this is bbc news. the headlines: iran's president has vowed to punish israel for an air strike in damascus that killed five iranian revolutionary guards. syrian activists say ten people were killed altogether in the blast. norfolk police has referred itself to an independent watchdog for not responding to an emergency call from a house where a man, woman and two young girls were laterfound dead. police forcibly entered the home near norwich on friday after a call from a concerned member of the public. british communications regulator ofcom reviews whether to allow royal mail to give up its �*universal service obligation�* — which could mean an end to saturday postal deliveries and standard pricing for all parts of the uk. and a cocker spaniel called ariel has successfully had her two extra legs removed, months after being dumped outside a supermarket in wales.

now on bbc news, sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm hugh ferris. the headlines this evening: britain's last man — but standing strong. one of cameron norrie's best ever grand slam wins takes him to the australian open's second week. he's back. ivan toney scores in his first match after serving an eight—month ban for breaching betting rules. what winter sun can do for you. fresh from a trip to dubai, arsenal have their first win a month. while palace are plummeting. the spartans broken by hearts

in the scottish cup —but not without a goal to remember also coming up on sportsday: a magical day for lewis lynagh as he comes off the bench to score a try of the year contender for harlequins in the champions cup. two out of two. both the women and men secure a place for great britain in the olympic hockey tournament. hello again. he's flying the flag alone for britain in the singles, but cameron norrie is through to the fourth round of the australian open for the first time in his career. the british number one had never beaten a player ranked as high as casper ruud at a grand slam before... but he dispatched the 11th seed to

reach the second week in melbourne. mike bushell has the details. the biggest grand slam challenger cameron norris�* career, and he was in for a rude awakening. the british number one seed was determined to change the record. an early break to take the first set. the norwegian showed why he is the number 11, seizing his chance in a second set tie—break to level the match, which was then in the balance throughout the third, until norrie�*s attacking approach finally paid off, stretching ruud to breaking point. with the bit between his teeth, norrie kept up his momentum again. he pushed home his advantage to take the force in the match, and keep the british flag flying in the singles. so good. i was really enjoying it from start to finish, i really felt a sense of calm throughout the whole match, and i embrace the atmosphere, and everyone was enjoying

themselves. in terms of performances it was up there was one of my best, i think, in a grand slam. a first victory against this highly ranked opponent, and with plenty of support he will now have the quarterfinals in his sights next. cameron norrie providing one of the results of day seven at the australian open. but it�*s the defeat of the women�*s number one seed iga swiatek that has dominated the headlines in melbourne. i spoke to our tennis correspondent russell fuller about that and how norrie managed to claim one of the biggest wins of his grand slam career. it felt very significant, not just because it is in the australian open fourth round for the first time in his career, because of the way he played and the style he played. much of 2023 compared to his very successful period before that was disappointing for norrie, and he actually took a complete break, very unusual for him,

for the davis cup finals. just try to forget about the sport for a week or ten days, i think that was refreshing. having lost to casper ruud on three occasions, he thought he needed to do something a bit different. he was very aggressive, came forward to the net far more than you usually see norrie do, and he executed all of that perfectly. the game plan was carried off to a tee, and to win in four sets, let�*s remember, the set he did lose he had to set points in, was a magnificent performance, now he will have to also turn a very poor head—to—head record on its head in the fourth round, because his four previous meetings he has lost all of those. he is responsible for a growing list of seeds, top seeds, even though he is one himself, of going out for the australian open in this first week, but none more significant than the women�*s number one, because she is still looking for a melbourne title.

