higgins. emily scarratt will captain england in the absence of the injured sarah hunter for this weekend's women's six nations grand slam decider in france. scarratt, who won her 100th cap last time out, says she'll be treating the game like a world cup final in front of the sell—out crowd in bayonnes. england have won the last three meetings against the french, but never by more than four points. number eight poppy cleall, a replacement last week, is the only change to the xv, coming into the side for hunter. although she did pick up a calf injury against ireland, she's expected to be fit. that's all from sportsday. more for you later on with all the updates on the football on the bbc sport website. we will see you soon. let's get more now on ukraine. president zelensky has had talks this afternoon with the un secretary—general, who's in the capital kyiv to see the damage wrought by the russian invasion. in the last hour, president zelensky told journalists there was still a need to estab

higgins. an awful lot going on today with a slightly truncated sports day coming up slightly truncated sports day coming up at 6:50pm with gavin but that is all for me. thank you very much. let's get more on ukraine. we are still waiting for images of the news conference between the head of the united nations and president zelensky and as we have said we know that antonio guterres has been taken to scenes of alleged war crimes and before he went to kyiv he went to moscow first. i'm joined by sir roderic lyne, former british ambassador to the russian federation. good evening to you. thank you for your time. your thoughts broadly on the visit of antonio guterres to the region. he the visit of antonio guterres to the re . ion. , ., ., the visit of antonio guterres to the reuion. , ., ., ., region. he is doing what a un secretary _ region. he is doing what a un secretary general _ region. he is doing what a un secretary general is - region. he is doing what a un l secretary general is therefore, t

higgins. all four players in the semifinals of the former world champions. you can carry on watching that on bbc two. should you so wish. i will be back in the next hour with an update. thank you, 0llie. more now on ben stokes being named england test captain, taking overfrom joe root. all—rounder stokes has scored 5,061 runs and taken 17a wickets in 79 tests and had been vice—captain across two spells since 2017. joe root stepped down after five years in charge, having led england in a record 6a tests. stokes' first test as permanent england captain will be against world champions new zealand at lord's on 2nd june. with me now is the cricket commentator and former england player isa guha. thank you forjoining us. is it stokes the right man for the job? absolutely hears. he is the most obvious choice. there was not a lot else, to be fair, but at the age of 30, i think it is a wonderful moment for him to be able to take over. i think previously, it was a case friendship withjoe root think p

this evening, it's the six time winner ronnie o sullivan against four time winnerjohn higgins. you can follow that on the bbc sport website, all the snooker, i will bah backin website, all the snooker, i will bah back in the next hour. now it's time for your questions answered on ukraine with tim wilcox. hello, and welcome to another edition of your questions answered about ukraine. you have been sending in many questions about the war, which we will be putting to our panel today. letjust which we will be putting to our panel today. let just take which we will be putting to our panel today. letjust take you to the panel that we have set up. christine 0ckrent a veteran of foreign affairs journalism in france. she presents a current affairs programme and among her many books she has written about russia and its oligarch, shejoin us from greece where you are currently on sign. . from south o london, the security analyst michael clark is a professor of defence studies. the former director—general of rusi and associate director of the universe tiff of exeter strategy and security.

higgins starts his semi this evening against six time champion ronnie 0'sullivan. breaking news coming from the courts and at coventry crown court her win addict laura heath has beenjailed for the gross negligence manslaughter of her seven—year—old son, who was asthmatic and who was found dead in a garden at their home in birmingham, so his mother, laura heath has beenjailed for 20 in birmingham, so his mother, laura heath has been jailed for 20 years for gross negligence, manslaughter, the court heard she pry ticeed her drug addiction over the wellbeing of her young son, seven—year—old hakim who was found dead in the garden of their home. he has suffered from severe asthma. it's been confirmed russia has cut off natural gas supplies to poland and bulgaria, dramatically escalating its response to western sanctions. before the current conflict, some countries moved to reduce their dependency on russian gas. lithuania isjust 700 kilometres from the russian capital. just eight years ago, 100% of its gas came from russia. that same year, it started producing it

but three—time uk championship winnerjohn higgins is out. he lost to china's zhao xintong, 6—5. before we go, some sad news to bring you. a pioneer of the golfing world, lee elder, has died at the age of 87. the american was the first black man to play in the masters, making history in 1975 at a tournament many saw as an embodiment of the racism that was a large part of the sport in america at the time. the lpga have described him as "the definition of a trailblazer". that's all your sport for now. over on the bbc sport website, you can hearfrom tiger woods and why he doesn't expect to return to the tour full—time following his car accident in february. but from me and the team for now, goodnight. hello there. it certainly has been a cold few days across the uk. but in recent hours, things have been changing — more cloud has been rolling its way in from the west, and with that, we've seen some milder air pushing in, these westerly winds bringing those milder conditions for most of us, away from the far north of scotland. so for the majority, tuesday morning is starting with

