Simply a reflection of the grave allegations facing the Republican candidates Roy Moore Mr Trump had one Alabama with 62 percent of the vote in last year's presidential election but exit polls yesterday suggested that some conservative voters had become disenchanted with the president despite an improving economy in the States Mr Trump and his former chief strategist Steve Bannon had strongly endorsed endorsed Roy Moore but many mainstream Republicans did not and that was a factor in his defeat according to Debbie Dooley of the conservative Tea Party movement civil war within the Republican Party just got a little bloodier and the battleground is trying we're being confined to the problem here to the general election and I can tell you I am going to be urging to go after the u.s. In the senatorial candidates in the general election next year in stage right campaigns to separate their. President Trump was quick to congratulate the Democratic win at Doug Jones on a quote hard fought victory despite the fact that it means the Republicans will now only have a 51 to 49 seat majority in the Senate and the Democratic leader in the Senate Chuck Schumer said President Trump was to blame for the result Roy Moore was a terrible candidate but it would be a big mistake for Republicans to dismiss his loss only as a result of his of Moore's personal past the Republican brand even in deep red Alabama is positively toxic So how big a blow is this for the Republican Party from Capitol Hill I spoke to our correspondent Laura Baker 1st of all it reduces the majority of for the Republicans here in the Senate to just one vote and that has repercussions for president Trump's agenda at the moment they're working on tax reform for instance they want this tax reform bill through by Christmas and they're rushing it through because it while they still have the 2 vote majority so they're hoping to get this done before Doug Jones takes his seat so there are meetings right now going on with President Trump and behind the scenes to try to get this done that's how important this this entire election has been because it's changes what's happening here in the Senate and how quickly they need to do things before dog joins takes estate tax reform is a big part of that now so far you've had moderate Republicans who have held back their votes and through many of President Trump's reforms on health care and so far on tax reform president will now have to work with these moderates to get his agenda through if he wants anything to be passed but with regards to ramifications for the party they're trying to dismiss any notion that Republicans are on their knees after this deeply red state turned blue. They're trying to say that this was a one off a deeply flawed candidate and they'll say this will not happen again Democrats on the other hand as you can imagine are totally beside themselves with happiness they see this as a kind of victory for grassroots movement and a victory for getting the Fortec to tell us more about the man who won Doug Jones and the people who voted for him and what that might mean in the midterms next year or talk Jones was kind of relatively unknown when he is pro-choice which in a state like Alabama is a big deal because many of the certainly the conservative voters there are voting on one issue and one issue only and that is to prevent abortion and when you look at who voted for him you're looking at African-Americans 98 percent of African-American women voted for Dr Jones and those in the inner settings young people who live in a kind of brain the main cities like Birmingham they voted for him and when you look at the historic relevance the likes of Selma Alabama where African-Americans fought for the right to vote in the 196964 and here we are them electing someone past any kind of expectation I know electing Doug Jones to the Senate for the 1st Democrat to get there in a quarter of a century or make it on Capitol Hill in Washington equipment of breaking news from the u.s. The central bank there the Federal Reserve has raised its benchmark interest rate for the 3rd time this year it's up a quarter of a point to the 1.25 to 1.5 percent range it also signaled that there are likely to be 3 rate rises next Yeah. And we Carter the u.s. Recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital Muslim nations have come together to urge the world to declare the eastern part of the city to be the capital of an independent Palestine they met at an emergency summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Istanbul the host Turkish president Rich up tie up the one said the American Declaration meant the u.s. Could not be trusted as an impartial peace broker in the Middle East have you echoed by the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas. This is the United States of America will have. To lose its competency. As. To disqualify cells playing a role in the whole. Of the process so he should not accept any role for the lies dates in the peace process they have proven it. Is in favor of Israel or the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he wasn't impressed by the statements are Turkey correspondent Mark Lowen told me more about the summit in Istanbul Well this was an attempt by the 57 member organization for Islamic cooperation to coordinate their response to Donald Trump's declaration on Jerusalem so it was an attempt to harden their position to can't be a united front and they called on the countries of the world to recognize an independent Palestine and East Jerusalem as the capital of a Palestinian state they condemned Donald Trump's move they said that it was their Nolen voice and they called on the un to reaffirm the legal status of Jerusalem as the capital of 2 states the question though is whether or not Trump is going to listen and it's a very unlikely and also whether there's anything to really come into practice beyond the tough talks on the calls to 2 other countries given especially the fact that the u.s. Itself is a veto wielding member of the United Nations Security Council so any anything that would go against the White House busy. The u.n. Security Council would of course be blocked by the United States and also not every member of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation sent heads of state to this meeting known I think that's a sign that that the group itself is is it in terms of there are some some members