qatar's nasser al—attiyah leads the dakar rally heading into stage two later.nday. the two—times dakar winner, driving for a south african toyota team, led spain's reigning champion and double dakar winner carlos sainz by nearly two minutes after the slikm opening stage. the endurance rally, regarded as the world's toughest motorsport challenge ends in lima on the 17th of january. just to recap, the wolves have put liverpool out of the fa cup, winning 2-0, the liverpool out of the fa cup, winning 2—0, the big story out of the fourth round is that arsenal, who have won 13 times, play manchester united at the emirates stadium, united second on the list, winning 12 times. you can get all the latest sports news at our website. that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. northern parts of the uk on monday were particularly blustery. winds gusts in excess of 70 miles an hour for some. but i think its eastern areas that will see the strongest weather through the day ahead. the swirl of cloud, this area

as the days go by it will get more difficult the dakar rally is an off roading insurance event that's open to professionals and amateurs alike because of the sound car experts say the race particularly. car. drivers will need to rely on their navigational instruments it may seem a race designed for titans but rookies like twenty four year old deny they say they're not afraid she says she had to gain weight to be able to carry her motorcycle. jenna's used to challenges she survived cancer when she was fifteen and two months ago she broke her collarbone but it hasn't stopped her from participating but. i have a lot of expectations the girl who will come back after the race will be a different woman and that thrills me i'm going to go through so much now have to resolve every problem every step of the way this is incredible. jenna's been preparing for this race for a year she's become a role model for many peruvian women. but i want the women watching the to feel what i felt when i decided to compete life can change from night to morning you don't know what can happen to you but you must

racing his fourth dakar. if you get anxious on the start you make a mistakes i'll go easy with a cold head because anxiety kills you you have to try to make it right. dakar rally used to happen from paris to senegal's capital dakar but since two thousand and nine it's been moved to south america over security concerns in north africa it may be one of the toughest competitions in the world but many participants here say more important than winning is to make it to the end of the innocent just. in basketball in b.a. the mohawk speed the utah jazz one hundred fourteen one hundred two to strengthen their sport at the top of the eastern conference in the west it's five wins in a row now for the san antonio spurs thanks to one hundred nineteen one hundred seventy winner of the detroit pistons on monday the postings were six points up in the first quarter but san antonio rallied for a comfortable twelve point win south carolina's clemson university have won the american college football players championship they wen

well it's been very controversial plus from people who of course say that the dakar rally damage. to the soil the ground that this of course civilized ancient civilizations took place here and nobody really knows what's under the founders of these deserts many people who also criticize the right you build. your will but there's been a little criticism from within like for and for in stunt driver stephan peter hunt so thing that it's not the same the rally has been with a lot of loops and in that it should go back to africa where they belong adventurous. the. more of an adventure a be a well thank you so much mariano joined us there in peru enjoy the finish line we'll talk to you tomorrow the australian open defending champions are still in the running to win the tournament again roger federer and caroline wozniacki are both right in her bidding to reach the third round it was just a much simpler task for one than the other reports. for roger federer anything other than a straight sets victory would have been something of a slip up as he took on qualified don evans one of the men w

now compare that says that the dakar rally it's taking on one of the toughest courses in the history of the rice the root drivers and riders through the peruvian desert and this year there's a little restaurant in the way of mountains mud or trucks in a sanchez reports. a last look at the vehicles and their drivers the toughest race in the world is gone with five hundred forty one competitors and three hundred thirty four vehicles. traditionally held in northern africa this year the latin american country of peru is the venue for the forty one year old rally it's until you can since ninth dakar he says he's made it to the finish line nearly every time now he says he'll need to be very focused on the p.c. it will be a very difficult even though it's a few a day i think it will be very tough and several of us already know peru and we already know how difficult it is among the competitors one hundred thirty five rookies who don't know what's it like to race in one of them dutch pilot was sleep it and says he's trained for two years we've gone from the motor cross writing is the writing

