hello, this is bbc news with rebecca jones. the headlines. with one week to go until the general election, the leaders of the main political parties have been out pushing their big election pledges. the us speaker nancy pelosi has says impeachment proceedings will go ahead against donald trump. for pressuring ukraine to investigate his democratic political rival. french police fired tear gas at protesters as the biggest nationwide strike in years brings most of the country to a standstill. millions of customers with hsbc accounts are facing significantly higher fees for their ove rd rafts. ina in a moment, it will be sportsday. but first, a look at what else is coming at this evening on bbc news. as much of france grinds to a halt,

but we will speak to a government adviser about whether the demands of the protesters can be met. beyond 100 days at 7pm it will bring you the impeachment charges against donald trump after this afternoon's announcement. and at 9:30pm it is brexit cast. adam fleming and the bbc politics team bring you the very latest as the general election draws near. that's all i had on bbc news, but now it sportsday. hello, and welcome to sportsday — i'm sarah mulkerrins. coming up... how long left? are everton about to call time on marco silva's time in charge. we are alive at merseyside for the very latest. third time is not a charm, as rocket ronnie is dumped out of the uk championship. and he may be lighter, but anthonyjoshua says he hasn't

lost any power ahead of his rematch with andy ruiz. i tell you, i'm itell you, i'm punching i tell you, i'm punching like a horse kicking back right now. hello, and welcome along to the programme. this thursday feels like it has turned into a waiting game over the future of marco silva as everton manager. his side dropped into the relegation zone last night after a 5—2 defeat by liverpool in the merseyside derby. the club's board have been meeting today — with the owner farhad moshiri travelling. —— travelling up from london for those crunch talks. our reporter katie shanahan is at goodison park for us.

marco silva is facing the sack, where did it all go wrong? marco silva has probably known this has been coming for quite some time, as everton‘s results have gone from bad to worse, especially last night where everton were thrashed 5—2 against their rivals, liverpool. marco silva looked deflated in the dugout, he didn't even acknowledge any of the team goals. that defeat has actually pushed everton into the relegation zone, recording their eighth defeat in 11 games. this is actually the first time in 20 years that everton find themselves in the bottom three after 50 matches. what we know is from today, the everton owner travelled up from london to merseyside. he met with marco silva before meeting the rest of the board members, then addressed the players.

we are waiting for confirmation from the club, but it looks like time is running out for marco silva. can you give us a sense of how the fans are feeling around this at the moment? we are getting a sense that the fans wa nt to we are getting a sense that the fans want to change. everton, a club that has great ability and have spent a lot of money, don't want to be fighting for the relegation battle come the end of the season. everton‘s owner has spent £450 million in the past three years, with the aim to get everton‘s plate champions league football. they were way off that at the moment so something needs to happen in the clu b something needs to happen in the club needs to listen to the fans. so what we hear is david moyes is the forerunner to replace marco silva. this has had fan backlash as moyes did spend 11 years and everton back in 2013. we all are so are hearing that tim cahill could be his

assistant. —— also hearing. they need to act fast because they have some fixtures coming up, chelsea over the weekend followed by manchester united, then lester, than arsenal. at the moment everton need to act fast to make sure they keep fa ns to act fast to make sure they keep fans onside and pull clear of the relegation zone. it doesn't get much easier. thank you. rhia chohan is at the touch—screen. i suppose you just have to look at the background to this? is notjust about marco silva, because there's been lots going on at this club since david moyes left back in 2013. yes, after the 5—2 thrashing in the merseyside derby, everton have been left in the relegation places. even silva admitted the club were "not good enough". he's on the brink of being sacked. and former everton manager david moyes could be set to return to goodison park. so let's go back. in the decade before moyes was appointed, everton had managed only one single

finish in the top half of the table — back in 1996. moyes reversed that trend, he guided everton to fourth place in 2004 — he signed players like tim cahill and mikel arteta, so he somewhat restored their pride. and even got everton to an fa cup final, they dared to dream. but ultimately, during his 11—year, spell everton didn't win anything before leaving for manchester united. so 2013 — in came roberto martinez. after he led wigan to beat manchester city and win the fa cup, and it was hoped he'd bring similar fortunes to everton‘s trophy cabinet. martinez promised to deliver champions league football when appointed. and that's what farhad moshiri wanted — in 2016, moshiri became a major shareholder, and one of the first things he did was give martinez his marching orders. they'd won just five league games at home that season, and were guaranteed to finish with their lowest points

tally at goodison park — and the club was down to 12th in the premier league. the spaniard was replaced by ronald koeman, who guided everton to an 11th—placed finish in his first season. everton sold romelu lukaku to manchester united for £75 million in the summer of 2017. koeman spent that money on new signings, but plenty of them failed to gel and the club found themselves in the relegation zone after nine games of the new season. in came sam allardyce. everton were 13th in the premier league when he arrived and he led them to finish eighth in the table, but he'd been heavily criticised by fans for his management and everton‘s style of play. the club said the decision was part of their "longer—term plan". and that plan was marco silva. he was farhad moshiri's first choice when he dismissed koeman. after playing at least 15 premier league games, everton find

