welcome to the programme, lots to get through, but we start with the champions league, where the group stages have reached the halfway point, and the current holders look like they're the team to beat. manchester city have maintained their 100% record in the group stages, making it three wins from three after beating young boys 3—1. manuel akanji put city ahead before young boys equalised with a brilliant finish from meschack elia but a penalty and a late strike from erling haaland meant city take home all three points. they're also three points clear of rb leipzig, who beat red star belgrade 3—1. newcastle's unbeaten start to the tournament is over. they went down 1—0 to borussia dortmund — felix nmecha with the goal. newcastle were unfortunate not to get a point late on, as they hit the post twice. defeat leaves them 3rd

in the group after psg thrashed ac milan 3—0. celtic have got their first point of this year's competition, but they arguably should have had more. they led twice at celtic park, but twice atletico madrid came back into it — alvaro morata with the spanish side's second as the match finished 2—2. feyenoord top the group after beating lazio 3—1. elsewhere, porto came from behind to beat royal antwerp 4—1 and barcelona have made it 3 wins from 3 — as they beat shakhtar donetsk 2—1 at home which sets them up nicely for saturday's el clasico against real madrid in la liga. we will get there. we'll arrive in top shape. we must now disconnect and rest until tomorrow. we must enjoy this victory. it is a very important one for us. three points which are vital for us in this competition. we must now disconnect from this tournament and focus on the clasico. i think we will arrive well.

it's true that their players with way too many minutes on the pitch and feeling tired, mainly because of sunday's game against bilbao. it was a very hard game and some players noticed that tonight. i think that physically we did very well. belgium, germany and the netherlands will lodge a joint bid to host the 2027 women's world cup. the tournament has been held in europe three times out of nine, but competition is expected from south africa, brazil and a joint bid from the us and mexico. fifa has said prospective hosts must submit their bids by the 8th december, with a final decision due to be announced in may next year. to the cricket world cup in india where it was all about glenn maxwell. he produced a stunning innings, scoring a century offjust a0 balls, the fastest in world cup history, to guide australia to a record win against the netherlands. joe lynskey was watching. he came up to bat with

just 11 overs next. what came next was joy and chaos. glenn maxwell took aim for the night sky and broke a world cup record, a century against the netherlands scored in a0 balls of breathless cricket. what a shot that is, that is insane. that extraordinary shot got maxwell to 50. 1a balls later, he doubled his score. for the netherlands, it felt cruel. their world cup has been a sign of cricket's growth around the world, now it all went against them. the hundred came at nine fours and eight sixes. it's being walloped! a fitting tribute for his newborn son, logan maverick maxwell. australia had made 399, it would be too much for the dutch. they were bowled out for 90, more than 300 runs short. it made this the world cup�*s largest winning margin,

a day of records for australia and maxwell's greatest hits. i love the fastest 50, fastest 100 records. i think they are pretty cool records and sometimes, to the detriment of myself, i've always probably pushed the boundaries a bit too much. i've been in those positions before where i could make fast hundreds, when i get on a run, i know i'm difficult to bowl to. it is just about getting past the first ball. fantastic innings to get the fastest hundred in world cup history is not something you see every day. as he came in, he sort of looked like he was on it from the start. obviously made us pay. he helped himself and we helped him a little as well. what a fantastic innings and he hit all corners of the ground. it's been a day of double retirements for two british rugby players. wales fly half leigh halfpenny has revealed the match

against the barbarians a week on saturday will be his last international appearance, while ben youngs, england's most capped men's player, will end his international career after the world cup third—place play—off against argentina on friday — winning his 127th and final cap. youngs made his test debut against scotland in march 2010, when current coach steve borthwick was captain. i feel incredibly proud to have done it for this long. i think it's taken a huge amount of effort to do it for 13 years, and it's just fitting. it feels right. i feel so privileged to be able to play and walk away on my terms. i've always had this focus of getting to this world cup, and i neverfelt that, after this world cup, i would need to carry on or anything like that. i look forward to playing club rugby and look forward to supporting this team from a distance, but it's been a great ride.

ben has been a tremendous player for english rugby for such a long time. 0ur record cap holder, test appearances, player who has seen a lot, been to four world cups, and i think has played an important role within the squad, this world cup helping, particularly mitchell, helping the team progress through this tournament, so i think a guy who is a brilliant player and a fantastic team man. meanwhile, england captain 0wen farrell says the online abuse tom curry has received is unacceptable. curry appears to have been targeted after claiming he was racially abused by bongi mbonambi during england's semi—final defeat to south africa last weekend. world rugby are investigating the incident. what isn't understandable is the amount of abuse he has got. the effect that that has, notjust on him, as well,

is the bit that i, and we, i don't think we really understand it. it seems to be going more and more like this, but it shouldn't be. meanwhile, the rugby football union have revealed talks are under way for a women's international against new zealand at twickenham next year, in what would be a repeat of last year's world cup final. england's women first played at twickenham last year when over 58,000 fans watched them beat france to win the six nations grand slam. we are a squad that wants to keep breaking world records, and what better place to do it than at twickenham, again, against new zealand? i think another stand—alone game. the others we had the ireland one in six nations, but you have new zealand there, it will be a game we want to be involved in. it's been a day to forget for two british tennis players.

