Instead, the country was plunged into one of the most devastating assaults since this war began. In just 10 minutes, 100 Israeli strikes rained down, killing at least 357 people across the country. Residents in Beirut described a scale and intensity unlike anything they had experienced before. Entire neighbourhoods shook. Buildings collapsed. Just before it began, on Wednesday afternoon, 13-year-old Naya Fakih was in central Beirut doing what most teenagers do - recording a playful video for her friends on Snapchat. Then, everything changed. "We heard something," she told me. "We didn't know what it was...and then they bombed the building in front of us." Naya and her father ran. "I was so scared," she said. "You never know what they could do next." Naya has lived through bombings before. But this, she said, was different: "I've never seen a building fall in front of me. I've always known I was safe where I was." That sense of safety is now gone. After an explosion...the line cut When I met her days later, she was shaken but surrounded by her supportive family. Her mother, Ghida, tells me she was at work that afternoon when her phone rang. "It was Naya. She was shouting and crying. All I could understand was 'explosion' and 'a building'. And then the line cut off." What followed was confusion layered with fear. Calls that would not connect. Fragments of information that did not quite make sense. Her husband eventually reached her and said they were safe. Even then, she did not fully understand what had happened. Then Ghida said something to me which helps explain what life is like here in Beirut now. "We disregarded it," she said of the blast she initially heard. "Because we've normalised it." Explosions, sonic booms, the distant thud of strikes have been absorbed into daily life. But this time feels different. For so many in Beirut, it feels indiscriminate. "I couldn't stay where I was," Ghida said. "As a mother, I had to go to my children." But the roads were blocked. Traffic froze. Beirut, in that moment, was paralysed by fear. It was only when she watched Naya's video that the reality fully hit. "I saw what happened," she said. "And then it started to sink in." 'No child deserves to go through this' What the video captured, almost by accident, was terror. A child filming a social media video one moment, running for her life the next. "I hope nothing like that ever happens again," Naya told me. "No child deserves to go through what I have gone through." Her mother said she shared the footage as a message to the world. "It's not about Naya," she said. "It's about childhood. About what is happening to children here." Read more from Sky News:UK not prepared for looming wider warPolice review Reform UK bills competition Israel says it was targeting Hezbollah infrastructure, but the strikes hit densely populated residential areas. The dead included children, mothers, elderly couples, doctors, poets. The scale of the attack raises serious questions about proportionality, with the Lebanese government accusing Israel not only of breaching international law, but of committing war crimes. Beirut has known war before. It understands loss. But this time there was no warning. No evacuation order. No time to escape. What remains is a traumatised population still searching for bodies in the rubble. Naya's video will fade from timelines, replaced by the next viral clip. But for her, and for countless children across Lebanon, this is not a moment. It is a reality that does not end when the camera stops rolling.

