which is at the quarter final stage, and three matches on wednesday evening to bring you. and it's an all—premier league line up to bring you. starting with arsenal against crystal palace — which kicked off first, 0—1 palace. jean phillipe mateta with the early goal. half—time in that match, and approaching half—time in this other metric. newcastle 2—0 brentford. sandro tonali has just scored his second. and in the first half still, between southampton and liverpool — bottom against top, from their respective positions in the league. it is currently 1—0 to liverpool, darling new with darwin nunez with the goal. in the women's champions league — arsenal are taking on bayern munich — both teams already through — victory would win the group. an own goal has arsenal ahead there, 1—0. juventus ahead against valarenga, 1—0. nothing to play for there though. earlier — barcelona overtook manchester city to finish top of their group with a dominant victory at the olympic stadium. aitana bonmati among

the scorers. in the same group, hammarby won at st polten. ruben amorim wants marcus rashford to stay at manchester united after the forward revealed he was �*ready for a new challenge�*. rashford has scored 138 goals since making his debut in 2016. he played no part in united's win against rivals manchester city at the weekend. and has said, should he leave the club, then he would do so with �*no hard feelings�*. but amorim says he�*d rather keep him as part of his squad. i don�*t talk about the future, i just talk about the present. i want the best of each one of them and that is the key point for me. i just want to win and to help the team to be better. so we are better with marcus rashford and that is simple, and we will try different things to push marcus to the best level that he has shown in the past, so that is all. chelsea boss enzo maresca says the club "trust" mykhailo mudryk after he claimed he didn�*t knowingly take a banned substance that led to him failing a drugs test. the ukraine international has

been provisionally suspended by the football association after a routine urine test provided by mudryk returned an "adverse finding". maresca hopes the forward is absolved of any blame. the club and the coaching staff and all the people inside the training ground, we support and trust him. second, when these kind of things happen, you need to support your player in all the aspect. sergio perez has confirmed he is leaving red bull after four years with the f1 team. the 34—year—old mexican could only finish eighth in the drivers�* championship this season. it�*s expected that liam lawson will move up from the junior team to take his seat. perez said he would always cherish the success he and red bull achieved together. midway through his team�*s test tour of australia, india spinner ravichandran ashwin has announced his surprise retirement from international cricket. his 537 wickets in tests has the now 38—year—old seventh on the all time list,

but he�*s decided to immediately stop playing for india in all formats after being left out of two of the first three tests against australia. i do feel there is a bit of punch left in me as a cricketer but i would like to showcase that in club level cricket but this will be the last day, and i have had a lot of fun, i have made a lot of memories alongside my team—mates and even though i have lost some of 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. oleksandar usyk says his rivalry with tyson fury is good for boxing. the two will meet for the second time in saudi arabia on saturday. the ukrainian�*s three heavyweight world titles on the line, with fury having already suggested there could be a third encounter in the future. tyson fury is very important for my boxing career. yeah, it�*s a very strong opponent.

big... mm... it�*s important for me. it�*s not only for me. it�*s important for future history. for boxing in the world. a quick update in the football, liverpool up 2—0 against southampton in that quarterfinal, not looking for —— looking good for southampton at the moment, but that is all the support from us for now. the prime minister says uk taxpayers can�*t afford to pay billions of pounds in compensation to women who were affected by rises in the state pension age. sir keir starmer has been defending his decision after coming under pressure from his own mps and political opponents. campaigners say 3.6 million women born in the 1950s were not properly informed about changes that were introduced to raise the pension age to 65 in line with men�*s.

the parliamentary and health service ombudsman had ruled that affected women were due compensation up to £3,000 each. but sir keir starmer said while he understood the concerns, 90 % of women in his view did know about the changes. here�*s our political editor, chris mason. when i turned on the radio this morning, there was anger pouring out of the speakers. it is deeply insensitive and patronising. i do take responsibility but someone else moved the goalposts. absolutely disgusting. three years of pension for me, that would have been £30,000. the anger and questions... have you betrayed the waspi women, prime minister? followed keir starmer to parliament. an independent report concluded millions of women were not properly informed the state pension age was going up and deserve compensation for that. the government said sorry but said no to handing over any money despite the impression the prime minister and others had left in opposition.

