andy swiss, bbc news, malaga. so despair, then, for great britain, but delight for slovakia.aptain had to say after the tie. i think still we are underdogs. but like you said, our confidence is growing up and we played last match with italy and it was really close. i think it was about two points. we were two points maybe from the victory only. so, yeah, we are looking forward for that match and we willjust try to enjoy it and maybe take the cup from here. now away from tennis for a moment, it was a sensational night in the nations league for wales, who sealed promotion back to the top tier of the competition after a convincing 4—1 win over iceland in cardiff. they went behind early, but two goals from liam cullen, his first for wales, put the home team 2—1 ahead at half time. cullen then sent spurs�* brennanjohnson to clear to make it three after the break and if that wasn't good enough, harry wilson capped off another impressive night for craig bellamy�*s team with a fine strike from distance. wales top the group and remain unbeaten under bellamy since he took over injuly.

first red alert ever issued in malaga province.ve been more sensible than they perhaps would have been otherwise. good to talk to, — would have been otherwise. good to talk to, hopefully _ would have been otherwise. good to talk to, hopefully the - to talk to, hopefully the clearer continues. far as you have been aware, no casualties. hope that continues. all the best you and the people there. thank very much. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. welcome back. india's capital delhi has overtaken the pakistani city of lahore as the most polluted city on earth. according to the swiss group iqair, delhi's air pollution index had reached 418 on thursday, which is defined as severe. a good rating is between zero and 50. the indian city has to deal with smog every winter as cold air traps dust, emissions and smoke from fires. joining me now is our india correspondent arunoday mukharji, who's in delhi, and our pakistan correspondent caroline davies. let us start in delhi, this is a world title no one really wants to achie

this time, the province of malaga bore the brunt of the storm.rom rivers that had burst their banks. local residents struggled to get to safety. hospitals, schools and transport were disrupted. emergency services warned people to expect more flash floods here over the coming hours. and in valencia region, people are braced for further flooding to come. the alert level in some areas has now been raised to red. translation: they have told us to go home - because of the storm. heavy rains are coming so we should stay at home and in high areas if we can. only two weeks have passed since more than 200 people were killed here in spain's worst natural disaster in decades, after a year's worth of rain fell in just one day. while the latest storm isn't expected to be as strong, large amounts of mud remain and drainage systems are blocked — even small amounts of rain could lead to more misery. experts say this year's floods have been made much worse by climate change. we know that there are links to climate change. we know that when we have storms that are

first red alert ever issued in malaga province.n more sensible than they perhaps would have been otherwise. an update there from andrey in benamargosa in spain. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. welcome back. the uk chancellor will unveil plans later today for a big pensions shake up. rachel reeves wants to create pension megafunds, designed to help unlock billions of pounds of investment in businesses and infrastructure. she says britain's pension funds are currently too small and are holding back the economy. earlier i spoke to theo leggett who told us more about what is being proposed. an? who told us more about what is being proposed. any chancellor will be looking _ being proposed. any chancellor will be looking for _ being proposed. any chancellor will be looking for sources - being proposed. any chancellor will be looking for sources of i will be looking for sources of money that can fund investment and pension funds are very tempting. the problem with small funds is they tend to be inherently low risk. i

caidas en las ultimas horas han dejado bajo el agua a calles y vecindarios enteros de la ciudad de malagaais. >> varios rios han subido r repentinamente su caudal o se han visto desbordados mas de 4.000 personas han tenido que ser desalojadas de diferentes municipios de los alrededores. >> residentes esperan que no se convierta en tragedia como la vivida en valencia hace unas semanas por un sistema meteorologico similar. >> han abierto todas las a alcantarillas para que se pueda llevar todo el agua que estan haciendo una barricada. >> las fuertes precipitaciones han provocado problemas en el transporte. >> el tren de alta velocidad que conecta malaga con madrid debio ser suspendido y mas de una decena de vuelos se han cancelado. >> las autoridades buscan salir al cruce de las fuertes criticas por la gestion del ultimo desastre. >> no ha ido muy bien, desde anoche estabamos mas que avisados, despues esta manana como a las 10 y pico, 11, ya han pasado por las calles la policia avisando a todo el vamos, muy, muy, muy bien, el despliegue muy bien. >> han cerrado negocios y las clases han sido

