buying cigarettes in belgium is cheaper than in holland and belgium shops are allowed to sell fireworks all year round but shops on dutch soil have their perks too groceries are more affordable than in belgium which is why for centuries locals here made a living out of smuggling today though people can move freely across the border. this was not always so. during world war one germany occupied belgium the netherlands remained neutral. as a result the germans erected an electric fence through bada along the belgium dutch border. many locals died as they failed to realize the danger of reeling trick you should. luckily this dark chapter is history today the region attracts many tourists and numerous wealthy farmers have settled here but town's biggest employer is the dutch printing works business is good and the company has grown continuously and now part of this building effectively extends across an international border and into belgium. to save the dutch roll toward company trucks and other lorries drive straight through bonn as belgian town center. thankfully a much needed bypass will

very concerning to answering the belgium took third in the last world cup what does this mean for the world cup and for european and world football right now well i think it's important to note straight off the very few of the players involved in that belgian world cup squad were actually plying their trade in the belgium really last season when these when these allegations were supposed to have taken place it's not the credit a crime of european football the belgian league it's quite small leigh but of course it is still very damaging for any nation a particularly want to have such a positive world cup to have their domestic league scrutinized in this way and you only have to look at the reputation italian football has had since the scandals of the bit of the mid north east where those match fixing and things like that so you know it's very hard to shake off this and i wouldn't be surprised if all the leagues around the world start to scrutinize their own undertakings and operations that is probably a very good idea ed mccambridge for us this morning thanks very much. level on this i

during world war one germany occupied belgium the netherlands remained neutral. as a result the germans erected an electric fence through barra along the belgium dutch border. many locals done as they failed to realize the danger of electrocution. luckily this dark chapter is history today the region attracts many tourists and numerous wealthy farmers have settled here the town's biggest employer is the dutch printing works business is good and the company has grown continuously and now part of this building effectively extends across an international border and into belgium. to save the dutch roll towed company trucks and other lorries drive straight through bonn as belgian town center. thankfully a much needed bypass will be completed soon though it took years for the dutch and belgian sides to realise the project. who would cover the costs. and which country's laws would apply. tricky questions indeed. so what are both sides make of this model. or rather what are the belgians and dutch appreciate about each other. what do you appreciate about the dutch. the na

defence will not cross into belgium.nts will be set up in places where defence isn't possible. it is an ingenious plan for those who will be amongst the most effective if africa swine fever makes its way deeper into europe. belgium is currently facing embargoes on its pork products from central —— several countries. it is hoped fences like this one will prevent france and greater europe from finding themselves in a seven situation. —— similar situation. that is just about it from us. plenty more at our website. plenty of reports and analysis and background to all of the stories we have been reporting. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @duncangolestani. for now, thank you very much for your company. hello. some parts of south wales have seen in excess of 200mm already since friday morning when the rain began. there are numerous flood warnings still out, notjust in wales, and yet more heavy rain to come through the day today. though eventually it does dry up in the west. it was really miserable in the rain and cold, only ei

the fans will cover pa rt into belgium.epellents will be set up in places where offence isn't possible. an ingenious plan for those who will be amongst the most affected if african swine fever makes its way deep into europe. belgium currently faces embargoes on pork products from countries including china which is dealing with its own ad break. it is hoped that fences like this one will prevent france and greater europe from finding themselves in a similar situation. catherine armstrong, bbc news. the first rocket launch into space from british soil could happen as soon as 2020. it's thought it could be sent into orbit from a spaceport in the north of scotland. the uk's space industry is booming, thanks to a huge surge in demand for tiny satellites made here. joe miller has more. when the space race began, back in the 1950s, britain was very much a part of it. skylark managed almost a50 launches and its successor even managed to put a satellite into orbit. but space exploration was all but abandoned in the uk after politici

