we ll ask how the plan might work. also ahead. downing street says talks with the eu over a brexit deal covering northern ireland have been positive , raising hopes of a new agreement. also in northern ireland. a fifth person s been arrested in connection with the attempted murder of the off duty police officerjohn caldwell in omagh. officially, there are just 30 minutes left to vote in nigeria s most competitive elections since the end of military rule. but there are still long queues, with reports that some polling stations didn t open on time. a record number of people, nearly 90 million, have been eligible to vote. there s tight security across the country. 18 candidates are running to replace president buhari. the election is being seen as one of the most unpredictable in recent years. joining me now from lagos is our west africa correspondent, mayenijones. thank you forjoining us. just give us a little bit of context surrounding these elections, they are taking place i
from the occasion, but captain ken 0wens is glad to be moving on. we need a win to get pride back in the shirt after two defeats. like i said, it has been a horrendous two weeks. but we can only focus on the rugby now and moving forward, that s what we need to concentrate on. another dominant day for england in their second test against new zealand in wellington. another intervention from the weather that curtailed that advantage after declaring on 435 for 8, oncejoe root had gone past 150, three wickets each for james anderson and jack leach left the home side 297 runs behind on 138 for 7. day three will get under way earlier in order to make up some of the overs lost on the opening two days. afterwardsjoe root praised england captain ben stokes for his declaration. where we are playing at the minute,
another impressive day for england in their second test aginast new zealand in wellington. another intervention from the weather that curtailed their dominance, after declaring on 435 for eight oncejoe root had gone past 150. three wickets each for james anderson and jack leach left the home side 297 runs behind on 138 for seven. day three will get under way earlier in order to make up some of the overs lost on the opening two days. afterwards, joe root praised england captain ben stokes for his declaration. the way we are playing, the amount of confidence we ve got we the way we are playing, the amount of confidence we ve go of confidence we ve got we have a number one of confidence we ve got we have a number one test of confidence we ve got we have a number one test bowler of confidence we ve got we have a number one test bowler and i of confidence we ve got we have a number one test bowler and it i of confidence we ve got we have a | number one test bowler and itjust seems lik
in brisbane with high hopes, but a batting collapse left australia chasing just 20 runs for victory. here s our sports correspondentjoe wilson. it is not just it is notjust that it is not just that australia it is notjust that australia won this test match, it is that it all happened so quickly. oncejoe root was out in the first half an hour of saturday s play, england s ambitions unravelled. of course there are other good batters in the england team but there is only one ridge and the collapse to 297 all out was just what england had feared and perhaps, in truth, what australia had expected. one saturday s play began england had just opened the door, by lunch australia had slanted to close. i lunch australia had slanted to close. ~ , ., close. i think we showed good character. close. i think we showed good character, good close. i think we showed good character, good fight - close. i think we showed good character, good fight and - close. i think we showed good character, good fig