and it's that moment you've been waiting for all year — stay tuned as the hugely—anticipated uk christmas number one is about to be announced. now with all the latest sport, here's lizzie. hello from the bbc sport centre. thanks we're starting with rugby union — and the wales head coach, warren gatland, who will continue in his role for the six nations, despite the wru admitting hisjob had been on the line. gatland's most recent stint has produced statistically the worst wales side in their international rugby history, slumping to a record 12 successive test defeats. his contract currently runs until the 2027 world cup. wales�* six nations campaign starts on 31 january. meanwhile — sir bill beaumont has been put in interim chair of england's rugby football union. the appointment follows tom ilube's resignation as chair this morning,

which was in response to growing unrest with the sport's grassroots regarding rfu executive bonuses. beaumont will hold the fort while they recruit a permanent reaplcement. the countdown is on for the much—anticipated heavyweight boxing rematch between britain's tyson fury and olegsandr usyk. the weigh—in gets under way ishortly in riyadh. yesterday's press conference included perhaps the longest face—off in the sport's history, in which neitherfighter would back down, it lasted over 11 minutes. in their first match in march, usyk defeated fury by split decision — and that's what the former world champion lennox lewis believes will be the main motivating factor for fury this time round. psychologically for tyson fury, he doesn't want to happen —— that to happen again. so mentally, he'll say, "this won't happen to me again, i'll make sure that i'm fully prepared to make her ready for this guy, and he can't beat me, i'm

stronger and faster." this is the stuff you should be telling himself. —— to make sure i'm ready for this quy- onto football — and manchester city's injury problems continue with the news today that ruben dias is out. the defender will miss 3—4 weeks with a muscle problem he picked up during suday�*s derby defeat to manchester united. city play at aston villa tomorrow with pep guardiola desperate for a change in fortunes after the worst run of his managerial career. of course, you have to try to get in and do it again. and sooner or later, we will turn around. so i don't know when, because some problem we've had in the squad have been there for a long time. we have to continue, it's what we have to do. meanwhile — southampton are expected to appoint ivanjuric as their new manager. it follows the sacking of russell martin, with the club currently bottom of the premier league and nine points from safety. juric, who's from croatia was only sacked by roma last month afterjust 12 games. he's never managed outside of italy,

but had an impresssive three—year spell in charge of torino. he's unlikely to be in post in time for this weekend's match against fulham. dele alli has cut his ties with everton and said "2025 may set me on a new path with some exciting opportunities". the former england midfielder has been out of contract at everton since the summer but has continued to train with the club. delle ali watched como's win against roma last weeked with head caoch cesc fabregas saying he could train with the italian side. finally, luca brecel is through to the final of the riyadh snooker championship. last year's runner up beat mark williams 11—2 in the semi final. and for a second successive year, brecel could face ronnie o'sullivan in the final. the defending champion is up against mark allen in theirsemi final — and leads 1—0. the first to four will book their place in the final.

and that's all the sport for now. we are hearing from an ambassador earlier in the programme, let me bring you more reaction that's come in the last few minutes, this time from donald trump ultimate co—campaign manager. let me read you what he's been saying, because he's responding to this news of the uk government's pick. he wrote that this uk government is special. "replace a universally respected ambassador with an absolute moron." he ends the post with saying, "said! " he's a republican strategist who co—ran as donald trump's successful campaign for the presidency this year, so a less than helpful post

from him, as i say, describing lord mandelson as an absolute moron who should stay at home. an interesting first response from across the pond. tonight marks the beginning of the busiest travel weekend of the year in the uk. the rac projects that 1a million drivers will hit the road, with millions of people also travelling by rail, air, and ferry. let's speak to our reporter frances read — who's perfectly positioned to monitor the getaway for us. give us the latest. it's moving on them 25 at _ give us the latest. it's moving on them 25 at the _ give us the latest. it's moving on them 25 at the moment, but - them 25 at the moment, but unsurprisingly today is supposed to be one of the busiest days of the christmas holidays —— m 25. people broke up from school and work today, so they are visiting friends and family around the country. the aa hasissued family around the country. the aa has issued an amber warning traffic all weekend. as you said, today is

