shoot, to murder a visiting american senator or vice president, or secretary of state stop now, if i put myself in the mind of an iranian, andi put myself in the mind of an iranian, and i am looking for a theatrical way to retaliate that is going to make me look good to my own domestic audience, then i'm going to look to something that is the equivalent of killing my favourite in general. 0k. an interesting point. larry, thank you very much indeed. now it's time for a look at the weather. a lovely evening across the message was birkenhead earlier on. some had sunshine to finish the day, but a fairly crowded year for many. a lot more cloud around in the skies above the uk tomorrow too. if you get some time, you are lucky. tomorrow,

things will turn the breezy, and it will turn when you are still into next week. a bit of a breeze blowing tonight across the north of scotland, bringing rain at times in the far north, but mother earth towards shetland. warm up there tonight and it has been appointed day today. chilly through eastern parts of the uk, have clearer skies. in the west, plenty cloud, so much there was a brand, which takes us into tomorrow morning. the best of the sunshine, the western parts of men in scotland. for most, it will be fairly cloudy. a few showers around, like we saw today. more persistent rain in the hebrides and north west highlands, but temperature starting to rise a little bit somewhere between eight and i2 celsius. tomorrow evening, there will be some rain across northern scotland that will ease away during the night. a breezy night for the rest of us. overall, i feel it mall start to monday away

from the likes of east anglia and lincolnshire, you can start with monday morning brightness. but we have a succession of low pressure system is ganging up on the atlantic waiting to send their wares into us, and on monday, strong to gale force winds. brightening up in the past, partly furnished to do with heavy rain in wales, northern and western parts of england. northern england could stay dry throughout monday daytime. but after it mountain out, to ta ke daytime. but after it mountain out, to take us into tuesday, our next deepening any of low pressure. this will be more important than the one on monday. we will see rain at times across scotland and northern ireland. a lot of dry and bright weather through central and eastern part. the big study will be the wind. destructive when the gas could have an impact and travel plans. when the cost of 60, 70, maybe 80 miles per in scotland. but it will be fairly warm.

the real story will be fairly warm. the real story will be on to the big ahead just how windy it will be at times. heavy rain too. later in the big, things will turn a little bit drier and a little bit cooler. bye for now. hello, this is bbc news with ben bland. the headlines... two mortar rounds land near the us embassy in baghdad, as huge crowds join funeral processions in iraq for iran's top military commander, killed by a us drone strike. iranian president rouhani visited the dead general‘s family, promising that americans will feel the impact of their actions for years ahead. breaking news: the shadow brexit secretary, keir starmer enters the race to become labour leader. he'll launch his campaign in stevenage tomorrow. the queen sends her condolences to the people of australia, as fears grow that high winds and temperatures will push bushfires towards heavily populated

areas. police appeal for information, after a food delivery driver was stabbed to death in north london last night. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello, and welcome to sportsday, with me, karthi gnanasegaram, and chetan pathak. the headlines this evening... we'll bring you the best of the action from the third round of the fa cup as league one strugglers tranmere come from 3—0 down to earn a replay against watford. a cracker of a goal at craven cottage gives fulham the win as aston villa are one of two premier league teams to be knocked out of the fa cup. england's bowlers lead the fightback in cape town as ben stokes takes four catches on day two of the second test against south africa. also coming up in the programme...

we speak to the double—amputee snowboarder darren swift who's aiming for glory at this year's british snowboard and freeski championships. lots of great stories for you from the fa cup, and we'll start with tranmere. they may be struggling in league one but they pulled off a sensational comeback at watford to earn themselves a replay in the third round of the fa cup. 3—0 up at half time, it looked like the premier league side were heading for an easy win until tranmere scored three goals in the last 25 minutes. and it wasn't the day's only comeback, with cardiff forced to come from 2—0 down to get a draw against league two carlisle. all of the fa cup third round games this weekend are kicking off one minute later than usual as the fa and its president, prince william,

encourage fans to take a minute to think about mental health. it has got fans talking, as has the action. wofford were heavily being in the final last season. they would've looked at tranmere as a way of retribution. that was how the first half played out, roberto perera's gold making a 3—0 inside the first 35 minutes. but the leaguei gold making a 3—0 inside the first 35 minutes. but the league i side we re 35 minutes. but the league i side were farfrom 35 minutes. but the league i side were far from beaten. jail democrat dalejennings scored after were far from beaten. jail democrat dale jennings scored after an offside flag and var check on it he had scored 3—1. but watford were taking their but back as the biggest culprit. many monte the beneficiary. tranmere were now hunting the equaliser, and a penalty given for this challenge on core and black a tailor. var intervened yet again and pulled melinda a chance to level it. and now it is 3—3! mullen

