for the past 2 years of the original 12 super league founder members, only barcelona and real madrid have remained committed to the idea of a breakway. reacting to the ruling, the real president florentino perez said it was a great day for the history of football and that clubs were now masters of their own destiny here s the real manager. translation: i think it was an important decision for football, for all football, for all clubs. some clubs are not convinced if there is not going to be a monopoly to manage it, ithink it not going to be a monopoly to manage it, i think it will be positive for clubs and players. i think the schedule can be improved, especially the international schedule, which worries us a lot. in the end time will tell if it will be positive. but i think it will be something positive for everyone. the final of fifa s club world cup takes place later in saudi arabia. the european champions manchester city face the south american champions fluminense fro
let s speak to james smith, developed markets economist at ing. people are talking of a mild recession. what does that mean? quite often when we talk about recessions and the gdp numbers we think of two courses of negative growth being a technical recession. but that doesn t always feel like a recession to people. when we see a recession to people. when we see a recession we associate it with widespread job losses, people spending less money, people trying to save more, because they re uncertain about what is to come. we are not necessarily seeing that now. the fall in gdp we saw in the third quarter was small, we might see another slight fall in the fourth quarter. but it is not comparable to recessions in the past such as 2008 and the covid recession. so it is worth putting that in context. fix, worth putting that in context. a recession is two sets of three months where growth has been negative. in terms of what it means for people, what will this mean? the uk economy is
across north western areas, cold air across the far north of the uk and that continues to bring some snow showers into shetland, we seen some in the last hour, temperature struggling to get much of anything above freezing here but otherwise it s a mild day and the mild air flow continues overnight tonight. we ve got this weather front that starts to bump into some of the cold air and it starts to bump into some of the cold airand it could starts to bump into some of the cold air and it could start to turn to snow across northern most areas of scotland. meanwhile, western scotland. meanwhile, western scotland you will see outbreaks of rain, flooding concerns with the rain, flooding concerns with the rain given that it will be heavy and persistent. foremost, a mild night but with lower temperatures across the far north of scotland as an additional risk of icy stretches and tomorrow, if you are planning a journey across northern scotland bearin journey across northern scotland b
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that transfer window closes in just 11 days time. in arriving at this greenwood decision manchester united say they have looked at their own values and standards and belief but they will also have weighed up any potential damage to the club s global brand and image and also the potential of a fans backlash, but when he does leave they also say they will continue to support greenwood and his alleged victim. studio: thank you, olly foster reporting fair. the police have been investigating thefts at the british museum since the start of the year. the bbc has found out that museum officials requested that the case should not be revealed to the public. one member of staff has been sacked. some of the stolen items were found for sale on ebay. meanwhile the story has led to renewed calls in greece for the return of the elgin marbles as our culture editor katie razzall reports.