in the lower left-hand corner, a signature -- victor higgins. >> victor higgins.ow much did you know? >> i never heard of him before. >> turns out, the guy's work sells for big bucks. >> one of his paintings sold at sotheby's for over $400,000. >> he appeals to the modern aesthetics, not only back then, but specifically today. >> mark sublette, an authority on western painting, knows all about victor higgins. born on a farm in indiana in 1884, the artist leaves home as a teenager and studies painting at the art institute of chicago. in 1913, he's one of many american artists blown away by an international exhibition of modern art called the armory show. >> you had all these cubist and impressionistic paintings coming from europe. and it really shook up the entire art world. >> the staggered american artists, including higgins, resolve to develop their own modern styles. so several artists from around the country converge in taos, new mexico -- at the time, a sleepy southwestern pueblo. >> we have crystal-clear, blue skies with wonderful light penetration. it's a p

in the lower left-hand corner, a signature -- victor higgins. >> victor higgins.w much did you know? >> i never heard of him before. >> turns out, the guy's work sells for big bucks. >> one of his paintings sold at sotheby's for over $400,000. >> he appeals to the modern aesthetics, not only back then, but specifically today. >> mark sublette, an authority on western painting, knows all about victor higgins. born on a farm in indiana in 1884, thartist leaves home as a teenager and studies painting at the art institute of chicago. in 1913, he's one of many american artists blown away by an international exhibition of modern art called the armory show. >> you had all these cubist and impressionistic paintings coming from europe. and it really shook up the entire art world. >> the staggered american artists, including higgins, resolve to develop their own modern styles. so several artists from around the country converge in taos, new mexico -- at the time, a sleepy southwestern pueblo. >> we have crystal-clear, blue skies with wonderful light penetration. it's a perf

higgins, fourtime selby reacted well. 6—3 down. higgins, four time champion. last one, 2011.t. that's all from sportsday. i'll be back with more sport on the bbc news channel through the evening faith and reason, and the gothic imagination, the ingredients of sarah perry's bestselling novel, the essex serpent. we're in the 1890s and cora seaborne, newly widowed, leaves london for the country, where she encounters a community terrified by the apparent return of a fabled monster. her interest in nature leads her to believe that it's real. the local vicar believes it's the product of a pagan imagination. they argue a good deal. they also, more or less, fall in love. it's a rich tale of obsession, mystery and belief. welcome. i suppose it's a story, really, about fear, isn't it? it is. and it's a story about the way that fear affects from people in different ways, according to their age, their gender, their preconceived ideas about the world. and how an imagined, or unimagined, monster can be very different to different sets of people. there's a sense in which it's a period which

higgins isa into tonight's second session. higgins is a four—time winner at the crucible.e crucible. it is the first 18 frames to take the title. and that is the sport. back to you, clive. lizzie, sport. back to you, clive. thank you for that. hello. this is the bbc news. priceless egyptian artefacts that were badly damaged during the second world war are once again going on display at liverpool's world museum, for the first time in more than 70 years. a gallery expansion and extensive restoration work means they're now part of the largest egyptology collection outside of london, as lindsey prosser reports. from the everyday to the beautifully decorative, these objects reflect the rise and fall of ancient egyptian society. it is our most ambitious exhibition we have done for egypt. we've got a whole range of artefacts, right from the prehistoric period, we have stone vases and stone tools, all the way through the christianity in egypt. so we've got these beautiful leather slippers that people would wear in life, and also be buried in. when the museum was bombed during the

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higgins now 7—3 ahead in the first to 18 contest. for now. one of the world‘s most accomplished mountaineers, ueli steck, has died in an accident on mount everest. steck, known as the swiss machine, was climbing alone on the mountain as he prepared for an attempt on the summit without oxygen. steck, who was 40, had won many awards and was famed for the speed of his ascents. alexandra mackenzie reports. mount everest, dangerous and daunting, even for the most experienced of climbers. the idea isjust climbing from base camp to camp number two. ueli steck, also known as the swiss machine, planning the detail of his route. we don‘t know if it is possible, that is the interesting thing. nobody has done that before. i think the chance is there and it is possible, but i don‘t know. so he knew the dangers, he had reached the summit without oxygen in 2012, and in 2015 he climbed all 82 alpine peaks, over 4000 metres injust 62 days. he conquered the north face of the eiger in less than three hours. ueli steck was on everest to acclimatise befo

