owe i’ over the last ever the last few years, them over the last few years, we are the last bunch of 06s left in the dressing room. i will be marking this as my date of having played at this level. well, india's third test against australia ended in a draw and a soggy one at that in brisbane, leaving the series 1—1 with two of the five matches to go. australia had a first innings lead of 185 early on the final day at the gabba and tried to force a result with some attacking batting. 18 overs and 89—7 later, the home side left india a target of 275. but they could only manage a couple of overs before the bad light and rain came. they'll next meet in melbourne for the boxing day test. i think we can take a lot from this week. a couple of great partnerships. to be sent in on a wicket and score a50 and then be a bowler down and managing to bowl india out for 250 when the wicket, the conditions, were probably a little bit better, i think we can take a

lot from that. it has been a good week. unfortunately we missed so much time through rain but a lot of positives. obviously it is a little victory _ obviously it is a little victory for us, looking at how the weather was going to play, looking — the weather was going to play, looking at where the game was heading — looking at where the game was heading. eventually, we have ended — heading. eventually, we have ended up— heading. eventually, we have ended up in a drawer with australia being ahead in the game, — australia being ahead in the game, they didn't manage to get the result — game, they didn't manage to get the result. obviously for us to celebrate _ the result. obviously for us to celebrate that, it was a little victory — celebrate that, it was a little victory for us and there is no harm. — victory for us and there is no harm. we _ victory for us and there is no harm, we enjoy each and every nronrent — afterjust missing out on the ballon d'or to manchester city's rodri and missing the ceremony as a result, viniciusjunior has now got his hands on an individual trophy. the real madrid and brazil forward been named the men's player of the year at the fifa best awards. vinicius played a key role in real�*s champions league and la liga—winning campaign last season — scoring 2a goals. translation: to be honest, i'm deliuhted, translation: to be honest, i'm delighted. it _ translation: to be honest, i'm delighted. it is — translation: to be honest, i'm delighted, it is a _ translation: to be honest, i'm delighted, it is a dream - translation: to be honest, i'm delighted, it is a dream come - delighted, it is a dream come true. i come from a very poor place in brazil so making it

this far was very unlikely but not impossible. and i am here today for every child who dreams of big things that they can make it this far and i will keep fighting for many of us to be able to do big things for football. and for a second year in a row, spain midielder aitana bonmati has been named the women's player of the year. she was a key part of another dominant season for barcelona and also won the ballon d'or earlier this year. as did usa boss emma hayes who was named fifa women's coach of the year. there is some flash photography coming up. it there is some flash photography coming un— coming up. it is an unbelievable - coming up. it is an i unbelievable accolade coming up. it is an - unbelievable accolade and coming up. it is an _ unbelievable accolade and one that i never take for granted. it has been an amazing year so it is the stuff dreams are made off. it was a great summer, the players really did an incredible job to take on everything that i asked of them. ruben amorim says he wants marcus rashford to stay at manchester united after the forward revealed he was "ready for a new challenge" and that he wants to help

rashford get back to his best. rashford is a home—grown player and has scored 138 goals since making his debut in 2016. but he played no part in united's win against rivals manchester city at the weekend and has said should he leave old trafford, he would do so with "no hard feelings". but amorim has called rashford a "big talent" who he'd rather keep as part of his squad. if you want to win a one—off cup final, then you need your big players to turn up and the milwaukee bucks had just that with giannis antetokounmpo in the nba cup. his triple double helped his team to a win over the oklahoma city thunder in the final as the bucks claimed the second edition of the in—season tournament. giannis was their star man on offence with 26 points, 19 rebounds and 10 assists while he also contributed to a stunning defensively display that limited oklahoma city to just 31 points in the second half. 97—81 was the final score as the bucks follow the la lakers as just the second

