paris saint—germain looked the part, a true collective in the first game. they gave dortmund a lesson. in terms of going into this, this gives them dortmund a lot of what not to do because they were really bad back in december, way too passive. mbappe struggled to get into the game at the beginning when he was at centre forward, so that should give them food for thought. how much pressure is on mbappe? it feels like destiny and all of that puts a lot of pressure on him? yes, but the way the club has managed him has left to be desired this season. whether they have put him in the best conditions to find rhythm. i don't think there can be any greater pressure than

what he puts on himself, though. if he is given the conditions to succeed, he has always shown he is someone who can seize the moment, and i don't see why tonight should be any different. nottingham forest's appeal against a four—point deduction for breaking premier league financial rules has been rejected. an independent commission found forest's losses in the 2022—23 season breached the threshold of £61 million by 34.5 million, and that decision has been upheld. it means forest remain 17th and three points clear of the relegation zone with two games of the season to play. the denver nuggets�* hopes of defending their nba crown suffered another blow as they were thrashed by the minnesota timberwolves to go down 2—0 in the best of seven series. minnesota were missing star centre rudy gobert, who was at the birth of his son, but still had too much for the reigning champions. they were led by anthony edwards and karl anthony towns who both scored 27 points. the timberwolves managed to hold denver star, nikola jokic, to just 16 points. over in the eastern conference, jalen brunson scored 43

points as the new york knicks won game one of their best—of—seven semi—final against the indiana pacers, 121 to 117. in doing so brunson becamejust the 11th player in nba history to register four consecutive 40—point games. game two is in new york on wednesday. to major league baseball where shohay ohtani has continued his strong start since his record—breaking trade to the la dodgers. the japanese star struck his league—leading 11th home run to get the dodgers on the board with a two—run shot, in their match against miami marlins. it was the fourth time in his past three games that he's struck a home run. the dodgers went on to win 6—3. former wales rugby union star, louis rees—zammit, has had his first taste of life at the kansas city chiefs after attending rookie camp over the weekend. having come through the nfl�*s international player pathway programe, he's been doing his best to get up to speed with the game.

i have been part of the running back group to start with and basically it would be a new style role for me and i'm hoping the coaches, they are very creative, i will see what they can do, but it is about me learning the game because without that i cannot do anything else. i'm fully focused on the now and i have got to make the team how am i going to do that? i have got to perform on the field and learn the playbook and take it from there. i’m field and learn the playbook and take it from there.— field and learn the playbook and take it from there. i'm guessing it is a steep learning _ take it from there. i'm guessing it is a steep learning curve. - and that's all the sport for now. the un secretary—general has urged israel to stop any escalation in rafah. �* . , rafah. an agreement between the government _ rafah. an agreement between the government of _ rafah. an agreement between the government of israel _ rafah. an agreement between the government of israel and - rafah. an agreement between the government of israel and the - government of israel and the leadership of hamas is essential to stop the unbearable suffering of palestinians in gaza and of the hostages and their families. it

would be tragic if weeks of intense diplomatic activity for peace in gaza yield no ceasefire. no release of hostages. in rafah. i appeal to both parties to show the political courage and to spare no effort to secure an agreement now —— and the offensive in rafah. to stop the bloodshed and to free the hostages and to help stabilise a region which is still at risk of explosion. this is still at risk of explosion. this is a crucial opportunity that the region, and indeed the world, cannot afford to miss. yet things are moving in the wrong direction. i'm disturbed and distressed by the renewed military activity in rafah by the israeli defence forces. the closure of both rafah and the crossings is specially damaging to

an already dire humanitarian situation and they must be reopened immediately. we risk running out of fuel this evening, to give you an example. i urge the government of israel to stop any escalation and engage constructively in the ongoing diplomatic talks. after more than 1300 israelis were killed in the terror attacks of the 7th of october and after more than 311,000 palestinians have been killed in gaza, haven't we seen enough? civilians have suffered enough death and destruction. make no mistake, a full—scale assault on rafah would be a human catastrophe. the un secretary—general speaking there in new york and he started by saying it is a decisive moment for the palestinian people and for the fate of the entire region. if you want more on the latest developments, do not forget, you can go to the bbc

news website to go to a live page which is running for you at the moment. it's eurovision week and this year's contest is being held in malmo — after sweden won last year's competition in liverpool. flying the flag for the uk is 0lly alexander. and the first semifinal will be held tonight — ahead of saturday's grand final. 0ur correspondent sarah rainsford is in malmo. the fans are starting to gather here in malmo. we expect tens of thousands over the next few days. it is kicking off today with the first semifinal, all the usual sequins and spangles, as you might expect. as you said, 0lly alexander is on stage for the uk. he has a free pass to the final but there are 15 other acts taking part today including the apparent favourite baby lasagna from croatia, with a song with a lyric about meowing like a cat. apart from the feathers and the fun here, there is quite a lot of disquiet, in fact, this year, about eurovision.

