on saturday. a win for forest can move them level with the gunners on points. wolves, down in 17th, above the relegation zone courtesy of their goal difference. 1-0, 1—0, though, to forest at the moment. newcastle manager eddie howe says he will wait to decide whether sven botman can start again on tuesday night against arsenal. the dutchman returned at the weekend after nine months out with a knee injury, replacing the suspended fabian schar, who will also miss the first leg of the carabao cup semifinal. it's not like he's been rushed back, but straight into action, did really well. really pleased with him. i think, regardless of how you train and what you do, the premier league is different to anything else. and you can't really prepare for that intensity that comes. but he handled it really well. arsenal have high ambitions for the league cup, a trophy their boss has targeted this season. the gunners have dropped points in the league and fallen off the pace in the title run in, with injuries to key

players in the team too. mikel arteta knows he's up against a team bang in form, though, and have won their last six games in all competitions. i'm very excited to play the game — i'm very excited to play the game in _ i'm very excited to play the game in front of our road, a semifinal, _ game in front of our road, a semifinal, opportunity to earn the right— semifinal, opportunity to earn the right to be in the final. and — the right to be in the final. and it _ the right to be in the final. and it starts tomorrow. it is two — and it starts tomorrow. it is two legs _ and it starts tomorrow. it is two legs. obviously it is going to be — two legs. obviously it is going to be two— two legs. obviously it is going to be two long games against a very competitive team that we know — very competitive team that we know that. the same as it is difficult _ know that. the same as it is difficult to play against us. the first grand slam of the year, the australian open, starts next sunday. novak djokovic says he still experiences "trauma" when he visits melbourne, three years after he was deported because of australia's covid—19 regulations. djokovic was not vaccinated against the virus and had his visa cancelled by the australian government. he was forced to stay at an immigration hotel forfive days while he unsuccessfully appealed against the decision and was eventually forced to leave the country, missing the 2022 australian open. speaking to local newspaper

the herald sun, djokovic said, he still worries about getting through passport control but does not hold a grudge. o nto onto cricket now. south africa got the job done quickly in the final session of the fourth day of the second test against pakistan to win the series 2—0. they needed to make just 58 runs for the victory. david bedingham — promoted up the orderfrom numberfive — smashing 44 off 30 balls in the ten—wicket win. victory in cape town was built on a huge first—innings total of 615 all out. south africa's victory ensures they head into june's world test championship final against australia, having topped the table for the two—year cycle. and england's women are in australia for the ashes. batter danni wyatt—hodge says the team are easing themselves into the tour, with a warm—up game this week before the one—day series starts at the weekend. we're going to take confidence from what happened in that ashes, but, yeah, we're starting a new ashes, obviously. it's in their conditions as well, so, yeah. we all know how good the aussies are.

they're a quality team, full of world—class players. but we're really looking forward to the big challenge ahead. and spare a thought for mark williams. the three—time world snooker champion required oxygen during the interval of a match at an exhibition event in tibet. it was the altitude which was the issue, as lhasa, where he was playing, is located nearly 12,000 feet above sea level. the welshman posted this picture on social media reassuring his followers, saying, "i'm fine, i'm not sick." there we go. still 1—0 to nottingham forest against wolves in the premier league, but that is all the sport for now, christian. gavin, thank you very much. sir keir starmer has accused elon musk of spreading "lies and misinformation" after another flurry of tweets in which the world's richest man attacked the prime minister over his record on grooming gangs. the prime minister was supposed to be addressing the waiting times in the national health service. but inevitably the press

conference was overshadowed by questions surrounding elon musk, who has called for starmer to be jailed and even questioned today whether the united states should "liberate" britain. musk has also targeted jess phillips, the safeguarding minister, who he labelled a "rape genocide apologist" for not supporting a national inquiry into child sexual exploitation in 0ldham. 0ur political editor chris mason reports. it will be the fastest to 100 mph... the world's richest man, elon musk, the billionaire entrepreneur. rockets, electric cars, tesla, and he owns the social media site x too. mr musk is a businessman with a growing drive for politics and a growing habit of claiming the british government, the prime minister, is incompetent. he accused keir starmer of being complicit in the rape of britain and that he should go. he called the home office ministerjess phillips

a "rape genocide apologist", and today, he conducted a survey on x about whether the people of america should liberate the people of britain from their tyrannical government. now, listen to the prime minister's indignance, his anger in defending his record as director of public prosecutions. he says he challenged those who ignored the victims. when i was chief prosecutor for five years, i tackled that head on, and when i left office, we had the highest number of child sexual abuse cases being prosecuted on record. and now, he says... so this government will get on with the job of protecting victims, but what i won't tolerate is this discussion and debate based on lies without calling it out. what i won't tolerate is politicians jumping on the bandwagon, simply to get attention, when those politicians sat in government for 1h long years.

