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time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m hugh woozencroft. our main headlines this evening. aksel lund svindal soars to success in south korea to become the oldest olympic alpine skiing champion. the europa league is back with arsenal making a good start in their last 32 tie in sweden. and billy monger shows his bravery as a modified car increases his chances of a motor racing return, less than a year after after losing both his legs. good evening. lots in store but we start of course at the winter olympics, where there were nine medals upforgrabs. both of britain s men s and women s curling teams are in a good position to qualify from their round robin groups after wins on day six of the winter olympics. the men beatjapan, while the women snatched a sudden death victory against china. holly hamilton has more. downhill skiing is seen as the games‘ marquee event, the showcase on the slopes. it is only fitting that this norwegian marked an iconic moment a ....
scottish feast. racially driven campaign in south africa. here on bbc good evening, you re watching bbc news. i m olly foster at the bbc sport centre, these are our headlines tonight. it s another nervy night for england, but rashford gets the wembley winner to take them ever closer to the world cup. that s the result scotland needed as they target second in the group. they beat malta at hampden park. and high fives for northern ireland, five wins in a row secures second and almost certainly a play off spot. hello there, we ve had a home nations hatrick tonight, details coming up of the wins at hampden park and windsor park in a moment. it was no walk in the park for england at wembley but another victory means that they now need just two points from their last two world cup qualifying matches next month to be sure that they are in russia next summer. let s speak to our sports correspondent natalie pirks who is at wembley. evening, natalie. it was another one of those m ....
negotiations are going. good morning. iwill negotiations are going. good morning. i will be falling are we falling out of love with the humble cup of tea? studies show that we are buying fewer teabags and more speciality and organic teas. i am in yorkshire to find out why. and in sport, world cup qualifying wins last night for england, scotland and northern ireland. michael o neill s side beat the czech republic 2 0 in belfast, which should guarantee them a play off spot. and sarah has the weather. it isa it is a very mild start to the day, with temperatures as the sunrises in the high teens. lots of cloud and drizzle about, but we should see some sunshine later. i will have the details in about 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. in the last few hours, south korea s navy has held major live fire drills, in the latest show of force to north korea. a south korean commander said pyonyang s forces would be buried at sea in the event of a further provocati ....
domestic run 257 matches over archrival rangers. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. iran has successfully tested a new ballistic missile with a range of up to 1,200 miles. the testing of the weapon, which can carry several warheads, is likely to raise concerns in washington, just days after president trump attacked the country s missile programme in a speech at the united nations. here s our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley. joining me now is michael clarke, senior associate fellow at the royal united services institute. we know this missile can carry several warheads. what else can you tell us? it has a range of about 1,200 miles, so it means it is regionally relevance. it could reach israel, most of india, all of the middle east. not getting very near to europe or the us will stop the iranians say it is multiple warheads, so it can carry three or five warheads. it probably isn t capable of carrying nuclear warheads at the moment. we don t believe the ira ....
a mentally deranged person, full of megalomania and complacence, the person chastised even by american people as commander in grief. lying king, president evil, is holding the seat of us president and the dangerous reality that the gambler who grew old using threats, frauds and schemes to acquire a patch of land holds the nuclear button. these are what constitute the gravest threat to the international peace and security today. due to his lacking of basic common knowledge, and proper sentiment, he tried to insult the supreme divinity of my country by referring it to a rocket. by doing so, however, he committed an irreversible mistake of making our rocket‘s visit to the entire us mainland inevitable all the more. none other than trump himself is on a suicide mission. in case innocent lives of the us are harmed because of this suicide attack, trump will be held totally responsible. our north america correspondent explained the significance of this latest exchange in the ....