with the ashes starting very soon, i wa nted with the ashes starting very soon, i wanted to get a messagelia and wish them all the best for the first test match. all the coaches and the backroom staff as well. i know how much preparation has gone into making sure they were ready to go, and by the looks of it, everyone is. just wa nt to the looks of it, everyone is. just want to wish all the fans hom have travelled out to australia all the best as well. i hope we can give you a good result in the first test match. i will be sat home watching and hoping they do really well. so not long to go now and there will be ball—by—ball test match special commentary from the gabba on bbc radio five live sports extra and the bbc sport website. there is also live text commentary on the bbc sport website and app. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are caroline wheeler, deputy political editor at the sunday times, and ben chu, economics editor of the independent. tomorrow's front pag

you know you had the suite of coal ash heavy metals coming into this room. for years many american coal fired power plants have been dumping their ash into unlined pits covering it with water and adding their waste water to the result was a toxic mixture of high and arsenic mercury lead and other heavy metals. the dan river spilled was a reminder that the pits could break catastrophic cliff and that they often leaked into groundwater. after the accident north carolina state assembly passed legislation requiring due to fix monitor and eventually close its coal ash basis. to comply to ca to test the water in properties like debra grams which lie within three hundred meters of a pond. the result. suddenly. you said it here in the other day. two thousand and fifteen when my husband came in the mail lady she pulled up and said hey ya we got. and i'm sitting right here drinking my coffee and he's standing right there and he has. the water's contaminated and i weigh up. what. he said are whale water is contaminated. and i just remember this. this year and they're n

you need to stay out of the ash as much as you can and if you are in the ash where i protection, longsleeveand masks. you are in the united states but you are doing valuable work getting information out there, how does that work considering how far away you are? the indonesian authorities have been excellent providing information so i have been relaying that information using google translate and my volcanology knowledge to translate into english so everyone can knowledge to translate into english so everyone can understand what it means, but the authorities have been doing a good job so far. can you say how prepared the authorities are on bali? indonesia is an extremely active volcanic country. they've had active volcanic country. they've had a lot of experience on this and this volcanic eruption has had over two months wout poels lead time, so they've had plenty of time to be prepared. janine krippner, thank you for joining prepared. janine krippner, thank you forjoining us on bbc news. charities are warning that millions are at risk of hunger and disease due to restrictions on ships brin

england knew it was win or bust for their ashes hopes.for one of the most chaotic start you will see. heather knight was caught behind, or was she? the catch seemingly taken in front of the stumps. she was reprieved before another change of mind and she was out again. confused? england were as they disintegrated in a flash 16— four and the ashes surely as good as over. but then a recovery, thanks to australian butter fingers and a rattling half—century. their total of 132 at least gave them a chance, but it proved a mere flicker, as australia dispatched them into the syd ney australia dispatched them into the sydney night. a couple of wickets briefly revived england's hopes, but they ultimately only postponed the inevitable. they retain the ashes and they've done it with two games to spare. england might be the world champions but in this series they we re very champions but in this series they were very much second best. you could see it on the faces of the girls at the end of the game. there's not a lot —— a lot of emotion around tonigh

having to wear masks and dealwith ash.ng to wear masks and deal with ash. do you find, are most people abiding by the rules? the fa ct people abiding by the rules? the fact that the authorities are putting in place rules and telling people to evacuate. has been an orderly process from what you have seen? i am in ubud, i am not near the mountain, i could not speak to that. i did not even know there was a mandatory evacuation. i havejust seen evacuees showing up in my neighbourhood. and, yeah, so everything is orderly and calm and i will say the balinese show a lot of love for each other in terms of fundraising efforts in bringing supplies but many more are needed for all of these kids and families that, they don't have food, they don't have money. they are away from their homes for an indefinite amount of time. there is no idea of when it will erupt. the agency is warning that it will erupt. the agency is warning thatitis will erupt. the agency is warning that it is likely to erupt over the next 24 hours. are you trying to

