The UK's first professional women's gaming tournament of its kind starts on Saturday. Four teams of professional gamers will play the first-pe.
there, tiffany. let s take you back to new york, this is besides the courthouse where donald trump s trial is taking place, opening arguments and that next week and alternate jurors were being selected today. outside that a little while ago, a man set himself on fire. there was a huge security presence there already, we saw earlier if you were with us paramedics taking somebody away on a stretcher. we are expecting an nypd press conference about that incident shortly and we will bring that to you live. the uk s inaugural women s esports tournament, red bull instalock, kicks off tomorrow in london. with 20 players representing four international teams, it promises two days packed with adrenaline fuelled action. according to data shared by red bull, women account for some 47% of the gaming community in the uk. in 2023 alone, women s professional
gaming leagues generated over 28 million hours of viewing time, reflecting growing demand for women focused e sports tournaments globally. joining me now are two professional gamers who will be competing at the women s e sport tournament? michaela mimi lintrup and sarah ahmed. thank you both very much forjoining me. so 18 million gamers in the uk, as we mentioned around half of those are women wise this a uk s first e sports tournament? it’s are women - wise this a uk s first e-sports tournament? e-sports tournament? it s still a very growing e-sports tournament? it s still a very growing scene e-sports tournament? it s still a very growing scene in e-sports tournament? it s still a very growing scene in the - e-sports tournament? it s still a very growing scene in the uk i very growing scene in the uk especially, there are many tournaments for us but red bull instalock is one of the first for really big game changer scenes. and