australia cricket captain steve smith has been banned for one match by cricket's ruling body — the icc over the ball tampering scandal. the australian prime minister says he's shocked and disappointed. it seemed completely beyond belief that the australian cricket team have been involved in cheating. after all, our cricketers are role models. catalonia's former president carles puigdemont is arrested in germany after crossing the borderfrom denmark. an extra 3,000 midwives are to be trained in england — to ease staff shortages and improve care. in the next hour: france remembers the police officer and three other people killed in the terror attack on friday. a memorial service has been held in the tiny southern french town of trebes — led by the bishop of carcassonne. a new series of paintings and sculptures by damien hirst go on show for the first time at houghton hall in norfolk. and in half an hour: sex, lies and murder on the high seas — we took a look at new evidence shedding light on the porthole mystery. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the australia cricket captain steve

let me ask you about a comment from the icc chief executive in this statement. game needs to have a hard look at itself. does he mean the game more widely across the world, or is he talking about cricket australia? you can read between the lines of what dave richardson is trying to say and i think yes, it is a warning to all, but it is probably leaning towards the australian way of playing cricket. we have seen situations where they have asked for stump microphones to be turned down so they can talk a bit more without anyone understanding what they are saying out in the middle. sources get around, saying out in the middle. sources getaround, and saying out in the middle. sources get around, and what has been said has been taken to a new level. it has been taken to a new level. it has been taken to a new level. it has been personal and victim —— vindictive. that is what people do not want to see. you reap a lot of what you sow, and the australians are open about the fact that they we re are open about the fact that they were getting abuse from the crowd in south

his pa rt entire match fee by the icc for his part in the ball tampering scandal in cape town.to 107 all out to go 2—1 down in the series against south africa. quinton de kock made 65. australia were chasing over 404 victory. cameron bancroft, also implicated in the scandal, but australia a good start. the last nine wickets fell for 50 runs. a particularly sweet victory for the south africans, go to johannesburg for the last test, buoyed by the result, and their captain have some empathy with smith. he is trying to take responsibility, so there is right in that. but there is also right that people are responsible for their own actions, so i don't know what the right answer is. i can understand it's a top time for him to be in right now. —— a tough time. the situation i was in was really difficult for me as well, because people were attacking me and my personality and my character, and i felt it was wrong. it wasn't fair. i don't know how he feels about his own personal situation, but i imagine he is going through a really tough time. extremely difficult. that's certainly no exc

the chief executive of the icc today said that cricket needs to ta ke icc today said that cricket needst weeks, there has been a lot of really u npleasa nt recent weeks, there has been a lot of really unpleasant stuff going on that has detracted from the spot. as you say, it is probably not over yet. good to talk to you. thank you. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30pm this evening in the papers — our guests joining me tonight are the broadcaster and former national newspaper editor eve pollard, and charlie wells from the economist. another three thousand training places for midwives in england will be made available over the next four years — in what the government says is the "largest ever" boost to nhs midwives and maternity staff. it's part of plans to address staff shortages. the royal college of midwives has welcomed the new training places but says they'll only address part of the problem because the nhs in england is short of the required number of midwives right now. our health editor hugh pym reports. i

another view a scene, the icc has dealt with the australian scandal poorly, and letting it go withoutn to ask whether you would get the same sort of response whether it was —— if it was an indian or pakistani player. nevertheless, reflections on whether perhaps countries should be paying a greater penalty, and that is the job of the icc. to keep your responses coming. the story is going to run on and on, after that extraordinary press c0 nfe re nce and on, after that extraordinary press conference with steve smith and the others. it shows how deeply the feelings run, especially in australia. do stay with us here on bbc news. we will be back with the business briefing injust a moment oi’ business briefing injust a moment or two. stay with us. hello. make no mistake, there is a lot of weather of varying types to come this easter weekend. some of it could cause some problems, too. there'll be some rain around at times. notjust that — some snow. easter monday looks a troublemaker, we'll see that at a moment. temperatures on the cool to cold side of average, but there will be some drier, s

