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those ties will be played over two legs in february and march the draw for the europa league last 16 takes place in the next half—an—hour. liverpool are one of the top seeds in that, but they missed out on moving to the top of the premier league. they were held to a goalless draw at home to manchester united. for united, who had lost to bournemouth in the league and been knocked out of the champions league by bayern munich in their two previous games, this was cause for celebration...

on the israel—gaza war. international pressure mounts on israel to reduce civilian casualties. the us secretary of defense, lloyd austin, is in israel, where hes expected to meet officials later. weve been seeing smoke on the gaza skyline again this morning. it comes as the uk, france, and germany step up global calls for a ceasefire. britains former defence secretary, ben wallace, has warned that israel risks losing its legal and moral authority for its war in gaza. in a newspaper a...

in terms of the children, because that is unicef, of course, what are the greatest health concerns that they are now facing? two or three weeks ago we were hearing about malnutrition. just how dire are things now for children? its beyond our worst fears at the moment. the rains that came last week have really increased concerns of waterborne diseases like diarrhoea, which is a great concern to children in this context, its actually the second leading cause of death in children underfiv...

to restore devolution before the parliamentary recess on tuesday. live now to our correspondent, charlotte gallagher, whos in belfast. talk us through what each side once. what are the sticking points? i dont think charlotte can hear us, or maybe she has frozen. anyway, we will see if we can come back to her in a moment. we can speak to the leader of the sdlp, the social democratic and labour party. thanks for coming on talking to us. as i said in the intro, we are hearing the dup sayi...

while the united states considers a new text that calls for a humanitarian pause in gaza. 10 days ago the americans vetoed a resolution that called for a ceasefire. a vote in which the uk abstained. but what is interesting about this current text is that is has already current text is that it has already been amended by the united states. so the language of the original draft as put forward by the arab states called for "an urgent and sustainable cessation of hostilities to allow safe ...

hello, im anjana gadgil. here in the uk, the veteran tv presenter phillip schofield will no longer present itv�*s this morning after agreeing to step down with immediate effect — his last programme was on thursday. the presenter has worked on the show for more than 20 years. recent reports claimed relations between him and co—host holly willoughby were strained. yesterday, his brother, timothy schofield, was sentenced to 12 years for sex offences against a child. today, phillip s...

the warplanes to kyiv. the rules state that countries can only resell or re—export us military hardware if america approves it, but moscow has warned the decision could present colossal risks to the allied countries and china has also expressed its strong dissatisfaction. for the latest, live now to nick marsh, who is for us there in hiroshima. so zelensky arrived today, on sunday he is due to meet president biden and address the g7 leaders, is ukraine dominating discussions at the g...

after storm 0tto causes disruption across scotland and northern england. the family of the hollywood actor bruce willis say the die hard and pulp fiction star is now living with a type of dementia. hello and a very afternoon. we are going to touch on all the main story this afternoon here in the next few moments, but before we talk about it today in the court in memphis, let me bring you an update — some news from closer to home. lincolnshire police are conducting a review in the inv...

Is not within sinn fein�*s gift to do that. the dup, who have been blocking a return to power—sharing, have these deep objections to the brexit trading arrangements, the border in the irish sea that makes it difficult to get goods over from great britain to northern ireland, and while you can see the headlines of sinn fein�*s success in the games they have made, if you look at the dup vote this has not collapsed the dup vote this has not collapsed the du peacoat by any means, they have lar...

Bit more about the real... as weve mentioned, northern ireland has been without a functioning government for over a year. the dup are boycotting stormont, by blocking the election of a speaker in the assembly — as part of their protest against the protocol arrangements. without a speaker, legislation cannot be passed in northern ireland — including a law that would introduce a new new opt—out organ donation system — known as daithis law. the law is named after six—year—old daithi, wh...