i'm betty glover. coming up in the programme, south africa on the brink of the cricket world cup semifinals after thrashing new zealand. newcastle heap more misery on manchester united — they win 3—0 to dump erik ten hag's side out of the league cup. and we meet lizziejordan, six years after food poisoning changed her life forever — she's now dreaming of a place at next summer's paralympics in paris. we'll start with the cricket world cup, then, where south africa have cruised

to a 190—run win over new zealand in pune to put them on the clinch of a semi—final spot. they pull of 357/4 after being put in and new zealand slumped to 167 all out, a third straight defeat leaving them with crucial matches against pakistan and sri lanka to come. here's our correspondent joe wilson. from paris to pune, south africa play intense world cup sport against new zealand. quinton de kock got his fourth hundred of this competition. new zealand look depleted, hence marco jansen bowled five sixes in his 133. look at this one. new zealand pushed to the limits, but that ball is beyond the boundary. david miller hit south africa's 77th sixth of the tournament, a world cup record and we're weeks from the final. new zealand chose to bat

second in this match. 358 to when, eight for 41 when devon conway was caught and new zealand folded to 167 all out. the defeat and skillet with consequences for net run rate leaves them vulnerable in the top four. south africa look world cup confident. joe wilson, bbc news. well, the injury—hit black caps find themselves in a tough position to progress, just two points ahead of pakistan and afghanistan, and having lost the last three. but there is no panic in the camp just yet. we try to remain levelheaded throughout everything — not ride the highs too high and the lows too low. i think, for us, it is go about our business as we have done the whole way through. just keeping things simple, sticking to what we do best. obviously the way england, australia, south africa — they all play a very aggressive brand of cricket,

and we have our own brand. if we stick to it, we know that we are fighters, we keep coming back time and time again and when it matters most, we really put the foot down. england's david willey has announced he will retired from international cricket following the world cup. he is the only bowler in the squad not to be offered a central contract. the team director said willey wasn't best pleased about it. england are defending champions, but they have lost five of their six matches so far. michael vaughan thinks england's treatment of willey has been disgraceful. to think that england handed out 29 contracts, yet a player — who is probably one of the only players performing in the world cup, is david willey — arrived at breakfast a couple of weeks ago i didn't have a contract. i just find it staggering that they give out 29 contracts yet a player who is in the starting 11 for the last three games and has done well in a present world cup has not

been given a contract. so i feel for david willey. and i do think the ecb got this wrong in terms of the contracts. england's next match is against australia on saturday and aussie glenn maxwell will be missing because of concussion and bruising afterfalling off the back of a golf buggy on monday. australia say it's hoped he will be up to play later in the tournament. maxwell hit the fastest century in history earlier in the competition. in football, it has been a night for forget for manchester united, knocked out of the english football league cup by newcastle, who claimed just their second victory at old trafford since 1972. first half goals from miguel almiron and lewis hall, who scored his first for the club, were followed by a solo effort byjoe willock to help them win 3—0 and cruise into the finals. the loss comes after united lost 3—0 matches a city

in the premier league, as well, piling the pressure on erik ten haag, whose side were booed off at the end of both halves. talking of nightmares, declan rice endured one on his return to west ham as his side was dumped out of the competition. white scored a goal of the first half, and mohammed kudus and jarrod bowen scored after the break. martin odegaard scored after the break. the gunners�* 30—year wait to win the league cup does go on while newcastle progressed through to the quarters as well. there are wednesday's other results. liverpool beat bournemouth 2—1 to go through. chelsea joined them after a convincing 2—0 win over championship rivals blackburn. shaun dyce celebrated a 3—0 victory over his former side. fulham beat championship

side ipswich 3—i. there has been huge upset in the german cup with the division side saarbrucken beating bayern munich 2—i. now, bayern munich opened the scoring through thomas muller, but patrick sontheimer are levelled for the bundesliga three strugglers in the first minutes of injury time. it wasn't until the sixth minute of added time that marcel gaus took the winner, with no time to find an equaliser. so saarbrucken down to the third run while bayern munich join rb leipzig to be knocked out the competition early. earlier, borussia dortmund made it through to the third run after a 1—0 win against hoffenheim. dortmunds�*s early dominance was rewarded when marco reus scored two minutes before half time. hoffenheim won the match with ten men after ozan kabak was sent off for

a bookable offence. hundreds of people gathered in colombia today to form a mass protest demanding the release of liverpool player luis diaz's father who was kidnapped at the weekend. luis manuel diaz and his wife were taken by armed men on motorcycles at petrol station in barrancas on saturday, the town where luis diaz grew up. a major police and military operation is continuing to try and find his father. world number one novak djokovic scored no signs of rust in paris, easing past tomas martin etcheverry 6—3, 6-2. it is the first time his failure to singles match since lifting the open title on the sixth of september. he aims to win a record equalling seventh paris title. he showed his usual precise hitting and services. novak djokovic will be stellar we saw in the last 16.

