sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's olly foster. hello from the bbc sport centre. we'll have all the latest football scores from across europe in a moment, but we've heard from nuno espirito santo on his return to the premier league. the portuguese has been given a 2 and half year contract at nottingham forest, replacing steve cooper who was sacked on tuesday. his lastjob in the premier league was at tottenham 2 years ago, where he was sacked afterjust 4 months. he was well regarded in a four—year spell at wolves, gaining promotion from the championship and also qualifying for europe. his lastjob was in the saudi pro—league where he won the title with al—ittihad but he was sacked by them last month. hejoins forest one place

above the reelgation zone with just one win in 13. big chance. i'm very honoured, it's a pleasure to be at forest and be able to manage such a great club with such great history. so i'm delighted. we had a good training session today, we had the chance to build up the players. and more important is the knowledge, i think, the chance to be with them personally, me knowing them, them knowing us as coaching staff, the ideas. of course we have a lot of things to improve. but at the same time, we are motivated to do it. what i found was a good atmosphere among them, i think the players are engaged. and now we have to commit ourselves together to improve

things, and that starts today. to the football, let's stay in england because the last of the league cup quarter finals is under way. west ham are looking for their fist win at anfield in 60 years both sides made six changes. 1—0 to liverpool at the moment after a screamer from dominik szoboszlaithe semifinal draw follows this match. the semi judge final draw final follows as much. fulham, chelsea and middlesbrough are already in the hat. there was an important win for barcelona as they try and keep pace with leaders girona and second placed real madrid. sergi roberto scored twice including the winner inside the last 10 minutes as they beat la liga's bottom side almeria 3—2. there are two other matches in spain athletic bilbao v las palmas villareal v celta vigo.

they're playing the last round of fixtures in the bundesliga before the winter break leaders bayer leverkusen 3—0 up against bochumsecond placed bayern munich at wolfsburg. jamal musiala with their opener and harry kane has added a second, that's 21 league goals for the season. 2—1 at the break. union berlin beat cologne 2—0 earlier. ajax women have moved to the top of their champions league group after beating bayern munich 1—0. it's really tight in group c. psg are up to second after winning 3—1 away to roma. there are two matches being played in group d. hacken are looking to stay top, are losing to second—placed chelsea.

sam kerri—1. former barcelona and brazil defender dani alves will stand trial on charges of sexual assault in early february. he was arrested injanuary after an incident in a barcelona nightclub last december and he has been held in a prison outside the city since then. spanish prosecutors are seeking a nine—year sentance if found guilty. alves has maintained his innocence. and that's all the sport for now. visit our website to keep on top of all of our football scores. here in the uk — two teenagers have been found guilty of murdering 16—year—old brianna ghey in a park near warrington in february. the girl and boy, who were 15 at the time, stabbed her 28 times. they cannot be named for legal reasons. in a statement prosecutors said it was "one of the most distressing cases the crown prosecution service has had to deal with".

here's our north of england correspondent, judith moritz. brianna ghey�*s family described her as a ball of energy, funny, brave and one of a kind. the 16—year—old was also transgender, though, they say, that did not define her. she was fearless to be whoever she wanted to be. she wanted to identify as a female and she wanted to wear girl's school uniform and yeah, shejust did it. it wasn't a hurdle at all for her. but not everyone wished brianna well. she was targeted as a murder victim by two teenagers who wrote out a plan to stab her in the back and in the stomach. brianna was lured from her home. she thought she was going to meet herfriend, a 15—year—old girl. but when she got off this bus, that girl had brought a boy of the same age along, too. the group ended up at this park near warrington. it was the middle of saturday afternoon, broad daylight, and there were lots of people

walking their dogs. they saw the teenagers walking along this path and hanging around some steps. the exact detail of what happened next is where accounts differed in court. the boy said he had left the others sitting on this bench and then went to the toilet behind some trees, when he saw the girl stabbing brianna. the girl said she had left the group to go and stretch her legs and it was the boy who knifed her. no matter who used the knife, both teenagers are guilty of murder. the children ran off across these fields, leaving brianna with 28 wounds. her parents were in court for the verdicts. their grief is visibly raw. to know how scared my usually fearless child must have been... when she was alone in that park with someone that she called her friend, will haunt me forever. prior to the trial, i had moments where i felt sorry for the defendants,

because they had ruined their own lives, as well as ours. but now, knowing the true nature and seeing neither display an ounce of remorse for what they have done to brianna, i have lost all sympathy. the identities of the children have been protected during the trial due to their age. the court heard disturbing detail about their fascination with dark subjects, including torture. they had a real thirst for death and for murder. the two of them were quite depraved in terms of the conversations they were having. i think it was brianna's availability or accessibility that led to her being a victim on that day. we believe that there were others, possibly, who it would have been, had it not been brianna. the lgbtq+ community mourned brianna's death at a series of vigils. the police considered whether the murder was motivated by her gender identity, but the case was not built around that as a motive.

