the militant group palestinian islamichhad have told the bbc they have agreed to free the israeli civilian hostage on friday in exchange for 30 palestinian hostages. it could pave the way for israel to allow tens of thousands of palestinians to return to their homes in northern gaza. president trump said he would like to see a million and the hive of gaza's residents taken in by other nations including jordan and egypt. lebanon accuses the israeli army firing at present is trying to return to their homes in the country's south. officials say at least 22 people have been killed and over 100 wounded. polls have closed in belarus and election branded by the eu as a sham. now i'm bbc news, it is sportsday.

time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm gavin ramjaun. four defeats in a row now for tottenham, as the pressure piles on manager ange postocoglou once more, following their loss to leicester. chelsea unveiled their record signing, and come away with a vital win over their wsl rivals arsenal. in a record crowd at stamford bridge. and records for jannik sinner too. as the italian retains his australian open title in melbourne. also coming up on sportsday: wins for the top teams in rugby's premiership, as bath keep their advantage over rivals bristol.

hello there and welcome along to the programme, both tottenham and leicester would have done anything for a win today, two of the premier league's poorest teams on form. and for spurs boss ange postocoglou, the questions continue to mount for him and his side, who were beaten 2—1 in north london. the win for leicester taking them out of the relegation zone. it's been a dreadful start to the year, in the league, for spurs, they haven't won for seven games now, and after defeat today, they remain 15th, and just eight points above the drop zone. richarlison gave them the, only for two goals in quick second half succession, first from jamie vardy, then bilal el—khannous, put leicester in front. and that was how it stayed, ruud van nistelrooy�*s team surviving the late attempts to get an equaliser, to hang on for a much needed win. the victory arrests a run of seven straight defeats. there is of course and a celebration in the dressing room altogether with players and all staff, everybody involved. we were really looking for this moment and it

took a long time. so now, we can enjoy this. for a day or two. and then it is back to work because, i said at the beginning, since my arrival, it is going to go right till the end. it is going to go right till the end for us and let's prepare and takes a momentum of this when. the prepare and takes a momentum of this when. , , ,., , prepare and takes a momentum of this when. , , ., this when. the supporters are fumin: this when. the supporters are fuming it _ this when. the supporters are fuming it has _ this when. the supporters are fuming it has well _ this when. the supporters are fuming it has well and - fuming it has well and commedia, it is not an atmosphere where, you know, it is easy— atmosphere where, you know, it is easy at— atmosphere where, you know, it is easy at the moment. and kind of one _ is easy at the moment. and kind of one follows the other. we need — of one follows the other. we need to _ of one follows the other. we need to break through that and try to _ need to break through that and try to give them something to sort _ try to give them something to sort of— try to give them something to sort of get behind the team before _ sort of get behind the team before and create the atmosphere we had. it wasn't that_ atmosphere we had. it wasn't that long _ atmosphere we had. it wasn't that long ago... and it was a great — that long ago... and it was a great night. you just got to keep— great night. you just got to keep these things in context. you just got to keep these things in context. brentford won an away match for only the second time in the premier league this season, a 2—1victory at london rivals crystal palace. it moved brentford up to 11th in the table. the match also featured

a rather interesting celebration technique from their foward yoane wissa as adam cottier reports. in the rain in south—east london, brentford were facing a crystal palace side that had lost only one of their previous 11 premier league games. it is an upturn in form that believes any relegation fears but in this match they found it hard to make a breakthrough with a deflected free kick striking the post. that before a second break differ brentford, given a penalty after a defender brought down nathan collins. the post was struck. a chance missed, or so brentford thoughtful what about we take was ordered after an illegal encroachment into the area. keep your eyes on the foreground for the retake. brentford curiously, mysteriously celebrating before the goal. the only other way when the season was at southampton earlier this month. the same scorer there and here.

