the best of the sunshine stays out to the north and the west. it will be windy with it as well, which will take the edge off the feel of the weather story as we go through friday. categories of sports. of extra layers, i suspect — probably feeling close to freezing for many on exposed east coasts. from now on a women's sports will be only for women. and we look at how players from the city and suburbs to time, and in the south—east, of paris are breaking some of those could be wintry the tradition of rugby union in france. on the whole is likely to stay with us. download the bbc weather app and you can find that's it. welcome along to the programme. take care. wait for a major domestic trophy.

in the english league cup final in wembley, where they will it was an atmospheric night at stjames�* park, 2—goal lead. our correspondent katie gornall was there. for the second time in a three seasons newcastle united into "52359115 newcastle limited intd final "geese ne' newcastle limited inte final of lseasdms newcastle limited imtd final of the cup under and off to wembley. in a eddie and off to wembley. in a strong position even before kickoff, 2—0 the first kickoff, 2—0 from the first leg against arsenal although there were some nerves among the newcastle supporters especially given that the form had dipped coming into the game and m cit 7 m 7 arsenal be manchester city 5—1 the league over nerves we re swe pt nerves were swept away — |-77 just 19 minutes 7 just 19 minutes when 7 afterjust 19 minutes when alexander broke free, hit the aleeeede' le-e'ee free, hit the — ,,,.,, —— —— — and jacob neva-"j; b�*he fee �*e�*t the m "cm w " ' and jacob murphy post and jacob murphy followed up post and jacob murphy followed up with every round to put newcastle ahead. in a deafening

atmosphere at st james's park, delivered the newcastle delivered the decisively mid wave through the half, a terrible ”355 second half, a terrible pass of your friends in out of your friends in the arsenal goal and pounced upon by newcastle, eventually turning in to send newcastle and their fans turning in to send newcastle and theirfans into dreamland. arsenal and our 4—0 down on aggregate, never like aggregate, never looking like would mount a comeback and they would mount acomeeac—k and are off out to it has 70 years wembley. it has been 70 years won a major domestic live from singapore. last won a major domestic trophy they and theirfans trophy and they and their fans hope the comes to will hope the longways comes to when and when they face other or in the cleansing after the president final in march. said the us will take over the gaza strip. league cup final — the top diplomats has is to and first under manager sonia help rebuild gaza. what he has generously offered is the ability of the us to go bompastor. and sjoeke nusken doubled removal and reconstruction. their lead 9 minutes later. chelsea have now gone 22 games unbeaten this season and remain

of rubble, palestinians say they're not going anywhere. whether they like it or not. win over lowly local rivals leganes in the copa del rey quarterfinals. bayern leverkusen needed extra time to come through tammy abraham scoring twice in their 3—1 victory. welcome to newsday. the trump administration has not explicitly ruled out "for her life" during a taxi journey before an incident several us allies on wednesday condemned president trump's the australia captain, who denies the charge,

sam kerr, one of the biggest names in women's football, arriving to give evidence on third day of her trial. she the third day of her trial. she confirmed she caught a police officer stupid and white on 30 january but january 2023 but denies racially aggravated harassment. told the court she believed seize h" the fee"! e�*ee belie—sec! ' ,, ' f ,, police officers ehe te" the tee—t ehe hetiee'ee ' ,, ' f ,, police officers were treating her differently because of her skin �*and m— they were antagonising her. the defence barrister asked her... sam kerr had been out in central with her fiance central london with her fiance after scoring for her club but ended up in sriyegnded up in twickenham station after a dispute a taxi driver. she 1; £5} driver: sheitoldfi with a taxi driver. she told the jury after she vomited out

the jury after she semited e’ut"’* " ’ " ’ window the jury etter she eem�*lted e’ut"’* " ’ " ’ window of the jury stter she semited e’ut"’* " ’ " ’ window of the taxi, the theryvjndow of the taxi. the driving driver began driving dangerously. sam kerr the dangerously. sam kerr told the , , she feared dangerously. sam kerr told the . , she feared for her life court she feared for her life the taxi and the kidnap and in the taxi and the kidnap and �*of sarah everard murder of sarah everard in london in 2021 had been prominent in her mind. she said the driver had locked the doors the �*r.e' he? ""eej the due' .... did not respond when she and did not respond when she and did not respond when she and partner begged them out. sam kerr said she let them out. sam kerr said she embarrassed watching the was embarrassed watching the footage from inside the police footage from insidethe police apologise for the station and apologise for the way she expressed herself. the trial continues. win over wales. after winning his previous seven caps from the bench. it means his namesake marcus smith is poised of full—back.

the make—up of the french squad is now perhaps more diverse of french rugby. it's the hidden jewel of french rugby. massey has become a production line for the national team, especially for players we can have training or matches where the stars they are of all ethnicities and cultures. translation: it's i very family-oriented. it's really a group of friends.

more than 200 players from massey, such as cameron woki and jordanjoseph, have now starred for france across all levels. mathieu bastareaud won more than 50 caps. bastareaud stretches and scores! when i was a kid, it was... as a result of massey, that changed the game, i think. just maybe the fact to see me, i can play for the french team, and i'm not from toulouse, toulon or perpignan, i think it's a big

motivation for them. the success of france's football helped change conceptions of how taking the sport beyond its traditional heartlands in the south. but there is a spirit. there is something here that is different. and when france won olympic gold at the rugby sevens last year, of course, the club was represented in 20—year—old andy timo, andy swiss, bbc news. donald trump has signed an executive order that

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now, we keep those clear skies, and so thursday morning a bit more of a breeze here, but low single figures morning, even some patchy fog as well. both the frost and the fog will lift away, and for many, we're going to see a lot more in the way of sunshine — a beautiful winter's day. now, there will be a little bit of cloud and a bit more of a breeze down through the south—east — could drive in through essex and kent. we pick up more of a breeze coming from a southeasterly cloud. so, for england and wales, it's not going to be as cold

a start on friday, maybe the frost just lingering to the far northwest. and with that cloud around and a brisk easterly wind cornwall.