coming up on this programme: three—time winner novak djokovic is into the last 16 of the shanghai masters. australia collapse in the first test against pakistan with a 33—year—old debutant taking six wickets. and another major honour for brooks koepka, who's named the pga tour player of the year. hello there, and welcome to the programme, where we start with tennis news and we saw some of the big guns enter the fray at the shanghai masters on tuesday. the top seeds get byes into the second round, but perhaps dominic thiem and marin cilic needed a bit more time on court because they're out. but no worries for novak djokovic as the world number three is into the last 16 as austin halewood reports. since the middle of 2018, novak djokovic has been a player reborn, with injuries and issues we perform

well behind him, the 1a time major grandslam champion is back to his best. with wimbledon and us open titles already this season, he is a redhot 13 match winning streak. jeremy chardy never really threatened it in china. djokovic coming through in straight sets and a step closer to a fourth title in shanghai. he has already qualified for the world tour finals in london next month. world number seven dominic thiem is one of those looking tojoin him there, but his hopes took a blow on tuesday thanks to australian matthew ebden. the 30—year—old is having the season of his life after 13 years on the tour. in what that it got even better, with his biggest win to date. —— in the third set. marin cilic has reached the tour final three times in his impressive career, he also lost ground in the rankings. the

world number six comfortably took the opening set but was pegged back in the second by world number a8, nicholas jahri. into a decider, cilic had his chances but two match points. another seed was sent packing from shanghai. with the likes of cilic and dominic thiem missing out, the path to london could be left open to players like kyle edmund, the british world number 1a beat villa pranjic in straight sets. after reaching the semifinals. he is on atjust the right time. 33—year—old debutant bilal asif helped pakistan take a massive lead of 325 into the fourth day of the first test against australia in dubai. they'll resume their second innings on a5 for three after australia collapsed to be all out for 202 on tuesday. they were going along nicely at 1a2 without loss, in reply to pakistan's first innings of a82. 0peners usman khawaja and aaron finch reached half centuries but only two other batsmen made double figures. hasif took 6—36 while pakistan chose

not to enforce the follow on and despite losing three wickets they're in a strong position with two days remaining. iam not i am not feeling well. they cannot bowl well. so it makes him an support me and they gave me too much confidence that you can do it. that is it. after this you can see. i have been struggling for the past few years. have been struggling for the past few yea rs. i have been struggling for the past few years. i made my dibben in 2015 against zimbabwe, after that, that is my debut in the test —— debut. it has been a long time. it wasn't ideal to lose ten for 60 odd in the last two sessions of the day. i thought the way that we fought back in the last 17 overs, to

have been three down, obviously 320 is still a significant lead. a deficit for us. i thought the way we fought back then was really positive. sri lanka's one—day captain dinesh chandimal has warned that conditions will be "very different" for england this week. their five—match series begins on wednesday with eoin morgan's side the number one ranked 0di nation ahead of next year's world cup. rain prevented any training for the home team in dambulla on tuesday morning and england had to train later in the evening — the match itself is a day—night game on wednesday and the two teams will play the second game of their five—match series at the same venue. there is always pressure being number one. people want to chase you. once you get that that is where the hard work really starts. there isa the hard work really starts. there is a bit ofa the hard work really starts. there is a bit of a target on your back. it is down to you to keep improving and trying to stay there. so that is and trying to stay there. so that is a really tough challenge that brings with it some pressures. i think in

the dressing room we have a really good understanding of what that means and what we are about as a side and how we need to keep improving and pushing the boundaries and putting no limitations, really, on what we are capable of. when you go back to 2015, when you look at the england side, they struggled, especially during the world cup. so that same thing happens to us at the moment. that thing after the 2015 world cup, they change, that is what we are looking if it can be the number one side in the world in this series, that will bea the world in this series, that will be a great turning point going to the world cup. now to football, and european champions the netherlands will play switzerland next month for the final european place in next year's women's world cup. the dutch were 2—1winners in their second leg over denmark taking them through a—1 on aggregate while the swiss needed the away goals rule to take them through after their home second leg finished 1—1 — making it 3—3 on aggregate.

