pope francis leads mourners for his predeccessor benedict xvi at an open air funeral mass at the vatican. upset for emma raducanu after she retires from her second round match at the asb classic in auckland with an ankle injury. and coming up this hour hear more from the girl group flo, who are the winners of the bbc s sound of 2023 award. sir keir starmer has promised that a labour government would devolve more power out of westminster by giving local authorities more say in areas such as transport and housing. the labour leader said in a new year speech that taking back control borrowing from the brexit slogan would be central to his party s agenda if it won the next election. it s not unreasonable for us to recognise the desire of communities to stand on their own feet. it s what take back control meant. the control people want is control over their lives and their communities. so we will embrace the take back control message, but we ll turn it from a slogan in
emma raducanu has 11 days to prove her fitness for the australian open after an injury forced her to retire from her second round match at the asb classic in auckland. the 20 year old took the first set against viktoria kuzmova, before the slovakian fought back to level. at the start of the third set, raducanu took a lenghty medical timeout after rolling her ankle and retired from the match in tears. it s the latest in a series of injury related retirements by the british player who shot to fame by coming through the qualifiers to win the us open in 2021. 0n the men s tour, novak djokovic is laying down an early marker in his bid for a record extending 10th australian open title. the 35 year old former world number one came through a stern test against contan aliss at the adelaide international to reach the quarter finals. djokovic was a break down in the first set against the world number 64 but outlasted the frenchman to take the first set on a tie break. and it was much the same s