welcome back to bbc news. these are the headlines. president—elect trump appoints the country's first female white house chief of staff. dutch and israeli leaders condemn hit—and—run attacks on fans and the prime minister says he's deeply ashamed. prime minister keir starmer appointsjonathan powell is the uk's new national security adviser. more than 5000 cases of lung cancer have been detected early following the roll—out of a new screening programme. in royal struggles revealed as prince williams is the past year has been his hardest with his father and wife facing cancer at the same time. i'm sarah campbell. now all the latest sports new with lizzie

greenwood—hughes. starting with tennis. cameron norrie�*s brilliant end of year form continued today after he reached the final of the moselle open. the british number two has had a torrid season with a fore arm injury and this is only his third tournament sincejuly. but he beat france's corentin moutet in straight sets to reach the final in metz. he;ll face either american eighth seed alex michelsen he'll face either american eighth seed alex michelsen or frenchman benjamin bonzi. one of the biggest rivalries in world rugby will be in full flow in dublin tonight as ireland take on the mighty all blacks. it's a fixture that's provided some memorable encounters over recent years. this evening promises to be no different. ireland, the top ranked side in the world will be looking to to rest the disappointment of their quarter final defeat to new zealand at last year's rugby world cup. i haven't thought about it too much, personally. i've obviously reflected on the game and i know it wasn't near one of my best performances.

it's all part of the journey in the evolution of a player and of the person and i'm sure that some of the lessons from it will be to further development and growth for me. i'm looking forward to putting that into action. well, new zealand, fresh from that narrow victory over england last weekend, know they have a tough challenge ahead against ireland. and their biggest motivation will be that victory in dublin could mean they retake their world number one spot. ireland have been right up to here notiust_ ireland have been right up to here notjust the last ireland have been right up to here not just the last few years, if the last ten— not just the last few years, if the last ten years, they've been leading the way— last ten years, they've been leading the way in _ last ten years, they've been leading the way in a — last ten years, they've been leading the way in a lot of areas. 50, last ten years, they've been leading the way in a lot of areas. so, yeah, we like _ the way in a lot of areas. so, yeah, we like to— the way in a lot of areas. so, yeah, we like to be — the way in a lot of areas. so, yeah, we like to be in the picture in terms — we like to be in the picture in terms of— we like to be in the picture in terms of the world number one, so that's— terms of the world number one, so that's a _ terms of the world number one, so that's a crown they have at the moment — that's a crown they have at the moment. we want to play at home.

one other rugby union story today — the head coach of wales�* women has resigned after a turbulent year on and off the pitch. ioan cunningham been in charge for the past three years, leading wales to their highest world ranking and a world cup quarter—final. but after presiding over the transition from amateur to professional status, 2024 has been less successful and cunningham, who was part of the wru's controversial player contract negotiations for which the governing body has admitted serious failings. tottenham hotspur have been charged by the football association over alleged homophobic chanting by their fans during their league win at manchester united earlier this season. an fa statement said tottenham "failed to ensure" that fans "conduct themselves in an orderly fashion" and "don't use words or otherwise behave in an improper, offensive, abusive, indecent or insulting way or imply reference to sexual orientation". spurs have until next wednesday to respond to the charge. golf now and england's paul waring has broken the course record

at the abu dhabi championship to head the field going into the third day. waring shot an 11 under par with nine birdies and an eagle to go 19 under overall. five shots ahead of fellow englishman tommy fleetwood, who's one of four players tied for second. now, there might be a lack of sun across the uk at the moment, but there's also been a lack of rain, which is having a big impact onjump racing. the good ground is prompting some trainers to withdraw horses resulting in a race at exeter today having just one runner. captain teague only had to gallop the final furlong to win the £40,000 prize in exeter�*s novice chase after his opponents were taken out due to the quick ground. the paul nicholls—trained horse was supposed to be making his chasing debut, but didn't have to go over a single jump and was given a walkover. exeter is one of several race courses without permanent watering facilities. all betting on the race has been voided. and that's all the sport for now. lizzie, thank you.

