england will face afghanistan later this week, amid debate over whether the match should rights under taliban rule, where female participation in sport has effectively been outlawed. pakistan on wednesday. their home country. these guys are brave and know the difference between right and wrong. i think it is a tricky them and a tricky situation for them and so for me to start voicing perhaps you and i or anybody listening is not as educated and understanding of this, the of things. sol —e

" eff "snags. of and be as sort of try and be as compassionate everything comoassionate about everything they are combassionate about everything they are going through in that they are going through in the countries we are going the countries that we are going to but also with my ideas the countries that we are going to i: my lso with my ideas the countries that we are going to i: my own iith my ideas the countries that we are going to i: my own knowledge ideas the countries that we are going to i: my own knowledge that s and my own knowledge that what is the difference knowing what is the difference between right and wrong. bournemouth are away at brighton, palace will face aston villa and a struggling wolverhampton will be hoping for a win to distance themselves from the relegation zone — they face fulham at home. in the table if they beat southampton at stamford bridge. after two consecutive defeats, enzo maresca is confident his side will be stronger defensively. the seven, eight, ten games, the huge difference for has been especially inside me has been especially inside the box, in both boxes. because pmbafiy. ,%i:%’f,i% probably brighten unless probably brighten her all the rest we always unless probably brighten her all the re we e always create chances, we almost always good. so the difference

probably has, inside the probably has been inside the box, we probably need to be stronger. and more defensively stronger. and more clinical when we get the chance. galatasaray say they will take legal action after which mourinho described the behaviour of the home bench. in reply fenerbache said �*a statement to deliberately distort it... trying to portray this statement as racist is a completley malicious approach. regarding this pathetic slander that was made in order to take the competition off the field, change the agenda and manipulate it. italy and france all in action later. here's a look at tuesday's matches — runners up france face iceland, of the tournament and will go

up against sweden in the late kickoff. who are the league a group i leaders after beating scotland 1—0 on friday. and that's all the sport for now. thank very much. a woman who was paralysed from the chest down six years treatment, which involves using electrical pulses be an active parent. our reporter nikki fox went to meet her. be able to do again.

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from some of the participants that have improvements in bowel and bladder function, meaning she can do work on herfarm. and, most importantly, she says, her improved strength i obviously wanted to be the best mum i could be. but feeling utterly useless at times. but i don't remember the last time i felt like that. of cooking with my kids, reading a book. the pathfinder 2 study was a small—scale trial, but those involved believe spinal stimulation

seven planets — mars, jupiter, uranus, venus, neptune, mercury, and saturn will all be briefly visible in the evening simultaneously so clearly until 2040. ican hear i can hear you all running whether or not to see further whether or not to see if you will be able to see it. let's speak to dr hannah sargeant, planetary scientist at the university of leicester. welcome. �* come they welcome. �*come they are welcome. �* come they are all in line all at once? it welcome. - come they are all in line all at once?— in line all at once? chance, to be honest. happen chance, to be honest. all the planets in the solar allthg planets in the solar orbiting the sun at system are orbiting the sun at different rates and at some point in the history of our 77777 at many points solar system or at many points in the history of our solar system, they will all been system, they will all have been to collect on one side. this all of the other seven

week all of the other seven planets will be on one side of while earth remains on the sun while earth re—a�*s an other side, means we actually 7 actually get to all of will actually get to see all of those other planets in the night sky. extraordinary. obviously. _ night sky. extraordinary. obviously, they - night sky. extraordinary. obviously, they all - night sky. extraordinary. obviously, they all orbit | night sky. extraordinary. l obviously, they all orbit at different speeds and distances different saeeds and distances the sun, does that mean from the sunrdeeati�*at—ea- as: see a from the sunrdsssti�*at—sa- as see a few and we will have will see a few and we will have to until all seven are towait untilratl , , = , “are? " ” �*h’ff�*? w 7 jazz: ' kind oftrailin the 7 kind of trailin: the sun. there kind of trailing the sun. so the best time to see it will be around just after on —= but because of some of friday. but because of some of the planets will appear a lot closer to the sun than others, you kind need to wait for you kind of need to wait for the sun to set and then 7 7 try to? 7 7 try to ca ptu re, 7 7 try to capture, i immediately try to capture, i think saturn will be the thr'é satan sill he ths one to follow closely trickiest one to follow closely behind the sun. but you should behind the sun. butyoushould a ble behind the sun. butyoushould able to follow a sort of arc be able to follow a sort of arc night and see —7— =z= of the planets. all of the planets. and by another _ all of the planets. and by another happy _ all of the planets. and by . another happy circumstance, all of the planets. and by - another happy circumstance, i all of the planets. and by - anot that appy circumstance, i all of the planets. and by - anot that the y circumstance, i all of the planets. and by - anot that the weather, zance, i all of the planets. and by - anot that the weather, which i read that the weather, which has been unsettled this has been pretty unsettled this week, is clear and, as we get to friday. so that is great, we

