hit the opening shot. sergio garcia hit the opening shot. always one of the most atmospheric moments in sport. but it is just the start of three days of competition here at whistling straits. as you say, on paper the us to start as the favourites. on paper they have the strongest side, eight out of the world's top ten players including the open champion, and they also have a huge home advantage because of travel restrictions from europe. very few european fans able to get here to support their team so the crowd will be almost entirely one—sided. we have already heard lots of chance of usa, usa, but that said europe to have bags of experience in their team, the likes of rory marco reus, ian poulter, westwood, and they have a terrific track record in the ryder cup, having won four out of the last five times, including the last event in paris in 2018 which they won

emphatically. so they are the underdogs, but expect plenty of drama before we find out the winners on sunday, ben. drama before we find out the winners on sunday. ben-— very much indeed. nice and sunny there. let's find out what the weather is like from chris fox. thank you. this was cornwall earlier this morning, the weather changing our two hour almost. they've been low cloud, missed and mark. it will be one of those days across the west of the uk with extensive cloud. —— mist and murk. to eastern wales, that is where the best of the breaks in the cloud will continue to be and we will have some sunshine. even where it says cloudy we are on the mild side. but in the best of the sunshine we could see highs of 24. overnight tonight, if anything it will turn quite murky widely across western areas, particularly western england, southern england and wales, fog patches around the cuts as well.

not much variation given the cloud, 13-15 not much variation given the cloud, 13—15 temperatures. this week in the air is coming from a long way south—west, dragging up that tropical heat and that will really be boosting the temperatures this weekend and quite widely we will see those highs which the low 20s. lossiemouth is in northern scotland and here we will see temperatures around about six celsius above where they should be for this late stage in september. so really very warm airfor late september. in september. so really very warm air for late september. we start off with extensive cloud, bit of drizzle, particularly for western scotland and maybe the odd patch elsewhere but a lot of dry weather and the cloud will tend to thin and break as the day goes by. the best of the sunshine again in central and eastern england, eastern scotland, with temperatures in sunnier spots widely reaching the low 20s again. sunday, the only real weather front to worry about is this one from the west, a cold front that will be bringing heavy rain eventually into northern ireland with some strengthening winds. even ahead of that, the winds will be blowing a little more strongly across scotland, england and wales but the

slightly stronger wind should blow contre more holes in the cloud so a better chance of seeing sunshine away from this area of rain that will be working into northern ireland. temperatures in the sunshine again widely into the low 20s, very warm still at this stage of the year. through sunday night, a cold front, this area of rain, pushes eastward across the country and eventually it goes to a monday morning to stop what follows is the air coming down originally from a northerly direction coming across the uk. that will be dragging on so much cooler and fresher air and it looks quite unsettled, quite a lot of cloud across northern and western areas with widespread showers. some heavy and blustery with temperatures close to even a smidge below average. so, ben, aftera few close to even a smidge below average. so, ben, after a few more warm days to come, often proper arrives eventually on monday. all right, thank you, thanks indeed. that is all from the bbc news at one. time to join the bbc that is all from the bbc news at one. time tojoin the bbc news that is all from the bbc news at one. time to join the bbc news teams wherever you are. have

good afternoon. here's your latest sports news. the 43rd edition of the ryder cup is under way in wisconsin. europe looking to defend their title that they won in paris three years ago. the foresomes got under wayjust under half an hour ago — world number onejon rahm and the experienced sergio garcia teeing off for europe against american pairjustin thomas and jordan spieth. they are one up at the moment. and the next pairings are under way too — johnson & morikawa v casey & hovland. early days there. follow moore on the bbc sport website. england have won the netball series

against new zealand, after an astonishing come back to beat the world champions. the roses were ten goals down at one point, but rallied in the fourth quarter to level the score. england then nudged themselves in front and held on for a close win. they lost the series 3—0 last time they visited new zealand in 2020 but now have a confidence boosting win going into the commonwealth games. the body that represents europe's top football clubs, has raised, what it's called, grave concern and alarm over fifa's plans for a world cup every two years. the european club's association, the eca, says the proposals by fifa would lead to a direct and destructive impact on club football and players' health and wellbeing would be put at risk. former arsenal manager arsene wenger is leading the calls, for fewer international breaks to stage more world cups. and in an interview with bbc podcast the sports desk, he says he is ready to gamble to make football better.

