curran says he aims to emulate ben stokes' all round contribution to the team following his heroics ins last summer. my role in the side, if i do play, will be coming between the bat at number eight and bowling than trying to take wickets. i look up to some like stokes who always contributes as a batter at number five and he comes and takes loads of wickets as well. my main aim is to just keep working hard with bat and ball because i feel when i play my best, i am contributing in both formats. hobart hurricanes player emily smith has been suspended for three months for posting the team line—up on social media before its was meant to be released. the australian breached cricket australia's anti—corruption code by revealing the team around an hour before it was permitted. she accepted a year's suspension but nine months of the ban are suspended. alex marquez will be joining his older brother at the honda team —like season. lorenzo is retiring. he won the moto two championship this year. the new—look davis cup finals are under way in madrid. it's been thoroughly revamped by a group involv

curran says he wants to emulate ben stokes' following his heroics in the world cup and ashes last summerplay, will be contributing to bat at number eight, then bowling and trying to take wickets. i look up to someone like stokes who always contributes as a batter at number five and he comes and takes loads of wickets as well. my main aim is to just keep working hard with bat and ball because i feel when i play my best, i am contributing in both formats. let's have a look a few other stories making the sports news today... somerset have been docked 2a points after being found guilty of preparing a "poor" pitch for last season's county championship decider against essex. somerset will start next season on minus 12 points, while12 points are suspended for two years. they have 14 days to appeal. hobart hurricanes player emily smith will miss the rest of the woemn‘s big bash, she's been suspended for three months for breaching cricket australia's anti—corruption code — she posted a team line up on social media before it was officially released. australia captain tim paine says england all—rou

curran was wicketless though as new zealand a made 302—6 before declaring.1 later, having lost the wicket of rory burns. it's good to get out there and be in a competitive environment again. these warm up games are good from a bowlers point of view to get over centre the legs, spend a day in the field and get back into the feel of a match, i guess. you can do on the prep in the nets but you can never replicate anything until you get out of there and get the competitive juices flowing. china's triple olympic champion swimmer sun yang has told an appeal hearing that he missed a doping test because the testers failed to prove their identity. sun was cleared of wrongdoing by the international swimming federation in january. but the world anti—doping agency is appealing against the decision at the court of arbitration for sport in switzerland. he has previously served month doping suspension in 2013. the coach of the great britain lions rugby league side wayne bennett says he isn't interested in the criticism he's recieving. the team have lost all three of their

curran says he aims to emulate ben stokes' all round contribution to the team following his heroics iny, will kind of be coming to the bat at number eight and bowling and trying to take wickets. if you look at somebody like stokes, contributing at the bat at number five, a like stokes, contributing at the bat at numberfive, a claim taking lots of wickets. my main aim is to keep working on that angle because i feel, when i play my best, i am contrary to both formats. now we like to bring you a wide range of sports from around the world so we'll end with the action from the rubik's cube world cup final in moscow from over the weekend. whoever completes the puzzle fastest is the winner. now for most mere mortals it can take hours — days even — to solve it, but not in the case of these experts. the honours in the male category went to teenager max park of the united states. juliette sebastian of france took the title in the speed cubing female category. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in sportsday at 10.30. i can't do it either! the us secretary state, mike pompeo, has

coming up on bbc news, sam curran takes the crucial wicket of kane williamson as the shadows lengthenland, who are 209 runs behind. between england and new zealand, the uk has been called an "illegal colonial occupier" after ignoring a deadline to give up an overseas territory. the united nations had given britain six months to relinquish control of the chagos islands, which are in the middle of the indian ocean, but that deadline has now passed. mauritius claims it was forced to give the archipelago to britain in 1965 in return for its independence. the british government says it has every right to hold onto the islands, one of which, diego garcia, is home to a us airbase. andrew harding has the story. these are the chagos islands, tiny and remote, but now the subject of an increasingly bitter tug—of—war between britain and mauritius. britain controls the islands and, years ago, cut a secret deal to allow america to use the biggest island, diego garcia, as a military airbase. but earlier this year, the united nations's top court said the uk had no right to keep hold of chagos, that i

