hello. this is bbc news. the headlines. the government has published proposals for a temporary customs union with the eu after brexit. labour has criticised the plans, but the brexit secretary says the ideas will help minimise disruption to business. millions of rail passengers will see a 3.6% increase in fare when prices rise in january 2018. the price rise will affect season tickets and some off—peak fares in england and wales. the terms of the public inquiry into the grenfell tower fire have been released — the actions of the local council and the recent refurbishment of the block will be among the issues examined. the search for survivors continues following mudslides and floods in freetown in sierra leone which have the claimed lives of more than 300 people. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this

evening on bbc news. we'll bring you the latest reaction from our teams in brussels and westminster — on the government's plans to create a temporary customs union following brexit. the eu has warned that the timetable for a deal is tight — and discussions about trade aren't a priority. as rail fares are set to rise at the beginning of next year, i'll talk to a sustainable transport campaigner about the outlook for rail travel and the reaction from passenger groups. india's prime minister leads commemorations marking 70 years since partition and the establishment of modern india — my colleague reeta chakrabarti reports live from amritsar on the lasting effects of that historic change. and later, we look at tomorrow's papers — we'll have two chats with our reviewers tonight — at ten—forty and eleven—thirty. joining me will be the former conservative advisorjo—anne nadler and the broadcaster david davies. that's all ahead on bbc news.

now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm leah boleto. here's what's on the programme tonight. a crucial night for klopp in europe as liverpool aim for qualification for the champions league. we'll get the views of former liverpool defender mark lawrenson ahead of tonight's game against hoffenheim. what's the future of the summer transfer window? premier league and football league clubs will discuss closing it before the season starts. and coming up england at edgbaston preparing for the first day night test match. and trying to get to grips with the pink ball. good evening, plenty to come

on the programme tonight but we're going to start with the champions league and liverpool's qualifier against hoffenheim. the first leg kicks off in just over an hour's time in germany. we're going to hear the thoughts of mark lawrenson in a minute but first let's hear from the liverpool manager and captain about tonight's match. they are strong, we are strong and thatis they are strong, we are strong and that is how it should be. in both we have the big game to go into the group stages and that makes it exciting. it is a big test but also a big opportunity and that is how we look at it. to see over the two games if we can win and qualify for the champions league, that was the end of last season so we need to finish it off for the next couple of games. it will be tough because

hoffenheim are good side and will make it difficult for us. but i feel with the quality we have, if we perform to the level we know we can, i'm confident we can get through to the group stages. so mark, how important is this game for liverpool? i would say this and the return fixture next wednesday are the most important games forjurgen klopp in his career at liverpool. they fought so his career at liverpool. they fought so hard last yearjust to get into the premier league, to get into the champions league and get the chance to be on in this position. so imagine if they were knocked out for top back to the europa league. and then all the problems they have had, things like philippe coutinho, does become even bigger than they actually are. it would be devastating for liverpool. what do you know about hoffenheim? any german team is extremely well

prepared. they give you absolutely everything, they will have looked at the way they were defensively on saturday and they are also a big tea m saturday and they are also a big team which will help as well. you do not finish where they finish in the bundesliga and not be a good side. it is one of the trickiest drawers i think that liverpool could have had. what would your prediction be questioned what i would take a drawn out with an away goal from liverpool. but you just never know. from experience as well, no two games are ever the same. you could play them tonight and a week later think they were nothing like last week. what are your thoughts on jurgen klopp? week. what are your thoughts on jurgen klopp? i think so far so good. i think he's idolised and adored by 99% of liverpool supporters. but this is a massive

night, no doubt about that. and everything at the moment has been slowly but surely taking a stab at the time, the team have improved, they need some players as everyone knows. but they really have to get through this tide by foot or by crook. liverpool are without their star man of course. officially phillipe coutinho is missing with a bad back, but he's been the subject of a £90 million bid from barcelona, and has handed in a transfer request. let's hear from let's hearfrom liverpool let's hear from liverpool boss and captain again on this. nothing has changed in the past few days not on one side or the other. so i'm not sure exactly what you're asking, he is not available at the moment. that is the main issue. he cannot play for liverpool at this moment. and as everyone can imagine thatis moment. and as everyone can imagine that is quite a blow. it is a

difficult situation for phil and whatever i say will not help the situation but as players, we are fully focused on the job in hand and the game. i think of players you expect in the transfer window things like this to happen. whether players are going coming in but you have to focus on what is important as a team and stay together and that is what we will do. so it should not have any effect at all. i work with the players i have and do not think about the players do not have. so if they injured or whatever it is the same situation, you cannot it. i've said everything i can say about it. if you still want to ask i have no other answers. what do you make of the situation — should liverpool let him go? they are trying to say to the parent company fsg that he is not for sale which is fine. but he is a really nice guy as well, by the way, he

