Of impeachment Mr Trump he said had directed every witness not to give evidence the Republican ranking member on the panel Doug Collins said the inquiry had nothing to do with the facts you just don't like the guy. You don't like him says November 26th thing so don't tell me this is about new evidence in new things and new stuff we may have a new hearing room we may have new mice and we have tears in our cult but this is nothing new folks Chancellor Merkel says Germany was forced to expel 2 Russian diplomats because it didn't seem Moscow supporting its investigation of the murder of a former Chechen rebel commander in Berlin but she said the round should not affect next Monday's Ukraine peace talks in Paris in which Germany's a key intermediary Zelin can Congress really was shot twice in the head in August by a man on a bicycle as he was walking to a mosque through a park you're listening to the world news from the b.b.c. Iraqi police say they freed an ethnic Izzy the woman who was captured by the Islamic state group and sold into slavery she'd been kidnapped when I asked over and part of northern Iraq more than 5 years ago the captive now believed to be 19 was then taken to Syria where she was bought and sold by a series of owners the last one was killed but it seems one of his female relatives bought the captives back to Iraq. Astronomers have detected a distant planet the size of Neptune orbiting a tiny star the size of Earth the researches said the discovery was the 1st evidence of a planet that has survived the violent process which occurs when stars run out of fuel. 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World Service with me Nic Miles NATO leaders have concluded their 70th anniversary meeting near London with a show of unity well in the past that kind of sentiment would be newsworthy but that was before tensions over Syria and other issues emerged threatening the very future direction of the alliance the NATO secretary general yen Stoltenberg welcomed a consensus on defending Poland and the Baltic countries which Turkey had threatened to veto unless its view that Kurdish fighters in Syria were terrorists was indorsed but after some fractious exchanges yesterday between President Trump and McCraw video footage emerged of the Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau in conversation with other leaders apparent to mock Mr Trump is our diplomatic correspondent James Roberts this was always going to be a fractious gathering even a bad tempered one substantial disagreements about Nato's purpose performance and future prospects guaranteed that in fact at today's formal session for leaders of the 29 member states one big crisis was averted Turkey withdrew its threat to block a NATO defense plan for the Baltic region in return for language on the threat to Turkey from northern Syria that President find tolerable if not sufficient but once again it was a row with President Trump that caught the most attention this time involving Justin Trudeau of Canada video footage from last night's Buckingham Palace reception shows Mr Trudeau chatting to fellow leaders including Boris Johnson and President McConnell He appears to mock President Trump for delaying proceedings by allowing an encounter with the press to stretch for 40 minutes today the president hit back pointing to Canada's failure to meet the spending target on Nato 2 percent of the country's and your output and also attacking Mr Krueger's character always do 1st and I honestly would do residential guy I find of a very nice guy brings. You know the truth as. I call them out of the fact is I'm paying 2 percent and I guess he's very very happy about Mr Trump canceled a final post meeting news conference saying he'd already said enough Boris Johnson dismissed the round and that his closing news conference stressed his positive view of proceedings there was a mood of a very great solidarity and determination and a willingness to push NATO forward. Not just the next few years before the next 70 years a real belief in the long standing value of this alliance So what can we reasonably conclude they have been plenty of angry exchanges over the past few days NATO was unable to celebrate its 1st 70 years in obvious harmony more broadly the strain in relations between democracies continues a theme of Donald Trump's presidency many other recent international meetings have been similarly tense any sense of a world order is not holding up well and the current pressures that was James Robbins on a short time ago I spoke to our defense and diplomatic correspondent Jonathan Marcus at that meeting I started by asking him whether the meeting could be considered a success despite all the differences it's resolved a problem that was holding up a key reinforcement plan for the Baltic region it managed to finesse a Raul with the Turks over how Kurdish fighters in Syria should be regarded it resolved some of President crawls complaints about the alliance both his insistence that there was too much unilateralist again a reference to Syria with the Americans and the Turks doing their own thing there he wanted much more concerted discussion in the alliance he insisted that there was far too much talk about money a kind of jibe against President Trump and they needed to be much more talk about strategy he's getting a kind of study group that the secretary general is a stablish ing to enhance consultation with in NATO. I think it really you know the alliance is in a much more complex world it's a very big alliance now 29 soon to be 30 countries and in a new world a much more polarized world with political tensions in many countries even in alliance members countries you're going to see a NATO which is much more upfront with its divisions disagreements are going to surface much more frequently but fundamentally I think it goes away with its core essential purpose reaffirmed the collective defense of the territory of each and every one of its members given that they have achieved what I have at this mini summit I suppose that illustrates the fact that rare polity getting things done is so much more important than these individual relationships and if one leader is disrespected by others yes I think to a large extent you're right so you know NATO is fundamentally about the collective security of its members that is a hugely important thing often politicians say it's the 1st thing that the government is there to provide the security and safety of its citizens and NATO countries to to choose to do that in a collective