they've beaten australia in the opening one day international, with jason roy hitting 180.score by an england player. and after the test side's recent thrashing in the ashes series, it was an impressive and much—needed five wicket victory by the tourists, as adam wild reports. for english cricket, a time to rebuild, recover, restore some respect and some reputations. a fresh start, then, and it soon became a rather good one for england. early wickets falling. but this is australia and, after dominating all winter, they weren't about to go easy on their old rivals. a century from aaron finch helping them towards a total of 304. in days gone by, such targets were imposing. now, for this england one—day side, it was merely inviting. jason roy taking up the challenge with the kind of relish missed by england in recent months. brilliantly belligerent, he bludgeoned his way to a magnificent 100. taking the game away from australia, the highest ever one—day innings by an englishman. 180 for roy, and the damage was done. joe root, for once, the support act. 91 from him. the win, wh

jason roy hit the highest one day international score by an englishman — a record 180. appointing ashes test series. adam wild reports. for english cricket the time to rebl, recover and restore reputations. a fresh start and it soon reputations. a fresh start and it soon became a rather good one for england. early wickets falling but this is australia and after dominating all winter they weren't about to go easy on their old rivals. a century for from aaron finch helping them to 304. in days gone by, such targets were imposing but now it is merely invite. jason roy taking up the challenge with the kind of relish missed by england. belligerent he blistered away to a magnificent 100. taking the game away from australia the highest one—day international innings by an englishman against australia. joe root for once the support act. 91 for him. the win when it came co mforta ble for him. the win when it came comfortable and for english cricket could scarcely have been more welcome. olympic gold medallist, anthonyjoshua, has announced that he will meet new zealand's joseph par

jason roy hit a record 180 — the highest by an england player in a one day game. five match series. adam wild reports. for english cricket, a time to rebuild, recover and restore some respect and some reputations. a fresh start and it's in became a rather good one frequent. early wickets falling. but this is australia, and after dominating all winter they were not about to go easy on their old rivals. a century from aaron finch helps them towards a total of 304. in days gone by such targets were imposing, now, for this england one—day side, it was merely inviting. jason roy, taking up the challenge with the kind of relish missed by england in recent months. brilliantly belligerent he bludgeoned his way to a magnificent 100. taking the game away from australia, the highest one—day innings by an englishman. 180, and the damage was done. joe root, for once, the support act. 91 from him. the win, when it came, comfortable, and for english cricket could scarcely have been more welcome. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on

today, though, jason roy hit the highest one—day international score by an englishman — a record 180.estore some respect and some reputations. a fresh start, and it soon became a rather good one from england, early wickets falling. but this is australia, and after dominating all winter, they weren't about to go easy on their old rivals. a century from aaron finch helping them towards a total of 304. with days gone by, such targets were imposing. for this england one—day side, it was really inviting, jason roy taking up the challenge with the kind of relish missed by england in recent months, brilliantly belligerent, he bludgeoned his way toa belligerent, he bludgeoned his way to a magnificent 100. taking the game away from australia, the highest ever one—day international innings by an england player. 184 roy, the damage was done. joe root was for once the support act. 91 from him. the win, when it came, co mforta ble. from him. the win, when it came, comfortable. for english cricket, it could scarcely have been more welcome. the day's stories are on the bbc sport website, including a

jason roy hits a record 180 as england get revenge over australia, winning by five wickets in the firstf five one day internationals. and click is in las vegas to report on the world's biggest tech show. that's in half an hour, here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the new conservative party chairman, brandon lewis, says the government is doing everything it can to ensure the serial sex offender, john worboys, stays injail. the former black cab driver was jailed in 2009 for assaults on 12 victims , including a rape , and police believe he may have committed more than a hundred attacks. the government is seeking advice about whether it can ask for a judicial review of the parole board ruling that he should be released. speaking on the andrew marr show, mr lewis said he understood how angry worboys‘ victims were. the secretary of state is looking now getting advice on a judicial review, if we can only advice is clear that we can go forward in a positive way then we will look to do that. every victim out there, every friend and family of victims and everybody who has re

