at— be michael van gerwen versus luke littler at the dream final but i don't — littler at the dream finalut drama. chris dobey is more than capable, — drama. chris dobey is more than capable, but did he get nervous yesterday — capable, but did he get nervous yesterday trying to close up and match _ yesterday trying to close up and match so — yesterday trying to close up and match so if he does that to michael van gerwen— match so if he does that to michael van gerwen he willjump all over it. so i think— van gerwen he willjump all over it. so i think michael van gerwen will come _ so i think michael van gerwen will come but — so i think michael van gerwen will come but chris dobey will have his moments — the man who has captivated the darts scene and beyond in the last 12 months is luke littler. stephen bunting stands between him and a second straight final. we can cross live to alexandra palace now and chat to our correspondent natalie pirks. it is hard that we are talking but luke littler, who is only 17. he cannot luke littler, who is only 17. he: cannot legally buy a pint but looking t

just a couple of hours to go now before the world darts championship final — as teenage sensation luke littlerhree—time winner michael van gerwen. victory for littler — atjust 17 years old — would see the sport's popularity surge even more, and make him the tournament's youngest winner — beating the previous record which was set by van gerwen when he won his first title at aged 2a back in 2014. everyone else is looking forward to it more than i am. but winning seven sets, i'm happy. getting loads of experience, there's been numerous finals — this is my second — i know where i went wrong last year, and i'm sure all fix it. liverpool manager, arne slot, says trent alexander arnold remains fully committed to the club — despite a recent approach by real madrid, which was rebuffed by the club. with the player's contract expiring at the end of the season, slot wouldn't rule out alexander arnold being sold in the january transfer window, preferring only to confirm he will be in the team for their next premier league match against manchester united. ican i can tell you that he's playing on sunday. tha

luke littler can't yet _ again tomorrow. luke littler can't yet legally _ again tomorrow.uke littler| can't yet legally buy a pint of beer, yet the favourite for the title is just one match away from becoming the youngest world champion the sport has ever seen. after ending a year to remember, he could well start the new one with a place in history right here. natalie pirks, bbc news, alexandra palace. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. hello. it has been a cold, frosty start to the day and we're going to see this cold snap continuing right through the middle of next week. so some potentially disruptive weather on the way into the weekend. sharp frosts, risk of some icy conditions and for some of us, some disruptive snowfall, especially late saturday into sunday. cold air mass with us at the moment, the winds coming in from the northwest. so they're bringing some snow showers to northeast scotland, brisk breeze down the east coast of england and a few more showers filtering in for western scotland, northern ireland, northwest england. so some i

. it sport, luke littler, it is a win-win for darts.- sport, luke littler, it is a win-win for darts.t started covering darts, | ifirst started covering darts, there were games like phil taylor versus michael van gerwen but now you have two generational talents going up against each other. you have luke littler come years old, on the verge of making history and against michael van gerwen, second best player probably ever behind phil taylor, imagine everyone is excited about. ~ imagine everyone is excited about. , ., ., ., about. we should not forget that luke — about. we should not forget that luke humphreys - about. we should not forget that luke humphreys won . about. we should not forget i that luke humphreys won the world match play but the moment we've got such a glut of talent in world darts and i do get the feeling that there has been a resurgence in the sport. yeah, definitely _ resurgence in the sport. yeah, definitely seems _ resurgence in the sport. yeah, definitely seems that - resurgence in the sport. yeah, definitely seems that way. - resurgence in the sport. yeah, | def

i luke littler nappy and a set of his darts! ~ , ., luke littler nappy and a set of his darts!d _ his darts! i think you are right, and sales - his darts! i think you are right, and sales of - his darts! i think you are right, and sales of darts| right, and sales of darts boards will go through the roof or stop thank you very much for joining us today. the cold weather may have you dreaming of a getaway to warmer climates, but experts are urging people to be vigilant against scammers who may be offering deals and prices that are too good to be true. it's a big problem — in 2023, action fraud received more than 6,500 reports of holiday related scams — that includes ticket and rentalfraud. victims lost a total of nearly £12.3 million across the year. that's an average of more than £1,800 per victim. georgia poncia has spoken of those who have fallen victim to scammers. are you on the lookout for a cheap holiday? tasha was. i suddenly died inside because it was a week to go and we had nowhere booked. she found an advert for a holiday home on social media and she spoke to the perso

