speaks to a nun who is refusing to stay silent also on the show and many wanted sri lanka is recruiting executioners as part of its war on drugs a hardline policy inspired by the philippines but will it also come with the territory style justice. i'm melissa chan thank you for joining the program it's good to have you with us india is home to about twenty million christians it's a place where the catholic faith is growing but last year a nun in the southern state of carola accused a powerful bishop of raping her it sparked rare public protests by nuns and led to the arrest of the bishop he's now out on bail he received a hero's welcome in his diocese after his release the case has drawn huge attention in the country. as the vatican convenes a meeting later this week on sex abuse and transparency our india correspondent sonia found a car traveled to why and not in corrales state to meet a nun who's been speaking out she sent us this report. it's early morning in kerala the church here has always been a powerful institution but in recent months its foundations have been shaken by sex scan

our kelly isn't just for this country you'll be muted in a strange new zealand and sri lanka to. an american blogger paris hilton he said you know what would be fun literally anything other than financially supporting our county by going to see him in concert once again mute r. kelly hush tag and then. from sri lanka writes our kelly the pervert sexual predator just announced a tour schedule that includes sri lanka we don't want you on our shores she writes and she said that she's going to tag the president of sri lanka through pala series center so that he actually counsels his appearance in trying to immediately have you given this huge backlash it's quite surprising that he's still going ahead with this two of them well this is what's quite interesting because it's appears to be a developing story in many respects because once again if we actually take a look at the tour poster we saw that or kelly tweeted the tour announcement just this morning alongside a promotional image you can see that the original image which a name of the promoters organizing to tour is flamingo dreams

and former sri lanka captain sanath jayasuriya has been banned from cricket for two years.ello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the big footballing story of the day, and the news that brendan rodgers is returning to the premier league. the former liverpool manager has left scottish champions celtic to take charge of leicester city, who were victorious over brighton and hove albion on tuesday, where rodgers watched from the stands. we will get the view from leicester and celtic shortly. but first, here isjoe lynskey on the northern irishman‘s return. brendan rodgers is the manager whose style pointed the way forward. the way he sets up teams to play took him to the club he supported as a boy, and that celtic, just like swa nsea boy, and that celtic, just like swansea city, success has come through that football philosophy. at, at liverpool, it almost brought the ultimate. in 2014, two games and two points cost liverpool the league title. the summer that followed saw luis suarez then depart, and brendan rodgers star striker with some expensive mistakes. they

we have a trip to sri lanka as well. it is a really big start for us.ressure to qualify for the world cup automatically and it is going to be an exciting series and a long trip for us as well. and you can follow it on five live sports extra. the second legs. a couple of games are at half time already. arsenal lead to— at half time already. arsenal lead to — no. that is to— one on aggregate to arsenal. they are going through but celtic, not so. they are goalless in spain. the trailing 2—0 on aggregate. you can follow those games on the bbc website and also on the radio. that is all. thank you for spending the time with us. from the team here, goodbye. ajapanese space craft will begin its descent a japanese spacecraft has begun its descent towards an asteroid — after a three—and—a—half—year journey from earth. the hayabusa—2 will try to collect rocks from the surface of the asteroid in the first mission of its kind. samples collected by the probe will reveal whether asteroids brought water and the building blocks of life to earth. 0ur science corresponden

a new generation of cricketers training under one of sri lanka senior coaches nurse and mendez has nurtured dozens of top players during his fifty eight years of coaching he scathing about corruption in cricket it's nothing but money money and the pasta and the passion and the power which literally to the good through the game of cricket unfortunate previously it was nil of that cricket around the world has been plagued by match fixing and corruption sri lanka is no exception allegations of corruption here appears so serious that the international governing body has sent a team to investigate. it also launched a fifteen day amnesty for those who failed to report any approach to take part in corrupt practices earlier this week the international cricket council said we have seen a positive response with several people providing new and important information this has assisted existing investigation and resulted in some new cases the man in charge of sri lankan cricket says authorities are waiting to see the i.c.c. is findings but stressed it will take more than rules we can impose a law and th

