natalie pirks, our sorts problematic for you.rrived in kazakhstan, one of russia's southern neighbours, following an appeal for help from the country's president. there's a total internet and mobile—phone blackout in the country, which has been rocked by violent clashes and protests which started when fuel prices went up sharply but have widened to include other political grievances. the government has restored a price cap on some fuels, but the situation is still tense. from kazakhstan's largest city, almaty, our correspondent abdujilal abdurasulov has sent this report. this is the aftermath of the mass unrest — violent clashes between riot police and protesters turned what used to be almaty�*s bustling square into a war zone. sparked by a hike of fuel prices, the roots of the protest movement go deep into the corrupt authoritarian system. and the turmoil continues. the armyjoined riot police to disperse the crowd. the number of casualties is rising. at night, the standoff grows particularly violent. stun grenades, rubber bullet

natalie pirks, bbc news.ce in the quarterfinals after beating cape verde 2—0, who really gave themselves the steepest of hills to climb with two players sent off. liverpool's sadio mane suffered a concussion when he clashed with goalkeeper vozinha. he continued despite appearing to be briefly knocked out. it was later confirmed he was ok, and before leaving the pitch, he gave senegal the lead in some style. marseille forward bamba dieng scored the winner to make it 2—0 for the 2019 runners up. there was an upset on the cards in monday's other match when gabadinho mhangho put malawi into an early lead over morocco courtesy of that exceptional strike. but goals from youssef en—nesyri and then this absolute belter of a free kick from psg's achraf hakimi giving the atlas lions a 2—1win. morocco will meet either ivory coast or egypt in their quarterfinal. in the scottish premiership, st mirren beat aberdeen 1—0. connor ronan's second half goal ended his sides four—month wait for a home win and made it back—to—back

our sports correspondent natalie pirks reports. was optimism in the air at the tottenham hotspur stadium. their fans believed spurs could turn this around. but chelsea were already 2—0 up from the first leg. it would be a long way back for spurs if they got another. and in! he had a problem on his hands, but in harry kane, he has a rolls—royce of a striker who never squanders chances. kane nearly had a perfect chance to make amends, though, when tottenham were awarded a penalty for this. that was until var overturned it for being outside the box. it was going to be one of those nights for spurs. straight after the break, another penalty given, another penalty overturned. remarkably, the var also then wiped out what harry kane thought was his landmark 250th club goal for offside. but in truth, tottenham were second best. chelsea now head to wembley, while spurs fans demand an inquiry into an event where they brought their own boos. natalie pirks, bbc news. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good

natalie pirks, bbc news.one of the bestselling albums ever and has accumulated more than 500 weeks in the uk charts. meat loaf died last friday, aged 7a. playing video games for a living is an aspirational career for millions across the world. however, the most influential online streaming platform, twitch, is accused of encouraging unhealthy practices. there are now calls for the billion—dollar company to change the way it operates, as the bbc�*s gaming reporter, steffan powell explains in this exclusive report sings with man off-screen: welcome to my... man: what the f... like, what?! screaming: i'm in trouble! this is twitch, where all day, every day, you'll find people filming themselves playing video games and interacting with viewers. some, like ninja here, can earn big bucks. he's reportedly worth around £18 million. owned by amazon, 30 million people across the globe visit the site daily. traditionally, communal gaming meant coming somewhere like this and sharing a screen with a mate. but today, onlin

natalie pirks, bbc news. our correspondent phil mercer joins me now from sydney.or the latest on these developments. great to have you on the programme. at this point, what do we know about why novak djokovic was denied entry into australian what his status is stopped although he was detained by border force at the airport for several hours while they poured over details of his visa application. we're not aware of the moment of exactly what transgression are alleging around his visa applications, but anyone granted a medical exemption to enter australia must provide evidence at the border to support that waiver. so, you have to support that waiver. so, you have to presume there was something amiss in that visa application. novak djokovic could well appeal against this decision to the federal court in australia. if that happens, he's likely to be taken to a quarantine or government facility while that takes place. but clearly, not the ideal preparation for the world's number one tennis player, who is aiming to win his tenth australian open. aiming to win his tenth

