eastern areas of england, across eastern areas of england, where it's been very warm. temperatures overnight, ten to 13, but down to about eight in eastern scotland. tomorrow, a zone of cloud and framework in across northern ireland and scotland first thing, which cleared through, and sunshine and showers following to up a few showers possible for wales and western england but, across east anglia, the midlands and southern england, it should stay dry. 22 or 23 indeed, still feeling pleasant, little change further north for scotland and northern ireland. as you see this area of high pressure moving through friday and the weekend, gradually, it's set to get warmerfor weekend, gradually, it's set to get warmer for scotland and northern ireland. forecast for friday, as high pressure builds in, most of the uk having a dry with sunny spells, the mist and fog patches early on and the threat of a few blustery showers for orkney and shetland but otherwise a fine —looking day with temperatures high teens to low 20s.

for the weekend, temperatures for northern ireland and scotland reaching into the low 20s in the warmest spot and perhaps the mid 20s in the warmest areas of eastern england. so fine weather for the weekend. that's it. now, let's join our colleagues for the news where you are. have a very good evening. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm olly foster paris prepares for part two, after the success of the olympics, the paralympics starts tonight and british atheltes are ready i will be ready to fight, and there will be a battle. the transfer window closes on friday, italian forward federico chiesa has agreed to join liverpool and leading from the front, ollie pope says he can't let the england captaincy affect his batting also coming up on sportsday... is this the end of the american dream? louis ree—zammit is left out

of the chiefs playing squad ahead of the nfl season two and half weeks after the olympics came to a close, we are just half an hour away from the paralympics opening ceremony. 11 days of competition starts tomorrow for the 11,500 athletes, over 200 of them representing paragb. we'll head live to paris in just a moment, but first sally hurst looks at some of those british medal hopes across the city, the olympic rings have been switched to the paralympic agitos. the prep is done, training's tapering, it's almost go time. i'm here for the sport.

you know, i want to watch the races, i want to watch the events. you know, i want to watch someone jump far, throw far, and run fast. 100m sprint starjonnie peacock has won medals at london, rio and tokyo. now 31, he may have younger rivals, but the drive to win is still strong. the pressure is something that, for me, is actually part of my toolkit. because for me, the more pressure you give me, the faster i run. and i know that not all of my competitors can say that. in tokyo, great britain won 41 gold medals, finishing second in the table for the second games running. this time, 215 athletes are competing for gb, with 81 making their paralympic debuts. the youngest member of the team is swimmer iona winnifrith. at 13, already a double european champion. all my friends go out and i can't come because i've got a competition, which sometimes it can be a bit tough.

but like i say, i have to deal with it. i'm going to be the highest competition in the world. and rachel choong will make history as the first female british para—athlete in badminton. it's crazy that i'm that person. but hopefully people, women and girls, can see what i'm doing and maybe be inspired by it. and, like, they can think that they can make badminton into a career of theirs and have a have a successful career. and i always say that although i'm the first, i won't be the last, and i think that's really exciting as well. and it all starts tonight, when 50,000 spectators will watch athletes parade down the champs—elysees to here, the place de la concorde, in what promises to be a spectacular opening ceremony. the paralympics is the biggest stage that there is. it's the ultimate goal. i'm hoping that i canjust pull out a performance of my life and get the gold. i'll be ready to fight, _ and hopefully all my competitors

are ready because there's going to be a battle. - as the paralympic athletes like to say, the olympics was just the warm up. sally hurst, bbc news, paris to paris then, where the opening ceremony is fast approaching our sports correspodnent andy swissis at the british paralympic assocaition headquarters in the city. bp in the city. house i think will be calling that bp house i think will be calling that over the next few weeks or so. what can we expect from the opening sermon? the unfixed one was quite a thing, should we say, and critics of that will have noticed this one has the same artistic director, should they be worried? what are we going to see in the next few hours? personally, the good news, it is a glorious evening in paris, so none of the torrential rain that blighted that olympic opening sermon he. it should be a very special night indeed. the details of the ceremony,

