amidst the spectacular setting of newlands, symbolism is everywhere. england? well, history suggests so. they haven't won a test in cape town since 1957 and beneath table mountain, england are a side with plenty on their plate. injury, illness and now first test defeat all offering much to chew over. we've had some very frustrating moments on this tour so far and we are having deal with it as best we can and make sure whether gets the opportunity will put in absolutely everything and give us a great chance to win the game. if art win, they will have to do it with a depleted side. just how much remains to be seen. jofra archer is a doubt and jack leach is definitely missing, and now another blow. opener rory burns was england's top scorer in the first test and for a time his 84 looked like itjust save them. here he was in training today, turning his efforts to football, turning his efforts to football, turning his efforts to football, turning his ankle and taking his turning his ankle and taking his turn on the physio table. crossed fingers for his twis

england won by 189 runs in the final hour for a first victory at newlands since 1957.ed the difference yet again taking the last three wickets in just over four overs helping to dismiss the hosts for 248. on debut pieter malan top scored with 84 from 288 balls for the proteas, who resisted until the end, with the four—match series level at 1—1 ahead of the third test starting at port elizabeth on the 16th of january. south africa's captain admits the better side won. the challenge that we had to our group last night and this morning was that we would fight with everything that we've got within us to try and make england do anything and everything to beat us and they have. they have thrown the kitchen sink at us and, just towards the end of the day, unfortunately there needed to be a loser, which has been a fantastic five days of test cricket, where both teams were on top in some sessions, and some sessions were on par, but probably for the majority of the test match england in were better than us. fast bowlerjames anderson could be a doubt for the third test after engl

a repeat of such high scoring is unlikely this time around, but at newlands, cricket always look spectaculard. staying with cricket — players from australia and new zealand will wear black armbands, in tribute to those affected by the bushfires in australia at the moment. the teams meet in the 3rd test in sydney later, with australia having already won the series. there'll also be a minute's applause to honour the country's firefighters. 0ur sydney correspondent phil mercer has more. the australian and new zealand teams we re the australian and new zealand teams were hosted by the prime minister, scott morrison, at his official residence here in sydney a few days ago. they said they would wear black arm bands in acknowledgement of the bushfire crisis that is sweeping many australian states. cricketing authorities here also say there will be fundraising efforts during the syd ney test be fundraising efforts during the sydney test match similar to those that raised money for breast cancer, the charity set up by glenn mcgrath. australian cricketing authorities well aware that this test match is

all round display in the second test against south africa to help england to a first test win at newlandsllowed five catches in the first innings with a quickfire 72 in the second and then stormed in with some hostile bowling just when it looked like south africa might sneak a draw. south africa looked to be frustrating england for much of the day with pieter malan batting for almost six hours in the second innings before he fell for 8h. quiton de kock resisted for 3h overs too beforejoe denly‘s part time leg spin claimed him. zak crawley‘s juggling act gave ben stokes his second wicket in two balls and despite looking visibly weary, the all rounder grabbed the last wicket in the final hour. it levels the four test series at 1—1 with two tests still to play a huge boost for us going forward. test cricket has been a bit of a talking point recently in terms of how many days you can play for but today has shown what should be five daysin today has shown what should be five days in the first two series is great for the green ticket —— game of cricket. we have a few days off to get our feet up

england captain joe root, hit 61 before he and nightwatchman, dom bess fell late on at newlands.d level the four—test series at 1—1. here's our cricket correspondent, jonathan agnew. well, i thought england were ruthless today. sometimes you see a tea m ruthless today. sometimes you see a team ina ruthless today. sometimes you see a team in a field eating a couple of workers, unable to finish them off and you lose the initiative. but withjimmy and you lose the initiative. but with jimmy anderson taking and you lose the initiative. but withjimmy anderson taking his 2005 wicket hall, five kachess for ben stokes as well, they left the field with the initiative. obviously feeling despondent about the situation. however they still had to bat themselves into position of that advantage and, credited to don sibley, it wasn't pretty. it is exactly what he had to do, one or two wickets fell along the way. for sibley to pay as patiently, methodically, and calmly as he did, to end upis methodically, and calmly as he did, to end up 15 runs short of his first century, was outstanding. how long

