we count down to the ashes. cricket series is been stokes, eyes returned to the england side. and one of the most exciting forms one title races ever. lewis hamilton sets up a final re showdown with max for staff and we start with arab words, the final round, a group games, tennessee qualified for the quarter finals, and finished a top of group b by beating the you a one mill. 17 jazz erie, with the only goal of the game on monday is syria beat to new zia in the previous round, but missed the chance to join them. in the knockouts they lost to one to mauritania . so it's the you a ye who go through in 2nd place and group b. and that means they face arab cap. host kat are in the quarters. cats are play iraq shortly. the house have already talked group a, but iraq can still get through as can bahrain and oman. let's go live now to andy richardson, who was at the al bate stadium for the cats are game. and andy, we now know cats are, will play the u. e in the quarter finals talk as for what to expect well the state today me as a counsel football association is for the national seem

the bowling here was just too good — stokes knew it — gone for 11.ictable. bairstow — lbw — given. a bowler playing in his very first test match, scott boland took over — joe root out for 28. well, that's one to celebrate — and the catcher, david warner, certainly did. england's resistance vanished. never mind making australia bat again — england couldn't even keep going until lunch. boland — six wickets for seven runs. and it was australia's future who wrapped it up — 22—year—old cameron green... oh, there we go! ..dismissing 39—year—old james anderson. 68, all out. i'm absolutely gutted. bitterly disappointed. you turn up today and you walk out to bat with ben stokes and you feel like anything's possible. er...you know, we're bitterly disappointed to find ourselves in this position. the whole mystique of the ashes is the concept of the ultimate competition. well, as the two teams shook sanitised hands, the gulf between them had never seemed so wide. joe wilson, bbc news. contrasting fortunes for both teams, the aussies building a strong test team w

ah, but ben stokes had overstepped that line — no—ball, not out. a perfect delivery, rory burns spurned the catch. oh, dear. marnus labuschagne, meanwhile, was playing with the calm assurance of a batter who is famous for calm assurance. a meticulous 74. robinson to warner, look out for ben stokes. sore knee but his hands were 0k. warner was gone for 94. very next ball, cameron green — golden duck. goodness! were england back in the match? not really. travis head smashed the ball everywhere. england's bowlers now looked injured, exhausted or incapable. look at that for a cricket shot, bang! well, their preparation was very limited but every match is an opportunity and travis head seized his — his first ashes 100 helped australia to lead of 196, a match—winning position. there are three days left, should australia need them. joe wilson, bbc news.

robinson to warner, look out for ben stokes. sore knee but his hands were 0k. warner was gone for 94. very next ball, cameron green — golden duck. goodness! were england back in the match? not really. travis head smashed the ball everywhere. england's bowlers now looked injured, exhausted or incapable. look at that for a cricket shot, bang! well, their preparation was very limited but every match is an opportunity and travis head seized his — his first ashes 100 helped australia to lead of 196, a match—winning position. there are three days left, should australia need them. joe wilson, bbc news. i think we can move swiftly the weather. he has chris fawkes. red sky in the morning? yeah, that works today. here comes the cloud streaming in off the atlantic, is where the front on the way. the front is going to be bringing outbreaks of rain ultimately but we have some slightly milder air along with this friend pushing into the far south—west of the uk, so as the rain arrives it will start to turn a bit milder whereas further north we don't really have any of that mi

we count down to the ashes. cricket series has been stokes eyes that return to the england side. and host katara make it 3 out of 3 in the era group stage is a sweet past iraq and into the quarter fun. and we'll have all the era pep action shortly. but as you heard earlier, the u. s. has announced a diplomatic boycott of next year's beijing a winter olympics. a white house says the decision is an objection to china's human rights record. athletes will be able to attend the games, but there will be no official representation. the chinese embassy in washington has called the decision a grave distortion of the olympic charter. one that will have no impact whatsoever on the successful holding of the games. in his statement the i o c pointed to a un resolution adopted last week, calling on all member states to use sports as a tool to promote peace dialogue and reconciliation and areas of conflict during the olympics. and the same an issue to al jazeera, the seo of the us olympic and paralympic committee, sarah herschel, and said, we greatly appreciate the unwavering support to the pre

