this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. agony for england fans, as their team are held to a 0—0 draw in the world cup against the usa. kherson under attack — hospital patients are evacuated from the recently—liberated ukrainian city after constant russian shelling. nurses in england, wales and northern ireland are to strike for the very first time — they'll walk out in december in a dispute over pay. and the world's longest—running theatre production, agatha christie's the mousetrap, celebrates an incredible 70 years in london's west end. next, it's broadway.

hello. if you justjoined us, a warm welcome to bbc news. we begin with the world cup matches on friday. england remain top of their group at the event in qatar, despite a disappointing 0—0 draw against the usa. the result means an england victory or draw in their next match against wales will see them go through to the last 16. the welsh now have a real battle on their hands to qualify for the knock—out stages, after being beaten 2—0 in their match against iran. well, in the first half of england's game, it was usa's christian pulisic who came closest to scoring with a shot that hit the crossbar. just before half—time, england had their chance, with mason mount having his

shot saved by the american goalkeeper. the second half wasn't too different, with both sides trying their best to score that crucial goal to go one ahead. the closest chance came from england's striker harry kane during extra time, whose header missed the target. the bbc�*s nesta mcgregor is in doha and watched the match for us. after such an impressive opening game, this looked like a different england squad, and i think that will be quite concerning because gareth southgate and the team would have known that a win tonight would have all but guaranteed their place in the last 16. i think the usa surprised a few people, and what this does do, it sets up a tasty game against wales in group b where, technically, all four teams could still qualify. listen, wales were disappointing today, but you imagine gareth bale... he looked a passenger, but what redemption would it be to upset england and dump them out of a world cup in what could be one of his final games in a wales shirt?

so, listen, england will know that they need a performance, especially going into the knockout stages. they looked lackluster. they looked like they needed inspiration which, as i mentioned, was so different from the first game. they might go away, reflect on this, and don't be surprised if we do see some changes from that starting xi in the next game against wales on tuesday. we've seen some shocks in the world cup so far, but if wales were to beat england 4—0 and the usa were to beat iran and those two teams went through, i think it would be the biggest shock in world cup history. i think what it sets up nicely, though, is we're here in doha, and certainly the english and the welsh fans have been the most vocal, and you could imagine the atmosphere in a british clash, ora united kingdom clash, should i say, between those two sets of fans on the way to the game, all the banter that we are used to seeing in domestic football, which we might be missing from some of the stadiums here. it's going to be a crescendo of noise and i think, yeah, the players will have no choice but to respond to an atmosphere like that.

so, wales, can they win 4—0? never say no, but if i was a betting man, my money would be staying in my pocket. nesta mcgregor. our correspondent tim muffett has been at a fanzone in central london. this is what he said about the atmosphere there. surprised, a bit disappointed, but not everyone, because, hey, cole, who is from america — along with lynette, who isn't from america — you're very happy, aren't you, with a 0—0 draw? yeah, yeah, i'm all right with it. i would have liked it to be like a 1—1 draw. a draw is very un—american, but we're happy with it, yeah. just as the music kicks in as well! how big is this playing in america at the moment, do you think? no, i mean, my friends have been texting me, saying they're happy with a tie. it's been all right so far, yeah. pretty happy. lynette, what did you make of that? 0k, not the result| that we hoped for, but do you know what? i'm happy with a 0—0 draw. itjust means that next match, we've got it all to play for. - i still believe in our team. i think we can do this.

it'sjust going to be. that little bit harder, but, you know, - come on, england! we've got this! do you think the problem was after the first game against iran, everyone�*s expectations went up...? there is a bit of that. i think we also _ probably underestimated the usa, ithink. i think we were a little bit slow to get started. - but as i say, we've i got tuesday to come. we've got tojust put iti behind us and move on. cole, are you confident that the usa can go through? yeah. i mean, i'm pretty confident. if we can do that against england, i think we can put on a good result against iran coming up. best of luck to you. and england still have yet to beat the usa at a world cup. still have not beaten the usa. thanks ever so much indeed. i'm still here for- the knockout stages! i'm ready for it! thanks ever so much indeed. there you go. there's some reaction. certainly a lot of people very, very surprised, and also it does feel quite strange to be watching a world cup england football match on a friday night in late november. we have never done that before, so quite a lot for everyone to take in. all eyes now on the england match against wales on tuesday. our correspondent nomia iqbal was at a beer garden in washington.