with the ashes just a week away, i’u ns we re with the ashes just a week away, runs were what englandd, and by and large they got them, especially the man proving the form single—mac of this tour. after 350s in his previous three innings mark stoneman simply picked up where he left off —— the man proving to be the former batsman. together they put on 172 for the opening wicket before cook was cot behind for 70. notching up his first hundred in an england shot, and his tim bosma first up is the. james vince made a fluid 26 before being caught —— first 100 in an england shirt. for almost all the batsmen, especially their century on, it was a satisfying day. a decent touch. -- especially their centurion. i am fairly happy, everything has gone well. in practice. it feels like my game is in good order. it will be tested at hell of a lot more to come next week for sure, no doubts about that and everyone is aware of it. but as far as things go i am happy. some useful runs then for england, especially with the openers. they know next week will be an entirely different challenge, but this can

what women's ashes it has been, and what a finale here in canberra. the ashes is nearly upon us.he gabba in brisbane for the first test between australia and england. the fire was stoked by nathan lyon, who said he wants to end the career of some english players, but opener alastair cook has shrugged off the pre—match verbals. all the talk, all the stuff that has happened this morning, just makes you chuckle. it is about what happens at 10am on thursday, and for the next five days, and whichever side plays better, whichever side bowls better, it that's better, ta kes bowls better, it that's better, takes the catch is, will unsurprisingly dominate the game. we obviously respect our opposition. they have picked the best team that they feel is going to be here to try and beat us. and yes, i think they are going to hold their own. we start fresh tombaugh one, and that first session is the key to definitely how the game will evolve. and hopefully the weather holds off for us. well, lightning already struck the gabba, when usain bolt dropped in to give the aussie cricketers some speed

they've got the ashes, we want the ashes. there's an air of revenge. they've got what we want.nishing story of a refugee who escaped war—torn syria and ended up at 0lympics less than a year later. good evening. plenty in store for you this evening but we begin with some huge matches coming up and the chance of a place at next summer's world cup in russia. windsor park will be in full voice as northern ireland host switzerland in their play—off first leg tomorrow night. joe wilson looks ahead and is in belfast for us. the tactical subtleties will emerge tomorrow night here in belfast. we can expect the northern ireland game plan will revolve around defending their goal. after all, it is their ability not to concede, to keep clea n ability not to concede, to keep clean sheets, which really defined their qualifying campaign which got them to this play—off. their form results went off the boil in the last two qualifying games. both defeats. crucially, thaw manager knows his players and their own mind. these players have gone through a lot. experienced a lot of good and bad. the one

almost half of the 16-man england squad have never experienced an ash ashes test before.hey likely to cope with this new experience? you never know, it's sink orswim. 0ne experience? you never know, it's sink or swim. one thing that i hope that they remember and that i hope the psychology team have been drumming in is that it really doesn't matter. everything going on, all the and voices and press intrusion, it doesn't matter at all. at the end of the day, when you stand there and the ball comes down there, it doesn't affect the ball in any way. easy to say that in the atmosphere of a studio. it is, but once you're playing international sport, these are the things you should be able to control and the best players in the world should be able to control that and shut off all the exterior noise because once you've found a mechanism to cope with it, it's not that hard to do. we'll talk about psychology in a moment, but thinking about captain joe root. he's only played in four tests in australia. he hasn't got much experience with with to inform the younger members of his squ

the phoney war part of the ashes before the tests we re part of the ashes before the tests were maxedve wickets, very cheaply lost. jonny ba i rstow, wickets, very cheaply lost. jonny bairstow, marine algae. all gone fairly quickly. —— gaia pope. the spinners took three wickets. a mixed bag. —— moeen ali. two batsmen, plenty of doubts before the tour, scored runs at the right moment. mixed day. two good days. and perhaps the day we took our eye off the ball a fraction with the bat, disappointed with the session. pleased with the 100th. obviously at the end, we still in context of this particular game, we are in position. in terms of our operation going into next week, we feel like we have dipped below where we were the last two days. things are england to work on. we saw australia's women winning. surprises for the men's selection? quite a lot of upset people in the australia squad. shane bourne thinks england are in a better place. another former as gillian player the selectors morons. —— shane warne. and an uninspired selection of a veteran. tim payne, the tasmanian, the wicketkeepe

