he much an unknown quantity. he was dismissed by lots of political pundits as a joke. it was widely expected hillary clinton would become president. fast forward seven years later and he is very much a known quantity, he is very much a serious contender, but i guess the question is is he a toxic quantity, because following the mid—term elections in which the republicans did not do as well as expected, he is being blamed for that. there are other reasons potentially why the republicans did not do so well but there are signs that members of his own party are turning against him, and seeing him now as someone who is holding back the party. some of his closest advisers have advised him not to make this announcement but as i say it is widely expected he will announce he is going to run for the white house.— the white house. interesting ou the white house. interesting you should — the white house. interesting you should say _ the white house. interesting you should say that - the white house. interesting you should say that because | the white house. interesting i you should say that because the question is, does he really enjoy the support of the

majority of the republican party, or has he become more of a headache for them in the lead up a headache for them in the lead up to the 2024 election? the noise that is being made by some members of the republican party, certainly the conservative media and strategists who have been pretty loyal to donald trump, i getting louder and it seems they are turning their back on him. it's important to say that whatever donald trump has been down and out, he has always rebounded. if you think two january six, after the capital riots, a lot of high—profile republicans are moving away from him, but they came around him and did not impeach him over the riots which is pretty much why he is now able to, if he does, announced he is able to run again. there are lots of other republican candidates that could be contenders for the nomination. we will have to see. but donald trump is not one to listen to others,

certainly to other members of the republican party and he wants to get ahead of any potential rivalry. one of the big names that is being bandied about is the florida governor, also known as the king of florida, ron desantis. but, yeah, there are signs that republican party are moving away from him. but you can discount donald trump. indeed. that is very _ discount donald trump. indeed. that is very fair _ discount donald trump. indeed. that is very fair to _ discount donald trump. indeed. that is very fair to say. - discount donald trump. indeed. that is very fair to say. i - that is very fair to say. i want you to get your thoughts on another aspect, republicans are also on the cusp of taking are also on the cusp of taking a majority of the house, how will this affect the chances of president biden in 202a? his president biden in 2024? his legislative — president biden in 2024? h 3 legislative agenda is likely to be stalled. there have been many that have been stalled and something pass the gun safety

laws and infrastructure but he has also said he will work that with the republicans and expect to work together. he always said that. some may say his little bit optimistic about that but on a professional level, his legislative agenda may be stalled. but on a personal level, some republicans have indicated that if they do take back the house they will launch investigations into him into his handling for example of the withdrawal from afghanistan and also investigations into his son, hunter biden. he was a bit of a fixation for the republican party who have accused him of corrupt business dealings in ukraine and china, something that both father and son have denied. we will have to wait and see what the republicans will do what they do take back the house but they are projected to win that back. thank you forjoining us with the very latest on that story. i'm sure you will be covering

every twist and turn of that announcement. the polish government have appealed for calm after two were killed by a missile with the border of ukraine. the polish president has said that the missile was russian—made but it was not clear who had fired it. iwant but it was not clear who had fired it. i want to bring in the economist correspondent, to see how made this news pay—out particularly as the g20 summit in barley gets under way. i know your specialism is china and want to come back to this —— played out. more broadly, i want to hear how the g20 may react to the news that is coming in overnight? sorry, i

cannot hear— coming in overnight? sorry, i cannot hear you. _ coming in overnight? sorry, i cannot hear you. i'm - coming in overnight? sorry, i cannot hear you. i'm afraid i coming in overnight? sorry, i| cannot hear you. i'm afraid we are having _ cannot hear you. i'm afraid we are having technical _ cannot hear you. i'm afraid we are having technical technical | are having technical technical difficulties there. i want to remind you that we will try to bring in that correspondence later in the programme to talk about the outcome of the g20 summit. and look at some of the ramifications and consequences i should say about what has happened overnight. with regards to the news coming out from poland. reminding you of the top story now. the fact that two people have been killed in poland after missiles landed near the ukrainian border, according to reports. currently we understand that g7 leaders are meeting to discuss that situation in poland. that is as the g20 summit is entering its last day. it has

been dominated by the agenda, by the warren ukraine and in fact g20 leaders today were meant to be talking about the digital economy and attending an event in a mangrovejungle, looking at climate change. instead, this will very much be on top of mine. we are yet to hearfrom asian leaders —— by the war in ukraine. an earlier conversation i had earlier was getting a sense about what he thought about the events overnight. the focus has been on responsible fact—finding before people jump onto conclusions. that has been a