curran says he aims to emulate ben stokes‘ all round contribution to the team following his heroics ina ke number eight and bowling and trying to take wickets. i look up to someone to take wickets. i look up to someone like ben stokes who always contributors are better at number five, and he takes loads of wickets as well, so my main aim is to keep working hard in both bat and ball because i feel when i play my best, it is in both formats. that‘s all the sport for now. from all the team here goodngiht. define an settled weather over the next few days will be very welcome to areas which have seen far too much rain recently, and all that flooding. tuesday will be a cold and very frosty start, a start of the season very frosty start, a start of the season so very frosty start, a start of the season so far — coldest starter. this weather front out west will bring more cloud to northern ireland into western wales and into the south—west is of rain here, the breeze not quite as cold to start. elsewhere, hard for of sunshine around by dense fog around wales, the midlands and the south it coul

against england still 209 runs behind the tourists after ben stokes scored the runs and then sam curranurs along the way. but the tourists weren‘t able to build on his innings. after stokes became one of three wickets taken in a spell by tim southee, england were eventually all out for 353. but sam curran took the key wicket of new zealand captain kane williamson in the final hour — new zealand were 144—4 at the close. play resumes at 10pm our time. england will feel very, very happy, i think. they have chipped away. they work really well as a bowling unit. they have complemented each other very well and i thinkjoe root handled his attack really well. england in the driving seat here. they will chip away again tomorrow. new zealand, you know they have santner, but they don‘t have a lot of batting left. i think england will feel they have a substantial leave —— substantial lead. that‘s all the sport for now. you can follow the davis cup on our website. —— kyle edmund is ahead in that by a set. many apologies to the line therefore christian in sheffield. i think we can re—establish it bec

nejra: enda curran, thank you for joining us.ate vote we were talking about marks a challenge to the government in beijing as the u.s. and china seek to close a preliminary agreement and the trade war. from london, the senior interest rate senior analyst and in beijing, bloomberg's james zegar. let me start with james and pick up on what enda was talking about. we understand the u.s. and china will go back to the main agreement to talk about the extent of rollbacks. we know what happened to that agreement and what has happened in markets since, so are we setting ourselves up for disappointment? it is hard to say what will be the end result of the deal. obviously now, there will not be a deal in november, which everyone expected last month. the deadline keeps getting pushed out further and further. obviously at the moment, we are hearing from both sides, the two trade negotiating sides are still talking about what they can, what is agreeable to both sides, which part of the deal was signed in may and can be signed again and which

and i'm my name's curran rushed of us see. my father is a teacher and works in jail or district. he teaches the children social sciences. mobo is going to. i love to go to school because i get to meet my friends there and i love spending time with them. it's also the teachers at the school teacher something new every day so i really like going to school. there is never. nothing then when my can get my free time i like to play cricket. i also like to read. every attempt that i have moved by now and i'd like to write camel. and camel sometimes i also take the buffaloes out to graze on their love and i'd become a mother to. them as if someone i think pollution is the biggest problem in the world at the moment. pollution is harming our farmland. ruining our plants the crops are unable to grow properly. and marble dioxide is increasing demand because we don't have enough plants to take it up well i think i'm. going to thank you. local television there i like how my parents and grandparents used to live there they stayed healthy they didn't get sick often they ate desi game and they dr

it's a movement that encourages people to donate and give back joining us is ansha curran she is theo-founder of the nonprofit giving tuesday what made you think, yeah, this is the place to be why should we be asking people to give back on that tuesday >> simple idea born in 2012. a small team of us at the 92nd street y here in new york thought of black friday day, cyber monday, giving tuesday why not have a day of giving after two days of consumption and people really liked the idea >> yeah. >> now it's a global movement. there are giving tuesday campaigns in over 60 countries >> it's perfect timing you managed to lob on the guilt factor you've been spending how much over the past three days look around you for once in a while. >> it works really well. >> if you think about it, people act so amazed at $400 million donated just online last year in 24 hours if you think about how much is spent on cyber monday, there's more we can give. >> we have seen individual giving slow down what's happening >> yeah. >> why is that >> i think there are a few different factors to show a little bit

