hello there. this is bbc news. the headlines. the strongest typhoon so far this year has been battering the northern philippines with violent winds and a 20 foot storm surges, 1a people have been confirmed dead with the number expected to rise. in the us tropical storm florence is causing catastrophic flooding on the east coast. five people reported dead so far as forecasters warned that storm surges remain a dangerous threat. a former british soldier is given a threat. a former british soldier is givena 7.5 threat. a former british soldier is given a 7.5 yearjail sentence in turkey for helping kurdish forces in the fight against so—called islamic state. well now bbc news, it is time for sports day. hello and welcome to sportsday, with karthi gna nasegaram and jeanette kwa kye. the headlines this evening: a british grand tour clean sweep is on the cards with simon yates on the verge of winning the vuelta.

five wins out of five is the mark of the pace setters in the premier league as liverpool beat tottenham and chelsea defeat cardiff. it's a surprise pole position in singapore for lewis hamilton as he produces one of the best laps of his career. and on top of the world, down under! vicky holland is crowned world triathlon champion in australia. also coming up in the programme: south africa celebrate a famous win over the all blacks in new zealand plenty of sport today and we will get to the premier league in a moment but let's start with a remarkable feat at the vuelta a espana.

britan‘s simon yates is set to become only the second briton to win the race after the processional finale tomorrow. he finished in stage 20 to keep the overall lead. just a decade ago this site seemed impossible, but british writers now rule the roads of the continent. in simon gates the sport has entered new territory, in one year agreement from one nation are set to win all the groundwork —— grantors. he now joins chris froome and gerard thomas as one of cycling's superstars. he although sealed the title in his new home. the man from barrie lives and trains in the heels believed until of andorra, years of mastering these mountains led to this. his job of andorra, years of mastering these mountains led to this. hisjob on stage 20 to protect his overall lead, but his approach in the coming stages has been to attack. soon his

nearest challenger could not keep up. valverde looks a spent force. as he fell away he could start the guptill procession. in spain and the legs have stayed with him, the jersey stayed red and simon yates rides into madrid tomorrow as britain's latest endurance king. earlier i spoke to patrick fletcher from cyclingnews.com to reflect on the achievement of simon yates. he finished top ten in a couple of grand doors before, but for him to dominate this race in the way he has, and also dominate earlier in the year until he famously collapsed later on is a massive step up in his career. and also i think the way he did it was incredibly impressive. he was leading the race early into the final tour was leading the race early into the finaltour in was leading the race early into the final tour in andorra, big mountain stages that would decide the race and he went on the attack on both of them and as the overall leader that

early into the race you don't need to do that. you can just defend, but he isa to do that. you can just defend, but he is a really exciting writer to watch. he's not afraid to go on the attack. he is not a conservative writer at all. to see the red jersey and go on the attack like that, it was a really, really historic display from him. his team is one of the best in the world, and he has plenty of support, the european champions working for him earlier in the stage, and they've got a good tea m the stage, and they've got a good team for the mountains. it is not as good as teens guide best team for the tour de france, but he has jack haig, the australian who is putting brilliant shift and a brilliant writer and also adam yates his twin brother, who has been a bit of a secret weapon. they basically rested him for the half of the race, the first stage they told him to sit up and wait, and towards the end of the stage so he could be fresh for the

final week. i think adam really played an important role. he was bear with simon on the three final big mountain stages, and he was there again today. for the key climes and deep into the finale of the race before simon obviously went on the attack once again. the premier league has returned after the international break and liverpool have maintained their perfect start to the season with a 2—1 victory at tottenham in the day's early game. klopp's men made it five wins out of five for the first time since the 1990/91 season. patrick gearey watched the action. wimbley maybe london's most famous rented home but tenants thought and hoped to move out by now. this was supposed to be the first game at their new ground before it was delayed. liverpool came closer to a grand opening. i'm 44 seconds they thought they scored, by 45 they realised they had not. i said, sadio mane touched to be interfering.

something the spurs defence would have wa nted something the spurs defence would have wanted to be doing more of here. wijnaldum pounced, saved, but here. wijnaldum pounced, saved, but he got there too late ‘s watch and i told him goal and with technology there is no argument. tottenham remained uncertain. at the start of the second half sadio mane got away and roberto firmino did was centre forwards do, too— zero, it might have been many more. for liverpool excelled in all areas of arborg this one. chances for a third came and went. perhaps it tottenham have scored for all the leave a slightly earlier than the 93rd minute this might have been closer but the bowl was an emphatic footnote to a performance with more glitches than their new stadium. liverpool meanwhile may be building to something. in the first half we had chances, so it was let's stay positive because it was let's stay positive because it was let's stay positive because it was positive. what a game for my boys. i was —— it was really, really good. one of the most difficult places to, gets one of the best teens in world football, that is

