arsenal remain top of group e with nine points from nine.ir hands to reach the knock out stage, brendon rodgers‘ side third b with just three points from their three games. chelsea also have a perfect record in group l, with a trip to tonight's opponents bate borisov to come next. much better for rangers, who top group g level on five points with villarreal. england have moved up to fifth in the latest football world rankings — their highest position for five years. gareth southgate‘s team have made a good start including victory over spain last time out. wales climb up a place to 18th, while northern ireland drop to 34th. scotland are aoth, with belgium top of the rankings. uefa president aleksander cheferin and other uefa colleagues are threatheing to walk out at fifa's council meeting in kigali tomorrow if gianni infantino pushes for a vote on a new club world cup and nations league. uefa delegates are said to be angry and frustrated with the fifa president over what they perceive as "emotional blackmail" by infantino to agree to the new

arsenal and chelsea also get three points.tic pay the penalty for a poor display — they're beaten in salzburg. hello and welcome to sportsday. warrington are through to the super league grand final, the wolves beat saint helens18—13 in a brilliant game. st helens, the stand—out side of the season, once again going out at the semifinal stage, with the story here's adam wild. for them, the super league trophy is now within touching distance, so with high stakes and high passions, the only surprise is a first—half with a drive separating the sides. in the second half, a different story. there was confusion, he fumbled. the second came within minutes, this time for warrington, just enough space with such tight margins. things would even closer. squeezing through the gap to help warrington back in. much of that thanks to the, hear he struck again and again to restore the there lead. still, warrington was not ready to end it there yearjust still, warrington was not ready to end it there year just yet, still, warrington was not ready

he said the us would build up the arsenal until people "come to their senses".billion, and took almost a decade to build. and this story is trending on bbc.com. it's this parade in mexico city ahead the annual day of the dead. hundreds of people dressed up as "la catrina," the mexican representation of death. mexicans celebrate day of the dead every year to honour their deceased family members and the continuity of life. you are up to date, stay with us. just

is second—half master class by arsenal. —— another second—half master class by arsenal.ives his first press conference since allegations that he committed rape. he denied allegations to face his former side manchester united, he scored at old trafford when his then clu b scored at old trafford when his then club real madrid knocked old trafford out of the competition. is tea m trafford out of the competition. is team stands by him as he bites the allegations and he remains confident that his name will be cleared. you do not listen when i say i am a happy man. this is not... the statement... two weeks ago if i am not wrong, so i am glad, of course i am not going to lie on this situation. i am very happy. my lawyers, they are confident and of course i am as well. the most important that i enjoy football and enjoy my life. the rest, i have people who take care of my wife and soiam people who take care of my wife and so i am good. manchester united boz jose mourinho will not be punished for his part in the practise, which happened when he celebrated chelsea's injury time equ

well, henry said there that he was inspired by arsene wenger and the former arsenal manager says he'sger believes he'll be back in work injanuary. he's left arsenal after 22 years in charge at the end of last season. he's told german publication sport bild that he's had offers from all over the world. we're into the last 16 of the women's champions league, and there are two british teams in first leg action tonight. our correspondentjo currie is keeping an eye on both of those matches for us. thanks for coming in, sad to see you have not brought a football in with you. it will do, but let's talk about glasgow and barcelona, because thatis about glasgow and barcelona, because that is happening at the moment. barcelona, just like the men's side, a huge site packed with internationals from a struggling internationally so far succulent they have international stars among their women's side, as well, names that those in this country will recognise. tony duggan is on the bench, and nick martens is injured, but it does not seem to be affecting barcelona so much in the first half. 3-0 barcelo

arsenal are fourth after they dropped two points today. opponents everton into eighth. celtic have reached the scottish league cup final after beating premiership leaders hearts 3—0 at murrayfield. scott sinclair put them ahead with a penalty which was followed by this goalkeeping blunder by hearts keeper zdenek zlamal. but what about this goal, ryan christie caressed home a superb third goal from 20 yards as the holders advanced. and they will play aberdeen in the final who left it late to beat rangers i—o, with this goal in the 79th minute from lewis ferguson. so no old firm derby in the final. in spain... luis suarez scored a hat—trick, as barcelona thrashed real madrid 5—1 in the first ‘el classico' of the season. the defeat piles even more pressure on real managerjulen lopetegui, who's expected to sacked in the next 2a hours. with his side now having their worst start to a season for 17 years. it was the first time since 2007 that neither lionel messi or cristiano ronaldo were involved in match. but barcelona didn't miss their superst

