the international paralympic committee atmosphere. ic committee wanted north and south korea to march under a unified flag. the team preferring to walk out separately. the host nation completing the procession. the cold meant no hanging around with teams sneaking in and out of the stadium. the crowd were treated to an eclectic mix. a snowboarding bare. weird and wonderful contraptions on wheels. and the flaw putting on a dazzling show with the help of performers. formalities were also there. the flame brought into the stadium in the united hands of north and south korean athlete before lighting the cauldron in and south korean athlete before l|ght|re fog uldron in and south korean athlete before l|ght|re fog uldron ii for fféifl'flfifiil fifefieefee flfiile tee' fféifl'f'eeil fifefieefee fieele tee | begins ‘ with british if tee weather behaves, alpine skiing begins with the downhill and there will be medal hopes resting on the shoulders of athletes. they will be hoping to get back on the podium. elsewhere, scott mina will represent great bri

torch lighting if that wasn't enough to get the athletes pumped the president of the international paralympic committee also had a motivational message. there any chance you are here in record numbers keep fighting play fair have fun and keep pushing your limits but above though keep dreaming. unlike at the olympics south and north korea did not march at the opening ceremony under a unified flag the reason a disagreement over which version of the unified flag to use still north korea defers ever paralympics these winter games may not be able to change the world but for the athletes taking part it can change their life so. that's all for now more coming at the top of the hour with my colleague chris for spring break and for watching. what does a football loving country need to return to goals. we'll tell you our german soccer . back to the top. in our web special on dot com football made in germany. he started out with some junk and instructions from a book. at the age of fourteen william comes.

torch lighting if that wasn't enough to get the athletes pumped the president of the international paralympic committee also had a motivational message. karalee evans you are here in record numbers keep fighting play fair have fun and keep pushing your limits but above all keep dreaming that unlike at the olympics north korea did not march at the opening ceremony under a unified flag the reason a disagreement over which version of the unified flag to use still north korea defers ever paralympics the winter games may not be able to change the world but for the athletes taking part it can change their lifes. and just a reminder of the top story we're following for you syrian state television says rebel fighters and their families have begun to leave the opposition stronghold of eastern kuta this as an aid convoy reached the besieged enclave after being delayed for days by fighting. you're watching news from berlin and more coming at the top of the hour and don't forget all the latest news headlines around the clock on our web site that's. been fighting for the case to take you seriously in the world of w

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torch lighting if that wasn't enough to get the athletes pumped the president of the international paralympic committee also had a motivational message. guaranteeing the ends. you are here in record numbers keep fighting play fair have fun and keep pushing your limits but above though keep dreaming. unlike at the olympics south and north korea did not march at the opening ceremony under a unified flag the reason a disagreement over which version of the unified flag to use still cannot korea defers ever paralympics. games may not be able to change the world but for the athletes taking part it can change their life's. germany's bundesliga is underway again and it took just one moment of brilliance from shock as daniel caligiuri to settle matters against mines on friday night the royal blue midfielder outfoxed five months players before firing off unstoppable shot in the fifty fifth minute to one nil victory shaka can sit back and enjoy the rest of the weekend's action in second place minds meanwhile remain deep in the struggle to avoid relegation. you're watching d.w. news from berlin more coming at the

united korean flag while north korea has sent athletes to the winter paralympics for the first time international a paralympic committee said it was disappointed that the two sides could not reach an agreement to march together. now you don't need me to tell you that it takes courage to race down a mountain all skis but it takes a whole lot more when you're almost blind like no me right so the twenty six year old will be competing in all five alpine disciplines at the paralympic winter games in pyongyang and our reporter joined her as she carried out some final practice here at home in germany. i. think. for the big one the paralympic winter games in. doing the risk is severely visually impaired without her guide lucianne who skis in front of her the twenty six year old wouldn't be able to tackle the slopes despite all her courage. when the sun is shining and i can't see anything when it's shady during the giants i can see lucy right. in front of me from time to time but i can't just follow him in a focused way. that's why she just doesn't follow lucy but is also connected to him via radio with less than two percent vi