there was never, ever any evidence of brianna being bullied, and i think what was really hard was that she was portrayed in the media as a victim, and she did not live her life as a victim. she was someone that was loud and proud and confident in who she was. brianna's family say they want that positivity to be what she is known for, that all they ever wanted was for her to be happy and for the world to remember her as the life force she was. judith moritz, bbc news. the supreme court of colorado has ruled that donald trump cannot run for president next year in the state. the ruling is based on a rarely used provision of the us constitution that bars officials who have engaged in "insurrection or rebellion" from holding office. it says he's ineligible to appear on next year's ballot because of his role in "instigating violence onjanuary 6 of 2021" —

the day of the attack on the us capitol building. the ruling does not stop mr trump running in other states. though it might influence pending cases in those states. in a statement, the trump campaign said the court had "issued a completely flawed decision" adding they "will swiftly file an appeal to the united states supreme court." and while campaigning in iowa last night, less than four weeks from the first primary, the former president said he will not be silenced. every time the radical left democrats, marxists, communists and fascists indict me, i consider it actually a great badge of honour. thank you very much. i appreciate it. thank you very much. because i'm being indicted for you. never forget, our enemies want to take away my freedom because i will never let them take away your freedom. it's very simple. i'm not going to let them do it. they want to silence me because i will never let them silence you. and in the end, they're not after me, they're

after you, ijust happen to be standing in their way and i always will stand stand in their way. cheering richard painter is the former chief white house ethics lawyer in the george w bush administration — and also law professor at the university of minnesota. so when this gets before the supreme court and i think they will pick it up court and i think they will pick it up her you plea, they can approach in different ways. either they can decide the central question is donald trump is an insurrectionist and barred under the 13th amendment or were they merely rejected on procedural grounds, a lack of due process, what do you think they will do? ,, , ., . ., do? the supreme court could very well interpret _ do? the supreme court could very well interpret the _ do? the supreme court could very well interpret the 14th _ do? the supreme court could very| well interpret the 14th amendment section three to say what it does which is that anyone who is engaged in instructing or give aid or comfort to insurrection is decisive qualified from public office that

means donald trump, with the supreme court of colorado rules in the supreme court of the united states could strike down donald trump from the pilot effectively in all 50 states. the second option is that the supreme court of the united states could decide that it is a reasonable decision in colorado, to interpret 14th amendment, section three in that way and the finding of that in respect of the conduct of donald trump in respect of of the pilot of colorado but other states could interpret the united states competition differently and it could be litigated in each of the 50 states where some would seek to strike donald trump from the ballot. the third is the supreme court decides with donald trump entirely and since the 14th amendment section three either does not apply to him because he is somehow special being the president or that he did not engage in insurrection or other reason he should not be struck from

the ballot in any state and overturn the ballot in any state and overturn the ruling in colorado. the decision has to be made by quickly, at least with colorado. those ballots need to be printed onjanuary with colorado. those ballots need to be printed on january five with colorado. those ballots need to be printed onjanuary five so the supreme court is say something. i haven't considered your second option which they might uphold states to us which they have done considering abortion. that certainly will complicate the process there on then, the problem with regards to then, the problem with regards to the first point is that he's not being convicted so there has not been to process. not a court of law that has decided, although many people would think he had played a role in the insurrection, they have not convicted him of such so how can you apply the 14th abutment to the constitution when a court has not decided on that? this constitution when a court has not decided on that?— constitution when a court has not decided on that? this is something that certainly _ decided on that? this is something that certainly in _ decided on that? this is something that certainly in section _ decided on that? this is something that certainly in section three, - that certainly in section three, was thought about when it was draughted

