>> lester stokes has just signed up for story time. >> stokes. >> stokes?is story time request -- or application. so, do you have more than one child? >> i have four. >> are they all at the same house? no? okay. she's got some extras for you. you have to fill out one for each household. >> all right, thank you. >> okay? you're welcome. >> stokes has served two prior prison terms and will soon return to serve six years for false impersonation. he has four daughters by three women. but the first story he records will be for the daughter he's closest to. 7-year-old emilee. and he's just written her a letter to tell her about story time. >> emilee, what's up, baby girl? i love you so much. daddy misses you so much. bunches. how is mommy doing? i heard you were doing great in school and that you're the smartest kid in your class. i'm so proud of you. i feel very happy when i know you're doing so well. i signed up for a class today so i can read stories on tape and send them to you so you can hear me. i hope that you will like it. are you being a good big sister

one wicket for stokes. ben stokes is currently a the crease. looking good.r united forward jesse lingard has signed a new contract that'll keep him at old trafford for another four years. the england international has been at the club since he was seven years old. and the deal could be worth up to 100 thousand pounds a week. meanwhile former manchester united midfielder ryan giggs has backed jose mourinho to bring success back to old trafford. despite the club being sixth in the premier league. united have hired three managers since sir alex ferguson left the club in 2013. and giggs says mourinho will need more time at the club to build a title winning team. only one team can win the premier league and it's a difficult week to win. as you see, leicester last year, chelsea this year, it's a difficult league. i think, manchester united, they won the fa cup last year, they've already won a trophy this year. they are in a good position to win the europa league. but it's a disaster. that's the standard. in everyone's dies it's a disaster. for me, not so much. you

buttler hit stokes for two sixes in a row it was stokes who had the last laugh though.21 and his supergiant side reached their target of 185 with 7 wickets and one ball to spare. in rugby league, superleague leaders castleford tigers beat reigning champions wigan warriors by 27 points to 10. castleford were ahead for most of the match and wigan's resistance crumbled when greg eden intercepted a wayward pass and ran almost the entire length of the pitch to dive over the line. it's only the sixth time in superleague history that castleford have beaten wigan on their own turf. it leaves them without a win in four matches. kyle edmund will play the first match of britain's davis cup quarter—final tomorrow against france's lucas pouille edmund helped britain to the last eight by winning his second singles in the tie against canada in february. he takes on pouille, who reached the quarter—finals of wimbledon last year. dan evans, who is british number one for the tie in the absence of andy murray will face jeremy chardy in the reverse singles. there's coverage of the tie in r

stokes was u nfortu nate to team—mate demi stokes.e to have missed out on selection for the world cup two yea rs selection for the world cup two years ago after she played a number of the qualifiers. she told me of her excitement and relief at getting the e—mail confirming she was in the squad. i was up really early and can scroll with him but we were not allowed to say too much. it was a case of the uk at the e—mail? it did have to be quiet, but now my family will be over the moon. it is unprecedented to name a squad this far away from the tournament but the players i spoke to said the decision gives them a lot of security, especially those who are returning from long—term injury. 0ne especially those who are returning from long—term injury. one of those is the chelsea striker, but she will have plenty of time to focus on her fitness. it is three and half months until the tournament gets underway when they take on scotland on the 19th ofjuly. scotland would him their squad until much closer to the tournament. their coach will step do

donald trump is doing with his actions is stoking this -- ante.the world sit back and let them continue doing what they are doing? i think what the south koreans are concerned about here is... they are only about 30 miles away from the border! and they want to see some different rhetoric from donald trump. the trouble is, as the donald trump. the trouble is, as the donald trump. the trouble is, as the donald trump administration was saying, nothing has worked in the past. the situation five years ago is not the situation now, because this capability seems to be gathering pace. there is no doubt about that and the chinese are now really concerned. it is china, more than america, that will snuff out north korea. talking about it on the trump, she was —— ivanka trump, she was booed onstage, more so that her father was booed onstage and she was supporting him? yes, angela merkel... we supporting him? yes, angela merkel. .. we have supporting him? yes, angela merkel... we have seen this with kushner as well. the children and siblings of trump are tempe

