st. moritz is one of the most expensive alpine holiday resorts. sajjad and alishah find it all a bit much. >> it's incredible. >> even the subjects of these portraits mean nothing to them. >> i cannot say who is this. >> no, not really. >> but that's no wonder. what have james bond and marilyn monroe got to do with skiing? alishah and sajjad came to the sport later than most serious competitors. they have a lot of work to do, if they hope to keep up. >> first i was thinking about to have fun from the skiing. and then later, i understood, for a racer we have to work more, we have to be more patient and we have to be more active. >> the moment of truth, this is the first time they're participating in an international race. the competition is strong. most of them practically grew up on skis, unlike sajjad and alishah. but the novices aren't in it to win, they just want to qualify. >> it doesn't matter how the skills is, but we are part of the racing team. >> sajjad is the second to last to start. the run is worn down and icy. despite limited visibili

at the world apline ski championships in st moritz, there was a home winner in the men's downhill.o. the 29—year—old swiss racer edged the canadian super g champion erik gay into silver, by just 12 one hundredths of a second. third spot went to austria's max franz, a quarter of a second further behind. the race was held over from saturday because of poor weather in st moritz and the start gate had to be lowered because of fog on sunday. none of this though, dampened the spirits of the enthusiastic home crowd, which included roger federer. the win for foits means he follows his fellow countryman patrick kung as world downhill champion. in the women's downhill, ilka stuhetz of slovenia produced a faultless run to claim her first world championship gold. the 26—year—old — who clocked a top speed of 126 kilometres per hour — confirmed her status as the pre—race favourite to take the title, coming home four tenths of a second ahead of austria's stephanie vernier with the veteran american, lindsey vonn taking the bronze, just five one hundredths of a second further back. in the nhl, zach

british man at an alpine world championships ended in disappointment for dave ryding in the slalom in st moritzn, but he was more than two seconds slower on his second run. his 11th place was still the best performance by a male british skier in 32 years. bruce tasker and joel fearon managed a top ten finish in the two—man bob at the bobsleigh world championship in germany, which was won by the host nation. great britain were ninth going into the final run, but couldn't improve, finishing 63 hundredths of a second outside the medal places. before i go, let's recap the quarterfinal draw. all eyes on the non—league sides. lot to come from the fa cup. that's all from sportsday. there'll be more sport on the bbc news channel throughout the evening. projectors have come a long way. we first meet team lab, the 400—strong digital art collective last year in japan. the team of artists programmers, engineers, cg animators, mathematicians and the like, love to make an impact and here at the pace london gallery, they're presenting eight of their most eye—popping pieces. as with the work in tokyo, the idea

british man at an alpine world championships ended in disappointment for dave ryding in the slalom in st moritzd was well placed in fourth after his opening run, but he was more than two seconds slower on his second. his 11th placed finish was still the best performance by a male british skier for 32 years. that is all from sportsday. you can follow that snooker on bbc two in wales and on the red button. more sport through the evening, but next it is meet the author. christopher de bellaigue wants to challenge our understanding or our misunderstanding of islam. who is to say that that is not one of the most important questions of our time? the islamic enlightenment, the modern struggle of faith and reason is his book. he presents the other side of the story of faith. he charts the progress of intellectual and scientific ideas and presents a picture of the real struggle that is going on. welcome. your account of enlightenment in the islamic world through the 19th century and into the 20th, will be to many people unknown. why? the reason why it is unknown is partly because people will think islam

canada's erik guay won the men's super—g in st moritz on wednesday, and became the oldest gold—medallistn kjetiljansrud of norway by three quarters of a second, his first victory in almost three yea rs. with a year to go until pyeongchang hosts the winter olympics, a clock counting down to the start of the games has been unveiled. south korea is hosting the winter games for the first time and the hours and minutes are ticking away, as you can see. the venue for the 2018 winter games is around 100 miles east of the capital. you can get the latest, we'll see you again very soon. goodbye for 110w. hello, there. over the next few days it is going to feel like we have been plunged into the deep freeze, and do not expect crisp, cold weather and blue skies. in fact, for much of the time it will be grey skies. a lot of cloud, and actually, during wednesday we already saw a lot of cloud creeping in across eastern areas. this weatherwatcher at gower, near swansea, did capture some sunshine. that was where the best of the sunshine was during wednesday, and the highest temperatures as well — 11 degr

vonn trotted into st moritz on a horse—drawn sleigh, as the most successful female ski racer of all timetain to meet her is ingemar stenmark, who retired in 1989, the most successful ever at world cups, with a record 86 wins. vonn said never in a million years would she have thought she would come this close. i was racing for 15 years, and i won 86 times. i think for sure that lindsey will be my record, if not this year than next year. i hope she will beat me, maybe not this year, next year, it could take some more. michael phelps has won the world comeback of the year trophy at the laureus world sports awards in monaco. the most successful 0lympian ever faced competition from tennis player juan martin del potro and skier aksel lund svindal. at last year's 0lympics, the american won five gold and one silver medal, making it 23 golds in total, and he says it is a games he will remember. i think, looking ithink, looking back i think, looking back at those games, watching the races that i competed in, the 200 flight for me is probably one of my greatest 0lympic races of my life. you know, b

