for rob cross, it is fair to say 2018 has already proved life—changing. as well, and all of it is barely sinking in. it feels very surreal, it is like i need to pinch myself or something, because i could not have written it any better, really. it is like a fairy tale. you might not associate the game of darts with fairy tales and yet rob cross was an unknown electricity until the start of 2017. last year his winnings included £7 picked up in a pub tournament. the rise from anonymity to acclaim has been dizzying. one competition we managed to win £7 each, so a i nearly got a pint of ovid chinappa i would say that anyone who believes they can play the game, and sort of aspire to it and go and have a go, because you never know what's going to happen until you actually dedicate yourself and push yourself more. cross was dedicate yourself and push yourself more. cross was born dedicate yourself and push yourself more. cross was born in 9090, when phil taylor won the first of his 16 world titles. nicknamed the power, last night was his last ever professional ma

commentator: rob cross!a00,000 richer, he'd beaten the greatest darts player of all time to be crowned world champion. even today, he was struggling with the magnitude of his win. it all feels very surreal. it's like i need to pinch myself or something, because i couldn't have wrote my year any better, really. it's been a bit like a fairy tale. you might not associate the game of darts with fairy tales, yet cross was an unknown electrician until the start of 2017. last year, his winnings included £7 picked up in a pub tournament. the rise from anonymity to acclaim has been dizzying. i would say that anyone what believes they can play the game and sort of aspires to it, then go and have a go because you never know what's going to happen. if you thought darts wasjust a pub game, you might be shocked to hear what the future holds for a world champion. it's difficult to put a number on it. i would think the value of winning the world championships in today's market would be a minimum of £5 million and possibly £

to darts where rob cross playing in his first ever pdc world championship has shocked 16 time world championn. the match was the last of the 57—year—old taylor's career before retiring. but it didn't finish the way he would've liked as cross, 30 years younger, and who knocked out last year's champion and world number one michael van gerwen prevailed with plenty of room to spare in the end beating his english compatriot by seven sets to two. quite a performance indeed. for that and everything else you can head to the website. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye for now. good morning. we have some very stormy weather to come in the week ahead. winds often touching up to gale—force widely across the british isles, and some heavy rain to contend with, too. ahead of that, quite quiet this morning with light winds overnight and clear skies meaning some of us have a frosty start, but we will then quickly watch this band of rain winging its way into the west, so the fine weather not set to last. a dry start, though, across eastern scotland, with some early sunshine. cloudy alre

phil "the power" taylor has retired from darts in defeat, after being beaten by debutant rob cross inho watched the tournament on tv last year, outplayed the 16—time champion to win by 7—2. taylor is one of britain's most successful sportsmen of all time with over 200 titles to his name. manchester united get their first win in four matches with a 2—0 victory over everton at goodison park. anthony martial and jesse lingaard with the goals. brighton twice took the lead but could only manage a 2—2 draw against struggling bournemouth. in the other premier league matches, there were wins for liverpool, leicester and newcastle. britain's johanna konta is in action again this morning against ajla tomljanovi in the second round of the brisbane international. the british number one beat us 0pen final madison keys in three sets yesterday. she is delighted to be back. phil taylor was having the chance to hold the trophy even though he didn't win. there has been a little bit of chat on social media about his behaviour in the match last night. he was a little distracting. that is one word you cou

the the man who beat him, rob cross, performed well. hip injury. in a couple of weeks' time it's the start of the major season with the australian open getting underway. he pulled out of the brisbane open. in a social media post he said he would give anything to be out there playing on the court and the whole situation with his injury has left him quite demoralised. it's not long now until the australian open. will he pull out? here's our tennis correspondent. this instagram post gives us a real insight into how he is feeling and how traumatised he has been by the whole experience, this inability to do what he loves most, compete against the other best players in the world on the tennis court. the frustration for murray is the advice he was given seems to have been very much rehab is his best option and he would always work incredibly hard in making sure he has done everything in his power to recover as quickly as possible, but once he has put that to the test against other top players in the world in brisbane this week, he has realised

