this is bbc news i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at five. prison sentences of less than 6 months in england and wales could be scrapped, under plans being considered by the ministry ofjustice. i think victims will feel that, very resentful that it's unfair, not only do they have the trauma of what happened to them, but they also think that someone‘s got away with it. three people are killed in a suspected gas explosion at a bakery in central paris. nearly 50 others are injured. a saudi teenager, whose efforts to escape her family, gained worldwide attention, arrives in canada, where she's been offered asylum. president trump digs his heels in over his mexican border wall, as the us government shutdown enters a record—breaking 22nd day. heavy snow continues to fall across europe, bringing chaos to a number of alpine regions. austria suffers the worst conditions for 30 years. and coming up at half five,

as liverpool go seven points clear at the top of the table after beating brighton. sportday has all of today's premier league action >> hello and welcome to bbc news. the ministry ofjustice says it's considering proposals to abolish prison sentences of less than six months in england and wales. ministers say short sentences are less effective at cutting re—offending, than community penalties. it's thought about 30,000 offenders would avoid jail every year under the plans. ben ando reports. at any one time around 3,500 people are behind bars in england and wales

serving sentences of six months or less for crimes like burglary or shoplifting. but almost two thirds of those released will reoffend within a year. the prisons minister rory stewart has described these short sentences in a newspaper interview as long enough to damage you and not long enough to heal you. adding that those jailed even for a few weeks can was their home, their family and be set on a course to more crime. the ministry ofjustice says that prison is meant to protect the public from dangerous people, reduce crime, and also reform prisoners. but could it be our overcrowded jails are instead turning one—time offenders into career criminals? since the 1990s, the prison population has doubled from 40,000 to 80,000. in 2017 86,275 people were jailed. and more than half of them received sentences of six months or less.

we should not be imprisoning these people. we should be turning their lives around and giving them support, dealing with their drug addiction, their homelessness, and getting them to make amends for the wrong they've done. that's good for victims and it's good for the taxpayer and it will ease pressure on the prisons. abandoning such short prison sentences in england and wales is stilljust a proposal. legislation would be needed. and politicians know promising to send fewer lawbreakers to prison is rarely a vote winner. but a similar scheme in scotland has beenjudged a success and is being extended to sentences of 12 months. it could be that ending short sentences will benefit criminals and the community in the long term. ben ando, bbc news. a saudi teenager whose efforts to escape her family gained worldwide attention has arrived in canada, which has granted her asylum. last week, 18—year—old rahaf mohammed al-qanun, barricaded herself

in a hotel room at bangkok airport to resist deportation. she said she feared she'd be killed by her relatives, because she'd renounced islam. in the past few hours, she arrived at toronto airport and was greeted by canada's foreign minister. this is rahaf al-qanun, a very brave new canadian. and she wanted canadians to see that she's arrived at her new home, but she's had a very long and tiring journey, and so she would prefer not to take questions today. so please respect her, she's a very brave young woman who's been through a lot, and she's not going to go — — 110w. to her new home, and then i'll come out and say a few words to the people, 0k? and canada's foreign minister did return, as she said,

and spoke to the waiting press again shortly after escorting ms al-qunun through the airport. it was a pleasure for me this morning to welcome to new home, a very brave new canadian rahaf. she is obviously very tired after a long journey, and she preferred to go and get settled. i'd also like to, but she did it was her choice to come out and say hello to canadians. she wanted canadians to see that she's here, that she's well, and that she's very very happy to be in her new home, although she did comment to me about the cold.

i told her it does get warmer. i would also like to take this opportunity to really think canada's —— thank. outstanding diplomats around the world, particularly our fantastic embassy in thailand, and our wonderful ambassador, miss donna kapotty, she's done great work. i'd also like to thank the united nations, unhcr, and the government of thailand. and i'm happy to answer a couple of questions. canada has granted asylum to a saudi teenager who was stranded at an airport in thailand, after running away from her family. she told us by the teenager ended up in canada, when it was australia who offered her asylum. it's been a whirlwind few days who

has now arrived in canada, there are a number of news crews who have been here to greet her and to capture those first few moments. now a few days ago, when she took to twitter to plead for help to avoid being deported from thailand and sent back to herfamily, deported from thailand and sent back to her family, she deported from thailand and sent back to herfamily, she was unknown. now she has gained international attention. she was originally suppose to go to australia, where she had a support network, but the process bbc understands is taking too long. and because she had gotten threats online, the un was very concerned about her safety. now canada was asked by the un to accept her asylum application, they agree, and all of this happened quite quickly. the prime ministerjustin trudeau saying that canada would be an unequivocal voice for women rights and human rights saying that she was welcome. so she will start now the rest of her life here in canada, the case certainly has encouraged campaigners online who took up her case, who spread her message, but this will also create a bit of a frosty situation for saudi arabia and canada.

