' we re were involved in a far, the pair were involved in a heated exchange towards the end of the match. sterling has since addressed the incident on social media, saying, bothjoe and i have had words, figured things out and moved on, we are in a sport where emotions run high and i am man enough to admit when emotions got the better of me. it is a blow to the better of me. it is a blow to the team unity that southgate has tried so hard to foster at england. he acted quickly and decisively, saying yesterday in a statement, one of the great challenges and strengths for us is that we have been able to separate club rivalries from the national team, u nfortu nately from the national team, unfortunately the emotions of yesterday's they not still roll. the decision to leave sterling to its made with the agreement of the entire squad, as england look forward to their ioooth senior men's international. there are bridges to build. we will hear from gareth southgate this afternoon ahead of the game against montenegro, where a win or a draw would see them qualify for the

european championships next summer. time for a look at the weather — here's mel coles. we will see a brief break in proceedings from the wet weather towards the middle of the week, but it will be short—lived. we still had several severe flood warnings in force for the don valley, those areas struggling to cope with recent flooding and rain. some showery rain forecast this afternoon. this is the recent rainfall, they are gradually drifting southwards, there are some sunny spells on offer. it is tied into this area of low pressure gradually drifting towards the north sea, a transient ridge of high pressure following behind but another weather system waiting in the winds. for the rest of the afternoon, further showers feeding on, drifting southwards, some could be wintry over the higher ground in parts of scotland, some sunshine, but you will all notice the blustery winter evident down irish sea and north sea coast, but even inland it

is not helping. we mayjust about squeeze out a double—digit temperature the further south you come. into this evening, the transient ridge of high pressure edges in, it will help settle things down. many showers ease and fate, still some feeding into scotland, some for wales. under clear skies, a perfect recipe for frost, especially for the far north of the uk. further south, more likely that temperatures will not drop away so far but many places waking up to scenes like this on wednesday morning. there may be mist and felt but not too extensive. a fine day on wednesday for many, lots of sunshine, feeling cold. parts of north—east scotland may struggle to get above freezing. all eyes towards the far south and west, where the next weather system urges in and it looks as though it could bea in and it looks as though it could be a troublemaker. another cold day on the cards, as we head overnight this area of rain started to work

m, this area of rain started to work in, it will pivot and gradually work north and west into areas that have already seen lots of rain, places like the peak district and derbyshire, south yorkshire too. the exact track of the rain, there is uncertainty, but it could be heavy and persistent as we go through thursday. away from that, a good slice of something drier and brighter but notice the temperatures, some spots struggling to get into mid single figures. it remains cold as we head towards the end of the week, there will be sunshine around, further rain, but not as heavy as recently. opposition leaders heavily criticise the government's response to the flooding in england. labour calls it woeful, the liberal democrats urge more action. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are.

good afternoon. it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. i'm olly foster at the bbc sport centre. raheem sterling has been dropped by england for this weeks euro qualifier against montenegro after an altercation with liverpool'sjoe gomez in the england camp yesterday. the manchester city forward says that emotions got the better of him. it happened as the squad assembled for the wembley match on thursday and the trip to kosovo at the weekend. the pair both trained this morning. there was a scratch under gomez‘s right eye as a result of the incident. we will hear from the england manager gareth southgate later this afternoon, but in a statement he said that the emotions of yesterday's game at anfield were still raw. that saw liverpool beat city and the sterling and gomez squared up to each other. sterling has tried to smooth over the incident at st george's park, saying, "we both understand it was a 5—10 second thing, it's done and we move forward

and not make it bigger than it is." i think for something like this to happen away from the training ground is very unusual. it is quite the sensation, really, because of the nature of what happened. and because it involves raheem sterling who holds a real star status now with his club, manchester city, and with england as well. the fa moved swiftly with their statement, the move from gareth southgate to decide not to pick him on thursday, and of course team harmony has all been one of the great strengths of gareth southgate's time as england manager. this changes things. we will bring you that gareth southgate news conference at 3pm. staying with international football, and the scotland captain andy robertson is out

of their final two qualifiers. the liverpool full—back will stay with the squad for the next few days but won't play away against cyprus on saturday and will miss the home game against kazakhstan next week. bournmouth‘s ryan fraser and manchester united's scott mctominary have also pulled out of the squad with injury. some significant injury news from wales rugby too. centre jonathan davies is out for six months. he's had surgery after picking up a knee injury at the world cup. he'll definitely miss the next six nations championship. fly—half rhys patchell could also miss the tournament with a shoulder injury — it will be three to four months before he can play again. rafael nadal‘s hopes of finishing the year as world number one have suffered a blow after he lost his opening group match at the atp finals in london. he lost in straight sets to reigning champion alexander zverev, saying he simply wasn't good enough. it was also the german's first win over nadal. dom sibley and zak crawley took their chance to impress the england selectors ahead

