a flock of birdies for graeme mcdowell, as he cards a 64 to grab a share of the lead at the saudi openhello and thanks forjoining us on sport today here on bbc world news. we are going to start down under, where novak djokovic continues his bid for a record—extending eighth australian open title. that is after he saw off roger federer in straight sets to advance to his 26th grand slam final. he really does love it at melbourne park. the serb has lostjust three matches there in the last ten years. alex gulrajani was watching the action. for over a decade, the only time these two play each other is when it matters. roger federer‘s quest to keep on making history came with caution. if a groin injury didn't sow caution. if a groin injury didn't sow any signs of restricting him early on as he raced into a first—set lead. but novak djokovic, a seven time champion in melbourne, didn't let him get out of sight. he came. from the cusp of losing the first set, djokovic turned it all around, forcing the set to a tiebreaker and finishing the job. and he had to be at his best in the second set. the

a flock of birdies for graeme mcdowell, as he cards a 64 to grab a share of the lead at the saudi openhere on bbc world news. we are going to start down under, where novak djokovic continues his bid for a record—extending eighth australian open title. that is after he saw off roger federer in straight sets to advance to his 26th grand slam final. he really does love it at melbourne park. the serb has lostjust three matches there in the last ten years. alex gulrajani was watching the action. for over a decade, the only time these two play each other is when it matters. roger federer‘s quest to keep on making history came with

graeme mcdowell birdied his last three holes to sit in a share of the lead after the opening round ofnternational. he said he was especially pleased given the windy conditions. john higgins has been knocked in the first round of the german masters snooker. the four time world champion was beaten in a decider by robbie williams. ding junhui also suffered an early exit in berlin. for some they're the must have piece of equipment in running right now. for others — they're creating an unfair playing field. nike's controversial vaporfly. it's wearers have set the five fastest marathon times in the last 16 months but world athletics are expected tomorrow to introduce tighter regulations around it — but are unlikely to ban it. so what's causing all the fuss? our editor dan roan has been disecting it with scientist tom allen. so one of the key features of the issueis so one of the key features of the issue is the foam. to get early light and then they can make it really quite thick. so when it deforms a lot in storms —— stores energy. another feature deforms a lot in storms —— stores energy.

graeme mcdowell birdied his last three holes to sit in a share of the lead after the opening round oflly pleased given the windy conditions. before we go, liverpool have paid tribute to their most successful manager bob paisley today with a bronze statue outside anfield. he won six league title and three european cups during his time there. he's seen carrying former captain emlyn hughes — an iconic moment from 1968. liverpool legends like kenny dalgish and ian rush attended the unveiling. and this is what rush thought paisley would have made of it. he would get embarrassed. he would be embarrassed and say, "i don't deserve that," but that's the man he was. and he did deserve that because he's done every position in liverpool football, from reserve team manager to assistant manager to manager. he's done everything. he was that person who knew everything about liverpool football club. that's all from sportsday. coming up next, it's the papers. but from the team here, it's goodbye for now. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are th

and violating iraqi territorial integrity and national sovereignty it is now in a flagrant brain graeme attributing the rockies protest islamic public of iran the united states has long been working to crush iranian influence in the region this is been a long time talking point of the us foreign policy hawks iran is the major destabilizing in influence in the middle east and we aim to fix that one of the greatest security threats facing peace loving nations today. is the repressive regime in iran think twice. but why is iranian influence on the rise in the middle east let's not forget that the united states long propped up the ron's greatest enemy saddam hussein and even provided him with chemical weapons however the usa invaded iraq in 2003 and toppled the iraqi government since that time iran has stepped up its support for different factions in the country hoping to stabilize its own borders iranian influence in iraq is massive especially among the shia majority of the population now this isn't because of some sinister plot from the ayatollah critics note that washington's actions sim

or stanley as you said the government forces have retaken graeme and they've gone beyond that we understand into previously controlled have to our territory they've moved on and they are at the moment consolidating the feeling is that they will we retire back to where they were which is where they were the smaller before this whole offensive started but this is actually about 80 kilometers away from misrata to the east this area to give you a picture is very open land it's almost desert like very few settlements and not much to teach it importance so the question is why did have to us forces launch if it could be there just flexing their muscles and showing they can strike at will but also the german air show that they can regroup they can we take territory and they can inflict a bloody nose also we don't know yet if this is part of an ongoing offensive or this is just a one day wonder because there has been a cease fire in place it's joined with the 12 that generally has been holding although there have been so-called violations and we've seen that in tripoli in the south of tripoli the ai

