you might know, but mikel arteta says tonight mikel arteta says... he was at, this time last year, many left is the assistant, pep guardiola to leave manchester city to get to arsenal. they've won the fa cup, one match away from the semifinal but u nfortu nately, away from the semifinal but unfortunately, the position that they are in which is almost a powerless position in the premier league is the one that is dominating the thoughts when it comes to arsenal at the moment. so much speculation surrounding mikel arteta and his future. he says not walking away, but do think you will have a choice. i would be staggered if he walked away from this, because we know from what he said that he is determined to see this through and determined to see this through and determined to see this through and determined to turn it around. you don't have to go back too far to when it looked promising, really promising, in his early days as the manager of arsenal. 0k, they are going through a sticky spell. the concern for me is that he does not appear to be getting the

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the 2—1 loss at everton was their fifth in seven games and mikel arteta now has to solve the age—old how do you turn 18 round when it is in freefall? i like to look around me, whether it is the staff, coach, players, and i want to see fighters. normally when that happens, you have two types of people, fighters and victims. people who fight, people who contribute, and people who are ready to give everything to the cause in this moment. arteta has been in charge 110w moment. arteta has been in charge now for over a year. the early signs we re now for over a year. the early signs were good, arsenal won the cup and had two wins at the start of the season. had two wins at the start of the season. but in the last ten games it has fallen apart. only sheffield united have got fewer points in those games, and most of arsenal's goals have been penalties. they are just looking points off the bottom three, so cannot get any worse?m is awful, gary, no creativity, players going through the motions, not working hard enough, not closing down, and arteta should be a worried man relying on those group

they have beaten chelsea tonight 3—1 at the emirates to ease some pressure on boss mikel arteta.uld have wanted for christmas was a home when stop the emirates hadn't seen one since 0ctober. four defeats and a draw since have left arsenal headed towards a relegation fight. they beat chelsea last time they met in the fa cup final five months ago and another win would steer them back on track. frank lampard's side slipped up track. frank lampard's side slipped up at wembley i did so again when reece james brought down kieran tierney. alexandre lacazette grateful for his first premier league goal since september. if that was a surprise, league goal since september. if that was a surprise, so was league goal since september. if that was a surprise, so was this. chelsea, sloppy for a second time and granit xhaka giving arsenal a two goal lead at the interval for the first time this season. that prompted tactical changes from lampard prompted tactical changes from lampa rd but they prompted tactical changes from lampard but they didn't make much difference. the fate seems to be against

with arsenal now 15th in the league, we'll look at what the future holds for manager mikel arteta.s rashford is recognised with a special award at the bbc sports personality of the year following his campaign to help feed the uk's poorest families. hello and welcome to sportsday. elite sport could be significantly disrupted over the festive period because of covid, with a number of high—profile sporting fixtures already postponed this weekend. games were called off in the efl, the wsl, as well as several matches in rugby's european champions cup. looking ahead, both millwall and ipswich's next two championship fixtures have been postponed after an outbreak of covid in the squads. this season's efl cup final has been re—scheduled from february to april the 25th in the hope that fans will then be allowed in at wembley. and the masters snooker will take place without fans next month now, despite originally planning on having a crowd at alexandra palace in london. it's all after a new tier 4 was imposed on the capital and parts of the south east due to the new varient of covid. experts

. -- mikel arteta with southampton leading 1—0. —— mikel arteta. that's all from sportsday.roughout the evening. goodbye. you're watching bbc news with jane hill. we will talk a little bit more about coronavirus and christmas in particular. but before that let's bring you the latest government figures which have been released for the uk. borisjohnson has boris johnson has been borisjohnson has been speaking today. restrictions will still be eased as promised, but the prime minister said people should think hard before meeting family and friends. having looked at the latest data with our colleagues in the devolved administrations — scotland, wales, northern ireland — we have decided that the overall situation is, alas, more challenging than we'd hoped when we first set the rules. so, while it would not be right, we think, to criminalise people who have made plans and simply want to spend time with their loved ones, we are collectively — across the uk, governments at every level — asking you to think hard and in detail about the days ahead, and whether you can do more to prote

