which could be approved this week. but it's far from straightforward. ben croucher has been looking at some of the unanswered questions. right, let's take you back to november last year where manchester united said they were at lowering strategic alternatives that included selling the club. it came off the big protest against the owners, glazes, and that ill—fated european super league saga. yeah big bidders emerge, sirjim ratcliffe and owner of ineos and sheikh jassim, owner of one of qatar's biggest bank. united set a soft deadline of 17 february or initial bids and then another deadline in march that was later extended stop both sheikh jassim and radcliffe put together new proposals, radcliffe and ineos 1161% proposals, radcliffe and ineos 461% sheikh jassim for 100%. then, after some of silence, sheikh jassim pulls out. —— summer. as managers united are listed on the new york stock exchange we can see they are worth around £2.6 billion. earlier this year forbes valued them nearerfor billion. we understand that sheikh jassim andjim understand that sheikh jassim and jim ratcliffe understand that sheikh jassim andjim ratcliffe both bid in excess of 5 billion, with sheikh jassim's offer expected to wipe the debts to invest in the stayed in training facilities and planks was. so we are left then with sirjim ratcliffe�*s offer. with an estimated £1.3 billion for 25% of manchester united. we will the money go? and what happens to the debt? mas the money go? and what happens to the debt?— to the debt? was really clear here is manchester _ to the debt? was really clear here is manchester united i to the debt? was really clear. here is manchester united need an injection of liquidity or cash in very simple terms, the sirjim ratcliffe tredwell achieve that, whether it is used as a debt repayment we are not entirely sure at the moment. but the glazers have clearly racked up a huge amount of debt the football club, that that has been manageable over the past 20 years or so. you would imagine it would continue to be manageable for the foreseeable future, but nonetheless that does limit what they can do transfer market. 0ld what they can do transfer market. old trafford is not the most up—to—date stadium anymore and we have heard lots of stories about carrington as well. while it may not pared down the debt, it will give them an injection of liquidity you would hope would be reinvested either into blank squad orfacilities. put squad or facilities. put simply. _ squad or facilities. put simply. they _ squad or facilities. put simply, they want - squad or facilities. put simply, they want clarity and they want an end to the process and then enter the process that includes new investment. yes, there are sections of the fan base that want the laser is gone. 0thers base that want the laser is gone. others are less forthright. most want improvements to old trafford. all wanted trophies and they say they want all parties to put the interests of the club before themselves. this is the view of one family —— van weer spoke to buhler all the supporters on the details of this uncertainty has been going on for a year this uncertainty has been going on fora yearand this uncertainty has been going on for a year and we need them. the clearest way for that to happen is for sirjim ratcliffe, and the glazers, but particularly him to explain why he's doing this and what plan is. does it put united in a better place? i think you does put it in a better place because the glazers have proved to be awful owners. and if this is the beginning of the end, and odour believe someone like sirjim ratcliffe by 25%, just to earn 25%, it is completely implausible to me. if it is the beginning of the end then that change is insight and that has to be a good thing. several questions remain unanswered stop where is sirjim ratcliffe's money coming from, will it lead to a takeover. just how much control will he have? when we have the answers? a board meeting is set to take place on thursday although it is still not how a minority stake in the club will be struck and if the glazers 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 do our own team. as i said earlier, what they do understand is people would feel that the decision joined me to go and play that doesn't align with his strong support of the lgbtq community in the past. why would back him against pretty much everyone in the country in terms of what he stands for, what he believes in, but i'd accept that the decision to go and play that doesn't align with that. but, repeat, when we're 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 have been granted 0lympic recognition. yes, it was a bit of a formality here today, but none of them wanted today, but none of them wanted to celebrate before they clear this final hurdle. for cricket, and appearance in la 2028 is to grow on their efforts in the game in the us. they have a t20 world cup next year and then the olympics and for years' time. it has not been lost on anyone that triggered's return to the games for the first time since the paris 0lympics 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 io si's desire to bring cricket into the olympics.- into the olympics. indian --eole into the olympics. indian peeple are _ into the olympics. indian people are very - into the olympics. indianj people are very sporting. into the olympics. indian - people are very sporting. they are always in full stadiums. we see it now. and i think this one will help us as well to make the olympic games more popular in this region of the world. but i am looking forward, i think, world. but i am looking forward, ithink, it world. but i am looking forward, i think, it is really a great challenge, there are huge opportunities for all of us, tv rights, for example, and this one will be a very important point as well, yes. aha, important point as well, yes. a big day for cricket, but also for squash mortgage has been trying for so long to get into the olympics, always being on the olympics, always being on the io si's door, always being turned away, but at last they have found a way to convince them. the organisers in los angeles were especially impressed with these clear glass courts and they are able to drop them into iconic locations in order to lay matches. making its 0lympics debut in 2020 were —— 2028, flat buldah on doug free version of american football. the crosses back in comment last featured as an official sport way back in 1908 at the london games. both baseball and soft all 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 coaches changed the game for us and mentions pat, he kind of lead by the front. his spelljames the momentum of the game, and same as in the field falls —— those runouts, out, those little scores can turn scores from 210 to 260. so it's little scores can turn scores from 210 to 260. so its game on. he particularly led from the front. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. 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, merges 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, 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 southwest england, southwest 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 southwest by the end of the night, but nowhere will see frost. it's going to be a much milder night, nine 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 southeast, 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. live from washington. this is bbc news. us president biden will visit israel on wednesday to reaffirm support for israel as it prepares a ground offensive into gaza. the united states and israel have agreed to develop a plan that will enable monitoring aid from donations and multilateral organisations to reach civilians in gaza, and them alone. gaza's health system is on the verge of collapse, the un says — as israel continues its siege and airstrikes aimed at destroying hamas. and two people are shot dead in a terror attack in brussels. the gunman is still at large. iam sumi i am sumi somaskanda, thank you forjoining us. president biden will visit israel on wednesday, as part of a major diplomatic push by the us to contain the escalating conflict between israel and hamas, and show support for israel as it prepares a ground offensive. us secretary of state antony blinken announced the visit in the last hour after meeting with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu for more than seven hours. blinken said president biden will focus on securing the release of hostages taken by hamas — while underscoring

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