this is bbc news with the latest headlines. rishi sunak is in kyiv meeting ukrainian president zelensky for the first as prime minister — and pledges to continue the uk's support. i'm here today to say that the united kingdom will continue to stand with you. we will stand with you until ukraine has won the peace and security it needs and deserves, and then we will stand with you as you rebuild your great country. the head of the housing association responsible for the mouldy flat blamed for the death of two—year—old awaab ishak has been sacked. this week a coroner ruled poor ventilation in the home caused the respiratory illness which killed the toddler in 2020.

the president of fifa has expressed support for the lgbtq community and migrant workers — but hits back at western critics of the country's human rights record, accusing them of hypocrisy. i think for what we europeans have been doing in the last 3,000 years, around the world, we should be apologising for the next 3,000 years before starting to give moral lessons to people. and i'm lucy hocking in doha — with the world cup just over 2a hours away. the attention is still not on the football but on the controversy surrounding the tournament. at cop27, the un climate agency publishes a draft proposal for a deal to tackle the issue of loss and damage that included creating a new fund to help countries cope with the cost of climate change.

rishi sunak has made his first visit to kyiv as prime minister, where he met with president zelensky and confirmed the uk's continued support. he said the uk will provide a 50 million pound air defence package for ukraine, including anti—aircraft guns and technology to counter iranian—supplied drones. he told president zelensky he knew it would be a difficult winterfor ukraine. it is deeply humbling to be with you in your country today. the courage of the ukrainian people is an inspiration to the world. in years to come we will tell our grandchildren of your story, how a proud and sovereign people stood up in the face of an appalling onslaught,

how you thought, how you sacrificed, how you prevailed. as prime minister of the united kingdom, i'm proud of how we stood with you from the very beginning, and i'm here today to say that the united kingdom will continue to stand with you. we will stand with you until ukraine has won the peace and security it needs and deserves, and then we will stand with you as you rebuild your great country. this year alone we have provided £2.3 billion of military support, and we will do the same again next year. as you succeed in pushing back russian forces on the ground, your homes, your hospitals, your power stations are being destroyed by the air. so, to help you defend yourselves we are today providing new air defence support, including 120 anti—aircraft guns, radar and anti—drone equipment. we are extending our training

for the ukrainian armed forces to include specialist expertise from uk medics and engineers, and we are stepping up our support to help you through the cold, hard winter ahead. 0ur political correspondent pete saull gave us this update and said the visit was a surprise. for obvious reasons, for security reasons they probably didn't let us know about this visit in advance. borisjohnson made three visits to kyiv, and that was the case with him too, we didn't know this was going to happen, but it's all about showing solidarity, isn't it, and saying that britain remains absolutely committed to its support to ukraine. rishi sunak has had a pretty important week domestically, with his chancellorjeremy hunt delivering the autumn statement, and jeremy hunt made it clear the reason why we're going to go through a difficult period as a country is, in his view, largely because of the global headwinds caused by the war in ukraine. interesting to note that

rishi sunak, when he tweeted out the video of him arriving and meeting volodymyr zelensky, said that britain would be with ukraine until the end. so, a clear commitment there, regardless of the impact it might have on people's energy bills here in britain, that the prime minister remains absolutely still alongside president zelensky, but alongside this visit today there is some funding that's been announced too, so a bolstering of the ukrainian air defence systems against what the prime minister described as the barbaric aerial assault that we have seen over the past week or so, indiscriminate attacks on ukrainian cities, perhaps in response to the capture by ukrainian forces of the city of kherson, and after the tragic killing of people on a farm in poland, these say that they think that was ukrainian defence system, so that they want to give more support in this area so ukraine has

a better chance of defending against aerial attacks in russia. his visit comes after the g20 meeting. he was at pains to rally support for ukraine, wasn't he? he was, he spoke in very strong terms about the need to support ukraine, and meeting emergency responders in ukraine, people on the front line dealing with missile attacks in the city and across the country, he said it was deeply humbling to be in kyiv, and this air defence system, 125 guns and technology, it comes on top of more than a thousand anti—air missiles amounts by the secretary this month, given the problems at home i suppose with rishi sunak some questions over his judgment

