championship at alexandra palace. 16 year old luke littler has become the youngest person ever to reach the final and he did it in style. that s despite losing the first set to 2018 world champion rob cross. littler, who doesn t turn 17 for another 19 days, soon levelled and then took control, including an audacious 132 check out which contained two bulls eyes. in the end cross had no answer as littler came through 6 2. it s just unbelievable, unbelievable to even think i m in the final, like i said. to win a game, come back after christmas, and i m still standing. don t really i shouldn t be getting nervous, in case i get to the end. so, yeah, if i m a set away, i may be thinking. just got to stay composed and get over the line tomorrow. well littler will take on his namesake luke humphries in wednesday s final. humphries was imperious as he saw off scott williams without dropping a set. the 6 0 win means humphries will go in to the final as the new world number 1. brighto
history has been made at the pdc darts world championship at alexandra palace. 16 year old luke littler has become the youngest person ever to reach the final and he did it in style. that s despite losing the first set to 2018 world champion rob cross. littler, who doesn t turn 17 for another 19 days, soon levelled and then took control, including an audacious 132 check out which contained two bulls eyes. in the end cross had no answer as littler came through 6 2. it s just unbelievable, unbelievable to even think i m in the final, like i said. to wina game, in the final, like i said. to win a game, come back after christmas, and i m still standing. don t really i shouldn t be getting nervous, in case i get to the end. so, yeah, if i m a set away, i may be thinking. just got to stay composed and get over the line tomorrow. well littler will take on his namesake luke humphries in wednesday s final. humphries was imperious as he saw off scott williams without dropping a set.
test. staying with test cricket, australia are looking to complete a 3 0 series whitewash as they take on pakistan in the final test in sydney. pakistan got off to the worst possible start on day one, losing two wickets inside the first two overs josh hazlewood and mitchell starc doing the damage. but the visitors did recover, muhammad rizwan hitting two sixes on his way to a top score of 88. australia eventually bowling them out for 313, and the hosts ended the day six without loss. novak djokovic s 43 match winning run in australia is over after he was beaten by alex de minaur in the united cup quarterfinals in perth. de minaur, the world number 12, took full advantage of an out of sorts djokovic, who s been struggling with a wrist injury, taking the first set 6 4. de minaur showed few nerves in the second as he eventually closed out the match 6 4. it s djokovic s first loss in australia since the 2018 australian open. i think i will be ok, to be honest. but it did have q
from its armed wing. the group says they were among seven killed in the explosion at a beirut building. hamas is designated a terrorist organisation by many western governments. saleh al arouri was helped lead the group s political wing. he was also known to be deeply involved in the group s military affairs. hamas has called his killing a terrorist act. israel has not claimed responsibility. but an advisor to the israeli prime minister described it as a surgical strike against hamas leadership not one on the lebanese state. lebanon is blaming israel, with the country s prime minister condemning the explosion. the country s foreign minister spoke to the bbc s radio program the world tonight. at the time when all western countries including the united states, britain, france, was asking us to hold hezbollah and stop them making any problems, now we see the problems are coming from israel and that is what we were afraid of. that israel, in order to compensate for its failu
direct entry to the australian open later this month. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. junior doctors in england have begun a six day walkout in their dispute about pay the longest strike ever to take place in the nhs. tens of thousands of routine operations and appointments are likely to be postponed as hospitals focus on emergency care. the strike started at 7am this morning and will last for six days. it will end at 7am next tuesday january 9th. members of the doctors union, the british medical association, have asked for a 35% pay increase but the government says its demands are unrealistic. let s speak to sharon barber who is at the royal victoria infirmary in newcastle. you have been there during the morning. what is the mood on the picket line? on the picket line? around 50 “unior doctors came on the picket line? around 50 “unior doctors came out i on the picket line? around 50 “unior doctors came out on i on the picket line? around 50 