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us presidentjoe biden and his rival donald trump have gone head to head he has been criticised for a week and hesitant performance in the first head to head tv debate. he struggled as his rivalformer president donald trump made repeated claims that weren t true as the two sparred over their respective terms in office. they even swiped at each other about golf are several key topics were not mentioned at all. let s speak tojohn sudworth, who is in atlanta, where the debate took place. this was a bad night for us politics. yes, in normal circumstances the focus might be on those falsehoods that littered donald trump s performance, but in contrast he appeared presidential. this was a terrible night forjoe biden, faltering, at times seeming to be unable to complete his train of thought, and an event that was asked for by the democrats that had the purpose of trying to allay concerns about his age and mental competence has only amplified them and it has pushed those long si ....
them, valtteri did a greatjob. it is great for us for mercedes. i m looking forward to the race and it is close between us all. sir bradley wiggins has promised to shock a few people , once the uk anti doping investigation into alleged wrong doing at team sky is over. they re looking into the delivery of a package to wiggins before the 2011 tour de france. speaking on sky television, wiggins said the claims were the worst thing to be accused of, for a man of his integrity . he said he couldn t go into detail, but there would be a lot to say. the scottish challenge cup final is about to get under way. the players are on the pitch. it is dundee united against st mirren. it is taking place at fir park. we will other updates later. we will have updates. republic of ireland captain seamus coleman will have surgery today on the broken leg he suffered in their world cup qualifier with wales. it was a tackle from neil taylor that caused the injury to coleman. it wasn t a m ....
tweet on health care. also in the next hour, the european union turns 60. leaders from 27 eu countries gather to mark the anniversary, as theresa may prepares to formally declare the uk s intention to leave the club. and lewis hamilton will be on pole position for tomorrow s f1 curtain raiser, after out qualifying sebastian vettel in melbourne. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the uk independence party s only mp douglas carswell has announced he s leaving the party. mr carswell said that he was quitting ukip in the knowledge that his goal of leaving the european union had been achieved. he will now be sitting as an independent mp. in a statement ukip‘s leader paul nuttall said that the party has not benefited financially or organisationally from having douglas as an mp, while former leader nigel farage tweeted that mr carswell had jumped before he was pushed. in mr carswell‘s first television interview, my colleague reeta chakrabarti began by asking him m ....
the decision by the party s only mp douglas carswell to leave the party as no surprise. mr carswell says he ll carry on sitting as an independent mp and is leaving ukip amicably and cheerfully . lord blair a former head of the met police has called for changes to security at westminster, following wednesday s terror attack. the investigation into the attack continues and one man is still in custody. donald trump s tweeted that obamacare will explode and that a great healthcare plan will replace it. the president had to abandon his healthcare bill because of lack of republican support. european leaders have marked the 60th anniversary of the european union, signing a new declaration in rome. theresa may wasn t there, as the anniversary comes days before she ll trigger article 50. time to cross to the bbc sport centre now for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday with me karthi gnanasegaram and jessica creighton. the headlines this evening: faster, better ....
with me karthi gnanasegaram and jessica creighton. the headlines this evening: faster, better looking and more demanding, it s the cars we re talking about as hamilton helps himself to pole position in the first race of the formula one season in australia. it s a first for dundee united as they claim the scottish challenge cup in stunning style. wiggins insists he s a man of integrity as he hints that people will be shocked at what s to come once the team sky investigation is over. also coming up in the programme: a special report from syria, where against the odds, they re hoping to reach next year s world cup, for the first time in their history. and the comeback kings on ice britain s skating medal hopes target their third winter olympics. welcome to sportsday. domestic top flight football might be on its international break but we ve still plenty of sport to bring you rugby union, moto gp and boxing all coming up, but we ll start in australia, where lewis hamilt ....