consistent theme and the message is that you see among the leaders of the nato states. stephen, what are the possible implications of this strike? with the caveat that the fact—finding is continuing and investigations are still continuing. can you play out the next steps?— continuing. can you play out the next steps? this is a very serious situation, _ the next steps? this is a very serious situation, obviously l serious situation, obviously and for many reasons that your correspondence have described. first of all, poland is a member of the north atlantic treaty organisation, where band members are bound to each other ljy members are bound to each other by treaty to come to each other�*s' defence if there is an attack, an armed attack on one of them. there is flexibility within that commitment, and it can mean many things. not necessarily launching a war against whoever launched the attack. nevertheless, nato is a powerful alliance. attack. nevertheless, nato is a powerfulalliance. if attack. nevertheless, nato is a powerful alliance. if it were

to come into direct conflict with russia as a result of an event like this things could escalate quite never currently. there are nuclear states on both sides and it is a conflict that no—one wants to see happening. that is why it is both wise and useful that people have been very, very cautious about trying to ascribe exactly who is at fault for what happened today. yeah, but we are _ for what happened today. yeah, but we are already _ for what happened today. yeah, but we are already hearing - for what happened today. yeah, but we are already hearing fromj but we are already hearing from the ukrainian side, haven't we, stephen? we have heard that ukraine has dismissed allegations that one of its missiles landed in poland as a conspiracy theory and russian propaganda, so we are starting to see conflicting statements coming through. how much pressure does that put on countries like united states and from your experience, having been in the national security council, what would you advise in this situation? i think you are already seeing the nato states taking counter escalatory measures. and that

is why the president of poland refer to it as a i—off event and some parties believe it may have been an accident and are trying to understand why it happened. that does not mean that it happened. that does not mean thatitis happened. that does not mean that it is not a risky situation and does not mean it is not a very serious situation. but it does suggest... situation. but it does suggest- - -_ situation. but it does su~est... ., , suggest... that was stephen . um . suggest... that was stephen pump are. — suggest... that was stephen pump are, director _ suggest... that was stephen pump are, director of - suggest... that was stephen pump are, director of the - suggest... that was stephen pump are, director of the usj pump are, director of the us programme for the international crisis group, talking it through some of the consequences for nato as a result of the news coming in overnight. just to say that g20 leaders are meeting here in barley at a mangrove jungle event, as i was saying to you earlier —— bali, and events have been dominated by the conflict in ukraine. we will have much more for you from here in bali at the g20 summit and on the latest on the

developing story but, for now, thatisit developing story but, for now, that is it from me and the team in bali. stay with us on bbc news. hello, there. the week's rain so far has resulted in several flood warnings being issued, and there's more rain to come. just an idea of what we've had in the past 24 hours, some parts of southeast england have had 40 millimetres, the moors in the southwest, 75, which is three inches of rain. and as the rest of the week progresses, the rainfall continued to pile up. so, with another low pressure rolling in, we could see another 30—40 millimetres in places. by the end of the week, an excess of 80—90 may well have fallen across the north east of scotland. now, this is the next area of low pressure coming in with its strong winds pushing rain across many parts through the coming night and into thursday. but for what's left of this night, that rain stuck across the northern isles with a gale force wind blowing. elsewhere, the showers tending to fade back to the coast, a little cool inland

with a touch of grass frost around first thing, the odd pocket of mist and fog. but it does look like a drier day for many. yes, there'll still be a few heavy showers around, even the odd rumble of thunder, and that rain and wind across shetland. and then later in the day, the next batch of wet and windy weather's arriving in the southwest. but in between, it's a little cooler than we've been used to, but there'll be some drier, brighter weather. however, those winds will be up to gale force, if not severe gale force across shetland for much of the day and indeed, into thursday as well. and the wind gusts start to pick up in the south with this area of low pressure during the coming evening. and overnight, 60—mile—an—hour gusts potentially in a few exposed places, another 30—40 millimetres of rain. then it'll work its way northwards through the night. chilly again in north western parts of scotland where the skies stay clear. but the rain is likely to arrive here as we go into thursday as well, swirling around that area of low pressure with its strong winds, perhaps a little brighter, drier, with a few showers to the south

later and still some very strong winds for shetland. you can see the tightly packed isobars here, even into friday, by which stage that low pressure starting to migrate out into the north sea, but still quite a lot of rain around that area of low pressure. even by friday, it might be that further south and west, we see somewhat drier weather, just a few showers around on that breeze coming down from the north and the west. but it does mean, therefore, that it'll be a chilly night with a widespread ground frost as we start saturday morning, but there's more rain on the way. the warnings are online.

