hello from the bbc sport centre. we've had the draw for the champions league last 16, the first knockout round. at this stage, teams from the same country or who came through the same groups are kept apart. the holders, manchester city, look to have been given an easy path to the quarters, they will face the lowest ranked team left in the competition. the danes — fc copenhagen. these are the other ties as they were drawn at uefa headquarters in nyon. porto will play the current premier league leaders arsenal. italian champions napoli face barcelona. psg against real sociedad. serie a leaders inter milan play atletico madrid. psv against borussia dortmund. rb leipzig against 14—time

champions real madrid. those ties will be played over two legs in february and march. we've also had the draw for the europa league play—off round. all of the premier league clubs have managed to bypass this round and go straight into the last 16. this extra stage pits the teams who finished second in their europa league groups against the teams who came third in the champions league group phase. u efa uefa ready string it out, don't they—— really string it out. here are the fixtures. jose mourinho�*s roma will play feyenoord. ac milan, who missed out on the champions league knockouts, they'll face the french side rennes. benfica will play toulouse who came through as runners—up in liverpool's group, and the ukrainian champions shakhtar donetsk play marseille, who missed out on top spot in the europa league with defeat to brighton on thursday. it's the league cup quarterfinals this week, last season's runners—up, newcastle united are at chelsea on tuesday night.

eddie howe�*s side had a morale—bosting win over the weekend, 3—0 against fulham after three defeats in a row. they did pick up a couple more injuries tojoelinton and fabien schar and though they are doubts for the game, sven botman should be available after coming off the bench over the weekend. his first appearance in three months. the cheech was we had previously to this one was probably as difficult as you can get. —— the two draws. and then of course we get chelsea away, but i think the beauty of the two games we have had previously is b proves that he can raise our game against the top teams and a cup competition. the first of the club world cup semi—finals get under way in next few hours injeddah. brazilian�*s fluminese take on the egyptian side al—ahley. fluminese boast the experienced marcelo in their ranks, while al ahly beat karim benzema's saudi side al ittihad to reach this stage. the winner will play either manchester city orjapan�*s urrawa red diamonds in friday's final, those two meet tomorrow.

finally, tiger woods says he can still compete on the pga tour next year. he turns 48 next month and plans to play at least once a month. he and his son charlie were competing at the pnc championship this weekend, formally the father and son challenge, where charlie hit that chip off the green for the shot of the day. but he didn't win it. tiger is still easing his way back into competition having tentatively returned to the sport this year, following a serious car crash in 2021. i look forward to being able to get ready for next year and these last two weeks have been good and i have been able to shake off a lot of rust. i have gotten better each and every

day, which has been great. i still have a lot of work to do. i have never update in the next hour but let's head back to the newsroom now in london. —— i have another update. some breaking news for you this hour and police have confirmed in the last few minutes that the body of a woman found in the river when some in norwich on friday has been formally identified as gaynor lord. she had left her work early and later that evening her belongings were discovered in winston park and you looking at cctv pictures of her from that evening, that afternoon, and extensive searches took place last week and on friday morning, the 15th of december, police confirmed that special underwater genes discovered gaynor lord's body. a home office postmortem examination has according

to police no indications of any third party involvement and death is not being treated as suspicious. you can see now the police website in norfolk has put out a statement confirming that gaynor lord has been formally identified subject to formally identified subject to formal inquest proceedings which are taking place. there is more on that story on the bbc�*s website. now, this tally you a bit about the bibby stockholm, because the bbc understands that a man who died on the bibby stockholm college of the south coast of the event was a 27—year—old from albania. dorset police confirmed last tuesday that the man had died on board the accommodation vessel based at portland sports. the bbc understands the ban was from albania is the pouch as part of the government's efforts to cut us accommodation and its can house up to 500 single men,

awaiting the outcomes of their asylum applications. —— the barge. there are reports from ukraine that some frontline military operations are having to be scaled back because of a shortage of artillery shells. there is continuing doubt over funding from international allies, but the deputy defence minister has told the bbc he is confident that funding will carry on. general ivan gavryliuk told abujalil abdurasulov that ukraine is making plans to increase its domestic military production. translation: the problem of ammunition shortages, i particularly with artillery rounds will not go away. in the short term, ukraine has decided to address this issue by increasing the production of kamikaze drones. next year, we have an agreement with the netherlands and they plan to provide two billion euros in support. as for the us, the congress is supposed to approve new funds. they haven't gone on a winter break yet and are staying to solve the issue.

so we're confident that our partners will continue to assist ukraine. overseas care home staff have told the bbc they feel exploited and trapped by the firm that brought them to the uk to work. an undercover investigation into a residential and nursing home near newcastle also saw low staffing levels, which health professionals say was putting vulnerable residents at risk. prestwick care 7 the company that operates the home — denies any suggestion of systematic bad practice. the home office has since revoked its licence to recruit overseas. here's our social affairs editor alison holt. an undercover panorama reporter spent eight weeks working as a care assistant here at addison court residential and nursing homejust outside newcastle. more than 50 residents live here, paying an average of £1,100 a week. the reporter is soon told they're short of nurses.

