de-escalating, to trying to bring to de—escalating, to trying to bring this tension to a close. families criticise the decision not to prosecute 15 former soldiers and an ira member — for alleged perjury — at the bloody sunday inquiry. and there's a growing backlash, a day after the football association announced it was scrapping fa cup replays — with lower league clubs demanding a rethink over the scheme. well, let's head to the bbc sports centre. for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's tanya arnold. let's start with football... germany managerjulian nagelsmann has signed a contract extension running until after the 2026 world cup. the 36 year old was appointed as hansi flick�*s successor in september 2023 and has won three of his six games in charge. his previous deal was scheduled to expire injuly after germany host euro 202a.

nagelsmann said "this is a decision from the heart. it is a great honour to coach the national team," this was a little bit of a surprise in the sense that he was very strongly linked with a return to bayern in recent days and he made it clear he was open to a major club job. i've been told liverpool had him on the list, not necessarily at the head of that list but he was a name that was under consideration so for him to make this decision and sign up untilat for him to make this decision and sign up until at least the world cup i think is a huge boost for dfb, the german fa, a massive feather in their cab and that gives them some planning security for the next few weeks�* time and also for that world cup. that like a feather in your cap. —— a feather in their cap. lando norris beat lewis hamilton to take pole

position for the sprint race at the chinese grand prix in a hectic wet session. the mclaren driver had his fastest lap time deleted and then reinstated in the final minutes of the session as he beat hamilton by 1.261 seconds. hamilton�*s mercedes headed fernando alonso�*s aston martin as max verstappen managed only fourth. round two of the chevron championship — women�*s golf�*s first major of the season — is under way with world number one nelly korda among the early starters in texas. it�*s been an eventful start for the american. after a double bogey on the first, two birdies have seen her back to a—under. england�*s georgia hall, meanwhile, has had an equally up and down round. three birdies and three bogeys mean she remains 2—under. to tennis where world number one iga swiatek will take on britain�*s emma raducanu injust over an hourfor a place in the semi—finals of the stuttgart open. swiatek and raducanu will be on court after the conclusion of marketa vondrousova and aryna sabalenka.

that match is currently one set apiece with vondrousova up. earlier, elena rybakina booked her spot in the last four with a hard fought three sets win overjasmine paulini. world athletics�* decision to award prize money to the medal winners at this summer�*s paris olympics has drawn criticism from the association of summer olympic international federations who say they weren�*t consulted or informed about the decision. in a statement they said: "for many, this move undermines the values of olympism and the uniqueness of the games. one cannot, and should not, put a price on an olympic gold medal and this disregards the less privileged athletes lower down the final standings. the men�*s elite runners have been speaking ahead of the london marathon which takes place on sunday. the race will start with a 30 second applause in honour of last years winner kelvin kiptum who died earlier this year. newly crowned new york marathon champion

tola tamirat will line up alongside ethiopia�*s kenenisa bekele as part of the field. bekele, a three—time olympic champion on the track, will be running his sixth london marathon and at 41 years—old, says that he isn�*t scared about taking on younger athletes. the last 8—10 years, i was reading... with an injury, i never feared anyone —— any last 8—10 years, i was living with an injury and i neverfor your anyone when i don�*t have an injury. i am still doing this and i will follow the young generation but i am confident to compete with anybody. what might we wish all those taking part the very best of luck. —— we wish all those taking part the very best of luck.

and that�*s all the sport for now. let�*s return to our top story — and world leaders are calling for restraint after what�*s believed to have been an israeli attack on iran overnight. according to us officials, israel was responsible for air strikes here, near the city of isfahan — which is at the centre of iran�*s nuclear programme. for days, israel has been threatening to retaliate — after it was targeted last weekend by 300 iranian missiles and drones. here�*s our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. lighting up the night sky over isfahan. this appears to have been israel�*s answer to iran�*s unprecedented missile attack last week. triggering iranian defences. not long afterwards, this amateur video was put out from a nearby nuclear site. a man showing his watch as he indicates it�*s safe and secure. iran�*s state tv quoted military officials downplaying the strike, saying there were only aerial interceptions.

triggered by the presence of three small drones that were present in that area. other than that, nothing has happened. but israel took iran�*s strike early on sunday very seriously. more than 300 drones and missiles were launched. 99% were downed. iran said it was hitting israel in response to a deadly air strike on its consulate in syria. suddenly, the long shadow war between two old enemies was out in the open. this morning, in tel aviv, israelis said their country had to react to iran to deter further assaults. attacking iran is a necessary action in our environment, which is much harsher than the jungle in africa. hope people in iran will understand, we're not seeking for war, but we're seeking for peace, and we want to be here safe — so, understand that. however, not all were satisfied.