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what damage has ronaldo's manchester united interview done? was this the cold shoulder from bruno fernandes orjust a joke. another defeat for rafael nadal means an early exit from the atp tour finals in turin. the start of the fifa world cup is less than five days away. one of the first teams to land in the capital doha was the usa who begin their world cup campaign against wales in al rayyan on monday. they've already made a big statement in addressing issues of inclusivity and lgbtq+ rights in the country. joe lynskey reports. day one other us team based in doha and there is a statement. the red stripe of the crust now has the rainbow flag. it is,

they say, to support and embrace lgbtq fans. it they say, to support and embrace lgbtq fans. it is a sin of embrace lgbtq fans. it is a sign of our _ embrace lgbtq fans. it is a sign of our values _ embrace lgbtq fans. it is a sign of our values and - embrace lgbtq fans. it is a sign of our values and what | embrace lgbtq fans. it is a i sign of our values and what we represent. we are a group that believes in inclusivity and will continue to project that message going forward. when we are in the world _ message going forward. when we are in the world stage _ message going forward. when we are in the world stage and - message going forward. when we are in the world stage and in - are in the world stage and in the venue _ are in the world stage and in the venue like qatar, it is important to bring awareness to these _ important to bring awareness to these issues. we have recognised that qatar has made strides. — recognised that qatar has made strides, and there has been a tonne — strides, and there has been a tonne of— strides, and there has been a tonne of progress, but there are still— tonne of progress, but there are still some work to do. on the kit, are still some work to do. on the kit. the — are still some work to do. on the kit, the stripes are still reds. this is a stand written on the walls of the us training base. the team start their world cup with wales on monday, then, just like in 2010, they meet england. commentator: it is a try and green spilled it! the united states have drawn level. �* ., , , the united states have drawn level. , , , level. both sides say they will wear the rainbow _ level. both sides say they will wear the rainbow are - level. both sides say they will wear the rainbow are banned. the us is one of the youngest

squads here —— armband. what they say and do may set the bar for western countries, but qatar say that welcome extends to all. ~ ., ., , qatar say that welcome extends toall.~ ., ., to all. we have always said everyone — to all. we have always said everyone is _ to all. we have always said everyone is welcome. - to all. we have always said everyone is welcome. we i to all. we have always said i everyone is welcome. we are to all. we have always said - everyone is welcome. we are a relatively conservative country, which means public display of affection is not within our culture but hospitality and welcoming people from different parts of the world into our country is part of our culture, and i think the nature of these tournaments, it allows people from different walks of life to be able to experience and understand different cultures. the purple starts on sunday, but qatar's suitability as hosts is still the focus. it world cup —— the football starts on monday. a world cup like no other now has its first statement on the ground. portugal will hope that the recent interview given by their captain cristiano ronaldo doesn't distract the squad too much from their campaign. more of it has been released, and he's now targeted manchester united's american owners. in the latest instalment, released by british broadcaster talktv, ronaldo claims the glazers "don't care about the club" on a sporting front.

he made headlines on monday, saying he felt "betrayed" by manchester united, and claimed they were trying to force him out of the club. he's also taken a swipe at former team—mates wayne rooney and gary neville, who've criticised him at times. he says they're doing it to be more famous, fernandes, who didn't seem to afford him the warmest of welcomes when they met up with the national side. midfielderjoao mario, who witnessed the exchange, says it's been misinterpreted, and ronaldo and fernandes werejust having a joke. a hilarious one, it looked like. a hilarious one, it looked like. this year's world cup breaks new ground with the apppointment of female match officials for the first time. they include salima mukansanga from rwanda. she made history earlier this year by taking charge of a match at the men's africa cup of nations. now she'll do the same on a global stage. the bbc�*s celestine

