‘we don"t flake talks begin. if we don't take action, the collapse of our civilisation is and the extinction of much of the natural world is on the horizon. the government's top lawyer tells mps the prime minister's brexit deal contains a calculated risk over the northern ireland backstop, and it is a sensible compromise. the man who admitted killing 28—year—old midwife samantha admitted killing 28—year—old midwife sa ma ntha eastward admitted killing 28—year—old midwife samantha eastward is sentenced to a minimum of 17 years injail. her husband was murdered by somali pirates, but she was kidnapped. jenna tebbutt is talking about how is she now helping the only man convicted. in a moment, it will be time for sports day, but first let's ta ke time for sports day, but first let's take a look at what else is coming up take a look at what else is coming up tonight on bbc news. critical un climate talks opened in poland today and at 8pm we will be speaking to an activist from the radical environmental group extinction

rebellion about what they want to see from world leaders. later tonight, there could be a new name for the men's baloon d'orfootball award. we will hear whether the winner is a new person and also hear about the inaugural one's trophy. we will take a look at tomorrow morning's front pages. my guest will be the guardian‘s cultural editor. first, sports day. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm holly hamilton. coming up on the pprogramme: another saints manager gets his marching orders — as mark hughes is axed by southampton. fa cup winner ruud gullit will be joining us as we look ahead

to tonight's much anticipated third round draw. iam here i am here in paris i heard of the 2018 baloon d'or ceremony. and ronnie o'sullivan puts aside his talk of a snooker revolution — to cruise into the fourth round of the uk championship. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm holly hamilton. hello and welcome to the programme. now when mark hughes headed south at the end of last season, southampton fans hoped their luck might change direction. but eight months later, the club have won just three of their last 22 league games — wallowing at 18th in the table. perhaps then the decision to call time on mark hughes short tenure on the south coast came as no surprise. patrick gearey has more. another saint goes marching out.

with mark hughes‘s departure, they are now looking for their fifth manager in two and a half years. all that in the club thought to be the epitome of stability. and though they took a point of manchester united at the weekend, they only have nine from 1a games. united at the weekend, they only have nine from 14 games. what the players to realise and see the club for how i see it. it is a fantastic love with fantastic support. fantastic training facility and everybody at the stadium want eve ryo ne everybody at the stadium want everyone on the pitch to do well. i just want the players to grasp that and understand what it is and what we are about your. southampton have been held up as a shining beacon of how to be a promoted premier league club. a sunlit rise to the top. they then appointed pochettino. then some players left. since then, nearly £200 million worth of players have

gone. initially, the sink thejust went back to the well and drew up some more players, the gloss of the bigger than the personalities. but of late, that sort has dried up. last month, the manager in charge of equipment left the club. now, the manager has followed. so which direction is the southampton way? very much trying to get a contract in time to get that recruitment of players. and hopefully having a long—term basis and bring stability back to the club and hopefully bring that success back to the football clu b that success back to the football club that we have seen up and some of the previous managers. southampton have six league games this month. then the transfer window opens. a new boss could turn things around fast, but at this time of year, it can get dark very quickly. what now for southampton then — let's go live to st marys stadium and our reporter tony husband. the search already well under way and seems to be one man who is

topping the list. tell me more about the man nicknamed is alpen klopp. yes, there appears to be a clear frontrunner tonight to succeed mark hughes it was the man who was manager at leipzeig. he actually got leipzeig to second in his first season at the league and before that he managed a club that had produced a steady flow of players who came to the premier league and i think that they are clearly looking atjurgen klopp and david wagner and hoping that perhaps the appointment of ralph hasenhuttl would be right. the manager said that his interim role would probably only last for one game on wednesday night, which means the new man would potentially come infor the new man would potentially come in for what is looking like a huge relegation clash already at cardiff on saturday. as for other names that have been mentioned as, there is the

likes of eddie howle that fans will look wistfully along the coast at and say they would love to have the bournemouth manager, but no chance of that one. they appear to be moving away from looking at a short—term firefighter, so that appears to rule out the likes of david moyes and sam allard eyes. i will say that this club has been drifting now for some time and they have got to get this right and the new man, whoever years, has got to come in and inject something into this club because otherwise they are ona this club because otherwise they are on a one—way ticket to the championship. we shall wait and see. thank you very much. now to one of the most eagerly anticipated occasions in the football calendar. when the big guns enter the fray and the lower league clubs left in the draw dream of that lucrative away day to a premier league ground. it is, of course, the draw for the third round of the fa cup. its live from stamford bridge this evening with former chelsea player and manager ruud gullit doing the honours. and i'm delighted to say hejoins me now on sportsday. you have got a very busy evening

ahead to thank you forjoining us. you're back in a venue this evening which, of course, will back some very fond memories for you, having lifted the trophy there in 1997. just tell me, what does this competition mean for the player and the manager? for me, it was the first time in england's... i know it from when i was young and i saw it in holland, but to be actually in it was unbelievable. people talk about it all the time. the final for me was the highlight as a coach at the old wembley, to walk with the players out of the dressing room was an honourfor players out of the dressing room was an honour for me. players out of the dressing room was an honourfor me. a couple of years later, i did the same thing also with newcastle. and unfortunately that one we lost against a team who we re that one we lost against a team who were unbelievable and you also won the champions league. this time round, we have at least two non—league teams who will be in the third round. what does this mean for those clubs and their fans to make it to this stage, being able to play at the likes of anfield, old trafford, or even wembley? this is the highlight of their career, also