he said the us would build up the arsenal until people "come to their senses".lks in riyadh with the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman, amid continuing controversy over the murder of the journalist, jamal khashoggi. and this story is trending on bbc.com... the world's longest sea bridge is about to open, linking hong kong and macau to mainland china. it cost $20 billion, and took almost a decade to build. you are up to date. stay with us, there will be more from our team on bbc news. and the top story in the uk... theresa may has told mps a deal to leave the eu is 95% agreed, but the issue of the northern ireland border remains unresolved

another second—half masterclass from arsenal, another when from emory. league not that difficult after all. the champions league group stage reaches the halfway point this week. manchester united have won one and drawn one and lie second in their group behind italian champions juventus. they'll play each other tomorrow night and former united striker cristiano ronaldo is back at old trafford. he's now a juve player, and his new club have stood by him over a rape allegation which he denies. he was given time off during the recent international break with portugal but this match wasn't one he was going to miss. here's our correspondent david ornstein. juventus arrived in manchester earlier this evening and made their way straight here to old trafford. they had a look around the pitch. cristiano ronaldo of course the centre of attention, returning to the club where he spent six glittering years before leaving for a then world record £80 million fee to real madrid in 2009. he has since moved on last summer tojuventus but he comes back here in circumstances t

and this is the back end of the challenge and the top spot from arsenal another up and coming up again later. and that's all for me i'm off but don't go anywhere because sammy will be in this season just a moment o.t. . but. we have to challenge him in the worst encounter against two good hockey teams. think four points. and this is the back end of the challenge and the top spot from arsenal another up and coming up again later. and that's all for me i'm off but don't go anywhere because sammy will be in this season just a manager to save us. capturing a moment in time. snapshots of the lives. of the storm. and groups that attract young people around the world on november fifth the u.s. will impose additional sanctions on iran targeting the oil sites out we'll look at the impact that may have when migrant lives are in danger and see who should come to their aid people in power investigates the united states is getting ready for the u.s. midterm elections on november sixth join us for live coverage and analysis and a listening post continues to examine global media coverage and look beh

no goals in the arsenal game but two in the celtic game already.have a bit of a battle on their hands. they need to avoid defeat. that is what they had to remember going into this game. they need to pick up at least one game. so far, leipzig have gone 2—0 up. their lead was doubled in the 34th minute in the first half. just a few minutes ago. tricky for celtic but one person in that audience at leipzig who did not expect to be going. we saw this on social media. thousands of celtic fans have travelled over but one did not know until tonight there's a go. a young boy whose mum and dad surprised him. this is cordy. the gave him the scarf that the tickets and he thought it was going to the shop. he was going further afield. where are we going? no! we are. no! that's why we going? no! we are. no! that's why we are here. no, we are not. yes, we are. yes, you are. you can see what that means to him. his dad is a mass of motherwell fans! he has to struggle with his son being a celtic fan. unfortunately struggle with his son being a celtic fa n. u nfortu n

arsenic occurs naturally in the water here says. an expert on water purification sometimes the concentrations exceed thirty times the allowable limits . of the victim arsenic can cause skin cancer directly. as well as prostrate and lung cancer and so on. another potential hazard has yet to be proven but i don't think it can harm future generations as well. nobody really knows how much harm it could do so far no studies have been done on the toxic waters effects and the authorities hardly seem interested in finding that out. that's something. i proposed an epidemiological study like would be done anywhere else in the world to find out how many people have been sickened by the water. but the authorities wouldn't do it. will not sit by and take it anymore she and other townspeople gathered in front of town hall carrying jugs of yellow water. the city government won't accept any other criticism. from everywhere. in the city of new nina's tried about twenty pilot projects to set up a high quality water purification fortunately without su

they are four points behind arsenal in the table.ainst the champions chelsea. yeovil lost at home to bristol city. tennis now and a memorable day for kyle edmund as he claimed his first title on the atp tour. britain's number one had to battle from a set down in the final of the european open to beat frenchman gael monfils in three sets. he'd lost his only previous final appearance in april in marrakech but there was no repeat in antwerp and lifted the trophy. australian open champion caroline wozniacki got the defence of her wta finals title off to the worst possible start. the dane was beaten in straight sets by former number one karolina pliskova who secured victory here with an ace. she won 6—2, 6—4. they may be bottom of the english premiership but newcastle are now two from two in european rugby's elite tournament after downing another french giant. elsewhere in the champions cup holders leinster were beaten by a point by toulouse and glasgow cruised passed the cardiff blues. craig templeton rounds up the action. it is four yea

