and argue the same as in doha with all your sports news world number one rafael nadal remains on course for glory at the australian open back plus all the other schools coming up into this news hour. with very warm welcome to the program the u.s. is calling for restraint from turkey and its operation against kurdish fighters in northern syria and soldiers have entered the enclave of affray in part of an assault to drive a kurdish people's protection unit so why p.g.d. turkey's prime minister says the aim is to create a thirty kilometer safe so staff dekker reports from the turkey syria border. the border echoes with the sounds of war turkey's offensive on africa is now well under

the australian open starts in the coming minutes and 2009 champion rafael nadal is one of the big namescourse is coming back from injury, together with novak djokovic and with andy murray missing, nadal and defending champion roger federer are amongst the favourites. so is the spaniard thinking about winning again in melbourne? i don't think about that. i think about my first round and that is all. it is going to be my first official match of the year, so it doesn't make sense to think further than that. the highlight in the women's draw on monday night at melbourne park is caroline wozniacki. she's reached the final in auckland in her warm up event but hasn't made the second week at the year's first grand slam in melbourne since 2013. she'll play romania's world number 60 mihaela buzarnescu in the first round. iam not i am not going to lie, first tournament back in two matches, i feel it. i am not 17 any more. but i think it was greatjust for the confidence and just get the rest up and it was a good start year. and you can follow all the latest action from melbourne on the bbc sport we

, roger federer doing what they did, rafael nadal had an injury with his hip during the australians to keep putting them in their place, so i have to say, with eight titles at wimbledon under his belt, as we head towards the next grand slam, i would have to say he is very much the favourite. annabel croft speaking to us earlier. time for a look at the weather with darren. hello, good evening. a very mild weekend will give way to something chilly over the next few days. this band of rain will be pushing its way southwards overnight. some heavy rain for a while across scotland and northern ireland and later coming into north—west england and north wales. to the south, a bit cloudy with blustery winds. very mild to the north of the band of rain, we have some chilly air. the band of rain continues to push southwards on monday. the last of the mild air getting squeezed into the near continent and something milder will follow on behind. we head into the mild air in the morning. i'll start once again across southern parts of england and wales, across to lincolnshire where it will probably

marin cilic, not only facing rafael nadal head—on, but beating him as well.l be next. so here of the details of that semi—final. edmund goes for a place in his first grand slam final against the 2016 us open champion marin cilic in the early hours of thursday morning. the croatian is vastly experienced and will be the favourite. but we know what kyle edmund likes doing. you'll be able to hear commentary from melbourne on 5live and the bbc sport website. televeision highlights will follow later in the day. so edmund could go onto become the new british number one with a win against cilic. has been an extraordinary fortnight for the player that was unseeded going into the tournament. our tennis correspondent russell fuller sums up edmund's achivement. kyle edmund had experienced before of playing on wimbledon centre court and also on the giant arthur ashe stadium court in new york at the us open. maybe he put that experience to very good use, because he did not seem fazed by playing in the road labour arena seem fazed by playing in the road labourarena in seem

and argue the same as in doha with all your sports news world number one rafael nadal remains on course for glory at the australian open back plus all the other schools coming up into this news hour. with very warm welcome to the program the u.s. is calling for restraint from turkey and its operation against kurdish fighters in northern syria and soldiers have entered the enclave of affray in part of an assault to drive a kurdish people's protection unit so why p.g.d. turkey's prime minister says the aim is to create a thirty kilometer safe so staff dekker reports from the turkey syria border. the border echoes with the sounds of war turkey's offensive on africa is now well under way the ground operation started on sunday turkish soldiers supporting free syrian army fighters inside syria. turkish president dredger type edging defiant as he addressed a large crowd in the city of. this is a national struggle and then this national struggle to crush anyone who stands against us let this be known. it's been a week of rhetoric politicians promising that turkey was going to attack a free to r

and rafael nadal keeps his cool of the australian open on his way through to three and he's going to have all the news from melbourne and still. syria's main kurdish parties urging the u.n. to act quickly to protect kurdish controlled territories in the country's north the p y d warned that one million people live in the only of all of africa which turkey has threatened to attack turkey's president of egypt says he'll launch an offensive soon to push out kurdish forces tanks have gathered on the turkish side of the border i'm going to link the city and why p.g. kurdish fighters to turkey's outlawed p k k party which has fought for autonomy for decades and strongly criticized the u.s. for arming and funding the white b.g. which have played a significant role in the battle against deisel u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson says he'll take these concerns into account but in a speech about syria there was no talk of stopping support for cut his troops but let's be clear. the united states will maintain a military presence in syria focused on ensuring isis cannot reemerge our military m

