and india. boycotted the match. rights under taliban rule, where female participation the one day international will go ahead in lahore, pakistan on wednesday. afghanistan's head coach jonathan trott says that his players know full well things are �*not correct�* in their home country. these guys are brave, and they know the difference between right and wrong. and so for me to start, you know, voicing... perhaps you and i or anybody listening is not as educated or understanding of... so i try and be as

compassionate about everything that they are going through, or the country has been of knowing what is the difference between right and wrong. league matches on later. bournemouth are away at brighton, palace will face aston villa and a struggling side wolverhampton will be hoping for a win to widen the gap between themselves and the relegation zone — they face fulham. after two consecutive defeats enzo maresca is confident his side will be stronger defensively . the last seven or ten games, a huge difference, especially 2—7 —7e 77 the box, 7 77 the box, because 5 77 the box, because unless bri-hten away, we probably brighten away, we always create chances, we almost always score. so the

difference the box we to be defensively more need to be defensively more strong and more clinical when get the chance. fighting for the title, despite slipping 11 points behind leaders liverpool. their 15 game unbeaten run came to an end against west ham on wednesday. it is possible, you are there and how to play every ago we every game, three'dayeego we close the every game, three'dayeegc) we close the gap now you could close the gap and now you are one and a half games away, it doesn't matter we have to e ' itrhedifficulty ’ " 7” 77 ' itrhieidifficultyis " continue. the difficulty is �* but you want to win the higher but you want to win the premier league and have to do special. you will something special. you will have to win league 227 with the circumstances that we have, probably have to do something that nobody else has done.

following the teams�* nill all draw on monday... directed towards the turkish people. today, his discourse has escalated beyond merely immoral comments into unequivocally inhumane rhetoric. " in reply fenerbahce said �*a statement was made to deliberatley distort it. completley malicious approach. made in order to take the competition off the field, change the agenda and manipulate it. italy and france all in action later.

while italy take on denmark. in the same group, wales are still searching for their first in the late kickoff. who are the league a group one leaders, after beating the netherlands. in basketball, the los angeles lakers prepare to take luka doncic will feature in his fith game for the lakers — he made nba history in his last game by becoming just the fourth player to reach his 202th career 30—point game, kevin durant and wilt chamberlin. every day that has been with

us, it is becoming a little bit i have been more normal, i have been there the first time he more normal, i have been there the first tin this* more normal, i have been there the first tin this close, in particularly this close, in time duration, it will be weird but he will be able to handle it. the charlotte hornets 130—88. he hit 16 of his 19 shots, including eight of nine from three—point range, en route to the 22nd 40—point and that's all the sport for now. our top story today — rain has delayed the start of the champions trophy clash between australia abd new zealand. with breathing difficulties.

inquest in 2016 disagreed. but in 2021 the high court quashed the original verdict health correspondent matthew hill has more. happened to their son, ben. for alan and jenny condon, it's a battle which has taken a huge toll. ben was a premature baby, born at 29 weeks and weighing just 3le. he developed a cough, and was taken to the bristol children's hospital. and he should get better, but over the course of a few days, his health spiralled out of control after he developed a bacterial infection. the fact that they told us, "we believe he's got an inquest in 2016 found that antibiotics would not have

prevented ben's death, but his parents always disagreed. some weeks after the tragedy, they had a meeting it started with ben's parents talking. we've been lied to along the way. we've been... we've been misled with information. we didn't even get told how he died for seven weeks. the saddest thing about it is i don't think if they tried, if we...

for years, alan campaigned outside the hospital for a second inquest. police he was carrying out a vendetta. team, and in a resident mental health unit for two and a half weeks. it's ten years of constant being... ..having to relive the trauma, constantly having to and last week, alan and jenny finally got a second to recognise how ill ben

was until it was too late, and they didn't appear to take on the concerns of more junior were not told sooner that he might not survive. the hospital said it was deeply sorry ben died in its care, and for the way it communicated with his family we have undertaken significant learning and reflection in the ten years since then. this learning is outlined in the independent assurance review, commissioned by the trust, which provided and western trust.

that their failure to prescribe antibiotics earlier contributed to ben's death, and that on the balance antibiotics earlier, he would have survived. otherfamilies don't go through the same pain. matthew hill, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. today is essentially going to be a day of bright or sunny spells and some showers. this morning's rain having pulled away, and you can see we've got a west north will be a few showers

with temperatures down a touch on yesterday eight to 11 degrees through this evening to see temperatures fall and a frost form, ireland, northwest wales and eventually northwest england. round, bringing some more rain in across parts it's a return to brighter sunny spells and a few showers, we've got a weak front heading south,

again, the odd shower appearing in the northwest of scotland but largely dry, with a fair bit of sunshine and top temperatures up to ten or 11. into friday, first thing there'll be some frost first thing as well, but a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine. coming our way. so this weather front sinks southwards during the course of saturday. to be a fairly weak affair. so for many of us, as we head through the the weather remains settled. what it's going to be like, where you are or where you're going on our bbc weather app.

live from london. this is bbc news. president emmanuel macron, after his visit to the white house on monday. prime minister sir keir starmer is due in washington on thursday, and he is expected to give and security in half an hour. we'll bring you the latest. also coming up...

the bbc apologises, a report into allegations against the former radio 1 dj tim westwood. cap rises for the third time running. the increase will add another £111 to the average yearly bill. a new bill to make britain's streets safer. knife crime, shoplifting, anti social behaviour and drinks spiking. executive of nhs england. she said it had been �*a privilege' to lead the health service. president macron may have beaten sir keir starmer