Slowdown in global sales of its i Phone also announced a subscription new service and its own credit card passengers on a British Airways flight from London City Airport to disorder off in Germany were taken on the scenic routes when the pilot mistakenly flew to Edinburgh in Scotland a transport correspondent Tom Barrett has the story British Airways flight 3271 left London City Airport as it was supposed to at about half past 7 this morning for the nearly 100 passengers on board who were travelling to dissolute off it appeared to be a routine flight but then shortly before an unexpectedly early landing the pilot said they would shortly be arriving in Edinburgh the flight was operated on British Airways behalf by a German leasing company called w d l aviation yesterday the same aircraft was used to correctly ferry passengers to and from Edinburgh it's thought someone at w d l aviation then entered the same flight plan for this morning and that's the latest b.b.c. News. 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World Service with me Valerie Sanderson tensions are rising in the Middle East after a day which included recognition of Israel's control of the Golan Heights a rocket attack into Israel from Gaza and retaliatory strikes from the Israeli military today President Trump put his signature to a document to making him the 1st international leader to officially recognize Israel sovereignty over the Golan Heights which were captured from Syria in 1967 in Washington the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Mr Trump the best friend Israel has ever had in the White House meanwhile a rocket fired from Gaza struck a family home north of Tel Aviv injuring 7 people Jerusalem has blamed the attack on Hamas the Palestinian militant group that controls Gaza and the joint news conference with President Trump Mr Netanyahu vowed action Israel will not tolerate this I will not tolerate and as we speak Israel is responding forcefully to this wanton aggression we will do whatever we must do to defend our people and defend our state after this meeting I return home ahead of schedule to lead the people of Israel and the soldiers of as well Tom Bateman is in Jerusalem and How has Israel responded then Tom. Well it has responded tonight with numerous airstrikes at locations across the Gaza Strip in Gaza City in Communists in the south there have been powerful explosions which have been seen and heard right across those areas and in the last few moments the Israeli military has confirmed that one of those sites it targeted were the offices of Hamas is political leader Ismail honey. It says The offices were targeted it said it's a site the hose many many military meetings by Hamas it that it was previously targeted in 2012 now we should say that what normally happens at any site that is used by a militant group in Gaza in anticipation of Israeli air strikes is that they will be evacuated but we don't know more about exactly you know whether or not there was anyone inside the building at the time it tends to be the case that these buildings are empty when they're struck but Israel has promised as you heard you know from Mr Netanyahu a forceful response after that very unusual longer range missile was fired from Gaza deep into Israel this morning and already tonight there been sirens sounding outside the Gaza Strip in communities in southern Israel in the Eshkol region region and Israeli military says that one rocket was fired towards its territory and I suppose we should remember that Mr Netanyahu is heading into an election campaign isn't he the elections what 15 days away. That's right you know just a couple of weeks until Israelis go to the polls to choose a new government and I suppose one of the dynamics that's important here is you know it's been a year now since tensions have really been rising at the fence between the Gaza Strip and Israel have been a series of military confrontations military escalations during last summer into late last year and Mr Netanyahu was taking a fair amount of political flack over all of this not just from his political opponents outside the government but from those within his cabinet even within his security cabinet from different political parties Israel is a coalition system of government but those more hawkish saying that you know he had not been forceful enough when it came to responding to Hamas in Gaza during this of these various confrontations he lost he lost a Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman over that last year and took up the portfolio of Defense Minister himself and again what we've had today from his rivals in the election is a call for a forceful response like Tom Tom Pinkman there in Jerusalem now to the United States and to Silicon Valley where the apple c.e.o. Tim Cook has made a big announcement a new subscription streaming service for movies and t.v. We partnered with the most thoughtful accomplished in award winning group of creative visionaries to create a new service unlike anything that's been done before Apple to provide. Well with the streaming service Apple is pretty itself in direct competition with juggernauts like Netflix and Amazon Prime the tech giants already spent some $2000000000.00 signing up some of Hollywood's brightest stars including Steven Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey to produce Regional Programs Well technology reporters any Kleiman is with us in the studio tell us more about Apple t.v. Plus Apple loves the theater of these announcements and this announcement. Literally just and it was no different it's got massive names on board Reese Witherspoon Jennifer Aniston Steve Carell Jason Momoa all coming together to produce programs which will be available on Apple's t.v. App it's called t.v. Plus And what's interesting about it is it's not new for Apple is overseeded had Apple t.v. Around 3 years but it's expanding it you'll be able to get it on Smart T.V.'s made by its rivals including Samsung l.g. Sony and the z I for the 1st time and also in Amazon's finest stick so it's quite interesting for a company that's notoriously very sort of walled garden approach you know you have an apple you have an Apple ecosystem if you like and everything only works on your Apple devices it's trying to broaden out Netflix very interesting he has said it will not be part of this streaming service lots of others who live in the u.s. H.b.o. Will rule on board but Netflix says No it wants to carry on doing its own thing well its big competitors in it it is a big competitor and it's got the edge of course because it's been going for a long time it never reveals its data about who's watching what's But what valuable data that