been fined 15% of his match fee from the second test after swearing during england's victory at newlandsmicrophones picked up his expletives aimed at south africa's vernon philander. paul stirling top scored with 63 as ireland set west indies a target of 238 to win the second one day international in bridgetown. they're 46 for three from 13 overs in reply. the hosts won the first of the three odi's. and england's beau greaves has had a 16th birthday to remember. the teenager is through to the semi—finals of the women's bdo world championships in london after beating aileen de graaf of the netherlands 2 sets to 1. tim henman said it was hugely disappointing as his great britain team exited the atp cup at the quarter final stage. the new nations tournament — being hosted in australia — treated us to an epic quarter final between britain and the hosts earlier — going right down to the wire in the doubles and it was very much a case of what might have been. joe lynskey was watching. one of the oldest rivalries and a brand—new competition. they had this to settle. jamie murray had this to set

cape town's newlands ground is appreciated fully from a distance. crawley, 21 years young, was just trying to watch the ball and stay cool. he opened england's batting — not easy. edged and gone. crawley played because rory burns had hurt himself playing football. south africa don't need extra help. and england's training session football games are now banned. their batting here was stop—stop, or start—stop. dom sibley gone for 34. captainjoe root deflected the ball with his glove to the wicketkeeper. he made 35. these are frustrating numbers. joe denly again did so much hard work and then... bowled him! 38 for him. still, step forward, ben stokes. good, firm hit. these were the moments when you realise so many of cape town's spectators were england fans. well, it is a very dry january, in that sun. watch what stokes did next, or perhaps don't. out! he saw it but still couldn't believe it. caught and gone for a7. england's intermittent innings threatened to fully stop. that was curran gone. they got to 262—9, thanks mainly to 0lly pope, just turned

for more on this, i'm joined by from taipei by sara newland.ege in the united states, but she's currently in taiwan observing the elections. what swung it for the president?” think the hong kong protests were certainly on everyone's mind this week, but they are not the only factor that explain her victory. i think they really held to bring people out to the polls and to get such a lopsided victory for president tsai, but her popularity was rising in the polls and the popularity of her opponent was declining even before the hong kong protests began. i think another really important factor is just the decision to run a risky and polarising candidate as their presidential nominee, which was a gamble that ultimately didn't pay off. do those voters in taiwan, who voted for the president, and protesters in hong kong see themselves as part of the same overall anti— beijing movement, themselves as part of the same overallanti— beijing movement, or are they to completely separate movements? i think it is hard to categorise all of them as belonging to th

england won by 189 runs in the final hour for a first victory at newlands since 1957.ifference yet again taking the last three wickets in just over four overs helping to dismiss the hosts for 248. on debut pieter malan top scored with 84 from 288 balls for the proteas who resisted until the end with the four match series level at 1—1 ahead of the third test starting at port elizabeth on the 16th of january. south africa's captain admits the better side won the challenge that we had in our group last night and this morning is that we would fight them with everything in us to try and make england to everything and everything to beat us and they have. they have framed the kitchen sink at us and just was the end of the day, u nfortu nately just was the end of the day, unfortunately they needed to be a loser. it has been a fantastic five days of cricket. both teams on top in some sessions, some sessions on par, but probably for the majority of the test match in were better than us. fast bowlerjames anderson could be a doubt for the third test though, after england's all—tim

