a huge relief effort. and a qatari consortium has submitted a bid to buy manchester united bbc sport understands that a rival bid was also tabled by ineos, owned by british billionaire, sirjim ratcliffe, before friday s deadline. you re watching bbc news,now its time for a look back at some of the travel show s recent highlights. this week on the travel show we are to taking a look back at some of our favourite recent adventures. in mexico, we are hands on with a salamander. oh, my god, it is so smooth, it is so lovely. face to face with italy s stolen art. wow, it is beautiful. and up to my neck in it in rural estonia. hello and welcome to switzerland. i m in the town of chateau d oex. it is known for its gruyere cheese, which is delicious, and the international balloon festival, held in the valley behind me every winter. but let s start somewhere a little warmer. mexico city s ancient canal network was first built by the aztecs. it stretches 180 kilometres and these days
and now it s time for sports day. hello and welcome to sportsday i m gavin ramjaun. england s women edge a tough match against india, on theirjourney to securing a spot in the semi finals of the t20 world cup. stuart broad s on fire for england in new zealand, as they look set to clinch the first test match. and arsenal are back on top after a thiller at aston villa, with two late goal. also coming up in the programme, the ownership race hots up for manchester united. sirjim ratcliffe s officially in the running, along with a bid from qatar. and a moment to remember for st helens with a famous victory in australia, to claim rugby league s world club challenge. hello and welcome to sportsday, hello there, and welcome along to the programme, a busy day of football on the way. but we start with cricket first and it was billed as a crucial group encounter, between england and india at the women s t20 world cup. and england s11 run win earlier see them stay top of the grou
as newsday continues, straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. a select few people amongst us have personal stories which stir compassion, admiration and solidarity, and one of them is my guest today waris dirie, the somali born model, writer and activist. she was raised in poverty, the daughter of a nomadic herdsman. she became the muse of fashion houses in new york and paris, but she chose campaigning over the catwalk, speaking out against female genital mutilation, which she experienced and is now determined to eliminate. it is an issue about patriarchy and power, so is this a fight she can win? waris dirie, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. yours has been a life of extraordinary change and extraordinary contrasts. i just wonder, now you look back on your childhood, does it seem a very great distance away or does it still feel close and intimate? i would say far away. somehow, it seems so far, my life. if i look back or think back, ifeel like i ve
tesla is recalling over 350,000 of its us vehicles to update its full self driving beta software system. this, after regulators said it did not properly adhere to traffic safety laws. tesla will now release a free update for the system. but as my colleague samira hussain explains, the full self driving beta software is a big part of tesla. this self driving technology for tesla is a big part of its business plan. it s what tesla and elon musk has been pushing and elon musk has been pushing and they believe it is the absolute future. elon musk has also said this self driving technology is better and in many cases safer than just regular drivers. but what tesla has shown is there has been incidents in which some of these technologies have caused accidents. while in this particular software update instance, they are saying that, look, what we are doing is to try and get this update to happen because there could be some issues when going through traffic, circles, going through in
and pulp fiction star is now suffering from a type of dementia. and the deadline looms to see who might want to buy manchester united, with offers expected to come in from prospective owners in britain, the us and qatar. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister will hold talks with stormont leaders in belfast today, with hopes that a deal between the uk and the eu on northern ireland s brexit arrangement could soon be reached as early as next week. the current trading arrangement know as the northern ireland protocol was negotiated during brexit talks. it was put in place to deal with the fact that northern ireland is in the uk and the republic of ireland is in the eu. some goods passing from england, scotland and wales into northern ireland are getting checked when they cross the irish sea in order to keep an open order on the island of ireland. unionist parties argue that this places an effective border across the irish sea which undermines northern irel