there's a big night of women's european championship qualifiers we'll get to shortly but in the past couple of hours in the men's game ruud van nistelrooy been confirmed as the new head coach at leicester city. he last held the reins at manchester united for four games in between erik ten hag's sacking and ruben amorim taking over. his only fulltime coaching role was for a season at psv eindhoven, finishing as runner up in the eredivisie last year. leicester sacked steve cooper last weekend after only 5 months in charge, with the club sitting one point above the relegation zone. he's got to know how. he's been on the pitch for years.— on the pitch for years. yeah, i reckon he _ on the pitch for years. yeah, i reckon he would _ on the pitch for years. yeah, i reckon he would be _ on the pitch for years. yeah, i reckon he would be great. - on the pitch for years. yeah, i l reckon he would be great. well if you _ reckon he would be great. well if you can — reckon he would be great. well if you can do good for the carl the two — if you can do good for the carl the two club and it's a good idea — the two club and it's a good idea. theyjust seem to be partnering at the moment. sounds _ partnering at the moment. sounds like he would be a good fit, i_ sounds like he would be a good fit, i think _

sounds like he would be a good fit, | think. with— sounds like he would be a good fit, ithink. with his— sounds like he would be a good fit, i think. with his past - fit, i think. with his past history. _ fit, i think. with his past history, his _ fit, i think. with his past history, his experience l fit, i think. with his pastl history, his experience in fit, i think. with his past - history, his experience in the game, — history, his experience in the game, isn't _ history, his experience in the game, isn't he? _ history, his experience in the game, isn't he? ti— history, his experience in the game, isn't he?— game, isn't he? a bit more energy- — game, isn't he? a bit more energy- a _ game, isn't he? a bit more energy. a bit more - game, isn't he? a bit more energy. a bit more forwardi energy. a bit more forward thinking for the obviously leicester used to play in attacking football. i think he would be good at that for that they should benefit from that. yes! , they should benefit from that. yes!- why? _ they should benefit from that. yes!- why? i _ they should benefit from that. yes!- why? i don't - they should benefit from that. yes! yes. why? i don't know, i really liked _ yes! yes. why? i don't know, i really liked him _ yes! yes. why? i don't know, i really liked him for— yes! yes. why? i don't know, i really liked him for the - yes! yes. why? i don't know, i really liked him for the i - really liked him for the i think_ really liked him for the i think they made a mistake in not keeping him. staying with the premier league where brighton could move second if they beat bottom of the table southampton. the seagulls started the match in 5th position and with just given bright in the 1—0 lead is around ilt minutes before half—time and that one. —— brighton. wales, scotland and northern ireland's women are all currently in first leg action in their make—or—break final play—off matches as they seek to qualify for the european championship nextjuly. all three are at home with wales ahead against the republic of ireland, northern ireland haver an uphill battle against norway

as they trail and scotland are level with finland. trailing for— zero not one. earlier there were wins for poland and belgium in their first leg matches. simona halep has criticised the the international tennis integrity agency after they suspended iga swiatek for a month for a doping violation, while she was out of action for more than 18 months fighting against an initial 4 year ban. halep who is a two time grand slam champion, was provisionally suspended two years ago, after two separate positive tests, relating to a contaminated supplement, the romanian has questioned the "two very different approaches and judgements". the integrity agency has told the bbc that "no two cases are the same, they often involve different circumstances, and direct comparisons are not always helpful, and the product contaminated in ms swiatek�*s case was a regulated medication, not a supplement." lando norris is on pole for tomorrow's sprint race in qatar, the penultimate weekend of the fi season,

as mclaren look to secure the constructors championship. norris went quickest, narrowly beating fellow briton george russell to top spot. norris' mclaren team mate oscar piastri was third — they lead ferrari by 2a points in the constructors championship after the last race in las vegas where max verstappen secured the world championship. verstappen ended 6th, while his red bull team mate sergio perez was eliminated in the first session. it's been a packed month of rugby union internationals, the autumn series comes to a close with just the one match this weekend, ireland taking on australia and wait for the roar at the aviva stadium if cian healy plays. the 37 year old made his debut against australia 15 years ago, and if the prop comes off the bench that will be his 134th appearance, moving him ahead of brian o'driscoll as most capped ireland player. irealand will be looking to make it three wins out of four in their autumn series and the wallabies will be looking for a response after defeat to scotland last

