this is bbc news, the headlines... israel and hezbollah exchange cross—border attacks. waves of rockets are fired into northern israel, while targets are struck in southern lebanon. hezbollah confirms senior commanders are among at least 37 people killed in an israeli strike on beirut. lebanon's health ministry says women and children are among those killed. israel attacks a school in gaza, saying it was being used as a hamas command room. the gaza health ministry says at least 22 people — including children — were killed. here, the labour party conference begins this weekend — its first in government for 15 years. but ministers are expected to deliver sobering messages. dozens more women contact the bbc — and legal teams — with fresh allegations about the former harrods boss mohamed al fayed.

now on bbc news, it's sportsday. hello, and welcome to sportsday. i'm tulsen tollett. a thriller for chelsea, as jackson scores twice to help them beat west ham 3—0. australia take a 2—0 series lead over england in a one—sided match at headingley. and rory mcilroy is three shots off the lead heading into the final round of the bmw pga championship, at wentworth. also coming up on sportsday... drama aplenty, as mclaren�*s lando norris takes pole position for the singapore grand prix. while in the coming hours, wembley stadium will be rocking as 96,000 watchjoshua v dubois for the ibf heavyweight championship.

hello, and thanks forjoining us on a day in the premier league that has seen chelsea 3—0 winners over west ham at london stadium in the early kick—off. nicolas jackson was on a hatrick inside 20 minutes, and he added an asist to cole palmer for the third just after half—time, as enzo maresca's project starts to take shape. for the hammers, it was a third straight league defeat at home, which leaves them just above the relegation zone. joe lynskey has more. five games into this premier league season — for chelsea, there are signs from the star it's come together. £200 million spent in the summer, at a stockpile of options in every position — but west ham made it simple. position - but west ham made it simle. �* ., ., position - but west ham made it simle. �* . ., , ., ., simple. and what a start that is for chelsea. _ simple. and what a start that

is for chelsea. nicholas - is for chelsea. nicholas jackson _ is for chelsea. nicholas jackson showed - is for chelsea. nicholas jackson showed the - is for chelsea. nicholas l jackson showed the thrill is for chelsea. nicholas - jackson showed the thrill of jackson showed the thrill of his potential. a23—year—old who chelsea have faith with up front. inside 18 minutes, he got through to score twice. he's in for another one, and scores. ., z: scores. here for 2-0 with the outside of — scores. here for 2-0 with the outside of his _ scores. here for 2-0 with the outside of his boot. - scores. here for 2-0 with the outside of his boot. the - scores. here for 2-0 with the | outside of his boot. the home side claimed a penalty — but var ruled the contact here was fleeting. you'll make no penalty. it was west ham's brief moment before chelsea went clear. jackson this time set up for cole palmer. for west ham's new manager, it's now three home defeats from three — for them, there's early pressure, but for chelsea, signs of promise. joe lynskey, bbc news. in what has been a turbulent time off the pitch, the chelsea boss is happy with what he's seeing on it. it's been a good game, good result, also the clear she has been important. but as i've said many times, we have many things to improve. we can attack and defend better — but

overall, we are in the right direction. 100% happy with the new class, i've already said that before the game. he's been working very good, he's off the ball, the way he works today he's been important, because he's been important, because he's scored twice, but the main goal, he did a fantasticjob off the ball. and we are very happy. liverpool have moved top of the league for 2h hours at least, after a 3—0 win over bournemouth that saw all three goals come in the first half at anfield. bournemouth had a goal ruled out by var for offside less than five minutes in, and then, a luis diaz double in two minutes was added to by darwin nunez to hand arne slot�*s side all three points and respond to last week's loss against nottingham forest. i think it was a good performance, especially the way we played with the ball, the amount of ways... it was really good today, and that too. quite

a lot of shots, quite a lot of chances, but they kept on working really hard and they arrived a few times in our 18—yard box, as well. so a good win, but not as easy as the score would probably look like. newcastle united have lost for the first time this season, after a 3—1 defeat against fulham at craven cottage. rauljimenez opened the scoring for the hosts, with goals from emile smith rowe and reiss nelson coming either side of harvey barnes�* consolation. fulham move up to eighth, whilst newcastle drop to sixth. it's a slow start from us. i think the first goal was a killer low for us, it was a tough goal to concede, we need tough goal to concede, we need to better. the first half was difficult for us. the second half much better, we scored a great goal, 2—1 with a long time to play. i thought we could turn the game around. we had our chances in that period, and ultimately a third goal came again.

