elusive world cup has passed us by. back for more at iceland, beating england at last year's euros, now thir famous thunderclap will reverberate around russia. they topped their group to become the smallest nation in terms of population ever to qualify for the world cup. but one team who will be joining them is syria. in a country ravaged by civil war, their 2—1 play—off defeat will devide loyalties. still, it has been a remarkable journey. katie gornall, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's louise lear. i know it's not much compensation, spirits are low in wales, but you have the best of the sunshine, sunny spells, and hopefully we will see a few more of those developing the afternoon. but it has been another great start to the day, the cloud thick enough for a few isolated showers down to the south—west. this cloud into the north and west is rain on its way, it will push its way into western scotland as we go through the afternoon. elsewhere, it isa through the afternoon. elsewhere, it is a relatively quiet october afternoon, hopefully with some sunshine coming through. with the wind direction still from a light south—westerly, it's a warm feel out there for many of us at around 14-18d. as

there for many of us at around 14—18d. as we go through this evening, the cloud, rain and winds will start together and strengthen in intensity. moving the way into northern ireland was worse in scotla nd northern ireland was worse in scotland and north west england. quite a lot of cloud generally through the country. if very mild night to come. double digits for all of us. 9—13d throughout the country. an area of low pressure centred across greenland will influence, and it will bring gales. some of the rain really turning quite heavy. if you were up early tomorrow, already the rain will push out of northern ireland and the far north of scotland, it will be sitting through the borders into the north—west of england and wales. that is where we will see the heaviest of the rainfall, certainly through 8am, some of that could be torrential. we will see as much as 100 millimetres in the lake district, four inches of rain. it will sink south and east through the afternoon, staying dry during daylight hours in the south—east corner. behind it, sunny

spells, but also the risk of a few sharp and possibly thundery downpours to come as well. our weather front sink south and east overnight, weakening again. behind it, clearer skies. overnight, weakening again. behind it, clearerskies. further north, we will see a lighter winds and a chilly start of thursday morning. a better day, dry with sunshine coming through. friday, wet and windy weather returns to the north—west. it gets warmer in the south. cloud amounts could be interesting. if you wa nt amounts could be interesting. if you want the warmth this weekend, you have to head towards europe. in central spain, 36 degrees, a good 8 degrees above what they should have for this time of year. some of the warmth makes build towards the south—east. if we get some sunshine, 22 or 23 is not out of the question. but not for all. up into the north, it stays wet and windy, fuelling call. an area of low pressure, pretty disappointing, keeps a north— south divide as we move into the weekend —— feeling cobb. thank you, louise.

a reminder of our main story this lunchtime: the defence company bae systems has announced plans to cut more than 2000 jobs in the uk in the military and intelligence services. that's all from the bbc news at one. so, it's goodbye from me. and now on bbc one, wejoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. have a good afternoon. hello there. you are watching rob mac. the time is 1:33pm. the wales manager chris coleman says it's too early to think about his own future. they failed to qualify for the world cup last night, losing 1—0 to the republic of ireland who have pipped them to a play—off spot. the draw for the two—legged play—off in november is next week. the republic could face italy or portugal among other seeded sides. james mcclean was the matchwinner in cardiff but there was despair for the welsh players and fans, especially after the highs of last summer when chris coleman

took his side to the euro semi—finals. i can't say right now about my future because i'm not thinking about it. i'm thinking about a dressing room full of devastated players and staff. again, that elusive world cup has passed us by this time. the last of the european world cup qualifiers will be played this evening. portugal have to win against switzerland to avoid the play—offs and go to russia are automatically. cristiano ronaldo's side were favourites to progress but the swiss have been one of the form sides in qualifying. they have won nine out of nine so far going into that final match in lisbon. australia have won their world cup

qualifier against syria. it came in extra time. they win the two — one on aggregate. tim cahill scored both of their goals. they will now have to go through another play—off to reach russia, either panama or honduras. wales have named their squad for the rugby league world cup in australia and papua new guinea later this month. super league young player of the year nominee regan grace of st helens is among those selected, and three uncapped players also figure in the 24. uk sport did not intervene over lee johnston's recent appointment as british bobsleigh‘s head coach despite allegations of derogatory remarks to black athletes in 2013 because "no subsequent concerns" were raised. they say they did not intervene last month despite the fact that he was

formally disciplined in 2014 for making derogatory comments to black athletes the year before. dominik took over just five athletes the year before. dominik took overjust five months before the winter games. british bobsleigh has faced claims of bullying and discrimination and have had financial difficulties. the barbarians are forming their first women's team. the world famous invitational club, has featured the greatest rugby union players from the men's game through the years but they say this will help take the women's game to a different level. players from each of the home nations as well as france and new zealand will play against munster at thomond park in their first match next month. there was a good win for aljaz bedene at the shanghai masters, he beat the italian paolo lorenzi in straight sets to reach the second round. but a year after serving a ban for showing a lack of effort in shanghai, the australian nick kyrgios could be in more trouble.