are being guarded but what we do know is that for the first time it would be a paralympic opening sermon he is not taken in place inside a stadium. the athletes will parade along the chanson lease, they would arrive at place de la concorde, and it is there that mean sermon he would take place. in about 50,006 —— spectators and that will conclude with the lighting of the paralympic gordon —— cauldron and the games will open. to gordon -- cauldron and the games will oen. ., gordon -- cauldron and the games willoen. ., , , ., will open. to the sports, great britain have _ will open. to the sports, great britain have been _ will open. to the sports, great britain have been something i will open. to the sports, great| britain have been something of will open. to the sports, great i britain have been something of a superpower in paralympics, second in tokyo, what are the targets and in paris? tokyo, what are the targets and in pans? , tokyo, what are the targets and in paris? , ., ., . . paris? they have a terrific recent record of the _ paris? they have a terrific recent record of the paralympics, - paris? they have a terrific recent i record of the paralympics, finishing second in the address table in tokyo, 124 meadows in toto look. they have set themselves a slightly broader target for this games,

between 100—140 meadows and a top—5 finish in the meadows table, that is their target, and it will not be easy, but the teams briscoe said that you are ready. 81% of the team or dependents —— debutantes, fresh ideas, pushing on with the _ debutantes, fresh ideas, pushing on with the younger and newer athletes putting _ with the younger and newer athletes putting pressure on those with experience, that is exciting, and we have delivered success over multiple games— have delivered success over multiple games cycles because i think we are the world _ games cycles because i think we are the world leading national paralympic committees on and off the field, a _ paralympic committees on and off the field, a great track record we know how to _ field, a great track record we know how to prepare athletes for the biggest — how to prepare athletes for the biggest stage. andy, the last few paralympics in tokyo and rio were challenging for different reasons, natural and coronavirus, is there the feeling that this is our real opportunity to push the paralympic movement

forward? i push the paralympic movement forward? ~ , , push the paralympic movement forward? ~' , , , push the paralympic movement forward? ~ , , , ' forward? i think, yes, twins -- 12 ears forward? i think, yes, twins -- 12 years since _ forward? i think, yes, twins -- 12 years since london _ forward? i think, yes, twins -- 12 years since london 2012, - forward? i think, yes, twins -- 12 years since london 2012, which i forward? i think, yes, twins -- 12 i years since london 2012, which was the paralympics that raised the bar to a new level, and since there have been a few tricky paralympics, rio 2016 was financial issues, tokyo 2020 was the kobe paralympics, everything behind closed doors, the sense here is with the big crowds and iconic backdrops and with thrilling performances, that this could be the paralympics that ribose london 2012. could be the paralympics that ribose london 2011— london 2012. andy swiss live from paris, london 2012. andy swiss live from paris. thank _ london 2012. andy swiss live from paris, thank you. _ craig bellamy has named his first squad ahead of wales' nations league matches against turkey and montenegro. karl darlow is the surprise inclusion, having twice turned down international call—ups during his career, now 33, the leeds united keeper is in line to make his debut. ceri coleman—phillips

was at st fagans national museum of history for the announcement. at the home of the welsh history, craig bel made a history of his own. he announces first squad since taking over as manager injuly. recall his first city midfielder audie cooper and oxford united striker mark harris, who had great start of the season along with the non—striker. along with youngsters who featured in the way of summer friendly�*s who miss out there is a place for the purple teenager at lewis koumas, and pretty katic captaincy, bellamy said it was a easy decision to keep it with aaron ramsay. he easy decision to keep it with aaron ramsa . . , , easy decision to keep it with aaron ramsa . ., , , ~ , easy decision to keep it with aaron ramsa . .,, , ~ , , ., ramsay. he has been kept in before, i do not see — ramsay. he has been kept in before, i do not see any _ ramsay. he has been kept in before, i do not see any reason _ ramsay. he has been kept in before, i do not see any reason to _ ramsay. he has been kept in before, i do not see any reason to change - i do not see any reason to change that for the time being. i understand the role of the captaincy, i was kept in for wills for all age groups into the senior

