and we look ahead to this weekend's belgian grand prix, as the formula 1 championship returns after a four week break. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with tennis and news of a shock defeat for simona halep at the us open. the number 4 seed and wimbledon champion was beaten by taylor townsend in a three—set thriller. halep won the first set 6—2, before townsend took the second. halep was then forced to come from a "mini—break" down in the third set tie—break. but townsend, who'd squandered two match points earlier, rallied again, and the american, who's ranked 116 in the world, won the tie—break — and the match — to seal her place in the last 32. the number 6 seed petra kvitova is also out. it's after she lost 6—4, 6—4 to world number 88 andrea petkovic. the two—time wimbledon champion, who's been struggling with an arm

injury, was broken in the 10th game as the german took the opening set. petkovic broke twice more on her way to the win and she'll now play the 25th seed, elise mertens, in the next round. the top seed and defending champion naomi osaka is through to the 3rd round after a straight sets victory over poland's magda linette. osaka won the first set 6—2 — but then survived a brief scare, with linette, who's ranked number 53 in the world, winning the first 3 games of the second set. osaka recovered to take the set 6—4 — ad she'll face either coco gauff or timea babos next. welcome to bbc news — my name's mike embley. our top stories: more than three weeks after a clampdown going into this match eye was very in indian—administerd kashmir. a bbc investigation uncovers calm, because i was thinking there allegations of brutal beatings was no way my nerves could be worse and torture by soldiers. than they were the day before. —— i the british parliament prepares was come. for me, they also had that for a brexit showdown. mps say they'll make their move next week comfortability of knowing i had to stop borisjohnson

played magda before. so there is suspending the commons. colombia's president vows to hunt a lwa ys played magda before. so there is always that added stress of not down farc rebel commanders knowing what she can do. for me that who are calling on followers to take stress was ta ken up arms after three years of peace. knowing what she can do. for me that stress was taken away today. in the men's singles, rafa nadal is through to third the former fbi director james comey is criticised round without playing. he was due on court later for leaking a memo to face thanasi kokkinakis, about president trump, but the australian has withdrawn with a shoulder injury. meanwhile, the number 6 seed from germany, alexander zverev, is already through to the 3rd round. he was taken to five sets by the american frances tiafoe. zverev won the deciding set 6—3 and he'll now face the slovenian frances tiafoe. meanwhile, the number 13 seed gail monfis sealed his place n the 3rd round in acrobatic style. he beat romania's marius copile in straight sets and will now face the canadian denis shapovalov in the last 32. onto football, and the draw for the group phase of the european champions league was made in monaco on thursday, with 32 teams divided into eight groups of four. and three former winners of the trophy, all ended up in the same group. five—time winners and reigning spanish champions barcelona were among the eight seeded teams drawn from pot 1.

german giants and 1997 winners borussia dortmund were then drawn alongside them in group f. and inter milan completed the trio of former champions in that selection. our football reporterjohn bennett says it's the toughest group of the lot. you have got barcelona who will be determined to do well in this season's petition. they have not won it since 2015. then lse will be desperate to get to the final and lift that trophy yet again —— lionel messi. then you have recio dortmund who will be better than last season when they ran bayern munich. the likes of jayden sancho, young

players like him, they will have improved even more than during the last campaign when they were sensational at times. and intimate line with the team that everyone wa nted line with the team that everyone wanted to avoid in pot three. antonio conte is now the head coach. they have excellent signings like romolo lu ka ku they have excellent signings like romolo lukaku and alexis sanchez coming in as well, hoping to discover his form. —— romelu lukaku. you would think barcelona would be favourites to win. you have to feel sorry for slap your pride, the fourth the menace group. —— prague. elsewhere, the holders liverpool will be expected to qualify from group e with napoli, the europa league winners chelsea are in a tough—loooking group along with last season's semi—finalists ajax, and the spanish cup winners valencia, with group g the most wide—open. real madrid are in group a along with the french champions psg, last season's runners—up tottenham are in group b with bayern munich, manchester city and shakhtar donetsk are in the same group for the third

year in a row. and juventus and atletico madrid will be favourites to qualify from group d. they met in the last 16 last season when cristiano ronaldo scored a hat—trick forjuve. a tough atough group, a tough group, like always, these are stage groups are always like that. but we are confident, we are juventus. and we are looking forward to do it to staff while the champions league. and, as you know, it isa champions league. and, as you know, it is a difficult competition to win. but we are very confident for this year. the draw ceremony also included uefa's awards for player of the year. virgil van dijk won the men's award with lucy bronze winning the women's. bronze was in the lyon side that won the women's champions league for the fourth year in a row, she was also a member of the england squad that reached the world cup semi—finals. meanwhile, van dijk, who was nominated alongside lionel messi and cristiano ronaldo — helped liverpool to win the champions league and the netherlands to reach the nations league final.

