and we speak to the double amputee who has smashed an ironman record by two hours. hello again. welcome along to sportsday. 14th in the premier league, more than a year without a win in europe, manchester united have pulled the plug on erik ten hag's reign as manager, and they could well be already honing in on his successor. the dutchman was sacked after nearly two and a half years in charge after another defeat on sunday, with his assistant ruud van nistelrooy given the job on an interim basis. but then reports later on monday suggested the sporting boss, ruben amorim, might be united's

target for the position in the long term. i still think it's very attractive, maybe less attractive than it was. manchester united can certainly pay top wages, not that the type of people being linked to it are only motivated by money. and it's true, some brilliant managers with really high reputations have come to old trafford and walked away with their reputations dented. it's a very difficult job for one person, and erik ten hag did deal with the difficulties. i think he got more calls right than wrong. but again, 14th in the league at the end of october is really poor. it's attractive because it's a huge club. it's one of the three biggest clubs in the world. stopped winning the major trophies. just getting into the champions league is a stretch for manchester united at the moment, but for the person who finally gets it right — and somebody will, this can't go on for 100 years — then the riches will be incredibly rewarding for that person.

and for, obviously, the united fans who've been very supportive, still sell out every single game, every single away game as well, it's been a pretty underwhelming period, post—ferguson. united look unable to dominate a single premier league game at the moment, let alone put a winning run together. the team looks so far away from being able to challenge for the trophies, but things can change quickly in football and you do get surprise results. but united have become a cup team. i'm not convinced that the players there at the moment are good enough to be winning the premier league. a new manager may prove me wrong and may get these players playing in a far better way than they have been doing. but it's just been same old, same old. every new signing is greeted with this idealised version of how they're going to be an improvement over the players who are moved out. and when players are moved out, there's almost like — good riddance, you've not been good enough. and things very seldom improve at manchester united. it's a club that has been treading water

for a long, long time. and united have reportedly already opened talks about appointing ruben amorim, and would have to pay his portuguese club 710 million in compensation if the 39—year—old is convinced to join them. amorim faced the media in lisbon on monday as he was being linked with a move to old trafford. translation: i was expecting that question and obviously - i'm not going to talk about my future. since the first day, i said it wasn't worthy to ask about it, and i'm not going to make any comments about my future. i'm very proud of being sporting head coach. while erik ten hag won two trophies in his two full seasons in charge at manchester united, the club is still waiting for a first premier league title since sir alex ferguson was manager in 2013. whoever replaces ten hag will be the seventh to try. the way the structure is, it's suited to people

like ruben amorim, because he's used to working within that structure. thomas frank as well. he's a coach. he's used to working within that structure. you know, we haven't tried this yet. we've tried the big guys, the so—called name managers, and it's not been different to anyone. i mean, it's all been the same two and a half years. and then we've moved on. so i think on that list that i've seen today, there are some names there who could coach this team, coach these players and make them better. are they going to make us champions? i don't know. i mean, it's notjust the players and the coach who does that, it's a whole football club. and that structure that they've put in place now, that has got to work 100% for that to happen. manchester city's rodri has won the ballon d'0r, given to the best footballer in the world, with another spanish midfielder, barcelona's aitana bonmati,

claiming the women's award. it was a controversial night in paris, though, with real madrid deciding to boycott the event after claiming they had learned in advance that their brazilian forward viniciusjunior had not won. well, rodri is the first premier league player to claim the men's main award since cristiano ronaldo in 2008. but alongside his fourth straight title with manchester city, rodri was also pivotal in helping spain win the european championship in the summer, beating england in the final, with their player jude bellingham coming third in the voting. well, there were three awards that went to real madrid, who weren't there to receive them in protest at vinicius not claiming the main prize of the night. among them, carlo ancelotti was the men's coach of the year. real won the men's team of the year, but in the hours before the event, news agency afp said the spanish club told them that if the award selection criteria had not given it to vinicius, then instead it should point to another of the club's players, dani carvajal, who ended up being fourth. but as this was not the case,

they say the ballon d'or does not respect real madrid, and real madrid does not go where it is not respected. the identity of the winner had in the past been leaked before the ceremony, but this year, organisers insist it had managed to keep it secret. mary phillip, england's first black female football captain, has been inducted into the national football museum's hall of fame. phillip won 65 caps for england, as well as winning the fa cup seven times, the league on five occasions, with most of her success coming with arsenal. she spoke to us about being named the england captain back in 2003. i was obviously aspiring to be a part of the squad and become a member of that squad. but in 2003, to go out and make that landmark in history that i didn't find out until 2017, that i'd become the first black female captain of england, you know, that's an amazing landmark. and to have that, you know, it's a great achievement, and to actually be here today and to be

celebrating what my footsteps in life, so to speak, and this amazing work that's been going on behind the scenes, and to be a part of that as well, you know, that's fantastic. stefanos tsitsipas came back from a set down to beat roberto carballes baena at the paris masters on monday. the 10th seed dropped the first set 6—4 to baena, but won the next two 6—3 for his 100th masters 1000 victory. the greek player is now into the second round of the competition and will face the winner of nuno borges against alejandro tabilo. nicolas jarry reached the second round in paris after a straight—sets win over lorenzo sonego. it was the world number 37's biggest win over another top 100 player since rome. and next he will face the world number two, carlos alcaraz, who says he is very proud of his season so far, ahead of his appearance in paris. the world number two has won two grand slams so far this season, although he has never claimed the masters title in the french capital. you know, i'm a very ambitious guy, so i had

