from denmark to catlunya via bordeaux and middlesbrough. we'll introduce barcelona's new front man. and leading from the front, the world number one is the man to beat in mexico. roger federer says he expects to make a full recovery from knee surgery after being ruled out of tennis for the next four months. he's opted to treat the longstanding problem to give him a better chance at competing in some big events later in the year. now 38, he's been managing his workload around the clay court season for the last five years or so — but this operation means he'll definitely miss the french open. commentator gigi salmon believes the timing is deliberately planned. i think the timing of this arthroscopic knee surgery is good. he plays in australia and gets to the semifinals and then goes to south africa and plays for his foundation with rafael nadal stop he says the right knee has been bothering him. he was still able to play but they decided to do it now. the only other time he had an injury was 2016 with his knee when he injured it when he was taking one of his twins out of the bath. he

and there's a curse on the french city of bordeaux. at least for olympic must say because they simply cannot win there they failed in 37 attention's 1977 both of the old studs have all done musts and at long. last sometimes even whole nations live in fear of certain opponents. ireland have never won a competitive game against sweden. ivory coast have a serious problem with cup of nations nemesis egypt argentina have lost 2 world cup finals against germany and england also fear germany especially when it goes to penalties but germany themselves have a bogey team italy ok so they beat them on penalties at euro 2016 but otherwise they have lost every big game against the sooty. now we come to personal fears. which again brings us to liverpool and their current coach your club he's the most feared opponent. of pep guardiola even though pep has mostly led the stronger team in that time no coach has beaten him on more occasions than club for now at least. and peps individual fear seems to spread to his players club his 19 of their teammate.

the customhouse's entries in baltimore and new york alone from this single port of bordeaux will show nearly 100 arrivals. and it is well-known that it required only a few days to perform journey from copenhagen to bordeaux. >> discussions of a duel permeated throughout their correspondence in the year 1819. as the months passed, it became increasingly obvious that a duel could not be avoided and the letters became much more hostile. >> if every step you have taken, every word you have uttered, and every line you have written in relation to me, if your own admission of the very frequent and free conversations you have had respecting me and my conduct bear not the plainest stamp of personal hostility, i know not the meaning of such terms. does not all this together with the whole tenor and tenacity of your letter manifest the most marked personal animosity against me? >> i never invited you to the field, nor have i ever expressed a hope that you would call me out. i was informed by gentlemen with whom you had conferred upon the subject that you left norfolk for this place with the inte

from denmark to catlunya via bordeaux and middlesbrough. we'll introduce barcelona's new front man.ld number one is the man to beat in mexico. roger federer says he expects to make a full recovery from knee surgery after being ruled out of tennis for the next four months. he's opted to treat the longstanding problem to give him a better chance at competing in some big events later in the year. now 38, he's been managing his workload around the clay court season for the last five years or so — but this operation means he'll definitely miss the french open. commentator gigi salmon believes the timing is deliberately planned. i think

it cost 9 billion euros has cut an hour of the journey time from paris to bordeaux.opened. so let's speak to the former transport adviser to the french prime minister who is now at the international union of railways. good to have you with us. so this railway line, this new high—speed line will cut 30 minutes of the journey from london to birmingham. is it worth it? yes, 30 minutes is very important to have this reduced time. it is 30 minutes from london to birmingham, and it will be more than one hour to manchester and leeds. so give us an example. you get to tour a lot quicker than paris, what is it done for that city? yes, it was like a modification of the customer's, so there are a lot of commuters now, so it does change the geography of france and all the companies and their behaviour. we talk there about how much this has been signed off on but not actually happen by various british governments. did you face similar political hurdles getting the budget approved for this high—speed line? the budget approved for this high-speed line? yes, we had a lot of question