natalie pirks, bbc news.dissident in the netherlands. a court in london heard how muhammad gohir khan, was offered £100,000 to carry out the murder —— a court in london heard how muhammad gohir khan was offered £100,000 to carry out the murder in rotterdam last year. however, he failed to track his target down and was arrested on his return to the uk. with more, here's our pakistan correspondent secunder kermani. hitman gohir khan captured on cctv in rotterdam buying the knife he planned on using to kill his victim, but khan never found his target. instead, he was arrested on return to london. police found messages on khan's phone with a middleman named as �*mudz�*. he offered khan, who was heavily in debt, £100,000 for the killing. khan replied, "let's get cracking". this is the man he planned to murder — a pakistani activist critical of the country's army. he doesn't want his face shown. five years ago, he was tortured by suspected members of pakistan's intelligence services. now, he believes they are behin

natalie pirks has all the details.both were about to put fans through the wringer. the us open champion got off to a flyer, breaking opponent danka kovinic early, but soon emma raducanu was in trouble with blisters on her racket hand. a set down and raducanu's only real weapon now was her backhand. she was smiling but winning the second set meant playing through the pain. commentator: ouch. and in the final set, as her right hand rallied, her backhand faulted and kovinic inflicted the final blow. commentator: and she's done it. there are some people in my team that maybe didn't want me to play but i wanted to go out there and fight through it. it's quite hard to learn or teach someone that fight and grittiness, to hang in there when things are pretty much all against you, so i'm quite proud of that. just two days after playing five sets with his metal hip, andy murray was slow out of the gate againstjapan's taro daniel, ranked 120th in the world. 16 unforced errors from the scot saw daniel take the first set with a flo

natalie pirks, bbc news. his one trillion dollar infrastructure bill. arriving in the city hours after the collapse, mr biden said the us had been "so far behind on infrastructure for so many years". he promised to fix all the aging bridges of the country. a rights organisation has criticised a decision to allow north korea to chair a key un disarmament committee focused on preventing nuclear proliferation. un watch said it was wrong to put pyongyang in charge while it was still being sanctioned for its own nuclear programmes. playing video games for a living is an aspirational career for millions across the world. however, the most influential online streaming platform, twitch, is accused of encouraging unhealthy practices. there are now calls for the billion—dollar company to change the way it operates, as the bbc�*s gaming reporter, steffan powell explains in this exclusive report. singing: welcome to my... what the... like, what?! i'm in trouble! this is twitch, where all day, every day, you'll find peopl

natalie pirks, bbc news.cases recorded in the latest 24—hour period. on average, nearly 90,000 infections have been reported per day in the last week. there are more than 16,000 people in hospital with covid, and that number has been falling. 277 deaths have been reported, that's of people who died within 28 days of a positive test, though some will have died of other causes. on average in the past week, 261 deaths were announced every day. on vaccinations, more than 37 million people have now had a boosterjab, which means more than 64% of those aged 12 and over have now had three vaccine doses. our health editor hugh pym is here. a new strain of omicron has been detected, how worried are the authorities?— detected, how worried are the authorities? ~ ., ., authorities? well, the dominant strain is known _ authorities? well, the dominant strain is known as _ authorities? well, the dominant strain is known as ba1 _ authorities? well, the dominant strain is known as em and - authorities? well, the dominant strai

natalie pirks, bbc news.eeting, with representatives of the energy industry, to consider ways of tackling what providers are calling a "national crisis." the cost at which they have to buy gas on the wholesale markets has shot up, threatening more bankrupticies among providers. our business editor, simonjack, is here with me. what if anything can the government do, and are the price rises for us inevitable?— inevitable? price rises are inevitable, _ inevitable? price rises are inevitable, we _ inevitable? price rises are inevitable, we know i inevitable? price rises are i inevitable, we know enough inevitable? price rises are - inevitable, we know enough about what has happened to wholesale prices, we know that the energy prices, we know that the energy price cap is going to go up in april, probably by about 50%. the government knows it has got to do something to mitigate that and they looked at some of the options today. abolish the 5% vat on energy fuels, said the labour party today. too blunt, said the gov

our sports correspondent natalie pirks was watching.e wringer. the us open champion got off to a flyer, breaking opponent danka kovinic early, but soon emma raducanu was in trouble with blisters on her racket hand. a set down and raducanu's only real weapon now was her backhand. she was smiling but winning the second set meant playing through the pain. commentator: ouch. and in the final set, as her right hand rallied, her backhand faulted and kovinic inflicted the final blow. commentator: and she has done it. there are some people in my team that maybe didn't want me to play but i wanted to go out there and fight through it. just two days after playing five sets with his metal hip, andy murray was slow out of the gate against japan's taro daniel, ranked 120th in the world, and 16 unforced errors from the scot saw daniel take the first set with a flourish. 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