with mikel arteta's arsenal already knocked out, we ask what next for the under—pressure boss.monies like this, as organisers of the tokyo games announce a simpler, stripped back version for next year? welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. a group of former footballers and politicians have today joined forces in calling for an urgent review into the possible link between heading a ball and brain damage. a letter addressed to the culture secretary oliver dowden has been signed by nine ex—players asking the government to assess its current guidelines. former footballers are three—and—a—half—times more likely to die of dementia than the general population and five members of england's 1966 world cup—winning squad have been diagnosed with it, including nobby stiles, who died in october. former chelsea and charlton player mickey ambrose is one of those behind this letter and joins me now. mickey, thanks for joining mickey, thanks forjoining us. what is the letter say? basically we want the football association to be reviewed. the research has been done, but it's taken near

chancellor i'm going to mikel is also in support of stricter measures on sunday germany's federal and state leaders will meet once more to discuss the crisis. meanwhile germany's schools are preparing for more restrictions or a possible expansion of the vacation period yet education ministers are asking for as few cuts to schooling as possible. in our opinion vacation should not be extended but rather we should introduce remote learning or even a lifting of compulsory attendance or a combination of both these are 3 models we have. just under 2 weeks to christmas eve and a holiday that will probably be a lot quieter than usual. ok let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news elsewhere in the world. because race started on the country know the strain to gas pipeline tween russia and germany almost one year after u.s. sanctions brought the project to a halt pop on is almost complete washington says it will make europe too dependent on russian gas says it will predate a secure energy supply. british media say the government is planning to patrol the country's fishing wat

manager mikel arteta has admitted he must "take the bullets" for the club's poor form, having lost four're 15th in the table and nowjust five points above the relegation zone. we have to face it and we have to face that we embrace fighting and no one giving up for anything. there is no time to hide, it's time to put your face no time to hide, it's time to put yourface and no time to hide, it's time to put your face and body on the line. at the moment, i'm sorry, but we have to ta ke the moment, i'm sorry, but we have to take the bullet. we are not winning matches. have the right to hate me because i'm not winning, so what else can i do? put my head down, work harder and fight to do things better and improve. bournemouth are the new leaders in the championship after a 1—0 win over ten man wycombe. junior stanislas got the goal, while brentford also had a player sent off at watford. despite being a goal down, an ivan toney penalty was enough for thomas frank's side to snatch a point side to snatch a point. elsewhere, barnsley beat preston 2—1 to go ninth, millwall won at bristol city, not

but the pressure continues to build on mikel arteta after arsenal dropped points yet again.ake matters worse, former arsenal player theo walcott gave southampton the lead at the emirates. but the home side managed to rescue a point when pierre—emerick aubameyang equalised for them in the second half. arsenal are just five points above the relegation zone. it finished 1—1 in the london derby between west ham and crystal palace. christian benteke, who was later sent off, had put palace ahead with his third goal in as many games. but a spectacular overhead kick from sebastien haller earned the hammers a point at the london stadium. sam allardyce is back in the premier league after being appointed as west brom boss following the sacking of slaven bilic. the 66—year—old has been out of the game for two and a half years after leaving everton back in 2018. allardyce has previously taken charge of seven clubs in the premier league and is yet to be relegated from the top flight. west brom are 19th in the table with just seven points. in other news, trials for concussion substitues ha

their neighbours and mckellar tessa is in his hardest speu mckellar tessa is in his hardest spell —— mikelion whether this is true. unlike spurs, his main man have not been firing, although perhaps a 4—0 win in the europa league. the slide. we created many chances. into sunday, a very special game, we are looking forward to it and let's do it again. mourinho has never lost a home game in his career against arsenal, all signs point to against arsenal, all signs point to a totte n ha m against arsenal, all signs point to a tottenham win, but this season has been anything but predictable. craig templeton, bbc news. well, champions liverpool will be keeping a keen eye on that game, only below spurs of course on goal difference. their home game with wolves won't be allowed fans because the city is in tier 3 and managerjurgen klopp has been very vocal on the debate over the number of substitutes, accusing the fa of "ignoring player welfare" after they refused to increase it to five. it's about all the players. and it's about load management and nothing else, and load management not for getting a