at the world dark championship in london the sixteen time champion fell seven two in the final to rob cross a twenty seven year old former electrician making his final stay bew taylor who last won a world title in twenty thirteen exits the sport at age fifty seven as its most decorated player ever. crews in one of the toughest races in the planet have returned to the high seas in melbourne australia in stage four of the volga ocean race both sar set to travel over ten thousand kilometers to hong kong team map free the lead out of melbourne but that can change the leg is expected to take nearly three weeks to complete the overall race which began in october has eleven stages and won't conclude until june at writing off. you're up to date now on g.w. news i'm sarah kelly in berlin thanks so much for watching don't forget you can follow us on facebook and twitter so you can see. my. hero max presents the joys of winter with knowledge. if you spend all your time on the slopes then you must not of heard about. our hot inside tips. recreating winter sports to the next level in our series fun in t

the world darts championship in london these sixteen time champion fell seven two in the final to rob cross just twenty seven year old former electrician making his finals to bill taylor who last won a world title in two thousand and thirteen exit the sport at age fifty seven as its most decorated player ever it has been a good start to twenty thousand for german tennis fans after angele caballe and alexander's vera secured a two one win for germany over belgium in the hopman cup they won their mixed doubles match against elissa americans and david goffin does that victory that came after cabo also beat mountains in these singles next up germany faces canada tomorrow. get your the top stories we're following for you this hour south korea's government poses high ranking talks with north korea next week. here's winter olympics the offer comes a day after north korean leader kim jong made a rare overture for dialogue with the south. and state media in iran is reporting that the death toll from ongoing government protests has now risen to at least twenty including a police officer those. protes

team for saturday's fa cup game at coventry as usual. 16—time darts world champion phil taylor says rob cross the sport, after losing to him in the final of the pdc world championships last night. it was taylor's last match before he retired, but cross, who was working as an electrician this time last year, looked unfazed by the momentous occassion, landing this 153 checkout early on. and there was no let—up from cross, he took the title by seven sets to two. cross only made his pro debut in february last year. now, ahead of the fifth and final ashes test, starting on wednesday evening, fast bowler mitchell starc is confident of making the australian starting 11. starc is the leading wicket—taker in the series, but missed the fourth test with a bruised heel. meanwhile, england opener marc stoneman says that drawn last test has given the team the boost they need ahead of the final match in the series. i think it's given us confidence going forward. the work we have done earlier in the series has eventually come through, to a certain degree. but ultimately, we want to win a game of cricket. the

in darts news rob cross playing in his first ever pdc world championship has shocked 16 time world champion 57—year—old taylor's career before retiring but cross prevailed with plenty of room to spare in the end beating his english compatriot by seven sets to two. and what might catch your eye on social media? well, we may have a football first a father and son were sent off in the same game. forest green rovers are bottom of the fourth tier of english football. when midfielder charlie cooper was sent off for a foul, his father mark, who manages the club, protested so much that he was also dismissed and sent to the stands. plenty of people enjoying the novelty. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. and that's your sports briefing. reading more books is a popular new year's resolution but how about reading an entire bookshop — while running it at the same time? that's what holidaymakers are being given the chance to do in wigtown in scotland. it's proving so popular it's booked solidly until 2020 and the concept could soon be branching out into asia. ou

this week, nearly 1.5 million of you watched rob cross sweep to victory in the world darts championshipeurs competing in the bdo championships at lakeside, where the men can take home £100,000, but prize for the winning a £12,000. world champion should qualify patricia right from mitcham has been talking about her hopes for the women's game. the british darts organisation has helped their world championships at lakeside in surrey since 1986, and we have had a women's tournament since 2001. after 17 years trying, patricia has qualified to compete.” 17 years trying, patricia has qualified to compete. i have been close so many times and i turned round and said, i'm going to do it before and 60, and i'm 60 this year, so i've just squeezed before and 60, and i'm 60 this year, so i'vejust squeezed in! before and 60, and i'm 60 this year, so i've just squeezed in! walking into her lounge isn't quite the same asa into her lounge isn't quite the same as a darts walk on, but no less tricia the right stuff wright, a walk on music had to be new kids on the block. do you like the song? it's ok. the

