this is bbc world news, the headlines... former chancellor rishi sunak is set to officially enter the race to become the uk's next prime minister. he's received the backing of 100 mps — the threshold needed for the ballot. there's also growing speculation that borisjohnson will run. ukraine says almost one—and—a— half million households are without electricity, following a new wave of russian attacks targeting critical energy infrastructure. the national electricity operator said the latest strikes could have caused more damage than the intense bombardment earlier this month. the former chinese leader hujintao has been led out of the closing ceremony of the communist party congress in beijing. it's not clear what was behind the move

the new italian government has been sworn in, giorgia meloni has been sworn in as the head of italy's latest coalition government. she's the nation's first female prime minister — and its first far—right leader since the second world war. they won last month's collection with just over a quarter of the vote. she will had a right wing car didn't coalition. she sought to be sure western allies that italy's foreign policy won't change. bloomberg's political correspondent talk to us about the challenges they will be facing. there are plenty measures that require urgent attention. like the government position on the russian invasion of ukraine, but also tackling inflation, and giving italians a clear view and understanding

of what her government will be like. as of now, everyone has been left guessing, whether she will be a far right politician, or a more compromising leader. european partners, starting from emmanuel mccrone, have been questioning the change of leadership in the middle of an energy crisis, and with so many international situations going on. everyone will really watch carefully. prime minister is sending a clear message outside italy, which is message of reassurance. he is very pro—european, pro—ukraine and anti—russia politician. that should reassure politicians.

time now for sportsday. hello, and welcome to sportsday. i'm lizzie greenwood—hughes — here's a quick look at what's coming up on the programme... two wins out of two for england at the rugby league world cup. a huge shock in the premier league as nottingham forest climb off the bottom by beating liverpool. and england's t20 cricket world cup is underway, and what a start for sam curran — a record five wickets as they beat afghanistan. and scotland are actively women's rugby world cup. the holders and hosts stay on course

to defend their title. welcome along to a packed programme for you this saturday evening — lots to come, but we'll start at the rugby league world cup where england are all but through to the quarterfinals after another big win, this time over france. 42 points to 18 the score. let's go live now to bolton where our world cup reporter adam wild was watching the game and adam, it looks a huge score line. was it as one sided as that suggests?— line. was it as one sided as that su~ests? ~ , ., 'j~ suggests? absolutely not. 42-18. i susect suggests? absolutely not. 42-18. i suspect that _ suggests? absolutely not. 42-18. i suspect that margin _ suggests? absolutely not. 42-18. i suspect that margin of _ suggests? absolutely not. 42-18. i suspect that margin of victory - suspect that margin of victory wasn't as big as many england fans might have expected, particularly given that huge barnstorming victory over samoa in the opening match. france more than playing their part.

quite uncomfortable for england at the end of the first half, when france scored two tries. in the end, the quality shone through. some blockbuster moments for england towards the end. it started with ryan hall, he was back after being left out for the samoa game last weekend. the winger, no one has scored more times for england than ryan hall. he went in afterjust a few minutes. that really got england started, the crowd up and running. he scored againjust started, the crowd up and running. he scored again just a few moments later. really staking his claim for his place back on that left wing. it was a big start for england, it was a big start for ryan hall. france came back into it towards the end of the first half. indeed, there wasn't much between them at the second half

put england back in some degree of control before it became once again the dom young show. he really is turning into the superstar of this tournament. he scored a brilliant team try before running the whole length of the field to score his second of the evening. that really got the atmosphere going here at bolton. it was the blockbuster moment this occasion deserve. let's hear from moment this occasion deserve. let's hearfrom england head coach, who has been singing the praises of ryan hall. a, has been singing the praises of ryan hall. �* . , has been singing the praises of ryan hall. �* ., , ., has been singing the praises of ryan hall. �* . , . . hall. a really good 24, and i wanted to keep that — hall. a really good 24, and i wanted to keep that competition. _ hall. a really good 24, and i wanted to keep that competition. i - hall. a really good 24, and i wanted to keep that competition. i don't - to keep that competition. i don't want _ to keep that competition. idon't want to— to keep that competition. i don't want to make my team selection easy, i want _ want to make my team selection easy, i want them _ want to make my team selection easy, i want them to be really hard. i've -ot i want them to be really hard. i've got a _ i want them to be really hard. i've got a great — i want them to be really hard. i've got a great group of staff that work hard to _ got a great group of staff that work hard to prepare these players, and it's going _ hard to prepare these players, and it's going to help when we pick our team _ it's going to help when we pick our team against greece. i want 24 players _ team against greece. i want 24 players always fighting for the spot —

