federer takes on john isner in the final of the miami open later meanwhile australia's ashley barty is set to break into the top ten after winning the women's tournament the twelfth seed overwhelmed caroline uplifts cover it's in a career high fifteen aces along the way to a seven six six three win on saturday it's a fourth double take title all the more remarkable considering she quits tennis three years ago. now to a boxing bout that was decided by a by a british fighter has been disqualified after chomping his opponents during a heavyweight contest cash left teeth marks and david price's stomach forcing the competition to stop in the fifth round that didn't quite nip the incident in the bud though fans at the venue three drinks at alli as he was led away. and i will have more like a fourth look forward to it thank you very much now finally this bulletin whether it's shakespeare wordsworth kepler or kates or something far more where people's tastes vary widely when it comes to poets and they're getting more exposure through a modern platform jessica baldwin explains from london. well it'

final of the miami 0pen. the swiss legend beat defending champion john isner in straight sets. federer was in supreme form right from the start, clinching the first set 6—1 in just 24 minutes. the second was a bit tighter but federer came through to win it 6—4. kevin kisner will take on fellow american matt kuchar in the final of golf‘s wgc matchplay in austin, texas. kisner — last year's runner up — beat 0pen champion francesco molinari one up, in a close—fought semi—final. while fellow american matt kuchar beat the man who knocked out tiger woods — lucas bjerregaard. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more throughout the rest of the evening. thank you. hello again. we have seen some really big swings in temperatures over the last couple of days. yesterday we had highs up to 20 degrees in greater london but it has been nowhere near that worm today. it is going to get even colder in the week ahead. by tuesday we are looking at temperatures staying down into single figures for many of us. there will be plenty of showers around, some of them turning wintry

beating world number five catalina fisk of a in the miami open final the twelve seeded australian overwhelmed her czech opponent seven six six three on saturday this for her fourth w.e.t.a. title body will break into the world's top to. and for the first time when the rankings come out. and roger federer has he's eyes on a fourth title in miami as the world number four heads into the men's final federer dominated the semifinal beating the twentieth seed nineteen year old dennis scheib total of the thirty seven year old phèdre coming out on top six two six who will play john is not for the trophy and so. teamwork is obviously important in football but taking a penalty is usually something players can manage to do on their own not so these two strikers in qatar who may regret this bit of collaboration mediterraneans highly on the whole for the x. pass to all get off a teammate abdulaziz how to fail to fall the goalkeeper forty for them and went on to beat their opponents already on full two and that's all the sport for now more coming up again later peter thanks very much a day now

american leg was set to start in miami next month and finish in canada injune. mick jagger expects to make a full recovery and told fans to keep hold of their tickets as he hopes he can provide them with satisfaction in the near future. touring can be a tough business. all across the world, famous landmarks have descended into darkness — albeit only for 60 minutes — as part of a global call for action on climate change. earth hour takes place every year, and nearly 200 countries and territories take part. the bbc‘s tim allman has more. hong kong is renowned for its iconic skyline. but even here they sometimes have to turn out the lights. victoria harbour suddenly a lot less illuminated than normal. and the fight against climate change was the inspiration. we need to find a balance with this planet. it has finite resources and we believe that there are things that people can do, that cities can do, to help us achieve a sustainable future. earth hour began over ten years ago in australia. so it was no surprise to see sydney taking part. both the city's famous harbour bridge and th

start in miami next month and finish in canada injune. mick jagger expects to make a full recovery and told fans to keep hold of their tickets as he hopes he can provide them with satisfaction in the near future. touring can be a tough business. stay with us here on bbc news. hello again. we've got quite a change in our weather compared with yesterday, when temperatures reach 20 celsius in kew in greater london. the wind of change is blowing, and that is going to be blowing some cooler air across england and wales, such that temperatures will drop by about 9 degrees in the capital, highs of 11 degrees or so. the change is brought about by this area of cloud, this cold front that continues to journey southwards, still bringing the threat of perhaps a little bit of patchy rain over the next few hours across wales, midlands, east anglia into south—east england as well. further north, if you are heading outside, there is certainly a chill in the air with a widespread frost developing in the countryside, particularly in scotland, where we're looking at temperatures getting down to about â

