as city run out of landmarks, aston villa ran out of landmarks, aston villa ran out of landmarks, astonlla's fight against relegation wasn't helped by watford today who leapfrogged both them and bournemouth with a crushing 3—0 win on the south coast. it lifts them out of the drop zone for the first time all season but for bournemouth — they're heading in the wrong way. patrick gearey watched this one glance at the league table and you will see bournemouth started this one point above watford. look closer and you will find them facing in opposite directions. lately, bournemouth have been sinking. they were met by watford's fast rising tide. the hornets swarmed before abdoulaye doucoure provided the sting. watford picked up ten points from five games before this, a renaissance built around two men, the new manager, nigel pearson, and the old reliable captain, troy deeney. here, a finish that was an extension of his personality, a bullish certainty that is essential in relegation fights. contrast that to what bournemouth are offering. games like these can decide seasons, but they seem to s

phil is covering aston martin. us.urger is also with let's start with all things trucks and autos. annmarie: volkswagen looking to expand in the u.s. truck manufacturing market, offering to buy the rest of navistar for $2.9 billion. the board is taking this under consideration. no deal just yet, but the shares of navistar surged 53% yesterday, a huge jump. vw moreld just bring into the u.s. truck maker. we will see how they react at the open. dani, you aret, covering bbva. i'm not sure i can do the rest of it. what is the story with the bank? [laughter] dani: i thought that was a great pronunciation, matt. in the fourth quarter, they swung to losses. the culprit was a $1.5 billion write down in the u.s. unit. strategists did expect to this, so the loss is narrower than the median estimate. this really makes clear the struggle they are going to have. they are trying to look outside of their home market because interest rates are so low set by the ecb right now. other units like the u.s. are showing financial struggles i

he wasn't the only aston villa player responsible.he space for shooting practice. just 28 minutes in, the optimism had run out. by half—time, the champions had made another. kevin de bruyne‘s perfect cross finished off for four. still, city farm records to go for. still, city, relentless, found more records to go for. sergio aguero‘s second of the match made premier league history. he is now the all—time top scorer from overseas. before the end, there was more. at 80 minutes, sergio aguero had a hat—trick for the 12th time, one more than alan shearer‘s record. at stoppage time, the home side won and scored a penalty, but they are now inside the bottom three. as city run out of landmarks, aston villa ran out of hope. so are there any more superlatives left to describe aguero? well, his manager did his best to sum up the influential argentine. when these kind of things happen, however hat tricks and how many goals, it is not because it is 12 seasons, goals, it is not because it is 12 seasons, it is a long time. that is a real value, whe

aston martin says profits last year slumped.2019 over 100 million pounds lower, increasing the urgency for the sports carmaker to attract new capital. at the heart of the turnaround plan is the dbx. it helps the suv will help it double output to 14,000 cars by 2023. impossible foods is debuting impossible pork and impossible sausage, new faux meat products launching at ces in las vegas, ramping up their rivalry with beyond meat. , >> our mission is global. with 40% of meat being consumed in asia, we are very focused on ensuring we can enter major markets like china as soon as possible. laura: that is your bloomberg business flash. anna: thanks very much. to theurn our attention united states and a raft of economic data hitting the bloomberg today. 1:30 london time, we get the country's trade balance. of3:00 p.m., the release factory payrolls and service orders. mufg is withy of us. i want to get your thoughts on the u.s., but maybe through the prism of what's going on in the real yield space at the moment with treasuries in the

manchester city striker aguero hits a record—breaking hat—trick, as his side demolish aston villa.k on top, juventus lead the way in serie a, with cristiano ronaldo on the scoresheet in their win at roma. and serbian delight. novak djokovic helps them to victory over spain, in the first ever atp cup final. we start with football, and manchester city are back up to second in the english premier league table, after thrashing aston villa on sunday. sergio aguero scored a hat—trick as the reigning champions won 6—1 at villa park. john murray reports. the champions inflicted aston villa's heaviest defeat since they returned to the premier league, sergio aguero leading the way as he overtook terry henry to become the record foreign goalscorer in english top—flight football. —— thierry henry sub some of aston villa's defending was feeble, but the visitors were irresistible, with mahrez scoring the first term, sergio aguero and jesus the others. aguero reached a personal total of 177 premier league goals, and villa's own goal was barely a crumb of comfort for them. when these kinds of thin

aston villa. the villains have just signed danny drinkwater. he can play tonight. is fit and is available to play this evening. brendan rodgers expected to name a strong side as he tried to take the upper hand going into the reverse side which takes place at villa park at the end of this month. full coverage of the match is on bbc radio 5 live from 7 o'clock tonight. a criminal investigation has been launched after a russian ice skater was criticially injured when she fell during rehersals for the opening ceremony of the youth olympic games in switzerland. police say the 35—year—old "suddenly lost her balance" and fell on to the ice. our olympic reporter nick hope has more. youth olympic games are a celebration of sport which bring together thousands of athletes for two weeks of intense competition. but the celebrations ahead of the large of lausanne 2020 have taken a sombre time in the last few hours. it follows the news that a 35—year—old russian ice skater is in a life—threatening condition after an injury following a fall during rehearsals ahead of the opening

