caroline hawley reports. a growing mountain of tributes in memory of those killed in russia s deadliest attack on civilians in two decades. many had been attending a concert. among the dead, three children. the country is in mourning and in shock. inside the venue this morning, a complex rescue operation was still under way. such was the damage, they re having to cut through debris to try to gain access to the music hall itself, where it s feared that more bodies could be found. translation: overnight, a hole| in the main building was created, in order to get engineering equipment inside the concert hall and ensure the work of rescue workers. plans were also made to extinguish small fires on the roof of the building. a glimpse here of the terror of friday night, as the gunmen shot their way into the hall. people finding whatever shelter they could from indiscriminate firing. imagine you had a relative at the concert and hadn t heard from them since. translation: the last| tim
next for him. in the women s draw, the americanjessica pegula is through to the last 16. she beat canada s leylah fernandez, the 2021 us open runner up. the 30 year old number fifth seed fought back from 5 3 down in the opening set with a run of five straight games and was the stronger player after that, closing out the win in an hour and 41 minutes. she remains on course for a third consecutive semifinal appearance at a 1000 masters event. she s got emma navarro, her compatriot, next. it was a predictably one sided match between italy and england in the women s six nations championship. the red roses, who are the defending grand slam champions, made things more difficult for themselves because they were down to 1a players after 10 minutes when sarah beckett was shown a red card for a dangerous tackle. they still ran in 8 tries in parma, winning 48 0. they topped the table on points difference from france, who also won this weekend with a bonus point. the captain marlie packe
played some incredible tennis to sweep past rune in a dominant display at the hard rock stadium, winnng in under an hour. ben shelton has kept the home fans happy, moving into the third round after a comfortable staright sets win over spain s martin landaluce. the 21 year old did not face a single break point. next up for him is the 23rd seed lorenzo musetti. and ninth seed alex de minaur eased past korea s soonwoo kwon, winning 6 3, 6 2. he ll face jan lennard struff next. in the women s draw, the americanjessica pegula is through to the last 16 after beating canada s leylah fernandez, the 2021 us open runner up. the 30 year old number fifth seed fought back from 5 3 down in the opening set with a run of five straight games and she continued to be the stronger player, closing out the win in an hour and 41 minutes. pegula remains on course for a third consecutive semifinal appearance at the wta 1000 event and will next face compatriot emma navarro. it was a predictably one s
hello. i m nicky schiller. welcome to the programme. we start this hour in the middle east. the head of the united nations agency for palestinian refugees says israel has told him it will no longer approve its food convoys to enter northern gaza. in a post on social media, unrwa s head, philippe lazzarini, described the move as outrageous . he said israel s decision meant many more people would die of hunger, dehydration and lack of shelter. there s been no word from israel. it comes as the country s defence minister, yoav gallant, is set to travel to washington, with israel leadership under increasing pressure from the us to halt its planned assault on rafah, in southern gaza. israeli forces continue to carry out ground and air attacks in northern and central gaza, including around al shifa hospital. juliette touma is from unrwa. she says if aid from the organisation is blocked from entering gaza, famine will take hold. well, it s simply outrageous. the clock is ticking, an
thank you. good evening. hello and welcome to a bumper sportsday this saturday night. coming up on the programme: what a finish to the grand national, as the joint favourite, i am maximus, storms to victory at aintree. but who will win the race for the green jacket? it s not looking like rory mcilroy s year yet again. we ll have the latest from augusta on day three of the masters. it s pep guardiola and manchester city leading the race for the premier league too good for luton, and two points clear of arsenal and liverpool for now. also coming up on sportsday this saturday night: jumping for joy. emma raducanu delivers in the billiejean king cup again, taking great britain past the french on clay and into the finals. and charging towards a sixth consecutive six nations title no stopping england, as they thrash scotland in edinburgh. welcome along. thank you forjoining us. the masters golf and premier league to come. it s also been a big day for stockport and wrexham. all