kobe bryant has died in a helicopter accident. the 41—year—old former la leica was one of nine people on board, including his 13—year—old daughter. —— la laker. nobody survived the crash. a short time ago nba journalistjoe morgan survived the crash. a short time ago nba journalist joe morgan told survived the crash. a short time ago nba journalistjoe morgan told me of the impact the player had on him and the impact the player had on him and the city of los angeles. kobe bryant was in my living room basically every night of the week. i watched 82 games a year for every night of the week. i watched 82 games a yearfor him, for 20 yea rs. 82 games a yearfor him, for 20 years. when i found out the news, i said, no, obviously but can't be true, there is no way. and i will say, i got incredibly emotional. it came up, it welled up inside me. 0bviously came up, it welled up inside me. obviously i didn't know him on a personal level, he played a few yea rs before i personal level, he played a few years before i was around and doing media stuff. but it hurts. it really feels like you lost part of your childhood. because he was in my living room and i watched him every game andi living room and i watched him every game and i ended up having so much respect for him in the end because of the way she played the game. it

is funny, when you watch somebody who you may be rich against, you don't want them to do so well on the court. in his last few years i gained so much respect for him. 0ver the next couple of days i think it will become more clear, but right now it is just all sadness from a sound's perspective. we talk about his performances on the court, but one of the things which endeared him to people as his personality of the court and what he has done since he finished playing. winning that best 0scar as well. he has notjust been a basketball player, he is somebody who encapsulated life in general and lifted to the full. well, i think thatis lifted to the full. well, i think that is something we need to think about as well. there is more to kobe than just about as well. there is more to kobe thanjust being about as well. there is more to kobe than just being a player. about as well. there is more to kobe thanjust being a player. he about as well. there is more to kobe than just being a player. he always had so many interests of the court and he was really starting to get into his grievance that is what makes this sad, but at 41, in the prime of his life, he had obviously had an unbelievable basketball career but there is more to life than that. and it looks like he was adjusting really well. players sometimes don't adjust so well when they don't have the game anymore. he

had his family, he was starting other businesses, obviously he was doing some of the movie stuff and tv and all those great things. he was really starting to come into his own without basketball. he didn'tjust wind five nba titles, he won a couple of olympic titles as well and numerous mvp awards. you have talked about his performances on the court and what he has done of the court. for the nba and what he has done of the court. forthe nba in and what he has done of the court. for the nba in general, and their legacy so far as what he has helped build over these past 25 years, from where they have gone and where they have gone to, what is not going to mean? yeah, i mean, just... ithink he has helped the nba move along and move forward, right? so, afterthe jordan years there was a lull. i think we tend to forget this. where the nba wasn't where it needed to be, as faras the nba wasn't where it needed to be, as far as popularity, with issues in the game. everybody was a lwa ys issues in the game. everybody was always looking for the next michael jordan. and it turned out kobe ended up jordan. and it turned out kobe ended up being that individual. his performances on the court were amazing. you know, having that last game where he just absolutely went

crazy. the games at madison square garden in new york city. play—off, clutch play—off winds, game winds against phoenix, beating boston a 7—game series in 2010. he is the closest thing to michaeljordan that we had seen. he idolised him, he had the same moves. and he was able to bring the nba back to where we wa nted bring the nba back to where we wanted it to be. i credit him quite a bit with the popularity of the nba today. i don't think that exists without kobe bryant. 15 time major winner tiger woods, who played his final round at the farmers insurance openin final round at the farmers insurance open in california, was understandably shocked when he found out. he burned so competitively hot, and desired to win stop he brought it each and every night, on both ends of the floor. not too many guys can say about, throughout nba history, he would lock up on d, he was dominant on the offensive side, but anytime he was in the game he would take on their best player. he

would take on their best player. he would shut them down for a0 minutes. that was one of the more impressive things, i think. that was one of the more impressive things, ithink. throughout that was one of the more impressive things, i think. throughout his entire career. in texas, the match between the toronto raptors and the san antonio spurs was won by the ra ptors, san antonio spurs was won by the raptors, winding down a 2a second shot clock in respect for the number that bryant played. the nba have released a statement saying that for 20 seasons, kobe bryant showed us what is possible when remarkable talent blends with an absolute devotion to winning. michaeljordan had michael jordan had distributed: michaeljordan had distributed: —— this tribute:

lets head to melbourne now, where the second week of the australian 0pen is well under way. some big matches are ongoing, and to look ahead, john watson is there. plenty of basketball fans in melbourne. what has the reaction been? yeah, as you can imagine, people waking up here this morning to the tragic news. many in shock. 0bviously here this morning to the tragic news. many in shock. obviously the tennis world reflecting those sympathies which have been shared for what we have seen unfold. we have noticed a lot of tennis players, stan wawrinka, grand slam champion, garbine muguruza wenger as well, all posting pictures of themselves with kobe bryant on social media. nick kyrgios is an action later today, a big basketball fan, iam action later today, a big basketball fan, i am sure we will see him reflecting on the terrible news before and after he takes to the court against rafael nadal in his fourth round much later on. we will talk about nick kyrgios in a moment. as you say, play is already under

way here on day eight. simona halep in action at the moment against elise mertens and other grand slam champions. simona halep now very much in control of this one. she took the first set and then co mforta bly took the first set and then comfortably took the second set as well. so, simona halep safely through to the quarter—finals. many predicting she could reach the final here this year. 6—a, 6—a was the outcome of that one. it means we will see dominic thiem in action against gael monfils, the frenchman who always puts on a show whenever he is out on court. a brilliant performer, he struggles to bring his best against dominic thiem. he has w011 best against dominic thiem. he has won all five of those meetings, from austria, many people predicting he could be one of those players to challenge the established order in the men's game, one of only two players, alongside daniil medvedev, under the age of 28, to have reached a grand slam final. but will be an intriguing matchup. as you can

