hello from the bbc sport centre. the australian open's ongoing — we'll update on the live matches injust a moment — but the women's number one iga swiatek managed to save a scare against american danielle collins to come through in three sets and make the third round in melbourne. swiatek — a four—time grand slam champion, but still chasing a first title at melbourne — overturned a double break deficit in the deciding set to win 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. she said she was "in the airport already", alluding to an early tournament exit. and was proud of herself with the way she fought back and won such a tough encounter. it's hard for anybody to keep that level that she showed in the second set and at the beginning of the

third, so i wanted to be ready whenever i had a chance to come back and just play a little bit more because they were not many rallies. she was really aggressive and i wanted to do the same but she showed better quality so i am happy that i was solid and just believed to the end. the number three seed, currently 17-17 in the number three seed, currently 17—17 in the deciding set in that one. what a match to bring you, we will update you as it happens. jessica pegula is going home. the fifth seed was beaten 6—4, 6—2 by france's clara burel — who'd never beaten a top—io player before, but won comfortably in just over an hour. emma raducanu's tournament is over — the british player struggled with sickness, in an exhausting match against chinese player yafan wang, who won 6—4, 4—6, 6—4 in a match lasting nearly three hours. raducanu is yet to reach the third round of a major since her us

open triumph in 2021. to the men's side of the draw — and little so far in the way of shocks. carlos alcaraz was made to work in his victory over lorenzo sonego in four sets. it was a match showcasing the full talents of the world number two, with some stunning winners on rallies — this in—betweener, though, not coming off on this occasion. the spaniard, alcaraz, came through, though, after sonego levelled by winning the second set. next up for him, shang juncheng in round three. and a sensational comeback for cameron norrie. the british number one was two sets down to giulio zeppieri, losing the second on a tie break. it was a gruelling match for norrie, who needed medical timeouts, and coped with two rain delays to win the next three sets. it's just the third time norrie has come back from two sets down to win at a grand slam in his career. up next for him, casper ruud — who came through his own five—setter to make the third round.

he has beaten me a few times in some really big matches so i am going to look at those matches and see where i can improve, and i think a lot of the time was down to execution and him staying a bit more calm than me in the big moments and every time i have played him he has served really well so i think it's a serve is quite underrated. alex zverev was pushed all the way — his match going to five sets, too. the sixth seed took four and half hours to get the better of qualifier lukas klein, who was playing just his second match in a grand slam main draw. tributes are being paid to the golden state warriors assistant coach dejan milojevic — who has died at the age of 46 after suffering a heart attack on wednesday. milojevic fell ill at a private team dinner on tuesday, and was taken to hospital in salt lake city. the warriors were due to play the utahjazz on wednesday, but that's now postponed in light of the news.

the toronto raptors head coach, darko rajakovic — a fellow serbian — dedicated his side's victory over miami heat to his compatriot. i told our... i told my guys i love them. and opening play in the game was ato that decky — my friend, i learned the play from him — and that is what he brought to nba, that is what he brought to golden state. i stole that play from him and that was our opening play tonight and we were able to score on that one, so... you know, i dedicated this team win to our team and to decky. england midfielderjordan henderson's time in saudi arabia is set to come an end. he's close to joining dutch side ajax in a permanent move, with his contract at al—ettifaq set to be terminated. henderson signed a three—year contract with the saudi side when he left liverpool injuly. he linked up with steven gerrard, the al—ettifaq manager. but with reports he was unhappy

there, he now appears to be heading back to europe — having made just 17 appearances in the saudi pro league. a huge match for the hosts at the africa cup of nations later as ivory coast take on nigeria — who are looking to respond after their disappointing draw with equatorial guinea in their opener. both teams giants of the game on the continent. ivory coast are looking for back—to—back group wins for the first time since 2013. in that year, nigeria won afcon, having come second in their group. it's been a long wait for success in this competition from both sides, but the hosts know a win later will see them into the knockouts. the asian cup is under way. syria against australia, currently at goalless. a win for australia sees them into the next phase in qatar. palestine have the chance to respond to their opening defeat to iran — when they face the uae. a defeat, combined with a victory

or draw by iran against hong kong, would end their hopes of progression into the knockouts, and that's all the sport for now. we will be back later on. a prosecutor in ecuador who was investigating last week's attack by gunmen on a television studio has been shot dead. ecuador�*s security forces had launched an operation against violent drug gangs, and were attempting to regain control of prisons taken over by the gangs. the invesigating prosecutor— cesar suarez — was shot dead near his office in the port city of guayaquil. let's get more on this from bbc world service journalist ana maria roura, who'sjoining me from the newsroom. tell us about the killing and want more details we have. we tell us about the killing and want more details we have.— tell us about the killing and want more details we have. we don't have a lot of detail — more details we have. we don't have a lot of detail but _ more details we have. we don't have a lot of detail but we _ more details we have. we don't have a lot of detail but we know _ more details we have. we don't have a lot of detail but we know that - a lot of detail but we know that prosecutor cesar suarez was killed around 2pm. he was on his way to a hearing when he was shot more than

