liverpool have turned down a bid of £150 million for mohamed salah from saudi pro league side al-ittihad. liverpool remain insistent the egypt international is not for sale, and that is final as far as the club are concerned. the 31—year—old signed a new three—year contract last summer and his agent has previously dismissed talk of a move saying, "if we considered leaving liverpool this year, we wouldn't have renewed the contract." the liverpool manager, jurgen klopp, admits he's concerned about the number of players across europe moving to saudi clubs whose transfer window doesn't close for nearly three weeks. i don't know how stable it is or how long it will stay like that, i don't know what these kinds of things, but i think the next two weeks will show how much of a challenger tennis because whatever happens there obviously, nobody can react any more. that is something i think we

should have aneurin. —— we should have an eye on. but that is the difference between the contacts here and there. —— contracts. that causes problems, 100%. liverpool are in talks with bayern munich midfielder ryan gravenberch after agreeing a £34 million deal to sign him. the 21—year—old netherlands internationaljoined bayern from ajax last summer but has struggled for first—team football. spain forward ansu fati has completed a season—long loan move to premier league side brighton from barcelona. fati had fallen down the pecking order at barcelona, who need to create some space in their squad to sign manchester city full—back joao cancelo on loan. cole palmer has moved from manchester city to chelsea. the england under—21 forward has signed for an initial sum of £40 million on a seven—year deal. it brings chelsea's spending in this transfer window to more than £400 million.

you can get all the latest on all of the deals on our website. that live page has all the details of who's moving where and when the various transfer windows close throughout the day. spain men's coach, luis de la fuente, has apologised for applauding the speech by football federation president luis rubiales in which he said he would not resign for kissing women's world cup starjenni hermoso. de la fuente was among those who received widespread criticism. he later released a statement condemning rubiales�* behaviour and has today said that he was taken by surprise by the speech and that he was sorry for his mistake in applauding. friday's play at the us open gets underway in new york in just over an hour with iga swiantek and novac djokovic among the big names in action. the defending champion, carlos alcaraz, was the big name coming through on thursday. the 20—year—old spaniard had a straight sets win over south africa's lloyd harris. he's aiming to become the first man to win back—to—back us open titles

since roger federer in 2008. alcaraz will play great britain's dan evans in round three. in the women's draw on thursday, elina svitolina said she was looking for motivation when she asked the chair umpire for an update on her husband gael monfils�* match during her comeback win at the us open. she was trailing by a set and it seemed to works as she went on to win her second round match be two sets to one. she'll now play america'sjessica pegula. the third seed continued her fine form with a straight sets win over romania's patricia maria tig. pegula has reached the quarterfinals of each grand slam without going beyond the last eight. and that's all the sport for now. a ban on rental electric scooters has come into effect in paris in response to a rising number of people being injured and killed in the french capital.

almost 90% of votes cast favoured the move but only 8% of those eligible turned out to vote. the city's mayor has been driving the campaign to ban the electric vehicle after an italian woman died in 2021 after being knocked down by a rider. the ban has seen around 15,000 scooters taken off the roads in paris overnight. we spoke earlier to journalist alice dubernet who detailed why some parisians voted to ban the vehicles. because of the dangerous... ..danger that it was, they were saying that they had a lot of car accidents with them. so that was a big deal. people were injured and stuff and a lot of people taking the scooters were taking them to scooters without helmets. it was very dangerous. second, because of pollution, because we found a lot of scooters that were thrown.

and then the third one was because it was not pretty enough for the city, we could find them everywhere, abandoned, burned. so that's the main thing. why they did not want them any more here. why do you think so few people actually voted, though, if they're such a, you know, controversial thing in paris, if people are so annoyed by them? well, first of all, some of the young people that didn't go to vote because the people that went to vote were older people. so a lot of young people didn't know. they say they didn't know we had this vote going on. so that's why they didn't go. but also, a lot of young people knew about it, butjust didn't, i think, realised it was something that was really going to happen if it was the end. you know, they didn't realise that this referendum was a real thing, so they didn't go.

but now they are saying that they would like the scooters back. i'm sure that there are people in cities around europe. i know that in london, some people, not everyone, but some people can be quite annoyed by the scooters and the way sometimes they are driven. but it's important to add that there are still electric scooters in paris because you can still own one privately, can't you? and you can still hire one in a certain way, just not from these specific companies that leave them on the streets. well, the only way to have an electric scooter now is to own one. if i have one and i'm going to the street with it, like, if it was my bicycle, i can still use it, but i cannot rent it. like, with these companies, like rent it and just use it for a little while and then leave it in the street. pope francis has arrived in mongolia at the start of the first—ever visit by the head of the roman catholic church. the mainly buddhist country is home to fewer than 1,500 catholics.

