years after he was nearly killed. and france get set to defend their davis cup title against croatia despite missing three of their top line players. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with cricket — and in the second semi—final of the women's world t20 in the west indies — england are chasing 113 to beat india after dismissing them with three ball left in the opening innings. england are currently 14/1 after three overs and the winner will play australia who thrashed the host nation earlier in antigua. australia batted first after the west indies won the toss, and alyssa healy top scored with 46 as they made 142 for 5 from their 20 overs. skipper meg lanning weighed in with 31, and rachael haynes hit an unbeaten 25 as the aussies posted a very competitive total. the west indies‘ reply never really got going. only their captain stafanie taylor reached double figures — and when she was out for 16,

the home side's hopes went with her. they were all out for just 71 as australia won by 71 runs to reach their fifth successive world t20 final. just really proud of the girls‘ effort. it was a tricky wicket out there but we fought hard with the bat and the bowlers just executed again and again. a proud of the win, it meant a lot to the group. you know, we came into the semi—final underdogs, and the weedy crab was behind the west indies, we thrived on that, and got the job done behind the west indies, we thrived on that, and got thejob done in the end. every time we get to pull on that green and gold is deep village. —— and the crowd was really behind the west indies. i thought the best decision was to bowl first. i still believe that. i

just don't believe that we applied the reserve well. the first half, i thought that we got in the last six we got too much runs. ijust believe that we didn't, we didn't bat well. we just didn't bat well. elsewhere, england‘s men will be hoping to complete a series whitewash when the 3rd and final test against sri lanka gets underway in colombo in a few hours time. it would be only the third time that an england side has achieved the feat in a series of three tests or more — and would complete a remarkable turnaround in less than year. england began 2018 by losing three and drawing one of their first four tests. now they have the chance to end the year by making it 9 wins out of 10. it has been quite a journey, i think of the group of players, the test team. we did obviously start with

difficult circumstances, and we were playing our best cricket, but we have kind of, we found a way to get toa have kind of, we found a way to get to a really strong position. i think we have — there has been a few changes along the wake of that as a group, we found a way that we want to go about things, and it has been really pleasing that everybody has bought into that and given us a great opportunity to now hopefully win this series 3—0. robert kubica is to race for formula one team williams in 2019 — after completing a remarkable comeback eight years after a rally accident that nearly killed him. the polish driver suffered a partially severed right arm among many other injuries in the crash and still has partial movement in that limb. for a time, his life was in danger, but kubica started a long process of rehabilitation aimed at returning to the sport and he‘ll partner british rookie george russell at williams next season. i know what it took me to get here andi i know what it took me to get here and i know what it takes to, to be one of the top drivers in formula 1.

so now the question is to work, to give mea so now the question is to work, to give me a bit of time, and to focus on what is, what is the part which i enjoy more, which is being a race driver. mohamed salah has scored 38 goals so far in 2018, and once again he‘s been nominated for the bbc african footballer of the year award. winning a host of individual awards for his performances with liverpool, and reaching the champions league final came before the world cup where he scored twice but couldn‘t help egypt through the group stage. each goal in anfield, i feel great to score always. but especially this

goal because it was in the last two 01’ goal because it was in the last two or three minutes, and can you know, use your power can be your strength, your skills, it was a great golfer me and a great moment. —— great goal for me. i‘m happy to carry on to score more goals, hopefully for the 100th. when i came here from the beginning i had, i had a dream and selling in my mind that i wanted to achieve. last season we were very close but we didn‘t win anything. we we re very close but we didn‘t win anything. we were very close, but we lost in the final. i love the club and i want to win something here. translation: when i see him playing, i feel it is me playing. translation: when i see him playing, ifeel it is me playing. ifeel grateful that most other is from a town. translation: he is like a dream to me. he has everything. he is a top

scorer, i can say it. he is a good player, good on the ball, strong, and was working hard. because you cannot bbc is sometimes, but he makes a long run, a long strong run. my name is muhammad sulla. i play for liverpool. — — my name is muhammad sulla. i play for liverpool. —— naftali bennett. —— moh salah. mohamed salah is nominated along with medhi benatia, kalidou koulibaly, sadio mane and thomas partey — and you can vote for your favourite right now via the bbc sport website. that‘s bbc.com/sport and follow the link to the bbc african footballer of the year voting page. voting closes at 2000 gmt on sunday 2nd of december. the second leg of the copa libertadores final takes place this saturday between two of argentina‘s fiercest rivals. river plate and boca juniors play in the argentine capital of buenos aires and on thursday