on social media, the far—right national security minister itamar ben—gvir gave his view with one word — "lame". but world leaders worried about triggering a wider regional war have been urging israel to show restraint. we are committed to israel�*s security. we�*re also committed to de—escalating, to trying to bring this tension to a close. back in isfahan, life for iranians appears to be going on as normal. what is not yet clear is whether what has happened here will end the latest dangerous round of violence in the middle east. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem. with me is the bbc security correspondent, frank garnder. let�*s ta ke let�*s take up with that final point. do you think this is the start of the israeli response of the end of it? i the israeli response of the end of it? 4' the israeli response of the end of it? ~ ,

it? i think it is quite probably the end of it. it? i think it is quite probably the end of it- if _ it? i think it is quite probably the end of it. if it — it? i think it is quite probably the end of it. if it ends _ it? i think it is quite probably the end of it. if it ends there, - it? i think it is quite probably the end of it. if it ends there, that i it? i think it is quite probably the end of it. if it ends there, that is| end of it. if it ends there, that is it for the time being. that draws to a close this particular round of tit for tat which was extremely dangerous so i think if neither side responds any further, then it means we have will have passed the high water mark of danger, i would say but none of this ends the ongoing low—level conflict between iran and israel that has been simmering, this kind of shadow war was a tax on shipping, attacks by proxy militias, air strikes back on proxy militias and none of that is probably going to settle down until gazza settles down so i would expect that the focus of attention on the middle eastis focus of attention on the middle east is going to... the pendulum will swing back pretty quickly on to gaza of nothing else happens between iran and israel. none of that will settle down —— none of that will settle down —— none of that will settle down —— none of that will settle down until gaza settles down. this is a limited attack clearly aimed at balancing the voices on the

right, notjust the right and israel that say in order to be safe as a country, as a nation, we need to deter our enemies and to do that we need to act tough and hit with a big stick if somebody attacks us but i think wise heads prevailed in the sense that president biden, lord cameron, the briton foreign secretary and others were all, including the eu and g7, all urging restraint here and the message they were giving israel was take the win, you have knocked down almost 300 plus of those missiles and drones that iran sent. you shown you�*re pretty hard target to hit and let�*s not forget on april one, israel, it is presumed, carried out an air strike on the iranian consulate in damascus, diplomatic territory, that killed 13 people so isfahan is an important message because it is home to the nuclear enrichment facility

process and a number of nuclear facilities as well as missile bases. it is a militarily strategic vital area and israel has sent the message we can reach that.— we can reach that. exactly on that oint, we can reach that. exactly on that point. it's an _ we can reach that. exactly on that point, it's an important _ we can reach that. exactly on that point, it's an important part - we can reach that. exactly on that point, it's an important part of. we can reach that. exactly on that| point, it's an important part of the point, it�*s an important part of the message, notjust the target point, it�*s an important part of the message, not just the target area but the fact that they�*ve been able to get past the radar, the air defences, it is not like iran�*s attack on israel when everything was shot down. . , ., �* shot down. that is right and i'm encouraged _ shot down. that is right and i'm encouraged by _ shot down. that is right and i'm encouraged by the _ shot down. that is right and i'm encouraged by the low-key - shot down. that is right and i'm - encouraged by the low-key response encouraged by the low—key response to this because let�*s not forget todayis to this because let�*s not forget today is friday. it is the day of prayer is. i mean, there are prayers everyday but it is friday prayer day and very often in iran, that is the scene for some very vitriolic, angry rhetoric with a lot of fist shaking and angry speeches by iranian religious and revolutionary guard leaders in which they have found revenge in the past that we are not seen happen. in fact, quite the opposite, they are playing down,

some people have mocked the attack it�*s a bit pathetic, if you quad copters, fine. if that is what they think israel is capable of doing, great, because better that than they respond with their own response on the whole cycle of tit for tat continues with the ultimate risk of dragging in the united states and turning it into a regional war that closes that, sends energy prices soaring and the leaves people streaming to the airports and ports to get out of the region. no one wants that. my to get out of the region. no one wants that-— to get out of the region. no one wants that. g ,, , , to get out of the region. no one wants that. g , , , , ., wants that. my guess, because we had already moved — wants that. my guess, because we had already moved from _ wants that. my guess, because we had already moved from proxy _ wants that. my guess, because we had already moved from proxy and - wants that. my guess, because we had already moved from proxy and factual| already moved from proxy and factual telling is about to direct attacks from iran on israel and that was unprecedented, so, frank, thanks for taking us through that analysis of where we currently are. thanks very much. let�*s turn to an important story here... to northern ireland now, where 15 former british soldiers, and an alleged former ira member, who were investigated for perjury ,

