hello from the bbc sport centre. the ryder cup gets underway on friday in rome. it will be the first tournament since the start of the breakway liv golf series. brooks koepka is the only rebel golfer taking part on the us team, europe made the decision to exclude liv golfers from their team, so no ryder cup legends sergio garcia, lee westwood and ian poulter. rory mcilroy was asked about that this morning. it is certainly a little strange not having them around, but i think this week, of all weeks, it will hit home with them that, you know, they are not here. you know, i think they are going to miss being here more than we are missing them. i'm not saying

that... it isjust we are missing them. i'm not saying that... it is just more, we are missing them. i'm not saying that... it isjust more, i think, this week is a realisation that the decision they made has led to them not being part of this week, and thatis not being part of this week, and that is tough. the landscape in golf is ever changing and more dynamic, and we will see what happens, and whether they will be a part of it in the future. but i always thought leading up to this week, that's when it will hit home that they are not going to be here.— it will hit home that they are not going to be here. when you look in our team room, _ going to be here. when you look in our team room, mcginley, - going to be here. when you look in our team room, mcginley, jose - going to be here. when you look in - our team room, mcginley, jose maria, our team room, mcginley, jose maria, we had _ our team room, mcginley, jose maria, we had mccrea monty in there. you know, _ we had mccrea monty in there. you know, people that are still connected to the uk team and invested — connected to the uk team and invested in the european team, there's— invested in the european team, there's still a lot of around what we do. — there's still a lot of around what we do. so — there's still a lot of around what we do, so obviously in life and to business — we do, so obviously in life and to business and in everything there is a transition — business and in everything there is a transition phase is where you need to new— a transition phase is where you need to new leaders, and what would be great _ to new leaders, and what would be great is _ to new leaders, and what would be great is if _ to new leaders, and what would be great is if you can slip through that— great is if you can slip through that period of transition

unaffected, and you start to look to the next _ unaffected, and you start to look to the next generation, obviously, to come _ the next generation, obviously, to come through and to start to have that winning culture. spain's women beat switzerland 5—0 in their first match on home soil since winning the world cup. just over ia,000 were at the nations league game in cordoba — that's a record for a spain women's home game. before kick—off, both sets of players posed behind a banner which read "se acabo" — "it's over" — referring to the scandal that has embroiled the national team since the world cup final. aitana bonmati scored twice as spain made it two wins out of two in the nations league, they also beat sweden last week. the players had threatened to boycott the matches after a stand—off with the federation, but an agreement was reached late on with a committment to profound and immediate changes within the organisation. translation: i want to value and send out the attitude of all the players. it has been difficult, but their response has been great, and

now we are stronger, so this is our time to enjoy the victory. i have tried to stand by them, understand their feelings, tried to stand by them, understand theirfeelings, both me and my staff. we gave them our trust, and they gave us everything, and their performance has been the result of all of this. de klassiker match between ajax and feyenoord resumes in the dutch league in just over an hour's time. trailing 3—0 on sunday, ajax fans forced the game to be abandoned in the second half, by throwing flares and fireworks onto the pitch. and then vandalsiing their own stadium and clashing with police, who had to deploy teargas. the match will continue from the 56th minute mark behind closed doors at the johan cruyff arena, ajax had opposed the decision to finish the game today on fixture congestion grounds. they're currently 14th in the table and have missed out on champions league football for the first time in 13 seasons. victor osimhen's agent roberto calenda has threatened to take legal action against napoli after the club mocked the striker on social media. napoli shared a video on their tiktok account showing the striker missing

a penalty against bologna, with a high—pitched voice saying "gimme penalty please" dubbed over the top. the post has since been deleted. the 24—year—old was heavily linked with chelsea and manchester united this summer. there are more league cup third round ties later, tuesday's headline was a stunning win for league one exeter over premier league luton town. manchester city have tricky tie away at newcastle united and are without rodri who is suspended. that means kalvin phillips will make only his fifth start for the club since joining last year from leeds, where he thrived under marcelo bielsa. i think marcelo kalvin the best of kalvin... his career, would love to have done with kalvin, with what marcelo has done to him... but, yeah, it is where he is, so we have a specific way to play, sometimes we struggle with a few things, the previous game was perfect.

in china, it was a record—breaking day for the cricketers in nepal. they have become the first to reach 300 in a t20 international match. kushal malla broke the record for fastest century when he reached 100 offjust 3a balls, their feat came against mongolia, and despite losing both their opener fairly cheaply, the middle order really made hay. clearing the boundary with ease — they got to 314. and they also set the record for the fastest half century, dipendra singh airee brought up his 50 offjust nine balls, it's mathematicaly impossible to do it any quicker, eight sixes in there they then bowled mongolia out for a1, victory by 273 runs another record. spare a thought for those trying to keep up with the score then. that's all the sport for now.