he's told the bbc there's a huge inconsistency in some of the bans being handed out he believes the iccheir approach to try and stamp it out of the sport. the problem of cricket is the perception that it is a gentleman's game. it is not a gentleman's game. as you get more money in cricket, the pressure to win and win big money increases. players will cheat. footballers dive, players will cheat and tamper with the ball and do whatever they will get away with. the pakistanis were trying to make money. warner and the players were trying to influence the result of the game. the pakistanis were trying to affect the outcome of the game and yet they were given by icc massive bands. i think that's a massive bands. i think that's a massive inconsistency. if ciman but —— salman but, who got a life ban, mohammad amir got a five—year ban and the other player got a ten year ban, that is what should have happened here. so another watershed day for australian cricket with bans that have divided opinion across the game. former england captain michael vaughan, shane warne has called it a jump to hysteri

it is extremely harsh on the icc bases and six months would have done the job. on the icc bases and six is legal or not so does not happen again. and you all very much forjoining us, i am sure we will be talking more about that in the days and weeks to come. now it's the whodunnit that's been intriguing the internet for the last few days — #whobitbeyonce? the bizarre story that someone had carved their canines into the pop superstar‘s face first surfaced in a magazine interview with actress and comedian tiffany haddish. she claimed that, at a party in los angeles last year, an unnamed assailant had bitten beyonce after trying to chat up the singer's husband, jay—z. well, since then, the search has been on across social media to uncover the biter‘s identity — the only clue tiffany gave us is that she's a fellow actress and a number of famous names have been publicly ruling themselves out of the hunt. here to guide us through the clues isjimmy blake from radio 1's newsbeat. i know you want to answer the question and you can't but how did we get here? i fancy party in la, frocks and fancy

they were given by icc massive bands. i think that's a massive inconsistency. year ban and mohammad amir got a ten year ban and mohammad amir got a ten year ban and mohammad amir got a five—year ban, to me that is no worse than what the australians we re no worse than what the australians were doing. manchester city and chelsea could make it to english clu bs chelsea could make it to english clubs into the women are's champions league for the first time. city carry a 2—0 lead —— lead. chelsea also have a two—goal lead from the away tie with montpellier.m also have a two—goal lead from the away tie with montpellier. it is the biggest night in the club's testily. every female player wants to aim for the big games, the big stages and challenges. i love playing in big games. i do love this club and it would be great to take this club in that direction. i think the team and has built, we havejust seen it progress. that is all the sport. you can find more on those stories on the bbc sport website including a bad day for england's women as they suffered a record loss

australia cricket captain steve smith has been banned for one match by cricket's ruling body — the iccver the ball tampering scandal. the australian prime minister has said he's furious at the revelations. it seemed completely beyond belief that the australian cricket team have been involved in cheating. after all, our cricketers are all models. are role models. catalonia's former president carles puigdemont has been arrested in germany after crossing the borderfrom denmark. german authorities said his arrest was based on a european warrant. mr puigdemont is wanted in spain for sedition. 3,000 extra midwives are to be trained over the next four years in the largest—ever increase of maternity staff in england. the plans will also see expectant mothers treated by the same midwives throughout their pregnancy. a religious service has been held in the southern french town of trebes to remember the four people who were killed on friday by an islamist gunman. now on bbc news, it's click. more news at lipm. the people versus the machines. from the dockers to the deskjockeys. is no one safe? no

australia cricket captain steve smith has been banned for one match by cricket's ruling body — the iccng scandal. the australian prime minister says he's shocked and disappointed. an extra 3000 midwives are to be trained in england — to ease staff shortages and improve care. a teenage girl is seriously injured after a car deliberately the few drives at children in glasgow — police are treating the incident as attempted murder. also in the next hour after 17 hours and 9000 miles, the first scheduled non—stop flight from australia to europe touches down in london.

