And australia are taking control in adelaide theyve declared on 410 8 and put england into bat under the floodlights. It had all started so well for england on day two of the second test. Stuart broad trapped Peter Handscomb lbw in the first over of the day. But, wickets were few and far between. A century from shaun marsh took australia past 400. And with twilight coming and the hope that the ball would swing under the lights the aussies declared. England are batting and still have more than an hour to go before the end of day two. Australia are well on top and favourites to go two up in the five match series. Ben stokes is back in action. Dont get too excited though, hes not in adelaide but in new zealand where his much anticipated return to cricket with the bat was disappointingly brief for canterbury. He was dismissed forjust two runs. The all rounder, whos suspended pending a Police Investigation for an alleged assault, didnt take any wickets either. And if you think it might be d
Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The Us National Government has officially shut down after senators failed to agree a stop gap budget. It follows a bitter row between President Trumps republicans and the opposition democrats over immigration and border security. Senators are tonight trying to broker a deal to get the Us Government working again. It comes as thousands of women joined protest marches across the country on the First Anniversary of President Trumps inauguration. David willis reports from washington. Marking the First Anniversary of President Trumps inauguration, protesters took to the streets here in washington and across the country, as the government of the largest economy in the world went into shutdown. The yays are 50, and the nays are 49. Last night, a stopgap funding measure came up ten votes short. That after the democrat leader in the senate, chuck schumer, met with President Trump at the white house. Progress was made, he said, before the dealmaker in chief
But well start with the Winter Olympics action from pyeongyang where lightning unfortunately struck twice for elise christie. Four years ago she was disqualified in each of her three events in sochi. This morning it was the 500 metres short track speed skating final. Our correspondent David Ornstein reports from south korea. Elise christie arrived in pyeongchang with high hopes of redemption following triple disqualification from sochi four yea rs disqualification from sochi four years ago and now a triple champion. The world record holder in this event the 500 metres. She sailed through the heat and the quarterfinal earlier today, the semifinal presented warning signs, a scrappy semifinal presented warning signs, a scrappy race and she finished second and then disaster struck in the final. Not a great start and then on the penultimate lap with her in third place she slipped off, she said that she was pushed into the hoardings and left on the ice. Afterwards she spoke to the bbc and sh
As the tears flowed, she tried to make sense of her seemingly endless misfortune. I know its short track and i know im supposed to be prepared for this, but it still hurts, you know. Obviously, its still almost a week until my best distance, so thats the positive. I dont know, right now i just cant see living with this feeling, you know. I just. But, i mean, its out of my control, i got knocked over and thats that. Commentator christie. Oh, theyve gone down those memories of sochi four years ago, though, may now prove hard to erase. She crashed in the same final there, but her team are urging her to stay positive. I think you could all see she tried to put everything out there to try and get gold. She wasnt going for anything else. You know, thats the nature of the sport. You know, crashes do happen, unfortunately. The question now, though, is whether britains biggest medal hope can pick herself up again on a desperate day of deja vu. Andy swiss, bbc news, pyeongchang. Here on bbc one
Repairs take place at the palace of westminster. A prisoner is stabbed to death at wormwood scrubs prison in west london. And once in a super blue blood moon skywatchers across the globe are getting a glimpse of a rare celestial event as three lunar phenomena coincide. And its footballs transfer deadline day well have full details of all the big name deals in sport. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister on her visit to china has forecast a golden era in trade relations while being dogged by rows over brexit and personal attacks back home. Theresa may says she has won assurance that beijing will further open up its markets to the uk but has also been forced to insist that shes not a quitter following days of criticism of her leadership from her own party. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg is travelling with the Prime Minister. Even the most carefully planned entrance can go a touch awry. A bit of pushing and shoving not the political kind this time. Asias red carp