for a moment, ben stokes had dismissed david warner cheaply.r was free to leap onjack leach�*s bowling, to build australia's lead, to ride his luck. england dropped this gift. rory burns the guilty fielder, sadly. rory burns! marnus labuschagne, who made 74, batted with warner, and through much of the second day's play, they demoralised england. but david warner's fortune finally ran out on 94, caught by stokes, and ollie robinson struck again with his next ball. bowled him, first ball! cameron green, golden duck. but by the close, england's bowlers seemed exhausted, injured orjust incapable of stopping travis head. look at that for a cricket shot — bang! while ben stokes nursed a painful knee, head overwhelmed an england side which had been unable to prepare adequately for the series. travis head's first ashes hundred, he'd seized the second day. australia have a 196—run lead and as much time as they need. joe wilson, bbc news. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello again. we have a big change

for a moment, ben stokes had dismissed david warner cheaply.s bowling to build australia's lead, to ride his luck. england dropped this gift. rory burns the guilty fielder, sadly. rory burns! marnus labuschagne, who made 74, batted with warner, and through much of the seconds play they demoralised england. of the second day's play they demoralised england. but david warner's fortune finally ran out on 94, caught by stokes, and ollie robinson struck again with his next ball. cameron green, golden duck. but by the close, england's bowlers seemed exhausted, injured orjust incapable of stopping travis head. look at that for a cricket shot — bang! while ben stokes nursed a painful knee, head overwhelmed an england side which had been unable to prepare adequately for the series. travis head's first ashes hundred, he'd seized the second day. australia have a 196—run lead and as much time as they need. joe wilson, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's louise lear. and she is going to bring some sunshine at last!— sunshine at last! let's not

economists say this policy is stoking the currency crisis, causing inflation to rise, and creating anc problem. ros: later in the week, the turkish central bank will be meeting. how does it line up in terms of policy compared with the president? >> what is largely expected is the rate decision will be thursday morning and it's largely expected the central bank will cut interest rates again for the fourth straight month i o percentage point. that, as we have been talking in line with president erdogan's use that he wants to keep intere rates low, we will have to wait and see. but i can tell you people on the street here are paying very close attention to what happens with the central bank this week. we have been reporting for the last few days and they tell me they watch the currency exchange rate almost as much as you and i look at the time. it's every hour, every few hours because it is constantly changing, huge fluctuations. we've seen the lira drop by most half a loss almost half its value since the start of the year. that means people's buying power has been significantly decrease

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suspect has been identified as 38 year-old clifford stokes of oakland. says he made. got reaction to this break in the case from a longtime activist in the bay area's afghan community. >> a suspect has been arrested in the investigation of the november 28 shooting death of 31 year-old that much yusufi yusufi was an afghanistan refugee working as an uber driver when he was shot during an attempted robbery while seated in his vehicle on patrol avenue in san francisco. it is. >> difficult to express our concern for the family. with the male. sometimes, you know, afghan women feel secure and again, family still secure. it is a patriarchy. so with that or with the husband gone, the father gone. i cannot imagine what this woman is experiencing this gun darby is the executive director of mills college program live by learning and activists in the bay, area's afghan community for the past 20 years. >> she says it is common for afghan refugees to find work for rideshare companies here in the u.s. even though they may be overqualified. so i'm confident. >> that this is what he

the use eastern partnership summit, russia has about a 100000 troops on its border with ukraine stoking fears of a possible invasion. germany is expelled to russian diplomats over the murder of a chechen man in berlin. after court found the crime was ordered by the kremlin, a russian citizen has been sentenced to life in prison for carrying out the murder skies above. hebron continues now a a with a with a phone call with a question a a a oh . evie b o y a with . c oh yeah, and again, i'm still doing this issues right now with fever and as was lakisha mom. mm hm. the j u a mm hm. b a b could please give me a i'm a lot so just look up. yeah. well yeah, i had been out of, i say, what i meant about maybe a little bit of thought about it a lot with a lot a lot if you had to leave, i don't, we are with in those love a hard core of the we only put up all, but i'm not a good . and she had to see somebody with a jealous. it's a bit wonder what to do with me, but i'm just not sure what the hell shapiro. my didn't shop kidding my boss. with idea, but what a. 7 iowa, i'm having hard li ahead. i'm

