washington hundreds of police have been deployed in melbourne australia where a far right groups are rallying against crime they blame on people of african descent the activists are meeting at the popular st kilda it's beach pardon me for what they call a discussion of melbourne's youth crime problem a counter to menstruation is being held by a group supported multiculturalism police have warned both sides will be conducting weapons arches and will be out in force to keep the beach safe let's go to kathy novak who is at the beach right now in melbourne so what's happening where you are kathy. well michel police are out in force as they have promised we've seen large groups of officers patrolling up and down the beach we've seen mounted police on horseback choppers overhead basically wanting to prevent any outbreak of violence as these groups of far right extremists have gathered one of the quotes on their web site was saying that they want to show the government that we will not stand for the cover up over african crime on the beaches the far right organizers include people who have

hundreds of police have been deployed in melbourne australia a far right groups are rallying against crime they blame on people of african descent the activists a meeting at the popular st kilda beach for what they call a discussion of melbourne's used crime problem counter-demonstration is being held by a group supporting multiculturalism caffyn of it has more from the rally in melbourne . well demonstrators here in melbourne are on the move in the beachside suburb of st kilda police have been trying to keep the two sides apart far right nationalist on one side and pro multiculturalism groups on the other the far right groups said they came out to protest what they said is a spike in african crime on the beaches there have been more reports of violent crime here in melbourne and there's been a lot of focus in the media on african australian groups call the other side say it's not fair to paint the entire community with the same brush and they say they have come out here in support of immigration and the african australian community. all right still ahead on edge is it a human rights

melbourne he's been his home since he was five. every day to try to convince you armstrong and i think you know what we know we're starting to grow up here who have to go why do washing has to convince young australian. on line is where ever they go tyson and his friends feel jantsch is just going to do to. you i realize it's not like one percent of us write this crime in every single race just. because it's. these people commit crime in every single race but with us for some reason it gets put onto the whole culture the whole. whole you not cultivate gets blamed for the actions of the few now. to. try to. use the. gangs of young sides are threatening a violent confrontation at tonight's the system. police arrived to reclaim the streets because to light and they were outnumbered. because. the focus on african gang crime began in march twenty sixth jane when violence broke out at the moon the festival at federation square in the center of melbourne i. had to gird survey of african young people coming together in melbourne there was

well demonstrators here in melbourne are on the move in the beachside suburb of st kilda police have been trying to keep the two sides apart far right nationalist on one side and pro multiculturalism groups on the other the far right groups said they came out to protest what they said is a spike in african crime on the beaches there have been more reports of violent crime here in melbourne and there's been a lot of focus in the media on african australian groups or the other side say it's not fair to paint the entire community with the same brush and they say they have come out here in support of immigration and of the african australian community the us system floyd eighty military stuff after a disputed presidential election in nearby democratic republic of congo president trump says the troops will support the security of u.s. citizens and personnel in case of violent demonstrations after results of the long delayed election on the cleared preliminary final results expected on sunday vote counting is still underway but the three main candidates of all declared they won the vote ca

hywel griffith, bbc news, melbourne. that's it. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm sarah mulkerrins, your headlines tonight. the gap at the top of the premier league is down to four — as manchester city beat wolves at the etihad. city's next match is against bottom side huddersfield who today parted company with manager david wagner. and he will he or won't he? there's uncertainty over whether andy murray really will retire from tennis. there is a bit of me that, obviously, i love playing and i want to keep playing tennis but i can't do it with the hit i have just now. -- hip. hello and welcome to sportsday. gabrieljesus scored twice as manchester city eased past 10 man wolves with a 3—0 win at the etihad. that cuts liverpool's lead at the top of the table to four points. it was easy work, really, austin halewood has the details after a christmas to forget, the new year has brought a renewed ruthlessness to manchester city. 16 goals in two cup matches, a statement of intent for 2019 but back to the premier league means back

headlines warn the streets of melbourne australia are by. its citizens under threat but not for good gangs. but how real abuse claims. one east investigates and how does it. i mean this is different not said whether someone's going for someone's favorite doesn't matter we mean true i think it's how you approach an official and i think it is a certain way of doing it to contest. the story and fly out. top stories this hour on al-jazeera the runner up in the democratic of the combo's presidential election has vowed to challenge the results in court citing catholic church election observers. says that he won with more than sixty percent of the vote. u.s. secretary of state of play was on his eight day tour of the middle east he says that the u.s. will continue to support its allies in the fight against beisel despite its military withdrawal from syria and u.s. president donald trump has backed away from his threats to declare a national emergency pay for his controversial border wall he told reporters that congress must do its job and vote to a

