the western balkans. serbia has the highest rate of pollution—related deaths in europe, according to the global alliance on health and pollution. guy delauney reports. filthy weather has descended on the western balkans. pollution levels have soared in cities across the region. face masks may offer some personal protection for those in smog shrouded places like bosnia's capital sarajevo. as for neighbouring serbia, forget about seeing the sights of belgrade, because when it comes to pollution, the picture here is even uglier. belgrade has hit the number one spot on the international air quality indexes. several times this winter, and that is not a cause for celebration. rather, it is a warning that breathing the air here is measurably bad for your health. citizens of serbia are more likely to die of pollution —related causes than anyone else in europe. serbia is at the top of the most recent survey in december with 175 deaths per 100,000 people. europe's next worst, georgia is some way behind on 1li0, followed by bulgaria with 137. in fact, only eight other countries worldwide have

to beat spain in their qualifying tournament in serbia, but lost 79 points to 69. they had already lost to china and south korea in belgrade, those two sides and spain have all qualified for the tokyo games. neil robertson leads graeme dott 5—2 in the opening session of the world grand prix final in cheltenham. robertson is playing in his third consecutive ranking final, having won the european masters a fortnight ago and he was runner—up at the german masters last weekend. they'll play to a finish tonight. that's all the sport for now.

, bbc news. in serbia, there now won't be a return to full lockdown this weekend despite the daily surge in covid—related cases. the president has changed his mind in response to a second day of anti—government protests against the reintroduction of lockdown. paul hawkins has the story. more anger on the streets of the capital, belgrade. for a second night, there were clashes between police and protesters. translation: our government is simply looking after its own interest. the people are just collateral damage. translation: stupidity, illiteracy, arrogance, thievery, aggression. serbia went back five centuries under president vucic. feelings here are still running high, even though the president changed his mind earlier in the day and said there would be no full lockdown this weekend. translation: the crisis staff think that there is room to do something else, and that is why they will probably make a decision tomorrow to tighten the measures, but without imposing a curfew. i want to tell the citizens of serbia that i am against it, and that i believe that the only solution i

victoria@bbc.co.uk or email victoria@bbc.co.uk. angry crowds in serbia storm the parliament building in protest at the re—introduction of lockdown measures. millions in melbourne are ordered back into lockdown for six weeks. and jimmy anderson talks about cricket returning for the first time this summer — and how they're honouring nhs and care staff. good morning. many lives have been ruined because health officials did not listen to the concerns of women — just one of the findings of a scathing review which has spoken to more than 700 patients over two years. the investigation, headed by baronessjulia cumberlege, focused on pelvic mesh, the hormone pregnancy test primodos and an anti—epilepsy drug called sodium valproate. victims have told us over years of the chronic and debilitating pain mesh has caused them while the medicines seriously harmed their unborn babies. the scale of the mesh scandal first came to light on the victoria derbyshire programme three years ago. every time i walk, it feels like something sharp it's inside me. the tape had come through my regina, so it wa

national mourning for one of serbia's most influential figures culminated here. patriarch irinej had been a driving force behind the completion of belgrade's massive church of saint sava, now he will be laid to rest in its crypt. bishops and politicians praised the patriarch as a unifying force in serbia. but doctors were worried about the impact of holding the funeral during a global pandemic. maskless mourners paid their respects the day before the service. a government epidemiologist called such scenes unacceptable, but at least some of the faithful believe in precautions. if we take care of ourselves the lord will help us, as well. the lord can do what we cannot. the manner of the patriarch‘s death may have concentrated minds. it's just weak since he presided the funeral of montenegro's senior religious leader, who died of covid—i9. days later, the patriarch tested positive for coronavirus. his death on friday leaves serbia morning one of its most prominent personalities, a social conservative who called homosexuality a deviation and a fierce opponent of kosovo's independence

get it, gutted." novak djokovic has taken serbia into the final of the atp cup in australia beating a rival who could challenge him for the first slam of the year. he was taken to three sets by russia's danill medvedev in sydney, but he won it to remain undefeated in the singles and gave his team an unbeatable 2—0 lead. they won the doubles too for another clean sweep. serbia will play either australia or spain in the final spain are leading that tie 1—0. serena williams needed just 43 minutes to beat her fellow american amanda anisimova and reach the final of the auckland international. she dropped only two games in the process. williams is looking for her first title for three years. she'll play two finals in one day againstjessica pegula in the singles and alongside caroline wozniacki in the doubles. there's worrying news for england, ahead of their first six nations game away to france three weeks' time, with an injury to winger anthony watson. he was floored during bath's defeat by harlequins he's only just recovered from a knee injury. quins won 25—19 but both sides were a

