maraz killed the fourth nail in the chelsea goal manchester city will play with the winner of the oxford unitedair arsenal further, rumors about the resignation of chelsea head coach gromo potter were exacerbated because, in addition to defeating the cup, blue lost to the townspeople for eight weeks english premier league matches were able to win only once and are now hanging somewhere in the middle of the table. they are tenth, but the club's management trusts the mentor and it is reported that the quote will provide him with more resources to achieve results. it is emphasized that the boss of londoners consider this period a transitional history, chelsea oh well. in spain, the sorting took place at the head of the standings, which began to take shape on saturday evening real madrid entered the game against the branches of the line, where there was no place for the spaniards and it happened for the first time in the glorious history of the royal club. the first half turned out to be dry, but the beginning of the second half was active at the time of the penalty . the frenchman, by the way, cau

when ever oxford united ah welcome to the news, ours just passed. $1300.00 g m t 3 p. m. in ukraine's dumbass region where fighting is intensifying with moscow's troops being helped by mercenaries from russia's wagner group. the british defense ministries, as it appears, russia has taken control of much of the salt mining town of sola. dar, that's the back moose, where troops on both sides have suffered heavy losses. meanwhile, the russian state news agency task is reporting a change of command in the army. moscow is said to have promoted colonel general alexander lap in chief of staff of its ground forces. he was previously commander of the central military district, and russia's defense ministry says it's been conducting naval drills in the norwegian. c. it says it's frigate is armed with a hypersonic missile capable of evading western air defenses. will as go live now to charles ratford, who's in the ukranian capital key. even charles, what more do we know about these are apparent gains by russia? well that's certainly what is being reported some interesting lines in t

football, and arsenal have set up a fourth—round fa cup tie with manchester city after a 3—0 win over oxford unitedugh. mohamed elneny with the first before an eddie nketiah double sent the gunners through, giving him five goals in his last six games. the stumps the stumps was the stumps was important the stumps was important to the stumps was important to change the dynamic —— swabs. in openings we took the chances. do you have a strike at getting better— do you have a strike at getting better again by day?— better again by day? that's what we want _ better again by day? that's what we want from - better again by day? that's what we want from every i better again by day? that's - what we want from every player but eddie is scoring goals as well as contribute a lot to hours of playing. roberto martinez has been appointed portugal head coach. the 49—year—old spaniard stood down from the belgium role after their early exit from the world cup and replaces fernando santos who resigned after portugal's quarter—final defeat by morocco. portugal's campaign was overshadowed by cristiano ronaldo being dropp

jeremy stern is there for us. 0xford oxford united have beaten on their way to the fa cup third round gunners could build a new team tonight as they rest players ahead of the london derby on sunday. they could be a return for emile smith rowe the england international announced in september with a groin injury. michaela turned to said he is excepting a difficult and he is called them to get behind their united could get their debut to brendan fleming who signed from whole, whoever gets the tonight is not going to get any easier in round four. there is a prospect of the trip to take on manchester city. kick—off at kassam stadium is that epm. you can follow the action on the bbc later on the bbc sport website. yesterday at villa park — we had the shock result of the third round so far — with league two's stevenage scoring two goals in the last two minutes, to dump premier league's aston villa out of the tournament. steve evans is their manager and i caught up with him after a whirlwind 24 hours. from leaving villa park in the most surreal circumstances to this morning, very early on and

the premier league leaders be oxford united in round $380.00 and kept he asked for 2 of our small goals unless a 3 know when that makes it 5 goals. in 6 games for him quite easily capitalized in absence of grizzly brazilian gabriel hayes is the picked up an injury at the world . a show. great composure isn't gracie frasier, the timing of his runs were and the decision making, waiting to the moment to where they go, keeper was when shows is quality is not only that he's under some, he's worried, i think is getting better and better. and i'm really happy with him. 22 time grand slam tennis champion, raf middle is hoping for more tidal success. but this time on water dal has officially signed on as a team owner for the e one electric boat racing series. it's the world's 1st all electric race pho championship formula. one driver, sergio perez will be one of near dallas rival owners during the inaugural season, which is set to start later this year. the e one will champagne trip will help to improve the dielectric that knology ah, in, in, in the mouth to go woke up so very excited about that

