i'm tanya arnold. the final game of the english premier league weekend takes place later, as west ham face wolves. bothjulen lopetegui and gary o'neil have faced criticsm over their teams�* form this season, and defeat for either manager could see them lose theirjob. but despite the uncertainty over his future, matters on the field, are the focus for on the field, are the focus for o'neil. o'neil. iam not i am not concerned about my at iam not i am not concerned about my at all, only the club's future. i all, only the club's future. i knew the size of the task when knew the size of the task all, only the club's future. i i took over. it is not often knew the size of the task when i took over. it is not often that managers walk out on that managers walk out on premier league clubs, and that premier league clubs, and that was what happened here, and of the season after was what happened here, and since then it has got even more since then it has got even more difficult, with the players difficult, with the players that we have lost and the that we have lost and the situation that we face, and all situation that we face, i'm going to do is make sure that we have lost and the situation that we make sure that the group are available to i'm going to do is make sure that the group are available to give the best of themselves give the best of themselves every week. every week. world number one scotty world number one scotty

schelffler has won schelffler has won a record equalling 9th title a record equalling 9th title of the season after a dominant victory at the hero world challenge. he hit a sensational nine under par 63, in the final round to win by six shots. it means he's won 43% of the events he's entered in 2024 including the masters and olympic gold in paris. it has been a fantastic year. i am very grateful

staying with cricket, and mohammed siraj has received the backing of former ipl teammatejosh hazlewood, following his on—field spat with travis head. the two clashed in australia's comprehensive second test win over india, and were found guilty of breaching cricket's code of conduct. but pace bowler hazlewood — who is hoping to be fit for the third test — believes the incident wasn't bad for the game. no, i really enjoyed my time with him, with siraj, probably the leader of the attack there, he is very passionate and you know, he goes with the flow of the game and gets the crowd up, all that sort of stuff, so here's a good character, i think, and it is good to see, sometimes. baseball starjuan soto is set to sign what is reportedly the biggest contract in the history of sport, in a deal worth up to 800 million dollars with the new york mets. the contract is expected

to last more than 15 years, and will surpass the previous record held by shohay ohtani. multiple sources in the united states have disclosed details of the deal, although the mets have yet to confirm it. the nba's reigning most valuable player, nikola jokic, has continued his good form. the serbian hit 48 points to help the denver nuggets beat the atlanta hawks 141—111. elsewhere, lebron james missed his first game of the season through injury, but it didn't stop his la lakers teammates as they beat the portland trail blazers 107—98. rui hachimura played a big part for the lakers, as he scored 23 points. the win ends a three—match losing streak. and that's all the sport for now. back to our coverage of syria.

these are live pictures of the border between lebanon and syria. so many people have been streaming over the border yesterday and today, taking advantage of what is going on to return to their country, those who have not been there for many years, more than a million people moved out by just 2015 alone and millions more headed out years after that so, a lot of people looking to return to syria, now that things have changed so remarkably in such a short space of time. we have had a statement through from the nato secretary general, mark rutter, saying this is a moment ofjoy but also uncertainty for the people of syria and the region, we hope for a peaceful transition of power and an inclusive syrian led political process. we will be closely watching to see how the rebel leaders conduct themselves during this transition. they must uphold the rule of law, protect civilians and protect religious minorities. russia and iran were the main backers

of the assad regime, and they share responsibility, he said, for the crimes committed against the syrian people, and they also abandon assad when he ceased to be of use to them. that statement from the due —— eu secretary general, mark rutter. fawaz gerges is professor of international relations at the london school of economics and political science. he told me syria must begin a healing process to avoid divisions. the dust has not settled on the battlefield yet. it is too early. syria will go two ways or rather, three ways. one way is for the new syria to descend into all—out social, political and ethnic divisions and our people, the nightmare scenario, another way is to begin the healing process. the healing process because syria, as you suggested, has been ruled by

the assad regime since 1971, they were a repressive and brutal dynasty. forthe they were a repressive and brutal dynasty. for the past 13 years, more than 300,000 syrians have been killed, 500,000 injured, 6 million refugees, deep scars, the dynasty has left deep scars. so even though it is a moment of hope and joy for the syrians, the third scenario that i see for syria is actually a gradual process, kind of a distinctive cocktail of islamic, nationalist, kind of a conditional government, which does not approximate any kind of model in the region because the opposition, you are talking about more than a dozen opposition factions, islamist

