Will combine to welcome 48 nations for the tournament. The six counties who will stage the matches are argentina, morocco, paraguay, portugal, spain and uruguay and they will all qualify automatically. Our sports news editor dan roan has more on this. Dan, how can this Work Logistically . It is an amazing deal that has been struck by fifa today along with a number of configurations that represent the different continents of the football landscape. If fans thought the idea Of A Winter World Cup was a novel proposition, they will be just as amazed perhaps is the announcement today. For the First Time Ever at the world cup will be staged across three continents. It will be staged in three countries in 2026 in the us, canada and mexico. Fifa have gone one better it seems with this. Six Different Countries over three continents. Spain, portugal, morocco are effectively the co hosts of this tournament, but in a move that is meant to honour and mark the centenary of the inaugural world cup in
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Deal with the eu. Students could save thousands of pounds on tuition fees with a proposal for shorter, two year degree courses. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Heavy snowfall is causing severe disruption for travellers in parts of the uk this morning. An amber weather alert is in place for wales, the midlands and southern england. Up to 28cm of snow has been recorded in some areas. Police are warning of treacherous driving conditions, while birmingham and stansted airports have closed due to heavy snowfall. Well be live in some of the affected areas shortly and also get an update on the travel implications. But first, this report from simon clemison. It could be a scene from the snowman. White the new green, as you fly over parts of wales. Sledge down it, sculpt it, throw it. It might not look any different to the snow which has already fallen in shropshire, but it is coming from a different place, and that could mean it has a much bigger effect. A band of rain, this time persi
And england have had their best day on their ashes tour of australia so far. Alistair cook completed his first ashes century in seven years. And coming up, mark kermode looks back at 2017s big film releases including the sequel to blade runner, thats the year in film in half an hour. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. High winds and snow have caused disruption for much of england and wales. Thousands of homes and properties are without power in the midlands, the south west and parts of wales, after power lines were brought down overnight. Theres been disruption for passengers at birmingham and sta nsted airports, and collisions on the mi, in the last few minutes stansted had is closed again. M25 and a number of a roads caused by treacherous driving conditions have caused major delays. Viewers have been sending in pictures from their area , georgina tweeted this photo from the departure lounge at Stansted Airport, which has suffered delays due to a closed runway, and reamins closed