in the league cup semifinal by celtic on saturday. ellen white has been recalled to the england lionnesses squad. she's barely played since the summer's world cup owing to an knee injury. england play germany at wembley on saturday and czech republic away next tuesday. reanne evans has made snooker history by becoming the first woman to play men in a televised ranking event. facing shaun murphy at the champion of champions tournament, evans fought back from 3—0 down to force a deciding frame, before an eventual loss to the former world champion. england head coach eddiejones said they players would be hurting for the next four years after their world cup final defeat to south africa on saturday. the players looked pretty dejected then and their moods hadn't improved much on returning to the country earlier this afternoon. our correspondent katie gornall

was waiting for them at heathrow arrivals. this was not the homecoming that england's players and staff had envisioned. they had hoped to arrive here at heathrow with the trophy in their hand luggage but they arrived looking fairly dejected and despondent. they walked through here without speaking to the media but they did speak to a few young fans who approached to ask for a photo, putting on a brave face on things. you could tell they are still licking their wounds, still smarting from what was a demoralising and comprehensive defeat at the hands of south africa. england were widely tipped to beat the springboks after demolishing the all blacks in the semifinals but they were just unable to bring that same level of performance when it mattered on saturday evening. defeated by 20 points. eddie jones was really at a loss afterwards to fully explain where it all went wrong for his side but he will have time to think about that and there will be

an official review into the tournament as there always is at their major tournaments into the tournament as there always is after major tournaments for the rfu and i think england will reflect on a tournament that was really brimming with positivity until the final game and this is a young side with a bright future ahead of them, but players not in the meantime are going home to their friends and family, they have been in camps training since june. i think they deserve a well deserved rest after a physically and emotionally draining few weeks. cardiff city could be banned from making transfers until the summer of 2021 if they do not pay nantes the first instalment of the 15 million pound transfer fee for striker emiliano sala. the argentina striker was killed in a plane crash injanuary before he played for the club. the bbc‘s nicola smith is at the cardiff city and explain fifa's reasoning behind the potential punishment... it was in january that emiliano sala decided to start a new chapter of his footballing career here at

cardiff city. but in a tragedy that was felt throughout the footballing world, and beyond to him he never arrived because en route here come his plane came down over the english channel. but in the months that followed his death, a bitter dispute has emerged between the clubs over who actually own the player and that means of course what are not cardiff city are liable to pay that £15 million transferfee. city are liable to pay that £15 million transfer fee. now cardiff city argued that they are not liable because he wasn't officially their player when he died but in september, a committee of the world governing body fifa disagreed and they ordered the club to pay the first instalment. today, we have got the reasons behind that decision. they make clear that the pivotal issueis they make clear that the pivotal issue is whether the transfer have been as they describe it violently concluded and after looking at the arguments, fifa says the player was

arguments, fifa says the player was a player of cardiff. it makes clear that cardiff must pay that first the instalment orface a that cardiff must pay that first the instalment or face a potential 18 month ban on signing players, which would undoubtedly be a massive blow for this championship club. cardiff have not commented on the specific details here, but they reiterate to us details here, but they reiterate to us that their intention to challenge the decision at the courts of arbitration for sport which has to be lodged in the next two weeks. cardiff to edinburgh to dublin next. it was a pretty decent weekend for the home nations hockey teams. great britain's men and women both qualified for the olympics — as did ireland's women. for the very first time. before london 2012 and rio 2016 they fell at the final hurdle. they might have feared the worst when their playoff with canada went to penalties. as nigel ringland can tell us — it was third time lucky for the irish. they had been here before. the

penalty run in some and being down, bethany had a score to keep irish hopes alive. the goalie then supplied her usual aerobics to repel canada. but chloe still cannot afford to miss. she scores! ari lynn are still at it! oh my goodness! sudden death. and when she gave ireland a four habit to relate, the momentum shifted. candidate failed to score in ireland had done it the ha rd to score in ireland had done it the hard way. but made it to tokyo. -- canada failed to score. it was not pretty. it wasn't pretty, yesterday, and it wasn't much prettier today. and i think the character of this group shown through their and i'm just so incredibly proud of them. the girls have put in ten, 12 years and so many players have gone before us, and they have built the platform and they have brought us the level that we are at and this is for them

to. i can't even imagine what thoughts are going to go ahead. for time she tried this and now you're going to tokyo and the olympic games. we have to get picked first, nigel. listen, it is hard to put into words. we knew last year we put ourselves in such a good opportunity to be able to do this. we brought together such a strong team and work so together such a strong team and work so hard. where just so proud to be able to get there. we have somebody like aisha in goal, you have competence. the five girls and penalties they were outstanding and represented our whole group. it is unbelievable. —— you have confidence. you all have been trimming about this for as long as you have been playing hockey. trimming about this for as long as you have been playing hockeym trimming about this for as long as you have been playing hockey. it is finally coming true. i know! we're going to tokyo! the celebrations will go on for some time. this team had made history and next summer, they will be playing in the olympic games for the very first time in tokyo. the celebrations went on. well, we heard from katie mullan there in nigel‘s report,