and in sport strive to peru to find out what lies ahead for competitors at this year's dakar rally. so in the middle of the u.s. government shutdown which for the record is now into a seventeenth day president donald trump is going to be traveling to the u.s. southern border later this week remember after he's been demanding funding for a wall along that border white house spokes woman sarah sundin's announced on twitter that trump will meet those on the front lines of the national security and humanitarian crisis let's check in with kimberly how quiet on this one it shows the president's absolute dog attachment to this war doesn't he has this shutdown goes on in the focus arguably should be on washington and the people who are out of work there he's heading to the border. it's not just people in washington who are out of work it's people all across the country federal workers some eight hundred thousand affected and you're talking about the record books well as of the end of today this will be the second longest running us partial shutdown in history and by saturday canal it will b

stephane peterha nsel raced to his second stage win of this year's dakar rally in peru on monday buts nasser al attiyah. after a miserable day out on sunday for the 13—times dakar winner peterhansel he stormed to stage seven while nine—times world rally champion sebastien loeb lost 28 minutes on peterhansel meaning he's now 5a minutes behind al—attiyah. while in the bike section, ktm rider sam sunderland went second in the standings behind honda's ricky brabec, who regained the lead. now, to snooker, where seven—time champion ronnie o'sullivan eased past stuart bingham six frames to two to reach the quarter—finals of the masters at alexandra palace in london. o'sullivan made 66 and pinched the eighth frame to win on a nervy re—spotted black, and he'll face ryan day next. ding junhui also booked his place in the quarter—finals with a comfortable 6—1win over debutant jack lisowski. it was never really in doubt for the chinese player and he'll face world number 1a luca brecel next. just to remind you, it is day two of the australian open. you can get all the latest sports news at our we

and qatar's nasser al—attiyah extended his overall lead in the dakar rally with victory in thursday'srth stage. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with the tennis and the news that former world number one andy murray has annouced he'll retire from playing after this year's wimbledon championships. at an emotional news conference ahead of the australian open in melbourne, murray left the room in tears before returning a few minutes later. he's been plagued by a hip injury for much of the past 18 months and was a doubt for this yea r‘s australian open which starts on monday. murray has played in 11 grand slam finals, winning 3 of them — wimbledon twice, and the us open. he'll also the two—time reigning olympic champion. yeah, obviously been struggling for a long time. i've been in a lot of pain for, well, it's been probably about 20 months now. pretty much done everything that i could to try and get my hip feeling better and, you know, hasn't helped loads. you know, i'm in a better place than i was six months ago but you know, still in a lot of pain and yeah. it's been to

and south african geniel de villiers has engine trouble during stage three of the dakar rally costing the lead hello and welcome to the programme where we start with football news from the asian cup which is in full swing and there was a scare for the four time champions japan in their tournament opener. but they recovered to win 3—2 against turkmenistan on wednesday. elsewhere, two second half goals secured the 2022 world cup hosts qatar a 2—nil win over lebanon as anneka radley reports. having reached the last 16 in nasty‘s world cup, japan are a team which probably wouldn't have expected to be fighting back from a goal down at half time to a side ranked 127 in the world but thanks toa ranked 127 in the world but thanks to a ferocious long—range goal from turkmenistan and, it was the underdogs who took the early lead. japan's half—time team talk must have worked as there was a smart turn and finish inside the box to equalise shortly into the second half. girls following made it 3—1 to japan but to minister and had a potential lifeline after the being fouled in the box. penalty. the

dakar rally however all people all the experts here tend to say that it would take for. driver not not to win this race he's ahead of dakar legends like stefan peter hans of the frenchman or. have been in this race many of whom have won several doctors but not the favorite so far there's been a lot of criticism of this doctor took place only. people who say that the race damages the territory but also there's been criticism from within the a race driver stefan peter hounshell saying that there's been too many loops a lot of sand. that's dr used to be another venture and he hopes like many others have been saying that this race goes back to africa the city of atlanta and georgia in the united states is preparing for one of the world's largest sporting events in less than two weeks the super bowl is coming to town and with it thousands of fans the city's mayor says the ongoing government shutdown is actually one of their biggest concerns. we aren't a stranger to large events so i do believe that we are as prepared as we can possibly be certainly there are factors that we d

