this is bbc news, the headlines... explosions. israel steps up its offensives against hezbollah in lebanon and hamas in gaza, on the eve of the october 7th anniversary. evacuation orders for around 25 villages in southern lebanon have been issued, as israel continues with its ground invasion. thousands of people gather across the world to call for the return of the 101 hostages still being held in gaza. events have been held in paris, london and glasgow, among others. israel is on a state of high alert with a 19—year—old female israeli border police officer killed on sunday and ten people wounded — in a shooting in southern israel. the prime minister's chief of staff quit her role — sue gray said she "risked becoming a distraction". she had been caught in rows over pay, after it was revealed her salary was higher than sir keir starmer�*s.

now on bbc news, it's sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm olly foster. looking for positives from a point at aston villa, erik ten hag says manchester united are on the same page in their long term project. scotland's women are hit for six, slumping to their second defeat at the t20 world cup. on the eve of the test series in pakistan, we'll hear from england's head coach and captain in multan. also coming up on sportsday... and in the first match of the nfl�*s annual invasion of london, it's the vikings who come out on top against thejets. and boxing history up for sale — the glove that saved muhammed ali at wembley.

hello, welcome alone. hello, welcome along. we'll start with football and the last games before the international break, three in the premier league. it's now five games in a row without a win for manchester united, but they didn't lose. it was goaless at villa park, and that is unlikely to see the speculation around erik ten hag's position die down. asked about his future the dutchman insisted "we are all onboard together, on one page. we know where we are working to, it's a long—term project". in the short—term, the point does nothing for their position in the table, they remain 14th. here's our sports correspondent natalie pirks. flame—throwers at villa park. as if erik ten hag needed

a reminder of the heat on him. the club is languishing in the doldrums whereas villa beat bayern munich last week. it was united who almost got the perfect start. martinez into the same. without a win in four games the decision makers looked on. united made it to have time unscathed — almost. this game needed a spark, rashford again almost providing it. at the other end onana was also equal to the challenge. a strike the keeper could do little about. fernandes. he is unlucky. bruno fernandes�*s free kick denied by the woodwork. as everyone�*s batteries were running low tried to nick the win back their champions league brilliance seem to have dulled their shine. united survived but this remains their worst start in premier league history. a draw then perhaps the breathing space united's beleaguered manager needed.

natalie pirks, bbc news. we are now into the international break so there is some breathing space. let's hearfrom erik ten hag, he says despite the draw he was pleased with his sides performance. i think the performance of united is very good. defending but also in possession part, i think it was in balance. we created some chances but not much of it and on the other side was villa. this is our clean sheet, we are in a new direction and now also we improve defending the counterattacks that shows we are in a good direction. bit of injury news from villa, their defender ezri konsa came off with a hamstring problem in the first half, and he's almost certainly going to miss england's nations league matches against greece and finland over the next week.

as for the match for them the point sees them stay fifth in the table behind chelsea on goal difference. we wanted, we prepared the match tried to win we didn't do but we had to be overall in this moment, happy how we compete and we got the point and how we are in the table. i think it's good for our way and how we are in this moment, to try to build the team as strong as possible. it was also a draw at stamford bridge. i—all. chelsea coming from behind in an ill—tempered match against nottingham forest who took the lead through chris wood, only for none madueke to equalise. james ward—prowse was sent off for forest later in the second half for a deliberate handball and there was also an altercation between a dozen players after an incident involving marc cuccurella, he was one of seven chelsea players booked.

forest's morgan gibbs white came off injured in the second half, leaving him a doubt to play for england in the international break. we are worried, now he's going to be assessed and tomorrow he's going to do a scan. see if he's going to do a scan. see if he's able tojoin he's going to do a scan. see if he's able to join the england squad, but hopefully, i hope it's nothing serious, i hope. tottenham threw away a two goal lead at half time to lose 3—2 at brighton spurs made a great start with brennanjohnson putting spurs ahead with his sixth goal in as many games as they looked to win a sixth match in a row in all competitions. james maddison added another before the break, james maddison added another before the break, only for yankuba minte to pull only for yankuba minte to pull one back for brighton one back for brighton ahead, with a goal at the start of the second half at the start of the second half and in the space of 20 and in the space of 20 minutes they found themselves minutes they found themselves

