Combined. American women are among the leaders going into the final legs of the skeleton competition. Katie and nicole start the day in second and fourth. Meanwhile, american speed skaters are looking for answers after a spring of disappointing performances. The wall street journal reports they may be slowed down by a design flaw in their hightech under armour racing suites. The company says they are working with the team to perfect performance. All right. Great olympic moment to show you here. Check it out. Put up the photo. There it is. Oh, my goodness. This is from the medicaler is menny from the womens 500 meter short track speedskating event. From italy, sticking her tongue out, making hand gestures, the bronze medallist slightly more restrained. What is going on here. Somewhere in the middle is happy medium. She is excited. Totally excited, right . She has it live with that for the rest of her life. Thats the money shot right there. Okay. Now to new jersey where a Silver Lining h
1st conspires to take your breath away. And Christopher Dean alias mr plant and graces the Natural World in his arms like in this latest installation true in and in france. Back when it was published in 1985 Margaret Atwoods novel The Handmaids Tale was critically acclaimed but considered by many to be a bit farfetched the main character offered is one of a cast of scarlet clad handmaids forced to be breeding machines in the patriarchal dystopia of gilliatt will fast forward to 2017 and the novel had a veritable 2nd coming as a t. V. Series but also as a symbol of resistance to my sergeants trompe and politics and thats one reason the long awaited sequel has finally arrived. My swearing the
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You re watching bbc newsroom live. Its 10 am and these are the main stories this morning. A state of emergency is declared in part of australia as tens of thousands of people are ordered to flee, amid forecasts of ferocious bushfire conditions. The Prime Minister calls for calm. I understand the frustration, i understand the anxiety, i understand the fear, but what i also understand is the need to allow the professionals and the experts who plan and operationalise these responses to do theirjob. Rail fares rise by an average of almost 3 per cent today, despite another year of cancellations and delays for many commuters. The government promises change. I dont think its right that people cant always rely on their train
services, particularly in places Like Northern where its been notably bad and i will absolutely bring that situation to an end. Artificial intelligence is better than doctors in diagnosing Breast Cancer from mammograms, according to a study. An emotional peter snakebite wr
History especially in the last century it was not a choice really and that said germany is one of the worlds leading weapons exporters today are made in germany we put weapons in the crosshairs personally i dont have any problem with weapons i grew up holding one in my hand three times a week when i was five years old my dad took me to his fencing club and fencing still is a part of my life today its a sport that teaches you a lot about humility and patience about aggression and risk and respect my colleague on the other hand had never touched a weapon in her life but coming from a german japanese family she was wandering with a heritage from two famously belligerent countries shouldnt that be a fascination with weapons in had lot and since keogh is who she is she had to go and find out. The never had anything to do with weapons i never held a real one in my hand and ive never wanted to i grew up in germany and in japan in both countries people are fascinated by them so today i wanted
Delays and cancellations on the railways but fares still go up from today an average of almost 3 . Artificial intelligence can be better than doctors at diagnosing Breast Cancer from scans. And after a string of defeats, snakebite wright is finally pdc world darts champion. And coming up on bbc news. After losing 10 of his last 11 finals, peter snakebite wright is the new pdc darts champion for the first time. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. A seven day state of emergency has been declared in the australian state of New South Wales as bushfires claims more lives. At least 18 people have been killed in the fires so far with many others missing. Australia is bracing itself for a weekend heatwave with high temperatures and strong winds that are expected to fan the flames. Tens of thousands of residents and holiday makers are fleeing towns on the east coast, and military ships and helicopters are rescuing some of those trapped by blazes. Our correspondent phil mercer sen