the britain that emerged from the armistice would never be the same. the war had had a powerful, democratising effect, for the men who fought it came home to demand a new place in society for the common citizen. we were promised land for heroes to live in and all that sort of thing. but when we came home, we found nothing. there was no cheering, no singing. we were drained of all emotion, really. that's what it amounted to, you see. they started marching around the camp singing out, "we want food! we want money! " the government was obviously very concerned about what would happen when the guys came back, particularly because the labour party had grown, and then there'd be the russian revolution in 1917, so they were really scared there would be some socialist uprising. but the term citizenship comes into use in the 1920s and 1930s, which never had been before, because the british were subjects of the crown, they weren't citizens. which i think is something

new after the war. they thought they had fought the war that would end all wars. they had not. but the britain we inherit today, its citizens‘ democracy grew out of their extraordinary sacrifice. allan little, bbc news. some reflections on the changing perceptions of the first world war as we approach armistice day. newsnight is on bbc two. emily is in washington to cover the midterm elections. you're hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm sarah mulkerrins. your top stories tonight: a first goal at home, brings a first win of the season

for huddersfield town. waving goodbye to his season — ankle surgery rules rafa nadal out of the world tour finals in london. and joe root tells his england side to be courageous against sri lanka. but will the weather prevent them getting any play? hello and thanks forjoining us... so 205 days after scoring their last home goal — it was an own goal, from timothy fosu—mensah, that gave huddersfield town their first league win of the season tonight — 1—0 winners they were against fulham at thejohn smith stadium. that sees the terriers move off the foot of the table — with the visitors replacing them. worrying times for fulham — they've now equalled a premier league record by conceding 29 goals in their opening 11 games. patrick gearey watched

the action for us. the northern souls of huddersfield continued to keep the faith, despite it all. the last league goal they saw here was in april, nearly seven months of drought, and despite the effo rts months of drought, and despite the efforts of philip billing, still counting. but not for too long, phil have conceded more than any premier league team this season, and they left christopher schindler free to enter the curse, timothy fosu—mensah got the final touch of the own goal. they were not worried about the identity, but more refurb all, the owner spent millions of pounds in the summer, but this offer leaves no guarantees or warranties. the nerves we re guarantees or warranties. the nerves were growing, and berlin were finally stirring, four years ago,

andre schurrle won the world cup, rio must seem a long way away. a goal, a whim, and that faith repaid. this was our first home games since such a long period, first home goal in sucha such a long period, first home goal in such a long period, it was so important for all of us to get his winning feeling back into our football club, and into our dressing room, to show that we are able to have a clean sheet, we are able to score goals at home and we are able to win games. well this is how the bottom of the table stands, huddersfield have climbed off the bottom and up to 18th, behind newcastle on goal difference. fulham slip to the foot of the premier league with five straight defeats and still yet to keep a clean sheet since their promotion. stoke city wingerjames mcclean has been warned by the fa for his use of offensive language on social media. he posted his anger at abuse

he received over not wearing a poppy, describing some stoke fans as "cavemen". whilst the fa told mcclean off, they did say any abuse received by the player was unacceptable. the irish internationalfeels the fa are turning a blind eye to the sectarian abuse. wales have brought in a couple of new faces for their nations league match against denmark next week with anderlecht defender james lawrence called up for the first time. the 26—year—old joined the belgian side in august after four years playing in slovakia. gareth bale and aaron ramsey are back in the squad after missing the win over the republic of ireland last month and boss ryan giggs has backed bale to make a big impact having been booed by real madrid fans at the weekend. he was with us more or less the jury should in the last camp, trying to

get over his injury, and it is good to see him back playing. so, yes. i know that he can't wait to join up with the lads and be a part of the game, so like i say, we have got one weekend to get through, and hopefully, be that the denmark. —— be there for denmark. liverpool midfielder xherdan shaqiri will miss the side's champions league game against red star belgrade in serbia tomorrow. he's been left out of the squad in order to "avoid any distractions" that may be caused by his albanian heritage. he was fined by fifa when he celebrated scoring for switzerland against serbia at the world cup, by making a double—headed eagle gesture, which symbolises the albanian flag. politics has always influence on life, at least on the planet i live in that's how it is but it's not why we are here. we are here

to play football and that's why we try to make sure we can be focused on football and i realised tonight already, it could've been a story and we did not want a story besides a football story. and that is why we decided what decided. elsewhere this evening.... rafa nadal has undergone ankle surgery today and ended his season early. it means he'll miss the atp tour finals in london and the chance to regain the world number1 spot. that will be held by novak djokovic, who has been drawn alongside alexander zverev, marin cilic and nadal‘s replacementjohn isner. roger federer heads the other group with kevin anderson, dominic thiem and kei nishikori. george burgess will appear at a disciplinary hearing on tuesday after being cited for an incident during sunday's second test against new zealand. the england foward appeared to have his fingers in the eyes of new zealand's captain dallin watene—zelezniak. in rugby union, tom curry has been ruled out of england's match against new zealand this weekend with a "severe ankle injury". he was part of the inexperienced back row that helped england beat south africa on saturday. owen farrell is available, though.