on appointments he made to his cabinet which i think has largely been well received by his own mps, a chance to strut his stuff on the world stage again, this is something that perhaps was a criticism of borisjohnson that he turned up in kyiv when he was really struggling with domestic problems, but here he is today and there will be few people who are criticising for turning up today, i would have thought. it is widely thought the russian agenda is to search string out the war as long as possible write and support. at a time and finances are strained at home it does become increasingly difficult to find money to support it, doesn't it? it does, and at the end of the day western democracies rely on the support of the voters, and they are really starting to feel the impact, and labour pointed out at the dispatch box on thursday this is also about undoing some the damage caused by the not so mini budget, the government didn't admit that specifically,

althoutheremy hunt admitting mistakes are made previous to the autumn statement it was all about dealing, he said, with global factors, the world recovering from the covid pandemic and the inflation caused by the war in ukraine and the spike in energy prices, but the longer this goes on the more people are going to struggle. we saw from various think tanks poring over the statement yesterday, they were saying, look, the energy crisis will go on for some time, unemployment on the up, all of this is going to put strain on western leaders�* ability to convince of the electorate they are going to be absolutely committed to their support in ukraine, but rishi sunak is sending a very strong message today. the boss of rochdale boroughwide housing, the housing association which rented the home of two—year—old awaab ishak who died due to the impact

of mould in his home, has been removed from hisjob. an inquest into awaab�*s death in december 2020 found it was due to a respiratory condition caused by mould in the one—bedroom flat. the board of rbh said it wasn't tenable for gareth swarbrick to stay on. what has happened today? bring us up—to—date. the what has happened today? bring us un-to-date-— up-to-date. the very latest is that gareth swarbrick _ up-to-date. the very latest is that gareth swarbrick who _ up-to-date. the very latest is that gareth swarbrick who was - up-to-date. the very latest is that gareth swarbrick who was the - up-to-date. the very latest is that | gareth swarbrick who was the chief executive of the housing association who rented the flat to our ishaq's family has been removed as head of the board. the board had given his full backing after the two—year—old died after exposure to mould home.

in a statement today the board of rbh who had previously backed gareth swarbrick, as i said, that removed him from his position as chief executive. they said they would now work, of his decision to back him as little as 2a hours ago, the initial decision was for him to stay on at this difficult period to make necessary changes, but they now recognise this was no longer tenable. they have said today they welcome it, but there are still some very serious questions for the board to answer. government sources asked why they gave gareth swarbrick their full backing after the coroners report as recently as 2a hours ago,

and also why they failed to answer basic questions about the state of the housing stock. the secretary of state for levelling up said he will continue to take a very close interest in rbh and will stand up for tenants as necessary. earlier today a vigil was held in rochdale for two—year—old awaab, but many people attending their asking why it so long. 0n the eve of the football world cup, fifa president gianni infantino has accused western countries of hypocrisy for criticising the human rights record of the host, qatar. let's go straight to doha, and lucy hocking is there for us. good to see you. ever since qatar was awarded the world cup there have been criticisms and concerns about

how this tiny country would handle the bait and develop the country to be ready in time for what is going to happen tomorrow, the world cup opening ceremony in the opening match. if you can see the corniche behind me so much of this has been developed just for the world cup. at the moment it is relatively empty. we're still waiting for those travelling fans to come to see how their city copes, see whether the infrastructure is up for £1 million infrastructure is up for £1 million in this tiny country having to travel to different stadiums of various matches throughout the day. usually on the eve of a world cup will be talking about things like logistics, but not this one. we are talking still about workers' rights, human rights, l bgt q plus people, how they are feeling, and all this criticism has led to this remarkable outpost we saw from mr infantino today, journalists listening said it

was like nothing they had heard before as they launch this passionate defence of qatar. earlier this week, the most powerful figure in football was all smiles at a world cup legacy event in doha, but fifa has been heavily criticised for bringing the tournament here amid human rights concerns. and today at a press conference its president, gianni infantino, tried to hit back in an extraordinary monologue. today, i feel arab. today, i feel african. today, i feel gay. today, i feel disabled. today, ifeel a migrant worker. ifeel like them because i know what it means to be discriminated.

but that was just the start. infantino then appearing to liken his own experience as a redheaded child of immigrants in switzerland to the plight of gay people in the middle east. as a foreigner, in a foreign country, as a child at school i was bullied because i had red hair. qatar has been under mounting scrutiny, especially in europe, over its treatment of migrant workers and the lgbt community. infantino then turned on the critics. i think for what we europeans have been doing in the last 3,000 years around the world, we should be apologising for the next 3,000 years, before starting to give moral lessons. it's just hypocrisy. comparing qatar favourably to europe where he pointed out that 25,000 migrants had died trying to get into the continent since 2014, infantino then addressed fifa's late u—turn when it announced beer at world cup stadia would be banned.

