And ben stokes is back. Good afternoon. He is. The ecb have cleared him to return to england to just two days after he was charged with affray. He is likely to be playing in their short form series against new zealand ex month. All the details later in the our. Thanks, hugh. Susan powell has the weather, it is in the news. Lying snow and ice causing problems, buti in the news. Lying snow and ice causing problems, but i think this afternoon for many, pictures like this in edinburgh, the sun is out. But it is the calm before the storm, more strong winds to come tonight and another spell of heavy snow for southern scotland and Northern England. Thank you very much. Also coming up could it be a french stitch up . The grand diplomatic gesture by president macron which means the bayeux tapestry could leave france for the first time in nearly a thousand years and be loaned to britain. But why now . Hello, everyone. This is afternoon live. Im simon mccoy. If yourjob is dependant on the outcome
A qatari royal who was seen as a. Turkeys military begins firing into syrias a freedom region their target is hardish fighters. Scientists take a big step forward in their mission to develop a blood test that screams what counts. In sports Australian Open organizers defend their decision not to suspend play in melbourne high temperatures pushing from zone players to the limits of the u. S. First grand slam tournament. A warm welcome to the news our cuts are we will who was formerly a close ally of saudi arabia says the gulf diplomatic crisis has been manufactured in an explosive audio recording obtained by aljazeera shake up to lebanon ali al thani can be heard accusing both side the arabia the u. A. E. Of fabricating the rift with cuts are as a way to seize their neighbors wealth he also says he was under so much pressure from the two countries that he wanted to end his life has the story. The man saudi arabia and the u. A. E. Were presenting as an alternative to qatar leadership step
False imprisonment. Scientists in america say theyre a step closer to one of the holy grails of medicine a universal blood test for cancer. The new zealand Prime Minister says shes not the first woman to multi task after announcing that she is pregnant. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport. England on top down under. 7 certainly yes, kyle edmund is into the last 16. There has been another win for englands cricketers. Thank you olly. Sarah has the weather, how is it looking . We have web triweather at the moment. Things will turn milder through the weekend, but an amber warning out for the met office for disruptive weather in scotland in particular, i will have all the details throughout the afternoon. Also coming up a bridge too far for borisjohnson perhaps number ten knocks down the foreign secretarys idea for a fixed link between the uk and france. Intry w et er at the moment. Things will turn milder through the weekend, but an amber warning out for the met office for disruptive
Place. The afghan nationalflag waving from the roof, proof that the building has been retaken. More than 150 people, including some foreigners, were inside yesterday evening when gunmen burst in and opened fire. Translation there were old people and children inside the hotels rooms and the attackers were knocking on the door of each room, trying to reach their targets. They killed all people and officials. They were also targeting foreigners. Ordinary people. They were also targeting foreigners. Ordinary people. These images filmed by local tv showed people escaping by climbing down bed sheets they had tied to balconies. This telecoms engineer fell from the sixth floor as he tried to get away. Translation when the sixth floor caught fire this morning, my roommate told me either escaped or burn. I got a bed sheet and tied it the balcony. I tried to calm down but i was heavy and my arms were not strong enough. I fell and but i was heavy and my arms were not strong enough. Ifell and injur
Blogs in iran and you want to be al jazeera news our life my headquarters in doha in this sixty minutes we have teens in kabul on the turkey syria border also reporters everybody germany and in harare zimbabwe also escaping the gunfire at a luxury hotel in kabul six civilians are dead the taliban has claimed responsibility. Also turkish troops launching air and ground attacks against kurdish fighters in northern syria. And defending Donald Trumps israel policy shift the u. S. Vice president is in jordan on the second stop of his middle east. And our top story in force rappler a taliban says to the quarter finals of the australian it was straight forward for the brown family. Good to have you with us welcome to the news hour we start in south asia where the taliban has claimed responsibility for an overnight attack at the Intercontinental Hotel in the capital kabul the siege began when a gunman stormed the building on saturday night six civilians were killed along with five attackers du