rashid understands that. he was “— cricket. rashid understands that.e to have a read all contract will have to have a read all co ntra ct if will have to have a read all contract if he wishes to be available for selection in test contract. now, he has already signed a white ball only contract with yorkshire, and that seems to be pretty much fixed so, as a result, we are prepared to consider him for selection for the summer and winter. middlesex chalked up a much—needed win in the t20 blast this evening. they beat hampshire by 22 runs at lord's. 0pener paul stirling provided the backbone of the home side's innings. he made 60 out of middlesex's 165—8. hampshire looked to be cruising at the halfway stage of their innings, but australian spinner ashton agar triggered a collapse. he took three wickets as hampshire collapsed to 143 all out. england can no longer qualify automatically for the quarterfinals at the women's hockey world cup, after its second lowest ranked team — ireland — secured a shock victory over india. the green army beat the side ranked 5

and adil rashid takes aim at former england captain michael vaughan after he criticised the leg spinners inclusion for the first test against india starting next week in birmingham hello and welcome to the programme where it was a trouble—free day in the peloton for the tour de france leader geraint thomas as arnaud demare won a largely flat 18th stage on thursday. thomas still leads overall — and only friday's mountain pass and saturday's time trial stand between him and a maiden grand tour title. tom fordyce reports. after two days in the high mountains of the pyrenees, a chance for geraint thomas and his yellowjersey rivals to sit safely in the pellet on and let the sprinters fight it out. frenchman arnaud demare held off his compatriot on the baking hot streets, thomas coming home safely to maintain his near a two—minute advantage. the respite will be brief, on friday it race returns to the mountains and thomas knows that others will surely come. the former manchester united manager alex ferguson has thanked medical staff and fans for their help and support, in his first public messa

yorkshire's director of cricket, martyn moxon, says the club will hold talks with adil rashid's agentnamed in the england squad for this week's first test against india, despite signing a deal to only play white ball cricket for his county. rashid's been told that he'll need a red ball contract next season if he's to be able to continue playing test cricket. in the women's super league, western storm beat loughborough lightning by 18 runs. rain delayed the start at taunton and reduced the match to just six overs each. but there was no shortage of fireworks, as smriti mandhana hit a quickfire half—century to help western storm to an unassailable 85—2. england's richard mcevoy — who's 39 — has won his first european tour title at his 285th attempt. he birdied the final hole in hamburg to finish on 11 under par to win by a single shot. he wins the porsche european 0pen and about £300,000, eclipsing any other earnings in his career. dillian whyte says he wants another fight with anthonyjoshua after beating joseph parker on points. this left hook in the 9th round doing most of the damage a

and england turn to rashid to turn their test fortunes around.ly specialist spinner in the team to face india tomorrow. hello, and welcome to sportsday. there was a full house at the olympic park this evening, to see england's women take a must—win victory over south korea which means they progress to the quarter finals at the hockey world cup. it finished 2—0 to the tournament hosts at the olympic park and was watched byjo currie. a big win for england, jo? england was like world cup campaign continues after a comfortable victory here in front of another sell—out cloud described, they found themselves having to win this last crossover to reject, or they would have gone home. sophie brey settled the nerves early on with her first goal of the world cup, her initial effort was well saved, but she made sure from the second attempt. england look to build on that lead, and well chances came, it looked like it would be the same old story that could make them count. but time ticking away, korea went for broke, sacrificing their keeper for an extra outfi

england turn to rashid to turn their test fortunes around — he's the only specialist spinner in the teamw. england have been the perfect world cup hockey hosts, but they have to win tonight to stay in the tournament. no rest for geraint thomas, the tour champion is already back in the saddle, racing right now in the netherlands. but he has a big decision to make, will he stay at team sky? the way that the team is run and everything works well for me. but i'm open to hearing other offers obviously, we will see what happens in the coming week. and this is how rare winning is for andy murray — celebrating a first round win in washington as if he'd won wimbledon. hello and welcome to sportsday. good evening, england's cricketers are in birmingham this evening ahead of tomorrow's first test against india. five tests against the number one team in the world across the next six weeks will be a really tough examination for england. they haven't taken a series since last summer and their search for a winning formula has seen them turn to adil rashid. the leg spinner had seemingly become a white—b

so go along and see how adil rashid gets on. the weather is picking up. no by, on. cup. to remain at the top of your game is amazing, she made their debut in 2003, so not surprisingly she got an mbe for services to rugby back in 2014 when she was in a world cup trial, so rochelle clark is the most capped women player in the history of the sport and became england‘s most capped player when she surpassed jason leonard. yet she does continue to play and she will carry on playing for the club team, wasps. it is a massive achievement, something i never thought. to get my first cap was out of this world. to achieve a field more than that, to hit the record and surpass jason has beena dream hit the record and surpass jason has been a dream come true. i've lived such a fairy tale life for the last 15 years. there have been highs and lows but i have loved every minute. to wrap up the rest of the sport, geraint thomas says he will consider all his options before deciding whether he will commit his future to tea m whether he will commit his future to team sky. his contract wit