of next week's first test against new zealand. both players made centuries as england reached 285—1 on the first day of their tour match against a new zealand xi in whangarei. the warwickshire opener, sibley, was the only batsman to score over 1,000 runs in division one of the county championship last season and is expected to open for england next week i wasn't really on the radar of england, i would i wasn't really on the radar of england, iwould imagine i wasn't really on the radar of england, i would imagine that a young half goes and scoring runs, but i knew had the ability to get here and it was just a case of working out a little bit, and scoring those runs. i think i always had the belief that i would get here, just a case of going out and actually doing that. i wasn't doing that and i made a few changes. mentally, been a bit stronger. it has worked out quite nicely. and there's been a bronze medal for britain's vanessa wallace at the world para—athletics

championships in dubai. she won it in the shot—put, her first medal at that level. all the results are on the bbc sport website and app. we will have more sport for you in the next hour. fresh fighting has broken out between israel and militants in the gaza strip, with dozens of rockets fired into israel and air strikes being carried out against sites in gaza. it follows israel's killing of a commander of a palestinian militant group. tom bateman is near the israeli border with gaza. this was a man that israel said was responsible for hundreds of attacks on its territory. yes, he was the senior commanderfor on its territory. yes, he was the senior commander for palestinian islamichhad any north of the gaza, he controlled hundreds of fighters. increasingly been seen as acting independently outside of the control of the dominant militant force in bowls, mass. the a aware we are, the

israeli town here, a couple of miles from the gaza strip. behind me is a warehouse, the firefighters tried to douse the flames for two hours, took a direct hit from a rocket fired from the gaza strip. as we showed up we heard three extremely loud blasts which appeared to be interception is by israel's anti—missile system shooting down another barrage of rockets. the trigger for all of that is the predawn air strike by israel of this man this morning. they said he needed to be killed because he posed an imminent threat to israel. the prime minister described him as a ticking bomb, and the significance of that is this is something that israel has not done in this way for a very long time, targeted killings of senior militant figures. we have not had that for around five years, this kind of level. militants in

gaza said this was a red light they would respond to, we have seen waves ofair would respond to, we have seen waves of air strikes by the israelis on militant targets. palestinian media are saying that in addition to this incident, there have now been deaths of another two palestinian militants. let's return to the general election, and throughout the campaign, bbc news will be looking closely at the places where the election could be won and lost. we will be visiting ten parts of the uk where seats will be closely contested. today, we're focussing on bishop auckland, which is in the north east of england. this seat was labour in the last election and is bordered by three other labour constituencies, plus one conservative and one independent. it's worth noting that the independent seat of penrith and the borders was held by the former tory mp rory stewart. he was a conservative when he won by almost 16,000 votes. he's now stood down so it's one to watch. bishop auckland itself, the labour incumbent only won

by 502 votes in the last election. so can labour retain the seat? the conservatives came second in the last election, and with just a few hundred votes in it have targeted the seat. well a little earlier geeta guru—murphy was joined by our home editor mark easton in bishop auckland to answer some of your questions, they started with one from janet, who's from the town, who asked how much money has been spent on brexit? quite a lot actually. i think, in terms of whitehall alone, the government departments preparing for a no—deal brexit and preparing britain for leaving the european union more generally, the figure is around £6.3 billion in that process. that is what it has cost government in whitehall. on top of that, public services all over the country have also had to make preparations and indeed many businesses in manufacturing, agriculture, anyone who has got any

kind of involvement in trading overseas, particularly with the eu, they have to put resources into this, so the total bill, you could probably double it. many billions of pounds. if we leave the eu with a deal that they are currently negotiating, there would also be a divorce bill. that would be around 33 billion pounds. but after that, once we are out of the eu, we don't have to pay to be part of that club. the net payment per year we would no longer need to pay is around £11 billion. it has been a very substantial cost in getting us ready for brexit, whether we leave with a deal or potentially with no deal. it may well be that there are quite a few costs still to come.

a lot of people here are talking about the financial side at the cost on brexit and the benefits potentially that come from it. let's go to another question from neil from reading, if boris johnson wins and has a majority, can he do a no—deal brexit and get it through? if borisjohnson were to do what he hopes to do and end up after this election with an overall majority in the house of commons, then he would be able to insure that his deal, which he has negotiated, would get through, that is certainly his aim. i don't think that he would be at that point would be interested in going back to any kind of no deal. he would argue, i have a deal, a good dealfor britain and we should push it through. that said, having passed that deal, we would then enter the transition phase, that ends at the end of next year. just over a year's time.