during the civil war when this provision was ratified in the unites is constitution and they expressly did not say that someone needed to be convicted, there is no reference to a criminal conviction for insurrection to convict someone for insurrection, one must prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt. criminal convictions particularly for instruction in the united states are extremely rare. but after the civil war, the 14th amendment section three was used to disqualify many insurrectionist, many people who have participated in the confederacy were never criminally charged with anything including the former vice president of the united states, john breckenridge who, when he lost against abraham lincoln in 1860 joined the insurrection and joined the confederacy and he also would've been disqualified from public office if he had sought public office if he had sought public office if he had sought public office again without having ever been convicted of anything. that is the way the constitution is set up. it says what it says in the supreme court because myjob is to

interpret it. it supreme court because my “ob is to interret it. ., , supreme court because my 'ob is to interpret it— supreme court because my “0b is to interpret it— interpret it. it has not been tried interpret it. it has not been tried in a court — interpret it. it has not been tried in a court of _ interpret it. it has not been tried in a court of law, _ interpret it. it has not been tried in a court of law, but _ interpret it. it has not been tried in a court of law, but in - interpret it. it has not been tried in a court of law, but in the - interpret it. it has not been tried l in a court of law, but in the second impeachment, the house, by a majority found him guilty and the senate, by a majority found him guilty, albeit they did not get to the two thirds threshold to impeach. might the supreme court consider that as a verdict on whether he played a role?— played a role? that certainly is relevant. that _ played a role? that certainly is relevant. that the _ played a role? that certainly is relevant. that the majority - played a role? that certainly is relevant. that the majority of. played a role? that certainly is i relevant. that the majority of the house, and majority of the senate believe trump engaged in insurrection although he was not removed from office by the two thirds vote needed and that he had taken place after he left office of the conviction after he left office and the second impeachment would have barred him from future office and of course, the republicans were not willing to do that. in the united states senate. at the supreme court could take that into consideration. the facts are there for all to see. in the report of the january six committee and the united

states house of representatives as well as the facts laid out in the impeachment articles of donald trump and of course the criminal indictments and one of the skates may go to trial in case of the district of columbia which was set to be tried in march and yet there is another issue that the supreme court has now been asked to decide which is whether the president, because he is president, is somehow immune from prosecution for anything he does in his official capacity including starting and insurrection. believe it or not, donald trump's lawyers are asking the supreme court to declare and impugn him from criminal prosecution simply because he was president. i criminal prosecution simply because he was president.— he was president. i know that jack smith had construct _ he was president. i know that jack smith had construct that - he was president. i know that jack smith had construct that to - he was president. i know that jack smith had construct that to the i smith had construct that to the supreme court with donald trump singh today he would rather go the full appeals process because he wants to slow down the court cases he's facing at the moment. we will have to leave it there and thank you for your time. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

bringing you different stories from across the uk. so you've got one there that someone missed and then also got sliced so you've got one there that on my wrist and then also got sliced on my finger. there's one main one and then that was the one mm one right there. back in the past i was struggling to like stay on straight path. but in the situation where a fight broke out and i ended up getting stabbed six times. kyra was supported by empower academy. since its launch 11 years ago, it's helped thousands of young people turn their lives around. all of our team have lived experience in different elements.

you're live with bbc news. in england, junior doctors have begun another wave of strike action in their long—running dispute about pay. the british medical association says the government has not come up with a credible pay offer to compensate for inflation. the government says it has consistently acted reasonably. 0ur health editor hugh pym has spent the day at norfolk & norwich university hospital, to see how they're coping. at eight o'clock, with the latest bbc news for norfolk, - i'm tim addicott. junior doctors in norfolk- and across the country have just begun three days of strike action... in norwich and every community around england, people were waking up this morning in limbo because their operations or appointments were cancelled. so we have done this before. we are quite good at this now. hospital planning was being put to the test. we have between 50—70 junior doctors absent from the wards. i think gastro is probably most affected. maternity's cesarean- section list will go ahead.

we have a consultant doing that. theatre activity is running within the limits of what we have already discussed, with some cancellations. they have cancelled three quarters of their usual planned treatments. but in the emergency department, they have had to ensure urgent care is provided. we have a 15 minute turnover and then we can... so we can process about 10—12 ambulances an hour. it is always busy. yesterday, we had 24 ambulances arrive in two hours. so on a strike day, if we get that, then it is going to be, yeah, pretty hard, i would say. moving patients safely out of the hospital is their main concern. the work normally done by thejunior doctors, discharging patients, making sure they get home in time, may be delayed. we will clearly be doing everything we can to make sure that can happen but there is a risk that some people will be spending christmas

