hello and welcome along, where we begin with football and the premier league, where tottenham hotspur are back on top of the table after a 2—0 win over fulham. goals from son heung—min and james maddison sealed the victory. the result means fulham stay 13th. spurs appear to be a team transformed under australian ange postecoglou, and it may not be long before they're viewed as genuine title challengers. the spurs boss was delighted with his goalscorers. it's great. they're both quality players and they're obviously leaders at the club, and i thought they really handled it well today in terms of, again, like the rest of the team, particularly, just with their work ethic. they're both quality players with the ball. but their ability to press the opposition and work hard for the team is a credit to them. but again, they're also involved in the second

half of us not playing the football we want to, so there's lessons in there for all of us. i hope that the goals will come. we have been creating more and the less— we have been creating more and the less games, that is a good thing — the less games, that is a good thing playing tottenham away from — thing playing tottenham away from home and away we have created — from home and away we have created is _ from home and away we have created is a good sign. i think first— created is a good sign. i think first with _ created is a good sign. i think first with the moments that we had with— first with the moments that we had with the transitions, some good _ had with the transitions, some good contact, we should have created — good contact, we should have created even more and of course, _ created even more and of course, we have to keep working with the — course, we have to keep working with the players to give confidence to them because they need _ confidence to them because they need confidence to score goals and to— need confidence to score goals and to be — need confidence to score goals and to be better the attack. so, tottenham have made an impressive start to life under ange postecoglou, and that is definitely reflected in the top of the premier league table. they sit two points ahead of manchester city and arsenal — in second and third, respectively. not long to recover now for spurs — they play again on friday night, away at iith—placed crystal palace. in spain's la liga, valencia were 2—0 winners over cadiz, moving them up to eighth place, while the visitors remain three points above the drop zone. both goals for the hosts came

in the first half, with cadiz seeing robert navarro sent off for a straight red just 22 minutes in. while in italy's serie a, empoli climbed out of the bottom three with a 2—0 win away to fiorentina. goals by francesco caputo and emmanuel gyasi handed the visitors the win, while udinese drop into the bottom three after a 1—1 draw against lecce. there are continuing tributes to manchester united and england hero sir bobby charlton. fans and players have been paying their respects to theirformerforward and club ambassador, who passed away on saturday, at the age of 86. richard askam reports. commentator: on his right foot! as a super—star footballer and a man of impeccable character, sir bobby charlton touched the lives of everyone he met. i always asked how he was and it was like just meeting an old mate.

"good to see you," and then he'd be away. even the young ones know about sir bobby. sir bobby rose to the very top of the football tree, but never looked down on anyone. he was so humble. he was great. you would speak to him for five minutes and you'd think- you'd known him for years. it was unbelievable, this warmth _ it was unbelievable, this warmth that— it was unbelievable, this warmth that came - it was unbelievable, this warmth that came from i it was unbelievable, this . warmth that came from him it was unbelievable, this - warmth that came from him was amazing — his generosity was well—known, and for one lucky fan, it even went as far as handing over his lunch. on the train back from an arsenal game in the 19705, he wasn't playing then, but he used to travel with them. and he gave me a steak butty. he clocked me looking at his dinner. he said, "are you hungry?" he said, here. he put some steak on the piece of bread and gave it to me. laughter that is wonderful, isn't it?

part of special memories which paint a clear picture of a very special man. there will be a minute's silence prior to manchester united's champions league game with copenhagen on tuesday. players will also wear black armbands. erik ten hag has been speaking ahead of that game, and say�*s charlton's legacy will live on. bobby was a legend, a giant, not only for manchester united, but for football. so, his legacy was, what he left was the high standards we have to live every day. the high standards we have to deliver every day. to the cricket world cup — england's chances of making the knockout stage were given a boost after afghanistan scored another famous upset at the tournament in india earlier on monday. they beat pakistan by eight wickets and are in with a chance of qualification to the semi—finals themselves. imran sidat was watching.

a meeting of near—neighbours in chennai, withjonathan trott�*s side hoping to reach the heights of their england victory. his decision vindicated early on, as the openers passed 50 without loss. but then the wickets began to fall, as afghanistan sensed an opportunity. when mohammad rizwan went to the spin of teenager noor ahmad, the momentum was now firmly with the minnows. pakistan needed to turn the tide, and when they are in need of some inspiration, babar azam is usually the man they look to. the skipper leading from the front, as he reached his half—century. he made 7a, before ahmad struck again to leave the pakistanis in trouble, at 206—5. the arrival of ahmad was just the tonic they needed, as some late big—hitting saw them reach 282 from 50 overs. a good start was essential if the afghans were going to get close, and they gotjust that with the dangerous rahmanullah gurbaz.

