six games and he wrapped just six games and he wrapped up just six games and he wrapped up in less than two hours. they raise wrapping it up. in the women's draw the grand slam champion provided dominant display to breeze past emma navarro as she continues her bid to win the australian open for the first time. it was a 6-1, 6-2 for the first time. it was a 6—1, 6—2 victory. she has yet to drop a set and has lost only 14 to drop a set and has lost only iii games so far in her five matches. she will face the american madison keys in the finalfour. in the american madison keys in the final four. in the wheelchair singles britain's howthey hewitt is through to the semifinals after a flawless when over his opponent from the netherlands. he teamed up with gordon reid and they progressed through to the last four in the doubles after beating the

japanese duo. cricket in england tour of india is under way with the team is due to play a five match t20 series which will be followed by 31—day internationals. the first t20 is taking place in calcutta right now in india won the toss and put england in to bat and it is the first game with brendan mcgovern in charge of the limited overs side and so far it's not gone how he would have wanted. just into the second half of the innings and england have lost six wickets. however, captainjoss buttler is fighting a lone battle for his side and he is 62 not out at the moment. england are 99—6. lewis hamilton has had his first experience of a ferrari formula i car at the teams test track. the ao—year—old seven time champion tested a 2023 car on wednesday as part of his acclimatisation with the new team. his test follows two days

of work at the ferrari factory. borussia dortmund have parted ways with head coach afterjust seven months in charge. this after tuesday's 2—i seven months in charge. this after tuesday's 2—1 defeat to bologna in the champions league. the dortmund midfielder was appointed injune last year but just was appointed injune last year butjust one win in nine matches including four straight defeats since the team returns to action after the bundesliga win pushed the club into action. dortmund are tenth in the bundesliga and a 13th in the bundesliga and a 13th in the champions league in the wake of that loss. there are another nine fixtures later on wednesday in the champions league. sporting travel to leipzig, shakhtar donetsk play host to brest in the early kick—off. a win for brest would see them go a long way to securing a top eight finish and then arsenal host dynamo zagreb and celtic will young boys to parkhead. the biggest fixture of the night sees manchester

city travel to face paris saint—germain. usa defender naomi grimmer has agreed terms tojoin chelsea on naomi grimmer has agreed terms to join chelsea on a naomi grimmer has agreed terms tojoin chelsea on a long—term dealfor a world—record deal for a world—record transfer. the fee is believed to be the most expensive transfer for a female footballer and it is in the region of $1.1 million. it exceeds $785,000 that pfc paid for zambia is rachel condon jani in february last year. it would also see the 24—year—old become the first woman's million—dollar player. that is all the sport for the moment. you can stay right up to date by heading to the bbc sport website. western officials have told the bbc that north korean troops have suffered nearly 14% casualties in the fight in the kursk region of russia.

of those, they say that around 1000 soldiers are believed to have been killed. eleven thousands troops were sent to help russia fight ukraine this is an astonishingly high figure given the approximately 11,000 troops sent to help russia fight ukraine's incursion into its territory that began in august last year. >the term "casualties" comprises those killed, wounded, missing or captured. 0ur security correspondent, frank gardner, joined me in the studio a little earlier to analyse the number of north korean fatalities. it is high. the previous number we were told, that was being bandied around in media, was 400 killed and this is a much biggerfigure. there is no way obviously that we can independently verify this but this is coming from western government officials who are adamant that the figure is accurate. so just to be clear, casualties comprises killed, wounded, missing and captured. they are saying that is 4,000 in just the short few weeks they have been there, but these 11,000 so—called storm corps troops have been sent from north korea. they are meant to be elite special forces. they are not special forces in the way that say the sas would go storming into the iranian embassy.

