is when your boss does something really nice for you. gary, i hope you're watching because this is a great story. what happened and why you are you here? the owner decided to come and join the game anti— awarded his employees so we are enjoying the game. we are so excited to be here, we're so very grateful oui’ to be here, we're so very grateful our boss. having followed the houston astros all year, as you have, many people didn't think it would be at this stage of the world series. how are you seeing this this evening? it's great. it's a lifetime experience. go, astros. i going to hold on? when is the change going to come? we're going to take home tonight. we are taking it home.

look over here. i love this had. look over here. i love this had. look at all the orange! i do not see a lot of red here tonight. when i was in washington, there was plenty of orange but i have not seen many nationals supporters here. maybe the astros bought all the tickets. i don't know! that is quite a sea of orange. bring us back one of those hats. kiki bertens pulled off an upset to beat world number one ashleigh barty at the end of year wta finals in shenzhen. bertens is a replacement for naomi osaka, who has pulled out with injury. after losing the first set, she came back to win and will now play belinda bencic next. bencic beat petra kvitova in the day's other match — the swiss prevailing in three sets

against the two—time wimbledon champion. still with tennis, us open finalist danil medvedev has been knocked out of the paris masters. it ends a run of six consecutive finals for the russian who's risen to numberfour in the world. he was beaten byjeremy chardy. the frenchman, lost the first set but fought back. the 32—year—old took the next two to reach the third round in paris for the first time in his career. the bangladesh cricket captain and one of the world's great all—rounders, shakib al—hassan, has been given a 2—year ban from the sport. he's admitted failing to report ‘corrupt approaches‘ relating to inside information on betting. one year of the ban, will be suspended, but the player who was one of the star's of this year's world cup accepts he's made a big mistake.

translation: i am obviously extremely sad to have been banned from the game i love but i com pletely from the game i love but i completely accept the sanction for not reporting the approaches. the anticorruption unit is reliant on players to play a central part and i did not do my duty in this instance. this is what bangladesh will be missing — he's the number one ranked all—rounder in one day cricket, second in t20 and third in test cricket. he has over 11,000 international runs across all three formats and 562 wickets as well. faisalfrom the bbc bangla service — says the team will struggle to replace him. the bangladesh cricket board has provided a reaction and said they are now two cricketers in their team who have been sanctioned. so when you do not have someone like shakib

al—hassan in your team it is a big low and a challenge, especially when they need to take on a country like india. and then some other big series ahead against australia, pakistan and the world cup. and shakib al—hassan will be badly missed. bayern munich survived a scare in the german cup. they went one down to second tier bockum. alphonso davies put the ball into his own goal in the first half. and it wasn't until the 83rd minute that they got back into it. serge gnabry with the equaliser. and then in the final minute of normal time, thomas muller got the winner. it finished 2—1 and they now advance to the third round. inter have gone top of serie a, lautaro martinez put them ahead midway through the first half, his shot deflecting up and over the brecia goalkeeper.

and then a great effort from romelu lukaku, cutting in from the touchline, and no help needed to beat the keeper this time. that put them two up just after the hour mark. they put themselves under pressure with an own goal but hung on as it ended 2—1. verona also won at parma. two goals from lionel messi helped barcelona back to the top of the league in spain. they won 5—1 at real valladolid and go above granada who play on thursday. atletico lost ground drawing at alaves. defending champions manchester city are into the quarter—finals of the english league cup. two goals from sergio aguero helped them beat southampton 3—1. leicester and everton are the other premier league clubs through so far. bulgaria will play their final euro 2020 qualifying match against the czech republic behind closed doors and have been fined

finally, he's one of the world's best known footballers and never short of self—confidence— zlatan ibrahimovic has given his fans a hint about where his next move might take him. the striker who's still currently with la galaxy may be returning to a league he's familiar with. guess what, spain. i'm coming back. the washington nationals have tied the sixth game. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. fewer people would have died in the grenfell tower fire had the london fire brigade acted differently, that's according to a report into the 2017 tragedy in which 72 people died. the document — sections of which have been seen by the bbc —

is due to be published officially tomorrow. the first phase of the inquiry focused on what happened on the night — and the report strongly criticises what it calls "serious shortcomings" and systemic failures in the service's response. here's our special correspondent lucy manning, and a warning, some viewers might find parts of her report upsetting. who was to blame? yeah, hello, hi, the fire in grenfell tower. how did 72 people die in their homes, unable to escape the flames? get out, get out! some told by those sent to rescue them to stay put. where is the fire brigade?! jesus! firefighters were brave that night, risking their lives, but the fire brigade failures were many. the blaze was like one never seen, but institutional failure, wholly inadequate planning and communication problems left people trapped.

