about the significance of the bridge being hit. it depends how quickly they repair the bridge. it is a huge symbolic setback because this bridge was mr putin s personal commitment to crimea. it opened in 2018, cost $3 billion, massively overpriced. one of his friends was in charge of the construction and he identified with this because this was a way of uniting the mainland of russia with what he took to be the mainland of crimea which was now going to be russian forever so the bridge is symbolically hugely important. in terms of logistics, the fact is, one carriageway seems to have survived this blast although it may only take light traffic and we don t know how bad the damage is to the railway grid above it. my guess is that although the russians will have a big motive to say that the bridge is reopen soon and all is fine, it will not reopen to military traffic which is very heavy so we will see how long it is before they can start to use the road and particularly the rail
hello, and welcome to our look at what the the papers are saying today. with me are rachel shabi, who is an author and journalist, and camilla turner the chief political correspondent at the telegraph. welcome, both of you. talk to you in a moment but welcome, both of you. talk to you in a moment but first welcome, both of you. talk to you in a moment but first let s welcome, both of you. talk to you in a moment but first let s run - welcome, both of you. talk to you in a moment but first let s run through | a moment but first let s run through the front pages. the sunday times leads on polling on the nhs which says the majority of people now expect delays in treatment. the sunday telegraph leads with plans of liz truss who is said to be thinking about what s described as a nuclear option of a 5% cut in vat. but still no confirmation that that is what she would do if she wins the leadership contest and becomes the next prime minister. in the sunday express, bori
Weather moving up from the south west and this is the cloud that will bring rain late tomorrow and this is the cloud that will bring Rain In The South tonight and Thatis Bring Rain In The South tonight and that is the cloud that weve seen bringing rain across scotland. It has been particularly wet across central and southern parts of scotland and we have a north easterly wind also making it feel cold. The rain not so widespread in Northern Ireland, some heavy showers in the north of england but further south fewer showers. We could see some sunshine which will lift temperatures to around 14 or 15 degrees. But more rain arriving later. But the rain in scotland moving away and then we have these showers coming up from the south west across england and wales. Heavy rain for a time in Southern England and some strong wind through the english channel. But further north becoming drier in scotland but cold air in place and it will be quite a drab day in scotland tomorrow with some dampness in
play, champions league, so, yeah. we have to be in the top four, so next year we re back in the champions league and of course we have the fa cup, so there are still many things to pay for. let s bring you up to date with the other results on tuesday. we ve mentioned it, but the surprise package of the group stages, fc copenhagenjoining bayern munich in the last 16 courtesy of that win at home against galatasaray. in group c, napoli go through with real madrid worth noting that napoli s second goal was scored by the newly crowned african footballer of the year, victor osimhen. in group a, lens will be heading to the europa league after they beat sevilla 2 1 and courtesy of the 1 1 draw between arsenal and psv eindhoven in the netherlands. arsenal manager mikel arteta happy with his side s return to europe s premier competition. very positive overall, six or seven years without being in the competition with a team that hasn t got a lot of experience, i think we have compet
crowned african footballer of the year, victor 0simhen. in group a, lens will be heading to the europa league, after they beat sevilla 2 1 and courtesy of the 1 1 draw between arsenal and psv eindhoven in the netherlands. arsenal manager mikel arteta, happy with his sides return to europe s premier competition. very positive overall, six or seven years without being in the competition with a team that doesn t have a lot of experience, i think we have competed very well. i really like the approach of the team in every single game, the way we have tried to play and dominate opponents. we have some big results, and big experiences as well. newcastle united manager eddie howe believes wednesday s champions league match with ac milan has got all the hallmarks of being a special game . newcastle must see off the italian side at st james park to reach the knockout stages and hope paris st germain do not beat already qualified borussia dortmund. newcastle are third in group f, lev