malaga saw its heaviest rainfall in 35 years with roads left submerged and schools forced to close.ing in the valencia region last month. let's speak to roman qayo — the owner of a restaurant that was hit by a tornado yesterday morning. just describe what it has been like where you are.— like where you are. good afternoon. _ like where you are. good afternoon. i— like where you are. good afternoon. i have - like where you are. good afternoon. i have a - like where you are. good - afternoon. i have a restaurant and both are on the sea. sadly, yesterday, we came in the morning and it was very nice and there was a lot of rain, and there was a lot of rain, and there was a lot of rain, and the advice was that there will be a very heavy day of water. it was very high, the rain was extremely strong. suddenly, i was on the beach where we were working and suddenly we saw someone coming from the sea, i don't know how to explain, like a tornado but very high. it was about five metres high and came very close to me. it passed through me and went through the restaurant and i could not believe wh

3,000 people were told to leave their homes in malaga.e areas worst affected. valencia which is still recovering from a year's worth of rain injust 8 hours last month may now be hit with several months of rainfall. from spain, here's nick beake. more misery heaped on spain. this was malaga today. streets submerged again and struggles to reach safety. this has been a brutal time for the country, after it was gripped by the worst floods in generations. it's estimated 100,000 cars were destroyed a fortnight ago. that's nothing compared to the human cost. yesterday, we filmed as they searched for two brothers, who'd been swept away by the torrent. neighbours told us how the boys had been ripped from their dad's arms, after a truck had smashed open their house. today it was announced the bodies of five—year—old izan and three—year—old ruben had been found. their family said they had no words to convey their loss. this was paiporta two weeks ago today, where more than 60 people were killed, one of the communities worst hit. lourdes and her brot

, thousands of people have been evacuated in schools and stores of close trains between malaga and the capital. madrid has been cancelled. 6 other spanish provinces are under alert among them as valencia were re, some floods killed more than 200 people. germany's in battle chancellor has challenged parliament to keep working despite the collapse of his governing coalition last week. and his 1st speech to parliament since then, schultz urged all parties to pull together to pass important legislation ahead of a confidence vote next month and snap elections in february. but the session deteriorated into a heated blamed a campaign in gym. and these 2025 election has big gun. that at least is the impression you could get from today. sometimes firey and acrimony assessing the bodies to the scientists versus a disagreement on the fundamental issue. and i cannot, and i will not subject this country to that. so if you read in your speech, him a chance to read us wednesday evening was frankly on what the chancellor of a federal republic of germany police left shelves, the social democrat john sl

panic on spain's costa del sol — thousands of homes are evacuated in malaga, as more torrential rainooding. and was this whale really a russian spy? the mystery may have just been solved. and coming up on bbc news, eight england players have dropped out of lee carsley�*s squad for the interim manager's final two games in charge. they are in athens to play greece tomorrow and host ireland on sunday. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. donald trump has metjoe biden in the white house this afternoon to discuss the transition of power, and he thanked him for making it "as smooth as you can get". it's his first visit to washington since his historic election triumph last week. the two men didn't meet face—to—face four years ago, afterjoe biden won, because donald trump refused to do so. meanwhile, he has been announcing the names of more people who'll be playing key roles in his administration. among them, the richest man on the planet, elon musk. here's our north america editor, sarah smith. he's back. donald trump savouring his victory and making a triumphant return to wash

people were told to leave their homes in malaga.still recovering from a year's worth of rain injust eight hours last month — may now be hit with several months of rainfall. from spain, here's nick beake: more misery heaped on spain. this was malaga today. streets submerged again and struggles to reach safety. this has been a brutal time for the country, after it was gripped by the worst floods in generations. it's estimated 100,000 cars were destroyed a fortnight ago. that's nothing compared to the human cost. yesterday, we filmed as they searched for two brothers, who'd been swept away by the torrent. neighbours told us how the boys had been ripped from their dad's arms, after a truck had smashed open their house. today it was announced the bodies of five—year—old izan and three—year—old ruben had been found. their family said they had no words to convey their loss. this was paiporta two weeks ago today, where more than 60 people were killed, one of the communities worst hit. lourdes and her brother showed us how high the flood cam

