and henrik stenson leads the way at the arnold palmer invitational in florida. hello there. thanks forjoining us. arsenal are through to the quarter—finals of the europa league after a comfortable victory over italian giants, ac milan, at the emirates stadium. arsenal led 2—0 from the first leg, but milan scored first in the return match, with hakan shalkhanolu reducing the deficit after 35 minutes. but then a controversial penalty from danny welbeck and a goal from granit xhaka — either side of the break — put arsenal in front. before wellbeck scored again to see his side win 3—1 on the night — and 5—1 on aggregate. elsewhere, dmitri payet was among the scorers as marseille won 2—1 at bilbao — and 5—2 on aggregate.

lucas leiva scored in lazio‘s 2—0 win at dynamo kiev, as they went through 4—2 overall, and fernando torres scored twice as atletico madrid thrashed lokomotiv moscow 5—1 on the night — and 8—1 on aggregate. lyon are out 3—3 on away goals, after losing 3—2 at home to cska moscow. borussia dortmund are also out after a 0—0 draw at salzburg — who go through 2—1 on aggregate. sporting lisbon are through, despite losing 2—1 at viktoria plzen. a goal in extra—time saw them win 3—2 over the two legs. and rb leipzig drew 1—1 at zenit — to win 3—2 on aggregate. the draw for the quarter—finals takes place on friday. now, this is a washing machine. it's a symbol of harry kane's courage, apparently. tottenham manager mauricio pochettino reckons his star striker is so brave, that he'd put his foot in a washing machine if he could score.

i don't get it either, but it's that bravery which has seen the england striker pick up an injury and a spell on the sidelines. he is warrior. i think he caught his leg ina he is warrior. i think he caught his leg in a washing machine for the team. yes, against sunderland, against millwall and now because he is so brave, maybe a player goes and say it do not want to take a risk. cricket — and afghanistan's hopes of reaching the 2019 world cup are still very much alive after beating former champions the west indies in harare. it was the first match of the super six stage, with the top two teams qualifiying for next year's tournament in england. as austin halewood reports,

it was a vital win for afghanistan. for afghanistan, the equation is simple. if they are the stand any chance of reaching next year's world cup, they need to win all of their matches. although seeing chris gayle not have filled them with confidence, getting him out in the third over certainly did. from that point on, the afghanistan team and never looked back. their spinners tore through the west indies batting line, and then fielding was not bad too. jason holder held his side to a respectable total fought their 50 otis, but the target of 158 never looked like it would be enough. even though the afghans lost both their openers for single figure scores, they will always well on top of the run rate. a vital 68 bringing them within touching distance and despite a late wobble, sharafuddin ashraf hit the winning runs to keep

afg hanistan‘s slim world hit the winning runs to keep afghanistan's slim world cup hopes alive. one down, two to go. in the day's other match in the super sixes, scotland beat the united arab emirates by 73 runs, to move to the top of the table — a point ahead of west indies. in the play—offs for the minor places, the netherlands beat hong kong by 44 runs, and nepal beat papua new guinea by six wickets. following that match, nepal were granted official odi status. on friday, bangladesh pay the host nation sri lanka in the final round—robin match of the t20 series. the match will decide which team will play india in sunday's final. bangladesh will make a late decision on the inclusion of their star as he recovers from a finger injury. the tea m recovers from a finger injury. the team here, we had a good get—together. we are expecting him to come back to play at. he had a net session, so he is coming back for a full assessment and i think

there is no question that once he comes back, as i said earlier, whatever we do, we are doing in the interest is bangladesh cricket. if he is fit to play, then obviously he will play. tiger —— roger federer is in the search for his 11th straight title at indian wells. the 49th ranked player in the world one to reach the semifinals of the masters series for the first time in his career. in the women's singles, there was a shock defeat for the number ten seed and former world number one, angelique kerber. the german was thrashed in straight sets by the number 20 seed, daria kasatkina. the russian won the first set 6—0 — injust 22 minutes. and she raced through the second set 6—2, to seal her place

in the semi—finals. she'll now face venus williams, who beat spain's carla suarez—navarro in straight sets. williams — who's the number eight seed — has never won the indian wells open, and she's bidding to become the first american to win the title since her sister serena back in 2001. golf now and henrik stenson has a 1—shot lead after the first round of the arnold palmer invitational. this week fired nine birdies and one bogey in his round of 64 to finish on eight under par. tiger woods is a further one shot behind as he continues to show flashes of a return to form. the 14 time major winner is looking for a record ninth victory. when i first came back, it was just a matter of getting my feel for tournament golf again, and i