having committed solely to limited overs cricket, adil rashid is selected in england's squad for the first test with india next week. and not everyone is happy about it... still smiling at the tour de france — geraint thomas stays in the leader's yellowjersey and retains a healthy lead. and burnley seek a spot in a major european competition for the first time in nearly 60 years. it all starts in europe league qualifying against aberdeen this evening. hello and welcome to sportsday. good evening, the last thing the ecb would have wanted is a club—versus—country row going into their opening test match this summer but controversy over one of their selections means that emerged today. imagine saying in february that you would focus solely on twenty20 matches and one—dayers — only to find yourself called into the test team less than six months later. that's what's happened to yorshire's adil rashid and it hasn't pleased his club after he refused to sign a county championship deal with them. the england selectors, though, have defended their decision. moving forward with very clear, this

much of the build—up for england has centred on the inclusion of leg—spinner adil rashid.controversial because he's only contracted to play "white ball" cricket for his county side yorkshire this season. his performances in the recent 0ne—day series against india — which england won 2—1 — have prompted his test recall. i haven't played with him but watching of way he goes about his business in the one—day matches in talking about his bowling, he has mature as a cricketer and improved as we last saw him. i think it will be fine. clearly, is going to be nervous because it is a bit of time away from the england team and the circumstances but i genuinely think you will cope. he is a very good bowler. we all know you can take us. it's like playing in maugham by all at chennai, we play a practice game, it was like playing in maugham by port chennai. but he is a quality spinner. we don't want to take anyone lightly. any of those fast bowlers. it will be a challenge and focus on our bowlers. it will be a challenge and focus on our games. nba superstar lebron james made his first p

rashid hasn't played a test, since facing india in 2016.f executive, mark arthur, said he hopes england, know what they're doing to adil, and the county game. but national selector ed smith, denies rashid's selection, sets a bad precedent. moving forward, it will not be the case that you can adjust to say i don't want to play championship cricket or test cricket. adil rashid understands that and is in no doubt about england's position on that. he knows that next year he will have to have a rebel contract if he wishes to be eligible for selection in test cricket. ireland have guaranteed their place in the quarter=finals of the women's hockey world cup, with a shock victory over india. they secured a 1—0 win, thanks to anna o'flanagan's deflected effort. the result means ireland — who are competing in their first world cup in 16 years — will top pool b. that means england cannot now qualify automatically, for the last eight. england face ireland this sunday to determine where they will finish in the group. england rugby union full back ben fo

general rashid dostum right up on his return outside the kabul airport to the white president can by attacks but at least twelve people killed including dozens of others were injured in this incident eyewitnesses there were there was one man one any more security people in this attack killed. he didn't say anything about this attack. no one confirmed this attack that's going to rise but just to clarify why the several people are reported dead we'd have no confirmation on the status of general dostum himself who won the sumant is probably the target of this attack yes no one and no one wants confirm. it all and explain about this even the local t.v. isn't. anything about this. and what we know so far about that attack in the cobbles and hold shortly after the arrival of the vice president bringing more details on that and to get them and that explosion of course we assume targeted the arrival of the rashid dostum he left the country last year following allegations of rape against a political rival he was welcome back to kabul despite an ongoing criminal investigation shelob s. reports

and the sixteen people have died in a suicide bombing targeting afghanistan's vice president abdul rashid dostum the film a war load and. k. ethnic leader returned from exile off the fourteen months following allegations he had tortured and abused a rival eisel has claimed responsibility for the attack shelob alice as well. as scores of vice president abdul rashid dostum supporters gathered to welcome him back at kabul's international airport a suicide bomber detonated his vest at the main entrance among the casualties with security forces and civilians. dostum escaped his convoy had passed minutes earlier the second most powerful man in afghanistan had been living in exile in turkey for the last fourteen months his supporters protested demanding his return but there are many who don't want him back. general dostum lift off to ahmed ishi in northern accused him and his guards of kidnapping and rape. the book dostum ordered his commander to rape me nine other bodyguards he told them to rape me until the ground is covered with blood and take a photograph but dostum refused to come in for qu

and schools of vice president abdul rashid dostum supporters gathered to welcome him back at kabul's international airport a suicide bomber detonated vest his. at the main entrance among the casualties was security forces and civilians. dostum escaped his convoy had passed minutes earlier the second most powerful man in afghanistan had been living in exile in turkey for the last fourteen months his supporters protested demanding his return but there are many who don't want him back. gen dostum lift off to ahmed ishi in northern accused him and his guards of kidnapping and rape. ordered his commander to rape me nine other bodyguards he told them to rape me until the ground is covered with blood and take a photograph but dostum refused to come in for questioning president ashraf ghani then persuaded turkey's president reject typo to want to take him in it's not the first time dostum spin excelled in turkey it's a repeat of ten years ago when he assaulted a political rival which led to this standoff in kabul between police and his bodyguards dostum has a ruthless reputation he has ruled

