who, until george hw bush's death, had been so disdainful of the bush family. but on this day of national mourning, it was also a rare day of national unity for a divided country. unity there may have been. warmth, there wasn't. the body language as chilly as the december day outside. the eulogy was delivered by his son, the former president george w bush. it was pitch perfect, mixing humour and pathos. i said, "dad, i love you and you've been a wonderful father". and the last words he would ever say on earth were, "i love you, too". to us, he was close to perfect. but not totally perfect. his short game was lousy. chuckles. he wasn't exactly fred astaire on the dance floor. the man couldn't stomach vegetables. chuckles. especially broccoli. and by the way, he passed these genetic defects onto us.

and finally, an emotional farewell from a son to his father. so through our tears, let us know the blessings of knowing and loving you, a great and noble man, the best father a son or daughter could have. and in our grief, let us smile, knowing that dad is hugging robin and holding mum's hand again. as president, george hw bush had said he wanted to see a kinder, gentler nation, something not at the forefront in 2018. the end of an era indeed. john sopel, bbc news, washington. newsnight‘s about to begin over on bbc two in a few moments. here on bbc one, time for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday —

i'm sarah mulkerrins — your headlines tonight. a frenetic night at old trafford as manchester united twice come from behind to secure a draw against arsenal. wolves stun chelsea to claim theirfirst league win in 7 games. and defending champion ronnie o'sullivan is through to the quarterfinals at the uk championship in york. welcome along to sportsday. chaotic, probably best describes the 2—2 draw between manchester united and arsenal in the premier

league this evening. the gunners twice went ahead in the game, before the hosts quickly levelled on both occasions. despite chances late on, with heavyweight boxer tyson fury at old trafford, neither could land a knockout punch. patrick gearey reports ona night like on a night like this, traffic appeared that the fortress appeared once was, with spiritjust for point, and when bolstered, the technology and human error. that left them on the bench, his sites two most expensive players, he needed a response and here it was. less tha n needed a response and here it was. less than five minutes later, but followed was what he recognised as an energy—saving middle round, waiting for the guard to drop and just about of goal, but who's, who

knows? the defence was still wondering what they said about equalising immediately. they hurtled towards a chaotic conclusion, saving united making the punishment and the assistant saved them again. not flawless football, but the list football. —— fearless. the moment where everyone was expecting, where you are feeling that you are one step ahead, it is a moment we consider. it is a moment where we score, the second goal for arsenal and it is really difficult but again, the feeling in the dressing room is frustration because he won the match not go to a draw, but everyone is tired and it is because everyone gets everything. they come to the game, we wanted to

win, this trial is good, but they come to the game, we wanted to win, this trial is this trial is good, but liverpool had to come from behind to beat burnley 3—1 to keep the pressure on leaders manchester city, they've cut the gap at the top again to just 2 points. jurgen klopp made seven changes for the trip to turf moor and it looked like it might backfire, whenjack cork put the home side ahead ten minutes into the second half. james milner brought liverpool level and roberto firmino came off the bench to put them ahead and an injury time goal by xherdan shaqiri rounded it off. we had a lot of players that were not on form, they needed a longer time to warm up. so it has to be a properfight time to warm up. so it has to be a proper fight and this was a goal after, it makes life not easier

pitch breaking them back is exceptional. in circumstances like this, i really like that, this is massive. chelsea have lost ground on the leaders though... they have dropped down to fourth on the table after losing 2—1 at wolves. they did go ahead early on through ruben loftus cheek, and will rue several missed chances to extend their lead... rauljimenez levelled things up for wolves, before diogojota secured a first win in 7 league games for the home side. we could have won the game at the beginning of the second half and then, we did not make the goal and we re then, we did not make the goal and were not the same team after the pitch. it is very difficult for me to understand why, because there was time, there was time for winning the match. tottenham move up to third,

after a 3—1 win over southampton at wembley. harry kane scored in the first ten minutes before goals from lucas moura and son heung—min in the second half, put the result beyond doubt. new saints boss ralph hasenhuttl watched from the stands. he takes charge tomorrow. two other results to bring you — everton came from behind to draw i—i against newcastle — richarlison with the equaliser there. and fulham manager claudio ranieri was denied victory over his former club leicester — james maddison securing a point for the foxes. kilmarnock have gone top of the scottish premiership after they beat livingston 2—nil at rugby park. celtic could only manage a draw away at motherwell. the champions had been i—nilup, and heading for the top of the table, until this goalfrom dannyjohnson made it i—all. brendan rodgers side now sit third, a point behind kilmarnock. rangers, who had been top, drop to second after they lost at home to io—man aberdeen. elsewhere... dundee beat hamilton a—nil, and both

