ahead of the australian open andy murray breaks down at a press conference where he announces he'll be retiring at the end of his wimbledon campaign later in the year due to his injury troubles. jordan are the first team through to the knockout stages of the asian cup after beating syria 2—0. and qatar's nasser al—attiyah extended his overall lead in the dakar rally with victory in thursday's fourth stage. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the tennis and the news that former world number one andy murray has annouced he'll retire from playing after this year's wimbledon championships. at an emotional news conference ahead of the australian open in melbourne, murray left the room in tears before returning a few minutes later. he's been plagued by a hip injury for much of the past 18 months and was a doubt for this yea r‘s australian open which starts on monday. murray has played in 11 grand slam finals, winning 3 of them — wimbledon twice, and the us open.

he'll also the two—time reigning olympic champion. yeah, obviously been struggling for a long time. i've been in a lot of pain for, well, it's been probably about 20 months now. pretty much done everything that i could to try and get my hip feeling better and, you know, hasn't helped loads. you know, i'm in a better place than i was six months ago but you know, still in a lot of pain and yeah. it's been tough.

(breaks down) . andy, there's that mean it might be your last tournament? —— does that mean. and yeah, i think there isa that mean. and yeah, i think there is a chance of that, yeah. a short time ago i spoke to our tennis reporter david law who was at murray's news conference in melbourne and gave us his assessment. it is his standard pretournament press c0 nfe re nce it is his standard pretournament press conference that after the first question which is basically how you feeling given all of the hip problems he has had over the past 18 months, his voice broke, he said he is not feeling great, his hip isn't

great, he was in tears by that point and he needed to leave the room to gather himself. he came back in and told us that since the off—season in december, he has been deciding that wimbledon would be his final tournament. too much pain in his hip made him realise he can't get back to the level he wants to play out without paying any more. so he decided he was going to retire this year after wimbledon. however, it appears that the pain and the problems are so severe that he might not even get that and he did admit that this australian open where he has been to the final on five occasions, might be the final tournament of his career. he is due tournament of his career. he is due to pay roberto bautista agut and the chances of him getting through that match are up in question given the way he was in his practice session against novak djokovic yesterday. it

was quite clear he was unable to move around the court the way he would want to and he is playing in pain and he doesn't want to do it any more. he was incredibly emotional. this is a man who has won two wimbledon titles, been to world number one, won the davis cup with great britain, 12 olympic gold medals, won the us open and he is unquestionably the greatest male tennis player great britain has ever produced. —— won two olympic gold medals. this could be the final match we ever see him play in the next couple of days. staying with tennis, the defending champion angelique kerber is out of the sydney international. the reigning wimbledon champion was beaten in straight sets by a former wimbledon champion petra kvitova. the number 5 seed from the czech republic, who needed a wildcard to qualify, won 6—4, 6—1, and will now face the bela russian qualifier aliaksandra sasnovich in the last four. in the other half of the draw,

australia's ashleigh barty is through to the semi—finals. the home favourite and world number 15 was the runner—up in sydney last year and she's one win away from reaching the final once again. barty beat belgium's elise mertens in straight sets and now plays kiki bertens of the netherlands who beat yulia putintseva to reach the last four. to the footballing news that jordan are the first team through to the knockout stage of the asian cup. they beat syria to make it two wins out of two to qualify with a game to spare. india could have qualified as well but lost to the host nation, the united arab emirates. while thailand beat bahrain to claim only their second ever victory in a finals tournament. austin halewood rounds up thursday's action. ad ranked 119 the world, jordan has been the surprise package of the

asian cup so far. win over holders australia in their first match made them the team to beat in group b and they picked up exactly where they left off against syria. they were in the right place at the right right time. 15 minutes later, they were in again and already it was enough. jordan gets into the last 16 for only the second time in their history. the chivalrous, first side through to the knockout stage. we play now against palestine and they are very important from our players. they go for it and they play on a good level. we give a lot of confidence and the country, it is very good we do something special for the country. meanwhile in group a,a for the country. meanwhile in group a, a disappointing start for the hosts hadn't dampened the spirit of theirfans. the hosts hadn't dampened the spirit of their fans. the united hosts hadn't dampened the spirit of theirfans. the united arab emirates we re theirfans. the united arab emirates were ready to spark their tournament into life against early lead as india and those of supporters didn't

have too long to wait. they poach the ball home. it all seemed a bit too easy. india had thrashed thailand 4—1 in their opening match but even in this match they were often decide playing the better foot all but the blue tigers struggled to convert. in the end it was the uae who brought. they got a second goal just minutes from time taking the hosts top of their group. in international football, there hosts top of their group. in internationalfootball, there is often no time for sentiments. dramatic scorelines bringing about drastic decisions. thailand sacked their manager after that heavy defeat against india and in their second,it defeat against india and in their second, it looked like it wouldn't pay off. bahrain dominant, only wide of the mark. the second half brought a fresh start. thailand the team in control and eventually the team in front. a perfectly timed volley.

