the new format for the champions league has for manchester city the equation is a simple one, the knockout phase even begins. i know they want it, i know how focused they are, and i have no doubts we will perform what we want to do to go

you never know. their victory over manchester city last week does mean their there is always pressure and if there is not pressure it there won't be any players that are not focused, we are all aware what is at stake. match against romanian side fcsb. bench over rashford. in this transfer window. in pre—season testing in spain with ferrari. the seven—time formula one champion

learns the characteristics of an unfamiliar car. australian batter steve smith passed the 10,000 run mark in test cricket on the first day of their match against sri lanka. australia won the toss and decided to bat. steve smith to the crease. at the close he was not out on 104 alongside usman khawaga who is on 147. england's women meanwhile know they can't win their ashes series having lost all six games so far. finishes things off, for her part in the team being one defeat away

there's lot there's l lot i frustration there's [m m around there'sl lot frustration around what there's l lot i frustration around what has - there'sl lot i frustration - around what has - but around what has happened but this week is a chance for to this week is a chance for us to our best. meanwhile, world number one, scottie scheffler, on christmas day will have any negative effect on his game. of his right hand on a broken wine glass, while trying

i have heard horror stories after this has happened with breaking the stem got me in the hand. and that's all the sport for now. let's return to developments in the democratic republic of congo where m23 rebels appear to have captured almost all of its largest city, goma. thousands are seeking safety — closely guarded by the rebel forces. 1,000 wounded in the clashes. as thousands of displaced people head to the border, there are growing calls worldwide for a ceasefire. of congo or rwanda as to whether they'll attend

the conditions are absolutely horrific. of those 1.5 million children in and around goma, humanitarian assistance. now they have witnessed some of the most horrific fighting

i mean, that is the huge problem. sort of safe places for these children? for there to be humanitarian access. so save the children and other humanitarian organisations can of those with political power to take part in talks, to do whatever it needs to bring some semblance of stability and peace to the situation. we need peace. asking the warring parties

to stop the fighting and to find another solution. they need electricity back on, they need water. they need to be able to get food. to get health care. baby athena was born weighing 4 pounds 5 ounces president trump's press secretary said use of the drones had been approved for research and many also to rampant online speculation. a danger to the public

or national security. here in the uk, the actor idris elba is calling for tighter laws around the sale of knives to tackle what he's called a �*national crisis�*. in knife crime with the king and the prime minister. all lost their lives to knife crime so far this year. hollywood actor idris elba is now on a mission to break the cycle. but that particular day wasjust very, you know, it was really painful for me. in his new documentary, the actor has been looking

at the problem from all sides, speaking to criminals injail... 18? yeah. three months this time. wow. yeah. situations any more. about their behaviour. no. - i used to. i used to carry a knife . and i used to be scared. some people, they say- they feel naked without it. crime incidents recorded between 2023 and last year for national statistics.

with devastating consequences for the families left behind. ronan was a mistaken identity. ronan wasn't doing anything to anyone. he was just walking home. this perpetrator — he took my child's life. have been through... the documentary is also about possible solutions, like king charles — all determined to make for viewers in the uk —

idris elba: 0ur knife crime hello. for those of you where it's quite a soggy afternoon, in fact, quite widely across the uk you can those clearer, calmer conditions come on the back and that shield of cloud continues to bring some outbreaks of rain into the evening in the southernmost away from that, there are some wintry showers in the northwest of scotland this evening. across 0rkney and shetland, but the blue colours

lots of sunshine around and with lighter winds for the vast majority it will feel quite pleasant, even if temperatures are around where we should be a brief frost into the evening, but through thursday night and night and into friday this weather front is going to sneak a mixture of rain, maybe a bit of sleet and hill snow for a time. a lot more cloud elsewhere compared with thursday, but a few sunny breaks will come through in northeast high pressure building across the near continent. not strong enough to prevent this weather front.

but with high pressure around, winds lightest in the east. england and wales most prone to some areas of fog which could linger on saturday. sunniest weather east anglia and the south east. decaying away on sunday. sunshine to the south and east, a bit of sunshine to the north

these are the live pictures. about vaccine misinformation and conspiracy theories. the uk's chancellor unveils new plans to boost economic growth, including the expansion of the country's biggest airport. the third runway at heathrow would unlock further growth, at least 30 people arekilled after a crush at the huge this way and as ever in this kind of a crowd, one person