the first win in six for stoke.e get a bit loose and things break down at key moments. both in defending and attacking phases. if we take that out of our play we are a good team, we have shown that over many years since we've come here, we are good when we get the details right and thankfully we did. only our team has the possibility of changing the situation. when i feel we started a game like we start sometimes it is not easy to change this situation. it's impossible, you need to change this situation. crystal palace have a terrible looking ram, they were at home to leicester today and they got one point. the happier of the two teams, both sides going into the game four winds from the last five games, robert hoof and jamie vardy gave leicester city the lead, christian benteke and ca baye leicester city the lead, christian benteke and cabaye the crisis. the third goal in four games for christian benteke. we will hear from craig shakespeare in a moment and sam allardyce, craig shakespeare in a moment and sam alla rd

stoke had ta ken has been seriously ill this week.ery happy. they scored in the 70th and 72nd minute. jurgen klopp had taken a gamble starting youngsters but familial and coutinho got him out of trouble. i thought the second one was more spectacular. both were good but he was a really good goalkeeper. the second, no idea. that was genius. i'm really happy. he saved our life today. job done, feels good, nice weather. 63 points. i can feel better in this moment. we had two outstanding opportunities. we have three guys in the six yard box and not one of them has dispatched it. it should have beena has dispatched it. it should have been a goal and then there are goalkeeper made a magnificent save. when those things are happening you think it is not your day. manchester city beat relegation threatened hull city 3—1 in the race for champions league qualification. the one negative was the goalkeeper making an error but back to winning ways after four games without. there has been quite a lot of stick for pep guardiola. you never relax. scori

stokes was unfortunate to have missed out on selection for the world cup two years ago after she playeders. she told me of her excitement and relief at getting the e—mail confirming she was in the squad. i was up really early and kept scrolling but we were not it did have to be quiet, but now my family will be over the moon. it is unprecedented to name a squad this far away from the tournament but the players i spoke to said the decision gives them a lot of security, especially those who are returning from long—term injury. one of those is the chelsea striker, but she will have plenty of time one of those is the chelsea striker fran kerby, it is three and half months until the tournament gets underway when they take on scotland on the 19th ofjuly. scotland won't name their squad until closer to the tournament, their coach anna sinnyul will step down after the summer and her successor was named today. shelly kerr says she is "extremely proud and honoured to be scotland coach. to be scotland coach". she has previously coached arsenal ladies, became the first female manager in british men'

a 2—0 win over swansea against stoke. they were 1—0 up with a headerfrom fernando, stoke.m fernando, then still got penalty. a minute later, tom carroll scored. there are a run of five defeats in the last six, so a big relief there. the next game is against manchester united. it only gets tougher. there are still the relegation zone. i believed it was a must win game today. the fact that hull have one as welljust chilled it was absolutely right, because if the gap had gone to five points with four games to go, i think the task would have been very different. we have some itioitiei'itui'i‘i would have been very different. we have some momentum now, would have been very different. we have some itioitiei'itui'i‘i now, we would have been very different. we have some momentum now, we played really well, especially the first half. overall, ithink really well, especially the first half. overall, i think we would deserve to win and now we can move forward and look forward to our next game. if you were a west ham are everton fan, you‘d probably as for your money back today. an awfu

city, he was the everton and stoke city, he was the everton manager at the time, and this is an angryy, the bbc reporter. we should stress that the nature of the expletive laden comments towards her were not sexist and were not directed towards her gender, but it shows that the level of anger that david moyes has over a controversial incident within the game that he was being questioned about. we can hear those questions and his reaction afterwards. in the second half fellaini appeared to head—butt second half fellaini appeared to head— butt ryan shawcross, second half fellaini appeared to head—butt ryan shawcross, what is your view? yes, and he deserves to get the punishment, i've seen it, it isa get the punishment, i've seen it, it is a terrible thing to do. i would expect him to be punished. and he had a swing another couple of times. will you have a word? had a swing another couple of times. will you have a word ?|j had a swing another couple of times. will you have a word? i have not seen that. if the fa look at this again, it could be out of your entire christmas period. that wo

george boyd scored the only goal as burnley beat stoke at turf moor to end their seven—game winless runsees them moves eight points clear of the relegation zone and up to 12th, one place below stoke. watford made it back to back league wins after they beat west bromwich albion 2—0 at vicarage road. troy deeney was among the scorers, returning to the team following illness as the hornets played half an hour with ten men after miguel britos was sent off for a second yellow card. in spain's primera division, atletico madrid have moved to within five points of second placed barcelona after a felipe luis goal gave them all three points at home to real sociedad. that makes it five successive wins for diego simeone's side and means that both villareal and athletic bilbao both move ahead of sociedad into fifth and sixth place respectively after their wins. in the german bundesliga bayern munich were beaten at hoffenheim forjust their second league defeat of the season. andrej kramaric with the only goal for the hosts who move to within a point of second placed leipzig, while borrussia dortmund