as arsenal are in tier two they were allowed to have up to 2,000 fans at the emirates and mikel arteta'smething to smile about. alexander lacazette scored this great opening goal to put them on their way to a 4—1 win over rapid vienna. they had already made it through the knockout stages and the victory takes them through as group winners with a game to spare. tottenham qualified with a draw at lask. they had gone behind, but a penalty from gareth bale and then this from son heung min put them 2—1 up. they were pegged back, but went ahead again through a dele alli penalty before the austrians made it 3—all. they have dropped to second in their group behind antwerp and jose mourinho was not happy about the commitment of some of his players. some of the players, they feel that they shouldn't be here. but the contradiction on that is that players like seong and pierre, our players like seong and pierre, our players starting every match and they are the examples of the guys. it does not matter where, it does not matter the competition, they are there and they are there for the tea m there an

reportero: esto da confianza muchos como a mikel. >> se escucha que es un muy segura.os efectos que pudiera tener a largo plazo. >> ahorita no tenemos informaciÓn porque largo plazo no ha transcurrido, sin embargo, esta vacuna se ve mÁs segura que tener la enfermedad de covid-19. reportero: hay quienes aÚn desconfÍan y dicen que no se la cobrarÍan. >> pues la verdad yo no le tengo fe a la vacuna. reportero: juan carlos gonzÁlez, univisiÓn. fÉlix: miles de personas se encuentran sin electricidad de nueve inglaterra debido a la primera tormenta invernal de la temporada que afecta al noreste de la naciÓn. se ha registrado accidentes de trÁnsito que han afectado el trÁfico vehicular- arantxa: la poblaciÓn en situaciÓn de calle estÁ viviendo momentos complicados, ademÁs de los desafÍos que enfrenta la indigencia esta la pandemia y el invierno. nuestro corresponsal nos lleva conocer la situaciÓn del grupo de personas sin hogar que buscan sobrevivir en la ciudad de los vientos. reportero: bajo frÍo en chicago, estos inmigrantes mexicanos tratan de pasar el dÍa jugando cartas

win now for arsenal, and despite his determination to carry on, the pressure is building on manager mikel mikel arteta's watch had onlyjust hit the two—minute mark when his side fell behind, an early gift forjesus. next, there was a hand and a face involved. not those of a watch, but of fernandinho and ceballos. the brazilian was lucky that there is no var. as the clock ticked on, arsenal started to click. and when lacazette leapt, they had their equaliser. concentrate, was the message. but runarsson can't have been listening. his mistake handing the lead back to city. this time, they wouldn't let it go. because foden had the game in his grasp. first he flicked it over runarsson's head, then provided the kind of cross that you just can't miss from. city were slick, but arsenal haven't won domestically since early november. the kind of run that has you looking over your shoulder. craig templeton, bbc news. there was a great story in the evening's other cup game — as brentford reached a major semi—final for the first time in their history. josh dasilva scored the only goal — as newcastle be

have all sorts of problems at the moment — but granit xhaka isn't one of them, according to manager mikelat the club. they're 15th in the premier league after their worst start to a season for 46 years and there's speculation linking the swiss midfielder with a move in the january transfer window. he was sent off in their home defeat to burnley on sunday, having previously had a rocky relationship with the club's fanbase. arteta maintains that xhaka's professionalism should not be questioned he knows and we all know that he had a moment where he has lost it and i know the reason why, but what i cannot do is just through everything that he has done away because he has made a mistake, we all make mistakes, and i am here as well to protect the players when i see that they deserve that and for sure granit is one of them. the former yorkshire bowler azeem rafiq has filed a legal complaint against the club under the equality act, following his allegations of institutional racism at the club. rafiq played for the county for ten years until 2018, and he first spoke out in august, saying the incid

chancellor i'm going to mikel is also in support of stricter measures on sunday germany's federal and state leaders will meet once more to discuss the crisis. meanwhile germany's schools are preparing for more restrictions or a possible expansion of the vacation period yet education ministers are asking for as few cuts to schooling as possible. in our opinion vacation should not be extended but rather we should introduce remote learning or even a lifting of compulsory attendance or a combination of both these are 3 models we have. just under 2 weeks to christmas eve and a holiday that will probably be a lot quieter than usual. you're watching news from. africa is next there's more on the news up dot com you can follow song to instagram and twitter to it you know me news i'm very thank you for watching. my 1st boss also sewing machine. icon for all women there don't buy this notion joins them in something as simple as learning how to write them by psychos isn't. since i was a little girl i wanted to have advised i'd lost my home and it took me years to been. finding gave up and went on

