they are currently 170—4 from 30 overs. let's move on to football, because it was a busy night in the europa and europa conference leagues. west ham united have become the first english side to go 17 consecutive games in european competition without defeat. they broke the record against the german side freiburg. lucas paqueta and nayef aguerd scoring the goals in a 2—1victory to continue their successful start to life in the europa league. two wins from two for them in group a as they look to build on last year's triumph in the conference league. amongst the other winners on thursday night were liverpool in group e. ryan gravenberch scored his first goal for the club since signing from bayern munich as they beat the belgian side union saint—gilloise 2—0 at anfield. diogojota added the second in injury time. back to back wins for them puts them top of their group. ididn't ididn�*t like i didn't like that we lost the

rhythm after 25 minutes, i don't know exactly, i didn't look at my watch. it is very difficult to keep your rhythm in a game like this but it is very important. it is clear we should have scored before, we should have been 2—0 up. we scored eight, thatis have been 2—0 up. we scored eight, that is fine. a mature, professional performance. we got the result. we got the result. elsewhere in group b, brighton got their first point of the competition after drawing 2—2 with marseille. they stay bottom of the group though after aek athens drew with ajax. there was defeat for rangers, who sacked their manager at the weekend, they were beaten by aris limasol. the italian side atalanta won at sporting lisbon. wins too for villareal and roma. all the results from thursday round of game on the bbc sport website. the former manchester united goalkeeper sergio romero

was the hero for his side boca juniors as they beat hosts palmeiras of brazil 4—2 in a penalty shoot out in the second leg of the semifinal of the copa libertadores in sao paolo. edinson cavani gave the argentinian club the first—half lead, but palmeiras managed to get an equaliser after marcos rojo was sent off. so it went to penalties. romero produced two saves in the shootout to help boca towards a 4—2 win. they will now face brazilian club fluminense in the final at the start of next month. some tennis news because world number two iga swiatek is through to the semifinal of the china open in beijing. she battled back from the brink of defeat against caroline garcia. garcia had been two points from victory but swiatek pulled it back, eventually winning 6—7, 7—6, 6—1. she will now face coco gauff after the american extended her winning streak to 16 matches. the 19—year—old, who won herfirst major title at the us open last

month, beat greek sixth seed maria sakkari 6—2 6—4. we're at the crunch stage of the rugby world cup as the final round of pool games continues across the weekend. there's a big match for the hosts, france, later as they take on italy. new zealand though are through to the quarterfinals after a very comfortable win in their final group game. they demolished uruguay 73—0 in lyon. ii trys in total for the all blacks. they will play ireland or scotland, who meet on saturday in paris, or defending champions south africa in the last eight. so there's a lot riding on the final match of pool a, then. france looking to make it four wins from four. but they're up against an italy side keen to bounce back after a heavy defeat last time out against new zealand. italy need to win to stand any chance of reaching the last eight. it's very tight in that group with all three sides potentially finishing on equal points. lots of very complicated permutations, we'll keep

you right across that on the bbc sport website. translation: italy is going to put eve hinu translation: italy is going to put everything on _ translation: italy is going to put everything on the _ translation: italy is going to put everything on the line. _ translation: italy is going to put everything on the line. they - translation: italy is going to putj everything on the line. they played very well, even though they had a big loss against new zealand. we know they want to bounce back against us. we expect a very big fight. we have thought about this game for two weeks now. we are very focused to achieve a great performance. the wnba will be getting a 13th team and it has been awarded to the golden state warriors. their owner, joe lacob, says the expansion team, which will play in the bay area, will win a title in five years. warriors steph curry applauded the move. it is awesome. i remember being in charlotte back in the day when the team showed up for the first time and the energy around the city was

awesome, so knowing thejourney and the energy around the city was awesome, so knowing the journey the wnba and the opportunity for expansion and the fact that you have a team here in the day is going to be fun. that's all the sport for now. a man has been charged in connection with a suspected plot to kidnap the television presenter holly willoughby. essex police said 36—year—old gavin plumb had been charged with "soliciting to commit murder and incitement to commit kidnap". holly willoughby did not appear on yesterday's edition of itv�*s this morning. she was said to be under police protection at her home on thursday night. a spokesperson for itv said, "this news has come as a huge shock to everyone at this morning and itv. we are providing all of the support we can to holly

and her family at this incredibly distressing time." live now to the newsroom and our correspondent sarah campbell. sarah, what more do we know? good morning. obviously, this is very much a developing story and now an active police investigation, so the details we can say about this are limited. as she said, essex police are saying that 36—year—old gavin plumb was arrested on wednesday. they are saying at 36—year—old man from harlow arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to kidnap as part of an ongoing investigation. this arrest was made on wednesday. he is currently on custody, due to reappear later today at chelmsford magistrates' court. the story first

