and treasury ministers discuss the challenges facing the national health service. iran is facing international condemnation for hanging two more people said to have been involved in nationwide protests. the uk called their executions abhorrent . as ukraine celebrates the orthodox christmas, russian backed forces there say they ve downed a drone lauched in breach of a temporary ceasefire. it appears to be another sign that the temporary truce called by president putin has been ignored. you are watching bbc news.. now it s time for sports day hello and welcome to sportsday this saturday night it s fa cup third round weekend and no shortage of drama coming up on the programme: non league wrexham score four at coventry knocking out the championship side championships strugglers blackpool hit nottingham forest for four as the premier league team are knocked out a first half hattrick helps newcastle falcons beat the champions leicester in rugby union s premiership and also
things is one, were they in but they didn t answer? they thought it was politician. yeah. but also, and it s something we ve asked actually viewers and newsletter readers and i d love to know from newscasters as well, have people spotted politicians in their area and where have they been? because the place is. so if you see david cameron turning up in hampshire where he was in this campaign and you see keir starmer turning up in gillingham in kent, as he did on the first day. that tells us that the campaigns are running in very different ways, that the tories are trying to shore up seats that might normally be completely safe and labour is trying to stretch their tentacles to plenty of areas that they haven t held for a long time. so do let us know. i d love to know if anybody spotted a politician in somewhere really funny or really interesting. or what have they said to you on the doorstep? yeah, rishi sunak was in henley in oxfordshire, of all places,
to win for the supporters after the recent one. we know about the recent results in the derby so everything was there for us but it s still difficult to win and i am very pleased with the players. the lowest ranked team left in the competition, maidstone united, are into the fourth round for the first time in their history. the side form the sixth tier of english football beat league one stevenage, 69 places and three divisions above them, 1 0. no other major upsets. non league eastleigh, had a man sent off but have taken league two newport to a replay. bournemouth came from 2 down to beat qpr. the prmier leagues bottom side sheffield united had an easy 4 0 win at league two gillingham. five of the eight teams involved in the 4 games that have just kicked off have won the fa cup before, cheslea most recently in 2018 v preston
are into the second half now. among them, eastleigh and chesterfield are the non league teams trying to emulate maidstone s achievement. brighton bournemouth and sheffield united are the premier league sides trying to avoid a shock. brighton lead after being behind. bournemouth had just scored twice after being two goals down and our level in their match against gillingham. it s a weekend of cup football in spain too, with both madrid clubs up against lower league opposition. atletico took an early lead through angel correa. but lugo equalised just before the break with a goal from leandro antonetti. while later real play arandina from one division lower still. barcelona also take on a fourth tier side barbastro on sunday. brazilian football legend mario zagallo, who won four world cups as both a player and a coach, has died at the age of 92.