Cast your mind back to the early noughties: Eminem is one of the biggest artists in the world, reality stunt show Jackass dominates MTV - and two young skate-punk rappers from America are potentially on the verge of becoming hip-hop's next big thing. Silibil'n'Brains, aka Billy Boyd and Gavin Bain, had the tunes, the talent and the chutzpah. There was just one problem - they were not actually from Los Angeles, California, as they had told label bosses in the UK, but rather from Dundee, Scotland. After attempts to make it authentic were dismissed by industry bigwigs in London who made fun of their accents, they reinvented themselves as up-and-coming hip-hop stars from the West Coast - associates of the Eminem-fronted Detroit hip-hop group D12, no less. Boyd and Bain wanted to stick it to the man. But what started out as a joke turned into an audacious deception so convincing, they ended up with a record deal, TV appearances, and a support slot with... D12. Their story is now being told on the big screen in California Schemin', the directorial debut of X-Men, Filth and Atonement star James McAvoy. "I always thought it would be a cool story to tell the grandkids when I'm older," says Boyd. "Like, you're never gonna believe what I did when I was young. But that's as far as I thought it went." 'We were out of our depth' As Silibil'n'Brains, the pair really had to commit, re-recording the songs they already had with American accents, and remaining in character throughout their time in London. But as the lies snowballed and the money kept rolling in, the pressure mounted and eventually it became too much. Now, the pair are being played by Samuel Bottomley (Boyd) and Seamus McLean Ross (Bain) in California Schemin', with McAvoy starring as the record label executive who signs them. The film is based on Bain's memoir, written a few years after they left their American alter-egos behind. "When the book came out, people were reaching out to me and telling me their own stories," he says. People who had been bullied, "been the underdog... something was hitting home". Both men, speaking to Sky News on separate Zoom calls, say looking back, and seeing their lives played out on screen, has been surreal. "We were these young, wild skateboarders, musicians, just living a rock and roll lifestyle that we were so not used to," says Boyd. "We were completely out of our depth." Bain says they were running scared a lot of the time. "I think you see that in the way Sam and Seamus act it," he says. "But it's about not letting your fear hold you back - it's using it as a kind of booster cannon… "In some parts in the film, I just go, whoa... my adult brain is like, don't do that. But back then, we didn't really know the depth of it. But you look back and think, actually all of this was kind of perfect because if they didn't make fun of us the way they did, it probably wouldn't have lit a fire under us." After making the long journey from Dundee to London for an audition, the pair were mocked. "It was traumatic and embarrassing," recalls Bain. "It was a lot of tears on the way home that day. But once that was out the way it was like, they did light a fire." Supporting D12 Boyd says the American accents started as a prank. "It was almost to entertain ourselves a little bit because we were getting so many rejections, just for having Scottish accents." When they got their first show as US rappers, the idea was to walk off stage and reveal their true identity, he says. "But we got approached… I think fuelled with adrenaline from the show, it was like, 'we're from California'. It was kind of like, we're at a crossroads now." Tell the truth or continue the lie. "We went with the latter - and here we are, all these years later, with this crazy story." One memorable scene in the film comes when the pair arrive at their gig supporting Eminem's group D12, after previously saying they knew the rappers. "It was the ultimate high to the ultimate low," says Boyd, of being offered the shows. "Like, 'Oh my God, we're going to support D12!' And then, 'Oh my God… it's going to be so awkward'. It was bizarre but we got lucky, we got away with it." In the film, we see Bain pushing harder to keep up the pretence as Boyd's enthusiasm wanes. Bain says when he wrote his own book he had the "therapy of writing and seeing what I did wrong" at the time. "I can actually see in Seamus's performance... I felt angry a lot of the time, angry with the situation. I think a lot of it captures a kind of truth that's almost hard to write." There is good and bad in both characters in the film, he says, and it's not about blame. "It's more a case of showing that you can be best friends, but when you're in a situation where you're living as other people, you're gonna get the lines blurred... It was the pressure that drove us against each other." 