anna pauline pauli murray was born in baltimore an orphaned when she was four. she was raised by her aunts and grandparents in durham, north carolina polly as she would later call herself would promote women's rights and black people's rights and was instrumental in changing laws for both. she went north to college in new york, but it being the depression. she struggled to stay in still. she graduated and in 1933. she also met eleanor roosevelt at a camp for unemployed women or it may have been shortly after 1933 that she met her. they stayed friends for life and isn't that cute? she she camp right like ccc. anyway, you knew that at least one first lady was going to come up didn't you class? yes. well aware that she was the granddaughter of an enslaved woman and the great great granddaughter of a slave holder poly. in her own body represented the systematic practice of white men's rape of black women that earlier activists like ida b. wells had alluded to in her critique of lynching wells of course is another earlier example of black women who wrote to emancipat

hard—fought murray, tough for anybody.rom his opponents. murray's third set 6-4, but his opponents. murray's third set 6—4, but in the fourth, basilashvili, seeded 21, was perfect in the tie—break. murray driven to frustration. what would he have left? loads? murray took back control on the fifth set. match point, yet another rigorous rally and another victory. the quality, they desire- _ and another victory. the quality, they desire. on the _ and another victory. the quality, they desire. on the very - and another victory. the quality, they desire. on the very core - and another victory. the quality, they desire. on the very core to | they desire. on the very core to work three _ they desire. on the very core to work three years _ they desire. on the very core to work three years ago _ they desire. on the very core to work three years ago we - they desire. on the very core to | work three years ago we thought they desire. on the very core to - work three years ago we thought he thought he had retired, bonus time —— on the

murray had never lost a grand slam match to a player ranked as low as daniel. he had plenty of chances, but the japanese played the match of his life to win in straight sets. a day to forget, then, for british tennis. natalie pirks, bbc news. some wonderful blue skies here. yes, and a stunning weather watcher picture. the only thing spoiling it is me so i will be back in a moment. this is cumbria. we have seen is quys this is cumbria. we have seen is guys like that across most parts of the country. however, there have been a few differences. we have seen this line of showers coming down the north sea, norfolk and suffolk the major recipients. the skies look more threatening as the showers push their way through. there's more to come overnight tonight across this area, east anglia, with the shower is continuing to run down the north sea. some showers possible for the highlands and western isles, but otherwise we have clear skies for the majority of the country and it will be a very cold night. we are looking at lowe's down to —5 celsius, so a freezing cold start

but murray ultimately couldn't take them. that is all from me and the sportsday team. i will have an update for you later tonight. for now, goodbye. hello. not as cold are quite as foggy for many of you tonight. the breeze picks up, touching gale force at times. turning to clearer skies later. temperatures by and large above freezing. one or two pockets of rust around on sunday, but nowhere near as abundant as it has been of late. our weather front pushes its way southwards. nothing more than a cloud and one or two isolated showers later on. it does then introduce lots more sunshine across the country for the afternoon. certainly a brighter day compared to today. we see across the north of scotland, but the wind is coming off the atlantic so by and large temperatures will be up a little of what we have seen the past few days. and then through the week ahead, after a sunny start to the week, we will see some rain and wind at times. then it's back to some dry days but some rusty and foggy nights. this is bbc news, i'm kasia mad

and murray and emma raducanu are both out.isappointment of the brits at the australian open. and murray and emma raducanu are both out. and coming up on the bbc news cchannel: england women have lost their first match in the ashes by nine wickets. australia running away with it to win the first t20 in the multiformat series. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. one of the six conservative mps openly calling for borisjohnson�*s resignation because of lockdown parties in downing street has accused the government of "blackmail" and "intimidation" over a potential no—confidence vote. william wragg, who chairs the public administration committee, said that would—be rebel mps were threatened with the withdrawal of investment from their constituencies and with embarrassing stories in the press and he advised any mp being subject to such pressure to contact the police. downing street said it was not aware of any evidence to support "clearly serious allegations" and also said that mrjohnson will fight any leadership chall

