designed along with the 55 individual buildings its hands, individual buildings it spans, by the prize—winning french architect jean nouvel. i wanted also, when you look at the building, that you understand it is a spiritual building. the symbol of spirituality here is the cupola. for me, it is cosmographic. it is kind of a sky under the sky. and when you have the light through, because i perforated this dome, i thought that we could play with the movement of the sun and the ray of light has to go through eight layers and, of course, with the movement of the sun, one spot disappears. but at the same time, two others appear. the project is a collaboration between abu dhabi and the louvre in paris, which is being paid around 1 billion euros for lending its name, expertise and collection to the new museum. masterpieces such as leonardo da vinci's la belle ferronier sit alongside works lent by other french institutions. monet, from the musee d'orsay. giacometti from the pompidou

and this sculpture, horses of the sun, from versailles. did you need to do the deal with the louvre? couldn't you just have borrowed works from museums around the world? we have a saying in arabic, which is start where other civilisations end, instead of starting all the way from scratch, instead of going through all the learning curves of thousands of years of their experience. the partnership is about getting their experience, learning from them, but also working together to create something that is new for abu dhabi, but also new for france and new for the world. the emirate says its louvre will be joined by a national museum and a guggenheim abu dhabi in due course, creating, it hopes, a new global cultural hub. will gompertz, bbc news, abu dhabi. newsnight is coming up on bbc two. here on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday. our main headlines this evening.

england plot revenge as the rivalry grows ahead of their ashes test with australia. a step in the right direction, chelsea ladies dominate the last leg of their last 16 tie. but two steps back, questions for world rug by but two steps back, questions for world rugby as samoa declare they are bankrupt. we start with a crucial match in cricket. england say they will be "motivated by revenge" when they face australia

in the test match element of their mulit—format ashes series later on. the match begins in the early hours of thursday in sydney, and is the first ever day—night women's test. andy swiss reports. time to grin... and win. for heather knight's england team, this is a test with no room for error. they came to australia as the newly crowned world champions. the hosts, though, have won two of the first three games and their confidence is very clear. "beat england" is the rallying cry, but that bullishness mightjust backfire. does it give you extra fire in the belly, when you see banners like that? of course, that is the aussie marketing campaign, it is quite interesting and funny for us as a team to see, it is all about us and how we perform over the next few days, if we can win this game it stands us in good stead. the spotlight will be on england in more ways than one. this will be the first day/ night test, men's or women's, in ashes history. for the players, a whole new ball game. or a pink ball game, to be precise.

easier to see under the lights, never previously used in women's international. but england and australia are no strangers to innovation. after all, they played the very first women's tests more than 80 years ago. now they will share another piece of sporting history. both teams are looking forward to it. we don't play a lot of test cricket and you only have the opportunity to be part of history once, so i think both teams will be extremely excited. it is australia on the front foot. win here and they retain the ashes. england will have to hope they do not live up to their billing. coverage of that is in the early hours on five live sport extra. meanwhile, england's men have been playing one of their two warm—up games before their ashes series starts in a fortnight‘s time. mark stoneman, dawid malan and joe

root all scored half centuries... against a cricket australia 11. play ended on day one with england 278 for 8. chelsea ‘s women had taken a big step towards the champions league semifinals. they beat the swiss side and the lasix team match. the blues we re and the lasix team match. the blues were totally dominant in the first half, then they went ahead just after half an hour. their second arrived midway through the second half. a third goal means that the tea m half. a third goal means that the team now has a big advantage going into the second leg next week. with a huge match coming up and the chance of a place at next summer's world cup in russia. windsor park will be in full voice as northern ireland host switzerland in their play—off first leg tomorrow night. joe wilson looks ahead from belfast.

the tactical subtleties will merge, but we can imagine it will revolve around defending their goal. it is their ability to keep clean sheets which defined their qualifying campaign and got into play—off. theirform campaign and got into play—off. their form results went off the boil by their own admission in their last two games, both defeats. but crucially their manager knows his players and knows his own mind. these players have gone through a lot, they have experienced a lot of good and a lot of bad. the one thing i will say, not to fear the situation but embrace the situation and make sure that whatever happens, when you look back, you don't have any regrets regardless of whether it goes oui’ any regrets regardless of whether it goes our way or not. at the end of the day we know the prices massive and what it will mean to everyone here in northern ireland, the players the staff and everyone

associated. our focus is players the staff and everyone associated. ourfocus is primarily on how do we get through the two games and that is where i see a real assurance in the players. a self belief over a period of three or four years has grown and put them in this position. these swiss players might consider themselves to be unlike his group of football was in the world. after all, in their qualifying group they want nine out of ten games but still finished second behind portugal on goal difference and that is why we're here. if logic had anything to do with it then would of course prevail. but if football was decided by logic it would not be so much fun. the other home nations are playing friendlies this week. in england's match against germany on friday both sides will wear poppies on black armbands. fifa changed their rules last month to allow players to do so as an act of remembrance — provided the opposing team agree. the home nations were all fined for wearing poppies last year. the england manager gareth southgate

