welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is lewis vaughanjones. and stand by to see eight our top stories: of the world's best and most adventurous windsurfers theresa may and eu officials agree "legally—binding changes" to the brexit deal, brave some tough conditions. ahead of a crucial vote in the british parliament. hello, and thanks for joining us on sport today. today we have secured legal changes. it's a familiar face in an unfamiliar situation — now is the time to come together zinedine zidane has returned to back this improved brexit deal to real madrid just over ten months and to deliver on the instruction after leading them to a third of the british people. champions leagues in a row. european commission president he's back at a club in disarray, jean—claude juncker warns voting down the deal would put the spanish giants dumped out everything at risk. of the champions league after being thrashed at home by ajax in politics, sometimes and out of the running in la liga. you get a second chance. patrick gearey reports on what has it is what we do with the second been a tumultuous period chance that comes because there for los blancos. meet the new boss, same as the old boss. less than ten months after he said he did all he could, zinedine zidane has returned. i am very happy

to be back. what i want is to get to work again and put the club back in the place where it has today. the only important thing for me is to start work tomorrow. that is it. since zidane brought the champions league back here for the third season league back here for the third season running, they have been stuck between a loop and a downward spiral. in the space of one nightmare week, barcelona ended their hopes in the league and cup and then came ajax in the champions league. the first reigning champions to go out in the quarter—final since 2013. the media is warning -- morning one of its greatest teams. few days, few weeks for reality read. but 4-1 defeat prompted screaming headlines in the spanish press and in the humiliation which imagine —— inevitably lead to the short time in charge, longer term

problems were coming to a head. last summer, based on cristiano ronaldo and didn't replace him. the club has stopped bringing in star players and has been focused on developing its stadium. the big names have not escaped the gathering storm. gareth bale has been booed and the captain earlier sent out 11 tweets in an owl are responding to criticism. all the while, success remains essential. nothing has got easier since zidane left last time. the reason i left the club was because i needed it for me. at the time, iwas because i needed it for me. at the time, i was the coach, the club needed it as well. the team needed a change after having everything. this clu b change after having everything. this club is what it is an immediate change at the time. now the reason i have decided to come back is because the press have called me. since i love the president and the club, here i am. the man who tried to replace him couldn't rely on the credit zidane

has with the fans, built up as a player and manager. this man says he should never have left and is a former player, he will understand the squad. there are hard decisions to be made if real at madrid are to return to the bus parade days. zidane once again has the wheel. the direction remains unclear. zidane led real through their most successful period in the modern era with a win rate of almost seven games in 10. zidane won nine out a possible 13 trophies. it was a simply sublime time to be a real fan. he was there forjust 878 days, but in that time, he secured a hat—trick of champion's league titles, beating rivals atletico, juventus and liverpool to win in europe. he actually won seven trophies in 100 matches, at one point, a record. in fact, he'd won as many trophies at that point as he'd lost games, and went a0 games unbeaten. it's those sort of statistics

and records like this that real hope zidane can repeat. that is why they had given him this new contract to run until 2022. but as is often said at the bernabeu, most recently by the deposed santiago solari, "we are all just passing through here." so, the pressure really will be on from the start and according to our spanish football expert guillerm balague, there's a lot of rebuilding to do. what he wants to do now is have a tea m what he wants to do now is have a team that wins at home. they have won the league twice in the last ten yea rs. won the league twice in the last ten years. it is simply not good enough for what he feels is the most important competition at all. three times ina important competition at all. three times in a row they did so. he will bea times in a row they did so. he will be a target but it is about rebuilding. we have to see what happens with gareth bale for instance. they didn't get on. they are like water and oil. what now?

speaking of returning... patrik schick's 33rd—minute header ensured claudio ranieri made a winning return as roma boss with a 2—1victory over struggling empoli at the stadio olimpico on monday, but not without a late scare. his second spell started brightly when stephan el shaarawy opened the scoring in the ninth minute. however, that lead lasted just three minutes as centre—backjuan jesus inadvertently put the ball into his own goal. a good finish, really. schick restored the hosts' advantage when he headed home alessandro florenzi's free kick from close range at the far post. home captain florenzi went from hero to zero as he was sent off for a second bookable offence in the 80th minute, and empoli then thought they had snatched a late point when rade krunic found the back

of the net in the 89th minute. but a reprieve for roma fans courtesy of var, the goal disallowed for a controversial handball by dimitri oberlin in the build—up to give ranieri's side victory. now, what a way to mark the first ever afc champions league clash to be played in iraq. alaa abbas was the hero as the 21—year—old striker helped his al—zawra'a side to a brilliant 5—0 win over the uae's al—wasl in asia's biggest club competition. alaa abbas doubled al—zawra'a's lead before al—wasl‘s captain, fabio lima, was shown a red card following a foul on mustafa mohammed. he was very happy there. abbas then added a third for the iraqi side to raise the roof in the karbala sport city stadium. eighth seed angelique kerber survived an early scare by coming back from a set down to beat qualifier natalia viklya ntseva, 3—6, 6—1, 6—3, and reach