and while others almost disappear into the sand dunes during the second stage of the dakar rally — it'se—time world rally champion sebastian loeb who wins out on tuesday. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with football and the news that tottenham will have the advantage heading into the second leg of their english league cup semi—final in a fortnight‘s time. they beat chelsea 1—0 in the opening leg at wembley stadium thanks to a controversial var ruling and our sports correspondent katie gornall was watching. a semifinal between two fierce rivals always both managers are teasing because silverware of their career and they have two strong starting lineups. harry kane scored the only goal from the sport. it was not straightforward. initially the claim for a penalty was waved away for offside before the var corrected the decision. one nil down was when chelsea sparked into life. they deflected across and forced a great save. and hot none, despite pressure, held firm. —— tottenham. the day was massive. how we ran, ford and competed. i am pleased and proud to have this squad

now competitors at the dakar rally are taking one of the toughest courses in the history of the race the road will take drivers and riders through the peruvian desert and this year there is little rest fied sanchez reports from. a last look at the vehicles and their drivers the toughest race in the world is gone with five hundred forty one competitors and three hundred thirty four vehicles. traditionally held in northern africa this year the latin american country of peru is the venue for the forty one year old rally it's until you can since ninety dakar he says he's made it to the finish line nearly every time now he says he'll need to be very focused. it will be a very difficult even though it's a few a day i think it will be very tough and several of us already know peru and we already know how difficult it is among the competitors one hundred thirty five rookies who don't know what's it like to race in one of them dutch pilot was leap it and says he's trained for two years going from the motor cross writing in the riding only have to learn avocation and writing together and that'

drivers not to win this race he's ahead of dakar legends like. the frenchman or. have been in this race many of whom have won several doctors but not the favorite so far there's been a lot of criticism of this doctor took place only. people who say that the race damages the territory but also there's been criticism from within the a race driver stefan peter hounshell saying that there's been too many loops a lot of sound. that's dr used to be another venture and he hopes like many others have been saying that this race goes back to. the city of atlanta and georgia in the united states is preparing for one of the world's largest sporting events in less than two weeks the super bowl is coming to town and with thousands of fans the city's mayor says the ongoing government shutdown is actually one of their biggest concerns. we aren't a stranger to large events i do believe that we are as prepared as we can possibly be certainly there are factors that we don't control such as what's happening with our federal government shutdown and with the long t.s.a. line because ri

dakar rally however all people all the experts here tend to say that it would take for. driver not to win this race he's ahead of dakar legends like stefan peter hans all the frenchman or. have been in this race many of whom have won several doctors but not the favorite so far there's been a lot of criticism of this doctor took place only. people who say that the race damages the territory but also there's been criticism from within the a race driver stefan peter hounshell saying that there's been too many loops a lot of sand. that's dr used to be another venture and he hopes like many others have been saying that this race goes back to africa the city of atlanta and georgia in the united states is preparing for one of the world's largest sporting events in less than two weeks the super bowl is coming to town and with thousands of fans the city's mayor says the ongoing government shutdown is actually one of their biggest concerns. we aren't a stranger to large events i do believe that we are as prepared as we can possibly be certainly there are factors that we don't cont

qatar's nasser al—attiyah leads the dakar rally heading into stage two later.s from lima to pisco on monday. the two—times dakar winner, driving for a south african toyota team, led spain's reigning champion and double dakar winner carlos sainz by nearly two minutes after the 8akm opening stage. the endurance rally, regarded as the world's toughest motorsport challenge ends in lima on the 17th of january. in the nba, the washington wizards can make it back—to—back victories when they head to philadelphia and take on the 76ers later. the wizards, 11th in the eastern conference, won at oklahoma city thunder first the first time on sunday, and the win gives them three from their last four played. they now play four games in five days before heading to london and playing the new york knicks at the o2 arena on thursday week. at the asian cup in the uae, china came from a goal down to beat kyrgyzstan but with a little help from the opposing goalkeeper. with his team leading five minutes after the half time interval pavel matiash was defending a corner with his team m

and qatar's maintained his lead at the stage six of the dakar rally. hello there, and welcome to the programme. all that and more to come. we begin with footballing news, match as united goalkeeper david hale was immense, making it 11 saves in his second side at wembley. —— de gea. 0le gunnar solskjaer maintained his unbeaten start to his reign as ca reta ker unbeaten start to his reign as caretaker manager, with their sixth consecutive win since taking charge. marcus rashford scored the only goal of the game, just before the half—time interval, after a perfect retimed pol pot are passed. but it was de gea who was the star, as the spaniard made history of saves which helped take his side are level on points with that pace arsenal. first half, i thought we were excellent. i thought we were playing perfectly. second half they changed a bit, they put us under pressure. but we could have scored a queue as well on the counter. we've got a good backstage, a good whack fallback. and david de gea was in behind us. a good whack fallback. and david de gea was in