players always fighting for the sot. , ., ., players always fighting for the sot. i. ., ,, ., players always fighting for the sot. ., ,, ., . spot. there you go, sean wayne sinuain spot. there you go, sean wayne singing the — spot. there you go, sean wayne singing the praises _ spot. there you go, sean wayne singing the praises of _ spot. there you go, sean wayne singing the praises of ryan - spot. there you go, sean wayne singing the praises of ryan hall. spot. there you go, sean wayne i singing the praises of ryan hall. he was excellent this afternoon. england have done what they need to do, they have got two wins out of two. barring a miracle, that will take them through to a quarterfinals. if they beat greece next saturday, that is them definitely topping the group. that means they will probably play up new guinea in their quarterfinal. that is what they will now be looking for, what they will be hoping for as they go into the knockout stages. a word on the crowd here at bolton, because he will be aware that there has been some criticism over empty seats in the last few days at other world cup matches. it was a bigger crowd today, still a few gaps but a much bigger and noisy crowd. you would expect that when the hosts are in town. but it was much more of an occasion fitting of thank you very much.

fiji are on the brink of making the last eight after hammering italy in newcastle. they scored 10 tries at kingston park in a 60 points to four win. the two sides are level on points in group b but fiji are strong favourites to advance as they play winless scotland while italy face holders australia. one other game for you, and it is new zealand againstjamaica. it is live on bbc three and the bbc sport website. jamaica making their debut in this rugby league world cup. the reggae warriors, as they are told. new zealand look like they might�*ve had a score, but itjust bounced off the post by the of things. as i say, this is a conversion. i am trying to watch this out of the corner of my eye. they missed the conversion but they did get the try. 4— new zealand playing jamaica, jamaica plain their debut in the rugby league world cup. next to football, and firstly a big win for the premier league

side that started the day bottom of the table. nottingham forrest stunned liverpool at a rocking city ground to win 1—0 and move off the foot of the table. reginaldo rosario was watching. this is how much three points meant to nottingham forest on a day they had waited 23 long years for. they had not met in the premier league since the turn of the century. old rivalries renewed at the city ground. steve cooper's side started the day bottom but they certainly didn't play like it. jesse lingard testing with one of several chances in the first—half. despite dominating possession, this was not the liverpool that had won three straight games heading into this match. this header a sign that they were below par. and jurgen klopp's side would be punished by a familiar face.

on liverpool's books for six years, but he took full advantage of his former side's defending at the second attempt. forest threatened to turn the screw, first morgan gibbs denied by a last ditch park. it was the home side that ended the game under serious pressure. van dijk given the freedom of nottingham in the box, but these fingertips came to his side's rescue. a momentous win for nottingham forest, one that might just kick—start their season. plenty of forrest fans celebrating a big scalp on their return to the top flight after a 23—year absence. a very important win for the club. obviously a lot of nice history around the fixture, and the fact we are back in the premier league, this is definitely a game that fans would look forward to, so for us to win

the games is an important one for many generations of the supporters and players as well. going forward, it's a good reference point for us to show that we can compete at this level and we can create chances, and we're feeling very satisfied with our work and deserving of it as well. i have no idea how we could lose this game to be honest. not that we played exceptionally well, i did not expect that. with all the changes we had to make and the intense week we had behind us, it was clear that we had to make a fight of it. either we didn't hit the target or the goalie made a sensational save. and that's it now, we cannot change it any more. there we go. chelsea looked to have won it late on with this penalty, but during the six minutes of injury time an

equaliser. eight matches since he took over as chelsea manager. erling haaland was back on the scoresheet for manchester city with two goals, as they beat brighton 3—1 at the etihad. after not scoring against liverpool last week, haaland took his tally to 17 goals in 11 premier league games. brighton improved after the break, with leandro trossard finding the net. but kevin de bruyne made sure of the win, with a superb effort, bending the ball into the top corner. a really tough game. they decided to play a game like man—to—man on the pitch. and you have men three, and it was difficult because we are not used, and that is why all the openers... and we were lucky that kevin got our goal, and the second one. one of the toughest

games we can face right now, and a good result, three more points after the defeat in anfield. everton ended their run of three successive defeats with victory over crystal palace at goodison park. dominic calvert—lewin put the hosts ahead early on. anthony gordon added a second after the break and substitute dwight mcneil grabbed a third late on. victory moves everton up to 11th place, level on 13 points with palace, who drop to 12th. they are ahead on goal distance from blackburn, who did the same at home to birmingham, and burnley arejust a point behind after coming from two down to win 4—2 at sunderland. blackpool beat preston 4—2. middlesbrough could only draw 0—0. millwall move fifth after beating second bottom west brom 2—1. reading's when edged them towards the play—off places. a managerless hull 14-2 the play—off places. a managerless hull 14—2 at rotherham. sheffield

