welcome to the first newswatch of 2024 with me, samira ahmed. coming up in our round up of your comments on bbc news coverage the row over how the bbc reported on the resignation of harvard university s president in the united states. and was the removal of a christmas tree from the bbc bbc news studio premature? happy new year. darts tournaments don t normally feature on news bulletins, but this wednesday was an exception when that night s news at ten ten started, the progress of 16 year old luke littler to the world championships had just finished with defeat to luke humphries in the final. natalie perks was the reporter on the spot at alexandra palace.
so hard to get to this day. and i mjust so, so, so glad that it happened for him today, he deserves it. yeah, really proud of him, just want to give another big hug, really. - and so proud that we re so lucky to have him as a son. from 0lympic bronze to world gold, the reign of king kerr starts now. natalie perks, bbc news, budapest. there wasn t a medal for molly caudery in the pole vault. but she still played her part in a thrilling competition. caudery recorded a personal best of four metres 75 to finish fifth. it s her first appearance at a world championships hence the enthusiastic response. ahead of her, joint winners. katie moon and nina kennedy decided to share the title after both cleared four metres 90. instead of continuing to a jump off, the american and australian agreed to take a gold each instead. the women s 200 metres semi finals are tonight. britain s dina asher smith who won gold in this event four years ago
go through in detail later, edison, stones, roderigo. it looks as though kyle walker is not fit. he misses out, kyle walker. that s a huge blow in that back defence. he was injured in the fa cup final last week so that s the one change. nathan aki coming in so that might impact what stones can do in that pivotal role. we ll talk about that little later. but walker does not make the champions final. that s a huge blow for him and that s what the fans will be talking about. my colleague natalie perks spent some time with the fans travelled with them to the stadium. they came, they
city s fans have been making themselves known for the last 48 hours or so in the centre of istanbul. 20,000 is the allocation and there is the hope that every seat is full. natalie perks has travelled with some of those city fans today. they came, they saw and they are confident they will conquer. thousands of expectant city fans packed at the bar is in great spirits. police were present but kept a respectful distance. 0fficers kept a respectful distance. officers from greater manchester police have also made a trip to support the turkish effort in an advisory role. istanbul! istanbul! enjoying the night ofjonathan and his friends.
kick lottery, while brighton could only rue what might have been. well, that wasn t a vintage united performance by any means. and brighton may well feel hard done by. but victory puts united into their second wembley final this season and sets up a mouthwatering manchester derby for the first time in fa cup final history. natalie perks, bbc news, wembley. i don t know what the sporting term for a bad day at the offices but tottenham had tottenha m had yesterday, capitulating tottenham had yesterday, capitulating to a 6 1 defeat to newcastle, who scored five goals in the first 21 minutes. astonishing stuff. jacob murphy scored twice. amazing, isn t it? newcastle dominating this one. they are in