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congratulations to aston villa, they won, they are through so for us, bitterly disappointed.enough opportunities and chances and like i said, we just switched off right at the end there on a cross. in spain — atheltic bilbao are into the copa del rey quarter—finals after winning 11—2 on penalties against second tier tenerife. the canary islands side looked as though they were heading into the last eight before a late yuri berchiche goal sent it to spot kicks. just enough time to let you know that simona halep is already through to the finals with a win over kontaveit. you can head across to the website. but from all of us, goodbye. hello there. temperatures are set to climb over the next few days, after what has been for some of us a brief taste of winter. there's still enough snow and indeed moisture lying on the ground to give the potentialfor some icy stretches through wednesday morning, which could cause some travel problems. temperatures as we start the day around about freezing, dropping below freezing across parts of scotland. probably not quite as cold as it was on tu

this story about the interest in aston martin, in particular from the chinese.e've seen geely get involved in numerous european automakers with their investment and stake in daimler. >> volvo. >> volvo clearly, this player is becoming a lot more involved in the european space >> yeah. and actually, remember we were discussing this on urs thursday, friday, towards the end of last week if you look at the performance of aston martin, it's down 75% from its ipos. anyone who bought that has not had a very easy ride at all. and the news flow from here is centered around which investor will end up taking a stake there. at the end of the day, they seem to have a lot of operational difficulties and that is going to be the big question going forward. one thing forward, i think the nissan renault story is interesting in light of the colorful press conference we had out of carlos ghosn but it looks like that empire is close to coming apart. >> it's interesting listening to carlos ghosn and how much pride he has working at those two companies. if they do break apart, what ha

you sarah, let's have a closer look at one of those teams in the last 16, brighton women, they beat astonla over the weekend. brighton are managed by the former england lionesses head—coach hope powell. here'sjuliette parkin. tea m team worked on the pitch and off it. it women's game is now faster... more physical... and more professional than ever before. there isa professional than ever before. there is a whole team behind the team making success happen. they are professional athletes, full—time, we have the capacity to do itand full—time, we have the capacity to do it and make sure that you eat right, sleep right, regenerate, do all the right things, it helps you in games like this. over 2a hours of meticulous preparation. just got off the couch and that is what we do, recovery, after this we get in the pool and stretch. meeting then food and the game tomorrow. dinner. breakfast. everything carefully selected for its nutritional value. we have some consult a nutritionist and worked alongside them to provide the best menus we can do the tales and make sure the players are ready. —— menu

leicester city come from behind to draw the first leg of their league cup semi final with aston villaa with a broken rib. and the government wants the fa to end a deal that allows betting companies to broadcast fa cup matches. hello. after last night's league cup semi final between manchester city and manchester united was very one sided — tonight — the teams couldn't be split. leicester city and aston villa played out a 1—1 draw in the first leg at the king power stadium to setup an intriguing second tie in three weeks' time. adam wild was watching. leicester city have for many been one of the surprises of the season, second in the lake, two games from the league cup final. brendan roger spoke this week of creating a new history. from the beginning, they seemed in a rush to get it started. backin seemed in a rush to get it started. back in the side with jamie vardy but when he scored at this chance, things might not go their way. aston villa may have sensed that especially when frederick got his footin especially when frederick got his foot in the cross to pride in the opening goal.

aston villa are heading to wembley with victory over leicester. the return of israel folau.ormer australia international has switched codes nine months on from making homophobic comments on social media. and the great escape — roger federer saves seven match points to reach the australian open semi—finals. hello and welcome to the programme. after five day‘s of fa cup games— tonight was the turn of the league cup. and what a night it was at villa park. the second leg of their semi—final with leicester city. poised going into tonight's match at 1—1, it was matt targett on targett for the home side opening the scoring early into the first half to take them a step closer to wembley. but leicester weren't letting this go that easily. kelechi ihea nacho, just as he did in the first leg, made it 1—1, and just when it looked like it would be going to penalties... three minutes into injury time, trezeguet volleying a first—time beauty into the bottom right corner, putting aston villa into their first league cup final in ten years. look at what it means to the fans there. they'll fac

aston villa back into their first cup final aston villa back into their first cupfinal in aston villacity in the final at wembley on the 1st of march. more scottish cup action, the fourth round replay between hibs and dundee utd, and christian deutch hat—trick helped hibs to the 4—2 when, setting up helped hibs to the 4—2 when, setting upa helped hibs to the 4—2 when, setting up a last helped hibs to the 4—2 when, setting upa last16 helped hibs to the 4—2 when, setting up a last 16 tie with bse glasgow. elsewhere ligue one side falkirk will face hearts after beating chime ship visitors are 2—0. a former by ship visitors are 2—0. a former rugby union star, is your full eye who, who was sacked by rugby australia for making homophobic comments, has signed a one—year deal with super league side catalan dragons. the league say it was a difficult decision to allow him to play, but they cannot prevent him because he has not been found guilty of any because he has not been found guilty ofany criminal because he has not been found guilty of any criminal offence. super league boss says he is di

