salman ravi has more from kolkata. kolkata, has been found guilty by a special designated court. the central bureau of investigation that took up the investigation had submitted its final report in the case onjanuary11th. the court, which assembled today, however, reserved itsjudgment, which has been deferred for monday. the court has asked sanjay roy to be present on monday when they pronounce the judgment. the family members of the victim, however, they are not happy with the cbi investigations and say that there are many loopholes in the investigation and many of the witnesses, they were not produced before the court for their statements to be recorded. another point that they have raised in the investigation is that that the cbi has also failed to establish the motive behind the incident because the cbi had zeroed in onjust one person, sanjay roy, as the main accused of the case. though the principal of the college and the officer in charge of a local police station, they were also arrested on the charges of destro

salman ravi has more from kolkata. trainee doctor in one of the most prestigious medical colleges of kolkata, has been found guilty by a special designated court. the central bureau of investigation that took up the investigation had submitted its final report in the case onjanuary iith. the court, which assembled today, however, reserved itsjudgment, which has been deferred for monday. the court has asked sanjay roy to be present on monday when they pronounce the judgment. the family members of the victim, however, they are not happy with the cbi investigations and say that there are many loopholes in the investigation and many of the witnesses, they were not produced before the court for their statements to be recorded. another point that they have raised in the investigation is that that the cbi has also failed to establish the motive behind the incident because the cbi had zeroed in onjust one person, sanjay roy, as the main accused of the case. though the principal of the college and the officer in charge of a loc

the attack happened inside the hospital where the woman worked in kolkata.een rallies and protests. our correspondent samira hussain is in delhi and following developments. well, this is a case that happened back in august and what happened was there was a medical trainee, a junior doctor, she was about 31 years old, and she was resting after a 36—hour shift. she was on a night shift and she went to take a rest in the seminar room. the next day, her body, half naked and severely beaten, was found by a colleague. eventually, they found the person responsible. it was seen that she had actually been raped and murdered. the police had arrested sanjay roy, who was a volunteer police the police had arrested sanjay roy, who was a volunteer policeman working at the hospital. but this is a case that really sparked an immense amount of outrage. for weeks and weeks doctors were on strike, not only at the hospital in kolkata, but many hospitals across the country. and so it really highlighted just the issue of safety for health care workers and specifically safety for f

england suffered a crushing defeat against world champions india in the first t20 in kolkata. brendon mccullum starts with a loss. jofra archer impressed with 2/21 in india's chase, but the hosts still romped to a seven—wicket victory with 43 balls to spare, england's heaviest t20 defeat in terms of deliveries remaining. the second t20 in the five—match series is on saturday in chennai. lewis hamilton has had his first experience of a ferrari formula i car at the team's fiorano test track. the ao—year—old seven—time champion tested a 2023 car on wednesday as part of his acclimatisation work with his new team. his test follows two days of work at the ferrari factory in maranello, of which the fiorano track is a part. rally driverjosh mcerlean makes his step up to the big time on thursday. the 25—year—old from northern ireland will make his debut in the top tier of the world rally championship, and the first of the 14 rounds across four continents is the monte carlo rally. andy gray reports. reaching the world rally championship has been a dream forjosh mcerlean since he first s

the first t20 is taking place in kolkata where india won the toss and put england in to bat.an mccullum would have wished for with the bat. england bowled out for 132 with only a brilliant 68 from jos buttler putting up any resistance. india havejust begun their response. they are 23 without loss in the third _ they are 23 without loss in the third over~ _ in tennis, men's world number one and defending champion jannick sinner has beaten australian alex de minaur to book his place in the australian open semi—finals where he'll face ben shelton who earlier beat lorenzo senego. the italian, who won his first grand slam title in melbourne 12 months ago, proved far too strong for the eighth seed de minaur. sinner took victory in straight sets for the loss of just six games in less than two hours on rod laver arena. in the women's draw, five time grand slam champion iga swiatek produced a dominant display to breeze past emma navarro as she continues her bid to win the australian open for the first time. it was a ruthless 6—1, 6—2 victory over the american eighth seed, in gusty con

