"the decision not to put the evidence before an independent disciplinary panel has denied the disciplinary process the opportunity to hear tom curry�*s voice and to independently assess his account of these serious events, together with the other available evidence. abuse of any kind is not acceptable and goes against the core values of rugby. it is important that it is safe and acceptable for everyone involved in rugby union to raise concerns." it's been a dreadful start for england, in their hopes of salvaging their cricket world cup. they're already seven wickets down against sri lanka in bengaluru. dawid malan, joe root and jonny bairstow all went inside the first hour. root�*s came amid some confusion with bairstow, in which he was run out, scoring just three runs. they've not fared much better since. now 123—7.

both sides have won just one of their opening four games and will likely need to win their remaining five to qualify for a top four spot, and semifinal place... so plenty at stake here. a blow for newcastle united in europe, they were beaten by dortmund at stjames park in their champions league group game. eddie howe�*s side failed to capture the intensity that saw them hammer paris saint germain in their last group match. felix nmecha scored the only goal of the game for the german side, the win lifting them above newcastle in the group but they share the same points. the manager wants to put the result behind them. of course disappointment because we haven't won and we've lost the game. it wasn't to be, so we have to take it, and, as i say, review the game. very turn our attention now to wells, but nothing is lost, was still there, was still fighting but we've got some tough games ahead. well psg's comfortable 3—0 win over ac milan puts them back at the top of that group —

but it's mighty close. kylian mbappe on target for them. holders manchester city won 3—1 away at young boys... haaland with two of their goals. a win for barcelona too. and celtic were denied a long awaited home champions league win, after atletico madrid came back to level their match 2—2. england take on belgium in the women's nations league on friday. the lionesses looking to bounce back from defeat to the netherlands, and return to the top of their group where they will need to finish, to remain in contention for next year's olympics. sarina wiegman�*s side meet belgium again next week — knows they need to deliver over the next 7 days. with their defence and form in the spotlight. we always want to win and we know the expectations are high but we have our own expectations as well. what we really want to do, of course we lost the last game, we were not happy with that, and we want to bounce back. we'rejust working on improving the game again, doing things right and playing very well against belgium having a good result. that's how we approach it, and those of the expectations. fix,

and those of the expectations. a clean sheet doesn't define a performance in any way, there are lots of _ performance in any way, there are lots of different factors that play into a _ lots of different factors that play into a performance. on top of that, we know_ into a performance. on top of that, we know that we can be better and are always — we know that we can be better and are always looking to improve and be better, _ are always looking to improve and be better, and _ are always looking to improve and be better, and that's the exciting thing — better, and that's the exciting thing about it. we know we haven't quite _ thing about it. we know we haven't quite hit _ thing about it. we know we haven't quite hit the levels we would like to and _ quite hit the levels we would like to and that's what we are focusing on now _ all eyes were on the nba's number one draft pick — victor wembanyama for his highly anticipated debut but his san antonio spurs were beaten 126 point to 119, by the dallas mavericks. it was luka doncic who stole the headlines for dallas — who took control in the fourth quarter to secure victory in texas. the slovenian with a triple—double which is double figures for points, assists and rebounds. 33 points for him. french teenager wembanyama, who's 7ft iiin tall, did manage to score 15 points during his time on the court —

including this three pointer. i wasn't very aggressive and i couldn't be in the first half. i couldn't be in the first half. i could get a couple of baskets by surprising the opponents because they were more focused on my team—mates and the moment. this is how the team works. one time, if the guys had a play with him or if he has an opportunity in the man she tried to play with him and that's how we play. andy murray was unable to reach his first atp tour quarter—final since february after defeat to tomas martin etcheverry at the swiss indoors in basel. murray took the first set on a tiebreak and looked in control of the match but etchverry fought back. the world number 32 taking the next two sets 6—3, 6—2 to secure the win in three sets. the argentine will face the winner of holger rune and sebastian baez in the quarter—finals.

just a reminder of the cricket. 126-7. not just a reminder of the cricket. 126—7. not doing bad at all. that's all for now. we'll see you soon. pakistan has given a last warning to all immigrants in the country illegally to leave voluntarily before november the 1st. they include hundreds of thousands of afghans. the first charter flight in months bringing afghan refugees from pakistan to the uk is due to leave today. thousands of people and their families who risked their lives to work with or for the uk in afghanistan and were promised uk visas have been stuck in pakistan, some for over a year. live now to caroline davies in islamabad. what is the background to the situation? there are a couple of

relocation programme is that the uk runs for people that you say worked with or for the uk government runs for people that you say worked with orfor the uk government in afghanistan. many of those individuals were asked to come to pakistan because the uk cannot process visas for the uk in afghanistan, so once they were accepted onto the skin, they were asked to come here. they thought they would be here for a few weeks, and many of them now have been here for many months. charities that support some of these individuals that have been here for over a year, they include translators that used to work with the british army and teachers for the british council. we know there are over 3000 of them and theirfamilies who are know there are over 3000 of them and their families who are currently living in islam are bad hotel sending guest houses paid for by the uk government. added to all of this backdrop, is the fact that as you say pakistan says it is planning to deport illegal migrants from the country from the 1st of november, some of those individuals who are on

