Alastair Cooks Tally surpassing the previous best of sir alastair cook. And finally, he now stands alone as englands most prolific test batter, ending day three in multan on 12,578 runs. Now, at 33 years of age, root is now fifth on the all time run scorers list. He is 3,348 runs behind The Indian Legend sachin tendulkar, who is top of the pile there. So after passing that English Record with an impressive knock, how was he feeling . Tired, more than anything. Its been a long day. But, yeah, obviously proud, but still feel theres plenty more left to do, um, and many more runs to get. So, um, im sure ill look back at it at some point, when im finished, and be very proud of it. But i think more than anything, just the way that we played today, as a team, is what stands out. So everyone went out and played exactly how we wanted to. We used the pitch, we took the Scoreboard Pressure out of the situation and got ourselves back in a really good position. It has been a special day for the ent
And prosecutors in the Election Interference Case against trump allege that the former president resorted to crimes to overturn the 2020 election result. Iran would respond more severely. Israel has continued its bombardment of the lebanese capital. Were looking live pictures from beirut which has been hit by a series of explosions that Hit Central Beirut overnight. Lebanons Health Ministry said at least five people had been killed. The idf says it carried out what it calls precise strikes on a building that is used by hezbollah. Israel has issued a fresh call for civilians to leave parts of southern beirut. Meanwhile, israels military says eight of its soldiers were killed in the first two days of its Ground Invasion of lebanon. Hezbollah says it fired guided missiles at their tanks as israeli Air Strikes have continued across the south of lebanon and in beirut. With the details, heres our middle East Correspondent Lucy williamson. Israels Air Force was defending other targets when i
In lebanon, israeL Attacked more than 120 targets on sunday. At least 50 people are reported to have been killed in a series of attacks in the east of the country, including in the Bekaa Valley. With the latest, heres chi chi izundu. Panic in the centre of beirut. This shows the apparent aftermath of an Air Strike on a Building Close to a major Transportation Hub in the lebanese capital. Transportation hub in the lebanese capital. Israel has been targeting lebanese capital. Israel has been targeting hezbollah i lebanese capital. Israel has i been targeting hezbollah sites on the outskirts of beirut but this is thought to be the first time an attack has been carried out within the City Limits in the past year. The lebanese Prime Minister says the continuing Air Strikes may have forced as many as i continuing Air Strikes may have forced as many asi million people from their homes. This weekend has seen a major escalation with more than 50 killed in lebanon. Hezbollah rockets fired into n
As much as 5 Billion each day according tojpmorgan analysts. Us retailers, automakers and other businesses now face Ballooning Freight rates ahead of the crucial festive shopping season. Large retailers have pulled forward imports of much of their Holiday Merchandise and made reservations with west Coast Ocean and Rail Carriers in hopes of avoiding any disruption. Lets speak to peter sand, chief analyst at xeneta, an Ocean Freight analytics firm. Hello to you. I know you have already calculated what this could mean if the Strike Action goes ahead, so do tell us more. A disruption like this always comes at a bad time for European Exporters into North America as well as North American exporters out of thE East Coast And Gulf coast. It will be impacted at first but this seems to be a first for almost 50 years, has the potential not only to lift Freight Rates higher due to the disruption from the strike, but certainly also to have wider implications, one or two months later down the road w
Welcome to hardtalk. Thanks very much, stephen. Its a great pleasure to have you in the studio. Let me start by trying to establish a core principle. Is it your belief that animals should enjoy equal rights, the same rights as humans . Well, not the same rights, because, of course, they dont need the right to do some of the things we wish to do, like drive a car or vote, although they might do better than weve done sometimes. But they do need the right to be respected. I think theyre living beings just like us, and so they should be understood as much as we possibly can understand them. We shouldnt inflict needless pain on them, and we should curb some of our habits that cause them a lot of suffering. Peta, your organisation, people for the ethical treatment of animals, opposes what it calls speciesism and a, quote, human supremacist worldview. Can you sort of explain what that actually means . Well, i think we have to get over ourselves as a species, as a Human Species. Weve sort of s