prestwick care, which runs the home, says one nurse on duty is adequate as they're backed up by a team of care staff. but this nurse is struggling. she's from india and says she needs the visa, which is sponsored by prestwick care. and panorama has seen evidence of why some overseas staff might feel trapped. this contract from a nurse who used to work at the home shows he was told he'd have to pay more than £4,000 if he left, including home office and legal fees. the government says employers should pay this. prestwick care says it is reviewing repayment clauses in staff contracts. analysis of the accounts of the home's parent company suggests it's making high profits

from its 15 care homes, but has a lower number of staff per bed than some of its competitors. aesthetically, addison court was beautiful, but the care wasn't. tracey�*s 79—year—old mother, joyce bird, used to live at the home. there had been concerns about unexplained bruises. she had alzheimer's and died last may. althouthoyce was meant to have one—to—one care, a postmortem concluded she was alone when she died. the social worker would always say to me your mum should never have a single bruise on her. so my thoughts were that there were numerous times that she had been left unattended and that's why she was falling as much as she did. katie is an nhs nurse who used to train staff at the home weekly. over two years, she made 33 safeguarding alerts, including about unexplained bruises and injuries to residents. families think their loved ones go into 24—hour care. because they get around the clock care and they're getting looked after. and that's not what i witnessed.

prestwick care is run by bunty malhotra. at a meeting for his indian staff, he makes it clear loyalty is two—way. all nurses have to be registered with the nursing and midwifery council. it's known as their pin. oh, my god. he's almost justifying that if you make mistakes, we're going to cover it up. prestwick care says any suggestion of systematic wrongdoing or bad practice would be unfair and inaccurate, and that the safety and wellbeing of staff and residents is paramount. alison holt, bbc news.

that it gets from the. you are watching bbc news. —— that is it from me. the big day is just a week away but the weather is not looking particularly festive. lots of cloud out there, lots of outbreaks of rain and it will become very windy over the next few days. as colder air tries to tuck in from the north we have a chance for some snow in some places later in the week. we find ourselves in something of a battleground, cold air to the north of us trying to dig in. mild air trying to push on from the south, and in between we find the jet stream, the stream of very strong winds high up in the atmosphere spinning up various areas of low pressure. we end monday on a mild note in most places. a lot of cloud, still some patchy

rain across england and wales, clearer skies in parts of the north of england, northern ireland, and overnight, cloud and heavy rain across england and wales. clearer skies for northern ireland and scotland, showers can be wintry over high ground in scotland, may be cold enough forfrost and ice in parts of northern scotland. further south it remains very mild into tuesday morning with some outbreaks of heavy and persistent rain. but that rain will tend to clear southwards. behind it it will brighten and we will see spells of sunshine. but scattered showers rushing in on a brisk north—westerly wind, some of the showers wintry over high ground in scotland and at over high ground in scotland and temperatures dropping away, cold air pushing down from the north. however, by wednesday we get back into milder air, wednesday will be a windy day, quite a cloudy day, there will be bits and pieces of rain around, some heavy rain across some parts of western and northern scotland, and temperatures back up

into double digits for many. and through wednesday night into thursday, we're looking at potentially quite a deep area of low pressure pushing to the north of the uk and as this cold front slips southwards it will bring a return of colder air. we will see some wintry showers. in fact snow showers to quite low levels in scotland coupled with very strong or gale force winds which could give blizzard conditions. further south cloud and outbreaks of rain, holding onto mild air in the south, something colderfurther north. as we head into the christmas period there is some uncertainty aboutjust how long that cold air will stick around. it may be cold enough for some of us to see snow in the run—up to christmas.

mr vucic live from london, this is bbc news:

israeli air strikes pound the north and south of gaza. fist israeli air strikes pound the north and south of gaza.— and south of gaza. at least 110 palestinians _ and south of gaza. at least 110 palestinians were _ and south of gaza. at least 110 palestinians were killed - and south of gaza. at least 110 palestinians were killed in - and south of gaza. at least 110 - palestinians were killed in jabalia. palestinians were killed injabalia. according to the hamas run health ministry. meanwhile, hundreds of civilians are believed to be trapped inside a catholic church in gaza city. international pressure for a ceasefire intensifies — as us defence secretary lloyd austin arrives in tel aviv for talks with his israeli counterpart. this is the seen live in tel aviv where any moment now we expect to hear the outcome of those talks. the bbc understands the democratic unionist party has ruled out any deal to restore power sharing in northern ireland before christmas. hello, i'm rajini vaidyanthan, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them.