defeat for murray in melbourne. but he'll do all he can to return. defeat for kyle edmund too — just three brits remain in the singles draw. and i'm here at the etihad, where manchester city take on wolves as the race to the premier league title continues. meanwhile in a fight for survival, bottom of the table huddersfield part company with david wagner. andy murray says he will decide in the next week if he will undergo a second hip operation following defeat in the first round to roberta bautista agut. he said he would do everything he can to play at the australian open again but would be happy if his dramatic five—set defeat was the final match of his career. andy swiss was watching. goodbye, perhaps, to a sporting great. but if this was andy murray's signing off, he did it in typically thrilling style. earlier his fans had flocked to melbourne, knowing they could be seeing the end of an extraordinary era. i'm just breaking my heart, and i have to be there to witness this event. fantastic player. the guy's brilliant. nobody has hit his level i

in melbourne has named a super lucky dish after him and the next and the greek will next play the swiss reigning champion a roger federer federative beat american taylor fits in three sets to advance the feature mash of thieves ning in melbourne so for much as been madea shut up over get boss to defending a women's champion caravan what's new yaki. and now i have some breaking news coming in few german foreign minister says the disputed naval passage through the cash strait is not open for shipping moss was speaking at a press conference in moscow following a meeting with his russian counterpart the seven day for all of. the said that russian president vladimir putin has accepted a proposal from a macro for german observers to monitor the passage which provides access from the black scenes in the sea of salt created imposed in november citing the threat of a full scale invasion of russia captured three best in the straightest. you're watching the news coming up ahead jim lee becomes the latest country to say it might exclude the chinese tech shop while break from its high speed five g.

let's head live to melbourne park and gigi salmon. just give us an idea of what is happening at the moment. we already have a couple of winners, big names you mentioned, carolyn pliskova and madison keys safely through, looking tojoin them is madison keys safely through, looking to join them is former semifinalist at melbourne park and number one johanna konta, one set up on a player she has lost

tensions run high when for rights and pro immigrant groups run it one of melbourne's famous landmarks the demonstrations were held of the populace and killed of the heavy police curacy the far right groups were protesting against melbourne's youth crime problem they blame on people of african descent they were opposed by groups supporting multiculturalism you know back with more. killed in melbourne is usually a place to relax at the beach not today instead a scene of far right nationalists facing off against them left wing groups hurling insults across the police line with a very different views of the kind of a strain in which they wish to live and immigration nationalists say they came out to protest against crime on the beat. ges which they blame on australian african descent ok doing the wrong thing and there's still enough for everyone here in the all playable we want to have prices but we want our drug back we want them up sudanese australians in particular have been under scrutiny recently with the local media airing reports referring to african gang violence but those who ral

wasn't killed in melbourne is usually a place to relax at the beach not today instead a scene of far right nationalists facing off against left wing groups hurling insults across the police line with very different views of the kind of a stray leah in which they wish to live and immigration nationalists say they came out to protest against crime on the beaches which they blame on australian african descent ok doing the wrong thing and there's still enough for every hurt me all over we want to have prices but we want our drug back we want the lot but the sudanese australians in particular have been under scrutiny recently with local media airing reports referring to african gang violence but those who rallied in support of multiculturalism in australia say the minority group has been made a scapegoat for bigger issues i've lived in melbourne my whole life now there isn't a problem with african crime we have issues with us not having enough and guys aren't things today it's about the fact there's the fact that they're trying to scapegoat it on africanus ryans is really disappointing on

hundreds of police have been deployed in melbourne australia where far right groups are rallying against crime they blame on people of african descent the activists are meeting at the popular st kilda beach for what they call a discussion of melbourne's youth crime problem account a demonstration is being held by a group supporting multiculturalism police of want both sides they'll be out in force to keep the beach safe kathy novak has more from melbourne. police have turned out in force as promised they have been patrolling in large groups along the beach we've seen mounted police on horseback and also choppers overhead wanting to prevent any outbreaks of violence as far right groups gather here on st kilda beach they say they are here to show the government that they will not stand for what they say is an outbreak of african crime on the beaches there has been some focus in the media in the past couple of years here in melbourne on stories about crimes committed by a strain of african descent and some of the people who have come out to protest on the far right side include people who h

