after video footage appeared to show the country s president wetting himself. you re watching bbc news. now its time for sports day hello and welcome to sportsday this saturday night it s fa cup third round weekend and no shortage of drama coming up on the programme: championships strugglers blackpool hit forest for four knocking out the premier league side non league chesterfield score three against west brom only to be denied a famous win a first half hattrick helps newcastle falcons beat the champions leicester in rugby union s premiership and also coming up on the programme before 7 we hear from the skier defying the odds and making history welcome along, thank you forjoining us on a bumper fa cup third round weekend. no doubt where the most eye catching result so far has come. blackpool might be third from bottom in the championship but they ve shown why league form counts for little in the cup knocking out premier league nottingham forest 4 1. whilst leicester
and treasury ministers discuss the challenges facing the national health service. iran is facing international condemnation for hanging two more people said to have been involved in nationwide protests. the uk called their executions abhorrent . as ukraine celebrates the orthodox christmas, russian backed forces there say they ve downed a drone lauched in breach of a temporary ceasefire. it appears to be another sign that the temporary truce called by president putin has been ignored. you are watching bbc news.. now it s time for sports day hello and welcome to sportsday this saturday night it s fa cup third round weekend and no shortage of drama coming up on the programme: non league wrexham score four at coventry knocking out the championship side championships strugglers blackpool hit nottingham forest for four as the premier league team are knocked out a first half hattrick helps newcastle falcons beat the champions leicester in rugby union s premiership and also
and coming up at 3:30, operation relocation, looks behind the scenes of one of the uk s biggest hospital s transitions from old to new. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. nurses are likely to take their first ever national strike action according to their union. the royal college of nursing is still counting ballot papers returned by its 300,000 members, but it says those counted so far suggest support for strike action possibly before christmas. the rcn wants a 5% pay increase above the rate of inflation. nurses working in accident and emergency and critical care would be exempted from striking to maintain services. the government said nurses should carefully consider the impact on patients. and, as our health editor hugh pym reports, other health workers could also soon be staging industrial action. here s our health editor hugh pym. possible strike action is already looming of the nhs in scotland. members of two unions, including ambulance staff at the gmb, have v
there will have been many who doubted arsenal s ability to keep up their premier league title challenge this long. but a third of the way through the season a result that might provide more evidence they re genuine contenders. they ve beaten chelsea at stamford bridge by a goal to nil to go three points clear at the top of the table once again. jane dougal reports. up up against his old club for the first time, after a war of words with chelsea striker aubameyang send a message to his old arsenal manager? he didn t take long to antagonize argenta. but in a cagey first half the chances wind arsenals way. a beautiful ball. inches away. it took them another 30 minutes but arsenal did score. a corner evading gabrielle making sure it went in. not chelsea s day then or all 0bama gangs who had been taken off and had to watch as his team went behind. 0ld bundled rivalries run deep and a touchy match turned into a bad tempered one. chelsea fighting to avoid four premier league matches