and three european champions cups. there was plenty of drama on day nine of the australian open. sixth seed alexander zverev had to win a fifth set tie break in his match against britain s cameron norrie to make the quarter finals. the german will face number two seed carlos alcaraz who lost just eight games as he beat miomir kecmanovic of serbia in straight sets. it is great to find this level, to play this level in the matches, on the court, i am feeling better and better every day, i m feeling better every match that i am playing, coming into the quarterfinal with a lot of confidence. a shock at the africa cup of nations on the cards, as the hosts ivory coast could be heading out following their 4 0 hammering at the hands of equatorial guinea. emilio nsue s double helped them to a famous win that saw them top group a and qualify for the knockouts. ivory coast need other results elsewhere to go their way. earlier, nigeria had to rely on an own goal to beat guinea bissau 1 0
cloud, particularly in the west. one or two showers. most places should see a decent amount of sunshine. while the temperatures do not look spectacular, given the sunshine it will not look too bad. into the start of april it will slowly through the weekend become drier and brighter. good news. thanks, ben. you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. from the six team, it s goodbye. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. hello, and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. our headlines this evening. michael vaughan is cleared of using racist language towards a former yorkshire team mate after a panel decided that on the balance of probabilities, the charge wasn t proven. wimbledon s u turn it lifts the ban on russian and belorussian players for this year s championships a decision one ukrainian politician has called immoral . maybe not the title decider of r
welcome to bbc news. we start with president biden who s made an impassioned defence of the good friday agreement 25 years after it was signed. he said northern ireland will not go back that the enemies of peace will not prevail. he was talking to students at ulster university where he talked about the need for renewal and repair it matters to me personally he said. the president is expected to land at dublin airport in the next half an hour the start of three days in ireland a mix of politics and events linked to his strong irish roots. more on that in a moment. but it s been a busy, busy day for the president. it started with a meeting with rishi sunak, both expressing their hope that power sharing can be restored. joe biden also met the leaders of the five main parties off camera he said he was in listening mode. these the pictures after the president spoke at the university, he clearly was enjoying every bit of the visit it was so obvious the way he en
and the oscar goes to everything everywhere all at once. and it really did win everything, everywhere as the film scoops seven oscars including best film and best actress. michelle yeoh becomes the first woman from an asian background to win best actress at the oscars i m here getting all the latest reaction. brooke shields has been waiting half an hour to get into the vanity party. how ireland moved to within one win of six nations clean sweep. we reflect on all of the weekend s action. good morning. for most of us it will be a mild day with showery spells of rain. the exception is across the north of scotland, which will have snow and will be colder with gales developing. all the details later in the programme. good morning. it s monday the 13th of march. our main story. junior doctors in england are about to start a three day strike which is expected to cause major disruption to nhs services. they ll walk out at seven o clock this morning in a row over pay and conditions