and there we re right across melbourne and there were alerts in canberra and one in syd ney were alerts in canberra and one in sydney as well. —— security alerts. in all these cases it is alleged parcels were sent containing dangerous substances and we know in a few cases, they involved an envelope inside there was grey material and the word "?asbestos written on them. 38 parcels were sent out by this man and so far, they‘ve recovered 29 of them and taken away for frenzied testing but they are alerting the embassies and foreign consuls to the possibility that there are still more out there unaccounted. i suppose we don't know how many more that could be out there and i presume all these consulate buildings must still be on high alert. absolutely. we think people have gone back to work as normal today and we know that‘s the case the british high commission and the new zealand office, for example, but they will be on alert. it‘s not known how toxic or hazardous this substance was. i guess we will learn more from the forensic examinations but the 48 to a man who comes from a coup

melbourne he's been his home since he was five. every day to try to convince you armstrong and i think you know what we know we're starting to grow up here who have to why do washing has to convince youngster is it. on the mind is wherever they go in and his friends feel job which is just to do with you. see i realise it's not like one percent of us this crime in every single race just. because it's. these people commit crime in every single race but with us for some reason it gets put onto the whole culture the whole. whole you might call it a gets blamed for the actions of the few now. to. try to. use the. gangs of young sides are threatening a violent confrontation at tonight's the system. police arrived to reclaim the streets but it was too light and they were outnumbered. because. the focus on african gang crime began in march twenty sixth jane when violence broke out at the moon the festival at federation square in the center of melbourne i. had to gird service of african young people coming together in melbourne there was a

to move on to the quarter finals in melbourne the american had to beat world number one simona halep and it looked early on that things would be easier than expected williams dominating the first six one how it didn't capitulate though she responded showing the kind of form the got into last year's final she took the second six four and the comeback was on wood. but after saving three break points williams broke her up to go for three of the round there she served out the six four to seal the match williams is now a step closer to winning an eighth australian open title and the twenty fourth round slam overall she faces carolynn a place governor in the next round was a potential semifinal opponent for three and is the woman that dominated her in last year's u.s. open final naomie osaka i was it was a day of frustration for alexander's variable in the men's draw the fourth seed have never been to the court finds in melbourne and you have to wait till next year to change that. the tour finals champion was beaten by militant round it was he was swept aside in three sets the canadian wil

hundreds of police have been deployed in melbourne australia where a far right groups are rallying against crime they blame on people of african descent the activists are meeting at the popular st kilda beach for what they call a discussion of melbourne's youth crime problems accounted demonstration is being held by a group supporting multiculturalism kathy novak is a st kilda beach in melbourne for so kathy just bring us up to date then what's been happening there. well the numbers have been growing as i have been here today i'm on one side of the police line here that's moving as you may be able to see behind me these two major groups the far right demonstrators on one side and the pro multi-culturalism protesters on the other have been moving around the st kilda beach area for the past couple of hours it seems to flare up and then they move on again we've seen some pepper spray used to break the crowds shouting on either side this all started because far right nationalist groups called people together to come to this speech to protest what they say is a rise in african crime on the beac

or sydney melbourne. but we can learn a lot from the why they went about it we're going to make sure we do. now compare that says that the dakar rally it's taking on one of the toughest courses in the history of the rice the root drivers and riders through the peruvian desert and this year there's a little restaurant in the way of mountains mud or trucks in a sanchez reports. a last look at the vehicles and their drivers the toughest race in the world is gone with five hundred forty one competitors and three hundred thirty four vehicles. traditionally held in northern africa this year the latin american country of peru is the venue for the forty one year old rally it's until you can since ninth dakar he says he's made it to the finish line nearly every time now he says he'll need to be very focused on the p.c. it will be a very difficult even though it's a few a day i think it will be very tough and several of us already know peru and we already know how difficult it is among the competitors one hundred t

killed in melbourne is usually a place to relax at the beach not today. instead a scene of far right nationalists facing off against left wing groups hurling insults across the police line with very different views of the kind of a stray leah in which they wish to live and immigration nationalists say they came out to protest against crime on the beaches which they blame on australians of african descent ok doing the wrong thing and there's still enough for every hurt me all we want to ever exist but we want our drug back we want the lot but the sudanese australians in particular have been under scrutiny recently with the local media airing reports referring to african gang violence but those who rallied in support of multiculturalism in australia say the minority group has been made a scapegoat for bigger issues i've lived in melbourne my whole life now there isn't a problem with african crime we have issues with youth not having enough and guys meant things today about the fact there's the fact that they tried to scapegoat it on africanus ryans is reall