who are already in a midst of a diplomatic row, following canada's calls in a tweet a few months back for saudi arabia to release other human rights activists women who had been imprisoned. police have arrested the hardline pro—brexit campaignerjames goddard. he was detained outside a london underground station this morning come on suspicion of a public order offence. james goddard was involved in a protest outside parliament earlier this week, when the remain—supporting conservative mp, anna soubry, was called a nazi. earlier we heard from our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, who was with protesters in central london. well we are following a protest byjames goddard, and some of the others that were seemed to be shouting on that footage that was filmed earlier in the week. the protests are about

two to 300 people marching through central london, they've taken the roots from west minster to victoria, and down through the cove. but as the march assembled, it's about 20 to 12 this morning just outside the station, we saw james goddard being arrested by police. when we asked police what that was about, they said it related to a public order offence, they were not more specific than that. but certainly james goddard hadn't done anything at that point this morning, so we assume that relates to events earlier on in the week. thousands of people have marched through central london calling for a general election and an end to austerity. a number of labour shadow cabinet members joined the demonstration which ended at trafalgar square. it comes ahead of a crucial week in the commons, when mps are widely expected to reject theresa may's

withdrawal deal with the eu. meanwhile, a group of pro—brexit campaigners assembled elsewehere in the capital this afternoon for a protest. they marched on westminster, later blocking westminster bridge as speakers addressed the crowd, according to reports on social media. two french fire fighters and a spanish woman have been killed in an explosion at a bakery in central paris. dozens more were injured in the blast. police suspect the blast was caused by a gas leak, which was reported in the building this morning. navtej johal reports. engulfed in flames, this burning bakery is the site of a dramatic explosion this morning that's left two firefighters dead, dozens of people injured and residents in this part of central paris stunned. it's been reported that the hubert bakery on the rue de trevise was not due to be open at the time.

firefighters had been on their way to deal with a gas leak in the building when the explosion occurred. terrifying the people who lived by. translation: i heard an explosion half—an—hour ago and opened my window. i thought it was a bomb, i thought it was the yellow vests. then i called my daughter and she told me it was not. several reports have highlighted the extent of the damage around the area caused by the blast, including shattered windows, smashed translation: i heard an explosion half—an—hour ago cars and debris in nearby streets. the incident is not believed to be terror—related. translation: firefighters were dealing with the blaze. the explosion is probably from a gas leak and our first assessment tells us it is accidental. it has had a very heavy toll on civilians, but also on firefighters who were on site. it comes as france is gripped, for the ninth saturday in a row, by the yellow vests, thousands of demonstrators

turning out to criticise the government's policies. their marchers have descended into some of the worst rioting france has seen in decades and today was supposed to see some 18,000 police officers on duty around the country. the protesters are not thought to be connected to the explosion. meanwhile, more than 200 firefighters and 100 police officers continue to deal with its aftermath. the standoff between president trump and members of the us congress, over funding for a wall on the mexican border, has now resulted in a record—breaking government shutdown. the row has entered its 22nd day, leaving hundreds of thousands of government workers unpaid, as politicians continue to argue over budgets. david willis has the latest from washington. we pray today for your wisdom, for

your answers, for your help. at the white house, they prayed. among them the president caught in a crisis seemingly intractable, it might take divine intervention to solve. a government shutdown that started with museums closed, and rubbish piling up at national parks, has now seen hundreds of thousands of government workers go without pay. stop the shutdown! following protests across the country that shutdown has now set a dubious record as the longest in american political history. share music was among those marching, when she and herfamily moved among those marching, when she and her family moved to the farming community in virginia, she was looking forward to life as a stay—at—home mother to her young twins. but her husband works for the government, and hasn't been paid, leaving her to fret about how to make ends meet. we can work really hard to get this education, and make sure that we can provide for ourfamily, education, and make sure that we can

provide for our family, but still end up wondering if we're going to be able to pay our bills. things are working out well. president trump had threatened to declare a national emergency, he still might he says. but not now. this is a 15 minute meeting, if they can do it, will declare a national emergency. there's been no formal contact between president trump and democrat leaders since talks collapsed in the middle of this week, and with an unplanned, washington's winter of discontent threatens to drag on and on. david willis, bbc news, washington. and david joins us live we've had reaction, what has he been saying on this? as he would expect, president trump making the point that he's all alone in the white house, why don't the democrats, and negotiate with him. and in response,