the latin american country of peru is the venue for the forty one year old rally it's since ninth dakar he says he's made it to the finish line nearly every time now he says he'll need to be very focused on the p.c. it will be a very difficult even though it's a few a day i think it will be very tough and several of us already know peru and we already know how difficult it is among the competitors one hundred thirty five rookies who don't know what's it like to racing one of them dutch pilot was sleep it and says he's trained for two years we go from the motor cross writing is the writing you know you have to learn every geisha and writing together and that's a big a big thing because you're writing. first for navigation. this one country rally will be special the largest group of women seventeen are racing in various categories and for the first time a young man with down syndrome drone will compete next to his father all the way from all the particularly challenging those pilots will fail in the first. apparel. nearly three thousand people will support a diverse mix of vehicles along

to the dakar rally now were a tough third stage in the desert shook up the standings overnight leaders from south africa. suffered a car breakdown in the proving wilderness the two thousand and nine champion had to deal with a broken oil pipe no such problems over two time champion duck car nasr or dakar champion who finished second and went back into the overall lead many pack you know is nine days away from his last fight in las vegas the multiple world champion who turned forty last month will defend his w b a welterweight title against adrian broner as well as being a top fighter prop you know as a senator in his country and talks about a future in politics. will be about because even though my guess is over there. i want to be because i want to be on this pretty soon fool to the friends that before not only inside the ring but outside the ring. a ninety year old cyclist has been stripped of his national track title after failing a drug test carl grove won the sprint race and a world record time for his age category at the masters championship in the u.s. in july but he later teste

racing his fourth dakar. if you get anxious on the start you make a mistakes i'll go easy with a cold head because anxiety kills you you have to try to make it right. dakar rally used to happen from paris to senegal's capital dakar but since two thousand and nine it's been moved to south america over security concerns in north africa it may be one of the toughest competitions in the world but many participants here say more important than winning is to make it to the end the innocent just. all right pay their way back more later but it's now to just thank you very much and thanks for watching the news where you can keep in touch with us on social media we will see you back here in studio fourteen at fifteen g.m.t. on wednesday thanks for watching but i. when a french soldier was murdered in the so-called terrorist attacks. his mother retaliate who's with love. speaking out against intolerance and alienation she travels the world with the resolve of a grieving mother who lost a son but adopted a generation. la

although many critics say the dakar ruins the cultural heritage for others the rally is an inspiration. and for groovy and a chance to showcase what their country has to offer and innocent just want to see that. the charges have advanced to the n.f.l. for. so many different ways and there's a collective team went to a great opponent and defending super bowl champions the philadelphia eagles just made it through against the chicago bears missed a last minute field goal attempt as the game finished sixteen fifteen to the goals it was a crazy game and that's a tremendous team. you know play here this is a crazy place to play and you know our difference here i mean jack and i really you know the first half there's you know we should remember fans are streaming to think impacts and there you know yesterday it was really just still play the play it was just a few games manage ok that is why sport is looking for more lights out. that's all for me for the news hour keep it here i'll be back on at the start of the break for the day's news. in a full top series a russian filmmaker travels across

dock i am told i have also sent all that detail information to the un a senior production office in dakar i am sure that they are well aware of this deportation because bangladeshi media also have given some coverage so i believe they will be they will be put in the refugee camp they will not be detained again because by law they should accept in them by knowing that they are really nice some way thank you very much indeed for your time thank you you thank. oh i just about top top story now the coup attempts in government speak to macquarie to delhi model he's a consultant who specializes in security and humanitarian law he joins us now from the kenyan capital nairobi reports of the coup leaders have been arrested how surprised are you that this takeover attempt was even made and was it doomed to fail from the start or thank you for having me surprised in a way because since the last election we thought some of the resistance on bongos family has been dying out and now. vindicating the surprise actually the coup is aborted the authors of the coup are us that and i think we are going back