united and norwich drew 2—2. in the scottish premiership, leaders celtic came through a seven goal thriller to beat hearts 4—3 at tynecastle. var took centre stage on the weekend it was introduced to the league, with one of hearts�* goals coming from the spot after scottish football's first on—field review. jim lumsden was watching this one. making just its second appearance in the scottish premiership, all eyes were on var. following james forrest's opener for celtic, a chance to monitor its progress. a penalty for hearts just before half—time after scottish football's first ever on—field review. lawrence shankland stepped up and made no mistake. when the teams re—emerged, the frenetic pace continued, lawrence shankland grabbed his second.

giorgos giakoumakis and daizen maeda put celtic in front. hearts were then granted another penalty with var ordering a retake, after lawrence shankland's team—mate straight into the box. both sides pushed for a winner, but it was the visitors that 11. greg taylor made it 4-3 to visitors that 11. greg taylor made it 4—3 to celtic. well, celtic have gone four points clear at the top of the table — after rangers drew with livingston. aberdeen are up to third after a rare away win at motherwell. st mirren climbed to fourth, scoring the winnerjust eight minutes from time against struggling dundee united. kilmarnock beat bottom side ross county to create a little breathing space between them and the relegation zone.

england got their world cup off to a winning start as they beat afghanistan in perth. sam curran became the first man to take five wickets in a t20 international for his country as the bowlers gave the batsmen a relatively easy job. jane dougall was watching. huddled together, england knew anything but a victory in this match would be a shock. but afghanistan have improved of late and were keen to show it. the captain's decision to go first paid off. this is superb dive got some musical appreciation. then came a succession of stunning catches. and this one from buttler. but it was sam curran who was man of the match. becoming the first englishman to take five wickets in an international t20. and so to bat. 113 the target for england, but the afghans had some good fielders of their own. the chase perhaps tougher for england than expected, but livingston�*s unbeaten 29 got them over the line. a convincing win by five wickets,

and england second in their group. jane dougal, bbc news. the opening game of the super 12 saw hosts australia against new zealand. and the defending champions fell to an 89—run defeat to the kiwis in sydney. devon conway's 92 helped the black caps to 200 for 3 and the hosts had no response in their chase, collapsing to 111 all out — glenn phillips taking a stunning catch in the field to round off a perfect day for new zealand. scotland have been knocked out of the ruby world cup after a big defeat to hosts new zealand. wales also lost, but their qualification to the last eight is still a possibility. lydia campbell was watching the action. in theory, the task was simple for wales. beat australia and they would be

through to the quarterfinals, but the aussies were also competing for automatic qualification and they took an early lead with this shimmy under the posts. wales drew level, and from their wales drew level, and from their wales restricted australia to just two penalties with the match finishing 13—7. the defensive effort handed wales a point, but they will have to wait on other results to find out if it is enough to see them through. gutted after that result, but we put 100% into it. we had to capitalise on some of our opportunities, and hopefully we make it through next week and we are ready to go again. there aren't many things more intimidation than facing new zealand on their home turf. first you have the haka, then

you have to try to stop one of the greatest teams in world rugby. unfortunately for scotland, this was too much. final score, new zealand 57, scotland zero with the bravehearts heading home. we had the goal of getting to | quarterfinals and beyond, but what i would say is that it's taken us 12 years to be here but we have proven these last few weeks that we deserve to be here and it will not take 12 years for us to be here again. for scotland, the road may have come to an end, but for wales the dream lives on for now. confirmation of the scores. one other game to mention, france secured their place in the quarterfinals with an 44 points to nil victory that ended fiji's debut world cup campaign. saracens' winning start to the premiership season continued, with alex goode kicking a penalty in added time to edge exeter at sandy park. the visitors looked assured and led

for most of the game, until exeter centre henry slade — not included in england's autumn squad — looked to have kicked a match winning penalty for the hosts four minutes from time. but alex goode, on as a sub, for a record—equalling 338th first team appearance, kicked a penalty of his own, in added time to fire saracens to sixth successive premiership victory. elsewhere, bath earned their first win of the season as they overcame northampton saints 27—14 at the rec and with it climbed off the bottom of the table. and bristol's game against worcester was cancelled, with the club currently in administration and suspended from the league. in the united rugby championship, edinburgh got their first away win of the season at italian side zebre. adam mcburney scored two of their six tries in total, with matt currie, jamie hodgson, wes goosen and henry immelman with that try there also crossing the line — in the bonus point 38—19 victory. one game ongoing right now — a big interprovincial clash in dublin between leinster and munster — and leinster currently lead 22—13 with 65 minutes played.