the away fans didn't hold back in their celebrations but it was an old good news as graeme and saw their defense decimated in the turbulent closing stages. first captain nicholas moyes and i got a 2nd yellow card for aggressive and takes after a foul. then kevin full blown to just last week from hoffenheim was stretchered off with a concussion get well soon. on the ball and hosted live a couzin eyeing a wind to leaf bottom spells of their guests refused to play a bull moose a d.i.v. with a chip to kevin violent and the lead for live of his. and after a free kick from care in the nearby they had a 2nd less than 2 minutes later kevin violent the scope. of things became moot disheartening for possible as he unbound gotten on made it 3 with the 2nd half still to come. that kind of bone and quick test data should be back from a serious stint with no city granted go see after the restart it's. kind of blown up their game in the 2nd tough by the end to chip to full time have. to mount things off coach stephan bound got and himself a caution for arguing with the officials came night game. on you

graeme is considered to be a part of what's being called the great tech divergence between china and the west but this decision by the u.k. today it really it doesn't fit that prediction does it. well it doesn't go all the way i think it's still a pretty strong set of restrictions. restricting huawei to a 35 percent share in an area that many of its products have a global leader. that's a big restriction restricting it from however they end up defining core systems. is a big deal that's that will continue the need for non chinese companies to be available to supply these types of components and so one way or the other. foreign governments meaning not chinese are going to be looking for multiple suppliers and the chinese government is going to definitely want to maintain their own chinese capabilities so we have at least 2 systems that are going to be developing at the same time and let me ask you about the the americans role here not just in issuing this with this morning or this threat. we've heard that one problem with the trump policy is that they're telling their allies to ban th

at the cyber policy center at stanford university which is close to silicon valley in california graeme it's good to have you on the show from where you are sitting tonight what did the u.k. do today did it make a sound economic policy decision or did it just in danger its own national security . well i think the u.k. very well may have made a good national security decision here. no security is ever going to be absolute so the calculation has to be how much risk is one willing to accept and what the u.k. government has said is that we can look at hallway and use some of its components in some less critical parts of the network and we think that's an acceptable level of risks you could have a network with no way at all that still could be spied on by chinese or us or other intelligence agencies so they're looking at a risk based approach and a very conscious about minimizing the very real risks of inviting huawei into the most sensitive parts of the network i mean you bring up a good point the government is saying that who way will not be involved in constructing the core elements of it

graeme maclachlan is a retired civil servant who moved here 20 years ago for the tranquillity, he saysnd for the tranquillity, he says, and for the views. his house was consumed by a bushfire so intense, it melted machinery into puddles. he has had enough. we will drift off north queensland and move the children and grandchildren. you decided there is no more future for you here? i am getting a bit too long in the tooth to put in years necessarily to try and rebuild this. i will pick up my bag and drift off into the sunset. the weather has now called but smoke hangs ominously over the hills. hundreds of fires are still smouldering. this is not over yet. they are hoping that there is not much left to burn here but this is the end of their losses but what about next year and beyond? a volcano in the philippines continues to spew smoke, ash and lava, with authorities warning that an explosive eruption could happen within hours or days. the taal volcano is 70 kilometres south of the capital city, manila. this is a live shot. more than 8,000 people have been evacuated from the area surround

graeme smith with the anti-monarchists 3 republic joining us tonight from reading it was good talking with you thank you thank you. well the united states and canada are tonight saying that they have intelligence that shows iran likely shot down the ukrainian international airlines plane which crashed on wednesday the airliner was on its way from the iranian capital tehran to the ukrainian capital kiev at the time the very same time that iran launched its air strikes on bases in neighboring iran unnamed u.s. officials have told american media that iranian air defense systems may have accidentally shot down the plane which killed 176 passengers and crew earlier today u.s. president trump was asked about the connection between iran's missiles and the crash i have my suspicions it was very i don't want to say that because other people have those suspicions also. it's a tragic thing when i see that it's a tragic thing. but somebody could have made a mistake on the other could've could've made a mistake it was flying it was it was flying in that our system has nothing to do with us and it

