wales were drawn alongside tong, papua new guinea and the cook islands... wales haven't won a match at a rugby league world cup since they lost in the semis in 2000, but despite the tough group... their head coachjohn kear is confident of their chances... i feel the draw has been favourable to us. we can look in a very positive manner. we can make sure to build towards the world cup. we have some really gifted players available for whales. people like morgan and rick and grace are thrust up and ben. all the heritage and the welsh players. i'm very confident that we will have a more than competitive team. well, matches will be held across the country with the likes of anfield, st james‘s park and arsenal's emirates stadium will all host games. before the men's and women's finals at old trafford. so that was the men's draw... what were some of the standout ties in the women's and wheelchair tournaments? well starting with the women's draw... in football terms this tie would be huge. not as much in rugby league but england will start off against brazil of all

wales will face tonga, papua new guinea and the cook islands in group c whilst ireland have been drawn, lebanon and jamaica in group d. in the women's draw england will face brazil, papua new guinea and canada in the group stages. there are more details of that and the draw for the wheelchair competition all on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. sport website. but sport website. for me and the team, that's all for but for me and the team, that's all for now. goodbye. thank you very much indeed, see you later on. let's get more on the climate now — and as fires and floods regularly make the headlines across the world, what impact do events like these have on our planet? every month, bbc weather will examine the latest data to help give us a guide to the global picture — here's their latest update. welcome to climate check from bbc weather. every month, we will be using the latest data from experts around the world to give you a picture of the states of our changing climate. so, as we begin the 2020s, what do we know? well, 2019 was the second warmest year on record. accordin

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martin and gemma had been planning their wedding on a greek island, but they'd booked it all with thomas cookn't believe it. i was gutted. i didn't want it to be true. it alljust seems for nothing now. we are a bit confused and empty. don't really know what to do. all that planning and it's sort of...all gone. but the big challenge for the authorities was at airports abroad. when the company folded, there were 150,000 people already on thomas cook holidays in places like majorca. now, it was down to the uk government to get every single one of them home. we knew the scale of what we had to undertake. nothing like this has ever been done before. there's never been a peacetime repatriation that's been as big. so, yeah, we were pretty nervous and absolutely keyed up to do it. but, yeah, kind of biting our fingernails at the same time. the operation was codenamed matterhorn. the civil aviation authority had been planning it for weeks. we really, really hoped there was going to be a commercial solution for thomas cook, because this really was not an operation we ever wanted to undertake. i mean, t

communities to plant trees install solar panels build fuel efficient cooking staves and harvest rainwater. as a result the times and the island his witness to turn around. and i can be bought up to give somebody who now the community is very well versed in the issue of tree planting as i hear what i mean when i when they were. some years ago the people of cocoa to use slash and burn farming methods leading to massive deforestation. most rivers and the groundwater brown and dry what was once fertile soil turned to dust and people had to import food now the vegetation has returned. to communities have switched to migrate forestry and farm spices fruits and vegetables among the trees. so i doubt. that it's great that we can grow our own garlic because we no longer have to buy it from the shops. we also have cinema that we've started reaping the benefits we also grow vegetables that we in our selves and sell at the market. that got me then to move. the organization has planted over 680000 fruit trees and forest trees in cocoa. to make sure that the reforestation is successful local communities regulate felling. among the people b

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communial kitchens and cooking for neighbors and once night falls, people start settling in to their sleeping bags or on to cots that the people are bringing from other parts of the islanddonate to affected people in the area here. in one sense, a lot of stress, a lot of anxiety for people and in a lot it has created a sense of community and basically puerto ricans relying on each other because one thing they saw after hurricane maria was they could not rely on the federal government or local government to help them quickly. >> the island representative sending a letter to the president asking him to increase the scope of the disaster and this is how he puts it from a federal emergency to a major disaster declaration, we're going to watch and see how that develops, as well, if they can get increased funding there in puerto rico as they deal with this devastation following these numerous earthquakes there. adrian, thank you so much. appreciate you weighing in on this. >>> news from the world of sports. serena williams winning her first tournament in nearly three years. she won an australian open and that fact is key to the story because williams decided to donate her $43

cook, knows how much i appreciate him. in terms of advocating for polynesian and pacific islanders. the fact that he's from thurgood marshall and wants to still support students in the district, it's just been incredible. you know how i appreciate you, and i appreciate how you were able to usher us all in, so thank you. >> all right. so item 3 is approval of board members. t the -- board minutes. the regular meeting of december 10, 2019. we need a motion and a second. >> so moved. >> second. >> any corrections? seeing none, roll call. >> clerk: thank you. [roll call] >> clerk: seven ayes. >> thank you. speaker cards for the regular agenda and for closed session are necessary if you wish to address the board of education. public are reminded that you can fill out a speaker card and present them to the cler clerk, esther casco, to my right. speaker cards will not be accepted for an item that is already before the board. >> superintendent matthews? >> thank you, president sanchez. i'm proud to say that the district's graduation rate raised to 89% in 2019. for african american students,

our ukrainian ally over a barrel and have them cook up a fake investigation to help me in my election. >> senator sheldon whitehouse, democrat of rhode islandr, it's a real privilege to have you with us tonight. thanks for making tonight. >> it's great to be with you. thank you. >> we're awaiting more breaking news, some of the senators who may be yes votes on the republican side for witnesses are promising a statement tonight. we're looking specifically at lamar alexander, but at this point we don't know when that will come and we are waiting to see when it happens. >> hi. >> brian williams, our colleague joins us now on set. brian, it's been a surprising finish to the proceedings. >> i was going to say i have nothing to add because we're all watching the same thing. all we've learned is that susan collins of maine is voting yes. >> we've learned that, and we've learned that lamar alexander intends to say how he is going to vote. >> within the hour. >> within the hour, but we don't know what that means exactly. >> yeah, exactly. we are now crossing over 11:00 eastern time. this is a continuation of our live breaking news coverage we've see