gets it m, and now it is 3—3! mullen gets it in, absolutely remarkable scenes! an incredible second—half performance, and an incredible day for tranmere. carlisle united and an incredible day for tranmere. ca rlisle united haven't and an incredible day for tranmere. carlisle united haven't had too many credible days as of late. fighting to stay and lead two against cardiff city at the championship, few would have given the cumbrian is a chance. but the fa cup is football's great leveler, and when saul bama brought down jack bridge, carlisle had a penalty. bridge took himself and missed it. but he couldn't miss the follow—up. if there was a hint of fortune about the opener, the same could not be said about the second. and carlisle could not be said about the second. and ca rlisle united could not be said about the second. and carlisle united are in! they we re and carlisle united are in! they were about to come back to reality, when colin patterson took the final touch. cardiff had finally found the right gear and when patterson went m, right gear and when patterson went in, it was 2—2, and cardiff breathed a sigh of relief. carlisle still had hope, though. but it was his position that let him

down. so no upsets, but a replay will keep carlisle content whilst cardiff survive a real scare. craig templeton, bbc news. the early kick off involved top flight newcastle united being held to a 1—1 draw by league one's rochdale. their ao—year—old subsitute, aaron wilbraham scoring the equaliser for rochdale to earn them a replay. michael redford reports. a moment of footballing history as rochdale took on newcastle for the first time in a competitor fixture. two teams separated by 48 places in the football league. but any hopes of a cup upset seemed unlikely as the away side quickly made themselves at home. miguel ameron putting newcastle in front. the premier league side were dominant throughout the first half, but couldn't take their chances. joe linton missed his target before he was denied from place range. rochdale needed a reaction, and rathbone nearly provided it, his shot spilled, denied by the post. before rathbone was denied, spotland sensed an equaliser.

they were right. across from 17—year—old luc matheson, finished by ao—year—old aaron wilbraham — the perfect mix of youth and experience. the league one side could have won it later on, but rathbone failed to finish. disappointment for him and for rochdale, but a replay at st james park awaits. it should've been put to bed. but we don't score enough, and the number of chances we've had today, we should be taking at least 2—3 of them. and it's not a cup tie any more. the longer it goes without getting a second one... it obviously gives rochdale a sign of encouragement. and to be fair to them, they made a cup tie in the second half which caused a right few problems. there was no embarrassment in the first half, these guys have done amazing jobs. ijust wanted them so much to show what they could do to the national audience at the second half, and they did everything and more we are capable of doing. newcastle have reached the fourth round for the last three seasons.

whether they can do it again this year seems to be seen. but for rochdale, the fa cup dream is still very much alive. michael redford, bbc news. elsewhere in the fa cup, championship side sheffield wednesday knocked out premier league opposition. they beat brighton i—0 at the amex stadium — adam reach‘s deflected free kick was enough to put garry monk's side into round four. brighton weren't the only premier league side to be knocked out. aston villa have also been eliminated after losing 2—1 at championship side fulham. harry arter with the winner. holders manchester city were given a bit of a first half scare by league two side, port vale, but pep guardiola's side went in to cruise control in the second half. city won 4—1 to continue their attempt to retain the cup as alex gulrajani

reports. believe it or not, there are some manchester city fans out there who haven't yet seen them win a trophy. the fa cup was part of a famous trouble for pep guardiola last season. trouble for pep guardiola last season. its value more important this year as their elite title defence stutters. alex and janco getting this defence off in style. devon silva meanwhile was having less luck. leak to port vale knew this would be a tricky evening. a little bit of luck on their side, and a moment of class, too. he's looking to attack it, and he scores! that's the moment for port vale, anton pope! all of a sudden they we re anton pope! all of a sudden they were leveled against the premier league champions. how long could they hold out? the answer — not too long. sergio aguero popping up at the back post, but they couldn't save vale. no straight elbows here, cole given. city on from there, silva close before phil foden forced

scott brown into action. vale up against it, and further behind soon after, taylor with the final touch, his first goalfor after, taylor with the final touch, his first goal for city. and foden rounded off city with city's fourth, as they take their first steps towards another date at wembley. and leicester are also through to the fourth round after they beat championship side wigan 2—0 at the king power stadium. harvey barnes got his sides second goal after a tom pearce own goal had put them in front, while wolves and manchester united played out a goalless draw, so will replay the game at old trafford. you can find all the days results and goals on the bbc sport website and app. england's bowlers came to the rescue again, leading the fightback on day two of the second test in cape town. having been bowled out for 269, james anderson and stuart broad took five wickets between them while be stokes produced some specatuclar catches as south africa were reduced to 215 for eight at the close of play.

