�* player ranked in the top five in player ranked in the top five in the grand l player ranked in the top five in the grand slam. _ he only lost two points in his own serve in racing to a two set lead, he had a break to beat him in the third, but after exchanging breaks of serve early in the fourth zverev 186-4. -- of serve early in the fourth zverev 186—4. —— six — four. the first qualifier to reach the australian open final since 1978. beating linda noskova in straight sets to add her name to those of two former grand slam winners that yastremska has knocked out on her historic run. the ukrainian, ranked 93 in the world, will now play 12th seed zhang qinwen in the semifinals after the chinese player came from a set down to beat anna kalinskaya.

it'll be zhang's first appearance in the last four of a grand slam. everybody knows what has happened, a lot of ups and downs, and finally i can break through and then to arrive here, the feeling it'sjust... i cannot explain right now because there are so many inside me right now. happiness, of course i am proud of myself. now. happiness, of course i am proud of m self. , ., now. happiness, of course i am proud of m self. , . ., , , of myself. these are has been ranted of myself. these are has been granted to _ of myself. these are has been granted to the _ 20—year—old was born in britain. he artist fly home from the training camp in abu dhabi. india prepare to

defined the extraordinary home record. they had not lost a series since england caused an upset back in 2012. by since england caused an upset back in 2012. �* , ., since england caused an upset back in 2012. g ., a, , a, since england caused an upset back in 2012. i, ., ., , ., u, in 2012. by no means whatever record we have in the — in 2012. by no means whatever record we have in the past _ in 2012. by no means whatever record we have in the past decade _ in 2012. by no means whatever record we have in the past decade or - in 2012. by no means whatever record we have in the past decade or so - we have in the past decade or so gives us the guarantee that we will come out here on top and when the series, we still have to play our best cricket, could cricket, that we know we play in these conditions. england is a very good team. they play the tesco kit really well. and obviously the last time they beat us in our conditions was invented. tam in our conditions was invented. tom harle will in our conditions was invented. tom harley will make _ in our conditions was invented. tom harley will make his _ in our conditions was invented. tom harley will make his test debut as one of three special spinners in the england team. there will only be one fast bowler with mark would provide to james anderson. spencerjohnson has improved his burgeoning reputation at short form cricket,

helping to claim the big bash league title forjust helping to claim the big bash league title for just the second time after being part of the team that won the 100 last year and goes for more than $1 million in the auction last december. sean abbott also took four wickets for the sixers but there are batches fell short. ivory coast have sacked their manager despite the hole still having a chance of reaching the last 16 of the africa cup of nations. the 4—0 defeat to equatorial guinea was the heaviest at home in the history of the team. they can still make the knockout stage is one of the best third placed teams. the gannett coach has lost his job. ghana have sacked their head coach, chris hughton, after the country's failure to reach the knockout phase at the africa cup of nations. the former newcastle and brighton manager has been in charge of ghana since last february. they failed to win any of the group games. japan and iraq have qualified, define responded to a shock defeat

to iraq in the last match by beating indonesia. iraq won their third straight against vietnam thanks to a 102nd minute penalty. much more of these results at the bbc sport website. the royal mail could be allowed to produce letter deliveries to five or even three days a week, it is one proposal to help the service become more sustainable. as the number of letters to be sent plummets. how does it compare to other services around the world? around the world 7 the around the world? the royal mail is legally obliged to deliver at letter six days a week but for years it has been asking to scrap its saturday service. that is something the government does not support but britain is somewhat of an outlier compared to european nations which have already significantly reduced their offerings. here is what ofcom plasma chief executive said to the bbc this

morning. chief executive said to the bbc this morninu. _, , chief executive said to the bbc this morninu. .., , .,, morning. some countries in europe, because every _ morning. some countries in europe, because every body _ morning. some countries in europe, because every body is _ morning. some countries in europe, because every body is looking - morning. some countries in europe, because every body is looking at - because every body is looking at this, notjust the uk, have either got rid of the service altogether, the universal service, or have gone to every other day. there are some big changes going on out there in other countries.— other countries. let's take a look at some international _ other countries. let's take a look. at some international comparisons other countries. let's take a look - at some international comparisons in at some international comparisons in a bit more detail. in the us, singapore, uk and germany letters are still delivered six days a week, monday to saturday but germany is looking to reduce that from six to three in france has already instituted a similar change. in norway and finland instituted a similar change. in norway and finland letters instituted a similar change. in norway and finland letters arrive instituted a similar change. in norway and finland letters arrive on alternating days, while in denmark can take up to five days for a letter to arrive, that is after a move away from paper to more equal friendly delivery methods. in australia mail arrives every second day while in new zealand it is three days a week. so there is already a model therefore reduced letter services. another part of this is the cost and the regulator here in the cost and the regulator here in the uk has said that if deliveries

do not change the price of a stamp will need to increase. let's take a look at that any bit more detail. the prices are in us where if you want to send a letter to arrive the next day, it will cost you 68 cents. compare that to first class delivery here in the uk which will cost the equivalent of $1 60. in germany it isjust 93 cents equivalent of $1 60. in germany it is just 93 cents while in singapore it is 38 cents. that is after a recent increase. there are a thought for australians, recent increase. there are a thought foraustralians, if recent increase. there are a thought for australians, if they want to send a letter to arrive the next day it will cost $5 65. there are a lot of factors that influence best, including geography, but also the way that the population uses its postal service and in many countries it is unusual to have a litter box at home at all. an international team of scientists have successfully implemented an embryo into a southern white rhino for the first time. they hope the technique can be used to save the

