the french pair we re caroline garcia.ubber in the final three years ago, but this time, they made no mistake. finally enough, they were the team to beat, and they only needed two sets to wrap up their match. —— from the off. a result even they could scarcely believe. for australia, don‘t wait for a title stretches to 45 years. don‘t wait for a title stretches to 45 yea rs. as don‘t wait for a title stretches to 45 years. as for france, they are champion clinic for the third time. —— champions. in the men‘s game, it‘s the end of season tour finals in london, and already a surprise on the opening day where roger federer was beaten in straight sets by austrian dominic thiem. it‘s the second year in a row that federer has lost his first group game with thiem on the front foot for most of the match at the 02 arena. 7—5, 7—5 the final tally. in the same group, no such worries for world number two novak djokovic. he breezed past italy‘s matteo berrettini 6—2, 6—1 in a little over an hour. djokovic can end the year on top of the

kristina mladenovic and caroline garcia held firm in a tense decider to beat ash barty and sam stosurrd title in the women's team event. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. but from me — ben croucher — and the rest of the sport today team, we'll see you soon. hello, once again. after so much wet weather in recent weeks, it looks as though wednesday for much of the british isles is going to start at least on a drier, brighter, colder note. although there's no disguising the fact there is in fact another set of fronts to bring some rain to western areas later in the day. but it's a cold, crisp start — a frosty one for many parts of the british isles. a run of showers over the north sea through south—west scotland to the north—west of england. but as you see, even on into the afternoon, many central and eastern areas will end up with a dry, sunny but not overly warm day. now, temperatures down into single figures. where we will see a significant change to the afternoon is rain getting into northern ireland, wales and the south—west of england. and

it all came down to the doubles, which was won by the french pair of kristina mladenovic and caroline garcia—2 victory, and deny australia a first fed cup in 45 years. the atp tour finals are up and running in london and there was a surprise as roger federer was beaten 7—5, 7—5 in his opening round robin match. novak djokovic was in imperious form, beating italy's matteo berrettini. rarely troubled by the italian, dropping just two games in the first set, he took the second 6—i — spending a little over an hour on court. rafa nadal makes his bow at the end of season tournament with doubts over his fitness and end of year ranking. the spaniard has been struggling for complete health recently. he's currently world number one, but djokovic has the chance to regain that ranking if he wins all his matches in london. idomy i do my normal calendar, but at the same time, try to put me in a position to fight for it. but let's see, i know i have to be healthy, i know i have to be playing at my 100%, so i need to be my way and play out my 100% since the beginning ifi play out my 100% since the beginning

it all came down to a doubles match to discard the trophy their senior i'm not gonna bitch and caroline garcia defeated ash bonzi and some studies of 6 for 6 straight it's the 3rd time for also one the fed cup title having won in 19072003 aswell straight they haven't won it since 1974. lots of emotion to share this with car after you know and like he said 3 years ago me we feel in the. unbalanced step. and today we just wanted to take this feel revenge well it sounds and it's just not despicable how we feel right now. in the build up to next week's brazilian grand prix sao paolo has been hosting an f one fan festival to celebrate the life of 3 time world champion and senna son who died in a crash at the summary our grand prix and $994.00 still viewed as an article of the golden sands turned out to watch other brazilian motor racing legends take turns in driving center's historic carts is a dream you know come true to drive don't bother in the middle of the city with the story. especially when i was from some i am from some. even and so i think definitely will be a great show and good to be her

performance for australia in the fed cup final against france not one being dropped issue demolished caroline garcia 6 love 6 love in just 56 minutes that's where the overall tie up with 11 australia are looking to win the fed cup for the 1st time in 45 years. now to a dramatic finish in the n.b.a. as the utah jazz beat the milwaukee bucks the scores were level with one second left in the match then this happened to try to win. it was down a bit to 3 point buzzer beaters securing the 103100 when it capped a fantastic individual performance by their preparation racked up 33 points. it's been double delight for germany at the urban cycling world championships ryan bach hopped her way to victory in the elite women's trials competition in change to china compatriot dominic oswald then went on to claim gold in the men's elite 20 inch trials. what's it for me hand you back over to follow it thank you very much for that that's it for this news hour on al-jazeera from the fully back to the in the hole to dive into that misfortune. every weekly news cycle brings a series of breaking stories. for listening po

down to the doubles rather than the fight for the trophy the steamer and i don't know which one caroline garcia defeating as poncey and sam stars are 646 race at the time fronts have won the fred krupp part of having won in 10072003 as frustrating. haven't won the title since 1917. lots of emotions to share with car after you know and like he said 3 years ago we we feel you know. on balance temple of the time and today we just wanted to take this feel revenge while it sounds and it's just not to speak about how we feel right now in the n.b.a. the goal the start of some to the defeat of the season and the funny play 10 games the warriors all missing several styles through injury steph curry the most hard part for the virus not that they are too hard the city found the right any mood to start mostly on saturday or go home a winning 114 to one our. house where the new orleans pelicans are returned to 44th deficit at the end of the 3rd quarter to beat the charlotte hornets by 5 points brown in england scoring 25 final score 115-2112 the pelicans. now donald trump has finally found his sporting fans

performance for australia in the fed cup final against france in perth not one again she demolished caroline garcia 6126 well in just 56 minutes that went down pretty well behind france and square the overall time after one of the fronts of one the opening rubber australia looking to win the fed cup for the 1st time in 45. minutes her dramatic finish in the n.b.a. as the utah jazz beat the milwaukee bucks now the schools were level with just one second to go in the match then this happened in atlanta with. roger and bogged down a bit strike down his 3 point buzzer beater securing the win by just 3 points kept a fantastic individual performance by the criteria as well he writes up $33.00 points in total in that i. know but it's also useful for what i said very nice and well i try not. to mean a star this news hour but this product will be here in just a moment but more. jail you're at the mercy of the state but in the land of the free shareholders have a stake it is this profit motive that continues to interfere with adequate health care being provided to people who are detained and incarcerated acr

caroline davies is in london for us and will tell us more about today‘s early morning raids across east london which were carried out as part of an international human trafficking investigation. and amy garciaget to the people that were involved in the coordination, the organisation, the uppertierof coordination, the organisation, the upper tier of criminality, involved in this crime type. because this is the way in which you will dismantle this type of offending. how big is this type of offending. how big is this issue of human trafficking across the uk? according to government figures, 6993 potential victims of human trafficking registered last year, that is children and adults as well. one third of those were in london. i have been speaking to the human trafficking foundation and they say because the individual has to be wa nt to because the individual has to be want to be registered as a victim of human trafficking, in reality, those numbers are much higher than is suggested. many of those counted in that nearly 7000 are from the uk, that nearly 7000 are from the uk, thatis that nearly 7000 are from the uk, that is because incidents of county lines are presented as human trafficking vic