england cool their feet before the ashes first test. brighton and stoke share the points in a tight monday night premier league contest. tributes from around the world for former wimbledon champion jana novotna who has died aged 49. hi there. wherever you are around the world, welcome to sport today. it's about time we got a bit more fuel for the fire, some stoking of the ashes. england batsmanjames vince says australia need to back up their chat two days out from the ashes first test. earlier aussie paceman josh hazlewood spoke of opening the "scars" from the 2013—14 whitewash of england. our sports correspondent andy swiss watched the teams train at the hostile ground often knicknamed the ‘gabbatoir‘. welcome to the gabba, behind you we can see as australia gets ready to

team—mate jonny bairstow says he is hopeful stokes can still play some part in this ashes series.l think the same. he's a fantastic cricketer. we don't know what's going on at the moment, that's completely out of our hands. until that's resolved, we actually don't know what is going to happen. i am sure it will get resolved sooner rather than later, we hope, because at the end of the day we want the best cricketers playing in the ashes, don't we? england preparing for this first test without ben stokes. only one real selection dilemma for them to think about. the final fast bowler spot, which seems to be a straight shoot out between craig 0verton and jake ball. but otherwise, the line—up looks pretty settled. england therefore with three days of training to go until the first ashes test gets underway at the gabba here on thursday. england's women lost for the second match in a row in hockey's world league series. they were beaten i—0 by argentina in auckland, with this late strike from delfina merino sealing the win. it follows england's 2—0 loss to germany in the opening pool b m

brimming with confidence because if they win here, they will retain the women's ashes. england, the pressure was on and it soon showed. lauren winfield brilliantly

they are still cleaning up the ash to make the place presentable. a major tourist destination. the airport near its main resorts of kuta and seminyak are still open although many flights have been cancelled or diverted. however, the ash cloud is drifting east towards the island of lombok. its airport has been closed entirely. all of the flights have been cancelled so we are nowjust at the airport and we don't know what to do and try to find another flight ina to do and try to find another flight in a place to sleep. indonesia is home to more than 130 active volcanoes and sits on the pacific ring of fire weather is frequent seismic and volcanic activity. mount agung is bali's most sacred mountain, the last time it erupted was in 1963. about 1500 people died. this time around, no one is taking any chances. let's get the latest. live pictures now of mount agung, and the situation there as you can see, ash and smoke continues to spew and of course this has led the indonesian national disaster agency to place mount agung at level four which is the highes

no ashes to go home with maybe but plenty of pride after this. now i deserve the men.retty much accepted that ben stokes will play no part in their ashes series. stokes is still waiting to find out if he'll be charged over a fight outside a nightclub in september. but he posted this video on social media yesterday, keeping in shape in the nets in durham — bowling and batting. seemingly ready to join up with his team—mates if he is cleared. meanwhile, england have been training at the gabba in brisbane, where australia haven't lost a test in almost 30 years. england do hold the ashes but the last time they were in australia, almost four years ago, they lost 5—0. i think it's probably disappointing for the english team and the country. he's let a lot of people down. i would love for him to have been here because i know what a competitor he is, a world—class player. at the end of the day we have another 11 guys taking the field and we are excited. we respect oui’ field and we are excited. we respect our position, they've picked the best tea m our position, they've picked