i think personally, if for three hours a day you cannot drink a beer, you will survive. gianni infantino intended just then to hit back against this tournament's critics amid a barrage of negative headlines in the build—up. but after that remarkable hour and a half—long press conference on the eve of this tournament, once again the focus is away from the football. two weeks ago infantino asked teams to stick to the sport. but after his words today, this world cup seems more politically charged than ever. dan roan, bbc news, doha. politically charged for sure. i'm joined now by chief football writer for the times, henry winter. what did you make of it? why do you

think mr infantino felt the need today, withjust think mr infantino felt the need today, with just 2a hours to go until the first ball is kicked, to launch this passionate defence of qatar and the world cup? i launch this passionate defence of qatar and the world cup?- qatar and the world cup? i think it's because _ qatar and the world cup? i think it's because he _ qatar and the world cup? i think it's because he lives _ qatar and the world cup? i think it's because he lives in _ qatar and the world cup? i think it's because he lives in qatar, i qatar and the world cup? i think. it's because he lives in qatar, he's been working with the qataris, he's almost dancing to their tune. he's embarrassed himself, his embarrassed fifa, if that's possible, with fifa having a very low bar when it comes to these things. his embarrassed football, and his comments about the workers here, i mean, it's insulting, to have a go, fair enough, having a go atjournalist, we are thick—skinned and we can handle it, but if you look at the european countries that he was singling out, saying, 3000 years of hurt, she's a footballing expression, of shame, at least in countries like the uk, in terms of laws, constitution, culture, we have

advanced, and i think the scrutiny of the qataris, it's illegal to be gay here, and the migrant workers have been treated so poorly. i mean, lucy, you are down on the corniche, and when i go down there early in the morning and you see how they are already toiling so hard in the early mornings, in light of countries like the danes, some of the english, the fa, one or two countries and england fans as well as the media have been highlighting these things, but infantino is out of touch. the qataris would _ infantino is out of touch. the qataris would like _ infantino is out of touch. the qataris would like it - infantino is out of touch. the qataris would like it to be highlighted, though, that the world cup has meant that labour reforms have been put in place here, changes have been put in place here, changes have happened. it is a slow process, but workers now get the minimum wage, for instance. they are allowed to change jobs wage, for instance. they are allowed to changejobs in a way wage, for instance. they are allowed to change jobs in a way they weren't able to before, and crucially they

are earning money that they're able to send back to the families. this is a country that is employing three mac providing employment to. the? mac providing employment to. they are --eole mac providing employment to. they are peeple that _ mac providing employment to. tue: are people that come mac providing employment to. tte: are people that come from mac providing employment to. ttez1: are people that come from some mac providing employment to. tt3:1 are people that come from some of the poorest countries in the world. they could be paid more. if you talk to them, as i'm sure you have, they are not going to criticise, not the regime but the ruling royal sier, they will not criticise their employers. it's actually not that easy to change jobs. they do have issues with the companies, which actually are flouting the labour rules, so they need to be stronger on that. :, rules, so they need to be stronger on that. ., . ., ., , on that. how much do we actually know about _ on that. how much do we actually know about what _ on that. how much do we actually know about what has _ on that. how much do we actually know about what has happened i on that. how much do we actually - know about what has happened inside some of these, the numbers are disputed, it's hard to gain the hard facts about how workers have died, for instance. tt facts about how workers have died, for instance-—

for instance. if one worker died buildin: for instance. if one worker died building a _ for instance. if one worker died building a stadium, _ for instance. if one worker died building a stadium, a _ for instance. if one worker died l building a stadium, a something for instance. if one worker died - building a stadium, a something that is meant to be a celebration, one life is too much. you see some of the efforts to back estimates of amnesty international, human rights watch, they've been consistent. there's been a number of 6000 articles on it, the qataris dispute that, but this is come from some of the embassies that are here in the zohar, so whatever the number is the costis zohar, so whatever the number is the cost is too high, and when the players go out, eventually, you know that rhythm of these events is like, the narrative will focus on football, on kane and so on, and they will look