i would say the world cup is such a huge event. but i don't think it will diminish the prestige. you want to be the best in the world, and you want to be the best in the world every year. so, i don't think to organise a world cup every two years would diminish prestige. anthonyjoshua has opened up about how he deals with the stress and mental challenge of competing at an elite level. the wba, wbo and ibf world heavyweight champion defends his titles tomorrow against the former undisputed cruiserweight champion oleksandr usyk in london and says it's the little things in life that matter. it's a lonely sport, yeah. so we're talking now, we're chill, but there will be a time when i'm on my own and thinking about it. when you wake up sometimes, "i haven't had the best sleep." if you wake up with,

"thank god i'm awake, thank god for this water i'm about to drink, and i'm happy," it changes the perspective of your day. that's how i've been dealing with all this pressure is, i'm happy to be here, no pressure, no stress. and finally, emma raducanu has been part of a homecoming event at the lawn tennis association national centre today, to mark her title win at this month's us open. raducanu became the first british woman to win a grand slam for 44 years and the first qualifier to win a major too. so many records broken there. and she was playing with royalty at the event — the duchess of cambridge made a guest appearance. afterwards, raducanu reflected on her history making time in new york. i'v e i've had many cool opportunities but i've had many cool opportunities but i would say the nicest moment and the best moment that i have enjoyed was the moment after the final when me and everyone in the team just had a really nice meal together and we spoke until the early hours of the morning, just reflecting on the

fortnight, the three weeks that we had. 50 fortnight, the three weeks that we had, ,, ., ., fortnight, the three weeks that we had. ., ., ., , , had. so not meeting famous people are aaivin had. so not meeting famous people are giving it — had. so not meeting famous people are giving it might _ had. so not meeting famous people are giving it might give _ had. so not meeting famous people are giving it might give an - are giving it might give an incredible things, just the moment with your team going look at what we just did? the events and opportunities i have had have been incredible and i have enjoyed all of them but incredible and i have en'oyed all of them , ., �* , incredible and i have en'oyed all of them , . �*, . incredible and i have en'oyed all of them ., them but that's a special moment with the team _ them but that's a special moment with the team is _ them but that's a special moment with the team is the _ them but that's a special moment with the team is the one - them but that's a special moment with the team is the one that - them but that's a special moment l with the team is the one that sticks in my head and i will probably keep that forever. in my head and i will probably keep that forever-— that forever. that will be on bbc ipla er that forever. that will be on bbc ipiayer this _ that forever. that will be on bbc iplayer this afternoon. _ that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. you can follow the latest from the ryder cup and the grand prix this weekend. that's all for now, back to you, ben. the transport minister, grant schapps, says he will �*move heaven and earth' to address the shortage of lorry drivers which is causing petrol suppy problems. some bp and a small number of esso—owned tesco alliance stations were closed yesterday. ministers have urged motorists to carry on buying fuel normally.

earlier my colleague martine croxall spoke to helena wright, who is transport manager for w's transport in norfolk and also sits on a regional council of the road haulage association. she told us what the situation is like for companies like hers at the moment. basically, in the last two months of our firm, we have sold the two trucks off the road purely because we had an advert for hgv drivers and didn't get one applicant. not a single one? how unusual is that? in normal times, whatever they are these days — we have almost forgotten how normal times feel — what would the response normally be? i mean, normally we would have people on record to cool ——i mean, normally we would have people on record to call who had left their details, so this is the first time for our business that that has happened. but it is a problem that has been a long time coming, unfortunately. in what way? tell us how you could see this coming down the track. well, quite rightly in the previous

clips, there is an age relation to drivers going out of the industry. you've got a lot of drivers that are over the age of 50, 55, that are looking to retire, and we are not attractive as an industry for the younger generation. why not? what would make it more attractive? facilities are a big, key part in this. i was talking earlier this morning, we have been talking for the last three or four weeks — facilities are awful out there. it is not good for a driver who is out on the road and away four, five nights a week. and also how you are treated as a driver to delivery and collection places. it is actually very, very bad. so you talk about the facilities — you need a shower, you need somewhere decent to stop to eat, you are not well provided for? it's not just the facilities for overnight. yes, overnight facilities are not great. some companies we will expect drivers to pay that out of their own pocket,

