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being competitive like we are in the premier league. the difficulty is how to compete in the premier league being in the tough situation like last year. and how similar we will have to do this year. because we are the best in the world and the champions league and the premier league. liverpool begin their campaign away to ac milan. but their goalkeeper, allison, isn't a fan of the new format which means they have even more matches to play. again, we are here to do ourjob. nobody—

again, we are here to do ourjob. nobody asked the players about, are there more games? so maybe our opinion— there more games? so maybe our opinion doesn't matter, but everybody knows what we think about that. following on from those comments from the liverpool goalkeeper — manchester city's star midfielder rodri says players could go on strike over the number of matches they're being made to play in a season. he was speaking at news conference ahead of city's champions league opener against inter milan tomorrow. the competition has been expanded with more games added in a new format, but he says the players weren't consulted and could refuse to take part. i think we are close to that. it's easy to understand, if you are asking something general, it's not the opinion of what we are, or whatever. it's a general opinion of the players, between 40—50 is the amount of games in which a player can perform at the highest level. after that, everything comes — you

drop, because it's impossible to sustain that physical level. manchester united manager, erik ten hag, has confirmed that lisandro martinez, noussair mazraoui and matthijs de ligt are all available for tonight's efl cup third—round tie at home to barnsley. the league one club are rewarded for getting this far with a dream draw at old trafford. united won this competition 18 months ago, providing erik ten hag with his first piece of silverware at the club. fulham, crystal palace, everton, southampton and brentford are the other premier league clubs involved this evening. and it's fight week in the big heavyweight clash between anthonyjoshua and the ibf belt—holder daniel dubois, which takes place at a sold—out wembley stadium on saturday. joshua has had to rebuild and work his way back to being a mandatory challenger, after losing a second consecutive fight to oleksandr usyk two years ago. he says he's been through a lot of pain, but believes he's a better fighter now. i think ithink i'm i think i'm gifted with an ability to fight and compete. in boxing,

you're able to read certain tendencies, read your opponent. so i've always got an eye for that, but a supreme level that can take it to and it's happened over the last maybe ten months, eight months, i've really honed in on those skills. and that's all the sport for now. will, thanks very much. the head of the bbc has said he "can't see" huw edwards working at the corporation again, after the presenter was given a six—month suspended prison sentence for accessing images of child abuse. speaking at an event in london, tim davie confirmed that the bbc is trying to claw back £200,000 which were paid to edwards after he was arrested. mr davie said the matter was in the hands of legal teams. edwards was sentenced yesterday — he will also be placed on the sex offenders' register for seven years. injuly, the former newsreader admitted having 41 images, which were sent to him on whatsapp — including some showing a victim aged

between seven and nine. here's how the director general of the bbc, tim davie, responded, when asked about his organisation's response to the events surrounding huw edwards. will huw edwards work for the bbc again? i can't see that happening. why not? for obvious reasons. laughter well, do you need — this man has been convicted of appalling crimes, and it's pretty straightforward in my mind that i can't see him working at the bbc again. collin patterson joins me collin pattersonjoins me now. it was interesting in the room — definitive from tim davie? you

was interesting in the room - definitive from tim davie? you can hear him pardoning up _ definitive from tim davie? you can hear him pardoning up as he - definitive from tim davie? you can hear him pardoning up as he goesl definitive from tim davie? you can i hear him pardoning up as he goes on, talking about how he was convicted of appalling crimes and straightforward. i think it's more definitive as he suggests, and he may regret the choice of words, but he was firming it up. this is an rts event, realtelevision he was firming it up. this is an rts event, real television a society, big media event — david beckham was speaking there today, and that was i'm all rajan speaking there today —— royal television society. it was supposed to be about the bbc�*s growth in the regions, but of course with this story having broken yesterday with the sensing of huw edwards, it would've been ridiculous if the director general had not been asked that question. he if the director general had not been asked that question.— asked that question. he was asked the other question, _ asked that question. he was asked the other question, we _ asked that question. he was asked the other question, we know- asked that question. he was asked the other question, we know the l asked that question. he was asked i the other question, we know the bbc is trying to claw back that £200,000 — wasn't clear where we are in those attempts? he - wasn't clear where we are in those attem ts? ,., - wasn't clear where we are in those attemts? u, ., u, , attempts? he said categorically, the had attempts? he said categorically, they had asked _ attempts? he said categorically, they had asked for _ attempts? he said categorically, they had asked for the _ attempts? he said categorically, they had asked for the money, l attempts? he said categorically, i they had asked for the money, that they had asked for the money, that they had asked for the money, that they had not got it back yet but he couldn't expand on that further because of the legal sides involved

