for most of this. the outside chance that the showers could continue, there might be some early morning fog in the south but you can see it's drier, funnier and therefore would lighter winds and fewer showers, it will fill more warm outside tomorrow. definitely the dry half of the weekend. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines. president trump celebrates the signing of $350 billion worth of contracts between the us and saudi arabia on day one of his visit to the region. back in washington, there are fresh claims about his reasons for sacking james comey, the director of the fbi. jeremy corbyn insists his party is committed to trident after members of the shadow cabinet publicly disagree over the issue. the tories defend their aim to cut net migration to "tens of thousands" after it comes under fire from former chancellor george osborne. the wedding has taken place of pippa middleton the sister

of the duchess of cambridge. prince george was one of the pageboys while his sister charlotte was a bridesmaid. now on bbc news. it's time for sportsday hello and welcome to sportsday. with me lizzie greenwood hughes and jessica creighton. the headlines this evening. exeter dash saracens‘ dreams of the double—double as a late try puts the chiefs into the premiership final. they will meet wasps at twickenham after they beat leicester in a thriller at the ricoh arena. what a difference a year makes. after play—off heartache last season, millwall are promoted to the championship. and how britain's top surfer luke dillon is aiming for a place at the 2020 olympics without even having a coach. plenty coming up this evening.

including rugby league's magic weekend, the women's super league, and england beating argentina in the u205 world cup. but we'll start with rugby union. and exeter chiefs are through to the final of rugby union's aviva premiership. they beat the two—time european champions cup winners saracens with a last—minute try. a breathtaking afternoon on the south coast, as hannah lupton reports. saracens have a swagger in their stride, back—to—back european champions and now moving in on the premiership title. at a stormy but welcoming sandy park. amongst their ranks the european player of the year. as usual, owen farrell accurate with his angles. 6—6, all square at the break, exeter had the momentum, the wind behind them

and with the force of jack nowell, a try and a crucial lead against a side who had beaten them last year in the final. yet sarries are supreme hunters as they chased the game, and survival instincts kicked in. this imaginative improvisation left the reigning champions minutes away from twickenham. minutes turned to seconds and exeter needed one final push. sam simmons had the strength to get them over the line. the saracens‘ dream of the double—double had disappeared. but this day belonged to exeter. well, late drama at exeter there, and the same in coventry in the other semifinal this evening. it's been a brilliant day in the aviva premiership. wasps were the best side in the regular season, but they needed a 78th minute try to edge past leicester, as alex gulrajani reports. the flags had been flying all season

thanks to a site thatjust loves scoring tries, the most in the premiership. an excited but expensive backline has served it up, willie larue and curtly be all combined to live up to their price tags. in defence there have been cracks. and despite freddie burns found one and the tigers were punished. just out of reach. a ten point lead disappeared as quickly as the smile. and the director of rugby found his work didn't get easier after the break. leicester taking a lead for the first time. the tigers locked up. bost struggles to get through and when they did mistakes crept in. when it looked like the chance had slipped away they made one count, josh bassett sending wasps to twickenham by a narrow margin. munster are taking on ospreys in the second pro12 semifinal this weekend. the winners will play scarlets in dublin next saturday. ospreys are missing their scrum half

rhys webb although wales captain alun wynjones is back after injury. the welsh side with the earlier advantage, dan biggar putting them 3—0 ahead after eight minutes. a tight first half, but this quick thinking gave munster the other hand, they led 8—3 at half—time, still the school with around 22 minutes to go. england have topped their pool at the rugby sevens world series at twickenham after three wins from three today their crucial match came against australia this afternoon where dan norden late try sealed the 19—12. they'll play in the quarterfinals. last year's winners scotland and wales are also into tomorrow's cup quarters millwall will be back in the championship next season, after they beat bradford i—o in the league one play—off final. millwall finished sixth in the league, only qualifying for the playoffs with five minutes left of the season.

it was a remarkable finish to this match with fan favourite steve morison after the game said his fans who invaded the pitch at the end of the game ruined the celebrations for him! nick parrott was watching. after two years of disappointment, with relegation, emotions got the better of millwall fans. confrontations after the final whistle would soon be forgotten. the huge release of tension came as a result of getting the better of a bradford side who had looked more likely to win. the best chance of an end to end first half full of missed opportunities fell to billy clark. a goal looked inevitable butjordan archer did just enough to keep him out. both sides could have done better in a second half that was littered with plenty of spurned chances. it was almost too much to bear as the clock ticked down with extra time looming. with nerves shredded, this combination was perfection, a half chance turning into a hammer blow.

