it's that time in the programme for the sport. let's get a full round—up from the bbc sport centre with jane. hi, rajini. we start in italy, where inter milan are in action against empoli in serie a. a short time ago, it was 1—0. we arejust coming up to we are just coming up to half—time, 43 minutes gone. federico dimarco with inter�*s goal after just five minutes. a win will take inter 14 points clear at the top of the table. elsewhere, bologna were 3—0 winners over bottom—of—the—table salernitana, beating them for the second time this season. they're currently fourth in the table, pushing for a place in the champions league. in england, burnley look like they will be heading back to the championship. their manager, vincent kompany, says the standard of refereeing in the premier league hasn't been good enough this season. he was shown a red card over the weekend during their draw

at chelsea, after he protested against a penalty decision that saw one of his players sent off. the frustration comes from the fact that it's a succession of mistakes. and it's always debatable. so when it's one game and one event, then it's debatable, just like this case could be debatable, less so than other cases, i think, but you can always debate. but it's the succession of it for us this season and the effects on points. kompany was speaking ahead of burnley�*s game against wolves tomorrow night. we've also heard from the west ham manager david moyes in the build up to their match against tottenham on tuesday. moyes has urged supporters to get behind kalvin phillips. the hammers were leading newcastle 3—1 on saturday when he came off the bench for the last 20 minutes and they ended up losing 4—3. the midfielder, who's on loan from manchester city, was involved in a heated exchange with fans as he got on the team bus afterwards.

kalvin is a human being and can do things which we all do at different times, but what he needs is support and he needs support behind them. he needs people to help them, we will stand up and help him as much as we possibly can, and, obviously, we need to give all our support all of our players, whoever it is, the support they require. england women have won their first one day international against new zealand, largely thanks to a superb unbeaten 92 from amyjones. chasing 208 in wellington, victory looked unlikely when they slumped to 79—6, but a record seventh wicket stand of 130 between jones and charlie dean saw them reach their target with nine overs to spare. they won by four wickets. every game's important, but i think to start a series well makes it that little bit extra.

obviously, you don't want to go behind early on in a series, so to get that win, i think, was, yeah, huge for us. under tricky circumstances, and i think the whole batting group will get a lot of confidence in how we managed to get over that line today. tennis, and dominic thiem has won his first atp match of the year, battling to a three—set victory over maximilian marterer in the opening round of the estoril open in portugal. thiem — whose season has been hindered with a recurrence of a wrist injury — took the first set, before marterer pulled level in a second set tie—break. however, it was the former world number three who broke to love in the fifth game of the deciding set to take victory in two hours and 17 minutes. meanwhile, roberto bautista agut improved his career record against miomir kecmanovic to six wins from six matches in the opening round in estoril, taking this victory in straight sets in an hour and 24 minutes. he'll play either daniel altmaier or

pedro martinez in the second round. more on all of those stories on the bbc sport website and app. that's it for now. thank you very much, jane. the harry potter author jk rowling has invited police to arrest her if they believe she has committed an offence under scotland's new hate crime law. from today, it is a crime to stir up hatred relating to someone�*s age, disability, religion, sexual orientation or transgender identity. and ms rowling, who lives in edinburgh, says the legislation is a threat to free speech. but the first minister humza yousaf says it will guard people from what he calls a "rising tide of hatred" in society. here's our scotland editor, james cook. this is a nation struggling to strike a balance between liberty and safety, between freedom of speech and protection from hatred.

these protesters think the new hate crime law gets that balance wrong, but the first minister disagrees. i'm very proud of the hate crime act. we have seen, i'm afraid, notjust in the uk and, of course, scotland, but right across many parts of the world, this kind of rising tide of hatred against people because of their protected characteristics. so, unless your behaviour is threatening or abusive, and intends to stir up hatred, then you have nothing to worry about in terms of the new offences being created. but what exactly is in the hate crime act? the law creates a crime of stirring up hatred, relating to age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, transgender identity or being intersex. it also includes racial discrimination, although that was already illegal under an old law. a publicity campaign is now encouraging people to report behaviour which crosses a line from offensive, shocking or disturbing, to threatening and abusive.

