hello, there. kylian mbappe couldn't have asked for much 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—0 in warsaw. the french forward, who left paris st—germain after seven seasons over the summer, led the line, flanked by viniciuanr and rodrygo, and that saw last season's stand—out starjude bellingham drop a little deeper in midfield. it was goalless at half—time, but with federico valverde opening the scoring with a tap—in on the hour mark, and mbappe�*s moment came soon after, bellingham 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 done 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 four 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 want to keep var, that is based on a independent survey. what that says is one in five would get rid of it and that's a big minority, so... the football supporters association say the figures are very different. that is an independent survey that we commissioned, so four out of five, but we also keep in mind the one in five who want to get rid of it, and they are the ones we hear in the stadium, and also out of the four out of five, most of them say but you need to improve it, and the point that we are making is that we are reaffirming a high barfor var

inspection, only to get involved if, in the opinion of the var, the referee's call, the decision the referee makes on the pitch, is clearly, obviously wrong. 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 isjumping 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. how about this for a saga? 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 move was in limbo, because spanish striker samu omorodion was supposed to move the other way for a 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 portugalforward, joao felix, from atletico. if that happens, then the gallagher move could be back on. here's our football news reporter nizaar kinsella. yeah, i think it has been quite a journey really. it has been the longest saga of the summer almost, this transfer saga. where we are is that the gallagher is in limbo, so we were waiting and so is he to see if chelsea can work something out with atletico who need to cash in on another player because they spent so much onjulio alvarez, they need to sell another player,

and that isjoao felix. he has also played for chelsea before, played six months, scored four goals at stamford bridge, and there are talks about his possible return, and if that can happen immediately, gallagher will get on a plane, complete that deal and complete the rest of his move, beyond that picture that you mention of him in the metropolitano stadium, you might actually see a picture of him in that atletico madrid kit. i think chelsea would deny that they have those psr issues at the minute, but certainly they are aware of them, they have to comply with the rules, and the way people inside chelsea describe it is they want to avoid losing players for free. they really don't want to lose gallagherforfree, especially because he is an academy player, but when this new ownership took over the club, they lost antonio rudigerforfree, andreas christensen for free, they have gone on to massive, massive clubs in la liga in real madrid and barcelona, so yes, chelsea continue to spend money at a huge pace, and the sale of academy players

has really helped fuel their business, and yes, it has been a transfer window quite like no other. it has been a transfer window quite like no other, each time chelsea have entered the summer market. so yes, the sale of academy players has been a vehicle for them to spend 1.5 billion over the course of, what, three summer transfer windows of this ownership. bad news for the champions. 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 wild card 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 straight—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 en route to a 6—4, 7—5 victory on centre court. but sinner is through. stefanos tsitsipas was

in first round action. the greek ninth seed came from a set down to beat the german, jan—lennard struff, in three. it's tsitsipas�* 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. i definitely want to win the fedex cup, you know, it is quoted as the season—long race, but at the end of the day really it all comes down to eastlake. i haven't had my best stuff at eastlake over the last couple of years. i played good there in my rookie year but outside

of that, the last four years i haven't had my bad stuff, and i'm kind of excited that they changed the course a little bit that may give me some new vibes around there, but i'm excited to be in the play—offs, excited for the next three tournaments and hoping to continue the stuff i've been doing well this year and having another couple of nice doubts. scheffler slightly critical of the way the fedex talk about points competition, is concertina it into the next few weeks. to cycling. defending champion demi 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—finish by her dutch 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. a summit finish on the alp do is to look forward to on sunday. that is just about it from us. top story, kylian mbappe scoring on his debut real madrid,

as they win the uefa super cup, beating atalanta in warsaw. lots more reaction to that on the bbc sport website 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, but 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 north west. here, we'll start friday morning in single figures, but still a relatively warm night for sleeping, 17 or 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 north west, but on the whole, dry, settled and sunny, with highs once again peaking at 25 celsius, 77 fahrenheit. enjoy.

live from washington, this is bbc news. american negotiators are on their way to the middle east as hopes are pinned on a deal to end the conflict in gaza. we look at the human cost of the war. the rape and murder of a 31—year—old female doctor in india sparks nationwide outrage. and former president donald trump is back on the campaign trail in the key battleground state of north carolina. hello.

welcome to this hour. presidentjoe biden and vice president kamala harris have been briefed by their national security team as the us focuses efforts on proposed ceasefire talks between israel and hamas due to take place on thursday. cia director william burns and america's middle east envoy are on their way to qatar, as hopes are pinned on a deal to end the conflict in gaza and de—escalate tensions in the region. nearly 40,000 people have been killed in the war, according to gaza's hamas—run health ministry. american qatari and egyptian mediators have invited israel and hamas for the talks. hamas has indicated it won't take part in the current round of negotiations and wants to stick to a ceasefire proposal put forward byjoe biden months ago. israel says it will attend. earlier, the us secretary of state and the qatari prime minister warned other countries in the middle east to not undermine ongoing efforts to reach a deal. diplomacy is being stepped up in the region to prevent a wider war between israel and lebanese

armed group hezbollah, which is backed by iran.