it's england's first victory at newlands since 1957 and levels the four match series at 1—all but fasthe third test in port elizabeth real madrid will take on valencia in saudi arabia later as a revamped version of the spanish super cup gets underway. zinedine zidane will be without karim benzema and gareth bale for the match injeddah while barcelona take on atletico madrid on thursday. previously the super cup featured the league winners against the cup winners. the new format features both copa del rey finalists and the remaining highest ranked teams in la liga that have not already qualified through the cup final. leicester city host aston villa in their english league cup semi—final first leg later. it's 20 years since leicester won it, and you have to go back to 1996 when villa last lifted the trophy. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. but from me tulsen tollett and the rest of the team that is your wednesday sport briefing. let's see the pictures of where a ukraine airliner crashed shortly after ta keoff ukraine airliner crashed shortly a

they need just five wickets to win, and got off to a decent start on the final day at newlands, takingcluding the captain faf du plessis and pieter malan who'd dug in on his way to 84. south africa are 225 for 5 chasing an almost impossible 438 to win. england have one more session to ta ke england have one more session to take those five wickets. they are at a tea at the moment. when the commonwealth games are held in birmingham in 2022, a couple of the events could be held thousands of miles away in india. our sports editor dan roan is here. how have things got to this point? what happens next? last year organisers the birmingham 22 decided to exclude shooting and archery from their programme of sports for the event, women's cricket, beach volleyball were preferred as they sought a younger and more diverse audience and felt shooting wouldn't do much for the west midlands because it would have been staged in surrey. that decision infuriated india because they have a very proud record in that sport. they threatened to boycott birmingham 2022 as a result. that, in turn, greatly worried

england captainjoe root hit 61, before he and nightwatchman dom bess fell late on at newlands.e four—test series at 1—all. to the nfl, where there's plenty of speculation regarding tom brady's future, after the new england patriots were knocked out of the playoffs. brady, who's 42 years old and has won six super bowls, has only played for the patriots in his record—breaking 20—year career. but he says it's "pretty unlikely" he'll retire in the off—season. the titans stunned the defending champions, 20—13, in their afc wild—card game. the houston texans willjoin the titans in the next round of the playoffs and so will either the minnesota vikings or the new orleans saints. that game has gone to overtime. later, the 2018 champions, the philadelphia eagles, face the 2014 winners, the seattle sea hawks. that is all your support for now. back to you, samantha. thanks very much. one of the great wine merchants of the past century, georges duboeuf, has died, at the age of 86. he's credited as the man who turned the red wine beaujolais nouveau — that was once a little—known french prod

cape town's newlands ground is appreciated fully from a distance., was just trying to watch the ball and stay cool. he opened england's batting — not easy. edged and gone. crawley played because rory burns had hurt himself playing football. south africa don't need extra help. and england's training session football games are now banned. their batting here was stop—stop, or start—stop. dom sibley gone for 34. captain joe root deflected the ball with his glove to the wicketkeeper. he made 35. these are frustrating numbers. joe denly again did so much hard work and then... bowled him! 38 for him. still, step forward, ben stokes. good, firm hit. these were the moments when you realise so many of cape town's spectators were england fans. well, it is a very dry january in that sun. watch what stokes did next, or perhaps don't. he saw it but still couldn't believe it. caught and gone for 47. england's intermittent innings threatened to fully stop. that was curran gone. they got to 262—9, thanks mainly to 0lly pope, just turned 22. his innings wasn't quite

ben stokes had a bit of fun too, smashing 72 offjust 47 balls at newlands.e 37 without loss chasing a38 to win, remember the highest everfourth innings run chase is 418. staying with cricket, plenty of sportsmen and women have backed the huge effort to raise money for people affected by the terrible bush fires in australia, and the australian legend shane warne is doing his bit — by auctioning off his baggy green. the caps are stuff of australian sporting legend, and it's expected to fetch an awful lot of money. the former england captain michael vaughan made a bid of $25,000, but the current highest bid isjust over $300,000 — that's just short of £160,000. alan shearer has praised the first use of a pitch—side var screen this season. referee michael 0liver used the screen to send off crystal palace‘s luka milivjevic in their fa cup defeat to derby. shearer says the premier league needs to take note. it is about time it happened because it can't be a coincidence that it has never happened in the premier league. we started in august, now in january, not one r