he lined up for many photos with waspi women saying he would have their backs and he has just betrayed them in the scandalous way possible. is this what the prime minister meant when he's promised to lead a government of change? anger opposite the prime minister and on his side. we did promise them that we would give them justice. does the prime minister really understand how let down waspi women feel today? i do understand the concern, of course i do. i set out the history, mr speaker, but the research is clear that 90% of those impacted did know about the change. and in those circumstances, the taxpayer simply can't afford the burden of tens of billions of pounds of compensation, but i do understand the concerns.

some campaigners dispute that 90% figure. neither labour nor the conservatives promised compensation in their election manifestos, but labour had done before and frequently expressed their support for the campaign. for years, the prime minister and his cabinet play politics with the waspi women. the deputy prime minister said conservatives were stealing their pensions. she promised to compensate them in full. another broken promise. now they admit we were right all along. here was the now chancellor four years ago and the deputy prime minister two years ago. oh, and the prime minister also photographed with anne potter who i talked to earlier on politics live. i wonder as you reflect back over the last couple of years and those photos that you had taken alongside senior labour politicians, where it leaves you feeling about politics in general and politicians

and their capacity to bluntly to be believed? i have to say i am so disappointed in this current labour party because they lead us up the garden path. they gave us the information that "oh, yes, we will support you," they signed our pledges, showed interest, and at the end of the day, when i heard that commencement yesterday came out of the blue, i was absolutely flabbergasted. winners and losers. the post office scandal, the infected blood scandal, victims of both are getting compensation. but for millions of women born in the 1950s, nothing. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

for 80 days, laila soueif has

been on hunger strike. that means since the end of september, she has eaten nothing. she drinks only cups of tea. and the rest of her time she spends outside the foreign office campaigning for the release of her son, the british—egyptian dissident alaa abd el—fattah. in the years after the revolution he became one of the most influential writers of the arab spring. when the protests flared again in 2019, he was re—arrested by the national security agency — charged and convicted of "spreading fake news" and jailed for five years. two months ago that term was up but he is still in prison. the period of two years in which he was held in pre—trial detention, should count as time served, but still the egyptians refuse to release him. it is an issue that the government refuses to address. this week, 100 mp�*s wrote to david lammy demanding his urgent intervention. this afternoon, leila souaif who is with me in the studio, was invited to sit in the commons gallery to observe prime minister�*s questions.

welcome to the programme first, let us talk about alaa abd el—fataah first and then your campaign, who was the last person to see them? today, his sister,. person to see them? today, his sister” she _ person to see them? today, his sister,. she got _ person to see them? today, his sister,. she got to _ person to see them? today, his sister,. she got to see - person to see them? today, his sister,. she got to see him, - sister,. she got to see him, he is very upset, very angry, worried about me, i should not have to be doing this. he is very upset that i am doing this. ., . 3:1 this. how are you feeling? 80 da s a this. how are you feeling? 80 days a very — this. how are you feeling? 80 days a very long _ this. how are you feeling? 80 days a very long time, - this. how are you feeling? 80 days a very long time, i - this. how are you feeling? 80 days a very long time, i know| days a very long time, i know you have a lot lost of wheat. i have lost 20 kilos, and i am tired, i�*d no tired very easily. tired, i'd no tired very

easily-— tired, i'd no tired very easil . ., , easily. has it come to this, wh , easily. has it come to this, why. the — easily. has it come to this, why, the foreign _ easily. has it come to this, why, the foreign office - easily. has it come to this, | why, the foreign office said there demand access, they are raising it at the highest levels of the egyptian government, why do you feel it is necessary to be on a hunger strike to make your point? the revious strike to make your point? iie: previous government strike to make your point? tie: previous government did that for two years and it gets us nowhere. this is raised at the highest levels, demands for access, and it never happened. so what are you demanding, are you calling for the prime minister to get involved? i think that is what it takes because i know that the foreign secretary is doing absolutely all he can, but i know how the egyptian system works, and nothing is going to move on the egyptian side unless mr sissi

