massively excited. i have been looking forward to getting into the world cup and obviously it has been, i mean, tought not playing but it is been brilliant to see what the lads have done on the pitch and i cannot wait to be a part of that. andy farrell has made one change to his side as they face south africa. connor murray dropped and plenty at stake with the winner of the match likely to top the group and avoiding the hosts france with a probable quarter—final against new zealand. playing the world champions, they are a very good team and they have come into great form over the last few weeks so yeah we will have to be on top form as well. it is only when you win you can enjoy it. if you are walking around the stadium after a defeat, it is not the same so i've been able to enjoy the first two

and that isjust because of the results. in golf, an unbeaten partnership will be renewed when the solheim cup against the us gets under way. lexie thompson will hit the opening shotjust after eight o'clock local time in spain. an alternate shot system to begin with. england and france who won three points together in 2019 are taking on an american pair. our correspondent looks ahead to the action and to warn you, there are flickering images coming up. come on, europe! there's something special about solheim this year. europe are favourites. they are on home soil, they're back—to—back winners and they have a charismatic captain. i really can't wait to see our players go out there and really showcase how good european golf is at this point and stage. five of the world's top 20 are in the team, including england's charley hull. vice captain dame laura davies

has played in more solheim cups than anyone. she agrees this is the strongest side europe's produced. i think, from player one to player 12, there is no... they're all superstars, but there is no standout players because they are all as good as each other. one of the highlights is the fans, with both sets equally devoted. this is our sixth and this is probably the strongest team on paper. and they're young and they are up for it. i think we're going to do all right. confidence from the usa. yes! most definitely! most definitely. five rookies have been selected by american captain stacy lewis, who at 38 is the youngest us captain in the solheim cup history. so inexperience isn't really a concern for her, and she's had bigger issues to contend with. covid has meant the ryder cup is also in europe in the same year. lewis feels that should have been capitalised on. i thought this could have been marketed together as two weeks in europe, two cups for play.

you know, i think it was a missed opportunity for the sport of golf. louis�*s counterpart suzann pettersen is known to be ruthless. in 2019 she holed winning putt at gleneagles to take the solheim cup. now she hopes to lead this team to an historic third consecutive win. jane dougall, bbc news, andalusia. it was a historic day for brighton hove albion. the upwardly mobile premier league cup playing in a european competition for the first time in their i22—year history. it marks an incredible rise for the club on the south coast of england who were once threatened with bankruptcy and played for years without their own grounds. no fairytale start for the seagulls at home to athens despite coming from behind twice, they lost 3—2 to the greek side. two champions league winners are also in that group. ajax and marseille drew 3—3 in a match in amsterdam. six time champion league winner liverpool started

their europa league win, coming back from conceding an early goal. people expect us to fly through this competition. it won't happen. it will not happen. so we have to dig in and that is what we did. a massive learning curve tonight and they suffered less from the pitch than we did and as i said we can learn so much. the scores from the europa and conference leagues are available on the bbc sport website. england's women have reached an agreement with the football association as to bonuses and commercial opportunities. talks have been ongoing since the end of last year but were paused injuly so the team could concentrate on the world cup. speaking ahead of friday's nations league match with scotland, the england

captain revealed the dispute had now been settled. we have come to an agreement but i think it is bigger than just the bonus. like i said, it is about being world leaders on and off the pitch and as we know the women's game is evolving very quickly and conversations at this need to happen in order to make sure that in all areas we are at the top of our game and, like i said, as players we feel confident moving forward with that structure we now have in place. india and australia begin a three match one—day series on friday as part of their preparation for next month's cricket world cup. the visitors have key players including pat cummins and steven smith back from injury to take on the asia cup champions. the hosts are not taking any chances with key players to be rested. feeling good. my wrist is healed now 100% so i will have a run around this afternoon.

i'm happy to play all three games. mitchell starc will hopefully be available later in the series along with glenn maxwell. but, yeah, we will try and strike a balance between getting plenty of game time into everyone but, also, we have the world cup in a couple of weeks. with people like rohit specifically, from our perspective and, like you said, from our perspective it is important that we get them to that first game of the world cup physically and mentally in the space that they want to be in. sport has been dominated over the last couple of years by the involvement of liv golf, one of the more high—profile attempts by saudi arabia to claim a stake in global sport. mohammed bin salman says he does not care about accusations

of sport washing. the kingdom has staged boxing events, not to mention the private investment fund purchase of newcastle football club and big money transfers in the domestic football. this all lead to claims saudi arabia is using sport to improve its international reputation in face of criticism of their human rights record. but the prince said that if sports washing continues to increase gdp by 1% they will continue to do it. a rematch with the man who took the heavyweight belt. the british fighter lost his first meeting and his perfect record with it. we have been with him at wembley. exposed a lot of mistakes that the team and i made in the camp and it is about correcting those and going to the next fight,