—— ben stokes. adam wild reports. in cape town, a beautiful warm day, watching on, english knights were heating up too. into battle once more, jimmy anderson, but after yesterday's batting problems, today's opening stand was england's last. and anderson didn't, not for long anyway. all out for 269. now it may be one of the world's most picturesque grounds, but right then for england, things were not looking great. that was until stuart broad found the edge of peter milan's bat. the ball, the game suddenly moved quite some place. time then to get a grip of it. ben stokes and another brilliant catch from him. hamza, the latest batsman to wonder just how he does it. and while south africa was still working it out, stokes caught hold of another. england's day brighter by the moment. another player caught by an england hand, but wait. replay showed a no—ball.

south africa with the roar for the reprieve. the player along with dean elgar added more than 100. still, fortune remains fickle. and with stokes, england really are in great hands. here he finally got him. moments later, he caught dwayne pretorius as well. four catches, quite a day for him and for england. jimmy anderson striking with the final ball and the celebration really started. england's day for england's knights. adam wild, bbc news. a little earlier, i spoke to england cricketer kate cross to get her assesment of the days play. she says the bowlers deserve the credit for putting england back on top. i think as an england fan, i'm very happy, especially going into the start of the day. i think there was a lot of talk yesterday about being 100 short in the first inning. so i think when we saw that jimmy anderson

wicket at the start of the day, we know the bowlers had a lot of work to do, a lot of hard work. but to be honest, i think they bowled exceptionally well today. there was a middle phase of the game where there was a big partnership that built between vander huson and elgar. so i think that it's actually a good day to be an england bowler, they worked really hard and got the awards. and i think england came out on top. how do you think don beset did? i think he's a bit of an unsung hero today. i can't member how many overs he bulled, but he held up one end and was going under two and over at one point, which i think is probably not the most glamourous of roles that he will play, but he allowed them to come full short spells of the other end and he created a lot of pressure because there was not much runs going from his over. so i think he will be really pleased. like i said, he's the unsung hero, he's done a really good one, i thought. same old problems with the bat, the day started at 269,

what you put their problems down to? we were just having a discussion about this, and we were saying it will probably be a series of exceptional bowling, and maybe not as much of the great batting as we've seen in some good test series. but i think the biggest frustration as an england fan is seeing players start and not make big scores. and i think that's what england will have to reassess now going into the second innings, how will they start scoring big on that pitch? we've not seen particularly anyone do that easily, elgar might be the exception today. but that was a really hard—fought inning. the second inning will be key to this game. and another session we are talking about england's batsman and bowlers recovering things for them. there was talk about anderson being dropped before this, how well do you think they've answered their critics? it is frightening to think that we are talking about dropping potentially two of england's

greatest bowlers there've ever been. if you're potentially dropping jimmy anderson because he didn't take any wickets in the first match, then you see again sam curran coming in and he's changed the game with that spell he bulled just before the new ball came on. for me, it goes to show that experience counts for a lot in test cricket, and the likes ofjames anderson and stuart broad, they've taken so many wickets between them that it is fascinating to think you could talk about dropping one of them. i think england will have to start preparing for when one of them maybe retires, because we talk a lot aboutjimmy anderson getting towards the later end of his career. but i think they all bulled absolutely brilliant democrat today, you would never know the anderson was 37 with the spells he was bowling out there. kate cross speaking to sportsday earlier. kate is part of 5live's cricket social which starts again on 5live sports extra and via the bbc website at 8.20am tomorrow morning for what should be a fascinating thir day

of the second test. still to come on sportsday: we meet the man known as the king of ink. i've inked a lot of people. lebron james, lewis hamilton. i must be pretty good. i tattoo everybody. gloucester are up to third in rugby union's premiership thanks to a superb second half against bath. it finished 29—15 at kingsholm, giving the cherry and whites their biggest win over their arch—rivals for nine years. lydia campbell reports. with just one win in five matches, gloucester‘s title bid has faded in recent weeks. and maybe a result against age—old rivals bath could spark their season back into life. and an early try helped the mood at cape horn. jason woodward getting over the line. but the defensive errors started to stack up for the home side, and rhys priestland was able to kick

