in the last few minutes he has announced that matt gates will serve as attorney general, this is a key appointment in the trump white house and everyone have a waiting to see who would be the attorney general and it is matt gaetz. we have just heard in the last couple of minutes and also we have heard and these are coming thick and fast, these appointments that kelsey gabbard will be his director of national intelligence and donald trump said tulsi will bring the spirit and will champion our constitutional rights and securing peace through strength, said donald trump and

one other appointment we've had in the last few minutes, marco rubio, donald trump's secretary of state and that was widely predicted. that is the latest on his top team and now... hello from the bbc sport centre. england captain harry kane says some of his international team—mates have taken advantage of a tough period of the club season by withdrawing from their country's matches against greece and ireland in the nations league, claiming that england should come before anything. kane is part of a squad that is very different to the one announced by lee carsley, his final selection as interim manager with now nine players pulling out. the captain says he doesn't like it, that it was a shame and that he wanted players to retain the sense ofjoy to play for england that was instilled by the recently—departed gareth southgate during his time in charge.

this is a sense of limbo because lee carsley is finishing as the interim manager, but thomas tookel does not start as the permanent england manager until the beginning of january, england manager until the beginning ofjanuary, so that sense of transition is not helping the issue. lee carlsey called up five players to replace those he lost and the interim boss says no others have raised concerns about the withdrawals and he's happy to work with those that remain. definitely not, i think with what we have had in this window, historically, it has been like that in the past, november has always been a challenging window. the environment that the staff have created has made it really positive environment and the players that are currently here fully deserved to be here and are ready for the game tomorrow. chelsea's women's champions

league match against celtic is under way in a meeting of england and scotland's domestic league winners in glasgow. and chelsea have just equalsied through maika hamano to make it 1—1. roma agianst eight—time champions lyon is the other late match and that's still goalless. the early games were both very one—sided. real madrid won 7—0 against twente while wolfsburg beat galatasaray 5—0. carlos alcaraz has responded to a surprise defeat that opened his atp tour finals by beating his second opponent to keep his chances of reaching the semi finals alive in turin. having lost to casper ruud, alcaraz then had to overcome illness to practise yesterday, but it didn't seem to hamper him too much today against andrey rublev. 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 tiebreak to win in straight sets. today was a pretty good match. i felt great on the court. i

tried to feel great. i tried to play really good tennis. the two winners from the opening matches in this group are playing right now in turin and we are now in a tie breaker with the first set currently six games each and zvererv is 6—1 up in that tie breaker. meanwhile, the opening tie of the billiejean king cup between spain and poland in malaga has been postponed due to a severe weather alert that's followed another period of heavy rain in southern spain. the finals will now start

with japan against romania on thursday, albeit at a slightly later time than originally planned. our tennis correspondent, russell fuller, is there. the problem is that this is a stadium that is purpose built for the billiejean cup. it has been erected in a shallow place and there is significant flooding around the arena. we are not allowed access to the site. but it will be staged instead at ten a local time on friday morning.

and that's all the sport for now. in malaga and they are expected to take the full force of the storm. it comesjust to take the full force of the storm. it comes just two weeks after 200 people were killed in valencia by flash flooding. from spain, here is our correspondent. a scramble to reach safety, in the face of the latest downpour. this was the worst flooding generations, 100,000 described a fortnight

ago. compared to the human cost. yesterday, we filmed as they searched for two brothers who were swept away in the torrent. the boys had been ripped from their arms after a truck smashed open the house. today, it was announced two young children had been found, theirfamily said they young children had been found, their family said they had no words to convey their loss. lord des showed us the damage. but anger here has only been rising. but anger here has only been risinu. , ,, . rising. this is shameful, we feel abandoned. _ rising. this is shameful, we feel abandoned. we - rising. this is shameful, we feel abandoned. we did - rising. this is shameful, we

