traffic bands in in six years. traffic bands in india as small surges past 60 in six years. traffic bands in india as small surges past 60 times the world health times the world health organization's recommende daily organization's recommende daily maximum. and waiting list for maximum. and waiting list for gynaecological appointments across the uk more than double gynaecological appointments across the uk more than double since the start of the covid since the start of the covid pandemic. now a look at the pandemic. now a look at the sport. sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. rafael nadal insists he's fully rafael nadal insists he's fully focused on helping spain focused on helping spain in the davis cup finals this team, traffic bands in in the davis cup finals this week, even though it's week, even though it's his final tournament his final tournament before retirement. before retirement. spain play the netherlands spain play the netherlands in the quarter—finals in the quarter—finals on tuesday, but it's unclear on tuesday, but it's unclear if the 38—year—old will if the 38—year—old will be fit enough to play be fit enough to play a significant part. a significant part. the 22—time grand slam the 22—time grand slam champion says he'll be champion says he'll be keeping his emotions in check keeping his emotions in check until after the tournament. until after the tournament.

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of their games so far. they are under no illusions that that is what we're here to do, and secondly also with the difficulty of the game, luxembourg are not, the group is not a fair reflection of where they are as a team. good footballing team with good players who play at a good level, good clubs in europe. this nation's league has been a little bit harsh on them results —wise, their performances have been good. i know the coach well, in place a long time, i know how he wants his team to play. this will be as tough as any of the games we have had. elsewhere, spain host switzerland, while the top two meet in league a, group i as leaders portugal travel to croatia. scotland will be hoping they can do enough to stay in the top tier when they travel to poland. boss steve clarke says his side won't be looking for favours from elsewhere. we concentrate only on ourselves because we cannot

think about anything else unless we win, so we just focus on winning the game. the challenge for us is just to come to a difficult place away from home against one of the top european sides and get a positive result, and if we can make that positive result three points, that will be great for everybody. wayne rooney and plymouth argyle are hoping to follow in the footsteps of the likes of wrexham and sunderland, and achieve worldwide exposure through a behind—the—scenes documentary. filming has started at the championship club, as the former england captain experiences his first season in charge. rooney took over at home park in may and has led argyle to four wins and four draws in their 15 championship matches so far this season. an unbeaten 61 from marcus stoinis steered australia to victory by sevenwickets in their third and final t20 match of the series against pakistan. the hosts had already won the series after winning the first two matches. aaron hardie took 3—21 as pakistan crashed to a meagre 117 all out in hobart. australia wrapped up

the game in the 12th over. the charlotte hornets guard lamelo ball has been fined $100,000 by the nba for making an "offensive and derogatory" homophobic comment. ball made the remark in a courtside interview after the hornets�* home win over the milwaukee bucks on saturday. meanwhile on sunday, there were wins for houston rockets, dallas mavericks, la clippers, and the new york knicks beat the brooklyn nets by 114 points to 104. and that's all the sport for now. more now on our main story as president biden gives ukraine the go—ahead to use american long—range missiles to strike deep inside russian territory. the kremlin has reacted by saying that if ukraine does use the missiles, it will be seen as an attack from the united states itself. 0ur bbc verify correspondent nick eardley has been looking at how the decision might affect

the course of the war. this is being seen as a significant moment in the war. potentially an important boost for ukraine's forces. but it's worth explaining what ukraine is capable of at the moment, because ukraine is already launching attacks in russian territory with drones. this verified footage from september in toropets in the west of russia, about 370 miles from the border with ukraine, you can see here, drones do cause significant damage and they can reach quite far into russian territory. but these weapons we're talking about today, atacms are different. this is what they look like a missile with a conventional warhead. they use advanced guidance systems, making them more accurate and harder to stop. they are also more likely to be successful in causing significant damage than drones are. they're fired from missile launchers like this one, and they have a range of more than 180 miles.

ukraine has had these missiles for a while, by the way. the us provided them last year, but only for use so far in ukrainian territory occupied by russia. the development today is that ukraine will now be allowed to fire these weapons deep into russian territory. this map is from the institute for the study of war, and it gives a sense of some of the targets that might now be in range of the atacms — several military bases which we've marked around here, areas which have been previously fairly safe for russia to launch strikes into ukraine or to plan military activity. so this will have a military impact ahead of a crucial few months in the conflict. just as significant, though, it's a show of strength from the west in the dying days of the biden administration in washington, as many try to understand what impact the trump presidency might have.

