declaring himself fit, passing his 100 too. the five match series is currently tied 1—1. bayern munich�*s misery continued in the champions league on wednesday — they were beaten by lazio in rome in the first leg of their last 16 tie — and failed to register a shot on target. ciro immobile's penalty in the second half was enough to win the game for lazio — after bayern defender dayot upamecano�*s challenge on gustav isaksen saw the french defender given a straight red card. bayern, who also lost at the weekend to bundesliga title rivals bayer leverkusen, now have work to do if they are to reach the champions league quarter—finals. translation: we were expecting this -e of translation: we were expecting this type of game- — translation: we were expecting this type of game- we _ translation: we were expecting this type of game- we played _ translation: we were expecting this type of game. we played very - translation: we were expecting this type of game. we played very well- type of game. we played very well during the first half, we even had a chance to achieve greater control of the game. we defended very well but we lacked the strength to impose ourselves during the game. we had difficulties trying to create the

right possibilities. we lost rhythm through the second half through errors in dangerous places. that's why we gave the chance to our opponents so we take response for this defeat. no such problems for psg, who have one foot in the quarter finals thanks their 2—0 win over real sociedad. kylian mbappe marking his return from injury with a goal. both their goals coming in the second half — bradley barcola with the second, but mbappe has now scored 44 times in 68 champions league appearances for monaco and p56. the french champions have been eliminated from the last 16 of the champions league five times in the past seven seasons. we understand premier league side crystal palace are set to sack manager roy hodgson. hodgson, who's 76, took charge of his 200th match at the club, in monday's home defeat to chelsea. palace are nowjust five points above the relegation zone but have won just three

of their last 19 matches. former frankfurt boss oliver glassner is said strong favourite to take over. manchester united have approached newcastle sporting director dan ashworth aboutjoining the club. ashworth has a long—standing relationship with ineos head of sport sir dave brailsford, that dates back to ashworth�*s time with the english football association. talks over compensation are yet to take place between the two premier league clubs. it's understood ashworth is keen to move to old trafford following fa approval of sirjim ratcliffe's proposed bid to buy a minority stake in the club. mbappe's former france team—mate — goalkeeper hugo lloris — has been introduced at his new club lafc in the us. lloris spent 11 seasons in london, at premier league side tottenham — but says he's raring to go in the mls.

it is going really fast. i think the football, soccer, i don't how you call it, something that is really exciting. i think there is a lot of expectation from the fans everywhere in the country and i think it is improving year after year and it was always something i was looking for. tiger woods is set to return to golf later on, it's for the genesis invitational in california — an event he's hosting. but it'll be his first official pga tour start since the masters last april. woods will tee off alongside justin thomas and gary woodland — he's been battling with injuries including a fused back and ankle — but says he's hoping for a good week. my my uncle doesn't hurt any more

because —— ankle. then again, it is different from other parts of my body. other parts of my body have taken the brunt of that. it has moved to different body parts that are now fused. other parts of the body have to adapt and as far as the love, i still love competing and playing, i love being part of the game of golf. this is the game of a lifetime and i don't ever want to stop playing. rafa nadal�*s return to competitive tennis is on the back burner for now — after the spaniard pulled out of the qatar open. nadal made his long—awaited return after almost a year out with injury at january's brisbane international. he sustained a hip injury at the tournament, which ruled him out of the australian open the 22 time grand slam winner said he wasn't ready to compete — and told spanish media he wasn't sure how many tournaments he'd be able to compete in this year.

that is just about it from us. you can get all the latest sports news at the usual places, the bbc sport app at the usual places, the bbc sport app and the bbc sport website. that isjust about it app and the bbc sport website. that is just about it for me and the team here. let's go back to one of our top stories. more now on one of our top stories — and the uk has gone into recession. the uk is the world's 6th largest economy. the office for national statistics reports that in the three months to december, gross domestic product — or gdp — fell by 0.3 percent.

that follows a contraction of 0.1% from july to august, meaning the uk ended the year in recesssion. gdp is a way of measuring all the economic activity of companies, governments and individuals in a country. it's a blow for prime minister rishi sunak, given his pledge last year to have the economy growing by the end of 2023. speaking to our economic editor faisal islam, chancellorjeremy hunt insisted the government's plan to revive the economy is working despite the latest indications. the numbers speak for themselves but the underlying picture here is that our plan has been to tackle inflation. first and foremost. that does mean higher interest rates. it is the right thing to do for families because when i see the cost of their weekly shop go up and energies go up, the cost of filling up the car going up, that creates real pressure and until you relieve that pressure on families, we are not going to see healthy growth. and when it comes to that battle against inflation, we are making much faster progress than many people predicted, so much so that independent forecasters say that if we stick to