personally gives the green light for it to move. the person to persuade him to do thatis person to persuade him to do that is the british prime minister, so that is why i am really hoping that the prime minister will.— really hoping that the prime minister will. ~ , ., , ., ~' minister will. why do you think president as _ minister will. why do you think president as he _ minister will. why do you think president as he said _ minister will. why do you think president as he said he is - minister will. why do you think president as he said he is so i president as he said he is so reticent to let alaa abd el—fataah go. he has been asked thorn in the side for a long time, writing about the abuse in prisons and police are bruce and corruption in egypt, do they feel that they don�*t want to release them or are they finding it really is —— reasons not to release him? finding it really is -- reasons not to release him?- not to release him? there findin: not to release him? there finding reasons... - not to release him? there finding reasons... the - not to release him? there - finding reasons... the system is not released anyone unless they have broken him. they have not broken alaa abd el—fataah, they have not broken our family, so they would much rather not releasing, but it is

not,... ., . , ., not,... how have they treated him? at _ not,... how have they treated him? at first _ not,... how have they treated him? at first very _ not,... how have they treated him? at first very badly, - not,... how have they treated him? at first very badly, but l him? at first very badly, but since the — him? at first very badly, but since the british _ him? at first very badly, but since the british started - since the british started raising his case and we started doing international advocacy it has been better, but it is still busy —— prison, and is distilled prison under very strict conditions for someone who is after all, imprisoned for a facebook post. i remember him when _ for a facebook post. i remember him when i _ for a facebook post. i remember him when i was _ for a facebook post. i remember him when i was a _ for a facebook post. i remember him when i was a correspondentl him when i was a correspondent in cairo, his name was well known, but for people not familiar with what you did, tammy —— tell people what sort of person she is and what you wrote about. he of person she is and what you wrote about.— wrote about. he wrote about many things. _ wrote about. he wrote about many things, he _ wrote about. he wrote about many things, he was - wrote about. he wrote about many things, he was one - wrote about. he wrote about many things, he was one ofl wrote about. he wrote about i many things, he was one of the voices of what the press called

at the time the arab spring, he advocated for democracy, advocated for democracy, advocated for democracy, advocated for women�*s rights, he was very inspired by the way the south african constitution was written. he tried to organise people to collect the opinions ofjust normal egyptians, not particularly activists or anything, but they did not want to. of course, all of that came to an end in 2013, so he continued to highlight the abuses that were happening and he clearly called rubber

ink massacre, crimes against humanity. so ink massacre, crimes against humanity-— ink massacre, crimes against humanity. so you were in the commons — humanity. so you were in the commons gallery _ humanity. so you were in the commons gallery today - humanity. so you were in the commons gallery today to i humanity. so you were in the i commons gallery today to watch prime minister�*s questions,... i was hoping, not expecting, because i knew things are regulated. because i knew things are regulated-— because i knew things are regulated. because i knew things are reaulated. , .,, because i knew things are reaulated. , ., regulated. sometimes luck as to what questions _ regulated. sometimes luck as to what questions are _ regulated. sometimes luck as to what questions are called, - regulated. sometimes luck as to what questions are called, but . what questions are called, but are you getting any response from the prime minister or prime ministers office? hat prime ministers office? not directl , prime ministers office? not directly. i— prime ministers office? not directly, i have _ prime ministers office? not directly, i have been - prime ministers office? iirrt directly, i have been given information that the prime minister is on board and is concerned.— minister is on board and is concerned. , ,., , , concerned. they did say they would prioritise _ concerned. they did say they would prioritise to _ concerned. they did say they would prioritise to citizens i would prioritise to citizens being held abroad, do you feel there has been an increase in attention in your son�*s —— a son since the labour party took power? it son since the labour party took ower? , ' . ., power? it is difficult to 'udge without results. i power? it is difficult to 'udge without results. i * power? it is difficult to 'udge without results. i do h power? it is difficult to judge without results. i do see - without results. i do see that they are very concerned, and i

do see that, but i don�*t, so far, see something... something concrete, you know, this is a new government, it should show. maybe he has more power being thatis maybe he has more power being that is that new government. exactly, in the case of the previous government, the egyptians knew it was a government going outs, they could just start for a time and then now, they should not be able to stall the stop laila soueif, 80 deals —— 80 days, are you feeling pretty weak at the moment? i am feeling weak, i am finally feeling weak, it is a miracle i lasted this long without collapsing and getting into hospital. i have told david lammy i am having a lucky

