we will start then with the champions trophy, where england were dumped out of the competition after a nervy eight—run defeat by afghanistan in lahore. joe root threatened to rescue his side from the brink, hitting a superb 120 as england chased the target of 326. afghanistan still have to defeat australia wilson has this report. for their players — their male players. a cricket board to boycott. england won't play specific matches against afghanistan, but don't believe it would help if they alone boycotted these games in tournaments. they spent this match trying to contain ibrahim zadran and failing. he made 177, the record for an afghan batter. the total finally

stopped at 325. well, he was the fifth to fall. improvising past 100. caught, gone. root watched with the captain like they knew what was coming. 317 all out. england can't progress. and this is the drama of cricket. all have the right to share. joe wilson, bbc news. so delight for afghanistan and their coach, jonathan trott. meanwhile, england captain jos buttler is left

so we should take a lot of confidence from that. t20 world cup, and i say this to the players as well, that afghanistan is never going to be taken lightly ever again. so we've got to be prepared, because i know australia whereas in the past, you know, perhaps people would have seen the fixture and thought it was a little bit easier than playing a historic test nation. yeah, we're obviously gutted. um, we had our chances in the game. um, another really good game of cricket. um, but yeah, unfortunately, we on the wrong side, obviously.

and, um, yeah, ithink got to work out personally football now, and liverpool have moved 13 points clear at the top of the premier league following a 2—0 victory over dominik szoboszlai opened the scoring in just the 11th minute. through the second half. newcastle didn't have a single shot on target and they sit league. confident and complacent. i think is the way you say it here. um, but only the ones that want to achieve something and that is probably one out of ten person just finds so we mainly focussed on that. nice, all the compliments. nine out of ten player.

i thought we played well tonight. i don't think it was a bad performance in any way, but i think the two goals we conceded, hugely and we weren't marking tightly enough to their midfielders and frustrating really. maybe our final ball was lacking today and we weren't did come our way. well, the gap at the top of the table between liverpool and arsenal increased, because for the second match in a row, the gunners failed to score. they could only manage a single effort on target we tried in many very different ways and insisted as manchester city got

their push for champions league totte n ha m. pep guardiola's men bounced back from their loss we played and especially for the second half, for the result we got. ten—man manchester united came out on top against ipswich in a five—goal thriller at old trafford. 3—2 in the second half and that proved decisive. it is just the third home league win for ruben amorin, are without a victory in 2025. i felt that the team were more

calm than certain games, we scored twice, we were clearly in control of the game, the possession of the ball. and then today was a good performance in all the aspects they were amazing. draw and extend their unbeaten run in the league to seven games. from behind to beat kilmarnock. nedim bajrami wrapped it up.

leaders celtic at the top of the scottish premiership. to wembley, then, and england have beaten world champions spain 1—0 in the nations league, a repeat of following some good work from alessia russo, spain at bay and hang on for the win. so england are now second in the group behind portugal. conor benn�*s promoter eddie hearn said chris eubankjr went hotspur stadium. to be held back by security.

they were due to fight two years ago, but benn failed he denied intentionally doping, and his suspension was lifted authorities. an independent report said his failed drugs test was unintentional and could have been caused overly happy with it, if i'm honest. i never feel like you should lay a hand on a fighter at a press conference, especially not with an object, and especially not in the eye. and itjust turned up a notch. in bahrain on tuesday, with britain's lando norris topping the time sheets. last year and showed they're looking to pick up from than his fellow briton, mercedes driver george russell.

year, was more than a second off the pace in 13th overall. world boxing has been granted provisional recognition olympic committee. world boxing was launched in 2023 and now has 78 members across five continents. and keep right across all those results from the premier day wherever you are around the world. bye— bye.

hello. wednesday was a pretty active day, weather—wise. we had some fairly heavy showers, some thunderstorms, large hail around, as well. patches around, too. of the uk, parts of scotland. parts of northwest scotland, perhaps northern ireland, too. 9—11 celsius our top temperature — so still not particularly warm,

but it is just pushing through into the final day of winter on friday morning. so, friday morning, then, we've got the light winds, extensive first thing. it'll be a chilly start to the day, so temperatures the sunshine has got a little bit more strength to it this time of year on the final day of winter on friday — that'll just start to burn away the mist and fog gradually places could keep some fogginess right into friday afternoon. but it should feel pleasant enough with those sunny spells. in from the northwest.

and fog, but that should clear away, so some sunny spells. temperatures just about reaching double figures across the board. half of the weekend, as well. second weather front tries to nudge its way in from the northwest, bringing a cloudier, western isles seeing cloud increasing later in the day. could be a little bit of rain in the far northwest. for most of us, a similar day again — dry and settled, morning mist and fog clearing away. sunny spells by the afternoon, top temperatures on sunday bye.

live from london. this is bbc news. israel says bodies of four hostages have been returned, as freed palestinian prisoners arrive in the west bank. meets president donald trump today, with an agenda focused on ukraine guarantees.

we'll take you to some of the locations where it was filmed. hello and welcome, i'm sally bundock. phase of the gaza ceasefire deal after the final of palestinian prisoners overnight. by israeli officials.

in the occupied west bank to cheers from those who'd