ben stokes will miss the two games against ireland to play in the indian premier league.or rising pune supergiant yesterday — helping them to a narrow win against the mumbai indians. stokes, along withjos buttler and chris woakes, will be back for england's matches against south africa, as well as the icc trophy. kyle edmund has been knocked out of the second round of the barcelona open. the british number two was beaten in straight sets by the world number nine austria's dominic thiem. he lost 6—1 6—4. thiem will player british no. three dan evans or mischa zverev in the next round. the quarter finals are under way at the world snooker championship in sheffield. five time champion ronnie o'sullivan is playing china's ding junhui. ding took the first three frames before o'sullivan won the next three to level the match. ding knocked in a re—spotted black to edge ahead again. o'sullivan hit back though to take the last frame of the session to make it 4—4. the second session is this evening. kyren wilson is taking onjohn higgins at the moment too. higgins leads 4—3. it is th

hull city were beaten 3—1 at stoke. manager since arriving at hull. marko arnautovic giving stoke city believed, maguire equalised, giving hull probe of getting points on the road but goals from peter crouch and sid and shaqiri gave stoke the win, a big win for them because they've been on a bad run of form, it is their first win at six, first we'll hear from the manager on their poor win. —— on their poor form. we do have quality, we get a bit loose and things break down at key moments. both in defending and attacking faces. if we take that out of our play we are a good team, we have shown that over many years since we've come here, we are good when we get the details right and tha n kfu lly when we get the details right and thankfully we did. only our team has the possibility of changing the situation. when i feel we started a game like we start sometimes it is not easy to change this situation. it's impossible, you need to change this situation. crystal palace against leicester, before the match both teams might have

in the interests of unity in stoke—on—trent, what else can i do?m gratefulto my there are five towns, don't forget. six. i'm grateful to my friend, there are five towns, don't forget. six. i'm gratefulto my friend, he highlighted the prime minister dithered over whether she wanted an election and always said she didn't wa nt election and always said she didn't want one, but the reality is that what has focused on mine is the fact she might lose some of her backbenchers if the cps have their way. —— focused her mind. backbenchers if the cps have their way. -- focused her mind. the timing of the election and the role of the cps is extremely interesting in this and it is interesting the prime minister did not mention it in her contribution. i gave way to the gentleman here. i most grateful. he talks about trust in leaders, what trust can the public but in a leader who has no confidence from his parliamentary colleagues and is in place by people who are not in parliament but from people who are outside? i was elected leader of my party by 300,000 votes

ben stokes is the most expensive foreign player in the t20 league.ling tojos buttler who opened the batting for the mumbai indians. first blood to buttler then. launching stokes back over his head for one of two sixes off two balls but the england wicket keeper has since fallen for 38. one of three wickets so far for south african spinner imran tahir. stokes eventually took his first ipl wicket in the final over of his four. finishing with figures of 1—36. that's all sport for now. you can keep up to date with all those stories on the bbc sport website. i have more in sportsday at half past six. let's have a look at what is going on in washington. president tromp is on in washington. president tromp is on his way to florida. he is on his way to host a summit in florida focusing really on relationships with china. he is already expecting a difficult summit meeting with president xijinping of a difficult summit meeting with president xi jinping of china. there has been lots of expectation around the summit not least because president tromp has said som

at stoke placed liverpool are at stoke this afternoon with man city hosting hull at the other end of the table west ham hope to hold their recent slide when they take on third from bottom swa nsea. if you are looking to raise a bet on the grand national, the bbc website will have information. there are many favourites for the race. the pressure is always there, but it is great. we have one of the favourites so great. we have one of the favourites so all we want to do is get in there and on the race itself, have a bit of luck. come back safe, that's the main thing. lewis hamilton has perished in pole position in qualifying for the chinese grand prix. he was almost two tenths of a second faster than sebastian vettel who won the opening race of the season who won the opening race of the season in australia two weeks ago. hamilton is popular with the fans in shanghai. the defending champion will still be at the masters this week can but only as a spectator. danny willett missed the cut. year after his famous victory at augusta. he will be handing the jacket to the new champion tomorrow n