the 16 time champion is billion beaten by new comer rob cross.bane international ahead of his first match this week. he sl still suffering from a long—term injury to his right hip. manchester united are back up to second in the premier league after a 2-0 second in the premier league after a 2—0 victory at he everton. i will be back with more on those stories after 9.30am. thanks, jessica. 80 people were stabbed to death in london last year — a rise of a third compared to 2016. the figures come as police are investigating the murders of four young men in the capital who were stabbed in unrelated incidents during a 2k hour period. the youngest victim is 17 years old. so far detectives have arrested six people in connection with their inquiries. 0ur correspondent chi chi izundu is at new scotland yard. latest figures are really shocking? they are indeed. the mayor of london, sadiq khan put out quite a strong message saying if you use a knife, the full force of the law will come down upon you. he says he and his teams are working tirelessly in 2018 t

power‘ taylor as he bowed out of the game with a defeat, in this year's final to first—time winner rob crossracing into a three set lead with this 153 checkout. taylor nearly sealed his final appearance with a nine dart finish but missed out by the smallest of margins. there was no let—up though, cross eventually took the title at alexandra palace in london by seven sets to two. he was, in fact, was born in the same year that taylor won his first world title — in 1990. so maybe a changing of the guard as darts says goodbye to its greatest ever player. manchester united responded to a run of three straight premier league draws with a 2—0 victory over everton at goodison park. it was decided by two special finishes as well, the opener from antony martial who combined with his france international teammate paul pogba. man of the match pogba was also involved as this solo goal from jesse lingard topped an important win forjose mourinho's side which moves them up to second in the table. lovely goals and the performance was great from the team today and that helped us to be more confident, shootin

keepup to date. 16—time darts world champion phil taylor has says rob cross has a big future in the sport night. it was taylor's last match before he retired, but cross, who was working as an electrician this time last year, looked unfazed by the momentous occassion. and went 3—0 ahead with this 153 checkout. and there was no let—up from cross, he took the title by 7—2. cross only made his pro debut in february last year. as the pressure increases on stoke city manager mark hughes, its business as usual with huhges preparing the team for their fa cup match on saturday. stoke lost 1—0 at home to newcastle yesterday. ayoze perez got the winner in the second half. stoke drop to 16th, two points above the relegation zone, having won only two of their last 12 games. you up to date. the key is everybody sticks together. it is no good feeling sorry for ourselves and looking to blame people. i think we need to ta ke blame people. i think we need to take it onboard, take responsibility for what we are doing here and don't be cowed by it. get on with it. are you confident you can do it and quickly?

turks as well as host of his own streaming program get your news on with ron and in new york we crossed to rob how he's a political pundit and journalist contributing to the huffington post all right gentlemen cross in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want my all. appreciate ron let me go to you i mean who is gaslighting whom here and is that a country that is just turned into a a bunch of drama queens because from a distance from my vantage point my perch it's a lot of drama queens out there not saying anything worth much listening to go ahead ron yeah you know i'm with here's the thing the media was in bad shape the corporate media in the united states was in very bad shape long before trump came along and they're still in very bad shape now the way the media really gaslights the public is they try to make it out like everything was just hunky dory and we had this this perfectly functioning democracy where everybody was happy and then all of the sudden trump came along and disrupted everything well well in fact that's not true you know i mean if if trump is frankenstein the medi

turks as well as host of his own streaming program get your news on with ron and in new york we cross to rob how he's a political pundit and journalist contributing to the huffington post all right gentlemen cross in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate ron let me go to you i mean who is gaslighting home here and is it a country that's her it's just turned into a a bunch of drama queens because from a distance from my vantage point my perch it's a lot of drama. queens out there not saying anything worth much listening to go ahead ron yeah you know i'm with here's the thing the media was in bad shape the corporate media in the united states was in very bad shape long before trump came along and they're still in very bad shape now the way the media really gaslights the public is they try to make it out like everything was just hunky dory and we had this this perfectly functioning democracy where everybody was happy and then all of the sudden trump came along and disrupted everything well well in fact that's not true you know i mean if if trump is frankenstein

turks as well as host of his own streaming program get your news on with ron and in new york we cross to rob he's a political pundit and journalist contributing to the huffington post all right gentlemen crosstalk prose in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i always appreciate ron let me go to you i mean who is gaslighting home here and is that it comes. see that center is just turned into a a bunch of drama queens because from a distance from my vantage point my perch it's a lot of drama queens out there not saying anything worth much listening to go ahead ron yeah you know i'm with a here's the thing the media was in bad shape the corporate media in the united states was in very bad shape long before.