bloomberg has learned a canadian billionaire is the frontrunner to buy a stake in aston market. -- aston1tially investing billion in the british carmaker. aston martin spoke to several people about a potential increase. staff in dozens of singapore this year. morgan stanley reported record profits for 2019. to fly tou.s. airline cuba in decades is scaling back. jetblue will end service to havana after the trump administration restrictions reduced travel to the island. -- it began flights to cuba in 2016. up, balance of power with david westin. commerce will be joining the program. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: -- bloomberg.com --david: from bloomberg world headquarters in new york to our tv and radio audiences worldwide, i am david westin. welcome to "balance of power," where the world of politics meets the world of business. today, and it edgers in from washington -- ann edgerson on president trump's so defense team and the not secret steps about issuing new government bonds. with the's start first new defense team for the president. he has added some big names. were the biggest names ken

at the turn of the last decade, aston villa were on their way to a sixth—placed finish in the premierhe relegation zone in need of a new year boost. jack grealish thought he had found it ten minutes in but var had its own say. wesley offside in the build—up. but the brazilian made amends soon after, driving home through nick pope to give villa a deserved lead. and thenjack grealish did get his goal. no var intervention this time. villa have been known to surrender leads this season and a chris wood header ten minutes before the end set up a nervy ending. but they did manage to hold on and have leapt out of the relegation zone for now. i could see from the players' eyes today when they went out there that they were ready for this today. this is a tough place to come, they make it hard and they know how to stay in this league. but we felt that we could go and compete with them today. if we completed, then with the players we have got, we are really good footballers and we showed that in the first half. in brighton, cesar azpilicueta gave chelsea the lead with a bundled finish. and it lo

dani: we are getting a bit of a turnaround today from aston martin.ession on friday after a profit warning which showed the urgency for new funding. seems to have gotten that in the form of lawrence strohl, well known for owning an f1 team that his son drives were. injecting 200 million pounds. aston martin getting some interest from china's group. shares rise by nearly 2.5%. morphosys trading at a record high, up 1%. it signed a pact to develop one of its antibody treatments. that should allow the drug to be designed, developed, commercialized. they will get $750 million as part of the agreement. another huge day of gains for managing. asfriday, it gained as much 35% after one of his leukemia treatment showed an 80% survival rate after 24 months. investors liking the results there. shares gaining 27%, now trading at the highest since last summer. matt: thanks very much for that. coming up on bloomberg television, two great interviews with european drugmakers. the jp morgan health care congress. we will speak to the cfo of the drugmaker santa fe. just

jack grealish thought he‘d scored for aston villa.uld only be used to correct clear and obvious errors. well, try finding one here. commentator: it's been ruled out. 0ffside given. grealish was at the heart of everything for villa, and there was no keeping him out for long. commentator: wow! 2—0 here, and although burnley would get one back, villa held on for a win that lifts them out of the relegation zone. leicester are currently the closest challengers to liverpool. they faced newcastle united, who were in a generous mood. commentator: ayoze perez! minutes later, united were scrambling again and when the ball landed at james maddison‘s feet, there was no way back. commentator: how about that?! 3—0 it finished. leicester starting the year as they mean to go on. there were also important wins for southampton and watford, while the wait is nearly over for david moyes, who will take charge of his first game since returning to west ham against fellow strugglers bournemouth. both club and manager hoping the new year brings a change of fo

from the beginning against aston villa they sent in a rush to get it started. paris coming close.may have sense that also. especially after the opening goal. a lead they we re after the opening goal. a lead they were unlucky not to extend. a header ruffling back of the crossbow. much has been discussed about the future ofjames has been discussed about the future of james madison, he has been discussed about the future ofjames madison, he was has been discussed about the future of james madison, he was with has been discussed about the future ofjames madison, he was with a big chance to change the course of leicester city's future instead that was left to his teammate. the equaliser, finally, the first leg and level. leicester city's new history will have to wait. james anderson says he's frustrated to be missing the rest of england's tour of south africa with a broken rib. he picked up the injury during their second test win in cape town and is expected to be out for 6 to eight weeks. he's onlyjust returned after five months out with a calf problem but former england seamer ryan s

