and the sixty thousand jobs in darkly were will be accredited for the people in sri lanka. rajiv let me ask you building on what should on there was saying when it comes to the economy i mean what are the concerns right now in sri lanka as to how much of this turmoil will affect the economy. well the economy was in a complete mess. this. up promptly because there was oil i would almost do this sums the dysfunctionality in the approach of the former prime minister of iran with the missing out you know take this issue of china i'm afraid the west also used to blame the given rock but supposing. they actually accused him of giving in too much to china but i believe the relations between russia and china are that he feels that if the sri lanka. sadly went into missing of came in to buy he was very insulting about china but china behaved very well and in the end has given. and support to rigorously but i'm afraid on hollande to spend their support they gave up upset and you know i told them since i was on definition not speak and they said you know the root of the appointment of

and the sixty thousand jobs it darkly were will be a created for the people in sri lanka. rajiv let me ask you building on what should on there was saying when it comes to the economy i mean what are the concerns right now in sri lanka as to how much of this turmoil will affect the economy. well the economy was in a complete mess. this. up promptly because there was oil i would almost do this sums the dysfunctionality in the approach of the former prime minister of iran with the missing out you know take this issue of china i'm afraid the west will say stimulating the given rocket but supposing. they actually accused him of giving in too much to china but i believe the relations between russia and china are that he feels that if the sri lanka. sadly went into missing of came into by very insulting about china that china behaved very well and in the end has given . and support to rigorously but i'm afraid on hollande it to spend their support they gave up parts and you know i told them since i was on definition not speak and they said you know the route of the appointment o

much to china but i believe the relations between russia and china are that he feels that if the sri lanka. sadly went into missing of came in to buy he was very insulting about china but china behaved very well and in the end has given. and support to become a singer but i'm afraid on hollande to spend their support they gave up outside and you know i told them since i was on definition not speak and they said you know the root of the appointment of roger cox was an attack on india message that's absolute nonsense but i did find it very authentic they're remarkably good they need in foreign ministers much more circumspect to say that you know to try not abort and i'm agreeing deshon to give them the stamina but with the missing a seems to commit to that doing without consulting on the cabinet obama and the minister and shipping who should be in comes on made it very clear that he felt that east. should be developed by sri lanka but he was happy on me some but i'm still hoping to get the rest of the limit on the ball as it stands i'm not to be productive investment in spain on guys coming

the political crisis in sri lanka deepens first the president's saxes prime minister now he dissolves parliament and calls for snap elections just how far will this power struggle go and is democracy in danger this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. he sacked the prime minister now he's dissolved parliament and called for elections in january because president. has been accused of violating the constitution the turmoil was triggered last month when he appointed former leader russia as prime minister the man he sacked run ill refuse to leave the prime minister's residence the case is expected before the supreme court on monday we'll discuss with our guests the effects all this could have on sri lanka stability but first mel fernandez reports from colombo. the constitutional crisis continues here in sri lanka and basically it's to paddle realities it just depends on whose version you listen to and now reports continuing about president and city seen as dissolving of parliament at midnight on friday the president has defended his decision saying it's in keeping with the c

are we at that point in sri lanka?ture. don't let the young people, again, to go and take up arms. invest, develop, give them some guidance. these people who ran a war, these guys have built torpedoes, submarines. >> anthony: ingenuity. >> man in red shirt: they were also keen about destroying the war, terrorism, destroying the terrorism. they never value the strength of the people. >> man: really? >> tracy: yeah. >> man: is that how this ends? >> man 2: that's the story. >> tracy: it's a little depressing, no? >> man 3: how about a message of hope! >> man: yes! >> tracy: all right, let's talk about it. [ chatter ] >> tracy: and then one day, the civil war of lies came to an abrupt end. >> anthony: harsh question. why should americans, watching this, why should we give a shit? why should people care about sri lanka? >> tracy: i guess -- i don't know why americans should care. i just want sri lankans to care. the story has to go on, and for it to go on, we have to have some hope. citizens were asked for what they most d

it came sri lanka out that. jack leach is enjoying his cricket in sri lanka, not the only one. as the best for the team. there has been a few nice not, but asi there has been a few nice not, but as i said i don't look too far ahead and just want to take each innings one game at a time. if i get a chance tomorrow i can contribute and in the second innings try to sneak a few more rounds of and then hope for it recently we are taking one innings at a time, one over at a time and the spinners will have a huge day tomorrow and seamers probably will not bowl as much as we would like but that is a great thing because we have three great spinners and they are bowling nicely and moeen ali and jack leach so that this evening. —— showed that. south africa are chasing 108 for victory in their match against tournament hosts and defending champions west indies at the icc women's world t20 in saint lucia. after being sent in the hosts managed 107 for 7. at the same venue, sri lanka won the early match beating bangladesh by 25 runs. after being sent in the sri lankans could only make 97 for 7.