but luke littler is like, quite laid—back, really. hejumps laid—back, really.ee reaction when he is playing. hejust see reaction when he is playing. he just throws see reaction when he is playing. hejust throws his darts and he is an amazing dart player. obviously he is going to make all the youngsters who watch him in the world all want to be like him. they will be playing darts in their nappies! there will probably sell luke littler nappy. you heard it here first from bobby george on bbc news. stargazers around the globe were treated to a stunning celestial scene on friday as venus appeared shining brightly above a crescent moon. the planet was visible to the naked eye from the uk to the us, turkey and china. venus is often called the evening star or morning star because, when it is prominent, it appears like the brightest "star" in the sky. here you can see the crescent moon and the planet venus straddle a cross on top of quebec baptist church in ellaville, georgia. in turkey's capital, ankara, the moon and venus are seen together alongside the kocatepe mosq

commentator: he is finding double ten - tonight, luke littler. into a four—set lead. one of the greatest players to ever throw a dart is getting a hiding from the 17—year—old at the moment! van gerwen wasn't going to take this lying down, though. was a comeback on the cards? the dutchman had pulled it back to 6—3 but the crowd rose to their feet, sensing something special. littlerjust needed to hold his nerve. just one dart for sporting immortality. from magnetic darts in a nappy to the midas touch at the palace, and it only took him 17 years. as soon as the winning double went in, ijust...i couldn't believe it. i was fine and then, when ijust looked up and looked into the crowd and everyone was on their feet, that's when the tears came and i looked over to my family, they were in tears as well and ijust... iknew "it�* , s mine" as the palace packs up for another year, littler says his most pressing ambition is to sleep. after that, though, there's no limit to what he can achieve after a night where a prince became the king. natalie pirks, bbc new

luke littler after that with an equally dominant performance of his own, was superb.signs of nerves to begin. and stephen bunting, the world number eight, an accomplished player, a masters champion, standing absolutely no chance with the numbers, the shared dart history that luke littler demonstrated. just far too good for bunting. so a 6—1 win for both those finalists in the semifinal, it will be a difficult one to call on friday night at the palace. michael van gerwen faces the 17—year—old sensation who, remember, is in a second consecutive world championship final of his still fledgling career on friday night. well, michael van gerwen hasn't had the best of seasons, but was in a bullish mood after his semifinal win. i have been in this position a few more times, and the moment people do not believe in me, that is the moment i have to keep fighting and keep believing in my ability, and that is what i am doing. you need to make sure you maintain your own performance and keep digging and digging and try to level up your game, and that is the only thing you can do. ten

it's only one luke littler... all the hype _ it's only one luke littler...only one luke littler... all the hype was around one teenage boy but this was a crowd with split loyalties, between a three—time world champion and a 17—year—old who is drawn in new fans. we world champion and a 17-year-old who is drawn in new fans.— is drawn in new fans. we bought tickets last _ is drawn in new fans. we bought tickets last night. that's - tickets last night. that's the little effect. yes, _ tickets last night. that's the little effect. yes, it is, - tickets last night. that's the i little effect. yes, it is, we are here for— little effect. yes, it is, we are here for him. _ little effect. yes, it is, we are here for him. we'd _ little effect. yes, it is, we are here for him. we'd like - little effect. yes, it is, we are here for him. we'd like to - little effect. yes, it is, we are here for him. we'd like to go | little effect. yes, it is, we are - here for him. we'd like to go with van gerwen _ here for him. we'd like to go with van gerwen because _ here for him. we'

the world darts final will be between 17—year—old luke littler and the three—time champion michael vaner up last year, beat stephen bunting, van gerwen brushed aside chris dobey — both winning their semifinals by 6 sets to 1. from alexandra palace in london, here's james gregg. it is the final that everybody who came to alexandra palace and certainly those who have tickets for the final on friday were hoping for. michael van gerwen first up, absolutely dismantling their man from bedlington, the men number 15, far too strong was the three—time world champion, the dutchman comprehensive, averaging a shade under 100 en route towards his seventh world final. luke littler after that with an equally dominant performance of his own was superb, right from the off this time, no signs of nerves to begin, and stephen bunting the world number eight and accomplished player, a masters champion, standing absolutely no chance with the numbers, the shared data history that luke littler demonstrated. just far too good for bunting, so 6—1 a win for both those finalists in the semifinal, a difficult one t