ahead, with a goal from georgino rutter and danny wellbeck. with the winner, they've moved up to sixth, tottenham are ninth. it was grace great race from my team, they deserve to win, they worked hard for this, their focus on the small steps and focused on the things they controlled especially in the half second half, in the end i think they deserve to win. fairto

what we did in the second 44 minutes, _ what we did in the second 44 minutes, it was like i said unacceptable, in football we -ot unacceptable, in football we got what we deserved. postecoglu's former club, celtic, are still top of the scottish premiership but they had a scare at ross county. they looked to be affected by their 7—1 thrashing at borussia dortmund in the champions league in midweek and were trailing with 15 minutes to go before turning it around to win 2—1 as nick parrott reports. after heartache in front of borussia dortmund's yellow wall, came welcome relief against the travelling green wall. they were forgiven for expecting an easy day, they had beaten ross county and their last encounters. but despite having very little to possession the hosts made the reigning champions look shock shy, celtic had themselves to blame, heading the staggies a penalty. ronan hale ensured she did her job the second time around. ronan hale ensured he did her

job the second time around. ronan hale ensured he did a betterjob the second time around. struggled to maintain their composure but the difficult task got easier thanks to the stroke of luck. alastairjohnston in the right place at the right time, a triple substitution with half an hour to go saw celtic pile on the pressure and it eventually paid off with just a few minutes to go. nicholas kuhn to the rescue for his third league goal of the season, sparking delight another day they might rather forget. nick parrott, bbc news. aberdeen are the only other side with a100% record, and they came from 2—1 down to beat hearts 3—2 ante palaversa with their 88th minute winner. they've won 13 games straight in all competitions this season and go to celtic straight after the international break. third—placed rangers are eight points behind the top two, and will look to narrow the gap when they play stjohnstone at ibrox, kick off at 8pm. in the women's super league, liverpool have their first win of the season after a thriller

against tottenham at brisbane road. spurs keeper becky spencer was at fault for liverpool's opener, she cleared straight to midfielder cornelia kapocs, the swede, on herfirst wsl start, lobbing spencer from distance. spurs levelled ten minutes after the break, jessica naz with the ball in which captain taylor hinds tried to clear but it ended up in her own net. but the score soon changed again as marie h bingerfired again as marie hobingerfired liverpool back in front with a superb free kick. spurs drew level once more through clare hunt only for liverpool to win a penalty after a challenge from ashleigh neville, and hobinger stepped up to complete a 3—2 win. manchester city are top of the wsl after beating west ham 2—0. that match between chelsea and manchester united set for today was postponed so city can't be caught this weekend. arsenal were held to a goalless draw by bottom of the league everton at the emirates.

newly promoted crystal palace claimed their first win in the women's super league with a 2—0 win over leicester city. rangers are top of the scottish women's premier league. goals from katie wilkinson and lizzie arnot in the second half saw them beat motherwell 2—mil stay in first place. 2—nil stay in first place. that's eight wins from nine matches, as well as a draw with celtic on thursday to start the season. glasgow city had put themselves top of the table temporarily with a 5—0 win over aberdeen before rangers' victory. fifth—placed hibs put five past montrose. bottom side dundee united's miserable start to the season continues, they were beaten 2—1 by spartans. hearts are up to third after beating partick thistle 3—0. there was just one game in the championship today. cardiff remain rooted to the bottom of the table after bristol city came from behind to earn a one all draw. ollie tanner gave the welsh side the lead early in the second half at ashton

gate. but luke mcnally hit back for the robins with around 20 minutes to go. the point moved city up a place to sixteenth. scotland have lost again at the women's t20 world cup. they batted first against west indies in dubai and only made 99 off their 20 overs, that was never going to be enough as the west indies raced to their target winning by six wickets. ben croucher reports. a first women's t20 world cup and scotland have yet to really sparkle. up against 2016 winners west indies... it was always going to be tricky. still, they were given a few lives. scottish smiles were sparse, struggling to score, score quickly and put the bad balls away. they found the boundaryjust six times, restricted to 99 for eight in their 20 overs,

