from curtisjones on his debut. it leaves england top of their nations league group. well, our sports correspondent andy swiss is in athens for us. well, after england's build—up to this match had been affected by nine players pulling out, this was really some performance. surprisingly, they left captain harry kane out of the starting line—up but the man that took his place certainly made his mark, ollie watkins putting england ahead with a neat finish. but greece, remember, beat england at wembley last month and they soon posed some problems. kostas tsimikas had a shot brilliantly saved byjordan pickford as england led 1—0 at the break. but after the break, england really took control. they scored their second when a shot from jude bellingham hit the post and then hit the unfortunate greece goal keeper before ending up

in the back of the net. and then, the best was saved for last. curtisjones, on his debut, a fantastic back heel to complete a 3—0 win for england. and it means that despite all their issues with play withdrawals in the build—up to this match, they are now top of the nations league group going into theirfinal group game against the republic of ireland on sunday. i see the quality that the players have got. you're now seeing it in terms of the younger ones, that they're more than capable with the mentality and the quality that they've got to play in stages like tonight. i thought a lot of the players, especially the younger ones — well, all of the players, to be fair — played with such quality tonight. so, a win for england but let's take a look at some of the other matches tonight. france and israel played out a goalless draw. ireland beat finland i—o — evan ferguson with the goal

for them. belgium were beaten 1—0 by italy — newcastle's sandro tonali with his first goal for his country. all the stories on the bbc sport website. now, scotland will be in action on friday night, desperate to stay in the top tier of the nations league. however, they are bottom of their group with just one point from four games and they could be relegated if they slip up at hampden against croatia. for us, the only thing that's missing is in terms of absolutely putting the ball into the back of the net and getting these crucial wins that we have had in previous camps. so, for us, it's not a panic. it's not anything like that. we want to keep performing the way that we've been doing and the results will follow, in my opinion. the manager and the coaching staff are firmly the ones who we trust and who we want to push us in the right now, there's a slim chance that northern ireland could be promoted from the third tier on friday night — that in belfast — and if bulgaria drop points in luxembourg. if that all happens, then they'll be sure of finishing top of their group with a game to spare.

there's good competition. i think that's a real positive. i think young players coming into the team have done extremely well. there's more young players around and there's some players still who are maybe not young in years but they're still relatively inexperienced at international level, you know, and they're coming in and wanting to make an impact as well, and that's healthy, you know? we still have players who've been around for — you know, josh magennis, george saville, paddy mcnair, obviously we're missing, on this situation. but there's still, you know, those players who've been around this squad for a number of years as well. well, staying with northern ireland, rory mcilroy holds a share of the lead on 5—under par after the first round of the season—ending dp world tour championship in dubai. he's alongside tyrrell hatton. a top—ten finish will guarantee mcilroy wins the year—long points race. thriston lawrence, the south african who is second in the race to dubai standings, is behind mcilroy. he is the only player who can catch the northern irishman. cheering and applause.

now to tennis, and jannik sinnerfinished off a perfect group stage at the atp finals with a straight sets win over daniil medvedev, which knocked out his russian rival. world number one sinner had already qualified for the semifinals — that's thanks to alex de minaur beating taylor fritz earlier in the day. victory means sinner tops the group, heading into the semifinals with a perfect three wins from three. so, taylor fritz is also through to the last four after a three—set victory over alex de minaur in his final group game. that means that seventh seed de minaur goes home without winning a single match in on his tournament debut. former manchester united and uruguay striker diego forlan, who's now 45 years old, has played his first professional tennis match. he lost, though, in the first round of the doubles on home soil in the uruguay open. his partner was argentinian federico coria, but they lost

6—1, 6—2 to the bolivian pair boris arias and federico zeballos on the challenger tour. forlan says he was grateful for the opportunity but will now focus on tournaments for the over 45s. to rugby union now, and new zealand coach scott robertson says his side cannot wait to face this man — antoine dupont — as they prepare to play france in their autumn international on saturday. robertson has already named his side for the match at the stade de france. beauden barrett and codie taylor will make their return to action in the line—up and ardie savea will replace sam cane in the all blacks' number seven jersey. he's looking forward to meeting the legendary frenchman, too. we understand the threat he poses and how he is big key man for the french team, so hopefully we, with our defence and whatnot, have strategies to nullify that.

