i'v e i've been to the enough that i've been to the paralympic_ enough that i've been to the paralympic 's, _ enough that i've been to the paralympic '5, so— enough that i've been to the paralympic '5, so my- enough that i've been to the paralympic '5, so myjob- enough that i've been to the paralympic 's, so myjob asi enough that i've been to the - paralympic 's, so myjob as coaches to give _ paralympic 's, so myjob as coaches to give as _ paralympic 's, so myjob as coaches to give as many— paralympic 's, so myjob as coaches to give as many of— paralympic 's, so myjob as coaches to give as many of my— paralympic 's, so myjob as coaches to give as many of my players - to give as many of my players the opportunity — to give as many of my players the opportunity. 50 _ to give as many of my players the opportunity-— to give as many of my players the opportunity. so i'm happy i've got the au s opportunity. so i'm happy i've got the guys going- — opportunity. so i'm happy i've got the guys going. they _ opportunity. so i'm happy i've got the guys going. they may - opportunity. so i'm happy i've got the guys going. they may be - opportunity. so i'm happy i've got the guys going. they may be a . the guys going. they may be a debut for some, the guys going. they may be a debut forsome, but the guys going. they may be a debut for some, but for team the guys going. they may be a debut forsome, but forteam member for some, but for team member jonathan forsome, but forteam member jonathan it will be his sixth time representing great britain at the paralympic. i representing great britain at the paralympic— paralympic. i never set out to achieve six. _ paralympic. i never set out to achieve six. it _ paralympic. i never set out to achieve six. itjust _ paralympic. i never set out to achieve six. itjust sort - paralympic. i never set out to achieve six. itjust sort of- achieve six. itjust sort of happened that way. i've enjoyed every minute of it and without that desire and wanting to achieve, and achieve we have, we've won many gold medals at european level. but after tokyo, winning a gold medal was the for us. as it is for any team in wheelchair rugby. we are hoping to go back and defend that title, and that would be a massive achievement on top of what we've already achieved. on top of what we've already achieved-— on top of what we've already achieved. ~ , ., ._ ,�* achieved. well, in 'ust a few days' time, this team — achieved. well, in just a few days' time, this team could _ achieved. well, in just a few days' time, this team could be - achieved. well, in just a few days' time, this team could be making l time, this team could be making history. let's have a quick look at some

of today's football stories. us club seattle reign have retired their star player, megan rapinoe's, number 15 jersey. rapinoe helped the united states women's team win two world cups and two olympic golds and became the first football player in history to receive the presidential medal of freedom in 2022. olivier giroud scored his first goal for los angeles fc but it came in a losing cause as his side went down 3—1 to columbus crew in the leagues cup final. giroud netted this equalising header but crew scored twice in second—half stoppage time to claim the title. brighton have signed midfielder matt o'riley from scottish champions celtic. o'riley has signed a five—year contract for a fee that is believed to be more than £25 million. the 23—year—old won six trophies during his 2—year—long celtic stint. just four days to go before the transfer window shuts in england and scotland. transfer spending by premier league

clubs is down £800 million when compared to this time last summer. and that could be down to the profit and sustainability rules, which have seen clubs receive points deductions. putting the spending under the microscope, here's the football news show. welcome along to a bite—size version of the football news show. were talking about psr, profit and sustainability rules. do they work or do they encourage clubs to sell their best young players? it's become a talking point in no small part due to chelsea's transfer activity. they are not the only ones but for example, five years ago chelsea made 27 million selling products. this season is more than

four times that and counting. they received 200 million in the last two years alone selling conor gallagher, column hudson. 40% of the transfer income has come from home—grown players. good business model or against the very reason a club exists? we are here from academy director and the players union, but first finance expert rob wilson tells us how the rules are actually working. tells us how the rules are actually workinu. ., ,., ., ,, working. the whole point of psr or ffp was to — working. the whole point of psr or ffp was to really _ working. the whole point of psr or ffp was to really enable, - working. the whole point of psr or ffp was to really enable, i - working. the whole point of psr or ffp was to really enable, i think, a framework for clubs to behave in a much more financially responsible way. that meant not spending hundreds and hundreds of millions of pounds on transfer fees and playing hundreds of thousands a week on a player wages. what if you bring in you're only allowed to spend whatever it is you're bringing in. you're not allowed to make big losses. what we are seeing this summer especially and over the last six months or so is really the culmination of all that regulatory contextjust making clubs think

very, very hard about what transfers to make and indeed as you've just referenced, how they should go about structuring deals which rely of course. we seem so much academy time being sold. course. we seem so much academy time bein: sold. . . ., , , course. we seem so much academy time bein: sold. . , , ., being sold. financial proposals to tweak the include _ being sold. financial proposals to tweak the include linking - being sold. financial proposals to tweak the include linking it - being sold. financial proposals to tweak the include linking it to - being sold. financial proposals to tweak the include linking it to the lowest earning team in the league. with that actually make things worse thanit with that actually make things worse than it is right now? really interesting question. i think what we would see if what they do a squad cost ratio rule, their benchmark against the lowest revenue of veronique club in the league, you would see a huge suppression of transfer fees. would see a huge suppression of transferfees. you would see a huge suppression of transfer fees. you would also seek quite a lot of profitability returned to the primary leg and perhaps encourages those so—called smaller teams, the ones we don't see featuring up in the european places or indeed at the top of the premier league. to become a little bit more competitive, whilst it's great for the smaller clubs because the domestic competition is much more competitive, it actually makes you less competitive on the european