bath into a narrow lead at the brick. gloucester started the second half how they started the first. this time, freddy clarkjust about bundling over for his side's second triumph game. and that seemed to stir them into action. jake made a thunderous run to the line, and was just held up, but he was able to add the finish. the bowlers point tribe scored shortly after, ruan ackerman getting over the line using sheer brute force. and that was enough to hand gloucester a much—needed win in a tense west country derby. lydia campbell, bbc news. elsewhere, a big win for second from bottom leicester tigers they beat bristol 31—18. saracens — who are of course were deducted 35 points — are chasing leicester. they hammered worcester warriors 62—5. they have won six

of the eight games so far this season and are on —7. glasgow warriors ran in six tries to see off benetton in an enthralling contest. george horne touched down twice as the warriors won 38—19 to stay in touch of the pro!!! play—off places. there were also wins for dragons and zebre. let's have a quick look at some of the days other sports stories. despite a lack of sponsor and reduced prize money, the bdo world darts championships is under way at it's new home of the indigo at the o2, the first time it's been held away from lakeside since 1986. and amongst the winners on day one was chris landman who beat the number four seed, dave pa rletti. the world number one rafael nadal got his year off to the perfect start by winning spain's opening match of the atp cup against georgia. novak djokovic was also a winner as he beat south africa's kevin anderson

to seal victory for serbia. and real madrid have gone back to the top of la liga after a 3—0 win over getafe. rafael varane and luka modric amongst the scorers. barcelona will have the chance to reclaim top spot if they beat city rivals espa nyol later this evening. the british snowboard and freeski championships, otherwise known as the brits, take place in switzerland later this year. it's an event where disabled and able—bodied athletes compete side—by—side. ski sunday'sjennyjones has been to meet darren swift, a double—amputee snowboarder who's taking part in the event. i lost my legs in 199! in northern ireland. i was blown up by a terrorist device. i lost both legs, two fingers on my right hand, and a big injury on my left arm. it was 18 months, from the day i was blown up to the day i discharged from the army.

when i was in rehab, the one thing i wanted was independence. i wanted to do things for myself. so i started travelling around the world on my own in a wheelchair. during that time, i got myself into adventures. my first one it was a couple river expeditions, that was cracking. then i hand—cycled across iceland. what got you into snowboarding? i did sit—skiing for a few years. in italy, i looked up and there were three young lads coming down on snowboards. and i just thought, "that's what i want to do. i want to do that, i want to be a snowboarder." there were plenty of people telling me i couldn't snowboard, i have to have knees and i couldn't do it without it. but i was with a friend of mine, who is a designer by trade, and we drew on the back of a beer mat how i might affix myself to a board. we sat in the workshop and set the stuff up. show us that. this is the board. and the

bindings. this here is a safety strap i put on, i've gotten into the habit of putting these on because these have failed on some of the tighterturns. this is a kitchen chopping board, because i've got five boards at home that have snapped off. swifty took to snowboarding like a fish to water, and it merely fell in love with the sport, despite the practical difficulties he faces every day he goes on the mountain. you're in a snowy environment so that makes it difficult for everyone. but if you use a wheelchair or anything, it can double up a bit. if the seated lift is too high, then i'll get them to slow it down so i can flip myself around. in the early days when i first started, the lift operators in europe were horrendous. you weren't allowed on. if you couldn't get on a lift while it was moving, you weren't going on. they were quite nasty about it. but there's been a sea change and it's completely different now. this is my third time at the brits. it was fantastic to get

back in. riding with able—bodied people who have no definition was just right. you can watch the full interview with darren on ski sunday tomorrow. bbc two at 6pm. it is also available on the bbc iplayer. he's the man behind some of the most eye—catching tattoos in sport, earning him the nickname the king of ink. bang bang is a tattoo artist based in new york and counts some of the world's biggest sports stars and celebrities as his clients. he's been telling us his story. laughter. you know what i'm talking about? i do a lot of people, man. i must be pretty good. odell beckham junior is always hitting me up for tattoos. i speak to him almost weekly.