the australia cricket captain steve smith has been banned for one match by cricket's ruling body the iccover the ball tampering scandal. the australian prime minister has said he's shocked and disappointed at the revelations. thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of barcelona following the arrest of carles puigdemont. an extra 3,000 midwives are to be trained in england, to ease staff shortages and improve care. also in the next hour: lewis hamilton is denied victory in the formula one season opener. sebastian vettel pushed the current world champion into second place in melbourne, despite hamilton qualifying in pole position. good evening and welcome to bbc news. jeremy corbyn has said he is "sincerely sorry" for the pain caused by what he calls "pockets of anti—semitism" in the labour party. in a statement, the labour leader said he would be meeting representatives of the jewish community this week. a letter from two prominentjewish groups, the board of deputies and thejewish leadership council, has accused mr corbyn of ignoring the community's concerns. 0ur political corre

bif lent relationship with the icc. sometimes hostile. and i think there will be a great temptation by this administration or possibly even others to be very resistant and aggressive in in response to the icc's investigation which we believe is eminent, with 1.7 afghan s launching complaints, e ask expect this will go forward. the question is how should the u.s. respond? many of them caution that an aggressive response could undercut the human rights, could undercut the united states in terms of its positioning even at the negotiating table with the taliban. there's also the risk obviously that a failure to respond the right way could mean it could unravel a lot of the bilateral agreements that the united states has put in place to protect its military members from prosecutions of this kind. so big questions there. all of this to say that the future of afghanistan is sort of cloudy with a few bombs and we can expect that the complications will continue but if the united states can take itself out of this battlefield focus and reinsert mor

australia cricket captain, steve smith, has been banned for one match by cricket's ruling body — the icce australian prime minister says he's shocked and disappointed. an extra 3,000 midwives are to be trained in england to ease staff shortages and improve care. a teenage girl is seriously injured after a car deliberately drives at children in glasgow. police are treating the incident as attempted murder. also in the next hour — lewis hamilton is denied victory in the formula i season opener. sebastian vettel pushed the current world champion into second place in melbourne, despite hamilton qualifying

the australia cricket captain steve smith has been banned for one match by cricket's ruling body the iccstralian prime minister has said he's shocked and disappointed at the revelations. thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of barcelona following the arrest of carles puigdemont. an extra 3,000 midwives are to be trained in england, to ease staff shortages and improve care. also in the next hour: lewis hamilton is denied victory in the formula one season opener. sebastian vettel pushed the current world champion into second place in melbourne, despite hamilton qualifying in pole position.

coming up on this program: the icc have suspended australian captain steve smith for one match for hisin south africa. sebastien lataud gets a slice of luck to beat world champion lewis hamilton in the season—opening australian grand prix —— sebastian vettel. and bubba watson wins the wgc world match play title with a convincing win over kevin kisner. hello and welcome to the programmes. plenty to get through but only one place to start and that's with the weekend's big cricket story, australian captain steve smith has been banned for one match and find his entire match fee by the cricketing world governing body for his part in able tampering incident in south africa. the home side won the third test by three to two runs. andy swiss takes up the story. in the eye of a cricketing storm, steve smith glued onto the field in cape town, the world's best batsman given one of its worst receptions after a scandal which has shocked a sport and shamed a nation —— booed. smith had orchestrated a plan to cheat by getting his teammate, cameron bancroft, to

in the past, obviously, the united states ambivalent relationship with the icc, sometimes hostile and it would be a great temptation by this administration or possibly others to be very resistant and aggressive in response to the icc's investigation which we, i think, believe is eminent. with 1.7 million afghanistans lodging complaints with the icc i think we can expect is that this will go forward. the question is, you know, how should the u.s. respond? many would caution that an aggressive response could undercut the united states' authority in terms of human rights, could undercut the united states in terms of its positioning even at the negotiating table with the taliban. there's also the risk, obviously, that a failure to respond the right way could mean that it could unravel a will the of the bilateral agreements that the united states has put in place to protect its military members from prosecutions of this kind. big questions there. all this to say is the future of afghanistan is cloudy with a few bombs and we can expect that, you know, the complications will continue. if the

the australia cricket captain steve smith has been banned for one match by cricket's ruling body, the iccer the ball—tampering scandal. the australian prime minister has said he's furious it seemed completely beyond belief that the australian cricket team had been involved in cheating. after all, our cricketers are role models. thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of barcelona following the arrest of carles puigdemont. the former catalonian president was detained in germany on a european warrant. he is wanted in spain for sedition. three thousand extra midwives are to be trained over the next four years in the largest—ever increase of maternity staff in england. the plans will also see expectant mothers treated by the same midwives throughout their pregnancy. ina in a moment, fighting back against the robots, the click team meet the workers whose jobs are threatened by machines. main headlines: the crisis engulfing australian cricket gets worse, first the admission of ball tampering and now a crushing defeat. ferrari sebastian vettel wins the opening race of the formula i sea