qatar's to time dakar rally champion maintains his place at the top of the overall standings at this year's race after a solid stage four performance took the overall lead after the previous stage in the peruvian desert and by winning thursday's four stage strengthen his place at the top of the standings and leave another former dakar champion france's stefan heather hansen who also happened to finish second in the sea which. the men's world handball championships in germany and denmark will see france attempting to continue to dominate it by winning a third title in a row no team from outside europe has ever won gold but angola are hoping to change that reports from copenhagen. the balance of power in humble has been set in stone for decades. but chipping away at it is a new force in african sport. dolla competing at their fourth world championships since a very sudden arrival on the international stage. on goal qualified for their first world championships and so you thousand and five just three is after the end of that decade long civil war fourteen years later that the only sub-s

through them joining me now is ruth mclean a foreign correspondent for the guardian newspaper in dakar thank you so much for joining us ruth what can you tell us about what is happening in bonn at the moment . well as you say very early this morning in the cabin he's capital leiber of. men arrived at the state board cost and took over the radio and when announcing that they were basically station his coupe they said that the day had arrived when the army had decided to take the side of the people in order to what it said was saving gone from chaos and called on the galleys people to rise up and take to the streets and occupy public buildings and the athel and the country is media organization that was at about four thirty local time in labor a bill that happened and there were reports of shots being fired also near the state broadcaster about same time. you know seven hours later now and it does look like the coup might be all over even before it started there are reports from the communications minister that some of the coupons just have been arrested although i've also heard reports

here has won the dakar rally for a third time marianna sanchez reports from pescado in southern perak. cheered across the finish line. the winner once again of a race which demands so much of vehicles and their drivers and you know it's really very typical is not. always that. you know it's the really hard race but i am really quite happy you know to win in the forty eight year old qatari beat spain by forty six minutes and then regarded as a rally race legend. and i got a w w it's been a very difficult. but we happy to have reached a finish line. competing as a woman is about overcoming challenges it has. perhaps in march a cycle it's more difficult for women because we have less physical strength and you need to be strong she was not alone seventeen women competed in the race this year the largest group of women yet to take part in the competition. driver says men have an unfair advantage at the dakar back out is not for ladies this is really for boys and that every day ladies fight of a story no show or. some peruvians criticised event organizers for the decision to run the race th

and while others almost disappear into the sand dunes during the second stage of the dakar rally, it'sloeb who wins out on tuesday. hello there and welcome to the programme. all that and more to come, but we start with football and the news that tottenham will have the advantage heading into the second leg of their english league cup semi—final in a fortnight‘s time. they beat chelsea 1—0 in the opening leg at wembley stadium thanks to a controversial var ruling, and our sports correspondent katie gornall was watching. both the spurs and chelsea managers are teasing the first silverware of their career, and they have two strong starting lineups. harry kane scored the only goalfrom the sport. initially, it wasn't straightforward, though. the claim for a penalty was waved away for offside, before the var corrected the decision. 1—0 down was when chelsea sparked into life. they deflected across and forced a great save. and tottenham, despite pressure, held firm. the day was massive. how we ran, and competed. i am pleased and proud to have this squad. they are going to win titles. i always

sport now here is leah thank you barbara of qatar's nascar a ts stole the spotlight at this year's dakar rally with a convincing victory victory over the rest of the pack marion essential has sent us this report from the finish line. this is the third time that nothing the winds very tough rally the dakar race he won first in two thousand and eleven and then in two thousand and fifteen after the rays we spoke with him he told us that it had been a very challenging one although the territory of peru played in his favor as there were a lot of he comes from qatar where there is a lot of sand and a lot of he came in forty one of them forty six minutes ahead of the second. spanish legend. who told us that he was very happy. for coming in second of course he's one of the top drivers in the world but also that he made it to the finish line which is one of the main objectives of drivers to finish to reach the finish line it's important to highlight that the motorcycle category was won by. toby price also it's important to mention that this. held the largest number of women ever to participate se