leading the charge. the opening pair put on a century partnership, as the opening bowlers began to feel the heat. ibrahim zadran he was eyeing his own century. but when he was dismissed, the celebrations told you everything. with pressure building, attack is often the best form of defence, as rahmat shah edged his country closer to the victory. the rank outsiders claimed yet another huge world cup scalp to throw the race for the semifinals wide open. that is afg hanistan�*s that is afghanistan's first one—day international win over pakistan and their highest odi chase and this is the reaction of the afghanistan coach jonathan trott after his side's victory. i thought the players in the middle, their emotions were outstanding. i think to have a historic

win like this as well for the players, you could easily get ahead of yourself or get a bit nervous or panicky. i thought the way shah played... there are still a few things, a few singles he could've maybe taken to take the pressure off himself, but the shot that he played there to hit a straight six sort of broke the back of the game. and some sad news to bring you also from the world of cricket now with the announcement that indian cricket legend bishan singh bedi has died. he was aged 77 and had been battling age—related illnesses. bedi was regarded as one of the world's finest ever spin bowlers and captained india in 22 of his 67 tests, taking 266 wickets. staying with cricket — former england spinner and 2017 world cup winner alex hartley has been announced as assistant spin coach at pakistan's men's super league franchise multan sultans. hartley retired from the sport in august and she joins former ireland player catherine dalton as the first of two female coaches in the psl. it was one of those where i got

asked to do some social media for them, and they came back and was asked if i fancy being assistant spin coach. it's an opportunity ijust can't turn down. to have that opportunity to work in a men's environment, to work in a franchise as one of my first coaching gigs is a huge opportunity. and for anyone to turn that down, _ and for anyone to turn that down, i_ and for anyone to turn that down, i think they would be very— down, i think they would be very sitty~ _ england's wayne barnes will referee the rugby world cup final between new zealand and south africa at stade de france in paris on saturday. barnes is the world's most capped referee, with 110 tests, having made his debut working on fiji and samoa in suva back in june 2006. he'll become the second englishman to officiate a rugby world cup final after ed morrison, who was in charge when new zealand and south africa last met in the final in 1995. cycling — geraint thomas says he's still got two more big years in him, after he signed a new two—year contract with ineos grenadiers.

the former tour de france champion and double—olympic gold medallist had been approaching the end of his current deal. the 37—year old says, "although you never say never, in my head, this is my last contract". and what about this to finish in major league baseball? texas rangers' mitch garver hit a solo homer in game 6 of their american league championship series against the houston astros. fans had gloves in the crowd, but this guyjust casually caught it barehanded — a glove on the other hand. and he looked pretty chilled out about it afterwards as well, as the rangers won 9—2 to force a game 7 decider. how easy was that?! you can get all the latest sports news at the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc

marvellous sport centre team, goodbye. hello there. we've started this week off on a fine note, but things are turning more unsettled now tuesday onwards, and by the end of the week, it'll be turning windier with plenty of blustery showers. so, rain at times over the next few days, but there will be some drier, brighter, sunnier moments at times. the pressure chart for tuesday is pretty complicated. we've got a mess of weather fronts across the country, so generally cloudy, i think, today, with variable amounts of rain. i think most of the rain, persistent at times, will be across northern and eastern england — areas that really don't need any more rainfall, so we have a met office yellow warning in here in force for tuesday up until around lipm. elsewhere, there will be some sunshine around — best of it, scotland, maybe southern england, but even here, there'll be a few showers as well.

temperatures, 10—15 degrees, and winds will remain light and variable for many. now, as we head through tuesday night, that area of low pressure starts to push back in towards the northeast and we could see some rain for eastern scotland, northeast england — again, areas that don't need the rain. another pulse of rain running across southern britain thanks to another area of low pressure. but in—between, drier spells with clear skies, variable cloud, but a milder night to come — temperatures 5—8 degrees. for wednesday, again, we're in—between weather systems. with light winds, we'll start off with some rain perhaps across the southeast. it could linger here through the day and that front across the northeast will still push some cloud and rain in towards eastern scotland, maybe north—east england — again, areas that really don't need any more rainfall. but elsewhere, from northern ireland, down through much of england, wales, we should see some sunshine around. the highs of ia or 15 degrees, but then it starts to turn wetter and windier in the southwest later in the day, and that's because this much larger area of low pressure will dominate the weather scene for thursday and friday and even into the weekend, bringing

plenty of showers and strong winds, particularly towards the south and the west. so, the winds picking up across western areas through thursday. band of rain spreads northwards again, bringing rainfall to areas that don't need it. but for much of the country, northern ireland, the rest of england, wales, sunny spells, scattered showers. some of these will be heavy and thundery in places, particularly towards the southwest. temperatures reaching 15 degrees. if we factor in the wind, might not feel that mild. similar story on friday and into the weekend — low pressure sticks nearby, with further showers or even longer spells of rain. take care.

this is bbc news. hamas releases two elderly hostages but hundreds more remain in custody including the husbands of the released women. israel stepped up air strikes on gaza as the us there is no ceasefire until all remaining hostages are freed. and pakistan's highest court voids the trials of more than 100 people accused of more than 100 people accused of attacking military compounds after the arrest of the former prime minister imran khan.

hamas has released two more hostages, elderly women in poor health. these are pictures of their arrival at a hospital in tel aviv after they were handed over to the israeli military. soldiers carried the women into the medical facility soldiers carried the women into the medicalfacility on the medical facility on stretchers. nurit cooper and yocheved lifshitz were taken in the hamas attack two weeks ago and held hostage in gaza. this is the moment on egyptian state news that the pair were transferred to ambulances at the rafah border crossing with egypt. while i cannot put into words the relief that she is now safe, i will remain focused on securing the release of my father and the 200 innocent people who remain hostages in gaza. the release brings the total number of hostages released to four but israel says more than 200 are still

being held.