northern white rhino which is technically extinct. there are only two left on the planet, both are female and unable to reproduce. the last two northern white rhinos left on the planet. najin and fatu, a mother and daughter, living in a reserve in kenya. the species is all but extinct. now, a fertility breakthrough has offered some hope. in a world first, scientists have successfully carried out rhino ivf. but in a less endangered southern white rhino, a close cousin to the northern white. a southern white rhino embryo created in a lab from sperm and an egg was implanted into a surrogate mum. it's taken years and 13 attempts for a rhino to fall pregnant. it is really a great milestone to achieve the first successful embryo transfer in the rhino. it's very challenging in terms of placing an embryo inside of the reproductive tract,

which is almost two metres inside of the animal. with this achievement, we are very confident that we will be able to create northern white rhinos in the same manner. the material they need is held in a lab in berlin. this is a frozen ark. tissues from hundreds of different animals are perfectly preserved in liquid nitrogen inside these tanks. but the most precious samples are stored inside here. a small number of northern white rhino embryos, created by the scientists here. and they're the last chance of saving this species. there are just 30 of these lab made northern white embryos, but there's a complication. najin and fatu, the last northern whites, can't carry a pregnancy. so instead the embryos have to be implanted into a southern white rhino surrogate mother. ivf across two subspecies has never been attempted before, but the team is confident it will work.

the speed of progress we did, we will see relatively soon the first calf on the ground, and then i may retire before the first reintroduction into the wild will take place, but i think it is not too far away. it might be in10, 15 years. but the ivf success with the southern white rhino was struck by tragedy. two months into the pregnancy, the rhino died of an unrelated bacterial infection. a post mortem found the foetus had a 95% chance of being born, proof that the technique works. the team's attention is now turning to the northern white rhinos, so the first calf will be born while najin and fatu are still around. it's a race against time for this species. rebecca morrelle, bbc news. let's turn to the fallout from tuesday0scar nominations. actor ryan gosling has said he is disappointed

that greta gerwig and margot robbie were snubbed. by received eight nominations including best picture many had expected greta gerwig and margot robbie to be nominated for best director and best actor. ryan gosling released a statement in which he said... very gracious of him. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. rightly so, the weather story has been dominated by the storms across the uk this week, but something that's been a little bit overshadowed is the feel of the weather. cast your mind back to last

week, we had lying snow in highland scotland and an overnight low of —15. degrees. this morning, yes, it was windy, but with a lot of cloud around noticeably milder, five degrees. now, one of the reasons for this, as storm jocelyn pulls away to the near continent is a change of wind direction to a south—westerly, a milder source. and that's pushing this milder air right across the country as we go through the remainder of today and into tomorrow. there's still some showers around, some of them quite frequent as well, accompanied by gusty winds across the far north of scotland. but some of these showers should thin out for the remainder of the afternoon and one or two perhaps into northern ireland. there will be some hazy sunshine clouding over from the far southwest later on in the afternoon. and still a windy day for all of us, gusts in excess of 35 to 65 miles an hour. but because of the direction, yes, it's mild with those temperatures above average for the time of year for all of us, generally ranging from 8 to 12 celsius.

now, as we go through the night tonight, we'll continue to see this cloud spilling in from the southwest. so acting like a blanket, preventing those temperatures from falling too far at all, maybe low single figures with some clearer skies in the far north and east of scotland. but it will be a cloudy, mild start to thursday. but sandwiched in between these two weather fronts, a lot of cloud. and it's going to be a quite murky, gray, disappointing day. there will be outbreaks of rain from time to time, heaviest of which certainly across scotland, pushing its way steadily northwards. generally there'll be a lot of low grey cloud drizzle and poor visibility along west facing coasts. but again, that mild theme stays with us. we could see temperatures peaking at 13, possibly 1a degrees average in the southeast at this time of year, around seven or eight friday, a brief ridge of high pressure builds and quieten things down. there'll be greater chance of seeing some sunshine. but, yes, a few scattered showers with the sunshine and the clearer

skies at times not quite as mild, but the mild, quiet and calmer theme looks set to stay with us. there will be outbreaks of rain continuing in the far northwest.

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a un facility a sheltering many people has been hit in gaza and there are many casualties. a russian military plane crashes with no survivors. moscow says ukrainian prisoners of war were on board and accuses kyiv of shooting it down. we have been looking at what was behind the downing of that is plainly russia's border with ukraine, and who was responsible —— the downing of that aeroplane near russia's border with ukraine. here in the uk, a shake—up of the royal mail which could see deliveries reduced to as few as three days a week. donald trump defeats nikki haley in the republican primary in new hampshire — but she's vowing to stay in the race. and scientists successfully implant an embryo into a southern white rhino for the first time, offering hopes of saving the northern white rhino from extinction. hello, i'm ben thompson. welcome to the programme. we begin with developments in the war between israel and gaza.

the un refugee agency unrwa says a training centre sheltering tens