was dismissed without scoring — in a test match — for the first time in his career on thursday as sri lankatest in port elizabeth. amla who made his test debut in 2004 had never failed to score but was bowled by vishwa fernando ending his 123 game streak. the proteas were dismissed for 222 in their first innings with quentin runs. de kock top scoring with 86 — while in response sri lanka lost three wickets late in the day leaving them still trailing by 162 runs. elsewhere, afghanistan beat ireland by five wickets in the first t20 international of their three—match series in india. george dockrell top—scored with 34 not out as ireland made 132 for six in their 20 overs. in reply, afghanistan were trouble on 50 for five, but an unbeaten stand of 85 between mohammad nabi and najibullah zadran saw them home with four balls to spare. the nba has returned on thursday after the all star break, with teams jostling for play off spots as the post season approaches. lebronjames and the los angeles lakers host the houston rockets shortly in what is one of six games. the four—time mvp missed 18 games wi

a new generation of cricketers training under one of sri lanka senior coaches nelson mendez has nurtured dozens of top players during his fifty eight years of coaching he's scathing about corruption in cricket it's nothing but money. money and the passion for and the passion and the power he reach which we cue the good through the game of cricket unfortunate previously it was no of that cricket around the world has been plagued by match fixing and corruption sri lanka is no exception allegations of corruption here appears so serious that the international governing body has sent a team to investigate it also launched a fifteen day amnesty for those who failed to report any approach to take part in corrupt practices earlier this week the international cricket council said we have seen a positive response with several people providing new and important information this has assisted existing investigation and resulted in some new cases the man in charge of sri lankan cricket says authorities are waiting to see the i.c.c. as findings but stressed it will take more than rules we can impose a

it's only sri lanka's second win in 14 test matches in south africa.ive sixes as he hit a career—best 153. if you can believe it his top score in his previous 10 innings wasjust 32. sri lanka will now go in search of a first test series win in south africa when the second and final match is played in port elizabeth next week. belgium's elise mertens claimed the biggest win of her career on saturday, coming from a set down to beat world number three simona halep and clinch the qatar open. the world number 21 won 3—6, 6—4, 6—3. that's despite being outclassed in the first set, overcoming an eight—minute medical timeout for back pain, and losing 18 consecutive points at one point in the second set. it was bertens' third victory over a top ten player in doha this week and thoguh it's her fifth title, it's her first at a premier—level event. and finally, the nba's all—star weekend is well underway in north carolina. the big one is on sunday night but they've already had the celebrity match—up, with a few special guests, including hall of famer ray allen. th

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a new generation of cricketers training under one of sri lanka senior coach nelson mendez has nurtured dozens of top lives during his fifty eight years of coaching he's scathing about corruption in cricket it's nothing but money. money and the passion for the postseason and the power of each week with you the good rule of the game of cricket unfortunate previously it was nil of that cricket around the world has been plagued by match fixing and corruption sri lanka is no exception allegations of corruption here appears so serious that the international governing body has sent a team to investigate. it also launched a fifteen day amnesty for those who failed to report any approach to take part in corrupt practices earlier this week the international cricket council said we have seen a positive response with several people providing new and important information this has assisted existing investigation and resulted in some new cases the man in charge of sri lankan cricket says authorities are waiting to see the i.c.c. as findings but stressed it will take more than rules we can impose a l

it's quite the turnaround for sri lanka who were recently thrashed by australia.able, behind belgium and the netherlands. britain's next match is away to argentina in april. and gb women are still without a win, after they lost 3—nil to australia. they're bottom of the nine—nation table. now, we end with, perhaps, one of the sporting feats of the day. certainly one of the bravest! our very own mike bushell loves to give himself a challenge and this afternoon decided to see how he would fare against some of the fastest men in the uk at the birmingham indoor athletics. mike somehow managed to persude the organisers to allow him to compete against the best of britain's under 23's in the 60 metres sprint. and this is how he got on...not the best start from mike in lane 4, and the middle and finish could use a bit of work too. but well done mike! you can see more about his day on breakfast tomorrow morning from 6am. that's all the sport for now. more in sportsday at 6.30 kathy that was fantastic, just trust trust mike to do that. brave man. thank you. this is of course

