only apprenticeship. he is also the only black briton and black driver worldwide to become champion or even compete at the highest level of formula 1. so, they were all sorts of boxes that lewis hamilton takes, and they should have happened a long time ago in my view, and it is overdue. we have talked extensively about lewis hamilton as my accolade and you alluded in your previous a nswer to and you alluded in your previous answer to his skin colour. do you think there is may be an element of it, that is the reason why he has not been thought of for a knighthood? i cannot believe it is the colour of lewis hamilton's skin that has not given him a knighthood so that has not given him a knighthood so far. i cannot believe that racism isa so far. i cannot believe that racism is a factor at all. maybe it is because formula 1 is not seen as a mainstream sport as for example football, tennis, or athletics. mainstream sport as for example football, tennis, orathletics. but it is followed by hundreds of minis are people across the world, and lewis hamilton is the biggest superstar, british superstar in global sport, and it is astonishing that he hasn't been given this high

honour yet like other sports stars have. an impressive start for novak djokovic at the atp finals, beating diego schwartzman in straight sets. the world number one is hoping to achieve a sixth title at the season—ending tournament. watching at the 02 is sue barker with tim henman. well, very comfortable victory for novak djokovic in straight sets. i thought it might be interesting when schwartzman broke early in the first set but he didn't get back into it. before the match, we were trying to painta before the match, we were trying to paint a picture how schwartzman could have a impact on the match. but it was always going to be an uphill task for schwartzman but we know the format of this event, with a round robin, although he lost easily, he still has a chance to go through to the semifinals so ominous signs that the rest of the field with jock of h signs that the rest of the field withjock of h playing so well. signs that the rest of the field with jock of h playing so well. it's not really schwartzman‘s surface. but it isjock of h's.

not really schwartzman‘s surface. but it is jock of h's. yes, very much. in all indoor tournaments he is properly one of the best players of all times. no doubt, the clear favourite at this stage. in this group also, it's that tough group. that is a great matchup, a repeat of the paris masters final. that's right, they played ten days ago in the final of the masters series in paris, as you say. they have played seven times, he has one but it was mehdi abeid who came out on top. again, they will be that added tension of getting used to the conditions and it is important they can come out firing on all cylinders who can create as opportunities. i think it will be a fascinating matchup to watch. you have been critical about his second serve.

medbedev is knocking on the door to winning these big events. it's a great opportunity for him in the world tour finals. two of the young guns going head—to—head. world tour finals. two of the young guns going head-to-head. that is tonight. we'll be back tomorrow with raphael nadal playing. let's take a quick look at some of the other stories around today. republic of ireland players matt doherty and james mcclean have tested positive for covid—19 following the defeat to wales last night. they'll now miss their club matches for tottenham and stoke this weekend. olympic champion caeleb dressel has set a new world record in the men's 100m individual medley, becoming the first person to go under 50 seconds in the event. dressel set the time of 119.88 seconds for the cali condors team in their international swimming league semi final in budapest.

in rugby, ireland will be without captain jonny sexton for this weekend's autumn nations cup game against england. sexton sustained a hamstring injury during friday night's victory over wales in dublin. olympics chief thomas bach has repeated his belief that he's very, dustinjohnson is the proud owner of a green jacket after winning the masters with a record score. the american broke dowen in tears after being presented with the trophy, saying he had hoped for that moment since he was a young boy. it isa it is a dream come true. as a kid, i a lwa ys it is a dream come true. as a kid, i always dreamt about being a masters champion. 0k. it isjust incredible. obviously, as you can tell. you care

so obviously, as you can tell. you care so much and you worked so hard, it isjust not that so much and you worked so hard, it is just not that a lot of us get to see it. i am having trouble gathering myself. it's ok. so lovely to see. earlier, i spoke to claude harmon, who's coached dustin johnson and began by asking him just what the masters means for the world number one. to wina to win a major championship again and to win it at a buster is so special. and just the history of the tournament, the history of the golf course, the history of all the champions, and i think the history of the green jacket, when you win there, as a player, ithink of the green jacket, when you win there, as a player, i think all of there, as a player, i think all of the guys know that they are part of such an elite, exclusive group of golfers. dj has a tremendous amount of competitive spirit and passion and, you know, it was fun to see that come out. and of course you know him so well, it is something he

has talked about wanting to do for a long time? has it been a huge ambitious of his? he talked about when he was a child imagining winning the masters. oh, i think most players, when they are younger and they are young golfers and junior golfers, when they are practising their parting as the sun goes down, and they get a five foot but her practice, they had, they think this is to win a major championship, a lot of this is to win the masters. he grew up up about an hour away and i asked him win the masters. he grew up up about an houraway and i asked him in one of the practice rounds if he had ever played the golf course before, and he said, you know, i never played the golf course growing up andi played the golf course growing up and i made a promise to myself that i would not play at augusta until i qualified for the tournament. it is very special. dj is well aware that with all the amount of golf tournaments he has one, he had only one w011 tournaments he has one, he had only one won major championships but he had been close many, many times before, and i think you saw are also

