more on his real madrid debut, scoring for the champions league winners in the uefa super cup as they beat the europa league champions atalanta 2—nil in warsaw. the french forward, who left paris st germain after seven seasons over the summer led the line, flanked by viniciusjunior and rodrygo, and that saw last season's stand out starjude bellingham drop a little deeper in midfield. it was goaless at halftime but with federico valverde opening the scoring with a tap in on the hour mark and mbappe�*s moment came soon after, bellinggham picking him out inside the box and he finished in the top corner. carlo ancelotti admitted that his team didn't quite have the right balance, something that he will have to get right as they start the defence of their la liga title on sunday, but they have won the super cup for a record sixth time. the premier league starts

on friday, it will be the sixth season of the video assistant referee, they are still trying to get it right. last season, wolves felt so hard doine by that they forced a vote to try and get rid of it, the other 19 clubs wanted to keep it. the premier league say they are making more changes with the aim of making it faster and less disruptive. they are introducing a �*referee�*s call�* approach like that used in cricket. where there is doubt, the on—field referee's decision will be upheld. there will be a �*redefinition�* of when var intervenes— focusing on major errors. fans will be able to access close to real—time updates of decision making on social media and semi—automated offside technology is coming, like that used at the men's euros in the summer, that should be ready by october. the football supporter�*s association have challenged the premier league's claims

that 4 out of five supporters back the continued use of var, they say their own figures show a majority want it scrapped. the league though are adamant that they are on the right path. four out of five wantto keep var, that's based on our independent surveys. now what that does say of course though is one in five would get rid of it. and that's a big minority. so the football supporters association don't think it's four in 5 that want to keep it? it's very different figures. but anyway... that's your that's. .. ours isn't it. no, no, no, that's an independent survey that we commissioned. yeah. so four out of five. but we also keep in mind the one in five, we want to get rid of it. and they're the ones that we hear in the stadium. so and also out of the four and five most of them say but you need to improve it.

and the point that we're making is that we're reaffirming a high bar for var intervention, only to get involved if, in the opinion of the var, the referees call, the decision the referee makes on the pitch is clearly obviously wrong. yeah, no doubt at all in the mind of the var based on the evidence in front of them. don't go searching for things based on what's jumping out of the screen at you. is it clearly wrong? if so, intervene. if not, move on. it's under 48 hours to the start of the premier league, clubs have got until the end of the month though to get their transfer business done. where will chelsea midfielder, conor gallagher, end up? his move to atletico madrid is on hold. the england international has returned to london — with the clubs so far unable to complete his £33 million transfer. the deal appeared to be done when gallagher was pictured in the la liga club's metropolitano stadium on saturday and he spent five days in a madrid hotel. on sunday gallagher's was in limbo because spanish striker samu omorodion was supposed to move the other way for similar fee, but that collapsed over personal terms. atleti then completed

the £81.5 million signing of manchester city striker julian alvarez. atleti then had a cashflow problem, they needed to sell a player to raise the gallagher money. chelsea might be interested in re—signing portugal forward joao felix from atletico — if that happens then the gallagher move could be back on. here's our football news reporter nizaar kinsella. i think it's been quite a journey, really. been the longest cider of summer almost with that where we're at right now is gallagher is in limbo. we were kind of waiting and so is he to see if chelsea can work something out with atletico madrid. they need to cash on the player, they spent so much onjulian alvarez. they need to find another player to sell and that isjoao felix. those talks going on. and joao felix has also played for chelsea before, played six

months, scored four goals. there's talks about his possible return. if that could happen immediately gallagher would get on to play, complete the deal and complete the rest of his move. beyond that picture that you mentioned of him in, we might actually see in the kid. i think chelsea would deny they have psr issues at the minute. certainly they are aware of them. they have to comply with the rules. in the way people inside chelsea describe it, they want to avoid losing players for that they don't want to lose gallagher for free. don't want to lose gallagher forfree. especially don't want to lose gallagher for free. especially because don't want to lose gallagher forfree. especially because it is an academy player. when this new ownership took over the club they lost antonio, andrea christiansen for free and they've gone to massive clubs in la liga in riau madrid and barcelona. chelsea continues to spend money, huge pays and the sale of academy players has really helped fuel their business for that is been a transfer window quite like no other for the beach on chelsea

have entered the market the sale of academy players has been a vehicle for them to spend 1.5 billion over the course of three summer transfer winters of this ownership. —— windows of this ownership. —— windows of this ownership. manchester city's oscar bobb has fractured a bone in his leg during training. the 21—year—old norwegian midfielder started for city in the community shield on saturday and was expected to play a part in their opening league game against chelsea on sunday. he is waiting to find out the full extent of the injury. bruno fernandes has signed a contract extension at manchester united. his current deal ran for another two seasons, but he has signed a deal taking him through to 2027, with the option for a further year on top of that. hejoined the club injanuary 2020, winning the fa cup last season and also the league cup in 2023. he is currently the club captain. former tennis world number one naomi osaka has opened up about the difficulties she's had returning to the tour after becoming a mother. in a post on social media she said she doesn't feel