of course we are pleased, we should — of course we are pleased, we should have more points to be honest— should have more points to be honest because we deserve them. but even — honest because we deserve them. but even when you win games, you feel— but even when you win games, you feel the performances are good — you feel the performances are good and _ you feel the performances are good and you see the team growing _ good and you see the team growing — upside from the game against — growing — upside from the game against ipswich, we were not at the level— against ipswich, we were not at the level we would normally play. — the level we would normally play, and the second half i think— play, and the second half i think we _ play, and the second half i think we showed the quality and that we — think we showed the quality and that we are growing as a team. lots— that we are growing as a team. lots of— that we are growing as a team. lots of new players coming as well, — lots of new players coming as well, some players left the club, — well, some players left the club, they need time for everything. but at the same time, — everything. but at the same time, to— everything. but at the same time, to have this type of performance shows we are in the right— performance shows we are in the right direction again. and after two consecutive defeats, tottenham came from behind to beat brentford 3—1 to ease the pressure on manager ange postecoglou. dominic solanke scored his first goalfor the club since his £65 million move from bournemouth in the summer. good win here, it meant a lot of us, to be fair. i said before the game, we've had some great performances but we haven't quite managed to get the results to match it. so

today, we wanted to put them both together — and i think we did that, and the three points exit worth it. we we re we were playing against a teamm _ we were playing against a team... so that makes a difference, no complaints. i'm pleased— difference, no complaints. i'm pleased with the players, they were _ pleased with the players, they were brave. and when we need to come _ were brave. and when we need to come here, — were brave. and when we need to come here, we need to plate 90 good _ come here, we need to plate 90 good minutes, and only 60 — and on top _ good minutes, and only 60 — and on top of— good minutes, and only 60 — and on top of that, again, it is what _ on top of that, again, it is what it— on top of that, again, it is what it is, _ on top of that, again, it is what it is, it's myjob, but it doesn't _ what it is, it's myjob, but it doesn't help and we have five potential— doesn't help and we have five potential starters out. —— we need — potential starters out. —— we need to— potential starters out. —— we need to play 90 good minutes, not only— need to play 90 good minutes, not only 60. elsewhere, aston villa scored all their goals in the last 20 minutes to win 3—1 against wolves. everton picked up theirfirst point of the campaign with a 1—1 draw at leicester city, and ipswich scored an equaliser in the 95th minute at southampton. currently goalless between crystal palace manchester united. in the championship, sunderland sunk fellow north east side middlesbrough at the stadium of light. an opportunity in front of goal

looked like it had been squandered on his first touch, but 17—year—old chris rigg produced a sumptuous backheel to put the ball into the net — in what turned out to be the only goal of the game. the win leaves the black cats second behind leaders west brom. qpr drew 1—1 with milwall at loftus road in one of the other early games. duncan watmore opened the scoring for the visitors, butjust six minutes later, michael frey levelled the scores. this result keeps both sides in the bottom half of the table. elsewhere, west brom's win over plymouth argyle sees the baggies remain unbeaten and top of the table, while burnley, leeds, and sheffield united all won — that win for leeds moves them into the top six. for all the latest, head to the bbc sport website. in the scottish premiership, hearts remain rock bottom after losing 2—1 at st mirren. stjohnstone conceded two late goals against ross county, where it finished 3—3.