vonnie: aston martin our stock of the hour.hares selloff today as more high-end carmaker struggle. we are joined by abigail doolittle. abigail: shares are really plunging. they put out a profit warning where adjusted earnings for the full year of 2019, their first full year as a publicly traded company, plunging from the year before by about 45%. they are expecting a range of routine -- of between 130 and 140 pounds, clearly going in the wrong direction. a number of factors here, including the overall downturn for cars, plus uncertainty around brexit, and you also have certain models that are doing less well. one bernstein analyst, it seems all analysts, actually come are pretty shocked by how bad these were. one analyst at bernstein saying it is shocking how much this story has unraveled since the ferrari,pposition to which has done quite well since it's 2015 or early 2016 ipo. for ari really taking off -- , aston martin off really in a slump. we can take a look at their bonds, and we see a bit of a plunge on the day. overall,

what happened to aston martin? >> a lot wrong with that company. products, management >> what's wrong with the product? good looking car >> but they all look the same. the vanquish, the vantage, they all look the same. very expensive they have so much competition now. it's all riding on the dbx, the suv, this will be a $200,000 suv. there are between porsche, mercedes, the number of expensive suvs out there, too much choice. >> and now does china's geely come in and help aston martin which has a lot of debt. ever since the ipo, the stock has opinion on a free fall even china could not provide the rescue line that aston martin is looking for. >> it's a tough situation. outside of them, there's no other buyer. so they have -- >> you wonder, how much money is out there, kate. these cars are so expensive. i guarantee these are not people buying on credit >> look how much wealth has been created in the united states over the past year >> so people are selling their apple stock to buy a rolls royce? >> they feel wealthy, they have that wealth. and global

the aston villa supporters weren't staying for the encore.ignificance. commentator: sergio aguero has scored in the premier league for the 176th time! that figure talk aguero past henry's record and with the argentine's third and city's sixth of the day, he was looking further ahead. only english players are now above him in the premier league's top scorers. he's reached it in nine years through relentless consistency. when these kinds of things happen, how many hat tricks and how many goals, it is because it's notjust one season, two seasons or a short moment, it is a long, long time. and that is a real value, when you are consistent for a long, long time and sergio has done that. i'm so happy, i want to say thanks to my team—mates because they helped me these nine years. so i'm very proud of them. what comes next for aguero rests on how long he stays. there's 18 months left on his city contract but even as a club as rich as this one, the landmarks, the volume of goals, are impossible to replace. joe lynskey, bbc news. that win moved city up

aston villa have also been eliminated after losing 2—1 at championship side fulham.y were given a bit of a first half scare by league two side, port vale, but pep guardiola's side went in to cruise control in the second half. city won 4—1 to continue their attempt to retain the cup as alex gulrajani reports. believe it or not, there are some manchester city fans out there who haven't yet seen them win a trophy. the fa cup was part of a famous trouble for pep guardiola last season. trouble for pep guardiola last season. its value more important this year as their elite title defence stutters. alex and janco getting this defence off in style. devon silva meanwhile was having less luck. leak to port vale knew this would be a tricky evening. a little bit of luck on their side, and a moment of class, too. he's looking to attack it, and he scores! that's the moment for port vale, anton pope! all of a sudden they we re anton pope! all of a sudden they were leveled against the premier league champions. how long could they hold out? the answer — not too long. sergio aguero po

aston villa are going to sign bastogne.watford are still looking for a defender, they had been heavily with burnley boss mike ben gibson. there really has it been a great deal today. now, this is the last transfer window where premier league and scottish premiership clubs will be operating inside the european union. now, historically, players moving to the uk from outside the eu have had to get a work permit to play domestically. so how will that change after brexit? earlier i asked the sports lawyer, daniel gee. probably one of the most significant elements is going to be what the work permit restrictions are going to be. at present, this applies to non—european football is coming into the uk, which will presumably apply to all non—uk workers. that's a significant period of time going forward. the current criteria for non—eu players playing in the premier league is, effectively, usually to do with the country and that they play for, obviously, the higher wages, the more likely you will be able to demonstrate that the playe

aston villa have also been eliminated — after losing 2—1 at championship side fulham.nd, after a dramatic late winner. tom eaves completing his hat—trick in stoppage time to snatch a 3—2 win at league one side rotherham — who played over an hour with ten men. league one shrewsbury town earned a replay with championship side bristol city after a 1—1 draw, thanks to sean goss‘ second—half equaliser. you can find all the goals and rest of the results on the bbc sport website and app. five games kicked off at 5.31pm. holders manchester city are hosting league two side port vale it's 2—1 at the etihad. tom pope heading home to equalise for lower league side but sergio aguero has restored the lead for city. second in the premier league, leicester are 2—0 with 2018 winners wigan, wolves beat manchester united in the quarterfinals of last seasons cup — it's 0—0 there. i have my eye on that one at the moment. england's bowlers came to the rescue again, leading the fightback on day two of the second test in cape town. having been bowled out for 269, james anderson and stuart bro

