welcome to the daily global, where we ll bring you the top stories from around the world. 2024 is shaping up to be a year of elections. two billion people one in four of the world s population will go to the polls this year in votes that could change the global political landscape. 50 nations will hold elections. starting with bangladesh, the polls include seven out of the world s ten most populous nations india, the united states, indonesia, pakistan, russia and mexico. and the uk will go to the polls at some point this year. british prime minister rishi sunak has said his assumption is that a general election will be held in the second half of this year, despite some speculation it could take place in the spring. opinion polls put mr sunak s conservatives well behind the opposition labour party. with the details, our political editor, chris mason. can i welcome to you this morning, rishi sunak, the prime minister? mansfield in nottinghamshire a town the conservative
coming up on the programme. arsenal remain top of the premier league at christmas as it finishes all square at anfield. another day to forget for manchester united as west ham pile the pressure on erik ten hag. bath go top of the gallagher premiership with a bonus point win over harlequins also coming up on the programme tonight. can anthonyjoshua deliver tonight, as his journey on the road to redemption and potentially fighting deontay wilder continues? of course i am tense because i want to perform, i want to win. i ve got that urge to win and i want to hurt my opponent as well. welcome along, thank you forjoining us. let s start at anfield where we were served up a christmas treat, arsenal and liverpool going head to head. and the gunners will top the table on christmas day after a pulsating 1 1 draw. the opening goal came afterjust three and a half minutes, gabriel getting on the end of martin odegaard s delivery, which silenced anfield, a place where arsenal are still wi
live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme. we ll bring you two first half goals from anfield as liverpool and arsenal fight it out to be top of the premier league at christmas. another day to forget for manchester united as west ham pile the pressure on erik ten hag. bath go top of the gallagher premiership with a bonus point win over harlequins. also coming up on the programme tonight. can anthonyjoshua deliver tonight, as his journey on the road to redemption and potentially fighting deontay wilder continues? of fighting deontay wilder continues? course i am ter to of course i am tense because i want to perform, i want to win. i ve got that urge to win and i want to hurt my opponent as well. welcome along, thank you forjoining us. there were high hopes of a christmas cracker at anfield where liverpool and arsenal are fighting it out for top spot in the premier league. with the second half about to get underway, it s i i. the opening goal came afterjust thre
should be asked to move on and make room for the next person through the doors. that has not been the case here at forest. it has not been obvious. and the reason is the connection steve cooper had built with this club and with its fans picking them up at the bottom of the championship, taking them to the premier league, getting them to stay in the premier league against the odds. what he s done is given whole generations of fans a connection and experience they ve never actually had before. that s how far you ve got to go back, how special it has been. and that is why there s been the delay, because one win in 13, not even won since bonfire night, that would have done for most managers long ago. but the owner, evangelos marinakis, has held on until tonight to pull the trigger, in the wake of defeat here against spurs. and now it s about what their decision means. we re pretty sure the new manager will be nuno espirito santo, the man who worked his own little miracles at wo