wherever you are watching around the world. joe root threatened to rescue his side from the brink, on friday in order to make the semifinals, and joe wilson has this report. for their players — their male players.

zadran and failing. he made 177, the record for an afghan batter. the total finally stopped at 325. for captain jos buttler to lead their chase. well, he was the fifth to fall. hope rested, as so often, onjoe root. improvising past 100. without him? not caught. gone. root watched with the captain like they knew what was coming.

england can't progress. afghanistan can. all have the right to share. joe wilson, bbc news. they play australia next. we've played against australia three times and we've been in the game each of those games. and i think, um, certainly what happened in the world cup, t20 world cup, and i say this to the players as well, that afghanistan is never going to be taken lightly ever again. playing a historic test nation. yeah, we're obviously gutted. um, but yeah, unfortunately, we on the wrong side, obviously. um, you know, consider all, all possibilities.

cricket needs to be in the white ball formats. and, um, yeah, ithink got to work out personally the top of the premier league following a 2—0 victory over newcastle didn't have a single shot on target and they sit sixth in the table, three points behind manchester city league. then nine out of ten people start to get really um, but only the ones that want to achieve something nice, all the compliments. but be that one out of ten player instead of that

we could have done better. i thought we played well tonight. and we weren't marking tightly enough to their midfielders and frustrating really. and arsenal increased, because for the second match in their goalless draw with nottingham forest at the city ground. they remain six points clear of third—placed forest. we tried in many very different ways and insisted and insisted and insisted, but we lacked that spark, that final pass to unlock that team that is really well organised and and with all the dominance and situation on target as well.

as manchester city got their push for champions league qualification back on track with a 1—0 victory for them at pep guardiola's men bounced back from their loss i'm really pleased for the victory, for the way so the players in the mindset should be 0—3, 0—4 in the first the momentum in this stadium, when they start to push and the people follow is it's really, really tough. ten—man manchester united came out on top against ipswich harry maguire scored from a corner to make it 3—2 in the second half

and that proved decisive. i felt that the team were more calm than certain games, the possession of the ball. the, the three points. of of my team and also our fans. they were amazing. to seven games. outjohann wissa's opener for the hosts. to scotland now. start at rangers after his side came from behind

it finished 4—2, and it leaves rangers 13 points behind leaders celtic at the top of the scottish premiership. too far by slapping his fighter with an egg. to promote their fight at the tottenham hotspur stadium.

he denied intentionally doping, and his suspension was lifted authorities. test was unintentional and could have been caused by a highly elevated consumption of eggs. overly happy with it, if i'm honest. and especially not in the eye. um, it was always going to be a volatile build—up,

last year and showed they're looking to pick up from world champion max verstappen was third quickest for world boxing has been granted provisional recognition boxing isn't currently part of the programme for the next global body was the biggest hurdle to the sport's inclusion next time.

but for me and the rest of the team, have a lovely day wherever you are around the world. bye— bye. hello. wednesday was a pretty active day, weather—wise. large hail around, as well. that has now cleared away, and the weather is quieting down for the next few days. as high pressure builds, a lot of dry weather on the cards — but there'll be some chilly nights for the next few nights, patches around, too. chilly start to thursday across the northern half rural areas could be down at about minus three orfourfirst thing — but for most of us, lots and a few drizzly showers —

they'll linger longest around the rest of the uk sees sunny spells, some cloud bubbling up into the afternoon, and just a few showers for so, friday morning, then, we've got the light winds, extensive first thing. it'll be a chilly start to the day, so temperatures colder than that in the more rural spots. across the uk on friday. that'll just start to burn away the mist and fog gradually through the course of friday morning. places could keep some fogginess right into the afternoon, i think. and a bit of fair weather cloud that bubbles up during friday afternoon. again, temperatures not great,

9—10 celsius for most of us — but it should feel pleasant enough with those sunny spells. it tends to fizzle out as it does so, reallyjust a band of cloud moving across the northern half and fog, but that should clear away, so some sunny spells. temperatures just about reaching double here's the high pressure that sticks with us into the second half of the weekend, as well. second weather front tries to nudge its way windier sort of day across the northern isles. could be a little bit of rain in the far northwest. for most of us, a similar day again — dry and settled, bye.

in as the first phase of the gaza ceasefire comes to a close. at the white house.

freed from scam centres. our top story this hour, the final release of israeli hostages and palestinian prisoners as part of the first phase of the ceasefire deal is now under way. the handover was held in private, instead of the widely broadcast public ceremonies for palestinians prisoners. they include more than 400 gazans detained by israeli sentences in israeli jails.

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