expected to be the busiest of millions ofjourneys planned by the end of the night. we are also being given some advice as well — some of it pretty common sense, but they are telling us to stagger travel times, particularly if you're travelling tomorrow, to set off early tomorrow because from 1pm onwards to the evening, ill get sticky on the roads, the aaa are saying —— it'll get sticky. it's breakdowns that cause a lot of tailbacks, pack food and warm clothes just in case and make sure there is someplace you can get to it because there's nothing worse than being stuck in the car in a trafficjam far away from an exit when you actually need something. so some common sense advice there — but of course, not to go too fast as well because a lot of accidents are caused in the wet weather, it's raining with traffic on the road, you won't get there any quicker. so they say just to slow it down so

you won't get there any quicker. so they sayjust to slow it down so we don't get any major tailbacks from unnecessary accidents as well. but this weather is expected to be where really all through this weekend and the christmas week on and off. the met office has issued this yellow weather warning, affecting many parts of the country — northern ireland, parts of scotland, northern wales in northwest england as well — making it that much more difficult for driving conditions over this week. . , . , week. thanks very much, hopefully the traffic will _ week. thanks very much, hopefully the traffic will continue _ week. thanks very much, hopefully the traffic will continue to - week. thanks very much, hopefully the traffic will continue to keep - the traffic will continue to keep moving. it's that time of the year — when the hugely anticipated christmas number one — is announced. the full top a0 christmas countdown — is going on now on radio one and and we will bring you the winner shortly. there's the countdown clock — we're just a few minutes away. we'll talk in a moment to the bbc�*s music correspondent mark savage — first though — here are some of the contenders. # last christmas, i gave you my heart # but the very next day you gave it away # this year,

to save me from tears # i'll give it to someone special... # i just want you for my own # more than you could ever know # make my wish come true # all i want for christmas is you... # make a big christmas wish list sock i see the snow, nobody's home sock i see the snow, nobody's home sock say _ sock i see the snow, nobody's home sock say it _ sock i see the snow, nobody's home sock say it ain't true... with me is the bbc�*s music correspondent mark savage. you know the result? it was announced _ you know the result? it was announced on _ you know the result? it was announced on radio - you know the result? it was announced on radio one - you know the result? it was announced on radio one a i you know the result? it was - announced on radio one a minute you know the result? it was _ announced on radio one a minute ago, for the second year in row, william's last christmas is the uk christmas number one. it was streamed 12.5 million times over the

