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
a winter storm brings snow and rain to southern california, the likes of which hasn t been seen there in decades. vote counting is under way in nigeria s tightest presidential election since military rule ended there more than two decades ago. but the voting has been marred by delays, technical problems and violent disruption. the race is between two major established parties, and a third candidate, peter obi, who has galvanised the support of young people. nigeria is africa s most populous country and a record number of people nearly 90 million have been eligible to vote. polls were due to close earlier in the day but people who were still in queues at polling stations nationwide were able to cast their ballot. here s the chair of the nigerian election commission. we are determined that no nigerian should and would be disenfranchised. we will continue to protect the process and will continue to proceed, courageously, to ensure that we conclude these in a very free, fai
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with the amount of confidence that we ve got, on a wicket that we have seen the bold move around, with the number one test bowler, and two leading wicket takers we ve ever had, itjust seems like a very brave and attacking option. full credit to ben for taking it on. the sacramento kings beat the los angeles clippers 176 175 in a dramatic encounter which became the second highest scoring match in nba history. malik monk top scored with 45 points for the kings, while teammate de aaron fox contributed 42 points in the double overtime win. the points tallies for both teams were franchise records while the nba s highest scoring game was in 1983 when the detroit pistons beat the denver nuggets 186 184. the focus is on the extremes of the premier league table with the six games today, with leaders arsenal and second placed manchester city both playing. arsenal can, temporarily at least, re establish a five point lead at leicester.
the german side looked a completely different proposition to the one arsenel beat 4 0 back in october, but they couldn t score any more and arsenal hung on to reach the last eight. the second ashes test gets under way early tomorrow morning in adelaide. not much went right for england in brisbane last week, losing the opening test by nine wickets. that was without their leading wicket takers, stuart broad and james anderson, but both are in the 12 man squad for tomorrow. patrick gearey reports. it started with a miss. rory burns comprehensively bowled first ball, england comprehensively beaten first test. so, where next? go towards the light. the match in adelaide will be a day night event played partly under floodlights and entirely with the pink ball, an advantage england feel is so significant, they rested their greatest bowler