of that season, and you can see it when you play against them. they play with so much fire. therefore there is always an upset somewhere. a premier league team that may be placed champions league as well or european cups it is difficult sometimes to make a choice and on that moment when you have to play these non—league teams it can be ha rd these non—league teams it can be hard and they give you... they make you suffer, so therefore you have to be really on top of your game in order to beat them. and i will put you on the spot now, who do you see as the favourite to win the competition this year?|j as the favourite to win the competition this year? i think it is very difficult at the moment because of the many competitions the top teams in the premier league play. so it's hard. i am a chelsea man, so i so it's hard. i am a chelsea man, so i so hope that chelsea will do it again. but it is going to be hard for me to find at this stage are favoured. and while you're here, i do have to ask about the nation's league final, the drop in dublin

this afternoon. no better man to ask. it is england versus the netherlands. how do you think the current england squad will fare against the dutch this time around? i think that the dutch are doing very well at the moment. they qualified at first for the nation ‘s lead in the a league, which was already an achievement, despite the fa ct already an achievement, despite the fact that they did not qualify for the world cup, and now they are playing so well and they qualified for the semifinal. to face england is another test for them. i think england is also in somewhat of a transition. they play not english. they play more a european style. a style that gives them also much more possibility to win and of course the dutch we are in a transition as well. the young players who have a lot of abilities to become really great football players, and they have results, so it is going to be an open game between two teams who wa nt to

an open game between two teams who want to play attractive football, but of course the dutch, they will do its. i thought you might say that for some reason. you do its. i thought you might say that for some reason. you have a very busy night ahead of you. thank you so busy night ahead of you. thank you so much forjoining us. the fa cup third round taking place at 7:30pm this evening and you can watch it live on bbc one. as we were discussing... sojune next year — england will take on the netherlands in the nations league semi finals with the hosts portugal and switzerland facing off in the other semi. our sports news correspondent richard conway was in dublin for the draw. u efa uefa have a meeting here in the centre of dublin and chief amongst their concerns is that nations league finals that are taking place in portugal nextjune. now we know england will play the netherlands. gareth southgate reacting after the draw. very componentry about that side. england beat them 1—0 in march, the first game for england this year. they will be hoping for a repeat performance. but they meet again in portugal. the game is i

think a really exciting fixture. we played them earlier this year. it was a very close game. donald has done a brilliantjob with them since that. and we have both come through very tough qualifying groups, so i think it is a style that both teams like to play a make a really exciting games. gareth southgate is not a manager to shy away from the big issues, and of course during this weekend's premier league games we saw an incident of alleged racism, a banana skin tone in the direction of the arsenal player. this is what he had to say on that matter. if proven that there was any sort of racially motivated incident, thenit sort of racially motivated incident, then it is unacceptable. the first observation would be that it definitely looks that way. so i think we talk a lot about how much we have progressed in terms of dealing with racism in our country,

but we still have moments like this that really disturb you and concern you. overall, this has been a good weekend for gareth southgate and england. a pleasing draw in the euro 2020 qualifiers. he will be relieved that the names that came out of the hat there on sunday. and now today he knows who england must face if they are to progress to the nation's league final in portugal nextjune. 2018 was a great year for southgate and england, a world cup semifinal of course the highlight. 2019 could be even better. now from dublin to paris where europe's top footballers are gathering for this year's ballon d'or awards on a night that could mark the end of cristiano ronaldo and lionel messi's dominance over the much coveted title. another bit of history will be made with the award going to a woman for the first time this evening.

well let's say bon soir to our reporterjo currie who's outside the venue this evening. idid i did mention, it will be a bit of history this evening. we have the inaugural woman's balloon d'or award and we have couple of england players on the list as well. how do you view their chances? absolutely. england striker frank kirby and also lucy england striker frank kirby and also lu cy bro nze england striker frank kirby and also lucy bronze are both hoping to become the first female winner of this new balloon d'or award. both nominees are already inside. i don't blame them. it is not worn out here. they have done the red carpet walk out here. they are two of 15 nominees, all of them are expected to turn up tonight and if lucy bronze and fran kirby want to become the first winner, they have gotten pretty competition, including the current world beef up player of the year and the current world beef up player of the yearand the raining current world beef up player of the year and the raining uefa player of the year. a little earlier, frank kirby was kinder to speak to as before she got ready at a lng said she was delighted to be involved here this evening. being involved in