for presence in sri lanka. i think we have to be especially mindful of india is our neighbor india has very legitimate security concerns china has a lot of money and especially during the rajapaksa period when he was president it seemed as if they gave them unlimited credit unlimited loans which the depicts a government took and then i did the government did things visit both infrastructure development but a lot of it did like white elephant infrastructure development airport in the middle of a bird sanctuary a cricket stadium when no one goes through but there was a visit but then we fall into debt with china and then this government had to cope with that problem they have to then let china take over some of the land then that upsets india india is very upset that sri lanka has given so its port i'm sorry we are hours every time here i would like to just thank all of our guests a long day with an og alan cane and john pereira and thank you to you for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting

former president appointed by his successor and a rival for the top job the political crisis in sri lanka is threatening to spiral out of control and undermine stability in south asia parliament's been warned of a bloodbath if the constitutional crisis isn't solved as shooting a protest as has already killed one man lots to discuss with our guests in a moment but first bernard smith sets the scene in the capital colombo. was supporters of sri lanka's ousted prime minister aren't going to let him go quietly by runnel wickramasinghe has refused to leave his official residence here in the capital since president my three policy are saying a fired him i'm suspended parliament on friday was. the president has been making the electoral mandate to strengthen democracy by trying to seize more executive power as we went and now it. presidents are saying or a sworn in mahinda rajapaksa as prime minister former president rajapaksa lost the election three years ago which was called after he scrapped the two term limit for the presidency. protesters on the parliament speaker say there's been a constit

sri lanka completed the collapse with this fifth wicket as sri lanka lost their last nine for 67 runs it takes just an instance for this match to turn. we always have that belief going into that session, just before lunch, we had him i said and we knew that it we sipped our plan things would change. not giving up. —— we had the mindset. we came out after tea and had them i said. thingsjust change. you have to always have that mind set knowing that things happen eventually. career-best numbers for adil rashid. england well on top then, and the former england international lydia greenway told my colleague mike bushell that she's been impressed with the way that england have kep their focus. credit to them as well because they have already run lilley won the series and for them to go out and just show that the ruthlessness and going on for the whitewash i think is really pleasing to see and everybody has shipped in as well which i think is really promising for this team. ketogenic jennings reminded us all how important fielding can be, it can turn a match. that sharpness is incredible. i

sri lanka needed only 82 for victory with five wickets in hand.ame had turned once more. leach back into the breach. he got his man. as he came off, the covers came on. the drama halted by the weather but england are almost home and dry. the final day's play gets under way atjust after 4:00 tomorrow morning. if england do win they'll look back at several key moments in the field today, not least keatonjennings cat—like reactions at short leg that led to two dismissals. i think at the time you get a feeling of what they are looking to do. you watch his movements and you match his movements of where he is trying to hit the ball. you tried to then get in the way. i go down to pedal and i set off running. i ended up having it right at me. i generally try to catch it and itjust hit me hard and straight off to him. i'm just really pleased with it. it was a brilliant bit of fielding. well angelo mathews' 88 for sri lanka has still given them a sniff of victory. 75 more runs required with three wickets in hand. he thinks they can do it. it is evenly paced

sri lanka played some good cricket against international teams. this is a really good team. series win. to go anywhere in the subcontinent and win 3—0 is a fantastic achievement. irealand had a fantastic night at the world rugby awards. the six nations grand slam champions who also beat the all blacks a few weeks ago, were team of the year, fly—half jonny sexton, player of the year and joe schmidt, coach of the year. schmidt though is going to step down after next years world cup and taking over will be defence coach andy farrell. gavin andrews look back at schmidt's time in charge and how he has turned them into potential world champions. (vt) joe schmidt. applause ireland dominated the world rugby awards. for many, joe schmidt takes much of the credit. in his five yea rs much of the credit. in his five years in charge she has brought huge success on the pitch, but for the players his influence is greater than that. joe's legacy in ireland will obviously be the trophies he has won with leinster, ireland, but probably more so weird will be potentially the coaches he brings t