the premier league leaders b, oxford united and round 380 and a cat t as scored 2 of our souls goals. and this is 3 know when that makes it 5 goals. and 6 games for him is capitalized in the absence of brazilian gabriel. hey, zeus picked up an injury. oper woke up. i mean, he showed reagan butcher. is gracie major on the timing of his roswell? and did the decision make you are waiting to last moment to or the goalkeeper was learn shall use quality is not only that he's under some, he's worried as it is getting better and better. lampton, i'm really happy with an australian aly club. melvin victory had been slapped with a record fine after a pitch invasion last month. the incident happened during this game against melvin city, the referee and city goalkeeper. both suffered injuries before timely champions were fine. $380000.00 and have been banned from selling tickets and the main supporters section behind the goals. 22 time grand slam thomas champion raf needle is hoping for more tidal success at this time on water. the dow has officially signed on as a team owner for the e one electr

oxford united of league1 held on until half time, when it remained goalless, but arsenal scored three round. now, when it comes to snooker, you think of the big tournamnets — the world championship and the masters, which got under way on sunday. but there are some notable absentees from this year's masters tournamnet, notably a former winner in the shape of yan bingtao of china, who is one of two chinese players due to play in the tournamnet who are suspended due to a investigation into allegations of match fixing. laura scott reports. two years ago, snooker celebrated the youngest masters champion in a generation — china's yan bingtao. but now, as the showpiece event returns to the alexandra palace, bingtao and his compatriot zhao xintong are absent. two of ten chinese players suspended since october over alleged match fixing. and a cloud hangs over the sport. i think we are one to two weeks away from the completion of that inquiry. you know, it won't take long to assess whether there are charges to be levied against any of those players after that. we've been on this since october,

oxford united will look to continue the theme of fa cup shocks when they host arsenal this evening innight's match will be away to manchester city. a tough draw for the winners. reading manager paul ince will return to old trafford to face former club manchester united. national league side wrexham will take on sheffield united of the championship. sheffield wednesday will face fellow league one side fleetwood town after they knocked out newcastle united, while stevenage will travel to stoke. for a full run—down of the draw, head to the bbc sport website. the masters snooker continues later after a dramatic opening day at alexandra palace on sunday with defending champion neil robertson and three—time winner mark selby both crashing out. the australian was beaten by the 2015 winner shaun murphy by six frames to four. murphy led 5—1 before robertson fought back, but, he held on and will now face either kyren wilson or stuart bingham in the quarter—finals. debutant hossein vafaei, knocked selby. he's not even in the world's top 16 and didn't even qualify automatically, only taking zhao

oxford united of league one held on until half time, it remained goaless, but arsenal scored three in, this year's masters tournament got under way at alexandra palace on sunday without the 2021 winner yan bingtao and the 2021 uk championship winner zhao xintong, who are both currently suspended as an investigation into allegations of match fixing is under way. laura scott reports. two years ago, snooker celebrated the youngest masters champion in a generation — china's yan bingtao. but now, as the showpiece event returns to the alexandra palace, bingtao and his compatriot zhao xintong are absent. two of ten chinese players suspended since october over alleged match fixing. and a cloud hangs over the sport. i think we are one to two weeks away from the completion of that inquiry. you know, it won't take long to assess whether there are charges to be levied against any of those players after that. we've been on this since october, day in, day out, trying to push it and push it and push it, and it's been unfortunate that we've continued with new evidence coming to light. meanwhile, one

the league leaders.— oxford united against arsenal, the league leaders._ after | league leaders. us today is represented by the blues. a lot of showers already in the north and the west and south. showers are crossing it that way is through today will continue to move towards the east and eventually they will clear. we have another weather front coming in across the north and west which will introduce some heavier more frequent showers at some of those will be country and have some hail embedded as well. drying up across southern and some eastern areas as we go through the day with temperature range six in aberdeen to about ten in plymouth. through the evening of overnight we start on a breezy note but that gives way to some clearer skies and dry conditions and in comes the next weather front introducing heavy rain and also the stronger winds. temperatures overnight three in aberdeen to 11 in plymouth. tomorrow if we pick up this weather front it is a warm front having heavy rain on it as it pushes the crosses, and then later we have another weather front coming in which is a col

