Have won the bundesliga and reached the final of the german cup and are in a healthy position to do the same in this competition. Leverkusen, who knocked out west ham in the last round, have a 2 0 lead in their semifinal, heading into the second leg against roma after a victory in italy last week. Finishing the job with a draw or better later will not only deliver a trip to dublin, but also extend their unbeaten run from the beginning of the season in all competitions to 49 games, breaking a european football record. Theres only a handful of games left then for leverkusen to go the whole season without defeat. But roma have made a european final in each of the last two seasons while in the other semi final, atalanta and marseille are level at 1 1. Atalanta and marseille their second match is in bergamo, atalanta beating liverpool in the previous round. Englands women are preparing for their opening matches of the international summer. England take on pakistan on saturday in the first of six white ball matches, with the T20 World Cup less than six months away. England spinner sarah glenn says its going to be a good test for the team. Obviously weve not played pakistan for a while, so we will come across different different batters who have played different ways. So will be really crucial for us as batsmen but also attackers is keeping up those communication in the precious moments, because there will be those moments, because there will be those moments where we do feel under the pump how we want to get out the other side of that. So i think for us, after the series will be reflecting on what worked and what didnt. Jack draper is due on court at the italian open, in rome. Hes going to play borna coric. He has won the opening game. Drapers match was delay because of rain in the city but earlier in the italian capital, rafael nadal, in what is expected to be his final year on the tour, is through to the second round of the tournament after a three set victory over zizou bergs. Nadal came from a set down to win the spaniard is a ten time champion at the italian open and will face Hubert Hurkacz next. Always happy and emotional to play here at this kind of event, they are the most important in my tennis career. And honestly, the crowd has always been amazing with me, supporting me since the beginning of my tennis career. So super excited to be able to play One More Time here. Pelayo sanchez beat Julian Alaphilippe and luke plapp to the line on stage six of the giro ditali, as the race wound its way through the white roads of tuscany. After trying for many kilometres, the break finally went away as a group of six and managed to get a lead over the chasing peleton. But it came down to three men for the sprint into rapolano terme. And the 24 year old sanchez had the legs to keep the others at bay and cross the line in the lead. Tadej pogacar finished safely in the peleton to retain the race leaders pinkjersey. And thats all the sport for now. Well be back with more later on, see you then. The Bank Of England has announced that its base Interest Rate is being kept on hold for the sixth consecutive time. The Banks Monetary Policy Committee decided to leave it at 5. 25 , with a hint though that cuts may be on the way soon as our chief economics correspondent Dharshini David reports. While some of these households are seeing the cost of living crunch ease as incomes rise, its still getting harder for the 1. 6 million across the country who are remortgaging this year. Its been a scary three months. Paul day is in felixstowe. His rate will more than double, a £200 rise in monthly repayments. Im still going to have to make cutbacks. We are going to have to stop going out, we are going to have to stop spending money. We do, we like to travel around and go to different cities, and go shopping. That is part of our life. But we are going to have to cut that back. It gives you an idea of the rates. This Mortgage Broker says those higher Borrowing Costs mean some First Time Buyers arent even reaching for the housing ladder. There seems to be this expectation that they are going to the rates are going to drop stop so, they feel no urgency to make a purchase and commit to a Mortgage Rate for five years. There seems to be this kind of feeling that, because things will drop, they could get a better deal if theyjust live with mum and dad for another couple of years. You might wonder why rates arent falling yet, given that prices are rising more slowly. Actually, we expect inflation, this blue line, to have dropped back to the banks 2 target soon. Which is partly the result of those 14 earlier Interest Rate hikes, the red line from the bank. But itsjob is notjust to get inflation down, but to keep it there. And some prices for services, such as hospitality, Car Insurance and mobile phone tariffs, have still been rising fast, wages have also been increasing at a pace that some rate setters were recurred risk reigniting prices. Now, ultimately, the decisions about your borrowing and Savings Rates depend on these, the nine people on the banks Interest Rate panel. This is how they voted a couple of months ago, only one voted for a rate cut. Now she has beenjoined by one of the banks deputy governors, dave ramsden. That is a sign that we are honoured at a path towards lower rates. Others, though, still want more evidence that inflation will stay down. We are not yet at a point where we can cut bank rates. We will consider the forthcoming data releases as part of our assessments of for how long bank rates should be maintained at its current level, to be sure that inflation will fall all the way back to the 2 target and stay there. Buried in those words from the Bank Of England today, hints that rates are coming closer to being cut, and the prospects at the economy are brightening. But that wont confront those taking out loans right now. More than 30 major criminals have beenjailed after a Million Pounds worth of cocaine was stolen from a violent organised crime group. The gangsters had plotted revenge against a rival gang who had stolen drugs from them, not realising the 3pp drugs from them, not realising the app they were communicating with had been hacked by police. Bronagh munro reports. Three masked men arrive outside a drugs stash house in liverpool. A fourth is pretending to deliver a parcel. Four minutes later, they escape with the huyton firms cocaine. Police. Two men in the house has been attacked with a machete and an axe. What injuries have you got, mate . Sit yourself down. Are you all right there, mate . Yeah. A trail of blood leads to a Manhole Cover where the cocaine was hidden. Are you in dispute with anyone . Have you upset anyone lately, or has anyone got a bit of beef with you . Any information is better than nothing. No one from the huyton firm talks, but this time the police have a secret weapon. The encryption system the criminals use, called encrochat, has been cracked. Detectives can see the messages they are sending each other. The grip they are talking about is the stolen cocaine. 