way through the alliance personalities of course do matter I mean if you look at the impact that Donald Trump has had on the alliance not just the Rouse about spending but the question marks as to whether you know Donald Trump really believes that Russia is a potential throw question marks as to whether Trump really believes that NATO is in the United States' interests and he said very clearly here he thought the Europeans got more out of it than the United States does all of those things unsettle NATO allies they encourage countries like France to talk up the idea of doing more within Europe which is a nice aspiration but often fails in practice and causes you know further tension so personalities do matter Jonathan Marcus Well there's an illustration of those ongoing east west tensions in our next story because months on from the murder of a man in a burning part Germany is throwing to. Russian diplomats out of the country the victim was a former Chechen rebel commander and German officials believe the shooting was ordered by Russia or Russia's Chechen Republic Moscow has denied the allegations and says it's going to retaliate the German chancellor Angela Merkel was asked about that case at the NATO summit as a way for the un in a position president in an east of a whole a meeting the Russian president next week and I will inform him of the measures we took we took this decision because we did not see that Russia was supporting us in clearing up this murder but of. Our burning correspondent Damon McGinnis told me more about the victim but he was killed last August he was going for a walk in a small park in the center of Berlin on his way to a mosque apparently his name is Alan can Congress really he is an ethnic Chechen from the punk you see chords in Georgia so he's a Georgian citizen now it seems that he was shot twice in the head by a man passing by on a bicycle Witnesses say the cyclist then rode off police German police later then found this suspected killer as he was getting rid of the bike disposing of the bike and the weapon the gun in a nearby river Now this suspect has been held by German police since August he refused to speak but it seems he is a Russian citizen now what the allegations of the German state prosecutor is is that the Georgian citizen Mr Congress really was killed under orders from Russia now whether this means the Kremlin or some other authorities in Russia is not clear but that's because he was a fighter against Russia in the Chechen war so as such he was an enemy of the Russian States that's the allegation so far so it's several months old these 2 diplomats being kicked out. Germany it seems like quite a an understated response from Berlin given what for example happened after this so this cripple poisoning in Britain when you diplomats were expelled from various different countries Yeah I mean this is being called the 2nd scrip our case but actually there are a few differences one is that this was not a German citizen he was a Georgian citizen the other difference is that we don't yet have evidence as to who was behind this and what the allegations are about so so far the general Thora teas and indeed the German government as we heard Angela Merkel just say say the reason for the expulsion of the diplomats the 2 employees at the Russian embassy in Berlin is because the Russian authorities are not helping with the investigation so so far no German official is or no German government official is openly accusing the Russian state of involvement in this killing German state prosecutors say there may be Russian state involvement but that's as far as it goes so far so people are being very circumspect because obviously this is. A big thing and this could turn into a huge diplomatic row as it is though the fact that 2 employees of the Russian embassy are being expelled is pretty big and Russia has said they're not happy they view this is a very unfriendly act is how Russia despondent this and Russia has denied any involvement in the killing and said that they will retaliate Demi McGuinness You're listening to the b.b.c. World Service Nic has the headlines NATO celebration of its 70th anniversary has ended with a statement of unity but underlying tensions remain clearly visible President Trump has called Justin Trudeau 2 faced after a video emerged showing the Canadian prime minister mocking him and the congressional committee deciding whether to draft articles of impeachment against President President Trump has been told the inquiry has faced an unprecedented lack of cooperation from the White House we'll go live to Washington for more on that story with our correspondent in a moment but 1st let's hear now about. A health emergency on the Pacific nation of Samoa is currently a missiles outbreak there and the government is struggling to consign the spread of the disease Asia Pacific editor Michael Bristow reports some ohs in the grip of a health crisis out of a population of 200004000 of course measles 60 of those have died the majority were children under 4 is a statistic that doesn't fully reflect the pain felt by dozens of families as his grieving mother makes clear very happy to me. I never forget her the way the way I try to teach her how to talk the government has set up inoculation centers for the rate of infection is kept rising so officials are taking more drastic action on Thursday and Friday normal life will be suspended medical teams will go from door to daughter vaccinate those not yet immunized families needing jabs have to hang red flags from their homes to make it easier to identify those who need treatment the crisis in Samoa was caused by increasing skepticism about the measles vaccine heightened by the deaths of 2 children who inoculated last year it later transpired that they died because of other reasons the vaccination rate dropped to just over 30 percent too low to prevent the measles outbreak that's now causing so much devastation. Michael breasts are reporting the head of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch krill has criticised a proposed new law targeting domestic violence sang that it was dangerous to interfere in family life the law would offer a legal definition of domestic violence for the 1st time and imposed restraining orders on abusers so what arguments against it have been put forward on Lena in a sort of it is from b.b.c. Russian Service in Moscow the draft law was published a week ago and the day for the Russian Orthodox Church said that according to human was dangerous interfere