our guns, by the early summer we can start to see interest rates falling and that's why it is a very important period now, despite the challenging data, that we stick to our plan to see inflation really start to fall.— our plan to see inflation really start to fall. said this recession, be it for now _ start to fall. said this recession, be it for now relatively - start to fall. said this recession, be it for now relatively modest l be it for now relatively modest recession, it has been a price worth paying to get inflation down? if you paying to get inflation down? if you look around — paying to get inflation down? if you look around the _ paying to get inflation down? if you look around the world, _ paying to get inflation down? if gm. look around the world, countries like germany, japan, the netherlands, denmark, they are all seeing weaker growth as they use higher interest rates to bring down inflation and that is the right thing for all of us to do and you can see it working in other countries, which have brought data down to lower levels than we have here. so it is the right thing to do. i think here. so it is the right thing to do. ithink if here. so it is the right thing to do. i think if you listen to the governor of the bank of england, what he says is that he doesn't put too much weight on this data because he can see that the underlying picture is an economy that is more

resilient and starting to grow. it resilient and starting to grow. it was the prime minister himself said the economy would be growing a year ago. it is clearly not growing and hasn't grown since the beginning of 2022. is it not complacent to play down the data that shows, a small contraction yes, but the economy simply going nowhere for nearly two years now? for simply going nowhere for nearly two ears now? ., ., ., years now? far from that, we recognise _ years now? far from that, we recognise that _ years now? far from that, we recognise that life _ years now? far from that, we recognise that life has - years now? far from that, we recognise that life has been l years now? far from that, we i recognise that life has been very tough for families up and down the country since the invasion of ukraine, which has seen a big spike in inflation. when the prime minister made his commitment, he was very clear that tackling inflation had come first. all the independent forecasters said at that point that we were going to enter into a much deeper recession, the big picture is that actually since then, the economy has been more resilient, unemployment has stayed low. if we

stick to our guns now, we can see light at the end of the tunnel. hello again. today is going to be very mild for the time of year. it is notjust across the uk where we are seeing these milder conditions, it is across europe as well where temperatures are a good 10—15 above average. what we have is this where the front moving from the west towards the east and another one taking rain steadily northwards. this will continue through the afternoon. if anything, the rain popping up across the south—west, south—west wales back at the midland will top this will be heavy and persistent, following an already saturated ground. towards the east, some brighter skies. behind the weather front, brighterskies. it is in the brighter skies in the east where we could have temperatures of 17—18. temperatures higher today in scotland than they were yesterday. through this evening and overnight, our weather front continues to push towards the south and east, weakening, to the rain is turning more patchy.

more cloud in the west with some scattered showers, but in between, some clearer skies. it is not going to be as mild a night as it was last night, but nonetheless it is still going to be pretty mild for most of us. tomorrow, this weather front clears away from the south—east, we have got a little ridge of high pressure coming in, but you can see it is going to be breezy in the south and pretty windy in the north tomorrow. it is a chilly northerly wind that is coming in here. we start off with the cloud in the west, some scattered showers, it will start to break up through the course of the day. for many of us, it will turn out to be quite a bright day. temperature wise, down a touch on today, but nonetheless still above average for the time of year. 6 in lerwick to a high of 1a in norwich and london. as we head into saturday, we start off on a dry note, again variable amounts of cloud, some brighter skies, but the cloud thickens up out towards the west, heralding the arrival of our next weather front, bringing in some rain

and strengthening winds. temperatures, 5 in lerwick, 10 in stornoway, to 1a in london. overnight saturday into sunday, the weather front crosses us, clearing slowly from the south—east during the course of sunday. a lot of dry weather behind, some sunshine, a few showers coming in towards the west. the next weather front never too far away. these are our maximum temperatures. eight in lerwick to a high of 13—14 in the south.

live from london. this is bbc news. dramatic pictures from gaza's nasser hospital. the israeli military says it's conducting an operation inside the facilty. we seek to hunt down hamas terrorists wherever they may be hiding. a setback for two of the world's biggest economies — the uk and japan fall into recession.

three, two, one, ignition and lift off. and �*fly me to the moon�* again... a us rocket could make the first lunar landing in more than 50 years. hello, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. we start this hour in gaza as israeli forces confirm they have entered the largest functioning hospital in the southern gazan strip. hospital in the southern the israel defense forces says it has credible information that the bodies of hostages taken during hamas s 7 october attack on israel may be in the facility in khan younis. let's show you these dramatic pictures from inside the nasser hospital, which have come to us from the reuters news agency. they appear to show chaos and damage inside the hospital. a spokesman for the hamas—run health ministry said the israeli military had demolished the southern wall

of the hospital complex and entered that way, and that they'd been asked