20 times and he even has security at the time he was killed. we know also that this happened close by his house in guayaquil, one of the cities most violent in ecuador that has become the most violent country in latin america because of the violence of drug gangs that are linked to drug trafficking. this happened also just a few days after he was appointed as the persecutor in charge of the investigation of an attack to a tv station. he declared recently that he interviewed the ii recently that he interviewed the 11 persons arrested after this attack. you mentioned the drug gangs. the government has said it is in a war against the drug gangs, what reaction has there been to this killing? reaction has there been to this killin: ? ~ ~ ., ., ,

killing? well, we know that “ust after this attack in i killing? well, we know that “ust after this attack in the i killing? well, we know that “ust after this attack in the tv h killing? well, we know thatjust l after this attack in the tv station, the government declared the country in an internal armed conflict, meaning that now the armed forces are doing thousands of operations in the country, they say to neutralise these gangs. what we know now is that the prosecutor has been killed in the middle of this state of emergency, so many people right now are asking for example why the justice is involved in this very high—profile case, as cesar suarez had any security, and they say they shall dislike any mistake from the government. shall dislike any mistake from the government-— shall dislike any mistake from the government. thank you very much indeed. the former chief operating officer

of meta has said she is stepping down from the board. she served as the ceo of facebook which then became meta for 14 years and a board memberfor i2. became meta for 14 years and a board memberfori2. unopposed in became meta for 14 years and a board memberfor i2. unopposed in facebook she said it was the opportunity of a lifetime and she would sales of electric vehicles in europe rose by 37% last year and overtook diesel for the first time. the european automobile manufacturers association said electric vehicles accounted for almost 15% of all new car sales. sales of hybrid cars also soared last year, up nearly 30%. auto—makers are facing a 2035 deadline set by the eu to phase out sales of new combustion engine vehicles. petrol cars remain a large white of the new vehicle market at 35.3% of europe—wide sales last year, representing 3.7 million cars. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello again. we started with a bitterly cold

morning, leading us into another bitterly cold day and really through today and tomorrow, it's going to remain cold. there'll be further snow showers, especially so in the north of the country with some blizzards and drifting. into the weekend, it turns much milder than it has been, but it's going to be wet and windy. so the met office amber weather warning still in force for the far north of scotland and the northern isles. we could see a further 5 to 15 centimetres of snow, with blizzards and drifting. 5 to 10 centimetres coming out of some of the snow showers in northern ireland and a few wintry showers across the irish sea and the north sea coastline, making it inland at times. but despite the fact most of us will have a dry day with some sunshine, it's still going to feel cold. as we head through the latter part of the afternoon and into the evening and overnight, further snow showers across the isle of man into north—west england, wales, cheshire, possibly even as far south as the midlands. but the showers, not all of us will see them, and we'll have more snow showers coming in across scotland. but the wind is going to change direction to more of a westerly.

so it's not going to be as cold along the coasts. you can see the greens here move inland. we're looking at another widespread frost and another cold night. so tomorrow, we start off with a lot of dry and sunny conditions. initially, the snow will be at low levels in scotland, but through the day it will rise into the hills above about 400 metres or so and quite a brisk wind, as well. temperatures, 1 in lerwick to a high of 6 as we push down towards the south of england and wales. so temperatures are going to be higher than they have been, but it will still feel cold. and then as we head on into the weekend the weather changes, we start to have more of an atlantic influence, with strong winds, gales, even severe gales at times and weather fronts bringing in some rain. so this is the picture on saturday. the rain coming in from the west pushing generally eastwards. we're also looking at drier conditions, brighter conditions in the far south—east. but it is going to be a windy day wherever you are. but note the temperatures, 6 to 9 degrees. it's been quite a while since we've

seen temperatures at that level. and if anything, as we head on into sunday and monday, temperatures are going to continue to rise. but on sunday, we're looking at more rain, some heavy rain and also strong winds with some melting snow, too, which could lead to some local flooding.

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