the sport s next world cup was due to take place in france in two years time, but this afternoon the host nation has pulled out, with the sport now looking into alternative options. the international rugby league chair said. there is no secret as to how important the strengthening of france as a rugby league nation is to our strategic plans. they are of drawing as i can t guarantee the financial viability of the tournament. it is leicester city s turn to take centre stage as the race to avoid relegation continues in the premier league this evening. they face champions league chasing liverpool at the king power. leicester were resoundly beaten by fulham last monday and go into this one inside the relegation zone. victory for leicester moves them out of the bottom three but they take on a liverpool side who ve just won six in a row, and who are hunting down a place in the top four. we have to expect a team who wants to stay in the league and will site for we have to expect a t
jets to ukraine. also tonight, protestors disrupt a speech by the home secretary, where she said it wasn t racist to want to control borders and reduce immigration. we uncover a fraud where british men are paid to claim they are the fathers of children born to migrant women. the rohingya muslims, six years after they fled myanmar we meet a little boy who s spent his life in a refugee camp. and once a rising star of digital news media, valued at £5 billion, now vice has filed for bankruptcy. but with two teenagers fatally stabbed this month, will the action be enough to stop young people carrying weapons? good evening. the ukrainian armed forces are to be supplied with hundreds of air defence missiles and armed drones by the united kingdom. this new supply is in addition to the allocation of cruise missiles announced last week. the news came on the day president zelensky held talks with rishi sunak at the prime minister s country residence, chequers as part of his tour
this is bbc news, the headlines. the prime minister of bangladesh gives a rare interview, telling me the one million rohingya who fled there from myanmar should be returned. the un and with other organisations, they should take care of it. that is, in their own country, they are safe. it is their duty to do it, not ours. its site was once considered a challenger to traditional media, but now the company behind vice news files for bankrupty in the us. and members of nigeria s lgbt community speak out after being targeted by criminal gangs on dating apps. welcome back. we return now to bangladesh, and our exclusive interview with the country s prime minister, sheikh hasina. earlier, we spoke to her about the fate of the rohingyas currently living in a vast refugee camp on the bangladeshi coastline having fled. but what of the rest of the country? there are elections due injust over six months, with prime minister hasina expected to run again. she was re elected for a record thi
six 9 billion acquisition of activision blizzard. thus despite being rejected by the uk just three weeks ago. uk said it was concerned any such deal could hinder future competition. japan had approved the takeover in march but us federal trade commission is also seeking to block it. what exactly is going on? what is going on because some countries are saying we have no issues with this deal and the uk and the us have some very specific reservations? figs the us have some very specific reservations? the us have some very specific reservations? ~ , ., ., reservations? as mentioned earlier, the federal state reservations? as mentioned earlier, the federal state commission - reservations? as mentioned earlier, the federal state commission has i reservations? as mentioned earlier, the federal state commission has a l the federal state commission has a very widespread concerns about this which they are outlined last december. there were three areas they were looking at, they fe
hello and welcome. ukraine s president zelensky has left the british prime minister s country residence, following a surprise visit to the uk. after talks between the two, rishi sunak pledged long term support for ukraine to ensure that it s able to defend itself into the future. mr zelensky said the pair had discussed western nations providing kyiv with fighter jets, with the aim of creating what he called a jets coalition . our world affairs correspondent caroline hawley reports. the latest stop in the whirlwind tour. his visit here only announced this morning. president zelensky arrived at chequers fresh from talks in france with president macron. the mission to get from the west of the weapons he needs to fight back against russia. it is a second trip to the uk this year and he says he and his team are here to discuss substantive negotiations. you are the first foreign leader i have had the privilege of welcoming here as prime minister. yes, a privilege to be here. you