atletico madrid who play later. roger federer has he's our eyes on a fourth miami open title the world number four heads into the final federer dominated the semifinal beating the twentieth seed nineteen year old in a circle of the thirty seven year old favorite coming out on top sixty six for. federer will face defending miami open champion john is no big serving american one this match against felix all seen seven six and seven six hundred twenty one aces along the way this victory it seems is most tiebreaker equal in the tournament to an impressive nine wins from. the women's final has finished in the last few minutes a bit of an upset in miami australia's ashley barty beating will number five catalina of the czech republic seven six six three now australia's cricketers have beaten pakistan in the fourth one day international despite a stunning effort from one of pakistan's young players opener had a record breaking century in dubai and finished up with one hundred twelve which is the highest score by a pakistan batsman on o.d.i. debut the home of the rich ones century also we

and roger federer has is i own a fourth miami open title but he'll face a big serving rival in the final details coming. to. us president donald trump is reported to have demanded north korea hand over its nuclear weapons when the two leaders met in vietnam last month that's according to the reuters news agency it says trump presented kim jong un with a document calling for his nuclear arsenal to be sent to the u.s. a lunch between the two leaders was canceled the same day before the summit was cut short article hain has the details from washington. this letter is significant because of what has happened in the past we know the national security advisor john bolton wants to pursue in north korea what he calls the libyan model that is where libya gave up its nuclear weapons or they believe they did give the nuclear weapons chemical biological weapons sent it to the united states in return for sanctions relief that is something that infuriated the north koreans they said that was a nonstarter and they were to cancel negotiations so president donald trump came out and said no we don't

and canada, which was due to start in miami next month. the band says their singer, mick jagger, needs medical treatment. earlier i spoke with chi chi izundu about what a tough decision it would have been for the band to make. it is quite a big decision for any band to make because of how much it will cost to put on and how much it makes, even just getting an insurance company to agree that someone can postpone a tour is a big thing. so, fourand someone can postpone a tour is a big thing. so, four and the rest of the band and his team around him to say that his medical illness is serious enough that he needs to take time off for medical treatment is a big deal, and for them to postpone the i7 deal, and for them to postpone the 17 date tour from the us, which was supposed to start next month in miami and end in toronto injune, is a big dealfor the band. miami and end in toronto injune, is a big deal for the band. there is lots of curiosity about what might be wrong with him. indeed, there is plenty of curiosity. but he nor his tea m plenty of curiosity. but he nor his team have g

their tour in miami and play 17 dates across north america, ending in canada in july. 0ur correspondent chi chi izundu said it was very unusual to postpone such a tour. festival, the rolling stones have been on this tour since 2017, they started off in hamburg in germany and have been touring around the uk, and have been touring around the uk, and then this was supposed to be the big north american leg. now we know that mickjagger needs medical treatment, except none of his team or him has elaborated on exactly what he needs treatment for. 0bviously what he needs treatment for. obviously there is a lot of social media well wishing out there but he says he is hoping that he will be back on stage as soon as he kannon his publicist has confirmed that doctors have said he will make full recovery. and people will not cancel or postpone these things lightly, so what will happen to all of those two dates and all those people who are so dates and all those people who are so looking forward to these concerts? well, the tour promoter has said that they will reschedule those dates, l

of her career so far in miami for the australian beat pliskova in straight sets. the first came through a tie—break and then 6—3 in the second. in formula 1, formula ferrari —— ferrari seem to have put their disappointments behind them. 21—year—old charles became the second youngest driver to claim pole position, beating ferrari team—mate and 14 world champion sebastian vettel by almost three gents of a second. world champion lewis hamilton starts from third in his mercedes. that is of the sport for now. see you later. thank you. mickjagger has said he is "devastated" to let down fans after the rolling stones announced they were postponing a tour of the us and canada. in a statement on twitter, the band said, "unfortunately today the rolling stones have had to announce the postponement of their upcoming us/canada tour dates. mick has been advised by doctors that he cannot go on tour at this time, as he needs medical treatment." earlier i spoke with chi chi izundu about what a tough decision it would have been for the band to make. it is quite a big decision for any

his eyes on a fourth miami open title as the world number four heads into the final federer dominated the semifinal beating the twentieth seed nineteen year old dennis shock problem of the thirty seven year old faber coming out on top sixty six but. i told my daughters before i walked out tonight it was even born yet when i actually played in the pro choice. so they're like hold on a second they did the calculation in the likes of these guys really young i was like yeah i'm really old but it's all good and at def it gives you an actual pap yeah no doubt about it. federer will face defending miami open champion johnny's man the big serving american won this match against felix always seem seven six and seven six seven twenty one aces along the way this victory extends is this tiebreaker record in the tournament to an impressive nine wins from the. qualifying is underway for the second formula one race of the season the bahrain grand prix earlier on saturday michael schumacher son mick on the left here at a good start to two his career in formula two the german finished eighth

