�* mild but to the relatively mild but to the north of scotland it is a cold front and the other side of this there is colder air ready to sweep across the uk, so it will be turning colder, cold enough for wintry showers across the scottish hills but nowhere else. through the weekend, low pressure across scandinavia with the cold fronts sweeping across the uk, showers and sunshine expected almost anywhere and that colder air eggs in further south, pushing the milder air we have had for a while towards the south at once that colder air establishes across the uk we expect frosts are pretty much anywhere across the uk away from coastal areas. those are the night—time temperatures, the night—time temperatures, the daytime temperatures gradually ease through the next few days into next week. there will be sunshine around but pretty chilly for sure.

this is bbc news, the headlines... donald trump meets republican lawmakers in washington — ahead of a meeting withjoe biden at the white house in the next hour. we'll get analysis from gordon sondland —

republican donor, and donald trump's former ambassador to the european union in his first term. a palestinian militant group has released a video of an israeli hostage, alexander troufanov, held in gaza since the october the seventh attacks. and here, 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. now with all the latest sport here's pippa. hello from the bbc sport centre. now the opening tie of the billiejean king cup between spain and poland has been postponed. this is due to a severe weather alert following periods of heavy rain in the southern region of spain. the tie was originally scheduled for wednesday and will now take place on friday. meanwhile in turin at the atp finals, carlos alcaraz has defeated andrey rublev after a 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 hamper him too much today. the four—time grand slam champion took the first set 6—3 and although rublev made it more of a contest in the second, alcaraz claimed the tie—break to win in straight sets. in women's football, chelsea travel to glasgow to take on celtic in the uefa 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, that whether they want to play for chelsea or celtic, they think that 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, galatasaray 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. elsewhere in football, australia resume their bid to reach the 2026 fifa world cup on thursday in melbourne. they'll host a saudi arabia side with hervey renar back for a second spell in charge. after starting the campaign with just a point from their opening two matches, the socceroos parted ways with coach graham arnold. they replaced him with tony popovic who oversaw a win and a draw against china and japan respectively in his first two games in charge. if you remember in october we

embraced the challenge we had against china. we knew our situation but we embraced that challenge. we embrace the challenge. we embrace the challenge of travelling to japan, and we will do the same now. we will see where a month later two different games, you know, they are important for different reasons but we will embrace this opportunity. that's how we see it. and that's all the sport for now. don't forget you can keep up to date with all of the latest sport on the bbc app or website. back to you. straight back to our main story, donald trump has arrived in washington. that's to start the transition of power injanuary. he is due to meet with presidentjoe biden in the oval office within the next hour.

there is the convoy ready to take the president—elect from the central hotel to the white house. he is due in the white house. he is due in the white house rethinking about 20 minutes�* time if they keep to time. we saw the initial remarks to lawmakers thanking them for the successes of last tuesday's election. the senate majority he now has, and actually in the last little while, it's been reported that as he was addressing those lawmakers, he raised the possibility of a third term in the white house. so we will try and identify that clip and play that to you a little later in the programme. let's speak to gordon sondland, a republican donor and former ambassador to the european union during the trump administration. welcome to the programme. a quick word about the names appointed so far. what have you made of all of that? i appointed so far. what have you made of all of that?— made of all of that? i think the names _ made of all of that? i think the names are _ made of all of that? i think the names are excellent i made of all of that? i think - the names are excellent choices for a couple of reasons. first

of all, these people are seasoned washington hands, number one. with the exception of the two who are not seasoned washington hands, vivek ramaswamy and elon musk. and for that position, you absolutely don't want to seasoned washington hands, you want people looking at things with a blank sheet of paper which is exactly what they are going to do. but otherwise these people understand why donald trump was elected, they understand his mandate from the american people both in terms of the popular vote and the electoral college, and they are hell bent to execute as quickly as possible given that four years can go by like lightning. i will ask you what you expect in a moment, but in terms of some of the names, mike huckabee, the us ambassador to israel says there is no such thing as a palestinian. donald trump has talked about shutting

down the department for education. rfkjunior has education. rfk junior has talked education. rfkjunior has talked about covid being engineered to sparejewish people and chinese people. should we expect an administration with no guard coming up? administration with no guard coming up?— administration with no guard cominu u? , �* administration with no guard comina-u? , �* ., coming up? remember, you're not talkin: coming up? remember, you're not talking about _ coming up? remember, you're not talking about a _ coming up? remember, you're not talking about a hypothetical- talking about a hypothetical president. donald trump served as our president for four years and while there is the hyperbole on the one hand, there is the reality on the other. �* , , , ., other. i'm simply quoting you what some — other. i'm simply quoting you what some of _ other. i'm simply quoting you what some of these _ other. i'm simply quoting you i what some of these appointees have said factually on issues in the past in their territory. yes, i'm not going to respond to every quote of hyperbole. what i'm going to focus on is the substance and the reality of how donald trump and his team will govern our country, and i have every confidence that they will govern it with clear eyed and clear—headed,

