it, and of course i am super happy to be in anotherfinal of it, and of course i am super happy to be in another final of the grand slam, and hopefully i can do in the bit better than the last time. a little bit better. jhung, on the other hand, is through to her first grand slam final, ending ukrainian qualifier dayana yastremska s incredible run with a 6 4, 6 4 win. jhung is aiming to become the second chinese woman to win the australian open singles title, 10 years after li na s famous victory. cricket now, and india trail england by 127 after day one of the first test in hyderabad, after a brilliant unbeaten innings from yashasvi jaiswal. the tourists won the toss and elected to bat and once again were indebted to ben stokes. the captain came in with england in trouble at 121 4. from there, he struck 70 off 88 balls to help england to 246 all out eight of the wickets falling to spin. in reply, jaiswal finished the day 76 not out at more than a run a ball, as india rea
is facing mounting pressure from within his own cabinet, from the israeli public, and from the relatives of the hostages, who over the weekend stormed a parliamentary session injerusalem to demand more action to secure the release of their loved ones. live now to doha nawaf al thani is qatar s former director of defence intelligence operations and defence attache to the united states. hejoins me now. thank you for being here with us. what are you hearing about the framework of some sort of new deal? thank you for having me. i think first there are two parts of this. the first is the qatari statements in the past days and weeks that they have continued their efforts to restart negotiations and have not stopped their efforts. but the second part of this is also, at least from the qatari perspective, they ve played very close to the vest when it comes to negotiations, it s very sensitive and they don t talk a lot about it before it happens, but all reports indicates we are hea
this is bbc news, the headlines. the un says once facilities sheltering thousands of people in gaza has been hit leaving nine people dead. a russian military plane crashes, with no survivors. moscow says ukrainian prisoners of war were on board and accuses kyiv of shooting it down. in the us, donald trump defeats nikki haley in the republican primary in new hampshire but she s vowing to stay in the race. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s hugh. alexander zverev has done something he s never done before, beaten a player ranked in the top five at a grand slam. but he broke that duck with a victory over carlos alcaraz that took the german sixth seed into the australian open semi final. zverev lost only two points on his own serve in racing to a first set lead and had a break in the third to beat alcaraz in three, but the spaniard fought back taking the thidr back taking the third on a tie break. but after exchanging breaks of serve early in the fou
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moscow says the plane was carrying ukrainian prisoners of war involved in a prison exchange. it has accused ukraine of deliberately ta rgetting the plane. ukraine says kyiv had not been advised, on this occasion, to ensure the safety of airspace where it happened. according to moscow, the military plane crashed about 44 miles north east of the russian city of belgorod. there are said to have been 7a people on board, including 65 ukrainian pows. our russia editor steve rosenberg has the latest from moscow. caught on mobile phone, the moment a russian military transport plane fell from the sky. woman speaks russian. good god, she cries, as the consequence of what has happened becomes clear. the wreckage was strewn across the fields of belgorod region. not only did russia accuse ukraine of shooting the plane down, it claimed that on board were dozens of ukrainian prisoners of war who were about to be exchanged. translation: on board the plane there were six crew members, - 65