last seven days and took a lead over everything else. it last seven days and took a lead over everything else-— everything else. it was the favourite? _ everything else. it was the favourite? it _ everything else. it was the favourite? it was - everything else. it was the favourite? it was a - everything else. it was the i favourite? it was a favourite, listening to heartbreak ballads - i'm guessin— everything else. it was the - favourite? it was a favourite, it's 40 ears favourite? it was a favourite, it's 40 years since — favourite? it was a favourite, it's 40 years since it _ listening to heartbreak ballads - i'm guessin favourite? it was a favourite, it's 40 ears favourite? it was a favourite, it's 40 years since — favourite? it was a favourite, it's 40 years since it _ favourite? it was a favourite, it's 40 years since it first _ favourite? it was a favourite, it's 40 years since it first came - favourite? it was a favourite, it's 40 years since it first came out, | 40 years since it first came out, they were celebrating the favourite? it was a favourite, it's 40 years since it first _ favourite? it was a favourite, it's 40 years since it first came - favourite? it was a favourite, it's 40 years since it first came out, | 40 years since it first came out, they were celebrating the anniversary this year with a big anniversary this year with a big documentary on bbc to which you can documentary on bbc to which you can catch on iplayer, and they put out catch on iplayer, and they put out and not dust a lot of vinyl and cds, and not dust a lot of vinyl and cds, including vinyl physical copies of including vinyl physical copies of songs count more towards the songs count more towards the numbers, so they are counted more numbers, so they are counted more heavily wade. mas heavily wade. mas numbers, so they are counted more numbers, so they are counted more heavily wade-— heavily wade. was ad'usted absolutelyfi heavily wade. was adjusted absolutely straightforward l heavily wade. was adjusted - heavily wade-— heavily wade. was ad'usted armament heavily wade. was adjusted absolutely straightforward l heavily wade. was adjusted - absolutely straightforward victory, or was it close? it absolutely straightforward victory, or was it close? it absolutely straightforward victory, or was it close?— absolutely straightforward victory, absolutely straightforward victory, or was it close?— absolutely straightforward victory, or was it close? it was close, there or was it close? it was close, there were only — were only — or was it close? it was close, there or was it close? it was close, there were only three — or was it close? it was close, there were only three million _ or was it close? it was close, there were only three — or was it close? it was close, there were only three million _ or was it close? it was close, there were only three million copies - were only three million copies - were only three million copies separating wham and mariah carey. were only three million copies separating wham and mariah carey. through the course of the week, through the course of the week, gracie abrams leapt ahead with gracie abrams leapt ahead with streams in her song, she ended up as streams in her song, she ended up as number two, so bucking the trend of number two, so bucking the trend of people streaming christmas songs and people streaming christmas songs and

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christmas everybody at same time as wizard's i wish it could be christmas everyday. for the last 50 years, it's been a big fixture of the christmas music scene. i was lookin: the christmas music scene. i was looking through _ the christmas music scene. i was looking through it _ the christmas music scene. i was looking through it earlier, - the christmas music scene. i was looking through it earlier, you . the christmas music scene. i was looking through it earlier, you had things like the pokes, which are always in the top 10—15. the things like the pokes, which are always in the top 10-15. the pogues came in number— always in the top 10-15. the pogues came in number ten, _ always in the top 10-15. the pogues came in number ten, you _ always in the top 10-15. the pogues came in number ten, you are - always in the top 10-15. the pogues came in number ten, you are right, j came in number ten, you are right, fairytale of new york, ariana grande's santa tell me, jingle bell rock, rocking around the christmas tree. people really do keep coming back to those classics they love, you go to the playlist at christmas and you don't want to hear something you don't recognise, you want a song that encapsulates christmas, the nostalgia of being with their family and opening presents under the tree. you talked about that bbc documentary, it is well worth a watch for anyone who's not seen the documentary about wham and that

single. it's fascinating, there are so many amazing stories but the one i loved was the story about george michael — she loved christmas because apparently he could go out in disguise and sing christmas carols and nobody knew. he was reall in carols and nobody knew. he was really in love _ carols and nobody knew. he was really in love with _ carols and nobody knew. he was really in love with christmas, . carols and nobody knew. he was really in love with christmas, a i really in love with christmas, a really in love with christmas, a real tragedy that he died on christmas day seven years ago. but he gave the world that christmas song, and i think people forget that the proceeds from last christmas originally went to band—aid, because it came out in the same year, 1984, and it continues to go to a charity this day. so he would be encapsulating the restless spirit by getting it for the second year in a row. ~., ~' getting it for the second year in a row, �*., " ., getting it for the second year in a row. ~ ., ., , ., row. mark, thanks for guiding us all throu~h row. mark, thanks for guiding us all through what _ row. mark, thanks for guiding us all through what we've _ row. mark, thanks for guiding us all through what we've been _ row. mark, thanks for guiding us all through what we've been seeing - through what we've been seeing transpire there on radio one. thanks for being with us. king charles has been visiting local communities in east london when he was asked this question. your majesty, how are you? still