australia may be the favourites to regain the ashes. you can favourites to regain the ashes. you ca n follow favourites to regain the ashes. you can follow the coverage. like text commentary and actions rather serious. atletico madrid, who have played into the fast finals, the second—half goals. i spoke tojohn bennett who said it's been a tough campaign. they showed real character. antoine had gone eight games without a goal. he had been criticised. saying he was distracted by too many of field issues, but he's stepped up. brilliant. as you say, kevin made a wonderful performance under real pressure for at the ticker madrid. at the ticker madrid had to beat chelsea. they beat qarabag 4—0. madrid had to beat chelsea. they beat qarabag 4-0. atletico madrid and rome are battling it. group d. juventus in barcelona. juventus got a0— juventus in barcelona. juventus got a 0— zilch —— 0—0 draw in barcelona. sporting a really breathing down the necks ofjuventus. sporting a really breathing down the necks of juventus. a sporting a really breathing down the necks ofjuventus. a really go

they're still cleaning up the ash to make the place presentable. is home to more than 130 active volcanoes and it sits on the pacific ring of fire, where there's frequent seismic and volcanic activity. agung is bali's most sacred mountain. the last time it erupted was in 1963. about 1,500 people died. this time around, no—one is taking any chances. tiffany wertheimer, bbc news. i'm joined now by dr rebecca carey, a vulcanologist and australian research council fellow from the university of tasmania. dr rebecca carey, thank you for joining us on bbc news. can you tell me what has changed in the past day 01’ me what has changed in the past day or two to make like yourself believe an eruption is going to happen? obi last week, we've had multiple sustained eruption is —— over the last week. the first phase was what we call a phreatic eruption, driven by the buildup of steam. subsequent to that of the last two days it has been sustained magmatic activity, meaning that magma is directly involved. the eruptions have been continuous low—level venting. u nf

it is the final countdown to the ashes.ore the first test match. english wicket—keeperjonny bairstow said the tourists were content, relaxed, excited, as they arrived in brisbane on sunday. andy swiss was there to meet them. well, welcome to brisbane, where the sun is out at the moment. but earlier on we had some pretty heavy showers, and the forecast is for more rain over the next few days, which could affect the players‘ preparations for the first test, which starts at the gabba on thursday. now, early on england‘s players arrived at brisbane airport from townsville, where they have been playing their final warmup game against a cricket australia 11. a smattering of the barmy army were there to meet them at the airport. now, the build—up to the ashes series has been dominated by the issue of ben stokes, who is currently back in britain under police investigation after an incident outside a nightclub back in september. but team—mate jonny ba i rstow september. but team—mate jonny bairstow says he is hopeful that stokes bai

and australia sensed that the ashes could be in sight., england knuckled down, heather knight with a captain's innings. boundaries were a rarity, but it didn't matter. with the help of georgia elwiss and a lifeless pitch, knight edged her team closer. australia decided enough was enough and the captains shook hands. not the win england would have wanted, but a battling draw to keep their hopes alive. this was a gritty performance from england, but to regain the ashes, they will now have to win all three remaining matches. not impossible, but it will be some challenge. the first men's ashes test starts a week on thursday in brisbane. england's confidence will have been boosted by a convincing win in their latest tour match against a cricket australia xi and the news that fast bowler jake ball is likely to be fit, despite suffering ankle ligament damage in the match. coach trevor bayliss says he's been pleased with the newer batsmen in the side. the more inexperienced batters have spent time in the middle before the start of the series. the

, but it is hard to imagine international cricket without the ashes, isn't it?ce of international cricket, and five days, do you sense that the rest might fall away? there is certainly movement at the moment. there is a lobby to try and get rid of five—day cricket as we know it. they are focused on the doom and gloom. some thing need to be done in some parts of the world because not enough people watch it. not enough tv money's coming in. if money is the sole reason for changing it, i disagree. it should be five—day cricket. some test matches finish inside four days. yeah, but they wouldn't. if you had four—day, the over rate wouldn't increase like geoffrey boycott wants it to. look at county cricket, how many wickets have to be docked to get a result? the very fact there is an extra day at the end, mentally, means games finish within four days rather than the easy finish in an hour's time. so we have to completely forget that idea. for me, four—day cricket is first—class cricket. five—day is special. you strive for it, you want to play that. i know it used to b

