following president trump's decision to recognisejerusalem as israel's capital, will be live at the united nations, where this has been in discussion tonight. and we will be live in the pennines, where temperatures are due to dip below freezing tonight. that's ahead on bbc news. but now, time for sportsday. hello, and welcome to sportsday. i'm lizzie greenwood—hughes. here's what's coming up on tonight's show... it's mourinho versus guardiola. united versus city. second versus first. we look ahead to the premier league's most expensive game in history. the first against the second. it's a big match. it's important because it's united, because you can get points. well, soon those big games will be taking on the likes of strictly on saturday night tv as the premier league goes prime time. and mooen rests his finger from the ashes pulse as the england all—rounder says he won't bowl in tomorrow's tour match ahead of the third test. well, plenty to get through tonight. but we're starting with football, because there is one game this weekend that eclipses everything else.. and that is the manchester derby. united versus city, second versus first in the premier league table. and despite the eight points between them, it's tipped to be an absolute cracker. katherine downes looks ahead to the big game, which kicks off on sunday tea time. for the city faithful, there's been a lot to cheer this season. group winners and through to the last 16 of the champions league, one of the favourites for the title and seemingly unstoppable domestic league. they have won 13 consecutive games in the premier league, equalling the record. they haven't lost since the start of april, when they were beaten by chelsea. so far this season, they have dropped just two points, scoring more goals than any other team. how much does that record of consecutive wins play on your mind, do you think about that at all? absolutely nothing. if you are going to play one game just thinking of the record, you forget what you have to do to win the game. it would be nice, because it means that we won, but sooner or later, the record is going to be broken, so... the record is going to be broken, so... it's what you have to do to win the game, that is my concern. for so long, they were manchester's second sight. as recently as 1999, city were down in the third tier and struggling. fast forward a decade, and abu dhabi billions took over in 2008. it took city another four is to win theirfirst 2008. it took city another four is to win their first premier league title. the second game in 2014. for those who follow the ups and downs, there is a buzz about this current generation. expectation that city will be the manchester side. right the way through the side, with the control of the ball, the passing of the ball, the accuracy of the passing, the confidence and belief of each individual player, i've never seen anything like them before in my careeras never seen anything like them before in my career as a footballer. for manchester city, the stakes are high. win this weekend and they will set a new premier league record for consecutive wins in one season and they will set themselves up for a third premier league title and usher ina new third premier league title and usher in a new era of dominance. but united have there own record to preserve. 14 matches unbeaten at old trafford, 41 on sunday would be a new high. in fact, the last time they lost here at home was back in september 20 16. who beat them then? it was city. for the people born in the city and fuelling the colours, that's good, positive rivalry. i think it's a special match. whether you are a red or a blue or not even from manchester at all, this is not just a special occasion, it is the biggest game of the premier league season so biggest game of the premier league season so far. katherine downes, bbc news, manchester. well, let's take a closer look at the game which experts are predicting will be watched by up to one billion people — that's around a seventh of the world's population. it's also expected to be the most expensive football game in terms of the value of players on the pitch, with £650 million worth of playing talent on the field — and that's without paul pogba. and apparently there are only four nations on earth where you can't watch it — north korea, moldova, cuba and st kitts and nevis. frankly, if you were in saint kitts and nevis, would you be wanting to watch the football? you would be in drawing the sunshine! —— enjoying the sunshine. a few interesting tweets around. pep guardiola has said he's not worried about the record. bbc sport as usual have the team news. david silva will be playing for manchester city, which we thought might be happening. a lot of people have been talking about that. pep also said he enjoys going to old trafford. he says it is a pleasure to go there. he is not going to be thinking about the record and his tea m thinking about the record and his team are not going to be thinking about it, they are just going to because in trading on playing the big game. let's look at the league table, look at the golfing points between manchester city and manchester united, eight points between those two. this derby is even more important because it will probably signal city's impending title success. i know it's early days, but it would be 11 points between those teams at the top of the table. that is what happens if they win on sunday. but it's not just happens if they win on sunday. but it's notjust a big derby in manchester. just before