joe root‘s paid tribute to a ‘complete squad effort‘ after his england side made history in sri lankathing on tour — the one day series, a t20, and a whitewash in the three match test series. . .the first time they've done that in sri lanka. here's our sports correspondent andy swiss. let's start with the premier league. just one match tonight as burnley hosted newcastle. two sides struggling to get their season's going, but it was a cracker at turf moor. joe lynskey was watching. sometimes football has to pause for more important matters. before this match started, the referee's assessor eddie wilson home collapsed in the tunnel. he was conscious when he was taken to hospital, and kick—off was put back by half an hour. in the context of the season, it has been a slow start for burnley and newcastle, but the signs in black and white are that the two and have found momentum. this was the kind of start you would expect from a team chasing a third straight league win, even if it went in through an opposition boot. but newcastle's second came from a more deliberate deflection, a stretch o

england's cricketers have become one of only three teams to have won 3—0 in sri lanka.o claim the third test in colombo, as sports correspondent andy swiss reports. sri lanka's target of 327 had looked impossible, but no one appeared to have told mendis. some, suddenly the hosts had hoped butjust when england needed something special, they found it. jack leach with the flash of brilliance. mendis gone for 86 along seemingly with sri lanka's chances as england's spinners once again turned things their way. soon they needed just one more wicked with the hosts still needing more than 100. surely all over? not quite. as sri lanka's final pair blazed over way, but amid the rising tension, leach held his nerve. their first series whitewash in sri lanka. it was some fight, but something. andy swiss, bbc news. ireland rugby union coach joe schmidt will step down after next yea r‘s world cup, and he'll be replaced by andy farrell. schmidt's taken the team up to second in the world rankings, and they're one of the favourites for the tournament in japan after beating the all black

sri lanka 40—4 win da silva lost sight of his stumps. building requires bravery as you were here. rotary burns on his test debut struck around the back of his neck as he ducked. there was lengthy treatment. he was in the end deemed ok. for moeen ali, he ended up deemed ok. for moeen ali, he ended up with four wickets, combining with that man foa kes up with four wickets, combining with that man foakes who took the catch asa that man foakes who took the catch as a gatekeeper and it's reluctant we re as a gatekeeper and it's reluctant were all out for 203. an two hours after being hit, roy curvers was batting and leading the second inning, 177 ad at the close. this was a five star game. joe wilson, bbc news. now the city of hanoi in vietnam is over 1000 years old and boasts some of the world's most beautiful lakes, palaces and cultural museums. but there's going to be a new attraction in town soon, with the announcement that the city will host formula 1 races from 2020. it's the first new addition to the f1 calendar since us—based liberty

the same thing is true with sri lanka as well. haslinda: mumbai was one of the original stops along the ancient silk road. it's port remains the country's largest. it is also home to the indian navy's western command, looking west across the arabian sea to pakistan and the middle east, and to the east and the riches of southeast asia, and ultimately china. ♪ >> some of the defaults are not surprising. especially sri lanka. you look at the economy, the size of the investment and the project. the port gets one or two hips every week, so it is not surprising the project has gone under. >> if you are a recipient country in bri and china comes along and you negotiate appropriate terms for whatever the project happens to be, there aren't a lot of competitors beating down your door. this is to china's advantage. they bring the funding and expertise. that is a compelling package for a recipient country, but the recipients have to be careful of the financial terms. ♪ haslinda: so, from india to central asia, that is where we are traveling

and just when sri lanka were digging in whenjack leach took two more wickets — moeen ali struck withhe first ball after tma kept going with ali and he's just taken after tma kept going with ali and he's just ta ken another one, after tma kept going with ali and he's just taken another one, so sri la nka he's just taken another one, so sri lanka crumbling, 197—7, way off the target of 450. arsenal striker danny welbeck, suffered what looked to be a serious injury, in their europa league game, last night. he jumped for a header and landed badly on his right ankle — he was taken to hospital and manager unai emery described the injury as "very big". arsenal drew 0—0 with sporting lisbon at the emirates to make it through to the knock—out stages. welbeck‘s team—mates on the pitch were clearly shaken — and the well wishes came quickly on social media. see you soon". a heart—felt message

herath took 12 english wickets the last time the two sides met in sri lanka.eam are sorry to see him go. we all know how much he has done for sure lankan cricket. apart from that, off the field, he is a really good human being and especially for me, asa good human being and especially for me, as a test captain when i took over, he gave me a lot of support, on and off the field. we will definitely miss him. and, of course, england begin a new chapter without the resilience of alistair cook opening the batting. despite dips in form towards the end of his career, the english top order now looks a lot more vulnerable. after all, it's been 12 years since they last played a test without cook in the side and, to put that in perspective, a lot‘s changed since then. take the iphone — well, that wasn't even a thing when cook made his debut in 2006. the latest ipod looked like this. and no—one tweeted about cook's debut because twitter didn't exist. we were all on msn instead. chico time by the x factor‘s chico slimani was number one in the charts and, if none of that ma

but i think a lot of civil society people academics and sort of constitutional scholars and sri lanka. were really loud and by that development because they see it as democracy working and streamlined so.

