is working on a plan. leaders from the uk, us and australia will meet for talks on defence, including the plan for australia to get us nuclear submarines. and the countdown to the oscars begins but who will be smiling at the end of hollywood s biggest event of the year? the impact of bbc sports presenter gary lineker s removal from match of the day is continuing to affect the bbc s sports output today. the controversy over the broadcaster and his tweets criticising the uk government s policy on asylum seekers shows no sign of abating. on saturday, it led to widespread disruption of the corporation s football coverage as fellow presenters and commentators pulled out in support of the former england international. he d been told by the bbc to step back from presenting its flagship football show match of the day. there will be reduced coverage on the live broadcast of the women s super league clash between chelsea and manchester united on sunday. simon jones has more. no
hello and thanks for joining us, here s your latest sports news. so often the tennis clay court season is associated with rafa nadal dominating the headlines, but the spaniard was a notable absentee on monday as the monte carlo masters got underway. he s been ruled out with a hip injury and he s not the only one missing. world number two carlos alcaraz is also out because of injury, whilst world number 1a cameron norrie may have wished he hadn t bothered after a surprise first round defeat. jim lumsden rounds up the best of the action on day one. an upset a possibility when his surface broken by the number 33 for the first time of this and it looked like when francisco strolled through the first set, number 11 was always up against the momentum stayed against it as the momentum stayed with the argentinian who took the second set to wrap up victory in an hour and 12 minutes. next up is a meeting with belletini who made light work of the american, 22nd of the world, the italian
here s your latest sports news. so often the tennis clay court season is associated with rafa nadal dominating the headlines, but the spaniard was a notable absentee on monday as the monte carlo masters got underway. he s been ruled out with a hip injury and he s not the only one missing. world number two carlos alcaraz is also out because of injury; is also out because of injury, whilst world number 1a cameron norrie may have wished he hadn t bothered after a surprise first round defeat. jim lumsden rounds up the best of the action on day one. an upset impossibility when his surface broken by the number 33 for the first time of this and it looked like when francisco strolled through the first set, number 11 was always up against the momentum stayed with the argentinian who took the second set to wrap up victory in an hour and 12 minutes. next up is a meeting with martello who made light work of the american, 22nd of the world, the italian galloped throughthe first set and th
morning and cloud conditions for glasgow, and the remnants of that frost still across the south. here is a cold front moving through northern england, into the midlands by the time you get to the afternoon, wales catching some spots of rain. the best sunshine tomorrow is across northern ireland, sunshine scotland, and the lake district enjoying fine weather and further south it will be cloudier and notice the rain reaches east anglia and the south east in the evening and clear the kent coast by the time we get to around ten or iipm. the kent coast by the time we get to around ten or pm. in this large area of high pressure, sort of mango shaped, it noses into the uk for thursday, which should be a nice day for many of us. a bit more a breeze on the north sea coast, maybe one or two showers, but on the whole a fine day for many of us. let s have a look at the outlook. those temperatures starting to rise into double figures across western areas of the uk, variable amounts of
arrivals from china. celebrations have begun to mark the start of 2023, with firework displays in auckland, new zealand and at sydney harbour. and queen guitarist brian may and members of england s women s football team are among those celebrated in the uk s new year s honours list. hello and welcome. the mayor of kyiv, vitaliy klitschko has told the bbc that one person has been killed and 11 people have been taken to hospital, including a journalist from japan, after russia launched more than a dozen missiles targeting cities across ukraine on new year s eve. mr klitschko said several districts had been hit in the capital, including pechersk which is in the city centre. british intelligence had earlier warned of potential russian attacks, after the kremlin had launched country wide strikes on thursday, killing at least three people and injuring six, including a child, according to the ukrainian officials. earlier, our correspondent huge bachega went to the site of one of the