mark allen has knocked out former world champion john higgins mark allen has knocked out former world what a shock it was. it is the third time higgins has lost to allen in the first round of the masters. here is the evening session at the alexandra palace where stuart biggin is up against joe perry. bingaman puts his back into this with an incredible break of 138 in the previous frame. he leads in this fourth frame at the moment in the evening session. bingen, a semifinalist last year and a former world champion in 2015. that is all the sport for the moment. the lawyer for the inquest said tunisian forces had deliberately delayed conference in the gunman, he was allowed to go on the rampage at a 5—star beach resort for more than half an hour before he was shot dead. for them, the inquests matter so much. the families of those killed, the anguish and grief of the past 18 months, they now hope for answers. as the hearing began, the names of those who died were read out followed by a minute‘s silence. 30 british tourists murdered on holiday. they included three generations of one family

northern ireland's mark allen has knocked out former world champion john higgins at the masters snooker frame, allen beating the world number three 6—5 at alexandra palace in london. it's the third time higgins has lost to allen in the first round of the masters. and another former world champion has been sent packing — stuart bingham thrashed 6—1 byjoe perry, who plays ding junhui next. four—time olympic champion laura kenny could miss the world track cycling championships in hong kong in april. she's pulled out of this month's british championships in manchester with a hamstring injury. kenny hadn't yet decided whether to compete at the worlds. commonwealth swimming champion fran halsall has announced her retirement from the sport. halsall made her olympic debut at beijing 2008 and narrowly missed out on medals at both london 2012 and last year in rio. she won over 30 medals at world, european and commonwealth level. she said stepping away from the pool was "quite a scary decision", but she's ready for a new chapter in her life. the british sailor alex thomson has set a new world reco

he'll play mark allen on thursday.ronnie o'sullivan to look forward to after beating ali carter 6—3. robertson was trying to rack up a high score, knowing he'd won the match, but managed to snooker himself. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. goodbye. hello there. hopefully you like cloudy weather, because that's what's coming up in the forecast really through the rest of the week and well into the weekend as well. satellite picture yesterday shows the extent of the cloud cover. rather misty across parst of england and wales, warm for the eastern side of scotland for the time of year but cold with the sunshine across east anglia and south—east england and these conditions will persist for another few days. across the midlands into staffordshire we have misty conditions and that will continue to thicken up as well. so for wednesday morning expect a couple of fog patches over the hills of northern england, the pennines, the vale of york. one or two fog patches possible for the sou

frame and he went on to secure his place in the quarter—finals with a century break, and he has mark allen has a quarter—final against defending champion ronnie o'sullivan to look forward to after beating ali carter 6-3. he forward to after beating ali carter 6—3. he was trying to wrap up a high score in the final frame, he 6—3. he was trying to wrap up a high score in the finalframe, he reached 117, and then he sniggered himself. that is it from sportsday. from all of us at the bbc sport centre, good night. well, i have just well, i havejust been well, i have just been looking at the weather a bit further afield from our shores and i will show you this area in the mediterranean, because think of north africa and you anything or snow but it is going across the hills of algeria and i wouldn't be surprised if the flake low elevations near the beaches of the mediterranean, would you believe it, and tunisia, just cold enough for a little sweet and snow for a time. over here we have a lot of cloud overnight tonight, that will keep up to bridges for most areas, but the odd pocket of frost for ea

he'll play mark allen on thursday. that's all from sportsday.ore sport here on bbc news throughout the evening. the headlines on bbc news. theresa may sets out her objectives for withdrawal from the european union — saying the uk will leave the single market. inflation went up sharply last month — pushed by rising food prices and the fall of the pound. a libyan man has won the right to sue former foreign secretary, jack straw, over claims of kidnap and torture. an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london and frankfurt ended the day. and in the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. let's return to our main story this evening. the prime minister has given her first major speech on the government's strategy for leaving the european union. she's underlined some of the key aims of the forthcoming talks and promised that members of parliament at westminster will be able to vote on the final deal. let's run through some of the main points. the uk will leave the european single market — mrs may said that stayin

northern ireland's mark allen has knocked out former world champion john higgins at the masters snookerworld number three in a thrilling match, winning by 6 frames to 5 at alexandra palace in london. it's the third time higgins has lost to allen in the first round of the masters. four—time olympic champion laura kenny could miss the world track cycling championships in hong kong in april.

