brace at st mary's. four in a row — verstappen claims formula one's world title under the lights in las vegas. top of the world. rugby honours — south africa's peter—steph du toit wins for a second time. and it's a first for england's ellie kildunne. welcome to the programme. we'll start with the premier league where liverpool are now eight points clear of manchester city at the top of the table after coming from behind to beat southampton 3—2 at st mary's. russell martin's side may be in trouble, with just one league win so far this season — but they didn't make it easy for liverpool who're riding high, with their manager arne slot only five

months into his reign. the visitors went ahead through dominic szoboszlai. but southampton equalised soon afterwards with a penalty from adam armstrong. mateus fernandes scored for the home side to put them 2—1 in front, but then two goals from mo salah gave liverpool the win and extended their lead at the top of the table following manchester city's defeat on saturday. it wasn't a surprise for us, because we saw how they played against city, how they played against arsenal, they played against newcastle in away games, let alone if they play a home game against a top team. so it wasn't a surprise that they made it difficult for us, but we dominated the complete game. but because of we went down after an hour 2—1, it made it really difficult for us. we were really competitive as we have been against a lot of top—quality opposition this season, but we don't come away with anything because we concede some bad goals. we had some brilliant moment ourselves. we played some really good stuff and stuck at it the whole way through. we tried to be aggressive

with the ball, changed shape a little bit, but i'm disappointed with the quality of the goals we conceded. it was his first game in charge of manchester united — after a great deal of fanfare — so there was bound to be some expectation of an impact from new head coach ruben amorim. well, it perhaps wasn't quite the match fans were anticipating. it finished as a 1—1 draw at ipswich town. marcus rashford scoring the openerjust 81 seconds into the game. however, omari hutchinson levelled for ipswich before the break and manchester united still remain in the bottom half the table. not a good result, but it is a tough league. with high intensity. but we start very well, and we should have more goals after the first goal, but we are learning in competition, so it was really hard for them. they were thinking during all the game what to do. it was not fluid and it's normal with two

trainings but they tried. i just asked to try, to run, they try to do it, we will see in future. leicester city have sacked their manager steve cooper after just five months in charge. cooper leaves with immediate effect, following leicester's 2—1 loss to chelsea on saturday. the club is in 16th in the premier league table. in a statement, leicester thanked cooper and his backroom staff for their contribution. first team coach ben dawson will take interim charge for their game against brentford next weekend. leicester say they have already begun the process of appointing a new manager. max verstappen has won a fourth consecutive formula one drivers championship, under the lights at the las vegas grand prix. he becomes just the sixth driver in history to win four world titles. verstappen did exactly what he needed to do, finishing in fifth place, just ahead of title rival lando norris, who was in sixth,

to take the championship with two races still to go. george russell won the race for mercedes, his third career victory, finishing ahead of team—mate lewis hamilton. rugby union, and scotland have beaten australia 27—13 at murrayfield in the last game of their autumn nations series to finish the year on a high. tries from top scorer duhan van der merwe and captain sione tuipolotu helping scotland to the win. england ended their five—game losing run by putting in a dominant performance against a japan side that had the former england head coach eddiejones in charge. england won 59—14, leaving head coach steve borthwick to reflect on an erratic autumn series. the obvious overriding feeling on reflection would be one of frustration. to have come so close to get the results but not able to convert them. that in the first three weeks

will be one emotion. the other aspect was real positivity around some of the aspects we have seen the team play, i wanted the team to be brave with the ball and play fast. i think we've seen growth in that area. south africa's pieter—steph du toit has won world rugby�*s men's player of the year award for a second time. he first won it in 2019. and the england and harlequins full—back ellie kildunne has won the women's player of the year award after an impressive year where she was crowned the women's six nations player of the championship, and helped england retain their wxvi title and she scored 14 tries in nine tests for england. it doesn't sink in. it's going to sound so nonchalant, like, oh, yeah. but as soon as i'm on the flight tonight, it will probably hit me. i am incredibly honoured. i haven't even scratched the surface of my potential. genuinely, there is so much more to come.

i hope to keep on being part of a successful team, and to have the personal successes as well, and work hard, i am finding new parts of my game. it does take a lot of training and a lot of hard work, and i'm dedicated to push the boundaries, go beyond the imagination of what it is to be a great rugby player. there is still a long way to go, so i'm excited. tennis, and italy have won a second consecutive davis cup title by beating the netherlands 2—0 in malaga. matteo berrettini, who supported the italian team from the bench when he was injured last year, defeated botic van de zandschulp in straight sets. before the world number one, jannik sinner, ended his remarkable year by beating tallon griekspoor to secure the trophy for italy. it's a team double for italy after they also won the billie jean king cup this week.