'We weren't fake rappers' Something they both say they hated, after their deceit was exposed, was being dubbed "fake rappers". "That was the biggest issue I had with it all over the years," says Boyd. "We weren't fake rappers. We love hip-hop, we love the culture, and perfecting the craft, we put in hours and hours and hours of dedication. "We got to the point where we got signed, we got in the door by being these fake Americans, but we got signed because I guess we had the talent." Read more from Sky News:Female drug dealer who supplied fatal dose to Matthew Perry jailed The California lie was no desperate attempt to get famous, he adds. "It was us trying to open doors and prove a point that it shouldn't matter where you're from." He sees their tale as an underdog story. "It shouldn't matter what you look like, what you sound like. If you have the talent, you should be given the opportunities other people have." Comparisons were made to Milli Vanilli, the 1980s pop duo who didn't sing on their records, says Bain. "But nothing was fake about our talent." Silibil'n'Brains landed right at the beginning of the digital era. For anyone wanting to try the same trick now, social media would no doubt expose the cracks in the lie. But it might also have led to more authentic opportunities in the first place. A few years after their hip-hop hoax, MySpace launched artists including Lily Allen and Arctic Monkeys and paved the way for the removal of industry gatekeepers. Traditional geographical constraints have since been dismantled by streaming and the grip on the charts held by English language music has loosened dramatically, as proven by the rise of artists from BTS and Bad Bunny to Rosalia and Kneecap. Bain isn't convinced things have changed that much. "Us and [Irish-language rappers] Kneecap have had to have a movie break us to the world," he says. "Where are all the others? Why isn't there a Scots kid really being propelled to the world as a rapper? Because there's a lot of Scottish rappers." He says he hopes the film will shine more of a spotlight on the talent in Scotland. "Hip-hop and Scottish to labels, it didn't go together. And I still think there's that prejudice, you know, until someone comes through and has a big record and then it kind of breaks the thinking around it." But Boyd is more hopeful that things can be different now. "You don't have to be from a certain place anymore, you don't have to fit into this mould that you had to back then." California Schemin is out in cinemas now

The Department for Education this week intervened on the student loan crisis with a 6% cap on interest. But it's a measure unlikely to silence the growing dissatisfaction with a system that's been described as "a dog's dinner". And now the conflict in Iran makes reform look much harder, with ministers prioritising even more financial support to ease the cost of living, should it be needed. What has the government announced and will it make any difference? From September, interest on plan 2 and plan 3 loans will be capped at 6% to mitigate the likely inflationary impact of the war in Iran. Plan 2 loans were given to students who went to university between 2012 and 2023. Plan 3 loans cover postgraduate loans and doctorates for borrowers in England and Wales. Currently, graduates pay back 9% of their income when they earn above a salary threshold. Interest is also added to the debt. For students in university, it's RPI+3%. For graduates, it's RPI+ up to 3%, depending on income. The RPI rate currently used is 3.2%, so the highest-earning graduates will be charged interest at 6.2%. A 6% cap will therefore save a limited amount, but it will prevent any larger-than-usual debt increases. What it will not do is make any fundamental difference to a system that has and continues to see the debt of many young people increase, despite them repaying a chunk from their wages every month. 'This is a group of people we really need to look after' Unfortunately for ministers, the noise is only going to get louder as MPs prepare to investigate the system for themselves. Meg Hillier is the chair of the influential Treasury Select Committee, and she told me that more than 40,000 people have already contacted them with their experiences of having a student loan, with more expected ahead of the closure of the call for evidence on Tuesday at 5pm. The senior Labour MP acknowledged that global volatility may now "restrict some of the government's choices" but stressed, "this is a group of people we really need to look after". She said: "We're talking about people in their 20s and 30s, who should be the engine room of Britain, who are focusing on getting their career established, possibly getting a family, looking at their housing situation, and it just feels an extra weight upon people at a time in their life when they should be motoring forward." "And remember the deal was always: you pay off your student loan because you're getting a benefit from being a graduate. We're seeing that that's not always the case now." The row over the fairness of the loan system was reignited when Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced in last year's budget that the salary threshold will be frozen for three years from 2027, at its new level of £29,385. It's seen as a tax rise in all but name, a Treasury tactic designed to drag more people into repaying their loans because of higher inflation pushing up wages. The Good Growth Foundation, a left-leaning thinktank, argues the threshold should be more like £33,000. This cross-party inquiry is just one of the several directions from which the calls for change are coming. Several Labour MPs, some repaying loans themselves, are willing to keep applying the pressure. Danny Beales described this week's announcement as a "welcome step" but stressed a "meaningful, complete overhaul" is needed beyond it. On the list of proposed changes are a cut to the 9% repayment rate, extending the loan term and reversing next year's threshold freeze. It all leaves the government with a student loan dilemma. While the interest cap is a sign of willingness to help, it's been widely received as the first step of many, and not enough on its own. And given the government is consistently in crisis management mode, it begs the question of whether wholesale reform is even affordable. But it's an issue ministers know they must address - and have said they will - not least to avoid the possible political cost of inaction.

