this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories: there've been long queues and emotional scenes at airports in china, which has fully opened its borders for the first time since the start of the pandemic. the number of coded cases that simply cannot be controlled by the devo covid lockdown policy was almost so great that the change would have had to have come in the next couple of months anyway. would have had to have come in the next couple of months anyway. the uk prime minister rishi sunak says the government will discuss a pay deal that's "affordable" with the nurses�* union to settle strikes. that's welcomed by the biggest nursing union as "a chink of optimism". when it comes to pay we've always said we want to talk about things that are reasonable, that are affordable and responsible

for the country. hundreds of protesters have beeen gathering in central london to show their solidarity with anti—government demonstrations in iran. president biden will visit the us border with mexico for the first time since taking office today. record numbers of migrants have crossed over recently. in his latest television interview, prince harry talks of the death of his mother — princess diana, and the strain as a child of showing no emotion in public. china has reopened its borders to international visitors for the first time since the start of the pandemic. people entering the country will no longer need to quarantine but will need to provide proof of a negative covid test, and chinese citizens are once again

allowed to go overseas. there have been emotional reunions at airports and the mainland's border with hong kong. this latest lifting of coronavirus restrictions coincides with the country's busiest travel season marking the lunar new year. our correspondent martin yip sent us this report. time sent us this report. to go home, finally. live at the time to go home, finally. live at the hong kong checkpoint, travellers came streaming on again this sunday morning having crossed the western province. the crowd is much smaller in size than before but still lively after almost three years of covid restrictions. even though the risk of catching covid is still high. i’m of catching covid is still high. i'm re of catching covid is still high. in pretty excited. it's easier to head home now. i booked my shuttle bus

ticket right away to go see my family there.— family there. the outbreak in mainland _ family there. the outbreak in mainland china _ family there. the outbreak in mainland china has _ family there. the outbreak in mainland china has been - family there. the outbreak in i mainland china has been going family there. the outbreak in - mainland china has been going on for months _ mainland china has been going on for months but _ mainland china has been going on for months but i'm a bit worried because i have _ months but i'm a bit worried because i have never— months but i'm a bit worried because i have never got covid before. gn i have never got covid before. on the i have never got covid before. the bridge i have never got covid before. on the bridge checkpoint isjust one i have never got covid before. (m the bridge checkpoint isjust one of the bridge checkpoint is just one of them. more people are taking the metro train heading to the north of the border. hong kong's leader is eager to check us things are going. at present, up to 50,000 country across the border daily but he promises to discuss fully reopening the boulder with his mainland china counterparts. forsome, the boulder with his mainland china counterparts. for some, the reopening is way too quick. china says it is still in control. downgrading covid does not mean letting it out of control, by that we have been more scientific, targeted and efficient in our response. we can do better in coordinating pandemic response and economic development.— economic development. people are still wondering _ economic development. people are still wondering how _ economic development. people are still wondering how rapid _ economic development. people are still wondering how rapid china - economic development. people are still wondering how rapid china is i economic development. people are still wondering how rapid china is a| still wondering how rapid china is a ds creating all these measures, you could take a look at the other side of this bridge. the only place in china we can look at the gamble in a

casino. it is treating covid is an endemic disease this morning milling if you get it you don't need to report yourself to the authorities any more. it is more like cold and flu. add in mainland china no criminal charges will be pressed any more for those breaching lockdown measures. in hong kong, you still need to wear a facemask. for now, reuniting with loved ones might be the only thought in these travellers minds. health authorities have warned to prepare for any possible outbreak and they will have to hold the fort for a0 days. the uk prime minister rishi sunak has given his first tv interview of the year to the bbc�*s laura kuennsberg. mr sunak addressed concerns over nurses strikes and said he will talk

to the royal college of nursing union about pay — but does not commit to increasing wages now to end their strike action. 0ur political correspondent damian grammaticas reports. a health service in urgent need of care itself claims hundreds are dying each week because of delays means this is perhaps the most pressing issue for the prime minister. the first question for rishi sunak, is this a crisis? the nhs is undeniably under enormous pressure. until now, his government has said it won't talk to nursing unions directly about pay. that is done by a pay body. now he says a discussion can happen, though only it seems about future years. will you talk to nurses about increasing pay this year — yes or no? we are about to start that process. that is about next year. it is about the year we are about to start. is it not the financial year 23—2“ they want to talk about pay this year. we are about to have that conversation. when it comes to pay, it's not appropriate for those conversations happen in public. a glimmer of something for unions that will meet the health secretary tomorrow but not enough to stop strikes about the pay nurses

are getting this year. there was a chink of optimism, there was a little shift in what the prime minister was saying, but what the government want to talk about tomorrow is pay moving forward. and in the broadest terms. and that is not going to avert the strike action planned for ten days' time. with many waiting days now to see a family doctor on the nhs, the prime minister was asked if he is signed up to private medical care. were you registered with a private gp and are you still? yeah, but my dad was a doctor and i grew up in an nhs family. that was not my question. it's really straightforward. were you registered with a private gp? and are you still? as a general policy, i would not talk about me or my family's personal health care situation. it is not relevant in this. what is relevant is the difference i can make to the country. but it is relevant, say the unions and his political opponents, who say it would be the honest thing, too. i thought the prime minister gave the impression of someone who not