pre luke littler... and post luke littler.. having fallen at the final hurdle in his extraordinary breakthrough tournament a year ago this result never appeared to be in doubt. he raced to a 4—0 lead with seven needed for the win... and despite eventually getting three sets of his own van gerwen wasn't really threatening a comeback. the dutchman was the previous youngest champion when he won the first of his world titles in 2014 at the age of 24 it's been crazy. i said previously, just looking up at all the kids with my shirt on and obviously the 180 cards that they want signed. it's good to see and ally pally this year was absolutely rocking. it might go down as one of the best i have been involved with with michael but to get a win over the player who michael is, he's been around for years and years, and obviously he was hoping for his fourth title. but i so wanted my first and i got it. tottenham are attempting to halt their recent slump in the opening premier league match of the day. they've won just once in the league sin

but luke littler is different. gravy.lutely a level above and congratulations to him. >> i'm not going to have my opinion on this. yes. go on. >> it's darts. it's the soul of britain. yeah i remember they banned walk on girls. >> i'm happy for him. >> i'm happy for him. >> they banned walk on girls at the darts, which enabled feminists to start enjoying their back again. >> by the way, are they back again? yeah, there's. there's pom poms. i think that's what they call them. >> this is where you're watching anyway. that's the front pages done. coming up. elon musk is in trouble for highlighting the grooming gang scandal. will they will they manage to shoot the messenger and why? trump doesn't want us to tax north sea oil? and is the government keeping us safe enough from terrorism? this is headliners only on gb welcome back to headliners. we've got the independent now with more bad news for the tories as another tory mp jumps ship. this time it's marco longhi. isn't that a brand of coffee machine, paul? yes, please. >> for

luke littler, who is stilljust i7—years—old, will be aiming to win his first world title, while dutchmanthe sport, having finished second in the bbc sports personality of the year and being the most googled uk sportsperson of 202a. as soon as that winning double got hit, i knew it was back—to—back finals. yeah, ijust i can't wait to get on stage again tomorrow. i don't mind whoever i'm going to play. you need to make sure you keep battling your own battles, always keep focusing on your own appearances. i think that's a key thing for me. and coming into the semi—finals, you're the only former champion left standing here. that know—how and experience, how important could that prove to be? could be really important. but we didn't win anything yet. we only got to the final. the final means nothing. yeah, i want to win and that's the only thing that counts for me at the moment. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. some very cold air with us at the moment. lows of —8 degrees celsius earlier on this morning in parts of 0xfordshire. tonight we're expecting anotherfrost and ice risk and fr

the 17—year—old darts sensation luke littler looks to make history tonight as he sails into blockbusterld darts final with michael van gerwen. hello, i'm geeta guru—murthy, welcome to bbc news now. the brother of the man who killed 1a people in new orleans on new year's day has given an interview to our us partner cbs. in it says he's struggling to understand how shamsud—din jabbar could have committed such an attack. the fbi say the army veteran acted alone and had declared his support for the islamic state group. 00:01:00,295 --> 2147483051:37:14,862 in videos he made before the 2147483051:37:14,862 --> 4294966103:13:29,429 deadly attack, the 42—year—old after a confrontation with his security team. an arctic blast hit the uk — temperatures fall to nearly minus 8 celcius with snow warnings for the weekend. a plan to transform social care in england is announced but final proposals are unlikely to be delivered until 2028. to make history tonight as he sails into blockbuster world darts final with michael van gerwen. to bbc news now. tiger bech was a former all—ivy league kick returner,

it will be a historic night at alexandra palace tonight as either michael van gerwen or luke littlern the world darts championship. victory for van gerwen would mean a fourth title, whilst for 17—year—old littler it would be his first, but in lifting the trophy he would become the tournament's youngest winner, beating the previous record by seven years, which was set by van gerwen in 2014. everyone else is looking forward to it more than i am. but if i win seven sets, i'll be happy. i've gained loads of experience. obviously, michael has been in loads of finals. this is my second. i know where i went wrong last year and i'm sure i will fix it. i don't mind who i am going to plax _ i don't mind who i am going to play. you _ i don't mind who i am going to play. you need to battle your own — play. you need to battle your own battles, focus on your own experience. own battles, focus on your own experience-_ experience. you are the only former champion _ experience. you are the only former champion left - experience. you are the only. former champion left standing here. how important coul

our main story: he's done it — 17—year—old luke littler has become the youngest world darts champion gerwen 7—3, claiming the £500,000 prize

