and the race to dubai hots up, with a stunning eagle from tommy fleetwood in the first round of the world tour championship thank you forjoining us. jose mourinho says he won't make the same mistakes at tottenham as he did at his previous clubs. the man who's won 8 league titles in 4 countries, and the champions league twice, replaced mauricio pochettino on wednesday. he'd been out of work since being sacked by manchester united, last december, and, in his first news conference in charge of spurs, mourinho revealed he's been doing some soul—searching. you never lose your dna, you never lose your identity, you are who you are for the good things and bad things but i have time to things

about many things. don't ask me, don't ask me what are the mistakes but i realised that during my career i also made mistakes and i am not going to make the same mistakes. i am going to make new mistakes. sol have time. i think i am stronger and when i am saying i'm stronger, i'm not saying i'm fitter, i was i was fit, but i think i am stronger from an emotional point of view. i am relaxed, i am motivated and i am ready. on to tennis and serbia were among the winners as the group stage of this year's davis cup came to an end in madrid on thursday. they beat france to finish top of group a. first filip krajinovic beat jo—wilfried tsonga in straight sets, and then novak djokovic beat benoit paire, also without dropping a set, to clinch the tie. djokovic winning 6—3, 6—3. this review confirmed thejob was done.

france claimed a consolation win in the doubles but it's serbia who'll play russia in the last eight. philip definitely gave me wings with his winner. tonga was playing well and philip was fantastic on the court today. on my side, i think i played solid. he started very well, made crucial breaks at the right time in both sets. did not spend too much time on the court. i think we are managing to wind every cent we play in the last couple of days and we feel good, motivated and happy to represent our country and hopefully we can keep going in the right direction. germany are also through to the quarter—finals after beating chile in their crucial group match. philipp kohlschreiber beat spanish nicolas jarry

in the opening singles rubber. after chile won the second, it all came down to the doubles which kevin kravitz and andreas mies won in straight sets to send the germans into the last eight. and germany will now face great britain in the quarter—finals. they beat kazakhstan in the match to decide who'd qualify as the winners of their group. kyle edmund — who was rested on wednesday — was drafted in to replace andy murray, and he set them on the way to victory with a straight sets win against mikhail kukushkin. edmund winning 6—3, 6—3. britain lost the next singles rubber but won the deciding doubles match to take the tie 2—1. meanwhile, canada are the first team through to the semi—finals after beating australia. vasek pospisil and his partner denis shapovalov beatjohn peers and jordan thomspon in the deciding doubles rubber. it's only the third time that canada have reached the last four.

it's been 12 years since the nfl started hosting regular season games in london to boost the popularity of the sport globally. now it's opened its first academy in britain. students can combine their education with intensive training in american football, under full—time, professional coaches. miriam walker—khan went down to the opening: three—time super bowl winnerjerry rice — not exactly you might expect to bump into in north london. as an ambassador for the new nfl academy, he is settling in just fine. it keeps me locked into football, feeling that energy and being able to pass that knowledge on. this is something that you are not used to, but with the right coach, maybe they can put them in a position where they can be successful. so is important to get these kids on board.

and jerry is not the only ambassador. he joins odell beckham jr, juju smith—schuster, efe obada and harry kane. but it's not all about the football. the nfl want to combine training on the field with education off it. with classes in everything from financial literacy to social media and even domestic violence awareness. we know that students can come in, get exit routes into university to study law. if you can improve them as people and citizens and local residents, we are doing ourjob. over a thousand people applied to be in the academy and, after a series of tryouts in the summer, that became just 90. one of those... i was running around, screaming my head off. i was so happy. i had a decision to go to uni this year or the academy, and obviously, i picked the academy. tony allen has coached

and scouted for the nfl all over europe for decades. it's a tough environment. it really is. they've got to maintain the academics. if you do not maintain your academics or you're late to class, you don't practice. there is a handful here that has got a good chance of making it. the aim is to get more players from the uk into the american college system and eventually the nfl draft. they know it's big. and they're looking forward to being that stage. and they're looking forward to being on that stage. hopefully one of these diamonds in the rough can make it to the nfl and i can look back on this and say, you know what? he was part of the nfl academy. and who knows? maybe one of those kids can be the nextjerry rice. miriam walker—khan, bbc news. golf and mike lorenzo—vera leads after the first round of the world tour championship in dubai. it's the season—ending event on the european tour and the frenchman, who's ranked 96 in the world,

