and his family "crossed a line." rugby world cup final referee wayne barnes speaks out. hello there and welcome along to the programme. what drama to start with in the champions league on wednesday — as manchester united's struggles in the competition were shown up again in copenhagen. united were two goals up, before marcus rashford was sent off — letting the danes back, eventually coming from behind to secure a famous victory. rasmus hojlund scored twice for united, and it looked as though it would be their night in denmark, but rashford's dangerous tackle saw him given a straight red after var intervened. united reduced to 10 men, and immediately their opponents capitalised. they were level 2—2 at half time. despite being a man down, bruno fernandes scored a penalty, which looked like it

might be enough for them. but the home side had other ideas, in a stunning finish to the game — with an equaliser and winner inside the last 10 minutes. teenager roony bardghji with the crucial strike, after united failed to clear. their faltering season goes on, and the pressure really on erik ten hag. in other matches — bayern munich sealed their place in the knockout phase after beating galatasaray. two late goals from top scorer harry kane made sure. the visitors cut the deficit in second—half stoppage time with cedric ba kambu. 2—1 to bayern there. and real madrid are also into the last 16. viniciusjunior was on the scoresheet, in their 3—0 win over sporting braga. they, like bayern, have won every match in europe this season. arsenal are one win away from making sure of their spot in the knockout phase — it was a comfortable win for the gunners at the emirates against sevilla. leandro trossard and bukayo saka with the goals in a 2—0 win. victory also for psv, in that group. wins for real sociedad and inter milan too.

jurgen klopp�*s been speaking ahead of liverpool's europa league game with toulouse on thursday. we're still awaiting an update on the release of liverpool forward luis diaz's father — who was kidnapped over a week ago in colombia and is being held by rebel group eln. diaz made an emotional plea for his father's freedom, after scoring at the weekend. klopp�*s very much keeping on eye on how diaz is doing. always positive sign somehow. not real news. he decided last week to not go to columbia and it is not the case at the moment. so he is here. and he has training. it is a safe place. the matches are a safe place with the team. everything is ok. he wants to be with us and he travelled. liverpool boss juergen klop there.

the arsenal women's manager, jonas eidevall has responded to claims he �*bullied' the fourth official, during their win over manchester city on sunday in the wsl. eidevall was adamant he did nothing he would be ashamed of, after city boss gareth taylor's allegation. this is what he had to say. i was really disappointed with the comments because i think there are, there is no truth in them. the wording that gareth used after, it is borderline to slander. he is not very good with the truth or he is not very good with the language. either way, very good with the language. eitherway, i very good with the language. either way, i don't think it's acceptable. ben stokes delivered for england on wednesday, ensuring their disappointing cricket world cup didn't continue to go from bad to worse. looking in trouble at one stage against netherlands, stokes�* first world cup century set england up for a comfortable win in pune, meaning they're off the bottom of the table and can still qualify for the champions trophy at least. joe wilson reports.

they can't afford to give the whole team contracts they don't have full international status but the netherlands sensed opportunity, they were playing england, this england. that is thejoe england, this england. that is the joe root speciality normally, nothing certain now. the captainjosh butler fell 45, it is the way he has played through this world cup and it is still baffling. after early runs of the land they were rescued by ben stokes, why is still in india when he needs an operation because he do this. this entry helped england to 339. they felt relief. beneath the lights england's bowlers enjoyed the conditions, e.g. early problems in the netherlands innings, always advice on the pune crowd, all sorts of advice. the dutch had to accelerate or try england's fielding was not perfect but chris woakes had a strong game,

secure, 90 — four. moeen ali says england have to move on with younger players, here is first wicket of this world cup. england spinners ended with three each received here the netherlands chase became tame. josh butler had all the time in the world for the final stomping. victory by 160 runs for something, they climbed the lower rungs of the table. england are far from the best in the world. at least they might be the best in europe. joe wilson, bbc news. that victory was only england's second of a tournament, in which they've been widely criticised but their captain jos buttler said it showed they're still working hard to perform. everyone has been frustrated, but no, the guys stay tight and everybody stayed really close and kept working hard. you watch training yesterday the

guys trained as hard as they trained all trip, shows the level of commitment and desire to put things right and get to the level of player we have got in the squad without having the personal pride and work ethic and determination to put things right when they are not going the way you want. australia captain meg lanning has announced her international retirement after 13 years at the highest level of cricket. lanning is australia women's greatest run scorer and won seven world cups, including five as skipper. she represented australia in 241 matches, scoring a combined 8,352 runs. the man who refereed the rugby world cup final between south africa and new zealand last month says "vile" social media abuse towards him and his family "crossed a line" and he wants those responsible to be punished. wayne barnes retired a few days after taking charge of the match in paris. he's been speaking to our sports editor dan roan:

