these amazing pictures of dani arnold, who's set a new record climbing the notoriously tough north face of the grandesjorasses in the alps. he reached the top in two hours, four minutes — without ropes or support. it's called "free climbing." stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news, hardtalk speaks to the equality campaigner and writer, vicky beeching. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. the christian religion is divided on issues of sexuality, not least the degree of acceptance and inclusion offered to gay men and women of faith. amid the fierce theological

the swiss mountaineer dani arnold has set a new record — climbing the notoriously tough north face ofin in the western alps. you can hold onto me. we have a bit ofa you can hold onto me. we have a bit of a technical problem there. can we not show them? unfortunately, we are trying to show... the reason why i wa nt to trying to show... the reason why i want to show you this, we will give you a closer look, if we can, if we can take these, just talking to the director. we are back on track. the swiss mountaineer dani arnold has set a new record — climbing the notoriously tough north face of the grandes jorasses mountain in the western alps. the reason i wanted to show you this, it is very hard. notoriously tough to climb this mountain in the western alps. he managed to do it. he reached the top, which stands over 4,200 metres, in two hours, four minutes of free climbing. that means he had no ropes or support whatsoever and has a new world record. congratulations to him. it was worth seeing, wasn't it? wow. that was amazing. 0k, moving on to other news. nato and us forces in afghanistan

the swiss mountaineer dani arnold has set a new record — climbing the notoriously tough north face ofalps. he reached the top, which stands over 4,200 metres, in two hours, four minutes of free climbing. the climb involves negotiating a granite face of 1,200 metres which mr arnold did without ropes or support. what an amazing climb. nato and us forces in afghanistan have described as a "failed attack" a four—day assault by taliban militants on the city of ghazni, in which nearly 100 afghan soldiers and police died. a spokesman said nearly 200 taliban had been killed and that ghazni was under government control. there are fears that civilians trapped in the city are unable to find food. the city lies on the key highway between kabul and kandahar. control of it would effectively allow the taliban to cut off southern afghanistan from the capital, kabul. the battle for ghazni has been raging since last thursday. afghan forces have had to face constant attacks and ambushes by surrounding insurgents as they try to reach the city. now supported by american military air strikes and some ameri

that is mont blanc, the highest mountain in europe, and that is swiss extreme mountaineer dani arnoldmpleted the climb of the grandes jorasses mountain in the range last month. he passed teams using ropes that had set off the previous evening to complete the climb in two hours and four minutes. you can get all the latest sports news at our website. that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. it doesn't look like the widespread, hot, sunny weather will return soon, but there will be some warmth in the forecast, particularly across england and wales throughout this week. something a little bit cooler, though, at the end of the week. we start this morning on a warm note across central, southern and eastern parts of the country, but always more cloud across the west. but, even so, still double—figure values here as well. so, for tuesday itself, always more cloud across the north and west of the country, that's because of a brisk westerly wind feeding in this moist air off the atlantic. so the best of the dry and bright weather will be in t

and this video is trending on bbc.com: these amazing pictures of dani arnold, who's set a new recordlimbing the notoriously tough north face of the grandesjorasses in the alps. he reached the top in two hours and four minutes, without ropes or support. it's called free climbing. that's all. stay with bbc world news. and the top story in the uk: a junior doctor who was struck off over the death of a six—year—old boy has won her appeal to practise medicine again. hadiza bawa—garba was in charge of treating jack adcock, who died after developing sepsis. now on bbc news, live to singapore for asia business report. tu rkey‘s turkey's tumble continues. the president lashes out at economic terrorists on social media as he accuses washington over a stab in the back. vienna has the most liveable city over melbourne — we look at how asian cities stack up. good morning, asia. hello, world. it is tuesday. welcome to this edition of asia business report. i'm rico hizon. we start in turkey where the economic crisis appears to be getting worse. the country's currency, the lira, extending falls over

that is mont blanc, the highest mountain in europe, and that is swiss extreme mountaineer dani arnoldof the grandes jorasses mountain in the range last month. he passed teams using ropes that had set off the previous evening to complete the climb in two hours and four minutes. you can get all the latest sports news at our website but from me and the rest of the team that is your tuesday sport briefing. before we go, we asked you to tell us before we go, we asked you to tell us about our big twitter question of the day, which is the fact that the air that has been once again voted the best and most liveable city in the best and most liveable city in the world. —— vienna. this is a survey by the economist intelligence unit. we asked what makes a city liveable to you. we have had a huge amount of response. one person says they believe the ideal city needs to be clean, safe for citizens, especially women and children will stop another says clean, affordable living, low taxes, culture — is a busy city. john inness angela says parks, nature, efficient transport, access to healthy food. —— j