karoney has more. it is up to us to become productive from that opportunity and take this opportunity. it isjust opportunity and take this opportunity. it is just going to open the door to the rest of women, especially women in africa. ., ~ ., , women, especially women in africa. ., ~ ., africa. salima mukansanga is a history maker. _ africa. salima mukansanga is a history maker. at _ africa. salima mukansanga is a history maker. at the - africa. salima mukansanga is a history maker. at the world . africa. salima mukansanga is a | history maker. at the world cup in qatar, for the first time, there will be three female referees, and she will be one of them, joined by officials from france and japan. in january, she became the main's african cup of nations first female referee, taking charge of the group game between zimbabwe and guinea. it is a privilege. — zimbabwe and guinea. it is a privilege, because _ zimbabwe and guinea. it is a privilege, because it - zimbabwe and guinea. it is a privilege, because it has - zimbabwe and guinea. it is a i privilege, because it has never happened, and it happens, it means you're going to be the first one, so it means you have a lot of things you carry on your shoulder, so you need to carry it well and properly, so that the rest are going to say, oh, wow, now the doors open, you can go through.— you can go through. salima mukansanga _ you can go through. salima mukansanga initially - you can go through. salima| mukansanga initially wanted you can go through. salima - mukansanga initially wanted to play basketball as a young girl but she was told she wasn't old enough to join the under 17 national side, and would have to wait. so she turned to

football. she came across an advert, announcing football referee training, and took a chance, and it paid off. but it hasn't been easy.— chance, and it paid off. but it hasn't been easy. when it comes to a field dominated _ hasn't been easy. when it comes to a field dominated by _ hasn't been easy. when it comes to a field dominated by men, - to a field dominated by men, you need to have this passion, because without this passion you are going to get tired of it and the newly bit. we have not been encouraged by men, then we are coming on a field dominated by them, they are supposed to take a shoulder to shoulder so that we will succeed together. salima mukansanga _ succeed together. salima mukansanga has - succeed together. salima mukansanga has already| succeed together. salima - mukansanga has already refereed at the tokyo olympics and the 2019 women's world cup in france and is now gearing up for the world cup. it is france and is now gearing up for the world cup.— for the world cup. it is an absolutely _ for the world cup. it is an absolutely amazing - for the world cup. it is an - absolutely amazing milestone. salima — absolutely amazing milestone. salima is — absolutely amazing milestone. salima is in a unique position where — salima is in a unique position where he _ salima is in a unique position where he will be one of a few people — where he will be one of a few people who will be able to get to a senior men and women's world — to a senior men and women's world cup _ to a senior men and women's world cup. hasn't been done before — world cup. hasn't been done before. so that speaks volumes for refereeing in africa, it speaks _ for refereeing in africa, it speaks volumes for the

development of it. salima mukansanga _ development of it. salima mukansanga says - development of it. salima mukansanga says taking l development of it. salima - mukansanga says taking charge of the cup of nations game in cameroon will be invaluable. all these people will never be happy with you, especially the team that loses, so it is up to you to do what you have to do. at the end of the day, they will say, yes, she was right. they trust that women can perform as well as men. i know the rest of women, especially young women, they have a dream like me. , more bad news for the holders, france, on the day they had their official world cup squad photo taken. rb leipzig star christopher nkunku has been ruled out of the world cup, after injuring himself in training on tuesday. the bundesliga's top scorer is the latest on a list of high—profile absentees, which includes midfielders paul pogba and n'golo kante. senegal striker sadio mane will miss the start of their world cup campaign because of the leg injury he sustained in bayern munich's game against werder bremen last week.

senegsal�*s first match is against the netherlands next monday. they're in group a, along with qatar and ecuador. tennis, and the top seed rafael nadal is out of the season—ending atp tour finals in turin. the 22—time grand slam winner falling to a second successive defeat in the round robin phase of the competition. the reigning australian and french open winner lost to taylor fritz on sunday and was then beaten in straight sets by felix auger—aliassime on tuesday. the number 5 seed from canada bounced back from his defeat by casper ruud to power through, 6—3, 6—4. nadal�*s fourth straight defeat in all competitions means carlos alcarez will end the year as world number one, while auger—aliassime has kept alive his hopes of reaching the semi—finals. i felt like just my game was better today. my serve was great, but the return in the back and was much better. i was hitting it with much more consistency and precision and quality, so when i'm playing

