trying to add to the team, things that can — trying to add to the team, things that can help us to improve the 11, sure: _ that can help us to improve the 11, sure. we _ that can help us to improve the 11, sure. we are — that can help us to improve the 11, sure, we are working in this. this is the _ sure, we are working in this. this is the first— sure, we are working in this. this is the first season, there are many circumstances we were dealing, but i think we _ circumstances we were dealing, but i think we need to be happy because the evolution with all the situations, it's good. chelsea next play champions league—chasing aston villa on saturday. villa have announced their manager unai emery has extended his contract until 2027. villa were 16th in the league and fighting relegation when the spaniard emery took over from steven gerrard in november 2022. but a remarkable turnaround saw them finish seventh, to qualify for the europa conference league last season. they're currently fourth, six points clear of spurs, who have two games in hand. the pgmol say they will let nottingham forest hear the audio recordings from the exchange between the referee and var stuart attwell during sunday's

controversial game at everton — but only in private for now. the club questioned the integrity of attwell after their defeat at goodison. in a social media post, they accused attwell of being a luton supporter, who are forest's relegation rivals. the football association and premier league are set to take action over forest's public response. it's another var controversy in a season that's had its fair share. jude bellingham's fantastic season continues. he won the world breakthrough of the year award at the laureus awards, to round off a brilliant week in which his side real madrid knocked manchester city out of the champions league and then beat arch—rivals barcelona in la liga. the england international is hoping for more silverware later in the year. it's been a mad few days and, yeah, i'm really proud to win this award, like i said, and hopefully keep making more memories with real madrid and england in the future and hopefully i'll be back. we're still in with a chance, two with madrid and obviously the euros with england, so i think success would be

all three, but it takes a lot of work and a lot of sacrifice and hopefully it can happen. to snooker now. ding junhui and jack lisowski put on a great exhibition in the first session of their first round match at the world snooker championship. many predicted that this would be the tie of the round, and so far it hasn't disappointed. lisowski, who's ranked 17th in the world, just has his nose in front at five frames to four. plenty of time for 2016 runner—up ding to fight back. they resume on wednesday. and dominic dale is back at the crucible for the first time in ten years, but his first session was disappointing. kyren wilson produced a superb performance to take a commanding 8—1 lead. he only needs two more frames when the match resumes on wednesday morning to reach round two. these are live pictures from the crucible. it is mark williams in an amazing battle, currently 9—8, the first to

ten frames goes through. a tense one there. you can follow that all on there. you can follow that all on the bbc sport website and the app. there we go, that's all the sport from us for now. backward —— back with more later on. gavin, thanks for that. french police say a child is among the five people so far reported dead while trying to cross the channel in a small boat in the early hours of this morning. bbc verify�*sjosh cheetam has been looking at evidence to piece together what we know. we've been analysing ship tracking data and french media reports to piece together a clearer picture of what happened in the channel this morning to a boat similar to this one here. now, according to french authorities, more than 100 people got onto a boat here in wimereux — that's just south of calais — at around 6am local time. that's 5am in the uk. and a bbc crew saw the people getting on board the boat before it

made its way across the channel. small boats like these, they don't typically have trackers on board, so we can't trace theirjourneys. that means we can't verify independently what happened to the boat after it set sail in wimereux, but we can identify the approximate area where this rescue operation happened. now, here is a still from marine traffic. it's a vessel tracking service, and it shows several ships that you can see here from the french coastguard that scrambled to the area in the early hours of this morning. a few of these french vessels were small inflatable boats. we know these are often used to quickly look for survivors in incidents like this one. so this is likely the area where the incident happened, based on those ship movements. another aspect is the weather. so if you look at forecasts at the time, it shows that conditions were clear, but the air temperature was barely above freezing and the sea temperature was just above 11 degrees celsius, making it a potentially life—threatening crossing.

