british number one johanna konta will be there — despite a knee problem.rn from injury. from melbourne, here's our tennis correspondent russel fuller. the news andy murray is not unexpected. no australian open and 110w unexpected. no australian open and now we know he will not play indoors in february in either not palliate 01’ in february in either not palliate or write it down. it may concern here is that if this pelvic bone bruise is related to his hip surgery which he had this time last year, which he had this time last year, which seems entirely possible, it may not be quite such a straightforward problem to fix. he doesn't appear to be spending with some of the tennis court at all at the moment, more jim some of the tennis court at all at the moment, morejim work in gogo which is that him and good stead throughout his career. as for you had a cot to come she says that her injury and the injury that plagued her last year is manageable for a johanna konta. it is not acute and she is ready to go at the shrugging open but she has said she will not play f

selling british players in the singles draw, david, kyle edmund, dan evans and johanna konta are playing their chances?” opening day, in theory, theory, how do you like their chances? i think evansis do you like their chances? i think evans is looking good, we had a chance to speak to him yesterday, a really good frame of mind. he was talking about how things are different now he is british number one, he is playing players rightly lower than him so there are different expectation. tim henman has been giving him some stick about his white, all very light—heartedly, evansis his white, all very light—heartedly, evans is taking it on the chin and seems to really believe in himself as he comes into the tournament. i think there is less eviction around johanna konta because she has been carrying a niggling knee injury. this tournament does throw up surprises, the member kyle edmund a couple of years ago? maybe one of those players can have a run this week. we are infecting many

selling british players in the singles draw, david, kyle edmund, dan evans and johanna konta are playing on the opening day, in theory, theory, how do you like their chances?” opening day, in theory, theory, how do you like their chances? i think evansis do you like their chances? i think evans is looking good, we had a chance to speak to him yesterday, a really good frame of mind. he was talking about how things are different now he is british number one, he is playing players rightly lower than him so there are different expectation. tim henman has been giving him some stick about his white, all very light—heartedly, evansis his white, all very light—heartedly, evans is taking it on the chin and seems to really believe in himself as he comes into the tournament. i think there is less eviction around johanna konta because she has been carrying a niggling knee injury. this tournament does throw up surprises, the member kyle edmund a couple of years ago? maybe one of those players can have a run this week. we are infecting many surprises stop venus williams is chasing history, a record—br

|j bolter, and from a semi finalist johanna konta are all out.he end, i just try to keep to myself to stay composed and say aggressive. keep doing what you are doing hopefully you get an opportunity i was committed to my game plan and... it helped i was composed in fighting for every ball and i think i did very well. another phoney semi finalists, and mend is also out losing its racist to the serbian. it's his fourth first—round exit in six appearances in melbourne and he admitted afterwards that he has a lot to learn from it. and that is all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello, what ones are look ahead what the papers are bringing us tomorrow. with me this evening —— this indicate angers and economic correspondent from spectator 0n indicate angers and economic correspondent from spectator on that and polly mckenzie. some, not many but some of the front pages are in. was look at the metro. this picture of president trump and gratitude berg on the front page. two pictures they were not head—to—head there. and that fiery is str

now to something cooking in johanna's fish if sends us on to a brings the mouse a cultural favor off his yeovil south and from the streets to the plate. yeah a lot of my name is on the sound of the fanatic underneath through my city city of johnny's back johansson is back and so they call it is the mandela bridge it's a wonderful city incredible space just like my cooking it will take you places. in the 150 years ago the gold rush times johannesburg from a ruled backwater into the african metropolis you see today some something really is known all over town he's lived here all his life so he knows how to navigate the concrete jungle and how to catch the biggest fish the multicultural suburb of you really is he's home tough long after the gold dust has settled people are still flocking to this part of the city from all over the continent. coming out. this year was based upon the war history this tells the story of europe the overcrowding the fuel the just crazy to find a place to stay what you're going to play to connect to a lot of parts of the feet you know and then this group it is

british number one johanna ctrl will not play again before the first major of the tennis calendar. week's adelaide international as a precaution — she's been managing a knee problem for much of the past year. maria sharapova's been given a wild card to play in the tournament. she said it felt like a second—tier event. prince harry will host the 2021 rugby league world cup draw at buckingham palace next week. as patron, the duke of sussex presented the challenge cup trophy to winners warrington at wembley stadium last season. the draw will also be streamed on the royal family's social media accounts. celebrations may be short lived as news emerges ofjames anderson has been ruled out of the final test with a side strain. what has happened and what will it mean for england? bad news for england and anderson. he thought he was in some problem in the second innings. he seemed to be in some discomfort with his side. he didn't do much building and that mri scan is turned up a left rib injury. it will keep him out for between six to eight weeks. that is the whole of the south africa tour a