nationalists, tribal, regional, you have the kurds, the druze and alawite, even though the sunnis are the majority so it is difficult to say for sure how the transitional process will evolve, but what we have heard so far is very reassuring. all of the rebels talk about a new era, a new syria, a syria for all syrians, no revenge. so, let's celebrate with syrians this moment of hope, this moment of freedom, because finally, they feel free, they can breathe again. let's talk about those groups, as you say there are so many, it is whether they can work together. in terms of the kurds, given that turkey has been backing some of the opposition groups, tell us about the kurds and what you expect from them, because they play an important role, as prisoners, as well, don't they?

absolutely. you have more than 10,000 isis prisoners in the kurds�* prisons, they are supported by the americans and the british and other powers. as you also have camps for the families of isis, the ones incarcerated. you are talking about 20,000 children and women, so you are talking about a mini city of isis, under the protection and basically security of the kurds. the problem here is that the kurds could use as much as the assad dynasty, because turkey is very much determined to prevent the kurds from having other —— either autonomy or a state of their own in syria and turkey is pushing hard to pacify the areas under the curse, exerting areas under the curse, exerting a great deal of pressure on these areas, by using the

syrian nationalist army, against the kurds. because turkey has security problems. it worries that the kurds could represent a strategic threat to turkey's national security. but without the american support, i think that the kurds could be very vulnerable. president biden has made it clear that he will remain the course in syria, but with the coming president trump, i have no doubts in my mind that he might put out american forces, from the north eastern, the iraqi syrian border, and this could be pivotal for the kurds�* aspirations, autonomy or be pivotalfor the kurds�* aspirations, autonomy or any kind of independent aim. professor fawaz gerges from the lse talking to me earlier. the

national security adviserjake solomon is going to visit israel on thursday for talks about syria and the gaza hostage and ceasefire deal. we are also hearing through rotors, from the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons reminding the syrian authorities of their obligation to destroy band toxic munitions are right own going political changes in the country. a couple more lines coming out from austria and germany, saying that they are pausing asylum applications from syrians, as is greece, pausing applications of around 9000 syrians, following the ousting of president assad, in syria. plenty more on all of this on our website, plenty more on all of this on ourwebsite, but plenty more on all of this on our website, but that is all from me for now, thank you for watching.

hello there. the weekend's wild, wet and windy weather is gradually being replaced by something a little quieter as high—pressure bills so yes, a frosty start in the highlands of scotland but lovely sunny spells coming through. however we still have some cloud, a brisk easterly wind and some heavy rain across parts of the east midlands. you can see where the isobars are sitting and the direction of that wind, making it feel quite cool at there. showers will continue through the afternoon. this has been the story so far, down through parts of ewast yorkshire and the east midlands and also across the essex and kent coast. a frequent rash of showers that will make it feel really cold and disappointing. further north and west, the cloud will continue to stay well broken. there will be sunshine coming through but there will be a difference in the feel of the weather. light winds here and some sunshine but temperatures are

sitting at around 11—5 degrees. a brisk north—easterly wind here and temperatures peaking at around seven to nine celsius. as we go through the evening and overnight, we are likely to see some showers continuing here, and quite a lot of cloud. under the clearing skies, continuing further north and west, temperatures falling away again. a widespread sharp frost with some fog is likely first thing in the morning as temperatures stay well below freezing. a different story further south. still that breeze with us, just pivoting to an easterly direction. that could produce a little bit of drizzle from time to time, maybe still some showers along the kent coast as well. fog could be an issue further north and west and with temperatures below freezing, some of it is freezing fog as well. it will gradually lift into the afternoon. that is where we will have the best of the brighter weather. temperatures may struggle in one or two spots to climb above freezing further south

and once again we are looking at six to eight degrees, the high. as we move into thursday, we will start to see whether france trying to push on from the four north and west but the high pressure hangs on so once again, fog could be an issue further north and west but we keep quite a bit of cloud. a lot of dry weather too.

live from london. this is bbc news. planning for syria's new future.

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