the rural town of benamargosa, about a0 minutes from malaga. hit by now all too familiar scenes.er itself burst its banks right in the heart of the village, as you can see behind me. they've been working — the emergency services, the locals — everyone's pulling together, working all the way through the nightjust trying to clear some of the roads in and out so people who've been trapped with the floodwaters, you know, so the emergency services can get in to see them. but everyone's houses, businesses just fully decimated. it's just so sad. malaga has bore the brunt of this latest storm with thousands evacuated, schools and businesses closed. some locals even struggled to get to safety. and there are more flash flood warnings for today. valencia, though, is still by far the worst hit region. over 200 were killed just two weeks ago when a year's worth of rain fell in just one day. people here are still on high alert. translation: they have told us to go home because - of the storm. heavy rains are coming, so we should stay at home and in high areas if we can. with more rain forecast

people were told to leave their homes in malaga.st affected. valencia which is still recovering from a year's worth of rain in just eight hours last month — may now be hit with several months of rainfall. from spain, here's nick beake. more misery heaped on spain. this was malaga today. streets submerged again and struggles to reach safety. this has been a brutal time for the country, after it was gripped by the worst floods in generations. it's estimated 100,000 cars were destroyed a fortnight ago. that's nothing compared to the human cost. yesterday, we filmed as they searched for two brothers, who'd been swept away by the torrent. neighbours told us how the boys had been ripped from their dad's arms, after a truck had smashed open their house. today it was announced the bodies of five—year—old izan and three—year—old ruben had been found. their family said they had no words to convey their loss. this was paiporta two weeks ago today, where more than 60 people were killed, one of the communities worst hit. lourdes and her brother

the world number two is playing paula badosa in malaga and she took that match.d are already 1—0 up in the tie after magda linette's win over sara sorribes tormo earlier. the hype turned into a bit of chaos, perhaps predictably. at the weigh in for the fight betweenjake paul and mike tyson in texas with the you tuber—turned boxer launching an expletive laden rant after he'd been slapped by tyson. this is the moment things got a little out of hand, with the former world heavyweight champion hitting out at his opponent before they meet for a contest that will count on both fighter�*s professional records. paul said he didn't even feel the slap and that tyson was an angry little elf. iron mike, who's 58 now, said talking's over before leaving the stage. they meet at the at&t stadium in arlington on friday night in an event shown globally on netflix. i don't care about proving anybody wrong. i only care about proving myself right. i don't care what anybody thinks. myjob is not to prove anybody wrong. change anybody�*s opinion. myjob is to prove to me that i am the pe

the final of the billie jean king cup starts in 25 minutes in malaga.nst the surprise finallists slovakia, who have knocked out the usa australia and great britain. you can follow that on the bbc sport website and that's all the sport for now. google says it would harm consumers and businesses if it is forced to sell chrome, the world's most popular web browser. reports say the us department ofjustice will propose the measure today, after google was found to be operating an online search monopoly in a ruling back in august. it's since been considering what remedies or penalties to impose. let's speak to bill kovacic, an american legal scholar who served as a commissioner of the federal trade commission from 2006 to 2011. thanks forjoining us. how significant is what we are likely to hear from the doj today? likely to hear from the doj toda ? , , u, today? very significant. it will be detailed _ today? very significant. it i will be detailed specification of their remedial intentions that will give thejudge of their remedial intentions that will give the

the world number two is playing paula badosa in malaga

nadal — who has won 22 grand slam titles — will end his career after the men's team event in malaga.n though he'd not played competitively for over three months, nadal was selected by spain captain david ferrer for the first match and it backfired. despite a partisan spanish crowd, nadal lost 6—4 6—4 to botic van de zandschulp as the netherlands went 1—0 ahead in their quarter—final. in the last few minutes carlos alcaraz has beaten tallon griekspoor in the second match. 7—6, 6—3 the score so the tie will be decided by a final doubles match. so if spain win that nadal could still extend his career, although afterwards he wasn't sure he should be picked. translation: obviously i want to -la , translation: obviously i want to play. that's _ translation: obviously i want to play. that's why _ translation: obviously i want to play, that's why i'm - translation: obviously i want to play, that's why i'm here - to play, that's why i'm here this week. let's see how things go and hopefully we can go forward and i will keep playing or picked to play whether singles or doubles if i were the cap

