november 13th and will now take place on friday, november 15th. meanwhile in turin at the atp finals, carlos alcaraz is back on court against andrey rublev following his surprise defeat to casper ruud in his opening fixture. the spaniard had been suffering from an illness during practice yesterday. but it didn't seem to be hampering him too much. the spaniard took the first set 6—3. chelsea travel to glasgow to take on celtic in the uefa women's champions league on wednesday at celtic park. blues skipper erin cuthbert returns to glasgow for the fixture and is impressed with how the women's game is developing in scotland. it's a great moment, really excited to play at celtic park. i think these games should be in the biggest of stadiums and it's great there's so much hype around it in scotland. the fact we have these in the big stadiums and there will be so many young girls that come tomorrow night, whether they

want to play for chelsea or celtic, they think that's possible and that they can achieve their wildest dreams, so i think it's something i certainly never had eight years ago so it shows how far the women's game has grown in scotland. in wednesday's other matches, galatasar—eye host wolfsburg, with both sides looking for their first win of the campaign. real madrid welcome dutch side fc twente to the spanish capital, while roma face eight—time champions lyon. both sides have two wins from two so far. english football league chairman rick parry says he hopes a "seminal" review of the game by a new independent regulator could help overcome years of deadlock with the premier league. this is over greater financial redistribution. strengthened legislation to establish a body to oversee the elite men's club game was relaunched by the government last month, and begins its second reading in parliament on wednesday.

an improved bill, better still. is it perfect? no. we still i think unhappy, concerned that the regulator doesn't have the powers to intervene. the fan—led review, the government's white paper, the government's white paper, the government's response of the white paper all talked about the government needing powers to intervene and they haven't. but it is workable, and as i said, from our point of view on improvement. in basketball the nba cup returned for a second season following its successful addition to the regular season last year. the cup currently belongs to the la lakers who defeated the pacers to win the 2023 in—season championship. this year, lebron and co have been drawn in a group with the phoenix suns who made a winning start with an eight—point win over the utahjazz. point guard devin booker led the way for the suns with a game high 31 points. booker�*s tally included five three—pointers and 15 points

in the final quarter to propel the suns to a 120—112 win. and the chase centre hosted an emotional reunion for klay thompson as he returned to the golden state warriors for the first time since joining the dallas mavericks in july. thompson won four nba titles in his 13 years with the warriors, where he enjoyed a successful partnership with steph curry. thompson finished the game with 22 points but his fairy tale return to the bay area was denied by curry. he stole the show with 37 points as the warriors rallied to beat the mavericks 120 to 117. and i can now confirm that carlos alcaraz has defeated rublev in straight sets. and that's all the sport for now. back to you lucy... straight back to washington, donald trump is there now

meeting joe biden as part of his plans for transition in power injanuary. the president—elect has been meeting republicans in washington in the last hour we understand as he continues to put his new administration together. elon musk will oversee a new department of government efficiency with the task of slashing public spending. lots to talk about with our senior north america correspondent gary o'donoghue whojoins us now correspondent gary o'donoghue who joins us now from correspondent gary o'donoghue whojoins us now from outside the white house. what are we expecting from the meeting between president biden and donald trump?— between president biden and donald trump? well, it's a bit of a ritual _ donald trump? well, it's a bit of a ritual to _ donald trump? well, it's a bit of a ritual to be _ donald trump? well, it's a bit of a ritualto be honest. - of a ritual to be honest. there's very... it is pretty unlikely to be anything substantive agreed or discussed. there are some issues around the transition where donald trump hasn't signed some of the documents so far to oil the wheels if you like. that may or may not come up. there may be some efforts byjoe biden as past presidents have done to try am set out

some of the challenges he thinks his successor will face, particularly president obama did that in 2016 over north korea, you will remember. but it's really a process of shaking hands. the problem is these two had some pretty rough things to say about one another when they last met. joe biden said donald trump was a convicted felon with the morals of an alley cat. donald trump is referred tojoe biden himself as a feeble old guy, so i don't expect there to be too much love lost. i do expect that it will be sweetness and light, that is certainly what it was when donald trump came in 2016. ~ ., , , . , in 2016. we are seeing pictures of donald trump _ in 2016. we are seeing pictures of donald trump arriving. - in 2016. we are seeing pictures of donald trump arriving. he i in 2016. we are seeing pictures of donald trump arriving. he is| of donald trump arriving. he is alone, his wife is not with him. we understand she will not be meeting withjoe biden. she laying down a bit of the market here about what the next four years will look like? to

here about what the next four years will look like?— years will look like? to be honest melania _ years will look like? to be honest melania trump's . years will look like? to be i honest melania trump's acts years will look like? to be - honest melania trump's acts i kind of inscrutable, it's difficult to read what they mean if they mean anything. but typically the future first lady would come to this kind of meeting. she is not coming this time, she does her own thing very much. in some ways it's difficult to know why that is, but i don't think there will be too much concern here about that. they will do what they do in terms of the formalities and then they will get on with things. joe biden and jill biden have already said or indicated through the press office before the election that they would attend inauguration of whoever won the election so i think they're pretty much committed to going to donald trump's inauguration injanuary trump's inauguration in january which trump's inauguration injanuary which of course he didn't do in 2021 whenjoe biden took over the presidency. fix, 2021 when joe biden took over the presidency.— 2021 when joe biden took over the presidency. a lovely day in washington. — the presidency. a lovely day in washington, but _ the presidency. a lovely day in washington, but we _ the presidency. a lovely day in washington, but we are -

