hello from the bbc sport centre. i'm hugh ferris. for their fans, manchester city are clicking into gear atjust the right time. for their rivals, the champions are looking a little ominous. their 3—1 win at brentford on monday night was a ninth straight in all competitions and took them to within two points of premier league leaders liverpool. the goals were all provided by phil foden, his hattrick helping city come from behind to win. it might have been more if it wasn't for the saves of brentford keeper mark flekken, but now if city win their game in hand, which is later this month at home to the same opposition, they'll go top of the table. i'v e i've been getting goals and assists recently. i've been playing more centrally as well i think. that's one of the reasons why i think yes, it's important for me to be an attacker to get the goals and assist. i think the team need to rely on players like me to find a

solution, so i want to be that player. and long may that continue. south korea could go a step closer to their first asian cup title since 1960 later, but to reach the final they'll need their somewhat bumpy run to continue. they've needed late goals in four separate games to make the last four, where they'll play jordan later on tuesday. and it's led korean media to suggest the team are playing "zombie football", coming back from the dead to make it this far in qatar. these two drew 2—2 in the group stage with south korea's equaliser coming, yes, in injury time. obviously, the best material we can use a our group stage game. they played very very well. against us. we need to avoid obviously for them to score again. and they are very special players, as you say. they are very special individual players that we are aware of that can hurt you in a split second, so we have to be on top of our game to avoid any

goals and play also our game to our strengths. lionel messi has insisted it was "bad luck" that prevented him playing in a preseason friendly for inter miami in hong kong, where he was booed for staying on the bench, but has increased expectations he could appear in their next match in toyko. a hamstring injury forced him to miss the match in hong kong, and members of the crowd were heard shouting "refund". but ahead of miami's game againstjapanese champions vissel kobe on wednesday, messi is more hopeful. translation: unfortunately, in football, these things happen. we may have an injury. it happened to me. i couldn't play in the hong kong match and it was a shame because i was wanted to participate. i wanted to be there, and even more so when it came to these games, when we travelled so far and people were so excited to see our matches. i'm going to train again. the truth is i feel very good compared to a few

days ago. and it will depend on how that goes. if i'm honest, i still don't know if i'll be able to play or not, but i will feel much better and i really want to be able to play. it's the super bowl on sunday. but the official festivities have already begun. the monday before brings opening night. what used to be players and coaches doing media appearances has now changed into something a little more grand. there were 23,000 fans to welcome the teams into allegiant stadium in las vegas where the kansas city chiefs and san francisco 49ers will return for the game on sunday. both are familiar with the occasion, with the chiefs appearing at a fourth super bowl in just five years. but for one player it's completely new. 49ers quarter back brock purdy was the last pick of the draft in 2022. the so—called mr irrelevant, but will be leading his team on sunday. we found a lot of guys have been through this where the guys from

other teams that have been in the super bowl, but the bottom line is you have a lot of stuff going on in the media or whatnot, but whatever in the u get down time, how can i study, when you've got bus rides to orfrom. and just in your study, when you've got bus rides to or from. and just in your hotel room and taking care of your body. all of those kinds of things get you back to their mindset of i have to play a game here and how can i be the best? well, purdy also talked about preparing for his impending wedding by dancing to country music. i'm not sure if anyone asked if it was early taylor swift. the pop star will be a story throughout super bowl week. she's attempting to travel back from a concert in tokyo to be there in time to watch her boyfriend travis kelce play for the chiefs. he's one of the sport's most famous names but appreciates that still doesn't quite compare. i don't know if i broke too much to the game. taylor has an unbelievable fan base that follows her and supports her throughout her life, and it's been fun to kind of

gathered the king dim and open them up gathered the king dim and open them up to the football world and the nfl world and it's been called to experience that. finally, there are lots of ways to measure the size of a victory in cricket. but australia set a record in one of them. they beat west indies with 259 balls to spare in the third one day international in canberra, bowling the tourists out forjust 86 and completing the chase in under seven overs. the 8 wicket victory seals a 3—0 clean sweep in the odi series. they have a t20 series, to that was drawn between those two teams. that for more on those stories, head to the bbc sport website. and that's all the sport for now.

hello again. the government has published its disability action plan. more. our disability correspondent nikki fox has the story. this isn'tjust any playground. it's a brand new, fully accessible, inclusive playground in north london. with funding from barnet council, mums natalie and deborah also raised money to get this project off the ground. and deborah knows just how hard it is to find these kinds of places for young people like her son zack. to be sitting here now with it existing, and i can now when i'm thinking at the weekends, what am i going to do with him? i can come to the park here, that's a joy. and to see other people in the same way, happily coming in,

children of all abilities playing together, it's a marvellous thing and sadly this shouldn't be a marvellous thing. thisjust should be. for winnie, it opens up a whole new world. we could get winnie's mainstream kindergarten friends and her disability playgroup friends all together and have them all play here for a birthday party for her and no problems. it's playgrounds like this the government wants to see more of. it really will matter in disabled people's daily lives, but it's one pillar of a huge body of work which will make sure this country is the best place to be a disabled person. here in hertfordshire, the purple all stars are practising their next routine. this group of people with learning disabilities are passionate about helping others understand how to look after their health. and it's important because people with a learning disability are more likely to die from avoidable causes. access by doctors who look after my health. they know what they want the action plan to tackle. we can be equal and together

