lighter and that might well help temperatures climb by an odd degree or two, perhaps up to ten in norwich next week. and so weather—wise, friday and saturday, we�*ll probably start to see some rain move into scotland, a bit of hill snow with that but no significant accumulations. then it should brighten up at least for a time. live from london. this is bbc news. the new authorities in damascus are offering rewards for information about senior officials who committed abuses. israel�*s prime minister benjamin netanyahu testifies for the first time in his long—running corruption trial. this is the scene live outside the courthouse in tel aviv where crowds of supporters and opponents of mr neta nyahu have gathered. a man is charged with murder over last week�*s fatal shooting of a healthcare boss in new york. and real—life �*succession�* — rupert murdoch loses his bid to change a family trust and give control of his media empire to his eldest son. hello, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. the islamist syrian rebel leader, abu mohammed al—jolani,

while norwich sit 12th and are eight points off the play—off places.f the scottish season after a thrilling old firm league cup final at hampden. 3—3 after extra time. it was decided on penalties. ben croucher reports. inside the glaswegian cauldron bubbles a rivalry, fierce, fiery and fitting of a final. there was a spark at hampden park. madrone lit the touch paper, taylorfired back. and soon a head through my eta. we had a cup final now and thanks to them we had a grandstand finish and thanks to nicholas kuntz, they thought they had a match winner. danilo had other ideas. a final that would be settled from the spot how is your nerve? it was left to my eta to win it. 119th major trophy, one more than their archrivals, glasgow's old firm, and the scottish league cup belonged to celtic. ben crutcher, bbc news. 0ne match in the scottish premiership and kilmarnock battled to an impressive 1—0 victory at home to hearts despite playing most of the match with ten men robbie deas was sent off for a dangerous tackle after only six minutes, but a penalty short

burnley beat watford 2—1 and sunderland came from behind to beat 10—man norwich by the same score aton places in spectacular style as they beat frank lampard's coventry city 4—1. callum lang scored all four goals, becoming the first pompey player to do since yakubu twenty years ago. hull city are also out of the bottom three after they beat swansea city 2—1. substitute mason burstow scoring late on to end a 13—game winless run for his side. rangers have moved into second place in the scottish premiership after a 1—nil win over dundee at ibrox. vaclav cerny scored the goaljust after half time. that win coupled with aberdeen's 3—1 defeat at home to hibernian means rangers overtake aberdeen who drop to third. in the other match st mirren won 2—1 at ross county. celtic have an 8 point lead at the top. they travel to dundee united tomorrow. now let's turn to rugby union and bristol bears turned on the style in a breathless encounter with leicester tigers this afternoon, 12 tries. 78 points on a record breaking afternoon at welford road, with the bears running out 54—24 winners. craig temp

temperatures today, 1 in glasgow, to 10 in norwich, but not as cold in the north—west because we've gotening and overnight, a weatherfront approaches, there will be showers ahead of the rain coming in. a lot of cloud, still thick enough for some patchy light rain or drizzle. and a few brighter breaks. so where we've got the clearer skies, this is where we are looking at temperatures falling away to about —2 in aberdeen, 6 in london, 5 in stornoway. as we go through friday, this weather front does make good inroads to the north—west. the high pressure pushes a bit further away. hardly an isobar on the chart so again we are looking at light breezes. a lot of cloud on friday, still thick enough here and there for the odd spot of drizzle, but there will be some breaks in the cloud. however, you can see the advancement of that weather front coming in, bringing rain across northern and north—western scotland, eventually to north—western parts of northern ireland. as a result, stornoway seeing 8 degrees, as is lerwick. 6 in newcastle, 9 in plymouth. 0vernight friday into saturday, the weather

you shouldn't refuse norwich the funeral because everyone we, we have is all watching just serial we me to get and then we see another similar more. right now we can say someone indisputably that has butler has been weakened militarily and structurally we also have seen, of course, the collapse of the us and resume in syria. in light of these developments. israel is really military officials anyway. are discussing this as a kind of strategic opportunity to strike iran's nuclear facilities. there was a times of visual report that stated that the is really air force has increased preparations for these type of potential strikes on iran. do you think that this will actually happen, or is this just a bluff? my guess is as good as yours. i really don't know. for many years, we've been told that these are not doing by itself without the united states. i'm not sure that the united states is ready to get into it and take over your i'm not sure with or for the drug who is speaking about the policy will speaks about getting out from on probably a bunch of kiddos but you know, easily is now qui