but, you know, if we don't shunt up physically against the big french pack, we allow antoine dupont to run the show. so, hopefully we can nullify that but also understand and respect the class he has. some guys, you just can't stop, but we'll try our best on saturday. now, after his retirement from professional cycling, mark cavendish has been reflecting on his long career. he's been world champion on the road and the track — olympic silver — but it's his record in grand tours that sets him apart. this summer, he broke the tour de france record for stage wins with his 35th victory and he signed off from the sport last sunday at the age of 39, winning a one—day race in singapore. i love cycling. at the end of the day, i'm lucky, i'm very fortunate i got to do what i love as a job and every day i was — of course, at some point, you take that for granted and you forget the love you have when it becomes a job

but, ultimately, iappreciate i got do what i love. so, that makes it easy to get out and do a job, you know? i think but, yeah, but cycling it's a difficult sport. it does consume you. but that makes me no different to any of my competitors, really. you put everything you have you put into your sport if you want to be the best. i've been too old for the last three years. like, really, i'm so much older than anybody who is competing in cycling. so, i'm very fortunate i could carry on to my age, if i'm honest. you know, i — there are people i'd turned pro with and raced with and they retired and their sons started and they've retired before i have. i think it's better than i could've planned it, you know? i'm very, very fortunate that the majority of athletes will never get to go out on an absolute fairytale ending, you know?

you could maybe win but really, going out with — completed everything you could possibly do. and especially with, you know, to do it with the goal that you're able to do and succeed and finish, it was — i couldn't have wished it any better. i'm very happy. mark cavendish proving that age isjust a number. well, here's more proof because we'll take you to boxing now. the former world heavyweight champion mike tyson will face jake paul on friday. the 58—year—old boxing legend hasn't fought professionally in 19 years. well, in the final press conference before their weigh—in, youtuber turned fighterjake paul dominated the microphone as tyson uttered very few words. the fear of losing is too much fighting than dying. what would you lose if you lose this fight? thank you. i'm not going to lose. cheering and applause.

but — but you say that in the last minute of the second... i am not going to lose — did you hear what i said?! cheering and applause. well, the eagerly awaited rematch between katie taylor and amanda serrano is the co—main event. they go head to head for the undisputed super lightweight title. in 2022, the pairfought at a sold—out madison square garden, becoming the first women's fighters to headline at the famous venue. taylor came out on top and went on to win the fight by split decision. she aims to repeat that on friday night. well, you can get all the latest sports news from the bbc sport app orfrom our website, including all the news from west indies�* latest t20 international against england in st lucia. that's it from us. bye— bye. hello there.

once again, morning fog could be an issue for some but the weather story is on the change as we head into the weekend. rain will arrive, and that is going to help lift some of that fog. but once the rain clears, it will also introduce something noticeably colder. the winds will be a feature with widespread frosts likely and an increasing risk of some of those showers turning wintry. more details on that injust a moment. but for the here and now, we're still under this influence of high pressure. there is a weather front pushing into the northwest that's introduced more of a breeze, so fog—free here and a little milder. but further south across england and wales, one or two spots, low single figures, some of that fog dense in places. that will lift and that's where we'll likely see the best of the sunshine as we go through the day on friday. some drizzly rain into north wales and north west england. more substantial rain starting to gradually push into the far northwest of scotland. scotland and northern ireland see temperatures peaking at 13 celsius. further south, a little bit

cooler, but that's where we've got the sunshine. now, that cold front will continue to push its way steadily southwards, introducing colder air behind, so underneath that blanket of cloud will keep double digits first thing on saturday morning. colder to the north of it and still clear skies and colder to the south. but eventually, that frontal system, although not that much in the way of substantial rain, will gradually drift its way south into wales, down into the midlands. behind it, sunny spells and a few brisk showers being driven along by that brisk northwesterly wind. eight or nine degrees here, 10—13 elsewhere. now, as we move out of saturday into sunday and monday, that's when we're likely to see the change. the colder air kicks in and on top of that, we've got weather fronts trying to squeeze in from the atlantic, so that cold air will push all the way steadily south. the fronts could give us a few headaches in terms of how much rain, sleet and snow we're going to see but one thing's for certain — we could have widespread frosts into next week under those clearer skies. but let's take a look at the forecast as we go through sunday and monday.

sunday sees the rain clearing. somewhat colder conditions with the risk of some rain, sleet and snow for some.

live from singapore, this is bbc news. us president—elect donald trump chooses robert f kenneder, a vaccine sceptic, to lead the country's department of health. a un special committee says israel's warfare in gaza is "consistent with genocide". and they thought it was a shipwreck, but it turned out to be a remarkable scientific discovery deep in a remote part of the pacific.

welcome to newsday, i'm steve lai. we start in the us where president—elect donald trump has announced another cabinet nomination that is courting controversy. mr trump selected former rival — robert f kenneder, who is a well known vaccine sceptic — to lead the department of health and human services. on his truth social platform mr trump said "mr kennedy will restore the agencies to the traditions of gold standard scientific research, and beacons of transparency, to end the chronic disease epidemic, and to make america great and healthy again!" and speaking in the last few hours he had more praise for his former opponent. another one who's another great mind and a great guy and so popular and i think he's right, he wants to make people healthy, it has driven him pretty wild over the last number of years and today, i nominated him for,

i guess, if you like health and you like people that live