in our community. get myself a job, i need to try and build more confidence in myself to try like dealing with public. working out how much we've got to spend and how much is coming in and how much is coming out. i want everyone to be inclusive and look at us differently. - you know, like, we i are like anyone else. these are just some of the issues why charities want to see a more drastic plan. for disabled people who are going through a lot of challenges at the moment, whether that's a cost of living crisis, difficulties in employment, crippling social care charges, we wanted to see something a bit more transformational. the government says it wants to tackle the barriers that prevent people from getting on in life. and labour has announced plans which would ensure equal pay for disabled people. nikki fox, bbc news.

around 8 million people are getting a final cost of living support today. it follows 200 others last year. it's to help people on means tested benefits to deal with rising costs. prime minister rishi sunak has been urged to consider more support. speaking to radio five live this morning, he argued there is still lots of support for the people who need it. still lots of support for the people who need it— still lots of support for the people who need it. ~ _, , ., . who need it. when it comes to cost of livina. who need it. when it comes to cost of living- when _ who need it. when it comes to cost of living. when i _ who need it. when it comes to cost of living. when i first _ who need it. when it comes to cost of living. when i first got _ who need it. when it comes to cost of living. when i first got this - of living. when i first got this job, i set out five priorities and one of them was to have inflation. i understood that cost of living was one of the most pressing problems that families face, and over the last year inflation has come down from ii%, more than half to 4%. that is easing the burden on the cost of living forfamilies. we is easing the burden on the cost of living for families. we are starting to see mortgage rates come down and because economic conditions have improved, we have now been able to start cutting peoples taxes. we

improved, we have now been able to start cutting peoples taxes.- start cutting peoples taxes. we have been bringing _ start cutting peoples taxes. we have been bringing you — start cutting peoples taxes. we have been bringing you updates _ start cutting peoples taxes. we have been bringing you updates all- been bringing you updates all acquire these programmes on their king's cancer diagnosis all morning. what does it mean for the king and their royal family and the united kingdom? we will be answering your questions on the bbc news channel and on a player. there will be updates on our website as well. now it's time for the weather. hello again. there's some snow in the forecast for some of us in the next couple of days. what's happening is we have a weather front moving south bringing rain and behind the cold air is digging in and you can see throughout the day that the cold air pushes further south same overnight and into tomorrow, just the far south we have got the milder weather. this is the weather front producing some heavy rain today across parts of england and wales. ahead of it a lot of cloud, some drizzle, brisk winds and behind it brightening up, wintry showers across the highlands and across shetland in particular we are going to see some significant snow today and also gales,

so that snow will be blowing. the weather front continues to take the rains southward through the course of the night, lingering in the far south—west. clear skies follow on and then we have a plethora of snow showers crossing scotland and into northern ireland. we have the risk of ice and also frost and some of those snow showers will be falling at lower levels. tomorrow we have the weather front draped across the south—west, but there will be a lot of dry weather, still a few wintry showers in the north but much lighter winds and it will be a cold day, especially noticeable across england and wales as we go back down into single figures. then as we move from wednesday into thursday, the weather front draped across the south—west bumps into the cold air in place and readily turns to snow. in the south it looks very much like it is going to be rain and blustery winds but you can see where we are expecting the snow showers to fall. the position and timing of this could still change but the met office has just updated the weather warning to a yellow weather warning. we have trimmed the southern extent of it and added northern ireland, so these areas are prone to two to five centimetres of snow, ten to 20 on the hills and it is valid from six in the morning on thursday until six in the morning on friday. if you're travelling,

bear that in mind. what happens on thursday will have an impact on what happens on friday, exactly where the low pressure is. we think it will try to pull off into the north sea but the weather fronts wrapped around it bringing in sleet, snow and also some rain. further south we will have some brighter conditions, but still a few showers around and in the south that we are in the milder air, ten, 11 and 12 but it will feel cold if you are in the snow. what's happening at the moment is we've got cold air digging in behind a weather front that's sinking south and that weather fronts, bringing some heavy rain. and you can see through today how the colder air pushes further south and continues into tomorrow. the mild airjust hanging on in parts of the south. now, this rain is going to remain heavy as it continues its journey southwards. ahead of it a lot of cloud, blustery, a little bit of drizzle and behind it, brightening up with some wintry

live from london, this is bbc news. king charles�*s cancer treatment has begun. the prime minister rishi sunak says he wishes the king well. thankfully this has been caught early and now everybody will be wishing him...that he gets the treatment that he needs and makes a full recovery. i'm live outside buckingham palace. prince harry is reported to be travelling back to the uk to see his father. meanwhile, well—wishers are gathering outside buckingham palace to leave messages of support for the king. our other main stories this hour: the us secretary of state antony blinken meets the egyptian president as part of his latest push for a ceasefire in gaza. three people have been killed and more than a million are without power as torrential rain causes disruption across southern california.

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