there was violence on the london underground this morning, as extinction rebellion protesters climbed onto the roof of a tube train. frustrated passengers trying to get to work began dragging them off. eight protesters were arrested. david shukman reports. how long are you standing up there for cos i've got to go to work?! early morning in east london, and a protest by extinction rebellion starts to backfire. a tube train is held up, and frustration at the delays turns to anger. some in the crowd suddenly turn on the activists. others intervene to protect them. a photographer with the group is pulled to the ground. the atmosphere is becoming ugly. with the train at a standstill, patience snaps, and someone grabs one of the protesters and pulls him off. some try to attack him, others defend him. another man then climbs onto the train to chase

the last protester. he's quickly caught and eventually pushed into the crowd. the leaders of extinction rebellion say they regret these scenes but stand by the action. i would understand why people felt the desperation to undertake similar actions again. despite the hostile reaction you've had? i would understand it. from blocking roads in leeds, to disrupting the centre of cardiff, to targeting london city airport, extinction rebellion has tried to highlight climate change, but it depends on public support. trains like this one stopped in east london this morning are a low—carbon form of transport. but there was some sympathy. i salute you, honestly, and i hope, you know, we all find a solution.

protests are raising awareness of climate change, but they also risk alienating the people they're trying to persuade. david shukman, bbc news. that's it. question time has a brexit special on bbc one, after the news where you are. good night. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun. coming up on the programme. england make big changes, ahead of this weekend's quarter—final showdown with australia, at the rugby world cup. a call for the boxing world. "unite to make the sport safer" — following the death of american fighter patrick day. and more success for great britain — at the european track cycling championships — the women take gold, and the men get bronze tonight.

hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm gavin ramjaun. there's a huge weekend ahead at the rugby world cup injapan — the start of the knockout stages with the quarterfinals. eddiejones has sprung one major surprise in naming his england team to face australia. fly—half george ford misses out. our sports editor dan roan, sent this earlier from oita, where the match is taking place. welcome to southern japan. this is where both england and wales will play their quarterfinals against australia and france respectively this weekend. this is the fan fest, the focal point for the matches over the focal point for the matches over the coming days. this morning at the england team hotel head coach eddie jones announced his team and there will be one big piece of news,

george ford was starting six on the set of matches at the half has been dropped and it means that the captain shifts to number ten and henry comes into the midfield elsewhere courtney comes in and pola replaces joe elsewhere courtney comes in and pola replacesjoe in the elsewhere courtney comes in and pola replaces joe in the front elsewhere courtney comes in and pola replacesjoe in the front row. with a big talking point was that gamble ofa a big talking point was that gamble of a selection to take out george ford, despite playing well in recent matches and here's what eddiejones had to say but the decision. obviously, he is disappointed but he knows his role in the team. he has an important role and we have a squad of 23 and a squad of 23 where eve ryo ne squad of 23 and a squad of 23 where everyone has a role to play and i will lift a lot of good players committed eight players out of the squad of 31 and they are all disappointed but, he has got a significant role for us to place. australia and england are about to resume one of the great rivalries

and rugby. they have enjoyed some classic encounters of the years in by classic encounters of the years in rug by world classic encounters of the years in rugby world cup. won't be going home of the other will be progressing to the semifinals against either new zealand or ireland. you'll find out at 815 in the morning on saturday morning. ireland have named an experienced squad, to take on new zealand — in their quarterfinal on saturday morning, 12 of the starting 15 began last year's famous victory over the all blacks in dublin, with peter o'mahony and rob kearney being restored to the team. head coachjoe schmidt spoke today, about why he thinks that experience is key. there is a number of those players with in there that have contributed to the history. they went over the all blacks the first time and milestones along the way, i love those players there were selected in austria last summer were in south africa the summer before but we won

in cape town. so the accumulation of those experiences hopefully will build confidence because you need to have some belief. the boxing world is coming to terms with the death of 27—year—old patrick day — who suffered a traumatic brain injury, in a match at the weekend. he's the fourth fighter in the sport to die this year. tributes continue to pour in for the american. patrick gearey reports. patrick described himself as a nice quy patrick described himself as a nice guy with the fighters sold. he had a degree, he had options and yet he chose to box. the sport he loved ultimately took his life. four days after suffering a brain injury in a fight in chicago, patrick day died surrounded by his friends. in the sports started by violence, produces shock, tributes from fellow fighters filled social media. a letter

written by his opponent on monday. in it he says: pain in the sport is inescapable. i feel as if i know the quy inescapable. i feel as if i know the guy because of the way people have written about him and like i said, last thursday, i will never forget he came over to me before the press conference and he was so excited you know... hejust... conference and he was so excited you know... he just. .. there have conference and he was so excited you know... hejust... there have been other dark moments in boxing, patrick day's death was the fourth in three months, some feel that there is simply too much risk in the ring for boxing to continue. medical associations consistently say that there is no safe way to box. this is completely avoidable and as long as boxing goes on, then there will be deaths and there will be people left

with lifelong disabilities. other bands call for additional safety measures to be brought in such as a change to the number of knock—downs allowed, but those who know boxing well know it is a high—stakes of risk versus reward. if you look at the facts of boxing in the way it is stacked up, there is no defence of this. the defences in the understanding of it. is when you go and meet with people in a boxing gym in the worst part of the city and you take their testimony, their tearful testimony about how the sport saved their lives stop by those who run boxing say they will work hard to learn any lessons they can but the sport realising the possibility of injury. it cannot avoid the chance of tragedy. boxing killed patrick day, but in the words of his promoters, it also made him feel alive.

four of the bulgarian men arrested for racially abusing england's black players, during monday's euro 2020 qualifer in sofia, have been fined around a50 pounds each. and banned from attending sporting events for 2 years. aston villa defender tyrone mings, who made his international debut , was one of those subjected to abuse... debut, was one of those subjected to abuse. his club manager was proud of the example he set. it does not surprise me how he handled the whole situation because he is articulate, he is intelligent and he is a very good human being. i think it was the right thing and if one player thinks it is ready to walk off than i think you all have to stay together. at the end of the day, if they walk off of that pitch, the people who have scored, lose their goals and who was the winner and all that?

there's been more british success at the european track championships in apeldoorn, the netherlands. with the women claiming the gold medal in the team pursuit. the team of laura kenny, katie archibald, neah evans and eleanor dickinson beat germany in the final by almost three seconds. the men's pursuit team took bronze in their event. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are stephen bush, political editor at the new statesman and olivia utley,

deputy editor of the