so you've got that cost which is absolutely horrendous in this country. like i say, along with the fact that you don't get a nice home—cooked meal, you have to eat out of a cardboard box, but it is also the facilities that you get as a driver when you get to collection and delivery places. drivers are sitting for 26 hours waiting to be unloaded and loaded with no facilities provided to them. that is inhumane. and yet you are a part—time hgv driver, what keeps you doing it? i've done it all my life, it's part of family, it has been passed down from my grandfathers, my great—grandfathers and basically you are born into it and you know no different and at the end of the day if i don't do it and i don't teach potentially my future children to do it, who is going to do it? because it is causing a problem. we put our hands on absolutely everything. you do, you are absolutely right. very little ends up in the shop without having been

brought to it by a truck. how much of the driver shortage for yourfirm and your part of the country is down to brexit, the fact that people went home after we left the eu? i don't think that it is down to brexit to be brutally honest. i've been sitting on the fence for the last few weeks trying to figure out and we are all trying to put our heads together as to exactly what is the cause of it but what i can say is it is not brexit that is causing it. a lot of people are not wanting to join the industry, there is not a massive, massive queue of people waiting up to take the test. i know the government have opened up and said, yeah, no problem, we've got all these tests provided, but there is a cost element to that that people haven't got the money and, like i say, there are people thatjust don't want to do it. covid, ithink, has played a huge part in this. it has made people realise — do they want to be away from their families four, five nights a week? unfortunately, with the supply chain as it is, you can order something today and have it delivered on your doorstep tomorrow.

what about... ? gosh, there are so many things i want to ask you. does that mean, then, that we need to change our expectations of how quickly we get things? i think we do, yeah. the last 15 months, all of us have gone through dramatic changes with covid and we did see a little bit of a slow in the chain and things were a little bit more manageable and i think all of a sudden you got the whole people are staycationing this country, that's great, it's brilliant, people are spending money, but there has also got to be that demand behind it to keep it all going. and i just think that if we look at other european countries, what they do, they do hgv bans over certain times and periods to take trucks off the road. well, when a truck is off the road, a driver is at home spending time with her family. even if you do manage to attract new people to the industry, they've got tests to take and it is even more specialised if you are carrying

flammable fuels, isn't it? so you can't short cut this, can you? you can'tjust conjure plenty of new drivers out of thin air. no, no, of course you can't. and the other thing is these bits of kit what they are driving, they are 250,000 plus by the time you get the truck and the trailer, and this isn't me knocking anyone who is 18 years old wanting to come into this industry, because i welcome it with open arms, but unfortunately, because we have so much pressure behind us, you need to make sure that these people are safe on the roads, at the end of the day. it is one of the largest vehicles on the road, it isn'tjust as simple as, yes, you have passed your test today, brilliant, we are going to send you to scotland or cornwall tomorrow, because there are lots of other things and other safety related things that have to be done, you know, making sure they know how to load, how to secure loads and things like that, their drivers hours, making sure they know. it is notjust a case of a steering wheel attendant any more.

there is a lot more pressure behind a driver to make sure that all the boxes are ticked because otherwise they get a fine and then us as a company a fine. i really interesting industry perspective. a look at our latest headlines. the government is urging people to buy fuel as normal after queues have been seen at petrol stations across the country following supply problems at some forecourts. new cctv footage has been released by police investigating the killing of london schoolteacher, sabina nessa, as they continue to question another man in connection with her death. a new report claims it could take ten years to clear the backlog in cancer treatment in england. the influential sister

of north korea's leader, kimjong—un, has said pyongyang is willing to resume talks with south korea if it doesn't provoke the north with hostile policies. kim yo—jong's statement was in response to renewed calls from seoul to officially declare an end to the korean war as a way to bring back peace to the peninsula. our seoul correspondent laura bicker gave us this analysis. well, this is a rather surprising statement. kim jong—un�*s sister, kim yo—jong, is used to kind of putting out statements that are rather forceful in nature, usually critical of seoul in nature. here, right at the top of the statement, she says she is willing to discuss what she called "an admirable idea" to end the korean war with this declaration, this declaration that president moon here in seoul has been advocating for quite some time. in the last week, at the united nations general assembly, he once again renewed that call for an end of war declaration. just to remind your viewers, the korean war ended in 1953 with an armistice, not a peace treaty. so the peninsula has been in an official state of war ever since.

there have been many discussions about ending the war and declaring it to come to an official end, and there are many arguments for and against. but when it comes to pyongyang, certainly here in seoul, they have both agreed at different stages this is something that should be done. but there are no discussions going on between north and south, and that's where the statement is very interesting. for the first time in a long time, it's almost like a little sliver of hope, almost like the door to talks is opening just slightly. but then you go into the statement and there are a lot of ifs and a lot of buts. she wants south korea to end its hostile policy, and by that she usually means when it comes to having troops, us troops, based on the peninsula, and the policy of sanctions, which are international sanctions backed by the united nations. so there are various ifs and buts attached to this, but it's the first time i think i've seen such a sliver of hope from kim yo—jong.