rangers are 1—0 up in their scottish league cup quarter final against dundee. nigerian international cyriel dessers put them in front. it's their first match at ibrox this season because of delayed renovation. elsewhere, aberdeen are 2—0 against spartans. manchester united got their women's super league season under way with a 3—0 victory over west ham at old trafford. geyse opened the scoring for united, then leah galton doubled the lead just before the break with a great strike from just inside the area. grace clinton scored the third in what was a convincing win for marc skinner's side. and in the days other game — brighton made a great start to the season under their new manager, dario vidosic, thrashing everton 4—0. new signings fran kirby and kiko seike with the goals. seike is the first player in wsl history to score a hat trick on her league debut.

and one more football story to bring you — harry kane has become the top english scorer in the bundesliga. the england captain scored his 41st league goal for bayern munich earlier in their5—0 win at werder bremen. it moves him clear of jadon sancho, who scored a0 goals for borussia dortmund. incredibly, kane needed just needed just 36 games to break the record. it caps a brilliant week for him — he also scored four goals for bayern in their 9—2 win over dinamo zagreb in the champions league. australia have beaten england by 68 runs at headingley to win the second match of their best of five one day international series and go 2—0 up. it's a 14th straight win in this form of the game for australia, as england, despite bowling them out inside 50 overs, couldn't capitalise in their chase — as alex fletcher reports. humbled at trent bridge, harry brock looking for headingley home comforts. his england side put australia into bat — and the breakthrough marked the end

for travis head. england now in the mood as australia's top order fell. the mood as australia's top orderfell. bringing up his 20030i orderfell. bringing up his 20030| wake up. alex carey did dig in for the visitors as he reached his half—century in style. shortly after, he was stopped in his tracks. that's in the air- — stopped in his tracks. that's in the air. 271 _ stopped in his tracks. that's in the air. 271 the _ stopped in his tracks. that's in the air. 271 the target - stopped in his tracks. that's in the air. 271 the target for| in the air. 271 the target for victo . in the air. 271 the target for victory- 0ne _ in the air. 271 the target for victory. one that _ in the air. 271 the target for victory. one that seemed i in the air. 271 the target for - victory. one that seemed within reach, but things started bubbly — and after ben duckett and liam livingston fell, england were up against it with jamie smith their best chance of victory. lemat gone, straight at mid—wicket. his wicket greeted with australian joy- wicket greeted with australian joy. and there was more to come as they went on to win by 68 runs — leaving plenty to discuss for england. alex fletcher, bbc news. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. rishabh pant marked his return to test cricket with a century, as india closed in on a comprehensive victory over bangladesh in the first test in chennai.

playing in his first series since a serious car crash in december 2022, pant scored 109 as india set bangladesh a massive target of 515 for victory. they'll begin the penultimate day wavering on 158 for four. reigning champion francesco bagnaia won the emilia—romagna motogp sprint race in italy ahead of tomorrow's grand prix. the sprint victory moved bagnaia to within four points of leaderjorge martin in the standings. martin came second with enea bastianini third. britain's sasha pardoe has won gold in the bmx european freestyle championships in switzerland. the 18—year—old topped the standings on both runs, with a score of 88.06 on her second — enough to take the title. pardoe's fellow brit elsa rendall finished fourth. rory mcilroy is three shots off the lead heading

into the final round of the pga championship at wentworth. his 66 earlier moves him to 15 under for the tournament, behind leader matteo manassero. after equalling the tournament record over the first two rounds, england's matthew baldwin struggled today, but is still in contention — as our golf correspondent iain carter explains. it is quite some story really, when you consider that this was a player who a couple years ago was wondering whether or not he had a future as a professional golfer. it was well documented that he actually took time out from the game to help pay the mortgage as a delivery driver — but subsequent to that, he's forged a successful professional career — a winter in south africa, now obviously on a very, very big leaderboard here at wentworth. it was a struggle for him today at one park, 71, didn't take advantage of the conditions that were there for the taking — because we had a lot of rain early on,

the course was softened, there was a breath of wind, and it was a breath of wind, and it was an opportunity, as many showed, to really go low. his 71 enabled him to be overhauled by matteo manassero, a brilliant 63 from the italian. so baldwin will start the final round for shots off the lead. and you mentioned back when a manjust behind rory and you mentioned back when a man just behind rory mcilroy, who's had a few close shaves this year — is it now his time? he'll be hoping so because those close shaves have accumulated really, the most recent at the irish 0pen last week. you think how close he came at the olympics, and also of course at the us open at pinehurst. he needs to put a big title back onto his resume at some stage this season, you would think, and this is a good opportunity. rounded 66 today, disappointed to find the water at the last — that was a blow, but he still managed to get

