finds injuries lasted longer and cost clubs more money. and, it'll be a new sport at the los angeles olympics in 2028, we'll tell you about flag football and how its growing in the uk... welcome along, thank you forjoining us. england's qualification campaign for next year's european championship in germany ended with an uninspired 1 all draw in north macedonia. gareth southgate�*s side are still group winners — and the result ensures they'll be among the top seeds when the draw is made — but as our football correspondentjohn murray says — it wasn't the way they wanted to sign off.

gareth southgate�*s team will gareth southgate's team will be amongst the strongest sides in part one for the finals draw a week on saturday, get these last two matches against the weakest teams in the group were disappointing. the debutante, rico lewis, was unfortunate to concede a penalty, which although it was saved by pickford, the macedonian captain followed up the score. a header from a captain followed up the score. a headerfrom a corner by harry kane, on as a substitute, forced and old the goal for the equaliser. —— own goal. it otherwise in a difficult and the pitch, england struggled to break macedonia down. so it was farfrom the break macedonia down. so it was far from the uplifting end to the campaign they had been hoping for. i have to be pleased with the progress of the team. if you set at the start of the campaign that we would be a wins two drives at the end of the year, it does a pretty good record, and we can now start to look for red and we have got

these two exciting games in march to look forward to and prepare for. so, yeah, ithink we've done a lot of things well, but there is always room for improvement. elsewhere in that group — the team that beat england in the final of the last euro's — italy — ensured they'll be in germany next year to defend their trophy. their goalless draw with ukraine saw them take the second automatic qualfication place in that group. ukraine's hopes will now rest on the play—offs in march. czech republic are through to the finals with a 3—0 win over moldova — although they'll have to find a new manager — jaroslav shilhavy stepped down moments after their victory. slovenia will be there too after a 2—1 victory over kazakhstan. denmark won that group — but were beaten 2—0 in northern ireland who at least ended a disappointing campaign on a high. wales are preparing for their must win qualifier against turkey which takes place in cardiff on tuesday. not only must robert page's side win — but they also

need croatia to draw or lose to armenia. wales currently sit in third place in group d, five points behind turkey and two points back from croatia with one last attempt to avoid the playoffs and qualify automatically. if we continue to talk of playoffs, we'lljust call the game off on tuesday. that's our mentality and attitude. we are fully focused on the job we got. you just spoke about regrets, we don't want any regrets on that final whistle blows tomorrow evening, because we want to take control of it ourselves. the last thing we want is to not give a level of performance we give to croatia. that would be a devastating blow for us to take. so we can control what we can control, and that's for us to give a performance that will win us the game. this time last year the men's football world cup in qatar began, which of course had to be moved to the winter because of the high temperatures there. the men's european football injury index has found that the premier league had the second highest number of injuries across the continent thereafter, behind the german

bundesliga. the author of the report for howden, james burrows, has been telling us more: there are a couple of factors behind that so when you look at the levels in the world cup, so the levels in the world cup, so the number of players in percentage terms that went to play at the world cup, the primary contributed the most players out of the top five lee, suggest or 22% of players playing in the premier league went to represent their country at the world cup finals. now, for the other four leagues, the levels of participation were between 9% and 14% comes under a temp picnic simple terms, the paramedic ascending more players to the world cup final, so therefore it is a very clear line of argument that they are going to see more injuries being sustained. one of the patterns we have seen through all of these reports as well as that the paramedic tends to compare unfavorably to the teams and the other leagues in terms of the number of injuries which are sustained and they tend to be up there with the bundesliga, so perhaps the

style of play as can tripping as well, so the bundesliga and the paramedic being more associated with high intensity, high pressing styles of football versus those other european leagues that perhaps is an argument in there that says the types of football that's being played on the intensity it's being played out is also contributed to the number of injuries that are being sustained. talking of injuries, spain and barcelona have confirmed midfielder gavi suffered a tear of his anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee — and could miss the european championship next year. the 19 year old was injured on international duty for spain in theirfinal euro qualifier against georgia. he'll need to have surgery and is expected to miss the rest of the season. us soccer says it hired the right person for the long term after appointing chelsea boss emma hayes as the new women's national team head coach — despite the fact she won't start in the role until the middle of next year. the ussf sporting director matt crocker made the comments about hayes in a news conference announcing the squad for next week's international friendlies against china. he says plans are being worked

on to have hayes visit the team in florida next week. she's developed into, like i mentioned, argie be one of the worlds best coaches. and there were so many other things i found out about her in addition to her experience in the us. —— mentioned, arguably, one of the worlds best coaches. she speaks english, spanish, do so many layers and depth to her qualities, and i'm just really excited with the coach that we've been able to land. excited to learn and develop alongside her. yeah, it is great. straight from winning a record seventh atp finals title the world number one, novak djokovic has arrived in malaga for the davis cup finals. the 2a time grand slam champion is there to face quarter—final opponents great britain on thursday. he was greeted by former player — now tournament director — feliciano lopez. djokovic, who's won all the major titles this year except wimbledon, is hoping to lead serbia to the men's team prize

