bid, paving the way for british billionaire sirjim ratcliffe�*s offer, which could be approved this week. but it's far from straightforward. ben croucher has been looking at some of the unanswered questions. let's take you back to november last year, when manchester united said they where exploring strategic alternatives that included selling the club. it came after big protests against the owners in the ill—fated european super league saga. to mean better emerged from united van sirjim ratcliff and owner of petrol chemicals giant, and the chairman of one of qatar's biggest banks. united sent a soft deadline of the 17th of february for initial beds. then another deadline in march that was later extended. both put together new proposals, ratcliff 469% the club for just 100%. after a summer of silence, he pulls out. as manchester united are listed on the new york stock exchange, we can see that they are worth around 2.6 billion pounds. earlier this year, forbes valued that mirror 4.8 billion. we understand that they both bed in excess of 5 billion with the offer believing to wipe united's that with another 1.4 billion on top to invest in a stadium, training facilities and playing squads. so we are left with sir jim ratcliff�*s offer of an estimated 1.3 billion pounds for 25% of manchester united. where will that money go? and what happens to the dent? what is really clear here is that manchester united need an injection of liquidity or cash in very simple terms. the sirjim ratcliff bed will achieve that, whether it's used as a debt repayment, we are not entirely sure at the moment, but the glazes have clearly backed up a huge amount of debt with the football club. that debt has been manageable over the last 20 years or so. he would imagine that it would continue to be manageable for the foreseeable future, but nonetheless, that does limit what they can do in the transfer market. all traffic is not exactly the most up—to—date stadium any more, and we have had lots of stories about carrington tennis off whilst it mate not to pare down the day it was certain get them up projection of the quiddity that you hope to be reinvested in things quite or facility. put simply, they want clarity and they want an end to the process and an end to the process that includes new investment. yes, there are sections of the fan base that want them gone, others are less forthright. most want improvements to old trafford and all want trophies. they say they want all parties to put the interests of the club before themselves. this is the view of one fan we spoke to. all the supporters want the detail. this uncertainty has been going on for almost a year and it needs to come to an end, and the best way for that to happen is for surgeon ratcliff and the other better to explain why he is doing this and what the plan is. does it put united in a better place? i think it does put it in a better place because the blazers have proved to be awful owners. —— the glazers. if this is the beginning of the end, and i don't believe someone like surgeon ratcliff is going to buyjust 25% interest on 25%, it seems completely impossible to me, if it's the beginning of the end, then that change is in sight and it has to be a good thing. several questions remain unanswered. where is sirjim ratcliff�*s money coming from? how much control what he have? when will we have the answer is? a board meeting is set to take place on thursday, although it is still not clear how a minority stake in the club will be structured and if the blazers will even accept it. as you've been hearing in the news, belgium's euro 2024 qualifier against sweden was abandoned at half—time for security reasons after two swedish people were shot dead in brussels. the killings happened in the city before the game started. belgian police instructed fans to stay inside the stadium for their own safety after the game was stopped. elsewhere the netherlands looked to have stumbled again in their quest to qualify, but captain virgil van dijk came to their late rescue as his penalty earned them a 1—0 win over greece in athens. ronaldo was on the scoresheet as portugal made it seven wins from seven matches in their qualifying campaign with a 5—0 thrashing of bosnia—herzegovina, while austria's win in azerbaijan secures their place in the finals. on tuesday night, england have the chance to seal their spot at the euros, when they take on italy. a draw will be enough at wembley. jordan henderson's expected to start. the former liverpool midfielder — now playing in the saudi pro league — was booed off after being substituted against australia on friday. manager gareth southgate is expected to ring the changes for the game, the first time the sides have met at wembley since italy won the european championship final there on penalties in 2021. southgate defended henderson, in the aftermath of their friendly win last week, and questioned why fans would boo one of their own. i don't understand why we would boo our own team. as i said earlier, what i do understand is that people would feel that the decision jordan made to go and play there doesn't align with his strong support of the lgbtq community in the past. i would back him against pretty much everybody in the country, in terms of what he stands for, what he believes in, but i accept that the decision to go and play there doesn't align with that. but i repeat — when we're playing for england, i feel as if everybody should be behind the team. but if people choose not to be, then we have to deal with that. now the international olympic committee has approved five new sports, including cricket and flag football, for inclusion at the 2028 los angeles games. lacrosse, squash and baseball—softball are also included following an ioc meeting in mumbai. each host city can request the inclusion of several sports for their edition of the games. 