like she's in her own body. the four—time grand slam champion has struggled to rediscover her best form since returning to play in january after the birth of her daughter shai 13 months ago. osaka said she doesn't understand "why everything has to feel almost brand new again" and that "tennis should be as simple as breathing to me, but it's not." she's been given a wildcard into the main draw at the us open later this month, where she won two of her major titles. world number one jannik sinner is through to the third round of the cincinnati open after a straights sets victory over the american alex michelsen. he had a bye into the second round but was made to work hard by the 19—year—old qualifier, saving eight break points on—route to a 6—4, 7—5 victory on centre court. stefanos tsitsipas was in first round action, the greek ninth seed came dfrom a set down to beat the german jan leonard struff in three. it's tsitsipas�*s first

tournament since he dropped his father apostolos as his coach. fresh from winning olympic golf gold in paris the world number one scottie schaeffler is in memphis for the first of the fed ex cup playoffs, the next few weeks sees the climax of a season long points competition, with the fed ex champion crowned at the east lake course in atlanta, and winning $25 million. definitely want to win the fedex cup. it's quoted is the seasonal race with the at the end of the day comes down to eastlake. i haven't had that my best if it is like it last couple years. i play good they are my rookie year but outside, the last few years okina haven't had my best off that i am excited they change the course of it, may be giving me some new vibes there. i'm excited for the next three tournaments hoping to continue the stuff i've been doing this year and have another couple of nice starts. year and have another couple of nice starte— nice starts. scheffler slightly

critical of — nice starts. scheffler slightly critical of the _ nice starts. scheffler slightly critical of the way _ nice starts. scheffler slightly critical of the way the - nice starts. scheffler slightly critical of the way the fedex| critical of the way the fedex store is constantine the next few weeks. store is constantine the next few weeks. defending champion deymee vollering has extended her lead at the tour de france femmes at the half way stage. stage four crossed from the netherlands into belgium and vollering was there to contest a dramatic sprint for the stage win, but she was beaten in a photo finsh by her compatriot puck pieterse by a quarter of a bike wheel. vollering now leads the overall standings by 22 seconds, ahead of pieterse. the race will reach france on thursday. as summit finish to look forward to on sunday. our top story kylian and mbappe scoring on his debut for real madrid as they won the uefa super cup beating atalanta in warsaw. lots more reaction to that on the bbc sport website. but for now, goodbye.

but for now, goodbye. hello there! wednesday was a cloudier and fresher feel for most of us, but east anglia still clung on to some sunshine and some heat. 26 celsius was the high on wednesday afternoon in parts of suffolk. but the story will continue to change for thursday. under this influence of low pressure, some wet and windy weather will move its way into scotland and northern ireland. that will gradually sink its way south and east. as it bumps into high pressure, the rain will weaken somewhat. so first thing on thursday morning, we'll have a slightly brighter story northwest of the great glen. the rain turning showery from aberdeen down to glasgow and into northern ireland. heavier bursts of rain through the scottish borders into northwest england, and there will be a fair amount of cloud through northern england, the midlands, wales and southwest england. so if we draw a line from hull down to southampton,

anywhere south and east of that should start the morning off dry with some sunshine. but the cloud will tend to build up as we go through the day. our weather front continues to sink its way south and east, weakening all the time, but a band of showery rain will push its way across wales and into the midlands. but we mightjust cling on to some sunshine. 26 celsius in east anglia, once again, fresher for most. now, that weather front will continue to push its way through the south and east during the overnight period thursday into the early hours of friday morning. it's the dividing line between fresher conditions to the far northwest. here we'll start friday morning in single figures, but still a relatively warm night for sleeping 17—18 celsius in the southeast corner. early morning cloud and rain will ease away. high pressure then builds once again. a few scattered showers into the far north and west, but on friday, a good deal of dry, settled and sunny weather for most of us. we've lost that humidity. that fresher feel will still

continue 14—21 degrees for most in the north, 20—25 across much of england and wales. now into the weekend, high pressure will continue to build in from the west and continue to quieten things down. so not a bad weekend in prospect for pretty much most of us, really. a few scattered showers from time to time in the northwest, but on the whole, dry, settled and sunny with highs once again peaking at 25 celsius, 77 fahrenheit. enjoy.

welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore. i'm steve lai. the headlines: the world health organization says the outbreak of mpox in africa is now a global health emergency, thailand plunged into political turmoil as the constitutional court removes the prime minister from office. ukraine says its captured 100 prisoners of war inside russia and troops are making further inroads. how did they get it there? new analysis shows part of stonehenge came from hundreds of miles away in scotland.

hello and welcome. we start this hour with news that the world health organization has declared the mpox outbreak in parts of africa a public health emergency of international concern. the disease, formerly known as monkey pox, has spread rapidly since the beginning of the year. an initial outbreak in the democratic republic of congo has spread across parts of central and east africa. in the drc, there have been 15,600 cases since the start of the year and more than 500 deaths. health officials say the new strain of mpox may be the most deadly yet. it's transmitted through close contact, including sexual contact, it causes flu—like symptoms and skin lesions. dr sarah pitt, virologist at the university of brighton. she explains to me why this outbreak may well spiral out of control.

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