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this isjohn this is john higgins this isjohn higgins against martin gould.ad, nearly. you can follow this match live on bbc two and via the bbc sport website. earlier the 2015 champion stuart bingham secured his place in the second round, beating another former winner, peter ebdon. he was leading 5—4 coming into this morning's session, but won all but one frame today for a comfortable win in the end — by 10 frames to 5. he'll face kyran wilson next. it's a crucial day in the championship — brighton could be all but promoted to the premier league today. they‘ re playing wigan. they're leading 1—0. they need to better huddersfield's result against derby — that's a 5pm kick—off. premier league survival and champions league qualification are at stake when middlesbrough take on arsenal at the riverside tonight. the hosts are six points from safety, while arsene wenger‘s side go into the game in seventh. he's responded to criticism that his players lack character. these players are that level because they have the character, but under difficult circumstances, conf

in the other semi—final, former champion john higgins leads barry hawkins 5—3.es. they'll also resume on friday. afghanistan and ireland could soon be playing test cricket after the world governing body, the icc, made a change to the way "associate" members can apply for test status. they'll no longer have to be recommended by other test playing nations, as the bbc‘s patrick gearey explains. what the icc has done is removed a barrier to potential new test playing nations like ireland or afghanistan. now, in the past, those nations would need to be nominated by two other nations of the icc and they have removed that and said we will just they have removed that and said we willjust apply they have removed that and said we will just apply and they have removed that and said we willjust apply and are due on the criteria, that includes finances, the state of the grounds, the state oi’ the state of the grounds, the state or the first—class cricket and how competitive they are as an international team. we know that ireland say they meet the criteria with one or two twe

the first final, ten years ago was against higgins. here we are.wished for. a third... i can only dream of that. hopefully that is going to come true. i definitely to raise my game. need probably do the same as! raise my game. need probably do the same as i was against mark allen, but the good thing is that i know i have got to do this. one massive game at the end of the season. see where it takes me. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. in turkey, the manager of an iranian television network has been shot dead in istanbul. saeed karimian was driving with a business partner when masked gunmen opened fire on their vehicle. mr karimian‘s network, gem tv, broadcasts foreign and western shows in iran. 0ur correspondent geear gol sent this update from istanbul. at this moment, police have been conducting a very thorough investigation, looking at cctv from areas, and at around 8:15 last night an suv vehicle cut off saeed karimian and his vehicle, with his business partner, pretty much firing at them. saeed karimian was killed on the

. >> we went off transport to the higgins boats.m there, we were sailed to the shore. >> we got down the nets, got in the boat, and circled seemed like hours. everyone ended up throwing up in the bottom of the boat. everything was sloppy. >> we watch the su's go in for air support. >> when i was on a higgins boat, someone yelled hey farkus. >> the guy took your picture? >> i don't know who it was. i looked to see a who was calling me, and that's when the picture was taken. >> this is like i landed at inchon. >> when you were going on, were naval bombardments going on is this. >> yes. >> what about this ramp? >> when we were going in, this was leaking. >> how many marines in here? >> a squad, 13. >> you had 13 guys on this, got the engine roaring away. >> yep. >> are you talking to each other? >> no. you're not saying nothing. you're waiting to get in and get out of here. >> were the guys in the boat nervous? >> we were all too young. i was 19 years old. we didn't know what death was or anything like that. we were eager for a fight.

so higgins is 10—6 up, first to 17 wins. they start again at 10am tomorrow.changing way. the man he beat in the final last year. sobhi began the session 9—7 up and one of the first print in style. ding junhui won five of the next seven clear about what the break of 135 in the last frame to draw level at 12—12. they will resume at half past two tomorrow afternoon. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. we will be looking at the papers and but brooking used renewed now. we are hearing from the south korean news agency that north korea is reported to have fired a ballistic missile. it is said to have been fired from an area north of the capital, pyongyang, on saturday. the agency said the type and flight direction of the missile is still being examined, but the united states government is already suggesting initial indications are that this ballistic missile test was u nsuccessful. that this ballistic missile test was unsuccessful. we do not know what kind of the stig missile test it was, what its purpose was. this comes at a time when att

