Growing up and training in yorker. 42 degrees is the ambient heat. You can add more to that on the court. Show court two, where kyle edmund is playing, they have been on court 41 one half hours. It isjust bright sunshine, no shade. It is the ruling gain. Edmund is the ranking player. He got up to eight fairly slow start. We had a medical timeout to work on his shoulder to loosen it out. He came through with a perfect high rate. Then he broke against the georgian whom he has met and played once before. Then it was turned around. They breakpoint opportunity, asa around. They breakpoint opportunity, as a spit, the georgian hasjust broken as a spit, the georgian hasjust bro ke n kyle as a spit, the georgian hasjust broken kyle edmund in the first game of set free. Could be a long way to go in this one. You mentioned nadal under the lights. Great stuff. Gigi salmon, our tennis reporter in melbourne. All the details on the website of who will be in action. A p plater will be nick kyrgios. He
The official title of the 169 athletes who have arrived to compete in this months Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in south korea as so called neutral athletes. It is a result of last yea rs neutral athletes. It is a result of last Years International Olympic Committee ban on russia that followed a long investigation into what they concluded was an unprecedented systematic manipulation of the anti doping system at the 2014 sochi Winter Olympics. A whistleblower from the head of the anti doping laboratory in russia revealed how dirty samples had been swapped for clean ones. But today the court of arbitration for sport has reopened the issue, upholding 28 appeals and partially upholding 28 appeals and partially upholding the remaining 11. The arbitrators unanimously found that the evidence moved forward by the ioc in relation to this matter did not have the same weight in each individual case. This does not mean that these 28 athletes are declared innocent, but in that case due to insufficien
A historic handshake between north and south korea but the u. S. Is keeping its distance prices averted the u. S. Government is open for business off to another shutdown most americans probably slept through and egypt launches a massive military operation that she says is targeting terrorists in sinai. And im tatiana phantasm doha with all of the sport will have more from enclitic the court of arbitration for sport rejected the last minute appeals of forty seven russian athletes and coaches who were bidding to be allowed to compete and more later. The Winter Olympics have officially opened in the south korean city of young chang with a spectacular fireworks display thousands turned out in freezing temperatures to attend the one that hes hoped will bring helped bring about a diplomatic for of relations between north and south korea for now it looks like the ice has been broken with whats being described as an historic handshake between south koreas leader in and kenya jiang the sister o
Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Police in china have started using sunglasses featuring facial Recognition Technology it allows officers to scan crowds looking for suspects. A modern tool in the fight against crime . Or does it smack of big brother surveillance . Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbc the briefing. The recent apparent thaw in relations between north and south korea looks to be taking a backwards step. The North Koreans have now said they have no intention of using the Winter Olympics as a chance to meet american delegates and they are also preparing a huge parade of their military prowess. But the us Vice President mike pence reiterated that all options are on the table. In a speech at a us air base injapan he said his country and its allies were striving to peacefully dismantle north Koreas Nuclear programme and alleviate the suffering of its people. Hes already said the us will
Hello im sam is a than this is the news hour live from coming up in the next sixty minutes a car bomb in the Afghan Capital targets the High Peace Council killing at least seventeen and injuring more than one hundred others. In syria a fragile cease fire in the south as a Turkish Military offensive continues in the north plus. Gives the survivors first and foremost the self what it department is universally in my family an opportunity. To heal more fallout from the u. S. Gymnastics Sexual Abuse Scandal the entire governing body resigns. And the saudi believe there is five star prison the collapse of a construction giant and what both of them say about the kingdoms economic reforms. I least seventeen people have been killed more than a hundred injured in a suicide car bombing in the Afghan Capital it happened near the old interior Ministry Building comes a week off the road toward a bomb attack on the citys Intercontinental Hotel jennifer gloss has more now from kabul. All right so jenn