you're very welcome along to the programme wherever you are watching around the world. well, arsenal have kept up the pressure in this season's title race in the premier league. the gunners hammered bottom side sheffield united 6—0 to move two points behind leaders. liverpool and arsenal became the first english league side to win three away games in a row by a margin of five or more goals. captain martin odegaard opened the scoring just five minutes into the game. ajayden bogle own goal, along with scores from gabriel martinelli, kai havertz and declan rice, had many of the home fans leaving early at bramall lane. ben white then rounded things off after the break as the blades improved a little in the second half. so mikel arteta's side

are third, but sheffield united remain rock—bottom 11 points from safety with 11 games to go. it was a great performance, a big result for us again with the amount of goals that we scored and the clean sheet, and the fact that the team shows signs of wanting more and being a good moment. so very positive. we just hope that that we can be better and we can earn more points than we did last season. we have some players back as well, the likes of thomas and fabio, and that's great news. so let's give it a go. you know, that might be a way forward for us now to play the young boys. i'm a bit disappointed in a few of the boys' performances as well they can some of them can do better. but obviously i take that overall responsibility of trying to get it right, and, you know, we toyed with going 4—5 bodies in the middle of the park, you know,

making sure that we we've clogged that area up. but we didn't. and unfortunately, the result is what the result is. and we have to live with it. chelsea striker sam kerr is set to face trial in the uk after being charged with racially—aggravated harassment of a police officer. the australia international pleaded not guilty to the offence at a court hearing on monday. the crown prosecution service have said it follows an alleged incident in january 2023. kerr is scheduled to appear in court on the 1st of february next year. she's currently sidelined with an acl injury. staying with football — and the republic of ireland interim bossjohn o'shea was speaking for the first time on monday. the former manchester united defender played 118 times for the republic and was an assistant coach under previous manager stephen kenny. he's taking charge for the friendlies against belgium and switzerland later this month. but what about the permanent role? look, let's hope that takes care of itself. but ultimately, for me, i'm focused on these two games

and then we'll see what happens then. at the minute, obviously, i've been given the chance to lead the team for the two games against belgium and switzerland and going forward, who knows? it's obviously spoken to marc about this before in terms of when management changes or things happen. everyone has their own ideas, head coaches have their own ideas, etc. and as always, i would always be up for a conversation, but that's so far further down the line. the president of motorsport�*s world governing body, the fia, mohammed bin saleem, is under investigation for allegedly interfering in a formula 1 race result. a whistle—blower has told the fia that bin saleem allegedly intervened to overturn a penalty given to aston martin's fernando alonso at last year's saudi arabian grand prix. the claim is in a report by an fia compliance officer to its ethics committee, which has been seen bin saleem and the fia

have not responded to requests for comment. and the ethics committee is expected to take 4—6 weeks to issue its report. jason kelce has announced his retirement from the nfl after 13 years. he is regarded as one of the league's best—ever centres. he is now 36, and he cried as he began a statement lasting more than a0 minutes and then continued to hold back tears — kelce�*s spent his entire career with the philadelphia eagles, helping them win their first super bowl in 2018 and reach the showpiece event again in 2023 when he faced his brother, travis. now we're just a week away from the highlight of the jump racing season, the cheltenham festival, but it will be missing one of its stars. constitution hill will not defend the champion hurdle on the opening day. his trainer, nicky henderson, says he's failed to recover sufficiently from a respiratory infection, so won't be ready to run. lizzie greenwood—hughes has more for us. we've known for a week that constitution hill was a serious doubt for the champion hurdle. now, this isn't any old horse.

this is the best hurdler in the world, possibly the best racehorse ever in the world. if we could just see him a little bit more often to see just how good he could be. but he won last year's race by nine lengths, and he was one of the very few bankers for british trained horses for the cheltenham festival because we're expecting irish—trained domination at the festival. but nicky henderson said time has just run out. the horse is much brighter actually this morning so there is good news and it's nothing serious. but welfare obviously is the greatest concern amongst racehorse owners and trainers, and they've said he's not going to be ready for what nicky henderson called the olympic games and that's what the cheltenham festival is. so it could be a more interesting race. stateman from willie mullins�* ireland base is now the favourite. what it means for constitution hill is he now has another month. hopefully he'll be ready for the aintree hurdle, which is a race he won easily last year and that's at the grand national meeting at aintree. so that's what he'll be up to next, hopefully. fingers crossed, but he's not going to be in the champion hurdle.

uk sport and uk athletics are planning to bid to host the 2029 world championships — would be another big coup for the uk, with glasgow staging the world indoor championships over the weekend and with the european championships heading to birmingham in two years�* time. london and the uk last staged the event back in 2017. a feasibility study has yet to take place, but the sport's leaders say they are determined to host what they describe as a transformational major championships. the ambition forms part of a wider set of hosting aspirations set to be announced by the funding agency uk sport on tuesday. we can't definitely say it with london, but it would actually be in our mind, given the success of it before, i think london was kind of transformational and it built up to 2012. it was transformational in all sorts of ways for the sport, europe, sport back in europe. and it was also transformational for the athletes. and you look at some of the athletes coming through here and where they come from, and i just think it would be another step up for us. yeah, i think it'sjust

important for britain to have athletics meets because it inspires generations of athletes to come through and you know, know that there's athletes that are from where they're from going after massive medals in front of home crowd. so yeah, i think it makes a huge difference to grassroots athletics especially and it helps with with coaching and allowing people to get an insight into our lives and that next stepping stone from from where some athletes are now. well, sally gunnell won 0lympic 400—metre hurdle gold in 1992 for great britain — and speaking to the bbc earlier, she was excited about team gb�*s chances ahead of the paris 0lympics. but first, she began with her thoughts on the uk hosting another major championships. it's incredible to think that that could happen, especially after when you've looked back and you've seen the success of the olympics that we had in 2012, a world championships and we're filling stadiums. the london grand prix that's happening this summer is nearly sold out.