winners of the nba cup. we had this goal as a team and we accomplished it. i'm very proud of everybody, i am so happy for the team. we got our first trophy together. this is just the beginning. we have to keep improving and getting better and we will be better. disappointed. i think you also have — disappointed. i think you also have to — disappointed. i think you also have to know in a sense that this— have to know in a sense that this doesn't really count for our— this doesn't really count for our record or stats, don't really— our record or stats, don't really matter. but there is a competitive advantage. if i go play a — competitive advantage. if i go play a game, i'm going to play hard. — play a game, i'm going to play hard. int— play a game, i'm going to play hard, i'm not changing howl play— hard, i'm not changing howl piayjust_ hard, i'm not changing howl playjust because of the circumstances. but yeah, i want to win _ circumstances. but yeah, i want to win at — circumstances. but yeah, i want to win at the end of the day and — to win at the end of the day and i— to win at the end of the day and i think i speak for the whole _ and i think i speak for the whole team. there is much more at our website including a preview of the three of the four english league cup quarter finals taking place on wednesday, including liverpool against

managerless southampton and arsenal have a chance to continue their pursuit of a trophy as well. all of that on the bbc sport website but that's it for now, thank you forjoining us, bye—bye. hello, you are watching bbc news. the chancellor has defended the government's decision to not want compensation to women born in the 1950s who are affected by changes in rise to the state pension age. it comes after parliament's ombudsman, which independently investigates complaints against government, recommended payouts for the group known as the waspi women. 0ur cost of living correspondence colletta smith reports.

it's been 1a long years of campaigning for women born in the 1950s, and in recent years they've signed up some friends in high places. when in opposition, keir starmer and liz kendall were all too happy to support the movement. but now things have changed. we don't agree with the ombudsman's approach. there'll be no compensation for that group of women, who had their pension pots pushed out of reach. with the hope that we were going to get something from this new labour government, they're all feeling very let down, and i think that's been quite obvious today when i've spoken to one or two of the ladies that are in my group. the age is to claim a state pension had been 60 for women, and 65 for men. from 2010, the state pension age for women was due to gradually increase to 65 over the following decade. but then it was announced that process would happen by 2018, two years sooner than originally announced. this march, the parliamentary ombudsman said the change had been unfair and women should be compensated. but the government has decided not to. this was maladministration. we accept that we and we are sorry. but we don't agree to what the ombudsman concluded

on injustice and on remedy. even if we had sent those letters out, we provided research which showed it wouldn't have made the difference the ombudsman said. and for that reason, we aren't providing compensation. for this cohort of women, it's a second, unexpected blow within four months, as many of them have also had their winter fuel payment removed. these are women who have had the rug pulled from underneath them in terms of, um, uh, compensation, thinking that they would have a pension payment, having to make plans at the last minute — some women had to sell their house. then they get the cost of living crisis. then they have the winter fuel allowance, again, pulled from them with very little notice at all. the government has made its decision. but if these women have anything to do with it, that might not be the end of the story. colletta smith, bbc news.

the cost of buying things like petrol, food and goods in the shops in the uk has risen to its highest level since march. official figures show the rate of inflation increased to 2.6% last month, up from 2.3% in october. the rise will be taken into account by the bank of england as it prepares to make its next announcement on interest rates tomorrow. 0ur interest rates tomorrow. our business correspondent ben boulos has more. well, this is certainly not the christmas gift that many households will have been hoping for. prices rising more sharply as we approach an already expensive time of year. officialfigures out this morning show that the cost of goods and services that we typically spend our money on, the average increase in those went up by 2.6% in november compared with a year earlier. now, a lot of that was driven by an increase in the cost of cigarettes and tobacco after the government increased tax

on that in the budget. but rising petrol gusts also pushed the average but rising petrol costs also pushed the average inflation rate higher. remember it is an average. so some things will have risen even more sharply in price than that 2.6%. it is nowhere near the peak of 11% that we saw at the height of the cost of living crisis a couple of years ago, but this reveals a very definite trend of price rises speeding up in recent months. it's higher than the octoberfigure of 2.3%, which itself was higher than september's figure of 1.7%. and that will put pressure on households and businesses, as the chancellor has acknowledged. i recognise that the cost of living crisis continues to bite. that's why in the budget, we increased the national living wage. a pay rise for 3 million workers. and it's why we froze fuel duty. so that motorists are not paying more at the pumps. so we recognise the challenges that families remain under and are taking action

to address that ongoing cost of living challenge. why does this matter? well, the novemberfigure is now even further above the bank of england's target for inflation. remember, the bank likes to see inflation at 2%. so it will consider this latest data when it makes its next decision on the cost of borrowing through interest rates. of course, that affects the cost of loans and mortgages. it has begun cutting interest rates this year, albeit slowly. they are now at a.75% the base rate. but this rise in inflation, together with wages rising faster than expected in recent months, means that it's now very unlikely that we'll see any further cut in the cost of borrowing this year. but we will get that decision from the bank of england tomorrow. ben boulos. now it is coming up to midday, it is wednesday and shortly it to midday, it is wednesday and shortly , ., to midday, it is wednesday and shortlj , ., ., , shortly it is going to be time for the final _ shortly it is going to be time for the final prime _ shortly it is going to be time | for the final prime minister's questions of the year.