of the I see some ms and Muslim leaders who are more pro trump than others countries like Egypt and Saudi Arabia for example sent ministers not heads of state given the kind of closeness that there has been in the last year between Cairo and Washington and Riyadh in Washington you've got the old Sunni Shia sectarian split within the organization and then countries that are trying to sort of cozy up to Washington and keep a closeness to their Muslim brethren at the same time and so that also I suppose weakens the potential for action of the i.c. And despite the strong rhetoric from rich IP tire. Did he do anything concrete about his threat to cut off relations with Israel once again he didn't but I mean the state of the relationship between Turkey and Israel is not good politically I mean they have ambassadors in each country but given the fact that president ad one again called Israel of terrorism a terrorist state and Israel has a similar hit back at Turkey in recent days that shows you the level of relations between the 2 countries I don't think they'll be a formal severance of diplomatic ties but this is kind of president add one really being particularly forthright in his views particularly strident. But we'll just have to see whether or not there can be a kind of coordinated action following the president add on by the other countries in in the days to come following this meeting Mark Lowen in Istanbul the some African President Jacob Zuma has grossly abused the judicial process in his fight against corruption allegations according to South Africa's high court Mr Zuma has now been ordered to pay the costs of the case himself and regarding reports from Johannesburg this was a withering and unprecedented judgment against a sitting president the high court in Pretoria. Described Jacob Zuma as behavior as completely unreasonable Mr Zuma had been trying to use the courts to block the publication of an explosive official report into high level corruption known here as state capture judge Dunstan Mambo was having none of it his conduct was but short of that expectation of him as head of state was reckless and at that and it isn't that his quote challenge has the desired thing in further delaying it is allusions of the speed up to a linkage in a final rebuke the court ordered Mr Zuma to pay all legal fees from his own pocket there were cheers from the public gallery. The South African judiciary is flexing its muscles here at a time of deepening anxiety about state corruption and the parent impunity Mr Zuma has been accused of conspiring with the wealthy business family the Gupta's to control lucrative state contracts they deny any wrongdoing all this South Africa's governing a.n.c. Is battling to choose Mr Zuma successor as party leader there is a great deal at stake here right now Andrew Harding This is the newsroom from a b.b.c. World Service Marian as I had lines us Democrats say the Republican loss of a safe Senate seat shows that major tax reforms backed by President Trump should be put on hot more than 50 Muslim countries meeting in Turkey have accused the u.s. Of withdrawing from sponsoring peace in the Middle East by recognizing Jerusalem as the Israeli capital and un special rapporteur says he believes a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay is still being tortured a senior Red Cross official who's just visited me and Maher says life for range of Muslims there has come to a complete standstill We'll hear more about that in just a moment but just some breaking news from Parliament in Westminster the British government has been defeated in a vote on Breck's it an amendment was passed that means or implications for the negotiations. Head there will bring in the details when we speak to our political correspondent and little later in the program so the Red Cross director of operations Dominic still heart visited me and Mar and after he returned he said that people who haven't fledged to Bangladesh referring to the Muslims those who haven't fled to escape the violence a currently stuck in their villages life has stopped in its track because people are simply scared to even leave their villages access their fields go to the markets there are hardly any people moving around and you can really see. That life has come to a halt the number of people leaving has now fallen but Mr still heart says the ranges in Myanmar are still afraid there are hardly any incidents of violence right now Nevertheless people continue to flee on the one a much lower scale we are talking about perhaps 300 people a day if for now I was. In my discussions with communities in the north of Iraq and when I asked them why are there still people leaving the main reason is really a fear and too excited for their future they don't know what the future holds in store. Therefore there are still people who think Kerry is better for them to cross the border to start also gave details of what life was like for the Buddhist population in Iraq kind of state he said attacks by militias was also creating fear was in the it struck me is that it's not just the Muslim communities from Iraq that are scared it's very much all the communities in one rock region I was that people told me Look we are very scared things that 25th of August because the police station of our village was attacked you know or that our neighbors that are just 500 meters away in Libya. They are also scared of you really get the saints of both main communities deeply scared of the job that Tomic still had director of operations for the Red Cross just back from a visit to rock kind state in Manama Let's get more details now on that breaking news the British prime minister to resign may suffering a defeat in relation to the withdrawal bill to take Britain out of the European Union let's hear the result that's just been announced in Parliament. The ice to the right 309 the nose to the left 305. When I speak to our political correspondent Rob Watson Rob What was the vote about what does it all mean it's hugely significant and let me try and explain why essentially what has happened now going into the details of the vote in a 2nd that it is hugely significant is that this is parliament saying look when it comes to the arrangement that Britain is going to make the initial arrangements about withdrawing from the e.u. In the shape of the future deal we don't trust you the government to do this entirely on your own