and we re starting with a busy night of european football. and all four british sides topping their groups in the europa league. brighton were celebrating after a very late goal at home to marseille meant they beat them to an automatic place in the last 16. it finished 1 0 at the amex. brighton willjoin west ham who also topped their group after beating freiburg 2 0. rangers, who beat real betis to keep sparta prague in second place, and liverpool, who went through regardless of their defeat to union saint gilloise. elsewhere, villa real beat rennes which means they take the top spot in group f but despite winning tonight, roma will have to play off after slavia prague stayed top of their group. well, liverpool were already safely through which gave the managerjurgen klopp the opportunity to give some of his star names a rest and take a look at the club s talented youngsters. for some, a really important experience and for others it was good for rhythm. so good performances a
hello. hello welcome to bbc news. the us national security advisor, jake sullivan, will visit the occupied west bank city of ramallah later on friday, for talks with palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas to discuss issues, including stability in the west bank and the future governance of the gaza strip. it comes after he met the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and other officials in tel aviv on thursday, during which he called for restraint on the war in gaza. the united states has called on israel to scale down its war on hamas in the near future , with president biden urging more to be done to protect civilian lives in gaza. gaza s health ministry says that more than 18,500 people have been killed since the war began. internet and phone networks across gaza had gone down again overnight, according to the region s main telecomms company. and in the last few minutes the israeli military have said its specialforces have recovered the body of a hostage held
talented youngsters. it was a really important experience and the other is good for rhythm. so good performances and, of course, as a team, is a fair assessment, if they say now, top of the table belgium and come here and bring kids and altogether that is really difficult, but i thought they gave it a go and thatis thought they gave it a go and that is ok for me. aston villa are into the last 16 of the europa conference league. they could only draw at the bosnian side, zrinjski mostar, but that was enough to seal the top spot in theirgroup. unai emery had made eight changes from the side that beat arsenal last weekend. aberdeen were already out of the competition, but they managed their first group stage victory in nearly 16 years after beating bundesliga giants eintracht frankfurt 2 0. it was a frustrating night for chelsea women who missed out on the chance to top their champions league group. they were held to a goalless draw by the swedish side hacken, who stay top ahead
the opportunity to give some of his star names a rest and take a look at the club s talented youngsters. it was a really important experience. good performances as a team. it is an unfair assessment, because they are top of the table in belgium, it is really difficult, but i thought we would give it a go and that is ok for me. aston villa are into the last 16 of the europa conference league. they could only draw at the bosnian side zrinjski mostar, but that was enough to seal the top spot in their group. unai emery had made eight changes from the side that beat arsenal last weekend. aberdeen were already out of the competition, but they managed their first group stage victory in nearly 16 years after beating bundesliga giants eintracht frankfurt 2 0. it was a frustrating night for chelsea women, who missed out on the chance to top their champions league group. they were held to a goalless draw by the swedish side hayken, who stay top ahead of chelsea by two points with three
i thank you for the bipartisan support. as we approach christmas on behalf of all our ukraine families separated by war and all sons and daughters on the front, ukraine s greatest wish is to reach a victorious and. it s mr zelensky s third visit to washington since the war began and second in just the past few months. the aid he s seeking could turn the tide against russia as the war ticks closer to its second year, with no sign of resolution. congress has approved more than $111 billion in total since the war began. but the biden administration says that money is running out. mr biden told reporters after his meeting with zelensky, that it would be a christmas gift to russia s vladimir putin if congress fails to pass fresh aid. putin is banking on the united states failing to deliver for ukraine. we must prove him wrong. i will not walk away from ukraine. neither will the american people. president biden also said russia state media is celebrating republicans delaying aid