this was the scene at the bombonera which hosted the 2—2 draw in the first leg which saw boca fans pack in to watch their heroes train. known as the superclasico whenever these team meet the second leg is at the monumental stadium across town, the only catch being that away fans have been banned from attending either leg. boca have won the libertadores, the south american equivalent of the champions league on six occasions and river have won it three, but this is the first time in the competition‘s 58—year history they‘ve met in the final. jeremy chardy will play borna coric in the opening match of the davis cup final on friday as defending champions france take on croatia in lille. french captain yannick noah was expected to name lucas pouille in the opening singles for the holders alongside jo—wilfried tsonga. tsonga, just returning from an injury lay—off, takes on world number seven marin cilic in the second singles as croatia seek a first title since 2005. france are already without their three highest—ranked players in richard gasquet, gael monfils and gilles simon. the favourite in this week, they

played a lot better than us during all this year. but we are in front of—of all this year. but we are in front of — of our crowd out so we will give our best for them and we will show that we deserve to be. they feel that the preparation is every single time the same, for every single time the same, for every single match, so will be the same like this. it is a big one, is a big weight on the match, but i feel they have prepared well, that they did the best i could do with my preparation, and i will try to play my best in the second quarter. in the nfl the chicago bears were 23—16 winners over the detroit lions on thanksgiving

taking them to 8 wins and 3 losses for the season — with stand in quarterback chase daniel starting his first game in almost four years. the 32 year old completed 27 of 37 passes for 230 yards and two scoring passes filling in for mitch trubisky, who missed the game with a shoulder injury. they said, in a short week on the road on thanksgiving the division to wina game, road on thanksgiving the division to win a game, a tough game, we knew it was going to be, another blowout like last time. that was playing on our minds. we were ready for a bullfight, and that is what we got. and our defence stepped up. that is why we are the best in the league. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that‘s bbc.com/sport. but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there.

for many places, thursday started on a very cold note. some spots got almost down to —7 degrees. but for friday morning, not as cold, because there‘s a lot more cloud around. it will be often cloudy for the day ahead. showers for some, but not all. the satellite picture shows quite a lot of cloud. this cloud across the north—east is thick, low cloud, producing the odd spot of rain and drizzle. this brighter, more speckled cloud down to the south—west is capable of producing some showers. so throughout friday, we have the potential for some heavy, thundery showers across the south—west. some of these drifting into east wales, the west midlands, maybe north—west england. also some patchy rain across the north—east of scotland. elsewhere, a lot of dry weather, but equally, a lot of cloud. now, if you‘re across the midlands, east anglia and the south—east, i‘m hopeful that this cloud will break up a little to reveal some spells of sunshine. the odd brighter glimpse elsewhere, but hefty showers never too far away from the south—west.

for north—west england, particularly cumbria, also northern ireland and south—west scotland, the best chance of sunshine for the day. for eastern and northern scotland, a lot of cloud. misty, murky, drizzly and damp conditions for a lot of time. temperatures generally 6—10 degrees. going through friday night, we keep large areas of cloud floating around, stopping the temperatures from dropping too far. the showers rumble into the far south—west, these could be heavy and thundery and even cause a few travel issues. those overnight lows between 3—7 degrees in most places. we start the weekend like this. high pressure to the north, low pressure to the south. that brings us an easterly wind, which, at this time of year, will never be particularly warm. one in the system perilously close to southern england likely to feed some rain in here. uncertainty about just how far north it will get. really only spots to the south of the m4 are likely to be effected. otherwise, mostly dry. the best of any brightness or sunshine to be found in the west. those temperatures, 7—10 degrees, not feeling too bad. but on sunday, we are likely to bring some slightly colder air back in from the north—east. those temperatures taking a bit of a tumble. still a lot of cloud, still the odd spot of rain and drizzle. not as much rain at this stage to the south. but those temperatures back into single digits for most of us. and then into the start of next

week, a bit of a battleground for a time. high pressure trying to hold firm. this area of low pressure pushing in from the atlantic. it looks like most of us will have one more fine day on monday. it will still be pretty cloudy. then for tuesday, there‘s the potential for some wet and increasingly windy weather to push in from the west. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i‘m reged ahmad. our top stories: theresa may says britain and the eu have agreed how they want their post—brexit relationship to work, although spain remains unhappy over gibraltar. the british people want this to be settled. they want a good deal that sets us on course for a brighter future. that deal is within our grasp and i am determined to deliver it. president trump warns... create

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