0:00:09 > 0:00:12opening up a complex new front in the conflict.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15Turkey is acting against a Kurdish militia that has been
0:00:15 > 0:00:17fighting Islamic State, but it regards as
0:00:17 > 0:00:21a terrorist group.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23Turkey is clearly committed militarily to this operation,
0:00:23 > 0:00:25and has widespread popular support here.
0:00:25 > 0:00:27But if the Turks suffer losses or a civilian casualties
0:00:27 > 0:00:31grow, that could change.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33With an emergency debate due at the United Nations tomorrow,
0:00:33 > 0:00:36Turkey's being urged to show restraint.
0:00:36 > 0:00:42Also tonight:
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Is your relationship with her over? No comment.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Ukip leader Henry Bolton's personal life costs him the support
0:00:47 > 0:00:49of the party's ruling body - now the membership
0:00:49 > 0:00:51will decide his fate.
0:00:51 > 0:00:52EXPLOSION.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55The 12 hour battle to end an attack on a Kabul hotel,
0:00:55 > 0:00:58where foreign nationals were targeted and killed.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Heavy rain brings flooding and mudslides to South West England -
0:01:01 > 0:01:08elsewhere snow and ice cause problems on the roads.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10And at last something to cheer about down under,
0:01:10 > 0:01:14as England win the one day series against Australia.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34Good evening.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37Turkey is being urged to show restraint tonight, as it continues
0:01:37 > 0:01:40an offensive into northern Syria that its feared will further
0:01:40 > 0:01:42destabilise a war-torn region.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45Turkish troops crossed the border with Syria as part of a military
0:01:45 > 0:01:50effort to target a Kurdish militia in the province of Afrin.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53The Kurdish group has been backed by the United States in the fight
0:01:53 > 0:01:55against so-called Islamic State.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59But Turkey regards it as a terrorist organisation.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01From the border, Mark Lowen reports on a potential
0:02:01 > 0:02:06new front in the Syrian war.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09As if Syria needed more of this.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Artillery fire from Turkey, launching a new ground
0:02:12 > 0:02:15and air offensive.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17It's called Operation Olive Branch, though it's anything
0:02:17 > 0:02:20but a gesture of peace.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22From the air, Turkish F-16s struck yesterday.
0:02:22 > 0:02:27Their target - the Syrian Kurdish militia, or YPG.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30Turkey sees them as terrorists, linked to the outlawed PKK,
0:02:30 > 0:02:33who have long fought an insurgency in Turkey on behalf
0:02:33 > 0:02:35of the Kurdish minority.
0:02:35 > 0:02:42And it wants them pushed back from the border town of Afrin.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46Turkey's president has his own troops fighting for their hero.
0:02:46 > 0:02:52And with elections next year, war rallies his support base.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54TRANSLATION:This is a national struggle,
0:02:54 > 0:02:56and in this national struggle, we will crush anyone
0:02:56 > 0:03:00who stands against us.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04That's a message that resonates in border villages,
0:03:04 > 0:03:10where grape grower Omer Gazel and his friends watched the jets.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14TRANSLATION:We felt proud and happy as they took off.
0:03:14 > 0:03:19Everyone came out to bid them farewell.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22But the YPG has backing, too.
0:03:22 > 0:03:27Both in Syria, where Kurds rallied today, and beyond.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30TRANSLATION:We condemn the attack on Afrin,
0:03:30 > 0:03:33and we tell our brothers there that they are in our hearts,
0:03:33 > 0:03:36and that we are with them.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38Because of the bravery of the YPG heroes, we will win
0:03:38 > 0:03:41the battle in Afrin.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43The US armed them in the fight against the Islamic State group,
0:03:43 > 0:03:46infuriating Turkey.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48France too voiced support for them today, calling
0:03:48 > 0:03:53on Turkey to pull back.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56But the Turks are ploughing on.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58This unverified footage posted on pro-government media aiming
0:03:58 > 0:04:03to prove Turkey's military might.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06In the hills beside the border we found a further build-up,
0:04:06 > 0:04:10as the offensive shows no sign of ending.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Reinforcements are perched here, a show of strength, ready to back up
0:04:12 > 0:04:18the ground troops and fighter jets who are ready inside Syria.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21Every few minutes, you hear the thud of an artillery strike.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23Turkey has clearly committed militarily to this operation,
0:04:23 > 0:04:25and has widespread popular support here.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29But if the Turks suffer losses or civilian casualties
0:04:29 > 0:04:34grow, that could change.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36And the risk is clear.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39This border town was hit by a rocket, said to be
0:04:39 > 0:04:41from the YPG, killing one and injuring more.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44Turkey is on dangerous ground, and a likely long, costly offensive
0:04:44 > 0:04:54is only just beginning.
