in a christian majority region. a court hears how the father of 10—year—old sara sharif phoned police from pakistan and admitted he killed her at their surrey home. and... a nasa spacecraft that will hunt for signs of alien life on one ofjupiter�*s icy moons has blasted off from cape canaveral, florida. let's get all of the latest sports news. hello from the bbc sport centre. wales will look to continue their unbeaten start under coach craig bellamy when they take on montenegro in the nations league in cardiff this evening. bellamy is in the process of instilling an adventurous new style, which so far has resulted in two draws and a win. they are a good team and truly difficult to prepare for because

they won't leave the space and you are able to go and attack but on the counter due to players not coming back they are dangerous again so we have to really control the game with the ball. we need to control the tempo of the game because if you do not, they have a lot of players who are very much into the transitional part of the game who come alive. the nigerian football team say they will boycott their africa cup of nations qualifier in libya after being stranded and locked in an airport overnight over 100 miles away from their destination. the super eagles were due to land in benghazi on sunday but their plane was instead diverted to al abraq. their captain william troost ekong posted on social media that it was disgraceful behaviour and the team had decided not to play the game. the libyan football federation responded, saying they were deeply concerned about the reports

they have the uttermost respect for their nigerian counterparts and the diversion of their flight was not intentional. the second test against pakistan starts early tomorrow morning. england are looking to clinch the series after breaking numerous batting records in the first match that they won by an innings. they are still in multan and captain ben stokes is back in the side after missing the last four tests with hamstring tear. obviously it is frustrating, you can't play, but it helps knowing that i like watching cricket. and when you are injured your focus gets put on to other things. you are trying to get back as quick as you can so you do have those natural distractions in the gym, working and getting things going to build yourself up to a certain level where yourself up to a certain level where you can start pushing yourself.

england's women play theirfinal group match at the t20 world cup tomorrow. if they beat the west indies in dubai they will qualify for the semi finals as group winners and avoid australia. lose and it will all boil down to net run rate whether or not they make it into the last 4. i'm expecting it to be a good game, it looks like it is a little bit easier conditions in dubai so hopefully that comes to fruition for us. i think we are ready to get going, seal our place in the semifinal, hopefully and see what happens. ben ainslie and his ineos brittannia crew had that sinking feeling yet again in the americas cup. they are now a—nil down against defenders emirates new zealand in the first to seven series. that's despite making their best start to race so far off the coast off the coast of barcelona. they had a slender lead at the end of the first leg, but the kiwis soon pushed

to the front and crossed the line 23 seconds ahead. there's a rest day tomorrow before racing resumes on wednesday. a lot of work for ben and his team in that series. you can stay up—to—date with all of the latest sport news using the bbc sport website and app but that does it for me at the moment. thank you very much, we will see you later. a jury at the old bailey has heard a recording of a phone call to the police made by the father of a ten—year—old girl who was found dead in surrey confessing to killing her. "she was naughty. i beat her up and she died," he said. sara sharif�*s body was found in a bed at the family home in woking last year. herfather, step mother, and uncle are charged with murder and causing or allowing the death of a child. they all deny the charges.

our news correspondent helena wilkinson is at the helena wilkinson is at the old bailey. bring us up—to—date on what has been said in court. bring us up-to-date on what has been said in court-— said in court. urfan sharif, her stepmother— said in court. urfan sharif, her stepmother and _ said in court. urfan sharif, her stepmother and her _ said in court. urfan sharif, her stepmother and her uncle - said in court. urfan sharif, her stepmother and her uncle are | said in court. urfan sharif, her. stepmother and her uncle are all charged with the murder of sara sharif and charged with causing or allowing the death of a child. today the prosecution open the case against the three defendants to the jury against the three defendants to the jury on the first day of the trial. the prosecutor bill emlynjones kc told the jury that sara had sustained extensive injuries over a prolonged period of time. thejury had heard as well that she had an external and internal injuries, distressing details the jury heard today. among those injuries, extensive bruising, bones —— burns

