manchester united 4—3 in the group stages and finished ahead of erik ten hag's side. what i saw that they have done, this group and the stage against these opponents, i say, well. i said to the players this morning, you have to prepare mentally. the game plan will be as it has always been but it means we have to be ready. we are faced, you know, with big power— we are faced, you know, with big power before. we have a strong belief_ power before. we have a strong belief in — power before. we have a strong belief in ourselves. i really don't care _ belief in ourselves. i really don't care how— belief in ourselves. i really don't care how good they are, they are a good _ care how good they are, they are a good team — care how good they are, they are a good team but i trust my players and i trust _ good team but i trust my players and i trust this_ good team but i trust my players and i trust this team so much and i have a big _ i trust this team so much and i have a big belief— i trust this team so much and i have a big belief that we can create the a big belief that we can create the a good _ a big belief that we can create the a good performance tomorrow and from therem _ a good performance tomorrow and from therem an _ a good performance tomorrow and from there... an even game as possible.

iii—time european cup winners real madrid are also in action later as they travel to germany to face rb leipzig. carlo ancelotti's side will be without england starjude bellingham who's out with an ankle injury after picking up a knock in their 4—0 win over girona in la liga on saturday. the spanish club haven't put a timescale on his return and say his recovery "will be "monitored". chelsea's slim chances of returning to european competition next season were given a boost after they came from behind to beat crystal palace 3—1. they were trailing after a first half goal from palace�*sjefferson lerma. but chelsea came out stronger in the second half with conor gallagher scoring twice against his former club, and enzo fernandes completed the comeback with his second goal in two games. chelsea are nowjust two points off a potential european place. it is our challenge to be consistent in every single game. this type of victory helps us to raise our

confidence. when you are in the game, it is good but now we need to keep the momentum. thousands of fans in ivory coast have come out to cheer the squad after their africa cup of nations success. the team were paraded around the streets of abidjan with the trophy, which they won for a third time after beating nigeria 2—1 in sunday's final. their victory is all the more remarkable after they were almost knocked out of the group stages of their own tournament and then sacked their coach. the elephants dramatically recovered to add to their 1992 and 2015 titles. in cricket, the west indies completed their three match t20 series against australia with a win. batting first, the west indies finished 220 for six. andre russell top—scoring with 71 offjust 29 balls. in reply australia could only make 183 for the loss of five wickets from their 20 overs. david warner hit 81 off 49 balls. australia won the series 2—1.

the kansas city chiefs' overtime win against the san francisco 49ers on super bowl sunday was the most—watched television programme in us history. the chiefs have returned home victorious. their plane landed with the team flag flying out of the pilot's window. then they disembarked holding aloft the trophy. kansas city's 25—22 overtime victory over san francisco on sunday night averaged 123.4 million viewers across television and streaming platforms. that shattered last year's mark of 115.1 million, and is a 7% increase. while the majority of the kansas city chiefs squad were arriving back home, star quarterback patrick mahomes was with his family at disneyland. it is tradition that the super bowl most valuable player makes the journey to disneyland to take part in its annual super bowl parade. mahomes became the youngest

quarterback to win american football's showpiece three times and has been named as mvp on every occasion. the charlotte hornets won their second straight game since they traded in five players ahead of the nba deadline, beating the indiana pacers 111 to 102. it was the pacers who made a bright start in charlotte, led by point guard tyreese hali—burton, who finished the game with 12 points and 13 assists. all five starting players for indiana recorded double figures for points, including aaron nesmith — this dunk two of his 21. but in the end it was the hornets who edged clear as the fourth quarter progressed with miles bridges taking control of the contest. he finished with 20 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists as the hornets won at home forjust the 7th time this season. umpirejen pawol has taken a step closer to becoming the first female umpire in major league baseball history.

pawol is the first woman to be selected to umpire spring training games since ria cortesio in 2007. the 47—year—old has been a minor league umpire since 2016. mlb�*s move comes 27 years after the gender barrier for game officials was broken in the nba and nine years after it ended in the nfl. and that's all the sport for now. the labour party has withdrawn support for its candidate in the rochdale by—election, azhar ali, because of remarks he made about israel. the party made the decision after new audio came to light; it had previously defended mr ali, after he'd apologised. it's now too late for the party to change its candidate. political opponents have accused labour of being in disarray. here's the audio, published by the daily mail newspaper, with those comments from mr ali.

