this is bbc world news, the headlines... rishi sunak officiallyjoins the race to be the next conservative leader and british prime minister, with senior cabinet ministers declaring support. former prime minister borisjohnson is reported to have asked fellow leadership hopeful penny mordaunt her to drop out of the race and to back his campaign. she is said to have refused. leader of the house of commons penny mordaunt is still in the running despite running a distant third in declared mp nomiations. she told the bbc she believes in cabinet—led politics. xijinping has become the most powerful leader in china in decades, after being given a third term

as leader of the communist party. and the first 100th birthday cards from king charles and the queen consort, camilla have been delivered to people across the uk celebrating their centennial year. now on bbc news, sportsday. hello, and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun. who can stop england — a 13—try demolition at the rugby world cup. as they top their pool with victory over south africa. the league leaders slip—up — arsenal are held by southampton at st mary's on a goal—packed day in the premier league. ireland blow their chance of making the last eight at the rugby league world cup — defeated by lebanon — their hopes now in the balance.

and virat kohli inspires indian one of the most dramatic games you will see. hello, and welcome to sportsday. where the unstoppable train that is england continue their march, in the rugby union world cup. the women's side topping their pool — and extending their record winning streak, after hammering south africa 75—0 earlier. the win confirms wales�* place, too. jo currie is in new zealand, and sent us this report. stepping out in the aukland sunshine. their place already secured, this match was all about winning the group, and such was their strength in depth, they made 13 changes to their starting 15. one of those coming in got england off the mark early on.

south africa would be no pushovers. their big hits reminding england they were in a big clash. quickly, england started to pull away in the first half, dotting down four more times, secured as they headed into the break. after the restart, there was no letup from the world number ones as their try count continued to tot up. gallagher touching down, a hat—trick on her world cup debut and a moment to remember. she wasn't only one to impress — connie powell also notching up three tries. relentless until the final whistle. england inflicting a thrashing on their opponents without ever really being tested. that's their 28th consecutive win and form they will need to continue heading into the knockout stages. england have cruised through this group stage. standing on their way next is a familiar foe as they face australia in the quarterfinals. they will start as favourites,

but it is a rivalry where sparks nearly always fly. it's been a busy day in the premier league — five matches in all, with plenty of goals. and the leaders, arsenal, dropped points for only the second time this season. they were held by southampton — asjoe lynsky reports. almost a third into the season, it's arsenal on top and set fair. they had won nine of their ten games. now at struggling southampton, they could stretch out the lead. in the heart of the huddle was granit xhaka. the former captain is now key to arsenal's revival. and still shows how to strike it. that came in eight first—half when arsenal could have had more. gabrieljesus was stopped by the saints keeper. then in the second half by a tackle. they know to win this league, they'll have to go in and 1—0 leads are slender. southampton had hung in there and now swept forward. a point for them would be precious,

but for arsenal unhelpful. the gunners did respond, but what they thought was a late winner was disallowed. the ball went out of play. for the first time since january, arsenal played out a draw. they're still top, but on the south coast two points slipped away. joe lynskey, bbc news. newcastle united 12—1 at tottenham. they overtake chelsea and move into fourth place. they overtake chelsea and move into fourth place-— fourth place. spurs were outplayed in their midweek _ fourth place. spurs were outplayed in their midweek defeat _ fourth place. spurs were outplayed in their midweek defeat as - fourth place. spurs were outplayed in their midweek defeat as they - fourth place. spurs were outplayed l in their midweek defeat as they were at arsenal earlier in the month. at home, it had been a different story, winning ten consecutive games. and they dominated possession for half an hour before being undone by calamity keeping from hugo clarice coupled with the cool head. this had been the best start to a season in ii been the best start to a season in 11 years for newcastle. it got even better as he failed to stop the

paraguayan, who scored his fifth goal in as many games. maybe the weather could wash away the woes of tottenham. newcastle fans were singing in the rain. the skies cleared momentarily for spurs as harry kane breathe life into his site's fight back. it soon perished. newcastle finished deserved winners to move into the champions league places. leeds are in real trouble — they haven't won in eight matches now — after losing at home to fulham today. pressure on the manager. leeds took the lead early on through rodrigo — but fulham came roaring back. aleksandr mitrovic levelled — and then after half—time — bobby de cordova reid and willian made the game safe — before a late consolation from crysensio summerville made it 3—2. fulham up to 7th — but the pressure is really building on leeds boss, jesse marsch — with the fans making their feelings clear at the final whistle.