he rejected comparisons to his failed attempt to win the stoke by—election in february.ot, is believed to have earlier attempted to travel to syria to join the islamic state group. mohamed amoudi, who is 21, was one of six people arrested in an operation on thursday night in which a woman was shot by the police . our home affairs correspondent june kelly is here. june what more can you tell us it has emerged that mohamed amoudi had come to the attention of authorities in 2015. he travelled to turkey with two 17—year—old boys and it was believed they were then planning to try to get across the border into syria and join up with is fighters. in fact, they were stopped in turkey, deported back to the uk, questioned by the authorities and released without charge. do we know if a watch had been kept on him since? an update is that the woman is improving and hospital. and that one of the men was in syria last year. turkey has banned the internet encyclopedia wikipedia by blocking its online site and outlawed tv dating programmes. president erdogan‘s government sited laws that

liverpool stay third after coming from behind to beat stoke 2—1 away.philippe coutinho and roberto firmino coming off the bench to score the goals which gave their side the three points. jon walters had given stoke the lead while liverpool keeper simon mignolet kept his side in the lead with a brilliant save to deny charlie adam. i thought we deserved to win in the second half but we needed the goalkeeper. what a save? which one, there were two of them. i thought the second was more spectacular but they were good so he isa spectacular but they were good so he is a really good goalkeepers i would expect that's he would do the first save but the second one, no idea. that was genius and i am really happy for him. he saved our life today. job done, feels good, nice weather. 63 pints. i couldn't feel better at this moment. —— 63 points. chelsea four points clear of tottenham, but should re—establish that seven point cushion with victory over bournemouth. liverpool and manchester city consolidated their places in the top four with wins this afternoon. city se

we hope the countries which are really committed to regional peace will not stoke the tension there.gainst anyone who tries to achieve their own political ends by taking advantage of the regional situation to play up tension and deepen the difference is there. and that is the view from beijing. as far as the us is concerned, white house spokesman, sean spicer, said china's greater engagement with north korea was a positive step. i think it is encouraging to see china continue to move forward and join us in this effort to control north korea. i think the relationship that the president started with president xijinping at mar—a—lago is showing positive signs. china continues to have both economic and political influence over china and so i think it is important to see them headed in this direction. it is a positive sign to see them play a larger role. it is in everybody‘s interest to contain north korea's actions. sean spicer also faced a barrage of questions about the confusion over the is aircraft carrier group and its location with regard to north korea. a week ago donald trump said

third placed liverpool came from behind to beat stoke 2—1.hampions celtic eased past kilmarnock 3—1. hamilton drew with ross county. hearts beat dundee. bottom side inverness were well beaten at home by stjohnstone and partick were 1—0 winners at home to motherwell. great britain's davis cup captain leon smith admitted his squad lacks depth after watching his team lose to france in the quarter finals today. without the injured andy murray — gb slipped to their third defeat of the weekend — jamie murray and dom inglot unable to keep the tie alive in the doubles, despite coming back from one set down to level at one set all, they eventually lost three sets to one. as gb were knocked out following the two defeats in friday's singles matches. lewis hamilton secured his second pole position in two races as he edged out sebastien vettel in qualifying ahead of tomorrow's chinese grand prix. the three time world champion was almost two tenths of a second faster than the german driver, who won the opening race of the season in australia two weeks ago.

stoke was a complete one—off.ics is on our turf, theresa may called it because she said she wanted a mandate for brexit but we are the only party that has campaigned all of our political lives to offer real, clean brexit and control of our borders and control of our money, bringing real democracy back to the uk. i think we have a great opportunity to take a number of seats and what we will not do is what we did in 2015 when we had a scatter—gun approach. we will be targeting sensibly in terms of manpower and candidates. scotland‘s first minister and snp leader nicola sturgeon has been campaigning in glasgow this morning, telling supporters that only her party can stop the conservatives imposing cuts in scotland. she urged voters not to give the tories a free rein. make no mistake. this general election really matters to the future of our country. it will determine whether scotland continues to move forward or is dragged back by the tories. and it will ensure that the decisions about the future of our country, what