sunday's manchester game, liverpool take on everton at anfield in the lunchtime kick—off. liverpool have scored 12 goals in their last two games, and sit fourth in the table compared with everton's tenth. now, a few weeks ago, liverpool would have been odds—on favourites. but enter new boss sam allardyce, and everton could be a much tougher proposition. when we meet on sunday, i've played him in three different clubs already and i'm only two years here. at each clu b and i'm only two years here. at each club he did thejob. so obviously he's very successful, and you know what you get, if you want. that doesn't make it easier, to be honest. because all sam allardyce teams are difficult to play, that's no secret. so, that's sunday wrapped up. let's look at saturday's fixtures. champions chelsea gets things under way in the early game at west ham. another huge game for new manager david moyes. tottenham need to improve their league form generally, but particularly at home. they need to look for more consistency. they're playing stoke at wembley. and there's a real six—pointer at the bottom end of the table when swansea play west brom. and here's another look at sunday's fixtures and another big team needing consistency — arsenal — are away at southampton. but as i say, all one billion pairs of eyes will be on the last game of the day at old trafford for the manchester derby. well, the stats around the manchester derby once again underlined the desirability and power of the premier league round the world. now the product is set to go prime time. by that, i mean saturday night tv, when the next set of broadcast packages for the 2019-20 of broadcast packages for the 2019—20 season bid for, though with more live tv game, 200 in all, and including eight at a new 7:45pm saturday night slot. richard conway joins me now from our london studio. richard, football set to go up against rickie and the x factor? yes, the battle for mode controls across the nation is going to hot up from 2019. those eight games part of a series of packages available to broadcasters. that means premier league games will go head—to—head with the likes of strictly come dancing and the x factor from 2019. 0ther packages available as well, we will feature more games available midweek for broadcasters. but the way the fans watch, that could be set to change too. that's because the premier league have said that the premier league have said that the process is what it calls technologically neutral. what they mean by that is that the packages are open notjust to the traditional broadcasters but to be internet giants as well, the likes of amazon, apple, netflix, google, they all have an appetite, it seems, to acquire sports rights to build a portfolio. we've seen amazon, for example, acquire atp tour tennis in recent weeks. it already shows a number of nfl american football game in the us. could they be set to bid for one of the seven packages? that could be set to change the way that we view at home on devices or ta blets we view at home on devices or tablets or streaming it direct to our tv. that is one to watch as this gets underway. big change is afoot. we know why the broadcasters are going to want this, they are going to get more money out of it. but what about the clubs and the fans, what about the clubs and the fans, what will they think of all of this? it's interesting to hear from the football supporters federation today. they are against a saturday night game. back in october, in meeting between fans groups and the premier league seem to allay their fears about saturday night fixtures. the premier league saying there was no race between broadcasters to go for that slot. that has proved somewhat different now that this tender package has been made public. they are against that because they feel that trials but issues, getting to and from game late at night on a saturday night especially may make the travelling fans experience quite difficult. home fans too of course. that is certainly one set of opinions that we've heard from today. as for the clubs, they will be expecting another large windfall. the last auction yielded a massive £5.1 billion in revenue for the 20 premier league teams. there are more games on offer in this package. so we can expect that that figure will be topped when the process concludes, likely in late february or early march. 0k, richard in our london studio, thank you. now, let's turn our attention to the scottish premiership and the tug of war between aberdeen and rangers for manager derek mcinness has ended with him staying at aberdeen. mcinness will be in charge for their game at dundee tonight, he's told the club's fans he "wasn't prepared to walk away" from pittrodrie tojoin rangers. so here are all the weekend's fixtures. still managerless rangers' game at home to ross county is one of four matches taking place tomorrow. leaders celtic travel to hibernian on sunday. also coming up in the programme... we're on the table in york as the semi—finalists for the uk snooker championship are decided. and with just ten days to go until the world squash championships get under way, we'll hear from britain's biggest hopes. now, we need to talk about the ashes — painful though it may be for england cricket fans after the team's rapid 2—0 demise to australia. the crucial third test isn't until next thursday in perth, so some of the players are being rested as the selectors try to salvage the series before it's too late. but what should be done at the waca? 0ur correspondent andy swiss has the latest. well, welcome to perth, where england now have the enviable task of trying to turn around this ashes series. before the third test next week, they have a two—day match against cricket australia 11. 