well demonstrators here in melbourne are on the move in the beachside suburb of st kilda police have been trying to keep the two sides apart far right nationalist on one side and pro multiculturalism groups on the other the far right groups said they came out to protest what they said is a spike in african crime on the beaches there have been more reports of violent crime here in melbourne and there's been a lot of focus in the media on african australian groups for the other side say it's not fair to paint the entire community with the same brush and they say they have come out here in support of immigration and of the african australian community. the donkey could soon become an endangered species in northern nigeria hundreds of sold in rural markets every week with a growing demand for their meat and their hides but that interest reports now from dundon my one m.p. is pushing for a new law to protect the remaining stock. these animals are heading to the market it's such in that most of them will end up on someone's dinner table and the heights processed for export locals say the r

to australia now has been a huge police presence on the streets of melbourne those officers moved to break up competing rallies for right nationalists faced off against pro. immigrant demonstrators they were protesting against melbourne's youth crime problem they blame on people of african descent. wasn't killed in melbourne is usually a place to relax at the beach not today instead a scene of far right nationalists facing off against left wing groups hurling insults across the police line with very different views of the kind of a stray leah in which they wish to live and immigration nationalists say they came out to protest against crime on the beaches which they blame on australians of african descent ok doing the wrong thing and the stealing of forever hurt me all over we want to ever exist but we want to draw back we want the lot but the sudanese australians in particular have been under scrutiny recently with local media airing reports referring to african gang violence but those who rallied in support of multiculturalism in australia say the minority group has been made a scap

and back in her native japan of soccer's ardent fans celebrated her championship in melbourne. and as a result of the when she becomes the new world number one and asia's first ever player to rise to the top of the world rankings. or it will be saturday when is the games have concluded so let's take a look at all those results well but they men and frankfurt battled to a draw league leaders dortmund demolished hanover gladbach beat our whispered often home one against fire book mites defeated november they've accused and had no problem with wolfsburg and on friday how to. share the spoils on sunday by munich battle stuttgart and does sort of face life six. a festival has kicked off in switzerland knotting a touch of color to the skies over the swiss alps hot air balloon fans have gathered in the resort town of chateau de that's near lake geneva for the annual spectacle organizers say pilots from fifteen different countries are taking part this year they're also celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the first successful round the world hot air balloon flight which took off fr

tournament of the year all of the sports greats will be hoping to add another trophy to their collection at melbourne park. welcome to the program american evanston. weather experts are warning of more storms heavy snow and avalanches across the alps at least twenty four people are believed to have died in weather related incidents across the region. after a short break in the weather the snowfall in southern bavaria has been relentless this mountain process was closed after an avalanche swept down from the austrian side of the port it with germany emergency services rescued a group of skiis who took refuge in a mountain restaurant. scimitar back with me the mountain rescue team in the police escorted us down when the passes closed you can just make your own way down. most of the roads around the town of purchase garden have been cleared the biggest problem is the massive snow pressing down on buildings the thought followed by more rain or snow could destabilize some structures mystery in the thing we all eat around two hundred rubes a short while ago we could have said that's it we've done the job n

joining me from melbourne now is stuart fraser, the tennis correspondent of the times, who was at the news conference. you got more than he bargained for there. for sure. we had a rough idea yesterday that the end could possibly be near when we saw him practice with novak djokovic and struggled throughout. his hip struggles over the last 1.5 years. sadly, it wasn't good and confirmation game came today when he walked into the press conference, he was asked a question, said not great. it had to leave the room again in tears. it was very sad. he was warming up with novak djokovic and did look uncomfortable. did you get the very clear impression that he has said, if he gets to wimbledon, that will definitely be —— definitively be it? wimbledon, that will definitely be -- definitively be it? he might not even get to wimbledon. if he does, he has ruled out continuing as a doubles player. that will be at free him in professional tennis. the trouble is, knowing what is gone through, he's put in a lot. into one last go at this. sadly, it's not worked. can he even last four or five more mo