but three—time uk championship winnerjohn higgins is out. he lost to china's zhao xintong, 6—5. before we go, some sad news to bring you. a pioneer of the golfing world, lee elder, has died at the age of 87. the american was the first black man to play in the masters, making history in 1975 at a tournament many saw as an embodiment of the racism that was a large part of the sport in america at the time. the lpga have described him as "the definition of a trailblazer". that's all your sport for now. over on the bbc sport website, you can hearfrom tiger woods and why he doesn't expect to return to the tour full—time, following his car accident in february. but from me and the team for now, goodnight. hello there. after a very cold few days, milder air has been working its way in from the west. you can see these orange shades developing on our air mass chart as these westerly winds settle in. still, though, that cold air clinging on in the far north of scotland. but for most, it is a much milder start to tuesday, but a very cloudy start, some mist and murk, some patchy rain and d

and the three time uk championship winnerjohn higgins is out of this years tournament. higgins was beaten 6—2 by china's zhou yuelong in the last 16 in milton keynes. it's set to be huge weekend for george russell — the 22—year—old englishman is replacing lewis hamilton this weekend, who's missing the sakhir grand prix in bahrain due to a postive covid test.... and a schumacher will be back in the spotlight next season in formula one. craig templeton has more. this is being called the hottest feetin this is being called the hottest feet in formula i. this is being called the hottest feet in formula 1. why? because when venues broke that lewis hamilton contracted coronavirus to talk soon turn to who would replace him over the weekend grand prix. we know it will be 22—year—old george russell, a young man with a golden opportunity to drive by the silver arrows. wessel was a junior and reserve driver with mercedes and has been handed the keys to the championship winning car after williams agreed to a temporary loan. he posted on social media saying nobody can re

two—time winnerjohn higgins is also through after he breezed past barry hawkins, 6—1. jack leach is heading home from england's tour of south africa to fully recover from the illnesses he has had over the last few weeks. the spinner suffered from sepsis in new zealand before christmas, and he hasn't played at all in south africa because of a bout of gastroenteritis, followed by flu. that's all the sport for now. hello there. tuesday was a very windy day across the board, including england and wales, thanks to another area of low pressure which moved up from the south. it stays quite blustery today as well, but the strongest of the winds will be across scotland, england and wales should see plenty of sunshine, with just a few showers. you can see low pressure anchored to the north of the uk, that will bring further frequent showers to scotland and northern parts of northern ireland, some of these wintry on the hills. lots of sunshine further south, but we still have the overnight weather front which will be slow to clear from the south—east. a bit of a wet start here.

three—time winnerjohn higgins knocked out by the chinese teenager who had already beaten world a neil robertson. he will now ta ke world a neil robertson. he will now take on his compatriot in the other semifinal, ding junhui. you can watch that on bbc two and the mcguire and mark allen match is at 7pm. i will be back in the next hour. more now on that anthonyjoshua fight this evening where he's hoping to win back his heavyweight world titles. let's speak now to charlie edwards. he's a boxer himself and a friend of anthonyjoshua. have you spoken to anthonyjoshua about this fight in the past few days? not in the past few days. he isa days? not in the past few days. he is a busy man and will probably cut off all social media and focus on the fight. i was with him before he got out in camp and we were chatting and he seemed hungrier than ever and was determined to get these belts back. how might he be preparing today? i think he will stay cool, calm and collected. he has been boxing a long time. he cannot let andy ruiz boxing a long time. he cannot let andy ruinr get too much into his he

four time winnerjohn higgins was the last of the players to qualify for the final eight after he accounted for 2015 champion stuart bingham by 13 frames to ii. the 43—year—old scot will now play australia's 2010 winner neil robertson who hasn't played since qualifying for the quarter—finals on friday. ali carter is also through to the quarter—finals after beating china's zhou yuelong13—9. the two—time finalist was trailing 9—7 before winning six frames in a row and he's through to the last 8 for the 6th time in his career and will play fellow englishman gary wilson on tuesday. there'll be two wilson's in the quarter—finals after kyren also came from behind to beat barry hawkins 13—11. the pair shared 9 centuries — a new record for a best—of—25 match at the world championship and he'll play david gilbert starting on tuesday. in serie a, atalanta continue their bid to claim the final champions league place in italy. they were 2—0 winners at home to udinese with both goals coming in the last 10 minutes of the match. the side from bergamo move back ahead of roma into

but three—time winnerjohn higgins is out after losing 6—5 to fellow scot alan mcmanus. higgins had led 5—3 but mcmanus fought back to take the victory. let's find out about the rest of today's football. hugh, back into the premier league and a big day near the bottom. well, not great for newcastle, their 3 match winning streak was ended abruptly as west ham beat them 3—0 at st james's park in a scoreline that really could have been worse for newcastle... manuel pellegrini's side got their first in three... javier hernandez scored twice and squandered 2 other very good opportunities before felipe anderson got a well deserved third moments from the end... we need to play the next game in the same way we did today, knowing without the ball we need to work ha rd without the ball we need to work hard to recover, and with the ball we need to play and work hard. very important three points, but it's not enough. we need to recover the bad start to the season. at one point in 12 isa start to the season. at one point in 12 is a difficult result. now we need to think in the ne