are really looking to do during this meeting is to try and revive the so called norma d format, p stokes. now, these are peace talks between russia and ukraine that have been broken in the past by germany and france. ukraine so far says that it would be a willing to take part in those talks, rushes indicated that it might be, but only on certain conditions and whether or not those conditions would be acceptable to the others isn't clear. i thanks so much. latasha barbara. germany's new chance of allah shalt says used his 1st speech to warn russia it will pay a high price if it invades ukraine. the obliquely decent time of the security situation . the russian ukrainian border worries us. we'll discussed it intensively if the european council and today's council of eastern relations, let me repeat in case not everyone understood what my predecessor said for any why lation to toil your integrity will have its price a high price, and we will speak with one voice on this, together with our european partners and our trans atlantic allies on dominate cane says charles has been keen to emphasize

main brokers for peace between ukraine and russia. moscow has a mass to 100000 troops on its borders stoking fears of a possible invasion. natasha butler has more from paris, both the french leader and the german leader, both expressed to ukraine and they are expected to do so in this meeting, please, and landscape that the e u has cooled on the kremlin to respect the territorial sovereignty and integrity of ukraine. and that's certainly the message that was put across by the french president, the manual micro, when he had a phone call with the russian liter vladimir putin on tuesday. but what they are really looking to do during this meeting is to try and revive the so called norma, the format piece talks. now these are piece talks between russia and ukraine that have been broken in the past by germany and france. ukraine so far says that it would be willing to take part in those talks. russia is indicated that it might be, but only on certain conditions. and whether or not those conditions would be acceptable to the others isn't clear. still had an al jazeera find out why a ship building p

but really what we store is technology stokes. what with zoom, microsoft and so on. so many parts of this world economy and everyday life has been cut off full. ready ready the overall majority of not all of us over the past one year. but there's certain things that we might have looked at as luxuries or stuff that we did in aspects. i'm like watching netflix, but it has become essential because it's been nothing else to do. so there's 2 sexes over what the act on extreme me, why and prospered in this environment is pharmaceuticals and it's technology. and i do think that we're gonna have a lot of these social distance measures are working remotely, or there's going to be a staggered return to life scale events and large scale i governs so to say, i do from the technology sector. yes, this property rights caused, but us do some gaps. hi, they can reach for the same time in the ceiling. while we say that necessity will always be the mother of invention. wanted to me last night in london. great to talk to you. thank you. thank you. for the philippines now where unfortu

jesse: why does the media try to stoke this anger in the black community? they do it to keep the african-american vote upset at the white establishment and that the system so every four years when elections come around, they are motivated to give it back to the man because the democratic party will be there to protect them against the white supremacist system. >> i live in california we just tried to recall the governor gavin newsom the l.a. times call the middle-age black man running against them , the new black face of white supremacy. meanwhile larry elder we have no power in my sister's house. my house no power. all on the day of thanksgiving that larry elder's is talking about infrastructure and the power grid. gavin newsom and the l.a. times call larry elder a racist and meanwhile the power goes out every 20 minutes that is exactly who it is. and the people in california are so dumb they vote for the guy who called him a racist calling the black person a racist rather than keeping the power on those are the two parties. >> going back, the allies that

however, ben stokes is still confident.t time on the field, it was nice to get off at the end and watch the guys but and we came off in strange circumstances, i'm not sure i have been a game cold off because of lightning but they get to turn up tomorrow under natural light which i think as you would agree is the easiest and best time to bat. tiger woods is preparing to make his comeback this weekend at the pnc championship in florida. the is—time major champion has not played competitive golf since sustaining serious injuries in a car crash in february. the 36 hole event sees major champions playing alongside their children — woods will be playing with his son charlie. they'll be paired with justin thomas and his dad mike in saturday's opening round. i'll have more for you in the next hour. let's return now to the north shropshire by—election — where the liberal democrats scored a surprise victory by taking one of the country's safest conservative seats. helen morgan overturned a tory majority of almost 23,000, declaring th