let's head live to melbourne park and gigi salmon. just give us an idea of what is happening at the moment. we already have a couple of winners, big names you mentioned, carolyn pliskova and madison keys safely through, looking tojoin them is madison keys safely through, looking to join them is former semifinalist at melbourne park and number one johanna konta, one set up on a player she has lost to this year, the australian pilot tom aisla tomyanovic. kei nishikori has his work cut out, i sat down to a polish qualifier, after being one breakdown, now they are in a second set. nishikori is in danger of going down two sets to love, something he has only come back from twice in his career. what can we look forward to in the evening? the day's at liners including the headline evening session, novak djokovic, looking for a seventh record australian open title, first since 2016, and serena williams, another former champion, for that it is overall grand slam singles titles, she is one way, 23, from equalling margaret court's all—time reco

at an emotional news conference ahead of the australian open in melbourne, murray left the room in tears before returning a few minutes later. he's been plagued by a hip injury for much of the past 18 months and was a doubt for this yea r‘s australian open which starts on monday. murray has played in 11 grand slam finals, winning 3 of them — wimbledon twice, and the us open. he'll also the two—time reigning olympic champion. yeah, obviously been struggling for a long time. i've been in a lot of pain for, well, it's been probably about 20 months now. pretty much done everything that i could to try and get my hip feeling better and, you know, hasn't helped loads. you know, i'm in a better place than i was six months ago but you know, still in a lot of pain and yeah. it's been tough. (breaks down) . andy, there's that mean it might be your last tournament? —— does that mean. and yeah, i think there isa that mean. and yeah, i think there is a chance of that, yeah. a short time ago i spoke to our tennis reporter david law who was at murray's news conference in melbourne and gave us

have some sports now and the australian open tennis tournament the huge greek speaking community of melbourne is going just a bit crazy right now because one of their own stephanos see boss has made it to the round of sixteen to mark is when a greek restaurant in melbourne has named a souvlaki after him something he said he wanted the greek well next play the swiss reigning champion roger federer of course freighter a beauty american killer fritz in three sets to advance to feature match of the evening in melbourne saw the former champion ria sharp over get past the number three seed caroline wozniacki. back later today after the winter break with a friday night match up between hoffenheim and reigning chavez fire in munich the two clubs held their winter training camps with byron once again choosing the warm weather of the persian gulf. byron have a tradition of holding their winter training camp in qatar but in recent years their form has been markedly better at this point in the bundesliga campaign their six points behind leaders brasil dortmund and face a tough test in their twenty nine t

world number one the simona halep was also a second round winner in melbourne there are many and came from a breakdown in the third set to be unseated sophia kynan six three six seven six four she faces venus williams next. and u.s. open champion naomi osaka had a relatively straightforward route into the third round she beat slovenia's temora . six two six four who seeded fourth here made the sydney finals at four of her last five turns. men's world number one novak djokovic pass joe wilfred tsonga it was a repeat of the two thousand and eight australian open final that gave the serb his first of six titles in melbourne djokovic twenty six three seven five and six for. rain suspended play in the match between me those thrown it out and stan wawrinka ronettes forced the match into four tie break sets before booking his place in the third round with a six seven seven six seven six seven six victory over the swiss who won the ozzy open back in two thousand and fourteen. and ages top range men's player kate corry had a five set battle with evo karlovic who served fifty nine hundred says

she won under the roof because it is raining today in melbourne against her greek opponent. another greek is on court at the moment is. and exciting young player who is 14th seed here. he is at one set all at the moment. thomas burdekin is a set down at 5— three up burdekin is a set down at 5— three up in the second set and later on today roger federer is the next match due on the rod labour arena. and then we have a blockbuster. maria shara poker against caroline was the ascii. two former champions meeting in the third round and then it will rathenau dell against another australian hope in the evening session. —— rafael nadal. there may be another late finish, not at all unusual in the australian open. but it's safe to say britain'sjohanna konta isn't happy about finishing her match in the early hours of the morning against garbine muguruza? they didn't even get on court until midnightand they didn't even get on court until midnight and they left 12 minutes past three in the morning. is a bit absurd and joanna said afterwards that she does not think it is healthy, t

melbourne down 8%. in 2018.y, 4.8% the main drivers of this downturn have been a gradual tightening of credit standards over the past four years. policymakers were growing nervous that the market was overheating. that led to a tightening of credit. loans touded limiting investors, capping interest only mortgages, calling for more verification of expenses and income. figures out today continue to show those measures have worked. juliette: it certainly worrying for homeowners. there was also that strong peak as well in prices seemed quite inflated and a lot of those key cities. how worried do you think the central bank is going to be in 2019? it doesn't look like they are in the path to hike rates. >> it certainly is a concern for the reserve bank of australia. they are concerned that a prolonged downturn could be a drag on consumption, which props up 60% of the nation's economy. the deputy governor last month warned, if the major banks poured back credit any further, that could exacerbate the downturn. a