break, that is not wasted. thank you for coming to the programme. laila soueif there. police have been granted the power to seize more than £2 million pounds from the controversial social media influencer, andrew tate, and his brother tristan. a court was told that the pair failed to pay any tax on £21—million of revenue from their online businesses. the brothers are facing a series of criminal allegations in romania, including human trafficking. andrew tate is also accused of rape. our home and legal correspondent dominic casciani is following the story. andrew tate is a self—proclaimed misogynist. i know that�*s a weird thing to say, but that is the lifestyle and cod philosophy he promotes. he promotes a version of hyper masculinity, and linked to that are a lot of online get rich schemes. he and his brother tristan encourage people to sign up, subscribe to their online university

to make money, courses in how to be a real man, how to basically generate wealth from the internet. but there�*s also online pornography in there as well. and critically, they are facing allegations in romania, where they�*ve been based since 2017, that they�*ve been involved in alleged human trafficking of women and controlling them. now, this case in london is indirectly linked to the romanian allegations, but it�*s really about what�*s fundamentally happened to their cash. now, british police found that over eight years they generated about £21 million thereabouts of income through their various businesses, through a lot of forensic exercises, looking at how money was being moved through seven accounts. the police froze those accounts and told the court that the movements of that money defied any commercial logic, and it could only be because it had all the hallmarks of money laundering, not because it was involved in something like drugs or some other kind of organised crime like that, but simply to avoid paying taxes. now, the brothers were given the opportunity to put in a defence to release the funds.

the judge said today that they�*ve given the court no evidence about how they�*ve earned this money, and therefore he can only conclude that the police�*s case is fair and it amounts to a straightforward cheat of the tax authorities, either here in the uk or romania, and the whole lot has been seized. so £2,683,345.88, which means they can�*t even get a bag of chips at the moment from those accounts. now the interesting thing is the romanian link is in some of these accounts. the judge said that some of this money linked back to the alleged victims, who are in part of the case developing in romania. and there are also payments to co—defendants. andrew tate, he�*s put a statement out on x tonight. that�*s one of the few social media platforms he�*s not banned from. he says he�*s been the victim of what he says is the matrix and outright theft. but to be frank, if he wants this cash back, he�*s going to have to mount a very costly appeal.

and given he�*s put no evidence in so far, that might be a tall order. in a town in northern canada, known as the polar bear capital of the world, scientists say melting sea ice could spell danger for both the polar bears and the people that live there. the bears in hudson bay bears face starvation as the climate warms and the ice from which they hunt the seals disappears. they are being forced to spend more time on land, bringing them closer to people. 0ur science correspondent, victoria gill reports. there�*s a polar bear under our tundra buggy right now. he�*s very curious about us. at the height of polar bear season in churchill, manitoba, conservation scientists are out on the tundra, monitoring one of the most southerly polar bear populations in the world. yeah, the bears want to stay with the ice. the bears are waiting for the bay to freeze, so that they can use it as a platform to hunt seals. but as the climate warms up here, the bears are having to wait for longer. so we�*ve lost almost about 50% of these polar bears

in the last several decades, and we�*ve tied that to these bears are on land about a month longer than their grandparents were. in the long term, this threatens the survival of this polar bear population, but in the short term, it means these bears are getting hungrier. the longer they're on shore, the longer they're fasting, and the longer they might need to start looking for alternative sources of energy and food. and sometimes, those sources are us. this poses a particular challenge for the team of polar bear alert rangers who patrol and protect churchill. i came down this trail, and i caught him up on this deck. | it was testing the door. what did you do? so, at that point, you chase| him in a desirable direction, which in this case would be away from town. _ this is a place that takes pride in setting an example for how humans can coexist with these big predators, and... 0h, should we go? there�*s a bear there! it�*s crossing the road. get in the car.

so you can just see it through the trees there. climate change is making the challenge of coexisting with polar bears even more complicated, and the loss of sea ice could transform this place. that�*s why a new marine observatory here is carrying out experiments to better forecast how conditions will change. today, hudson bay has about five months ice—free. that means if we warm up another degree celsius for the world overall, hudson bay's now six months ice—free. then another complication is, well, how fast does the world warm? and that depends on humans. so it depends on how many greenhouse gases we emit. this is a town preparing for a future without sea ice in the bay. the fate of the polar bears, of the polar bear capital of the world, though, depends on us and whether we can rein in rising temperatures and preserve the ice that they depend on. victoria gill, bbc news, in churchill, manitoba.