only doesn't use the nhs but doesn't understand the scale of the challenges or have a plan to deal with the fundamental problems, because yes, he can get people around the table in number 10 for a photo opportunity, do more sticking plasters to get us through this winter, but we need fundamental change in the nhs to deal with what is the biggest crisis in its history, and that is what labour is looking to do. as long as the government won't talk about giving health workers any more pay now, saying the state of public finances doesn't allow it and the need to control inflation is vital, then more strikes are coming. ambulance staff this week, nurses and maybe doctors after that. for more on this i've been speaking to the bbc�*s health editor hugh pym. well, it revolves around which financial year we are talking about here. now, the unions have been protesting and striking over the pay award already in their pay packets of between four and 5% for this current financial year ending in march.

and that is the case in england, the welsh government followed, it is a different scenario altogether in scotland, and northern ireland has with a similar type of pay awards so the action is all over will you push that up for this financial year, and up until now, the government has said no, we will only talk about the next financial year started in april and assented we might be more generous. what seems to have shifted a tiny bit today is the prime minister saying that talks are due to take place in london at westminster on monday mightjust include a better discussion about this year's financial settlement, so unions are a bit more optimistic and hoping that can be addressed. i think some of the sceptics out there will feel that the position up until now rishi sunak and his government speaking about england in terms of health has been we will only really

talk about what we might give you from april so a lot hinges on these talks. a lot depending on the talks and is there any chance of any kind of settlement on monday is thatjust too early? well, i think it is highly unlikely. i've been speaking to union sources and they say there are ambulance strikes planned for wednesday. it is highly unlikely that enough will be sad at the meeting to stop and those are going ahead. i think unions want to be convinced that ministers really are serious about talking about this financial year, not trying to push everything into what might happen after april and that should be pretty clear but i suppose you can never rule out the chance of the strikes being called off. nurses strikes are happening a bit later injanuary but it is possible that they could be a move forward but still quite a lot of doubt out there, i think.

an estimated 3000 people have gathered in london's trafalgar square in solidarity with anti—government demonstrations in iran. some held banners with the faces of protesters killed by the regime. it follows international contemnation over the executions in iran of two anti—government protestors — convicted of killing a security official — in what human rights groups have decribed as sham trials. i'm nowjoined by bbc persian reporter maryam afshang. first of all, i need to say this per test was about the third anniversary of the downing of the ukrainian plane by 20 are gc missiles. that is 176 passengers and crew were killed. the families of the victims called

for rallies in many, over 120 cities around the world. in response to this call which coincides with the islamic republic's new execution, many iranians around the world from australia to north america and canada go to the streets, especially in london. many iranians came to london over the uk from 12 o'clock until 11.30. the rally started from the marble arch unfinished until five or square. they were holding many photos of those killed in the protest in iran during this protest and who were executed. they wanted

freedom and justice and democracy for iran. they wanted the british government to shut down the iranian embassy in london and they wanted, they shouted loudly during the rally and this was a big protest in london. �* , ., ., ., london. and you refer to that downing. _ london. and you refer to that downing. the _ london. and you refer to that downing, the shooting - london. and you refer to that downing, the shooting down | london. and you refer to that l downing, the shooting down of london. and you refer to that - downing, the shooting down of the ukraine internationals airline flight exactly two years ago. three ears a . o. flight exactly two years ago. three years age three _ flight exactly two years ago. three years ago. three years _ flight exactly two years ago. three years ago. three years ago - flight exactly two years ago. three years ago. three years ago by - flight exactly two years ago. three years ago. three years ago by the | years ago. three years ago by the islamic revolutionary _ years ago. three years ago by the islamic revolutionary court. - years ago. three years ago by the | islamic revolutionary court. thank you for reminding us of that. in terms of what we're seeing with these protests and other that we have what it is because of the many sense the first death, how does today's event compare? you make the most important thing in this rally was all iranians around the uk country came to london from

different opinions, different political groups, came altogether and theyjust political groups, came altogether and they just wanted political groups, came altogether and theyjust wanted over throw political groups, came altogether and they just wanted over throw the islamic republic and the united. i mean they were united against the islamic republic and they wanted justice, freedom and to stop the execution in iran and to stop killing people in iran. and they just wanted to say they are supporting iranian people in iran and other cities. thanks for going to the protest and telling us about what you sell. thank you. iranian state media is reporting angry crowds of university students have gathered outside the french embassy in tehran — over the publication of cartoons ridiculing the country's supreme leader in a french magazine.

