and making sure that we extend those and keep doing the good things for longer. so i think we are in a really good place at the minute, and hopefully we can wrap up the odi part of the tour in two days time. now, the england men s two day test defeat in india. after that, coach chris silverwood says they havn t officially complained to the icc about the pitch. haven t officially complained. england were beaten on a surface in ahmedabad which some have suggested wasn t fit for test cricket. england accept they were outplayed but silverwood says he ll be discussing the challenging conditions with his captain, joe root. joe andi joe and i will have conversations, see where we go, because it certainly. we have to accept we have to get better on these pages, we ve got to accept that there are places we could have improved. look at the first innings, we had the opportunity to bat more runs. next time i would hope we would pounce on the opportunity and make best use of the oppor
in northern india. wills begin the six nations campaign with a thrilling victory over ireland and cardiff. how the comedy show is going on through lifestream. good evening. scientists behind astrazeneca virus say it should still protect against the worst potential consequences of covid i9 after study suggests that it had limited effect against the south african variant of the disease. run the hundred cases of that variant have been identified in the uk in the study involving a trial of 20 people has not been reviewed by other experts. 0ur medical expert reports on the latest research and the ongoing effort to combat emerging in future strains of the coronavirus. there is concern that current vaccines being used of thousands of centres across the uk might eventually lose some of their potency as coronavirus evolves. the oxford extras the neck ofjed works 0xford extras the neck ofjed works well against the king variant for in september and now dominant in the uk. a study of 200
as freight trains pass through the city. hello and welcome to bbc news. three judges in australia are considering novak djokovic s appeal against the cancellation of his visa on the grounds of public health. djokovic s lawyers have been challenging the government s argument that the serbian player is an anti vaccination figurehead. the judges say the verdict will be delivered on sunday or monday. our correspondent phil mercer is outside the court in melbourne. so then the full bench of the federal court will die just all of those arguments that have been presented to them. and, as you say, we could have a decision as to whether novak djokovic will compete in the australian open starting tomorrow, monday, or he will be deported by the end of the day. now, the government here in australia is contending that novak djokovic is a risk to the population here by potentially inciting civil unrest because of his anti vaccination stance that has been reported. as lawyers are contending
on public health grounds. a british woman is missing in tonga after being washed away in the tsunami which hit the island. the amount of damage it s caused is still unclear. coming up the travel show at 8.30. the team s in paris to find out about its competing bids for unesco world heritage status. the family of the briton who s been identified as the man who took four people hostage at a synagogue in texas have confirmed that he has died in the incident. malik faisal akram, who came from blackburn, was named as the hostage taker by the fbi earlier this evening. according to federal law enforcement officials, he was 44 and arrived in the us about two weeks ago. his family said they were devastated, didn t condone any of his actions and apologised to those involved. all four hostages were freed unharmed after a ten hour stand off between the assailant and police. here, counter terror policing north west has confirmed that it s helping the us authorities with the investigatio
israel synagogue and colleyville 17 miles northeast of downtown for worse. the hostage takers said to be a man who claims his arm, no one knows if he is, the colleyville police sent out an update about an hour ago saying in addition to subjects, law enforcement confirmed but no injuries reported. fbi crisis negotiators are medications with the subject. greg abbott pleading the texas department of sub public safety is on the scene of the hostage situation in texas working with local and federal teams to achieve the best and safest outcome as they continue to monitor the situation and police received a call 10:41 a.m., less than an hour in to the streaming services of shabbat, local religious services there that happen every saturday morning, live streams state up for hours. you can hear the hostage taker sometimes even angrily reportedly mentioning his sister, telegram report set a few times, he didn t want to hurt anyone and repeated that he believes he s going to die. there