brentford took a 2—0 lead. alice quickly pulled a goal back with one player making his debut after transferring from millwall. brentford saw out a welcome win in the derby. i think we had state. in the end, it was... i thought we defended very well. we didn't give a lot away against a very tricky and good fund three. so, you know, a solid, solid, good away performance.— a solid, solid, good away erformance. ~ ., , ., , performance. when that penalty aet performance. when that penalty get decided _ performance. when that penalty get decided that _ performance. when that penalty get decided that it _ performance. when that penalty get decided that it has _ performance. when that penalty get decided that it has got - performance. when that penalty get decided that it has got to - get decided that it has got to be taken again are you thinking brain— be taken again are you thinking brain should give the ball to someone else i would you want him to— someone else i would you want him to take that penalty again? at the _ him to take that penalty again? at the mag i want him to take it again — at the mag i want him to take it again. 100% record before this — it again. 100% record before this. �* it again. 10096 record before this. �* ~ ., ., this. and i think at that situation _ this. and i think at that situation it _ this. and i think at that situation it is _ this. and i think at that situation it is all -

this. and i think at that situation it is all about | situation it is all about trust. trust your processes and your strategy, and he did. aston villa have missed the chance to move to within two points of the champions league places after being held to a 1—1 draw at home to west ham. villa took the lead in the first half with a well taken goal from jacob ramsey. but the home side lost defender tyrone mings to injury and west ham hit back after the break, equalising as emerson headed in edson alvarez�*s cross. villa are eighth, while west ham sit 13th. so confirmation then of those results, with a huge win for leicester, and brentford's victory too. that result too between villa and west ham. and in the next half hour, a rare late game on a sunday. it sees manchester united travel to fulham, hoping to turn their season in the league around. in the scottish premiership, second placed rangers recovered from an early scare to beat dundee united 3—1 in a pulsating match. they reduced the gap to leaders celtic to ten points, the champions have a game in hand though after their match against dundee yesterday was cancelled due to the weather. nick parrott reports.

rangers have struggled on their travels this season. they arrived with just three league wins on the road. when sam became the top scorer this seasonit became the top scorer this season it did look that things would improve. despite dominating possession, rangers could not capitalise on it until this. there could have been more goals but both goalkeepers kept the score down. by accident, and design. early in the second have rangers showed an attacking talent. the man should have ended on a high for the visitors. this completed the scoring late on but the drama did not end there. the referee failed one player swung his arm deliberately towards another�*s face and sent him off for violent conflict. the manager said the decision was incredible and the club will appeal.

incredible and the club will appeal. chelsea's grip on the women's super league tightened further with a victory over rivals arsenal earlier. the defeat for the gunners, the first under renee slegers, but the day really was all about the champions, who introduced their new world record signing to the fans at stamford bridge today. natalie pirks reports. the derby began with a statement of intent. world—record signing pervaded in chelsea blue. even without her, chelsea looked unstoppable this season and a positive start had arsenal flapping. but in less than ideal conditions, momentum would swing arsenal's way. in front of a record crowd, for a wsl game, arsenal were enjoying the better chances. still, the net would not bulge for them. and with the clock ticking, lauren james and herfirst the clock ticking, laurenjames and herfirst league the clock ticking, laurenjames and her first league appearance since october was about to make them pay. things got worse for arsenal. katie mckay's grumbles

errant are a red card before the keeper went sprawling in the keeper went sprawling in the wrong direction. a chasm in points now separate the two sides. a sixth consecutive title is a chelsea's to those. a sixth consecutive title is a chelsea's to those. the win then for chelsea saw them go nine points clear of manchester city, with arsenal now a distant ten points off the pace. the chelsea boss, unbeaten in the league this season, knows how valuable the points were today. we started well in the game. the first 15 minutes after we dropped a little bit our intensity. and, yeah, we, i think, believe that, till the end, it was possible. so i think mentally it is a big thing to have to believe until the end that we can score a goal. and, yeah, it is a great, great win for us. we goal. and, yeah, it is a great, great win for us.— goal. and, yeah, it is a great, great win for us. we knew they were going _ great win for us. we knew they were going to _ great win for us. we knew they were going to come _ great win for us. we knew they were going to come out - great win for us. we knew they were going to come out strong| were going to come out strong here _ were going to come out strong here at— were going to come out strong here at stamford bridge, chelsea. and we were prepared for having —

chelsea. and we were prepared for having to deal with a lot within— for having to deal with a lot within the first ten or 15 minutes and i think we did weii~ — minutes and i think we did weii~ we _ minutes and i think we did well. we got through it and then— well. we got through it and then we _ well. we got through it and then we grew into the game and ithink— then we grew into the game and i think we — then we grew into the game and i think we do a lot of things quite — i think we do a lot of things quite well to day. we want to be quite well to day. we want to he more _ quite well to day. we want to be more clinical with our finishing in the final third but. _ finishing in the final third but, yeah, overall, very tight game, — but, yeah, overall, very tight game, small margins. it's exciting times at chelsea, with another huge global star of the gamejoining the ranks. naomi girma signed for them this week in a women's world record transfer of 900,000 pounds, on a four year deal from the san diego wave. girma had said it was an easy choice to make, and is keen to get going in the wsl. there atmosphere is incredible. i've been you know, chelsea does have that winning mentality and i think ijust really wanted to be a part of that group with the players and the staff at what the club stands for. i think it is amazing. there are so many players in this team that have so much experience and a lot of young players are amazing as well so i am really excited to be in the group and learning, growing and just getting better