that stoked frustration and caused turnovers.ine: still ahead, details on the technology being used to build the hyperloop. we will hear from rob lloyd. all episodes of bloomberg technology are live streaming on twitter. check us out at @bloombergtechtv . this is bloomberg. ♪ theline: welcome back to "best of bloomberg technology." hyperloop one was in washington hoping to win support from policymakers. this is one of two companies trying to create the future trends of system. revealed routes 24oss 35 cities, joining proposals around the world. to us about his company's plans in the u.s.. >> this is american-made technology. innovating has been world leading, but inground transportation and high-speed rail, there is no real american technology. it is an la-based company that 260grown from a garage to employees in less than 27 months. we are demonstrating we can build something new, something bringingin the greatest minds together. we can do this in the united states if we collaborate and get support from regulators so we can dove

stoke—on—trent central. it was area. stoke—on—trent central. it was a labour hold.the dark spot for them was copland. this was the first time a sitting government had won a by—election since 198a, and labour had represented that seat for more than 80 years. a big pro brexit area went to brexit. there are things all the parties will have to bear in mind. they will look at that brexit map for clues. there are other things they will have to think about. voter fatigue. we have had three uk wide elections in three years. there have been elections in scotland, northern ireland and wales, three in northern ireland and wales, three in northern ireland in little over a year. then they will have to think about how they will have to think about how the population splits. there are very differing views among different age groups. young people, you can see in blue, went for a remain. older people in red went for a leave. however these groups of people going to vote in a new general election? we don't know. they may be some clues in that for all the parties. what are people going

ben stokes will miss the two games against ireland to play in the indian premier league.n against the mumbai indians. stokes along withjos buttler and chris woakes will back for england's matches against south africa as well as the icc trophy. kyle edmund has been knocked out of the second round of the barcelona open. the british number two was beaten in straight sets by the world number nine austria's dominic thiem. he lost 6—1, 6—a. thiem will player british number three dan evans or mischa zverev in the next round. adam peaty headlines a 29—strong british swimming team for this summer's world championships in budapest. the olympic 100 metre breaststroke champion gained a spot in the squad automatically by winning his event at the british championships last week. olympic medallists jazz carlin, siobhan—marie o'connor, james guy, duncan scott, stephen milne and chris walker—hebborn also made the squad. the quarter—finals are underway at the world snooker championship in sheffield. five—time champion ronnie o'sullivan has finished his first session against china's ding ju

liverpool had to come from behind at stoke to keep alive their hopes of qualifying for the championsrt, but both scored to turn the match around after coming on after half time. celtic kept up their hopes of going a whole scottish premiership season unbeaten, with a 3—1win at home to kilmarnock. hearts ended a run of three straight defeats with a 1—0 win over dundee. it was a sixth straight loss for dundee. great britain have failed to reach the semi—finals of the davis cup for the first time in three years. jamie murray and dom inglot had to win their doubles match against france to stand a chance, but lost. nicolas mahut and julienne benneatau took the first set before murray and inglot responded. but it proved to be the only set britain won, with the french taking the crucial points and the next two sets. saracens kept up the pressure on premiership leaders wasps with a 40—19 victory against london rivals harlequins at wembley. there were more than 70,000 fans there to witness mike rhodes sealing it with this run and score for sarries‘ third try of the game. the win secures their

stoke was a complete one—off.rf, theresa may called it because she said she wanted a mandate for brexit but we are the only party that has campaigned all of our political lives to offer real, clean brexit and control of our borders and control of our money, bringing real democracy back to the uk. i think we have a great opportunity to take a number of seats and what we will not do is what we did in 2015 when we had a scatter—gun approach. we will be targeting sensibly in terms of manpower and candidates. the headlines... eu leaders unanimously agree guidelines for negotiating brexit, saying the future of eu citizens is a top priority. theresa may is campaigning in scotland for the first time since calling the general election. jeremy corbyn defends his style of leadership — saying other leaders give in to powerful vested interests. a man arrested in a counter terrorism operation in london had been suspected of trying to travel to syria tojoin so—called islamic state. let's get more now on one of the biggest fights