thinking then was that killing him would just have repercussions that work just to serbia would just have repercussions that workjust to serbia but clearly that thinking has changed. senior republicans here have been vocally very supportive of his assassination and many had thought the us had reacted too weakly to other iranian attacks, in the gulf for example, on oil tankers. but democrats have been very critical of the move when they see as reckless and some have bemoaned the lack of consultation with congress. joe biden, the potential presidential candidate, said the world had been set on edge by an erratic, unstable and dangerously incompetent commander in chief. a lot of people are wondering how this all fits in with donald trump's stated aim to disengage militarily with the middle east when we now hear that another 3500 us troops are about to be deployed there. thank you. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in kabul. iran is threatening soviet revenge but what kind of retaliation could that be? —— severe revenge but it has many means and many weight an

, because the smoke was inside as well as outside. world number two novak djokovic has led serbia to the semi finals of the atp cup. he did it the hard way, coming from a set down to beat ca nada's denis shapovalov in their singles tie winning the match in a third set tie break. serbia won the doubles too for a 3—0 overall win. they'll meet russia in tomorrow's semi final. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. jane dougall will have more througout the afternoon. i'll have more for you in the next hour. more now on our top story — and iran has strongly denied claims we have more news now on a woman who posed as a teenage boy to assort up to 50 girls has been sentenced to eight years in prison. this was 21—year—old gemma watts who created an online persona as a 16—year—old boy to strike up social media relationships with girls. we can hear from hampshire police relationships with girls. we can hearfrom hampshire police in a moment, we will be able to hear from hampshire police in the shape of dci nicholas plummer, who

. it's another game unbeaten, we are trying to build momentum. serbia will be a difficult task. hopefully we can give ourselves a platform to go in there with more confidence and we have now. well, what a nerve shredding win for scotland! they are to play against serbia next month, win that and there next place at the euros will be this. —— will be theirs. northern ireland did it the hard way, conceding an early goal against bosnia has got now, but in the end they got their reward. the equaliser, and it was going on. -- it —— it was game on. so, to another shootout where the host school finally cracked and liam boys sparked northern ireland's celebrations. into a play—off final against slovakia and with england and wales into the finals, we consider euros with all four home nations, that really would be something special. andy swiss, bbc news. england and wales have aleady qualified for next summer, and in their friendly last night, the rising star, who just can't stop scoring, did so on his senior international debut. dominic calvert—lewin, made it ten goals in sev

. and in brisbane, novak djokovic beat kevin anderson in two tie—break sets to give serbia their first victory at the event. it was close all the way in this one. eventually for djokovic, seeing it out, but serbia winning their tie 3—0. and that is all your sport for now. the president of uganda has begun a six—day march through the jungle — a journey of nearly 200 kilometres. yoweri museveni is retracing the route he and his supporters took when they seized power in a military coup. the march begins near the capital kampala. critics have dismissed the move as a stunt. the bbc‘s tim allman has more. for his supporters, this is a chance to relive a moment of national liberation. for his opponents, it is merely a cynical piece of electioneering. yoweri museveni will spend the next few days retracing the past, the same journey that he and his guerilla fighters made, some 35 years ago. we ended up back in kampala, on the first, on new year's day of 1985. president museveni was sworn into office in january 1986. he had helped overthrow the dictatorships of idi amin and later milton

been playing at a tournament he organised in serbia and croatia, which was scrapped after three other players also tested positive. players had not been obliged to follow social distancing rules, and the tournament saw stands packed with spectators. novak djokovic is opposed to vaccinations and has said he would refuse a coronavirus vaccine if one became available. katie gornall reports. it was an announcement that threw tennis into turmoil — the world number one novak djokovic revealed that he tested positive for coronavirus, becoming the fourth player involved in his adria tour event to be infected by the disease. in a statement, djokovic said: but djokovic has been accused of complacency for organising a tournament that wasn't just tennis in front of crowds — there were hugs, handshakes, and even a pretournament basketball game. the players were pictured partying together, but the consequences have been serious. grigor dimitrov was the first to announce he'd tested positive for covid—19. and while the players were not required by law to observe social distancing in serbia and

