good evening. we ve had the draw for the champions league last 16. the first knockout round. at this stage, teams from the same country or who came through the same group are kept apart. the holders manchester city look to have been given an easy path to the quarters, they will face the lowest ranked team left in the competition the danish side fc copenhagen. these are the other ties as they were drawn at uefa headquarters in nyon. premier league leaders arsenal face porto while italian champions napoli face barcelona. german giants bayern munich also face italian opposition in lazio. the current serie a leaders inter milan play atletico madrid while there is a daunting task for rb leipzig against the iii time champions real madrid. those ties will be played over two legs in february and march, here is the reaction of manchester city director .) to facing here is the reaction to face copenhagen. of course we remember the two games we played, and they went well, at least at
there s growing international pressure on israel to reduce civilian casualties in the war in gaza. tonight at the un, the security council is due to vote on a demand for israel and hamas to allow aid into the territory. and here, the prime minister rishi sunak has again called this morning for a sustainable ceasefire, saying too many civilian lives have been lost. on the ground in gaza, fierce fighting continues with at least one child killed in a strike on the nasser hospital according to the hamas run health ministry. the bbc has been filming there, as our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, reports from jerusalem and a warning you may find some of the images in her report distressing. panic at the nasser hospital last night. wounded children brought in for treatment were newly injured by an israeli artillery strike, the hospital says. one 13 year old, who had already lost her parents, her sibling her leg, lost her life. recently, she had spoken tojournalists, app
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 different match. although liverpool dominated possession and peppered the united goal with shots, they lacked a cutting edge. that is how football is. these boys would everyday play at 100% of their potential they would crazy. today their attitude was top, top, top. they created an exceptional atmosphere, the crowd was ready to pick that up. i wish you would have won that, but we still have a point more than b
washington is facing increasing pressure to urge israel to do more to reduce civilian casualties, with its key western allies, including the uk, france and germany, having all stepped up calls for a ceasefire. i am nowjoined by aaron david miller, a senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace and former state department middle east analyst and negotiator in republican and democratic administrations. good to talk to you, as always. how unwavering is washington s support going to continue to be given the pressure from international allies and the pictures we are all seeing coming out of gaza? i and the pictures we are all seeing coming out of gaza? coming out of gaza? i don t think either prime coming out of gaza? i don t think either prime minister coming out of gaza? i don t think either prime minister benjamin l either prime minister benjamin netanyahu orjoe biden is looking for a breach in their relationship. his administration obviously has huge co
it looks like australia might have had its wettest day on record, thanks to the cyclone. back home, it s not as bad as that, but it s not looking particularly festive. through the week we will see further rain at times, and we will also become very windy. it may be later in the week that some of us do see some snow. but i think it will only be some of us. we are in a battle ground right now. cold air to the north, mild airto ground right now. cold air to the north, mild air to the south. in between, the winds high in the atmosphere, driving weather systems around the world. the strong jet stream will spin up a various weather systems through the next few days. as cold air digs in from time to time, that is where we may see a little bit of snow. patchy rain across england and wales. northern ireland and scotland, a little bit brighter, at least for a time, and it is mild out there. temperatures up it is mild out there. temperatures up to around 13 or 1a degrees. through this e