british and irish ministers hold talks amid tensions over the number of asylum seekers travelling from northern ireland into the republic. protests take place in georgia over the government's controversial "foreign influence" bill — which is widely seen as russian—inspired legislation targeting media freedom and civil liberties. sport now, and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. the english premier league has voted to approve the idea of a salary cap. a majority of clubs voted in favour of the issue at a meeting to discuss it. with the aim of making the competition fairer. the pfa have reacted to the vote and have said that they have always been clear they will oppose any measure that would place a hard cap on player

wages. it's part of plans to reform the profit and sustainability regulations, which resulted in both nottingham forest and everton being deducted points this season. top clubs would only be allowed to spend a sum linked to the television revenues of the bottom clubs in the league. the next stage is the drafting of rules, which will potentially be put to clubs at agm injune. england rugby union international billy vunipola has apologised and paid a fine after being charged in spain, following an alleged incident. vunipola called it a "misunderstanding" and said there was no violence. the bbc understands he was tasered by police on the island of majorca after they were called to a bar in the island's capital. our sports news correspondent, laura scott, has more. we know that this incident involving billy vunipola happened at a club on majorca in the early hours of sunday morning. the number eight, who has played for england on 75 occasions, described what happened as an unfortunate misunderstanding that got out of hand. we know police were called to the club, we understand

he was tasered and arrested, and he was later charged and appeared in court. however, he said in a statement released today that, "contrary to media reports, there was no violence, no fight, and i did not threaten anybody at any stage, with bottles or chairs or anything else. i was charged with resisting the law and, following an express trial, i have paid a fine of 240 euros." having paid that fine, we know the spanish police investigation has closed and billy vunipola is now free to fly back to the uk, and he is due back later today. what will now follow is an internal process at saracens and he says he will cooperate with that and he unreservedly apologises for any inconvenience he has caused during this incident. luis rubiales, the former president of the spanish football federation has arrived at a court in madrid to face charges around receiving illegal commissions when negotiating a deal to host the spanish super cup

in saudi arabia. he denies any wrongdoing. rubiales was arrested at the start of april as part of a corruption investigation. prosecutors are seeking a two—and—a—half—yearjail term. he faces a separate trial for allegedly sexually assaulting spanish internationaljenni hermoso after the women's world cup final. rubiales also denies any wrongdoing in that case. let's bring you the latest from the madrid open. britain's cam norrie is due on court shortly — he's up against the norwegian casper ruud. earlier, danil medvedev came from a set down to beat american sebastian korda for a place in the last 16. on court at the moment is rafa nadal, playing argentine pedro cachin. natal is currently 2—1 up. let's take you to the world snooker championship in sheffield. the quarterfinal line—up will be complete today, and among them is ronnie o'sullivan. the seven—time champion is hoping to get an outright record eighth this year. he comfortably beat welshman ryan day 13 frames to 7. a 52 break in his winning frame helped "the rocket" reach his 22nd world championship quarterfinal.

kyren wilson is also through after beating joe o'connor13—7. now, i'm sure you've heard the saying "defied the laws of gravity". well, this is something else. greek bmx rider george ntavoutian has made history by completing the largest full loop ever recorded in world biking. he performed the trick inside a disused pipe in the city of trikala. it was 7.5 metres high. worth watching again. that's as tall as a two—storey building. it looks incredibly dangerous — do not try this at home. his completion of the record prompted scenes of celebrations. and that's all the sport for now. it is the world's biggest election, and is being held over six weeks. the bbc is on the road covering the indian elections. almost a billion people are eligible to vote.

prime minister narendra modi hopes to win a third successive term, but opposition parties says indians face the loss of many of their freedoms if he stays in power. three years ago, covid ravaged india. and while it made the state of healthcare in the country a part of the political discourse back then, in this first general election since the pandemic, healthcare does not seem to be a major issue on the campaign trail. let's speak to our south asia correspondent, samira hussain, who's in patna. if it is not health care, what is capturing the imagination, the attention of voters? we went to two states. we are in one state, and also went to kerala. they are on polar opposites when it comes to the level of health care they offer the people in their state. we

went there specifically to look at theissue went there specifically to look at the issue of health care overall in the issue of health care overall in the context of these elections. blocking traffic, desperate to be heard. even after the deadly pandemic, the state of health care here remains in shambles. trans iron coveit here remains in shambles. trans iron cove it was so bad that people were dying were dying like stray dogs. there were no facilities, private doctors had fled. we were told to take the patient home. there was no treatment available. three years ago, coronavirus brought the world to its knees. india's health care system was pushed way beyond capacity. an unimaginable number of dead.