in hospital who otherwise might have been with their families. so i have had to rearrange my whole day because i don't normally spend the whole day on the ward. consultants like martin have been drafted in to help check on patients. which means i have had to cancel the things i would normally be doing so for me that was a colonoscopy list and cancer meetings which have had to be rearranged. not alljunior doctors are on strike. so we have got some support from some of ourjunior staff today, so that is very helpful indeed. how difficult is it when you don't have juniors to help you on a ward? yeah, we have had previous strike days where we have been completely on our own and that is stressful and difficult because we are doing things we are not used to doing. absolutely devastated, actually. elsewhere in the region, frieda needs reconstructive surgery after a brain tumour was removed. it was cancelled last month and again because of the junior doctors strike. ijust feel, you know, there is so much focus on mental health issues, but they don't realise, you know, iwasjust in bits, just again. ithought, oh, no, please, no. so i'm waiting still.

back in norwich, they say the strike makes cutting the backlog more difficult. some staff are putting an awful lot of hours in to try to catch up on this elective programme and we have been making really good progress to bring down those waiting times. and of course, this does put it back. a&e is busy but the message, even on strike days, is that those who really need emergency care should not stay away. hugh pym, bbc news, norwich. an american man in prison in russia has told the bbc that he feels seriously betrayed and abandoned by the us government. paul whelan, who is also a british citizen, was detained five years ago on espionage charges. president putin said last week that moscow hoped to find a solution to the dispute over american citizens in prison in russia.

0ur eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford spoke to mr whelan from prison. this is where in american's holiday to moscow ended up. in a remote russian labour camp convicted of espionage. the us government calls paul whelan wrongfully detained. he has always said he is a political hostage. ifollowed his stories since he was arrested in moscow, but for five years, all negotiations to try and free him have failed. now, speaking to me from prison, paul whelan says he feels abandoned by his government. it is whelan says he feels abandoned by his government.— his government. it is serious betra al his government. it is serious betrayal and _ his government. it is serious betrayal and extremely - his government. it is serious - betrayal and extremely frustrating. i have never heard him talk like this before. i i have never heard him talk like this before.— i have never heard him talk like this before. ~ ., ,, ., , _, this before. i know the us has come u . this before. i know the us has come u- with all this before. i know the us has come up with all sorts _ this before. i know the us has come up with all sorts of _ this before. i know the us has come up with all sorts of proposals, - up with all sorts of proposals, serious proposals, but it is not with the russians are after. so we keep going back and forth, the only problem is, it is my life that is draining away while we do this. it is five years. it is unfathomable to

me that they have left you behind. the us can get its prisoners back. last year in american basketball star was swapped for a convicted russian arms trader released by the us. but paul whelan was left behind. now, it seems like russia is collecting hostages. evan gershkovich was detained in march, accused of espionage for doing his job as a journalist. his newspaper, his government, clear on the charges being false. she writes to evan in prison every week. they started together in reporters in moscow now, he is locked up and she is a broad to safety. evan's friends collecting translate letters of support from him from all over the world. helping keep his spirits up and their own.

evanis keep his spirits up and their own. evan is not a spy, evan is a journalist _ evan is not a spy, evan is a journalist and i hope he is released as soon_ journalist and i hope he is released as soon as — journalist and i hope he is released as soon as possible so he can go home _ as soon as possible so he can go home and — as soon as possible so he can go home and go back to work and go back to his _ home and go back to work and go back to his family and come and spend time with— to his family and come and spend time with all of us as he should be doing _ time with all of us as he should be doing right — time with all of us as he should be doing right now. that is the greatest _ doing right now. that is the greatest hope.— doing right now. that is the greatest hope. doing right now. that is the createst ho e. h. ., , greatest hope. the conditions in the cam have greatest hope. the conditions in the camp have declined _ greatest hope. the conditions in the camp have declined seriously. - greatest hope. the conditions in thej camp have declined seriously. there is black mode. camp have declined seriously. there is black mode-— is black mode. paul whelan is now facin: his is black mode. paul whelan is now facing his fifth _ is black mode. paul whelan is now facing his fifth christmas _ is black mode. paul whelan is now facing his fifth christmas as - is black mode. paul whelan is now facing his fifth christmas as a - facing his fifth christmas as a prisoner. are you worried there will be another bill that you will be left behind again?— be another bill that you will be left behind auain? , ., ., left behind again? yes, i am worried that there will _ left behind again? yes, i am worried that there will be _ left behind again? yes, i am worried that there will be a _ left behind again? yes, i am worried that there will be a deal that - left behind again? yes, i am worried that there will be a deal that will. that there will be a deal that will leave me here. with each case, by case is going to the back of the line. it has been left in the dump. it is fresh that put him here, but paul whelan once america to push harder to get him home. —— it was russia. sympathies for paul whelan who thought he was going to be released in that earlier deal. of course,

