hello from the bbc sport centre. the sports for a slimmed down 2026 commonwealth hames have been announced — with badminton and hockey being dropped as the programme of 19 sports are cut to ten. glasgow in scotland stepped in to host the games after the australian state of victoria pulled out because of rising costs. the stripped—back schedule of ten sports includes athletics and swimming as mandatory — but will also feature track cycling and boxing. the games were last held in glasgow in 2014 at a cost of over £540 million. this time around, hockey, cricket, rugby, badminton and squash are among the sports that have been dropped. we have two core sports,

athletics and swimming, so that we are working with a bit of a mixture of sports, so we have been working very closely with them to make sure that sports not only programme know that this is just for this games. one of our ambitions as a movement is to take the commonwealth games around the commonwealth, that is fantastic that glasgow has put up their hand to help us in that transformational journey. we need to create a games that is the right size for other members to host the games. it means a more compact but world—class games in the future. the los angeles lakers host the minnesota timberwolves in their season opener on tuesday. the game will see lebronjames tie vince carter by playing in a 22nd nba season and potentially mark the first official game where a father and son are teammates — as lebron�*s son bronnyjames starts his rookie season. this will also be new lakers head coach jj redick�*s first game in charge. yeah, i think it will be different. no different than the getting ready for any other game,

but just the feeling of being in the nba, it's special. there is a duality to it, it feels _ there is a duality to it, it feels very familiar but also very— feels very familiar but also very new, and the newness is exciting, _ very new, and the newness is exciting, and the familiar part is also — exciting, and the familiar part is also exciting because i really _ is also exciting because i really missed it and i craved it over — really missed it and i craved it over the last three years so it over the last three years so it is_ it over the last three years so it isjust — it over the last three years so it isjust fun it over the last three years so it is just fun to be it over the last three years so it isjust fun to be back in the — it isjust fun to be back in the mix _ the champions league returns tonight with a huge match between real madrid and dortmund later, while arsenal host shakhtar donetsk at the emirates. it's the third match in the group stages of the competition. a full fixture list is on the bbc sport website. to cricket now where england have recalled rehan ahmed as one of three frontline spinners for the series decider against pakistan in rawalpindi. the 20 year old comes into the squad alongside gus atkinson, replacing matthew potts and brydon carse from the side that was beaten

in the second test. it's 1—1 in the three match series. the fixtures for next year's women 5 rugby world cup have been announced today following the pool draw last week. hosts england will play the usa in the opening match of the tournament, which will be played at sunderland's stadium of light on the 22nd of august. champions new zealand held the previous world cup in 2022, beating england in a dramatic final in front of a then record—breaking crowd for a women's fixture. 42,500 watched new zealand lift the trophy at eden park. the international tennis federation has announced that off court coaching will be allowed in tennis from january of next year. the decision was made following trials on the mens atp and womens wta tours. the new changes mean that coaches can advise verbally or by using hand signals at any time, except during the playing of a point. coaches must be �*brief and discreet�*, except during breaks.

and that's all the sport for now. us secretary of state antony blinken has met israeli prime minister benjamin netenyahu for a last ceasefire push before the us elections. our state department correspondent tom bateman was on the runway as blinken touched down in israel. this was how you this was hastily put together, the americans trying to revive a moribund ceasefire and hostage release talks over gaza and also try to de—escalate the widening and expanding middle east war and say the us secretary of state is here to talk with the israeli leadership, but there is a feeling that things might have been done in a lot of haste

because what the americans are saying now is that the process of trying to get the gaza ceasefire talks up and running again, faces obstacles. they blame great macro great macro great macro great macro great they blame hamas for this. the other issue is netanyu, his critics say that he kept putting obstacles up to the talks, so there are several factors as to why it fell apart weeks ago, and the americans are trying to revive it but they also understand that they simply do not have a negotiating partner because there is no one to negotiate with in hamas at the moment as they do not have a clear decision—maker in place, it seems, at the moment, and if

one emerges, that person may be kept secret, so i think what is going to happen is the americans are going to feel the space with another of priorities they are talking about and then visiting arab countries, talk about refining the so—called day after plan, if and when there is an end to the war in gaza and trying to de—escalate the conflict in lebanon, and my sense is that this trip starts really with much lower ambitions than even at many of the others which failed to make any diplomatic progress. the world s richest man, elon musk, has been getting a lot of attention after he announced that he would be giving away

