and the son of a famous american father hoping to make it big in basketball in the uk. you're very welcome along to the programme, wherever you are watching around the world. we will start then with the europa league, where ten—man tottenham secured a convincing 3—0 victory over azerbaijani side qarabag after the match was delayed by over half an hour due to travel disruptions. spurs were reduced to ten men after those seven minutes when radu dragusin was shown a red card, but four minutes later, brennanjohnson put the english side ahead. sarr doubled the lead seven minutes after the break. so it was dominic solanke then who sealed the win late

in the second half. i don't know whether it was delay to the game or whatever, but it's no excuse. wejust, you know, we kind of shot ourselves to the foot and unfortunately, unfortunately radu and lucas paid the ultimate price for it. but you know, as a team, we just we didn't start the game the way we wanted to and the way we needed to, and made the game sort of challenging for us. response was great. absolutely. but yeah, disappointed we had to be in that position. elsewhere, scottish side rangers earned a first ever victory on swedish soil. they ran out 2—0 winners against malmo. albania midfielder nedim bajrami scored his first goal for the ibrox club in less than a minute, and then sub ross mccausland sealed the victory“; minutes from time with a low strike. so a look at the other results: there was a big victory for ajax.

four goals for them at home to besiktas, two of them scored by mika gotze. roma were held to a 1—1 draw by athletic bilbao after conceding a late equaliser. you will know that fans have been furious with the club's decision to sack boss daniele de rossi just four games into the season. and you can get plenty more on those results on the bbc sport website. we'll move on to the women's champions league now, where arsenal overturned a first—leg deficit against hacken to make the group stages of the competition. they were trailing 1—0 after that first leg in sweden, but they strolled to victory with four goals on the night to ensure their progression after missing out on the group stages last year. elsewhere, juventus had a 5—2 aggregate win over french club paris saint—germain, and then celtic became the first scottish side to qualify for the group stage since it was introduced. they had a 2—0 aggregate win over vorskla poltava. tennis now, and world number one jannik sinner says there is room to improve ahead of his second—round match as he looks to defend his

title at the china open. the us open champion fought back from a set down to win his opener against chilean nicolas jarry, and he will face the veteran three—time grand slam winner stan wawrinka or russia's roman safiullin in the next round. the first serves, yes. the second one, you know, i still have to improve a little bit, but, you know, he was returning very aggressively. so, you know, it's also not easy. yeah, but you know, it's from after us open. we tried to work very hard. we tried also to change a couple of things and, yeah, i'm happy — happy about my process. obviously there is still a lot of room to improve. to men's golf now, where the president's cup is up and running in montreal, it's a team competition that sees the usa taking on an international team, and world number one scottie scheffler helped lead the way with his playing partner russell henley on day one in the fourballs. they won three and two...

for the biggest margin of victory. the other three matches were closer coming down to the final in madrid, two time major winnerjon rahm is three shots off the lead after day one of the open de espana. it's a fellow spaniard who leads the way on home soil. big hitting angel hidalgo had a round of 65 that included one eagle and six birdies to head the field. rahm, who has won his home open three times already in 2018, 2019 and 2022, admitted his round of 68 which included 5 birdies was a little unexpected due to his late arrival as he attended his daughter's birth. after 257 races, daniel ricciardo�*s f1 career looks to be over. the, year—old was already going to be replaced by liam lawson for

the next race in austin, but the australian has now left the rb team with immediate effect. ricciardo won eight grand prix in his career, the last one was with mclaren in italy three years ago. caitlin clark's incredible rookie season in the wnba is over after indiana fever�*s defeat in the first round of the play—offs against connecticut sun. but after the match, one of the sun players alyssa thomas talked about the racist abuse she's received from the fever fan base. the indiana coach christie sides says her players have been targetted as well. been targeted as well. the league has released a statement saying they one they will take appropriate measures. cindy boren from the washington posts explains how this all happened. she arrived with great fanfare, they had to move against to big arenas across the country, wnba were on national tv weather had not been before. it

were on national tv weather had not been before.— not been before. it was a very bi deal not been before. it was a very big deal and _ not been before. it was a very big deal and there _ not been before. it was a very big deal and there was - not been before. it was a very big deal and there was an - not been before. it was a very i big deal and there was an awful lot of resentment among other wnba players and i think that is somewhat understandable from the point of view of we have been here for a decade or more playing in this league and now all of a sudden it is a big deal. there was some anger and hurt and what happened i think in the first game, the open of this series, carrington smacked her ndi. it wasjudged to be an inadvertent play, but it left caitlin with a black eye and clark again gives back almost as good as she gets, as she should, and so yesterday afternoon carrington revealed she had received some really ugly abusive e—mails and that is where this whole alyssa thomas then came out after the game and she was talking about what was going on in the wnba

