an mp over claims of racism. lee anderson said "islamists" had "got control" of the mayor of london. but the deputy prime minister won't say whether he considered the comments to be islamophobic. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has told us television that his country's forces are "weeks" away from a total victory in gaza — we'll hear more from him president zelensky reveals 31,000 ukrainian soldiers — and tens of thousands of civilians — have been killed in the two years of war with russia. it's the first time in months that official casualty figures have been released. the former brazilian president, jair bolsonaro, is addressing tens of thousands of his supporters, in the biggest opposition rally since leaving office just over a year ago. he's being investigated over an alleged coup plot. now on bbc news it's sportsday.

hello and welcome to sportsday with me gavin ramjaun. glory for liverpool — who win the league cup — after the game with chelsea goes all the way to extra time. could it be the first of four trophies for them this season? in the premier league — wolves are on the prowl for a place in europe next season after another victory in the premier league today. on day three of the fourth test in ranchi — england's hopes of a series decider faded dramatically, in the face of a thrilling india fightback... and a thriller in the six nations — italy miss a dramatic last minute kick that would have seen them beat france. hello there and welcome

along to the programme. it was an entertaining spectacle at wembley, in the league cup final between two familiar foes, but in the end it was liverpool who won the first major piece of domestic silverware this season. they beat chelsea in extra time, and had their captain to thank — who rose to head home when it mattered. 0ur correspondent joe wilson reports. this red versus blue, nothing new. cup finalists again, but this time different significance. wembley, a venue on thejuergen klopp farewell tour. remember, chelsea are trying to build a new identity with their manager. if moritzo looked up, he could see the liverpool players not involved. nunez, sala, etc... many injuries. liverpool's goal cup leader... propelling chelsea after 20 minutes, then liverpool lost another player. another injury after this challenge, no card for chelsea. klopp was not impressed.

59 minutes, and here comes virgil van dijk�*s header. goal, simple. it never is any more. watch liverpool's endo offside blocking a chelsea player, the referee eventually decided. var ruled it out. for chelsea, more than once it seemed that conor gallagher would, could should score. somehow, officially goalless. liverpool had teenage substitutes on the pitch, extra time was almost done when van dijk headed again. and this time no var. just the joy, just the cup. joe wilson, bbc news, wembley. just one game in the premier league this afternoon — sheffield united remain rooted at the bottom of the table — after losing to wolves. pablo sarabia with the only goal of the game for the home side, in the first half, the win lifting wolves up to 8th in the table, with their eyes on a european place

at the end of the season. sheffield united might feel hard done by, given they played well — but failed to score for the second game in a row. not a direct team, long throw all the time. real big threat from corners. the way the lad stood up to that stuff was excellent. the way they kept going, even when we made mistakes, there was no disappointment there was a team that was together, desperate to make up for it, desperate to make a goal. loads of different ways you need to win with premier the games and we were below our best and managed to get three points, which is very important to us. it is a new team that has been assembled this year. it finds itself in a difficult situation, but they gave me and the football club everything today, especially with the amount of ball we had second—half, we need to find that better moment, more calm moment and that quality that they found for their first goal and we unfortunately couldn't find

for the majority of the second half. to scottish premiership where title race is sitll very much alive after celtic came from behind to beat motherwell 3—1. starting 5 points behind leaders rangers, celtic desperately needed the win, but they got off to a dreadful start as blair spittal�*s goal put them behind in the 43rd minute. second—half substitute adam idah was on the scoresheet twice — his second in stoppage time — to make it 2—1. luis palma capped off the victory with a tap—in two minutes later, to move them back to two points behind the top spot. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. defending champion cameron norrie lost in straight sets to argentine qualifier mariano navone in the semi—finals of the rio 0pen. norrie was aiming to win back—to—back titles at the brazilian clay court tournament after defeating carlos alcaraz in last year's final. britain's kye whyte claimed gold at the bmx racing world cup in brisbane. the 24—year—old beat switzerland's cedric butti by less than two hundredths of a second to win his first gold medal since 2019.