is and you can imagine that Apple might want to slice of that pie because it's very it's a very very good way of producing content directly for an audience if you know exactly what it is they want to see and of course Apple spot phone business is not as strong as it once was is it so is this a sign of desperation do you think I don't think we need to feel too sorry for Apple is still worth about $900000000000.00 and it's got about $200000000000.00 in the bank but what we're seeing certainly is it broadening its portfolio much like the Chinese tech fans do tonight this wasn't the only thing it launched it also said it was going to be launching a credit card in the u.s. Which would but work both as a digital version on of course your i Phone but also a physical cause that you could use a you know Apple's now moving into banking it's moving more into news it's finding its new service it's going to move into gaming in that they'll be explosive games available that you'll only be able to get on Apple devices what we're really seeing here is a fab reposition. Itself saying we're not just a hardware company let us into let us into every part of your life Zoe climate. To the Democratic Republic of Congo where health officials are struggling to contain an outbreak of Ebola which began almost 8 months ago. Of course is the deadly infection that causes severe fever vomiting diarrhea and internal and external bleeding any reports from the capital Kinshasa more than $600.00 people have died from Ebola in the current outbreak 2 thirds of those there making it the 2nd worst epidemic in history in 201411000 people died when the virus heat West Africa aid agencies see they have been unable to contain this parade of the disease with about 8 new cases every day despite efforts to quarantine passions and vaccinate communities have to work on see the face of mistrust among some residents and problems with security recently the n.-g. O. Doctors Without Borders screwed some of its bases after abler treatment centers were attacked are legit lead by people who didn't believe the virus was real Michelle yell from the World Health Organization to the b.b.c. They were now building trust with local residents. But. He also added that health workers it but I don't in Rwanda Uganda and South Sudan have been vaccinated and are prepared to prevent the disease from spreading outside your cities borders this is the 10th and deadliest Ebola epidemic to hit the Democratic Republic of Congo since 1976 guys who were any reporting this is the newsroom and David as the headlines this hour President Trump has signed a decree recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the disputed Golan Heights which was seized from Syria 5 decades ago and the Israeli military has launched a series of strikes in the Gaza Strip. In response to a rocket attack on a village north of Tel Aviv and as we've just been hearing aid workers say they have yet to control a deadly outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo here in London M.P.'s in the British parliament are set to try and take back control of the BRICs it process tonight after the prime minister trees are made of knowledge she has insufficient support at the moment to put her withdrawal deal to a 3rd vote and this is May says she skeptical about the plan for parliament to vote on different options for breaks at the so-called indicative vote when we've tried this kind of thing in the past has produced contradictory outcomes or no outcome which was there is the. There is a further risk when it comes to bricks it as the u.k. Is only one half of the equation and the votes could lead to an outcome which is on negotiate all with the e.u. No government could give. No government could give a blank check to commit to an outcome without knowing what it is so I cannot commit the government to delivering the outcome of any girl votes held by this house but I do commit. That I do commit to engaging constructively with this process Well the opposition Labor leader Jamie Corben says the government's approach is a national embarrassment well with me as our Political Correspondent Jamie grimly I know it's complicated but what is parliament trying to do tonight well if you remember we've had this standoff between Parliament and the prime minister over breakfast she wants to get ahead deal 3 but not enough M.P.'s are backing it so really M.P.'s are trying to go through a series of options to whittle down to one option which hopefully they can all coalesce behind and then go back to the e.u. The problem as you heard from to reason may is that they might go through this process and no clear option will actually come out and that did actually happen before when they tried this on some constitutional reforms back in. 1007 about the House of Lords they voted on several different options and in the end it was a bit of a mess no clear option came to the fore and several M.P.'s asked Mrs May what her plan b. Is I mean does she have one plan b. Is currently plan a. She really wants to get the deal through she does not want Britain to quit without a deal because of the economic disruption that might cause on the other hand she she did say a mad house of Commons today that she would not necessarily back what M.P.'s decide for example if they want a much closer Bracks it where there's a customs union where Britain remains in the Customs Union she would not necessarily back that and that rather begs the question you know would she resign would there even be a general election so a lot still in play at the moment and tell you what being in play the e.u. Is weighted in Hasn't it said there's an increased likelihood of a new deal and it's being giving out advice what it means for British citizens yes a miss will again worry the business community in the u.k. They've been talking about the fact that it's increasingly likely in their view that Britain will end up just having an abrupt exit from the e.u. In mid April which is the new deadline the 12th of April they talk about the need for u.k. Goods being imported into the e.u. To have tariffs on them and all British citizens will have to have their passport stamped on their way into the e.u. And on their way out also other things like roaming charges for mobile phones will will go up for British citizens a whole host of things which they hope I think will focus minds on the disruption that in a deal could cause and in the view of many experts grimly Thank you. A father dedicated to helping prevent mass shootings after his 6 year old daughter was killed in the Sandy Hook school massacre in Newtown Connecticut in 2012 has been found dead police say he appears to have taken his own life his