welcome to bbc news — i'm vishala sri—pathma. our top stories... joy for argentina as lionel messi scores as they reach the quarterfinals of the world cup. president zelensky critcises the price cap on russian oil imposed by the west, claiming it's too weak to cause serious damage. and as temperatures plummet in ukraine, we hearfrom people facing winter without power or adequate shelter. the father of a four—year—old british girl who's seriously ill with a strep a infection warns other parents to be alert to the symptoms. any doubt, if they don't look right or anything, just scoop them up and take them, get them checked out rapid.

deadlock on how to deal with plastic pollution as delegates to the un conference end first round talks. the knockout stages of the world cup in qatar are under way, and the first two teams through to the quarterfinals are argentina and the netherlands. the dutch beat the us, while argentina were inspired by lionel messi as he attempts to help his country win a third world cup in what's likely to be his last chance at the sport's ultimate prize. emily brown has the details. fans chanting: argentina! through to the world cup quarterfinals, two—time champions argentina beat australia 2—1 in what was a particularly special

performance for argentina, as their very own lionel messi made his 1000th career appearance, scoring the first goal of the game. the 35—year—old has played every minute of argentina's game at these finals and the performance delighted fans. for us, messi means football. so it is more than like a person or a team, it is a feeling for all of us. julian alvarez also scored for the south americans, before australia pulled one back through an own goal. but in the end, it was argentina's game. meanwhile, the netherlands were comfortable throughout their 3—1 win. the us did get one back when they were 2—0 down, but they then conceded later on. oh, it was amazing. i was optimistic that we would win but i am really impressed with how the guys performed tonight. extremely happy, extremely be proud. they played a fantastic match. i think the first match

where they did really well, so i am delighted to be here. i'm so happy i am going to the next one as well. so it will be the netherlands who face argentina next week. the two sides will now meet in a heavyweight clash, with a place in the semifinals at stake. emily brown, bbc news. lets cross to buenos aires now where we can speak to dan edwards. he's the co—host of the argentinian football podcast aptly named the hand of pod. very good. so what is the mid when site is?— very good. so what is the mid when site is? good evening. so ha- when site is? good evening. so ha - at when site is? good evening. so happy at the — when site is? good evening. so happy at the moment _ when site is? good evening. so happy at the moment -- - when site is? good evening. so happy at the moment -- what i when site is? good evening. so| happy at the moment -- what is happy at the moment —— what is the mood in buenos aires. it feels like a final and it has been celebrated as such. tonight, plans have been flocking to the traditional place for football celebrations for fans after a big place for football celebrations forfans after a big win place for football celebrations for fans after a big win and place for football celebrations forfans after a big win and i think that will continue at there. every single game

argentina has played to date, the team has struck a chord with local fans. the team has struck a chord with localfans. it the team has struck a chord with local fans. it is a team thatis with local fans. it is a team that is so popular and with messi there, you think everything is possible and people are just really behind it. people are 'ust really behind it. �* ., ~ ,, people are 'ust really behind it. ., people are 'ust really behind it. and on messi, people are talkin: it. and on messi, people are talking -- — it. and on messi, people are talking -- lots _ it. and on messi, people are talking -- lots of— it. and on messi, people are talking -- lots of pundits - it. and on messi, people are j talking -- lots of pundits are talking —— lots of pundits are talking —— lots of pundits are talking about his game, how he is standing out. does this solidify his position as top footballer, particularly in the country is from, but also may be globally as well? i country is from, but also may be globally as well?— be globally as well? i think, for me, they're's _ be globally as well? i think, for me, they're's never - be globally as well? i think, | for me, they're's never really been any doubt, he is a once in a generation talent and possibly we have never seen his like before. you just look at what he is doing here in qatar, he is 35, has played every single minute for argentina and iran that has taken him four games in only 12 days —— for argentina in a run that has taken him to tailor games. this is most probably his last chance to stand up and when the