you have different pressure and a different weight of having it on your shoulders but i think we all handled it really well. if it would not be important, i would not be here. for me, it means so much. also sharing this moment, especially with this group. it means so much for me. i'm very happy and honoured to be part of this. in golf, america's lexi thompson has brought her professional career to an end. thompson won herfirst title at the age of 16, and became a major champion at 19 years of age. after carding a final—round two—over—par 7a in the season—ending cme group tour championship with one final putt, she retires at the age of 29. the ii—time lpga tour winner bid an emotional goodbye after announcing her retirement in may. cricket, and england women have beaten south africa in theirfirst t20.

they won by four wickets in east london. chasing 143, nat sciver—brunt top—scored with 59, she was out in the final over, but sophie ecclestone secured the victory with four balls to spare. england take a 1—0 lead in the series. really happy to have got over the line. having not probably done our best that day, in terms of the skill we produced. but yeah, we were asked to stand up and try and... not put things right, but yeah, i guess, to rebound well after the world cup. wicketkeeper—batter rishabh pant has become the most expensive player in indian premier league history. pant was secured by lucknow super giants for $3.19 million after a bidding war with his former side, delhi capitals. pant is part of india's test team who look like they're going to get off to a winning start in australia.

india put themselves in a dominant position, setting austraia a mammoth target of 534 in perth. they are already 12—3. india made 1187—6 before they declared. yashasvi jaiswal making 161 and virat kohli an unbeaten 100. australia trail by 522 runs at the end of day runs at the end of day three in the first of five tests. i always trust me and i always believe in me that, 0k, whatever is going to come, i am going to enjoy and be fearless. i will go and take brave decisions. always this is my mindset. always i feel like what is required for my team, i will try and do that. and finally, tickets for the las vegas grand prix were pretty expensive — even the cheapest would set you back nearly £500, that's around $630. some rather creative people managed to catch a glipse of the race for free. stopping to watch in

a pedestrian area will get you in trouble, but as a way round that, some locals bypassed the rules by using escalators at a nearby shopping mall. as long as you keep moving, security will leave you alone. what a view that is. a reminder of our top story. liverpool are eight points clear of manchester city at the top of the premier league after beating southampton 3—2 at st mary's. while ruben amorim could only manage a draw in his first match in charge of manchester united. it finished 1—1 at ipswich. that's all for now, goodbye. monday was a much quieter day, but still high river levels and lots of flood warnings around. the majority of those are affecting the midlands. but the wettest, windiest

weather on monday was across scotland. here, we found the remnants of storm bert close by, but that is moving away into scandinavia. and as that clears through, it will become drier overnight, the winds are dropping. the showers are retreating back to westward coasts. and with clear spells, temperatures could be down as low as 2—3 degrees early on tuesday morning so a chilly start. scotland on tuesday has sunshine and showers. becoming more confined to the north. showers for northern ireland and into north—west england. for many other parts of england and wales, it may be dry, very few showers, more in the way of sunshine and the winds will be lighter everywhere. it may be a little bit chillier. temperatures ranging from 6 degrees in the central belt to 10 or 11 along the south coast of england and wales. on tuesday night, looks like we have more rain to come. the area of low pressure is developing and pushing wetter weather eastwards across the southern half of the uk. further north, mind you,

particularly to scotland and perhaps in northern ireland and the far north of england, likely to be a frost on wednesday morning. and for much of the day, these areas will be dry with sunshine. this rain pushing eastwards affecting the midlands and moving away from wales and south west, lingering around the wash. we have to keep an eye on this area because we may find a deepening area of low pressure developing. as that happens in the afternoon and evening, it could get windy across lincolnshire, east anglia and the south east of england. the winds away from here not a strong, a lot of dry weather strong, a lot of dry weather and sunshine in the afternoon. temperatures only three in glasgow and 9 in london. that area of low pressure moves away quickly overnight and before we see another big blow out in the atlantic and some weather fronts, this high pressure is going to build. and with clear skies and light winds, probably a widespread

slight frost on wednesday night, thursday morning. there could be patches of mist and fog. i don't think they will last long. moving into a quiet spell of weather at the end of the week. as the southerly breeze picks up on friday, it lifts the temperatures a bit by day and also by night.

live from singapore, this is bbc news. israel's cabinet prepares for a special meeting on whether to approve a ceasefire deal with hezbollah.

trump's election subversion case is dismissed, after a judge grants us special counseljack smith's request. supporters ofjailed former prime minister imran khan clash with police in pakistan, as they march towards the capital. 16 people are still missing from an egyptian tourist boat that sank in the red sea. welcome to newsday. i'm steve lai. we begin in the middle east, where israel and lebanon appear to be close to a ceasefire deal. israeli and us officials say the israeli cabinet is set to meet on tuesday to discuss approval of a draft agreement. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is said to have agreed to the deal "in principle". the latest developments are largely due to pressure from the us, which is serving as a key mediator, in an effort to prevent the conflict in the middle east from expanding.

the truce that's on the table would see a 60—day pause in