ellis great to speak to you as always always cashmore professor of sociology at aston university and sports and media lecturer many thanks. in other news a landmark test case for euthanasia rules is unfolding in belgium where for the 1st time since the practice was legalized 3 doctors face criminal charges prosecutors allege they illegally ended the life of a 38 year old woman the woman's family says that they've been broken by her death r.t. saskia taylor takes a closer look. on christmas eve in 2937 year old teenager told her family she wanted to be euthanized but while teen suffering might have ended several months later of in a clinic in the flemish city of get and that of her family is still ongoing because the 3 doctors who were involved are now on trial for her murder this will be belgium's fust criminal case concerning euthanasia since the practice was legalized back in 2002 which accounts for an average of 6 deaths of 3 day the doctors insist they acted in good faith and are unfairly being painted as murderous but the hiring account teen sisters give of that fateful day rais

at the turn of the last decade, aston villa were on their way to a sixth placed finish in the premier in need of a new year boost. jack grealish thought he had founded ten minutes in but var had its own sake. wesley oxide in the build—up. but the brazilian made amends soon after, driving home through nick hope to give villa a deserved lead. and thenjack grealish did get his goal. no var intervention this time. villa have been known to surrender leeds this season and a chris wood header ten minutes before the end set upa header ten minutes before the end set up a nervy ending. but they did manage to hold on and have leapt out of the relegation zone for now. in brighton, cesar azpilicueta gave chelsea the lead with a bundled finish. and it looked like that would be enough for lampard's men untilan would be enough for lampard's men until an early contender for goal of the decade from alireza jahanbakhsh, forcing chelsea to share the points. so three games underway right now southampton have just ta ken southampton have just taken the lead, and watford are enjoying a resurgence under nige

it's manchester city who will meet aston villa in the final of the league cup.it's manchester city who will meet aston villa in the final of the league cup. pep guardiola's side failed to score in the second leg of their semi—final against manchester united — but progressed 3—2 on aggregate. the first leg demonstrated in 90 minutes what's been obvious for several years, that city have stepped decisively ahead of united. theiraim stepped decisively ahead of united. their aim now, to move fully out of reach. the problem, david dahir‘s reach. the problem, david dahir‘s reach. he denied aguero. edward, as chief executive, had his house vandalised last night but suddenly a thunderbolt. the semi—final smashed open. things became but was. finally, sterling found himself through time. games still not over but in chasing this, matic was too keen on they would be shortstaffed for their final keen on they would be shortstaffed for theirfinal push. too much of an ask against the city team and agero might have asked for the full stoppage. city's was the bigger the tree and t

and i told aston, i said we're in san francisco, we're going to move to oakland and time to move back to san francisco, away from your little crew and you won't be able to see them quite as often. i said, should we do this and his response was, you have to do this because you have to continue to be a freedom fighter. that's what we need at this time, so thank you. i have a lot of hope for what we can englis accomplish over the t several years, a lot of hope, for a lot of reasons, but i want to highlight three of the reasons. one is that while campaigning across the city and meeting people, i've been really energized by the dynamic, diverse and rich tapestry of political engagement from all corners of the city. it's truly heartwarming to live and work in a city where there are so many people who really care not just about their family and their community but the city at large, the state, the nation in the world and are willing to put their politics on the line. i also have a lot of optimism and hope because of the deep commitment by our hard-working and talented staff who truly believe

wales and british lions playerjames hook aston villa.ish lions playerjames hook has announced he will retire from rugby at the end of the season, he wants to focus on writing rugby themed children's books and a career in coaching. and the kansas city chiefs came from 24-0 the kansas city chiefs came from 211—0 down to beat the houston texans to advance to the afc championship game. more on all those stories in 20 minutes, iwill see game. more on all those stories in 20 minutes, i will see you then. the airline flybe has refused to comment on reports that it's trying to secure emergency funding to prevent its collapse. flybe was bought by connect airways, a consortium created by virgin atlantic, stoba rt group and investment adviser cyrus capital last year. our business presenter dominic o'connell is here. they are not commenting on media reports on crisis talks being under way, what do you understand? certainly not denying. they say they are focused on passenger service and not focusing on speculation but they are not saying this is the

aston martin is looking to hold funding talks with a billionaire.s aston martin need cash so badly? >> this is a tough story. even though they have a prestigious brand, james bond's original car, sales did much worse than expected last year. that has hurt their profitability. to give the money to build their suv. they are expecting that sport utility vehicle. where porsche has gotten all of its growth. selling sedans and sports cars to a luxury market that has been walking away from those suv's furry long time. thes really tough in nichetive market being a carmaker. welch,oomberg's david thanks for joining us. scarlet: tens of thousands of people in the philippines being evacuated after an erupting volcano south of the capital. earthquakes could signal further eruptions. here with more is shery ahn. how bad is this situation? shery: we are talking 24,000 people already fleeing their homes. authorities saying that could toband -- could expand 300,000 people. we are talking about an eruption only 40 miles from the capital, manila. this volcano has doz