she's produced unbelievable results, knocking out caroline garcia, caroline wozniacki, and johanna kontabritish hope the opening round. a great result from sophia kenin. she knocked out the seeded 15—year—old player coco gauffe. she came through in straight sets. ons jabour is the furthest an african player has been in the women's singles. a remarkable story for her but sophia kenin is through, and herfirst for her but sophia kenin is through, and her first grand for her but sophia kenin is through, and herfirst grand slam semifinal. so much look forward to and in the next 20 minutes, an absolute belter. they talk about the barty party. how big is it going to be? it is all about the barty party. we have seen loads of people storming in here in preparation for that match to come little bit later on. it will not be easy for her against petra kvitova. a two—time grand slam champion. remember ash barty has only won one. it isa remember ash barty has only won one. it is a different story playing in melbourne. ash barty, the home favourite, there's been huge support for her, and she has carrie

johanna konta's out of the brisbane internataional after losing in three sets to ba rbora strycova.number one seed wesley harms survived a scare to progress to the third round of the bdo world championship. the dutchman was taken to a decider by sweden's andreas harrison before winning the match 3—2. india have submitted a proposal to host the commonwealth shooting and archery events in 2022 even though the games will be hosted by birmingham. both sports were dropped by birmingham to make way for other events. india, who have enjoyed great recent sucess in shooting, had initially threatened to boycott the games. they have offered to pay for the cost of staging the two events and the commonwealth games federation will consider the proposal in the coming weeks. now let's return to the fa cup, and sheffield united's win over fylde yesterday. one of the officials fell ill at half time. an appeal was put out over the tannoy asking if anyone in the stands could help. step up 19—year—old united fan and qualified referee, tyler machin, who carried out fourth official duties in the second ha

johanna konta's out of the brisbane internataional after losing in straight sets to ba rbora strycovares for the australian open later this month. the number one seed wesley harms survived a scare to progress to the third round of the bdo world championship. he was taken to a decider by sweden's andreas harrison before winning the set by four legs to two. on to the nfl after a wild—card weekend that delivered on its name — setting up a divisional round for next weekend that looks very different than most people predicted. austin halewood is here to take us through the action. plenty of surprises — the biggest of all coming in new england. now, many casual fans of american football will know the new england patriots and their star player tom brady. they've been the most succesful team over the last decade, with brady perhaps the best quarter—back of all time. their stadium in foxborough has been the home of all of that but the patriots won't be going any further this season. the six—time super bowl champions were beaten on home soil by the tennesse titans. so brady won't be heading to

the panel's back johanna mascara, jason meister, daniel turner. daniel start with you.d he was paralyzed watching bernie and liz fight. i think it's pretty great. i'm surprised taken this long. >> i am surprised how vicious this has gotten, but i will say this, elizabeth warren is a pathological liar and all of her lies are to enact a sense of victim about her. she lied about being native american she lied about being fired for being pregnant, she lied about her father began chatter, she lied about her father big janitor. you can say things about sanders but he has been crazy consistently for 30, 40, 50 years. he is not a liar. kennedy: that's also the point that michael moore made of the is anyone is ever talk to bernie knows he didn't say this. why do people automatically believe bernie? >> i think he is consistent for 40 years. he hasn't been a liar or serial liar like elizabeth warren. but i think with the better point i'd like to make is this is the advantage of being the incumbent president. letting them stab each other the back while the iowa caucuses around the

kyle edmund and dan evans, johanna konta also playing, thatis evans, johanna konta also playing, that will cause a headache for the organisers over the opening few days. stuart bingham leads ali carter 5—3 at the master snooker final. a remarkable yellow in the eighth frame. this is the first masters final for both men, play resumes at seven o'clock, you can watch a live on bbc two from then. that is all your support for now. tests. after agreement on how they will step back from royal duties. the queen was at church near sandringham today, having said she hoped the sussexes would now be able to to build a happy new life. they'll continue with private charitable causes, but no longer represent the queen or receive public funding. pushing for peace in libya — world leaders meet amid fears it could become another syria. after the fires — the hail in the australian state of victoria. relegated for rule breaking — defending champions saracens push for a place in the european cup quarterfinals. good afternoon. the duke and duchess of sussex are able to begin establishing the details of how