01’ negotiate with him. and in response, or to negotiate with him. and in response, ortoa claim negotiate with him. and in response, or to a claim by a television reporter that he doesn't have a plan to end this shutdown, the president tweeted just a short while ago, saying that he does, but to understand that plan, he says, you would have to understand the fact that i won the election and i promised safety and security for the american people. part of that promise, he goes on, was a wall at the southern border, elections have consequences. so clearly, that is aimed at his base, the people that put him in the white house, and by and large those people are thought to generally support a wall along the us border, with mexico. the president no doubt looking for their continued support and support going into the 2020 election, when he would be seeking reelection. david, there's so much bubbling away at the moment, isn't there? because in march, you have got the debt ceiling issue that's coming up, you had

fitch that has been issuing warnings over the us credit rating, do you think reality is biting resident trump? because the repercussions of this partial government shutdown, it appears are starting to bite the people on the ground. they really are, for ordinary people who yesterday of course went without the first paycheque of the new year, this is all about car payments, mortgage payments, rent payments, mortgage payments, rent payments and so on, payments that in many cases, because they are very often people who live paycheque to paycheque, they can't now afford to make. so this is, this is potentially building up into quite a prolonged and quite a severe crisis. the president said yesterday, that he will not be declaring a national emergency, as he had suggested in previous days that he might. that would be one way of circumventing congress, getting money for the wall

by other means, and effectively ending the current shutdown. he's not going to do that for now he says, so what is he going to do? with these two sides, the democrats and president trump has firmly entrenched as they seem to be, no further meetings between them possible between now and monday, because congress is in recess until monday. this is just because congress is in recess until monday. this isjust perhaps going to drag on and on. well we will see how it drags on, always a pleasure to speak to david, thank you. the headlines on bbc news... the time is 70 minutes past five. three people are killed in a suspected gas explosion at a bakery in central paris. nearly 50 others are injured. a saudi teenager — whose efforts to escape her family gained worldwide attention — arrives in canada — where she's been offered asylum. prison sentences of less than 6 months in england and wales could be scrapped , under plans being considered by the ministry ofjustice. parts of germany, austria and sweden are suffering exceptional amounts

of snow which have already killed seven people in the past week. a number of ski resorts and mountain villages have been evacuated in austria. and now salt, used to grit the roads, is in short supply. bethany bell reports now from annaberg in the austrian alps west of vienna. the little town of anna berg is blanketed in white. like many mountain regions in germany and austria, it's experiencing unusually heavy falls of snow. these sensors are there to protect houses from avalanches. the authorities are struggling to remove the snow. these volunteer firefighters are working to clear the roof of anna berg primary school. said from the lawyer

austrian fire brigade said they needed to insure the building is safe enough for children to enter. the big problem is that the snow is very heavy, so we have about 3.5 metres on the roofs, and that's the big problem. if it's changing and the snow gets heavier, the big problem is that the roof crashed down, and so it's very dangerous for people that are living here. ca rs have people that are living here. cars have been buried under several metres of snow. and it's a constant struggle to keep paths and roads clear. in neighbouring germany, the army is helping to clear away snow. several areas have been declared disaster zones. and there's more snow on the way, the risk of avalanches remains very high.