in cycling, another win forjumbo—visma, as belgium's wout van aert won in his kuurne—brussel—kuurne debut, he finished ahead of his compatriot tim wellens and spain's 0ier lazkano. and joe dean, golf�*s world number 2,930 and part—time supermarker delivery driver, has won a prize of 170 thousand pounds by finishing runner—up at the kenya 0pen. the englishman, who scraped on to the dp world tour through qualifying, finished joint second behind darius van driel in nairobi. england cricketers are heading towards defeat in the test series against india. they were bowled out forjust 145 in their second innings, in their must win 4th test. and the hosts now need just 152 more runs for victory with two more days to play. here's our sports correspondent laura scott.

day three, and the cracks on the pitch widening, the momentum didn'tjust swing, it's seesawed. the first five atoll in test cricket for 20—year—old bashir lifting england's mood, but the defiantjerrell was the man of the morning to my making 90 and pushing india passed 300. batters entered. and swiftly exited. ben duckett gone for 15. then with the very next ball, 0llie pope out for zero again. zak crawley steadied the ship, gave england hope. but the visitors headway was stalled, joe root dismissed and dismayed after a controversial call. crawley made it to 60, but india's spinners were about to wreak havoc, and prompted a collapse. ben stokes beaten, the ball coming off his leg, through his legs and rolling cruelly onto the stumps.

the first ball after tea, johnny heading straight back inside out for 30. england lost seven wickets for just 35 runs. india sealing a compelling come back with a kiss. betting again to book end the day, their a0 rounds without loss means england will be shooting for the moon tomorrow as they try to keep this series alive. the scorecard doesn't make good reading for england. only two players making it beyond 20 runs. that in part due to a brilliant performance by india's bowlers ravichandran ashwin, and kuldeep yadav. they need 152 runs to win with 10 wickets remaining. india played well, batting really well towards the end. yeah, we, he probably scored a few more runs than we would have liked, but, again, we are going to pull them out tomorrow. translation: of course there will be ressure, translation: of course there will be

pressure. it's — translation: of course there will be pressure. it's my _ translation: of course there will be pressure, it's my debut _ translation: of course there will be pressure, it's my debut series, - translation: of course there will be pressure, it's my debut series, but. pressure, it's my debut series, but once _ pressure, it's my debut series, but once i_ pressure, it's my debut series, but once i meant— pressure, it's my debut series, but once i meant in the middle, the only thing _ once i meant in the middle, the only thing i_ once i meant in the middle, the only thing i was _ once i meant in the middle, the only thing i was thinking, was what does my team _ thing i was thinking, was what does my team lead? if i could stay in the middle _ my team lead? if i could stay in the middle as_ my team lead? if i could stay in the middle as well a long time and have as many— middle as well a long time and have as many rounds as possible it will be better— as many rounds as possible it will be better for me. and since both me and colby— be better for me. and since both me and colby have a good understanding, we were _ and colby have a good understanding, we were chatting a lot, and we have played _ we were chatting a lot, and we have played a _ we were chatting a lot, and we have played a lot — we were chatting a lot, and we have played a lot of domestic cricket together, so that was helpful. it's been strong comeback from india, after losing the first test — but england have squandered opportunities that have come their way in the series. i spoke to our chief cricket writer stephan shemilt in ranchi earlier, he told me whether their approach has been justified. england have ta ken england have taken so much criticism for it being too aggressive in the second and third tests when the situation may be didn't demand it. certainly the first innings when the pitch was difficult, england buckled down, they kept themselves to that 353 thanks tojoe root�*s century. i do wonder if they could have been slightly more aggressive against india's spinners on this sunday afternoon. if there was ever a time

for baz bolling, this was it. you're quite right to say that england �*s run rate of 2.69 was their slowest to christ innings since ben stokes took over as captain alongside the coach. in some of england's dismissals were a little bit tentative. ben stokes was trying to defend and play the ball, johnny bearsjoe defend and play the ball, johnny bears joe platted defend and play the ball, johnny bearsjoe platted a to extra cover. it was cruelly bears joe bearsjoe platted a to extra cover. it was cruelly bearsjoe who where —— probably embarrassed over the most aggressive. so you do wonder if on this occasion england where just a little bit timid, if they were a little bit nervous. and it's strange, isn't it, they are damned if they do and damned if they don't. they may take some criticism for that or be questioned for that post topic and ultimately where the problems arose where the wasteful nature of their defeat in the second and third test and did not to mitigate for the fact that india could play quite beautifully on this third day of the fourth test and it