McIlroy took the biggest 36-hole lead in tournament history into the weekend at Augusta National, only to see his hopes of joining Jack Nicklaus, Sir Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods as a back-to-back champion suffer a sizeable setback in a remarkable Saturday. The world No 2 blew the tournament wide open when he made a slow start to his third round and dropped three shots in two holes around the iconic Amen Corner, as Young charged from eight behind to grab the clubhouse lead with a stunning seven-under 65. The Masters LIVE! Third round as it happenedThe Masters: Latest leaderboard from AugustaHow to watch The Masters: Key coverage timesGet Sky Sports or stream golf with no contract McIlroy responded with back-to-back birdies from the 14th but bogeyed his penultimate hole, pulling him back alongside Young on 11 under after a third-round 73, with Sam Burns a shot off the pace in third ahead of Shane Lowry. Lowry fired a hole-in-one during a third-round 68 and is one of eight players within four strokes of the lead, with last year's runner-up Justin Rose sharing fifth place with Jason Day as world No 1 Scottie Scheffler charged back into contention by matching Young's 65. Young pulls level with McIlroy in sensational Saturday McIlroy immediately lost ground with a two-shot swing at the first, making bogey as playing partner Burns posted a birdie-birdie start, while Reed opened with three consecutive birdies to quickly cut the advantage to two. Momentum went back McIlroy's way when driving the green at the par-four third set up a two-putt birdie, which lifted him four ahead when Reed failed to get up and down from the sand and carded the first of successive bogeys. Lowry jumped into the group tied-second after firing a hole-in-one at the par-three sixth, with Li the next to push after following three birdies in a four-hole stretch with a tap-in eagle at the par-five eighth. McIlroy scrambled pars on the fourth, sixth and seventh then failed to birdie the par-five eighth, as Young - playing five groups ahead - closed by reaching the turn in 32 and starting his second nine with a birdie. Young posted back-to-back birdies from 13th but sent a wedge into the water on his way to a bogey at the par-five 15th, as McIlroy started his second nine with a birdie before finding water with his approach into the par-four 11th. McIlroy followed his first double-bogey of the week with another dropped shot at the par-three 12th, giving Young the outright advantage for the first time when he drained a 25-foot birdie at the 16th to get to 11 under. Burns was also within one until McIlroy, who birdied six of his last seven holes on Friday, poured in from 20 feet at the 14th and two-putted from a similar distance at the next to edge back one ahead. McIlroy safely negotiated the par-three 16th but missed the green from the trees at the par-four next, resulting in a bogey to slip back alongside Young, with the pair set to go out together in the final group on Sunday. "I would have wanted to be in a better position going into tomorrow starting with a six-shot lead, but I still have a great chance," McIlroy told Sky Sports. "I'm in the final group, which is exactly where you want to be. "I wish I had a little bit more of a cushion, but I'm going to go to the range here and try to figure it out. I'll need to be better tomorrow. I still have a great chance but if I'm going to win tomorrow, I'm going to have to be a little bit better than I was today." More to follow... How can I watch the final day of The Masters? Live coverage of the final round begins at 4.30pm on Sunday on Sky Sports Golf, ahead of full coverage getting under way at 5pm and running until long after the final putt has been holed. The notorious Amen Corner stream will also be available, focusing on the famous three-hole stretch from the 11th, with that Featured Group offering available on the Sky Sports+ channel. A feed of the fourth, fifth and sixth holes will go live each day as soon as the opening group reach that part of the course and another stream covers the 15th and 16th holes, with Featured Groups also available on Sky Sports+. Can McIlroy close out victory at The Masters? Watch the final round live on Sunday from 4.30pm on Sky Sports Golf, with extra coverage on Sky Sports+. Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract.

