there were 215- west indies in hamilton. there were 215— eight in the second innings. homesite have put on 152—11. kane williamson reaching his home century. new zealand won the first match and only need a draw to clean the series. is looking good at the moment. sri lanka have beaten india by seven wickets in the first one day international in dharamsala. having been sent into bat, the hosts slumped to 112 all out. suranga lakmal took seven wickets. the sri lankans then reached their target with more than 29 overs to spare to end their 14—game losing streak in one—day matches. all rounder shakib al—hasan has been named as bangladesh's new test captain again. he'll lead his side against sri lanka next month, replacing mushfiqur rahim, who had initially replaced him six years ago. it is understood the bangladesh cricket board want mushfiqur to concentrate on his batting. cricketer ben duckett‘s been suspended for the remainder of the england lions tour of australia following an investigation into an incident in a perth bar. he will remain with the team for the three t20

spare a thought for sunil ambrose, the west indies batsman making his test debut earlier, out in then stumps. now, some news from down under, where final preparations for saturday's second ashes test are under way. the hosts lead the series after a crushing ten wicket win in the first test in brisbane. for england, the ongoing saga surrounding ben stokes rumbles on and threatens to overs ha d ow rumbles on and threatens to overshadow this tour —— the tour. he is set to return to competitive cricket on sunday. it will not be in australia, but not too far away either. welcome to the adelaide oval. you and me you can see the australian players being through their paces. —— behind me. earliertoday, england trained in sweltering conditions, temperatures into the 30s, although they are forecast to drop significant leak over the next two days. by the time play gets under way on saturday, temperatures should the down into the high teens, which you can imagine will be more to england's liking. as they were beginning training, news came through of ben stokes signing for the new zealand side ca

in wellington, the west indies are facing an uphill battle to save the opening test of their series againstecond innings and have moved up. kraigg brathwaite adding just 12 to his overnight total before being dismissed for 91. john higgins is through to the third round. he was made to battle for the six frames to four victory over china, making just wind 50 plus break. —— one. hita raw china, making just wind 50 plus break. —— one. hit a raw is another chinese player next up. —— his reward is. that is sadly all we have four today's edition of sport today. —— for. you can get all the latest sports news at our website. that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello once again. there were certainly enough gaps in the cloud in the first part of the night for our weather watchers to get a really good view of the night's super moon. after what had been a pretty reasonable day, especially so across parts of northern ireland, scotland, the north of england, probably the best of the sunshine here. that's not to say we start the new day with plenty of gaps arou

west indies are facing a tough task to win the second test against new zealand in hamilton and levelmidway through fay four. having resumed on 30—2, that was in their second innings, chasing aim for the win. the visitors are currently: captain kraig brathwaite fell early as trent boult became just the sixth new zealander to take 200 test wickets but roston chase is doing his best and has moved to 63. it's been a testing time for england's cricketers both on and off the field in australia. the ashes series has been marred with several incidents involving players‘ behaviour. the most recent, lions batsman ben duckett suspended for pouring a drink over bowlerjames anderson. sledging among players has also created unwanted headlines. jonny bairstow though believes its a part of the game the players expect. look, i think the stuff that's on the pitch has to stay firmly on the pitch. there will have been things said on the pitch from years and yea rs said on the pitch from years and years and years ago. to be really honest with you, it's something that's part and parcel of the game. you've

including martina hingis, justine henin and kim clijsters now to cricket and new zealand are up against west indieseries in whangarei. the hosts won the toss and elected to field and the windies lost key batsman chris gayle for 22 and are currently 249. mitchell starc will travel to melbourne with the australia squad for the fourth ashes test, despite concerns over an injury. a scan in sydney has confirmed the fast bowler has brusing on his heel. he‘ll be reassessed ahead of the test that starts next tuesday. jackson bird is lined up as replacement should starc fail to be fit. hawaiianjothohn florence made it back to back men‘s world surfing championships on monday. the 25—year—old did enough to claim the title, although beaten in the final of the pipeline masters at a break he grew up with and where he claimed his second consecutive world championship. earlier he told me it was a pressurised time leading up to the event. i think anticipation put a lot of pressure on it. we had a couple of weekly dub from portugal and just a lot of time to think about it. it was cool. we had a lot of time to prepar