security and have the agents that are necessary to take into custody those people who cross the border illegally. robu need a wall not over the mountains and rivers as it is and more agents for sure. thank you for coming on this morning and good job at the meeting. jillian: it is 19 after the hour, the biggest television event, the super bowl millions, expected to tune in. how does nbc plan to hire players who take a knee during the anthem? rob: chelsea slamming our men and women in blue on law-enforcement appreciation day, the outrage on social media, carly has got that coming up. book a flight, then add a hotel, and save. ♪ everything you need to go. expedia coming at you with my brand-new vlog. just making some ice in my freezer here. so check back for that follow-up vid. this is my cashew guy bruno. holler at 'em, brun. kicking it live and direct here at the fountain. should i go habanero or maui onion? should i buy a chinchilla? comment below. did i mention i save people $620 for switching? chinchilla update -- got that chinchilla after all. say what up, rocco. ♪ >> remember when president obama

is see something that's going to completely and totally stop illegal immigrants from crossing over the barriers. rob the hope. i do think -- as we have seen democrats have always supported at least some kind of border fencing and security at the border and keeping illegal immigrants out of the country only in the last year or two, certainly flipped on that. mÉxico is a nation with a lot of problems right now. let's put up homicide numbers here. this is from 2017, a country about third of the population of the united states, around 127 million people live there and they've had almost 30,000 murderers last year, 27% increase from 2016, i think there's five states right now that there's a travel warning from the u.s. government not to go there, warning that's equivalent to the warnings of going to syria right now. it's a very dangerous place, there's a need for security. >> well, and the crime is spilling over to this side of the border, into the united states. if you look at the criminal cartels, this is a multibillion dollar industry, drug smuggling and human smuggling into the united states generate

let's get more now from our correspondent rob mcbride he joins us live from beijing so rob how is the money will not cross state visit being received there in china would have both leaders but up to. as you can imagine daryn it is being treated here very favorably some media even calling it a milestone in franco chinese relations as you mentioned there macron has met with xi jinping monday evening here in beijing with their respective wives it was a very amicable meeting so amicable it seems that mack brown is now stated that he wants to make visiting china and annual event during his presidency coming here once again gives an indication of the importance of china to your of the e.u. is china's biggest trading partner now and macron is arguably the most influential european leader right now and gloom urkel of germany as we know has domestic political problems britain is busy breck sitting so it really leaves it to macron to be the standard bearer for the e.u. more talks take place here more formal meetings between macron and she jim ping later today choose day when we can expect also trade deals to be sig

rob rosenstein. the president wants this to play out. are you concerned about the lines this president continues to cross? >> yeah. in fact not only i'm concerned i'm bewildered. this is a republican administration. rob rosenstein is an appointee of donald trump. and wray. as is sessions. the white house and the president seems to be at war with his own government. i have never seen this. don mcgahn did the nation a service. when he prevented a saturday night massacre. a cox moment. he saved us from that. and by doing so he helped the president. >> it was david said it was a slow motion saturday night massacre. he's basically getting rid of everyone who is investigating him. he's at war with his party. and his own the people he appointed. why won't republicans -- they voted on party lines today to release that every single one of them. why won't reasons stand up for -- you heard director clapper and general hayden saying the congress is there to keep checks on the president. they relinquished their power and authority to the president of the united states. >> sadly we're supposed to have a system of checks and bala

rob matheson al-jazeera. iran has reopened two main border crossings with iraq's kurdish region the trade routes to erbil and suliman ia were closed in october iraq requested the closure in protest of the kurdish referendum on secession an iranian m.p. recently said the closure had cost iran more than two and a half billion dollars. palestinians are condemning a new israeli law which makes it harder to hand over parts of jerusalem and any future peace deal is really m.p.'s pass the bill which means two thirds of the knesset must now approve giving up any territory a simple majority was what was required previously the former palestinian negotiator say about a cap says the new law is a continuation of the u.s. president's decision with an end to the palestinian cause mohammed jump jhoom has more now from occupied east jerusalem. there are so many questions being asked about the impact of this new law what we do know for sure is that number one this law would mean that a supermajority or eighty of one hundred twenty knesset members would be needed for approval of any future legislation when it comes to giving