in family life and that the church does not support this proposal and that he said that the church of course doesn't allow a new violence in the family in a family but Steele they they are basically against the floor so Nina he said we should treat interference by strangers in family life with great caution and the bill he said is an attempt to legalize outside forces in family life those kind of comments and sentiments and they can to find agreement for many in Russia or are they going to be rejected I would say that the church certain has to say the government saw like this but Arabs opinion could serve a perfect pretext not to pass the lore but Russia still a secular country so probably it's not many people. Just believe everything that the church says but in deepens the politicization on the subject in the country are so needed Can you put into context the level of domestic violence against women that there is in Russia how does it compare to other parts of Europe for example it's more so here with the thought of. Dramatic cases. Had recently made headlines and so it was quite serious here and we don't have hard data because as we don't have a law we don't have a 36 here by that said that up to one the never before family some time with have dealt with domestic audiences here Nina and as a Rove the next stage of the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump is under way the Judiciary Committee has taken over after the Intelligence Committee published its report saying evidence of the president's misconduct was overwhelming President Trump denies withholding aid to Ukraine in exchange for information on his political rival Well today the committee chair Jerry Nadler opened proceedings with the charge that Mr Trump had been prepared to compromise national security President Trump did not merely seek to benefit from foreign interference in our elections he directly and explicitly invited foreign interference in our elections use the powers of his office to try to make it happen he sent his agents to make clear that this is what he wanted and demanded he was willing to compromise our security and is office. For personal political gain but the Republican ranking member on the panel Doug Collins hit back you just don't like the guy you don't like him says November 26th St The chairman has talked about impeachment since last year when he was elected chairman so don't tell me this is about new evidence and new things and new stuff we may have a new hearing room we may have new mice and we may have chairs there are culpable but this is nothing new folks today's witnesses before the committee have been lawyers with advice for the lawmakers about advice has been complex with legal opinion both for and against impeachment Republicans called Professor Jonathan Turley who's 21 years ago testified to the same committee during the impeachment process of President Clinton I never thought that I would have to appear a 2nd time the elements are strikingly similar the intense rancor and rage of the public debate is the same the stifling intolerance of opposing views I'm not a supporter of President Trump I voted against him my personal views of President Trump are is irrelevant to my impeachment testimony as they should be to your impeachment vote I'm concerned about lowering impeachment standards to fit a paucity of evidence an abundance of anger. Let's go to our correspondent on Capitol Hill now the whole fate so strong reaction from one of the other witnesses over those Republican claims that the impeachment process has been fooled doesn't that. Yeah absolutely we heard from Jonathan Turley there but Pamela Karlan from Stanford University actually really hit back at the ranking Republican Doug Collins in his suggestion that there wasn't enough evidence that the whole thing had the whole process had been flawed she said that she was insulted by what he said because she had read through every single page of the depositions of public witnesses through these impeachment hearings in the Intelligence Committee and she said that she is absolutely sure going through that evidence and with her knowledge of the Constitution that what the president did it struck at the heart of the Republic she says he has the right and to corrupt the electoral process and has undermined the needs of this country in favor of his own personal reelection so not at this stage of the proceedings is all about the u.s. Constitution and what it says about impeachment is it right to go ahead with impeachment now is it possible that they could be a vote in the house before Christmas oh. Well that is definitely Democrats' goal at the moment I think what's really interesting is here we saw of course lawmakers turning to legal scholars to see with their interpretation of the Constitution was but even with those legal arguments this is 1st and foremost a political process and I think Democrats will be satisfied with what they heard in this hearing today to go ahead and try to draft articles of impeachment on not just abuse of power and obstruction but possibly even bribery they're going to try to do that soon so that they can move to a full vote of the House of Representatives before Christmas now it's important to keep in mind that wall that would likely result in President Trump being impeached but then that would quickly move to a trial in the Senate there 2 thirds of the Senate is controlled by Republicans so ultimately his fate and whether he'll be removed from office will live with his. In part negative effect many thanks for that and they say with some of the stories from our news desk the United States has called on all countries to suspend plans for digital services taxes the treasury secretary Stephen notions that they should work towards a multilateral agreement instead doctors tackling the bowl outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo have suspended operations and be a koto after an attack on a treatment center and identified armed men launched the assault forcing patients to flee and tributes are being paid to the former England cricket captain Bob Willis who has died aged 70 the fast bowler played in 90 Test matches but has remembered his match winning performance to beat Australia in $981.00 thanks Nick scientists have for the 1st time found evidence that planets can continue orbiting a dying star astronomers made the discovery once they were observing a star system around 2000 light years away from our own their findings could offer new insights into how the sun's