will not face any charges. they were accused of giving false accounts to the inquiry into bloody sunday , when soldiers opened fire during a march in londonderry in 1972, killing 13 people. prosecutors said there was insufficient evidence. live now to jennifer o�*leary in belfast. tells more about what has happened today. figs tells more about what has happened toda . �* , , ., tells more about what has happened toda . a ., tells more about what has happened today. as you outline, the day that became known _ today. as you outline, the day that became known as _ today. as you outline, the day that became known as bloody - today. as you outline, the day that became known as bloody sunday l became known as bloody sunday occurred on the last sunday of january in 1972 when some members of the army�*s parachute regiment opened fire on civil rights demonstrators in londonderry. 813 people were shot dead —— 13 people were shot dead. this follows the inquiry report into bloody sunday published in 2010 and the report was critical of some soldiers who had said, and i quote, knowingly put forward false accounts to the inquiry to seek to justify their firing and that form a part of

a police investigation, which was afforded to northern ireland�*s public prosecution service who today announced that no prosecutions of perjury against 15 former army veterans and a decision that also applies to one former member of the ira, northern ireland wasn�*t proper public prosecution service in the statement said that the testimony to the inquiry, this is crucial, that testimony to the inquiry does not amount to a criminal standard of proof. the pps did acknowledge in its statement that that decision would result in what it described as another difficult day for this bloody sunday families. those families were informed of that decision this morning and they say they are disappointed. they have not ruled out the prospect of further legal action and an mp who is based

in derry, callum eastwood, said the decision is another difficult moment for the bloody sunday families. i might add that to day�*s decision does not impact proceedings against one former soldier. he is referred to as soldier f because his identity is protected under court order. he has been charged in connection with events on bloody sunday and he will stand trial for the events he is alleged to be connected to. thanks ve much alleged to be connected to. thanks very much indeed. _ alleged to be connected to. thanks very much indeed. thank _ alleged to be connected to. thanks very much indeed. thank you. - around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

you are live with bbc news. there�*s a warning today that more and more young people have developed bladder problems because of their chronic use of ketamine.

the drug is widely used as an anaesthetic, and a sedative. but increasingly it�*s also misused as a recreational drug — and addiction rates are soaring. here�*s rachel stonehouse. from the minute you wake up... it�*s a saturday night in bristol. we are with beth and her friend we are calling jay, as he wants to be anonymous. they are both in their 20s and chronic ketamine users, after trying it as teenagers. i was 1a years old and somebody had some in the classroom and i had a little bit at the back of the classroom. that was the first time i had it. what is the physical impact for you now of taking ketamine? can't work, yeah, i can't do anything, i can't feed myself or go and get a drink. yeah, it really disables you completely. i can�*t walk 50 metres without either needing to sit down or needing to run to the toilet. ketamine use is estimated to have more than doubled since 2016 in england and wales, and ketamine addiction has quadrupled in that time. and, although deaths linked to ketamine are rare, they are also on the rise.

with a justin bieber haircut. i used to have to straighten his hairfor him before he went to school. claire�*s son, ryan, got addicted to ketamine after his best friend died, and he used the drug as a way to cope with his grief. he didn�*t look like the son that i had. he went from being such a happy, confident, clever boy to this shell of a person. i didn�*t know who he was any more. in april 2023, ryan died at the age of 26. ketamine is really popular here in bristol, so much so there�*s even a term "bristol bladder". that�*s to refer to the impact ketamine can cause to the bladder if you take a lot of it. southmead hospital, like others across the country, set up a specialist clinic last year to help patients struggling with the impact of chronic ketamine use.