meanwhile, the opening tie of the billiejean king cup between spain and poland in malaga has been postponedo a severe weather alert that's followed another period of heavy rain in southern spain. the tie was originally scheduled for wednesday and will now take place on friday. our tennis correspondent russell fuller is there. the problem is that this is a stadium, albeit an indoor stadium, albeit an indoor stadium that is purpose built for the believe jean stadium that is purpose built for the believejean king cup finals for the region of and lussier decided to switch the finals from seville to malaga or injuly. it's been erected in a shallow bowl and there is significant flooding around to the arena. ankle deep in places. we are not allowed access to the site so we cannot say whether the interior of the arena has been affected. as a result, spain against poland is not taking place today. it will be staged instead from 10am local time on friday morning and the first tie of the finals is now do to be japan against romania at ten o'clock tomorrow morning, but with the rain do to continue unti

the rural town of benamargosa, about a0 minutes from malaga. hit by now all too familiar scenes.ut the destruction was unrelenting. the river itself burst its banks right in the heart of the village, as you can see behind me. um, they've been working the emergency services, the locals. um, everyone's pulling together, working all the way through the night, just trying to clear some of the roads in and out so people who've been trapped with the floodwaters, um, you know, the emergency services can get in to see them. um, but everyone's houses, businesses just fully decimated. it's just so sad. malaga has bore the brunt of this latest storm, with thousands evacuated, schools and businesses closed. some locals even struggled to get to safety. and there are more flash flood warnings for today. valencia, though, is still by far the worst hit region. over 200 were killed just two weeks ago when a year's worth of rain fell in just one day. people here are still on high alert. translation: they have told us to go home because of the storm. _ heavy rains are coming, so we should stay at h

in malaga and they are expected to take the full force of the storm.e the full force of the storm. it comes just two weeks after 200 people were killed in valencia by flash flooding. from spain, here is our correspondent. a scramble to reach safety, in the face of the latest downpour. this was the worst flooding generations, 100,000 described a fortnight ago. compared to the human cost. yesterday, we filmed as they searched for two brothers who were swept away in the torrent. the boys had been ripped from their arms after a truck smashed open the house. today, it was announced two young children had been found, theirfamily said they young children had been found, their family said they had no words to convey their loss. lord des showed us the damage. but anger here has only been rising. but anger here has only been risinu. , ,, . rising. this is shameful, we feel abandoned. _ rising. this is shameful, we feel abandoned. we - rising. this is shameful, we feel abandoned. we did - rising. this is shameful, we feel abandoned. we did not rising. this is sha

it is getting very nervy in malaga. it has gone to a deciding set.ritain's semifinal against slovakia in the billiejean king cup has gone to a deciding doubles game. emma raducanu got great britain off to a winning start. she was always the favourite against the world number 238 who had helped slovakia knock out australia and the usa on the way to the semis. and ultimately raducanu proved too strong for her opponent, raducanu won it 6—4 6—4. britain are looking to reach the final for the first time since 1981, with italy waiting for the winners of this tie. but in the last few moments, the british number one katie boulter has lost her singles match so it will now be decided in the doubles, the first time great britain have needed their doubles pair of heather watson and olivia nichols. the davis cup is also taking place in malaga and starts today and rafael nadal is going to play spain's first game in the opening tie against netherlands. it will be the 38 year lds final professional tournament before retirement, and there were question marks over his