we want a separate legally binding vote on that and that of course is hugely problematic for the government because the censure what reason they are then saying to Parliament was look you you will get a vote but it will be sort of on a take it or leave it based us and so essentially what they voted on was an amendment without getting too technical about all this stuff saying look parliament is going to have to have a vote on the deal before crucially before Britain leaves the European Union so that means if Parliament doesn't like the way negotiations are going they're going to send David Davis new ever back to Brussels to try and renegotiate and perhaps I should be a bit less arse about all of us and say why it really matters because let's say to reason Mayo's pressing for this idea of leaving the European Union a really kind of a card clean break however you'd like to describe it leaving the costumes Union and leaving the single market it may be that there just aren't the votes in parliament for that kind of deal and in other words. I guess it's I guess one perhaps one could put it this way perhaps to reason they will have to be more mindful of people who are on the remains side of the argument and she has up until this point and embarrassing for the government it is and of course one of the arguments that the government made as Crikey don't do this to to reason May She's about to go to the European Union to Brussels or to get them to sign off on that deal. It was a agreed last week I mean I'm not entirely sure that that's a very convincing argument in the sense that the European Union already knows that's reason there is a weak leader of a divided government so I'm not sure that they're significantly worse than supposition but it's certainly a headache she could have done without So briefly she's not under threat as prime minister anymore than she was I don't think so no but I mean so this makes her life more difficult Robertson thank you. Well next to a shocking case that's ended in the Democratic Republic of Congo a dozen militia men have been jailed for life for raping around 40 children one of them a baby a military tribunal ruled that a crime against humanity had been committed campaigners fighting for justice for victims of sexual crimes have declared the judgement a victory in their attempts to change a culture of impunity in the d.r. See James Copnall from Africa desk is here very disturbing crimes but significant because justice has been upheld here yes and that is relatively unusual in the Democratic Republic of Congo there is huge amounts of impunity around cases of sexual violence and I think it's probably significant that this was an incredibly shocking case so yes we're talking around 40 children some as young as one. All extremely obvious Lee as children extreme sexual violence they were found in a hospital that deals with cases of sexual violence in the town of these cases happened in a town nearby and you wouldn't usually expect in the Democratic Republic of Congo convictions for something like this but it has happened I think in part because of the international outcry because of the really terribly shocking nature of this these cases so could this verdict change behavior of these young men armed young men fighting for whatever cause Well I think that's quite difficult because many of the young men fighting in different parts of the Democratic have in Congo may not even be aware of this verdict certainly the Congolese government is using this to say we are serious we are making a great effort to fight against rape and other forms of sexual violence we are serious look at this case and campaigners are saying Ok yes this is great this is a step forward but what about all the other hundreds or thousands or even hundreds of thousands of women who've been raped over the last. A few years in the country what about justice for them so it's a step forward whether it will stop others committing rapes is I think still to be shown but there's so much more work to be done James Copnall thank you 124 g.m.t. Sport now and the British cyclist and 4 time Tour de France winner Chris Froome is being investigated after a drug test returned suspicious results the test relates to the Spanish race the world spaniel which Froome won in September he was found who had double the allowed level of a legal us medication in his system cycling's world governing body the u.c.i. Wants more details but it hasn't suspended him the sports editor Dan Ronan explains the implications having come to dominate the Tour de France in recent seasons Chris Froome is a stylish himself as the preeminent force in his sport and his country's greatest road cyclist but the British star now faces a fight to salvage his reputation Froome has repeatedly been forced to insist he's clean facing abuse from some roadside spectators in 2015 who even threw your ring in his face but his cycling look to recover from its troubled past with doping his success symbolized a new era for rumors employers Team Sky have faced intensifying scrutiny over the last year the u.k. Anti doping investigation into a mystery medical delivery for former riders Bradley Wiggins in 20 Levon concluded last month the allegation that it contained a banned substance was not proven at all sides denied wrongdoing but this latest revelation could do more damage if the test result is up held through could face a significant ban which may rule him out of the Tour de France where he was planning next summer to go for a recall equaling 5th yellow jersey as a huge amount at stake for him his team and the sport itself our sports editor Dan Ronan now Marion has more from our news desk South Korea has banned its financial institutions from trading digital currencies including Bitcoin which is written in value from 1000 to 17000 dollars in 12 months the country accounts for a 5th of the world's big coin transactions it's estimated that about a 1000000 South Koreans own the currency. A gang in China has been accused of selling 200000 poisoned syringes which can be fired a dogs to kill them instantly so the pets could be sold as meat state media says 8 people have been arrested in the eastern province of on her way the government of Rwanda has published a report that it says lays bare France's role in the 994 genocide in which nearly 800000 mainly ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus were massacred the French