kicking game before a couple of late tries saw them pull clear in nice. george ford's brilliant cross field kick picked out freddie steward and with the match in overtime, joe marchant scored a fourth try for a bonus point. they top the group and should be fairly confident of reaching the quarterfinals with chile and samoa next. yeah, ithink yeah, i think we showed, definitely how good our attack can be and we will continue to work on it. i think we are getting better everyday and thatis we are getting better everyday and that is the main thing. we are taking steps forward and come later on in the competition, we hope we will be firing all cylinders. harry brook will be rested for the one—day series against ireland that starts this week, that's after gate—crashing england's squad for next month's world cup. he's in afterjason roy was dropped. he missed the recent new zealand series with back spasms and won't be risked in india. the feedback, obviously very disappointed. also, he knows what

professional sports is like, he's been around long enough to know, i'm sure he's had some disappointing moments throughout his career as well. as i say, we have had to do the same thing with harry as well but this time for him it was a good call. that's how professional sport is, it's not nice at times, it's it can be amazing but not always. rory mcilroy says europe will head to the ryder cup next week buoyed by the performances of the team's players at wentworth in the pga championship. seven of luke donald's side finished in the top 10 including macilroy and tyrell hatton who finished tied for second — the ryder cup gets under way in rome a week on friday. although there wasn't a european winner, that was ryan fox from new zealand, the team look to be peaking atjust the right time. i personally feel like i struggled a little bit since the us open, the game just hadn't felt great,

it was close last week in ireland. we miss the cut. it was three bad holes in ireland. they do come this week and play like i did i'm pretty happy, so ijust need to keep practising this week and, yeah, just make sure my game stays in a good shape to try to help team europe when the ryder cup back. the spanish football federation have urged the 39 players currently on strike to make themselves available for the latest women's squad. it comes after a tumultous month since they won the world cup that has seen the resignation of luis rubiales as president, the sacking of head coach george vilda. coachjorge vilda. spain's women want to see more changes across the board and in the last half an hour the federation have released a sstatement saying we guarantee a safe environment for the players and we are committed to a climate of mutual trust so that we can work together and ensure that women's football continues to progress much more strongly.

the latest squad for the nation's lead is due to be announced this afternoon. the champions league group stages start tomorrow evening, one of the first teams in action will be newcastle united who are back in the competition for the first time in 20 years orand what a start, they are heading to the san siro to face ac milan. this was their training session this morning before the flight to italay. morning before the flight to italy. their hosts head in to the game off the back of a 5—1 defeat in the milan derby at the weekend. we will hear from eddie we will hearfrom eddie howe in the next few hours once they have reached the sand zero and then the next hour hopefully we will bring you from manchester city head coach pep guardiola but that is of the sport for now. let's update you on our top story today. five americans who were held prisoner in iran are on their way home all part of their complex exchange deal. we have had the very first pictures of these prisoners.

here they are. we understand they are boarding the flight in tehran and they are on their way tojoe hart in qatarand and they are on their way tojoe hart in qatar and they will head onto the united states. america are also freeing irani in prisoners as in exchange. we understand they have already arrived in qatar. these are the first pictures of those american prisoners who were detained in iran at tehran airport and they will make their way now to qatar. ukrainian government has axed six deputy defence minister saying a reboot of the system is needed. the appointment of a new defence minister less than two weeks ago in recent months, the party has been accused of corruption over the procurement of some supplies. we are following the story. it's reasonable to assume that the new defence minister would like to work

with a team of his own. he didn't say why the six deputy defence ministers had been sacked, he only said on facebook that it was part of the rebooting process. and also, it's reasonable to assume that one consideration that the ukrainian government will have to keep in mind are all these corruption allegations and the people who are being brought into the defence ministry are going to be the kind of people whose western allies will be comfortable working with. ukraine is entirely dependent on western military supplies during its war with russia. one thing we need to keep in mind with his ukrainian government did

not give any reasons for this sacking of the deputy defence minister is also the replacement of the defence minister itself. because it comes at such a crucial time when we see this major counter offensive taking place against russia. how is it going? it's not going as fast as some of ukraine's games last year. it's something that ukrainians have been coming to terms with because russia has had many, many months to dig in to those front lines in ukraine's south—east. so whatever criticism of the relatively slow pace of the ukrainian counter offences has been, it has been angrily dismissed by ukrainian officials saying that

every inch gained by the ukrainian forces comes at a very heavy price in blood sweat and tears. the former british prime — in blood sweat and tears. the former british prime minister— in blood sweat and tears. the former british prime minister liz _ in blood sweat and tears. the former british prime minister liz truss - in blood sweat and tears. the former british prime minister liz truss has l british prime minister liz truss has defended her mini budget delivered a year ago saying that she was trying to put the economy on a better trajectory. in a speech, she urge the government to cut taxes, cut welfare spending and raise the retirement age. the conservatives of accused keir starmer of wanting to bring britain back to square one on brexit. the labour leader said that he would make closer relationships with the eu a priority in order to bolster uk plasma economic growth. he said that there are improvements to be made in areas such as security, innovation and research. he ruled out rejoining the single market or the eu itself. local pubs which are a mainstay of british social life have faced a slump in business since a pandemic. official