australia cricket captain steve smith has been banned for one match by cricket's ruling body — the iccaustralian prime minister has expressed his anger. this is a shocking disappointment, and it's wrong, and i look forward to cricket australia taking decisive action soon. catalonia's former president carles puigdemont is arrested in germany after crossing the borderfrom denmark. an extra 3,000 midwives are to be trained in england to ease staff shortages and improve care. in the next hour: france remembers the police officer and three other people killed in the terror attack on friday. a memorial service has been held in the tiny southern

the australia cricket captain steve smith has been banned for one match by cricket's ruling body, the icche ball tampering scandal. the australian prime minister has said he's furious at the revelations. 3,000 extra midwives are to be trained over the next four years in the largest—ever increase of maternity staff in england. the plans will also see expectant mothers treated by the same midwives throughout their pregnancy. now on bbc news — the travel show. hello and welcome to the travel show, coming to you this week from tokyo. it's a city that is gearing up to host the olympic games in two years' time, and also a place that i call home. but, like the rest of the team, i spend a fair amount of my time on the road, bringing you stories from around the world. so let's have a look back at some of our most recent travels. here's a taste of what is coming up. it's crazy here. there are gunshots, there are sirens. uluru is one of those must—see destinations if you are heading to australia. but not everybody manages it. it is remote and expensive to get there. despite all this, if you are stil

steve smith has been relieved of the captaincy, he has all ready been suspended for one match by the iccw this position is untenable, what will the fate of the coach darren lehmann b, james sutherland, the ceo of cricket australia flies overnight and will meet investigators and tomorrow in johannesburg or will and will meet investigators and tomorrow injohannesburg or will be revealed. of cricket and in the last hour, the former england captain and test match special commentator michael vaughan says he believes australia could have tampered with the ball during this winter's ashes win over england. they have a huge identity problem, they have a problem in the way they are, they are very self—righteous, they have been for a while. they talk the game they feel it should be played and deliver what we saw at the weekend in cape town. to think steve smith has thrown at a young player, they have tried tikrit sandpaper, that baggy green cap the australians swear by, justin langer used to sleep in it, the values of that baggy green that we have had for many years, this set of players have comple

at the time, the icc said it would be a one match ban and cricket australia did nothing.all too late, once it happened? this... we know what the consequences are when you make horrible decisions like this. as i said, i'm extremely sorry for my part and my role that i played in this. and i really wish and hope that steve and cameron have the same support that i have with me, because it is going to be a tough and emotional time, these next 12 months. dave, you considering retirement? -- are you. that is something that i'll continue to sit down with my family, and weigh up all my considerations before i make any decisions. can you say that you have never done this before in any match that you have been involved in... inaudible. asl match that you have been involved in... inaudible. as i said before, i am here to accept my responsibility for the part that i played in day three of the cape town test. inaudible. dave, what is your relationship with steve, cameron, do you think it can be repaired? we are mates. we have grown up with each other. we have played on the field for a

australia cricket captain steve smith has been banned for one match by cricket's ruling body — the icc over the ball tampering scandal. the australian prime minister says he's shocked and disappointed. it seemed beyond belief that the australian cricket team was involved in cheating. after all, our cricketers are role models. thousands take to the streets of barcelona after catalonia's former president carles puigdemont is arrested in germany. an extra three thousand midwives are to be trained in england — to ease staff shortages and improve care. hello and welcome to bbc news. in a few minutes time viewers on bbc one willjoin us for a full round up of the day's news with mishal husain...first: the australia cricket captain steve smith has been given a one match ban and fined all of his match fee after admitting he knew about a plan to tamper with a ball during a test match. batsman cameron bancroft has also been fined 75% of his match fee, after he admitted interfering with the ball during the third test against south africa. our correspondent, phil mercer reports from sydney. just ho