and australia christened it with a destructive display of batting against sri lanka. unbeaten 172 have put australia in a commanding position in the capital. the two put on 308 for the fourth wicket was australia's highest ever against sri lanka. it's also the first time in 70 years two batsman made 150 or more in a day. they'll resume in a couple of hours on 384 for four. to a remarkable story in the uae where qatar have won the asian cup for the first time in their history. they beat four—time winners japan 3—1 in the final. not a bad goal to score in it too. almoez ali broke the record of goals scored by a player at a single asian cup — that spectacular strike was his ninth of the tournament. qatar will host the next world cup in 2022. so qatar lift their maiden title. and our reporter mani djazmi has followed their progress throughout the tournament in the united arab emirates. catarrh have been the only consistent team in this competition. they have won all their games, scored 19 goals and conceded just one and have the goal in boot and the highest assist provide

at that the success in sri lanka, coming into west indies series, what has gone wrong?re seeing here? firstly, ithink different in performance that we are seeing here? firstly, i think sri la nka seeing here? firstly, i think sri lanka are not strong at the moment so that helped england in terms of the outcome of the results. secondly, the west indies had played brilliantly. we can slate england as much as we want to, but we have to give credit to the west indies. they have applied themselves at the bat. for a global gate, that is brilliant, what does he do global teams compete against each other. for england, they are going to have to reflect and they have become a batting overnight. they have to piece everything together. australia is rubbing their hands together head of the series. thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. let's take a quick look at the scorecard in antigua. 106. not looking good for england. before we get all the latest football news from karthi — lets take a look at the scorecard for england's second innings. tottenham have moved up to second pl

it's some turnaround for sri lanka who were recently thrashed by australia yeah you wont want to missgrand prix meeting in birmingham. the story of the day, mike bushell aside, was provided by laura muir, the scottish middle distance runner who set a new british record in the women's indoor mile. we can join radzi chinyan—ganya and steve cram to reflect on the big talking points of the day. now negley have had a great day here, steve thank you very much forjoining me. first off, she is in fine form. the neck great when against a world —class neck great when against a world—class pole vault failed olympic champion. the commonwealth champion, not only the win, but then she went higher than she did last week and the trials, 481, that equals her best of this year. she's only went separate on higher, all the way back in 2012, and she had a go at going higher year as well. i think there's more in the tank for her. it was a great win today. there wasn't anything left in the tank however for wasn't anything left in the tank howeverfor samuel, his wasn't anything left in the tank however for s

and helpful wanted in sri lanka the country is looking for more executioners to help with his crackdownon drug traffickers. or how those stories and a whole lot more coming up next on layaway rock'n'roll then i'd like to leave you now with some memories of karl lagerfeld who died today in paris at the age of eighty five. blah. blah blah blah. blah blah. blah. blah blah blah blah blah blah. blah. blah. blah blah blah blah. six. six six trip begins to. come true hosts who really know their stuff. which felt good and the funniest home for. the party and checked with the musicians from around the world. if. the critics every week to dublin. under a small thieves in my cuts. when i come from rajoy remains an important means soft transmitting mules and form ish and when i was young my concert was drawing many conflicts a war problem which keeps most people would cause them. to see if. it was my job to tour in one side god just sets so as not everyone in the town. to listen to was against me. intrinsic to my known codea enjoy. malls on the go even if. i was into it and. my choice to scott beca

a new generation of cricketers training under one of sri lanka senior coaches nurse and mendez has nurtured dozens of top players during his fifty years of coaching he's scathing about corruption in cricket it's nothing but money money and the post and the post and the palm beach with you the good rule of the game of cricket unfortunate previously it was miller that cricket around the world has been plagued by match fixing and corruption is no exception allegations of corruption here appears so serious that the international governing body has sent a team to investigate. it also launched a fifteen day amnesty for those who failed to report any approach to take part in corrupt practices earlier this week the international cricket council said we have seen a positive response with several people providing new and important information this has assisted existing investigation and resulted in some new cases the man in charge of sri lankan cricket says authorities are waiting to see the i.c.c. as findings that's just it will take more than rules we can impose a lot of thing and we can take legal