curran says he aims to emulate ben stokes' all—round contribution to the team following his heroics inke wickets. i look up to some like stokes who always contributes as a batter at number five and he comes and takes loads of wickets as well. my main aim is to just keep working hard with bat and ball hobart hurricanes player emily smith has been suspended for three months for posting the team line—up on social media before its was meant to be released. the australian breached cricket australia's anti—corruption code by revealing the team around an hour before it was permitted. she accepted a year's suspension but nine months of the ban are suspended. it rules smith out of the remainder of this season's women's big bash. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. now on bbc news, it is time for your questions answered. throughout the election campaign, we will be putting your questions to all of the main parties. joining me now to answer your questions is the the chairman of the brexit party, richard tice. bradley asks, why is the brex

. >> o'donnell: major michelle curran, call sign "mace" is the only female fighter pilot on the thunderbirdsair force's demonstration team. >> well, i'm a left-wing solo. i'm the first female to fly in that position which is, i think, one of the hardest positions to fly. >> o'donnell: "hard" because mace's job is to wow crowds with awe-inspiring aerobatics and high-speed passes. >> we'll do opposing passes where we fly each other head on. it's a very unforgiving job if you make mistakes. really what we do is life and death sometimes. from flying an f-16 to her passion for extreme sports, mace is a thrill seeker. she flew more than 160 combat hours in afghanistan before joining the team. >> sometimes it's hard to be the only female in a squadron. >> o'donnell: women weren't allowed to fly fighter jets in the air force for decades, until jeannie marie leavitt became the service's first female fighter pilot just 26 years ago. >> those women that have blazed a trail for me, they're just regular people that were driven and, you know, stepped outside their comfort zone. >> o'donnell: do you think

stokes back bowling after injury, it's expected to be a straight pick between chris woakes and sam curran next week. i would like to think i have a good chance. but there are probably a few other guys who are knocking on the door as well. myself and sam played in the last test match, so being realistic, looking at the squad make up, we are probably looking at myself and him. but it is good to have competition. i will be trying to work hard and try and get in the team. we will see what happens. andy murray feels he has a chance of beating the best players in the world again, as he continues his comeback after hip surgery. murray had an eventful 0ctober, winning his first tour title in more than two years and then becoming a father for the third time. he says he's excited about his future but now thinks that winning isn't everything. what i have learned in the last couple of years... i don't really, really care about rankings. i don't really care about winning tennis competitions. it's nice to do that, but actually, i really enjoy playing tennis. i love it. that's all the sport for now. you

thank you, sean curran there. let's take a look at some of today's other election news.cal parties have announced a remain electoral alliance. the liberal democrats, plaid cymru and the green party will step aside for each other in 60 constituencies. they claimed the move was in the national interest. it is unprecedented, the scale of this arrangement between these three different political parties, but i think it speaks volumes about how high the stakes are, how important this is, that these parties, ourselves, the liberal democrats, with the green party and plaid cymru, have been able to put aside those narrow party interests to work together in the national interest, and that's how our politics should be done. around 3,000 voters in swindon have been mistakenly warned that they may not be able to vote in the general election. in a letter sent by swindon council, residents were told they would be removed from the electoral register as they were no longer entitled to be registered at their property. the council later tweeted, asking residents to ignore the letter as it

and despite three wickets each forjofra archer and sam curran, england couldn't bowl them out in timega. stefanos tsitsipas will face dominic thiem in the final of tennis's world tour finals in london this afternoon. it's the first time tsitsipas has qualified for the tournament and he caused a big upset in the semifinals, beating roger federer. the greek player, who's 17 years younger than federer, took an early lead and eventually the first set. federer was flawless in beating novak djokovic earlier in the competition, but was well below par as tsitsipas eventually took the match in straight sets. i grew up watching roger as a kid, watching him at the finals, watching him in the wimbledon, plenty of finals. wished i can step out on the court one day and face him and today i am here, living the dream. i could never picture myself standing here, but it did happen. dreams do come true! still two more races in the season in formula 1. it is the brazilian grand prix today are max verstappen will start on pole. he was a tenth of the second faster than sebastian vettel‘s ferrari. lewis ham