sri lanka have a reputation of ambushing visitors here on pitches that suit them. won not just these first two test matches but also the twenty20 series and the one—day international series as well, they've never done that anywhere before. it is a significant achievement. not for nothing are england's away fans known as the "barmy army". it's taken a mix of optimism and masochism to follow english cricket teams on foreign shores — but maybe nowjoe root has this side travelling on the right course. patrick gearey, bbc news. at the women's world twenty20 england and defending champions west indies have already qualified for the semi—finals. they play each other this evening to determine who they'll face there. the winners will face australia in the last four and the losers will meet india. there are in—play highlights on the bbc sport website and app, test match special commentary on bbc radio 5 live sports extra, the bbc sport website and app from eight o'clock this evening. there has been a shock at the atp finals in london. novak djokovic was bidding to match roge

with a wicked jack leach, sri lanka was down. the effect. they built a lead, and a significant one. by the time england dismissed silver, they were behind. england sent out jack leach to open their innings. he got through it, but there will be a lot more of this to come. a little bit disappointed obviously that they have a bit of a lead. at one point when the hoping we might have that lead going into our batting but we are very much feeling good about the fa ct we are very much feeling good about the fact we are last on that wicket. we feel that we can put pressure on common in tomorrow with our batting, we can get a good total, and we feel that we can win the game. at the icc women's world t20 new zealand picked up their first win of the tournament with a comfortable 5a run win over pakistan in group b but it was to no avail as earlier in guyana india secured their place in the semi—finals with a 52—run win over ireland. mithali raj top scored for india after ireland won the toss and elected to send them in, raj made 51offjust56

so, winning on sri lanka's spinning pitches is real progress.very difficult conditions that were quite extreme, both here and at galle, and to perform as we have done and manage to soak up the pressure and hold our nerve shows quite a lot of maturity for what is quite an inexperienced side in this part of the world. not for nothing are england's away fans known as the "barmy army". it's taken a mix of optimism and masochism to follow english cricket teams on foreign shores — but maybe nowjoe root has this side travelling on the right course. patrick gearey, bbc news. the actorjohn bluthal, has died at the age of 89. he was best known for playing the likable but dull parish council secretary frank pickle in the vicar of dibley. tell us what you had for breakfast. toast. laughter i need a bit more than that, so make something up. let your imagination run wild! wild. great. two pieces of toast. laughter its star dawn french paid tribute on social media, saying "cheeky, naughty, hilarious. bye darlin bluey." he also appeared in carry on films and wo

sri lanka were four down, finishing on 53—4 at stumps needing another 274.ird team to complete a series whitewash in sri lanka. saracens kept up the pressure on gallagher premiership leaders exeter with a 27—22 victory at leicester. the visitors were cruising, with this try from alex lozowski putting them in a commanding lead at half—time. the tigers rallied back, with matt smith narrowing the gap, but saracens held on to seal the win. great britain beat japan 2—1 in the champions trophy to avoid the wooden spoon in china. gb had to come from behind with goals from hannah martin and amy costello, who scored her first for britain. this was a fifth place play—off after gb had finished bottom of their pool. the netherlands won the trophy with a 5—1 victory over australia. and in golf, the first tournament of new season on the european tour saw england's aaron rai win his first title. he held off matthew fitzpatrick at the hong kong open to win by one stroke in very wet conditions at the fanling course. he started his final round six shots clear of the rest of t

probably a bit of hope still for the sri lanka group if they can bowl for under 120.really hard for them to do. this team had a lot of character and they are robust group as well. i think you'd likely hopefully that is the whitewash done but you don't want to preempt thinks too much. what a week and it is for england cricket fans because tonight, england's women can once again become double world champions in the t20 final. against australia, three—time champions. i think it will be a brilliant game. there is a lot of things leading into this to consider. australia have been in every single final of the world t20 apart from one, won it three times, and of course england have also won the trophy once as well. they all know there is a lot riding on it. australia have been in brilliant form, the number one ranked team in the world at the moment with england just behind. the two best teams have reached the final and hoping that england the line and get the win. already champions, what do you need to do as a player to get that extra in the t20 version of the game. what do