they are trained and paid and equipped to a better scale than ordinary north korean conscripts, but they are still basically not up to scratch and they are dying in great numbers. this is a very high price to pay for north korea. what is the plan, do we know? are these troops even going to be replaced? is there a constant stream of north korean troops arriving in russia 7 almost certainly i think they are going to have to because they can't possibly sustain this level of attrition. that is 40% gone or nearly 40% gone within less than three months. so they are either going to have to replace them or think of some other solution. but the reason they are being used by president putin is that he is determined to evict the ukrainians from the kursk salient ahead of any peace talks or ceasefire deals or armistice deals that are brought about by the new trump presidency.

kindness has been named as the uk 2024 children's word of the year. thousands of youngsters aged between six and 14 took part in the vote and oxford university press which carried out the research says it's often found that events around the world have an influence on children's choices in their language. the children's word of there is kindness. a kind act. we have come to a primary school in blackpool to reveal the most important words chosen by thousands of children across the uk and us number one is kindness. why do you think this

is the word of the year?- is the word of the year? maybe some peeple — is the word of the year? maybe some people not _ is the word of the year? maybe some people not in _ is the word of the year? maybe some people not in this - is the word of the year? maybe some people not in this school| some people not in this school but may some people around are not being nice to each other. people have to be kind, otherwise someone will get hurt — otherwise someone will get hurt. �* otherwise someone will get hurt. ~ ~ hurt. so true. are you kind? of course she _ hurt. so true. are you kind? of course she is. _ hurt. so true. are you kind? of course she is. in _ hurt. so true. are you kind? of course she is. in the _ hurt. so true. are you kind? of course she is. in the words - course she is. in the words kids choose tell a story of our times. in 2024 children's of the year was coronavirus. you must stay at home. in 2021 it was anxiety. in 2022 it was queen. in 2023 climate change. and the people behind the list think the latest word reflects awareness of current affairs and mental health. because there has — and mental health. because there has been _ and mental health. because there has been loads - and mental health. because there has been loads of - and mental health. becausel there has been loads of wars this is— there has been loads of wars this is a _ there has been loads of wars this is a kind _ there has been loads of wars this is a kind thing _ there has been loads of wars this is a kind thing to- there has been loads of wars

this is a kind thing to do. - this is a kind thing to do. shali— this is a kind thing to do. shall we _ this is a kind thing to do. shall we wave _ this is a kind thing to do. shall we wave our- this is a kind thing to do. shall we wave our kind . this is a kind thing to do. - shall we wave our kind hands? you _ shall we wave our kind hands? you teach _ shall we wave our kind hands? you teach the kids a lot about kindness. i you teach the kids a lot about kindness— kindness. i think it's important _ kindness. i think it's important for - kindness. i think it's. important for children kindness. i think it's - important for children to learn from adults about the kindness but also it's really important for adults to learn from children as well. as we know children as well. as we know children tell the truth so i think it's really important they have chosen that word this year. they have chosen that word this ear. , .., they have chosen that word this ear, , . ., ., . they have chosen that word this ear. , ,., year. kids can teach us a thing or two, year. kids can teach us a thing or two. not — year. kids can teach us a thing or two, notjust _ year. kids can teach us a thing or two, not just lessons - year. kids can teach us a thing or two, notjust lessons in - or two, notjust lessons in kindness, especially when it comes to this language of the year. comes to this language of the ear. , , , comes to this language of the ear. ,, , ,, ., so comes to this language of the | year-— so you year. skipper d. sigma. so you are going _ year. skipper d. sigma. so you are going to — year. skipper d. sigma. so you are going to educate _ year. skipper d. sigma. so you are going to educate me. - year. skipper d. sigma. so you are going to educate me. whatj are going to educate me. what does this mean? the kids it's languid of the air is sleek queen. can the grown—ups pull it off? queen. can the grown-ups pull it off? ~ , queen. can the grown-ups pull itoff? ~,,, , queen. can the grown-ups pull itoff? ~ , ,, , ,, ., queen. can the grown-ups pull itoff? ~,,, , ,, ., it off? mrs stokes, we know you can be done _ it off? mrs stokes, we know you can be done with _ it off? mrs stokes, we know you can be done with the _ it off? mrs stokes, we know you can be done with the kids. - it off? mrs stokes, we know you can be done with the kids. hit i can be done with the kids. hit

