this is bbc news, the headlines... israel and hezbollah exchange cross—border fire. israel says it is attacking his brother targets with dozens of military aircraft after learning of a major rocket assault. —— hezbollah targets. the us describes the risk of escalation is acute. lebanese officials say the number of people killed in friday's israeli air strike in beirut has risen to 37, including women and children. hezbollah confirms two of its senior commanders are among the dead. israel attacks a school sheltering displaced people in gaza, saying it was being used as a hamas command room. gaza's health ministry says at least 22 people — including children — were killed. lawyers representing women allegedly raped or sexually assaulted by mohamed al fayed say they've received about 100 new inquiries about the investigation. harrods�* current owners say they are appalled by the allegations.

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 start it's come together. £200 million spent in the summer, and a stockpile of options in every position — but west ham made it simple. and what a start that is for chelsea. nicholas jackson showed

the thrill of his potential. a 23—year—old who chelsea have kept faith with up front. inside 18 minutes, he got through to score twice. he's in for another one, and 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. no penalty. it was west ham's brief moment before chelsea went clear. jackson this time set it 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, a good result, also the clear sheet 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're in the right direction.

100% happy with nicholas, i've already said that before the game. he's been working very good, he's off the ball, the way he works today has 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 times we could free up the midfield. it was really good today, and that too. it led to quite a lot of shots,

quite a lot of chances, but to be fair to bournemouth, 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 blow for us, it was a poor goal to concede, we need to better. the first half was difficult for us. i thought we look stretched and are defending. 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

the third goal kills the game. of course we are pleased, we should have more points, to be honest, because we deserve them. but even when you win games, you feel the performances are good and you see the team growing — apart from the second half against ipswich, we were not at the level we would normally play, and in the second half i think we showed the quality and that we are growing asa team. lots of new players coming, as well, some players left the club, they need time for everything. but at the same time, to have this type of 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 to 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 makes it worth it. we we re we were playing against a team and a _ we were playing against a team and a club where their standards are bigger than our stadium — standards are bigger than our stadium and capacity. so that makes a difference, no complaints. i'm pleased with the players, they were brave. and, when we need to come here, we need to play 90 good minutes, not only 60 — and on top of that, again, it is what it is, it's myjob to put a competitive team out there, but it doesn't help when we have five potential starters out. crystal palace drew 0—0 with manchester united at selhurst park in the premier league's tea—time kick—off. united dominated for most of the match and came close twice in matter of seconds when first alejandro garnacho and then bruno fernandez hit the woodwork. but palace had their own chances, and it was only a remarkable double save by andre 0nana in the second half that denied the south london side. the draw leaves united in 11th,

while palace are down in 16th. 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. 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 stjohnstone conceded two late goals against ross county, goals against ross county, where it finished 3—3. where it finished 3—3. rangers are through to rangers are through to the scottish league cup semi the scottish league cup semi finals after beating dundee finals after beating dundee 3—0, nigerian international 3—0, nigerian international cyriel dessers with the opener cyriel dessers with the opener and the third there. and the third there. it's their first match it's their first match at ibrox this season at ibrox this season because of delayed renovation. because of delayed renovation. elsewhere, aberdeen elsewhere, aberdeen are also through after are also through after beating spartans 4—0. beating spartans 4—0. manchester united got their women's super league season under way with a 3—0 season under way with a 3—0 victory over west ham victory over west ham at old trafford. at old trafford. geyse opened the scoring geyse opened the scoring for united, then leah galton for united, then leah galton doubled the lead just before doubled the lead just before the break with a great strike the break with a great strike from just inside the area. from just inside the area. grace clinton scored the third

in what was a convincing win for marc skinner's side. for marc skinner's side. and in the day's other game — brighton made a great start to the season under their new manager dario