northern ireland's mark allen has knocked out former world champion john higgins at the masters snooker. a dramatic deciding frame. allen beat the world number three in a thrilling match, winning by 6 frames to 5 at alexandra palace in london. it's the third time higgins has lost to allen in the first round of the masters. four—time olympic champion laura kenny could miss the world track cycling championships in hong kong in april. she's pulled out of this month's british championships in manchester with a hamstring injury. kenny hadn't yet decided whether to compete at the worlds. commonwealth swimming champion fran halsall has announced her retirement from the sport. halsall made her 0lympic debut at beijing 2008 and narrowly missed out on medals at both london 2012 and rio 2016. she won over 30 medals at world, european and commonwealth level. she said stepping away from the pool was "quite a scary decision", but she's ready for a new chapter in her life. the british sailor alex thomson has set a world record for the longest distance sailed solo in 2a hours, in the non—stop race arou

he's got mark allen on thursday.nst the defending champion ronnie 0'sullivan to look forward to after beating ali carter 6-3. he forward to after beating ali carter 6—3. he was trying to rack up a high extort in the final frame. he'd —— high score in the final frame. that's all from sportsday from all of us at the bbc‘s sport centre, good night. welcome to our look ahead at the papers tomorrow. with me here kate mccann of the telegraph and jay watts of the independent. quick look at the front pages. the ft have theresa may's speech on our future departure from the eu, saying the prime minister managed to ease business fears of a so—called hard brexit. i dominated by that speech. newspaper highlights her assertion britain will quit the single market. metro says she played hard ball with the eu and warned it not to try to punish britain in the exit negotiations. the express has the same threat from the prime minister to abandon talks on a post brexit deal with the eu if there's any attempt to impose punitive terms. the

northern ireland's mark allen has knocked out former world champion john higgins at the masters snookerirst round. i will be back with more on those stories at around half past. the inquests into the deaths of 30 british tourists who were killed in tunisia 18 months ago have started in london. they were shot dead by a gunman at a beach resort near sousse. it was the deadliest terror attack on britons since thejuly the 7th bombings in london in 2005. 0ur correspondent richard galpin is at the royal courts ofjustice. let'sjoin him now. it was a very sombre and poignant start to this inquest, with the coroner calling for the names of all 38 people who were killed in the attack back in 2015 to be read out one by one. after that, everybody in the courtroom stood up for a minute of silence. of course, in the courtroom here and also via video link around the country, there are many families who lost loved ones who have been following proceedings very closely and earlier today, some of them broke down in tears when they were shown cctv footage of the attack as it unfolded. 0ne they were shown c

john higgins is taking on mark allen.stories on the bbc sport website. i'll have more in the next hour. you are watching bbc news with me, simon mccoy. the breaking news, a man has been taken to hospital, three others have been injured after an explosion which has almost com pletely an explosion which has almost completely destroyed a house in manchester this lunchtime. this happened in cecil road, in blackley at 1240. a man thought to have serious injuries has been taken to salford royal, three others were treated at the scene is walking wounded. crews are conducting a search of the area. apparently the end terrace house is almost com pletely end terrace house is almost completely collapsed. more on that a little later. more now on our top story this afternoon — and donald trump has promised a trade deal between britain and the united states will be a priority when he takes office as us president on friday. he was speaking to the former justice secretary and prominent brexit campaigner michael gove for the times newspape

irvine and the bbc team o'sullivan will face the winner of tonight's match between marco fu and mark allen lead. allen just nicked the last frame before the mid—session interval. when it resumes, you can that watch on the red button or via the bbc sport website that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. thanks, olly. dozens of people are feared dead after an avalanche buried a hotel used by skiers in central italy. at least three people have been killed, and rescue teams are searching for up to 35 people still trapped inside the building. the avalanche happened after a series of powerful earthquakes struck the area of abruzzo yesterday, 150 miles from rome. the three—storey hotel was pushed almost ten metres downhill as the huge wall of snow hit it directly as it raced down the gran sasso mountain. it's the third in a series of earthquakes in the region since last summer killing almost 300 people. our correspondent james reynolds is in the nearby village of penne. at night, the quickest way through the wall of snow was on skis. these rescuers are among the most experienced

it is a critical message from a former counterterrorism official called sir mark allen which states thate heard because of it amounts to an allegation of torture by one state elsewhere, nothing to do with britain, but this is court said it is not having that, that these allegations were so serious against the british government and the then foreign secretary jack straw that they must be heard before british courts. lord manns hasjust finished speaking and said that the magna carta finished speaking and said that the magna ca rta itself, finished speaking and said that the magna carta itself, the ancient documents, is the critical piece of law in this case because provides a right for mr belhaj not to be held arbitrarily, to be tortured and so on, he said that this case needs to go back to court. mr belhaj says he is determined to sue, he does not wa nt is determined to sue, he does not want quiet compensation out of court, he says hejust want quiet compensation out of court, he says he just wants an admission from the uk that it was mixed up in complicity in his detention. does he want t