at first, he started on a cover—up on his back, it's like a planet of the apes theme, a district of new york city. i've done a bunch of things with his hands and neck, and we have a matching tattoo. it's this goat on my thumb. he said he needed that. you don'tjust meet lebron, you meet one of lebron‘s guys. then you meet another one of his guys, and you hear lebron wants to meet you. then you oblige. i got a phone call on sunday night at 8pm that lebron wants to get tattooed tomorrow in cleveland. when lebron says he wants you to go to work, you get your stuff together and you go to work. i got to sit down and eat with his family, we had chicken, rice and broccoli. the chef was in hot water. i did a tattoo of his daughter, and lebron loved it. i'll neverforget something his mum told me, she said "you're the greatest at what you do, and my son is the greatest of what he does." it felt like one of the greatestest compliments i ever got. the first time i met terry henri,

i had no idea who he was also became intimate tattoo studio and i didn't know that i was speaking to one of the greatest athletes who ever lived. he wanted something from new york and his son. we spent three days together, tattooing all day long. one of the toughest people ever met, he never flinched. he's one of my best friends, he's been there for me when i needed help navigating. it's a relief to him to be friends with him because i know nothing about soccer. i'm nota i'm not a fan of him as a player, but as a person. i tattooed lewis hamilton, i think you just dm'ed me. we struggled with the design process, he knows what he wants to do. i don't make sandwiches at subway, i make bang bang tattoos. if i don't think something will be great, i won't do it. we spent lots of time sculpting the idea, scrapping some of his ideas to make sure that what he gets is really unique to himself. a professional race car driver will not have tonnes of experience designing great tattoos, but i do. so now we are good, we made a couple of cool ones that he's really happy with, and i spoke to him just

recently and he wants more. there's plenty of tattoo artist who tattoo celebrities, i'm just the one they keep coming back to. that's just meant the world to my career. plenty of thought now for which tattoo i ultimately go with. i really wa nt tattoo i ultimately go with. i really want to know. let's go back to the fa cup now, and tomorrow, it's the meryseyside derby at anfield. carlo ancelotti's arrival at goodison park has given everton a renewed sense of confidence, and one man in particuclar seems to have benifitted more than others. striker dominic calvert lewin has scored three times since the italian‘s arrival. as a young player, you can't really ask for anyone better to be in charge. he's worked at some of the biggest clubs in the world and work with some of the best players and best drivers in the world. so for me it's an unbelievable learning experience at the stage in my career. and to have the backing of him like i have done so far, it fills me with a lot of confidence going onto the pitch. as you can see in my current form, i've hit the back of the net,

so i like to think that's helped. you can watch sunday's merseyside derby between liverpool and everton at anfield live on bbc one, kick off at ii.01pm. and on monday, arsenal against leeds united is live on bbc one — kick off at the emirates is 7.56pm. and don't forget to catch all the goals from today's fixtures reminding you that the reason for those kick—offs being one minute pastis those kick—offs being one minute past is at the fa cup and prince william are trying to get fans to ta ke william are trying to get fans to take a minute to look at mental health issues over the next few days. that's all from sportsday. good evening. fairly breezy day on the way tomorrow, but it will get even windier as we head into next week. but at least a lot of dry weather to come through the next 2a

hours. through tonight, the main chance of rain will be across shetland. milder air chance of rain will be across shetland. milderairtowards shetland, it's been a very cold day there today. milder air elsewhere across the west, a few showers from the thicker cloud here. some clear skies, just noticed 2—3dc to the northeast of scotland, a fairly cloudy day for most of us with some rain coming and going all day long across the far northwest of scotland. there'll be a few showers across western and southern parts, much like we saw today with the vast majority being dry. some breaks in the cloud, best sunshine in northeast scotland and the south later on. temperatures up a little bit on today's values, rising through monday and tuesday. we will see some pretty wet weather at times between north and west, and we have the wind gusts here, seeing wins touch up to 70 mph for some.

this is bbc news. the headlines at 8: two mortar rounds land near the us embassy in baghdad as huge crowds join funeral processions in iraq, for iran's top military commander, killed by a us drone strike. iranian president rouhani visited the dead general‘s family, promising that americans will feel the impact of their actions for years ahead. fears that high winds and temperatures will push australia's bushfires towards heavily populated areas — thousands of reserve troops are deployed. the shadow brexit secretary, keir starmer, enters the race to become labour leader. he'll launch his campaign in stevenage tomorrow. police appeal for information after a food delivery driver was stabbed to death in north london last night. and julia's journey to understand what family really means.