this is saying, we do not want this incident to become yet another factor further inflaming incident to become yet another factor further inflaming an already tense situation so both sides are saying, we have to say our site but we do not want this to get caught up in the wider confrontation particular between the us and iran. iran does not want to be seen as weakening its regime. what is the feeling of what will happen next? iran is going through a spasm. it is reeling from this awful tragedy of the ukrainian being downed. various different parts of the regime are looking at each other saying, he will get the blame for? all the focus will be on that. so there will bea focus will be on that. so there will be a lot of introspection within tehran at the moment, notjust looking at the wider world and trying to deal with the americans. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas.

good evening, potentially disruptive weather on the cards over the next couple of days. storm brendan arriving from the atlantic, things are set to turn particularly windy and there will be heavy rain at times on monday and tuesday, particularly in the south. we have largely quiet and clear conditions out there at the moment, but some showers moving their way towards england and wales, dry for scotland and northern ireland. clearing skies tonight, a chilly night out there. a touch of frost, especially across the northern half of the british isles. to start off monday, most places largely dry and settled, but wind picking up in the west, all down to this approaching storm system, storm brendan. lots of isobars on the map, indicating strong winds that we will see through the day. they went picking up through the day. they went picking up initially across the west of england, wales and scotland and northern ireland, with heavy rain working in from the west. joyous for longest towards the east, but windy wherever you are, in fact, gusts up to 80 mph in the north west.

hello, this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak, the headlines. hundreds of anti—british demonstrators protest outside the embassy in tehran. here, the government calls yesterday's detention of the ambassador "a flagrant violation of international law". completely unacceptable. i think you're right. breach of certainly the vienna convention and a whole range of things. urgent talks between the queen and prince harry and meghan will be held tomorrow over the royal couple's future. 8,000 people are ordered from their homes and manila international airport puts all flights on hold after steam and ash erupt from a volcano in the philippines. in australia, the terrible toll of the bushfires on the country's rich wildlife, and many endangered species. serena williams wins her first

singles title for three years — after beating jessica pegula in straight sets in the final of the auckland international. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to the bbc sport centre. i'm ben croucher. these are your sportsday headlines. record breaker sergio aguero fires manchester city to a thumping win at aston villa. the goals fly in in the women's super league. arsenal grab four to restore their lead at the top. back on top too — serena williams is a winner again, three years since her last triumph on tour. and even though they won — northampton‘s coach apologises for their performance. all the champions cup stories to come. also coming up in the programme:

an emotional afternoon at headingley as rob burrow walks out to play for leeds for the very last time. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm ben croucher. thanks for your company. we'll start at villa park where manchester city smashed six past aston villa in the premier league. sergio aguero grabbed half of them — breaking a couple of records in the process. for villa — now in the relegation zone with manager dean smith saying they were embarrassed. joe lynskey has the story. there are brave faces at villa park, but at the foot of the premier league, things get bleak quickly. to climb up the table, aston villa have turned to new signings. this week, they brought in danny drinkwater on loan. a man who four years ago won the title with leicester,

and knows what riyad mahrez can do. the former team—mates are now at opposite ends of the league. and mahrez at city is the one who's played on. drinkwater has played just one league match in two years. you could see his demise in city's second goal. here, losing the ball inside the box, mahrez, 2—0. he wasn't the only aston villa player responsible. sergio aguero had the space for shooting practice. just 28 minutes in, the optimism had run out. by half—time, the champions had made another. kevin de bruyne‘s perfect cross finished off for four. still, city farm records to go for. still, city, relentless, found more records to go for. sergio aguero‘s second of the match made premier league history. he is now the all—time top scorer from overseas. before the end, there was more.

at 80 minutes, sergio aguero had a hat—trick for the 12th time, one more than alan shearer‘s record. at stoppage time, the home side won and scored a penalty, but they are now inside the bottom three. as city run out of landmarks, aston villa ran out of hope. so are there any more superlatives left to describe aguero? well, his manager did his best to sum up the influential argentine. when these kind of things happen, however hat tricks and how many goals, it is not because it is 12 seasons, goals, it is not because it is 12 seasons, it is a long time. that is a real value, when you are consistent for a long time, and sergio aguero has scored goals all the time with us right now, and before, and before, and in the future. villa have dropped into the bottom three after watford leapfrogged both them and bournemouth with a 3—0 win on the south coast. it lifts them out of the drop zone for the first time all season. patrick gearey watched this one. glance at the league table and you will see bournemouth started this one point above watford. look closer and you will find them

facing in opposite directions. lately, bournemouth have been sinking. they were met by watford's fast rising tide. the hornets swarmed before abdoulaye doucoure provided the sting. watford picked up ten points from five games before this, a renaissance built around two men, the new manager, nigel pearson, and the old reliable captain, troy deeney. here, a finish that was an extension of his personality, a bullish certainty that is essential in relegation fights. contrast that to what bournemouth are offering. games like these can decide seasons, but they seem to shrink from their task. those are not faces of confident men, eddie howe knew a ninth league defeat in ii was coming. his team were powerless as watford queued up to deliver the final punch. as roberto parreira made it three, they knew they were out of the bottom three and bournemouth wonder how much further they will fall. not a great day for defences in the women's super league either. 15 goals in four matches. chelsea thrashed bristol city 6—1 whilst leaders arsenal restored their three point advantage