most damning, the decision to tell residents to stay put in these flames for nearly two hours. the report says if the building had been evacuated sooner, it's likely more lives would have been saved. it's very hard, very hard, very hard, to go on. nabil choucair lost six members of his family in the fire. the families have been told they can't discuss the report before it's formally published tomorrow, but he can talk about what happened to them. do you think your family could have been saved if the building was evacuated earlier? of course, of course. i believe a lot of families could have been rescued, without a doubt. i personally believe they were inadequate of dealing with the fire. the report also criticises leadership failures. the commissioner of the london fire brigade gave little comfort to families at the inquiry. i wouldn't change anything

we did on the night. remarkable insensitivity, said the inquiry. she has already announced her retirement with an estimated £2 million pension pot. i was very disgusted in her comments, and how can you... it shows her incompetence. it's the fact that she has given an escape route for herself. there's some frustration the main criticism centres on firefighters and not those who made the cladding and refurbished the tower. that will be for the next stage of the inquiry. but the report did find there were building failures, that the cladding failed to comply with building regulations — it spread fire rather than stopping it. we've got planners, designers, architects, builders, subcontractors, building owners, building maintenance. all those things failed before the fire service comes along to put things right. it does feel at times that 20 years of building regulation failure

is being laid at the feet of the fire and rescue service. the chairman of the inquiry, sir martin moore—bick, met the grenfell families yesterday and told them he has written to the prime minister, saying he confidently expects the government and those in charge of the emergency services to implement his recommendations without delay. and the bereaved wonder if they will ever get justice. hamid aljafari's family didn't all escape. his father ali died. there's not a day i won't remember him. every second, anywhere, i can smell him, i can feel him, you know? the memories, you know? to be honest, i don't know, we lost what we are fighting for, i don't know the meaning ofjustice. i don't know, it's now more than two years. we're kind of like leftovers, we don't know what's happening.

and the families agonise about how 72 people could have died in what was supposed to be the safety of their homes. lucy manning, bbc news. now, time for the weather. hello, it's cold at the moment, especially across the northern half of the uk, but the weather pattern is going to change over the next few days. instead of this really cold weather, we will find temperatures rising day and night, and it will turn cloudier and there will be some rain around as well. these weather fronts will make plenty of progress around the uk, they are blocked by this area of low pressure, keeping it dry and cold. eventually we will see plenty of sunshine again on wednesday, across scotland, northern england and northern ireland. fewer showers as well. towards the south and south—west in particular, we are going to see some more rain. the cloud shield should be pushing further north into wales and the midlands as well. on the whole, those temperatures

on wednesday very similar to what we saw on tuesday. into the evening, and the rain makes further progress into south wales. perhaps towards hampshire as well. that is making progress because the high pressure is going to slide away into continental europe. at the same time, those weather fronts approaching will be very weak and it is light and patchy rain and drizzle that is going to be affecting perhaps northern ireland, more likely pushing east. there is certainly going to be a lot more cloud around. it is still only 9 or 10 degrees further south, we may get 13 or more. that first weather front very weak and the next weather system has got a bit more about it, that is going to bring a bit more rain, and most of that is going to be tracking its way across wales, the south—west of england probably in the morning and up towards the midlands and the south—east in the afternoon.

further north, any rain is very light and patchy and again much of scotland may well be dry. temperatures just creeping up a little bit here and further south, we are looking at highs of 15 or 16 degrees. on friday, milder air is heading our way, but at the same time it is turning more unsettled, this leverages approaching and winds will be picking up and find this more active with a front bringing some rain on saturday, so not a very promising start to the weekend, although as that rain pushes through it should improve in much of england and wales, it will turn windy in the south. those temperatures are 11—14 degrees. saturday, we are getting a bit more certainty as we head into the second half of the weekend and beyond, all because things are slowing down in this area of low pressure, and this is going to be dominant. it looks like it is going to be more across southern parts of england and wales, that rain working its way into the midlands and east anglia. further north, not too much rain, a better day on sunday for scotland and north—east of england, and those temperatures 10—13 degrees. now into the outlook, a lot depends on the position

of this area of low pressure. at the moment, it looks like lower pressure is going to be more towards biscay but that low is going to be further north. we do have high—pressure to the north of scotland, low pressure in parts of southern england and wales, and that means you got more of an easterly breeze. for northern areas, the air coming from scandinavia may be colder but further south in much of england and wales, not particularly cold and we won't see the temperatures changing much at all. but it does quite unsettled, there will be rain at times, you consider temperatures dropping in edinburgh and belfast. if the low pressure is more dominant, rain will be arriving more widely.

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