a postscript to all of that because the defence secretary has been answering questions in the comments in the last little while and john healey was asked several times about the long range missiles the uk is sending ukraine. despite being asked about the storm shadow and whether it could be used inside russia following whatjoe biden has agreed with us long—range missiles, he would not be drawn because john missiles, he would not be drawn becausejohn healy refused to comment further at saying, he did not want to be drawn on the use of long—range missiles because it would compromise operational security. he did say he is spoken to the us defence secretary yesterday and was speaking to ukraine's defence minister earlier today. he has had this conversation but not answering directly whether the uk's storm shadow missiles could be used inside russia. we will keep an ion any movement or development on that story. authorities in india have announced further restrictions

for construction activities and vehicle movements in the capital delhi to combat worsening air quality — which has now been categorised as �*severe plus�*. judges said the measure should not be lifted without their permission. all diesel trucks accepted carrying essential items have been banned from entering the city and work on public building projects has also been suspended. the smog has surged past 60 times the world health organization�*s recommended daily maximum. the smog has spread to the pakistani city of lahore where schools, universities, and parks have been closed, and a lockdown planned in an attempt to try to limit damage. so what is life like inside the city? 0ur pakistan correspondent, caroline davies, has this report. lahore was known as the city of gardens. now you can hardly see the green through the grey. in the last two weeks, air quality has hit unprecedented toxic levels. some cannot escape it.

translation: we are compelled to go out i because we have children. if we stay home, what will we do? we have to earn our livelihood. there is no other option. not everyone is a job holder. we are labourers. we need to earn to be able to eat. respiratory problems, eye infections, coughs, asthma — this ward estimates they�*ve seen up to 25% more patients. and winter is almost here. in coming one or two weeks, there will be the cold wave that will hit lahore and major cities of pakistan. so cold waves along with the smoke is a lethal weapon. and i am expecting there will be a significant surge in the respiratory diseases. lahore�*s markets are far from empty, but some have no choice but to stay inside. irum has three children,

two with special needs. cough is not going. everyone in our home is having cough. and these two kids are more affected with smoke as compared to the other people in the home. the kids with special needs have low immunity. very good. three, two, one. schools are closed, so are the parks. they are greatly disturbed by the all this haphazardness because they don't have anything to do. it is very difficult to survive in this environment. and we are thinking that it is high time to shift somewhere, because every day we are affected by it. pakistan sees smog most years. the provincial government insists it was trying to control it, but hadn�*t prepared for this level. air quality index is beyond our control and i must admit that it is actually a surprise for us. we were not ready to, you know, face such kind of surge in aol whole of the government is actually working

towards mitigation of smog. we know that this is a long battle. change requires money and political will. if pollution outpaces pakistan�*s efforts, lahore, and the millions who live here, may stay trapped in these toxic clouds. caroline davis, bbc news. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

waiting lists for gynaecological appoinments have more than doubled across the uk since the start of the covid pandemic in 2020. there are now more than three quarters of a million outstanding appointments. 0ur health correspondent, catherine burns has been speaking to women who�*ve long been suffering with debilitating pain.

this goes way beyond just painful periods. anna cooper has had 17 surgeries, including having her womb removed, and she�*s still in pain. she uses a morphine patch to deal with it. anna has to change her stoma bags every day. she�*s had her bladder and most of her bowel removed. all this because she has endometriosis, where tissue like the lining of the womb grows in other parts of the body. now, a visit to parliament. she says she�*s trying to turn her pain into power, campaigning for more support for women�*s health. the delay in my care has cost me some of my major organs. it�*s mentally tormented me for most of my adult life because it�*s really difficult dealing with a condition where i look absolutely fine from the outside, but internally i�*m

just in despair. anna�*s had lots of treatment on the nhs, but says she�*s also gone into debt, paying £25,000 for private care. there is not a day that i don�*t wake up in pain. it�*s like somebody�*s got a chain wrapped around my stomach and it�*s just being pulled tighter and tighter, and it�*s crippling. other women have told us how living with gynaecology problems affects them. the impact on my life has been utterly devastating. i have liquid morphine on a probably on a day to day basis. it's so hard to live with. the symptoms don't stop. many have progressive conditions that get worse the longer they�*re left untreated. across the uk, gynaecology waiting lists have more than doubled since the start of the pandemic to over 750,000. it�*s hard to figure out exactly how many patients are on those lists, because some could be waiting for more