your ma'esty, how are you? still life, your majesty, how are you? still life, thank _ your majesty, how are you? still life, thank you. _ your majesty, how are you? still life, thank you. laughter - life, thank you. laughter -- still alive. _ the king was attending a community event in walthahstow where he met several faith leaders alongside queen camilla. the area was one of hundreds that was earmarked for protests during the height of the riots that hit the uk during the summer. migrants from vietnam now make up the fourth largest group of people crossing the channel in small boats to come to the uk, with many finding work illegally in places like nail bars. despite a national crackdown, including raids on suspected businesses, many manage to evade being detected by authorities. divya talwar has more. mid—morning, south wales. immigration enforcement teams are visiting workplaces where they suspect people are working illegally. you were working when i came in, you were working on this lady's feet? on the basis of what you're telling me at the moment, i'm arresting you. can you explain to her that i'm arresting her?

so there was a woman working in the shop. she was wearing a pink tracksuit. she saw the the officers and she ran out the back of the shop. and i think the officers have gone, you can see one of them running to try and track her down at the back. have you got some identification on yourself? 0h, in my house. 0k~ _ yeah, at the lights by the train station at the moment. are you in position? the government says it's ramped up visits on premises like nail bars, barber shops and restaurants, arresting over 2000 people since july. if an employer hires an illegal worker now, they can get fined £45,000 for, you know, for every illegal worker. and if they offend again subsequently, it could be £60,000. it sends a message out that, you know, that you shouldn't be coming here to work illegally. you know, people still do and we'll keep going out and trying to catch them. despite a national crackdown, we found many are still working underground and hiding from authorities. the number of people arriving in the uk by small boats exceeds 30,000 this year, with vietnamese nationals being one of the largest groups making the perilous journey.

i met this young vietnamese man who paid thousands to smugglers to come to the uk, and has been working under the radar since. we've agreed to hide his identity in return forfinding out more about his criminal activity. when he first arrived, he worked in a cannabis farm. i was not allowed to leave. after he was robbed, he moved to working in nail bars, trying to pay off smuggling debts. but he says there's stiff competition forjobs and work's dried up because he doesn't have the right skills. can you understand why people listening to your story may not be very sympathetic? you came to the uk illegally, carried out dangerous and criminal

work while you were here. she currently has no permission to work in the uk. as immigration raids take place nationally, we find many businesses are on high alert. posts on vietnamese facebook groups warn businesses about the raids. others offer services to keep a lookout for officers, and there are still hundreds of posts from people here illegally looking for nail barjobs. posing as a vietnamese skilled nail technician in the uk without a visa, a team member called a dozen nail bars to see if they'd give her a job. i got thejob. this shop, she asked me when they can come. so she wasn't deterred that you didn't have papers. within an hour, she'd been offered work at two nail bars. clearly, the risk of huge

fines isn't a deterrent to some employers in need of cheap, skilled workers. for those working underground, life in the uk is very different from what the smugglers promised them. this man's been sofa surfing around the country for the last few months with just a few belongings. i am in a difficult situation. jobless, no place to stay. he now plans on returning home to vietnam, while many others are continuing to make the opposite journey. divya talwar, bbc news. a bbc investigation reveals that myanmar�*s military have lost control of large parts of the country. they now only fully control less than a quarter of the country, nearly four years after seizing power in a coup. a patchwork of resistance groups and ethnic armies fully control over more than 40% and the rest is mostly contested. rebecca henschke reports.