government has yet to respond and story reports from Nairobi the document dubbed the music report after the Washington based law firm that compiled it alleges that French officials facilitated the flow of weapons into Rwanda in the build up to the genocide it allowed perpetrators of violence to me to the in their embassy in Kigali and provided them with a safe harbor in the aftermath of the killings therefore obstructing justice this is not the fast time the Iranian government has accused the French of complicity in the genocide the 2 countries have had and easy relationship since 1994 a homeless man in France is being sought by the police after he walked away with 300000 euros from a cash management company security footage show the man searching bins outside the offices of child to go airport and then looking surprised when the door he was leaning on opened the man went inside and reemerged carrying 2 bags of cash now term has been around since the 8090s but now a leading American Dictionary has named it the word of the year the number of people searching for the term feminism in 2017 was up 70 percent on the previous year and is RIM's Valerie Sanderson explains. Its origins lie in the French word for Mini's were 1st used by the socialist Charles Foti in the 1900 century in connection with the movement for equal political and legal rights for women in the u.s. This year interest in the world was driven by the me too movement on social media in which millions of women shared their experiences of sexual abuse following accusations against Hollywood figures and others such as also spikes when organizers of the women's March on Washington argued that women's rights were under threat following the election of President Trump searches for the word peaked again when his White House advisor Kellyanne Conway said she didn't consider herself a feminist because she isn't anti male and pro abortion in fact proponents of feminism a king to stress that the movement isn't grounded in a person's gender but in their commitment to equality the politicians on all sides of avoided using the term because it fears of being labeled in fact as far back as 938 the novelist Virginia Woolf rejected the word though ironically she's now regarded as one of the icons of feminism for Sonisphere much of that breaking news the British prime minister to resign may have suffered a significant defeat in Parliament over her breaks that strategy an amendment means the government will have to put the final deal through full parliamentary scrutiny and that's it for now from the newsroom. This is the b.b.c. World Service before the news here is what World big club have been reading starvation story The astray and that he had in each man's every act and every thought Richard Flanagan talks about his Man Booker prize winning novel The narrow road to the deep north was something that grew on me like a boulder teller who was almost choking me and I thought I had to write out a story inspired by the life of his own father October 2nd after the logical thing that if I didn't finish the book before more. On the potential that took him 12 years to write the asked me how it was Karen and I told him it was done and who passed away that afternoon. World with Richard Flanagan at b.b.c. World Service dot com slash World Book Club Hello I'm Lee James and this is sport today on the b.b.c. World Service bringing you the sports stories the world is talking about the 4 time Tour de France champion Chris Froome faces questions over an adverse drug test at the Vuelta a Espana a Manchester City's relentless surge towards the Premier League title continues Pep Guardiola as team will set a new record of 15 consecutive wins in a single Premier League season if they beat Swanzy later we'll look ahead to all the matches on sport today in 2 minutes b.b.c. News with Marian Marshall within the past 10 minutes the British parliament has voted to make the government put the final brakes a deal through full parliamentary scrutiny the rebel Amendment represents a 1st significant defeat for the prime minister to resign may over have directed strategy she wanted to use Statutory Instruments a less rigorous process to turn the deal into law. Democrats in the u.s. Senate said the Republican loss of a safe seat in Alabama shows that major tax reforms backed by President Trump should be put on hold the leader of the Democrats in the Senate Chuck Schumer said it would be wrong to push through the tax changes before Doug Jones took his seat Republicans hope a vote can take place within days more than 50 Muslim countries meeting in Turkey have accused the us of withdrawing from sponsoring peace in the Middle East by recognizing Jerusalem as the Israeli capital the summit final communique echoed remarks by the Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas a senior Red Cross official who's just visited me and Ma says life a range of Muslims there has come to a complete standstill following an outbreak of violence in August he said the Muslim or hinges in record time state that Buddhist neighbors were extremely wary of each other 650000 ranges of fled to Bangladesh the un special rapporteur on torture says he believes a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay is still being tortured despite an official ban the use Meltzer's had a mother Luci was reportedly being kept in a constant state of sleep deprivation it's among what are known as enhanced interrogation techniques which were banned 8 years ago Brazilian officials say they've arrested one of the country's most wanted traffickers Marcello than under been euro vaguer is accused of murder and supplying drugs and weapons to Rio de Janeiro's biggest criminal gang the red command he was arrested in neighboring paraquat b.b.c. News. You're listening to sport today from the b.b.c. World Service Hello I'm lead James we'll hear about one of the world's greatest cyclists Chris Froome insisting he took the greatest care using an Asmer drug in this year's Grand Tour of Spain sitings world governing body is investigating after a year in tests showed he had twice the amount level of an asthma drug in his system at the race in September more on that but 1st this is the sound of the Premier League 7 matches kicking off to get underway shortly many more top games across Europe and Manchester City can set a new record of 15 consecutive wins in a single English Premier League