if they declare war, that will be in the west indies, possibly europe. you know, that is a big step. and one thing they want to think about is how good are these americans? what kind of a fight can they put up? and the fact that washington could do two battles in two months, even though he lost both of them, that impressed the french foreign minister. the other thing that impressed him is we got two spectacular victories here in saratoga. because, lord howe is not coming up here. general john burgoyne is having a lot of trouble picking his way through all of the obstacles that general schuyler has put in his path. and lieutenant colonel barrymore saint leger who was supposed to come down here fights a battle here -- one of the bloodiest battles in the revolution. the american general was killed. i was telling you when we were planning this that i had a cousin who just passed away a couple of years ago. a state trooper, up state. and he had a -- there and that is my personal connection to it. but it was a bloody, bloody battle. but the british and the ind

as test captain and guided the team successfully through two tricky series with south africa and west indiescarrying on despite the london attacks. pakistan entered the tournament as the lowest—ranked side, but finished on top, beating england en route to a finale win over neighbours and rivals, india. the women's side wouldn't come up short. the world cup arrived on these shores and england made sure it stayed here. although it didn't start too brightly. england upsetting the odds with an opening day victory over the hosts. it would be the only slip—up from england. taylor, knight and sciver and beaumont becoming heroes of an england side, destined to world cup glory. a scramble against south africa in the last four showed they had the mettle to see it through. commentator: shrubsole has done it for england... and then, anya shrubsole blasted her way through india in the final. world championship status for england. but what about the ashes? well, they didn't enjoy their winter in australia. their ashes tournament, mix of one—day t20 and test matches went the way of their hosts. what a year

this island is the greatest in the west indies. barbados was a coral island. you have these series of coral cliffs. camee tectonic plates together and the island rose from the sea, you have cliffs of the same tags. so these are the risings that young george washington referred to. if you go inland, you get these ancient sea cliffs that are quite picturesque. he was always looking out for our cultural prospects. he made this comment. " the earth, for the most part, is extremely rich and is as mold."s the richest mark write over the entire island. there is some notification of that in his diary. extensively write about the southern part of the island. was on the island at the right time to see the sugarcane maturing. it is harvested in the right season. is a modern photograph of barbados. the thing about the island that he meant, the sugar revolution in the 17th century had completely clear-cut the island. the planters deliberately set garden overe a huge the entire island. this is what george washington , given the worldview at the time. -- fullters had created

now he's been told he won't take part in the england lions tour to the west indies next year, becauseust 2013 less than six weeks after winning wimbledon — her only grand slam title — citing ongoing injury problems. she suffered severe ill—health during her retirement but now says she intends to make her comeback at the miami open in march. and it seems she's already been doing some training in secret — looking forward to seeing her back on the court victoria. thank you very much. homelessness in england is a "national crisis" and the government's efforts to tackling it are "unacceptably complacent" and an "abject failure" — according to a group of mps. there are more than 9,000 people sleeping rough, while 78,000 families live in temporary accommodation. the government said it was providing more than £1 billion, over the next two years, to reduce homelessness. the definition of homelessness under law includes rough sleepers, single people in hostels and those in temporary accommodation. since 2011, the number of people sleeping on the streets has increased by 13a%, the report says. e

told he won't take pa rt now he has been told he won't take part in the england lions tour to the west indieshat incident. two of the english players involved in the t20 big bash we re players involved in the t20 big bash were on the losing side today as melbourne stars were beaten by brisbane heat. kevin pietersen was useful in the field. his hopes of having a decent innings were short—lived. he was dismissed for ten. luke wright was bowled for 19 as the stars were beaten by 15 runs. that's all the sport. more on these stories on the bbc website. i will have more in the next hour. let's get more now on the metropolitan police launching a review of all current sex offence investigations, after the collapse of a second rape case in a week. the prosecutions were halted because of the late disclosure of evidence. scotland yard confirmed the same officer was involved in both investigations. the met police have confirmed around 30 cases that are about to go to trial will be reviewed with the crown prosecution service. i think it's important to draw a to say tinges —— distension between the two rev

the attraction are the deep ports that are available in some of these islands like the danish west indies. there's another problem, the british. canada was making a hard sell to great britain to have a caribbean island, ideally jamaica given to them as a thanks for coming out with us war gift. and we nearly got jamaica as a province, but instead got newfoundland. no fair. but canada needed its own deep south. it needed to prove its modernity by having black people they could control. and there's a lot of concern over what to do if we'd have this extra island, because we don't necessarily have a legal jim crow structure like the united states. so african-americans are keeping an eye on all these different spaces as the war is unfolding. one of those spaces is of course france. and where african-americans are joining the war before as individuals, just like other americans. so here we have eugene bullard. what's important here is that african-americans are seduced by the same language of patriotic marshal heroism. the core promise of jim crow, of segregation, is when racial lines hold, viol

