hello there and welcome along to the programme. we'll start with an absolutely thrilling game at the cricket world cup. a spectacular double century from glenn maxwell saw australia clinch their spot in the semi—finals. they beat afghanistan, but it really was the maxwell show in mumbai. asjoe wilson reports. somehow afghanistan retains this flag and this identity through cricket. only it must be stressed — male cricket. in this world cup, they keep surprising in mumbai. ibrahim zadran said he was inspired by meeting sachin tendulkar while zadran batted through 50 overs. he became the first afghan to make a world cup century.

the team made 291 their highest ever world cup score. the team made 291, their highest ever world cup score. now follow that. australia's chase fell apart. seven down. glenn maxwell, last hope dropped seriously, very seriously. because maxwell then defied afghanistan. he defied logic, blistering sixes, he was also seized by cramp. maxwell could barely move except to swing his bat. it couldn't be true, except he kept doing it. count the impossible. 201 an australian record to win the game. that's all. joe wilson, bbc news. well, that glenn maxwell double century guarantees australia a place in the cricket world cup semi—finals, but it will be remembered far beyond this tournament. the man with the best view in the house was maxwell's captain pat cummins, who was batting at the other end from his cramped, stricken team—mate. he had this to say afterwards.

i think that's the greatest odi innings i mean, i've ever seen. it's probably the greatest odi innings ever. yeah, we'rejust chatting about it. you know, all the players, i would say it's one of those days where you just go — i was there in the stadium the day glenn maxwell chased down that title by himself. yeah. yeah, i'm sure he'd be fine. he's cramping, but i think he saw out there, you know, how much he loves playing for australia and do anything to to play. so i'm sure it'll be fine. could we have tried maybe wider yorkers when he was cramping up? could we have done things differently? ijust saw the same delivery over and over again, which is. again, which is... yeah, but you got to you got to remember that he was hitting all guys were changing the pace he was hitting that, you know, spinners were bowling, different lanes was hitting that sometimes you've got to take a cap off to a person in the way that he played. but he shouldn't have been allowed to play like that.

we should have had him out earlier. well, one of the sides of afghanistan surprised at this world cup where england, the defending champions, are already out, having lost six of their seven so far and will stay bottom of the table if they don't beat the netherlands in their penultimate match of the tournament on wednesday. everyone�*s got their thoughts on what's gone wrong for england. earlier, the recently retired stuart broad was in the studio giving us his thoughts. it's been really difficult watch, to be honest. you know, i've spoken to a few of the guys there and they can't really put the finger on what what's gone wrong. i'm i'm not of a believer of rip up the strategy and start again, you know. if i was in charge, i'd be leaving. i'd be leaving matthew, mark as coach, jos buttler as captain, believing in in the in the style of play, the fearless cricket that the team have played for a long period of time, but freshening up the faces a little bit, bringing a bit of young energy that can play with that fearless style, which naturally happens after world cups. you know, when the guys get to 32, 33, 3a, it's four years till the next cycle, it becomes a bit sort of unrealistic whether you'd get there. so i think there'll be a real

sort of stamping down on the style of cricket because it looks like a bit of fear has come into the team. and i think the one thing about team sports is, yeah, you have two or three players out of four, but you can lean on your team—mates, they can support you, they give you, give you help. and until you get back into form, it looks like everyone�*s out form them at the same time. but, you know, there's a must win game against netherlands tomorrow to try and make the champions trophy so the guys will still be pumped up for that. stuart braod now to football and manchester city are the first team into the champions league knockouts. the defending champions won three nil against young boys at the etihad on tuesday to make it four victories out of four in the group stage. and some good news for fans as well with erling haaland starting and scoring two for them. his second a long range stunner to seal the win. haaland came off the bench, came off, i should say, at the weekend in their league win over bournemouth. phil foden with the other goal for city as they cruise into the last 16 with two

games to spare. i still have a job to do, but the first step is qualified. i still have a job to do, but the first step is qualified is done. it's really, really. i'm really impressed. so we scored two fantastic goals. the second and third are amazing goals. we play a good games and as i said before in the flash interview, so still after one win, we have done the uncomfortable, the things that always require a football game. still, we are able to do it amazingly. and borussia dortmund got the better of newcastle united again. they won 2—0 thanks to goals from nicolas fulcrum, who opened the scoring for the hosts midway through the first half. julian brandt added a second from a counterattack late on the victory sees the germans topping their group. we defended well. we attacked really well. we used every space. we opened spaces for us. i think it was a well—deserved win and it's a great achievement for us and a great compliment for our team that we kept a clean sheet for two times against newcastle.

this is something that not many teams managed to do it and so we are really happy with both games frustration on our performance, knowing that there's more in the tank for us to give. we we're better than that. we can show a better version of that of ourselves than we did. so a frustration that i don't think dortmund have seen the best newcastle. and that always leaves when you're in my shoes, a feeling of frustration. but we have to accept it. we've delivered it. yeah, we kind of look to the future now. and dortmund sit top courtesy of milan's comeback at the san siro to beat psg. olivier giroud with the decisive goal in their two one win their first of this champions league campaign, the victory puts milan back in contention to qualify for the knockouts. and in tuesday's other games are hammering for scottish champions celtic who were reduced to ten men. they lost 6—0 to athletico madrid in spain, two goals apiece from antoine griezmann and alvaro morata.

