for the trip to red star belgrade to avoid any distractions. and the race that stops the nation will be run in wet conditions after heavy morning downpours in melbourne. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the tennis news that rafael nadal will miss next week's season ending atp finals in london after having an operation on an ankle injury. nadal pulled out of the paris masters with a stomach muscle problem leaving novak djokovic to replace him as world number one. the spaniard said that as he was suffering with an injury he would take advantage of the moment and have an operation on his ankle as well which means he's replaced in london by american john isner. he has been troubled, on and off, although not in a serious way, by his ankle. and given he was a dud

meet in the atp finals anyway because of the stomach muscle pain he was feeling when he was due to make his comeback in paris last week, it is why not use the time wisely, i am week, it is why not use the time wisely, iam not likely week, it is why not use the time wisely, i am not likely to play in london, it is best to get this ankle looked at. he actually underwent arthroscopic surgery, quite minor surgery on arthroscopic surgery, quite minor surgery on the right ankle. i understand there is a loose fragment of bone floating around in there, which does not sound very nice. but all being well, a straightforward operation. it now has eight weeks until the new season starts. hopefully that will give him a chance to start next year on a much better way than he started this year. last she was phenomenally successful for year. last she was phenomenally successfulfor him. year. last she was phenomenally successful for him. you won two grand slam titles. it was almost too successful —— last she was phenomenally successful. so the draw has been made for those finals with federer and djokovic avoiding each other in the round robin stage. djokovic is in group guga kuerten alongside alexander zverev, marin cilic and john isner. the american isner of course replacing nadal. while in group lleyton hewitt — federer, a six—time former champion at the event has been drawn with kevin anderson,

dominic thiem and kei nishikori — who replacesjuan martin del potro. liverpool midfielder xherdan shaqiri will miss the side's champions league game against red star belgrade in serbia on tuesday. he's been left out of the squad in order to "avoid any distractions" that may be caused by his albanian heritage. during the world cup, shaqiri scored for switzerland against serbia and celebrated by making a double—headed eagle gesture, which symbolises the albanian flag. we come here as a football team. we represent one of the biggest football clu bs represent one of the biggest football clubs in the world. that is why we are here, to play football. and we want to focus on that. that's all. because the situation, people know better how the situation is. we decided not to bring xherdan

shaqiri. he is our player and he will play a lot of games for us, but not tomorrow. that is all. liverpool is one of the early kick off‘s on tuesday so they'll be able to watch the other game in group c — between napoli and paris st germain — which follows them. other fixtures of note — atletico madrid play the bundesliga leaders borussia dortmund in group a. victory for dortmund would put them into the knockout stages while a win for barcelona in italy against inter would also mean they go through but it's been a disappointing campaign to date for tottenham hotspur with just a point from their three games. we are so competitive and we show that competitiveness. in cases where it is not possible to go to the next stage, 0k, we will feel disappointed, but not embarrassed. i think when you compete in that level, if you are not good enough, if you are not clear in front of the goal, if you do not defend like we did with in some —— into muller and,

it is not embarrassing, disappointed but not embarrassing. every team has weak spots. they played really well. they would be boss on the pitch. for us it won't be an easy game. and of course it is a must win for spurs. but if we want to do something we have two win as well. so, yeah. both teams wanted to win. so enjoy the game. huddersfield town have won their first premier league match of the season with a 1—0 win over fellow relegation strugglers fulham. david wagner's side went into the match as the only team yet to win in the league this season and despite the 1—0 victory which also saw them score their first goal of the season at home, even if it was an own goal — it leaves them in the bottom three but takes them ahead of both cardiff and fulham, with the latter now dropping to the foot of the table. it was vital for us. it is our first

home game in such a long period, the first home goal in such a long period. it was important for us to get this winning feeling back into a football clu b get this winning feeling back into a 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. in spain, espanyol have moved second and to within three points of leaders and fellow catalonia side barcelona following their 1—0 win over athletic bilbao. borja iglesias with the only goal in the lust minute while bilbao remain one point above the relegation places. former england football manager sven—goran eriksson started his new role as the philippine national team's head coach on monday. eriksson takes charge of the team two months after terry butcher stepped down without having led a training session. eriksson said at a news conference in manila that he has set his sights on bringing the philippines to the finals of this november's suzuki cup then leading them to its asian cup finals debut in january.

