hello, this is bbc news. time for the latest headlines. an official report says it should be easier for highly skilled workers to move to the uk after breakfast. men have been acquitted of negligence in connection with an march in the summer connection with an march in the summer of 2013 in which three reservists died. a bus driver in his 70s who lost control of his vehicle in coventry did cause the deaths of two people by dangerous driving says julie. and the dispute between united states and china intensifies as beijing promises to retaliate as the latest round of tardive silence by washington. the liberal democrat leader tells his party's conference that brexit must be stopped. in a moment it will be time for sports day. but first a look at what else is coming up... beyond 100 days will be looking at the senate hearings

into president tramp‘s controversial supreme court nominee. that's from 7pm. later, at 8:45pm, i'll be talking to catherine pugh, who was given a one in 300 chance of survival after being badly burned in a coach crash, she is now a charity campaignerand a coach crash, she is now a charity campaigner and walking the catwalk at london fashion week. and later on we will be bringing you the front pages of the papers, our gusts will be laura hughes, and the political strategistjo be laura hughes, and the political strategist jo tanner. that's be laura hughes, and the political strategistjo tanner. that's all ahead on bbc news. but it's time for sports day now. hello, i'm 0lly foster at the bbc sport centre here's what's coming up this evening. the champions league is back, tottenham are already underway. it's goalless so far.

and liverpool begin their champions leaguejourney against and liverpool begin their champions league journey against paris st germain. also coming up on sportsday tonight. stokes and hales are charged by the ecb with bringing the game into disrepute. and we've got a question of sport style teaser for you, this is a match in the brazilian top flight, what happened next? hello and welcome to sportsday. the champions league is back, 32 of the top teams in europe all harbouring hopes, some more fanciful than others, of reaching that may final at atletico madrid's wanda metropolitano stadium. the group stage starts tonight and will stretch across the best part of three months. there are 8 matches tonight, 2 are already underway, tottenham are in italy at the san

siro. they lost 11—3 to inter at this stage 8 years ago. this kicked off about a0 minutes ago. spurs go ito this match off the back of two defeats in the league. that is goalless at the moment. i'll just show you what's happened. no goals so far. a long—range effort here. that's the closest they've come so here. that's the closest they've come so far. harry caine has had a good chance as well, but still goalless there. they go into that much of back—to—back defeats, but they are holding their own so far. these early kick—offs have been

brought in this season, uefa think they'll allow more tv audiences to watch the two games that'll start early. for the time being there aren't any premier league sides playing at home in these early slots. it also works better for the audiences in asia who stay up until the middle of the night for most games. and once we get to the knockout stages we're back to later kick—offs which are now all in the 8 o'clock slot. now liverpool are one of those sides kicking off later this evening in the opening round of games in group c. red star belgrade when this in 1991 and haven't been in it princely much since then. this is their return. a really tough group c against mapperley. two of the greatest players in the world at the moment, £200 million for name r. he was arrested at the weekend, as was this

man. what a match it should be. what a match it should be. this is no easy introduction forjurgen klopp‘s side though — they're taking on the french champions paris saint—germain, this team is built for winning the champions league. it looked quite easy for them, because they have unbelievable quality. but what they are going for his winning the champions league, so, you know, it will be an interesting game, for sure. they are really good. and the players they have, the manager they have, they brought its together. they will go as far as possible. liverpool got to the final where they were beaten by rail madrid last season. european nights at anfield are always special let's head there and speak to our correspondent andy swiss, andy, such a tough start this, both teams unbeaten in the league, 5 wins out of 5.

liverpool have won their first five league matches in a row, so have paris st germain? yes, two teams with a 100% record so far this season. it doesn't get much better than that, does it? liveable's win at the weekend is probably their best of the season so far. but as you mentioned psg won four nil at the weekend without their big names. that gives you an idea of the strength and depth they have at their disposal. they are one of the richest clubs in world football. they have the two most expensive players in the history of the game. but they have so many other star talent as well, they have big names from argentina and uruguay both appearing in the world cup over the summer. they haven't really

fulfilled their potential on the european stage, they were knocked out in the last 16 last season, the furthest they've got before then is the quarterfinals of the champions league, but there is this sense that if they generally could do something really special indeed, particularly with neymar, and the star of the french side who won the world cup at their disposal, they could be a formidable proposition tonight. yes, this one doesn't have nil nil written all over it, does it? anfield is a club steeped in european history, the whole place just crackles with atmosphere and energy on nights like this? just crackles with atmosphere and energy on nights like thi57m just crackles with atmosphere and energy on nights like this? it does, yes, at the moment there is nearly an hourand a yes, at the moment there is nearly an hour and a half to go until kick—off so things are relatively quiet, the first fans are starting to make their way towards anfield, but come kick—off, that spine tingling atmosphere for the fans here and what an impact that has on