but one group is not protected by the law — women. jk rowling, who lives in edinburgh, says that is wrong. on social media today, the author posted about several trans people who are protected, concluding... there will be a rush to report people to the police, including high—profile individuals. i imagine that there will be many complaints, for example, made againstjk rowling. so i think that, yes, there is a high chance that the police will be overwhelmed with a lot of complaints, some of which will be purely spurious. the scottish government says it's planning a separate law to tackle hatred and harassment of women. but for now, senior police officers are worried about the impact of this act, with the complaints already coming in. james cook, bbc news, edinburgh. joining me now is adam stachura. he is the policy director

at age scotland. adam, welcome. there's been extractions as we saw to the slot, but what you're feeling about it —— mixed reactions? it is but what you're feeling about it -- mixed reactions?— mixed reactions? it is broadly welcomed- — mixed reactions? it is broadly welcomed. in _ mixed reactions? it is broadly welcomed. in scotland - mixed reactions? it is broadly welcomed. in scotland it - mixed reactions? it is broadly welcomed. in scotland it is i mixed reactions? it is broadly i welcomed. in scotland it is some thing which has been around for more than six years after the review of our hatred legislation, undertaken by... early 2018. a lot of this to late. it tidies up a lot of our existing laws to stop it removes the crime of blasphemy, which is something had not been prosecuted in scotland for a generation, but also adds the protective characteristics under the quality act into hatred legislation such as age. what makes it incredible important as part of this is that the huge number of people in scotland who are facing

and subject to hate crime, hateful acts on wrigley basis. this is another way people can feel they have better access to justice. it will be better forms of prosecution. a strong deterrent. khartoum and people come as we frowned through the process of this bill, the delivery of the government strategy, how intolerable they face of actions. ., . ., , actions. how much a problem in your view and in — actions. how much a problem in your view and in your— actions. how much a problem in your view and in your specific _ actions. how much a problem in your view and in your specific dell - actions. how much a problem in your view and in your specific dell maxis l view and in your specific dell maxis is agents commission scotland? ageas, nation is prevalent across our scotland —— age discrimination in scotland? i think there's about one in five people in scotland who feel their age has been a barrier to them getting opportunities or getting on, age on its own is not going to be the only thing here

which will deem the legislation as a success or not. but we see here, it will be far better collection by the police on age and related matters, but being old and gay, old and muslim, and some other characteristic, could contribute to that enhanced nature of hatred people are facing, so we will find out more as things go on, and how that becomes a criminal offence, particular in the case of whether you have been assaulted because your order, and the statutory activation is included in this, which age can be a factor here, could find older people could be subject to issues, be taken more seriously, prosecutors have better tools at their disposal to deter these things in the first place. to deter these things in the first lace. ~ ., ., place. we have heard some

high-profile _ place. we have heard some high-profile critics - place. we have heard some high-profile critics and - place. we have heard some | high-profile critics and other high—profile critics and other critics of this law who say that the bar in some of these categories is actually quite low. it has to be seen as likely rather than intended. and there are real fears that this hate crime law could actually curtail free speech. what would you say to that?— say to that? actually, i am not a leual say to that? actually, i am not a legal expert _ say to that? actually, i am not a legal expert on _ say to that? actually, i am not a legal expert on this _ say to that? actually, i am not a legal expert on this and - say to that? actually, i am not a legal expert on this and i - say to that? actually, i am not a legal expert on this and i think. legal expert on this and i think we have found to the course of this, in the recen was particularly, many folks in the legal profession of had a view on this, but it is the police and how the police takes charge of this. things are reported to them and they investigate them. i understand from the words of legal experts and the first minister that the bars! quite high, but the proof is in the putting here for people, and i think for a lot of this, the vast majority of the hate crime act, it's going to be focusing on trying to make far more robust efforts to drive down hate crime and make a lot of peoples lives better and more tolerable, so i think this is one

