ratcliffe and ineos for 61% of the club, —— ratcliffe and ineos for 69% of the club, sheikh jassim forn, after summer of silence, sheikh jassim pulls out. as manchester united are listed on the new york stock exchange we can see they are worth around £2.6 billion. earlier this year, though, forbes valued them nearer 4.8 billion. we understand that sheikh jassim and jim ratcliffe both bid in excess of 5 billion, with sheikh jassim's offer believe to wipe united's debt of around £1 billion, with another 1.4 billion on top to invest in the stadium, training facilities, and playing squad. so we are left then with sirjim ratcliffe's offer of an estimated £1.3 billion for 25% of manchester united. where will the money go? and what happens to the debt? what's really clear here is manchester united need an injection of liquidity or cash in very simple terms, the sirjim ratcliffe bid achieve that, whether it is used as a debt repayment we are not entirely sure at the moment. but the glazers have clearly racked up a huge amount of debt the football club, that debt has been manageable over the pa

1161% proposals, radcliffe and ineos 461% sheikh jassim for 100%. after some of silence, sheikh jassim pulls out. —— summer. as managers united are listed on the new york stock exchange we can see they are worth around £2.6 billion. earlier this year forbes valued them nearerfor billion. we understand that sheikh jassim andjim understand that sheikh jassim and jim ratcliffe understand that sheikh jassim andjim ratcliffe both bid in excess of 5 billion, with sheikh jassim's offer expected to wipe the debts to invest in the stayed in training facilities and planks was. so we are left then with sirjim ratcliffe�*s offer. with an estimated £1.3 billion for 25% of manchester united. we will the money go? and what happens to the debt? mas the money go? and what happens to the debt?— to the debt? was really clear here is manchester _ to the debt? was really clear here is manchester united i to the debt? was really clear. here is manchester united need an injection of liquidity or cash in very simple terms, the sirjim ratcliffe tredwell achieve that, whethe

sirjim ratcliffe�*s ineos group wants to take control of the football operations side of manchester united buy a 25% stake in the club, worth an offer of an estimated $1.7 billion. the british billionaire is thought to be increasingly confident of securing what he hopes will be the first stage of an eventual buyout of the glazer family, who currently own manchester united. the bbc has been told that his principal rival, qatari banker sheikh jassim, has withdrawn from the bidding process, having failed to meet the glazers' valuation of more than 6 billion and had grown frustrated with the american�*s demands. rangers have appointed the former monaco and club brugge head coach philippe clement as their new manager. the former belgium defender succeeds michael beale, who was sacked earlier this month and he signed a three and a half year deal at ibrox. his first match in charge will be against hibernian next weekend. he can't do worse than michael beale because the last game against aberdeen was not acceptable. it's unacceptable how the team has been performing this season and they need to st

the battle for control of manchester united, what a stake forjim ratcliffe's ineos would mean for theew sports are approved for the 2028 olympics — squash, cricket, lacrosse, flag football, and baseball or softball are all in. and australia secure their first win at this year's cricket world cup. hello there, welcome along to sportsday. for almost a year, the ownership of manchester united has been in the spotlight following the glazer family announcing they were considering selling the club. this weekend, talks broke down with sheikh jassim of qatar,

what a stake forjim ratcliffe's ineos would mean for the club and its future. five new sports are approved for the 2028 olympics — squash, cricket, lacrosse, flag football, and baseball or softball are all in. and australia secure their first win at this year's cricket world cup. hello there, welcome along to sportsday. for almost a year, the ownership of manchester united has been in the spotlight following the glazer family announcing they were considering selling the club. this weekend, talks broke down with sheikh jassim of qatar, who was behind a £5 billion bid, paving the way for british billionaire sirjim ratcliffe�*s offer, which could be approved this week. but it's far from straightforward. ben croucher has been looking at some of the unanswered questions. let's take you back to november last year, when manchester united said they where exploring strategic alternatives that included selling the club. it came after big protests against the owners in the ill—fated european super league saga. to mean better emerged from united van sirjim ratcliff and own