johanna went out today. and looking at the weather it is matt.ersary of the plane crash in which he and the pilot died. ‘we‘re asking you to act as if you love your children more than anything else‘ the words of greta thunberg as she challenged global leaders at the world economic forum in davos. their inaction, she said, is fuelling the flames of climate change. farfrom being on the defensive, president trump launched a stinging attack on environmentalists, rejecting those he called prophets of doom whose predictions had been wrong for decades. it‘s a time for optimism, he said, not pessimism. our diplomatic correspondent james robbins sent this report. getting away from it all... donald trump has flown over 4000 miles from washington to the alpine heights of davos, hoping to look more like a president on the world stage, less like a defendant back home. he‘s treading carefully on all the ice and snow. any fall here would look terrible. but will this gathering of the world economic forum, 5000 feet up in switzerland, give an embattled president

i british 11 johanna konta has pulled at the next week's adelaide international, she has been nursingin for the still open. i will be back for more after 5:30pm. the new president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, has held talks in downing street with the prime minsiter. prospects for a future trade deal between britain and the eu are thought to have been high on the agenda. mrs von der leyen has pledged to strive for a close relationship with britain after brexit. but she said there could be no compromise on upholding the integrity of the eu's single market and customs union. let's cross now to downing street, our chief political correspondent vicki young is there. ursula vicki young is there. von der leyen is the new woman ursula von der leyen is the new woman that boris johnson ursula von der leyen is the new woman that borisjohnson has to do business with, taking overfrom jean—claude juncker. she was business with, taking overfrom jean—claudejuncker. she was talking pretty tough today. this meeting was described as an introductory meeting between the two. earlier u

in tennis, britain's top ranked female player, johanna konta, has been knocked out of the australiansets. in the men's draw, fellow brit kyle edmund was also beaten. let's speak to the bbc‘s john watson, who's in melbourne. it's not been a good day for britain? or british hopes of resting on konta, the 12th seed, she has had relative success here reaching the semifinals, atop much. it was i was going to be difficult so we got to be honest because she has struggled with an injury at the back end of last year and that has affected things. is only played one tournament coming into this season. she is fairly realistic at her chance this year but we know her pedigree and officer when it comes to british hopes you always pin them on the likes of konta now and the absence of andy murray in the men's signal —— singles. and of course, now with no andy murray as i was saying it would all hinge on dan eva ns, saying it would all hinge on dan evans, the only british player and the second round, there was the rain which came down which meant his match could only be concluded today. whoever strugg

johanna konta will not play for britain in the fed cup, she has been struggling with a knee injury and. i will be back with more after half past. is your workplace neuro diverse? more and more employers are trying to attract people with neurodiversity, the intelligence agency gchq has been doing so for many years. and a major record label has produced a book aimed at making the working environment more inclusive. chichi izundu has more. that these goggles on, they will turn your world upside down. can you see? yes. now shake my hand. people see the world differently. something universal music uk picked up on when discussing diversity in the workplace, especially neurodiversity, which refers to people with adhd, dyspraxia, dyslexia and the autism spectrum. the record label wanted a guide on how to talk about neurodiversity in the workplace but, when they couldn't find one, they made one. to help support our existing staff and also to try and reach out to all of that untapped talent out there, that's why we're doing it. you know, there are brilliant folks out there that we've already spo

johanna konta has she will not play again before the australian open later this month. precious to him and the players. a proposal to reduce tests to four daysis proposal to reduce tests to four days is being discussed but that has been met with strong resistance. more on that story and a lot more in the next 15 minutes. see you then. despite the number of stories we reported about knife crime and violence last year, analysis by bbc news now shows that the number of people murdered across the uk has fallen for the first time in five years. there were 650 killings in 2019, down from 77a the year before — although killings in the capital rose for a third consecutive year. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds has more details. freeze! we have a warrant. relentless. that's how merseyside police described their battle against organised crime. in the last year, they've seized drugs, cash, guns, even hand grenades. they've been using these quad bikes to search for the weapons gangs hide in the undergrowth. and they've been persuading communities to turn against the serio

