the winner of that will then get a chance to play off for a place in the world group ii.er league tonight — and castleford tigers are top of the table after beating hull fc 26—18. cass scored five tries in the match including two from michael shenton to maintain their 100% start to the season. that is all the support from us for now. you are watching bbc news and some breaking news to bring you know, we are hearing that the body brought to portland port today has been formally identified by the corn art formally identified by the corn art for dorsett of the professional footballer sala. it went missing when the plane went down over the english channel. the plane was found in the channel on monday. the body retrieved today. the families of sala and the pilot have been updated and they will continue to be supported by family liaison officers. the coroner will continue to investigate the circumstances of these deaths and search and rescue operation as we know was u nsuccessful operation as we know was unsuccessful in locating the plane and be to people on board to begin with

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and only if given that, well they have a chance to play in another play—off in april two reach world group, having won the match against slovenia. 0ur player is struggling, having won the first set, she was broken twice in the second set. she played extremely well to take the second set. but she has been broken back. the second single is likely to be very tight as well. 0nly back. the second single is likely to be very tight as well. only one place in the world rankings sell —— separates the british number one joanna konta and the greek number one. whoever gets through and we hope it is britain, will get a semifinal win. hope it is britain, will get a semifinalwin. you hope it is britain, will get a semifinal win. you can follow that on our website. the second weekend of the six nations is looming — and teams have been named for this round of fixtures — let's take you through the headlines. scotland made a strong start to their campaign, picking up a bonus point against italy... blair kinghorn scored scotland's first six nations hat—trick for 30 years during that match — but he's been left

the party and chat with musicians from around the world. groups every week w. l o and welcome to news from the world of arts and culture i'm robin merrill and here's a look at what's coming up today. we find out how you successfully combine eighteenth century opera and contemporary dance. we take a literary dive into the underbelly of the weimar republic in our latest installment of one hundred german must reads. and we visit an exhibition of christiane of yours iconic fashion in london. bots we begin with a production that's new to the hamburg opera it's the baroque opera and your idiocy directed by the legendary choreographer. who has been bad a director there for over forty five years so is this an opera or is it a ballet well actually it's a bit of both a choreographed opera if you like bending the genre a little which noir is celebrated for. his tragic opera ofis and you really see christoph look at one time revolutionize the world of music director and choreographer john knew maya continues this revolution with his production in. the version is done as a s

they would then get promoted to the second tier of the world group.w. feel real? you are finally manchester united still leading fulham 2—0. thank you 0lly. the next news on bbc one is at 6.25. from all of us, enjoy hello. you're watching the bbc news channel with me, shaun ley. let's hear more now about the department for transport‘s decision to cancel a controversial contract awarded to a firm with no ships to provide ferry services in the event of a no deal brexit. the deal has been torn—up because one of seaborne ferries main backers has pulled out. ramsgate's mp, craig mackinlay, gave me his reaction to the news. i am disappointed, because it seemed to be a good opportunity for thanet to be doing its bit for brexit contingencies. what has come out today, which is interesting, is that seaborne freight was backed up by a big shipping company from ireland, with 45 ships, and i don't know the reasons why they have pulled out of the deal. i would have thought that if they were looking at the ramsgate— 0stend route, i would have thought £13.8 million a

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britain's fed cup tennis team is doing well as they try to qualify for the world group.ay. jo konta fought back to beat maria sakkari. after losing the first set, konta pulled it back to win it a—6, 6—2 6—3 and give gb and unassailable 2—0 lead in the tie. earlier katie boulter had put gb ahead winning her singles rubber in three sets. there are eight teams taking place in two groups with the group winners facing each other in a playoff on saturday. the winner of that will then get a chance to play off for a place in the world group ii. and castleford tigers have gone top of the super league after a 26—18 win at hull fc. tigers scored five tries in the match including two from michael shenton to maintain their 100% start to the season. and that's all your sport for now. hello. we are seeing quite a stormy speu hello. we are seeing quite a stormy spell of weather across the uk. say goodbye to one area of low pressure that brought gwyn guscott to 79 mph over the last 2a hours —— brought wind gusts. our eyes are drawn to the next lump of cloud which is the next storm system

the party and chat with situations from around the world. groups every week on t.w. . following violent protests on the streets of paris the french government declares a state of economic and social emergency. moments ago it was down to boil over at some point this is really dangerous. the yellow vests protest against tax increases and demand a greater say in the running of the cunts.