ash flow, 13,000 feet into the air. that's providing folks with what they don't want to see, ash in their neighborhoods and villages and under a yellow alert as a result of that. there you have it. worlds apart, but very -- >> speaking cloudily. >> absolutely. they're making their presence known and calling the shots. >> thank you. >>> still ahead here on "newsroom," pope francis faces a delicate balancing act, soon to head to myanmar. many are hoping he'll speak out on the atrocities being inflicted on thousands of rohingya muslims there. >>> plus, zimbabwe is transitioning into a new political era. next, cnn's farai sevenzo explains what it is like to see his country pullbuild a new fut. >>> live from atlanta, georgia, this hour, simulcast on cnn international worldwide, cnn usa here in the states, stay with us. what started as a passion... ...has grown into an enterprise. that's why i switched to the spark cash card from capital one. now, i'm earning unlimited 2% cash back on every purchase i make. everything. what's

still cleaning up the ash, to make the place presentable. or diverted. however, the ash cloud is drifting east, towards the island of lompoc, and it's airport has been closed. we are trying to find out how to get out. indonesia is home to more than 130 active volcanoes, and sits on the pacific ring of fire, where there is frequent seismic and volcanic activity, mount agung is the most sacred mountain in meat back bali and the last interrupted was 1963, 1500 people died. —— the most sacred mountain in bali. this time around, no one is taking any chances. sailors from the royal navy have been performing the famous changing the guard ceremony outside buckingham palace in london for the first time in its 350 year history. the manoeuvres are usually carried out by a regiment from the army, as our correspondent jane—frances kelly explains. shortly before 11 this morning, sailors from the royal navy marched out of wellington barracks and into the history books. people from all over the world gathered to watch them enter the gates of buckingham pala

australia win the first ashes test against england in brisbane.league this season? all good things come to those who wait. after a shaky start to the nba season, cleveland are on a roll. they face the philadelphia 76ers on monday looking for their eighth win in a row. lebronjames‘ form is a big reason why the cavs are catching up with boston and detroit in the eastern conference. his 27 points helped them see off the charlotte hornets on friday. it's awards season and here on bbc world news we're getting excited about who's going to be the bbc's 2017 sports personality of the year — the nominations will be announced later this monday. andy murray was the winner in 2016 after his amazing run of form at the end of the year. voting is already open for the overseas personality. you can have your say on our website. and you can still vote, but not for much longer, for the bbc‘s african footballer of the year. pierre—emerick aubameyang, naby keita, sadio mane, victor moses and mohamed salah are those in the running. voting closes at 18 hours gmt this mo

the ashes is trending on social media.eme swann never played another test following the 5—nil whitewash in 2014. matt prior only lasted 4 tests after the drubbing. but he's hit back on twitter saying lyon has embarrassed himself and the game has a funny way of biting back. he continues: they are fighting words! but at least we know australia will be fastest between the wickets after drafting in usain bolt. the fastest man on the planet said cricket was his first love growing up watching the west indies play. you can follow the ashes with ball by ball commentary on our website — that's bbc.com/sport. i'm nick marshall—mccormack and that's your sport briefing for wednesday. if you have seen the uber story, you confident on having companies having your data. keep your it data close to your chest is one advice from one of our viewers. hello there. a lot happening over the next few days, some really cold air waiting in the wings but for the time being it's either wet or it's windy. we've got this succession of low pressure wavi