the stump mic picked up buttler using a host of expletives towards philander on the final day at newlandsthe third test next week. mo farah says he would have quit his relationship with former coach alberto salazar sooner had he known what was to come from usada's investigation. salazar was banned for four years for doping offences. farah was speaking ahead of his plans to return to the track this year. as an athlete, i believe in clean sports and, you know, just continue to enjoy my sports and do what i do. at the same time, had i known the news about salazar taking four yea rs, if news about salazar taking four years, if i had known it sooner, i would have been the first one out stop that's the bit that's annoying, i wish i had known quicker. and darts player beau greaves has had a 16th birthday to remember — she's through to the semi—finals of the women's bdo world championships in london after beating aileen de graaf of the netherlands 2—1. as you can see, a sigh of relief as davies took it all in her stride. that's all the sport for now. hello there. many plants will have a dry day o

cape town‘s newlands ground is appreciated fully from a distance.tch the ball and stay cool. he opened england‘s batting. not easy. crawley played because rory burns had heard himself playing football stop south africa do not need extra help. england‘s training session football games are now bound. they are batting here with stop start, or start stop. dom simply gone for 34. captainjoe rich deflected the ball with his got to the wicket—keeper. he made 35. these are frustrating numbers. joe denley again did so much hard work and then... commentator: hold him! 38 for him. a step forward for ben stokes. these we re step forward for ben stokes. these were the moments when he realised so many of cape town‘s spectators were england fans. well, it is a very dry january — son. watch what stokes did next, or perhaps don‘t. he saw it but still couldn‘t believe it, caught and gone for 47. england‘s intermittent innings threatens to fully stop. that was curran gone. they got to 262/9 thanks mainly to 0llie pope, whojust turned they got to 262/9 thanks mainly to

bowled 6 balls in training before pulling out with a sore elbow england have been practicing at newlands stadium in cape town that we're looking to bounce back in the 4 much series after losing the 1st test by 107 runs that when you look at the last test it having south africa 111 for 5 and. we were 143 in our 1st innings in south africa end up with a 101 lead off to the 1st innings i think that's a big if the game where we lost that way lost the match so those key moments recognizing them and performing better in those when we go into this test. no ways linda veeck made a great start to the new year in ski jumping in front of a packed arena of $20000.00 fans he broke the hill record at the garmin potts incursion in germany 143.5 meters on his 1st jump the cornerstone of his victory which was also his 1st title in world cup of ants this is the 2nd leg of the 4 hills tournament with events to come on saturday and monday. all right. we'll have more lights a poll thanks very much lots more news of course on the web site it's always there for you 247 the address. you can also tweet mail twee

it's england's first test win at newlands in more than 60 years, and the series is now level.point recently in terms of how many days it should be played for, but today showed why it should be five days. the first two series, the a result is great for the game of cricket and great for the series. he is born for this stage and the big moments in games. he is someone that never backs down from a challenge. you put him in difficult situations and he will never shy away from it. he has been through both sides of it and still very keen to keep trying to deliver for england. he is a great example to a young group of players. stand—by for a mid—match meltdown at the tennis. this is the stefanos tsitsipas — who's absolutely furious with himself at the atp cup in australia. he caught his dad — who's also his coach — as he smashed his racket. and then got a telling—off from his mum who was in the crowd. he laterjoked that he'll probably now be grounded. great britain play in the quarter— finals of the competition tonight. and a lovely story from the bdo darts last night. this is leighto

been having some fun already this morning — slogging the south african bowlers to all corners of newlandsound weekend, klopp's kids dominate the back pages this morning newspapers. teenage sensation is how the telegraph describes the wonder—goal from curtisjones that won the merseyside derby for liverpool. ”my boy wonders” is the mirror's headline whilst the guardian goes with ”jones jumps for joy”. stuff of dreams really for the 18—year—old against everton at anfield. alex gulrajani can tell us. jones, comes to goal! an absolutely stunning goal by curtis jones for liverpool. imagine being 18 years old, playing for your boyhood club and scoring the winner against your city rivals. well, toxteth teenager curtisjones doesn't have to anymore. liverpool managerjurgen klopp set the stage. some regular names took a break in the youngsters got the chance to impress against everton and jones took full advantage. he was unbelievable. individual performances from the kids. it was incredible game decided by a sensational goal from a scouser, i couldn't want more. ijust did it and then i tried to go