demise billions of years in the future will affect the Earth our science and technology correspondent Paul Rincon has been finding out the solar system as we know it won't be around forever in about 6000000000 years the Sun will have puffed up to many times its current size as it expands it will destroy the earth before collapsing into a small core called a white dwarf astronomers have been observing a distant star system where this is already happened they were able to detect a giant planet about 4 times the size of earth which probably survived the cataclysm because it was far away from the expanding star Dr Christopher Mansour is from the team at the University of Warwick which made the discovery that wiped off that we're looking at is about $30000.00 degrees Celsius the sun is $6000.00 so it's almost 5 times as hot. It's heavy producing a lot more u.v. Radiation in the sun and then not even just the radiation the gravitational force is a very large if a body gets too close to a white off like an asteroid the gravity is so strong that the asteroid will be ripped apart the giant planet still has a thick atmosphere but this is gradually being stripped away by radiation from the dead star scientists want to further study the white dwarf and its planet to learn exactly how our solar system could evolve billions of years in the future. From one star try another now because finally after a break of more than 4 years of double 07 is back the trailer for the new James Bond film no time to die is out and it's already rocky millions of views across the world let's hear a bit of it now. John C'mon de-bone. They're . Saying you can't. Sialic Gallagher from the newsroom joins me now so as we have there's a female double o. a Huge and I think that's a 1st I'm not quite sure but is this a different type of Bond movie that the trail a little one bam thank you very very exciting but is it different this is the 1st Bond film since the meeting movements what 3 Hollywood next so we knew that b. Changes but the thing is Bond films have been evolving especially since Daniel Craig took over the role because things that were in the the classic films of the sixty's and seventy's you just wouldn't be able to get away with now they're just not accepted particularly the role of women and how women are treated so in some of the classic films women essentially their role was to look pretty full at James Bond's feet and then often get killed off within minutes of appearing on the screen by a villain so in this film as you said we're getting a female double agent played by a lynch and women now have to be fleshed out characters not just plot devices for James Bond and also one thing we all continuing with in this film is having these big Oscar winners playing the baddies so we've had Christopher Waltz having a bad day now in this film it's Rami Malik who people may remember winning an Oscar and Rhapsody he's playing the villain he's in the trailer you sort of seem in this phantom of the opera style mask and the speculation is that he is actually doctor now so if people have watched the old James Bond films the classic villain docs you know he is the real. Incarnation of that character but we're going to have to wait and a lot of nods to the past there but the filming itself hasn't been without its difficulties and. Daniel Craig seemed a bit reluctant to even sign on for this last film he was quoted in one magazine as saying he'd rather slash his race than play James Bond again he was injured during the filming they switched direct is because the rector pulled out because of creative differences the next question is who's going to be the next James Bond and they got many thanks for that and that brings us almost to the end of this edition of the newsroom thanks for your time. Now on the b.b.c. World Service how did Jamaican music become so important in the u.k. The Empire Windrush carried over 500 passengers from Jamaica to the United Kingdom and with the journey Caribbean songs and music followed 2000. Is the best for me music can bring in West Indian culture into the mainstream music scene in the 1950s the British public were introduced right in their living room and signifying. That issues of I mean we're getting a. Little sound system operator. In the social commentary and without even going to make out through the music he felt like he were a to make it from reggae and calypso to roots garridge German bass jungle for me reggae's my family my history with my culture these are British music's Caribbean groups at b.b.c. World Service dot com slash documentaries. Hello this is that Harry with sport today from the b.b.c. Premier League leaders Liverpool could be 11 points clear at the top by the time the night is out that's the last outperform a city rivals Everton can spring an upset at Anfield former South Africa captain Steven Pienaar was a fans' favorite at Everton He's our guest and tells us they can win and he explains why Marco service should be given more time as manager will also hear from current Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson in 2 minutes b.b.c. News with Mick Kelly Nato's leaders have drawn their 70th anniversary meeting near London with a declaration of unity which barely conceal simmering tensions within the alliance despite jointly condemning Russian aggression the French president Emmanuel McCraw reiterated that NATO should not structure its strategy around treating Russia and China as enemies Meanwhile President Trump has called Canada's prime minister Justin Trudeau 2 faced after video footage emerged of him addressing several NATO leaders and appearing to mock Mr Trump has occurred as a reception at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday the chairman of the u.s. House Judiciary Committee Jerry Knapp says President Trump has used an arm precedented level of obstruction to hinder the impeachment inquiry against him Mr Nablus said the president refused to produce a single document and directed witnesses not to give evidence Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel says she was forced to expel 2 Russian diplomats because she didn't see Moscow supporting the German investigation into the murder of a former Chechen rebel commander in Berlin in August Zelin can believe was shot twice in the head by a man on a bicycle. Head of the Russian Orthodox Church is attacked proposals to criminalize domestic violence calling a planned law a dangerous interference in family life Patriarch Kirill said the family was a sacred space