no time to reflect for mikel arteta, as they play again on sunday. pleased with the way his players reacted after going a goal down at bournemouth. there are no negotiable is at this club, so many standards that have to be done in that pitch, and today i think we have done all the things that i'm going to start requiring from now on, because we have to keep improving, the reaction after they lose the ball, how they control the transitions, their spirit, their reaction at half—time, the character they showed going 1—0 down, it is tough because they are in a difficult run, i really liked all of that. in the premier league since 2011 as southampton moved three points clear of the relegation zone with a 2—0 win at stamford bridge. chelsea never got going, and it was the visitors who took the lead with this brilliant strike from michael 0bafemi just after the half—hour mark. and then, with 20 minutes remaining, a superb team move saw the ball break for nathan redmond, who wrapped up the win. it moves southampton up to 14th. you need a team that is really

no time to reflect for mikel arteta, as they play again on sunday.leased with the way his players reacted after going a goal down at bournemouth: there are so many standards at this clu b there are so many standards at this club that have to be done on that football pitch. and today i think we have done them. other things that i wa nt to have done them. other things that i want to start requiring from my own because we have to keep improving, they will learn on the pitch. and they will learn on the pitch. and the reaction after every time we lost the ball, how we control transitions, their spirit and reaction at half—time, the character they showed going 1—0 down, it is tough because they are in a different —— difficult run. i really liked all of that. the top two are currently in action in the premier league. the leaders liverpool are at leicester where it's. earlier chelsea lost consecutive home games for the first time in the premier league since 2011 as southampton moved three points clear of the relegation zone with a 2—0 win at stamford bridge.

arsenal have appointed their former player mikel arteta as their new manager.the final of the football world club championship, with liverpool taking on the brazilian club flamengo. the match is being held in the gulf state of qatar, which is also hosting the 2022 world cup. but it‘s always been a controversial choice of venue, because of the country‘s human rights record and treatment of migrant workers. the intense heat is also a big problem. olly foster reports now from qatar. come on you reds. following liverpool has its benefits. reds abroad and getting redder. this is football‘s new frontier and for the past week as different continents and cultures have come together, qatar has been put to the test. it‘s really much like dubai and abu dhabi, very similar place, but i‘ve found it great so far. you're worried about what you're going to wear, you know, and also the cost is unbelievably ridiculous. well, this is where liverpool and their fans will be heading for the final. in three years‘ time though, doha is going to be a destination for millions coming her

mikel arteta taking charge of arsenal for the first time away to bournemouth. despite having been in thejob less than a week, he's been impressed with what he's seen so far. i think we are much more committed. i think we have a different kind of aggression, every time we lose the ball. i think the body language was much better in the past few games. and i think they play with more passion as well in the game. obviously, there were things to improve but at least those have to be non—negotiable, they have to be on the table for every game, every training session, and the way we live together. a busy day in scotland too with celtic manager neil lennon calling for focus from his side at st mirren with an old firm derby against rangers looming on sunday. celtic are five points ahead of their second—placed rivals who face kilmarnock. celtic know a win will guarantee top spot ahead of the winter break. you can see all of the day's fixture's online and app.

at old trafford whilst mikel arteta's first match in charge of arsenal finished in a one all draw at bournemouth. arteta was happy afterwards with the attitude his side showed having gone behind: there are no negotiables of this clu b there are no negotiables of this club and summary standards that have to be done in that football pitch. and today i think we have done them, and all the things i want to start requiring from now on because we have to keep improving they were there on the pitch today as well. how we control the transitions and everything, this period and the reaction at half—time, the character they showed at the moment it's tough because of a difficult run. i really liked all of that. sam curran's been the star bowler on the opening day of the first test against south africa taking a wickets as the hosts were left on 277 for 9 at stumps at centurion. a promising start for england who had south africa 111 for 5 at one stage after some indifferent batting. quinton de kock mounted a recovery

will this have on the open source community or tech idealists giving in to market pressures we asked mikell boom from the technical university of berlin who's been involved in the open source community for 20 years because he could so as you will the commercialization of open source software that we've been seeing also with the acquisition. get up hasn't really impacted the daily business because you still have free access to the software. not everyone in the open source community is as optimistic as. open source was designed to be collaborative and decentralized but its future looks uncertain for its recently ran a story titled open source broken after a talk given by good chief operating officer eric. she's worried by companies using open source within their own products i do think that the way that people are consuming and building services around open source has changed there are one of the companies that are flourishing with building businesses around open source software and there are been some open source companies who have come out and said that was a really of their intention when