and despite three wickets each forjofra archer and sam curran, england couldn't bowl them out in timeranga. stefanos tsitsipas will face dominic thiem in the final of tennis's world tour finals in london this afternoon. it's the first time tsitsipas has qualified for the tournament, and he caused a big upset in the semifinals, beating roger federer. the greek player, who's 17 years, younger than federer took an early lead and eventually the first set. federer was flawless in beating novak djokovic earlier in the competition but was well below par as tsitsipas eventually took the match in straight sets. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. the government and armed forces have been accused of covering up illegal killings by british troops in afghanistan and iraq. an investigation by bbc panorama and the sunday times has spoken to a dozen british detectives who say they found credible evidence of war crimes. but the investigators say strong cases were not prosecuted. the ministry of defence has denied the claims. richard bilton ha

coming up on bbc news, sam curran takes the crucial wicket of captain kane williamson as the shadowsgland and new zealand, who are 209 runs behind. back to the election, and throughout the campaign, bbc news is looking closely at the places where the election could be won and lost in the uk and those seats which will be closely contested. today, we're in norwich. reeta chakrabarti is there. we are in the centre of norwich, norfolk‘s main city and although it's the county's biggest urban area, it is politically very different from the surrounding region. norfolk is agricultural and as a whole predominantly conservative. but this city is split into two. norwich south is a safe labour seat. the party's held it since 2015. norwich north is a tory marginal. they've a majority ofjust 507. the city as a whole voted 56% to remain in the european union and the rest of east anglia voted overwhelmingly to leave. people here have been watching the parties make major spending pledges during this campaign, spending that's in marked contrast to the squeeze in the last decade. here in norwich, despi

and despite three wickets each forjofra archer and sam curran, england couldn't bowl them out in timeefanos tsitsipas will face dominic thiem in the final of tennis's world tour finals in london this afternoon. it's the first time tsitsipas has qualified for the tournament and he caused a big upset in the semifinals, beating roger federer. the greek player, who's 17 years younger than federer, took an early lead and eventually the first set. federer was flawless in beating novak djokovic earlier in the competition but was well below par as tsitsipas eventually took the match in straight sets. the f1 championship was decided a couple of weeks ago but still two more races in the season to go. it's the brazilian grand prix, today and max verstappen will start on pole position. his red bull was just a tenth of a second faster than sebastian vettel‘s ferrari. new world champion lewis hamilton slipped into third place right at the end of the session. that's all the sport for now, i'll have more in the next hour. the government and armed forces have been accused of covering up illegal killin

and despite three wickets each forjofra archer and sam curran, england couldn't bowl them out in timeay in tauranga. stefanos tsitsipas will face dominic thiem in the final of tennis‘s world tour finals in london this afternoon. it's the first time tsitsipas has qualified for the tournament and he caused a big upset in the semifinals, beating roger federer. the greek player, who's 17 years younger than federer, took an early lead and eventually the first set. federer was flawless in beating novak djokovic earlier in the competition, but was well below par as tsitsipas eventually took the match in straight sets. i grew up watching roger as a kid, watching him at the finals, watching him in the wimbledon, plenty of finals. wished i can step out on the court one day and face him and today i am here, living the dream. i could never picture myself standing here, but it did happen. dreams do come true! in the day's other semifinal, dominic thiem beat the defending champion alexander zverev in straight sets. the austrian, like tsitsipas, will be going for his first title at the o2 arena. eng