weekend, but both camps recognise healy�*s milestone. yeah, the old fella, it is really good to see. he's a good character. he �*s been around for a very long time for the ireland team. he's a player well respected across the world, so, it's a mighty effort. he's obviously taken over as the most capped player this weekend. i'm sure it's going to be really special night. james lippert talking about the old ella is in a old fellow. i will have more later. if given a nato membership even if russia didn't immediately hand back ukrainian territory. the interview with sky news he suggested a cease—fire deal could be struck if ukrainian

territory controlled now be taken under nato umbrella allowing him to negotiate a return to the rest later in a diplomatic way. it comes after donald trump chose retired keith kellogg as us special envoy to the russia ukraine war he advised trump on foreign policy for eight years he presented trump with the peace plan for the russia— ukraine war. in a plan for both moscow and key to enter into peace talks with refusal to negotiate having consequences for either side. let's speak now to oleksandr kraiev, director of the north america programme at foreign policy council ukrainian prism. he joins us from kyiv. thank you for coming on the programme. what do you make of president zelensky his comments?— president zelensky his comments? , ., comments? basically that the art of comments? basically that the part of our — comments? basically that the part of our so-called - comments? basically that the part of our so-called plan - comments? basically that the part of our so-called plan to l part of our so—called plan to start the negotiations with russia and to definitely end the hot face of this war. previously zelensky and our minister of foreign affairs have numerous times told us the

main goal for have numerous times told us the main goalfor any kind of negotiation is to achieve some kind of security guarantee for ukraine. in this regard nato membership in a nato umbrella as a president because it is a plan a. it's a normal goal for the ukrainian diplomacy and armed forces. without any kind of substantial guarantees any negotiation with russia will be futile and willjust end in the continuation of aggression. this is why the idea of leaving is still hanging on. he this is why the idea of leaving is still hanging on.— is still hanging on. he also said in that _ is still hanging on. he also said in that interview- is still hanging on. he also said in that interview that l said in that interview that he's never been offered it, he hasn't been offered. do you think it would ever be offered to ukraine? it think it would ever be offered to ukraine?— to ukraine? it can be offered for the previously _ to ukraine? it can be offered for the previously we - to ukraine? it can be offered for the previously we heard l for the previously we heard such plans here in the autumn offensive over 22 when ukraine reclaimed and part and still alive, he suggested that ukraine should be taken into

nato as president territory as fast as possible. then he suggested it should be done not for ukraine to reclaim any more territory and not to still continue the war. at this time is definitely not on the table in western capitals. and that is the main reason why the ukrainian president has once again reassembled this topic and this team for our western partners. as of now it's one of the crucial points, not only for negotiation to start but for negotiation to start but for ukraine to survive as a nation. ., ., , ., ., nation. how would this idea go down in ukraine? _ nation. how would this idea go down in ukraine? we - nation. how would this idea go down in ukraine? we heard . down in ukraine? we heard repeatedly this idea that this is not over until the territorial integrity of the ukraine cover the whole of the country is restored.— country is restored. definitely an idea that _ country is restored. definitely an idea that is _ country is restored. definitely an idea that is still _ country is restored. definitely an idea that is still passing i an idea that is still passing through the societal knowledge and understanding of the war. it is also suggested that it's not a quick race, it's a long

run for not a quick race, it's a long runfor ukraine not a quick race, it's a long run for ukraine to reclaim all the territory. something similar to the crimea situation of 2014 where we put the crimea situation out of the negotiation and we do not acknowledge the loss of crimea. we still call it the illegal attempt of its russian federation. we still believe and we still suggest in all formats and for back crimea is ukraine. all the temporary occupied territories of ukraine as to ukraine. however, under the russian temporary under occupation. we do not suggest we would abandon the territory as a whole. we think it's a long run, it will not be decided this year or next year thatis decided this year or next year that is why we need the cease—fire, we need this break in order to achieve security guarantees and in order to get our economy, ourarmed guarantees and in order to get our economy, our armed forces and our societal system in order. ., and our societal system in order, ., ., and our societal system in order. ., ., ., ,, order. say all that did happen and it was _ order. say all that did happen and it was left _ order. say all that did happen and it was left to _

order. say all that did happen and it was left to diplomatic l and it was left to diplomatic efforts when it came to the rest of the territory currently held by russia, would you have confidence, with people of confidence, with people of confidence that that territory would ever return to ukraine through diplomatic efforts? diplomatic effort is quite a wide range of suggestive approaches to this issues. one of the main areas of thought for ukrainian analysts and politicians is that in this current russian federation in head to historical context will not be able to sustain its new reformed empire. it will not be able to sustain the economic and societal crisis it is brought upon itself. it will be a time in several decades when the russia will be weak enough or not interested enough in any of the occupied territories in orderfor ukraine to of the occupied territories in order for ukraine to reclaim them. it's a so—called grey scenario, and —— croatia. after it lost 25 years of temporary

