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Alastair cooks tally surpassing the previous best of sir alastair cook. And finally, he now stands alone as englands most prolific test batter, ending day three in multan on 12,578 runs. Now, at 33 years of age, root is now fifth on the all—time run scorers�* list. He is 3,348 runs behind the indian legend sachin tendulkar, who is top of the pile there. So after passing that english record with an impressive knock, how was he feeling? tired, more than anything. Its been a long day. But, yeah...

Hello and welcome to todays verified. We start in florida, bracing itself for what could be the worst storm in 100 years. There are huge traffic jams across the state as more than 5 million people respond to evacuation orders ahead of hurricane milton. We will be live on the ground in just a moment but i can show you first are the pictures from space. It gives you an idea of the size of this monster storm, officials think it could still double in size before making landfall. This is the live tra...

Headline of the evening. Lets cross to paul scott. Good evening. We are going to start with cricket. A dater member for going to start with cricket. A dater memberforjoe root. He is closing in on a double centre after becoming englands all—time leading test run scorer. On day three of the first test against pakistan, this immaculate 45 move ahead of sir alastair cooks record. He went on to make an unbeaten 176. Harry brooke will resume on 1111 not out. The partition helping england to reach 11...

Sunshine will come out, a few showers around coastal areas and, after the chilly start, temperatures quite a bit lower than weve been used to, but much closer to average for the time of year. The average for the time of year. The average for london is 13 and we will be at 12. The breeze making it feel more chilly. The cold air still with us on friday, with a few patches of frost on england and wales, something a bit more mild and wet coming to scotland, a weak area of low pressure ring outbreaks...

Hurricane right now suite three thank you very much, good afternoon on what martha maccallum and this is the story. Obviously it is the story of today, tomorrow and probably the coming weeks pick standing to images as hurricane milton arrows towards florida, we are a few hours away from actual landfall. As you can see, this is already hovering all over florida creating a very it very severe dangerous weather conditions in many places, milton is spawning quick tornadoes like this, look at this! t...

Stores are closed. A lot of velocity, it will bring a lot of hazards, a lot of damage. They conditions are getting worse by the minute. This is already happening. Here it is, it is on the ground. We need to prepare for catastrophic impacts. Neil: get ready because it is almost on, tampa and fort myers, as florida braces for impact. Hurricane milton becoming category three storm ours away from making landfall. The outer bands are already hitting, dropping from airports and military bases, schools...

Evacuate now, now, now, you should have already been evacuated. Thats not hyperbole, its a matter of life and death. President biden urging floridians in the path of hurricane milton to take seriously evacuation orders from local officials. It comes as the storm is gaining strength in the gulf, expected to make landfall in the next 24 hours. We have the very latest on the hurricanes track. And a live report from florida straight ahead. Also ahead, a new book by longtime journalist bob woodward i...

Spanish footballing legend andres iniesta has announced his retirement from football. The a0 year old revealed his decision at an emotional press conference on tuesday. Iniesta is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in history, scoring the winning goal in the 2010 world cup final — as well as being part of the spanish side that won the european championship in 2008 and 2012. He also won 29 trophies at barcelona in a 22 year career — before spending time injapan and the uae. Transl...

The ao—year—old revealed his decision at an emotional press conference on tuesday. Iniesta is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in history, scoring the winning goal in the 2010 world cup final, as well as being part of the spanish side that won the european championship in 2008 and 2012. He also won 29 trophies at barcelona in a 22—year career, before spending time injapan and the uae. Translation: i hope youll allow me to get emotional. | i never thought this day would arrive...

Translation: i hope youll allow me to get emotional. | i never thought this day would arrive. Truly, i never imagined it. But all these tears weve shed during the past days arent tears of sadness but are tears of emotion and pride. Well, earlier, ispoke to spanish football journalist ernest macia — who explained why iniesta mightjust be the countrys greatest footballer of all time. The fact that with his tiny body he has been able to control the entire midfield of fc barcelona, they made a per...