northern ireland's mark allen knocked out former world champion john higgins at the masters snooker. it's the third time higgins has lost to allen in the first round of the masters. another former world champion departed early as stuart bingham was thrashed byjoe perry by six frames to one. perry will play ding junhui for a place in the semi finals. joe root recently became a father, didn't he, for the first time, and he can have the prospect of becoming england captain with being a new parent. he said it would be a lot of worry and sleepless nights. those temperament or players need calming down. here is what he said. it is one of those things you sort of have to learn on the job. i suppose... the timing of it isn't quite relevant, but being a date you don't really know what to do until... you have to go with it and see alec goes. i imagine that will be very similar. i will have to wait and see if and when it happens. —— how it goes. i understand what he is saying andi and i kind of agree. james. says ending his 2—year losing street against nick matthew has given him a confidence bo

today mark allen dorf was measuring for five more replacement panes.s in the area. >> labor for free. we'll donate the glass. i'll come by with a group of guys and we'll fix it. >> reporter: why is that important. >> it's community based. we're just giving back to the community. >> reporter: the congregation is appreciative of the offer. the hope is to have the glass replaced this week at some point in time. in the meantime there's been social media fundraising for a security camera system. the hope is it will be a deterrent against any future incident here. live in tacony john rawlins channel6 "action news." sharrie. >> all right, john, thank you. >>> we've got some breaking news to get to here now at 4 o'clock and this is coming out of delaware county where police there are investigating a shooting this afternoon. this is actually along the 1000 block of mcdowell avenue in chester. that's where a person was found with multiple gun shot wounds. as you can see here police are on the scene investigating this as they are looking into what exactly led up

he'll play mark allen next. that's all sport for now. more in sportsday at half past six. so the prime minister has confirmed that britain will leave the single market, and wants a different relationship with what's known as the european customs union. but what exactly does that mean? 0ur economics correspondent, andy verity, explains why the customs union is important. we sell more goods and services to the other 27 members of the european union than to anywhere else. it is our biggest trading partner, not least because it is our closest trading partner with nearly half of our exports going to eu member countries. if you are a british exporter, it is obvious what the single market means, whatever you make in the uk, you can sell anywhere in the eu, no member country can block you. that's free movement of goods. you can also invest capital anywhere and any member country can invest in your country, member states promise not to block that either. and in theory at least you have free movement of services and more controversially, free move

let's bring in mark allen. and mike halperin, co-author of "game change.et's talk about the document floating around, everyone in the media was talking about it today. the white house says it is not a white house document. speaker ryan says it was done by someone on the transition team. can you help me at all with this? >> well, greta, first congratulations on a very meaty, chatty interview with your fellow cheesehead there, and greta, the speaker was very clear there that it was not -- he was very legalistic in the fact that it's not an administration product but this is clearly something that had been considered and both you and mark and i have all been getting a lot of documents out of the transition that give a very good sense of where they're headed and it's not necessarily a formal document. a lot of people involved in the transition who were not a formal part of the structure going to the west wing but getting a very clear picture of where they're hided and what we've seen from the president in the last five days is very much a reflection of all tho

he‘ll play mark allen next. that‘s all the sport. ed states. it marks the end of barak 0bama‘s eight years in the oval office. all this week, our correspondent, jon kay, is travelling along highway 45, gauging the country‘s mood. today, he‘s in chicago, illinois, where barak 0bama began his political career, and where people have been reflecting on the legacy he leaves behind. right through the middle of donald trump‘s america. to get a sense of the country he‘s taking over. but our next stop is not trump territory. chicago. this is barack 0bama‘s favourite diner. he lived round the corner before he was president and he still comes back. he is humble. he is strong. taihitia is an 0bama fan. as a nurse, she likes the changes he made to health care, giving poorer people better access. she worries donald trump will overturn the reforms, hitting the most vulnerable. many of them will be very sick, can‘t get medicine. some of them will die. her son daniel thought having a black president would mean a more inclusive america. but he fears do

he will play mark allen next.rs from last night's football. we will show you those in the second. as good as lincoln were, ipswich were appalling. looking at a business stories, one story which dominates all the front pages, in the daily mail, the steel of the new iron lady. that is after theresa may's brexit speech, in a cartoon version of the pantsuit. the daily express, deal or no deal, lots of them using that kind of headline. and the front page of the sun, brexodus. the times, give us a fair deal or you will be crushed. another picture of theresa may, crash test dumb—may, is their headline. picture of theresa may, crash test dumb—may, is their headlinelj picture of theresa may, crash test dumb-may, is their headline. i have dealt inside and i love this picture in the financial times this morning. all of these televisions on sale, but theresa may departing from europe. i will be talking about how easy it might be to come up with some of those deals. some are fiendishly complicated and take many yea rs fiendish

