welcome along, thank you forjoining us. we start with football and england have won promotion to the top tier of the nations league after they concluded their campaign with a comprehensive 5—0 win over the republic of ireland. natalie pirks was watching at wembley. a distinctly frustrating first half with ireland defending robustly, gave way to a pulsating second half from an english perspective. the party started when liam scales were sent off for a tackle in the box onjude bellingham. england's captain harry kane scored the penalty and the floodgates opened, what followed were five goals inside 26 minutes, four which were the players�* first for their country. anthony gordon, conor gallagher, jarrod bowen, just 30 seconds after coming off the bench with his first touch and taylor harwood—bellis

all scoring for england. that emphatic win meant lee carsley had handed eight players their debuts. and with all the talk of players that weren't here, players that were did a fantasticjob. for the new manager thomas tuchel great because he has avoided having to go straight into nation league playoffs, they have been promoted back to the nation's league group a and he can go straight into world cup qualifiers. ca rsley leaves after a job well done, six games, five wins, 16 goals and eight debutantes. he is handing over the reins and the scrutiny, of course. everything that comes with the england job with a squad in rude health. now thomas tuchel will have 18 months to try to bring the world cup back here to england. no pressure. a bit of relief, i suppose if we had spoke at the start of the campaign, we probably would have said you are expected to get promotion. but it's difficult, no team has rolled over for us and let usjust carry on.

i found it challenging personally, the rest of the staff have. it is good that we have finished the campaign with such a strong performance. and so lee carsley�*s six—match stint as england's interim head coach ends with that 5—0 win over republic of ireland, securing promotion to league a. thomas tuchel will start work as the new england head coach from the 1st of january. carsley finishes with an impressive record — his sole defeat coming against greece in october, when he picked an unconventional side loaded with attacking talent. he hands over the reins with the side in a good position. from one boss coming to the end of a successful stint, to another under pressure — wales rugby coach warren gatland will consider his future after meeting welsh rugby union bosses in the principality stadium changing room following a record defeat against australia.

wales are now on their worst run of results in their ias—year international history after a record defeat by australia in cardiff, losing 52—20 — it's their 11th straight defeat, and makes it 407 days since they last won a test match. meanwhile in rome, italy beat georgia 20—17. if it's the best decision for welsh rugby, i'm more than comfortable with that. look, there is so much negativity around the game in terms of what has been happening on the field and regionally wise. and financial and stuff. whatever the best decision to make a change to get some positivity in the game, i would support that 100%. if that means me then i'm comfortable with that. during his first 12—year

period in charge, warren gatland masterminded wales' world cup semi—final appearances, six nations titles and grand slams between 2007 and 2019 — an impressive record. in contrast following time with the british irish lines and chiefs he has provided over a period far worse. for the second stint of 23 matches, i6 and lost 17, the win percentage and lost 17, the win percentage a little over 26%. no wonder there are so many questions around his future at wales at the moment. an emotional rory mcilroy has ended a year full of highs and lows with victory in the season—ending dp world tour championship. he finished two shots clear of denmark's rasmus hojgaard and also clinched his sixth race to dubai title. it's the third year in succession that mcilroy has topped the tour�*s season rankings and his sixth title overall. the northern irishman only needed a top—ii finish to reach the summit of the season

rankings, but won the tournament, finishing 2 shots clear of rasmus hojgaard. the world number three joins the late seve ballesteros in second place in the all—time list, with 6 triumphs, only colin montgomerie is ahead of the pair, with eight victories. to be able to put my name alongside him never in my wildest dreams did i think i would be doing something like this. to win for the third time at this course, with all the close calls i have had recently, thinking back to especially the us open, the irish open, wentworth, to finally be able to get one over the line and not and — finish the line and not and — finish the year on a high, i got emotional thinking about everything that happened this year. i couldn't think of a better way to end 202a. rory mcilroy says it's been the most emotionally draining season of his career, both professionally and personally.

with more, here's our golf correspondent ian carter: up—and—down summing it up perfectly, the downs are lower than _ perfectly, the downs are lower than the — perfectly, the downs are lower than the highs if you like because as he has admitted this week, _ because as he has admitted this week, he — because as he has admitted this week, he should be sitting here with a _ week, he should be sitting here with a fifth major title, two shots — with a fifth major title, two shots ahead with five holes to play _ shots ahead with five holes to play at — shots ahead with five holes to play at pinehurst in us open, and missing shortcuts, especially the one on the 16th that really stung him in bryson dechambeau one a major that micheel— dechambeau one a major that michael wright should have one. then— michael wright should have one. then there is disappointment in ireland — then there is disappointment in ireland at— then there is disappointment in ireland at royal county down and his— ireland at royal county down and his native northern ireland and his native northern ireland and wentworth as well. having said that — and wentworth as well. having said that it is a year with the four— said that it is a year with the four victories, this was a huge win, _ four victories, this was a huge win, had — four victories, this was a huge win, had he _ four victories, this was a huge win, had he not one i think there — win, had he not one i think there would have been potential for a _ there would have been potential for a pretty sizeable hangover and he — for a pretty sizeable hangover and he admitted as much afterwards. instead he can draw afterwards. instead he can draw a great — afterwards. instead he can draw a great deal of confidence that his game — a great deal of confidence that his game withstood the pressure which _ his game withstood the pressure which was — his game withstood the pressure which was intense through the ttack— which was intense through the back nine _ which was intense through the back nine of this championship