during the four—day trip, he will meet missionaries and clergy as well as political leaders. he'll also celebrate mass and lead a multi—faith service. one of the world's rarest turtles is settling into her new home after she was found, washed up and freezing cold, on a beach in north wales. tally — as she has become known — is thought to have been swept 4,000 miles across the atlantic by strong currents. now she's back in warmer climes after a major rescue which involved the raf. simonjones has the story. back home in texas and straight back in the water. tally can truly be described as a well—travelled turtle and an extremely lucky one too. alive today thanks to the kindness of strangers. this is her incredible story. it was two years ago that the turtle was found washed up in north wales, named tally after talacre beach, where she was spotted by a dog walker. my dog was making a bit of a fuss over what i thought was a pile of seaweed and then walked over and obviously saw that it was a turtle.

initially thought that it was dead, unfortunately, but still thought it's a bit weird for a turtle to be in wales on tahlequah beach. i don't see many turtles walking the dog usually. the experts at anglesey sea zoo were called in to try to nurse tally back to health, but there was no guarantee she would survive. she'd normally live in water temperatures of 24 degrees, so the eight degrees of the sea off wales meant her body had started shutting down. but day—by—day she grew stronger. she got her appetite back. eventually, it was determined she was well enough to go home. tally is a kemp's ridley turtle, a critically—endangered species mainly found in the gulf of mexico. but young turtles can sometimes be swept across the atlantic by the gulf stream. that's how tally ended up on the beach in talacre. but her 4,000—mile journey home all the way to texas was a military operation. the raf helped transfer tally from anglesey to heathrow for her onward flight. a rescue charity described the mission as the furthest and most

complex they have ever been involved in, 22 hours of travel in total but months in the planning. she was accompanied on her journey by her rescuers. tally�*s immediate home is now houston zoo, but the plan later this month is to release her back into the sea in the gulf of mexico. it's hoped she will help ensure the survival of her species and she'll be fitted with a tracking device, meaning we may not have heard the last of tally�*s amazing travels. simon jones, bbc news. and finally this hour, a story about a big cheese or, to be more accurate, a record—breaking ball of it. the huge delicacy was made in a mexican village in the southern state of chiapas — and it weighed in at 558 kilograms. it required 80 chefs and around 6,000 litres of milk to make it. the team behind the record attempt

said that they were thrilled to have made history with the biggest piece of cheese the world has ever seen. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. meteorologically speaking, the first day of september is the first day of autumn and, with the changing of the season, we are changing the weather — something drier and warmer on the way through the weekend with some spells of sunshine. still some showers around through the rest of today. and a band of thicker cloud affecting parts of northern england, southern scotland and northern ireland. a little bit of rain with that, best of the sunshine

across the northern half of scotland. temperatures between 14 and 23 degrees. so already turning a little bit warmer down towards the south—east. and then, as we head through tonight, we will see some areas of cloud, some mist and fog will start to develop as well, especially across england, wales and northern ireland. it is going to be another rather chilly night across the highlands. temperatures once again could drop quite close to freezing in a few locations, milder further south. but the story of saturday is one of high pressure which is set to build across the uk. now, underneath this area of high pressure, we will have some mist and fog to start the morning — that will tend to lift and clear. take a while to do so in places, particularly in northern ireland, one or two light showers are possible, but most places will be fine with some sunshine. a bit more cloud will get into the far north—west of scotland with a strengthening breeze. but temperatures 21 degrees for aberdeen, glasgow and belfast, 24 degrees in london through saturday night. 0ur area of high pressure will still be with us.

this frontal system grazing into the north of scotland — that will bring some outbreaks of rain during sunday, especially across the northern isles. but some other northern and north—western parts, more of a breeze here as well. but further south, some good spells of sunshine and some real warmth. even parts of eastern scotland, up to 22 or 23 degrees, 25 or 26 down towards the south—east of england. and that warming trend is set to continue into the new week. 0ur area of high pressure looks set to move a little further eastwards. areas of low pressure trying to squeeze in from the west. and this, broadly speaking, will bring us a southerly flow of air, bringing something warmer in our direction from the continent. so temperatures as we head through the middle part of the week could well get into the mid to high 20s, maybe somewhere touching 30 degrees. it is likely to turn more unsettled from the west by the end of the week.

live from london, this is bbc news. the highest storm alert is in force in hong kong, as a super typhoon approaches the city. it could be the strongest storm to hit the region in decades. two members of the proud boys, the group central to the storming of the us capitol, are due to be sentenced. these are live pictures of the courthouse. we'll have all the latest from washington.

the uk government is facing calls to "come clean" about the scale of the problems facing school buildings in england — after over a hundred have been forced to close, because of fears concrete would collapse. it is awful and it is the hardest thing that i have had to deal with. hello, i'm matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. hong kong and parts of mainland china are being battered by a super typhoon. authorities in hong kong, have raised the emergency alert level to it's maximum threat level. winds as high as 200 kilometres an hour and heavy rains have already hit the area. theses are the latest pictures from hong kong. you can see the powerful winds sweeping the rain sideways and buffetting the trees on the foreshore. people are being advised to stay indoors. and you can see why. this reporter in guangdong province from the china meteorological administration was trying his best to update viewers on the typhoon.

and here it is seen from space on the left of the screen,