bethany bell, bbc news, anna berg in the austrian alps. the electoral commission in the democratic republic of congo says political groups supporting the outgoing president, joseph kabila, have secured a majority in the national assembly. on thursday, the commission announced that an opposition candidate, felix tshisekedi, had won the presidential election , though that has been disputed. 0ur africa regional editor, will ross is here. and will, let's start off by putting this into contest, why does this result matter so much? well many people were looking at this whole election in the democratic republic of congo as a potential turning point. the country has never had a handover of power through the ballot box, every single tra nsfer of through the ballot box, every single transfer of power has been bloody, going back to independence. so this was a possible turning point, this

isa was a possible turning point, this is a country with immense mineral wealth, the congolese people have not seen the benefits of that. so millions of congolese people were hoping that this was going to lead toa hoping that this was going to lead to a change through election and a change of political leadership, they we re change of political leadership, they were going to see better days ahead. so there's a lot riding on it, but also you have to look at the fact that the country's had such a terrible history of violence. and at the moment, you know, 4 million or so the moment, you know, 4 million or so people displaced dozens of armed groups in the east, and many people draw a parallel between those displaced people because of conflict and all of these unhappy armed groups that keep popping up, and the political dynamics. the way the country is run. so that's really, you know, if the country was better run, the hope is you wouldn't have so run, the hope is you wouldn't have so many people living in such a miserable displacement camps, needing food hand—outs, and he wouldn't have these endless conflicts. like you say it's those

economic impact, a lot of foreign investors in the country, as far as the results go, i'm interested, because on your twitter feed, you are so because on your twitter feed, you are so experienced with the african continent, but you described the election as opaque, what do you mean by that? we've had many elections across the african continent, where there's been disputes, there's been the losing candidate has gone to court, or has gone to the streets, and has said you know, i'm not happy with the result. but i can't think of many where it seems, and we're trying to find out exactly from the congolese law, it's seems the electoral commission doesn't even have to publish the results from every polling station. so at three o'clock in the morning last thursday, the head of the electoral commission held a press conference and said that felix has won the election, this is how much she's won by, but were not going to give you any more details. which isjust

mind—boggling really, then you had the catholic church, which is very influential in the country, has 40,000 observers spread across the country, it has its own tally, but u nless country, it has its own tally, but unless the official tally comes out, no one can look and say hey on this polling station, the votes are com pletely polling station, the votes are completely wrong. so, it seems extraordinary that you've got the situation where, you know in the middle of the night they can announce the winner, but the whole congolese population is left in the dark when it comes to the details of exactly how he won the election. and the accusation is that there's been a deal done behind the scenes, and the person who was predicted to have one, mark ten, was pushed aside, and somebody who was seen as someone who could get on better with president joseph kabila is brought in as the winner. so very quickly, the bill's party is in doubt than completely. no, his governing coalition hasjust won the parliament, so even though

it took an almighty effort to persuade him to step down, he's already hinted that he's not going to leave the political scene, and his allies stay in power, whoever becomes the next president will have to work with his allies. he's not gone, nor is the entire political elite, which is accused of looting the country. ok, so complex, thank you for that. when you think of your phone and the dlc people don't realise that the two go together. that's why it matters. thank you very much. now it's that time of year , returns season. in fact the office for national statistics estimates that a quarter of our christmas shopping could be sent back. anything bought online is more likely to be returned, and in women's clothing the percentage can be as high as 50%. it's a huge cost for stores, and, as our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith reports, retailers are starting to fight back. picking, packing, and mailing out.

it's been a busy couple of weeks for this online fashion company. but staff here know that like a boomerang, a good chunk of these clothes come straight back, this is just today's returns. we would be fine if we didn't have any returns, but we sort of accept that, it's like to be going to a retail shop, you expect to try a few things on before you want to buy something. this weekend our clearance sale, we've had ladies by three of the same dress in three different sizes, andl same dress in three different sizes, and i know that best case scenario, will stay if they actually get the dress, three might come back. which is quite heartbreaking when you know the cost of, you know, getting things back and forth. but increasingly, that's what shoppers are expecting. albay like a small and medium and then see which one fits pets, i don't want to risk it. so i will send one back obviously because i don't need two. if you send it back,

it's free. if you have to pay to send it back, i would probablyjust give it to a friend or sell it or something like that i think. especially if things but kids like holiday clothes and things like that, just to try on and take things back. with it being easier on mine, a lot of people will do that. maybe not so much in the shops, because it's more hassle to come back. but i think yet, a lot of my friends do it. the amount of stuff being brought back to shops has increased dramatically over the last couple of years. royal mail said they are expecting this to be the busiest ever for returning online goods. that's why even some of the biggest stores like next have decided to start charging people to return some items. but most retailers are using softer techniques to make sure too many things aren't sent back. you tend to see more online technology that suggests what size you might want to buy, they are paying more attention to the photography or indeed the videos of things they are selling to help the customer have a better sense of what