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actor rob lowe urging his million-plus twitter followers to donate to the red cross' search efforts. and oprah winfrey getting a lift from rescue crews on a mud strew road to kek in on her neighbors. sunday thousands in santa barbara gathered for a candlelight vigil honoring the victims. one community leader offered this message of hope -- >> we willing be committed to work together to strengthen our community. and we will move forward and never will the loss of lives be forgotten. >> as search efforts continue, crews have a number one priority, clearing out debris basins and creek canals clogged by the mudslides as they brace for another possible storm this week. a stretch of a major freeway and surrounding roads remain closed indefinitely, and thousands of residents are still under mandatory evacuation orders. authorities say it may be months before they can return home. >>> this morning pope francis is flying from rome to chile for a three-day visit to the latin country. according to vatican officials some of the themes he will focus on include the environment and the plight of th

ceremony and a joint team for women's ice hockey derren or sanction that let's cross to rome broad joins us live from dun dong rob so the chinese as we know weren't invited to this conference how is beijing viewing this some of them. there has been a lot of stinging criticism of this summit here in china in state run television in newspaper commentaries daryn it is being criticized for what people here have been talking about this sort of cold war mentality really people are asking why when things seem to be improving relations with north korea. you deny the states and its allies would want to jeopardize that there's a lot of concern here just about how the use of naval forces to enforce these sanctions would actually play out to what we're going to see on the high seas around the korean peninsula or china doesn't want extra u.s. warships of the u.s. navy and also its allies patrolling around the korean peninsula from china's point of view it increases the chance of some sort of confrontation or small conflict that could escalate very quickly with north korean navy and then of course it's what's the appeal a navy

after brexit will see a loss of valuable british influence in the fight against cross—border crime and international terrorism. robernment says it is optimistic an ambitious new security treaty can be agreed. with 14 months to go until brexit, our home editor mark easton takes a closer look at the potential impact on security — his report contains some flashing images. after the manchester arena bombing last year, hundreds of messages were sent to europol hq in the hague. britain's liaison team there contacted counterparts across europe, trawling eu databases, tracking possible accomplices. as a trusted europol member, the information was available immediately. for almost nine years, europol has been headed by a brit, but he leaves in a few weeks, warning that a brexit europol will be less concerned about uk's security priorities. there will be a loss of british influence and i think it's a shame for the uk. i think it's actually a shame for our european partners as well. we will find other ways of influencing it perhaps in more informal ways, but they will be less direct, less pronounced and probably less success

means nothing at night and feed a life on the edge of cross border tension lebannon living on the blue line at this time on al-jazeera. hello i'm rob of us in and doha with the top stories on al-jazeera the egyptian military has detained its former chief of stuff just days after he said he would run for president in an election this march sanny on and has blood being seen as the main challenger to president abdel fattah el-sisi but he's now called off his campaign hama jump jim has the latest. just days after he announced his candidacy in his country's upcoming presidential elections egypt's military has arrested former egyptian armed forces chief of staff sami annan. in a televised statement the military said imam committed violations when he announced his presidential bid without obtaining permits from the armed forces he's also accused of committing forgery to be included in the voter database there are two explanations for this one is that he actually miscalculated the level of support that he has within the minute any institution and within the security interests so within the pollen institutions the second one is he actually

right people with well we'll leave it there with you for the moment daniel will cross over now to our other correspondent rob reynolds who's in the american west coast city of los angeles rob of course the authorities will be erring on the side of caution regardless of those tsunami warnings being counseled. yes of course the the warnings that and watches that went out were out of an abundance of caution this was a very powerful earthquake in eight point two magnitude located about two hundred fifty kilometers off the alaskan coast and of course a people do remember the terrible tsunami that struck japan in two thousand and eleven and the even more destructive indian ocean tsunami in two thousand and five two thousand and four so. these types of events the do merit a lot of training precautions and warnings when necessary it must have been a very terrifying evening for the residents of kodiak alaska when warning sirens blared and text messages were sent out to phones to get to higher ground we saw pictures of. cars and trucks streaming to higher areas people trying to get out as quickly as possible but fortu