season when they face once a city hold the 11 point advantage over their rivals Manchester United are at home here Old Trafford against Bournemouth at the pre-match press conference the United manager Joe Samaria was angry at the media for focusing on the fallout to the Manchester derby rather than the latest opponents. Well. There were all the evidence and the work. With both of them going to translate. Samaria in no way crying over spilt milk build up to the bomb with Game 7 Premier League games tonight some big ones across Europe as well support today's jump at it and the B.B.C.'s football commentator Khana McNamara are with mace or no milk gate with an f.a. Investigation looming over the top celebrations Connor let's start with those top 2 though we can't see them slipping up tonight can't wait no I don't think so I was at this fixture last season which was when there was a huge evacuation of Old Trafford You might remember those devoiced if you accidentally left in the back of a toilet door in the game or to be replayed remember going to the replay again which had to be kind of put in very late in the season with we're going to have a record they've only had one defeat in their last 6 games you know id House team are capable of an upset but you would think Manchester United wanting to bounce back after the disappointment of the Darby will be too strong tonight I think you know had by just you know the one that Darby I think we are trying to resurrect some bit of a title race if you try to convince yourselves the tight race was on but frankly it's not and you know Manchester City are head and shoulders above everyone else and what I do think as I think they are they're in a bulletproof position sometimes you think all of it's all well and good but if these 2 players got injured who they'd be in trouble then and that just doesn't apply to my just to city I mean Sergio Aguero doesn't even play against my just you know they've got Gabriel was injured they bring in oh where oh who of course is going to score goals people like Bernard of the Portuguese press he's hardly played he came on as a really late substitute in the game I remember seeing him early in the season for Manchester City and thought This guy is going to be brought into the Premier League he's hardly had a sniff and you know why because everyone is playing so well even if Manchester City get injuries they've more than enough quality to come in and it shows the position they're in because Pep Guardiola ahead of the game against Swansea is even being asked if the fallout from the Darby could. It Anyway distract Manchester City this what he's got to say the situation in the past so I can manage and so I'm going to try to handle the same way I did in the past to focus and again you have to do you know open it doesn't matter who and stay in football in as much as possible I said to my place forget about it and what happened to stay in 20 tranches that was the most important thing possibly clutching at straws if you want to weather a victory against your biggest rivals could it anyway distract the modern eye but Joe's a Marine yo his strategy now we've seen it before Conor often deflecting it away and criticizing the media is that what he's trying to do now create trying to create a siege mentality maybe around the club absolutely I mean even in the clip we heard from when you're there when he's sort of challenging the press why aren't you asking about Bournemouth I mean even that selfies is storing it up and he's deflecting and he's distracting and it's all the time taking away from the fact that Manchester United on the pitch it's not because the penalty decisions it's not because of some conspiracy guess that it's because their team was not as good as Manchester City I think I think it hurts more in your Because in any other season if you didn't have this one standout team and let's be fair Manchester City have not just been head and shoulders with everyone this year I mean in any Premier League season of in recent memory that nobody wins that many games in a row so in any normal season Marina's team are actually playing well enough to be top of the league and I think that's what what's the goal to you know that hurts him because he knows on a normal season it should be a top of the league but he ain't gonna win it this year no he was asked though has he given up on the title just yet. We have a number of ones that we have less a season with her guests 7 last always less in these moments all we have to try and less isn't we drew at home against more mild Now let's try to do better than Then we did last season I think probably nice doesn't 11 points back at this stage there are runaway leaders in England Jon there are runaway leaders in France Paris Sanchez man they start their mission for a quadruple tonight yes this is the season to do isn't it when they've got him back by when they've got Vani when they've got Neymar all the Neymar won't play later against Strasburg he had to go back to Brazil for personal reasons no one knows exactly why he's back in Paris Paris waited that he is back but he won't be in time to play in this League Cup tie against Rosberg they've been so good in this tournament they completely dominated that dominates and they've won the competition in each of the last 4 seasons little or also playing later against nice and their disastrous season continues they've been hit by a transfer ban that saf to the French Football financial watchdog looked into their finances they won't be able to sign any players in January I come back to the Premier League Tottenham picked up their 1st victory in 5 Premier League matches live on the b.b.c. World Service at the weekend they beat Stoke $51.00 and I turned that into a winning run ball have to do it of course without their key defender Toby out of air out he'll remain out until February with a hamstring injury as the Spurs boss Potter Teena almost you're going to miss. It but I think. It's going to not only can. We lose it's about quality and that's you know. It's another game at Wembley Khana tonight for Spurs Brighton this time around how big a loss they will out of their all prove to all of our lives been been a mainstay for Tottenham in recent seasons and I think the fact they've got into the Champions League places they've got close to. The title of the last 2 seasons he's been a huge part of that because he's not just a defender