we're here with bill murray, dan aykroyd, ernie hudson.he audience, which is a great new york audience and everything - [ cheers and applause new yorkers don't do that -- we cheer about whappaloosa. oh, i'm from -- we don't do that [ laughter ] we have this great nate smith who's a fantastic drummer. and i think you would be robbed and cheated if you didn't get a little bit of a just a short drum solo of nate smith with dan aykroyd dancing in front of nate smith do you want to hear that [ cheers and applause ♪ [ cheers and applause ♪ ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause >> yeah. >> seth: now we need -- just so the audience -- nate you never met this man, correct? >> no. >> seth: not a planned situation. when did you - >> nate, you are very good too [ laughter ] >> seth: that is, i mean, that's one of the secrets -- many secrets hidden talents of dan aykroyd. when did you know that danny was the funniest comedy dancer of all time >> well, when he started going out with this girl rosie schuster, the two of them were the two worst dancer i'd ever seen i

anna pauline pauli murray was born in baltimore an orphaned when she was four. she was raised by her aunts and grandparents in durham, north carolina polly as she would later call herself would promote women's rights and black people's rights and was instrumental in changing laws for both. she went north to college in new york, but it being the depression. she struggled to stay in still. she graduated and in 1933. she also met eleanor roosevelt at a camp for unemployed women or it may have been shortly after 1933 that she met her. they stayed friends for life and isn't that cute? she she camp right like ccc. anyway, you knew that at least one first lady was going to come up didn't you class? yes. well aware that she was the granddaughter of an enslaved woman and the great great granddaughter of a slave holder poly. in her own body represented the systematic practice of white men's rape of black women that earlier activists like ida b. wells had alluded to in her critique of lynching wells of course is another earlier example of black women who wrote to emancipat

murray had plenty of chances, but daniel was soon serving to reach round three in a grand slam for the first time. battling performances then from the walking, then from the walking wounded but it was to be for britain's biggest names. natalie pirks, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's nick miller. .it . it may be cold out there today but it's a lovely crisp winter's day and there is plenty of sunshine on offer as well. high pressure is moving back in, lots of settled weather as a result, all the way through the weekend, right now though, the further you are away from the centre, that is on this north sea coast it may be encountering more cloud, especially in eastern england. a few showers from north yorkshire into east anglia clipping the coast and stronger breeze here compared with elsewhere. cloud increasing later in north—west scotland may produce the odd spot of rain to end the day and there are areas of cloud in northern ireland too, these are the exceptions for most, plenty of sunshine, seven or eight degrees in the west, three or four on that north sea coast and th

andy murray. emma _ for the semifinals at least. semifinals at least. andy murray, emma raducanu, heather watson and dan evans all in action tomorrow. who do you expect to go the furthest from those four? it will be particularly exciting about breakfast time in the uk tomorrow because murray and roger carney could be on simultaneously, we are being spoilt, we will not know where to look —— murray and raducanu. murray has a good chance against the japanese qualifier, and emma raducanu, how she played against sloane stephens in herfirst grand slam match since winning the us open, if she can continue that 0pen, if she can continue that form she has every chance of winning that second match and making progress, they should both be thinking about making the second week, and the raducanu is seated, a grand slam champion, should there be any reason why she should not have high expectations? i will not say she will be an expert she should be thinking about going deep into the second week. thinking about going deep into the second week-— a b

in the fifth set murray took back control.ere you are. have a very good night. hello. plenty of dry weather in the forecast for the rest of this week, although many of us will see a little bit of rain through the first part of wednesday as frontal systems push southwards across the uk. cloud and patchy rain sinking southwards across england and wales, brighter skies following on behind with some sunshine. some showers around, wintry, especially over high ground, even to quite low levels in northern scotland. and across shetland, there will be snow all the way down to sea level, i suspect. afternoon temperatures between one and 10 degrees. it will be windy. that will just accentuate that chilly feel. as we head through wednesday night, one or two showers continuing, especially for eastern and western coasts. many places dry with some lengthy clear spells. the winds will fall a little lighter and temperatures will drop away, down to freezing or below in quite a few spots, so a widespread frost to start thursday morning. the weat