think i have. ifeel like i am not really thinking as much around the golf course. i canjust really thinking as much around the golf course. i can just see really thinking as much around the golf course. i canjust see it, feel it, and go. and that isjust because i have got my feeling back here. victory for the italian was not enough to win the overall super g title. despite finishing sixth in the race, tina vyeratter of liechtenstein took the overall super giant slalom title, after the only person who could catch her, lara gut, crashed out. it's been a good month for vyeratter, who also took olympic bronze in the super g in pyeongchang. meanwhile, vincent from austria won

the final man's giant slalom of the season, just as he had done in the downhill 24 hours earlier. norway's competitor finished sixth but was already a shot for the super g title. the new motogp season starts this weekend in qatar and veteran rider valentino rossi has celebrated by signing a new two year contract with yamaha. the seven—time motogp champion, who turned 39 last month, will now remain in the paddock until at least 2020. meanwhile, the current world champion marc marquez, who recently signed a new two—year contract himself with honda, says he's now looking ahead to matters on the track. i was waiting a little bit to see how, the standard procedure, and then finally i saw that the bike was working well, i felt happy, then finally i saw that the bike was working well, ifelt happy, ifeel especially important. so yeah, happy

and really thankful to work for them because this will be more helpful this season because everything is quiet and this season because everything is quietandi this season because everything is quiet and i could just concentrate on that. we all know that footballers love weird haircut, fans love to copy them, well how about getting a footballer‘s head cut into your haircut? one client in egypt has had muhamed saal‘s face cut into his hair. he helped eejit reached a world cup for the first time in 28 yea rs, world cup for the first time in 28 years, and if you've fancied one of these haircuts, just get over to the south of cairo. it apparently only ta kes a south of cairo. it apparently only takes a couple of minutes to get the look. that is all we have time for today, thank you forjoining us. hello.

some of us will escape with a fine friday, even quite mild in some places but by the weekend it's much colder. where you won't have a fine friday close to this weather front, north—east england into eastern scotland, cloudy, wet, outbreaks of rain, some snow in the scottish hills and that snow level lowering later in the day. so this is your cloudy, wet zone throughout the day. also got this area of cloud and rain nudging northwards from the midlands, wales, into parts of north—west england and just fringing into northern ireland. to the south of that we see some sunshine coming through, but you may catch a shower, could be heavy and possibly thundery, not everybody will. it's here you have temperatures in double figures but it is a turning colder day through eastern scotland and north—east england, going into the evening and night, that snow level lowering and maybe into lower levels you could see

a light covering into places going into saturday morning and a few of these wintry showers drifting westwards overnight and a developing and getting stronger eastern wind. a much colder start on saturday morning and temperatures are not going up very far on saturday. throughout the weekend, we have got high pressure in scandinavia pumping bitterly cold air our way and a strong wind too, so wind chill will be a factor and on that flow of air, some snow around too. some snow scattered about eastern parts of the uk through saturday, there will be some accumulations in places. many northern and western areas could avoid them and stay dry, some with sunny spells. it's all about the feel of the weather, though. significantly colder compared with friday and i have mentioned the strength of the wind, making it feel like it is well below freezing for many of us on saturday into sunday. that's going to be a bit of a shock to the system after what we have had in recent days. then we're watching saturday night, we could see a longer spell of snow into sunday morning and again

that risk of disruption, ice in places with a frosty start on sunday. that gradually edges away westwards, we see a risk of further snow showers coming into eastern parts, not everybody will see those and still, that brisk and very cold easterly wind making for a significant wind chill as well. so winter is roaring back this weekend. gradually turning milder again next week. but for the weekend, much colder, that bitter wind with a significant wind chill and yes, some of us will see some snow and there will be some disruption in places because of it too. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is nkem ifejika. our top stories: a pedestrian bridge collapses onto a highway in miami, killing four people. we'll have the latest from florida. president trump joins the uk, france and germany in blaming moscow for the poisoning of a russian spy. as russia holds its presidential election on sunday, we find out why people in the country's "rust belt"

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