refusing the call up would face potential sanctions and face economic penalties, even having their license revoked for a few years, which would potentially end their careers so the players went through multiple consultation with our lawyers and decided that eventually it was best for them not to risk it and attend, as we saw tonight there was a very long and intense meeting featuring the sporting council, the federation and the players to try and reach some sort of agreement that would allow them to move forward. imilli sort of agreement that would allow them to move forward.— them to move forward. with the -la ers them to move forward. with the players think — them to move forward. with the players think they _ them to move forward. with the players think they have - them to move forward. with the players think they have been - players think they have been successful given the reasons they were striking in the first place was to try to get some sort of fundamental change at the federation? do you think they will have felt those will have yielded what they wanted? we

have felt those will have yielded what they wanted?— have felt those will have yielded what they wanted? we still have to see what the _ what they wanted? we still have to see what the final _ what they wanted? we still have to see what the final agreement - what they wanted? we still have to i see what the final agreement looks like between these three parties. i think a lot of it will depend on what happens next over the next few weeks and months and a lot of those promises that cannot be permitted right now, see if they really do happen but i am notjust talking about women's sport in spain, football in general, explaining the situation with the federation has been a very complicated topic for many years and just seeing their ability to actually push for change and action —— might even get the sporting council and which are not happen before, this should be very proud. holders manchester city won the first match in defence of their champions league title but suffered another injury,

leading pep guardiola to say they're in trouble. bernado silva's joining four other first team regulars on the sidelines after coming off during their 3—1 home win over red star belgrade. the victory wasn't straightforward, though, osman bukhari giving the visitors the lead in first half injury time, but two from julian alvarez after the break put city back in front before pep guardiola's side secured all three points through rodri's superb finish, and their perfect start to the season continues. when we have players enter, sustaining that for a long time is difficult and we cannot maintain that the budgets in the transfer with 35 players because it is chaos for the club and it is going to happen. elsewhere, lazio goalkeeper ivan provedel provided the story of the night — his last—second equaliser salvaging

a point for his side against atletico madrid in rome. barcelona comfortably beat royal antwerp 5—0 in group h. kylian mbappe and achraf hakimi scored in psg's 2—0 win over borussia dortmund, while in the same group newcastle united marked their return to the champions league with a goalless draw against milan at the san siro. the pick of wednesday's champions league fixtures sees a stuttering manchester united side travel to germany to take on bayern munich. erik ten hag's side are missing several first—team players, including mason mount, harry maguire and raphael varane, but despite troubles both on and off the pitch, the manager insists that he is looking forward to taking on the bundesliga champions. they leave you also sometimes spaces, but we have very great respect for them, bayern, especially champions league, home, especially, the group stage, they are very strong, but we are looking forward

because we like a challenge and also we trust ourselves. united, obviously, they've been going to a bit of a tough spell recently but sometimes that can be really dangerous because they're looking for a big response, and, yeah, we need to be careful that we're at home, we want to dictate the game, we want to play the way and they have some threats as well that we really need to be careful of. also later, arsenal make their return to the champions league after a six—year absence against psv eindhoven, while in one of the early kick—offs, real madrid host a union berlin side that were in germany's second tier just five years ago. for more on the rest of the day's fixtures, head to the bbc sport website. in major league baseball, shohei ohtani's season is officially over after the los angeles angels star had elbow surgery on tuesday. ohtani tore

a ligament in late august but continued to bat until a side strain forced him out earlier this month. the japanese player who will be a free agent at the end of the season... is expected to make a full recovery in time to both pitch and bat in 2025. and head to our website for more on all those stories... and a look ahead to the third round of pool fixtures at hte rugby world cup... starting later on wednesday when italy play uruguay. we understand that rishi sunak will make a statement outside downing street at 430 this afternoon watering down on key commitments, key among them the government commitment to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030 and

it is expected to be pushed back to 2035 under has been the action from the automotive industry, ford uk they need certainty to put the plans in place and we heard from the home secretary suella braverman who said that the government green policies need to be pragmatic and they don't want to bankrupt people especially in our cost of living crisis. for now we are being told the prime minister will hold a news conference at half past four and is hosting a conference call with his cabinet at the moment to discuss that. and breaking news on the fact that a metropolitan police officer is being charged over the murder of a 24—year—old man who was shot last yearin 24—year—old man who was shot last year in south london. we have had a statement from the metropolitan police operation saying that being a