britain's dave ryding is in with a chance of a medal at the alpine world championships in st moritz inafter a strong opening run he's currently in fourth place in the men's slalom. currently in fourth place he slipped down in the final run, and tornado austrian won gold. no british man has ever won a world championship medal. there is british interest at the bobsleigh world championship, which is being streamed on the website. bruce tasker and joel fearon are a quarter of a second outside the medals, with one heat still to go in the two—man bobsleigh — they were ninth in the standings after the third run. they couldn't improve on that. now on bbc news, it's time for the travel show this week we are in sudan to explore the vast, ancient ruins that tourists rarely visit. there are about 220 pyramids here which is a lot more than the entire country of egypt. you canjust see them for kind of miles. we go behind the scenes at one of havana's hidden restaurants. and i'm in peru getting to grips with this acrobatic and very noisy dance. first up this week, we are taking a road trip through su

britain's dave ryding is in with a chance of a medal at the alpine world championships in st moritz inmen's slalom. no british man has ever won a world championship medal. we will let you know what has happened in the next hour. lord mandelson, a former labour cabinet minister, has urged peers to not "throw in the towel early" when they debate the process of triggering brexit. the government has warned lords not to block the legislation which will start the uk's withdrawal from the eu. the house of lords will begin debating the article 50 bill tomorrow. with me is our political correspondent tom bateman. so, lord mandelson popping up now? absolutely. after this bill passed the house of commons, and remember it did so with overwhelming support of mps, a majority of 4—1, there was a sense that perhaps we could see a stand—off between the two houses of parliament. 0ne government source warned that evening that if the lords did not see the bill through, it could face an extra ten —— threat to its existence, members of the public calling for it to be abolished. they are now saying absolutel

st. moritz in just a moment. first a quick look at other sports news. starting with the nba and the return of kevin durant to oklahoma city. k.d. back in okc last night for the f

britain's dave ryding is in with a chance of a medal at the alpine world championships in st moritz inplace in the men's slalom. no british man has ever won a world championship medal. bruce tasker and joel fearon managed a medal in germany. there we re managed a medal in germany. there were 90 going into the final run, and couldn't improve on that. australian rugby union have confirmed this morning that former lock dan vickerman, who played for northampton saints in 2009, has died. he was just 37 years old. vickerman played 63 tests for australia and featured in three world cups. he passed away at his family home in sydney and is survived by wife, sarah and two sons. no details of the cause of death have been disclosed. 0n social media northampton said "our thoughts are with the family and friends of former saint dan vickerman, rest in peace". northampton play newcastle later today. the final of snooker‘s welsh 0pen starts at i o'clock, withjudd trump playing stuart bingham. trump beat scott donaldson in the semi finals by six frames to three. a break of 60 in the 9th frame gave him t

medal for a british man at the alpine world championships ended in disappointment for dave ryding in st moritz finish by a male british skier in 32 years. finish by a male british manchester finish by a male british united have taken the lead manchester united have taken the lead against blackburn rovers. zlata n lead against blackburn rovers. zlatan ibrahimovic has scored. thank you. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel, we are back with the late news at ten — now on bbc1 its time for the news where you are. at ten — now on bbc1 its time hello, this is bbc news. we have some breaking news. the us food giant, kraft heinz has amicably agreed not to pursue a merger with the british dutch firm unilever. unilever owns many of the best known brands we buy in our supermarkets. kraft—heinz‘s bid to buy the company on friday failed — but there was speculation that it would keep trying to make a deal. now both companies say the proposal has been withdrawn. poetry‘s normally associated with the written word — but a new project is giving walkers the chance to hear six new verses as

this is at the skiing world championships at st moritz, with pimenov finishing 50th out of 51.d sist. was an israeli skier who finished 51st. how can you finish worse than that! i am sure you could show them. laughter the independent police complaints commission says there is "evidence" that "a large number of documents were shredded" in may 2014 relating to a metropolitan police unit that investigates domestic extremism and disorder. with me is our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw. this is only emerging in the last hour or so. what details are emerging, what do we know? going back a few years, you will remember that in march 2014 the government set up an inquiry inquiry into undercover policing and that was in response to concerns about the way some units used undercover officers, how they were behaving. there were allegations that undercover officers had had relationships with people they were targeting, fathered children in some circumstances, so assuming identities of dead children, and so on, saw an undercover police inquiry was set up in march 2014 and the metropoli

british man at an alpine world championships ended in disappointment for dave ryding in the slalom in st moritztition he was in eleventh but that was still the best performance by a male british skier in 32 years. we have had a british woman winning in 1936. a little bit like wimbledon. we will get there. are you talking about the world championships wrong russian and them later. yes i will. they do try and disfigured and it is a fun and video. 630 ait a.m.. -- 638. the legislation approved in the comments but many in the lords say they want to force through changes. one of those peers joins us now. good morning and thank you for joining us. it will be under intense scrutiny today that this bill. they are talking about some changes wa nted are talking about some changes wanted to be forced through. what are the prior year it is from your point of view? two areas, first of all how do we protect things that are all how do we protect things that a re really all how do we protect things that are really important to this country such as the future of the united kingdom and indeed our borders with ir

kazakhstan skier, taras pimenov, tripped as he left the gate at the skiing world championships at st moritzfinished 20 seconds behind the winner. the key word is that he finished. he got up and carried on? he got back up. he was not last! isn't that just a lesson? he got back up. he was not last! isn't thatjust a lesson? things can go wrong and you can just carry on. we will have that. we will see you later on. thank you. there's still a long way to go before brexit, but last night the message from mps was clear, let the government begin the uk's departure from the european union. 494 members voted in favour of the eu withdrawal bill, and 122 against. one of those to support it was the conservative mp james cleverly, who joins us now from westminster. good morning. so, the bill has passed unamended in the house of commons. it now goes to the lord's. do you think it will be passed there as well? i am pretty confident it will for two reasons. the fact it came from the commons unamended, what we call a clean bill, is a strong signal to the lord's. and the labour lord's, a deciding factor, they