smog from wild fires in canada, blankets new york and large parts of the east of the usa. nearly 100 million people could be affected. supermarkets are seeing a massive change in the way we shop. news research shows we re buying groceries less often since the pandemic, and the shift to online has slowed. i ll be taking a look. good morning. today s weather is very similar to yesterday. as we head to the weekend it is going to turn hotter and more humid by day and by night and we are looking at the chance of some thundery downpours. all of the details later in the programme. our main story. west ham fans have been celebrating into the night after the club won its first major trophy for more than a0 years. a 90th minute goal by jarrod bowen saw the hammers beat italian side fiorentina 2 1 in the europa conference league final in the czech capital prague. mike is there for us this morning. good morning, mike. i m surprised it s a quiet but i do and there are not still revellers
following allegations of inappropriate behaviour made by four women. clashes break out following last night s match between west ham and az alkmaar when fans of the dutch side tried to attack people in the guest area for west ham. welcome to bbc news. it is a day of two important summits with the war in ukraine being the common theme. at the g7 gathering injapan, world leaders met to discuss a new round of sanctions against russia. while at the arab league meeting in saudi arabia president zelensky made a surprise visit, urging those attending, to support ukraine. he told the gathering injeddah that on this, the asoth day of the war the world needed to fight the virus of aggression from moscow stressing kyiv would not give up any sovereign territory to achieve peace. also making the headlines at that summit president assad of syria the first time he s been invited to the arab league since the devastating civil war, that s blighted the country. here he is
this is bbc news, the headlines: two summits dominated by the future of ukraine president zelensky arrives in jeddah to appeal for arab support. unfortunately, there are some in the world and here among you who turn a blind eye to the cages and the illegal annexations. syria s president assad is invited to that arab league gathering we ll assess the significance of that after a decade of brutal civil war. the clean up after devastating floods in northern italy continues, which left 14 people dead and forcing thousands from their homes. we will be live on that story in just a moment. sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. alun wyn jones, alun wynjones, the most capped international player for wales, alun wynjones, the most capped international player for wales, has retired from international rugby. he played 170 test matches for wales and the british and irish lions. he had been named in the squad for the world cup i
the next general election. he ll be live on the sofa at 7:30am. the country s largest supermarket tesco is the latest to impose limits on certain fruit and vegetables, as shortages on the shelves continue. i ll have the latest. england s lionesses roar once more. they thrash belgium to retain the arnold clark cup and are now unbeaten in 29 matches. the cloud and rain across england and wales. all the details here on brick dust. breakfast. it s thursday, 23rd february. our main story. an off duty police officer is in a critical but stable condition after being shot at a sports complex in omagh in county tyrone. the police federation for northern ireland said the shooting happened at around 8 o clock last night while the officer coached young people playing football. our ireland correspondent, emma vardy reports. the shooting happened in front of young players, training at a football coaching session. it s thought the off duty officer was shot multiple times at around 8 o cl