hello. some other stories for you. there is a warning that the number of children missing school in england is now at crisis levels, and it needs to be tackled with bigger, bolder national measures. a report by a cross—party committee of mps found twice as many pupils have been missing a significant amount of school, compared to before the pandemic. it isjust school, compared to before the pandemic. it is just when school, compared to before the pandemic. it isjust when parents are in crisis, really, when they call to say they are having a bad day. hayley works with parents who are struggling. she will even pick up their children.— struggling. she will even pick up their children. parents are always really grateful — their children. parents are always really grateful for _ their children. parents are always really grateful for the _ their children. parents are always really grateful for the support - really grateful for the support eventually. sometimes it takes a little while to build up that positive relationship with them. 50. positive relationship with them. so, she aoes positive relationship with them. so, she goes out around folkestone in the school minibus. it can take many visits to build up that trust. she

really enjoyed the tennis. kelsey is one of the mums that turn things around. she was evicted with her two kids. their new flat was to bus rides away, and, struggling with depression, she could not always get them to school. it depression, she could not always get them to school.— them to school. it was hard, mentally _ them to school. it was hard, mentally draining. _ them to school. it was hard, j mentally draining. physically draining. you just feel like you don't want to get out of bed. you feel really depressed. you keep going, you feel like you are not good enough. you are not good enough for your children, you can't do it. but i feel quite deflated. but, yes, it was hard. but i feel quite deflated. but, yes, it was hard-— but i feel quite deflated. but, yes, it was hard. ., . , . it was hard. how much difference did it was hard. how much difference did it make when — it was hard. how much difference did it make when you _ it was hard. how much difference did it make when you are _ it was hard. how much difference did it make when you are at _ it was hard. how much difference did it make when you are at your- it was hard. how much difference didj it make when you are at your lowest, that the school would come and help pick up the kids question mark massive. as. pick up the kids question mark massive. �* ., , , ' . massive. a massive difference. i have changed — massive. a massive difference. i have changed in _ massive. a massive difference. i have changed in myself. - massive. a massive difference. i have changed in myself. it - massive. a massive difference. i have changed in myself. it gavel massive. a massive difference. i i have changed in myself. it gave me more spirit. it helped. amazing. just from doing that one little

thing, by accepting the help. kelsey's now settled in her new home. the children have been moved to a school in the same academy group that's much closer, so they're going in every day. the bus pick—ups are less frequent, a helping hand from time to time. what questions do you think that ahmet might have? - schools connect children with learning and their friends but, across england, almost twice as many children have regularly missed school. in primary school, it's as much about the challenges that families face. the last few years have left more parents struggling with their mental health, with money, and often with poor housing. we've had a lot of families finding themselves in a situation where they're either going to be evicted or they've been placed in temporary accommodation. and temporary accommodation around here isn't... you know, it's not sometimes suitable for bringing up

a child, making lunchboxes. a bedroom with a sink, sometimes they don't even have bathrooms, their toilet�*s down the corridor. across this group of schools, it's the teenagers they're worried about. they told me they're increasing support as more families struggle. if you're living in rat—infested accommodation, that you are struggling to sleep, you're sharing your room with siblings, you're not able to do homework, you are hungry, you are walking rather than taking the bus to school, all those are what i describe as headwinds for those poorest children to come to school. and it is getting worse. so what does work to stop kids missing school? here, they've found it's intensive support for families when it's most needed. accept the help, please. it's not embarrassing. they're there to help. and if you need it,

please accept it. because it's done me and my children a hell of a good, so it will you. that was mother—of—two kelsey, ending that report by our education editor branwenjeffreys. the world's oldest gardening magazine, amateur gardening, is to close — in part, because the seeds attached to the cover now cost more than the cost of the magazine itself. published weekly since 1884, it backed the "dig for victory" campaigns in both world wars, when people were encouraged to grow their own food. former contributors include alan titchmarsh. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. some of us are already feeling the effects of storm agnes, which has been coming in from the southwest. and it's going to continue to push north eastwards through the rest of the day. it's bringing rain, but also very strong winds, gales, even severe gales for some of us.

now, the strongest winds as we go through the rest of the morning, into the afternoon, will be in areas adjacent to the irish sea. and as the storm pushes north eastwards later, the winds will strengthen across eastern scotland and also northeast england. so potential for some disruption to travel and also the potential for some damage. a lot of rain coming out of this storm as well as it moves steadily north eastwards. northern ireland could well have as much as 50 millimetres of rain falling on already saturated ground. there's the risk of localised flooding, but the south eastern parts of the midlands having a dry day with some sunshine and also north of scotland not seeing that rain till this evening when storm agnes continues to push northwards, continues to weaken. but it will still be a windy night. but it's going to be a very mild night for the time of year, with overnight lows between 13 and 15 degrees. now, as we head on into tomorrow, here's the remnants of storm agnes pushing into the norwegian sea. the isobars tell their own story.

it's going to be windy, particularly in the northern half of the country. this cold front coming into northern ireland later will introduce some rain. so a lot of dry weather to start with as the remnants of storm agnes pushes away. and we've got the weather front coming in with some rain to northern ireland. the winds could be squally around this through the course of the afternoon as well. temperatures down a touch on today, ia to about 20 degrees north to south. then as we head on into friday, we've got the remnants of an overnight front taking its patchy rain with it away into the new continent. some heavy showers in the north and the west, heaviest in northern scotland, but a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine during the course of friday and temperatures 13 to about 21 degrees. it'll still be windy, though, across the north of scotland. then as we head on into the weekend, it's a bit of a mixture. there'll be showers at times, will be some longer spells of rain, particularly in the north and the west. but it's going to be mild

and especially so on sunday for the 1st of october.

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green anger over the green light. environmental groups criticise the approval for new oil and gas fields off the coast of scotland. at least 115 people die in a fire at an iraqi wedding party. it's thought it might have been caused by indoor fireworks. a quarter of nagorno—karabakh's population has left the disputed territory. armenia says more than 40,000 people have crossed its border. a 15—year—old schoolgirl is stabbed to death in south london — a teenage boy has been arrested. hello, i'm rich preston. welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. the uk government has given

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