yes, the seeds that have fallen are quite staggering. although it has happened quite a few times in the last few years. having gone past to establish american players, a former australian open champion, and a runner—up in the first two rounds, the challenge was never going to be underestimated, but perhaps a surprise that it is the 19—year—old who is able to play with so much composure to beat the world number one. iga swiatek really prepared as much as she could have done, she was unbeaten in 18 matches stretching through from the end of last season, she said she had a more calm, more organised, more peaceful season, she was playing for poland, but she�*s had some very tough match is this week, and it leaves the women�*s draw now not completely wide—open,

but there are plenty of others now who are sensing an unlikely title. so unbeaten since september until today. and the world number one was searching for reasons as to why another tilt at the title in melbourne has ended in failure. some thingsjust didn�*t work as they did before, even though i was working the same way, and ifeel like i did really everything i could in preseason to improve some stuff i wanted to, and then i came here and i wasn�*t playing kind of natural any more. i'm just really kind of exhausted, mentally and physically, but i think it was an unbelievable match for me. playing for the first time, and playing with iga for the first

time, i'm just so glad. so swiatek is out. but she�*s not the only one. just today the women�*s number one and casper ruud were among seven seeds beaten by lower... or unseeded players. the remaining five included the likes of grigor dimitrov, tommy paul, and jelena ostapenko all out. there are others who survived. third seed daniil medvedev is through, as is carlos alcaraz. ranked one place higher. he led china�*s 18—year—old shang juncheng by two sets when his opponent retired with injury. it�*s the first time 20—year—old alcaraz had played an opponent younger than him at tour level. you�*ll remember he missed last year�*s australian open with a leg injury. but is one of the favourites this year to challenge novak djokovic for the title. every match that i�*m playing, i am feeling better and better.

moving, hitting the ball and, of course, i�*m getting used to this cold, as well, i didn�*t play so much in this cold, so everything is good, and taking good things from the cold, from the level i�*m playing, and hopefully it�*s going to be better and better. ivan toney had today�*s game circled in the calendar for 8 months, and on his return to the brentford team following a ban for breaching fa gambling regulations, the striker made an almost instant impact. brentford had fallen behind early on but toney converted this free kick to bring the scores level. ben mee then turned the game around in the second half after finding space to attack in the area and put his side in front. chris wood did briefly bring the visitors level, heading home a cross from the left, but neal maupay would have the final say in this one — a superb touch and finish securing

all three points and ending a run of seven defeats in their last eight league games. the result moves brentford up to 14th, whilst forest drop to 16th. arsenal have gone back up to third in the premier league after a 5—0 win over crystal palace that stops their recent slide... and continues their opponents�* plummet towards a relegation battle. patrick gearey reports. this was also�*s relaunch. back home after a dodgy december in ten days in dubai. ten minutes in, starting a cement to go on. later in half they aimed for gabriel again. 2-0. crystal palace unhappy, their players with the ref, some of their fans of the manager. roy hodgson�*s position has been questioned. in the second half they had to seek adventure, but that left them vulnerable. arsenal excel in this place,

palace rarely featured, the odd shot, but mostly disgruntled bystanders asking for directions. arsenal kept on running behind them. the force was slipped in in stoppage time. believe it or not, this isn�*t a replay, but instead the fifth. one man�*s restart might be another�*s ending. so these are difficult times for palace. only one win in 12 matches in all competitions, and today�*s defeat leaves them just 5 points above the relegation zone. their manager is all too aware that their fans are frustrated. i think we�*re in charge of their opinion, and i think there are frustrated, disappointed, the probably accurate as well, we haven�*t done as well as they would have liked us to do, so one understands that. you must never really start complaining about your supporters, especially the crystal palace was, because they are the ones who been through many a difficult situation

and helped us to survive at moments when maybe survival looked very, very difficult. very pleased with the performance, a clean sheet to win the game. i had a good feeling as soon as we left the stadium after liverpool, and the performances were there. the results weren't, but it was a really good performance. we used moments of the game that we knew we could exploit really, really well. you need everybody really focused and determined to have an impact in the game and i'm really pleased. there might be a paucity of premiership action because of the winter break, but also plenty of games. southampton are up to second place in the championship after winning 3—1 at swansea. the former club of their manager russell martin. the victory sets a new club record of 21 games unbeaten. the previous one had stood for 102 years. flynn downes scored their third

of the game just before half time for a win that puts southampton above ipswich on goal difference. at least until they play leaders leicester on monday. hearts were playing in an edinburgh derby today — but not the one they�*re used to. a trip to fourth tier the spartans in the scottish cup fourth round proved to be a challenge nonetheless. the premiership side needing an injury time winner... as alex flethcer reports. in terms of geography, these two sides are neighbours, but on the pitch they are world parts. a year ago, spartans were facing heart treatment hearts�*s b team. a tough test got even harder when hearts got an early lead. craig gordon�*s goal was a further boost. his reflexes remaining shop, despite his time on the sidelines. the spartans were beginning to find their rhythm.

