and get some galvanise support and get some action here. and also very bad news for the komodo dragon unmanned. this huge lizard, three metres long, weighs 150 kilograms, and that lives on a few islands in indonesia. and its forest habitat has been cut down, savannah is a risk of fire. it has this added threat, they have being strengthened by a third in the next 45 years as sea levels rise with climate change. not looking good for the komodo dragon. an illustration of many of the problems facing biodiversity around the planet. facing biodiversity around the lanet. ., , ., ., , ., planet. lots of them -- lots for them to talk — planet. lots of them -- lots for them to talk about _ planet. lots of them -- lots for them to talk about in _ planet. lots of them -- lots for them to talk about in marseille| planet. lots of them -- lots for l them to talk about in marseille at them to talk about in marseille at the moment. the organisations like this could issue the warning bells with distill policymakers that had to take the action. the? with distill policymakers that had to take the action.— with distill policymakers that had to take the action. they are going to take the action. they are going to be meeting _

to take the action. they are going to be meeting over— to take the action. they are going to be meeting over the _ to take the action. they are going to be meeting over the next - to take the action. they are going to be meeting over the next nine| to be meeting over the next nine daysin to be meeting over the next nine days in marseille. the first meeting in five years of conservation groups, government ministers, and they are really trying to push for action on conservation. the message really being that conservation work can work, but you need the political and scientific attention, so their building support for the idea of protecting more land for nature, so this idea we should support, protect our oceans, 30% of our land by 2030, the ultimately want to have an agreement with nature akin to the paris agreement for climate change. various proposals are being thrashed out in france and marseille and that will feed in to these very high—profile summits we have coming up high—profile summits we have coming up on biodiversity and on climate change in glasgow in november. lovely to speak to you. thank you.

for much of england and wales, there has been a distinct lack of sunshine of late and there is no exception today, lots of clouds. it is starting to thin and break, so we should have a pause. the best of the sunshine so far today has been through wales and south—west england, but some of this cloud starting to thin a little, so glimpses of sandra. —— lack of sunshine. you can see the difference where you keep the cloud, with the temperatures of 15 or 16, highs of 22 or 23. as we move into sunday, the change is coming. the high pressure drifts away, the south—easterly breeze will introduce some warmer air from the continent and a weather front brings some needed rain into northern ireland and north—west scotland. gradually in the morning and turning quite heavy as we go into the afternoon. elsewhere it will be about the sunshine as we go through tomorrow, highs are likely of 25 degrees, 77 fahrenheit.

you are watching bbc news with me, shaun ley. had learned the headlines... labour says there's a "strong case" for offering all 12—15 year olds covid vaccinations — to avoid "further disruption" to their education. the government's scientific advisors don't support it. doctors unions calls for the government to hold an emergency meeting as gps delay flu jabs as a shortage of hgv drivers disrupts supplies. the taliban continues to send fighters to crush the last remaining organised resistance in afghanistan. two divers are presumed to have died after they failed to return to the surface while exploring a wreck off the cornwall coast. more news at the top of the hour. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm chetan pathak,

coming up on the programme: with his first test century outside of india, rohit sharma puts england on the backfoot on day three of the fourth test at the oval. manchester city's summer signings shine, as they make a perfect start to the women's super league season. the korda sisters are beaten as europe take a commanding lead against the us on day one of the solheim cup in ohio. and back on the front row together for the first time since silverstone. will there be more fireworks or fist bumps between hamilton and verstappen at tomorrow's dutch grand prix? welcome along, thanks forjoining us. it's been a fascinating day's play at the oval,

where england and india have been fighting for supremacy on the third day of the fourth test. a rohit sharma century helped the tourists take charge, but two late wickets from 0llie robinson have given england hope. india found themselves 270—3 when bad light stopped play — that's a lead of 171 runs. 0ur sports correspondent, joe wilson, reports. watch now how this test match with rohit sharma driving went india's way. hours passed withjust rohit sharma driving went india's way. hours passed with just one england success and that came after their review. he spoke of sound suggests the ball had brushed the bat. 0ut. but kay didn't really seem 0k bat. 0ut. but kay didn't really seem ok with it. rohit sharma batted on and the point about these runs, they were now stretching india's lead, a shift in the dynamic of a match which gripped everyone. almost everyone. don't miss this!

