more on all of those stories. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's chethan. around five and a half hours to go on transfer deadline day. it around five and a half hours to go on transfer deadline day.- on transfer deadline day. it looks like it's going _ on transfer deadline day. it looks like it's going to _ on transfer deadline day. it looks like it's going to be _ on transfer deadline day. it looks like it's going to be a _ on transfer deadline day. it looks like it's going to be a busy - on transfer deadline day. it looks like it's going to be a busy one i on transfer deadline day. it looks | like it's going to be a busy one for a number of clubs. that includes manchester united. the spanish defender was on loan in atletico madrid last season. they've also signed jonny evans. as well as a goalkeeper. tottenham are close to

getting another one for a serious sum of money. they have agreed in excess of 45 million pounds for brendanjohnson. spurs had also been interested in another player but the forward has decided to join interested in another player but the forward has decided tojoin brighton tiffoney brighton. one of the premier league is newly promoted sides burnley have also been spending. they have agreed a deal of 31.5 million pounds. he has yet to agree personal terms. incoming from chelsea is the england under 21 forward from manchester city for an initial £40 million. it also includes further add—ons. initial £40 million. it also includes furtheradd—ons. he initial £40 million. it also includes further add—ons. he has signed a seven—year, tracked. could it be busy at anfield too. liverpool

are in talks with by munich after agreeing a £34 million deal to sign him. as matthew were saying the club are remaining defiant on the future of mo sala. they have rejected a £150 million offer. liverpool are insisting that he is not for sale. the saudi transfer window closes later in september. you can get more from our website. the various transfer window is closed throughout the day. it is also set to be a big day for luton town. not because of the deadline day but instead the first time in the history they will play a premier league game at kenilworth road. they are against west ham tonight having lost their first two matches and conceding seven goals. first two matches and conceding seven goals-— first two matches and conceding seven goals. very special, we are lookin: seven goals. very special, we are looking forward _ seven goals. very special, we are looking forward to _ seven goals. very special, we are looking forward to it. _ seven goals. very special, we are looking forward to it. there's - seven goals. very special, we are| looking forward to it. there's been a lot of talk and noise about

kenilworth road and i hope people will see the positives. i hope it can bring us some points this season. we are really looking forward to it. our supporters have been through some hard times over our recent history so to come in here and see premier league football is specialfor them. lat here and see premier league football is special for them.— is special for them. lot is happening _ is special for them. lot is happening football - is special for them. lot is happening football wise. | is special for them. lot is - happening football wise. west ham will be playing npr costs and a serbian side. brighton will be run to remember, they have been drawn against kayaks and marseille and athens. forthe against kayaks and marseille and athens. for the full draw you can head to the bbc sport website. today was a rare day in the fi calendar. instead the owner fell to ferrari

who... first up and was only sixth quickest. that is all your support for now. back to you matthew. premier league clubs have already spent a record amount of money. that is expected to rise to more than £2 billion by the time the window closes with the last—minute flurry. of closes with the last—minute flurry. of course this year there are the new kids in town. the saudi arabian league which has attracted star players with megamoney moves away from the big european leagues. a little earlier i spoke to mr

critchley. few clubs will be more happy than others with their business, not least arsenal. i think they are the club that has managed to add the most world class talent without losing too many key players. they managed to get a seriously good fee for folarin balogun, their fourth choice striker. they managed to add kai havertz, a really versatile player, jurrien timber who unfortunately has picked up an injury, and declan rice. aston villa as well, i think would be very pleased. moussa diaby started like an absolute rocket. he's already got one goal and two assists in his opening three premier league games. they've also added pau torres and youri tielemans, so i think a number of clubs would be really happy with that business. it's really interesting, isn't it? you see the clutch of those 6 to 8 clubs at the top spending vast amounts of money. how does that all fit in with fair play rules? well, i think that's the big debate. i mean, we've seen chelsea spending already past £1 billion in the last three windows since the todd boli consortium takeover last summer.

