The headlines this evening. Buttlers brilliance gives england something to celebrate on their tour down under. Kyle edmunds on the march in melbourne into the quarterfinals of the australian open. And kane scores again but southampton stifle spurs in the race for the top four. England have salvaged something from their tour of australia. After defeat in the ashes, they have won the one day series with two matches to spare. They are now 3 0 up after a 16 run victory in the third odi in sydney. Jos buttlers impressive century sealing the win. Alex gulragani reports. Under the guidance of eoin morgan, englands short form game continues to thrive, yet recently, the captain himself has struggled for runs. His, one of six wickets that fell with the score looking unfavourable for the tourists. Jos buttler and chris woakes soon changed that as the pair dominated proceedings. The final over of the innings delivered a half century for woa kes and all three figures for buttler. 303 the target for victory, one that aaron finch fancied chasing down, showing authority in attack. But the real power on the field lies elsewhere. The umpires wanted to check their decision to give steve smith out. Replays were somewhat inconclusive, but their opinion was the one that mattered, not smiths. His team still kept up the attack, Marcus Stoinis setting up a nervy end, but when he departed, england made sure their winning run would continue. At the australian open, more good news for the british no 2 kyle edmund who booked his place in the quarterfinals after beating Andreas Seppi overfour sets. In the absence of andy murray and Johanna Kontas early exit, hopes rest with edmund in melbourne. Carrying the hopes of a nation is no easy task but in the absence of andy murray britain has a new flag bearer. The rise of kyle edmund has been steady, his form here spectacular. It seemed that was about to change against Andreas Seppi. He lost the opening set and went down a break of serve in the second. He was however quick to respond, a change of shoes coinciding with a change in fortunes and there was no looking back. A decade seppis junior, edmund is the higher ranked and soon the gulf in age and quality became apparent. Both were bidding to reach a maiden grand slam quarterfinal although only one had the power and the poise to get there. Edmund becoming the first british man apart from andy murray to make the last eight in melbourne since 1985. Hopefully we have more british here individually. In the future. For me, im just very happy to get through and keep doing my best. I know people at home are waking up at silly hours in the morning so i am gratefulfor that. Edmund now faces world number three grigor dimitrov. Whatever the outcome, britain seems to have a new star to celebrate. David ornstein, bbc news. Tottenham lost ground on their top four rivals as they were held to a 1 1 draw with southampton who remain in the relegation zone. Harry kane was on the scoresheet again but both sides will feel its an opportunity missed, in their efforts at opposite ends of the table. James burford reports. Greatness recognising greatness, football continues to pay its respects to cyrille regis. How southampton would take his goal scoring ability now. In the relegation zone, saints will take any luck they can get and they certainly got a slice of good fortune early on. But that lasted barely three minutes. Harry kane, rarely far from the headlines, heading home for tottenhams instant reply. Premier league goal 99 for spurs. Conditions certainly played a part and set pieces were all the more important. Southampton inches away from going back in front. The game will be particularly memorable for this young man, 17 year old Michael Obafemi making his premier league debut. He was not far off a First Premier League goal, either. Chances fell both ways in a frantic finale. Kane, usually so reliable in the big moments, just missing out on a century of premier league strikes. A missed opportunity for both sides. James burford, bbc news. We must give credit to the opponent but it is true that our performance was not great and of course im not happy with it. What in particular . In possession, i think we need to move the ball quicker and create more. I think we made a lot of mistakes in possession and its impossible to win the game when you make so many mistakes. The spirit and the commitment on the pitch from the beginning until the end was really good. Obviously, against this team, this type of side, you can win and you can lose in one action, everything can change but i think we carved out some chances, they did too, but we were there in the game until the end. In todays scottish cup fourth round action, the Edinburgh Derby went the way of hearts. They won 1 0 at tynecastle thanks to a scrappy 86th minute goal, christophe berras downward header was just touched on by substitute don cowie and despite a valiant hibs effort to keep the ball out, it spun over the line. The only other game in the cup today between fraserburgh and rangers was postponed due to a frozen pitch. This is the fifth round draw in full, holders celtic hosting partick thistle. Hearts, after victory at hibs, havea thistle. Hearts, after victory at hibs, have a home tie against albion rovers or stjohnstone. Brora rangers of the Highland League travel to take on kilmarnock. Watford have appointed javi gracia as their new manager following the sacking of marco silva. Marco silva became the eighth premier league sacking of the season after the club blamed a run of one win on 11 matches and evertons unwarranted approach for silva in november. Javi gracia last managed rubin kazan and his signed an 18 month deal. Results today have seen the holders saracens qualify for the quarterfinals of rugby unions european champions cup, with welsh side scarlets earning a home tie in the last eight. Wasps had hoped to qualify, but despite victory, missed out to la rochelle. Maz farroki was watching. The final weekend of the champions cup is all about puzzling permutations. But through the damp and drizzle, part of wasps formula for qualification was clear, an emphatic win with four tries or more was the only thing that would do. Straightforward maths, simple score. They