tournament he won so much and he is showing it. he is putting in brilliant performance after brain performance and really dragging the team along. and also that team is behind him so it is a fantastic synergy, a fantastic partnership between messi and the rest of the argentina team and hopefully they can go that little bit further. ., , they can go that little bit further. . , ., further. the netherlands are next on the _ further. the netherlands are next on the cards. _ further. the netherlands are next on the cards. the - further. the netherlands are next on the cards. the two l next on the cards. the two sides have a bit of a history. argentina generally at entrance most of those occasions, but what's the feeling of them as an opponent? what's the feeling of them as an opponent?— what's the feeling of them as an opponent? absolutely, it is an opponent? absolutely, it is a clash between _ an opponent? absolutely, it is a clash between two _ an opponent? absolutely, it is a clash between two world - an opponent? absolutely, it is| a clash between two world cup heavyweights, which, as you say, has a lot of history. argentina's world cup —— first roca back in 78 was one in the final against the netherlands. backin final against the netherlands. back in 2014, argentina took it on penalties and i don't think anyone here will be taking the

netherlands lightly. they will be a strong team, there was have that individual talent which sets them out as a nation, even if the big names, they berghans, the van persies are not there. they have guys who are coming to a strong and we know none of these games in the world cup will be easy. you look at australia, you have maybe got what will be comfortable for argentina, but the major work and feel that absolutely at the last minute. that has been the theme of this world cup and definitely for argentina to world cup and they will be really wary of the netherlands and set on getting that victory. netherlands and set on getting that victory-— that victory. 0k, we will have to leave it — that victory. 0k, we will have to leave it there, _ that victory. 0k, we will have to leave it there, dunn - to leave it there, dunn edwards, thank you forjoining us from buenos aires. —— dan edwards. the brazilian football legend pele has released a message saying he's feeling strong and full of hope after a newspaper said he was being given end—of—life care. pele, who's 82, had surgery

for bowel cancer last year and was readmitted to hospital in sao paulo earlier this week. pele wrote on his instagram account that he was following his treatment as usual, and wanted everyone to stay positive and calm. the hospital said his condition was stable. pele won three world cups with brazil and is widely regarded as the greatest footballer of all time. ukraine's president is the latest to criticise the price cap set by western allies on russian maritime oil exports. volodymyr zelensky said that the sixty—dollars—a—barrel limit — due to come into force on monday — is "weak" and will not be viewed as a serious decision in moscow. meanwhile, millions of ukrainians are still experiencing power cuts, and some families have no proper shelter. 0ur correspondent, jessica parker, has this report from the village of kalynivka, just west of kyiv, which was occupied by russian forces at the start

of the war. the pain of hearing your home is destroyed. inna still feels it months on. earlier this year, fires raged across this area. russia's brief and failed advance left scenes of devastation. now clues from that time lie hidden. inna's makeshift home is built where her old one used to be. but the kitchen is freezing and damp. icy water drips from the roof. her swollen hands hurt from the cold, but she looks far beyond her own worries. translation: | want us| to win as soon as possible so that there is peace and tranquillity, so that all soldiers return home alive and well. for inna, help is on the way this winter. she's the first in her village to get a prefab home.

but others will have to wait. including nadiya. in this one room, she cooks and sleeps in a bed she is sharing with her son and his girlfriend, sofia. a plastic sheet stops the floor getting wet when they wash. they even go to the toilet in here if it's too cold outside. for 19—year—old sofia, it's suffocating. translation: i'm very anxious. i can't wash or go to the bathroom alone. i had to do that in front of everyone. ijust want some personal space. as the cold bites, russian strikes mean power cuts too. it's an exhausting existence for nadiya as she sits on the steps of her former, now wrecked, home. translation: it's hard for everyone. j i want my house.

i want to live in peace, and for my son and his girlfriend to have a place to live. because now, they have no life. it's not life. oh, god. 63 years old, she walks through the rooms and ruins. the shadows of the past all around. so many have been left haunted, now hunted by the winter too. jessica parker, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. israel has launched airstrikes on targets in gaza after palestinian militants fired a rocket into southern israel. the armed wing of hamas, which governs the territory, said it had responded with surface—to—air missiles. south africa's president cyril ramaphosa will not resign despite a scandal over money stolen from his farm. the row centres on claims he kept large sums of cash on his property then covered up its theft.

a panel of legal experts concluded that he has a case to answer, but the president's spokesman suggested he will not quit and will seek a second term as leader of the anc. peru has declared a state of emergency in more than 100 southern districts where a prolonged drought is devastating indigenous rural communities. alpaca flocks are dying and potato crops have withered. peru's national weather service says it's been exacerbated by the weather phenomenon la nina in the central pacific. britain's world heavyweight champion tyson fury has beaten his compatriot derek chisora to retain his world boxing council title. fury dominated the contest from the start. the referee stopped the fight shortly before the end of the tenth round. let's turn to uruguay, where discussions are taking place about the creation of a un treaty on plastic pollution. delegates from 160 countries are attending, with eu members and switzerland arguing that efforts to tackle the problem should include mandatory cuts to global plastic production.