our operations in the indo-pacific include training with army forces, helping newland sand up their striker units as their striker vehicles, 15, in fact, are arriving right now. the philippines has asked for more help in training 72 infantry battalions as they upgrade their equipment and evolve their doctrine. we continue to do traditional security cooperation, we are also employing new capabilities and the indo-pacific as grounds to test our new concept multidomain operations or mdo. if conflict with a great power occurred, the united states would be unable to easily and strategic locations safely flow in forces. seeking to regain overmatch and alllution for converging domains, mdo creates an asymmetrical advantage. mdo sets the conditions in theater while opening a window force. joint in fy18 just months after the defense strategy was published, reorienting our focus towards the great power russia,ion with china, north korea and iran, we conducted our first experiments the multidomain task force. intelligence information, cyber, electronic warfare and space i2q's.nown as the concepts, tes

allayed wickets to clean up the home side's tail to seal a $189.00 run when it's england's 1st women newland since 1957 the 3rd test begins on january 16th in port elizabeth organizers of the australian open say they're not expecting a delay to the start of the 1st time as grand slam of the year and that's despite the ongoing bushfires impacting air quality in melbourne where the manger all starts on january 20th but contingencies are in place of conditions become hazardous for the players and spectators action will be moved to 3 stadiums with retractable roof and 8 indoor courts if the air quality is deemed on the healthy. now there is so far been no smoke really that interruptions at the a.t.p. cup which is taking place in sydney perth and brous been that was where canada beat germany the win gives qualifying for the quarter finals of the tournaments. now there was a rare defeat for the league leading milwaukee bucks in the n.b.a. they were aiming for their 6th straight victory up against the san antonio spurs boks are xian assented to showing what he can do but it was the spurs who have t

picked up buttler using a host of expletives towards philander on the final day at newlands. week. and darts player beau greaves has had a 16th birthday to remember. she's through to the semi finals of the women's bdo world championships in london after beating aileen de graaf of the netherlands 2—1. as you can see, a sigh of relief as davies took it all in her stride. that's all the sport for now. there's more on all those stories, inlcuding on harry kane being ruled out until april, on sportsday at 630. let's return to our top story, that the royal family are said a loss of the people. the us government officials are not be reported as saying they believe the plane was hit by an iranian missile. more on this by speaking to chris, the transport correspondent for cbs news. thank you very much for being with us. what are you hearing about what the us believe happened to this plane? we are hearing that us officials are confident that this plane was shot down by iran. the belief is that it was a mistake, not an intentional act, but it was in fa ct an intentional act, but it was

the legislative -- another four years as president and the majority control of the whileative -- newland -- president tsai's election has been impressive, it was not guaranteed. after a dramatic defeat of her party in the local elections, that was interpreted as a referendum on her personally to dealing with the unprecedented contested primary for an incumbent president, she emerged as the favorite candidate to win the 2020 presidential election and succeeded. have contributed to her electoral success? of thee the implications elections results? the focus of our discussion today will be on the latter. let me point out three factors that i think we can go into in more detail either in the discussion or in the q&a if people are interested -- three issue stand out that contribute to the electoral outcome. first sovereignty as a focal point. second, split opposition party. third turnout.- the results in terms of the demographics of voters are not -- i have not seen any results yet. given the high turnout rate, i --nk it is suggested that we have an all-star cast of to parseand thinkers the r