john higgins is through to the semis for the first time in six years.began the final session against kyran wilson needing just two more frames for victory — and it didn't take him long to get them. higgins going through 13—6 and will play either barry hawkins or stephen maguire. josh griffiths says he's still coming to terms with being the fastest british runner at the london marathon. griffiths qualified for august's world championships in london as he finished the marathon 13th overall in two hours 1a minutes 49 seconds. the 23—year—old, who aims to continue coaching himself, says he only had his national record on his mind on sunday. i was iwas aiming i was aiming for two hours 16 which was the welsh commonwealth games time but i thought that might be a long shot. i knew i'd been training really well. i was going to give it my best shot and exceeded my wildest expectations. what mile was it you realised, this is going to be a good time and a good place? even in the last mile i was looking at my watch, trying to chase that two hours 16, it's been my a

and it was higgins who did to win the frame and take that six frame lead. that's all sport for now.bbc news, it's time for click. hackers beware — finally there is a box which is immune to your attacks. hack—proof. totally secure. sounds like a challenge to me! over the last few years, billions of e—mail accounts have been hacked. has yours? last year, yahoo announced that over 1.5 billion e—mail accounts were compromised between 2013 and 2014 — the largest breach in history. then it emerged that russian hackers had gained access to 60,000 e—mails from hillary clinton's presidential campaign. some believe the resulting leaks helped swing the election for trump. and what it certainly did reveal is something most of us already knew — we send, each of us, all the time, hugely personal information around the internet. information that we'd like to keep private, but others are all too often able to see. so how about something that guarantees to protect all of those e—mails? sounds like something you'd want to have, doesn't it? well, this is nomx, a box which promises to secure your e—mai

i played john higgins ten years ago. and here we are. i could have wished for. but to go for ita could have wished for. but to go for it a third time is something i can only dream of, so fingers crossed over the next couple of days that dream will come true. live coverage from the crucible on bbc two from 2pm. there is now live coverage of the russian grand prix where botass has the early lead, hamilton is back in fourth position. now on bbc news, it is time for the travel show. this week, celebrating gha na's 60th birthday. i'm drinking to the country's independence. sparring with the locals. boxing is massive, they love it here. and meeting some of its cutest residents. i am amazed how much banana a little monkey like that can eat. busy, bustly, noisy and lots of fun. i could be in any of the big, lively west african capitals, but i've come to one country that is celebrating a very special anniversary. news reel: the name gold coast passes, long live ghana. 60 years ago in 1957, the british gold coast broke away from centuries of colon

>> yes.beuse it just keeps goin. >> and so higgins clark.d lives on four acres in new jersey in a home elevator that opens into her writer's mal drive her plots, but at the heart of each character much like the author herself. as adversity into advantage. while keeping her readers on ts. >> when your book is fl some n, will my readers like it as much? >> of course. because i have never taken a reader f never. so, each book is the bthese cirs and then pray god over well. next, in memorial. >> pauley: @death of two artist of very different gilbert baker create the rainbow banner of the gay rights movement. his original design was eight colored stripes first flu at a francisco in 1978: even greater prominence, following the 'streets nation of pioneer, harvey milk. eventually reduced to the current six. ch different sentiment. starting at the top with r d.all the way down to violet for the human spirit. he once said f procedure claiming your visibility saying, this is who i am. gilbert baker was 65. we also learned of death of jack seigler carto

scotland's higgins overcame barry hawkins to book his place, and he's looking for a fifth world title ice hockey world championship gold in 2a years, as they beat japan a—0 to clinch promotion in belfast. both sides had won their first four matches in division one group b, and promotion came down to the final game of the tournament. it was gb who ended the tournament unbeaten and having spent the last three seasons in the sports third tier, they now move up to the second level. i have been dreaming about this, a lot. and before we came away i spoke to my wife, parents, and we deserve this. the last two years, what we have experienced, saw us through tonight. it is one of the best groups i have known.” tonight. it is one of the best groups i have known. i am sure those celebrations, continuing. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. in turkey the manager of an iranian television network has been shot dead in istanbul. saeed karimian was driving with a business partner when masked gunmen opened fire on their vehicle. mr karimian‘s network, gem tv, broadcasts foreign