his side level at the interval and then pierre emerick aubameyang was at the end of some sublime arsenalng to grab the final two goals, as his side move up to fourth, ahead of theirfierce north london rivals tottenham on goal difference. every match is a big challenge and he will continue winning and also to play for us is very important and lesser because they are near in the double and we want to win, and it is a big difference. and also looking in front, doing away and also improving in only thinking of each match. elsewhere it was a bleak night on the scoring front in europe where there was one match in italy's serie a with sampdoria and sassuolo failing to score a goal over 90 minutes. it means that the hosts are now 5th, a point ahead of fiorentina, roma and sassuolo and they next head to under pressure milan to face the rossioneri on sunday. also a goalless draw in spain between real sociedad and girona with the point taking sociedad up two places to 9th while the visitors also climb a place to 15th. onto tennis where at the wta finals in singapore sloane stephens kept up the tren

chelsea and arsenal all won their europa league matches tonight.ners. joe lynskey reports. before this season, rangers spent seven before this season, rangers spent seve n yea rs before this season, rangers spent seven yea rs away before this season, rangers spent seven years away from european competition, so try telling ibrox europa league has lost its edge. you can hear what it means when a goal goes in. that strike bought rangers rebel against —— level against vienna. with eight minutes ago, a chance on the spot for tavernier to win it. their manager, steven gerrard, has had his fair share of glory on european nights. now he shares in rangers' newfound love them. the contrast is marked at sta mford them. the contrast is marked at stamford bridge. this isn't a competition chelsea want to be in. perhaps the champions from hungary sensed it. this man dominated this match for long periods and it took some elite pedigree to break the visitors down, alvaro morata's instinct proved the difference, and brought chelsea's relief. more than 2000 miles get

closing in on one of the wreck or said by the london clubs most successful manager arsene venga if arsenal be to sporting away on thursday and the european league they will not top a eleventh straight win in all competitions and as longest winning streak is thirteen matches it's a big turnaround for arsenal have scored thirty goals and ten a match a winning run which followed a back to back defeats to matches the city and chelsea. it's not always too easy to call to three golds in the games but you know we have a good personal friends of friends and yes we are happy moments all the players can score south american football's biggest cup competition the chapala better dora's now are defending champions brazil have taken a huge step to the final off to beating river plate and when osiris play to are the three time continental champions but gremio got the crucial away goal in this first leg of the semifinal a second half header from a hail of put the visitors ahead they will hold onto the lead as well and take a back to porto alegre for the second leg in a week's time. and there was very near

and russian arsenal since one thousand nine hundred seventy two. i think there is also a wider threat to transatlantic relations here europeans despite having concerns over russian compliance over the years since two thousand and fourteen. approached the issue very differently and i think of wanted to keep the news open for cooperation to resolve compliance concerns between russia and the u.s. and just like trump's decision to withdraw from the j.c. period the iran deal you know notch really i think this represents another area where trump is going against the core interests of his european allies and walking away from arms control let me bring in washington d.c. hey i will bring in moscow as well shortly but washington d.c. lawrence korb. you are bringing the world to another race if you pull out of this treaty is that true. well i think so and as your guest in u.k. pointed out if you don't extend neustar if i were back in government i would have said to the president look president putin has asked to extend new start which you can do for five yea

so arsenal went third for a couple of hours.unt of time after thei 3—nil win over southampton. premier league top scorer eden hazard was the main man once again. he got cheslea's first for his seventh of the campaign. ross barkley added their second, in the same week he earned a re—call to the england squad. alvaro morata got a late third for maurizio sarri's side, who remain unbeaten so far this season. rangers have ended hearts‘ unbeaten start to the scottish premiership season. steven gerrard's side beat the league leaders 3—1 at ibrox. celtic meanwhile were 6—0 winners at stjohnstone. despite their worst start to a season in 20 years, they took a 5—0 lead by half time. four of their goals coming from wingerjames forrest in just 30 first half minutes, odsonne edouard and callum mcgregor with the other two. celtic are now up to third place in the table. mo farah has won the chicago marathon and broken the european record. as well as his own british record in the process. farah crossed the line after two hours, five minutes and