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the first men's ashes test starts a week on thursday in brisbane.ing win in their latest tour match against a cricket australia xi and the news that fast bowler jake ball is likely to be fit, despite suffering ankle ligament damage in the match. coach trevor bayliss has also been pleased with the newer batsmen in the side. the more inexperienced batters have spent time the start of the series. they're the ones under pressure the most. they've not had much experience, but they've spent some time in the middle. but scoring 60s is not enough. we need 160s. england are through to the quarter finals of the rugby league world cup after a 36—6 victory over france in perth. england ran three tries in the first eight minutes and had five by the break, the fifth courtesy ofjohn bateman. it wasn't quite as easy in the second half, but two more scores came from jemaine mcgillray to complete the emphatic win. england will play papa new guinea in the last eight next sunday. they are a great team and it will be a tough challenge, but for us, it is about what we do

they are heading for the heat in this first ashes test.uld total comfort. 0ff match. they should win that would total comfort. off the pitch, this incident involving jonny bairstow in a bar in perth at the start of the 24 weeks ago. the bbc understands it was having a drink in a bar in perth, the same at the australian cricket captain cameron bancroft when at some point that hazmat. it is understood they left amicably. the ecb have released a statement. there has been a report of any incident from the venue, security, or police and there was no injury reported. they said they would follow it up with the england management after this test match. clearly with the ongoing controversy surrounding ben stokes this is the last thing they need right now. england with some big questions to a nswer england with some big questions to answer both on the pitch and off it. france have won their 10th davis cup by beating belgium. world number 18 lucas pouille beat belgium's steve darcis in a deciding final match in front of a electric crowd in lille. it

this will be the first day/ night test, men's or women's, in ashes history.he players, a whole new ball game. or a pink ball game, to be precise. easier to see under the lights, never previously used in women's international. but england and australia are no strangers to innovation. after all, they played the very first women's tests more than 80 years ago. now they will share another piece of sporting history. both teams are looking forward to it. we don't play a lot of test cricket and you only have the opportunity to be part of history once, so i think both teams will be extremely excited. it is australia on the front foot. win here and they retain the ashes. england will have to hope they do not live up to their billing. coverage of that is in the early hours on five live sport extra. meanwhile, england's men have been playing one of their two warm—up games before their ashes series starts in a fortnight‘s time. mark stoneman, dawid malan and joe root all scored half centuries... against a cricket australia 11. play ended on day one with england 278 for 8

england's ashes have begunin bit smarter. england's ashes have begun in defeat and controversy.s become a whole lot tougher. andy swiss, bbc news, brisbane. and tonight, speculation mounting over ben stokes after he was seen at heathrow airport. the ecb says he's making a private trip to new zealand to spend time with family — and have denied he's on his way to the ashes or any other training camps within the england set—up. stokes is still waiting to find out whether he'll be charged after an incident outside a bar in bristol in september that led to his suspension from the national team. that case remains ongoing. sam allardyce is back in the frame to be everton‘s new manager. he had ruled himself out of the job, but following their 4—1 defeat to southampton yesterday, everton‘s search to fill their vacancy has become increasingly urgent. here's our sports correspondent david ornstein. sam alla rdyce sam allardyce was the initial favourite for the job but he publicly ruled himself out of contention because everton delayed making an offer to him. in the meantime, marco silva, t

the first triumph of this ashes winter has gone australia's way.ralia's way. england's women's rugby better bounce back from world cup defeat this to thump canada 79-5. in cup defeat this to thump canada 79—5. in the first game since the rfu confirmed they will be paid match fees, england were rampant running in13 match fees, england were rampant running in 13 tries. they will play again next tuesday and saturday. 0ne match in the aviva premiership tonight where saracens lost at gloucester. sarries dominated the first half but a remarkable comeback from gloucester meant they scored 22nd points including this try by tom hudson to seal the victory. confirmation of that score and the other matches of the night in the anglo welsh cup. in tennis, andy murray has split with his coach ivan lendlfor the second time. during their time together mowatt won three grand slams, two ludwig goldmans and obtain the world than the one ranking. —— two 0lympic obtain the world than the one ranking. —— two olympic gold medals. he is trying to regain fitness before the