figures show that in the first half of this year across england and wales, up to two pubs a day have closed. the chief executive of the uk's hospitality told me why she thought this was. it is uk's hospitality told me why she thought this was.— thought this was. it is an astonishing _ thought this was. it is an astonishing number- thought this was. it is an astonishing number and | thought this was. it is an l astonishing number and it thought this was. it is an . astonishing number and it is thought this was. it is an - astonishing number and it is not just the pubs, it is a cross hospitality. in the year tojuly, we saw 6000 hospitality venues, pubs, bars, cafe and restaurants close for good. this is reflecting the intense cost pressures that they are facing across the uk as a whole at the moment. soaring energy bills, sky high food inflation, labour shortage, all of this puts pressure on the margins and costs that are going into the business are rising three times faster than we are passing prices on to consumers because at the same time we have got a cost of living crisis and you don't want to raise prices because we don't want to lose customers and therefore the squeeze in the middle is intense. particularly for small independent businesses, it is the

final straw. they are funded back the keys and we are losing these valuable community assets for good. tell us, particularly for our international audience what a local pub can mean for a community. the local ub pub can mean for a community. the local pub is — pub can mean for a community. the local pub is so _ pub can mean for a community. tue: local pub is so important, pub can mean for a community. tte: local pub is so important, socially, and economically. often it's the last business that standing in a village, a small town or rural location. it can provide the health of people to go and socialise safely with friends. it also provides vital community services, it hosts meetings, community events, it a grass roots music event or, in the event. supplies food, a supply chain for local farmers. event. supplies food, a supply chain for localfarmers. it's a harbour around for which a lot of life in the uk evolves. and therefore, also, it is also a job generator and an income generatorfor the it is also a job generator and an income generator for the local community. these are really important cultural asset and unfortunately what we're seeing recently is because of the pressures

of the economic environment, the geopolitical situation is that people are seeing that are driving those cost price inflation pressures, these pubs are closing but nobody is coming to take them over and reopen them. in the past i have see that menu saved and going to new ownership, now, when the business fails, the answer is closing and it's closing for good and not reopening.— closing and it's closing for good and not reopening. hope you can stay with us on bbc— and not reopening. hope you can stay with us on bbc news. _ hi there. it's all change weather—wise this week. it's often going to be wet and windy. what about those storms last night that we saw? well, in swindon we had basically a month's worth of rainfall in one hour. there have been reports of flooding from thunderstorms over the last 2a hours. for example, in parts of devon, pretty badly affected here. now, this week, as i say, is going to be unsettled. it's down to a strong jet stream blasting across the atlantic at 150mph.

this strong jet stream spawns areas of low pressure that then get squirted away eastwards across the uk, hence the wet and windy weather conditions. today, weather—wise, we've seen a band of rain pushing its way eastwards across england and scotland. it's a day essentially of sunshine and showers. the showers quite frequent across west scotland and northern ireland. bigger gaps between the showers across wales and western england, so there will be some places that stay entirely dry this afternoon, but it will stay quite breezy. overnight, initially the showers fade away, but later in the night we're looking at a zone of heavier rain moving back in from the west. temperatures overnight quite mild in the south, some cooler and fresher air across the north. over the next couple of days, we'll see some very large rainfall totals building in, particularly across the hills of wales and north—west england. that could bring some localised flooding issues. tuesday is a wet and a windy kind of day. gusty winds for the vast majority of us and those winds could peak at around 60mph gusts into the north—west of wales, blowing this band of rain northwards across northern england, across northern ireland and on into southern

and central scotland. our temperatures generally into the high teens for many of us. now, five days ago hurricane lee was spinning around out in the atlantic. since then, it's turned into a normal area of low pressure that brought some wet and windy weather to east canada and the north—east of the united states over the weekend. well, the remnants of that old hurricane are tied in with this area of low pressure that will be moving its way across the uk for wednesday. so another bout of wet and windy weather on the way. the winds particularly squally and gusty on and just ahead of this weather front, which is a cold front moving across england and wales. we could also see some very strong winds for western scotland. gusts could reach 60mph or 70mph. there's still a bit of uncertainty about the exact strength, itjust depends how deep that area of low pressure is. over the next few days, though, it does stay wet and windy, probably saturday your best chance of staying dry.

live from london, this is bbc news. a plane carrying five americans — who were jailed for years in iran — has left tehran and is due to arrive in doha soon. their release is part of a prisoner exchange brokered by qatar. iam i am live from doha airport where the plane is set to arrive in a few hours. an end to a painful ordeal as

part of a complex and controversial agreement. one of russell brand's accusers tells the bbc his response to allegations of rape and sexual abuse is "insulting." he denies the claims. three greek rescue workers are killed, travelling to libya's flood zone. it's believed about 10,000 people are still missing after devastating floods. and chocs away. two spitfires take to the skies above the english countryside, in a special display for military veterans. welcome to verified live — three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. a flight carrying five americans who'd been held in prison in iran for years is about to land in doha. these pictures show the former prisoners boarding the plane that took off from tehran just over an hour ago..

the first leg of their journey back to the us.