the attraction are the deep theseavailable in some of islands like the danish west indies, st. kitts. there is another problem, the british. enemy. candidate was making the hard sell to great britain to have jamaica given to them as a thanks for coming out with this war gift. we nearly got jamaica is a province but instead got newfoundland. the argument made consistently, both in the press and in official military documentation is that canada needed its own deep south. it needed to prove its modernity by having black people they could control. there is a lot of concern over what to do with the vote if we have this extra island because we don't necessarily have a legal jim crow structure, like the united states. african-americans are keeping an eye in all of these places as the war unfolds. one of those spaces is france. where african-americans are joining the war before as individuals, just like other americans. who we have eugene bullard joins the lafayette espadrilles. what is important here is that african-americans are seduced by the same language of patriotic martial heroi

made in liverpool, commemorating a ship that saliled from philadelphia to johnston into the west indies. they carried a petition, signed by 300 merchants here in philadelphia. not addressed not to parliament, not to the king, but to the manufacturer's and tradesmen of england. these were the producers who were shipping goods to the conists here it was calling up the supply chain, asking them to intercede with parliament. that petition is dispatched from philadelphia on that ship in december of 1765, it did arrive january or february of 1766 and was passed on to parliament, but then word of the overturn of the stamp act takes months and months to come back. we explore a little bit of the length of communications in a couple early galleries together. >> we laerned about the stamp tax, we'll have you showcase the liberty tree, a quick question from john, joining us from jamaica plains, new york. >> i'm a founding member of the museum, i enjoyed my visit there very much, i think it would be terrific if in the future you had an exhibit on the spies of the american revolution. >> thank you, j

in john butler succumbed to march, 1819, yellow fever while on a mercantile voyage in the west indies, or so the story went. throughout his life, ben butler would harbor a deep and suspicious resentment for the father he never met. political opponents who saw to provoke butler only needed to conjure the memory of his father whose sleazy reputation was not -- hardly a secret in new england. this was done on occasion and to great effect. the sickly boy did a door his charlotte.is mother her hopes that he would be prepared for a job in the ministry was later dashed as he was packed off to waterville college, what is today colby college. a neat row of buildings on the lonely heights that overlook the kennebec river. at waterville, butler earned a reputation for being a hotter democrat than andrew jackson. indeed his politics was really , is only inheritance from his father. that politics was a true liability on a campus with an anti-slavery society and teamed with outspoken whigs. for the first among many instances among his life, he refused to truckle to prevailing sentiments. in a class

arrived to call an early end to play in this first ever day night ashes test and in wellington the west indies close day three of the first test against new zealand on two hundred fourteen for two earlier the hosts posted five hundred twenty five nine declared after the windies was skittle for one hundred thirty four win their first innings the new zealanders to lead by one hundred seventy two and finally how wise famous sunset beach played host to the second event in the prestigious season ending triple crown of surfing on saturday the usa is conoco often with victorious winning the four men final heat with the best score fourteen point three three out of twenty. and that's all the sport thanks so much faith hill that's it for me the clock is back though with another full bulletin of news stay with us. a special program dedicated to this year's nobel peace prize laureates. and their pursuit of a nuclear weapons free world and we look ahead to the big stories that could dominate the headlines in twenty eighteen. december on al-jazeera. we understand the differences and the similarities of cult

block caps for four hundred forty seven for nine at stumps on day two of the first test against west indies a call in to granholm was particularly impressive as one hundred five in seventy one balls was the second fastest century by a new zealand batsman in tests. defending n.b.a. champion the golden state warriors beat the orlando magic one hundred thirty three for one to one hundred and twelve for their second road win in a row over in washington the wizards speak the detroit pistons for their first home win in nearly three weeks more scored twenty three points to lead washington to one hundred and ninety ninety one when detroit had their three game winning streak snapped. it was a high scoring n.h.l. game between the winnipeg jets and the vegas golden knights on friday in winnipeg the home team scored five third period goals including two from kyle horner to lead the jets to a seven four win over the golden knights the win moves winnipeg into first place in the western conference. and australia's tyler wright may have won the world surf league title on friday but she's got some tough com

