mouth to in singapore, this is bbc news. it is live from mouth to in singapore, this is bbc news. live from mouth to in singapore, this is bbc news. it is newsday. live from our this is bbc news. it is newsday. live from our studio this is bbc news. it is newsday. live from our studio in this is bbc news. it is newsday. live from our studio in singapore. i hello and welcome to the programme. president xi of china is on a state visit to russia, where he s been warmly greeted by president putin. the summit has been the focus of a good deal of speculation following the publication of china s plan to settle the acute crisis in ukraine. mr putin said that moscow was always open to negotiation. but the americans have already warned that the chinese peace plan could be a just a delaying tactic. the visit comes just days after the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for president putin, in relation to alleged war crimes. from moscow, our rus