john higgins leads mark selby 8—11 in the world snooker championship final.2 at the end of the first session. since then, he's moved on to a 8—11 lead in this best of 35 frame final. it'll be a stern test for them. it's on the bbc sport website. if he is making shots like that, he stands a very good chance of building on the lead that he has already established over mark selby. he looks pleased with that. that's all the sport. thank you. ten years after the disappearance of the young british girl madeleine mccann, her parents have told the bbc they will do "whatever it takes, for as long as it takes" to find their daughter. madeleine was 3—years—old when she went missing on holiday in portugal, while her parents were eating at a nearby restaurant. speaking to the bbc‘s fiona bruce, kate and gerry mccann have been talking about the pain they continue to face. every day is another day without madeleine. i think it's just that number. that ten—year mark makes it more significant. it's a reminder of how much time has gone by, and obviously ten is a big number. i

scotland's higgins overcame barry hawkins to book his place. their first ice hockey world championship gold in 2a years as they beat japan 4—0 to clinch promotion in belfast. both sides had won their first four matches in division one group b and promotion came down to the final game of the tournament. it was gb who ended the competition unbeaten and having spent the last three seasons in the sports third tier, they now move up to the second level. that's all sport for now. you can keep up to date with all those stories on the bbc sport website. i'll have more in the next hour. donald trump has marked the 100th day of his presidency with a speech defending his record and attacking the media. addressing thousands of cheering supporters in pennsylvania, he insisted he's delivering his election promises "every single day" and dismissed criticism of him as "fake news". 0ur correspondent laura bicker sent this report from the rally. they came to support their champion, to celebrate 100 days of a president who calls them "the forgotten of america." i

higgins meanwhile quickly took the one frame he needed to beat barry hawkins 17—8.sten to the big fight between anthony joshua and wladimir klitschko right now. it's over on bbc radio 5live. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. pope francis has held a mass in front of thousands of people in cairo on the second day of his visit to egypt. the pontiff warned against religious fanaticism as he addressed the crowd of around 15,000 faithful at the city's air defence stadium. he has now left egypt after the visit, which was aimed at building ties with muslim leaders and supporting the country's christian community. the bbc‘s martin bashir was travelling with the pope and gave this assessment. pope francis arrived in egypt, with a christian community under siege after those twin bomb attacks on palm sunday three weeks ago. but here at the air force stadium there's a sense of celebration at his arrival and i think that, overall, it has been a successful trip. he's navigated some delicate meetings with the president in egypt and the prime minister. of co

higgins was last in a final some years ago.story in belfast, beating the netherlands 14—0. colin shields scored a hat—trick and in doing so broke tony hand's record, of a0 for the most international goals by a british player. great britain face japan in the gold medal game tonight, with live commentary on 5 live sports extra, from 7:30pm. great britain play in world ice hockey‘s third tier and have not been promoted since 1993. that's all sport for now. thank you very much. well, as you just heard, heavyweight anthony joshua more than 90,000 people are expected to be at wembley stadium tonight to watch the two go head—to—head for the world heavyweight title. well, as you just heard, anthonyjoshua is the favourite to win in tonight's fight. with me to explain more is boxing commentator steve bunce, who presents bbc 5 live's boxing show. first of all, what is it going to be like to be there tonight? believe it or not, it is quite breathtaking. we will be six rows from the ring, so you could touch the group. it sucks the energy ou

and the latest from the crucible is that higgins is 10—6 up, looking for his fifth world title.ow. one of the most prominent figures in world football has resigned after being linked to a corruption scandal. sheikh ahmad al—fahad al—sabah was a senior official at fifa — football's world governing body — but has recently been linked to a fraud case. he strongly denies any allegations of wrongdoing. and that's the sport. that's it. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. do stay with us on bbc one — it's now time for all the news where you are. have a very good night. hello. this is bbc news. a new report says best—before dates on food should be scrapped, because they are unnecessary and contribute to mounting levels of food waste. mps on the environment, food and rural affairs committee say it's a scandal that £10 billion worth of food is thrown away every year and the government and supermarkets need to act. claire marshall reports. mostly mixed in with other waste, we throw more than £10 billion worth of food away every year. the committee calls it a

higgins, the scotsman, very much on top. that's all sport for now. young people feel social media sites are not doing enough to protect them from inappropriate content. the nspcc said four out of five youngsters felt sites like facebook and askfm were not shielding them enough. felix alexander was a victim of online bullying. exactly a year ago the seventeen year old, who was victimised exactly a year ago the 17 year—old, who was victimised at school, took his own life. our media editor amol rajan has been speaking to felix alexander's mother lucy. when social media kicked in about the age of 13 or 1a, it became something he couldn't escape from. it became people who he didn't even know would be messaging him, telling him he was hated, he wasn't welcome. 17—year—old felix alexander seemed a teenager like any other, with plenty of friends and a love of sport. but there was a much darker side to his life. years of abuse online destroyed his self—confidence. one year ago today, he took his own life by stepping in front of a train. his mother says that w