still england would have to find a new hero, jason roy made history in the first match of the series.lasted just four balls. there were plenty waiting behind him in the queue. firstjonny bairstow then hales. woa kes for firstjonny bairstow then hales. woakes for the second time in a day providing the late innings flourish. england full of confidence and with good reason. a spokesman for the brazilian football legend pele has dismissed reports that he's in hospital after collapsing with symptoms of severe exhaustion. pele is 77 and was due to travel to london this weekend for a dinnerto be to travel to london this weekend for a dinner to be held in his honour by the football writers' association. but according to his spokesman, he pulled out of the length and stress of the journey. pele pulled out of the length and stress of thejourney. pele is pulled out of the length and stress of the journey. pele is the only player to win three world cups. he's suffered from kidney and prostate problems in recent years. the football transfer window has two weeks left to go. there's plenty of movers

jason roy without second thought. surely, joe root could steady the stumble? well, no.x runs. just but the next ago, eight forfire. six runs. just but the next ago, eight for fire. england were desperate for some into hollande do. chris woakes' 78 helpers from being truly embarrassing, but it was not enough. a point emphasised with some forced by this round opener, travis head. if you quick hits me this bilic a contest, with had sent for short of a century. —— medvedev. south africa's test against india saw the thing all the hit on the head by jasprit bumrah. saw the thing all the hit on the head byjasprit bumrah. the match was stopped, but it has been decided that it can continue tomorrow, which would be a fall. roger federer would be hoping to match novak djokovic‘s six titles when he goes to melbourne on sunday. but this semi—final was cut short after this south korean opponent was forced to retire with severe blisters. even in a tournament full of upsets, few would forecast a downturn in fortunes to roger federer. the atmosphere was amplified, but few things can dis

jason roy made history in the first match of the series. here he lasted four balls.ng behind him in the queue. jonny bairstow and then alex hales, those passing 50. even a clatter of quick wickets did little to throw them. it was only a passing concern. chris woakes providing a late innings flourished the second time. england, full of confidence and with good reason. a spokesman for the brazilian football legend pele has dismissed reports that he is in hospital after collapsing with symptoms of extreme exhaustion. he was 77 —— is 77 and is due to travel to london for a dinner held in his honour. according toa dinner held in his honour. according to a spokesman he pulled out because of the length and stress of the journey. he is the only player to win free world cups and has been suffering from kidney and prostate —— ci’oss suffering from kidney and prostate —— cross —— prostate problems. alexi sanchez is yet to complete his trade. he was expected to join manchester city. we will hear from their manager in a moment. first year is jose mourinho their manager in a momen

and jason roy, who hit the highest ever 0di score for england earlier this month, went to delhi daredevilscause he has to return to england and can't play the whole of the ipl. no one has no bought chris gayle either. there was also a big pay day for sussex's fast bowler jofra archer has snapped up for £800,000 after impressing in the big bash. he tweeted — "wow can't put this feeling into words". born in the west indies to an english father he will have to wait another five years to quality to play for england due to residency rules. staying with cricket — kevin pietersen says his playing days are nearing the end but he clearly intends to go out in style... the former england batsman lead the melbourne stars to victory hitting 46 runs in 23 balls in his final big bash game. pietersen has not officially announced his retirement and could still feature in some of the other t20 franchises across the world this year. india have beaten south africa in the final test of the series in johannesburg despite concerns over the safety of the pitch. the umpires took the players off early yesterday and

and jason roy, who hit the highest ever odi score for england earlier this month, went to delhi daredevilsr remains unsold. just to update you on that score i’u ns just to update you on that score runs at tennis, it is 5—4 to wozniacki in the decider, we will update you in the moment, but first the fa cup, where there are 12 more fourth—round ties taking place today. peterborough host leicester in the early kick—off, could be an upset there, southampton against watford kicking off at 3pm, and the late kick—off is liverpool at home to west brom. look out for giant—killing as newport county try to do what they did to leeds. beating leeds was my highlight because i could enjoy that game and it was due to our hard work of getting in that position. and what happened at the end of last season was obviously more important for the football club. you only have to see the struggles hartlepool are going through and it could quite easily have been us. we're fortunate. we're working hard to keep improving and that's what we always do here. apologies if i was a bit distracted but she has done, caroline

