with one decision from one person you take away a dream of a whole retinue that is really hard. there's a setback for ben stokes, the england captain will miss the rest of the summer with a hamstring tear. and double dutch, there are two winners from the netherlands on the same day at the tour de france femmes. hello there. it's been a busy night across europe in the third round of champions league qualifying, 10 sides have made into the play—offs, but rangers aren't one of them. it was 1—1 against dynamo kyiv after the first leg but they lost 2—0 in glasgow, and they were furious with the referee, who had sent off their brazilian wingerjefte for picking up a second yellow card, for what seemed to be a fair aerial challenge early in the second half. down to ten men, rangers conceded twice late on. dynamo will face salzburg

in the play—offs, the winner of that will go into the new 32 team league phase. in the champions league. rangers have dropped into the europa league after what the manager described as the worst refereeing decision he has seen in more than 30 years in football in an and we were a team getting the better moments and the most dangerous moments. so the decision was a game changer and that is hard because with one decision from one person you take away the dream of a whole retinue so that really hurt. so it's salzberg up next for dynamo kyiv with a place in the main draw of the champions league upforgrabs. the austrian side drew 3—3 with fc twente — to win 6—5 on aggregate. bodo glint put four past poland's jagiellonia bialystok to win 5—1 on aggregate, whilst qarabag scored seven on the night, 4 in extra time

to beat ludogorets 8—1; overall. malmo beat paok 4—3 on the night and 6—5 on aggregate — and they'll meet sparta prague who beat steaua bucarest 4—3 on aggregate. on wednesday night, it's the uefa super cup, last season's champions league winners real madrid face the europa league winners atalanta — with the match taking place in warsaw this year. the spanish league season starts this week, and though the real manager carlo ancelotti admits his side aren't quite up to speed yet — there is a trophy at stake translation: we face it as we always do, really looking - forward to it. this could be the first title of the season. it will be a very demanding season and it could be a very successful one. we want to started well knowing the

difficulties. we had a good look at the team and we have not had a lot of time to train but i think the team is ok and motivated to play a good game. notjust me but i think the whole squad is excited about this occasion, excited because we deserve to be here through winning any europa league final so hard work and perseverance has brought us here so it is another chance for us to show our quality in the right moments so, yeah, excited. well the new premier league season starts on friday and the champions manchester city will be targetting a fifth title in a row. it's now 18 months since 115 charges were brought against them for allegedly breaching the league's financial rules. the hearing that will ultimately decide whether they face any sanctions could start as early as next month. the premier league's chief executive richard masters has been speaking to our

sports editor dan roan. i have confirmed in the past that a date has been set because of the confidentiality around the process which we observed throughout i cannot confirm that media speculation is correct or otherwise. i think it is important that the situation resolves itself and obviously when the case has been heard there will be a decision published. all the questions that you would like me to answer will be answered as part of that process. a decision will be published and not i or anyone else at the premier league but an independent panel of people answer those questions. you say you need it to be resolved why? do you fear it will cast a shadow over this season? it is time now i think for it to resolve itself. it's been going on for a number of years and i think it is self—evident that the case needs to be heard. we have to ask because

this is what fans are _ interested in but why the secrecy around simply the timeframe? it would seem, there is no more transparency that can be achieved? we've had this in the past with various cases where fans ask for more information and you understand where they are frustrated begin you explain why you cannot be more open about how long it will take?— rules to be able to do so. we publish charges when they are made and we publish decisions when they are made. the bits in between is managed by an independent panel and they are clear that they want the process to be entirely confidential. and before we move on have you ever - experienced any pressure from politicians to in any way go easy on manchester city because of the links with abu dhabi, a key trading partner? no. manchester united kick the new season off — at home to fulham on friday night. ahead of that match, united have completed a double signing. the bayern munich defenders mattias de ligt and noussair mazraoui. the dutch centre back de lijt has signed a five year contract whilst moroccan full—back mazraoui — has signed for four, the combined fee is believed

to be about 60 million pounds, with the de lijt somwhere in the region of a0. the england test captain ben stokes will miss the rest of the summer. he tore his hamstring playing in the hundred on sunday and is out of the series against sri lanka that starts next week. stokes hopes to return for the three—test tour of pakistan which begins in october. ollie pope will captain the side in his absence. here's our sports correspondentjoe wilson. it has been confirmed that ben stokes has torn his left hamstring. when we saw him go down clutching that part of his leg we feared it could be his knee. he did have surgery on that knee overwinter. that surgery of ben stokes has had extensive rehab and has been about getting him ready to play test match cricket as an all—rounder, a bowler as well as a better. we saw that earlier in the summer and if we look back to the circumstances of his injury, as you said he was playing for the northern

