0:00:04 > 0:00:06This is BBC World News Today.
0:00:06 > 0:00:07I'm Karin Giannone.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09Our top stories...
0:00:09 > 0:00:12President Putin says Russia has foiled a terror attack planned
0:00:12 > 0:00:15on Saint Petersburg - and has thanked Donald Trump for CIA
0:00:15 > 0:00:25information which helped track down the suspects.
0:00:25 > 0:00:30Turkey's President Erdogan says he wants to open a Turkish Embassy for
0:00:30 > 0:00:31Palestinians in East
0:00:31 > 0:00:31wants to open a Turkish Embassy for Palestinians in East Jerusalem.
0:00:31 > 0:00:35South Africa's ruling party gets closer to choosing its next leader.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38The two main contenders have been formally nominated and voting is
0:00:38 > 0:00:39under way.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41And the Pentagon admits to running
0:00:41 > 0:00:44a top-secret investigation into the existence of alien life
0:01:02 > 0:01:04Welcome to world news today.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06The White House has confirmed that the CIA provided intelligence
0:01:06 > 0:01:09to Russian security services that helped foil a terror attack.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12Russian agents raided a flat allegedly used as a base to plan
0:01:12 > 0:01:20an attack on the Kazan cathedral in St Petersburg.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22The officers seized explosives and weapons.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Seven people were detained on charges of being members
0:01:24 > 0:01:27of so-called Islamic State.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31The suspects were reportedly planning to carry out a suicide
0:01:31 > 0:01:33attack at the Kazan Cathedral in St Petersburg on Saturday.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35President Putin has thanked the US for its help.
0:01:35 > 0:01:40The BBC's David Willis has more from Washington.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44He says this isn't the only recent call between the leaders.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46It appears to be a telephone conversation, the second
0:01:46 > 0:01:49between these two leaders in the space of just three days,
0:01:49 > 0:01:52in which Vladimir Putin thanked Donald Trump and asked him to convey
0:01:52 > 0:01:59Russia's thanks to the CIA and to its intelligence officials
0:01:59 > 0:02:04for the information that was needed to foil this attempted attack,
0:02:04 > 0:02:07or alleged attempted attack, on St Petersburg, on the cathedral
0:02:07 > 0:02:09there, an iconic cathedral, and other parts of the city
0:02:09 > 0:02:12which are known to be of prime interest to tourists
0:02:12 > 0:02:21from around the world.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23What's interesting about this is that the two leaders themselves
0:02:23 > 0:02:29really do appear to be very chummy with each other.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31I mentioned just last week there was a conversation
0:02:31 > 0:02:33between them as well.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35That followed Vladimir Putin's annual press conference,
0:02:35 > 0:02:37in which he heaped praise on Donald Trump's handling
0:02:37 > 0:02:43of the US economy.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45And they've chosen to make the fact that they've had this
0:02:45 > 0:02:50conversation very public?
0:02:50 > 0:02:53Yes, and all this comes at a time when there is a special prosecutor
0:02:53 > 0:02:59looking into allegations...
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Well, they're not allegations, the claims, the agreed claims
0:03:01 > 0:03:06of the US intelligence agencies that Russia meddled in the outcome
0:03:06 > 0:03:13of last year's presidential election here in the United States.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16The Special Counsel also looking into the prospect that the Trump
0:03:16 > 0:03:18campaign may have colluded with Russia, as far
0:03:18 > 0:03:20as that is concerned, yet we have a situation
0:03:20 > 0:03:22where Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin seemed to be getting
0:03:22 > 0:03:32on like a house on fire.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36In stark contrast, I might add, to the relationship that
0:03:36 > 0:03:38President Trump has had lately with traditional American allies,
0:03:39 > 0:03:44Britain, for example.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46He's been critical of Theresa May and, indeed,
0:03:46 > 0:03:52Germany's Angela Merkel as well.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54David Willis there talking to me earlier and mentioning special
0:03:54 > 0:03:56counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating alleged links
0:03:56 > 0:03:58between Donald Trump's election campaign and the Russian