where strangers had no right to meddle Iraqi police say they freed an ethnic Izzie woman who was captured by the Islamic state group 5 years ago and sold into slavery she was bought and sold by a series of owners before being released after a police raid on a house. And scientists say Nasa's Parker solar probe has sent back a spectacular tranche of data on the sun's corona the hot outer edge of its atmosphere they said offers clues to mysteries such as the nature of solar wind and why the corona is many times hotter than the Sun itself b.b.c. News. That's been I mean certainly his Wimbledon champion I. Like precisely not permit b.b.c. World for the earth to cease to do. Yes hello from me at Harry and welcome to Wednesday's program coming up we're in Saudi Arabia as the build up to Ruiz Joshua the rematch continues Hassim Rockman who upset Lennox Lewis to win the title shares his thoughts with us ahead of Saturday's world heavyweight showdown warning no one should be fooled by Ruiz's physique Andy don't look like he should be fine in a golden glow let alone be to have a chance but obviously looks are deceiving because. He's powerful good defense he's quick I'm a guy who got everything but the look of which at 1st another night of English Premier League action is just getting underway can Liverpool extend their lead back to 11 points after their rivals kept up the pressure on Tuesday Hey come on she said again operation she scored 35 Sunday penalty area you can get a nice place you simply can't Manchester City would 4 minutes remaining make it 4 goals to nil bloody all is all smiles now Burley nail matches to city for a little hole now 8 points clear of Manchester City but this evening's game in hand is at home to their neighbors Everton it's a 2015 g.m.t. Kick off our football reporter Jon Benet's alongside me can ever some put a dent in the post title challenge Well we all know predictions in Darby's rarely come true but this game has Liverpool win rates are all over it because it's over 20 years since Evanson last won a league game at Anfield Liverpool's home Everton we know are an awful form they were predicted at the start the season and I probably said it was self is a big near enough the top 6 just outside the top 6 but they one place one points about the relegation zone then you have live upon. All. Their best record after 14 matches a top flight season 13 wins one draw some interesting news though Liverpool's team is weak and I think they're resting players ahead of a really busy shadow for Minos Salar Gomes Henderson all on the bench ever send their manager under real pressure Marco Silva could lose his job if they perform badly today so how is he feeling not in changing my mind what he's using my work rate. Every single day what I'm the Manning from my players nothing changed so though tonight in change really of course we are not. With us result and with the position that that's the Everton manager Let's go to Liverpool perspective from their captain Jordan Henderson starting on the bench and I just John says he's been speaking to sport today Steve Crossman So if it was Liverpool who were 8 or even 11 points behind in the title race would Henderson still think they were in with a chance of winning it of course especially with the amount of time amount of games that are left you know it's. Just in December so so many things. 9 games in December of a scene or Premier League or yes or so many games to play. So many. To. To get for everyone really saw. It's Nonpoint thing in too far to the future of what could happen or happen for us as a team it's about concentrate on the next game and the next challenge and continue enough focus right up until the end of the season until we know exactly what's happened and the next games early at it and it's just amazing. Yeah another big game and a massive game for us in the game. Of course not in the best moment when more ball of the same time they're still going to go play is. They can still hurt anybody in I'm sure they'll be right up for fail to give everything they can to common cause an upset so we need to make sure without that were ready and I'm sure we'll be a little kept in Jordan Henderson there let's get the Everton perspective now with a former South Africa captain who knows all about Merseyside Darby's it is the former Everton midfielder Steven Pienaar Steven welcome back to school today. Thanks for having me now you are in that position you know exactly what these nights are like give us an insight into why the Merseyside derby Liverpool Everton have it's in Liverpool why it's so special. Special because I think most of the people in the city support Everton that from my gathering when I was playing there . And it means a lot to them because this is one game that. They hate the team to lose against Liverpool because for them it's about it's all about the pride in Liverpool so yeah it's a big game for the guys and I think going into the game the team also have to forget about the form it's all about putting everything on the field for the supporters even though they've had enough bets in a couple of weeks but you know tonight. They can go out there and could everything in and get a result in yeah you know might that supports a spot again I mean can you remember times when you were at the club when these fixtures came up when the team was collected Lee able to write his game because I have a 10 now as we're speaking are in a precarious position and this team has struggled to to hit those high levels all season yeah we have been in situations like that before 'd when I was playing you know going into a game where we had 45 games without getting points you know but as soon as. You know that I remember Moyes came into the dressing once and said listen this week I'm not going to say anything to you guys because you know what's at stake you know what you we're playing against it's supporting game you know for the people of sort of caught up and I think you know now the players just have to take the couple of weeks out of their heads and focus on this game and just go out into as if it's a cup final for them and you captain to have a 10 you worked as a club an ambassador as you look at what's happening there now with. Uncertainty of a Marco silver though with same from the White I played at Leicester on Sunday he still has the players with him in the dressing room with him what do you make of what maybe has gone wrong this season because nobody at the club would have wanted to see them in the position that