he should have been suspended. suspended on what he said. i know him well, he is a solid pro—palestinian supporter. the media and some of the people in the media from certainjewish quarters the given bleep about what he said. earlier i spoke to the former labour mp lord mann, now independent adviser to the uk government on antisemitism — i asked him if he thinks labour should have acted sooner. from where i am sitting, i want to see political parties act and make the right decision. i have never been one for haste, i have been one for getting the right decision. i think probably they wish they had acted sooner for the optics of it in terms of the decision made. i think it is a bold decision to basically throw away a parliamentary seat. i don't think that has happened

before, certainly not happened in my lifetime. you occasionally get it it with councillors but that is very, very rare and there is 10,000 councillors out there, it is incredibly rare. for it to happen at the parliamentary level and threw away a parliamentary seat, which is what labour has done, i think it is quite bold. i think thejewish community, as it reflects will take quite a lot of comfort from the fact that sir keir starmer has been prepared to do that.— that sir keir starmer has been prepared to do that. what about the overall perception _ prepared to do that. what about the overall perception with _ prepared to do that. what about the overall perception with labour, - prepared to do that. what about the | overall perception with labour, does labour still have an anti—semitism problem? labour still have an anti-semitism roblem? , ., ,, labour still have an anti-semitism roblem? , . , , ., , problem? there is an issue that this candidate should _ problem? there is an issue that this candidate should have _ problem? there is an issue that this candidate should have been - problem? there is an issue that this candidate should have been weededj candidate should have been weeded out in the selection process. i am sure keir starmer is hopping mad at the people who did the selection process, but that didn't happen. i suspect behind—the—scenes there will be one or two people who will be moved on and out of the way and that would be highly appropriate for that to happen. but it would be dangerously naive for anyone to

think that anti—semitism that the huge growth has been in the last few months is a labour party problem. this problem is affecting society, it is impacting all the political parties, including the labour party. it is impacting the sport well, the art world, employers, it is universities, schools. you know, i am firefighting everyday with more and more cases and more serious cases. there is a tornado of anti—semitism that has built up and it is really hitting in the last few weeks throughout society. is the big issue that needs addressing. labour has its problems and needs to sort them, but this isn't a labour problem, it is a problem for the country and it is a growing problem and extremism is on the growth in this country and whenever extremism is on growth, one thing that has

always been proven in the past, the jewish community are at the brunt of the receiving end of it. that is happening now in our country. and we mentioned that by—election, here's a full list of candidates standing in the rochdale by—election. if you'd like more information you can head to our website. king charles has arrived at buckingham palace after spending a week at his home in sandringham in norfolk, following the announcement of his cancer diagnosis and his first treatment. the king and queen camilla are now back at clarence house, in london. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello again. over the next few days, the temperature is going to creep up, it's going to turn much milder. what we have today is this weather front across the northwest of scotland producing some showers. it's behind this weather front coming into the southwest that we start to drag in the milder conditions. but with it, too, its bringing in a lot of cloud and some rain and some drizzle across england and also wales. that rain pepping up across northern england through the day. eventually we'll see a bit more

cloud into the far south of southern scotland and also parts of northern ireland, but clearer skies, some hazy sunshine across much of the rest of scotland. and we're looking at six to nine here, but ten to 12 in the south. now through this evening and overnight, we continue with cloudy and wet conditions across england, also wales, getting into northern ireland and then eventually southern scotland. but under clearer skies across the highlands, for example, temperatures and sheltered glens could follow it to minus five or minus six. much milderfurther south. into tomorrow then, we've got a clutch of weather fronts — this one heading northwards. you can see this one trailing across the south. so essentially it means once again, we're looking at a cloudy and a wet day. the rain on and off through the course of the day pushing northwards, here's the trailing front. in between there'll be some brighter skies, but the brightest skies will be in the far north of scotland where we see some hazy sunshine.

highs six to eight, but note how the milder conditions are spreading further north and that process will continue as we head on through thursday. we still have weather fronts in the forecast, but it's all at the very far north of scotland, the northern isles, that are going to be in the milderair. so on thursday, it's another cloudy and wet day. again, we've got the rain pushing north, more rain coming in across the southwest, some brighter skies in between. but it's the temperature that will be the talking point because on thursday, somewhere in the southeast could hit 16 or 17. but the milder air continuing to track that bit further north. then as we move on into friday, the rain clears away from the east. we've got a ridge of high pressure building in. there'll be variable amounts of cloud, but even so, we'll see some breaks in that cloud with a few showers scattered in the west, particularly west wales. and temperatures slipping a little bit but still up to 1a.

live from london. this is bbc news as smoke rises above the rafah crossing, ceasefire negotiations are due to take place across the border in cairo, involving american, egyptian, israeli and qatari officials.

0n patrol when air strikes hit... we'll bring you a special report on the work and lives of the paramedics responding to gaza's emergency calls. labour suspends its rochdale by—election candidate, azhar ali, as new audio emerges about the comments he made about israel. and king charles returns to london for what is expected to be medical treatment following his cancer diagnosis. hello, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. senior officials from the united states, qatar, egypt and israel are expected to hold talks in cairo, as international pressure grows for a ceasefire in gaza.

the discussions are due to feature the head of the cia —