finally, the swiss mountaineer dani arnold has set a new record — climbing the notoriously tough north the top — more than 4,200 metres — in two hours, four minutes of free climbing. so he was negotiating a granite face of 1,200 metres without ropes or extra oxygen. he now holds the speed record for climbing two of the three large north faces in the alps. much more on the website. thank you for watching. hello. it doesn't look like the widespread, hot, sunny weather will return soon, but there will be some warmth in the forecast, particularly across england and wales throughout this week. something a little bit cooler, though, at the end of the week. we start this morning on a warm note across central, southern and eastern parts of the country, but always more cloud across the west. but, even so, still double—figure values here as well. so, for tuesday itself, always more cloud across the north and west of the country, that's because of a brisk westerly wind feeding in this moist air off the atlantic. so the best of the dry and bright weather will be in the south and east. we could see

these amazing pictures of dani arnold, who's set a new record climbing the notoriously tough north facee grandesjorasses in the alps. he reached the top in two hours, four minutes — without ropes or support. it's called "free climbing." stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news, hardtalk speaks to the equality campaigner and writer, vicky beeching. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. the christian religion is divided on issues of sexuality, not least the degree of acceptance and inclusion offered to gay men and women of faith. amid the fierce theological arguments are stories of individuals torn between their faith and sexual orientation. like my guest today. vicky beeching, a popular christian singer—songwriter turned public advocate for lgbt rights, whose remarkable story has seen her described as one of the most influential christians of her generation. has she found peace after years of turmoil? vicky beeching, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. just a decade ago, singing and songwriting were the pillars of your life. you built your life around that singing career. d

that there is swiss extreme mounteneer dani arnold. mountaineer dani arnold.eful how i say that. i will be with you in a moment to find out what it is. and carol malia is in newcastle for us where she's had the plessure of speaking to one young girl who's battled against the odds to achieve her dream, of becoming a cheerleader. i will be with you in a moment. chop shops, a big problem, car crime where you are. this isn'tjust a case of stealing a car and selling it on? no it is not that straight forward. neither is a chop shop. car theft has doubled in the last four yea rs. theft has doubled in the last four years. business business from 5,000 in 2014 to more than 10,000 in the last 12 months. police believe part of the reason for the increase is because they're being used for spare parts to repair legitimate insurance write offs. the police raided a car ya rd write offs. the police raided a car yard today and police found at least one stolen car and made three arrests. they seized all the vehicles. stolen vehicles are broken down at these so—called chop shops,

the swiss mountaineer, dani arnold — has set a new time record — climbing the notoriously tough northts of the building reduced to rubble. a cache of weapons stored in a basement was the source of the explostion, which brought down two five—story apartment buildings above. some survivors were pulled out alive from the debris. the blast happened here in the town of sarmada. more than a dozen of those killed were members of a jihadist group, hayat tahrir al—sham. that group controls more than half of idlib province, which is now home to one million people who have fled from other rebel—held parts of syria after previous government offensives on eastern ghouta near damascus and deraa in the south—west. on sunday a report in the egyptian newspaper al—watan quoted syrian military sources saying troops were now moving towards idlib, ready to begin a ground assault there. and according to one reporter: i spoke to hadya al—alawi from bbc arabic who told me more about what happened. it was in a residential building and that caused the death of more than 50 civilians and a lot more from the mai

that is mont blanc, the highest mountain in europe, and that is swiss extreme mountaineer dani arnoldwer have a popular bread. you can have sunflower seeds in bread, it is good few. they are supposed to be good for you for a particular reason. there are two types of sunflower seeds. they use the black ones in wheel and the striped ones in snacks. —— in oil. that is the sort of thing andy murray would bestow hacking on when he plays tennis. —— be snacking on. andy murray's comeback from injury suffered another set—back last night. he lost in three sets to lucas poulle in the first round of the cincinnati masters, but this is only his fourth tournament since he returned to the circuit and he said he just needed to improve by 10 or 15 percent to start winning tight matches like this. johanna konta also went out in the first round. she started really well against aryna sabalenka, taking the first set, before losing in three. it was another tight match, though, they were on court for almost two and a half hours. tottenham are unlikely to play in their new stadium at white hart lane until l