the countdown continues to superbowl lviii, just two days away in las vegas, which is staging the big game for the first time. travis kelce will be back in a fourth super bowl in five years as the defending champions, kansas city, face kyle shanahan�*s san francisco 49ers, who lost on their last trip to the big game in 2020 when they were beaten by the chiefs. both are looking forward to going up against each other again: it gets you fired up, man, and it makes you accept the challenges that you get presented in life. you know, going through a few of the super bowls, you can't plan any of them. you've just got to be ready for the challenge and the task at hand to be ready to overcome some adversity, be ready to overcome some adversity, be ready to overcome some adversity, be ready to finish off a football game the right way. there are certain things that you can't train for in the super bowl.

anytime you get into the play—offs, let alone _ anytime you get into the play—offs, let alone the super bowl, and practices, meetings, everyone is 'ust practices, meetings, everyone is just a_ practices, meetings, everyone is just a lot— practices, meetings, everyone is just a lot more alert. once about the game — just a lot more alert. once about the game starts it is all about cutting — the game starts it is all about cutting it— the game starts it is all about cutting it loose. that is why you go through _ cutting it loose. that is why you go through everything during the week, be uptight about covering it all, but when — be uptight about covering it all, but when the game starts it is not about _ but when the game starts it is not about thinking, it is about reacting and playing and if you have had the ti l ht and playing and if you have had the right preparation you can play that way. right preparation you can play that way if _ right preparation you can play that way. if you — right preparation you can play that way. if you have to start thinking on the _ way. if you have to start thinking on the sunday, you in trouble. it was the nfl honors night on thursday and lamarjackson was named mvp for the second time by a nearly—unanimous decision. but the baltimore ravens quarter—back admitted the award was bittersweet after his side were knocked out by the cheifs a couple of weeks ago. just to get this award, to be here for the award, it is an honour, but i rather would have been in the super bowl than accepting the award. but a lot of great players are honoured to have this award and i

feel like i'm one of them and i think —— i thank everyone who nominated me to minutes. three time olympic champion shelly—ann fraser—pryce says she "owes" it to her family to retire after this summer's paris games. the 37—year—old is regarded as one of the greatest sprinters of all time after winning the 100 metres title in 2008 and 2012. three time olympic champion shelly—ann fraser—pryce says the jamaican also won relay gold at the tokyo olympics and three of her 10 world titles after having her son in 2017. she says this year's games are about "showing people that you stop when you decide and that she wants to finish on her own terms. after a clean sweep in their one—day series, australia are looking to beat the west indies again — this time in the t20 format. the first of a three—match series is being played in hobart where the hosts, put into bat, made 213—7. david warner top scoring with 70.

windies lost by 11 runs. sahith theegala has the early lead in the weather—affected opening round of the wm phoenix 0pen. rain caused a delay by nearly 4 hours in arizona which led to around half of the field unable to finish. american theegala did complete his round and managed to battle the damp conditions for a six under par 65 to lead by one shot. really happy with the start. the weather was not good. those last four micro—holes felt great. i think there might be some good scores tomorrow. it is going to be called but hopefully no rain and wind. you will see. i played great and it is all i can do, really.

in the nba, steph curry returned to form as golden state warriors beat indian pacers 131—109. a night after scoring just nine points at philadelphia, curry finished with 42 to his name and made 11 three pointers. the seven—time champions have now won three in a row but are still only 11th in the western conference. the los angeles lakers unveiled a statue in tribute to nba legend kobe bryant before their game against denver broncos. five—time nba champion bryant died aged 41 in a helicopter crash, alongside his 13—year—old daughter gianna and seven others, in 2020. the lakers were beaten on the night though — jamal murray top—scoring for the nuggets in a 114—106 victory. benfica are through to the semifinals of the portuguese cup after beating vizela 2—i. they took the lead just after the half hour mark. unmarked in the box. arthur cabral finishing well after being left unmarked in the box. joao mario made it two in the second half and although the hosts pulled one back, it's benfica who progress to play arch—rivals sporting lisbon in the last four. there are looking to win the trophy

for a record—extending 27th time. red bull's second team, rb, formerly known as alpha tauri, have unveiled their new look for the forthcoming formula one season. drivers daniel ricciardo and yuki tsunoda were at the event in las vegas. they're the fifth team so far to reveal their design. the team will be hoping to improve on last season's eighth place in the constructors�* championship. pre—season testing gets underway in bahrain in a couple of weeks time. in a couple of weeks�* time. that's all the sport for now. to go back to some of the breaking

news that we told you about. junior doctors in england will strike for five days from the 24th to the 28th of february in an ongoing dispute with the government about pay. we can speak to our health correspondent, catherine burns. what more do we know about the strike? december 2022 is when the first nhs worker tap and overpay. since then i think we have had 50 days of strikes. 35 of them have beenjunior doctors. if you remember the last work—out was early january and there was a bit of hope that maybe conversations are going in the right direction. clearly they are not. there will be five days of orchid at the end of this month. timing here is interesting because thejunior doctors had a permissions to strike on right until the end of february. this makes them injust on right until the end of february. this makes them in just under the wire. even though they have been through so many days of strikes

there is a massive gulf between what they want and what the government is offering them. they are asking for a 35% pay increase, not necessarily in one go but it could be over years, to make up for what they say is years of below inflation pay rises. the bma this morning talked about the casing speed of progress from the casing speed of progress from the government and they called them frustrating and incomprehensible. the health secretary put out a statement saying this action shows that they are not acting in a reasonable way. victoria atkin says we have already provided them with a pay increase of 10.3% and we were prepared to go further. there is a massive gulf air. their mandate is about to run out at the end of the month. that will necessarily be an end to this book is already there are balloting members about whether to continue with another six months of strike action. this could be one last try, orjust one more strike.