so, you know, we're a nation that absolutely loves it. you heard the roar this weekend for a world indoors. and i think we know we can deliver a world class championship and we can fill that stadium every night. and it would bejust amazing to have a world championship back in london. you know, the olympics is like no other competition. it's only ever four years. it brings up new names, new talent. and i think what's quite nice is that we are seeing new names and new talent in an the great britain team coming through. and you just want to be able to build on that confidence. so who knows? you know, we've got a whole array of athletes that are out there that haven't competed indoors, like katarina johnson—thompson, you know, winning that world to last year. the confidence that that will give her going in and she's so hungry for that olympic medal and they've got keely as well hodgkinson in the 800 so so talented,

still young so we've still got that depth. we've got ben patterson that got that bronze in the world. so, you know, we're talking about quite a number of deaths of athletes here that have got that quality. —— depth. they've got that hunger and who could perform in paris. now finally, the official posters for the paris 2024 olympic and paralympic games have been revealed, and they're inspired by the surrealist art movement. they highlight the capital's historic monuments, including the eiffel tower and the arc de triomphe, as well as the venues to be used, such as the stade de france, marseilles marina and the surfing site in tahiti, designed by parisian artist hugo cattani. the pieces complement each other to form a double poster, and he's paying tribute to the surrealist manifesto, which was published 100 years ago. the last time the games were held in the french capital. well, just a reminder

of our top story before we go. arsenal hammered sheffield united 6—0 in the premier league to keep the pressure on in the title race. there's lots more on that on the bbc sport website and app, but for me and the team, see you again soon. hello. there may be a hiccup along the way, but by and large, for the rest of this week, it's looking better than it has done in recent weeks, with the tendency for most of us to be a good deal drier. things will become windier again as we go through the week — and that's because we're stuck in a bit of a tussle between high pressure building across scandinavia — high generally means dry weather — and low pressure out in the atlantic. and, whilst they try to get closer, high pressure will be the dominant feature. tuesday, however, will be a bit of a transition day of sorts. now, we start with a bit

of frost across central, western england and wales, certainly frost free towards the east — and that's because we've got a weather frontier which has become stranded as we go into the start of the day. cloud, outbreaks of rain, quite misty around hills and coasts, too. it'll sit there all day long around some coastal districts. it may brighten up a touch inland, chance of a few heavier showers and a rumble of thunder towards the far southeast, and some showers in the morning in northern ireland will work through into western scotland. elsewhere, most of you will be dry — the odd shower can't be ruled out, but it'll be quite pleasant in the sunny spells that develop. now, as we go through into tuesday night, that weather front is still there in some form. so plenty of clouds, still the chance of some light rain or drizzle, and a bit of a breeze blowing across the north and east of scotland, as we'll see through tuesday itself. but into wednesday morning, it's a case of the frost will be quite extensive again in western parts of england and wales, as well as western scotland, and maybe a bit in northern ireland. it's here we start wednesday with the sunshine. a few showers maybe towards the far west of cornwall later on. always more cloud in northeastern england, eastern scotland, with the tendency for some drizzle on the hills. a brighter day and drier day

for some other parts of eastern england, and temperatures creeping a little bit above where we should be for this stage in the year. now, as we go into wednesday night and thursday, high pressure builds a bit more and low pressure gets closer. we squeeze the isobars together more, so there'll be more of a breeze by the time we hit thursday. that will bring a bit more cloud across northern and eastern areas — the greater chance of 1—2 showers drifting in, as well. many, though, to the south and west will stay dry — and, because that wind coming in from the south easterly direction, it's these areas most favoured for the best of the sunshine. feeling a little bit cooler, especially in the cloudier spots, compared with wednesday. into friday and the weekend — a lot of dry weather to begin with, but there's a greater chance of a bit of rain developing here and there as we go into saturday and sunday. take care.

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. the headlines — china's national people's congress begins in beijing — we expect them to say they will target gdp growth of around 5% in 2024. us vice president urges israel to allow more aid into gaza, during talks with a key member of israel's war cabinet. the us supreme court rules that donald trump can stand as a presidential candidate in colorado following the state's attempt to kick off the ballot.

and haiti plasma capital closes down, as the government tries to enforce a state of emergency, after armed gangs stormed a prison, playing thousands of dangerous criminals.— thousands of dangerous criminals. ., ., , ., criminals. live from our studio in singapore. _ criminals. live from our studio in singapore, this _ criminals. live from our studio in singapore, this is _ criminals. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc - criminals. live from our studio | in singapore, this is bbc news. welcome to bbc news, welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. let's begin this hour in beijing, where china's most high—profile political gathering is getting under way. the meeting will lay out the government has night vision for the year ahead and will be closely watched. we are expecting them to say they will target gdp growth of around 5% in 2024. for more analysis on this, a political scientist at the australian national university and nonresident fellow with the atlantic council's global china hub.

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