“I personally think it’s appropriate on the basis that I would have thought it to go between seven and ten. I think fans are going to love a difference and I know what they want. But if they do appeal, it’s going to drag on again. And we just want this closed now.”

In European football’s premier club competition, the Champions League, Borussia Dortmund of Germany have thrashed Real Madrid 4:1 to make them clear favourites to reach the final. The second leg of the semi-final will take place in Madrid next Tuesday.

And that’s the BBC News.

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[00:01.68]BBC News with Jerry Smit.

[00:03.88]The 11th century minaret of the Great Mosque in the city of Aleppo, part of a Unesco world heritage site, has been destroyed in fighting between the Syrian government forces and rebels.

[00:13.22]Images on the internet show rubble where the minaret stood.

[00:16.72]Lina Sergie Attar is an architect from Aleppo who now lives in the United States.

[00:21.57]She told the BBC it was a significant loss.

[00:24.79]“The Umayyad Mosque, or the Great Mosque of Aleppo, is one of the largest and oldest mosques in Syria, and it’s probably the second most visited site by tourists to Aleppo after the Citadel.