that is laura bicker reporting. a congressional committee, investigating the riot at the us capitol building earlier this year, has issued its first round of subpoenas. among those summoned to appear are former president trump's chief of staff, mark meadows, and the political strategist, steve bannon. the house of representatives select committee is investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election result — and the storming of the capitol by supporters of mr trump. here's our north america correspondent david willis. well, many in congress remain horrified by the events of january the 6th, a day which saw some of the worst political violence of this kind in this country in more than 200 years, and which led to a delay of several hours in the certification ofjoe biden�*s election victory. they want to get to the bottom of what happened in order to make sure that it never happens again, and to that end subpoenas have now

been issued to four former close advisers to donald trump. they include his former chief of staff, mark meadows, his former close adviser steve bannon, former deputy in the communications department, dan scavino, and an official at the us pentagon, a former official, cash patel. now, they have all been given two weeks in order to come up with documents regarding their communications with each other and with members of the white house in the days running up to the 6th ofjanuary and on the day of the riot itself. and a week after that deadline, each of the four man will then be required to give sworn testimony to congress. should they refuse to do so, and former president trump has himself said that he might cite executive privilege in an attempt to avoid giving evidence to the select committee, then it is possible they could be subject to criminal contempt charges. this committee wants to know

what president trump knew in the run—up to the events onjanuary the 6th, what he was doing, whom he spoke to and so on, and it also wants to know what he and those around him did in order to try to overturn the results of last year's presidential election. david willis reporting. therapy dogs have been working to relieve stress at a hospital in chile which, for months, was overwhelmed by cases of coronavirus. hospital staff say the presence of four legged friends has made a big difference to morale, as mark lobel reports. meet pepe, oh, and keemu, giving a lick of love to this children's hospital in chile, lifting the spirits of staff and patients. translation: when one enters this hospital with dogs, everyone greetsl you and their expressions change. therapy sessions here resembling a mixture of the dog show crufts and yoga, with

an abridged version of downward dog. what looks like a dog's dinner is anything but. a comer. eso! therapy takes many forms. translation: therapy i is perfect for the children. with children that are very sick, this helps them escape the stress of the hospital, of what they are living. walkies for these caring canines warms hearts. as coronavirus cases soared, they had a ringside seat. translation: dog therapy - in our units has been a tremendous contribution for patients, parents and workers. it has reduced anxiety and stress, patients are more willing to receive treatment and attend medical checkups. proving best friends to all ages, these therapy dogs available for different strokes for different folks. mark lobel, bbc news.

it's nearly time, if so inclined, to grab the sequins and put on the dancing shoes — with just 24 hours to go until strictly come dancing waltzes its way back onto our screens. 15 new celebrities will take to the ballroom tomorrow night, to begin their bid for the glitterball trophy. and of course, bbc�*s own dan walker will be among them. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson has been chatting to them ahead of the big night. cheering how much of a learning experience has the whole thing been so far? it's been unbelievable. from finding out what my chest size was to my collarbone to my bellybutton, to putting on sheer, like, snakeskin tops, to learning how to dance. but everything has just been amazing. i thought you were going to give us a flash there! so did i! what's going on?

i learnt a lot in rugby which is so unhelpful for dancing. you need stiff ankles in rugby and you need flexible ankles in dancing. you need to be able to lift your arm. yeah, straight, that's something, straight hands above his head. look how much pain he's in! but we'll sort that out. i'm not sure the judges need to see that face when i do that. which bit of your body has had the biggest surprise so far? i like these questions! these are the best questions ever. i would say my entire body. there are things that, when we were in the studio the first day, he was pushing my shoulders back, what's the other one, my hips had to face this way. my legs were doing something very odd. a lot of twisting action she needs to work on at the moment. we need more twisting in your spine. yes, i don't have enough twist in my spine. there is actually quite a serious reason why you wanted to do the show. there is a very serious reason.