ok, i'm afraid we've lost mr. murray. there is a bad connection. he's froze and we'll try and get him back in the next few minutes if we can just corner 5 pass. yes, i can hear you bye. we'll move on because the british prime minister parish johnson faces escalating backlash is on accusations that he hosted booty parties during a covey lockdown. even some of his own party members took part in grilling him in parliament and insisting that he resign opposition and peace lead the onslaught to speak out when a prime minister is spending his time trying to convince the great british public that he's actually stupid rather than dishonest time that he no this week was supposed to be opperation. see big dog us quickly become. why can you hear government point billions of pounds, the properties of fraudsters, but they can't find compassion. why it's so hard for this prime minister to admit that he made the rules so he should know the rule and he should follow intervals. okay, well let's get the latest now for mara, london correspondent shadow edward stashed

murray.ou even though if david's retired, something tells me he may have done better than you because you're still working. [laughter] >> yeah, you better start we me before he goes to nap. so, yeah. [laughter] >> you're so funny. >> your tie is a little too tight around your neck. liz: listen, i went to santa cruz, i know about the birkenstock revolution. jonathan, the reddit revolution was not, in my opinion, the story of last year, it was the story of the decade to see that the retail investor could, in the aggregate, join together and actually move a market whether it was gamestop, amc, blackberry, bed bath and beyond. there were quite a few of these names. does that continue? does their interest and their power continue this year? >> yeah. two things, liz are. first of all, i agree with you, i think it's great. because for so long financial literacy wasn't out there, and people didn't know the benefit of investing in stocks and companies and the power of equity ownership. it's fantastic

andy murray showed in the first set, as you get— murray showed in the first set, as you get so— murrayhis is airtag. apple airtags were launched in _ this is airtag. apple airtags were launched in april _ this is airtag. apple airtags were launched in april last _ this is airtag. apple airtags were launched in april last year - this is airtag. apple airtags were launched in april last year and - this is airtag. apple airtags were launched in april last year and are designed to track or locate your personal belongings like a wallet, backpack or luggage. but in some cases they are being used to track people. amber is a mum of four children from mississippi and had taken her kids to the park. it got taken her kids to the park. it got on my car— taken her kids to the park. it got on my car at _ taken her kids to the park. it got on my car at 140 _ taken her kids to the park. it got on my car at 140 piece _ taken her kids to the park. it got on my car at 140 piece -- - taken her kids to the park. it got| on my car at 140 piece -- 1:47pm taken her kids to the park. it got i on my car at 140

andy murray also had a great win. how impressed were you with him? how impressed were you with him? iirrt just another andy murray match, a match on the same court as the match he played in 2019 that we all feared would be his last match. he lost in five sets in the 2019 tournament. before that, he had an emotional press conference saying how he could hardly move. he tried to get through this match. he might play through wimbledon, but then, that kind of would be it, and we all thought this would be it, and we all thought this would be it, and we all thought this would be the end. and three whole years later, here he is, beating a seated player overfive years later, here he is, beating a seated player over five sets over almost four hours, dragging that body through the match, come on! is there anything this guy can't do? we salute you. after everything, this is one of his best ever wins. what is one of his best ever wins. what about the other _ is one of his best ever wins. what about the other brits? _ is one of his best ever wins. what about the o

andy murray has lost his first match of the year.ourne summer series event. some of murray's fellow—britons are playing in the atp cup in sydney — the team beat germany over the weekend and dan evans got them off to a great start against canada, beating denis shapovalov in straight sets in the opening match. but british number one cameron norrie was beaten by felix auger alliasime, who's ranked one place higher than him at 11 in the world, so that forced a deciding match. it all came down to the doubles that's where shapovalov and auger alliasime teamed up to beatjamie murray and joe salisbury, in straight sets. team gb have now got to beat the usa in their last group game to have any chance of making the semi—finals. there was a brilliant final at the world darts championship last night. some really high quality arows as scotland's peter "snakebite" wright beat bully boy michael smith 7—5 for his second title at alexandra palace. tyrone smith reports. two years after claiming darts biggest prize, for the first time peter wright has

