vunipola called it a "misunderstanding" and said there was no violence, the bbc understands he was tasered by police who were called to a bar in the island's capital, palma. our sports news correspondent, laura scott, has more. we know that this incident involving billy vunipola happened at a club on majorca in the early hours of sunday morning. the number eight, who has played for england on 75 occasions, describe what happened as an unfortunate misunderstanding got out of hand. we know police were called to the club, we understand he was tasered and arrested, and he was later charged and appeared in court. however, he said in a statement released today that contrary to media reports, there was no violence, no fight, and i did not threaten anybody at any stage, with bottles or chairs or anything else.

i was charged with resisting the law and, following an express trial, i have paid a fine of 240 euros. having paid that fine, we know the spanish police investigation has closed and billy vunipola is now free to fly back to the uk, and he is due back later today. what will now follow is an internal process at saracens and he will cooperate with that and he unreservedly apologises for any inconvenience he has caused during this incident. a meeting to discuss the introduction of a possible salary cap in the english premier league has been taking place today — with the aim of making the competition fairer. it's part of plans to reform the profit and sustainability regulations, which resulted in both nottingham forest and everton being deducted points this season. top clubs would only be allowed to spend a sum linked to the television revenues of the bottom clubs in the league. there is expected to be some opposition to the proposal. luis rubiales, the former president of the spanish football federation, has arrived at a court in madrid to face charges

around receiving illegal commissions when negotiating a deal to host the spanish super cup competition in saudi arabia. he denies any wrongdoing. rubiales was arrested at the start of april as part of a corruption investigation. prosecutors are seeking a two—and—a—half—yearjail term. he faces a separate trial for allegedly sexually assaulting spanish international player jenni hermoso after the women's world cup final. rubiales also denies any wrongdoing in that case. let's bring you the latest from the madrid 0pen, britain's cam norrie is due on court shortly — he's up against the norweigen casper ruud, while rafa nadal is scheduled to play pedro cachin within the hour. 0n court at the moment, american sebastian korda is playing third seed danil medvedev for a place in the last 16. korda took the first set 7—5, but the second was pretty tight, going to a tie break and — eventually — going medvedev�*s way. they're now playing a deciding third set, and medvedev has taken the first game.

in the women's singles, number one seed iga swiatek is also through to the quarter finals after beating sara sorribes tormo in straight sets 6—1, 6—0. she'll face beatriz haddad maia next. let's take you to the world snooker championship in sheffield. the quarterfinal line—up will be complete today and among them is ronnie 0'sullivan. the seven—time champion is hoping to get an outright record eighth this year. he comfortably beat welshman ryan day 13 frames to 7. a 52 break in his winning frame helped "the rocket" reach his 22nd world championship quarterfinal. kyren wilson is also through after beating joe 0'connor13—6. and that's all the sport for now. here in the uk, the national crime agency has issued an unprecedented alert to all schools in the uk, warning about the danger to pupils

of so—called sextortion. that's when criminals trick young people into sharing intimate images of themselves online and then blackmail their victims for cash. police say there's been an alarming increase in the number of cases. angus crawford reports. just 16, murray dowey ended his life. criminals posing as a girl online tricked him into sending compromising pictures. then they blackmailed him. he couldn't bear it. they've totally destroyed our family. murray was a happy, normal teenager. he was driven to take his own life by whatever threats and awful things that the people that were trying to extort money out of him were saying to him. hey. how are you doing? what happened to murray is called sextortion. gangs pose as young men or women, send explicit videos or pictures to targets they identify via social media. they demand the same in return.

then... the film will be shared with your friends, yourj family, your workmates... everyone you know... unless you pay. today, in an unprecedented move, the national crime agency issued an alert to schools across the uk about this growing threat. the nca is warning that criminals are increasingly targeting young people, especially teenage boys. it's mainly done by gangs based in west africa or south east asia. their aim — terrify children into handing over as much money as they can. it can have an absolutely devastating effect on young people. this is why we are issuing this alert. we want people to take it extremely seriously, but we don't want them to panic. so there are definitely things that parents can do, conversations that can be had. it's really important that children know that they're never to blame. we've been reporting on the dangers of this for years... how scared were you at the time?

0h, frozen. ..contacting the criminals online. so you're probably moments away from being scammed. yep, literally minutes away. in ivory coast, police showed us files full of british victims. we even met a man who made his living from sextortion. but you do real harm to the victims. but what's really disturbing for teachers and parents is how young the victims are now. keeping them safe on social media is a daily challenge. never presume it couldn't happen here. presume it could happen. i think be vigilant. set up some really good, clear parameters. allow students to be part of that process, so that it's not being done to them, but done with them. today's alert by the nca strikes a chord with 14—year—old josh. i think that's definitely a big step in the right direction because i think people need to be made aware of this sort of thing. it is quite easy to get into these