and jason roy, who hit the highest ever odi score for england earlier this month, went to delhi daredevils test captainjoe root is one who so far remains unsold. there are 12 fa cup fourth round ties taking place today. peterborough host leicester in the early kick—off. they are warming up on the pitch. southampton against watford is an all—premier league tie kicking off at three o'clock, as is the late kick—off for liverpool at home to west brom. and watch out for giantkilling when newport county of league two take on tottenham. newport very nearly went out, of the league last season, but are now pushing for a play—off place and knocked out leeds united in the last round. beating leeds was my highlight because i could enjoy that game and it was due to our hard work of getting in that position. and what happened at the end of last season was obviously more important for the football club. you only have to see the struggles hartlepool are going through and it could quite easily have been us. we're fortunate. we're working hard to keep improving and that's what we always do here. rory mcilro

jason roy has made a century, as they look to chase down a target of 305 to win the first of five oneis morning. joe root has also made a half century. england put the aussies into bat. aaron finch made 107 and there were half centuries from mitchell marsh and marcus stoinis which helped them to 30k for eight off their 50 overs. england are 172 for 2 in the 28th over. just four of the test team, who were humiliated in the ashes defeat, are involved. manchester city are going for their first victory at anfield for nearly 15 years later. manchester city are going for their first victory at anfield for nearly 15 years later. the premier league leaders will go 18 points clear if they win, while liverpool need a point to hang on to fourth place. sunday's other game sees arsenal at bournemouth. in football, anything can happen. of course we could lose the title, because you never know what will happen. of course we could maintain our level. the consistency and the way we played. we have the chance. but we never know. we could go down for lack of confidence or we don't play very well. we wil

david willey put paid to the short innings of england's jason roy for the sydney sixers.h scorchers and are 92—3 from 13 overs with perth still to bat. england's five—match one—day series against australia starts in melbourne on january the 1ath. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. thank you, mike. see you later. the north korean leader has said that he has a nuclear button on his desk. in a defiant new year message, kim jong un says now that north korea had developed the capability to hit all of the us mainland with its nuclear weapons, washington would never start a war. he added he would not order the use of weapons unless his country's security was threatened. translation: no matter how much the united states shows off their nuclear weapons and frantically provokes war, now that we have a deterrence, the us will not be able to do anything, and if north and south korea put our minds together, we can easily prevent war. as a responsible, powerful nuclear state that promotes peace, we will not use our nuclear weapons unless an invasive

cricket, and opening batsman jason roy made england's highest individual one day international score,. aaron finch hit 107 as australia compiled 304—8 from their 50 overs in melbourne, but that soon proved to be inadequate. roy faced just 151 balls as he passed alex hales‘s previous best score to hit 180, in what was the first of five 0dis. defending champion glen durrant has retained his bdo darts title with a dramatic win in the deciding set against mark mcgeeney. these were this year's top two seeds in the competition. mcgeeney did have darts to win the match, but durrant forced his way back to win 7—6 and take the second lakeside title of his career. how about this as marital team work? england's chris paisley has claimed his first european tour title after winning the south africa 0pen. his wife was his caddy. paisley, who had a one—shot lead going into today's final round, held off the challenge of home favourite branden grace by carding a six under par 66 to win the title by three strokes. his wife, keri, was his caddy for the first time — paisley‘s maiden success means the tou

jason roy has just reached the century.hey look to chase down a target of 305 to win the first of five one—day internationals. just four of the test team, who were humiliated in the ashes defeat, are playing in melbourne this morning. england put the aussies into bat. aaron finch made 107, and there were half centuries from mitchell marsh and marcus stoinis, which helped them to 304—8 off their 50 overs. england are currently 172—2 in the 28th over. just two games in the premier league today. a big test for manchester city as they make the short trip down the road to face liverpool. the city have won only once at anfield in the last 20 years. before that bournemouth face arsenal at home. yesterday it was harry kane once again grabbing the headlines, continuing what has been a remarkable season. spurs are making the most of wembley way. they know it's only a temporary stay. but for harry kane, this place feels like home. it's where he keeps adding to his record collection. another double for kane. spurs‘ record scorer in the

