Aberdeen v hjk helsinki. And ki klaksvik held lille to a goalless draw to become the first team from the Faroe Islands to get a point in europe. Well one of aston villas players on the bench tonight Ollie Watkins is back in the england squad. Manager Gareth Southgate has recalled watkins for their Upcoming Games against australia and italy. Watkins hasnt featured for england since march last year. He has started the season well. He has had a bit of scoring form in the last couple of weeks. You have to be careful with that because you cantjust go on recency bias when youre looking at selection, but he is in good form. He is coming in on a high and he has been with us before, we know his character, his personality, he is a good guy around the group. He is playing for a club that is really well coached and the team are in a good moment. The Cricket World Cup got under way today but england who are the defending champions were heavily beaten in the opening game by new zealand in a re match
And with that, Kevin Mccarthys nine month term as speaker was over. The final straw his decision to do a deal with democrats to keep the government open. He didnt hesitate to point the finger of blame at the eight republicans who ousted him, led by matt gaetz, his nemesis. Look, you all know matt gaetz. You know, it was personal. It had nothing to do about spending. The unprecedented removal of the speaker has Left Congress in chaos. So much so, theyve decided to take a week off while they work out what to do next. One rebel, though, was unrepentant. This was the right call. The American People deserve a leader and a speaker who will tell the truth, and so too does the international community. They need to know that the next speaker is going to be honest and wont go back on their word. With republicans focusing firmly on themselves, the question of funding for ukraine, which congress controls, remains undecided. It does worry me. But i know there are a majority of members of the house
First lets turn to events in mexico. First lets turn to events in mexico. The Top White House officials are heading to mexico as the two neighbours attempt to ease tensions at the border and tackle some other big issues that are affecting the two countries. At the top of the agenda, confronting Drug Trafficking and illegal migration. The Secretary Of State antony blinken, and the Attorney General Merrick Garland will meet with president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador during a two day visit. Heres what Secretary Blinken had to say last week while meeting with his mexican counterpart. Were taking steps to improve and strengthen even more our border coordination. Like piloting a model port to streamline inspections and finding ways to reduce wait times. Making it easier for people and goods to cross legally well strengthening our capacity to deal with sentinel and other illegal narcotics. Were also addressing the root causes of regular migration by boosting economic opportunity. There are hu
The 2030 Football World Cup will be held across six countires in three different continents, fifa has confirmed. The decision is set to be ratified at a Fifa Congress next year with spain, portugal and morocco as the co hosts. But the opening round of matches will be played in uruguay, argentina and paraguay. Thats to mark the world cup s centenary, as itll be 100 years since the first tournament in montevideho. Our Sports Editor says fifa are bound to face questions about the impact on the environment. Youre going to have the prospect of the teams perhaps from europe Flying Thousands of miles to South America for just one thousands of miles to South America forjust one match before flying all the way back again across the atlantic, back to europe for the remainder of their tournaments. I think the optics of that are unhelpful and certainly according to many environmental campaigners has been condemnation already this evening. The supported groups who say that it sets the wrong example
eventually, city awoke from their hibernation. one touch from erling haaland set them on their way before phil foden twisted and turned the game around. now city were cruising and it was julian alvarez who added the party piece. from 2 0 down, the holders march on. katie gornall, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here s elizabeth rizzini. thank you, if you think it is cold at the moment, things are about to turn a lot colder as we head through the rest of the week with plunging temperatures once more. they could be some winter it on the way including the likes of aviemore, even potentially some lower levels as well, some regulating snow the inquiry was tasked with learning lessons for the future but is the focus more on the politics and less on the pandemic? we ll bejoined by charlie rowley, michael gove s former special adviser. professor carl heneghan, professor of evidence based medicine at oxford university. and tracy brown, the director of sense about science. mo