superchargers in the 100 competition and it led to a lot of england fans questioning why if you're test match captain would you be playing in the 100 ball franchise competition. of course ecb are using this to try and popularise cricket and they want their star players involved in that. it is interesting and pertinent that england have withdrawn chris woakes and ollie pope from playing in the 100. woakes will have a big role to play now and ollie pope, i can confirm, will captain england for the first time in these test matches against sri lanka starting next week with the first test match in old trafford. injuries can happen at any time and it certainly changes the dynamic of this series. stokes hopes to play test match cricket for england again in october in pakistan. well despite the setback of losing stokes, former england captain michael vaughan thinks it might actually benefit england in a funny way it is a good

time for the team to actually try and work without him, try to see how good they are without this inspirational leader. we know he will be back in there is an opportunity for someone to come through the system. atkinson, bashir, jamie smith the summer. jordan cox is in the side for the first time so no doubt we will see a new fresh player and have no question with this management group in charge of the test team whoever they bring in will do a good job. well ahead of that test series against sri lanka — there'll be a familiar face in the opposition�*s changing room. sri lanka have appointed ian bell as their batting coach for the upcomning series. he'll begin his role on friday — with the first test starting next wednesday. bell played 118 tests for england between 2004 and 2015. james anderson might have played his last game for england but he is considering a move into white—ball franchise cricket. the 42—year—old retired from internationals earlier this summer as the most prolific fast bowler in test history with 70k wickets, but says he hasn't

ruled out playing in shorter formats. his last t20 match was 10 years ago. two days into the tour de france femmes, dutch cyclist charlotta kool brought up her second stage win, but she hasn't claimed the yellow jersey. that's because there were two stages on tuesday, stage three a short time trial — squeezed in at the end of the day in rotterdam — and that was won by another dutch woman. the defending champion demi vollering. she leads by five seconds in the general classification as the race heads into belgium. just a reminder of our top story here on sports day. all those european matches in the third round of champions league qualifying, for the second year running glasgow rangers have been knocked out. they lost 2—0 on the

night to dynamo kyiv. you can catch up with all the football scores on the bbc sport website or your bbc sport app sport website or your bbc sport app but from me and the rest of the team here at bbc sport centre it is goodbye for now. hello there. tuesday wasn't as hot or as humid, but still with some sunshine across norfolk and suffolk before we got a few light showers, temperatures reached a very warm 29 degrees. other parts of the uk have cooled down a bit already, and it's still quite mixed through the rest of the week. there'll be some sunshine at times, but we're also going to find some spells of rain, and our weather essentially is going to be coming in from the atlantic. at the moment things have slowed down a bit and this weather front still bringing some rain early in the morning, particularly across the midlands. but a sunny start and a chilly start in scotland.

some sunshine for northern ireland. it will cloud over here in the afternoon and later in the day into western scotland. but more sunshine develops across northern england, wales and the southwest. and even though we've got more cloud, the midlands towards the southeast, that should tend to thin and break up a little bit. we will trigger a few showers in the southeast in the afternoon. it's not going to be as warm here as it was on tuesday, and this is the next weather system to bring some wind and rain in from the north west. and it could be quite wet through much of thursday across scotland and northern ireland. this band of rain is only moving slowly into northern england and wales. it's going to be late in the day before we see some sunshine, but through the midlands, towards the southeast it may well be a dry day with more broken cloud we've got a chance for things to warm up again. temperatures could reach as high as 27 degrees, but for scotland and northern ireland,

it's likely to be a cooler day on thursday. that rain is slowly moving its way southwards, and that weather front will eventually take some rain into more southern parts of england. it could hang around for a bit on friday, we're likely to find the rain tending to move away from the southwest, but the southeast it could be a bit more of a struggle. that rain could still be around into the afternoon at least more cloud. we've got sunshine elsewhere once again until you reach the far northwest, with a bit of rain coming in here again as the breeze tends to pick up. so temperatures scotland and northern ireland 19 degrees at best. otherwise our top temperature further south 23 or 2a celsius. i think it's those sort of temperatures that we'll see over the weekend. so not a hot weekend, but it looks like a fairly decent weekend. most places will be dry with some sunshine. just a few showers, perhaps towards the northwest.

live from washington, this is bbc news. israeli strikes in gaza kill dozens as mediators push for ceasefire deal. we have a special report from the ground in gaza. ukraine continues to push through russian territory in the biggest cross—border attack since the start of the war. footage shows the devastation in greece following recent wildfires on the outskirts of athens.

hello. america has approved the sale of $20 million worth of fighter jets and other military equipment to israel. us secretary of state antony blinken approved the sale of f—15jets and other hardware. the pentagon says delivery of some of the equipment would begin in 2026. in a statement the pentagon said: "the united states "is committed to the security of israel, and it is vital "to us national interests to assist israel to develop "and maintain a strong and ready self—defence capability." israel's defence minister, yoav gallant, thanked us officials for helping israel maintain "its qualitative military edge in the region" and the us commitment to israel's security. there's been some criticism of the us supplying israel with weapons, while the war on the ground in gaza continues.