0:04:54 > 0:04:59Tonight Turkey is looking diplomatically isolated. The US,
0:04:59 > 0:05:02France, Russia and Iran have spoken out against the offensive, a
0:05:02 > 0:05:06reminder of how Syria has dragged in summary different powers fighting
0:05:06 > 0:05:11their own proxy wars. France has called on the UN Security Council to
0:05:11 > 0:05:15discuss the operation tomorrow. But it is the US most at odds with
0:05:15 > 0:05:20Turkey. One has armed the YPG, the other fighting to destroy it. Turkey
0:05:20 > 0:05:26and the US are vital Nato members, but this new front in the Syrian war
0:05:26 > 0:05:28has thrown this vital relationship towards breaking point.
0:05:28 > 0:05:29Mark Lowen, thank you.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32Ukip's National Executive Committee has backed a vote of no confidence
0:05:32 > 0:05:35in the party leader, Henry Bolton, as he faces further questions
0:05:35 > 0:05:36over his personal life.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40After a brief relationship with Jo Marney - whose texts
0:05:40 > 0:05:43about Meghan Markle became public - he says his personal life shouldn't
0:05:43 > 0:05:45affect his political career.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48Party members will now be asked to vote on his future.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Here's our political correspondent Ben Wright..
0:05:51 > 0:05:52I'm not making any comment.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56Shortly before Ukip's top brass met to discuss their beleaguered
0:05:56 > 0:06:01leader's fate, Henry Bolton came out fighting.
0:06:01 > 0:06:02You could at that point say the National Executive Committee
0:06:02 > 0:06:05of my own party don't have confidence in me as leader,
0:06:05 > 0:06:06I'd better stand down.
0:06:06 > 0:06:07I could do but I shan't.
0:06:07 > 0:06:08You won't?
0:06:08 > 0:06:09No, I won't.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13The former soldier has only been in the job for months,
0:06:13 > 0:06:15and it is his fleeting relationship with 25-year-old Jo Marney that
0:06:16 > 0:06:17has got him noticed.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Last week he dropped his new girlfriend after it emerged
0:06:19 > 0:06:22she had sent racist text messages about Prince Harry's
0:06:23 > 0:06:25fiancee, Meghan Markle.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29But the two of them were then spotted out at a London bar.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32We're now talking about this leadership thing being a moral
0:06:32 > 0:06:34court, as to the state of my marriage and my
0:06:34 > 0:06:36personal relationships.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38What is important to the nation and to the voters,
0:06:38 > 0:06:41and the 17.4 million people who voted to leave
0:06:41 > 0:06:43the European Union, is that this country gets its independence back
0:06:43 > 0:06:46from Brussels and that we can move forward on that basis
0:06:46 > 0:06:47towards being a confident nation.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50Henry Bolton became the fourth Ukip leader in a year,
0:06:50 > 0:06:53and promised to bring fresh focus to the fractious and
0:06:53 > 0:06:55floundering party.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57But even some of its leading figures think it could now
0:06:57 > 0:07:00be curtains for Ukip.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03If we have got a situation where we are wiped out
0:07:03 > 0:07:06in the county council elections, and then in the general election,
0:07:06 > 0:07:08if we are wiped out again in the district elections too,
0:07:08 > 0:07:12then maybe people are going to have to get round the table and say,
0:07:12 > 0:07:14"Is the electorate is trying to tell us something?
0:07:14 > 0:07:17Is that, thank you very much and good night?"