0:03:58 > 0:03:59government.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02Well a spokesman for Mr Mueller has been defending
0:04:02 > 0:04:04the investigation, saying the appropriate criminal
0:04:04 > 0:04:08process is being followed in all of the probe's dealings.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11Lawyers representing the Trump presidential transition team accused
0:04:11 > 0:04:18Mr Mueller of unauthorised access to tens of thousands of emails.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that he wants
0:04:21 > 0:04:25to open an embassy for Palestinians in East Jerusalem.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28The Turkish leader has been one of the most vocal opponents
0:04:28 > 0:04:31of Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem
0:04:31 > 0:04:35as the capital of Israel and last week led calls for it to be
0:04:35 > 0:04:37recognised as the capital of a Palestinian state.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40Here's President Erdogan at a rally earlier.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50TRANSLATION:Since Jerusalem is currently under occupation, we can't
0:04:50 > 0:04:56go there and open our embassy. But our Consulate general is represented
0:04:56 > 0:05:01by an ambassador. God willing, the day is close when officially, with
0:05:01 > 0:05:08God's permission, we will open up our embassy there.Joining me as a
0:05:08 > 0:05:14nonresident policy analyst in Washington. Why do you think he has
0:05:14 > 0:05:21spoken out like this?There are a couple of reasons. This would be a
0:05:21 > 0:05:31significant, symbolic step. We know that Turkey has lost its clout over
0:05:31 > 0:05:38the last few weeks. Trump's blunder on Jerusalem provided Iran an
0:05:38 > 0:05:43opportunity to redress Turkey's relations with the Arab world. At
0:05:43 > 0:05:53least it would make a boosting image for Erdogan and the Turkish
0:05:53 > 0:06:02government. They see this meeting and stumble, with 57 members, as a
0:06:02 > 0:06:06success story.He is trying to assert himself as a global defender
0:06:06 > 0:06:14of Sunni Muslim interests?Well, there are many issues here. We need
0:06:14 > 0:06:18to look at the relationship between Turkey and the United States
0:06:18 > 0:06:26specifically. In this meeting, Erdogan used strong words against
0:06:26 > 0:06:34the Trump administration. It may be usual to hear from Erdogan slamming
0:06:34 > 0:06:36the United States, but not necessarily the Trump
0:06:36 > 0:06:40administration, because we know that initially there was a major hope
0:06:40 > 0:06:48from Ankara, from the administration. Lately, there is
0:06:48 > 0:06:51major frustration, especially with the case in New York, the court
0:06:51 > 0:07:01case, which is also holding Turkish banks accountable for invading Iran
0:07:01 > 0:07:06sanctions two years ago. There is a major frustration. Erdogan Comer
0:07:06 > 0:07:12claiming it is politically motivated. Wyatt is related, the
0:07:12 > 0:07:16question about Jerusalem, and other issues, it is very, I think,
0:07:16 > 0:07:27important to understand the relationship. Now Erdogan's domestic
0:07:27 > 0:07:33and international constituency would see an outcome of the New York case
0:07:33 > 0:07:40as politically motivated, perhaps. We haven't got much time. One last
0:07:40 > 0:07:44question, do you think this is just rhetoric, just symbolism, or are we
0:07:44 > 0:07:50going to see them take any concrete steps to do something about it?
0:07:50 > 0:07:54There might be concrete steps, but, at the end, in terms of the
0:07:54 > 0:08:02relations in general, Turkey and Israel relations have ups and downs,
0:08:02 > 0:08:04especially strained and turbulent in the last few years, there would not
0:08:04 > 0:08:08be a major difference in terms of the Palestinian issue. There might
0:08:08 > 0:08:16be some outcome in terms of the Ankara and Washington relations,
0:08:16 > 0:08:19especially Erdogan's relations with the Trump administration.Thank you
0:08:19 > 0:08:22very much.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25At least eight people have been killed and dozens of others injured
0:08:25 > 0:08:32after a suicide bomb attack on a methodist church in Pakistan.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36It happened in the city of Quetta, which has been the scene of a number
0:08:36 > 0:08:37of attacks in the past year.
0:08:37 > 0:08:38Tom Burridge has more
0:08:38 > 0:08:42A celebration ahead of Christmas, targeted by extremists.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Pakistan's police and army, firing shots in the aftermath
0:08:44 > 0:08:47as they surrounded the church.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Earlier, the attackers' efforts to get in and kill as many
0:08:49 > 0:08:54as they could captured on CCTV.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Watch the man in brown, who suddenly reveals a machine gun
0:08:57 > 0:09:01and starts to try to access the church compound.