in sydney, in the classic final, andy murray was - classic final, andy murray was beaten.—before recordings of former tunisian president zine al—abidine ben ali, bbc news arabic reveals the anxious phone calls that helped seal the fate of his 23—year dictatorship and spark a wave of revolutions across the middle east. in final days of 2010, a series of anti—government protests begin in tunisia. after a young graduate sets himself on fire when stopped from selling fruit and vegetables without a licence. they soon gain an unstoppable momentum. injust under a month, demonstrations reach a scale rarely seen in the arab world. so far, more than 100 people have died in clashes with security forces, amid a wave of arrests. the protesters are calling for an end to president ben ali's regime.

murray two interceptions in his playoff debut it. the opening drive of the second half, stafford to his top target. cup has done it all year and all proseason. the rams roll last night. 34-11 after 13 seasons. stafford's first playoff win as they punch their ticket to tampa this weekend sunday at noon. >>> despite reaching the playoffs the raiders today parted ways with general manager after three seasons. there's been no decision on the future of the interim head coach. >>> nhl yesterday. what a day for sharkso meier against the kings. three minutes in to the game. that happened. a goal to open the scoring. into the first. meier tracked down and scared again. 3-0 san jose and 25 seconds later, meier denied, tried it again and again and a hat trick, three goals in one period. he was on fire in the second. his 4th goal of the game. wow into the second period. not again. yes. he became the first player in franchise history to scour five goals in a game as san jose beat la6-2. >> did you ever think a game like this was possible? you wou

but murray ultimately couldn't take them as karatsev kept his grip on the title, winning 6—3 6—3. says he's pleased to be playing at a high level again. to all of you who came out to support tonight, what an amazing atmosphere to play in and thank you. it was so good. atmosphere to play in and thank you. it was so good-— it was so good. cheering and applause i have really missed playing in front of the sorts of crowds and in these sorts of matches and unfortunately, the result did not go my way tonight but i will keep trying my best to come back and have more nights like this, so thank you and maybe see you next year. the top two teams are currently in action in the premier league, manchester city have the chance to open up a 13—point lead. chelsea's title hopes have been fading of late, they need a win at the etihad but it's currently goalless, heading towards half time. you can keep up to date with that match on the bbc sport website, as well as today's early games in the championship and the women's super league. back to you. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bb

murray was broken in the opening game and struggled on first serve, outpowered by his opponent.ke them, as karatsev kept his grip on the title, winning 6—3 6—3. murray will now head to melbourne for the australian open and says he�*s pleased to be playing at a high level again. to all of you who came out to support tonight, what an amazing atmosphere to play in — thank you. it was so good. cheering and applause. i have really missed playing in front of these sorts of crowds and in these sorts of matches and unfortunately, the result did not go my way tonight but i will keep trying my best to come back and have more nights like this, so thank you and maybe see you next year. cobblers dream won the big race of the day at kempton, the coral lanzarote hurdle. the ten to one shot ridden byjack quinlan and trained by ben case came in ahead of highway 0ne 0h two and call me lord. that�*s all the sport for now. you can follow all of saturday�*s football and rugby on the bbc sport website — as well reaction there to virat kohli stepping down as india�*s test captain with immediate effect

murray had never lost a grand slam match to a player ranked as low as daniel. for british tennis. natalie pirks, bbc news. some wonderful blue skies here. yes, and a stunning weather watcher picture. the only thing spoiling it is me so i will be back in a moment. this is cumbria. we have seen is quys this is cumbria. we have seen is guys like that across most parts of the country. however, there have been a few differences. we have seen this line of showers coming down the north sea, norfolk and suffolk the major recipients. the skies look more threatening as the showers push their way through. there's more to come overnight tonight across this area, east anglia, with the shower is continuing to run down the north sea. some showers possible for the highlands and western isles, but