president trump warns that the us will build up its nuclear arsenal to pressure russia and china, as he threatens to pull out of a landmark treaty. it's a threat to whoever you want, and it includes china, and it includes russia, and it includes anybody else that wants to play that game. cristiano ronaldo says the truth is coming, as he speaks publicly for the first time about the rape allegation against him. spanning 55 km, the world's longest sea bridge, linking hong kong and macau to mainland china, is opening for business. turkey's president has promised he will present new information within hours about the death of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi at his country's consulate in istanbul. the saudi foreign minister has now acknowledged that mr khashoggi, a critic of the government, was murdered, and called it a tremendous mistake. he also called it a rogue operation, a line echoed by president trump, who has now sent the director of the cia to istanbul. our diplomatic correspondent james robbins has the latest. these are the latest pictures to emerge ofjamal khashoggi, with h

the arsenal game is 0—0. arsenal looking for their 11th straight win.rs are playing later. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. hello there. we have done pretty well with the dry and sunny weather recently. if you thought the last few days were chilly, just wait until the weekend, it will feel much much colder. there will be an arctic blast right across the uk which will produce wintry showers, mainly across the hills of the north but overnight frost will also mean the risk of ice in places. the next few days, we start off with milder air, look at those cold blues spreading southwards as the arctic blast pours south right across the country with strong northerly winds as well. at the moment we have the milder air with us, behind these looms the cold air and it will eventually move southwards as the night moves on into northern areas. this is the weather front across southern parts of the country. behind it is much colder, especially over high ground. less cold in the south with some rain showers, cloud and some clear spells

president trump warns that the us will build up its nuclear arsenal to pressure russia and china as he threatens to pull out of a landmark treaty. spanning 55 kilometres, the world's longest sea bridge linking hong kong and macau to mainland china, is open for business. in the light of the khashoggi murder, top business leaders are pulling out of the major investment conference that kicks off today in saudi arabia — what difference will it make? a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and the united states is gripped by lotto fever. the latest mega millions draw on tuesday has a potentialjackpot of $1.5 billion — the biggest payout in history. —— of $1.6 billion — the biggest payout in history. so today, i'd like to know — if you struck lucky, what would you spend it on? let me know. just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. let's get started with the programme. in just a few hours, turkey's president erdogan is expected to reveal what he's called the "naked truth" about the murder ofjamal khashoggi at the saudi consulate in

the wreck or said by the london clubs most successful manager arsene venga if arsenal beat a sporting away on thursday and the european league they will not top a eleventh straight win in all competitions and as longest winning streak is thirteen matches it's a big turnaround for arsenal have scored thirty goals in their ten a match a winning run which followed a back to back defeats to manchester city and chelsea. it's not always to easy to call to three golds in the games but you know we have good personal friends of friends and yes we are happy moments all the players can score south american football's biggest club competition the chapala better dora's now are defending champions brazil have taken a huge step to the final off to beating river plate and when osiris play to are the three time continental champions but gremio got the crucial away goal in this first leg of the semifinal a second half header from a hail of put the visitors ahead they will hold on to the lead as well and take a back to porto alegre for the second leg in a week's time. and it was very nearly a goal for s

we gave up our arsenal three years ago. even if we had them, we wouldn't use them.for the deaths of abdul‘s children? i went to switzerland to speak to a member of the team who investigated the attack at khan shaykhun. using samples brought back from the 2014 inspections, stefan mogl‘s team found clear evidence the government was responsible and had not declared all its chemical weapons. there is a clear match between making sarin with samples from 2014 from the stockpile, and analysing the samples from khan shaykhun, and based on that, we said it is very likely that the sarin that was released in khan shaykhun was made with the same chemicals that were removed in 2014. it means that not everything was removed. i can only assume that that material wasn't part of what was declared and wasn't at the site that we were at. the inspectors could only remove what had been declared by assad's government. the chemical weapons convention is all based on trust. trust, but verify. all we could do was to verify what we'd been told was there. 0ne chemical used again and again in