and broken bones both old and new and broken bones both old and new and she also had bite marks as well. the jury was told a day before the body of sara was found at the family home in surrey, the father and stepmother and uncle all fled to pakistan and after they landed in islamabad, urfan sharif called surrey police and spoke to the operator in the prosecutor said mr urfan sharif told the operator that he had legally punished her and she had died. it was that phone call that led the family home in woking, surrey and when police got there they found sara in a children's room and a bunk bed under covers as if she were asleep. the jury were told by the prosecutor that she was not asleep, she was dead. thejury asleep, she was dead. the jury also heard there was a note found next to

sara a handwritten note by urfan sharif and it says, whoever has seen this note it is me, urfan sharif who is killed by daughter by beating. jurors heard that urfan sharif�*s case, it was his wife was responsible for the death and the prosecution told the jury today that each defendant was seeking to deflect the blame onto one or both of the others. all three deny all of the charges against them. the jury has been sent home for the day and have been asked by the judge to attend court tomorrow morning for a 1030 start when the prosecution will continue opening the case to the jury. continue opening the case to the 'u . ., ~ continue opening the case to the a public inquiry into the salisbury novichok poisonings has opened this morning. it's heard that dawn sturgess the 44—year—old mother who died

after coming into contact with the nerve agent appears to have been an innocent victim caught in the crossfire of a quote "illegal and outrageous assasination attempt". the inquiry heard a bottle she believed was full of perfume contained enough poison to kill thousands. the inquiry is expected to last several weeks. our correspondent duncan kennedy reports. this was dawn sturgess just a week before she died. the tragic conclusion to months of events concerning spies, nerve agents and perfume bottles. dawn was 44 and the mother of three children. the story had begun four months earlier here in a quiet cul de sac in salisbury. it was the home not of dawn sturgess, but of a russian man. he was sergei skripal, who's believed to have worked for british intelligence, and he became the target of

an assassination attempt by moscow. he and his daughter yulia, who was visiting him, came to be poisoned with a nerve agent called novichok. the front door of mr skripal�*s house had been smeared with the agent. what happened here will be just one of the points of investigation for the new public inquiry. sergei skripal never did return to his home here and after months of decontamination work, it was later sold. the judge in the inquiry says neither mr skripal nor his daughter yulia will give live evidence because, he said, they still face a significant risk to their safety. central to the public inquiry will be the role these three men played. they're all believed to have worked for russian military intelligence. two of them were filmed in and around salisbury at the time sergei and yulia skripal were poisoned. russia has always denied any involvement. it's believed that two men delivered the novichok in this perfume—like bottle that was discovered

by the partner of dawn sturgess. charlie rowley took the bottle home to dawn and three days later she fell ill. their flat in amesbury was sealed off. dawn never recovered and died a few days later. in the years that followed, their home was demolished, leaving just a patch of grass and trees, as well as questions about how it had all happened. at the opening of today's hearings, counsel for the inquiry said there was enough poison in the perfume bottle to kill thousands of people, including dawn sturgess. she died an unnatural and a wholly unexpected death. when dawn sturgess was poisoned by novichok four months later, the real possibility emerged that she had been caught, an innocent victim, in the crossfire of an illegal and outrageous international assassination attempt.

the public inquiry is chaired by lord hughes of ombersley. it will hear evidence in salisbury and in london, and is due to report next year, producing the definitive version of this extraordinary, tragic story. duncan kennedy, bbc news. in the last hour or so michael mansfield kc representing the family of don sturgis argued that the uk should have considered precautions before putting a former russian spy amongst the community in salisbury. we say there has been a failure, and abject failure to protect not only the skripal and the family particularly the daughter but also dawn and charlie who you have heard about, but the bit that often gets

missed in this equation is the wider public. because the focus for obvious reasons has been very much on the persons who were hit in the first place, however we saved their is an overriding necessity, if you are going to accommodate somebody like mr skripal in a town or city such as salisbury, you have to be concerned about the wider public. but it goes well beyond salisbury as you know, novichok was founded in london as well. so the ramifications therefore are very widespread. as we've already argued, the death of dawn stu rgess we've already argued, the death of dawn sturgess was, we say, directly caused by the russian state. clearly a question for you, but that is our