manager mikel arteta has admitted he must "take the bullets" for the club's poor form, having lost fourthey're 15th in the table and nowjust five points above the relegation zone. we have to face it and we have to face that we embrace fighting and no one giving up or anything. there is no time to hide, it's time to put your face and body on the line. at the moment, i'm sorry, but we have to take the bullet. we are not winning matches. you have the right to hate me because i'm not winning, so what else can i do? put my head down, work harder and fight to do things better and improve. bournemouth are the new leaders in the championship after a 1—0 win over ten man wycombe. junior stanislas got the goal, while brentford also had a player sent off at watford. despite being a goal down, an ivan toney penalty was enough for thomas frank's side to snatch a point. elsewhere, barnsley beat preston 2—1 to go ninth, millwall won at bristol city, nottingham forest moved clear of the relegation zone with a win over bottom side sheffield wednesday and it was goalless between stoke and qpr. hibernian

nicolas pepe equalised from the spot but mikel arteta's side are without a league win since the start5. if they had out points for the best club brand where, southampton would be climbing the table. manchester city deal in raheem sterling. if they handed out prizes for unfortunate comedic and gold, matt ritchie would be in with a shout. left red faced as newcastle drew 1—1 with fulham. it's looking good for rangers in the scottish premiership. a 3—1 win over motherwell leaves them 16 points clear. a goal for cedric itten and two from kemar roofe in the final 17 minutes ensured they bounced back after defeat in the league cup. british boxer, callum smith, was well beaten in his super middleweight clash with saul canelo alvarez this morning who inflicted the liverpudlian‘s first defeat. alvarez, widely regarded as one of the best pound—for—pound boxers on the planet, takes smiths wba belt and the vacant wbc belt. he won on a unanimous points decision. he himself has only lost once before. i made the weight 0k. no excuses from me, he is a good fighter, i have lost. we could have been a b

the arsenal manager, mikel arteta, says that they will be in big trouble unless they can turn things. they were beaten 4—1 by manchester city in the quarterfinals of the league cup last night and that's now eight domestic games without a win. arteta gave keeper alex runarsson his first game outside the europa league and he was to blame for the goal that saw city retake the lead in the second half. he should have done a lot better with riyad mahrez‘s free kick. arteta has been at arsenaljust over a year since leaving city where he was pep guardiola's assistant for three years. he has backed arteta to come good saying that arsenal would be making a "big mistake" if they sacked him. i was with him a long period and the most successful period that our club in history. we cannot understand this success without him. i learn a lot from him. he is an outstanding manager. incredible work ethic. he puts the club in front of any other decisions he has to make. sometimes in ourjob, we need to do this. sometimes in ourjob, we need to do this. the other two quarter—finals are this evening. tottenh

coming up in the sport on bbc news later in the hour, after another defeat, mikel arteta admits arsenal in big trouble unless they can turn things around quickly. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. there's been disruption in dover this morning. borders have reopened, but thousands of drivers are facing more delays as they have to wait for covid tests. rail, air and sea services have resumed, after the french government eased its ban on people entering from the uk. but lorry drivers say the situation in kent remains chaotic — there were scuffles with police as some protested about the delays, and one man was arrested. some of the 3,000 hauliers who are stuck say they're simply not getting enough information. simonjones reports. the border to france may have finally reopened but this morning angry drivers left the manston lorry park where they'd been sleeping in their cabs to vent their anger. they'd been stuck in the uk for days, they'd been promised a coronavirus tests. they say they still don't know when they will get out of here. the police are here now in numbers on t

they haven‘t had one in nearly two months, but manager mikel arteta says they could be heading for a

it goes from bad to worse for arsenal boss mikel arteta.y're out of the league cup, thrashed by the holders manchester city. arteta says it's a hard result to take. it's been a year when we've needed inspirational people like never before. we'll meet some of those you've nominated as the heroes of 2020. somebody like kate, who gives so much to others, decided to go back into work regardless of her own recovery in order to be instrumental in getting the covid vaccination rolled out. good morning. persistent rain across england today and across wales, that could lead to localised flooding. in northern ireland, after a cloudy start, you could see some sunshine. but it will feel cold. it's wednesday, 23rd of december. our top story. rail, air and sea services between britain and france have resumed this morning, after french officials lifted a blanket ban on people entering the country from the uk. french citizens and hauliers are among those who can now travel, if they've tested negative for covid—i9. almost 3,000 lorry drivers stranded at dov