in sport rafael nadal keeps his cool at the australian open just one service going against not a mile on his wife three surrounds. so he has freed a leading opposition figure as part of a mass release of prisoners jailed more than a year ago for their part in a government protests bragged diena is one of more than one hundred prisoners freed from a prison in the capital addis ababa three hundred sixty one other inmates were also released in the south of the country always denied violating the law and his release his part of a government drive to foster a national reconciliation bill bratton. is a hero to his supporters and thousands of excited well wishers formed to guard of honor to a school with his convoy to nine miles from the detention center on the outskirts of addis ababa to his home in the nearby town of. the leader of the aroma federalist party had been arrested after returning from a visit to brussels a year ago was accused of collusion with outlawed group. the charge she always denied barry violated by liz the no. former member of parliament and it was a construction in the

rafael nadal keeps his cool at this training in the open on his way to round three he's going to have all the usual novel and spoke to. syria's main kurdish parties urging the un to act quickly to protect kodesh controlled territories in the country's north the p y d has warned that one million people live in the own flavor of africa which turkey has threatened to attack president to one says he will launch an offensive soon to push out kurdish forces tanks have gathered on the tucking side of the border and cut a link to the city and why p.g. kurdish fighters to turkey's outlawed p k k party which has fought for autonomy for decades strongly criticized the u.s. for arming and funding the white p.g. which has played a significant role in the battle against i saw u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson says he will take talkies account concerns into account but in a speech about syria there was no talk of stopping support for kurdish groups the united states hears and takes seriously the concerns of our nato ally turkey we recognize the humanitarian contributions a military sacrifices tu

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rafael nadal will be on the mainboard labour arena on a hot and sunny day in melbourne in a roundabout or three hours time up against leonardo meyer of argentina, 52 in the world, and we will get to seek record d ivots rolled and we will get to seek record divots rolled and nick kyrgios, the australian who won the brisbane title in the first week of the year, a big hope for the home crowd. let's talk about the women's draw. caroline wozniacki is the one to watch this wednesday. she will be on the rod labour arena shortly. semifinalist here in 2011, playing the croatian who is making her debut. they will follow another match. the czech republic player is causing her some problems. and a word for the 15—year—old ukrainian, the youngest to win a match at the australian open since martina hingis in 1996. despite being 521 in the world. she isjust won her second round match. she beat australian 0livia rogowska. thank you the joining us on sport today. all the details on the website. kelechi iheanacho became the first player to score a goal awarded by a video assistant referee in english foo

rafael nadal plays under the likely. it is his first attempt in nine years.a lot from that. he was a tough opponent. you knows how to play tennis very well. he plays with the right tactic always. he is a player that will give you nothing. the only way to win is play in a higher return than him. and try to play aggressive, with the highest it isa play aggressive, with the highest it is a possible out there. that is what i hope might happen. real madrid won the first leg of their copa del rey quarter—final on thursday — but only just, labouring to a 1—0 victory at leganes. zinedine zidane fielded a weakened side for this one mateo kovachich, has only played five league games this season, and he missed a very easy chance to put real ahead just before half—time. and so it was marco asensio, who scored the winner in the 89th minute to give zidane's side a narrow lead ahead of next week's second leg. european number one golfer tommy fleetwood, is the outright leader at the abu dhabi championship. fleetwood is the defending champion and he carded a flawless 66, to l

turning now to tennis and it's been a diff surprise that the australian open in melbourne rafael nadal is out he fought hard for over three hours against a modern chill it would retard with a leg injury in the fifth and final set she literally next unseated kyle edmund the brit stunned third seed grigor dimitrov in four sets to reach his first ever grand slam semifinal williams. upset. leader of ukraine to also secure a final four berth it's been a dream debut for the twenty two year old in melbourne one more quarterfinal match is still to come on tuesday with denmark scarily what's the akki looking to accomplish in the semi. the legendary south african jazz musician and political activists who has died muscular played the trumpet shank and the blues music and with the idea that spanned decades many of his compositions about the struggle for democratic rights in his country he also collaborated with international musicians but still he released a statement saying that he was fighting can sell a kid with seventy eight years old. far. as to say his music will live on you're watching news

it is after rafael nadal we re cilic next. it is after rafael nadal were tired with a leg injury.e. dan biggar will miss the first three rounds of the tournaments with a shoulder problem. we will have a full update in the next 15 minutes. some of the biggest names in the world a re some of the biggest names in the world are meeting in davos. let's talk to our economics editor. how things have gone in this opening session and what is the theme of the week? it was opened by the prime minister of india. the first time a prime minister of india has spoken here since 1997. he made a big play for globalisation, he said it wasn't the time to raise trade barriers. similar message from the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, who has just finished speaking. talked about progressive politics, globalisation being made to work for everybody. a little whiff about what we will be talking about tomorrow, that will be europe. today i have interviewed the norwegian prime minister and i spoke to her about those brexit negotiations and because although norway isn't a member of the european union