tweeting, talking, but not doing anything about it, now so desperate for attention that they are amplifying what the far right is saying. at the heart of this row are victims — vulnerable, young, often white girls exploited, abused, sometimes raped by men predominantly of pakistani descent. but there is something else going on here too, a perception that there was never enough of a public reckoning for the horrific crimes committed, that, collectively, society underplayed the monstrosity of what happened. there have been, though, local inquiries and a national one too. campaigners tell me the government should make the changes already recommended. we've got those recommendations, we've got that blueprint, and the government now need to get on and do it. we cannot allow any more delays. i understand why people are asking for more inquiries,

because they are angry, and they want action and they want accountability, but it's already out there. the conservatives insist a public inquiry is necessary and are angry the prime minister accuse them of amplifying the far right. it is not far right to raise these issues. it is a matter of really important public concern. we owe it to the victims to get to the bottom of this, and i'm really disappointed and angered by what keir starmer tried to do this morning by smearing people who are raising these important issues. take over, elon! elon musk has provoked the first big political row of the year, and he has only just getting started. in a fortnight, donald trump will once again be america's president, and mr musk will be working for him. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. let's bring in sarah champion, labour mp for rotherham and chair of the international development select committee.

of course she played such a prominent role in investigation into the grooming gangs in her own constituency. thank you so much for being with us. there was an independent inquiry as chris says into child sexual abuse stopped and went on for seven years. there were tens of thousands of victims and survivors of child sexual abuse who were part of that inquiry, it cost nearly £200 million. it is —— its key recommendations was mandatory reporting meaning that failing to report abuse could in and of itself become a new criminal offence. what happened to those recommendations that the last conservative government were given? conservative government were civen? ., ., , ., given? unfortunately, nothing happened- _ given? unfortunately, nothing happened. and... _ given? unfortunately, nothing happened. and... why - given? unfortunately, nothing happened. and... why is - given? unfortunately, nothingj happened. and... why is chris philp saying. _ happened. and... why is chris philp saying, sounding - happened. and... why is chris philp saying, sounding so - philp saying, sounding so exasperated when he was part of the last government? fine exasperated when he was part of the last government?— the last government? one can only assume — the last government? one can only assume it _ the last government? one can only assume it is _ the last government? one can only assume it is because - the last government? one can only assume it is because he l only assume it is because he was an opposition now and is trying to make point of this. which i really find quite distasteful, because what we ought to be being angry about is the victims and survivors

who have been let down, who many still have not got justice, or even acknowledgement of what happened, and have not got the support, and we have got to be working together across party to make sure that happens. what to make sure that happens. what elections jay _ to make sure that happens. what elections jay said _ to make sure that happens. what elections jay said when _ to make sure that happens. what elections jay said when she reported, she said the inquiry found that there was a flawed assumption that child sexual exultation was on the wane, with councils and police forces denying the scale of the problem despite evidence to the contrary. so, really, the less government should have taken it is a priority because she says quite clearly it is not on the wayne. quite clearly it is not on the wa ne. ~ , ,., , quite clearly it is not on the wa ne. ~ , , quite clearly it is not on the wayne. absolutely, she is ri . ht, wayne. absolutely, she is right. and _ wayne. absolutely, she is right, and also _ wayne. absolutely, she is right, and also it - wayne. absolutely, she is right, and also it has - wayne. absolutely, she is. right, and also it has moved wayne. absolutely, she is- right, and also it has moved a lot to online, and that is really completely out of control at the moment. the police simply do not have the resources to be able to address the skill of the online grooming that is going on, but what is frustrating is that the government did have two years to act on these recommendations, it understood the importance of them, it understood the consequences of not, so i think now coming out in demanding a whole new inquiry after taxpayers have

spent £186 million on the one that we have had is incredibly thorough and had thousands and thousands of victims and survivors coming and explaining what had happened to them and what had happened to them and what needed to happen going forward, and put a lot of trust and faith in the government directly deliver on those recommendations, that's what we need to see together, going forward, together, not this blame game that seems to be happening. blame game that seems to be happening-— blame game that seems to be happening. you must feel that personally. — happening. you must feel that personally, because _ happening. you must feel that personally, because you - happening. you must feel that personally, because you are i happening. you must feel that personally, because you are a| personally, because you are a labour mp from you faced death threats, you were initially ignored, you're told you were racist but you campaigned tirelessly for investigations and change, and yet elon musk seems to be fixated on labour as if they brushed it under the carpet. it as if they brushed it under the caret. , ., , ., ., carpet. it is a surreal world that we are _ carpet. it is a surreal world that we are in _ carpet. it is a surreal world that we are in right - carpet. it is a surreal world that we are in right now. i l that we are in right now. i just reflect, if he was putting those making those comments rather than elon musk, with the response be exactly the same? what we need to do again is just look at the facts, look at what is the issue here, who is it that needs the support and

