Truce between the u. S. And the taliban comes into effect in afghanistan paving the way for a peace deal to be signed next week. Vote counting is underway in Irans Parliamentary election with conservatives expected to hold on to power after moderate a reformist candidates were excluded. Hello the theres been an increase in the number of new coronavirus cases outside of china italy has confirmed its 1st death from the virus and public spaces have been shut down in 10 towns in lombardy province after 15 new cases were found there south korea has the most cases outside of china and theyve had their largest spike in infections over half of the 346 patients there are members of a religious sect in the city of daegu meanwhile china. As reported a drop in new cases with 400 recorded on friday thats a fall of more than 50 percent from the previous day or as the number of deaths outside china continues to rise the World Health Organization chief has issued this warning about the corona Virus Ou
In a year full of special moments for england cricketers, could they squeeze in one more high before the end of 2019 . 376 runs would be englands highest ever successful run chase, and joe denly set about putting a dent in it. But the man that south africa really wanted, rory burns, they were not farfrom getting him. His innings yesterday had given england a chance but with a swipe and a grab he was out. No century, but still a valuable 8a. Like a lot of his team, joe root has been struggling with illness, but he looked on the road to recovery. He was about to lose his fellowjoe, joe denly, trapped lbw by dwaine pretorius. That meant the arrival of ben stokes, but what was left in the tank . It turns out just fumes. From the reaction of the south africans, and stokes himself, it shows how crucial this was. Jonny bairstow following, it was starting to feel like south africas day. Joe roots dismissal only made that feeling stronger. With the captain gone, england put up little resistance
Bongs can ring in the new decade. Now on bbc news its time for sportsday. Hello. Welcome to sportsday live at the bbc sport centre with me ben croucher. Our headlines this sunday liverpool win again. Arsenal dont. Var . Plenty of that too. Just another day in the premier league in scotland rangers win the Old Firm Derby. It made their manager rather happy. And feeling a bit sick. England succumb to south africa in the first test in centurion. Welcome to the programme. Liverpool have ended 2019 as they started it. Top of the premier league table. Theyll take some catching from here now after restoring their 13 points advantage with a 1 nil win over wolves. Not for the first time this season the video assistant referee had a big influence. Nick parrott has the details. With the festive fixtures coming thick and fast it is hard for teams to stay on form. Both liverpool and wolves are thrilled in their last games but with such a short turn around anfield was unlikely to see a classic. Wear
Going to let him go and do his thing. But we wanted to make sure that he was never going to do this again, he was never going to harm another single human being. In other news, millions of commuters will have to pay an average of 2. 7 more for rail tickets in the new year. And at 2. 30pm as families of the hillsborough victims continue their search for justice, we look back at the disaster and the events that followed. The Prime Minister says he wants to toughen up sentences for serious and violent offences. Speaking after visiting the scene of fridays incident at London Bridge, mrjohnson said he wanted longer sentences for Violent Crime and an end to Early Release for serious offenders. The attacker usman khan had been released on licence last december after serving half of a 16 yearjail sentence for his part in a plot to blow up the london stock exchange. In the past hour, the Prime Minister has speaking at the scene of the attack. I have just been down again to talk to the Emergency