team, like ijust said, i do understand it, buti team, like ijust said, i do understand it, but i would like a leadership group, i like a number of captains, i like a group.— captains, i like a group. bellamy is under no illusion _ captains, i like a group. bellamy is under no illusion on _ captains, i like a group. bellamy is under no illusion on the _ captains, i like a group. bellamy is under no illusion on the job - captains, i like a group. bellamy is under no illusion on the job on - captains, i like a group. bellamy is under no illusion on the job on his| under no illusion on thejob on his hands, the nation still licking its wounds after pendants or qualify for the general was the summer. a week now before his first match, and bellamy said he cannot wait to walk out at cardiff city stadium. i am read . i out at cardiff city stadium. i am ready- i have — out at cardiff city stadium. i am ready. i have been _ out at cardiff city stadium. i am ready. i have been waiting - out at cardiff city stadium. i —n ready. i have been waiting for this. it is what i wanted, so, normal to feel nerves, i hope i do. because that gives me a sense of the importance and what it means. if i'm not feeling nervous i would probably be more concerned with that. newcastle midfielder sandro tonali's ten month betting ban came to an end today and he's expected to play

tonight in the league cup. they signed the italian for £55 million last summer from ac milan but played only eight games before he was given a worldwide ban for placing bets on matches during his time in italy. he is in the squad for their second round tie at nottingham forest this evening. he's thanked fans for their support during his time out of the game while his manager, eddie howe, says he'll needs time to get back to his best. the microscope is on everybody, and it will be on sandro for a period of time. i think he understands that, we understand that. i think it is a small steps, for us, we expect them to be himself and play his game. he's a very intelligent footballer, a good technician, he has to play to his strengths and not try to do anything out of the ordinary, and that would be hugely effective for us. that's one of seven ties tonight, an eight o'clock kick off at the city ground. there's another all premier league tie as west ham face bournemouth. league two colchester and afc wimbledon will both be looking to cause an upset. they are at home to

brentford and ipswich. the third round draw is later tonight we're just a couple of days away from the close of the transfer window. plenty going on today. liverpool have agreed to sign the juventus forward federico chiesa for a fee in the region of £10 million plus add—ons. he was in the italy side that reached the last 16 at this summers european championship ipswich have signed chiedozie ogbene from luton. the republic of ireland winger will cost them around £8 million and is their tenth signing since gaining promotion to the premier league. and burnley have signed the manchester united midfielder hannibal mejbri. the tunisian international drops down to the championship for an initial fee of £5 million chelsea's romelu lukaku is back in italy ahead of a move to napoli for 30 million euros. he was mobbed by supporters ahead of his medical. after the last two seasons on loan at inter milan and roma, he will be reunited with antonio conte who he won the serie a title

with in his first spell at inter the 27—year—old uruguayan defender juan izquierdo has died five days after collapsing during a match in brazil. he was playing for nacional against sao paulo in the copa libertadores, when he was taken to hospital with a heart condition, two seasons ago, he helped nacional win their first league title for over 100 years. the club, announcing his death today, said they �*are in grief for his irreplaceable loss' harriet dart is due on court shortly at flushing meadows. she's playing marta kostyuk in the second round. dan evans has a well—earned day off before he plays in the second round after coming through the longest match in us open history, beating karen khachanov in the first round in new york. evans was 4—0 down in the final set, but won six straight games to finish an extraordinary comeback after five

hours and 35 minutes. it was some reward for evans, who has fallen out of the world's top 175 players after winning just four matches at tour level all year. i'm immensely proud that i have come through the match will stop i think thatis through the match will stop i think that is the overriding feeling more than anything is, you know, i have a elect of the first rounds this year, and it is nice to win a match. obviously, it was a long match, but, yes, that is the overriding feeling, it is still able to win at the seven. you always have doubts when you have been not winning, that is normal in any walk of life, if you are not doing well, you have doubts, and it is no different in tennis. emma raducanu, who won the us open