already asked for a transfer which i never thought he would do. what if ben he says you know what, i'm not going to play. and signed a new five—year contract which means nothing other than liverpool can ask for more money. but until he says i'm not going to play i think he will stay. but if he says that then they have to make a decision and i think then it would be get £100 million for a player who does not wa nt to million for a player who does not want to play, they have to sell. common sense would dictate that. so much powerfrom one player. that is the way it is. in my day the clubs had all the power. if they sell him it leaves a bit of a gap. who could replace him? sanchez! that is the kind of player they need. virgil van dijk. andi kind of player they need. virgil van dijk. and i think that would appease a lot of liverpool supporters if you took those two in return for the

sale of philippe coutinho. we're talking an incredible amount of money, what to make of the transfer fees, 200 million for neymar, where does it stop? i do not think it. , fees, 200 million for neymar, where does it stop? i do not think it., it will be a long time before we will get that to an interview within europe for a mark. get that to an interview within europe fora mark. —— get that to an interview within europe for a mark. —— for neymar. i'm not quite sure what has happened to the financial fair play league which obviously has gone up this morning. but the transfers in this country will just keep morning. but the transfers in this country willjust keep steadily climbing. well stay with us. while we're talking potential transfers, the window in england could be shut, before the season starts. do you think it's a good idea? absolutely, bring it back. ithink by the first friday, the friday the

day before the season starts or the thursday, they should go that is the cut—off point and then everyone knows what they have got. look at the thing now, virgil van dijk not playing at southampton. a lot of players out. i just playing at southampton. a lot of players out. ijust do not think it is fair. imagine if the sigurdsson does not go from swansea but they go down by three points, get relegated, if he had started in the window had beenin if he had started in the window had been in place and he played and he w011 been in place and he played and he won they would stay up. what do we do with the transfer window then in january? i think keep it, do with the transfer window then in january? ithink keep it, it do with the transfer window then in january? i think keep it, it did not use to be that way but the thing about the january window, generally it is for the bottom six or eight teams in the league. almost buying players to buy the money next year to stay in the league. i have no problem with that but august, just crazy. thank you so much, always a pleasure to talk to you. and

hopefully we will have you back very $0011. let's get back to the champions league because celtic are also in action tomorrow night. they play kazakhstan champions astarna in the first leg of their qualifying play—off tie in glasgow tomorrow. domestically celtic are unbeatable at present, having gone over 50 games without defeat. they'll also be familiar with tomorrow's opponents, having knocked them out in the third qualifying round last season as celtic progressed to the group stage. manager brendan rodgers knows how important it ias to be in the competition again. you think too much of the consequence of it and then you may not sleep. but you have to approach it as another game, there is a huge consequence on the game but the only way to get through it is by staying focused. stay very much in the present. and what you have to do. and the players now, what they have built over the course of the last

season,is built over the course of the last season, is this ability to handle pressure. and emotionally deal with the big games. you understand what is in it and understand where it is you want to be. and for that there isa you want to be. and for that there is a process to play. and that is something we concentrate on. there's a full round of championship fixtures this week, with two games tomorrow and ten tonight. it's early days of course but cardiff top the table at the moment with two wins out of two. they play sheffield united this evening. the other sides with 100% records so far are nottingham forest, who are at barnsley, wolves who visit hull, and ipswich who travel to millwall. later this week, it will all be about the power of the pink ball, as england play their first ever day night test match against the west indies at edgbaston. why pink?

well it's believed to be easier to see than the traditional red ball in darker conditions. but with more on that, here's joe wilson. when it comes to playing a test match under floodlights the key issueis match under floodlights the key issue is the ball. this is a red ball, the kind of thing that has been used for many years in england. you can see the red colour, the prominent thing, that will deteriorate as the day goes on and thatis deteriorate as the day goes on and that is part of test match cricket. but under the lights it is too dark and no good. so you go for the pink. this is a compromise, visible on the lights but also durable. so it will last for several hours of play. it will not have to be replaced like a white ball. you can see the prominent theme, to keep that shine on it there is an extra layer of plastic coating. some of the batsmen say it feels different when you hit it and under the lights when you're

