Its wednesday 18 january. Iamjoanna i am joanna gosling. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The Foreign Secretary has said countries are queuing up to sign Free Trade Deals with britain when it leaves the European Union. Borisjohnson also suggests that agreements could be achieved quickly after the article 50 negotiations are concluded, and said the uk would not be hauling up the drawbridge, despite the new Migration Controls promised by theresa may. Our assistant Political Editor norman smith is in westminsterfor us. Over to you. Thank you. What is striking this morning is the confidence oozing from number ten about yesterdays Big Speech By theresa may on brexit, insisting there has been a positive reaction from other senior eu leaders such as Angela Merkel and francois hollande, both of whom theresa may spoke to last night. This despite the fact that she has thrown down the gau ntlet that she has thrown down the ga u ntlet to that she has thrown down the gauntlet to the rest of the eu say
Pope Francis has congratulated Italy after tennis player Jannik Sinner became the country’s first man to win a Grand Slam singles title in nearly a half century. Sinner won the
Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner has returned to Italy amid great fanfare and headed straight to a private meeting with Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni. Meloni said “Grandissimo” when Sinner walked
Aryna Sabalenka has successfully defended her Australian Open tennis title. The No. 2-ranked Sabalenka clinched back-to-back titles at Melbourne Park with a 6-3, 6-2 win over No. 12-seeded Zheng Qinwen
Jannik Sinner upset Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open men s tennis semifinals Friday to end the 10-time champion’s long unbeaten streak at Melbourne Park.