All the major sporting stories in half an hour. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Two of the most famous names in music ringo starr of the beatles and barry gibb of the bee gees are among those awarded knighthoods in the new year honours list. The former deputy Prime Minister nick clegg also receives a knighthood, and Darcey Bussell, the accomplished ballerina and judge on strictly come dancing has been made a dame. Theyre among 11 hundred people named in the new year honours list many of whom have been rewarded for their work in the community. Lizo mzimba, reports. Twist and shout. More than 50 years after beatlemania, the fab fours drummer has been honoured with a knighthood. Brian former bee Gee Barry Gibb said he was humbled and very proud to be made sir barry. With no one to love you, youre going nowhere. Strictlyjudge Darcey Bussell, who has occasionally performed on the programme too, is to be made a dame for services to dance. And best selling riders authorjilly cooper. Abs
Stories. Hello and welcome to sportsday with karthi gna nasegaram. The headlines this evening in complete control england force the follow on as west indies continue to struggle. Mourinho hails his teams class, calm and consistency as they score four again. And rodgers tests out his Academy Graduates as they take on kilmarnock and come away with a win. Also coming up in the programme england start the defence of their eurohockey title well have the action from the netherlands. And ahead of next weeks World Championships in glasgow, we look at how british badminton are hoping to change some minds following the complete funding cut that followed the rio olympics. Theres an awful lot to bring to you, including all of the reaction to todays premier legaue games, but we are going to start at edgbaston, where england are in complete control of the first test against west indies. They have forced the tourists to follow on. Lets go live tojoe wilson, who can get us up to date with west indies
Stories. Hello and welcome to sportsday with karthi gna nasegaram. The headlines this evening in complete control england force the follow on as west indies continue to struggle. Mourinho hails his teams class, calm and consistency as they score four again. And rodgers tests out his Academy Graduates as they take on kilmarnock and come away with a win. Also coming up in the programme england start the defence of their eurohockey title well have the action from the netherlands. And ahead of next weeks World Championships in glasgow, we look at how british badminton are hoping to change some minds following the complete funding cut that followed the rio olympics. Theres an awful lot to bring to you, including all of the reaction to todays premier legaue games, but we are going to start at edgbaston, where england are in complete control of the first test against west indies. They have forced the tourists to follow on. Lets go live tojoe wilson, who can get us up to date with west indies
Targeted u. S. Supported groups fighting government forces. Saying the cia has been secretly training and arming the group since 2013. Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov says his nation has the same targets as the u. S. Led coalition forces. We are going to fight isil and other terrorist groups. This is the same information which the americans are taking, the representatives of the Coalition Command have always been saying that their targets are isil and other terrorist groups. This is basically our position as well. Lavrov added russia does not consider the Free Syrian Army to be a terrorist group. The Antigovernment Group is backed by the united states. Russia said it carried out its second day of air strikes on thursday. Russias Defense Ministry released new video of the attacks. Syrian Opposition Forces are deannouncing the russian air strikes for killing civilians. A spokesperson with russias Defense Ministry said their targets are based on confirmed intelligence to avoid harm
Tackle global warming. Xi is expected to propose holding a new framework for highlevel dialogue between the two countries to ease u. S. Concerns about cyber security. Experts expect chinas government in Cyber Attacks on u. S. Companies. The chinese president is likely to reiterate the stance that his countrys activities in the South China Sea are a matter of national sovereignty. World leaders are preparing to gather in new york for a summit starting friday. One key issue theyll be discussing is how to end dwloebl poverty and hung ir. The u. N. Summit will expand on what leaders agree to achieve at the turn of the 21st century. Nhk worlds Mitsuko Nishikawa explanes. Reporter a quarter of a century ago, almost 2 billion people were living in extreme poverty, and more than 12 million children were dying each year before the age of 5. In the year 2000, World Leaders got together at the u. N. To launch the Millennium Development goals, or mdg. The goals range from eradicating poverty by ha