hello from the bbc sport centre. world number one jannik sinner sez he is confident that he will avoid a doping ban after wada appealed a decision by the international tennis integrity agency to clear him of wrongdoing following two positive tests for an anabolic steroid in march. the appeal to the court of arbitration for sport means the case might not be resolved before sinner begins the defence of his australian open title injanuary. iam i am still surprised but i will collaborate like i did before. i had three hearings which all went my way. that was good. but now we will see. i'm very confident that it comes out very positively and i would be

very positively and i would be very surprised if it is the opposite, but it is not in a situation where i feel comfortable, that is for sure, because i thought it was over, but now we have it once again. it is not easy. from one us open champion to another. but aryna sabalenka has lost for the first time since before her run to the title in new york. beaten by karolina muchova in the quarter finals of hte china open. sabalenka's defeat in beijing ends a winning streak of 15 matches. but after fighting back from a set down and having a break in the decider, she lost the third set 6—4 to muchova who will play china's olympic champion zheng qinwen in the semi finals. the highest court in the european union has said that fifa rules which govern the way some football transfers work break the eu's laws, in a ruling that could have a big effect on future deals. it's after a long—running legal battle between former chelsea and arsenal midfielder

lassana diarra and fifa that has been won by the retired player whose lawyer says the whole transfer system has changed with the ruling. diarra's legal team successfully argued that fifa's current system contravenes eu laws regarding freedom of movement of players and competition between clubs. football's world governing body had refused to provide diarra with an international transfer certificate for a proposed move to belgian club charleroi in 2015. fifa says the decision only puts into question two paragraphs of their rules but others claim the ruling could have far—reaching consequences his contract was terminated so why should you not be allowed to go to another country and be able to play football or work, where the country in question or the club in question, in moscow, had a problem, and so thatis moscow, had a problem, and so that is the first income in terms of a player being able to go elsewhere. dusty first thing. the bigger question, if a player was to leave a club and go to play for a club elsewhere, should there be a sword hanging over their neck

in terms of financial liability and for the club that wants to employ them, financial liability for them as well? a british boat will contest the america's cup for the first time in 60 years after ineos britannia won the competition's playoff series in barcelona. needing one more victory over italy's luna rossa to make the final, britannia held their opponents at bay throughout to claim the first race of the day, completing a 7—4 win that takes them through to face the defending america's cup champions team emirates new zealand, also in barcelona, starting next weekend. south africa have won their opening game of the women's t20 world cup. they dominated with a ten wicket win over west indies. captain laura wolvaardt finished unbeaten on 59 and tazmin brits made 57. they take on england in their next group match in sharjah on monday.

india against new zealand is the next match and that begins in about ten minutes. and that's all the sport for now. israel's campaign of air strikes against hezbollah in lebanon appears to be widening, with attacks in the capital, the east and the south. beirut endured a night of heavy strikes close to the airport and in the southern suburbs. as the israeli ground assault in the far south continues, loud explosions could be heard on friday around the port of tyre. the lebanese transport minister said an israeli airstrike hit a road near the border crossing with syria, used by hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing the country. the lebanese government says nearly a quarter of the country's population has been displaced by the conflict. over a million people have been dispaced in lebanon. david miliband, the former uk foreign secretary, who's president and ceo of the international rescue committee aid organisation. told me the country had been turned upside down. this is obviously a moment of enormous humanitarian peril.

the situation in gaza remains dire. 2 million people in gaza, plus, of course, the more than 100 hostages in absolutely terrible conditions. now we have the escalation in the west bank as well, which mustn't be forgotten. 3 million people there. the situation in lebanon, i've been in touch with my team on the ground. we have about 400 irc humanitarian aid workers on the ground in lebanon, and the country is being turned upside down. over a million people, according to the government, have been displaced. and as you indicated in your introduction, the fact that hundreds of thousands of people from lebanon, some of them syrian refugees, probably a majority, are going back to syria to the danger that they faced there, tells you quite how dangerous the situation is. so as well as the political peril, from our point of view as a humanitarian organisation, there's desperate humanitarian peril as well. and you will know that there is a crossing, the masnaa

crossing between lebanon and syria that has been hit by the israelis. and we've heard some concern that that means that people can't move to syria if that's what they want to do, to try to escape the bombing in lebanon. and also, does that affect aid coming in? is that something that your teams are concerned about, or do they think that, you know, ultimately, i know you can't make a politicaljudgement... israel, of course, say that they are, of course, targeting places where hezbollah are also bringing in supplies. well, we'rejust getting up in new york so i haven't been in my in touch with my team yet today. the information that i saw in the media is that the crossing remains open. it's not actually a main aid crossing. it's not where aid is coming in. the united nations have announced that health and medicines and other health materials have arrived at beirut airport today, which is obviously something. but you're right to point to the grave, grave danger. the un figures are that at the crossing, 235,000 people have crossed