(catherine) as kron four's rob fladeboe reports - big wave riders and their fans are crossing their fingersthat the maverick's challenge surf contest could get the green light for early next week. the surf is still a little flat here at pillar point north of half moon bay where ridable waveswere few and far between on friday...but just around the jetty there are signs the waves could soon be big enough to give the go ahead for the big wave surf contest known as the mavericks challenge. contest founder jeff clark is optimistic about next week but is concernd about the wind. jeff clark/maverick's tournament founder"...we don't want to wind and the weather that comes with it, we want a day just like this and for the low pressure to hit the oregon border and send those big waves right down here to mavericks..."a west-northwest swell could bring waves with faces in the 20 foot range on monday. now run by the world surf league, the mavericks challenge, if and when it happens, will for the first time welcome women competitors. but don't even think of trying to watch the competition in person says

rob matheson al jazeera. iran has reopened the border with iraq kurdish region the crossings to erbil and suliman were closed in october iraq requested the closure in protest of the kurdish referendum for independence an iranian m.p. recently said the closure had cost iran more than two and a half billion dollars the airports in a bill and the money at remain closed. south korea has accepted the north's rare offer of talks proposing the two sides meet next tuesday the unification ministries that the talks would mainly focus on north korea's taking part in the forthcoming winter olympics in the south if kim jong un's new year's address was struck a more friendly tone toward seoul of you know years from. the government proposes to hold high level government to government talks between the north and south at the peace house and john on january ninth to discuss relevant issues including the north might a patient in the winter olympics considering that they are a month away while i stay with our story for a second florence living now from so. south korean officials have made it clear that the talks that they're p

rob warner, the ranking senator on the intelligence committee. he says firing special counsel robert mueller is a red line trump cannot cross.was left of his credibility when he said this about the house intel memorandum. quote, i have not seen the memo, but i think it many sloppy, careless and has no ground in fact. lou: thank you, senator for telling us about something about which you know nothing. senator warner is quickly becoming one of my favorites in this. he and burr are just hapless. gregg: warner tends to embarrass himself every time he opens his mouth. his intellectual acute is diminished any time weighs in on a subject of merit. lou: the president having to deal with all sorts of challenged folks like that. but this business returning to the swamp with the "new york times" in full throat, praying about the president's attempted firing of mueller back in june of last year. and the left-wing media following the story like the was something that happened. gregg: it's been amusing and tragic over the last 24 hours, the mainstream media has pronounced president trump guilty of obstruction of justice. they know nothing

going to get charged with robbing a bank and i think what a lot of people that smart people that are in the white house are trying to do is pin in the president so he doesn't cross a line that he cannot cross. >> do you believe that this will all push republicans, i know a lot of democrats are on board, but push republicans to support legislation prektding the special counsel? >> no, i think the only thing that's going to actually push these republicans to protect the essential counsel is going to be you know, voters, citizens, calling their offices. i encourage them to do it. because right now, you don't see any leadership from speaker ryan. as a matter of fact, he is only backing up attempts by members of congress to not just obstruct the veinvestigation, but to als just make it look like it is a partisan investigation. you have congressman nunez in the intel community leaking memos that are only spreading conspiracies and diminishing the importance of this investigation, all on purpose. so i haven't seen anything that makes me hopeful. it would be hopeful if speaker ryan acted like a true leader and stood up for the rule of law, but i'm not going to hold my b

and rob cross, a former electrician who only turned pro last year, becomes the world darts champion at first attempt. welcome to the bbc news at five, i'm jane hill. our top story tonight: rail passengers, commuting on the first working day of 2018, have been hit with the largest fare rise in five years. average ticket prices across the country went up by 3.4% this morning, prompting protests outside around a0 railway stations. campaigners warn that the rise is pricing ordinary people off the railways — but the rail delivery group, which represents train operators, says higher fares will lead to better services. our transport correspondent richard westcott reports. back to work after the holidays. rail commuters are shelling out for yet another fare rise. this time, it's the biggest increase for five years. this is a busy commuter line, people coming in from cambridgeshire and hertfordshire into london. plenty of people on this train are just a few pounds shy of the £5,000 club — £5,000 for an annual season ticket. that's gone up by about £600 in the last five years. price rises have b