extradited from belgium.hinese intelligence officer appears in an american court charged with spying. new evidence emerges about missing saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. president trump says he's asked top saudi officials for answers. and police in nepal smash a major smuggling ring trading in baby chimpanzees, stolen from the wild in west africa. if they hadn't been rescued here, they would have been driven on to a buyer in india and an unknown fate. hurricane michael is making steady and powerful headway across north west florida and into georgia with sustained winds of 140km/h. officials in florida confirmed one death. gasden county sheriff's office say a tree knocked down by the strong winds fell on a house and killed a man. hundreds of thousands have been urged to leave their homes and flee to higher ground — many have not. they've said they want to try to save their homes and businesses or have nowhere else to go. some floridians caught in the path of the storm have posted videos describing what they'r

france has begun building a fence along part of its border with belgium.that could have damaging effects on europe's pig population. african swine fever was first detected on belgium's border with luxembourg in september. kathryn armstrong reports. hard at work, these hunters in north eastern france building an electric fence to protect some local inhabitants from a deadly disease. there are serious concerns that wild boars roaming the woods may become infected with african swine fever which does not affect humans, but can decimate pig populations because there is no cure. the virus was first detected just over the border in belgium last month and thousands of pigs have since been slaughtered to try to prevent it spreading. yet these pig hunters in this french city are taking no chances. translation: wild boars always have their snout close to the ground, if we hit them at that level they will turn around and they won't cross into belgium. the fence will cover part of the border and other repellents will be set up in places where a fence isn't possible. an

if we hit them at the snout level they will turn around and they will not cross into belgium. other repellents will be set up in places where defence isn't possible. it is an ingenious plan for those who will be amongst the most effective if africa swine fever makes its way deeper into europe. belgium is currently facing embargoes on its pork products from several countries, including china. it is hoped fences like this one will prevent france and greater europe from finding themselves in a similar situation. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: you'll be forgiven if you hadn't noticed it had already started — but the seaweed—farming season in the russian arctic is offically coming to an end. parts of san francisco least affected by the earthquake are returning to life. but in the marina area, where most of the damage was done, they're more conscious than ever of how much has been destroyed. in the 19 years since he was last here, he's gone from being a little—known revolutionary to an experienced and successful diplomatic operator. it was a 20lb bomb which exploded on the

scotland are 40th with belgium top of the rankings. world series is heading out west after the red sox won again in boston to take a 2—0 lead over the los angeles dodgers. the next three games, if needed, are in la, where the dodgers' play will need to improve as much as the temperature will rise. chris mitchell was watching game two at fenway park. these boston fans spilling out of fenway park are very happy and as well they might be. they are 2—0 up and heading to los angeles. when a team goes 2—0 up in a world series they usually go on to win, but it was the manner of the victory. it was the steel the boston red sox showed which will really inspire the fans and put the fear into the dodgers. at the bottom of the fifth, 2—1 down to the dodgers with two men out, they held their nerve and scored three runs to take the lead 4—2 and that is how the game would remain. the red sox looking really good, their starting pitcher david price doing an excellentjob as well. the dodgers now go back to the west coast knowing that they have a mountai

he was extradited from belgium.rance of a prominent saudi journalist and government critic. the man was last seen government critic. the man was last seen entering the saudi consulate in istanbul last week, but was never seen istanbul last week, but was never seen leaving. newly released cctv is appeared to showing a saudi hit squad arriving in turkey. you are up—to—date on the headlines.

. >> host: belgium, one glove. >> guest: i'm sorry, with the noise -- >> host: oh, i'm sorry, the belgium bombing, pushing the cart wearing only one glove. you talk about that as well so they don't get electromagnetic shock. >> guest: one of the things i point out in my book of the indicators, and there's ten of them i focus on, clothing. very important to look at. so the belgian bombing was a great example of we had two persons, highly-packed luggage carts, pushing them along with one glove on each hand whereas the other hand, totally ungloved. why would that be? people respect making a fashion statement, it's not the reinvention of michael jackson. what you're having here is they didn't want an electrical, static charge to accidentally hold -- set off a bomb. may be a sign of something me fir yous. >> host: you say in your book how to spot a terrorist before it's too late. that people should keep an eye on their social media. who is that should be keeping an eye on social media? >> guest: as americans today are on social media all the time, you're going to see things. it may be somethin