england would have a new hero, jason roy making history in the first match of the series.lenty waiting behind him in the queue. first, jonny bairstow, then alex hales, both passing 50. even the class of quick wickets did little to throw them off their stride, it was only a passing concern. woakes for the second time ina day concern. woakes for the second time in a day providing the late innings flourish. england full of confidence and with good reason. adam wild, bbc news. on the cusp of wrapping up that series. let's get the latest from snooker‘s masters. where the former world number one judd trump is through to the semi finals after a 6—4 win over shaun murphy. jason mohammed is with steve davis and ken docherty at alexandra palace. another thrilling day here at alexandra palace. if we're being com pletely alexandra palace. if we're being completely honest, thrilling towards the end would you say? it's one of those games that were sluggish early on but towards the end the adrenaline levels kicked in and the player that had shown the best form at the start of the match e

david willey put paid to the short innings of england's jason roy for the sydney sixers.alia starts in melbourne on the 14th of january. china is banning most imports of waste plastics in a bid to cut pollution. authorities say any plastic waste which contains dirty or hazardous material will not be allowed into the country. countries across the world have relied on china to recycle millions of tonnes every year at a cheap cost. a little earlier, i spoke to our correspondent john sudworth in beijing. this was a process that dove—tailed with china's economic development. for many years, it has used this supply of cheap, old plastic, reprocessed here in china to feed into its own sort of low grade industrial base. these were plastics being used in low—end manufacturing, in the construction industry, but of course it all came at a cost. a lot of these repossessing centres have poor environmental safeguards. china is increasingly concerned about the issue of pollution, of course, and there was a real worry that this industry was contaminating soil and water and having a knock

and jason roy, who hit the highest ever odi score for england earlier this month, went to delhi daredevils far remains unsold. now we are talking about the fa cup, and alexis sanchez, the most expensive player in terms of wages in premier league history has shown he is worth the money as he ran the show against yeovil. he set up marcus rashford, bursting through to open the scoring for manchester united. sanchez, on paper, is worth 18 yeovil towns in terms of wages each year. romelu lukaku made it a—o late on. i tell you what, he had to put up with some rough and tumble. taken out put up with some rough and tumble. ta ken out by put up with some rough and tumble. taken out by a yeovil player. boos from the crowd as well. but he walked away with a man of the match award, arranged by the sponsors. what did his manager think? he will also bring us this extra maturity and class. we are pleased with him and class. we are pleased with him and he was keen to play. we knew that was going to be difficult. we knew that it was going to be not an easy one for him. i am happy with his performance. plen

jason roy out second ball, and neitherjonny bairstow nor alex hales lasted much longer.ady the stumble? well, no, england four down for just six runs. jos buttler was the next to go, 8—5. england in desperate need of something to cling on to and they found it in chris woa kes. his 78 stopped it from being truly embarrassing, but a total of 196 never seemed enough. a point fully emphasised by the australian opener travis head. a few quick wickets made it feel like a contest, including taking one just four short of a century. but that was the only australian disappointment. victory was comfortable and after three defeats, it was very welcome. still with cricket and a dangerous pitch injohannesburg caused play to be abandoned late on day three of the test between south africa and india. chasing 241 to win the match in the final innings, south african batsman dean elgar was hit on the grille of his helmet by a short ball from india's jasprit bumrah. discussions took place between the umpires at the wanderers before play was stopped. a decision will be made about the rest of

jason roy out second ball, and neitherjonny bairstow nor alex hales lasted much longer. jos buttler was the next ago, 8—5. england in desperate need of something cling on to and they found it in chris woakes. he is 78 stop it from being truly embarrassing, but a total of 196 never seemed enough. i fully emphasise by the australian open air. a few quick wickets made it feel like a contest, including onejust four short of it feel like a contest, including one just four short of a century. but that was the only australian disappointment. victory was co mforta ble disappointment. victory was comfortable and after three defeats, it was very welcome. injohannesburg a dangerous pitch caused play to be abandoned later on day three in the test between south africa and india. chasing 2a1, south african batsman dean gallagher was hit on the grill of his helmet by a short ball from jasprit bumrah. discussions took place between the on pitch empires before the referee joined them and play was halted. india want the match to carry on and a decision will be made this evening or in the