britain's johanna konta, seeded 12th for the tournament, will play tunisia's 0ns jabeur.draw, british 30th seed dan evans meets american mackenzie mcdonald. if he progresses evans could end up facing defending champion novak djokovic in the third round. british number two cameron norrie plays frenchman pierre—hugues herbert while 2018 semi—finallist kyle edmund has a tough opener against serbia's 24th seed dusan lajovic. well, the draw comes as organisers say they are confident the tournament will start and finish on time despite continuing health concerns over melbourne's air quality from bushfires. this is after british tennis player liam broady described an email sent by organisers to players about air quality as a "slap in the face". in a post on twitter, broady says it "boils his blood" to think he was made to play a qualifying match on tuesday. he goes on to question whether conditons were healthy at a time when people were being warned to keep animals indoors. 0le gunnar solskajer admits the decision to bring on striker marcus rashford in the second half of manches

dan evans and johanna konta. that is very much whether permitting.tely fine. it doesn't feel it will cause an headache for the next few days. after more than a year out conor mcgregor made his return to the ufc and it lasted all of forty seconds. it was one of the most highly anticipated comebacks with the irishman fighting donald ‘cowboy‘ cerrone in the early hours of this morning in las vegas — but after mcgregor landed a series of blows in the first round — of blows in the first round the american quite simply failed to recover. despite, his speedy win, he says he still has some things he needs to work on. that opening might have been my mind rush, a bit too eager and when i knocked him down, i may have rushed to the opening shots and had to reset, control the head, step to the site and land the stoppage close, so that would be what being out of the cage for 15 months looks like so i still hope to correct, and add and correct. ali carter will be playing in today's final at the masters snooker, after making it through for the first time. (00v)he be

british number one johanna konta will not play again before the first major of the tennis calendar —tional as a precaution — she's been managing a knee problem for much of the past year. on monday, she lost in the first round of the brisbane international. the australian open starts in melbourne on 20th january. max whitlock says he sees no reason why he cannot compete at the paris olympics in 2024, at the age of 31. britain's most successful male gymnast will defending his two gold medals in tokyo later this year — and having made his olympic debut at london 2012, he's says the passion is still strong. ifi if i can go to tokyo and then paris the olympic after that, five more yea rs, the olympic after that, five more years, that would be the dream. four olympics if i go to all of them. i think that is the target but by then i will be an old man in the sport so i'm going to have to take it year by year. obviously tokyo is the main aim at the moment we can gather in peak with the team. that's all the sport for now. from us, for now, have a good night. we are serving up a full menu, fro

meanwhile, two former semi finalists are both out in 12th seed johanna konta and kyle edmund.on in melbourne park. it should look like an upset on the face of it forjohanna konta but when you consider the way her preparations have been hampered coming into the tournament this year, she only played one tournament in the lead up since she lost in the last 16 of the us open because of that troublesome knee injury. arguably it was always going to be tough forjohanna konta coming into the australian open and so it proved as she lost to a player ranked considerably lower than her in the women's rankings. i knew going into the match that i was going to not feel my best or not see the ball my best, not have the match tightness we love to have as competitors, but it definitely didn't discourage me from doing the best i could out there today. it definitely wasn't enough. huge disappointment as well for kyle edmund. he was up in his match reading in the first set yesterday before rain stopped play. it meant he had to come back and had no answer as he looked troubled out on court losing i

that rain also meant the women's british number one, johanna konta, didn't even make it on to court.in, new season, new grand slam, same result for 15—year—old coco gauff, who beat the seven time grand slam champion venus williams just as she did at wimbledon, and she did it again in straight sets, this time 7—6, 7—3. my mission is to be the greatest, that is my goal, to win as many grand slams as possible. for today, my mission was to win. and i didn't want to let the nerves to come to me. i knew i had a couple of set points as she played it well, so i knew i had to take it from her. she wasn't going to give it to me. so, that was really the mission. i think today has been the best match so far i've played this year, and i was a lot more focused, and, yeah, today really showed what i've worked on on my off—season. and you can follow all the action in melbourne on the bbc sport website but that is all your sport from now. from all the team here, good night. monday brought brilliant blue skies for much of the uk and hopefully make the most of that. the story of the next few days is a

johanna konta has been struggling with injury, out of the brisbane international early during the weeke a concern for her. she has been managing that for the best part of a year. it did not affect in grand slams last year at all. she pulled out in adelaide for precautionary reasons. she is due to practice in melbourne from sunday so a full week of practice in front of her. i think she will play the australian open but it is something that will perhaps be an issue for her going forwards. i do not think the lack of matches going to the australian open is a big concern. she is someone who can perform in the big events these days, irrespective of how the build—up has gone, as we saw in 2019. at the sharp end of the tournament, are we going to be talking about the same players in the men's and women's side of the draw that we have been talking about for the last 15 years? in the men's game, probably. fascinating to think that if rafa nadal wins the title he draws level with roger federer on 20 grand slams each. novak djokovic still in the mix with 16. maybe someone can spring an upset and e