just not this from adil rashid.d as if he'd seen the spectre, not a spinner, india was spooked. suresh raina didn't check around the corner so adil rashid got him as well. england only needed 257 runs for the series but there was a challenge, although it was yorkshire in the sky is the pitch was part mumbai, the sort of dry dusty surface that is supposed to suit india but this isjoe root‘s turf. he's played and thrived here all his career. batting with him, eoin morgan, the one—day captain who made this almost irretrievable for india. the ball kept coming back. root‘s final boundary brought up his century and the victory ton and done, england must want that world cup to start tomorrow. patrick geary, bbc news. we've got to make sure we concentrate and keep learning and developing as a side. we've still got some young guys who could do special things in a number of years, not just special things in a number of years, notjust going to that world cup, it is vital wicket driving that ford and when we get the chance to b

adil rashid has been named in the england team to face india tomorrow.versially picked for the squad, with many making the point that he no longer plays the longer form of cricket and shouldn't be allowed to play. but he's in, and moeen ali and jamie porter miss out from the 13. the first test at edgebaston starts on wednesday, where thousands of tickets remain unsold for the first two days of that opening match. it's the first of five tests over the next six weeks, and there's been some criticism of the packed schedule arranged to accommodate india. there are around 6,000 tickets available for each of the first two days. andy murray is back on the comeback trail, winning just his second match ina year. the former world number one is playing at the washington open, where he came from a set down to beat the world number 80, mckensie mcdonald. he withdrew from wimbledon on the eve of the tournament as he regained his fitness after hip surgery. he admitted that he still has lots to improve, but he was pleased with the mental side of his game as he came thro

rashid's been named in the england squad for this week's first test against india, despite signing aty. rashid's been told that he'll need a red ball contract next season if he's to be able to continue playing test cricket. western storm beat loughborough lightning by 18 runs in the women's super league. rain delayed the start at taunton and reduced the match to just six overs each. but there was no shortage of fireworks — as smriti mandhana hit a quickfire half—century to help western storm to an unassailable 85—2. dylian whyte says he wants another fight with anthony joshua after beating joseph parker at the o2 arena in london last night. whyte won it on points against the man who lost his heavyweight title to anthonyjoshua in march — this left hook in the ninth round doing most of the damage. whyte lost his british title to anthonyjoshua in 2015 — and is now targeting joshua's three world titles. on the undercard of that fight, irish boxer katie taylor defended her wba and ibf lightweight titles in a third—round stoppage win over usa's kimberly connor. it's her tenth professional

suresh raina did not check around the corner so adil rashid got him as well.y the time they started to enjoy themselves the innings was approaching closing time. jonny ba i rstow approaching closing time. jonny bairstow then started cashing in. he took chances that others would not have too and by the time he was out england did not need to score quickly. but with the indian spinners on this pitch you can never tell. after a rest day yesterday, the cyclists in the tour de france tackled stage ten today — the first stage in the alps from annecy to le grand bonnard, a total of 158 kilometres. it promised to be a crucial day with many of the big names looking to make their first moves as the race begins to get serious. in the end julian alaphilippe took his first career tour stage win, as greg van avermaet extended his lead in the yellow jersey. tim hague reports. look at the backdrop and today was the first chance to explore it, no more flat, this one up in the alps and with gregg van avermaet in yellow could guide thomas and chris froome reel him in question ma

yorkshire's director of cricket martyn moxon says the club will hold talks with adil rashid's agent overbeen named in the england squad for this week's first test against india despite signing a deal to only play white ball cricket for his county. rashid's been told that he'll need a red ball contract next season if he's to be able to continue playing test cricket. in the women's super league, western storm beat loughborough lightning by 18 runs. rain delayed the start at taunton and reduced the match to just six overs each. but there was no shortage of fireworks as smriti mandhana hit a quickfire half—century to help western storm to an unassailable 85—2. english golfer richard mcevoy has won his first european tour title at his 285th attempt. it's been a long time coming, he's 39 years old. he birdied the final hole in hamburg to finish on 11 under par to win the porsche european 0pen by a single shot. and earn himself about £300,000 — more money than he's won in any year of his career. burnley have confirmed that their goalkeeper nick pope has dislocated his shoulder. he did it during