open champion sloane stephens meanwhile in the men's singles world number one rafael nadal beat victor a string of burgos in straight sets to advance with third seed gregor dimitrov also winning through there was excitement from the home crowd as well with australia is nick kyrgios crushing brazil fifty trust silver now one of european soccer's great names has got his first permanent head coaching job former manchester united midfielder ryan giggs has been appointed manager of the welsh national side as one club man gates who enjoyed a twenty four year playing career at united and won two champions league titles made sixty four appearances for wales and will hope to lead the team to euro twenty twenty. one meanwhile germany has been to sleep over turned to action from its winter break over the weekend and it featured a big result for struggling cologne up against local rivals mentioned gladbach the rock bottom team pulled off an unlikely last minute win. colognes players still believe in a miracle escape that much was clear before the right job but the game initially looked like it wou

the seven time winner in the semifinals of that clash could proceed a potential final against rafael nadal. are before i let you go want to remind you of our main headlines this hour political leaders here in germany have just a few more hours left to reach a deal on starting talks to form a new government on the americans conservatives and the center left social democrats set themselves a deadline of tonight to wrap up exploratory negotiations both sides say many issues are still unresolved and thousands of people rally in pakistan to protest against the rape and murder of an eight year old girl in the u. cuse of police of being too slow to react to her disappearance. all right it does it for me on leila iraq in girl in that we'll see you again at the top of the hour. but hold g.w. one. for global insights the news out for local bureaus. d.w. made for morning.

open champion sloane stephens well meanwhile in the men's singles world number one rafael nadal beat victor a string of burgos in straight sets to advance with third seed grigor dimitrov also winning through and there was some excitement from the home crowd with australia's nick kyrgios crushing brazil's interests. and one of european soccer is great names has got his first permanent head coaching job former manchester united midfielder ryan giggs has been appointed manager of the welsh national side one club man gates who enjoyed a twenty four year playing career at united had won two champions league titles made sixty four appearances for wales and will hope to lead the team to euro twenty twenty after they failed to reach this year's world cup. a quick reminder now of the top story will follow we're following for you twin suicide bombers have hit central baghdad killing at least thirty eight people the attack took place in a busy square during rush hour no claims of responsibility yet but the bombings there are the hallmarks of the so-called islamic state. you're watching news sti

marin cilic stands in the way of a second successive australian open semi—final for rafael nadal on tuesday, it is women's fourth seed elina svitolina, out to maintain her season—opening winning streak against elise mertens, in the belgian‘s first grand slam quarter—final appearance. bulgaria's world number three, grigor dimitrov, is fighting for a semi—final spot against british hope and a9th—ranked kyle edmund. and caroline wozniacki looks to make the last four, after a seven—year gap. nadal, who lost to roger federer in last year's final, has a 5—1 career win record against cilic. but the sixth—seeded croat is a former us open champion, so he will have confidence he can conquer nadal. novak djokovic recognised that reaching the fourth round in melbourne was an achievement after being out of the game for so long. the six—time aussie open champion was defeated by south korean chung hyeon, but the right elbow injury and a new hip problem means djokovic needs to take time out for more recovery. now, i don't know, i have to reassess everything in my team. article ten, coaches and everybody, a

let's catch you up on this showing an open world number one rafael nadal has moved into the quarterfinals with a tough force that win over diego schwartzman of argentina the former u.s. champion also advanced he defeated public arena opposed to of spain caroline was the advanced in the women's singles the women's number two got past the blackest magdaléna rip our cover in straight sets was the uk his next opponent will be carla suarez navarro who booked her third australian open quarter final to get battling back from the brink four three set win over thirty second seed and that kind of it . veteran driver carlos science has triumphed in the dakar rally for the second time the fifty five year old spaniard racked up victory in the car section on the final stage through the argentinian city of cordoba the former double world well the top but the former rally excuse me champion gave way to their third win in three years and the to make long event the french carmakers quitting the grueling durance race after this year science previously won in two thousand and ten guitars nasser alethea finis