0:09:01 > 0:09:06His accomplice, behind him in white, falls over.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09It takes them a long time to climb the gate,
0:09:09 > 0:09:12but it is chilling to watch, as the men wearing suicide
0:09:12 > 0:09:13vests exchange shots with security guards,
0:09:13 > 0:09:17imagine the panic in the church nearby.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20Officials say one of the attackers was shot dead
0:09:20 > 0:09:23at the entrance to the compound.
0:09:23 > 0:09:28A second man detonated his vest near the church door.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31The bodies of those killed, brought to the local mortuary.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Too much for relatives, their loved ones killed
0:09:33 > 0:09:39a week before Christmas.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42At local hospitals, those injured spoke of their fear as the attackers
0:09:42 > 0:09:48did all they could to get inside the church.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54TRANSLATION:We were all in the church and when we heard gunfire
0:09:54 > 0:09:55we closed the doors.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57The firing continued for a while.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00Then there was an explosion by the church door.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02The group that calls itself Islamic State
0:10:02 > 0:10:04claimed responsibility for the attack, which
0:10:04 > 0:10:09Pakistan's president described as cowardly.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15Let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news.
0:10:15 > 0:10:16A British government worker has been murdered
0:10:16 > 0:10:18in the Lebanese capital Beirut.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21The body of Rebecca Dykes was found by the side of a road
0:10:21 > 0:10:23in the city on Saturday.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25She had been working since January as a programme
0:10:25 > 0:10:26manager for the Department for International Development,
0:10:26 > 0:10:28based at the British embassy.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Her family say they are devastated by her loss.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Police in Ukraine have clashed with suporters of the opposition
0:10:33 > 0:10:36leader Mikhail Saakashvili.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38They fired tear-gas at a crowd which tried to get
0:10:38 > 0:10:41into the October Palace in Kiev, after a rally against
0:10:41 > 0:10:42President Petro Poroshenko.
0:10:42 > 0:10:52No serious injuries have been reported.
0:10:53 > 0:11:01Polls have closed in the final round of Chile's residential election. The
0:11:01 > 0:11:05Conservative former President won the first round, but pollsters say
0:11:05 > 0:11:09his only challenger this time has narrowed the gap in second-round
0:11:09 > 0:11:11campaigning.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13In South Africa, delegates from the ruling ANC have started
0:11:13 > 0:11:15voting to elect a successor to President Jacob Zuma
0:11:15 > 0:11:19as party leader.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23We now know that the new leader will be one of two people: deputy
0:11:23 > 0:11:25president Cyril Ramaphosa or former foreign minister Nkosazana
0:11:25 > 0:11:29Dlamini-Zuma, who is one of the president's former wives.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31The victor is likely to become the country's next President
0:11:32 > 0:11:41after elections in 2019.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43The BBC's Milton Nkosi, who's outside the ANC
0:11:43 > 0:11:44conference in Johannesburg, says it will be
0:11:45 > 0:11:46a close-fought contest.
0:11:46 > 0:11:54The infighting has been as better -- and bitter as they get. The
0:11:54 > 0:11:57infighting had been worse than anybody thought the ANC would be
0:11:57 > 0:12:02suffering in postapartheid South Africa. Everyone I have spoken to,
0:12:02 > 0:12:05the experts, the delegates, the spin doctors, they are telling me it is
0:12:05 > 0:12:11going to be a photo finish. I also think that the margin will be so
0:12:11 > 0:12:18tight that it is hard to predict who will now, as we speak, be the next
0:12:18 > 0:12:21President of the African National Congress. Therefore, potentially,
0:12:21 > 0:12:26the next President of South Africa. Jacob Zuma's time as President of
0:12:26 > 0:12:30South Africa has taken its toll on the ANC. What challenges will his
0:12:30 > 0:12:41successor face?Well, President Jacob Zuma will have his or her work
0:12:41 > 0:12:44cut out for them. The challenges that South Africans are facing on a
0:12:44 > 0:12:48day-to-day basis are immense. There is high unemployment, hovering
0:12:48 > 0:12:56around 28%. You have poverty and inequality. Those are the
0:12:56 > 0:13:01difficulties that any President will have to try to clear up before they
0:13:01 > 0:13:07can say they are getting a hold on running South Africa.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10Austria's new government is due to be sworn in on Monday,
0:13:10 > 0:13:12after the far-right Freedom Party agreed to join
0:13:12 > 0:13:13a coalition government.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15It'll be the junior partner, alongside the conservative
0:13:15 > 0:13:17People's Party, taking charge of the foreign, interior
0:13:17 > 0:13:20and defence ministries.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22So what does the Freedom Party stand for and has it
0:13:22 > 0:13:23influenced European politics?