they are in with all that uncertainty surrounding Silva yet is that there's a lot of uncertainties if you look at Sunday's game I think that if you've got a dressing room where the players went out there you know it's. It's a it's a project that it's not going to take one year one season to fix things we have to understand that their parents are both. In for the future due to compete in the long term not only now but the players have to stand up now to get results in the manager and I think definitely the group of players united that definitely don't wonder though they will fight for the manager that's so certain if you take charge of Sunday's performance account so I think the uncertainty. It's a bit worrying because I think the players are still together that many just are working out so you know we just have to be patient and let a team played there is also a car and we don't have to start panicking remember what happened a few few seasons ago where you have to manage is Car mean I think it's also not good for the players for the group as in particular of us is Marco Silva still the right man to be to be at home yeah I think obviously there's a there's a project involved and we have to give the manager time there are more than bowling on those are always going to take time even if you get 11 new players are left to gel and work their way by the manager wants from them it's always take time you can good examples you can the United Arsenal it takes takes takes time we have think. We just have to be patient and the manager's time to to work his magic and looking at the red half of Liverpool Liverpool f.c. Obviously tonight. It is a different matter but speaking more generally about what you've seen of the title race Liverpool could be 11 points clear again by the end of this evening do you believe they can be caught whether that's by Man City or whether that's by Leicester or by anybody this season said it said it last member in one to it when the report was also examined for its clear. You don't become champions in December you become true. But the Web have been playing. That look unstoppable but you know you never know in football if you 23 players out injured the main players things might change and I think tonight they're going to miss I've been there but again they've got enough quality. To push to go to push. The other teams are chasing them all the way to work it could be absolute classic later on and feel Steven thank you so much for joining us on support today thanks for having me. Not long to wait now Liverpool Levitan a 2015 g.m.t. Kickoff there are 5 English Premier League games now going on as we speak our football reports are Jon Benet's watching them for us and John what's the latest and perhaps the night's biggest match apart from the Merseyside derby Manchester United against Tottenham here shows a merinos return to Old Trafford he's the Tottenham Hotspur manager now of course got a decent reception walking out onto the pitch but he's not happy with the start that his team has made because it's Manchester United one top numb Hotspur Nel Marcus Rushford with the goal Paolo guess you need the Spurs goalkeeper should have saved it and he's in their post but it was a decent strike by Rushford and Manchester United have made a really good start of the hurricane is standing over the ball at the moment China attempted to take a free kick about 30 yards out but at the moment it's going Manchester United why Manchester United warn taught them Hotspur new approach in the quarter hour mark anything else we need to know about no other goals so far tonight is Chelsea nail Aston Villa near Chelsea looking to recover from the shock defeat against West. At the weekend less to sit say will they close the gap to the leaders in Liverpool that 2nd what for the us also goalless as a relegation scrap between Southampton a Norrish also Neil Neil and it's Wolverhampton Wanderers Neil west time united Nero Manuel Pellegrini still under pressure the West Ham boss despite not win over Chelsea so he'll be desperate for a good result against Wolves John thank you for now you going to stay with us as we turn our attention to boxing Andy Rooney's genius confident he can retain his world heavyweight titles when he faces Anthony Joshua this Saturday in Saudi Arabia the Briton remember is attempting to win back the belts which he lost in June both fighters held their public workouts on Choose day and Ruiz made it clear he isn't there to surrender his titles this weekend I've got to remain. There's a lot of responsibilities that I have in my hands all the hard work and dedication is finally pain and no doubt the hard work is already done so now it's time to have fun they're still making you the underdog they sure are but that's why I got a Provera by wrong once again while putting that question was sport today's Addie added doyenne who's in Saudi Arabia for fight week how did the fighters look sharing their workouts I thought they looked very confident and to me Joshua found himself in that slightly unusual situation where he had to go 1st in the public workout be in the challenger rather than the champion look very focused Actually it didn't make much i contact with a crowd except when he entered the ring and when he left and he posed for selfies and signed autographs what I thought was really interesting Ed was that he stayed long enough and the Ruiz to get in the ring and start doing his workouts and at no point did he look up even though you could hear it in the pads he just kept doing what he was doing which was just mingling with the crowd but right at the end as he left the plaza where the open workouts were taken place I was standing near the gangway he just pause for a few seconds look towards the ring he looks almost lost in thought for a few seconds if they're making a movie script about this rematch that look would be in there I don't know whether you call it fear I don't know whether you call it. Focused but there was certainly something there it was a look that wasn't there the last time I was in New York and I think it told me just how much this rematch means to him this is a fight he can't afford to lose as well and the Ruiz Well he also looked very very confident throughout our series workout he also pose for photographs with members of the public who stayed behind so watch him about 300 odd it was a rather chilly night here in Saudi Arabia looks very very confident and as you heard in that clip that you played a few moments ago he says he's going to do exactly