will this have on the open source community or tech idealists giving in to market pressures we asked mikell boom from the technical university of berlin who's been involved in the open source community for 20 years. the commercialization of open source software that we've been seeing also with the acquisitions of ready to get up hasn't really impacted the daily business because you still have free access to the software for free. not everyone in the open source community is as optimistic as. open source was does. line to be collaborative and essential ised but its future looks uncertain for its recently ran a story titled is open source broken after a talk given by getting the chief operating officer eric. she's worried by companies using open source within their own products i do think that the way that people are consuming and building services around open source has changed there are one of the companies that are flourishing with building businesses around open source software and there are been some open source companies who have come out and said that was a really of their intention wh

their former captain mikel arteta, is expected to be announced as the new boss on friday.l have gone about their business. patrick geary reports. this week started as if they will finish. but hisjourney this week started as if they will finish. but his journey is the right hand man to the dugout has been fraught with danger. three no 3- 3— no defeat, and so began a strange shadow dance surrounding him. arsenal executives were photographed outside of his house in the early hours of the next morning and it was confirmed that he was talking to his former cloud would still be travelling with the city to oxford united for a cup match. doing the best thing possible but you have to handle these kind of situations, by looking and behind the scenes and try to realise in

"welcome back, mikel." arsenal's former captain is the new head coach at the emirates.ans might be on holiday, but liverpool are serious about winning the club world cup. and find out how one sporting body is changing the game for their female athletes. also coming up in the programme: how do you change the most racist club in israel? the chairman of beitarjerusalem thinks he has the answer. and after a player gets it badly wrong at the world darts championship, we have some of sports' biggest blunders. so, welcome to sportsday. we're starting with the news many arsenal fans have been waiting for, and that's that their former captain mikel arteta is the club's new head coach. he's been poached from manchester city, where he's been working as an assistant coach, ending weeks of speculation as to who would succeed unai emery. arsenal is tenth in the leak and the seven points off the champions league places. i fell back home and feel very happy and proud to have been given the chance to be manager of this football club. and i am preparing for a few years for this challenge

mikel arteta is announced as the new head coach of arsenal.former captain will be the youngest manager in the premier league. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. three and a half years after the uk voted to leave the eu, mps have resoundingly voted in favour of the government's brexit bill. it paves the way for borisjohnson to deliver his promise that the uk will leave the eu at the end of next month. the prime minister won the vote easily by 358 votes to 234. six labour mps rebelled and voted with the government. the withdrawal agreement, now approved in principle by mps, says the uk will leave the eu on the 31st of january and imposes a transition period until the end of 2020, when we still abide by eu rules. it says we will pay the eu a "divorce bill" of around £33 billion. it sets a framework for trade talks between the uk and the eu, but if no agreement is reached it sets out a plan for dealing with the northern irish border, with a customs border down the irish sea. our deputy political editor john pienaar has more. we're le

ago leaving mikel arteta's house.ut the possibility of taking over arsenal is boss. he is currently working as assistant to pep guardiola. it is all very well about talking about speculation but this is concrete evidence from a very persistent photographer who sat outside mikel arteta's house for several hours in the cold. you assume opera audiences are erudite and calm and that sort of thing. are they crazy and wild really? this historic surprise me. a barrister has been convicted of a fight which happened at the opera with somebody whojumps happened at the opera with somebody who jumps e. happened at the opera with somebody whojumps e. —— this story. it all got a bit scrappy. do you have to dress up posh for the opera? there are all different kinds. hooliganism, this is terrible. does anyone do fancy football league? i am slightly obsessed with it. this isa am slightly obsessed with it. this is a story by you, for you. the board chest champion is going to defend his title for the fifth time. —— chess. he has a pheno