to held to a board of physical border between northern ireland and britain and the irish republic belgium has elected a black mayor for the first time ever and he's the father of international footballer vincent kompany pierre company arrived as a refugee to belgium from year back in one nine hundred seventy five he became active in local politics in a brothel suburb over a decade ago archaeologist in iceland have made an unusual discovery they've unearth and amulets known as thor's hammer carved in the shape of the weapon carried by the viking god of thunder it's believed this is the first discovery of a thor's hammer amulet made from stone. lilies twelve people have died in flash floods in southwestern france streams became raging torrents as the equivalent of several months of rain fell in just a few hours. when it happened it happened fast several months worth of rain falling in just a few hours ava night here in southwest france turns rivers to raging destruction. it started at two am raining raining raining. we heard rushing water i turned on the light and it didn't work it was dark

the us justice department says yanjun xu was extradited from belgium on tuesday.ing to us officials, this goes back to 2013. mr xu, working for the government but not always revealing his true identity, would according to prosecutors invite experts, engineers from overseas, and especially america, to visit china, perhaps under the guise of speaking to a university. but it was really to find out technical information about what they were working on. and this specific case relates to a company in cincinnati, in ohio, an aeronautics company that produces — that makes jet engines, has a special technique of making jet engines. and there was a meeting in china involving one of the engineers. but at this stage, this is last year, the fbi had got involved. and he was essentially lured to belgium for another meeting, where he was eventually arrested, clearly lured somewhere where he could be arrested and then taken to the united states, which has just happened. and he's appeared in court accused of stealing, spying on the united states, especially aeronautics companies, m

this is something that's very worrying for belgium and also worrying for your wife as well that pulled a referee of a match in the nations they do this coming up on saturday i between georgia and doris sebastian telfair e.a. is the referee has been taken away from that match while the investigations continue. live from london thank you very much for that of course we're going to have more on that story and more from lee as soon as we get more information christan another's lawyer says the five time world player of the year then denies all accusations being made against him catherine out my older claims that she was sexually assaulted by a another two thousand and nine and has launched a civil lawsuit in a statement to peter christiansen said his client who was the subject of a defamation campaign. based on stolen and easily manipulated digital documents or another has all to the out of portugal's upcoming usa nations league game against poland is that the three year old hasn't played for the country a since the world cup but portugal's coach says that he does expect more novels interna

austria is one — zero to austria, and belgium area is one — zero to austria, and belgium are a goal upnited champion league final 2009 lead to a year—long spell of depression. he won five league titles of the player, he said feelings of anxiety became so bad, he could not face being away from home are playing with england and made him consider early retirement. yes also said speaking about it, he has been contacted speaking about it, he has been co nta cted by speaking about it, he has been contacted by other players who also suffered with depression. the champions league, for whatever reason, i just could champions league, for whatever reason, ijust could not shake it off. i started kind of, thinking negatively about the game. which i should not. for a few days, if we lost, i would beat myself up about it. but it just lost, i would beat myself up about it. but itjust kept getting worse. ami it. but itjust kept getting worse. am i good enough to be at the very top? even though we had won the year before. it was kind of irrelevant. i just blocked it out, it was just... i don't know why

the us justice department says yanjun xu was extradited from belgium on tuesday.u, working for the government, but not always revealing his true identity, would, according to prosecutors, invite experts, engineers from overseas and especially america to visit china, perhaps under the guise of speaking to a university. but it was really to find out technical information about what they were working on. and this specific case relates to a company in cincinnati, in ohio, an aeronautics company that produces — that makes jet engines, has a special technique of making jet engines. and there was a meeting in china involving one of the engineers. but at this stage, this is last year, the fbi had got involved. and he was essentially lured to belgium for another meeting, where he was eventually arrested. clearly lured somewhere where he could be arrested and then taken to the united states, which has just happened. and he's appeared in court accused of stealing, spying on the united states, especially aeronautics companies, making specialist equipment. at least 50 people h