he retired after losing the first set of his match against stevejohnson in an apparent protest at the officiating. he was heard to say that he would quit if he lost the first set tie break and promptly shook hands and walked off. he didn't respond to the umpire who askedif he didn't respond to the umpire who asked if he was injured. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. chris coleman not thinking about his future. some reports that some of the players are forced him to stay. we'll have more on that later. that's http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport. i'll have more for you in the next hour. pioneering fingerprint technology that can tell if a suspect has handled or taken drugs and even what they have eaten will still soon be

used in court. west yorkshire police are piloting a technique which means material from up to 30 years old could be analysed. a crime—fighting method that has barely changed. fingerprints are unique marks of human identity. experts at sheffield hallam university are reinventing the process. fingerprints are now being analysed for their chemical composition. chemicals that can show, amongst other things, if the suspect is a drug user or if they've been drinking. it is nothing other than sweat. sweat is a biological matrix. the amount of information is huge. with the fingerprint offering an insight into the lifestyle of the subject at the time the crime was omitted. it can show several things,

like if drugs have been taken, alcohol consumed, what cosmetics have been used. this is only months away from being used on casework. lots of work has gone on with sheffield hallam university and yorkshire police. for decades, fingerprints have helped secure convictions. now those almost invisible traces left that things of crime could offer up more clues than ever before. a hearing on the case of seven australian politicians caught up in the country's dual nationality saga has taken place at a high court in canberra. all admit they may have broken the rules by having citizenship in other countries. if some lose the case then the australian government could lose its majority. this is the most

ridiculous constitutional crisis. there has been a trickle of politicians coming forward saying that they may be too in breach of the law having been unwittingly citizens of other countries. according to article 44 of the constitution here, you cannot take public office if you have the right to bea public office if you have the right to be a citizen elsewhere. it will be for thejudges to to be a citizen elsewhere. it will be for the judges to decide if that applies to these seven. on behalf of the governments, they have argued that for five of the seven, they had no way to know that they had citizen rights elsewhere. most were born here. some of them even had australian parents. in the case of barnabyjoyce, australian parents. in the case of barnaby joyce, he australian parents. in the case of barnabyjoyce, he said that when his father left new zealand, he was a british citizen rather than a kiwi so british citizen rather than a kiwi so he had always considered himself to be an australian. his fate is key. if he is deemed to be in breach

of the law, he faces a by—election and the government's majority in the house of representatives is at sta ke. house of representatives is at stake. in these three—day hearings, there is a huge amount of pressure and to the judges of how to determine the law. in moments, we will have a summary the business news. but the headlines now. ministers say they will work with bae ministers say they will work with ba e syste ms ministers say they will work with bae systems to public bodies to explain or change how they treat people of different races after a government audit revealed sweeping... mother—to—be would have been killed in california. the business news, as we've been

hearing, bae systems is scrapping 2000 jobs over three years. they say the cuts will give them a sharper competitive edge and a new focus on technology. we'll have more on this ina technology. we'll have more on this in a moment. the government's economic watchdog says productivity in the uk has grown byjust 0.2% a year. for the past five years. that is much less than expected. many wea k is much less than expected. many weak businesses would have folded. a record 23 million overseas visitors to the uk according to visit britain. it has also see a rise in staycations. now, we've got more on the bae systems job cuts. nearly 2000 positions to go in the three yea rs. 2000 positions to go in the three years. including in lancashire,

where the typhoon assembly takes place. jobs will also be cut in yorkshire and norfolk. around thinned and 75 redundancies were announced. the company said that the cuts would make them more competitive and help them focus on technology. part of what it means is that we mustn't lose sight of this. within the proposed cuts announced isa within the proposed cuts announced is a layer of management going out to bea is a layer of management going out to be a system is. that is extremely important because it shows that they have looked at the situation across—the—board. they have looked at the situation across—the—boa rd. they have have looked at the situation across—the—board. they have looked at all part of the company and all avenues and decided that what they need to do based on the level of orders they have against the level of workforce they have and the expectations they have of the future. if we put all these things

together, this is looking at what they need for tomorrow. the reality is that these cuts, in terms of air anyway, what lies behind is a lack of international orders and not local orders. we know that the mod is not ordering nearly as much in the uk today in terms of military fast jets as it the uk today in terms of military fastjets as it used to. everything is cuts back and that is why it is difficult to do a programme on your own. you can't take that risk and then over the years youth evolved into partnership programmes. it is in the uk as such, it is the lack of international orders. there are some orders there and there are many campaigns going on but you get gaps in this situation. that is what they are looking at now. they say that we can't afford to keep large numbers of personnel or workforce around if there isn't anything for them to do. of course it is bad news. the government is doing a lot to support

bae government is doing a lot to support ba e syste ms government is doing a lot to support bae systems in its campaign. typhoon has got a long way to go yet. and the uk has a 15 cents global share in everything done. there is lots of goods news out there. but the old—fashioned idea goods news out there. but the old —fashioned idea that goods news out there. but the old—fashioned idea that you just make planes, i'm afraid that has to change. it is a very different business today and what it was 20 yea rs business today and what it was 20 years ago. it is a celebration of an achievement in woman in science today. also known as stem. now, her work was crucial in recognising the full potential in computer programming. but more than 200 years since she was born, woman only make up since she was born, woman only make upa since she was born, woman only make up a small amount of the core workforce. sarah, thank you for joining us this afternoon. why

aren't we seeing more woman working in the stem sex? good afternoon. we have to look at the full lifestyle on what happens at a very young age. this gives us the opportunity to work with young girls. it helps us understand what is putting them off going through two studies. the crucial wages around 11 to 14 were even though girls may have been passionate about science and technology something happens whether it is gender stereotyping or if theyjust don't see that careers are cool or interesting. there was a lot of work there that really needs to be done to provide role models in particular to provide role models in particular to inspire and educate them about all the great careers that exist today. you talk about young girls aged between 11 and 14. if we want to convince children whether they are boys or girls that this is an

option for them we should be starting much younger. option for them we should be starting much youngerlj option for them we should be starting much younger. i absolutely agree. that is where we need to see much more in terms of multi—stakeholder partnerships. some of the work we do going into schools, we do lots of works in workshops like coding, which is absolutely crucial. teachers play and a normal role in this as well. we need to get the teachers more inspired about stem. if there are young girls who are interested in a career in the what should they do? usually as a place where young girls go to find information where they can find out all about the great careers that are ahead of them in the technology interesting. thank you for your time. before we go, let's have a

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