mikel arteta was here as the new arsenal manager.ing any real meaningful chances. arsenal similarly struggling to show their best. if either new manager was inspired by what they had seen, they were not showing it. the second half was barely a little brighter. aubameyang forcing a save from pickford. at the other end, a good block got in the way of everton‘s biggest moment. other end, a good block got in the way of everton's biggest moment.” said it from day one, they will be wanting a world class manager and we have got one. i can‘t wait to start working with him. with him being in the stand, that will give us a lift. a new manager in the stands. that will give the team another ten yards and helped us. duncan ferguson steps aside as does freddie ljunberg. the new managers have learned there is much work to be done. let‘s go to austin halewood for the rest of today‘s action in the premier league. no one really threatening the top 3 in the 3 o‘clock kick—offs today. a lot of them were all about the battle at the bottom and the biggest

there is no time to reflect or mikel arteta, as they play again on sunday.chelsea's mixed form under frank lampard continuing, as they lost 2—0 to southampton. there were wins for crystal palace and aston villa whilst sheffield united drew 1—1 with watford. manchester united currently lead newcastle 2—1. celtic maintained their lead at the top of the scottish premiership with a 2—1win over st mirren, whilst second placed rangers beat kilmarnock1—0. earlier hibs won back to back edinburgh derbies for the first time since the 19705 — two goals from martin boyle sealing a 2—0 win over hearts, who remain bottom. in one of the biggest races of the national hunt season — the king george vi chase — clan des 0beaux made it back—to—back wins with a dominant victory at kempton. sam twiston—davies guided the seven—year—old, part owned by sir alex ferguson, to victory by some 21 lengths. there's plenty more on the bbc sport website, including details of cardiff blues' win in the pro 1a rugby. but from me, goodnight. people in some parts the world have been watching the

arsenal held talks with former player mikel arteta, who's currently the assistant coach at manchesterhe early hours of this morning. he's one of the favourites to take overfrom freddie ljungberg who's in caretaker charge. wilfried za ha rescued a point for crystal palace against rivals brighton in the premier league tonight. and that point takes palace above arsenal in the prmeier league. brighton dominated most of the game, neal maupay with a brilliant opener to give them a deserved lead. palace found their feet with around 20 minutes remaining. and not to be outdone, zaha scored a brilliant equaliser, and what a way to reward manager roy hodgson in what was his 100th game for the club. place positively, you represent yourself in we have been playing so well as of late, third goal, i think in four games. we always knew he could do that, working very hard and trying to improve that side of things, shooting off a lot more now than perhaps he did at one stage in his career. he

arsenal announce the appointment of former manchester city assistant mikel arteta as their new head coachf an hour, i will be looking back at the best films of the year, films from around the world from spectacular block busters to hidden art—house gems. that's all in review 2019, the year in film, with me, mark. it's 5:00, our main story is that mps have voted in favour of borisjohnson‘s eu withdrawal bill — paving the way for brexit to take place at the end of january. its passage was all—but—guaranteed because of the big majority the conservatives won in the general election. mps voted by 358 to 234 in support of the bill — a majority of 124 — meaning a number of labour mps voted with the government. 0ur political correspondent, nick eardley, has this report. after months of intense drama here, suddenly, it seems so simple. to back the brexit deal, borisjohnson is now succeeded. the ayes to the right 358, the noes to the left 234. as expected, a significant majority. confirmation we are unclear as to leave back of the net! "back of the net", cried one tory mp. earlier, borisjohnson had

this is mikel arteta. can understand why arsenal want him. he pulled away. you can understand why arsenalwant him. he is pulled away. you can understand why arsenal want him. he is a former captain said the fans will be happy about it. it should be mikel arteta the man in charge. he's said his goodbyes at manchester city, where he's been assistant coach for three years, but city are said to be furious at the way arsenal have gone about their business. we have a sneak preview of an exclusive bbc interview for you now. frank lampard has been talking to gary lineker about his first season as chelsea manager and about coming face to face with his former bossjose mourinho when chelsea play at totttenham on sunday. at tottenham on sunday. what will it be like to sat in the opposite dugout? will it make any difference that it'sjose mourinho? that you have spent so many years with him... of course it will. ..brought so much success together? of course it will. be special? i think it will be a special and i think i