marin cilic after rafael nadal. ecstasy of kyle edmund and the agony of rafael nadal. of rafael nadal the first, sorry, second time in 264 matches. sorry, second time in 264 matches. he says the schedule needs to change to prevent these injuries. to prevent these injuries. matchup between kyle edmund and married chill edge. married chill edge. he is up against married chill edge. 830 tomorrow. —— marin cilic. also, the sexism row. wasn't getting the job on twitter, he said goodbye to twitter and left. he said goodbye to twitter and left. the press have looked at historical tweets. a couple of controversial ones. ones. come to paying the bills, also, good morning, men. morning, men. a couple of hours of cricket sets me up. cricket sets me up. women would be busy preparing breakfast in getting the kids ready. breakfast in getting the kids ready. a lot of twitter, his tongue is firmly in his cheek. firmly in his cheek. he has sort of said goodbye. said goodbye. thing, his mum is not going to the semi—final. if he gets to the final. about whether he should be wearing suncream in the aussi

american sloane stephens and coco venda way meanwhile in the men's singles a world number one rafael nadal he beat victor estonia boodles in straight sets to advance and so did number three seed grigor dimitrov who crossed cruised dennis novak to go on to two round. to football now in germany is like a return to action from its winter break at the weekend and it featured a big result for struggling cologne up against local rivals much in god but the rock bottom team pulled off an unlikely last gasp when i. tell those players still believe in a miracle escape that much was clear before the right job but the game initially looked like it would run to form the black box christophe karma going close after a quarter of an hour. below grew into the match though and frederic sorry incident had fans jumping for joy with the opener after thirty four minutes well known for the hosts in their biggest game of the season. the second half so glad that threaten again but at first they could not take advantage of poor cologne defending . the level it was coming however and the rafael finally managed it at

some of the results from round two of the australian open in melbourne the men's number one seed rafael nadal through to the next round following a straight sets win but the day's biggest story came in the women's singles fifteen year old martha winning her second round match in straight sets that makes of the youngest player to reach the third round of a grand slam tournament in over twenty years meanwhile it was a bad day for german number one. who is out of the tournament off to losing two of these kahane in straight sets. turning to mexico now where a group of divers in the yucatan peninsula has connected to caverns revealing what is thought to be the world's longest underwater caves archaeologists say the discovery could help shed new light on the ancient mayan civilization. the cave was identified after divers spent months exploring a maze of underwater. well from the top of the hour in the meantime to a very you can always follow us on twitter and on facebook you're watching t.v. being used to stay with us. for the twenty first century. unique interpretation or. dazzling concert the wo

edmund must have thought he would be facing rafael nadal in the semifinals of the world number one retiredrin cilic. yet been —— yet been 2—1 up but could not continue. cilic is the sixth seed and a former us open champion. there was also an upset in the women's draw is unseeded belgian elise mertens thrashed fourth seed elina svitolina to reach the semifinals. it is the first time she has beaten a top five player and she goes into the last four on a ten match winning strea k the last four on a ten match winning streak and will face caroline wozniacki next. the remaining men's and women's quarterfinals will be played overnight tonight. you can follow that on the bbc sport website. wales injury problems are piling up ahead of the six nations with fly—half dan biggar likely to miss the first three rounds of the tournament against scotland, england and ireland with a shoulder problem he picked up playing for ospreys against clermont at the weekend. wales are without too first choice fly halves with rhys priestland also ruled out —— two ozturk unlikely journey from the streets of moss side to

on court right now, rafael nadal and marin cilic, the world number one and numberfour. the lta has announced that kyle edmund will be included in the british davis cup team. no andy murray. to football, and after brilliantly ending manchester city's unbeaten run last weekend, liverpool followed that result with defeat against the premier league's bottom side. swa nsea premier league's bottom side. swansea city stayed in touch with their relegation rivals with a crucial 1—0 win at the liberty stadium. the first half goal saw them moved to within three points of safety, liverpool missing the chance to go third. i didn't use the word frustration too often because it is a little different in german, but tonight i am frustrated and angry because it was not necessary. it was not a good game for us, because our tactical discipline, especially offensively, was not good enough. we lost a game in the first half. ben stokes won'tjoin up with the england team for the tour of new zealand until 5am day is on the same day as he was to if”..- his supposed to be making his international

the australian open is headed for the homestretch and world number one rafael nadal has moved into the quarter finals with a tough or set win over diego thoughts of argentina no doubt will play former u.s. open champion tomorrow until it who also advanced after beating pablo carino boost up meanwhile britain's kyle admin is helping his country forget about the loss of andy murray to injury adman is in his first ever major quarter final hill play grego dimitrov on tuesday carolyn it was an iraqi advance in the women's singles the number two seed got passed magdaléna cova in straight sets was the next opponent will be carlos whereas novato who booked her third australian open quarter final quarter final take at belgium's at least more ten's was also a winner. and just a reminder of the top stories we're following here for you germany's social democrats have narrowly voted in favor of starting coalition talks with the americans conservatives because this isn't brings the country one step closer to a stable government after four months of political uncertainty sent september's elections we

the australian open is underway and former winner and beaten finalist last year, rafael nadal, tellspehane peterha nsel during the dakar rally in bolivia. welcome to the programme. lots to get our teeth into but let's start with the news that manchester city's unbeaten run in the english premier league this season has come to an end after they were beaten 4—3 at liverpool. city still lead by 15 points, they show there is life after philip coutinho's record move to barcelona.