frontbenchers from the two main parties are arriving at the moment. we have women and equalities questions going on and there are going to be questions, presumably about what we have just been hearing about to do with the economy, those inflation figures higher than the government would perhaps like at this moment and that earlier story we brought you about women hit by pension age rises, denied payouts, the government changing its mind over giving compensation, even though it was recommended by the ombudsman to do so, to women born in the 1950s who have been campaigning against and over the rise in the state pension, expected compensation but the government has said that won't be forthcoming. let's talk to helen catt our political correspondent, what have we got in store for the final pm queues of the year? the final pm cues before christmas so you have pretty much covered what we expect we might hear from much covered what we expect we might hearfrom kemi badenoch.

obviously it is usually the opposition setting the agenda for prime minister's questions because they are asking the questions so you would expect perhaps something on the economy to come up given this morning's inflation figures and it is certainly a line we have seen the conservatives go on over previous prime minister's questions, this allegation that labour is taking the economy in the wrong direction so we may well see a bit more of that from kemi badenoch this lunchtime and as you said, the other big issue of the day are the waspi women and the government's decision not to pay any compensation to them. now, that is something you might expect the conservatives to pick up on. kemi badenoch, and we have certainly seen this morning trying to suggest it is hypocrisy on the government's part, tying into other changes in government direction on things like the winter fuel

payment from what was being said in opposition to what is happening now they are in government. but it is quite tricky for the conservatives themselves, too. because they didn't commit to paying this compensation and when it was put to andrew griffith this morning, a shadow treasury minister, he was asked if it was kemi badenoch in charge, would you be paying this compensation? he said, we won't know because they got thrown out at the general election. it is a very large sum of money, but £10.5 billion we are talking about, and the government is facing other large bills for things like paying compensation for victims of the inflected blood scandal and for those affected by the post office —— infected blood scandal. those would have been something the government would have to consider of either stripe so it is perhaps a little more difficult for the conservatives to go on, we may well see the lib dems raise this, they have been backing the waspi women for a very long time. ,, . ~'

the waspi women for a very long time. ,, ., ,, ., time. still talking about the economy — time. still talking about the economy more _ time. still talking about the economy more widely - time. still talking about the economy more widely and l time. still talking about the i economy more widely and how much pressure the government is coming under we are hearing business leader of the business leader, small businesses, large businesses, really expressing worries about what 2025 has in store after what came in the budget earlier this year? yeah, and that is _ budget earlier this year? yeah, and that is a — budget earlier this year? yeah, and that is a concern _ budget earlier this year? yeah, and that is a concern for- and that is a concern for labour. it puts economic growth at the very heart of what it said it was going to do in government saying it was its top priority, to boost economic growth. rachel reeves came in promising stability, that things ineffectual going to get better in the economy so if you have now got, as you were saying, business leaders raising doubts about what the future is going to look like in the near future, future is going to look like in the nearfuture, that is future is going to look like in the near future, that is going to be a challenge for the government certainly and a concern given that they went so big on that promise about boosting the economy and that from boosting the economy, that is where all the other things will come from and certainly in

terms of rachel reeves suggesting in future she isn't going to want to come back and raise taxes again, as she did in the budget we have just seen. a lot 0k they are taking to their feet the final pm cues. iron duke and the tube serving operation cover it in estonia. this christmas, as every christmas, members of our armed forces will be serving overseas working day and night to protect britain's national security. i know the whole house willjoin me in sending our deepest thanks to them to our emergency services and everyone working to keep the country safe over the festive period. over the festive period. may also take this opportunity to thank you, mr speaker, and the house staff for all your hard work this year and can i wish everyone across the house a merry christmas and a happy new year. this morning, i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and

others, in addition to my duties