firearms officer in london is one of the worlds toughest jobs firearms officer in london is one of the worlds toughestjobs and officers who volunteer know that responsibility and accountability that come with it and the metropolitan police noted a statement from the crown prosecution service in relation to one of our firearms colleagues and make no further comment on that at this time. the news today that a metropolitan police officer has been charged with the murder of chris kaba and will appear in court tomorrow. the metrological bureau in australia says large parts of the country experiencing an unusually hot spring and some tempers could be sent on sunday. it is the latest country to report abnormal weather and what scientists say what could be the hottest summer ever recorded. we are only into spring in the

southern hemisphere and almost 70 fires burning across new south wales and fire authorities in queensland to the north and in tasmania battling fires as well so this is a very disturbing reminder for many historians as to the disaster here, the black summer disaster of 2019 and 2020. affecting an area of the story of the same size as the united kingdom. the authorities don't expect to repeat this the summer but the bushfires and extreme heat we have endured and is that australia is a reminder of what has happened in the past but also a warning of what might happen in the future so the authorities believe that come the authorities believe that come the summer conditions see the listeria could be extremely unpredictable and dangerous. i want

to show you — unpredictable and dangerous. i want to show you these _ unpredictable and dangerous. i want to show you these pictures - unpredictable and dangerous. i want to show you these pictures of- unpredictable and dangerous. i want to show you these pictures of the . to show you these pictures of the moment to seal pups got tangled up in a fishing net on a south african beach at west coast national park. embers of the public there so they were in distress and cut through the nets to help them and they were eventually freed and able to make their way back into the sea. —— members of the public. hello. it has been a windy and for some thoroughly soggy few days. especially across the hills of cumbria and gwynedd, where half a month of rainfall in little over a day. there will be more in the way of rain over the next few days but more downpours, variable amounts of rain and sunshine in between. for some, strong winds. the wettest and windiest conditions tied in with this cold front moving its way

eastwards across england and wales. it is not one coherent band of rain, the rain may be on and off as that comes through but still some very heavy bursts across southern counties of england, the midlands, east anglia and eventually the south—east. it will be leaving a lot of surface water and spray around on the roads as we head into the evening rush—hour. gus in the south—east of a0 to 50 miles an hour. at the end of the day in the north and west of england and wales. a bit more sunshine. showers across scotland, northern ireland with wetter weather in the south highlands and strongest of the winds may be gusting 50, 60 miles an hour and making it feel fresh. temperatures this afternoon and evening, up and

evening rush—hour, not pleasant, in east anglia and the south—east. it clears away by tomorrow morning. more rain to the north and west of scotland in between, lighter winds. clear skies and a cooler start tomorrow. four orfive degrees in some rural areas but bright and sunny for the most part. scotland and northern ireland, a greater chance of outbreaks of rain, initially north and west, pushing south and eastwards in the strong to gale force winds. that will make it feel cool here and indeed for all of us, cooler than we have been used to. through the night into friday, area of low pressure that has been governing think still there to the north—east of scotland. strongest of the winds to north and west scotland, northern ireland and the blustery day here with frequent showers. showers in western parts of england and wales, elsewhere dry and bright with some

sunshine bit on the cool side to begin with and a cool day all in all. showers will blossom more in the afternoon and some of them on the heavy side. on saturday morning, clear and cool. there could be a touch of frost in the sheltered areas of scottish glens. cloud increasing later and wet and windy weather on sunday.

live from london. this is bbc news. rishi sunak is hosting a news conference at downing street amid reports that he is planning to change green policies. 2a hours after azerbaijan's army launch an operation in nagorno—karabakh — reports of a ceasefire with ethnic armenian forces. a metropolitan police officer is to be charged over the death of chris kaba. he was shot in south london

in september last year. for the first time in the history of the nhs both consultants and junior doctors are out on strike. here in paris, the streets havejust been cleared by police as emmanuel macron prepares to welcome king charles. hello, i'm lucy hockings, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. the prime minister is to give a speech after briefing cabinet members on possible changes to carbon policies. lets now speak damian grammaticas, our political correspondent.

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