there have been so many soccer, but there is none that rivals this. we finally closed the deal with the best player in our opinion, to ever play the game, is just spectacular. era in major league soccer starts today. i think it is going to take it to the next _ i think it is going to take it to the next level, absolutely. it is like when _ the next level, absolutely. it is like when perley _ the next level, absolutely. it is like when perleyjoined the cosmos back in_ like when perleyjoined the cosmos back in the — like when perleyjoined the cosmos back in the day, _ like when perleyjoined the cosmos back in the day, same _ like when perleyjoined the cosmos back in the day, same thing. - like when perleyjoined the cosmos back in the day, same thing. they. back in the day, same thing. they have promised — back in the day, same thing. tiittz- have promised world—class back in the day, same thing.- have promised world—class soccer back in the day, same thing— have promised world—class soccer and they have been able to provide it. they deliver. it is an international community and to attract low —— attract a world star, and for david

beckham, another world start to bring him home is incredible. the president of the international paralympic committee has told bbc sport that international sporting governing bodies should set their own policies on transgender athletes. it comes after italy's valentina petrillo last week became the first openly transgender athlete to win a medal at a global para—athletic event. petrillo has visual impairment and is racing again later at the world para athletics championships in paris. president andrew parsons told our reporter rachael latham that he won't be making a decision. it will not be an ipc decision, it will be for each and every sports. the rules of the sports and the classification is the role of the sport. classification is the role of the sort. ., , ., classification is the role of the sort. ., ,., ., classification is the role of the sort. ., , ., ., ., sport. could you explain to me how ou could sport. could you explain to me how you could then _ sport. could you explain to me how you could then have _ sport. could you explain to me how you could then have transgender. you could then have transgender athletes competing in athletics but not in swimming? the

athletes competing in athletics but not in swimming?— not in swimming? the definition of transgender. _ not in swimming? the definition of transgender, of _ not in swimming? the definition of transgender, of who _ not in swimming? the definition of transgender, of who is _ not in swimming? the definition of transgender, of who is eligible - not in swimming? the definition of transgender, of who is eligible to l transgender, of who is eligible to compete in our women's event are not is up to each international federation. theoretically, the rules can be different. the women's world cup kicks off later this week. a massive moment for any player, but especially australia's keeper, lydia williams. she's getting ready to play her fifth world cup, which will make her australia's joint all—time highest—capped player man or woman. she is also one ofjust two players in the aussie squad with aboriginal heritage, something she says she's very proud of. my my dad always made sure that when we were living at home we really understood what it was to be aboriginal, learning to live off the land and respect for nature, and really appreciative of any opportunity that was given my way. that kind of makes me appreciate everywhere that i have been now and

taking in the sights and sounds of different cultures and different countries and being able to adapt quite easily. but, yeah, my dad is really influenced me a lot when i was living in kalgoorlie to just give it my all and best in every way. meanwhile, former spain international damaris egurrola — who now plays for the netherlands — says it's painful to see some of her teammates miss out on the world cup. the midfielder was one of a group of players who quit the side last year on moral grounds, after winning just one senior cap. several players called for head coachjorge vilda to quit last year, because of issues with equality and training conditions. but he received the backing of the spanish federation and is leading the team in australia. some of my really close friends are without a world cup just because they are fighting for their rights.

for myself that is painful to see and hopefully everything will be arranged soon. i think woman's football had massive progress in the last few years but in some ways we are still missing out on a lot. we need to work on a lot of stuff still. it needs a lot of things to come together to get to that point. it is a big difference a few years ago to now, but there is still a lot of work to do. england have named their starting eleven for the fourth ashes test series. james anderson replaces ollie robinson from the side that defeated australia in the third test at headingley last week. the fourth test gets under way on wednesday at emirates old trafford. australia lead the series 2—1, so england must win to have a chance of regaining the ashes. that's all the sport for now.

from me and the rest of the team here at the bbc sport centre, it is goodbye for now. we here at the bbc sport centre, it is goodbye for now.— goodbye for now. we will be back later today- _ let's head to spain now, for more on the heatwaves sweeping southern europe. fires continue to burn out of control on the spanish island of la palma. thousands of residents have been urged to leave their homes as emergency workers try to bring the blaze under control. live now to sharon backhouse, director of british tour company, geo tenerife. she arrived in the city of el paso in la palma on sunday and isjust kilometres away from the wildfires. it must have been quite a surprise if you are right and didn't expect these wildfires. how has that impacted your trip?—

these wildfires. how has that impacted your trip? these wildfires. how has that imacted our tri? ., ., impacted your trip? good morning and welcome from — impacted your trip? good morning and welcome from the _ impacted your trip? good morning and welcome from the beautiful _ impacted your trip? good morning and welcome from the beautiful island - impacted your trip? good morning and welcome from the beautiful island of. welcome from the beautiful island of la palma. we did not refer ongoing but we are here to do some work with some international students following the eruption here that happened in 2021. when we arrived the boat was completely full of emergency services. we have had other units arriving from mainland spain. at first the fire was spreading because of the high temperatures and the wind at very high speeds when it first started on friday night and into saturday. i have to send out the temperatures have to send out the temperatures have dropped and the wind is favourable, so they are managing to really get a hold of the perimeter. we were meant to be out flying a drone in order to do a new 3d model of the volcano, which we have had to cancel for today because all you can