classic speaking truth to power for starters there's more than one there's several ambassador taylor curran all then men and they are all standing together or frankly i kind of see it the opposite way as if trump is actually the whistleblower because he has criticized the intelligence community it's well known from even the start that they've been against him and he has you know criticized in some cases rightly so so you can see this from different angles and it's not at all the classic case of the tipster who got it started is not even relevant because he did not know the facts and now all of these new people that are testifying as cooperate in witnesses are more like the whistleblower that you would you would talk about because they're the ones revealing the information back at that helsinki summit president trump stood alongside president putin and said he takes his putin's word regarding russian election meddling over the assessment of united states intelligence professionals and in the opening round of impeachment hearings on the wednesday we began with republican devon noon yesterday

and despite 3 wickets each forjofra archer and sam curran, england couldn't bowl them out in time sos tsitsipas will face dominic thiem in the final of tennis's world tour finals in london this afternoon. it's the first time tsitsipas has qualified for the tournament and he caused a big upset in the semifinals, beating roger federer. the greek player, who's 17 years younger than federer, took an early lead and eventually the first set. federer was flawless in beating novak djokovic earlier in the competition but was well below par as tsitsipas eventually took the match in straight sets. i grew igrew up i grew up watching roger as a kid, watching him at the finals, wimbledon, plenty of finals. i wish i could step out on the court one day and face him. today i am here and living the dream. i can never picture myself standing here but dreams do come true! that's all the sport for now. there's more on the bbc sport website. the singer eltonjohn has just tweeted that photograph with this tribute... there you see the photograph of eltonjohn waiting his a baseball bat around in the air. it

are crossing a stream, forget the eddie's, the short-term eddie's, look where the current is, enda curranas been adverse for value, but value is so cheap now that the current in the coming five to 10 years is likely to be relentlessly beneficial. what exactly does your fundamental index strategies do differently? yes, it has been a brutal year for value over the past 10 years, but you guys have been leaning further and further? rob: first, let's define fundamental index. fundamental index simply says why should we weigh stocks according to their market value? to be more expensive the stock is, the more money you have invested in it. if a stock doubles in price, you have twice as much money in it as you did before he went up. that means with cap awaiting you are assisting -- assuming that after a stock doubled its future upside must be better than it was before. that makes no sense. why not wait companies according to how big they are, their economic footprint, their scale on the macroeconomy. look at the stock's share of all publicly traded company sales, all publicly traded company profi

sam curran got the nod ahead of chris woakes but couldn't pick up a wicket as new zealand a made 302—tain joe root after he jarred his hip in the field. root did return later in the afternoon — and vice captain ben stokes insists there's nothing to worry about. at one point, we were discussing whether he had hurt his knee, ankle or hamstring. thankfully, it was neither, he just took a bump on or hamstring. thankfully, it was neither, hejust took a bump on his leg and sort of had a dead leg, i think. but it was good to see him back on the field. uefa can continue their investigation into manchester city's finances after the court of arbitration found in their favour. city had gone to cas to challenge the legitimacy of the financial fair play probe, but they have failed and uefa's financial control body will now hold a hearing on theirfindings. city could face a possible ban from european football from ——european football. china's triple 0lympic champion sun yang has appeared before the court of arbitration for sport public hearing in montreux. he was cleared of a doping offence injanua

sam curran is compact but nippy. he struck first lbw as england bowled. now everyone knows joffre caption out for 51. current again. now everyone knowsjoffre offer our gerbils fast. henry nichols was assessed and dead bat on, new zealand finished with a four wickets down, 209 behind but most important, another reminder on how much you need all the protection you can get. andy murray is expected to play in the next hour in germany. he was arrested yesterday. more on the bbc sport website. —— he was rested yesterday. as part of our election coverage, we'll be looking in detail at how digital and social media platforms are being used as part of political campaigns. joining me now in the studio isjoe tidy, who's been closely watching how the election is being fought online. first up, the brexit party launch — what are people saying about that online? there's an attack advert onjeremy corbyn from the sun trending right now. there was a parody here. i had to google this, the advert and the actress. but it has done very well for the conservatives, it was not the

