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the bbc football commentator john motson, who has died at the age of 77. also coming up in the programme. australia hold their nerve to reach their seventh consecutive women s t20 world cup final with a tense five run win over india. hello and welcome to sportsday. we start today s programme with news that a new independent regulator of men s football in england is to be established for the first time. the announcement follows a recommendation by a fan led review last year. the main purposes of the proposed new regulator will be stopping english clubs from joining european breakaway leagues, preventing financial failings at clubs, introducing more stringent owners and directors tests, giving fans more power and ensuring a fairer distribution of money down the english football pyramid. the significant move aims to protect english football s cultural heritage. here s just some of the reaction to the proposals starting with the premier league chief executive richard mast ....
and, iran faces international condemnation after executing two more anti government protesters. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. in ukraine vladimir putin had said his forces would stop fighting for 36 hours so orthodox christians could celebrate christmas this weekend. the ceasefire was supposed to run from 9am yesterday morning to 9pm today uk time. but kyiv dismissed the ceasefire, as a russian tactic to regroup its soldiers. and while millions of ukrainians and russians were able to enjoy the festivities, fighting continued along a front line which spans 700 miles. our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse, producer siobhan leahy and cameraman paul francis have sent this report from the eastern city of bakhmut on the front line. you leave civilisation behind on the journey to bakhmut. we are heading to one of the most hostile parts of the front line. and coming into view is a city in the middle of it. the russians are just a mile aw ....
peter saull reports. from the dean of westminster to the relative calm of chequers, she s meeting her new chancellor here and stay together try to turn her faltering premiership around. the sunday papers are full of speculation about plots, with various names doing the rounds as would be successors. something this man is already running the show, but he says. man is already running the show, but he sa 5. man is already running the show, but he sa s. ~ , , he says. the prime minister is in charae. i he says. the prime minister is in charge. ithink he says. the prime minister is in charge. i think it s he says. the prime minister is in charge. i think it s important - he says. the prime minister is in charge. i think it s important when you talk about ditching things, the biggest element of that mini budget was the energy price guarantee. find was the energy price guarantee. and then a message to restless mps. was the energy price guarantee. and l then a message to re ....
have been may be ready to cede control. we have been following a knife edge election in sweden. the swedish prime minister has announced tonight she will stand down after her centre left coalition was edged out by a block of right wing parties in the country s election. the coalition andersson lead has fallen short of an overall majority. close to 1500 people have been killed in what has been described as a climate change induced catastrophe in pakistan. the devastation is far from over. rescue and evacuation efforts continue. officials are struggling to help the displaced. health experts are worried about a looming health crisis. our correspondent has been following developments over the last few weeks. this child has been unwell for some days. she has a gastric infection. the little one is dehydrated, hungry, and in pain. the mother has brought her to a mobile clinic hoping she will finally get medical care. translation: ., ., medicalcare. translation: .,., ,~ ., translat ....
but at least 180 conservative mps, a majority, will have to vote against the prime minister, if he s to leave office. several cabinet ministers have said they ll stand behind him. i think that he will deliver. for this country, and i think he would go on to win a general election. i the prime minister says he welcomes the opportunity to make his case to mps . and in other news britain says it ll send long range rocket launchers to ukraine. russia s president putin responds by threatening to attack new targets. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. it s been confirmed that the prime minister borisjohnson will face a vote of confidence today in his leadership of the conservative party. that vote will take place between six and eight o clock this evening: there ll be a count straightaway, with the result expected shortly afterwards. only conservative mps will take part the vote s been triggered by a threshold being met of at least 5a mps writin ....