here is corruption scandal has engulfed football in belgium after authorities today read a top flight clubs in the country and around europe more than two hundred police officers conducted dozens of raids in belgium and more in france luxembourg cyprus montenegro serbia and macedonia the premises of several high profile clubs including on the left and reigning league champions club were targeted in belgium prosecutors say they spent a year investigating player agents referees and club executives and found evidence of financial fraud and match fixing max match fixing a club coach even maaco was among those detained by police for questioning. now it's no secret it's not been a good year for germany's national football team so far they were disappointed we kicked out of the twenty eighteen world cup in the group stages you may remember and then or embroiled in a scandal involving star player message result on now they decided to connect with their fan base a very young fan base. it's the type of reception the germany team really gets these days five thousand cheering fans isn't bad consi

another nations lead cashed in i bet you mrs smith's son in belgium is that had some trouble with the raids on corruption and things would that affect their performance well most of the belgium set up most of the big players don't play in belgium so they have pretty far away from this they play in the leagues like the premier league in england the bundesliga here in germany the spanish league but vincent kompany that captain has already come out and said he's not surprised by the issues surrounding agents and transfers because he says there's no transparency within the footballing market really now just to remind our viewers on wednesday sixty around sixty raids were conducted in belgium mostly but also in seven countries in total france and serbia for instance in the include in that as well and nineteen people have today been charged formally the charges include fraud corruption money laundering and conspiracy and it involves referees agents and even coaches of a champions league club so it's going to be a very interesting time for belgium football that's right and thank you very muc

scotland are aoth, with belgium top of the rankings.er 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 competitions and a lack of consultation. geraint thomas will defend his tour de france title on a route which has been billed as the "highest in tour history" the riders will take on a record 30 mountain passes and five summit finishes. the 32—year—old from cardiff says he would like the chance to defend his tour crown, but knows he'll need to be back at his very best as claire summers reports. almost three months after winning cycling's most prestigious prize, during thomas was back to learn about the highest rate then to history. six of the last seven yellow judges have come history. six of the last seven yellowjudges have come from team sky. the aim is notic

elsewhere, belgium who finished third at the world cup earlier this year were held to a 1—1 draw againstinho could face a touchline ban this weekend if found guilty of using inappropriate language aimed at a tv camera in manchester united's last premier league match with newcastle. he's been charged by the english fa over comments made in his native portuguese as he walked towards the old trafford tunnel, having witnessed his side come from two goals down to win 3—2. it had been suggested defeat in the match would see the manager lose hisjob. he has until friday to respond to the charge. now to cricket and having faced calls to be stripped of the pakistan captaincy sarfraz ahmed made 94, to help steer his team to a respectable total of 282 on the first day of the second test with australia. the visitors salvaged a draw from the first test, with everything now hinging on this result in abu dhabi and craig templeton was watching. pakistan won the toss and deciding to bat looked a good decision until it was time for nathan lyon. the offspinner first it was time for nathan lyon. the offspinn

this complex procedure was done in belgium.gnant women in london. the mothers and their babies are doing well. thank you very much. spina bifida develops during pregnancy, when the bones of the spine don't form properly. this can cause a bulge from which spinal fluid leaks out. the condition can cause a range of lifelong health issues, such as paralysis, bladder and bowel problems and affect brain development. the delicate surgery happens at around 26 weeks pregnancy. the womb is opened and the baby's nerve tissues are pushed back into the spinal cord, which is then closed. the pregnancy continues for another three months. until now, surgery to correct spina bifida was done after birth, but the team at london's university college hospital say doing it in the womb has the potential to lead to better outcomes. we anticipate that we will be treating about ten to 20 babies per year in the uk that have spina bifida. and the benefits are a reduced need to put drains in the baby's brain, improved neural development and improved motor

also on the shortlist chelsea stirker eden hazard — after an impressive world cup campaign with belgiumlsea. he was voted second best player at the world cup behind croatia captain luka modric, who's also expected to feature when the rest of the names are revealed over the next few hours. and manchester city's kevin de bruyne was among the second set of nominations after city won the premier league, carabao cup and community shield last year, and he also played a major role in helping belgium finish third at the world cup. in the past hour or so a list of 15 nominees have been released for the first women's ballon d'or. two england players make the cut. lyon's champions league winner lucy bronze and chelsea star fran kirby. kirby scored the winner against brazil on saturday, both should be involved against australia in another friendly at craven cottage tomorrow nightjo currie has been with the squad today. the world cup is fast approaching and yesterday marked eight months until the tournament gets under way in france. but the lionesses have a few hurdles to step over before, namely ho