and we know historically that many of the people aboard these small vessels can't swim and often don't have working life vests. in today's incident, french authorities say 49 people have been rescued, but another 58 remain on board, not wishing to be rescued and to continue theirjourney towards the uk. now, this year, over 6,000 people have been detected crossing the channel, uk authorities tell us, and that's up from about a quarter from the same period last year. and last year, 12 people drowned while trying to cross the channel, according to french authorities. but it's only april and this year has already seen at least 1a deaths, including the lives lost this morning. let's take a look at the nationalities of people attempting the dangerous channel crossing. this year, 40% of people arriving by small boats were from vietnam and afghanistan — that's 1,266 vietnamese nationals and 1,216 afghan nationals.

in 2023, afghans were the top nationality crossing the channel, making up 20% of all small boat arrivals that year. iranians, at 13%, were the second most common nationalities to arrive this way, followed by turkish nationals who made up 11% of arrivals on small boats. we can look at the politics now. the government's rwanda asylum bill is finally set to become law. the plan is to send some asylum—seekers to africa most of the bill designates rwanda as a safe country. it was finally approved late last night. this was the moment the bill was backed down and therefore heading for royal assent, the next stage full so the prime minister said the first flight will leave the uk in ten to 12 weeks. here is rishi sunak, flying overfor his trip ten to 12 weeks. here is rishi sunak, flying over for his trip to warsaw today, saying that the deaths

reported today underlined the need for his legislation, but two top un officials have been: for the uk to reverse this decision. —— have been calling for. in the last hour or so, labour leader sir keir starmer has been speaking about the govenment�*s rwanda plan and what his party would do differently. take a listen. there's no doubt that we have to stop these small boat crossings. there's no doubt about that. the government has lost control of the borders. but this rwanda gimmick is not the way to stop it. it costs an absolute fortune — £300 million already, another £50 million either this week or next — to remove a few hundred people. that's a drop in the ocean. to put that into perspective, a week ago sunday, over 500 crossed the channel in small boats. that's more than the entire number the government plans to remove in a whole year. so that's less than 1%. so what i would do is use that money to build up our border security, to take down the gangs

that are running this vile trade and stop those boats arriving in the first place, not a gimmick which nobody thinks is going to work. earlier, i spoke to richard tice, leader of reform uk, and vicky tennant, unhcr representative to the united kingdom, and they gave me their reactions to the bill. first and foremost, on behalf of unhcr, i would wants to really convey our condolences to the families of those who tragically lost their lives and others who have been affected by the incident today. we are worried, concerned, about the legislation that was enacted yesterday, and of course its latest element of the uk rwanda deal. we think it's the wrong way to approach this challenge. we think there are other practical measures that could be pursued... other practical measures that could be pursued---_ be pursued... like what? what ractical be pursued... like what? what practical measures _ be pursued... like what? what practical measures do - be pursued... like what? what practical measures do you - be pursued... like what? what| practical measures do you think should be pursued? taste practical measures do you think should be pursued?— should be pursued? we think international— should be pursued? we think

international cooperation - should be pursued? we think international cooperation is l should be pursued? we think. international cooperation is very important, and that means international cooperation with the countries along the routes where refugees and migrants are travelling. so first and foremost, starting in the countries from which they are fleeing of the countries, they are fleeing of the countries, the crises that are driving these movements of refugees, but then cooperation with the transit countries, european countries, includes other countries along the routes, to offer real alternatives to refugees and asylum—seekers and indeed migrants who are, out of despair, out of desperation, pursuing these very, very dangerous journeys, and that includes offering safe regular routes to the uk, to other countries, but it also must include maintaining access to asylum, to protection in the uk. that's a long—standing humanitarian tradition, it's a humanitarian tradition, it's a humanitarian tradition with which the uk is very, firmly associated, was in the lead