that also stoked a lot of frustration, which caused turnover.e: they seem to be claiming they are beefing the team back up. what can we actually begin to believe here? should we be looking also at the money they have managed to bring in? they did try to get cash. yt, he is very good at money.sing he has been able to continually raise money. he recently got this over $2 billion lifeline from soon iraq -- sunac. that is supposed to alleviate problems. most of the money is coming from china. in order for u.s. investors to feel comfortable investing in the company, they need to start cleaning up the situation, getting clash -- cash flow.as far as we know, the only profitable entity is the main publicly listed one in china. cfo is ablehe new to bring in a new team to fix some of the problems, but they don't really have a new product out yet, so there's not much to go off of at this point. caroline: we will wait for your next installment. fascinating reporting from selina wang. that does it for this edition of "bloomberg technology." wednesday, we spe

liverpool had to come from behind at stoke to keep alive their hopes of qualifying for the championsr half—time. the whole game was no chance at half—time was a risk but they did fantastic. roberto did fantastic. we played much better football, fantastic. roberto did fantastic. we played much betterfootball, we used the spaces between the lines, everything was better, ifeel we deserved to win. celtic kept up their hopes of going a whole scottish premiership season unbeaten with a 3—1win at home to kilmarnock. hearts ended a run of three straight defeats with a one nil win over dundee. this finish from tavares cruz da silva settled it. it was a sixth straight loss for dundee. saracens kept up the pressure on premiership leaders wasps with a a0—19 victory against london rivals harlequins at wembley. there were more than 70,000 fans there to witness mike rhodes sealing it with this run and score for sarries‘ third try of the game. the win secures their place in the play—offs. quins are sixth. bath kept up their hopes of claiming the fourth play—off spot, that‘s the last one up for grabs

when you mention stoke city, his new club, a smile comes upon his face. fascinating interview.ekend they won the title. coventry taking a2,000 fans to wembley for the efl trophy, club in real turmoil but they had to have a really good wembley weekend. claude puel, southampton boss, he is on, talking about what you are talking about, el classicoast, and we have premier league predictions as well coming from the comedian, 0mid djalili. couldn't read my notes there. mango fingers! congratulations on the net where there are. full knitwear! -- congratulations on the knitwear. i got distracted by mango fingers, we are back to one hour, and we curling is one of team gb's most successful winter 0lypmic sports. but that's all thanks to scotland. in the future, though, they could be getting help from south of the border. mike's been to a farm in kent where they've built england's first dedicated curling rink. voiceover: v0|ceover: where once they milked cows, they are forming a new breed, intend, the garden of england, they are milking something very rare outside of scotland, curling tal

stokes was in great form for rising pune supergiant yesterday.os buttler and chris woakes will be back for england's match against south africa onwards. the experience of games from there, playing in and around world—class players, playing in those sorts of stadiums, they will come back with positives. obviously one has played more games than the others but generally what they do is come back and spread their experiences and knowledge to the players in the england team who haven't got that experience. so we think it is a good thing but at the same time, we have to make sure we are putting a very strong team out to win the series as well. adam peaty headlines a 29—strong british swimming team for this summer's world championships in budapest. the olympic 100m breaststroke champion gained a spot in the squad automatically by winning his event at the british championships last week. olympic medallists jazz carlin, siobhan—marie o'connor, james guy, duncan scott, stephen milne and chris walker—hebborn also made the squad. ronnie o'sullivan has had to

george boyd scored the only goal of the match as they beat stoke at turf moor to end their seven—game watford survived for half an hour with ten men as they beat west brom to earn back—to—back league victories. m'baye niang and troy deeney had put them two up before miguel britos was sent off for a second booking. west brom couldn't take advantage though and it finished 2—0. there are six more matches tomorrow, we should see a bit more movement then. no change in the top eight places but watford and leicester are both up into the top half of the table after their wins tonight. the top four are all in action tomorrow night. chelsea against manchester city is the big one. sunderland are in all sorts of toruble. if swansea beat spurs they'll be 11 poinst adrift of safety. burnley have jumped three places to 12th and will be feeling very confident of staying out of trouble. the title race is done and dusted in scotland with celtic already crowned premiership champions. and aberdeen are strong favourites to finish second — they're now 13 points clear of rangers after beating inverness i—o.

