we start with a ruling that could have major ramifications for football's governing bodies. the european court of justice says that uefa and fifa are being unlawful and "abusing their dominant position" by banning clubs from joining breakaway competitions like the european super league. back in april 2021, there was widespread anger when news broke that 12 teams — including english premier league sides liverpool, manchester united, arsenal, chelsea, manchester city and tottenham — had signed up to the breakaway competition. it lead to the collapse of the plans within 72 hours with the threat of sanctions from uefa and fifa to clubs and players who joined the european super league. the plans were not scrapped entirely, with real madrid and barcelona remaining interested, and they'll be pleased to hear that today's ruling found the actions of the governing bodies to be anti—competitive. that doesn't mean that a super league will still happen, as our football reporter simon stone has been telling us.

thejudgment also the judgment also says that the super league would not necessarily be approved, but the european court ofjustice also said that it is not qualified to make a judgment. and that competition organisers, whoever they may be, whether it is super league or someone else, should be allowed to go away and come up with competitions on their own, and clubs could be allowed to take part in them without the threat of sanction coming from uefa and fifa. this is a huge ruling and has the potential to cause major ramifications for the world of football. this is a developing story. head over to the website to follow the latest. the company who back the super league has launched a new proposal now for men's and women's european competitions. that proposal is a league system with 64 men's clubs across three weeks, participation based on sporting merit it says, no permanent members. the women's competition would

include 32 clubs across two weeks. so much reaction coming through from football supporters groups. let me bring you one statement from the football supporters association. it says, "as a reference at football supporters europe point out, there is no place for articles and ill—conceived breakaway super league. supporters, players and clubs have already made clear they do not want a stitch up competition. we want to see the trigger built on the working monstrosity that is the european zombie league. because goat really strong words coming through from supporters groups. bbc sport website is the best place to go from a reaction to all of this. let's stay with football. harry kane's looking good to break the record for the most bundesliga goals scored in a season with his 21st goal of the season as bayern munich beat wolfsburg 2—1. and what a goal it was, from 25 yards out, in only his 15th game in the german top—flight. he's the first player to score as many as 21 bundesliga goals in his first 15 games in the competition. he now heads off for a winter break.

i will be going away somewhere, somewhere hot for sure. it will be nice. obviously it had been difficult with not having the kids here, not having my wife here. so do some good family time, go away and spend christmas with them. play a bit of golf, hopefully. just enjoy it, relax, and be ready forjanuary. elsewhere, the league leaders bayer leverkusen broke a bundesliga record that has stood for more than four decades as they thrashed bochum 4—0. patrick schick scored a hat—trick for xabi alonso�*s side, who have now gone 25 games unbeaten since the start of the season — that hasn't been done in germany for 41 years. it was a night to remember. bayern are four points behind the leaders bayer leverkusen with a game in hand. liverpool will play fulham in the semifinals of the english league cup after they got theirjoin biggest

win of the season against west ham at anfield. mohamed salah was among the goalscorers asjurgen klopp�*s side won 5—1. but the liverpool manager was critical of the atmosphere in some parts of the ground. and with the premier league leaders arsenal coming to anfield on saturday in a huge game in the title race, klopp says those fans who aren't in the right shape should give their ticket to someone else. i thought in the first half a little bit, when the boys played really exceptional, i was not overly happy, i have to say, with the atmosphere behind me. i don't know, i ask people, what do you want? we change a lot of things, we dominate west ham like crazy, we miss chances and if i had been in a stand, i would be on my toes. 1000%. this is that semifinal draw, as you can see, liverpool— fulham, the first leg at anfield. and middlesbrough play chelsea in the other game. philadelphia 76ers star — and reigning mvp —

joel embiid is making more headlines in the us as he's now on the nba's longest scoring run in more than half a century. the nba's leading scorer helped the 76ers beat the minnesota timberwolves127—113, claiming a season—high 51 points and 12 rebounds himself. embiid is the first player to score more than 30 points and 10 rebounds in 12 consecutive games since kareem abdul—jabbar did it for 16 games in a row for the milwaukee bucks in 1972. to me, that is not too much of an accomplishment. you know, there are guys that have a lot of records in this league. i think someone did 40 straight 30 points a couple of years ago. you know, there is a lot of records, there's a lot of stats. they are going to be hard to break. and that is obese but for now. we will have more later. goodbye.

you're watching bbc news. junior doctors in england are on strike for the second day of a three—day walkout. the doctors union, the british medical association, insists the action could be ended immediately if the government made a reasonable offer on pay. our health correspondent dominic hughes has this report. from newcastle to cambridge, hull to manchester, once again, junior doctors have taken to picket lines. this latest round of industrial action has seen concern from charities and nhs leaders that patients could end up stuck in hospital over the festive period and that patient care will suffer in what's a very busy time for the health service. butjunior doctors say measures are in place to ensure their strike action poses no danger to patients. as we've shown with our seven previous rounds of strike action this year, we can do it safely with the cover of our consultant colleagues, our specialist colleagues, expert senior doctors who can look after patients whilst we are here standing up for ourselves and trying to reverse