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kerala, with its superior health care, was spared the rath of coronavirus. this community health centre has made significant upgrades, new isolation wards, a lab and revamped outpatient clinics. a noticeable difference in the level of care. . . , of care. the facilities in the centre are _ of care. the facilities in the centre are good, _ of care. the facilities in the centre are good, but - of care. the facilities in the centre are good, but some| centre are good, but some antibiotics are usually unavailable, and this needs to be sorted out. the waitin: and this needs to be sorted out. the waiting times have come down drastically. otherfacilities waiting times have come down drastically. other facilities are also _ drastically. other facilities are also available. the infrastructure has also — also available. the infrastructure has also improved.— has also improved. such is the dividin: has also improved. such is the dividing india, _ has also improved. such is the dividing india, where - has also improved. such is the dividing india, where parts- has also improved. such is the dividing india, where parts of. has also improved. such is the i dividing india, where parts of the country were able to rebuild, where others could not. translation: ~ ~ , ., others could not. translation: ~ ., translation: we will keep all of this in mind _ translation: we will keep all of this in mind when _ translation: we will keep all of this in mind when we _ translation: we will keep all of this in mind when we are - translation: we will keep all of this in mind when we are voting. i this in mind when we are voting. whichever political party works on this will get our votes. the pandemic _ this will get our votes. the pandemic brought - this will get our votes. the pandemic brought the dire state of health care into the spotlight, and

even after its devastating impact, health care remains absent as a major issue on the campaign trail. samir —— ten three macro hussein. health care does not appear to be a major issue on the campaign trail. it is interesting, given how badly india was hit by coronavirus and even though so me people are talking about health care at that time, it is really noticeably absent from the political discourse right now. thank you very much for that. samira hussain, in patna. talks have been held in london between british and irish ministers, as tensions grow over the number of asylum seekers travelling from northern ireland into the republic. the irish government is planning emergency legislation to return a rising number of asylum seekers crossing the border,

while the uk said it won't take any back until eu—wide asylum rules are changed. dublin claims 80% of recent asylum seekers arrived from northern ireland, but did not specify how this number was determined. the irish prime minister, or taoisech, went further, saying ireland would not "provide a migration loophole" for the uk's migration policy. the first thing to say here is every country is entitled to have its own migration policy, but i certainly don't intend to allow anybody else's migration policy affect the integrity of our own one. and this country will not in any way, shape or form provide a loophole for anybody else's migration challenges. let's get more on this with our political correspondent, hannah miller. tell us how those talks in london have been going. just tell us how those talks in london have been going.— have been going. just to be clear for everyone. — have been going. just to be clear for everyone, this _ have been going. just to be clear for everyone, this relates - have been going. just to be clear for everyone, this relates to - have been going. just to be clear for everyone, this relates to the | for everyone, this relates to the rwanda legislation, the idea that

anyone arriving illegally in the uk can be sent to ruan dreyer, where their asylum claim would be processed. the irish government suggesting that it has seen an influx of people arriving in ireland from northern ireland as a result of them being worried about being in them being worried about being in the uk. from rishi sunak�*s point of view, the idea that this is a deterrent, that his policy is making people not want to stay in the uk is something very much to be welcomed. but the idea of it. he certainly isn't particularly upset to be hearing the irish government making his case for him, essentially, the idea that the policy is working. but today there was one meeting that went ahead. there was also supposed to be another meeting between the irish justice to be another meeting between the irishjustice minister and the home secretary, james cleverly. that meeting was postponed. the uk government says that was because of