let�*s talk about life in another extreme environment. two astronauts who travelled to the international space station aboard boeing�*s troubled starliner six months ago are still there. nasa said today their return to earth will be pushed back even further, from february to march next year. astronauts butch wilmore and suni williams travelled to space aboard the starliner injune. that mission was only supposed to last about eight to ten days, but further issues with the starliner meant that return was aborted. and instead, they are waiting for a ride home aboard a dragon capsule, which space x say they still prepping ahead of the upcoming mission next year and finally — a space record has been broken the chinese space agency. beijing says two of its astronauts have broken the world record for the longest single spacewalk, spending a total of nine hours and six minutes working on the outside

the tian—gong space station. they installed space debris protection devices and inspected external equipment and facilities. the previous record for "extra—vehicular activity" was set at eight hours and 56 minutes in 2001 by nasa astronauts. the chinese are catching up, next leap is to the moon. hello. it�*s been a pretty blustery day across many parts of the uk. some more windy weather to come over the next few days. 0n the satellite picture, you can see one curl of cloud, one weather system sliding away, but another one hurtling in from the south—west, bringing some heavy rain, some more brisk winds. and then as that weather front clears through, well, we will continue to introduce some colder air from the north—west. so as we go through the rest of the evening, some quite windy weather for a time through english channel coasts on the southern flank of this weather system that�*s sliding away eastwards. staying windy through the night in the north of scotland,

and with that colder air digging in, we will start to see some wintry showers. particularly cold across the northern half of the uk, but even further south, not as mild as it was last night. and then into tomorrow, well, that weather system clears away. we are all into these cold north or north—westerly winds. brisk winds, gusts of a0 mph or more quite widely. one or two showers in these western and northern parts, some of those wintry over high ground. top temperatures of 5—9 degrees, but when we factor in the strength of the wind, it will feel a little colder than that. now, another change on friday. we see another frontal system pushing in from the west. a band of cloud, some outbreaks of rain pushing quite erratically southwards and eastwards. some slightly milder air tucked in with this weather system, for a little while at least, 10—11 degrees. and then into the start of the weekend, a deep area of low pressure approaches the north of scotland. you see all the isobars, all the white lines here, squeezing together. we are expecting some very windy weather indeed. the north and the west of scotland, the north coast

of northern ireland likely to see gales. gusts could reach 80 mph, so that could disrupt some pre—christmas travel plans. a real rash of showers, some wintry ones over high ground in the north. briefly a bit milder down towards the south, but on sunday, we�*re all back into the cold air. it�*s going to be very windy. widely gusts of 40, 50, 60 mph, lots of showers, some hail, some sleet, some snow mixing in over the hills. and, yes, it is going to feel quite cold out there. but then as we approach christmas, things should calm down. high pressure is likely to build. it is likely to turn largely dry by christmas day, and we�*re expecting things to feel very mild.

hello, i�*m christian fraser. you�*re watching the context on bbc news. what is very important, not divided, the same joint position of europe, how to secure ukraine, how to strengthen us. we have to do everything now to make sure that when it comes to air defence, when it comes to other weapon systems, that we make sure that we provide whatever we can. translation: in supporting ukraine, and precisely- because we support them i so strongly, we must always prevent an escalation - of the war between russia and nato.

yeah, plenty of news in respect of yeah, plenty of news in respect first, the latest bbc news. the united nations special envoy for syria has called for immediate humanitarian assistance and the rebuilding of the country. on a visit to damascus, geir pedersen said there was lots of hope in syria, but it needed a new constitution, followed by free and fair elections. 13 people have died after a crowded passenger ferry capsized off the indian coast near mumbai. almost 100 people have been rescued. the ferry was en route to elephanta island — a popular tourist site — when it was hit by a navy speedboat undergoing engine trials. the uk prime minister says taxpayers can�*t afford to pay billions of pounds in compensation to women affected by rises in the state pension age. sir keir starmer has been defending his decision after coming under pressure from his own mps.