of the first two champions league quarterfinals, two incredible matches at the bernabeu and the emirates stadium. arsenal fighting back to draw 2—2 against bayern munich, and manchester city, the european champions, pegged back twice by real madrid, that was also a draw, 3—3. our senior football reporter ian dennis was at the match in the spanish capital. an enthralling game and a fluctuating contest with fantastic goals. bernardo silva's quick thinking fired city ahead with a second minute free kick but real madrid responded and rattled in two quick goals. one deflected off ruben dias and after a counter—attack rodrygo rolled in a second. in the second half, manchester city scored twice in a five—minute period. foden lashed a leveller into the top left—hand corner and gvardiol with a curling effort, his first for the club. however, 11 minutes from time valverde with a volley

and a spectacular shot and we were square again. a classic and next week's return is one not to be missed. it was also a thriller at the emirates where arsenal drew 2—2 with bayern munich. bukayo saka gave the gunners an early lead, before serge gnabry and then harry kane from the spot, put the germans 2—1 up after half—an—hour. that was sweet for kane, who scored 1a goals for spurs in north london derbies. but the gunners levelled before the end, leandro trossard sweeping home for 2—2. eric dier, another former spurs player now at bayern, gave his assesment of the tie. obviously it is 0—0 away. away goals not in the picture, it is 0—0 and obviously we will be playing in our stadium with our fans so it will be a great second leg and we are now looking forward to it now. there were 25 qualifying

matches on tuesday, for the womens european championship next year. england lionesses have the first win in their campaign. they beat the republic of ireland 2—0 in dublin. both their goals came inside the first 20 minutes at the aviva stadium. laurenjames with their first. alex greenwood also scored a penalty for the defending champions. they are second in their group behind france who beat sweden 1—0. obviously i think a lot of us love playing in those types of games with that type of crowd but it is still hard. they threw everything at us. as soon as louise came off i knew it was going to be hard to see out but everyone did. i'm very happy with the points. you talk about them throwing everything out you what is it like defending those throws from meghan campbell? it is a nice thing to have in your team isn't it for someone to be able to do that. and, yeah, just do yourjobs. everyone knows they need to do theirjob and rely on the next person. the first half, we were quite passive and allowed them

to much space and obviously the penalty, and it was from a cross as well. so we will be looking to get our players back on forward and in the second half we push them to the end and i thought we could have pinched a goal as well. you threw everything, even the kitchen sink, at them in the second half. what was the key to that performance? just to show character and belief. we know the quality that they have and we respected them too much in the first half and there were areas we could have got at them and that is where we will look at doing better going forward. scotland have also got their first win — beating slovakia 1—0 at hampden park. sophie howard with the only goal as scotland secured their first competitive win in 18 months. i think you know in games that the first half will be tight because the level has improved so much and they came here to make it difficult so i

felt going behind, the final ball was lacking but you know as the game goes that if you keep doing the right things more and more chances will come when you just look for that final ball that comes off or it lands at the back post, so those things we have worked on this week and there is probably still a little work that needs to be done as always but you have to keep going and we found a way tonight. it's two wins out of two for wales. 6—0 winners in kosovo. rachel rowe and substitute elise hughes scoring two each to send them top of their group. they're in the second tier of qualifying though, so will be looking for a route through the playoffs to get to the euros. northern ireland have their first win of the campaign, 3—1 away to bosnia—herzegovina. lauren wade, megan bell and simone magill with their goals to give them a morale boosting victory after last week's goalless draw against malta. the tee times are out for the first round of the masters, the five time winner tiger woods is one of the later

starters on thursday and paired with max homa and jason day. the is—time major winner is looking to make the cut at augusta national for a record—breaking21ith consecutive time but woods has started just one tournament in 2024 — the genesis invitational in february which he had to withdraw from because he had the flu. but he has a special relationship with the masters. this tournament has meant so much to me in my life and my family. i think have been playing here for 29 years now and it has, it was the ultimate to stay in the crows nest and to watch byron and sam and james tee off on the first hole. and it has been a part of my life to have won here, my first major as a pro. hugging my dad and then full—circle, in �*i9 hugging my son.

it has meant a lot to my family. it has meant a lot to me and i always want to keep playing so today we have a chance to play with fred and fred has been here a very long time and we were joking that he is the oldest person ever to make the cut and i think he can do it again this year. it is great. that is the neat thing about this golf course. same venue each year and we get to tell stories and catch up with friends and catch up with idols that i have looked up to for my entire life. this will be a good group to follow, rory mcilroy paired with the world number one scottie shaffler and another american, xander shauffele. the masters is the one major mcilroy is missing, it's his 10th attempt to complete the career grandslam.