the charlie hebdo magazine had launched a competition calling for readers to submit cartoons ridiculing ayatollah ali khamenei. many have apparently denounced the cartoons as an insult to shia islam. president biden will visit the us border with mexico for the first time since taking office today. record numbers of migrants have crossed over recently, prompting the white house to announce new curbs. 0ur north america correspondent sophie long joins us now, from the border city of el paso in texas. a first visit for the president but a significant one in terms of what we are seeing, what we are witnessing in terms of the figures of people crossing.— witnessing in terms of the figures of people crossing. yes. president biden has left _ of people crossing. yes. president biden has left delaware. - of people crossing. yes. president biden has left delaware. he - of people crossing. yes. president biden has left delaware. he is- of people crossing. yes. president biden has left delaware. he is onl biden has left delaware. he is on his way here to el paso. were expecting him to land in about an hour and a

expecting him to land in about an hourand a and expecting him to land in about an hour and a and then he will be taken to the busiest crossing where he will meet with border patrol agents, with federal state and local officials all of whom have been struggling to cope with the surgeon number of migrants who have been crossing the rio grande. there is number speaking record levels in the closing months of last year. i wouldn't believe he will come as here, downtown el paso. you can probably see behind me this is where a number of migrants are gathering. there are still hundreds of migrants sleeping on the streets of el paso

and that is despite a massive clear up and that is despite a massive clear up ahead of his visit. and don't be deceived by the sunshine. it is dried but it is cold here and it is bitterly cold at night. just to my left there are a couple of buses stationed are some migrants, people living on the streets here can warm up living on the streets here can warm up just for a couple of hours so president biden's visitors help the

anticipated here but as with almost everything in america these days, opinions about it are divided. some applauded efforts to come and witness the situation on the streets of el paso for that himself. 0thers of el paso for that himself. others say this is little more than political posturing is another presidential election looms in 2024 and a lot of people are saying this is simply too little too late. and he was unveiling new measures to try to cope with the numbers on what people are dealing with in border communities at the end of last week he made it very clear there is only so much one man can do even if you are the president of the united states of america. he said that congress needs to act to overhaul what is a failing immigration system but with washington divided, it is unlikely there will be any kind of lasting solution any time soon. i'd make you touch upon a divided country and a divided congress. tell is a little bit more about president biden's attempts to create what has been described as a limited legal pathway for migrants. that is going to huge opposition now that the house of representatives is republican—controlled. yes, this is one of the most intractable problems in the us and other presidents have tried and failed to reform the system as well. at the end of last week the white house unveiled new plans which are kind of a carrot and stick. in a carrot to their offering up stick. in a carrot to their offering up to 30,000 migrants from certain countries can fulfil certain criteria of parole system so will be able to enter the united states and be able to work for two years but at the same time, they have said that they will deploy up to 30,000 other migrants back to mexico which has

caused a great amount of criticism from immigration advocates largely because that effectively expands a very controversial trump era policy known as title 42. the biden administration has tried to stop that policy. it was brought into effect in the early months of covid—19 stop people bringing covid into the country but of course the border with mexico has been open for many many months a huge amount of criticism of that and expansion fate of title 42 but, as i say, president biden says this is a system that has been failing for decades. it is interesting this is his first visit. he has been urged to do this for many, many months. it is the first visit he has made in the two years of his presidency but in the last few hours before he moves on to mexico, interestingly, the next trip is mexico in order to expel migrants to mexico he will of course need the mexican president on board and that is his next trip. mexican president on board and that is his next trip-— is his next trip. from el we are expecting _ is his next trip. from el we are expecting the _ is his next trip. from el we are expecting the president, - is his next trip. from el we arej expecting the president, thank is his next trip. from el we are - expecting the president, thank you very much. prince harry has revealed that he felt guilty about being unable to show any emotion in public, after the death of his mother, princess diana. in a new interview for itv promoting his memoir, the duke of sussex, who was 12 at the time, says he only cried once,

when she was laid to rest. 0ur royal correspondent daniela relph reports. memories of diana princess of wales, and the anguish and grief of her son at her death, are at the heart of prince harry's memoir, spare. in the first of his television interviews, to be shown this evening, he describes the days after her death and, as a 12—year—old, how he viewed the public response. everyone knows where they were and what they were doing the night my mother died. i cried once, at the burial. i go into detail about how strange it was and how actually there was some guilt that i felt, and i think william felt as well, by walking around the outside of kensington palace. there were 50,000 bouquets of flowers to our mother, and there we were, shaking people's hands, smiling. i've seen the videos, right? i've looked back over it all. and the wet hands that we were shaking — we couldn't understand why their hands were wet, but it was all the tears they were wiping away. the television interviews were supposed to be the first time we heard some of the detail of harry's book, but when it

accidentally went on sale early in spain last thursday, we got an earlier than planned look at spare. drugs, sex and bitter family fallout — there has been little holding back. but again and again, he returns to the devastating death of his mother and the impact on him and prince william. everyone thought and felt like they knew our mum. and the two closest people to her, the two most loved people by her, were unable to show any emotion in that moment. buckingham palace will be watching what harry has to say in the coming days. but, for now, there is no official response — a position that is unlikely to change. daniela relph, bbc news.