meanwhile, the us and saudi arabia, home to the top petrochemical and plastics companies, say the targets should be voluntary. this comes as the environmental group greenpeace is warning that plastic production could triple by 2050 without a strong treaty in place. well, earlier i spoke to graham forbes, plastics global project leader for greenpeace, who's attending the un talks in uruguay. i asked whether he thought the targets for ending plastic production were too ambitious or not enough? this is just the first of several negotiations that will take place over a two—year period. the vast majority of countries are showing a willingness to take strong action to address the entire life cycle of plastic pollution, which is encouraging. but on the other hand, we have a small number of countries, including the us, that are taking steps, and we've seen it here to try to lower ambition and slow progress. yes, and so it's not quite hard

to communicate, perhaps, you know, when it comes to these conferences? how does that then kind of look in terms of results? what are you aiming for? yeah, i mean, the reality is that we're going to need to cap and reduce plastic production by 75% against a business as usual scenario if we're going to stay within planetary boundaries. and for folks that are living next to incinerators or petrochemical facilities, this is not a luxury issue, this is really a matter of life and death, so we we would expect and we need to see more leadership from countries like the united states. and we're hoping that we're going to get there. and you've got the eu at this conference and switzerland, and we've already got saudi arabia saying that it should be voluntary. what's your counter to the countries that don't necessarily want to sort of agree with these sort of specific targets that are unified across across the board? yeah. well, i mean, we have 30

years of experience of un climate negotiations and clearly shown that voluntary commitments simply don't work. and so when we see the us sort of foot—dragging techniques and we really wasted a lot of time here talking about things that are really of little consequence when people's lives are at stake on an issue where the world and people around the world are really eager to see progress on something that's absolutely possible. and is it possible to have this sort of progress on plastics if you haven't got the likes of, say, china and india on board? yeah. i mean, i think it's you know, international negotiations i mean, ithink, you know, international negotiations are always going to be complicated, but it's like, we have the fossil fuel industry here in full force and, you know, they're looking to triple production by 2050. and so if we're going to address that level of crisis coming from that industry, i think we're going to have to see... you know, we need ambition from countries like the united states, and we're going to hope that switzerland and the european union are really going to step up and put pressure on the rest of the world to drive the change that's needed. graham forbes are speaking to me earlier. this is bbc news, our main headlines... argentina have beaten australia 2—1 to progress to the quarterfinals of the world cup in qatar.

lionel messi scored on what was his 1000th professional match. the west's price cap on russian oil is too weak to cause serious damage on moscow, says president zelensky. parents in the uk are being urged to learn the symptoms of scarlet fever after six children in england and wales died from the bacteria that causes it. the strep a infection is normally mild, but there have been more cases than usual recently and a higher number of deaths compared to past years. yunus mulla has this report. camila from bolton has been described by her as a special little girl, but the four—year—old is in intensive care and on a ventilator at liverpool's alder hey children's hospital. it was thought at first she had a sickness bug and then her chest started hurting and a day later,

she was rushed to hospital. herfamily have been told she had a serious strep a infection. we have been here since monday, just trying and willing and praying, just to make a full recovery... ..to stay with us. and how is strep a, how has it affected her? it has just devastated her, hasn't it? it's just... she's just such a beautiful little girl, just... yeah, just our special little girl. infections caused by group a strep bacteria are usually mild, with symptoms like sore throat and skin infections. it can also cause scarlet fever. health officials say they are seeing more scarlet fever. in the week to 20th november, there were 851 cases recorded in england. the average for the same week in preceding years is 186. very rarely, strep a can also call something called invasive group a strep, or igas, which can be deadly. five children under ten have died in england of the invasive group a strep since september, and another, seven—year—old hanna roap, in wales. the uk health security agency

has said there is no evidence a new strain is circulating, and the rises are most likely because of high amounts of circulating bacteria and social mixing. any doubts, if they don't look right or anything, just scoop them up and take them, get them checked out rapid. these infections are rare, but if parents have concerns, they are being urged to contact nhs 111 or their gp. yunus mulla, bbc news, liverpool. relatives of a palestinian man shot dead by israeli troops in the occupied west bank this week have told the bbc there was no justification for his killing. 21—year—old raed al—naasan was one of four men killed in similar circumstances in a single day. eu diplomats have expressed corncern over the spiralling death toll, and the un has warned of another "boiling point". a warning — you may