0f week, they have a two—day match against cricket australia 11. of the tea m against cricket australia 11. of the team that played in adelaide, only moeen ali will feature this weekend. the rest of the side will be made up of the five squad players who didn't play in adelaide. jake ball, gary ballance, mason crane, tom curran and ben foakes. the rest of the side will be made up of england lions players who have been at a training camp here in perth. most interestingly, fast bowler mark wood. there have been suggestions that he might feature in the perth test because at his best he has the sort of pace that england have really been lagging so far in this series. the side this week will be captained by moeen ali, who has really struggled with both bat and ball so far in this series. he's had problems with a finger injury and says he won't bowl this weekend to give the finger at chance to heal. he's been explaining to me exactly how that finger has been giving him problems. it feels like my finger is kind of... it's the one thing that i really need, that needs to be 100%. 0bviously really need, that needs to be 100%. obviously i ripped it in the first game, the first innings. since then, it's not been easy, and it's been difficult to bowl and stuff. but the last game was much better. ijust didn't bowl as well. hopefully another five or six days of it, with no bowling, hopefully it'll be all right. yes, moeen ali will be hoping to get some valuable match time under his belt this weekend, because it's so important for england that he is firing on all so lenders. after this match they only have three more days to prepare for the test match here in perth —— he's firing on all cylinders. they know that if australia win they will regain the ashes. andy swiss reporting from perth for us. he mentioned calls for a mix—up in the england attack, earlier i spoke to the former england test bowler ryan sidebottom who told me not only should they change some of the bowlers but also the batting order. what really worries me is that i think looking at england on paper, all of the bowlers are the same. we are missing ben stokes, who has that aggressive nature. the —— he bowls bouncers. it's crying out for someone like liam plunkett or mark wood to go out there and ruffle the aussies and topple down the lower order. now with the t20 that's come again, the players from me and willing to battle it out, to that time, just put them all on your wicked, you know, not give it away. i think we've been a little bit soft, i really think we have, and we haven't played quite as a team. but these things happen, australia have outplayed us. you've got to pick yourselves up. there have got to be three tests to play. but it's a big ask. how much of a distraction is the whole ben stokes circus?|j ask. how much of a distraction is the whole ben stokes circus? i think it's been, yeah, the players will tell you it's not be a distraction but when you lose a player like that it makes a huge difference to your team. it doesn't bode very well. he's a brilliant fielder and he gives some and to the team. he has the nature, come on lads, let's go for it. he has been a huge mess. there are some huge players out there, joe root, jonny bairstow, moeen ali, absolutely outstanding the last few years for england. it's a very good team, we just need to play as a team. where would you want best day batting? i'd like to see him five or six. i think he's batting too low down. he is caught between a rock and a hard place with the lower order. shall i be more aggressive or shall i go into my shell? it is difficult, that. moeen ali has done that position, what do we do? i'd like to see him higher up the order, he is a class batsmen, he is proved that. you talked about some of the things that have been said on the field. sledging is something jonny bairstow has talked about. he says that if it crosses the line he wants to take matters into his own hands. do you know what he means by that? look, it's part of partial of professional sport, you get that sledging. —— it's part and parcel. it means so much to the players that you want to win, but do it within reason. it is difficult with tv, you can't really go over the top any more. there are all of these fines and everything, it's very difficult. i hope he doesn't wa nt to ta ke very difficult. i hope he doesn't want to take matters into his own hands, but i think it's just about the team, playing hard cricket, going out there and giving everything for your country. can they do it? what's the ends —— and school going to be krezolek they are a really difficult position. its damage limitation. i would like the nest test to play a lot better. moeen ali is struggling with his finger, jonny bairstow is moving higher up the order, and maybe bring mark wood and liam plunkett to come and be aggressive. now rugby union's top tiers turn to europe this weekend with 15 champions cup and challenge cup matches over the next three days. here's our rugby union reporter chrisjones looking ahead to the action. well, the recent autumn internationals had an air of experimentation and transition about them. there will be nothing like that whatsoever in europe this weekend. for lee strength sides, must win game, no honour asked or given. the champions cup action gets underway this evening as vern cotter, the former