do with one flying lap for paul, as rival max. verstappen was hit by power problems, charles leclerc was inch perfect to take his fourth pole inch perfect to take his fourth pole in six races ahead of max verstappen and team mate carlos. ahead of that revival, muscle fourth, hamilton six. on sunday, you may well have seen them at the front already this season. ben croucher, bbc news. harlequins have secured a place in the rugby union premiership semi finals. that didn t look likely at half time at twickenham when they trailed gloucester by 17 points, but they turned it around to win 28 24. jim lumsden reports. it always helps when you can host the occasion or game down the road at english rugby. gloucester cared little and soon repaid the hospitality with a try from ben morgan. a win would boost their semifinal hopes, but victory or a draw would confirm harlequins place. alex tom brown s converted score brought them level. half an hour gone and he tries were flooding in. two
saracens leading 23 10 at the moment. northampton leading 10 9 at half time. a win for saints would boost their play off hopes. dragons have gone through the united rugby championship season without a single win at home losing 21 11 to lions. ruan venter scored the second of the south african club s three tries. the welsh region finish the inaugural urc season in 15th, one position above italian side zebre, who prop up the table. in rugby league s superleague, hull kr were beaten 20 8 by catalans dragons. the french side scored three tries to just the one for the robins at craven park. their third came from the club s top try scorer, fouad yaha, as they move up to second in the table. hull kr have lost their last four games and are seventh. elsewhere, hull fc beat wigan 31 22. let s have a quick look at some of the day s headlines: kylian mbappe has agreed a deal in principle to stay at paris st germain. the french international had been heavily linked with a move to real madrid this s
$73 million settlement against a gun manufacturer. the victims now have access to thousands of internal company documents they hope could help other families in the future. we begin in ukraine. the secretary of state tony blinken speaking with foreign minister sergey lavrov. president biden conferencing with the french president emanuel macron and russia s putin holding a meeting with germany s olaf scholz. how the world reads the russian leader s intent is key to whether you view the 24 hours as diplomacy or if it still ends with an invasion. some of the military units will now return to their bases once exercises in the region finish. some, including world financial markets, interpret this as a tone shift moment. but the nato secretary-general says seeing is believing and that, so far, there is no proof of any significant de-escalation. in fact, an american defense official tells cnn other russian units now creeping closer to the