not long to go now until the ryder cup gets under way in rome with the players touching down in the italian capital but who will get their hands on that trophy come sunday. team europe were out on the course on tuesday morning for the traditional photocall — they'll be looking to reclaim the silverware they lost in wisconsin two years ago with a team that features four debutants, and captain luke donald says his side are starting to build chemistry ahead of friday's start. these seem very unified to me, like a great group of guys who really get along with each other and already create that unbreakable bond between the 12 of them. i think every team is different. this is a team that obviously has some new faces and some guys that have been part of the

ryder cup that auntie. they understand it's their opportunity note to write their kind of story and write their history this week and write their history this week and start creating that history for themselves so they are very excited to be here and very ready. spain forward mariona caldentee says she hopes the women's team can compete at the olympics next year as long as its under the conditions the players think they deserve. many of them went on strike, afterformer president of the spanish football federation luis rubiales kissed a player rubiales has since resigned .but many players remained on strike until a deal was made with the federation over further changes. spain beat sweden on friday and face switzerland on tuesday in the nations league group stage. the two finalists in the competition — should spain make it that far — will appear at the olympics in paris

translation: this is the global fight and we say we are football players but at the same time we have global responsibility to help leave women and a better place than when we arrived. now we are fighting this fight almost unintentionally because what we want and what we do best is to play football. here are tuesday's fixtures in the top tier of the women's nations league — it's a special day for sarina wiegman as her england side take on her home country the netherlands in utrecht, while in the same group scotland face belgium. you can find the rest of tuesday's fixtures on bbc sport website. 19 months on and with the 2022 beijing winter olympics�* team figure skaters still waiting for their medals, russia's kamila valieva's doping case is set to be heard by the court of arbitration for sport on tuesday. valieva failed a drugs test after winning team gold in beijing. the russian anti—doping agency found that valieva bore "no fault or negligence" for the positive test but the world anti—doping agency is appealing those findings. while the hearing begins in lausanne, vincentjo, part of the usa team that won silver at the games, has been critical

of the lack of transparency since. we haven't heard a single word from the party responsible for handling the party responsible for handling the case. i think the lack of communication raises eyebrows, i think it's an issue that as the athletes were directly affected by this, team japan and athletes were directly affected by this, teamjapan and team canada athletes were directly affected by this, team japan and team canada who are also potentially waiting on medal upgrades and team japan waiting on meadows, period, i think we all deserve a little more communication, a little more transparency. —— medals. to the nfl now, where the philadelphia eagles continued their unbeaten start to the season with a 25—11 win over the tampa bay buccaneers

on monday night. quarterback jalen hurts rushed for a touchdown and threw another as the eagles made it a 3—0 start in consecutive seasons for the first time since 1992. the reigning nfc champions are one of three unbeaten teams in the league, alongside the miami dolphins and san francisco 49ers. we do wedoa we do a greatjob stepping up and making a play at crucial moment the game but obviously having an opportunity, so many things like that, we definitely enjoy the work. in the other monday night game, the cincinnati bengals edged out the la rams 19—16 to record their first win of the season. the bengals' star quarterback joe burrow, who had been a doubt to play beforehand due a lingering calf injury, threw for 259 yards to lead his team across the line. all the stuff that you weigh when you're making a decision, there is risk to go out there and potentially we injure at but this is the rest

are quiet there and be on three so i want to go out there for my guys and do what i needed to do. and british driverjessica hawkins has become the first female to test a formula one car in five years. she drove 26 laps in aston martin's 2021 car in hungary last thursday. hawkins is a former british karting champion and podium finisher in the all—female w series. formula one has not had a woman start a grand prix since leila lombardi raced in austria in 1976. and that's all the sport for now. we will hear from zachjohnson

later. the leader of the liberal democrats so ed davey will address his families conference for the first time. ~ . , . ., families conference for the first time. . , . ., ., , time. we are expecting him to really hone in on the _ time. we are expecting him to really hone in on the issue _ time. we are expecting him to really hone in on the issue of— time. we are expecting him to really hone in on the issue of the _ time. we are expecting him to really hone in on the issue of the nhs. - hone in on the issue of the nhs. they say when they talk to voters on the doorstep it is the one issue that keeps coming up with people unable to get a gp or dentist appointment an ambulance wait time is a key issue as well. expected to really attack the conservative record on that and more generally in office because the thing the liberal democrats will really do in the general election is target ruthlessly conservative held seats largely on the south of england, rural areas,