intention. but the poisoning of mr skripal was no bolt from the blue. for reasons we have addressed already today, he was a close and clear and obvious target of an attack from mr putin and his henchmen. it can hardly be considered that in a swap of spies in the way that occurred in 2010 with some form of exoneration by the russian state for mr skripal, let alone a pardon which seems to be prayed in ada as to why no precautions were taken. michael mansfield, _ precautions were taken. michael mansfield. kc _ precautions were taken. michael mansfield, kc there. _ the digital banking company revolut was named in more complaints about fraud last year than any of the uk's biggest banks and online payment and saving services.

that is according to action for fraud the organisation responsible for reporting cybercrime. our business correspondent nina warhurst can tell us more. revolut offers financial services to its customers via an app, rather than having physical bank branches. it was only set up nine years ago, but already it has an estimated 45 million customers worldwide. in the uk, it has gained popularity through its currency exchange services. recently, it was valued in the region of £34 billion. now, that is more than a number of the big banks, including barclays, but it has not been plain sailing. the company was named in more complaints about fraud last year than any of the uk's biggest banks or e—money services. nearly 10,000 — that's according to action fraud, that's the organisation responsible for reporting fraud and cyber crime. bbc panorama has been speaking to customers who say that scammers took tens of thousands of pounds from their accounts, and that revolut failed to protect them.

marc ashdown reports. hi. good afternoon. am i speaking to laura bailey? speaking. this is a recording of a scam call. oh, fantastic. my name is chris, calling from the revolut fraud prevention team. how are you doing today? the fraudsters pretending to be from revolut. his target was laura bailey. she sells running gearfrom a shop in lincolnshire and has an account with revolut. her phone line automatically recorded the conversation. she's listening back for the first time. let's go through the payment details with yourself now, the ones that are obviously flagged up. he asked me to go onto the website and do some checks. the fraudster tells laura her account is under attack and he's there to help. in reality, he's trying to get access to her money. he relentlessly kept saying he was trying to help me, that i shouldn't be worried. yes, it is definitely fraud. what this means is somebody might have your personal pins and passwords. the scammer convinced laura to download software he said would securely connect her computer to revolut, but in fact, it gave him

remote access to her laptop. within seconds, my computer was flashing, my screens were flashing. i was like, "what are you doing?" he started transferring large chunks of money, £24,000 in total, draining her account in minutes. high street banks have systems that monitor routine customer behaviours which should, according to specialists, interrupt suspicious payments. so if somebody is suddenly processing a vast amount of transactions and processing a tonne of payments to either a new account or an account that they previously maybe had a few touch points with, it is something that is a red flag, and then banks should typically engage in some way with the customer to ensure that those transactions are, in fact, legitimate. revolut isn't a bank, at least not yet. it's one of a new breed of digital—only financial institutions. you do get a card, but you access services online or via an app. now, customers say they really like this ease and convenience.

but last year, action fraud received almost 10,000 reports of fraud in which revolut was named. that was nearly 2,000 more than barclays, one of britain's biggest banks, and nearly double the number made about monzo, a similar sized e—money firm to revolut. revolut says it's invested heavily in its financial crime prevention team, which now makes up a third of its total global workforce and says it has robust controls to meet its legal and regulatory obligations. laura says she told revolut what happened, but they have not offered to reimburse any of the money she lost. the premise behind the chat from revolut afterwards that it was all my fault. last year, the financial ombudsman service received 3,500 complaints about revolut, more than any other bank or e—money firm. revolut says it can't comment on laura's case as it's being looked

at by the ombudsman, but that each potential fraud case is fully investigated so it can make informed decisions. last week, new rules were introduced making it mandatory for all banks and payment companies to refund customers who've been tricked into sending scammers money, up to a maximum of £85,000. and after a three—year process, revolut has finally been granted a provisional banking licence by uk regulators that means within a year it could become britain's newest fully fledged bank, subjecting it to even tighter rules and regulations. there'll be more on this story on bbc panorama tonight at eight o'clock on bbc one, and on iplayer. the strictly come dancing contestant wynne evans says he's "heartbroken" that an incident with his professional dance partner katya jones made some viewers think he was making her uncomfortable.