around and that is an issue that's sort of shared across asia and the president of the international paralympic committee andrew parsons says there is an opportunity now to make change in this region as the games are passed on to tokyo in twenty twenty and beijing in two thousand and twenty two we want to take advantage of the fact that we are staying here in asia for a decade to really prove accessibility but also the way people perceive persons with an empowerment because it's not only about physical structures is about mentality so and this sometimes is even tougher than to make things physically accessible kathy it's been a big five weeks for south korea with the olympic games and the paralympics as we've been discussing are south koreans seeing this as a successful event. i think so yes it is being celebrated here as a success and notably because the south korean president and had always said that he wanted these to be the peace olympics and we saw this historic show of unity between north and south korea in the lead up to the games there had been security concerns fears because of heightened tensio

impairment because it's not only about physical structures is about mentality as the international paralympic committee president closed to the celebration he paid tribute to the renowned scientist stephen hawking who passed away on wednesday and like the athletes here refused to allow his disability to hold him back kathy novak al-jazeera chuang south korea or pyongyang has now handed the olympic flag to the next host city beijing in four years' time china will try to better its medal hole like it just won gold leaving them in twentieth place the united states topped the table with thirteen goals behind them with the n.p.a. or neutral paralympic athletes the name given to russia's compares to us and canada came in. a time limit champion merrit gergen ended her record breaking season with a flourish in the final event of the cross-country skiing world cup as for the norwegian heidi being seal the overall title bugan who became the most decorated olympian of all time in china last month when the ten kilometer pursuit in sweden on sunday the thirty seven year old finished sixteen point seven seconds out

impairment because it's not only about physical structures is about mentality as the international paralympic committee president closed to this celebration he paid tribute to the renowned scientist stephen hawking who passed away on wednesday and like the athletes here refused to allow his disability to hold him back kathy novak al-jazeera chang south korea. well you can say a full season the hash tag a.j. news great or tweet me at the i'll be back with more eight hundred g.m.t. but for now i'll hand you back to the read so thank you we'll see you later on thanks for watching a very newsgroup that'll do it for this show you can keep in touch with us on social media just a reminder to use the hashtag a.j. news read we'll see you back here in studio fourteen fifteen g.m.t. on monday thanks for watching. facing realities growing up when did you realize that you were living in a special place the so-called secret city getting to the heart of the matter why is activists to live in jail just because he expressed himself he had a store on the talk to al-jazeera at this time. perception. powerful documentary.

impairment because it's not only about physical structures is about mentality as the international paralympic committee president closed to the celebration he paid tribute to the renowned scientist stephen hawking who passed away on wednesday and like the athletes here refused to allow his disability to hold him back kathy novak al-jazeera pyongyang south korea or pyongyang has now handed the olympic flag to the next host city beijing in four years' time china will try to better its medal hole play got just one gold leaving them in twentieth place the united states in the table with thirteen gold behind them with the n.p.a. or you troll paralympic athletes the name given to russia's compasses canada came in third. place in the last four in the english f.a. cup beckons for chelsea they're battling out with leicester for a semi final spot it is two one right now to chelsea in extra time earlier on sunday southampton joined manchester united and tottenham in the semi southampton winning two no thirty side wakin and it's just four days into a new manager mark hughes is right well in spain have made it thir

right now yet with an immense amounts impact after parsons who is the head of the international paralympic paralympic committee put it quite eloquently saying hawking embodied the word ability more than any his appearance at the two thousand and twelve paralympics in london was one of the defining moments of the game you remember hawking narrated a scientific journey of discovery at the opening ceremonies it was his speech that moved the world and inspired a generation of para fleets. we are all good there is no such thing as the standard or run of the mill you want to be in but we share the same spirit. so it's very difficult life you see there is always something you can. be there. that games provide an opportunity for her have you believe. the refugees themselves become milestone in their world. so let us take it to celebrate excellent friendship and respect. that message was posted thousands of times on social media the death of stephen hawking is also getting a lot of reaction from the sporting world a tweet from the paralympic games official account saying rest in peace stephen thank you for being a pion