he was extradited from belgium.rump as steady as had high—level talks with saudi officials about the disappearance of a prominent saudi journalist and government critic. the man was last seen entering the saudi consulate in istanbul last week, but was never seen leaving. newly released cctv is appeared to showing a saudi hit squad arriving in turkey. you are up—to—date on the headlines. it in ourtime you are up—to—date on the headlines. it in our time —— it is now time for click. this week we are feeling the love while the robots do the work. and i'd better start packing for the moon. you want to go? is that really right? if we want to take a quick snap these days, we tend to use one of these. but if you're serious about those photos, then this is still the camera of choice - the dslr. of course, it's notjust the camera itself that's bigger. the sensor used to capture the image is also larger, providing the professional standard known as full frame, which is the equivalent in size to the old 35mm film. the mobile ph

police in belgium mass simply protesting direct action against. pension reform. we ask questions but we don't get answers. just abuse. but the minister has no facts to back up his claim that happens all the time and we're sick and tired of it. pm saturday afternoon in moscow my name is kevin know it this is our international because stay with me here for the next half hour or so for this live update starting with this news saudi arabia finally admitting that a journalist who went missing over a fortnight ago in turkey died in what they describe as a fist fight inside its consulate in istanbul riyadh's already sacked two senior officials and arrested eighteen others linked to the case they say no press freedom group reporters without borders is calling for strong sustained internet. pressure on the saudis to establish just exactly what happened their explanation provided by riyadh was swiftly dismissed as improbable and sparked an intense backlash from journalists and politicians as well it also contradicts earlier saudi claims that because shoghi left that consul

this chinese military officer was arrested in belgium, charged in a sealed indictment. the indictment was unsealed today, and he was extradited to the u.s. today he was arraigned in federal court in ohio. i mean, charge a foreign military officer and charge a foreign spy, true, most of the time you're not going to get them in a u.s. court, but sometimes you do. documents filed by prosecutors seemed to suggest maybe the way they got him is by keeping the charges against this guy sealed, luring him to belgium, luring him to a country where we could have extradition under promises he might be able to obtain some more of that stolen information he was interested in from the aviation company if he traveled belgium. it was all set up, and now he's here on trial. >>> also, along somewhat the same lines, we have been watching fast-moving developments today related to the disappearance of washington post journalist jamal khashoggi. khashoggi is the saudi journalist who had become a main stream, mar fairly moderate cri of the saudi regime. he entered a saudi consulate in turkey t

belgium's national team is distancing itself from the fraud and match fixing scandal that's dominated sports headlines there five people including a referee have been arrested about and t. is focusing on the e.u. a fanatic nations league match against switzerland later belgium ranked number one in the world trail switzerland on goal difference the league a group to belgian lena and has it says the team has few facts about the scandal. but often i think in the past few years we've had a good image with the national team with what's happening right now i'm not going to address this issue because i don't know nobody knows what is going on while waiting to get some information. the most successful female skier of all time lindsey vonn will retire at the end of the upcoming season she became the oldest woman to win an olympic medal in south korea this year the thirty three year old american holds the women's record of eighty two world cup wins and is just four behind the men's record well lindsey's been talking about which arm for the last couple of seasons she said that she had a certain

the us justice department says yanjun xu was extradited from belgium on tuesday.according to the us officials this goes back to 2013. yanjun xu was working for the government, but not always revealing his true identity. according to prosecutors he would invite experts, engineers from overseas, especially america, to visit china under the quys america, to visit china under the guys are america, to visit china under the guys are speaking to a university. but it was really to find out technical information about what they were working on. this specific case relates to a company in cincinnati, ohio. an aeronautics company making jet engines. they have a special technique, and there was a meeting in china involving one of the engineers. last year the fbi got involved, and yanjun xu was lured to belgium, for another meeting, and then he was eventually arrested. he was clearly lured some way he could be arrested, and then taken to the united states, which has just happened. yanjun xu taken to the united states, which hasjust happened. yanjun xu has appeared in court accu