at one point, jones appeared to move evans' hand away from her stomach. both have dismissed the incident as a "very silly inside joke" and insisted there are no problems. our correspondent nickjohnson reports. strictly quicksteps into 2024, its 20th anniversary year, and one of its veteran professional dancers is katya jones, who has appeared on the programme for the past nine series and took the glitterball home in 2017 with her celebrity partnerjoe mcfadden. it'sjoe and katya! this year, she's been paired with the welsh opera singer wynne evans, best known to many as the singer from the go compare adverts. but on saturday, four weeks into the current series, viewers noticed what appeared to be an uncomfortable dynamic play out between the pair following their tango to abba's money, money, money. katya appeared to ignore wynne's attempt at a high five, seeming to roll her eyes

after doing so. later in the show, while waiting for their scores, katya moved wynne's hand away from her waist. we don't have too. much longer to wait. well done. tess. but the pair's reaction on saturday night to the resulting social media storm — nothing to see here. we just wanted to say we were just messing around in the clauditorium on saturday night and just want to say sorry. it was a sillyjoke. yeah, sorry. wynne evans is also a presenter on bbc radio wales, and doubled down on those remarks when he took to the microphone this morning. basically, firstly i want to say that i'm, you know, i'm absolutely heartbroken by the things that have been written about me in the last day. it was a stupid joke that went wrong. 0k? we thought it was funny. it wasn't funny. it's being totally misinterpreted. there is no real story, really. and, uh... and i feel weird apologising because i feel like i've not really done anything. the bbc says that katya would like to clarify further

that she was not offended by wynne and was in no way made to feel uncomfortable, and says the show�*s welfare team have checked on the pair and will not be taking further action. strictly�*s 20th anniversary year has so far not been a waltz in the park. earlier this year, the bbc announced it would have a member of strictly production staff in rehearsals following complaints about the behaviour of two former professional dancers during training. with another eight weeks of its 20th season to go, the show will hope it can now stay out of the headlines. nickjohnson, bbc news. for centuries european bison roamed the uk but after becoming extinct here more than 6,000 years ago they were brought back to kent from eastern europe two years ago. in that time, the herd has doubled from three to six, and they need more space so bridges are being built to allow the animals to roam more freely and give visitors a better chance of spotting them.

our reporter, charlie rose, has the story. it is an extraordinary sight. bison back in blean woods boosting biodiversity. but big animals like these need a big space in which to roam, especially when the herd is growing. so huge pedestrian bridges are being built to expand the site from 50 hectares, about the size of 50 rugby pitches, to 200. this is the first bridge being constructed out of four bridges that are going to link together all of our bison compartments, ourareas where our european bison currently are living, and they're part of our wilding approach to west blean here to to help manage the site in as natural way as possible. bison became extinct in britain 6,000 years ago, but were reintroduced here in 2022 as part of a pioneering restoration project to improve the woodland ecosystem.

if you're wondering where the bison are today, well, they're somewhere behind this very high security fence. that's because they fall under the dangerous wild animals act, and these woods are crisscrossed with public footpaths. so to get around that, walkers will use the bridges while also getting a better vantage point to watch the animals explore their much larger home. in places like mainland europe, the space to roam would be limitless, wouldn't it? so is even 200 hectares enough for these huge beasts? well, it's a good question. 200 hectares is still a limited space, so obviously we will always have a limited number of bison within that landscape. and it's quite important that we're all fully aware of that. so we don'tjust let the herd grow and grow so that they're out—utilising all of the resources that are available. that is very carefully managed through the breeding programme. the project is costing £1 million, paid for by a number of public

