this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. moscow warns the eu and the g7 against adopting a price cap on russian oil, saying it would endanger their energy security. the former uk government minister conor burns has been cleared of misconduct. he'll now be readmitted to the conservative parliamentary party. health officials in britain warn parents to look out for symptoms of a condition caused by strep a. five children in england and one in wales have died. 39 unaccompanied albanian children who have come into the care of kent county council in southern england this year have gone missing , raising fears of human trafficking and at the world cup, the group stage comes to an end

with south korea grabbing a late winner to reach the last 16, at the expense of uruguay. the round of 16 starts in a few hours�* time. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. western allies have agreed to put a cap on the price of russian oil. the g7 group of nations, as well as australia and the european union, have decided that no country should pay more than $60 a barrel — slightly below the current price of $64. the us says it will "immediately cut into putin's most important "source of revenue". louisa pilbeam reports. the latest russian missile strike in kharkiv. more destruction and suffering in a war that is showing no sign of ending.

but a move by the g7 — the world's seven largest advanced economies — australia and the european union, to cap the price of russian oil is hoped to bring an end this war closer. they've agreed to restrict the price of russian oil at $60 a barrel — hoping to wound russia with another financial sanction. this price cap has three objectives. first, it strengthens the effect of our sanction. second, it will further diminish russia's revenues. and thirdly, at the same time, it will stabilise global energy markets. the limit will come in on monday, after the eu persuaded poland to back the plan after warsaw initially considered it too high. and some market experts believe it's more of a symbol of rebellion against the kremlin, than a realistic financial weapon.

they want one measure in place to suddenly contribute to that discount being bigger, but not as large as some wanted, and the fact it has taken the eu so long to agree on a cap is because some countries which tend to be hawkish on russia wanted that cap to be much lower. other experts say sanctions like this are hurting russia, but president vladimir putin is still making huge amounts of money through oil. the kremlin denounced the scheme, saying it would not supply those countries which enforced a price cap. before the war, more than half of russia's oil exports went to europe, but russia has found new markets in india and china — and new money to fund its war. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. earlier i spoke to our correspondent, jessica parker, who gave us the latest from kyiv. i think the sense that we've had first off in a statement

from the president's office is, "maybe not quite," although they always welcome of course welcome action from western allies, the likes of the g7 or the eu, to try and sanction russia. but the suggestion this morning from kyiv is that something like a $30 cap would be much more effective in terms of hurting russia's economy. and, of course, it's notjust about hurting russia's economy — it's more about, we're told, trying to eat in to the revenues of the kremlin that they then used to finance the war that continues here in ukraine. as we've been hearing that report, quite a lot of questions about the potential efficacy of this cap. we'll have to wait and see in terms of what impact it actually has, but the wrangling that's been going on again speaks to the very difficult issue of energy. now, we've heard it around gas price caps and now this oil cap as well. there's always a fear amongst some countries of the law of unintended consequences —

that if you start trying to interfere, intervene, with the energy market, are you putting security of supply at risk? i think that's why some countries were quite keen to keep it around the $60 mark, maybe even higher, but other more hawkish nations, as ever, poland, the baltic states, really wanted to go harder and faster in terms of trying to squeeze those revenues going into the kremlin from the very valuable fossil fuels. and, jessica, let's talk more broadly about how the country is coping in the aftermath of those recent russian attacks on critical infrastructure, as we've been reporting having an impact on how much power people have? yeah, as you might get a sense, it is windy and it is extremely cold here in kyiv today, and emergency outages, we are told, continue in the city. kyiv has really been one of the worst—hit areas after attempts by russia — and to some extent successful attempts — to cause power outages

by hitting the energy grid. in terms of how people are coping in their day—to—day lives, i'd say a couple of things. the government has been encouraging the establishment of what are called points of invincibility, essentially shelters people can go to if they don't have power or access to fresh water. that is and where they can go to for a bit to charge their phones. they can't move in there. it is just a temporary shelter if you need to get some power and get one. the gnoll to talk to people about what they are doing on an individual basis. hear about people talking about being in contact with friends and family and where they can go and people can come to them if and when they have power or don't have what atomic power, stocking up on water, stopping up on water, stopping open world —— if they have power or don't have power, stocking up on water, stocking up on warm clothes. soldiers on the front line are living an incredibly difficult conditions while also fighting so thatis conditions while also fighting so that is generally seen to be quite a lot of determination to get through this come what may be don't know