0:13:23 > 0:13:28Bethany Bell has more from Vienna.
0:13:32 > 0:13:38A campaign video for the far right Freedom party. A couple wakes up to
0:13:38 > 0:13:42discover their home has been overrun by strangers. The video avoids
0:13:42 > 0:13:48xenophobic images, but the message is clear. Austria, for the
0:13:48 > 0:13:56Austrians. Support for the Freedom Party soared during the migrant
0:13:56 > 0:13:59crisis of 2015. Then strip's Conservative Party, and a Sebastian
0:13:59 > 0:14:04Kurz, also moved to the right. But now he has formed a coalition with
0:14:04 > 0:14:11the far right. It is controversial. The party, a major force in
0:14:11 > 0:14:15politics, was founded by former Nazis in the 1950s. Observers say
0:14:15 > 0:14:20their policies have helped set the agenda, not only in Austria but
0:14:20 > 0:14:25across Europe.Of course the Freedom Party is traditionally a far right
0:14:25 > 0:14:29party. However, what you have seen in the last years is that many other
0:14:29 > 0:14:36parties in Europe and Austria have taken over their issue positions. In
0:14:36 > 0:14:42that sense, I think they set a certain tone all over Europe.This
0:14:42 > 0:14:46Mayor is from the Freedom Party. He says it is not an extreme right
0:14:46 > 0:14:52movement and people should not be scared.TRANSLATION: We are a
0:14:52 > 0:14:57right-wing party, it is true. We are also a Homeland party. But we stand
0:14:57 > 0:15:01by European values. We stand for democracy and human rights, and I
0:15:01 > 0:15:06can't understand where this fear comes from.The past still troubles
0:15:06 > 0:15:10the party. This recently published photo shows a Freedom Party
0:15:10 > 0:15:14politician apparently giving a Hitler salute. He denied the charge,
0:15:14 > 0:15:21but also did not take up his seat in the upper house of parliament. In
0:15:21 > 0:15:25the year 2000 there were huge protests against the Freedom Party
0:15:25 > 0:15:29when it joined a previous government. Back then, the EU even
0:15:29 > 0:15:34imposed limited diplomatic sanctions on Austria. There was an outcry in
0:15:34 > 0:15:42Austria and across Europe. Today, EU sanctions are very unlikely.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44Austria's new leader, Sebastian Kurz, has pledged to form a pro-EU
0:15:44 > 0:15:49government. Austria has changed, Europe has changed and now some
0:15:49 > 0:15:54people are wondering if the Freedom Party has also changed.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03Stay with us. Coming up, as the Pentagon admits to investigating
0:16:03 > 0:16:08UFOs, we will ask an expert what they might be looking for and why.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16After eight months on the run, Saddam Hussein has been tracked down
0:16:16 > 0:16:18and captured by American forces.
0:16:18 > 0:16:19Saddam Hussein is finished.
0:16:19 > 0:16:29Because he killed our people, our women, our children.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32The signatures took only a few minutes, but they brought a formal
0:16:32 > 0:16:35end to three and a half years of conflict, conflict that has
0:16:35 > 0:16:38claimed more than 200,000 lives.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40Before an audience of world leaders, the presidents of Bosnia,
0:16:40 > 0:16:45Serbia and Croatia put their names to the peace agreement.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50The Romanian border was sealed and silent today.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53Romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order
0:16:53 > 0:16:55to prevent the details of the presumed massacre
0:16:55 > 0:17:01in Timisoara from leaking out.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04From sex at the White House to a trial for his political life.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06The Lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed Bill Clinton his race
0:17:06 > 0:17:16in history as only the second President ever to be impeached.
0:17:27 > 0:17:34This is Bbc World News Today. President Putin says that Russia has
0:17:34 > 0:17:38foiled a terror attack and he has thanked Donald Trump for CIA
0:17:38 > 0:17:40information which helped.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he wants to open
0:17:42 > 0:17:46a Turkish embassy for Palestinians in East Jerusalem.