belgium has elected a black mayor for the first time — the father of international football star vincente kompany arrived in belgium in 1975 as a refugee from what is now the democratic republic of congo and became active in politics in 2006 as a councillor. he took a seat in the brussels regional parliament in 2014. let's return to our top story now: i'm joined by our correspondent peter bowes, who's in los angeles. now, pt, what are we hearing, some are concerned that saudi arabia is preparing to admit that mr khashoggi died asa preparing to admit that mr khashoggi died as a result of an interrogation that went wrong? yes, reports vote from the us media and from the british media now suggesting, as you say, that the saudis are preparing to admit that he died during an interrogation, perhaps an interrogation, perhaps an interrogation that went wrong, and one suggestion that the original intention might have been to abduct him. now, president trump has said that he is aware of these reports, although pointing out that nobody, as he puts it, knows if it is an official report, but clearly

belgium has elected a black mayorfor the first time.r, vincent kompa ny. pierre kompany arrived in belgium in 1975 as a refugee from what is now the democratic republic of congo and became active in politics in 2006 as a councillor. he took a seat in the brussels regional parliament in 2014. back to our top story: earlier, i spoke to our north america correspondent, peter bowes, who gave me an update on the missing saudi journalist, jamal khashoggi. yes, reports both from the us media and from the british media now suggesting, as you say, that the saudis are preparing to admit that he died during an interrogation, perhaps an interrogation that went wrong, and one suggestion that the original intention might have been to abduct him. now, president trump has said that he is aware of these reports, although pointing out that nobody, as he puts it, knows if it's an official report, but clearly the president watching the situation closely. having earlier said that it was a possibility that rogue killers were responsible, and this was after a

police raided some of belgium's biggest clubs it's part of an investigation into financial fraud and possible match fixing officials from teams including under like bruges and standardly asia are being investigated police also raided properties in six other countries prosecutors say a yearlong investigation shows evidence of the suspect financial operations by sports agents and indications of possible influencing of games over the last season australia are battling hard to avoid defeat in pakistan in the first test in the u.a.e. roxanne had better the first four days than set a victory target of four hundred and sixty two men khwaja has spearheaded the tour his final day fight back scoring an unbeaten century in the final innings there so one full session to go in pakistan needs five more wickets to win this is the first of a two match series defending stanley cup champions of washington capitals beat the vegas golden knights in a repeat of last season's stanley cup finals if getting kids that sort of open the scorn for the capitals he also had three more assists meanwhile alex ovech

this entire launch have performed around the d r c but they've also to add belgium france and germany but they get support from partner organizations. escaped life on the street and at least while they play their troubles are a little further away. to football now england pulled off a big surprise in their nations league match against spain where him sterling scored twice as england sealed a three two victory in the spanish city of seville despite the loss spain still remain at the top of the group. germany's national football team has yet to bounce back from this year's disastrous world cup on saturday they lost three nil to the netherlands and now face world champions france in the nation's league tonight criticism of coach joaquim live is mounting as one poll shows ninety percent of german fans want him out of the job. it's no walk in the park for coach these days germany trains inside to stop us from a monday after their debacle in amsterdam they need to bounce back against the world champions another heavy loss could spell the end of his tenure. if you just more task here is to p

searched it's a europe wide open ration involving six other countries investigators believe top level belgium league games and may also have been fixed during the investigation further indication surface of possible influencing of at least two matches in the battle to avoid relegation to live with your vision at the end of the competition who doesn't seventeen who doesn't eighteen the federal public prosecutor's office as a consequence the investigating judge to extend his in the suggestion to these new facts while sports correspondent he welling says europe's governing body usa is already taken steps to ensure its competitions are negatively affected. well this is an extensive and ongoing investigation centered mainly around bogan but involving at least six other countries france luxembourg cyprus sponsor serbia and macedonia mainly in belgium with one hundred ninety four place officers involved fifty seven rides on wednesday alone and this centers around suspicion of matches by invoking the top division last season there are definite allegations of financial for the money laundering but the