death is the 3rd apparent suicide in the past week related to school shootings other topics and has this report Jeremy Richmond lost his 6 year old daughter a.v.l. In 2012 she was one of the 20 children killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary School on Monday morning he was found by police and paramedics who responded to emergency calls from Edmond Town Hall in Newtown authorities in a statement said the cause of death appears to be suicide and that it was a heartbreaking event for the Richmond family and the Newtown community as a whole Jeremy Richmond created a foundation in his daughter's honor that sought to prevent violence through research into mental health and community engagement in Parklane Florida the community is still mourning the loss of 2 of their students survivors who also died in apparent suicides one of the students has not been named but the other was Sidney Aiello her mother said she suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and survivor's guilt her close friend meadow Pollack was killed in the shooting Tawfiq reporting. Over the alleged kidnapping of 2 underage girls is exacerbating tensions between India and Pakistan the girls aged $30.15 a Hindu from Sindh province in Muslim majority Pakistan South Asia German government takes up the story now the father gave an emotional response today he was saying that he is going to kill himself if they don't come back that they were taken forcibly by men who came to the house with weapons and they were taken away and that they were forced to convert and to marry obviously I say they're under age but some videos have emerged on social media which show the girls apparently taking part in a Muslim wedding ceremony apparently having converted and there's also a suggestion that the young girls may have gone to seek court protection saying that they did of their own free will convert and marry now as I say that's debatable anyway given their ages but it is quite confusing whether they chose to leave or the where they were forcibly taken and why has this led to a row between the 2 countries it's partly because it's such an emotive issue this whole question of people from a minority community converting and being as it were taken away or choosing to go to do want to get involved in a marriage from people from the other community is very emotional between the 2 sides So Pakistan is saying this is a domestic issue and we're sorting it out the prime minister Imran Khan has called for an investigation but the Indian foreign minister Mr Osh has been tweeting that she has asked for a report from the Indian High Commission in Islamabad and then that led to a bit of a spat with the information minister in Pakistan with on the one hand she was saying that this is made you jittery that I've just asked for this and that shows you got a guilty conscience and then he shot back saying things like it's a Pakistani in internal issue madam and then later I'm happy you care about minority rights in other countries I hope your conscience will allow you to stand up for my minorities in your country so we. Implying that they don't look after the minority in their own country and how common is this kind of incident that underage girls are involved from a minority and apparently married off there are no facts and figures about it partly because there seems to be a lot of underreporting families are often embarrassed or stigmatized if they're involved in this it seems as though it is not uncommon for there to be either abductions from a minority community taken away and married and then sometimes it's difficult for for example the Hindu family in Pakistan to fight back and pursue a tip because often you need money to go through the courts and fight back but there seem to be also issues of young women from the Hindu community possibly getting involved with Muslim men online and then going ahead and converting and marriages take place Gemma giving listening to the b.b.c. World Service David has some of the stories from our news desk a dozen people are due in court facing charges that they participated in the largest college admissions fraud scheme uncovered in u.s. History they've allegedly been part of a $25000000.00 conspiracy where wealthy parents bribed head coaches to secure spots for their children in elite universities as fake athletic prospects the French Council of the Muslim faith said it's suing Facebook and You Tube after footage of the Christ church massacre was streamed on their platforms the mass shooting at 2 mosques in New Zealand was live streamed by the terrorist through his Facebook profile for 17 minutes the video could still be found on multiple social media platforms hours after the attack. And research by the u.k. Office for National Statistics has found that one and a half 1000000 people in England are at high risk of their jobs being taken over by machines it says women young people and part time workers are the groups most likely to be affected a trend that expected to be reflected internationally. One of the biggest hunts for dinosaurs in decades is to take place in the u.s. State of Wyoming the project dubbed mission Jurassic will involve a team of more than 100 experts from British American and Dutch institutions who on earth fossils from an area of the planet that's already been the source of some of the most famous dinosaur specimens ever found science correspondent Jonathan Amos to tell us more the Children's Museum of Indianapolis has leased one square mile 2 and a half square kilometers of land Badlands in North Wyoming Badlands Are there a very particular type of landscape so you will have seen them in the movies they're quite arid the heavily eroded lots of gullies and canyons and that kind of thing the topsoil is kind of all gone and that makes them great for looking for dinosaurs because you don't have to go down too far and in this part of the world it is famous for its dinosaurs I mean they are literally coming out of the ground large bones all sorts of animals one of the hoping to find that they've not found before the suite of rocks that there are is something called the Morrison formation Now these were laid down about 150000000 years ago so this is the Jurassic like Jurassic Park and it's quite an interesting time period because it's when we start to see gigantism So think of the big dinosaurs the ones with the great big long necks the sauropods you know the product as the bracket source those kinds of things they're already in just the exploratory dig starting to see some of the large bones from these types of dinosaurs but their little ones as well that they've seen in the exploratory digs. Little theropods So if you think