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 are without the United States. President s day in the u. S. That means a lot of participants stateside but we also see reduced trading over the Asian Session as well. We saw the asian equities session with the nikkei moving higher, 1. 8 . A little higher a little harder to make any headway. More will get to more that. Our focus on what we are doing in europe because without the United States and the chinese and hong kong markets are closed. Thats get the first word news update. President trump spent the weekend criticizing everyone but russia for meddling. He tweeted 14 times over 24 hours criticizing the fbi, democrats and special counsel Robert Muellers investigation. They came after his sweeping indictment of 13 russians for allegedly leading social media efforts to attack trump rival, hillary clinton. In florida, students at the high school where 17 people were shot and killed are speaking out or gun control. They plan to organize antigun violence marches for next month. In the
Vote the presiding officer is there any senator in the chamber who wishes to vote or to change his or her vote . Seeing none, on this vote the yeas are 39. The nays are 60. Threefifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. A senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from North Carolina. Mr. Tillis mr. President , i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Tillis mr. President , i suggest the absence of a quorum. The presiding officer the clerk should call the roll. Quorum call quorum call quorum call quorum call mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i ask consent that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Mcconnell well, mr. President , i think its sa
Officials say they will need help from the mainland. Remember that you are part of us, even if you are not here. Dont forget us. An emotional plea. I am concerned that we may not get to everybody in time. In the face of an unforgettable tragic storm. Lets get over to nbc10 first alert meteorologist tammie souza. The storm has been downgraded to a category 2. Dont get too excited about that. It has spread out in size and the eye is moving offshore to the north and west of puerto rico trying to restrengthen. Here is a closer look. The big eye is moving right by st. Croix. We dont have pictures from there yet but i think there is probably a lot of devastation on st. Croix. As it moves across puerto rico you see the eye disappearing, it downgraded from a category 4 to a category 3 and now a category 2. It has probably another, oh, 12 hours or so before it will start to reintensify. A couple things about it. It has winds between 96 and 110 miles an hour. Its expected to restrengthen. The wi
Mission with a difference hunting for the honey bee eating asian hornets in devon. In meet the author this week, an american novelist as well as telling stories right about the arts, sex and the mind. In her book of essays, and the mind. In her book of essays, a woman looking at men looking at women. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The latest round of brexit talks have ended with somewhat different interpretations of how theyve gone. The brexit secretary, david davis says thereve been decisive steps forwards. His eu counterpart, Michel Barnier, agreed that theresa mays earlier keynote speech on brexit in florence had created a new dynamic but hes still warning that it could be months before theyre ready to discuss a future trade deal. From brussels, ben wright reports. The british ministers car is the same. Ajag, of course. But the tone of these brexit talks has changed. A month ago, it was fractious and frosty. The divides were wide. But today, reporting back on the weeks negoti