one, mark selby, will go into the last day of the world snooker championship final trailing john higginse last three frames of the day to give himself a lifeline having trailed 10—4 to an inspired higgins. the four—time champion hasn't won the title at the crucible since 2011 but will still take a healthy advantage into the final day of competition in sheffield. that's all the sport for now. thank you for that hugh. one of the world's most accomplished mountaineers, ueli steck, has been killed in an accident on mount everest. he was a0. known as the swiss machine, he was climbing alone, in preparation for a new route up the mountain. he'd won numerous awards, and was celebrated for the speed of his climbs. alexandra mackenzie reports. mount everest — dangerous and daunting, even for the most experienced climbers. the idea isjust climbing from base camp, just on the normal route... ueli steck was preparing to tackle a new and particularly difficult route without oxygen. i think it is possible, but we don't know. and that's exactly the challenge, that's exactly the interesting thing. nobod

these are live pictures from the crucible wherejohn higgins leads barry hawkins ten frames to six.hour. with john higgins, full—time winner, leading ii—7. but you can see how close this frame is. 49-47. you can watch that now on bbc two. that's all sport for now. time for the weather. it has been a decent looking day so far. we have had a few showers around, but for many, seems similar to this one. some sunshine, patchy cloud around as well, but the cloud thinning and breaking up through the afternoon. through the rest of the bank holiday weekend, things turning slightly warmer, but also breezy with the chance of some rain. all down to this frontal system approaching from the west. high pressure still holding on through the rest of today. things are looking largely dry, but the cloud should thin handbrake. we should see some decent bells of sunshine especially around the course. turning breezy for cornel, pembrokeshire as well, perhaps some sunshine extending along the south coast. temperatures reaching 16 or i7. heading our way northwards, patchy cloud could be an isolated shower

higgins going through 13—6 and will play either barry hawkins or stephen maguire. mark selby dominated his match against marco fu, winning 13—3 with a session to spare. he also added the highest break of the tournament, a 143, on his way to the semis. he'll meet the winner of the match between ronnie o'sullivan and ding junhui. that plays to a finish this afternoon. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all of those stories on bbc.co.uk/sport. i'll have more in the next hour. many thanks that. firefighters tackling a large fire at the christie hospital in manchester. it broke out in the roof of the cancer research building and there were fears gas tanks can explode at the hospital says all staff are safe and some areas, including all patient areas, have been evacuated. let's get more from judith moritz. what is the latest picture? greater manchester fire and rescue service tell us that they are bringing this blaze under control. it started inside a research facility here, which is part of the main hospital complex but is not an area in which patients a

kyren wilson is taking onjohn higgins at the moment too. higgins leads 4—3.t lizzie armitstead says "extremely difficult personal circumstances" led to her missing a drugs test last summer. it was her third missed test in a i2—month period — an offence that could have led to a four—year ban. the court of arbitration for sport decided that the authorities were to blame for the first missed test, and armitstead went on to compete at the rio olympics. i'm entitled to a personal life and a private life. and the circumstances surrounding my third strike were a very personal, very traumatic family experience. and it's not something that i feel necessary to share with people, and i hope that people will respect that. you know, the first strike that was taken away was uk anti—doping's fault, and the second was my responsibility. sometimes life happens, and, yeah, i think it is important that i'm open and honest, and that's what i've tried to do. premier league leaders chelsea can extend the gap over their nearest rivals tottenham hotspur with victory over southampton

that puts higgins 10—6 up, first to 17 wins. they start again at 10am tomorrow.‘ championship after topping the time sheets in practice ahead of this weekend's russian grand prix. the ferrari driver was a quarter of a second ahead of his team mate kimi raikkonen. and more than half a second ahead of the mercedes of valtteri bottas and championship rival lewis hamilton. several teams showed their support for british teenager billy monger who had both legs amputated following a crash in a formula four race a fortnight ago. more than three quarters of a million pounds has been raised to help his recovery. now the first stage of the tour de yorkshire has been marred by a big crash within sight of the finish line in scarborough. danish rider magnus cort nielsen fell with less than two hundred yards to go on the 107 mile stage. the crash brought down several other riders including 22—year—old briton tao geoghegan—hart, who's in his first season as a professional rider with team sky. dutchman dylan groene—wegen won the stage, all those caught up in the crash will be giv