thomas says he's still got two more big years in him after he signed a new two—year contract with ineosmpion and double olympic gold medallist had been approaching the end of his current deal. the 37—year old says, "although you never say never, in my head, this is my last contract". and what about this to finish in major league baseball? texas rangers' mitch garver hit a solo homer in game 6 of their american league championship series against the houston astros. fans had gloves in the crowd, but this guyjust casually caught it barehanded — a glove on the other hand. and he looked pretty chilled out about it afterwards as well, as the rangers won 9—2 to force a game 7 decider. how easy was that?! you can get all the latest sports news at the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there. we've started this week off on a fine note, but things are turning more unsettled now tuesday onwards, and by the end of the week, it'll be turning windier with plenty of blustery showers. so, rain at times over

the battle for control over manchester united — we'll have more on what a stake forjim ratcliffe's ineosr the club, and it's future. scotland celebrate — qualification is sealed for next year's euros without a ball being kicked. and what a weekend at the rugby world cup — as england now face a date with champions south africa, following their dramatic win over hosts france. also coming up on sportsday... five new sports are approved for the 2028 olympics — squash, cricket, lacrosse, flag football and baseball or softball are all in. hello there — and welcome along to the programme. for almost a year, the ownership of manchester united has been in spotlight following the glazer family announcing they were considering selling the club. this weekend, talks broke down with sheikh jassim of qatar, who was behind a five billion pound bid, paving the way for british billionaire sirjim ratcliffe's offer which could be approved this week. but it's far from straightforward as ben croucher reports. let's ta ke let's take you back to november last year, when manchester united said they where explori

manchester united may be closer to getting a new investor, billionaire sirjim ratcliffe, who controls the ineosoffer to buy 25% of the football club from the glazer family, and the offer is worth around £i.3 family, and the offer is worth around £1.3 billion, or $1.6 trillion. —— 1.6 billion dollars. thanks very much for watching. to stay with bbc news. peter and janet barron share a passion forfencing, and it's a passion they want to pass on. even before they start their own training, the couple from worsley turn up at stourbridge fencing club to help the coaches encourage and develop the next generation. whereas people are singing about football all the time. they don't sing about fencing. so any opportunity we get that we can promote the sport so that there's a lot more young people taking it up, that's so much the better. it's essential that we all help future generations| to come through. and as you've seen tonight yourself, how enthusiasticl those little children eight years on are, | they really enjoy it. fencing brought the pair together many years ago and they've been duelling their wa

geraint thomas says he's still got two more big years in him, as he signs a new two—year contract with ineosold medallist had been approaching the end of his current deal. the 37—year old says "although you never say never, in my head this is my last contract." in nfl, the kansas city chiefs have made it six straight wins after victory over the los angeles chargers. patrick mahomes threw four touchdowns for the defending super bowl champions in the 31 point to 17 victory. the chiefs now haven't lost since being beaten by the detroit lions in the first game of the season. and what about this to finish? mitch garver hit a solo homer. fans were ready with gloves in the crowd to take the catch. but not this guy — he casually caught it bare—handed, a glove on the other hand. and looked pretty chilled out about it afterwards as well. very impressive. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. you're watching bbc news. i'm catherine byaruhanga. let's get more now on

sirjim ratcliffe�*s ineos group is aiming to take a minority stake in the club — it would be the moste of its subsciption plans. the streaming giant said monthly charges for its uk basic service would rise by £1 to 7.99 and the premium option will increase by £2 to 17.99. it reflects the firm�*s growing confidence after successfully cracking down on password sharing. netflix says this summer it added the most subscribers in two years. england are preparing for their semi—final clash against south africa at the rugby world cup on saturday. despite being the only undefeated team in the competition so far, england will start as the underdogs against the reigning world champions. our sports correspondent andy swiss reports from paris. england swapped the oval ball for a round one as they trained this week. all smiles ahead of their semifinal, something which just a few months ago seemed a long way away. this is endless and merciless from france! england defeated, in disarray! england struggled for most of this year, but suddenly the expressions have changed, celebrating their quarterfinal