sir keir starmer has appointed jonathan powell as his new national security adviser. mr powell was sir tony blair's chief of staff for ten years and played a leading role in negotiations which led to the creation of the power—sharing government in northern ireland. the veteran diplomat will be at the centre of labour's attempt to formulate its approach to the trump administration. 0ur political correspondent iain watson joins me from westminster. hello to you. this is coming out a very crucial time ina time in a really interesting come back. it time in a really interesting come back. , , ., time in a really interesting come back. , ., back. it is, joseph powell was one of, if not the _ back. it is, joseph powell was one of, if not the only _ back. it is, joseph powell was one of, if not the only senior - back. it is, joseph powell was one of, if not the only senior official, i of, if not the only senior official, was there for tony blair for ten years. he helped to negotiate the good friday agreement amongst many other roles. but before he arrived at downing street in 1997, he was a

career diplomat and served in embassy in washington. you can see the attraction to keir starmer and bringing him back into his senior role this time around. i think interestingly, this is part of a wider move by keir starmer to beef up wider move by keir starmer to beef up the downing street operation that labour was criticised for having a chief of staff. sue grey was effectively ousted. —— sue gray was effectively ousted. it's been announced that liz lloyd is going to head a unit on policy, not the same as the former chief of staff of nicholas adrian. i think there is this wider move by keir starmer. as you say, crew sure ——

crucial given the global challenges, but not without criticism. the conservatives say he's a labour apparatchik, that rishi sunak wanted apparatchik, that rishi sunak wanted a serving general and keir starmer overturned that. more co ntroversially, overturned that. more controversially, john powell has acted as a special envoy for the prime minister —— jonathan powell. even though there was a ukad military base, transferred to mauritius. his appointment will be welcomed by many in whitehall and downing street, but it is not uncontroversial.— downing street, but it is not uncontroversial. ., . ., ., ~ uncontroversial. iain watson, thank ou. sir david manning is a former british ambassador to the united states and now director of gatehouse advisory partners. i asked him why he thought sir keir starmer had appointed jonathan powell to the position of national security adviser. jonathan is such a talented individual. he's got enormous experience.

as you already mentioned, he worked in the tony blair administration for ten years. he's got great expertise in international relations. he served as a diplomat before working for tony blair in the washington embassy. and i can say on the basis of personal experience, since i worked forjonathan, that he is an absolutely outstanding choice. and i think he's his own expertise of the united states and of how government works, makes him the standout choice for the role. it's an interesting time, isn't it, with the new donald trump government coming in. you will have seen the widely reported comments by the foreign secretary with regard to donald trump. does that make for a difficult start to a relationship, and how willjonathan powell, if you like, navigate some slightly choppy waters?

i don't think it does, actually, i think this is being overdone. my own view is that name—calling in politics doesn't determine the relationship. it's about policy, it's about the connections which the prime minister has now made with donald trump. we know he had a meeting with him in september. david lammy, i'm told, has metjd vance, the incoming vice president. it won't be about what was said several years ago or not said, it will be about whether or not we can use the connections that have been made to find common ground on policy choices, where we won't always see eye—to—eye. just take us through the role of the national security adviser and what he would be expected to do within the the uk government. and what he would be expected to do within the uk government. well, he'll try to bring together the different departments in whitehall around the big issues that ministers are facing, that the country is facing,

so that the prime minister has a clear view about what the challenges are and can conduct a debate at the very top of his government about what policies to adopt. and jonathan will facilitate that process, and he will then also oversee the way in which the whitehall machine implements those decisions on a collegiate basis. but he's also going to be very important as eyes and ears of the prime minister in talking to his counterparts in other capitals. he'll be a key link to washington, because the link between ten downing street and the white house is critical to the bilateral relationship, but it's also true in paris and in berlin. so, the national security adviser has this overall coordinating role, but he's also very much involved in the day to day communications.

sir david manning. a man accused of murdering his ten—year—old daughter has been giving evidence in court about the evening she died. urfan sharif denies killing sara sharif, whose body was discovered at the family home in woking in august last year. her stepmother and uncle also deny murder. 0ur correspondent daniel sandford has been in court. today was the day when urfan gave evidence and when he got home from work, that evening, tuesday, the 8th of august, she said she was thursday and it water, and realised things really weren't good, she probably wasn't breathing. he couldn't hear her breathing. _ wasn't breathing. he couldn't hear her breathing, he _ wasn't breathing. he couldn't iez: her breathing, he checked her wasn't breathing. he couldn't i9:—. her breathing, he checked her pulse

and asked his wife to call ambience. when he stopped cpr —— call an ambulance, he realised an ambulance hadn't been called. his wife at the point said as if a had been responsible for the injuries sara sharif had suffered and they needed to think of the other children, that there is a risk the other children could be taken into care. his account was because of what patul told him about how sara had died, decision was made to flee to pakistan. he said it was at his wife's request that he wrote a note that was left by sara's body in which he said he was responsible for killing his daughter by beating and he had been phoning the police upon arrival in pakistan and wanted to take responsibility for sara's

death. urfan sharif, his brother, and his wife at the time beinash batool, said he was being interviewed about sara's death, that you heard about the full extent of the injuries that sara suffered, and realise that they couldn't have been caused by a child. there was only one person left, his wife beinash. he is now suggesting that beinash batool was responsible for the injuries, another court was told that beinash batool and urfan sharif would point at each other. faisal malika also denies murder as well as beinash batool and sara. —— urfan sharif.