the fourth round at indian wells. the 22—year—old russian was a break of serve down before taking four consecutive games, then a third break over kerber saw her take the first set in under a0 minutes. the german, a 2—time semifinalist at indian wells, had to respond to her opponent's excellent start, and she did. kerber shifted the momentum with two breaks in the second. her determination saw her win the match after almost two hours on court. alexander zverev was sent packing from the indian wells masters with a 6—3, 6—1 defeat by fellow german jan—lennard struff in the third round. afterwards, zverev said he's suffering with a virus. athletic‘s world governing body, the iaaf, say russian athletes will remain banned from international competitions until further notice. the iaaf banned russia in november 2015 because of evidence of state—sponsored doping,

and it's the 10th time they've has turned down russia's appeal for reinstatement, having requested the same assurances when it upheld the ban in december. it will remain in place until samples and data from moscow's former anti—doping laboratory are made available. and, finally, the most challenging windsurfing contest in the world is underway in the republic of ireland. few people, if any, will get to watch it in person, though, because the red bull storm chase seeks out conditions most would rather avoid, as nick parrott reports. beautiful and rugged, this is the north—west coast of the republic of ireland. at this time of year in this weather, it is a place you would choose for a day out. at eight windsurfers, this is the perfect storm they have been waiting for. the red bull storm chasing is a competition with a difference. it is not restricted to a specific time or

place and only happens when a suitable storm develops with enough warning to make the most of the conditions. we have probably the best riders in the world, toughest conditions you will be in. we have a really strong wind. the waves are a nice, not huge, but decent waves. proper storm. in winds gusting more than 100 km/h, competitors took part in three rounds of short head, earning points of jumps, in three rounds of short head, earning points ofjumps, tricks and wave riding. in the water for 20 metres at a time, that average is the biggest problem. metres at a time, that average is the biggest problemlj metres at a time, that average is the biggest problem. i am not used to cold water and it takes a lot of energy out of you and makes your arms, like, my arms are realistic. it is hard. but it is fun. they will be hoping to thaw out before resuming the competition on tuesday when even more strong wind and waves are forecast. rather them than me.

that is all for now. see you soon. bye. hello there. although it was quite windy out there on monday, it was probably the quietest day of this week. through the next few days, the rest of the week, we're going to see some outbreaks of rain, which will be heavy at times, and accompanied by some very windy conditions. in fact, we've got a storm on the way. the latest storm is being named storm gareth, and it's around that curl of cloud there, already pushing ahead this thickening cloud to bring some outbreaks of rain, and on ahead of those weather fronts, we've got some strong and gusty winds, as well. but it's really as the storm, the low centre, approaches later on on tuesday and into tuesday night that the winds really start to pick up. so, this is what we look like early on in the morning. those are the sort of temperatures — pretty mild out there. that's not the main story, mind you.

you can see we've got that band of rain around from that cloud, and these are the sort of gusts we're looking at early in the day, so gales, i think, in many places. and it could be particularly squally, briefly, in that rain band, as it sweeps its way across northern england, wales and the south—west of england in the morning, into the south—east of england through the afternoon. we may well find some sunshine and showers following on, and the winds easing just a little. but then they really start to get noisy again around that swirl of rain, around our storm that approaches the north—west later on in the day. and we're drawing down some chillier air as the day goes on, so temperatures will be dropping a bit. the winds, though, really picking up through the afternoon, into the evening and overnight in northern ireland, western parts of scotland. 70, maybe 80mph around some coasts, and we've got that rain around, too — that'll push its way into england and wales. 50—60mph gusts quite widely. very slowly, the winds easing down just a little bit on wednesday, but still a very windy day, and there will be some sunshine and showers, before we get some more persistent rain coming back

into northern ireland. those temperatures should be a little bit higher, typically in double figures. now, our storm is heading across the uk and out into the north sea, so the winds are easing down a little bit. but then we've got that next weather system coming in rapidly from the atlantic, which you can see overnight it brings rain in many areas, that weather front then sinking its way southwards on thursday. some of the heaviest rain likely to be over the high ground in north—west england. you can see we've got some strong to gale—force winds, and then by friday, sunshine and some showers. the strongest of the winds, though, arriving with storm gareth later on on tuesday. through tuesday night and into wednesday, there's likely to be some travel disruption and some damage. you can keep up to date with the forecast here, and all the details on bbc local radio.