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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. the last time they met at anfield, earlier this year, liverpool won 7—0. this was a very differe...

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 he's expected to meet officials later. we've 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. britain's former defence secretary, ben wallace, has warned that israel risks losing its legal and moral authority for its war in gaza. in a newspaper article, he described israel's tactics as "crude and indiscriminate". the hamas—run health autho...

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? it's 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, it's actually the second leading cause of death in children underfive. when children are sick with this, it really diminishes their water supplies and their salts and...

to restore devolution before the parliamentary recess on tuesday. live now to our correspondent, charlotte gallagher, who's in belfast. talk us through what each side once. what are the sticking points? i don't 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 saying it does not look hopeful before christmas now. what do you make of that? things have been looki...

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 and unhindered humanitarian access" amended now calls for the urgent suspension of hostilities to al...