All of those stories are coming up soon. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heres jane dougall. Good afternoon, jane. Hello, matthew. Theres one English Premier League match later on monday with chelsea hosting newcastle in a mid table battle. The two sides are struggling to reach the european places and the pressure is on both managers. Mauricio pochettino s chelsea have won just three of their last nine games. Newcastle are four points better off in the table, and were the winners in the reverse fixture in november. However, manager eddie howe says theyre running out of time to get something from this season, while pochettino insists chelsea must concentrate on themselves and not their opponents. Iam i am concerned in our performance and in the way that we are going to deal with now, maybe two or three starting 11 players in the last game that we need to find a different solution again. Of course we know very well newcastle and we can assess newcastle but now i
and the sketch, once dismissed by art experts as a crude imitation of a rembrandt painting, has turned out to be the real deal. the former prime minister of pakistan, imran khan, is recovering in hospital after being shot in the leg at a rally on thursday. one person died and several were injured when a burst of gunfire hit mr khan s vehicle, in the eastern city of wazirabad. his supporters took to the streets in several pakistani cities after the attack. from pakistan, our correspondent samira hussain reports. thursday s protest march started like all the others, and then this happened. rapid gunfire. footage shared on social media, confirmed by the bbc, shows a conscious imran khan with a bandage on his right leg being taken to hospital. here, you can see a man with a gun. he was eventually caught. in a leaked video of his statement to police, he said he wanted to kill mr khan. the current prime minister condemned the attack and has called for an investigation. pakistan s p
Carrie lam will become hong kongs new chief executive. But what the new chief executive. But what the new leadership mean for the economy . And what to look for in buying a piece of art. We get a few tips from the experts. Hello and welcome to Asia Business report. Im sharanjit leyl. A 1200 Strong Committee dominated by pro beijing executives have elected carrie lam as the new hong kong chief executive. She has promised to heal wounds over beijings industry. With a slowing economy in mainland china, she could be facing economic headwinds. I spoke with research at Peter Church At that the issues that will be at the top of her agenda. Peter church at that the issues that will be at the top of her agendam hong kong, the Affordability Question on housing has been a huge economic and political hot button in hong kong. And if you look at it rationally, it is really a supply it generated a problem. Hong kong has been producing less than half of the long term average supply of housing in the l
security to hamid karzai and the specific road map for troops to come home from the more than decade long war. last year, we removed 10,000 u.s. troops from afghanistan. another 23,000 will leave by the end of summer. after that, reductions will continue at a steady pace with more and more of our troops coming home. as our coalition agreed, by the end of 2014 the afghans will be fully responsible for the security of their country. the trip fell on the one-year anniversary of the day that the president ordered navy s.e.a.l.s to take out osama bin laden. over the last three years, the tide has turned. we broke the taliban s momentum. we built strong afghan security forces. we devastated al qaeda s leadership, taking out over 20 of the top 30 leaders. one year ago, from the base here in afghanistan, our troops launched the operation that killed osama bin laden. the goal that i set to defeat al qaeda and deny it a chance to rebuild is now within our reach. so does all of
as our coalition agreed, by the end of 2014 the afghans will be fully responsible for the security of their country. the trip fell on the one-year anniversary of the day that the president ordered navy s.e.a.l.s to take out osama bin laden. over the last three years, the tide has turned. we broke the taliban s momentum. we built strong afghan security forces. we devastated al qaeda s leadership, taking out over 20 of the top 30 leaders. one year ago, from the base here in afghanistan, our troops launched the operation that killed osama bin laden. the goal that i set to defeat al qaeda and deny it a chance to rebuild is now within our reach. so does all of this add up? does the president s optimism about the future square with what s happening on the ground? sean parnell is the author of outlawed platoon. all right, good to see you. let me just ask you this question, colonel lleyton first. we just heard the president there saying by the end of 2014 afghans will be full