what he did 1st time out and his confidence that he would get the same results remember he doesn't want to go down as a one hit wonder he wants to show that he belongs with the best in the world so why are the majority of pundits Why are the majority of fans making Ruiz the favorite for this yeah it's a really interesting one this isn't it because going into the 1st fight he was the underdog largely because I guess he took a fight at short notice and people look to his body shape is not the muscular type like Anthony Joshua and still go into this rematch as you say the odds makers have and he Joshua as the favorite so when you know he's the big name he's a hard puncher he's a guy with pedigree remember he's an Olympic champion won the World title so he's a man with a huge amounts of talent and he's box office as well got a massive fan base globally but the thing about and the reason you can't underestimate with his hands be that was very evident when he did the workout yesterday and you know he believes that he can shock the world once again now has seen recommand produced a similar shock when he knocked out the Knicks Louis back in 2001 in South Africa to become heavyweight champion of the world and I caught up with him after the workout yesterday and unlike the pundits or some of the odds makers were making and said he Joshua the favorite he believes that Ruiz can cause the upset once again and retain his title here in Saudi Arabia but he also said to me that as far as the media workout was concerned yesterday it played out as he pretty much expected it to be definitely not trying to divulge any information it would be no really you know he had whichever way he headed you will know more but if he was the challenger he probably wouldn't be able it would just. It's all about chess just keep is much closer to chess is prospering so I just think they both did what they need to do for this. Summit going into the fight on Saturday night Ruiz obviously cause a sensational upset 1st time around no one expects him to do that when you go into a fight in a rematch like that do you think of the more pressure on him this time around I mean I say this in the context of you produce a spectacular performance of South Africa when you know. Yeah all that is good and nice and fun and story. Almost a bell ring you know Assamese coming to get him he's coming in after him you know it's on for me it's all for me forget about what happened in the fight before forget about what's going to happen if I After got to concentrate almost every. Company heard she so you got to defend yourself and try to hurt him so this fight you know it's a lot of different variables that can determine what's going to happen is for a strike it's a quite a few people experts are getting lots of different opinions which way you lean in at the moment I'm Lehmann at the moment towards. I just think the weight loss with . Anthony I just didn't see him with that much fat to be believed I believe he may have lost too much muscle and I believe there could be a detrimental effect he could still possibly want a decision if he if he executes perfect. Uses distance stay away stay away and don't lead in a meadow event here demanding a finish so 2 quick questions for you if you were in answer Joshua's corner what would you be telling him to do and if you resist going out what would you be tightening to do let's not we just I may I really don't like to give out free advised I mean you know Outremont fighters but. I would definitely have read go straight out for the kill from round one. Let's pick up from well since you said Webber did not go. From a from an f. In his corner I mean I got almost become lighter to scrub you know. Anytime to get closer. So I may I would say other days but. You know. And I'm speaking to you from outside the venue and looks pretty magnificent is outdoors going to be fighting around midnight local time it's quite chilly in the evening so the key to the going to be a problem is going to a case of which man to keep their cool under so much scrutiny and under so much pressure. On the b.b.c. . One x. 2 bizarre incident in the n.b.a. Which outraged James Harden and the Houston Rockets in last night's game against the San Antonio Spurs Harden dunked the ball that is to say it went through the basket but it got caught in the net the net with the ball in it than swung up and around the bull popped back out hit the top of the rim near the back board and the referee didn't give the basket at that point the rockets were winning they were leading the Spurs 102 points to 89 they went on though to lose the match in double overtime 135 points to 1331 is a dunk not a dunk Houston Chronicle sports columnist Jenny Creech joins us on sport today Jenny how do you ever seen anything like that I have not been watching basketball for a really long time I've certainly seen it but what the refs thought they saw it is it doesn't count as a basket if the ball pops and it right back out but this clearly will all the way through the net and in physics played its role and it came back out it absolutely was a basket so I was shocked that it wasn't called when I was there it was there were is there any mechanism in the rules for the. Coach Mike D'Antoni out to challenge the referee school yes so this here in. The n.b.a. Instituted a coach's challenge you have to do it within 30 seconds of the call and because there was so much confusion so much arguing that window was passed and in some ways I understand where Mike D'Antoni was coming from not immediately going to a challenge because typically in a situation like that if a basket that went through is not called it just corrects itself like you'll see the score change that kind of a look at it you know on the scores table it will come back up and you just move forward it just never happened that way so is it really unprecedented thing and and I'm not sure in that situation I would have thought he's a challenge either I mean here in the u.k. In football we have video assistant referees now in the English Premier League which is causing so much controversy but one thing the House worked well for a couple of seasons is a chip inside the soccer ball so we know when it's fully crossed the line for a goal to be awarded I mean in terms of the n.b.a. Going forward are they looking at technology are they looking at changing their rules I'm not sure I mean we again this just doesn't happen very often at all but you know I can't in the 15 years I've been covering the n.b.a. I can't