john higgins is just one frame away from a place in the final.8 session frames to put him in touching distance. but hawkins won the last, meaning they'll be back on the table at 7 this evening to finish the match. exeter moved level on points with leaders wasps in rugby union's premiership with a 36—12 win over northampton saints. they ran in six tries in front of their home fans at sandy park to erase the gap at the top after wasps' defeat last night. centre ian whitten's score helped to make it a record seventh straight bonus—point win in the premiership for the chiefs. nicky henderson has been crowned champion jumps trainer for a fourth time, after his horse altior won the celebration chase at sandown. it had been a race between henderson and paul nicholls to be named trainer of the year — but altior, thought by many to be the natural successor to sprinter sacre in the two mile division, secured it for henderson, who last won the honour four years ago. that's all from sportsday. a quick update on the premier league, burnley are still leading c

selby took the lead twice in the opening three frames but only to see higgins draw level at 2—2 — and 6—2 going into this evening's session. they resume at seven o'clock. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. north london derby, still 0—0. 30 minutes left. now, time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is jason solomons. hi, jason, what do we have this week? long weekend, a visit to the cinema is on the agenda for many families, and they can climb aboard a spaceship if they like. those saviours of space, the guardians of the galaxy, are back, complete with talking raccoon for volume two of guardians of the galaxy. the terrible atrocities of the armenian genocide in the first world war era turkey are on the agenda in the promise, getting big screen love treatment with christian bale, and rising star florence pugh takes centre stage for lady macbeth, a low—budget british chiller that has nothing to do with shakespeare. i was at the cinema at the weekend and i saw the trailer for gua

john higgins is close to reaching the final for the first time in six years at the world snooker championshipns after winning a marathon final frame in the afternoon session to go 10—6 up. they start again at 10am tomorrow. and the other semi—final is a tighter affair between defending champion mark selby and ding junhui, the man he beat in last year's final. selby began the session 9—7 up and won the first frame in style. but ding won five out of the next seven frames, clearing up with a break of 135 in the last frame to draw level at 12—12. they'll resume at half past two tomorrow. that's all from sportsday. there will be more sport here on bbc news in the morning. from all of us, good night. let's see if the weather will be behaving itself this bank holiday weekend. it is looking a little mixed. the weather is looking pretty decent for most of us on saturday. but on sunday a bit of rain on the way. not everybody will get the rain, so that's why it is looking at little mixed. let's be what is happening in the short term. weather fronts quite close to the uk. just to the west of our neighbou

and in the other semi—final, four—times champion john higgins leads barry hawkins. 5-3. but 5—3.enth frame, which begins one. but hawkins recovered to win the final frame of the night. they resume at 2:30pm tomorrow, so they get a lie in. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political commentator lance price and caroline wheeler, political editor of the sunday express. tomorrow's front pages. the metro leads with our top story tonight, the terror arrest at westminster. the paperfeatures a picture of the suspect being wrestled to the ground by police. the i shows the man being led away by officers just a few hundred metres away from downing street. the telegraph front page is also dominated by that story. but the paper also reports that allies of boris johnson believe he could be moved from the foreign office after the election. the foreign secretary's sister has joined the liberal democrats. as european leaders meet to discuss their strategy for brexit neg

john higgins faces barry hawkins in this evening's session.yesterday in her first match since her doping suspension, maria sharapova has won again — against another russian, ekaterina makarova. the former world no1 won the first set 7—5, the third successive set she has won in her comeback. and she went on to comfortably win the second, 6—1 to clinch her place in the next round. johanna konta is out of the event though after she was beaten by anastasija sevastova. the british number one, who was the sixth seed for the tournament, was defeated in straight sets by the latvian who is ranked 26th in the world. 6-3, 7-5. andy murray is into the quarterfinals in barcelona after a straight sets victory over feliciano lopez. the world number one's return from elbow injury didn't go to plan in monte carlo but here he was back on track in spain. he will make the first set 6—4 and broke lopez's serve in the final game. murray marches on but there was defeat for britain's dan evans in barcelona. he lost in straight sets to dominic thiem of austria. irelan