occupation basically my main an idea, it's not a race, it's a marathon. i do believe that many ukrainians, especially service people are ready to run this marathon.— this marathon. thank you very much for _ this marathon. thank you very much for coming _ this marathon. thank you very much for coming the - this marathon. thank you very . much for coming the programme. downing street has said the prime minister accepted the former transport secretary louis blum hags resignation after further information emerge to a criminal offense in which he guilty a decade ago. she said she did not want a distraction. the prime ministers spokesperson refused to respond to questions about what keir starmer had known about the conviction before yesterday. this is how the fate of a mobile phone a decade ago called time on louise haigh's cabinet career today. keir starmer accepted her resignation after news of a spent conviction became public. 15 years ago she was a special

constable, but the roots of her resignation can be traced back to when she contacted police in 2013. she was a victim of a mugging and told officers her work phone was missing, but it later turned up at her home. she said she'd made a mistake and pled guilty to a fraud offence — she says on her lawyer's advice, which she now regrets. louise haigh's friends claim the prime minister threw the ex—transport secretary under the proverbial bus because they say he knew the full story of her conviction before he appointed her to the shadow cabinet, never mind the actual cabinet. and they accused him of not being willing to spend political capital defending her. it feels at least like he's panicked in the face of some media attack on one of the most effective cabinet ministers he's got. i mean, she's already steered through legislation to bring the railways into public ownership. she's getting on with reregulating the buses. but now her fraud conviction has come to light, the conservatives are questioning why keir starmer appointed her in the first place. it sounds like keir starmer

appointed her in full knowledge of this background. so was that the right decision? i think most of my constituents would think that that was a questionable decision. but downing street say the prime minister only accepted her resignation when further information emerged. they won't specify what this is. what we do know is she didn't inform the relevant civil servants of her offence when she became a cabinet minister. she had resigned from the insurance giant aviva, her employer, when her work phone went missing. i'm told it had been carrying out an internal investigation, though the company itself won't comment. louise haigh didn't always see eye to eye with keir starmer, but it was past events and not current performance that derailed her cabinet career. iain watson, bbc news. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

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defense minister has made an unannounced visit. visit to pyongyang — as ukraine claims that north korean troops are in russia and ready to support russia's military. it's suggested tens of thousands of north korean troops could be deployed. our analysis editor ros atkins, along with bbc verify, has been looking at what we know about north korea's alleged involvement in the war. ukraine says north korea has entered its war with russia in a fully fledged manner. the us says upwards of 12,000 north korean troops have been deployed, primarily in russia's kursk region, where ukraine has seized territory. and based upon what they've been trained on and what they the way that they've been integrated into the russian formations, i fully expect to see them engaged in in combat soon. the bbc has verified footage from inside russia showing soldiers speaking korean. ukraine also says russia is using north korean missiles. there are many questions about north korea's alleged

involvement in this war. this is what we know. the conflict is primarily being fought in eastern ukraine. over 6000km away is north korea. it's one of the most secretive and repressive countries on earth. and injune, vladimir putin visited. he and kim jong—un signed a mutual defence treaty. each country promised to help the other if needed. the relevance to ukraine was clear even before this deal. injanuary, ukraine released images which it said showed debris from a north korean missile fired by russia. then in october, ukrainian sources briefed western media that north korean troops were in russia. the kremlin responded this seems like yet another fake news story, it said. a north korean official called the reports groundless stereotype rumours. but later in october, putin gave a different response ata summit

in russia, saying... but we're starting to get glimpses of what that business might be. bbc verifies looked at a number of videos on this. several appear to be from a military facility in sergeyevka, just over 200km from the north korean border. this post shares a video which it claims was filmed there on the 15th of october. we can't confirm the location or the date, but in the video we see men receiving kit and signing forms. bbc russian says the kit is consistent with russian uniform and a north korean accent can be heard. the next video was definitely filmed in sergeyevka at the same facility. it's filmed by russian soldiers who describe the men we see as new reinforcements. we don't know if they're north korean, but we're sure of the location. this is how. whenever we're looking at images, we're looking for tiny clues.