a diary clash, but the decision was taken after the irishjustice minister had announced that the country would be pursuing emergency legislation and trying to send the arrivals back. both sides have denied that there is a row developing here, but we understand from the uk perspective that there was perhaps some unease at the idea that this announcement had been made in the media less than one working day ahead of the meeting that had been scheduled. the uk government also doesn't see this as a bilateral negotiation, between the uk and ireland, they see it as something that needs to be negotiated with the whole of the eu, because as arrivals come through france to the uk cannot be returned to france, they don't see why arrivals that are in ireland should then be allowed to be returned to the uk. that is a uk

government's perspective. they also suggested to me that this is a domestic issue to some extent for the irish government. one meeting that did go ahead was between the irish deputy prime minister and the northern ireland secretary, chris heaton harris. that wasn't supposed to be about this issue, but it was overshadowed by the whole thing, both countries suggesting that they will work together, that this is a global challenge, a global migration issue, and there will be further talks in the coming weeks and months, but clearly an issue that has sort of appeared in recent days about this rwanda policy that has been bubbling on for months and months now and one which it is difficult to see where the practical landing space will be with it, but one that both sides are kind of keen to play down as any sort of diplomatic row.— to play down as any sort of diplomatic row. for the view from ireland, we are joined now by hugh o'connell, he's the political editor

of the sunday times ireland. thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news. the political landing space, that really is the phrase to consider, because the irish government is drafting legislation for a new returns policy. so tell us more about those plans, first of all. , , ., , ., ., more about those plans, first of all. , .,, all. this is a plan that is effectively _ all. this is a plan that is effectively correcting i all. this is a plan that is effectively correcting an all. this is a plan that is - effectively correcting an issue all. this is a plan that is _ effectively correcting an issue that arose in the high court in dublin last month, where the court ruled that the designation of the uk as a safe country in the aftermath of britain leaving the european union wasn't legally sound, so effectively what the government is proposing in dublin is to fix that alleged state of anomaly by way of a court verdict, to allow the resumption of returns of asylum seekers to the uk in situations where they have applied for asylum in the uk, registered in the uk, but have since travelled to ireland and registered

or tried to seek asylum in dublin. this is an issue that has become more of a problem from the irish government's perspective in the last few months, because 80% of the asylum applicants in ireland in recent weeks and months have come over the land borderfrom northern ireland. this is the open border which was such a major issue during the protracted brexit process, it is now leading to a situation where asylum seekers who are finding conditions less hospitable in the united kingdom with this threat of deportation to rwanda hanging over them, are travelling into northern ireland and then crossing the border into the south and seeking asylum at the international protection office in dublin. , in dublin. does the government in the republic _ in dublin. does the government in the republic of _ in dublin. does the government in the republic of ireland _ in dublin. does the government in the republic of ireland think - in dublin. does the government in the republic of ireland think that i the republic of ireland think that those asylum seekers should go back across the border into northern ireland? the uk government said it

wasn't in the business of having more asylum seekers in the uk. everyone this is that there is a common travel area, and they should be returned to the country where they first registered. that is the position which applies in the case of other asylum seekers from other jurisdictions, particularly elsewhere in the european union. the issueis elsewhere in the european union. the issue is this high court ruling in dublin which has affected theirs, which means that people coming into this country cannot be deported or sent back to the uk. as they see it, they are trying to fix something that has arisen by way of a court verdict. i suppose the issue is that the politics has intervened where, from dublin's perspective, they see a conservative government under huge pressure domestic leon immigration.

they can't be seen to be allowing people who have left the jurisdiction of the united kingdom to suddenly come back in because they are being refused entry into ireland because they have already registered in the uk. ireland doesn't necessarily see this as doing something that requires a legislative it's to its migration rules, but britain and the british government are very keen to not be seen to be accepting people back in, especially in circumstances where they are not allowed to return people to france, who cross the channel into the uk. this people to france, who cross the channel into the uk.— people to france, who cross the channel into the uk. this has the makinus channel into the uk. this has the makings of _ channel into the uk. this has the makings of a _ channel into the uk. this has the makings of a tricky _ channel into the uk. this has the makings of a tricky political - channel into the uk. this has the | makings of a tricky political issue, i think, for the respective governments at the home office in the uk launching an operation now to detain asylum seekers in preparation forflights to detain asylum seekers in preparation for flights to rwanda. detain asylum seekers in preparation forflights to rwanda. as detain asylum seekers in preparation for flights to rwanda. as you detain asylum seekers in preparation forflights to rwanda. as you have indicated, this is a huge topic for