she said most of the fans there were proud of the us�*s performance. actually, most of them are pretty happy that they held their own, and it's actually quite a party mood here. and i'm going to speak to a few people that we spoke to earlier. like, this is the best way to get the media's attention, right? dress up in an american flag. so i'm going to go to patricio. patricio, come, come! so, how are you feeling? because i spoke to you earlier and you were feeling pretty confident that the us could win it, but you held your own. yeah, i think we really fought for this tie. i know it was a win to get into the round of 16, but the fact that against england, we would hold our own this entire game and the fact that we were very aggressive towards the end, i think we really won that tie. yeah. you would have liked a victory, no? obviously. this whole bar would have exploded. i would've loved the energy. but the energy the entire game was great. i think the "usa, usa, usa" cheers really drowned out the england ones, right? yeah, no, i led a few of those a few times. good to talk to you.

and we'll probably see you at the iran game, right? obviously! i'm going to come over to tom. tom, how are you doing, tom? i'm fine, actually. i'm ok with that, to be honest. a draw's fine. we'll go, we'll play against wales on tuesday and we should win that. we'll top the group. should win that. should, yeah, yeah. what do you think went wrong for england? because they were the team to win it? yeah, yeah, exactly. and, you know, the dynamic changed when henderson and grealish came on, and i thought maybe we might sneak one, but a 0—0... and fair play to usa. they did a greatjob. they were strong. they held it together. do you think gareth southgate could have made changes a bit earlier on, better changes? yeah... yeah, maybe. i mean, you go into a game like that where you're stronger, usa's the underdog, you kind of expect us to perform. maybe he was resting the stronger players, grealish and henderson. perhaps he could have, but i don't know. you've got to trust the manager at the end of the day, don't you? and how's family feeling? jordan is tom's girlfriend,

who supports america. eleanor, eleanor, you said that england was going to win! who are you cheering for? erm... was it england or usa? england! and how are you feeling, jordan? i feel great. i think that it was a good draw and we will live to see another day. next tuesday. and we lost our england supporters, but there is more americans here, obviously, but obviously for the usa now, it's facing iran next tuesday. and they have to beat iran if they want to avoid being eliminated. nomia iqbal. the hosts qatar are the first team to be eliminated from the tournament. they lost their second group match to senegal. qatar gave the home fans some cheer, scoring their first ever world cup goal, but went down 3—1 to senegal. to be fair, a well—established footballing nation. and their last hope

of progressing was in ruins after the netherlands and ecuador drew i—i. that is the world cup football, which continues over the next few weeks. let's turn to ukraine now. the regional governor of kherson, which has recently come back under ukrainian control, says that due to relentless russian bombing, the city's hospital is being evacuated. 15 people were killed in strikes on friday. after their withdrawal from kherson, russian forces appear to be concentrating their efforts towards the east of the country. in particular, they are trying to capture more territory near the city of donetsk — which pro—russian forces have controlled since 2014 and which russia now claims has joined its federation. it's meant heavy damage to the ukrainian—held town of avdiyivka, now effectively on the front line of the military battle. our correspondent abdujalil abdurasulov has been there and sent this report. this is what the front line looks like. months of intensive fighting turned avdiyivka into a ghost town. those people who are still staying in the town are too afraid to go out because of constant shelling.

and it's really quiet here. the only sound we can hear is the sound of artillery fire — both outgoing and incoming. people come out from their shelters when humanitarian they try to survive without gas, electricity, heating and running water. 14 people stay in this basement. they've got christmas decorations to light the shelter and use an old stove for heating.