of the ones that stand on just 2 legs and run around with little arms and stuff it's out of that group that we eventually descend the modern birds so maybe there's something we can learn about the evolution of flight that's one of the great answers that we're looking for when we do fossil studies is to try and understand how flight arose because we know birds come out of dinosaurs you expressing the scientists interest incredibly well they're obviously really excited about it what about the public they want the public to get involved only I now these days you can't do anything with our live stream of think so they'll be doing that kind of stuff you'll get a feel of what it's like to discover something completely new from the year of the dinosaurs 150000000 years ago Jonathan Amos and progress of the project will be documented on social media under the hash tag mission Jurassic. Finally you decide to run a 160 kilometer ultra marathon across a frozen lake in Mongolia where temperatures fall to minus $25.00 degrees Celsius you spend months training hard and buy all the gear including specialist running shoes Sam a long johns loved the vent frostbite only for your luggage to go missing on route Well that's a nightmare experience of peace eventually goes who lives on the China line and of jazzy but still the 47 year old said of backing eyes of the challenge he ran the race wearing jeans and the brogue shoes he was wearing on the flight and he says he does as the accolade of injury in fact lead to his his story we head out to check where heading to Mongolia has turned up mine didn't which was a bit unfortunate considering we had some pretty specialist stuff that we needed what we thought we needed. Organizers tried to just reassure Make it was going to turn up the following day and there were a few others who were messing about it as well but 2 days later mine still haven't it dawned on me that we're about to have the ball race with a pair of jeans and a small leather brokes this is a work around and my kid really wasn't turning out people for kept coming up to me and offering verify something I felt I could spare was amazing we found a store that had some big name brands but unfortunately the Mongolian shops tend to stock and a fine over $511.00 on the same $25.00 at. That time if a tense for a lot of literally become too big for my boots. Which cause a bit of rubbing and services challenging world talk about understatement pieces missing he goes there completed the ultra marathon but never found out what happened to his. 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World Service dot com I am at the editorial vs sport today on the b.b.c. World Service bringing you the sports stories the world is talking about football dominates our agenda today with 7 year or 2020 qualifying matches taken place Iceland nearly beat the world champions France in a friendly international last October the 2 sides meet again they say then what chance of an upset the European champions Portugal are also in action they are to score this campaign and they entertain Serbia join us in the next 2 minutes. B.b.c. News with David Alston President Trump has defied international law and signed a decree recognizing the disputed Golan Heights as Israeli territory the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu witness to signing Syria said Mr Trump's action was a blatant attack on its sovereignty and territorial integrity Israel has launched air strikes across the Gaza Strip in retaliation for a rocket attack early on Monday which injured 7 villages deep inside Israel the Israeli military said The targets included the office of the mass leader Ismail Haniya which it said was destroyed the exiled former prime minister of Thailand techs in China what has set his country's general election was rigged He claimed the military government had manipulated the results to stay in power in Iran flash floods resulting from a week of heavy rain have swept through the southern city of Shiraz sweeping away people cars and even large trucks the authorities say that at least 17 people have been killed conditions in some of the emergency shelters set up in Mozambique in the wake of a devastating storm have been described as horrendous the Red Cross and Red Crescent network says a rapid high quality response is essential to prevent a serious outbreak of waterborne diseases the daughters of a 73 year old woman have filed a formal complaint against French police who allegedly knocked her over when they charged anti-government protesters Genevieve led gay is believed to have banged her head on a bar lot as she fell during Saturday's yellow vests demonstration in the southern city of Nice Apple has announced plans for t.v. Subscription service in a move it will see it take on well established competitors such as Amazon and Netflix the tech giant which has suffered a slowdown in global sales of its i Phone also announced a range of other new office b.b.c. News. Can I. Use Wimbledon. I. Have a permit b.c. We're out fighting with these east today. And hello from me idea to join and welcome to today's program we're going to start with the latest round of euro 2020 qualifying them or 7 more matches today in the days early kick off in group h. Turkey have beaten Modern over by 4 goals to nil evidence Santos is scored twice as attacks made it 2 wins out of 2 to go top of the group I watch I'm going to France to host Iceland later in the same group it's a repeat of the euro 2016 quarter final between the 2 sides which France won by 5 goals to 2 and also drew 2 all in a friendly last October but the France manager did says we shouldn't read too much into that show it but due to knocked over I knew back then that Iceland were a good team and that friendly was going to be a difficult game for us but I think it won't be difficult for us to form better this time than we did in gang call you know. Their state of mind it's in their d.n.a. They don't give anything away so we will have to respond to that Europe on Don denounced us here in New eatings when I speak to French football writer and broadcaster Larry Tansey Now both of these teams face some of the group's minnows in their opening matches Iceland wants to know the way to Endora France were 41 winners away at mulled over but how tricky on opponents are Iceland for France tonight. Haas from French point of view Iceland may be the best open on. The group so if France wants to go to your next season daft to be Thailand that home ice on ice all meant and I stand away as well because there is Iceland there is Chucky and the rest of the group so that's going to be one of the of the best much. For the nation during the group stage