and despite three wickets each forjofra archer and sam curran, england couldn't bowl them out in timeff hole win. fleetwood finished level with marcus kinhult, after a closing round of 65, including three eagles, saw him finish on 12 under par. the englishman held his nerve, to save par on the playoff — and claim a first victory of the season. the win closes the gap at the top of the race to dubai standings, ahead of next week's season finale. spain's mark marquez won the final race of the moto gp season with victory at the valencia grand prix. there was a remarkable incident here though with rider johann zarco struck by another bike after he came off his own. luckily he was fine after checks. but it was marquez who ends the season in style — he had already won the overall title for a sixth time last month. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. now it's time for the travel show. hello, and welcome to this look back at some of our recent adventures here on the travel show. it's been a busy few months, so here's a taste of what's

stokes back bowling after injury, it's expected to be a straight pick between chris woakes and sam curranother guys who are knocking on the door as well. myself and sam played in the last test match, so being realistic, looking at the squad make up, we realistic, looking at the squad make up, we are realistic, looking at the squad make up, we are probably looking at myself and him. but it is good to have competition. i will be trying to work hard and try and get in the team. we will see what happens. andy murray feels he has a chance of beating the best players in the world again as he continues his comeback after hip surgery. murray had an eventful october, winning his first tour title in more than two years and then becoming a father for the third time. he says he's excited about his future, but now thinks that winning isn't everything. what i have learned in the last couple of years... i don't really, really care about rankings. i don't really care about rankings. i don't really care about winning tennis competitions. it's nice to do that, but actually, i really enjoy playing tennis. i

going me is and occur in -- joining me is enda curran. what did we learn? ,nda: it was a four-day closed-door meeting. they spoke mostly about rising domestic and international risks, and of course, the backed up domestically being the slowing economy, unrest in hong kong, and internationally, trade war with the u.s. we didn't get any major economic initiatives out of it, but we did get some signals that it is doubling down on party control, and ensuring much stricter oversight of hong kong. there was no sense of compromise when it comes to dealing with protesters. alix: thank you so much. now we went to head to germany, where christine lagarde begins her term as ecb president, becoming the institution's first female head. she will face a host of challenges as the region's economy slows, not least skepticism over negative rates. that first day checking out for christine lagarde? reporter: it is a little pentacle mektic -- it is a little anti-climactic since lagarde's first day is a holiday. we are certainly expecting a lot from her as she starts her term. w

enda curran joins me from hong kong. it is a long, convoluted way of saying they are still just talking? is all about the mood music. it is another day of incremental news that seems to be's adjusting that governments are on track for some kind of trade agreement. "the global times" had some extra detail on it. they said they may have spoken about tariff removals, agricultural purchases, and some kind of oversight as to how any trade agreement can be implement it. that is very important for the u.s. side of things in terms of how they want to enforce any agreement with china, and for the chinese side, removing paris is certain -- removing tariffs is certainly a red line for them. they are making the point that they are nudging towards some sort of consensus. they didn't give much more detail than that, but from here, the expectation will be how the o.s. response to this mo -- this mood music out of beijing. it feels like there's a lot at play for the coming weeks. alix: good point. think you very much. we stay in hong ko

da tart with e curran. had positive signs since sunday, when the government said they would push through new oversight of ip protection, and they want to punish those who are guilty of ip theft. that was followed by some details in one of the state newspapers that china is also looking at the oversight of any trade agreement with the u.s. in ways of ensuring that any deal isn't limited. then we had the news yesterday from the commerce ministry talking about reaching consensus on core issues. the moonbeams it is been nothing but positive in recent days, matching what is coming out of washington, though we don't yet have any further details on when or if an agreement might be signed. -- we have your minder did have a reminder on the economy when profit for industrial firms dropped almost 10% from a year ago. that underscores the manufacturing side in china's economy is hurting. david: thanks so much for reporting from china today on trade. now let's go to europe, where the european parliament has been voting