why ketamine seems to be the drug of choice, it�*s cheap to buy, i think people don�*t realise that it has detrimental effects to the bladder and i think it�*s viewed as sort of a safe drug by people. back with beth and jay, who say they had no idea of the impact ketamine can have when they first started using and wish they�*d never tried it. i�*m hoping that i�*ll get back into work and one day be a person that has recovered from this really rubbish journey that i�*ve been on. rachel stonehouse, bbc news. let�*s speak to dr mohammed belal from the british association of urological surgeons. thank you so much for being with us. give me a sense of how often you are seeing young people with the sort of

impacts. seeing young people with the sort of im acts. ., ., , .,, impacts. unfortunately there has been a significant _ impacts. unfortunately there has been a significant explosion - impacts. unfortunately there has been a significant explosion of. been a significant explosion of these young patients, we are seeing across the entire country and not just only big cities but around the country in smaller places as well. in terms of the damage, once it has been done, is there any way back? i think if you stop taking catering, and quite a few cases, the bladder will recover and improve but in severe cases, unfortunately you reach a point of no return and in those cases we have to perform significant surgery. in those cases we have to perform significant surgery.— significant surgery. in terms of health professionals, - significant surgery. in terms of health professionals, do - significant surgery. in terms of health professionals, do you . significant surgery. in terms of. health professionals, do you think they are spotting the signs of this or are many, they are spotting the signs of this orare many, many they are spotting the signs of this or are many, many patientsjust slipping through the net somehow? i think so, we, as i organisation, are hoping to shortly publish guidelines

so everyone is aware of this and quite often the moment is misdiagnosed particularly in primary care but we are trying to educate the health care professionals about the health care professionals about the significance of the problem. if we do not address this now, in terms of the rise in numbers of cases, what track are we on unless we take significant action now? i think there was _ significant action now? i think there was a — significant action now? i think there was a delay _ significant action now? i think there was a delay of - significant action now? i think there was a delay of about. significant action now? i think| there was a delay of about two significant action now? i think- there was a delay of about two years before the severe end of kidman plan ends. we are in a severe rise and if things don�*t end now, there is another two years of uncontrollable numbers of very young and very challenging patients. at, numbers of very young and very challenging patients.— challenging patients. a final thou . ht challenging patients. a final thought because _ challenging patients. a final thought because you - challenging patients. a final thought because you must l challenging patients. a final- thought because you must have conversations with young people when you talk to them about this, had they had any idea that these were some of the consequences that might actually be the result of the decisions they were making in terms of using this as a recreational

drug? of using this as a recreational dru: ? ., ., , of using this as a recreational dru:? ., ., , ., , ., drug? unfortunately not. there is no connection between _ drug? unfortunately not. there is no connection between kevin _ drug? unfortunately not. there is no connection between kevin and - drug? unfortunately not. there is no connection between kevin and andyl connection between kevin and andy bladder and unfortunately by the time they realise the problem, it is a bit too late and not only do you go more often, yet more pain and you take more painkillers and it becomes a vicious cycle. it is a very difficult for them to break through. we will leave it there but thank you so much for being on the programme and giving us your thoughts. thank you. if you were watching yesterday at this time, we reported that the fa was ditching its decision to... the football association has defended its decision to scrap fa cup replays from 2024—25 and insists "all parties accepted" they could not continue. it was announced on thursday that the competition will only be

played on weekends with replays scrapped from the first round onwards. the move has sparked an enormous backlash from clubs in the lower divisions. joining me now is football writer — henry winter. great to have your new programme. give me a sense of the scale of the anger that you are seeing from the lower division clubs here on this. it is very rare for football clubs to agree on one thing and certainly outside the top reaches of the premier league, the anger, outrage, concern financially, emotionally, historically about the scrapping of replays and the fa, as you know, released a statement three or four hours ago saying they saw the concern and it is difficult for them to miss it and they said all parties had accepted the scrapping of replies so the media reaction was from the efl cobs and it was what the premier league is involved in scrapping replays for the first and second round when the premier league clubs do not come into the third round anyway and also i live in peterborough and peterborough united put out a very strong statement, grimsby as well, exeter who had that

famous replay against manchester united in 2005. a third—round occasion as well in the spirit of the cup. and they released a statement as well, pretty much unanimity amongst the efl cobs as tranmere rovers coming out with a very strong statement. in tranmere rovers coming out with a very strong statement.— very strong statement. in many of the statements, _ very strong statement. in many of the statements, and _ very strong statement. in many of the statements, and i've - very strong statement. in many of the statements, and i've read - very strong statement. in many of. the statements, and i've read many the statements, and i�*ve read many of them, they reference that they thought there had been a complete lack of consultation and many of them centred on the conclusion that this was all about protecting the premier league and the big boys, not even of the premier league, just the top clutch to play in europe. football associations rather clever mantra is for all but this is really for the few. this is about champions league clubs and it has been complicated from an english perspective about the expansion of the champions league next season by