30 kilos are gone. Thats £1 million worth. Its clear from the messages ive seen that this is a very effective criminal business, Industrial Scale Trafficking of drugs, tentacles across the uk and internationally and obviously willing to resort to severe violence. Its a place then for me in the upper tiers of organised crime in the uk. Crime boss Vincent Coggins thinks hes identified some of the Cocaine Robbers and he wants revenge. His enforcer, Paul Woodford, asks how many he wants killed. Coggins replies, four dead men walking. They do business with violence. It is a world where a bullet in the head isjust literally another way of Doing Business and that is the brutality of it. Its a world where there are no laws other than essentially what you could call the laws of the jungle. Vincent coggins and Paul Woodford were arrested before they could carry out their threats. Coggins has been jailed for 28 years for Drug Trafficking and blackmail. Woodford got 2a years and six months. In total, more than 30 serious criminals linked to the Cocaine Heist has been convicted. Theyve been sentenced to over 350 years. I am joined now by Panorama Reporter bronagh munro, whos been investigating the crime group for the past two years. What else do those messages tell us about the huyton firm . About the huyton firm . These messages about the huyton firm . These messages give about the huyton firm . These messages give us about the huyton firm . These messages give us a about the huyton firm . These messages give us a unique about the huyton firm . These messages give us a unique insight into the huyton firm and how they operated. About enter organised crime and how it operates. Its a brutal world where violence is very much a part of everyday life enter organised crime. It shows that the huyton firm were Trafficking Drugs across the uk in large quantities. In one message alone, Vincent Coggin talks about one half tonne deal thats huge. It also shone a light on the sheer brutality and violence that they were prepared to meet out to anyone who got in their way. Vincent coggin is the boss of this firm, and he talks about going to slash a local liverpool businessman, and he talks about taking a knife and cutting him on the face, cutting his ear and taking his talking. Its an incredible insight into how they did business. But it also shows that this is part of their everyday life, and this is going on around us, and we arejust simply and this is going on around us, and we are just simply unaware of it. Think you very much. The Prime Minister, rishi sunak, has met with a group of British University leaders to discuss ways to tackle Anti Semitism on campuses. In 2023, anti semitic incidents tripled, according to the Community Security trust. Some incidents have been linked to protests against the war in gaza. This is what one of thejewish Student Leaders had to say after the meeting at downing street. Were very grateful today to the government and Prime Ministerfor inviting us and Vice Chancellors to discuss the worrying increase in Anti Semitism on campus. The Prime Minister made it very clear that campuses must be places wherejewish students are welcome and included, and able to study in safety, and we are grateful for his reassurances. We totally respect and see the need for the right to protest, becausejewish students love to protest as much as many others at times but fundamentally, when these encampments pose a threat tojewish students on campus because of the language emanating from them, that is whats most disturbing to us. Japan has announced that it will start Hunting Fin Whales as part of its commercial whaling operations. Demand for whale meat has collapsed over the past decades, but japans Chief Cabinet Secretary said whaling was part of the countrys traditional food culture. Fin whales are at least twice as large as the three smaller species already targeted. Luke mcmillan, from whales and dolphins conservation uk, says japans decision to add fin wales to their whaling list is driven by commercial interests. Fin whales are the second largest whales after the blue whale. Japan been considering adding fin whales to their hunting list for quite some time, possibly driven by a desire for a larger catch due to their significance size and the amount of meat they provide. They are basically, they have pushed it through and are about to go out, hopefully not, but are about to go out on boats to start catching the second largest whale around. Are they an Endangered Species, or abundant in the wild . They are definitely not considered abundant. They are listed as vulnerable, on the rucn red list, and included on the Endangered Species act way back in 1973. The fact they are so vulnerable highlights the need for the fact that there needs to be greater Conservation Efforts to protect the population from further decline. Ajapanese whaler will only threaten fin whales further as well as all the other efforts forfin whaling in places like iceland, as well. What proportion of this type of whale will be affected by the change in Policy Injapan . I mentioned iceland briefly. Iceland might not be at the point where they are fin whaling any more which we are all very happy about because it being a vulnerable species, thats great news, but now is japan coming into the arena and saying they potentially want to start Hunting Fin Whales as well, not only does this compound the fact iceland may continue, but ifjapan are wailing for fin whales, as well, then the Population Decline will only go more startling rate. What happens to the wider ecosystem when hunting resumes . Whales are phenomenally important for our oceans. Theres a lot about whales that people dont know. They are great for biodiversity. The more whales, the more fish we have, the more fish we have, the greater the biodiversity of the ocean. It affects things like phytoplankton, one of the greatest carbon sinks we have on the planet. Whales are actually our allies in the fight against climate change. They are incredibly important. The Eurovision Song Contest is a festival of music but this year, with israel taking part, it has caused controversy with a wave of protests at the venue in malmo sweden. Israels eden golan was booed when she rehearsed her song hurricane. Outside, there was also a demonstration outside the venue, with Smoke Canisters in the colours of the palestinian flag set off in malmos central square. The climate activist Greta Thunberg was also there. Lets speak now to our culture correspondent charlotte gallagher, who is also in malmo following events. First of all, on the demonstration they are behind you, charlotte, we heard that Great Thornburgh has joined the protesters . Yes. Heard that Great Thornburgh has joined the protesters . Yes, earlier on toda , joined the protesters . Yes, earlier on today. About joined the protesters . Yes, earlier on today, about 6000 joined the protesters . Yes, earlier on today, about 6000 people joined the protesters . Yes, earlier. 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