various targets and asking f for money, , includingm this man, who o owns one prododuction sites in bordeaux asked me for several hundred thousand euros. i replied, i don't have that kind of money. people the >> called 150 and succeeded three times. billionaires were told the money would be used to free hohoages held by terrorists. investigators believe this man is behind the scam and the mask. in 2005, the french-israeli similard carried out a staying, playing security officials and ceo's over the phone to extract money from several l companies. prosecutors won't have much evidence. one victim alerted pololice, allowing them to record d the , whichnator's voice highly resembles his. >> there were other criminals out there, and he did not commit thesese crimes. t and hishen gilber accomplices were arresested, thy had pipictureses of silicica ans on their phones, showing they may have been planning new operations. genie: you are watching france 24. let's take a look at today's headlines.s. still no results from the iowa caucuses. the first number is expected sometime today. the first in the n

one sort of money as well when caracas on tuesday after returning from a 3 week international tour bordeaux was met by angry crowds at the country's biggest port hold abuse at them and accuse them of exacerbating the economic crisis . was there. not at the office he laid a hand it wasn't easy for positionally to one guy do it to return to venezuela he passed border control at the international airport without any problem but he was confronted by airline workers from the company which was sanctioned after quite all stripped to the us. we are 2000 people and we are defending our families. he just goes crazy and we are here to defend ourselves there were members of libyan as well and socialist party present and other movements to debunk why don't proclaim himself the interim president of venezuela they shouted that he'd sold out the homeland and called him traitor. and the situation became more tense when quite all supporters came to the airport to meet their leader. but. it was said that venezuelan president nicolas maduro would visit the airport but he instead made a statement from the palac

>> uh, well, i mean, my true love are the wines from bordeaux, so-- >> do you have a lafite?okay, now you're getting to the top. >> nah, i don't want that. i can't afford it. i have a question for you. >> sure. >> why is there crap everywhere? >> too much inventory? >> exactly. >> who's responsible ultimately for overbuying inventory? >> greg wants to be in charge of that. my approach to buying is, is i buy what i think i can sell within 30 days. >> and would you know how to liquidate it if you had to? >> yeah. >> and so why haven't you suggested that to greg? >> well, i tried, marcus. i'm not in charge. he's my boss. >> dan definitely knows what he's talking about. to take a guy with 20 years' experience and handcuff him seems silly to me. where are the owners? >> well, greg schroeder is the one owner that i think you've maybe met. >> i have not. >> boy, um-- >> i've been here a good amount of time, and i still haven't met greg. it isn't like he didn't know i was coming. all right, well, i'm gonna walk over to the wine bar. we can meet some more people. >> sure. >> the layou

bordeaux was set up as a port by the romans after the romans retreated and were pushed back, wind indoors in france. the distilling revolution was absolutely essential to the conquest of the new world. think about theimportance of alcohol and ethnic cleanser in westward expansion . in fact, part alcohol become so important that it was actually rations on both sides of the american revolution. after the revolution whiskey became part of us military rations. in fact, the british to leave it or not had runrations until the early 1970s on their naval ships . the second drug, tobacco arrives much later than alcohol but once it arrives, equally potent and in fact, some of the downsides of alcohol, alcohol basically can raise a lot of revenue but you also might have a drunk military. the czar was able to finance the largest standing army in europe with vodka revenue but his soldiers were drunk. tobacco is the ideal war drug, highly portable, fights both anxiety and boredom, relieves, is highly taxable and doesn't impede performance even if it might eventually kill you . the globalization of toba

bordeaux has been a very different story, over 15 degrees higher than we would expect. 15? 15.e of year. it is in the east of spain which often gets warmer than socialist france but this is still pretty remarkable for early february —— south east france. they say christmas by the balcony, easter by the embers. as thatis balcony, easter by the embers. as that is saying? it is. ithink it is an old french saying. let us hope our easter will not be freezing cold. pretty incredible temperatures there. back home temperatures are building. it is going to be a lively weekend. the weekend is going to be lively. high pressure bringing northerly winds and breezy across the eastern side of the uk with a few showers. temperatures generally single figures to end the day on those temperatures will be falling away quite dramatically overnight. the sky is clear and the winds are light which is a perfect recipe for widespread frost. to the north of the country not as called for stornoway at 4 degrees. elsewhere the blue indicates the frost so we start a code not for wednesday with high pressure