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it appears to need help, and the fishermen remove the harness and in the process reveal a startling detail. equipment, saint petersburg. equipment, saint petersburg, the buckle says. could the whale have come from russia? might it even have been trained to spy? freed from the harness, the tame beluga certainly enjoyed the attention, becoming a celebrity in the nearby harbour of hammerfest, where it was given the name hvaldimir. at one point, it even recovered a dropped mobile phone. but in the five years since then, no—one has got to the bottom of exactly what hvaldimir was up to...until now. i was one of the leading beluga scientists in russia. dr olga shpak has told the new bbc documentary that she believes the whale

fled russian military training. i can't fully disclose the contacts where i got this information from. i've heard what his nickname was. his nickname was andryukha. this animal was kind of easy to train in terms that it was inquisitive and active, but at the same time it had the character that it often did what he wanted to do. so it seemed like no—one was surprised that it actually just escaped. satellite images suggest whales are being kept alongside a russian submarine base. dr shpak told us they were most likely being used as guards, not spies. sadly, there is no happy ending. two months ago, the beluga's lifeless body was found floating off the coast of norway. so had putin's russia caught up with the whale that got away?

in this case, it appears the answer is no. the norwegian authorities say hvaldimir, or should that be, andryukha, died when a stick became lodged in his mouth. jonah fisher, bbc news. joining me is executive producer of the film, caroline hawkins, also creative director of oxford scientific films. we have discovered the mystery, it is fair to say. we have been going back through history and looking at how marine mammals have been trained in the past and we were able to see similarities in the behaviour and other mammals. we found

that... we have two theories, he was either guarding... so when you survey, he could have beenin when you survey, he could have been in some ways a spy, then? he was wearing a harness with a camera attached to it. and certainly that is potentially one of the things he could have

been doing. and theoretically working for the russians he could have been spying for them. and if he was guarding russian military hardware, what form would that have taken. through our contributors, they were looking at facts and marine basis. and by looking at the satellite images, we saw floating pens. and it seems that belugas were put there to guard nuclear submarines. it has been an astonishing mystery for the last few years, hasn't

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dead at the end of august. sadly, he died. they have been transition talks. around the world and across the uk, you are watching bbc news. the father of ten—year—old sara sharif, who was found dead at her home in surrey, has told a court that he now accepts full responsibility for her death. urfan sharif had denied killing her but today he told the court "she died because of me", but he insisted he did not intend to kill her. his daughter's body was found with dozens of injuries at the family's home in woking last year. daniel sandford has the story. which one is your bag?

i don't have any bag. you have no bag? no. 35 days after ten—year—old sara sharif was found dead, urfan sharif was detained on a flight back from pakistan, along with his wife and brother. you are therefore arrested for the murder of sara sharif. he was arrested at the airport, and all three were charged with murder and causing or allowing the death of a child, something they all denied. sara sharif was found dead, with at least 25 broken bones and a brain injury. for six days in the witness box, urfan sharif said

he was not responsible. he was never home. then this morning, only a few minutes into today's evidence, urfan sharif suddenly said, "i want to admit it, that it's all my fault. i admit what i said in my phone call and my written note." his wife's lawyer asked him, "did you kill your daughter by beating?" and he said, "yes, she died because of me." as he started to admit things he'd been denying for six days in the witness box, some of the jury sat open—mouthed. urfan sharif�*s wife started sobbing loudly in the dock. eventually, she became so overwhelmed, she had to leave, and court was suspended for a few minutes. after the break, caroline carberry kc started again. "do you accept that you killed sara by beating her?" "yes, ma'am," he said. "do you accept using the cricket bat as a weapon on her on a number of occasions?" "yes, ma'am." police! police had arrived at sara's home in woking in the early hours of the 10th of august last year. they found sara's body on a bunk bed upstairs, with a note saying, "love you, sara. whoever sees this note, it's me, urfan sharif,

who killed my daughter by beating." sara's family had fled the country the previous day, with her father making this tearful phone call from the airport in pakistan. i killed my daughter! how have you killed your daughter? ibeat herup. today, he agreed that he beat sara for a final time on the day she died, with a metal pole, and refused to let his wife call an ambulance. urfan sharif, his wife, beinash batool, and urfan's brother, faisal malik, all deny murder and causing or allowing the death of a child. daniel sandford, bbc news, at the old bailey. these satellite images. it sits

on the pacific— these satellite images. it sits on the pacific of _ these satellite images. it sits on the pacific of various - on the pacific of various tectonic plates. now to azerbaijan and day three of the climate summit, cop 29, where the united nations chief antonio guterres has told leaders of small islands that they have "every right to be angry". the small island developing states are recognised by the un as particularly vulnerable to rising sea levels and more extreme weather as the world warms. this is some of what mr guterres had to say to their leaders. you have every right to be angry, and i am too. you are on the sharp end of a colossal injustice, an injustice that sees the very future of your islands threatened by rising seas, your people pounded by record hurricanes, your economies torn