geraint thomas says he's still got two more big years in him, after he signed a new 2—year contract with ineosdiers. the former tour de france champion and double olympic gold medallist had been approaching the end of his current deal. the 37—year old says "although you never say never, in my head this is my last contract." anthonyjoshua has told the bbc that his fight with deontay wilder could become part of a heavyweight double bill with tyson fury and oleksandr usyk. terms have also been agreed for the former two—time world heavyweight champion joshua to fight wilder, though no date has been announced. speaking at the us grand prix on the weekend, joshua said it might not happen until april. a deal for a fight between champions fury and usyk was signed in october, and is set to take place in saudi arabia. and that's all the sport for now. thank you. our main story israel's war on hamas for the uk prime minister rishi sunak is given the british governments assessment at the deadly blast in gaza last week. let's go live to oui’ our political correspondent. live now to our political correspond

sirjim ratcliffe�*s ineos group wants to take control of the football operations side of manchester uniteduy a 25% stake in the club with an offer worth an estimated $1.7 billion. the british billionaire is thought to be increasingly is thought to be increasingly confident of securing what he hopes will be the first stage of an eventual buyout of the glazer family. the bbc�*s been told that his principal rival — qatari banker sheikh jassim bin hamad al thani — has withdrawn from the bidding process, having failed to meet the glazers�* valuation of more than 6 billion and growing frustrated with their demands. qualifying for next year's european football championship continues on sunday. the likes of belgium, france and portugal have already made it to germany, while scotland can join them without kicking a ball — that's if norway fail to beat spain. it's much trickier for wales, who play croatia. they remain three points off second place in group d in a four—way tussle for qualification, but wales will move in to second if they win in cardiff. manager rob page insists speculation about his

sirjim ratcliffe's ineos group wants to take control of the football operations side of manchester unitedith an offer worth an estimated $1.7 billion. the british billionaire is thought to be increasingly confident of securing what he hopes will be the first stage of an eventual buyout of the glazer family. the bbc�*s been told that his principal rival — qatari banker sheikh jassim — has withdrawn from the bidding process having failed to meet the glazers' valuation of more than 6 billion manchester city are top of the women's super league after a 5—0 victory over bristol city. jill roord and khadija shaw both scoring twice. elsewhere, manchester united and leicester drew 1—1. two goals in stoppage time saw arsenal snatch victory against aston villa. spurs and everton also won. and don't forget, there's lots of european championship qualifiers taking place around europe today. all the details on our website. scotland could reach the finals if spain avoid defeat to norway in oslo. if spain win, they'll be in germany next year too. albania and turkey could also qualify on sunday. you can go

the concern is that ineos, it's personnel. ineos, it's about personnel. last few years with and with british with niece and with british cycling very good. cycling has not been very good. >> as a welshman, i'm just >> now as a welshman, i'm just going to say this very carefully about south africa game. you about the south africa game. you do england . well, do feel for england. well, you do feel for england. well, you do point in it, even though do one point in it, even though perhaps they should have closed the match well. >> joe tweeted last night, put made intervention x last made an intervention on x last night we it and all night saying we blew it and all the responses below from rugby people and non rugby people was no, we see it like that. no, we didn't see it like that. south africa are world champions and we always say and they what do we always say about the top the elite sides in sport? we say they always find a way, whether it be boxing, football, tennis whatever. football, tennis or whatever. and find a way and it and they did find a way and

thomas says he's still got two more big years in him, after he signed a new two—year contract with ineos the last ten seconds of stoppage time, and spurs will go back to the top of the table, nine wins in a row, the biggest in premier league history. for everything else, go to the bbc sport website. bye—bye. hello there. well, after last week's significant stormy spell of weather, this morning was quite a refreshing change — chilly but dry, with some sunshine. and into the afternoon, just take a look at highland scotland — absolutely glorious. we did have some rain, however — it was mostly down to the southwest, in particular through the isles of scilly. in the first six hours this morning, we sawjust shy of two inches of rain. so some threatening—looking skies at times across cornwall. and there's more rain to come, i'm afraid, in the weather story as we go through the week ahead. in fact, we could see more significant rain arriving overnight tonight into the southeast and across eastern england — areas where we don't need any more significant rain — moving across east anglia, lincolnsh