england all out for 285, sri lanka 26-1 in england all out for 285, sri lanka 26—1 in reply.85, sri lanka 26-1 in reply. i think they'll be very pleased with the score, it is a serious score but that would get and it was spinning profoundly, turned and bounced. jack leach was getting some serious pain, that delivery is a serious delivery. novak djokovic has beaten alexander zverev in straight sets at the atp tour finals london this afternoon. the world number one won in straight sets 6—4, 6—1 to take a big step towards the semi finals. djokovic is looking for a first atp finals title since 2015. former world number two agnieska radwanska has announced her retirement from tennis. she reached the wimbledon final in 2012 but was beaten by serena williams. she says at the age of 29, and after 13 years of competitve tennis her body can't live up to her expectations. she says she can't play or train the way she used to. the british olympic ‘s showjumper tim stockwell has died in month after being diagnosed with cancer. he competed in the beijing 0lympics, narrowly missing out on a

i'm fully back to watching al-jazeera live from doha and so coming out political chaos in sri lanka as the constitutional crisis brings politicians to blows and the suspension of parliament. israel's prime minister under pressure day after his defense minister it quits over the gaza cease fire and firefighters work to put out a new fire in california the death toll climbs to fifty six as the search for the missing continues. thank you for joining us this confusion over eight united nations deal to repatch it will hinge on muslims from bangladesh to myanmar the first group of around two thousand people was expected to leave the caucasus bazaar refugee camps on thursday but the u.n. and human rights groups say the refugee safety must be verified before they are sent back bangladesh says only those who volunteer will return but many say they're on the transfer list despite not wanting to go. and report some cox's bizarre. this is the week when for many trauma became terror will hinder refugees who escaped so much violence were shocked to learn they might be repatriated to me and more rece

s by saying sri lanka has no prime minister or cabinet following wednesday's vote of no confidence in mahinda rajapaksa on thursday former president appointed three weeks ago defied the speaker by giving a speech anyway is it time to easily as you office after bypassing polman to being sworn in by his successor president my three policy or a sane or not is failing so there's a new tactic. we want the election general election two years before one is june as soon as it was but we had to go but election or something like that i was going to allow i mean is the best way to sort all of this out just to have an election yes definitely there is going the other way the man the president fired says he still prime minister who's in charge of running a witnessing the supporters say it's time to take to the streets we are organizing mass protests stand. against these undemocratic unconstitutional and illegal mission by president might by the c.d.c. and a puppet prime minister idlers with the speaker losing control of parliament and government paralyzed some civil servants are privately saying th

merchants would buy spices pearl and ivory today china see sri lanka as a critical link in its modern day silk road what it calls its belts and road initiative is building infrastructure projects to expand trade from asia to africa and europe. china's spending spree is making india nervous and it's helped to cause friction at the top of the sri lankan government ending up with president my three policy or a say in a firing the prime minister running a wickramasinghe china has been quite active in taking over projects in sri lanka not only go on one project if you were only you in private sector projects there was an attempt on the part of prime minister commencing to indiana. indian company to pick or one of the sections of the port to which the president was not in agreement so if you take that into consideration one woods here in new delhi is not very happy with the development of port in the south was built with chinese loans but it's so under used that the sri lankan government couldn't afford to keep it running so it gave the chinese government a foothold with a ninety nine year

england haven't won a test series in sri lanka for 17 years.something different — and that players are feeling the competition for places on the team. first, to win over here is not going to be 11 players, it will be a squad performance. there will be times when the balance of the team might change quite drastically, and we have got to accept that, and it's not about individuals, but about collectively do examine special. we have done things in a certain way when we have come to this continent, and it is time to try something slightly different, be a bit bolder, courageous, and really try to exploit every surface that we come up exploit every surface that we come up against. now root‘s intentions may well be good — but mother nature might have other ideas in galle. the tour has been hampered by the monsoon weather in the sub continent. so what are the prospects for the coming week? stav danaos can tell us.... hello, there. weather conditions are not looking great at all for cricket across blanca, for much of this upcoming week, because we have

it came thanks to a massive 2ii—run win over sri lanka in galle.ans england take a 1—0 lead in the three—match series, as our correspondent andy swiss reports. a lap of honour and who can blame them? for england and theirfans, away wins are a rarity so a first for two years was a day to applaud. it began with sri lanka hoping for the unlikeliest of come backs but they were soon sent spinning. jack leach with the early breakthrough as he and moeen ali combined to devastating effect. moeen snapping the first of his four wickets. this was a bad idea. there was no escaping them. before leach in his second test delivered the defining moment. that is about as good as spin bowling gets. bamboozled, unplayable. unforgettable. it wasn't all seamless for england. a moment of comedy courtesy of adil rashid, but it was about his team's only slip—up as sri lanka quickly capitulated when herath in his final match was run out. it was all over — an ultimately emphatic victory for england and after 13 away tests without a win, their travelling troubles have finally

