but host braga later on tuesday, while lens last had a home game 21 years ago, since when, they've been relegated and promoted in the french league three times. and old trafford also welcomes back champions league football, as manchester united take on galatasaray, having made their worst start to a premier league season. another defeat at the weekend to crystal palace left them 10th in the table. who's just left palace and also had a brief spell at manchester united, wilfried zaha. obviously, they have a good team, but at the same time, we have players who can hurt them as well so me personally, i'm just looking forward to the game. united lost their opening group match at bayern munich, who play copenhagen. also on tuesday, napoli against real madrid might be the match of the night. while lens host arsenal, whose flight to france

was delayed by five hours because of bad weather. the high—profile new arrivals at the saudi pro league teams mean there are perhaps more eyes on the asian version of the champions league than ever before. but also because of a recent agreement saudi clubs are playing matches in iran this season for the first time since 2016. on monday, though, al ittihad's match against iranian club sepahan was cancelled at the last minute. the stadium in the city of isfahan was packed with 60 thousand fans, but the saudi team — featuring the likes of karim benzema and n'golo kante — never came out of the dressing room. the club were opposed to a statue of an iranian general assassinated in 2020 being placed at the entrance to the pitch. the asian football confederation said the game had been "cancelled due to unanticipated and unforeseen circumstances". it's the final round of cricket world cup warm—ups in india today, but the host nation's match against the netherlands has been abandoned because of the weather. afghanistan are chasing 295 to beat sri lanka, while two contenders

are playing in hyderabad. australia chose to bat against pakistan. finishing on 351 for 7, with glenn maxwell and cameron green both hitting quickfire fifties. maxwell has taken one of the pakistan wickets to fall. they're 65 for 3 in the 14th over. the australian open tennis will switch to a sunday start. and be held over 15 days instead of 14 for the first time next year in an attempt to avoid night matches finishing in the early hours of the following morning. late sessions that stretch into the early hours have become common at the season's first grand slam, with andy murray describing his finish at five past four in a match this year as a "farce". data showed matches are now longer and the extra day is expected to alleviate the pressure on players and fans. to gymnastics now, the world championships, at which the first medals will be won in belgium later on tuesday. max whitlock is a part of the great britain team in antwerp

as he marks his return to the sport. the three—time olympic champion took time off after tokyo, where he won pommel horse gold, but says the decision to step away is one he has benefited from. my my love for the sport has come back i suppose even more than it was before tokyo, which is nice, i have returned with almost a refreshed feeling almost like a younger version of myself, back where i was competing years and years ago, which is nice. so i think that has been really nice. but i think, yes, there is huge positives coming back and one thing particularly as gymnastics gives me such a real sense of purpose. gives me such a real sense of --urose. gives me such a real sense of purpose-— purpose. the action begins in antwerp later _ purpose. the action begins in antwerp later on _ purpose. the action begins in antwerp later on tuesday, i purpose. the action begins in l antwerp later on tuesday, you purpose. the action begins in - antwerp later on tuesday, you can follow it via a website where you can get the sports news of the day, but that is it for now. thank you very much indeed for the round—up of the latest sports. decisions made by borisjohnson and his government during the pandemic will come under scrutiny as the latest part

of the covid inquiry, which continues today. whatsapp messages sent between the former prime minister and other senior officials are expected to form an important part of the evidence, as our health reporter jim reed reports. outside this inquiry in west london, families gathered. relatives of some of those who lost their lives to covid want to see more bereaved families called to give evidence. out of respect for the bereaved, we certainly feel that it should be a dozen, 20 people. clearly not everybody, but certainly so lady hallett and everybody else within the inquiry gets a real understanding of what's happened. inside the building, the chair opened this section of the inquiry with a message to those families. we simply do not have the time to call more witnesses. the need for me to reach conclusions and make recommendations to reduce suffering in the future when the next pandemic hits the uk is pressing. a powerful film was played, with testimony from some of those most affected.

the care home was closed to visitors. i we had the lockdown, so i was unable to visit my mum. the care home was closed to visitors. this crucial second part of the inquiry will run until christmas and examine key decisions made during the pandemic, including the speed of the government's response, the effectiveness of social distancing, facemasks and other lockdown measures, and public confidence in the government, including the effect of any rule breaches by ministers and officials. they expect senior politicians, including borisjohnson, to give evidence, and their whatsapp messages to be made public. at the conservative party conference this morning, the prime minister refused to be drawn on reports that he has failed to hand over texts after changing his phone. have you said in your written testimony that there are some messages, because of a change in your phone or whatever it might

be, that you don't have access to? i think, as people will know, this is a legal inquiry. - there is a full process. i submit a lot of different - evidence and documentation, i will be interviewed, all of that will be - transparent and public. and of course, i'm helping with all of that, as people would expect. l we want to learn the lessons from covid. i learning those lessons will take time, with the inquiry set to last for three more years. expect to hear much more about the vaccine roll—out, about care homes, about the nhs, about crucial decisions which changed so many lives. jim reed, bbc news. former president donald trump has returned to court for the second part of a fraud trial which could threaten his empire.— part of a fraud trial which could threaten his empire. these pictures are of him arriving _ threaten his empire. these pictures are of him arriving a _ threaten his empire. these pictures are of him arriving a few— threaten his empire. these pictures are of him arriving a few moments. are of him arriving a few moments ago. mrtrump and his are of him arriving a few moments ago. mr trump and his company are accused of committing rampant fraud by inflating the value of his real estate empire. mr trump, by inflating the value of his real estate empire. mrtrump, who by inflating the value of his real estate empire. mr trump, who has denied all wrongdoing was on the

