hello there. this is bbc news. the headlines. 14 1a people have died in a massive storm it is storm in the northern philippines. the strongest typhoon this year so far with 20 foot storm surges. in the us the tropical storm causing catastrophic flooding on the east coast. by people have died as forecasters we re east coast. by people have died as forecasters were me “— east coast. by people have died as forecasters were me —— they storm surges are many dangerous that. a seven and a half yearjail sentence in turkey for helping kurdish forces in the fight against so—called islamic state. an overhaul of the forest law. ministers set out plans forest law. ministers set out plans for no—fault divorce, and removing the need to allege blame. 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. it has been a very busy day.

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 sight seemed impossible, but british riders now rule the roads of the continent. in simon yates the sport has entered new territory, in one year agreement from one nation are set to win all the groundwork —— grantors. —— three men from one nation. 0ur set to win all the grand doors. he nowjoins chris froome and gerard thomas as one of cycling's superstars. he although sealed the title in his new he all but sealed the title in his new home. the man from barrie lives and trains in the heels believed until the man from barrie lives and trains in the hills of of andorra, years of mastering these mountains led to this. his job 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 uphill 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 tours before, but for him to dominate this race in the way he has, and also dominate earlier 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 two days 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 close to the end

of the race you don't need to do that. you canjust defend, but he is a really exciting writer to watch. he's not afraid to go on the attack. he is not a conservative rider at all. to see the red jersey 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 the stage, and they've got a good team for the mountains. it is not as good as sky's best team for the tour de france, but he has jack haig, the australian who is putting brilliant shifts a brilliant rider, 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 there with simon on the three final big mountain stages, and he was there again today. for the key climbs 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 may be london's most famous rented home but tenants tottenham 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. by 44 seconds they thought they scored, by 45 they realised they had not. 0ffside, sadio mane judged to be interfering. something the spurs defence would

have wanted to be doing more of 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, 2—nil, it might have been many more. for liverpool excelled in all areas of arborg this one. —— apartfrom —— apart from 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 positive. what a game for my boys. i was really, really good. one of the most difficult places to come, against 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. that was not the only interesting result of the day. jeanette has been looking at all the action. 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. sane scored in under two minutes and raheem sterling had his early second—half goal. 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 got in 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. watford's100% record has finally been broken by manchester united. two quick fire first out old enough to figure the 2—1 victory for united. greg was watching. the last timejose mourinho ventured south via bears link bellow over at wembley. this evening as manchester united trouble to inform wobbler quys united trouble to inform wobbler guys watford you would be hoping his side would be right for sure footed

but it was sure hands required early on. david de gea once again proving why he is one of the best. alexis sanchezis why he is one of the best. alexis sanchez is not scored away from home since signing in january, sanchez is not scored away from home since signing injanuary, until now thatis since signing injanuary, until now that is but no flag is up, off site. the wait continues. someone not willing to wait anymore was romelu lukaku, willing to wait anymore was romelu lu ka ku, showing you willing to wait anymore was romelu lukaku, showing you don't need your feet when you are —— your stomach will do. and three minutes later chris smalling providing relief to the man who used to call himself the happy one. soon there was a sting in the tale as andrzej greg gave watford hope that united defence to talk despite going down to ten men and maybe that is starting to —— maybe they're starting to find their feet 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. the rover stopped they want late on when bradley afflicted. danny graham shot into the net, the manager steve bruce has been under pressures for supporters as villa struggled mid—table in the early standings. elsewhere they continued their and thought that's unbeaten start to the season with a one all draw at m illwa ll season with a one all draw at millwall were many top of the leak 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 rangers thrashed 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 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 dug 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. vicki holland is the new women's

champion —— kia plant champion. —— 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, she executed and sealed the world title. a day she says she never expected, now a new title to get used to. 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?

the build—up has been very controversial because both men have refused to stand next to each other and they did not do so in the final head to head news conference yesterday when asked to pose for the customary shot. things quickly started to go over. as he approached the bus to head towards him and they had to be separated. a bit of pushing and shoving between the two camps. what i thought was quite interesting was golovkin did not move and stay completely still and calm. what that showed me is the animosity is real, it is notjust hyped up, these two generally do not like each other and i bodes well in terms of this being a good contest. i'm not writing on it for both after the controversy of the last 12 months. with it being the rematch i'm sure both cans of fancy their chances. would you think of coming out on top? it will be quite interesting. i thought maybe alvarez showed to much emotion yesterday saying when he was interviewed on stage he got a little bit excited by