have started their tour of india with a heavy defeat, losing by seven wickets in the first t20 in kolkataxes, tariffs and sanctions. in a message on the truth social network he warned "we can do it the easy way, or the hard way". our north america editor sarah smith is in washington. the president vowed to bring a swift end to this war — will it work? yes, well he used that post to warn vladimir putin that there would be a high price to pay a fee doesn't soon start talking about a deal to end the war in ukraine. of course, there are already sanctions on the russian economy but he seems to be thinking of something a bit more drastic, warning of higher taxes, tariffs and sanctions. he wrote in his post, we can do it the easy way or the hard way and the easy way is always better. it is time to make a deal, no more lives should be lost. so that's pretty clear. you will remember, donald trump did promise during the election campaign that he would end the war in ukraine on his first day in office, which obviously did not happen but he is clearly getting impatient. at a news conference in the ov

england suffered a crushing defeat against world champions india in the first t20 in kolkata.ite—ball cricket under brendon mccullum starts with a loss. jofra archer impressed with two for 21 in india's chase — but the hosts still romped to a seven—wicket victory with 43 balls to spare — england's heaviest t20 defeat in terms of deliveries remaining. the second t20 in the five—match series is on saturday in chennai. more on all those stories — plus lewis hamilton's first time on the track, with ferrari — over on the bbc sport website. olly foster's here with sportsday, at 1830 too. that's all the sport from us for now. i need to. —— anita. official figures showed a surge in uk public sector borrowing last month. the gap between revenues and spending that had to be covered by borrowing it was £17.8 billion in december. ms. reeves has been speaking to our economics editor faisal islam in devils, and he asked her how she could spur on economic growth. we're reforming the planning system. we've got rid of the moratorium on onshore wind, the cheapest form of energy, so that investo

verdict in the case of a man accused of the rape and murder of a female trainee doctor at a hospital in kolkataasefire, which is due to begin in less than 24 hours. mediators in qatar say it will take effect from 8.30am sunday israel/gaza time — that's 6.30am gmt. after hours of discussion, the israeli cabinet gave final approval to the ceasefire and hostage release deal with hamas. the cabinet meeting lasted more than six hours, with some ministers who had threatened to resign arguing that the agreement rewards hamas. the first hostages are due to be released on sunday, under the first phase of the agreement. in broad terms, we understand the deal between israel and hamas will be implemented in three stages — the first stage beginning on sunday. three of the hostages taken by hamas during the attack

fast—bowler mark wood will play for the first time since august in england's first t20 against india in kolkatabatting alongside phil salt. it will be the first time duckett, england's test opener, has opened in t20s for six years. it will be the first match under brendon mccullum as he takes on coaching duties for the white ball teams. it's not a new setup because baz has been around for a while and there's a lot of players in this squad that have been with him in the test setup for a number of years already. so, yeah, just looking forward to building that relationship in the white ball setup. it's going to be a great series against a really top side in their own conditions, so loads to look forward to, yeah. hobart hurricanes are into the final of the big bash league. they beat sydney sixers by 12 runs in tasmania. england's chrisjordan, one of the game's best death bowlers, limited the sixers to just eight runs off the final over when they needed 21 and the match was effectively lost by the time they hit a boundary off the final ball. the sixers do have another chance and will play the winne

coming up short in kolkata, england's cricketer�*s are thrashed in the first t20 against india. guess when you wafer really shook up this champions league format it was night like these they did it for, powerhouses as you say, but they wouldn't have expected would be in this match with city and 24, psg would be in this match with city and 2a, p56 and would be in this match with city and 24, p56 and 26, realistically needing to win tonight, just a reminderfor needing to win tonight, just a reminder for everyone, those who finish in the top eight qualify automatically, 9—24 going to playoffs, and the winds at the bottom are dumped out of the company shall together with no europa league safety net. it could put them in danger of not even getting into the playoffs. esg has only won one of their seven encounters with city, city are also coming here having overcome or looks like overcome that particularly bumpy patch. they have scored 20 goals in the last four games, including that 6—0 thrashing of ipswich at the weekend, they captured the signature of sterling holland again, and he w