more than 5,000 cases of lung cancer have been detected early following the roll—out of a new nhs screening programme. the initiative saw mobile trucks target football grounds, supermarkets and town centres in communities with a high prevalence of the disease. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes reports. you had your operation, how long ago was that now? yeah, it was, uh, nearly two and a half years ago. good. everything been 0k since then? yeah. — everything's fine. phil is one of the lucky ones. an invite to one of the nhs mobile screening clinics led to the discovery he had lung cancer. but crucially, it was detected early. something that made a huge difference to his chances of beating the disease. just go and have it done for peace of mind. or, if you need treatment, it'll be sorted straightaway. don't ignore it. i was very lucky. it's more spacious when you're

in there than you think it is. i it's not an mri, it's not a tunnel, and it only takes two minutes, i so you're in and out very, very quickly. since the introduction of mobile lung screening clinics in england in 2019, more than 5,000 lung cancers have been detected. more than three quarters of those were discovered at the earliest stages of the disease. and that's important, because early diagnosis means people are nearly 20 times more likely to survive for five years than those whose cancer is caught late. the mobile screening lorries target those parts of the country where lung cancer rates are highest. the programme focuses on current and past smokers aged between 55 and 7a, who are offered a health check and, if necessary, a scan of their lungs on the mobile unit. if you get invited, please look at it seriously and take the opportunity to come. chances are everything will be ok. you'll get peace of mind and that's fine. but if there is something there, then we can help find it. and if we can do it early, it will literally save lives. the plan is to roll out

the screening programme across england by 2030. lung cancer is the third commonest type of cancer in the uk, leading to around 35,000 deaths each year. it's hoped that spotting more cancers earlier will make a big dent in that number. dominic hughes, bbc news. you saw him in the piece there. let's talk to dr haval balata, who's been part of the initiatives since 2016. thank you for talking to us. the figures speak for themselves — more than 5,000 detected cases of lung cancer, people who would have never gone through screening, which shows how effective this has been. good evening, thank you. absolutely, the headlines speak for themselves. the initiative has been usually successful and as we said in the piece, one of the main targets of

the programme is to make this available and convenient for communities which need it most. it’s communities which need it most. it's kind of a simple idea, taking the screening out and finding the people rather than waiting for them to come to you, so how did all come about? who thought of it? i to you, so how did all come about? who thought of it?— who thought of it? i think a few urou -s who thought of it? i think a few grouns have _ who thought of it? i think a few groups have thought _ who thought of it? i think a few groups have thought of- who thought of it? i think a few groups have thought of this - who thought of it? i think a few groups have thought of this for| groups have thought of this for sometime. there research already out there we know in lung cancer terms, those patients from the highest risk areas have historically been the least engaged, one might argue. that's typically due to circumstances, typically deprived areas where life can be difficult and getting two or three buses across the city isn't easy. it's all about making it convenient. we did a lot of work in manchester with families and advocates, mcmillan, etc. :, :, families and advocates, mcmillan, etc. ., :, families and advocates, mcmillan, etc. :, :, . families and advocates, mcmillan, etc. :, . ., fl etc. how do you choose the areas? a lot of work — etc. how do you choose the areas? a lot of work goes _ etc. how do you choose the areas? a lot of work goes into _ etc. how do you choose the areas? a lot of work goes into it. _ etc. how do you choose the areas? a lot of work goes into it. as _ etc. how do you choose the areas? a lot of work goes into it. as we - etc. how do you choose the areas? a lot of work goes into it. as we sat - lot of work goes into it. as we sat in the piece, it's not quite a

random turn up and open the door. we use primary care data and other metrics to figure out which areas we think are most in need. there's a whole team behind the scenes that go out and look at where, spaces with big enough car parks or other logistics. but really, there's a chronological method to it to try to find the areas most in need. currently only open to current and past smokers. is there any suggestion? presumably other people get lung cancers as well, notjust smokers. get lung cancers as well, not 'ust smokers. ~ , , i. get lung cancers as well, not 'ust smokers. ~ , ., smokers. absolutely, if you have lunus, smokers. absolutely, if you have lungs. you _ smokers. absolutely, if you have lungs. you can — smokers. absolutely, if you have lungs. you can get _ smokers. absolutely, if you have lungs, you can get lung - smokers. absolutely, if you have lungs, you can get lung cancer, | lungs, you can get lung cancer, there's a saying. it's an important socket. it's based on evidence and research —— important topic. there is research from big, well—run trials that show where the smoking history in a certain age group is