the frustration directed on? it is victims and survivors. this poor people have not got justice. we should be standing in solidarity with them rather than taking once out of each other, and the other thing i was signed re—audit these debates is, exactly the perpetrators that have treated the situation. every not doing more to stop the perpetrators? why are we not overseeing how we prevent this?— why are we not overseeing how we prevent this? report did not assess, alexis _ we prevent this? report did not assess, alexis jay's _ we prevent this? report did not assess, alexis jay's report - we prevent this? report did not assess, alexis jay's report of i assess, alexis jay's report of whether ethnicity was a factor. she said it was impossible to know because there had been a widespread failure to record the ethnicity of victims and perpetrators. you back in 2017, you quit the front bench because there was criticism of a newspaper article that you wrote in what you said britain has a problem with british pakistani men raping and exploiting white girls. you apologised for it at the time, for an extremely poor choice of words, but that is exactly how the reform mp lee anderson

refer to it in the comments today and... is he right? i in the comments today and... is he riuht? ., �* in the comments today and... is he riuht? .,�* , ., he right? i don't accept that at all. he right? i don't accept that at all- the _ he right? i don't accept that at all. the statement - he right? i don't accept that at all. the statement that i at all. the statement that yvette cooper did in the chamber a couple of hours ago is very clear, that there is a specific sort of grooming that is happening that is being perpetrated by british pakistani men, but this is an organised crime group. this is an identifier, their ethnicity, just as if they all went to the same golf club would be identifying. there are so many examples of child grooming groups going on. for simple, the church, i have to say, of the church, i have to say, of the bbc has got its own scandal in this area, so i think what we need to be doing is looking at how we prevent child abuse, full stop, and then we have to be specific about the pick of the models and how we address those particular models. it seems to me, the way that the

public have responded to this, that people don't feel there was enough of a public reckoning, that... i don't know how you describe that and how you define that, but chris mason, i heard earlier today saying that the report came out around the time the government, the liz truss government was imploding, and it seemed not to get the headlines when everybody was focusing on the little drama over here. do you think that's part of it, that people feel that it was brushed under the carpet or maybe the media did not give it enough prominence? i media did not give it enough prominence?— media did not give it enough rominence? “ �* , prominence? i think you're very riaht to prominence? i think you're very right to raise — prominence? i think you're very right to raise that. _ prominence? i think you're very right to raise that. i _ prominence? i think you're very right to raise that. i always - right to raise that. i always find when i talk to constituents and friends is they just want the lot to be able to act without fear or favour, and for us to have a fair society, and i think that people don't feel that there is fairness around this, because in the case of rather room, there were cases of survivors just trying to report what was happening and being ignored and turned away, and that really riles people up —— rotherham. again, in rotherham, we are

really fortunate because we have the national crime agency that are doing a specific investigation into the past crimes that happened, but still there are perpetrators that have not been brought to justice. that is a terrifying thought for me was up i mean, there are so many reasons why would you can avail programme on, but there are still proper —— perpetrators working our walking around rotherham another places... walking around rotherham another places. . ._ walking around rotherham another places... which is why we need the — another places... which is why we need the action. _ another places... which is why. we need the action. absolutely, and that is _ we need the action. absolutely, and that is what _ we need the action. absolutely, and that is what i _ we need the action. absolutely, and that is what i wish - we need the action. absolutely, and that is what i wish all- and that is what i wish all political parties could focus on the prevention and prosecution... on the prevention and prosecution. . .- on the prevention and prosecution... we certainly don't need _ prosecution... we certainly don't need a _ prosecution... we certainly don't need a long-runningl don't need a long—running inquiry, if we need action. it just needs to be done. that is plain the obvious to everyone. just finally, what do you do with a problem like elon musk? what i would say is, online crime, sorry, online child abuse specifically but online crime, is a massive issue, and elon musk is perfectly positioned to do some thing about that, so i would give him my full backing and i'm sure

this government would do if you want to put some of his resources behind addressing that, because he could be the perfect person to do it to. sarah champion, thank you for coming on the programme. we'll take a short break. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

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