of developing the refugee convention, and that convention must remain the central organising framework around which our responses organised. framework around which our responses oruanised. . . . ., i. . organised. richard tice, do you have any thoughts — organised. richard tice, do you have any thoughts on _ organised. richard tice, do you have any thoughts on that... _ organised. richard tice, do you have any thoughts on that... that - organised. richard tice, do you have any thoughts on that... that is - organised. richard tice, do you have any thoughts on that... that is all. any thoughts on that... that is all very well. — any thoughts on that... that is all very well. but _ any thoughts on that... that is all very well, but we _ any thoughts on that... that is all very well, but we have _ any thoughts on that... that is all very well, but we have always - any thoughts on that... that is all very well, but we have always ledj very well, but we have always led the way, — very well, but we have always led the way, and we've always taken more than our— the way, and we've always taken more than our fair— the way, and we've always taken more than ourfair share, but the way, and we've always taken more than our fair share, but that's been done _ than our fair share, but that's been done legally. it's happening now is both illegal and tragic, as i said earlier, — both illegal and tragic, as i said earlier, and the reality is that all of these — earlier, and the reality is that all of these people are coming from the safe country of france which means under— safe country of france which means under the _ safe country of france which means under the un safe country of france which means underthe un 51 safe country of france which means under the un 51 convention, actually, _ under the un 51 convention, actually, they are not genuine asylum—seekers because they are leaving _ asylum—seekers because they are leaving a — asylum—seekers because they are leaving a safe country. the only way we have _ leaving a safe country. the only way we have got— leaving a safe country. the only way we have got to stop this tragedy is tty we have got to stop this tragedy is by pushing the books back and, yes, we are _ by pushing the books back and, yes, we are spending aliens on foreign aid to— we are spending aliens on foreign aid to help — we are spending aliens on foreign aid to help developing nations, struggling nations — that's in the medium — struggling nations — that's in the medium to— struggling nations — that's in the medium to long—term —— spending billions _ medium to long—term —— spending billions but— medium to long—term —— spending billions. but short—term we got a crisis. _ billions. but short—term we got a crisis. our— billions. but short—term we got a crisis, our borders are not being protected, — crisis, our borders are not being protected, we are being charged an absolute _

protected, we are being charged an absolute fortune as british taxpayers and tragically people are dying, _ taxpayers and tragically people are dying, and it is only our policy that — dying, and it is only our policy that. people dying and stop this crisis _ that. people dying and stop this crisis. ., , , that. people dying and stop this crisis. ., _ , ., crisis. your policy is to return eo - le crisis. your policy is to return peeple back _ crisis. your policy is to return people back to _ crisis. your policy is to return people back to france, - crisis. your policy is to return people back to france, which| people back to france, which presumably would require cooperation with france? it presumably would require cooperation with france? ., , ., . . with france? it does not. we are leaall with france? it does not. we are legally entitled _ with france? it does not. we are legally entitled to _ with france? it does not. we are legally entitled to do _ with france? it does not. we are legally entitled to do it - with france? it does not. we are legally entitled to do it under - with france? it does not. we are| legally entitled to do it under two treaties — legally entitled to do it under two treaties i— legally entitled to do it under two treaties. i have read them, i know the sentences, the clauses was to what _ the sentences, the clauses was to what is _ the sentences, the clauses was to what is required is leadership... in what is required is leadership... practice, you what is required is leadership... in practice, you do that without the cooperation of france was blue and then with the french would do is what we have talked about. haste what we have talked about. have a 'oint what we have talked about. have a joint processing — what we have talked about. have a joint processing centre _ what we have talked about. have a joint processing centre in - what we have talked about. have a joint processing centre in northern | joint processing centre in northern france _ joint processing centre in northern france where you assess people, you reduce _ france where you assess people, you reduce the _ france where you assess people, you reduce the magnet factor, and here's the other— reduce the magnet factor, and here's the other thing, over 2000 tragically lose their lives crossing the mediterranean. again, you have