natalie pirks, bbc news.ver placing. released in 1977, the operatic rock album originally failed to chart at all, only starting to sell the following year when meat loaf appeared on a bbc television show. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @sipusey. thanks a lot for watching, i will see you soon. hello there. so far this month, it's been pretty quiet with high pressure dominating the scene. we've had light winds for most, but that's certainly not the case this weekend. northern parts of the country will be impacted by some severe gales at times which could cause some disruption. and we'll see another spell of wet and windy weather during sunday night. higher pressure further south, which means the winds will be lighter, but this deepening area of low pressure's been named by the danish met service as storm malik, and you can see why. plenty of isobars across the north of the uk as this system continues to push down in towards the norwegian sea. widespread yellow wind warnings across the north of the country, g

natalie pirks, bbc news.tem is under intense pressure, with increasing demand for services, and a shortage of carers. it means that some people aren't getting the support they need to live independent lives, as paul carter's been finding out. oh, thank you. suzanne likes to go out... and we can party the whole night through for a change. ..but an evening trip to the pub with her partner jason is a rare occasion. realistically, if we're going out for a meal or a drink, we'd probably have to leave by about 6:30 to make sure we're home in time. her disability means she needs help getting into bed. she has an evening call from a care agency, but the time of this can sometimes be unpredictable and can be as early as 7:30. going to bed at 7:30 is way too early for me, personally. i'm only in my mid—40s and unless you are absolutely exhausted, who goes to bed at 7:30 at night? it really does seem like a loss of control. you are completely at the mercy of the situation you are in with the carers. are you all right? i

natalie pirks, bbc news. rain, asjoe wilson reports. so, what's left to play for in the ashes? well, every ball counts, doesn't it? that was david warner's idea. england had james anderson and stuart broad bowling. no earlyjoy for either. that is going to be four. marcus harris with that shot. how soon do you start worrying if you are england's captain? well, perhaps he never stops. but broad is an expert at dismissing david warner. remember? there. gone, got him. good catch. gone for 30. "now, that's why i should play every match," broad mayjust have been thinking. watch now, some courageous commitment, frantic pace, gripping drama, here we go. stumps clear, covers on. the other ground staff were busy. rain lingered over sydney. eventually, the cricket resumed. marnus labuschagne scoring runs, frustrating england. normal service. harris on 38, anderson at 39. edged, taken. a timely wicket for england, a reminder they can compete. here comes mark wood. there goes labuschagne. he's got him. edged, caught. 126—

natalie pirks, bbc news.the latest 24—hour period. on average nearly 90,000 infections have been reported per day in the last week. there are more than 16,000 people in hospital with covid, and that number has been falling. 277 deaths have been reported — that's of people who died within 28 days of a positive test, though some will have died of other causes. on average in the past week, 261 deaths were announced every day. on vaccinations, more than 37 million people have now had a boosterjab, which means more than 64% of those aged 12 and over have now had three vaccine doses. a new strand of the omicron variant has been detected and is being monitored by scientists. our health editor hugh pym is here. how worried are the authorities? welcome of the original omicron strain, known as ba one, is still dominant but in recent weeks a new one which has been named as ba two has been identified and officials say based on 1000 cases in england so far there is a faster growth rate and are currently substantial growth

natalie pirks reports.n champion was off to a flyer, breaking her opponent danka kovinic early. but soon emma raducanu was in trouble, with blisters on her racquet hand. all the power now coming from kovinic. a set down, and raducanu's only real weapon now was her backhand. she was still smiling through the pain, but this was hurting. ouch! remarkably, raducanu was hanging in there and managed to take it to a third set. just missed. would you believe it? but as her right hand rallied her backhand faltered, and kovinic took full hold, and after more than two—and—a—half hours, the momentum was all with kovinic as she served for the match. and she's done it. boy, did raducanu battle but atjust 19 there are still many grand slams to come. just two days after playing five sets with his metal hip, andy murray was slow out of the gate againstjapan's taro daniel. and 16 unforced errors from the scot saw daniel take the first set with a flourish. the qualifier was playing the match of his life to go two sets up. mur