unless there is an extension. that would happen next summer. it would require more expense. it is not inconceivable that those negotiations might not go particularly well. they may take much longer than the period of the transition that exists. at which point you could conceivably get to a no deal situation. that said, i personally don't think that the government or parliament or the eu would want that to happen. having got that far with a deal withdrawal agreement through, i still think it would be unlikely that we would get to no deal but not impossible. a lot of questions about finance. this one, borisjohnson commented that hundreds of billions of investment would come to britain after brexit, from where? this goes in a way to the very central argument about what brexit will do for britain.

borisjohnson's stated view is that once we get brexit done the british economy will thrive, we will become a much more attractive place for foreign investment and that is indeed where these hundreds of millions of pounds would come from. there are others though who are a lot more sceptical, that that would certainly in the short to medium—term be the consequence of brexit. that actually the ruptured deal with the eu would have a significant hit on the uk economy, that the political volatility and instability and uncertainty would remain as we have discussed with the transition arrangement for some time, new trade deals with the rest of the world, and during that time a lot of investors might decide that britain does not look like a particularly attractive place to go. essentially, borisjohnson's argument is that outside the eu

the british economy can in time find its feet and thrive and in those circumstances he would argue, yes, you will get that kind of investment. something that matters across the uk, if you finish with a no—deal brexit, what will be the impact on manufacturing and farming? we were just speaking in the last hour to someone who runs a hill farm. the manufacturing has been a question after the coal—mining industry. so much talk in recent years about needing to build up our manufacturing capacity. in the event of no deal, as we have discussed, we currently do have a deal negotiated by borisjohnson. the labour party have said if they were to form the next government they would also be seeking a deal. they would not want to get to no deal. if we assume for the purposes of this that we end up with no deal,

the country would then in those circumstances revert to wto rules as they have described. there are tariffs that would come in and that is where the biggest impact would be on manufacturing and agriculture. tariffs both ways. for goods from the uk going to the eu, and some of those are very substantial, so in agriculture generally, there would be an 8% tariff, but on some agricultural goods, particularly dairy products, the tariffs are well over a0%. in animal product, it is about 18%. forfarmers there is real concern that if we didn't up with no deal, there would need to be a lot of political activity to avoid those tariffs on goods going that way. manufacturing, cars, tariffs of 10% and indeed beverages and tobacco, things like whiskey, 20%. that would be very significant.

there are tariffs the other way, that is where the british government would have some control as t it will try to protect manufacturing in this country. and we'll have much more from bishop auckland with christian fraser from 2 o'clock. the headlines on bbc news: jeremy corbyn condemns the government's response to the flooding in england as "woeful", and the lib dems say ministers haven't done enough. labour says it's been hit by a ‘sophisticated and large—scale cyber attack‘ on its digital platforms, but that no data breach occurred. there's more violence on the streets of hong kong — with clashes between pro—democracy activists and police. as we've been reporting, the former us secretary of state, hillary clinton has told the bbc she's dumbfounded that the uk government won't release an intelligence and security committee report into russian covert actions in the uk. the 2016 us presidential candidate is in london with her daughter chelsea to promote their co—authored work, the book of gutsy women. mishal husain started by asking

if it would be gutsy to run as a presidential candidate again. it would be very gutsy. that's true. that's something i think about all the time. i think a lot about what's happening in our country, around the world. i try to give the best advice i can to the candidates who are running because my goal is to help retire the current incumbent, i think it's imperative that our country regain its leadership and its credibility so i'm going to do everything i can to make that happen. will you be endorsing one of them? i don't think so, i will support them, answer their questions in any way that i can but once we have a nominee to do everything i know to do to win. what do you think about what's happening in this country, the direction that we are taking on brexit? a real hope is that the uk

sorts itself out. it's up to the people of this country to decide the direction. but we need a strong uk, we need a uk with smart, sensible, forward—looking leadership, so i'm dumbfounded that this government won't release a report about russian influence because every person who votes in this country deserves to see that report before your election happens. that should be an absolute condition because there is no doubt, we know it in our country, we have seen it in europe, we have seen it here, that russia in particular, is determined to try to shape the politics of western democracies, not to our benefit but to theirs. why do you think they are not releasing it? i don't know the answer to that, i would think a reporter like you and others should be

absolutely relentless in trying to get to the bottom of it because ,look, we know from even this current trump administration's intelligence officials, that the russians are still in our electoral system. we know they are still pumping out propaganda, we know that they would very much like to ensure the re—election of someone who has done their bidding, who just recently said he hopes he can be in red square on may the 1st with putin to see their may day military parade. so there is no doubt of the role that russia played on a 2016 election and is continuing to play. there is a lot of evidence that russia played in the brexit election, i'm not in your country, i don't have a say about any of that, but the fact that the current government won't release this report by your own government should raise some questions.

