that pursuits of the greatness of the moment that you celebrate with everybody, there isn't anything like it. hello and welcome along to the programme. liverpool are step closer to the league cup final — after beating fulham in their first leg semifinal encounter at anfield. it so easily could have been the visitors walking away with the advantage, but three crucial second half minutes sanurgen klopp�*s side turn the game. the bbc�*s football correspondentjohn murray was watching. liverpool will go to craven cottage as strong favourites, but for much of the first leg it was fulham who led after williams eye—catching, nimble footed opening goal in the 20th minute. liverpool looked like they were missing their absent big name stars, but fulham couldn't take chances to increase their lead.

liverpool upped it in the second half. substitutes nunez and gakpo brought the spark and they scored two goals in three minutes. first, curtisjones deflected shot, then gakpo�*s flashing finish and goalkeeper leno was then central in keeping it to a scoreline. that means fulham aren't out of it, but liverpool are more likely to reach what would be a record 14th final in this competition. a thriller to tell you about in the spanish super cup, as real madrid sealed their spot in sunday's final, after an extra time victory of city rivals atletico in saudi arabia. an action—packed first half, saw four goals. 2—2 at half time, thanks to antoine griezeman, who became atletico�*s all time leading scorer with 174th for the club. they went ahead, but a late dani carvajal goal for real sent the match to extra—time where a late stefan savic own goal and brahim diaz strike won the game for real... in italy's coppa italia, three players were sent off, in a fiery rome derby — between lazio and roma.

it was lazio who went through to the semi's, thanks to a second half penalty from mattia zaccagni. drama late in stoppage time though, lazio reduced to ten men, and roma down to nine. gianluca mancini sent off after the final whistle. atalanta came from behind to beat ac milan, they take on fiorentina, in their semifinal the last four stage, not taking place till april. premier league defender harry toffolo has told the bbc that he thought his career was going to end last year, when he was charged by the fa for betting rule breaches. now 28 years old, the bets were placed long before hejoined nottingham forest — but the resulting public fall out took an immense toll on his mental health. harry's now using that experience to fuel his playing career, whilst inspiring men not to bottle things up and to talk about mental wellbeing. charlie slater has his story. my kids will never forget the day. they always say to me, "oh yeah, like when

we're talking about, "oh, i saw daddy cry". and for me, that's like my heart goes out. because that was the moment that i remember, because that was the moment i just completely capitulated. for me, the toughest part was when the kids would come back from school. "your dad's going to get banned for life". and my seven, seven—year—old six year olds crying to me. and i'm just sat there going, "oh, what have you done"? 2023 was a tough year for harry toffolo. after admitting 375 breaches of betting rules, the fa handed him a suspended five—month ban. the bets placed between seven and ten years ago, but now he feared his career was over. i'm sat there going, "how am i going to get myself out of this position here"? and then i had that. i saw an amazing vid. i'm so glad i came. i came across it and it was almost like, just have that. just get through one more day. so when i found out about my charges in april to come in off

in september with five months. so i was every day "just get through it". and then five months later i got through it. and my career has never been at a high as it has been in the past sort of two or three months. and for that, i'm extremely grateful. harry is now a mental health ambassador for tricky to talk, a programme run by nottingham forest community trust. it's all about promoting greater mental wellbeing, making harry the perfect person to get involved. i went down to hucknall to trickey to talk. and it was it was an amazing experience. and these guys were just normal blokes. and we say about normal blokes, normal blokes that you'd meet at any of the school run or you'd meet anywhere and to have the opportunity to hear their story. so it's important for us to be able to to be a shining light, for people to say, no, there is light at the end of the tunnel and and

the support is there. where do you feel you are now in the space, in your career and in your head? ifeel, the most complete i've ever felt in my life. i almost feel i have nothing to lose because i felt like i lost everything last year. six months ago i would have been if you'd have said you can have a chat with x amount of people about this subject. i would probablyjust burst into tears. to be honest. i thought it wasn't possible. but i'm trying to go out there. i'm going to fight for the fans. for my family. let's be able to sit here now and speak so openly. for me to be an ambassador for the football club, to try and help other people. for me, that gives me the ultimate joy. and that's why i feel complete. charlie slater talking to harry toffolo there. french police officers paraded on open—top buses through paris on wednesday — to urge authorities to accelerate talks on working conditions and pay during the 2024 olympics... the games start in latejuly, and are set to put a further

strain on paris's workforce, amid the fear of heightened security threats and chronic staffing shortages in police , hospitals and public transport. police unions have already called for a strike onjanuary to snooker�*s masters now. and the quarterfinal line up is complete after mark selby beat robert milkens in the last of the first—round matches at london's alexandra palace. he barely missed a ball against robert milkins and was three frames to nil up when he was distracted by what sounded like a dropped plate in the crowd just look at his reaction not impressed! but he recovered his composure and still won the frame and milkins could only get one on the board as selby cruised to a 6—1 victory. selby looking win his first masters in 11 years. and selby will play mark allen, in the last eight after allen got the better of two—time champion john higgins from scotland. it went all the way to a deciding frame. the northern irishman allen came through 6—5 — the first time he's made it to the quarter finals, since winning the tournament back in 2018. the board of english county cricket side yorkshire has approved a controversial takeover for the club from a consortium headed up