the liverpool players and the opposition, we saw the way manchester city and rome were simply blown away in the first half hour. liverpool really riding a wave of emotion. they feed off the fans here. can the fans recreate that atmosphere here tonight? it will be very interesting to see. no news yet on the fitness of roberto from me know. he picked up an eye injury at the weekend. but five winds out of five so far for liverpool this season, they really should be brimming with confidence might. andy swiss, thank you very much indeed. 8pm kick—off therefore liverpool against paris st germain. the champions league is already under way. you can hear commentary for inter milan against tottenham hotspur ‘s, which is currently goalless. liverpool will take on psg later. you can find all the details

on bbc sport, as well as the results and goals as they happen. the former liverpool defender, stephen darby, has retired at the age of 29. defender, stephen darby, he's been diagnosed with motor neurone disease. he graduated from the club's academy but spent the bulk of his professional career with with bradford city where he played over 200 games and helped them to the 2013 league cup final. he joined bolton last season but hasn't played since december. he recently married the manchester city and england women's captain steph houghton. lots of reaction from within the game. steven gerrard says... ‘devastating news, such a great lad'. similar sentiments for jamie carragher who describes stephen darby as... ‘genuinly the nicest lad he's ever met in football”. a lot of support from the

professional footballers association is one. it's all change at the top at arsenal. the club's chief executive, ivan gazidis, is stepping down to take up a similar role at ac milan. it comes just a few months after overseeing arsene wenger‘s departure from the club after 22 years and and appointing his successor unai emery. here's our sports correspondent natalie pirks... this has been rumbling on all summer, to be honest. he told arsenal in august of a c milan's interest in him. they have been taken over interest in him. they have been ta ken over by interest in him. they have been taken over by a billionaire american hedge fund owner. he has finally confirmed, after weeks of speculation, he will be leaving for the sleeping giants. the deal could be very lucrative for him. it's reported that you'll get a significant salary increase. and he

could also get an equity share in a cmilan, could also get an equity share in a c milan, something he would never get at arsenal. it looks like his first day will be in december. he has released an emotionally charged statement today when he said this was the hardest decision of his life, and he has been privileged to dedicate himself to this great club. he said he gave arsenal everything that i had in me. arsenalfans have been quite celebratory, one of them said they would be glad to see the back of him. it's felt like he presided over a period of decline and they want to see them win the premier league title again. they haven't done so since 200a. they think this is a clean sweep, and a fresh start. ben stokes and alex hales have been charged with bringing the game into disrepute by the england and wales cricket board. it follows an incident outside a nightclub in bristol a year ago. 0nly stokes was charged by police but he was found not guilty of affray after a trial last month.

the pair will face an independant cricket discipline commission hearing in the first week of december. they will still be available for the tour of sri lanka in october and november this is the ecb directive that they have been charged with breaching. it states that "no—one may conduct themself in a manner, they could face anything from a fine, a suspension to a termination of their england contracts. the england captainjoe root, speaking before those charges were brought against stokes and hales, has offered his support to moeen ali. cricket australia are still investigating the claim in the all—rounder‘s autobiography that he was subjected to a racial slur during the 2015 ashes series. he says that he was called ‘0sama' by one of the austrailian team, but wouldn't name him. it's sad to see that happen, you

know, hopefully it can be resolved. most importantly moeen ali is ok, and we can find a way to carry on playing. it was a long time ago now, it's not hindered the way he's gone about things on the field or performed, but i'm sure he knows he's got the full support of all of us. he's got the full support of all of us. rugby union news, john mitchell is going to be eddiejones's new defence coach with the england team. the kiwi has worked for the rfu before, he had three years as forwards coach for sir clive woodward, between 1997 and 2000 but he has had the top job with the all blacks and the usa and had experience of english club rugby with sale and wasps. 0ur rugby union reporter is chrisjones, his hand was forced here by paul gustard's departure to quins, is mitchell a good fit. england are on a dreadful run, could a defence coach i don't know if it's a good fit. we will have to wait and see, it's