in discussions at the moment. interestingly, he brought up the idea of, could they have done more at the time to think of another way to do it? a suggestion was put forward that the bbc perhaps could have paid that £200,000 into a pot which could not be touched until the legal outcome had been decided. so basically, the director general said that was something they were looking at in the future of this — obviously they don't want to, but if a situation like this ever arose again with a bbc member of staff being suspended. he with a bbc member of staff being susended. ., , with a bbc member of staff being summed-— with a bbc member of staff being susended. ., ., ., suspended. he was also asked about the controversies _ suspended. he was also asked about the controversies surrounding - the controversies surrounding strictly come dancing — tell us what he was asked and what he said in response. it’s he was asked and what he said in resonse. h . he was asked and what he said in resonse. �*, ., ., , response. it's hard to believe it was at the _ response. it's hard to believe it was at the beginning _ response. it's hard to believe it was at the beginning of- response. it's hard to believe it - was at the beginning of the summer when strictly come dancing came under all that spotlight, when amanda abington accused her dancing partner of bullying while making that show, the bbc set at that time

there would be a report, an internal investigation. i'm all rajan put it to the director general, why didn't the report come out before the start of the series? he said, "it's not finished yet, it's almost there" — i got the feeling it's not imminent but it will be very soon. he said in an ideal world, but it will be very soon. he said in an idealworld, it but it will be very soon. he said in an ideal world, it would've all come out before the start of the new series, but not everything happens the way you to. series, but not everything happens the way you tw— series, but not everything happens the way you te— series, but not everything happens the way you to-_ series, but not everything happens the way you to. thanks very much for takin: the way you to. thanks very much for taking us through _ the way you to. thanks very much for taking us through that. _ the way you to. thanks very much for taking us through that. the _ military government of myanmar says the deaths from a typhoon have risen to i20 myanmar says the deaths from a typhoon have risen to 120 with nearly 80 people still missing. the storm swept through northern vietnam in early september and has killed more than 500 people across the region so far according to the officialfigures. the un said the floods are among the worst in

myanmar�*s recent history. entire villages submerged, survivors huddling for shelter. before the storms, myanmar had already been torn apart from a military coup three years ago. now thousands of hectares of farmland have been destroyed in the un is warning more than half a million people are in urgent need of food and drinking water. translation: ~ ., water. translation: ., translation: we have lost many thin . s translation: we have lost many thins - translation: we have lost many things - we _ translation: we have lost many things - we lost — translation: we have lost many things - we lost houses, _ clothes in the wars, no floods have swept away the house we are living in. we can't save it so there's nothing left for us. we can even catch fish in the floods. rescuers are t in: catch fish in the floods. rescuers are trying to _ catch fish in the floods. rescuers are trying to reach _ catch fish in the floods. rescuers are trying to reach remote - catch fish in the floods. rescuersi are trying to reach remote areas, get floods have already wrecked roads and damaged phone and internet lines. the number of casualties has been difficult to establish. some say the number of deaths is far