adil rashid trapped sam hain. in good form. 1—19 from 3 overs for the england test bowler.ruggled to get to their target and it was a comfortable victory in the end for the vikings. earlier in the day, lancashire thunder won their first women's super league game for almost two years when they beat yorkshire diamonds in the roses derby. lancashire posted 134 runs from their 20 overs before england spinners sophie ecclestone and alex hartley tore through yorkshire for a 33—run victory. now what do these two boxers have in common? the answer is — they've both lost to anthonyjoshua. britain's dillian whyte was beaten by the superstar back in 2015 and new zealander — joseph parkerfamously lost to him in cardiff earlier this year. well, now the heavyweights are fighting each other in london tomorrow night, they weighed—in this afternoon and joseph has told whyte — prepare for war. a warning there is some flash photography coming up. alex gulrijani reports. the journey to the top of heavyweight boxing isn't always a laugh a minute. especially for dillian whyte and joseph parker. f

adil rashid understands this. ball contract with yorkshire, which seems fixed. as a result, we are prepared to consider him for selection for the summer and for the winter. that first test starts on wednesday, august the 1st at edgbaston. last may, the world of football was shocked by the new sir alex ferguson had been rushed to hospital with a brain haemorrhage, but today, we have heard from him? yes, there was obviously a lot of concern at the time, and sir alex has since been recovering after undergoing emergency surgery. now he has spoken publicly for the first time ina has spoken publicly for the first time in a video message released by manchester united. sir alex thanked well—wishers. let‘s hearfrom him. hello. just a quick message, first of all to thank ethical staff at macclesfield, salford royal and alexander hospitals. believe me, without those people who gave me such great care, i would not be sitting here today, so thank you from me and my family. thank you very much. it has made me feel so humble, as

bomb attack outside cobbles port shortly after the return of exiled vice president general abdul rashid dostum rescue workers known as the white helmets have been evacuated from syria and response to the threat from advancing government forces on the candidate from front runner imran khan's political party in pakistan has been killed in the suicide attack as tension mounts ahead of wednesday's general election. the standoff at the mosque in occupied east jerusalem is over for now with most of the jewish settlers leaving the compound more than a thousand jews were that you mock me to shout holiday which commemorates the destruction of the ancient jewish temples in jerusalem several arrests were made to confrontations with muslim worship those some mosque is considered to be islam's holiest site jews believe the compound is way biblical temples stood by homage on june has more from outside the compound. behind me you see one of the gates leading into the mosque compound also behind me you'll notice that there are jewish settlers who are praying that's because today is a jewish holiday kno

the second most powerful man in afghanistan is back in kabul vice president general abdul rashid dostum had been living in exile in turkey for the last fourteen months he was allowed to come back after his supporters protested demanding his return. general dostum lift because of this man ahmed ishi a northern elder who accused him and his guards of kidnapping and right. dostum ordered his commander to rape me nine other bodyguards he told them to rape me until the ground is covered with blood and take a photograph but dostum refused to come in for questioning president ashraf ghani then persuaded turkey's president reject typo to want to take him in it's not the first time dostum spain exiled in turkey it's a repeat of ten years ago when he assaulted a political rival which led to this standoff in kabul between police and his bodyguards i got gen dostum is surrounded somewhere homs even cost him his hairs they must know that seven or eight provinces of the north will turn against the government's dostum has a ruthless reputation he has ruled northern afghanistan for thirty years and is

and look at that, adil rashid trapped samhain.early in the day, lancashire thunder won that their first day, lancashire thunder won that theirfirst win in's day, lancashire thunder won that their first win in's super league game for almost two years when they beat yorkshire diamonds in the roses derby. yorkshire posted 12a runs from their 20 overs, before the lancashire bowlers tore through yorkshire for a 32 run victory. now, what are these two boxes have in common? the answer is they have both lost the anthonyjoshua. britain's dillian whyte was beaten by the superstar back in 2015, and new zealander parker famously lost him in cardiff last year. well, now, they are fighting each other. they met in london and anthonyjoshua warned his opponent. thejourney met in london and anthonyjoshua warned his opponent. the journey to the top of heavyweight boxing is not a lwa ys the top of heavyweight boxing is not always a laugh a minute, especially the dillian whyte joseph always a laugh a minute, especially the dillian whytejoseph parker.

he couldn't believe it, so quite naturally a lot of talk about getting rashid and to the test setup,ket and four bay cou nty given up test cricket and four bay county cricket to concentrate on shorterforms. county cricket to concentrate on shorter forms. they had to change his mind on that, but even if they did that what kind of signal would that send to guys who had been doing the county circuit, trying to impress the selectors, the likes of jack leach have been around the england setup, what signal does it send to bring in a guy has only played one—day cricket? it is also important because the pictures are so important because the pictures are so dry because of the lack of rain and that means spin bowling is really important and it could be where the series is decided. but england haven't had a great run, have? maybe not cds that either team will be very confident into? and forget about one—day cricket when england are all conquering. england —— india are top of the pile but the struggle coming over to england because they don't like the swinging ball and attempt to struggle to adj