here. growing and just getting better here. in today's other matches, tottenham won away at bottom side crystal palace. a big win for leicester, the second from bottom side beat liverpool. west ham beat everton. with manchester united taking on brighton in the late game. united can jump above arsenal and manchester city, and go second with a victory. glasgow city's lead at the top of the scottish women's premier league has been cut to just two points after they lost 3—1 at hibernian. kathleen mcgovern struck twice in the first half at meadowbank stadium sandwiching a goalfrom eilidh adams to give the hosts a 3—1 lead at the interval. that proved enough to win the match to keep them level on points with second placed rangers, who beat spartans. elsewhere there were wins for aberdeen, motherwell and partick thistle. celtic host hearts at quarter to eight this evening. jannik sinner�*s once again the toast of melbourne — after defending his australian open crown against alex zverev. the top seed against the second placed player though, a bit of a mismatch on the day, such was sinner�*s dominance,

to lift his third grand slam title overall. joe lynsky reports. for the last 12 months, he has blocked out the noise. last march, he tested positive for low levels of a banned substance, he was cleared of any blame, but the case has been appealed. 0n the courts, jannik sinnerfinds ways been appealed. 0n the courts, jannik sinner finds ways to get on top. his opponent here in his third final saw crucial points fall out of reach. the world number two faced a yellow brick world. jannik sinner�*s mindset was forging the mindset of northern italy. at 23 years old, he has reached another summit. he is the first man from his country to win three grand slam titles. but after this year, it comes with tough questions. this year, it comes with tough questions—

questions. what happened happened. _ questions. what happened happened, and _ questions. what happened happened, and i— questions. what happened happened, and i keep - questions. what happened i happened, and i keep playing like this because i have a clear mind on what happened. if i know, they would be guilty, i would not play like this. and that's it. i want to enjoy this moment, to be honest.- that's it. i want to enjoy this moment, to be honest. part of the story _ moment, to be honest. part of the story remained _ the story remained controversial but on the court, jannik sinner could find a long time at the top. a superb performance from him today. a superb performance from him today. bath put their disappointing european champions cup exit behind them as they beat sale to preserve their lead at the top of rugby union's premiership. they trailed 16—5 at the sharks but ruaridh mcconnochie's second, then max 0jomah barging his way over put bath ahead. tom carr—smith then chased down a clearance from inside his own 22 to put the game beyond sale. combined with 12 points from the boot of finn russell, the bonus point 32—23 win keeps last season's beaten finallists in top spot if it was tries you were after, ashton gate was the place. 13 in total.

newcastle scored five in defeat. they fought their way back from 1a points down, to reduce the deficit to just three against bristol. but the bears ran in four tries in the final ten minutes to win by 53 points to 35. and this is what it's all done to the premiership table then, ahead of the near two month break for the six nations. as you were at the top, with bath six points clear of their west country rivals in bristol. exeter�*s win over saracens yesterday means newcastle are now cut adrift at the bottom. sale's defeat, coupled with quins win over northampton on friday, sees them slip to seventh. the top eight will qualify for next season's champions cup two games in the united rugby championship today. the first saw glasgow warriors earn a nervy victory over in—form connaught to stay second in the table. the game was moved from friday night due to storm eowyn and it was the home side who breezed into 12 point lead by the interval. argentina winger sebastian cancilliere's second of the afternoon just before the hour mark proved decisive

as the warriors held off a late connaught comeback to hold on for a 22—19 victory. ulster currently lead/trail parma. british olympic sprinter, jeremiah azu, says he's excited about returning to his old coach in cardiff after a "bittersweet" experience at the paris 0lympics. azu was disqualified in the men's100 metres last summer, before coming back to win a bronze in the relay. he's now back in cardiff and has been telling tom brown why it feels so good to return. back to where it all began for the fastest welshmen of all time. the 23—year—old is the only welsh athlete to ever run 100 metres in under ten seconds. but after two years training in italy, he has come home to cardiff. rejoining his first coach helena james as he looks to bounce back from a roller—coaster2021i. he went into last summer's 0lympic into last summer's olympic games with high hopes of reaching the individual 100