think of another time that we've actually debated whether or not the ball went through I think it's so clear in basketball to look at a replay and be able to tell the ball went through in this replay it's a very very simple to tell if if the officials would have looked at it right then if they would have gone to the monitor and checked that it would have been very clear they even said after the game the pool reporter after the game told the media that was a was to get that yeah that was absolutely a basket that was a missed call so I don't think there's a debate on whether or not it was a basket the way that it was handled and the fact that it wasn't corrected is the problem one of the people finally saying about this and he stood to that. It's really interesting you know the rockets are going to petition the n.b.a. Which I personally don't think is a good plan I mean you can't go back and change the outcome of this game that happened in the 4th quarter with 8 minutes left the rockets went on to blow a 23 point lead and lose that game and I don't think that you can blame One Missed Call for a poor performance in the 4th quarter in a poor performance in 2 overtimes so you can't go back and change the outcome of the game you can't have them replay the last 8 minutes of the game and see what happens so I think the rockets do ultimately have to let this go human error and officiating is part of every sport as we all know in its head unfortunate but to me this falls on the n.b.a. They just need to look at what went wrong you know there need to provide probably be some sort of consequences for who got it wrong and they need to move forward and try not to make this kind of mistake again but I don't think there's anything retroactively that can be done to prevent justice for her rockets I think they just have to move forward and it's part of the game but people here are certainly very upset the rockets in this verse her had a traditionally very good rivalry so it's a little bit it stings a little bit more when it's against a team you really don't like yeah it's not no consolation to James Harden I'm sure he'll be he'll be a quiz question going forward. Thanks so much for joining us once more to that yes thank you 5 matches in progress in the English Premier League around about 25 minutes on the clock An older than John benefit reporters alongside me was the nicest We just had 3 goals in 3 different games in the last couple of minutes Chelsea have taken the lead against Aston Villa Tommy Abraham is schooled on his return from injury Southampton have taken the lead against Norwich in a crucial game at the bottom of the Premier League Danny Ings flicking on a James Ward Prouse free kick so it sounds in one nor the nail I was Wolverhampton Wanderers sworn west time you know I said no then don't come out with the only goal . Much as United is still leading by one go to nil against Tottenham Hotspur and it's Leicester City nail what food nail after 24 minutes Ed thank you John a soft reporter Jon Benet you can keep right up to date via the b.b.c. Sport website next some more of the sports stories making headlines around the world this Wednesday and to rugby union a confidential settlements been reached between rugby Australia and form apply Israel Folau the full back to legal action against the governing body after they sacked him for making homophobic comments on social media the women's marathon and all race walks at the Tokyo 2020 limpid games have been reshaped short following an early decision to relocate them to support I remember they've been relocated 500 miles north of Tokyo because it will be cooler there than it will be in Tokyo itself and these date changes have now happened in order to assist athletes travelling up from Tokyo to compete the women's marathon that's moved from August the 2nd to August the 8th next year the men's race will remain on the final day of the games the 9th and both of those marathons will start at 7 am local time. We're going to end today's program with some sad news from the world of cricket the former England captain Bob Willis has died at the age of 70 he will be best remembered for an astonishing performance during the 1981 Ashes series taking a career best 8443 helping England to a famous victory over Australia at Headingley at one stage during that match you could get a 500 to one on an England win before him both him and then Willis made history in Australia 11149900 sort of victory has Willis in both the bright bright but. What a finish crying that day and alongside Bob Willis many more times for England was David Gower later to broadcast alongside Willis from the earliest days of satellite television here in the u.k. All the way to the 2019 ashes summer he's told the b.b.c. Today how Bob Willis almost didn't play in 81 in a match which became known as the miracle of Headingley although to try and drop him before the Test match and so that was him making a point and he was to put it mildly very very good at making point during his career he's made a very successful career since then making points in his own very iconic style on t.v. He's always been making points and he makes it very firmly there is a huge contrast Bob because a lot of people especially in recent years seem to have seen him more often doing Sky's debates the verdict those sort of programs where his very trenchant opinions have been put across in great style and he's made a sort of bit of a stick out of being very forthright. On his opinions on cricket and the current generation and he's never shied away from that but behind it all is a very different character as well I mean he's a multi-faceted or was a multifaceted character. You know Dylan fan you know the fact that he changed his name by. Oh true George Dylan Willis gives you a clue there you can tell any Dylan lyric over the last 5000 years. He was a bright man very penetration and all sorts of things not just cricket. And as such very very good company and also of course are a wine connoisseur in those days with a post from Merrill Willis one that came out some decade ago also we longer now which reflected another passion another great friendship David Gallo that there is much more on the life of Bob on the b.b.c. Sport website and that is also of course where you can follow the nice matches in the English Premier League thank you for joining us for sport today I will be here tomorrow. Today isn't missing school production. You're listening to the b.b.c. 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