enough to seal the win and send them second in the group. the gamble of good move after all. meanwhile, defending asian cup champions australia take on palestine on friday, knowing anything less than a win would jeopardise their chances of making it to the knockout stage. the socceroos suffered a shock 1—0 defeat tojordan in their opening game, and with thejordanians having beaten syria 2—0, graham arnold's men face the pressure of potentially becoming the first australian side to have failed to make it past the group stage. now to spanish football where copa del rey holders barcelona will need to overturn a 2—1 deficit in the second leg of their last 16 tie against levante, if they're to maintain hopes of a 5th successive title. the home side were two goals to the good inside the opening 20 minutes but a late phillipe coutinho penalty has given ernesto valverde's catalans a smaller advantage to overcome at camp nou next thursday. elsewhere sevilla were 3—1winners away to athletic bilbao while real betis played out a goalless draw at home to real sociedad.

qatar's nasser al—attiyah extended his overall lead in the dakar rally with a victory in thursday's marathon fourth stage which was more than 400 km. attiyah had battled stephane peterha nsel for most of the day to eventually finish 1 minute 52 seconds ahead, leaving the frenchman in second position in the overall standings. poland's jakub przy—gonski finishing the stage in third climbing to fourth in the overall standings. top stories, in the past hour or so, andy murray has announced he will be quitting tennis after the wimbledon championships. the former world number one who struggled with a hip injury for the past 18—20 months, is an11 time grand injury for the past 18—20 months, is an 11 time grand slam finalist. he

has won three gladstone titles. the us open twice, wimbledon and twice in the title. —— grand slam titles. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. it won't be as cold to start this morning as it has been recent mornings. it will still be chilly, temperatures close to freezing in a few spots but not the widespread frost that we've had this week. and actually with high pressure close by, it looks mostly dry with a little bit of sunshine, but we've changed the air across the uk so behind this warm weather front on thursday, we had the arrival of some slightly milder atlantic air. but that weather front is pushing towards the alpine regions to give more heavy snow through the day ahead. there are red warnings out for the alps, that's the highest level warning, and indeed parts of norway, but across our shores, it's a generally milder air mass, if you like, during the next

couple of days. which means that for most of us, it won't start quite as chilly. the fog will take a wee while to clear this morning. as i say, it is largely frost—free. those temperatures are not too many degrees away from freezing so it will still be chilly, the odd spot of frost out in the countryside and the fog to lift, low cloud as well sitting on the hills courtesy of that weak weather front. there'll still be a weak front around the northern isles with drizzle here and patchy rain and drizzle in the north and west but there will be brighter skies coming through, perhaps southern and eastern scotland, the north—east of england and temperatures in the south in particular will be 3 or 4 degrees higher than during the day on thursday. temperatures hold up through the coming night because we've got these weather fronts gauging southwards. quite substantial rain in the north and it peters off. it does hold the temperatures up above frost levels again. but the wind picks up and the wind will be a feature as we go through the weekend.

the wind coming in from the west or north—west maintains relatively mild weather for this time of year but there will be rain initially in the south and then showers and longer spells of rain following in the north and west but very little rain coming further southwards. that brisk north—west wind becomes quite strong, particularly in the north, taking the edge of temperatures which otherwise are, as you can see, well up from what they have been, but there could be quite a lot of rain coming in. saturday night and sunday across northern and western parts of scotland. it looks quite wet here. this low pressure accelerating across the north sea, it will just tighten those isobars and strengthen the wind. we could fairly widespread gales. quite a blustery old day. and more rain to come. again, even though the wind is blowing further south, it should blow some holes in the cloud and again temperatures at 11 or12, taking the edge offjust a little by the brisk wind. bye for now.

welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. no wall, no deal — and no pay for many government workers as president trump heads to the southern border. on day 20 of the crisis, the divide runs deep. he campaigned on it, he won on it so what's the big deal? why is there a big surprise? ease the crisis, he is a crisis to our country. ——he is. felix tshisekedi is declared winner of the presidential elections in the democratic republic of congo but it's disputed, and the runner—up tells the bbc he'll mount a legal challenge. at least 16 people are killed and there's more brutal winter weather ahead for parts of central and eastern europe. a tearful andy murray tells reporters that next week's australian open could be his last tournament.