0ur sports news correspondent alex capstick has more. this is a huge moment for those sports that are being granted 0lympic recognition. yes, it was a bit of a formality here today, but none of them wanted to celebrate before they've cleared this final hurdle. for cricket, an appearance in la 2028 is an opportunity to build on their efforts to grow the game in the us. they've got a t20 world cup there next year and then the olympics in four years�* time. and it's not been lost on anyone that cricket's return to the games — for the first time since the paris olympics in 1900 — has been made here in india, in the midst of the country hosting a cricket world cup. and the support for the game in this part of the world has been a big driver in the ioc�*s desire to bring cricket into the olympics. indian people are always supporting. they're always in full stadiums. we see it now. and i think this one will help us to make the olympic games more popular in this region of the world. but i'm looking forward. i think it's really a great challenge. it's huge opportunities for all of us — for the tv rights, for example — and this one will be a very important point as well, yes. so, a big day for cricket but also for squash, which has been trying for so long to get into the olympics, always banging on the ioc�*s door, always being turned away. but, at last, they've found a way to convince them. and the organisers in los angeles were especially impressed with these clear glass courts that they are able to drop into iconic locations in order to play matches. also making its 0lympics debut in 2028, flag football — that's a contact—free version of american football. lacrosse is back in. it last featured in the olympics as an official sport way back in 1908, at the london games. both baseball and softball return. they were left off the paris list for next year, but they are back in los angeles in 2028. australia have picked up their first win at the cricket world cup after a five wicket victory against sri lanka. the sri lankans made a blistering start, reaching 125 without loss before losing ten wickets for just 84 runs as they were all out for 209, adam zampa taking four wickets. in response, australia overcame an early wobble to reach their target with just under 15 overs to spare. sri lanka remain winless from their opening three games. davey�*s couple of catches changed the game for us. and then i obviously mentioned pat, he kind of lead from the front. his spell changed the momentum of the game, and then same as in the field. that run—out — those little things can turn scores from 2—10 to 2—60 and its game on, so he particularly led by the front. you can, of course, get all the latest sports news from the bbc sport app. it's also on our website, bbc.com/sport. but from myself, paul scott, and the rest of the team, thank you very much for watching. we'll see you next time. hello there. it's been a fine start to the week, thanks to a ridge of high pressure. we've had some sunshine, chilly nights, mind you, with some frost and fairly cool days. tuesday, the last of this settled, chilly weather, because by wednesday onwards, we start to see low pressure taking over, bringing gales, heavy rain, but also milder air too. now this area of low pressure has been named storm babette by the met office. that's going to continue to push northwards, affects our shores wednesday, thursday, merge with a larger area of low pressure — and that area of low pressure itself will affect us for the end of the week and into the weekend. so rainfall totals really mounting up across the board, but particularly so across more northern and eastern parts of the country. and we do have some concerns for eastern scotland, which could see heavy and persistent rain throughout this week, which could lead to localised flooding. of course, the ground is pretty saturated here as well. however, for tuesday, it's a fine day. chilly start, there'll be some early mist and fog, plenty of sunshine around. the breeze picking up across southern britain, and we'll start to see this weather front bring some patchy rain to south—west england, south—west wales, then push up towards northern ireland later in the day. and temperatures will be a little bit higher than monday, 12 to 16 degrees. but the winds will continue to pick up through tuesday night. rain will splash its way northwards, into northern ireland and scotland. elsewhere, largely dry, variable cloud, some clear spells. there will be some further rain pushing into the south—west by the end of the night, but nowhere will see frost. it's going to be a much milder night, 9 to 12 degrees. wednesday, then, we see storm babette start to push up in towards southern britain, bringing gales and heavy rain. initially, we'll start off with that early rain across scotland. that will tend to clear away. much of central and northern britain will have a fine day on wednesday. quite windy, though, those winds picking up through the day from the south—east, and it turns much wetter across south wales, southern england later in the day. some heavy, thundery rain here as storm babette pushes northwards. widespread gales developing as well. but on the mild side, 13 to 17 or 18 degrees in the south. on thursday, storm babette will be affecting the north of the uk, rain piling into eastern scotland, strong and gusty winds here. further south on thursday, something a little bit quieter, but it's going to stay quite windy, with sunny spells, showers or longer spells of rain, and temperatures up to 18 or 19 degrees here, mid—teens further north. but we see further very wet and windy weather on friday, certainly across the south and the east of the country. that lasts as we head into the weekend as well. see you later. welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm arunoday mukharji. let's get you the headlines. an air strike hits the rafah crossing from gaza to egypt. negotiations are continuing to allow aid in and get some civilians out. two people shot dead in the belgian capital brussels. the gunman is still at large after the suspected terror attack. vladimir putin travels to russia's most important ally china looking to shore up an alliance against the west. india's supreme court is set to deliver its verdict on whether same—sex marriage should be legal in the world's biggest democracy. voiceover: live from our studio | in singapore, this is bbc news. | it's newsday. welcome to the programme. palestinians continue to try and escape geyser ahead of a possible ground invasion by israel. the north of the territory