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Earlier this month, the UK National Executive agreed
0:07:20 > 0:07:24to have an emergency meeting today about their leader's recent antics.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27Today's emergency Ukip meeting has been held in huge secrecy,
0:07:27 > 0:07:30and after a lot of digging, we found out it is being held here,
0:07:30 > 0:07:33in the office of the Ukip general secretary, Paul Oakley,
0:07:33 > 0:07:35who's a barrister.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38Now this meeting will determine, possibly, Henry Bolton's fate.
0:07:38 > 0:07:43He went in insisting he was not going to quit.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47But it's clear that many on the Ukip NEC want him to go.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49The meeting lasted three hours, and passed a unanimous vote
0:07:49 > 0:07:51of no-confidence in the Ukip leader.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54Henry was offered the opportunity to resign but he has made clear
0:07:54 > 0:07:57that he feels he is the right man to lead the party forward.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00And he will now go through the process of defending himself
0:08:00 > 0:08:03to the party via the EGM.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06That means the wider Ukip membership will have to endorse or reject
0:08:06 > 0:08:10today's decision at a general meeting within the next 28 days.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13But for now, Henry Bolton soldiers on without any support
0:08:13 > 0:08:16at the top of his party.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19Ben Wright, BBC News.
0:08:19 > 0:08:2214 foreign nationals working in the Afghan capital Kabul have
0:08:22 > 0:08:26been targeted and killed in a terrorist attack
0:08:26 > 0:08:27on a major hotel.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30It took Afghan security forces 12 hours to take control
0:08:30 > 0:08:33of the Intercontinental Hotel, killing the gunmen who stormed it.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Four Afghan citizens were also killed.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40The Taliban says it carried out the attack.
0:08:40 > 0:08:46Zia Shahreyar reports from Kabul.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49The final moments of a fight that had lasted all night.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53Gunfire and explosions, as Afghan special forces
0:08:53 > 0:08:59battle to regain control of the Intercontinental Hotel.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01One soldier throws a grenade.
0:09:01 > 0:09:10He moves away, then the explosion.
0:09:10 > 0:09:11The room is soon on fire.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15Evidence of the struggle that had taken place.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18The Afghan national flag waving from the roof,
0:09:18 > 0:09:23proof that the building has been retaken.
0:09:23 > 0:09:24We are in the area.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27You can see the Hotel Intercontinental on the hill
0:09:27 > 0:09:31in Kabul, and as you can see, it has been burned, part
0:09:31 > 0:09:34of the hotel has been burned.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37And black smoke blackens the southern part of the hotel.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39More than 150 people, including some foreigners,
0:09:39 > 0:09:41were inside yesterday evening when gunmen burst
0:09:41 > 0:09:45in and opened fire.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48Eyewitnesses said they were after foreigners.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51TRANSLATION:The attackers were knocking on the door of each
0:09:51 > 0:09:54room, trying to reach their targets.
0:09:54 > 0:09:55They killed ordinary people and officials.
0:09:55 > 0:10:01They were also targeting foreigners.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04These images filmed by local TV showed people escaping by climbing
0:10:04 > 0:10:10down the sheets that they had tied to balconies.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13This telecoms engineer fell from the sixth floor
0:10:13 > 0:10:17as he tried to get away.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19TRANSLATION:When the sixth floor caught fire this morning,
0:10:19 > 0:10:23my roommates told me to either burn or escape.
0:10:23 > 0:10:28I got a bed sheet and tied to the balcony.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32I tried to come down but I was heavy and my arms were not strong enough.
0:10:32 > 0:10:37I fell down and injured my shoulder and leg.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39This sustained and complex assault will prompt urgent questions
0:10:39 > 0:10:45as to how the gunmen got through.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51A 54-year-old man has been arrested, after the death of an eight-year-old
0:10:51 > 0:10:53girl from stab wounds.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56Mylee Billingham was rushed to hospital from a house
0:10:56 > 0:10:59at Brownhills in the West Midlands, but couldn't be saved.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02Police are waiting to speak to the man, who's also in hospital
0:11:02 > 0:11:04with a stab wound to the stomach.