you've got the energy company ineos, which runs greenmount grangemouth, our biggest .gest refinery. it it provides refined oil for the whole of scotland and a lot of the north of england. it's britain's engine room. you've got the bosses of ineos saying we're going grangemouth. mr going to close grangemouth. mr starmer, ahead with starmer, if you go ahead with this and when you have the possibility of a stand off between iran and the united states over the straits of hormuz , people who want net zero hormuz, people who want net zero policies to slow down, people who want more realism in those policies, they will point and they say they will say to the likes of greta thunberg, i'm sorry, your beliefs are luxury beliefs. that phrase will become very, very important because this is where the rubber hits the road for a lot of these net zero policies can we keep the lights on? can we keep our people warm this winter? we face adversaries in the form of russia, opec , the oil exporters russia, opec, the oil exporters cartel. they're working hand in glove now and now potential

billionaire sirjim ratcliffe's ineos group is considering whether to offer to buy a minority stake ined. if ratcliffe was succesful in buying a minority stake, the move would allow the glazer family to retain a significant shareholding in united. now to that var controversey from liverpool's game on saturday. could this clear things up? the club have requested to the referees governing body for the audio conversations between the officials to be released. it's after var failed to overturn a wrong decision to disallow a luis diaz goalfor offside. the pgmol said it was down to significant human error. liverpool said that explanation was unacceptable, and want the conversations released between the officials to work out just how it happened. whether it will bring in clarity remains to be seen, but they think thatis remains to be seen, but they think that is one way of trying to resolve this situation. the us based andretti team are still holding out hope ofjoining formula 1. they are the only bid to be approved by the fia. but f1 bosses will have now have the final say and they are expec

he's ineos, british billionaire. he's wanted part of manchester united for quite some time.r sale. there's been so many different this has been going on for years now, so many different bids. we've had the qatari bid as well , which is sheikh jassim as well, which is sheikh jassim bin hamad al thani, which would have been a complete buyout. it would have been, although we now have heard that he's pulled out. so he said he's not interested anymore. leave, sir jim ratcliffe, he ratcliffe, although he wants a complete buyout, which it looks like he's going to happen. at the we're looking the moment, we're looking at 25, although it's. >> what do you mean it looks like it's going to happen. he has to wait five years or something. >> i don't know. see this is he's saying that, you know, we want to take care of the whole football but if football operation. but if you're minority you're a minor minority shareholder 25, how can you shareholder at 25, how can you then do that unless there's something going on something else that's going on that know about it. but that we don't know a

now, looks like sir james radcliffe ineos fame . it radcliffe of ineos fame. at £6 billion. that will keep the happy, will it? it keep the fans happy, will it? it won't because they won't a full sale. and don't forget full sale. and don't forget that full sale. and don't forget that full sale £5 billion up sale included £5 billion up front a billion on front plus a fuss, a billion on the ground. stadium the training ground. the stadium and to the debt. and to clear the debt. >> aiden stephanie, thank >> okay aiden stephanie, thank you indeed. to you very much indeed. be good to see this morning. see you this morning. >> right. well, we're off for the moment. we're back next weekend. fact, you're weekend. but in fact, you're going back on thursday. going to be back on thursday. thursday. yes. but thursday. i'll be back. yes. but do stay tuned because christopher hope, political christopher hope, our political editor, and he's editor, is next. and he's sitting tominey sitting in for camilla tominey on programme. don't go >> just . good >> just. good morning. >>

british businessman sir jim ratcliffe of the ineos group is the only other declared bidder.s understood to be working on a 25% stake, and that would see the american glazer family retain majority control of the club . that is it for the moment. club. that is it for the moment. i'll be back with more a little later this evening, but for the moment it's over to . mark well, moment it's over to. mark well, we've got the dream team tonight. >> my thanks to the brilliant mr armstrong, who's back in an hours armstrong, who's back in an hour's time to bring you the latest on what's happening in gaza and, of course, israel and we've got greg, amy, melissa and lottie. it's going to be a busy show. welcome to mark dolan tonight in my big opinion, emmanuel macron is stealing britain's millionaires with generous tax rates. britain's war on the wealthy has got to end. we need their money. thousands of pro—palestinian supporters have marched across the uk today with seven arrests in london will bring you the latest. and we'll be asking whether those waving the flag of hamas terrorists sho