and17—year—old darts sensation luke littler hopes to make history tonight if he can beat three—time former champion michael van gerwen. hello, i'm annita mcveigh. we start on the latest on the attack from new orleans which killed 1a people on new year's day. the white house has confirmed president biden will visit the city on monday. it comes as the brother of the man behind the attack says he's struggling to understand how shamsud—dinjabbar could have committed such an attack. the fbi say the army veteran acted alone and had declared his support for the group calling itself islamic state. in videos he made before the deadly attack, the 42—year—old talked about killing his family as well. speaking to our us partner, cbs news, 24—year—old abdurjabbar said he had no idea why his older half brother was in new orleans, and spoke of his shock at hearing the news. i'm still shocked by the whole thing. it still doesn't seem like it actually happened. ijust dropped my phone and crawled into a corner somewhere and started crying. this is completely out of character for him, you know, these actions.

teenage sensation luke littler has become the youngest ever world darts champion, after cruising to victorythe final at alexandra palace in london. the 17—year—old threw 12180s in the match, to claim the £500,000 prize. littler shot to fame last year when he finished runner—up in the event aged just 16. but the teenager from warrington, north west england, pulled through as the favourite to go one better this year. speaking to our colleagues at bbc breakfast, the new world champion talked about how he felt druing the final. i just felt very confident going into last night. i didn't put any pressure on myself, ijust said to myself whatever happens happens. did you enjoy it? you looked like you were enjoying it. yeah, it's another big occasion. obviously, it's back—to—back finals for myself and like you said, i enjoyed myself, i didn't put any pressure on myself. luke, we can see the trophy behind you there, it's quite a big one. now, i went to your house, what, about a month ago now? so before all this started, and you have already got an absolutely packed trophy cabinet. where are you going

also coming up on the world today... 17—year—old darts sensation luke littler looks to make history tonightan beat three—time champion michael van gerwen. hello and welcome to the world today. we start on the latest on the attack in new orleans which killed 14 on the attack in new orleans which killed iii people on new year's day. presidentjoe biden has said he has spoken to the families of the victims, it comes at the white house has confirmed he will visit the city on monday. this is the brother of the man behind the attack saying he struggles on descent how he could have done the attack —— to understand. and videos he made before the deadly attack, the 42—year—old talked about telling his own family as well. speaking to our us partner, cbs news, the 24—year—old abdurjabbar said he had no idea why his half—brother was in new orleans and spoke of in shock hearing the news. and spoke of in shock hearing the news— and spoke of in shock hearing the new-— and spoke of in shock hearing the news. , . ., the news. this came as much of a shock to _ the news. this came as much of a shock to you _ t

elsewhere — winner of that tournament, 17—year—old luke littler, leads the eight—man field, but therer world champions peter wright and michael smith — who took part in the 2024 edition — miss out this time around. south africa got the job done quickly in the final session of the fourth day of the second test against pakistan to win the series 2—0. they needed to make just 58 runs for the victory — david bedingham — promoted up the orderfrom numberfive — smashing 44 off 30 balls, in the 10 wicket win. victory in cape town was built on a huge first—innings total of 615 all out. south africa's victory ensures they head into june's world test championship final against australia having topped the table for the two—year cycle. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello. we've seen some fairly disruptive weather to get the brand—new year under way. and over the last few days, whether that has been from extensive snowfall or indeed from widespread floodi

and17—year—old darts sensation luke littler hopes to make history tonight if he can beat three—time former champion michael van gerwen. hello, i'm annita mcveigh. amber warnings for snow and ice have been issued for large areas of england and wales this weekend, after an arctic blast pushed temperatures to nearly minus eight degrees celsius overnight. the uk health security agency has warned that vulnerable and elderly people will be at risk. gritters were out through the night and into the early hours making sure the roads were clear and safe. back in october when the winter season started here, this whole area was full of salt, and it was as high as the top of the pile you can see there. here, they are constantly monitoring the situation on the roads and the weather forecast, to see how much salt they need to use each day. we do tailor what the actual gritters are putting on the roads, depending on the conditions, the temperatures, and that can be fed into the wagons, and then they dial up what is required, and the salt is dispensed accordingly. this is us watching in real—time. in the o

the tournament favourite, 17 year old luke littler, takes on stephen bunting later.all area of eastern moldova, the new year celebrations were put on ice. quite literally. the separatist enclave of transnistria remains loyal to moscow. there's russian troops on the ground there and its economy is fully dependent on russian gas. for that loyalty, the gas comes free. but access to it comes via a transit route that passes ukraine. and that path was cut in the early hours of new year's day — an agreement which was signed in 2019 between kyiv and the russia energy giant gazprom expired. the ukrainian president refuses to extend it, and so the taps have been turned off. for now, only hospitals and critical infrastructure in transnistria are being heated. there's concerns over electricity too. the main power plant in kurchugan is already being fuelled by coal instead of russian gas. but the authorities say there's only enough to fuel it for 50 more days. joining us now is martin vladimirov — director of the energy and climate program at the center for the study of democracy