i'll stay right on the heels of alan murray. he used to be a counselor for this town, and he's lived here since he was a little boy. to get here, i've traveled to the western edge of britain to the isle of anger. see at the north western tip of ways. oh, that's too long. so we'll use the official short version aside from a few sheep, only 3000 people live here. and since i'm mainly interested in the towns of the wall name alan murray takes me to this church. ah, this is the church of saint mary. they start off with, with the church come via, that's where the name originates from, means church and via mary. so it's ton of value. so this is the church of saint mary sun by. it was quick gate called gara aquarium drop off to sylvia coco course. what is the name actually mean? the church of saint mary's in the hollow of the white hazel's near to the rock it whirlpools. the church of sin to silly and the red caves. through all the paths together, it forms a complete picture of the village. most people here speak well, sure. it's the 2

alongside john murray and the - alongsidejohn murray and the commentary on radio five live. playing home games in england because of cloud restrictions and wells. they are going to host their games and a full capacity at the principality stadiums in cardiff but for that to happen, it means the restrictions and bills for covid—19 must be relaxed and at the moment, elite sport is effectively being played behind closed doors in wales because of the maximum of 50 spectators for any sporting event in wales and for the welsh rugby union, that really is a huge financial issue. last year, the plea to six nation matches at home, they lost roughly £40 million and matched a revenue and that represents a massive chunk of their annual turnover so for pure financial reasons, in case the restrictions are not eased in time for the first home match in february, they are now exploring the possibility of moving their home matches outside of wales and potentially to england where some of the stadiums do hold some similar amounts of people to the principality stadiums potentially looking at stad

the provincial chief minister has declared murray a disaster area. thousands of protesters have marched in cities across germany, calling for an end to restrictions against those unvaccinated against the corona. virus rallies come as politicians step up measures to slow the spread of the oma cron variant amid a sharp rise in new cases. and the number of people who have died after being infected by the corona virus in britain has topped 100. $50000.00 is the highest death hole in any european nation. and as the total of oma chronic cases in the you case urges ever higher, the health care system is a full stretch ambulances waiting to deliver patients to a hospital in north london. there's no space inside because all the beds are occupied by cove at 19 sufferers a providence st. maybe an hour. i mean it's frustrating because i want to go in there. britain's hospitals are under pressure from record numbers of omicron infections around one in 15. people in england are thought to have coven 19 in london. the ratio is even higher of award. oh, i could be 5 bedded born, which was born was buil

more at saudis, murray cast? yes. now the west african nation of ghana has completely rejected media reports that it is considering hosting an offshore migrant detention center for the caves being claimed that britain wants to deport illegal migrants to 3rd party countries in africa. u. k. newspapers reported details of a document dubbed operation dead meat, which contains among others, a measure supposedly being drawn up by u. k. or 13th to send migrants to countries such as rwanda and gonna for processing and resettlement. garner has not engaged with the u. k. on any such plan and does not intend to consider any such operation in the future. a similar case took place 3 months ago when our by noon and g k. officials were claimed to be close to striking a deal on a processing center with albanian authorities. likewise, then dismissing the reports as being absolutely untrue this month alone, more than a 1000 migrants are believed to cross the english channel from the year to britain . and it is expected over $65000.00

andy murray has given so many great moments. _ murray has given so many great moments, battling _ murraych. it will be wild. 10:30am, we wait to see what the _ it will be wild. 10:30am, we wait to see what the year _ it will be wild. 10:30am, we wait to see what the year will _ it will be wild. 10:30am, we wait to see what the year will hold - it will be wild. 10:30am, we wait to see what the year will hold for - it will be wild. 10:30am, we wait to i see what the year will hold for emma raducanu after the huge high of winning the us open. not too much pressure on young shoulders at this stage white wise advice, thank you for that. stage white wise advice, thank you forthat. enjoy stage white wise advice, thank you for that. enjoy the tennis. goad for that. en'oy the tennis. good mornini , for that. enjoy the tennis. good morning, carol. _ for that. enjoy the tennis. good morning, carol. good _ for that. enjoy the tennis. good morning, carol. good morning. | for that. enjoy the tennis. good i morning, carol. good morning. a for that. enjoy the tennis. good - morning, carol. good morning.