they are buying. retailers will have to work harder to help customers get it right first time, or swallow the extra cost. because for customers, sending things back is now part and parcel of the shopping process. coletta smith, bbc news, in new castle. the big tech companies lavish huge amounts of money on their gigantic stands at the international tech expo, the consumer electronics show. it's a chance to pitch their latest wares to electronic retailers and show off their freshest innovations. as the show closes in las vegas, our correspondent dave lee, took a tour of some of the biggest displays. this is a demo to show off a new kind of motor system, but what's really catching peoples attention is the fact that the whole windscreen here is covered with this image,

like a big screen, now the way they are doing that right now is by using are doing that right now is by using a projector, struck to the ceiling. but i guess it'sjust a projector, struck to the ceiling. but i guess it's just one a projector, struck to the ceiling. but i guess it'sjust one idea of what we might be able to do with the car, if it was to become self driving in the future. sojosh so josh tell us what we have sojosh tell us what we have your? this is the new lg style, we have no need for plumbing hookups or anything like that. all you do as you fill the water reservoir down here, generates the steam back here, so the shaking what does the shaking do? at stopping the wrinkles out or what? element the steam comes up from the bottom, hetero allows the wrinkles to be released. it penetrates from the inside out, opening up the diamond and it penetrates the shaking helps everything go away. how many times have you had to explain why this is shaking? way too many. you have the patience ofa way too many. you have the patience of a saint. here's a cute little robot from

samsung, because the retail box, and it's designed to intelligently know it's designed to intelligently know it's way around a restaurant, could bring you your food, it could one use the plate is hot, and it may even suggested dessert, because he —— who needs a human to do that? i guess we found the sony stands. three, two, one though. one of the trends that we found here is video equipment being sold specifically for video bloggers or bloggers, it's big business for companies like sony, because many of those bloggers are using equipment that is more expensive than big broadcasters like the bbc. that's it, the ces 2019,

but it's certainly not over for tech in 2019. this is going to be a huge year, and we're just getting started. 0ut fantastic. don't forget plenty more on mine as well if you wa nt to plenty more on mine as well if you want to get more on the tech show. we all know the frustration of getting stuck behind slow—moving traffic when you're driving, but this was one jam where the drivers didn't dare hoot their horns no matter how impatient they got. this was the scene in south africa's kruger national park as four large male lions strolled along the road, apparently oblivious to the hold—up they were causing behind them. really our pride of the park aren't they? just the four out of the 1600 that are resident at this park. beautiful, beautiful. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello.

many of us have looked out on the skies like these through saturday, and rather flat and grey. the occasional help of some brightness on the horizon. skies were clear for southern and eastern scotland for a time, but the cloudis set to thicken here to the evening and overnight. with some heavy rain pounding in to the northwest of scotland. it was stay breezy throughout the evening and overnight, that could be some brief rain across eastern england through the early part of the evening. generally to the south of the uk though, a murky story, but a dry one into this morning hours of sunday. for the north much wetter. windy pretty much across the board, strong gusts for exposed parts of scotland, and a very mild night. the tempter profile shows you greens and yellows, it will be mild even by the afternoons standards at this time of year. with temperatures of eight or 9 degrees, but these are our overnight lows, as we go into sunday morning. and here's sunday, now you can see a cold—weather front sliding its way down the neck of these isoba rs on sunday. not going to deliver much

in the wake of rain really, it's a marker for some fresher air starting to come into the north of the uk. to the south, we will state mild and murky either sunday, temperatures in double figures. further north, and we are looking at closer to average figures more in the way of sunshine. strong winds again, very gusty for scotland, 45—50 mph, and showers getting carried into the north and west on the wind. and look to the far north, to scotland behind this band of showers, which is another marker for us moving into colder air. stilljust 2 degrees there, it's that colder air that will plunge its way further south, as we make our way into monday. a brief cold snap to start the new week, and then it gets briefly milder again, and then for the later part of the week ahead, it does look like we will move into a more established chillier regime. here is monday, as promised, some sunshine, a northerly breeze, lower temperatures, certainly than we've seen through the weekend. well down into single figures, and obviously the breeze just enhancing that chilly feel.