aleksei navalny missing as well and no news on him who has disappeared within the russian prison system. we will talk about sudan and the next hour, but we are trying to make contact. you also talk about ukraine with our panel and the irish state, the republic of ireland taking a legal case against the british government today over investigations into atrocities during the troubles. we will talk about that as well. certainly something the us congress is interested in as well. 0ctober�*s election was... we will talk about the situation in poland actually will i beg your pardon. poland s new pro—eu coalition government has fired the heads of the country s public broadcasters as it moves to de—politicise the state media.

0ur warsaw correspondent adam easton has the details.. we have a ironic situation of a government who was widely criticised for undermining the media player is him and democracy now practising saying they are defending democracy and media pluralism and opposing the new government's changes to the state media. this is important in poland because state media, about one third people here in poland don't have cable, don't have access to private broadcasters who rely on the state polish tv for their news. so controlling that narrative has been very important which is why the previous government really took a firm control, pack it with its own journalists and basically transformed the news programmes entity 2a news channel into

propaganda machine for the previous government so when the new pro—eu government so when the new pro—eu government took office a few weeks ago and said one of its firstjobs was to depoliticize the state media... we will be right back after this break. stay with us. hello again. we're still in for some windy weather all the way into the run—up to christmas day itself. but maybe the strongest of the winds will be happening overnight tonight and continuing into thursday — and this is where we've got the greatest risk of some travel disruption. now, the winds have been picking up today and managing to punch a few holes in the cloud. but if i show you the satellite picture — you can see the extent of the cloud that's streaming in from the atlantic — and is continuing to bring some rain and drizzle mainly to western hills and coast. those strengthening westerly winds are drawing in mild air, mind you, around the top of that area of high pressure. but it's that deep low that's moving away from iceland that'll track to the north of scotland,

and then, into scandinavia that will really strengthen the winds around it — and that's been named storm pia by the danish weather service. so overnight tonight, the winds continuing to strengthen. it'll be a noisy night, particularly in this heavy rain in scotland — that will move down into northern england and northern ireland. replaced by squally showers, slight change in the wind direction, the air gets a bit colder in scotland. but elsewhere, those temperatures not changing very much from what we've seen during the afternoon. but it will be a windy day everywhere on thursday, the strongest of the winds further north. we could see higher gusts over into the east of high ground, and the top gusts of 70—80mph in the north and northeast of scotland, so very windy here. now, we still have this cloud and increasingly patchy rain that'll move southwards to southern england. it'll be replaced by sunshine, but streams of squally showers coming in, and some wintriness over the hills in scotland. things are turning a little bit colder here, but we've still got

that milder air across the far south — temperatures 12—13 celsius. now, as the storm tracks further into scandinavia, we get this surge of stronger winds just for a while down those north sea coasts. we still have that weather front there, and that's the boundary between this milder air that's trying to push back northwards across the uk, and the colder air that's still particularly in scotland. and along that boundary, we've got this area of rain here. now south of it, in the milder air, there's still a lot of cloud, but maybe some sunshine. in the colder air, mainly in scotland, there'll be some showers. wintry over the hills, but to lower levels across the far northeast, the northern isles, where it's particularly cold. milder elsewhere, but not quite as windy on friday.

hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. the us senate has gone home without agreeing on aid

without the troops it needs, it is a bleak christmas in ukraine. we will speak to ukrainian mp about where his country goes next. 0ur panel tonight, tom peck and joe rubin. we taught underscoring the chaos that now surrounds the 2024 election. ukraine will head into the new year with a dwindling stockpile of weapons and no guarantee of when us and european will arrive. of when us and european aid will arrive. the senate gave up on negotiations last night, still at an impasse over more than $60 billion in military aid, with republicans refusing to budge until they have secure concessions on border reform. 0n the front lines, the ukrainians are currently outgunned 7—1. the priority for the next few weeks said military sources is to preserve equipment and personnel and in some places withdraw short distances,

leaving minefields in place.