higher than official estimates. the militaryjunta has issued a rare call for help. translation: callfor help. translation: ~ ., callforhelp. translation: ., ., translation: we are already dis - laced translation: we are already displaced people _ translation: we are already displaced people from - translation: we are already displaced people from war - translation: we are already i displaced people from war zones, translation: we are already - displaced people from war zones, and after the _ displaced people from war zones, and after the floods, we don't have anything left. we are very sad. i've 'ust anything left. we are very sad. i've just gotten— anything left. we are very sad. i've just gotten here, and i fled this com — just gotten here, and i fled this com but _ just gotten here, and i fled this camp. but we are not the only ones who face _ camp. but we are not the only ones who face this fate — all families are facing — who face this fate — all families are facing difficulties. the who face this fate - all families are facing difficulties.— who face this fate - all families are facing difficulties. the un says the civil war _ are facing difficulties. the un says the civil war alone _ are facing difficulties. the un says the civil war alone has _ are facing difficulties. the un says the civil war alone has already - the civil war alone has already displaced more than 3 million people and killed thousands. and yet residents will have to rely on myanmar�*s fraught and fragile system to help rebuild their lives. azadeh moshiri, bbc news. more now on instagram announcing a major change of policy the to help protect teenagers and improve their safety online. teenagers on the platform will now

be put onto what are called teen accounts, with parental controls as a default setting. it will roll out in the uk within the next 60 days. our correspondent angus crawford has been following the story and spoke to ian russell — he's the father of molly russell, who took her own life in 2017 after watching unsafe online content. since then, ian russell campaigns for better protections on social media. there are things about the announcement that, on the surface at least, seem promising. the sort of, on—by—default safety measures, for example. there's lots there that could make a difference. and if it's implemented well, and that difference results in improved safety, then brilliant, brilliant. and i guess the question is, is this just another pr spin from the corporate heart of meta? or is this the first glimmer of a change of corporate culture, where they are thinking about safety and improving their safety practices

in a way that they always should have been? key, they say, that existing under—16s will be moved over to these new, safer accounts. is that going to work? so the safer teen accounts, i think, are going to take about 60 days to roll out. so before christmas, meta claims that everyone under the age of 18 will have a teen account. the safety measures really only bite for i3—is—year—olds when the safety measures are on by default and the parent parents have controls of those measures. whether it works or not, we'll only find out when the measures come into place. it's tempting always to see the downside of these announcements to feel, yet again, it's a pr stunt or whatever else. how do you react to those who might say, "come on, "this is a really major moment, it's a really important moment. "it's a huge improvement?" well, i hope it's a really

important moment. i hope it will be a huge improvement, but we can't make those judgments at the moment the announcement is made, we can only make judgments about the effectiveness of new measures when we see how good they are in practice. why do you think meta has made this announcement? is this because regulation and civil court cases are finally biting? what's behind it? there are many things, at least on the surface in this announcement, that meta could've done probably months if not years ago. and you wonder about the timing of the announcement. and i believe that court cases in america and regulation around the world have played an important role, in terms of getting meta to do something about the safety of their platforms. so, regulation may be slowly working? i've long been a believer that regulation is the way forward, because without regulation, the internet is a wild west, and maybe this is the first sign that regulation is beginning to bite. it would be great if that corporate

culture was changing and safety was being properly considered. let's hope, in a few months�* time, we can come back and that's the case. angus crawford joins me now. let's ta ke let's take in stages, angus, because the hope is this is a significant step forward in terms of child safety. it step forward in terms of child safe . . , step forward in terms of child safe . ., , , ., , safety. it really is, and it may be a hue safety. it really is, and it may be a huge step _ safety. it really is, and it may be a huge step forward. _ safety. it really is, and it may be l a huge step forward. immediately, it's beginning today, those who are already on the platform under 18 will start to be moving towards these new teen accounts, and anyone signing up will be moved straight to the steen account that has a lot of restrictions on it. but two really big questions instantly — we all know people lie about their age, people will already be having accounts who have lied about their ages, how is that verified? how does meta verify those on the app you have fibbed about their age? there is interesting research that says, forgetting the under 18 some of the under twelves, something like 65% of