not great news for the rest, cameron norrie, johanna konta and kyle edmund are all out.re in samples. the doping agency said they will test all athletes who trained with alberto salazar. mo farah tweeted to say well the anti—doping agency could test any of his samples any time. and that is all your support for now. hello, i started this week on a su btle hello, i started this week on a subtle note with sunshine across england, wales and eastern scotland. it has all been down to high pressure. high pressure is still here through wednesday, but we will see subtle changes where we are losing the cooler, blue air and importing something less cold off the atlantic. you can see the orange and yellow colours. today it will be largely dry thanks to high pressure, but because we have more moisture in the air it will be cloudy. across england and wales will see more cloud. best of the brightness will be eastern scotland. there may be the bright spell further south, but leaden skies are missed and work around and wins will be light and there will be nothing to stir up the air. buta

johanna konta has pulled out of next week s adelaide international as she prepares for this month's australianaging a knee problem for much of the past year. on monday, she lost in the first round in brisbane. max whitlock says the tokyo olympics won't be his last. the 26—year—old will defend the two titles he won at the 2016 rio games in japan later this year. he says there's no reason why he can't still be competing in 2024, as long as body allows him. ifi if i can go to tokyo and then paris, so if i can go to tokyo and then paris, so five more years that would be the dream which would be four olympics ifigo to dream which would be four olympics if i go to all of them. i think that is the target but by then i will be an old man in the sport sol is the target but by then i will be an old man in the sport so i will have to take my time, take it year by year, obviously tokyo is the main aim at the moment and hopefully we can go there with the team. an old man? i don't think so. and a lovely story from the bdo darts last night. this is leighton bennett making history as the youngest player to ta

battle against relegation now futile 7 englands cricketer‘s are on top in south africa we hear from johannashe will play at the australian open but won't be playing for great britain in the fed cup. also coming up in the programme: can the roses get their revenge? every match against new zealand coming up this weekend. conor mcgregor is back after 15 months away from the octagon. hello and welcome to sportsday. evening, last year, after an eight—month investigation, premiership rugby found that saracens had broken the salary cap regulations over three seasons, a period in which they twice became premiership and european champions. they were fined £5 million and docked 35 points in november. the chairman and owner nigel wray accepted the punishment, eventually, and insisted that they were complying strictly with the regulations this season, but he stood down a few weeks ago and there is pressure on the club to prove that they haven't broken the cap again. it's understood that they will be relegated. we thought we had that hammer blow last november but here we go again. they are in a dark pla

ash is australia's, three british players, including dan evans and johanna konta.ely fine, doesn't look cricket will cause a headache for the organisers in the opening few days. the ufc‘s conor mcgregor made his return to the octagon in style, beating his opponent donald cowboy cerrone in 40 seconds flat. the knockout victory in vegas was his first fight since losing to khabib nurmagomedov in october 2018 and mcgregor now says a rematch with the russian is "inevitable". despite his stunning win overnight, the irishman says he still has some work to do. that opening might have been my ring rust so to speak, you know, because a little bit too eager and then when i did knock him down, i may have rushed the opening shots and then i reset, control the head, step to the side and land the stoppage blows, so that would be what being out of the cage for 15 months looks like. so, there's still work to be done, we correct, we add and correct and move on. the masters snooker final is under way. stuart bingham against ali carter — they're still in the opening frame. you can fol

johanna konta's out of the brisbane internataional tennis, as she prepares for the australian 0pen laterround in straight sets to barbora strycova — a player who konta's failed to beat in their three previos meetings including in the quarter finals of wimbledon last year. konta has been struggling with a knee injury, which she'll want to improve before melbourne. more from the bbc sports centre throughout the day. thank you very much. let's get more now on our top story — huge crowds have gathered in tehran as the country prepares for the funeral of general qasem soleimani. the senior iranian commander was assassinated in a us drone strike last week. it comes as president trump has said he'll impose harsh sanctions on iraq if the government there tries to make american forces leave. oil prices have risen since friday, in response to tension in the region. earlier we spoke to our business correspondent dominic o'connell. oil prices are up 4% on friday. if you if you look at the brink crude index, which is one that's most followed in the uk, then overnight in asia, last night, they were up