defends he he sets the team in motion in the summer explained he is the kind of quarterback you know he he gets the ball into position sprays it to the flanks then the players to be so effective for Tottenham right now of course doing very well mid table if they win tonight or for the results go their way bright would move into the top 10 if you'd offer that to Chris Hughton you know you're in the top 10 with almost a half of the season Garnett have been your hand off so they've done very well and again this Wimbley factor where on occasions in particular think of the European games here to look right at home at Wembley and it looks like this is the sort of new large scale stage for this club which is going places and then other times they just look a fish out of water and you don't know you mean it could go either way let's go to the London stadium now ahead of assholes visit to West Ham The B.B.C.'s football correspondent John Murray is there John West Ham. Chelsea on Saturday David Moyes is 1st in charge can they cause Arsenal problems tonight or is that a one off do you think well I think the big question West Ham tonight is whether they're able to put together a good big performance in a role against one of the top 6 clubs because if you remember the previous 2 matches before the win against the champions Chelsea here on Saturday they also produced a really big effort when they lost only very narrowly against Manchester City the weekend before so I will say that I suppose it's a test isn't it of the work that David Moyes has done with this West Ham team for so far to see whether they are able to do that the season and also invent a side drop more points against Southampton on Sunday and we're not quite sure which Arsenal team will turn up from week to week no I would agree with that and you know I think the opposite applies to Arsenal because of the fact that they only took a point against Southampton at the weekend obviously lost at home in that thrilling game against Manchester United so a couple of matches having to. Can only one point you know that in that increases the importance for Fastenal to win this game and I suppose we have to say now as well keep pace with Burnley at the top end of the table very much so after Bernie's performance last night John thanks very much for joining us actually now come out tomorrow and Jon Benet are still with me and we'll go back to the Premier League in a moment and talk about Burnley But John we nearly had a huge shock in the Italian Cup last night and they could be more drama later joked about it on yesterday's program into a playing Puerto No no a and I said there was no chance of into losing they nearly lost it went to penalties finish near one nil after extra time and $54.00 they just won on penalties it was a reserve team basically but they did bring on Paris 6 they brought on a car they can break the deadlock later on AC Milan are in action Generica 2 so I picked up his 1st win in charge at the weekend looking for win number 2 against Syria our side Verona a 2nd from bottom in Syria but whenever AC Milan play Verona it always brings back memories of that amazing George way a goal remember the goal he picked up in his own half to get around about 5 or 6 players hopefully we're going to go either way we can maybe get a mention action Tuesday night in in Italy economy was watching an unlikely success story Burnley off 4th in the Premier League now we know it won't but if the season did finish now they would qualify for the Champions League. C was. To the top credit. It took chip Beardsley places we call a foot or so it actually turns so Bernier in 4th I'll get your thoughts in a moment but they're in good company and 4th in the top leagues and they can yes Roma 4th in Surrey are Brasil Dortmunder 4th in the Bundesliga Marsay a 4th in league and last but not least rail Madrid are 4th in lolly and same points as Burley I don't know. You know let's go. To few less skulls or how have you more clean sheets and. How have they done it however it's a remarkable story I was there last night I mean Sean is rightly getting a lot of praise for this and he's been linked with a lot of clubs they are a team without stars there is no big individual and again like I said the Manchester City any one of them doesn't play for a few games as Chris Ward has been the top striker he would International to New Zealand was laid back missed a few games because of that didn't affect how the team plays they don't look to just one individual as being the whole crux of the team has got his ground you look at the net spend he's had since he's taken that job it's $7000000.00 by the Yugoslav working dollars this year you know less than $10000000.00 a season has been his net spent that is pocket change compared to the other teams trying to get into the that the Champions League so he does not bring in stars he brings in people who will fulfil a role who would play to a system and boy are they a good unit Yeah absolutely let's just quickly finish John with the Bundesliga Brissie Dalton getting a win for their new coach Yes it always happens isn't it the new manager bounce a bit mind to nail Pete to Sterger taking charge for the 1st time Socrates and Carragher were got the goals and all the light sake they drew against they drew against Wolfsburg that means that by Munich have the chance to go 10 points clear in the bonus league yet chance to get 10 points clear their goal is at the moment with color in the top versus bottom clash in the blunders leaguers goal is Hoffenheim to have beaten still got one nil in the wonders league or in Germany my thanks to Jon Benet and to Qana McNamara let's just stay with football though realm of dread through to the Club World Cup final despite a scare against the local United Arab Emirates champions out to Sarah in Abu Dabi remar ino gave the hosts the lead in the 1st half they should have scored a 2nd it was ruled out though for offside by the video replay system and Christiane out with this 52nd got of 2017 brought the sides level and substitute Gareth Bale scored the winner 9 minutes from time and an agreement. By the Norway f.a. That will lead to male and female football is receiving the same financial compensation for representing the country was officially ratified today it was signed by the 2 national captains Stefania Hanson Fullam and the Chelsea latest Mar Imelda it's a really give us now