when the myanmar military seized power in a coup. it sparked mass demonstrations that turned into an armed pro—democracy uprising. now, nearly four years on, we set out to find outjust how much of myanmar�*s territory the military now controls. myanmar is about three times the size of the uk — it borders countries including india, china, and thailand. to work out who is now in control and where, the bbc commissioned researchers to contact people across the country. it was a huge data—gathering exercise, examining the power balance in more than 14,000 village groups. we looked at who's in charge of public services, things like the courts, police stations, and healthcare, and how freely the military could operate. and this is what our data investigation reveals. the military now only has full control of these dark green areas. the pink areas is the territory

where the military hasn't been able to operate in for more than three months. these areas are now controlled by a patchwork of resistance forces and ethnic armies. and the light green areas remain contested. when we zoom into the centre of the country, in the so—called heartland or dry zone, once a military stronghold, we can see how hotly contested it is. our data shows that the military now only has full control of less than a quarter of the territory, 21%. and between them, these resistance forces and armed ethnic groups now control more than 40% of the land. so who are these groups? they're a patchwork of resistance groups, including a network of civilian militia units known as the people's defence forces,

and established ethnic armed groups who have been fighting the military for decades for greater autonomy. they have a common goal of overthrowing the military. the military still controls the major cities, though. when we looked at the urban parts of the country, you can see the military still controls almost two thirds of that, but it has lost significant territory over the last year. the once—formidable myanmar military is now on the back foot. for the bank's failure. the parliamentary report showed the bank lost $37 billion in the 12 years leading up to its collapse, while bank bosses were paid more than 44 billion in bonuses in the same period. the report found no evidence of misconduct by switzerland's

financial regulator, but said it did not have the powers to intervene quick enough. now the world—famous madame tussauds in london has unveiled what it says it one of its most technically ambitious displays to date. take a look. it's of sir eltonjohn — devying gravity, performing a mid—air keyboard handstand on a bejewelled baby grand piano. the tourist attraction says the figure — portraying the star at wembley stadium in 1975 — is wearing a replica of the blue jumpsuit he wore for the gig. the piano is covered in 24,000 rhinestones. elton is on display alongside beyonce and freddie mercury. tyson fury and ukraine's oleksandr usyk have weighed in ahead of their saturday night clash in saudi arabia. this is of course is the second time they are fighting.

this is after that extraordinary news conference. i asked tom gray who's the deputy editor at sporting news whether it was the usual hype or whether there was real beef between the two. it's real, but i think what happened after they've reached maybe the two—minute mark, it becomes a battle of ego and no—one wants to look away and lose any psychological points. but ultimately, none of that will be remembered once the drama coalesces in the ring, that's when it counts. that first fight, you were there ringside — how close was it? very close. on the night, i had 7—5 to usyk, plus a knockdown. i re—watched it when i got home, and i had it 6—6 with a knockdown to usyk, ultimately giving him the victory. he won by split decision, it was extremely close. we knew going in, it was the two best heavyweights in the world, it should be close. and i think we're looking

at the same thing again. i'm still looking at the face — there they are — absolutely extraordinary in the fact that there is not much movement, absolute eyeball to eyeball as they stare each other out. in terms of the condition of the two fighters, oleksandar usyk admitted he hates training but loves boxing — and tyson fury said he hasn't spoken to his wife for three months whilst he's been in the boxing camp. what sort of shape are they both in? haste sort of shape are they both in? we saw in sort of shape are they both in? - saw in the first fight, tyson fury did well in the first half, usyk won the second half. i would give the overall conditioning to usyk. perhaps that explains why tyson fury himself is promising a knockout — that's perhaps what he needs, in terms of your previous description. how do you think this actually goes? honestly i don't know. yesterday, i

was tyson fury — today i'm oleksandr usyk — tomorrow will probably be a draw. that's with all the marbles at stake, it's the heavyweight championship of the world, it's the biggest prize in sport, you should be torn. if one guy will be a runaway with winner, that sucks the trauma out of it. today it's usyk, tomorrow could be a different story. when you make of the fight actually being in saudi arabia? we seen all the controversy about sports washing, golf, football, now this? the best possible flights are being put on in saudi arabia at the moment. it's good for boxing right now, and ultimately without saudi arabia's involvement, we wouldn't of seen the first fight, never mind the second. so that's the upside. filliflk second. so that's the upside. quick finalthought _ second. so that's the upside. quick final thought - _ second. so that's the upside. quick final thought - do _ second. so that's the upside. quick final thought - do you _ second. so that's the upside. quick final thought - do you think- second. so that's the upside. quick final thought — do you think this is the final bout between these two, whoever wins?— the final bout between these two, whoever wins? ., , ,., , , whoever wins? know, if tyson fury is to win the fight. _ whoever wins? know, if tyson fury is to win the fight, then _ whoever wins? know, if tyson fury is