and those other games there involving ulster and glasgow in south africa have been postponed because of gastroenteritis infections in the travelling squads. to another world cup now, and this time the women's football world cup, which takes place in australia and new zealand next year. the draw has been made in auckland, and our reporterjo currie was there for us. the draw has now concluded. the show is open from traditional performers. we had speeches from political leaders promising that this is going to be the biggest and best world cup to be the biggest and best world cup to date, and it was co—hosted by us world cup winner carli lloyd. we found out he was going to play who in the group stages. england were pulled out in group d, the republic of ireland in group b, and both will be stationed in australia as opposed to being here in new zealand. i caught up with both managers. first, here is the english manager. than here is the english manager. an exciting group. with denmark, we know _

exciting group. with denmark, we know each— exciting group. with denmark, we know each other's really well, some of the _ know each other's really well, some of the players know each other, too. i tactically _ of the players know each other, too. i tactically very good team, always play very— i tactically very good team, always play very clear style of play, exciting _ play very clear style of play, exciting to play them. and china, they have — exciting to play them. and china, they have been in transition all the time, _ they have been in transition all the time, they— they have been in transition all the time, they have played very good games— time, they have played very good games over the last year, some less -ood games over the last year, some less good games over the last year. they changed _ good games over the last year. they changed coaches last year so excited about _ changed coaches last year so excited about this _ changed coaches last year so excited about this group. what changed coaches last year so excited about this group.— about this group. what were your initial reactions _ about this group. what were your initial reactions when _ about this group. what were your initial reactions when your - about this group. what were your initial reactions when your name | about this group. what were your. initial reactions when your name was called out in group b?— initial reactions when your name was called out in group b? opening game aiainst called out in group b? opening game against australia, _ called out in group b? opening game against australia, the _ called out in group b? opening game against australia, the host _ called out in group b? opening game against australia, the host nation. i against australia, the host nation. but our group do not feel that a micro fear anyone so we just go with it. so then can canada came in, they were already the champions. and we had group c of the play—off games, but they were taken away because of the draw system. and then the best of four came in, nigeria, so it is a very tough draw. on the other hand, everyone can steal points each

other. yeah, we will see how far we get. we are going to grow and we are going to prepare very well and we will be ready, and then we will see he was good enough.— will be ready, and then we will see he was good enough. someone else he was involved — he was good enough. someone else he was involved was _ he was good enough. someone else he was involved was former _ he was good enough. someone else he was involved was former england - was involved was former england striker ian wright. great to see you all the way out here in auckland. let's talk about england in group d. they have got china, denmark and an unknown play—off winner. they have got china, denmark and an unknown play-off winner.— unknown play-off winner. obviously, iioin off of unknown play-off winner. obviously, going off of how _ unknown play-off winner. obviously, going off of how meticulous - unknown play-off winner. obviously, going off of how meticulous our- going off of how meticulous our manager is and how well played we played in different styles, i was quite confident about the group we were in. saying that, we know with denmark, we saw in the euros, if you could stop the flow to the main players you are ok. you have to say, with china, before the new manager came over, they were losing games by big scores. 8—2 and 5—0. so they were a team that work conceding

goals, but now they have got themselves going you would have to say that they are probably going to be looking forward to playing us in the european championships. and then it depends who we get. with serena, she is so good in preparation. it is going to be interesting to see who she plays in friendlies now leading up she plays in friendlies now leading up to what is going on. i'm quite confident. simply because i know how good our girls are and how good our manager is in preparation. confident about england- _ manager is in preparation. confident about england. the _ manager is in preparation. confident about england. the republic- manager is in preparation. confident about england. the republic of- about england. the republic of ireland, their opening game is going to be against australia. they have also got canada in there. what to be against australia. they have also got canada in there. what were our also got canada in there. what were your thoughts? _ also got canada in there. what were your thoughts? for _ also got canada in there. what were your thoughts? for the _ also got canada in there. what were your thoughts? for the first - also got canada in there. what were your thoughts? for the first one, i also got canada in there. what were your thoughts? for the first one, it| your thoughts? for the first one, it is going to be a brilliant experience for them. i think that them getting the host nation to start, i think that is brilliant for them. an unbelievable experience for them. an unbelievable experience for them. that is what you have got to try to take out of it. just them. that is what you have got to try to take out of it.— try to take out of it. just well we've got — try to take out of it. just well we've got you. _ try to take out of it. just well we've got you, what - try to take out of it. just well we've got you, what other. try to take out of it. just well- we've got you, what other teams have