apart, and development gains left in tatters. this is an injustice perpetrated by the few. the g20 accounts for around 80% and it is an injustice that must end. joining me now is gina mccarthy, first white house climate advisor and former us environmental protection agency administrator. what do you think this summit will achieve? fist what do you think this summit will achieve?— will achieve? at the very least, will achieve? at the very least. they _ will achieve? at the very least, they will - will achieve? at the very least, they will see - will achieve? at the very least, they will see that| will achieve? at the very i least, they will see that the us has a strong contingent there, notjust with our

federal agencies but also with others. i think clean energy is the future. i will tell you, rest assured, that all levels

of government, i need a push for a safe and healthy and effective climate.- for a safe and healthy and effective climate. are you a climate change _ effective climate. are you a climate change sceptic? - effective climate. are you a climate change sceptic? hej effective climate. are you a i climate change sceptic? he is. he will also — climate change sceptic? he is. he will also do _ climate change sceptic? he is. he will also do his _ climate change sceptic? he is. he will also do his best i climate change sceptic? he is. he will also do his best to i

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the world is just getting i the world is just getting hotter. in the world is 'ust getting hotter. hello. it's starting to feel a little colder now, and of course, you'd expect that we're well into november, but i think more of the same as far as the weather goes for the rest of this week. often cloudy, some morning mist and fog. the really chilly weather conditions won't arrive until next week, with widespread frosts expected at night, but for the time being, its still about the high pressure, just about.

but we are seeing signs of the weather turning in the north of the uk. this is the satellite picture from earlier on a cold front, a weak cold front moving through scotland and england and wales through the night. so a little bit of light rain and drizzle possible. but to the north i think we're expecting the skies to clear end of the night and it could be quite chilly in the glens of scotland. a touch of frost is possible for most towns and cities, though you can see temperatures are between around five and ten celsius, so relatively mild starts off quite grey. tomorrow in the south could be again a little bit of drizzle for a time and cloudy elsewhere too. but through the morning into the afternoon the cloud cover should thin and actually may end up being a pretty decent day with some sunny spells but not guaranteed. temperatures ia in belfast, but for the most part i think it'll be around 11 or 12. here's friday morning then. crucially, the winds are still coming in from the southwest, so that's relatively mild air mass. here's that first cold front that's behind this cold front that we have, that colder air streaming in from the arctic. it's going to be a very gradual process. so we're not expecting a sudden drop in the temperature. it'll be a couple of degrees every day over the weekend and into next week.

but that is very much the headline, because we haven't seen a chilly spell of weather for quite some time, and this is certainly going to be the coldest weather we will have seen this season so far. so the cold fronts sweeping across the country during the course of sunday, introducing that colder air, squeezing the milder air towards the south. look at the wind arrows. they're pointing all the way from the norwegian sea and the arctic. and in fact, next week we'll see a widespread frost across the uk. whether you're north or south around coastal areas, it'll probably be above freezing, say three or four celsius. but for many of us, scenes like this frosty countryside on the way and by day temperatures could be only around five or six celsius. so yes, colder weather on the way, but notjust yet. a few more days of this relatively mild weather. hello, i'm ben brown. you're watching the context on bbc news. politics is tough and it's not a very nice world but it is a nice road today and i appreciated very much. , , , ., today and i appreciated very much. , ., , much. this republican team is united and _ much. this republican team is united and we _ much. this republican team is united and we are _ much. this republican team is united and we are on - much. this republican team is united and we are on one i much. this republican team is l

united and we are on one team, where excited to reclaim the majority and get to work with our colleagues to enact president trump's agenda. science make it really confirms donald trump's grip on the legislature, congress and it will enable him to push through his cabinet nominees. joining me tonight are nina dos santos, former cnn anchor and political commentator and doug heye, former communications director of the republican national committee first, the latest headlines. us networks are reporting that mr trump's republican party have retained control of the house of representatives, giving them the white house, and both chambers of congress. it comes as republicans in the us senate have elected john thune as their new leader.

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