david stokes. have the action ah, the 1st ever formula one ration saudi arabia is not we'll move to get in a hurry. from the moment mc schumacher crashed on lap 10. it was almost impossible to keep up with several more incidents followed and the rate had to be reached started 3 times with the momentum constantly shifting between the title contenders . there was hamilton started on pole, but after the stoppages it was championship made up match for stepan, who found himself out in front. hamilton was quick about and he made his move only for the stepan to block him legally, ah, for staff, and was an old to to let hamilton passed. but as he slowed, hamilton went straight into the back of him damaging his front wings. ah, the mercedes garbage wasn't impressed, but both cars were able to continue abashed up and did eventually let him by. hamilton took the victory and picked up a bonus point for setting the fastest lap it means after $21.00 races. the 2 drivers are both locked on exactly the same points

importantly, allrounder ben stokes looks in decent form, hitting 42 in his first game for more than 4st an intra squad warm—up game but stokes took two wickets and then hit 6 fours in 56 balls before retiring. not so good with the other batters — captain joe root and jonny bairstow falling for first ball ducks and hameed and malan only making single figures in the first innings. england's preparations have been severely hampered by rain the football association's chief executive mark bullingham has apologised for the disorder at wembley at this year's euro 2020 final saying "many suffered a terrible experience on what should have been an historic night". his apology follows an independent report by baroness louise casey in which she calls the disorder "a day of national shame for england" adding "there was a series of very near misses which could have led to a loss of life." the report details that around two thousand people got into the england v italy game illegally, particularly through disabled and emergency entrances. the report also said there was a "collective failure" in plann

—— stoking global inflation — can beijing do anything about it?t with �*plan b', those new covid restrictions being imposed in england, in response to the sharp rise in cases of the omicron variant. from monday, employees in england are being asked to work from home wherever possible. there are currently no formal rules to work from home in wales and northern ireland, though it is encouraged, but in scotland the government also advises working from home where possible. from this friday, face coverings will need to be worn in most public venues in england, including theatres and cinemas, with some exceptions for eating ordrinking. and the nhs covid pass, also known as a vaccine passport, will become mandatory for nightclubs or other venues with large crowds. the advice in england to work from home again, after it was lifted in the summer, will have a major impact on businesses and employees, with employers�* groups calling on the government forfinancial support. our business editor simonjack reports. christmas is supposed to add a little fizz to th

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and now we have stated this during this talks the stokes and now it is a question of launching talks on crating and free trade area company. and when you finish these and we hope that unless covet prevents if something does to complete this as soon as possible. i do that is my question to you is for a share defense corporation of the major for how do you see the implementation involving implementation, especially 100 and up prospects under similar lines in the future? well that's what comes with doesn't have on the symbolic meaning. it has very important practical, meaningful in defense capability. and the situation is basically on the, on the way the deal is being implemented. we witness that it's on the bottom of the united states to undermine the school corporation. and through making a big, the american notice to follow the american vision of how this region should be should be developed. and though in france clearly firmly explained the southern country, then they will decide on whose weapons to buy and who is going to be abutment of india in this and other areas. it is confirme

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over 100,000 russian troops on the border with ukraine, stoking fears of a possible invasion. 79-year-old is supposed to be serving a sentence after defying a court. and qatar is out of fifa cup after losing to algeria. there was a late equalizer and extra time but algeria won with a penalty kick and will face tunisia in the finals on saturday. you are up to date. up next, inside story. ♪ >> longtime fs make ands. why is it happening now, and can they build trust after decades of animosity? this is inside story. ♪ hello and welcome to the program. relations between armenia and turkey have been frosty and tense, even hostile. there was a mass killing of armenians in world war i but there are a current territorial dispute with azerbaijan. but things might improve. monday, turkey announced they will appoint special envoys to normalize ties. armenia confirmed a few hours later. the u.s. welcomes the decision. ankara will coordinate steps with azerbaijan. >> i want to share some news. we have consulted with azerbaijan and soon will mutually appoint special representatives with arme

ben stokes, not surprising he features despite _ more.e so well—respected over here. any team with one of those guysin here. any team with one of those guys in immediately has the australians are slightly on their guard. having him available is a fantastic option for captainjo fantastic option for captain jo reach fantastic option for captainjo reach to fantastic option for captain jo reach to have, but fantastic option for captainjo reach to have, but and. —— captain jo root to have. both with the bat on the ball. he is that presence that you really do need whilst you are here in australia. the excitement _ are here in australia. the excitement is _ are here in australia. the excitement is building, . are here in australia. the excitement is building, evil have to compensate with the lack of the barmy army, i know you can do that no problem! thank you forjoining us. you'll find ball—by—ball commentary on test match special, plus live text commentary, features and analysis on the bbc sport website and app. i cannot promise you that you wi