johanna konta, the third british player due to be out in court today, but again rain forced the cancellationhe outside courts. they should return tomorrow. they will be backin should return tomorrow. they will be back in action alongside five other british players who will be hoping the rain subsides tomorrow and they will get the chance to book their place in the second round alongside dan evans. some impressive victories again today. not least from coco gauff, who knocked out venus williams, as he did at wimbledon last summer. serena williams and so —— roger federer made it business as usual. john watson. england head coach eddiejones has john watson. england head coach eddie jones has named john watson. england head coach eddiejones has named eight uncapped players in his 3a man squad for the six nations. 0ne players in his 3a man squad for the six nations. one player likely to miss out is billy vunipola. he broke his arm during saracens win over racing 92 yesterday. it is the fourth time in two years he has broken his arm. england have finished second last year. they open this year's tou

massive shame we will not see her rubbing shoulders with the likes of serena williams in melbourne. johannanext week as well? the knee problems are a concern for her. she has been managing that for the best pa rt she has been managing that for the best part of the year. it did not affect in grand slams last year at all. she pulled out in adelaide for precautionary reasons. she is due to practice in melbourne from sunday so i week of practice in of her. i think she will play the australian open but it is something that will perhaps be an issue for her going forwards. i do not think the lack of match is going to the australian open isa match is going to the australian open is a big concern. she is someone open is a big concern. she is someone who can perform in the big events these days, irrespective of how the build—up has gone, as we saw in 2019. at the sharp end of the tournament, are we going to be talking about the same players in the men‘s and women‘s side of the draw that we have been talking about for the last 15 years? in the men's game, probably. fascinating to think that if rafa na

that includes johanna konta, but she's had very limited preparations, the british number one has onlyurnment since the us open in september as she manages a knee problem. because of that she says she won't play in the fed cup this year. it's a tough decision to make because the fed cup is something that has always been very close to my heart and i have had some incredible experiences in my career so far and i am definitely looking to have some more but for this season, because it is an olympic season as well, ijust need to take care of my body and make some decisions that are not always easy but hopefully it will help me have the longevity that i want. just as well—placed as he looks for his first victory on tour in a year. he was eight under par at the singapore open. two shots off the top of the middle. that is all the sport for now, don't forget on the bbc sports website you can follow the quarterfinals at the masters at alexandra palace, one of the triple crown events. it is maguire against gilbert at the moment. so, you can follow that across the bbc. we will be back with more an

sabrina johannas. >> i'm scared. i don't know what to expect. get some training along the way but you never know what to expect, it's a quick turnaround and they won't hear from their spouse for a few days while they're in transition. a lot of it is we're scared and we need someone there to talk to. >> and her organization initially started out as trying to help families take holiday photos to send to their loved ones away from home. now she's finding herself having to coordinate some social events, to really bring these families together in a difficult time. what's also interesting is that over the last few days for the first time she's experiencing a lot of parents of solid soldiers reaching out to their group, because they're more extended family not exactly in the loop of what's going on. a lot of relatives all across the country are looking for answers and many of the families do not know how long it will be until they see their loved ones again, fred. >> tough times, indeed. natasha chen, thank you so much. >>> president trump tweets that

joining me for press advance for obama, johanna masca, fox news contributor deneen borelli. good look. >> i wouldn't be surprised if the conversations are happening behind closed doors, people asked me that question behind closed doors. someone said. neil: charles: what conversation? >> the conversation whether a woman could be elected president. someone said to me, don't you think mayor pete being elected president would open it up for women? i'm like i'm sorry, you're telling me that america is more sexist than we are homophobic, than we are racist? i don't think that benefits anyone. charles: is anyone talking about merit? anyone calling up who deserves to be president of the united states based on merit? >> absolutely. that is the conversation that matters, is the issues. and i do think it is very important that women have a seat at table. because we produce the only thing that is most important to capitalism, which is human capital. uniquely qualified for that job. i think women have to have a seat at table, talking about policies. but i don't think the conversation isn

johanna konta's out of the brisbane internataional — that's all the sport for now.two of his accusers — in all more than 80 women have made allegations of sexual misconduct against him. he has pleaded not guilty, as nick bryant reports from new york. if hollywood were to stage the trial of harvey weinstein, maybe it would look something like this. the once all—powerful movie mogul looking feeble and using a walking frame as he appeared at a manhattan court house in december ahead of his criminal trial. weinstein has been charged with raping a woman in a new york hotel room in 2013 and sexually assaulting another woman in 2006. he has repeatedly denied all allegations of non—consensual sex. just because a woman makes a claim does not mean that it is true and just because mr weinstein is accused of a crime does not mean he is guilty. some of the biggest names in hollywood have accused him of harassment and assault — angelina jolie, gwyneth paltrow, and ashleyjudd among them. writerjasmine lobe is also one of the silence breakers who has accused weinstein of sexual ass