exactly what is going happen and when the next missile strikes will come. the british conservative mp conor burns has been cleared of misconduct and is to be readmitted to the party. mr burns was sacked from his position as a trade minister and had the party whip removed in october when liz truss was prime minister — after a complaint of serious misconduct. he has denied any wrongdoing. let's talk to our political correspondent david wallace lockhart. david, just remind us. all the little bit more about the background to all of this. 50 little bit more about the background to all of this-— little bit more about the background to all of thie— little bit more about the background to all of thia— to all of this. so conor burns is the mp for— to all of this. so conor burns is the mp for bournemouth - to all of this. so conor burns isj the mp for bournemouth west. to all of this. so conor burns is - the mp for bournemouth west. he was a government minister under boris johnson. he continues as a government minister under liz truss is a trade minister but he was swiftly sacked from that position and suspended from the conservative party in october after a complaint of serious misconduct was made. now, the bbc was previously told that this complaint came from an eyewitness who saw him touching a

young man's bite at a hotel bar during the conservative party conference in october —— a young man's five. it was, we understand, a third party who made the complaint, not the man mr benz was seen with. it was raised with party whips and that led to his suspension while in investigation was under way. he consistently denied any wrongdoing and today we had that investigation has cleared him. he and today we had that investigation has cleared him.— has cleared him. he has done an interview. _ has cleared him. he has done an interview, hasn't _ has cleared him. he has done an interview, hasn't he, _ has cleared him. he has done an interview, hasn't he, and - has cleared him. he has done an interview, hasn't he, and he - has cleared him. he has done an interview, hasn't he, and he has| interview, hasn't he, and he has been talking about the process of investigation and concerns he has about it? ., �* , investigation and concerns he has about it? . �* , ., �* , about it? that's right, and he's done the interview _ about it? that's right, and he's done the interview with - about it? that's right, and he's done the interview with his - about it? that's right, and he'sl done the interview with his local newspaper the bournemouth echo and in the interview published today he said the whole process was a living nightmare. he criticises how long it'll talk. he told the paper he felt he'd been thrown to the wolves and that it felt and smelled like a stitch up. now, his suspension came while liz truss was prime minister. conor burns in this interview suggests that part of his treatment was connected to praise he had made

for the international trade secretary kemi badenoch. it was reported at the conservative party conference he made a comment about her not being to cope, it focused on her not being to cope, it focused on her instagram which i think a lot of people look at a slight dig at liz truss who has and has been quite keen to raise her profile on social media. i spoke to a source close to liz truss is certainly pushed back against this idea of there being any sort of personal vendetta in all of this, saying with the fact they had at the time they believed it was responsible to launch an investigation and the right path was followed. the conservative party spokesperson has said that the party investigated in line with his code of conduct and the matter is now closed so conor burns will be back in the conservative party shortly. you very much, david wallace lock—out.

——thank you very much, david wallace—lockhart. health officials are urging parents to look out for the symptoms of scarlet fever, after six children in england and wales died from the bacteria that causes it. infections are normally mild and treated with antibiotics and while still uncommon, there has been an increase in group a strep cases this year, particularly in children under 10. many of us carry group a strep in our noses and often it's completely asymptomatic and some people get tonsillitis and then some, especially children, progress to scarlet fever, which is a more systemic infection that includes producing a toxin that, sort of, gives this rash and the fever. now, it's absolutely rare that this bacteria becomes what we call invasive. so, when we are talking about invasive group a strep, and this is unfortunately what's happened in the children who have died, and that's obviously tragic, but it is

an extremely rare occurrence. now, some of the symptoms, like fever, are common to lots of childhood ailments, aren't they? so what should parents and carers look out for that is unique to strep a or any infections that it can cause? yeah, so this is obviously critical because many children get a sore throat, especially at the moment when we have so many viruses circulating, as well, and the vast majority is due to viral illnesses. so the rash is very pathognomonic, orvery typical. it feels a bit like sandpaper and it's a sort of red, very finely raised rash which is sometimes hard to spot, depending on skin tone, as well. i hardly ever encourage people to look at pictures of rashes on the internet, but the rash for scarlet fever is fairly typical, so i would take the opportunity to familiarise myself with the picture, because it's hard to describe. and if in doubt, check it out. yeah. are any other groups susceptible to this, apart from young children? yeah, so especially people over 75 appear to be having a higher rate of scarlet infections at the moment, and when we look at the reporting

