here s chetan. hello from the bbc sport centre. england will be without both owen farrell and now billy vunipola for their opening game of the world cup with argentina after bans for both players were confirmed. farrell has been handed a four match ban after world rugby successfully appealed against the decision to overturn his red card against wales. he ll miss the opening two games of the world cup in france next month. vunipola, who was sent off against ireland, has been banned for three games but it could be reduced to two if he completes the world rugby coaching programme on tackling. our reporter sara orchard has been telling me about how it impacts england s chances at the tournament. ultimately, it has been disruptive, losing your captain for what would be the two most important games of england s pool stage, and argentina and japan are the strongest in their group. however, the rugby world cup draw was done a long time in advance and that means that those pools are e
rangers match, head to bbc sport website. winners of the champions league last year, manchester city, will have to do without manager pep guardiola until after the international break following surgery on his back. the club confirmed their manager has had a routine operation and will complete his rehab in barcelona. assistant managerjuanma lillo will take control of the first team for city s games against sheffield united and fulham. before taking leave it seems pep was busy securing a new signing. manchester city have agreed to deal for belgium wingerjeremy doku from rennes for over £55 million. the 21 year old is set to become city s third major signing of the summer, after mateo kovacic and josko gvardiol. 0wen farrell and billy vunipola will discover sometime today if they can play at the rugby world cup. both face disciplinary panels over their recent red cards. for farrell, it s the second time in a week he s been through it, after world rugby appealed the decision to
states of scandal starts at 09:00 p.m. sunday night here on cnn the news continues right here on cnn welcome, to all of you watching us here in the eyes states, canada, and around the world, i m kim brunhuber ahead on cnn newsroom, world leaders react to the death of kremlin critic alexei navalny, find out who us president joe biden is blaming directly as news of navalny s deaths settles at the munich security conference, european leaders look at how they may have to defend themselves with the less engaged united states, especially if donald trump becomes president again. and speaking of the former president, he s lashing out the massive fines imposed by a court over fraudulent business practices amid questions over who will run the family business live from atlanta this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber from wash string tin to berlin, and moscow. there s strong reaction around the world to the death of russian opposition leader alexey navalny. some people are showin
mr zelensky said it was very difficult to fight russia without them. and he said the decision to supply long range weapons depends only on washington. translation: if you are defending your land, - and you cannot reach the appropriate distance to destroy your enemy, then the enemy has the distance advantage. that is what it is important to have long range weapons. we are talking about it for a long time with the us and other partners. today, we have some long range projectiles and artillery systems equipments delivered to us. well, as those talks about long range weapons with the us continue, washington is expected to announce a new weapons package for ukraine which will include, we believe, cluster munitions. ukraine has been asking for them for months, but they re highly controversial as they fall over wide areas and can cause large numbers of civilian casualties. straight to kyiv. our security correspondent gordon corera is there for us now. just what do you make
live from london. just ahead on cnn newsroom president biden is set to mark one year since russia s war in ukraine. ukraine will never be evicted from russia. we saw another launch from north korea. the tests are in response to the joint military drills held by the u.s. and south korea. it s something, just a little town, i don t think ever expected to happen. i also notice i have this rash on my arm that was not there before i came here. corporate lobbyists have far too much influence in our government. and they see this as a result. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is monday, february the 20th. 9:00 a.m. here in london. 4:00 a.m. in washington. president joe biden is set to depart for poland to mark the first anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine. once there, they ll deliver remarks for continuing u.s. support for the speech in warsaw. the polish prime minister said he expects a very strong condem