also i—o celtic lead 1—0 at salisbury, arsenal also 1—0 up.bc news throughout the evening. but now on sports day, goodbye. scientists and representatives from 195 governments are meeting in south korea this week to agree a report on what countries should do to introduce even more ambitious global warming targets. they want to drop the agreed limit to 1.5 degrees celsius above pre—industrial temperatures. it represents a tightening of the paris agreement target. my colleague jane hill spoke to sir david king former chief scientific advisor under both tony blair and gordon brown. he said that achieving the lower target was critical to the future of the planet. there is no doubt in my mind, there was one of those pushing very hard at the agreement to get the 1.5, if possible. i think if we wander up towards two and above, it becomes extraordinarily challenging to see how we can manage the risks to humanity going forward. i think the ip cc report that is shortly coming out is going to set out, i'm sure, how we can achieve this target, the 1.5 degr

arsenal top of their group with a win at sporting lisbon.hat loftus—cheek patrick made at free one chelsea. ratios are's to have a perfect group —— record in group l. and rangers to their group and level on points with villareal. between 19 tour de france is the be the highest in history according to the highest in history according to the organisers after they reveal the root for the race today will include a record 30 mountain passes and five at summit finishes. brussels is the grounded par on july six at summit finishes. brussels is the grounded par onjuly six and a runnerfor the grueling grounded par onjuly six and a runner for the grueling final week to finish it more than 2000 feet in the pyrenees. then two more at the altitude in the apps and the final ride into paris on the 28th. garrett, sydney champion after winning his first tour this year. christopher and goes for a fifth title. galli was that he is out of the wt a finals as when it is only limited through to the semifinals in singapore with a battling three set victory. wozniack

president trump warns that the us will build up its nuclear arsenal to pressure russia and china as hehreatens to pull out of a landmark treaty. it isa it is a through to whoever you are and it includes china and it includes russia and it includes anybody else who wants to play that game. cristiano ronaldo says the truth is coming, as he speaks publicly for the first time about the rape allegation against him. hello. turkey's president has promised he will present new information within hours about the death of the saudi journalist

arsenal are in azerbaijan where they've had a great start against qarabag.em the lead in the first few moments of the game. 1—0 it remains there. there was an even quicker goal for celtic against salzburg. odsonne edouard giving them the lead in under two minutes. they are still ahead with half—time approaching, we will keep you up—to—date on that. england have included three uncapped players in their squad for the icc women's world t20 taking place in the caribbean next month. left arm spinners kirstie gordon and linsey smith receive their first call—ups along with batter sophia dunkley, but they'll be without experienced wicket keeper sarah taylor, who is taking a break from the sport with anxiety. jo currie has been at lords for us. the home of english cricket. next month, english woman will be swapping this place for the sunny shores of the west indies for the t20 world cup. and after they claim the title in the one—day format of the title in the one—day format of the game last year, england have the chance to be crowned world champions. in a moment, we

arsenal are on a good run?38 million. and unai emery considers today's game a significant one. some big clubs across britain are involved as well. one of the early kick offs as are celtic who are in germany to play rb leipzig. chelsea will be without eden hazard for their match against bate borisov, he's got a back injury. while rangers take on spartak moscow later as well. former arsenal and manchester united striker robin van persie says he'll retire at the end of the season. the 35—year—old won an fa cup and a premier league during his time in england. he also scored 50 goals in 102 internationals for the netherlands — including this memorable one against spain at the 2014 world cup. the 2019 tour de france is set to be the ‘highest in history‘ according to the organisers after they revealed the route for the race. it will include a record 30 mountain passes, and five summit finishes. brussells hosts the grand depart on the 6th ofjuly, but the riders face a gruelling final week with a finish at more than 200

strong versus what you think is strong very much what i do in football except we're not playing like arsenal. >> but you will fight back you are the champions, of course. >> we are the champions, thank you for saying that. by the way with a british, uk name. >> indeed. jim cramer, thank you very much. >>> still to come, of course, on squawk on the street, we'll continue the discussion on the markets decline.

there's been a lot of change at arsenal.a new manager after 22 years, unai emery, nine on the bounce arsenal have won in all competitions since the majority shareholder stan kroenke increased his stake in the business. this deal will give them 60 million pounds, 78million per year in revenue which takes them up to about third on the list of all-time kit deals at the moment barcelona leading the way with a huge amount of money they're looking to have a billion euro turnover by 2021. manchester united are second also made by adidas. and arsenal in line with chelsea about third or fourth place where they tend to finish up in the premier league >> seems like a lot of mron fonr shirts, shorts, socks. these firms think they're worth it >> there's discussion about how much clubs and manufacturers should be selling kits to fans sometimes a family of four will have to buy multiple kits just to try and appease the whole family that's only for a season i've been looking into this whole debate for the first time premier league kits are

