hello from the bbc sport centre. we'll start with tennis, emma raducanu has got great britain off to a winning start in their billie jean king cup semi—final against slovakia. she was always the favourite against the world number 238 viktoria hruncharkova, who had helped slovakia knock out australia and the usa on the way to the semis. and ultimately raducanu proved too strong for her opponent, raducanu won it 6—4 6—4. britain are looking to reach the final for the first time since 1981, italy are waiting for the winners of this tie. every match is extremely challenging and as the tournament progresses, it is more and more, and i think today was a really tough battle

because my opponent has a huge ball strike and despite her ranking she plays much above that, especially on these courts, it really suits her, but i'm really pleased with how i once again compose myself and served out in both sets. so great britain are one win away — british number one katie boulter is in action right now against rebecca sramkova. it's gone to a deciding third set. there will be a doubles match if there needs to be a decider. roger federer has posted a lengthy tribute to rafael nadal on social media, as the spaniard prepares to play in his final tournament. federer hailed his historic achiemevents in an epic career and making the tennis world proud. the davis cup, which is also taking place in malaga, will be nadal�*s final professional tournament before he retires and we'll find out shortly whether he'll play in spain's opening tie against the netherlands.

our correspondent andy swiss is there. there is a big athletic stadium opposite of the venue here which has the biggest banner you will ever see which says, thank you nadal, which sums up the wave of affection that is for nadal as he goes into his final tournament, for nadal as he goes into his finaltournament, but for nadal as he goes into his final tournament, but the big question is, will he actually play? spain have better singles players in carlos alcaraz and roberto bautista agut, so will be interesting to see if he plays. the eight quarter—finalists have already been decided but there's still plenty to play for. wales are looking for automatic promotion to the top tier of the competition later. wales need to beat iceland in cardiff and hope turkey lose in montenegro. if turkey draw and craig bellamy�*s side win, it'll come down to goal difference, and wales would need to win by four goals. bellamy has heavily rotated his

side since taking on the job. it's a policy he says he'll continue. we do have a lot of players who are not playing, and if i don't give them gametime, where are they going to get it? i'm not able to watch them play every week so i need to see them, and i've been really impressed every time i have seen them and every time i have seen them and every time i have seen them and every time i have been able to change. england's women will be without ella toone and lauren hemp for theirfriendlies against the olympic champions usa and switzerland. manchester city have confirmed hemp has undergone knee surgery, while toone has a calf injury. sarina wiegman�*s squad contains two new faces — manchester city 5 laura blindkilde brown and leicester city 5 ruby mace both earn their first senior call—ups. on monday the usa squad was announced without star forwards trinity rodman, sophia smith and mallory swanson, but wiegman says they'll still face a stern examination as they build up to the defence of their european championship title next year.

i think the usa is still at the very top level, and i saw that they have missed someplace, but so do we, we also miss some players, and in this part of the year, november, sometimes you have injuries, and other players get opportunities, and i think they still have a very decent team and squad and we are going to see a very competitive game on the 30th of november. and that's all the sport for now. i will be back in 45 minutes with another update. let's get more now from the farmers' protest in central london. thousands from across the uk have converged on westminster to protest against government changes to inheritance tax.

the new rules will hit farm estates worth more than a million pounds. farmers say the changes are a betrayal and a stab in the back. but ministers insist they'll close a tax loophole and only affect a small minority of farms. a short while ago, our deputy political editor vicki young spoke to the uk prime minister who said that he wants to support uk farmers. i do understand their concerns. what i've pointed out is, firstly, that the budget we put £5 billion into farming over the next two years. that's the single biggest amount of money that's been put into farming because i want to support our farmers, our sustainability of ourfood grown in the uk. so we put that amount of money in. we also put money in to deal with flooding and the outbreak of disease. huge concerns for farmers. on the question of inheritance, which is obviously the issue of concern, if you take a typical case, which is parents who want to pass on their farm to one of their children, which will be a very typical example, by the time you've built in the other income tax

thresholds, it's only those with assets over £3 million that would begin to pay inheritance tax. and that's why i'm very confident that the vast majority of farms will be totally unaffected. but thousands of them are in westminster right now, so it sounds like you haven't explained the policy to them. well, look, isupport farmers and that's why we put so much money in. we do have, i think, to go through the detail of this because i think... you're not changing that? no. but once people appreciate that in a typical case, a typical case, it's a £3 million threshold before income tax is paid. then i think most people will see the vast majority of farms are therefore exempt, and even those over the threshold are then only subject to a 20% tax over ten years, or can be paid over ten years. but look, i also say this, that i know that in rural communities — i grew up in one. we also need really good schools, really good hospitals, and we need houses that people can afford to live in. and they were the measures