like, you can see the badge right here. we think that's the eastern military badge. the russian army. and look at the layout here. we can see a big open space pathways, sort of one story buildings. i think we're going to be looking at sergeyevka and down in this corner where we can see those open spaces and pathways. what's more, at this point, you can see a large building, white and green in the background. we know from this press release on a russian military news website, this is the main building at sergeyevka. our next focus is a factory in a place called hamhung in north korea. this is the only facility known to produce north korea's kn 23 ballistic missile. and here's a satellite image of that facility in october. it's from the satellite company planet labs. and reuters analysed satellite images such as these and reported that this building is under construction and appears to be for assembling missiles. then this is a second image, also from planet labs. reuters says it shows a suspected construction of new worker housing around 600m from the first construction site.

now, ukraine claims russia has fired 60 kn 23 missiles this year. the bbc can't confirm this, but if that is the case, an increase in production as suggested by those satellite images may well be needed. there isn't, though, a lot of clear cut evidence of north korean troops and weapons being deployed by russia. some analysts say that's to be expected. it's not strange that we have a limited amount of evidence of north korean troops in the field. because those north korean troops are limited geographically to the kursk region of russia. as far as we know. they haven't been used in combat inside ukraine, and if they were, we would expect to have a bit more visual evidence of that deployment. the kursk region of russia being where ukraine has seized territory and where the us, ukraine and south korea say north korean troops are being deployed. if that is the case, why would north korea be

willing to get involved in a war many miles away? well, there are a number of benefits. it could be fuel. it could be food, supplies that north korea desperately needs after years of self—imposed isolation and international sanctions. but the concern is whether it's also weapons or some advanced technology that kim jong—un wants to escalate and elevate his nuclear weapons programme to the next level. we don't know exactly what north korea may get in return, but there are multiple claims this isn't a one way arrangement. in the last few days, south korea has claimed that russia is providing north korea with an air defence missile system. and then there's russian oil. this satellite image, shared with the bbc by the research group open source centre, shows a north korean tanker in a russian port. the uk government has told the bbc that russia is using oil as payment for troops and weapons. there are several reasons why becoming involved

in the war may work for north korea. for russia well, first and foremost, this may be about troop numbers. bbc russia has confirmed that over 78,000 russian soldiers have been killed since the war began, and that the recent race of losses is higher than at any point in the war. for its part, north korea has over 1.2 million soldiers, something vladimir putin will be well aware of. and i think in terms of the russian desperation, look, this batch of 10,000 north korean soldiers, they're not going to make a big difference if this is the single batch. but if this becomes a robust pipeline through which the russians can get 15 or 20,000 troops per month, that would take care of, you know, up to a third or two thirds of russia's losses and be a substantial way to keep the russians fighting this warfor a long time. but let's look at the map once more, because there's another country in this equation, china. it's an ally and a neighbour of north korea. it's also an ally of russia's. this is president xi and president putin meeting recently in russia.

and on the issue of north korea's involvement in the war, the us has made this demand. but if china is serious about its desire for de—escalation, it should be asking russia some hard questions at this point. if china is asking questions, it's not doing so publicly. and this us attempt to pressure china is another reminder that while this war is between ukraine and russia, a long list of other countries are deeply involved. there's growing evidence that list includes north korea. we will dig into that issue raised at the end. want to quickly show you the pictures we're keep it across. this is georgia, the capital tbilisi for the protesters have been out on the street all night as they we re were the night before as well. there's been water cannon, tear gas and clashes between the two sides for the protesters out on the streets angry at the governments decision to suspend succession talks with the

european union until at least the end of 2028. just show you know we're keeping an eye on these pictures for you. joining me now is dr edward howell, korea foundation fellow at chatham house. thank you for coming on the programme. good to be here. we listened to the analysis, what is your take on the military relationship between russia and north korea? i relationship between russia and north korea?— north korea? i think the relationship _ north korea? i think the relationship is _ north korea? i think the| relationship is escalating north korea? i think the - relationship is escalating and i very firmly think that even if the ukraine war were to end the relationship between russia and north korea would continue in some way, shape or form. what we're seeing is the relationship between moscow and pyongyang has gone beyond its mere transactional foundations to much more of a strategic and even ideological partnership. what does that mean in practice? is it a case that resources are there and

