she picked up three medals in pyeongchang, including gold in the 500 metres, to being her overall tally someone whose vision inspires you, and to challenge someone's goal is to be high enough to meet their expectations. never settle for something that seems right. settle for the person who is riding the ragged edge of reality and imagination, because that is where passion lives. thank you again for this amazing award. grazia. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but, from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. the atlantic is set to be pretty relentless in terms of throwing spells of wet and windy weather our way in the coming days. this hook of cloud here is the spell of windy weather and rain that we had on wednesday. that low centre rolling away. this one, though, developing quite explosively as well to the south—west, as we go through the early part of thursday, promises even stronger winds than we saw yesterday, and some very heavy rain. certainly not looking great for the morning rush hour. there will be a risk of so

post pyeongchang a relationship also fell apart and her coach 15 years was let go.me where i don't know, i can't keep going, but the last six weeks i have been back full—time on theice weeks i have been back full—time on the ice again feeling quite positive about the future now. i am definitely back into thinking about winning that olympic medal. she may have been knocked down, but the message is don't count her outjust yet. now a look at the some of the other stories around today. charlotte bankes — one of the world's leading snowboard cross athletes — has defected from the french national team and joined the british set—up. born in hemel hempstead, she moved to france at the age of four. she claimed three world cup medals for france last season. gregor townsend has made eight changes to the scotland team for their match with argentina at murrayfield on saturday. finn russell moves into inside centre, with adam hastings — son of scotland great gavin — starting at fly half. josh strauss is given his first start since last year's summer tour at number eight. and engl

post pyeongchang, her relationship also fell apart and her coach of 15 years was let go., i don't know if i can keep going. but the last six weeks i've been back full—time on the ice again, feeling quite positive about my future now. i'm definitely back into thinking about winning that olympic medal. so she may have been knocked down, but the message is, don't count her out just yet. david mcdaid, bbc news. whale song has bewitched and beguiled scientists and mariners for centuries. now it seems the distinctive chorus of squeaks and groans can change over time — and not all whales sound the same. scientists working in australia say humpback whales undergo major changes which mean their song is constantly evolving. here's our science correspondent, helen briggs. i'm back wales are known for their haunting songs and they can spread until all singing from the same song sheet this signature song evolved gradually over time as individual males add embellishments and others copy. senior on the east coast of australia this is what the whales we re australia this is what the whal

human rights was clearly sacrificed for the sake of the pyeongchang olympics.made. one example, kim ill jong, the leader's sister, is on a list of sanctioned individuals issued by our own treasury department and state department for a simple reason. she's responsible for punishing those seeking to access information from the outside world. north korean people have been killed, sent to reeducation camps and to political prison camps. an exemption was granted. i've never been able to find out -- the second time she stepped on south korean soil, when she came over for the summit meeting in april, it's not very clear whether this was a second exemption, whether this was an extension of the first exemption or whether this is somewhere in a gray zone, and the exemption is indefinite. but, certainly, if there's talk of a joint olympic bid, president moon's advisers must understand that human rights must be part of the equation. >> so i think the thing about the olympics and the, you know, greg, you talk about the sanctions exemptions, what value are these sanctions if

strategic and studies in l washington says this undermines the trump administration's its outreach to pyeongchangsia may get its un's regime to give up nuclear weapons program. the 13 sites are believed to underground facilities continuing mobile launchers that can be quickly dispersed to locations. palestinian militants today ired dozensch rockets and mortar shells into southern israel. the country's national rescue seven said at least people were wounded in the attacks. in response, israeli war planes targets throughout the gaza strip and deployed its system to intercept additional rockets. it appears to be most intense exchange of fire between the two sides since the 2014 war. a fighting was triggered by botched undercover israeli raid gaza. bloomberg news 24 hours on air tictoc twitter, 2,700 journalists and analysts in 130 countries. crumpton, this is bloomberg. scarlet: from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, this "bloomberg markets: the close," i'm scarlet fu. caroline hyde. abigail: another down day, the dollar strength is not working or at least dities wasn't earlier. let's take a