and russian arsenal since one thousand nine hundred seventy two. i think there is also a wider threat to transatlantic relations here europeans despite having concerns over russian compliance over the years since two thousand and fourteen. approached the issue very differently and i think of wanted to keep the news open for cooperation to resolve compliance concerns between russia and the u.s. and just like trump's decision to withdraw from the j.c. period the iran deal you know notch really i think this represents another area where trump is going against the core interests of his european allies and walking away from arms control let me bring in washington d.c. hey i will bring in moscow as well shortly. in d.c. and lawrence korb. you are bringing the world to another race if you pull the this treaty is that true. well i think so and as your guest in u.k. pointed out if you don't extend neustar if i were back in government i would have said to the president look president putin has asked to extend new start which you can do for five years without

weapons arsenal to pressure russia and china. it comes as mr trump is threatening to pull out of a 30—year—old nuclear missile treaty with russia. he said the us would build up the arsenal until people "come to their senses". the us treasury secretary, steven mnuchin, has held private talks in riyadh with the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman, amid continuing controversy over the murder of the journalist, jamal khashoggi. and this story is trending on bbc.com... the world's longest sea bridge is about to open, linking hong kong and macau to mainland china. it cost $20 billion, and took almost a decade to build. you are up to date. stay with us, there will be more from our team on bbc news. and the top story in the uk... theresa may has told mps a deal to leave the eu is 95% agreed, but the issue of the northern ireland border remains unresolved more from me later. but first here is marie kem. chinese stocks have the best day in two years after beijing moved in to reassure i nvesto i’s . two years after beijing moved in to r

exactly is the china side of it with china is not bound by any restrictions and can develop its arsenal without any any constraints america's is allegedly bound by the supreme and now if the americans perception is correct and russia is not adhering to the agreement it's very difficult position you know the happy solution would be if all three could sit together and work out some kind of arms arms arms limitation of women but that's not going to be an easy thing to do but from the american point of view i think we can understand that if one side is being accused of violating it and the other side is not bound america has to take take care of its own interests whereas israel going to stand on this will lay back america's pull out. well israel really hasn't got a dog in the fight but i should imagine. imagine israel. resisting this american initiative with any degree of vigor martin face time out of sharon c.e.o. founder of israel institute for strategic studies most much pre-shared thank you we went on the streets of new york see what people thought about it there what they thought about

got there first and second and then arsenal pulled away with aaron ramsey's clever flick the pick ofy. pierre also made an impact from the bench, getting goals for mac and five, who went for a maintain in all competitions. —— in ninth game. rangers have ended hearts‘ unbeaten start to the scottish premiership season. steven gerrard's side beat the league leaders 3—1 at ibrox. celtic, meanwhile, were 6—0 winners at stjohnstone. despite their worst start to a season in 20 years, they took a 5—0 lead by half time. four of their goals coming from winger james forrest in just 30 first half minutes. 0dsonne edouard and callum mcgregor with the other two. celtic are now up to third place in the table. mo farah has won the chicago marathon and broken the european record, as well as his own british record in the process. farah crossed the line after two hours, five minutes and 11 seconds despite far from perfect conditions. it's his first victory in only his third marathon. the four—time olympic champion was 37 seconds quicker than the european record and improved his personal best british re

before this rhetoric at a forum you said he talked about the strength the strength of the nuclear arsenal so they're always keen to show that off and they've certainly been talking rhetoric recently all right emily show and moscow thanks so much for your reporting on that all star teams in afghanistan say everett's side bomb has killed at least eleven people including several children in the eastern province of nonprofit the attack raises the number of people killed and wounded to nearly two hundred during the country's parliamentary elections now entering a second day almost nine million people were eligible to cost ballots and turnout was larger than expected even as poll cayle schools delays and violence the voting . dozens of people died across the country in a wave of attacks on the first day of voting. in the capital kabul a suicide bomber attacked a polling station. both the local islamic state affiliate and the taliban have threatened violence during the elections. despite the danger many people seem eager to vote almost nine million are registered to cast their ballots in the ele