andy murray will go into the tournament in great form. final, which is his first on the atp tour since 2019. the final will be shown live on bbc iplayer, the red button and the bbc sport website from 8am tomorrow. cricket now. today's opening day in the fifth and final ashes test turned out to be the worst for england. after winning the toss, england chose the perfect bowling conditions on the green hobart strip, and it paid off with three early wickets, including ducks from david warner and steve smith off the bowling of ollie robinson. but after having australia 12—3, things went down hill. marnus labuchagne was dropped on nought, robinson went off with a bad back and travis head — back from covid isolation — got his second century of the series. so here's the scorecard — australia will resume day two on 241—6. head making 101, labuchangne 44, out in the most bizarre way — worth a look on the bbc sport website — and cameron green was the other top scorer on 7a. for england's bowlers, two wickets each for robinson and broad, but not the

and it still what we see from andy murray.cond, the georgian found his best form. intense tennis. murray's pivotal points often came from his opponent's forced errors. the longest game of the match. the biggest game of the match. yes, but in the fourth set, basilashvili, seeded 21, was perfect in the tie—break. murray driven to frustration. what would he have left? well, loads, actually. in the fifth set murray took that control. match point, yet another rigorous rally and another victory. the quality, the desire... 0n the very court where three years ago where we thought, he thought, he'd retired. truly, this is bonus time. joe wilson, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich. good evening to you after a cold start for many this morning, temperatures recovering quite nicely, particularly where we had some brightness but a few clung onto fargo all day long and that was essex early on and that really pegged the temperatures back and fog will be a problem for some south—eastern parts of england and further north

murray had never lost a grand slam match to a player ranked as low as daniel. straight sets. i want to perform well in the big events and for me, tonight, it is not good enough. making the second round of slams is not something ifind particularly motivating. a day to forget, then, for british tennis. natalie pirks, bbc news. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello. under clearskies, quite a hard frost setting in in many areas tonight, so we're going to lose that chilly wind and the showers that have been hitting parts of the north sea coasts of england, northern ireland and western scotland, with some cloud increasing actually here. so, limiting the frost, whereas elsewhere, where you can see the clear skies, rural parts of central and southern england could be down to —6 in some spots. not far from —5 in the cardiff area as friday begins. cold, frosty, yes, but some sunshine continuing across southern and eastern england, eastern scotland. cloudy for western scotland and northern ireland, and cloud increasing t

murray's signature on it. here now with andy murray's siunature on it. ~ ., ., ., , . ., signature on whose partner is stephen and steven's mum, sandra davidson, has joined us now and she hasn't actually seen the couple since they set off travelling back in 2019. wow, that is a long time ago. but you have spoken to them and they must be thrilled with this cosmic oh, yeah, they are absolutely over the moon. oh, yeah, they are absolutely over the moon-— the moon. honestly it has been absolutely _ the moon. honestly it has been absolutely crazy, _ the moon. honestly it has been absolutely crazy, what - the moon. honestly it has been absolutely crazy, what has - the moon. honestly it has been | absolutely crazy, what has been happening. just absolutely crazy, what has been happening-— absolutely crazy, what has been haueninu. . ,. , ., happening. just tell us a bit more about how it _ happening. just tell us a bit more about how it came _ happening. just tell us a bit more about how it came about? - happening. just tell us a bit more about how it came about? well, i happening. just tell u