-ot the mediterranean. again, you have got to— the mediterranean. again, you have got to pick— the mediterranean. again, you have got to pick up and take back which is what _ got to pick up and take back which is what greece are now doing. it is reducing _ is what greece are now doing. it is reducing deaths. that is what we have _ reducing deaths. that is what we have to _ reducing deaths. that is what we have to do — reducing deaths. that is what we have to do. that is real international leadership and we should — international leadership and we should lead the way on that. the inquiry into it failings at the post office that led to hundreds of prosecutions is hearing from the company's former top in—house lawyer. susan crichton was the post office's general counsel until 2013, as the horizon scandal developed. she has been asked about the handling of horizon it problems — in particular, the language used to describe them. the inquiry was shown notes from meetings, which showed the post office's board appeared to debate language referring to "bugs" within the horizon system. let's ta ke let's take a listen. it's absolutely orwellian, isn't it, the use of the word "exception" now instead of "bug"? changing the language within the company, crafting a briefing that now refers to exceptions — should you not take

responsibility for that briefing, given that you were one of the people drafting it? if i had solely drafted it, it would have been my work, then i would've taken responsibility or would take responsibility for it. i can't remember that. let's speak to our employment correspondent zoe conway, who's been at the inquiry. what have they heard today? what was so strikin: what have they heard today? what was so striking about _ what have they heard today? what was so striking about that _ what have they heard today? what was so striking about that evidence - so striking about that evidence about what to call a bug, do we call it a bug or an exception, is that that language, that suggested language, came from the husband of the chief executive of the post office, paula vennells. it was her husband that suggested that word and i think that is what we all rather set up at the inquiry today. but what i think it was early port is that to think about when that conversation was happening, when these conversations were happening about language it's the summer of 2013, a really significant moment in this entire post office saga, because it is that summer that the

post office board is shown a report by the forensic accountant brought in look at the horizon system, and they have found two computer bugs that have caused problems in 70 post office branches, and what we learned today was, how did the post office board react to that report? and what we heard, really, was a series of memos, e—mails, we were shown minutes that really showed, in the words of the council to the inquiry, in his view, an attempt at a cover—up, but really what really showed through was concerns about the national reputation of the post office following that report, there was a one point and e—mailfrom the head of finance, board they would not be liable for what was found in that report, there was really a concern there about the reputational

damage to the post office, and with all these things, discussed at this inquiry, what's often most revealing is what's not shown, what we did not see in the inquiry today. but we were not shown was a series of memos, e—mails, board minutes that saw real soul—searching at the top of the post office about what this incredibly important, damning report meant for the convictions of those sub—postmasters. that was not what we were shown today. i'm not suggesting there was not some concern around that, but what was really coming through today was concerned about texting the post office, its reputation and concern about the damage that this report would do —— concern about protecting the post office. would do -- concern about protecting the post office-— the post office. zoe, thanks for that. black people wait on average ten months longerfor a kidney

transplant than white patients. nhs blood and transplant says there's a national shortage of organs, particularly from black and ethnic minority donors. about 5,700 people in the uk currently need a kidney transplant, including more than 100 children. 0ur health correspondent michelle roberts has been to meet one young girl who's part of a new swap scheme, designed to find donors more quickly. it looks like a microphone. a microphone? hello, hello, hello. destiny—rae is five. she loves play—doh, singing and her mum, maria. but she doesn't like broccoli or dialysis. but maybe when you get your kidney, you might like broccoli. what do you think? she's been having dialysis three times a week since she was ten months old because her kidneys don't work. added together, that's more than six whole months of her young life rigged up to the machine. i think all she's ever known is dialysis. i i she definitely doesn't have anyl memory of not being on dialysis. and this has kind of been- like her second family for a long time, which in many ways

is a beautiful thing. - but, also, what's best- for her is to be out in school. there we go. play therapy helps pass the time while waiting for a new kidney. that's your favourite one, isn't it? the odds of finding a donor are stacked against destiny. there's a national shortage of organs... my turn! ..particularly from black and ethnic minority people. no suitable deceased donor has been found, but a special organ swap scheme with living donors — the uk living kidney sharing scheme — might help. the sharing scheme widens the search, using people who are willing to give one of their healthy kidneys to a stranger. they promise to donate if in return their friend or loved one gets a kidney from someone else. the swaps only go ahead if everyone matches up, so that no patient misses out. good, we've got one. destiny's wait for a kidney has been long and uncertain. nope. but social media has provided a lifeline.