there have been calls to boycott israel, for israel to be banned from the competition this year because of what is happening in gaza, because of the israeli army bombing gaza, because of the humanitarian crisis there. there have been protests here in malmo, calls for a boycott of israel and there is graffiti around town. there is a very large palestinian community in the city and plenty of people from the middle east too, upset that israel has been allowed to compete when russia was banned in 2022 after the full scale invasion from ukraine. but aside from the politics and protests, it is the eurovision party as usual, and malmo is gearing up for the first of several nights of extremely cheesy pop. sarah rainsford there. a study in spain discovered that 95% of those who are over 65 and carry two copies of what is known as the

abp oh e4 gene means they are likely to show early symptoms. it's fashion's biggest night — the met gala has been hosting an array of stars from film, music and tv. a—listers were invited to branch out with the dress code, the garden of time — inspired by a short story of the same name byjg ballard. hannah skelley is a fashion writer and stylist for the times — she's been covering the event and spoke to me earlier. it's a huge night. it's a really big date in the red carpet calendar and it's a fantastic night of fashion, basically. what did you make of this year's frocks? what were your favourites? my favourites... i really loved pamela anderson. it was her first met gala appearance. she was wearing oscar de la renta

and she paired it with lab grown diamonds from high street brand pandora, which i thought was quite fun. i also really liked adwoa aboah how she came from h&m, and that was really fabulous. she had a bump out there in that on the red carpet, so that was quite a moment as well. did we have any stars and british designers? plenty of british designers on the red carpet as well. british vogue editor chiyo minardi, she was wearing burberry, as was naomi campbell. kendalljenner wore a givenchy gown, which was actually created by alexander mcqueen when he was there in the �*90s. so plenty of british representation on the red carpet. yeah, really good. what did you think of cardi b's incredible dress? ah, that was quite interesting. that was created by a new gen designer. it's sort of an emerging brand. and his designs, sort of club wear meets couture, which is quite fun. so it was great of her to pick such a small designer that's sort of up and coming. and we've got to the point, hannah, that i feel i should mention the men because they were there. did any of them stand up? yes. i loved andrew scott and jude law in their versace. they looked absolutely fantastic. you can't go wrong with black.

they looked really fabulous. i thought they looked great. what more images on the website from the met gala show. that is it for now. hello, there. finally, a spell of settled weather, not just for the next few days but in fact for much of the upcoming week into the weekend. the best of the sunshine will always be for england and wales but we will have weather fronts in the north west of the country at times, which bring a little bit of rain, more cloud here but it will be quite warm in the sunshine for all of us, but certainly for england and wales. this is the high pressure starting to build in today across the country. there is a weak weather front across the north of the uk, that will generate quite a lot

of cloud for scotland. early sunshine across northern ireland will tend to fade as well and we will see patchy cloud for northern and western parts of england and wales and some showers likely to develop here but nothing as heavy or as widespread as we have seen over the last few days. the best of the sunshine towards the south—east, where we could be up to 20 degrees or so, but for most it is the mid—to high teens. through this evening and overnight, it looks like any showers will fade away. most places will be dry, some clear spells but sea fog lapping coasts of both the north sea and the irish sea, and there will be variable cloud here and there. temperatures generally 6—10c. 0n the mild side for most. into wednesday, this area of high pressure will bring a dry day for much of the country but we do see these weather fronts, tighter isobars pushing into the north—west of the country. the wind will start to pick up across scotland and northern ireland. cloud is building, too. we will see splashes of rain moving in, mainly to the north and west of scotland. but southern scotland, eastern parts of northern ireland, should tend to stay dry. the best of the sunshine again for england and wales with light southerly winds,

it is going to feel even warmer, the low 20s for many of us, even up to 20 degrees there across south—east scotland. on thursday, a similar story. more cloud generally in scotland and northern ireland, a few splashes of rain in the north west of scotland, where it will be breezier. lighter winds further south and for the bulk of england and wales it should be mostly dry, barely a shower around. lots of sunshine and feeling a bit warmer. 22, maybe 23 degrees in the warmest spots. high teens even where we have cloud across scotland and northern ireland. we hold onto high—pressure on friday and indeed the weekend, although it starts to retreat out towards the east, and low pressure will begin to push in to the west of the country later on sunday and certainly into next week it looks more unsettled. but a fine end to the week to come, just the chance of some showers across western areas later on sunday. take care.

live from london, this is bbc news. aid agencies warn it's almost impossible to help civilians in southern gaza after israeli forces move into rafah, sealing off the two main crossings into the city. these are the pictures live from rafah, where people anxiously await news of the latest cease—fire talks. ukrainian intelligence says it's foiled a russian plot to assassinate president zelensky — reportedly timed for president putin's

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