at the stadiums, and think, these stadiums are built on the bodies of workers. stadiums are built on the bodies of workers_ ,, ., ., , 4' stadiums are built on the bodies of workers. ,, . ., , ,, , stadiums are built on the bodies of workers, ., ., ., , ~' , ., workers. qataris think they have been unfairly — workers. qataris think they have been unfairly criticised, - workers. qataris think they have been unfairly criticised, they - workers. qataris think they have been unfairly criticised, they say they have been put under scrutiny that no other country has come under, countries like china and russia that are postage massive sporting events. what would you say to them on that issue?— to them on that issue? there was scrutiny of — to them on that issue? there was scrutiny of russia, _ to them on that issue? there was scrutiny of russia, i _ to them on that issue? there was scrutiny of russia, i got _ to them on that issue? there was scrutiny of russia, i got trolled i to them on that issue? there wasj scrutiny of russia, i got trolled by the russian embassy on social media even before going out to moscow in 2018. my colleagues who cover the olympics at the bbc, you had done on 0lympics at the bbc, you had done on earlier, there was issues around beijing as well, there's a lot of scrutiny, this is the world cup, it is at a strange time of year, the scrutiny started 12 years ago because of the manner in which the qataris actually received it, so you

can put the qataris�* points to me, but i think most of them are put forward by infantino this morning in the world left in response. haifa forward by infantino this morning in the world left in response.- the world left in response. how do ou think the world left in response. how do you think fans _ the world left in response. how do you think fans around _ the world left in response. how do you think fans around the - the world left in response. how do you think fans around the world i the world left in response. how do | you think fans around the world are feeling as they watch our coverage, as they see this kind of issues raised? do you think there will be some fans who just feel uncomfortable about watching the world cup now if your football has been recognised? t world cup now if your football has been recognised?— world cup now if your football has been recognised? i think there will be. a lot been recognised? i think there will be- a lot of— been recognised? i think there will be. a lot of the _ been recognised? i think there will be. a lot of the countries - been recognised? i think there will be. a lot of the countries it - been recognised? i think there will be. a lot of the countries it would l be. a lot of the countries it would be. a lot of the countries it would be all about the team, the shirt, excitement, but i think back home in england, wales, maybe there are some people who will actually not be that excited about this world cup as they usually would be. that's partly because of the timing, we haven't had the big build—up, some people are mourning the premier league season which spin put on hold, so there are extra reasons there. when england kick off on monday against iran, there will be much focus on it, and it will build again, but clearly there are a lot of people

who are just not having this world cup. theyjust think, at what cost? so, you don't think the conversations are going to stop once the football stocks? tia conversations are going to stop once the football stocks?— so in 2a hours' time you will be watching the opening ceremony, the first match played between qatar and ecuador, the host are promising a spectacle, but as you heard, the controversy about the world cup is just not going away. thank you very much indeed. now for a full sport round up from the bbc sport centre, here's huw. australia have won the women's rugby league world cup with a dominant performance in the final at old trafford. the men's team are strong favourites to follow suit in their final agaisnt samoa

that kicks off in around 45 minutes time but the australian women's standards will be hard to replicate — at one stage they were leading 38—0 with isabelle kelly scoring two tries. there were also two tries forjessica sergis and kennedy cherrington — australia running in 10 tries in total — winning 54—1; — and claiming the trophy for a third successive time. that was unbelievable from all the girls. we had a defence focus and i've never been part of it group that can defend like that, that was something special. you that can defend like that, that was something special.— something special. you 'ust had a moment with h something special. you 'ust had a moment with a head _ something special. you just had a moment with a head coach, - something special. you just had a moment with a head coach, what| something special. you just had a i moment with a head coach, what did he say— moment with a head coach, what did he say to— moment with a head coach, what did he say to you? that moment with a head coach, what did he say to you?— he say to you? that he was really roud, he say to you? that he was really proud. we _ he say to you? that he was really proud. we have — he say to you? that he was really proud, we have been _ he say to you? that he was really proud, we have been through - he say to you? that he was really proud, we have been through sol he say to you? that he was really - proud, we have been through so many years together i can't thank them enough, i love thisjersey years together i can't thank them enough, i love this jersey and what he brings to the jersey and we will celebrate later tonight. wales have suffered a shock defeat to georgia in their autumn international in cardiff. they were cruising at half time leading 12—3 at half time thanks to two tries from jac morgan. but they didn't score another point.

