He makes a double century and his highest ever score against australia in the fourth ashes test. And lost and found a mans reunited with his £600 wage packet after losing it in a pub just before christmas. We were just astounded by how quickly, how far, how wide reaching this whole thing went. It was just amazing. It went bonkers. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. A suicide bombing in the Afghan Capital, kabul, has claimed the lives of at least a0 people and injured more than 80 others, with women and children among the casualties. The Islamic State group says it carried out the attack, which targeted a Cultural Organisation and news agency in the western part of the capital. In recent months so called Islamic State has attacked many shia muslim targets in this area of kabul, where the majority of the citys shia population lives. 0ur correspondent in kabul zia shahreya has just sent this report. The force of the explosion is clear to see. Among the rubble, relatives desperately se
We start with liberia, where it was announced a short time ago that the former International Football star george weah has won the president ial election. His supporters celebrated as the Electoral Commission announced that with almost all the ballots counted, mr weah had won more than 60 of the vote. George weah made his name playing for ac milan, he was the first and only player from africa to win the coveted ballon dor award. But for the last three years he has been a senator in liberia. When he becomes president next month, it will be liberias first democratic transition in more than 70 years. Umaru fofana is in the liberian capital monrovia. Obviously this has been a huge reaction. What is it like on the ground . Absolutely. Wild celebrations. Minutes after the Electoral Commission announced the result, hundreds of people celebrated in front of the building. And then, across the city, you could hear the sound of jubilation, honking horns. It has been 12 years of waiting. It is goi
Files revealing that Margaret Thatcher once spurned good evening. A suicide bombing in the Afghan Capital, kabul, has claimed the lives of at least a0 people and injured more than 80 others, with women and children among the casualties. The Islamic State group say they carried out the attack, which targeted a Cultural Organisation and news agency in the western part of the capital. In recent months, so called Islamic State has attacked many shia muslim targets in this area of kabul, where the majority of the citys shia population lives. Our correspondent in kabul, zia shahreya, has just sent this report. The force of the explosion is clear to see. Among the rubble, relatives desperately search for their loved ones. But there was little left behind. The bomb went off inside this building, a Cultural Centre and also home to an afghan news agency. Students had been marking the 38th anniversary of the soviet invasion of afghanistan. The suicide bomber apparently has entered through that wa
At 53 basis points and well discuss. David . David time for an update whats making news in the business world. Good morning, emma. Emma 40 People Killed and dozens wounded this morning in the suicide bombing in the Afghan Capital of kabul. Explosions walked the center and afghan news organizations. Interior Ministry Spokesman said the exact number of attacker is unknown. Islamic state claimed attack. Bility for the in the u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson written an oped defending u. S. Foreign policy under donald trump. He lauded the attack. In the president s move against north korea and Islamic State in his first year in office. Tillerson wrote, quote, in spite of the challenges i remain optimistic about the power of diplomacy to resolve conflict and advance american interests. President trump rejected reports earlier this month he was about to replace tillerson. Nd the u. S. Endured 15 weather related disasters costing 1 billion or more through the month of october. According
He makes a double century and his highest ever score against australia in the fourth ashes test. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Ice and below zero temperatures are causing more disruption in many parts of the uk. Hundreds of people had to spend the night in stansted airport, after flights were cancelled because of the bad weather. Anisa kadri sent this report from sta nsted. Hanging around for a flight longer than you expected. Its not much fun, especially when the queues are just getting longer, and you find your flight is now notjust delayed its cancelled. More than 12 hours after sarahs flight to stockholm was meant to take off from stansted, she was still here and will now fly tomorrow. I only found out literally three hours after my flight was supposed to leave that it was cancelled, there were no boards to tell us it was delayed or anything. It was literally going backwards and forwards between the one personnel that was there. I ended up lining up for ten hours to try to