it. ~ . ~ can be done with the kids. hit it. ~ can be done with the kids. hit it. mr mackie, you are so skipper— it. mr mackie, you are so skipper the _ it. mr mackie, you are so skipper the sleigh. - it. mr mackie, you are so skipper the sleigh. the . it. mr mackie, you are so i skipper the sleigh. the lingo ma be skipper the sleigh. the lingo may be new _ skipper the sleigh. the lingo may be new and _ skipper the sleigh. the lingo may be new and evolving - skipper the sleigh. the lingo| may be new and evolving but basic foundations of kindness seem to be in fashion. there has been record snowfall on the gulf coast of the united states. they are more accustomed to tropical weather but they're experiencing icy conditions not in decades. this is galveston in texas which usually has an underage temperature of about 20 celsius in january. temperature of about 20 celsius injanuary. louisiana also issuing its first ever blizzard warning on tuesday and hundreds of flights have been cancelled. so part of the us used to sing sunshine and pantries and fun on the beaches and there is no there at the moment. to stay with us here on bbc news.

hello. after a run of quieter weather over the last few weeks, things are about to get quite stormy across the uk. the met office has already issued a number of amber warnings across parts of northern ireland, southern scotland, northern england and north wales. we could see some damaging gusts in excess of 90 miles an hour for one or two. storm eowyn is still out in the western atlantic right now. it's set to develop into that potent storm, but before it arrives, this will bring some wet and windy weather tomorrow before we see a quieter spell after some rain through today. now that rain is clearing away from eastern areas. clearer skies tonight. relatively light winds. it's a recipe for some mist and fog, particularly across some eastern parts of southern england, and some frost as well, just about anywhere. lowest temperatures minus five minus six to the grampians as we go into thursday morning.

so if you have plans for the outdoors, morning could be best, although watch out for some fog first of all, east anglia and the south east. already rain into northern ireland. batch of rain and strengthening winds will push into western scotland, wales, western parts of england during the morning, pushing its way eastwards into the afternoon. gales likely towards the west and southwest. things will brighten up here later in the day. should stay dry and bright, though, towards the far northeast of scotland. feeling cooler out there, especially with those stronger winds. but here's storm eowyn coming towards us. a beast of a storm as it pushes in towards friday. strongest the winds just on the southern flank of this low pressure. so this is where the met office have those amber warnings. it's worth noting that there will be various stages. worst of the winds in northern ireland in the morning. northern england, north wales, middle part of the day. southern scotland through the afternoon we could see winds, hills and coasts, 80—90 miles an hour, maybe a little bit more. that will cause damage and destruction. but even away from that widespread gales for many rain sweeping across southern areas quite quickly during the morning to sunshine for the afternoon.

a few showers around, but the rain will linger across parts of northern ireland, scotland and with some snow falling across the scottish mountains. it is going to be a day in which the temperatures are fairly academic, higher than we've seen through recent days, but with those strong winds it does mean it will feel much cooler than that. into saturday, the strong winds will remain across the north of scotland after quite a wild night. still some snow in the mountains here. not a bad day for many on saturday though. brighter weather with a few showers dotted here and there, but then some increased shower activity out in the west later in the day. stay tuned to the forecast.

live from london. this is bbc news. prince harry settles his trump has been _ long—running legal battle with news group newspapers over allegations of unlawful information gathering. in a monumental— information gathering. in a monumental victory - information gathering. i�*i —. monumental victory today they have admitted that the sun the flagship title for you britpop murdoch media empire has engaged in illegal practices. vindication for prince harry. the met police says there is still — the met police says there is still not _ the met police says there is still not a criminal investigation under way.

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