but by tuesday, the numbersjump up once again back into double figures. it will feel like a lot it has done to the weekend, but then you can see come thursday and friday, most of us are sitting with highs atjust five, six, 7 degrees, and it looks like that cooler weather could stay with us on into next weekend. hello this is bbc news with lu kwesa burak. the headlines. prison sentences of less than six months in england and wales could be scrapped, under plans being considered by the government. ministers think it could reduce over—crowding in jails and cut re—offending. two french firefighters and a spanish tourist have been killed in an explosion at a bakery in central paris. nearly 50 people were injured in the blast — ten of them seriously.

a saudi teenager who feared she would be killed by herfamily for renouncing islam has arrived in canada, where she's been offered asylum. police have arrested a man in connection with incidents in westminster earlier this week. james goddard seen here on the left was detained by officers this morning near stjames's park tube station in westminster, on suspicion of a public order offence. a number of mps have raised concerns about safety in westminster ahead of this week's vote on the prime minister's brexit deal. protesters have gathered in central london to demand a general election and an end to austerity. hundreds of demonstrators were wearing yellow vests... gold copying the yellow vests protest movement in france. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's kathy.

good evening. premier league leaders, liverpool, made sure of a seven point lead at the top of the table after a 1—0 win over brighton. mo salah scored the only goal from the penalty spot in the second half. it's a return to victory forjurgen klopp's men after back—to—back defeats in the league and fa cup. we can always do better. but i am fine. the target is to win here. it's difficult especially when no one expects us to be her. it's a nice situation for the opponent and if we get something it's a big surprise and we have to perform and deliver and so we did that. in a way thatis deliver and so we did that. in a way that is absently more than deserve. in the day's early game, 19—year—old declan rice received the man of the match award for this performance which helped west ham beat arsneal 1—0. rice's goal means west ham are now up to eighth place in the premer league while rasenal remain in fifth. ben croucher watched the game. who wants to be a west ham player?

if you believe some of the reports he wants and. the stress of the club remade assam. he was just wide of the mark. he was asked to keep them busy and although they were impressing west ham reminded of the threat arsenal post when he almost squeezed a ball and right side of the post. time for someone to hit the post. time for someone to hit the target. declan rice sponsor angles were off. but then he found the right solution. a first senior goal, handsome reward for a new contract signed and christmas. five more yea rs contract signed and christmas. five more years he will deftly enjoy being a west ham player. his job was not done yet. a disappointing afternoon for the gunners. they hope to recreate this aft —— atmosphere at the london stadium for many yea rs years to come. i think that was my

55th game today. and people keep saying to shoot. and i thought why not. i think you can see from the lads running over how much it meant to them as well for me to score. i cannot put into words on us. you can see on my face, just elated. that defeat for arsenal gives chelsea a bit of breathing space — they kicked off their game against newcastle seven minutes ago — score at stamford bridge. there were important games at the bottom of the table. fulham lost to burnley. cardiff and huddersfield played out a goalless draw that doesn't help either side. southampton's 2—1win over leicester city takes them out of the relegation zone. and watford beat crystal palace 2—1. leeds united say they will remind head coach, marcelo bielsa, "of the integrity and honesty" of the club after he admitted sending a staff member to spy on a derby county training session. bielsa said he was responsible after a man was seen outside derby's

training ground the previous day. leeds subsequently won last night's game by two goals to nil and have "formally apologised" for bielsa's pre—match conduct. the football association has said it is investigating the incident. second—tier manchester united will face women's super league leaders arsenal at home in the continental league cup semi—finals. arsenal are the current holders, while women's championship leaders united are making their debut in the competition. chelsea host manchester city in the other tie. the games will be played on the 5th and 6th of february, with the final at sheffield united's bramall lane later that month. the pick of today's ties in rugby union's champions cup saw defending champions leinster welcome toulouse to dublin. both clubs are battling to finish top of pool one and guarantee a quarterfinal spot. toulouse arrived unbeaten in europe this season but leinster were out for revenge after losing to the french club back in october. jack conan, dave karney and sean cronin set them up with the chance of a try bonus point, and adam byrne made that happen to put leinster beyond reach with a 29—13 point victory and they leapfrog toulouse to top the pool. in a great day for irish rugby,

ulster also inflicted a first european defeat of the season on racing 92 at the kingspan stadium. jacob stockdale, who got two of their tries, has now scored in all five of ulster‘s champions cup ties in this campaign, helping them to the 26—22 victory. also today, in the all—premiership clash between bath and wasps, both clubs were in search of their first win in europe this season with bath narrowly coming out on top 18—16. newcastle's hopes of reachig the quarterfinals disappeared after being thumped 45—8 by montpellier whose bonus point victory takes them to the top of pool five. but edinburgh will have something to say about that, they're hoping to return to the top of that group by beating toulon. that match has just kicked off along with scarlets against leicester. three—time grand slam champion, andy murray was back on court today warming up for what could be his last match at a grand slam on monday.