international paralympic committee could also celebrate, with more nations taking part than ever beforeto the sport relief midnight game—show. this is 1am, and poor andy murray's face. there is all kinds of leaping and expletives, as you would expect from andy murray. —— bleeping. and expletives, as you would expect from andy murray. -- bleeping. he deals with it very well, because upturn is peppa pig, for some reason. and surprised by finding michael mcintyre in your bedroom, and on top of that you have to once again show questions. it is one of the things michael mcintyre does on his show, and it is normally unsuspecting members of the public, but for sport relief it is andy murray. and you will see how he gets on with his midnight game—show on friday, as well as all the other fund of sport relief. that is brilliant, i am fund of sport relief. that is brilliant, iam really fund of sport relief. that is brilliant, i am really enjoying that. he went from fast asleep to being amused, in a record time. he looks like dan looks when he arrives in the morning. don't give my secrets away, i s

and the international paralympic girls carrying the flag. and the international pa ralympic committeerate with more nations taking part than ever and a record number of tickets sold. they now call these games the greatest winter paralympics to date. kate gray bbc news pyeongchang. in the last few minutes rory mcilroy has won we arnold palmer invitational. his first title victory since 2016. he won the tournament in florida by three strokes by the final round of 64, the masters was the only major he hasn't won will be less than two weeks ago —— the masters, the only major tournament he hasn't one is in less tha n major tournament he hasn't one is in less than three weeks. more information on the bbc sport website. thank you. an art teacher from london has won a million—dollar prize recognising an outstanding contribution to the teaching profession. she works in a school with a high proportion of individual pupils. we watched the ceremony in dubai. the big secret, who is the best teacher. ghouta! an art teacher from brent in london ghouta was centre stage as winner of the global teacher

ever before, and a record number of tickets sold, the international paralympics record number of tickets sold, the international pa ralympics committeee. many congratulations to men —— two menna and jen and all that competed there, now let's have a look at the beast from the east. it won't last long and it will turn more miles, more likely to get rained on snow, some snow in the hmmfi rained on snow, some snow in the forecast for today and tonight, we have the amber snow warning from the met office, for the south—west of england, this is the radar picture from earlier, a lot of snow showers coming in from the north sea. more persistent area of snow, moving away from wales and the west country, dawdling across the south—west. other southern counties could see some light coming back in over the course of the night, they view showers towards the north, not as many most places dry overnight, the wind cries a little bit, widespread frost, given how cold it is, icy conditions as well. remaining snow across southern counties will head a way to the channel islands, still breezy, not the coldest winter that we have had recently. and it will st

in the last hour we have received news from the international paralympic have received news from the international pa ralympic committeeouth korea will march separately at the opening ceremony. the ipc suggested was because it was north korea's first paralympics. the ipc respect the decision made by the north and south korean delegations. thank you very much. enjoy the competition. one of paralympics gb's big hopes for the games is the wheelchair curling team. nikki fox went to the national curling centre in stirling to meet them. final day of training before heading to south korea. it's not the team's first winter paralympics — four of the five members won bronze in sochi four years ago. but it's all new for hugh, or shugg as his team—mates like to call him. he is making his paralympic debut. he was 24 when he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. when i got diagnosed with ms and you start losing your functions and your abilities, your confidence goes and i became more or less house—bound. getting into curling, confidence just grew and putting everything into it and just going for it. it's taken some adjustment for h

international pa ralympics committee can also celebrate. they move these games to be the greatest winter paralympics to date.re at 5:30pm. the turkish president says the northern syrian city of afrin is now under turkish control after its troops backed by syrian allies, entered the city centre. turkey has been engaged in a two—month battle with kurdish fighters over the city, in northern syria. the kurdish administration of afrin says its forces will now strike turkish and allied militia positions at "every opportunity". mark lowen has this update from istanbul. the sound not a battle but of celebration, syrian rebel fighters backed by turkey, taking the town of afrin after a lightning advance. there are flags marked the new order here. the ypg, kurdish militia, had promised to fight to the death in afrin but in the end their resista nce afrin but in the end their resistance looked to melt away. afrin fell within hours, the vestiges of the ypg wiped away in a few hours. in the name of god the merciful, we are now inside afrin liberated from terrorism, the city has returned to the syrian revolution and we cal