Hundreds of protesters gathered in Trafalgar Square on Saturday to protest the ban on Palestine Action. The Metropolitan Police said that 523 people had been arrested so far, with ages ranging from 18 to 87. The force confirmed all arrests made are for showing support for a proscribed organisation. Among them was Del Naja, a singer-songwriter from Bristol, who sat with demonstrators with a sign that read "I Oppose Genocide, I Support Palestine Action", before he was carried away by officers. Elderly demonstrators sat on camping chairs and on the ground as they held placards, and a number of individuals were carried away by police. As one woman was carried away from the protest, people chanted "shame on you". A man was lifted out by police in handcuffs, while officers walked an elderly protester with a walking stick to police vans. Protesters accused officers of dragging a woman out of the protest and not supporting her shoulders. Another made a peace sign as she was removed, with another saying, "Palestine Action is not a proscribed organisation" as she was led off by police. The protest group, Defend Our Juries, said the demonstration, called Everyone Day, would show the "resistance" to the Palestine Action ban is "stronger than ever". The Metropolitan Police said Saturday's action is "likely to involve offending rather than a lawful protest". Read more from Sky News:Two arrested over fatal stabbingWoman dies after dog attack The force said in March it would resume arresting Palestine Action supporters as a High Court battle over the ban on the group continues. Police had paused the arrest of demonstrators in February, after the High Court ruled the government's ban was unlawful, but then decided to resume as an appeal against the ruling is likely to take several months. 'This issue affects everyone' A spokesperson for Defend Our Juries said: "This issue affects everyone. From striking workers to peaceful protesters, everyone fighting for any worthy cause is at risk. "If left unopposed, what starts with an unlawful ban on one direct action group will lead on to the removal of everyone's rights and freedoms." 'It will present some significant difficulties' Speaking on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme on Saturday, former Met Police chief superintendent Dal Babu, said: "I think the difficulty is, when you've got 700 or 800 people who are willing to be arrested, that just isn't practical. The optics of this will be very challenging for the police. "It will present some significant difficulties for the police in terms of how they manage it and also be aware of the fact there will be a huge amount of people who have sympathy with what is going on with the views of Palestine Action." He said the decision to make arrests at the protest was an operational one and would be based on the intelligence officers have. Protesters have held mass rallies aiming to overwhelm the criminal justice system with the number of cases. More than 3,000 people have been arrested so far for allegedly expressing support for Palestine Action since it was banned as a terrorist group last year. More than 2,400 of these were in London.

Disability campaigner John Davidson, who has Tourette's, was heard shouting as Sinners stars Michael B Jordan and Delroy Lindo presented an award during the ceremony on 22 February. The incident was broadcast on the BBC with a two-hour time delay. The BAFTA board said an independent review into the incident identified "a number of structural weaknesses in Bafta's planning, escalation procedures and crisis co-ordination arrangements" for the awards. But it "did not find evidence of malicious intent on the part of those involved in delivering the event". In a statement it said: "We apologise unreservedly to the black community, for whom the racist language used carries real pain, brutality, and trauma, to the disability community, including people with Tourette Syndrome, for whom this incident has led to unfair judgment, stigma, and distress; and to all our members, guests at the ceremony and those watching at home. "What was supposed to be a moment of celebration was diminished and overshadowed. We have written to those directly impacted on the night to apologise. "The review is clear that while this was not a failure of intent, Bafta's planning and processes have not kept pace with its diversity and inclusion goals. "We did not adequately anticipate or fully prepare for the impact of such an incident in a live event environment and as a result our duty of care to everyone at the ceremony and watching at home fell short." The academy said work was underway to address the areas of improvement specified in the review, which was carried out by Rise Associates, to "reduce the risk of this happening again". Read more:The film fighting back against abuse and 'cheap laughs' at Tourette's expense It comes after an investigation found the BBC breached its own editorial standards when it broadcast the slur. An investigation by the BBC's executive complaints unit (ECU) found the inclusion of the slur was "highly offensive" and "had no editorial justification". However, it said broadcasting the slur was unintentional. It said the slur had been edited out of the version of coverage available on iPlayer when the event finished, but a delay of several hours was caused by "a lack of clarity among the team as to whether the N-word was audible on the recording". The delay was "a serious mistake," the ECU added, "because there could be no certainty that the word would be inaudible to all viewers". The report confirmed the BBC's chief content officer has sent letters of apology to Lindo, Jordan and Mr Davidson.

