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A bad day in baku for britains Lando Norris as his Formula One title hopes suffer a blow in qualifying for the azerbaijan Grand Prix. Also coming up on sportsday before seven. Red roses in Bloom England make it 17 matches unbeaten as they see of the world champions New Zealand. And defending champions somerset Beat Surrey to reach the T20 Blast final well have the latest from edgbaston as they take on gloucestershire. Welcome along, Thank You forjoining us. We start with the shock of the season so far in the Premier Leag ....
This was billed as a high level delegation that was meant to go to meet with the top Military Leaders to try and get them to step down. Part of this delegation was a former Military Leader of nigeria, neighbouring nigeria, and then also an influential cleric. But the information we are getting right now is that this delegation was in the country forjust a few hours. They met some members of the military but they didnt really meet the top man himself, general abdourahamane tiani, or the deposed president , to try and mediate between the two of them possibly. We understand the delegation has now left. They reason why this is also important is because ecowas, the military bloc, had given the military a deadline of this sunday to step down, or otherwise they might use force to remove them from power. So right now the scene is set for this countdown to sunday to see if the milit ....
round of the fa cup. it is thankfully a much drier week of weather ahead but it is colder, so we have some frost and fog and for some of us, some wintry showers. i will have all the details throughout the programme. it s monday the 8th of january. our main story. thejustice secretary, alex chalk, will meet with the minister responsible for the post office today to discuss how hundreds of branch managers who were wrongly convicted in the horizon it scandal could be cleared. pressure is increasing on number 10 to take action over what has been described as the most widespread miscarriage ofjustice in british history. here s our business correspondent marc ashdown. hello, how can i help? 0h, hi, it sjo hamilton- here from south warnborough. i m trying to produce this week s cash account. - and what s the problem? jo hamilton s story was central to the recent itv drama she was falsely accused of stealing £36,000 from the village post office she ran in hampshire. in the meantim ....
football, and newcastle united will play champions league football next season. eddie howe s side claimed the point they needed to secure a top four premier league finish with a goalless draw against relegation threatened leicester whose top flight fate is no longer in their own hands. katies gornall was at st james s park. well, a little over a year and a half ago, newcastle united were relegation fodder. but the saudi led takeover of this club has turbo charged them and they are now back among europe s elite for the first time in 20 years. in truth there was a party atmosphere from the start here at st james s park. inside there was a sea of flags and banners. and you can understand why newcastle fans felt confident. they knew they needed just a point against second bottom leicester to be sure of champions league qualification. but in truth, they made really hard work of it. they dominated possession against dean smith s side, they had multiple chances, they hit the w ....
of a debt ceiling deal in washingtonjust yet of a debt ceiling deal in washington just yet anyway. this is after us presidentjoe biden met with top republican kevin mccarthy earlier today. both men said talks were reproductive and repeated their stance that a default is off the table. to avoid that, they will have to work out an agreement within the next ten days. even before president biden met with house speaker kevin mccarthy, negotiators were once again around the table, trying to strike a deal to avoid a default. sources say the white house is now offering to keep spending flat from this year to next, while republicans, they say they want to increase defence spending while cutting everything else by up while cutting everything else by up to 22%. treasury secretary confirmed over the weekend that during the first is the hard deadline when the government can no longer pay its bills. the deadline for a deal may actually be sooner, in orderfor it to deal may actually b ....