chaos has broken out in sri lanka's parliament after the speaker declared the country has no functioning prime minister cabinet insults and objects are thrown around the house deepening the country's political crisis. those are the top stories to stay with us the stream is coming up next more news for you up to that. semi ok today a check in of three stories we're following closely here on the stream california is burning wildfires continue to burn the southern part of the state and the death toll is rising and the passing of a real life superhero well take a look at the legacy of comic book writer stan lee i really could be a lot i'll be looking for your comments on twitter and of course and our you tube shop first though to a story that we've been covering closely on al-jazeera political crisis in sri lanka. yes again fighting and going to doing the easy and buying things of emotion expressed no confidence in the president having the right as prime minister as latitude forty two about constitution as the cabinet ministers no. president might stand a must follow plan a mention procedure

what impacts bernard is a delayed political crisis is likely to have on sri lanka. well i think in the end of rajapaksa gets the support he needs and just about gets that majority in parliament it will leave behind a very bitter taste in the mouths of many people who say that the way he was given the premiership was an essentially a coup of sri lanka's democratic constitution there are elections behind us next year and they may they may blow back even rajapaksa space if people believe that they be treated in an undemocratic manner and of course overseas the us the european union the japanese are threatening to withhold aid and soft loans if there is a perception of what is going on in sri lanka is on the democratic and with the struggling economy getting it all helping. thank you for that bonus makes life for us in colombo china's president has promised to open up access to markets and make business easier for foreign companies xi jinping made the pledge as he opened a trade fair in shanghai aimed at helping the country's image as an importer he said china will no a

from keatonjennings puts england in the driving seat on day three of the opening test against sri lanka. four british clubs were in action in the europa league this evening, with scottish champions celtic hoping to keep their qualification hopes alive. rivals rangers wanted to keep their unbeaten start going, but it wasn't to be, beaten 4—3 at spartak moscow. a contrast with celtic then, who got a much needed 2—1win over rb leipzig in glasgow, as patrick gearey reports. thursday night, disco lights in celtic park but lose two lives in it would be the europeans taking them out. just well they switch seems to have a link in the last two weeks. so the ward ten in their past two games and payments in found the extra man. 1—0. the energy from all around president on the page but all missing was another goal. a bit of insurance against a side and bundesliga. leipzig fred morgan is a half but eventually sell the buckle. this left alone to equalise. but now brendan rodgers have a problem but only briefly. minutes after visiting, this take—out eduardo. agar the newly measured on the richter scal

leach suckered another, sri lanka 26—3 chasing 301.carefully until another sudden jolt. jennings again. you need the replay to appreciate his brilliance. unable to catch it himself, he made sure foakes could. karunaratne caught by committee. battling against the tide, angelo mathews, dropped for lack of fitness earlier this year but showing plenty of stamina this time. he took his team more than halfway to their target. with sweeping support from niroshan dickwella by tee, sri lanka needed just 82 for victory. five wickets in hand, how's your nerve? moeen ali's response? well, howzat? mathews out almost immediately after the interval. the pendulum swung back, or rather spun back. it was england's spinners making the difference. leach took sri lanka's seventh wicket six seconds before the rain came. england should win this tomorrow, as long as they can stop any sudden movements. patrick geary, bbc news. wales are on their way to a clean sweep in the autumn rugby internationals, after their ten try thrashing of tonga. the game was level

he made england s"z ' mattered, for sri lanka.n the changes for the rugby union test on saturday against japan, george ford is one of ii changes to the starting team and narrowly lost to the all blacks last weekend, he will start at ten and captain the side out what is his 50th is -- captain the side out what is his 50th is —— appearance, the coach will also give it debut. there are 14 changes for wales for their international on saturday in cardiff. they came off the bench to kick the winning point against australia last week and he starts at fly half with less —— lester back joan home —— job fly half with less —— lester back joan home ——job making of debut. roger federer booked his place in the semifinals of the atp world tour finals in london, better beat the south african kevin anderson in straight sets and now tops his group while anderson qualified for the last four. federer, six—time winner of the tournament reached the last fourin of the tournament reached the last four in the 15th of 16th appearances. that's all the sport

keaton jennings caught out, sri lanka sensed their collapse.they faced a player with a point to prove. after being left out of the last match, he set about showing his team—mates what they had been missing and together with a blazing 50 from ben stokes, the pair were scattering sri lanka's hoax. england's only distraction was a four—legged one. dog stops play. but this was a pedigree performance. moments later, his century and that raw emotion. frustration, vindication, whatever the case, the england balcony didn't seem to mind. on 110, he succumbed to a weary shot but he left the field knowing this had been some comeback. from there, england faltered, a clatter of late wickets including jos buttler took the gloss off things, while moeen ali was left clinging on, successfully overturning an lbw decision just before the close. far from perfect, they'll be hoping to turn this intriguing start into another match—winning performance. well, to talk through all the cricket, i spoke to lydia greenway earlier. she won both the one day and 20/20 world c

