dan roan, bbc news, dublin. 500th anniversary of the old masters death, her majesty is sharing 1aa of his works with museums across the uk. 0ur arts editor, will gompertz, has been travelling around the uk to see the masterpieces on display. leonardo da vinci was the ultimate renaissance man, a polymath who could turn his mind to anything, then describe it with is hand by producing exquisite drawings, examples of which have been lent by the royal collection trust to 12 museums across the uk. each venue has a group of drawings selected to reflect the diversity of leonardo's interests. we're in the national museum in cardiff among its 12 leonardos, all of which are magnificent, of course, but ijust wanted to point out two of the works. the first is this late anatomical drawing, which is great, but it does contain a mistake. on this left—hand edge, leonardo has left an inky thumbprint. and then over here is a drawing which shows the artist's deep interest in botany. it's a beautiful symmetrical design of a grain—be

dan roan, bbc news.are a national emergency, at least for now, as a way of ending his budget standoff with congress. it has led to the partial shutdown of much of the us government. today, thousands of federal workers were not paid their monthly wages. the crisis began when democrats in congress refused mr trump's demand for almost $6 billion to build a border wall with mexico. the president retaliated, refusing to sign off funding for many government programmes. more than 800,000 federal workers are affected. many are on temporary leave, while emergency staff, including fbi agents and coast guards, are working without pay. it now looks set to become the longest government shutdown in us history. from washington, nick bryant reports. the time in the fields of virginia, where farmers hit already by the trade war with beijing are now feeling the bite of the political war in washington. john has been receiving federal subsidies to compensate for not being able to export his soya bean crops to china, a finan

our sports editor dan roan reports.ments from arguably its greatest ever sportsman. commentator: the waiting is over! andy murray's historic wimbledon win six years ago enabled british tennis fans to dream again. but after so many triumphs, today came tears. the star becoming so emotional when discussing a chronic hip injury, it all got too much. murray managed to return. sorry. but when asked if the australian open might be his last tournament, his anguish became obvious. um, yeah, i think, i think there's a chance of that, yeah, for sure. um, yeah, there's a chance of that for sure, because, yeah, like i said, i'm not sure, i'm not sure i'm able to play through the pain, you know, for another four or five months. murray had been hoping to continue his recovery from surgery a year ago ahead of the season's first grand slam, but his inability to compete became clear when, visibly out of sorts, he cut short a practice match in melbourne, just hours later admitting the game was up. i said to my team, look, i think i can k

dan roan there, and the women's six nations was launched alongside them with france defending their titlehis campaign against ireland. any team in the tournament can beat one another, so we would be really naive to say france is the game we are looking to and i know it is very much a cliche but we have to look at ireland first and foremost, we have to get our preparation right for that, that is where our focus is in the build up over the next sort of ten days. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. good evening, a few different types of whippet weather today for some further wintery showers, for others look at this. blue skies in derbyshire and for some spots fog lingered all day long. what has been picked up here on the satellite picture in the spine of the uk is lying snow, we have had cloud across the south—east corner, g has i lying snow, we have had cloud across the south—east corner, g has been the south—east corner, that has been bringing wintry shower, extensive cloud in western fringe, we will keep that extra cloud in the west tonight, some further win

here's our sports editor dan roan.for state—sponsored doping scandal, the country's flag and anthem banned from the pyeongchange winter olympics, to not compete. they then missed the deadline to grant access to the anti—dumping lot in moscow, the epicentre of cheating, but today wada decided against a suspension because the data has been since been handed over, the head of the organisation telling me it was a key breakthrough. it's major step forward in the direction of what we are trying to achieve, which is actually to get to the bottom of this russian saga, to be able to identify those who have really cheated, and to be able to prosecute those cases and wait until we have all the certification and analysts work, but i think a realistic number could be a few hundred cases, yes. they are alleged to have sabotaged its own games in sochi in 2014, a bombshell what a report including up in sochi in 2014, a bombshell wada report including up to a thousand athletes across many sprites may have benefited from a conspiracy th