that closing hole. that 66 means he's at 15—under par in the share of second—place, and three shots behind matteo manassero, the man he succeeded as the pga champion back in 2014. , ., , 2014. the presage of this tournament _ 2014. the presage of this tournament is _ 2014. the presage of this tournament is obviously i 2014. the presage of this | tournament is obviously at state, and we've got a year out now from the ryder cup in new york next year and —— how important is the tournament looking ahead to that? significant that this is a $9 million tournament, so whoever wins, it will give them a real lift up in terms of ryder cup qualifying if they are eligible for the european team, and that could lift a whole load of pressure for later in the season. i think as far as the players are concerned, it's competing for one of the most prestigious titles on the world tour for this first and foremost. but for someone like matteo manassero — who you would've expected to been a ryder cup regular, given the way he started his career — it

will be an added incentive, no doubt about that as he seeks to defend this lead in the final round tomorrow. after a much more positive 2024 and hoping to return to the world's top 50, there's now another injury blow for emma radacanu. she was forced to retire just half an hour into her korea 0pen quarterfinal against daria kasatkina — her first tournament since her opening round elimination at the us open. the 2021 us open champion was trailing 4—1 in the opening set when she had a medical time—out because of a problem with her left ankle. radacanu, who's still only 21, was given what appeared to be pain killers, but she lasted just two more games, losing the set 6—1, before retiring from the match. kasatkina went on to beat fourth seed diana shnaider 6—3, 6—4. she'll play beatriz haddad maia in tomorrow's final. britain's lando norris will start tomorrow's singapore grand prix in pole position. it's the mclaren driver's fourth pole in six races. he's currently 59 points behind championship leader max vertsappen, who'll start

second on the grid for red bull. vertsappen won the first seven grand prix, but has failed to win any of the last seven. lewis hamilton will start third. but carlos sainz�* car will need plenty of work to be ready to race tomorrow, after he made a mess of a bend and crashed his ferrari during qualifying. the session had to be paused for the car to be removed. it was tough. especially through qualifying, i was finding it a little difficult to progress much and get a lot of lap time. and the more guys around, it seemed to get quicker and quicker, and it put me under a lot of pressure especially with one lap at the end. but it was enough to paul and i'm happy with that, especially here in singapore. so a good feeling, i felt good all weekend, felt confident — not so much in qualifying, but we got thejob not so much in qualifying, but we got the job done. the walls aren't the only hazards on the marina bay street circuit as aston martin driver and former double world

champion fernando alonso found out in final practice this just having a look for the lizard. �* , ., lizard. it's in the middle of the track. _ that monitor lizard wasn't very quick there, just ambling around. but, once the marshals came after it, it soon turned into a speedy little critter. it brought the session to a temporary halt while it was caught and safely removed. quite a turn of speed there — it would probably benefit from some traction control, though, as it was a bit all over the place. the new premiership rugby season kicked off last night, with bath getting just a little bit of revenge over defending champions northampton saints for their narrow loss in last season's final — they picked up a try bonus point in their 38—16 win at the rec. this afternoon, it was a quiet first half at sandy park before exeter scored the first two tries of their campaign in the second. leicester responded by pushing over to touch down through hanro liebenberg, and — despite a red card — managed to snatch a second try at the death, thanks

to tommy reffell, to win the game 17—14. gloucester and saracens are also in action as we speak — the visitors have secured a try bonus point in the second half at kingsholm after scoring three tries in the first, the cherry and whites only managing to get their first points of the game on the stroke of half time. saracens currently lead 27—7. and the united rugby championship has also restarted this weekend — in wales today, the dragons left it very late to win against 0spreys, while scarlets, ulster, and glasgow are all in action a little bit later. two great rivals have clashed in rugby union this morning, and australia's 22—year wait, to win the bledisloe cup, goes on, after they were beaten again by holders new zealand, in sydney. the all blacks looked on course to surpass the record winning margin of 37 points in a bledisloe fixture, when they raced into a 21—0 lead inside 15 minutes — caleb clarke scoring

