watch the opening. fears are being urged to respect the result of the referendum. it is right to invoke article 50, to do so now, and to do so article 50, to do so now, and to do so with the simplest bill that it is possible to bring forward, and i commend ministers for doing so. meanwhile, mps are debating whether president trump should be afforded a state visit to the uk. they are considering two petitions, one against and one in favour. new figures show the pressure on hospital beds because of social care shortages. it's contributed to a much higher nhs deficit than expected. local authorities in england say they will introduce council tax increases to tackle the crisis. the woman has been declared in parts of south sudan, after the civil war and continuing economic problems. russia's envoy to the united nations has died. the russian foreign

ministry said he died suddenly while at work in new york. the bbc radio presenter and guardian columnist the bbc radio presenter and guardian colu m nist steve hewlett the bbc radio presenter and guardian columnist steve hewlett has died at the age of 58. he had publicly documented his treatment for cancer of the oesophagus after being diagnosed last march. now on bbc news it is time for fa cup sportsday. good evening and a warm welcome along from gander green lane, the home of sutton united to face arsenal in the fifth round of the fa cup tonight. we are here in the home dressing room, a little over an hour to go before kick—off. the shirts are hung up as you can to go before kick—off. the shirts are hung up as you can see, to go before kick—off. the shirts are hung up as you can see, the whitewashed walls and the shirt of collins who scored the penalty in the last round, which saw sutton reached the next round of the competition. being in here gives you

a sense of what arsenal can expect in terms of the size and facilities of the dressing room, very different to what they are used to at the emirates stadium. let's remind ourselves of the all—important results from the weekend's matches as sutton aim to emulate lincoln who have booked their place in the sixth round. commentator: they have only gone and done it! another fa cup giant—killing story. lincoln have made history! the first time they have ever been in the fa cup. and collins scores! super pass, it is a great charge and

a cracking goal! ibrahimovic, wonderfulfinish. seals it once a cracking goal! ibrahimovic, wonderful finish. seals it once and for all for spurs. and here we are pitch side, the atmosphere building, a little over an hourto go atmosphere building, a little over an hour to go before kick—off. martin keown is with me and lincoln producing the shock of the weekend with the victory over burnley. the national league teams are doing amazingly well. congratulations to lincoln. can sutton match that tonight? arsenal haven't turned up yet, it is almost the calm before the storm this evening, everyone wanting arsenal to get beaten. maybe i'm the only ones in the stadium who

doesn't. it's a massive night for arsenal, the week they've had, but the lincoln result will give sutton a bit of belief tonight perhaps. they have also beaten leeds here on a windswept evening, there was lots of rain. it is an artificial surface of rain. it is an artificial surface of course. it seems bizarre but they wa nt of course. it seems bizarre but they want that wet top, they can play their football. arsenal players, want that wet top, they can play theirfootball. arsenal players, if they try to play too much on this they try to play too much on this they could get caught out. i remember playing on these sort of pitches against luton in qpr back in the day. you need to have strong minds and be physically strong. this will be a physical test for arsenal. we are waiting for arsenal to arrive. what do you think sutton will want tonight? will they want their players to face a week and starting xi their players to face a week and starting x! that could give them a

chance of causing an upset?” starting x! that could give them a chance of causing an upset? i think they will no arsenal always put out a strong team. arsene wenger has won this competition six times. it won't quite be the a team but it will still be enough to beat this sutton team. this is a group of players that didn't quite make it, this quite a bit of experience amongst them, some ex—arsenal players and a. . it's fascinating to see if they can on a one—off occasion have too much for arsenal. if i was an arsenal player i would be looking at my opposition player in the eye and saying it is you and me, fella. i wish i was an arsenal player tonight more than ever before. this is the sort of occasion when i want to do well for my football club and get through to the next round. well for my football club and get through to the next roundli well for my football club and get through to the next round. i know they will be desperate for you to be out there as well but you are not. but it is a big night for arsenal, the huge night for arsene wenger as

well and we will hear from him the huge night for arsene wenger as well and we will hearfrom him in a moment but let's remind ourselves of how sutton have reached the fifth round of the fa cup. in the land of giants, all seems so tall when you seem so small. the journey request not to be the best but to be your best. the sea of yellow defeated the forest's green, then a dagger of dartford deflating in round one. then to cheltenham, the town of horse races, dream chases, to finish first first you must finish. entering the final furlong, the 96th minute, sultan lasted the course. it's another historic day in the life of sutton united football club! afc wimbledon built on the foundations of the crazy gang, madness to conceive they

could be upset too. then when sultan went to kings meadow fielding their underdogs, leaving as royalty. in the land of giants all seems so tall when you seem so small. round four, leeds. former giants but a formidable foe. so too are sultan, the david to the goliath and we all know how that ended. sutton united oi’ know how that ended. sutton united or into the fifth round of the fa cup, further than they have ever been. for sutton, their fairy tale continues, one that has no ending, not yet. for one more tight against the tallest of giants awaits. sutton united don't seem so small any more. what a night in the offing and we