handed to kim jong un before the. collapse. of. the fourth miami open title but he will face a big sigh. before and. thank you for joining as a teenager has been killed and more than two hundred palestinians injured during protests in gaza the seventeen year old was hit in the face with a tear gas canister fired by israeli forces tens of thousands have gathered at the fence that separates gaza from israel to mark a year since the start of weekly protest known as the greats march of return israeli soldiers have also fired and live ammunition into the crowds on the gazan side and hundreds of people turned out for the funeral of mohammed saad the twenty one year old palestinian died on saturday after being shot while protesting near the barrier fence a day earlier on a city and demanding the right to return to their lands from which they were expelled violently during the founding of israel in one thousand nine hundred forty eight they also want an end to israel's twelve gaza let's go live to carry fossett now who's on the guys that israel friends ari bring us up to speed with what's been

. in tennis, the women's miami open title has been claimed. the 22—year—old broke back and won the first set on a tie—break. barty broke twice to win it 6—3 and with that, she got her hands on the trophy. and some formula i trophy. and some formula 1 news to finish. ferrari have put their disappointing opening race in australia buying them. they have looked at the front i’ow them. they have looked at the front row of the grid for tomorrow's bahrain grand prix. clark became the second youngest driver to claim opposition. he beat sebastian vettel by almost three tenths of a second. lewis hamilton will start from third. and that is all the sport for knife i will have more throughout the evening. —— for now. a bbc investigation has discovered rogue traders are selling tens of thousands of pounds worth of receipts and invoices in a black market trade to cheat uk taxes. the dealers — who advertise online — sell authentic documents to enable others to fraudulently claim back vat and reduce the amount of income tax they pay. colin campbell reports. he wants to sell me £10,00

his eyes on a fourth miami open title as the world number four heads into the final federer dominated the match between the twentieth c. nineteen year old danny shapovalov header he was thirty seven came out on top sixty six but. i told my daughters before i walked out tonight that it was even born yet when i actually played in the pro choice. so they're like well hold on a second they did the calculation in the likes of these guys really young i was like yeah i'm really old but it's all good and it definitely is in accept that yeah no doubt about it well federal face to bending miami open champion john the big serving america won this match against feliks. seems seven six and seven six he said twenty one i says along the way this picture extends is this typewrite record in the tournament to an impressive nine wins for mine. tiger woods will play rory mcilroy in the last sixteen showdown at the w g c match play in texas later woods came back from two down against can't help by the sioux purp second shots only thirteen. three time champion winning his match foreign to michael

recovery. the rolling stones had been due to kick off their tour in miami and play 17 dates across north america, ending in canada injuly. let's speak to our correspondent chi chi izundu. you don't cancel a tour like this at short notice. do you know exactly what is going on? no, you do not cancel or postpone a tour weight this. the rolling stones have been on the store since 2017. they started off in hamburg in germany and have been touring around the europe and uk. this was supposed to be the big north american leg. now we know mickjagger needs medical treatment except none of his team nor him has elaborated on exactly what he's been treated for. obviously there is a lot of social media well wishing out there but he says he is hoping he will be back on stage as soon as he can and his publicist has confirmed that doctors have said he will make a full recovery. people do not postpone these things likely. what will happen to those tour dates, to all those people who were so looking forward to this concert? the promoter says they will reschedule these tour dates and like i say, no on

a full recovery. the rolling stones had been due to kick off their tour in miami and play 17 dates across north america, ending in canada injuly. our news correspondent chi chi izundu has been following the story. no more detail on what the medical treatment is for or how long he is being treated for, a tour is an expensive affair, it takes a lot for an insurance company to agree someone to be signed off to cancel a whole tour and postpone it, plus it will cost a lot of money. aeg and concerts west are advising ticket holders to keep hold of their tickets because there are plans that this will go ahead eventually. mickjagger has said he is sorry to all his friends in america and canada, he hates letting them down and is devastated to have to postpone the tour, but will be working very hard to get back on stage as soon as possible. if you think about a rolling stones concert, one of the things they are most famous for, if not for being the rolling stones, is mick jagger's massively energetic performance, there is a scientific report out there that show that when somebody is performi

