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hello, good afternoon. the funeral is taking place of mikhail gorbachev — the last president of the soviet union, who helped bring the cold war to a peaceful end. he died on tuesday at the age of 91. russian president vladimir putin is not attending due to — what he described as — constraints on his schedule. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. it was the final farewell to the man who changed the world. in the columned hall of the house of unions, mikhail gorbachev lay in state. a steady stream of mourners filing past his open casket. there was a guard of honour, but the...

Look quite himself. he went off injured, didn't bowl the over as it would have been expected that he would have done, and also hasn't quite been at the pace that he would want to be either. i think stuart broad will almost certainly play because of how well he's done, particularly against david warner at the top of the order. so i think we're quite likely to seejimmy anderson back in the side at his home ground. in what, of course, is such a big test match now, hasn'tjonny bairstow been at the centre of things, whether he's grappling with a protester, you know, that controversial run out that ...

Outbreak, when crowds were banned. staying in australia, england bowler mark wood says ben stokes and jonny bairstow are desperate to prove their fitness in time for the final ashes test, which starts tomorrow in hobart. both have injuries, and captain joe root�*s indicated, the pair could be used as specialist batsmen, leaving stokes, unable to bowl and bairstow giving up his hopes of keeping wicket. both are key figures in the england dressing room. they are still in good spirits. they are happy, which is good indication that they are still in a good mindset to potentially play the game. t...