stage. i think psr and ffp in general have been really successful in the way they've enabled clubs to balance the books more effectively, but the one big omission in that regulation is the lack of permission for owners to invest directly in their assets. for owners to invest directly in theirassets. i for owners to invest directly in their assets. i think covering the contracts of those players i think should also be done to them, so we don't actually spend lots of money and then depart our shores for other pursuits that they might choose to do. ., �* , ., . pursuits that they might choose to do. ., �*, ., ., , do. now, let's face it. the ma'ority of academy — do. now, let's face it. the ma'ority efaeademy players fl do. now, let's face it. the ma'ority of academy players don't h do. now, let's face it. the majority of academy players don't make - do. now, let's face it. the majority| of academy players don't make it to the first team, even fewer become established regulars. so clubs moving young players on is nothing new, but what impact does all of this have on those coming through the ranks? peter ricky martin former academy director at west ham and technical director at stoke city. 50, ricky, has anything actually so, ricky, has anything actually changed in the last ten, 15, 20 years? changed in the last ten, 15, 20 ears? ,, ., ., ., . ., years? quite a lot of change, reall .

years? quite a lot of change, really- the — years? quite a lot of change, really. the development - years? quite a lot of change, i really. the development sector, obviously triple pk men that's had a really good the focus on academies, and then the provision and the quality of players they've produced, a lot of good work has gone on. they are now producing really talented players and you've seen that evidence of players breaking through to england national teams and the quality of the academies that are producing players at the moment. mira; producing players at the moment. why do clubs invest so heavily in their academies? is it to produce players for the first team, or is it to sell them on for profit at some point? i think every club has got its own case, it's got its own kind of unique story behind what they want to do and how they want to produce players. when i started off at cambridge united and at norwich city, it wasjust cambridge united and at norwich city, it was just about reducing players to help nurture the next talented players coming through and stop us going into the transfer market due to the amount of money on

young attention players. clubs like that, like west ham, it was very similar. he wanted to produce players to go into your first team and we all know that fans in the community love introducing one of their own. 50 community love introducing one of their own. sol community love introducing one of their own. 50 i think that's certainly a major focus their own. 50 i think that's certainly a majorfocus point their own. 50 i think that's certainly a major focus point for most academies, where they want to produce players. most academies, where they want to produce players— produce players. there seems to be criticism at — produce players. there seems to be criticism at the _ produce players. there seems to be criticism at the minute _ produce players. there seems to be criticism at the minute and - produce players. there seems to be criticism at the minute and the - produce players. there seems to be criticism at the minute and the way | criticism at the minute and the way the premier league clubs are selling their home—grown players. but football has become very business. are the clubs doing anything wrong from what you can see? at}. are the clubs doing anything wrong from what you can see? 0, obviously, the rules of— from what you can see? 0, obviously, the rules of the _ from what you can see? 0, obviously, the rules of the moment _ from what you can see? 0, obviously, the rules of the moment dictate - from what you can see? 0, obviously, the rules of the moment dictate it's i the rules of the moment dictate it's like anything in life — you can only deal with the hand you're dealt with. at the moment the rules are stating that if they come from your academy you get 100% profit. they've been working hard on their academies for a lot of the time. those are the ones i can use this opportunity to sell maybe one or two of their young players. 50 i don't feel they've done anything wrong, they're just producing players and now they've become more of an asset because of

the way the financial games go. around the rules in the moment. iadaiitli around the rules in the moment. with ala ers around the rules in the moment. with players being — around the rules in the moment. with players being sold, is there a danger they are being treated as commodities rather than footballers, is the person, the human being forgotten in all of this? the chief executive of the professional footballers association, the players union. so, whatare footballers association, the players union. so, what are your members telling you about this?— telling you about this? there is a feelin: telling you about this? there is a feeling that _ telling you about this? there is a feeling that probably _ telling you about this? there is a feeling that probably the - telling you about this? there is a . feeling that probably the unintended consequences have not been feeling that probably the unintended consequences have not been kind feeling that probably the unintended consequences have not been kind of taken into consideration. so obviously those rules were passed but considering the ultimate effect that this may have on the players and their future with the clubs. and we have seen on a number of different occasions it makes sense on paper, whether it makes sense and practice aligned with the interest of the players is probably something thatis of the players is probably something that is up for discussion at this point in time.