sorts of bad situations. from a mother who lost her son, a plea to other young people. my message would be, please don't do what murry did. nothing is worth taking your own life for — nothing. no matter how terrified and awful you're feeling at the moment, that will pass and this can be fixed. angus crawford, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news now. tornadoes have left a trail of destruction in the us state of oklahoma, killing at least four people. the storms flattened buildings and flipped over cars in the town of sulphur. power cuts have affected about 30,000 people. the french actor, gerard depardieu, is being questioned at a paris police station after being placed under formal investigation over two allegations of sexual assault. the 75—year old has been accused of molesting two women on film sets. depardieu already faces a rape charge, as well as claims of assault by more than a dozen women — all of which he has strongly denied. a british man seriously injured in a shark attack in tobago is "aware of what is happening"

and "able to communicate". the wife of 64—year—old peter smith also says two friends, stayed in the water to "battle the shark" during the attack on friday. he's now in a stable condition in intensive care. a plane full of almost 300 toy giraffes has ta ken to the skies over the uk to raise money for great 0rmond street hospital in london. there would normally be no passengers on the flight — a royal air force air—to—air refueling mission. but on this occasion, people donated money in exchange for seats for giraffes. did at any point you think it was real giraffes that you were going to be...? no! no, luckily the whole connection came about because i noticed they were flying the same cuddly giraffe as i was flying with my daughter, so actually, there was never any doubt that it was cuddly giraffes. i love having these guys with me when we go flying, making everyone smile as they've seen us around the voyage air building with all these are giraffes. it's nice to lift everyone�*s spirits and give everyone a nice event to watch.

this is definitely the most unusual flight. usually the passengers are asking a lot more questions. they've not asked any yet but we'll see how the night goes. the reason we're flying all these giraffes, it set out from one - giraffe that my daughter louise had when she was very _ unwell at great 0rmond. sadly, louise passed - away and her best friend was geoffrey the giraffe. so in her legacy, we've got a little giraffe going on adventures. - as much as geoffrey is travelling, louise is travelling with him. - it means a hell of a lot _ to have the support from so many amazing people, especially from the royal air force. l yeah, it's heart—warming. "my mind is blown, i'm feeling completely overwhelmed". it's after her new album, the tortured poets department, sold 2.61 million copies and streaming units in its first week of release in the us, to top the album chart. it's the highest debut

sales of any album since adele's 2015 release, 25. it's taylor swift's 14th chart—topping album, tying with jay—z for the most number 1s among solo artists. anyone who has a cat will know they love a cardboard box. well, a family in the us has been reunited with their pet cat after she was accidentally mailed hundreds of miles to california with a package return. this is galeana, who disappeared from her utah home earlier this month, prompting frantic searches. she was rescued by an amazon worker a week afterjumping into one of the family's packages undetected. she was in good health, despite having had no food or water for days. her owner carrie said "galeana loves boxes — it's just part of her personality." stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. the good news is that

this recall be warmer, but not always dry. the warmer weather has been noticed across south—east england and also east anglia, what we have the sunniest of the skies. towards the west, things are looking a little different. we have seen this area of low pressure pushing on this area of low pressure pushing on this band of cloud which has been bringing outbreaks of rain. for western parts of the uk, temperatures haven't changed a great deal, it is in eastern areas where it is certainly warmer and drier and the highest temperatures well we have the sunniest skies in the south—east. this cloud affects other parts of england and wales and will bring outbreaks of rain through the rest of today. after it dries off in northern ireland for a while, more rain will arrive by the end of the night. some showers in scotland, the lowest temperatures six and 7 degrees. tomorrow, this heavier rain pushes back across northern ireland, and we will see it getting better for a while in wales and the southwest. some rain across the far

west of scotland, but otherwise some sunshine here. across many eastern areas, it will be dry with more cloud in east anglia and the south—east, threatening the odd light shower. probably the highest temperatures will get pushed further north. warmer in the midlands, northern england and 16 or 17 is possible in scotland as well. low pressure to the west of the uk, this weather front hanging around into wednesday is another area of low pressure develops further south across europe that will thicken the cloud across england and wales and start to bring some rain from over the english channel. further north, some sunshine with the odd shower around as well. temperatures still reaching 16 or 17 in scotland, and widely similar across the midlands and eastern parts of england. could see some mist an fog affecting coastal areas of eastern scotland and north—east england because we get an easterly wind coming in by thursday, bringing warmer air, get an easterly wind coming in by thursday, bringing warmerair, but from the north sea. we should see

some sunshine, but more cloud around elsewhere, always cool at more towards the south—west of the uk on thursday, with the highest temperatures not in eastern scotland but western scotland, 20 degrees in the highlands.

live from london, this is bbc news. america's top diplomat calls on hamas to agree a ceasefire deal with israel,

as hopes rise of a breakthrough in talks in cairo. hamas has before it a proposal that is extraordinarily, extraordinarily generous on the part of israel. forte is possibly the closest bt sites have come to a truce deal in months, but the clock is ticking. if there is no deal, israel wants to push ahead with its offensive in rafah. scotland's first minister, humza yousaf, resigns, throwing the future of the scottish nationalist government into doubt. as flooding intensifies in kenya, dozens of people have been killed after a dam bursts. an unseen photograph of the prince and princess of wales is released, as the couple celebrate their 13th wedding anniversary.