and sri lanka were all out for 203. rory burns?ahead at the close, as foynes go, —— as foreign tours go, this was a 5—star day. joel wilson, bbc news. let's return to our top story this lunchtime — and both parties are claiming success in the us mid—term elections. the democrats have retaken control of the house of representatives and the republicans have strengthened their control of the senate — the upper house of congress. 0ur correspondent barbara plett usher is at the white house. so donald trump says it is a tremendous success. is he right? well, tremendous success, no. but there is something to celebrate. as you mentioned, the republicans have retained control of the senate and have strengthened control, so that is good for him. republican governors were re—elected in key swing states, which is good for him because he will need their support going into the 2020 presidential campaign. and he also seems to feel personally victorious because wherever he campaigned, republican candidates in those areas were re—elected. but equal

moeen snapping the first of his four wickets, as sri lanka succumbed to trial by turn.ach. there was no escaping them, before jack leach, in just his second test, delivered the defining moment. oh, what a ripper! that's about as good as spin bowling gets. dinesh chandimal bamboozled. unplayable, unforgettable. it wasn't all entirely seamless for england. a moment of comedy courtesy of adil rashid, but it was about his team's only slip—up as sri lanka quickly capitulated. when rangana herath in his final match was agonisingly run out, it was all over. an ultimately an emphatic victory for england and, after 13 away tests without a win, their travelling troubles are finally finished. andy swiss, bbc news. it's 200 years since the publication of the novel persuasion by one of england's greatest writers, jane austen. now her work has inspired a group of women from pakistan to put together a series of short stories called austenistan. our correspondent shabnam mahmood reports. a traditional english tea organised by modern pakistani women. it is at the dorchester hotel in lon

sri lanka's parliamentary speaker says he will not accept mind-i rajapaksa as the new prime minister until he sees proof he commands a majority in parliament this development comes as sri lanka's president ordered m.p.'s to reconvene on nov fourteenth last week the president fired prime minister or any of the coma singer and replaced him with the former president minder rajapaksa when a smith has more from colombo from colombo the capital of sri lanka. really pointed prime minister rajapaksa concernedly call out a large crowd of supporters many here in the. colombo to show that there's a feeling that anything on stage with the president who gave him the job without the backing of knowledge of the president says he's not going to recall parliament until november fourteenth but that's prompted a furious backlash from the speaker all because parliament jayasuriya he's accused the president of consistently misleading him by promising to recall parliament either today or a couple of days and and then not going through with want to promise to no suggestion is that the president president p

merchants would buy spices pearl and ivory today china see sri lanka as a critical link in its modern day silk road what it calls its belt and road initiative is building infrastructure projects to expand trade from asia to africa and europe. china's spending spree is making india nervous and it's helped to cause friction at the top of the sri lankan government ending up with president saying a firing the prime minister rania wickramasinghe china has been quite active in taking a war project in sri lanka not only go on one project if you were only when private sector projects there was an attempt on the part of prime minister commencing to allow india. indian company to pick or one of the sections of the port to which the president was not in agreement so if you take that into consideration one would hear new delhi is not pretty happy with the development of port in the south was built with chinese loans but it's so under used that the sri lankan government couldn't afford to keep it running so it gave the chinese government a foothold with a ninety nine year lease sri lanka owes more

and coming up on bbc news, england claim a series whitewash over sri lanka — only the third time they'veone that away from home in history, winning the third test in colombo by 42 runs. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. theresa may has held a meeting of the cabinet as she begins a two—week push to convince the country, and mp5, to get behind her brexit deal. the prime minister has warned that rejecting the agreement with brussels would throw the country into "division and uncertainty". this afternoon, mrs may will argue her case in the commons, where she faces a tough battle to get the deal approved. labour and the other opposition parties have promised to vote against it and many of her own mps are expected to join them. our political correspondent iain watson has this report. is it isita is it a good dealfor britain? is it a good deal for britain? yes. it delivers on brexit. 24 hours after a deal was sealed in brussels, some cabinet ministers were upbeat that it would be backed here in britain. and some long—standing leave campaigners are giving the deal their approval