but at least you get those things right. it kind of exposes them and made me had to deal with them and really focus and be dedicated, more dedicated and what i am doing. just improving, really, to come back strongly and grab that title back. that is sadly all the time we have left but you can get more on all of those stories and all of the latest sports news on our website. including a comprehensive round—up of all of the european football action from the europa league and the conference leagues. but from me and the rest of the team here at the bbc sport centre, we will see you very soon. hello. it's been

a particularly wet week for many, autumnal feeling. some of the wettest spots have seen 160mm of rain, the likes of the lake district and north wales. now, some of that moisture was wrapped around this deep area of low pressure which are the remnants of hurricane lee, so that's why we've had so much rain. but that low pressure is still influencing our weather — we've still got showers thrown up across its eastern flank here, as you can see, to southeastern parts, and then we're picking up a northerly wind as its continuing itsjourney into the north sea, and that'll be a different feel to friday. near gale force winds in the north but a stronger wind ushering those showers further south and east. hopefully, those across the east of england clear away fairly soon and then we've got the showers coming down from the north. no area exempt to catching a shower and temperatures similar to thursday, i think, but, with more breeze, it will feel cooler and there'll still be some lively showers with rumbles of thunder. but, actually, through the night on friday, the winds ease away, the showers also ease, the skies clear, and it really looks like a chilly night, chillier than thursday night into friday with a touch of frost potentially

in the glens of scotland, which means a fine start to saturday morning. there might be just the odd pocket of mist underneath this ridge of high pressure, but it's reallyjust a brief window of drier weather because we already have this next low rolling in. this is the remnants of hurricane nigel, so more tropical air heading our way. but, for the meantime, it's going to be chilly, as i say, to start saturday morning. and as we start saturday morning, we'll see some good spells of sunshine, just patchy, fair—weather cloud. but, as the day wears on, we will find more cloud piling in across the southwest into northern ireland in particular and western scotland. and for northern ireland, actually, the latter part of the afternoon might bring a few splashes, the first splashes of rain from the next weather front. but ahead of that with sunshine and with light winds, it should feel quite pleasant at 16—17 celsius, and we're losing that northerly breeze because we're picking up instead a milder south—westerly wind but, with it, more wet, more rain and the tightly packed isobars indicate that the wind will be strengthening once again, so the likelihood is we will see further gales, particularly around the coast, and we will have further heavy rain. again, we could see similar totals —

perhaps 50mm in the wetter spots, even more over the hills. but there's some uncertainty, but it does still look as if some southern and eastern parts of england might escape and stay dry with more cloud but warmer — 20—2! again because we're switching the wind direction. we are tapping into this south—westerly and starting with that high pressure close by but, eventually, on monday, that weather front does slip through across central and eastern areas. by then, perhaps not that much rain around it, but it will freshen things up again behind with showers — sunny spells and showers as we go through towards monday. and potentially something a little bit more unsettled looking towards the west. but look at those temperatures — 19—21 celsius, feeling quite pleasant. and that's because we're still keeping this south—westerly. then there is some uncertainty as we go further ahead, then, into next week. low pressure looks more dominant, doesn't it? but there's always the chance that a ridge of high pressure mightjust start to build across southern areas, so it's more likely that we'll see the wetter and windier weather taking shape across northern and western parts but, even further south this stage, it does look set to stay very changeable but still quite warm — temperatures into the low 20s into next week here, and up into the high

teens further north. as ever, there's more on the website and we'll keep you up—to—date here.

live from washington, this is bbc news. ukraine's president makes his case to washington for more military aid to fight back russia. media tycoon rupert murdoch plans to step down as chairman of fox news and news corp. and a diplomatic dispute between canada and india deepens over the murder of a sikh separatist leader in canada. i'm sumi somaskanda. thank you forjoining us. president biden has announced

a new $325 million aid package for ukraine. it comes after meeting with ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky at the white house. it includes air defence capabilities, cluster munitions, anti—tank weapons and other equipment. zelensky also addressed his plans to fight corruption in ukraine after a busy day in washington appealing to lawmakers for more assistance. the house is divided over funding for ukraine. speaker kevin mccarthy said he would not commit to putting a $24 billion ukraine aid package to a vote this year shortly after meeting with zelensky. after leaving capitol hill, zelensky, accompanied by his wife, paid tribute to the victims of the 9/1! attacks, laying a wreath at the pentagon memorial and meeting with military leaders. for more on zelensky�*s day, let's go live to helena humphrey, who's at the white house. helena, good to see you. what did zelensky take away from this day?

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