hello from the bbc sport centre. joe root has shone on the first day of the fourth test in ranchi. his unbeaten 106 held england's innings together and he has now scored ten test centuries against india, that is a record, putting him top of a list that includes steve smith with nine and garry sobers, viv richards and ricky ponting on eight. ben stokes had won the toss and decided to bat first. they were struggling on 112—5 with seamer akash deep taking three wickets on his debut, but root was the anchor. his century came off 219 deliveries, the slowest since the bazball era under stokes and coach bredan mccullum. they were 302—7 at stumps. a really encouraging start as they look to draw level in the series.

australia have won the second t20 against new zealand in auckland to clinch the series, as well. they were put into bat at eden park. opener travis head top scored with a5. that included five sixes. though they were bowled out for 174 in the final over, with lockie fergusopn taking four wickets, that was more than enough. new zealand never really got going. adam zampa returned with figures of 4—34. the black caps bowled out for 102 with three overs to spare. australia winning by 72 runs to go two up in the series ahead of the final t20 on sunday. they then play two tests. more embarrassment for bahrain. for the second day running, formula one testing at the international circuit has had to be delayed for track repairs. the morning session on the final day was stopped for two hours to fix a loose drain cover on turn 11. thursday's morning session had to be cancelled for a similar issue there. the season starts in bahrain next weekend. in the first two days of testing defending champion max verstappen and ferrari's carlos sainz have been quickest.

saudi arabian side al hilal are through to the quarterfinals of the afc champions league after knocking out iranian side sepahan. they led 3—1 from the first leg, but found themselves trailing in riyadh when farshad ahmadzadeh gave sepahan a glimmer of hope early in the second half. but after going down to ten men, al hilal capitalised, scoring an equaliser before ruben neves�* long range effort giving them the lead on the night. aleksander mitrovic added another in stoppage time for a 6—2 aggregate win and their 25th straight win in all competitions. they will face fellow saudi side al ittihad in the last eight. after a goalless first leg, they went behind against navbahor of uzbekistan with karim benzema heading into his own net. but al ittihad equalised just before half—time and then won it with a freak own goal. toma tabatadze with it in the 87th minute.

2—1 the final score. defending champion cameron norrie is through to the quarterfinals of the rio open. the second seed took the first set against chilean tomas barrios vera in just 26 minutes and then eased to a 6—1, 6—1victory. norrie will face home favourite thiago seyboth wild on friday. norrie hopes of retaining hsi title have had a boost with top seed carlos alcaraz having to withdraw after twisting his ankle. stefanos tsitsipas is through to the semifinals of the atp event in mexico after a straight sets win against american aleksandar kovacevic. he'll face casper ruud next. there was a shock in the wta event in dubai as the us open champion coco gauff was knocked out. the american took the first set, but the russian qualifier anna kalinskaya came through 2—6, 6—4, 6—2.

it doesn't get any easierfor her though — she faces world number one iga swiatek in the semis. los angeles lakers missed their star player lebronjames as they went down to golden state warriors 128-110. james has been nursing an ankle problem. warriors took advantage of his absence. steph curry scored 32 points in san francisco, including six three—pointers. that's their seventh win in their last eight. cleveland cavaliers were on a hot streak of 18 wins in 20 before the all star game last weekend, but after losing their only all star player, donovan mitchell, to illness just before tip off, they went down 116—109 to orlando magic. moritz wagner had a 22—point return. the real team start playing now, you know? i think as a young team that

hasn't really been there yet, we need to embrace that and understand that, that the teams that want to go somewhere, this is the time they improved the most and i think it is a mentality we have to bring every day. we have to bring that every day, and that is part of winning in this league. south africa's erik van rooyen leads after the opening round of the mexico open on the pga tour. he was scintilating form in his round of 63, which included two eagles, incuding this chip in on the 12th. he's on eight—under par going into the second round, one shot clear of finland's sami valimaki. just before we go the draw for the last—16 of the europa league hasjust been made. 2022 finalists rangers will play portuguese champions benfica, liverpool are up against sparta prague, brighton face roma and west ham play german side freiburg. the full draw is on the bbc sport website but that's all the sport for now.

thank you. more than 10% of mps are calling for the resignation of the speaker, linseed oil, over the handling of a gaza ceasefire debate on wednesday. dozens of snp mps and some conservative mps have been calling for him to stand down. he said he did it partly to protect the safety of mps. 0f of mps. ofjim has announced it is lowering the cap on household gas and electricity prices by 12.3%. the new pricing level means that from april to the average household bill will be about £1690 a year, that is the lowest level for two years. some analysts had predicted that it would drop more, by about 15%. the offjam chief told bbc breakfast what that wasn't the case. it chief told bbc breakfast what that wasn't the case.— chief told bbc breakfast what that wasn't the case. it looks like some