and the feature matches the evening in melbourne so a former champion madea shot a poor get past the defending women's champion caroline wozniacki. the was anti doping agency wada says its inspectors have successfully of it covered computer data from a moscow drug testing the bar a tree access to the data was a key condition for wada to lift a ban on the lab russia's state sponsored doping scandal russia had previously missed an end of the year deadline to hand over the data leading some to call for another battle what us said getting the data out was a breakthrough for king's force could be used to build cases against russian athletes suspected of cheating. well the what is legal is back later today after the winter break with a friday night that shot between hoffenheim and reigning champion tradition of holding their winter training camp in qatar but in recent years their form has been markedly better at this point in the bundesliga campaign their six points behind leaders brasil dortmund and face a tough test in their twenty nine hundred opener against hoffenheim they're the only

defending champion in melbourne is converse nucky she's through its first grand slam since being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis she was in good form though against belgium's arsenal when i was there in straight sets six three six four i am former world number one maria sharapova had an easy match against the british qualifier harriet thought the russian was going for her second title in melbourne beat the brits and without losing a single game. now last season super bowl winners the philadelphia eagles have been beaten in the n.f.l. players they lost to the new orleans saints new orleans quarterback drew brees three for three hundred one yards and sioux touchdowns it's out the house overcome a fourteen point deficit they beat the eagles twenty to fourteen and clinch the n.f.c. see divisional playoff victory the saints will face the l.a. rams in new orleans next sunday. well his breeze coming off the field at the superdome followed by his teammates the sights also host the n.f.c. championship game for just the second time in franchise history. obviously we didn't start this game the wa

he's been drawn against the 22nd seed for his first match in melbourne. 15 people are arrested in spain as part of an investigation into match—fixing in tennis. 28 professional players are implicated. aaron ramsey's set forjuve but arsenal can't spend this transfer window. we cannot sign like, we lose one player. you do all you can. hello and welcome to sportsday. thanks forjoining us. the first grand slam of the year kicks off on monday. the draw for the australian open was made earlier today with, thanks to the seedings, relatively easy first round matches for the big names like roger federer, novak djokovic and serena williams. but the brits face a much tougher time, both the men and the women. joe lynskey has the details. the last major andy murray clayton was at last years us open where he was at last years us open where he was knocked out in the second round, it's going to be up against it to you can make it that far again. in the first major of 2019, he is up against this man, roberto batista in the first—round of the australian open. the spaniard already some immense titles

and back in her native japan osaka ardent fans celebrated her championship in melbourne. thank you. and as a result of the when she becomes the new wild number one and asia's first ever player to rise to the top of the world rankings it's. well the early saturday when does a games have concluded so let's take a look at all those results league leaders dortmund demolished hanover got back our expert hoffenheim hundred five book might stiffy did nuremberg leverkusen the had no problem avoids berkhout a belly and shocker shared the spoils still to come but they meant to take on frankfurt in the late game and on sunday by munich battle still got understood off face like a sick. well the festival has kicked off in switzerland adding a touch of color to the skies over the swiss alps hot evelyn fans have gathered in the resort town of chateau de mayo lake geneva for the annual spectacle organizers say pilots from fifteen different countries are taking part this year they're also celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the first successful round the wild flight which took off from the swis

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, he is due before the magistrate in melbourne in the next couple of hours so we will potentially learn more about the man accused of carrying out this crime. if he is eventually found guilty, he could face up to ten years in jail. more than 150,000 people are expected to attend the consumer electronics show in las vegas this week. it's the largest trade show of its kind in the world and seen as a showcase for the next major trends in technology. one of the biggest talking points of this year's show isn't new products, but the growing tension between the us and china, particularly on technology. our north america technology reporter dave lee is there. for decades, ces has been a thrilling ride into the future of the global tech industry. a multimillion dollar sales pitch of the weird, the wonderful, and maybe, the ground—breaking. companies from china have long been a familiar sight, with firms like huawei now taking up almost as much room as the top us names. it makes business sense for them to come here, because they can meet their buyers from all around the world. but while huawei