for the first time since the dakar rally switch continents to south america the race is to be held injust one country peru's government has invested millions of dollars in the event and is now hoping to witness a financial as well as sporting payback mariana sanchez reports from lima. furrowing mountains riding along beaches or through the moving dunes of the decker is a new addition in just this latin american nation challenging competition in one of the world's roughest to rains that dakar officials say will bring great benefits to the country a place benefits the media impact is great one thousand two hundred hours of international media promotion and one hundred ninety countries and over seventy t.v. channels it's huge it gives a lot of opportunity to promote tourism in the country between vested nearly six million dollars to hold the competition here but the government says the images of the two seen around the world is equivalent to nearly two hundred million dollars in advertising. on one hand is the economic impact generated by the event itself the rally's development leaves u

the finish line is almost in sight and the dakar rally has a clear and very familiar leader he is two time winner nasser realty he's the first competitor from the middle east to have won the race twice and now the driver from qatar has a fifteen minute lead and is favored to win again let the assist be deuced to raise familiar ground and it's given him the edge when we know. it's only and. hundred percent we know what we need. because as. i am coming from you have a lot of sad. however i let the he and his team have been tested several times loosing their weight. so you cannot. because they think it's only. not only confusing it's been tough more than twenty five percent of the competitors abandoned the race some for health reasons others crashed. and some were disqualified like russian truck driver and they caught again off for hitting a spectator and not stopping to help. spectator. was also near the truck like many he rode with friends along the rally camping out in the open at times risking his life but he says it was worth it i mean. to see the trucks in this place is spectacular

driver says men have an unfair advantage at the dakar backout is not for ladies and this is really for boys and every day ladies fight of a story let's show her. some peruvians criticised event organizers for the decision to run the race through challenging yet fragile southern desert region. a peruvian driver says the rally puts on the world stage. for being one hundred percent peruvian it's a chance for the world to know our genes it's a window on peru. albert is another say though sandy dunes made the race a very tough one many drivers here say it's been one of the most challenging dockers more than twenty five percent of competitors pulled out but many here say they will do it again. for the year his victories a chance to show young people around the world the good of doing sports i wish you know for all that to do. to keep. himself you know. development. you know some think you know for his life you know. and for the followers of the race the closing of yet another adventure where simply reaching the finish line counts as a victory mcginnis and just. qatar will go to the last sixt

qatar's nasr is closing in on his third dakar rally title he finished second in stage eight to extend his overall lead but not everyone was having such a happy time in the peruvian desert thirteen time dakar winner stefan petter hansel and defending champion carlos suns both trouble the race finishes in whose capital on thursday. manny pacquiao is in las vegas for the defense of his world title belts the filipino fighter and politician will take on american adrian broner for the w.b. a welterweight belt on saturday fuck out as an eight division champion but is looking to prove he still has what it takes even as a four year old. now but will have more later handed back over to you so thanks very much of course you have been watching the news with me and with. all the other side of the. team thanks very much for your time and your company. more than two thousand five hundred leaders from governments businesses and international organizations will meet at the next world economic forum to discuss the global political and industry trends twenty nine t. . special coverage on al-jazeera. sur

driver says men have an unfair advantage at the dakar backout is not for ladies and this is really for boys and every day ladies fight of a story let's show her. some peruvians criticised event organizers for the decision to run the race through challenging yet fragile southern desert region. a peruvian driver says the rally puts on the world stage. for being one hundred percent peruvian it's a chance for the world to know our genes it's a window on peru. al there is another say though sandy dunes made the race a very tough one many drivers here say it's been one of the most challenging back cars more than twenty five percent of competitors pulled out but many here say they will do it again. for the year his victories a chance to show young people around the world the good of doing sports i wish you know for all that to do. to keep. himself you know. always. development. you know some think you know for his life you know. and for the followers of the race the closing of yet another adventure where simply reaching the finish line counts as a victory mcginnis and just. qatar will go to t

the finish line is almost in sight and the dakar rally has a clear and very familiar leader he is two time winner nasser realty he's the first competitor from the middle east to have won the race twice and now the driver from qatar has a fifteen minute lead and is favored to win again i let the they do still reigns familiar ground and it's given him the edge when we know. him a hundred percent we know what we need. because as. i am coming from you have a lot of. however i let the he and his team have been tested several times losing their weight. because there is nothing it's only. not only confusing it's been tough more than twenty five percent of the competitors abandon the race some for health reasons others crashed. and some were disqualified like russian truck driver and break out again off for hitting a spectator and not stopping to help. spectators. was also near the truck like many he rode with friends along the rally camping out in the open at times risking his life but he says it was worth it. to see the trucks in this place is spectacular how they move how the motor sound w

