let s go straight to gavin at the bbc sport centre. the africa cup of nations kicks off in ivory coast on saturday. despite going through a civil war just over a decade ago, the country has produced some of africa s greatest players such as didier drogba and yaya toure. since the conflict ended, ivory coast has become a growing power in west africa. earlier, we looked ahead to the tournament with bbc sport africa s ian williams, who s in abidjan. the first in a0 years in the ivory coast, notjust excitement but pride as well that is coming back after so long. you see those distinctive orange, white and green everywhere you go, traders weaving through the traffic selling their flags, hats and horns. not so long ago, a country torn apart by civil war. they are spread over $1 billion on new infrastructure including forney stadiums. the idea turn the country into a west african sporting hub so the facilities do not go to waste. we are told there is great interest in as globally
Horse racing track before the driver a p pa re ntly horse racing track before the driver apparently lost control on a bend. The foreign secretary borisjohnson is in bangladesh where he has met Rohingya Refugees who have escaped violence in neighbouring myanmar. Now time to cross to the bbc Sports Centre for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday, with me, hugh woozencroft, and Lizzie Greenwood hughes. The headlines this evening. Hoping to erase the painful memories of four years ago, Elise Christie puts in a world Class Performance to make the 500 metres short track quarter finals at the Winter Olympics. A game of fine margins going on at twickenham, we will have the latest as england host wales in the six nations championship. Unstoppable ireland run away with victory against italy, good evening. Welcome to sportsday plenty on the way but well start in south korea where day 2 of the Winter Olympics has provided who put on a stellar show to reach the quarter final 324,7zzg;mar rzfi
Eastern, we get existing home sales data. At 1 00 the u. S. Treasury is auctioning 35 million in fiveyear notes. Now the turn to our first take away, these are big stories. That great treasury sale continues with twoyear yields in the option yesterday the highest in 10 years. Continues toconomy struggle to get wage increases to keep up with inflation. Glencore reports earnings with catholics flow and earnings the turnaround in that company is so dramatic. It was on deaths door just a couple of years ago. Come inside the bloomberg. We had all those auctions yesterday, and this is what we saw. Yields rising to the highest level in 2008 print much across the board. Ira, what did we learned yesterday . We learned demand was maybe a little higher than perhaps people feared. I cant say there werent a little hiccups here and there. The threemonth bill demand maybe wasnt quite up to standard. But otherwise when you look at the 2year note and six months bill auction, they went ok. I think today
Ryanair boss, Michael Oleary, admits Significant Management failure, as it struggles to cope with flight failure, as it struggles to cope with flight cancellations. And three yea rs with flight cancellations. And three years after prince harry founded the Invictus Games, the uks biggest tea m Invictus Games, the uks biggest team yet is preparing to fly to canada to compete. Brendan rogers hello, good morning, it is thursday 21st october. I am annita mcveigh, welcome to bbc newsroom live. Rescuers in mexico are working equates the clock to find survivors after a huge earthquake caused widespread damage in the capital, mexico city, and in surrounding areas on tuesday. More than 230 people were killed, including more than 20 children, who died when their Primary School collapsed. 30 children are still missing and the death toll is expected to rise. The epicentre of the earthquake was about 17 five miles from the capital. The earthquake struck on the anniversary of weeks agos west ever qu
With the weather chris, parts of the uk are going to see Something Special tonight. Yes, uk are going to see Something Specialtonight. Yes, its uk are going to see Something Special tonight. Yes, its a decent night for spotting some of this. The Northern Lights, i will be telling you how they form and perhaps more importantly where the best places are for catching a glimpse of this dazzling astronomical display. Also coming up, dont try this at home. The british adventurerflying high ina home. The british adventurerflying high in a camping chair strapped to helium balloons. Hello, this is afternoon live. I am simon mccoy. The uks economy grew slightly more than predicted in the three months to september, increasing the likelihood that the bank of england will increase Interest Rates next week. According to the initial assessment by the office for National Statistics, the economy expanded by 0. 4 , with strong performances in the services and Manufacturing Industries. The construction s