and a short while ago, i caught up with the ireland captain, and started by asking her how it felt to be going to the olympics. it is indescribable really. it is a dream come true for all of the players on our team. i'm just incredibly encouraged of this group of girls and what we have achieved. used on the world by reaching the walkup final last year. what has changed with irish hockey over the last few years? a lot has changed since the world cup finals. we have seen the number of people playing hockey and supporting us has just skyrocketed and it is amazing to see for such a small sport and to have that sell—out crowd yesterday and on saturday, is set at all really. we just want more of our kids to pick up just want more of our kids to pick upa just want more of our kids to pick up a stick and play hockey and dream of things like going to olympic games, which do come true. finally enough. seems like you are all

enjoying each other. what can you achieve list? achieve we enjoying each other. what can you achieve we want our first major tournament as a team last summer. we w011 oui’ tournament as a team last summer. we won our world cup silver medal, we are used to define the odds. and ruffling a few feathers. i think the goal now and the goal was always to come to an olympic games for this group of players, always our dream. and now we have that ticket for tokyo and it would be silly not to aim fora tokyo and it would be silly not to aim for a metal tokyo and it would be silly not to aim fora metaland tokyo and it would be silly not to aim for a metal and that will be our new goal that we set. more celebrations hopefully. many thanks for joining celebrations hopefully. many thanks forjoining us. thank you for having me. i reminded her of our top story. lewis hamilton, a six time f1 world cup champion. that's a reminder. plenty rare action on bbc sports website. —— plenty more. hope to see you next time. goodbye.

now the former soviet leader mikhail gorbachev has won the current tensions between russia and the west are endangering the world. speaking to the bbc, interview to mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall, mr gorbachev called for all countries to declare that nuclear weapons should be destroyed. he was speaking to our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg. these days, it's rare to see mikhail gorbachev in front of a camera. aged 88, he avoids the limelight. "i'm slowing down," he tells me.

"i can barely stand up." but the man who helped to end the cold war has a message for the world — that his achievements are at risk. and one of his greatest achievements was ending the arms race between the soviet union and america. his diplomatic double act with ronald reagan slashed the two superpowers' nuclear arsenals. but the arms race has reignited. there is new tension and fierce rivalry between moscow and the west. how dangerous do you think the current confrontation is between russia and the west? translation: as long as weapons of mass destruction exist, nuclear weapons, the danger is colossal.

all nations should declare — all nations — nuclear weapons must be destroyed. to save ourselves, and our planet. in the past, we used to talk about the cold war. how would you describe the current stand—off between russia and the west? translation: chilly, but still a war. look at what is happening. in different places, there are skirmishes. there are shooting. ships and aircraft have been sent here, there and everywhere. this is a situation we don't need. from iron curtains to iron ladies. he famously hit it off, with margaret thatcher. but what does gorbachev make of brexit?

translation: you can figure that one out yourselves! you british are clever clogs. i won't give you advice. you decide. so, not only a president, but a true diplomat. steve rozenberg, bbc news, moscow. let's catch up what other weather news with the bennett ridge. —— ben rich. good evening. the consistent rain today and draw interludes for others. and i think over the next few days, things will continue to look quite similar with some rainy times but not all the time, however things will start to feel a little different as it turns colder from the north. so this area of low pressure and the lumps of clouds spiralling around it have brought the outbreaks of rain during today. this is the radar picture from this afternoon. you can see where the most persistent rain fed into eastern parts of scotland. that is not thinking this way southwards and

we continue to do so through the rest of the night. turning quite damp across many parts of northern england and some showers elsewhere but they are likely to fade to some extent as the night were signed, there will be some clear breaks and there will be some clear breaks and the odd miss patch generally from a lot of client around and overnight lows of six or 7 degrees. not as chilly as it will be on some nights and later this week. as we go into tomorrow, this area of pressure sta rts tomorrow, this area of pressure starts to pull away eastwards, we see more in the way of dry weather spreading from the west, but as he low pulls away eastwards, we opened the door to a northerly weight and that will be bringing some cold air in our direction. due tomorrow come across england wales, generally they'll be quite a lot of cloud come outbreaks of salary rain which will increasingly become confined to central and eastern areas, for northern ireland and scotland, more in the way of sunshine but showers feeding in from the north, some of these could be wintry over the very highest mountains in scotland because those temperatures really will be struggling to 8 degrees at best in aberdeen, still scraping into double—digit for the south.

going to tuesday night, clear a way of the cloud and the winds falling in the cold air could the filter southwards, it is going to be chilly. a cold start to wednesday morning, a touch of frost and places especially for northern england and scotla nd especially for northern england and scotland were some areas will get down freezing. what will he make wednesday chilly and bright note, wa nted wednesday chilly and bright note, wanted to showers, things will get cloudy and rainy, spreading over the edge of the highest ground of the penn nines, up in the scotland, could be a little bit wintry this mixing and and temperatures in single digits getting up to ten in london. looking towards the end of the week, thursday bringing more rain, much of a clearing by friday, but it stays rather chilly.

you're watching beyond one hundred days, releasing the transcripts. democrats put out the testimony of those who have come before the impeachment inquiry. it comes as four white house officials are no shows — told by president trump not to appear before lawmakers. the transcripts give a more complete picture of what has been happening behind closed doors including an ambassador saying she felt threatened by the president's remarks. as other witnesses fail to show up — democrats say this will not slow down their work and vow to move forward. we are not going to delay our work, that would merely allow these witnesses and the white house to succeed in their goal, which is to delay, deny, obstruct.

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