and yeah, there's many questions to be asked around that and many questions to be asked around a lot of the spending amongst the premier league. i mean, we've seen last summer the premier league spent more than the other top four top five leagues put together, which is pretty remarkable and probably doesn't feel that sustainable in the long term. but for now everyone's just enjoying the ride. and as you're talking, we're seeing two of the latest chelsea additions, caicedo and lavia. and of course, you've got quite a small shrinking pool of top players as well and all the top clubs chasing them. you had that tug of war between liverpool and chelsea. some fascinating little battles going on in the transfer window. absolutely. and they'll continue right up until the deadline tonight. we've seen amre back, newlyjoined man united. there was talks that he was going to join liverpool. liverpool were also looking at ryan gravenberch. they've now agreed a fee for him. man united were also looking at him. but caciedo was one of the most fascinating ones of the entire window, with liverpool agreeing a deal with him. but he only wanted to join chelsea. amazing coup for brighton to collect that sort of fee for him, it could rise to £115

million, the third biggest fee in football history. they signed him from independiente del valle , an ecuadorian club for £4.5 million and he's only ever started 42 premier league games there. so for him to become a british transfer record is quite remarkable. yeah, that's quite some business model, isn't it, in terms of the new players on the block, the saudi league that i was referencing there in the introduction, i mean, when you look at the roll call of players they have signed in the last few months, it's absolutely incredible for the neymar�*s, the benzema's there, henderson, i mean, itjust goes on and on. but you heard just now in our sports bulletin from jurgen klopp, the nightmare scenario is of course their window goes on for much longer than the premier league window. so you could have that nightmarish situation, say with mo salah that he might force a move after the premier league window has actually closed. well, exactly. i think that's what it's going to have to take as well. it's going to have to take mo salah taking action, forcing a move, refusing to train, which i don't

think is really in his nature. we've already seen his agent come out and say that he's not leaving, so it would require a massive u—turn for that to change. and for liverpool it's just absolutely unfathomable to think of selling mo salah you know, they do have depth in forward areas but very little in right wing area. and with firmino mane having already departed in the last few years, losing mo salah, who still in a down year, suppose a down year for him, contributed 31 league goals in assists last year. theyjust can't lose it. what do you make of the saudi league? how long do you think, for example, it's going to be before they're knocking on the door wanting to play champions league? you look at golf, for example, and you had liv sport and they were absolutely on the outskirts. you had a split, a schism in golf, and yet the money talked. they've come together. could you foresee the similar thing happening in football? i think they'll definitely try. they�* re hugely ambitious. it wasn't just golf, it's boxing in the past as well. and they're making massive strides. the fact that the saudi pro league and the pif can combine and then allocate these players to various clubs, you know,

it's almost state run. it's not individual clubs making these decisions. their interest in football isn't going anywhere. they recently bid to host the 2030 world cup. and obviously with so much oil and so much wealth, their money's not going anywhere either. so it's a bit of a nightmare scenario for premier league clubs with their window going on a little bit longer, as you say. yes. and of course, all the critics talking about sports watching as well and that hugely important issue. one final question i have to ask you, because one of the reasons i really love this transfer deadline day is all the mishaps. you always hear about players trying to force a move and failing and then slinking back to their old clubs or a fax machine not working and the move not going through which are your favourites, i think peter odemwingie is the infamous story. this happened injanuary 2013 on deadline day. he was currently playing or was playing for west brom i should say at the time, wanted to go to qpr, qpr were going to sell west brom junior hoilett that move fell through, odemwingie wasn't happy with that. they went down to qpr training ground. we're speaking to reporters live outside the training ground. the deal never went

through and he had to go back to to west brom with his tail between his legs. it was also the case of robinho who thought he was signing for chelsea on deadline day. his actually the deal had been struck without him knowing and he actually ended up at man city. that move turned into a total disaster. let's get more now on the government's decision to order more than a hundred schools and colleges in england to shut buildings , days before many start term. we are trying to establish which schools which schools and which parents had been told. the latest coming from an education minister in the last few minutes which brings much more clarity to the situation because the education minister said that parents whose children who are at schools should all know by now. lady baron told the local radio that if you are a parent are you are

listening to the show and you have not been informed that means your school has not got this reinforced concrete problem and go hazard to normal next week. i'm sure for many schools will be contacting pa rents parents anyway. we felt it was really important that the schools who have the problem explain to them what their plans are which will evolve over the weekend. finally she was asked about the risk and went on to say that she was very happy for her grandchildren to astound school next week. the top line is that the education minister saying that those parents who will be affected by what we are talking about should have all been told by the respective schools. that information just coming in.