and their were a couple of wickets each from adsil rashid and joe root and jason roy made a record 180ight work of the one chase. three to play they had to sydney. the british number two kyle edmund has equalled his best showing at a grand slam. he's reached the fourth round at the australian open on another day of soaring temperatures in melbourne. no wonder that he looked spent. 0n paper, he would've expected to beat his opponent, but he had problems to content with ali on. despite that, he looked in complete control when he looked in complete control when he led by a set and a break, only for his form to dip in alarmingly. he surrendered the lead, and his opponent showed ambition and aggression in what he said was probably the longest game in his career. a 20 minute epic in the fourth set with eight break points. this was the decisive moment. edmund raced through the rest of the set in just 90 minutes. double faults proved the downfall of his opponent, and that set up edmund fought victory. britain am —— britain's number two is developing consistency, and is happy to go further than

jason roy made a record 180 in the first one dayer but he was out forjust two in the very first overe bowling of mitchell starc. alex hales and jonny bairstow then tried to outdo each other, racing to 50 each. both going, alex hales at 57 and jonny bairstow out on 60. england at 145—3 and racing towards taking a 2—0 lead in the series. all going well for england's cricketers and we haven't said that much over the winter! this weekend marks a year since donald trump was sworn in as america's 45th president and he's certainly made his mark. in what's been an incredibly eventful year, he's been accused of being everything from racist to incompetent. but unemployment in the states is at a 17—year low and many of his supporters are as loyal as ever. let's have a look at some of the key moments of the last 12 months. i, donald john trump, do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states. congratulations, mr president. no politician in history has been treated worse or more unfairly. we need strong programmes. so that people that love us and want

they've beaten australia in the opening one day international, with jason roy hitting 180.ide's recent thrashing in the ashes series, it was an impressive and much—needed five wicket victory by the tourists, as adam wild reports. english cricket, a time to build, recover, restore some respect and reputations. a fresh start, and soon became a rather good one for england. early wickets falling, but this is australia, and after dominating all winter, they were not about to go eec on their old rivals. a century from aaron finch upping them towards a total of 304. in days gone by such targets were imposing, now, for this england one—day side, it was merely inviting. jason wright taking up the challenge with the kind of relish missed by england in recent months. brilliantly belligerent he bludgeoned his way to a magnificent 100. taking the game away from australia, the highest ever one—day international innings by an england player. 180 four roy, joe wright for once the support act. 91 from him. the win, comfortable. billy vunipola is set to miss england's six nations campaign af

roy moore in alabama. so, for this official moment, i want to go to jason chaffetz because you have been in this round on the other chamber before. and you can talk specifically about this moment and where we are historically. >> it is an historic moment. no matter what side of the aisle you are on when you see new people sworn in it really is a big moment. i notice they are both southpaws. i didn't know we had two left handed senators joining the left wing. >> harris: only you would notice that. >> it's left handed. >> are you left handed? >> i'm not. >> harris: he was making the point that they're joining the left party as he said. >> they have very important roles. and they are going to be pivotal. i do think particularly in the case of alabama, if you have any hope of staying in that seat, you are going to probably have to come much more to the center and to the right. and it is also historic that you see three vice presidents together. walter mondale, mike pence. >> joe biden and mike pence. >> they are together. that doesn't happen very often that. >> bit of history. you talk about doug jones in alabam

roy moore saga. >> well, yeah. >> thank you. >> good to be here, ali. >> let's start with you, jason. where do you think we go from here if you're a republican? is this concept of getting your agenda -- getting your agenda forwarded more important than basic humanity? because we saw this play out with the roy moore saga. >> well, yeah. look. ali, it is really clear that most of the republican party is like, look, people who assault women, racist, terrorists sympathizers, accused pedophiles i can work with all the people as long as i get a tax cut and stop the affordable care act. i think as far as most mens of the republican party, not heard from mcconnell, paul ryan basically gave a very sort of flaccid limp wristed response and said i don't care. and this is bad and terrible and didn't condemn the president. >> unhelpful. >> nothing is going to change with republicans in washington but i will say this. republicans i know, my former student who is are republicans, are saying this is embarrassing to them and this becomes a problem in the midterm elections. >> charlie, let's say the pr