caught your eye? i we've got you, what other teams have caught your eye?— caught your eye? i would probably say america _ caught your eye? i would probably say america - _ caught your eye? i would probably say america - vietnam. _ caught your eye? i would probably say america - vietnam. that - caught your eye? i would probably say america - vietnam. that got l caught your eye? i would probably j say america - vietnam. that got a say america — vietnam. that got a smile in the room. they are kind of going through a bit of a transition at the minute, america, but you could see the quality they've got. it is a very exciting one. there are new teams in it, it is going to 32 teams. i'm very excited about this world cup-— it being the biggest and best yet. safe journey home. as for the world cup, here in auckland the countdown is officially on, 270 days. i was iioin to is officially on, 270 days. i was going to say — is officially on, 270 days. i was going to say that. _ is officially on, 270 days. i was going to say that. of _ is officially on, 270 days. i was going to say that. of course i is officially on, 270 days. i wasl going to say that. of course you were. in the womens super league, everton held on to secure a narrow 1—0 victory at aston villa, inflicting back to back home defeats on the hosts. elsewhere, two goals from khadija shaw helped manchester city earn a second successive wsl victory at tottenham hotspur. the win eases pressure on manager gareth taylor after his side

lost their opening two wsl games and their champions league exit. a horse bred by queen elizabeth ii — the pied piper — is now a champion hurdle contender. the 5—6 favourite ridden by jack kennedy won over the same distance at cheltenham today, seeing off rival knight salute for irish trainer gordon elliott. practice in the grand prix isjust starting now and the qualifying gets under way at 11 o'clock uk time. there is more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening, but that is it for me and the sportsday team. good night. hello. it stays mild through the second half of the weekend and into next week as well.

and still further showers or longer spells of rain all tied in with this area of low pressure, which will bring some thundery rain north and eastwards across the uk tonight and through tomorrow as well. we've also got south or south easterly winds, and we've got this extremely mild air across england, wales, scotland and northern ireland. so it stays mild both by day and by night. back to tonight, and we'll have further showers pushing their way north and eastwards, heavy and thundery. ahead and behind them for a while, some clear spells, but also some mist and fog before another spell of heavy thundery rain starts to arrive from the southwest later in the night. the far north of scotland likely to keep more cloud with just some patchy rain here. temperatures not much lower than 12 or 13 celsius in places. so a very mild night for the time of year. for tomorrow, it's another day of sunshine and showers. but this time the showers, the longer spells of rain, are much more likely to be heavy and thundery, particularly through the morning across parts of wales, central, southern and southwest england. this band then pushes its way north

and eastwards as the day wears on, becoming confined to scotland through the afternoon, where the north of scotland should be dry with some sunshine, some sunshine behind it as well. but watch out for further sharp and thundery showers developing through the afternoon. temperatures on a par with saturday, really — 14—18 celsius, the top temperature — just 11 celsius for the northern isles, and the winds not as strong as they have been recently, but still quite gusty for the northern isles and also for channel coasts as well. we could likely see gales through the channel, and as we head through sunday night and into monday, another spell of heavy thundery rain starts to arrive from the southwest. so this is then how monday shapes up. we've still got this area of low pressure close by, and we'll still keep some thundery showers going through the early hours of monday, and at first on monday as well, particularly for some eastern areas — they will start to pull away. and behind that, we'll see some sunshine developing for many eastern areas. but out to the west, more showers starting to pile in, and still some gusty winds through the irish sea and also along channel coasts as well. still some spells of sunshine

and the temperatures again in the mid, if not high teens — it should still feel quite warm in that sunshine. and actually, the temperatures will rise a little bit in the week ahead. we could see 20—21 celsius across parts of east anglia and south east england later in the week, but also further showers or longer spells of rain.

this is bbc news with the headlines.... former chancellor rishi sunak is set to officially enter the race to become the uk's next prime minister. he's received the backing of 100 mps — the threshold needed for the ballot. there's also growing speculation that borisjohnson will run. the leader of the commons, penny mourdant is the only person to formally announce that she's running and has fewer supporters. ukrainian officials say around 1,000,000 and a half households are without power after a new wave russian attacks. giorgia meloni has been sworn in as the head of italy's latest coalition government. she's the nation's first female prime mnister — and its first far—right leader since the second world war.