and russian arsenal since one thousand nine hundred seventy two. i think there is also a wider threat to transatlantic relations here europeans despite having concerns over russian compliance over the years since two thousand and fourteen. approached the issue very differently and i think of wanted to keep the news open for cooperation to resolve compliance concerns between russia and the us and just like trump's decision to withdraw from the j.c. perry the iran deal you know notch really i think this represents another area where trump is going against the core interests of his european allies and walking away from arms control let me bring in washington d.c. hey i will bring in moscow as well shortly but washington d.c. lawrence korb. you are bringing the world to another race if you pull out of this treaty is that true. well i think so and as your guest in u.k. pointed out if you don't extend neustar if i were back in government i would have said to the president look president putin has asked to extend new start which you can do for five years

he said the us would build up the arsenal until people "come to their senses". world's longest sea bridge is about to open, linking hong kong and macau to mainland china. it cost $20 billion, and took almost a decade to build. and this story is trending on bbc.com. it's this parade in mexico city ahead the annual day of the dead. hundreds of people dressed up as "la catrina," the mexican representation of death. mexicans celebrate day of the dead every year to honour their deceased family members and the continuity of life. you are up to date, stay with us. just 12:30pm here on bbc news. it's hardtalk with zeinab badawi. welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi. my guest is a former business executive—turned—politician. he is saulos chilima, the vice president of the small southern african state of malawi. he was president mutharika's running mate in the elections in 2014. now he has left the ruling democratic progressive party, and says he will run against him in the presidential elections next year to, as he puts it, save the country from destruction and co

if i talked about, obviously, arsene, he unlocked a lot of stuff in my mind.nal, what it was to perform. i will never forget that. you guys know the relationship i have with him, so it goes without saying i will always carry some of the stuff he was doing. it's been a mixed night for the two british clubs in the last 16 of the women's champions league. glasgow city were beaten 5—0 by barcelona, while last season's wsl winners chelsea will still have work to do in their second leg after a 1—0 win at home to the italian side fiorentina, asjoe lynskey reports. this is the last english teams standing in the champions league, but chelsea are out to show they are still a force. they were beaten 5—0 at the weekend, while fiorentina, came to london having just won the italian cup. but chelsea but the momentum on their early build—up caused a handball. with100 caps behind her, karen carney is one for the pressure situation. a goal up in ten minutes, chelsea does not chance for a big first leg lead but instead they faced resistance, namely from they faced resistance, na

also through to the quarterfinals are arsenal, after their 2—1 win at home against blackpool — both thosen men though. tony pulis got one over his old club as middlesboro beat crystal palace by a goal to nil. we've had the draw for the quarter finals in the last few minutes, the stand—out tie is a north london derby between arsenal and spurs. holders manchester city or fulham will go to leicester or southampton. chelsea face bournemouth and middlesbrough take on league one side burton albion. hibs manager neil lennon was struck in the face by an object thrown from the crowd as they faced hearts in a ferocious edinburgh derby. the game ended goalless, and that incident happened as hearts had what would have been a stoppage—time winner disallowed. elsewhere, celtic cut the gap to four points to hearts at the top of the scottish premiership after their five nil win at dundee. nick parrott has the details. derby starts patent to be feisty affairs but there could be written or cautions by what happened at tynecastle. neil lennon goaded hearts fa ns tynecastle. neil lennon goaded hearts fans af

section where he laid out all the new modern weapons that russia was preparing that russia had in its arsenal they showed graphics animations of weapons heating. targets and just last week and as well reiterated reiterated before if this rhetoric at a forum you said and talked about the strength the strength of the nuclear arsenal so they're always keen to show that off and they've certainly been offering rhetoric recently all right and we shall end moscow thanks so much for your reporting on that. now authorities in afghanistan say a roadside bomb has killed at least eleven people including several children in the eastern province of non-grata the attack raises the number of people killed and wounded to nearly two hundred steering the country's parliamentary elections now entering a second day almost nine million people were eligible to cost ballots and turnout was larger than expected even as the poll cayle schools delays and violence montt the voting. dozens of people died across the country and more than one hundred ninety attacks on saturday as people went to the polls on the first day o

china has most of its arsenal on ground launch missiles with a medium or intermediate range. it just has to do with jock murphy. they are under no pressure to join the imf treaty. -- inf treaty. that relatively small, about 300 nuclear weapons arsenal, they feel is sufficient to deter the u.s. he may think he e is sending a message to china, but i don't think it is a very effective one. amy: what does it mean? is the u.s. out because trump says they are? >> discussions between bolton and moscow will be key. it is not clear whether trump is actually pulling out. it may be there trying to threaten u.s. would pull out if russia does not do something in particular. that is not clear. i russian contacts have not yet hurting thing like that or european allies have not heard anything like that. i think it is quite likely if we remain on the current track, the inf treaty will be determined a by donald trump sometime in 2020. amy: thank you for being with us daryl kimball, director ofof the , arms control association. he previously led the coalition to reduce nuclear dangers. we will

