The latest action from the fa cup fifth round ties, along with the highlights from todays winter olympics. Good evening. Team gb is celebrating its most successful day in winter olympic history. Lizzy yarnold won gold in the womens skeleton becoming the first briton ever to defend a winter olympic title. There was a bronze too in the event for her team mate laura deas, and a bronze in the ski slopestyle for izzy atkin. But there was disappointment for the medalfavourite Elise Christie who crashed in the semi final of the 1500 metre speed skating and was taken to hospital. David ornstein reports from pyeongchang. Guiding Great Britain to unprecedented glory, Lizzy Yarnold and laura deas turning dreams into reality, rewriting the record books. Commentator Lizzy Yarnold next, the olympic champion, can she make history and win it again . Yarnold went into her final slide in second place, but conjured an imperious display and the fastest time any woman has produced on this track to enter sp
In talking books, Rebecca Jones speaks to one of indias most successful writers preeti shinoy. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Team gb is celebrating its most successful day in winter olympic history. Lizzy yarnold won gold in the womens skeleton becoming the first briton ever to defend a winter olympic title. There was a bronze too in the event for her team mate laura dees, and a bronze in the ski slopestyle for izzy atkin. But there was disappointment for the medal favourite Elise Christie who crashed in the semifinal of the 1500 metre speed skating and was taken to hospital. David ornstein reports from pyeongchang. Guiding Great Britain to unprecedented glory, Lizzy Yarnold and laura deas turning dreams into reality, rewriting the record books. Commentator Lizzy Yarnold next, the olympic champion, can she make history and win it again . Yarnold went into her final slide in second place, but conjured an imperious display and the fastest time any woman has produced on this track
Welcome to bbc news. In the past hour, Lizzy Yarnold has won team gbs first gold medal at the Winter Olympics in south korea. Shes won the womens skeleton, making yarnold the first british competitor to defend a winter olympic title. Shes not alone on the podium as her team mate laura deas got a bronze medal in the event. Our Sports Correspondent david 0rnstein is in pyeong chang. Weeks and months on snow and ice can come down tojust weeks and months on snow and ice can come down to just an instant. At these games, a few seconds can turn iy these games, a few seconds can turn joy to despair. This was a Elise Christies second medal shot, with one lap to go she had a route to the final. She had to finish in the top two but then this happened. As they come around the final bend. Elise christie has crashed again this most brutal sport can have the most painful ending, and for her, heartbreak comes with jeopardy. Her favourite events begins in three days time. She now has a race to recover.
Hello and welcome to world news today. President Trumps National security adviser has called on World Leaders to hold the Syrian Government to account for its continued use of chemical weapons. Speaking at the munich security conference, h. R. Mcmaster says it is clear that such weapons are still being deployed by the assad regime. It is time for all nations to hold the Syrian Regime and its sponsors accountable for their actions. And support the efforts of the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons. The nonproliferation regime is under tremendous pressure, not only from the use of chemical weapons but also from the development and proliferation of nuclear weapons. It needs our unequivocal support. Tensions between russia and the west have also been evident at the conference. With an fbi investigation on alleged russian interference in the us president ial election still ongoing, Russian Foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov took the opportunity to dismiss the accusations. Tran
From the school where a former student, nikolas cruz, killed 17 people. Laura westbrook reports. No more outside fort lauderdale, this was the message to lawmakers. Among the protesters was emma in silos, who took cover as a gunman started shooting gonzales. She had this to say to donald trump. Started shooting gonzales. She had this to say to Donald Trumpm the president wants to come up to me and tell me to my face that it was a terrible tragedy and how it should never have happened and maintain telling us how nothing will be done about it, i will happily ask him how much money he received from the National Rifle association. What she is referring to is the millions of dollars the nra has given to the trump campaign. On a visit to the hospital where the victims are being treated, the president once again made no mention of guns or gun control. Instead, he says the problem is mental illness. Just a few kilometres south of where the protest is being held, a gun show is taking place. In