worse. that's why at the moment, there's a price, but is a lot of research going on looking at various tests to identify those high—risk lung cancers. that's not currently applicable, but it's an area to wash. : , , :, :, , applicable, but it's an area to wash. , , :, ,, ., wash. and this is going to be spread further that this _ wash. and this is going to be spread further that this initial _ wash. and this is going to be spread further that this initial trial - wash. and this is going to be spread further that this initial trial has - further that this initial trial has shown success. 50 further that this initial trial has shown success.— further that this initial trial has shown success. :, h :, , shown success. so far, it's all been in england — shown success. so far, it's all been in england and _ shown success. so far, it's all been in england and gradually _ shown success. so far, it's all been in england and gradually increasing in england and gradually increasing in the ambition is to have full population coverage by 2030. but of course, colleagues across the uk are looking how to initiate this. now that's mandated, we will see that international in the coming years. dr haval balata, really good to talk to you. thank you.— to you. thank you. thank you for havin: to you. thank you. thank you for having me- _ parents in the uk have been "paying over the odds" for baby milk because of a lack of competition in the formula market, a government watchdog has said. our business correspondent marc ashdown reports.

it can be one of the big costs for new parents. not everyone can or wants to breast—feed, so formula is not everyone can or wants to breast—feed, so formula is used by millions to feed their babies, but this report finds too many people end up paying over the odds. you just had to take what was there. there wasn't much choice on this. price as well? so, you went for cheap or expensive, thinking it was going to be better? no, expensive. it was our first child. i would probably go for a more - trusted name than an unknown one. even if you had to pay more? if i had the money, then yes, i would. i the competition and market authority's interim report said the baby milk industry needs a shake—up to help parents who are struggling to afford it. it found there's often a lack of timely, clear and impartial information for parents and carers about formula. there is limited competition

on prices because the market is regulated, so promotions such as loyalty points or discounts are banned. prices havejumped between 18 and 36% in just two years. the report found parents could save up to £500 over a baby's first year of life by switching to a lower—priced brand. there isn't much competition anyway, because just a handful of companies account for the vast majority of the market. the cma also highlights that, by law, all infant formula has to meet a child's nutritional needs, so paying extra for a product doesn't mean it will be any better. part of the issue seems to be public health targets to encourage more people to breast—feed. the founder of mumsnet says parents need choice, but should be protected from spiralling costs. after a year, i think only half a percent of mothers are still breast—feeding in this country, compared to 23% in germany and 27% in the us, so it hasn't worked as a policy, and all it's done is raise the cost of formula for parents. some parents have no choice but to use formula, and they really can't afford, at this time, to be paying

these inflated prices. of the major players, danone said it would engage with the cma, and nestle has previously recommended the investigation. the watchdog stopped short of recommending price controls, but said changes are needed to prevent parents from shouldering ever—increasing costs. marc ashdown, bbc news. the prince of wales has described the past 12 months as the "hardest year" of his life. speaking to reporters at the end of his visit to south africa, prince william talked about how he has coped after his wife and his father were diagnosed with cancer. the heir to the throne said he was proud of both princess catherine and the king. 0ur senior royal correspondent daniela relph reports. last year's remembrance sunday service at the cenotaph. a full show of the most senior members of the royal family, including the princess of wales. just a few weeks after this, she was admitted to hospital and subsequently began treatment for cancer.

but buckingham palace has now confirmed she will attend remembrance events this weekend — one ofjust a handful of public appearances she's made this year. on his visit to south africa this week, the prince of wales has reflected on his wife's diagnosis. he told reporters... the prince has focused on his earthshot prize award the prince has focused on his earthshot prize award ceremony while in cape town, but it's been a disruptive year for the entire royal family — with both the princess and the king dealing with a cancer diagnosis. ahead of the earth shot ceremony earlier this week, the prince also spoke on camera with an update about the princess. she's doing very well, thanks,

and hopefully she's watching tonight and sort of cheering me on. and she has been amazing this whole year. they are candid words from prince william in a year when the royal family has faced some challenges shared by so many. it's hoped that next year, the prince will be solo less often as his wife returns to more public duties. daniela relph, bbc news. ijust want i just want to play you one of the most watched videos on the bbc news app. the 0scar winning the british actress 0livia coleman has reacted with joy after receiving a blue peter price. she has reacted with joy as she received a blue peter badge — which if you are watching in the uk you will know all about, whilst her paddington in peru co—star antonio banderas appeared bewildered. take a look as 0livia gets the award from bp presenter shini and attempts to explain its significance to antonio who like many viewers around the world will be unfamiliar with the tradition. 0livia, you'll know about these. a token of our community is the blue peter badge... oh, my! it's happening!