these are live pictures from malaga.. take my word for it she leads 3—2 against fernandez, who you may remember was the player player that emma beat in 2021. britain heading towards a place in the semifinals, and you can watch that on the bbc iplayer and the bbc sport website and app as well. jannick sinner has beaten taylor fritz in the final of the season ending atp finals. world number one sinner had yet to drop a set in turin and the italian delighted the home crowd by taking the first by six games to four. another straight sets victory for him to complete a great year. jorge martin is the new moto gp world champion. a third place finish at the final race in barcelona was enough for him to take his maiden title. reigning champ francesco bagnaia won the race, but the pramac ducati rider was in control throughout, to become the first rider from an independent manufacturer to be crowned champion in the moto gp era. i started crying a bit, it was really emotional race. thanks to my people, that is for them, it has been a

it wasn't the perfect send off, but it was still a highly emotional night in malaga as rafael nadal,ssional career. he lost his singles rubber and spain went onto to lose their davis cup tie against the netherlands, spelling the end for the 22 time grand slam champion. he announced his decision to retire last month after another injury hit year on tour. he'd hardly played since the olympics, but targetted this tournament on home soil as the best way to bring his 23 year pro career to a close,

it was always going to be a momentous and highly charged night of tennis action in malaga, as spain facedbe the last outing for rafael nadal. his illustrious career coming to an end after the men's team event. the deciding doubles match went the way of the dutch

it was always going to be a momentous and highly charged night of tennis action in malaga, as spain faced his illustrious career coming to an end after the men's team event.

the davis cup, which is also taking place in malaga, will be nadal�*s final professional tournament befores and we'll find out shortly whether he'll play in spain's opening tie against the netherlands. our correspondent andy swiss is there. there is a big athletic stadium opposite of the venue here which has the biggest banner you will ever see which says, thank you nadal, which sums up the wave of affection that is for nadal as he goes into his final tournament, for nadal as he goes into his finaltournament, but for nadal as he goes into his final tournament, but the big question is, will he actually play? spain have better singles players in carlos alcaraz and roberto bautista agut, so will be interesting to see if he plays. the eight quarter—finalists have already been decided but there's still plenty to play for. wales are looking for automatic promotion to the top tier of the competition later. wales need to beat iceland in cardiff and hope turkey lose in montenegro. if turkey draw and craig bellamy�*s side win, it'll come down to goal difference, and wales would need to win by four g

meanwhile, the opening tie of the billiejean king cup between spain and poland in malaga has been postponedre weather alert that's followed another period of heavy rain in southern spain. the finals will now start with japan against romania on thursday, albeit at a slightly later time than originally planned. our tennis correspondent russell fuller is there. the problem is that this is a stadium, albeit an indoor stadium, that is purpose—built for the billiejean final after the region decided to switch the finals in july. it has been erected in a shallow bowl and there is significant flooding around the entrance to the arena, ankle deep in places. we are not allowed access to the site, so we cannot say whether the interior of the arena has been affected, as a result spain against poland does not take place today, staged instead from 10am local time on friday morning. with a top 10 finish in the dp world tour championship this week, rory mcilroy will guarantee a sixth european race to dubai title, bringing him level with the late seve ballesteros. only colin montgomorie will be ahead of the

tennis, and italy have won a second consecutive davis cup title by beating the netherlands 2—0 in malagatalian team from the bench when he was injured last year, defeated botic van de zandschulp in straight sets. before the world number one, jannik sinner, ended his remarkable year by beating tallon griekspoor to secure the trophy for italy. it's a team double for italy after they also won the billie jean king cup this week. you have different pressure and a different weight of having it on your shoulders but i think we all handled it really well. if it would not be important, i would not be here. for me, it means so much. also sharing this moment, especially with this group. it means so much for me. i'm very happy and honoured to be part of this. in golf, america's lexi thompson has brought her professional career to an end. thompson won herfirst title at the age of 16, and became a major champion at 19 years of age. after carding a final—round two—over—par 7a in the season—ending cme group tour championship with one final putt, she retires at the age of 29. the ii—time lpga tour winner