100% like that and to come here on a day like this after international break and it all came together. to perform like this, that is really... i don't take that for granted, it was just really good. i don't take that for granted, it wasjust really good. let's have a look at the rest of the day's premier league results with jeanette. manchester city had a co mforta ble jeanette. manchester city had a comfortable lead over fulham. that guardiola's side recorded their 14th victory and remain unbeaten. that is chelsea, my apologies. chelsea made sure to equal liverpool's100% record with their 4—1 win over cardiff. the london side are top of the table on goal difference after eden hazard scored a hat trick and willian added their fourth. cardiff are still awaiting their first league win this season. manchester city had a comfortable 3—nil win over fulham david silva scoring his 50th premier league goal as pep guadrolia's side recorded their fourth league victory in five games and remain unbeaten. it was frustrating, to be honest

with you. i feel like we need to be putting more gold in the back of the net when we get these chances. i feel like we need to be more ruthless, but we will take the free goals and we will have a look at how we can improve to score more goals. like i said we gotten into positions, but isjust about like i said we gotten into positions, but is just about tucking it into the back of the net at the end of the day. arsenal won their third game on the trot as they beat newcastle 2-1. granit xhaka's superb free—kick set unai emery‘s side up for all three points before mesut ozil doubled the gunners' lead. newcastle did grab a consolation goal in the final minute, but remain without a win this season. in the other two games already played there were plenty of goals on the south coast as bournemouth beat leicester 4—2. while wilfried zaha's first half goal was enough to clinch all three points for crystal palace at huddersfield. watford and manchester united has just kicked the second half — it's going now. back to you karthi for the rest of the days football...

in the championship leeds are the ealry pace setters, they cotinued their unbeaten start to the season wiht a i—all draw at millwall. -- continued their unbeaten start —— continued their unbeaten start to the season with a i— all draw. leeds remain top of the league with middlesbrough being defeated by norwich. brentofrd move to second place after a 2—nil win over wigan athletic. wigan were down to ten meb around the hour mark. reading got their first win of the league season thanks to a late winner from leandro bacuna. 3—2 the final score. while swansea were held to a goalless draw by nottingham forrest. in the scottish premiership, celtic were held to a goalless draw at saint mirren last night. the biggest win of today saw rangers thrash dundee a—nil. steven gerrard's side are fourth in the table. hibernian beat kilmarnock 3—2. hamilton beat livingston one—nil. while hearts remain top and are five points clear after a i—nil win at motherwell. saintjohnstone and aberdeen drew one—all. lewis hamilton has taken pole position for the singapore grand prix with a first lap in the final qualifying session that he himself

described as "magic" while his team called it "epic". red bull's max verstappen will start in second place while title rival sebastian vettel was third. nick parrot has the dtaiuls. —— details. the marina—based street circuit is the most challenging track of the year according to lewis hamilton — "monaco on steroids" is how he describes it. best to brace yourself for the challenge. this is supposed to be mercedes bogie race and up until the final session of qualifying, there was little to suggest that would change with the red bull and ferari vying for the top spot on the grid. but then as is happens so often in his career hamilton doug deep to reach levels others can only dream of. the world champion scorched around improving his best lap of the weekend by more than a second. a pretty epic lap for lewis. the others could not get close. max verstappen the best of the rest, but almost a third of a second off britain.

sebastian vettel more than half a second behind in third, and unless his luck changes soon it could spell the end of his hopes of catching hamilton. that lap felt like magic. i don't really know where it came from, but it all came together. i want to say a huge thank you to all of the team back at the factory. everyone is working so hard to pull the extra bits, and today i managed for that one lap to get it right. also coming up in the programme: we meet basketball star steph curry — as he talks about life on and off the court. i know that you are not going to please everybody in this world. the whole thing is about spreading love and respect on either side of the conversation. vicky holland is the new women's triathlon world champion. she had to finish ahead of her american rival,

in order to claim the title in the final race of the season. and holland did just that on australia's gold coast early this morning — finishing in second place in the grand final guaranteed her the wrld title. alex gulrajani reports. dancing her way into the record books, for vicky holland, a title prize she never expected. itu world champion. that has quite a ring to it, doesn't it? i cannot believe it. i think it will take some time for that to sink in, especially the way the race panned out with that run — i cannot believe i got there. 0n the start line she knew what was needed. the american led the championship, beat her and take the title. in the water she made her intentions clear as they moved on to the bikes always looking bright for holland on the course where she helped england win a silver at the commonwealth games she looked at home. her transition from bike to run so seamless she found herself out in front, but company was not too far behind. her title challenger in her shadow.