apparently, there's an investigation going on the fa cup match between on into the fa cup match between oxford unitedllow during the course of the match right and apparently there was a unusual amount of money staked on particular oxford defender getting a yellow card. and lo and behold, he got a yellow card. and then i wrote in investigation into those betting patterns, but i'm sure nothing untoward happened. i'm sure it was a no no. i'm there's an interest in interest story. yeah. look, it shows how they're watching things monitor , showing watching things monitor, showing the money going in and out and things, how it was to show the cruelty they were pulling back to fight. and that's to the fight. and that's what that's is because fa that's it is because the fa the ones don't wait. alan ones who don't wait. yes. alan carr. yes. carr is carr. yes. alan carr is replacing david walliams on the britain's got talent panel. if you're thinking of auditioning now, i it's because the now, i think it's because the alan and amanda holden a very good. alan and amanda holden a very good . they're currently doi

oxford united will look to continue the theme of fa cup shocks when they host arsenal this evening ineague side wrexham will take on sheffield united of the championship. sheffield wednesday will face fellow league one side fleetwood town after they knocked out newcastle united, while stevenage will travel to stoke. for a full run—down of the draw, head to the bbc sport website. england fly—half owen farrell could miss the six nations after being cited by the rugby football union for a dangerous tackle in a club game for saracens. he will face a disciplinary hearing tomorrow. on friday, the 31—year—old put in a high tackle on gloucester playerjack clement that made contact with clement's head. it was not reviewed at the time by the referee and farrell went on to win the game for saracens with a drop—goal on the final whistle. it's not the first time farrell's tackle technique has been in the spotlight after he received a ten—week ban reduced to five games in 2020. a similar penalty would see him miss england's games with scotland and italy, however any ban could be longer. jon rahm ov

sheffield wednesday all produced big shocks over the weekend in the fa cup third round and tonight oxford unitedteta knows his side need to be prepared for a real battle. it isa it is a difficult game because they make you face things which you are probably not used to, it can be the opponent and their style of play, the fact that you do not play this every single day, so you have to get used to it. roberto martinez has been appointed as the new manager of portugal. the former everton boss left his role with belgium after the world cup. the spaniard will replace fernando santos, who stood down as manager after portugal's quarter—final loss to morocco at the world cup. martinez�*s own contract with belgium ended after their group—stage exit in qatar. he had been linked to a return to everton as the team struggles under frank lampard. wales manager gemma grainger has extended her deal to remain in charge of the national side until 2027. the new deal is reward for her efforts with wales — after attracting the interest of club sides. grainger succeeded jayne ludlow as boss in march 2021 and took wal

well, samuel romani is an international relations specialist at oxford university and also an associate fellow with the roll. united services institute for defense and security studies. he joins us up from oxford. welcome to the program. as we heard that conflicting numbers when it comes to casualties, but of course, by any stretch of the imagination, this is a significant attack. what's your understanding of what's happened here? well, i think that obviously you, wayne was answering to the wave of that. miss allen drums drank it, occurred in the capital against a 1000000 infrastructure ger on either side of the new year and debt ukraine couldn't have responded to one a few ways. you could have responded by striking russian territory again. i could get it angles around christmas time. work of stab responded by striking targets inside on bass. i could stand repeatedly. the interesting thing about this attack is that mackie fca is a stronghold for russian conscripts typically attacks of this nature. and because now and other parts of the front line we're targeting warden are mercenaries. and how unusual is it for rus

soccer mccloud, a chair of the un working group on the use of mercenaries in oxford, samuel romani, associate fellow at the royal united services institute and author of putins war on ukraine and in amsterdam. marie could a hone assistant professor in international criminal law at the university of amsterdam, and especially on crimes of aggression. thank you for joining us on inside. sorry, a very warm welcome. samuel. let me sot with you. russia has suffered repeated setbacks on the battlefield in ukraine. recently, but it appears that with the help of mercenaries from the wagner group, it could be about to make some gains. talk to us 1st about the role of wagner in the conflict in ukraine. how expensive is it and how active all these mess marries? so the larger group is down, the largest contingent that has ever been according to us. estimates is got around 50000 people. $40000.00 of them are convicts and prisoners who promotions lifted out of the prisons in exchange for amnesty a and a salary. and 10000 of them are private military contractors. initially, the water group was tasked with really the role of the a sava