for the legal experts in the please themselves. —— and the police themselves. -- and the police themselves.— themselves. -- and the police themselves. �* ., ,, ., ., ~ themselves. adam stachura from age scotland, thank _ themselves. adam stachura from age scotland, thank you _ themselves. adam stachura from age scotland, thank you very _ themselves. adam stachura from age scotland, thank you very much - themselves. adam stachura from age scotland, thank you very much for - scotland, thank you very much for joining us. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

you are watching the context on bbc news. from today, people in germany can legally smoke cannabis in public. hundreds of people filled berlin's brandenburg gate at midnight for a "smoke—in" as the new law came into effect. the part—decriminalisation follows decades of contentious debate. the rules around medical marijuana are also being relaxed. our berlin correspondent, jessica parker, reports from dresden. # three little birds pitch by my doorstep # singing sweet songs... # it's out in the open. adults in germany can now possess up

to 25 grams of cannabis in public — enough to make dozens ofjoints — and grow up to three plants at home. while people like marcel are planning newly—permitted cannabis social clubs. not for tourists, though — just german residents. every gram from cannabis which goes from the cannabis social club is one gram that's not on the black market. what do you say to people who say, look, cannabis is addictive and it is harmful, especially to young people? everything has dark sides. and you have to know about the dark sides, and only when it's not illegal, you can freely talk about these dark sides. but these cannabis clubs in cities like dresden won't pop up overnight, and come with their own rules — exacerbating fears that demand will quickly outstrip legal supply. translation: we assume that the black market - will be strengthened, particularly at the beginning in the chaos phase, when demand would be great because of the signal

this law sends. the black market and criminal networks will adapt and they will also infiltrate the social clubs. into the highly secure halls of a medical cannabis grower, who are also seeing some deregulation. cannabis will not be a narcotic any more in germany. - it will be just as any other pharmaceutical product, i which makes it much more easierl for patients to get it from a doctor and to get it from the pharmacy. they keep this room at around 23 degrees, but it's also really quite humid. now, there are 650—ish plants in this room and they are almost ready to be harvested. and the psychoactive substance is... the benefits of medical cannabis are debated, while the relaxation around recreational use has been contentious. this is an argument in germany that likely hasn't yet reached full maturity. jessica parker,

bbc news, in dresden. the view there from our correspondent in germany. joining me now is andrew hathaway. he is an associate professor of criminaljustice and public policy at the university of guelph in ontario, canada. welcome to bbc news. the reason we're talking to all the way there in canada is because cannabis was legalised in 2018 where you are, so we want to know what lessons perhaps germany can learn from what's happened where you are? yeah, i think there's _ happened where you are? yeah, i think there's some _ happened where you are? yeah, i think there's some real _ happened where you are? yeah, i think there's some real potentiall think there's some real potential benefits to the social club model that germany is adopting. it's got a bit of a spanish flavour, actually, and kind of a nice sense of community associated with it. one of the issues, i mean, there many stories to cannabis legalisation in canada, you'll get a different story depend on who you talk to, but some

of the observations i have are that the commercial retail model has had certain drawbacks that may be addressed by the social club model. it is still only about two thirds of purchases of cannabis are being made on the legal market, so they're still about a third of the market being served by illicit dealers, which after five years, itjust suggests it has been a slow road to diminishing that struggle that the illicit market had on the cannabis business. there is been, i think, dramatic over speculation of the profitability of the commercial cannabis market in canada. there's been a lot of lay—offs, a lot of amalgamation of some of the

