this is 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. hello and welcome to bbc news. the knockout stages of the world cup in qatar are under way and the first two teams through to the quarter finals 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's more than like a person or a team, it's 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 late 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'm delighted to be here. i'm so happy i'm going to the next one as well. extremely happy, extremely be proud. they played a fantastic match. i think the first match where they did really well, so i'm delighted to be here. i'm so happy i'm 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. earlier, i spoke to dan edwards, the co—host of the argentinian football podcast aptly named the hand of pod, who unsurprisingly was very happy with saturday's result. so happy at the moment. it feels like every game, really, since that first really shocking defeat to saudi arabia has been like a final and it's been celebrated as such. again tonight, as with the last couple of games, fans have been flocking to the obelisco, traditional point of celebration

for football fans after a big win and i think that's going to carry on after every single game argentina played today. this team has really struck a chord with local fans. it's a team that's so popular and of course with messi there you get the feeling that anything's possible and people are just really behind it. and on messi, lots of pundits are talking about his game this world cup, how he really is sort of standing out. i mean, do you think this kind of solidifies his position as sort of top footballer, particularly in the country that he's from, but also maybe globally as well? i think for me there's really never been any doubt. he's a once—in—a—generation talent and possibly we've never seen his like before. i mean, you just look at what he's doing here in qatar. he's 35, he's played every single minute for argentina in a run that's taken him four games in only 12 days and he's been decisive in almost all of those games. and we all knew this was his world cup, most probably his last chance

to stand up and win this tournament he wants so much. and he's showing it. he's putting in performance after brilliant performance and really dragging this team along. and also the team as well is behind him, so it's a fantastic synergy, a fantastic partnership between messi and the rest of the argentina team, and hopefully they can just go that little bit further. now, netherlands are next on the cards. clearly the two sides have had a bit of a history. argentina sort of generally out on trumps most of those occasions. what's the feeling about of them as an opponent? what's the feeling about them as an opponent? yeah, absolutely. it's a clash between two world cup heavyweights, which, as you say, has a lot of history. argentina's first world cup, of course, back in �*78, was won in the final against the netherlands. and they came back and got a bit of revenge in �*98 with that fantastic dennis bergkamp goal. and back in 2014, argentina took it on penalties. and i don't think anyone

here is going to be taking the netherlands lightly. you know, they're going to be a strong team. they're always going to have that individual talent, which really sets them out as a nation, even if the biggest names — the bergkamps and maybe the van persies aren't quite there. they've got guys really coming through who are strong and definitely we know that none of these games in the world cup are going to be easy even. you know, you look at australia, you thought maybe it was going to be comfortable for argentina, but they made you work until absolutely the last minute. that's been the theme of this world cup, i think, and the thing definitely for argentina at the world cup. and they're going to be really, really wary of netherlands and really set on getting that victory. dan edwards speaking to me from buenos aires. our europe correspondent, anna holligan, was watching the netherlands victory over the usa with fans in a bar in the hague. this means so much. you know, as i cycle home on the school run, past the windows, almost every

home i cycle past during previous games has been broadcasting the football. it is like this whole country has stopped and they are pinning their hopes on this moment of optimism to take them away, to export them from the cost of living crisis. you know, inflation over the last few months has hit record highs here, people are struggling to heat their homes, to buy groceries, and when they can watch this kind of action in qatar, it is almost like stepping into a very hot, veryjubilant oasis away from the reality that exists outside. and, you know, this is one bar in the heart of the hague, and in fact, poignantly, it is called not out, and there are scenes like this right across the country because this is a rare moment of optimism, there is so much patriotism and pride right here. anna holligan there from a very

busy bar in the hague. 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. there'll be plenty more action in qatar over the coming days, with england taking to the field on sunday. first, though, france are up against poland. the winners of those games will meet in the quarterfinals. 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. our 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 air strikes 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 is that 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 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 agree with these sort of specific targets that are unified across the board? yeah, well, i mean, we have 30 years of experience of un climate negotiations that have 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, 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 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 ukrainian president zelensky says the west's price cap on russian oil is too weak to cause serious damage on moscow. clean—up efforts are under way in southern brazil after days of heavy rainfall. hundreds of people have been evacuated in recent days as residents begin to count the cost. emer mccarthy reports. after the deluge, the clean—up is under way in southern brazil.

for some, it was a lucky escape. carolina says her house wasn't hit because it's in a high area. but keila, who's pregnant, wasn't so fortunate. translation: the situation is very complicated - because we lost our house. we lost everything. everything. what we have is what they gave us here. we lost our clothes, we lost the kitchen, the fridge, everything. everything, everything. nearly 900 people have been evacuated in recent days in the state of santa catarina. flooding at this time of year around brazil is common and has caused devastation for decades. but that's little consolation for victims. translation: it's been a long time since i've cried so much. l we don't even know

where to start. the enormity of the task ahead almost too much to bear. emer mccarthy, bbc news. 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 father 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, then her chest started hurting and a day later, she was rushed to hospital. was rushed to hospital and has needed life—saving intervention.

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. 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 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. 0ur our culture editor katie razzell there. 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 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. 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 1a 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 gifs, 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. 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've never had a time without it now. do you remember those huge phones, like walkie talkie types? they were massive, weren't they? so now the text message, has 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. yeah, 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 were around a0 billion sms messages sent in 2021 in the uk, but that was down from 150 billion 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. stephanie prentice they are speaking to me earlier. a reminder of our top story.... argentina have beaten australia 2—1 to progress to the quarterfinals of the world cup in qatar. the argentine captain, lionel messi, opened the scoring on what was his 1000th professional match. in the next round, they will face the netherlands, who beat the united states 3—1 earlier in the day. now you can get more on that and all our other stories on our website, bbc.com/news. and if you prefer a tweet to a text, you can reach me on twitter — i'm @bbcvishalasp. thanks for watching,

we'll be back shortly. 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 — 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's 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 symptons of the infection and seek medical help immediately.

five children have died recently from the bacterium