data from the uk hsa, we can see that especially in the group of in the group of people over 75 and in children between 1—4 and 5—9 the numbers of infections have gone up, so the bacterium has been isolated from throat swabs. that doesn't mean people are at high risk of getting invasive infection, but if we have much more infection going out there, of course we need to keep an eye on people not deteriorating with scarlet fever. at what point should additional medical help or should additional medical advice be sought? so if someone has a child or is an adult who's concerned about a very sore throat that is not settling down with a high fever, the child being lethargic, and especially if not getting better after penicillin, antibiotics have been started, then they should seek medical attention. parents usually have a good gut feeling for their worry about their children, and we would encourage them to then to seek help.

professor beate kampmann is a professor of pediatric infection and immunity from the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine. there's been a limited easing of covid restrictions in two of china's biggest cities, in the wake of anti—lockdown protests. negative covid tests aren't now needed to use public transport in shenzhen or to enter supermarkets in beijing. almost a fifth of unaccompanied albanian child migrants who have come into the care of kent county council this year have gone missing. charities fear they could become the victims of trafficking. simonjones is here with more details. simon, just to clarify festival, all of these 39 children, are they still missing? of these 39 children, are they still missin: ? , , ., . of these 39 children, are they still missin: ? , , . . ., missing? yes, these are children who have one missing? yes, these are children who have gone missing _ missing? yes, these are children who have gone missing in _ missing? yes, these are children who have gone missing in the _ missing? yes, these are children who have gone missing in the county - have gone missing in the county council do not know whether children are and they remain missing. we have seen this yet huge increase in the number of albanians arriving on the uk crossing the channel in small boats so hardly surprising there's been a big increase in the number of unaccompanied child asylum seekers

from albania arriving tea. now they become in many cases the responsibility of the local authority, kent county council. now it has that so far this year it is taken on almost 200 albanian children and 39, as you say, of the children and 39, as you say, of the children have actually gone missing. it is raising some real concerns about what potentially may have happened to them. there is a charity which tries to prevent children from being exploited and being trafficked and they are saying that potentially these children could fall into the hands of traffickers and could be. work in the grey economy and car washes or cannabis factories of even be sexually exploited. —— could be forced to work in the grey economy or car washes or cannabis factories are sexually exploited.— are sexually exploited. grave concerns _ are sexually exploited. grave concerns and _ are sexually exploited. grave concerns and you _ are sexually exploited. grave concerns and you were - are sexually exploited. grave| concerns and you were telling are sexually exploited. grave - concerns and you were telling me before you came in air that people were querying whether these were in fact children of people posing as children. is there anyway of

certifying that these are children we are talking about below the age of 18? ., ' . ., , we are talking about below the age of18? ., m ,,, of 18? the home office has processes to t of 18? the home office has processes tot and of 18? the home office has processes to try and establish _ of 18? the home office has processes to try and establish exactly _ of18? the home office has processes to try and establish exactly how- of 18? the home office has processes to try and establish exactly how old i to try and establish exactly how old people are because we do have cases where people claim they are children because they think that will give them a better chance of being able to stay in the uk but the people who are being looked after by kent county council are being considered to be children having been age assessed in examinations taking place. 0bviously, assessed in examinations taking place. obviously, a local authority cannot be 100% share in people being missing and not knowing exactly where they are. what people being missing and not knowing exactly where they are.— exactly where they are. what steps are bein: exactly where they are. what steps are being taken _ exactly where they are. what steps are being taken are _ exactly where they are. what steps are being taken are able _ exactly where they are. what steps are being taken are able to - exactly where they are. what steps are being taken are able to be - exactly where they are. what steps| are being taken are able to be taken to find his missing children and what is the council saying about any changes to procedure to try make this happen again in the future? there are two aspects to this, really. kent county council says what it is trying to do is identify proactively children who could be at risk of being exploited or at risk of going missing. they say they are