charles murray described in his 2012 book "coming apart." murray is a provocative libertarian. he argued in that book that america is coming apart at the seams, not from race, but from class. a large part of the problem, he posited, is that people in working-class neighborhoods are no longer connected to the wealthy. denying the former with a needed form of social order. murray argued that while there have always been rich and poor folks who had somewhat different customs and morays, there used to be a lot of interchange and it used to be either the rich folks had grown up poor or middle class and knew what that was like personally. but all of this is changing and ten years ago, he wrote, it's going to get worse. this it does what is it's like power is in the hands of a new upper class that requisites to make decisions for the remainder of society. i guess you could say he was pressured. which leads me to the question at smerconish.com. i want to know what you think, which poses a greater threat to the social fabric of the united states, differences in race or differences in cl

and andy murray will play argentine facundo bagnis in his first match of 2022.l stay with tennis, as great britain have gotten their atp cup campaign off to a winning start after beating germany in sydney. they won 2—1. dan evans gave great britain the perfect start, beating jan—lennard struff in straight sets, but cameron norrie was then beaten by alexander zverev as germany levelled the tie. which meant it came down to the doubles, and evans and jamie murray secured the win in gb�*s favour, winning in straight sets. great britain are next in action against canada on tuesday. rugby union now and premiership champions harlequins fought back to beat gloucester by 20 points to 17 at kingsholm. they trailed by 10 points midway through the second quarter, but came away with the win to stay 3rd on the table. patrick gearey was watching. visitors to gloucester must make their— visitors to gloucester must make their own — visitors to gloucester must make their own welcome. harlequins knew they were _ their own welcome. harlequins knew they were entering a cauldron, one

jamie murray was asked about it after great britain's loss in the atp cup earlier, and he said he felt — jamie murray's not in this bracket — who decided to have a vaccine just to compete at the australian open. and players are human beings. lots of people will be thinking, "yes, one rule for one and a different rule for another, the number one has an exemption" — but as i pointed out, it is a stringent process, and the process is meant to be anonymous. they've had lockdown is for 262 days in australia, so we have to wait and see how they greet the nine—time champion when he makes the defence of his title a couple weeks from now. cornelius kersten has become the first long track speed skater to be selected for team gb in 30 years. the 27—year—old will compete in the 1,000 and 1,500 metres in beijing next month. kersten has had a successful season, finishing 11th in the world cup series and says he's overjoyed at his selection. indicate this news today, i'm chuffed. couldn't be more happy. everything feels good, every world cup i've been able to improve either in time or ranking. so yea

more on that from cn's sara murray. >> reporter: it was a year of cracking down on election problems that didn't exist. based on lies peddled by the former president. >> they rigged the election. >> reporter: after record turnout in 2020, at least 19 states passed 34 laws restricting access to the ballot box in 2021 according to the left-leaning brennen center for justice. republicans leading the charge citing concerns about election integrity even as no evidence emerged of widespread problems or fraud in the 2020 election. in georgia, republicans passed a law that cuts the number of dropboxes in heavily-populated areas, imposes new i.d. requirements to vote by mail and makes it a crime to offer voters snacks or water while in line. >> it is all a part of death by a thousand paper cut structure to continuously limit people's access to the ballot, people's comfort in being able to vote and people's ability to vote the way that is best for them. >> reporter: in florida -- >> i am actually going to sign it right here. >> reporter: -- republicans passed a law limiting drop boxes, adding

, sir andy murray.ings today about this. i believe it is the first time we've heard from andy murray on this. i know we have heard a little from jamie, but i think this is the first time we have heard from him, i hope i am correct in that. you can see his statement there. so, focusing on the pr side of all of this, and the australian open, the tournament itself, is due to begin a week tomorrow of course. that court hearing, as we say, it is monday australian time, all happening in melbourne, but that is late tonight british time is when it all starts, and let's discuss it. let's speak to daniel estrin who is an australian immigration lawyer and joins us from perth. thank you for talking to us, because it is pretty late at night where you are. anybody trying to follow it from this country is forgiven for thinking seems to be one version on one side, one version on the other, don't know who to believe. you are an immigration lawyer, we are fascinated to hear what you think is going on. fascinated to hear