shares of aston martin surging once it was announced stroll will take a stake in the company. been working to raise funds after a sales drop put pressure on its finances chevron is asking staff to postpone any nonessential travel adding that employees will need to get approval for any china travel deemed business critical. shares are higher early going. >>> investors capping off a wild week for oil still below $53 a barrel it has fallen more than $2 a barrel energy remains the worst performing sector. down this month. not keeping some investors from making bold calls in the space >> as long as oil is above 50, there is a lot of money to be made as well as in the mid-stream space >> we are going off the charts take a look at this chart showing historical patterns in west texas crude this is seasonal and how oil tends to trade through the course of the year it tends to tank in january, which is where we are. >> you can move congo and others here from where they were. those are powerful names in the commodity market >> what does this mean for investors? numbers are due out in a f

as an aston martin have plunged some 13 percent of the company want its profits would be down by nearly half the british luxury carmaker blamed weak demand in europe for. greece is looking forward to a bumpy year with khrushchev's free bookings for this year's crew season means it will be busier than last year number of tourists who arrived on cruise ships rose to over 5000000 people last year about $700000.00 more than the year before. thousands of patients are appealing a french quarter decision against that damages claim against pharmaceutical giant. at this time there was a lack of information following changes to the medicine called level fairoaks and corresponding side if you. feel if the words textile industry in africa i mentioned in one sentence it's usually about low wages for workers fast fashion and cheap imports for western chains but africa's genuine fashion industry is alive and kicking in many countries across the continent designers are making contemporary fashion with a decidedly local twist and often with a strong traditional influence example from mali. a few finishi

we begin today with an exhibition in the western german city of aston which features pictures of 75 survivors of the holocaust you know exhibition was opened on tuesday by the german chancellor and the number 75 is significant because next monday will be this 75th anniversary of the liberation of the auschwitz death camp in 1945 the exhibition is one of many events marking this anniversary. these people were persecuted by nazi germany and the survived. the portraits on display in the german city of s. and. the title of the exhibition is survivors faces of life after the holocaust. the 75 photographs by martin shiela the german who lives in new york. what i think really brings these people together is a certain kind of optimism and strength i don't know if you can see that but there's also a kind of a pride and a lot of the. talk very defiantly about i overcame the holocaust and then i did this and then i did this and this and now i have 20 grandchildren 5 kids and 20 grandchildren so they're very proud people close ups of celebrities such as barack obama hillary clinton and uncle americal cem

we begin today though with an exhibition in the western german city of aston which features pictures of 75 survivors of the holocaust exhibition was opened on tuesday by the german chancellor and the number 75 is significant because next monday will be the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the auschwitz death camp in 1945 the exhibition is one of many events marking this anniversary. these people were persecuted by nazi germany and the survived. the portraits on display in the german city of s. and. the title of the exhibition is survivors faces of life after the holocaust. the 75 photographs by martin shiela german who lives in new york. what i think really brings these people together.

the aston villa supporters weren't staying for the encore.hrough relentless consistency. when these kinds of things happen, how many hat tricks and how many goals, it is because it's not just one season, two seasons or a short moment, it is a long, long time. and that is a real value, when you are consistent for a long, long time and sergio has done that. i'm so happy, i want to say thanks to my teammates because they helped me these nine years. so i'm very proud of them. what comes next for aguero rests on how long he stays. there's 18 months left on his city contract but even as a club as rich as this one, the landmarks, the volume of goals, are impossible to replace. joe lynskey, bbc news. watford's resurgence continues after they climbed out of the relegation zone for the first time this season with a 3—0 win at bournemouth. captain troy deeney was among the goalscorers for nigel pearson's side. the defeat sees bournemouth drop to second bottom. wales and british lions player james hook has announced that he will retire from rugby at the

aston villa have taken the lead tonight.n aggregate around ten minutes left of the first half. aston villa 50 minutes of play away from wembley. the former rugby union star israel folau, who was sacked by rugby australia for making homophobic comments, has signed a one year deal with the super league side catalans dragons. the rugby football league say that it was a difficult decision to allow him to play but they can't prevent him because he hasn't been found guilty of any criminal offence. super league boss robert elstone says he's disppointed and deplores his comments. folau says he will keep his religious beliefs private. in response to the signing, wigan warriors say that their match against dragons will be a pride day in support of lgbt groups. keegan hirst, who plays for championship side halifax, the first openly gay rugby league player, posted this on social media. i'm shocked and disappointed at the signing of folau. our great game is tasked with fighting against homophobia and standing up for the values it puts su

waiting for them are aston villa, who beat leicester 3—2 with a very late winner.t manchester united have signed bruno fernandez from sporting lisbon, despite barcelona trying to tempt him away. the express go with "heroes and villans", after that late winner from trezeguet gave aston villa a trip to wembley for the league cup final. and that‘s the main feature in the guardian, who report that malcolm arnold, uk athletics‘ former performance director, says the legacy of london 2012 has been squandered and athletics in this country is in a dreadful state. an online petition to honour kobe bryant is really taking off. it‘s calling for the logo of the nba — the basketball league in the united states — to be changed to feature an outline of bryant. the petition has been signed over 2.5 million times. that‘s all from me but don‘t forget sportsday here on bbc news at 6.30 for a full round—up of the day‘s events. hope you can join us then, but for now, it‘s back to you. thank but for now, it‘s back to you. you. the headlines on bbc news. british airways suspends all but e