the third try. but australia fought back, in impressive fashion from that point, salvaging some pride, and running infour tries — but it wasn't enough, losing 31—28. the return fixture takes place next week in wellington. later on in the rugby championship, south africa are in santiago, where the world championm, springboks, can clinch the title for the first time since 2019 with a win over argentina. in the pacific nations cup final, fiji have beatenjapan, while samoa saw off the usa to finish third. catalans dragons beat hull fc 24—4 in the last game of superleague's regular season. tom davies scored the fourth of their four tries. they needed to have won by well over 100 points to make the play—offs, but finish in seventh place. hull end their campaign one off the bottom and, due to the grading system governing promotion and relegation, they'll

remain in superleague for another campaign. here's confirmation of the top six. wigan picked up their third trophy of the season after winning the league leaders shield on thursday night. hull kr's win over leeds rhinos last night means they finish second and leeds miss out. leigh leopards won a nailbiter against st helens 18—12, with both sides making it through to the knockouts. here's what we have in store for the playoffs, then. the eliminators get under way on friday with salford taking on leigh. warrington will then face st helens a week today. then it's the semi—finals — hull kr will face the highest—ranked winner on fourth 0ctober. wigan then play the lowest ranked winner the following day. the season ends with the grand final at old trafford on 12 october. wigan are aiming to win the domestic treble of league leaders' shield, grand final and challenge cup in the same year. we're just a few hours away from fight night at wembley stadium, where anthonyjoshua

will take on daniel dubois for the ibf heavyweight title. joshua tipped the scales at 18st during the weigh—in as he aims to become world champion for a third time. ade adedoyin reports. applause the last time auntiejoshua thought for the heavyweight title, it ended in tears. two years after that defeat 0leksandar usyk, he appears to overcome any crisis of confidence with four straight wins and spectacular knockouts. but that's led to this showdown against daniel dubois, in front of a record 96,000 fight fans at wembley stadium. it’s of a record 96,000 fight fans at wembley stadium. it's gotten cuick, but at wembley stadium. it's gotten quick. but it _ at wembley stadium. it's gotten quick, but itjust _ at wembley stadium. it's gotten quick, but itjust shows - at wembley stadium. it's gotten quick, but itjust shows how- quick, but itjust shows how you got to make the most of the moment because you'll soon forget about it. so i've worked hard, i've been through a lot of pain, and i've worked hard to get better. so hopefully those experiences will happen again because, as he saw that

night, idon't like losing. likejoshua, dubois also had to rebuild his career after a tough loss to 0leksandr usyk last year. any subsequent answers about his mental toughness have been answered with back knockout wins. it shows he's one of the best in the world after being elevated from number one contender to champion following 0leksandr usyk�*s decision to relinquish the belt. usyk's decision to relinquish the belt. �* ,, usyk's decision to relinquish the belt. �* , , the belt. also you guys, i prepared _ the belt. also you guys, i prepared for— the belt. also you guys, i prepared for this, - the belt. also you guys, i prepared for this, i - the belt. also you guys, i prepared for this, i know| the belt. also you guys, i. prepared for this, i know it's in me — prepared for this, i know it's in me and _ prepared for this, i know it's in me and i_ prepared for this, i know it's in me and i need to bring out -- iti— in me and i need to bring out -- i'ii show— in me and i need to bring out —— i'll show you guys. just do what — —— i'll show you guys. just do what i've _ —— i'll show you guys. just do what i've always done, but this time, — what i've always done, but this time, bit — what i've always done, but this time, bit sharper and what i've always done, but this time, bit sharperand better. those — time, bit sharperand better. those bankrolling this competition have added a bit of glitz and glamour to this event by staging media opportunities in london, with anthonyjoshua hoping to us i was a landmark win in his career. this win would cement his time with other boxers who have won three times. ~ ., . .