arsenal hold talks with their former captain mikel arteta.sistant at manchester city. everton meanwhile have made the former chelsea manager carlo ancelotti their first choice. they're yet to make a contract offer, but will now step up their efforts to bring him to goodison park. and a strange story from italy where the top league — serie a — has been heavily criticised for a new anti—racism campaign which uses pictures of monkeys. anti—discrimation group fare have called it a sickjoke. more on all of those stories in about 20 minutes. i will see you then. thank you, sally, and see you seen. back to politics, and jeremy corbyn will address labour mps today as the fallout continues over the party's catastrophic general election defeat. the shadow foreign secretary, emily thornberry, warned privately in september that labour's chances of winning the election would be hampered by taking a neutral stance on brexit. speaking to the bbc for a documentary which will be broadcast tonight, she questioned whetherjeremy corbyn could avoid taking a posit

years well judging from that promo clip they seem confident to be writing history and according to mikel boom it's this confidence which drives them to voice. most of those involved are motivated by 2 things they want to do something they enjoy that they find interesting and they like the feeling that everything they produce helps make the world a better place for this and it's this combination that drives many of those i know in this field a few days can i see sure do you use wikipedia or firefox both are open source projects i do use them and if you ask me open source is an incredible accomplishment in the world's $500.00 fast the super computers run on a free operating system namely linux what does the future look like now that tech giants are buying important open source projects what do you think let us know on you tube or facebook i buy and see you soon. sometimes. this time on high cost of living life young families. it's insurance you know to the point and of course. the amount right when people you have it. to me companies because there are many skype. it's not like. w. . is off

so arsenal appear to be closing in on their man — but how good will mikel arteta be as a manager?knows the club well but he's only ever been an assistant at manchester city up to this point. our football reporter simon stone has more. it is an interesting one because he is not a manager. he went straight from playing for arsenal and now he is assisting. yet imagine some of the star dust of working with him has rubbed off but he worked with guardiloa for many years and he was not, successful, he was sacked at the end and there's no guarantee with any managerial man going to work but having said that penned their colours to the mast, they are trained to stick with them and they hope it pays off. well arteta's first match in charge could be against everton on saturday. they themselves are without a permenant manager — as continue to pursue former chelsea and napoli boss carlo ancelotti. but caretaker manager duncan ferguson will remain in the everton dugout on saturday. ferguson has been in temporary charge for the past 3 matches, overseeing a win against chelsea at goodison, a draw

mikel arteta is set to be named as arsenal's new manager on friday. to have agreed terms with their former captain. however, manchester city, where arteta is currently assistant to pep guardiola, are believed to be less than impressed with how arsenal have pursued the spaniard. patrick gearey explains. this week started as it may well have finished, with mackellar debtor back at arsenal, but his journey from pep guardiola's and man to the opposing dog has been fraught. after a 3—0 defeat to man city, their ca reta ker, a 3—0 defeat to man city, their caretaker, freddie ljungberg took on the side to decide who will take charge. so began a strange sotho dance around arteta was that executives were voted —— shadow dance. people were spotted around arteta house taking photos. we will do the best thing possible, but sometimes it is hard to handle these situations. all of the clubs around the world make behind—the—scenes first contact. the club you are in charge, they realise it and the media don't realise it, so that is a possibility only as normal. while

meanwhile arsenal are in talks to bring in former captain mikel arteta — who is currently pep guardiola'sster city. guardiola has said he won't stand in arteta's way. when we have any new news i will know and you will know. we will know what happened. now he is here tomorrow training with us, he trained today. and that is it. former british cyclist jess varnish has won the right to appeal against the finding of a tribunal which ruled that she wasn't an employee of british cycling. the 29—year—old was controversially dropped from the gb programme for the 2016 rio olympics. in a statement varnish said she wanted to give athletes an opportunity "to hold to account employees of governing bodies." new orleans saints quarterback drew brees has become the all—time leader in touchdown passes. he made four throws for four touchdowns in their win over the indianapolis colts last night. it took him past payton manning and gives him a career total of 5111 touchdown passes. there was a good win for england's women overnight in the first t20 international against pakistan. 0pener amyjones top scored wi

