side sheffield united. it s 0 0 after 30 minutes. if villa win they will leapfrog both arsenal and liverpool to the top of the table. you have to go back 25 years to the last time they led the way at this stage of the season. a win for sheffield united would see them move off the foot of the table, but they would still be three points from safety. all six of the premier league sides that originally backed the breakaway european super league have now re affirmed their committment to playing in uefa s european competitions. it follows yesterday s ruling by the european court ofjustice that the ban by uefa and fifa on clubs from joining the european superleague was unlawful . arsenal and liverpool have followed tottenham, manchester city, manchester united, and chelsea who issued statements yesterday. all six were founder members of the breakaway league in 2021 before quickly withdrawing their support after a backlash from fans. liverpool say their involvement has discontinued,
Light to enter. The un agency for Palestinian Refugees says the situation in Southern Gaza is so bad, some civilians are returning north, despite israeli warnings to stay away. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heres betty. Good afternoon. Hello from the bbc sport centre. There will be a minutes silence prior to Manchester Uniteds Champions League game with copenhagen tomorrow night. Players will also wear black armbands as tributes continue to pour in from the world of football following the passing of sir Bobby Charlton on saturday. Eric ten hag has been speaking ahead of that game today, and says charltons legacy will live on. Bobby was a legend, a giant. Not only for manchester united, but for football. And so his legacy was also what he left with the standards, the high standards we have to live every day. Of course, first our thoughts are with his family, with his wife, with his children and grandchildren. But also for what he meant for manchester united,
Continuing to rise in israel as the war with hamas rages on. This time through the though, the attacks reportedly are coming from the hezbollah militants in the north. Israeli Officials Say an Anti Armor Missile was fired sunday from Inside Lebanon at an Israel Border village. At least one israeli was killed, three others were injured in that attack. This is just the latest sporadic border clash between Israeli Forces and hamas ally hezbollah. The idf also now reporting nearly 280 of its soldiers have been killed since last saturday, october 7th. Meanwhile Secretary Of State Antony Blinken wrapping up a meeting with saudis Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman within the last hour. That meeting coming just days after the saudi. Saudi arabia put a us backed plan to normalize ties with israel on ice. This as the war between israel and hamas escalates. Right now, israeli fighters are preparing to invade gaza after hamas militants launched a deadly attack on israel last week. Thousands of israe
A dead man walking. We will get them, every single one of them. Hello, im matthew amroliwala. The bbc has confirmed that Young Children were among those killed in an air strike on a convoy of vehicles leaving Northern Gaza of friday along a route designated by israel. Our team at bbc verify analysed two videos of the strike on the vehicles heading towards southern gaza. Both videos have been verified, these first images show a Lorry Carrying at least 30 civilians, on the move, moments before it was hit. And these are still images taken from a subsequent video from the aftermath of the strike. The full video is too graphic to show in detail. The video shows men running to a lorry, part of the same convoy, trying to help those whove been hit. There are at least 12 visible dead bodies in the video. We will be talking to our bbc verify team on that in the next few minutes. Israels Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has visited troops near the border with gaza. Speaking to the soldiers, he
To Lord Of The Dance. Michael flatley on 30 years since that life changing eurovision moment. Good morning. Today in the west it will be fairly cloudy, wet and windy. Further east we are looking at drier and brighter conditions with some sunshine but sao is coming to the south east later. All of the detail throughout the programme. Its tuesday the 30th of april. The Scottish National party has officially started the process to find a new leader, after humza yousaf announced his resignation as scotlands First Minister. He quit ahead of two no confidence votes at holyrood which were due to be held in the wake of his decision to eject to Scottish Greens from his power sharing government. Nominations to replace him opened just before midnight. Our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. Politically, there was nowhere left for humza yousaf to go. His leadership fatally wounded, not by his party or by the voters, but by himself. And so this admission that his time as First Minister had