bodies and private donors. but those behind it hope that one day the fences can be taken down to allow people to walk among the bison here, just like they did thousands of years ago. now orchestra conductors are often known for their facial expressions, charisma and passion. but a new conductor in germany has none of those qualities, but does keep perfect rhythm. a three—armed robot has made its debut as an orchestral conductor in germany. wielding three glowing batons, the robot guided three sections in dresden in a

performance of a work specifically composed to harness its unique attributes. the composer, andreas gundlach, said the two years it took to develop and train the machine made him realisejust how wonderful a human conductor was. let's bring you the latest lines from the middle east before i go. we are hearing that italy, the uk france and germany have reaffirmed the essential stabilising role played by euna and southern lebanon and saying israeli attacks on unfil basis must stop immediately. you are watching bbc news. hello. we've had some big contrasts in the weather throughout monday. hello. we've got some very big contrasts with our weather to take you through this afternoon. for scotland, northern ireland and northern england, barely a cloud in the sky after a locally cold and frosty start. we'll see those temperatures push up to around 12 or 13 degrees. further south, though, for wales, midlands,

east anglia, southern england, we have seen some heavy outbreaks of rain today. that heavy rain is all cleared out of the way. however, it is likely to stay quite cloudy. it's still with the potential for a few patches of drizzle across the south midlands and southeast england, so for some it will stay quite dull and damp. and overnight tonight, this zone of low cloud spreads its way northwards. there'll be some hill fog patches and a bit of drizzle falling from that cloud at times as well. it is turning milder, though, for much of the uk. temperatures by the end of the night quite widely 10 or 11 degrees, but still colder into parts of scotland where there could be a nip of frost into the countryside. tomorrow, well, overall, it's a very cloudy—looking weather picture, and the cloud could break and thin at times to give some hazy spells of sunshine. probably the best of that across the far north of scotland. otherwise, it stays mostly cloudy, but it is turning milder. temperatures — 15 degrees in belfast and 14 for glasgow. we're up to 17 in cardiff. then for the middle part of the week, well, the uk finds itself sandwiched between low pressure in the atlantic and high pressure around the baltic. a mild flow of south—easterly winds covers the uk. it may well be mild, but it's also going to be pretty wet. we have outbreaks of rain moving across the uk thanks

to these weather fronts. so if you like your autumn weather very mild and very wet, wednesday could be the perfect day for you. the rain quite heavy at times, quite breezy weather conditions. perhaps parts of east anglia avoiding the rain. staying dry with some warm spells of sunshine. the warmest weather — we could see temperatures up to 22 degrees, but otherwise generally we're looking at temperatures into the upper teens with that rain coming down quite heavily. most of the rain will clear through by thursday, and it looks like it should be a much brighter kind of day. there'll be a few mist and fog patches to start off with, plenty of sunny spells around with just a few isolated showers coming and going, and it continues to be pretty mild. temperatures around 16—18 celsius. then we've got some strong winds to finish the week up with, with further heavy outbreaks of rain. and the outlook through the weekend and into the first part of next week is, it stays unsettled with more fairly wet and windy weather.

today at six — the phone call of a father to the police admitting he'd killed his ten—year—old daughter. he said he'd beaten sara sharif, police then found her dead at home in a bunk bed. now in court he is blaming her stepmother and her stepmother is blaming him. an inquiry opens into the death of dawn sturgess in 2018. was she the innocent victim of a russian plot to kill a former spy in salisbury

with the nerve agent novichok? three, two, one, ignition. blasting off to explore one ofjupiter�*s moons — where there's potentially twice as much water as earth. and fresh controversy for strictly after what appears to be an awkward moment is caught on camera. and on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, four games into his interim role, what hope does lee carsley have of the permanent england job after a less—than—convincing international break? good evening. a jury at the old bailey has heard a recording of a phone call to the police made by the father of a ten—year—old girl confessing to killing her. "she was naughty, i beat her up, and she died", he said. sara sharif�*s body was found in a bed at the family home

in woking in surrey last year.