only criticising the young players, we have to give them time to develop as well. 17—year—old luke littlercome the youngest winner of the world darts championship. he's in the semi finals after easing past nathan aspinall 5—2. littler — who finished runner—up 12 months ago — finished with an average of over 101 — as he set up a finalfourtie against stephen bunting. and we finish with some sad news — as agnes keleti, the oldest living olympic medal winner, has died. she was 103. keleti passed away after going into hospital with pneumonia a week ago. she won a total of 10 olympic medals in gymnastics, including five golds, for hungary at the 1952 helsinki games and the 1956 melbourne games. and that's all the sport for now. some news coming into us. a man among four people hurt when a car hit pedestrians in the west end of london on christmas day has died in hospital and has been named as a 25—year—old aidan chapman. that is the latest from the metropolitan police. a man among the four people injured when a car hit pedestrians in london on christmas day, has died in hospital and he was 25—ye

and 17—year—old darts sensation luke littler looks to make history tonight as he sails into the worldattack from new orleans which killed 1a people on new year's day. in the last hour, the white house has confirmed president biden will visit the city on monday. it comes as the brother of the man behind the attack

on friday, apple inaccurate summarised that luke littler had won the darts championship hours beforel had come out as 93v- river nadal had come out as gay. apple has formally responded. —— tennis star, rafael nadal. shares in chinese tech giants — including the gaming and social media leader tencent — have been hit today on the news the us defense department has added them to a list of firms it says work with china's military. the battery maker catl has also been added. the annually updated list of chinese military companies, has designated 134 companies so far. while the designation does not involve immediate bans, it can be a blow to the reputations of affected companies. let's get more on this now from our asia business hub and our reporter suranjana tewari. how has tencent responded to this development? yes, we heard from tense and not long 1534 00:1

and 17—year—old darts sensation luke littler looks to make history tonight, as he sails into the world final against michael van gerwen. hello, i'm geeta guru—murthy, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. the brother of the man who killed 1a people in new orlans on new year's day has given an interview to our us partner cbs. in it he says he's struggling to understand how shamsud—din jabbar could have committed such an attack. the fbi say the army veteran acted alone and had declared his support for the islamic state group. in videos he made before the deadly attack, the 42—year—old talked about killing his family as well. now his half—brother, 24—year—old abdurjabbar, has given an interview. he said it was normal for his family not to spend holidays together, but he has no idea why his older brother was in new orleans. he spoke of his shock on receiving the phone call. he spoke to our us partner cbs. i'm still shocked by the whole thing. it still doesn't seem like it actually happened. ijust dropped my phone and crawled into a corner somewh

and 17—year—old darts sensation luke littler looks to make history tonight, if he can beat three—timer world champion michael van gerwen. hello, i'm annita mcveigh. now with all the latest sport, here's hugh. hello from the bbc sport centre. it has been a fiery series between australia and india. and on day one of its final test, another moment of confrontation. increasingly at the centre of it all is the home side's teenage batter, sam konstas. barged into by virat kohli on debut in the last match, on friday he was the centre of attention again as a wicket fell with the final ball of the day in sydney. the 19—year—old finished the day at the crease and on the end of a particularly frosty stare from jasprit bumrah, captaining the side after rohit sharma dropped himself, who took the wicket of konstas�*s opening partner usman khawaja. the two were at odds over whether australia had been attempting to waste time in the closing overs to see out the day. and many of the india team celebrated in konstas�* direction, with scott boland claiming his teammate has got under india's skin. well,

luke littler, who is stilljust 17 years old, will be aiming to win his first world title while dutchmanittler would cap a stunning 12 months and cement his position at the top of the sport, having finished second in the bbc sports personality of the year and being the most googled uk sportsperson of 2024. i knew it was back to back finals, and i can't wait to get on stage again tomorrow. i don't mind who i'm going to play. — don't mind who i'm going to play. you _ don't mind who i'm going to play, you need to make sure you battle _ play, you need to make sure you battle your— play, you need to make sure you battle your own battles, focusing on your own appearances. that's a key thing for me — and coming into the semi—finals, you're the only former champion left standing here that that know how and experience. how important could that prove to be? could be really important. but we didn't win anything yet. we only got to the final. the final means nothing. yeah, i want to win. and that's the only thing that counts for me at the moment. former arts champion bobby george has told what he wa