women in Norway get the chance to to concentrate fully on football and life that's what we want we want to be professional and this gives us the opportunity the players and know if they go to school they were and now they get the charity to focus their full time on football it's a job and it's gives us the opportunity to to be better for us. You're listening to sport today from the b.b.c. World Service now some awkward questions for one of the world's greatest ever road cyclists one thing we do know because the celebration is started now pressure has won the Tour de France he stands alone on John Wayne was one sure to be calling it the all time record for the 4th time told a friend champion Chris Froome s return to man 1st drugs test at the welter asked Spaniard this year at the Team Sky rider had doubled the amount level of the legal asked him a drugs are beautiful in his urine cycling's will governing body the u.c.i. Wants more details from the team but says Froome is not suspended The B.B.C.'s David Owen stain is the home of British Cycling in Manchester David it's worth stressing this is not a failed drug test or anti doping rule violation sub you to maul is not a prohibited substance so what's the problem here that's rightly it's not a privilege it's substance. Chris Froome has not failed a drug test it's an adverse analytical finding and that means he needs to explain himself to cycling's world governing body the u.c.i. There was an increased amount of illegal substance so boots from all in his system but it wasn't just slightly increased the finding the reading that was taken from him during the Volta Spanier on the 7th of September was double the permitted amounts now he says that the increase dosage was actually within limits but the that the increased reading was what was actually excrete it in his urine and that's what he's going to have to prove whether it be through records through further testing or any other evidence he or Team Sky can bring forward he says the u.c.i. Are absolutely right to ask questions of him he says that the Team Sky team doctor gave him the advice to up his. In Haley use after his asked in the symptoms got worse during the vote Welter but there was no mention of that at the time so it will be interesting what he has to say going forward you know that's what's for him has has been reacting to today one of the u.c.i. Had to say about this then you know from himself I should also mention that he posted on social media thanking everybody for their support I'm confident that we will get to the bottom of this unfortunately I can't share any more information until the inquiry is complete the u.c.i. Confirmed that through the sample which is essentially just a 2nd sample to make double sure of the test was the same as the way it was a planned routine test they said they also pointed out that such a substance being in his system does not result in the imposition of a mandatory provisional suspension so essentially it's actually business as usual for Team Sky and Froome But with this hanging over him it really does threaten his reputation he won the Tour de France for a 4th time this year he then went on to win that welter and was planning to ride at the Jiro de Tahlia next summer only 2 riders previously in history have won all 3 in a row and Froome was trying to join that select band so be very interesting to see if he still is able to compete in the Jiro if he is does not prove his innocence then it's safe to assume he could be looking at a significant ban and being stripped of that world to title and it's going to die would lead to more uncomfortable questions for Team Sky just after the recent closure of another investigation into medical practices Yes absolutely it seems guys reputation is certainly in question in November the u.k. Anti-Doping Agency completed their investigation into allegations of wrongdoing at Team Sky that sort of followed a 14 month inquiry looking into claims of a mystery medical package delivered. Bradley Wiggins at the criterium the dolphin a in 2011 you can see doping said it had been unable to prove that the package contained a banned substance and questions were raised about Team Sky's record keeping well their record keeping will want to have been sharp around Chris Froome because they don't have to prove their innocence but a very uncomfortable day for cycling as a whole certainly Team Sky and this specially Chris Froome who is Britain's most successful cyclist ever and one of the greatest in the history of the sport his reputation is hanging by a thread last because he stayed on scene at the home of British Cycling in Manchester so what is sound beautiful and why is its use permitted without the need of a therapeutic use exemption We'll talk to Tom bass in Dallas an Anti Doping scientist at Sheffield Hallam University here in England they well done stepping agency have decided that some ph Mala so commonly used and is so useful for asthma sufferers that it's the 1st line of treatment Rasmussen's So the use of it in normal doses is Ok and you don't have to go through your therapy to use exception process so if you use up to 8 puffs if you're in a standard inhaler within 12 hours there's no problem it seemed to be absolutely fine when he gets above that you have to go for a therapeutic use exemption and water have introduced strict dosage regulations in for this year for several Assman drugs over concerns about the increase in use among athletes some medical studies have suggested there's no enhanced meant in performance for an athlete in inhaling Salbi Tamal do you believe that to be the case. Well I think the inhaled subnets mold taken in a puff. Generally the consensus is that that gets you back to the normal level of functioning the normal breathing for someone with asthma and there doesn't seem to be much performance enhancement for people without harassment if the use of a tiled Southie tomorrow. You can also use albuterol in a tablet or in an injection if one of those is used it's thought that they could perhaps be some more effect that would occur slight Chiz building of muscle or. Burning off excess body fat say. Those would occur at the much higher doses that would be associated with injection always use of the tablet and this is clearly your area of expertise may own what your view is on the fact that people around the world will probably say there are a number of top athletes now