a lot of emotions, to finally break down that barrier of having a 5k hole lead, i think he had that four times and had never gotten the job done. he had it in san francisco a few months ago for the pga and didn't win, so i think you saw a lot of built up a motion of finally being able to get another major championship. the biggest tools in his arsenal was his ability to stay in the present, do not look backwards, do not look around the corner, his brother austen was telling me on the flight home last night that walking up the 18th, after they hit a shot, they were walking to the 18th green and dj said to ajay, his brother, how do we stand, do we have the lead, how many i'll be leading by? because he purposely didn't look at any leaderboards the whole way around. other than maybe tiger woods and nicholas, to me, he has one of the best minds in the game of golf for sure. that was the coach of dustin

johnson. he has won with a record of 20 and a score for the whole of the tournament. all the reaction to the masters across the whole of the weekend is on the bbc sports website, plus details on all of our other stories. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. goodbye for now. this is bbc news. let us bring you the latest figures we have on the coronavirus cases and deaths in the united kingdom and in terms of the number of deaths, the government are saying another 213 people have died within 28 days of testing positive for covid—19 as of monday, bringing the uk total death toll to 52,147.

and also the number of cases, the government says, as of nine o'clock this morning, there has been a further 21,363 laboratory confirmed cases of coronavirus in the uk. so, 213 more deaths, and 21,000 363 new cases. that brings the total number of cases in the uk to 1,390,681. that is the latest figures just in one covert in the uk. —— on covid. they are calling it the new normal and space. space taxi service. four astronauts are on board the space x rocket on their way to the international space station.

as space exploration milestone. the launch of this space is capital marks a new era. the space agency buys seats for its astronauts on privately owned spacecraft. the space shuttle retired almost a decade ago and was the last one to fly astronauts from american soil. now, the agency will work in partnership with spacex. our crew are now coasting in low earth orbit. sunday's launch is the culmination of years of design and testing. the demonstration flight back in may it was the test the world was watching.

the spacex successfully transported to astronauts to the space station and brought them home safely. the four people in this first fully operationalflight, michael four people in this first fully operational flight, michael hopkins, victor glover, and shallow water, and the japanese space astronaut will bring the crew to seven. nasa says this will triple the amount of microgravity research that can be done. there are over 250 experiments that take pace on the international space station at any one time and they are in all sorts of different areas. a lot of the research that is done is involved in medicines and in helping to understand how the human body works. is a international endeavour, and the countries coming together and it is what we need in human expiration. this group will spend about six months in space, looking back on earth as the crisis of the pandemic continues to unfold. and ina

of the pandemic continues to unfold. and in a nod to a mission accomplished during this most turbulent years, they have called the ship resilience. . more news at the ship resilience. . more news at the top of the hour, now the weather. later this week, we are in for colder weather but for the next couple of days, it will be marred for this time of year. there will be a lot of cloud, and for western scotland, some heavy enough rain to get flooding by them another week. we have seen a cloud rolling in today, sunshine has been far —— hard today, sunshine has been far —— hard to find. rain and drizzle from the west. that continues to push eastwards. some outbreaks of mostly light rain and drizzle effect in many parts of the country for a while, but it is really across western scotland that will see the rain turned steadier and heavier as the night goes on. especially for the night goes on. especially for the highlands and into argyll and bute. a lot of cloud overnight and if anything temperatures will be rising as a night goes on. very mild

12 to 19 -- 12 to 14 rising as a night goes on. very mild 12 to 19 —— 12 to 14 as the night goes on. a south—westerly wind will blow on tuesday, bit of light rain or drizzle in the hills, most of the rain continuing to affect western scotland. it will be very mild, temperatures widely 15 or 16 degrees. some breaks in the cloud and sunshine to the east of high ground and temperatures could reach 18 celsius. we've got this very mild aircoming from a 18 celsius. we've got this very mild air coming from a long way south, all the way from the tropics, this is tropical maritime air. but things will change and by thursday the area is coming down from the north, it will feel much, much colder. transition day is wednesday, this is when the weather starts to change. we still got low pressure bringing heavy rain in scotland through the day, on that weather front as it ru ns day, on that weather front as it runs eastwards, the rain becomes light and patchy but we still have a lot of this very mild air in the south—east. elsewhere, the temperature sliding away a little bit in the stronger winds during the

afternoon. however, much colderair to come, overnight on wednesday night into thursday morning, it will be very windy, and a spell of wet weather for a be very windy, and a spell of wet weatherfor a while, then be very windy, and a spell of wet weather for a while, then a northerly winds arrive and by thursday morning, they could be some ice and snow in northern parts of scotland. there will be some sunshine and showers through the day on thursday, the showers become fewer, the strong winds which we will have in the morning down the north sea coast does eventually ease down. it will feel cold, especially in the strong winds for a while. temperatures will be lower, may be only four or 5 degrees in scotland, perhaps double figures in the far south.

hello, i'm ben bland, this is outside source. another breakthrough in the race for a covid—19 vaccine. clinical trials show moderna's jab is 94.5% effective. there was a moment of pretty intense relief. it's been a long, hard strive. sweden faces a surge in infections and deaths. the prime minister says this is the new norm. don't go to gyms, don't go to libraries, don't host dinners, don't have parties. cancel. we'll report from kenya, where an africa eye investigation