stay with us on bbc news, still to come: former tennis number one naomi 0saka announces her pregnancyye on a return to the court. day one of operation desert storm to force the iraqis out of kuwait has seen the most intense air attacks since the second world war. tobacco is america's oldest industry, and it's one of its biggest. but the industry is nervous of this report. this may tend to make people want to stop smoking cigarettes. there is not a street that is unaffected. l huge parts of kobe were simplyl demolished as buildings crashed into one another. this woman said she had been given no help and no advice i by the authorities. she stood outside the ruins of her business. j tens of thousands of black children in south africa have taken advantage of laws passed by the country's new multiracial government and enrolled at formerly white schools. tonight sees the 9,610th performance of her long—running play the mousetrap. when they heard of her death today, the management considered whether to cancel tonight's performance, but agatha christie would have been the last person to want

so while she hopes to make j melbourne, were not sure whether naomi 0saka is going to melbourne, or in unknown at the moment. she's rumoured to — unknown at the moment. she's rumoured to not _ unknown at the moment. she's rumoured to not be _ unknown at the moment. she's rumoured to not be in - unknown at the moment. she'sj rumoured to not be in australia at all, she's not entered any tournaments last week or this week. her name is automatically on that entry because reseeding guarantees are a main spot in the draw, but it's looking unlikely that she will take part now, which is a huge shame. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the sports news today... the australian open continues. scotland fly—half adam hastings will miss the six nations with a shoulder injury. he requires surgery after suffering the injury during gloucester�*s premiership defeat at leicester on christmas eve. iranian snooker star hossein vafaei will take zhao xintong's place at the masters. xintong was suspended as part of the world snooker�*s ongoing investigation into match fixing. vafaei w

the australian open will be without a two time winner as naomi 0saka withdraws from the tournament ahes out... also coming up in the programme. mikaela shiffrin makes history. matching the record for women's world cup wins hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm hugh ferris league two stevenage stunned aston villa to book a fourth round trip to stoke after coming from behid at villa park.. two goals in three minutes absent aston villa crushing out at this stage again. aston villa crushing out at this stage again-— aston villa crushing out at this state aaain. a, ., , aston villa crushing out at this stauaeaain. ., , ., stage again. morgan sanson seem to have wanted _ stage again. morgan sanson seem to have wanted for _ stage again. morgan sanson seem to have wanted for aston _ stage again. morgan sanson seem to have wanted for aston villa - stage again. morgan sanson seem to have wanted for aston villa which - have wanted for aston villa which was dispatched by jamie have wanted for aston villa which was dispatched byjamie reid in the 88th minute. while villa park was still reeling from

two—time champion naomi 0saka has withdrawn from the australian open just over a week before the tournament venus williams has announced she also won�*t appear at the tournament, although that is due to injury. novak djokovic has warmed up for his australian open return by winning the adelaide international title. the serb dropped his first set of the tournament before beating the american sebastian korda in three sets, extending his winning streak in australia to sa matches. the tournament is djokovic�*s first in the country since he was deported in january last year because of his covid vaccine status. but his visa ban has now been overturned. south africa have avoided a series clean sweep in australia by drawing the third test in sydney, albeit partly because of the rain. after following on in their second innings, south africa lost only two wickets before the game ended in a draw. australia won the series 2—0. but failed to seal a place in the final of the world test championship that a win would have guaranteed. mikaela shiffrin has equalled lindsey vonn�*s women�*s record of 82 skiing

lots of speculation under naomi 0saka will feature at this year's tournament. next year. congratulations to naomi. that is all the sport for now. more at 6:30 p:m.. 0k, gavin, looking forward to it. russia's defence ministry says fighting is continuing in soledar in eastern ukraine, despite earlier claims by the head of the russian mercenary group, wagner, that his forces had taken the town. ukraine for its part also insists the town hasn't fallen to the invading force. the town is seen as strategically significant, as it could be used by russian forces as a place from which to launch a fresh assault on the city of bakhmut, which has been the scene of fierce fighting for weeks. president zelensky has mocked the claims it's in russia's hands. the town is seen a strategically significant and it could be used as russian forces. it is thought to be a fresher source of a launch on the city of back live to moscow now with the bbc�*s will vernon. claims the bbc�*s will vernon. and counterclaims, but wha is claims and counterclaims, but what is also very interesting is