the pay cuts that our government has inflicted upon us over the last 15 years. this is day two of a three day strike byjunior doctors in england. it's the 27th day of industrial action in their long—running pay dispute with the government. so far, nhs strikes, including those by ambulance staff and nurses, have seen more than a million appointments and treatments cancelled in the past year, and there's more to come. junior doctors will be on strike for six days at the start of january, the longest in nhs history. ministers say this latest round of strike action is bound to cause significant disruption, but the door to further talks remains open if the january walk—out is cancelled. there was some optimism earlier this month that negotiations could lead to a breakthrough. an offer of a pay rise averaging 3% from january was being discussed on top of the average of nearly 9% junior doctors received in april. but the bma said that wasn't enough. junior doctors had asked for an extra 35% to make up for below inflation pay

rises since 2008. so both sides seem to be back where they were as the nhs heads into what is one of the busiest, most pressured times of the year. dominic hughes, bbc news. a group of mps has called on the premier league and other sporting bodies to cut what it calls the "bombardment" of gambling advertisments in stadiums. a report by the culture, media and sport committee welcomed a planned move to withdraw gambling sponsorship on the front of shirts, but said there are many other adverts to address. francis read reports. from day one of the premier league season, it's on the shirts and in the stadiums. those watching see thousands of gambling ads across multiple games. mps say the bombardment, particularly for kids, is too much. and while gambling sponsorship on the front of premier league shirts will eventually go, the cross—party culture, media and sport committee says it won't be enough.

mps have recommended a new gambling sponsorship code of conduct to be developed by the government and with sports governing bodies, and that a high proportion of ads should promote safer gambling. the report also supported extra online protection for young adults and for the introduction of a levy to be paid by gambling operators to fund addiction prevention and treatment. children are obviously, you know, go to football matches with their parents. it's a sort of standard family, wonderful outing. but there, there is a lot of exposure to gambling advertising. it's on the front of shirts, it's on the side of shirts, it's in the stadium in terms of the banners. it's also on the various sort of leaflets that are handed around. and what that does, and we've seen through this report where it talks about 7,000 gambling messages across six football matches, that means that children see gambling is normalised. the betting and gaming council said that a sports sponsorship code should be published without delay to drive up standards and that rules already ensure advertising is responsible.

the government said that proposed new measures would also deliver greater protections. but some charities have said it doesn't touch the sides and that gambling ads should be removed from sports like football entirely. francis read, bbc news. if you've been affected by any of the issues raised, you can find organisations offering help and support on the bbc action line website. that's it from me today. lucy has your headlines in the next few minutes. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. storm pia, named by the danish weather service, is still packing a punch. for some northern areas, we're looking at gales or even severe gales, with gusts as much as 80mph across shetland. so a very windy day wherever you are. there will also be some heavy showers, some wintry on higher ground. and, of course, the continued

risk of disruption. this area of low pressure is storm pia, pushing off to scandinavia. we have a weather front that is sinking south, taking this cloud and patchy rain with it, and some squally showers following on behind. some of those wintry on high ground, but coming a bit lower as we go through the course of the day. so, strong winds in the north, strong winds too across northern ireland, the isle of man, northern england, the north midlands and north wales. for south wales, the south midlands, east anglia and southern areas, it is still going to be windy, just not as windy. and there is the risk of some coastal flooding, not just today but also tonight and tomorrow along parts of the coast of east anglia. so, a mild day for northern ireland, england and wales. but a cooler day in scotland, particularly so in the north—east. through this evening and overnight we continue with wintry showers on high ground in scotland, notjust in the highlands but also the northern isles. a weather front pushes northwards, taking its rain with it. so still cold in the far north—east.

could be some ice around as well to watch out for the first thing. this is the weather front which is producing all the rain. tomorrow you can see from the isobars it's going to be windy, just not as windy as today. that mild air is trying to push up in through scotland, but not succeeding into the far north—east. we start off with a fair bit of cloud and rain around. some of that, giving way to some brighter skies as we go through the course of the day, and these are our temperatures. one in lerwick, five in aberdeen, but ten in glasgow, the warmer air getting in here. 11 and 12s as we push further south across england, wales and northern ireland. overnight friday into to saturday, we will have some transient snow clearing during saturday with a lot of rain piling into the north and west. come further south and it will be drier. bits and pieces of cloud around and some showers. again, milder. and as we head up towards christmas, for christmas day itself, we could well see some rain in the south, some wintry showers in the hills in the north and cooler.

live from london, this is bbc news. hamas says there won't be any talks about prisoner swaps until the israeli offensive in gaza ends. as diplomatic efforts to bring

a pause to the fighting continue, the world health organization says there is no functional hospital left in northern gaza. a top eu court rules that uefa's ban on a european super league is unlawful. junior doctors in england take part in their second day of strike action as part of a dispute over pay. hello, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. we begin with the war in gaza, where hamas has issued a statement saying palestinian factions reject any talks about prisoner swaps until israel ends its offensive in gaza. hamas is designated a terrorist group by several hamas is designated a terrorist group by several countries hamas is designated a terrorist group by several countries including the us and the uk. this comes as negotiations continue

for a fourth day to attempt to secure a unanimous un security council vote