it's some turnaround for sri lanka who were recently thrashed by australia also coming up in the programmell end the dominance of mercedes. and don't miss our fellow presenter, mike bushell swapping the sofa for the track — in an actual race — at today's athletics grand prix in birmingham yeah you wont want to miss that in what has been a busy day of athletics, with the indoor grand prix meeting in birmingham. the story of the day, mike bushell aside, was provided by laura muir, the scottish middle distance runner who set a new british record in the women's indoor mile. we can join radzi chinyan—ganya and steve cram we have had a great day here at the grand prix, steve thank you very much forjoining me. first off, holly, she is in fine form. great win against our world—class pole vault field olympic champion. the commonwealth champion. not only the win, but then she went higher than she did last week and the trials. for anyone, that equals her best of this year. she's only once every gone higher, all the way back in 2012. she had the goal of going high here as well. there's more from her,

but in twenty eighteen we beat bangladesh and sri lanka we drew with india and we got a full membership of the i.c.c. these are amazing achievements for the afghan nation we are playing now on grounds where they had never heard of afghanistan before. the afghan cricket board now has five stadia in the country and a flourishing youth policy minus cricket we are nothing because when we were young we played on the cricket. we don't have any good opportunity for the education for those kind of thing but the cricket was free for us so. i think a lot helped us then but now we are here. afghans started playing cricket in the refugee camps of pakistan and since then it's become more than just a sport it transcends political cultural and religious divides and if anything it's become the one unifying factor in forty years of conflict could only walk your sport on cricket is the ambassador of peace the afghan cricket team has always given the message of unity and brotherhood to the entire nation and brought us together the afghan cricket team is the source of unity among afghans. which started cri

they beat india and sri lanka away.uld have been favourites, particularly with the way west indies cricket has gone in test cricket in recent times. this is not the performance any england supporter or the players would have been expected at this point. however, they are still in it. maybe it could be the kick up the backside that gets you refocus the head of the ashes. england have to deal with this and make sure they get back into it and then have a debrief to see what the best 11 would be to ta ke see what the best 11 would be to take on the australians. the test is not lost yet, let's make that clear. thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. a reminder you can of course follow the second test on the bbc sport website and app with text commentary and also the cricket social with isabelle and the rest of the tms team. superbowl weekend is upon us, and in atlanta they're gearing up for the big event on sunday — new england patriots against the los angeles rams. 0ur reporter seth bennett is there, and caught up with

cricket and australia have made a dreadful start to the 2nd test against sri lanka in canberra.irst, but they've lost three early wickets. marcus harris for 11, then usman khawaja without scoring. vishwa fernando picked up both those wickets before chamika karunaratne got a wicket with his fourth ball in test cricket. they're currently 103 for 3. meanwhile, the west indies had the better of the first day's play in the 2nd test against england in antigua. after winning the toss, they put the tourists into bat and it looked to be thr right decision. and it looked to be the right decision. england never recovered from losing both openers cheaply, and, despite half—centuries from moeen ali and jonny bairstow, they were bowled out forjust 187. kemar roach was the pick of the west indies bowlers‘ with 4 for 30 on another wretched day for england's batsmen. west indies closed the day on 30 without loss in reply. our correspondent, jonathan agnew is there. and an even teach kept the batsmen on their toes all day. some unlucky with deliveries bouncing cruelly. 21 overs before the close.