deputy general secretary of the national education union, niamh sweeneyjoined us earlier and said the union has been pushing the government to be more open — on which schools are affected. this could've been avoided. the government really should have been contacting these schools as soon as they knew that they had this information. the national audit office published data injune, this and we've been pushing for the government to make that public, saying that a third of our school buildings are past their life span, and that includes this raac. we have been trying to get the list of the schools that are affected so that we can offer support to our members and school leaders dealing with these issues. yes. how important is that? because the government saying earlier today it was be for the schools to contact the parents involved and only then would the government published a list.

is that the wrong way round, do you think? well, i think theyjust could have done it much more quickly. and of course, they could have avoided this altogether. this government made the decision not to invest in our school infrastructure, in our school buildings. they have cut the budget. they cut the school building schools for the future budget and has now left us with the situation where many of our school buildings are not fit for purpose. they are draughty, they are cold. they have poor windows, they have poor ventilation. we know about raac. they have poor ventilation. we also know about asbestos. they have poor ventilation. this is another thing for headteachers to deal with. they are changing the guidance. they are changing information daily to headteachers and telling them to deal with it. just two days, for some people, before the beginning of term and that isjust a complete disregard and is disrespectful to those people trying to do their best for children and young people at this difficult time. ministers have said they acted properly once they received new information. they've also talked about the amount they've put into funding

in terms of the point you were making there. but on a separate point, ministers were saying on the radio this morning that actually the government would fund any of these contingencies and the costs that would fall on the schools and not the schools themselves. do you accept that? because i think some unions have been suggesting that it was the out of school budgets. well, that isn't clear. the guidance published yesterday by the government has since changed. they originally said that they wouldn't pay for additional temporary accommodation, that has now been revised, but that isn't the only thing that schools will need to pay for. and i've heard from two headteachers that have already gone through this process. one has spent up to £30,000 on fitting out temporary accommodation to make it suitable for classrooms, being able to provide whiteboards, it equipment, all of that sort of thing. and another teacher who has spent up to £170,000.

so it doesn't appear to us that that money is coming from the department of ministers. ministers were clear about that this morning. just time to ask you one more question, because in terms of pupils having to learn remotely, do you have any sort of estimation about potentially how many numbers we're talking about? just briefly, if you could. until we know how many schools and school buildings are affected, we won't know that. but the national audit office estimated that up to 700,000, 700,000 pupils were in buildings that were past its life span. uk house prices have seen their biggest annual decline since 2009, according to nationwide.the building society says the drop represented a fall of £14,600 on a typical home in the uk since house prices peaked in august 2022. live now to faisal choudhry — head of residential research at the estate agents savills. he joins us from glasgow.

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in august but that is compared to august 2022 when house prices peaked. despite the drop they were still 19% above the pre—pandemic level. the rate at which house prices have is soft and has slowed compared to the beginning of this year. we compared to the beginning of this ear. ~ ~ ., ., ., ., compared to the beginning of this ear. ~ ., ., ., ., ., compared to the beginning of this ear. ~ ~ ., ., ., ., ., ., year. we know a ma'or factor in all of this is the higher — year. we know a major factor in all of this is the higher borrowing - of this is the higher borrowing costs. we know that is not coming down anytime soon so do you anticipate trend to continue into 2024? , . ., ., , anticipate trend to continue into 2024? , ., , ., 2024? the expectation is that mortnae 2024? the expectation is that mortgage rates _ 2024? the expectation is that mortgage rates may - 2024? the expectation is that mortgage rates may have - 2024? the expectation is that. mortgage rates may have peaked 2024? the expectation is that - mortgage rates may have peaked and inflation is on its way down. many potential buyers are delaying their decision to move home with the expectation that interest rates will drop. meanwhile lenders have a strong appetite and are keen to lend. however i do expect interest