the two legged play off to decide who goes to france will take place on the fifth and 13th of november now to the men's game and england are getting set to face croatia on friday and then spain on monday in the nations league. 0ur reporter katherine downes was with the team at st georges park on tuesday. it feels like there has been a bit ofa it feels like there has been a bit of a refresh at st georges park. the teams in action immediately after the world cup felt very familiar, but there have been a good few fresh faces around in the training ground this morning as england buildup in the next nations league games against croatia and spain. the press out in force this morning. all the cameras pointing at a certainjayden centre, 18 years old, the first player born in this millennium to be picked to represent england. a huge buzz around him and his fellow new bees as well. james madison and

mason mount. some talk about the youth, the youth of the squad, the average age of the 25 man squad 23 yea rs average age of the 25 man squad 23 years old. 0ne average age of the 25 man squad 23 years old. one of the more experienced collops has fallen somewhat under the radar today, josee‘s ross barkley, who is back in the squad after more than 2.5 years after his last england —— chelsea's. he has rediscovered his form after a series injury. he has the backing of richard sarita says he has what it ta kes to richard sarita says he has what it takes to go on to be big.|j richard sarita says he has what it takes to go on to be big. i feel like they have ensured as a person. i have understood a lot. how important football is, to take little details on, now under my new manager. things are going really well for me now. i am fully focused to keep improving and kick on. he is only 2a, but fans will be expecting a performance from him, given his experience. the youngsters may be grabbing the headlines, but arguably

they have been given their opportunity because of injury. there is now the chance to express with the young man's. berkeley, according to his supporters, has won his place fairand to his supporters, has won his place fair and square. 0nto golf now, and brooks koepka has been voted the pga tour player of the year. the american became the first golfer since 1989 to clinch back—to—back us 0pen titles. he followed that up with his third major title at the us pga championship. and despite rumours of a fall—out after their defeat in the ryder cup, dustinjohnson has been among those congratulating him on social media. the president of the ioc, thomas bach, has announced the three cities bidding to hold the winter olympics in 2026. the three on the shortlist are calgary in canada, milan in italy, and stockholm in sweden. the announcement of the winning bid will be made injune next year and bach also said there would be a refugee team competing at the summer games in tokyo in 2020. we should not just

we should notjust then invite a refugee athlete who, in an olympic competition, can be humiliated then by the performance. so there should bea by the performance. so there should be a certain level, because only with this certain level also the signal of hope can be sent and the signal of hope can be sent and the signal of hope can be sent and the signal of awareness can be sent. the signal of awareness can be sent. the signal of awareness can be sent. the signal of hope to the refugees that despite having to suffer from being a refugee you can achieve. a big couple of years coming up in japan, the rugby world cup next year, in 2020 it is the olympics and the paralympics. it is big also in major league baseball. boston are up against the new york yankees in the american league. the rest softly that by 2—1. they need one more win

in the bronx. —— the red sox. until next time it is goodbye. hello. we will start the day with some sunshine and end with something quite different, but for wednesday, the sunshine we saw on tuesday across england and wales extends across northern ireland and scotland. finally we say goodbye to this rain bearing front. however, it is all change again by the time we get to friday. potentially some disruptive, wet and windy weather pushing across the uk, but we will talk about that in more detail in just a moment's time. first wednesday, which is going to be a fine, dry day, plenty of sunshine across the uk. there will be a bit more cloud for the north and west of scotland, but it will soon thin and break. you can see how that warmth extends across england and wales

into northern ireland and scotland. temperatures widely in the high teens, low 20 celsius, perhaps even 23 or 2a for east anglia and south—east england. skies will turn hazy across the south—west in southern england later in the day. outbreaks of rain pushing their way northwards overnight into south—west england, wales, northern ireland, the midlands. northwest england staying mostly dry across scotland and the east of england. this is what you expect by day at this time of year. also a very mild night as we go into thursday. thursday is going to be a transition day, we have not one but two cold fronts moving their way across england. patches of early—morning rain in south—west england. more rain arriving into south—west england. it will eventually push its way up into the midlands and north—west england. ahead of this, we have still got some warmth across east anglia, south—east england. 21 or 22 celsius there. we will start to see something cooler further right.

then some very cool weather potentially friday. the deep area of low pressure, tightly packed isobars, gales. multiple heavy warnings in place at the moment. the front will be pushing its way across the uk, bringing heavy rain to the west of scotland, wales and south—west england. that rain may not get across to the far south—east of england until late in the day. these are the average, sustained winds, but the gales could well get up to 50 or 60 miles an hour, maybe even higher. some potentially disruptive winds, keep an eye on warnings. there are lots of them and they are all on our website. bye— bye. 31 welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to our viewers in north america and around the globe. —— a very warm. my name is mike embley.

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