the thousands of mexican fans who are in the arena behind me and that is where they will settle their differences and about nine hours or so. there were 9000 fans in there. the blogs i'm speaking to you from was crowded and full of mexicans or so. there were 9000 fans in there. the blogs i'm speaking to you from was crowded full of mexican supporters, people wearing flags, waving flags, wearing bandannas, wearing sombreros, people of all demographics. he is a character that cuts through, he is a mexican title and treasure, a lot riding on him this weekend with this bout taking place on mexico's independence weekend celebration. 0ur golovkin an opportunity to take history —— make history. if he wins he a record for most. with the writing on this contest most. with the writing on this co ntest a nd most. with the writing on this contest and all bodes well for a goodbye. i hope we have a decisive result in nomar controversy. 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. in the three games today whence brexit are over sale, saracens won at northampton while newcastle were also victorious at worcester. 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 own that. words, abuse, it come sometimes, that is the way it is. you have to suck it up when you don't play well, 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 —— dressing room is not going to be playing anymore because of that incident. so i hope that fan is happy. quite some game in pro 18. plenty of puts and turns along the way. bennett and had a player sent off in the first half, the then scored two second—half tries against the runners up. second—half tries against the runners up. the scarlet can get in the final 20 minutes, tom's tried running off a bonus point victory. —— pro—14. ina in a surprising soil and from south africa where glasgow are leading 28-19 africa where glasgow are leading 28—19 over the cheeta hs. africa where glasgow are leading 28—19 over the cheetahs. —— a surprising score line from south africa. 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 the davis cup afterjamie murray and dom inglot beat denis istomin and sanjar fayziev in four sets. 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.

it is t20 finals day. the blast final being played at edgbaston. the six sons are battling in their 137—4 after 17 over —— the sussex sharks. they got off to a bad start. he forgot to ground his bat, both of his feet were in the air when the ball hit the stumps. sussex captain luke wright made 92 in their semifinal a little earlier on today with that win over somerset and he looked set for a big score again this evening but england all rounder but we probably got rid of him for 33 and earlier today cricket australia said they would investigate claims that an australian player called him 0sama during the 2015 ashes. 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 ta level and i came around after a car accident when i was about to and half years old and it 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 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 through 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 medal at the rio paralympics where his team—mate took silver. rio was tough. that was my first 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 success brought support. the british team had 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 sport funding it's 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 european success and a 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. we think we might have seen a record

today for the oldest mascots in premier league history. she's 102 premier league history. she's102 and her sister 0lga is 97, they been going to manchester city games for 85 years and today with her sister they got to walk out with the team. she even managed to have a quick chat with pep guardiola before kick—off. chat with pep guardiola before kick-off. i said so, david silva, you are one of my favourite players, which was true and he gave me a kiss. so i said well, will you please or a goalfor me kiss. so i said well, will you please or a goal for me today? and he did. so, that was lovely. and then later on word ila said hello to me, andi then later on word ila said hello to me, and i said thank you very much for all you've done for this team. they sound like they are rather lucky mascots. not sure if that is not be story or this one. let's remind you of the top story which is bringing's simon yates is set to win

the bald espa nyol title bringing's simon yates is set to win the bald espanyol title writing it for the professional stage and he's the overall leader at the moment and he's been speaking after today —— vuelta a espa a. he extended his lead at the top of those overall standing still. incredibly proud of the team. they carried me for this entire three weeks. first grand tour for the team. just unbelievable. clearly is not quite sure about that winning his first grand tour title hopefully tomorrow. that is all from sports day, more throughout the evening. hello there. things turn increasingly windy for many of us over the next few days and that process has already begun across northern ireland and scotland, strengthening winds make

your overnight, some rain, some of which will be heavy extending its way down into parts of northern england and north wales. further south and east of mainly dry an extra variable cloud and clear style, the average spent the leader of the overnight but dust will be high perhaps touching a0 or 50 miles an hour over irish sea coast in the western iowa's colin but a mild neck problems with temperatures dropping to between 11 and 1a celsius. —— a mild night for us. through sunday area of high pressure to the south of the uk, to the north and west an area of low pressure, these fronts thinking their way south eastwards across the uk as they run into the area of high pressure and west an area of high pressure and west an area of high pressure and west an area of low pressure, these fronts thinking their way south eastwards across the uk as they run into the area of high pressure and he rained will tend to fizzle out but a damp start for spots of scotland, northern rail in the midlands and into wales. notice either the afternoon it becomes a band of cloud with the odd patch of light rain across the midlands, wilson southwest england. some spells of sunshine that whitey but to leave a breezy day for all of us although not as shocked at the winds were overnight, dusty for the western isles of scotland, patchy rain at times. we have sunshine,

temperatures between 17—23dc, the warmest for east anglia and southeast england. keeping an eye on the area of low pressure because it's the remnants of what was her ken howell helene. by this stage —— the remnants of what was hurricane helene. bringing very strong winds potentially later monday and also one trouble player, so by tuesday week of the temperatures across east anglia and south east anglia getting up anglia and south east anglia getting up to 2a25 saltiness. as 2a were 25 celsius. a fair amount of cloud, sunshine through the afternoon, outbreaks of rain arriving into northern ireland, lots of scotland in northwest england and the winds starting to pick up again. these are average speeds, but the wind gusts will be strengthening through the day and overnight monday and into tuesday we could see them getting up to 70 mph for parts of scotland and northern ireland but again warmth around parts of england and wales, but a very messy, unsubtle picture monday night into tuesday. see how those isobars are tightly packed together, some really strong winds

great time as we go into tuesday. through the early part of next week some strong winds, very warm in the south and east, some rain for the north and west. that's very warm for the north and west. this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 8.00: at least 1a people in northern philippines 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.