rates not to fall to the level they saw over the last decades and to settle around that 5% level. i expect modest house price growth over the next four years. you anticipate _ over the next four years. you anticipate in _ over the next four years. you anticipate in terms _ over the next four years. you anticipate in terms of - over the next four years. you anticipate in terms of interest rates not to come down quickly so where we are roughly now which is so difficult for all those people getting remortgages and trying also for those people to get onto the property ladder. is there anything new on the market that helps with any of that? it new on the market that helps with any of that?— any of that? it is worth noting first of all _ any of that? it is worth noting first of all that _ any of that? it is worth noting first of all that the _ any of that? it is worth noting first of all that the market - any of that? it is worth noting | first of all that the market this year has seen an increase in cash buyers. this year we are expecting 44% is of transactions to be made of people who are not reliable on borrowing. it is also worth noting that we are seeing help from family members and parents rise to a significance level this year. more

than ever before. 61% of first—time buyers will have received some help from their family members buyers will have received some help from theirfamily members but clearly that facility is not available to everyone. for those who can access help from family members to purchase their first home the bigger the deposit the better. there are 95% mortgages available but the mortgage rate for those is higher. the advice of first—time buyers is to make sure that they get onto the electoral poll. get all their paperwork in order such as their payslips and their p60 forms and two get an agreement in principle from a lender and two choose a mortgage broker. ., , , lender and two choose a mortgage broker. . , , ., lender and two choose a mortgage broker. ., , , . , ., broker. that is interesting that you are sa in: broker. that is interesting that you are saying that _ broker. that is interesting that you are saying that the _ broker. that is interesting that you are saying that the borrowing - broker. that is interesting that you i are saying that the borrowing module is changing. thank you very much for your time. let's take you to pakistan now — where several members of the family of a man who police

in the uk want to question over the death of his daughter — say that they have been illegally detained. the investigation in pakistan centres on the death of ten year old sara sharif — who was found dead in woking in the uk on the 10th of august. her father urfan, his partner and brother travelled to pakistan the day before sara's body was found. our correspondent caroline davies has more. this is the second time that the pakistan based family of irfan sharif have accused the pakistan police of illegally detaining them during questioning. now, the first time this happened, the pakistan police said that they wouldn't arrest two of sharif�*s pakistan based brothers. but we haven't heard the police response yet. that is due to come on monday. of course, the background to all of this, the reason why the family are being questioned is trying to find the location of irfan sharif, his partner, and his brother faisal malik. that's in relation to their investigation back in the uk of what happened to sara sharif, the ten year old girl whose body was found in a house in woking

on the 10th of august. the surrey police have been very clear that they want to question these three individuals. at the moment there is no arrest warrant out for them and they are not currently named as suspects. now also appearing outside of the court today, we found irfan sharif�*s father, mohammed sharif. he spoke to the bbc and he told us that sara sharif had visited pakistan on a couple of occasions. he described her as being a lovely girl that was much loved by the family. now he has said to us that he does not know the location of our sharif or faisal malik. and the search continues. a digital popstar, whose voice has been made, with the help of artificial iintelligence, has been �*signed' by a major record label for the first time. noo—noouri — now on the books at warner music — has released her first song �*dominoes'. she's been created by the german influencer, joerg zuber. previous virtual artists have existed, but in this case

meet noonoouri. she's a virtual character, an instagram influencer and has worked with big fashion brands. her appearance has been created using 2d graphics and motion capture. now this avatar has a record deal backed by a major label. oh, my god. this is amazing. it's like, really like it was accelerating my pulse when i got the email from warner music central europe is writing me and they were like asking me, are you interested in music? and i say, well, what a question. her voice has been created with the help of artificial intelligence. they pitched it higher. of course they made it more female. but we didn't want to create like a human voice. we wanted to have it a bit like technology, like a bit tech voice.

so the bass and the original voice of her is my voice. and to make this sound, they got a singer involved, too. there comes the moment where we use a.i. technology. the voice from the singer we needed to know when he was singing high. when he was singing low, when he was singing slower. when he got more speed, when he got more pressure. warner music is releasing the first single. whenever it comes to appearances and meta verses and gaming. when you want to experiment with motion capture technology she is a perfect fit. ., .., capture technology she is a perfect fit. ., ., ,, ., capture technology she is a perfect fit. ., ., , fit. you can appear in different laces at fit. you can appear in different places at different _ fit. you can appear in different places at different times. - fit. you can appear in different places at different times. we i fit. you can appear in different i places at different times. we can make _ places at different times. we can make her— places at different times. we can make her fly if we want because it feels _ make her fly if we want because it feels natural to her because she is already— feels natural to her because she is already digital character. there are more _ already digital character. there are more opportunities than a human artist _