for the first time since 2010. and finally on the programme — flag football. it's not a sport everyone knows about — but it's been officially added to the schedule at the 2028 olympic games in los angeles. it's a non—contact version of american football and is gaining popularity in the uk. our reporter adam samuel has been finding out more. the super bowl is the pinnacle of american sport, but with flag football inclusion at the 2028 olympics, a new generation are being inspired. including here, at saint ann's academy in greater manchester, where they've built a unique relationship with the nfl's minnesota vikings. i saw the opportunity here for our kids to get involved in and we started off with a really small flag football after school, extracurricular, and from there we went on to the regional tournament, one that, and then went down to the stadium

where we represented the minnesota vikings and we finished third in the uk. so, what is flag football? it's a fast pace, five on five game, played in 20 minute halves. the objective is to catch the ball or run it into the component's end zone which scores you six points. however, the ball carrier must avoid having theirflags pulled out, which ends each play, and if your team doesn't score in four plays, you're pulled up on it gets the ball back. according to the nfl, there's 20 million players worldwide, and of those, around 50% are female. this sport is undoubtedly on the rise. it's a safer version of football, so i think that's even better. you don't have to worry about the kids getting injured in flag football. and the kids did so well, i'm so excited about that,

to see a viking sponser the school and the kids are embracing the american football, it's great. i enjoyed the teamwork, how you have to work together, and mostly those throwing as well, i love throwing the ball. i love the tackling and stuff, i love that it's no contact, i because i don't like contact. it's just a lot of fun overall. everything we are buildings towards is building towards the 2028 olympics. where flag football is going to be a sport, to put it on the global radar. we don't want to wait until then, we want to build that interest in the pool of athletes now. i've been hearing olympics a lot today, and my first thought is i have to put my name forward, you know, i have to try my best to get... ..playing in la would be great. that would just be a once—in—a—lifetime thing. olympic dreams for an olympic sport. adam samuel, bbc news. a reminder, you can head over

to our bbc sport website for all the latest sports news, including those european championship qualifying results. england drying i— all. italy will be at the finals next year after they've got a 0-0 next year after they've got a 0—0 draw against ukraine. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello. the weather's fairly quiet at the moment — typical autumn weather, really. towards the end of the week, possibly a little dose of winter on the way. but let's concentrate on the here and now. so tuesday, a rather cloudy day across england and wales, but across scotland and northern ireland, i think some sunshine on the way. now, the satellite picture shows that we're sort of in between weather systems.

we have got thicker cloud on the way. that will be in place across the country on wednesday. but before that happens, this area of high pressure nosing across the country, and that means that the morning will have been sunny across scotland and northern ireland and also quite chilly, whereas we've got the thicker cloud across the bulk of england and wales, with temperatures between 7 and 10 celsius. so later on in the morning, i think it stays fairly cloudy across east anglia, parts of the midlands and the south. some showers too. you can see that breeze off the north sea. but sunshine developing across many parts of northern england and wales. the opposite is true across scotland and northern ireland. after that crisp, sunny start, thicker cloud moving in and perhaps some spots of rain. and then take a look at wednesday — really thick cloud across the northern half of the uk, a stronger breeze and also some outbreaks of rain. but the temperatures will be a little bit higher. this is relatively mild atlantic air, so in some spots, up to about 14 degrees,

for example, in belfast. and then thursday and into friday, we see some big changes going on in the air. this cold front is expected to sweep southwards across the uk, opening up the doors to stronger winds and colder air sweeping in from the northern climes, all the way from the norwegian sea. and, yes, that does mean that we'll see some wintry showers, particularly across the scottish hills. now, thursday isn't going to be too chilly. i think temperatures will quickly, later on in the day, drop in the north. but i think in the south, we're still talking about 13 or so. by friday, after the passage of that cold front, you can see a north—westerly or northerly wind, some wintry showers there across the scottish hills, but also a lot of crisp sunshine. and with that colder air, temperatures only around 4 degrees in the lowlands of scotland, maybe about 8 or 9 in the south. bye— bye.

welcome to newsday, live from singapore. the headlines: president biden says he believes a hostage deal between hamas and israel is near.

rescued from gaza's biggest hospital, 28 premature palestinian babies are taken from gaza to egypt. a lot more to come in the programme, including: the south korean president eun—sun you arise in the uk for a state visit as tensions rise with north korea. in one of italy's biggest mafia trails for generation more than 200 people i sentenced a total of 2200 —— president yoon suk—yeol. voice-over: live president yoon suk—yeol. voice—over: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. you are with bbc news. we start with the latest developments in the israel—gaza war. us presidentjoe biden says he believes a hostage deal between

hamas and israel is