graeme maclachlan is a retired civil servant who moved here 20 years ago for the tranquillity, he saysas consumed by a bushfire so intense, it melted machinery into puddles. he has had enough. we willjust drift off north, i think, to queensland and move near the children and grandchildren. you decided there's no more future for you here? well, i'm getting a bit too long in the tooth to think about putting in the years necessary to try and rebuild this. i think i'lljust pack up my bag and drift off into the sunset. the weather has now cooled, but smoke hangs ominously over the hills. hundreds of fires are still smouldering. this is not over yet. in kian they're hoping that there is not much left to burn now, that this is the end their losses this fire season. but what about next year and beyond? jonathan head, bbc news, kian, new south wales. a volcano in the philippines continues to spew smoke, ash and lava, with authorities warning that an explosive eruption could happen within hours or days. the taal volcano is 70km south of the capital city, manila. this is a live shot. more than 8,

graeme mcdowell has slipped back to two shots off the lead at the halfway point of the saudi internationalads. the racing point formula one team will be rebranded to aston martin from next year. its after the team's owner bought a stake in the luxury car company. the controversial trainers used by eliud kipchoge to break the two hour marathon mark will be banned by world athletics. some of nike's other controversial running trainers will be allowed though — with some restrictions. and snooker‘s china open, in march and april, has been cancelled due to the threat of the coronavirus. world snooker says it is looking into rescheduling the tournament at a later date. let's catch up on the australian open next then, where austria's dominic thiem is through to his first final in melbourne thanks to a four—set win over alexander zverev. there's been double doubles delight in the wheelchair events, whilst jamie murray stands on the verge of a record breaking triumph, too. with all the details, our man on the ground isjohn watson. it will be dominic thiem against novak djokovic in a sunday's men's

misrata forces loyal to the warlord who leave for half that were trying to advance on the town of abu graeme misrata is the beares 2nd largest city and is home to groups who oppose after after launched his offensive to seize tripoli in april last year a spokesman for half the us says there is no political solution to this conflict however the low of the had they went to moscow and berlin and before that we went to several other countries we were not searching for a solution we know that the solution is in the gun the solution is in the ammunition and in the hearts of our men still we always try to listen to the international community and the mediators until the world is fully convinced that we are fighting criminal and terrorist groups. in the gambia police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse thousands of protesters calling for president barrow to step down when barrow time to power he promised to step down after 3 years but now he wants to stay on to complete the 5 year presidential term nicolas hart has more. it ended before it started after multiple requests to protest against p

was over graeme. guineans opposition is urging protesters to continue to demonstrate against president has been to seek a 3rd term in office so isn't 20 people have been killed in protests that have turned violent. as more. burning tires barricades and tear gas canisters have been littering the capital's main roads since mid october thousands of people rallied against any attempt by president alpha condé to stay in power for a 3rd time the government allowed them to march but only on certain sanctioned routes many of the protesters deviated and that's when they say police opened fire and claimed offices didn't stop there. the police entered into the hospital and they started shooting at us and tried to take some young boys but we refused a coalition of opposition groups calling itself the national front the fence of the constitution has been spearheading the marches it's now called for a general strike to continue. but in the capital conakry those businesses are paying the price. unfortunately today i

stay in is opening round sydney with putts like this one to finish 2 shots behind the joint leaders graememcdowell and gap and green the world number one brooks kept making the trip from the u.s. for this one but he is 6 shots off the pace. that's what we'll leave it for now most for coming up again later fully thank you very much for that peter that's it for this hour on al-jazeera from the family back to bill and out in here and i thank you very much for watching daryn tale that is live next from out and in the center thanks jeanne. india a nation of 1300000000 people deeply religious desperately divided i think good you know day the action which is potentially catastrophic what's causing this crisis of identity human who is making the get back out but it releases all physicists to us and why is it getting one. join the us here on my journey in search of india's soul coming soon on al-jazeera what was the last time you out on the streets protesting whether on line you feel the weight of the system when you walk through each and every love billboard layer further and further into the jail

graeme satchell, bbc news.ort related to this case, the number is 0800 092 0a10. details of organisations offering information and support are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline, or you can call for free, at any time to hear recorded information on 0800 077 077. training for and completing a marathon can improve the health of a new runner‘s arteries, cutting about four years off their "vascular age", according to a new study. researchers tested over a hundred runners attempting the london marathon, and over six months of training, their arteries regained some youthful elasticity, which should reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes. here to tell us more is the bbc news online health editor, michelle roberts. so, where these runners across all different age groups? their ages we re different age groups? their ages were from 21 was the youngest, 69 was the eldest, but across the board, it seemed to have this beneficial effect of making their arteries a bit more elastic, which is good for your risk factors for