with a 4—0 win at brighton in a match that had a real feel of deja vu. jess softely explains. arsenal and brighton met twice in 2019, both times, arsenal won 4—0. for brighton to change things in 2020, they would have to cope with arsenal's stars. but three minutes in, danielle van de donk showed how hard that can be. poor defending from brighton left jill roord unmarked and wide open, she was not going to miss. it took more than 45 minutes for brighton to finally get their first chance on goal. not one emily simkins will want to watch back. arsenal continued their onslaught in the second half, withjordan nobbs adding a third. brighton would have settled for that scoreline, but arsenal were not finished. the fourth goal finally came with ten minutes to spare. beth mead added her name to the scoresheet and completed another 4—0 victory for the champions.

let's whizz through some of the other top sports stories from today. cardiff and swansea played out a goalless draw in the south wales derby in the championship. both teams hit the woodwork in the match as swansea miss the chance to climb into the playoff places. ding junhui is out of the masters snooker. the newly crowned uk champion was beaten 6—3 byjoe perry in the first round in london. perry reeled off the final three frames to get over the line. mark selby is under way against ali carter. that one's over on the red button right now. carter has just taken the first frame. and after knocking out the new england patriots last week, the tennesse titans continued where they left off by surprising the baltimore ravens in the nfl play offs last night — running back derrick henry became quarter back, throwing a touchdown pass for corey davis in the titans‘ 28—12 win. tonight, kansas city play houston and green bay host seattle.

after winning herfirst title in three years, serena williams donated her prize money to help the relief efforts for the australian bushfires. her straight sets win in the final of the auckland classic againstjessica pegula was also significant — her first since becoming a mum. 0ur correspondent katie gornall reports. the great champions are those who endure when they are tested. in two decades of dominance, serena williams has seen it all. two and a half years ago, she nearly died giving birth to her daughter, alexis. understandably, the road back to the top has been long and uncertain. williams has walked out into five finals since becoming a parent and lost them all. early on, she seemed to be heading down that same path as her compatriot, jessica pegula, raced into a 3—1 lead but then as we have seen time and again over the years, williams gathered herself, hitting back with her customary power and precision. after wrapping up the first set 6—3 in auckland,

williams broke early in the second and stayed out in front. eventually, she closed out the set and the match for a victory which clearly meant so much. and with the australian open around the corner, williams is hungry for more. i'm feeling pretty good. i'm feeling fit, like i have had some good matches and long rallies, short rallies, power players, elements. this is exactly what i needed going into melbourne. a record—equalling 24th grand slam title is now in her sights and yet again, serena williams has proved that age and motherhood is no obstacle to success. katie gornall, bbc news. the men's tennis season has started with the new atp cup — a 2li—nation event across australia. serbia are the first names on the trophy with novak djokovic leading from the front. the world number two didn't lose a match all week and in the final, saw off rafa nadal in the singles in straight sets. he then teamed victor troicki in the deciding doubles rubber. he described it as one of the nicest

moments in his career. northampton saints‘ director of rugby chris boyd apologised for his side's performance against bennetton in the european champions cup this afternoon — even though they won. the 33—20 win was enough to setup a fascinating final weekend as a number of english clubs battle for the best runners up spots to make the last eight. james burridge was at franklin's gardens. this was a topsy—turvy game, a complacent performance, too, from northampton. even though they scored inside the opening six minutes, after that, they were mistake ridden. they had so many chances, there were knock—ons all over the park, and the line—out was a total shambles. they lost five or six opportunities inside their opponent's 22. bennetton capitalised on those mistakes, scoring an intercepting try under the posts. they went in up at half—time. a choice team talk from the head coach seemed to make the difference, because after 60 minutes, northampton pulled away and scored four tries in the second a0.

they've got the five points they needed today. but their coach was not impressed. anybody who has any respect for the game of rugby, we apologise for that performance. why was it so bad? i think it was just one of those games that we didn't show enough respect to the game, to the opposition. we talked about the fact that we could probably give ourselves a chance to qualify, we needed to score five points, so the brain kicks in, every time you get the ball, you're trying to score a try. northampton travel to lyon next week and they must win that if they want to go to the quarterfinals as runners up. they will be challenged for those places by saracens and gloucester. it will be a fascinating week for english clubs next weekend in europe. it's five out of five for leinster and they're guaranteed to top that pool after beating lyon 42—14. they ran in six tries in total which should be enough for a home quarterfinal —

barring some odd results next weekend. munster are all but out after losing to racing. it was an emotional afternoon at headlingley stadium as leeds rhinos honoured rob burrow — their former player who has been diagnosed with motor neurone disease. 0riginally planned as a testimonal forjamie jones—buchanan, the sell—out match against rhinos rivals bradford also helped raise money for burrow and his family, to help pay for all the treatment and care that he will need in the coming years. leeds were comfortably leading when a host of former players joined the action, and their was a huge ovation when burrowjoined the game. fittingly leeds won 34—10. rob burrow, hero of headingley. 0verthe moon, overwhelmed, humbled, all of them words put into one. absolutely amazing day, and one i will certainly remember. you can't really know what it feels like until you do it.