as a toilet," he tells me. local authorities, however, call people to leave the town. they warn that many will not survive the coming winter. translation: we will not be able to provide food, - we will not be able to evacuate people — even if someone decides to leave, because the roads will be blocked with snow. this winter, we won't be able to do that at all. we tell people, do you understand that even if you don't starve to death, you may simply freeze to death? elena may follow his advice and get evacuated. she's making a pea soup outside of her apartment block. the building is severely damaged and cannot be used as a shelter in freezing weather. translation: maybe i will leave. if they shell this place again, they can blow up the whole building. all those flats below mine are destroyed. the floor in my apartment

still holds up, though. explosion that the winter here is going to be deadly. as russia's war in ukraine heads into a harsh winter, president zelensky has repeatedly called for the world's help in his nightly address. now, the first lady, olena zelenska, is taking on a more public role. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet has been speaking to mrs zelenska. president and first lady. war ripped their lives

apart but brought their work closer together. as this war grinds on, lives lost, cold winter closing in, with blackouts provoked by aggression strikes, olena zelenska is speaking out for ukraine. translation: we've had so many challenges during these months, l such trying challenges, so many victims, so much destruction that, if i'm honest with you, blackout is not the worst thing that can happen to us. recently, an opinion poll was published. ukrainians were asked, how much longer can they endure in these conditions? the majority of ukrainians, over 90%, said that they are prepared to endure this for two to three more years if they can see the prospect of our membership in the eu. two to three more years?

translation: at times, it is extremely hard, - but then we find new emotions which help us to keep going. they both work in this heavily guarded compound in kyiv. but he now has to live where he works — separate from her and their two children. when he first ran for president in 2019, she told him it was a life she didn't want. he won by a landslide with her support. the high school sweethearts filmed this on valentine's day, just ten days before russia invaded and everything changed. he can't travel, so she does. brussels, the eu parliament — a standing ovation for a woman who once said public speaking scared her.

washington, the us congress — the first foreign first lady to address this house, even more to ask for weapons. you crossed the line into politics. translation: that was not politics. - that was something i had to say. i was asking for weapons, not for an attack. i was asking for weapons to rescue us, so that our children would not be killed in their homes. now she calls other first ladies her colleagues. the us�*s, drjill biden, came to see her, both focused on education, children, families torn apart. ukraine's mourners in chief, public faces of its pain and prayer.

translation: for all- ukrainians, peace equates to victory, because we all understand that without victory, there will not be peace in our country. for now, they know peace isn't in sight, just a long cold winter of little light. lyse doucet, bbc news, kyiv. the full interview with ukraine's first lady olena zelenska and bbc chief international correspondent lyse doucet is available on iplayer in the uk and will run on bbc world news this weekend. you are watching bbc news. a reminder of our headlines: the latest world cup upset sees england held to a 0—0 draw against the usa. hospital patients are evacuated from the recently—liberated ukrainian city of kherson — after constant russian shelling.

a former british soldier has been found guilty of shooting dead a man in northern ireland 3a years ago as he travelled to a football match. david holden, who's now 53, was convicted of manslaughter, for opening fire on aidan mcanespie with a machine gun at a border crossing point. he's the first veteran to be convicted of an historical offence in northern ireland since the good friday agreement. our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. former soldier david holden, seen here in the facemask, was 18 at the time of the shooting. he'd been serving with the grenadier guards, while the british army was deployed in northern ireland during the troubles, manning an army checkpoint along the irish border. aidan mcanespie was believed by the army to be an ira suspect at the time, the paramilitary group that had been waging a campaign of violence. as he crossed the border on foot, aidan mcanespie was killed by a gunshot wound to the back. david holden claimed his hands were wet and always said he fired his machine gun accidentally.