Reform leader Nigel Farage said on Friday that he is "not the least bit worried" his party broke electoral rules when it offered voters the chance to win free energy bills for themselves and their street for a year. Mr Farage and his party's Treasury spokesman Robert Jenrick handed the winning couple - described as "staunch branch members" of the party by a local Reform UK page - a large cheque for £1,758 in a video posted to X on Thursday. Greater Manchester Police said in a statement on Friday it had received a report about the competition and that officers "are currently reviewing the matter", but did not disclose what the potential offence is. Karl Turner MP, who had his Labour whip removed in March, said Reform's competition "might be considered 'treating'" if it happened inside the pre-election period for local authorities, which started on 30 March. Reform's free energy bills competition ran from 17 March to 31 March, and the winners were announced on 9 April. The Electoral Commission said in a statement: "Some activity designed to incentivise voter behaviour may be considered an offence, including bribery and treating. "It would be for the police to consider the facts of any allegations made to them, in order to determine if an offence has been committed. Any allegations should be reported directly to the police." Concerns over handling of personal data To enter the competition, people had to submit their name, email, phone number, who they voted for in the previous election and their voting preference for the upcoming local election on 7 May. Concerns have been raised about Reform's handling of the collected personal data. A Reform spokesman said: "We've had the raffle checked by our party barrister and an independent KC. "We have two legal written opinions on it, and the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has come back to us and said everything is fine." A spokesperson for the ICO said: "All political parties collecting personal information, including information for political campaigning, need to comply with data protection law. "We're in regular contact with political parties about how they use people's data. We have spoken with Reform about this competition and improving transparency in how they handle people's personal information. "People who are concerned about how their information is being used by any political party can raise those concerns with the party, and if they remain dissatisfied can make a complaint to the ICO." Read more from Sky News:British man dead in Canary Islands bus crashChagos Islands deal pulled by government It is understood that the ICO provided Reform with some recommendations around improving transparency around how personal data was collected, used and safeguarded for the competition.

Joshua was ringside to watch Fury beat Arslanbek Makhmudov at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday evening and after the decision was announced, the Gypsy King immediately challenged him to a fight. "Next, I want to give you the fight you've all been waiting for," Fury roared to cheers from the fans in London. "I want you, AJ, Anthony Joshua. Let's give the fight fans what they want - the Battle of Britain. I challenge you Anthony Joshua to fight me, the Gypsy King, next. Do you accept my challenge?" Fury vs Makhmudov - as it happenedPromoter Spencer Brown on Fury v JoshuaFury speaks out on AJ clash Turki Alalshikh, the chairman of Saudi Arabia's General Entertainment Authority, stood next to Fury imploring Joshua to accept - but he remained stony faced, staring at Fury from his seat. "I've never had no problem getting in a ring with you, he replied. "I punched you up when we were kids and, after watching you tonight, I'll punch you up again. "With all due respect, tonight is your night and you know I'll be across that ring from you in due time. "You ain't going to tell me what to do. I've been chasing you for the last 10 years. When you're ready, you come and see me and tell me your terms and conditions and I'll have you in the ring when I'm ready. "I'm the boss, you work for me. I'm the landlord. Remember that. You work for me." No deal in place for Battle of Britain Alalshikh, who has been guiding an industry-changing venture into boxing, had earlier teased an announcement. He said he wanted to confirm "the biggest fight in the history of England" and after Fury's win, he stood next to Fury's promoter Frank Warren in the ring and said "it's time." However, like his fighter, Joshua's promoter Eddie Hearn refused to get into the ring - to the disappointment of the thousands of fans. In an interview with Netflix a few minutes later, Joshua clarified