opened up with a 9—under—par round of 63. it's the lowest—ever opening round in the history of the championship. lorenzo—vera leads by one shot from northern ireland's rory mcilroy. tommy fleetwood, who's bidding for back—to—back wins, after his victory in south africa last week began his round with this stunning eagle on his way to a 67. the englishman is lying second in the race to dubai, and he'll be crowned europe's top golfer if current leader bernd wiesberger finishes outside the top two. the austrian is 2—under—par after carding a 70. he's in a tie for 14th overnight. these kind of days when you try to put the ball in play. i played four holes yesterday and i felt that if i relaxed a lot, just swing 70% or maybe less, the ball was still

flying pretty well so i tried to do that, relaxed and tried to be pretty clever and not too aggressive and that worked. meanwhile, on the pga tour, webb simpson leads after the first round of the rsm classic which is being played over two courses in georgia. the world number 12 — who's the highest—ranked player in the tournament — carded a 7—under—par 65 on the plantation course. he's one shot clear of the field. staying with golf, the final event of the year on the lpga tour is under way in florida. south korea's kim sei—young leads after the first round of the women's tour championship. she's 7—under—par, two shots clear of the field overnight. world number one ko jin—young, who leads the race to the globe standings, is six shots off the lead at i—under—par. cricket and they've just resumed after lunch on the second day of the first test between new zealand and england at mount maunganui.

it was new zealand's morning as england, who resumed on 241 for 4, lost four wickets — including ben stokes who was out for 91. the black caps currently 332 — eight... was what england made 13 for new zealand without loss. meanwhile, play is underway on the second day of the first test between australia and pakistan at the gabba in brisbane. the tourists were all out for 240 just before the close on thursday. 96 without loss and david warner has made his half century. and you can follow it on our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me chetan pathak and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye.

well, the weekend is just around the corner and the weather, well, you, know, is looking a little mixed. well, you know, is looking a little mixed. there's bound to be some rain in the forecast. of course, there is. it won't be raining all the time. a bit of brightness thrown in there as well but on the whole, you know, it's autumn, it's what we'd expect to see this time of the year. and there is inded a lot of cloud on the satellite picture. one weather system here, another one sitting on top of us is actually an area of low pressure that's over the uk right now. shrouding our skies. low grey skies with drizzle, mist and mirk, particularly across south of the country and central areas. the early hours of friday, showers, affecting the south coast, maybe wales as well.

here a little bit milder. 6—8d in the south. cold and clearer in western and central scotland, maybe two or 3 degrees. showers in the south of the country, in the south—west, some spots of rain for central and southern scotland on friday. the real rain arrives in wales and the south west of england, may be the midlands, later in the afternoon so this will be the soggy bit. this is saturday, and a blob of rain sitting here. the driest weather across the north of scotland and actually later on saturday it might dry out in london, the south—east, possibly east anglia as well. sunday is looking a little bit better, we think, and that is because we are going to be in between weather systems are so a low pressure system south—west of the uk on sunday, one moves out of the way

so we are in between. this is that inbetween bit and there are bound to be some sunny breaks in places like liverpool, manchester, birmingham, london, sunday might be a pretty decent day whereas in the south—west, with the next lower —— low, eventually the rain will reach. it looks like it might be raining early in the day in places like cornwall. that sunday low is still over us on monday, very slow moving. these are very sluggish and it decides to park itself across the uk. very autumnal and typical for the time of year next week. at times rain. that's it.

welcome to bbc news — i'm james reynolds. our top stories: charged with bribery, fraud and breach of trust — the israeli prime minister hits back at prosecutors. translation: this evening we witnessed an attempt to carry out a coup d'etat against the prime minister on false allegations on false allegations in an investigation process that was biased and contaminated. a former white house official tells the impeachment inquiry donald trump spread false claims that ukraine attempted to meddle in the us presidential election. security forces in chile are accused of deliberately injuring people taking part in mass demonstrations against inequality. and — their ride ends with this — after seven years, the new york city