on the eve of the first test against sri lanka — england captain joe root says his team will be trying a bolder and more courageous approach to their cricket. england haven't won a test series in sri lanka for 17 years. root says its time for them to try something different — and that players are feeling the competition for places on the team. first, to win over here is not going to be 11 players, it will be a squad performance. there will be times when the balance of the team might change quite drastically, and we have got to accept that, and it's not about individuals, but about collectively do examine special. we have done things in a certain way when we have come to this continent, and it is time to try something slightly different, be a bit bolder, courageous, and really try to exploit every surface that we come up exploit every surface that we come up against. now root‘s intentions may well be good —

but mother nature might have other ideas in galle. the tour has been hampered by the monsoon weather in the sub continent. so what are the prospects for the coming week? stav danaos can tell us.... hello, there. weather conditions are not looking great at all for cricket across blanca, for much of this upcoming week, because we have seen a tropical lobe development the south they have bent goal. it is aurally bringing heavy rain to bus in sri lanka, and also the south—east coast and india. if we move into sarah lancaster, fetches data and weather, widespread showers thunderstorms across the island, and torrential rain is likely in places, up torrential rain is likely in places, up to 150 millimetres of rain, day on dave some areas. frequent lightning and strong gusty winds. some gaps in between these storms and showers. the focus of the showers will be more northern and eastern areas, with southern and western parts may see the best of

the sunny spells. it looks very u nsettled the sunny spells. it looks very unsettled for the next few days. play gets underway at az30am. from 7 in the morning, the cricket social with jonathan agnew, michael vaughan, phil tufnell and the rest of the test match special team will be live via the bbc sport website and app — just go to the cricket page and click listen live. american boxer floyd mayweather has signed with a japanese mixed martial arts promotions company to fight kickboxer tenshin nasukawa on new year's eve. the undefeated a1—year—old, who has won world boxing titles mayweather‘s last bout was in 2017 when he beat irish mma fighter conor mcgregor, running his boxing record to a perfect 50 wins with no defeats and earning close to 300 million dollars. ican i can wrestle a little bit. i can

box a lot a bed. and we willjust see. i can do it all. you know, i can do anything if i set my mind to it. iam pretty can do anything if i set my mind to it. i am pretty sure we will be on the same page. you know, one thing we have to do, we have to have rules, and regulus just we have to do, we have to have rules, and regulusjust everything we do. so i'm pretty sure once i speak to the guys from my team, we are going to be on the same page. we then do what we have to do. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be

bringing us tomorrow. with me are the guardian columnist, dawn foster, and liam halligan, chief economics commentator at the daily telegraph. and apparently the former spice girls correspondence for the daily telegraph. the spice girls -- the financial times. the financial times says theresa may will pile pressure on eurosceptic cabinet ministers to back a brexit deal that could be signed this month. this comes after leo varadkar, the irish prime minister, offered a compromise on the rwo over northern ireland border. meanwhile the guardian has a different take on the same story.. and says the taiseoch told mrs may he could not allow the uk to dictate the terms of any so called backstop. the i has mp‘s warning universal credit is imposing

arbitrarily punitive penalties on people who breach rules according to the metro — revellers who laughed and jeered in a video that surfaced online as they burned a model of grenfell tower, are being investigated by police. the daily express leads with prince charles urging the world to halt plastic pollution and protect our planet for children like his daughter—in—law meghan‘s unborn baby. and according to the daily mail, grieving families will be hit with bills of up to £6,000 under a stealth death tax. and they also feature the spice girls — most of whom are getting together to tour again. posh was too posh that this reunion, by all accounts. we are going to start with the independent. big elections in the united states tomorrow. tom waits boaters‘ verdict, in the first major poll and

—— trump awaits voter‘s verdict. verdict, in the first major poll and —— trump awaits voter's verdictm will be in testing to see what happens. i think it may be closer than people expect. i think some democrats are getting a little too cocky. the big worry is that a lot of people who did support trump have not changed their mind so far. a lot of the things more outrageous on, don‘t affect his core base. the democrats have not done very much to learn about why they lost in 2016, and change rain much around there. they need to look a lot more closely at health care, they need to look at why they are leaving behind so many young people, so mini working—class voters, and they haven‘t learnt that much yet. if the democrats, if the republicans lose the house, they would be disappointed. sorry, if the democrats win the house, they will be very happy, if they lose the house, they will be completely and nicely crushed, because everything

that they point to has been wrong with the america is in body din donald trump in their eyes, and if they don‘t win the house, then it suggests that america wants donald trump ina suggests that america wants donald trump in a way that they did not envisage. that is right, clive. these are possibly the biggest midterm elections of our lives. even political nerds like us sort of me that the midterms were going on, but we would not be covering them in this detail, because they are essentially local elections in the us, rather than presidential elections, yet they are seen as a referendum on trump's first two years in office. they got the seeds of the representatives at the graph, 35 of the 100 seat in the senate. id —— agree with dawn, it will be close. i think trump will gain seats in the senate. the democrats are desperate to win the house of representatives. i think it is too close to call. if