philip schofield made on his instagram earlier today. he said, it s the same handful of people with a grudge against me or the show who seem to have the loudest voice. this morning is the best show to work on, with the best people. in all the years i worked there there was no toxicity. it is a family of wonderful, talented, kind, hard working people. this is how the top of the show started this morning. we all know we happen to be in the news at the moment, and of course we appreciate that, butjust from both of us and the whole team here, the crew, the guys downstairs, we love making this show for all of you. yeah, we really do, and that s exactly what what we re going to do, we re going to continue to do that. so let s go on with our first news story. gyles? we are very happy to be here, can i say that as well? - of course you can. this is a happy place to work. i enjoy coming in here and have done since i began coming here all those years ago. thank you, gyles. this is
among britons, the family of the first minister of scotland. sport, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here s olly. lucy, thank you very much indeed. the manchester united manager erik ten hag came out fighting today, insisting that he is the man to turn the team s fortunes around. they lost 3 0 at home to manchester city last weekend and were then knocked out of the league cup on wednesday by newcastle united by the same scoreline at old trafford. they are at fulham in the lunchtime kick off on saturday. they are positive. they want to put this right. we know the standards here, and we have to match the standards every day. and we had two big setbacks, but we will fight back. and this dressing room is strong, the staff is strong, this manager s strong to put this right. liverpool are at luton on sunday. luis diaz is available again after missing the last two games. he was allowed time off after his father was kidnapped. though he hasn t been released yet, the
the first people to leave since israel s siege began. sport and for a full round up, here s the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. we ll start with the cricket world cup, where south africa are on the brink of securing a semifinal spot. it s after they thrashed new zealand by 190 runs in pune, a win which takes them to the top of the table. new zealand won the toss and must soon have regretted putting south africa into bat. opener quinton de kock tore into the black caps bowlers, racing to a century. he shared a partnership of 200 with rassie van der dussen, who also quickly reached three figures as south africa piled up 357 4. new zealand were never in the hunt and slumped to 167 all out, four wickets for spinner keshav maharaj. it means they drop to fourth after a third straight defeat, with crucial matches against pakistan and sri lanka to come. england s david willey has announed he ll retire from international cricket following the world cup. the bowler i
it s 7am in singapore and 7pm in new york, where we begin. donald trump s defence lawyers have delivered their closing arguments in the hush money trial against him, telling the jury there was little evidence provided by prosecutors. mr trump faces 3a charges of falsifying business records in connection with payments to the adult film star, stormy daniels. if found guilty, his would be the first ever criminal conviction of a former us president. there s beenjust as much action outside the courthouse. oscar winning film actor robert de nirojoined the joe biden campaign. he spoke to our correspondent nada tawfik about the possibility of donald trunk winning this year s presidential election and this week s trial. i m very concerned. i m very concerned because they don t play by fair rules. they re not. the republicans, they all came up here before and they were talking. it s crazy. we re in a crazy zone, and that s because of trump, because he s crazy. sir, what if trump is f
of this complaint. thank you very much though our audience campaign. you ve all been a really important part of this. thank you to the two contenders. this is the last time you are scheduled to appear together. we are grateful to both of you for taking part. thank you very much. applause applause studio: and the two men shaking hands with mishal husain after an hour of clashes and claims. thanks to michelle of course as well. they ve had their say here in the spin room. the supporters will ve be vying to make their claim that their man was the winner. in the next half-hour, their man was the winner. in the next half-hour, politicians - their man was the winner. in the next half-hour, politicians and i next half hour, politicians and journalists will tell us was it dazzling or disaster? most importantly, remember, robertand taz need, two of the questioners, will be with us. we will find out if they thought the answers were good enough. we they thought the answers were goo