the conservative party going into these local elections. so one wonders if they will be want to be seen not giving ground to the irish government. that seen not giving ground to the irish government-— seen not giving ground to the irish government. that is the context we find ourselves _ government. that is the context we find ourselves in _ government. that is the context we find ourselves in now, _ government. that is the context we find ourselves in now, especially i find ourselves in now, especially with the postponement of that meeting between the home secretary and the irishjustice minister which was meant to go ahead this morning. some of the officials were in london last night, preparing for this meeting, and then suddenly cancelled late at night. we are told of the irish side that that meeting will be reorganised within about two weeks. i think our deputy prime minister alluded that in his discussions with chris heaton harris, the northern ireland secretary, today. i think that from dublin's perspective, they are seeing this as the conservative government under a lot of pressure domestically and reacting to that by not wanting to create an opportunity where there is a photo opportunity

whether british home secretary is seen discussing taking back hundreds if not thousands of asylum seekers who have ended up in dublin and which dublin believes shouldn't be here, and the irish government believes should be going back to the uk. ., ~ , ., y . around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

russia says it's taken another village in the course of its offensive in eastern ukraine. semenivka lies north of avdiivka, which moscow captured in february after a prolonged onslaught. the commander of ukrainian forces has said his troops have been forced to make a tactical retreat as kyiv awaits much—needed weapons from a huge us aid package. speaking in kyiv, the nato chief, jens stoltenberg, admitted the lack of military equipment had caused a setback for kyiv, but said support was on its way.

ukraine has been outgunned for months, which means that few russian missiles and drones have been shot down. russia has been able to push forward along the front line. but it is not too late for ukraine to prevail. more support is on the way. president volodymyr zelensky said he needed military support from nato that matched the firepower ranged at his country. translation: we need stabilisation ofthe translation: we need stabilisation of the front line _ translation: we need stabilisation of the front line in _ translation: we need stabilisation of the front line in ukraine. - of the front line in ukraine. artillery, _ of the front line in ukraine. artillery, long—range weapons and air defence, primarily patriot systems. _ air defence, primarily patriot systems, these are the weapons our partners _ systems, these are the weapons our partners have and they must be the weapons _ partners have and they must be the weapons that should be here in ukraine — weapons that should be here in ukraine to destroy russia's terrorist _ ukraine to destroy russia's

terrorist ambitions. the russian army— terrorist ambitions. the russian army is— terrorist ambitions. the russian army is preparing for further offensives and together we must disrupt— offensives and together we must disrupt that. our partners have all the means— disrupt that. our partners have all the means necessary for this. georgia faces more protests this week, over the government's controversial "foreign influence" bill. on sunday, thousands of protesters took to the streets of the capital tblisi, demanding the law — which is seen as russian—inspired legislation targeting media freedom and civil liberties — be revoked. the caucasus nation has been gripped by mass protests since mid—april, when the ruling georgian dream party reintroduced plans to pass the law — which would require any independent ngo or media organisation that receives more than 20 percent of funding from abroad to register as an "organisation pursuing the interests of a foreign power." for more on this now, i am joined by the bbc�*s rayhan demytrie. more protests behind you, or at least people gathering to take part

in a protest, perhaps. is there any sign that these protests are having an impact on the ruling party's plans? an impact on the ruling party's lans? ~ . , ' an impact on the ruling party's lans?~ ., , , plans? what is different about toda 's plans? what is different about today's protest _ plans? what is different about today's protest is _ plans? what is different about today's protest is that - plans? what is different about today's protest is that it - plans? what is different about today's protest is that it is - plans? what is different about today's protest is that it is a l today's protest is that it is a pro—government rally. the georgian government organised for people from different parts of the country to come and attend this rally. they were bussed in and even paid to attend. the government is not denying that they have provided support to bring in people. in a way, it is such a contrast from what we saw here in the same central area last night, when there were thousands of protesters that are against this law, which was dubbed the russian law. the people who are gathering here, and we are talking about tens of thousands that were passed in from different parts of the region, in some instances, we approached some of them and they didn't really know the reason why