in tonight's other match john higgins is 11—5 up against kyren wilson. five frames in a row this afternoon at the start of his quarterfinal against marco fu. he of course had that late finish last night in beating neil robertson to make the last eight. he did respond with a couple of frames of his own but selby ended the session with a 6—2 lead. they start again tomorrow morning at ten o'clock. finally, behind every sportsperson there's a proud parent or two but now we're going to watch a very happy dad watching us... after watching his son! earlier today, we reported on the great britain ice hockey team's 5—1 victory against estonia last night. one of the scorers was liam stewart. recognise the surname? well sir rod was particularly pleased our own tim hague mentioned it. the steward, son of rod stewart, scored his very first international goal... my boy! that is all from sir rod and all from sportsday. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are rachel cunliffe, deputy editor of the political new

in the other semi—final, the former champion john higgins, who beat kyren wilson 13—6, will play barrytart on thursday and they're the best of 31 frames. and that is all your sport for now. but from me, marc edwards, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello again. our weather is set to turn a little bit milder over the next few days, quieting down in many respects. but before we get there, yesterday we had some really big thunderstorms hanging around. this one brought hail in west hampsted. thanks to our weather watcher for sending that picture in. you can see the extent of the showers as they have worked in. the showers have tended to die away overnight. just one or two left over working towards central, southern england. by and large, today we are looking at quite a cloudy weather picture for many of us. and there will be some showers knocking around as well. ok, let's take a look at how the weather starts off in the morning. quite a lot of cloud around. some showers really from the word go across north—western areas. towards southern parts of england and wales, this is w

for more, i'm joined by tim higgins, a reporter for the wall street journal, thank you for joining me.>>> thank you. >>> how big of a deal is this recall? >> it is routine. automakers do recalls all the time, it's a small number. the issue being if the parking brake is engaged in the gear is broken you would be able to get out of the break. you wouldn't go down the highway with this scenario. they say it's affecting less than 5% of the vehicles as part of the recall. >> the fact it's a voluntary recall what does that say about tesla? >> most recalls are voluntary, automakers want to get ahead of these things, they don't want the government to force them to do it, the number is small because they haven't sold a lot of vehicles compared to bigger automakers like general motors. tesla last year sold 76,000 vehicles, it's a good portion of the vehicle so last year. >> do you think this would create more service backlogs for the company? >> one of the issues who -- will be getting the vehicles and get fixed. one thing about tesla compared to other automakers, then i have franchise dealers

he beat england'sjimmy robertson 10—8, and will facejohn higgins or martin gould next. a scare against 17—year—old qualifier yan bingtao of china. the 2005 champion was 9—5 up before the teenager fought back. murphy eventually winning10—8 and will face ronnie 0'sullivan in the second round but after the match murphy tipped yan to win a world title during his career. 2015 champion stuart bingham is also through after beating another former winner peter ebdon. he was leading 5—4 coming into monday morning's session, but then ran away with the match 10—5 the final score and he'll face fellow englishman kyren wilson next. two chinese players will be battling it out on tuesday, last year's runner up ding junhui leads his first round match against zhou yuelong by seven frames to two. the world number four hit three century breaks during the morning session including this 132 in the final frame. a row between ronnie 0'sullivan, snooker‘s best known player, and the sport's governing body has been the talk of the crucible theatre. after winning his first round match on sunday th

four—time champion, john higgins, resisted a martin gould fightback to win10—6. now for tennis news. at the monte carlo masters, novak djokovic survived a scare to come through his tie with gilles simon in three sets. this is his first tournament back following an elbow injury which has hampered the world number two's start to the season. after taking the first set, his french opponent hit back to win the second. djokovic was pushed all the way in the decider, with simon breaking him twice and serving for the match but the serb clung on for the win. i felt like i ifelt like i had control of the match. and then the match turned around. i started match. and then the match turned around. istarted making match. and then the match turned around. i started making unforced errors. he made less unforced errors. he made less unforced errors. usually he doesn't make too many. he was 2—3 points away from winning it. so i got myself out of that tricky situation. and that's probably the most important thing i ta ke probably the most important thing i take from today. no such