challenge in the league cup was ended by manchester city — with life getting no easier to manager mikelnals with city boss pep guardiola saying it would be a big mistake if arteta was sacked. city meanwhile remain on course for a fourth straight win in the competition. brentford knocked out newcastle in the night's other game. whilst messi was claiming the accolades in spain, cristiano ronaldo and juventus suffered a chastening evening in turin, beaten 3—0 by fiorentina in serie a. after going behind, juve's night took a worse turn less than 20 minutes in whenjuan cuadrado was sent off for this tackle. despite initially being shown a yellow card for the challenge on gaetano castrovilli, it was sent off after a var review and the referee upgraded it to a red. after the break, things got worse for the hosts when alex sandro could only turn this cross into his own net. martin caceres put the result beyond doubt five minutes later for the third. juventus are fourth in the table, with napoli, inter and ac milan all in action on wednesday. after the opening two games of the season on tuesday,

chancellor i'm going to mikel is also in support of stricter measures on sunday germany's federal and state leaders will meet once more to discuss the crisis. meanwhile germany's schools are preparing for more restrictions or a possible expansion of the vacation period yet education ministers are asking for as few cuts to schooling as possible. in our opinion vacation should not be extended but rather we should introduce remote learning or even a lifting of compulsory attendance or a combination of both these are 3 models we have. just under 2 weeks to christmas eve and a holiday that will probably be a lot quieter than usual. let's get you more on this utopia correspondent simon young joins there right now assignment with a coronavirus situation in this country growing increasingly dire how is the government reacted. well i we know that the government is inclined to impose tough measures when necessary above all chancellor merkel herself supports a tough lock down we heard an emotional peal appeal from her in parliament just the other day saying that you know it really more action wa

yes, arsenal have just confirmed that head coach mikel arteta has tested positive for covid—19.remier league will convene an emergency club meeting tomorrow. all english and scottish football matches are suspended because of the impact of coronavirus. england have cancelled their two test cricket matches... the f1 season suspended until may at the earliest. the marathon is the latest sporting event to be postponed. the final round of six nations fixtures, a complete write—off. what you have seen over the last 48 hours or so in effect is the collapse of the global sporting calendar. within a fortnight, the country was locked down, and with much of the world also under restrictions, the final dominoes were bound to fall. wimbledon was cancelled for the first time in peacetime, while euro 2020 was shifted to 2021. the women's euros moved to 2022. and having cost at least £10 billion, the biggest event of all finally accepted the inevitable. we came to the conclusion that we have to postpone the olympic and paralympic games tokyo 2020 to the year 2021. i feel relieved, because we we

relief for mikel arteta exactly one year after he took charge of the gunners, engineering a necessaryenal's fortunes. five months after beating chelsea in the fa cup final, they needed to end a run of seven games without a premier league win and did it in style. granit xhaka put them 2—0 up by half—time. bukayo saka made it three. he claimed on purpose. arsenal could have scored more, although a lacklustre chelsea did pull one back. bernd leno kept a smile on arsenal's faces with an injury time penalty save. i'm really pleased, first of all for the players, because they are the ones that had to come out here and win the game, and then for our supporters, because we have let them down for many weeks with results and i think it is a good day to give them something to cheer about. everton also have something to cheer about. they were heading for a goalless draw in the rain at bottom club sheffield united but it all changed with ten minnutes to go. carlo ancelotti's side rise to second in the premier league thanks to gylfi sigurdsson. a 1—0 win puts them two points behind liverpool who pl

arsenal boss mikel arteta says he has no plans to walk away from hisjob and is calling on his playersrn around their awful recent form. they've lost five of their last seven matches in the premier league, arsenal's worst start to a season in a6 years and they face manchester city in the quarter final of the league cup tomorrow. i like to look around may, whether it is the staff, coach, players, and i want to see the fighters. anomaly when that happens you have to make types of people, fighters and victims. we just need fighters to stop you don't want any victims. they bring negativity and a stack to blame anything that is happening around them or not is going for them. people who fight, contribute and people who are ready to give everything to the cars in these moments. the legendry former south african cricketerjacques kallis isjoining england's coaching team for their upcoming tour of sri lanka. he's going to be working as a batting coaching consultant for the two match test series which begins on january the iath in galle. kallis is the third highest run—scorer in test cricket and