they're through to the final to face aston villa — despite losing at home to manchester united in ther city are back at wembley but in reality their passages should have been passed far easier. too early saves and another in a second—half for a from walker. city also had two goals disallowed while they were guilty of wasted opportunities. stirling and david silver who passed rather than shoot. united rarely troubled bravo bittersweet strike from matic gave them hope. he was sent off 14 minutes from the end and harder for united. city lost the second leg and deserved to go through better only the third team to reach three successive league finals in a row. it was good we could sit as usual, so it was good we could sit as usual, so if you, so the ball was in centrepiece but the first time they should on target and the second half they should once, no more than that but i'm really pleased for them. this 100 minutes we played, in both games were better. i'm pleased, very pleased to be of course again three yea rs pleased to be of course again three years ina pleased to be of course again

the top of the half of the table for the first time this season after a 2—0 win at crystal palace, astonr at home to watford meaning the hornets slip back into the bottom three. and that's because bournemouth won for the first time since the 2nd of november as they put three past brighton, while the drama continued because newcastle united somehow managed to score two stoppage time goals at everton to sneak a 2—2 draw. we have to stay on the game until the last second and, honestly, i have nothing to say to my players. they did really well all the time, all the time. carlo ancelotti used to be in charge of napoli until last month but there was more joy for his old team in naples. as a lorenzo insigne goal after two minutes took them into the semi—finals of the coppa italia after they accounted for lazio. each side had a player sent off in the first half but it's gennaro gatuso's side who advance to the last four. to spain and in the copa del rey. sevilla beat levante 3—1 as they move through to the last 16. osasuna are also through despite being taken to extra time by third tier recreati

it's manchester city who will meet aston villa in the final of the league cup.ep guardiola's side failed to score in the second leg of their semifinal against neighbours manchester united, a 1—0 defeat on the night. but they progressed 3—2 on aggregate. patrick gearey has the details. the first leg demonstrated in 90 minutes what has been obvious for several years that city have stepped aside and flee ahead of united. they are now fully out of ridge but the promised evidence fonseca reaches extensive. he denies surgery required to keep the tie alive. turban times at united. the chief executive had his house vandalized last night. but ahead of the gathering gloom, thunderbolt... now 3-2 gathering gloom, thunderbolt... now 3—2 on and get, it became breakfast raheem sterling found himself a time, fartoo raheem sterling found himself a time, far too much time. game still not over but in chasing this, matic was too keep us up a second go kart, united would be short for their final push. too much to ask against his city team and oak world may have added the full stop

former liverpool and spanish international keeper pepe reina is set to join aston villa on loan untilthe season. he's currently with ac milan but was at villa park yesterday as they were thrashed by manchester city. manchester united have held talks with sporting lisbon over the transfer of bruno fernandes. the 25 year old midfielder, who scored twice at the weekend, is valued at around £60 million. tottenham are close to signing the benfica midfielder gedson fernandes. the 21 year old is set to sign an initial 18 month loan deal. fernandes could be a long—term replacement for spurs christian eriksen who can leave for free in the summer when his contract comes to an end. the dane, whojoined spurs in 2013, could be an inter milan player by the end of the month, but is set to play against middlesbrough tomorrow night in their fa cup 3rd round replay. if you ask me if i think this is the best christian eriksen, i have to be honest and say no. if you ask me if i know the reasons, i am not an idiot. iam not i know the reasons, i am not an idiot. i am not blooming the player, iam not idiot.

england, it's all—square after the first leg of the league cup semi—final between leicester city and astonput villa in front after 28 minutes, with kelechi ianacho equalising for leicester late in the second—half. the second leg is in three weeks time. even though we were dominating in the first half, give away a soft goal but in second half we had a different mentality, they made some great saves, very good locks, but we eventually hit the goal which was at least what we deserved. meanwhile, mauro icardi scored a hat—trick as paris saint—germain thrashed saint—etienne to reach the semi—finals of the french league cup. neymar and mbappe were also among the scorers as psg won 6—1. in the night's other games, lille beat amiens 2—nil. and lyon beat brest 3—1. to cricket, and england will be without fast bowlerjames anderson for the rest of their test series in south africa. england's all—time leading wicket—taker, broke a rib during the 2nd test in cape town, which england won, to level the series, with two matches to play. the bbc‘s adam mountford reports from south africa. this is a huge bl