their pursuit of an equaliser stepped up after the break, and something special brought them back on level terms. back to the edge of the box, what a hit that is! jamie craigen with the sweetest of strikes. gordon this time with no chance. but this fairy tale would not have a happy ending, frankie kent proving to be the villain of the piece, rising to decide the game in stoppage time. spartans heartbroken. of course i have been a lifelong jambo, so it was good to get out there against and play. obviously it was a tough game, it was going to be tough, butjust to stay in the game it was a great achievement. just enjoying the game, to be fair. that was the main priority, just to enjoy the occasion, and if we get a goal, great, but managed to get closer than we could have, it�*s just unfortunate.

we controlled the game but they had their moments, as well. we knew they was going to be dangerous from set pieces, and they were, you see that. i mean, what role that was. it was unreal, wasn�*t it?! i know. i turned round, i was like, wow! so... you are properly panicking at that stage! yeah, i know, obviously, of course, the nerves get in once that goes in, but like i said, we stuck to it, and thankfully we got the goal in the end. well, where the spartans failed, others succeeded. aidrieonians of league one knocked out premiership side stjohnstone with a 1—0 win. falkirk haven�*t lost a league game all season, but the league one leaders were beaten by bonnyrigg rose of the division below. the other shock of the day came at ross county. the team second from bottom of the premiership comfortably beaten at home by partick thistle. the team they beat to retain top flight status last season. the championship side through to the last 16 of the cup. rangers avoided an upset at dumbarton of league two, running out comfortable four one winners. john lundstram opened the scoring before cyriel dessers made it two

after getting on the end of a cross from james tavernier. scott wright sealed the win late on to send phillpe clement�*s side into the last 16. just one match in the women�*s super league today and arsenal kept up their pursuit of leaders chelsea with a 2—1 win over everton. goals from caitlin foord and beth mead proved enough for the victory. arsenal are now level on points with their london rivals although they have played a game more. chelsea host manchester united in one of four games tomorrow algeria�*s wait for a first win at the africa cup of nations since they lifted the trophy in 2019 goes on. although they did rescue a point with an injury time equaliser against burkina faso in their second group game of this year�*s tournament in ivory coast. burkina faso were ahead twice, including through mohamed konate�*s header that opened the scoring at the end of the first half. initially given offside, the deicsion was reversed after a var review. each time algeria�*s equaliser came from baghdad bounedjah, with his own header coming

in the 95th minute to make it 2—2. burkina faso are joined on four points in group d by angola, who beat mauritania 3—2 to go top. gelson dala scored twice, but gilberto got the goal that proved to be the winner. giving angola their first afcon victory since 2012. south korea came from behind to draw 2—2 withjordan in the group stage of the asian cup. spurs forward son heung min won and scored a penalty for south korea. butjordan then scored twice. it meant they were heading for a first ever victory over south korea and a place in the knockout stages — but then this happened in injury time. an equaliser through an own goal from yazan al—arab. the draw leaves both teams on four points with a game to play. south korea�*s is against malaysia. whilejordan will play bahrain in their final group game. bahrain managed to keep their hopes alive of staying in the tournament after beating malaysia 1—0. this goal from ali madan also

coming in injury time. it is crunch time in rugby union�*s champions cup this weekend with the final round of pool matches taking place. before today eight sides, including fourfrom the english premiership, had already clinched their place in the last 16. but it�*s been a tough day so far for ulster, cardiff and leicester as nick parrott reports. harlequins had already qualified for the last 16, but weren�*t going to take it easy. they thrashed cardiff last weekend and were on fire from the start. a quick line—out caught the visitors out, sent the winger freed to open the scoring in just the fifth minute. ulster hit back ten minutes later, a try converted to level the match, and when the centre was forced off moments later, there might have been some concern amongst home fans. his replacement was not even in the original squad, lynagh, but as late call to action was key

to quinn�*s�* victory. he showed class was in his blood. he scored a try his father would have been proud of. that and another saw him named player of the match. ulster left their response to late for a losing bonus point, and they now drop into the challenge cup. that set up racing 92�*s matching cardi. they would leapfrog ulster. a welshman with the french surname cut the opening try in paris. a cardiff lead was short lived. the french team went back in front, and then the captain increase their advantage. three quick converted tries, including this, ended this match as a contest.

