in the women s world cup. kit is guy had to go, reporting from madrid. when the spanish team lifted the world cup last sunday, it was a historic moment. but the way in which the national football federation president, luis rubiales, celebrated, has made the last few days bittersweet ones for spanish football. the controversial kiss he gave star strikerjenny hermoso has been hogging the headlines. after days of mounting pressure, luis rubiales had been expected to resign. but at an extraordinary general meeting of the football federation, he insisted the kiss was consensual, and he remains defiant. translation: is that so serious that i have to leave, while having done the bestjob for spanish football? do you really believe that i have to resign? well, i m going to tell you something i will not resign, i will not resign. i will not resign. this was supposed to be a week when spain celebrated women s football, in the greatest ever achievement by its national team. but inste
it is after he kissed one of the players, jenni hermoso, on the lips during the trophy presentation. he apologised for grabbing his crotch in celebration at full time, while standing yards away from the queen of spain. he kissed one of the players, jenni hermoso, on the lips during the trophy presentation. he says that was consensual. fifa opened disciplinary proceedings against him yesterday. footballjournalist semra hunter says this doesn t come as a surprise and spanish football still has a problem with equality. sexism is very prevalent, unfortunately. it is something that is their normalised here, which is why you have someone like we ruby alice basically saying he does not understand what he did wrong and he feels as though he clearly did not do anything wrong. and that is a major red flag, it is a major concern, and even pedro sanchez, the president of spain himself, said this is a perfect example of the long ruby have had of ourselves in terms of achieving equality of
for us, for everyone. we want to be in the final, but first of all we need to beat a very good team, middlesbrough, in the first leg that we cannot beat and they beat us and it will be tough. certainly expect the best version of them. think we know what we re walking into. i think we got a big boost and a lot of confidence from the first game, but that is. that s kind of as far as it goes, you know, we know what we re getting into, we know what we re coming to face in individual quality and a team that s well coached and collectively very strong. kalvin phillips hasjoined west ham on loan for the rest of the season. the manchester city midfielder has only started two games this season afterjoining in 2022 for £45 million pounds from leeds united. the hammers will cover phillips wages and they have an option to make the move permanent in the summer. the last 16 continues to take shape at the africa cup of nations, groups c and d will be concluded today. cameroon have to beat
into north west england. again falling on pretty saturated ground. the winds will pick up but it will not be as windy as it is today. on friday, a chilly start but a much more settled deal weather for most. this is bbc news, the headlines: funerals are being held for 2h soldiers killed in israel s deadliest day since the war in gaza began. there s been intense fighting around khan younis israel says it s surrounded the southern gaza city. but could a hostage deal be close? israel proposes a two month pause to negotiate prisoner exchanges with hamas. the us and uk carry outjoint strikes against houthi targets in yemen for the second time in two weeks. and oppenheimer leads the oscar nominations with 13 but barbie s margot robbie and director greta gerwig miss out. we will take you through the oscar nominations in about ten minutes time. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s chetan. afternoon. afternoon, thank you. we start dennis. cash we st
benjamin netanyahu was speaking after the deaths of 2a israeli soldiers in one day the worst loss of life, for the israeli army, since its offensive began. 21 of the soldiers were killed inside buildings they were preparing to demolish, moments before an attack by palestinian fighters. hundreds of people have been attending funerals today. reports from israel suggest, the government may be considering a new deal with hamas which could lead to a pause in fighting, while prisoners are exchanged. intense fighting is continuing in gaza, with the israeli army saying its forces have encircled the southern city of khan younis. the hamas run health ministry says nearly 200 palestinians have been killed in the past 2a hours. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent, yolande knell and a warning, her report contains some distressing images. buried with a prayer and full military honours, this was the first in a series of funerals for 21 soldiers killed in israel s biggest sin