imagine as well, today a lot of the news has been dominated by ash ba rty‘s news has been dominated by ash barty‘s performance yesterday, as she went past alison riske. a lot of the papers previewing that matchup between nick kyrgios and rafael nadal. it is going to be an intriguing contest, but on what was australia day yesterday national holiday today, so much to be encouraged by the performance from ash barty, and we wonder whether or not nick kyrgios canjoin in the quarter—finals. not nick kyrgios canjoin in the quarter-finals. we will see. john, thank you. two other news, liverpool face a replay against third tier shrewsbury town after the two sides drew 2—2 in their fa cup fourth round much. nick parrott was watching. liverpool has never got his team beyond the third round of the fa cup. while she can only dream of winning it, and upset is always a possibility. they knew they would a lwa ys possibility. they knew they would always be against it even before curtis jones but the always be against it even before curtisjones but the premier league leaders ahead. butjust 20 seconds

into the second half, the optimism in the shropshire hour vanished. donald love causing plenty of heartbreak as he turned the ball into his own net. a more experienced liverpool side would honourably have seen this out. it's19—year—old yes of the rootsy making just his second appearance gave shrewsbury a chance. and substitute jason cummings took it. that restored the home side's believe, and just ten minutes later, they were level. cummings again, to givejoe they were level. cummings again, to give joe and cop they were level. cummings again, to givejoe and cop a massive headache. the last thing the little manager wa nted the last thing the little manager wanted was a replay in a congested fixture list. he threw on roberto fema and mo salah, but neither star produced the magic, and on this showing, shrewsbury will be relishing that big night at mansfield. —— and field. also, it was much more straightforward victory for manchester city as they 1a-0 at victory for manchester city as they 1a—0 at home to second tier for them. gabrieljesus scored twice for them. gabrieljesus scored twice for the holders, who took advantage of

an early sending to ease into the fifth round. their neighbours manchester united 16—0 against third tier channel. juventus missed the chance to move six points clear at the top of italy's serie a after 2—1 loss to napoli. the insolvency not made it 2—02 dose of less than five minutes remaining, and despite a late cristiano ronaldo goal it was not enough to preventjust a second league defeat. this season. let's head back to our main story in the news. kobe bryant, who featured for the la la kers news. kobe bryant, who featured for the la lakers for 20 years and 15 nba championships, along with two 0lympic nba championships, along with two olympic gold medals, with the united states tea m, olympic gold medals, with the united states team, has been killed along with eight others, including his 13—year—old daughter, after the helicopter they were on trust in california. —— crashed in california. —— crashed in

california. he was just a1 years of age. hello. after a largely dry and settled week last week, things are now changing. we had some rain on many parts on sunday which cleared. clear skies during sunset. this was a stunning picture from the shetland on sunday evening. things will be turning colder over the next day or so because of the blue colours on the map showing a westerly influence. the mild area is being pushed away towards the east. a chilly start to monday morning with temperatures below freezing on the northern half of the uk, cold and rural spots with sleet and snow showers around as well. likely to bring some icy stretches to monday morning across parts of scotland, northern ireland and northern england as well. a sharp frost, watch out for some ice around first thing with sleet and snow showers. not only on the hills but down to relatively lower levels as well. further south across england and wales as well rain showers here with some sleepiness over high ground in wales. some hail and thunder the with the heaviest of the showers. a bit of dry weather around on monday for parts of east anglia, northern england to eastern scotland

as well but further south and west that is where you see the bulk of the showers and once again they will be wintry across parts of northern ireland and scotland as well. colder than recent days with temperatures around a—9 degrees on monday and quite blustery as well. that breeze picks up during monday evening, blustery through the english channel, the bristol channel for instance as well with more heavy showers rattling through as we had three monday night and on into tuesday morning. simply spells will bring us to another cold night, widespread frost and a risk of eisinger‘s for almost anywhere on tuesday, particularly for scotland, northern ireland, northern england and north wales as well. tuesday dawns on a cold night with wintry showers again in the north. sunny spells through the day. eastern scotland much

of central and east england see dry weather but more showers rattling in from the west elsewhere and a little colder once again, eight degrees on tuesday. then we have a ridge of high pressure working in from the atlantic as we head on into wednesday. that will quieten the weather down for a day or so, especially in the south. a dry day for england and wales and northern ireland tending to dry out as well. the rain until snow will put across scotland the day on wednesday. still relatively cool at this stage in the week, 7— 10 degrees but things will then turn mild and we return to double figures more widely towards the end of the week. a chilly start with snow and ice, dry through the middle of the week and then things once again turn mild and unsettled later in the week.

welcome to bbc news. our top stories: us basketball star kobe bryant, one of the game's greatest, is killed in a helicopter crash age a1. is killed in a helicopter crash age 41. it's sad to see one of a real basketball legend pass like that. but we're definitely going to remember his memory and keep his legacy alive. china reveals the coronavirus which has claimed more than 80 lives is infectious before symptoms show, making it harder to after clashes in iraq, i see a cleric tells his supporters to clear the streets to avoid an escalation —— a shia cleric. and 75 years after the liberation of auschwitz, we hear from germans who helped to save their fellowjewish citizens.