he was born as an illegitimate in the west indies -- people on -- he was soon orphaned at a young age. the fact that he was such a good writer, really brought him to people's attention. people on st. croix set up a charitable fund to send him to america to get an education. as luck would have it he got to , north america as the revolution was just about to take off. in not a long amount of time, he was washington's right-hand man. he became an aid-de-camp to washington, where he spent the revolution. when washington became president 1780 nine, he made hamilton the first secretary of the treasury area -- secretary of the treasury. hamilton structured a national financial system and pushed to strengthen the government. watching a fierce political battle against those who wanted a far less powerful national government -- thomas jefferson and james madison were his foremost political opponents. when washington retired, hamilton continued to try to exert influence over the national government by secretly advising john adams' cabinet behind the scenes, but he was found out by president adam

thirty one for three by the close of play with a lot of work still to do and unwilling to in the west indies close day three of the first test against new zealand on two hundred fourteen for two earlier the hosts posted five hundred twenty four nine declared after the windies were skittled for one hundred thirty four when their first innings and new zealanders still lead by one hundred and seventy two runs. in the n.b.a. le bron james scored the cleveland cavaliers lost thirteen points to lead his team to victory over the memphis grizzlies on saturday it's an eleventh straight win for cleveland elsewhere the milwaukee bucks and sacramento kings were involved in a close affair giana sente combo contributed thirty three points on the night for the facts chris middleton added twenty five and eric bledsoe schooled eighteen as milwaukee actually lead by twenty points at one stage in the third quarter and held a twelve point advantage in the fourth zach randolph twenty two points lead the charge for sacramento to heal they had nineteen but in the end it was not enough the bucs running out of one h

. >> iron from the university of west indies in trinidad and tobago. i have tried to follow the arguments of william kristol, george weiland, even charles krauthammer as to why they distance themselves from trump. radical, a little too to conservatives and and talk about what he brought to the table. his conservatives and a gradual evolutionary process where you make change and trump shook things up too much? show less text for conservatism itself. host: remember, the initial argument against trump was that he was not conservative enough, that he was a moderate, maybe even a left winger. my initials aboard for trump feature.e a the consensus in favor of free trade, alessi's award not the dutch were not helping the middle class or lower class. even foreign policy which has been overwhelmingly successful, thatpresident seeks to me trump is considered as pursuing mainly centrist policies which would of been considered mainly centrist policies, policies either on the left side of the republican spectrum, only 15 or 20 years ago. it's easy to dig out quotes

now he‘s been told he won‘t take part in the england lions tour to the west indies next year, becausepean union‘s chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, has said the transition period after the uk leaves cannot continue beyond the end of 2020. the uk is due to leave in march 2019 and had asked for a longer transition of around two years. ben brown is in westminster for us this afternoon. thank you very much, mps in the commons behind me for the last day of debating the main stages of the government brexit legislation, the eu withdrawal bill. we will talk to the liberal democrat brexit spokesman tom brake who joins me, the liberal democrat brexit spokesman tom brake whojoins me, a few pro—eu demonstrators here outside westminster as well. the government is doing all right with its brexit legislation, they had one setback for theresa may, the commons defeat the other day, but on the whole is the government doing better than expected 7 whole is the government doing better than expected? the boat the government lost was important because it means parliament will have a meaningful vote,

this vastly expanded the territories from india, africa, the west indies and particularly north america, the territories that britain laid claim over. behind us we have a collection of objects owned and used by colonial americans that speak to the presence of the king's everyday life. one of the great objects here, i this is a cast iron fire back made at oxford furnace in new jersey. this was placed in the back of a fireplace raging heat out into the room. as you can see it includes the arms of the -- the royal arms oo the king of england. t we also have objects that gh introduce you to british heroes. so the upper right, a tavern sign, and this is on loan to us from the connecticut historical society, a wonderful historical society with amazing collections that generally placed this on loan to the museum. you see general wolfe. this was a british general who died after being mortally ed wounded at the battle of question back in 1779, helped to capture french canada for the british empire. and he was celebrated by americans. it was held by israel putnam, famous as a general in the ameri

the squad, batsman ben duckett has been told he won't take part in the england lions tour to the west indies perth bar. i will be back after the lunchtime news at 1. i will be back after the lunchtime news at1. 30pm. the european court ofjustice has decided that the taxi hailing app uber should legally be considered a transport company. the ruling will mean that the firm should be subjected to tighter eu regulation in the countries in which it operates. our technology correspondent is here. it had wanted to be, uber argued, a ding tal —— a digital service and recognised as that. what does this mean for uber and customers? it was interesting you described it at the beginning as we all describe it as a taxi hailing app which is true, it's what it is. it's always wanted to be called a ride—sharing app, a service that stands between drivers and people wanting a ride and just acts as an intermediary, this has made it clear it isa intermediary, this has made it clear it is a transport company and should be regulated as such. uber is trying to play this down, saying the ruling will not change thing