Germany made some big changes since the walk up in Russia and the nation League qualifiers those changes of what's for them what about it in the show but France is the on the pressure to change or at least adapt the winning formula that suit them to the World Cup That's a big big debate here in France because there is some great play already in play we've done with the national team yet it's likely not only we have busted or not I completely blocked with and Manchester City but they shone he said and he always said that he wants to keep his group because for him the most important thing is your group is not there there is not a player in themselves but just the way they are living today to get all the way they are playing together and he said experience of the French national team is bigger and better and more important than the way they are playing with their clubs so that's why for now keeping the same group you can see that. Question with. The team as well even if he's playing We've talked numb but he's well not one of the best friends player in you up at the moment but he's still with the group and that's really important for this young to keep the group and to keep the same experience we do group until the end of the of the us when I say now from the Iceland camp his coach Eric Cameron for us it's not a one player if I say so v need to be good as a team if if if you look at the 2 teams from France will have more. Players playing on a high level if I say so top level and top clubs we we need to be really really good as a team that's that's our strength and then can we do that then they can surprise many teams like like Iceland has done before I have to smile listening to that's because this is what Iceland do isn't it they play the underdog card very well here of course and they did well when they play against France last I mean last year and they drew true to their play well during the Euro but at the moment you have to say that down the dog because if France don't win tonight it's going to be a marginal disappointment for the national team to win and like always Iceland is going to be we've we've the strength and we're going to try to keep the door until the end of the of the game but let's yeah how it goes tonight but of course friends have to win the game yeah you say they have to win and you started off by saying that Iceland could be one of their trickiest games so far in this qualifying campaign in terms of scoreline sorry to put you on the spot but how do you see it playing out. I think it's going to be difficult again Frank because it's always when the playbills kind of team we all very different way opening it always been difficult for France to play against those kind of team and I think if France when they're going to win like one the a look to one but not go that's not going to be a game one that you can see a lot of course so maybe one or 21 sounds like it's going to be a tight one director thanks for joining us on support today you're welcome Meanwhile in group a Montenegro host in England the English one direction qualify 5 nil at home to the Czech Republic with a hatch Rick for writing style in our South Gate believes that the Manchester City forward is captaincy material for the future and that's why he's added into the squad leadership group I think Range development as a person over the last year or so made him absolutely ideal person to come into that group and add to that fact he's behind Henderson most capped player then there's a no brainer really to be involved in the in that group and I have to say I think he's enjoyed that responsibility and whenever you speak to any of the young players that arrive he's one of the 1st people they mention that helped him settle into the camp while the B.B.C.'s football correspondence John Murray on the former England winger Chris what do other commentary team for tonight's match and joining us on sports today Chris let's start with you. Think Ryan Sterling has what it takes to be a captain in the future how impressed have you been by the way that he's developed both on and off the field. And overseas didn't really well on the field please grow his maturity you know pick a still young and he's been on the scene a long time and he's got better and he's got more consistent and that's what I think everybody was hoping that he would develop into a more consistent player and one thing he's added to his game is goals in the top probably was the thing what led him to only still attain his is decision making can be better I think you've got to keep improving. Finished all the. Goals which was very important to the way. He writes tremendous as a safe he could just get more consistency with the ball than. What the atmosphere is like I can hear it's Garces Gates is said to expect things to be quite hostile what sort of impact do you think that could have been here before with England when Wayne Rooney was sent off and they drew 22 and try and under being here twice and drawn both matches and pulled back choosing to beat in front and on both occasions it has been hostile and figs have been thrown from the stands and. You know the police have been a very obvious presence that already tonight inside the stadium get a talker it's a city stadium even long before the England supporters came in there was a line of the top tier of the stand to our right which is full standing side by side there must be at least 30 riot policemen in there with white helmets and fields so that their presence is is very very obvious but in terms of the advice that Gareth Southgate has given to his team it is not to react just not to react to anything untoward of towards that happens which I think in the circumstances is very very sensible advice and Chris if you are part of the team what would you be saying to some of the younger players who perhaps have an experience something like this before you just enjoy the listen in on the pitch that's off the pitch and play a game they should be full of confidence is to develop Well the players are a little bit older. She advised the players to say just pace it. That's why you're playing today and remember that but go out and enjoy it that's the one thing I don't think after I could've done this in the should just go play your game if it works. And try to find a one for you as you mentioned a few moments ago I haven't won in Montenegro How do you see. This playing out tonight is because we keep talking about this being a young side who play without fear and perhaps some of the shackles of previous generations. A young site in a in a in what they call the Europeans tend to call a good moment so the exciting players are exciting and they look as though they single