you've got a situation where technically, when you have a change of manager, what this means for your career, will you be part of the blind, are you not part of the plan, what happens to players that are part of an academy, you know the current rules make them much more subject to potential moves then not because whatever comes in will be a pure profit, and it helps to balance other investment opportunity. maybe people were not part of your academy. 50 a number of different examples where you can see how ultimately the players and up being treated as commodities which i think is a concern for members. share is a concern for members. are they bein: is a concern for members. are they being treated _ is a concern for members. are they being treated unfairly, _ is a concern for members. are they being treated unfairly, do - is a concern for members. are they being treated unfairly, do you - is a concern for members. are they | being treated unfairly, do you feel? ultimately, no. it is a tough business and ultimately it is a business and ultimately it is a business and ultimately it is a business and we understand that, but i think alternately they are

contractually obligation. to treat people fairly and treat them in line with what the contract says. and consistencies that can't be avoided. what conversations are you having with relevant authorities about all this? ~ , ., with relevant authorities about all this? ~ i. ~ ., with relevant authorities about all this? ~ , ., ~ ., ., this? well, you know, we are concerned — this? well, you know, we are concerned because _ this? well, you know, we are concerned because i'm - this? well, you know, we are concerned because i'm not i this? well, you know, we are l concerned because i'm not sure this? well, you know, we are - concerned because i'm not sure that we really are drawing the right lessons and i think we should learn from what we've done in the past, i think we should draw the players into discussion to learn about not rushing anything through and think about the independent consequences and we see how now there is discussion of implementing new rules which we do not think will help, you know, the future of what we are trying to achieve and it's a pity because we need to think very carefully about doing stuff, we need to get into detail with each other, concerns with the people affected which is not the case right now. from the pfa, thank you very much. and if you want the latest from your

side, why not check out your club page on the bbc sport website and will be here next friday live at 10pm to cover all of our last—minute deals from transfer deadline dates, for me and the rest of the team, thank you for your company. bye—bye. hello again. some parts of the country are going to turn much warmer in the next couple of days. other areas though, will see some cloud and some rain. wasn't too much cloud, though, towards southeastern parts of england. here we saw some of the highest temperatures — 22—23 degrees, an improvement on what we saw earlier on in the weekend. but there is cloud currently pushing in from the atlantic, so the weather beginning to change across western areas, particularly through the night as we see these weather fronts thickening with cloud and probably picking up the wind as well. it's going to be a southerly wind and that will blow in some rain to northern ireland. that rain pushes further

into scotland and then just nudges over the irish sea. for many parts of england and wales it'll be dry with some clearer spells and temperatures probably dipping away to about 12 degrees, but it's going to be quite a warm night for northern ireland, where we've got the wind and rain. that will soon move away, though, tomorrow morning, and we'll get some sunshine following on behind. we're going to find some heavy rain for a while across dumfries and galloway, much of scotland turning drier through the day. and that's because the rain is slipping slowly further into northern england, into wales and the south—west of england as well. through the midlands and a good part of eastern england, it's going to be dry and here we'll have some sunshine with a southerly breeze. those temperatures are going to be rising as well, getting up to 2a or 25 celsius. and temperatures are climbing in these areas ahead of the weather front that's bringing the rain. now that is really slowing down to a standstill on wednesday, and following on from that pressure is a little bit lower. so we're going to find more showers coming into northern ireland and scotland — some in western scotland could be heavy and thundery. but this is where the weather front is. so you can see, first of all, it's not really moved anywhere and also that there's not much rain at all. but ahead of that we continue to see temperatures rising

through the east midlands, lincolnshire, east anglia in the south—east, temperatures 27, maybe even 28 degrees. that's probably going to be the peak of the heat for a little while, at least. and that's because the weather front is going to be pushing all the way through — little or no rain on it in the south. a bit of rain in the north, perhaps, but following on from that, the wind direction is going to change. we'll get more of a westerly breeze, and that's going to push in slightly cooler and fresher air. and with lower pressure across scotland, northern ireland and the far north of england, there will be some more showers around on thursday, most of those moving away by friday. and further south it's going to be dry. not as warm, perhaps, but pleasant enough in the sunshine.

it's 7pm in london. this is the world today, on bbc news. taking shelter in ukraine, as russia launches one of the largest attacks in the war. the ukrainian air force says that they managed to shoot down almost all drones that russia launched to strike cities across ukraine. the main target of this attack was

ukraine's energy infrastructure. tributes to the former england football manager, sven—goran eriksson, who's died at the age of 76. the united states says it's working to prevent the hostilities between israel and hezbollah from escalating into a regional war. also coming up on the world today... are you hung up on answering the phone? a survey finds a quarter of 18—34—year—olds never pick up calls. hello, i'm azadeh moshiri, welcome to the world today — an hour of international news from the bbc. we begin in ukraine — where russia has carried out a massive aerial assault, and it's one that ukraine's air commander has called "the biggest air attack" of this war. at least six people have been killed after russia targeted 15 ukrainian regions. ukraine's president, volodomyr zelensky, has said russia launched about 200 missiles and drones.

russia claimed it used high—precision weapons to hit