company arrived as a refugee to belgium from aaron i nine hundred seventy five you became active in local politics politics in brussels suburb about a decade ago. paul allen who founded microsoft with bill gates in the one nine hundred seventy s. has died at the age of sixty five ranked among the world's wealthiest billionaires he was known for his philanthropy and is the owner of two professional sports teams in the u.s. fells seattle seahawks and the n.b.a. portland trailblazers. all saying in the u.s. the clock's ticking down to one of the most important dates on the u.s. political calendar it is the midterm elections of course and they are taking place just three weeks from today the votes making history for the record breaking number of women nominated to run for governor or for congress let's take a look at the congressional races over recent years as you can see more and more women are running just look at the jump between twenty sixteen and twenty eighteen some are calling two thousand and eighteen the year of the woman to cook off a kickoff it's election coverage to bring you clo

searched it's a europe wide open ration involving six other countries investigators believe top level belgium league games and may also have been fixed during the investigation further indication surface of possible influencing of at least two matches in the battle to avoid relegation to a lower division at the end of the competition doesn't seventeen who doesn't eighty the federal public prosecutor's office as a consequence the investigating judge to extend his in the thick addition to these new facts while a sports correspondent he welling says europe's governing body usa is already taken steps to ensure its competitions are negatively affected. well this is an extensive and ongoing investigation centered mainly around bogan but involving at least six other countries france luxembourg cyprus sponsored serbia and macedonia mainly in belgium with one hundred ninety four place officers involved fifty seven rides on wednesday alone and this centers around suspicion of matches by invoking the top division last season there are definite allegations of financial for the money laundering but the th

the usjustice department says yanjun xu was extradited from belgium on tuesday.merica correspondent peter bowes has more. well, according to us officials this goes back to 2013. mr xu, working for the government, but not always revealing his true identity, would, according to prosecutors, invite experts, engineers from overseas and especially america, to visit china, perhaps under the guise of speaking toa perhaps under the guise of speaking to a university, but it was really to a university, but it was really to find out technical information about what they were working on. and this specific case relates to a company in cincinnati, in ohio, and aeronautics company that makes jet engines, asa aeronautics company that makes jet engines, as a special technique of making jet engines, and there was a meeting in china involving one of the engineers. at this stage, last year, the fbi had got involved. he was essentially fluid to belgium for another meeting, where he was eventually arrested —— clearly llera somewhere where he could be arrested and taken to the united s

he was extradited to the us from belgium. president trump says he's had high—level talks with saudi officials about the disappearance of a prominent saudi journalist and government critic. jamal khashoggi was last seen entering the saudi consulate in istanbul last week, but was never seen leaving. newly—released cctv is said to show a saudi hit—squad arriving in turkey. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i am stephen sackur. the saudi journalist to mile khashoggi disappeared after entering the saudi consulate in istanbul last week. amid a welter of speculation and lurid allegations, a cloud of suspicion now hangs over the saudi government. to put it bluntly, the record of crown prince mohammad bin salman suggests a ruthless determination to silence all criticism. my guests today are saudi academic madawi al—rasheed and former senior us diplomat nicholas burns. is the man known as m e s taking his kingdom down a dangerous path? madawi al—rasheed here in london and nicholas burns from sta n

belgium's national team is distancing itself from the fraud and match fixing scandal that's dominated sporting headlines there five people including a referee have been arrested the belgian team is focusing on the u.a.e. for nations league match against switzerland later belgium ranked number one in the world and trailed the swiss on goal difference in league a group two thousand winner at and has the team has a few facts about the scandal. i think in the past few years we've had a good image with the national team with what's happening right now i'm not going to address this issue because i don't know nobody knows what is going on we're waiting to get some information. portugal made it two wins from two on thursday when they be poland three two goalies from bernardo and andre silver plus an own goal from colonel glick saw them win cristiana rinaldo had agreed to sit out the game even before the rape allegations surfaced against him he's coach is keen to have him back though. i don't want to talk about who isn't here but how can the team be better without the world's best player this