ukrainian officials have denied claims by russia that its forces have killed hundreds of soldiers , in an attack on the eastern city of kramatorsk. these are pictures of the two college dorms , that russia claims had been temporarily housing ukrainian personnel. the news agency reuters reports , neither building appears to have been directly hit or seriously damaged , and there were no signs of any casualties. nato general secretary jens stoltenberg has met with sweden's prime minister and finland's minister of foreign affairs, to discuss both countriesjoining nato. sweden and finland applied to join the military alliance after russian's invasion of ukraine, with the accession protocols signed last year. invitations to both powers have been confirmed by 28 out of the 30 member countries' parliaments — with only turkey and hungary yet to do so. here's what mr stoltenberg had to say when asked whether both countries would join nato this year. i expect so. i will not guarantee the exact date because this is of course at the end of the day, is to

be a sovereign decision by the turkish and hungarian parliament because there are two parliaments that have not yet ratified but i hope and i will commit to work for those two parliaments. an american woman who was convicted two decades ago of spying for cuba has been released from jail in texas. now aged 65, she passed on classified information throughout her career as an intelligence analyst. she pleaded guilty to espionage, saying she'd been motivated by opposition to us policy in latin america. many businesses are going through difficult times — and the brewing industry is one sector that is struggling, with production costs soaring and beer sales in pubs falling. at least one small independent brewery a week in the uk closed during 2022 and many others are fearful of what this new year will bring, as our wales correspondent, hywel griffith explains. it should be a time when glasses are at least half full for britain's

brewers, but a slump in sales this festive season, coupled with ever—rising costs, means some are being drained of optimism. rob hope's 2023 will see him celebrate a decade of making beer, but he's worried. he's already had to lose seven employees in the last 12 months, leaving just him to brew with the help of his son. the cost of grain and energy is set to go up again. we can't put the price up on a barrel, really, because we are at the top end of what's acceptable, and unless something else changes between now and april, i'm going to face a grain rise and then my energy contract is going to change and then i'm like... 0ur thirst for locally—produced craft ales has grown massively over the last decade. it has become a £1 billion industry in the uk. but the cost of living crisis means

customers are more cautious with their cash. people aren't going out as much as they used to. there's less money flowing through bars like this one. i mean, a lot of people during covid got used to drinking at home, where they could buy cheaper beers from the supermarket and be in the comfort of their home, and i think a lot of people are still doing that. the pandemic pushed forward big changes in our beer drinking. as pub sales declined, cans and bottles were bought online instead. at this brewery in pembrokeshire, they are trying their best to diversify and weather the storm, but it's tough. we are trying to sell online or direct from the shop here, but everybody is struggling with the cost of living. the treasury says it recognises these are tough times, but help is being given on energy, fuel and business rate costs,

as well as an extension on the alcohol duty freeze until next august. but brewers say they need more support, and soon, to help see them through this winter. hywel griffith, bbc news. doctors say the american football player, damar hamlin, is making good progress — after suffering cardiac arrest during a game last week. the buffalo bills player posted this update on instagram, his first since his collapse, saying he's thankful for the support of fans. he said, "if you know me, you know this is going to make me stronger.�* �*i'm on a long road," he added, "keep praying for me." and later today, the bills will play their first game since the incident — as they take on the new england patriots. china is reopening its borders to international visitors for the first time since the start of the covid pandemic. people who are entering the country will no longer need to quarantine. they will however need to provide proof of a negative covid test and chinese citizens are once

again allowed to go overseas. 0verseas, indeed. lots more on our website, detailed analysis and context. i'm on social media and it would be lovely to hear from you. for the time being, by by. good evening. it certainly has been a sunday of sunny spells and scattered showers. but don't take my word for it, take a look at this weather watcher picture, a beautiful rainbow in the sky of cornwall, but wet weather on the roads as those showers eased through. there's going to be further showers to come actually over the next couple of days. and overnight, we still keep the low pressure to the north. most of the showers out to the west. but for a time, we will see some clearer skies. favoured spots for that's likely to be through eastern scotland and eastern england. and under those clearer skies, temperatures are likely to fall away. so it'll be a chillier start to monday morning in comparison to of late, low single figures here. so, we start off on monday, still that low pressure into the far northwest, the wind direction swinging

round to a northwesterly, a fresher source, that'll drive plenty of showers into northern and western scotland, northern ireland, northwest england and wales. some of those showers will push a little bit further east, but that's where we'll see the best of the drier, brighter weather. a cooler feel generally then, 6 to 8 degrees quite widely. we mightjust scrape double figures somewhere in the southwest. then as we go through monday evening for a time, we'll have clearer skies. but out to the west is the next set of fronts is going to bring more cloud and rain as it does so. and that means we will start to see those temperatures then a little bit milder to begin with on tuesday morning. so for tuesday, it's going to be a wet and windy day for many as these frontal systems start to push their way steadily north and east, and we'll start to see this wedge of milder air arriving as we go through the day. so, tuesday will be a milder day with the wind direction swinging round to a south—westerly, quite a lot of cloud around, quite wet at times. maybe in the cooler air there'll be a period of snow, but then that eases to rain as the mild air pushes in. and it's going to be a windy afternoon, 30 to 40 mile an hour gusts of winds for many. and those temperatures, though, look at this,

back up into double figures. we could see highs of 14 degrees in the southwest. so, tuesday will be mild, wet and windy. what's in store for wednesday? well, those frontal systems will ease away. we still keep quite a few isobars on the chart. again, the winds swing round to more of a westerly, so it won't be quite as warm. and because it's a westerly direction, still feeding in showers from the west. so throughout the week, it's going to stay pretty windy at times and staying quite unsettled.