but after a long campaign by aidan mcanespie's family, today, a judge found the former soldier guilty of manslaughter. we had 3a years. i never thought we would have got it. as a family and local community from that area, we did not believe the version of events that david holden or the british government put out at the time of aidan's shooting. yes, aidan mcanespie was shot 34 years ago, or more than 34 years ago. the argument is always that the passage of time will leave it almost impossible to get to the truth. this ruling today actually blows that out of the water. and everyone here would encourage, all the families, do not give up hope. there's still around 1,000 unsolved killings from the troubles, but this could be the last time an army veteran faces charges. in future, there may be immunity from prosecution for former soldiers and paramilitaries for decades—old killings, as the government is bringing forward legislation which aims to draw a line under the conflict, instead focusing on gathering information for victims�* families.

but an amnesty on troubles prosecutions is opposed by victims�* groups, and david holden's conviction will be seen as vindication by many other families who say they too deserve justice. emma vardy, bbc news, belfast. a court in hong kong has found one of asia's most senior roman catholic figures guilty of failing to register a fund to help people arrested during anti—government demonstrations three years ago. cardinaljoseph zen was fined more than 500 us dollars. five others were similarly convicted. martin yip of bbc news chinese reports from hong kong. cardinal zen is no stranger to this court building. ever since the 2019 protests, he has come to show his support for activists put on trial. today, he became one of them. on trial next to him are hong kong's well known pro—democracy figures. the cardinal thanked people for their support and concern,

but he asked the press in particular not to tie this case to hong kong's religious freedom. translator: i don't want to put too much emphasis| on my religious identity. as an older hong kong citizen, i am very supportive of humanitarian aid. of course, i hope that hong kong will continue to enjoy religious freedom, as it has in the past. the 612 humanitarian fund was set up injuly 2019, just weeks after the anti—government protests turned large, with cardinal zen and other defenders appointed trustees. it aims to help activists pay their legal and medical expenses. millions in hong kong dollars have since been raised but the pro—beijing press accused the fund of collusion with foreign forces to threaten china. in 2020, beijing imposed the draconian national security law of hong kong,

and the fund shut down in august of last year. but despite that, a magistrate ruled that they should have registered the fund with the police. cardinal zen has been a long—time critic of china, especially on religious freedom. he received strong support among liberal christians in hong kong, but was booed by those supporting the institution. these are comments he made almost a decade ago. if good relations means to always please them, do everything they ask, then we dishonour the church, we are selling the church. we cannot do that. the vatican has expressed its concern over the inquest of the popular priest, but some in the church questioned if the roman catholic church is muffling its voice in order to secure a closer relations with china. martin yip, bbc news, hong kong. let me bring you some of the

day's other developments. china has reported its highest ever daily number of coronavirus infections, despite stringent measures designed to eliminate the virus. nearly 33,000 cases were recorded on thursday. that compares with just over 31,000 cases on wednesday. almost three years into the pandemic, china's zero—covid policy is still in place. snap lockdowns, mass testing and travel restrictions are continuing to cause disruption to daily life and the economy. president pedro castillo of peru has appointed a new prime minister amid a dispute with congress. it's dominated by right—wing parties which oppose the president. betssy chavez becomes peru's fifth prime minister since july last year. the american rapper kanye west — who is now legally known as ye — has announced that he will run for us president in 202a. he claimed he had asked donald trump to be his running mate. he posted a video of his campaign logo to social media. west previously ran for president in 2020,

but that campaign flopped, attracting a meagre 70,000 votes. the launch of the singer's campaign comes as he faces a number of damaging controversies. an agreement has been reached at a global conservation summit in panama to reduce the trade in shark fins. environmental groups say tens of millions of sharks are killed every year for theirfins. the market is estimated to be worth half a billion dollars annually. if you have never seen it, the mousetrap is agatha christie's murder mystery play, originally inspired by a radio play broadcast by bbc. it has been celebrating 70 years in london's west end. it has now been performed almost 29,000 times. but you will struggle to find out who done it unless you go, because audiences are sworn to secrecy. and next year it will cross the atlantic and open on broadway for the first time.