reversed that trend, he guided everton to fourth place in 2004 — he signed players like tim cahill and mikeld their pride. and even got everton to an fa cup final, they dared to dream. but ultimately, during his 11—year, spell everton didn't win anything before leaving for manchester united. so 2013 — in came roberto martinez. after he led wigan to beat manchester city and win the fa cup, and it was hoped he'd bring similar fortunes to everton‘s trophy cabinet. martinez promised to deliver champions league football when appointed. and that's what farhad moshiri wanted — in 2016, moshiri became a major shareholder, and one of the first things he did was give martinez his marching orders. they'd won just five league games at home that season, and were guaranteed to finish with their lowest points tally at goodison park — and the club was down to 12th in the premier league. the spaniard was replaced by ronald koeman, who guided everton to an 11th—placed finish in his first season. everton sold romelu lukaku to manchester united for £75 million in the summer of 2017. koeman spent that money on n

pearson and carlo ancelotti have revived the fortunes of watford and everton, arsenal were hoping mikelame at the emirates stadium. it's not quite worked out like that so far. after a boxing day draw at bournemouth, arteta saw his side blow a 1—0 lead to lose 2—1 at home to chelsea. it's their worst home run for 60 years and leaves them still languishing in the bottom half of the table. michael redford has more. the emirates have not been the most thrilling place to watch football. you have to back to october to find last time arsenal won in front of their home fans, a wake—up call very much needed. the new man in the dugout aim to provide it and asked for energy in his first programme notes. he his response. chelsea's defence were sleeping as was the rest of the team. this was the best ofa drab rest of the team. this was the best of a drab first half. but individual moments change matches. joe genio wasn't shown a second yellow card for this. it would prove key for moments later when the midfielder got a late christmas present. the genial couldn't miss. his dream had become a nightmare

senior arsenal staff were photographed outside former player mikel arteta's house.to darren lewis from the mirror who said. there is substance to the rumours suggesting that he is a candidate, the leading candidate for the job. suggesting that he is a candidate, the leading candidate for thejob. i do have concerns. as a manager, we know that he is a very effective one, but what his philosophy, which he does at manchester city, what is it that he would bring to the arsenaljob that would make them more effective if that would rescue them from the tailspin there and at them from the tailspin there and at the moment. you just do not know as far, he does not have the managerial background, only number two, this is a hugejob background, only number two, this is a huge job and whether or not he's threatening to do it. arsenal in a tailspin doing very well as number two but for him? this is a huge job to start your managerial career with ina huge to start your managerial career with in a huge appointment for arsenal as well because if they get this wrong and he is not the r

after the boxing day draw at bournemouth, mikel arteta watched his side blow a i—nil lead to lose 2—1straight home defeats is their worst run in 60 years. here's michael redford. the emirates have not been the most thrilling place to watch football. you have to go back to october to find last time arsenal won in front of their home fans, a wake—up call very much needed. the new man in the dugout aims to provide it and asked for energy in his first programme notes. he got his response. chelsea's defence were sleeping as was the rest of the team. this was the best of a drab first half. but individual moments change matches. joe genio wasn't shown a second yellow card for this. it would prove key for moments later when the midfielder got a late christmas present. they couldn't miss. his dream had become a nightmare, abra ham snatching victory. three successive home defeats for arsenal for the first time since 1997. arsenal's last 15 games has yielded just one victory whilst chelsea have had a win at the emirates and tottenham hotspur to show for their last fortnight but also home defeats

this man, their former captain mikel arteta, is widely expected to be announced as the new boss tomorroween a week of confusion and anger from his current team where he's assistant coach, manchester city. he said his goodbyes to the staff, but city are said to be livid at the way arsenal have gone about their business. patrick geary reports. this week started as it may well finish, with our teta back at arsenal. but his journey as the right hand into the opposing dugout has been fraught. after arsenal's 3-1 has been fraught. after arsenal's 3—1 defeat to manchester city on sunday, their caretaker manager called on the club to decide who was going to be in charge of the gunners. and so began a strange shadow dance surrounding our teta. arsenal's executives were photographed arts i would his house in the early hours of the next morning, on tuesday guardiola confirmed arteta was talking to his former club, but would still be travelling with city to oxford united for lead cup match. we wa nt united for lead cup match. we want to do the best thing possible, but sometimes, it's not easy. to ki

