Time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Im hugh woozencroft. Our main headlines this evening. Aksel lund svindal soars to success in south korea to become the oldest olympic Alpine Skiing champion. The Europa League is back with arsenal making a good start in their last 32 tie in sweden. And billy monger shows his bravery as a modified car increases his chances of a motor racing return, less than a year after after losing both his legs. Good evening. Lots in store but we start of course at the winter olympics, where there were nine medals upforgrabs. Both of britains mens and womens curling teams are in a good position to qualify from their round robin groups after wins on day six of the winter olympics. The men beatjapan, while the women snatched a sudden death victory against china. Holly hamilton has more. Downhill skiing is seen as the games marquee event, the showcase on the slopes. It is only fitting that this norwegian marked an iconic moment at the age of 35. He got
To investigate allegations of exploitation by its staff. We are going to do justice. Well atone for the past. Theresa may calls for a unique partnership with the eu as she meets german chancellor Angela Merkel in berlin. State of the union south africas new president , Cyril Ramaphosa, is about to address the nation, a day after being sworn into office. This creature is intelligent, capable of understanding emotions. And in this weeks film review, well take a look at the shape of water. In which Sally Hawkins falls in love with a curiously creature. With a curiously creature. That is coming up at 5 45 p m. Good evening. President trump is heading to florida to meet some of those caught up in the mass shooting at a high school. Police say a former pupil, who was expelled, has now confessed to the massacre, in which 17 people were killed. Nikolas cruz, whos 19, said he arrived on campus and began shooting students, before abandoning his weapon and escaping, according to a court document.
A medal gb in the Winter Olympics . Yes, it has been a little bit in the coming. A bronze in the mens skeleton courtesy of dom parsons. There could be another at least in the womens event with Lizzie Yarnold and laura deas in contention half way through their competition. Details later. We will see you later on. And stav has the weather. A decent weekend ahead . Clear skies has the weather. A decent weekend ahead . Clear skies across has the weather. A decent weekend ahead . Clear skies across the country today. There are some changes as it later. Join me later for details. Also coming up this afternoon. Building bridges the team from chester zoo helping the endangered orangutans of borneo move around their habitat. Hello, everyone this is afternoon live. Im ben brown. President trump is expected to visit the scene of the Florida High School shooting in the next few days. Police say a former pupil who was expelled from the school has now confessed to the massacre, which left 17 people
This war that happened a0 years ago and what happened to these people was not properly understood, and not just for the world, but for the people of the country. Iraqi Security Forces have been pushing forward in a major offensive aimed at taking full control of their second largest city, mosul, from so called islamic state. The city was seized more than two years ago as is moved into northern and western iraq. The offensive to remove the group began last october, with iraqi troops securing the eastern part of mosul last month. But the western half of the city is home to around three quarters of a million civilians and stiff resistance from is fighters is expected. 0ur middle east correspondent Quentin Sommerville and cameraman nick millard are the only Television Journalists on the frontline with iraqi forces. They sent this report. Just after sunrise, iraq bagai and what it hopes is its last major battle against the so called islamic state. Began. Thousands of men and hundreds of arm
This war that happened a0 years ago and what happened to these people was not properly understood, and not just for the world, but for the people of the country. Iraqi Security Forces have been pushing forward in a major offensive aimed at taking full control of their second largest city, mosul, from so called islamic state. The city was seized more than two years ago as is moved into northern and western iraq. The offensive to remove the group began last october, with iraqi troops securing the eastern part of mosul last month. But the western half of the city is home to around three quarters of a million civilians and stiff resistance from is fighters is expected. 0ur middle east correspondent Quentin Sommerville and cameraman nick millard are the only Television Journalists on the frontline with iraqi forces. They sent this report. Just after sunrise, iraq bagai and what it hopes is its last major battle against the so called islamic state. Began. Thousands of men and hundreds of arm