nuclear arsenal. >> what about the arms deal? >> we will build it up. >> asked if he's threatening russian president vladimir putin, trump said this. >> it includes who you want, it includes china and russia and it includes anybody else who wants to play that game. >> wolf, some republicans on capitol hill like senator bob corker, the chair of the senate foreign relations committee said they don't think that president trump will actually withdraw from this agreement, he's actually just trying to get a better deal. he did say he's going to be terminating it soon. >> katelynn collins over at the white house. there's also breaking news in special counsel robert mueller's russia investigation into roger stone. i understand you're getting new information from your sources? >> we learned that the special counsel's team, a long ally with president trump shared with members of trump's campaign that he believed was coming from wikileaks. we spoke to sources that said audio has been turned over to the special counsel team that has roger st

scotland and arsenal midfielder kim little, who will be out for ten weeks after breaking her leg in herelsea in the women's super league at the weekend. she's expected to be a key figure for scotland at next summer's world cup. and johanna konta has recorded one of her best victories in what's been a troubled season. she knocked out the seventh seed elise mertens in the opening round of the kremlin cup in moscow, winning in straight sets. announcing her retirement, double olympic skeleton champion lizzie yarnold criticised the world anti—doping agency for lifting their three—year ban on russia. she won her first olympic title at sochi, where it emerged russia had carried out the systematic mass doping of its athletes. she would like to stay in sport to help in the fight against drugs cheats. there are boards i could hope to apply to be on and continue to have the voice of the athlete represented and remind people that we have to protect athletes especially when we are talking about anti—doping issues, we have to keep banging the drum and protect clean and fair competition. it is importa

president trump has warned that the us will build up its nuclear arsenal to pressure russia and chinaa landmark treaty. the longest sea bridge in the world has opened with a ceremony which the chinese president, xijinping, has attended. the bridge links hong kong and the macau peninsula to mainland china. now it is time to look at the stories that are making the headlines in the media across the world. we begin with the arab news. it leads with the so—called davos in the desert business conference in saudi arabia, or future investment initiative, to give it its proper title, which starts on tuesday. it says big investment deals are planned involving russia and china, despite several western countries pulling out after the killing of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. on to germany's frankfurt allgemeine. it is highlighting italy defending its budget and spending plans, saying it had to take hard decisions to boost growth, even if it breached eu rules. the european commission is expected to respond on tuesday. the front page of the international edition of the new york times now. it foc

that is substantially reduced nuclear arsenals from the strategic arsenal were 10,000 on each side, down to three or 4000 2010, thatas in barack obama as the start treaty was expiring think -- expiring. the new start treaty. that treaty which went into effect in 2011 and continues the legacy of ronald reagan. it reduces the strategic arsenal to 1550 deployed warheads and no more than 700 delivery vehicles, the missiles and the bombs. that treaty has important inspection provisions and allows them to see whether it is going ahead with the reductions. that treaty will expire in 2021. president trump and vladimir putin will have to decide whether to extend it and they can do it by five years to 2026 without further senate or duma debate and ratification which makes easier. or they could trash it and if the treaty goes away, we will not have legally binding limits on the world's two largest nuclear arsenals for the first time since 1972. that is why this situation with the possible termination of inf and with other countries, including the quality, if not the size of their arsenal, we are en

he's had line news president trump threatens to expand the united states' nuclear arsenal he says russia and china. here in the agreement should have been done years ago so people. will build it up. earlier now so the united states intends to leave a key nuclear arms agreement with russia provoking a mixed reaction from european allies. also this hour saudi arabia admits dissident journalist was murdered in the kingdom's consulate in istanbul but as international pressure grows washington stopped short of repercussions saying any talk of sanctions it's premature. and the british prime minister tries to convince parliament that progress is being made on some of these condemned the intensified pressure being put on the reason they. put the reason. and this is your news from r.t. international first for you this hour developments in the past couple of hours donald trump has thrown down a threat to russia and china pledging to build up the united states nuclear arsenal until quote people come to their senses shortly after he declared that the united states will pull out of a key cold war era