than one appointment. our best estimate, though, is at least 630,000, probably considerably more. to give you an idea of what that could look like, if that was a physical queue of people lined up next to each other starting here, the beginning of the m4 motorway in london, it would stretch out for 160 miles. so that�*s past the west of england, into wales, past cardiff and as far as bridgend. as a gynaecologist, i am helpless and frustrated. one of the reasons for these long—term waiting lists is the persistent gender bias. women�*s health is constantly deprioritised, so whenever there is a crisis, the first thing that is affected is non—cancer gynaecological conditions. there have been small dips in the gynaecology waiting list, but they�*re still stubbornly high.

women being in pain and off work with these conditions has a wider cost to the economy, about £11 billion a year. so how will authorities get this 160—mile waiting list moving? nhs england says staff are working hard to cut long waits, and it�*s bringing in more women�*s health hubs in the community. governments from wales, scotland and northern ireland all say they�*re trying to improve things too. anna is still on nhs waiting lists and in pain every day. my main source of positivity is my daughter. i have to keep going for her, i�*ve got no choice. i don�*t want her generation to suffer the way i�*ve suffered. catherine burns, bbc news.

a bird species found in mainland europe and the mediterranean has been pronounced likely globally extinct by a coalition of conservation groups. the slender—billed curlew 7 a migratory shorebird that bred in western siberia and migrated to the mediterranean in winter 7 could be the first known global bird extinction from mainland europe, north africa and west asia. dr alex bond is the senior curator in charge of birds at the natural history museum. he has been involved in tracing the fate of the curlew. thank you forjoining us. the first bird to be declared extinct on mainland europe and 500 years. how did you actually come to that conclusion?- come to that conclusion? that's ri . ht, come to that conclusion? that's riaht, we come to that conclusion? that's right, we compiled _ come to that conclusion? that's right, we compiled over- come to that conclusion? that's right, we compiled over 900 . right, we compiled over 900 records of the curlew from photographs, sightings, museum specimens and used as the mathematically map that shows that we�*d exist today, and a chance that it is still around in smaller than both about getting hit by lightning right now. it is pretty much gone.

when was the last sighting7 last confirmed sighting was in morocco in 1995. since then there have been searches for them in north africa and on the breeding grounds in russia and kazakhstan, unfortunately kaza khsta n, u nfortu nately without success. kazakhstan, unfortunately without success. in kazakhstan, unfortunately without success.— kazakhstan, unfortunately without success. in terms of this bird _ without success. in terms of this bird becoming - without success. in terms of this bird becoming extinct, i this bird becoming extinct, have you been able to establish exactly why? it have you been able to establish exactly why?— exactly why? it is a bit tricky to do that, _ exactly why? it is a bit tricky to do that, you _ exactly why? it is a bit tricky to do that, you can - exactly why? it is a bit tricky to do that, you can make - to do that, you can make guesses, for the curlew it comes down to do things. one was that they were hunted on migration to europe, they are out about a foot all, a wider with a large bill, said they were very fat and therefore very tasty. you can buy their markets throughout europe in the 19th and early 20th centuries. that combined with huge changes in land use in the former soviet union, starting in the 1950s, taking wetlands and converting them to farmland, that was probably what did the men. i farmland, that was probably what did the men.— farmland, that was probably what did the men. i think i'm riaht in what did the men. i think i'm right in saying _ what did the men. i think i'm right in saying there - what did the men. i think i'm right in saying there was - right in saying there was something like 11100 species around the world that are at

risk. what do you think it is that we can learn from losing this bird to perhaps protecting some of those other species? there are 11100 globally threatened birds in the world add more than 230 of those are critically endangered, literally on the precipice. the curlew is the first extension on mainland europe in 500 years, we have also lost 200 other species around the world in that time. we have a lot of work to do, just past 1.5 degrees warming, we have the upcoming on, we could do stuff locally but it will require us to tackle the big problems, namely things like climate change and habitat destruction. huge problems to grapple with. do you think you�*re losing the fight? at do you think you're losing the fiuht? �* ., , ., fight? at the moment, it is not auoin fight? at the moment, it is not going particularly _ fight? at the moment, it is not going particularly well. - fight? at the moment, it is not going particularly well. birds i going particularly well. birds are worse now than they were 50 years ago, we have lost 600 million birds in europe since 1980. only 3 billion birds in north america in the last 50 years. we definitely need to