these uk relocation programme is planning to deport illegal migrants from the country from the 1st of november, some of those individuals who were on these uk relocation programmes allowed —— arrived in their visas were only valid for a few months and have now expired. they are very worried about what might happen next. i've been talking to the interior minister of pakistan and he said that those individuals will be given leave to go to the uk. we also know that the documents revealed in a court case in the uk show that the authorities here have done a risk assessment to what happens to those individuals whose visas have expired, and they say that they are at risk of deportation. we have also now heard about the fact that there are these charter flights that have restarted again. the first one we know has just left pakistan going to london. we know there are more planned, but of course there are 3000 of these individuals that are still here in pakistan waiting to be relocated, and what is how quickly those people can get out, how they can be

processed, and how many of them will leave the country before that deadline of the 1st of november. some as you say have been there for over a year. why have they been stuck in pakistan? this over a year. why have they been stuck in pakistan?— over a year. why have they been stuck in pakistan? this court case that i mentioned _ stuck in pakistan? this court case that i mentioned earlier— stuck in pakistan? this court case that i mentioned earlier sheds - stuck in pakistan? this court case that i mentioned earlier sheds a l that i mentioned earlier sheds a little bit of light on the decisions that were made in government that got to this point. this court case has brought up an e—mail chain sent from the prime minister sent back in 2022 that individuals should not be brought over from pakistan to the uk until there was more suitable accommodation for them, until there was more suitable accommodation forthem, longerterm accommodation for them, longer term accommodation, accommodation forthem, longerterm accommodation, rather than putting them into hotels. the end result of that, also mentioned in the same e—mails, it is hard to find accommodation for all of these individuals. essentially, a lot of individuals. essentially, a lot of individuals were not taken out of pakistan because they could not find that suitable accommodation. we now know from speaking to different sources that there is flexibility

for the british government about that accommodation. we still don't know exactly where these individuals will be put up back in the uk when they arrive. we will be put up back in the uk when they arrive-— they arrive. we will have to leave it there. caroline _ they arrive. we will have to leave it there. caroline davies - they arrive. we will have to leave it there. caroline davies in - it there. caroline davies in islamabad. thank you very much. now, it is time for a look at the weather. hello. our very unsettled, changeable spell of autumn weather continues through today and really for the remainder of october as well. we have got a bit of sunshine developing through the day, this is the picture a little earlier in newcastle, county down. but some big shower clouds around too, so through today and the next couple of days, unsettled showers or longer spells of rain, some of them are going to be quite heavy and particularly wet weather for eastern scotland. so this is where we're expecting the rainfall to accumulate for the next three days. and you can see the green colours developing here across parts of aberdeenshire and eastern scotland where we could see up to 100 millimetres of rain falling on that very saturated ground. so more flooding is possible through the weekend. now we've got low pressure, this swirl of clouds sitting out

to the west of the uk and weather fronts are going to be driving their way gradually northeastward. so today the most persistent rain will be for parts of east anglia, lincolnshire, up the east coast of england, towards eastern scotland too. some showers that are going to be quite persistent across the far north of scotland, where it's going to be windy. sunny spells and scattered showers returning for northern ireland, wales and the south west of england as well. i think fewer showers towards the midlands. through this evening and tonight then, we're going to keep the breeze for parts of northern scotland, south west of england as well — driving in further showers here. a few clear spells, could be some mist and murky patches for central parts of england and wales, and certainly it's going to be frost free as we look towards tomorrow morning. so friday, still low pressure sitting here to the west, really not moving in a hurry. the winds driving around that area of low pressure, bringing in more showers to parts of southern england, wales, through some of these irish sea coasts as well. and this easterly wind will drive in further persistent rain for parts of north—east england and eastern scotland. not too heavy at this stage, but rainfall totals will be gradually mounting up across the south and east of scotland.

temperatures around about ten to 15 degrees for most of us on friday. and that low pressure not budging into the weekend. so we've got further frontal systems driving around that low pressure sweeping in from the south—west for saturday. i think the heaviest of the showers will be for parts of southern england and through some of these irish sea coasts once again. but the easterly breeze still bringing more rain across the east of scotland, so flooding is a possibility. temperature wise, around about 10 to 16 degrees, fairly typical for the time of year, and the outlook through the weekend into next week — some sunshine but plenty of fairly blustery and at times heavy downpours. bye— bye.

live from london, this is bbc news. the israeli military says it's carried out a "targeted raid" — sending tanks into gaza to prepare for future operations. we did engage, we did kill the enemy, and also seek out lookout positions of hamas that there are still holding in the area, potentially evacuating and clearing mines and explosive devices. the un says it's begun to significantly scale down its operations in gaza, because fuel has almost run out. we have no rescue teams, people are still alive and shooting, we need humanitarian en masse from all directions to prevent this unprecedented human suffering.

and a major manhunt is under way in the us state of maine, where police are searching for a gunman who's killed at least 16 people. hello, i'm lucy hocking, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. the israeli military says it's carried out a significant incursion into the gaza strip to attack hamas positions. it released this video showing tanks and armoured bulldozers crossing the perimeter fence. an israeli defence forces spokesman told the bbc soldiers carried out the tactical raid towards central gaza to — in his words — "prepare the battlefield for future operations". the israeli military says the number of people confirmed to be held hostage in gaza has now risen to 224, and warns that number could rise. so far four hostages are known to have been released. meanwhile, un aid workers say they've begun to significantly scale

down their operations in gaza