mikel arteta says he has no plans to walk away from his job as arsenal manager.as the rapid spread of a new variant of coronavirus that helped convince ministers to tighten the mixing rules for millions of people over christmas. it was first detected in october and some scientists have suggested it could be up to 70% more infectious. the usual guidance for avoiding infections remains the same — including keeping your distance and covering your face. but more and more is being learnt about how the virus is transmitted. 0ur science editor david shukman has been looking at the research. the virus may be changing but it's still spreading from the same ways. either someone infected contaminates an object that someone else touches, or a cough sprays out droplets containing the virus that reach people nearby. 0r tiny virus particles emitted just by talking linger in the air and get breathed in. the result is that infections happen most easily indoors. we've known that for a while, and scientists say that even original forms of the virus can reach further and faster than

arsenal boss mikel arteta insists everyone at the club knew there would be no "quick fix" to get theirto tomorrow's match against everton down in 15th in the league, winless in six and on their worst start to a top flight season since 197a. it's like anything, this industry, you need results. but after a big shake—up we need to find the stability. we need time, we all knew — at least the people who made the decision with me at the start of the new project — that this wasn't a quick fix and it was going to take time. and when you're shaking things up, things can take a while. footballers are "overwhelmingly in support" of continuing to take a knee to highlight racial inequality and fight discrimination. that's the message from the players' union, who asked their members if they wanted to carry on with the gesture following recent protests by fans. millwall, colchester united and cambridge untied supporters had booed the action before matches in the past fortnight. but players said they wanted to continue with "this act of solidarity". there's huge formula 1 news today — mercedes team pr

we'll have the latest from the emirates as manager, mikel arteta, comes under increasing pressure topend more money on trying to prevent young people from sleeping rough. the charity centrepoint say young people are facing ‘a winter like no other‘, with rising levels of homelessness among those aged 16 to 25. ministers say they‘re investing over £750m to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping next year. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has been speaking to two young people made homeless in recent months. covid has cost me my family home and my relationship with my family. i was just on the road, i was just walking up and down with my black bags, staying on park benches, staying in tower blocks and stuff like that. the city is a lonely place when you‘re homeless, time a constant enemy. joshua spent six weeks sleeping on london‘s streets. the pandemic cost the 20—year—old hisjob in construction. tension is built up at home, and his mother couldn‘t cope. my mum called me and was, you know, she said, yeah, she can‘t managed no more, and she said, you know, she doesn‘t wa

but the pressure continues to build on mikel arteta after arsenal dropped points yet again.pton. to make matters worse, former arsenal player theo walcott, that man there, gave southampton the lead at the emirates. but the home side managed to rescue a point when pierre—emerick aubameyang equalised for them in the second half. arsenal are just five points above the relegation zone. it finished 1—1 in the london derby between west ham and crystal palace. christian benteke, who was later sent off, had put palace ahead with his third goal in as many games. but a spectacular overhead kick from sebastien haller earned the hammers a point at the london stadium. sam allardyce is back in the premier league after being appointed as west brom boss following the sacking of slaven bilic. the 66—year—old has been out of the game for two and a half years after leaving everton back in 2018. allardyce has previously taken charge of seven clubs in the premier league and is yet to be relegated from the top flight. west brom are 19th in the table with just seven points. in other news, trials f

mikel arteta's side have lost 5 of their last 7 premier league games, and are having their worst startere was nearly a big shock at the world darts championships last night as world number three gerwyn price was given a scare byjamie lewis — a player ranked 60 places below him. the match went the distance, before a relieved price finally won it to book his place in the third round at alexandra palace. that's all the sport for now. i will have more for you throughout the afternoon. convicted as an american spy, us—british citizen paul whelan is preparing to spend christmas in a russian labour camp as talks to negotiate his release have faltered. in his first detailed interview since his arrest, mr whelan has described life as a "very, very grim existence" and called for more to be done to get him out. he's been speaking to the bbc‘s sarah rainsford. russia calls this man an american spy, but paul whelan has told me he is a political hostage. he's been phoning me from prison to relate his story in detail for the first time. why did you come to russia generally? for months, we followed ev