indeed, many thanks, natalie pirks with the latest on that case. a parliamentary committee at westminster has described the "catastrophic impact" of the pandemic on many patients needing nhs treatment. almost 6 million people in england are waiting for routine operations and procedures but the health and social care select committee says the demands of emergency care and staff shortages could ruin plans to tackle the growing backlog. our health editor, hugh pym, reports. operating theatres standing idle, one of the consequences of covid. four months, early in the pandemic, only emergency procedures were done. patients hoping for planned surgery just had to wait longer. a new report by a commons committee spells out the serious implications of the backlog. the chair of the committee says it has made an existing problem worse and radical action is needed. i am worried that we could turn a temporary crisis caused by the pandemic into a permanent change in the landscape where itjust becomes the landscape where itjust becomes the norm for people to wait

natalie pirks, bbc news.espite appearing to be briefly knocked out. it was later confirmed he was ok, and before leaving the pitch, he gave senegal the lead in some style. marseille forward bamba dieng scored the winner to make it 2—0 for the 2019 runners—up. there was an upset on the cards in monday's other match when gabadinho mhangho put malawi into an early lead over morocco courtesy of that exceptional strike. but goals from youssef en—nesyri and then this absolute belter of a free kick from psg's achraf hakimi giving the atlas lions a 2—1win. morocco will meet either ivory coast or egypt in their quarterfinal. in the scottish premiership, st mirren beat aberdeen 1—0. connor ronan's second half goal ended his side's four—month wait for a home win and made it back—to—back league wins. emergency talks are taking place to try to save derby county football club. the rams went into administration last september. the club's administrators now have just one week to show the english football league how derby wil

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 of the day on friday, but another day with sparkling winter sunshine to look forward to. temperatures will stay a little below average though. generally this cloud will start to thicken as we go t

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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 the coldest spotteds with the wind chile chill, overnight cloud filters in to northern and western scotland, northern ireland and with this you will avoid a frost, elsewhere, a frost and a harder one than last night. m

our correspondent natalie pirks has more... on the court is where he is at his brilliant best. stayed in australia this weekend. novak djokovic's final thrill of the dice. the news broke at 6pm on friday in australia and was headline news. just moments ago the immigration minister has cancelled novak djokovic's visa. his minister has cancelled novak djokovic's visa.— minister has cancelled novak djokovic's visa. his lawyers were reportedly _ djokovic's visa. his lawyers were reportedly told _ djokovic's visa. his lawyers were reportedly told he _ djokovic's visa. his lawyers were reportedly told he faces - djokovic's visa. his lawyers were reportedly told he faces the - reportedly told he faces the petition for a second time just 20 minutes before the immigration minister made a public statement. his lawyer said the basis for revoking the visa was that it could excite anti—vaccination sentiment but that is irrational. they have appealed but their chances appear slim. djokovic is in a hotel tonight but tomorrow we head back into detention until sunday for his fate would be decid

here's our sports correspondent natalie pirks. he never ruled out a return to the game he loved.strong for roy hodgson. wofford put an end to the ten year of claudio ranieri yesterday after just 1a matches the ten year of claudio ranieri yesterday afterjust14 matches in charge. the club are currently 19th and have lost seven of their last eight matches. hodgson's first match is a crunch came away to fellow strugglers burnley. but sean dyche was once in the wofford heist debacle hot seat and knows better than most about the owner's reputation for hiring and firing. hodgson is the 15th manager since it was taken over in 2012, including a whirlwind 37 day spell in 2014 involving three managers — only gianfranco zola made it to 75 games. hodgson is regarded as a safe pair of hands for clubs in trouble. aha, of hands for clubs in trouble. huge stride towards premier league safety. the huge stride towards premier league safe . ., ., .. safety. the former england coach took over pistol _ safety. the former england coach took over pistol palace _ safety. the former england coach took ove

natalie pirks, bbc news. draw. captain heather knight's been frustrated so far. just looking forward to getting into this ashes series, to be honest. it's obviously been a very strange one with that first game and then the other two rained off. but, yeah, they're so excited, we love playing test cricket and we've got the opportunity to get back in the series if we can be successful in this test. what a great position we'll be in — 6—4 going into those 0dis — and that's what we've got to look to try and do. just hearing stefan asked city pass has won his match.— just hearing stefan asked city pass i has won his match._ the has won his match. transformed. the call in the greek— has won his match. transformed. the call in the greek god _ has won his match. transformed. the call in the greek god over— has won his match. transformed. the call in the greek god over there - has won his match. transformed. the call in the greek god over there and l call in the greek god over there and there is huge greek following in