has the video assistant refereeing appearing for the first time to deal with and selecting players. he says all the players understand the importance of the fixture. there is a lot of history behind it, it is a massive fan. if you ask any fan base aid is one of the big ones. but we need to make sure we put in a performance the pitch that warrants the result we want. there are only six games for us to play coming up to the world cup, we want to make sure we get momentum going and take that into russia. wales are playing france in paris on thursday and scotland host the netherlands tomorrow. while chris coleman hasn't yet decided on his future, scotland are looking for a new manager — with malky mckay taking interim charge for the match at pittodrie. chris mclaughlin has more... early winter in aberdeen, the cert

is up but there is a quiet and tranquil feel about the place. is up but there is a quiet and tranquilfeel about the place. that tranquillity will be shattered tomorrow when scotland take to the field. there were concerns about ticket sales being slow, but around 16,000 supporters are expected. that is despite fans still being bruised by the recent low of missing out on world cup qualification. gordon strachan has gone, step forward his interim replacement. it is testa m e nt, interim replacement. it is testament, i have been there, seen it done in terms of them. i think that they will be here tomorrow night, i can only thank them for that. new manager, new beginnings and new faces in the squad. and suggestions that the local inclusions are simply there to boost the attendance. they are all young. they are definitely hungry. all of them are talented. that is why they are in the squad and that is why 23

other going to play, not to celtic is. it is the manager who picks the team and it is his prerogative. certainly in training, everyone has been ready to go and the quality has been ready to go and the quality has been great. it is a feeling as well. tomorrow night's opponents are still smarting from missing out on russia. afamiliar smarting from missing out on russia. a familiarface smarting from missing out on russia. a familiar face has a warning. there are no friendly games any more. most teams like to win! we will have to wait until after the game to see who will be the best. a win when is the pain of missing out on the play—offs, but in sport when you fall, getting back—up can be the key. it is time for david moyes to get back up as the new manager of west ham united. he says he has some things to repair after returning to football. he was relegated with sunderland last season, and he takes over with west ham in the bottom three. unlike some fans, david moyes

ceases appointment as a positive. i think it is good for us both. it is good for me, i am back in, what i love doing, it is what i do. i want to get back, want to do well, want the team to do well. i think it is good for west ham as well, i think they have a good manager. now time to discuss a concerning issue in rugby union... the prime minister of samoa has declared his country's team bankrupt. and members of the public have been asked to donate money to keep the sport alive on the small islands... samoa are set to play test matches against scotland and england later this month... the rfu says it will contribute to samoa's costs while they're in england. we need a share of the profits from the stadiums around the world. as it has become more globally oriented, we have seen the pacific islands get further and further behind. thank you forjoining us. coming up

next is the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster and author damejoan bakewell and camilla tominey, political editor of the sunday express. tomorrow's front pages: the i leads on the resignation of the international development secretary, priti patel. it claims the government has been weakened by the loss of a key brexit supporter. the daily telegraph reports that

allies of priti patel are claiming she is in a position to do "hard damage" to theresa may, after she was forced to resign from the cabinet over secret meetings with israeli politicians. the metro reports that one of britain's longest rail disputes looks to finally be ending as drivers on southern trains accepted a 28.5% pay rise. the express leads on research which claims that switching to a superfood diet can help to fight rheumatoid arthritis. the mail covers priti patel‘s resignation but leads on the death of a welsh labour minister. it says labour leaders in cardiff are accused of failing carl sargeant who was found dead after being accused of sexual misconduct. the times claims there are fears the government will collapse after the resignation of priti patel. and the mirror claims the whole episode is shambolic as theresa may is forced to sack a second cabinet minister in a wake.

let's start with the eye, one of many papers which scrambled to get priti patel‘s resignation onto the front pages. it is playing it pretty straight, patel quits over israel... it isa straight, patel quits over israel... it is a good story, i don't know how it reads in newcastle, doncaster and bradford. i don't know if they are as absurdist with this kind of story as absurdist with this kind of story as we are. but we all love the parliamentary roundabout. it is a catastrophic story full theresa may and the government. the interesting assessment of all the damage being done is interesting because it never mentions boris. and boris is culpable of an equally damaging piece of behaviour. because he made the comments about the woman being

held in iran. he made a very serious gaffe, she could be held for another five years. that is an outrage. and it doesn't mention that, and that is just another part of theresa may's crisis. all the papers are full of these pictures of a chastened priti patel leaving.