without a doubt it is a moment like i do we do this. we sacrifice a lot of time, time away from ourfamily sacrifice a lot of time, time away from our family and then those moments you say is there a point in carrying on doing this. again, you sit down you speak about it, he realised there is only ten, 11 months to go and, you also do not want keyboard warriors to win. we build our game and promote our game and sell our game on one keyword, that is respect. in that respect has to be shown at all times, of course we can disagree with each other, of course we can say we thought the referee got that wrong but there are ways of doing that. i think we all have a role to play with a player or a coach, whether that be a journalist. we all have a role to play. anthony taylor somebody i know well when you look at what happened to anthony taylor in

that airport the dreadful scene with fans when him and his family were abused, even attacked after criticism following a match. by a coach, can you see that potentially happening with rugby if we are not careful. happening with rugby if we are not careful-— not careful. you watch that foota . e not careful. you watch that footage of— not careful. you watch that footage of anthony - not careful. you watch that footage of anthony in - not careful. you watch that footage of anthony in that l footage of anthony in that airport with his family and that airport, it makes your heart lead, it was absolutely devastating to watch that could easily have been me with my family and my children, after a game. and that's why we do have a responsibility because it does inflame things when coaches come out and openly criticise people because criticism quickly becomes abuse and if you are in the wrong place at the wrong time which anthony obviously was, it could have been far worse. you know, anthony is a great referee, extremely good, and referee that came really well, that was the other thing about it, that's why we need to be sure

that's why we need to be sure that sport is our game, rugby is my game that we take this extremely seriously. 0leksandr usyk hopes his undisputed heavyweight world title fight with tyson fury will take place in february in saudi arabia. the ukrainian is already in training in valencia after contracts for the event were signed in september. but after wbc champion fury�*s meeting with mma fighter and boxing novice francis ngannou proved more bruising than expected, the original date of the 23rd december became too soon. usyk holds the wba wbo and ibf titles and both fighters are unbeaten. manchester united's faltering season suffered another significant blow as marcus rashford's red card contributed to a dramatic, qualification—damaging champions league defeat by fc copenhagen. elsewhere, harry kane scored twice as bayern munich beat galatasaray to reach the last 16. they are joined by real madrid who cruised past sporting braga at the bernabeu. 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. wednesday brought us some pretty big weather contrasts across the country. for the southeast of england, we have a persistent band of rain, it was raining for most of the day, bringing these rather grey skies, quite windy as well. most of the uk have actually managed to see something a bit brighter through the afternoon with some sunshine, shower clouds getting in here to northern ireland. and here are the showers on the radar picture from wednesday. the speckled shower clouds extend right out into the atlantic to near greenland. and all of those shower clouds are coming our way. so it is going to be quite an unsettled looking weather

picture over the next few days, really. now, over the next few hours, a bit of rain crosses northern england, a few showers here and there. most of them will be across western areas. these are the kind of temperatures that you'll start off thursday with. so quite a chilly start to the day, cold enough for a nip of frost across northern scotland, mostly eastern scotland, central and eastern england, east wales starting off on a dry and sunny note, the showers across western areas. but as we go through the day, you could see an odd shower just about anywhere. they'll always be most frequent, though, towards wales and southwest england where they could merge to give some slightly longer spells of rain. and as well as that, it'll be quite windy around the coast, gusts of around 40, perhaps the low 50mph. now, friday is another kind of showery day, but this time the winds are generally coming in from a northwesterly direction. and that means the showers are going to tend to be draped around coastal areas. if you live away from the coast, you've got a much better chance of it being dry and sunny as well. temperatures running quite close to average for the time of year, about 8 to 11 degrees.

now, as we head into the weekend, saturday looks all right. sunday, the big question mark isjust how quickly this band of rain comes in off the atlantic. at the moment saturday, the better of the two days of the weekend, plenty of sunshine around, maybe a few early morning mist and fog patches. but for the vast majority, it's a dry day. perhaps just one or two showers rolling in to the far northeast of scotland. temperatures not really changing too much, around 8 to 11 degrees celsius. the big question mark on sunday is just how quickly this band of rain gathers and moves in from the west. it might be a lot slower coming in. and if that happens, well, sunday could also be a dry day with plenty of sunshine around as well. so there's a bit of a question mark about sunday's forecast in terms of whether we do see that band of rain spreading its way in.

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hello. we will have full coverage of the israel gaza war and the ongoing republican debate injust a moment. first, some developing use. the act union says it has reached a tentative agreement with hollywood ceos to and is 118 day strike was of the union said the strike would eventually end up 12:01am on thursday. members initially walked off the job thursday. members initially walked off thejob back in july. they were calling for an increase in minimum salaries, a share of streaming service revenues and protections from being replaced by artificial intelligence. the agreement would go to the union's board for approval on friday, and after that we can expect full details on what exactly the two sides have agreed to if all goes ahead of that deal would end one of the longest strikes in hollywood history. let's turn out of the ongoing conflict in the middle east and

word from israeli officials that hamas