nadal then raced through the next two sets 6—4, 6—0 to reach his fifth final in melbourne. he'll face either novak djokovic or lucas pouille, who play their semi—final on friday. i have to keep doing the thing that iam doing, i have to keep doing the thing that i am doing, that is my feeling, just keep playing the way that i am playing. and let's see. that is my goal i think. doing a lot of things well. so i can't complain much. i am just focused on trying to keep doing the things that i am doing. and then expect to have one of those special days. former champions japan and iran are both through to the semi—finals of the asian cup in the uae. japan, who are bidding for a record—extending fifth title, squeezed past vietnam in their quarter—final in dubai. the only goal of the game was a penalty awarded for this challenge on ritsu doan early in the second half. and it was doan himself who put away the spot kick to send japan into the last four. they're into the semi—finals for the sixth time in their history. and japan will now face iran who enjoyed a comfortable vi

there was big and must reporting from london some sports news now the australian tennis open is in melbourne which has the largest greek community outside greece did you know that there were big celebrations when greek player stephanos made it to the round of sixteen a greek restaurant in melbourne has marked the win by naming a super lucky hafter him meanwhile one of the best matches of day five so former champion maria sharapova get past the defending women's champion or alina wozniak and germany's number two seed did i'm joined the care of a defeated german born australian kimberley boro in straight sets losing just one game a great way to celebrate her thirty first birthday. well this weekend sees the bundesliga return from its winter break illegal leaders dortmund are up against in this saturday's late game after an impressive first half of the campaign but one could finally stop by in munich's run of six consecutive bundesliga titles there's plenty of anticipation in dortmund they sit comfortably top of the table with a six point lead and complacency may be their biggest rival going fo

cement that certainly one of the plastic bags delivered to the new zealand embassy or consulate in melbourne had the work asbestos printed on the site so it possible it could be asbestos and have also been reports the embassies in camera have also been similarly targeted with the australian federal police saying today that they were aware suspicious packages had been delivered to it and this is across the moat and camera although we don't have any more details about the camera site at this stage a spokesman said that the packages were being examined by emergency services and the circumstances surrounding the incidents were still being investigated so a lot of police activity here a high degree of concern in melbourne but the full extent of the emergency still emerging ok roger maynard for us and sunny thanks very much for that and we'll have more on the story as it develops. now for a look at some of the other stories making the news today authorities in britain have launched a criminal investigation into a drone sighting that temporarily grounded flights at london's heathrow airport on tues

the australian open is now under way in melbourne. and for many tennis fans all eyes will be on andy murray as this could be his last competitive tournament. he's been struggling since an operation on his hip and at a tearful news conference last week he said australia may be his final professional appearance. live now to phil mercer in melbourne. he is going to play in a few hours. i he is going to play in a few hours. , who is he playing and what is the likely outcome, do you think? andy murray takes to court in a couple of hours time and takes on the spaniard roberto bautista agut. he does can teach —— can see that he is unlikely to win tonight, unlikely to win the tournament that he has so loved over the years and andy murray has been playing in almost constant pain for quite a few months now. he said hip surgery quite a few months now. he said hip surgery last year that he concedes that his career is coming to an end. the question of course for andy murray's fans, will he win tonight will continue if he loses? you would like

world number one is the mona was also a second round winner in melbourne there are many and came from a breakdown in the third set to be unseated sophia kynan six three six seven six four she faces venus williams next. and u.s. open champion naomi osaka had a relatively straightforward route into the third round she beat slovenia's temora . six two six four who seeded fourth here made the sydney finals at four of her last five ten. mins world number one novak djokovic pass joe wilfred tsonga it was a repeat of the two thousand and eight australian open final that gave the serb his first of six titles in melbourne djokovic twenty six three seven five and six for. rain suspended play in the match between me those thrown it out and stan wawrinka forced the match into four tie break sets before booking his place in the third round with a six seven seven six seven six seven six victory over the swiss who won the ozzy open back in two thousand and fourteen. and ages top range men's player kate corry had a five set battle with evo karlovic who served fifty nine hundred says it took misha cor

won the melbourne cup in 2015. they call it the race that stops the nation. and that victory was particularly well known around the world really because michelle payne was the first female jockey to ever win the race on the 100 to one outsider prince of penzance. this has sent shock waves through racing. what is alleged to have been found at the stables was a gun, cocaine and what they call jiggers, these are electronic devices that can help make a horse go faster by sending a shock through the walls. 50 what are the implications going forward, how is this going to be sorted out? well, the investigation is ongoing. three men have been arrested. australian police are then set who they are. 0ne police are then set who they are. one is reported locally to be darren weir. so we wait to see what happens with them. but clearly, how this pans out would be very important for raising both in australia and globally. and just exponent everyone why this is so important. the details of the investigation have to come out, but what we seem to be looking at is possible integ