came to light really yesterday morning when holly willoughby, one of itv but not biggest stars, didn't present this morning yesterday. it was first reported in the sand that this was because she had been the target of an alleged plot. the newspaper reported that the police had found sinister messages threatening to kidnap and harm the store, saying digital devices and mobile phones were taken during the arrest. we have also heard from a detective, who has added this was an extremely fast—paced investigation with many officers and national partners working overnight to securities charges. the safeguarding of any victim is paramount and we will continue to prioritise this and are working with the metropolitan police service as the investigation

proceeds. sojust police service as the investigation proceeds. so just to police service as the investigation proceeds. sojust to reiterate police service as the investigation proceeds. so just to reiterate 30 sexual gavin plumb was arrested on wednesday and was charged with soliciting to commit murder and incitement to commit kidnap of the tv presenter holly willoughby. i mention some of the statement from itv earlier. what else is the broadcaster saying? the broadcaster itself, itv, in theirstatement broadcaster saying? the broadcaster itself, itv, in their statement said the news has come as a huge shock to everyone at this morning and itv and we are providing all the support we can to holly and her family at this incredibly distressing time. this morning the programme us on this morning the programme us on this morning as usual. they said this at the top of the show, dermot said we are not going to talk too much about it but holly is on the front pages after police arrested a 30 sexual man over an alleged kidnap plot. he has not been charged by essex

police. alison hammond said we are obviously all shocked about the new simply want to send our love and biggest hugs to holly and her family. clearly, a lot of concern from the broadcaster about holly willoughby, he has been linked to the programme for many years, one of their star talents over at itv and their star talents over at itv and the very worrying news today that she appears to have been, or a man has been charged with soliciting to commit murder and a plot to kidnap her. sarah, thank you. hello. some big weather contrasts across the uk this weekend. let's talk temperature first of all. this first chart shows how temperatures compared to normal — blues cooler than normal, reds are much warmer than normal. ten, 11, 12 degrees above average actually this weekend across parts of iberia and central europe. and that warmth is extended to much of the uk — exception being through scotland, where not only will it be

cooler, but notice this. this is how rainfall totals will be totting up. dry in the south but pretty wet, argyll and bute and the highlands could see 100 to 150 millimetres of rain — that could cause some landslips and flooding. and it's all these weather fronts here which are just moving around slowly. this area of high pressure, which is drawing up the warmer air and perhaps even a little saharan dust at times. the weather front responsible for rain in scotland, well, today, that's across northern england, northern ireland through this afternoon. outbreaks of rain — that will push into southwest scotland increasingly later on. north—east scotland stays with sunny spells, but windy here, 50, 60 mile an hour gusts still. blustery elsewhere, but further south, we are brighter conditions, spells of sunshine and feeling warmer. 22 in london and norwich, compared to 13 in stornoway and lerwick, made to feel even colder in stornoway and lerwick given the strength of the wind. now, that wind remains a feature through tonight, easing just a tiny bit. but the rain whilst in north wales, northern england and northern ireland will be on and off for a time before drying out later. scotland, the more persistent rain really sets in, becoming very heavy in the hills,

in the southwest in particular later in the night. it does keep temperatures up, though. that feed of warmer air pushing in, temperatures for many in the teens as we start saturday. but a distinct north—south contrast. we'll see some low cloud around some southern coasts, some of which will come and go through the day. but spells of hazy sunshine elsewhere. northern england, northern ireland brighten up after a cloudy start. but whilst we'll see sunshine in northern scotland, outbreaks of persistent rain through much of the mainland and feeling cold as well for this stage of the year. nine degrees in aberdeen, maybe even lower than that in the highlands, 2a towards london. though warmer conditions, though, will become a bit more dominant in the north through into sunday. still cloud, still some outbreaks of rain, but mainly in the north of scotland, one or two showers elsewhere. but improvement on saturday, temperatures up into the low if not mid—teens by then. elsewhere, widely high teens, low 20s, although down a little bit on saturday's values to the south and the east. warms up again though across the south as we head through the early part of next week, turns cooler, more unsettled later and distinctly cooler across the north. take care.

live from london, this is bbc news. jailed iranian women's rights campaigner narges mohammadi wins the nobel peace prize. her husband tells the bbc this is a prize for the woman, life and freedom movement. it comes as a teenage girl struggles for her life after an alleged assault by the iranian morality police. funerals for some of the 100 people killed in a drone attack in syria. families were attending a graduation ceremony for military graduates in homs. in scotland, a key win at the polls

for the labour party. with a general election expected next year, opposition leader keir starmer describes the by—election result as �*seismic�*. this is a first step on a very, very importantjourney for all of us in scotland, for all of us across the whole of the united kingdom. and the taylor swift heroes tour film becomes a blockbuster before hitting cinemas, as global advance sales top $100 million. welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. a woman locked in an iranian prison cell has won the nobel peace prize. narges mohammadi — the most prominent of iran's women's rights advocates — was honoured for what the nobel committee said was her "fight against the oppression of women in iran and her efforts for promoting human rights

and freedom for all".