murray is preparing for the first round of the australian open following an emotional press conference where he admitted he could retire after this tournament but hopes to continue until wimbledon. whatever happens, the focus will start to turn to his successors.. joe linskey has been looking at the future of british tennis. has match on monday morning could be the last time we see him on court. so hampered by injury marie will not expect a challenge for the australian open. more realistic hopes could rest with kyle edmund britton's new number one who reached the semifinals last year. the expenses i have had with him and memories in terms of training with

him, to get to know personally, then seeing what he has done on the court, it's a very unfair question to say you have to fill the void because he is going through something like that. further down the british ranks a young player approaching the spotlight. already he has made a davis cup impact and last night he made his first tour final. at the same age of 23, murray was already a grand slam finalists and british tennis is still assessing what it was like without him. i think it looks good but no one can replace them too quickly. cameron is doing great as well. it will be a while before those shoes are filled. the dream is over for another year. the home expectations have now changed on the grass. after the waiting and he murray brought the waiting and he murray brought

the sunlight. now this sport must emerge from what he leaves behind. england's charley hull has won her second european tour title by lifting the ladies 0pen in abu dhabi by a single shot. the 22—year—old had a three under par final round of 69 to win the title which is her first victory for over two years. england's jodi ewart shadoff finished injoint third place. european 1500 metre champion, laura muir, began a busy 2019 schedule by anchoring great britain to victory in the great stirling cross country mixed relay. muir, along with fellow scot jamie williamson plus alex bell and phil sesemann never looked liked losing. europe finished second in that relay and took overall victory in the event, with great britain and noethern iterland in second overall with the united states in third. —— and northern ireland. the team set it up great for me and i had to be strong and finish up that last leg. i am i had to be strong and finish up that last leg. iam happy i had to be strong and finish up that last leg. i am happy to continue my winning streak and the teams in general did great as well.

a few people from around my high school watching, i just love racing at home. a great outcome today. amir khan has agreed a deal to face undefeated wbo world welterweight champion terence crawford. the fight is expected to take place on april the 20th in either new york or las vegas. it'll be khan's first contest since his unanimous points win over samuel vargas in september. he faces a tough task against crawford, who is considered to be one of the best pound—for—pound fighters in the world. the news will be a blow to his long—time domestic rival kell brook, who had hoped to finally face khan this year. there was a dramatic second race in the formula e season in morocco with jerome d'ambrosio taking the victory. team—mates antonio felix de costa and britain's alexander sims collided with ten minutes remaining handing the lead to d'ambrosio who held off a late charge from robert frins and sam bird to take the lead in the formula e championship. australia have beaten india by 34 runs in the first one day international in sydney. the hosts reached 288

for five from their 50 overs after winning the toss. peter handscomb top scored with 73 for austrlaia and there were also half centuries for usman khawaja and shaun marsh. rohit sharma hit 133 off 129 balls as india tried to stay in the contest. it was also a landmark day for ms dhoni who became only the fifth indian player to go past the ten thousand 0di runs landmark. despite that little piece of history, india could only reach 254 for nine. australia take a 1—0 lead in the three—match series. britain's elise christie has won a silver medal in the 1500 metres at the european short track championships in the netherlands. it's the first time she's raced in an individual competition since injuring her ankle at the winter olympics in pyeongchang last year. christie returns to action in the 1,000 metres tomorrow. that's all the sport for now. chelsea are 1—0 up over newcastle

after eight minutes at that game. plenty more for you at 6:30 p:m.. are you all right? that wasn't me. it was somebody else. hopefully they are ok. now on bbc news — at least eight men have killed themselves in the uk after being exposed online by so—called paedophile hunters. but what's it like for those left behind after these suicides — with no police investigation or even a chance to talk to their relatives who've been accused online? catrin nye has been meeting the people who have lived through this. hello, mate. over here.