scotland head coach, it returns to scotland with his montpellier side. they face glasgow, the warriors in desperate need of a win after losing the first two matches in the champions cup. a few games stand out on saturday afternoon on the south of france, toulon hosting bath, who had a brilliant when at scarlets in round two, but can they win in the fortress that is the stout felix mayall where chris ashton has been an outstanding form for them. later on saturday, a clash of two european heavyweights, as munster hoped leicester —— host leicester. and two cracking game on sunday to look forward to. wasps going to high—flying la rochelle, harlequins in desperate need of a win hosting all—star. there is a repeat of the champions cup final as saracens meet clermont auvergne, sarries or on a bit of a run of defeats at the moment but they start as favourites given clermont‘s injury problems at fly—half. it is a case of saving the best until last, as two unbeaten sides go head—to—head at sandy park. leicester hosting leinster. is this the year that the exeter chiefs make an assault on the european title for the first time in their history. chris jones reporting. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories around today. wales will lose their influential lions captain sam warburton for the six nations and the rest of the season. the cardiff blues flanker has had knee surgery and is expected to be out between four to six months. britains skelton bob slider lizzy yarnold is still struggling for form as february's winter 0lympics draw closer. the champion in sochi four years ago, had to settle for 13th place at the latest world cup event in winterberg, germany. fellow briton laura deas was seventh. a strong third round by england's charley hull moved her into contention at the dubai ladies classic. she shot a 5—under par 67 earlier today to finish on nine—under par — just three shots behind leader anne van dam of the netherlands going into tomorrow's final round. snooker‘s uk championship is getting to the business end. ronnie 0'sullivan is through to the last four after a 6—3 victory over martin gould this afternoon. he'll meet stephen maguire in the semi—finals. you can watch the coverage on bbc television, where hazel irvine is following the action from york. we saw renny 0'sullivan back in that action today, and after the near miss against number 84, he breezed through against martin gould today. how much better a performance was that for him today, alan mcmanus?m was very good. i thought at the start martin gould gave him too many chances for free, which ronnie 0'sullivan obviously will take. then martin gould bartered relaxing, he started going in. and in the end, ronnie will be a bit relieved to get it over 6—3 ronnie will be a bit relieved to get it over6—3 in ronnie will be a bit relieved to get it over 6—3 in the end. but a nice break in the last, and he didn't panic, he never does. on the way, he's just set another record as 106 centuries in this uk championship, that beats stephen hendry‘s record by one. he will now play stephen maguire, who had a similar route through with a 6—3 victory overjoe perry. that is an intriguing matchup. they have produced very good matches in the past. very much so. good matches in the past. very much so. stephen maguire is a prospect that ronnie 0'sullivan is going to face, and he really respect stephen. let me tell you something, stephen is not in anyway frightened of running. not at all. most players kind of are underneath the surface, —— frightened of ronnie. not stephen, he will take the game to ronnie the two remaining quarterfinals live on bbc two tonight at 7pm with jason mohammad. now, the world squash championships get under way todayjust down the road in manchester. britain is one of the strongest nations in the sport with a long history of producing top players, and i'm joined by two of the countrys finest tonight — three—time world champion nick matthew, and sarah—jane perry, who'll both be amongst those battling for medals over the next week or so. nick, you have but a huge amount of pressure on yourself because you announce that you will retire and you want to go out winning a big one, this is it, isn't it? the idea was to take the pressure off, it is something i have known for a while, this is the last season, the commonwealth games in april as well. as it got closer and closer i have felt those words add pressure to me. but, no, it's a fantastic opportunity to play a home world championship, something that doesn't happen too many times in a career and hopefully can put that to one side and concentrate on the court this week. do you think you'll be there on the final on the 17th? that's the goal. the tournament is split into two calves. the first half is in sports city, and if you make it into the last eight then we are in manchester central. i remember the atmosphere there four yea rs remember the atmosphere there four years ago was the best atmosphere that i've ever played in and the crowd really carried me across the line. in the last eight, anything can happen. sarah-jane, this is an important world championships for women's squash because it is the first time there will be equal pay on offer. how important is that? it's really, really important. the world series events which are compatible to the grand slam in tennis have been equal for a year or so tennis have been equal for a year or so now, this is the first time that out so now, this is the first time that our world championships have offered prize money parity