as a teenager three years ago, has admitted that she got her preparations wrong after going out in the first round. she lost in three sets to the american sofia kenin, another grand slam winner. raducanu opted to skip the olympics and warm—up events in toronto and cincinnati ahead of the us open. raducanu was clearly emotional after her early exit. i feel, you know, ifeel, you know, ifeel down, i feel sad. obviously this is a tournament i really want to do well in, so i will have preferred to probably play a bit more before coming into the us open. i know when i have a lots of matches just like every player, you feel it really good, you feel like everything is automatic, so, yes, ithinki good, you feel like everything is automatic, so, yes, i think i can

learn from it and manage my schedule slightly differently maybe. defending champions novak djokovic and coco gauff will be among those in second round action in the early hours on arthur ashe. gauff takes on germany's tatjana maria before djokovic faces fellow serb laslo djere. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. eddie dunbar has taken the first grand tour stage win of his career the irishman launched an attack 600 metres from the finish on stage 11 of the vuelta a espana. ben o'connor�*s overall lead was cut by more than 30 seconds. super league leaders hull kr have signed leeds rhinos forward rees martin on a two—year deal for next season. it comes after the 31—year—old papua new guinea international turned down a new contract. dawid malan has retired from international cricket at the age of 36. he's one of only two men to have scored centuries in all three formats for england and won

the t20 world cup two years ago. it's the second test between england and sri lanka tomorrow. ollie pope's stand—in captaincy started with a five—wicket win at old tarfford in the first test, but after a poor return with the bat, he has admitted that he needs to get the balance right with being skipper and a top order batter here's our sports correspondentjoe wilson. sri lanka have found summer at lord's. after a tight first test, they're confident, warmed up. test cricket revolves around the ball. bowlers depend on its condition. if it goes out of shape early, it can be replaced. that happened for england in the first test. sri lanka felt it changed the game and when they were bowling they also had queries. captain, can ijust check with the ball change, you were saying. do you think the umpires responded in the same way when you brought it up to when england brought it up?

they were consistent. yeah, but they had their chance with the ball, so we haven't got that chance. what do you mean by that? the seam was like, you know out shape of the ball as they said to me. but our ball hasn't changed that much. 0h, 0k. so when england were bowling with it it changed? and when you were bowling it didn't change? yeah, that's what they said. oh, is that what you think? that's what umpire said. the old trafford test was hard one for england. it needed grit from joe root. match winning knock, the rock in a changing team. of the england players who finished the last test match of last summer, only four of them are here preparing for this match, and the stand—in captain continues to stand—in — ollie pope working on his captaincy and his batting. hopefully over the next couple of weeks i can go and put some good scores together for the team. but yeah, i think the first one was probably a bit of learning for me and to how to manage the two things separately. i don't see it as a negative on my batting. um, obviously it's two weeks, two more weeks of it. so it's not like i'm staring down the barrel

of some, some long fatigue. it's something that i've really enjoyed so far. every step ollie pope takes is towards ben stokes. he'll hand over the captaincy when the series is done, but england discuss their strategy, knowing it's likely their summer is about to get harder. joe wilson, bbc news at lord's. the former wales wing louis rees zammitt has had a set—back in his quest to become an nfl star. he quit rugby union to try an make it in american football at the start of the year and he was picked up by super bowl champions kansas city chiefs after coming through a ten week international player pathway training camp, but he hasn't made it onto their playing squad for the new season that starts next week. so what are his options? former playerjason bell, says he can still make it. this is still good news because i understand how rosters are constructed, and hejust needs understand how rosters are constructed, and he just needs to understand how rosters are constructed, and hejust needs to be developed, so right now you're 53 guys on the roster, 48 suit up for a