using techniques to try and analyse that data shows that albanian children have a higher chance of going missing than many other nationalities so there is that proactive approach in the first place so if necessary referring people to something called the national referral scheme which flags up national referral scheme which flags up people who could be at risk of modern slavery. the council also says once a child has gone missing be it albanian or any other nationality the proactively with the police to try and locate that child and if a child is indeed found there will be a debriefing session where they will try to find out from the child where they then meant missing and where they went. in many cases children can go missing a short period of time than to shut him after that but in this case these are children who appear to have been missing for long time.— missing for long time. simon, thank ou ve missing for long time. simon, thank you very much _ missing for long time. simon, thank you very much for — missing for long time. simon, thank you very much for that. _ missing for long time. simon, thank you very much for that. simon - missing for long time. simon, thank| you very much for that. simon jones.

the group stages of the world cup are now complete and final 16 are are preparing for the knock out stages of the tournament. first up is the netherlands and the usa. then it's two—time winners argentina versus australia who've reached the knockout stages for the first time since 2006. the bbc'sjohn watson is in doha and has more now on the build—up as we inch closer to the final. (sot welcome to england's team for gareth southgate and his side ahead of their tie with senegal tomorrow. it is of course a tonne of them are so many twists and turns out that we will be seeing more as a last tournaments gets under way today, united states taking on the netherlands, one of the world cup's surprise performer so far, australia taking on argentina in what will be lionel messi's 1000 appearance to him in a stellar career but defeat later will be messi's last chance, you wonder, don't you come on to win the biggest prize of all, a world

cup in the latter stages of his career now. with so many twists and turns to this world cup you just don't know and it's very hard to predict what lies around the corner as we head into those last 16 matches that get under way today. so, here's the last 16 line—up in full. the first games start later — when the netherlands take on the usa, and argentina take on australia. there's much more on our website just log on to bbc.com/news and click through to the world cup section — or go via the bbc app. today is the un's international day of persons with disabilities. it's a project aimed at increasing awareness — and accessibility — for those people who have different needs and challenges. this year the two main themes are innovation and inclusity. joining me now is caroline casey, who's a businesswoman and activist behind the valuable 500, that's the a global collective of 500 ceos and their companies working to improve disability inclusion.

caroline, it is really great to have you with us today. thanks so much for your time. tell is little more about the work you are doing with the valuable 500 and what sort of workplace is the ideal workplace which is inclusive the people of all needs? ~ u, which is inclusive the people of all needs? ~ _, ., which is inclusive the people of all needs? ~ ., ., ~ , ., which is inclusive the people of all needs? ~ ., ., ~ . needs? welcome and thank you so much for havin: needs? welcome and thank you so much for having us- — needs? welcome and thank you so much for having us. the _ needs? welcome and thank you so much for having us. the valuable _ needs? welcome and thank you so much for having us. the valuable 500 - needs? welcome and thank you so much for having us. the valuable 500 is - for having us. the valuable 500 is the world's biggest business partnership, as you've heard, with 500 companies in their ban tyre brands and we span 20 million employees and different sectors and i will work is to collectively work together against some of the greatest barriers in the business system so we are passionate about ensuring that we see the youngest talents in the ceos of the future, the leaders of the business and we are absolutely passionate about getting inclusive reporting and reporting on disability performance and we are absolutely passionate about getting accessibility, moving bevvy is for consumers with disabilities and their families

because we have got to remember this is all about the value of people with disabilities. despite moving barriers. there are 1.3 billion people in the world who have a disability and get the discrimination and marginalisation is huge and if you put a mother and father to the 1.3 billion people thatis father to the 1.3 billion people that is 50 54% of our global economy so the valuable 500 beliefs truly if we want in the discrimination of people with disabilities in the world we need business at the table to value was as consumers and suppliers and leaders and points of innovation and ijust suppliers and leaders and points of innovation and i just want to say one of the big things... bud innovation and i just want to say one of the big things... and how does this, _ one of the big things... and how does this, what _ one of the big things... and how does this, what you _ one of the big things... and how does this, what you do, - one of the big things... and how does this, what you do, how - one of the big things... and howl does this, what you do, how does one of the big things... and how i does this, what you do, how does it fit in with this un day?— fit in with this un day? well, listen, fit in with this un day? well, listen. the — fit in with this un day? well, listen, the un _ fit in with this un day? well, listen, the un day— fit in with this un day? well, listen, the un day is- fit in with this un day? well, listen, the un day is a - fit in with this un day? well, listen, the un day is a day, l fit in with this un day? well, . listen, the un day is a day, ok? fit in with this un day? well, - listen, the un day is a day, ok? we live 361i listen, the un day is a day, ok? we live 364 other days of the year. it is a day for us to, i believe, track progress. and hold ourselves accountable. it progress. and hold ourselves accountable.— progress. and hold ourselves accountable. it is the day when we're talking —