in particular those inspired cling who are suffering from Asked my I'm competing at at the very top we seem to be discussing ace quite a lot of you surprised that that is the case there have been several studies that show there are a lot more athletic so people who report to be asked not 6 within professional sports than in the general population. But there are a few explanations that you could use about that. People you think exercise when they're young to try and help manage their symptoms or some people might be likely using the system to gain access to a lot of trucks and I don't exactly as the antidoping scientist Dr Tom passing Dale now it's advantage Australia when the Ashes cricket battle resumes in a few hours' time in Perth things have not gone to plan for the English tourists they find themselves to nail down in the best of 5 series it with a final ever Ashes Test at the famous wacko ground where England's record is so poor having failed to win there since 1978 but England captain Joe Root still believes his team can cause an upset we're going to make sure we put in a round of performance which we know we can do and we've done it a number of times especially over the last 812 months and we know what's at stake and it's an opportunity to create history to flip the dynamics of this series on its head and to blow the series wide open So how realistic is an England victory in a possible fight back for the Ashes the B.B.C.'s cricket commentator Simon Mann assesses their chances against an informal. So for the 3rd time in 4 serious here Australia have a chance to regain the Ashes with 2 matches to play England without problems on and off the field but Australia have progressed nicely under the radar one of the crucial factors has been keeping their 3 main pace bowlers fit and supplementing that was an excellent off spin from Nathan line although Australia appear likely to recall Western Australia's all round a mishmosh to give the bowlers more support on a surface that's favored batting in recent tests so by Monday Steve Smith could be celebrating his 1st Ashes series victory as captain he's been speaking to Brett Sprigg of a.b.c. Radio who asked him about Australia's approach going into this game Steve appreciate it's on on test. Where you want to be what are you asking of the same this week to continue to do the basics really. Well as you said to me a lot when a good position do the basics really well and don't get complacent keep the foot on the throat essentially and hopefully play really well this weekend and win back those ashes it's the last test of this crown for at least a little wall a degree of sentimentality for you I think you played your 1st Ashes Test you also scored your 1st time Test 100 here which was last Ashes series 4 years ago do you get reflective when you're at the ground yeah definitely I've had some pretty fun memories here both personally and and collectively as a group so last time we played Nash's test here we wrapped up the Ashes series and let's hope we can have that same sort of feel about this week and the same celebration after I was going to say Australian cricket is defined by its performance in Ashes series there's nothing more important than the you know what would it mean to you Come Sunday or Monday if that is your moment as captain would be huge you know this series is being on our agenda for a long time and something that we've always been looking forward to for a very long time so yeah if we can play good cricket in and keep doing the basics really well and not have that complacency then hopefully at the end of the wake we'll have those ashes back that's Australia's captain Steve Smith with me is Simon Hughes the former Middlesex bowler who played here in Perth some of the good is this Australia side well I think the bowling these high class in fact I've compared their bowling attack to the Pakistanis of the mid ninety's with a fast left arm or 2 fast right arm is on a very good spinner I think the combination of Mitchell Starc left arm over aggregate across the the batsman 90 miles an hour Josh Hazlewood who's a bit like a Glenn McGrath but actually quicker and also pack it's a real force that I think will put Australia high up the rankings for several years to come if he stays fit past Nathan line as well that does me makes a batsman's job very hard whoever the batting order are I don't. Think the Australian batting side is that good they're still fragile they rely heavily on David Warner and obviously Steve Smith So I would say they're a little bit bowler heavy in terms of their balance but pretty good side if you've got those 4 potent bowlers I think than being undermined by their off field problems of it all started right back in September with the Ben Stokes incident I think England are undermined just by the not very good that their batting order is shaky their batting is generally fragile they've tried obviously a number of different opening batsman to partner Alastair Cook I think Mark Stoneman has as emerged as a decent partner to cook but now Cook isn't making runs Joe Root massive pressure on on his shoulders the lack of Ben Stokes in the side clearly the incident in September has had a massive impact on the team because Stokes isn't here not just for his ability but for the way he has a presence on the field he imposes himself on opposition players both with the ball and with the bat and even in the field so the lack of Ben Stokes has really handicapped England but their batting isn't very good and their bowling England's bowling without many runs to play with has being fairly impotent and therefore they've got their batsmen to blame for not building up big schools expect by Monday Australia to regain the Ashes Well I do actually because I just think their record at Perth the way they bowl the extra bounce they get on this pitch the excellence of Nathan line is a controlling factor allowing that the bowlers to rotate from the other end just is going to be too much for England with all that's gone on in and basically stumbling from one ground to the next without really much hope of really imposing themselves in Australia I can't see any other result than Australia taking a 3 nil lead I thought there Simon he's with the B.B.C.'s Simon Mann just before we go one goal in the Premier League matches that have got under way in Leicester City of. 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