0ne darts reporter wrote that in the future, the sport will have been split into two eras pre—luke littlerowing it now includes a first world title, won by beating the three—time champion michael van gerwen in the final at london's alexandra palace. today he spoke to our reporter matt graveling, who asked whether littler had managed to get any sleep since. ijust nodded off as soon as i put my phone down and fell asleep. put my phone down and fell aslee -. . , put my phone down and fell aslee. .,, , ~ put my phone down and fell aslee. , ~ , put my phone down and fell| asleep-_ i asleep. has it sunk in yet? i don't know. _ asleep. has it sunk in yet? i don't know. no, _ asleep. has it sunk in yet? i don't know. no, not - asleep. has it sunk in yet? i don't know. no, not yet. - asleep. has it sunk in yet? i | don't know. no, not yet. you don't know. no, not yet. you don't play — don't know. no, not yet. you don't play darts _ don't know. no, not yet. you don't play darts for _ don't know. no, not yet. you don't play darts for the - don't know. no, not yet. you don't play darts for the money b

and the teenage darts sensation luke littler has made history — by becoming the youngest ever world championage 17. he claimed victory in london, last night, taking the record from his oppoment, michael van gerwen. the met office says large parts of the uk could face disruption from heavy snow and freezing rain this weekend. it has issued two amber weather warnings in england and wales, predicting some areas could see up to a0 centimetres of snow and temperatures as low as minus ten celsius. the weather could lead to treacherous driving conditions, power cuts, and even some rural areas being cut off. bbc weather presenter ben rich told me what we can expect to see over the coming hours. i can show you what's going on if we take a look at some of our weather graphics. it is that cold air that's been in place across the uk for several days now. and then in the south of that picture, you can see some mild air trying to barge its way in, and air masses don't like to mix. so where the cold air and the mild air meets, we've got a weather system that is going to produce, yes, some outbreaks of rain

luke littler — the teenage darts sensation who first burst onto the scene last year at the age of 16.d champion. from becoming the youngest ever now 17, he is taking on the three—times world champion michael van gerwen in the final tonight at alexandra palace. our sports correspondent natalie pirks is there. last night, luke the nuke's game face was on as he breezed to a second consecutive world final. it means tonight he will once again attempt to become the youngest winner in the sport's history. try and sum up for us what it would mean to you and your family? it would mean everything but i don't know what the winning feeling is like. obviously, michael, he has done it three times and i know he's hungry for that fourth. i'm hungry for my first, so may the best man win. the bbc�*s recently crowned young sports personality has earned more than £1 million in prize money alone. at his first darts club where hejoined at nine alone. at his first darts club where he joined at nine years old they can't restock his £100 a pop darts at quick enough. they knew he was a precocious talent.— at q

teenage darts sensation luke littler makes history — becoming the youngest ever world darts champione 17. now on bbc news... bbc 100 women in conversation: sharon stone. fame is a currency, and that currency, well spent, can do a great deal of good in the world. music: love is strange by mickey & sylvia. sharon stone shot to international fame after her role in basic instinct, which propelled her to superstardom in the 1990s. her work has also earned her a golden globe nomination and oscar nominations. she's since added many strings to her bow, including humanitarian, author and painter. i caught up with her at a festival in italy where we talked movies, life and politics. so, sharon stone, thank you so much forjoining us on the bbc�*s 100 women. first of all, how are you? just tickled. i'm so excited. i so can't believe i got chosen for this list. thank you. one thing i do want to explore with you are women in hollywood. behind the scenes, you've got quite a plethora of titles to your portfolio, if you like. is that something that is growing in hollywood? you know, this comes in wav

finish the season with 2,005 yards rushing, just 101 yards shy the current record. 17—year—old luke littlerme the youngest winner of the world darts championship. he's in the semi finals, after easing past nathan aspinall 5—2. littler, who finished runner—up 12 months ago, finished with an average of over 101, as he set up a finalfourtie against stephen bunting. three time champion michael van gerwen plays chris dobey in the other semi final. and we finish with some sad news — as agnes keleti, the oldest living olympic medal winner, has died. she was 103. keleti passed away after going into hospital with pneumonia a week ago. she won a total of 10 olympic medals in gymnastics, including five golds, for hungary at the 1952 helsinki games and the 1956 melbourne games. and that's all the sport for now. 0n the website you can keep up—to—date with all the latest news and we will have more for you later. goodbye. from march to magic and music to bradford, will take centre stage this year. the year—long programme of events will feature the likes of david hockney, from the city. and will aim to try