he lives in williamsburg with his wife johanna, and please welcome we join me in welcoming ryan quint. >> well, thank you. how is everyone doing? yeah. everybody excited to be here? >> yeah. >> good. it would not be a great answer if you said no, because we are five minutes into the program. awesome to see you and great to see some not so familiar faces. i was so excited when the program was announced with the forgotten battles of the civil war. and so my book was in 2017 and then the question was what's next? at the time i worked at the s s slosingberg park. and so when you look into some of the battles the smaller they are, the easier they are to be forgott forgotten, and i then found dranesville that i have been working on and hope the make a book out of it. so, polling the audience. has anyone heard of the battle of dranesville? okay. second question, do you know where it is on a map? okay. less hands and good number. so let's figure that out in the beginning. it helps to turn it on. okay. first things first. where is the town of dranesville. dranesville is 15 miles east of leesbe

that includes johanna konta, but she's had very limited preparations. tough decision to make because that copy something that has a lwa ys because that copy something that has always been very close to my heart andi always been very close to my heart and i have had some incredible experiences in my career, am definitely looking to have some more but for the season, because it is an 0lympic season as well, i just but for the season, because it is an 0lympic season as well, ijust need to ta ke 0lympic season as well, ijust need to take care of my body. and make something decisions that are not a lwa ys something decisions that are not always easy but will hopefully help have the longevity that i want. that's all the sport for now. england 363—6. i'll have more for you in the next hour. glasgow recently became the first city in the uk to pledge to become carbon neutral over the next 20 years. it will mean radically cutting harmful emissions and planting enough trees to absorb the carbon in any remaining fumes. it comes as the city prepares to host an inter

the women's british number one johanna konta didn't even make it on the court.on, no grand slam for coco gauff who beat venus williams just as she did at wimbledon. she did it again in straight sets, this time 6-6, 6-3. and the again in straight sets, this time 6—6, 6—3. and the tournament favourites have started well. naomi 0saka favourites have started well. naomi 0sa ka and favourites have started well. naomi osaka and ash barty and serena williams are threw as is djokovic and federer. iwill williams are threw as is djokovic and federer. i will have more for you in sports day at 10.30. the director general of the bbc lord hall is said he is standing down after seven year, he said he wanted his successor to be able to lead it through a formal review in two years time. let us talk to our media editor who is here with me now. quite a surprise he is going? editor who is here with me now. quite a surprise he is going7m was. i spoke to a friend of his this morning and the expectation among his social circle and senior directors was he would stick round until 2022 w

britain's johanna konta will play tunisia's ons jabeur. facing defending champion, novak djokovic in the third round. british number two, cameron norrie plays frenchman pierre—hugues herbert. while 2018 semi—finalist, kyle edmund has a tough opener against serbia's dusan lajovic. another draw has been held today, this time for the rugby league world cup which will be held in england next year. the duke of sussex conducted the draw at buckingham palace, alongside former england internationaljason robinson and britain's most decorated female olympian and current chair of uk sport dame katherine grainger. england have been drawn in group a. scotland are in group b alongside defending champions australia. ireland have been drawn alongside new zealand in group c, while tonga are among the sides wales will face in group d. conor mcgregor is back and says he's even better than when he last fought in mixed martial arts — this ahead of his return to the ufc this weekend. mcgregor faces donald cerrone in his first fight in 15 months — that takes pla

let's hear from johanna konta and that disappointment. she is fairly pragmatic.ot have that much tightness that we all love to have as competitors. it definitely didn't discourage me from doing the best i could out there today. it definitely wasn't enough. also, not the best day for kyle edmund, what happened there? it was all going so well for kyle edmund yesterday. a break—up in his match before the rain curtailed things. they had to return today and it fell apart for kyle edmund, bitterly disappointing for him as he lost in straight sets. he has pedigree here at the australian open. the former semifinalist here. that came back in 2018. since that run he has failed to kick on from that. a big disappointment for kyle edmund. todayjust wasn't quite my best. he was playing some very good tennis. i lost three straight sets but it was reasonably tight. broke down in the second, break back. always fighting but just couldn't get ahead in the match. after all that bad news, give us something to look forward to! we still have some bricks to come stop we won't be saying