0:11:04 > 0:11:09Officers say they're not looking for anyone else.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Thousands of women are demonstrating in Las Vegas tonight,
0:11:11 > 0:11:14in the latest protest to mark the anniversary of President
0:11:14 > 0:11:19Trump's inauguration.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21Rallies have already taken place this weekend in other US
0:11:21 > 0:11:22cities and in Europe.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26In Las Vegas, women are being urged to register to vote ahead of this
0:11:26 > 0:11:35year's mid term US elections. Rajini Vaidyanathan reports.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38All the way from Paris to London, to Las Vegas, women have been making
0:11:38 > 0:11:46their voices heard.Last year we were angry. And that's why we turned
0:11:46 > 0:11:53out. This year we are organised and that's why we are turning out.
0:11:53 > 0:11:57Empowered, and I'm ready to get people talking about these issues
0:11:57 > 0:12:01and get people excited.A year into Donald Trump's presidency and the
0:12:01 > 0:12:05focus is not just on the man himself but his policies. Many believe his
0:12:05 > 0:12:16immigration plans adversely affect women.He is pushing to make birth
0:12:16 > 0:12:22control less accessible to women. This is just ridiculous how he is
0:12:22 > 0:12:26supposed to be for the people, but he is against the people.In the
0:12:26 > 0:12:31wake of the B2 movement and a growing conversation around equal
0:12:31 > 0:12:36pay, many are here to fight on other issues. Franey, who came here with
0:12:36 > 0:12:41her five-year-old daughter, this is personal.For 12 years I was the
0:12:41 > 0:12:44victim of domestic violence that my children observed, now I am free,
0:12:44 > 0:12:49finally, thank goodness, through no help of the systems that are
0:12:49 > 0:12:54supposed to help us. I hope the world will listen and we can create
0:12:54 > 0:12:59systematic change to help little girls like Charlie and myself.One
0:12:59 > 0:13:02way organisers think that change can help is by getting more women to
0:13:02 > 0:13:05register to vote and even run for office. They are channelling their
0:13:05 > 0:13:09energy on this year's mid-term congressional elections. The state
0:13:09 > 0:13:14of Nevada was picked for this rally because it is a swing state, a
0:13:14 > 0:13:21Senate is -- a Senate seat Democrats believe they can win back. There may
0:13:21 > 0:13:23be thousands of women here, but don't forget, anyone the election
0:13:23 > 0:13:27with a majority of white women voters. Many of those think he is
0:13:27 > 0:13:32doing a great job for women. And so, like so many issues here in the
0:13:32 > 0:13:39United States, even women's rights, is one where this country is deeply
0:13:39 > 0:13:40divided.
0:13:40 > 0:13:41divided.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43A former Premier League footballer is about to become
0:13:43 > 0:13:45president of the West African nation of Liberia.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48George Weah - who played for Chelsea and Manchester City -
0:13:48 > 0:13:51told the BBC he was ready to meet the expectations of his people.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53He will be sworn in tomorrow.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56His victory is the latest extraordinary chapter in Liberia's
0:13:56 > 0:13:58emergence from the horrors of civil war.
0:13:58 > 0:14:07From the capital Monrovia, here's our Africa Editor, Fergal Keane.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10A fanfare for the people's man who rose from the slums to become
0:14:10 > 0:14:16an international football star, and now president of his country.
0:14:16 > 0:14:17How are you doing?
0:14:17 > 0:14:20George Weah is the face of a changing nation.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23For the first time in over 70 years, power is being transferred between
0:14:23 > 0:14:27democratically elected leaders.
0:14:27 > 0:14:32Can you possibly be as successful a president as a footballer?
0:14:32 > 0:14:35Well, you only look at me as a former footballer,
0:14:35 > 0:14:37but I am a human being.
0:14:37 > 0:14:42I strive to be excellent, and I can be successful.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44COMMENTATOR:George Weah, he has one to contend with,
0:14:44 > 0:14:46he plays a 1-2, George Weah!
0:14:46 > 0:14:50Today he was leading a team of friends against an army selection.
0:14:50 > 0:14:54And still scoring.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57It was in Europe, playing for teams like Chelsea and AC Milan,
0:14:57 > 0:15:00that he became a legend.