but rashid said if your country once you you can't say no.heard if he isjust saying things the sake of it. i don't think his opinions matter to anybody. he can say a lot. he thinks people might listen but i don't think they will. there will be out there who are not happy. it's not my fault. i said to yorkshire, not available. but if you want to pick me, it is up to them. if your country asks you, you can't say no. that is all the sport for now. thank you. the husband of a pregnant woman who died of sepsis, says he and their two young children are struggling to cope with the loss. reeta saidha was 15 weeks pregnant when her waters broke in december. she died five days later at basildon hospital. an inquest found insufficient monitoring and missed opportunities to remove the infection surgically had contributed to her death. basildon and thurrock university hospital trust has apologised. reeta's husband bhooshanjoins us exclusively this morning. he wants medical staff to be better equipped to spot the warnings signs of spesis which is the leadi

the national selector ed smith said rashid's selection is not a bad precedent and is a one—off.h. the scores were tied at 12— 12, but the saints' danny richards and keep this from inside his own half to secure a 14— 12 win to extend the lead at the top to 12 points. ireland secured a shock 1—0 victory over india at the hockey world cup to seal a place in the quarter—final. it means england, in the same pool as ireland, can't qualify automatically for the last eight. ireland will top pool b.m isa dream eight. ireland will top pool b.m is a dream experience. we will be pinching ourselves. it is brilliant for us. it wasn't outside possibility for us. we came in here with the belief. we have done a lot of homework. we have played a lot of the teams in our pool before. we knew that we could get the result. it is an unbelievable experience. no change at the top of the general standings after stage 18, which was w011 standings after stage 18, which was won by an old dumar. in thomas has a lead of one minute 59 seconds, with chris froome still in third. tomorrow sees the final mountain

close of the eighth century of the common era iris the first came here on his flight from adam al-rashid the proud if of baghdad he settled on the banks of a river named fence intending to build a city i dress craved peace at last but what he found was death at the hands of mudras sent by the kind of from whom he supposed himself safe in this place but alone knows what is and what will be. but when i dressed the first had been pursuit of these pants by the hyatt assassins of the mighty caliph of baghdad and butchered by them he left the son that some born after his father's death was the true founder of fans and he gave thanks and praise to allah for he was a follower of the prophet and obeyed the summons to prayer. a long. while i am. afraid i don't. know who was. there. and now. i had. your. but when stranger straying and lost will you find your salvation if you are not a muslim the mosque is closed to you it is not the pride of islam that the nine is you entering as you might suppose but a law passed by the french in the early years of the twentieth century by its terms you a banished

the attack coincided with the arrival of afghan vice president abdul rashid dostum from a self—imposedn turkey. so—called islamic state says it was behind the attack, in which a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device near the airport's main entrance. a witness described the moment of the blast. translation: an ordinary person came along, he looked normal, just like me. he was wearing black clothes. he talked to the police. and i thought he was a suicide bomber. and suddenly an explosion happened. the iranian president, hassan rouhani, has warned president trump not to escalate tensions with his country, saying a confrontation with the islamic republic would lead to the mother of all wars. he added that peace with iran would be the mother of all peace. tehran is facing increased pressure from washington over mr trump's decision to withdraw the us from a 2015 international deal on iran's nuclear programme. in germany, around 25,000 people have protested against the hardline immigration stance of chancellor angela merkel‘s bavarian allies, the christian social union. 0rganisers said

the attack coincided with the arrival of afghan vice president abdul rashid dostum.ident has returned to the country following a year of self imposed exile in turkey, after he faced a raft of accusations including allegedly torturing and abusing a political rival. the so—called islamic state says it is behind the attack. a witness has been describing what he saw. an ordinary person came along, he looked normal, just like me. he was wearing black clothes. he talked to the police and i thought he was a suicide bomber and suddenly an explosion happened. the general was unharmed in the attack and went on to receive a red—carpet welcome and was met by of cheering supporters. he denies the raft of accusations against them including allegations of human rights abuses. the return was negotiated by the president. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the fbi has released its own documents which show that the bureau believes a former trump adviser was conspiring with russia. carter page, who advised donald trump on foreign affairs during his election

england opener alistair cook says he has sympathy for adil rashid — who's involved in a club vs countryow ahead of england's first test against india. the leg—spinner‘s been picked for the series, despite signing a contract to only play white ball cricket for yorkshire. ican i can understand why it has caused a bit of fuss, but we have just got to get on with it. we have got to look at the positives, slightly different style of english spinner. a little bit of mystery, to him. he is bowling really well, and that is what we should be excited about, not what we should be excited about, not what is happening with the field stuff, and yorkshire stuff, and all that. we should consider it on the positives, rather than the negatives. as they keep repeating, it isjust because of the circumstances that we are in. should still be an intriguing test match. manchester city say their new signing riyad mahrez could be available to play against chelsea in the community shield this weekend. having arrived from leicester earlier this month, mahrez injured his ankle in a pre—season friendly against bayer