this is bbc world news, the headlines international travellers are streaming into china after it fully opened its borders for the first time since the start of the covid pandemic. people arriving in the country no longer need to quarantine and chinese citizens are allowed to go overseas. uk prime minister rishi sunak says he's willing to discuss the issue of pay with the nurses' union to settle strikes. but he didn't make a firm commitment to increase salaries. president biden is travelling to texas for his first visit since taking office to the us southern border with mexico. he'll discuss the situation on the border which has seen record numbers of migrants and asylum— seekers. in his latest television interview, prince harry reveals that he felt guilty for being unable to show any emotion in public after the death of his mother, princess diana. he says he only cried once.

you're watching bbc news. now its time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm hugh ferris. 0ur headlines this evening. the fa cup third round wekeend was nearly done... and yet stevenage had a surprise in store... providing the biggest shock so far... the australian open will be without a two time winner as naomi 0saka withdraws from the tournament a suprise on the opening day of snooker�*s masters, as the defending champion crashes out... also coming up in the programme. mikaela shiffrin makes history.

matching the record for women's world cup wins hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm hugh ferris league two stevenage stunned aston villa to book a fourth round trip to stoke after coming from behid at villa park.. two goals in three minutes absent aston villa crushing out at this stage again. aston villa crushing out at this stage again-— aston villa crushing out at this state aaain. a, ., , aston villa crushing out at this stauaeaain. ., , ., stage again. morgan sanson seem to have wanted _ stage again. morgan sanson seem to have wanted for _ stage again. morgan sanson seem to have wanted for aston _ stage again. morgan sanson seem to have wanted for aston villa - stage again. morgan sanson seem to have wanted for aston villa which - have wanted for aston villa which was dispatched by jamie have wanted for aston villa which was dispatched byjamie reid in the 88th minute. while villa park was

still reeling from that equaliser. campbell smashed stevenage into the fourth round to send the visiting supporters into raptures. league to. beating the premier league in what was the pen ultimate much of the fa cups weekend. four days ago in their premier league meeting just one goal separated manchester city and chelsea. it was hard—fought and close. their fa cup third round tie this afternoon turned out to be neither, with city trouncing their opponents at the etihad. riyad mahrez, who scored the only goal of the game in thursday's premier league meeting, got the ball rolling with a sublime free kick. kai havertz made matters worse for chelsea when he handled in the box which allowed julian alvarez to make it 2—0 on his first start since winning the world cup. phil foden soonjoined him on the score sheet as city ripped chelsea to pieces with three goals

in 15 first half minutes. foden was brought down for a second city penalty after the break which mahrez emphatically dispatched for 4—0. leeds narrowly avoided an fa cup shock at championship side cardiff coming back from 2—0 down to take their tie to a replay. jaden philogene gave cardiff the lead after a defensive mistake from the premier league team. sheyi 0jo then doubled that advantage ten minutes later. booed off at half time, leeds replied with a goal from rodrigo in the 65th minute but it was substitute sonny perkins, just 18 years old and making only his second appearance, who brought them level with an added time equaliser. his first leeds goal. extremely proud.

put a team out that was set up in a certain way to catch them on the counter. we took our moments brilliantly, they showed pride, passion. showed what it meant to the club too. against leads. so overall, proud. a few other ties to tell you about... derby have progressed after beating fellow league one side barnsley 3—0. bristol city and swansea will go to a replay after a 1—1 draw. blackburn beat fellow championship side norwich city to book their place in the fourth round. an easy win for stoke... less so for walsall. .. theirs came from a 95th minute penalty... shortly before the manchester city/chelsea game kicked off the draw for the fourth round took place, and it put those two teams in the potential tie of the next round too, with a possible match between the top two in the premier league. here's the draw in full. stevenage have an away game at stoke after their shock win. wrexham are the only non league team definitely through,

and they'll have a home tie against sheffield united from the championship. manchester united also have a home match against a second tier side, reading. spurs and west ham have away games. but there's the stand out fixture. manchester city could play arsenal if the premier league leaders beat 0xford tomorrow night. there's league two against top flight with walsall facing leicester, while an all premier league tie at brighton, who'll play either liverpool or wolves. former manchester city and england goalkeeper karen bardsley was doing the draw, andshe told me having a potential game between city and arsenal is a double—edged sword yet, when you get a draw at this competitive early on, i think all the eyes on the competition will be on that one. they want to know what that pathway would look like. are we going to have to face him? what will look if we get through? i think from a neutral standpoint it will be exciting. there is a lots of energy