forward—looking vision to follow the mandate that was handed to them by the people of the united states.— handed to them by the people of the united states. donald trump sa s he the united states. donald trump says he intends _ the united states. donald trump says he intends to _ the united states. donald trump says he intends to make - says he intends to make people's heads spin in the early weeks and months. what you expect in terms of policy in the early stages of this administration? i in the early stages of this administration?— administration? i expect exactly what _ administration? i expect exactly what he - administration? i expect- exactly what he campaigned on. a much tighter border, and much more robust build up of our military to create greater deterrence. a resolution to both the war in the middle east, the war in ukraine and not necessarily on as the press would like to say on terms favourable to russia but on terms favourable to the west. i expect us regulation that was piled on under the biden administration to be significantly relaxed so that businesses can do business, people can live their lives without someone telling them what kind of car they had to drive. ~ ., ' ,

what kind of car they had to drive. ~ . ' , ., drive. with tariffs with china, with mexico, _ drive. with tariffs with china, with mexico, even _ drive. with tariffs with china, with mexico, even the - drive. with tariffs with china, with mexico, even the eu? . drive. with tariffs with china, l with mexico, even the eu? the tariffs in the — with mexico, even the eu? the tariffs in the past _ with mexico, even the eu? tue: tariffs in the past have not been structural tariffs, matthew, they have been behavioural tariffs. matthew, they have been behaviouraltariffs. in matthew, they have been behavioural tariffs. in other words, china and the eu and other counterparties have been famous for listening to the united states and then blowing us off, saying thank you for your views we will get back to your views we will get back to you in 20 years. the tariffs have the tendency to shorten that time dramatically. in terms of _ that time dramatically. in terms of what we are seeing today, this meeting between donald trump and joe biden, of course it didn't happen four years ago with donald trump insisting he won that election. you stopped supporting donald trump afterjanuary the 6th. explain to people watching why you have done a somersault. listen, january the 6th i'm never going to defend. it was a dark day for our country. i

don't agree with donald trump's behaviour. donald trump was the duly elected president of the united states and donald trump lost that election. before we get into jousting about that reality, i willjust clear it up reality, i willjust clear it up upfront. reality, i will 'ust clear it up upfront._ reality, i will 'ust clear it u--ufront. ., ., , up upfront. those are words he has never _ up upfront. those are words he has never said _ up upfront. those are words he has never said himself. - up upfront. those are words he has never said himself. but - up upfront. those are words he has never said himself. but let| has never said himself. but let me answer— has never said himself. but let me answer your _ has never said himself. but let me answer your question, - has never said himself. but let me answer your question, let l has never said himself. but let i me answer your question, let me finish my response. where there anomalies? was there, as donald trump claims, a rigged election? of course there was but it didn't amount to enough to make a difference. there is always some anomaly in every election regardless of who wins. so why did i change? well, that was a dark day but when i look at what this country has gone through after four years of the biden harris administration, all of a sudden january the 6th put into context was far less of an issue than what the biden harris team have put this

country through. and it was a very easy choice to make when it became a binary choice between harris and trump. aha, between harris and trump. a couple of quick final question is because of course his critics, you will know what they have said, they have been worried about donald trump in this term ripping up all the norms that america operates under. i read out to him raising the possibility when he was talking to lawmakers of a third term in the white house. when you hear something like that so early, what do you make of that? he that so early, what do you make of that? , ., , ., ., ,, of that? he 'ust loves to make eo - le's of that? he just loves to make peeple's heads _ of that? he just loves to make people's heads spin. - of that? he just loves to make people's heads spin. of - of that? he just loves to make | people's heads spin. of course he's not going to have a third term. you would have to change the constitution. if he can get the constitution. if he can get the constitution. if he can get the constitution changed to allow for a third term, go to log microbe. aha, allow for a third term, go to log microbe.— allow for a third term, go to log microbe. a couple of days auo log microbe. a couple of days ago president _ log microbe. a couple of days ago president putin's - ago president putin's presidential aide put out this statement... to achieve success in this election we just had, donald trump relied on certain forces to which he has

corresponding obligations. as a responsible person, he will be obliged to fulfil them. what do you think corresponding relations to russia means? i think that entire statement was complete think that entire statement was com - lete think that entire statement was comlete ~ ,., ., , complete expletive. apologies to viewers for _ complete expletive. apologies to viewers for the _ complete expletive. apologies to viewers for the language - complete expletive. apologies to viewers for the language you | to viewers for the language you used there, so you simply dismiss that?— dismiss that? completely dismiss that? completely dismiss it, _ dismiss that? completely dismiss it, it's _ dismiss that? completely dismiss it, it's fake - dismiss that? completely j dismiss it, it's fake news. gordon sondland, we have to leave it there but thank you for joining leave it there but thank you forjoining us on today's programme. forjoining us on today's programme-— forjoining us on today's programme. forjoining us on today's rouramme. ., ~ programme. thank you, matthew, en'o ed programme. thank you, matthew, enjoyed being _ programme. thank you, matthew, enjoyed being with _ programme. thank you, matthew, enjoyed being with you. _ enjoyed being with you. apologies again for the language at the end of that interview but let's go back to the live pictures in washington because we are still waiting to see donald trump leave that hotel in central washington. he will then head to the white house and it's a short distance so the motorcade will not take too long. then he will have that meeting withjoe biden. it's not clear at this stage

whether we will see the live pictures of the initial meeting but we know that at some stage of the white house will put out a burst of recorded pictures of that meeting. you usually get an initial splash of pictures and comments, then the price asked to leave the oval office. then they will discuss for longer and then perhaps you get a little 1533 00:15:24,094 -->