as our entertainment correspondent david sillito reports, despite its age, the mousetrap has not lost its original charm. good afternoon. welcome to today's performance of the mousetrap. agatha christie's the mousetrap. and today's performance, number 28,915 — a special anniversary reunion forformer cast members. this is more than a play, it's a must see on the london tourist trail. they got out their map and everything, and they were saying, "what shall we do? we must see buckingham palace, we must see the tower of london, we must see the mousetrap." and you just thought, "there you are." backstage, little has changed. this, the wind machine. this is the original from 1952? the originalfrom 1952, the original production. and to make it really wintry, actors step into the snow room. but what makes it remarkable is the history. it was setting records

even in the �*50s. do you think it's the best play you've written? i don't know. other people seem to, anyway! and since then, it's been a fixture on the west end, with one veteran involved from day one — agatha christie's grandson. it's a very important moment, but one thing i will tell you about this anniversary, it will not be the last. and to mark the landmark, there is going to be a second mousetrap on broadway. each summer, we have thousands of american tourists coming to the show during the summer season, and i think it's time we got on the front foot and took it there. and part of the mystique of this is there's never been a film of it. there are film rights, but they came with a clause — they had to wait until the london production closed. 70 years on, they're still waiting. david sillito, bbc news, in london's west end. not only the longest—running play, but the longest running

performance of any actor. if you do not believe me, look it up. you are watching bbc news. hello. after a turbulent week of weather, many of us had a much drier friday. and there's some dry weather at the end of this forecast, too — but before we get there, more rain to come through the weekend, particularly on saturday, some of it'll be heavy, most of us having a drier day on sunday. and that rain is all tied in with this atlantic system, gradually pushing its way eastwards through saturday, some of that rain is going to be heavy. also, notice the isobars are close together, so we'll see some gusty winds, especially for western areas. so this is how saturday shapes up — this band of rain gradually pushing north and eastwards, through southwest england, wales, northwest england, western scotland, northern ireland — though drier here through the afternoon, although still likely to see a few heavy showers. further east, less sunshine through the morning — in fact, east anglia, southeast england could stay dry for much of the day.

northeast england, perhaps, too, but some gusty winds, especially for irish sea coasts and the western isles, those gusts perhaps reaching 45—50mph. but they're south or south—westerly winds, so mild airflooding across the uk, with highs of 11—14 celsius. now through saturday night, we see that band of rain continuing to push its way eastwards — again, some of that will be heavy, the strongest winds extending to eastern coasts. behind it, something clearer across many western areas, though a few showers starting to push in from the west. it will be a very mild night, with temperatures for some holding up to 10—11 celsius, and not much lower than 6—7 at their lowest. so, as we head into sunday, here's our frontal system — but notice how it's lingering very close to the southeast of england. so we'll keep a hang—back of cloud, and also potentially some outbreaks of rain across parts of southeast england, maybe east anglia, too, through the morning. behind it, for many, some good spells of sunshine, but further showers will be pushing into western areas, and those are likely become quite blustery again with some strong winds for irish sea coasts. the winds should start to ease through the day

across eastern areas. not quite as mild as it would have been on saturday, but temperatures still quite widely in double figures for most. and actually, for many, sunday looks to be the drier day of the weekend. and as we head into next week, we actually see this area of high pressure starting to take charge, and just keeping these frontal systems at bay for most of us. so as we move into next week, things are looking mostly dry — although there will be a lot of cloud around, could also see some problems with overnight mist and fog. that's all from me, goodbye.

this is bbc news, the headlines... in world cup football, england have been held to a goal—less draw with the united states. they'll go through to the last 16 if they can avoid a defeat to wales in their next match. the welsh now have a real battle to qualify, after being beaten 2—0, against iran. the governor of kherson in southern ukraine says hospital patients are being evacuated because of constant russian shelling. he said some children had been taken to mykolaiv, 100 other patients were being moved to odesa. president vladimir putin has urged families of russian servicemen not to believe what they read online about the war. he made the comment during a televised meeting with a group of women described as mothers of service personnel.