putting me on the phone from hong kong is enda curran. what are the details of what we know about this ip theft penalty ? specifics arethe that china wants to make it easier for victims of ip theft to get compensation, and they also want to look into bringing up the threshold for criminal punishments. on the surface, this kind of measure goes to the core of some of the u.s. demands in the trade negotiations. beyond the merchandise goods, the u.s. has been pushing concerns over ip protection for its companies operating in china. on the terms, this fits the emerging meredith -- the emerging narrative that we remain on track for a trade negotiation. that xiadly, we know jinping spoke of the need for cutting a deal based on equality with the u.s. president trump pushed back against that terminology. negotiators from both countries have been talking to each other, but we don't have details about when or where an agreement might be signed. the ip move by china is clearly a sign that talks remain on track, but we are still unsure about the detai

meg, thanks for setting us up on that curran, thanks for joining us today. >> thanks for having me. >you're worried about the space. >> no, i think as you were talking about, it's becoming clear that black market is the vale issue here. the real cannabis markets in states like where i am, have very strict standards for monitoring the space, both on testing, as well as overall compliance ensure that we know where all our products are so while it's certainly an issue where we're all concerned, in the legal structure, i think we're in quite good shape. i think the public markets always do lead to some price softening in what happens in our world in private markets, but clearly we're dealing with two very different issues. >>> there's certainly a pullback in miswe all anticipated, but certainly not as dramatic as what you've seen a lot of concern for the public health about the illnesses and deaths associated with vaping. while there's still a lot of unanswered questions, perhaps some of t the commonality is, did you certainly highlighting it and knowing that it's an issue is something th

joining me on the phone from hong kong is enda curran. does china agree with this assessment? musiccertainly, the mood from both sides now is that they are on track to reach some kind of agreement. mr. kudlow's comments came only a day after china agreed yesterday to lift a ban on poultry imports from the u.s.. they started to buy u.s. farm produce again last month. clearly some things are coming together, but there are outstanding issues. we still don't know where either side are on tariff removal. that is something of a redline on the chinese side. there are still other areas, like ip protection and the like. still don't know when any agreement will be signed. separately, there are signs of pressure partly due to the trade war, but no signs of panic from policy makers yet. we saw another sign of how disciplined the stimulus was when there was an injection into the financial system of about 30 billion u.s. dollars, mostly to color a tax payment system, and said it wasn't a time of turning to stimulus, but much less will depend on when or if a trade agreement can be reached. a

let's get more on this now from our parliamentary correspondent sean curran.n? further and tell people to vote for boris johnson? as you say, ian austin has been at the heart of labour and the labour government for a very long time. lots of journalists here would have had phone calls from him, sometimes complaining because of things we have broadcast and written about gordon brown when he was the chancellor. even when he broke with labour earlier this year and started to sit as an independent, he still sat on the labour benches so he would be in the middle of labour mps and so now, at the very beginning of this campaign, for him to break ra nks this campaign, for him to break ranks with a party that he has worked with for so long, is quite a big moment and it is notjust that he is expressing doubts about labour, he is actively saying that people should vote conservative and i think you saw that as well, that angry reaction from john mcdonnell, the shadow chancellor, by suggesting that from taking this unpaid government role as a trade envoy to israel, he is al

joining me from hong kong with more is in the current -- is enda curran. what do we know about the potential tariff rollback? enda: it is a conditional claim of progress by china's commerce ministry that the u.s. is granting some concessions on one of their key redlines for china, which is that tariffs should be rolled back when any deal is agreed. the commerce ministry in beijing is talking about rolling back tariffs in proportion simultaneously. all of this depends on whether or not an agreement actually is reached and signed. don't have the final details on any agreement yet. the question will also be how the u.s. response to this. will they interpret china's commentary is an attempt to front run any negotiating process, or is this a broad tract that both sides are on? agreementon't have an publicly for any venue for signing a trade agreement. progress appears to be being , but in terms of the details and the timing of when any agreement would be signed, remains unclear as of now. alix: thank you very much for joining us. next we want to go to frankfurt