face the seven time winner in the semifinals that clash could precede a potential final against rafael nadal. already before i let you go and remind you of our top stories right now german chancellor angela merkel says she's optimistic she can strike a deal with social democrats and head off new elections but there are still big hurdles to overcome the two sides must settle a host of divisive issues today to be able to move ahead with formal coalition talks plus thousands of people rally in pakistan to protest against the rape and murder of an eight year old girl they accused of police of being too slow to react to her disappearance. and foreign ministers have expressed support for the iran nuclear deal after meetings with their iranian counterpart ma much about serif in brussels his visit comes a day before president trump is due to decide whether to reimpose sanctions on tehran. all right ben thank you and we'll be up next with all your business headlines and i look forward to seeing you again at the top of the hour for now thanks so much for spending this part of the day with us. to. look

yesterday you saw a very good performance from rafael nadal, but interestingly six time champion novake his elbow injury affected his career last year. there is tennis everywhere you look today, because of the estate two. some big names you out on court other than later but all eyes will be on the rudd labour arena this evening for the night session and roger federer. thank you very much for your time, we will let you get back to it. the four—time olympic gymnastics champion simone biles says she was sexually abused by the former team usa gymnastics sports doctor larry nassar. nassar is serving a 60—yearjail sentence for having child sex abuse images on his computer. he is also awaiting sentence after admitting assaulting female gymnasts. biles stated on social media that: i too am one of the many survivors sexually abused by larry nassar. please believe me when i say it was a lot harder to speak those words out loud than it is now to put them on paper. there are many reasons i have been reluctant to share my story, but i now know it's not my fault. we need to know why this was able to

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rafael nadal also won overnight.arta kostyuk — she has become the youngest player to reach the third round of a grand slam for 20 years. she beat australia's olivia rogowska and now faces fourth seed and fellow ukrainian elina svitolina. kostyuk, who came through qualifying, is ranked outside the top 500 and is the youngest player to reach the third round in melbourne since martina hingis back in 1996. still to come, england cricketers look to make their mark on the australian tour, thanks to david warner's daughter. oh, jimmy, jimmy anderson! jimmy, jimmy anderson! eddiejones says he still has a lot to give england and has extended his contract for another 2 years. he is due to stay on until 2021, so why leave midway through the next world cup cycle? everyone has a shelf life and i think in eachjob it's a certain amount of time. onejob it might be one year, somejobs it might be five and a half years. clearly you feel at four years, you have a bit more to give. otherwise you wouldn't have signed this deal. 100%, and

he has beaten world number one rafael nadal in just the last half—hour, nadal forced to one rafael nadalt of the deal was important for sanchez, who will turn 30 this year. ben stokes won'tjoin up with england for the tour of new zealand until after his court appearance on february 13th. the all—rounder is due at bristol magistrates' court on the same day he was supposed to be making his international comeback in a twenty20 match. stokes has been charged with affray after an incident outside a bristol nightclub in september. that's all the sport for now. i will have more after the lunchtime news at half past one. i. i, tonya turn to our top story, boris johnson's i, tonya turn to our top story, borisjohnson's intervention into the cabinet debate on nhs spending. —— let's return. it is understood there were pointed remarks from the prime minister about how it was better to have a conversation about the future of the nhs in private. shadow health secretaryjon ashworth accused the foreign secretary of what he called "weaponising the nhs for "his own internal party gains." imean, you i mean,

and rafael nadal places first competitive match after injury on day one of the australian open in a tiny little town in sport. the united arab emirates is accused cattery air force jets have twice intercepting civilian aircraft during flights to bahrain qatar foreign ministry has denied the allegation and u.s. central command in the middle east says it hasn't received any reports of civilian flights being intercepted in the gulf skies and the about the reports. and amorality passenger plane takes off from dubai on monday the civil aviation authority of the united arab emirates said two qatari jets had intercepted a plane like this bound for hurricane but it international airspace later u.a.e. state media reported a second bahrain bound plane had been intercepted by country jets qatar totally denies the claims we are used to such false claims. the. agency of the national agency. the small i'd go through for the normal people but. for countries. and high tech and. radar image and it's will be obvious for them that this is a lie but ranes foreign ministry issued a statement saying the minis