defensive even before the trial began yesterday. well, let's take your life to the scene inside the courthouse. and we are waiting, mr trump and his legal team to arrive into that court room. this is the scene, you can see police and the waiting press patiently waiting for mr trump to make his way from downstairs to i believe upstairs, to the court room. we will try and follow that story as we can. let's take you no to oxford. a fireball lit up the sky over oxford, in the south of england, last night — after lightning hit gas containers at a food—waste recycling plant. there were no reported casualties, but roads in the area were closed, as emergency crews worked through the night to control the fire. sean coughlean has the details. after last night's explosion, here is the scene this morning, with three of the biogas units appearing to have been hit by the blast. no—one was hurt, but the lightning

strike at the severn trent processing plant had caused a huge fireball over cassington, outside oxford. oh, my god! as well as lighting up the skies, it lit up social media. people from miles around startled by the explosion and the orange glow in the sky. roads are being closed after the blast, caused by the igniting of gas being generated in a plant which turns waste food into energy. the industrial site was empty last night, but locals, including terry godfrey, heard the explosion that came during a thunderstorm. an enormous flash, followed by a very, very loud bang. i just assumed it was a lightning strike very nearby. a couple of minutes later, my neighbour e—mailed and said, "i have just heard that huge bang and flash and looked outside and there is a red glow in the sky."

and i said to her, "oh, it's possible, i suppose, it hit the digestive system at worton." i went upstairs to look out the window, couldn't see anything, but there were about six fire engines at the end of the lane. and after a while, they moved off towards worton to deal with it. after the drama of last night, with the huge fireball in the sky, it's much calmer this morning. we've had some firefighters on—site, they're in a cherry picker looking down on the scene at the moment. so far, we think three storage units have been damaged, they will be checking for the scale of the destruction, and we expect safety experts to look at the scene and work out how the lightning strike caused such a dramatic explosion over the skies of oxfordshire. oxfordshire fire and rescue were at the scene through the night and say an investigation will continue for the next few days. sean coughlan, bbc news.

this is a camel heading to be blessed at stjohn the divine cathedral, but it wasn't the only animal there were hundreds, including a huge snake, a pony, an ostrich, geese and of course, cats and dogs. animal lovers of many faiths brought their ferry and in the case of that snake slithering friends to receive a blessing for good health and good luck. we're told there was only one small accident when one animal —— with one animal. otherwise, it all went smoothly. that is it, stay with us on bbc news. hello. it has freshened up a little bit in the last 2a hours. it was quite a humid, cloudy day for many of us yesterday. then a cold front swept through. you can see it on the edge of the screen moving from germany and also denmark. and in the wake of this weather front, we've

got sunny spells and showers, brought by this westerly atlantic breeze. and the temperatures this afternoon about 14 in glasgow, nudging up to afternoon about 1k in glasgow, nudging up to 18 or 19 in the south and the south east. now, tonight, and the south east. now, tonight, and other weather front approaches. it will reach northern ireland and scotland through the early hours. and it will be quite persistent, so it is not going to be moving much to the north or south, it willjust keep coming. and i think quite a lot of rain to come across this part of the country. temperatures will be about the same weather you are in the north of the south. this is a weather map for wednesday, large area of high pressure and warm weather across more south western parts of europe. we are closer to the weather front here so a soggy day across parts of western scotland through tomorrow. south of that weather front, through tomorrow. south of that weatherfront, with through tomorrow. south of that weather front, with this south—westerly winds, it is starting to turn a little more humid again. temperatures are in the high teens as far north as newcastle. and in the north of scotland, a little bit fresher at around 12 or 13 the other side of the weather front. this is

the forecast for thursday. notice we're starting to develop a southerly breeze or south, south—westerly. this weather front will bring cloud and some rain to ireland, parts western scotland. the further south and south east you are, the drier and brighter the weather will be. so a decent day for east anglia and the south east. i will skip towards the weekend. notice the large scale weather patterns across the atlantic. the weather fronts veer off to the north. and we develop this more southerly flow of air. so a warm atmosphere coming home from the south thanks to this dip in the jet stream which is scooping up the warm air. look at the hot conditions across spain and portugal, france, where you could see temperatures widely into the 20s, may be in the middle high 20s briefly across the south of the country. we have already had temperatures into the 20s and early october. that warmth is sustained for some of us. this is a chilly quite extraordinary really, but something we expect more often

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welcome to the programme. it's day three of the conservative party conference in manchester. as hs2 continues to dominate discussions at the conference, today other senior ministers have been trying to move away from that topic to focus on their own agendas. and this afternoon we'll hear speeches from the justice secretary alex chalk.

he's expected to outline his plans to introduce jade's law, which will see people found guilty of murdering their partner lose their parental rights. and then we'll hear from the home secretary suella braverman, who in a speech last week in the us said multiculturalism had failed, and called for changes to the 1951 refugee convention. let's cross live now to our political correspondent nick eardley who's at the conference in manchester. nick we have what are expected to be key speaches by the home and justice secretaries but the government can't seem to shake questions about the hs2 rail link. james lowe has been one of the more popular stories on the website and the announcement expected from the justice secretary, few people would disagree with it. i justice secretary, few people would disagree with it.— disagree with it. i think that is robabl disagree with it. i think that is probably a _ disagree with it. i think that is probably a fair— disagree with it. i think that is

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