kyler murray is trying to make an even bigger name for himself. matthew stafford has never won a playoff game. you can look at all three and go down the list of every team and every quarterback and say they have a lot to lose but kyler murray had the cardinals out to such a great start and they floundered down the stretch and have not performed well. he would like to elevate his level of play in the post-season. if he doesn't then obviously arizona will not have a chance of winning monday night against matthew stafford and the los angeles ramgs. >> monday night, matt and kyler face off in monday night's game. it's the first time the nfl is extending the playoffs to a monday in prime time. how significant is that? >> well, the nfl is always pushing boundaries. the super bowl is being pushed back this year to mid-february, the night before president's day. this year for the first time espn, abc will have a monday night wild card game. now, it'll be an inconvenience for the winner of that game which will have a short week to get ready for the biggest

murray will face russia's aslan karatsev for the trophy.o be in another final. it's obviously great to be in anotherfinal. tough match again. you know, it's always going to be tight against them. it's not many chances either way usually. and yet, obviously after losing the first, to select by the long way back but we stayed tight on the serve and be served well in the last couple of sets i think overall, p played a pretty smart match. harlequins are top of their pool in rugby union's european champions cup after a thrilling last minute win over cardiff. it was 33—33 in overtime when quins' marcus smith kicked over in the last action of the game. the bonus point 36—33 win puts them above munster in pool b, who also won tonight. cardiff are yet to win in europe this season. judd trump is a step closer to his second masters snooker title. the world number two eased into the semifinals at alexandra palace after thrashing fellow englishman kyren wilson 6—1 in their quarterfinal — and post—match, trump definitely seemed to enjoy the win. come on,

the murray - andy murray. i'm liking this picture. the murray roar. it| andy murray.s was caught for four. they've since lost ollie pope. they are recovering over tea perhaps, maybe a couple more will help. england now 124—6. it was another late, late show for brighton in their premier league game against fierce rivals crystal palace. palace had gone ahead through connor gallagher, but there's been a 90th minute goal in the last three encounters between these two sides and this time it was an own goal that meant the match finished 1—1. we're waiting to hear whether tomorrow's north london derby will go ahead after arsenal asked for the match at tottenham to be postponed. arsenal say they don't have enough players due to covid, injuries, and players away at the africa cup of nations. the premier league board will consider the request today. there have been 20 premier league games postponed this season already season because of covid. one match that is definately on this lunchtime ss the clash of the titans — manchester city against chelsea. already there's been a diffe

andy murray said the controversy has been bad for the sport. seems like it's dragged on for quite a long time now. not great for the tennis. not great for the australian open, not great for novak. >> his former coach, the multiple grand slam winner boris becker, said this story has become abo more than just sport. >> only a tennis player. we're not politicians. if we're used in a political way we don't have a chance. >> the world number one is still fighting to defend his title here. whether or not he'll be able to play, the australian open will take place under the shadow of a controversy that has gone way beyond tennis. bbc newselbourne. >> let's speak to the barrister and senior counselor greg barnes, spokesman for the australian lawyers alliance and experienced in visa cases for australia. thank you for joining us here on "bbc world news." first off, your assessment of the decision made by the immigration minister, please. >> this decision is made using what many immigration lawyers call god-like powers. in other words the minister has the

his best answers by alan murray don't come in and he was contrived fire at taylor in 18. 69. wanted to attract visitors to come in to the the latch off to one go see and i think that said, you know, with a 150 years or so. busy more on from his days, and i think that his benefits are still being read by the amount of people that have a city the village. you know. so it was essentially a marketing ploy meant to draw attention to both the town and the language the people in here as far as the welsh people, i think they're very sort of a how can i say it? i think very proud nation. and we're proud of our heritage, we proud to our language and we want that language to carry on into a future generation. well, what can i say? small village and a very long name and very friendly and cheerful people over here. and oh, definitely did not forget this visit until and know how to pronounce his name correctly. hunger bush. good. good. by the way, you can find all the episodes of our series europe to the max on our youtube channel . and in this pick, it features a 111 extreme places in eur