our sports editor dan roan has been following the story.ia. they had had suspension lasting several years for state—sponsored doping. there was much outcry from athletes in the west and members of the athletic community who bullied wada should have remained tougher with russia because they had not met outstanding criteria. they were let back in on the strict condition that they hand over lab data that will enable us to pursue cases against potentially hundreds if not thousands of russian sheets by the end of the year. problem was that russia failed to deliver and did not hand over that data on new years eve, therefore there was an outcry from the critics who said russia has to be suspended again. what has happened now, just ten days before wada's compliance panel meets, the suggestion is that russia has come back and said the expert panel can come back to moscow, they have overcome the problem regarding the information, and they will now be in a position to hand over this crucial data. so the president of wada has said this could be an impo

the league leaders liverpool with a 2—1 win at the etihad stadium in manchester. 0ur sports editor dan roanching the action and is there now. well, liverpool knew that if they could win here this evening, they would open up a nine—point lead at the top of the table and be right on course for a first title for some 29 yea rs. course for a first title for some 29 years. but they knew they were up against the dominant force in the english game in manchester city, the biggest match of the season so far, it's certainly lived up to the billing. manchester city broke all records are to becoming champions last season, but their defence of the title is proving a lot more challenging, and ahead of this — the game of the season so far — it was the visiting fans who arrived full of belief. liverpool, undefeated, and with a six—point lead at the top of the table. much of that's been down to a formidable front three, and one of them, sadio mane, was denied by the post. before confusion reigned in the home defence. city somehow surviving. the goal—line technology showing it had been by the finest of margi

our sports editor dan roan has been following the story.nsion lasting several years for state—sponsored doping. there was much outcry from athletes in the west and members of the anti—doping community who believe that wada should have remained tough with russia because they hadn't met two outstanding criteria. wada said we are going to let them back in on the strict condition that they had over this lab data that will enable us to assume cases against potentially hundreds if not thousands of russian cheats by the end of the year. the problem was that russia failed to deliver. they didn't handover that data on new year's eve and therefore there was another outcry from the critics, who said this time russia have to be suspended again. what has happened now is thatjust ten days before wada's compliance panel meet in montreal, the suggestion is that russia had now come back and said, ok, russia had now come back and said, 0k, your expert panel can come back to moscow. we have overcome the problem that prevented us giving you this information be

here's our sports editor dan roan.ing price for state—sponsored doping scandal, the country flag and them and from the winter scandal, the country flag and them and from the winter olympics, and for us to not compete. they then missed the deadline to grant access to the anti—dumping lot in moscow, the epicentre of cheating, but today be wada decided against a suspension because the data has been since you handed over, the head of the organisation telling me it was a keep breakthrough. is a major step forward in the direction of what we are trying to achieve, which is actually to get to the bottom of this russian saga had to be able to identify those who had really cheated, and to be able to prosecute those cases and wait until we have all the certification and analysts work, but i think a realistic number could be a few hundred cases, yes. they are alleged to have sabotaged its own games in sochi in 2014, a bombshell what a report including up toa bombshell what a report including up to a thousand athletes across many

it's believed there could be more than 300 fresh cases to investigate. 0ur sports editor, dan roan, askedto be. i have to be prudent in my answer and wait until we have all the identification and analyst work but a realistic number could be a few hundred cases. several hundred more cases of russian cheating that you can pursue potentially, yes. so that is positive. that is how it should be seen by in particular the athletes round the world because some of these athletes are probably still active they have changed the goalposts for russia, this has not been a big surprise, for me now, the big step is, they need to be as transparent as possible, we going forward now. i welcome that the data has been received but there is a lot of athletes out there question the integrity of wada. spurs have been dealt a further injury blow with the news that dele alli will be out with injury until march. he picked up a hamstring injury during his sides win

our sports editor dan roan reports from the etihad.roke all records on their way to becoming champions last season, but their defence of the title is proving a lot more challenging, and ahead of this — the game of the season so far — it was the visiting fans who arrived full of belief. liverpool undefeated, and with a six—point lead at the top of the table. much of that's been down to a formidable front three, and one of them, sadio mane, was denied by the post. before confusion reigned in the home defence. city somehow surviving. the goal—line technology showing it had been by the finest of margins. city perhaps fortunate again that captain vincent kompany didn't see red for this. but what happened next owed nothing to luck — sergio aguero with a finish to match the occasion. the striker continuing his remarkable scoring record against these opponents. with managerjurgen klopp urging his side on after the restart, liverpool's response was emphatic. roberto firmino proving his team's title credentials. but city knew a point wouldn't be