they've held talks with former player mikel arteta, who's the current assistant manager at manchestergrounding, but he's never held the top job at a club. well, for 22 years arsene wenger was in charge at arsenal, so who better to give their opinion on arteta potentially being appointed manager and how patient the fans should be. i believe that arteta has a great future. he has learned a lot as a assistant coach and after that, he will have to... he will have to deal with the fact that he has no experience at that level and he will have to get in to a good environment. i think the most important, every club, at arsenal especially, it is based on special values. inside the club, people have to take care of that. that is the most important. what makes the culture of a club great especially values of the club and you have to be fatal to that and continue to develop that. we have to be surrounded, if he comes into festival, freedom of speech like everybody else. he uses his notorious g to express its opinions. not necessarily shared by everybody. he has the right to do that. human being,

and then forever and to get together, mikel was saying he wants the fence to get behind him, he wantsverybody. i was impressed with his first press conference. for his first half a season and hopefully top five. i think that would be a great achievement. going forward , would be a great achievement. going forward, we need to be competing for trophies again. because he knows that's what we were. i know that's what we were. it needs a good man to get us up to that. yeah, arteta takes over after saturday's match against everton. rangers are nowjust 2 points behind leaders celtic at the top of the scottish premeriship, after a 3—0 win over hibernian in a fiesty encounter at easter road. rangers were two—up at half time through ryan kent and joe aribo beforejermaine defoe sealed it after the break. the match took an ugly turn, though, when hibs ryan porteous was dismissed for a reckless challenge. the bad temper spilled over to the dugout as well, with hibs coachjohn potter and his rangers counterpart tom culshaw sent to the stands. and hibs are reviewing cctv footage after reports that a

meanwhile arsenal are in talks to bring in former captain mikel arteta — who's currently pep guardiola'shester city. guardiola has said he won't stand in arteta's way. we have any news, any new news, i will know it and you know it, and we will know it and you know it, and we will know it and you know it, and we will know what happens. he trained today, he will play in the game and that's it. former british cyclist jess varnish has won the right to appeal against the finding of a tribunal which ruled that she wasn't an employee of british cycling. the 29—year—old was controversially dropped from the gb programme for the 2016 rio olympics. in a statement varnish said she wanted to give athletes an opportunity "to hold to account employees of governing bodies." the former wales backs coach rob howley has appologised after being found guilty of breaching betting rules. he said in a statement that he'd been battling demons following the death of his sister. howley was sent home from the world cup injapan and banned from rugby for 18 months for placing bets on more than 1,000 matches over four

for mikel i ve learned that it's a special moment. the priests and pastors of the 7 communities give their blessings. i don't know why my thoughts may have been called once again i'd like to welcome all of you to today's casting. but hurt is in charge of the process and calls out instructions there's only a half hour. and oh for the cost thing. the channel is open for the bronze to flow . and that flow mustn't be interrupted otherwise the bells will be floored. that. the. chief of. the brands now fills the molds buried in the pit. so poison is different. if you had wished to do 37 the half hour window is very important and any mistake in the casting would come back to haunt us so everything has to be just right but as you can see we have a great team and it's all going perfectly with when the ball. 2 weeks later the bells have cooled and it's time to clean and polish them. this one weighs 580 kilograms it cost 10000 euro's and it's for a church in eastern germany. any irregularities are removed finally after 3 months the bell will loo

we're waiting for confirmation that mikel arteta is the new arsenal manager.he was assistant coach to pep guardiola at manchester city — and in the last hour or so he's confirmed that arteta has left the club — and he's in london. chris has all the weather — parts of the country flooded? we will be looking at how much rain has fallen over the last couple of days, bringing flooding seems like these, but also crucially as the christmas holiday getaway gets under way, we will be looking at what the weather has in store over the next few days. thanks, chris. also coming up... three, two, one and lift off! a new era in human space flight. could this capsule one day take paying passengers into space? hello, everyone — this is afternoon live. we have some breaking news. the duke of edinburgh has travelled from norfolk to the king edward vii hospital in london for observation and treatment in relation to a pre—existing condition, buckingham palace said. we do not know what the pre—existing condition is, but the statement has come from buckingham palace this afternoon.