and i've used them as in doha with all the sports news wolf number one rafael nadal remains on cool so glorious the australian open that cross all the other schools talking up to this news are. welcome to the news hour our top story the u.s. is urging turkey to use restraint in its operation against kurdish fighters in northern syria turkish soldiers have entered the enclave of a free part of an assault to drive out kurdish people's protection units a y p g talkies president is vying to crush the group which views as a terrorist organization al jazeera stephanie decker reports. the border echoes with the sounds of war turkey's offensive on africa is now well under way the ground operation started on sunday turkish soldiers supporting free syrian army fighters inside syria. turkish president brigitte type edging defiant as he addressed a large crowd in the city of course and. this is a national struggle and in this national struggle to crush anyone who stands against let this be known. it's been a week of rhetoric politicians promising that turkey was going to attack a free to rid of th

installed rafael nadal keeps his cool at the australian open dropping just born service game against leonardo. white troops around three. if he has freed a leading opposition figure as part of a mass release of prisoners jailed more than a year ago for their part in anti-government protests. there are good enough as one of one hundred sixteen prisoners freed from a prison in the capital addis ababa he was greeted by thousands of his supporters three hundred sixty one more prisoners were freed in the south of the country hundreds of people were killed in a two thousand and sixteen crackdown on months of protests by the country's overall more people the government the so far pardoned more than five hundred of the protesters arrested one hundred of those following the story and has the latest for the release of the first gruesomeness the prime minister ehud promised two weeks ago would come of leave to all those who've been doll to the words of the prime minister of the god. a mentor gives you a pick and actually take such a bold step what many if you prince really excited about is the

i'm tatiana all the day's news including rafael nadal get his australian open campaign on a winning start all the details later in. two suicide bomb blasts during the monday morning rush hour in baghdad have killed at least thirty eight people close to one hundred others were injured more fatalities a feared it's the fourth attack in the iraqi capital in the past forty eight hours some of inch of it reports. bodies were scattered all over the streets in central baghdad two suicide bombers detonated their explosives during morning rush hour in tehran square dozens were killed and wounded. chocolate bars sold in the busy marketplace were scattered in the debris and blood. it's become a deadly routine as people of the iraqi capital quickly try to resume their lives around square is a busy intersection in eastern baghdad between saddam city and bridge the areas full of laborers on their way to work in the morning. i was here when the blast took place i heard two blasts many people got killed mainly workers the dead and wounded were taken to three nearby hospitals including she. said. we have

and rafael nadal places first competitive match after injury on day one of the australian i. go home and. an armed group has launched an attack on an air base in the libyan capital tripoli killing at least twelve people security sources say gunmen stormed mitiga air base where fighting spilled onto the runway causing flights to be diverted it was the only functioning at port in tripoli after the international terminal was damaged in twenty fourteen the bay to base was under the control of the specialty terence force which is affiliated with the u.n. backed government of national accord our correspondent mahmoud heard sent this update from tripoli. the special deterrence force that is the security apparatus tasked with securing and protecting them. is has managed to push back the assailant brigade now the outcomes of these clashes that erupted early in the morning are dozens dead and injured including civilians because the clashes took place around populated areas also all the flights from and to have been diverted to misrata airport and the national accord government has decl

and in sports world number one rafael nadal remains on post for glory at this tribunal. a plan to repatriate hundreds of thousands of the hinge of refugees to me and ma is due to begin on tuesday the plan is to house them in camps until they're destroyed homes rebuilt bangladesh and memo agree to send back around seven hundred fifty thousand refugees who arrived since october twenty sixth seen over the next two years however many refugees are what about their safety if they return the un says the repacholi nations have to be voluntary james gomez is the regional director for southeast asia and the pacific at amnesty international he's joining us now from bangkok thank you very much indeed for being with us by dash is paying a significant amount of money to look after these refugees isn't it reasonable that at some point they are going to try to find a solution and get the refugees back to me i'm all. yeah i mean you know they are you know trying to get the refugees. from our point of view this is problematic and premature because we are not clear about the fundamental co

there's little that can stop rafael nadal when he's in his best form and argentina's diego schwartzman appeared to have the steepest of challenges ahead of him. after winning the first set six three nidal suddenly appeared human in the second schwartzman the twenty fourth seed took a set off the world number one the first time in this tournament. but that was the last of his victories the da powered through the last two sets six three six three eventually prevailing in three hours and fifty one minutes. was a good test and at the same time. i said before i prefer the winning two hours and four but being honest. moments like this helps to be more confident in yourself in your body. the often controversial nick kerry also charmed local a strongly and fans in his run to the round of sixteen. he bases his ball garion opponent grigor dimitrov to win the brisbane international two weeks earlier but they would be normal paper form and as the third seed prevailed after four tough sets the forty two year wait for an astrologer in men's champion in melbourne will continue. to make trials next ap