boston. and to see. the sun. doesn't cost. a penny stock to. miami in. the dope the athletes are far ahead of the game the bara trees have never uncovered significant doping cases labs look for products that the athletes do not take anymore. meanwhile athletes take products that the labs do not know about so for ten years cyclists footballers and other athletes have used doping mechanisms without being detected. a simple customs check caused a scandal in one thousand nine hundred eighty in the car of the medical agent for team festina two hundred thirty five vials of doping substances and dozens of other products were found the no athletes had tested positive. while in one nine hundred eighty eight christophe persona was a part of team festina when it was disqualified from the tour. at the time he was the only one to denounce doping in cycling and early whistleblower. when. he left the professional the main still continues to contest the v t t frontally championship at the age of forty. christopher song has not forgotten the race for substances between the tour de france competitors.

expected him to make a full recovery. the rollings stones had been due to kick off their tour in miami and play 17 dates across north america, ending in canada injuly. 0ur news correspondent, chi chi izundu, has been following the story. there is no more detail on what the treatment is for or how long he has been treated for. putting on a tour is an expensive affair, it takes a lot for an insurance company to agree to get someone to be signed off, to cancel or postpone a whole tour. plus it would cost a lot of money. concert ticket holders are being advised to keep their tickets because they are assuring fans that this concert will go ahead. mickjagger has said he is sorry to all his fans in america and canada. he hates letting them down like this and he is devastated to have to postpone the tour but will be working very, very hard to be back on stage as soon as he can, and once again, huge apologies to everyone who bought tickets. if you think about a rolling stones concert, one of the things they are most famous for, if not for being the rolling stones, is mickjagger‘s massively en

pressure grows on the u.k. government. i'm joanna sport roger federer has his eyes on a fourth miami open title. serving rival in the final. alison ians have started gathering at the fence that separates gaza from israel they are marking the first anniversary of the weekly protest known as the great march return and saturday is also the lands day that is the annual commemoration of the mine nine hundred seventy six. death of six palestinians protesting the confiscation of their land to build jewish settlements now on friday twenty one year old palestinian mohammad sabha shot in the head by israeli forces while protesting near the border fence and he died on saturday morning over the past year two hundred sixty six palestinians including fifty children have been killed in the protests more than thirty thousand have been wounded or palestinians are demanding the right to return to lands from which their families were violently expelled during the founding of israel in one nine hundred forty eight they are also calling for an end to israel's twelve year blockade of gaza will go to stephanie

his teenage opponent. to reach the final of the miami masters. it's the biggest age gap in any match federer has been involved in. he's 18 years older than dennis shapovolov, but he still thrashed the canadian teenager 6—2, 6—4 and will meet john isner in the final. that's all the sport for now. now for the weather. hello. the one certainty at the moment is that we will have a colder week ahead. the change taking place as this cold front edges are southwards, opening the door to chilly air to begin with before we see another burst of cold air later in the moment, into scotland and northern ireland and into the afternoon, spreading across northern ireland. yorkshire southwards will be dry and sunny throughout and after the morning, fog on the west and it should be a bright afternoon. big temperature contrasts from north to south, 18 or 19 in the southeast corner, one or two isolated showers, but sunshine in scotland this afternoon after a cloudy morning but it will feel chilly, but it will feel a bit cold in the wind and the sun, a northwesterly breeze developing. getting close to

miami masters. it is the biggest age gap in any match that roger federer has been involved in. he is actually... he thrashed the canadian teenager 6-2, 6-4. he he thrashed the canadian teenager 6—2, 6—4. he will meet isner in the final. that is all the sport for now. you can find all the stories on the bbc sport website. more for you ina our‘s the bbc sport website. more for you in a our‘s time. president trump has threatened to close the border with mexico next week after accusing the country of not doing enough to stop migrants from reaching the us. american border officials say they're struggling to cope with a surge in asylum seekers from central america. mexico's government says it does not respond to threats. lets cross to the gaza strip. and ta ke lets cross to the gaza strip. and take a look at these scenes now. people are gathering to protest. it is coming up to the anna of a summary ofa is coming up to the anna of a summary of a double significant protests last year. cash anniversary. the fighting then before the state was founded, which many palestinians claim deni