certainly a different fit. paul had done wonders at club level so it was a natural step when eddiejones came calling in 2015, 2016, butjohn mitchell, for his wealth of experience, usa, england's the all blacks, the biggestjob in world by, blacks, the biggestjob in world rugby, loads of club and provincial jobs but he's never coached defensively before. he's never been a defensive specialist. add to that his record over the last few years, it's certainly a chequered one. he's got all this experience and is bound to bring a lot to the table, on the other hand his confrontational and doesn't have a faultless track record. a fascinating appointment and a different approach from eddie jones who had previously gone for quys jones who had previously gone for guys a little bit younger and out of the club scene. it's a change in attitude from eddie jones the club scene. it's a change in attitude from eddiejones when it comes to the backroom team. england are on a dreadful run,

could a defence coach the answer to their problems? well, they need a bit of freshness. eddiejones, when well, they need a bit of freshness. eddie jones, when it well, they need a bit of freshness. eddiejones, when it spoke to him recently, said they want a defence coach who will turn their defence into attack. he's looking at someone to give a new dimension to the game. it will be so interesting to see how eddiejones works with him. they aren't very far apart in years. eddiejones got aren't very far apart in years. eddie jones got australia not aren't very far apart in years. eddiejones got australia notjohn mitchell, they go back a long way. how will that dynamic work with two alpha males in the setup. it will be alpha males in the setup. it will be a roller—coaster ride over the next few months. but at least it will be exciting, wounded ? but at least it will be exciting, wounded? let's have a look at some of today's other headlines... the vice—president of the world anti—doping agency says she will vote against lifting the suspension of russia's anti—doping agency this week. wada's executive committee are expected to pave the way for russia's re—admission into international sport following

evidence of state sponsored doping. but linda helleland is the first member of wada's senior leadership to oppose the move. world middleweight champion boxer billyjoe saunders has been charged with misconduct by the british boxing board of control. he is seen on a social media video in his car asking a woman to perform a sex act in return for drugs and he also persuaded her to hit a passer—by. he has apologised saying it was ‘banter‘ that ‘went wrong'. the england rugby league international sam burgess is the subject of an nrl investigation after lewd images were sent to a women on one of his social media accounts. burgess, who plays for the south sydney rabbitoh‘s says he is "happy for the truth to come out". bernie ecclestone always felt that betting sponsiorship would in some way damage formula 0nes image, so he never allowed it during his decades in charge, but the sport's new owners, liberty media have struck a £75 million deal to allow the gambling industry into f1, and that includes in—race betting. earlier i spoke to simon chadwick, professor of sports enterprise

at salford university abouth the thinking behind the move and possible pitfalls. what we can see is formula 1 tilting eastwards. we have a significant number in places like singapore, south korea, china, russia, which has taken this waterway from the industrial heartlands. we now have gambling sponsorships in formula 1, which symbolises this move eastwards. attitudes towards gambling are very different, certainly in china it is a very social activity. china is a huge potential market for sport, the president is looking to create a sports economy with $850 billion by 2025. i think there are some real opportunities for formula 1 outfit,

to generate revenue from this kind of activity. irrespective of the prevailing attitudes towards gambling in places like great britain and elsewhere in europe. gambling in places like great britain and elsewhere in europem the sport of bringing itself up to corruption? people being able to bet on races, such as drivers and engineers? will the integrity of the sport be gambled? and interesting consideration for what is now happening, is what exactly will gambling providers, gambling services, allow you to gamble on? will it be the fastest lap, the overall race time, the length of a pit stop? a number of pit stops a driver has? whether or not a driver will crash? there are multiple opportunities for punters to bet upon, and other aspects of formula 1

to. of course, the more opportunities there are, and this will depend on the way in which this is regulated, obviously, it creates the potential for integrity in the sport to be compromised. beyond that, you are getting into the kind of scenarios we've seen before in cricket, the scenarios we've seen in football. 0nce cricket, the scenarios we've seen in football. once you begin to expose the sport to gambling pressures and people associated with gambling, you wonder is that crash real, is that pit stop real, they will be serious integrity issues, but formula 1 has got to take this very seriously. great britain 5 most successful pa ralympic equestrian says the sport's athletes need help with horsepower. after a year away from major competition sir lee pearson is back in action today at the world equestrian games. and he says in orderfor gb to keep leading the pack? there needs to be more investment. here 5 our 0lymipc sport

reporter david mcdaid. this is the godfather of parekh ina20 in a 20 year career lee pearson has w011 in a 20 year career lee pearson has won 11 paralympic gold medals, and at 44 he has no intention of giving up at 44 he has no intention of giving up the rains just yet. at 44 he has no intention of giving up the rainsjust yet. i always said i'd go on until i stopped loving doing what i do. as i get