now he‘s been told he won‘t take part in the england lions tour to the west indies next year becausech player, who reached a career—high world ranking of seventh, intends to make her comeback at the miami open in march. she is so much fun, she works with the bbc at wimbledon so we get to talk to her about who will win and how the tournament is going and she will be back on the grass she hopes next summer. she had this illness that had her fearing for her life, she retired after winning that one grandslam and everyone thought, what a shame, she has finally done it and she could do more but she said i quite fancy doing something else. great comeback story. it would be if she won another grand slam, it would be remarkable, but she is such a jolly and likeable character, great to see her back playing. only a tiny proportion of new parents in the uk take advantage of shared parental leave, but today an employment appeal tribunal will hear a landmark case which could determine whether employers have to pay fathers the same money as they would pay a woman taking maternity leave. shared pare

indy. the southern part. ohio as well. as west virginia right now. that making its way to the region overnight. while it's just a little bit less than an inch of snow. notice temperatures. 29 in gaithersburg. 32 in leesburg. warrenton at 29. we are at 35 in d.c. everybody goes below freezing tonight. anything that falls will end up sticking. so that is what we are watching. in terms of this evening, you are fine. temperatures in the 30's with the sun set. 4:53. larger system that has potential to bring us more snow. we track timing on that. you mention a cold snap. that is a big weather system in my opinion. how cold it will get and how long it will last. that and more in a few. larry: now to the west. record shattering snowfall left erie, pennsylvania buried jonathan: if you are digging out the snow trucks you know it's a lot of snow. we have seen here in the past five years. stay ahead of the weather anytime of the day taking power of the stormwatch7 weather team wherever you go. all you do is download the free stormwatch7 weather app and bring you

indy. the southern part. ohio as well. as west virginia right now.t making its way to the region overnight. while it's just a little bit less than an inch of snow. notice temperatures. 29 in gaithersburg. 32 in leesburg. warrenton at 29. we are at 35 in d.c. everybody goes below freezing tonight. anything that falls will end up sticking. so that is what we are watching. in terms of this evening, you are fine. temperatures in the 30's with the sun set. 4:53. larger system that has potential to bring us more snow. we track timing on that. you mention a cold snap. that is a big weather system in my opinion. how cold it will get and how long it will last. that and more in a few. larry: now to the west. record shattering snowfall left erie, pennsylvania buried jonathan: if you are digging out the snow trucks you know it's a lot of snow.

indy. the wind will change direction. they are out of the south they will change to the north and west into early tomorrow morning.will funnel in the colder air. as far as the rain is concerned, if you have anything to do in the next hour or so in the district, fairfax, and southern maryland, it will be dry.if you're going to be out past 2:00 , 4:00, and the rush-hour commute , that will move over our area. highs today making it to the will stay and dry over the beltway until 2:00. winchester,rsburg, you will see spotty showers. for the rush-hour commute, more wet weather. a slow go around the capital beltway. a little rain can go a long way. 66 depending on traffic has not been that bad. still, wet pavement out there. get all of this out-of-the-way by midnight, then the colder air funnels and here you will feel the difference tomorrow morning. the day planner for tomorrow, a .acket absolutely you will need it and sunglasses. temperatures in the upper 40's for daytime highs. 10 to 15 degrees colder than now. as far as the weekend, flurries. and sunday. not expecting accumulations, but if you have not bought your c

west, i think they do a giant -- adrianna: lime. kidd: kiwi. what's get to in the now -- let's get to in the now. hopecers of indieilms they will bring people into the theaters. collective posted films apparently ripped from awards screener dvds, so people who cannot make it to the theater can still see the movies. these are great films, by the way. nya" last "i,to night. adrianna: how w t is it time that the film companies just make these available for people to watch at home? do we really want to go to theaters and pay for overpriced popcorn and soda? adrianna: i don't. that is one reason i do not go to the movies. the tickets are not cheap anymore. when i was a kid it was seven dollars or eight dollars. kidd: i paid $25 upfront on a friday for a blockbuster and i could have stayed on my couch at home. if that continues to happen, they will want to make the money on it. -- 60or your 62nd express second express. larry: record amounts of snow, 50 inches. eileen: single digit wind chills, it feels like one degree at reagan national. >> from georgetown to friendship alone there have been 17 vehicles stolen. sam: thi