barcelona missed the chance to make the knockouts. they were beaten one nil by shakhtar donetsk wednesday for lazio, rb leipzig and porto. also, manager mikel arteta has stood by his var outburst following the gunners loss at newcastle on saturday and insists he will continue to talk loudly until he believes the situation improves. the fa could take disciplinary action after arteta's comments following his team's 1—0 defeat at st james's park, their first premier league defeat of the season as anthony gordon scored a controversial winner for the hosts. it is my duty to stand in front of you, to stand in front of the cameras and give a very clear and honest assessment of what happens on the game. and this is what i did reflect very openly, how i felt that the team played and and how the game was conditioned by these results with the decisions that were made. and it's the duty. my duty is to be defending my play, supporting my play, supporting my club, defending my people

in the best possible way. and this is what i'm going to do time after time. some news from major league soccer now. phil neville has been appointed the new portland timbers manager ahead of their upcoming season on a contract until 2026. the former england and manchester united defender�*s new role comes after he was sacked by another mls�*s side, inter miami injune and thanked the club's hierarchy for their support. it's probably one of my proudest days in football to be named head coach of this great organisation. i was fortunate enough in the last couple of months to have many opportunities, many coaching opportunities to take. and from the minute i met ned and merritt and saw the city, saw the club, in my life i've always followed my gut, and my gut said straightaway that i had to i had to follow this dream of becoming the portland timbers head coach. slovenia cruised past australia two one at the billiejean king cup in seville on tuesday. kaia started things off well with the straight sets 6461 victory over ajla tomljanovic tamara

sets 64—61 victory over ajla tomljanovic tamara zidansek continued the strong start as she defeated daria saville 6164. australia's only win came in the doubles match as kimberly birrell and storm hunter beat veronica jovic and elena milik. but it wasn't enough to win the overall tie. the 26 times grand slam champion alfie hewitt will end the season as men's wheelchair tennis world number one for the first time after an incredible year. he's now got his sights set on one thing missing from his collection, a paralympic gold medal in paris. you know, it's an hounor to put on the shirt, but to then also do it at such an iconic venue like roland garros, where there's a lot of history there. and obviously we get to play there in the grand slam earlier in the year. it means, well, we won't be we won't be strangers to the venue.

and i've obviously had some good success there with gordon in the doubles and three, three single titles in the singles as well. so maybe i can look to use some of those successes to take into paris. you can get all the latest sports news from the usual place, the bbc sports app or the website bbc.com, thanks for watching. we'll see you again soon. hello there. some scattered showers around on tuesday, particularly for the north and the west. but for the vast majority of us, it was a largely dry day across the uk with some decent sunshine out there, but wednesday looking very different. there's a deep area of low pressure out in the atlantic that's going to push heavy rain eastwards. there'll be spells of rain on and off throughout the day and some strong, gusty winds as that front clears through as well. so this is how we're starting off wednesday morning. it's a chilly, possibly frosty

start for eastern scotland, rain for western scotland down through north west england, much of wales and the south west of england. but starting to clear away from northern ireland and as the cold front on that very well—defined back edge clears through, there'll be some strong gusty winds on this rain, particularly towards the south coast. the rain lingering on for parts of south east england and east anglia until possibly after dark and also turning very wet across shetland towards the end of the day as well. some sunshine behind our weather fronts and also some blustery showers possibly turning a little wintry over at the tops of the hills. so that area of low pressure, the weather fronts clear away to be followed by another one that's again, pushing in from the west. it will be moving further eastwards throughout the day. again, giving rise to some blustery showers through the day on thursday. it won't be raining all the time. there will be a brisk southwesterly wind pushing some of those showers across england and wales. also for scotland, some blustery showers, but lots of dry weather here, too. temperatures starting to feel a little cooler, 8—11 degrees celsius.

now that low clears away and behind it will draw in more of a northerly to northwesterly wind. so by the time we get to friday, it's going to be feeling significantly colder for most of us. again, some showers, but fewer of them mostly concentrated again out towards the north and the west. so parts of north west scotland down through west and wales, the further south and east you are generally the drier your day is going to be. temperatures again only peaking between eight and 12 degrees celsius. now, as we head into the weekend, fog and frost could become little more of a problem. the winds will be lighter, the air masses colder as well. but there'll also be some sunshine, particularly on saturday. so for armistice day on saturday, then it does look largely dry across the uk. it will be feeling really quite cool. there'll be some sunshine and light winds, but there could be some rain arriving in the south and the west for remembrance sunday. bye bye.

newsday, reporting live from singapore. these are the headlines. israel says its troops are fighting in the heart of gaza city while her mouth back to health officials say the number of casualties is beyond comprehension. a former senior staff member at meta says they are not doing enough

to protect teams from sexual harassment. and new images are from a space telescope helping us understand the greatest mysteries in the universe. live from our studios at singapore. this is bbc news. thank you for being with us. as the war in gaza enters its second month, we begin with the latest update from the ground. the military says its forces are fighting in the heart of gaza city after co—ordinator pushed by land, airand sea. israel has also intensified its bombing raids, dozens of people have been reported killed by overnight airstrikes in the gaza city is of rougher. the

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