england are on the verge of losing the first ashes' test.sbane and need just 56 runs to win. meanwhile, the ecb says it's spoken to england wicketkeeper jonny bairstow over an alleged incident during a night out earlier in the tour. andy swiss has more. so, was this the day england's ashes optimism faded? at first it was their batsmen that struggled. captainjoe root, gone before lunch. the rest soon followed. moeen ali, contentiously. was he stumped 7 anything behind the line and he was ok. it was agonisingly close. but, after an age, he was out. england's tail once again didn't hang around. australia left with a target ofjust 170. and, led by david warner, they ruthlessly set about the run chase. by the close, england demoralised and all but defeated. very disappointed. i thought the first three days we played well and we were in the game. today, we let ourselves down. with the bat especially, we got in and never really got that big score we needed. but, hours later, there was another problem. claims jonny bairstow was involved in an incide

a few days ago we had considerable ash fall.e balinese. they are very concerned about how will bumi do in this village which, in 1963 had anywhere from ten to a0 centimetres of ash fall on any given day during the time of the eruption. the eruption was not one event in 1963, it went on and on for many months up to a year and some days there would be thomas falling, other days there would be, the river would be full of lahar. this guy, his parents are concerned, they have sealed a room in their home where everyone in their extended family can get away from the ash. robin. it is a privilege to meet bumi. i am impressed by how well he is coping with the mask. i would expect a child of his age to be pulling it off. what a wonderful character. he is beautiful. is a beautiful child. very calm. breast—fed, of course. that is one of the things we want to make sure that in this time of disaster that people don't come in, for example, and tried get breast—feeding mothers to use infant formula. we will be in a situation where we may not ha

that's where you get the testfl the ash ball. this is concern for people on the ground with respiratory problems. one of the other threats is the pyroclastic flow. that's a lot of the heavier material that just goes sliding down the sides of the mountain. those can move at incredibly rapidly speeds that unfortunately are nearly impossible to outrun you. mix that with moisture especially if we get rain in the forecast that is expected to be there, that can trigger lahars which are basically just mutt slides caused by the actual volcano. when we talk about the ash in the heir and the implications it has for air travel, because we already know we've had numerous cancellations of flights. ash goes up. remember, it's incredibly hot temperatures. it's pulverized rocks and they get pulled into the engines. they melt in the engines, and oftentimes melting the components of the engine. but here is the thing. as they rise, they cool rapidly. that causes them to solidify. so you're basically having rocks thrown at the engine parts. and that

the men's ashes starts in brisbane tomorrow night.iving. he won a ten penalty in the draw against palace over the weekend. more in 15 minutes. a drugs company has been accused of overcharging the nhs by millions of pounds a year for a key thyroid treatment. the competition and markets authority claims that concordia abused its position. it says the nhs spent £34 million on a thyroid drug last year, up from around £600,000 in 2006. concordia says it "does not believe competition law has been infringed". our health editor hugh pym, gave us this update. the way the drugs industry works, if you have the patent to a drug, it's your exclusive product and you can set the price, although patented drugs, the price is capped within an agreement with the government here in the uk, when it goes generic and off patent, in other words anyone can make that drug, it's assumed that the price will fall. but what seems to have happened in a certain number of cases for quits niche drugs like this one is a company comes in, buys the rite to market it, nob

still cleaning up the ash, to make the place presentable.st destination and results are still open although many flights have been cancelled or diverted. however, the ash cloud is drifting east, towards the island of lompoc, and it's airport has been closed. we are trying to find out how to get out. indonesia is home to more than 130 active volcanoes, and sits on the pacific ring of fire, where there is frequent seismic and volcanic activity, mount agung is the most sacred mountain in meat back bali and the last interrupted was 1963, 1500 people died. —— the most sacred mountain in bali. this time around, no one is taking any chances. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. at least 23 civilians are reported killed in the latest syrian government attacks on a rebel—held enclave on the outskirts of damascus. activists say towns in the eastern ghouta district have been subjected to air strikes and artillery fire. the un says after years of siege, conditions are dire for the 400,000 people living in the enclave. official