turn the tide around.- years. we definitely need to turn the tide around. thank you for takin: turn the tide around. thank you for taking the _ turn the tide around. thank you for taking the time _ turn the tide around. thank you for taking the time to _ turn the tide around. thank you for taking the time to speak- turn the tide around. thank you for taking the time to speak to | for taking the time to speak to us, apologies it was brief, lots to squeeze in through the course of this afternoon, thank you. items belonging to the comedian eric morecambe, including a letter from wise to morecambe saying he wanted to split up the act before they got properly started, are to go up for auction in the new year. the collection includes his glasses, joke books, ideas for sketches, and the piano he practised on before the christmas special featuring the conductor, andre previn. you�*re playing... you�*re playing all the wrong notes. i'm playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order.

i�*ll give you that. doesn�*t matter how many times you see that, absolutely magical, that sketch. let�*s speak tojim spencer. the eric morecambe collection. thank you for being here. it sounds like an absolute treasure trove, take me through a little more of what is it in this collection.- of what is it in this collection. . �* ., collection. eric didn't throw anything — collection. eric didn't throw anything away. _ collection. eric didn't throw anything away, so - collection. eric didn't throw anything away, so he - collection. eric didn't throw anything away, so he was l collection. eric didn't throw i anything away, so he was like collection. eric didn't throw - anything away, so he was like a hoarder, in a good way. we went out to the house, it was unchanged, from when he died, so it was surreal. you felt like eric could walk into the room. pictures on the mantelpiece, books on the side, it was all left exactly how he left it. and anything you can imagine that most of us with

throwaway, and instruction manual for a throwaway, and instruction manualfor a hi—fi, whatever, manual for a hi—fi, whatever, he manualfor a hi—fi, whatever, he would doodlejoke ideas, ideas for gags, so he was constantly working, and i think he never switched off. i don�*t think he ever rested on his laurels, he was causally honing his craft so he got hundreds of books and, you know, joke books from the 1940s through to the 60s, and they copiously annotated and he has underlined and reworked old gags. someone who never switched off, and as ronnie corbett said, he was always on. maybe on account of himself but there was so much stuff, press and publicity photos of famous stars that appeared on the show. glenda jackson, angela rippon, elton john. then you have tonnes of notebooks full of ideas for sketches and gags. let notebooks full of ideas for sketches and gags. let me ask ou sketches and gags. let me ask you about _ sketches and gags. let me ask

you about that, _ sketches and gags. let me ask you about that, those - you about that, those notebooks, as you went through it all, could you see, did it chomp out, just a comic genius7 absolutely, what you see on the screen and what was intended is this air of effortlessness. it just looks like it is off—the—cuff and it is all there and comes naturally, but actually come out looking through the collection, you can see that he worked incredibly hard to get that across. so if you have a diary or address book, he has his appointments in there, he will have scribbled to that same idea that has come into his head. which may later appear on a show. so he was someone who never switched off. and you have a sketchbook, scrapbooks and recording his very earliest success, when he isjust a schoolboy, even got his school reports. schoolboy, even got his school re orts. , , schoolboy, even got his school reorts. , , ., reports. tell me briefly about the letter _ reports. tell me briefly about the letter intensely _ reports. tell me briefly about the letter intensely splitting i the letter intensely splitting up