wednesday's from international against belgium is significant because it is medal —— it is danny kerry's game in charge of the men's hockey team. they won olympic field hockey gold for great britain at the 88 games. the big question for the new man in charge is whether the current line—up has that kind of potential for tokyo 2020. where were the germans? but frankly, who cares was not i think i would not have taken thejob was not i think i would not have taken the job if was not i think i would not have taken thejob if i did not feel he was there. with the men at the moment, they feel is not quite up to where they want to go to. there is a real hunger. that is the thing i really enjoy the most. stepping into this role, they are ready and they wa nt to this role, they are ready and they want to explore their boundaries are. we're going to give it a good go. thing was meant to link commonwealth bronze earlier this year. now with an olympic champion cultural board, they will be targeting the title tokyo 2020. nick hope, bbc news. that's just about it for sportsday. champions league matches

the country and around europe more than two hundred police officers conducted dozens of raids in belgium and more in france luxembourg cyprus montenegro serbia and macedonia on the premises of several high profile clubs including under leicester and reigning league champions club bruges were targeted in belgium prosecutors say this spent a year investigating clear agents referees and club executives and found evidence of financial fraud and match fixing club coach evangelical was among those detained by police for questioning. of the crew feet awarded to the winner of the tour de france is missing after it was still and during a cycling exit bishan in the british city of birmingham welsh cyclist. tomas is the current holder of the trophy having won this is a tour along with the yellow jersey thomas is appealing for thieves to return the so-called coupon new sport the trophy has been put out on display at various venues across the u.k. it was taken when it was left unattended at an event last march. book fans from all over the wand have descended on the german city of frankfurt for its an

a huge corruption scandal has engulfed football in belgium after authorities today raided top flight clubs in the country and around europe more than two hundred police officers conducted dozens of raids in belgium and more in france luxembourg cyprus montenegro serbia and macedonia the premises of several high profile clubs including on their list the end arena league champions club but if it were targeted in belgium prosecutors say they spent a year investigating player agents referees and club executives and found evidence of financial fraud and match fixing the bit of a coach even on late go was among those detained by police for questioning. now germany's national football team is gearing up for a pair of stirring tests in european competition and they've added a player who could provide instant help he's a leroy son a young player of the year in the english premier league who did not make the trip with the german squad to the world cup. the talisman to lead germany into the future leroy son a got the berlin fans excited the manchester city winger was not part of germany's world

at the lee valley stadium in london tonight for an anniversary celebration, with a match against belgiumand you can watch it too, on the red button and bbc sport website. i wonder if the germans just weren't available? i wonder if the germans just weren't available? that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. closing the conservative party conference in birmingham this lunchtime therea may revealed plans to give councils greater freedom to build new homes — lifting the spending cap preventing local authorities from borrowing money. solving the housing crisis is the biggest domestic policy challenge of our generation. it doesn't make sense to stop councils from playing their part in solving it. so today i can announce that we are scrapping that cap. we will get to... applause we will help you get on the housing ladder and we will build the homes this country needs. let's get reaction to that announcement. i'm joined via webcam by councillor david simmonds, the deputy chair of the local government association and also the conservative deputy leader of hillingdon lond

this complex procedure was done in belgium.nk you very much. spina bifida develops during pregnancy, when the bones of the spine don't form properly. this can cause a bulge from which spinal fluid leaks out. the condition can cause a range of lifelong health issues, such as paralysis, bladder and bowel problems and affect brain development. the delicate surgery happens at around 26 weeks pregnancy. the womb is opened and the baby's nerve tissues are pushed back into the spinal cord, which is then closed. the pregnancy continues for another three months. until now, surgery to correct spina bifida was done after birth, but the team at london's university college hospital say doing it in the womb has the potential to lead to better outcomes. we anticipate that we will be treating about ten to 20 babies per year in the uk that have spina bifida. and the benefits are a reduced need to put drains in the baby's brain, improved neural development and improved motor function, and also improved bladder and bowel function. this must be my