al was only a small step in the creation of this song. producers and songwriters all over the globe contributed. like every new technology ai brings with it immense opportunity, but it also raises profound challenges. it about knowing whether something is al generated. it's about understanding transparency. it is about ensuring that there is adequate labelling so we know whether a piece of music is al generated. also there are ai generated. also there are questions about personality rights. at the moment in the uk personality rights are not properly protected. you can create an ai version of someone and they would not have any rights about how that is used. we are looking at how we can ensure the legal framework around ai is used to enable human creativity rather than erode it. clearly the use of ai is becoming more mainstream but

now it's officially entering the charts, will it make it to number one? straight to breaking news from washington. we have been waiting for the sentencing of one of the proud boys. he the sentencing of one of the proud bo s. ., , , the sentencing of one of the proud ha 5. . , , , the sentencing of one of the proud bo s. . , , , , . ., boys. he has 'ust been sentenced to ten ears boys. he has 'ust been sentenced to ten years in — boys. he hasjust been sentenced to ten years in prison. _ hello. the weather is changing over the next few days — a change to something drier and warmer, with some spells of sunshine. in fact, a decent weekend in prospect if you have outdoor plans. today, we have seen some areas of cloud, and indeed, some quite sharp showers. this is the satellite picture from earlier on — a stripe of cloud across northern ireland, southern scotland, northern england, and some shower clouds further south. as showers continuing to ease through the evening, we will continue to see some bits and pieces of clouds and mist

and fog patches likely to develop, as well, but also some clear spells. and where we have those clear skies across some parts of highlands, scotland, temperatures could drop down to around 1—2 celsius. it will be milder than that further south. saturday's weather story is one of high pressure, which will be building its way across the uk, chasing this frontal system away eastwards. so some areas of low cloud, a bit of mist and fog around first thing. the chance of 1—2 showers popping up through the day, but they should generally be quite light in nature. most places will stay dry. just a bit more cloud and more of a breeze through the afternoon into the far northwest of scotland. but temperatures up to 21 celsius in aberdeen and in belfast, 24 in london. could just get a little warmer than that across some parts of southeast england. and then, into the evening, most places fine and dry with some late sunshine. but more cloud and some rain into the far north of scotland, courtesy of this frontal system, which willjust continue to slide its way through during sunday. our area of high pressure centred

across the south of the uk. under the centre of the high with light winds, again, some mist and fog patches to start sunday, which should tend to lift and clear to reveal some sunny spells closest to our weather front in the north of scotland, we willjust see more cloud and a bit of rain. but eastern scotland with some shelter from the breeze, 20—23 celsius. come furthersouth, highs of 25—26, maybe 27 celsius. into next week, high pressure tends to retreat eastwards, low pressure trying to squeeze in from the atlantic, and this arrangement of weather systems will bring us a broadly southerly air flow — and that will introduce some warmer air from the near continent. now, there's some uncertainty about just how warm it will get, but we could well be looking at values into the mid—to—high—20s, possibly close to 30 celsius for some of us. it does look like turning a bit more unsettled by the end of next week.

because of a lightweight type of concrete. more than 100 schools in england have been told to partially closed buildings and there could be more just. or partially close buildings, and there could be more, just as schools reopen after summer holidays. the build—up to go tojuniors has been quite stressful for him, and then to turn round and say, "oh, rhys, you're not starting school next week"

has been a bit heartbreaking. itjust should have been done years ago, so it shouldn't have got to this situation. the government has been trying to explain why the decision was taken so late. also on the programme: rail services come to a halt across large parts of england, as train drivers walk out again, in their long—running pay dispute. a tiktok influencer and her mother are jailed for life for the murder of two men who died after their car was rammed off the road in leicester. and we meet the 13—year—old who's shot to the top of para table tennis, ahead of next week's european championships. and coming up on bbc news — we'll have the latest on the big moves, with football's transfer deadline approaching, as saudi interest ramps up for liverpool's mo salah.

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