shares in aston martin have plunged some 13 percent after the company warned its profits would be down by nearly half the british luxury carmaker bling blames weak demands in europe for the fall. a celebratory dance from tesla boss in long last as the u.s. carmakers livered its 1st chinese made cars to customers ordinary buyers receive the 1st vehicles produced in the company's shanghai gigafactory for musk himself. this and i believe we have one more report here looking at the cost of these fires as we know those fires could last for months in the future but the economic costs are already making themselves known. chart and deserves it 50 each in the village of eden in fact eastern australia is usually teeming with turrets not all you can find here is dead wildlife the impact on local businesses has been immense. and i thought to not send them i want you to tap where. they're at. yeah. the tourists have had lawyers tourists but without income which is praying that profit and its rights which we carry south for winter the fires still raging in many places are having a huge economic as w

football line, ac milan's spanish goalkeeper pepe reina hasjoined the english premier league side aston loan until the end of the season. reina watched from the stands on sunday as villa were thrashed 6—1 at home by manchester city, and dropped into the relegation zone as a result. it'll be reina's second spell in english football, having played nearly 400 games for liverpool where he won the fa cup and league cup. south africa's rugby world cup—winning captain has told the bbc that he may consider offers to play in europe, but only when his work back home is complete. siya kolisi, the first black man to lead the springboks, says that in addition to funding schools with equipment, and providing safe clean places for children to learn, he also plans to build rugby, football and cricket pitches in the most deprived parts of the country. i noted feels like to not have proper rugby field, and facilities, so proper rugby field, and facilities, so my goal is to make sure that one day people gets a fair opportunity and of the schools get to play against each other. they can now compete. now we

aston villa climbed out of the bottom three winning 2—1 away to burnley, while watford made it a thirdager nigel pearson, beating wolves 2—1. and bottom of the table norwich city held crystal palace to a 1—1 draw at carrow road. david stern, the man who spent 30 years shaping the nba has died at the age of 77 after suffering a brain haemorrhage last month. stern was the nba's longest—serving commissioner after he took over in 1984 and oversaw its growth into a global power. by the time he left his position in 2014, a league that had struggled for a foothold had grown into a more than $5 billion a year industry with worldwide popularity to match. nba commissioner adam silver, who you saw next to stern said: "because of david, the nba is a truly global brand, making him not only one of the greatest sports commissioners of all time but also one of the most influential business leaders of his generation." "every member of the nba family is the beneficiary of david's vision, generosity and inspiration." and from some of the players, dywane wade refers to how his dreams were made by meeting

unplayable and the replay has been rescheduled for the 23rd of january, just two days after watford play astonemier league while tranmere will have to squeeze three games into six days. no such problems at the spurs stadium. you'd hope not considering it cost a billion pounds to build so their replay against middlesbrough goes ahead. it's on bbc one. and former chelsea and middlesbrough strikerjimmy floyd hasselbaink is a studio guest. he told me how much a cup run would mean to jose mourinho. he told me how much a cup run would mean to jose mourinho. he is playing at home. he needs to try and get the supporters back on board. he needs a win. it is a cup game, it is against a championship team, everybody expects him to win but i think totte n ha m expects him to win but i think tottenham needs a good run in the fa cup no. —— now. it has been a long time and this has to be the start of it. quite a long time indeed, 2008 was the last trophy for spurs and two of those players who won that i know in the opposing dugout. yes, well, i know everything about that match. i was in the stadium at the tim

aston villa and leicester are all square at 1—1 going into tonight's match at villa park. to a major domestic cup final, my first full season, would be magnificent. i know, just feeling how it was last season, the play—off final, what a great place it can be to go and what to feel good factor you can lift and that last—minute winner against watford last—minute winner against watford last week has given everyone a bit ofa last week has given everyone a bit of a lift spring in their step and the players are certainly looking forward to it. you've just got to stay calm. i think there are lots of emotions around these games but you have to play with emotion, of course, but then you have to play with that calmness and not overthink it as well so it will be a great occasion to perform well and hopefully get the result we want. those the maangers ahead of tonight's match, there's commentary on radio 5live, former villa defender is there. i think, obviously, ithink, obviously, the i think, obviously, the first leg will have to be quite defensive to try and bring the results back s

when i think aston martin, i think that old rick ross song. >> i keep thinking james bond. thank you, rahel stock futures indicated opening up again by about 17 points after yesterday's more than 200-point turn around in the market what ha changed in the last 24 hours? >> matt, i got to say, i was there watching it through the midday we were joking early in the morning, some what watch, this market is going to shake it all off and finish in the green. we didn't think it would really happen this is a bullet proof market, is it not? >> it seems bullet proof but never really is. yesterday showed there is a little too much kplas complacen there. we talked about 28% last year but it was really 38% from the previous christmas day, christmas eve of 2018. just 12% over the last three months, the market getting overbought this is significant news i think the market needs to pull back a little bit. if nothing else, i think the upside is a little bit people with the money, they want to put that to work. they want to jump in with both feet and keep the powder dry >> this is not because