find this report by our middle east correspondent, tom bateman, distressing. wailing in this village, they grieve another lost son. and these days of mourning are arriving more and more often. raed al—naasan was shot by israeli soldiers on tuesday, one of four palestinians killed in confrontations with troops in different villages that day. the un says it's been the deadliest year for palestinians in the occupied west bank for nearly two decades. this is a small village, and yet thousands have turned out. palestinians, it is spreading the sense of anger. gunshots his family says the village feels powerless against the soldiers and settlers nearby. his mother, fatima, reels from the shock. translation: | saw him i a minute before he was hit. i was behind him.

i went out running after him. he didn't answer me. their case is throwing a fresh spotlight on israel's use of lethal force. troops had gone on over plans to bulldoze a home with no building permit. relatives documented what then unfolded. the army said soldiers used live fire, responding to a suspect who threw petrol bombs. but video given to the bbc contradicts that. it is a scene typical of many israeli raids. a group, including raed, who's in the beigejumper, appears to be picking up stones. they throw them towards the army jeeps. then the israeli army fires live ammunition at them. the second shot hits raed. he is seen running, now fatally wounded. as paramedics rush to help.

mujahid was the first to get to him. he shows me where he was hit. "no—one threw a molotov cocktail and i was here. "some young men were throwing stones," he tells me. he was a 21—year—old, in training with the official palestinian authority security forces. its control has been slipping in parts of the west bank and the israeli army has been carrying out nightly raids, often met by militant gunfire, after israel's streets have been targeted in a deadly spate of attacks. in a statement, the israeli military said only a portion of the event is depicted in the video, reiterating that a molotov cocktail was thrown. as we left, more troops arrived, and so did more teenagers. another generation sees the same story and more hopes fade in the west bank.

tom bateman, bbc news. a greek newspaper has reported that the chairman of the british museum, george osborne, has been holding talks with the greek prime minister about the possibility of returning the parthenon sculptures. the classical artworks, known in the uk as the elgin marbles, once adorned the front of the parthenon in athens, but have been held for centuries by the british museum. greece has been calling for them to be returned for decades. our culture editor katie razzell has more. so, more than 13 months, they say these talks have been going on — notjust with the greek prime minister but also with other greek politicians. now, clearly, this has been briefed by the greek side. i think what's interesting is that the british museum, though they certainly aren't confirming the status of the talks — because, let's remember, what's being said in this newspaper is that the greek side is saying

an agreement is 90% complete but a critical 10% remains unresolved, so the british museum is certainly not confirming that, but they are not denying that these talks have happened and they have said to me today that they have publicly called for a new parthenon partnership with greece and will talk to anyone, including the greek government, about how to take that forward. now, i'm sure everybody remembers what these beautiful sculptures are, you know — classical greek sculptures. we have quite a few of them in the british museum here in london in the uk because back in the early 19th century, lord elgin, who was a scottish diplomat and was the ambassador for the ottoman embassy — for the ottoman empire, he brought them, took them, got them taken off — we understand at some cost to himself, £70,000, i think it cost him — to remove some of these items from the parthenon temple and bring them back to the uk. the british government then bought them and they ended up in the british museum, but they are hotly contested and, of course, greece has been asking for them back for a very, very long time, so it's very interesting to hear that this — we might, perhaps, be close to an agreement.

st edward's crown, the historic centrepiece of britain's crownjewels, has been removed from the tower of london so it can be resized for the king ahead of the coronation next may. the historic centrepiece of the crown jewels was taken away so it could be modified. the solid gold crown weighs more than two kilos. its movement was kept secret until it was safely delivered. the text message — or sms as some call it — is celebrating its 30th birthday — the first one was sent in 1992 to test the technology. earlier i spoke to our reporter — and text message enthusiast — stephanie prentice about the milestone: it actually really has been a milestone. it's been a big topic online. some people are saying, really, we've had 30 years of the text message?" 0thers saying, "i can't remember a time before them. what were we doing and how were we staying in touch?" so yeah, if we take a little, little walk down memory lane, it was sent back in 1992. it was by a sound