they are here, they don't really want to talk to the media, but some of them say they support this law. what we're seeing now in georgia is that there a division between the urban population that were protesting yesterday and have been protesting yesterday and have been protesting for the last two weeks, because now they are saying that it is more than just a law about transparency of foreign funding, they believe that this is a pivot in georgia's foreign policy because of all the warnings that georgia has received so far from its western partners, saying you can't adopt this law because if you adopt this law, it will take you away from the path to join the eu. georgia law, it will take you away from the path tojoin the eu. georgia is law, it will take you away from the path to join the eu. georgia is a candidate country, it received candidate country, it received candidate status last year. horse candidate country, it received candidate status last year. how does geora ia's candidate status last year. how does georgia's ruling _ candidate status last year. how does georgia's ruling party _ candidate status last year. how does georgia's ruling party square - candidate status last year. how does georgia's ruling party square these l georgia's ruling party square these plans with the idea that it would cause a problem for them joining the

eu? cause a problem for them “oining the eu? ., , , cause a problem for them “oining the eu? ._ , ., cause a problem for them “oining the eu? , ., , , eu? the way they are presenting toda 's eu? the way they are presenting today's rally _ eu? the way they are presenting today's rally is — eu? the way they are presenting today's rally is that _ eu? the way they are presenting today's rally is that this - eu? the way they are presenting today's rally is that this is - eu? the way they are presenting today's rally is that this is a - today's rally is that this is a general gathering for people who respect their motherland, language and faith. they are talking about preserving traditions, as opposed to... also the country's sovereignty, as opposed to things that might be dictated from the west. 0k, west. ok, thank you very much. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. the good news is that this week is going to be warmer, but it's not always going to be dry.

the warmer weather certainly today has been noticed across south—east england and also in east anglia, where we've got the sunniest of the skies. out towards the west, things are looking a little different. we've seen this area of low pressure pushing in this band of cloud, and that's been bringing with it the outbreaks of rain. so for western parts of the uk, temperatures haven't really changed a great deal. it's across these eastern areas that it is certainly warmer and drier, and the highest temperatures are where we've got the sunnier skies more towards the south east. that's how we end the day here. this is cloud, though, affecting other parts of england and wales that will continue to bring some outbreaks of rain through the rest of today and into tonight. after it dries off in northern ireland for a while, we'll get more rain arriving by the end of the night. we've got some showers in scotland. lowest temperatures are going to be six or seven degrees. heading into tomorrow, then, and we'll see this heavier rain pushing its way back across northern ireland, and we'll see it getting wetter for a while in wales and the south west. some rain across the far western side of scotland, but otherwise we'll see some sunshine here. across many eastern areas, it will be drier. there will be more cloud coming

into east anglia and the south east, threatening the odd light shower. probably the highest temperatures will get pushed further north. it be a lot warmer in the midlands, northern england, and 16 or 17 is possible in scotland as well. we've still got low pressure out to the west of the uk. this weather front hanging around into wednesday as another area of low pressure developing further south across europe that will thicken the cloud across england and wales and starts to bring some rain from over the english channel. further north, some sunshine, maybe, just the odd shower around, as well. temperatures still getting up to 16 or 17 degrees in scotland and widely similar sort of temperatures across the midlands and eastern parts of england. we could well see some mist and fog affecting coastal areas of eastern scotland and north—east england because we're getting an easterly wind coming in by the time we get to thursday. that is bring in some warmer air, but it's coming in over the cold north sea. we should get some sunshine for scotland, northernmost parts of england. a bit more cloud around elsewhere,

maybe some rain around too. always going to be a bit cooler more towards the south—west of the uk on thursday, with the highest temperatures not in eastern scotland but in western scotland, 20 degrees in the highlands.

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