joining us from hong kong is in karenrrent -- is in the -- is enda curran. is pickingps demand up, and might put a floor on the economy into year end. there was a weaker import, and that underlines that the domestic demand is still weak. we know that new orders of the official manufacturing pmi remain weak as well come us adjusting that bottoming out still has a little bit to go before we can fully call it stabilization in china's economy. the trade numbers were ok. there were certainly some optimism, but the big picture remains whether the government can push ahead and reach this phase i agreement they've been talking about. alix: speaking of, the conversation has been to digitally that the phase i deal will happen in a rollback. the ministry of commerce spokesman in china saying that there have been serious discussions, and agreed to remove the tariffs in phases as progress is made on the agreement. what is the real conversation on the ground? enda: clearly this was a redline for china. they've been demanding that they wanted tariffs rolled back on goods.

sam curran looks likely to be chosen ahead of chris woakes for england's first test against new zealandf wickets as well. my main aim is tojust keep and takes loads of wickets as well. my main aim is to just keep working ha rd my main aim is to just keep working hard with bat and ball because i feel when i play my best, i am contributing in both formats. that's all the sport for now. more at half past five. now on afternoon live, let's go nationwide — and see what's happening around the country — in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. let's go to bbc look north's phil bodmer, who is in fishlake today, where residents are still dealing with the flooding that began ten days ago. and with floods having caused so many issues in the uk and around the world in the last few weeks, dominic heale, from bbc east midlands today, joins me from nottingham, where he is talking about new flooding prediction technology. so, phil, whats the latest from fishla ke? simon, fishlake is at last open, the main road in and out of fishlake, open for traffic. but this is an incident still ongoing

but sam curran took the key wicket of new zealand captain kane williamson in the final hour.gland will fancy their chances of getting a substantial lead. scotland will face israel in ther euro 2020 playoff semi final after the draw this morning. the game will be at hampden on march 26th with the winner going through to face either norway or serbia for a place in the finals next summer. scotland have won three of the four times they‘ve played israel. should northern ireland win away at bosnia in their play off semi final, the match to decide if they reach the tournament will be at home and it could be against the republic of ireland if they beat slovakia. two of the biggest clubs in south america have arrived in peru to see who will become the continent‘s club champion. the libertadores cup final will also provide south america‘s entry to the club world cup next month, which also includes liverpool. defending champions river plate of argentina and brazilian side flamengo trained on the pitch in lima, ahead of tomorrow‘s match. flamengo are looking to become the first team to c

sam curran got the nod ahead ahead of chris woakes but couldn't pick up a wicket as new zealand a madele or hamstring. thankfully, it was none, he just took a bump on his leg from stopping the ball, i think you got a dead leg. it is good to see him back on the field. this uefa can continue their investigation into manchester city's finances after the court of arbitration found in their favour city had gone to cas to challenge the legitimacy of the financial fair play probe, but they have failed and uefa's financial control body will now hold a hearing on theirfindings. city could face a possible ban from european football. china's triple olympic champion, sun yang, has appeared before the court of arbitration for sport public hearing in montreux. he was cleared of a doping offence injanuary by swimming's world governing body, but the world anti—doping agency took the matter to cas. the allegation is that he smashed a vial containing a sample of his blood to avoid being tested. he says the testers didn't follow the correct protocol or have the necessary documentation. he previously serv

stokes back bowling after injury its expected to be a straight pick between chris woakes and sam curranest match so i suppose, i mean being realistic, looking at the side and the squad make up, we are looking at myself and him, really. but it's good to have that competition. i will be coming out here and looking to do what i've always done, which is work ha rd what i've always done, which is work hard and try and knock the door down to get into the team but we will see what happens. andy murray feels he has a chance of beating the best players in the world again as he continues his comeback after hip surgery. murray had an eventful 0ctober — winning his first tour title in more than two years and then becoming a father for the third time. he says he's excited about his future but now thinks that winning isn't everything. what i have learned the last couple of years, i don't really care about rankings. i don't really care about winning tennis competitions. it is nice, it's brilliant to do that, but actually, i really enjoy playing tennis. i love it. that's all the sport for now. you can