team is full of goals for this Montenegro team at the moment in the nation's league they were effectively in the division that without their stamp man who's seen their stamp on for quite a number of years Stefanie over to choose go serious injury problems and most have and such which is fated he could be playing in central defense so perhaps they are not as strong as they were when they previously made England and England are stronger sounds like it's in Been favorite to make it 2 wins out of 2 in this campaign my thanks that's a correspondent John Murray on the former England international Chris Waddle Portugal continue their qualifying program but match against in group b. At the Portuguese rain and European champions fail to score in their 1st qualifier at home to Ukraine on Friday it ended no no for Serbia it's their 1st match of the campaign they warmed up for it's with a one old draw away to Germany in a friendly last Wednesday and remember this is a Serbia team still without some senior players after a falling out with a coach post well cop where they didn't make it out of the group the B.B.C.'s Alex Miller then a bitch is in Belgrade it's a fresh start and it's a start that comes in a good moment for Serbian national team as a mark it's a moment when Serbian team has already won its own stage of League of Nations. The atmosphere is better than it used to be the World Cup was above the expectations but still the emotions are still high again because the good results in the League of Nations are raised the tensions again and emotions surrounding Serbian national team however although this group of players is all considered to be a very special and with a lot of the. Young talents a game against the big team against the ruling European champions should give more inspiration to the players that somehow struggle against those mid European level but do play their best against the best nations looking over each the track frame for strikers attracted a lot of interest from boss alone a talk about some of the players who have decided not to feature but who are some of the stars that we should look forward to we should get used to having their names yet it's interesting to see whether Look at you all which would play from the start tonight because Serbia has another powerful striker playing in Premier League . Let me tell Ridge and he is the 1st choice striker and certainly the one to look or. Is in great shape this season he is one of the best scores a win this league and the Portuguese media as we could as we could see from here wrote a lot about Hume returning to a low stadium where he originally contracted with Benfica which is his which is basically he's saying he's alone trying to account for what his future is now being decided whether it's going to be Barcelona or some other clubs many big names are connected to his future apart from them there is the guy that recently played an amazing game against Real Madrid in the Champions League where I x. He is probably going to have the role of captain tonight which is going to be his 1st big match as a captain of Serbia because the previous big captains are injured or retired so we're number 10 on his back and that it is going to be another one to look for tonight now that's a few outlets that said you do get through qualification and make it to euro 2021 of the sort of aspirations How do you think they could perform and that's one of if you met you started off by talking about how they did in the World Cup. The expectations are always very high the expectations are usually not realistically high but the truth is that. It is now time for the young Serbian generation of players that won the under 19 World Cup in New Zealand several years ago so more and more and more of these players are joining the senior national team so those are the young players that know how to win trophies in an international level that know how to interact things on national team level so they are also there and the expectations are rising and it's always the big competitions are always a gamble or former Serbian national team that has been absent for a long time from European Championships and it's harder for Serbia to qualify for Europe and then for World Cups so if there is a Euro qualification is going to be a big story and it's going to be a huge account the expectations because we waited for so long for that euro to come the B.B.C.'s Alex Miller the Novich there that switch confidence to Africa now we now know all the $24.00 teams that will go into next month's draw for the Cup of Nations for the champions South Africa and they are Congo were amongst the 5 teams to claim the last of the qualifying places on Sunday the others being been in Zimbabwe and Tanzania b.b.c. Africa's most North African football writer and broadcaster by him as a he were keepin across it for us I don't many talking points from the weekend I one of them was Tanzania qualifying for the tournament for the 1st time since 1980 quite a story me here Yeah absolutely it's been 39 years as you mentioned since Tanzania into the Cup of Nations such a big nation with such a big population and you really saw a lot of the effervescence in them to see as we build 60000 people in the stadium we had calls from politicians and supporters committees getting people to the stadium and I think it's it's all come at the right time for tunes and you don't have the. Privilege of calling upon people from the diaspora because they have quite restricted laws considering dual citizenship but they have developed a lot in that country and maybe benefited from a little bit of a cry. It's dropped and from the looks of their superstar somebody like one at least in my time who is perhaps in my opinion one of the country's greatest ever footballers he praises straight up plays in Belgium has not been 20 goals in 20 matches this year and he should be leading the cup missions in Egypt this summer and it's a huge achievement 2 for their coach the former Nigeria star Emmanuel m n e k Yeah I have actually spoke to a lot of teams in the in journalists over the past 2 or 3 days who do actually agree with a lot of his selection mistakes have been seen a president of the nation said the same thing that when the team went to play away in Lesotho he didn't really agree with the team selection so he does face some criticism their own home but he has taken them to the Cup of Nations now he's not only n.h. Area started not only a legend in Nigeria but also in Tanzania so Tanzania through Uganda were already there of course we also have Burundi making it to the Cup of Nations for the very 1st time Kenya have qualified as well and that means a significant presence at the finals