com forward slash asia and don't forget to check out the news on facebook as well and this week sri lanka held its annual no one procession one of the most colorful buddhist pageants in the country will leave you with those pictures see you next time. i'm secure that volume or that's hard and in the end is a me you're not allowed to stay here and more we will send you back. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers with lions of the what's your story. i mean when i was in women especially of victims of violence in rooms and take part and send us your story we are trying in all ways to understand this new culture. another visitor another yes you want to become a citizen. in for migrants your platform for reliable information. international retailers are india's controversial decision to restrict market access for foreign companies they ask why invest billions in india when you company sure the government might change the law to your disadvantage. and it's foldable but it's hardly affordable. this is a smartphone that come variants into a mini tablet nice gimmick but are consumers read

and former sri lanka captain sanath jayasuriya has been banned from cricket for two years.alling story of the day, and the news that brendan rodgers is returning to the premier league. the former liverpool manager has left scottish champions celtic to take charge of leicester city, who were victorious over brighton and hove albion on tuesday, where rodgers watched from the stands. we will get the view from leicester and celtic shortly. but first, here isjoe lynskey on the northern irishman's return. brendan rodgers is the

did with some pictures of the soul rip withdrawal from the promise of thirty years ago today in sri lanka but. it's time for berlin sixty nine film festival. we give you the lowdown on all the stars. and gossip. the burning of a twenty nineteen every day on d.-day. it's all happening. with a conflict. your link to news from africa and the world. your link to exceptional stories and discussions continue and welcome to news africa income grammy night from born in germany from the news of easy to now out with. the deputy comes much afrikaner join us on facebook at t.w. africa. where all u.s. china trade relations headed negotiators from the world's two top economies met in beijing to result in a trade dispute that's weighing on markets and to business sentiment also on the show why millions in india dream of working for the government. welcome to a business i want to get johns in berlin good to have you with us and was dancing was a look to asia where stocks ended the week down retreating from four month highs after data out of china raised concerns over deflationary pressures building in th

south africa's cricketers remain on top heading into the third day of the first test against sri lankae tourists were bowled out forjust 191 in reply to the home side's first innings total of 235. the home side closed on 126 for four in their second innings — an overall lead of 170. west indies fast bowler shannon gabriel has revealed exactly what he said to england captain joe root — which has led to him being banned for four matches, gabriel admits asking root, if he likes boys. root, was heard on a microphone telling gabriel, "there's nothing wrong with being gay", and not to use it, as an insult. gabriel says he's ‘deeply sorry‘ for his comments. just enough time to look at the three nba matches. three shops on the cards at the moment. the orlando magic are on the verge of beating charlotte. leading 103—72. the pelicans charlotte. leading 103—72. the pelica ns up charlotte. leading 103—72. the pelicans up against the —— oklahoma city thunder. they lead. and the new york knicks have lost their last eight ina york knicks have lost their last eight in a row. they lead 56—51 in the thi

start of a tour of the sub—continent that also includes three t20s against india and a series in sri lankahave played india since beating them in the semi—finals of the world t20 in november, but england opener amyjones says the squad aren't being complacent. i guess you can take confidence from previous games and obviously it was a big one, everyone was obviously very confident on the back of that, but obviously playing india is always challenging and we have never won a series out here. equally, our practise has been brilliant, and all the girls are feeling pretty confident. looking forward to it. an lgbt group has cut ties with tennis great martina navratilova after she said it was a form of "cheating" for transgender women to be allowed to compete in women's sport. the company athlete ally called the comments, written in a sunday times article, "transphobic". the 18—time grand slam—winner is a gay rights campaigner and suffered homophobic abuse when she came out in 1981. amidst the criticism, there has been some support. paula radcliffe tweeted... swimmer lizzie simmonds wrote... one o

dot com forward slash asia and don't forget to check out the news on facebook as well as this week sri lanka held its annual no one procession one of the most colorful buddhist pageants in the country will leave you with those pictures see you next time. you. come to. school in the jungle. or first climbing lesson. door is grand the moment arrives. join your reckoning on her journey back to freedom. in our interactive documentary. entering it returns home on the d w don't come to tanks. it's time. to take one step further. and faced an impossible. time to search the unknown. and find for the truth. is hard to overcome down during this tense connection or. it's time for. the deputy a scouting up ahead for minds. zimbabwe's central bank announces it is cutting the peg of its unofficial currency to the dollar or experts say it's too little to lights to help the ailing economy ravaged by years of hyperinflation. and ahead of crucial elections in nigeria president wants to open the orland is free from public private partnerships but his opponent has a much more radical approach we look at the pro