great britain's fed cup team remain on course for a shot at the world group play—offs.tomorrow. we're starting with the crisis in uk racing... the lockdown has been increased after more cases of equine flu were confirmed today. currently racing is cancelled until at least wednesday, prompting concern overjump racing's biggest event — the cheltenham festival, which is just 32 days away. our sports news correspondent richard conway gave me an update earlier. so three additional cases of equine flu now confirmed by the british horse racing authority. that brings the total to six at donald mccain's yard in cheshire. in addition, the vha is saying that there is one suspected case at separate yard. in total, it means 174 training yards across the country are now lockdown, and the reason for this is because the vha is wanting to contain this equine flu as much as possible. there will be no racing until wednesday at the earliest. we will get an update on monday from the bha as to whether the racing can go ahead. they want to make sure that this is a short—term pain for long—ter

they would then get promoted to the second tier of the world group.land's third and final test against the windies starts this afternoon in st lucia. they've already lost the series but will be looking to avoid a whitewash. former world indoor champion dwain chambers will aim to win the british 60 metres title today at the age of a0. he remains a controversial figure for some following a doping ban 15 years ago. chambers has only competed twice since officially retiring injuly 2017 — he last represented great britain in 2014. the top two in birmingham will automatically be selected for next month's european indoors in glasgow, provided they meet the qualifying time. you can see how chambers does in his heat shortly — there's live coverage of the british indoor championships on the bbc sport website now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. they have kicked off at craven cottage, gold is so far. i will be back with an update later. this week: extreme weather predictions. 0n the mend with vr. and... # slam it to the left if y

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they have to win that tie ultimately to get into world group two.m we are told of this format is around the corner. but that is the equation for britain's women in 2019. you explained it perfectly, we all understand now! enjoy the tennis. those play—offs town in bath. back to the football now. a full round of fixtures in the scottish premiership and you just feel this is an important night in the title race, here are the six matches, the leaders celtic are expected to win against managerless hibs, the important game is really this one at pittodrie. 3rd placed aberdeen against 2nd placed rangers, you feel only a win will do for either if they are to keep themselves in it table top celtic 6 points clear of rangers, aberdeen a couple of points further back. if there is a winner tonight they should keep in touch with celtic but if it is a draw i'm guessing celtic will want aberdeen to win that is well. you feel that celtic, that will be able advantage for them in the title race. tyrone smith has sent us this from pittodrie. given the rivalry between the

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the party and chat with solutions from around the world. groups every week. this is a wash with a great and good of the movie business so you can guess what a big part of culture has in store today. yes this year's berlin international film festival is under way here in the german capital we'll find out what's happening on the ground from our very own david leavitt's. bonnets made for inspire a foam and dresses embellish with bubble wrap the work of a dutch artist who's turns packaging into renaissance koester. but of course we get underway with the bourbon and something which precedes the actual opening film the so-called march of the gladiators that's the introduction of the jury to the international press seventeen films are in the competition for the golden bear and this year the president of the jury is none other than the french star juliette binoche who had this to say about there being a lot of female directors in competition this year. well when i spoke with the task he said to me i'm very happy that we have seven films of women directors this year a

party and chat with visions from around the world. groups every week. the situation in venezuela could hardly be more complex the united states along with some two dozen countries is backing the new interim leader one way to russia and china support the incumbent nicolas maduro how's it going to play out my guess this week here in brussels is planned yes i let him know that who is venezuela's ambassador to the european union with the record of appalling human rights abuses does mr montoro deserve to stay in office.