the 17—year—old british darts sensation luke littler is the youngest ever player to win the world championshiphree. littler won £500,000 at the tournament in london. the british prime minister sir keir starmer said it was an inspirational performance under immense pressure. you're watching bbc news. from all of us in washington, dc have a very good day. goodbye for now. hello. if you have travel plans this weekend, it's probably worth keeping an eye on the weather forecast because wintry weather could cause some quite significant disruption. met office amber warnings have been issued for snow and ice during the weekend, particularly covering parts of wales, the midlands and up into northern england as we head through saturday night and on into sunday. so what's going on? well, cold air has set in across the uk, this cold arctic air sitting in place. and then from the southwest, some milder air tries to make a move. and along the boundary between the two, we have this weather front. as this weather front moves into the cold air, well, it is that that will generate some significant snow for some

and coming up on bbc news — can the teenage dart sensation luke littler go all the way this year, aselcome to the bbc news at 0ne. president biden has said the former us army employee who drove into crowds of people in new orleans was inspired by the islamic state group. 15 people were killed when the pick—up truck drove around

last years runner—up, luke littler, takes on stephen bunting in the second match but first up it's thempion, michael van gerwin, against chris dobey, whose through to the last four for the first time. i fourfor the first time. i four for the first time. feel confident. i i fourfor the first time. feel confident. i have beatei on ifeel confident. i have beaten him on the big stage before, i have beaten him plenty of times, i think and i have getting rid of the thought i cannot beat him and i now know i can so i won a couple of years back in the cup final and that will be in the back of my mind and i feel confident going into tonight. great britain are out of the united cup, beaten by poland in the quarterfinals. billy harris put up a vailiant fight in the first match but was eventually beaten in straight sets by hubert hurcatch 7—6, 7—5. katie boulter took the opening set against the world number two, iga swiantek. but the five time grand slam winner fought back to win the match in three sets. poland will now face kazakhstan for a place in the final. i don't know, i'm just exhausted, yo

we start with the teenager luke littler, who etched his name into darting history, and taken the sporter michael van gerwen, to become the youngest ever, p.d.c world championship winner, in front of roaring crowds at alexandra palace. the 17—year—old was in unstoppable form. this result never really looked in doubt as he raced into a 4—0 lead, and despite van gerwen getting three sets on the board, he never really threatened a comeback with littler always comfortably in front. van gerwen was the previous youngest champion when he won the first of his three world titles in 2014, aged 24. however, littler smashed that record, as he swept aside his dutch opponent at alexandra palace. it's been crazy. just looking up it's been crazy. just looking up at all the kids with my shirt on, obviously the 180 cards that they want signed. it's good to see and ally pally was rocking. it might go down as the best with michael but to get a win over the player that michael is, who has been around for years and years, and obviously he was hoping for his fourth title. but i so wanted my first and i got it

teenage darts sensation luke littler makes history, becoming the youngest ever world darts champion aton friday as venus appeared shining brightly above a crescent moon. the planet was visible to the naked eye from the uk to the us, turkey and china. this is bbc news. hello, i'm martine croxall. let's return now to the weather situation here in the uk now. amber and yellow weather warnings for snow and ice are in place for england and wales this weekend, with heavy snow and icy rain forecast. for more on this now, i'm joined by our weather presenter louise lear. it is serious stuff when there is an amberwarning. it is serious stuff when there is an amber warning. it is, the middle tier, so we could go red, it is unlikely at the moment, but amber red, it is unlikely at the moment, butamberwarnings moment, but amber warnings really moment, butamberwarnings really need to be taken serious consideration and they start from six o'clock this evening, so six o'clock this

teenage darts sensation luke littler makes history, becoming the youngest ever world darts champion atace has announced king charles is deeply saddened by the death of a british man who was among 1a people killed in the new year's day attack in new orleans. edward pettifer, who was 31, from west london, is the stepson of alexandra pettifer, previously known as tiggy legge—bourke, who was the nanny to prince william and prince harry. in a tribute, his family described him as a "wonderful son, brother, grandson, nephew and friend to so many". 0ur correspondent frances read reports. another victim of what the fbi says was a premeditated and evil act. this man for chelsea in london was 31 years old and one of 1a who