the first to 18 is the winner. the four—time winnerjohn higgins. the match resumes live on bbc two at 2pm this afternoon. new zealand‘s jonelle price became the first woman in 11 years to win the badminton horse trials. she only gave birth eight months ago and went clear in the final showjumping discipline to deny britain‘s oliver townend the opportunity to become only the third person to win the coveted ‘grand slam of eventing‘. the third person to win the coveted pre—race favourite greg van avermaet held on to win the 2018 tour de yorkshire yesterday. the olympic road race champion finished second on the final day to claim the blue winners jersey. finished second on the final day the stage victory went to frenchman stephane rossetto in an incredible solo effort which saw him race the final 75 miles on his own. which saw him race the final and take a look at this. one volunteer marshal had a very near miss while flagging up a traffic island in the middle of the road. doing an excellent job, but the astana team car clearly can‘t have se

at the world snooker championship, four—time winnerjohn higgins has booked his place in the quarterfinals. it could hardly have been easierfor him, cruising through against jack lisowski 13 frames to i. higgins made three centuries, including a magnificent 146 break, the highest of this year's competition so far. delighted. that's my highest break ever here at the crucible. i think my highest before was 142 or a3. so it was a good break, good break. i don't know if big ryan day will think that way, i went one point in front of him. there could very well be a maximum break here, so i am not counting my chickens yet. but it is a good break. i expected such a tough game but this place can do it. in one of my sessions with stephen hendry i lost 7—1 was exactly the same. the harderjack was trying, i think the worse it was getting to him. live to the crucible, this is a match between judd live to the crucible, this is a match betweenjudd trump, the former finalist, and ricky walden. 4—1; is the score. that is how it was after the score. that is how it was after the morning session, the stra

higgins — both in excellent form. these other live pictures from cardiff. john higgins is two frames to just cardiff. john higgins is two frames tojust one cardiff. john higgins is two frames to just one up. definitely worth watching on the website. that is all from me but we will have a lot more on sports day at 10:30pm. thank you very much. the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, has warned of serious disruption if donald trump goes ahead with steep tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. it's the latest in a series of warnings to president trump, who says america would easily win a trade war. the european commission president, jean—claude juncker, said the eu was ready to show it could react in kind. president trump tweeted that rather than losing billions of dollars in its dealings with virtually every trading partner, america would easily win a trade war. i'm joined by bloomberg's economic policy editor, sarah mcgregor, from our washington studio. good evening. what do you think of a president trump is thr

allen prevailed 6—3 against the two time winnerjohn higgins at london's alexandra palace. earlier, wilson surprised judd trump. it's the first time both men have been made it to the masters final. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. thank you. sinn fein has announced who'll succeed gerry adams as its party president. mary lou mcdonald, who's a member of parliament in the irish republic, was the only candidate for the role. the two come from very different backgrounds as our ireland correspondent chris page reports. many would say gerry adams has been handing over to mary lou mcdonald for a long time. today, it was confirmed she would be the new leader. please welcome the president—elect of our party, mary lou mcdonald. she said she would put her own stamp on the job. i won't fill gerry's shoes. but the news is that i brought my own! and we together will walk a journey which marks a defining epoch, a defining chapter in our achievement of a united ireland. her own politicaljourney has been very different of her predecessor. gerry adams c

three—time winnerjohn higgins is taking on yan bingtao. you can also watch that on the website. that match is also scoreless at the moment. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. as we've been hearing the government's insisting that "progress has been made" in its brexit negotiations. even though theresa may failed to reach agreement in talks in brussels yesterday. the major hitch is over how to deal with the border between northern ireland and the irish republic once the uk has left the european union. the brexit secretary, david davis, has been making a statement to mp5, about the stalled talks on leaving the eu after labour tabled an emergency commons question. negotiations regarding our exit from the european union are ongoing as we speak. we are in the middle of an ongoing round. we held further talks in brussels over the past few days and progress has been made, but we have not yet reached a final conclusion. however, i believe we are conclusion. however, i believe we a re close conclusion. however, i believe we are c

coming up in sport at half past, former winnerjohn higgins is the first man into the semifinals of the world snooker championship. he beat kyren wilson to make it through for the first time in six years. next week will be the 10th anniversary of the disappearance of madeleine mccann. detectives say they are still pursuing what they describe as a "critical lead" in the case. the little girl was three when she vanished during a family holiday in portugal. her parents kate and gerry say the 10th anniversary is a "horrible marker of. . .stolen time". and they've promised never to give up looking for their daughter. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. ten years, no answers. a desperate search with the media following every step. what happened here? where is madeleine mccann? this is still a missing persons enquiry. despite 2014's extensive police searches in portugal, there is no definitive evidence she is dead. for six years, with government money, the metropolitan police have been reviewing everything from scratch. we have a significant line of enquiry which is worth pursu