a cooler day in the western isles. a cooler day tomorrow, temperatures 14—17, wins even colder and ill pick up to gale force later. all. see you soon. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. the chancellor kwasi kwarteng has defended his tax cuts aimed at boosting economic growth, saying they're fair for all, but it's receiving a mixed reaction from the public. the labour leader sir keir starmer arrives in liverpool ahead of his party conference, telling crowds he'll set out the dividing lines between labour and the new tory government. violent anti—government protests continue in iran. police have arrested more than 700 people at least 35 people have been killed. world powers condemn the self—styled referendums being held in parts of ukraine on whether to join russia.

now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun. a record breaking crowd at the emirates — as arsenal hammer north london rivals tottenham in the womens super league. northern ireland come from behind to beat kosovo. it's cruel — but it counts. india beat england's women with a controversial mankad — to clean sweep the one day series. tears ofjoy for british cyclist zoe backstedt who's on top of the world after retaining a title down under.

hello there and welcome along to sportsday. and an historic day for women's football. with a record attendance at the emirates, for the north london derby between arsenal and tottenham in the women's super league. the home side in total control — as they continue their emphatic start to the season. jane dougall reports. always an electric atmosphere at a north london derby and this one magnified by the 10,000 strong crowd. a new record in the women's super league. not long before they were on theirfeet, super league. not long before they were on their feet, as arsenal favoured beth mead scored in the first five minutes. that set the tone with the home side having after chance. and while chance after chance. and while arsenal showed their quality, tottenham made mistakes, a gift for

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wsl. and a anal, theirfans and wsl. and a sensational ans and wsl. and a sensational comeback the wsl. and a sensational comeback at windsor park with northern ireland coming from behind to beat kosovo to get a win in stoppage time. they are off the mark in the competition after a long wait. things need to change for northern ireland. still no one in the nations league and under threat of another relegation, they needed a fast start against kosovo. this would not be what they had in mind for the with the best chances of the first half falling to the wayside and the crowd making their feelings known as half—time. in the second half dion charles thought he had given his side the lead only to be ruled offside. and then the sucker punch, kosovo captain opening the scoring and adding to the pressure on in barraclough. his response was to make a triple change. and it paid

off with shayne lavery setting up gavin whyte to level the scoring. and then the moment the northern ireland side had been waiting 15 games for, josh mcguinness with an injury time winner. the nations league when and a reprieve for barraclough. scotland — who are top of their league b group — are back at hampden to face the republic of ireland. top spot in the group would also result in a pot two seeding, for next month's euro qualifying — and guarantee a play—off path to the tournament. heartbreakfor heartbreak for england women in their match against india. england's women dug in, and tried to salvage something from the final one—day match with india. but they were undone by the controversial mankad technique, involving running out the non—striking batter — for the final wicket. it means india take a 3—0 series whitewash at lord's after a 16 run victory today. henry moeran was there for us — and saw it all unfold. england lost a ninth wicket but they

battled hard to give england the slightest opportunity and there was disbelief around the ground when the stamps were dislodged by sharma who does sometimes stop in her delivery stride but had not warned charlie dean to what we'd seen. to run someone out at the non—striker and is very much within the laws of the game but the question is is it within the spirit of the game and for the match to conclude in this way i can sense from the england side it left a bit of a sour taste. saint helens have been getting the better of leeds in the super league grand final at old trafford and aiming for a grand final at old trafford and aiming fora fourth grand final at old trafford and aiming for a fourth successive grand final victory. they got two first—half tries and they led by 12 points to six at the break. leeds had fought back at the end of the first half but the contest started to get away from them. 21r—6 with

less than half an hour left. there were 4 games in rugby union's premiership today. leicester tigers enjoyed a 41—21 win at northampton. the champions came back — with george martin running in a bonus point winning try for tigers. elsewhere there were wins for bristol and saracens, plus a much needed victory for troubled worcester over newcastle. in the united rugby championship — there was a 12 try thriller in llanelli where ulster beat scarlets by 55 points to 39. man of the matchjohn cooney played a huge part in ulster�*s victory. he claimed two tries, kicked all of his side's conversions and penalties, and was responsible for 30 of their 55 points. edinburgh were leading bulls with just a few minutes left of their game in pretoria, but were pipped for victory by morne steyn who earned the hosts a 33—31win. new zealand have won the southern hemisphere's rugby championship, thrashing australia by a0 points to 14 in auckland.