companies, with the smaller providers not able to be profitable enough to survive. fik. providers not able to be profitable enough to survive.— providers not able to be profitable enough to survive. 0k. yeah, i 'ust want to pick— enough to survive. 0k. yeah, i 'ust want to pick up�* enough to survive. 0k. yeah, i 'ust want to pick up on i enough to survive. 0k. yeah, i 'ust want to pick up on that i enough to survive. 0k. yeah, i 'ust want to pick up on that point, h want to pick up on that point, because one of the arguments from those behind this change in the law in germany say it will help close down the existing black—market that exists when it comes to cannabis. yeah, certainly, ithink exists when it comes to cannabis. yeah, certainly, i think one would expect to see a large segment of german cannabis consumers adopting this approach, assuming that is convenient enough, that the price is right, you get a membership in a club, it gives you access to a certain monthly allotment, which my understanding is, it's about enough, unless you have very high demands for cannabis. it's going to be enough on a monthly basis. to supply your smoking needs. sometimes people

use it for cooking and things like that and they have higher requirements for what they will need. only four plants... one of the problems with doing it on a plant basis is, it does take a certain amount of skill to produce the quantity of cannabis that is required, a plant can deliver quite a small amount or if you are very good, underthe a small amount or if you are very good, under the right conditions, you can grow up to a pound or more on a you can grow up to a pound or more ona plan, you can grow up to a pound or more on a plan, so using that as the allotment, as certain drawbacks associated with it, but as far as i can tell what's being allowed for within the context of a club membership does sound like it should serve the needs of your typical cannabis consumers. {lilia serve the needs of your typical cannabis consumers. 0k, andrew hathaway. _ cannabis consumers. 0k, andrew hathaway, joining _ cannabis consumers. 0k, andrew hathaway, joining us _ cannabis consumers. 0k, andrew hathaway, joining us from - cannabis consumers. 0k, andrew| hathaway, joining us from ontario cannabis consumers. 0k, andrew i hathaway, joining us from ontario in canada, thank you very much for joining us. fix. canada, thank you very much for

joining ne— as we wrap up this easter monday — and you finish off your eggs — it's that time to show you some easter bunnies... ..like these ones who appeared alongside president biden as part of the white house's annual easter egg roll. this year was the 144th time the festivities have happened. and those huge, slightly scary easter bunnies have always been a fixture alongside the president. i went down a bit of a rabbit hole — pardon the pun — as we found some of the bunnies' appearances over the years. you can kind of see them there next to me. there is one next to president obama. tens of thousands attend to watch children push brighly coloured, hard boiled eggs across the south lawn with wood spoons. one race to the white house, you might say — and as the other one gets ever closer, mr biden used this year's event to spell out his vision for america. i've never been more optimistic about america than i am today. we have enormous opportunities, enormous opportunities. we just have to remember who we are.

we're the united states of america, and there's nothing — nothing — beyond our capacity. god bless you all, enjoy the day, and i'm coming down to do the easter egg roll injust a minute. thank you all so very, very much. thanks, everybody. and by the way, say hello to the easter bunnies. come on up, bunnies. get up where they can see you. come on, get in there. pretty big bunny, huh? i don't know why, but those bunnies do look quite scary, don't they? among those perfoming this year were thejonesboro high school band from atlanta — let's have a watch. music the theme of this year's event was "eggucation" — inspired by first ladyjill biden's decades of working in education.

the band discovered they'd been invited to perform after the first lady surprised them at an after—school rehearsal. the band have notched up some other high—profile performances lately, including featuring in a super bowl commercial alongside usher. i'm pleased to say that lynel goodwin, director of the band, and some members of the majestic marching cardinalsjoin us now on theirjourney back home. there you go, we will give you a wave back. hello there! it is not everyday you get asked by the first lady to perform, so tell us how it went. it lady to perform, so tell us how it went. ., , , ., ., went. it went absolutely amazing. it could not have _ went. it went absolutely amazing. it could not have gone _ went. it went absolutely amazing. it could not have gone any _ went. it went absolutely amazing. it could not have gone any better. i went. it went absolutely amazing. it could not have gone any better. tell us how you — could not have gone any better. tell us how you felt when you were up there performing?— us how you felt when you were up there performing? honestly, it was mind blowing- _ there performing? honestly, it was mind blowing. it _ there performing? honestly, it was mind blowing. it was _ there performing? honestly, it was mind blowing. it was a _ there performing? honestly, it was mind blowing. it was a bit - there performing? honestly, it was mind blowing. it was a bit surreal. mind blowing. it was a bit surreal as we walked to the checkpoint and saw the white house get larger and larger in our vision. we realise this is really happening, like, right now, so it's still surreal,