to win the fight, then the _ whoever wins? know, if tyson fury is to win the fight, then the rumours i to win the fight, then the rumours i'm hearing is the pair will engage in a trilogy, happening sometime in 2025. only two minutes of that face—off, 11 in total. see you next time, bye—bye. hello there. i'm sure lots of people will still be travelling over the weekend. the weather won't be quite so kind — the biggest issues are likely to be because of the strength of the wind. it will be windy for all of us, it will turn colder, and the showers that are pushing in will turn wintry, as well, by sunday. lots of fast—moving weather coming in from the atlantic — this cloud will bring some rain in from the west overnight. this was the cloud that brought the rain today — that's clearing very quickly — and some clearer skies and quieter weather for a while, but it's a brief respite, because more cloud and rain comes in from the northwest, from that cloud in the atlantic. and the winds will start to pick up by the morning, the first signs of some stronger winds to come. it won't be as cold as it was last night, though, for eastern parts of england —

temperatures down as low as 6—7 celsius. windy weather, though, tomorrow, particularly across the northern half of the uk, gusts of 50—60mph — could be close to 80mph in the far north of scotland. and it will be windy everywhere. the rain from overnight not really amounting to very much by morning, pushing down into southern england, followed by some sunshine. lots of showers, though, streaming in through the day in northern ireland, scotland, and perhaps northern england — it's here we've got the strongest of the winds. and it will get a bit colder for these areas, as well, through the afternoon — temperatures perhaps 7—8 celsius, still making double figures further south, where it's not quite as windy. but it will be turning colderfor all of us — we're drawing in some polar maritime air. west—to—northwesterly winds around the area of low pressure, that's still sitting to the north east of the uk, and feeding in a lot of showers for the second half of the weekend, more widespread showers, too. and more widespread stronger winds — it may well be a windy day for the southern half of the uk for many of us, winds gusting

50—60mph, especially where we see these showers streaming in. and those will be heavy and perhaps with some hail and thunder, some wintriness over the hills, particularly across scotland, where we're seeing frequent showers. should be some sunshine elsewhere outside of those showers, but it'll still be a windy day. it'll going to feel colder, as well, temperatures at sixes and sevens. that cold and windy weather won't last, though, because, as we head towards christmas, we'll find lighter winds, we'll find temperatures climbing. it may well be quite cloudy, but there is some drier, quieter weather on the way.

at manchester airport. it happened before an officer was filmed stamping on a suspect�*s head injuly. no police officers are facing charges. an honour to serve, says lord mandelson, as he's confirmed as the uk's next ambassador to the united states. but how has his appointment been received? more than £1.5 billion to fix england's potholes. oleksandr usyk and tyson fury�*s 11—minute face off ahead of tomorrow's big fight in saudi arabia. and tears as radio 2's breakfast queen zoe ball bows out.

and coming up on bbc news... the weigh—in ahead of the re—match between olexsandr usyk and tyson fury is getting underway. the fight in riyadh is tomorrow, between arguably the two best heavyweights in the world. night life? a special christmas programme coming up at 6.30. good evening. two men have been charged over a fight with police at manchester airport injuly, which happened before an officer was filmed stamping on a suspect�*s head. brothers mohammed amaaz, who's 20, and muhammed amaad, who's 25, were charged with assaulting police officers. they'll appear at liverpool magistrates�* court injanuary. alison freeman has the story. got him on the floor. stop being aggressive. these were the images that sparked anger back injuly. a man apparently being assaulted by a police officer as he lay on the ground at manchester airport.

but days later, footage of what happened in