his stance and explained he wanted to agree the fight through official contract negotiations, rather than in the middle of a packed football stadium. He said: "In my heart I'll fight Tyson Fury tomorrow, especially after watching that. It's not a problem with me fighting, but I'm not here to get clout, I'm here to fight. "Contracts will be sent over. We'll go through the nitty-gritty and you'll probably see us in the ring next, more than likely. "I'm not here to get in the ring and start shouting in somebody's face. If you look at my track record I've never done that. "I'm not here for clout. I saw what I saw and know what I've got to do when I get him in the ring." A bout between Joshua and Fury - two of the greatest heavyweights of their generation and two of the best British heavyweights of all time - has been mooted for years but has never come to fruition. In 2021, the British stars agreed to fight for the undisputed heavyweight champion title, but Deontay Wilder exercised a rematch clause, leading to a third bout between him and Fury instead. "I've been here a million times," Joshua added. "I'm not here to clout-chase. Once my name and signature is on the dotted line then it's a fight. At the minute there's nothing on the dotted line. "If I'm going to be honest with you, there's no fight right now until our names are signed. "Until that first bell goes there's no fight. I've been here three or four times with Wilder and Fury. This is boring to me." Fury's regular retirements criticised by AJ Saturday's fight was Fury's fifth comeback after announcing a retirement from the sport and when asked about why the fight hasn't been agreed, Joshua blamed his rival's approach. "He's the one that retired, I've been in the game and never retired. I've been standing strong the last 13 years. "It's on him. He disappears and comes back. I'm standing strong. I'm not here to chase fame or hype. I'll fight whoever is in front of me, whether it's him or the next person, it don't matter to me. "I'm always in big fights. It's just my style. I make the big fights and that's why I said to him he works for me." Joshua himself has only fought once since losing to Daniel Dubois in September 2024 - and that was against YouTube star Jake Paul last December. Shortly after winning that bout, he was involved in a serious car accident in Nigeria which resulted in the tragic deaths of his friends Sina Ghami and Latif Ayodele. Joshua is continuing to deal with the fallout from the incident and says that remains his focus ahead of confirming his next fight. "I was just in a serious incident four months ago, so I need to check out what's going on with my return to the ring. "I'm here and keeping my eye in the game. There's real stuff happening in my life, I'm not ducking anybody. I know what my job is and I know what I have to do. "There's also real stuff going on in my life that I have to tend to. Once I'm 100 per cent, I'll be ready. I run the game. Everyone knows I run the game. I'm the big dog." He added: "I'm sorting some things out with my brothers and their parents. The brotherhood are taking care of things at the minute. I have to put that first, that's my priority right now. "Tyson Fury, if he's serious, you'll see him in the ring, I'm a serious person, you'll see me in the ring. The ball will be in his court. The view from ringside: confusion, then deflation Sky Sports' John Dennen at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium… First confusion, then deflation. Everything seemed in place for a fight that has been at least 10 years in the making. Fury was back in boxing, after announcing his retirement at the start of last year, and Joshua has been training with the man who has conquered both, unified unbeaten heavyweight world champion Usyk. The all-British heavyweight mega fight had been trailed earlier on in the night too. The announcement, it seemed, was imminent. The crowd, the press, everyone in attendance, wanted to see Fury and AJ at long last face off and say that yes, indeed this fight is on. Instead there was an awkward wait, not helped by the sound from Joshua's microphone not playing out to the stadium. Joshua didn't say no to Fury. But he didn't yes immediately and he declined to step through the ropes to provide the face off we all wanted to see. The Fury-AJ mega fight must eventually happen. But on Saturday night Anthony Joshua wasn't going to announce it on Fury's terms. And so on the interminable wait for what should be inevitable goes on still. Watch Alycia Baumgardner vs Bo Mi Re Shin live on Sky Sports in the early hours of Saturday April 18. Not got Sky? Stream boxing and more with no contract