arsenal held talks with former player, mikel arteta, who's currently the assistant coach at manchesterrs of this morning. he's one of the favourites to take over from freddie ljungberg who's in caretaker charge. wilfried zaha rescued a point for crystal palace against rivals brighton in the premier league tonight. and that point takes palace above arsenal in teh premier league. brighton dominated most of the game, neal maupay with a brilliant opener to give them a deserved lead. palace found their feet with around 20 minutes remaining, and not to be outdone, zaha scored a brilliant equaliser, and what a way to reward manager roy hodgson in what was his 100th game for the club. has he been playing so well of late. we know he can do that. he has been working hard in training. he is a shooting an awful lot more. he wants to score goals, he wants to be up there but there is no doubt that when you have a player like him, with the guts and determination of this team shows everywhere, you a lwa ys this team shows everywhere, you always have a bit of a chance to get results and i could not be

the club is set to announce manchester city assistant coach and former gunners captain mikel arteta asheir next manager. good morning and welcome to bbc news. mps will vote on the prime minister's brexit plan this afternoon which will take the uk out of the eu by the end of january. it's thought the withdrawal agreement bill will easily clear its second reading in the house of commons with the conservatives having won an 80—seat majority at last week's general election. some changes have been made to the previous withdrawal bill which have been criticised by opposition mps. one of the key changes to this bill is that it would legally prohibit the government from extending the transition period, during which a trade deal between the uk and eu will be discussed, beyond the 31st of december 2020. the new bill would allow more uk courts to reconsider rulings by the european court ofjustice that have been retained in uk law after brexit. it also reduces protections for child refugees in europe to be reunited with family in the uk. and the section on strengthening workers‘ rights has been re

arsenal has formally signed mikel arteta as its new manager.including a stint as club captain. he says he has to change the energy at the club after a run of poor results. queen elizabeth's husband, prince philip, has been admitted to hospital in london. buckingham palace says the 98—year—old duke is being treated for a pre—existing condition. here is our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. nepalis says this is a precautionary measure. there is clearly concerned. he is 98 years old —— the palace. but i don't detect alarm. it is, though, reported tonight that he was brought from norfolk by helicopter. the palace is not confirming or denying those reports. that would suggest, of course, a degree of urgency, but we are told that he was able to walk into the hospital. certainly the queen was showing no outward sign of concern, as the duke was being brought from norfolk to london, she was setting off by london, she was setting off by london —— from london by train to travel from sandringham to norfolk at the start of her christmas break, and cert

mikel arteta is still winless as arsenal boss.chelsea. sergio aguero and kevin de bruyne were on target as manchester city 00:00:08,427 --> 1073741525:48:28,677 beat 1073741525:48:28,677 --> 2147483051:36:48,928 sheffield 2147483051:36:48,928 --> 3221224577:25:09,178 united 3221224577:25:09,178 --> 4294966103:13:29,428 2—0. again saracens at sandy, two met in three of the last four premiership finals. saracens have won every single one and they went into today's much bottom of the table. exeter was co mforta bly much bottom of the table. exeter was comfortably in the lead. they had to finish it with 1a men after harry williams was sent off. they managed to see out the window and one point away. through to the semifinals of the darts at alexandra palace. he will play nathan aspinall next. peter wright will face go on price tomorrow. that is all the sport for now. have a good night. a british woman whose children drowned so she may pursue an independent investigation. a spanish police report said that tests had found nothing wrong w

. >> reporter: among four witnesses democrats want to see, white house official mikel michael duffy. minutes after the july phone call when president trump asked ukraine's leader for a favor. >> the president keeps saying he wants a trial with witnesses and then they are saying, well, we don't want these key witnesses to testify what do they have to hide? >> reporter: the senate's top democrat, chuck schumer, shifting focus from witnesses to documents. asking senators for relevant evidence withheld by the administration's directed to defy all subpoenas issued by the house. >> we say to president trump, if you are so confident you did nothing wrong, why won't you let your men testify >> reporter: the president facing trial, now also facing a potential threat from north korea with kim jong-un warning the u.s. to prepare for a, quote, christmas gift. new satellite photos raising concerns north korea could soon test a missile capable of reaching the u.s susan mcginnis, nbc news, washington >>> justice for khashoggi. saudi arabia has sentenced five people to death for the murder of jamal