for East African nations What are some of the reasons for that you think. I think there has been a resurgence in club football in East Africa we've got some book qualifying for the 1st time for the quarterfinals of the Champions League you know in its present form act and as well the you know the Kenyans and Ugandans going back for the 2nd time as well now after a long absence and having players like us side 0 better he know and Gayle But again a bigger man or you know playing former England youth internationals and you know making themselves available for the Burundian national team so there seems to be a general resurgence 1st of all at at club level where they're getting these big crowds in the club teams are doing very well and you know my here for example of Kenya as well you know going to the quarterfinals of the caf Confederation Cup along with the summer of Tanzania going to the quarterfinals of the Champions League so definitely there seems to be a resurgence and sponsorship coming into the game there as well in East Africa the numbers are up in terms of crowd support so it's very good in terms of both club football and international football for you to African It's good to see as well because they have been in a depressed state for a quite quite a while Thanks that's an alley and him as a he it's American football and the New England Patriots star Rob Gronkowski has announced his retirement from the sport in a social media post it ends and 9 year career that included 3 Super Bowls and 5 appearances in the Pro Bowl I'm Koski couldn't have ended on a higher notes playing a key role as the Patriots beat the l.a. Rams any this year so with a record equalling 6th Super Bowl. Thank you for the be so tired. And that stunning catch from ground house he said of the only touchdown of this year's Super Bowl let's bring in n.f.l. Writer Lindsey Jones now Lindsey thanks for joining us on sports today now he's been considering retirement for some time but he's only 29 years old so I wonder if this announcement. Of course people by surprise it didn't it didn't you know I think this is come up you know at least last offseason the potential that he could retire came up and then if you watched him play throughout the 2800 season you could just tell the toll but being robbed ranchhouse had kind of taken on his body I mean he's such a unique physical specimen the way that he plays and the way the teens the defenses had to guard him I mean he took so many shots to his knees to his back in so many surgeries and injuries over the course of his career that it really isn't surprising I mean any time you actually see a player of his caliber at his age kind of post that message like he did on Sunday you know a lot of it is a little surprising for the finale of it but I think we're prepared that this was coming and honestly I think I would have been more surprised if you ended up playing in 2019 but you know it is just a time that we can kind of reflect on his career and you know really what he meant to the n.f.l. And then look at look forward to what might be possible in the future for you know a guy who's one of the greatest personalities of this generation about a full players just some of how good a player he was at his peak he I mean she he should go down as the greatest Tight end of all time and it does help that during his career basically over these last 10 years the n.f.l. Game has changed a lot to really you know really really emphasize the passing game and he played in an office where the Patriots just really knew how to use him well so he's he's bigger and stronger and faster than anybody else in the field basically and he's just such a unique player and that he can do things that wide receivers can't do that running backs can't do and certainly about that tight ends that came before him and probably tight ends that come after him won't be able to do it he was just this really rare combination of size he'd let us ism and he also had this really innate kind of team 1st mentality where he was a really good blocker he was a really good teammate where sometimes you would say Where's Rob Gronkowski this game didn't you just look at us box. You say Oh we only had 2 catches or you know you look at a game like the Super Bowl where you know there wasn't a lot of off and happening but he's just the most important often supplier outside of a quarterback ahead of Tom Brady and every game the Patriots played while he was healthy so you know I think he's just so rare or so unique the things that he was able to do were just so different that the n.f.l. Was really going to mess and we were lucky to get to watch him play for 9 years my thanks to our writer Lindsey Jones now to some other stories making headlines around the world this Monday in football Cardiff City is said to tell well football's governing body Pfieffer that the deal to buy a 1000000 from French club Non's was not legally binding the Premier League club are refusing to submit payments towards the $20000000.00 transfer fee finance for the striker who died in a plane crash in January this year the B.B.C.'s Rob Phillips has more cut of claim a clause in the transfer agreement which was submitted at the request of gnomes and involve the clubs being notified of completion of his registration by the relevant authorities in France and Wales wasn't completed in time so they insist under the terms of the contract the deal is null and void there was also a problem with his signing on fee which contravene Premier League regulations not say the paperwork was complete feed for arbitrating in the dispute and want all the evidence by April the 3rd. Plans to classify female athletes by their testosterone levels contravene Human Rights says the United Nations Human Rights Council South Africa's Olympic $800.00 metres champion Caster Semenya is challenging the i.w.a. Affix world governing body over its bid to restrict levels of testosterone in female runners the u.n. Called the plans are necessary humiliating and harmful the i.w. Have said the motion given to the un can St inaccurate statements next to rugby union and their concerns among South Pacific island nations that's what rugby's plans for a new global Nations' league will leave them isolated the new formats would involve the top 12 teams in the world and feature promotion and relegation to a 2nd tier the reprisals still have some way to go there with the established northern and southern hemisphere competitions especially the 6 Nations still to be convinced but what about those countries who believe that they will be forgotten if well football's plans go ahead b.b.c. Sports Nick hope has been to Tonga Why is he speaking to the former tango