from lebanon into syria. the syrian refugees, who we've been working with over the last 12—13 years, they fear greatly going back for all sorts of reasons to do with the situation in government held parts of syria. so you can tell quite how desperate they are that they're choosing to make a move back to a country that they left ten, 12 years ago, despite the dangers there, because of what they fear in lebanon. these are many people, the syrian refugees, in informal settlements, often in the bekaa valley. they're leading a miserable existence in all sorts of ways, very high levels of poverty and distress. and so you can tell quite how dangerous is the situation in lebanon. on the political front, on the politicalfront, there is also the concern regarding

escalation. what could it mean on the ground for the humanitarian situation, for all those civilians caught up in this? ~ ., those civilians caught up in this? ~ . , , ., ., this? we are desperate for de-escalation, _ this? we are desperate for de-escalation, not - this? we are desperate for de-escalation, not for - de—escalation, not for escalation, and that starts in gaza where we continue to repeat our calls for an immediate ceasefire, that is desperately needed to get aid to civilians and to protect civilians and to get the hostages out and it is important that in the immediate focus on the confrontation between israel and iran, we do not forget the gaza situation. in respect of the wider politics, they have been decades of conflict and division across the middle east, and this is now a new kind of political confrontation and military confrontation because iran and israel, countries that had friendly relations before 1979, these

are countries that have not gone to war before and there is great peril, that is alarming people in the region but also in washington as well, and i'm not going to make predictions, but obviously, each ratchet contains further danger and thatis contains further danger and that is what we are seeing at the moment. 15 that is what we are seeing at the moment.— that is what we are seeing at the moment. is there likely to be any kind — the moment. is there likely to be any kind of— the moment. is there likely to be any kind of resolution - be any kind of resolution before the us elections? what difference does the outcome of that race in november make to this situation?— this situation? that is a very aood this situation? that is a very good point- _ this situation? that is a very good point. obviously, - this situation? that is a very good point. obviously, the l good point. obviously, the waning months of any administration create a new set of conditions. this is not yet a dominant political issue in the us campaign and it probably will not become so but in an election that is very close, you do not need to be the dominant issue to become a very important political issue, and i think there is alarm in the us that this conflict is going to spiral, and that is

something that is preoccupying notjust something that is preoccupying not just the joe biden administration notjust thejoe biden administration but i know on the campaign trail, both sides are going to be wondering how this is going to impact them. the truth is, it's out of their control. and that's something that i think is worrying for all sides. david miliband there. these are the latest pictures from beirut with smoke billowing out of the buildings as the strikes continue from israel, targeting hezbollah, and they say they have now killed around 250 hezbollah fighters including a number of the battalion and company commanders since the start of the ground invasion at the start of this week. this is according to a military spokesman today, from israel, saying they are still assessing the damage of the strikes in southern beirut which targeted

the intelligence headquarters of hezbollah. goodbye for now. hello, there. good afternoon. well, we've seen some respite from all of the wet weather across the south of england over the last couple of days. and for the rest of this afternoon, the blue sky and the sunshine are just set to continue with high pressure dominating. it's slowly drifting a little further eastwards, but it's still helping to block these weather fronts approaching from the north and the west. but still more cloud, outbreaks of patchy rain across western scotland, northern ireland as we head through the rest of the day. more cloud too, increasing for eastern scotland. we'll see quite a fresh southerly to south easterly wind blow, particularly across the western isles. rather windy here, but a lot of sunshine for england and wales, with some fairweather cloud at times and temperatures in the best

of the sunny spells could get as high as perhaps 16—18c. of course, cooler underneath the cloud and the rain, but here it's going to be a milder night. of course, as all of that cloud and outbreaks of patchy rain tend to push their way further eastwards into southern eastern areas of scotland, perhaps through northern england as well. so double figures underneath all of the cloud. but where we keep the clear skies, further south and east, temperatures could dip back to mid single figures. so quite a chilly start locally here. and then this is saturday. low pressure approaches from the atlantic, sending these weather fronts further eastwards. but for most of us, it's still dry and bright on saturday, with a bit of rain out towards the west. turning heavier, and then that cloud pushes across the whole of the uk. so a much greyer day on sunday, with some patchy outbreaks of rain for most of us. so this is saturday, then. some of that rain heavy and persistent across northern ireland, pushing up through northwestern scotland as we head through the morning into the afternoon. more cloud developing across western wales and the southwest of england. but again, a lot of sunshine for most of us and for the vast majority it will be a dry day,

but then it will turn wetter overnight on saturday into sunday. with these fronts gradually pushing further eastwards. it's a cloudier looking day on sunday, the clouds spreading into eastern scotland, parts of eastern england too, with rain across southwest england and much of wales up through northwest england and western scotland as we head through the latter part of the day. temperatures again 13—17c. now, that low pressure pushes further eastwards, it's going to introduce very unsettled conditions as we head into the start of next week. here's the outlook for our capital cities. bye—bye for now.

live from london. this is bbc news. defiance — from iran's supreme leader. in a rare speech — he praises his country's missile attack on israel — and hints there could be more to come. reports suggest that israel was targeting his word —— hezbollah�*s. overnight — huge blasts in beirut close to the airport — reports suggest israel was targeting hezbollah�*s next leader. our correspondent lucy williamson reports on the exchanges of fire between hezbollah and israeli forces. it seems the army is pushing into the location and this was the response.

we'll be live with anna foster in beirut — and nick beake