Looking unstoppable. Liverpool thrash Leicester City 4 0 to go 13 points clear at the top of the premier league. Sam curran stars for england taking four wickets on day one of the opening test in south africa. And clan des obeaux makes it back to back wins in the King George Vi chase with victory at kempton. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Welcome to the programme. First to liverpools statement win tonight they are 13 points clear at the top of the premier league with a game in hand, after thrashing second placed Leicester City 4 0 at the king power stadium. It comes just five days after they won the Club World Cup in qatar. Patrick geary reports. A chance for leicester to look livable in the eyes. To keep them on their side of the horizon. There is a probable chasing liverpool, the relentless pace, most are stretched leicester to breaking point and the just about stayed intact. Like managers all over the world, Brendan Rodgers tried to crack the puzzle but if you focus on one red mena
Of a rare eclipse from the middle east to asia people have been marvelling at the ring of fire. Hello and welcome to world news today. Voting has now ended for the leadership of israels governing likud party which, for 20 years, Benjamin Netanyahu has led with an iron grip. Mr netanyahu and his rival made last minute appeals to likud members for their support. More than 100,000 Party Members were eligible to vote on whether the veteran Prime Minister should lead them into the next election. Barbara plett usher reports from jerusalem. The man who would be king. Gideon saar has issued the most serious challenge to the party in a decade. Translation i feel a great awakening on the ground. People understand that a change has to come today. With the help of god, together we will make that change today. He wants Party Members to vote for change because he says the Prime Minister failed to form a government after two general elections and has no chance of doing so in a third. There is a growi
Secondlargest this australias secondlargest city. Forces are struggling to c contn the blazes. Livias embattled government could receive military help from turkey. They are lining up support to send troops into the north africacan country. There are onene is that such a moveve couldld further destabile the regionon. Warnings that such a move could further destabilize the region. A scientist in china court caught for creating the worlds first genetically edited babies. I am phil gayle. Looking to the program. Phil baghdad and tehran have condemned u. S. Airstrikes against an Iraqi Militia supported by iran. They said this violated sovereignty and they will review relations with washington. U. S. Forces hit five targets belonging to kataib hezbollah. This hezbollah base near the border between iraq and syria was one of f five targets of u. By the jets. They destroyed the iran backed militia weapon cases and commandandcontrol centers in iraq and syria. The strikes of retaliation for frida
And a landing on the martian surface what a year for science its going to be. Merry christmas good morning. Welcome to breakfast with victoria fritz and Nina Warhurst. Our headlines today calls for an independent inquiry after a new years honours data leak. The addresses of celebrities, politicians, and Police Officers appeared online. Five people have been stabbed after a man forced his way into the home of a rabbi in new york. Three, two, one a quarter of a Million People sign a petition calling for sydneys new years eve fireworks to be cancelled and the money spent on fighting bushfires. Andy murray is out of next months australian open. He says hes gutted after failing to recover from a pelvic injury. And another manager sacked. West ham have dismissed Manuel Pellegrini just hours after losing to leicester city. Good morning. It has been an exceptionally mild night across the uk, ridiculously for scotland where temperatures have been into the mid teens. All due to being tucked in u
Calls for an independent inquiry after the new years honours data leak in which the addresses of celebrities, politicians and Police Officers were published online. It isa it is a serious and they need extraordinary breach because this is a well established process that has been going on the same way for years so been going on the same way for years soi been going on the same way for years so i think an urgent investigation is certainly needed. Five people stabbed in new york during hanukkah celebrations at the home of an orthodox rabbi. Calls for sydneys new years eve fireworks to be cancelled quarter of a Million People sign a petition for the money to be spent fighting australias bushfires instead in tennis former world number one andy murray says hes gutted to be missing next months Australian Open after pulling out because of injury and our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9. 35. This mornings reviewers are lucy fisher and john crowley. There are calls for an independent