metre final but there hopes were dashed before the race even began. he was disqualified for a false start. there was an element of redemption with his bronze medal in the four by 100 metre relay but even now, he still feels there was something missing from his 0lympic debut. it is a bittersweet one. i look at the medal and i seejoy it is a bittersweet one. i look at the medal and i see joy and i also see pain because of what could have been. in the spend, anything can happen, as we see. but it is a lesson so i wouldn't change it. despite the journey, honestly. who knows what is going to happen in the future? i can only look forward now. the past is the past. you are home. _ now. the past is the past. you are home, back— now. the past is the past. you are home, back training in cardiff, in your hometown. what brought you back? yet the mac mini family, honestly. and speaking with helen every time i came back, she would always fill me with confidence and i feel like that is something i did not have as much of over the past couple of years so she's just got away with her words that makes my mind start

to believe that i can do these things and before i left i won the british championships and we'rejust going to the british championships and we're just going to go back to those levels and, yeah, take everything we can. no crossing your arms over the centre point, 0k? and i would feel that a long way off. what are your hopes for him and three and a half years' time? say a gold medal. 0lympics. simple. everyone he does we're picking holes in it, basically. just to fine it because little technicalities mean he is going to run faster. what would be a successful 2025?— successful 2025? world championship - successful 2025? world championship final, - championship final, consistency. the air. championship final, consisten .theair. ., . consistency. the air. announced his return _ consistency. the air. announced his return to _ consistency. the air. announced his return to cardiff— consistency. the air. announced his return to cardiff with - consistency. the air. announced his return to cardiff with a - his return to cardiff with a win at the welsh indoor championships but you sense that he is onlyjust getting started. a big a few months ahead for him, no doubt. a big a few months ahead for him, no doubt. it's all or nothing forthe fourteams, hoping

to make it to super bowl 59, the nfl's showpiece event in two week's time. the divisional finals take place later, as the defending champions, the kansas city chiefs face the buffalo bills in the afc championship game. with the washington commanders one win away from their first super bowl appearance since 1991. they face a tough task against the philadelphia eagles in the nfc. dan 0gunshakin reports. 0ne one year ago after a season to forget, the washington commandos flag was flying at half mast. they stand just one win from american football's bigger stage. win from american football's biggerstage. from win from american football's bigger stage. from four wins last season to voting and counting, their transformation has been remarkable. the brotherhood, _ has been remarkable. i'ie: brotherhood, chemistry, has been remarkable. tie: brotherhood, chemistry, you know, the commitment. that everyone has made to getting better. the commitment that we have made on each other. and to support each other. and just to stand, you know, the standard of play, the standard that is required of us we knew that we had something special. we did not know if it was going to be the special immediately but we definitely knew that we had something special at the

beginning of the season. ah, something special at the beginning of the season. a new ownership _ beginning of the season. a new ownership and _ beginning of the season. a new ownership and coaching - beginning of the season. a new ownership and coaching set - ownership and coaching set breathe new life into a stale organisation. while the arrival of every key has been instrumental in the rise to the play—offs. instrumental in the rise to the play-offs— instrumental in the rise to the -la -offs. , , ., ., play-offs. his preparation, the thin . s play-offs. his preparation, the things that _ play-offs. his preparation, the things that he _ play-offs. his preparation, the things that he is _ play-offs. his preparation, the things that he is able - play-offs. his preparation, the things that he is able to - play-offs. his preparation, the things that he is able to do - play-offs. his preparation, the things that he is able to do on| things that he is able to do on the field. how comfortable and polished years in the pocket. you know, his ability to extend plays. he is someone that where talent meets hard work. he goes above and beyond and the whole team is behind him. {iii above and beyond and the whole team is behind him.— team is behind him. of daniels is fl in: , team is behind him. of daniels is flying. injury _ team is behind him. of daniels is flying, injury threatens - team is behind him. of daniels is flying, injury threatens to i is flying, injury threatens to ground his opposite number. there is doubt over his fitness but he intends to beat a team regardless. it but he intends to beat a team regardless-— regardless. it is a part of the name. regardless. it is a part of the game- you — regardless. it is a part of the game. you know, _ regardless. it is a part of the game. you know, i - regardless. it is a part of the game. you know, i told - regardless. it is a part of the game. you know, i told you| game. you know, i told you guys, — game. you know, i told you guys, i_ game. you know, i told you guys, i have submitted myself to whatever it takes to win and some — to whatever it takes to win and some things come with that but, ultimately, you've just got to make — ultimately, you've just got to make the adjustments that you need _ make the adjustments that you need to— make the adjustments that you need to make in order to be able — need to make in order to be able to— need to make in order to be able to play and there won't be any excuses going in or coming