48-26 118-26 the 48—26 the final score. leicester welcomed four—time champions leinster. they got off to the perfect start with are try sending them on their way to a 10—0 lead by the midway through the first half. leinster know how to silence the tigers�* roar. they ran in four tries to win by 27-10. victory season secure top spot in pool four, while leicester�*s fate hinges on sale on sunday. three—time winners saracens can book their place in the last 16 with a win over french side lyon in pool one. that match gets under way at eight o�*clock. despite having a man sent off in the first half northampton saints came from behind to beat munster by 26 points to 23 in ireland. it leaves them top of pool three having won all their matches, but exeter could leapfrog them in their final match tomorrow. and south african side stormers came from behind twice to beat stade francais in paris. the 2a points to 20 win

seals their qualification while condeming the french side to their fourth defeat. in the women�*s premiership, gloucester—hartpury beat the league leaders saracens by 2a points to 15. it means the defending champions are nowjust a point behind saracens at the top of the table. and the try that wrapped up the match was definitely worth watching — emma sing breaking away to score the cherry and whites�* last and best try of the match. both great britain�*s women and men�*s hockey teams have secured places at the paris olympics. while the men won despite having the luxury of losing their qualifying semifinal, the women didn�*t. needing to win their third place playoff to make this summner�*s games. after gold and a bronze at the last two olympics, britain had to beat ireland in valencia to claim a spot in paris orface missing out on the games entirely. sarahjones got the opening goal, and katie robertson provided

what proved to be the winner after a consolation for irleand came as time expired. it means great britain join belgium and spain as the three teams qualifying from the women�*s tournament. emotional is definitely the word. just absolutely thrilled to qualified for the olympics. i think we had a fantastic tournament. today probably wasn�*t the best hockey that we�*ve played, but i think we played some really good hockey through this tournament. that�*s something we will build on going up to paris, and i think ireland really brought everything that they are about today, they are a fantastic opponent, and commiserations to them. i'm really proud of every single one of the girls both here and back home, we have a big squad, the support staff that helped us get to this point. we've been on a journey to this point, and a lot of the work is going on behind the scenes, the girls on the pitch back at home, so i'm just really pleased for every single one of them.

the men�*s team beat new zealand in their qualifying semifinal in oman. phil roper and sam ward scoring two in two minutes in the second quarter. with ward providing a third to take gb to a 3—1victory and a ticket to paris. they�*ll now also have the tournament final tomorrow against germany. it�*ll be live on the bbc sport website and iplayer from 11:20. just a fantastic day for gb hockey. the girl is going to bring earlier was amazing, and then for us to do it now, it�*s nice not to be playing a third force and have that squeaky bum game tomorrow. you�*re watching sportsday. time for some other stories making the headlines. rory mcilroy is just two shots off leader cameron young going into the final round of the dubai desert classic. the defending champion made seven birdies and an eagle at the last to post a stunning third round of 63. a good day in australia for scottish

youngster oscar onley — he won the fifth stage of the tour down under. the first victory of his professional career. but it�*s stephen williams of wales, who finished second behind onley, who�*s the new race leader with a stage to go. and natasha jonas is hoping home advantage will make a big difference for her ibf welterweight title fight against american mikaela mayer in liverpool tonight. at 39 years old, jonas says she�*s hoping to end her career after a series of legacy fights. with mayer a former undisputed champion at super—featherweight. england beat scotland in their first group game at the under 19s world cup by 7 wickets. captain ben mckinney top—scored for england with 88 as they chased down their target with nearly half of their 50 overs to spare. three wickets from 15—year—old farhan ahmed, the younger brother of england international rehan ahmed, helped bowl scotland out for 174. there were more family connections in the england team. joe denly�*s nephew jaydn