alex cuthbert was sinbinned shortly after the restart which started the georgia fight back. a try was followed by this luka matkava penalty — 3 minutes from time — sealing a famous 13—12 victory in cardiff. elsewhere scotland are just kicking off against argetina and england play the all blacks the story of the final day before the world cup starts in earnest has press conference where he accused the west of hypocrisy over the criticism of qatar's human rights record. the controversies have filtered through to the players too, with england's eric dier admitting he and his team—mates are aware of what's been going on in the build up. it would be wrong to ignore it, and at the same time it would be weird to play football, i'm a footballer, i'm not... and definitely not smart enough to be anything other than that. at the same time, i'm so

excited to play football, but all those things sluggishly be present at the same time. dier�*s tottenham teammate ben davies held the first ever welsh language world cup press conference today. the defender spoke about the excitement at the nation's involvement at a football world cup finals for the first time in 64 years, as did swansea city centre—back ben cabango — although he did it in english. we know how far we can go, it's such a good grip, the togetherness is so good, i think that's our main real strength in the team is our togetherness, and we have some world—class players, but our togetherness in the team, we know we could beat any team on the day. we'll see. world champion max verstappen will start the final formula one race of the season from pole. the dutchman was almost a quarter of a second quicker than his red bull team mate sergio perez. ferrari's charles leclerc was third, while britain's george russell who won last weekend's

sao paulo grand prix could only manage sixth. ding junhui has appeared to have picked up where he left off at the uk snooker championship. he beat ronnie 0'sullivan 6 frames to nil to reach the semi finals. where he won the first five frames against tom ford. these are live pictures now from york. as you can see, tom ford hasjust got one back, but it may be too little too late. we need just one more frame to reach the final. later he will know his opponents. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. i'll be back in an hour. at the cop 27 climate summit in egypt. talks are in overtime, and a new draft agreement has been published in the last hour. whether the 200 countries attending

the summit will adopt it isn't at all clear but the new draft has changed. one major update — the ambition agreed 7 years ago in paris, to keep global warming at 1.5 degrees celsius, has gone back into the text. new zealand has already said the draft agreement "abandons any hope of achieving this" goal. the draft also includes a proposal for a deal to tackle the issue of "loss and damage" with the creation of a new fund to help poorer countries that have been particularly hit by climate change. 0ur science correspondent, victoria gill, gave us her analysis from the summit. well, the peripheral event around these negotiations is just closing down around the negotiators, and we have just seen the latest version of a draft agreement, a proposed text that these countries could sign off on at some point in these overrunning negotiations, and it'sjust a question of whether what is in that draft text could be something that every single party here could agree on. crucially, there is no mention

of a phase down in fossil fuels, that was lost from the text earlier in the talk. the language on this 1.5 degree target that was set by the paris agreement, this threshold to limit the most dangerous impacts of climate change, the language on that has not been strengthened as much as major players like the eu would like to see. they have already threatened to walk away from these talks if they don't see that target being really affirmed in this agreement. it's still a case that this vexed issue of loss and damage, of funding for the most vulnerable countries that are suffering the impacts of climate change, we saw those floods in pakistan earlier this year, that issue is still to be worked out, who pays into this fund for all of that loss and damage. there is criticism of the egyptian presidency, as well, for leaving these issues to the countries rather than really steering these negotiations from the top. so, it's still the case that these talks could collapse,

but at the moment it's just a case of wait and see, the negotiations go on, already overrunning, and we willjust wait to see what emerges. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt. hello. the rain may have eased off, but river levels will continue to rise, and through today so far we've still had severe flood warnings out from sepa across parts of eastern scotland, and there is still some more rain to come during the next 2a hours. not quite the extent as what we've seen of late, but it's coming in this evening across ireland, then into western scotland, wales, western england. some heavy bursts at times, it's going to turn a bit more erratic as it works its way eastwards, so there will be some drier moments, but we could even see a bit of sleet and snow mixed in on the tops of the hills. temperatures will be a little bit up and down through the night, but by the end of the night most places will be around 5—8 celsius as we start sunday. cloudy and wet start, that rain falling on saturated ground in eastern parts of scotland, eastern areas of england, as well. brightening up here quicker than it

will do across eastern scotland, but the sunshine will come out for most. the far north, east aberdeenshire, parts of caithness and 0rkney may stay cloudy and damp all day long. away from that, though, western area start dry and sunny, but we will see some showers, some of those heavy and thundery. they'll develop and work their way eastwards for the end of the afternoon and evening. another cool day at 8—12 degrees.