. >> 21st of september, we crossed higgins again. >> my organization went across. i thought i was going to die. it was the first time i had been in an amtrak. they buttoned the thing up. fumes made everybody sick. we were glad to get to the other side to get out. >> larry knew the feeling all too well. his infantry crossed the han. >> it always stalled in the middle of the water. we could hear them firing on us. seemed like 20 minutes but probably was 20 seconds. you could hear a pin drop inside that thing. nobod wanted totalk. >> we crossed n, moved down on the north. the goal of course was to liberate the city of seoul. turns out to be more difficult than people imagine. >> yes, it does because the forces that were in root consolidated in seoul or were diverted to seoul. house to house or city fighting is difficult no matter where you are. you either defeat them in place or surround them and they surrender. those are about the only two options. >> the enemy situation was terrible. they came through seoul like water through cheese. they were all around. the situat

the other semi is between four—times champion john higgins and barry hawkins.our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political commentator, jane merrick and martin bentham, home affairs editor at the london evening standard. tomorrow's front pages, starting with. the financial times leads with the white house's pledge to cut taxes and ‘unleash‘ the us economy. white house's pledge to cut taxes and 'unleash' the us economy. the i reports on the news that two football clu bs reports on the news that two football clubs have been raided as pa rt football clubs have been raided as part ofan football clubs have been raided as part of an investigation into allegations of tax fraud. a poll on the front of the metro suggests that theresa may is britain's most popular leader of the last forty yea rs. popular leader of the last forty years. the prime minister is pictured on the front page of the daily telegraph — greeting the president of the european commission in downing street this evening. the paper reports that britain will

==sam/vo== )briga heelan, ) )andrea mart) )john michael higgins ), and >>> nbc's newest comedy "greatws" premiers tonight. andrea martin, john michael higgins and nicole richie all starring in it telling the store to of a cable news producer whose mom invades her personal and professional space and makes herself right at home in the newsroom. >> she says what is on her mind and goes through life without any filthers. >> a dangerous situation indeed. >> her personality helps her charm the staff, especially the male anchorman who doesn't seem to understand modern trends. one of the creators is a former writer from "30 rock" so you know it will be funny. she based this on the realitionship with her own mom. this premiers right after "the voice" on nbc bay area. i'm intrigued. >> i think i'll watch that one. looks cute. >> yeah, it will be good but us news people will watch it with a critical eye saying that doesn't happen in news. >> can you imagine having your mom here at the same time. don't even -- brain overload. >> my mom would be like, honey, no lipstick. no, mom, it's just news. >

higgins of graduating and the top 25% of his law school while fulfilling his coaching responsibilities. yale ever since more than just him. attaining the means to fill a profession. it means him opening up. he spent six years at yale. during that time he meets a woman by the name of phyllis brown. betty ford will be the great love of gerald ford's life. betty is not his first love however. phyllis brown is a professional model. younger than he, she is about 21 years old but she is one of the top models in new york city. the coaches have a term for her, and name for her. they call her perfect body brown. ford is competing for her attention. he says in order to compete for her attention he has to take on her interests. her interests largely revolved around his strength, which is sports. she plays tennis, golf, and she skis. all these things are rather new to gerald ford. he takes them up and becomes more than proficient at each one of them. by that he is able to capture -- catch her eye and by 1938 is presumed they are going to be married. he brings her back to michigan for a couple of s

higgins can you tell us what the first course will be. >> steve: mmm.on of crusted fried mozzarella sticks with basil tomato ragu. but can you guess the secret ingredient -- gredient -- gredient -- gredient -- >> jimmy: there's no echo on there at all. >> steve: bon appetit! >> jimmy: the ingredient -- i think the ingredient is in the crust, right, or it could be -- >> steve: may be. who knows? >> jimmy: all right, here we go. >> you just have to go in, like -- >> jimmy: all right, we're doing it right now. oh, you went for it. >> steve: mmm. >> oh! >> jimmy: wait, what? >> oh! >> jimmy: what are you doing that for? >> oh! oh! >> jimmy: what are you doing that for? stop! >> oh! >> steve: oh, delicious. >> jimmy: oh -- >> steve: ingredient's a a secret. write it down. >> oh, my god. >> steve: what could it be? there is a gut bucket below. >> jimmy: i got it. >> steve: don't show your answer to your neighbors. >> jimmy: that -- this one's the easiest. >> oh, my god. >> steve: write down your answers. is that really wine? [ laughter ] we don't know. >> yea

from athens, alabama, please welcome 13-year-old connor higgins.cheers and applause] welcome back, bud. >> welcome. thank you. >> good to have you. so, you love computers, you're taking 'em apart. how old were you when you started busting up compurs