we heard from tiger woods just then, he has also tipped mcilroy to finally get his hands on a green jacket. it is flattering and nice to hear, in my opinion, the best player to ever play the game say something like that. he's been around the game long enough to know i have the potential at least to do it. i know i have the potential to do it as well. it's not as if i haven't been a pretty good player for the last few decades. so yeah, it is nice to hear when it comes out of his mouth. so as mcilroy�*s quest for the masters continues, let's hear from one of his playing partners scottie sheffler, whose only major title came at augusta two year ago. i try not to look too far into the future. i am excited and have a plan for this year. two nice wins which was a bunch of fun, i was close in my last start too, and i think it is just one of those deals where all i am trying to do is put

myself into contention for the tournament and i am not looking much past tomorrow. world numberfour wyndham clark goes into the tournament as the highest ranked debutant in the tournament's history. he's hoping that this week lives up to all the hype he's heard about the famous course. i have always dreamt about this place and watched pretty much every masters since i was five years old, so to finally be here and experience it in person is spectacular and living up to the hype. i hope that i can bring my game this week and enjoy everything that the tournament has to offer. novak djokovic made a winning start to his clay court season, and he didn't face a single break point against roman safiullin at the monte carlo masters. this is the start of the build—up to next month's french open that djokovic won last year. he'll play the italian lorenzo musetti in the third round, who beat him at the same

stage last year. djokovic is looking to win monte carlo for the third time but he hasn't made it past the quarters since his last victory in 2015. alexander zverev beat sebastian ofner in straight sets. the german fifth seed took a dominant lead in the first set going ahead 4—1 before winning it 6—3. zverev won the second set 6—4. he'll now face either thomas etcheverry or 12th seed stefanos tsitsipas who play on wednesday. a few rain delays in monte carlo. you can catch up with all the tennis and get more reaction to the champions league results, the first of the quarter—finals, the draws for arsenal against bayern munich 2—2 at home ahead of the second leg next week and manchester city, the reigning champions drawing 3—3 in another classic in spain against real madrid. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye.

hello there. tuesday, unfortunately brought more stormy weather with it and coastal flooding with the high tides, as well as inland flooding. a brief ridge of high pressure is pushing that low pressure out the way, but the weather fronts are hot off the heels again off the atlantic with more rain to come through the day ahead. this is what we had on tuesday — 60 millimetres and more across beddgelert in north wales. many of the other wettest places seeing 30—a0 millimetres of rain. and despite the showers having ease, the rain and the winds through the night and it turns chilly with a touch of frost, potentially a few areas first thing and some mist and fog in the south. already, temperatures are rising in the west ahead of the next band of rain that you may have seen there. so wet through the morning rush across northern ireland, underneath this weather front. and as it comes in, it's introducing milder atlantic air.

so it will turn misty and foggy over the hills as well as the fog first thing further east. once it sets in across scotland on and off through the day, early brightness and sunshine in the east replaced by that rain as it meanders its way eastwards through the day. you can see it does ease off a little bit in southern parts, but it's got a legacy of cloud left in its wake. so a mild day, where we see any breaks — perhaps 16 in northern ireland. but there's a met office warning for the west of scotland. again, another a0 millimetres, possibly more over the hills. further south, there'll be a steady spell of rain and lots of misty, murky weather over the hills. another pulse comes in through the evening overnight, particularly scotland and northern ireland. it tends to weaken as it pushes southwards, but all the cloud and the winds will be strong again today, perhaps not as strong as yesterday, but they hold the temperatures up through the night. and a fairly brisk wind will continue with us on thursday. maybe some mist murk first thing, particularly in the south under the remnants of this weather front. but actually, once that clears out

the way, we might see some brighter skies and sunshine coming through before the next pulse of rain starts to materialise across western parts again. but look at the temperatures on thursday. it's looking mild, in fact, warm in the strengthening april sunshine. and that milder, warmer atlantic air is with us through thursday and indeed friday to end the week, perhaps even start the weekend, but not for long because we get some colder air starting to dig in behind it. and you can see for the weekend or by the end of the weekend, it's a return to slightly cooler weather for most.

live from washington, this is bbc news. gaza receives its largest airdrop of aid but humanitarian agencies say more is still needed. the us and britain's top diplomats make a push for military aid to ukraine as funding remains stalled on capitol hill. trump and biden are hitting the campaign trail. we're in michigan to see how voters will help decide november's election. hello. i'm michelle fleury. presidentjoe biden said in a new interview that israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is making a mistake with his handling of the war against hamas.

he was with spanish language network univison, which aired on tuesday, but was recorded last wednesday. the president is also calling for a unilateral ceasefire between israel and hamas. his comments are his most critical yet of mr netanyahu and a considerable shift in tone. here in washington, the wars in the middle east and ukraine took centre stage on tuesday at a high—level meeting here in washington between america and britain's top diplomats. uk foreign secretary lord cameron and us secretary of state antony blinken discussed support to ukraine, as well as the humanitarian situation in gaza. lord cameron's visit comes as the uk takes part in the biggest airdrop of aid into gaza since the israel—hamas war began. in all, nine nations, including the us, delivered critical supplies to the territory. lord cameron confirmed that uk arms sales to israel will not be suspended but that he still has concerns

about humanitarian access in gaza. mr blinken, meanwhile, said the us