change. a win against serbia in belgrade and they'll seal a place at next summer's euros. i was still playing the last time scotland qualified. it was a very, very long time ago. so, yeah, there is definitely a generation that's missed the atmosphere and the feeling that you get with a nation when you do qualify, that proud feeling, so hopefully this group can deliver. there's been a setback for scotland's opponents serbia this morning. influential midfielder and crystal palace captain luka milivojevic has tested positive for coronavirus and will now miss tonight's match. there will be no fans in belgrade, but in belfast there will be exactly 1060, as northern ireland take on slovakia at windsor park. that's how many are allowed in due to social distancing. northern ireland ended a 30—year wait for a trip to a major finals, by reaching euro 2016 and could now make it back—to—back european championships with a win later. captain steven davis says victory tonight will be for the fans and he's looking forward to have supporters back in the stadium. hopefully that will help us. we a

a full apology to those who have suffered and their families. angry crowds in serbia storm the parliament building in protest at the re—introduction of lockdown measures. and johnny depp faces a second day of questioning in his libel claim against the sun newspaper at the high court in london. hello. the uk chancellor rishi sunak is set to announce a range of measures later aimed at boosting the british economy in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. among the steps includes a £2 billion scheme to create more jobs for young people. the fund will subsidise six—month work placements for those on universal credit aged between 16 and 2a, who are at risk of long—term unemployment. the chancellor is also expected to announce a temporary stamp duty holiday for home—buyers in england and northern ireland. there's speculation mr sunak may also introduce a temporary vat cut to help the hospitality sector, which has been hit hard in the pandemic. and the chancellor could give every adult in the uk a retail voucher worth £500 to spend in the worst—hit sectors of the economy. t

first men's major tournament in 22 years, after a dramatic win over serbia on penalties. more on that at 9:30am. boris johnson's closest adviser, dominic cummings, is to leave downing street by christmas after 16 stormy months at the heart of government. mr cummings helped drive through brexit last year, and has been at the forefront of the government's push to shake up the civil service. so, who is dominic cummings? in 2015, the former advisor to michael gove ran the pro—brexit vote leave campaign in the eu referendum and was behind the group's "take back control" slogan. after becoming the prime minister's senior adviser in 2019, the "get brexit done" campaign message helped the conservatives win a large majority in the general election. but he made enemies. there were many disparaging comments. he described some tory brexiteer mps as "useful idiots". sajid javid resigned as chancellor after refusing to comply with mr cummings‘ request to dismiss his special advisers. three months later, he was fighting for his political life in the downing street rose garden, after two oppositi

' winner. they'll play serbia next month for a place at european championship finals. northern ireland are still in with a chance of qualifying as they beat bosnia herzegovina, also on penalties. there were two goals in normal time, northern ireland went 1—0 down before niall mcginn scored the equaliser to take the match to extra—time and then penalties. the winning kick came from the boot of liam boyce. they go on to face slovakia next month in their play off final. dominic calvert—lewin continued his impressive start to the season as he scored on his senior international debut as england beat wales 3—0 in a friendly at wembley. the everton forward has scored nine goals in six games for his club so far this season and headed in this cross from jack grealish. conor coady scored a second before danny ings got this overhead kick to put the game beyond wales, his first for england, who now have two nations league games to come. they host belgium on sunday and then denmark next wednesday. mesut ozil has been left out of arsenal's europa league squad for the forthcoming campaign. th

all playoff final against norway or serbia. it's the biggest game in scotland's 's history since the playoff because it's the exact same. i'm looking forward to trying to get this, this 23 or weight of scotland not being a major tournament because although the fans will be there, hopefully by the fans will be there, hopefully by the time it comes around, fans can be allowed back in. the preparations are five from dell not far from our reveal —— far from ideal. are five from dell not far from our reveal —— farfrom ideal. and are five from dell not far from our reveal —— far from ideal. and very difficult circumstances by this time tomorrow night, steve clark will have hope to overcome the odds and taken have hope to overcome the odds and ta ken scotland one have hope to overcome the odds and taken scotland one step closer to the dream of participating in next summer's zero 2020 championships. —— euro 2020. england manager gareth southgate has reminded his players of their responsibilities after tammy abraham, ben chilwell and jadon sancho were forced out of tomorrow's