a decade on from the terrorsit attack on sri lanka's team bus, the pakistan cricket board hope the tournament that brings the test match game back to the country once again. austin halewood reports. a new trophy for a new season of the pakistan super league. a bright new future for a country starved of our national game. as more and more players come and play in the psl, the level of confidence in pakistan and the pakistan cricket board to organise matches in a secure and safe environment has increased. but a decade ago, the environment was anything but safe. the sri lankan tea m anything but safe. the sri lankan team were travelling to the stadium in lahore when 12 gunman opened fire. for the next six years, international cricket was absent from the country but national teams have now started to return and the prominence of the psl has been a huge factor. because of psl, we have all the national players ready to come to pakistan. because of psl, we had two series, the sri lankan series in the western series, in pakistan. the first tournament is played in the uae but since 2016, organisers ha

dot com forward slash asia and don't forget to check out the news on facebook as well as this week sri lanka held its annual no one procession one of the most colorful buddhist pageants in the country will leave you with those pictures see you next time. what's coming up for the book loosely you'll have plenty to talk about here. going to sleep every weekend here in. germany street by street for. the most traditional. minded all at any time. check in with a special. take a tour of germany state by state on g.w. talk. the first. international retailers are up at all in this controversial decision to restrict market access to foreign companies they also why invest. billions in india when you company sure the government might not change the law to your disadvantage. and it's foldable but it's hardly affordable samsung launches a smartphone that comes into a mini tablet nice gimmick but are consumers ready for its hefty price tag. and the head of aston martin says and no deal breaks it is awesome madness so then why is he building a new plant in britain. with his business on battled it out last

sri lanka hold the upper hand heading into day two of the first test against south africa.s the hosts were dismissed for 235 in durban, and the visitors will resume on 49 for one with newly appointed skipper dimuth karunaratne and debutant 0shada fernando at the crease. wednesday was a rest day at the world skiing championships in sweden, but the action resumes on thursday with the women's giant slalom. among those competing will be 17—year—old mia clerc from madagascar who'll become the first malagasy woman to take part in the championships. clerc was born in madagascar, and adopted from an orphanage by french parents when she was just 18 months old. two years ago she opted for malagasy citizenship and at pyeongchang last year, became the first woman to represent madagascar at a winter olympic games. she's hoping to follow in the footsteps of the sport's top names. for me, to be like them is my dream. and maybe, one day, iwill for me, to be like them is my dream. and maybe, one day, i will be like them. and i hope it is a good start for me to be at the world championship a

for letting us stay here, but what do you give someone who's researching charcoal toothbrushes in sri lanka? oh, actually, she's judging a placenta-cooking contest in minsk. maybe we should stay away from the fridge. so, we're in wine country. when does the wine tasting start, because i could use it after the public bashing i've had to endure. here we go. no more boo-hooing, manny. the review wasn't that bad. he called my portrayal of inspector poirot "unconvincing," "not believable," "hard to buy," and, ironically, "redundant." hey, mitch, cam -- now that you guys have had a chance to sleep on my performance, what did you think? -it was a tricky part. -yeah, and i don't blame you.

shelling that comes from the bavarian sri lanka or schlink which means to move back and forth to be from the left to the right that's where the name comes from three continue to go home to mama the shooting the race is unique in every way just like things were originally used to transport hay and firewood down from the mountain into the valley some of the locals demonstrate just how it was done. during. the shelling to raise sydney is heaps of fun. now for something completely different i'm going to check out the carriage museum and bought hinterland it's a labor of love for a passionate local collector but at times you get the sense you're in a chamber of horrors the museum exhibits a large variety of sleighs and carriages fitted out with all sorts of paraphernalia . one of the museums of most valuable pieces is this bill he me in funeral carriage. and the man behind the museum is my team veba he's a local contractor who's traveled throughout europe and search as items for his collection the carriage museum might not be everyone's cup of tea but there is no denying that a lot of dedicat