ofthe wasn't the case. it looks like some of the input _ wasn't the case. it looks like some of the input assumptions - wasn't the case. it looks like some of the input assumptions that - wasn't the case. it looks like some| of the input assumptions that came in the nature ofjoe watt reflected in the nature ofjoe watt reflected in that analysis. there is one area that we had to increase the alliance and that is to cover some of the bad debt and merging and that is to cover some of the bad debtand merging in and that is to cover some of the bad debt and merging in the industry. bad debt within the industry, instinctively i think people might be thinking about the profits that energy— be thinking about the profits that energy companies have made it. they might— energy companies have made it. they might be _ energy companies have made it. they might be thinking, for example, about_ might be thinking, for example, about the — might be thinking, for example, about the salaries of the bosses of those _ about the salaries of the bosses of those energy companies and you may well be _ those energy companies and you may well be aware, we had chris o'shea who kindly— well be aware, we had chris o'shea who kindly some of those on the sofa here, _ who kindly some of those on the sofa here, the _ who kindly some of those on the sofa here, the dose of centrica, british gas, _ here, the dose of centrica, british gas. who— here, the dose of centrica, british gas, who said he cannotjustify his -- four_ gas, who said he cannotjustify his -- four point— gas, who said he cannotjustify his —— four point —— £45 million salary. — —— four point —— £45 million salary. and _ —— four point —— £45 million salary, and then if i hear what youhe — salary, and then if i hear what you're saying correctly, you are saying — you're saying correctly, you are saying that customers are paying more _ saying that customers are paying more to — saying that customers are paying more to cover bad debt within the industrx — more to cover bad debt within the indust . , ., ., , industry. so, first of all, 'ust focusin: industry. so, first of all, 'ust focusing on i industry. so, first of all, 'ust focusing on the i industry. so, first of all, 'ust focusing on the profits h industry. so, first of all, just focusing on the profits the l industry. so, first of all, just - focusing on the profits the industry is making. it is true this year we allowed companies to recover some of

the losses they made last year. when i look across to two years as a whole, energy retailers, and these are the people that buy and sell our energy are making about a penny in the pound. when i look at banking and whiter retail sectors, that is a fair balance between what customers pay and the returns companies need if they are going to do the things you want them to do. the energy secretary says the announcement is a relief for families struggling with the cost of living. it is good news for families. the cost of living. it is good news forfamilies. it means the cost of living. it is good news for families. it means there will be paying the lowest amount for their energy bills in two years. this is welcome news. it has been a difficult time for the country. we still have things like the cost of living payments in place. 900 points for people who are really struggling because we know there are some people having a difficult time, but overall this is good news for people in the country today.

new rules on the owners of xl police dogs come into force in scotland today. the first minister said there was a flow of dogs into the country when the rules change in england and wales in december. and you cordon will be put in place today will have an unexploded wartime bomb is removed from a garden in plymouth. highly trained bomb disposal experts will remove the device by root in a military convoy this afternoon and bomb disposal experts from the army and navy say the safest option is for the bomb to be detonated at sea. anyone who lives within 300 metres of the route has been told to leave their homes today for about three hours. the national crime agency has made what it believes to be its largest seizure of class a drugs, almost six tonnes of cocaine was found in a container ship of bananas at southampton board. it is estimated the drugs have a street value of £450 million.

new rules for online slot machine screw cap the amount that players can bet on a single game. from september, under20 can bet on a single game. from september, under 20 fans will have a limit of a two—point maximum stake, while anyone over the age of 25 will only be able to bet five points. now it is time for the weather. good morning. it was a chilly start first thing frost across parts of scotland, and that's because we've changed our air mass here in the uk. the atlantic air has departed now, it's across scandinavia, that deep area of low pressure, and instead we've got this chillier air with us over the next couple of days, really. to put that in context, for the best part of a week and a half now we've had temperatures into the teens. yesterday saw them dip back down closer to the february average. and that's what is with us for the next couple of days. feeling chilly because of the brisk wind today, which is bringing a lot of showers to northern and western scotland, northern ireland, western parts of england along with wales, wintry over the hills,

the best of the sunshine, the drier weather further east, but nowhere exempt from the showers because of that brisk wind. and, as you can see, we're back down to the seasonal average today. itjust feels colder because it has been so mild recently. now, the showers continue this evening but tend to fade away in central and eastern parts overnight. so i think as the windfall�*s light as well, we're going to have a problem with fog tomorrow morning, but also frost more widely. we had it in scotland this morning. it'll be across many parts, rural parts, as we get towards tomorrow morning. so scraping the ice off the windscreens, if you're heading out early and the visibility, really, will be a problem, particularly i think for midlands, central and eastern parts of england where the grounds so saturated we've had so much rain. in fact, we've still got numerous flood warnings out at the moment following yesterday's rain. but, as you can see, more showers on saturday. lots of dry weather, though, stilljust nines and tens and temperatures limited where we have that fog lingering. but it does look predominantly dry for the rugby matches, the six nations, as you can see, under way tomorrow in ireland and scotland. but come sunday, we're watching this

next area of low pressure developing and it's giving us a little bit of a headache as to exactly where it's going to track. looks set to give some more wet and windy weather across france. but, increasingly, the computer models seem to be taking some of that wetter, windier weather across the southern half of the uk, which means that it should stay mostly dry in that cooler air further north. so another coldish feeling day, another issue with frost and fog first thing sunday. but then it's how much of that windy, wet weather we see crossing england and wales. we don't need any more rain, still numerous flood warnings in force after recent rain. you can find out the details on the website.

live from london. this is bbc news shamima begum — who joined the islamic state group as a teenager — loses her appeal against the removal of her british citizenship. 14 people are still missing after an aprtment block fire in valencia. four people are confirmed dead. and, israel reportedly tables plans for the governance of gaza after the war. hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. presidentjoe biden is announcing

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