— which isn't a requirement in croatia. nor indeed is it required in serbia, we re nor indeed is it required in serbia, were pa rt of nor indeed is it required in serbia, were part of the tournament was held. you can see crowds there. we will wait to see if any more positive results come back from the result of that tournament. that's all your sport for now — we'll have more from the bbc sport centre later in the day. victoria, back to you. sally, thank you. let's return to our top story. 0ne minute's silence will be held later for the three victims of the reading stabbing attack. teacher james furlong, described as a "kind and gentle" man, was the first victim to be named publicly. and in the past hour, cbs news in america has confirmed the second victim was joe ritchie—bennett from philadelphia who had lived in the uk for the last 15 years. one person remains in hospital, but their injuries are not thought to be life—threatening. police continue to question the suspect in saturday's attack, 25—year—old khairi saadallah, who's been arrested under the terrorism act. with m

serbia. the british team are involved in that one. and a mens boxing qualifier has also made it's way from wuhan to jordan. professional boxing has also been affected. the super—lightweight world title fight betweenjose ramirez and victor potsol — scheduled for february 2nd has been postponed. while the international tennis federation has moved a fed cup group fixture to kaza kstan. the itf saying: let's have a quick round up of today's other sport news. england fast bowler, jofra archer, has been ruled out of the three—match t20 series against south africa next month because of an elbow injury. he also admitted he could be a doubt for the two tests in sri lanka in march. russian athletes could miss the olympics in tokyo after a new report from the athletics integrity unit recommended a blanket ban until doping charges against the russian olmypic federation are fully investigated. india have their first female professional footballer. the national team's top scorer, bala devi, has signed for rangers from manipur police sports club on an 18—month deal. st helen's have become th

. scotland and northern ireland hoping to reach next summer's championship. against slovakia and serbia respectively. you can follow it on bbc radio five. that's all from sportsday. from myself and the rest of the team, goodbye. hello there. most of us saw some sunshine today before the clouds generally gathered through the afternoon, and we've got some rain on the way. now, rain‘s moving in right now and will continue to push across scotland, england and wales overnight. on and just ahead of this weather front, some strong winds, too. gusts of around 40—45 miles an hour for some, and it's one of those weather fronts that could even wake you up overnight. the rain is going to be quite intense, quite heavy for a short time. on into friday, wet weather will be with us to start the day across the midlands, central, southern england before spreading to east anglia and the southeast. it does clear away through the morning, and the afternoon looks much brighter with some sunshine for all of us, but there will be some showers, particularly across northern and western areas. blustery winds

to help fight coronavirus in serbia. the wimbledon champion says he got advice from people around the world on how best to direct help where it's needed and he'll use family contacts to buy medical equipment from china and europe. 0rganisers of the 2021 rugby league world cup are to give away 2021 free tickets to uk healthcare and other key workers as a ‘thank you' for their hard work during the coronavirus outbreak. eleven time champions australia will be defending the trophy and tickets had been due to go on sale this summer but that's no longer the case. pre sale tickets are now set to be released in september before a public ballot gets underway on the 23rd of october. staying with rugby league — some sad news to bring you. frank myler — the last captain to lead great britain to victory over australia in an ashes tour, has died at the age of 81. the lions lostjust one match on their 1970 tour of australia and new zealand. he also won the challenge cup with widnes vikings as a player and went on to coach his hometown club after hanging up his boots. the president of the world

evening. both are one win away from a place. scotland face serbia in belgrade and northern ireland host slovakia in belfast, where our sports editor dan roan is. as you say, a huge night of international football in store tonight both in belgrade and here in belfast, whereas you say northern ireland have the opportunity to emulate the side of four years ago that reached the euros and the first major tournament for some 30 years. will it happen for them? we will find out in the coming hours. it will be the fifth time in their history that northern ireland have made a major tournament. given that they had to switch managers this year and were drawn against giants like the netherlands and germany in the group stages, it would be some achievement. in the past they have been cheered on against the likes of england, spain and greece. they will only have 1000 fans who have been allowed into night because of the covid restrictions but maybe it could prove the difference. meanwhile over in belgrade against serbia, the weight of history will be felt even more keenly by scotland. if they can do th