heartbreak for bradford but delirium for the lions roaring back to the championship two years after relegation. there's been a battle going on in the scottish premiership as the bottom two jostle for survival. but it's hamilton academical who get a stay of execution. inverness needed a win and for hamilton to drop points. they beat 3—2 to motherwell, but hamilton beat dundee by 4—0. here's how the bottom of the table finished after the final matches of the season. inverness have been relegated. while hamilton are through to the playoff against dundee united. the first leg of the premiership playoff takes place on thursday. alloa athletic are taking on brechin city in the second leg of their championship playoff final. brechin went into the match at indodrill stadium with a one—goal lead that became two in spectacular fashion thanks to james dale. the advantage didn't last long though with greig spence

orchestrating a comeback with a penalty. and this before half—time to level the score on aggregate. alloa are hoping to return to scotland's second tier after being relegated last season. still five minutes left in that match. in the women's super league one spring series, arsenal move up to second after beating fa cup runners—up birmingham city 4—2. arsenal had to come from behind after conceding in the first minute, danielle van de donk‘s cool finish gave them a 2—1 lead. just moments later, birmingham were level, england's rachel williams with her second of the match. but two goals from substitute louise quinn secured the win for arsenal who remain unbeaten in the spring series. bristol city and liverpool are playing now, currently goalless. ten minutes left to play. it's super league's annual magic weekend in newcastle where all 12 teams are playing at st james park

either today or tomorrow. the first match of the day saw wakefield ease to a 34—12 win over bottom side widnes. scott grix and benjones bishop here scored two tries between them. hull fc missed the chance to the top as they were thrashed 41—0 by st helens, and it opens the door for castleford to extend their lead when the tigers played leeds tomorrow. wigan warriors play in the final game of the day. warrington levelled. within currently lead 12—6 approaching half—time. on to cricket. and lancashire bowler james anderson will have a scan on monday to assess the damage from a groin injury he suffered during the rose's county championship match yesterday. our reporter kevin howells joins me now via skype. judging on the pain he looked

in when he went down on the deck, he looked in an awful lot of pain. i thought he would go straight to a scan yesterday. it has been put back to monday, the important thing from an england perspective is that test isn't until july. they will take a cautious approach. i expect it to be a few weeks before we see him bowling again. they would like to see him play in the floodlit games a little later on in the summer. keen on getting him back a week before that test match. the scan is on monday, put back by a couple of days, he looked in a lot of pain. world number two novak djokovic is through to the semi—finals of the rome masters after beating del potro in straight sets. last year's finalist made light work of his argentinian opponent, taking the first set 6—1. it was a much tighter second set but the serbian showed his skills to advance to the semifinals winning the second 6—4. djokovic will play his semifinal against dominic thiem later this evening. germany's alexander zverev became

the youngest player in a decade to reach a masters final after he beatjohn isner in three sets. the 20—year—old claimed the first set 6—4 but the american fought back to take the second 7—6. but it was zverev who held his nerve to take the decider 6—1. meanwhile in the women's tournament, simona halep is through to herfirst rome final after a straight sets win over kiki bertens. halep will face elina svitolina in sunday's final after garbine muguruza was forced to retire due to a neck injury in their semifinal clash. to motogp. and maverick vinales will start on pole position for tomorrow's race in le mans. britain's cal crutchlow set the early pace in the final part of qualifying before being bumped down to fourth. directly ahead of him will be vinales who powered his yamaha to pole ahead of championship leader valentino rossi dutchman tom dumoulin

has extended his lead at the giro d'italia to just under three minutes. britain's adam yates made up some of the time lost in last sunday's crash, to go second in the competition for best young rider. while dumoulin was outstanding as he won a mountainous stage 14. he's now two minutes and 47 seconds ahead of his main challenger nairo quintana with seven stages to go. when you think surfing, you properly think sunshine, palm trees and exotic locations. but for british number one luke dillon it's not all glamour, as he tries to make it on the world circuit. the sport is on the rise following its inclusion in the olympics, and next week's world championships marks the first step towards tokyo 2020. our olympic sports reporter david mcdaid's been to meet dillon in the wet and windy south—west a leap into the cornish swell.