0:17:52 > 0:18:00Breaking news coming from the BBC. Sir Mo Farah has just won the 2017
0:18:00 > 0:18:03Sports Personality Of The Year award. He saw off Jonathan Ray and
0:18:03 > 0:18:08Johnnie Peacock, who came in second and third place. Talking from
0:18:08 > 0:18:12London, he said he was delighted to have won. I am sure we will hear
0:18:12 > 0:18:15from him in due course.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17The US defence department has acknowledged running a secret
0:18:17 > 0:18:21multi-million dollar program to investigate UFOs.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24The New York Times says the program was launched ten years ago
0:18:24 > 0:18:28at the request of former Democratic Senator Harry Reid.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30The program is reported to have cost the Department of Defense more
0:18:30 > 0:18:36than $20 million.
0:18:36 > 0:18:49Let's speak to Sarah Spellman, from the Association
0:18:52 > 0:18:56Of Phenomena. Are you surprised to hear of a programme at this run by
0:18:56 > 0:18:59the US governed?It is an interesting revelation we are
0:18:59 > 0:19:04finding out about this now. I am not entirely surprised. At the same
0:19:04 > 0:19:07time, it is new information. It is really an interesting announcement
0:19:07 > 0:19:12to have come out.Some might say that this is using government money
0:19:12 > 0:19:16to fuel conspiracy theories. What do you think about the necessity or
0:19:16 > 0:19:21otherwise of a programme like this? That is one take on it. Sure, from
0:19:21 > 0:19:25the government's perspective, they are always go to be looking at
0:19:25 > 0:19:30defence threats. Security threats, things of that nature. What we have
0:19:30 > 0:19:32to look at when we are getting information from them as members of
0:19:32 > 0:19:37the public is what were their objectives and what can we find out
0:19:37 > 0:19:41about it from our perspective. Yes, it was over $22 million that was
0:19:41 > 0:19:46spent on the programme. What we don't know is the outcomes of that
0:19:46 > 0:19:52yet. It has been mentioned about remains of physical craft, alloys
0:19:52 > 0:19:56that were studied, different metal. Physical data coming out would be
0:19:56 > 0:19:59really interesting to find out eventually. Unfortunately we don't
0:19:59 > 0:20:03have that at this point.Do we know anything about what they were
0:20:03 > 0:20:10investigating precisely?Yes, they were investigating sightings of
0:20:10 > 0:20:15unidentified flying objects. So, UFOs. Saying UFO does not mean it is
0:20:15 > 0:20:18necessarily from outside of our solar system or anything we cannot
0:20:18 > 0:20:23explain. At the time, it was not explainable. So, strange things in
0:20:23 > 0:20:27the sky. They also spoke to people that claimed to have been in the
0:20:27 > 0:20:34proximity of what they thought to be non-earthly ships or aircraft. They
0:20:34 > 0:20:36examined some of the physical symptoms those people have. There
0:20:36 > 0:20:43were also given, by the government, a subcontractor programme, it was
0:20:43 > 0:20:49run by Bigelow Aerospace and the Pentagon allegedly gave them certain
0:20:49 > 0:20:54materials to analyse. Unfortunately, we haven't got data to look at.If
0:20:54 > 0:20:58they had found something tangible, would they have necessarily revealed
0:20:58 > 0:21:03that two us, the public?Yes, that is the question. Until the news came
0:21:03 > 0:21:05out quite recently we were not aware of the multi-million dollar
0:21:05 > 0:21:16programme running from the Pentagon from 2007 until 2012. It does pose
0:21:16 > 0:21:19the question, if it was happening then, what is happening now that we
0:21:19 > 0:21:22are not aware of? It doesn't mean there is anything, it just means
0:21:22 > 0:21:25that we cannot say one way or another.We are out of time, thank
0:21:25 > 0:21:28you very much.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33Now the sport.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Jose Mourinho has vowed that his Manchester United side
0:21:35 > 0:21:39would "fight until the last match" after they moved back to within 11
0:21:39 > 0:21:41points of Premier League leaders Manchester City courtesy of a 2-1
0:21:41 > 0:21:43victory at West Brom.