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the old world group format of 16 teams playing in a straight knock—out competition — spread throughout in its place is a new 18—nation world cup—style tournament played over the course of one week in one country — and madrid will host this year's event. here's the draw in full. the 18 teams have been divided into six groups of three. the reigning champions croatia have been drawn in group b with the host nation spain and russia. the usa — who have a record 32 davis cup wins to their name — are in group f, along with italy and canada. each tie will consist of two singles rubbers and one doubles match. the six group winners and the best two runners—up will qualify for the quarter—finals. the competition re—vamp is worth 2.75 billion dollars over 25 years — and it's funded by an investment group led by the barcelona footballer gerard pique. this competition can be an amazing competition for tennis. and i wanted to change the format because i understood that the old format wasn't right for the competition. the biggest players were not playing it. it was very difficult for the players, beca

her tea and share with you from around the world. groups every week t w. o m welcome to news from the world of arts and culture i'm robin merrill and it's the burnet international film festival all the way today as it's coming to a close we'll talk to a film expert about movies in the stars and about the future of the festival. first of all the let's celebrate the great actress charlotte rampling who was almost on thursday evening with a special gold baffling lifetime achievement. she became a star back in the one nine hundred sixty s. with films like the dad and is known for her cool on screen presence she's worked with actors and directors from around the world performing in english french and italian now a golden bad life so. i'm an older woman and when you win you've actually lived to live quite a long life is great i actually have that lifetime celebrated my job goes beyond age it is beyond any kind of functional thing it's about telling stories we tell stories to die. and joining me now from the heart of the festival down in part some of. its cycloped

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the guardianship with dishes from around the world. groups every week. hello and welcome to news from the world of arts and culture i'm robin merrill and here's a quick look at what's coming up today film fans have already started lining up for tickets the birdland international film festival is about to kick off we'll take a look what's coming up over the next week and the heart. and series baking bread with. your masses who's making his way around the european union. the sixty ninth burnin film festival about is about to get underway and it will be the last fall festival directed to a costly he's been in charge for nearly two decades and in that time he's raised its profile to make it one of the major film festivals in the world i'll be talking to my colleague melissa holroyd about what's in store this year but first a look back ten yeah. we caught up with tito cost look at butlins film and television museum. for. the current photo exhibition there on the history of the belly nala also tells his story as festival director. he took over the helm in two

romania are into their first ever fed cup world group semi—final after a 3—2 win over the defending champions victory, french open champion simona halep, who's vowed to win a first fed cup for her country before she retires, dug deep to get the better of former world number one karolina pliskova in three sets 6—4, 5—7, 6—4. also through to the semifinals are australia, who beat the usa 3—2, belarus and france, who swept aside belgium, that the winning moment for caroline garcia who beat elise mertens in straight sets. now to the nba where the la lakers were defeated 143—120 by the philadelphia 76ers. both teams were evenly matched untiljoel embiid scored a flurry of points at the end of the 2nd quarter. the lakers' looked towards their star man in the second half, despite lebron james's efforts, though, his side were still unable to contain embiid, the cameroonian went on to score 37 points and grab 14 rebounds. lebron deciding not to stick around at the end of the game. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. hello. well, the end of last week was pretty s

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britain need to top their group to qualify for saturday's final which could earn them a world group play—offril. it's week two of rugby union's 6 nations championship. scotland gets things under way against ireland at murrayfield tomorrow. the women were in action tonight though and after a big defeat to england last week. ireland bounced back with a bonus point victory in glasgow. they put four tries past a tough scottish defence, prop leah lyons powering over for their second. saracens are through to the final of the premiership rugby cup... the defending champions comfortably beat worcester despite missing several players through international duty. replacement sione vailanu scored their fourth and last try. 38—22 the final score. sarries will play either northampton or newcastle in next month's final. wigan have made up their points deficit in week two of rugby league's super league... they'd been docked points for breaching the salary cap, but after tonight's 3a—16 win over leeds they're now on zero points mid table on points difference. it's a boost for wigan ahead of next week's world

the party and chat with stations from around the world. groups every week. well go along to news from the world about some. robin merrill and here's what's coming up. bright moments on the dark skies in denmark's capital we visit copenhagen spec light festival. german director toby ascribes is shaking up the opera world with his innovative productions. and will be at the taking a look at a german film in competition and. on the scene david levitz. it's winter here in northern europe the days a short the nights are long and it's dark the further north you go so the danish capital copenhagen has come up with the bright idea of an annual light festival to chase away the winter blues modern technology and talented light designers transformed the city at night into a kaleidoscope of color. lighting up the darkest weeks of the year in winter copenhagen turns into an open air gallery for light art installations by artists from denmark and many other parts of the world turn a danish capital into a tourist attraction in the cult.

