are life changing. and drivers will be banned from scrolling, filming or searching playlists on their mobile phone from next year. good afternoon. cricket chiefs are holding an emergency meeting to discuss racism in the english game. it comes after shocking testimony earlier this week from ex yorkshire player azeem rafiq about the racism he faced. he had to apologise himself yesterday for anti jewish comments he wrote on social media ten years ago. and another player, alex hales, has apologised after a photo was published showing him wearing black makeup at a fancy dress party in 2009. laura scott reports. after another turbulent week, cricket s latest response to its racism crisis crisis talks at the 0val today as the game comes together to tackle its discrimination problem, evidence of which continues to emerge. what do you hope to get out of the meeting today? just clarity and togetherness i suppose. does cricket have a racism issue? we have a lot of work to do, no doubt
us presidentjoe biden and his rival donald trump have gone head to head he has been criticised for a week and hesitant performance in the first head to head tv debate. he struggled as his rivalformer president donald trump made repeated claims that weren t true as the two sparred over their respective terms in office. they even swiped at each other about golf are several key topics were not mentioned at all. let s speak tojohn sudworth, who is in atlanta, where the debate took place. this was a bad night for us politics. yes, in normal circumstances the focus might be on those falsehoods that littered donald trump s performance, but in contrast he appeared presidential. this was a terrible night forjoe biden, faltering, at times seeming to be unable to complete his train of thought, and an event that was asked for by the democrats that had the purpose of trying to allay concerns about his age and mental competence has only amplified them and it has pushed those long simmerin
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the russian president, vladimir putin, has said that he won t expel any us diplomats from the country, in a surprise response to president obama s decision to order russian diplomats out of the us. mr obama, who s also imposing sanctions, had accused russia of interfering in the us presidential election. despite advice from his foreign minister, mr putin has decided not to retaliate for now. mr putin also said that positive developments in relations between russia and the uk would be mutually beneficial. steve rosenberg reports from moscow. following accusations of cyber attacks on america, the us had expelled 35 russian diplomats. so, how would moscow respond? well, today, russia s foreign minister proposed tit for tat. he said he had asked president putin to expel 35 american diplomats. but the kremlin leader said no no americans would be expelled. he would wait to see what kind of policies donald trump pursued in the white house.
vladimir putin, has said that he won t expel any us diplomats from the country, in a surprise response to president obama s decision to order russian diplomats out of the us. mr obama, who s also imposing sanctions, had accused russia of interfering in the us presidential election. despite advice from his foreign minister, mr putin has decided not to retaliate for now. mr putin also said that positive developments in relations between russia and the uk would be mutually beneficial. steve rosenberg reports from moscow. following accusations of cyber attacks on america, the us had expelled 35 russian diplomats. so, how would moscow respond? well, today, russia s foreign minister proposed tit for tat. he said he had asked president putin to expel 35 american diplomats. but the kremlin leader said no no americans would be expelled. he would wait to see what kind of policies donald trump pursued in the white house. that doesn t change what america s top intelligence agencies b