largely on the south of england, ruralareas, but largely on the south of england, rural areas, but in some commuter belt areas and believe they can really build on recent by—election successes. i think there is a quiet optimism here in bournemouth about the lib dem prospects when the general election does eventually come up. they were injubilant mood last night and i was in at an event called the lib dem glee club where they all get together and have a bit of a singsong and are really rousing themselves for the battles that lie ahead and that is one of the things that ed davey needs to do today is rally the troops ahead of the general election campaign but far more importantly stick to voters out there and give them a clear sense of what exactly the liberal democrats stand for. ., ., what exactly the liberal democrats standfor. ., ., ~ ., stand for. london metropolitan police have _ stand for. london metropolitan police have launched _ stand for. london metropolitan police have launched an - police have launched an investigation of possible sexual offences after the recent allegations against russell brand

and are also looking into a possible offence in 2003. the comedian has denied all allegations against them. the police also describe these claims as "non—recent". the comedian and actor has denied all the allegations against him, which include rape and sexual assault. here's our media editor katie razzall. i believe this is about freedom. i believe this is about real democracy. because for there to be real democracy, there has to be dissent. back streaming on the video—sharing platform rumble, where he has 1.6 million followers, and russell brand was on the attack. we are going to be talking about the state and the legacy media's war on free speech, and in particular how that has affected me this week. less than half an hour before his show streamed, the metropolitan police announced its central specialist rime command team is now investigating a number of allegations of non—recent sexual offences committed in london and elsewhere in the uk. the senior investigating officer said, "we continue to encourage anyone who believes they may have been a victim of a sexual offence, no matter how long ago

it was, to contact us. we understand it can feel like a difficult step to take, and i want to reassure that we have a team of specialist officers available to advise and support." the police statement didn't name russell brand, but it did refer to this investigation by channel 4, the times and the sunday times, and made public two weekends ago. four women made the original claims of rape and sexual assault, which they allege took place in the us and the uk. the day before the programme was broadcast, the comedian and presenter strongly denied any wrongdoing. i don't mind them using my books and my stand—up to talk about my promiscuous, consensual conduct in the past. what i seriously refute are these very, very serious criminal allegations. the fallout financially has been swift. content—creators earn money from streaming services when they attract advertising. youtube has barred brand from monetising his video content since the allegations surfaced. rumble prides itself on standing up to cancel culture. it's accused the uk parliament of what it called a deeply inappropriate demand, after the chair of the culture, media and sport committee wrote to its ceo asking whether his site planned to follow youtube and suspend brand's ability to earn

money from his content. since the story broke, the number of people following russell brand on social media and subscribing to his channels has increased by several 100,000. katie razzall, bbc news. five people have appeared in court in london accused of spying for bulgaria. hello again. today we've got some rain which has been pushing up from the south of england and coming in across northern ireland. both these bands of rain are moving northeastwards. you can see them quite nicely here in the pressure chart, the isobars alone telling you that once again it is going

to be a breezy day. and out in the atlantic, we've got our next deepening area of low pressure. that is storm agnes, which will come our way tomorrow. so the rain continuing to move across scotland and northern england. this morning's rain clearing into the north sea. but behind all of that, we're looking at a mixture of sunshine and showers, temperatures 1a in lerwick to 23 in norwich and in london. now, as we head on through the evening and overnight, many of the showers will tend to fade. we'll have some clear skies, but in the second part of the night, the cloud will start to build across the south—west. this is a prerunner to storm agnes. and once again, the wind will strengthen here. overnight lows cooler than last night, seven to 12 degrees. but in sheltered glens, temperatures will fall away to between about three and four. so tomorrow, this area of low pressure, storm agnes, comes in from the south—west and really is producing a double whammy. we're looking at some heavy rain and some strong winds, gales for some of us, gales around the irish sea coastline, up to 60, maybe 75 miles an hour, inland, we're looking

at up to about 60. and it's the same across the western fringes of england, wales and scotland. we're looking at gusts up to about 50 to 60 miles an hour. many of us will start off on a dry note, but the rain will already be coming in across northern ireland,in through south—west england, parts of wales, northern england and through the day moving up into scotland. this is going to be heavier rain. coupled with the wind, well, it could well cause some disruption to travel. there could be some damage and there could also be some localised flooding. into thursday, a quieter day, storm agnes now having moved away. a few showers in the west, some sunshine in the east. and then later a new weather front comes in from the west, introducing some more rain. temperatures ranging from 1a in the north to about 21 or 22 down in the south—east. then as we head on through the latter part of the week, there's some showers in the north and west on friday and saturday, some rain comes in from the south and sunday, but a lot

of dry weather, too.

live from london. this is bbc news. thousands of armenian refugees continue to flee nagorno—karabakh, as an explosion at a fuel depot reportedly kills 20 people. the uk home secretary suella braverman is expected to say being gay is not enough to get refugee status in a speech calling for changes to international conventions. and jailed russian opposition figure alexei navalny appeals against his 19—year sentence. hello, i'm lucy grey. welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. we start in the caucasus, where at least 20 people have been killed in an explosion at a fuel depot in the disputed territory of nagorno—karabakh. armenian separatist officials say

almost 300 people have been admitted to hospitals, with dozens in