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the party in chat with decisions from around the world. groups every week w. . hello and welcome to a new week of arts and culture robin merrill is a quick look at what's coming up today. on the fortieth anniversary of the a rainy and revolution we're joined by filmmaker marion's already born in iran's most infamous political prison a documentary born in. international film festival. she was a love addict and a serial cheater and wasn't afraid to write about it as part of our series on classic german books we look at the poetry as alaska and one thousand nine hundred twelve confessional my hols. thoughts we begin with a bollywood film with a difference golly boy had its world premiere international film festival over the weekend yes so a love story like old bollywood movies but that's where the similarity ends it's about a poverty stricken indian family whose son writes angry hip hop lyrics and smokes marijuana and he got standing ovations at the premiere. which got me boys about rap and freedom from society's expectations for everyone of that. group.

with a good building and definition oh i love the party and chat with you sition from around the world. groups every week. convening to find a compromise u.s. and chinese negotiators resumed their talks over a much anticipated trade agreement this is us president donald trump seems increasingly flexible regarding the deadline of the deal also coming up with the kremlin using billions of dollars to prop up ailing russian banks piece people ask how much of the bill will have to be footed by taxpayers. i'm chris cuomo in berlin good to have you with us u.s. and chinese negotiators have come together in washington to resume their talks on reaching a comprehensive trade agreement washington is pressing beijing to make changes to its economic policies which it says unfairly favored domestic companies through subsidies and other support at the same time china's top diplomat is demanding that the u.s. respect china's right to quote develop and prosper. washington is pressing china to end practices the u.s. says include intellectual property theft and forced technology transfers from u.s. companies was

thirty and chat with musicians from around the world. groups every week. this is d w news coming to you live from berlin a fire in the bangladeshi capital dhaka kills at least seventy people many others are injured and firefighters fear the death toll could rise blazes reported to have started in a warehouse before spreading rapidly across parts of the old city also coming up addressing the sexual abuse crisis in the catholic church pope francis convenes another precedented summit in rome we speak to a polish man who was abused by.

konta and her fed cup team—mates will play their world group two fed cup play—off against kazakhstanh and 21st of april. england'sjodi yewart shadoff is one shot off the pace after the first round of the lpga event in singapore — she opened with a three—under par round of 69. three—time olympic champion ed clancy led great britain to silver in the team pursuit at the world track championships in poland, as australia smashed the world record to claim gold. australia's quartet of leigh howard, sam welsford, kelland o'brien and alex porterfinished in a time of three minutes 48.012 seconds in pruszkow. that lowered their own world record set at the commonwealth games in 2018 and laid down a marker before the tokyo olympics in 2020. we thought we had half a chance, and we did. we put up a decent fight, and we need to look at the data, that was the best ride we've ever done, outside of field index. there is no doubt about that, this is an olympic package team, we will be going places. and great britain's women also took silver in the team pursuit, just like the men, they were beaten by aus

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the party and chat with citizens from around the world. groups every week doubling. the. it's the end of a short lived era airbus is pulling the plug on the a three eighty airbus this it will stop manufacturing its a super jumbo jet airliner in twenty twenty one also coming up two days of talks are now underway in beijing as officials from the world's biggest economies try to run go and trade a deal before and march one deadline. and a possible compromise over a controversial pipeline bringing russian gas to germany as the e.u. sets out new rules for north stream. welcome to do business i want to get jones in berlin good to have you with us so european aviation says it is discontinuing its superjumbo passenger jet to the a three eighty after a major orders by australia squanto us allies and to dubai's emirates were canceled good news for rival boeing in a major blow for airbus the company had hoped the a three eighty would squeeze out a boeing six seven four seven hundred or missionize air travel but airlines have been cautious about committing to the costly double decker

party and checked with musicians from around the world. groups every week w. w news africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes. on frustration in nigeria after the elections are called off minute. this weekend about. what correspondent in lagos. also coming out. of the new addition to its tourism industry. doing everything possible to prevent that. and. looking creatures under threat from extinction. just seize the big. welcome to news africa i'm glad you tuned in we start off in the millions where ready to vote the day. before the start of the pol the electoral commission the election voters will have to wait till next weekend to choose the next leader many have expressed disappointment and international election observers are worried. well i think there are concerns as international community as international observers as the one hand that the postponement happened so late in the process that happened just hours before the polls were to open people were moving towards the polls at the time. and. i think it's very destructive in that sense if they knew they