out _ any excuses going in or coming out. ., ., any excuses going in or coming out. ., ._ ., any excuses going in or coming out. ., ., , ., , , out. you may have his wings cli ed out. you may have his wings clipped by — out. you may have his wings clipped by injury _ out. you may have his wings clipped by injury but - out. you may have his wings clipped by injury but his - clipped by injury but his team—mates say his colleague may be soaring. it team-mates say his colleague may be soaring.— may be soaring. it is a once-in-a-lifetime. . may be soaring. it is a| once-in-a-lifetime. he may be soaring. it is a - once-in-a-lifetime. he doesn't once—in—a—lifetime. he doesn't go away. you play football all quarters because he has the ability to score touchdowns. so you have to eliminate that and try to make this team a one—dimensional team. just got to get away and make them vulnerable.— to get away and make them vulnerable. , . vulnerable. the green man might take them all— vulnerable. the green man might take them all the _ vulnerable. the green man might take them all the waiting - vulnerable. the green man might take them all the waiting you - take them all the waiting you are 0rleans take them all the waiting you are orleans and super bowl lix. all that to look forward to a bit later on. finally, cole palmer might have failed to score against his former club manchester city yesterday, but he's been in red hot form for chelsea since moving there last season. born in manchester, bbc sport has been back to trace his roots from his father's side of the family. his grandparents were from

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he is already the goat. - much. he is not the next goat. he is already the goat. there l he is already the goat. there we no. he is already the goat. there we go. wonderful _ he is already the goat. there we go. wonderful scenes i he is already the goat. there i we go. wonderful scenes there. and you can see more of �*cole palmer, made in st kitts ' on the iplayer a reminder of our top story before we go, the spotlight�*s on spurs and manager ange postocoglou, after another defeat in the premier league, this time to relegation threatened leicester city. who themselves had lost their last seven in the league. tottenham were ahead, but crashed to a 2—1 home defeat, after goals from jamie vardy and bilal el—khannous. postocoglou's future at the club being called into question by the fans— more reaction over on the bbc sport website and app. that's all from sportsday. we will see you in the next hour. take care. hello. a deep area of low pressure

has again taken charge of our weather during today. another storm system, this one named by the spanish weather service for impacts it is having in spain. but storm herminia also bringing impacts here. met office yellow warnings for wind and rain remain in force through the rest of today into tomorrow. the satellite picture shows this storm, the centre of the storm, well out to the west of us, but through today we've been watching this development here, a hook of cloud appearing along the line of this weather front. actually, we've spun up another very small scale area of low pressure, and that will be shifting northwards through this evening and tonight, bringing a spell of very heavy rain. yes, across england and wales, increasing the risk of flooding. but also as this little feature works its way northwards just on the southern edge, see the little hook in the rainfall pattern there? we could have some very squally conditions for a time. a few places could see gusts of 60—70, maybe 80mph,

but that will be quite a localised feature, in other places it willjust be a blustery night. and these small scale features are always hard to predict in terms of the exact track they will take, but it may well be that we see some heavy rain first thing across eastern scotland. if it gets a little bit further west, well, it could turn to snow over high ground. another band of rain driving out of northern ireland, northern england into southern scotland. again some snow over high ground, some blustery heavy downpours into wales, the southwest of england. very windy around these southern and western coasts. gusts of 60—70mph, a sustained period of strong winds, pretty brisk winds inland across the south as well. so another rather disturbed day weather wise on monday. as we look ahead to tuesday, well, our area of low pressure will still be with us, but it will be weakening, it will be filling. and so while we will continue to see some showers or longer spells of rain, the weather generally looking a little bit calmer with more in the way of dry interludes around, some spells of sunshine and temperatures of around seven to ten degrees.

now, as we look a little bit further ahead on wednesday, southern parts could see another dose of heavy rain, another area of low pressure moving through. a little bit drier further north and it does look a little bit calmerfor the end of the week.

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