. victory over serbia in belgrade and they would seal a place at next summer's euros.|j belgrade and they would seal a place at next summer's euros. i was four the last time scotland got to a major tournament and my generation has missed out on seeing scotland at major tournaments and you look back on old videos and talking to the family, how good the tartan army is, and we know what a good fan base we've got and how passionate they are and we want to see them at a tournament. we are the next group of lads that can go and achieve it. setback for serbia. their influential captain and the crystal palace player has tested positive for coronavirus so he will miss tonight's match. they will be no supporters in belgrade but in belfast there will be exactly 1060 as northern ireland take on slovakia at windsor park. that is how many are allowed in because of social distancing. northern ireland ended a 30 year wait for a trip to a major finals by reaching euro 2016 and could now make it back european championships with a victory later tonight. captain steven davis says victory will be for the

good. novak djokovic has led serbia to victory in the first atp cup in sydney, helping to sink spain in the final. djokovic was unbeaten in the nations tournament, saving one of his best displays for his singles rubber against world number one rafa nadal winning in 2 sets. he was then was part of the doubles team that won the deciding rubber. he described it as one of the nicest moments of his career. in pool a of rugby union's european champions cup, northampton improved their chances of making the quarterfinals with a bonus point win over bennetton. in a game where the lead changed hands several times, the french side led 8—5 at the break, tommaso benvenuti crossing the line. the saints battled back with four tries after the break, fraser dingwall‘s score confirming the bonus point as his side eventually won 33—20. northampton are second in pool a. runaway pool a leaders leinster who did northampton a favour by thumping their rivals lyon 42—14. leinster have already qualified. lyon are third and host northampton in the final pool game. the england cricket squad has been hit by

leaders, the presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border was sealed and silent today. romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life, the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton his place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: the world health organization is to send a team to wuhan next month to investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic after an international row over china's co—operation. a court in france has convicted the accomplices of the islamist militants who carried out the charlie hebdo attacks in paris. their sentences range from four to 30 years in prison. a chinese spacecraft has returned to earth with the first samples from the moon in more than a0 years. the craft, without any crew on board, spent three weeks in space, sampling rocks and soil. the capsule carrying the samp

. but they suffered a third successive loss at the qualification event in serbia. 0ur 0lympics sports reporter, nick hope, is out in belgrade for us. britain heavily had won 0lympic basketball tea m britain heavily had won 0lympic basketball team in 2012 when they we re basketball team in 2012 when they were gifted the place of the host nation. the following eight years have been incredibly telford barely any support or financial investment. a probing of that success in serbia would help transform their fortunes. but it wasn't to be. despite defeat to china and south korea early in the week, the british women went into the final qualifying fixture knowing that victory by any margin would give them a place in tokyo. great performers against spain, however britain ultimately has no a nswer to however britain ultimately has no answer to the spanish accuracy or the intensity and it was the european champions who took the win at olympic place, 79—69. european champions who took the win at olympic place, 79-69. a missed opportunity, super disappointed, frustrated. i feel like i opportunit

. that seems to be true because even as the list lunches, it has been —— serbia has been taken off the list because ofa has been taken off the list because of a rise of infections. portugal did not come in at the start because the government was concerned by the infection rate there and a couple of outbreaks, although it is relatively small. i would expect, outbreaks, although it is relatively small. iwould expect, i outbreaks, although it is relatively small. i would expect, i would hope that portugal will be back on that list and you will be able to take that holiday to portugal in the short term, in the next couple of weeks, but unfortunately it is impossible to give a date just yet. another one that is evolving and could change. a question for felicity from matthew. concerning insurance. iam felicity from matthew. concerning insurance. i am due to go on a family holiday to spain in late august. all of the holiday insurance i have looked at is currently not covering coronavirus unless the policy was taken in advance of the pandemic. is that right? yes, so this is a real problem. lot