by jos buttler, £1.7 million but was shown little respect byjos buttler, he hit ben stokes were twosingles, coverage of the thai across the bbc. -- singles, coverage of the thai across the bbc. —— of the tie. let‘s bring you up—to—date on various diplomatic developments in the knitted states. fox between donald trump and president xi jinping. how how much is at stake? the chinese presidentjust arrived and saw the donald trump, he has just driven past in this enormous motorcade with about a0 police motorcycles at the back, definitely arrived and announcing himself, he is there to meet president xi, how much is at stake, quite a lot, these two the leaders of the most significant global powers under biggest economic powers in the world and if they don‘t get on it is a problem for the world. there are a contentious issues, trade, president trump very blunt about that to put it mildly and said the trade imbalance between china and united states is a big part his campaign. that is on the agenda and concerns the stands might lead to a trade war. before the summit he said i am not going to

he also bowled ben stokes earlier in the innings. that's all from sportsday.o what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are journalist and broadcaster helen croydon, and business editor for the independent, josie cox. i will come to you in a moment. let us i will come to you in a moment. let us start with a quick overview of the papers. we will start with the mirror. we will start with the mirror. the mirror says north korea and the us are edging towards a nuclear war as kim jong—un threatens a merciless response to any provocation. the same story on the times, with china warning that a conflict could break out "at any minute". the telegraph reports on the warning from the cia director that rogue states should "take note" of donald trump's forthright military decisions in syria and afghanistan. the premier league is set to announce a record loss due to new accounting rules, and the fall in sterling following the brexit vote, that's according to documents seen by the financial times. the daily mail says learner drivers will soon be tested on whe

ben stokes, jos buttler and chris woakes miss out on the ireland matches to stay with their teams inuth africa matches onwards, while wood will be available for all three after returning from a third ankle operation. he is ina he is in a good place and hopefully the coming months he will get more overs under his belt against ireland and a few games for them. but he brings that x—factor in an innings and that has an impact. he has shown that in the past. so we're lucky to have that quality of bowler. england test captainjoe root is a part of the squad — still more than two months before his first game in charge of the longer format. today, he's been on a trip down memory lane to his old primary school in sheffield. 0ur correspondentjoe wilson was with him. far too much time spent in this classroom. spent most of it looking out the window wanting to go play football or cricket. generations of children have felt the same way. where will daydreaming of being england captain get you, at this family school they encourage the potential of this young man. in the old corridors and classroomsj

they admitted a breach of premier league rules after having regular contact with a young stoke city player sign him, which included an offer to pay private school fees. the club has also been fined £100,000. after winning the title at the weekend, scottish premiership champions celtic maintained their unbeaten run, but could only draw 1—all at home with partick thistle. elsewhere, third—placed rangers and kilmarnock fought out a lacklustre nil nil draw at rugby park. kilmarnock stay seventh. motherwell and hamilton drew 0—0 to remain tenth and 11th in the table respectively. hamilton had darian mackinnon sent off for violent conduct and stjohnstone have moved five points clear of hearts in fourth spot after beating them 1—0. hearts had sam nicholson was sent off in the second half, for an off the ball incident. referee keith stroud has apologised after accidentally denying newcastle the chance to take the lead in their 1—nilwin chance to take the lead in their 1—nil win over burton albion. although newcastle move back to the top of the championship table, stroud has admitted he should have

forward, a nationwide vote planned for earlier this year had to be scrapped because of fears it would stokecause the central purpose of marriage is to produce offspring... those campaigning against same—sex marriage claimed their views are being discriminated against, and they'd prefer countries like britain to keep out of the debate. just because britain has made a decision doesn't mean australia has to follow suit. we're seeing the negative consequences of the decision britain has made in terms of the impact on the rights and freedoms of other people in the uk, particularly people of faith. so i think it's up to australia to make its own decision and not to be swayed by what other nations might do. to mr simon tolhurst and mr benjamin waldorf, husband and husband. ben and simon's same—sex marriage means there have now been 380 under british law in australia. a few have taken place in other countries too, from azerbaijan to vietnam. so is britain trying to exert some soft power? we wouldn't ever seek to enforce our values on other countries, particularly not a country like australia, with

here are all tonight's fixtures: a win for burnley against stoke would see them move eight points cleare bottom three. watford are at home to west brom. and let's get the latest from manchester united from our senior football reporter ian dennis as they face everton. welcome to old trafford ahead of manchester united against everton andi manchester united against everton and i have beenjoined by mark lawrenson. we have just and i have beenjoined by mark lawrenson. we havejust been hearing aboutjose mourinho and maybe he might start to prioritise the europa league instead of the premier league, does that place extra emphasis on getting three points tonight? yes, i was here on saturday and there's no doubt west brom did a job on them. i think he said the other week, looking up the rest of the fixtures before the saturday game he said probably europa league might be the best way, to be honest it will change from game to game. they have home tonight, sunderland at the weekend, and elect. it is what it is. at least he has stopped saying they have so many games, they have that because they ar