former sri lanka captain sanath jayasuriya has been banned from cricket for two years after admittingn code. he admitted failing to co—operate with an investigation into corruption in sri lankan cricket. former england centre matthew tait has announced his retirement at the age of 33 — he was the last member of england's starting fifteen at the 2007 world cup final still playing the game. wales lock cory hill will miss the rest of the six nations after injuring an ankle in saturday's win against england. the dragons' second row was hurt as he scored the second—half try which gave wales the lead. britain's katie boulter has won herfirst round match at the wta event in mexico. she beat swiss qualifier conny perrin in straight sets in acapulco. joanna konta play5 tonight. last year saw dina asher—smith enjoy the most successful year of her career. she won the european 100 and 200 metre titles with british records to boot and also won gold in the 4x100 metre relay in berlin, adding to a gold and bronze from the commonwealth games earlier in the year. she's been talking to us about her pla

india and sri lanka the first challenge for the site. to the squad. catherine has done remarkably well. she has worked at rehab very hard. she has worked at rehab very hard. she was devastated not been able to play in the world cup so she is engaging really, really well. fingers crossed she will be able to play a full and active part. taylor's return comes after having missed the t20 in the west indies. she missed the 2016 season as she managed issues surrounding anxiety. she has recently gained a diploma in life coaching, something she hopes will help her and those around her. it was a decision i made with my family. i like that field and i like to help people to live there for this life. they can achieve happiness i suppose so life coaching seemed an easy happiness i suppose so life coaching seemed an easy avenue happiness i suppose so life coaching seemed an easy avenue to happiness i suppose so life coaching seemed an easy avenue to go happiness i suppose so life coaching seemed an easy avenue to go down so i got there diploma the ot

tom not a sport as far as i'm thank you so much cricketing history has been made in south africa sri lanka have become the first asian side to claim a test series when in the country they dominated the second test in port elizabeth winning by eight wickets early on day three that completed a two nil series win i guess the second ranked team in the world had won seven straight series at home and just to give you an idea of how big of an achievement this is south africa have dominated asia's biggest teams they've only lost three of twenty home tests against india gets pakistan they've dropped just two tests from fifteen sri lanka's triumph means they become only the third team after england and australia to win a series in south africa. there's no excuse when should i get comes you know we have to we have to be a lot better to play some good cricket but that the cricket we have been playing at home for the last two or three seasons if we were anywhere close to that we should have beaten this team and we weren't on top of our own game we didn't score them on our runs but we wanted to. a drama

southern parts of india it should be fine and dry but the shaft return for good parts of eastern sri lanka. good weather sponsored by countdown anyways. everything we do is being analyzed it's being weighed and it's been measured the support intelligence agencies are they a task is to do things in secret that are on a lawful or politically embarrassing all of the colleagues that i knew chose to retire from the n.s.a. could not stand by and see all the work that they had done being used for mass surveillance digital dissidents on al-jazeera. welcome back. a reminder about top stories this hour infamous mexican cartel boss joaquin guzman has been convicted of all charges after his drug trafficking trial in the u.s. el chapo as he's better known is likely to spend the rest of his life in prison. venezuela's opposition leader says humanitarian aid will be allowed into the country next week president nicolas maduro is blocking it because he regards it as a political tool to remove him from power. donald trump says he is not happy with a deal on border security that's denied him funds for his pr

day so we have got a few shows some quite a lot of the ones too pushing into that eastern side of sri lanka further north a fair bit of cloud into the more west of indianola possible spilling out of afghanistan wintry of course were the higher ground here but elsewhere as you can see it does look like you might just catch one or two showers into the far south of india over the next strontium will not be but the showers more so i suspect across a good parts of eastern and southern sri lanka but to many showers across potential a little fresher than it has been recently here and getting up to twenty two celsius on shoes day a tad warmer by wednesday afternoon. as politicians in washington. we talked to the people at the center of the story many of them just said you know it's very dangerous because the money comes and it's not it's a very safe place migrants smugglers and people who live along the border. are all just zero. i really felt liberated as a journalist was. getting to the truth was that i would that's what this. hello again the top stories on al-jazeera european countries including