0:15:00 > 0:15:05Fifa Footballer of the Year.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07George Weah inherits a nation still struggling
0:15:07 > 0:15:09with the legacy of war.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13Nearly two thirds of the population live below the poverty line.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16In Claratown, the slum where he grew up, they are hoping
0:15:16 > 0:15:23he will bring jobs, health care, housing.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25When you come here to the streets where George Weah grew up,
0:15:25 > 0:15:29the scale of problems facing Liberia is very clear.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32For any kind of meaningful change to take place, peace is essential,
0:15:32 > 0:15:35and this is a generation that has grown up without knowing war,
0:15:35 > 0:15:43in a country that was once a byword for anarchy.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46In 14 years of war, a quarter of a million people were killed.
0:15:46 > 0:15:53Child soldiers like Joseph Duo became symbols of pitiless violence.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55Today, he's one of those looking to George Weah in hope.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58Like his nation, Joseph is scarred by the past
0:15:58 > 0:16:07but determined not to repeat it.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12Doing homework with his children, Joseph's life challenges those
0:16:12 > 0:16:17who would write off a nation, even a continent, as failed.
0:16:17 > 0:16:23What do you hope George Weah can do for you?
0:16:23 > 0:16:25We hope he will design programmes and bring investors,
0:16:25 > 0:16:28Joseph tells me, so there will be jobs, and we can have a better
0:16:28 > 0:16:31Liberia than before.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33Expectations are high.
0:16:33 > 0:16:38Can George Weah possibly meet them, I asked?
0:16:38 > 0:16:40Whether or not I am going to meet the expectations,
0:16:40 > 0:16:42because the one thing, when people love you,
0:16:42 > 0:16:45you have to strive for them.
0:16:45 > 0:16:53The Liberians love me, for what I have done before
0:16:53 > 0:16:56in my life, and to make sure that they are OK,
0:16:56 > 0:16:58I am going to do it again.
0:16:58 > 0:16:59Football teaches that you can't succeed alone,
0:16:59 > 0:17:01and the new president has the people on-side.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03But, more than anything now, George Weah is going
0:17:04 > 0:17:05to need their patience.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07Fergal Keane, BBC News, Monrovia.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10Extreme weather is affecting several parts of the UK,
0:17:10 > 0:17:13with flooding and mudslides in South west England and snow and ice
0:17:13 > 0:17:15causing problems elsewhere.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17The Met Office issued yellow "be aware" warnings
0:17:17 > 0:17:19for many parts today.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22Tonight there's concern about ice as temperatures fall
0:17:22 > 0:17:28in North East England. Phil Bodmer reports.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32After the snow came the rain, and with it, flooding.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35The south-west bearing the brunt.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37Police say a number of roads are affected by
0:17:37 > 0:17:44flood water and mud slides, like here in Mudeford, North Devon.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46At the Jack Russell in at swing bridge
0:17:46 > 0:17:50near Barnstaple, they were surveying the damage caused by the flooding.
0:17:50 > 0:17:51The kitchen's just as bad.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54We've turned everything.
0:17:54 > 0:18:00Emergency services helped others.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04This flood water rose in Barnstaple and Kuhn Martin.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07In Scotland, two climbers were airlifted to safety in
0:18:07 > 0:18:08the Highlands.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10The pair were winched to safety from 3000 feet after a night
0:18:11 > 0:18:14on the mountain in Glencoe.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17Glasgow airport closed for a brief period
0:18:17 > 0:18:20this afternoon, so that the runway could be cleared, after some very
0:18:20 > 0:18:23heavy snow.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26Well, tonight, much of Britain remains in winter's icy grip.
0:18:26 > 0:18:34Here in Leeds, gritting teams have been working nonstop to keep
0:18:34 > 0:18:35the road network sorted, with temperatures hovering around
0:18:36 > 0:18:37zero degrees.
0:18:37 > 0:18:42Northern England also experienced heavy snow.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44This was South Yorkshire.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46In Sheffield, drivers left their cars
0:18:46 > 0:18:47at home.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49With forecasters predicting milder conditions ahead, there may
0:18:49 > 0:18:52be some better news for commuters next week.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54Phil Bodmer, BBC News.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56With all the sport, here's Lizzie Greenwood Hughes
0:18:56 > 0:18:58at the BBC Sport Centre.