it's a far cry from hawaii or california, but newquay‘s fistral beach is the home to british surfing. this is special for me. it's the home to britain's best surfer. it got me into a really good rhythm for the 2016 season when i started competing internationally. in that first senior year, he broke the world's top 150. he's now aiming even higher towards tokyo 2020. surfing will make its olympic debut. the upcoming world surfing games is the start of that journey. this is like a really big opportunity for surfers all over the world. i know some guys in the top 32 in the world are going to france to hopefully go to the olympics to get this olympic medal. now it's there, i want to do it and get it. the route to japan will not be an easy ride. unlike big surfing nations, such as america or australia, the uk pro scene is much less developed. i don't have a surf coach as such. i never have. the other guys have surf coaches, fitness planners, nutritionists. most of them are on six—figure contracts. ijust save all the money i can and try to work it out with the budget i've got. and that's why the olympic stage is so important for british surfing. we're definitely on the back foot. but we're getting better, the last few years. especially with it going to the olympics, i think it will rise.

it's going to take a little bit more time. then hopefully we'll get up there soon. so if dillon can make waves come tokyo, his own success may have a ripple effect for future generations too. that's all from sportsday. coming up, it's the film review. there'll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news.

to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. mark, what do we have this week? it's the definition of a mixed bag. we have king arthur, guy ritchie's take on the legend. we have a drama set in tehran, called inversion. and colossal, anne hathaway meets godzilla. well, we start with king arthur. we saw in the brief clip there one david beckham. we better start and just say is he an eric cantona? he isn't. this is guy ritchie taking on the legend, if you are old enough to remember 19805 novelty records, king arthur daley is not all right.

charlie is the young hero whose wicked uncle jude law has seized power, leaving him to grow up ducking and diving in londinium and he is keeping a low profile until david beckham no less tells him to and i quote, he says, "put ten fingers around the blunt end of that sword and give ita tug." he does, blimey, wouldn't you know it, it comes out. next thing he is having to be answerable because it turns out he might be the rightful heir, here is a clip. you've got the wrong man, sire. i was born in a brothel on a bridge in londinium. the sword can only be drawn by uther pendragon or his direct heir. you felt it, didn't you? the power. it's what pulled you out. you just don't know how to control it. so what happens now?

you know what happens now. you're quickly becoming a legend. there's a surprise from guy ritchie that the baddy is well—spoken and posh and jude law. here is the weird thing. arthurian legend is rich and magical, i have rarely seen a film lacking in magic. stuff happens, big snakes, swords, huge cgi beasts. and you think this is dull. there are times it looks like outtakes from a ramstein video. it's just reminding me of other franchises i would be rather be watching. iquite like... i think he did a terrificjob with sherlock holmes, he took a small element of the text about fighting and turned it into something that made the movie action—packed. the problem with this is itjust looks like a bunch of cgi effects thrown together around the ropiest of scripts with the broadest

of performances, the whole film, nudging and winking at the audience all the way through. i really ended up thinking, where isjohn boorman when you need him? it's so heavy on its feet. it's the fault of the script and the execution of the story. it's a thudding sword and sorcery film which i spent large portions thinking, why am i not excited by this, and not laughing at the jokes? why am i not thrilled by the set pieces and why are there so many mythical beasts that look like someone knocked them up on a home computer? it's really not good. there is nothing more to say. there isn't! we will move along. actually a change of gear. total change. inversion, a story about everyday life in tehran about the issues facing a young woman. absolutely. this has a fantastic performance, a young woman in polluted tehran. her mother is suffering respiratory failure. you have to move with her out

of the city, what have you to lose? however, she has a full life. she works in a shop she runs. and employs a number of women. she has ambitions of a life for herself. the film is about the way in which a character is caught between what society decides and family demands of them and what they want for themselves. it's a very, very low—key film. to the point that i read reviews that said it's a film that never catches fire, it never takes off. i disagree. i was really moved by it. the reason i was is because i believed in these characters. it's a sort of neo—realist, handheld style, long lenses so we see her through traffic and the constant hubbub of society. there is no music other than the sound of phones ringing. you really believe in her life and you come to absolutely side with her and her dreams of independence and i found it very, very moving. some people have said too low—key for them. i just found it convincing.

i thought it was a film about people i believed in and cared about with a fantastic central performance and very well moderated. a country we still know relativelily little about, did we learn more? it's producing extraordinary cinema. and more and more we are seeing that this demonstration that films made with some limited resources to some extent can be much greater canvases than a film like king arthur, in which there is endless cgi and nothing going on. we have done that! in that case, shall we move to... colossal. it's anne hathaway, a lot of people love her, and a monster, godzilla—like creature and they‘ re linked. this has been described as rachel getting married versus godzilla. anne hathaway has fallen into alcoholism and her life has fallen apart. her boyfriend kicks her out,