it be interesting to then see like how this develops in the coming weeks right as he just mentioned mikel and putin all set to meet on monday to discuss ukraine but could these new diplomatic tensions wait on those talks well russia certainly seems to not want these diplomatic tensions to weigh on those talks they are very important this is the 1st meeting between the ukrainian president and the russian president these are the 1st talks in the normandy format so about peace in ukraine since 2016 and russia seems to be treading a bit more carefully than germany is even as kate said medical did mention this issue and that she would be addressing putin on monday about it potentially whereas putin yesterday in a press conference didn't mention it at all so the russian side seems to be being a bit more careful and the head of the international affairs committee in the russian parliament yesterday said that these this issue this murder would have no effect on russian german relations and no effect on those normandy talks the details in moscow and. thank you both very much for your reporting. in

we understand mikel arteta has said his goodbyes at manchester city, where he's been assistant coachat the emirates tomorrow. they were scheduled to have their pre—match press conference ahead of saturday's game against everton today, but that's been postponed until tomorrow now when they expect arteta's appointment to be confirmed. well, caretaker manager duncan ferguson will be in the everton dugout for the game against arsenal. ferguson has been in temporary charge for the past three matches, overseeing a win against chelsea at goodison, a draw at manchester united and a defeat on penalties against leicester in the carabao cup this week. the club though are said to be closing in on the appointment of the former napoli and chelsea boss carlo ancelotti. macclesfield town have been deducted six points after pleading guilty to numerous efl charges. these include non—payment of salaries and the non—fulfilment of a league two match against crewe alexandra on december seventh. a further four—point sanction has been suspended. the punishment means macclesfield drop from 15th to 22nd in le

mikel arteta says his first task as arsenal head coach will be to get the team playing fast—flowing,deal, replacing fellow spaniard unai emery who was sacked in november. arteta won the fa cup twice in a 5—year career with arsenal and since then he's been working as a coach under pep guardiola at manchester city. (tx sot) we have to try to engage everybody. but i want to do, how i want to do it, we have to have a different process , it, we have to have a different process, a different way of thinking andi process, a different way of thinking and i want to get on this staff and everybody at the club with the same mindset. we have to sustain. if you do not have the right composition, it will all shake. this is how we are going to lead and if you're going to be part of this decision, it has to be on these terms and in this way. shaheen af—ridi took his first 5—wicket haul to lead pakistan's fightback —— after sri lanka gained a first innings lead in the second test in karachi on friday. the pace bowler took 5 for 77 to restrict the visitors to 271. by the close of play on day 2, pakista

mikel arteta's first match in charge of arsenal ended in a 1—1 draw at bournemouth.g gave eddie howe's side the lead. but arsenal levelled in the second half through pierre—emerick aubameyang to take a point back to north london. but there was a winning start for another new boss, as dominic calvert—lewin's second—half header ensured carlo ancelotti's everton beat burnley1—0. aston villa beat norwich city 1—0 to get their first win in six games. conor hourihane scored an hour into the game, just eight minutes after coming on the pitch. norwich are now six games without a win and bottom of the table. elsewhere, jordan ayew scored a last—minute winner as crystal palace beat west ham 2—1. sheffield united stay sixth, behind tottenham, after being held to a 11— draw by bottom place watford. celtic remain five points clear at the top of the scottish premiership after a 2—1win at st mirren. the opening goal came just after the 20—minute mark thanks to callum mcgregor. celtic doubled their lead ten minutes later after a good finish from james forrest. st mirren got a late c

mikel arteta is still winless as arsenal boss.nd kevin de bruyne were on target as manchester city beat sheffield united 2—0. in scotland, rangers are right in the scottish premiership title race heading into the winter break. a first old firm derby win at celtic park for the first time since 2010 means they're just two points behind the leaders with a game in hand. lydia campbell watched this one. it's been nearly a decade of domination for celtic but their eight titles in a row mean nothing on derby day. rangers are here to keep a hold on their own title bid, but instead nikola katic took a hold of christopherjullien — penalty to celtic. up stepped ryan christie and injumped allan mcgregor to make the save. minutes later, ryan kent made celtic pay, guiding his shot in. celtic levelled shortly after, but it took a helping hand from odsonne edouard to guide callum mcgregor‘s shot home. regis was put in front again ten minutes into the second health. celtic‘s dominance of scottish football showing cracks. alfredo morelos had a quie