you we appreciate your time today. that is matthew joining you we appreciate your time today. that is matthewjoining us from massachusetts. the ecb have confirmed how their new format will work when it's introduced into domestic cricket in 2020. the hundred will involve eight new city—based franchises over five weeks and these are the playing conditions announced today. 100 balls per innings, change of ends after ten balls, bowler to bowl five or ten balls, 25 ball power play, tactical time—outs for bowling side. the new competition is aimed at attracting a wider audicne this to the game and the new teams will be agreed later this year. meanwhile, england have recalled sam billings and dawid malan for the three—match twenty20 series against west indies which starts next month. all—rounder ben stokes and wicketkeeperjos buttler will be rested. openerjason roy will also miss the series to return home for the birth of his first child. while the men's year is in full swing — england's women begin their 2019

with three one—day internationals against india, the first of which is in mumbai tomorrow. they'll then play three 0dis in sri lanka as part of the icc‘s women's championship from which the top four teams will qualify for the 2021 world cup. what better way to kick off a massive year with three games in india. it is a great place to play cricket. there is a chance for us to make history. there has never been a series won by an english team out here. a great opportunity for us to put that right and make some history. there are championship points on offer. we haven't played a lot of games, others have played more games. we have a trip to sri la nka more games. we have a trip to sri lanka as well. it is a really big start for us. i guess the pressure to qualify for the world cup automatically and it is going to be an exciting series and a long trip

for us as well. and you can follow it on five live sports extra. the second legs. a couple of games are at half time already. arsenal lead to— at half time already. arsenal lead to — no. that is to— one on aggregate to arsenal. they are going through but celtic, not so. they are goalless in spain. the trailing 2—0 on aggregate. you can follow those games on the bbc website and also on the radio. that is all. thank you for spending the time with us. from the team here, goodbye. ajapanese space craft will begin its descent

a japanese spacecraft has begun its descent towards an asteroid — after a three—and—a—half—year journey from earth. the hayabusa—2 will try to collect rocks from the surface of the asteroid in the first mission of its kind. samples collected by the probe will reveal whether asteroids brought water and the building blocks of life to earth. 0ur science correspondent pallab ghosh reports. like a diamond in the sky. not a star button asteroid. these pictures we re star button asteroid. these pictures were taken by the japanese spacecraft. engineers at mission control into tokyo are guiding it to the surface. it will collect rocks and bring them back to earth. the asteroid is a less than one kilometre across and is relatively close to earth. the spacecraft has been circling it since last summer and has dropped a land and to rovers onto the surface. it will soon touch the asteroid, via a pellet and then hoovered them up. and later this

year, the space craft will fire a missile at it. this will create a large crater and reveal what lies underneath the asteroid's surface. the sample collector is really a heavy duty hoover. here in steve na g e, heavy duty hoover. here in stevenage, engineers are developing a sample collector for future european mission is to an asteroid. it is important to bring material back because we can do in—depth analysis using instruments on the earth. we can use instruments the size of the room, rather than a miniature instrument. asteroids are thought to be the building blocks from which planets are made. samples collected will reveal whether they brought water and the key components needed for life to earth. 0ther brought water and the key components needed for life to earth. other bits of asteroid fall to earth, the 02 burnt from entry into the earth's atmosphere to answer this question. here is a meteorite that is similar

to the material that will be returned. we know when the solar system formed and these asteroids formed, they formed from fluffy dust material. something has happened to this along the way that has made it into ha rd this along the way that has made it into hard rock. we are interested in collecting the fluffy material, which records the early planetary information. asteroids are rich in gold, platinum and the rare elements needed for electronic devices. some estimate it contains an hundred and £40 billion worth of precious metals. —— 140 billion. companies have made videos to fund mining operations, plans that could begin within five years. asteroid mining. its an age old question ‘why do zebras have black and white stripes?‘ , naturally most suppose its some sort of camouflage but now scientists at bristol universty think they know

the real reason: it's to deter insects. jon kay is in bristol and has been finding out more here we have a voice in zebra's clothing. this is a horse called tom jones and i'm tempted to say it's not unusual to see horses dressed like this around here because bristol university have done this important research and you can explain why. why do this? we've been fascinated by the question of why zebras are stripey. there have been a lot of theories over the years and one of the ones that has been of most interest is that they might be stripey to stop flies from attacking them. what have you found by dressing up a horse as a zebra? if you dress horses up with a stripey coat like this, the number of flies that come to try to bite drops dramatically when you compare it to a black or a white rug. flies don't like stripes? they really don't like landing on stripes, so, yeah, it's a strong finding. do we know why flies don't like stripes?

we don't know exactly. we have a few ideas. it may be that they dazzle the flies as they come in to land. they have lower—resolution eyes so don't see the stripes until they are close and something puts them off in the last few moments of attack. does that mean if we were standing in stripyjumpers, we'd be less likely to get flies on us? yes, and we found that in our research. if you wear black clothing then you get bothered by flies more than if you wear stripes. terri, you are tom jones' owner. what has this research done for you as a horse breeder? it's great because they can be plagued by flies in the summer so it's fantastic for us to be able to put something on to alleviate them from problems. thank you to both of you. thank you to martin. let's have a quick inspection. looking closely at the stripes. no flies on tom jones!

those of you with a nervous disposition — or if you're scared of insects, might want to look away now. the world's biggest bee has been re—discovered, after decades thought lost to science. the giant bee — which is as long as an adult‘s thumb — was found on a little—explored indonesian island. after days of searching, wildlife experts found a single live female, which they photographed and filmed. hello. now it is time for a look at the weather. we have got some unusually warm weather to come. of the night tonight, where the winds are light across england and wales, you can see low cloud developing and we will see the mist and fog. further north, clear spells. cloud coming into northern ireland. not as cold in scotland as a last night, due to the warmth we had earlier on today. tomorrow, the mist, fog and

low cloud gets broken up across england and wales. it retreats back to the coastal areas. sunshine developing more widely. a stronger breeze and rain and drizzle at times. temperatures are 13 or 14 celsius. we can add a couple of degrees onto those. cloud in the midlands on saturday. a week weather front will bring rain into northern ireland, western scotland and over the irish sea. above average for the time of year. 14 celsius. cheering lokko we've got! come on round. welcome, welcome. fantastic. it's very nice to be here. is

you're watching beyond 100 days. from victim to offender, actorjussie smollett is accused of faking a hate crime to promote his career. police say it was a slap in the face to the city of chicago all for a publicity stunt. to the city of chicago jussie smollett is charged with falsifying a police report. the noose, the chemical attack, the racist slogans, police say it was all a hoax. this announcement today recognises that the empire actor, jussie smollet, took advantage of the pain and anger of racism to promote his career. a moment of reckoning for the catholic church as a summit on child sex abuse by priests begins at the vatican. also on the programme. an officer in the us coast guard is arrested on charges