specialist on turkish foreign policy and security issues and in oxford were joined by samuel romani, associate fellow at the royal united services institute of a warm welcome to all of you, philip, let's start with you and sweden's freedom of expression, is it too far reaching, allowing such a provocative act like this that many countries around the world would consider a hate crime? i think that's the big debate in sweden at the moment, laura, after the burning of the koran, as mentioned in the report, fred, prior to our discussion there, this is not the 1st time that ross was, pardon, has done this in sweden. he seeks to go around, he seeks to provoke this kind of reaction, and he's made it very much about air, freedom of speech. now, there's no sort of coincidence that he's going around burning a koran rather than a christian bible, because this is the kind of thing that he thinks is going to provoke a backlash against muslims in this country. and he is part of the movement that doesn't want to see on the bosoms in this country. so far, what he did yesterday is entirely legal. that's the way it's been interpreted in

oxford in global affairs. i doubt it was always dependent on the united states title in clear even the production of the year was pretty much a project encouraged by the united states. so mitch core to call relationship between 0 and the united states, very strong ally in the sense of the world. and then so what that invest in this is always been strong, but on all united states, exactly united states was always was 6. hello. russia. from that project, i mentioned the 2nd to the end of the, of the 2nd world war that was the united states project with russia, from european past. so you got this back, it's my knowledge is correct. i think that russia despise all the prize stop by. we can start, dorothy was russia. she never stopped talking to europe. never. that's my, that's my mind. my understanding of is jason, in particular now in the mean a period in which globalization since, as we know it seems to be at the n or after 9 we need to fax re signer in this war you're getting way ahead of me. it's on my checklist of questions, right? you're out, you're going to get great minds think alike. ok. grad basically the

united services institute. he's joining us now from oxford. thank you very much. indeed for being with us. our correspondent, natasha. there was explaining some of the strategic elements of why this time might be important. but why do you think it is that the wagner group is so anxious to say that it has claimed victory in the center of the city, even though moscow is being cautious about that? well, this is jane per goshen flagship military mission. it's him backward, mozilla, dar and you jenny, production is locked currently in a shadow war against the russian defense minister. telegram candles are describing, survey should i give. he's also clashing with that regional governors like c, petersburg governor and a bag law. and he's rumored half political aspiration as of his own, perhaps leading estate esther conservative party down the line. so this is vital for production to get want to went up the defense industry and also elevate his profile at the elite level and the public consciousness to bolster his political aspirations. and if that is the case, then how long do you think the defe

units and all over the country. i kept running away from birkenhead. i walked from here to oxford. did you? it took me five days.rned to sleep in daytime and walk at night because it was too cold to sleep at night even in the summer. tony told me often that he wants to get off all non—prescription drugs and it would be great to see him get a fresh start away from the heroin and away from the stigma that goes with it. i get called a junkie and a crackhead and what can you say? it is true, i am. it is not nice to be called it, but at the end of the day that is what i am. but if there is abuse there is also kindness. you're a good man, i mean that. thank you, take care. and compliments. that is the nearest i have got into a sunset. it does him good. he spends a lot of time in that flat on his own and when he is out on the street, he says a lot of people give him compliments and i don't think people give him compliments about much in his life so it is nice to hear them say that that is a nice photograph, nice picture. it is good for him. the lesson i'm getting from birkenhead is that none of this is easy but it is w

mandarin, phd and oxford on his studies of china, and he is the new ambassador of australia today i did states, the former prime minister of the nation -- ambassador of australia to the unitedormer prime minister vostro yeah -- the former prime minister of australia, kevin rudd. what is the power of xi, the capacity ian bremmer talks about of china. what is your knowledge or perspective of the power of resident she? -- of president xi. dr. rudd: i'm not yet the australian ambassador to the united states. the bottom line in terms of seeking payments is as follows. he is number one, number two, and number three in the chinese political system. if you want information of that you look at the party congress where anyone who did not come from his group and the party was given an exit pass and instead we have four people elevated to the politburo who are lifelong career colleagues of xi jinping. his authority is growing. this policy you turn on zero covid, which was executed on december 7 will raise a series of questions chinese political circles about the fallibility of fusion paying's -- the fallibility of xi jinping's political judgments and that creates a dent in the armor fo