games look to be over, after they lost to south korea in serbia. victory for britain would have secured them a place in tokyo, but they lost by 82 points to 79. they face spain tomorrow. that's all of the sport. you can find more on these stories on the bbc sport website. women now hold more positions, up from 12% on boards. but there is still a lack of women in senior and executive roles. my name is francesca. i sit on the boards of several companies including air france, and an investment trust. even with her background as a successful business leader, getting her first boardroom position was difficult. it is an area where men often usually outnumber women. change is painful. there is a huge value attributed to chemistry on the board and of course chemistry, you have mainly with people like yourself. she says boards without enough women are putting themselves ata enough women are putting themselves at a disadvantage. it does not reflect your customer base and it does not reflect society at large nor your staff. the government has backed voluntary targets to increase the repres

make the difficult journey from northern greece into north macedonia, then serbia and on to bosnia, before reaching western europe. as part of our series looking back at 2015 and "the week that changed europe", our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, begins herjourney in the northern greek city of thessaloniki. these young men are mostly from afghanistan, waiting to jump these young men are mostly from afghanistan, waiting tojump on a train, jump and a chance to move further north and to give up, the chance to move to a better life. but so too are the police. police guns, police comes, we run. game of cat and mouse at this stop, this morning the police win. 0ften and mouse at this stop, this morning the police win. often do. 17—year—old sabir is from pakistan. how many times have you tried to jump how many times have you tried to jump ona how many times have you tried to jump on a chain? we are six times, seven times. each and every one of them, they try to hang on them, because the problem is here, police and immigration, but's why, the people leave this area. thei

attempting to get serbia back level with spain in sydney. roberto bautista agut beat dusan lajovic in straight sets. if it goes to the deciding doubles, they will be back out on court again, both expected to play in the doubles, rafa nadal and novak djokovic. liverpool's unbeaten run continues, a record 20th premier league win in their opening 21 matches, the best start to a premier league season. a 1—0 win over tottenham giving them a 16 point lead at the top. that leaves them with a huge 16 point lead at the top of the table. ben croucher wraps up the key moments from yesterday's action. liverpool are a tight—knit bunch, squeezing the life out of anything that gets in their way. if they're growing closer, the distance to everyone else has stretched from gap to crevice to chasm. the holes in tottenham's defence weren't that wide but roberto firmino found one just enough to thread the ball between defender, keeper and post in a 1—0 win in north london. so, should we just hand jurgen klopp the trophy now? what i know about football is if someone gives you the trophy, it is don

, after they lost to south korea in serbia. victory for britain would have secured them a place in tokyo but they lost by 82 points to 79. they face spain tomorrow. that's all the sport. bye for now. a group of senior conservatives is urging fellow tory mps to challenge borisjohnson's decision to give the chinese technology firm huawei a role in building the uk's 5g mobile networks. in a letter, severalformer cabinet ministers say there are alternative options which would not compromise national security. the government insists the decision was taken following a rigorous review and huawei's involvement in 5g would be limited. sir iain duncan smith explained why he's concerned about the decision. we are at a point where we need now to make a decision and the decision is a long—term decision, notjust on 5g but on 6g which is the big breakthrough, as to whether or not you have an organisation from a country that is an aggressor in terms of cyber warfare and a company that is clearly totally and utterly in the hands of the chinese government who demand absolute obedience on these matters.

presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border was sealed and silent today. romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life, the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton his place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. this is bbc news, the latest headlines. a court in france has convicted the accomplices of the islamist militants who carried out the charlie hebdo attacks in paris. their sentences range from a to 30 years in prison. britain's prime minister boris johnson has urged people to keep their christmas celebrations ‘short and small‘ to avoid spreading covid. but he says the relaxtion in rules on meeting up for the festive season will still go ahead. this week will mark two decades since the un declared an international migrants day. in the last decade alone, the number of migrants globally rose by 51 million — to an estimated 272 million in

leaders, the presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border was sealed and silent today. romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life, the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton his place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: i'm lewis vaughn jones. nigerian officials say more than 300 schoolboys ta ken captive by gunmen last week, are safe and well and on their way home. a court in france jails a morrocan man for life, afterfinding him guilty of a terror attack on a paris—bound train in 2015. the two departments that manage the united states' nuclear stockpile say hackers have gained access to their networks. the us energy department and the national nuclear security administration are the latest government agencies to be targeted as part of a massive cyber attack that some analysts and politicians ha