last month, the icc began examining alleged crimes committed during the president's controversial crackdown, and an indication ofjust how popular the late stephen hawking was in china. his book, a brief history of time, was one of china's the biggest selling translated books. when he visited china in 2006, state media compared his appeal to that of hollywood superstar tom cruise. and in the straits times, a warning that fake news could be singapore's biggest threat. a government hearing was told this would apply especially to foreign powers who want to attack singapore but cannot do so using military means those other top stories of leading publications around the world. sharanjit, what stories ask barking discussions online? —— asked barking. —— are sparking. yes, let's looks at what is trending right now. the start—up company nectome has said that it will one day be capable of scanning the human brain and preserving it, and perhaps running a deceased person's mind as a computer simulation. but the company admits that the process of backing—up your brain will come with the ultimate price,

australia cricket captain, steve smith, has been banned for one match by cricket's ruling body — the iccver the ball—tampering scandal. the australian prime minister says he's shocked and disappointed. an extra 3,000 midwives are to be trained in england to ease staff shortages and improve care. a teenage girl is seriously injured after a car deliberately drives at children in glasgow. police are treating the incident as attempted murder. also in the next hour — lewis hamilton is denied victory in the formula 1 season opener. sebastian vettel pushed the current world champion into second place in melbourne, despite hamilton qualifying in pole position. and in 30 minutes — the travel show team visit uluru, one of australia's most iconic destinations. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the former catalan president, carles puidgemont, will appear before a judge tomorrow following his arrest in germany. he is wanted in spain for sedition and rebellion. meanwhile, thousands of people have been protesting in barcelona against his arrest. mr puigdemont had fled to belgium after catalonia's d

australia cricket captain steve smith has been banned for one match by cricket's ruling body — the icc beyond belief that the australian cricket team have been involved in cheating. after all, are cricketers are all models. catalonia's former president carles puigdemont is arrested in germany after crossing the borderfrom denmark. an extra 3,000 midwives are to be trained in england to ease staff shortages and improve care. in the next hour — france remembers the police officer and three other people killed in the terror attack on friday.

australia cricket captain steve smith has been banned for one match by cricket's ruling body — the icc prime minister says he's shocked and disappointed. it seemed completely beyond belief that the australian cricket team had been involved in cheating. after all, our cricketers are role models. catalonia's former president carles puigdemont is arrested in germany after crossing the borderfrom denmark. an extra 3,000 midwives are to be trained in england to ease staff shortages and improve care. in the next hour, france remembers the police officer and three other people killed in the terror attack on friday.

he has also been fined his match fee by the icc. at ten o'clock, mishal husain will be here with a full round—up of the day's news but before that, a special report on america's longest conflict. high above the mountains of north—eastern afghanistan, f—i6 fighter jets take turns to refuel. radio: second eyes on him. roger that. looking good, nice and stable. we are a little slow. minutes later... all right, disconnect. ..they are ready to get back into the fight, providing air cover for afghan forces battling insurgent fighters. 17 years in, and america's longest war shows no sign of ending. when donald trump became president, it looked like he might pull the troops out of afghanistan once and for all. but instead, in august, he upped the ante, increasing troop numbers and promising that america would stay until, in his words, the war is won. thank you very much. thank you. please be seated. the men and women who serve our nation in combat deserve a plan for victory. they deserve the tools they need and the trust they have earned to

temptation by this administration and others to be very resistant and aggressive in response to the icc investigation. 1.7 million afghans lodging complaints, i think we can expect that this will move forward. the question is, how will the u.s. respond? many caution that an aggressive response could undercut u.s. authority in terms of human rights and undercut u.s. authority in terms of even at the negotiating table with the taliban. aere is also the risk that failure to respond right away could mean that it could unravel a lot of the bilateral agreements that the u.s. has put in place to protect military members from prosecutions of this kind. they questions there -- they are big questions there. expect complications will continue, but if the u.s. can take itself out of this reinsertld focused and more focus on the politics, there is a good chance that things could stabilize. >> i am here to talk about the future of fake news. one thing that you hear from all of the different people speaking is a concern for language. we are at a moment where coming up with the right way to describe th