in his opening round certainly with parts like this one to finish 2 shots behind the joint leaders graeme mcdowell and gavin green the world number one brooks kippa also making the trip from the u.s. for this one but he is 6 shots off the pace. that's all 11 are more sport again later laura peter thank you very much the u.k. is leaving the european union on friday after years of debating and negotiating have to exit the block but many sectors have raised concerns about the impact it will have on business this includes the music industry which wants to ensure musicians can continue to tour freely ever hayward reports. hersh. writing about love to travel and experiences along the way hasn't john smith a fan base in the u.k. . and he spends a quarter of his touring time in mainland europe every year like many artists who live in the e.u. he's been able to work with out of what life will be like in the future isn't there you can organize a tour bus or amsterdam cologne. copenhagen they offer. and you can do it all on the train so if it gets really expensive to tour europe for a little financi

impressed in his opening round sydney with putts like this one to finish 2 shots behind the joint leaders graeme mcdowell and gavin green the world number one brooks kippa also making the trip from the u.s. for this one but he is 6 shots off the pace. and that's where we'll leave it for now we'll see you again later for more sports news. thanks peter of course you can follow wall stories on our website at al-jazeera dot com of course we are updating the ongoing coronavirus break globally you can get all the details like if you want to know if there are news with me cell raman for me on the team that's your time and your complete. india a nation of 1300000000 people deeply religious desperately divided i think good clean you know day shift which is potentially catastrophic what's causing this crisis of identity is making the get back the money places off his ancestors and why is it getting one. joining me are pushed us here on my journey in search of india's soul coming soon on al-jazeera. frank assessments the one good thing about these bush fires usage really well going out to all of the climat

impressed in his opening round sydney with parts like this one to finish 2 shots behind the joint leaders graeme mcdowell and kevin green the world number one brooks kept also making the trip from the u.s. for this one but he is 6 shots off the pace. and that's where we'll leave it for now we'll see you again later for more sports news. and of course you can follow all of the stories are covering a website at al-jazeera dot com you've been watching the news out means the whole robin hood but i was up next a bit of a full half hour until it for me on the news on t.v. thanks for your time. john presents on donald trump jr was promised a damaging information about hillary clinton to make a show like to see an investigation sit down to see did the trump campaign with russia did you at any time birch the former f.b.i. director james comey in any way shape or form to close sort of backing down the investigation into michael flynn and also as you will know. next question bottle field washington on al-jazeera. so i bring on al-jazeera. and the tension with the u.s. and protests over a plane downing iran

graeme satchel, bbc news.organisations offering information and support. we have them available online. 0r and support. we have them available online. or you can call the free at any time to hear recorded information. with regard to the reynhard sinaga case, if you have any concerns about that, there are numbers we will put on our social media feeds where you can get in touch with police as well. and thank you for sam to telling the story as well. coming up later, i know a few of our viewers are quite excited about the fact that stormzy will be on the sofa. we are actually one of his lyrics! bbc breakfast. i am pretty pleased about that. we will ask him why. good question. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. we will have the national headlines for you in we will have the national headlines foryou ina we will have the national headlines for you in a few minutes time. good morning from bbc london. i'm tarah welsh. 60 firefighters have been at camden's koko club after the roof caught fire

meanwhile elsewhere, graeme mcdowell has slipped down the leaderboard after a second round of 68 at thet applause at the beginning, for you? i insist on it every time i come on. they were a little late! they should applaud you at the end as well. let's return to brexit, on the day the uk leaves the european union, annita mcveigh is in downing street for us. good afternoon, ben. later on this evening, the bricks behind me will be lit up by a light show and a clock projected onto the wall that will lead the countdown to the uk leaving the eu. of course, the cabinet is not here today but sitting in sunderland, the first pa rt sitting in sunderland, the first part of the uk to declare for brexit in the eu referendum vote but later on, borisjohnson will be back here, we are told, hosting a reception this evening attended by cabinet ministers and officials who have worked in negotiations, leading figures from the campaign to leave in 2016 and although the prime minister will be recording a message, that we will see later today, there is no lectern moment outside downing street. although he wi