tournament in serbia, but lost 79 points to 69. they had already lost to china and south korea in belgrade, those two sides and spain have all qualified for the tokyo games. neil robertson leads graeme dott 5—2 in the opening session of the world grand prix final in cheltenham. robertson is playing in his third consecutive ranking final, having won the european masters a fortnight ago and he was runner—up at the german masters last weekend. they'll play to a finish tonight. that's all the sport for now. still 28—10 to the french in paris, the italians giving it a good go, but france looking to make it two out of two winds. sonny salford, thank you very much, 01’ sonny salford, thank you very much, or your weather is heading our way and it will get dull and soggy before the afternoon is out! thank you very much. votes are being counted in ireland's general election, chris page has no idea what the weather is like because he has been stuck in account centre. the results won't be getting to us quickly, we have a sense in a shift in irish politics. yes, we certainly do have that sense,

more than 200,000 lives. before an audience of world leaders, the presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border was sealed and silent today. romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life, the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton his place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: a senior repuiblicans finally break ranks with donald trump, mitch mcconnell, the most powerful us republican, after the president, congratulatesjoe biden on his election win. safe, and 94% effective, medical tests on a vaccine from the moderna lab, open up a path for the approval of a second us vaccine. the russian president, vladimir putin, has congratulated joe biden on his victory in the us election six weeks ago. the announcement was issued shortly after the us electoral college officially confirmed mr biden's win over donald

, the presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border was sealed and silent today. romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life, the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton his place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: more than a0 countries put restrictions on uk travel, as the country concedes it can't contain a more infectious variant of coronavirus. 32 years after the lockerbie disaster, america charges a libyan man with making the bomb which blew up pan am 103. the russian secret service has described as a ‘provocation‘ a taped telephone call in which the opposition leader, alexei navalny, tricks a russian federal security service agent into disclosing details about his poisoning in siberia earlier this year. mr navalny then posted a recording of the telephone conversation on his youtube channel.

more than 200,000 lives. before an audience of world leaders, the presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border was sealed and silent today. romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life, the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton his place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: the first consignments of pfizer's covid vaccine are being shipped around the us ahead of a mass immunisation programme starting on monday. britain and the european union have decided to extend the brexit negotiations once more after a phone call between the two leaders. an official in katsina state in nigeria says that 321 school children are still missing after gunmen abducted them in the north of the country on friday night. security agencies are searching a vast forest area outside the town of kankara to try to locate the

presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border was sealed and silent today. romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life, the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton his place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: our top story this hour — more than 40 countries have restricted travel to and from the uk — as the british government says it can't contain the new, more infectious variant of coronavirus. a leading chinese scientist at the centre of claims that the coronavirus leaked from her laboratory in wuhan, has told the bbc she is open to ‘any kind of visit‘, to rule out the theory. shi zhengli — a virologist who's spent years studying forms of coronavirus — was speaking as a team from the world health 0rganization prepares to travel to the city next month to investigate the origins of covidâ€

world leaders, the presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border was sealed and silent today. romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life, the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton his place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. the latest headlines. dozens of governments around the globe ban travel to and from the uk after the country detects a new more infectious variant of coronavirus. in the us congress and is months of wrangling to announce a $900 billion relief package for those hit hardest by the pandemic. joining me from washington is heather long, the economic correspondence, thank you very much for being with us. $900 billion, it's a lot of money, but where is it going? the money is going to small business relief, millions of small businesses have had to close again as the coronavirus gets worse in the united states, the other big

qualified for next year's european championship after beating serbia on penalties last night io their play—off final in belgrade. alex mcleish was the man in charge two years ago when they qualified for the play—offs and hejoins us now. you must be a proud man. after missing out on ten major championships, what is your emotion? relief, jubilation? yeah, i think jubilation. when we talk about relief, i guess sometimes that's what scotland takes, they equalise the last minute and you think, oh no, here we go again. the extra time. fortunately, we held on to the drawer and then the penalties was just absolutely masterful to behold. you obviously, everybody celebrating afterwards, i celebrated with my family watching it here in the house and everybody, for years and years, have now, are now living the dream and it's missed out a generation or two. they were flawless penalties as well from scotland. david marshall, the hero, he said that at 35 he thought his time would never come to go to thought his time would never come to gotoa thought his time would never come to go to a major cham