fantastic. it's been a great year. and you obviously get recognition for what we achieved last year is outstanding. and it is all credit to eve ryo ne outstanding. and it is all credit to everyone at the club. everyone who has helped me along the way as well. so great. i was aim ecstatic and super humble to have won the award —— aim ecstatic. up against two great girls, great players. they want to say a huge thanks to the lionesses, the england team, we had a great summer. the england team, we had a great summer. i don't think they would have won this award if it was not for them. some formula 1 now and mercedes has confirmed that valtteri bottas will be staying put for the 2020 season. the world champions exercised an option to extend his contract and keep him, rather than promote their reserve driver esteban ocon, who's now moving to renault. bottas says it's good to get the deal done.

that always good news when you get things confirmed for next year and it's definitely all what i wanted because i think the team will be strong, for sure, for the rest of the year, but also next year. they see no reasons why the year, but also next year. they see no reasons why it wouldn't. so obviously that made me very happy to hear it —— i see no reasons. i think it was last weekend we signed and the paperwork was done. so had to kind of wait a bit until then, but i still had a good break and lots of fun and everything and i am happy now. the formula one championship is back this weekend after a four—week break. the belgian grand prix sees thailand's alex albon making his debut for red bull. he's been promoted from toro rosso for the rest of the season — swapping places with the frenchman pierre gasly. albon admits it's a big step—up, but says he's looking forward to the challenge. starting the summer break, came into

it expecting a bit of a relaxing time, and then the first day of the summer time, and then the first day of the summer break got told the news. so had a lot of time to think about it and obviously you can't really speak to anyone. so there was a lot of time there were i was who'd always speak to, what canno do? surface i'm really speaking to everyone was on monday —— can i do. catching up now and get to know the team. that's about it. onto cycling and for the second day in a row there was a spanish winner at the vuelta a espana. thursday's sixth stage was won byjesus herrada, who held off a challenge from belgium's dylan toins to claim his first ever stage victory in one of cycling's grand tours. toins though, did enough to claim the race leader's red jersey. he's now 38 seconds clear of the field. thursday's stage included a huge crash which forced several riders to abandon the race, including former leader nicolas roach. golf, and there are joint—leaders after the first round of the european masters in switzerland. the frenchman mike lorenzo—verra and this man, mattias schvab

that's 7—under—par — and they're one shot clear of the field. on a congested leaderboard, there are 36 players within four shots of the lead — including rory mcilroy. he shot a 3—under—par—67 in his first round of golf since winning the fedex cup — and moving back—up to world number two. because they feel like when i'm playing my best ziyambi best players in the world. anai would like to get back there. —— imb best players in the world. they haven't experienced that in the last four years. so a feel like with the work eye and putting it and the consistent goal by playing, you know, hopefully it is only a matter of time. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me eleanor roper and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye.

hi there. we saw temperatures reach 25 degrees in the south—east of england on thursday. there was plenty of sunshine across the south and east of the country, closer to this area of high pressure. but into friday, again, low pressure dominates the north and the west, where it will reman pretty windy and there will be further outbreaks of rain and, as a result, it will feel a bit cooler than it will across the south and the east. so outbreaks of rain on—and—off for scotland, northern ireland, into north—west england, perhaps the far north—west of wales, where it will be pretty windy —gusts of 30—40mph. but again, across the south—east, close to that area of high pressure, another fine afternoon with sunny spells, probably around 25 degrees or so. mid to high teens further north. now, it stays very wet through friday night across scotland, northern ireland. this weather front is not going anywhere fast. further south and east, overnight, it should actually be generally dry with clear spells, variable cloud, fairly breezy too, so that will stop

temperatures from falling much below 11—14 degrees. so as we had on into saturday, it starts off very wet across northern and western areas, but this whether front will pivot round, moves across the rest of england and wales through saturday into saturday night, but it will be a dying feature as it reaches eastern areas. so a lot of rain falling across parts of northern ireland, south—west scotland. by the time saturday's out, we could see some minor flooding in places. but as that weather front clears through, skies will brighten up behind it, with sunshine and showers, but it will be notably cooler here but, again, the last of the warm days across the south—east until that weather front arrives. but that whether front will move through during saturday night, and it will open the floodgates to a much cooler north—westerly, this is polar maritime air — remember sunday is the first day of the meteorological autumn and it will certainly feel pretty autumnal out there. it will start off chilly. there will be plenty of sunshine around and then lots of showers will spread down from the north—west. some of these could be heavy and thundery and it will feel quite chilly when the showers turn up, with temperatures into the low to mid teens celsius for many. the high tweens, perhaps 20 or 21, across the south—east. as we head on into monday, it looks like high—pressure still wants to build in from the south—west.

it will still have further fronts affecting scotland and northern ireland. perhaps more cloud here with outbreaks of rain. more of a breeze, too. those winds generally lighter further south and east, thanks to that area of high pressure. but the air still on the cool side but perhaps a little below average. again, the low to mid team celsius in the north. high teens further south. and as we head into next week, it looks like high—pressure wants to build in and with those temperatures returning closer 00:12:21,270 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 to the seasonal norm.