beautifully played! cutting loose, india confidence _ beautifully played! cutting loose, india confidence was _ beautifully played! cutting loose, india confidence was rebuilding i india confidence was rebuilding through every part of the oval. and here comes rohit sharma. a3 60 degrees 365 day batsmen, to excel in any occasion. 100 for him in a test match away from home. now he had done everything. rohit sharma could hit the ball anywhere, so why on 127 did he do this? he didn't really know. neither did england. just a way that somehow they got him out. the ball was new, 0llie robinson was revived. england fought per genre had hit theirs. that sound waves on review showed it had gone for 61. in september of this series everything is still to be decided. before bad light, india's captain stretched the lead to a point which already may be match—winning. joe wilson, bbc news. history was made at goodison park

earlier this afternoon with everton�*s match against manchester city the first women's super league game to be shown free—to—air on uk television. and last season's runners—up city put on a real show — banging in the goals to win 4—0 as they underlined their title credentials. jess softley was watching. a new season, a a new season, a new a new season, a new challenge. manchester city were just two points behind the champions, chelsea, last season. can they go one better this time? city dominated the match from the beginning. no surprise, then, when vicky put the winners ahead. at}! when vicky put the winners ahead. of the post and in! a _ when vicky put the winners ahead. of the post and in! a sign _ when vicky put the winners ahead. of the post and in! a sign of— when vicky put the winners ahead. of the post and in! a sign of things - when vicky put the winners ahead. of the post and in! a sign of things to i the post and in! a sign of things to come. the post and in! a sign of things to come- poor— the post and in! a sign of things to come. poor defending _ the post and in! a sign of things to come. poor defending from - the post and in! a sign of things to | come. poor defending from everton gave janine come. poor defending from everton gavejanine acres come. poor defending from everton gave janine acres of space. it is 2-0! city _ gave janine acres of space. it is 2-0! city have _ gave janine acres of space. it is 2-0! city have plenty _ gave janine acres of space. it is 2-0! city have plenty of- gave janine acres of space. it is 2-0! city have plenty of stars, | gave janine acres of space. it is i 2-0! city have plenty of stars, but they didn't — 2-0! city have plenty of stars, but they didn't need _ 2-0! city have plenty of stars, but they didn't need them _ 2-0! city have plenty of stars, but they didn't need them for - 2-0! city have plenty of stars, but they didn't need them for this - 2-0! city have plenty of stars, but| they didn't need them for this one. ms shaw finding her debut goal. certainly something to celebrate. three goals in 45 minutes, everton

now had a mountain to climb. they looked a different side in the second half, but this would be as close as they would get to a goal. when you are 3—0 down, steph houghton is the last player you want to see take a free kick. that houghton is the last player you want to see take a free kick.— to see take a free kick. that is absolutely _ to see take a free kick. that is absolutely brilliant! _ to see take a free kick. that is absolutely brilliant! the - to see take a free kick. that is absolutely brilliant! the city i absolutely brilliant! the city ca tain absolutely brilliant! the city captain making _ absolutely brilliant! the city captain making it _ absolutely brilliant! the city captain making it look - absolutely brilliant! the city captain making it look all. absolutely brilliant! the city| captain making it look all too absolutely brilliant! the city - captain making it look all too easy. a perfect start for gareth taylor's side, but plenty of work to do for everton if they are to rival the top four this season. jess, bbc news. two more games today in the wsl. remi allen marked her aston villa debut by scoring the winner against her former club, leicester, whilst tottenham beat birmingham with kit graham scoring the only goal of the game. steve clarke says his scotland side are approaching a "must win" moment in their world cup qualifying campaign ahead of tonight's match against moldova. scotland sit fourth in group f after wednesday's 2—0 defeat in denmark. after moldova, the scots travel to third placed austria on tuesday

at the halfway point in the group. with a capacity crowd at hampden tonight, clarke feels the home supporters will play an important part. i think it will be good for the players, they enjoyed a little taste of it with 12.5 or whatever it was, 12,500 at the euros. they enjoyed that taste, they enjoyed the atmosphere and if we can get the crowd rocking, a good fast start, get the crowd behind us, hamdan will be a nice place to be. —— hampden park will be a nice place. one more football line to bring you — manchester united winger jadon sancho will miss england's world cup qualifiers against andorra at wembley tomorrow night and poland next wednesday because of a "minor knock". sancho sat out thursday's win over hungary and will now return to his club. the defending champions, europe, have only won once on us soil, but they've taken a commanding lead after the foursomes on the opening day of golf�*s solheim cup in ohio. the americans are the favourites to win the trophy, but things

didn't go to plan earlier, with sisters nelly and jessica korda beaten by mel reid and leona maguire. adam wild reports. the inverness club in ohio, a little echo of europe, but all around the noise and the colour of the united states. this was loud, but finally balanced. take this at the 12, usa's megan can putting a tee shot within inches. how do you follow that? seconds later celine playing with georgia hall did this. they couldn't be separated by manchild. but by that point europe already in front, the scandinavian pairing coming through a topsy—turvy match to win the 18th. europe finishing the morning impressively, no more so than leone maguire, the first irish woman to play in the solheim cup, together with mel reid beating the korda sisters, one became's toughest tasks. the morning finished with a

brilliant point as well for charlie hull and leone pedersen, europe finishing in awesome form. bbc news. well, i'm joined now by our golf correspondent, iain carter. are you surprised by the lead europe's taken into the four balls which are now under way? europe's taken into the four balls traditionally euro e's taken into the four bal - ., , ., the traditionally europe do tend to play the alternative _ traditionally europe do tend to play the alternative short _ traditionally europe do tend to play the alternative short folsom - traditionally europe do tend to play the alternative short folsom is - the alternative short folsom is format a little better than the americans, that but this really was a dream start. adam summed it up beautifully in the peace there, there were excellent performances, particularly from leone maguire, and... has never really got going, they threaten to fight back late in they threaten to fight back late in the match, but really mel reid and maguire fought back beautifully. in the afternoon for balls, particularly madeline sandstrom, who is playing with madison, they are to up is playing with madison, they are to up four holes, having started