she goes back to her home town and takes up in her parents‘ empty house and meets up with jason sudeikis who runs the local bar. that means more drinking. one morning she turns on the television and realises a monster has attacked seoul. she thinks there is a connection between that and her. meanwhile, her life continues normally. here is a clip. when they started downsizing i was the first to go. oh, you jerk, you already knew. yes, i'm sorry. ah, what? why didn't you tell me? why are you letting me like... my past. i didn't want you to think i was creepy, like i'm some sort of stalker. well, it's too late for that. yeah. so have you been following me all these years? of course i have. somebody actually made

it out of here and did something special for once. hell, look what had to happen for things to get interesting around here. giants attacking south korea. no, i mean you. and that relationship is important. yeah, that's a lovely indication of the way in which the movie is juggling two different things. this us indie picture rom—com that's shaping up. on the other hand this monster movie playing out far away. yet, she comes to believe somehow she is controlling the monster or there is a link between them. the film becomes a metaphor for the way in which addiction and self—destruction causes harm that we are totally oblivious to. it's a really, really strange concept that works surprisingly well. i came out and somebody said that fell apart, didn't it? i said, yes, but isn't it fascinating how long it didn't fall apart? for how long it managed to keep this idea that a story about somebody‘s

small—scale personal problems may be playing out in some horrible grand style somewhere far, and it becomes a film about addiction and about alcoholism and about abusive relationships, about spectatorship and the way in which we watch things on rolling news. this is a great bit. this is where they realise something is up. she's dancing in the park and there is the monster doing exactly the same. except all the way through the film is holding this idea that maybe this isjust a paranoid delusion. what a strange idea. i think what the writer and director manages to do is, he wrote this originally as a low—budget spanish language film to which anne hathaway became attached and it opened it up to a wider audience. the problem — people got baffled and walked out. however, if you want something that's strange and adventurous and isn't not scared to fail this is really interesting. it's far from perfect,

there are places it starts to fall apart, but for a good two—thirds it is smart, intelligent, funny, and somehow that thing about massive monsters and tiny small—scale problems, there is a connection and the metaphor works surprisingly well. on the positive side anne hathaway fans may like monsters and monster fans may fall in love with anne hathaway. to be honest, i am not sure it's going to change attitudes. it's an adventurous and hard to market film but i liked it. 0k. let's move on. yeah. the levelling. this is... wonderful. somerset levels after the floods and an emotional story. it is, it's about family secrets, fantastic performances. brilliantly directed by hope dickson leach. it's her first feature film. it is weirdly something like ten years ago she was named as a rising star by screen international, like a decade ago.

i think she's really made good on the promise of short films. it's a rich emotionally powerful film, superb sound design. great score. and again very, very low—key but very powerful. i really liked it. david troughton to plays her father. he does and between them they investigate family secrets that have been buried but refuse to stay buried. best dvd. mulholland drive. yeah, it's coming to blu—ray overseen by david lynch. i flagged this up as you probably know, twin peaks is coming back. i always found david lynch a fascinating director. this was voted, there was a bbc poll of something like best films of the 20th century. this came out on top. it started life as a tv pilot and didn't start as a film. it is a david lynch classic. it's lovely to have it in a beautiful transfer

and to revisit it. i don't think it's lynch's best film but all of lynch's back catalogue is best having in the best possible format. we have had a mixed bag. we have, yes. the only thing i take away is see whatever you want, but king arthur... we are there. we got the message. did i make that clear? always good to see you. and you. thanks, mark. a quick reminder before we go that you'll find more film news and reviews from across the bbc online at bbc.co.uk/markkermode. and you can find all our previous programmes on the bbc iplayer. that's it for this week, though. thanks for watching, goodbye. it has been a shower after shower.

the good news is it is drier tomorrow. we still have torrential downpours starting to leave lincolnshire. staying in scotland, northern ireland. after dark they will fade away. a drier night except for the northern isles. quite chilly for the northern isles. quite chilly for this time of year, some grass frost in scotland. a little bit of mist and fog first thing in the morning but that will be gone. a much drier day. we will still see patchy rain but nowhere near the intensity we have had today. any showers will be few and far between. more sunshine in the morning. warmer with lighter winds and fewer showers. next week, pretty much the same. this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak, the headlines at eight. president trump celebrates the signing of $350 billion worth of contracts between the us

and saudi arabia on day one of his visit to the region. the president leaves behind fresh controversy in washington over the firing of the fbi chief james comey. jeremy corbyn insists his party is committed to trident after members of the shadow cabinet publicly disagree over the issue. the tories defend their aim to cut net migration to "tens of thousands" after it comes under fire from former chancellor george osborne. hassan rouhani is re—elected as iranian president, defeating his conservative rival by a comfortable margin. also in the next hour, just married —