sri lanka ended up getting in a debt trap., the government of sri lanka had to hand over the port on a nine year lease. not just the port, but a vast area of nearly six to seven square kilometers around it. stephen: for india, which is the single biggest critic of the belt and road project, it is also a question of national security. china's biggest project to date runs the length of neighboring pakistan to the port of gwadar on the indian ocean. >> when you talk about the maritime silk road, the fact that today, china has come to acquire control or controlling 75 ports in 35 countries. clearly, that is not being done just with commercial objectives in mind. >> if you are very close to china, then there is more nervousness. india was a great example. but some of the asean countries, they have to worry there is a strategic element to this. china is lending a lot of money to cambodia and laos. it is clearly buying friendship from those two countries. and they provide a kind of veto. asean operates on a consensus basis. so if you

jack leach the early victim to sri lanka's spin. but rory burns was made of tougher stuff.dejoe root he reached his half—century in quick time. the partnership wasn't to last though, burns was out shortly afterwards. given. ben stokes looked bemused after he was out for a duck as england found themselves 131—4 by lunch. step forward, joe root. the captain calmly brought up a majestic century. to put england in control before he fell lbw for 124. there's still time for ben foakes to make his mark, chalking up his 50 before bad light intervened. england will start day four 278 runs ahead, within touching distance of a series win. the game plan, different strategies that you have, makes it fun, that is what it should be about. you should not feel that the pressure is too much. a hattrick from anya shrubsole has helped put england on the path to victory in their women's world t20 match against south africa. they bowled the south africans out for just 85. england's bowlers had dominated the south african batting before shrubsole blew away the tail, taking three wickets in three

sri lanka were all out, 46 runs ahead.back to my colleague simon mccoy at westminster for the very latest. thank you very much indeed. the pro—brexit european research group of conservative mps has met in the palace of westminster, let‘s go to oui’ palace of westminster, let‘s go to our assistant political editor norman smith in central lobby. things are moving by the hour? they are, this is no longerjust an issue about mrs may‘s brexit deal, it‘s about mrs may‘s brexit deal, it‘s about premiership. she sees her kavanaugh beginning to fracture around her, her brexit deal to which she has lashed appears in danger of crashing down but her ardent brexit critics are meeting now to decide whether they should press for a leadership contest and i can tell you their leader, jacob rees—mogg, has announced that he has submitted a letter calling for a leadership contest. that will be seen by many asa contest. that will be seen by many as a green light to the brexiteers to press for a contest to topple mrs may. now, idescribed to pres

supporters of sri lanka's ousted prime minister ranil wickremasinghe a holding of votes in parliament in a bid to cut funding to the new prime minister's office the president replaced a christmas single with former leader mahinda rajapaksa last month triggering a political crisis violence broke out in parliament when supporters of rajapaksa rejected two no confidence votes against him both men insisted they are the lawful prime minister for more let's cross to me now for nando's in colombo she's at parliament where the vote is taking place now tell us a little about what today's vote is all about. basically waters happened is the ousted prime minister running a very convincing her he still claims he is the legal prime minister of sri lanka he does not recognize the appointment of the former president mahinda rajapaksa as the successor now his basically his support base in parliament passed to a no confidence motion which was accepted and brought on by the speaker courage but both the president and of the rajapaksa camp have said that these votes were not the goal because they were tak

sri lanka's new prime minister tells al-jazeera his appointment is legitimate and meet a mounting political crisis. eleven doha everyone i'm kemal santamaria this is the world news from al-jazeera. asking for the saudis to cooperate closely a new demand from the turks on jamal khashoggi killing after they reveal how he walks into a death trap plucked from the depths of his in indonesia find the flight data recorder of the lion air crash that killed nearly two hundred people and one step at a time the implant is giving new hope to paraplegics. so sri lanka's new prime minister is told his appointment is legitimate and rajapaksa says he's just now getting on with the job the two term former president who was controversially appointed a week ago after his successor sacked the prime minister ronnie will become a singer but it smith reports now from columbia. he has all the trappings of prime minister including access to the office but the new prime minister mahinda rajapaksa is acting unconstitutionally his critics say because he was appointed by president by three policy resign or a not electe

their opening game against sri lanka was abandoned due to rain. hello and welcome to sportsday.the programme. it is manchester city who head into the international break at the top of the premier league — on a weekend where the top three made history. city, liverpool and chelsea all maintained their unbeaten starts to the season. it's the first time three teams have managed that after 12 league games. but, is the gap between the top and the bottom wider than ever before? cardiff, huddersfield and fulham have just four wins between them. and statistics show that the top five clubs are winning 95% of their games against the bottom five. earlier, i spoke to the former fulham goalkeeper mark schwarzer. should having watched a number of yea rs of should having watched a number of years of the premier league, the gap is getting bigger and bigger. the like of the top six seem to be creating a larger gap themselves. let's talk about your former team, then, they are bottom, they have made the third worst start by any tea m made the third worst start by any team at this stage of a premier