that includes number one johanna konta, who's confirmed she won't by playing for great britain in thisecision to make because fed cup is something that has been very close to my heart, and i've had some incredible experiences in my career so far some incredible experiences in my careerso far in some incredible experiences in my career so far in fed cup and i am looking to hopefully have some more, but for this season, because it is an olympic season as well, ijust need to take care of my body and make some decisions that are not a lwa ys make some decisions that are not always easy but hopefully will help me have the longevity that i want. there was controversy at the masters snooker, as ali carter scrapped his way to a surprise win over the two—time champion john higgins at ally pally last night. the referee called a foul shot when carter missed the yellow — he insisted he'd hit it, though, and she overturned her decision, but the replay showed the balls didn't touch. there's no suggestion of dishonesty on carter's part. he went on to win 6—3 to reach the semi—finals, where he'll play

monitoring air quality because of the wildfires and could stop matches if it's deemed to be harmful johannat sets to ba rbora strycova. konta has been struggling with a knee injury of late. footabll — italy has resumed after their winter break, a matches yesterday and 6 today, including he return of zlatan ibrahimovic at ac milan. he helped them to their last league tile 9 years ago and has signed a six month deal to try and get them moving up the table. milan fans are happy to have him in their city. welcome back ibra the message in the san siro as they faced sampdoria. they drew 0—0. meanwhile, another footballing icon cristiano ronaldo scored his first hat—trick in the italian league this afternoon. the former world player of the year helped juventus to a a nil win over cagliari in serie a. just the 33 to go to match his league hattrick haulfor real madrid. juventuis are top for now, but inter can move back to the top with the win later. —— with a win later. the draw for the fourth round of the fa cup will take place tonight, ahead of the final third round tie, arsenal's game against lee

disappointing few hours for british players at the australian open in melbourne, johanna konta has gonef the tournament for the very first time. she is the british number one but she lost in straight sets to tunisian player jabeur. kyle edmund is out, he reached the semifinals in melbourne two years ago but he was beaten in straight sets by 24th seed lajovic from serbia. the french world cup winner kylian mbappe says now is not the right time for a move away from paris saint germain, but he could reassess things in the summer and he's a big fan of the premier league. i should point out before we start a rumour, he isn't saying he wants to move to liverpool, he says he likes watching liverpool and they are playing like a machine at the moment. let's not start that rumour right here! stop it! it is amazing how they start! here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. good morning, everyone. today is going to be cloudier than yesterday and as we head through the rest of the week, it will be mostly cloudy, particularly as we head through wednesday and thursday with a lot of low cloud

britain's johanna konta, seeded 12th for the tournament, will play tunisia's 0ns jabeur.s herbert. while 2018 semi—finalist, kyle edmund has a tough opener against serbia's 2ath seed dusan lajovic. and another draw has been held, an important one too, as this was for the rugby league world cup which will be held in england next year. the duke of sussex conducted the draw at buckingham palace, alongside former england internationaljason robinson and britain's most decorated female 0lympian and current chair of uk sport dame katherine grainger. the hosts england have been drawn alongside samoa, france and greece in group a. defending champions australia are in group b along with fiji, scotland and italy. ireland have been drawn alongside new zealand, lebanon and jamaica in group c, while wales will face tonga, papua new guinea and the cook islands in group d. in the women's draw england will face brazil, papua new guinea and canada in the group stages. there are more details of that and the draw for the wheelchair competition all on the bbc sport website. that's all the spo

johanna konta's out of the brisbane internataional tennis as she prepares for the australian open latertruggling with a knee injury, which she'll want to improve before melbourne. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. the labour party's ruling body has agreed the rules for the upcoming leadership contest. nominations will close on january 13th. people can pay £25 to become a registered supporter, allowing them to vote in the leadership election, but aren't classed as members of the party. and the ballot will run from february 21st until april the 2nd, with the winner announced on april 4th. five mps — emily thornberry, jess phillips, sir keir starmer, clive lewis and lisa nandy — have so far entered the running. shadow business secretary rebecca long—bailey is also expected to announce her bid. let's get the thoughts of sienna rodgers — who's from the website labour list — which is supportive of, but independent from, the labour party. romney threw the timetable, is there any surprise with this?” romney threw the timetable, is there any surprise with thi