. it'll be either rafa nada's spain or novak djokovic's serbia who'll win the inaugural atp cup after both won through their semifinals. nadal was pushed hard by australian hotshot alex de minaur. after losing the first set, nadal took the next two to send spain into the final after roberto bautista agut had beaten nick kyrgios earlier. that's all the sport for now. more after 9. devolved government is back up and running in northern ireland after three years of political stalemate. the dup leader, arlene foster, has been appointed first minister while sinn fein's michelle o'neill is the deputy first minister. all of the main parties agreed to return to the stormont assembly this afternoon after a deal was reached yesterday. so what's in the deal? the new agreement contains wide—ranging promises, firstly to tackle the crisis in the health service and to try and resolve a pay dispute that has seen nurses and health workers on strike. there'll be more money for schools after months of head teachers saying they face an unprecedented shortfall. and northern ireland will get about anothe

romania, serbia, hungary, portugal and spain on the ist of may. that plays into philip hammond's argued. potentially. the uk governed has been a lot more relu cta nt uk governed has been a lot more reluctant than other countries to go into detail about how restrictions might eventually lifted. it has focused on that message of telling people to stay at home despite some governments in the uk like the scottish and welsh government is providing more detail. there are increasingly more questions being asked about the trade—offs and the impact of the economic shutdown, potentially in the long—term. philip hammond was arguing this morning on the bbc that emerging from lockdown would be complicated but needed to happen to avoid that irreparable damage to the economy. we have to start reopening the economy, but we have to do it living with covid—19, we can't wait until a vaccine is developed, produced in sufficient quantity and rolled out across the population. the economy won't survive that long. we are going to have to start reopening, but we are going to have to do it alongside the me

singles title. novak djokovic is attempting to get serbia back on level terms with spain, in the final of the atp cup in sydney. roberto bautista agut beat dusan lajovic in straight sets to put the spaniards ahead. and world number two djokovic broke world number one rafael nadal twice in the first set of their singles match, to take it 6—2. it‘s going with serve in the second set. the pair could be back on court again straight after this match — they‘re both expected to play if the tie goes to a deciding doubles. 16 points clear in the premier league following a record number of wins this season — liverpool manager jurgen klopp feels there remains room for improvement. no other team has started a season as well as liverpool in europe‘s top five leagues — a one nil win over tottenham gave them their 20th win from their opening 21 matches —not that they‘ll sit back and rest on that record run. i will continue this so strong so said he will not get up, whatever pep guardiola says. then we have to play there and stuff like this. stuff like this. i know i will have to do wit

they've failed to qualify for the olympics this summer. gb finished their qualifying tournament in serbia without a single win. they lost 79—69 to spain today and that followed defeats against china and south korea. those three sides have instead secured their ticket to the tokyo games. i'm proud, we thought every game. we played hard together. we tried, we tried stopping some people look at us tried stopping some people look at us and they think that we should be here, and we are here, and we are going to be staying, regardless whether we have got a ticket or not. iam very whether we have got a ticket or not. i am very proud of our team. the olympic dream is also over for great britain's ice hockey team. despite this goal from matthew myers they lost 4—1 to hungary in nottingham. gb had to win to progress to the final qualifying competition for the 2022 winter games. and, neil robertson has won his second ranking title in the space of three events after beating graeme dott10—8 at the world grand prix in cheltenham robertson, who won the european masters a fortnight ago, now has ano

. great britain's women's basketball players are making an unexpected trip to serbia, hoping to qualify for the tokyo olympics on merit for the first time. the tournament was supposed to be in china, but was moved due to concerns over the coronavirus. the team feel success in belgrade could also breathe new life into their sport. david mcdaid has more. for elite athletes, preparation is key and last—minute changes shunned. the gb‘s women, their trip to china has been more than welcome. my mum was, like, no, you're not going! this is a great opportunity we have andl this is a great opportunity we have and i didn't want this virus to stop us and i didn't want this virus to stop us from our goals. and the goal was to qualify on merit for the olympics, something no gb basketball tea m olympics, something no gb basketball team has managed before. getting to this point is all the more impressive as london 2012 gigabytes basketball had their funding cut, operating on a relative shoestring. we haven't got the support we deserve, really. just coaches in and out, changing different players, n