germany has been very slow, very reluctant to react when it comes to sanctions against russia. what effect will the shooting of the palestinian journalist shireen abu aqla have on the politics of israel? this has been an extremely violent period. certainly this is extremely testing times for israel s leaders. and will president biden s lifting of some controls over cuba actually help the people of the island? i think the desire to leave is more acute than it has been in decades. russia s invasion of ukraine has had all sorts of entirely unintended consequences. in the eu for instance, it s shaken up the traditional partnership between france and germany, and damaged germany s leading role in europe. while the ukrainian government never recovered its faith in germany, the ukrainian army within 48 hours. i asked katya adler, our europe editor who is in brussels for her thoughts on the way the war in ukraine has altered things in europe. we ve been seeing a whole shift in allian
kick off for what could be one of the great champions league finals. people are facing huge disruption to their travel plans as the half term break gets under way. dozens of flights have been cancelled, and there have been long delays at ports and on the roads, and for cross channel services. and there are warnings that the disruption is likely to continue for more than a week.let s take you through the latest developments. easyjet is cancelling more than 200 flights over the next 10 days from gatwick airport insisting it needs to in order to provide reliable services over this busy period . there have been long queues at london s st pancras station for eurostar services across the channel as families head to disneyland paris and football fans try to get to the french capital ahead of the champions league final. and people are being urged to check the latest advice before travelling to the port of dover where there are huge tailbacks as hundreds of lorries queue to get thr
capacity, 75,000, uefa distribute about 23,000 two member associations, sponsors and partners, 12,000 on general sale around the world. it is all those global liverpool fans and real madrid, we have met many of them in the bistros and boulevards of paris, they have made their way here for what should be, we hope, a very special champions league final. 19 european trophies between them, real madrid at leading the way on 13, but what a magnificent season it has been for liverpool. not the quadruple, but wouldn t a cup treble be something incredible as well? it wouldn t a cup treble be something incredible as well? real madrid have the better record against liverpool in recent seasons, including beating them in the final four years ago klopp calls them the favourites tonight does that feel right? i think he is trying to play
says it is not luck, it isjust says it is not luck, it is just the real madrid way, but this is a very lucky stadium for spanish sides, because it was in 2000 that real madrid won here against valencia to get the european cup, barcelona beat arsenal here in 2006, it has a bit of a spanish flavour in champions league finals here, the two that have been stage, but this one could be very special and i am not going either way with it, really. i am be very special and i am not going either way with it, really.- either way with it, really. i am not sure liverpool either way with it, really. i am not sure liverpool fans either way with it, really. i am not sure liverpool fans want either way with it, really. i am not sure liverpool fans want to - either way with it, really. i am not sure liverpool fans want to hear i sure liverpool fans want to hear that final statistic, but we will leave it there. thank you. a fascinating night ahead. chelsea have confirmed that a final and definitive
unpleasant start to the half term weekend, not least for who ever s vote that is. more conservative mps have publicly confirmed that they have sent in letters of no confidence in the prime minister following sue gray s critical report of parties and gatherings at downing street during covid lockdowns. one of them anne marie morris, the mp for newton abbott in devon has onlyjust had the tory whip restored to her after losing it injanuary. our political correspondent charlotte rose told me more. the reason that she had the whip removed and just to explain what that means, it is a form of discipline for mps if they do not do what they are being told to do, to have the whip removed means you are effectively no longer a member of the party and she had that taken away in january the party and she had that taken away injanuary because effectively she supported labour in a vote they had calling for a cut to vat on energy bills. the web was taken from her, that meant she was not able to