Strengthening easterly breeze, and that will start tonight the temperatures down a few degrees around some of these eastern coasts of scotland and england, but away from that, still very warm, temperatures up to 18 degrees. that s warm for this stage of the year. that is your latest weather. hello this is bbc news, i m victoria derbyshire. the headlines. the deadline set by russia for ukrainian troops in mariupol to lay down their weapons has passed with no sign of surrender. western allies promise more military aid for ukraine as fighting intensifies in the east of the country. russian and belarusian players won t be allowed to compete at this summer s wimbledon because of the invasion of ukraine. the prime minister has faced criticism in the house of commons for his lockdown breaking fine in advance of tomorrow s vote on whether there should be an investigation into claims
The international olympic committee has urged sporting federations worldwide to exclude competitors from russia and belarus. in some sports, they have continued to take part as neutrals. the sights and scenes of wimbledon are known the world over. thus its decisions will generate global reactions. russia has already called any ban unacceptable. some tennis authorities are also likely to be unhappy. but even here, there is no roof to exclude the events of the wider world. joe wilson, bbc news. in the past 30 minutes the atp have released a statement criticising the decision. they say.
Based on the atp rankings. we believe that today s unilateral decision and that tennis association to exclude players from russia and belarus from this year s british grass court swing is unfair and has the potential to set an damaging precedent for the games. discrimination based on nationality also constitutes a violation of our agreement with wimbledon. this states that player entries based solely on atp rankings. any course of her action in response to this decision will not be assessed in consultation with our board member councils. they go on to say that russian and belarusian players will be allowed to continue to compete at atp events under a neutral flag. borisjohnson has ignored calls from labour to apologise to the archbishop of canterbury, following reports that mrjohnson had criticised the church of england over its clergy s comments on his asylum policy. which would send some arrivals to
Here s louis pilbeam. good evening. wimbledon bosses say they have banned russian and belarusian tennis players because it s their responsibilty to play a part in government sanctions. russian and belarusian athletes have been allowed to play other high profile tournaments under a neutral flag and no national anthem. 0ur sports correspondent joe wilson has more. wimbledon may bask in tradition but it is part of today s world and all the sporting implications of the invasion of ukraine. and wimbledon is taking a stand. so, while russia s daniil medvedev has been allowed to compete on the tour as an individual, the world number two will be barred from wimbledon. the same applies to aryna sabalenka of belarus, ranked numberfour in the women s game. those are two potential champions. there are many other players who will also now be missing. from one of ukraine s most prominent recent tennis players, this reaction. alex dolgopolov said.
Of heat between the atp and also the lta and wimbledon in that situation. can we get to the bottom of why we think wimbledon is made this decision? we know that satisfies another sports people from russia and belorussia have been able to compete under a neutral flag. wimbledon response the chair of the all england club basically said we recognise it s a hard decision for the individuals affected. but effectively it was a tough decision to make but is one bait made looking at the uk government guidance. i think part of it also has to do with the fact that it is also in event where we have the royal family attending in the royal box high profile members, huge tennis fans. could be a situation, difficult situation where we see them cheering, maybe even given a trophy from a player from russia them cheering, maybe even given a trophy from a playerfrom russia or belarus that is also a situation