tournament of the fear all the sports greats will be hoping to add another trophy to their collection at melbourne park. i'm married to evanston that's good to have you with us weather experts are warning of more storms heavy snow and avalanches across the alps last night an avalanche in the west austria buried at least three german skiers their bodies were recovered by rescue workers overall some twenty four people are believed to have died in weather related incidents across the region emergency services fear a brief respite of the downfall could only be temporary. mean as it has been covering the snow chaos for us in the alps and he joins us now for the latest so i mean what can you tell us about those german skiers who were killed. that's right as you said there were three found dead one still missing they went missing after they went skiing off slope and their wife reported them missing and they were the three bodies were found just an hour later at eleven pm unfortunately they had to call off the search for the last one because of conditions up there they're in avalanche territory the snow i

that eventually led to hip surgery injanuary at a melbourne clinic, which as we've heard murray was very positive about at the time. but after easing back into the game with a few smaller tournaments in the spring, he decided he wasn't going to be ready for wimbledon in the summer of 2018, so he bypassed the tournament completely. a big thumbs down for that decision. and following that, he posted these training videos clearly confident that the movment was returning and that eventually the hip would be ready for grand slams again. he evenjoked he might be in line for a place in the gymnastics team in tokyo 2020. there was more optimism too, when he came back fighting ahead of the us open in august but after a gutsy first round win he lost in the second round. and after that, we got the first admission that this was a career nearing the end. when murray missed a davis cup tie in glasgow in september, he said on instagram that was emotionally challenging, because he thought it might be his last chance to play in glasgow. and although even as recently as october, he was hinting there could

and andy murray has been back on court in melbourne warming up back on court in melbourne warming upfor back on court in melbourne warming up for what could be his last match ata grand up for what could be his last match at a grand on monday as slam he prepares for his first round of the australian open. you can keep up to date on the bbc sport website with the football scores. thousands of demonstrators are marching through london, demanding a general election and an end to austerity. it comes ahead of a crucial week in the commons, when mps are widely expected to reject theresa may's withdrawal deal with the eu. 0ur political correspondent, tom barton, has been at the protest in central london. this protest is just getting under way, they are just starting to march from here outside the bbc down to trafalgar square. this protest is organised by the left—wing group people's assembly, there are m essa 9 es people's assembly, there are messages that brexit is not the only issue affecting the country, it's one of a number of issues and the best way to solve those issues and unlock the b

andy murray has broken down in tears at a news conference in melbourne as he announced that he will be retiring from tennis this year. the 31—year—old has been struggling to recoverfrom hip surgery 12 months ago, and says even basic things in everyday life like putting on socks and shoes are causing him severe pain. the three—time grand slam winner wants to compete for a final time at wimbledon this summer — but acknowledged that the pain he is in means that next week's australian open could be the final tournament of his career. our sports editor dan roan reports. one of the country's greatest sporting moments from arguably its greatest ever sportsman. commentator: the waiting is over! andy murray's historic wimbledon win six years ago enabled british tennis fans to dream again. but after so many triumphs, today came tears. the star becoming so emotional when discussing a chronic hip injury, it all got too much. murray managed to return. sorry. but when asked if the australian open might be his last tournament, his anguish became obvious. um, yeah, i think, i think there's a c

are pretty well scattered the weather is changing you know australia the extreme heat in adelaide in melbourne has just about been pushed out of the way it's still there in camera still there inland in new south wales this is the active feature front if you like it's a change of wind direction so the higher temperature on saturday in in adelaide twenty six twenty eight in melbourne i say only but look at camber of forty there's active weather in the north of the monsoon is trying to show itself so heavy rains in the tropical queensland and further west of the cyclon just off the coast there eighty mile beach person is on its way up thirty four dry this is on sunday it still clabber potential big thunderstorms rolling down through new south wales as the heat is edged ever further north camber is down to thirty five and melbourne down to a far more reasonable twenty five. in afghanistan billions of dollars of international aid have been donated to girls' education but where is the money gone when east meets girls desperate to learn and asks why is the system failing them on al-jazeera i mean thi