question of turkey's input into this and what the turks really wants remain big question marks on the agenda. >> allen. >> the mic right over here. >> thank you. i was thinking of two questions that the trump team might ask any visiting israeli delegation beyond what we already touched upon. the first would be an interest in getting an assessment from israel as to how it now views assad, and given the military victories that, the consolidation with the help of the iranian forces and the russian forces, and the second question might relate to a very interesting op-ed piece not to along ago in which he said that contrary to the general logic that jerusalem being the most difficult issue should be left to the end, we should actually have a jerusalem first dip mix -- diplomatic issue it's -- so perhaps you could comment what you think an israeli answer to those questions might be. >> the second question i totally agree with martin. the refugee itch -- issue is much proper problematic because i haven't heard any palestinian leader so far disassociate himself from this dream of right of return, of getting b

allen patrikoff. sara, let's starts with you. markrberg, his 2017 new year's resolution has a political flavor to it. >> absloutly. he's going on travels to all 50 states, trying to keck with the people there. he was in dallas this week for the testimony in the ock ewe ulous trial and went to a rodeo, he toured a data center, he's trying to connect with the people. now whether that means he's running for office, i think people forget that the u.s. population is 320 million. the population of facebook is 1.8 billion. it's important for him to shape his image as the leader of that as well. ploy for not just a something larger. but he is trying to shape his legacy here. and absolutely we could see him have much more involvement in government. caroline: allen, i want to get your view on the lines between washington an silicon valley, the connection there. we've seen actually the top five tech companies pay more in lobbying than the banks have been mt. past few years. are they talking to each other seamlessly do you think? >> i don't think

. >>> the pope has baptized 28 newborn babies in the sistine chapel marking the feast of the baptism of the lord. john allen join mees live from rome. explain for us the significance of this event in the christian calendar, john. >> it is a very cold morning here in rome. so cold that the vatican's charity office has positioned its car ns spots around the vatican to allow homeless people to sleep in them during the night to try to fight this cold. it was a very warm atmosphere this morning in the sistine chapel where pope francis baptized 28 children of vatican employees, including 13 girls and 15 boys. as you say, this is the feast of the baptism of the lord commen roar rati orating that scene where jesus was baptized by john the baptist. for the popes, this is a rare moment where they don't have to be a head of state or media celebrity. they get to play the part of a simple parish priest. for these vatican employees, it is a very spoegs moment too. in many ways, working in the vatican is a sort of tough gig. long hours, you have to work the holidays. the pay isn't that great. this is part of the benefits

. >>> events marking the king holiday began this morning. abc 7 news was in oakland where the allenemple health and social services ministry hosted this breakfast. it's called the mlk jr. drum major for freedom celebration. speakers included oakland congresswoman barbara lee, former congressman and oakland mayor and the former chairwoman of the black panther party. >>> a new initiative to form stronger ties between muslims and catholics was launched in the south bay. faith leaders hope it will lead to an ongoing dialogue to address issues that they have in common. david louie is live in san jose with the story. hi, david. >> reporter: hi, dan. well, we're all one family. that is the message that was shared by muslim and catholic spiritual leaders today at this san jose mosque. they're urging ongoing dialogue in order to foster some common ground as part of a process, not a one-time event. a contingent of catholics marched together to form new friendships in san jose. the spirit of dr. martin luther king jr. serve egd as a key motivation at a time of uncertainly over anti-immigrant a

s "sharon chin" >>> they make their mark on the community through service and last night the 2016 jefferson award winners received their medals. sharon chin and allentin co- emceed the event. there are 55 total winners. 6 silver medal winners are up for consideration for a national award. and we have last night's entire ceremony posted online at cbssf.com. >>> using technology to create positive change might sound like a lofty goal but it's being done every day by a nonprofit high-tech company on the peninsula and the woman leading it is making sure that more content is being made available in more ways to more people. as allen martin reports, she is this week's jefferson award winner >>> reporter: kevin leone's computer setup might be typical for a 15-year-old. but what he uses it for certainly is not. >> what was the trail of tears in 1835? >> reporter: his computer and a program called "bookshare" help him see and hear books. >> before i hated reading. it took forever for me to read the stuff. i could comprehend it but it just took forever. >> reporter: at 6, kevin had an organic brain injury that affected his vision. >> for us we know we need t