the all blacks ran in five tries with willjordan getting the rout underway. the wallabies now haven't won at eden park for 36 yea rs. in durban, south africa then had to beat argentina by a0 points to snatch the title away from new zealand. they never came close, winning by 38 points to 21. it's been the biggest day so far of cycling's road world championships in australia which will end in the early hours of tomorrow. annemiek van vleuten claimed her second road race world title at the age of 39 despite injury. but for british fans — all eyes were on a welsh teenager in the junior race, as nick parrott reports. eastern australia is half a world away from wales and zoe backstedt turned 18 without a family who had stayed at home but despite their absence she looked relaxed as she got ready to defend her title. she had written to glory in the course three days before imaging time trial

and just six miles into the 41 mile race she felt confident enough to go for it. zoe backstedt is a cycling all—rounder holding junior world titles. last year she had to battle to the finish to win but this time she was all alone aside from the fans. i she was all alone aside from the fans. ., , she was all alone aside from the fans. . , ., , ., fans. i was in tears with a kilometre _ fans. i was in tears with a kilometre to _ fans. i was in tears with a kilometre to go _ fans. i was in tears with a kilometre to go and - fans. i was in tears with a kilometre to go and so i fans. i was in tears with a i kilometre to go and so many fans. i was in tears with a _ kilometre to go and so many people were out shouting my name and shouting happy birthday and especially on the climb when i needed it the most. i had people running with me, i noticed a little girl who just kept running along side the whole time shouting my name. i am so gratefulfor side the whole time shouting my name. i am so grateful for that because it pushed me on. her margin of victory a — because it pushed me on. her margin of victory a massive _ because it pushed me on. her margin of victory a massive two _ because it pushed me on. her margin of victory a massive two minutes. - because it pushed me on. her margin of victory a massive two minutes. in i of victory a massive two minutes. in the senior race the dutch rider and van vleuten was the winner despite a broken elbow. the future for british women's road cycling looks golden.

great britain won four more golds at the rowing world championships this afternoon. the women's fours dominated their race, taking control from the halfway point and finishing 2.23 seconds ahead of the netherlands in racice in czech republic. the men's fours also won gold as did the pr3 mixed coxed four and women's doubles skulls. time for a quick look at some more stories making the headlines. and it was a little less emotional at the o2 arena. the day after roger federer played his last competitive match. there was disappointment for team europe's cameron norrie in the laver cup this afternoon. the british number one lost in a match tie—break to taylor fritz of team world. emma raducanu was forced to retire from the semi—final of the korea 0pen, handing victory to top seed jelena 0stapenko. the 19 year old took a medical timeout — after struggling with a left glute injury and conceded to the latvian midway through the deciding set.

six time moto gp champion marc marquez claimed his first pole position for three years — ahead of the japanese grand prix. the spaniard was two tenths of a second clear at motegi. championship leader fabio quartararo will start ninth, with rival francesco bagnaia twelfth. britain's cal crutchlow was 23rd. to a novel competition in the snooker world now — and the world mixed doubles is taking place in milton keynes — a round robin format featuring the top four from the men's and women's games. it all builds up to the final tomorrow evening — as imran sidat reports. a landmark day in milton keynes is mixed doubles made its return to the snooker calendar for the first time in more than 30 years. 19 world titles between ronnie 0'sullivan and reanne evans and they came into the event as the favourites but was soon up event as the favourites but was soon up against it as 0n yee of hong kong and judd trump raced into a two

friends lead leaving their opponents with plenty to ponder. sullivan won his seventh world crown earlier in the year but was struggling to make an impact today. on yee said she hoped the exposure of the tournament would inspire young girls to take up the sport. this brilliant clearance mayjust have gone some way to doing that. in the round robin format every frame is whether point and evans showed why she has dominated the game for so long as she salvaged some pride for the deal. mark selby did not take long to get going, 134 total laid down an early marker before another sublime break sealed the victory on an historic day for snooker. heavyweight boxing comes to manchester this evening — britain's joe joyce puts his undefeated record on the line, taking on joseph parker. it's a fight with plenty at stake — the winner gets a shot at oleksandr usyk�*s wbo title. new zealand's parker is a former champion, and the more experienced of the two — so does that mean he's the

favourite? i don't believe so. he is going to find out with real—time punches to the head, the body and all over. i the head, the body and all over. i don't really care what he thinks or what _ don't really care what he thinks or what his_ don't really care what he thinks or what his opinion is. he will get a taste _ what his opinion is. he will get a taste of— what his opinion is. he will get a taste of it— what his opinion is. he will get a taste of it on saturday night. i have _ taste of it on saturday night. i have done _ taste of it on saturday night. i have done the work and everything has been _ have done the work and everything has been ticked off in this camp so no excuses— has been ticked off in this camp so no excuses or doubts and the reason why i_ no excuses or doubts and the reason why i am _ no excuses or doubts and the reason why i am going to lose this fight. we're almost out of time. butjust time to let you know, you can watch one of the most iconic rivalries in sport on the bbc iplayer, red button and online right now. we're bringing you live coverage of the major league baseball clash — between new york yankees and boston red sox — these are the live pictures from the iconic yankees stadium in what's a season—defining game, the red sox would love nothing more than to dent their bitter rivals chances of getting to the world series.

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