and finally, six years ago, lizzie jordan's life changed completely when she suffered a rare medical reaction to food poisoning and went blind. now she is part of the great britain paris paracycling team and is hoping to compete at the politics in paris next year. i suffered multiorgan failure. doctors what my parents on several occasions that i might not pull through. they had to say goodbye to be quite a few times. in 2017, lizziejordan spent two months in a coma after contracting e coli from a fast food restaurant on her way home from a student night out. her body had a very unusual reaction to the food poisoning, which changed her life forever. when i woke from the coma, sadly, i had totally lost my eyesight. what went through your head when you were told that you weren't going to see again? it was terrifying. ijust — i didn't believe it for that — that period of time. i just thought "they're not right, it'll come back

at some point." i really hit rock bottom. i thought i was of "how will i live my life without sight?" i thought i had two options here — sit there and feel sorry for myself or make something out of my life and maybe even achieve something that i wouldn't have done even if i had sight. it was a talent id they brought lizzie to paracycling. i'd not ridden a bike, let alone in tandem. the journey started there. six years on from waking up blind in a hospital, she is now an elite paracyclist, training at the velodrome, chasing the paralympic dream. wow — what a ride. over the last three years, she has been fighting for a spot on the paris cycling team. gold going to great britain. she most recently claimed gold at the world championships. it's the most fantastic atmosphere. that was one of the first times i thought to myself "i don't need to see to be able

to feel this feeling, the excitement, everybody cheering for you" and i thought to myself "yes, like, i think i've made it" — it was a lovely feeling. for her coach, it's clear that lizzie�*s mental strength is one of her greatest attributes. she brings such a positive attitude. you know, you would — if you met her on the street today, you wouldn't know what she had gone through. she has grasped the opportunity with both hands. i genuinely think this is the beginning of a very long careerfor her. with less than a year to go until the paralympics in paris, lizzie has become a one to watch and her focus is very much on going to her first games. it is really exciting. it drives me to my training. i look back to 2020 when i came to the talent id day and i was a shy and nervous little girl — no idea about cycling. fast forward three years and i've become a world champion. it is a crazyjourney and i feel i don't know what is next but i'm really excited, yeah. rachel latham, bbc news, manchester. well, from me and the rest

of the team here at the bbc sport centre, it's goodbye for now. hello there. we've got more heavy rain, more strong winds as we head into thursday, all due, of course, to storm ciaran. that's been tracking its way right the way across the atlantic, heading over the southwest of england. now, it will move eastwards towards east anglia. it will bring more heavy rain and given how wet it's been in october, that could lead to some flooding. the winds also could potentially be dangerous and hazardous, bringing some disruption. this is where we've got the amber wind warnings from the met office. the winds already picking up in the southwest, those stronger winds will transfer through the english channel to affect coastal areas in the southeast of england. the winds are likely to be even stronger for a while in the channel islands — gusts of over 90 mph, already had gusts of 100 mph along the coast of brittany. so, some really strong winds across the far south of the uk. could be quite windy in other areas, and around the storm,

around that low pressure, we've got these showers of longer spells of rain. as the wind picks up in scotland, it will get wetter here. we may miss the worst of the wet weather in northern ireland. temperature—wise, well, of course, nothing to write home about — a cool 10—12 degrees. but at least during the afternoon, the winds in the southwest will start to ease, and that's because the storm is going to be tracking away, and at the same time, it will be weakening. so, as we get into friday, the area of low pressure, what was the storm, is going to be sitting out in the north sea. so, it's not going to be as windy on friday, it's not going to be as wet. there'll be some sunshine, but also some showers blown in, and there'll still be some blustery winds. the windiest weather, perhaps the wettest weather will be across eastern scotland and the northeast of england. and those temperatures may be a degree or so higher, but still only 12—13 degrees at best. now, as we head into the weekend, we see that area of low pressure continuing to fade away in the north sea. another one coming

in from the atlantic — not expecting this one to be named because the winds aren't going to be as strong. the strong winds will still be through the english channel, but we've got more rain to come across southern parts of the uk, into wales, in the midlands, followed by some showers. further north, there'll be some sunshine and perhaps a few showers as well, and those temperatures not really changing a great deal. so, after all this very wet and very windy weather, we've got some more rain on saturday for the southern half of the uk and then we're all in the same boat on sunday — sunshine and showers and not as windy.

live from washington, this is bbc news. a long awaited escape route is open from gaza to egypt. hundreds are able to

leave, millions more remain behind. us president biden credits intense and urgent diplomacy for opening the crossing. us citizens are among the 335 foreign nationals to pass through. and donald trump jr begins his testimony into the fraud trial regarding the trump family business. i'm sumi somaskanda. welcome to our show. a key border crossing out of gaza is now partially open for civilians for the first time in more than three weeks. the rafah crossing on the border between gaza and egypt had only allowed a limited number of aid trucks. more than 300 people have been allowed to leave through the crossing. palestinian officials say 335 of them are foreign passport holders, and another 76 are injured gazans taken to hospitals across the border.

the international humanitarian agency, medecins sans