he talked about the recent strikes. there was the very long one that we saw injanuary, the longer strike in nhs history, the six day walk—out. where do you think public opinion is on this? it where do you think public opinion is on this? , . , where do you think public opinion is on this? , ., , ., ., on this? it is really hard to tell. i haven't seen _ on this? it is really hard to tell. i haven't seen any _ on this? it is really hard to tell. i haven't seen any studies - on this? it is really hard to tell. i haven't seen any studies on i on this? it is really hard to tell. i i haven't seen any studies on this so ijust couldn't i haven't seen any studies on this so i just couldn't say where the public is that, but there has been a lot of time on this and we have seen an impact on the public. the nhs strike since december 2022 has seen 1.3 million appointments either cancelled or postponed. that isn't really the full impact because that doesn't include the ones that were never made. now nhs bosses know that strikes are coming and they will not schedule appointments at that time. the impact on the public is definitely there. they are feeling it. i definitely there. they are feeling it. , , , ., definitely there. they are feeling it. , , ., definitely there. they are feeling it. i presume you have spoken to lots ofjunior— it. i presume you have spoken to lots ofjunior doctors _ it. i presume you have spoken to lots ofjunior doctors about - it. i presume you have spoken to

lots ofjunior doctors about this. | lots ofjunior doctors about this. what is their feeling? let's face it you don't become a doctor without wanting to help people and if they are out on the picket line they can do that. everyjunior doctor i have spoken to says we do this reluctantly. a lot of them come back to safety. they say they are working so hard that this is about patient safety, as well. officially the reason is about pay per when you speak to a junior doctor they will talk about safety. they are not the only nhs staff group to walk out. they are kind of the last one standing. consultants have been balloted and they are hanging in the balance about where to go next. it will be interesting to see what happens with this mandate after the end of february. catherine, thank you very much for now. we are keeping a cross with what is

going on with events at the high court in london. we can take a look at live pictures from the court. the media is gathered outside. of course it is all about prince harry and the hacking case. his lawyers are back in court for a hearing on the case against mirror group newspapers. we know that that hearing is going on at the moment. we are expecting prince harry's lawyer to speak outside the court once that concludes. you can keep up—to—date on our live page on the bbc website thatis on our live page on the bbc website that is being updated by our reporters who are in the court as we speak. so the case is still ongoing, it started at around 10:30am this morning and we will keep you up—to—date throughout the day with what is happening on bbc news. hello. some of us have had snow over the last 2a hours, but mainly over the hills. at low levels, it's been

more a story of rain and plenty of rain at that. some outbreaks of rain and hill snow continuing to drift northwards during today. as you can see on the satellite picture, we've got a big area of cloud affecting much of western europe, a series of weather systems, actually, but it's this curl of cloud here that is bringing rain and hill snow northwards. the snow levels in northern england really rising through the afternoon, snow only really over the very highest ground. we will see snow, say above two or 300 metres across scotland. quite a lot of snow in places. or 300 metres across scotland. northern ireland turning a little bit drier, but staying quite cloudy through the afternoon. windy up towards the north of scotland, also quite windy in the south of england and south wales. here, a mix of sunny spells and hefty showers to take us through the afternoon. mild in the south, 12 or 13 degrees. even further north, not quite as cold as it was yesterday. then through this evening and tonight, we'll see some clearer skies spreading northwards across england and wales, that could give rise to some mist and fog patches. a bit of rain for northern england and for northern ireland. and across scotland it'll be mostly rain close

to the coast and at low levels, but over high ground, say above 300 metres, we could see up to 20 centimetres of settling snow, which could cause some disruption. 0vernight temperatures — three degrees for stornoway for aberdeen, eight degrees for norwich and for london. low pressure firmly in charge for the weekend. this frontal system here continuing to bring some rain and hill snow across scotland. that tending to move its way northwards as we go on through the day. but northern scotland, over the hills here, we will see some further falls of snow. northern ireland seeing a bit of sunshine, england and wales seeing some sunny spells as well. but some showers will break out, particularly across wales and the south west of england. temperatures 12 degrees there in london, eight degrees in glasgow. so actually pretty mild for the first half of the weekend. low pressure still with us through saturday night into sunday. this little frontal system here grazing the east coast of england and running up into northeast scotland. that will bring some outbreaks of rain as we go on into sunday.

elsewhere, pretty mixed bag, some spells of sunshine, but some quite large areas of cloud, some showers which could be wintry, but only really over the very highest ground. and temperatures north to south, 7 to 10 degrees. bye for now.

live from london. this is bbc news. prince harry s phone—hacking legal fight with the publishers of the daily mirror continues today

at the high court in london. iam i am outside the courts in london on what could be a decisive day on the legal battle with mirror group newspapers. early results in the pakistan election show a tight race — with at least two parties claiming victory. an israeli airstrike hits a residential area in rafah in southern gaza — hours after the us said it wouldn't support an offensive that failed to prioritise civilian lives. hello, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. prince harry s legal fight with the publishers of the daily mirror continues today at the high court in london. the court has already ruled that the duke of sussex was hacked ? the question now is to what extent. it's looking at some unresolved matters including legal costs and additional articles in prince harry s claim.