my moments as well, when some of the tournaments that didn't go as well as i wanted. so i had my moments, you know, to get down a little bit. but, you know, in general, i'm really, really proud about the year that i've done. billy monger, who lost both his legs in a motor racing accident as a teenager, has set a new ironman record in hawaii. now 25, it took him almost 14.5 hours to complete the extreme triathlon — that's two hours quicker than any other double amputee. he's been taking on the challenge for charity here in the uk. my tone for the day was started in the swim, when i got stung by a jellyfish in the first100m. that kind of, you know, set the tone for a little bit of pain that was going to come my way. i think there were a few moments that stood out for me as like moments where it was a real struggle. the turnaround point on the bike at like about 90km in, there's a really long climb up. and that, for me, with huge crosswinds coming into play,

me being a double amputee and having my right leg generate most of my power means that, you know, balance is affected slightly in that regard. and then on the run, i think it was just, you know, head down and try and run from aid station to aid station. and the last few hours and the last few miles felt like they went on forever, that's for sure. when i first, you know, started running on prosthetic legs, because i have my knee on my right leg, iwould, you know, run in a conventional way rather than circumducting, which you might sort of recognise from seeing some paralympic runners run. and eventually, i went to that style of running and that changed the game for us. and the progress we've made from, you know, being at a stage where, you know, the early months of this year, 5k was painful and sore, and now i can run a marathon. and don't get me wrong, it was still painful and sore, but at least i was able to get myself through a whole marathon, which, you know, running how i used to wouldn't have been possible. the mental strength required

to, you know, do an event of such duration, i think that at times was close to breaking me. so it was, yeah, that was where i think it was reallyjust important to hang on and trust the training and the strategy for the race, and it all paid off in the end. that's billy monger. head to our website for more reaction to the news that erik ten hag has been sacked as the manchester united manager. big club means big news. head to the bbc sport website for that. that's it for now from sportsday. bye—bye. hello, there. a big blocking area of high pressure is likely to bring us a very quiet spell of weather now for the rest of october and into the start of november. it's going to be mostly dry thanks to the high pressure system, and quite mild, with our air source coming in from the south—west. there will be a little bit

of sunshine at times, but will often be cloudy. we could start the days a bit misty and foggy in places. so for tuesday, we're losing the weather front. high pressure will be building in across the country, but we maintain this mild air mass which will continue to move up from the south. just the chance of a plunge of cold air, i think will just avoid us and dive into the near continent to the east of us. tuesday, though, will be a rather cloudy start for many. we'll see further spits and spots of rain across england and wales, particularly towards the south. but even here we'll see some holes appearing in the clouds for some sunny spells, with the best of the sunshine across eastern scotland and north—east england, and the cloud thick enough for some spots of rain for north—western scotland. temperature—wise again mild, mid to maybe high teens. now for tuesday night it stays dry. i think we lose the spots of light rain and drizzle across england and wales. a few clear spells, but there'll be a lot of cloud, some mist and fog. temperatures again mild, eight to 11 degrees. this area of high pressure builds in across the country, as you can see for wednesday. so winds will be very light.

so that'll be a perfect recipe for some mist and fog to greet us on wednesday morning, pretty much anywhere, but i think greatest chance through central and southern parts of the uk where winds will be lightest. some of that fog may lift into low clouds, so some areas staying grey all day, but other areas will see the sunshine poking through and that will lift temperatures up into the mid to high teens. where we hold on to the cloud and the fog, though, could be closer to the low teens. little change as we head into thursday with this area of high pressure dominating. maybe subtle changes taking place across the far north of scotland into the northern isles, the winds picking up here, some outbreaks of rain, but for much of the mainland it's dry. again, could be misty, foggy start for england and wales, where winds will be lightest. then into the afternoon, variable cloud, some sunny spells, mostly dry, temperature again mid—to—high teens. looking pretty good for halloween evening. dry for many, especially england and wales. there's a chance of wetter, windy weather for the north and the west of scotland, but the vast majority will stay dry. and for the end of the week

into the weekend, it's much the same — dry and settled.

live from london. this is bbc news. israel's parliament votes to ban the un's palestinian refugee agency from operating in gaza and the west bank, drawing international condemnation and concern. ahead of tomorrow's budget, the uk's chancellor gives the nhs extra funding for new equipment to help deliver 40,000 extra appointments per week.

and with just over a week to go before the us presidential election, donald trump and kamala adresses voters in key battleground states. hello, i'm sally bundock. the united nations secretary general has warned israel that its decision to ban the un agency for palestinian refugees, unrwa, from operating in the country could have �*devastating consequences' for gaza and the west bank. two laws were passed by a large majority in the israeli parliament, which will ban unrwa from carrying out any of its activities in israel, and also restricts its communication with the israeli government, which are seen as crucial in allowing aid to cross into gaza. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said unrwa workers must be held accountable for what he called their "terrorist activities" against his country.