by former chairman colin graves. the 75—year—old was chair of yorkshire from 2012—2015. that was part of the period for which the club was fined for failing to address the systemic use of discriminatory or racist language. the club's members will now vote on whether to approve the takeover. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today.. steve smith will replace david warner as australia's test opener despite having never batted in the position during his career. he'll open alongside usman khawaja in the first test against west indies later this month one of the most charismatic bosses in f1 has left his role. haas team principal guenther steiner, who has been with the team since its inception in 2016, has been replaced by former director of engineering ayao komatsu. royal and ancient chief executive martin slumbers is to step down from his role at the end of 2024, after nine years as one of golf�*s leading administrators. he succeeded peter dawson as the boss of the r&a after joining the st andrews—based organisation in 2015.

rory mcilroy says a "world tour" is his "dream scenario" amid ongoing talks aimed at ending the split that has dominated men's golf in recent years. golf's future remains uncertain with merger talks between the pga tour and the public investment fund, which bankrolls liv golf, ongoing. he's been speaking in dubai, where he begins his 2024 season at the inaugural dubai invitational on thursday. i think everyone needs to start thinking more globally around it, but globally in a holistic way, not really like this tour or that tour and other tour, really. like, "0k, well, what is the best"? "what is the best structure for elite men's professional golf? so, you know, the top 7200 guys in the world and what would that look like? especially if the game is going to look different going forward and everything is on the table, i just think it's worth having that conversation.

to nfl now — and the latest head coach to depart is 72—year—old pete carroll at the seattle seahawks. carroll was responsible for two nfc championships — and the only super bowl title, in their franchise history — during his 14 seasons in charge. he was the fourth longest serving current head coach in the nfl, behind john harbaugh of the baltimore ravens, mike tomlin at pittsburgh — and bill belichick of the new england patriots... carroll, who was the oldest nfl head coach, is moving moving into an advisory role with the organization he was asked what he will miss most. the chance of being in one of those parades. yeah. the thrill of a lifetime was being in that parade. and for our fans and the people and all that. i don't know who's to say, i don't know what's going to happen next. i'm not sure about that. but that pursuit to the greatness of the moment that you celebrate with everybody, ain't nothing like it. so it's worth fighting for. clearly an emotional moment for pete carroll and a well deserved standing ovation for him as he left

the press conference. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there. on wednesday, we were all in the same area of high pressure. but despite that, the amount of cloud we saw from place to place varied a lot. the cloud was at its thickest across eastern scotland and northeast england, where we saw drizzle move in from this sheet of cloud from the north sea. but there was some sunshine. western scotland did 0k, and for east anglia and southern england also there was quite a bit of sunshine around on wednesday, and what a difference the sunshine made to how the weather looked. for example, here in cornwall, barely a cloud in the sky.

now, we're going to have the same kind of weather picture with us for thursday, with the cloud varying a lot from place to place. still got a bit of drizzle falling from it, mind you, east scotland around these eastern coastal counties of england, otherwise dry start to thursday, still some frost slowly melting away for southern england and western scotland initially. but it is across these colder parts of the country where we will have the best of the early morning sunshine. and the cloud across the north sea, i think it's going to thin through the day, so i would expect any drizzle to die away, the afternoon looking dry for all of us. cloud will tend to encroach across the midlands east anglia into parts of south east england, leaving the best of the sunshine probably across central southern england, south west england, southern wales and probably western scotland. again, not doing too badly for some sunny spells. you might see a bit of sunshine as well in northern ireland. 0n into friday's forecast, that cloud comes further south again. so east anglia, southern england, a lot cloudier this time, probably more in the way of breaks generally across scotland, northern ireland and probably north west parts

of both england and wales. temperatures give or take around about six degrees, so it is still on the cold side for the time of year. and the weekend has more of the same, really. high pressure stilljust about clinging on. so some cold and frosty mornings, largely dry weather picture with some of you seeing some sunshine, others staying a little on the cloudy side, but it will remain on the cold side. now, beyond that, next week, we get northerly winds diving southwards. they will bring some snow to scotland, i'm sure about that. we could see a weather system move into the cold air, which could bring some snowfall on its northern edge as well across parts of england and wales. but there's still a little bit more uncertainty about that. however, there is plenty of potential to see some disruptive weather with cold, icy and maybe snowy conditions next week.

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. the headlines: soldiers on the streets of ecuador, as the country's president declares war on armed gangs running out of control. britain's prime minister announces emergency legislation to exonerate and compensate

hundreds of post office workers wrongly convicted of theft. identity crisis, as the presidential election approaches in taiwan, some are asking about the island's past and future. mystery beneath the waves, scientists discover new details about the life and family habits of sperm whales. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's news day. thank you for being with us. we start in ecuador, where soldiers are deployed to the city streets, as the president declares war on armed gangs running out of control. the unrest began on sunday

when the boss of one of the main drug trafficking gangs escaped from a maximum