shows how quickly things can turn around when test matches are played in this part of the world and england staring at that series defeat. ., ., , ., england staring at that series defeat. ., ., ,, ., defeat. how would you assess it from the sense of— defeat. how would you assess it from the sense of where _ defeat. how would you assess it from the sense of where the _ defeat. how would you assess it from the sense of where the series - the sense of where the series currently stands, really? is it a case of india taking their chances and being given credit for that after fighting and being given credit for that afterfighting back and being given credit for that after fighting back from that first test defeat? 0r after fighting back from that first test defeat? or is it a case of mist opportunities from england not taking their opportunities when they've come around? certainly a bit of both. they've come around? certainly a bit of both- and — they've come around? certainly a bit of both. and we _ they've come around? certainly a bit of both. and we have _ they've come around? certainly a bit of both. and we have to _ they've come around? certainly a bit of both. and we have to remember. they've come around? certainly a bit. of both. and we have to remember how incredibly difficult it is for a visiting team to win just one test match in india, let alone an entire series. it is 12 years since india lost a home test series. and yes this is a team in transition without its big stars, but a new generation of players have come in and stood up. of course, and you have got that old firm bowling attack, the

spinners, the pace or, even though he has been arrested for this fourth test match. if it does turn out to be 3—1, if you had said england would be 3—1 down after four test after the beginning of the cities he might�*ve thought of them actually, that's not too bad an effort for any visiting team to coming to india. the regret comes from the opportunities that england have had for the score line to be much closer than that, level and 2—2 or even england in front. we will see if they can plot something remarkable on the fourth day, england have got form for five packs. on the fourth day, england have got form forfive packs. if on the fourth day, england have got form for five packs. if they can't, they will look back at these four tests and wonder what might have been and they will go to the fifth test thinking that 4—1 to them if they were to lose there, but not be a fair reflection of this series. to rugby union now — and a thrilling match to cap off the weekend — with italyjust a whisker away from a famous victory over france in lille. the french looked dominant in the first half — but had a man sent off,

and were pegged back by a resurgent italian team, who missed the crucial kick to win it in the dying seconds. the teams settling for a draw. joe lynsky was watching. a kick for the win with the last play of the match for italy, agony. a post with the way from one of the sport's great upsets. this was meant to be today french rugby relaunched. a first six nations match in lille and 50,000 in to see a fixture that is a banker. france had one of these teams last 1a meetings and put 60 points on italy after last year's world cup. a first try was meant to open the floodgates, instead, this match drifted. and whenjonathan launched in two and a tackle, a referee's review put this came up for grabs. at half—time, a yellow became a red card. so for italy, opportunity. they stayed in touch with the boot ten with ten minutes left, moved the ball to the flanks.

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and 2a years of trying, they've never got so close. joe linsky, bbc news. france had yet to regain their world cup form. —— sending so disappointment for italy at the end there and france are yet to regain their pre—world cup form, which had many believing they would go on and lift the webb ellis cup on home soil. and fortunately the guy mist the kick, we expected to beat italy here today to concede 30 points is not too bad against 1a players, but obviously we are very disappointed that we didn't actually get a win. 0nto rugby league — two former winners of the challenge cup have been in action this afternoon — widnes vikings beat bradford bulls 26—12 in the fourth—round. the bulls kept in touch up to half time, trailing only 8—6 — kieran gill with one of two tries for them. but widnes hit back with four tries of their own, joe edge rounding off the win, bradford go out but widnes move through to the next round.

in the other challenge cup matches, wins for batley bulldogs, wakefield trinity, featherstone rovers and sheffield eagles. the late match of the day seeing swinton lions against 0ldham. 28-12 at the 28—12 at the moment in that match there. just one game in super league today — with salford red devils getting their first win of the season, with victory over castleford tigers. the home side were off to a flyer, thanks to sam stone. he got two tries, with amir bourouh also going over and marc sneyd kicking five goals from five with nene mcdonald also among the scorers on his home debut. castleford fought to close the gap to four points but the home side clung on, to win 26—22.