eve of the first test against india at edgbaston tomorrow england have named their team and adil rashidst test on home soil. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. the temperatures are set to soar across europe in the coming days and the heatwave will return to southern britain, with temperatures in excess of 30 degrees and actually warming up of 30 degrees and actually warming up across of 30 degrees and actually warming up across many parts of the country. the heatwave will be mostly across southern and south—eastern parts of the country. in the short term we have a weather frontjust to the north west of the uk, that is bringing cloud and rain to western parts of scotland but what we will see into the weekend is extremely hotair see into the weekend is extremely hot air drifting from spain and portugal across france and moving right across europe and just with the south—eastern quadrant of the uk. so we will be feeling the heat. for now i think the weather is going to be relatively cool across most of the uk and certainly overnight. lots of clear skies acro

explosion outside kabul airport shortly after the return of an exiled afghan vice president of the rashid dostum at least twelve people have been killed just two left last year after being accused of sexual abuse and torture against a political rival some white helmets rescuers have been moved out of syria southwest through the israeli occupied golan heights at the request of the u.n. the united nations says it will resettle about eight hundred of the volunteers and their families in western countries. more than a thousand jewish settlers have now left their locks a mosque compound in occupied east jerusalem after earlier triggering a standoff with them or shippers they were marking the holiday which commemorates the destruction of ancient jewish temples in jerusalem a small confrontations over the last few hours which led to several arrests. the iraqi national security service has admitted held in hundreds of people suspected of terrorism for months despite its chief denying those allegations back in april according to human rights watch the agency has been keeping them out of facility e

bomb attack outside kabul zapp or shortly after the return of exiled vice president general until rashid dostum rescue workers known as the white helmets have been evacuated from syria in response to the threat from advancing government forces. and a counselor from from the iran calls political party in pakistan has been killed in a suicide attack as tension mounts ahead of wednesday's general election. well now in another story we're watching closely g twenty finance ministers and central bank meeting in argentina a warning the heightened trade and geopolitical tensions pose a huge risk to global growth according to a draft communique from the meeting of what is dire as the need is from the world's largest economies according to a more dialogue they also want structural reforms to counter potential shocks to the markets the meeting comes in the wake of escalating trade tensions between the u.s. china and europe following a wave of tariffs introduced by president trump. everybody would suffer from polluted therese and from a trade war is special united states i mean we're living in a wor

least fourteen people have died in a suicide bombing targeting afghanistan's vice president abdul rashid dostum a former warden ethnic aide to return from exile over a year ago following allegations he had tortured and abused a rival i still claims it carried out the attack jared blank is a former acting special representative for afghanistan and pakistan he says dostum is return isn't surprising i think that the rehabilitation of gen dostum is a traditional part of the afghan election season it happened prior to the two thousand and nine election of course it famously happened when president gandhi selected him to be first vice president in two thousand and thirteen and it's happening again this year hundreds of members of the syrian rescue organization known as the white helmets have arrived in jordan after being evacuated from syria four hundred twenty two of the first responders and their families were ferried out of southwestern connector province overnight due to the threat from advancing government forces they were taken by israel through the occupied golan heights off to a reques

yorkshire's director of cricket, martyn moxon, says the club will hold talks with adil rashid's agentespite signing a deal to only play white ball cricket for his county. rashid's been told that he'll need a red ball contract next season if he's to be able to continue playing test cricket. in the women's super league, western storm beat loughborough lightning by 18 runs. rain delayed the start at taunton and reduced the match to just six overs each. england's richard mcevoy, who's 39, has won his first european tour title at his 285th attempt. he birdied the final hole in hamburg to finish on 11 under par to win by a single shot. he wins the porsche european 0pen and about £300,000, eclipsing any other earnings in his career. dillian whyte says he wants another fight with anthonyjoshua, after beating joseph parker on points. this left hook in the ninth round doing most of the damage at the o2 arena in london last night. whyte won it on points against the man who lost his heavyweight title to anthonyjoshua in march. 0n the undercard of that fight, irish boxer katie taylor defended her

adil rashid is the legspinner which gave up playing four and five day cricket to focus on limited oversight bring him back to five day cricket. and might stick with what they know. acting spin bowling will be really important in this series of. unless we get a lot of rain in the next few days, the pictures will be dry and that means will spend and we know india are traditionally very strong in that area. india are the top test tea m in that area. india are the top test team in the world they have this block when it turns to coming to england. last time they lost 3—1, the time before, or— zero. they have a problem within which conditions, they might not have a problem with that given how this summer is going. the english team are the top one—day tea m the english team are the top one—day team in the world, but many of the players have been disappointed. losing to australia, new zealand and pakistan. there are so many points to prove. the weather is good, great atmosphere with full houses, the indian community in the uk coming out to give noisy support and as you say, we are currently see