but the threat of stephani taylor was extinguished by rachel slater in the opener, the west indies side have plenty of firepower elsewhere and set about the scotland total with a shower of sixes. there were bright sparks in the field, impressive catches held — eventually. but this was a contest that was in truth, seldom close. do it in style! two games it in, scotland's inaugural tournament could be fizzling out. ben croucher, bbc news. after defeat to bangladesh in the tournament opener, the scots face england and south africa in their final two group games. batter lorna jack—brown wasn't too downhearted at their showing in dubai. we believed that we could come in and really cause an upset, it's not went our way tonight but that's t20 cricket. i guess, you know,

we've got a couple more games and we always look to improve and we're up against class players, another one went off tonight but it's not about individual players. we as a team kind of lost that game. in the other game today india got their first win of the competition, beating pakistan by six wickets in dubai. india captain harmanpreet kaur produced a steely 29 to steer her side to a scrappy win, as they hit their target of 106 to win with seven balls to spare. they lost their first game heavily against new zealand so are still in a precaurious position in terms of progression. next up for india are sri lanka on wednesday, while pakistan face australia on friday. england's test series against pakistan starts tomorrow morning in multan. the hosts have gone ten matches without a win in home tests

while england have had a successful summer winning both series against west indies and sri lanka, although they will be without their captain ben stokes for tomorrow's match as he continues to recover from a hamstring tear. they're also missing their bowling coachjimmy anderson for the start of the game, he's playing golf, at the alfred dunhill links championship. in the world we live in now, communication is easy, right? sojimmy is constantly being in communication with the guys and he's allowed to live his life, too, as he wants and we are always looking to try and ensure the people are able to enjoy themselves and to tap into theirfamily life and their hobbies and fun as well. he is going to be here on the second day, i don't think it's a big issue, to be honest. we've had as much preparation is we've ever had going as we've ever had going

into a series, we've been here for six, seven days now, we've trained three times out here in the sweltering heat. we've had a few days in the sweltering heat and trained more than pakistan has here as well. so it's not affecting us in a preparation point of view. we go in with high hopes of the season and there will be no excuses whatsoever if we don't get to where we want to get. it's been a hectic schedule for some of england's players, with little time to acclimatise after their one day and t20 series against australia last month, ollie pope, all who will stand in as skipper ionce again for ben stokes, says that's not a concern. yeah, absolutely. as well—prepared as we could be, i think. obviously there was a series against australia back home, a few of the boys have been constantly playing in single figure degrees, the opposite is extreme here. but no, we've straightened really well the last three days

and i think that's just the nature of cricket at the minute and especially test cricket, you don't always get those warm—up games in, and that extra time to acclimatise just the nature of the schedule, but the boys are fresh and ready to go. tyrell hatton secured the alfred dunhill links championship for a record third time after pipping belgium's nicolas colsaerts with a birdie on the last hole of the tournament. both players had birdie putts on the 18th at st andrews but after colsaerts narrowly missed, hatton made no mistake to add to his wins in 2016 and 2017. the victory was the 32—year—old's seventh on the dp world tour and hatton now sits at 20th in the world rankings. york valkyrie have become the first team to retain the women's super league title after beating st helens by 18 points to 8 in the grand final.

saints hosted the match as a result of winning the league leaders' shield. but it was of no advantage as kelsey gentles, who got married last weekend, continued her celebrations with what turned out to be the winning try for york. there was also a record crowd for a women's superleague match with more than 4,800 fans attending. saracens are top of rugby's premiership, maintaining their perfect start tio the season with a win over exeter chiefs by 29 points to 14. sarries dominated the first half and fergus burke scored their fourth try to secure a bonus point by half—time. they went over just once more in the second half, a second try for ben earl as saracens strolled to victory. that's three bonus point wins from three matches for them and they lead bristol by three points in the table. defending women's premiership champions gloucester—hartpury have begun their campaign for an unprecedented third successive title with an emphatic 57—29 over

