succession wins big at this year s emmy awards along with beef and the bear. all of those stories coming up in a moment. sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. roma have named club legend daniele de rossi as their head coach until the end of the season following the sacking ofjose mourinho. de rossi s only previous managerial post came with italian club spal where he oversawjust three wins in 17 games before being sacked. mourinho leaves roma languishing in ninth place in serie a, five points off the league s final champions league qualifying spot and last week they were knocked out of the coppa italia by city rivals lazio. england women s manager sarina wiegman has signed a new contract until 2027. wiegman guided the lionesses to a first major trophy at euro 2022. england also won the first women s finalissima against brazil last year before reaching the world cup final, which they lost to spain. wiegman has won 3a o
throughout the day, still a lot of cloud across northern england. taken for northern ireland across the morning to bring patches of light rain, in the afternoon, probably turning drier. temperatures about 8-9, turning drier. temperatures about 8 9, then again, we got these chilly north easterly winds with us once again. this weekend, the area of high pressure is stilljust about hanging on, but we start to get weather fronts coming hanging on, but we start to get weatherfronts coming in hanging on, but we start to get weather fronts coming in for the second half of the weekend, so saturday, it should be a lot of dry weather, variable cloud, but some spells of sunshine. on sunday, the cloudy sticker, and we will have some patio breaks have been working on across the country. and then, next week, we were talking about this yesterday, we have got polar air coming down from the north, northerly winds dragging much colder weather conditions and for some, yes, there will be some sno
visas granted and then denied, quarantined and then released welcomed and then deported a row in the background. a racket in the foreground, one case in court. other players eventually on court. rafa nadal and ash barty both making their own moves. a tumultuous year in rugby union began with the six nations murrayfield in february. a chilling prospect. and scotland spring to life! rugby to warm scottish hearts. a victory over the old enemy. and murrayfield erupts in celebration! fireworks too, in cardiff. astonishingly, the celebrations were italian. what a moment of brilliance! what a try! after seven years without a win in the tournament, it was just a little overdue. and that s what it means for the italians! although just a side show. the long wait for the title will end tonight in paris. france, with this year s headline act. and it s antoine dupont for the try! france are crowned six nations champions again. england s women had their eyes on a rather larger prize, a wor
former new zealand rugby international campbell johnstone has become the first all black to publicly announce he is gay. music and we remember the man behind many motown hits, barrett strong, who has died at the age of 81. hello and welcome to the programme. we start in the middle east, where the us secretary of state has been holding discussions to try to resolve the escalating crisis there. antony blinken said that urgent steps are needed to restore calm between israelis and palestinians, following days of rising violence. he travelled tojerusalem for talks with israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. he ll meet the palestinian leader, mahmoud abbas, later. our middle east correspondent, tom bateman, reports. injerusalem the wreckage is spreading and another generation grows up in it wache. israel s knew far right elise minister is vowing to step up home demolitions of palestinian attackers and their families. this home in occupied eastjerusalem was bulldozed east jeru
this is bbc news. the headlines: the former pope, benedict xvi, has died at the age of 95, almost a decade after he stood down because of ill health. world health officials call on beijing to share accurate covid data, as england becomes the latest country to control arrivals from china. queen guitarist brian may and members of england s women s football team are among over a thousand people celebrated in the uk s new year s honours list. celebrations have begun to mark the start of 2023, with firework displays in auckland, new zealand and at sydney harbour. now on bbc news, adam wild looks back on the year in sport. even before 2022 began, this looked an extraordinary year. a sporting calendar still catching up, rebuilt and rescheduled after being ravaged by covid. but as the new year began, the australian open reopened the debate. he shouldn t be allowed to come. it s his choice not to be vaccinated, which is fine. and it s, ithink, the government here has made the choice t