australia joined the party, but three soon became two, as the pair moved out alone. holland is the world champion! it was such a great race for vicky. you have to be sensible, conserve your energy, look forward to the run and getting onto the run, execute and deal the world title. -- feel the world title. the day she says she never expected, now a new title to get used to. to boxing next and it doesn't get much bigger than this. if friday night's weigh—in was anything to go by, the rematch between gennady golovkin and canelo alvarez should be a feisty affair. the pair fought to a draw last year and this bout, for golovkin‘s wba and wbc middleweight titles, in las vegas, has been billed as the fight of the year. ade adedoyin there for us. ade, they haven't even got into the ring and fists were flying last night — i can only imagine the atmosphere in vegas right now?

we've got a sense that the height and build up to this fight was real. the rivalry is real, the animosity is real. at the weigh—in yesterday there was a possibility of things boiling over. they have kept them apart throughout this promotion, they would not stand within three feet of each other at the final press c0 nfe re nce feet of each other at the final press conference and at the weigh—in yesterday it was interesting that alvarez behaved a little out of character, thrusting himself toward his opponent, pushing of the chest between the two camps and alvarez had to be pulled back. what wipe—out was interesting was that the lofty and through it all did not move, he was the epitome of calm and maybe a sense that the pressure is getting to old arrest. he said when he was on stage afterwards he was a little emotional after all the crowd in there were cheering him, 9000, 5000 in the arena behind me to support alvarez so it all goes well. it is

all there, the controversy, the rivalry, the hype and potentially a great night of boxing later on. with it being a rematch — i'm sure both camps fancy their chances, but who is likely to come out on top? what boxing means is a decisive winner. that is what 0scar what boxing means is a decisive winner. that is what oscar de la hoya who promotes the bout said. he said we need a knockout for either man. the atmosphere —— the atmosphere here is fantastic. thousands of mexicans have flown into the city. i sat in the lobby yesterday and there were people walking by with bandannas, the plans i'm speaking to you from yesterday was like a mini mexico. so many people were here to support him. he cuts through, he's really a crossover star. there was a young girl who told me that she thinks he is busted and that is why she thinks he's amazing. i spoke to an older lady talking about him being a role model for the country. an awful lot of pressure for him to deliver and prove he is the better man but for golovkin a chance for him to make history. if he wins he makes a record for the most consecutive

defenses as a middle champion. the atmospheric —— the atmosphere just the weather, red—hot. atmospheric —— the atmosphere just the weather, red-hot. it sounds exciting, thank you. bath got their first win of the rugby union's premiership, with a bonus point victory over harlequins at the stoop. bath ran in four tries, including two from winger joe either side of half time, and looked well on their way to victory. they had to fight of a spirited comeback from quins, who scored twice in the last four minutes to narrow the gap to five points, but bath held on for the win. we have a look at the results from the day. exeter chiefs beating the sale sharks at northampton. defeated by sara ce ns sale sharks at northampton. defeated by saracens rival newcastle beating worcester warriors. for the first time since 2009, south africa have upset the all blacks by beating them 36 points to sa in wellington. the springboks ran in five tries. this lung—busting effort from the half way line by cheslin kolbe, early in the second half was the pick of the bunch.

new zealand actually scored more tries, but the boot of handre pollard made the difference. replacement damian mckenzie, could have snatched a win for the hosts but, dropped the ball during stoppage time. however, new zealand remain top of the rugby championship. it was a memorable day for the argentina, as they recorded their first away win over australia in 35 years. bautista delguy scoring the pick of the tries. australia will slip to seventh in the world rankings after the defeat, after the game australia's lukhan tui was involved in a physical confrontation with a supporter. the 2i—year—old's stepfather died last week. head coach michael chieka spoke about today's incident after the game. the supporter pushed his sister and obviously their family has had a very big week, and i don't think that's appropriate that that happened. i get the discontent, and

you on that. words, abuses they come sometimes, that is the way it is. you have to suck it up and i know and accept that, but he pushed the younger sister. and he did not like that, and it's fair enough i think considering everything that's happened to him this week and you get to a point where the player sitting in the just —— get to a point where the player sitting in thejust —— dressing room is not going to be playing anymore because of that incident. so i hope that dan is happy. —— i hope that fan is happy. we could be heading for a surprise in the pro 14 this afternoon. last season's runners up scarlets are losing 26—17 to italian side benneton who are a man down. benneton had a player sent off after 26 minutes and scarlets then went ahead, but two second half tries from the italians has given them the lead. elsewhere reigning champions leinster lead the dragons i7—nil. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines. staying with rugby union.