england selectors come under fire following adil rashid's includsion in the squad to face india in thesday. and "let's dance. " former heavyweight champion tyson fury says the deal is almost done to set up a clash with deontay wilder. we begin with the international champions cup where there's been much talk of the lack of big name talent in action for the worldwide

rashid, dybala bottle who gave up playing for an five—day cricket to concentrate on limited overs forvers for, proven so good in limited overs that they might bring them back into five—day cricket. that will set a precedent and include my stay with don bairstow and jack leach. spin bowling will be key in this series because we have seen so little rain pages will be really dusty and dusty pitches mean did spend conditions and india are really strong in that department. a five test series, squeezed into six months at the end of the summer. this is not important for the two teams, it is important for the two teams, it is important for test cricket perhaps? in a busy summer for test cricket perhaps? in a busy summer of sports with the world cup and wimbledon and the open, yes, it isa and wimbledon and the open, yes, it is a really key series. the best testing in the best testing and officially according to the rantings but they have this block when they come to england and play in swinging conditions they have lost 3—1 and fort melville last two series. they have to score to settle in eng

england opener alistair cook says he feels sorry for adil rashid over his club vs country row. his country yorkshire. he hasn't played first class cricket in almost a year, and has been told he'll have to play in the county championship next season if he's to continue his test career. ican i can understand why it's caused a bit of fuss but, you know, you just have to get on with it. we have to look at the positives. we got a different style of english spinner. a little bit of mystery as well. that's what we should be excited about. and lionel messi's been using some unorthadox training techniques as he prepares for pre—season training. here he is showing off his skills with his dog hulk in his back garden. that is his dog, in his back garden, still completely owning a dog. look at that. his left is not bad. it's a great video. it is a great dog. until now the decision to allow patients in a permenant vegetative state to die had remained in the hands of the law. but yesterday's ruling by the supreme court means if doctors and relatives agree, they will no longer need the permiss

and adil rashid takes aim at former england captain michael vaughan after he criticised the leg spinnersrmingham hello and welcome to the programme where it was a trouble—free day in the peloton for the tour de france leader geraint thomas as arnaud demare won a largely flat 18th stage on thursday. thomas still leads overall — and only friday's mountain pass and saturday's time trial stand between him and a maiden grand tour title. tom fordyce reports. after two days in the high mountains of the pyrenees, a chance for geraint thomas and his yellowjersey rivals

outside cobbles app port it was intended to kill the vice president of afghanistan general abdul rashid dostum who is returning from exile. rescue workers known as the white helmets have been evacuated from syria in response to threats from advancing government forces and a candidate from front on the iran contra political party in pakistan has been mudded as tension mounts ahead of wednesday's general election. well in all the stories we're following the iraqi national security services admitted delving hundreds of people for months on suspicion of terrorism related crimes despite denying the same allegations in april. according to human rights watch the agency has been keeping them at a facility east of mosul a city that was retaken from my soul just over a year ago thousands of people were arrested during that three year old peroration and their concerns many innocent people were among those detained in rights watch visited one crowded facility where hundreds of men and boys were held some for more than a year a former detainees described how people were tortured to death while in so

well this was rashid's response. he does talk a lot on twitter.seeing things for the sake of it. i do not think his opinions matter two anybody. he thinks people might listen, but i do not think they do. there will be haters. i said to yorkshire i am not available. if they wanted to pick me, that was up to them. if... qpr have agreed a settlement of almost 42 million pounds with the english football league and will be under a transfer embargo for the january 2019 window. it's after an arbitration panel dismissed the championship club's claims that financial fair play rules are unlawful. the club's case relates to breaking spending limits on their way to winning promotion to the premier league in 2014. it is believed the efl have agreed to a payment schedule over 10 years. wolves goalkeeper carl ikeme has announced retirement from football. the 32—year—old came to the decision after consultation with medical experts following his year—long battle with acute leukaemia. ikeme announced last month he was in complete remission from the disease. ikeme m

england opener alistair cook says he has sympathy for adil rashid — who's involved in a club vs countryite signing a contract to only play white ball cricket for yorkshire. ican i can understand why it has caused a bit of fuss, but we have just got to get on with it. we have got to look at the positives, slightly different style of english spinner. a little bit of mystery, to him. he is bowling really well, and that is what we should be excited about, not what we should be excited about, not what is happening with the field stuff, and yorkshire stuff, and all that. we should consider it on the positives, rather than the negatives. as they keep repeating, it isjust because of the circumstances that we