was on thursday crowned the winner of the dakar rally that finished today and peru it's the third time the kateri has been crowned champion of the grueling off road race i had a sanchez reports from tesco and southern peru. cheered across the finish line and. the winner once again of a race which demands so much a few calls on the drivers and you know it's really very difficult is not. always that. you know it's really hard. but i am really quite happy with that in the forty eight year old qatari beat spain snuck by forty six minutes a man regarded as a rally race legend. and i'm going to w.w. it's been a very difficult. but we happy to have reached a finish trying. to meet a competing as a woman is about overcoming challenges it has. perhaps in march a cycle it's more difficult for women because we have less physical strength and you need to be strong she was not alone seventeen women competed in the race this year the largest group of women yet to take part in the competition. driver says men have an unfair advantage at the dakar back out is not total abs this is really for boys and

we'll tell you how a british riderfinished 14th at the dakar rally, but still won the stage.e debate rages on. the moral conduct of sport has been severely breached here i think. let's reflect on what a couple of days it's been for andy murray, as he comes to terms with the news he broke yesterday that his career will come to an end this season. when? we don't yet know. it could be as early as monday morning, if he loses his first round match at the australian open, and the pain in his hip is too much to take. he plays the spaniard roberto bautista agut on the main court in melbourne and you wonder how much of a lift he'll get from the thousands of well wishes he's had in the last 2a hours, including from some of the biggest names in tennis. it is quite a shock for me. we are the same age and the same generation. it is kind of sad to see him going through what he has been going through in the last couple of years with his injuries. as someone who has been through a major injury with my elbow the last couple of years, i can definitely empathise with him and relate to what he i

for the first time since the dakar rally switch continents to south america the race is to be held in just one country peru's government has invested millions of dollars in the event and is now hoping for a financial as well as a sporting payback mariana sanchez reports from lima. furrowing mountains riding along beaches or through the moving dunes of the deck a rally launches a new edition in just this latin american nation challenging competition in one of the world's roughest to rains that dakar officials say will bring great benefits to the country a place been if it has been the media impact of the great one thousand two hundred hours of international media promotion and one hundred ninety countries and over seventy t.v. channels it's huge and it gives us the opportunity to promote tourism in the country between face that nearly six million dollars to hold the competition here but the government says the images of seen around the world is equivalent to nearly two hundred million dollars in advertising. on one hand is the economic impact generated by the event itself the rallies d

driver says men have an unfair advantage at the dakar backout is not total abs and this is really for boys and that every day ladies fight of a story let's show her. some peruvians criticised event organizers for the decision to run the race through challenging yet fragile southern desert region. a peruvian driver says the rally puts on the world stage. for being one hundred percent peruvian it's a chance for the world to know about june it's a window on peru. i leave it is another say though sandy dunes made the recent very tough one many drivers here say it's been one of the most challenging doc cars more than twenty five percent of competitors pulled out but many here say they will do it again. for his victories a chance to show young people around the world the good of doing sports i wish you know for all that get seen and to do. to keep the. himself you know. development. you know some think you know for a for his life you know. and for the followers of the reste the closing of yet another adventure we're simply reaching the finish line counts as a victory mcguinness on just a ju

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and that is also causing a quite a lot of countless right now obvious you can see on the streets in dakar and. now speaking of this violence that we witnessed there the garment industry is one of the biggest economic sectors in bangladesh at this violence against members of this extremely important segment of the economy seems just a bad idea doesn't it. yeah well it's a kind of a fall out of a much bigger problem of course the government and representatives of the workers as well as the owners they have been in dialogue right your city on tuesday two of the ministers and the governor have talked to all the parties and there's a twelve member panel which is form which is supposed to look into the demands and talk to the risperdal the parties in the next one month and come up with a solution however there's a that the owners have been manipulating that the numbers like they are they're very they're ready to offer more money on the other hand they're also enjoying some of the losses which they're getting rid the fact that workers are getting less money or very little extra money raised thei