a recap on our top story — virgil van dijk headed home deep into extra time to win the league cup forjurgen klopp's liverpool side in the final against chelsea at wembley. liverpool's tenth triumph in the competition was achieved without a host of injured star names, including forward trio mohamed salah, darwin nunez and diogojota, also losing ryan gravenberch when he was taken off on a stretcher in the first—half.plenty more reaction and analysis on our website at bbc.co.uk slash sport. that's it from sportsday, butjust before we go — future of kylian mbappe will reportedly see him continue his career with real madrid. the 25—year—old s contract with paris saint—germain expires injune and the frenchman will be free to sign with the spanish giants as a free agent. it has been the subject of the football news show this week.

welcome to the best bit of football news show. just for you on bbc news. now, if the last decade or so has been all about ronaldo and messi, is this man now football's biggest and brightest global superstar? already the world's most expensive teenager, he scored into world cup finals, but after seven years at paris st germain, he's told the club he is leaving. mbappe is the leading scorere for the club, 244 goals at the time of recording, including 44 in a champions league alone and has won 13 trophies along the way. it looks like he has that man. he ultimately signed a new contract after they promised he would be the central part of their project and even the french president intervened. so could that signal the end of his real dream, here is what he said at the time. never over. i signed a new contract, three years more.

and you never know what can happen in the future. i give up to think about the future, i think only in the present. 0r two more years as it appears to have turned out. french football journalistjoins me know. tell us how we got here. tell us where we are with this all right now? i think we start where we are now in a real madrid and mbappe and these people are negotiating, the latest details of the contract and i think it was always written somewhere in the stars that at some point kylian mbape would play for madrid. i think he wants to where the famous white shirt, etc, etc. they tried many times, when he was 11, when he was 14, when he was 17. —— kylian mbappe. when he was 18, two years ago, three years ago, and he never happened for different reasons.

but this time this is the moment to where it will finally happen. why is he leaving and why now? it's been seven years at p56. eight years if you count the year he had before where he won everything domestically that you can win, the league, the _ french cup, the league cup when it still existed. he broke all the records in terms of how precocious he was in monaco, then paris becoming the all—time top goal scorer in the club's history. i don't think there's more he could have done unless, of course, winning the champions league and bringing the champions league to paris for the first time ever. i think it's too big for p56, and at 25 years old, it is the right time to finally make that move to real madrid. he's very excited about it. i think he will always love psg because he's a paris born and bred kid, so this is his city, this is his club. but he felt that this is the right time for him to go.

tell us about the role that his mother is likely to play in all of this, because rumour has it that she is quite a hard negotiator. yeah, i don't know if she will listen to us, but she won't mind me saying it, at the heart of it is the family. she doesn't only deal with his transfers and his career as a player, but also all the sponsors, all the deals that he's getting or he got, all the attention, there's a lawyer, of course, who is very tough as well— in negotiations. she does all of that. she must be one of the busiest mums ever. but she is the key. you just don't mess with her. she's the toughest negotiator, the smartest one. i've got a lot of time for her, who isjust fantastic, and i think kylian mbappe has had the career he has had because of that. he wouldn't be the first player at the peak of their power to move to madrid.

think back to the glacticos, think louis biko, beckham, christiana ronaldo, you can maybe throw into the modern mix. christiana ronaldo, you can maybe throwjude bellingham into the modern mix. big players, it big reputations. eye watering sums of money. such as to what is the allure ofjoining the site who don't have enough a monopoly and could argue aren't the best team in europe, delighted to welcome the former real president to the football news show. why is real madrid so appealing? i think that real madrid has given the players a big opportunity to get not ony money because that is what those players can get from any other team, but also the glory, the titles, the personalities. the image of them can be very important to the rest of the world.

