Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heres chetan. We start with chelsea, who have confirmed an agreement is now in place for the club to be sold, in a deal worthjust overfour billion pounds to an american consortium. The investor and businessman todd boehly, who is already part owner of Baseball Side the la dodgers, is the man leading the group. The club was put up for sale, before owner Roman Abramovich was sanctioned for his alleged links to russian president vladimir putin. The deal is worth, £2. 5 billion, with a further 1. 75 billion to be invested across the club. If it gets Premier League and government approval, its expected to be completed later this month. We are going to see a change of culture as far as Chelsea Football Club is concerned. Under Roman Abramovich, the club spent more money on wages and transfers and lost more money than any other club in the Premier League. It is unlikely that an american owner, with an experience of Sports Franchises i
Labour was the biggest winner in wales, where the conservatives lost more than 80 seats. Ukraine says it has recaptured five villages north east of kharkiv, as it continues a Counter Offensive against russian forces. The taliban continues to roll back on womens freedoms in afghanistan, ordering them to wear the face veil. Chelsea get their new owners terms have been agreed, with the Consortium Led by american todd boehly. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Sinn fein is on track to win the most seats in the Northern Ireland assembly for the First Time Ever signalling a historic shift in the political landscape. It comes as the Democratic Unionist Party Leaderjeffrey Donaldson, has said his party will decide next week whether to consider entering a Power Sharing government. Lets cross live to belfast and get all the latest from annita mcveigh. Hello and thank you very much. Yes, welcome back to belfast, one of three count centres in Northern Ireland going through the votes. Politics
Asked questions about his position all the way to West Dunbartonshire where he was keen to try and trump it with labour gains. He wanted to talk about their successes labour had yesterday, he wanted to talk about where labour had made inroads, he wanted to talk about a Turning Point for stock instead, he is now being hounded by questions about what hes going to do if he is fined by Durham Police. This relates back to a gathering that took place in the Run Up To A By Election last year. He was filmed in an office of one of his mps, a Constituency Office of one of his mps drinking a beer. He has said repeatedly that he is confident no rules were broken. Initially, Durham Police looked and assessed there have been no offence committed. Yesterday, they announced that they were investigating following significant new evidence. I think this is awkward timing because it overshadows the election result. It also completely neutralises the line of attack that he has been employing an Boris Johns
Was congratulating his team in london. The early results in scotland suggest the snp will be Largest Party. The conservatives did well in wales at the last local elections, they may be bracing themselves for a difficult afternoon from denbighshire in the north to the Vale Of Glamorgan. The most interesting result mice be may be in Northern Ireland. We interesting result mice be may be in Northern Ireland. Interesting result mice be may be in Northern Ireland. No one elected yet to the northern Northern Ireland. No one elected yet to the Northern Ireland Northern Ireland. No one elected yet to the Northern Ireland assembly, i Northern Ireland. No one elected yet| to the Northern Ireland assembly, so still early days. We will be doing our best to look at the data and tell you about the direction of travel. . , ~ , travel. And rita with us Keeping Track of all travel. And rita with us Keeping Track of all the travel. And rita with us Keeping Track of all the latest track of all the latest
Right to abortion. President biden says a womans right to choose is fundamental. And the over the top outfits are back celebrities return to the red carpet of new york citys met gala. Hello, and a very good evening. Around 100 civilians evacuated from a besieged steelworks in the Southern Ukrainian City Of Mariupol have finally reached safety. They had spent more than 60 days in underground bunkers in desperate conditions, sheltering from the russian bombardment. The lucky evacuees, including women, children and several elderly people, lets head to kyiv and my colleague ben brown. Yes, hello from the ukrainian capital, kyiv. The latest from the city of mariupol is that a Convoy Carrying about 100 civilians who were evacuated from the steel works in the city of mariupol have now reached safety. Theyve now reached the ukrainian city of zacharyjeff. Finally, it took them a couple days to get there on buses. They spent more than 60 days underground in the steelworks being bombarded by Russ