leicester tigers at kingsholm. jade shekells with the last of their nine tries. gloucester also retain the slater cup, named after ed slater, former captain of both men's clubs who's living with motor neurone disease. let's have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today. the pressure onjorge martin at the top of the motogp standings by winning the japanese grand prix. the italian overtook pedro acosta on pole on the opening lap and lead to the chequered flag with martin finishing second. that's cut the spaniards lead to ten points with four rounds left. israel's oded kogut secured the biggest stage win of his career on the final day of the tour of croatia. brandon mcnulty was part of the main group behind him and that was enough for the american to take the overall victory. britain's fred wright claimed third overall. england's netballers missed out on a clean

sweep against new zealand losing their final test 61—56 in invercargill. but still took the series 2—1. england return to action with back—to—back matches at home to jamaica in manchester next month. british—trained bluestocking romped to victory in the prix de l�*arc de triumphe, arguably the world's most prestigeous all—age horse race. trained by ralph beckett with rossa ryan on board, this was bluestocking's third group one win of the season. the first of three nfl matches to be played in london saw the minnesota vikings beat the new yorkjets 23—17 at the tottenham hotspur stadium. the vikings held off thejets in the fourth quarter, to maintain their perfect start to the season, with five straight wins. reginaldo rosario reports. london has become something of a good omen for the minnesota vikings, unbeaten in their three trips

across the atlantic and bringing the noise with them. the vikings have already scored one touchdown when cj at rolled ham—rolled into the second quarter, thejets and despair. but aaron rodgers, the quarterback showing the poise that has marked his illustrious career. 17—7 at the break. rain falling in the second half, rogers passed a record figure of 60,000 passing yards. formerjet throwing an interception that he was made to pay for, rogers to garrett wilson, the lead reduced to one score. setting up the final drive, thejets marching down the field only for rogers to find a man in purple. stephan gilmore preserving minnesota's unbeaten record this season, and thejets left scratching their heads. reginaldo rosario, bbc news. coco gauff has won the china open in beijing.

it was a one—sided final as she swept aside the unseeded karolina muchova for her second title of the year, 6—1, 6—3. it's gauff�*s eighth career title and she has an incredible record on hardcourts. she's the first wta player in the open era to win each of their first seven finals on that surface. her other title came on clay. it's super special and yeah, i mean, i clearly like the hard courts, i'm american so it's a given. the last honestly three weeks if you count the training weeks it's been a long time here in beijing but very enjoyable. but two years ago i think i didn't do well post—us open, and this part of the season is always the toughest for me regardless of how the hard court goes, i think sometimes you're almost ready to be done but again, there's a lot of points on the line and your competitor spirit and you want to win, but it is tough and it showed myself that

i can play great tennis mentally and physically and i thinkjust getting to that point is very important. world number one jannik sinner is into the fourth round of the shanghai masters. he came from behind to beat tomas martin etcheverry. he'll take on roberto carballes baena or ben shelton for a place in the quarterfinals as he bids to secure his seventh title this year. meanwhile carlos alcaraz was also forced to battle hard as he earned his eleventh consecutive win to advance to the last 16 of the competition. the world no 2 beat wild card wu yibing 7—6, 6—3 and he'll now meet the winner of the match between gael monfils and no 16 seed ugo humbert next. it's the stuff of boxing legend — in 1963 british heavyweight henry cooper took on — and almost beat — the man who would later be known as mohammad ali. however, a ripped glove, worn by the then cassius clay, mesant the fight was paused, buying the american some recovery time. that glove is being auctioned this month and it's expected to fetch a six—figure sum —

as our reporter to fetch a seven—figure sum — as our reporter alastair mckee explains. thank you. you have been identified. at an underground vault in a secret location, an item of sporting memorabilia that could be worth several million pounds. wow, this is it. this is it. injune 1963, wembley stadium saw britain's henry cooper face the american cassius clay, who would later become muhammad ali. this is one of the gloves that ali wore, which henry cooper later signed. it says henry cooper on it. yes, yes. and i can see it says bailey's of glastonbury. bailey's of glastonbury, yes. and this... this is, this is- the damage. the famous damage. during the match with ali struggling, the bell sounded. his trainer drew the referee's attention to a split in the glove. and he still doesn't know where he is! it's thought the subsequent delay gave ali time to recover and he went on to win.