themselves in the relegation zone since april 1999. could we see the return of david moyes? the suggestion has had a negative reaction from some supporters. mattjones here — from the everton fans podcast the blue room, said... and i spoke earlier to his fellow podcaster mark mosey about everton‘s managerial struggles. what managers have struggled for his balance. roberto martin has obviously had the all—out attack, ronald koeman struggled with his balance in terms of the rapport with the fans and the club, and he

ultimately failed to engage with his players, hence why we went down a pretty terrible time in terms of the temporary acquittance of david unsworth. it was very much divided with the fans, and i think if you look now at what is next for everton, like bringing someone like david moyes back, for everton fans, thatis david moyes back, for everton fans, that is an acceptance that nothing has worked since he's gone. then effectively writes off the last 6—7 yea rs of effectively writes off the last 6—7 years of this suppose it progress of the club. it would be a massive moment of reflection and disappointment for ever tony ends. so as mark said there, sarah, potential disappointment for everton fans. they could find themselves going in full circle. thank you so much. let's round up some of the day's other stories now. and toxic smoke haze from bushfires has been affecting play and conditions at golf‘s australian open, with players

saying their eyes were stinging and they were struggling to breathe. one golfer, ryan chisnall — who has asthma — had to wear a mask. england's paul casey is the highest—placed brit. he's tied for sixth on three under, three shots behind the leaders. sweden's julia angstrom sweden'sjulia angstrom is the leader after the day one kenya ladies open shot, firing a round of 67 to go on to five under par and stay wa nt 67 to go on to five under par and stay want to head at second place, liz young of england. that is the final event of the european tour. in the logo and theme song for the 2022 olympics in peril and pics were released. around 27,000 volunteers will be needed for the games, which will be needed for the games, which will behead the macro held in february and march. next to the breathless encounter at the barbican in york between defending champion ronnie o'sullivan and ding junhui. o'sullivan‘s quest for a record—extending eighth uk championship came to a thrilling end, when he was beaten six frames to four in the last—16. imran sidat watched it for us.

it was the most eagerly anticipated match of the tournament so far. ronnie o'sullivan‘s quest for a record extending uk title saw him go up record extending uk title saw him go up against chinese ding jun hui, who returned to form this week, with many predicting and upset. and he showed why. the rocket was celebrating his 44th birthday, and he needed some inspiration. this audacious fluke seemed to spark them back to life. 24 magical minutes, and to sublime back to back centuries later, the seven—time champion was level up all. it was the birthday boy who felt the nerves asa the birthday boy who felt the nerves as a couple of easy mrs handed the advantage to the chinese star. he held his own it to knock out the tournament and knocked out

o'sullivan for the first time in two yea rs. o'sullivan for the first time in two years. i was 4-1 down, o'sullivan for the first time in two years. iwas 4-1 down, and i was thinking this could be 6—1. on my birthday, i'm thinking it couldn't have gone any worse. then i managed to make a few frames, then twitched the red. he played well towards the end, soi the red. he played well towards the end, so i have no complaints. on this form, the chinese sensation will be confident of adding a third title to his own collection. the snicker continues tonight with mark selby against matthew stevens, live on bbc two from 7pm. still to come on 7pm. inter milan striker romelu lukaku says the ‘black friday‘ headline used by an italian newspaper is "one of the dumbest" he has seen, while roma's chris smalling condemned it as "wrong and insensitive". both players were pictured alongside it. and we are live in saudi arabia ahead of one of the biggest fights of the year. anthonyjoshua says he has changed up his training routine ahead of his rematch against andy

ruiz ahead of his rematch against andy ruinunior. the english football league is to meet with macclesfield town players to talk through the situation at the club. player and staff wages remain unpaid after last month's late payments. and players say they will not play in saturday's league two game against crewe alexandra as their emotional and mental wellbeing is at "rock bottom". our reporterjane dougall is here. what more can you tell us about this? notjust emotional and mental well—being — they haven't even been able to train as a squad since last thursday because they don't have training facilities at the moment. the squad have put in writing their intention to not play this weekend's match against crewe alexander. that's after they issued an ultimatum to the majority stakeholder, amar alkhadi to pay them by 6pm on monday. that deadline came and went and so they've said they won't play. not for the first time — this has been going on for the last ten months that players haven't been

paid or their wages have been late. they have threatened to strike on two previous occasions. in fact, the efl charged the club with misconduct after senior players refused to play against kingstonian. and at the root of all of this is the clubs financial difficulties, which have been well documented. eight times now the club representatives have been at the high court facing winding up orders because of the tax owed to hmrc and to employees. as of tonight, the players and the non—playing staff still haven't been paid and — these aren't premier league footballers on thousand and thousands of pounds a week — these are league two footballers with mortgages, bills to pay and christmas is coming up. i spoke to the chairman of the club's supporters trust who gave me some examples of the predicaments players and non—playing staff are finding themselves in. we had a situation where the groundsman couldn't come into work basically because he didn't have enough petrol to be able to get him to work from where he lived, about

eight miles from the