we're hurting. it's painful. we feel like we do little things that we can't seem to reward ourselves. but we're together so, you know, i understand that fans are not happy and the ire should be directed exactly at me and i have to find ways to make us better and help us get points. meanwhile, who needs a manager? just four days since steven gerrard was sacked at aston villa, they thrashed brentford four goals to nil. first team coach aaron danks was in charge of what turned out to be only their third win of the season, and lifts them up to 14th in the table. and leicester picked up theirfirst away points of the season, thanks to a thumping 4—0 win, at fellow strugglers wolves. youri tielemans opened the scoring for the foxes, who added further goals from harvey barnes, james maddison and jamie vardy. the win takes leicester off the bottom of the table — and out of the relegation zone, while managerless wolves drop to 19th. arsenal and manchester united

can't be separated at the top of the women's super league — both are on the same points and goal difference after wins today. arsenal won away at liverpool in the lunchtime kick—off. lia walti fired the gunners into the lead after a quarter of an hour. frida maanum added another goal soon after. it's arsenal's 12th straight league win. and manchester united kept up the pace with a 1—0 win at leicester. nikkita parris with the goal. both have won all four wsl matches, and are yet to concede a goal. west ham also beat reading this afternoon. and third—place chelsea are 0—0 at brighton. to the rugby league world cup now, and there was a golden opportunity for ireland to seal their place in the last eight of the tournament. but they were outplayed

by a smart lebanon side — who ran in five tries to win 32 points to ia. ireland with the odds firmly against them now — adam wild reports. stakes as high. in the battle for ireland, a place in the world cup quarterfinals. but it's a perilous path and one on which lebanon have also set their sights. the lebanese got that journey started. reece robinson finding his way in. there's the first try of the game. ireland seeming to struggle to find a foothold in the match. lebanon were hitting their stride. this try giving them a 20—point lead. this is an ireland side packed with exciting talent. among them, lewis senior. just getting the ball down here to offer a little hope before the break. after it, the same player, the same result. there he goes again, the winger! and it's a second try of the game! irish hopes were growing. that was as close as they would get. with it, ireland's hopes were over, too.

delight for lebanon. for ireland, desperate disappointment. defeat means their chances of reaching the quarterfinals are now in serious jeopardy. they may be an emerging force on the global stage. that stage, though, mayjust not be this world cup. adam wild, bbc news. after the death yesterday of red bull's co—owner dietrich mateschitz — his formula one team will be hoping to honour him by securing the constructor�*s championship at the us grand prix. the race gets underway in austin, texas in just over an hour's time. red bull's drivers�* world champion max verstappen will start alongside ferrari's carlos sainz, who's on pole. if verstappen wins — he'd equal michael schumacher and sebastian vettel�*s joint record for the most victories in a season with 13. time for a quick round—up of the day's other sport. francesco bagnaia has taken a huge step towards his first motogp world title by winning the malaysian grand prix. the italian started from ninth and took the lead with six laps to go,

beating compatriot enea bastianini. reigning champion fabio ouartararo finished third in sepang. eight—time world rally champion sebastien ogier won his first event of the season in spain to help toyota secure the manufacturer's title. these days, ogier only competes part—time, so this was just his fourth rally of the year. but his class seems permanent as he beat hyundai's thierry neuville by sixteen seconds. and mark allen won the last three frames of the session to level the northern ireland open final at 4—1; against china's zhou yoo—long. they'll play to a finish this evening with the first to nine taking the title in belfast. to the t20 world cup, and ireland have been hammered by sri lanka in their opening match at the t20 tournament. they could only manage 128 for winnings. the irish

struggled with the ball, too. sri lanka winning by nine wickets. in reply, india wickets. w. this brilliant kept his in the 7 in the hunt. 7 in the hunt. and a sought to wickets off a final over sought to wickets off a ball. an incredible ' their rivals. marcus smith led the way with 2a points as harlequins beat sale in the premiership. the fly half scored a try, two conversions and five penalties as quins ran out winners by 29 points to 13.

unbeaten start to the season. that's just about it from us. that's all from us here on sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. next up, its click.

we clearly need more donors. but 3d printing might be able to offer a solution. yeah, scientists are developing a method to create organs from living tissue, which can then be transplanted into patients who need them. shiona mccallum has been to gothenburg in sweden to find out more. it's been more than 70 years since the first successful organ transplant — a kidney. the chances of further operations of this kind being conducted... people who want to donate their organs can have their names put on a computer by using, for example, a new type of driving licence application form. and thanks to the donor register — heart, lungs and livers are now among the 100,000 organs replaced every year. when you lose someone and they've given that gift, that huge gift,

you are immensely proud of them. but even now, it remains a difficult wait for patients. it tookjust over a year for me to get my transplant, and i deteriorated a lot during that time and i was constantly in and out of hospital, getting weaker and weaker, so, yes, it was a terrible and terrifying time. here in gothenburg, one team are trying to solve this, and they're using technology that's a bit like a 3d printer. their aim — well, it's to grow organs from cells here in this lab, no donor necessary. today, we are going to look at printing skin. the skin is composed of different layers. 0k. and every layer has different types of cells in combination. it is the human body's largest organ, but even a small skin model requires millions of cells.