also needed to keep ulster to at bay and the other match in the pool to go their way. One too many distractions for christian wade, it seems. His wayward pass a gift for ulster to draw level. But that score would be ulsters only one of the match. After promising so much, their European Campaign ending in a damp squib as wasps continued to fly. In testing conditions, their forwards gave them the edge. The bonus point win secured only 15 minutes into the second half but their place in europe still in the balance. That is because they were relying on fellow premiership side harlequins to do them a favour at la rochelle. Quins could not progress any further themselves and could not hold back the home side either. La rochelle running out 16 7 winners. The french side into the last eight, then, but no place for wasps in this yea rs european equation. So this is the full list of ties. Saracens, who played yesterday, made to wait to qualify as one of the three best second placed sides, will face a dominant leinster side. Scarlets with that home tie. Europes no 1 golfer Tommy Fleetwood stormed to victory in the abu dhabi championship to retain the title he won last year. Fleetwood started the day two shots behind the overnight leaders but shot eight birdies in a 7 under 65, six of them on the back nine, to win the tournament. The 27 year old finished two shots ahead of fellow englishman ross fisher, while northern irelands rory mcilroy was a further two shots back. It was just important that we carried on going forward. Its all well and good having a great year and it was the best year of my life but we wanted to keep pushing. Like i say, i always want to know where my potential will take me but i wanted to keep pushing and make sure that we. That wejust, you know, kept improving and it was important to do that and this week feels like another step along the way, hopefully. The masters snooker is into its final session. We can bring you some live pictures now from bbc two. Northern irelands mark allen playing kyren wilson. They are tied at 44 playing kyren wilson. They are tied at 4 1; going into the final session this evening, this is the first session after the break. Wilson at the table currently. Looking to pot the green in a very tight opening frame. The first to ten wins it. Neither man has been this far at the tournament previously. We will have a debut victor. The match will conclude tonight. It is live on bbc two. In netball, scotland beat northen ireland 52 31 in their final world cup qualifying match in perth. Both teams had already qualified for the 2019 world cup in liverpool ahead of the match. Scotlands victory means they have topped their group. British skiier dave ryding clocked the fastest time of the day on his second run in the world cup slalom in kitzbuhel. The 31 year old was 25th after his first run, having made a big mistake. But he was more than six seconds quicker on his second, moving him up to ninth place overall. Thats all from sportsday. Therell be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening. Frances president , emmanuel macron, has told the bbc he shares the outrage of african countries about reports donald trump used a vulgar and offensive word to describe them. Mr trump was forced to deny being a racist when he was accused of making the comments during an Oval Office Meeting on immigration. President macron said it was important to understand the history behind the countries involved. He was speaking to the bbcs andrew marr. Let me ask you, if i may, about yet another leader. I wonder what you thought when you got up in the morning and read what president trump, i cannot say the word, had said about certain african countries, s hole countries. He denies it but a lot of people say he used that word and among the african countries who were outraged and very offended by that were many francophone countries, many french speaking countries in africa. I wonder if you shared their outrage . For sure. So. It is not a word you can use. And, and, if we want precisely to build peace, development in this country, and respectful relationships. You cant use those kind of words. But by definition and i think a lot of our issues in both the middle east and africa is due to a lot of frustrations, due to a lot of, in the past, humiliation. Yes. We have to understand that. We have to respect all the countries. That is what we owe them and that is. Much more efficient. So i have very direct relationships with president trump. We have a very good relationship. You sat down with him to dinner at the top of the eiffel tower. Sure. What do you make of him as a person, having come across him closely . Look, i think that hes. Hes not a classical politician. He, firstly. He was elected by the american people. Hes the president of the united states. That is a great country. I want to work with him and i think we have built a very strong relationship. We disagree on several topics. Sure. I call him very regularly and im always extremely direct and frank. He is. Sometimes i manage to convince him and sometimes i fail. Do you wake up in the morning, thinking, what did he tweet last night . No, no, because i dont think we should overplay the situation and the tweets. Im asking you. That is a sort of mix between personal and political reaction. I think it is not feasible when you are president of a republic like the us republic but like the french republic. To respond too much. Im asking you with a slight smile on my face but its very serious, Something Like the north korean situation, when trump basically says, my Nuclear Button is bigger than your Nuclear Button, a lot of people in the world think it is slightly unhinged and very dangerous. Yes, but the best answer you can provide to that is what . Just to say, we have to work very closely and seriously to force north korea to come back to the table of negotiations. We have to follow the un sanctions and implement them and the critical country in order to deliver it is china. Absolutely. That is what we discuss with president xi. Talking about bringing countries back. Calm down, everybody. Is there any chance at all of persuading americans to come back
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