tweeting to state that he is hitting the road for a world tour with stops in australia, new zealand and sri lanka beginning in april. this comes after the lifetime documentary detailing allegations of sexual abuse for more than a dozen women. several artists including jennifer hudson and lady gaga took their collaborations with r. kelly off the streaming services after the documentary aired. the hollywood walk of fame is adding pink in the grammy award winner, pink, receiving her star on the wall tuesday. >> when you walk along, the power holds true. >> reporter: dishonor comes just before the grammy awards, pink nominated for the best pop vocal album. >> reporter: the beauty is in the eye of the beholder in the upcoming animated film, ugly dolls. it is the story of what it is like to live in "uglyville" were being ugly is normal. >> reporter: that is your eye on entertainment. chris martinez, cbs news, los angeles >>> the scene of the deadly california plane crash and a fake id found on board has investigators scratching their heads this morning. >>> the major announcement from the oakland unifi

it also includes a three t 20s against india at a series in sri lanka.ls of the wow t20 is i guess you can take confidence from previous games. obviously, it was a big one so eve ryo ne obviously, it was a big one so everyone was very confident on the back of that. playing in india is a lwa ys back of that. playing in india is always very challenging as we have never won a series out here. we are very aware for that, equally, our prep has been brilliant and all the girls are feeling confident. looking forward to it. an emotional steve stricker was close to tears on wednesday when he told a news conference what it means to be handed the task of regaining the ryder cup. he is to lead the usa tea m ryder cup. he is to lead the usa team in his home state of wisconsin as the american captain. some people see this and they do not think i‘m very passionate about playing the game of golf at what i do for a living. but, deep down, i‘m very competitive. we want to win this more than ever and i‘m here to help in any way i can force i‘m very blessed and happy to be

cricketing history has been made in south africa sri lanka have become the first asian side to climates hest series win in the country they dominated the second set important lizabeth winning by eight wickets early on day three that completed it sunil series win against the second ranked team in the world had won seven straight series at home sri lanka only the third same after england and australia to win a series in south africa. now a dramatic batting collapse by england allowed the west indies to square up their one day series the windies bowlers producing an inspired fight back to win by twenty six runs in barbados that woodstock's has the action. after losing game one the west indies needed a good start and they got one chris gayle doing what he does best clearing the stands on the way to another one day fifty. but it was shimmer and het meyer who stole the show he smashed four sixes and seven fours to rack up a century in eighty three balls was the twenty two year old finished a bit of one hundred four in england needed two hundred ninety to win the tourists to chase down a recor

why foreign language films could dominate this year's oscars after being overlooked for years and sri lanka beat south africa to write themselves into the history books all details coming up in sport. monch on al-jazeera maggi have fun debates discusses and dissect the big issues of our times in the head to head to thailand votes on march the twenty fourth and its first general election since the twenty fourteen military coup join us for special coverage in a powerful new film residents of occupy jerusalem share their thoughts on its past present and future deal or no deal what does the future hold for breaks it will bring you the latest as the march the twenty ninth deadline for the u.k. to meet the new edges nira and we examine the development of an unusual alliance between radical buddhist monks and the military in million mom march on al-jazeera . al-jazeera where ever you are. one of hollywood's biggest events the oscars is coming up on sunday but the ninety first academy award ceremony may prove a little different to previous years for language films often. overlooked in the past coul

sri lanka have become the first asian side to win a test series in south africa.ctory. it follows their dramatic one wicket win in durban last weekend. britain'sjonny brownlee looks back to his best — winning the men's eliminator on the final round of the super league triathlon in singapore. the event features three rounds of swim—bike—run, with 10 racers eliminated in the first round and five more in the second to leave a top 10 racing for the title in a final round. 0lympic silver medallist brownlee saw off the favourites in a dramatic final round. it has been a long time since i won a race so it has been a long time since i won a race so it is about time. it was hide work and i made a stupid mistake early but at the end eve ryo ne mistake early but at the end everyone got tired before i did so i am so everyone got tired before i did so i am so happy to win again. the women's eliminator was won by american katie zaferes britain's jodie stimpson is not competing in this weekend's races. stay with us on sportsday, also coming up in the programme... the countdown i