despite winning the first set, andy murray lost in three to argentine tomas etcheverry in the second round of the swiss indoors. and in vienna, fellow brit cameron norrie is out of the austrian 0pen, also in the second round. he was beaten in straight sets by 5th seed alexander zverev, losing 6—2, 6—4, in a match that lasted just over an hour. no problems for the defending champion daniil medvedev as he eased through to the last 16. the top seed beat frenchman arthur fils in straight sets, losing just five points on his own serve. wins too for gael monfils and jannik sinner. the route for next year's tour de france has been revealed — with the race starting in florence and, because of the olympics, it'll end in nice rather than paris. there are eight stages that could favour the sprinter mark cavendish as he looks to break the stage victories record he shares with eddie merckx, although the manx rider says he's "shocked at how hard this tour is". and the countdown is on until the world heavyweight champion tyson fury takes on former ufc champion francis ngannou on saturday.

ahead of that bout, the pair have held an open workout in riyadh. fury is the favourite to win the fight but none of his heavyweight belts will be on the line, should he suffer a shock defeat. and if you're a san antonio spurs fan, you're all set for an exciting night as victor wembanyama makes his regular season debut for the san antonio spurs. but the number one draft pick has already made his mark across the texas city, with murals of him on buildings all over town. fans have completely embraced the 19—year—old frenchman, who is tasked with turning the spurs' future around after a disappointing campaign last season. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website, but from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye.

hello there. let's take a look at the latest weather for the week ahead. on wednesday, we did have some sunshine around, but it was a very wet start to the day across southern counties of england, particularly through hampshire and the isle of wight. you can see flooded roads there in east cowes on the island, not far from the ferry terminal. and whilst we did have a met office amber warning out for that heavy rain, it was significant. some parts of the island, in knighton, for example, seeing three weeks' worth of october rainfall injust over 12 hours. looking to the next few days, we hold on to this static pattern, really, of low pressure systems after low pressure systems bringing outbreaks of rain and their associated weather fronts with the jet stream running to the south of us, directing them towards our shores. here is thursday. we've got outbreaks of rain

from the overnight period working their way northwards towards the north—east of england and across parts of scotland as well. elsewhere, through the midlands, in towards wales and the south, some sunshine but also a number of showers. same, too, across parts of northern ireland. temperatures in the south in the mid—teens, cooler further north. and then looking into thursday evening, you can see that rain still with us, tracking north in towards parts of the north—east of scotland and certainly across parts of the east and north—east, we could well see the rain totals mounting up as we head through the next few days. elsewhere, it's a little bit drier, but there will be some cloud and some outbreaks of rain. temperatures around 9—10 celsius as the overnight low. to friday, once again, low pressure situated towards the west, sending weather fronts our way. a brisk wind around the south—west through the channel there and across parts of the north—east coast of england and in towards eastern scotland as well, where that rain is set to continue. elsewhere, though, through much of england and wales, some sunshine, also a number of showers, similar across parts of northern ireland.

temperatures once again, 10—12 celsius across scotland, a little bit milderfurther south, in towards the mid—teens. so, saturday, it's a similar picture. we do have low pressure situated towards the west and outbreaks of rain and weather fronts working in from the south across parts of england, in towards wales and northern ireland. for scotland, we've got a wind coming in off the north sea, quite brisk at times, bringing some cloud and further outbreaks of rain. elsewhere on saturday, we've got some sunshine through parts of the east midlands, in towards east anglia as well, where we'll see temperatures in the mid—teens, perhaps 16 in the london area. on sunday, there's the jet stream once again just running to the south of us and directing areas of low pressure and rain our way. but just look where this weather front is here, because that is the dividing line between some colder air moving in from the north across parts of scotland, milder weather further south. exactly where that weather front is likely to sit could well pose a few issues because along it, the rain could be heavy and persistent. and if that falls in areas

where we've already seen some significant flooding, well, further impacts may well occur. further north, some sunshine, but a cool north wind. further south, it's milder temperatures once again, into the teens. and then, beyond that into next week, well, thejet stream is still with us, still feeding in this conveyor belt of areas of low pressure. certainly midweek, that deep area of low pressure could well cause a few issues. but you can see on the outlook there, it is an unsettled picture as we round out the end of october and start november. that's the forecast for now.

life in washington, this is bbc news. the head of the un defends his remarks. after three weeks of infighting, conquest select a new house speaker. and ukraine evacuate nearly 1000 children as russia intensifies its fighting in the east. hello, i'm katrina perry. israel's prime minister says he is preparing for a ground invasion of gaza as we take alive look now at gaza city. it

is almost in complete darkness there, it is night—time, as you can say. benjamin netanyahu has not revealed the time of his planned ground offensive. the un, mr kateri said he is shocked by accusations from israel, claiming he had justified the october seven attacks by hamas. he addressed the controversy saying his worth had been misrepresented. i spoke of the grievances of the palestinian people, and in doing so, i also clearly stated, and i quote, that the grievances of the palestinian people cannotjustify grievances of the palestinian people cannot justify the appalling attacks by hamas. and then i went on with my intervention, referring all my positions on all aspects of the middle east crisis. i believe it was necessary to set the

record straight.