vettel was fourth and look for. the fading miami open champion john is now is through to this year's final but he had to work hard to overcome canada's felix. seem the big serving american won this match seven six and seven six twenty one aces along the way this victory extends its most tiebreaker record in the tournament to an impressive nine wins from now. they may have missed in the world series last year but the los angeles dodgers are off to a powerful start in this year's major league baseball season jock peterson and enrique adam and is it two home runs each of the dodgers defeated the arizona diamondbacks twelve five getting eight zero runs for the major league opening day record and tying the franchise record for any game at the same time. the new york yankees are also to a winning start with a seven two win in the baltimore orioles masahiro tanaka throwing eighty three pitches and allowing just. to live as been suspended by california's athletic commission of the kissing a female reporter during an interview the bulgarian who was being interviewed by jennifer avali last sat

federer is back in the miami open semifinals and there were some amazing volleys to help get in there a number four seed won the first eight games of each match and eventually ousted six scene did kevin anderson six love six through something of a generation gap coming up the fed remember thirty seven year old weak nineteen year old dennis shot totals in the fire. was a great fighter look is a true professional regardless of the score is going to keep going for it and keep believing. you know in tennis you got to cross the finish line you can't wait for the clock to run down. in the women's draw simona halep had a chance to move up to the world number one ranking but lost it naomi assad is the incumbent but all helen had to do to topple her japanese rival was reach the final in miami the romanian is the number two seed but lost the opening set of a semifinal seventy five to catalina pliska from where she started to unravel in a stop start match because of the rain risk of a battle to win i'm consecutive games to take this match after a brilliant rally on match point seven five six one t

semifinal and the miami heat have a wrong coming up. hello again it's good to have you back while we are watching what is happening here in the eastern part of the med very carefully because this is going to play out to be a very messy situation for many locations in the next coming days here on saturday heavy rain is going to be a big problem as well as winds we're talking turkey we're talking syria lebanon as well as jordan as we go towards sunday the area really begins to expand out here towards the east and i'm really going to be focusing on iran because early in the week we saw some deadly flooding there and we are expecting to see more rain coming into play by the time we end the weekend well here in the gulf it is going to be the clouds in the heat for many locations and those temperatures are on the way up so here in doha we'll be seeing some cloudy conditions here on saturday sunday we expect to see a jump a temperature to thirty degrees riyadh at thirty three dhabi is going to be a thirty two and it is going to be clouds across much of the gulf scotto a beautiful day for you at

federer on fire dancing into the semifinal of the miami herald ben jealous here with the details. we're going to start this hour here across the eastern part mediterranean watching this very closely because as this weather scenario plays out we're going to be seeing some very heavy rain not only across the areas of the west in the vine but also in parts of iran i'm going to show you then just a few moments are right now we have an oops area of low pressure that is spinning bring some very heavy rain across cypress creek turkey as well as many locations such as jordan israel as well as into syria egypt is also getting some very heavy rain with the system but what i'm mostly concerned about is what is going to be happening in the next few days because this air of low pressure is going to be deepening and also bring some very heavy rain across much of the region now it's going to be as we go from saturday and into sunday that the storm really starts to increase in intensity as well as the widespread rain we're going to be seeing with the storm if you remember in the early part of the week

ten a soma. had a new world number one. couldn't hang on at the miami herald. thank you very much for joining us hundreds of thousands of people are expected to take part in government protests across algeria for the sixth week these are live pictures right now from the center of algiers where thousands of people have already gathered after initially calling for president abdel aziz but if he could to resign demonstrators are now demanding the removal of the entire political leadership of the three hundred people have been arrested amnesty international has called on authorities to stop prosecuting peaceful protesters and speak to al-jazeera now joins us from neighboring tenacious capital tunis where the arab league is meeting is the crisis in algeria going to be a burning issue at the arab league summit in tunis. wealth and official of the arab league summit said a few days ago that this this issue is not going to be debated of the summit i think obviously they don't want to be seen sort of interfering into the domestic affairs of this very quick to kill moment but definitely many ne