those aged there are already on the app. and the new question, the new sign ups will be age verified to make sure they are the right age to join the platform, but what is meta doing today on age verification that it wasn't doing yesterday? what's the big change? so there are lots of unanswered questions. we the big change? so there are lots of unanswered questions.— unanswered questions. we saw the turn of the year _ unanswered questions. we saw the turn of the year us _ unanswered questions. we saw the turn of the year us lawmakers - unanswered questions. we saw the l turn of the year us lawmakers really going at the tech bosses. it's interesting because they are trying to put on the statute books a new law that chips away at the legal protections these companies have filled out victims to actually sue them. so you're asking the question they are, in terms of motivation of they are, in terms of motivation of the tech companies, they know things like that are accompanying, don't they? like that are accompanying, don't the ? ~ ., ., like that are accompanying, don't the? ~ ., ., y�* ., they? meta would say they're doing this because _ they? meta would say they're doing this because it's _ they? meta would say they're doing this because it's the _ they? meta would say they're doing this because it's the right _ they? meta would say they're doing this because it's the right thing - they? meta would say they're doing this because it's the right thing to l this because it's the right thing to do and they want to improve the platform. it's clear that litigation and regulation are moving around the big tech companies like a pincer. in

the uk, we have the online safety act, and in the us, huge pressure on big tech including the fact that, as i spoke to a few of them last year, there were families actively suing as we speak the big tech companies for the harm they say was done to them by their unsafe platform. so i think it's possible that regulation and litigation are finally starting to bite. we and litigation are finally starting to bite. ~ ., ., ., to bite. we have to leave it there, but fascinating, _ to bite. we have to leave it there, but fascinating, this _ to bite. we have to leave it there, but fascinating, this whole - to bite. we have to leave it there, but fascinating, this whole idea, l to bite. we have to leave it there, l but fascinating, this whole idea, we will watch in the coming months and see how it is actually implement it in practice. thanks so much for coming on today's programme. ourteam at our team at bbc verify has been looking at all the various images that have been posted on social media throughout the course of the last few hours in beirut and elsewhere. let's get more on this

from gordon carrera. 3:30pm in lebanon when suddenly reports flood into something extraordinary happening x —— exclusions in people plus my pockets. we are verifying videos right now — let's look at this one. we can't definitively verify the location as it was inside in a supermarket. but it does not appear anywhere on the one before, and the timestamp matches the other reports of when the incidents were taking place. these exclusions took place across lebanon. here's a crowd gathered in beirut in the aftermath of explosions. we've also verified these videos of ambulances apparently taking the wounded to hospital in the south of the country. how many were injured? reports say more than 2000 people were hurt. it appears that what were

blowing up was these — pagers use to receive messages. the military group has bah had switched away from using phones to pagers over fears has bah had switched away from using phones to pagers overfears israel could track those phones —— hezbollah. but that appears to have been exploited to target them. we can't verify this closer, but what appears to be a blown up pager — but the markings appear to match a particular brand. it's not clear how they were detonated, simply hacking into them remotely will make them overheat but not make them explode. so one possibility is that all the pagers were physically intercepted at some point and had small amounts of explosives planted inside, ready to be detonated when required. israel has not commented, but it will remain suspect. in the last few seconds, those developments in

lebanon are being described as extremely volatile and concerning by the un secretary—general�*s spokesperson, adding the un deplores any civilian casualties. so just the latest from the un on that story. developments in lebanon extremely concerning, especially given the extremely volatile context, the fears of a wider war in the region between israel and hezbollah. that's the latest on our main story. universities in england say tuition fees need to be increased in line with inflation to help prevent them from "sliding into decline". fees have been frozen for seven years but students say they're already paying too much. here's our education reporter vanessa clarke let's speak to professor adam tickell — he's vice—chancellor and principal of the university of birmingham. hejoins us live on he joins us live on the hejoins us live on the programme, welcome here to verify live. universities are saying they are experiencing a perfect storm — is that what you're finding? here experiencing a perfect storm - is that what you're finding? here at birmingham. _ that what you're finding? here at