has just baptized 28 newborn babies in the sistine chapel, marking the feast of the baptism of the lord. cnn's senior vatican analyst, john allenve from rome to explain the significance of this in the christian calendar, john. >> good morning, hannah. happy sunday to you on this very chilly roman morning. in many ways, working in the vatican is a sort of tough gig. long hours, you have to work the holidays. the pay isn't that great. this is one of the perks. if you have a child during the course of the year, you have an opportunity to have that child baptized by the pope himself. as you indicated, the pope baptized 28 children this morning, 13 girls, 15 boys, all the children of vatican employees. this is one of there rare liturgies where it is not in the basilica or out in st. peter's square. this is a very intimate thing. what the italians would call a dell afamilia. we heard pope francis give a very brief extemporaneous whomly to these families about the importance of bap sictism as introducing their children to the faith. he also, as he has in the past, hannah, struck a very intimate note by telling the mothers in the sisti

mark on the community through service are being honored for their efforts. >> the jefferson award winners for 2016 got their medals tonight. kpix5 reporter sharon chin and anchor allen martin co-emceed the event in san francisco. they work with jefferson award winners throughout the year. this year there are 55 total winners and six are silver medal winners up for consideration for a national award. >> and this era having the visibility from kpix5 from the jefferson awards and helping people to get to learn about our work has been a great help, particularly as we continue to grow and expand and try and serve more youth and legitimize our work. >> this is the 12th year kpix5 has had the honor of being involved with the jefferson awards. >>> will there be an all williams australian open final? the news is just in. >> barry zito goes from the big stage to something much smaller. he's back in the bay area to not. we'll show you why. -- tonight. we'll show you why. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> the nissan sports report coming up next on kpix5. >> the australian open has become must see tv as the biggest names in the sport are turning back the clock. question is would it strik

allen, nbc news, new york. >>> and boris johnson has travelled to the u.s. to meet with senior advisors of president elect donald trump, markingirst formal meeting of u.k. minister and members of the incoming administration and the visit comes hours after trump tweeted that he is very much looking forward to meeting prime minister therese aeresa me spring. >>> crude prices are lower following a surge in iranian exports. iranian oil fell from 26 million at the beginning of october. teheran is exempt from a cut. >> if it's exempt, that would mean any ramp up in production shouldn't come as a big surprise to the market, right? >> it shouldn't. they're allowed to get back the levels they were at before the sanctions were put on them but it's also a strong dollar, right. >> and still coming up. mixed news for vw as the share price recovers, other problems strike. >>> hi everybody and welcome back to "street signs." the fbi has reportedly arrested a vw executive on conspiracy charges. he led the car maker's compliance from 2014 to march of 2015, accusing him of trying to defraud the united states. this is a ramp up in the criminal i

the vatican marking today as world day of peace, and he prayed for those who were killed overnight in the istanbul nightclub. cnn's senior vatican analyst john allens now. the pope talked about motherhood. what specifically did he say? >> reporter: well, january 1st, new year's day, first of all, happy new year's to you, means two things in the catholic church. it is both the world day of peace, as you said, it is also the great feast of mary as the mother of god. and we heard the pope today touch on both of those themes. on the peace front he addressed the terrorist attack on the istanbul nightclub that has left 39 people dead expressing his closeness to the turkish people and calling for an end for what he called the scourge of terrorism that wraps everything in a climate of fear and loss. then earlier this morning when he led the mass in st. peter's basilica which is, as i said, dedicated to mary as the mother of god, the pope delivered a kind of tribute to mothers everywhere saying that a society without mothers would be a cold society, one that has lost its heart, its flavor of family. that led him to talk about the importance of young people

mark clemmit has been to stourbridge to speak to bobby gould's grandson as they prepare to take on wycombe wanderers. eastleigh manager martin allen sutton, too. what more could you possibly wa nt too. what more could you possibly want on the third round weekend at the fa cup? we are live from midday bbc one. look forward to it. thank you. sir andy murray will play world number two novak djokovic in the final of the qatar open today. murray beat czech tomas berdych in straight sets in their semi final, to reach his fourth final in doha. the win was murray's 28th in a row on the atp tour, and another title and victory over his main rival would be the ideal preparation for the australian open, starting a week on monday. we played at the end of last year. the ultimate goal was to find a way to win the match. maybe at the beginning of the year you are focusing a little bit more on yourself, and how you are playing, and how you want to play, moving into the aussie open, rather than just solely focusing on the outcome. newcastle falcons produced a stunning late comeback to beat bath 24—22 in rugby union's aviva premiership. bath led by

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