balls to spare, the world cup has been cut from 1a teams to ten, many criticising that decision by the iccd zimbabwe all miss out, afghanistan joined the west indies as the two qualifying nations. still to come in the programme: getting more girls to play football, manchester city's women go back to school to encourage others to follow in their footsteps. and school to encourage others to follow in theirfootsteps. and it school to encourage others to follow in their footsteps. and it is school to encourage others to follow in theirfootsteps. and it is boat race weekend, we have been out early, in the snow, with a trainee gp, to see how hard work is just behind the preparations. quick look at some of the other stories around today: former england women's head coach mark sampson has been invested by european football's governing body for intimidating a female official with a metal pole at the 2017 european championships, u efa the 2017 european championships, uefa described his conduct as grossly violating the basic rules and banned him for three games, next day he was fired by the fa in a s

the announcement came just after the icc opened an investigation and accusations he is committed crimes against humanity by overseeing the killing of up to 8000 people in his so-called war on drugs. duterte has repeatedly boasted he has personally murdered drug dealers. president donald trump has expressed admiration for duterte, saying he has done a "unbelievable job on the drug problem." this comes as politico reports that trump is expected to formally call for capital punishment for drug dealers when he unveils his plan for combating the opioid epidemic during a planned trip to new hampshire next week. president trump boasted to wealthy republican donors on wednesday that he made up a claim about trade deficits during a recent private conversation he had with canadian prime minister justin trudeau. in an audio recording obtained by "the washington post," trump is reportedly heard telling the donors that he insisted to trudeau that the u.s. has a trade deficit with canada, even though he was completely unsure about whether the statement was true. in fact, the u.s. has a trade surplus

he thinks the icc has been too lenient. david warner who stands are accused of instigating the plot have both been banned for 12 months from domestic and international cricket. they also lost the plague in the premier league this season. bancroft whose attempt to tamper with the ball was caught on cctv has been handed a nine—month ban. smith and warner have been sent home in disgrace. all three are about to be cast into cricketing exile. it will bea cast into cricketing exile. it will be a decisive and firm response and such at by the world of cricket. there were such pressure on the authorities in australia, they knew they had to make a statement and they had to make a statement and they have done exactly that. will it satisfy the critics? there will be some who are still confused how it can be thatjust those three players were involved, how none of the bowlers knew about this attempt to alter the condition of the ball, why it is that the coach remains in his charge, and what will perhaps cause most was nation is the revel

i don't know if that ends up at the icc or not. we are not some global leader in steel production. you looked it up, you know, before the show. we make 5% of the steel -- i mean, you know, the '80s are calling and they want all their political fights back. >> the one statement we don't have to fact check, though, is him declaring i like conflict. that is true. >> that's true. >> we all agree with that. it's true. this is a challenge of covering this president is that you obviously, he's a president of the united states. everything he says is noteworthy and newsworthy. you have to go in there with a degree of skepticism. you have to go in there with a degree of fact checking it. you have to be prepared to call him out if he says something that is untrue. >> i have an idea, you're a white house reporter, you don't have to say anything. i'm going to put you on the spot. you know how there's always a signer at any event, someone signs for the deaf. i think there should be a truth teller in the corner of every trump event who is sort of holding a jol ascroll. saying lie. he wants everyt

the time limit for the icc pass passed, for reporting any such offences but the spotlight well and trulyan improving picture we will look at forecast in the run—up to easter and elsewhere in weather new news this time of year we normally see the arctic ice expanding after what has been a lengthy winter but we will bring you the latest figure for arctic sea ice and the implications about why it not be as thick as normal. also coming up... what a hoot. the owl causes chaos at a wedding swooping to deliver the ring, the owl decided to have something of a barney with the best man. hello everyone — this is afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. "we let you down" — the message from the manchester fire service to the people caught up in the terrorist attack at the manchester arena. poor communications meant that firefighters who heard the bomb go off were sent away from the scene — that's according to a review of the response to last year's suicide bombing. the first firefighters arrived at the arena two hours later. there was also a "catastrophic failure'” in the handling of the emergency number fo