and excitement around the tournament but it is so this appointment because you want the best teams and spices final possible. so, i think as a player you want to play the best teams but you also want to have the best opportunity to win the tournament. so, i like seeing underdogs, i like seeing the big teams like the spurs or going to preston or something like that. having maybe a walsall or smaller team like wrexham and up having a big primarily to go and face them. fingers crossed we have that in the next round. fingers crossed we have that in the next round-— next round. some other things to sort out before _ next round. some other things to sort out before we _ next round. some other things to sort out before we get _ next round. some other things to sort out before we get to - next round. some other things to sort out before we get to the - next round. some other things to sort out before we get to the endj sort out before we get to the end of january, of course. you mentioned wrexham and preston, those things that have bigger teams coming to them. you were handing out the drawers for homicide, there is much more pressure for the that person. you are either delivering the big story or like manchester united

you're giving them settled. i did not think about _ you're giving them settled. i did not think about that _ you're giving them settled. i c c not think about that afterwards until you mentioned that and i believe mark mentioned it as well after the draw. but having the likes of an accident in stanley or boreham would with the opportunity to play at home. it's cool, it's great. particularly for wrexham. there is a lot of attention on them for obvious reasons. there win against coventry was away from home and they took a huge amount of travelling support. this one will be against sheffield united at the racecourse and there's only 90 side guaranteed to be in the next round. i’m only 90 side guaranteed to be in the next round. �* , , ., only 90 side guaranteed to be in the next round-— next round. i'm sure ryan reynolds is civen a next round. i'm sure ryan reynolds is given a big _ next round. i'm sure ryan reynolds is given a big cheer. _ rangers have pulled celtic�*s scottish premiership lead back down to nine points after a 2—0 win at dundee united, and, as ben croucher reports, the match was won in the blink of an eye. mind the gap. the tunnels might be tight, the title race not so much.

the old firm derby draw on monday it meant every point was precious for rangers. in the you are looking for space the rangers defence for the first half against dundee united was good. not much to write about in the first half. in the second, rangers turned on the style. just over two minutes later, too. mattie tillman squeezing one through the orange wall in front of them. now playing with tempo and intensity the changes were flowing, more goals were not but they didn't need to. it makes that gap to acetic at the top a bit closer least. been culture bbc news. in the day's early kick off, kevin nisbet scored a hat trick as hibernian beat motherwell 3—2 at fir park to register a win following back—to—back defeats. nisbet has scored five goals

in five games for hibs since returning from injury. you're watching sportsday. here are some of our other stories today. great britain's four—man bobsleigh team, led by brad hall, finished second at winterberg to claim a third world cup medal of the season. that leaves the britons second in the overall four—man standings at the halfway mark of the season. south africa avoided a series clean sweep in australia by drawing the third cricket test in sydney, albeit partly because of the rain. afterfollowing on in their second innings, south africa lost only two wickets before the game ended in a draw. australia win the series 2—0. and england's matt fitzpatrick is in a three—way tie for second at tournament of champions in hawaii... the pga tour's first event of the year. he's six shots behind leader collin morikawa two time champion naomi 0saka has withdrawn from the australian open just over a week before the tournament begins. no reason has been given as to why she won't be playing — she's not competed since september. venus williams has announced she also won't appear at the tournament, although that is due to injury.

novak djokovic has warmed up for his australian open return by winning the adelaide international title. the serb dropped his first set of the tournament before beating the american sebastian korda in three sets... extending his winning streak in australia to 34 matches. the tournament is djokovic's first in the country since he was deported in january last year because of his covid vaccine status, but his visa ban has now been overturned. the masters snooker is under way at alexandra palace and neil robertson's defence is already over. the australian was beaten by the 2015 winner shaun murphy by six frames to four. murphy led 5—1 before the defending champion fought back but he held on and will now face either kyren wilson or stuart bingham in the quarterfinals. it's about getting the win. wins in these big dialect events have been

something not on for me these last few seasons. to be one of our greatest ambassadors and achievers, who always plays was here, defending champion, and to get the wind is very pleasing. mikaela shiffrin has equalled lindsey vonn's women's record of 82 skiing world cup victories. the american produced two dominant runs to win the giant slalom in slovenia, her eighth victory of the season. the two—time olympic gold medallist is now only four world cup victories short of the overall record held by sweden's ingemar stenmark. the buffalo bills have scored a touchdown on their first play since their player damar hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest on the field. zak moss returned the kick off all the way into the end zone on an emotional day at orchard park. hamlin's number three is coloured on the field at the 30 yard line, with people across the league wearing the number in support, including patriots coach bill belichick. before kick—off, the bills put an image of damar on on the big screen and an emotional rendition

of the national anthem followed. meanwhile hamlin himself is watching the game from his hospital bed with his family. he tweeted "gametime" with a picture of him and two of his family members ahead of kick—off and he has reacted to that first touchdown on the first play too. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening.