that we invested heavily in during the budget. with more analysis on this inheritance tax and what it means for farmers — here's our business editor simonjack. around 70,000 of those are worth over £1 million so potentially could be hit by the new threshold but that is not the full story, inheritance tax exemptions and special rules about bequeathing to family members means the threshold could be as high as £3 million, so let's compare that number with what has happened in recent years. in 2021—22, 117 farms that came above the 2.5 million threshold, and not all families are going to get those exemptions, depending on different circumstances, but independent economists and government figures suggest the real number of people who are going to be hit is closer to the mid hundreds, 500, or even

less. there is no doubt that farmers have been hit very hard in recent years, clobbered by the cost of living and the cost of doing business, inputs like food, fuel, fertiliser, they have been going up by 50% in some cases, so they have been under a big squeeze. but also remember this, this is notjust a farming tax, the inheritance tax changes apply to all private businesses of which farms make up only a small number, so this isn't really a tractor tax at all. now — you wait 140 games fora win, then two come along in a bit more than two months. we are talking about the san marino national football team, as they won 3—1 in liechtenstein on monday night — earning promotion into nations league group c. that was their second victory

because, back in september, they secured their first victory since 2004 against the same team. san marino is a small landlocked country — counting only 33,000 citizens, and it's entirely surrounded by italy — while liechtenstein citizens count is just shy of 40,000. jessica guidi — board member of the san marino football federation, told us about the significance of this result. it isa it is a great moment for our nation, yesterday it was a page of history for the san marino football team, and the entire nation was at the stadium, dreaming with our national players and the dream came true. it is history, it is real, and we always fought with honour and a heart, trying to achieve the best possible for such a small country, but yesterday was a very big match and they played very well. this is a trend that has been going on for a while. we saw in the last match they played, and now they have realised their dream,

showing the world their strength and resilience. they really deserve to be in league c. , , , really deserve to be in league c. this is the first time san marino have _ c. this is the first time san marino have actually - c. this is the first time san | marino have actually scored three goals in an international match, so with each of those goals, there must have been a massive celebration? this afternoon _ massive celebration? this afternoon when _ massive celebration? this afternoon when the - massive celebration? ti 3 afternoon when the national team came back from lichtenstein, we are going to celebrate very much, and i think they have celebrated yesterday night. jessica, tell us about some of the players because surely they must be part time. yes, they have part time players. they are part time players and they're working, they're studying. so actually not all of them are professionals. so it's a big result for that because we are a small nation.

no professional football here. so it's a very big result for us. congratulations to san marino but commiserations to lichtenstein. hello, last night and first thing this morning many of you will have seen some fresh snowfall. it has been causing a few problems. we've had a number of roads shut, for example, and about 200 schools closed across parts of wales, the midlands and northern england. that's where the worst of the conditions have been. but through this afternoon this mix of rain, sleet and snow will continue its journey southwards. we've got some further accumulations of snow to come across northern scotland with frequent snow showers here. and this afternoon temperatures are going to struggle to get much, if anything, above freezing. it's going to feel very, very cold, especially in the wind. overnight and tomorrow the winds are coming in from a north westerly direction and it's where those winds strike our coastal areas that we see the risk of a few more centimetres of snow building up,

whereas across inland areas it's going to stay largely dry and clear as we go through this night. it's going to be a cold one — a widespread and sharp frost, lowest temperatures down to about minus 9 or so. and tomorrow morning we have to watch out for the risk of some icy stretches first thing, especially where we've seen those showers overnight. now, away from coastal areas again, there should be a fair amount of dry weather and sunshine. not that it's going to do much for the temperatures. 3 or 4c at best, but feeling colder than that given the strength and the coldness of those north westerly winds. on into thursday's forecast, we could see something a bit more organised snow—wise coming in across scotland, bringing a risk of further disruption, and this low pressure sliding to the south of the uk could bring some snowfall into the moors of south west england. however, there is still some uncertainty about that, but it is a potential area of some disruption for thursday. another cold day. temperatures well below average for the time of year, about 2—5c. now, friday we start to see a rise in pressure

moving in from the west. that will tend to kill off the showers across northern scotland, but it will send a few showers in through the irish sea into the north west of both england and wales, so still a few flurries around. otherwise, cold and icy start. plenty of sunshine. it's all change, though, as we head into the weekend. a deep area of low pressure is set to move in off the atlantic, bringing some very strong winds. gusts could reach 70 odd miles an hour around some of our western coasts. mild, wet, windy, then through saturday and then into next week, we've got some slightly colder air moving back across the country. bye for now.

live from london, this is bbc news. russia says ukraine has fired us—supplied long—range missiles into the country for the first time. "ukraine will never submit" the message from president zelensky a thousand days after russia's full scale invasion. thousands of uk farmers converge on westminster to protest against the government's controversial new rules, on inheritance tax.