i know in this case mbappe already well known, but much more in my opinion. it's what i told cristiano when i signed him in 2008. it is clear that real madrid, there are many, many big clubs in the world. real madrid has been given something special to the players. now we have an incredible stadium, our fans support the club, the team, but they are very demanding. the way we build legends. what about on the pitch? what impact do you think kylian mbappe would have a real madrid, because we have seen in the past big names, big players, the best in the world, it doesn't always equal success. for sure. that is something i told my players when i came to real madrid. we came from the collective coast

area and it didn't get any tighter in two years. something that hadn't happened in our history. so that the moment we change the idea of not only having collective close really big players, but to instill in them the idea that the sacrifice the effort, the training hard is also very important. given the financial state of some of the clubs in spain right now, particularly barcelona, would kylian mbappe's arrival make real madrid an unstoppable force for years to come? maybe. there is no doubt one of the players will have on his side is an amazing player, very powerful.

he's very fast, he is, as i said, one of those players that anyone would like to have on his side. and now we have very young players. he willjoin players like bellingham, all of them, i think we have now a very, very strong team. that's why we are leading our la liga and also won all the matches in the champions league. so for him, it would be fantastic, and i think every fan of real madrid would like to see him play a game and that stadium. absolutely. thank you very much forjoining us on the football news show. that's all we have time for. if you enjoyed this programme, there's loads more to be found on the bbc iplayer. thanks for watching, see you again soon. goodbye.

hello, there. much of the country enjoying a fine and dry part two of the weekend, with quite a bit of sunshine around after that cold, frosty and in places foggy start. so, much of the country will remain dry with sunny spells. however, low pressure to the south of the uk will continue to bring wet and windy weather to south wales, south—west england, increasingly south—west england, increasingly so across the south and south—east of england through this evening and overnight. we'll see some showers driving into central northern scotland, a few across north sea coasts of england, as well, wintry in nature. but further north, where we have the clearer skies, a ridge of high pressure toppling in. it's going to be cold and frosty, less cold in the south and east because of the cloud, the wind and rain from this feature which will eventually pull out into the near continent for monday, taking the rain with it, but it will remain quite windy across england and wales. we remain in the colder air mass with this ridge of high pressure which will bring much of the country a lot of dry and sunny weather throughout the day on monday before it turns wet and windy in the far north—west later on. so, quite a windy day to come across southern and eastern areas,

the rain eventually clears from sussex and from kent. a few showers across north sea coasts, otherwise mostly dry with some sunshine thanks to that ridge of high pressure. winds lighter in the north compared to the south and east, that will really take the edge off the temperatures, very windy for the northern isles later on ahead of this weather front. so temperatures on the face of it 6-9, it so temperatures on the face of it 6—9, it will feel colder than that in the south—east when you factor in the south—east when you factor in that strong north—easterly breeze. as we head through monday night, clearer skies for england and wales with the breeze tending to die down. it turns wetter, windier and cloudierfor it turns wetter, windier and cloudier for scotland and cloudier for scotland and northern ireland, so here less cold than it will be across england and wales, where we will have again a frost, perhaps even a few mist and fog patches around to start the day. tuesday, we see this weather front pushing southwards and eastwards across the country, it will be weakening as it pushes into that ridge of high pressure. some heavy rain likely across scotland and northern ireland for a time, maybe some snow on the hills, that weather front weakens as it pushes into england and wales, so a rather cloudy afternoon here. brighter for scotland

and northern ireland into the afternoon, but there will be some blustery showers and these will have a wintry to them, temperatures range from 7—10. looks like it remains unsettled for the rest of february, could turn a bit milder midweek but then it turns colder as we head into the first few days of march.

live from london. this is bbc news. a party under pressure. conservatives are criticised after suspending an mp over claims of racism, but the deputy prime minister

won't say whether the comments were islamophobic. president zelensky reveals 31,000 ukrainian troops have been killed in the two—years of war with russia. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu tells us television they are "weeks" away from "total victory" in gaza. in sao paulo, supporters of the former president bolsanaro have gathered in support of him as a police investigation into him at nears its end. hello. we start in the uk, where the conservative party is finding itself under increasing pressure — after an mp made comments described as �*islamophobic, anti—muslim and racist�*.

lee anderson was suspended from the party after saying london's