and it— back nine of this championship and it does give him a springboard into 2025. jannik sinner has become the first italian to win the atp finals title after a commanding straight—sets win over america's taylor fritz in turin. the world number one capping an eventful year, in which he also won the first two grand slam titles of his career, with a 6—4 6—4 victory over fritz. it's his 70th win of the year. the 23—year—old is the first player to take the title at the season—ending atp finals without losing a set since ivan lendl back in 1986. great britain have beaten canada to reach the semi—finals of the billiejean king cup. emma raducanu gave them a great start beating rebecca marino in straight sets. the former us open champion, top of your screen here, playing for only the second time in almost two months following a foot injury, opened the quarter—final tie against rebecca marino — taking the first set 6—0. the second set was tighter but raducanu ground out the victory — winning it 7—5 — giving britain the first point of the tie against the defending champions.

in the second set, rebecca up to level, then she started swinging on pretty much every ball, whether wide or fast, swinging on pretty much every ball, whether wide orfast, and serving great a lot more first service which made it very difficult to get into her service game. i'm very pleased with how i managed to fend off my own breakpoints, and then sneak that break at five — zero and close it out. that left katie boulter just needing to beat canada's leylah fernandez to confirm britain's place in the semi—finals. the world number 2a made a great start, winning the first set by 6 games to 2. fernandez fought harder in the second set but was unable to keep up with boulter who took the second set 6—4 to give britain victory. britain will face slovakia in the last four. rebecca shramkova secured their place in the semi—finals with a straight sets victory over australia's ajla tomljanovic 6—1, 6—2.

spain'sjorge martin has won his first ever motogp world title after getting enough points in barcelona to dethrone last year's champion francesco bagnaia — who won the race in catalonia. martiin, who had to finish no lower than 9th, if bagnaia took the chequered flag, started in fourth and avoided any incidents, moving up one place to finish third. martin's success comes a year after he finished runner up to bagnaia. the italian, who won 11 races this season, ultimately had to settle for second place in the championship standings. just enough time to recap our top story. england have won promotion to the top tier of the nations league after they concluded their campaign with a comprehensive 5—0 win over the republic of ireland at wembley. head over to the bbc sport website. the final t20 with the

west indies and england was a washout. england one. that's all for now. hello there. it might be time to break out the winter wardrobe over the next few days. we are heading for a cold spell. as the air comes all the way down from the arctic, it will increase the risk of some snow and ice, and certainly some widespread overnight frost, particularly into the early hours of wednesday morning. the cold air not quite arriving to all, still relatively mild down in the south—west, but a bitterly cold start in sheltered western rural parts of scotland — temperatures way below freezing and perhaps even some freezing fog as well. but generally scotland, northern ireland, northern england and north wales will keep some sunshine clouding over from the southwest later on in the day, with outbreaks of showery rain here. we mightjust see double digits down across cornwall, but generally 6—9 degrees across england and wales. much colderfurther north — 3 or 4.

so the cold air is starting to push its way steadily southwards. but as this weather front moves in and bumps into that cold air, we could see the spell of significant snow — mostly to higher ground, but perhaps some accumulations at lower levels across parts of north wales, into the north midlands, up across the pennines, perhaps into southern scotland, as well as much as five to 10cm of snowfall before that low starts to pull away. and even once it does, it could turn quite icy behind, with a wintry mix of rain, sleet and snow across east anglia and south—east england for a time. windy with it as that low pulls away, and then we'll see a brisk northerly wind driving in some showers off north sea coasts. and here, they will be once again quite wintry. west will be best for sunshine on tuesday, but a cold day generally, with temperatures below where they should be

for this time of year. and factor in the strength of the wind, it will be a bit of a shock to the system, i suspect. the cold air sitting right across us, the isobars open up, so as we get into wednesday morning, we could see a widespread hard frost first thing. but there will be some lengthy spells of sunshine as well. a few more showers running down the west coast of scotland, down through the irish sea, perhaps, on wednesday, and those temperatures once again struggling — some areas just a couple of degrees above freezing. not much change as well as we move into thursday and friday. some of those showers could still be quite wintry.

live from london, this is bbc news. president biden gives the green light for ukraine to strike inside russia with us—supplied missiles in a major policy change. hezbollah's media chief is killed in an israeli strike in central beirut. we'll get the latest. sir keir starmer is to meet china's president xijinping at the g20 summit of world leaders in brazil. it's the first high—level meeting in more than half a decade between the two countries. joe biden becomes the first sitting us president to visit the amazon and promises to double us funding for the rainforest.

hello. a very warm welcome to the programme. i'm sally bundock. joe biden has lifted a ban on ukraine using long—range missiles supplied by washington to strike inside russia. the decision, a major policy shift by the us, means ukraine can now use army tactical missile systems, known as atacms, to defend its forces, in russia's kursk region, on ukraine's northeast border. russian president vladimir putin has yet to comment on the reports. he previously warned the west that he would consider such a move to be a major escalation in the conflict. our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, is in eastern ukraine, and has the latest. it's a powerful weapon with a range of almost 200 miles, capable of hitting

targets deep inside russia.