doubles match at the davis cup as australia and the usa battle it out for a place in the semifinals in malaga. a thriller to open the tie which was ultimately decided 16—14 and one third set tie—break. the australian eventually prevailing in a match lasting on the way to 2.5 hours and look at what it meant there to the australia team but there to the australia team but the usa levelled the tie with a straight sets win 6—3, 6— four that finished. and the tie is now into the doubles — where it's usa's tommy paul and ben shelton, back out again against matthew ebden and jordan thompson. the australians took the first set 6—4. 3—3 in the second. chelsea captain reece james has suffered another injury setback as his side prepare to return to premier league action. james missed much of last season with hamstring issues and had surgery which — it was hoped — would fix the problem. but he's already missed several games this season, and his boss says he'll miss saturday's trip to leicester, enzo maresca's former club. it's a hamstring, yeah, hamstring. it is a muscle problem and we don't want to take,

australia are taking on the usa in malaga, for a place in the semifinals. and a thriller somewhat in the opening tie. first up, thanasi kokkinakis got the better of ben shelton after the pair went toe—to—toe in a third—set tiebreak to decide things. the australian winning 16 points to m there in a match lasting nearly 2.5 hours. match two sees taylor fritz of the usa against alex de minaur. formula one is back this weekend, fittingly at a city that knows how to party — las vegas — as the formula one world championship could be decided there. max verstappen�*s on the verge of a fourth successive driver's title — he holds a huge lead over lando norris with three races to go. so all eyes are on vegas for the grand prix which could settle things. the sphere venue, as well as others on the strip, in the centre of attention, with focus very much on the street circuit after problems last year. among them, a valve cover popped off a manhole during the first practice session and nearly destroyed carlos sainz�*s car. lando norris has bigger problems, though, after he

doubles match at the davis cup as australia and the usa battle it out for a place in the semifinals in malagaird set tie—break. the australian eventually prevailing in a match lasting on the way to 2.5 hours and look at what it meant there to the australia team but there to the australia team but the usa levelled the tie with a straight sets win 6—3, 6— four that finished. and the tie is now into the doubles — where it's usa's tommy paul and ben shelton, back out again against matthew ebden and jordan thompson. the australians took the first set 6—4.

now, and italy have claimed their first billiejean king cup title in 11 years, beating slovakia in malagapaolini wrapped up a 2—love win for italy the country has become a bit of a tennis powerhouse recently, with the men's team — led by world number one jannik sinner — winning its first davis cup for nearly half a century last year. unbelievable. it's a crazy year. i don't know, to finish like this, with a title and the billiejean king cup, it's amazing. i don't have words to describe it. it seems like you're on a platform, going up, up, up, up, up. you know, i'm trying just to enjoy every moment, because it's important also to understand where you are, you know, and ifeel lucky to be in this position. i feel lucky to be part of this team. and i think we played an unbelievable week, and i'm really happy that this year, we could bring the trophy home again. now, warren gatland says he does want to continue as wales rugby union head coach, as his side prepares to face the world champions, south africa, in cardiff on saturday. things haven't been going quite so well for gatland recently. he

it was a highly emotional night in malaga as nadal, brought an end to his professional career.e their davis cup tie against the netherlands, spelling the end for the 22 time grand slam champion. he announced his decision to retire last month after another injury hit year on tour. he'd hardly played since the olympics, but targeted this tournament on home soil as the best way to bring his 23 year pro career to a close.

the billiejean king cup will kick off in malaga today, after organisers posptoned yesterday's opening the spain and poland. this was due to a severe weather alert in the southern region of spain. today, japan's first round tie against romania is scheduled to take place, with slovakia against the usa to follow. elsewhere in the tennis world, alexander zverev claimed a second victory at the season ending atp finals in turin. the german made it two from two in the group stages with a 7—6, 6—3 win against norway's caspur ruud. up next, he faces a tough test in carlos alcaraz. he overcame illness to defeat andrey rublev in straight sets earlier in the day. but if zverev is able to conquer the four—time grand slam champion, he will guarantee a spot in the semifinals. now, over in boxing, former world heavyweight champion mike tyson will face jake paul on friday. the 58—year—old boxing legend hasn't fought professionally in 19 years. in the final press conference before tonight's weigh—in, youtuber—turned—fighter jake paul, dominated the microphone as tyson uttered very few words. the fear o