party and chat with musicians from around the world. groups every week t.w. . it was deliberate it just months ago was the daring newcomer in germany's musty blue chip index now payment services provider why are cards fighting for its reputation amid claims of wrongdoing at its highest level will fill you in on the details. also coming up georgia telecom projects regular profit in the years ahead what's eating at the c.e.o. of one of germany's largest mobile carriers. and the head of aston martin says a no deal breaks it is utter madness so then why is he building a new plant and wales. i'm stephen beard is in berlin thanks for joining us was only recently the darling of the german business press now it's fighting for its reputation why are cars the payment services provider who's growing business propels it into germany's blue chip dax index last fall has been the focus of a series of news articles claiming fraud at the company's singapore grand branch and among senior executives the fallout so far a stock in freefall and a major media company under investigat

party and chat with sessions from all around the world. groups every week. snow and that's where i'm heading i'm getting closer to the most subtle point of germany the algo i hopes. the state holiday rechy even in winter specially in winter in fact. almost all is located over there it's the winter sports center of the algo region in southern germany a perfect starting point for discovering the area i want to go up the mountains and of course come down in one piece i'll be on skis and on a snow by i look forward to lots of nature adventures galore. and we have plenty more coming up on the show. a trip to brighton in england where in winter you've got the beaches all to yourself . hot and sunny florida two of our viewers show us the warm winter in their hometown miami. and come new people be a pest sent us some fantastic shots of a road trip through central asia. this. town has a mediæval already. now with trips over two million overnight guests every year i want to know what draws them here. knows guaranteed because it's so beautiful. fantastic it's just a lo

thirty and chats with sessions from around the world. groups every week double. it's known as the city of three rivers in southeastern germany. this is where the dead you've been and it's reversed meet. and right in the middle of it all is the beautiful old town. the rivers are both a blessing and a curse they've made possible prone to floods but for centuries the waterways were important trading routes the wealth brought to the city is reflected in its architecture. for example the festool borrows it's almost eight hundred years old and one of the largest surviving mediæval fortress complexes in europe from the top there's a great view over the city of three rivers. i've always wanted to visit possible because of its special location and of course when i'm here i'll do a hike in the bavarian forest a popular destination not too far from possible and here's what's also on today so . we make a detour to who gets it possible our miles. our week leave your video takes us to the island of course chunk in thailand. and we accompany globetrotter steve finish to the fam

britain's fed cup team have landed a home tie against kazakhstan in april, in a play—off to reach world grouptime since 1993. they'll probably play at london's copper box arena. the british horse racing authority say strict bio—security control measures will be in place when racing resumes tomorrow after a six—day suspension. among the courses preparing to start up again is chelmsford, where racing returns on thursday, following the outbreak of equine flu in the sport. they've been doing everything they can to make sure there are no further cases. there's lots of bio—security been put in place, i mean we have com pletely put in place, i mean we have completely emptied our stables. they have been disinfected, steam cleaned and they will be bedded down, we have done the same to starting stalls and boxes so we are doing everything physically possible to make sure the horses that come here have a sterile environment to work from. well that's all from sportsday but let's give gordon banks the final word, after he passed away

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martin checked with musicians from around the world. groups every week on g.w. . following violent protests on the streets of paris the french government declares a state of economic and social emergency. it was down to boil over at some point this is really dangerous if. the yellow vests protest against tax increases and demand a greater say in the running of the country. we can't fight alone so we have to join forces then we can win the battle. but. a yellow vest demonstration in southern france peaceful and with an almost street party like atmosphere this. city fernandez helps to organize the event in the town of you. know not that it's just walking around who. see where we end up. not congress i now much call resign now come on we only seem a clue a big thank you for inspiring solidarity among us. a fair tax system is one of the yellow vests pivotal demands. on them but we're not asking for four thousand euros a month but we do want a minimum we want to live to not just work to pay the bills. on time they should make compromises. but we do that every day but n