under pressure at arsenal, mikel arterta calls on his players to be fighters not victims ahead of tomorrow'sty. food banks across the us have been straining to meet a large spike in demand during the pandemic, even in some of the country's wealthier regions. a recent survey showed nearly 26 million adults reported that they'd had food shortages that week, and the country's largest hunger charity — feeding america — has had concerns that possibly as many as 50 million people faced food insecurity this past year. larry madowo reports. it's too cold and too miserable to be waiting in the rain this early in the morning, unless you have to. these are the people cast aside by coronavirus and capitalism in arlington, virginia, one of america's wealthiest counties. juan lost his job as a waiter. he is now struggling to pay his bills. did you ever imagine you would need this sort of help? believe me, at the beginning it was kind of embarrassing, but you have to do what you have to do, you know? why was it embarrassing? my situation was not really, you know, that bad, but you know i have a normal type

the new west brom manager sam allardyce has ramped up the pressure on arsenal boss mikel arteta by sayingm sees arteta's side in 15th place and just four points above the bottom three. west brom are second bottom, seven points behind arsenal. we are in the bottom made at the moment, yes, absolutely, because i believe they haven't won a premier game for... wa nt to want to cross to westminster for the possibility of a brexit deal. let's talk to nick early. what can you tell us? it's another holding statements, i'm afraid. it looks like the talks are going to go on for a few hours yet. we know that they are into the real nitty—gritty now. it's trop yet crossing the tease and dotting the eyes, but the latest we've heard is it's unlikely to be concluded in the experience. it looks like it will be morning before we know for sure that this deal is done. it seems to be going that way. i don't pick anything's happened that necessarily makes us think that there's not going to be a deal agreed between the eu and the uk, bots, if you are holding your breath for one to a night, i think you're going t

the arsenal manager, mikel arteta, says they will be in big trouble u nless says they will be in bigngs around quickly. they were beating a—1 by manchester city in the quarterfinals of the league cup. that is a domestic league games without a win. arteta has been at the gun is just over a year since leaving city where he was pep guardiola's system for three years. he has backed out at come good saying arsenal would make a big mistake if they sacked him. come good saying arsenal would make a big mistake if they sacked himlj was with him for a long period, the most successful period our club had in its history. we cannot understand, he is an outstanding manager. he puts the club in front of any other decisions he has to make. the chief executive of the tokyo 0lympic organising committee says the opening and closing ceremonies will be simplified next year. the games, scheduled to start injuly were year. the games, scheduled to start in july were postponed for year. the games, scheduled to start injuly were postponed for a year because of the pandemic and the organisers admitted the cere

as arsenal are in tier two they were allowed to have up to 2,000 fans at the emirates and mikel arteta'slexander lacazette scored this great opening goal to put them on their way to a 4—1win over rapid vienna. they had already made it through the knockout stages and the victory takes them through as group winners with a game to spare. tottenham qualified with a draw at lask. they had gone behind, but a penalty from gareth bale and then this from son heung min put them 2—1 up. they were pegged back, but went ahead again through a dele alli penalty before the austrians made it 3—all. they have dropped to second in their group behind antwerp and jose mourinho was not happy about the commitment of some of his players. some of the players, they feel that they shouldn't be here. but the contradiction on that is that players like seong and pierre, our players starting every match and they are the examples of the guys. it does not matter where, it does not matter the competition, they are there and they are there for the team over time. —— all the time. leicester had already made it through to t

joining me now is lila mikel wade, but lila, you know say now there needs to be justice.hat that looks like. >> sure. you know they have known that there has been child rate monetized on their site for over a decade. "the new york times" piece was not a surprise to them and they have only done this big change because they had a global spotlight on them. they've been financially strangled by the credit card companies pulled their services from the company in fear of prosecution. cca and now they have finally taken action. they get no credit for that. you know what we actuallyom need to see at this point is justice for the victims and what that actually looks like it's criminal prosecution and civil prosecution, restitution and apologies, we want to see all of that. anything less is an injustice to those countless victims who have suffered at the hands of porn hub and his parent company, mind geek. >> laura: we can't show and wouldn't want to show these videos, but they show people being strangled, children being sexually violated and it's so disturbing that for a minute an

mikel had norm. >> i would just add that there were appropriate roles for the states in appropriate roles for the federal government. it seems to be the federal government on the one hand can provide resources at states in rural california often don't. that's it we saw with the one federal law that provide a lot of money in the aftermath of the 2000 election. for voting machines and to improve the administration of election. the second is to set broad guidelines to protect freedoms for voters and protect against discrimination for federal elections. on just one small point, ben mentioned this in his peace. move a number of court justices who are buying into the theory because the constitution gives the authority for the selection of electors to the state legislatures, there is some question about how you define legislature under this. that the state courts have no role to play here. if we buy into that theory, then the constitution gives the authority to record the federal elections to congress for the supreme court should have no role to play in regulating those elections. so we could an