adil rashid has been named in the england team to face india in the first test at edgbaston tomorrow.matches for his club yorkshire, and critics say his selection devalues the county championship. captainjoe root is supportive though, saying rashid's development in the shorter form of the game gives england a good attacking option. it's a big night for the england hockey team at the world cup in london. they play south korea in the first knockout phase of the tournament. england needed a late goal from giselle ansley at the weekend to ensure their progress. pushback is at 8 o'clock tonight — full commentary on 5 live sports extra. andy murray's back on court and back to winning ways as he continues his comeback following a year out and hip surgery. he's through to the second round at the washington 0pen, but it wasn't a comfortable experience, as paul garrity reports. starting from scratch again is how andy murray described his comeback from injury and shaking those hips is not easy after surgery. the early stages of the contest proved that against mckenzie mcdonald's. he found it har

the yorkshire pair of david willey and adil rashid proved vital — both claiming three wickets apiece. who top scored for them with 71. they ended on 256 for 8. in reply england are 72—2 after 9 overs. and you can keep up—to—date on the bbc sport website. could liverpool be about to break the world transfer record for a goalkeeper for this man — allisson? the brazil and roma shot stopper is in demand byjurgen klopp, and liverpool have lodged an offer with the italian side — believed to be around £62 millions. current keeper loris karius was at fault for two goals in liverpool's champions league final defeat by real madrid, but it was later found that he had concussion. steven gerrard's glasgow rangers have taken a 2—0 lead into the second leg of their europa league qualifier against macedonian side shkupi. about 35 minutes gone and still goalless. josh windass has gone closest for rangers so far. commentary on radio scotland and the bbc sport website. england are currently in action against turkey in the european under—19 championship in finland. turkey took the lead within two minutes

abdul rashid dostum had returned to afghanistan following a year of self imposed exile in turkey. 11 taxi drivers have been killed in south africa after gunmen ambushed them using automatic rifles. the victims were on their way back tojohannesburg in a minibus after attending the funeral of a colleague. a survivor who lost nine members of her family in the tourist boat tragedy in missouri, has said passengers were told not to bother with life jackets. 17 people died when the boat sank in stormy weather on thursday. at 10 o‘clock clive myrie will be here with a full round up of the days news. first the bbc has uncovered an arsenal of media weapons being used in the war of words in the gulf. will people in the region ever know the truth in an age of fake news? we investigate in our world: weapons of mass deception. since last year, the arab gulf has been at war. it is a war of words and images. the weapons include hacking, lobbyists, and accusations of fake news. qatar is under daily attack on social media. its ruler is ridiculed on the internet, its accused of supporting terrorism. qa

and schools the vice president abdul rashid dostum supporters gathered to welcome him back to kabul is international airport a suicide bomber detonated his vest at the main interests among the casualties the security forces and civilians. dostum escaped his convoy had passed minutes earlier the second most powerful man in afghanistan had been living in exile in turkey for the last fourteen months his supporters protested demanding his return but there are many who don't want to bet. gen dostum lift off to ahmed ishi in northern accused him and his guards of kidnapping and rape. them dostum ordered his commander to rape me nine other bodyguards he told them to rape me until the ground is covered with blood and take a photograph but dostum refused to come in for questioning president ashraf ghani then persuaded turkey's president richard typo to want to take him in it's not the first time dostum spain exiled in turkey it's a repeat of ten years ago when he assaulted a political rival which led to this standoff in kabul between police and his bodyguards dostum has a ruthless reputation he

alistair cook says he has sympathy for adil rashid — who's involved in a club vs country row ahead ofcumstances i can see why the selectors have gone down this route. manchester city say their new signing riyad mahrez could be available to play against chelsea in the community shield this weekend. mahrez moved to city from leicester earlier this month, and injured his ankle in a pre—season friendly against bayern munich over the weekend but a scan has shown there is "no significant damage". that is all these sports for now. now on afternoon live — let's go nationwide — and see what's happening around the country — in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. let's go to donna traynor in belfast, where residents in north atrim have been hard at work dealing with the aftermath of torential rain and flooding over the weekend. and stuart flinders is in salford, where they've been looking at a new historic england initative to highlight memorials to little known or forgotten figures from our past. donna — how badly was northern ireland hit with the weekend downpours? after so muc

the attack coincided with the arrival of afghan vice president, abdul rashid dostum.rned to the country following a year of self imposed exile in turkey. so—called islamic state says it was behind the suicide bombing near the airport's main entrance. a witness described what he saw. translation: an ordinary person came along. he looked normal, just like me. he was wearing black clothes. he talked to the police, and i thought he was a suicide bomber, and suddenly an explosion happened. let's get some of the day's other news. a former security aide to president macron of france has been charged in connection with the beating of a demonstrator during may day protests in paris. alexandre benalla was sacked on friday after video emerged which showed him assaulting a man. mr macron‘s opponents accuse him of involvement in a cover—up. the cuban parliament has approved the first draft of a new constitution after a two—day debate. it drops any reference to building a communist society and recognises private property. the final document will be put to a national referendum. 620