get better and better, so that is exciting for us. and again, to work with the players that are already here and the players coming back from injury, we feel we have got a good group of players, a very strong group of players, absolutely. so now we need to gel and become a really good team, and that is where the work is. manchester united manager erik ten hag says he wants his side to focus on matters on the pitch, ahead of tomorrow s match with crystal palace at old trafford. it s after one of the club s players mason greenwood had all criminal charges against him dropped. greenwood denied the charges of attempted rape, assault and controlling and coercive behaviour. he d been due to face trial in november this year and said he was relieved . manchester united say they ll conduct their own process before deciding what to do next. this was ten hag s response when asked for a comment about greenwood at his press conference earlier. no, nothing. i can add nothing. i refer to
corner of the studio, but a story in two parts, the weekend weather, it starts with a lot of cloud but a mild feel. it ends on sunday with something a little bit chillier but much brighter. but certainly right now we have got a lot of cloud out there, that cloud actually thickening up enough to produce drizzle, some mist and murk of a high ground, limited clear breaks. but with that cloud cover, temperatures not dropping too far, 6-9 , temperatures not dropping too far, 6 9 , so i really might start to saturday morning, but a cloudy start for most. if you look closely at the map, some breaks appearing in the cloud, there will be some spells of sunshine, but equally, for northern ireland and scotland, this band of rain pushing in from the west, eventually with something brighter following on behind. 9 12 degrees. but as the band of cloud and rain sinks further south and east during tomorrow night, the rain will weaken but we will start to introduce something colder behind this
washington has accused beijing of acting irresponsibly after a chinese surveillance balloon was detected over the united states. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has postponed a much anticipated trip to beijing over the incident. china says the balloon is a civilian airship which had deviated from its planned route. however, us defence officials argue the balloon, seen above sensitive areas in recent days in the western us, was a high altitude surveillance device. our security correspondent, gordon correra reports. i.have no idea what this thing is. a strange object in the sky, filmed by a member of the public in rural montana. and for those of you who think this mightjust be the moon, it is not the moon, the moon is off to my right, i can see it. it s not the moon, nor a ufo, but, us officials claim, a chinese spy balloon. it seemed so brazen and just so insane to me, it wasjust, like, this thing is so visible. and it s now sparked a major diplomatic row. the chine