3—1 to end their seven—game run without a win in the premier league and ease the pressure on boss mikelis one from bukayo saka put the game beyond chelsea, who got a consolation through tammy abraham. arsenal are now six points clear of the relegation zone. everton are up to second in the table after beating bottom of the table sheffield united 1—0. there were just ten minutes left when gylfi sigurdsson scored the only goal of the game. just two points from 15 matches now for sheffield united. leicester are third after coming from behind twice to draw with manchester united. marcus rashford got united's first. but jamie vardy‘s strike deflected in off axel tuanzebe to give brendan rodgers' side a point. it's the first time this season united have failed to win away in the league. manchester city are fifth in the table, one point behind united. they're still unbeaten in december after goals from ferran torres and this one from ilkay gundogan helped them to a 2—0 win at home to newcastle united. elsewhere, aston villa beat crystal palace while fulham and southampton drew 0—0. those in att

clearly it's a matter of ethical responsibility that we in the government have chancellor i'm going to mikel is also in support of stricter measures on sunday germany's federal and state leaders will meet once more to discuss the crisis. meanwhile germany's schools are preparing for more restrictions or a possible expansion of the vacation period yet education ministers are asking for as few cuts to schooling as possible. in our opinion vacation should not be extended but rather we should introduce remote learning or even a lifting of compulsory attendance or a combination of both these are 3 models we have. just under 2 weeks to christmas eve and a holiday that will probably be a lot quieter than usual. well the devastating effects of the pandemic and now are becoming increasingly evident in the united states this week has seen daily deaths from the virus rise to more than 3000 and at the same time with more and more people losing their jobs hunger has become a hoss reality in the world's richest country. that some 50000000 americans no longer have enough to aids. just before the coronaviru

. >> mikell way who is, whose work i once edited was actually working for curtis lemay throughout the whole war so he was the linchpin of the new yorkers operation. >> there was a lot of overlap like that, a lot of am not a lot but a handful of the correspondence anarchists work and armed forces were also acting for the armed forces. the new yorker ran a ton of profiles on military come sometimes it editors even commissioned stories from military figures, sometimes even public-relations man here, just to keep things cozy with the war department. for the most part the war reporting was serious. they were in the mix very much so. the description of william quote-unquote hunch man where he which is sent one of his correspondence into the field and he didn't know what this group is going to be. he just knew that there would be one. that was an important role. >> he trusted his writers picky believed in his writers here so why john hersey? hersey was sort of not bread and born as a new yorker. he came from the loose organization. what made hersey, what made sean trust that hersey could get

they haven't had one in nearly two months, but manager mikel arteta says they could be heading for aegation battle. championing change — why lewis hamilton is backing the eco—friendly competition that drives motorsport into new terrain. good morning. storm bella is starting to bear down across the uk. we still have severe flood warnings out as a result of recent rain, numerous other flood warnings and an amber warning for those potentially damaging winds later today. i will have more detailfor you in around a quarter of an hour. it is saturday 26 december, boxing day. a december, boxing day. belated happy christmas fl our top story: 6 million more people in the south and east of england are now living under the toughest level coronavirus restrictions, tier 4, which means they must stay at home unless it is for work or education. gyms, hair salons and all non—essential shops are also closed. emily unia reports. returned to lockdown, with more shops, pubs and restaurants across the uk forced to close to try and slow rapidly rising infection rates thought to be caused by a new strain of

but they lie just fourteenth in the premier league and mikel aterta know they need to improve.b to achieve the level that this club deserves and what it ta kes, that this club deserves and what it takes, believe me it takes time and this is not a month or three months, this is not a month or three months, this is not a month or three months, this is time and time and time and a lot of the decisions and a lot of support and this is where we are and iam support and this is where we are and i am ready to fight and ready to fight all the way through because i believe that we can do it. tottenham are at lask in one of the early kick offs and only need a draw to secure their qualification to the knockout stage. leicester are already through — they face zorya luhansk. under pressure celtic boss neil lennon will see his side face ac milan — with celtic bottom of their group... and rangers need a win at home against standard liege to make the last 32. championjockey 0isin murphy has spoken for the first time since being banned for testing positive for cocaine. in an exclusive interview