iam i am really happy to be here. i suppose that one of your questions will be why i am here. it is not easy to answer that question. but a happy question. i thought why not? why not do something different? the melbourne cup, the race that stops a nation in australia is set to go to post at flemington race course in just over two hours' time. but the weather hasn't been kind for the race that takes place on the first tuesday in november. heavy downpours that are continuing have seen the viewing areas turned more into bathing pools and the conditions may see some of the unfancied runners now come into contention. now to cricket where rangana herath is confident he won't be the last of the great sri lanka bowlers. the left—arm spinner who's now a0 years old and 10th on the all—time list of test wicket—takers

will play his final test match against england — which is due to start in galle on tuesday, i say due to as the weather forecast isn't great — and the sri lankan captain says he'll be missed. we all know how much he has done for sri lankan cricket, apart from that, off the field he is a really good human being and especially for me, when i took over as a test captain he gave me a loss of support on and off the field. and, yeah, we will definitely missing —— lot. very aware of how skilful he is and how he will try to get us out. ultimately, it is a about them playing the situation and the surface and trying not to look too

much into it being his last test and playing what is right in front of us, the thing that is really important. of course, there will be a lot of noise around him and it being his last game. 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 iii—year—old, who has won world boxing titles in five different weight categories, has never fought professionally in mixed martial arts and it has yet to be decided what format and rules the fight will follow. 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. a little bit. i can box a lot. i can do it all. i can do anything if i set my mind to it. the people on my

team, iam set my mind to it. the people on my team, i am sure we will be on the same page. you know, one thing we have to do, we had to have rules, there's rules and regulations do everything we do in life. i am sure once i speak with the guys in my tea m once i speak with the guys in my team will be on the same page. we will get out there and do what we have to do. the melbourne cup gets under way in around two hours because time. and the tennessee titans are at the dallas cowboys. both teams in that one are three wins for the season and four defeats. in that one so far it is the home team who has taken the advantage, the dallas cowboys a lead that by seven points. rafael nadal is out of the atp season ending final, starting in london on sunday. that is due to him having at ankle surgery. that is due to him having at ankle surgery. he will be back at the start of next season. everything else is on the website. until next time, goodbye for now. hello there.

the pressure patterns set up across the uk for the next few days will be crucial to how the weather is going to look and certainly feel. we've got a big area of high pressure over the continent, spinning clockwise, and a big area of low pressure over the atlantic, to the west of us, spinning anti—clockwise. and this is driving up southerly winds right across the country, and this mild air moving up from the mediterranean, through france, and across our shores. but as we go through the next few days, this area of low pressure across the west will slowly encroach into our shores, so although it's going to be mild, it will start to turn windier, and there will be outbreaks of rain pushing in from the west. now, early this morning, it's going to be a largely dry start. some mist and murk around from the bonfires and fireworks on the previous evening. but there will be some splashes of rain pushing into some western areas, but generally light at this stage. and a very mild start to the day, no lower than 8—11 degrees. so for tuesday morning, we start off on a largely dry note. for much of england, wales and scotland, there will be some spells of sunshine around, but quite a bit of cloud too. as we head into the afternoon,

this more active weather front will start to throw in some pretty heavy rain at times through parts of cornwall, devon, in towards western wales as well. could even be a rumble of thunder with this rain as it moves in. could also be pushing into north sea coastal areas, maybe the far west of north—west england, in towards northern ireland, certainly be wetter here, and then eventually western scotland. and it will be a blustery day for all, but certainly across western areas. temperature—wise, pretty good further east. where we have the dry and bright conditions, 17 or 18 degrees. but even further west, with the cloud, the rain and wind, 13 or 14 degrees. and then through tuesday night, that rain will continue to edge its way eastwards, perhaps not reaching the far east of scotland and england until we head into wednesday morning. we've got a secondary area of low pressure developing out of this as it moves across our shores, so wednesday is looking particularly unsettled — very windy, cloudy, some heavy rain pretty much anywhere through the morning. maybe a rumble of thunder or two, particularly in the showers, these blustery, heavy showers, which will arrive across southern areas into the afternoon. temperature—wise, not quite as high as monday and tuesday, looking at 12—14 celsius. and it will be a windy day, with gales in exposure, certainly around coasts and over hills. and then as we end the week,

well, we maintain a south or south—westerly wind, with low pressure still out towards the west. because high pressure could still be close by, it could remain dry. spells of rain, but again, with the winds coming in from the south, it should be pretty mild for the time of year. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: reaching the final furlong. president trump makes one last pitch ahead of the us midterm elections. a blast from the past. barack 0bama stumps for the democrats. he calls this a defining moment. a major search is underway to find 79 children kidnapped from a boarding school in north—west cameroon. and how we shall remember them? 100 years of changing attitudes towards the first world war.