still mind blowing, some of our students even became emotional as they were performing, because some of our students never leave the city limits ofjonesboro, so to be on the south lawn of the white house, of the most powerful man in the western hemisphere, it was absolutely surreal. 50 hemisphere, it was absolutely surreal. ., , , ., surreal. so we honestly said that ou were surreal. so we honestly said that you were surprised _ surreal. so we honestly said that you were surprised by _ surreal. so we honestly said that you were surprised by the - surreal. so we honestly said that you were surprised by the first i surreal. so we honestly said that i you were surprised by the first lady jill biden at a rehearsal, who told you you would be playing, but how did she find you in the first place? it was absolutely crazy, because ironically, first, we got a call from the us deferment of education. the us to permit of education called ajonesboro high the us to permit of education called a jonesboro high school and asked to speak with me at the front office. she just asked for more information. at that time they did not disclose much information at all as to what they were asking the information for, but shejust they were asking the information for, but she just asked me to send her a write up of everything on the band positive accomplishments, some videos, some photos, and before you know it we were getting a call from

the white house. find know it we were getting a call from the white house.— the white house. and tell us about the white house. and tell us about the routine — the white house. and tell us about the routine you _ the white house. and tell us about the routine you are _ the white house. and tell us about the routine you are doing _ the white house. and tell us about the routine you are doing there. it| the routine you are doing there. it looks very coordinated. absolutely full of everything _ looks very coordinated. absolutely full of everything we _ looks very coordinated. absolutely full of everything we do _ looks very coordinated. absolutely full of everything we do score i full of everything we do score needed, because marching band is derived from the military, so all about precision, but we also add an extra flare of energy and excitement to every routine that we do, so we chose to perform a diverse repertoire of music that we felt like could reach all of the different crowds of this year's easter egg roll. find different crowds of this year's easter egg roll.— different crowds of this year's easter ea . roll. �* ., ,., easter egg roll. and tell me about what you're _ easter egg roll. and tell me about what you're going _ easter egg roll. and tell me about what you're going to _ easter egg roll. and tell me about what you're going to do _ easter egg roll. and tell me about what you're going to do now we i easter egg roll. and tell me about | what you're going to do now we get back to georgia, because this is not the only high—profile gig you've got this year, we hear. it’s the only high-profile gig you've got this year, we hear.— this year, we hear. it's not, and it's only march, _ this year, we hear. it's not, and it's only march, which _ this year, we hear. it's not, and it's only march, which is - this year, we hear. it's not, and it's only march, which is wild, . it's only march, which is wild, right? as you said, we have done the super bowl commercial featuring usher, and this, we have done the easter egg roll for the first lady of the united states, but we've also been invited to perform it new york city for the macy's dating —— thanksgiving day parade in november! -- thanksgiving day parade in november!—