international pa ralympic committee president, andrew parsons, has hailed the success of the games in pyeonchang, claiming the record number of participating countries underlines the growing strength of the paralympichlighted the challenges with raising the event's profile. we of course have some issues in the seven—year journey of we of course have some issues in the seven—yearjourney of organising the games to deliver the games. we expected some challenges, but at the end of the day, everything came together very smoothly. despite the weather. the weather put some extra challenges, but it is the nature of the winter. we have a very good team so we the winter. we have a very good team so we managed to the winter. we have a very good team so we managed to overcome the winter. we have a very good team so we managed to overcome that. what have you learnt and what were you in bed in the next games? one of the things we have learned is about promoting the games, so it is no secret that a few months ago we had low ticket sales but they reacted very quickly and also the support of different levels of government here, so different levels of government here, so the national and the problems and the city, t

the international pa ralympic committee had wanted north korea and south korea to march out under a unified flag but these games will be north korea's debut winter paralympicspleted the procession but the cold temperature meant no hanging around, with all teams snaking in and out of the stadium. the crowd were treated to an eclectic mix — a snowboarding bear, weird and wonderful contraptions on wheels, and the floor putting on its own dazzling show with the help of performers. paralympics gb have a target of six to 12 medals here in south korea and their best chances could come from the ski slopes. rising stars menna fitzpatrick and her guide, jen kehoe, will compete across the five alpine skiing events and could be two the big names of these games. there's a really good buzz in the camp, the mood is really, really positive. it feels like a real family. there's a real identity, there's a real cohesion, you can feel the support. with the cauldron lit and the fog finally clearing for the firework finale, organisers will hope it will now be about the sport and not the weather. kate grey, bbc news, pyeongchang. that's it. now on bbc one, it's time for the news

the international pa ralympic committee had wanted north korea and south korea to march out under a unified flag but these games will be north korea's debut winter paralympicsnation completed the procession but the cold temperature meant no hanging around, with all teams snaking in and out of the stadium. the crowd were treated to an eclectic mix — a snowboarding bear, weird and wonderful contraptions on wheels, and the floor putting on its own dazzling show with the help of performers. paralympics gb have a target of six to 12 medals here in south korea and their best chances could come from the ski slopes. rising stars menna fitzpatrick and her guide, jen kehoe, will compete across the five alpine skiing events and could be two the big names of these games. there's a really good buzz in the camp, the mood is really, really positive. it feels like a real family. there's a real identity, there's a real cohesion, you can feel the support. with the cauldron lit and the fog finally clearing for the firework finale, the organisers will hope it will now be about the sport and not the weather. kate grey, bbc news, pyeongchang. time for a look at the weather. here

international pa ralympic committee could also celebrate, with more nations taking part than ever before, and a record number of tickets sold. they can now call these games the greatest winter paralympicsthe norfolk village of hemsby were evacuated at the weekend amid high winds and waves. their owners have been told that it's too dangerous to go back and their properties are in danger of falling into the sea. robbie west reports. on the cliff edge, homes hung over the sea this morning in hemsby, following another night of strong winds and stormy seas. people started to leave on friday. as the tide was drawing in, lifeboat crews helped move people out. stephen chadwick knew he had to go after seeing his garden disappear overnight. i bought it for sea views, beautiful sea views. and now the sea has taken it away. woke up this morning, had a cup of coffee at half past seven at the back door. i felt — it was like an earthquake, and the cliff just went. just in total shock, and watching people taking most of the house apart. i don't think i'll be here tomorrow. homeowners were evacuated following a fortnight of high tides and easterly winds that washed the coast‘s natural defences away. th

international pa ralympic committee could also celebrate with more nations taking part than ever before, and a record number of tickets sold. before, and a record number of they now call these games the greatest winter paralympicsjust won a $1 million prize. a teacherfrom london hasjust andria zafira kou — who teaches art and textiles at alperton community school — was awarded this year‘s varkey foundation global teacher prize at a ceremony in dubai. the money works out to more than £700,000. that‘s it. to more than £700,000. i‘m back with the late news at 10:10pm — now on bbc one it‘s time for the news where you are. sunday has been another wintry day. he is the scene taken in devon earlier on in the dead. we have still got an amber warning in force from the met office with 20 centimetres of snow across parts of devon and cornwall which is valid until 3am this morning. snow flurries will be pushing west and merging with this snow. 0ne flurries will be pushing west and merging with this snow. one or two scattered snow showers across eastern england and northern ireland. it stays bitterly cold. 0n sunday night we have this easterly wind across the country. high pressure is in charge as we head into monday. that