then weighed in and said, we are going to... we have reported all of this to security and if we need to, we will get law enforcement involved. they are somewhat fortunate now in that caitlin clark's season is over so i would think some of that would be tempted, some of the hate and vitriol and nastiness would be tempered a bit going forward. people are accustomed to these teams, knows these players. there is not the caitlin clark frenzy there was all season long. i don't know how you get a handle on that, i really do not, but the wnba needs to figure that out. professional basketball resumes in england and scotland after a summer when its very future seemed in doubt. the league has been restructured with some frantic recruitment over the last few months. amongst the new arrivals is the american charles thompson. for inspiration, he can to look to his father, who twice boxed for the heavyweight title of the world. our sports correspondent

joe wilson has the story. charles thompson, new basketball professional in leicester, nicknamed the bear. tony thompson from orphanage childhood to world title contender. he fought vladimir klitschko, twice known as the tiger. thompson and son. so he didn't really. start boxing until he was probably about 30. but i mean, he never let it get down. he never was like, oh, i started late. if i started early, i could have did this. if i start earlier, i could have did that. he never had the type of mindset and it's just always a push through mindset. some of the best. fighters will probably be basketball players because they have great footwork. so boxers are a lot more athletic than people give them credit for. because my floor is his ceiling. so, i mean, my fatheralways wanted me to be a better man than he is. however, you, you know, quantify or determine that.

basketball players are some of the most athletic people in the world. so it's obviously a connection. well, they're preparing for a new season and a new league formed by a consortium of the clubs. the last league dissolved in june when the finances collapsed. it's been an anxious summer. as player and coach, rob paternostro starting his 25th season in british basketball. he has a strong perspective. when i first arrived over here, just having a general conversation about basketball with anyone in the country, it was unique when someone knew the game. now so many more people are now growing up with the game and you can see with the participation levels around the country, pretty soon it's going to be hard to stop. as for charles thompson, well, we prepared a little family encouragement. hey, man, from the tiger to the bear. you know, it's your turn now. you know, take it and run with it. i know you're going to be a star. whatever you chose to do and wherever you land. so, you know, go for it. baby. mommy loves you. that's it. he knows.

that's amazing. 3000 miles from home. sport starts with the heart. joe wilson, bbc news in leicester. great story there. charles and his dad, tony. right, just before we go here on sports day, we have time to recap our top story. and despite going down to ten men afterjust seven minutes, tottenham were able to win their opening europa league game 3—0 against qarabag. you can find all the details of that on the bbc sport website and app. but for me and the team, have a lovely rest of your day. bye— bye. hello there. the month of september can often be quite a turbulent one. the transition from summer into autumn and the final full week of september has been just that. look at thursday's rain. a lot of heavy rain drifting out of northern england and northern ireland.

—— northern. this darker blue here, a line of torrential thundery showers with some hail in there as well. already still with days to spare, woburn in bedfordshire has had its wettest september on record, but it's also had its wettest month ever on record, and we've got an amber weather warning which will remain in force for the next few hours. and so we are just going to continue to add to those rainfall totals. so a line of heavy rain will move its way south out of the midlands, down into southern england and southeast england. behind it, the wind direction swinging around to a northerly. a few scattered showers with elevation could turn a little wintry as well, as it turns colder from the north, so this weather front slowly eases away during the day this friday and then behind it, that colder air starts to tuck in. a real noticeable difference to the feel of our weather story. so yes, it will be a wet start across east anglia, south east england. for a time that rain clearing perhaps away from the kent coast by lunchtime and then quite an improvement, actually. some sunshine coming through. a few scattered showers,

but a brisk northerly wind making it feel quite cool out there. eight to 14 degrees — below par for this stage of the month. now, as we move out of friday into the weekend, we start with this ridge of high pressure. a quiet start to the weekend, but there's more wet weather to come as we move into sunday. but with that high pressure, well, that means we could have quite a chilly start first thing on saturday morning. temperatures and sheltered glens of scotland and northeast england down below freezing, so a frost is not out of the question here. we will continue to see the wind direction swinging around to more of a northwesterly. that will drive in showers on saturday across exposed west coasts, and one or two running down through the cheshire gap as well. top temperatures on sunday at around 15 degrees, the best of the sunshine in sheltered southern and eastern areas. then, as we move out of saturday into sunday, here's that rain. and it means an unsettled start into next week,

slowly improving.

live from washington. this is bbc news. israeli airstrikes in lebanon continue, despite international calls for a ceasefire. us president biden pledges an additional $8 billion in military aid for ukraine. and in an attempt to regain terrority, the sudanese army launched a major offensive

against the rapid suport forces. hello, i'm caitriona perry. you're very welcome. israel has carried out more aerial raids on lebanon on thursday, rejecting calls from the international community for a three—week ceasefire with hezbollah. the israeli army says it continues to fight hezbollah with �*full force', hitting 220 hezbollah targets in 2a hours. this is footage released by the israel defence forces, showing a strike in southern beirut that killed the head of hezbollah�*s drone unit. lebanon's health ministry said the latest israel's strikes killed at least 92 people, bringing the death toll from israeli raids this week to more than 600. this week marked the deadliest period between the two sides since 2006. hezbollah began a campaign against israel

on october eighth, in support of hamas, and the two sides