International in Ok after Yaquis who is now director of operations for the island's Olympic Committee that's a thief swipe really if they go into the state competition without promotion relegation without marriage on him who's involved and law can change like America and Japan who has a lot of a place in the basically with you coming off the pipeline you know we can out our kids we have to play for the countries period and the kids here might have might just play club or be he actually had more money by playing for your clubs so international rugby will or will spiral downwards I thought that's what I see in the future if there's anything that would have been made to do they need to bring. The rugby community and let includes us islanders at the table to help make business decisions because it's. Strange towards the countries that have money and that's. That's awful but that's that's a being a little bit too elitist about it all in the valleys of rugby those that are good we just need people to stick with the balance of the bridge as it stands teams from the 6 Nations would join with the 4 from the southern hemisphere rugby championship plus 2 other countries likely to be Japan and Fiji It means potentially fewer high profile matches for 2nd team nations against the world's elite it's clear there are some real concerns in the Rugby Union communities in Tonga and other Pacific nations but while one code feels threatened another is thriving there are a record number of youngsters taking part in rugby league here in China which has been on the rise ever since the man finished in the semifinals of the last World Cup the. Country Manager for. 6 of the regularly walk up that was a huge. Part of. That is a patient now that everybody can see that there is a pathway for forwardly after the World Cup we had normally we have 10 clubs participating regulated and except the 30 club so that kind of kicked off. Padding in the school programs and always had 1st actually get schools to play regularly and then once again because the rule kept if we could no space in time all so for us is rugby league and vessels in the government offices it makes our job a lot easier My name is pick up any tiny. Game Development Officer for an hour Oh he. Restart it. The junior in now the 2nd school competition it's just opened up a whole new challenge just seeing these kids come through one of the kids which he used to go to school here from high school. With the Warriors and he's only 15 and he's already over New Zealand scholarships for scholarships and start working towards with the Warriors as well so it's really it's really a lot of talent. Many believe both codes can survive but the most talented players are likely to be touching down in league rather than union in the years to come b.b.c. News in Tanga let's remind you of world rugby's position on this. Broadcast but we have allocated money for a 2nd division that significant needs to be at a higher level than it's ever been both in terms of if any player anything gets relegated some point they want to be relegated into a very meaningful and strong competition with high performing teams good stadia good spectator situations are a most pleasant 2nd division lead to be playing well competitions with the travelling business class being looked after and providing them with a future that they're strong enough to come up into the 1st of intervention so 2nd division investment is a very important part of this game as in the investment in the women's game as well which is a growing part of our sport I'm just remind you 6 euros for 20 qualifiers taken place this even the world champions France a goal up in their match against Iceland the European champions Portugal trade embargo against Serbia that's more today. Sports Today is a b.b.c. Sport production for the b.b.c. I would say. This is the b.b.c. World Service travelling around the u.k. In our 3rd episode we're in Belfast with the border between northern Ireland and the Irish Republic being one of the most contentious issues surrounding the U.K.'s departure from the e.u. I'm asking people where are you going to start my career or do the children I will go to look like grasping to China or fancy coffee where are you going in Belfast that's p.c. World Service don't. You're listening to the b.b.c. World Service Washington quarter and so is more our South America correspondent Katie Watson reports from Brazil when I hear of regional editor Mike Sullivan is here in the studio America's editor counters here began by telling me about on air online on the smartphone smart Speaker this is the b.b.c. World Service the world's media station. Coming up after the news on the b.b.c. World Service it's hard to talk with me Stephen Sackur the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is 70 years old this year but despite its achievements and longevity celebrations are muted That's because NATO is cohesion and long term viability are being questioned as never before a more than anything else that's because the United States is now led by a NATO skeptic president my guest today is u.n. Stoltenberg NATO secretary general as he simply papering over NATO as whitening cracks I think we see a paddocks and that is that many people both in Europe and North America question the strength of the transatlantic bond the strength of NATO but at the same time the reality is that we are actually we are doing more together now done for many many years that c.n.n. Stoltenberg on hard talk after the news. With the b.b.c. News President Trump has defied international law and signed a decree recognizing the disputed Golan Heights as Israeli territory the area was captured from Syria during the $967.00 war the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attended the signing Syria said Mr Trump's action was a blatant attack on its sovereignty bobber pet Asha reports from Washington this was a dramatic shift from decades of u.s. Policy and Prime Minister Netanyahu spared no praise as he watched Mr Trump sign the declaration President Trump declared he was taking this historic action to promote Israel's ability to defend itself and Mr Netanyahu said that was particularly important now because Iran was using neighboring Syria as a base to target Israel but Israel is already exercising full military authority in the strategic Golan Heights so many observers say the u.s. Is taking this formal step now to boost Mr Netanyahu chances in a tightly fought election something Mr Trump has denied at the same time as the decree was being signed the Israeli military said it was launching strikes on the Gaza Strip in Washington Mr Netanyahu said the operation was in retaliation for a rocket attack.