the letter intensely splitting up before they got going. that is a poignant _ up before they got going. that is a poignant piece, _ up before they got going. trust is a poignant piece, a little scrawled letter from is a poignant piece, a little scrawled letterfrom ernie wise in which he quite firmly but politely is breaking up video. 0bviously politely is breaking up video. obviously it is kind of strange to read that, today no what they went on to become —— breaking up the deal. national treasures, it could have been very different when you look at that letter. everything is here, after he died, all the funeral card, notjust funeral funeral card, not just funeral cards, funeral card, notjust funeral cards, they are from elton john, glenda jackson, you know, just everything you can imagine. just everything you can imagine-— just everything you can imauine. , . ., imagine. one sentence, i am nearly out — imagine. one sentence, i am nearly out of— imagine. one sentence, i am nearly out of time, _ imagine. one sentence, i am nearly out of time, how - imagine. one sentence, i am| nearly out of time, how much imagine. one sentence, i am i nearly out of time, how much is it possible to imagine how much you are likely to raise from this auction?— this auction? that is impossible - this auction? that is impossible because | this auction? that is l impossible because it this auction? that is - impossible because it is all unique staff. there is still a lot of love and respect for eric morecambe, so could be £100,000, quite easily, could be on and on from there. we

will have to see.— will have to see. pleasure to talk to you. _ will have to see. pleasure to talk to you, thank _ will have to see. pleasure to talk to you, thank you. - stay with us here on bbc news. hello. parts of northern scotland have already seen some snow settling on the ground, as colder air has been bringing plenty of snow showers, and they�*ll continue through today. meanwhile, we�*ve got this area of low pressure developing to our west and this could bring some more substantial snow for some of us overnight tonight. no chance of that in the south. it�*s far too mild and for the time being, the weather is relatively quiet. we�*re seeing the cloud thicken up, with outbreaks of rain starting to move in across the south and the west, with those snow showers continuing to affect northern areas of scotland. it�*s during this evening and overnight that we start to see some of the rain turn to snow. it looks quite marginal in northern ireland to be honest, but i think the greatest risk of seeing some disruptive weather will be across northern england, where over the peaks and the pennines, the hills could see 20cm of snow

at lower elevations. it�*s probably going to be a more nuanced picture. some places could see pretty much next to nothing, whereas there�*ll be 1 or 2 communities that potentially see some more disruptive snowfall. i think the greatest chance, though, of seeing some disruption will be some of these higher cross—pennine routes. the m62, the woodhead pass, the snake pass could all be quite badly affected by snow overnight, bringing some disruptive weather. the other risk that we�*ll see is some icy stretches on the roads. well, that takes us on into tuesday�*s forecast. and this mixture of rain, sleet and a bit of snow pushes southwards as we go through tuesday, along with dropping temperatures, the colder air eventually spreading into southern areas of england and wales. snow showers continue to feed into northern scotland, and here there could be some further significant accumulations of snow away from the coast, particularly in the hills for wednesday. for wednesday, it�*s a similar—looking weather picture in

that those snow showers will continue to affect northern areas. a few showers draped around coastal areas could be a mixture of some rain, some sleet and some snow. many inland areas after a cold and frosty start, should see a fair amount of dry and sunny weather, but it will be cold for the time of year. the chill continues into thursday again, with plenty of showers feeding in snow at times into in, snow at times into northern areas of scotland. maybe a few wintry showers coming down into northern ireland, the northwest of both england and wales, and our temperatures still well below average for this time of year. these temperatures are more typical of the middle of winter. then, as we go through friday and into the weekend, see a change to milder weather conditions, but it looks like it could turn very windy.

live from london, this is bbc news. president lula brazil opens g20 meeting where they stock all to tackle hunger and poverty. the kremlin warns washington�*s decision to allow ukraine to fire us missiles will create a new spiral of tension. the british prime minister holds talks with china�*s president, the first meeting of its kind in six years. hello, i�*m matthew amroliwala. leaders of the world�*s 20 most powerful nations have gathered in brazil for a summit — set to be dominated

by the conficts in ukraine and the middle east, and the imminent return to the white house of donald trump. this is the scene live in rio dejaneiro. brazil�*s president has welcomed the us and chinese presidents — along with the leaders of britain, australia, france, germany, india, japan, saudi arabia and other countries. joe biden�*s decision to give kyiv the green light to use us long—range missiles, to strike inside russia means ukraine can now use army tactical missile systems to defend its forces in russia�*s kursk region, on ukraine�*s north—east border. washington had previously refused to agree to the request — fearing it would escalate the war. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale sent this report from rio. another night, another round of russian air strikes on ukraine. in sumi, 11 people were killed including two children. many more were injured. a relentless bombardment in a war that�*s almost 1,000 days old. but now perhaps a chance for ukraine to fight back in a new way, with permission

to use these american long—range missiles known as atacms against targets in