they met liffy in an online discussion group talking about the difficulty of finding a donor. they don't go together? although liffy is not a tissue match for destiny, —— although liffy is not a tissue match for destiny, she hopes the scheme can pair them with someone who is. destiny was actually the same age as my own daughter and i couldn't imagine being in the same position as maria and destiny and someone not wanting to help. a healthy donor like liffy can lead a normal life on one remaining kidney, although it's a massive decision to make. my daughter loves her, so she calls her auntie liffy. she loves her. they've got an amazing bond. it's so beautiful to see. and, yeah, she's literally sent from heaven. she's my guardian angel. every three months, destiny and liffy wait to hear if a match can be found. they're hoping today its third time lucky.

maria, earlier today, i got a phone call. they've found a match for us. oh, wow! so we're paired up. want a hug? a few weeks on, the operations have gone ahead successfully. maria and destiny are still isolating at home, but are looking forward to a new chapter in their lives. now we can plan. things that we couldn't do before, we can now do. and i'm just excited for the fact that we... i can see a future. i couldn't see a future before. michelle roberts, bbc news. and good luck to them. four spears taken from an aboriginal community by captain cook and the crew of the endeavour when they landed in australia in 1770 are being repatriated. the weapons have been handed over at a ceremony at trinity college cambridge,

following years of discussions. they had previously been lent to museums in australia in 2015 and 2020. noor nanji reports. these are the four spears that were brought to england more than 250 years ago when captainjames cook returned from australia on the endeavour. now they've been formally handed back. representatives of the la perouse aboriginal community welcomed their return. having them returned after all this time and having them displayed at kurnell at the very point they were taken in 1770 ensures that we're able to amplify the significance of the spears, but also too the events that occurred on that day. the weapons were taken from a local camp when the british expedition arrived in australia at the site of modern—day sydney. they were given to trinity college on captain cook's return the following year, and the spears have been part of the college's

collection ever since then. campaigners have long called for their repatriation to australia, where similar fishing spears are still used by the local community. the spears were taken without the consent of the gweagal people just over 250 years ago. it's right that they are returned, but it is also positive that they are returned. why has it taken so long to return the spears? in the past, requests were made that were not supported by the indigenous peoples themselves. there has been a complex history. now people have come together, the community has the full support of the national museum of australia. the college is the latest in a long line of british institutions handing back artefacts taken from around the world by british explorers. noor nanji, bbc news. nasa says its voyageri probe, the most distant man—made object in the universe, is sending usable information to earth again after months of spouting gibberish. the spaceship left the solar system

in 2012 and is currently more than 15 billion miles from earth, but it can still send data back. 0ur science correspondent victoria gill explains. we have ignition, and we have liftoff. a spacecraft bound for a journey that no one imagined. when voyageri launched in 1977, its mission was to explore our own solar system. it captured detailed images of saturn's rings and discovered thatjupiter has a ring of its own. then itjust kept going. and in 2012, it became the first human made object to leave our solar system. but last year, after nearly 50 years in space, something finally went wrong. the data voyageri was sending back to earth stopped making sense. nasa engineers worked out that a single chip on its decades—old on board computer had stopped working. to fix it, they transmitted

an essential piece of code that was on that broken ship back to the spacecraft from mission control. it took 22 and a half hours for that code to reach voyageri in interstellar space. but this very remote reboot worked. the craft has now sent readable data reporting its health and status back to earth for the first time in five months. a lot of this technology is �*60s, not �*705. we are now in 2024, which is quite extraordinary. i sit here at my age thinking, "good god, this thing is still going," and it's brilliant. the next step is to get scientific information from the craft, to keep learning from its interstellar mission. by next year, though, voyager 1's ability to generate enough power to operate its instruments is set to come to an end, leaving this tiny icon of space exploration to wander the universe — possibly for eternity. victoria gill, bbc news.