but the controversy doesn't end there — a pair of gloves with exactly the same story were sold at auction in 2001. i can't comment about those gloves. i've never handled them. how do you know this is the real one? this is the real deal. i've never had a doubt. the family who owned this glove were gifted the glove to them, along with a letter of authenticity. they've had it for about 31 years, and they didn't really know what to do with it. and we set about gaining full provenance for it. we've written a 65—page dossier. we've spoken to the managing directors of pittards. we've spoken to the sales rep who actually sold the leather that the gloves were made from. it's been such a really good heritage project. you know, it was made in somerset, it's come back to somerset, it's being sold in somerset. the auctioneer expects the item to sell for at least £4 million, possibly as much as ten million.

a lot of money for a single 61—year—old damaged glove. the history of the heavyweight division could've been very very different without that glove. reminder of our top story — underfire, erik ten hag and his united side getting a goaless draw at aston villa united remaining in 14th in the table. he said... "we are all onboard together, on one page. we know where we are working to, it's a long—term project and we have to keep improving the process." lots more reaction to that much on the bbc sport website, or your bbc sport on the bbc sport website, or your bbc sport app, on the bbc sport website, or your bbc sport app, but on the bbc sport website, or your bbc sport app, but from me, olly foster and the rest of the sports stadium, have a great evening.

hello there. good evening. a very messy and unsettled picture weather—wise as we head through the next few days. but it was a pretty start earlier on this morning. lots of red skies as captured by our weather watchers. and of course, the heaviest downpours today were out towards the west, some of the showers pushing further eastwards at times. not as much sunshine as we saw yesterday, but still the chance of some more bright and sunny spells as we go through the next few days, accompanied by some rather blustery showers. brisk southerly winds so the air is mild, warm for the time of year, even. and it's unsettled because low pressure is the dominant force. it's out towards the west of ireland. of course, all of these bands of rain showers swirling around it that sets the scene. for the rest of tonight there will be further bands of rain just gradually pushing northwards and eastwards, but some long clear spells across northern areas of england and through the southern half of the uk as we head towards dawn tomorrow. here, temperatures could potentially drop back into high single figures. otherwise a mild start, double figures pretty

much across the board. now, tomorrow, the low pressure remains out towards the west. again, there will be furthershowers, longer spells of rain at times. it's quite a cloudy picture across scotland, for example, and there will be rain on and off here throughout the day. the early rain clears away from northern ireland, moves into north—west england, and there could be some heavy, possibly thundery, downpours across south—west england into southern wales as we head through the afternoon. but you could catch a shower almost anywhere. a little less frequent out towards the east. some sunny spells and the best of the sunshine. temperatures will peak 16—19 celsius. that's above the seasonal average. now, the low pressure sinks a little further southwards as we head through tuesday, so some of the focus of the heaviest downpours could be across the southern half of the uk. there'll be quite frequent showers here, but again some bright and some sunny spells in between. another band of rain just pushes northwards into scotland. again, there will be quite a lot of cloud here, but once again in the best of the sunshine, it will feel warm for the time of year. temperatures generally 14—18 celsius. now, wednesday's weather needs watching. this deep area of low pressure

contains the remnants of hurricane kirk, and at the moment, we think that the worst of the weather will be across northern france, moving into the low countries, heavy rain and strong winds. but some of that rain could move into kent, perhaps. we're likely to see some very blustery winds down the north sea facing coasts as that low pulls away, and then it turns a lot colder. bye— bye.

live from london, this is bbc news. israel steps up its offensives against hezbollah in lebanon and hamas in gaza, on the eve of the october 7th anniversary. this place was hit about 12 hours ago and there's still smoke coming out of the rubble. there is a heavy smell in the air and there is destruction all around, including some buildings farfrom here. prime minister keir starmer�*s top adviser, sue gray, resigns from her position as downing street chief of staff. she says she "risked becoming a distraction" after being caught up in rows over pay. hello. i'm nicky schiller, welcome to the programme.

israel has been stepping up its offensives against hamas