birmingham, we _ that what you're finding? here at birmingham, we are _ that what you're finding? here at birmingham, we are actually - that what you're finding? here at birmingham, we are actually not| that what you're finding? here at l birmingham, we are actually not in the same place as many other universities. but the data from the regulator suggests 40% of universities in england — there's a very fundamental problem, and this is... 50 very fundamental problem, and this is... , ., very fundamental problem, and this is... so if there is a fundamental problem. — is... so if there is a fundamental problem. take — is... so if there is a fundamental problem, take me _ is... so if there is a fundamental problem, take me through - is... so if there is a fundamental problem, take me through the l is... so if there is a fundamental - problem, take me through the planks of the problem as you see it. so problem, take me through the planks of the problem as you see it.- of the problem as you see it. so you may remember— of the problem as you see it. so you may remember that _ of the problem as you see it. so you may remember that the _ of the problem as you see it. so you may remember that the coalition - may remember that the coalition government put up fees on the recommendation of an independent report. since that period of around 15 years ago, fees have gone up once ijy 15 years ago, fees have gone up once by £250. now if we take inflation into account, that means that fees into account, that means that fees in the same language of 15 years ago are only worth £6,000 in those terms. at the same time, government has removed other additionalfunding

has removed other additional funding we has removed other additionalfunding we got for building buildings and other capital, and removed the kind of support we had from very high—class subjects —— high—cost subjects. that's one component, the other is universities do research as well as education. we've seen in the last 20 years a reduction in the amount of money we get to support research, such that we now receive 65p back from every pound we spend on research. 65p back from every pound we spend on research-_ on research. there's also concern at the drop in — on research. there's also concern at the drop in the _ on research. there's also concern at the drop in the problems _ on research. there's also concern at the drop in the problems around - the drop in the problems around foreign students adding to all of what you'vejust foreign students adding to all of what you've just described, but many students will say they are already, in their view, paying too much for what they're getting back, the length of term times, the amount of face—to—face contact — can you understand that whatever universities are saying about the funding model, for a lot of students, they think already they

paying much? {iii students, they think already they paying much?— students, they think already they paying much? of course, because students in _ paying much? of course, because students in the _ paying much? of course, because students in the uk _ paying much? of course, because students in the uk contributed - paying much? of course, because i students in the uk contributed much higher percentages of the cost of education and they do in any other part of the developed world. the government spends i8p per £i spent on education, and that's way lower than any other rich country in the entire world. so of course i understand, but the problem is we've got a choice as a society — we can either have a reduction in the quality of education, or we can see some way of increasing the amount of money going to support student education. they can either be through direct government intervention, orwe through direct government intervention, or we do it through student visas. of course i have sympathy with everybody, but we can't do is have a reduction in income forever and expect things to remain the same. we income forever and expect things to remain the same.— income forever and expect things to remain the same. we have to leave it there, but thanks _ remain the same. we have to leave it there, but thanks for _ remain the same. we have to leave it there, but thanks for speaking - remain the same. we have to leave it there, but thanks for speaking to - remain the same. we have to leave it there, but thanks for speaking to us | there, but thanks for speaking to us and making the case. thank you very

much. tomorrow we celebrate 90 years of broadcasting from the bbc in bristol. over the decades, the city's become famous for the wildlife programmes made at bbc bristol's, natural history unit — so many, of course, presented by the broadcasting icon sir david attenborough. and sir david's been talking to the bbc — here's jonathan holmes. and here is the picture of her inside the nest. it may look primitive today, but this film about woodpeckers shot in 1955 captivated a nation. everyone in britain was blown away by this. it was what you talked about at the bus stop because there was only one network on tv, so it was the sort of thing you discussed. today, said david's programmes carry an important message, that the natural world is in danger more than ever before. i don't think we ought to be too pleased with ourselves, but i do think that the world would be in a far, far worse situation now, had there been no

broadcast on natural history. people have found natural history source of fascination and beauty and interest, and so on. but also, it has become key to looking after the world and dealing with the world's problems. in 2013, sir david was given freedom of the city of bristol, and at one point, he almost ended up living there. in 1955—56, something like that, i was told that i was to be made ahead of the natural history unit in bristol. and i said i would prefer not to do so, because i'vejust bought a house in london, i've got a son and daughter, they're based at school, and had it happened three years earlier i think i probably would have been there.