he is stoking fears of war, doing all kinds of things that are outrageous.is connections are unknown. his taxes are unrevealed. ask him you are concerned about the president calling the briefing for u.s. senators at the white house complex at 3:00 p.m. does it matter where the briefing is held? what about the members of congress that said it was good that this president is trying to engage with members of congress, all members of congress, who are invited to this briefing? caller: what other president has done this? none. he is doing it as a show. it is all a show. mr. trump is a show business candidate and president. he has not graduated to the next level, which is a governing president. brief theyou need to senate, you go where they are. they have secure facilities. this is unprecedented, and he is doing it as a show. missouri in st. louis, . we have asked viewers to engage with us on social media. here are a few comments that have come in over the course of the first half hour. richard writes that a federal judge does not have the power or authority to in

wusa9 game on sports, brought to you by xfinity. >> electric guitar can only mean one thing, get stoked. big sports tonight, the wizards and cavs have got their playoff games. which game are you going to be watching game 2 of the wizards or game for for the caps and maple leaves. >> vote now on wusa9.com/vote or go to our app. one person whose answer we know is our donny roberts who has a front seat for tonight's wizard >>me. other people here who are going to be watching the game 2 series are going to be watching to see how physical tonight's game is. physicality is the name of the game. you know just like siblings, players are going to test each other, especially after the players said after sunday's game it was like an mma match. the wiz wears were playing and -- wizards were playing and they were just playing basketball. it's going to be double mma. as for who is the physical team, would be thompson, he used to be teammates with dwight howard and going up against him in practice, that was physical. >> made me believe every day in practice that i need to play top basketball. he made

he participates in mobilizing the cleveland community for the election of carl stokes, he speaks to his staff and challenges them to remain faithful to nonviolence. and he lays the foundation for the poor people's campaign, which is yet to be finished. >> that is right. >> all of this takes place and i'm just naming a few things, in the last year. so with all of the debilitating option, a foundation is being prepared. for the next 100 years. and america and the world will be judged by these principles. that same year two weeks before his assassination he spoke to a congregation of rabbis, introduced by his friend, right here in new york. and when rabbi heschel introduced him he said something we should never forget. martin luther king, jr., is a voice, a vision and a wave. i call upon every vijew, and we can say all people to harken his voice, share his vision and follow his way. the very future of our nation is dependent upon the impact of dr. king. that is a powerful statement against all of the ugliness, against all of the opposition and all of the fear and the running away from him,

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so that also stoked frustration which caused a lot of turnovers.ine: technology reporter selina wang. still ahead, details on the technology being used to build the hyperloop. we will hear from hyperloop one ceo rob lloyd. and a reminder that all episodes of bloomberg technology are live streaming on twitter. check us out at @bloombergtechtv. this is bloomberg. .. .. >> welcome back to the best of bloomberg technology. i am caroline hyde. now hyperloop one was in washington hoping to win support from policymakers. remember, this is one of two companies trying to create the futuristic transit system, three times fast as high-speed rail, into a reality. they finished installing the tube on the nevada test track to ensure this works. they also have 11 routes proposed with up to 20 around the world including abu dhabi and dubai. the ceo spoke to us about his company's plans in the u.s. rob: well, this is american-made technology. obviously our reputation innovating across so many categories of world transition has been world leading, but in the area of

i was spoke stoked. it was very nice. >> do you think your girlfriend said yes because she really wanted to say yes or simply because stamos asked her? >> no, no. simply for john stamos. >> have mercy. >> oh, my god. >>> cheng gang is a dreaded word. that's a force of officers that hit the street in china to keep you from making a living. just like the people in this video, they were spotted by them trying to sell. because they don't have permits, they're not supposed to be there, the officers tried to confiscate their eggs. the woman unfortunately thinking that she and her husband are just being harassed by these officers decides to do this. she appears to throw her eggs at the officers and immediately you see a ton of them are breaking. then she throws the entire basket. they fall on the ground. i believe the man that gets involved is the husband who picks them up and starts throwing them at the officers. now the officers are covered in egg. the poor eggs are splattered all over the floor. >> see, thes