transportable from north korea to make a significant impact on the fighting in ukraine? in to make a significant impact on the fighting in ukraine?- the fighting in ukraine? in my view the deployment - the fighting in ukraine? in my view the deployment of - the fighting in ukraine? in my view the deployment of north j view the deployment of north korean troops is unlikely to have a significant impact on putin's overall strategy with respect to the ukraine war. but it is a clear signal both to russia for the relationship between north korea and russia and vice a versa but also a clear signal to the west. be that the united states, south korea in particular of this new axis. including china, which is hitherto remained rather reluctant to make its views public on the relationship. that seeks to challenge the us led international order. let that seeks to challenge the us led international order.- led international order. let me ask ou led international order. let me ask you a _ led international order. let me ask you a bit — led international order. let me ask you a bit more _ led international order. let me ask you a bit more about - ask you a bit more about china's role. what is the significance of it and what will be the decisions it is making?—

will be the decisions it is makina? ,, g , ., making? she xi jinping and putin has — making? she xi jinping and putin has met _ making? she xi jinping and putin has met numerous i making? she xi jinping and - putin has met numerous times amidst the ongoing ukraine war. russia and china continue to trade with each other, particularly in terms of technologies with up but china has remained somewhat silent, somewhat ambiguous in articulating its official position. on the money in china does not want the us — south korea and japan to site two strengthen its relationship in response to the burgeoning relationship between north korea and russia. on the other hand china also wants to make sure that it maintains a clear influence over north korea. we must remember that for many years china has been and still is a more important partnerfor north korea then russia, despite kimjones north korea then russia, despite kim jones claims this year that putin is his number one friends and russia is normal one partner china's role historically and economically

in the more contemporary era cannot be ruled out.— in the more contemporary era cannot be ruled out. thank you for coming _ cannot be ruled out. thank you for coming on _ cannot be ruled out. thank you for coming on the _ cannot be ruled out. thank you for coming on the programme. | just to show you we're keeping an eye across those live pictures of protesters out on the streets of tbilisi, the capital of georgia angry at the governments decision to suspend succession talks with the eu. we're keeping across those pictures. i'm lewis vaughn jones, this is bbc news. hello there. after a chilly few days, it's been a milder end to the week, and for a while earlier, we had some sunshine for the midlands and eastern parts of england, with temperatures of around eight degrees or so. further west, temperatures were higher, but here we've had more of a breeze, certainly more cloud and some outbreaks of rain earlier on as well. now, that weather front that brought the rain in western areas is pushing its way eastwards. it's weakening all the while.

as we head towards the latter part of the evening, well, most of the rain is going to be here in scotland, but even that will tend to move away. we're going to be left with a lot of cloud, though, overnight, still got that southerly breeze as well, so that's certainly going to keep the temperatures up. and by the end of the night, the lowest temperatures of 8—9 degrees will be across the eastern side of the uk. and throughout the weekend, we're going to stick with this mild air stream. it does come with a lot of cloud, mind you. chance of some rain probably greater on sunday, but equally, we could see the cloud thinning and breaking at times. not much sunshine, though, i suspect on saturday, may get some breaks in the cloud for north—east scotland, east of the pennines, east of the welsh hills as well. but equally some of these western areas could catch a few spots of rain from time to time. for many of us, it will be a dry day on saturday with a lot of cloud. it's going to be mild everywhere. temperatures continuing to rise across the eastern side of the uk, and typically 12—14 degrees. and those temperatures aren't going to drop very much on saturday night. it will be very mild on saturday night.

we've got another weather front bringing some rain in from the west. that will be heading its way into the midlands and eastern parts of england on sunday morning. that cloudy, damp weather could linger in the south—east into the afternoon, but elsewhere we should break up the cloud a bit more, some sunshine, but there will be these bands of showers coming in from the west as well. temperatures aren't changing very much on sunday, so again, it's going to be a mild 12—14 celsius. but things are going to change for the beginning of next week. instead of this southerly wind, we're going to find the wind direction changing, a northerly wind moving down, that's going to bring with it some colder air as well. that's going to follow this showery rain that we've got here moving southwards across england and wales. drying off for scotland and northern ireland with some sunshine. also wintry showers over the mountains in the north of scotland, and it is going to feel colder. quite a shock to the system after a few days of mild weather in scotland. could still make double figures, though, in the far south.

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from and give peace to so many terminally ill people. so i am just overwhelmed. i was really disappointed by the result. _ i just think that ultimately- this bill doesn't have adequate protections to safeguard - the vulnerable in this country. this is a profoundly important moment for the terminally ill, their families and for society. it sets england and wales on a path to join country which allow choice at the end of life. joining me tonight — michael crick, broadcaster and writer, and ravi agrawal, editor in chief of foreign policy magazine and host of fp live. welcome to the programme. first, the latest headlines. here in the uk, parliament has backed proposals to allow terminally ill adults in england and wales the right to end their own lives.

the assisted dying bill will now go to the next