times. mohamed ali, the greatest. _ times. mohamed ali, the greatest, even _ times. mohamed ali, the greatest, even brilliant i greatest, even brilliant fighters like evander holyfield — that's the club you join. they're notjust heavyweights, they�* re not just heavyweights, they they're notjust heavyweights, they are the greatest heavyweights in the history of our sport. and that's where joshuais our sport. and that's where joshua is aiming for, that's what he wants to do in front of 96,000 people at wembley at 10pm on saturday night to. this is arguably _ 10pm on saturday night to. this is arguably the _ is arguably the biggest domestic heavyweight fight on british soil — and it's not just the title at stake, but also the chance to fight 0leksandr usyk or tyson fury for all the major belts in the division next year. ade adedoyin, bbc news, wembley. coverage on bbc ready five life starts from seven p:m., so in around five minutes' time after you finish watching sportsday, get all these sporting updates here, cross over to bbc radio. crystal palace are up against manchester united in the premier league, it's currently goalless in that one, there is around 23 minutes to play in that along with a bit of stoppage time at the end. in liverpool are top of the

premier league after a 3—0 win over bournemouth at anfield earlier. until next time, bye for now. hello there. we've had a lot of stubborn fog around the north sea coast today, but also some big thunderstorms, torrential downpours — really nasty if you're caught in one of those. they will continue through this evening, overnight, and indeed, they'll be around through sunday and monday. there are met office warnings because we're expecting quite a lot of wet weather to come along — a month's worth of rain potentially in places. so notably, we've had those big storms through the midlands, to name but a few areas — those continue through this evening, meandering around an area of low pressure, and actually becoming more widespread, we think, as they move up from the south. whilst further north, a little bit of mist and fog — a fresher night here, so quite warm and close in the south — but the return of the mist and low cloud off

the north sea coast. let's focus on some of that wetter weather — this is what the computer model thinks of the rainfall amounts in the next 2—3 days. so you can see we're edging towards a month's worth of rain in some parts of england and wales. it really could be quite wet, so there's a concern for flooding, clearly. and once again, as we come into sunday morning, as i say, they'll become more numerous overnight as outbreaks of rain with embedded thunderstorms in them, lightning, certainly, they're around as we go into sunday morning. rather grey and misty again near the north sea coast, and damp, damp and drizzly — but further west, under the clearing skies overnight, we may have had a little bit of mist and fog to clear away, as well, and that does linger till mid—morning at this time of year, as well. but once it clears, good spells of sunshine again — hopeful that that cloud will also break for the central belt where it didn't during the day today. but look at this further south — because we've got more extensive outbreaks of rain, thundery rain, there'll be more cloud, so temperatures won't be quite as high. but once again, if you're caught in those torrential downpours, where there's spray

and standing water, really quite treacherous on the roads. now that low pressure eventually moves out of the way, but not till the end of monday. we've got a little bit of rain towards the north, but we've got another low pressure rushing in midweek — this time, more rain again in the south and perhaps strong winds. but let's get back to monday — still that band of slow—moving, heavy, thundery rain with us — again, mostly across england and wales, not for all, but more widely, as i've said, than we've seen today. there's just uncertainty as to how far north it's going to drift. by tuesday, a little bit of rain also for the far north of the country, but some brighter weather in between. but, as that brighter weather comes down from the north later, it will see the temperatures tumbling away, but there's more wet and windy weather to come midweek on, as i say.

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this is bbc news. israel and hezbollah exchange cross—border attacks as the us says the risk of escalation is worrying. lebanese officials say the number of people killed in friday s israeli air strike has risen to 37, including children. hezbollah confirms two of its senior commanders are among the dead. dozens more women contact the bbc — and legal teams — with fresh allegations about the former harrods boss mohamed al fayed. votes are being counted in sri lanka's first presidential election since economic meltdown two years ago. and hundreds of paratroopers re—enact one of the major allied military operations of the second world war. hello, i'm karin giannone.

the us national security adviser has warned the risk