loughborough lightening made it two wins from two in the rugby union's premier 15. they beat wasps a0 points to 20, scoring six tries in the process. there were also wins for saracens & gloucester—hartpuny england's netball team recorded their biggest ever win over new zealand in the quad series this morning. they beat new zeala 52—39 winners. —— new zealand. englamd play australia and south africa over the next week. in the evian championship, the final major of 2018, england's georgia hall tied for fourth on 9 under. the us‘s amy 0lson shot a bogey—free 65, finishing 1a under to take a two stroke lead into the final round. great britain have taken a 2—1 lead in hte david cup afterjamie murray and dom inglot beat denis istomin and sanjar fayziev in four sets. —— davis cup. britain and uzbekistan were tied at one—all as they went in to the doubles but murray and inglot have given great britain the advantage in glasgow. if they win one of the singles

fixtures tomorrow they will be seeded in february's preliminary world group round the final of the t20 blast is getting underway at edgbaston. sussex sharks have won the toss and decided to bat first against worcestershire rapids. earlier the rapids booked their place in the final, with victory over lancashire lightning. moeen ali let his cricket do the talking after reports this morning that cricket australia are to investigate claims that an australian player called him "0sama", during the 2015 ashes series. he made 41 as worcestershire made 169 from their 20 overs. he then went on to take two wickets including that of england team—mate jos buttler. patrick brown finished lancashire off with four wickets of his own, the rapids winning by 20 runs. while in the other semi final sussex beat somerset by a comfortable 35 runs, with captain luke wright hitting 92 of their total of 202 for 8. you can follow the final

via the bbc sport website and on 5live sports extra. it is on right now. steph curry is regarded as one of nba's best point guards — the highest paid player in the league, and considered by many as an all—time great. well on friday, he was shooting hoops in east london — so our sports editor dan roan went to meet him. we all have reactions to things that happen. i have thorough mouthpieces before, i've had outburst where you might want to take back, but the weight that you handle it post match with how eloquently she put her sentiment around gender equality in her sport, and created that conversation i think that we all can kind of assess for ourselves. and whether you agree with her or not, i think the way that she did not take

away from naomi post round about that, i thought that was her moment in time to shine as a champion but there are issues that serena williams wanted to deal with and those conversations will keep going because of how she took a stand. we have an opportunity and platform to speakfor have an opportunity and platform to speak for those who cannot speak for themselves and things that are important to us we want to talk about. and i think there is definitely a wave of athletes and influencers that are not afraid of the potential consequences of being disagreed with. no matter if you're afan or disagreed with. no matter if you're a fan or not. do you think the current political landscape in america, the current white house almost means that you cannot stay silentjust by doing so, you are almost agreeing? you have to take a position? you can do it with respect and class and understand that you are not disrespecting anybody by having an opinion, by taking a stand and obviously for me with visiting the white house after the championship and things like that. i said how i felt, and i try to

provide reasons why i felt those ways, and let it be and obviously thatis ways, and let it be and obviously that is not... i'm not going to waver off of that. even if that comes with a risk and some fallout some people will not like it? for me, i know you will not please everybody in this world. the whole thing is about spreading love and respect on either side of the conversation, and i think that is what. .. especially us conversation, and i think that is what... especially us athletes in the nba have been to a really high level. what do you make of the whole movement, to take any movement?” definitely understand that again. it is all about empowering people's voices and make sure what people are speaking on or on behalf of is not taking away from them because of a misunderstanding of how the holding started in terms of not disrespecting the flag by deciding to ta ke disrespecting the flag by deciding to take a knee. we wanted to shine a light on police brutality, racial

inequality and that is what the nfl players stood for and i definitely respect that. britain s dimitri coutya made history last year by becoming the nation s first—ever double wheelchair fencing world champion and will be looking to secure his first european title in italy next week. its been quite a journey for the 20—year—old from london who lost the use of his legs after being hit by a car as a child. nick hope has been to meet him. i have a spinal cord injury at d4 level and i came around after a car accident when i was about to and half years old and he means i'm com pletely half years old and he means i'm completely paralysed from the chest down. sport was used to kind of, as kind of a rehabilitation thing to help me get fit and help with being ina help me get fit and help with being in a wheelchair so in a way disability has been the gateway for all of this, because it starts out as something you need to do and there that you find something you absolutely there that you find something you a bsolutely love there that you find something you absolutely love doing. and dmitry certainly loves winning, which he did twice at the 2017 world championships. that a year after