to send us now where the australian open is headed for the home stretch world number one rafael nadal has moved into the quarterfinals with a tough for set win over diego schwartzman of argentina the doll is going to play former u.s. open champion until h who also advanced after being cut in your blue stuff meanwhile britain's kyle edmund is helping his country forget about the loss of andy murray to injury edmund is in his first ever major quarter final he's going to play grigor dimitrov on tuesday over on the women's side of the draw carlene was yaki advanced in the singles the number two seed got passed it's the law he is magdaléna kovach in straight sets as yankees next opponent will be carla swat us novato who booked her third australian open quarter finals tickets belgium's elisa merchants also a winner. well we are just about to wrap things up but we do have a reminder of the big story we've been following for you germany's social democrats have narrowly voted in favor of starting a coalition talks with the americans conservatives initial show of hands was too close to call so

and with rivals novak djokovic and rafael nadal on their way back from injury, and britain's andy murrayeat. with age i feel like i've played down my chances just because i don't think 36—year—old should be a favourite in turn and. that should not the case. that's why i see things more relaxed. i'm at a later stage in my career. maybe somebody like a rafah, with the year he has had, ora like a rafah, with the year he has had, or a novak, like a rafah, with the year he has had, ora novak, with like a rafah, with the year he has had, or a novak, with the six titles he has had, even if it is unknown how he is feeling, they could very well be the favourites. at the end of the day, it's alljust talk beforehand. europe have beaten asia to retain the eurasia cup. they had been down by a point going into today's singles but won 8 out of 12 matches in kuala lumpur. england's tommy fleetwood was one of the first to get on the scoreboard for the europeans. it finished 14—10 to europe. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. i'll have more for y

with the australian open under way, all eyes on rudd labour arena where rafael nadal will be chasingloss of the dominican republic. the highlight in the women's draw is caroline wozniacki. she has reached the final in her war event but has not made a second event in melbourne since 2013. she will play the world number 60 in the first round. iam not i am not going to lie, first tournament back in to back —— two matches. i am 17 any more. —— i can feel it. it was a good start to the year. manchester united could close the gap on manchester city at the top of the premier league on monday evening. united host stoke looking to move within 12 points following city's first defeat of the season against liverpool stop it stoke were in the relegation zone —— are in the relegation jen and in the relegation zone —— are in the relegationjen and will be paying for the second time from the regulation of mark hughes. every clu b regulation of mark hughes. every club that is on that line, they ask yet and they try to do different things. —— resignation. and generally they change the manager. manchest

also in melbourne wins for rafael nadal.it maybe a bit faster. but i‘m happy to have done it the way it happened. that is your sport. i‘m back throughout the evening. turkey has begun a new intervention in the conflict in syria — by launching an offensive against kurdish held territory near its border. it has long fought kurdish separatists within its own country and is now shelling kurdish militia in the afreen region. mark lowen reports from near the turkey—syria border. it began today, so called operation olive branch. turkish f16 fighter jets pounding afrin, an enclave of northern syria under the control of the syrian militia, the ypg. and turkish—backed syrian rebel fighters are on the ground as part of that offensive. turkey sees the ypg as a terrorist group, linked to turkey‘s kurdish militants, the pkk, who have been fighting an insurgency here in turkey since the 1980s. but it is a dangerous operation, because the americans back the ypg in the fight against the islamic state group. now this operation puts turkey in

rafael nadal ready for his quarter—final with us open champion, marin cilic.tough sets, it was his trickiest match so far as the number one seed dropped a set or the first time in melbourne. all the matches i have done, you can expect in this match. against marin cilic, it will bea match. against marin cilic, it will be a tough one but at the same time, it isa be a tough one but at the same time, it is a tough one to play. to say that it it is a tough one to play. to say thatitis it is a tough one to play. to say that it is a favourite on tuesday is a big understatement. the americans in the hunt for her 41st world cup victory. she will be hitting the slopes later in italy in the giant slalom and when you look at her list of achievements, it is hard to imagine she is still only 22 and with the olympics just around the corner, she is tipped by many to win another gold medal. the brooklyn nets are just two places off the bottom of the nba's eastern conference. a mini revival, they have won their last two matches and out to make it a hat—trick against the oklahom