biden continues to stoke fears of a so-called reunification with taiwan and continues to little or nosequence, but there is good news. as the senate has passed marco rubio's bill which will prevent the export of goods from china to the united states from regions of china using forced labor of uighur muslims. for a reaction from a security supervisor for president trump robert o'brien. ambassador, thank you for joining us tonight. there is a lot going on in the world stage, but this idea that we can do something tough to russia... look, joe biden can even protect our southern border. what makes him think he can protect taiwan, protect ukraine. can't even protect texas. >> it's great to be with you, jason. early merry christmas and happy new year to you and your viewers. we know what works in international affairs. the ronald reagan doctrine of peace through strength, that's the doctrine that president trump employed. when america looks weak to our adversaries, whether it is china attempting to rebuild its empire, russia trying to recapture the soviet empire, iran and trying to rinse it

however, spin bowlerjack leach says stokes�*s inclusion has boosted morale within the squad.e is fitting into the group lately, it is great to have him back around and he has been brilliant and he is such a team man and i think the group is only betterfor having team man and i think the group is only better for having him team man and i think the group is only betterfor having him in it and he brings experience. he really brings the boys together so that has been really good. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. the health minister gillian keegan has been giving a statement on social care. social care is a practical support you can get because of illness or disability. with your permission i would like to update the house on our plans for adult social care. today we are publishing our ambitious ten year vision for adult social care, a white paper, people at the heart of care. it is a product of years of work, not only by every level of government but many involved in the sector, including from people who give care, dra

the tv pictures disappear for a bit but then ben stokes, where has that gone? court.sion. 0llie robinson departed like this. going past 400 career test wickets during the course of the day. all dressed up with the match running out. quick, you'd better dance or something. 0k... chris works fell, england were done and they were all out by lunch. australia just needed 22 win in their second innings. normal service resuming. england down under, outplayed. we put a lot of good work in and we built up a good partnership so it was on me to make most of that opportunity. credit to australia, they were bowling in good areas. they've had four days of cricket to acclimatise, for test matches to come and for opportunities. they were still trying to see it that way. joe wilson, bbc news. a lot of work ahead perhaps for england. to rugby union now and there was a great win for leicester tigers who beat bordeaux 16—13 in france on the opening weekend of the european champions cup. leicester currently lead the english premiership with 9 wins from 9 and guy porter was first across th

ben stokes tried all sorts of shots. this was the last one, gone for 25., presumably, but got nowhere near it. there is a fielder, that's the catch. jonny bairstow was surprised on 35 and england were soon 185 all out. normal service resumed. could england even summon a gust of optimism? australia reached 61—1 in reply. david warner dismissed. the final ball was almost another wicket. but every almost must be a success when you are in this kind of mess. joe wilson, bbc news. as you saw, jonny bairstow at least offered some resistance, but they'll need a huge all round improvement to get the win they need. we have to get a bit stronger and tougher with our dismissals. we know that we have spoken about that and that we have spoken about that and that has just been honesty with ourselves. we need to keep doing that, we saw in the second innings at adelaide that we batted for a period of time and put a lot on each of our wickets and when it comes to the second innings that is what we have to do. you saw that pat cummins and nathon lyon did most of the damage w

we don't know whether ben stokes will be fit enough, but england are used to, i am afraid, not playingt that australia hold the ashes means it is more difficult to come back from one behind to win them, but this match now has to be used really as preparation and the batsmen have got to get something out of tomorrow. england will almost certainly lose the game, but i want to see the english fight and the batsmen get in and make the most of what is effectively practice for them, to go into adelaide and they have got to hit the ground running there and try to level things up. jonathan and henry are part of the bbc test match special team, providing ball—by—ball commentary. they'll be live from 11:30pm tonight with full coverage of day three. plus, there's live text commentary, features, and analysis on the bbc sport website and app. we've all heard about changes in covid rules across the country because of the new variant. well, football fans have been told to check with their clubs on how they might be impacted when going to matches. from wednesday, suporters in england will need to show