$1 million every day until the us election. but it's not available to everyone — it's for people in swing states who sign his petition and register to vote. he has been on the campaign trailfor donald trump and invested a lot of time, money and resources in a bid to get the former president —reelected. from pennsylvania, nada tawfik reports. it's not often that the world's richest man travels to small—town pennsylvania. in the final sprint of the election, elon musk has doubled down on his commitment to get donald trump elected, with town halls and giveaways in this swing state — a must—win for both candidates. it's inevitably led to two questions — will it work and why is he doing it? zander mundy went to elon musk�*s event at a school in folsom. the 21—year—old wasn't even planning on voting, but left the event now considering donald trump. someone like that tells you this is the election that's going to decide our future, this is going to decide not only who's president for the next four years, but what our world is going

to be like, what the western world is going to be like. and i think that's pretty huge, you know, that matters. are you at all sceptical, though, about elon musk�*s motivations? yeah, i'm absolutely sceptical. i think everyone should be at least a little sceptical about everyone. he is a multi—billionaire. he is a part of this like upper i% echelon of people. and, again, i don't agree with all of his views, but, at the same time, a lot of what he was saying did seem like it came from a place of care. if donald trump wins, elon musk will have his ear and potentially a strong influence on decision—making in the administration. in town halls here in pennsylvania, musk said he will lead a department of government efficiency, while targeting government regulation could benefit musk�*s businesses. he wants to be sort of a on—the—frontier, wild and woolly entrepreneur who can break new paths and not be bogged down by regulation. and, you know, regulation and all governments tends to fall, you know, five, ten, 20 years behind the advances in technology.

you know, musk wants it to go the other way. he wants to go to mars. the disruptor ceo has achieved extraordinary feats, from rocket science to ev technology. his mutually beneficial relationship with the us government will continue no matter who is president. but what future contracts and regulations will look like could very well be determined by who wins this election. nada tawfik, bbc news, new york. you can find pictures from wisconsin on the website because early in—person voting has begun and wisconsin is a swing state. the male in voting has already begun as well. the disgraced american film producer harvey weinstein

has been diagnosed with bone marrow cancer. weinstein was jailed four years ago for rape and sexual assault. the appeals court threw out the conviction, but he remains in prison while he awaits a retrial. the film mogal has suffered a multitude of health problems since being jailed, and is receiving treatment for his condition in prison. king charles and queen camilla are in sydney for the final day of their visit to australia. earlier the king visited the national centre of indigenous excellence, where he took part in a smoking ceremony and met aboriginal and torres strait islander community representatives. one of the indigenous elders he spoke with told him their goal is "sovereignty". the visit came after the king was accused on monday of "genocide" against australia's first nations by senator lidia thorpe who told him "you are not my king". ms thorpe is facing an increasing backlash after a controversial cartoon of king charles was posted on her instagram account after she was escorted out of parliament on monday. it is good to have you with us

today. hello there. the next few days are looking pretty decent. we've got high pressure building in — that's going to lift temperatures. we should see more sunshine around, but we will have some issues with that dense fog during the morning periods, particularly on wednesday. today, though, is one of mostly dry with sunny spells, but there will be some showers around courtesy of this weather front. moving from west to east. stays quite windy across the northern half of scotland. the isobars a bit tighter here, some blustery with a few showers. any showers across southern and eastern areas will tend to fade away through the afternoon, and many areas will be dry with a good deal of sunshine. not a bad looking afternoon, i think for many of us,

those temperatures reaching the mid teens in the north, we could be to the mid to high teens across the southeast. not bad after quite a chilly start to the day. as we head through tonight it stays breezy across scotland, northern ireland — some cloud here, but england and wales will see lighter winds again, temperatures dipping down into low single digits in rural spots and that will allow some dense fog patches to develop, particularly through central and eastern areas, which could cause some issues through the morning. it will tend to lift into low cloud and it will stay mostly dry with some sunny spells into the afternoon, but it does stay a bit cloudy and breezy for western scotland and northern ireland, but those temperatures could be up to 17 degrees or so across the southeast. generally the mid teens for many of us. now as we head into thursday, we start to see a weather front encroaching into western areas. but high pressure holds on again for one more day, i think, for thursday. stronger southerly breezes so that means we shouldn't see too many issues with fog through the morning. again, most of the country dry with some sunny spells. feeling quite warm in the sunshine — 17 or 18c,

but it will be cloudy and windy out west with outbreaks of rain. as we move through thursday night into friday, that area of low pressure eventually slips across the uk. it will bring us a much more unsettled day, with showers or longer spells of rain and turning windier, particularly so across this southwest quadrant. there will be some sunshine in between the showers and the rain. it's not going to be a washout, but it will feel a little bit cooler for most of us because we'll have more cloud around generally. so, the mid teens. still, we could be up to 17 degrees in some sunshine in the south, but the upcoming weekend does look more unsettled with low pressure always close by. it will feel cooler too.

live from london. this is bbc news. israel intensifies its aerial assault on lebanon — at least 13 people were killed in a strike near the country's largest hospital. 57 were injured, many of them children. the us secretary of state — meets with israel's prime minister — it's anthony blinken�*s iith trip to the region, since the gaza conflict began. more prisoners are released early — as the government tries to ease overcrowding in jails in england and wales. world leaders gather in russia — for the brics summit — as moscow says, they are not isolated, despite western efforts. the former chief executive of the fashion giant and king charles reviews the national fleet — on the final day, of his royal visit to australia.