to expect prison terms. the former presidents of world and european football are charged with fraud over the unlawful transfer of more than two million dollars. mps are calling for the introduction of smart motorways to be paused until the government can prove they re safe. bus stops and brawls on the campaign trail says america votes on who should run their schools. good evening and welcome to bbc news. on day two of the global climate summit in glasgow world leaders have reached two landmark agreements today affecting the future of the planet. more than 100 countries led by the us and the eu have launched a far reaching initiative to cut emissions of methane a gas that s a major cause of global warming. the pledge is to cut emissions by 30 percent by the end of the decade and if that s achieved it could play a big part in limiting the rise in global warming to 1.5 degrees. earlier in the day there was another significant pledge to stop and reverse the p
i m going to take you back one year because things were different in 2023 in february, the land was parched, the driest february for 30 years. same place and structure, saturated ground, some parts of the midlands have had more than twice the february rainfall you would expect. we haven t got persistent rain today but we have lots of showers in western scotland, driving into other western areas, and showers will develop further east as cloud has been taken in. it is more chilly today with typical temperature is around eight celsius. those showers that develop in the next few hours will fade this evening, retreating back to western coastal areas. some heavier showers coming into the south later tonight, with a dusting of snow over the top of dartmoor. another first in scotland, a chilly night elsewhere, temperatures flirting with freezing, with some folk patches in the morning and the midlands, otherwise some sunshine. showers in the south west moving along the south coast int
australia have won the second t20 against new zealand in auckland to clinch the series, as well. they were put into bat at eden park. opener travis head top scored with a5. that included five sixes. though they were bowled out for 174 in the final over, with lockie fergusopn taking four wickets, that was more than enough. new zealand never really got going. adam zampa returned with figures of 4 34. the black caps bowled out for 102 with three overs to spare. australia winning by 72 runs to go two up in the series ahead of the final t20 on sunday. they then play two tests. more embarrassment for bahrain. for the second day running, formula one testing at the international circuit has had to be delayed for track repairs. the morning session on the final day was stopped for two hours to fix a loose drain cover on turn 11. thursday s morning session had to be cancelled for a similar issue there. the season starts in bahrain next weekend. in the first two days of testing defending
hello, welcome along. joe root was at the heart of england s fight back on the first day of their fourth test against india in ranchi. it was his tenth test century against india, that is a record. england struggled initially, they were 112 5. butjoe root was the anchor. his century was the slowest century scored in the so called bazball era. a solid start for england as they look to draw level in the series. let s get more on the first day s play from the bbc s chief cricket writer, stephan shemilt. it stephan shemilt. was a determination to master ti conditions it was a determination to master the conditions and recognise the situation england found themselves in in terms of the score but also the difficulty they were facing in terms of the pitch and the indian bowling. england have had some breathtaking centuries from ollie pope and ben duckett in the series but for a to play and make for a display of technical mastery, nothing will improve on what we saw from gyrate to