uefa so effectively the group stage actually impinges later in the season and crosses parts with the fa cup so everyone understands that there is fix jerk injection cup so everyone understands that there is fixjerk injection —— fixture congestion in the country but no one understands why lower cobs have to suffer. aside from it doing them out of this payday that gets them out of replays. the football association would have had a bit more credibility had they stood up to some of the clubs and said why are you going on these post—season tours when we have england going to a tournament? why is james madison and tottenham hotspur are going to melbourne of the season and with newcastle united and their players like anthony gordon and kieran trippier? all of those. —— tottenham and james

maddison going to melbourne. i5 those. —— tottenham and james maddison going to melbourne. is it about money? that _ maddison going to melbourne. is it about money? that has _ maddison going to melbourne. is it about money? that has happenedl maddison going to melbourne. is it - about money? that has happened since the premier league _ about money? that has happened since the premier league started _ about money? that has happened since the premier league started in - about money? that has happened since the premier league started in 1992 - the premier league started in 1992 and it is sad because it is a great weekend with games at wembley. thank ou ve weekend with games at wembley. thank you very much- — weekend with games at wembley. thank you very much- if — weekend with games at wembley. thank you very much- if you — weekend with games at wembley. thank you very much. if you go _ weekend with games at wembley. thank you very much. if you go on _ weekend with games at wembley. thank you very much. if you go on social media you will see all the responses coming from those lower division clubs. more on that story here on our programme and also the latest headlines from the middle east, that is coming up in a moment or two. hello. high pressure is going to be building across the uk this weekend. high pressure normally means dry weather and it will be largely dry. however, it will not always be sunny. often it will be cloudy, quite chilly too. the brightest and warmest weather to be found across the west of the uk. here is our area of high pressure right now, sitting just to the west of the uk. the jet stream, the flow of winds high in the atmosphere, is running just to the north of that high and then diving down across continental europe. the jet really meandering across europe this weekend. actually, if anything, it�*s going to bend back on itself

and that will allow colder air in across the eastern half of the uk. through the rest of today, an old weather front is clearing the south. a little bit of rain with that. behind it some sunny spells. quite breezy close to this east coast, making it feel rather chilly. eight degrees there in aberdeen, the highest temperatures further south and west, 15 or 16 degrees. this evening and tonight it will stay fairly breezy close to this east coast. there may be the odd shower. a bit more cloud pushing into the north of scotland, but in between some clear spells, the odd mist patch and it is going to be a cold night, a touch of frost for some as we start saturday morning. saturday should start for most of us with a decent amount of sunshine. however, i think we will see cloud building as the day wears on. some showers potentially across these eastern parts, where it will stay quite breezy. cloud and some patchy rain as a weather front moves into northern scotland. the best of the sunshine and the warmth likely to be across northern ireland. 15 degrees here. compare that with just eight, nine or ten for some north sea coasts. as we move into the second half of the weekend, yes,

our area of high pressure will be with us, but this frontal system really just gets stuck in the flow. that will bring a band of cloud, maybe the odd shower, so i can�*t completely rule out a showerfor the london marathon. certainly, there will be quite a lot of cloud and i think it as we move into the second half of the weekend, yes, our area of high pressure will be with us, but this frontal system really just gets stuck in the flow. that will bring a band of cloud, maybe the odd shower, so i can�*t completely rule out a showerfor the london marathon. certainly, there will be quite a lot of cloud and i think it will feel very cool, particularly given this nagging breeze that will affect south—eastern parts of england. a fair amount of cloud around on sunday. there will be some bright or sunny spells. i think the best of the sunshine across northern ireland, that could lift temperatures to 18 degrees, but further east i think it will feel quite chilly.

live from london. this is bbc news. the us calls for a "de—escalation" after an apparent israeli attack on iran. we are committed to israel�*s security, we are also committed to de—escalating, to trying to bring this tension to a close. we will be live from tehran for analysis of today�*s attack. at donald trump�*s hush money trial — the judge says — we have a jury — after 12 jurors are selected. we�*re live in new york.

the biggest election in the world is under way in india, with almost a billion people eligible to vote. and taylor swift fans are in for a double treat, as she releases two sets of songs about her love life. hello, i�*m matthew amroliwala. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. the us secretary of state antony blinken has reiterated the importance of de—escalation in the middle east, after a reported israeli strike on iran. speaking at a g7 meeting in italy, mr blinken refused to comment on reports that israel had informed washington of its plans before they struck. iranian state media said explosions were heard over the city of isfahan, which it said, were iranian air defences hitting three drones.