can teenager luke littler emulate his final in 202a?he biggest dinosaur trackway site ever discovered in the uk. our science editor, rebecca morelle, went to take a look. footsteps thump following in the footsteps of a jurassic giant. this is where a dinosaur walked 166 million years ago. but it wasn�*t alone. different trackways crisscross this entire site. they were discovered on the floor of a limestone quarry in oxfordshire by one of the workers. so, i was basically clearing the clay and i was hitting a hump. so, like, this here? yeah, yeah. as it turned out, it was this front bit i was hitting. and when i got out and examined it, it looked like footprints. and the weird thing about it was, when you sit there, it was like, "i�*m the first person to see them." yeah, it was a bit... yeah, a bit of a tingling moment, really. the summer dig revealed 200 footprints, stretching for 150 metres, making it the largest track site everfound in the uk and one of the biggest in the world. the trackways were made by two types of dinosaurs, large

one said luke littler had won the world darts championship before the final had even begun.t, it's january, it's 250 miles, but it's newcastle's chance for a trophy so, of course, in their thousands they came. a big occasion this, too, for arsenal. their early opportunity — responsibility fell to gabriel martinelli. commentator: what a chance for arsenal to take the lead! - the priceless asset is the instinctive finisher. newcastle have one. when a chance fell to alexander isak, no doubt. he does that most weeks these days. he has done it again! isak doesn't score with every shot, sure, but when he forces the save, newcastle reacted. anthony gordon, a 2—0 lead in the first leg of the semifinal at arsenal — they did not get that far in theirdreams. arsenal had kai havertz in the perfect place to head a goal back, but he missed, he really missed. that was a shoulder sending the ball wide. arsenal supporters and their players must try to recover from this. decades without a trophy, newcastle can't wait for the second leg. they'll have to. there is so much football at this time

the british prime minister said luke littler�*s performance was inspirational to win the world championship significant disruption. met office amber warnings have been issued for snow and ice during the weekend, particularly covering parts of wales, the midlands and up into northern england as we head through saturday night and on into sunday. so what's going on? well, cold air has set in across the uk, this cold arctic air sitting in place. and then from the southwest, some milder air tries to make a move. and along the boundary between the two, we have this weather front. as this weather front moves into the cold air, well, it is that that will generate some significant snow for some of us, but also some rain down towards the south as things turn milder. saturday morning, though, starting with some fog, especially down towards the south — freezing fog after a cold night. and after that foggy start, with cloud rolling in from the south, i think across some southern parts, it will be quite a grey day. more sunshine for northern england, northern ireland and scotland, although there will be

win the old firm derby but still trail their premiership rivals by 11 points. 17—year—old luke �*the nuke' littlerace michael van gerwen. world number two iga swiantek gets the better of katie boulter in a classic to seal poland's victory over great britain in the united cup. we start with football, and rangers may be trailing celtic in the scottish premiership but they got the bragging rights in the old firm derby with an emphatic 3—0 win. it was their manager phillipe clemont�*s first win in the fixture at the seventh time of asking. martin dowdon was watching. celtic enjoyed a iii—point gap heading into the fixture. the celtic manager tasted defeatjust once in 20 outings against the rangers coming into this, and the rangers manager had not beaten celtic in six attempts. it was all about to change. setting the rangers on the way, gathering it from nico and sending a crisp low shot right to the corner from 25 yards, just evading casper to the goal. they were rampant after that. next up, the cutting inside, a shot deflecting the defender, and striking the top of the course. celtic could not muster

and 17 year old luke littler has become the youngest evidence will champion the teenager pacing. michel vine, go into the netherlands, and the loans and final known as luc send you this. when coming 12 months of that he was bates and last year is titled aside. he will miss will on the 7th such as the fruits of climate prize of mold in half a $1000000.00. all right, that is how useful is looking sense. molly? thanks sunday. okay, that's it for me, molly. insight? this nice. i'll be back by just a moment. much more of the day thing is the state of the of the is a very with raising the damage close to the precious cross. lots of chilly is being reversed with one of the world's biggest as a consummate system . as a unique perspective, what could my community be gaining if we weren't spending money on all of those bonds killing it? asses, timothy 11 on on her voices. the world has turned its back on so that our lives do match. so many people matter just as much as any other connect with our community and be part of the conversation. we feel very unsafe because of the 2nd 12 presidency. they