further stoking fears of wider conflict in the region. i what you to ask yourself, wha is the biden document? what is it? what is the course of action of poo does invade? and is not just russia, china continues to stoke fears about the so-called unification with taiwan. they continue to engage a massive human rights abuses it with little to no consequence. there is good news. at the senate has passed marco rubio spell though weaker force labor prevention act, which wil prevent the export of goods fro china to the united states or regions of china using forced labor of muslims. kuiper reaction form my nationa security advisor for president trump, robert o'brien. ambassador think you for joinin us tonight. there is a lot going on in the world stage. at this idea that we can do something talk to lesha--joe biden can't even protect our seven border. what makes the world that that he is going to protect taiwan and protected ukraine? you getting the protect texas. >> it's good to be with you. early merry christmas and a happy new year to you an

she's acting like this new year's eve is y2k all over again, trying to stoke fear and panic about whats is the inevitable death of our democracy. doom and gloom. >> if i were a betting person right now i would say trump is going to run again. i think that could be the end of our democracy. i want people to understand this is a make or break point. if he were or someone of his ilk were once again to be elected president, and if especially he had a congress that would do his bidding, you will not recognize our country. >> lisa: wow. so disturbing. joining me now is charlie hurt, fox news contributor and opinion editor for "the washington times" and matt schlapp, chairman of the american conservative union. i mean, it seems a bit dramatic if you ask me, but more important, is this woman running again? has she no shame? >> actually, believe it or not, i think she's nosing herself back into this race as joe biden clearly doesn't have the mental and the physical ability to run again. it certainly seems likely he won't run again and then kamala harris, so unpopular she's more unpopular than a

let's hearfrom both camps, then, starting with england all—rounder ben stokes. to get off the field at the end and watch the guys go out and bats. obviously, we came off pretty strange circumstances. not sure i've ever been involved in a game called because of lightning, but we get to turn up tomorrow. under natural light, which i think and you guys probably agree, is the easiest and best time to be a batter. probably the sort of majority of this means i thought i'd left the ball quite well. never really felt and _ ball quite well. never really felt and it— ball quite well. never really felt and. it was one of those wickets where _ and. it was one of those wickets where you — and. it was one of those wickets where you always felt like you were grinding _ where you always felt like you were grinding away. you never really felt like any _ grinding away. you never really felt like any other runs were easy. yeah, i like any other runs were easy. yeah, ithinkm _ like any other runs were easy. yeah, ithinkm the — like any other runs were easy. yeah, i think... the way

he is still stoking that anger and that delusion.nd the idea that he would hold any kind of propaganda event, let's be clear that's what it will be, where he takes another opportunity to spread more lies, which i presume he will, where he exploits a tragedy, which i presume he will. and where he potentially stokes more violence and encourages, tacitly or outright, makes me very nervous and afraid, for what that event is going to do. >> it also, i think, will be very interesting to see how republicans in congress respond to that. these are people who largely followed him over the last year. are they going to sing his praises on that day? >> undoubtedly. i have no doubt. john, i have long given up on the sort of pivot that republicans will see jesus and understand just how dangerous and awful these years of rhetoric and policy have been, not just for republicans who lost everything but for america. i have long sense lost the idea they will find religion. going into a midterm, they are all in for trump. they are all in for trumpism. and

. >> that's fox's highest rated star while commentators stoked conspiracy theories, right wing mediansurrection's aftermath. or new efforts to subvert democracy at the state level. what we're losing in america is a sense of shared reality, but the big lie may cost its crusaders. >> breaking just a short time ago, fox facing a $1.6 billion lawsuit accused of spreading election lies. >> and that was just the beginning. two voting tech companies have filtd defamation suits against fox news and other networks and a series of blockbuster books continue to reveal what really happened during trump's final days in the white house. number two, the facebook reckoning. a whistleblower was heard around the world, first through the facebook files. a series of "wall street journal" files based on leaks from inside facebook. then the source, frances haugen stepped forward. >> i believe facebook's products harm children, stoke division and weaken our democracy. the company's leadership knows how to make facebook and instagram saver but won't make the necessary changes because they have put their ast