here's our sports editor dan roan.ce last year for its state sponsored doping, its flag banned from the winter 0lympics its flag banned from the winter olympics and its competitors forced to compete as neutrals. today the world anti—doping agency decided against a suspension because the data has been handed over it now. the head of the organisation told me it was a key breakthrough. the head of the organisation told me it was a key breakthroughm the head of the organisation told me it was a key breakthrough. it is a major step forward in the direction of what we're trying to achieve which is to get to the bottom of this russian saga and be able to identify those who have really cheated and be able to prosecute those cases. will boyde to be have all this identification and analysis but i think it would be a few hundred cases. russert is alleged to have sabotaged its own games in 2014 in structure. the conspiracy had been under way for years. london 2012 was hailed as the cleanest 0lympics 2012 was hailed as the cleanest

our sports editor, dan roan, reports.moments, from arguably its greatest ever sportsman. cheering. commentator: the waiting is over. andy murray's historic wimbledon win six years ago enabled british tennis fans to dream again. but after so many triumphs, today came tears, the star becoming so emotional when discussing a chronic hip injury, it all got too much. murray managed to return. sorry. but, when asked if the australian 0pen might be his last tournament, his anguish became obvious. um... yeah, i think — i think there's a chance of that, yeah, for sure. um...yeah, there's a chance of that, for sure. because, yeah, like i said, i'm not sure. i'm not sure i'm able to play through the pain, you know, for another four orfive months. murray had been hoping to continue his recovery from surgery a year ago, ahead of the season's first grand slam. but his inability to compete became clear when, visibly out of sorts, he cut short a practice match in melbourne, just hours later admitting the game was up. i said to my team, lo

our sports editor dan roan asked wada's director general what he thought the number was likely to be: analysts work but i think certification and analysts work but ithinka certification and analysts work but i think a realistic number could be a few hundred cases, yes. several hundred more cases of russian cheating that you can pursue? yes. that is very positive. it is and thatis that is very positive. it is and that is how it should be seen by the athletes around the world because some of these athletes are probably still active today. positive news for england head coach eddie jones ahead of the six nations. the squad are heading to portugal tomorrow to prepare and it's been confirmed that centre jonathanjoseph will also travel. he hasn't played for england in almost a year. he returned for his club bath at the weekend after a long—term ankle injury. brad shields and joe launchbury have also both beenjudged fit tojoin up with the squad. meanwhile england remain hopeful over the fitness of captain owen farrell, who is recovering from thumb surgery. england face the champions ireland

that next week's australian open could be the final tournament of his career. 0ur sports editor, dan roantry's greatest sporting moments from arguably its greatest ever sportsman. the waiting is over. his historic wimbledon win six years ago enabled british tennis fa ns to six years ago enabled british tennis fans to dream again. but after so many tryings today came tears. the star becoming so emotional when discussing a chronic hip injury, it all got too much. murray managed to return, but when asked if the australian open might become his last tournament, his anguish was obvious. yeah, i think last tournament, his anguish was obvious. yeah, ithink there last tournament, his anguish was obvious. yeah, i think there is a chance of that, yeah, for sure. yeah, there's a chance of that, for sure, because like i said, i'm not sure... i'm not sure i'm able to... to play through the pain, you know, for another four to play through the pain, you know, for anotherfour or to play through the pain, you know, for another four or five months. murray had been hoping to continue his recovery from surge

that will be a huge boost to jurgen klopp, who said in an interview with our sports editor dan roan thatob, he's getting no enjoyment from the intensity of the title race. let's enjoy the moment, let's enjoy the ride as much as possible, and let's go for everything. are you able to enjoy it? never. i enjoy the work, but not the situation or whatever, that you can go for this oi’ whatever, that you can go for this or that. football is not the most important thing in the world, but it provides enjoyment for us. i love what i do, but it is intense as well. paris—st—germain forward neymar will be out for 10 weeks with a broken metatarsal, which means he will miss both legs of the club's champions league tie against manchester united. the brazilian suffered the injury in the french cup victory over strasbourg last week. the french champions say they have opted for what they call a conservative treatment. psg travel to old trafford for the first leg of their last—i6 tie on the 12th of february. menna fitzpatrick and her guide jen kehoe have become the first british skiers to win both paralympi