engineer actually here in the uk in berkshire. and he sent a message as a test to his boss, who apparently was actually out at a christmas party, and the message read, "merry christmas". perhaps unsurprisingly, he didn't get a response, and he'd sent it, actually, on this, frankly, huge device. it was called the 0rbital 901. if you can imagine, it weighed two kilograms. that's around 14 of our smartphones today stacked together. and back then it could only be characters and it was 160 characters as the limit. obviously, no images, no gifts, no funny picture of yourself as a giraffe, sadly. and that's all it could really do. and it also didn't have a keyboard, so people had to cycle through the buttons to get to their letters. so despite being quite limited, the text despite being quite limited, the text message really took off. people loved it. we had an engineer that spoke to the bbc earlier who said he was doing corporate training in businesses, teaching people how to send a text, how to reply sort of text etiquette and that kind of thing. and it was just so popular, but it was only in around 2010 that the word texting actually entered the dictionary.

0h, interesting. i mean, it feels like we never had a time without it. do you remember those huge phones, like walkie talkie types? so text message, it's evolved, hasn't it? we've got these web—based messages, we've got whatsapp, the likes of facebook messenger. it's really taken off. yes. so basically the sms system worked so that whatsapp and imessage could run and the popularity of itjust really drove innovation. people wanted instant messaging. and while texts are still used quite commonly, undeniably that new tech has taken over. so if we look at a bit of data, there are around 40 billion sms messages sent in 2021 in the uk, in 2012. and things like the national health service do still use the most. we've all got those messages confirming appointments and things like that here in the uk. but actually if we look at this globally, on whatsapp, for example, last year 100 billion messages were sent worldwide.

you can reach me on twitter — i'm @bbcvishalasp. if you prefer to tweet! hello, there. we had a lot of cloud streaming our way for the first half of the weekend on that easterly breeze. that breeze probably is going to be stronger on sunday, and it may well feel a bit colder as well. we'll continue to find some more showers heading our way. we had some rain earlier in the north—west of scotland. that is getting pushed away, that easterly breeze setting up, and although we've got more breeze at the moment and, on the whole, a lot of cloud, temperatures are going to be close to freezing because it is still cold air, so we may well find the risk of a touch of frost, maybe one or two icy patches as well. and it is going to be a colder start to the day on sunday for western scotland, but this could be the place to be. with more shelter, it should be dry with some sunshine. eastern scotland, the breeze off the north sea

means more cloud and showers, and the wind off the irish sea will bring in cloud and showers to eastern parts of northern ireland. more showers for england and wales, mainly for northern england and north wales. further south, the showers will be fewer but there will be a lot of cloud. we've all got that brisker easterly wind and temperatures may be a bit lower on sunday, typically five or six celsius. factor in that wind and it will feel a bit colder than that if you are going to be out and about. heading into monday, for most places, temperatures should be above freezing first thing in the morning. we are likely to have clearer skies across mainland scotland. that will lead to an early frost and maybe some sunshine on monday. for many places, though, still cloudy skies and some more showers as well, although not as many showers on monday, and the wind probably isn't going to be quite as strong, either. temperatures may actually be a shade higher on monday, peaking at around nine celsius in the south east of england. after that, though, it does get colder — much colder. we are going to change the wind direction from that easterly to a strengthening northerly wind that will push down across the whole of the country on tuesday onwards, and that will bring some widespread frost as well. and you can see how

temperatures are going to be dropping through the week ahead. for many inland areas, it may well be dry in that northerly wind with some sunshine around. showers will be running on to exposed coasts, exposed to that northerly wind, and we will see most of the showers coming into some northern parts of scotland. and there is an early warning from the met office — a yellow warning at this stage — for northern areas of scotland on wednesday. of scotland on wednesday — a couple of centimetres of snow to lower levels and over the higher ground we could see as much as ten centimetres, the first significant snow of the season.

this is bbc news, the headlines. argentina have beaten australia 2—1 to progress to the quarter—finals of the world cup in qatar. the argentine captain lionel messi opened the scoring in what was his 1,000th professional match. in the next round, they'll face the netherlands, who beat the united states 3—1 earlier in the day. the level of the price cap on russian maritime oil exports will not stop the attacks on ukraine, according to president zelensky. he has called the $60 a barrel cap "weak", and says it will also not stop moscow's attempts to destabilise the countries imposing the limit. the father of a four—year—old girl who's critically ill in hospital with strep a has urged parents to be on the lookout for symptoms

of the infection and seek medical help immediately.