amazing stuff. let's take you back to new york, just want to mark your card, let you know what is coming up. donald trump is in court. we will get plainmoor analysis of events inside. just so you know, these are pictures from inside the courthouse, this is new york, there are no live camera feeds inside the court itself. there is a stills photographer insight and these are the latest pictures of donald trump today, sitting in court. listening today, sitting in court. listening to a witness, david packer. mr becker is a friend of donald trump, former publisher of the national enquirer. he is taking questions at the moment. 20 of analysis and reaction to witness number one in donald trump's criminal trial, do stay with us for that. —— david pecker. my colleague maryam moshiri is up next. for the moment, i am lewis vaughanjones. this is bbc news. bye—bye.

hello there. it was another chilly day for the time of year pretty much everywhere, but where we had the sunshine across the north and the west of the uk, it didn't feel too bad. but it was chilly further east, where we had thicker cloud, even a few spots of rain. that's the story for the next few days. it will remain — the temperatures — below the seasonal norm, and there will be more cloud always towards eastern areas. and you can see why. this northerly arctic airflow has brought this chilly air to our shores and it's going to hang around for the next few days. high pressure sits out towards the west, hence the northerly wind. we've got low pressure developing out in the north sea. it's feeding in a lot of cloud, generally in northern and eastern areas, a few showers mixed into there as well. could even see some wintriness over the high ground, as the air is cold enough for that. but where we have clearer skies through tonight, this is where we'll see the lowest of the temperatures, a touch of frost in places. where we have the cloud,

temperatures staying above freezing. bit of a grey start, i think, wales, south—west england, certainly down the north sea coasts of both england and scotland. the cloud tends to clear in the south—west, but it continues to be fed in on that northerly breeze across eastern areas. could see a few showers. like i mentioned, they could be wintry over the higher ground. best the sunshine towards the north and the west. perhaps a cooler day a little bit tomorrow. i think for most areas, highs of 13, maybe 1a degrees. single digits on the north sea coast. as we head through wednesday night, we start to see an area of more organised showers, longer spells of rain pushing south into scotland. there will be some snow on the hills. the air is cold enough for that. elsewhere, a chilly night to come. where we've had clearer skies out west, then a touch of frost. some subtle changes, i think, as we head into thursday. we start to see two areas of low pressure beginning to encroach into our shores, so i think we'll see more cloud around generally, limited sunshine here and there, though the best of the sunshine will probably be through the morning period. showers will get going and they will

be of a wintry nature to the hills of scotland and northern england, mainly of rain, i think, across more southern parts of britain and in towards northern ireland. temperature—wise, up to 13 degrees in the south, still chilly in northern and eastern areas. and then as we push to the end of the week, friday and the weekend, it does look like low pressure will start to take over. moving up from the south, it'll bring stronger easterly winds and outbreaks of rain. what it will do is also usher in some slightly warmer air to our shores, generally across southern areas, eventually pushing northwards, but it will be turning more unsettled. take care.

at six, five people have died including a child trying to cross the channel in this overcrowded boat. a bbc team was on the beach in northern france as people scrambled to get on board, they witnessed what happened. there is a real battle going on, on the beach here, there must be more than 100 migrants trying to get to the water there. they are letting off firecrackers to try and keep the police away from them. also tonight, on a visit to poland the prime minister announces a big rise in the uk's defence spending, promising billions more. the welsh government puts the brakes on the 20—mile—per—hour speed limitjust months after it was manoeuvred in. i got a phone call,

they found a match for us. the moment a kidney donor was found for five—year—old destiny—rae. coming up on bbc news... all eyes on the emirates stadium where victory for arsenal over chelsea could take them three points clear at the top of the premier league. summer. tonight we hear why the investigation is taking so long and one family's reaction. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. this is the boat, overloaded with more than 100 people, that got into trouble just off the french coast last night leading to the deaths of five migrants including a child. it happened just hours after mps had passed the government's rwanda bill which is designed to deter people from attempting crossings like this. 0ur correspondent andrew harding was on that beach in the early hours