they are facing germany in malaga in the first round, the last 16. againstjule niemeyer. it's raducanu's first competitive match for nearly two months after straining ligaments in her foot. but she is still above her opponent in the world rankings. so far — that's showed. raducanu getting the only break in the first set, and in the last few minutes closing it out to win 6—4. these are live pictures from malaga, the british number one katie boulter v laura siegemund. olivia nicholls and heather watson will play if deciding doubles is needed defending champions canada are waiting in the quarterfinals for the winner of this one. we've already had one result today, the hsots spain were beaten by poland you can follow this match on the bbc sport website or the bbc iplayer. it's four years since the fed cup, changed it's name to the billiejean king cup, in honour of the woman who has done more for equality in the sport than any other. a trailblazer and activist and also a 12 time grand slam singles champion, she is in spain and still looking to the future

russell fuller was there and he told me more from malaga.oise yesterday, for the match, and then also for the doubles, as spain tried to extend nadal�*s farewell by winning the quarterfinals of the davis cup, 11,000 capacity, many shouts for rafa, even when he was on the team bench and was not on the court. then we have the video presentation with words from federer and serena williams and andy murray, and it was a very special evening, even though spain did not get the fairy tale ending which would have been nadal lifting the davis cup for a fifth time on sunday, that has been denied to the spanish public. you have watched him over many years, so what stood out for you? his career has been so long that i have only been able to cover the second half of it but the match that everybody thinks of, when they think of nadal, the compelling and enduring rivalry with roger federer, is the wimbledon final of 2008. it was a spectacular tennis match. so significant for nadal to be able to beat roger federer on centre court in the final at wimbledon, a

it was a highly emotional night in malaga as nadal, brought an end to his professional career. he lost his singles rubber and spain went onto to lose their davis cup tie against the netherlands, spelling the end for the 22 time grand slam champion. he announced his decision to retire last month after another injury hit year on tour. he'd hardly played since the olympics, but targeted this tournament on home soil as the best way to bring his 23 year pro career to a close. our tennis correspondent russell fuller was there the presentation on court. we had contributions from roger federer, serena williams, novak djokovic and andy murray, and nadal was wiping away tears quite regularly. all his family, who followed him over the world for over two decades were there, as you'd expect. with rafael nadal, the pistons were flying. you could see all the effort that went into it. the m french open titles, imagine winning the same grand slam at the same venue 1a times. no one has got close to that. nadal�*s heir apparent in spanish tennis carlos alcaraz, did his best to extend nadal�*s car

being postponed yesterday due to severe weather warnings, the billiejean king cup has kicked off in malagaecured the first win of the day for romania, with a straights sets victory overjapan�*s nao hibino. japan have levelled the tie at one all after ena shibahara claimed the second singles. a deciding doubles will determine who goes through. and that's all the sport for now. back to you, geeta. police in south africa's north west province say the body of a miner has been recovered from a shaft where thousands of illegal miners are thought to be underground and reluctant to come to the surface. local people have helped seven to leave since wednesday after hundreds were brought out in early november. the authorities have defiantly said they will not send help, such as food or water, to those underground, and have described them as "criminals". let's speak to our southern africa correspondent, nomsa maseko, whojoins us from johannesburg. just tell us a bit more about what has happened here? from what has happened here? from what we understand, _ what has happened here? from what we understan

at least158 people are now known to have died, mainly around valencia and malaga in spain's worst floodingin generations. many roads, bridges and rail tracks have been destroyed while power and internet continue to be disrupted. bethany bell sent this report from valencia. rescue teams are still searching for missing people. people have been lifted to safety from houses, other teams have the grim task of recovering dead bodies. officials here say dozens remain unaccounted for and it is not possible to assess the full impact of the flooding. homes, businesses and shops have been destroyed. volunteers have arrived to help with the clean—up. the scale of the flooding is huge. these satellite pictures show valencia a few weeks ago, and what it looks like now. survivors have told us how they felt abandoned by the authorities. translation: i am sorry, it is just helplessness, impotence. | the government, they don't do anything. every four years or two years, i am starting over again. we are not thieves. i work as a cleaner at the school for the council, but we have to eat. look what i picked up.