like this, i have proven to myself that i can compete and beat some of the best players in the world. i beat some of the best players in the world.— in the world. i don't think i fortot in the world. i don't think i forgot how— in the world. i don't think i forgot how to _ in the world. i don't think i forgot how to play - in the world. i don't think i forgot how to play tennis l in the world. i don't think i i forgot how to play tennis and how— forgot how to play tennis and how to — forgot how to play tennis and how to be strong enough mentally. ijust need to recover— mentally. ijust need to recover all these positive feelings at all this confidence and all— feelings at all this confidence and all this strong mentality that— and all this strong mentality that a — and all this strong mentality that a need to be at the level that— that a need to be at the level that i— that a need to be at the level that i want to be. and i don't know— that i want to be. and i don't know if— that i want to be. and i don't know if i'm _ that i want to be. and i don't know if i'm going to reach that level— know if i'm going to reach that level again, know if i'm going to reach that levelagain, but know if i'm going to reach that level again, but what i don't have — level again, but what i don't have any— level again, but what i don't have any doubt that i'm going to die — have any doubt that i'm going to die for— have any doubt that i'm going to die for it. meanwhile, norway's casper ruud is the first player through to the semi—finals. he beat taylor fritz of the usa in three sets to claim his 50th victory of the year. rud took the decider on a tie—break. the number 3 seed from norway has already won three titles in 2022, and he reached the finals of the french open

and the us open. rory mcilroy says greg norman is the major obstacle to golf�*s civil war being resolved. two—time open champion norman is the commissioner of the breakaway saudi—funded liv series, and they've recruited a number of star players from the more—established pga and european tours. speaking in dubai, ahead of the season—ending dp world tour championship, mcilroy — a leading critic of the liv series — says norman has to go. there are a few things that i would like to see on the liv golf side. i think greg needs to go, i think hejust needs golf side. i think greg needs to go, i think he just needs to exit stage left,, he has made his mark, and now is the right time to say you've got this thing off the ground but no one is going to talk unless there is going to talk unless there is an adult in the room that can actually try to mend fences. you can get all the latest sports news

at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. see you in one hour. hello, there. the week's rain so far has resulted in several flood warnings being issued, and there's more rain to come. just an idea of what we've had in the past 24 hours, some parts of southeast england have had 40 millimetres, the moors in the southwest, 75, which is three inches of rain. and as the rest of the week progresses, the rainfall continued to pile up. so, with another low pressure rolling in, we could see another 30—40 millimetres in places. by the end of the week, an excess of 80—90 may well have fallen across the northeast of scotland. now, this is the next area of low pressure coming in, with its strong winds pushing rain across many parts through the coming night and into thursday.

but for what's left of this night, that rain stuck across the northern isles with a gale force wind blowing. elsewhere, the showers tending to fade back to the coast, a little cool inland, with a touch of grass frost around first thing, the odd pocket of mist and fog. but it does look like a drier day for many. yes, there'll still be a few heavy showers around, even the odd rumble of thunder, and that rain and wind across shetland. and then later in the day, the next batch of wet and windy weather's arriving in the southwest. but in between, it's a little cooler than we've been used to, but there'll be some drier, brighter weather. however, those winds will be up to gale force, if not severe gale force, across shetland for much of the day, and, indeed, into thursday as well. and the wind gusts start to pick up in the south with this area of low pressure during the coming evening. and overnight, 60—mile—an—hour gusts potentially in a few exposed places, another 30—40 millimetres of rain. then it'll work its way northwards through the night. chilly again in north western parts of scotland where the skies stay clear.

but the rain is likely to arrive here as we go into thursday as well, swirling around that area of low pressure with its strong winds, perhaps a little brighter, drier, with a few showers to the south later, and still some very strong winds for shetland. you can see the tightly packed isobars here, even into friday, by which stage that low pressure is starting to migrate out into the north sea, but still quite a lot of rain around that area of low pressure. even by friday, it might be that further south and west, we see somewhat drier weather, just a few showers around on that breeze coming down from the north and the west. but it does mean, therefore, that it'll be a chilly night with a widespread ground frost as we start saturday morning, but there's more rain on the way. the warnings are online.

hello. you're watching bbc news. i'm rich preston. our top stories — donald trump is expected to make his "big announcement" shortly — it's anticipated he'll say he's running for president in 2024. we'll be live in florida. poland puts some of its military on heightened alert, after two people are killed by an explosion near the border with ukraine. the polish president believes it was a one—off incident. the explosion in poland happened during a wave of russian missile attacks on ukraine's energy system. moscow denies responsibility for the explosion inside poland, calling the allegations a provocation aimed at escalation. european leaders attending the g20 summit in bali are expected to discuss the explosion in poland in the coming hours.