0:18:58 > 0:18:59Thanks very much. Good evening.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03England's cricketers bounced-back from their Ashes defeat by winning
0:19:03 > 0:19:06the one-day series against Australia with two games to spare.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10Man of the match Jos Butler hit a brilliant century in Sydney to set
0:19:10 > 0:19:13the hosts a target of 303.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15And despite losing fast bowler Liam Plunkett to injury,
0:19:15 > 0:19:20England went on to win by 16 runs.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Kyle Edmund says, "You have to believe", after reaching his
0:19:22 > 0:19:24first Grand Slam quarterfinal.
0:19:24 > 0:19:28The British number two came from a set down to make
0:19:28 > 0:19:30it to the last eight of the Australian Open Tennis,
0:19:30 > 0:19:38as our correspondent David Ornstein reports.
0:19:38 > 0:19:43Carrying the hopes of a nation is no easy task, but in the absence of
0:19:43 > 0:19:48Andy Murray Britain has a new flag-bearers. Kyle Edmund's rise has
0:19:48 > 0:19:53been steady, his form spectacular. It did seem that was about to change
0:19:53 > 0:19:58when against Andreas Seppi he lost the opening set and went down a
0:19:58 > 0:20:02break of serve in the second. He was quick to respond. A switch of shoes
0:20:02 > 0:20:08coinciding with a change in fortune. There was no looking back. A decade
0:20:08 > 0:20:14Seppi's Junior, Edmund is the higher ranked and soon the Gulf in quality
0:20:14 > 0:20:21became apparent. Both men were struggling -- hoping to reach a
0:20:21 > 0:20:24grand slam semifinal -- quarterfinal. Edmund became the
0:20:24 > 0:20:28first British man other than Murray to make the last eight in Melbourne
0:20:28 > 0:20:34since 1995.Hopefully we have more British the future. For me,
0:20:34 > 0:20:38personally, I'm very happy to get through and I will keep doing my
0:20:38 > 0:20:44best. I know people are waking up at home at silly hours. I'm grateful
0:20:44 > 0:20:48for that.He now faces Grigor Dimitrov. Whatever the outcome,
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Britain appears to have a new star to celebrate.
0:20:51 > 0:20:51David Ornstein, BBC News.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54There was just one game in the Premier League today.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57Match of the Day 2 and Sportscene are on BBC One later,
0:20:57 > 0:21:00so if you don't want to know the results, you know what to do.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03Southampton are still in the bottom three after drawing with Tottenham.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06Harry Kane scored the Spurs goal, and now only needs one more
0:21:06 > 0:21:09to reach his 100th in the Premier League.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12And Hearts beat their Edinburgh rivals Hibs to a place in the fifth
0:21:12 > 0:21:16round of the Scottish Cup.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18Former Malaga manager Javi Gracia has been named
0:21:18 > 0:21:20as Watford's new head coach, hours after they sacked Marco Silva.
0:21:20 > 0:21:25Watford are currently 10th in the Premier League.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28Saracens' hopes of a third consecutive European
0:21:28 > 0:21:31title were kept alive, thanks to Premiership rivals Wasps,
0:21:31 > 0:21:34who beat Ulster in the Champions Cup today, gifting Saracens
0:21:34 > 0:21:37the last quarterfinal place.
0:21:37 > 0:21:44They join Scarlets as the only British teams in the last eight.
0:21:44 > 0:21:50And while we have been on the air, Mark Allen as just won Sanogo's
0:21:50 > 0:21:55masters for the first time. He held off a comeback from Kyren Wilson to
0:21:55 > 0:22:01win 10-7 in a tense final at Alexandra Palace. That is it from
0:22:01 > 0:22:06me. There is more on the BBC News channel, including how Tommy
0:22:06 > 0:22:10Fleetwood stormed to the Abu Dhabi title. Back to you. Thank you.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13That's all from me, stay with us on BBC One ,
0:22:13 > 0:22:15it's time for the news where you are.