hibs and st mirren and stjohnstone and hearts drew 2—2. manchester city's women beat sheffield united 6—nil in the continental cup... but sheffield were without 6 of their first team players... the reason? they couldn't get away from work in time! the match kicked off at 7pm, but some of the part—time players who have jobs, couldn't reach manchester in time. city, who have won this cup twice before, turned down their request to delay the match. ronnie o'sullivan marked his 43rd birthday by reaching the quarter finals of the uk snooker championship in york. the defending champion racked up his 981st career century break as he beat practice partner jack lisowski by six frames to one. he'll face either ding junhui or martin o'donnell next... it was a bit like me when i first turned pro, it could be brilliant oi’ miss balls and the top guys willjust punish you.

so i'm just thankful that he just didn't perform his best all the time because he's been blowing opponents away this season. he's just been lethal. meanwhile, reigning world champion mark williams has been knocked out. he was beaten 6—5 by stephen maguire — who will face either mark allen or neil robertson next — those two in action now, tied at 4—1; now to cricket and australia's first home test match — since they were caught ball tampering in south africa earlier this year — gets under way in just over an hour's time. they face india at the adelaide oval... chris mitchell reports. i know i will regret this for the rest of my life, i am absolutely gutted. the moment it was exposed, by their weight at all costs attitude. first, they denied the allegations of tampering before admitting cheating by applying sandpaper on the ball, steve smith

along with david warner were all banned but what they did have ramifications for the entire nation. i don't think australian cricket has ever had a profound shock. and it bled out, it wasn'tjust us, every single person in australia it was like i reckoned there were dogs talked about in the street. knowing what shown any interest in cricket work taking and interest in this. they wanted to be national heroes again, to be revered, but in order to do that, they needed to navigate this journey and the best team in the world and their first and the best team in the world and theirfirst home series and the best team in the world and their first home series since cape town. and off the pitch, things are just as difficult for the captain, he is still facing is really tricky questions. what is more important to australia right now? winning this

match or showing the world that you have changed was blue both. and so we need, there's no doubt about that and clearly we realise we needed to do some work in some areas and getting the respect of our country and ourfans is a higher priority than winning. and the nets, i saw an serious and focused, in contrast, the world's best, has a spring in their step. regardless of the skill levels, how you behave, it is your skills and certainly that the skill to dominate at home stop by both sides want to win the series, but australia needs to win in even bigger prize, the hearts and minds of the fans that a let down in cape town.

and the big premier league game, twice came from behind to draw this snack— two, full details of all the premier league action is on the website. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are asa bennett, who's the brexit editor at the daily telegraph, and the author and journalist, rachel shabi. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the daily telegraph leads the brexit headlines saying the ‘eu will offer

may delay to brexit‘ stating that the european leaders are prepared to extend the deadline of article 50. also focusing on the prime minister is the financial times, which says there are more fears over the irish backstop, after the publication of legal advice. the guardian features a photo of former president's of the united states at the funeral of george h w bush — but leads on a story about facebook. it claims the tech giant discussed selling user's data to advertisers. leading on the same story was the metro — ‘how facebook spied on you and your pals‘ by looking at their calls and messages. the daily mirror has a photo of an un—identified teenager wielding a knife in what it calls a ‘knife epidemic‘ outside schools in the uk. and the i says that newborn babies should be tested for risks of cancer and other diseases.

the paper reports on a genetic saliva test that they say has ‘huge potential‘ brexit fears reignited indy — facebook spending metro — you will opt for theresa may a delay to brexit and let you start on that one after all of the arguments are going to see that date pushed back? that would be the biggest humiliation yet the prime minister, to go on bended knee after failing to go on bended knee after failing to get her deal through parliament in saying yes, i would like to have three more months to sort this out. because, should one of the few things she has been clear on, we will leave on march 29. two after triggering the deal, dragging her

feet when the brexiteers are already trying to talk about the transition so trying to talk about the transition so will be delayed, a real feeling of brexit about two years on. and i didn‘t be even longer than that, that would be a totemic matter. theresa may is hoping to do to hammer her deal through, hopefully is to basically, to try and nullify the backstop because one is essentially bad mps are given the power to not go into the backstop that they do not want to and another one is still about the power to choose no deal if they would do not wa nt to choose no deal if they would do not want to as well. one is an insult to the mps intelligence, because it‘s meant to be an insurance policy, and at the same point, the eu is not going to ratify a deal if it is the uk saying, yes,