missing out on a metal at the rio paralympics where his team—mate took silver. riel was tough. paralympics where his team—mate took silver. rielwas tough. iwas paralympics where his team—mate took silver. rielwas tough. i was never as paralympics and i was pretty disappointed with myself, i thought they could've done better but the world championships was in threat that's incredible. that kind of enjoyment i felt afterwards lasted for weeks. and six that is broad support. the british team have less than £200,000 from uk sport leading into rio 2016 but when i received nearly £1 million ahead of tokyo 2020. since we have now got uk sports funding is become a lot more secure and it's made things a lot more professional in my opinion. claiming two gold medals at the world championships last year was one of his lifetime ambitions and while his major aim is to win gold at tokyo 2020 paralympics the european success in the first ever european success in the first ever european title is high on his list list. the last european championship i got silver and bronze. i cannot let that same mistake happen again. i think it's an incredibly dynamic

varied sport and no two matches are ever the same and i would love to convert a silver and bronze into two golds as well. let's update you on the evening's premier league kick—off, manchester united now have a 2—1 lead against watford who are third in that table at the moment, 29 minutes remaining in that match. a reminder of our top story. britain's simon yates will win a first grand tour after finishing third on the vuelta a espana's penultimate stage. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more at half past seven. hello there. fairly turbulent weather in the forecast over the next few days. before then it's been a fairly quiet saturday for many of us a fairly quiet saturday for many of us and spells of sunshine, as was in the folk in a few hours ago but we have a fair the folk in a few hours ago but we haveafairamount the folk in a few hours ago but we have a fair amount of cloud further

north and west that are bringing patchy rain at times. this was the scene in dearborn in north yorkshire earlier on this afternoon that through this evening and overnight things turn quite unsettled across northern ireland, scotland and heavy rain extending its way down through parts of northern england and northern prince of wales. notjust the rain, we also have strong winds. brothers out of that we have —— further south and east, further north and west stronger winds with best of 40—50 miles an hour to the irish sea and for the western isles of scotla nd irish sea and for the western isles of scotland but it'll be a mild night for all of us. temperatures generally not much lower than 11-14dc. the generally not much lower than 11—1lidc. the set up tomorrow, an area of high pressure through the south of the uk, an area of low pressure through north and west and thinking there without any sort as they do they'll run into that area of high pressure the rain tends to fizzle out and you can see that through the day. we start —— start to see mine—clearing and through the afternoon we're left with a zone of cloud stressing throughout parts of eastern england to the midlands and maybe a hot spot of rain. spells of sunshine on either side, quite a

breezy day for all of us but the winds not a strong as they would have been overnight. save for the western isles of scotland still quite dusty compound to me but with the sunshine 17—20dc, perhaps 22 or 23 for east anglia and southeast england in the best of the sunshine and mainly dry day here. we're keeping an eye on the area of low pressure as the remnants of what was hurricane helene, and certainly not a hurricane anymore but certainly lots of tropical energy and tropical moisture and warmth in this area of low pressure so if you see temperature starting to rise across central and eastern bars in england has begun to the early part of next week monday starts fairly quiet with a dry day for many, spells of sunshine and you can see rain starts to arrive in two parts of northern ireland, scotland, northwest england later in the afternoon and the winds will be strengthening as well. again, these are the average thanks, but the wind dust will be higher and perhaps through monday night and into tuesday we could see them reaching 70 miles an hour parts of northern ireland and scotland. temperatures monday 17—20dc by 22 or 23 for east anglia and southeast

england and we keep an eye on this area of low pressure as attacks its way through the western side of the uk, bringing very strong winds great time as we go through monday night into tuesday. —— as it tracks. for the early part of next week strong winds for many of us but very warm in the south and east, most of the rain probably in the north and west. goodbye. this is bbc news. the headlines: at least 1a people in northern phillipines have died in the strongest typhoon of the year so far, with violent winds and 20—foot storm surges. in the united states, tropical storm florence is causing significant flooding on the east coast. five people have died.

this system is unloading epic amounts of rainfall. in some places, measured in feet and not inches. a former british soldier is jailed for seven and a half years in turkey for helping kurdish forces in the fight against the so—called islamic state group. an overhaul of divorce law — ministers set out plans for "no fault—divorce", removing the need to attribute blame. nasa launches its most advanced space laser ever, the ice sat 2. the billion—dollar mission is aimed at studying