my beautiful sister, who died five years ago to the day that we started rehearsals, left the world in a glitterball coffin. she was a bit of a disco diva. for real? for real. she had a glitterball coffin? i got her a glitterball coffin. so i'm doing it for her, because she would be thrilled. and she'd be watching slightly like that, probably. i am so sore, i've honestly never been this sore in my life but it's been amazing, i'm having so much fun. out of my comfort zone but i think i'm working hard? yes. yeah. you did say it's harder than the olympics and ifor some reason celebrated! he's definitely giving it absolutely everything with a smile on his face, he loves it. we'll see how far we get but i don't think there's ever been any olympic champion swimmers who go into world championship dancing. hey! i haven't even done my first dance yet, what am i even thinking about?

bbc breakfast is representing, this time, dan walker, what have you made of him so far? he has this grace about him byjust standing there. so i can't wait to see him in a tail suit, in a ballroom number. because i think it's going to suit him to a tee. i can't wait to see him on the floor. plus nadia is an incredible teacher, and i think he's in incredible, capable hands. i love dan. i love dan, but not as much as my mum. my mum is like, "is it all right if we vote dan as well, pet?" i was like, mother, come on! howay! because of the way daniel works... she doesn't call me dan, she calls me daniel. i love daniel. that's what you like, you said i can call you, i'm allowed. i said you can call me whatever you like and you've gone for daniel. do many people call you daniel? my mum and nadia.

aljaz said you have poise. poise? he said that? he said you look like a dancer. i've already got a new walk, actually, do you want to see it? i won't walk for you, but this is, this is pre—nadia. this is post nadia, what do you think? whoa. yeah, big change. # talk the talk, just walk the walk tonight # cos we don't need permission to dance. # cheering if anyone drops out, i am available. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello again. i think there is going to be a lot of cloud across western areas of the uk over the next few days but even if it stays cloudy where you are, either way, it is going to be very, very mild with the winds coming from a long way south—west, dragging in subtropical air.

where the sunshine comes out, it really will feel pretty warm for late september. temperatures this weekend pushing widely into the 20s where we do see some sunshine. lossiemouth is in northern scotland and here temperatures will be around six celsius above the seasonal average. mind you, today it is pretty mild as well. again, we have got extensive cloud across western areas, a bit of rain for west scotland, a few patches of drizzle for north west england and across wales but the best of the sunshine today southern and eastern england, eastern and north—eastern areas of scotland, and when the sunshine comes out again those temperatures will be pushing well on into the 20s. overnight tonight, we have rather murky conditions to come across western england, wales and southern england with fog patches developing around the coast and hills. we've got some rain pushing into western scotland, probably light and patchy. northern ireland just stays cloudy. it will be mild wherever you are. into the weekend's forecast, damp weather, probably quite persistent light rain here for much of the day, but otherwise a lot of dry weather, just a few showers popping up across western areas. the best of the sunshine for north—east wales across midlands, eastern england

and into eastern and north—eastern areas of scotland. again, those temperatures will be well up above average for the time of year, well into the 20s. looking at the charts into sunday, we've got this cold front that is approaching from the west. otherwise, it is a largely dry picture on sunday with spells of sunshine developing and probably a little bit more in the way of sunshine, given that the winds will be blowing a little bit more strongly, and there could be isolated showers across western areas but otherwise fine. the best of the sunshine again northern and north—eastern scotland, into parts of eastern england, through the midlands, and probably eastern wales as well. for northern ireland, a change. here we will see rain moving in through sunday afternoon, that rain will be accompanied by some squally winds. in fact, this band of rain is a cold front, it pushes eastwards, clearing across the uk through sunday night and into the first part of monday and what follows is much cooler and fresher north—westerly winds. so, temperatures will be dropping back down to average, maybe even a touch below, and it looks like it will be quite in and spell of weather with a mixture of sunshine

and fairly blustery showers for many. that is your weather. —— quite an unsettled spell of weather with a mixture of sunshine.

this is bbc news, i'm ben mundy. the headlines at 2:00pm: the government urges motorists not to panic buy fuel as long queues form at some service stations amid fears of shortages due to a lack of delivery drivers. if you don't need to fill up don't fill up. there is no shortage. if you are unlucky enough when you do need fuel that it's out, that the chances are the next one would be. police release cctv footage of a man wanted about the killing of sabina nessa in south east london, as they continue to question another man on suspicion of her murder. tonight, a vigil will be held a week after the 28—year—old was attacked as she walked to meet a friend at a pub. a report warns it could take a decade to clear the backlog of cancer treatment in england. anyone for doubles? the duchess of cambridge

congratulates emma raducanu on winning the us open, as she looks ahead to the future.