oh, my god! and we adore paddington so much... listen, i can't tell you — 50 years i've wanted one of these! oh, my goodness, i'm so excited! the amount of things i sent into blue... oh, look! this is your blue peter badge. please put them on. oh, my god. please. this is the one that you didn't get? this is it, this is it! _ she was just telling me . she never got this, and... every week, i sent into blue peter, never got a badge. never got a badge? no. i'll be talking to the team. i'm going to play- that i am very happy! that you finally received this blue peter thing! i i want to photograph this and send it to all my friends and family. my brother will be so jealous. 0k, i've got it on. look at that! - gorgeous, and it matches... look, you guys are fit for the badge. i love it. this, it's difficult to get this? yeah, you have to really prove yourself to get a blue peter badge. yeah. it's beautiful. 0h! - i love that! such a brilliant actress, but that was totally genuine. delightful. stay with us here on bbc news. miriam will be here at the top of the hour. maryam will be here at the top of the hour.

hello. 0ur weather's been really quite murky over the last week or two, and nowhere more so, really, than in parts of hampshire, where 0diham has only recorded 18 minutes of sunshine over the last 11 days. it does mean that anyone walking around this part of hampshire with a newly—acquired tan has either been away on a sunny holiday or has been hitting a bottle of fake tan pretty hard. now, further northwards, we've had a lot of low cloud pushed up the eastern side of the pennines today. quite murky over the tops, and for some in west yorkshire, temperatures only reached 7 degrees. but as the prevailing winds worked over and to of the pennines, the cloud actually broke up and finally, we got to see some sunshine across north—west england. here, a rather sunny—looking rochdale. the best of the sunshine, though, was further north in scotland. some cloud trapped here in this weather watcher picture in the valleys underneath our area of high pressure. top temperatures in the highlands reached 16 degrees today. that would've felt quite pleasant, but for most, it was grey, it was cloudy and it was quite chilly. 0vernight tonight we go,

and the cloud stays with us, thickening to give a few patches of drizzle, a few mist and hill fog areas as well. 0ur temperatures, give or take, around 6—8 degrees celsius, a bit milder across some western areas. there will be very gradual changes in our weather picture this weekend, but it's hard to spot those changes on saturday. there's a rather grey start to the day for most areas, best of the sunshine again for northern scotland, but this weak weather front just here will introduce some thicker cloud into northern ireland and eventually we'll start to see some patches of light rain pushing in here. 0ur temperatures pretty much like today, around 8—10 degrees quite widely. it will feel chilly again for the start of the weekend. sunday, weatherfronts move across the uk towards our area of high pressure that's now slipping away into europe. the fronts themselves very weak, just bringing some light and patchy outbreaks of rain and drizzle. and there's prospects for the weather to at least brighten up in scotland and northern ireland as the winds pick up here through the afternoon. starting to turn a little bit milder, and then into next week — well, on monday, we get an area of high pressure, and new high pressure, building

right over the top of the uk. and this should finally give us some much sunnier weather. 0k, there could be some mist and fog patches around first thing, but for the most part, a decent—looking day with sunny skies and temperatures running close to average for the time of year at around 10—13 degrees. the big question is how long this, the high pressure, hangs around into next week.

today at six, more than 60 arrests in amsterdam after a night of violence.

the city's mayor has called it an explosion of anti—semitism. sirens wail the dutch prime minister says he's ashamed of the attacks on israeli football fans visiting the city. dutch police say some israeli fans had earlier attacked a taxi and pulled down a palestinian flag — we'll have the latest. also on the programme: prince william says it's been a "brutal" year after his father and wife were diagnosed with cancer. catherine says she will attend rememberance commemorations this weekend. more flooding in spain, this time in the north east of the country after more than 200 people died just over a week ago. the archers theme tune. and june spencer, who played peggy in the the archers for nearly 70 years, has died aged 105. and coming up on bbc news, the weekend's autumn internationals start in dublin tonight, the scene of the latest clash

between ireland and new zealand, as the home side look