accountable. it is the day when we're talking about _ accountable. it is the day when we're talking about it _ accountable. it is the day when we're talking about it and - we're talking about it and highlighting it, isn't it? yes! you have is on _ highlighting it, isn't it? yes! you have is on here _ highlighting it, isn't it? yes! you have is on here in _ highlighting it, isn't it? yes! you have is on here in canada - highlighting it, isn't it? yes! you have is on here in canada seen l highlighting it, isn't it? yes! you - have is on here in canada seen these few hours valuable 500 we believe inclusion means action and with me might reach 200 million people in the first few hours and that is a company speaking to the actions they are doing in the big action we launch this year is this is all about progress and we have launched about progress and we have launched a programme called generation valuable, jen v and that is getting our 500 disabled ceos to nominate disable talent in their business of they can inform and help business leaders become more inclusive and accessible but also to progress, to see disabled talent in the powerful positions in the future. that, to me, is where we have to work and hope and build upon that because the discrimination and marginalisation that exists is genuinely so serious that exists is genuinely so serious that we need business to be at the table. meaningfully. you that we need business to be at the table. meaningfully.— that we need business to be at the table. meaningfully. you have talked about the barriers _

table. meaningfully. you have talked about the barriers to _ table. meaningfully. you have talked about the barriers to inclusion, - about the barriers to inclusion, caroline. if someone who is involved in the business side of his owner, employee, whatever their bowlers is watching this and wondering what how they can make the business more inclusive what is the first step? the best is to start asking questions, going to organisations in your communities in your countries your communities in your countries you got a business disability forum etc and they are there to help. the second pieces we would encourage all of our countries to get an employee resource groups around disability, like many others and start asking your people because we forget 80% of disability is invisible and a lot of people are hiding that are not disclosing and intelligence is in our businesses and i think the third thing is to statin begin, 0k? today it means action and not everybody can be like apple which i really encourage everybody to see the

greatest which is a film they've just released around accessibility thatis just released around accessibility that is phenomenal but the biggest moment of action is asking for help or asking for what i can do. if we don't speak about this the problem will continue to exist so we need to... we need to work together to make uncomfortable conversations happen because from that we will see action. matt caroline, really good to talk to you. thank you so much. caroline casey, businesswoman and activist behind the valuable 500 on today, the un's international day of persons with disabilities. trainers from some of the world's greatest athletes are currently up for auction in new york. but they're not your average sneakers, as emer mccarthy reports. the old saying goes, don'tjudge someone before you walk a mile in their shoes. well, if you've got a spare bit of cash lying about, what about walking a mile in michaeljordan's sneakers? we have two pairs of 1985jordan 1s. nothing more iconic thatjordan's

style is still celebrated and worn. both pairs game worn, one pair signed. the estimates are 200 to 300,000 on our top lot and then 100 to 200,000 on our next top lot. bothjordan1s. the jordans form part of the first sale of christie's new york's new department, sneakers, streetwear and collectibles, the online auction, aptly named the greats, includes collectibles from other sporting icons, designers and streetwear brands. and demand is high across the globe. we have amazing collectors who are in asia, amazing collectors in the middle east, across europe, in the us, you know, across all age ranges. and that for me is one of the most exciting parts, is watching an auction registrant be anywhere from 17 years old to 75. if tennis is more your game, a pair of trainers worn and signed by serena williams, designed by the late virgil abloh, has an estimated sale price