hearin cancel for today because all you can hear in the background are helicopters coming and going and hydroplane is taking water. the fire has covered about 45 square kilometres of the silent, about 6% of the island, so it has been a dramatic event.— dramatic event. how is this impacting _ dramatic event. how is this impacting daily _ dramatic event. how is this impacting daily life - dramatic event. how is this impacting daily life on - dramatic event. how is this impacting daily life on la i dramatic event. how is this - impacting daily life on la palma? are shops open? it’s impacting daily life on la palma? are shops open?— impacting daily life on la palma? are shops open? it's the area where this is taking — are shops open? it's the area where this is taking place _ are shops open? it's the area where this is taking place is _ are shops open? it's the area where this is taking place is severely - this is taking place is severely affected. some people are slowly being allowed to do to challenge worst affected, between yesterday and today. life is starting to get back to normal in parts of those areas. away from the welfare life carries on as normal. it is a very resilient island. the emergency services do an incredible job

resilient island. the emergency services do an incrediblejob here and people really do lean in and collaborate and help. there are lots of administrations working on the ground, but our concern is what happens afterwards, because often aid that is promised can take time to arrive. so some people here that were affected by the volcano are now being affected by the welfare are still waiting on aid that was promised from the main government in madrid. 100 million euros was promised here still hasn't arrived. we are trying to see what is happening here and spreading the message that people can get back on their feet after these two big events. there are worrying signs that avian flu is killing large numbers of seabirds as it spreads through breeding colonies on the uk coast. at one sanctuary in northumberland, the number of birds killed has almost doubled in three days. experts are warning it'll take years

for populations to recover, as andrew hartley reports. the north east coastline attracts thousands of breeding seabirds every summer. but in recent days, increasing numbers of dead and dying birds have been found on shores from north northumberland to teesside. stephen westerberg is in charge of the reserve at coquet island. this tiny patch of land is a protected sanctuary for more than 80,000 seabirds. but in the past week, there has been an alarming rise in bird deaths. it has really badly affected the black—headed gulls. we have not seen any juveniles at all. they might not have produced any young. common terns have been particularly badly affected. taking out some of these birds when they are six, seven years old, that is years and years of lost productivity. so it is going to have a long—term effect. coquet island is the only place in the uk where the rare roseate tern nests. the rspb says that of 108

occupied nest boxes, 22 contained dead chicks. long nanny near beadnell is the biggest mainland breeding colony of arctic terns in the uk. on monday, the national trust revealed it had collected more than 600 dead chicks. just three days later, that number has almost doubled. as of today we have recovered 208 adult arctic tern birds dead and 1,025 arctic tern chicks that are dead. with the little terns, we have had 19 dead chicks and nine dead adults, which is really quite a disturbing position to be in. other factors driving the increase in deaths may be at play, including rising sea temperatures. there are so many other pressures on birds. this is just another one. it does seem that some birds are building up immunity, but it is still too soon to say.

but there are reports of dead birds right along the coast and, at the rspb nature reserve at saltholme on teesside, 300 dead black—headed gulls have been counted. the rspb has called on the government to respond with true urgency. andrew hartley, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. the weather pattern here in the uk fairly familiar this week, but let's first head into southern europe where the ongoing heatwave intensifies further this week. temperatures today above 46 degrees in inland parts of spain, widely high 30s, low 405. that heat transfers into eastern spain, southern france, italy and sardinia, where we could see highs around 46 or a7. the reason? the jet stream still remains stubbornly centred across parts of north—west europe, dragging in high pressure and winds from the south across the mediterranean. but for the uk, low pressure close by, winds off the atlantic and even though those are lighter than we saw through the weekend, they bring some fairly cool conditions and at times further

rain this week. there area of low pressure which brought the stormy weather through the uk during the weekend is now to the north of norway and that means the winds continue to ease down, but some heavy and thundery showers continuing into the afternoon and evening across central and eastern parts of england. a lot of cloud through scotland, some heavy showers towards the south here, and across in northern ireland, but some western parts of england and wales turning much, much drier through the afternoon. winds coming in from a westerly direction and that will make it feel cool in the cloudier and wetter moments, but pleasant enough in the sunshine, even if temperatures are down a degree or two on where we'd expect for this stage injuly. now, a cool evening to come with some clearer skies developing for a time, but then the cloud increases from the west, rain developing widely across ireland and the irish sea into the morning. temperatures much like this morning at around seven to 12 degrees. here's the picture for tuesday. another area of low pressure moving in, but unlike the weekend, not as potent in terms of wind, but plenty of rainfall to come for some. a wet morning in northern ireland before things brighten up.

rain around the irish sea spreading into southern scotland, much of north and north—west england, north and west wales as we go through into the afternoon. the far north of scotland, sunshine and one or two showers, lighter winds than today. the far south east of england, east anglia and the channel islands, many will stay dry with some hazy sunshine with just a small chance of a shower. nice where the sun shines out, pretty cool where the rain is falling. that weather system just eeks away then into wednesday and we bring in north—westerly winds with that, making it feel even cooler for wednesday morning. whilst there will be some longer spells of sunshine compared with what we'll see today, some heavy and thundery showers develop. most prone are eastern areas of scotland and down through eastern counties of england. temperatures mid to high teens, low 20s.

live from london. this is bbc news. russia says the ukraine grain deal has been terminated, once again raising fears over globalfood supplies. it comes as a source in the ukrainian security service tells the bbc it was behind the attack on a vital bridge linking the crimean peninsula with russia. temperatures in china reach 50 degrees celsius as extreme weather sweeps the globe. hello, i'm lucy hockings. welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. russia says an agreement allowing

ukraine to ship out grain through the black sea has now ended. this was the crucial deal that allowed ukraine to export grain from it's ports and navigate safe passage through the black sea.