climate scientists have warned that change needs to come from the top, from governments and companies. but science and innovation will play an important part. yeah, so this week, we're going to look at some of the latest green ideas. and first off, take a deep breath. deep inhalation and exhale. if you live in the green, it's easy to forget what life is like in the grey. the air literally can smell sweeter, and it's definitely cleaner. the world health organization says air pollution poses a major threat to health and climate, and it kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year. now, we're not all going to move back to nature, but what if we could bring nature into the cities? just outside berlin, this company is trying

to freshen up our urban air. this is a biofilter which is sucking air in through the bottom and pumping it back out through this wall of moss. to illustrate that, we've got a smoke machine from the local discotheque. and if i just show you... there you go. it's going in through the bottom and out through the moss. and what happens to the air as it comes back out through the moss is where the magic happens. moss eats pollution. it sticks to its tiny leaves. it's absorbed, digested, and then is turned into more moss. so, as fans draw dirty air in, the bad stuff is left on the moss' leaves, leaving cleaner air to flow back out. the idea of using moss' natural filtering properties came to the founder after he went for a jog. so, i was in shanghai and i did a lot of exercise outdoors to get back in shape,

so go out for runs. and after i think two or three months, i started to have difficulties breathing and that's when i thought maybe i caught the flu, maybe i caught the cold, and it kept on lasting until the point i really left china, left shanghai and went went back to germany. and only after i came back, i realised, "hey, there's definitely "a connection to the air quality in china and my personal health". that's when it clicked and i realised i have to do something about the air quality in cities. for the past eight years, green city solutions have been growing moss up to 15 times faster than in nature. each moss mat takes just under 12 weeks to grow. and i have to say, there's something very soothing about being in their greenhouse. do you just come in here and stroke the moss? when i'm stressed.

..cool about moss is that this plant doesn't have roots, so they can capture all nutrients through the walls, leaves or leaves' surface. so, you can imagine, like the normal plants, it takes the nutrients from the earth, but it's moss. it can capture everything. the second thing is, like, every plant's moss can absorb c02 because it needs for photosynthesis, for the energy. but the benefit is the density of the moss is pretty high, so we need this higher leaf—surface ratio to capture as much as possible. so now, we are going to take a sample. you? i can do it? for sure. let's tweeze some moss. got some. perfect. now we can have a look under the microscope. there we go. and it's in the lab where we'll get to see moss's super power. the plant acts a lot like a human lung, whose high surface area can absorb a lot of the air in one go. and just like the lungs of a smoker, which end up getting blackened

by tar, moss could act like the lungs of a city, eventually being covered in the stuff that we don't want to breathe. so, this is from our one active products. and the black — the black bits are the... exactly. this is the fine dust or particles from polluted air. and these are the green cells. and it means that the moss is still healthy because it's green. but they are pretty powerful. really good. moss fan. well, yeah — i am, somehow! as well as pulling pollutants out of the air, there's another advantage to these biofilters, too. here's a piece of moss and here's a thermal—imaging camera, and you can see the temperature is about room temperature. but look — when i point this at the air that's coming out of the moss, when you switch the ventilation on, look how much cooler it is. so, not only does this clean the air, it cools it, too.

and of course, pulling pollutants out of the atmosphere could help cool more than just your local surroundings. air pollution and climate change are also directly related. we have pollutants in air pollution — for instance, black carbon, which speed up the heating of the planet. and by binding those pollutants, we also as well as pulling pollutants out of the air, help to decelerate climate change. you'll already see these biofilters in several cities around the world, although you might not have realised that you're sitting in front of a load of moss. and to make sure the moss is as effective and long—lived as possible, the health of each moss mat can be monitored from h0. an algorithm can control the irrigation, depending on the individual conditions. so, in the future, i would envision that many buildings and the facades of the buildings would be covered in our solutions and, of course, you could also have motorways — large stretches.

you could also use our moss filters to clean and cool the air and maybe even protect it from noise. moss on its own won't solve the climate crisis, but in amongst the talk of inventing greener technologies, it may be worth taking a lead from something that's been right under our feet the whole time. after all, nature has been regulating the environment much longer than we've been disrupting it. moss — who'd have thought it could be so useful? the lungs of a city! nature's natural filter. now, as companies try to reduce their carbon footprint and their impact on the climate, there are lots of different things that they could try. you could change your manufacturing process, how you transport goods or even move factories, but all of these are big things to do, so you really need to know which is going to work best. how do you do it? answer — get yourself a digitaltwin! you make a virtual copy of your entire business and try stuff out in that first.

alasdair keane's been to see the makers of dettol, who are trying to assess whether they can make their new products more sustainable or not. we use these kinds of products every day, from cleaning tabletops to personal hygiene and health. these brands are made by one company, called reckitt, and the industry to get them from factories to our homes is fast—moving and comes with a big impact on the planet. not huge, but important that we look at that carbon footprint and think how are we going to reduce it, decarbonise it? the product carbon footprint — that's everything from the raw materials all the way through to people using products — has to come down by 50% by 2030. that's going to take longer process. that's where we have to think not just about our factories, but the ingredients that we use, the packaging that we use. to work out how they can meet targets, the company is turning to a digital replica of everything they do through a programme