between 17 and $20,000. another pair also comes with a signed tennis ball. the only thing not included, serena's 23 grand slam titles. unfortunately, there's something money can't buy. emer mccarthy, bbc news. the text message is celebrating its 30th birthday! the first text was sent by a vodafone engineer neil papworth to his boss at a christmas party. the message, which read "merry christmas", marked the birth of sms — or short message service — and was the predecessor of internet—based platforms such as whatsapp and imessage. 140 billion messages are sent every day. jonathan the seychelles giant tortoise is about to celebrate his 190th birthday with a three—day bash. hatched in the seychelles in 1832, jonathan now lives on saint helena as the oldest known living land animal. bisexual, blind and lacking a sense

of smell, the 190—year—old still enjoys his three favourite activitities — eating, sleeping and sex. you are watching bbc news. a world cup just isn't complete without a good old football anthem...and now there's a new contender to rival the likes of �*three lions' and �*vindaloo'. a barbershop quartet — the ashatones, have released their take on chris rea's classic — �*driving home for christmas'. let's hear from them about their world cup version of the song. # do, do, do. # it's coming home. # it's coming home for christmas. # coming home. # oh, i can't wait to see those players. # do they know it's coming home? it was christmas time last year, and i knew the world cup was happening at christmas. and ijust messaged the guys on whatsapp saying... "it's coming home for christmas —

do you think we should do something with that? i think it's got," you know, "a lot of potential." it's a genius idea because when is the world cup ever— going to be at christmas, like, everagain? - and this is a once—in—a—lifetime opportunity, really. _ # singing, southgate, you're the one. # football's coming home. we actually had a finished draft recorded, sent out to the boys to learn their parts, and then the lionesses won. and one of our lyrics was "cos it's been so long, but we will still be there to cheer you on". and suddenly we were like, "this is great that the lionesses have won, but this is... this is like... change this." # and those lionesses, they spurred us on. - # it's coming home to england. started in my girlfriend's friend's house in bedminster, then we filmed it in victoria park, and then i messaged bristol rovers — can we potentiallyjust come to the stadium for a few hours and get some footage of us being silly in the stadium, really? and i was absolutely blown away — the next day we got a reply!

# do, do, do, do. before the tournament and i was thinking, "yeah, it's all well and good us, you know, putting a video out, doing a song, but if england don't play well, we're going to look like absolute muppets! # is it coming? # it's coming home for christmas. # yes, it's coming home. but if you want proof that it's worked, sam is the real litmus test because he doesn't like football! and so we had to try really hard to convince him that he'll enjoy it, and thankfully he did. so... idid. i told you at the beginning — i said, "absolutely not." i'll admit this only once, but it was quite fun. they laugh. it was a good laugh. we're not doing it again, but we had a good time. they laugh. # it's coming home for christmas. # coming home...

they have got a man called harry style in that brand comic band —— band, not harry styles but harry style. now it's time for a look at the weather, with chris fawkes. hello there. for many of you, the day will be a day of sunny spells and a few passing showers. the majority of the showers today and tomorrow will be across eastern areas thanks to a chilly easterly wind. so it's east scotland, eastern england that you're most likely to see a shower or two today. a few getting across the midlands to east wales, but west wales, northwest england having the best of the day's dry weather and sunshine. northern ireland staying pretty cloudy and the cloud will be thick enough at times in the north and west of scotland to bring a little bit of light and patchy rain at times. but overnight tonight, any rain clearing away. showers continue to feed in. and bear in mind where we have the clear skies, while temperatures could dip down in the countryside to give a touch of frost and with showers falling on those cold surfaces, there is a risk of seeing one or two icy stretches first

thing tomorrow morning. tomorrow, a similar kind of day. showers continue to push in across many eastern areas, but this time, west scotland and northern ireland should be a bit brighter with a bit more sunshine. but it's going to be another fairly cold day. that's the latest. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... moscow has warned western countries they will endanger their energy supplies if they enforce a price cap on russian oil. washington says the measures will immediately hit the russian economy. the former uk government minister conor burns has been cleared of misconduct. he'll now be readmitted to the conservative parliamentary party. some health experts say it's likely the rise in strep a cases is linked to young children not mixing as much due to the pandemic. six children in england and wales have died recently after contracting the infection. almost 20% of unaccompanied child migrants from albania who've come

into the care of kent county council in southern england this year have