elsewhere, wins for bristol city, norwich, preston, and swansea...at edinburgh rivals hearts 2—1 at tynecastle. .. hibs took the lead early on thanks to an own goal from kye rowles after a lengthly var check. hearts were back on level terms on the stroke of half time... another own goal, this time from rocky bushiri sending his attempted clearance beyond his own goalkeeper. but substitute gayle sealed the game with a lovely finish withjust over 10 minutes remaining. the win sends hibs up to seventh, while hearts stay 10th. and there is still one match ongoing in the spl where st mirren are leading rangers by one goal to nil at half time thanks to an oisin smyth penalty. in the rest of the day's games, celtic got back on track, with a win over motherwell. 4—0 the score. it took them just before half time to make the breakthrough though. it's seven matches without a win for aberdeen — they were thrashed 4—0 by kilmarnock. ross county ended a wait of 15 months for an away victory — they beat dundee 3—0... with dundee united beating stjohnstone. let's ha

lighter and that might well help temperatures climb by an odd degree or two, perhaps up to ten in norwichg in from the west later in the weekend, into next week. and so weather—wise, friday and saturday, we'll probably start to see some rain move into scotland, a bit of hill snow with that but no significant accumulations. then it should brighten up at least for a time. real—life �*succession' — rupert murdoch loses his bid to change a family trust and give control to his eldest son. blue skies ahead. more of us than ever before are predicted to take off next year — we'll speak to one of the leading figures from the aviation industry. and the nuclear race — ai demand is fuelling investment in new reactors — we hear from the company developing the first plant of its kind in the us. welcome to business today, i'm ben thompson. we start with the latest installment in the rupert murdoch succession saga. a court in the us state of nevada has rejected mr murdoch's plans to change the terms of his family trust and hand editorial control of his media empire to his son lachlan. the media mogul�*s

but his ball, the head of state, has apologized for his short lived declaration of martial norwich. plunged the nation into k o. the one piece on the declaration of emergency marshall was driven by my desperation as president. meaning i am ultimately responsible for state affairs. however, this has caused anxiety and inconvenience to the public illness. i am truly sorry, and i sincerely apologize to all citizens who must have been very surprised. i will not avoid the legal or political responsibility regarding this declaration of martial law. here and empires to knock down for several hours on tuesday, citing concerned as a pro north korean forces in the country haldeman revolt at vi, towing to move by that and hundreds had gathered in protest in parliamentary ins, clashed with security forces. i'm at the full out nationwide. the defense minister resigned and una himself, as you know, is facing impeachment. we spoke to south, very important visit and trying to handle choice as a preview of that exclusive and more okay to i believe that since president hughes took you all came to power democ

meanwhile, in an effort to raise mental health awareness, men in norwich, england, are invited to talk-being on international men's day aboard a special bus dubbed "the chatty bus." while men in new york city are invited to sit silently on the subway until their feelings crystalize into a ice chip in their chest. meanwhile, it's a christmas miracle because kfc has launched christmas wrapping paper that tastes like chicken. they came up with the idea while trying to invent a way to make your dog eat your kids' brand-new nintendo switch. importantly, this is important, the paper is actually meant only to be "licked," and kfc has warned it is "not intended for human consumption," a statement which could cause problems since that is already the motto for taco bell. we'll be right back with selena gomez! ♪ ♪ have you always had trouble with your weight? same. discover the power of wegovy®. with wegovy®, i lost 35 pounds. and some lost over 46 pounds. and i'm keeping the weight off. i'm reducing my risk. wegovy® is the only weight-management medicine proven to reduce risk of major cardiovasc

maine second after thrashing oxford united and burn the one and sunderland came from behind to beat norwichtacular style as they beat coventry city 4—1 and scoring all four goals becoming the first player to do so since 20 years ago. and in other news, whole city taking on swansea and two goals— one. rangers moved into second place in the scottish premiership in the scottish premiership, rangers are up to second, 8 points behind leaders celtic. their rise though is at the expense of aberdeen who have been in freefall, losing again today, beaten by hibernian. premiership leaders and a breathless competition, no fewer than 12 tries on a record—breaking day in bristol running out before 24 winners and watch this. the away dressing room has felt a lot like home for bristol recently and one more victory on their travels will give them ten in a row to the premiership record. in full voice and leicester tigers roared early through and then silenced and dramatic fashion. first by gabriel who scored twice by bears and a dominant position and then by bristol in complete control. so much so that by th

stornoway with the cloud and rain but with the clearer skies further south, it will be cold, —i in norwichuth—east, the cloud building as the weather front continues to drift steadily south and east, taking cloud and rain with it. behind it you will find a return to brighter skies, sunny spells and still some showers. temperatures up on today, eight in aberdeen to ii in the south—west and the channel islands. just a heads up if you are travelling at the weekend, saturday and sunday are both looking particularly windy. saturday, the met office has weather warnings out for the north and west of the country, for