0:21:43 > 0:21:50Romelu Lukaku opened the scoring for his second goal in as many games
0:21:50 > 0:21:52before Jesse Lingard doubled United's lead before the break.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55The visitors appeared to be heading for a comfortable win until Albion
0:21:55 > 0:21:57substitute Gareth Barry poked home from close range
0:21:57 > 0:21:59with 13 minutes left.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02United though holding on for the win to go 3 points clear
0:22:02 > 0:22:08of 3rd placed Chelsea.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11They are really strong, they are really aggressive, they can put
0:22:11 > 0:22:16teams under pressure. We didn't have problems because we had so much of
0:22:16 > 0:22:19the ball and we had so much control by having the ball. But we knew that
0:22:19 > 0:22:26at any time a situation could arise. It was that situation that woke of
0:22:26 > 0:22:33the stadium, gave them the belief that they didn't have until that
0:22:33 > 0:22:36moment and put us a little bit under pressure. But I think the
0:22:36 > 0:22:37performance was really good.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Liverpool moved back into the top four after
0:22:39 > 0:22:40hammering Bournemouth 4-0.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43There were goals for Philippe Coutinho, Dejan Lovran
0:22:43 > 0:22:47before Mo Salah got his 11th goal in 11 games, his 20th of the season
0:22:47 > 0:22:49to end the tie as a meaningful contest after only 44 minutes.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52Roberto Firmino then adding a 4th.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54Liverpool extending their unbeaten run in all
0:22:54 > 0:23:00competitions to 12 matches
0:23:00 > 0:23:06It is very important, of course, two draws in the last few games. Both
0:23:06 > 0:23:12games we should have won and we didn't. We have to accept that. You
0:23:12 > 0:23:19need to show why you really are part of this fantastic league. Of course,
0:23:19 > 0:23:24we are Liverpool, so we have to show that we have to at least try with
0:23:24 > 0:23:26everything to win.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28Over in Spain, we're halfway through the second half as Barcelona
0:23:28 > 0:23:30welcome Deportivo La Coruna to the Camp Nou.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33The Catalan Giants on their way to going 6 points clear of second
0:23:33 > 0:23:34placed Atletico Madrid.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38Two Luis Suarez goals.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40Barcelona cruising to victory.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43Real Madrid not in action this weekend of course after winning
0:23:43 > 0:23:44the FIFA Club World Cup.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48Their next match will the hotly anticipated Clasico on the 23rd.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50Justin Rose continues his wonderful run of form winning
0:23:50 > 0:23:55the Indonesian Masters in Jakarta by 8 strokes.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57The world number six sealing his third tournament
0:23:57 > 0:23:58victory in seven weeks.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01Rose played 30 holes on his final day, after stormy weather continued
0:24:01 > 0:24:03to disrupt the tournament.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07He ended up carding a 72-hole total of 29-under.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Phachara Khongwatmai, the 18-year-old from Thailand,
0:24:09 > 0:24:11hit 65 to finish second but Rose picking up his first
0:24:11 > 0:24:16Asian Tour Title with his largest ever winning margin at a tournament.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21Marcel Hirscher dominated the field at Alta Badia in Italy to take
0:24:21 > 0:24:24a record 5th straight Giant Slalom win finishing nearly two seconds
0:24:24 > 0:24:27ahead of his nearest challenger Henrik Kristoffersen.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30The six-time World Cup winner started the day
0:24:30 > 0:24:31tied with another great, Italy's Alberto Tomba,
0:24:31 > 0:24:34on four giant slalom wins.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37And having posted the fastest time on his first run,
0:24:37 > 0:24:39he increased his lead on the second.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41It's Hirscher's third World Cup win of the season,
0:24:41 > 0:24:45and the 48th of his career so far.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49The Olympic Super-G champion Anna Veith won her first World Cup
0:24:49 > 0:24:53race since suffering a serious knee injury more than two years ago.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55She beat Tina Weirather of Lichtenstein and Italy's Sofia
0:24:55 > 0:25:05Goggia, by almost half a second at Val d'Isere in France.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08The 28-year-old Austrian's last win was in the giant slalom
0:25:08 > 0:25:11at Meribel in March 2015, the year she won the overall
0:25:11 > 0:25:15World Cup title for the second time And that's all the sport for now.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19But before we go, there is news that Mo Farah has won the Sports
0:25:19 > 0:25:25Personality Of The Year. He retired from the track after the World
0:25:25 > 0:25:33Championships in London. Our top story, Russia's President Putin has
0:25:33 > 0:25:37acknowledge the help of the CIA in preventing terror attacks in St
0:25:37 > 0:25:42Petersburg. He said he told President Trump the information has
0:25:42 > 0:25:45helped to track down a terrorist group that was preparing attacks,
0:25:45 > 0:25:50apparently on Kazan Cathedral and other public places. It was planned
0:25:50 > 0:25:55for this weekend on Saturday. If you want to get in touch on Twitter,
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0:26:00 > 0:26:03I'm @KarinBBC.