while rafael nadal is currently on court and caroline wozniacki won her match, the star of the morninghe third round. she beat the australian 0livia rogowska in straight sets. now it‘s time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello, i‘m sarah mulkerrins and welcome to your sport briefing for wednesday. chelsea are hoping the fa cup can bring them some silverware this season, leicester book their place in the fourth round of it, with the first goal to be decided by var in english football, and antonyjoshua says it‘s an honour to face his next opponent joseph parker. defending champions chelsea have a lot of ground to catch up on in the premier league, so could the fa cup be the next best thing for antonio conte‘s side? they‘re at home to norwich on wednesday in their third round replay. last time out, the second tier side managed to hold on for a 0—0 draw at carrow road, but chelsea will be looking for much more than that this time. conte‘s side have now drawn their last four matches in all competitions. and the cup football continues across europe on wednesday. in spain t

number one seed rafael nadal is also through to the quarter—finals after beating argentina's diego schwartzmant of the tournament off the 16—time grand slam champion. nadal will play croatia's marin chilich in the last eight. world number two caroline wozniacki is through to the last eight of the women's draw after a comfortable straight sets win. england's cricketers have given themselves a good chance of clinching their one day series against australia. england posted 302 from their 50 overs after being put into bat in the third match in sydney. they made a slow start and when moeen ali was out they were 189 for six in the 39th over. jos buttler and chris woakes repaired the damage — woakes made an unbeaten 50 and buttler reached his century off the last ball of the innings. a few moments ago australia were 210 for 5 in the 39th over. ther‘s one more premier league match today. spurs could go fourth with a win at southampton in the four o clock kick off. after last weeks blip leaders manchester city got back on track yesterday with a comfortable 3—1 win over newcastle. manchester united are

with some of the results from round two of the australian open in melbourne men's number one seed rafael nadal is through to the next round following a straight sets win but the day's biggest story came in the women's singles fifteen year old martha koscheck winning her second round match in straight sets that makes her the youngest player to reach the third round of a play grand slam tournament in over twenty years it was a bad day however for german number one. she is out of the tournament after losing two of these court on a in straight sets. a quick reminder of one of our top stories for you diplomacy may be about to help end the standoff between the two koreas negotiators all between the two countries agreeing to field a joint women's ice hockey team at the winter olympics next month and also be marching under one flag at the opening ceremony. in berlin at the top of the hour to stay with us if you can. claim. attaining the maximum profit justifiable when it's at the cost of human life. the newest medications in groundbreaking technologies are taking over the health care system and genera

in tennis it's been a day of surprises of the australian open in melbourne rafael nadal is out seaforth hot for more than three hours against man and challenged the retired with a leg injury in the fifth and final set so that you all know it will not next play unseeded kyle adamant the brits stunned third seed to go dimitroff in four sets to reach his first ever grand slam semifinal and kind of course to reach to win her first grand slam title. it was through the semifinal after a hard fought win colace water. quick reminder of our top story at this hour if you have stepped up its ground assaults against the kurdish enclave of afrin in northern syria the turkish army and allied syrian rebel fighters are trying to clear the area of coach villagers live to present a sense of terror groups. that's which are up to date small at the top of the hour . kick off the bundesliga highlights. the consequences i'm not losing this time for spies come on i'm sacks coach microspheres go. away women with a back yard shot my own brain is stunning goal helps never close in triumph. take our next g.w. . sh

he is through to thursday's semi—final, either against rafael nadal or marin cilic. all of that. congratulations to him, and congratulations also coming in from andy murray. simply tweeting wow. yes, there you go. it is very descriptive. he has trained for yea rs descriptive. he has trained for years with andy murray as his hitting partner, so they know each other very well and they are very good friends. and whenever we have success in british tennis we have to come up with henman hill, murray mound, maybe kyle's pile? i like the ring of that. i think edmund's embankment. concerns about the financial pressures on the nhs in england are expected to be discussed at a cabinet meeting this morning. it is understood the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, will call for the service to receive an extra £100 million a week. he will make his case when the health secretary, jeremy hunt, gives an update on how the nhs is coping this winter. it comes as fresh evidence has emerged of the intense strain hospitals across the uk are now under. it's just completely under strain, bursti

and with rivals novak djokovic and rafael nadal on their way back from injury, and britain's andy murray. with age i feel like i've played down my chances just because i don't think 36—year—old should be a favourite in a tournament. that should not the case. that's why i see things more relaxed. i'm at a later stage in my career. maybe somebody like a rafah, with the year he has had, or a novak, with the six titles he has had, even if it is unknown how he is feeling, they could very well be the favourites. at the end of the day, it's alljust talk beforehand. and finally, we're now going to show you a piece of sporting perfection — and it couldn't come at a better time for shaun white. with less than a month to go until the winter olympics the american has scored a perfect 100 in halfpipe. his winning run at the us grand prix included some of the toughest tricks in the business. white is the favourite to win a third gold medal. talk about qualifying for the olympic team in style. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. after almost a week of anti—austerity protests,