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-called killer robots and sport a look at this canadian teenager making history at the miami. when i'm pleased to say we've got some dry weather now make his way into iran i'm afraid it isn't going to last we got a fair bit of cloud which will see the eastern side of adoration here just pushing for pakistan afghanistan making its way towards the not a little area cloud just sliding out of iraq and you can just see the eastern side of the mediterranean what's in store for the early part of next week friday sees that cloud of rain making its way across northern parts of syria snow over the turkish mountains just. for ankara a couple will get up to about twenty five degrees but increasing cloud just making its way through that area that we have across afghanistan will produce them outbreaks of rain sleet and snow for a time through as we go through saturday by discuss come back into iran at about eighteen celsius and then we still have that system just drifting across that eastern side of the med pushing across into syria on saturday eventually early next week i'm afraid that will pop up

sports we've got a canadian teenager making history at the miami. our main border crossing between gaza and israel has opened four days after being shut down the erez crossing one of gaza's lifelines israel closed its borders after a house north of tel aviv was hit by a rocket and israeli jets attacked targets that means that we cannot talk to my german has gotten through to gaza city mohammed an update from you on just how how things have been now as we say four days after the initial attack and then the airstrikes by israel. come out i think the best way to describe the atmosphere the mood here in gaza at this hour is that it is one of relative calm but extreme worry . it is a lot calmer than it's been life has seemingly gone back to normal the schools are open the shops are open people are out and about but everybody you speak with is deeply concerned that things could escalate out of control at any moment they are telling us they believe that there could be more israeli airstrikes at any moment things could flare up they're also concerned because saturday is going to mark the first

the romanian tennis star is through to the semifinals of the miami open she got there by beating chinese player wang chang in straight sets six four seven five on wednesday is currently ranked third in the world winning this tournaments will lift her to number one it's very beautiful here playing against semifinals this is going to be a big challenge and maybe i can play my best i can do my best result here playing the finals but there is going to be a big match makes it around so i would be just ready we thought we enjoy in the plane this beautiful crowd these beautiful quarter because it's only a pleasure to come here. roger federer is reached the quarterfinals in miami the world number five daniel and medvedev is in straight sets to get there federer is looking to win the tournament for a fourth time the swiss will face south africa's kevin anderson next. the new york yankees haven't won a world series since two thousand and nine but baseball pundits are betting on them winning the championship this season and a pitcher mushing hero to knock out will start opening day as they

ahead on the news one of tennis is most controversial. at the miami open. just an update for you on the situation in algeria at the moment we're hearing that algerian ruling party has said that it supports the army's call for the removal of president. that would be you would think. the writing pretty much on the wall for the president not only the army wants them removed because of ill health but his own ruling party which had previously removed support for him we should say is now saying it supports this process of article one or two which would remove the president from power on account of ill health so just keeping an eye on that won't win you any more developments of course when they happen. now ukrainians will vote on saturday in a tightly fought presidential election more than forty candidates running but really it's a three horse race and a race that's happening against the backdrop of a conflict in the east with russian backed fighters that's now into its fifth year wars hurt ukraine's most economically important region it's drained public resources and exhausted the voters and

has suffered another surprise defeat which has been knocked out in the fourth round of the miami open by spain's were told by a team that good. questions have been raised in the u.k. parliament about british involvement in the war and yet the opposition labor party has demanded answers after media reports that british special forces had been involved in gun battles with yemen's hutu rebels the party's representative on foreign affairs any foreign real surprise the government over allegations that british forces may have provided support for child soldiers as part of the saudi un coalition. there is one especially disturbing allegation in the mail on sunday as report which was that our forces are providing support to locally recruited saudi funded militia where many of the fighters up to forty percent it was alleged are children as young as thirteen years old so i would ask the minister of state. if that is in any way true because if he is then he will confirm the offices are not just a party to this conflict but witnesses to war crimes i feel that we get to the bottom of those allegat

at a council meeting in miami earlier this month and plan is for it to feature twenty four teams and replace the confederations cup the european club association is concerned about congestion in the international match calendar the position was a stance of a sense today and we as you see a clubs will confirm that we are not willing to participate in this competition at this moment in time because of the congested calendar before we actually address the revamping of the club world cup there were and are still a matter of topics that we want to discuss and agree with sheaffer and they all saw under the umbrella of the international much tighter montenegro's football association has been charged by you a for over racist fan behavior it happened during their home loss to england in monday's qualifiers derogatory chants were aimed at england's black players while similar abuse has also been a major issue and australia the rules star liam ryan seen on the right has been on the receiving end of racist posts on social media referred to him as a monkey earlier his team the west coast eagl