bristol is a joy to go to, because it does have a regional personality and if you're a broadcaster, particularly a natural history broadcaster, then there's nowhere else like it in the world. dinosaurs. that's one of the most infamous — the carnivorous t—rex. despite internationalfame, sir david is very modest about his part in the ground—breaking documentary is being made in bristol. —— ground—breaking documentaries. a lot of people think i'm there recording the programme, working the camera, sound recording, working out the travel, and putting in all the expertise — whereas of course, all these things are part of the team. sir david's next series about wildlife in asia will be on bbc one later this year. jonathan holmes, bbc points west. fascinating stuff, that's it from me and the team, see the same time tomorrow. bye—bye. hello. last week brought us

lots of heavy showers, and a real autumn chill developed across the uk. but this week, things look and feel very different. it is as if summer has made a return. this is just a selection of the weather watcher pictures we've had from across the uk during today. blue skies and sunshine thanks to high pressure, which is firmly in charge of the scene right now. quite breezy around the edges of this area of high pressure, and some areas of cloud just drifting around as well. a bit of cloud just moving in across parts of east anglia, the southeast of england overnight. cloud that has been affecting the north of scotland tending to retreat, becoming mostly confined to shetland. a few fog patches are possible through northern ireland, northern england up into southern and eastern scotland, where temperatures will be dropping away, but where we have more cloud to the northwest and to the southeast of the uk, those temperatures holding up in double digits for many locations. into wednesday, a bit more cloud in the mix for england and wales, but much of that will retreat to the east coast. northern ireland and scotland should see a lot of sunshine, particularly sunny skies.

i think in the north of scotland will be quite breezy. in the south this feed of winds off the north sea will also peg the temperatures back across some eastern areas, so 17 degrees there for newcastle and for hull, but close to the london area. also northern scotland highs of 2a or 25 degrees. now during wednesday nightjust keep an eye on developments here in the north sea. it looks like we'll see more cloud forming and then rolling its way westwards, particularly across england and wales. some of that cloud getting into eastern scotland as well. at the same time, we see more cloud rolling back into the north of scotland, but many places will still see some sunshine during thursday. highest temperatures likely to be in western and southern parts. we could get to 2a or 25 degrees, but as we look towards the end of the week, things do start to change. high pressure drifts northwards. low pressure developing across iberia starts to edge its way in our direction. and across england and wales particularly, we will see some

showers, possibly even some thunderstorms as we head on through the weekend. now further north across northern ireland and scotland, where we will see a bit of mist and murk and low cloud for eastern coast of scotland. otherwise, some spells of sunshine but starting to feel a bit cooler.

at six — at least eight people have been killed and almost 3,000 injured in lebanon after hand held pagers explode simultaneously. the pagers — used by armed members of the lebanese armed group hezbollah to communicate instead of mobile phones — exploded right across lebanon this afternoon. this is the scene outside beirut�*s main hospital tonight which is being inundated with the injured. hezbollah says israel is to blame. also tonight, a man appears in court charged with the murders of carol, hannah and louise hunt in a crossbow attack at their home

in hertfordshire. instagram brings in teen accounts designed to keep children safe on its platform. and on the run in shropshire, the capybara called cinammon — the world's biggest rodent. and coming up on sporstday later in the hour on bbc news, the new look champions league get�*s underway, liverpool start their campaign against old foes ac milan at the san siro. mayor says oxford street will be pedestrianised with the backing of the government. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. at least eight people have been killed and almost 3,000 have been injured, according to the health ministry in lebanon, after hand—held pagers simultaneously exploded across the country. the pagers are used by the armed group hezbollah to communicate with each other.

a ten—year—old child is among the dead after her father's pager exploded. hezbollah fighters, medics and iran's envoy to beirut are also among the injured. security officials say the devices were hacked by israel, who have not yet commented.