than 112,000 claims processed last year. we will have more on the latest in lebanon in a short while. let sjoin paul in let s join paul in sportscenter. hello from the bbc sport centre. good evening a huge night awaits the 16 year old wonderkid luke littler, as he hopes to continue his darts dream. the youngest player to ever win a match at the pdc world championship is back in action for the semi finals tonight where he ll take on fellow englishman, and 2018 champion, rob cross in the final four. littler has already won one hundred thousand pounds in prize money if he goes all the way and wins the tournament, he would earn himself five hundred thousand and make history. unbelievable. i know that i got the ability to go all the way. i know i ve got a good chance. and i know in myself i ve got a good feeling that i can go all the way now. wayne rooney says he does not believe 13 weeks was sufficient to what he says oversee changes at the club. he s been dismissed
leaders of the white house. with a historic default looming and the president scheduled to leave the country tomorrow. can they strike a deal with the clock ticking? plus, just one vote. that s what a major battle over abortion access could come down to today in north carolina. the intense efforts by democrats to convince just one republican to flip. and we have some breaking news. the man accused of attacking a virginia congressman staffers with a metal baseball bat is due in court any moment. the suspect was apparently caught on camera just minutes before the attack chasing another woman. we ll have the latest on the investigation now involving the capitol police and how the two staffers are doing this morning. the people inside were scared. they were hiding. someone swinging a bat around i would be scared as well. and yet another mass shooting in america. this time in new mexico where three people are dead. what we have learned about the teenage suspect who police
those weather seems tomorrow. this feature running in off the near continent will be the fly in the ointment because most of the country will have another dry and sunny day, with fresh breezes again. there is the cloud, outbreaks of rain getting in to east anglia and the south east through the afternoon period. a bit of a disappointment for part two of the day. the wind is quite gusty for many areas, especially southern and eastern parts of england. it will be cooler along north sea coasts. temperatures, nine, ten, maybe 11. elsewhere, the low to mid teens with western scotland faring best, high teens are 20 degrees or so. with the dry and sunny weather this time of year, tree pollen will be high or very high, particularfor england and wales. high pressure holds on for the north of the uk for friday but then we start to see these weather fronts get going friday at the weekend. low pressure starts to move in, so it will turn more unsettled with outbreaks of rain and as that lo
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we start with the humanitarian crisis in afghanistan. ever since the taliban seized power again in 2021, millions of women and girls have lost access to education and other freedoms. the country is now facing a humanitarian crisis, with its coldest winter in a decade. temperatures are as low as minus 31 degrees celsius. the united nations estimates that 97% of afghans are living in poverty. some 20 million people are facing acute hunger. two thirds of afghans are in need of humanitarian assistance, including clean water and sanitation and, yet, the taliban is refusing to lift the ban on female aid workers. that ban was confirmed in a statement to the bbc today. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet has travelled to the salang in the hindu kush to see how bad things are. a winter wonderland of aching beauty, but brutal. we are travelling through the masses of the hindu kush, through the world s second h
after much pressure and anticipation, there are reports in the german media that the country will send leopard 2 battle tanks to ukraine. reports suggest olaf scholz will give the go ahead to send 1a tanks, paving the way for poland german made analysts say this could be a game changerfor ukraine in its efforts to repel russian troops from its territory. sofia bettiza has the latest. he has been hesitant for days, but now, after mounting pressure, the german chancellor appears to have finally given the green light. according to german media, he will send at least 1a leopard tanks to kyiv. these are world class weapons stock produced in germany, they are widely seen as the best fit for ukraine. at least 16 european nato countries have them, but until now, they weren t allowed to export them because germany had to give permission. something that caused some frustration. the polish prime minister accused germany of acting in a way that was difficult to understand. in particular,