bowling the evidence is with england practising last night, as far as i'm aware, it did move a lot, difficult to bat against. so if you're a bowling all—rounder like chris woa kes, bowling all—rounder like chris woakes, getting bowling all—rounder like chris woa kes, getting this bowling all—rounder like chris woakes, getting this in your hand under floodlights has to woakes, getting this in your hand underfloodlights has to be woakes, getting this in your hand under floodlights has to be a woakes, getting this in your hand underfloodlights has to be a good idea. i think so, underfloodlights has to be a good idea. ithink so, i have underfloodlights has to be a good idea. i think so, i have not experienced it just yet apart from training last night, it did move around a bit during the twilight period. i suppose that is the time to be bowling, not as easy to just say we're going to be bowling in that period. you might have to back under those conditions as well. i suppose the more we can get used to it, use it in practice sessions, the better. but it is a bit of an unknown as to how it reacts. you a lwa ys unknown as to how it reacts. you always get a good atmosphere here. do you think it will be more like the atmosphere of a twenty20 heading towards the evening? some of the spectators may have had a beer? of course, the crowd here are always

brilliant weather it is in the day oran brilliant weather it is in the day or an evening game, whatever it is. it is always on fire so i spoke with a few drinks it could be quite entertaining. it is advising for the players to be involved with that. day night cricket has always been exciting here. regardless of what format it is. so test match cricket will be a bit different but the atmosphere will be fantastic and we all look forward to that. at least one england player will hope that the pink ball behaves impeccably and predictably. mark stoneman will be trying to solve the rob kearney opening batting problem this week and as we saw in practice, he can certainly catch. —— the recurring opening batting problem. staying with cricket... an extraordinary, record—breaking performance from southern vipers' susie bates helped them to a comfortable 46 run victory over loughbrough lightening in the women's super league. bates became the first player in the competition's short history

to reach three figures as she carried her bat to score 119 not out as part of a total of 180 — the highest super league score. she then took two wickets and this brilliant catch as the lightening were all out for 134. a brilliant day for them. the hibernian manager neil lennon will not face any police action following saturday's win over rangers at ibrox. complaints were made to police over lennon's so called "inflammatory" goal celebrations, but a police spokeswoman told the bbc on tuesday that officers reviewed the events at the match and decided he hadn't committed a criminal offence. maria sharapova has been given a wildcard entry to the us open. it's the first time she's received a wild card into the main draw of a grand slam tournament

since her drugs ban. although she's struggling with an injury that's forced her to pull out of of her last two tournaments. tiger woods had five different drugs in his system when he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in may. tests revealed a mixture of strong painkillers, sleep and anxiety drugs, and thc, which is a chemical component of marijuana. the 14—time major winner pleaded not guilty to the charge last week. former australian olympic and world champion track cyclist, stephen wooldridge, has died aged 39. wooldridge won a team pursuit gold at the 2004 athens olympics and four world titles in the same discipline. it was confirmed yesterday — chris froome would ride for team sky at the tour of spain that gets underway this weekend.

froome feels he has a score to settle with the race, having been runner up three times. he's also aiming to become only the third rider to win the tour of spain and the tour de france in the same year. it certainly feels as if i have unfinished business at the tour of spain. having finished second three times now, it would just be incredible to win. it is a race that i love doing every year. amazing crowds, amazing rivalry between providers. it is a relentless race. the course is always a lot more mountainous than the tour de france, the conditions are tougher being mid—august in spain, it is quite common to have temperatures in the mid—40s. it is brutal, absolutely brutal. and to win something like

that it just feels brutal. and to win something like that itjust feels as if you're taking on even bigger challenge. well luke rowe helped froome to win the tour last month and might have been part of the team sky reuniting for the tour of spain too, had he not broken his leg whilst on his brother's stag party in prague last week. he's been speaking to thomas daffyd. we were white water rafting on the first day we got there in the afternoon and it was just a case of com pletely afternoon and it was just a case of completely my fault, just a freak accident, jumped into water that was just too shallow at that point. there were plenty of people jumping in and! there were plenty of people jumping in and ijumped injust the there were plenty of people jumping in and ijumped in just the wrong point. and took all the impact on one leg. it resulted in this and quite a nasty few breaks. and a long time off the bike. what did your boss that team sky tell you on learning of your accident? the

bosses have been incredible, that is the thing, as soon as you hear the story and that it is on a stag do you thought is, he was drunk. stupid. it could not have been further from the case. when i am drunki further from the case. when i am drunk i can do stupid things but in this case just a case of a freak accident, wrong place, wrong time and the team have been incredible. the first message i had was you're one of ours, one of our own. we will get you back we wear. just a message of support straight from the heart and that means so much. i have given and that means so much. i have given a lot to that team and i put my heart and soul every time that i put that jersey on heart and soul every time that i put thatjersey on and they know that. it is nice to feel that love coming back and the whole team is right behind me.