our sports editor, dan roan, reports.eatest sporting moments but arguably its greatest ever sportsman. the waiting is over. andy murray's a historic wimbledon win six years ago enabled british tennis fans the dream again. but after summary trials came two yea rs. but after summary trials came two years. the star becoming so emotional when discussing a chronic hip injury. mary managed to return. sorry. but one as of the australian open beak would be his last tournament his answer became anguished. i think there is a chance of that first —— i think there is a chance of that for sure. i think there a chance for sure because like isaid i'm there a chance for sure because like i said i'm not, i'm not sure i'm able to play through the pain you know for another four or five months. murray had been hoping to continue his recovery from surgery a year ago, but his inability to com plete year ago, but his inability to complete became clear when visibly out of sorts, he cut short a practise match in melbourne just hours later admitti

our sports editor dan roan asked wada's director general what he thought the number was likely to be:ation, but i think the realistic number could be a few hundred cases yes. several hundred cases of russian cheating you can now pursue? that is very positive. it is, and i think that is how it should be seen around the world. because some of these athletes are probably still active today. positive news for england head coach eddie jones ahead of the six nations. the squad are heading to portugal tomorrow to prepare and it's been confirmed that centre jonathanjoseph will also travel. he hasn't played for england in almost a year. he returned for his club bath at the weekend after a long—term ankle injury. brad shields and joe launchbury have also both beenjudged fit to join up with the squad. england remain hopeful over the fitness of captain owen farrell, who is recovering from thumb surgery. england face the champions ireland in dublin on?the 2nd of february. an ulster rugby spectator has been handed a lifetime ban by the club over abuse directed at former ireland international simon

in an interview with the bbc‘s sport editor dan roan, he said he loves the job, but gets no enjoyment are you able to enjoy it? never. i don't really enjoy it? never. i don't really enjoy that. i enjoy the work with the boys but not the situation or whatever that you can go for this or that. football is not the most important thing in the world, but, of course, in these moments it the fla k of course, in these moments it the flak that. i love what i do, but the situation is intense as well ——it can feel like that. it was eight straight wins for ole gunnar solkjaer at united, but that run is over as they drew with burnley. they scored two goals in three minutes as they came from behind to draw 2—2. and it was a hugely emotional night as cardiff paid tribute to missing striker emiliano sala daffodils were laid on the pitch at arsenal by both captains in what was the club's first match since his disappearance. fans and staff also wore daffodils, with supporters holding yellow cards, the shirt colour of sala's previous club nantes. centre ben te'o has been ruled out of england's opening s

interestingly, in an interview with our sports editor dan roan, the german admitted that while he lovesout for 10 weeks with a broken metatarsal — a foot injury. the brazilian broke it in their french cup victory over strasbourg last week — the french champions say they have opted for what they call a conservative treatment. psg travel to old trafford for the first leg of their last—16 tie on the 12th of february. there will be a new face in the line—up for wales, as tomos williams will make his first six nations appearance when they play france in their tournament opener this friday night — at the stade de france. williams starts at scrumhalf ahead of gareth davies — and is partnered by his cardiff blues team mate gareth anscombe in the half backs. only three changes have been made from the team that beat south africa in november, as wales, who finished second in last year‘s competition, aim to build on their nine—match winning streak. france centre mathieu bastareud has not been named in france‘s matchday 23. he‘s been replaced by 19 year old romain ntamack, who will make his debut ag

it will be a huge boost to jurgen klopp, who said in an interview with our sport editor dan roan thatenjoy the moment, let's enjoy the ride as much as possible and let's go for everything. we don't set limits. you able to enjoy it? never. i don't really enjoy it, it's just the work i do. i enjoy the work with the boys but not the situation that you can go for this or that. football is not the most important thing in the world but, in these moments, for us, of course, it feels like that. i love what i do, but the situation, yeah, it is intense as well. and city's slip well documented on the back pages today. "agent rafa" the headline in the sun, as benitez helps out his old club. the face of city's kevin de bruyne says it all in the times. and on the back page of the mirror, pictures of the tributes to emiliano sala in what was cardiff city's first game since his disappearance. flowers laid on the pitch at the emirates. and the tributes didn't end there. this one was shared on social media last night as emiliano sala was named in the matchday programme at arsenal in what should have be