it's england's first test win at newlands in more than 50 years, and the series is now level.s and he will never shy away from it. he's been through both sides of it, and still very keen to keep trying to deliver for england. he's a great example to a young group of players. stand by for a mid—match meltdown at the tennis. this is the stefanos tsitsipas, who's absolutely furious with himself at the atp cup in australia. he caught his dad, who's also his coach, as he smashed his racket, and then got a telling off from his mum who was in the crowd. he laterjoked that he'll probably now be grounded. he got into proper trouble. did he catch his dad with the racket? caught him on the arm. he is holding his arm. he says he thinks he will be grounded! have his mobile phone taken off him and a couple of other things. i would love to know what his mum actually said to him!l things. i would love to know what his mum actually said to him! a bit of mum wisdom! it is the fact it is in front of so many people. "how dare you, young man! go to your room!" he is definitely in trouble! and a lo

ben stokes had a bit of fun too, smashing 72 offjust 47 balls at newlands.rrible bush fires in australia, and the australian legend shane warne is doing his bit — by auctioning off his baggy green. the caps are stuff of australian sporting legend, and its expected to fetch an awful lot of money. the former england captain michael vaughan made a bid of $25,000, but the current highest bid isjust over $300,000 — that's just short of £160,000. jurgen klopp called his young side "sensational" as they beat everton in the third round of the fa cup. this stunning strike from 18—year—old curtisjones was enough to win the merseyside derby at anfield. klopp made nine changes to the side that beat sheffield united in the premier league last time out. everton still haven't won at anfield in more than 20 years. there's one more third—round tie still to be played as leeds united — flying high in the championship — travel to arsenal, who've been revived under their new manager mikel arteta. leeds flying high at the top the championship. desperate to get into the premier le

cape town's newlands ground is appreciated fully from a distance. gone. he opened england's batting — not easy. edged and gone. crawley played because rory burns had hurt himself playing football. south africa don't need extra help. and england's training session football games are now banned. their batting here was stop—stop, or start—stop. dom sibley gone for 34. so was captain joe so was captainjoe root. and also joe denly. bowled him! still, step forward , joe denly. bowled him! still, step forward, ben stokes. these are the reasons when you realise so many of cape town spectators were england fans. it is a very dryjanuary in that son. stokes was out like this. he saw it, couldn't believe it. england's intermittent innings threatened to fully stop stop that was curran gone. they got to 202 to two thanks mainly to ollie pope, just turned 22. his innings wasn't quite table mountain but it was high enough to give england some hope. 56 not out. now it's a big weekend for football romantics and dreamers. the fa cup third round gets under way today. i

but they're digging in at newlands."visibly or audibly" supporting manchester city in any home area of old trafford during their league cup semi—final tonight. both clubs have agreed to limit the number of tickets available for away fans in both matches as a security measure. but the match isn't a sell—out, and there are concerns that city fans could buy tickets in the home ends because they're on general sale. meanwhile, the manchester city boss pep guardiola had a rather dismissive answer when asked if he'd ever consider managing manchester united. after training city, i would never train at united. it is like i would never train at madrid. definitely not, whatever happened in the future? if it was the only offer?” will be in the maldives if i don't have offers. not a noun leaves, because no golf courses, but a place like that. —— not in the maldives. 0rganisers of this month's australian open say they don't expect any delays to the start of the tournament — despite the ongoing bush fires. reigning men's champion nova

the stump mic picked up buttler using a host of expletives towards philander on the final day at newlandsive, let's go nationwide and see what's happening around the country in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. chris page is in stormont and will bring us the latest as talks continuing there to attempt to restore devolution in northern ireland. annabel tiffin is in salford and can tell us more about the news that a man convicted of the murder of a young woman in merseyside in the late 19805 is set to be released. but first to chris. it's three years to the day since power sharing in northern ireland collapsed. what's the latest? yes, in many ways it's an unwanted anniversary. three years since northern ireland ceased to have a devolved government. three years since martin again as the deputy first minister resigned his position. since then there have been several rounds of negotiations to bring back the coalition and none have succeeded so here we are a few days away from another talks deadline. you get the sense here that things are intensifying. the dup are holding seve