likely to get the second. english football still has an outside chance but it would now take an unlikely sequence of results for it to become reality. i'm a i'm a little reluctant to draw too many big conclusions because what you cling to find as often these things in europe are cyclical and actually premier league clubs have dominated european competition of late. i dominated european competition of late. . . , ~ ., late. i certainly think there are robabl late. i certainly think there are probably too — late. i certainly think there are probably too many _ late. i certainly think there are probably too many games, - late. i certainly think there are i probably too many games, too late. i certainly think there are - probably too many games, too many intense games and it does have an impact on the premier league sides but we have seen them be strong in recent years so if anything, it's probably a good thing for competitive balance when you're talking about european football as a whole but obviously it has not been a good time for premier league sides. germany managerjulian nagelsmann has signed a contract extension running until after the 2026 world cup. nagelsmann, 36, 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. he said "this is a decision from the heart. it is a great honour to coach the national team," 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. the red bull driver made errors on two laps before sneaking in at the end. i think we may be off the paste of red bull in —— of the pace of red bull in wet conditions but i can push hard. tough, i saw charles go off in front of me so that made me chill out a little bit. i was getting a bit giddy but those

conditions are where you have to push and take risks in they all paid off, so perfect start to the weekend. 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. not the start she would have wanted. three straight birdies seeing a move to four and under three straight birdies seeing a move to fourand underand three straight birdies seeing a move to four and under and tied for second. 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. finally take a look at this... surfer sebastian steudtner took on a monster wave which could be the biggest ever surfed. it was at a big wave destination in portugal. he already holds the record, but using state of the art technology he can now reach speeds of up to 100 kilometres an hour which enabled him to beat his previous best. this wave was measured at 28.57 metres, the previous one was just over 26 metres. he's awaiting confirmation that this is a new world record. rather him than me. and that's all the sport for now. thank you. and a warning that people here in the uk have increasing

bladder problems with addiction to ketamine soaring. 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. to find out about more of the risks associated with kaagman, i spoke earlier to someone from the us that make you an office for drugs and crime.

what we see recently is an increase in trafficking of ketamine across the world. and what is special about this increase in supply of ketamine is that it comes from illicit sources. so we are talking about illicitly manufactured ketamine, not the medical not diverted medical ketamine. and this illicit ketamine is produced in large scale industrial labs in south east asia. and what needs to be done? what can be done? what we notice is that there is an uneven landscape with regards to drug control across countries. so ketamine is strictly controlled in some countries, but not in others, and it makes international collaborations just so much more challenging. so this is something to look into. the other aspect is that ketamine is a relatively new phenomenon in many countries. it used to be around as one of the many drugs, but not a big problem like what you're describing now in the uk. so i think there is also a need to increase the awareness that ketamine is a dangerous drugs. it can cause serious negative health implications for people using it, particularly those using it over a longer period of time. so we need to increase here the risk awareness also among the potential user groups, and that's mainly a young people. and that's exactly what my colleague rachel stonehouse from the bbc

investigations team found people as young as 21 ending up having major, very risky surgery as a consequence now a bit of a gear change. taylor swift has the lighter fans by making her new album a double whammy. the tortured poets department was released this morning that she announced a second instalment with announced a second instalment with an extra 15 tracks. here is more with our music correspondent mark savage. # and for a for... fans were already expecting a long album from taylor swift with 16 brand new songs. but, in the small hours of this morning, she had a surprise. the countdown is going down and we think something big is going to happen. something massive... two hours after the record was released, taylor updated it with 15 extra songs.

writing online, she explained she'd written so much tortured poetry in the past two years that she felt compelled to share it. many of the songs deal with her breakup from the british actorjoe alwyn. # he said he loved me all his life #. taylor swift says the end of the relationship even overshadowed the eras tour that has turned her into a billionaire. this is so good. it's so good. the emotional weight of the album floored many of her fans. i left all i knew you left me. swift's soul baring lyrics have always been the key to her appeal. she just sits so fondly in the hearts of her fans, and she means she's just been there at different points in their lives, and she still continues to be there, which i think is, you know, it's rare that a celebrity is at the peak of their fame 15 years into their career. but that's kind of where she's at. so she's kind of an anomaly. # it's me. # hi. # i'm on the problem.

# it's me #. this is swift's first new music since 2022, and presumably the latest songs will be added to the setlist when the eras tour hits the uk injune. before then, fans have a lot of listening to do. mark savage, bbc. bit of light relief to end a heavy few hours of news here on bbc news. matthew is up next so do stay with us your unremitting you. —— here on bbc news. 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 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 will be live injerusalem, washington and here in london with our persian service. 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. iam i am live in new delhi with the parliamentjust behind me, these elections are about you is going to be prime minister but also who is going to work back there. 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. israel appears to have carried out a limited strike on iran — in response to tehran�*s attack on israel last week. iranian state media said, explosions were heard over the city of isfahan, which it said, were iranian air defences hitting three drones. these are the pictures from isfahan, showing the apparent israeli strike. israel has not officially confirmed, that it was responsible. the international atomic agency says, there's been no damage

to sites associated with iran's nuclear programme in the area.