game, so were looking at the bottom half of the roster, you think how do i want to develop? and because the nfl has an exemption on the roster for people in the player pathway programme, he can still be under roster, still develop, and that is key. we know he has talents, he showed it. he showed the ambition, he showed the drive, it is about the experience now.— experience now. what do you think he needs to develop _ experience now. what do you think he needs to develop now? _ experience now. what do you think he needs to develop now? just _ experience now. what do you think he needs to develop now? just time. - experience now. what do you think he needs to develop now? just time. it i needs to develop now? just time. it is all about — needs to develop now? just time. it is all about time. _ needs to develop now? just time. it is all about time. getting _ needs to develop now? just time. it is all about time. getting used - needs to develop now? just time. it is all about time. getting used to i is all about time. getting used to the game, understanding what happens. even when we are young rookies, they always say it is your second year you have the biggest jump, second year you have the biggest jump, when you become the player you are going to be in the foreseeable future, and that is what he needs. this year of practice will give him a lots of opportunity to learn the game and work on his skills, so next year he can compete for a roster spot. year he can compete for a roster sot. ., ~' �* ,

year he can compete for a roster sot. ., , spot. you think you'll be happy with sendin: spot. you think you'll be happy with spending another _ spot. you think you'll be happy with spending another year _ spot. you think you'll be happy with spending another year in _ spot. you think you'll be happy with spending another year in the - spending another year in the training squad, the driver and a he has, it is going to be a bit of a pitfall for him in his career? i can't speak for him, it is going to can't speakfor him, it is going to be difficult though, obviously he is a competitor who wants to be on the field. i look at the watch is done and commended, because it is hard, you are good at something and you hang that up to take on another challenge on, not a lots of people would do that. but where he is right now under way his team—mates knew him, if he knows they look at him like he is talented and they see him getting better every week, that will be the challenge to achieve. try to take every step he can do season practising with the best team in the nfl to see if you can make it in the future, so i think he has time to get better, and it will work out. lots of players are happy to be in the training squad you can still make a handsome living, can't you, byjust being in the training squad?

you can, and think about it, you are off to injuries from being out there, or they see you practising as a first—team offence or defence, which is what you do on the practice squad, and if you're playing well, they think they have to get him on they think they have to get him on the field, we have to see him in a live game, you never know what can happen in a season. it is extremely long and it lots of injuries, you just have to be available when your number is called. let's just return to the paralympics. david smith won boccia gold at the last two olympics. as well as looking to compolete a hatrick of golds he's also passioante about promoting his sport. he's been talking to our reporter kimberley boak. i know there's a lot of people with my sort of disability who are smart, articulate, competitive, but without a competitive outlet. for me, it's like, why are they not playing boccia?

so, david, how did it all start for you with boccia? i went to a school when i was 11 called treloar�*s. there was lots of activities going on and there was an opportunity to play boccia in the evenings. i wasn't particularly keen on the sport at the time, but it meant i got out of doing homework. so i went to the club, played regularly, and as i started playing regularly, i got better at the sport, and one year ijust got on a bit of a hot streak and i went to the british championships and i went there not expecting very much. i ended up winning it, so becoming the youngest ever british champion. so, yeah, that was kind of how it all started. so since then, you've obviously had a glittering career. you've then won individual gold in rio and tokyo. with that in mind, what are you thinking for paris? for me, i really enjoyed the paralympics in tokyo. i'm hopeful that paris sort of takes that to another level again. the main thing for me is tv coverage. we had tv coverage in tokyo and it totally transformed my experience of the games. having the ability to showcase to a much wider audience, i think over one million people watched my match in the final in tokyo.