anything like this, i didn't really expect. so i am really excited to ta ke expect. so i am really excited to take on the experience and to be in a room full of some amazing, amazing footballers, male and female. to be included in that group of players was really, really special, and something that i'm never going to ta ke something that i'm never going to take lightly. i think i'm more excited about being in paris in general than actually thinking about winning tonight, but obviously anything can happen. you don't know how the vote has gone, so i'm not preparing for anything. if i'm com pletely preparing for anything. if i'm completely honest. and the men's award, ten years since it has been anyone but ronaldo or messi, but that looks set to change tonight, doesn't it? yes. you had to go all the way back to 2007 for the last winner before ronaldo and messi in this decade of dominance, but tonight it is luka modric who has been tipped to win the trophy. he helped croatia all the way to the

world cup final where they were eventually beaten by france. he was named player of the tournament and domestically it also helped his club rheometer it to a consecutive unprecedented third champions league title. there was a british address tonight. hurricane and also gareth bale nominated here this evening in paris and diners as a little bit later on to find out who the winners are. i can't wait to find out. (also coming up in the programme... england's netball success shines a light on its growing club scene — and the emergence of london's first super league team. as you know, in london, a mile can feel like miles away, so you have to keep its nearby and close and accessible, and it seemed like a no—brainer that we had to have it in the capital. ronnie o'sullivan's desire to form a "champions league—style" breakaway series of snooker events is "nonsensical", according to

world snooker chairman barry hearn. o'sullivan said yesterday he was unhappy with the number of events and the travelling required. he clarified his comments speaking to hazel irvine along with steve davis and ken docherty on the bbc earlier. i'm not looking for some breakaway, but hundreds of thousands of pounds onjust a but hundreds of thousands of pounds on just a platform where you can play against good players because i enjoyed to play. i like to practice and get ready and like to play in front of a crowd so i don't want to stop that but i can see myself lasting and doing myselfjustice on this tour if i pick and choose and played a schedule but i think is fair because there will someone who will play dirty events and he's going to make it into the 16 and i will be thinking, i'm better than him. but because i choose to not go in every tournament. i'm having to sit at home and watch it. so i would rather not be part of it is that is how it is. and just go and have some fun and place of exhibitions,

doesn't ornaments and just become a bit like the globetrotters, really. they are good to watch. but you could retire. i don't want to retire. i love playing. stevejoyce to retire because he had had enough but i haven't and i would select to compete. whatever it is, it doesn't really matter, as long as i'm competing and playing. someone playing in the seniors would get as muchjoy. it is playing in the seniors would get as much joy. it is still nice to play in front of crowds. some people still fancy it. so as long as you have still got the appetite, then you want competitions. that is what motivates you to practice is the competitions. you got our something to guide and motivate you. so i disagree with what steve is saying. i don't know why he is saying i should retire. when i am ready to retire, i will. well, o'sullivan was speaking after beating china's jow yuelong by six frames to nil at the uk snooker championship in york. hazel, steve and ken reflected on that win plus their exchange

with the five—time world champion. starter roundtree and a lot of intriguing stuff going on, not least with ronnie o'sullivan who bowled through his match. a quick word about his performance first of all stop yellow fantastic. probably won't be overly happy with the way he played. didn't make a lot of frame winning contributions, but still got thejob done frame winning contributions, but still got the job done and when he had his opponent down, ejecting down. a bad experience for his opponent, who is a very talented and up—and—coming player, but ronnie was infine up—and—coming player, but ronnie was in fine form today. you pushed it very ha rd in fine form today. you pushed it very hard on your match yesterday. and thereafter ronnie was quoted a lot of the newspapers talking about a potential breakaway tour. a lot of headlines about that. but he came in here and had a good 15 minute chat. what was you take away from that conversation with him today?” what was you take away from that conversation with him today? i think the fact that he won some changes within the game that would have to be that. obviously, when put in an

interview in a newspaper perhaps thatis interview in a newspaper perhaps that is what comes out. but i think probably from my perspective is ronnie needs to talk to the players commission who then represent the players. there is a route to go about that. that way can always cause confusion. did you get the sense that he would be willing to lead some of the tweaks?” sense that he would be willing to lead some of the tweaks? i thought it was a very interesting conversation, very frank. we know it is not a perfect tour. but it is evolving. i think a lot of the players are very happy with the amount of tournaments that they are playing. there is a lot of travelling involved, but he is open to tweaks, which is good. he doesn't wa nt to tweaks, which is good. he doesn't want to breakaway tour, which is grabbed the headlines. sit down with the players commission and sit down and talk about what works and try and talk about what works and try and express his concerns and his opinions and try and fix something. in some respect, they are nice problem to have in a tour that is growing and evolving. so that the

main headlines from today. don't forget, if you would like to continue watching round three of the snooker, we have the world champion mark williams playing and also steve maguire against ali carter. red button and online for those matches this evening. in the meantime, goodbye. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. jurgen klopp has been charged with misconduct by the football association after liverpool's dramatic win over everton yesterday. it relates to this celebration. klopp ran onto the pitch to celebrate with his players after they scored the winner in the 96th minute. he's got until 6 o'clock on thursday to respond. the fa have charged arsenal and tottenham with failing to control their players in the north london derby following eric dier‘s goal celebrations at the emirates yesterday. dier put his finger to his mouth after scoring. arsenal went on to win 4—2. the clubs have until have until six o'clock on thursday to respond.