for the men and women. i think it has shown what direction moving in, and sport in general as well, as a woman i think it's great, it's empowering, and that's great for the younger girls and all players to see, really. nicks, equal pay, what's next. she. sure the olympic inclusion, when is that going to happen? it's been the biggest disappointment of all of our careers biggest disappointment of all of our careers that we are not yet able to call ourselves 0lympic careers that we are not yet able to call ourselves olympic athletes. the sport are trying to be trailblazers with the way that we cover the sport with the way that we cover the sport with our media, you know, that was something that was seen to be lacking in squash. now we voted youtube's best sport by last year in terms of the highlights package. equal pay for male and females, and associations have merged into one to try and have one direction that the sport is going in at the top level. i'm going to ask you, sarah—jane, why is britain such a strong squash nation? we have a history of being very successful at squash. and a lot of it is kind of down to the popularity of the sport. and they think with coverage now and everything like that, it's trying to create that same sort of level of interest again, hopefully. the more people we get playing i think the better we do. we've always had top quality coaches and everything like that. that really adds to it. and i think we're still, despite what some people think, we are still fighting right to the top of the sport. there's some great junior talent coming through, the future looks really bright. best of luck for both of you in the matches. it's not your first match today though, i hope. is itan first match today though, i hope. is it an sunbaked? sunday and monday, hopefully we will both be involved on the 17th —— is it sunday. hopefully we will both be involved on the 17th —— is it sundaylj hopefully we will both be involved on the 17th -- is it sunday. i know that you are very heavily involved with the academy, aren't you? yes, there is lots of plans to stay in there is lots of plans to stay in the sport when i retire. it has given me my whole life and i love it. i don't want to do something different, i want to stay in the sport. hopefully i'll have a bit more time for family as well and hopefully a few interests outside just to keep the balance of life. i'm excited, plenty more to achieve in the next six months. lets hope you go out with a bang. best of luck at the world championships coming up. thanks very much for both of you. that's all from sportsday. from all of us, good night. more snow on the way tonight in some parts of the country through saturday and a significant snow threat across central parts of the uk. on sunday. but let's have a look at the hero now. these are the snow showers falling in these particular strea ks. showers falling in these particular streaks. you can see them coming in from the north—west, moving in a south—easterly direction. some areas have seen snow shower after snow shower. 0thers have seen snow shower after snow shower. others have had nothing but sunshine. this know has been very hit and miss across the country. some have had ten centimetres, others have had nothing. through the course of the night, wintry showers continue across wales, northern ireland, certainly the north of us, a clear and cold night. temperatures might even get to —5 in some rural areas. tomorrow, further snow showers, there will be fewer of them. however, areas that haven't had the snow yet may get some fresh know on saturday. liverpool, manchester, those sort of areas, we could seize no showers falling. northern scotland will continue with the wintry weather. —— we could see snow showers falling. through the course of saturday night, look what happens, a lot of cold air across the uk, a fresh weather front comes across the atlantic, initially rain. then snow falls across ireland, northern ireland, wales, the midlands, and ample warning from the met office, disruptive snow. this is sometime around sunday morning. many of us will be waking up sunday morning to find a fresh layer of soap. there could be quite a bit of it across wales, the midlands, northern england too. by the time we get to sunday afternoon, that snow sta rts get to sunday afternoon, that snow starts to fizzle away. in the south it's going to be too mild for the snow. in fact, there will be gales in the south on sunday. as we go through sunday night into monday, a lot of weather happening. no precious bins, a storm will impact france, and just on the northern periphery of the storm, the storm is down here, there could be fresh snow across southern parts of the uk. that's another thing that we're watching. by the time we get to tuesday, the weather will calm down, at least for now. that's the latest. this is bbc news. the headlines at seven: britain and the eu strike a last—minute deal, which means talks can move on to the next stage. getting to this point has required give and take on both sides and i believe the joint report being published as in the best interests of the whole of the uk.” published as in the best interests of the whole of the uk. i believe we have now made the breakthrough we needed. today's result is of course a compromise. there will be no hard border with ireland, says the prime minister, and it's thought britain's divorce bill will be between 35 and 40 billion pounds. also in the next hour — unrest in the middle east.

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