the presidency. a lovely day in washington, but we are also i washington, but we are also going to show our viewers inside now. republicans are meeting there we understand, as welljd vance has just arrived, because the voting for the senate takes place today so can you explain how this process works? , ,, ., ., , works? yes, the senate ma'ority leader really i works? yes, the senate ma'ority leader really runs * works? yes, the senate ma'ority leader really runs the h works? yes, the senate majority leader really runs the show, - leader really runs the show, runs the business in the senate, gets to decide what votes come to the floor, what priorities are, gets a big say in who gets the chair of the key committees, foreign affairs, intelligence, the really big committees. so it's an enormously powerfuljob and of course mitch mcconnell who said he was going to step down in the run—up to this election, and he's not going to be leader any more. there's people vying for thatjob. any more. there's people vying forthatjob. in any more. there's people vying for thatjob. in some ways a kind of reasonably late entry has been senator rick scott from florida who does seem to certainly have the backing of elon musk and others on the

right of the party. we will see whether he becomes triumphant, but the votes are due i think later on today on that one, so we will get a new one, and it will be a new era because mitch mcconnell has been doing it for a while now. we will see what the style of the new person is, and it looks like it will be a guy rather than a woman. absolutely, and we know it's a secret ballot as well. donald trump saying untruth social that the president... as we continue to look at these pictures, you mentioned elon musk. everyone talking about him again today as we learn a little bit more about what his role will be along with vivek ramaswamy leading this new department of government efficiency. what will this department do and what signals have we had from elon musk about how he intends to run it?

yes, the detail is a bit thin on the ground, i would say, but in terms of what we know publicly, this will be outside of government so elon musk and vivek ramaswamy won't go through any sonnet confirmation process so they will be effectively consultants or advisors, whatever you want to call it. whether this department itself will have a formal footing, department itself will have a formalfooting, we department itself will have a formal footing, we don't know, but the aim is to cut the chunk out of federal spending. certainly on the campaign trail when asked about this, elon musk put the figure on that of $2 trillion. when you think about the federal budget, it is somewhere in the region of 6.7 5 trillion. so someone who is not very good at maths, that seems to be something like 30% which is an awful lot of spending! donald trump wants them to have done their work and not necessarily achieve the cuts by then but have done what they needed to do by

independence day 2026 which is the 250th anniversary of the signing of the declaration of independence. so that is the goal he set them. we will see what they deliver. they are planning to put up a whole bunch of what they call crazy types of spending on the website and be transparent about it but we will see how far they get. about it but we will see how far they get-— about it but we will see how far they get. gary, thank you. we will be — far they get. gary, thank you. we will be with _ far they get. gary, thank you. we will be with you _ far they get. gary, thank you. | we will be with you throughout the day as we await president elect donald trump to meet with president biden and that will be taking place in the oval office. stay with us for continuing coverage on bbc news. hello. it is turning colder but not immediately. in fact the rest of the week, no major change in the weather forecast, it will often stay cloudy, the mornings will be misty and murky and this area of high pressure

which has stuck around for much of november is still visible on the weather map on wednesday today, you can see it close to ireland. but to the north, weather fronts are gathering and this heralds a change to our weather pattern, this high pressure will eventually shift and it will turn colder. this is what it looks like for the rest of today, a bit of sunshine but quite cloudy in many other areas and temperatures around 10 degrees for the end of the afternoon. tonight the sky is clear across northern areas, there will be some frost but we are talking about the sheltered glens, rural areas of scotland and perhaps northern england but for most towns and cities it will be six to 10 celsius so not particularly cold tonight. tomorrow starts grey and gloomy with drizzle in some spots, but sunshine developing through the morning into the afternoon and it's more or less the same. temperatures not bad at all in some spots, could be ia degrees in belfast, around

ii for most. similar weather conditions for friday, the winds are still coming from the south—west sp relatively mild air but to the north—west of scotland this is a cold front, and the other side of this we have the colder air ready to sweep across the uk, so this weekend it will be turning colder, cold enough for wintry showers across the scottish hills but not anywhere else. through the weekend, low pressure across scandinavia, with the cold fronts sweeping across the uk. showers and sunshine expected almost anywhere and the colder air digs in further south, pushing the milder air we have had for a while towards the south. once that cold air establishes across the uk, next week we expect frosts pretty much anywhere across the uk away from coastal areas. these are the daytime temperatures, you can see how they gradually ease through the next few days into next week but there will be sunshine around, but

pretty chilly for sure. goodbye.

live from london, this is bbc news. donald trump arrives in washington — for the first time since winning the us election. the president—elect will meetjoe biden at the white house in the next hour after a meeting with republican lawmakers. we'll get the latest from our senior washington correspondent live at the white house. also on the programme, a palestinian militant group

releases a video of an israeli hostage held in gaza since the october 7th attacks. we'll be live injerusalem with the latest. the father of sara sharif tells a court he takes full responsibility for the death of the ten—year—old, found dead at her home near london last year. and the extraordinary story of the runaway beluga whale caught up in a russian spying row. we'll speak live to the director of a new bbc documentary about the mystery. welcome to bbc news. let's start in the us, where donald trump has arrived in washington to meetjoe biden, part of his plans for the transition of power in january. the president—elect is meeting republicans in washington, as he continues to put his

new administration together. the tesla boss, elon musk, is among those appointed