know of course that sutton united are no strangers to causing a cup upset when they famously beat coventry of the old first division backin coventry of the old first division back in 1989. i imagine that will serve as motivation for them tonight. they are steeped in fa cup history already, and i think they are proud of that. this group of players i feel is even better and if they were to beat arsenal tonight, can you imagine to have two non—league clubs playing in the quarterfinals of the fa cup? it is remarkable and feel —— and the only other teams will be the big are merely clubs. they are rubbing shoulders with those boys. you're seeing performances tonight that makes you wonder why these fellas have not played on the higher occasion. they haven't got consistency in their play but they

can ruffle some feathers and will they really fancy here tonight, arsenal. and almost unthinkable should arsenal lose tonight, bearing in mind the result they had in the week, losing to bayern munich in the manner they did. will arsene wenger be feeling any pressure tonight? he's very competitive, we've already said how well he has done in this competition. yes, there is pressure, he's only human but he's a winner. lots of talking has been done and he will want that to be done now on the pitch. will they perhaps send out a strong side to get the result they desperately need? i would be picking 11 men here tonight, making sure these guys are aware of the expectations and they have got to perform. they will be hurting, they will have read the newspapers and wa nt to will have read the newspapers and want to go out and win this game, and would not want to be a part of one of the biggest ever fa cup exits

of all time. martin, many thanks for your company tonight. let's hear from martin, many thanks for your company tonight. let's hearfrom arsene wenger now because it is a huge night from him, but very keen to stress is not thinking about his future, just concentrating on the performance is side will put into tonight. i think we have to focus on real problems, you know, and real problems are the way we play football and not my future. the fa cup is one of our targets. it's the next game, and for us to bounce back after the game it becomes very important game but it always was my head. as for sultan, they will no doubt want to draw on that incredible result in 1989 when they beat coventry city of the old first division. as for their manager, i caught up with him earlier on and he told me that in his managerial

career he would never have expected to experience and i quite like tonight. i remember when i was at eastleigh, many times been on the coach on the way home, hearing other non—league teams get it and there's an element ofjealousy there. you wa nt an element ofjealousy there. you want what they are getting and this year has been our year to do it. we have had previous good runs, we got drawn against notts county and that was on the television but this is beyond your wildest dreams really. it's quite surreal. how would it be to you personally if you could create your own bit of history? little? it would be the biggest upsetin little? it would be the biggest upset in football. that's what eve ryo ne upset in football. that's what everyone has been saying and i would agree with it. you are talking david and goliath, luxembourg england at wembley. it's never happened, and i think the reality is we know it is unlikely to happen, but if you saw me at ten o'clock and we have drawn,

that's what we want, we want to draw the game and go to emirates in front of 60,000, that's better than anything we could have hoped for. and if we do lose tonight, lincoln will have that same experience playing at the emirates and they serve deserve it. the two have been brilliant for non—league this year in the fa cup, what we have both achieved. we were in the draw with them, i think that's the first time it has ever happened to be in the quarterfinal draw together and we have created history. if we did beat them, i don't know what i would do. i would be up there for a long time and don't know how i would get back down. he would certainly, as would a lot of supporters here that will be packed into gander green lane, their home ground here of course. 5000 capacity ground and it will be packed to the rafters tonight. as for the pitch, the artificial surface is still being watered and we are hearing the arsenal team

coach has been stuck in traffic but they are getting close to arriving now with a little over an hour to go before kick—off. this night is for the supporters, not only of sutton but arsenal as well because they recognise pressure on their team to deliver a result tonight, well let's hear from deliver a result tonight, well let's hearfrom some of deliver a result tonight, well let's hear from some of those supporters this evening. we've had a fantastic run, but this has been amazing for us run, but this has been amazing for us and it's like christmas all coming at once. to come here, every week playing the little man is it worth, being the little man ourselves on having the likes of arsenal here is a pinch me moment. bit nervy really, not overly confident. i think we are going to win. we fully expect to maybe get hammered a little bit but we want to give it our best, that's the important thing. the bulls has been

amazing all day. —— buzz. if we can stay in the tie as long as possible that puts a few doubts in their mind. if we get a chance, take it. it's a silly old competition, sometimes it throws up those moments. some of those fans optimistic, some of them not so. we are expecting the team news in around ten minutes or so. we will be back later for around ten minutes or so. we will be back laterfor more around ten minutes or so. we will be back later for more build—up, around ten minutes or so. we will be back laterfor more build—up, the big game to come, live on bbc one tonight at 7:55pm. now back to the studio for the rest of the sports news. the five sports that lost their olympic and paralympic funding have had their appeals rejected by uk sport. badminton, archery, weightlifting, fencing and wheelchair rugby all miss out on millions of pounds for their tokyo 2020 preparations. the chief executive of uk sport says that they stand by their decision. we are talking about sports that

have medal potential for tokyo and we haven't been able to stretch our resource as far as those who have got some medal potential but not strong medal potential and so the opportunity the sports had