brimming with confidence because if they win here, they will retain the women's ashes.or england, the pressure was on and it soon showed. lauren winfield brilliantly caught for just four. australia's bowlers on top but not for long, as tammy beaumont led the england fightback, casting off the early shackles as she shared a century stand with captain heather knight. in the sydney sunshine, england were blossoming and australia seemingly wilting. but as the shadows began to lengthen, so the fortunes began to turn. beaumont was finally out for 70 and with the pink ball under the floodlights, australia dazzled. ellyse perry might not have seen it but she still somehow caught it to remove sarah taylor, as england's middle order struggled. by the end, a day which they had controlled for so long was left delicately poised. tomorrow morning, maybe the first hour or two will be really important

australia win the opening ashes test against england by ten wickets. we'll head live to australia for reaction next. jordi alba scores a stunner as leaders barcelona rescue a point at valencia. and "vive la france!" lucas pouille wins the deciding rubber as the hosts win a 10th davis cup title. hello, and welcome to the programme. we start with the breaking news in the past hour that australia have won the first ashes test against england in brisbane by ten wickets. openers, david warner and cameron bancroft, shared an unbeaten stand of 173 leading their side to victory at the gabba. let's head live to australia for some reaction and join abc sports reporter, chris glassock. what does the general manner of this victory mean coming by such a large margin in the end? good morning. first—blood to australia. they continue their love affair with the gabba. 2010 earning yea rs affair with the gabba. 2010 earning years unbeaten at the gabba. —— 29 yea rs years unbeaten at the gabba. —— 29 years unbeaten. england fell away at the back end of the day which we t

after his pre—ashes fighting talk, some way to back it up.g an lbw decision but not for long. the review showed he was out, the skipper gone for 15. before a view morale boosting blows from moeen ali help to guide england through to the close. for the fans, a first day of fluctuating fortunes. england's impressive start followed by australia's late resurgence. the early signs suggest this could be a competitive series. i think about moment it is reasonably even. the first hour tomorrow will determine how we look back at day one. getting through that new ball early in the morning and hopefully building up towards 300, 350, 400 if we go well. and absorbing start to the ashes but england know the hard work has only just begun. satellite images of the earth at night have revealed that artificial light is getting brighter and brighter every year. light pollution is expanding across the planet by more than 2% a year thanks to more and more lights going on in south america, africa and asia. scientists say the increase in light pollution will have ne

australia now need just 56 on the final day to go 1—0 up in the ashes.ough task in australia. 1—0 down, it seems, it will be even tougher. obviously very disappointed. i thought the first three days we played well and were in the game, today we let ourselves down, with the bat especially we got in and never really got on to get the big score we needed. in this afternoon's premier league matches leaders manchester city will be aiming to restore their eight point lead at the top of the table. city travel to huddersfield. before that sixth placed arsenal are at burnley, who are a place below them due to goal difference. managerless everton are looking for their first away win in 1a league matches at southampton. interim manager david unsworth says the players need to just focus on trying to pick up three points. going to any game, i think it is important that we perform and to climb up the table, no matter who is in charge. the sooner it is sorted, the better. i think that would be a fair comment. but i have to say i think the players must focus on playing

england's women cricketers are up against it in the ashes down under.yse perry hit a double test century. and a big upset at the rugby league world cup as tonga beat new zealand. world champion lewis hamilton crashes out in qualifying and will start at the back of the grid in brazil. hello, welcome to the programme. we'll start with rugby union's autumn internationals, a chance for the northern hemisphere to see if they can get closer to the southern hemisphere sides that dominated the world cup just two years ago. wales‘s bad run against australia continues, the wallabies won 29—21, the 13th consecutive victory over their hosts in cardiff. it looked promising for wales early, steph evans going over in the corner to help push them in front after an early australia try. but the tourists scored three of their own, the pick of them from kurtley beale. perfect tackle from the full—back, sneaking out of it with a ball. hint ofa sneaking out of it with a ball. hint of a knock—on from the full—back, he wasn't hanging around and the welsh tea m rea cted wasn't