hundreds of british sikhs have travelled to pakistan to mark the 550th anniversary of the birth of the founder of their faith — guru nanak. sikhism began in punjab — a region that was divided during the partition of british india in 19117 — and some of the religion's holiest sites are in pakistan. but tense relationships between the two neighbouring countries have often made it difficult for sikhs to go there. shabnam mahmood has the story. this is one of the holiest places of worship in the sikh religion, it is in pakistan. every year thousands of sikhs, mostly of indian heritage, gather here, among them those from britain. before i came to pakistan, might seekers and was limited because i didn't make the effort, but knowing that i was coming to pakistan i had made the effort to read about it, to speak to my family

members, and i have actually come here i can put it all into perspective. this good wire was built in the same place where guru nanak, the founder of the sikh religion, was believed to be born. this way special prayers and celebrated to mark the 550th anniversary of his birth take place. it is an overwhelming experience. i have fully read about this on the internet. to actually be here and see it in real life, put what i have been reading into perspective, it is such an overwhelming experience. everyone has been welcoming, throwing flowers at hours, giving us flowers, just general love. many of the sikh shrines ended up in pakistan following the partition of 1947. pakistan following the partition of 19117. tensions between india and pakistan have already fought the war is the last 70 years, remain high.

that has made it difficult if not impossible for many indian born sikhs to visit pakistan. a fear factor in the current scenario, most people ask where they should return to pakistan, should they stay in india. isay to pakistan, should they stay in india. i say because of this, you can see the faith and coming back. in this scenario, sikhs are feeling secure despite the tensions. a rare moment of cooperation between the two countries has led to the opening of the corridor, allowing up to 5000 sikh pilgrims a day to traveljust a few kilometres across the border to the place where guru nanak spent his final years. in san francisco, a rather unusual member of staff can be spotted among the corridors and departure gates of one of the city's airports. sporting a pilot's cap and pink toenails, five year old lilou is helping stressed travellers have a more enjoyable journey. gareth barlow reports

on the world's first, airport therapy pig. "pigs might fly", as the old saying goes, but lilou is getting pretty close to taking off. at least, she's certainly taken off with passengers at san francisco's international airport. i've never seen one here, so it's interesting. it's fun. i got really excited. she can do tricks like a dog. you know the nails, the hat, just the — i don't know how to really explain it but it's actually really cool. lilou is part of the wag brigade, which uses therapy animals, including the world's first therapy pig, to ease the stress of travellers and flying.

it makes them happy and pause for a second. just smiling. it makes them go "oh, it's great" and snap out of the moment. a musician. a style icon. and a social media star. the only thing lilou can't do is visit duty—free. gareth barlow, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. there is more persistent rain on the way for some, during the second—half of this week. the next 24—hour is, a respite for the majority. showers continuing to ease into the night, most continuing to ease into the night, m ost pla ces continuing to ease into the night, most places becoming cold and frosty. a ridge of high pressure building as this area of low pressure that has been bringing showers moves out ahead of the next weather system weighting. showers still dotted around northern and eastern scotland, north sea coasts wales and southern counties of england. place sky developing elsewhere, a blustery evening and

cold. 4—7dc as we go into the rush—hour. tonight, colder still, showers continuing to become fewer, limited to coastal areas. maybe to the west of northern ireland later. clear skies in between, to protect plummeting about frost possible anywhere away from towns and cities. to be just as low as —5, anywhere away from towns and cities. to bejust as low as —5, minus celsius in some in—line areas of scotland. frosty tomorrow morning, sorry for the vast majority, lovely bright start. showers in and around south—west scotland, many staying dry and sunny through the day, but we will see rain returned to parts of south—west wales, devon, cornwall, channel islands later. textures for most day—glo, some parts of scotland barely getting above freezing through the day. another cold frosty clear night through wednesday night, but further south rain across southern parts of wales, devon and cornwall, other southern counties. could be heavy at

times to take centre thursday. watch what happens with rain, pivoting around, south and north, the pivot point will see the biggest rainfall totals, and again evident wintriness ever higher ground, but the rainfall gives us greatest concern, leading to further flooding, could gives us greatest concern, leading to furtherflooding, could edge back into pa rt of to furtherflooding, could edge back into part of yorkshire and ligature. showers in the south—east, far north of english, scotland and northern ireland other than isolated showers toa dry ireland other than isolated showers to a dry and sunny but cold. thursday night, when the front fizzling out across england and wales, low pressure close by, further rain, not as heavy or persistent as lately, but if you are talking, flood warnings are on the bbc website.

hello, you're watching afternoon live. today at 2... borisjohnson will hold an emergency meeting over flooding in parts of england — amid opposition criticism that the government hasn't done enough the conservative government's response to the floods has been woeful. just imagine this happened in surrey, instead of yorkshire and the east midlands. i think there would have been a very, very different story. it is wrong that it seems to be just down to the local communities. important though this work is, this is clearly a national emergency and the government should be declaring it as such. labour says it's successfully defeated a cyber—attack targeted at its digital platforms,

and no data breach occurred. 3,000 fire fighters are battling "catastrophic"