so again, we get those sort of numbers in paris, not just for myself, but for the other competitors as well. happy days. why is it so important to have good people around you and have a good team around you? it's really important because it's the information you get back. and obviously when you're in competition, that high pressure environment, your brain is your biggest enemy. so i need people around me who know me that i can bounce ideas off, can challenge me in the right way, and get the best out of me when i'm feeling a bit uncertain or unsure, they can reassure me. to anyone who's never played boccia, what would you say to them and why should they give it a go? the great thing about boccia is it's quite...| wouldn't say low level, but it's low threat. so you don't have to be a particularly athletic person to be good at boccia. a lot more about hand—eye coordination, posture, control, and then you can build the power as you play this sport. and a lot of it is touch

and feel as well. it's notjust about raw power. for me, boccia is a great game for that. that competitiveness, being a better person, trying different things, problem solving, communication. david, we're in swansea today where you've created a whole boccia community. why is it so important to you to pay it forward and create a springboard for the next generation? because i've been playing the sport for so long now, coming to the part of my career where i'm starting thinking about what's next, for me, it's important to get more people with my sort of disability the opportunity to play the sport, because there is no other sport that i could potentially do at the paralympics. you know, i know there's a lot of people with my sort of disability who are smart, articulate, competitive, etc, but without a competitive outlet. for me, it's like, why are they not playing boccia? i know the reason for that and i want to make a difference.

thats david smith, who is one of the 215 athletes representing parlaympics gb over in paris. the opening ceremony getting under way any moment now in paris. you can follow it's on radio five live, five live without commentary on key events when the competition starts tomorrow. for now, for me and the rest of the sportsday team, have a good evening, goodbye. hello there. we've certainly seen some contrasting weather conditions across the country today. out to the west, it's been cloudy and often wet once again. this was chorley in lancashire this morning, some of the rain really quite heavy, clearing away to some drizzly, murky conditions. the best of the sunshine, well, high cloud, yes, across east anglia and south east england, but that's where we had the sunshine and the warmth. in fact, temperatures peaking in the high 20s by the middle part of the afternoon. probably too hot for many of us,

but as those weather fronts that brought the rain sink south and east, no rain on it, but they're going to introduce fresher air as they move through overnight. so on thursday morning, then, we'll start off with a lot of sunshine and just a few scattered showers across northern england, northern ireland. showers more frequent into scotland, moving from west to east through the day. top temperatures between 14—19 degrees here, but we should see temperatures at 23 celsius, so a little bit more pleasant perhaps across southeast england. now, as we move through thursday evening, those showers will tend to fade away, perhaps just clinging to the far north of scotland— clearing skies, that's going to allow those temperatures to fall away into single figures. maybe a little bit misty and murky as well first thing into northern ireland, southwest scotland. but on the whole, we keep that quieter theme of weather. friday will start off dry, settled with some sunshine coming through. cloud will build up through the day, but it should be largely dry for many throughout the day, and temperatures will once again range from 15—19

degrees in the north, perhaps 20—23 celsius across parts of england and wales. high pressure is going to stay with us as we move into the weekend. it will start to drift its way north and east, allowing the wind direction to come in for more of an easterly — that could push in more cloud off the north sea. certainly a fresher feel on those exposed east coast, and perhaps not as sunny as it has been, so sheltered western areas seeing the best of the sunshine and a dry day for scotland and northern ireland, and as a result, a little warmer as well — highs here of 22 degrees. second half of the weekend looks quite promising. again, that high pressure still likely to pull away, but we keep that drier theme, and that's going to hold those weather fronts out in the atlantic. so, dry settled and sunny story as we continue into sunday, and as a result a little warmer, too.

it's 7pm in london, this is the world today. at least nine palestinians are killed in israel's largest raid in the occupied west bank for two decades. this street, this road deserted out, one of the main roads throughjenin has seen this kind of activities so many times since the hamas attacks last october. but this operation looks a bit

different. the uk sets out plans for an "ambitious reset" with europe — as the prime minister visits germany. the pentagon warns of a potential environmental disaster as a greek tanker attacked by houthi rebels in the red sea, begins to leak oil. and crowds gather as the opening ceremony gets under way for the paralympics. welcome to the world today. we start in the middle east, where at least nine people have been killed in the biggest israeli operation in the occupied west bank for twenty years. last month, the international court ofjustice ruled that israel's continued occupation of the area, captured in 1967, breached international law. violence has been increasing in the occupied west bank since hamas's deadly attack

on seven october, with the un