extremely well, a birdie eagle on the first couple of holes there and also maguire just holed a monster truck in the bottom match, and they are one up against two other players, so it is going very well for europe at the moment, but still a very long way to go.— for europe at the moment, but still a very long way to go. absolutely, a treat start a very long way to go. absolutely, a great start for _ a very long way to go. absolutely, a great start for europe. _ a very long way to go. absolutely, a great start for europe. we - a very long way to go. absolutely, a great start for europe. we will- great start for europe. we will leave it there, thank you. time now for some of the day's other sport stories and... tommy fleetwood shot a third round of 67, which included five birdies, to remain in contention at the italian 0pen. that means he's one shot off the lead — held by nicolai hoejgaard — going into tomorrow's final round. french rider clement champoussin won the penultimate stage of the vuelta a espana. but with primoz roglic right behind him it looks like the slovenian will retain his title with a lead of more than two and a half minutes going into the final time trial. britain's adam yates is up to fourth and will be hunting a podium finish tomorrow. and annemiek van vleuten won stage three of the women's vuelta to claim the 85th victory of her professional career.

the dutch woman beat marlen reusser by more than a minute and a half to take the overall lead with one stage to go. it's magic weekend in rugby league and castleford kicked things off with a hard fought victory over salford at st james' park, 29 points to 18. st helens are currently in action against catalans dragons while leeds take on hull fc in the late kick—off. after the disappointing wash—out that was last weekend's belgium grand prix, the first dutch race for 36 years is set to be a thriller tomorrow. it's max verstappen's home event and after claiming pole he'll be hoping to retake the drivers' championship lead from lewis hamilton. but there's less time than it takes to blink an eye separating them after an eventful qualifying as nick parrott reports. the sun, sea and sand at this place was welcome after last weekend's reynet in belgium. delayed for a

year by the pandemic, qualifying for the dutch grand prix was worth the wait. kimmy ragan and missed it, though, going into isolation after testing positive for coronavirus. after testing the light last weekend with qualifying second, there was double delight for williams. both the briton and his canadian team—mate crashed out during the second session. neither were hurt. roared on by 70,000 fans, there was no stopping red bull's max verstappen surging to his sixth pole in seven races, but title rival lewis hamilton was just under 400th of a second behind him. that lewis hamilton wasjust under 400th of a second behind him.— of a second behind him. that is incredible _ of a second behind him. that is incredible and _ of a second behind him. that is incredible and today _ of a second behind him. that is incredible and today was - of a second behind him. that is incredible and today was also l of a second behind him. that is i incredible and today was also very enjoyable. i mean, the car was really nice to drive and this track as well, once the fuel comes out, it is really cool. as well, once the fuel comes out, it is really cool-— is really cool. max did an amazing [3 . is really cool. max did an amazing la- and i is really cool. max did an amazing lap and i was _ is really cool. max did an amazing lap and i was so — is really cool. max did an amazing lap and i was so close. _ is really cool. max did an amazing lap and i was so close. i _ is really cool. max did an amazing lap and i was so close. i was - is really cool. max did an amazing| lap and i was so close. i was trying to catch _ lap and i was so close. i was trying to catch him — lap and i was so close. i was trying to catch him. obviously with yesterday's session missed it made it a little _ yesterday's session missed it made it a little bit difficult of a day,

but i — it a little bit difficult of a day, but i gave it absolutely everything and ya, _ but i gave it absolutely everything and ya, he — but i gave it absolutely everything and ya, he did a fantastic lab and deserves— and ya, he did a fantastic lab and deserves a — and ya, he did a fantastic lab and deserves a pole. the and ya, he did a fantastic lab and deserves a pole.— deserves a pole. the two rivals seemed back _ deserves a pole. the two rivals seemed back on _ deserves a pole. the two rivals seemed back on good - deserves a pole. the two rivals seemed back on good terms i deserves a pole. the two rivals i seemed back on good terms after their recent run—in is, but this is their recent run—in is, but this is the first time they have been together on the front row since silverstone, at that race saw them collide on the opening lap. nick parrott, bbc news. there should be intriguing stuff there tomorrow. hannah cockroft and aled davies retained their paralympic titles as great britain enjoyed a successful final day in the track and field events at the tokyo paralympics. there was also another gold in para—canoe, with laura sugar becoming kl3 champion. it means paralympics gb have now won 122 medals in total keeping them in second place behind china going into the final day. 0ur sports correspondent, andy swiss, has more. domination at its most dazzling. hannah cockroft has never lost a race at the paralympics and the 800 metres her supremacy was starker than ever. hannah cockroft almost at

a different postcode as she crossed the line more than