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. bringing up his 200th 0di wicket. alex carey did dig in for the visitors as he reached his half—ce ntu ry in style. shortly after, he was stopped in his tracks. that's in the air. and that's out. 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. gone, straight at mid—wicket. his 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—4. 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 winner in south africa, and now obviously on a very, very big leaderboard here at wentworth. it was a struggle for him today at one under par 71, he 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 not 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, matt baldwin will start the final round start the final round four shots off the lead. and you mentioned matteo manassero there,

a manjust 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, at some stage this season, you would think, and this is a good opportunity. you would think, and this rounded 66 today, disappointed rounded 66 today, disappointed to find the water at the last — to find the water at the last — that was a blow, but he still that was a blow, but he still managed to par that par give, managed to par that par give, get that closing hole. get that closing hole. that 66 means he's at is a $9 million tournament, that 66 means he's at 15—under par in the share 15—under par in the share of second—place, and three of second—place, and three shots behind matteo manassero, the man he succeeded as the pga shots behind matteo manassero, champion back in 2014. the prestige of this tournament the prestige of this tournament is obviously at state, is obviously at state, and we've got a year out now and we've got a year out now from the ryder cup in from the ryder cup in new york next year — new york next year — how important is the tournament how important is the tournament looking ahead to that? looking ahead to that? they are significant — this they are significant — 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

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. 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 more pressure, especially with one lap at the end. but it was enough to pole and i'm happy with that, especially here in singapore. so, a good feeling, ifelt good all weekend, felt confident — not so much in quali, 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 morning. so we are told that the track is clear, but let's have a look for the lizard.— for the lizard. it's in the middle _ for the lizard. it's in the middle of _ for the lizard. it's in the middle of the _ for the 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—111. it was victory for saracens away at gloucester this evening. three first—half tries were only answered on the stroke of half time as they went down the tunnel ten points ahead. there were two more in the second half as sarries secure a bonus point, and a late fightback saw gloucester get one, too, but it was the visitors who ultimately came away with the win. the final score at kingsholm —

gloucester 26, saracens 35. and the united rugby championship also restarted this weekend — in wales today, the dragons left it very late to win at home against 0spreys, and across the water, munster narrowly managed to avoid a home defeat, too. scarlets, ulster, and glasgow are all in action as we speak. 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.

are in santiago, where the world champion, springboks, later on in the rugby championship, south africa are in santiago, where the world champion, 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 by 2a points to four 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 the 11th of october. 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. he groans applause

the last time antonyjoshua fought for the heavyweight title, it ended in tears. two years after that defeat to 0leksandar usyk, he appears to have overcome any crisis of confidence with four straight wins and some spectacular knockouts. but that's led to this showdown against britain's daniel dubois, in front of a record 96,000 fight fans at wembley stadium. it's gone 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 won't happen again because, as you saw that time, i don't like losing. likejoshua, dubois also had to rebuild his career after a tough loss to usyk last year. any subsequent answers about his mental toughness have since been answered with back—to—back knockout wins. it shows he's one of the best in the world, after being elevated from number one contender to champion following usyk�*s decision to relinquish the belt.

i'll show you guys on the night, i prepared forthis, i know it's in me, and i need to bring out. just do what we've always done, but this time, a bit sharper and better. those bankrolling this competition have added a bit of glitz and glamour to the event by staging the media activities at iconic landmarks in london, with anthonyjoshua hoping to use this as a landmark win in his career. this win would cement his time with other boxers who have won three times. you will do as you're walking with giants, as they say, your walking with the likes of... muhammad ali, the greatest, even brilliant fighters like evander holyfield — that's the club you join. they're notjust heavyweights, they are the greatest heavyweights in the history of our sport. and that's wherejoshua is aiming for, that's what he wants to do in front of 96,000 people at wembley at 10pm on saturday night. this is arguably the biggest domestic heavyweight fight on british soil — and it's notjust 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. as you heard towards the end of the vt, it gets under way at 10pm, the main fight. get all the latest on bbc rate of five life, you look at the undercard and main matchup betweenjoshua and main matchup betweenjoshua and dubois. for everything else, head to the bbc sport website, download it to your mobile or tablet. that's all we got time for. listen to the fight, it'll be an absolute cracker. that's all from sportsday. 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, there 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 clouds, so temperatures won't be quite as high. but once again, if you're caught in those torrential downpours, with a spray and standing water, really quite treacherous on the on the roads. now that low pressure eventually moves out of the way, but not till the end of monday. 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.

live from london.

this is bbc news israel says it's using dozens of aircraft to attack hezbollah in southern lebanon, as the us says it's worried about an escalation. lebanese officials say the number of people killed in friday's israeli air strike in beirut 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.