the dakar rally one of the world's most arduous racing events is getting underway on sunday with competitors from across the globe battling it out in the unforgiving peruvian desert conditions are tough for every competitor in this grueling ten stage event but this year one homegrown racer faces a bigger test than most. look at the run is about to make history the twenty five year old is set to become the first person with down syndrome to compete in one of motor racing is most. demanding events the tackle rally if a five thousand kilometer ten day marathon race through the peruvian desert doesn't sound tough enough already look at his condition means he'll be at a significant cognitive disadvantage to his fellow competitors but he doesn't let that hold him back. if you want to do something special work hard and reach that goal. he would be driving the car himself that responsibility rests with his father jacques lucas will be his copilot gets on with the hands on aspect of the drive lucas will have to keep his wits about him. he's the eyes of the car he can see if there's another competitor

proposed forward mama solid being a favorite to retain the order at a ceremony in the senegalese capital dakar. washington user so have a lot more to tell you about here's what's coming up. the man who saved japan's second biggest carmaker gets his day in a tokyo court carlos gone says he did not commit tax fraud and if you need a look like for ghostwriter by b.m.w. hopes of driving motorcycles could end traffic jams is so one of the innovations at this year's a consumer l.-a tronic show in a las vegas. are writing down a whole lot more of business news coming out which have yet to get us in that just under a minute and i'll see at the top of the hour. the . coach of british. sure link to news from africa and the world tour link to exception stories and discussions from the news and z.z.z. i want would say d.w. dot com smash africa join us on facebook t w africa. where you know. when your family is scattered across the. us on.

and while others almost disappear into the sand dunes during the second stage of the dakar rally — it'ss out on tuesday. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with football and the news that tottenham will have the advantage heading into the second leg of their english league cup semi—final in a fortnight‘s time. they beat chelsea 1—0 in the opening leg at wembley stadium thanks to a controversial var ruling and our sports correspondent katie gornall was watching. a semifinal between two fierce rivals always both managers

qatar's nasser al—attiyah has won the dakar rally title for a third time.d involved 10 stages of competition. the bikes category was won by australia's toby price. you can get all the latest sports news at our website team, goodbye. hello there, good morning. the cold weather has arrived, and it looks like it's going to stick around for quite some time. and it's really cold and frosty in many places right now. not everywhere, because we've got a weather front coming in, bringing in more cloud, bringing some rain. but it's moving into the cold air, so there will be a bit of sleet and snow, mainly over the hills. but ahead of that, still some icy patches, following those earlier showers on the northerly wind. widespread frost, and we could be down as low as minus seven celsius. but there's more cloud coming into northern ireland, into wales and the south—west, bringing with it some rain, a bit of sleet and snow over the welsh hills, then over the cumbrian fells, the pennines, the southern uplands as well. but there may be even a little bit of sleet and snow a

and qatar's maintained his lead at the stage six of the dakar rally. and more to come. we begin with footballing news, match as united goalkeeper david hale was immense, making it 11 saves in his second side at wembley. —— de gea. ole gunnar solskjaer maintained his unbeaten start to his reign as ca reta ker unbeaten start to his reign as caretaker manager, with their sixth consecutive win since taking charge. marcus rashford scored the only goal of the game, just before the half—time interval, after a perfect retimed pol pot are passed. but it was de gea who was the star, as the spaniard made history of saves which helped take his side are level on points with that pace arsenal. first half, i thought we were

nasser al—attiyah is on the verge of winning the dakar rally for the third time, after victory in wednesday'se and finished nearly five minutes ahead of second place nani roma. that means al—attiyah is now more than 51 minutes ahead of the spaniard in the overall standings. it wasn't a good day for the seven—time former champion stephane peterha nsel, or his co—driver david castera. they were forced to pull out of the race after crashing only 26 km into the stage. castera suffered a back injury and was taken to hospital in lima for tests. you can get all the latest sports news at our website. that is bbc.com/sport. but, from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello. our weather is taking on an increasingly wintry flavour through the coming days. we're moving into arctic air. the isobars are lining up from north to south, following this weather front south. it will clear southern counties of the uk through the day today. today's certainly a cold day for all of us. should be some decent sunshine around, but there will also be some wintry showers. a frosty start pretty much across