scored a0 in the chase, and luc benkenstein — son of former south africa international dale benkenstein. also took three wickets and then hit the winning runs. west indies and south africa are also in their group. adelaide strikers are still in with a chance of winning australia�*s big bash league after a comprehensive 50—run victory over perth scorchers in the competition�*s knockout final. english bowler david payne played his part — coming in at the end of the adelaide innings to help them reach 155 for seven. perth didn�*t even get close to that — they were all out for just 105 in the 17th over — payne took the wicket of ashton agar. england�*s netballers have beaten uganda in the nations cup at wembley�*s ovo arena it was a close game but england ran out winners by 62 goals to 56 with helen housby putting in a dominant display. the competiton also features australia and new zealand. each nation will face each other once, with matches played over this weekend and then next at leeds�* first direct arena, culminating in a final next sunday.

earlier world ranked number one australian diamonds secured a win against the new zealand silver ferns 63—50. ivan toney has spoken after scoring on his premier league return. he equalised for brentford after a game they eventually won 3—2. whether he stays or goes with soapy results, but he has spoken. saying it has "been a long time coming" and that he�*s "grateful to be back playing and experiening the feeling of scoring goals". more on the bbc sport website. thanks for watching.

hello. storm isha looks to be one of the strongest storms of the 23/24 season. it is likely to lead to transport disruption as well as probably damaged power networks. here is the rapidly deepening area of low pressure travelling beneath a powerful atlantic jet stream, and it�*s this combination that rapidly strengthens this area of low pressure. severe gales will be widespread, and so will a threat of disruption. we�*ll take a look at that in a bit more detail injust a moment. but first of all, this night, a band of rain pushes eastwards, follows by showers. the south—westerly winds bringing us relatively mild air. 4 to 7 degrees celsius, so nowhere near as cold a night as it was for many of the nights that we had last week. a mild start then to sunday, sunshine to start the day in northern and eastern scotland and across most of england and wales. northern ireland sees outbreaks of rain turning heavy quickly and this wet and windy weather will then spread its way northwards and eastwards. the south—southwesterly winds bringing very mild air. the mild air will set off a thaw of the lying snow,

which combined with the heavy rain, could bring some concerns with the localised flooding. however, it�*s the strength of the winds sunday evening, sunday night and into the early hours of monday morning that are cause for concern. storm isha will bring gusts of wind of around 60 to 70 miles an hour quite widely across western areas, maybe 80 miles an hour for northwest wales and perhaps parts of northern ireland. but the strongest winds will be going across scotland, where we could see gusts reaching 85 miles an hour across the north and west, maybe even a little bit stronger than that. now, the amber warning in scotland for storm isha is in the highest impact column weather—wise. if the likelihood or confidence grows, then we may well see a red weather warning follow. so, in other words, stay in touch with the latest forecasts because there could be updates to the weather warnings as we go through sunday. it then gets very windy for a time sunday night across parts of the coast of southeast england, that will likely disrupt the ferries. and then from monday, we�*re looking at a very blustery day. the strong winds very slow to ease down. a day of sunshine and

heavy thundery showers. some of the showers turning to snow across the high scottish mountains. it will feel a colder kind of day with temperatures ranging between eight and 11 degrees celsius. it then looks like we�*ll see more rain come our way for tuesday. wednesday, drier and sunnier. in the short term, though, please pay attention to the warnings for storm isha. live from london.

this is bbc news. iran�*s president vows to punish israel for an air strike in damascus that killed five iranian revolutionary guards. norfolk police refers itself to an independent watchdog for not responding to an emergency call from a house where a man, woman and two young girls were laterfound dead. and a cocker spaniel named ariel successfully has two extra legs removed months after being dumped outside a supermarket in wales. hello, i�*m kylie pentelow. saturday has seen missile attacks in syria, lebanon, iraq and yemen — fuelling fears of the war in gaza triggering a much wider regional conflict. iran�*s president has vowed to punish israel for an air strike on the syrian capital, that killed five members of tehran�*s elite revolutionary guards. ebrahim raisi promised revenge attacks — saying iran will not leave