called resilience. so, this is it. this is the digital twin. this is resilience. this is resilience's version of different companies. we map them as a digital twin. we're looking at the data from a pretend company but the programme is bringing together lots of information, such as the miles that individual ingredients are shipped or how much energy each factory uses. it then runs lots of scenarios over the company to see how sustainable it is now and in the future. we've got a large team of analysts who compile a lot of data forecasts out into the future, looking at how policy's likely to change in different countries of the world and how taxes are likely to change. the digital twin is also helping firms map the impact climate change is already having on their operations. so, this is an example of its factories in the united states and how they might be subjected to future patterns of hurricane risk. and look at how often it's going to get disrupted, the cost to the business

of that particular thing. and then, a company can then start to make changes in the laboratories here. they can work on a new product, put it into the programme and find out if it will make a difference? exactly, yes. so, that's where we're heading next. safety goggles on as i've been given rare access to the room where the next big thing in cleaning could be on the verge of discovery and where they're also adjusting existing product lines. we changed one of the ingredients, so it now uses lactic acid, and that's plant—based and it has a lower carbon footprint. and so, we looked at what resilience was telling us about where carbon footprints and maybe carbon tax in the future will affect us and we thought what are the ingredients we can change? and by moving to lower carbon ingredients — things like lactic acid, which is developed from fermenting maize — we were able to reduce the carbon footprint and that means it's set up for the future — a low—carbon, low—water economy. reckitt aren't the only ones

turning to this tech. there are estimates the market for digital twins could be worth a billions of dollars over the next decade. but having all the data on sustainability is one thing companies need to act on it. i think when a lot of people hear about big companies and sustainability, they probably roll their eyes because big companies are out to make money. what is the balance there between being more sustainable and — and still bringing pounds in? well, the key here is how we can decarbonise and still grow. so, if we can achieve our ambition to be net zero by 2040, we can grow as well, and that decouples those two — those two topics. it could be years before we know if the decisions companies are making now will really help the planet. this tech is making that a little bit less of a gamble. and that's it for the short version of the programme. the full—length show can be found on iplayer, where we'll have more of the latest

innovations hoping to tackle climate change. now, it's going to take much more than those to make a dent on rising global temperatures but whenever we see something that we think is promising, we'll make sure you see it, too. thanks for watching. we'll see you soon. bye— bye. hello there. it was a very unsettled start to the new year, wasn't it? yes, it was mild at times, but often very wet and windy. and if we look back at that first week and the rainfall totals across parts of north wales and the lake district for somejust close to or in excess of 200 millimetres of rainfall fell. and in actualfact, there's more rain to come over the next five days.

this is the rainfall accumulation. so the darker the blues or the bright greens, we could have 50 to 80 millimetres of rain to add to those totals. low pressure, never too far away. and on monday, the low is sitting to the north, and that means a change of wind direction, more of a north westerly. so a fresher feel to things as well. that north westerly wind driving cooler air across the country. so temperatures about where they should be for the time of year. but it does mean that parts of eastern scotland and eastern england, a chilly start, but some sunshine around. closest to the low is where we'll see the frequent rash of showers western scotland, northern ireland, northwest england and parts of wales. but the temperatures at around 6 to 9 degrees. we mightjust see double figures down into the southwest, but there's a change to come as we move into tuesday. yet more rain and wind, i'm afraid, but the south—westerly flow, so this sort of triangle shape, this pizza wedge that is milder

air, it's what's known as a broad warm sector. all you basically need to know is it's a lot of low cloud, a lot of rain and windy with it, but the wind coming from the southwest. so it is going to feel milder once again on tuesday. gusts of winds 30 to 40 miles an hour, strengthening even further before the day closes out in the far north of scotland. but the temperatures back up, seeing highs perhaps of 14 degrees by the middle of the afternoon. as that area of low pressure drifts its way eastwards, along the southern flank, we could see some severe gales for a time, but that clears away quite readily. so as we move through wednesday, on the whole, the showers will pile in from the west, but it's going to be a case of sunny spells and scattered showers. still, the winds blustery, but not the gales that we have been seeing. temperatures generally around 7 to 11 degrees. what's in store for thursday? more of the same, i'm afraid. another set of weather fronts pushing in from the west. so thursday morning will be dry and bright, quickly clouding over.

rain arrives towards the second half of the day, some of it heavy the further west you are, and that will gradually push its way steadily eastwards. but northeast scotland perhaps staying driest and brightest for longest, top temperatures, again of around 13 degrees. the low then looks likely to centre itself to the north on friday. so once again, the wind direction coming from a north westerly or a westerly, so slightly cooler, still breezy, still most of the showers into the far northwest. so that means it's a greater chance in sheltered eastern areas of seeing some sunshine on friday. but again, those temperatures perhaps sitting single figures between seven and ten degrees on the whole. is there going to be much change as we move into the weekend? i'm afraid not. the low is going to stay with us not just the weekend, further ahead, it looks likely that we are going to see showers or longer spells of rain. it does look likely it might stay that little bit fresher, though, over the weekend and into the early half of next week. but no signs of any significant dry

weather, i'm afraid, to come. we will, of course, keep you updated.

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