competing at the miami open. european clubs have repeated their intentions to boycott the revamped club world cup which is set to launch in two thousand and twenty one for president confirmed plans for the new look tournaments at the council meeting in miami earlier this month in for dinos plan is for it to feature twenty four teams and replace a confederations cup the european club association is concerned about congestion in the international match calendar. the physician was stumped as a sense today and we as you see a club that will confirm that we are not willing to participate in this competition at this moment in time because of the congested calendar before we actually address the revamping of the club world cup there were and are still a matter of topics that we want to discuss and agree with fifa and they all fall under the umbrella of the international match times or spain will be without coach lewis and ray cave for their euro two thousand and twenty qualifier against malta because of family reasons that magically ends in just under an hour they're looking for a second strai

currently competing at the miami open. kyle edumund is currently playing his last 16 game in miami. he's taking on the defending champion, the 610" american john isner. edmund forced him all the way to a tie—breaker in the first, before losing that 7—5. into the second, on serve, 5—5. conor mcgregor‘s announcement that he's retired from mixed martial arts has been met with a degree of cynicism. the irishman established himself as one of mma's leading fighters, although his career has been marred by controversy, with an arrest and an order to have anger management help. it's also not the first time he's annouced he's retiring, so fans and commentators aren't convinced he's definitely left the sport behind. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. welcome back to westminster, where mps are building up to another big day in the brexit process, after mps voted in favour to seize control of parliamentary timetable. that means tomorrow, mps will vote on various brexit options to see if parliament can agree. t

. in sports simona halep stays on course to reclaim the world number one spot now the miami. hello there let's take a look at the close a look at the flooding that we've seen over parts of iran recently it's not only around the scene some pretty heavy rain over the past couple of days many parts of the middle east have you see the cloud that's working its way out of parts of saudi arabia and then stretching its way northward across many parts of iran and up towards afghanistan as well for afghanistan this is good news because we are in a drought at the moment and for iran we've just had too much rain in a too short a period shiraz that's the place we were talking about just there forty seven millimeters is what it took to cause us our flooding here doesn't sound like too much but the average for the entire month is only forty eight millimeters and we have this forty seven in just a few hours so of course it did cause quite a few problems in fact is quite a dry place and we only expect around two hundred twenty millimeters of rain in the entire year so really forty seven is quite a

fourth round of the miami open after a straight sets victory over venus williams. but there's been a shock defeat for caroline wozniacki. the number 13 seed was beaten in three sets by hsieh su—wei of taiwan. wozniacki battled back from losing the first set, to take the second on a tie—break. but hsieh raced through the decider 6—2 to seal her place in the last eight. nick kyrigos returns to the court at the miami open on tuesday to play croatian 11th seed borna coric for a place in the semi—finals. the australian was booed off after his win over dusan lajovic in the last round — with fans taking issue with him for serving under arm twice during the match. in the nba on tuesday, the detroit pistons are in action against the denver nuggets with both teams aiming to bounce back from defeat last time out. the golden state warriors got the better of the pistons on sunday leading all the way through the second half to eventually win121—114. while the nuggets' six game winning streak was brought to an end by the pacers. during england's victory over montenegro there were report

policies that have real impact on their lives i think alec are all the zero miami florida. a u.s. lawyer who represented the adult film star strongly daniels in our lawsuit against the u.s. president donald trump has been charged with fraud michael i'm not saying says he expects to be exonerated prosecutors are accusing him of trying to extort more than twenty billion dollars from the sports giant might be a minority has been released on a three hundred thousand dollars bail. funerals been held in iraq for yet another victim of last week's ferry disaster as well as the dozens of passengers who drowned three fall in tears also died in that take over while trying to recover bodies now the shah name has this report from walsall. mohammed just some awad was like many other iraqis displaced from his home by years of conflict and struggling to find work but these people gathered to offer condolences will remember the heroic actions of a twenty four year old in extraordinary circumstances mohamad volunteered to help retrieve bodies from the tigris river within hours of an overloaded amu

european champions are held to a draw by serbia. and hseih shines once again in miami, beating former world number one caroline wozniacki in a three—set thriller. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with football, and there were seven european championship qualifiers on monday. they included another comprehensive win for england who followed up friday's 5—nil win against the czech republic with a 5—1 victory in montenegro. it was the home side who score first, after just 17 minutes, with a fine curling shot from marko vesovic. but after that, it was one—way traffic. michael keane equalised for the visitors, before ross barkley scored either side of the break to make it 3—1. there were further goals for harry kane and raheem sterling — his fourth in two games — as england made it two wins out of two, scoring 10 goals in the process.