might be able to see will might be able to see it. will you be able to see it with an telescope or a binoculars? iii; of binoculars? if; ofthe binoculars? ii; of the m number of the planets you should be able to see the should be able to see with the at a couple, and you 5 uranus and neptune, you will need to some binocular sort to try and spot those telescope to try and spot those in the sky. i would be vigilant careful, because if you are and careful, because if you are waiting for the on to say to make sure it is actually set before bring out your make sure it is actually set before you g out your make sure it is actually set before you do ut your make sure it is actually set before you do not our make sure it is actually set before you do not want to telescope, you do not want to be capturing the sun through those. ., ., , ., i” those not 77 those 77 not have those 77 f those 77 7 not ha 0 work those 77 7 not have to work hard ie- m aim-m i like ourself ilaneta scientist liiss yourself like scientist liiss yoursslf like this scisntist liiss yoursslf like this is once in something like this is once in a moon, isn't if you a blue moon, isn't if you pardon the pun... that. m that. l m thgtfitiak thgtfitfiakwhat thgtfifhiakwhat we zthatfi think what we like like that. i think what we like about it is that it engages the about it7is7that it engages the community looking up wider communityrinleeicihg up the sky and trying to learn at the sky and trying to learn more about what is on up

more about what is going on up above us. i am particularly interested in that moon myself, it is going to be a it is actually geingta—be—a ~ �*moon which it is actually geingts—be—a ~ �*moon which means it is actually geingts—be—a ~ �* moon which means that it is new moon which means that it is quite helpful for those trying to catch glimpse of the to catch a glimpse of the planets, the moon will planets, because the moon will not be the planets, because the moon will no itie the jsjiji planets, because the moon will no it will the 1:1- planets, because the moon will no it will be the i—ifii planets, because the moon will no it will be a the i—ifii planets, because the moon will no it will be a lot the iuiiii planets, because the moon will no it will be a lot the j, in j so it will be a lot darker in the sky so we can't pick the sky so we can't really pick out those planets a lot easier. u-oin to sound going to sound extremely goir when )und extremely goir when i ind extremely goir when i speaktremely goir when i speak to mely goir when i speak to my y goir when i speak to my son informed when i speak to my son tonight, i am going to be the cool dad. thank you very much, good to talk to you, do not forget, get your binoculars out forget. get your binoculars out friday and if you can on friday and see if you can spot it. verified life is coming up shortly, just to remind you we have had a pretty important ahead of important announcement ahead of visit to keir starmer�*s visit to on thursday, the washington on thursday, the prime ministers setting out ahead of the defence spending review that british defence spending will increase from 2.32 2.5%. is a life 2.32 2.5%. there is a life page on bbc website with all the on the bbc website with all the details on that announcement, still some confusion i might say on the actual number in terms of money, how much it will go up. but we will wait

analysts through course for analysts through the course of the day to give us some on that. money clarity on that. the money is coming from to itself is coming from cut to the international aid budget, that will be cut from 0.5 to 0.3%, which is raising some criticism the left of the 7 party, ’ whartyfilieady ' ' " " 7 party, already cuts in labour party, already cuts in the recent years to the international budget. that it 77 it from 77 it from me, 7 it from me, matthew coming it from r with iatthew coming it from r with us, iew coming it from r with us, plenty ning ud. stayed with us. plenty more bbc news. hello. it's a pleasant enough afternoon for most of us. don't get caught out. maybe even a crack of thunder. here's the weather front. it's pulling away. behind it, the skies are clearing.

they are filling up the skies with some fair weather clouds and occasional bigger shower clouds. temperatures between 9 and ii celsius. tonight it's going to turn chilly, particularly across eastern areas of the uk. through the early hours of wednesday morning. certainly a touch of frost on the way out towards the west, especially around coastal areas. some of us with some heavy bursts of rain once the weather i think it will feel a little colder tomorrow. and the same can be said

for wednesday evening. actually in northern parts of scotland. now let's have a look at thursday's forecast. a couple of low pressures on the weather map here, high, which is squeezing in from the azores. sunny across the uk. into single figures. but it'll feel better. thursday night into friday will be clear, cold, that fog may linger for a time on friday, so might start off but come the afternoon the sun should be out and we've got a fine end to the week on the way. let's focus on cardiff. in the next few days.

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keir starmer promised to stand by ukraine and stand up to russia. cap rises for the third time running. average yearly bill. syria's caretaker government hosts a national dialogue conference on the country's we'll bring you the latest. and a treat for astronomers as seven planets align in the evening sky. we'll tell you when and how you can see it. hello, i'm matthew amroliwala. citing a changing world and the war in ukraine,

let's take a look at the numbers.