-- thanksgiving day parade in november! ., , ., ., �* -- thanksgiving day parade in november! ., ., �* ~ november! that is amazing. i'm kind of obsessed — november! that is amazing. i'm kind of obsessed with _ november! that is amazing. i'm kind of obsessed with those _ november! that is amazing. i'm kind of obsessed with those bunnies i november! that is amazing. i'm kind of obsessed with those bunnies that| of obsessed with those bunnies that appeared on the stage. with president biden for what was like seeing them? did they scare you too? how did you feel about the bunnies? laughter i did not know they were to be that bi-! i did not know they were to be that bi! �* , big! laughter the bunnies i big! laughter l the bunnies were big! laughter - the bunnies were a big! laughter _ the bunnies were a surprise big! laughter _ the bunnies were a surprise and we were not sure they would be life—size, but we are so used to surprises here injonesboro! aha, surprises here injonesboro! a fixture at the white house straight roll. they have appeared alongside president for many years and once again i will say they do look a bit scary. before we go, let me bring you another story time about a baby gorilla. she is saying goodbye to her home in texas to look for a surrogate mum. baby jameela was born prematurely by caesarean section — and despite efforts to unite her with her mother, the newborn was rejected. she's now heading to cleveland zoo

with hopes of finding a new mum. she is part of who i am as a keeper now. it's been a labour of love. and also what i've said is it's the most amazing experience i never wanted to have, because we want them to be as natural and healthy in our zoo environment as possible. i will carry her. she will be a baby of mine forever. babyjamil ending baby jamil ending the on babyjamil ending the on bbc news. i am rajini vaidyanathan. this is the context on bbc news. hello. you start monday brought a day of mixed fortunes and it is go to be a similar story throughout the week. across eastern england we had some sunshine and where it stay dry

was relatively warm, 16 degrees, 61 fahrenheit, but cloud and rain pushing its way steadily northwards, it stayed rather grey and overcast and western scotland with just a high of five celsius here. that weather front is going to linger, we can all the time, but he brisk north easterly wind will dominate the story across the far north of scotland. clear skies for a time, early morning mist and fog for england and wales perhaps, some showers easing away from the southeast, but eventually as we go through the day, we will start to see some outbreaks of rain pushing into the southwest, and is this front gradually moves its way, the winds will strengthen here. ahead of it, one or two spots again could see temperatures into the mid—teens. not a bad afternoon with a few i slid showers for northern ireland. scotland will say rather grey and overcast without brakes of showery rain and that brisk north easterly wind at times will make it feel rather cool, just a maximum of 6-8 c. we rather cool, just a maximum of 6—8 c. we will see that frontal system down to the southwest

bringing some wet and windy weather through the night, tuesday into the early hours of wednesday morning. the wind direction coming from the southwest, so it will be a mild start to wednesday, with double figures perhaps likely across the far southeast, figures perhaps likely across the farsoutheast, but figures perhaps likely across the far southeast, but we will see outbreaks of rain gradually pushing their way steadily northwards. the wind direction here is south—westerly, so driving in some milder air, south—westerly, so driving in some milderair, but south—westerly, so driving in some milder air, but we still keep that northeasterly feed in scotland, a real contrast with the temperatures over the next few days. so we are looking at 5—7 degrees across the far northeast, highs of 15, possibly 16 once again somewhere across the south and eastern england. towards the end of the week low pressure is going to continue to dominate but still that wind source coming all the way from the southwest, so it will be mild, but it will still continue to be pretty wet at times, but the mild air sitting across the vast majority, still the far northeast of scotland staying on the cooler side, so, northeast of scotland staying on the coolerside, so, here, the temperatures will struggle and

little post but there'll be showers or longest pose of a get some brightness, temperatures are going to respond. take care.

hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan. you're watching the context on bbc news. iranian and syrian state media saying that an israeli air strike targeted the iranian consulate in the syrian capital, damascus. this really increasingly dangerous

war between iran and its allies and proxies and the israelis has tonight taken quite a big step up. even if benjamin netanyahu brings home the hostages l or dismantles hamas, i there are new posters — "you're in charge," _ "you're responsible," they say. but they wanted him out for the war. now, they're back and they want him gone even more. _ on our panel tonight we have former political advisor leon emirali in bedfordshire and mary anne marsh, a democratic strategist speaking from cape cod, massachusetts. first let's bring you the latest headlines... iranian state media says a senior

commander in the powerful revolutionary guard was among at least five people killed